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By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
By next spring, train horns may
no longer be sounding through
Beach.
The city of Beach recently
received approval from the Federal
Railroad Administration to estab-
lish a quiet zone in town.
Modifications are to be made at the
railroad crossings at Central
Avenue and at Second Avenue.
In early 2011, the city held a
public hearing regarding the pro-
posal. No opposition was voiced at
that time. The wait has since then
involved receiving approval at the
federal level.
Mark Benes, city council mem-
ber, said the two railroad crossings
in Beach are to appear similar to
the quiet zone crossings in
Medora, which include concrete
barriers so that vehicles are unable
to drive around the railroad's
crossing arms. The crossings also
include warning signs for vehicles
and pedestrians.
Benes said a majority of the
costs of the changes at the cross-
ings would be paid by the state of
North Dakota. He said the cost esti-
mates the city had are now outdat-
ed and are being redone.
The city is advertising for bids
on the project. Winter weather and
scheduling may mean that the work
at the crossings can't be done until
next year. The ad for bids calls for
completing the work by May 31,
2013.
When a quiet zone is created,
that doesn't mean a train's engineer
will never sound the train's horn,
said Benes. An engineer would still
be allowed to sound a horn if he or
she sees danger ahead, someone on
the tracks, or during times of con-
struction near the tracks.
The estimated cost of the quiet
zone for the two crossings was
$131,707 in February 2011,
according to a Golden Valley News
story from that time. Of that
amount, $118,536 was to come
from a N.D. Department of
Transportation grant and state
funds, and the remainder would be
the city's share•
The crossings at Hwy. 16 east of
Beach, and at a county road west of
Beach, won't be a part of the quiet
zone, and so no modifications to
those crossings are planned.
Area entities share
in impact funding
By Richard Volesky Billings County Rural Fire
EditoffReporter
The Board of North Dakota
Department of Trust Lands recent-
ly awarded about $4 million in
grants to help fund enhancements
in emergency services throughout
the state's oil-producing counties.
The grants are part of the state's
$135 million Energy Impact Grant
Fund, which was created to
address impacts created by rapid
oil and gas development.
Members of the Land Board are:
Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Secretary of
State A1 Jaeger, Attorney General
Wayne Stenehjem, State Treasurer
Kelly Schmidt and Superintendent
of Public Instruction Wayne
Sanstead.
The board approved 66 grant
applications to support law
enforcement personnel, fire fight-
ers and emergency medical servic-
es throughout the state's oil coun-
ties•
Area entities that were awarded
grants:
- Amidon Rural Fire District,
$5,000, pallet of class A foam for
fire suppression
. protect!on District, $100,000
truck replacement
City of Beach, $28,000,
replacement of turnout gear;
$37,000, purchase of breathing
gear and thermo image camera
- City of Belfield, $26,000, car-
diac monitor for ambulance serv-
ice; $11,520, carbon monoxide
monitors for ambulance
- City of Dickinson, $100,000,
purchase of tactical team response
vehicle
- City of South Heart, $24,352,
police equipment
- Dickinson Rural Fire District,
$55,000, personal protective
equipment for firefighters
- Stark County, $17,725, equip-
ment for emergency management;
$72,750, new ambulance and
radios/equipment
The above grant awards may
not cover all the costs of a particu-
lar project or purchase, and entities
may have to find additional fund-
ing.
To date, the Land Board has
committed nearly $125 million in
energy impact grant funds•
Area tourism entities
awarded funds
l)e
1779: Polish patriot and
American Revolutionary War com-
mander Casimir Pulaski was killed in
the battle of Savannah.
1899." The Boer War began in
South Africa.
1915: English nurse Edith Cavell
was executed by the Germans.
1939: A letter from Albert Einstein
was delivered to President Franklin
D. Roosevelt concerning the possibil-
ity of atomic weapons.
1962: The first session of Vatican
II was convened by Pope John XXlll.
1968: The first staffed Apollo mis-
sion, Apollo 7, was launched with
astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn
Fulton Eisele, and R. Walter
Cunningham aboard.
1984: Space shuttle Challenger
astronaut, Kathryn Sullivan, became
the first American woman to walk in
space.
Listings for high school
sporting events, plus public
events that are free to anyone
and aren't fund-raisers or
aren't family or business invi-
tations, can be published free
of charge in this column.
• The Golden Valley
County Library will be host-
ing a book club meeting every
third Wednesday of the
month. The meeting is at 7
p.m., Oct.17, at the library.
The book to be read for
October is called the Sister
Wife. Call Joanne Tescher at
872-4627 for more informa-
tion.
• American Legion
Auxiliary Post No. 144,
Belfield, meeting, 1:30 p.m.,
Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the
lower level of the Memorial
Hall
• Bookmobile visits:
Fairfield, Prairie
School, Oct. 15, 22, and 29
from 9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
- Medora, Billings County
Resource Center, Oct. ! 7, 24,
and 31 from 10 a.m. tc 6 p.m.
Slope County area at
these locations: Oct. 16,
Slope County #2, South on E.
River Road, noon at Hanson's
turnoff, and at 1 p.m. at
Amidon;
Slope County #3 from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m., rural Slope
County, 11:30 at Marmarth,
and 2 p.m. at Dale Hande's
• Beach varsity football vs.
Bowman County, at Beach, 6
p.m., Friday, Oct. 12
• Beach varsity volleyball
vs. Killdeer, at Beach, 4:30
p.m., Thursday, Oct. 11
• Heart River varsity vol-
leyball vs. Bowman County,
at Bowman, 7 p.m., Thursday,
Oct. 11
• Heart River varsity foot-
ball vs. New Salem, at
Belfield, 7 p.m., Friday, Oct.
12
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
Seventeen North Dakota tourism
entities are able to expand their
marketing efforts due to two grant
programs from the North Dakota
Department of Commerce, Tourism
Division•
The Events Marketing Grant
Program and Marketing Grant
Program each provide a maximum
of $5,000 in matching funds for
promotion of regional events and
for specific tourism marketing
plans• A total of $70,500 has been
awarded between the two programs•
Some of the recipients of the
Event Marketing Grant Program,
which provides funds to communi-
ties and event promoters wanting to
regionally promote their 2013
tourism-related event, include:
Legendary Adventures New
Discoveries, Medora, for the Maah
Daah Hey 100 bike race
Billings County Historical
Society, Medora, for the Medora &
Deadwood Wagon Trail Ride
• Spirit of the West Committee,
Beach, for Spirit of the West festi-
val
Recipients of the Marketing
Grant Program, which provides
funds to develop marketing materi-
als to promote an experience, activ-
ity or place unique to North Dakota,
are:
• Medora CVB for Cowboy Fast
Draw promotions
Grant recipients will receive 25
percent of the grant money upfront
with the remaining 75 percent paid
following the completed event or
marketing project•
11
Pumpkin Festival
Above: Harold Stockwelr
assists Landon Holkup, left,
and Elijah Holkup with building
zucchini cars for racing during
the Pumpkin Festival in Beach
on Sunday, Oct. 7.
Left: Kids toss beanbags,
hoping for prizes.
Below: This display of pump-
kins playing "Jeopardy" is one
of several created by Ulfers
family members. With a game
show theme, they created sets
for "Hollywood Squares,"
"Wheel of,Fortune, and others.
Bottom: Members of the
Ulfers family and relatives pose
behind the "audience" created
to watch their game show dis-
plays. (Photos by Richard
Volesky)
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