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Coach Bob Waldal poses with
Photo)
By Jane Cook and
Richard Volesky
Reporters
Webster defines legendary as
"very famous or well-known," and
~that can be said of a local resident
who died last week.
Bob Waldal, who led high school
girls basketball teams from Watford
City and Beach tostate tournaments
nine times, and was a businessman
and farmer, passed away on Oct. 13,
after fighting prostate cancer. He
was 71.
He was certainly described as
legendary by those who knew him
well.
"Bob respected everybody, even
'the kids he coached," Beach resident
Dick Kukowski said. "One thing that
hit me the first time I met him was
that you felt like you knew him for-
ever. He was that kind of guy. He
had a positive effect on them (his
basketball players), on all of us in
this community. I miss him."
Waldal helped provide the com-
munity with increased excitement
for Beach fans in the the otherwise
dull winter months, including the
five trips to state tournaments from
2010 to 2014, includin a state
championship in 2010.
For the players, Waldal was more
than a coach.
', "He was my mentor," former
player Brittney Dietz said. "He
played the game and knew the skills
'it took to be good at it. He was an in-
telligent and well educated man. But
he was not only a great coach, he
was a caring and loving person. He
could see the best in a person and
Beach players Rylee Clark, left, and Sofia Muruato. (Courtesy File
"One thing that hit me the first time I met
him was that you felt like you knew him for-
ever. He was that kind of guy. He had a pos-
itive effect on them (his basketball
players), on all of us in this community. I
miss him." ..... .,
Dick Kukowski, Beach resident
brought it out. He was someone you They get down the court and make
could talk to about anything." some very good decisions with their
Dietz remembers his naming the passes and are becoming very
team, the "Running Bucs," as a way poised. That is a mark of every good
to describe his preferred fast-paced team."
game style. She had him write that If the Running Bucs lost a game,
moniker down for her in his hand- he was also sure to study or explain
writing. Then she had those hand- what happened as a means of plan-
written words tattooed on herself, ning for the next matchup, and he
"I considered him one of my didn't mince words. After a regular
grandpas," said Dietz. " He brought season game in 2014 that the Run-
many people together. He was man ning Bucs lost, Waldal said the play-
- myth- legend." ers lacked intensity. However, he
Waldal took his coaching and also put the blame on himself, say-
support of his team a step further by ing he didn't match his players
writing a weekly Internet and news- against the opposing team's players
paper column labeled "Roundball correctly.
Fever." The columns reviewed the The loss was a very good lesson,
previous weeks' games, upcoming and the challenge was learning from
games and provided his insights for it, said Waldal.
players and fans. "This is what I enjoy about sports
"As a coach and fan of high and the competitiveness that it offers
school basketball, I really enjoyed to each of us," said Waldal. "We are
watching all our kids in the high going to be challenged within our-
school program play this past Satur- selves and we need to pull ourselves
day night," Waldal wrote in a Febru- together as a team."
ary 2014 column that was published A "Bob Waldal Appreciation
in the Golden Valley News. "Our Night" was being organized for Oct.
kids did a lot of good things in the 21 in Golva as a fund-raiser to help
open court, and what is so much fun defray his medical expenses. The
is how unselfish they play together, event has been cancelled.
FARGO - New vehicle " infotain- ing a text message. Removing eyes properly designed, simple tasks for
ment " systems take drivers' eyes and from the road for just two seconds dou- drivers can become complicated and
attention off the road and hands off the bles the risk for a crash, according to require more effort from drivers to
wheel for potentially dangerous periods previous research, complete."
oftime, according to new research from AAA has conducted this new re- The AAA Foundation for Traffic
the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. search to help automakers and system Safety commissioned researchers from
With nearly 40 percent of U.S. driv- designers improve the functionality of the University of Utah to examine the
ers using infotainment systems while new infotainment systems and the de- visual (eyes off road) and cognitive
driving, AAA cautions that using these mand they place on drivers. (mental) demand as well as the time it
technologies while behind the wheel "Some in-vehicle technology can took drivers to complete a task using
can have dangerous consequences, create unsafe situations for drivers on the infotainment systems in 30 new
Drivers using in-vehicle technolo- the road by increasing the time they 2017 vehicles. Study participants were
gies like voice-based and touch screen spend with their eyes and attention off required to use voice command, touch
features experienced very high levels of the ro d and hands off the wheel," said screen and other interactive technolo-
visual and mental demand for more Dr. David Yang, executive director of
than 40 seconds when completing tasks the AAA Foundation forTraffic Safety. Distraction
like programming navigation or send- "When in-vehicle technology is not (Continued on Page 8)
ch disputing judge's lawsuit decision
By Richard Volesky took action to contest the engineer's borg. "Since it did not submit its
Editor/Reporter decision within the timeframe de- claim within 30 days of the event
DICKINSON - The city of Beach scribed in the contract, according to giving rise to its claim for work in
could end up paying more than Herauf. excess of the change order, its claim
$200,000 due to the loss of a lawsuit "The contract is detailed and re- is invalid. Beach cannot have any
with a contractor, but an attorney for quires negotiation through several contractual obligation to respond to
the city is objecting to a judge's rul- clauses to arrive at an answer, but the an invalid claim and certainly cannot
ing on the matter, contract is also unambiguous," wrote be liable for Meyer's claim that was
The lawsuit was filed in February Herauf. "The city did not contest this never valid in the first place."
by Meyer Contracting Inc., a Min- claim and therefore became liable for Olson has since countered that
nesota company that completed a the amount filed. While the change even if Porsborg is correct that
new sewage lagoon for the city in order may be susceptible to different Meyer's claim was untimely and be-
2015. The lawsuit was filed because interpretations,the engineer's determi- cause the engineer should have de-
the city refused to pay $173,936 for nation and the fact that the city did not nied the claim since it wasn't
additional work that Meyer did on follow the procedure to contest or ob- submitted in accordance with the
the lagoon. The additional work - ject to the engineer's determination contract, the city failed to exercise
mentioned in a contract change order makes this claim appropriate for sum- numerous other parts of the contract
that Meyer submitted - was needed mary judgment (as Meyer requested)." before it became final and binding.
to create a proper base for the lagoon. Representing the city of Beach in If an attorney reviewed the con-
Less-than-adequate soil conditions the lawsuit is Bismarck attorney tract before the Beach City Council
were discovered after the project Scott Porsborg. He was assigned the approved it is not clear. The Golden
started, according to court records, case by the North Dakota Insurance Valley News asked City Auditor Kim
With interest of about $3,000 per Reserve Fund, which is the city's in- Gaugler if such a review occurred,
month considered since January surance carrier, and she said that based on advice
2017, the total the city would have to Porsborg has objected to Heraufs from Porsborg, she couldn't com-
pay as of Sept. 29 is $203,328, ac- decision and argues t he decision in- ment because a pending lawsuit is in-
cording to a claim filed last month by cludes a "logical flaw." Porsborg, cit- volved. The News Office on Sept. 13
Thomas Olson, a West Saint Paul, ing a clause in the construction submitted a request for various city
Minn., attorney for Meyer Contract- contract, said Meyer should have records that may shed light on that
ing. submitted a written notice regarding issue, and th at request was pending
Last month, District Judge the general nature of its claim to KLJ as of Oct. 16.
William Herauf said in a court order , the engineering firm, within 30 days In March 2017 , the city filed a
that it's undisputed Meyer in Sep- of when it was known that more gen-- third-party complaint again st KLJ
tember 2016 properly invoked a eral excavation work would be and Braun Intertec Corporation,
claims procedure described in the needed on the lagoon, which conducted soil sampling at the
contract between the city and Meyer. "The undisputed evidence showslagoon site. KLJ and Braun denied
It was also undisputed that'the city Meyer did not submit i ts claim until wrongdoing. KLJ and Braun are not
engineer had reviewed and approved approximately 10 months after the a part of the current judge's order.
theclaim, and that the city at no time work was complete," wrote Pors- ©2017GVN/BCP
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By Renee Orluck
Correspondent
The first playoff weekend for 9-
man football got under way on Fri-
day afternoon, Oct. 13, with a pep
rally at Beach High School.
What better way to begin than
with the school fight song expertly
played by the pep band and the
whole student body and staff belting
out the lyrics? Coach Mike Zier
called the playoff-bound players up
and gave the specifics as to when and
where the game would be played.
Senior quarterback Josiah Orluck
spoke for the team telling of their
hard work and invited everyone to
the game. He also read an inspira-
tional poster made by parents which
said, "Team work makes dreams
work."
The Saturday afternoon first-
round playoff game against the
Towner-Granville-Upham Titans
was played in Beach in front of a
packed-out grandstand. The atten-
dees were in for a real treat with ex-
citing football and a brand new state
of the art sound system.
The opening kickoff of the game
was received by Beach. A helmet-
to-helmet was called on TGU during
Beach's initial drive. Beach took ad-
vantage of the first down given to
them by the penalty yardage. Junior
running back Clay Mattern ran 22
yards for the first touchdown of the
game. Just three minutes later Josiah
Orluck rushed five yards for the sec-
ond touchdown and threw the con-
version pass to Jared Wojahn.
The second quarter was similar
with Orluck rushing four yards for
the touchdown and passing the two
point to senior wide receiver John
Summers. Mattern closed the quar-
ter out with a five-yard run. This
placed the Buccaneers in a 28-0 half-
time lead.
The third quarter was a defensive
battle with no scoring. Two minutes
into the fourth quarter the line cre-
ated the one- yard hole needed by
Orluck to score. Three minutes later
Clay Mattern ran 34 yards with the
ball to put the icing on the cake.
TGU's Shayden Luna answered with
Buccaneers
(Continued on Page 8)
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Gage Swanson protects Josiah Orluck. (Photo by Renee Or-
luck)
Happy fans Rebecca Padilla, McKenzie Volk, Abby Wilhelmi
and Courtney Lund cheer on the Bucs. (Photo by Renee Orluck)
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