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.PAY TO THE
Eric Ehlis, second from left, who
munity Grant Fund check with the
Photo)
Credit Services in western
'North DaKOta recently awarded an-
other $200,000 in grants to local
commtinities through its Rural Com-
imunity Grant Fund (RCGF).
', Checks were presented to Home
iOn The Range in Sentinel Butte for
'$25i000, ABLE Inc. in Dickinson
was granted $50,000 and Richardton
Health Center received $40,000.
"These funds came at a crucial
time, allowing us to finish our
Trauma Recovery Unit (TRU), said
Jolene Obrigewitch, development di-
rector for Home On The Range. The
TRU is for residents struggling with
trauma re-activated behaviors and al-
lows them to be housed in a separate
on-campus living space. We can
transfer those residents with as-
saultive behavior to the TRU instead
of discharging them."
In Dickinson, 24 people will be
able to use the elevator that the
RCGF helped install in one of four
new homes, said Mary Anderson, ex-
ecutive director for ABLE Inc. The
buildings provide state of the art ac-
commodations to sustain and en-
hance life for people with intellectual
disabilities and their caregivers.
In Richardton, "the Health Center
is a very welcomed addition to our
community and our residents are re-
ally enjoying all the amenities this
place provides," said Marilyn Rippy,
director of Nursing and Administra-
tion for the Richardton Health Center.
The center is a licensed skilled nurs-
ing facility that provides professional
services for up to 24 residents. "De-
livering these grant funds was a very
Farm Credit ServicesFarm CreM
Of t~nd~n ........
is the assistant vice president for Farm Credit Services of Mandan, holds the $25,000 Rural Com-
staff at Home On The Range in their new Trauma Recovery Unit near Sentinel Butte. (Courtesy
Shown are ABLE Inc.'s new housing units in Dickinson. (Courtesy Photo)
rewarding experience for me to see Services of North Dakota andAgriB- and youth educational programs.
first-hand what Farm Credit and these ank, their St. Paul, Minn.-based fund- The Rural Community Grant
organizations are doing to meet the ing bank, to help communities Fund is accepting applications for
needs of our rural communities," said impacted by oil development, work to meet the needs of communi-
Eric Ehlis, assistant vice president for Through the fund, Farm Credit pro- ties in western North Dakota. Inter-
Farm Credit Services of Mandan. vides grants to support infrastructure ested parties should apply at
The fund was established as a or development initiatives encom- www.AgriBank.com, www.farm-
partnership between Farm Credit passing housingprojects, medicalfa- creditnd.com or www.farmcredit-
Services of Mandan and Farm Credit cilities, health, safety, local leadership mandan.com.
The Low Income Home Energy hold's income and assets to ensure county social service office.
Assistance Program (LIHEAP) help goes to those most in need. Manually: Complete the fill-
helps eligible low-income families A household's income must be able Energy Assistance Applica-
with home heating costs, at or below 60 percent of North tion (SFN 529), print the
The program partially pays the Dakota's median income and completed application, and return
Cost of natural gas, electricity, within these limits, it to your county social service of-
propane, fuel 0il, coal, wood, or Both homeowner and renter fice.
other fuel sources, households are eligible for the pro- By Mail: You can contact
The program also covers: gram. your county social service of-
~eatherization services (insula- How to apply: rice and request that an application
lion, weather stripping around Online: Complete and submit an be mailed to you.
floors and windows, etc.); furnace application online at the N.D. De- Applications are accepted be-
cleaning, repair, and replacement; partment of Human Services web- tween Oct. 1 through May 31.
~Chimney cleaning and inspection; site.
and emergency assistance. The completed application will The at right income limits
Eligibility is based on a house- be directed to the appropriate are effective until Sept. 30,
2017.
il
Household Size ][ Income
1 ][ $27,650
2 ][ $36,158
,2 II $7 ,700
MDU seeking rate increase
BISMARCK - Montana-Dakota
Utilities Co. has filed an electric gen-
eral rate increase request with the
North Dakota Public Service Com-
mission.
If approved it would increase res-
idential electric monthly bills by an
average of about $9.60, according to
MDU.
The main reason for the increase
request is because of increased in-
vestment in facilities and the associ-
ated depreciation, operation and
maintenance expenses and taxes.
The proposed increase is for
$13.4 million per year over current
rates, or a 6.6 percent increase. The
proposed increase would be allo-
cated as follows to each rate class,
based on cost-of-service studies:
• Residential, 9.4 percent
• Small general service, 10.9 per-
cent
• Large general service, 4 percent
• Municipal lighting, 1.1 percent
• Municipal pumping, 9.7 percent
• Outdoor lighting, 1.6 percent
Montana-Dakota serves approxi-
mately 100,700 electric customers in
117 North Dakota communities.
The North Dakota PSC has up to
seven months to render a decision on
The main reason
for the increase re-
quest is because of
increased invest-
ment in facilities
and the associated
depreciation, opera-
tion and mainte-
nance expenses
and taxes,
the proposed increase request.
Montana-Dakota also filed a re-
quest with the PSC to implement an
interim rate increase to go into effect
within 60 days of the general rate fil-
ing. The interim increase is subject
to refund if the final increase author-
ized by the PSC is less than the in-
terim.
Montana-Dakota's last electric
general rate increase was $7.6 mil-
lion, or 6.9 percent, effective July 22,
2011. That rate increase request was
filed April 19, 2010.
pletion
new UND
building celebrated
GRAND FORKS - Gov. Jack within one facility. Currently, some
Dalrymple on Oct. 14 joined other of the departments are housed in
state, local and university officials in separate locations on the UND cam-
celebrating the grand opening of the pus due to lack of space in the exist-
new University of North Dakota ing building.
(UND) School of Medicine and The new building will also make
Health Sciences building in Grand it possible for the school to fully im-
Folks, ..... ~. plement its Health Care Workforce
The new facility will help meet Initiative, a comprehensive plan de-
the state's needs for educating more signed to address North Dakota's
physicians and health care profes- health care workforce needs now
sionals, enhancing health care deliv- and in the future.
ery systems and advancing medical The school has approximately
research, according to the governor's 1,200 students and features eight
office, degree programs: athletic training,
In both his 2013-2015 and 2015-- biomedical sciences, medicine,
2017 budgets, Dalrymple rec0m- medical laboratory science, occu-
mended funding for the project, With pational therapy, physical therapy,
the 2013 and 2015 legislatures pass- physician assistant studies and pub-
ing legislation that provided more lic health.
than $122 million in general fund Ground was broken on the proj-
dollars to fund the new building, ect in June 2014. Faculty and staff
The 325,000-square-foot build- began moving into the new building
ing will, for the first time, incorpo- over the summer to prepare for stu-
rate all of the school's departments dents this fall.
Crop outlook forum
plan
for Nov. 14-15
The North Dakota Wheat Com- dience can be better equipped to
mission (NDWC) and the U.S. take care of the business ofagricul-
Durum Growers Association ture.
(USDGA) will be hosting the 2016 The agenda on Nov. 15 will in-
Crop Outlook and International clude a hard red spring wheat and
Durum Forum on Nov. 14-15 at the durum crop overview with infor-
Holiday Inn Riverside in Minot. mation on what producers learned
The event will bring together in- about production, quality and de-
dustry experts and producers to mand in 2016. The National Pasta
share and discuss the latest trends Association will provide an update
impacting the wheat and durum in- on pasta consumption trends. A
dustries, durum policy panel will discuss the
Tommy Grisafi, commodity risk strengths and challenges of the cur-
management advisor at Advance rent Farm Bill as well as areas of
Trading and president and CEO of focus for the 2018 Farm Bill. In ad-
Indiana Grain Company, will be the dition, a discussion with a USDA
keynote speaker at the event's ban- Federal Grain Inspection Service
quet the evening of Nov. 14. He representative regarding USDGA's
will discuss the influences that efforts to address producer con-
drastically affect the U.S. grain cerns regarding consistency of
market. The recognition of grading for hard vitreous kernel and
USDGA's awards and scholarship vomitoxin will take place. The
winners will also take place during USDGA annual meeting will follow
the banquet, the luncheon on Nov. 15.
Katie Dilse, USDGA member The event is free of charge, but
and nationally-known keynote registration is required by Wednes-
speaker from Slope County, will be day, Nov. 9. To register, view the
the luncheon speaker on Nov. 15. complete agenda and find addi-
She will share her own personal ex- tional information, visit www.du-
periences and discuss how the au- rumgrowers.com.
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