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1787." Pennsylvania became the sec-
ond state to ratify the U.S. Constitution
1870: Joseph Rainey took his seat as
the first African Amertcan m the U.S.
House of Represematives.
1913." The Mona Lisa was recovered
in Florence after having been stolen two
years earlier (August 1911)from the
Louvre.
1963." Kenya gained its independ-
ence from Britain.
1998: The House Judiciary Commit-
tee approved a fourth and final article
of impeachment against President Clin-
ton.
2000." The U.S. Supreme Court
stopped the presidential election re-
count in Florida.
2001." Yasir Arafat closed the offices
of llamas and Islamic Jihad.
What's
Happening?
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.
Beach Lincoln Elementary
Christmas program, 7 p.m
Dec. 12, at High School gym
Open house/meeting re-.
garding proposed walking and
biking trail in Beach, 5-7 p.m,
Monday, Dec. 16, Beach City
Hall
Opinion Page 3
Public notices Pages 4-6
Comics Page 8
Classifieds Page 9
State monitoring
oil release in
Billings County
Sen. John Hoeven. R-N.D a mem-
ber of the House-Senate farm bill con-
ference committee, on Dec. 6
convened a meeting of livestock pro-
ducers and western North Dakota agri-
culture groups in Hettinger to highlight
portions of the farm bill that will help
ranchers who suffered losses during
the October blizzard in the Dakotas.
The senator is working to get
agreement from conferees so that Con-
gress can pass a farm bill a strong,
long-term farm bill by the end of this
year or January.
"This year's blizzard in the Dakotas
made it clear to everyone in the agri-
culture world how important a strong
livestock disaster assistance program
is to our ranchers," said Hoeven.
"We're working to ensure that the farm
bill includes strong provisions to pro-
vide our ranchers with tools to help
them recover following the devastat-
ing storm earlier this year."
Hoeven highlighted portions of the
farm bill that will help livestock pro-
ducers who suffered losses during the
October blizzard in the Dakotas.
- Livestock Disaster Assistance:
Both the House and Senate versions
of the farm bill renew the Livestock
Indemnity Program (LIP), the Live-
stock Forage Program (LFP) and the
Emergency Livestock Assistance Pro-
gram (ELAP) as well as provide cov-
erage retroactively beginning in Fiscal
Year 2012. Hoeven is working to in-
clude the House version of the LIP,
which pays ranchers on the same per-
centage of their losses as the 2008
Farm Bill: 75 percent as opposed to 65
percent in the Senate bill. He is also
working .tc e='~ure that adverse
weather-related disease losses, in-
cluding pneumonia, are covered by
LIR
"We're doing all we can to find
agreement on a farm bill so we can get
it passed as soon as possible," said Ho-
even. "Our number one priority is to
pass a strong, long-term farm bill that
will provide producers with the cer-
tainty they need to run their busi-
nesses. Our farmers and ranchers
provide us with the highest quality,
lowest cost food supply in the world
and good farm policy benefits every
single American."
Hoeven also outlined additional
farm bill priorities important to west-
em North Dakota, including:
- Enhanced Crop Insurance: The
farm bill includes a strong safety net
for producers. Hoeven underscored
that the safety net in the farm bill is fo-
cused on enhanced crop insurance.
The legislation enhances crop insur-
ance with the inclusion of the Supple-
mental Coverage Option (SCO). The
SCO enables producers to purchase a
supplemental policy beyond their in-
dividual farm-based policy.
- Revenue Loss Protection: In ad-
dition, the bill features a new Agricul-
"We're working to
ensure that the farm
bill includes strong
provisions to pro-
vide our ranchers
with tools to help
them recover fol-
lowing the devastat-
ing storm emlier
this year." nj
Sen. John Hoeve
ture Risk Coverage (ARC) program
that covers assistance for multiple-year
losses. The program works with crop
insurance by covering between 78 and
88 percent of a producer's historic five-
year average revenues based on price
and yield.
Conservation: Farmers and rancl~
ers have a vested interest in good ste~]~
ardship of their land, and both th~
Senate and House versions of the bill
include good conservation tools. Con2
servation compliance is tied to partic-
ipation in the farm program, but it
should not be tied to crop insurance.
- Ag Research: The farm bill needs
to include strong support for agricul-
tural research, like the work done at
North Dakota State University and the
North Dakota Extension Service, to
enhance crop genetics and production.
- State Acres for Wildlife En-
hancement Program (SAFE): The
senator touted a part of the Conserva-
tioh Reserve Program (CRP) caller'~
SAFE, which allows producers to cre-
ate habitat that is beneficial for
wildlife. This could be a very good
program for both farmers and sports-
men because it will allow farmers to
optimize CRP acreage to encourage
wildlife populations. States like North
Dakota have lost CRP acreage, which
has a reduced habitat for a number of
sports species like deer and pheasants.
Combined with North Dakota's
PLOTS and Coverlocks programs,
which make private lands available to
hunters, the SAFE program can create
more habitats to increase wildlife pop-
ulations and hunting opportunities.
Organizations invited to the meet-
ing include: the North Dakota Stock-
men's Association, North Dakota
Soybean Growers, North Dakota Corn
Growers Association, North Dakota
Barley Council, North Dakota Grain
Growers, North Dakota Farmers
Union, North Dakota Farm Bureau,
Littl~ Missouri Grazing Association,
Horse Creek Grazing Association,
McKenzie County Grazing Associa-
tion, Sheyenne Valley Grazing Asso-
ciation, Grand River Coop Grazing
Association and Grand River Grazing
Association.
The North Dakota Department
of Health said on Dec. 9 it was no-
tified and is monitoring a brine and
Meeting to be held about
oil release in Billings County. The
spill has been contained. The re- p oposed ctio p
oject
lease was reported by BTA Oil Pro- r constru n r
ducers L.L.C. on Dec. 8. A public input meeting will be e-mailed to
It is currently estimated that 650 held from 5-7 p.m. on Dec. 16, at jon.wilczek@kljeng.com with "Pub-
barrels of brine (salt) water and 20 Beach City Hall, 153 East Mainlic Input Meeting" in the e-mail sub-
barrels of oil were released from a Street. The meeting will utilize an ject heading.
production well site, with some of open house format. The city of Beach, NDDOT and
the brine and oil reaching a tribu- The purpose of the meeting is to KLJ will consider every request for
tary to the Little Missouri River. discuss the proposed construction of reasonable accommodation to pro-
This site is approximately 4.5 the Beach Walking and Biking Trail vide: an accessible meeting facility
miles west of the Little Missouri from the Pilot/Flying J truck stop to or other accommodation for people
River and 15 miles northwest of North Central Avenue. The meeting with disabilities, language interpre-
Medora. The spill is located on pri- will provide opportunity for public tation for people with limited Eng-
vate and U.S. Forest Service land. input. Representatives from the city lish proficiency (LEP), and
Both agencies will be involved in of Beach,N.D. Department of Trans- translations of written material nec-
overseeing the cleanup. The spill portation (NDDOT) and KLJ will be essary to access NDDOT programs
has been contained and the Depart- available to answer questions,and information.
ment of Health, U.S. Forest Serv- For anyone unable to attend the To request accommodations, con-
ice and BTA Oil Producers will be meeting, written statements or corn- tact Jon Wilczek, KLJ at 701-456-
evaluating the extent of the release ments must be mailed by Dec. 31, 3153 or jon.wilczek@kljeng.com.
and the best approach for remedia- 2013, to Jon Wilczek,KLJ, P.O. Box TTY users may use Relay North
tion. 290, Dickinson, ND 58601-0290 or Dakota at 711 or 1-800-366-6888.
Rare 'egg thief lizard' fossil discovered
A North American oviraptorosaur,
the second substantial specimen of
its kind, has been discovered by
Burpee Museum of Natural History
paleontology crews on publicly-
owned land near Ekalaka, Mont the
Bureau of Land Management said
last week.
Burpee Museum Board Member
and Highland Community College
Professor Steve Simpson and one of
his students were credited with the
find. Both were working an exposed
section of the Hell Creek Formation
in Carter County this summer when
they found claw and toe bones
weathering out of a hillside belong-
ing to a mid-sized theropod - a meat- . ~ ~: ,
eating dinosaur. The museum is This is a close up of oviraptor foot bones under excavation in
located in Rockford, Ill. Carter County, Mont earlier this year. Paleontology crews were
Further excavation uncovered working an exposed section of the Hell Creek Formation near
more toe and foot bones. Within min- Ekalaka when they found claw and toe bones weathering out of
utes, several other bones were dis-
covered including vertebrae and ribs. a hillside. (Photo Courtesy of the Burpee Museum of Natural His-
The bones were disarticulated, but tory)
closely associated, according to the The word oviraptorosaur means "It appearsto be a large (perhaps
BLM. About 40 bones were collected "egg thief lizard." Paleontologists the largest so-far) of the as-yet un-
over the course of 10days including: first thought these dinosaurs were named species of big (ostrich-sized
toe bones, metatarsals, ankle bones, nest raiders based on a Mongolian or larger) oviraptorosaur from the
tibia, partial femur, hip bones, verte- fossil of an adult sprawled on top of very end of the age of dinosaurs in
bra and ribs. The bones were ori- a clutch of eggs. Later studies con- western North America," wrote
ented as to be headed into the hillside cluded that the animal died on its Holtz in a letter to the Burpee Mu-
and the rest of the skeleton remains own nest. Several preserved speci- seum board.
covered, hopefully including the mens have since been recovered po- "Based on very preliminary esti-
skull, sitioned in similar brooding postures, mates (as most of the bones were still
"Initially we thought this could be Artist conceptions based on exist- in the ground at the time I last saw
another juvenile tyrannosaur," said ing skeletons depict.an upright, os- them), this individual dinosaur may
Scott Williams, Burpee Museum di- trich-like animal with fairly long, be 15 to 20 percent larger than the
rector of science and exhibits. "But three-fngered upper limbs and a Carnegie Museum specimen," said
there were some features in the toe skull that has a pronounced crest and Holtz. "It could be that this is simply
bones and in the foot bones that are a parrot-like beak. There are many an older and larger individual of this
different from Tyrannosaurus rex; varieties ofoviraptors ranging in size rare species. Alternatively, it might
they're not curved as much, not as from the turkey-sized Caudipteryx to be a new species of the same sort
robust or stocky; the claws are also the 1.4 ton Gigantoraptor. Some have detailed examination of the bones of
different. The kicker was the tail ver- crests, some don't, and other charac- this new skeleton compared to those
tebrae. They were fairly stubby, not teristics vary. The most complete of previously discovered ones will
as elongated as what you would find s~ave been found in Asia. determine this."
in a juvenile tyrannosaur and they North American finds are exception- The specimen has been nick-
had pneumatic openings visible." ally rare, according to the BLM. named "Pearl" for Pearl City, I11 and
Williams likened the animal to "a Oviraptors have been found with Pearl City Street, where Simpson and
parrot on steroids." impressions of well-developed feath- his students are from.
"Based on the length of its tibia ers, particularly on the wings or Currently, the Carnegie Museum
and other bones we have, it's proba- hands, and tail. in Pittsburgh, Penn has the only
bly going to be 5 to 6 feet tall at the Dr. Thomas Holtz, paleontologist one complete mounted North Amer-
hip," said Williams. "You're looking and theropod expert from the Uni- ican oviraptorosaur in the world.
at an animal that is probably pretty versity of Maryland, arrived in Mon- The Carnegie specimen is the com-
fleet of foot, very lightly built, lotsof tana the day after the initialposite of two individuals and is
hollow bones that have air sacs. This discovery and helped identify the
animal could get around pretty specimen based on the air sac spaces Oviraptor
good." in its tail vertebra. (Continued on Page 10)
Report: N.D. ranks No. 1 in protecting kids from tobacco
Fifteen years after the 1998 state Nonsmokers' Rights. Nationally, the report finds that
tobacco settlement, North Dakota A 2008 voter-approved ballot ini- most states are failing to adequately
ranks first in the nation in funding pro- tiative requires North Dakota to fund fund tobacco prevention and cessation
grams tQ prevent kids from smoking a tobacco prevention and cessation programs. Key national findings of
and help smokers quit, according to a program at the CDC-recommendedthe report include:
national report released today by a level. In just two years, from 2009 to The states this year will collect
coalition of public health organiza- 2011, North Dakota reduced smoking $25 billion from the tobacco settle-
tions, among high school students by 13.5 ment and tobacco taxes, but will
North Dakota currently spends percent (from 22.4 percent to 19.4 spend just 1.9 percent of it - $481.2
$9.5 million a year on tobacco pre- percent who smoke), million - on tobacco prevention pro-
vention and cessation programs, North Dakota made further grams. This means the states are
which meets the funding level recom- progress in 2012 when voters over- spending less than two cents of every
mended by the U.S. Centers for Dis- whelmingly approved a comprehen- dollar in tobacco revenue to fight to-
ease Control and Prevention (CDC). sive smoke-free law that applies to all bacco use.
North Dakota is one of only two workplaces, including restaurants and States are falling woefully short
states, along with Alaska, that cur- bars. Health advocates are urging of the CDC's recommended funding
rently fund tobacco prevention pro- North Dakota leaders to also increase levels for tobacco prevention pro-
grams at CDC-recommended levels, the state's cigarette tax, which at just grams. Altogether, the states have
Other key findings for North 44 cents per pack ranks 46th in the na- budgeted just 13 percent of the $3.7
Dakota include: tion and is well below the state aver- billion the CDC recommends.
North Dakota this year will col- age of $1.53 per pack. There is more evidence than ever
lect $64.3 million in revenue from the "We applaud North Dakota for its before that tobacco prevention and
1998 tobacco settlement and tobacco strong commitment to preventing kids cessation programs work to reduce
taxes and will spend just 14.8 percent from smoking, helping smokers quit smoking, save lives and save money.
of it on tobacco prevention programs, and protecting all its citizens from Florida, which has a well-funded, sus-
The tobacco companies spend harmful secondhand smoke," said tained tobacco prevention program,
$27.9 million a year to market their Matthew L. Myers, president of the reduced its high school smoking rate
products in North Dakota. This is 3 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. to just 8.6 percent in 2013, far below
times what the state spends on tobacco "North Dakota is making a smart in- the national rate. One study found that
prevention, vestment in tobacco prevention that during the first 10 years of its tobacco
The annual report on states' fund- will save lives and save money by re- prevention program, Washington state
ing of tobacco prevention programs, ducing tobacco-related health care saved more than $5 in tobacco-related
titled"A Broken Promise to Our Chil- costs. To further reduce tobacco use, hospitalization costs for every $1
dren: The 1998 State Tobacco Settle- North Dakota's leaders should also in- spent on the program.
ment 15 Years Later," was released by crease the tobacco tax." Tobacco use is the number one
the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, In North Dakota, 19.4 percent of cause of preventable death in the U:S
American Heart Association, Ameri- high school students smoke, and 400 killing more than 400,000 people and
can Cancer Society Cancer Action more kids become regular smokers costing $96 billion in health care bills
Network, American Lung Associa- each year. Tobacco annually claims each year. Nationally, about 18 per-
tion, the Robert Wood Johnson Foun- 800 lives and costs the state $247 mil- cent of adults and 18.1 percent of high
dation and Americans for lion in health care bills, school students smoke.
Friday, Dec. 6 in Medora during banking hours
Saturday, Dec. 7 in Beach from 10 a. m.- 1 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 14 in Gotva from 10 a. m.- 1 p.m.
First State Bank will also be sponsoring "Monsters University", a
free movie for the kids on Saturday, Dec. 7 at the Bijou Show-House.
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