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1985: Ronald Reagan and
Mikhail Gorbachev met for the
first time in Geneva.
1863: Lincoln delivered his
Gettysburg Address at the dedica-
tion of the national cemetery on
the Civil War battlefield of
Gettysburg, Pa.
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Opinion ................ Page 3
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Public notices ....... Page 6
Comics .................. Page 7
News ................ Pages 8-9
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Cook's Corncer, page 3
Honor Flight set, page 5
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• Belfield Senior Citizens
Activity Club, potluck with A-L
serving, 12:30 p.m., Nov. 22.
• Billings County Historical
Society meeting, Thursday, Nov.
19, 5:15 p.m. in the basement of
Great Plains National Bank in
Belfield. Everyone welcome.
• Ray Ann Kilen, representa-
tive of the Small Business
Development Center, will be in
Beach Thursday, Nov. 19, 9 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m. Please contact Deb at
Prairie West if you would like an
appointment, 872-312.
• Beginning Experience - a
peer ministry support group for
widowed, divorced or separated
indiv.iduals - will start its next
10-week session on Nov. 29. For
more information and the meet-
ing location, contact, Deb at 590-
1105.
• Area singers are invited to
join the American Legion
Auxiliary for Christmas caroling
at the Golden Valley Manor at 2
p.m., Dec. 15.
• Belfield Senior Citizens
Activity Club, bingo and pool, 1-
2:30 p.m., birthday party follow-
ing, Nov. 30.
Vickie Krueger receives a Gold Star Banner from Marli Wicka during the Veterans Day pro-
gram at the Beach American Legion on Nov. 11. (Photo by Scott Feuerhelm)
By Ellen Feuerhelm
Staff Writer
The American Legion Hall in
Beach was filled to capacity for this
year's supper to honor veterans on
Nov. 11. The members of the Beach
High School Choir served dinner.
"Sense of service, tolerance,
bravery - learning the sacrifice of
being away - those are the five foun-
dation stones of which are nation
really is founded," said Harv.ey
Peterson, commander of the Legion
Post.
Vickie Krueger was honored
with a Gold Star Banner for the loss
of her son Sgt. Greg Krueger. Gold
Star Mothers is an organization of
mothers who have lost a son or
daughter in the service of the coun-
try. Vickie's son died on July 17,
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1970. in South Vietnam. but she
hadn't received a balaner previously.
Jill Tescher directed the choir
from the high school in singing the
"Song for the Unsung Hero," which
includes lyrics regarding choosing
honor more than glory. National
Auxiliary Chaplain Bev Wolff led
the invocation.
"We are here to honor all veter-
ans from the past to the present,"
said Wolff.
The Legion Post presented
$1,000 tO Wolff for travel expenses
as national chaplain.
Tanner Tescher, son of Ray and
Jill Tescher, talked about his atten-
dance at Boys State that he went to
June 7-12 in Wahpeton. Tescher
said attending Boys State is some-
thing he will never forget. He
received a plaque from the Post for
his citizenship training.
Diane Brown was honored with
a citation of maritime service for the
box project that has been ongoing in
the area for approximately eight
years. The project includes shipping
packages to those serving abroad.
The Legion Post also gave her a
check for $500 to continue the proj-
ect. Tom Lynch presented Loma
Gilman with a plaque that will be
on the new rifle room's door; the
room is named for her late husband
Monk Gilman.
"Beach was something special to
Monk. The XGI Drill Team made
his life. There was always a new
Event
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Stud nts perform "Par for the
By Ellen Feuerhelm
Staff Writer
The senior class of Beach High
School will be performing the com-
edy/mystery, "Par for the Corpse"
by playwright Craig Sodaro on
Sunday, Nov. 22, and Monday, Nov.
23, beginning at 7 p.m•
The play will be held at Lincoln
Elementary School. The play is a
parody.
The plot, in part, includes pro-
golfer Teddy Masters who is ready
to help guests perfect their swings at
an exclusive golf resort. When Joy
Draper of dating service
Harmonosity takes a crew of singles
to the resort, one of her clients, Rita
Sullivan, turns up dead with a chip
shot to the temple. It's a good thing
Joy's assistants, Sybil and Jill, study
criminology at-the local college,
and they already can brag that they
have two classes under their belts.
The two begin an investigation of
the suspects, including: the owner's
niece who isn't too interested in
hard work, a washed-up fashion
model, a scientist obsessed with
chaos theory, a Montana cowgirl, a
II
Beach students rehearse for the senior class play. (Photo by
Ellen Feuerhelm)
stuffy professor of literature, a Star
Wars geek and a hypochondriac.
Sodaro thanks the school for
choosing his play for production.
"I wrote the play in 2008, and the
inspiration came in a round about
way," he said in an e-mail. "My
wife and I were having dinner with
the Pioneer Drama Publishers one
evening. Over dessert, their young
son suggested a melodrama based
on a golf theme. We all liked tl!e
idea, so I wrote a golf melodrama:"
Sodaro eventually named his
first golf drama, "The Villain Took a
Chip Shot, or There's Gold in Them
Thar Greens." Sodaro then began
his work on "Par for the Corpse."
"I hope Beach High School has
fun producing, and the audiences
will have fun watching. Break a
leg!" wrote Sodaro.
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Writer
At first it wouldn't seem possi-
ble that cattle prices and the current
H1N 1 influenza situation are words
that can appear in the same sen-
tence, but the latter is having an
affect on the cattle industry, an
economist says.
The crisis on Wall Street that hit
last year. and problems in the
national and global economies
brought down cattle prices in 2008,
since beef prices hinge on the sta-
tus of the U.S. and world
economies. Cattle prices this fall
are about the same as they were last
year at this time, but now with
H1N1 also being a major factor,
said Tim Petry, the livestock econ-
omist for the North Dakota State
University Extension Service in
Fargo.
Beef prices are affected by the
supply and prices of other meat
products such as chicken and pork.
Pork prices at this time are low
due to concerns over H1N1, also
known as swine flu. Swine flu is
considered to be an erroneous
name for the illness, since it can't
be contracted from pork products•
"A really unfortunate thing
about it is it wouldn't have to hap-
pen," Petry said, referring to the
affect of the swine flu terminology
on the market. He said while the
use of the swine flu• description
may not be common in North
Dakota, it's affected other areas
such as the East Coast. Plus, the
U.S. is the world's largest pork
exporter.
The 2009 HIN1 virus was orig-
inally referred to as swine flu
because laboratory testing showed
that many of the genes in this new
virus were very similar to influenza
viruses that normally occur in
swine in North America, according
to the Centers for Disease Control
(CDC). But further study has
shown that this new virus is genet-
ically different from what normally
circulates in swine.
Swine influenza viruses are not
transmitted by food. and people
can't get swine influenza from eat-
ing properly handled and cooked
pork products, according to the
CDC.
Petry said calf prices this fall -
for 550 to 600 pound steers - have
been in the range of $100 per hun-
dredweight. Slaughter cow prices
Scare
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Shannon and Joe Fritz pose with the picture they were given
as part of the recognition for being named the 2009 Golden
Valley Soil Conservation District Achievement Award winners.
(Photo by Richard Volesky)
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By Richard Volesky
Editor/Writer
SENTINEL BUq-TE - Joe and
Shannon Fritz are the 2009 Golden
Valley Soil Conservation District
Achievement Award winners.
The ranchers were presented
with the award at the Ag Banquet
that was held on Saturday, Nov. 14,
in Sentinel Butte. The banquet is the
combined effort of the local Soil
Conservation District and the
Golden Valley County Fair
Association.
The annual achievement award
is in recognition of an agricultural
operation's outstanding effort to uti-
lize conservation practices.
The Fritzes said they have
implemented a number of practices
on their properly including•rotation-
al grazing, tree planting at the
homestead, cross fencing, using
sheep to graze leafy spurge, and the
installation of a water pipeline.
Other awards presented were:
- Urban Tree Care Award - Darla
Gunkel, Mitch Mitchell and Jan
Kuchera for the trees at the N.D.
Department of Transportation
Tourist Center.
- Rural Tree Care Award - Curt
Ekre
- Wildlife Tree Care Award -
Sharptail Ranch/Lee Thompson
Also recognized were district
employee Marty Campbell, and last
season's tree planters: Curt E~e,
Cheryl Justesen, Mary B. Nistler,
Brian Dolyniuk, Brad Steele, Devin
Steele, Jade Huffma'n, Lucas
Buchholz, Tyler Strobbe and Shawn
McCulley.
It was also announced that
Award
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