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1803: The Senate ratified the
Louisiana Purchase.
1944: Gen. Douglas MacArthur
returned to the Philippines. 30
months after he said '7 shall return."
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• American Legion Auxiliary
Post No. 144. Belfield. monthly
meeting will be on Oct. 20
instead of Oct. 18 for this month
only, due to a conflict. The meet-
ing will be in the basement of the
Memorial Hall at 1:30 p.m.
• Southwest Water Authority
board of directors meeting,
Monday, Nov. 7. 9 a.m.. at the
Elks Lodge. Dickinson.
• Public Service Commission
hearing regarding BakkenLink
Pipeline. which is proposed for
Billings, Stark. Dunn. McKenzie
and Williams counties, 9 a.m..
Tuesday, Oct. 25, McKenzie
County Courthouse. Watford
City.
• Volleyball - Heart River vs.
Wafford City, at Wafford City, 4
pan.. A. B and C" squads. Oct. 24
• Voleybal - Heart River vs.
Beulah, at Belfield. 4:30 p.m., A,
B and C squads. Oct. 25
• Volleyball - Beach vs.
Richardton-Tavlor. at Beach. 4:30
p.m., A, B and C squads. Oct. 25.
Beach FFA
receives $500
Beach Co-op Grain Inc.. togeth-
er with Syngenta, participated in a
program through the National FFA
Foundation for an opportunity to
have an FFA jacket awarded to
Callie Loftsgard. member of the
Beach High School FFA.
Syngenta issued a challenge and
made an offer to its retail partners:
contribute $2.500 to the National
. FFA Foundation. and Syngenta will
match it at the national level. The
National FFA Foundation then pro-
vides an FFA jacket to local chap-
ters on behalf of participating
retailers for presentation to a new
FFA member. In recognition of
each retailer's contribution, the
Beach FFA chapter will receive a
$500 check.
'fFFA prepares young people to
lead. grow and achieve future suc-
cess in more than 300 diverse
careers through agricultural educa-
i tion," said Dwight Armstrong, chief
, executive officer of the National
FFA Organization.
Contest
offers prizes
October is National Pasta
Month and Oct. 23-29 is Pasta
Lovers' Week in North Dakota. In
celebration of pasta and to salute
the state's durum wheat producers.
who grow two-thirds of the
nation's supply, this newspaper is
featuring a "Use Your Noodle '•
Contest
(Continued on Page 10)
Co-op plans
new warehouse
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
Beach Co-op Grain expects to
soon help supply the oil industry.
The co-op is building a 60-by-
240 warehouse south of the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Railway toward the east end of
Beach's Main Street.
The expected uses of the ware-
house include storing equipment
and fertilizer, plus "frac" sand for oil
wells, said Paul Lautenschlager,
manager of the co-op. The sand is
used during hydraulic fracturing, the
process in which horizontal oil wells
are pressurized so that oil is released
from the rock. The sand would
arrive in Beach in bulk totes via rail.
There does not appear to be an
immediate upswing in oil drilling in
Golden Valley County based on the
current number of drilling permits
issued.
However, because there is a
major demand for frac sand in
northern counties, and a limited
number of places for unloading it,
Lautenschlager expe "ts the sand
will be loaded onto t ia'hcks from
Beach for use elsewh re. The ware-
house may be-ready
this year.
Later this winter, tl
to move into its new c
also along Main Stree
"We're just om
Lautenschlager said.
their current offices.
The new, two-st
office building will h
lab, conference ro
offices.
The existing office
for storage and as the
where grain handling
sold.
A portion of th
building has the aPI
grain elevator and w
in sheet metal. Lm
for use later
e co-op plans
'rice building,
of space,"
referring to
ry 40-by-50
clude a grain
m and six
; will be used
co-op's store
equipment is
new office
earance 0f a
[1 be covered
tenschlager's
wife, Christine, and ]en Novotny,
the building's general contractor,
worked on the design]
A Central Trenching Inc. worker bores aline for fiber opticable in Medora. (Photo by Richard
Volesky)
Fiber optic lines to improve sewice
By Jane M. Cook
Reporter
Central Trenching Inc. of Minot
is installing fiber optic cables in
Beach and Medora to update the
telephone and lnternet services for
Midstate Communications.
Residents in both Golden Valley
and Billings counties will soon be able
to get better service and reception with
the new cables that are being installed,
said Midstate's Tom Wilhelmi.
The southwestern portion of
Beach is receiving the new cables
first, with work nearing completion
this month. Next summer, tentative
plans will be for the southeastern
side of Beach to be hooked up to the
fiber optic system, and for north of
the railroad tracks for the summer
of 2013, with Sentinel Butte and
Golva being connected after that.
Fiber optic cables will improve
service in that, unlike the existing
cables, there will be little to no
problems due to moisture, and the
service will be greatly improved.
There are no plans at this time to
change the existing telephone and
Internet rates.
Residents of the counties will
automatically be connected to the
service with no extra charge. Only
those who move into the area, or
new homes coming in, will be
charged.
Medora city residents are also in
the process of having their homes
connected to the fiber optic system
and many of the rural residences
from both Medora and each are in
the completion stage. Depending on
the weather, Wilhelmi said that
work in Medora should be compet-
ed this fall.
Wilhelmi said the reason that
some areas were scheduled first was
due to the age of the copper cables
there that had the majority of serv-
ice problems. Most rural folks had
to depend on the dial up system for
their Internet service, which could
be very slow, as high speed Internet
for them was not available. The
north ide of Beach, Sentinel Butte,
and Golva has had the least amount
of service problems with the exist-
ing service, which is why they were
scheduled for later dates.
It will take close to five years for
all of Golden Valley and Billings
counties to be fully hooked up to the
fiber optic system.
Elk reduction requires midweek closures
MEDORA- Backcountry areas
and hiking trails in the South Unit
of Theodore Roosevelt National
Park will be closed on Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays from
Oct. 18 - Dec. 22, to accommo-
date the park's elk reduction
effort.
"'For safety reasons, we are
closing the South Unit's back-
country and hiking trails three
days per week while teams are
shooting elk in the park to reduce
the herd," said Superintendent
Valerie Naylor. "We regret hav-
ing to close any portion of the
park at any time. However. this is
necessary to ensure visitor safety
and to enhance the effectiveness
of the elk reduction teams."
This is the second year of the
park's elk reduction effort, which
is conducted so that the back-
country areas and trails in the
South Unit are open Friday-
Monday when visitation is high-
est. The South Unit's roads and
overlooks, as well as Cottonwood
Campground, will be open ,daily.
The four front-country trails in
the South Unit - Buck Hill, Wind
Canyon, Ridgeline Nature Trail,
and Coal. Vein Trail - will also
remain open.
The elk reduction is starting
two weeks earlier this year and is
ending a month earlier. Last
year's elk management action
lasted 12 weeks; this year it will
be 10 weeks in length. No
entrance fees will be charged in
the South Unit on the days when
the backcountry areas areclosed.
"This change in schedule
should maximize efficiency of the
elk management effort and mini-
mize disruption to park visitors,"
said Naylor. "The North Unit and
Elkhorn Ranch Unit are not
affected by the elk reduction
effort, and we encourage hikers to
enjoy those areas this fall."
As part of a multi-year elk
reduction, five National Park
Service team leaders and up to
four volunteers per team work
together to reduce the elk popula-
tion with firearms. Elk meat is
packed out of the park and donat-
ed to North Dakota American
Indian Tribes, Sportsmen Against
Hunger through North Dakota
Community Action, and the North
Dakota Game and Fish
Department (NDG&F). The
NDG&F donates some of the
meat back to the volunteers who
assisted with the elk reduction
effort.
DEER UNITS ELIGIBLE FOR A REFU!
Some deer license,
sales to be suspended
Based on continuing reports of
white-tailed deer mortality in western
North Dakota caused by epizootic
hemorrhagic disease, the state Game
and Fish Department is suspending
the sale of remaining first-come,
first-served deer licenses in units
3F1, 3F2 and 4F, effective Friday,
Oct. 21 at 5 p.m. Central Time.
In addition, hunters with white-
tailed deer licenses in units 3B1,
3D1,3E1,3F1,3F2, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D,
4E and 4F have the option of turning
in those licenses for refunds.
Randy Kreil, department chief of
wildlife, said the decision is based on
evidence of moderate to significant
white-tailed deer losses in some areas
that might affect hunting success in
those locations.
"While we first received reports
of isolated deer deaths in August, loss
of deer to this disease appears to have
extended through September and into
October, and covers a large area of
western North Dakota," Kreil said.
More than 13,000 white-tailed
deer license holders are eligible for
license refunds. Individuals who
return their license will have their
preference points restored.
EHD, a naturally occurring virus
that is spread by a biting midge, is
almost always fatal to infected white-
tailed deer, while mule deer do not
usually die from the disease. Hunters
do not have to worry about handling
or consuming meat from infected
deer because the virus that causes
EHD is not known to cause disease in
humans, according to the Game and
Fish Department. In addition, the first
hard freeze typically kills the midge
that carries and transfers the EHD
"While we first
received reports of
isolated deer
deaths in August,
loss of deer to this
disease appears to
have extended
through September
and into October,
and covers a large
area of western
North Dakota,"
Randy Kreil
virus, which will slow or halt the
spread of the disease.
Before deciding to turn in a
license, Kreil urges whitetail license
holders to make local contacts to find,
out the extent of mortality in their
hunting area. Large portions of
affected units had no reports of
whitetail deaths. "The whitetail pop-
ulation has not been decimated and in
many areas a good harvest is still
needed" he added.
The last time Game and Fish
made license refunds an option for
hunters because of an EHD outbreak
was in 2000.
White-tailed deer license holders
who want a refund must return their
license, along with a note requesting
a refund due to EHD, to the Game
and Fish Department's Bismarck
office no later than Nov. 3 Envelopes
postmarked Nov. 3 will be accepted.
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