Page 6B ■ Thursday, December 9, 2010
Bismarck Tribune ■ Bismarcktribune.com
Seven-day forecast
The nation today -20 -10 0 10
Today
High Low today tonight Mostly cloudy, some snow
34 12
Noon
29
Saturday
18/-1
6/-11
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
16/5
22/12
Evening
27
16
Wind (mph): NW, 5 to 15
4/-8
AM snow Diminishing possible, much snow showers, colder, breezy. very cold.
27/16
Scattered snow Developing sunshine. likely.
A bitter cold day.
Dry and chilly.
North Dakota facts and forecasts
State forecast overview: A large low pressure system north of the region will allow for northerly flow and much colder air. Daytime highs tomorrow will only be in the upper teens and possibly lower 20's. Scattered snow showers are expected overnight into tomorrow morning with little accumulation. Much colder through the weekend.
Next week
Yesterday in N.D.
Today across the state 281
85
28 / 7
2
Williston
Bismarck Devils Lake Dickinson Fargo Garrison Grand Forks Hettinger Jamestown Minot Williston
23 / 2 Devils Lake 2
Minot
33 / 7
Grand Forks
Garrison
25 / 5
31 / 9 35 / 15 Dickinson
83 52 Bismarck
Mandan
85
34 / 12
94
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Jamestown
29 / 7
83
Fargo
27 / 6 29
36 / 16
Five-day jet stream
Hettinger
Yesterday’s state extremes: H
High: 18 at Dickinson Low: -5 at Hettinger
L
Almanac Statistics through 5 p.m. yesterday from Bismarck Municipal Airport.
L
Temperatures Yesterday High/low: 11 / 7 Normal high/low: 27 / 5 Record high: 51° in 2006 Record low: -21° in 1972
Tuesday
10-day outlook Near Normal
Regional facts and forecasts
Bismarck-Mandan
H
Temperature
L
Wind (mph): Wind (mph): NW, 10 to 20 NE, 5 to 15
Weather notebook
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20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Wednesday
showers and breezy.
Morning
Wind (mph): NW, 15 to 25
Friday
Precipitation
Above Normal
Today’s weather history 1988 - A winter storm blanketed the Southern and Central Appalachians with up to ten inches of snow. Arctic air invaded the north central U.S. bringing subzero cold to Minnesota and North Dakota. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
Trace 0.48" 0.14" 22.26" 16.51"
Snowfall Yesterday: Total month to date: Normal month to date: Season to date:
Normal season to date:
0.3" 6.9" 2.7" 20.4" 14.5"
24hr. change Discharge
1605.75 - 0.03
36400 cfs
44
18400 cfs
38
Sakakawea 1842.17 - 0.02
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Stage Change
Missouri, Bismarck 6.47 - 0.38 0.46 + 0.21 Heart, Mandan Sun&moon Sunrise Sunset 8:16 AM 4:55 PM Today 8:17 AM 4:55 PM Friday First Full Last New Dec. 13 Dec. 21 Dec. 28 Jan. 4
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Around the nation Yesterday Tomorrow Today City Hi Lo Prcp Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Albany,N.Y. 29 21 Trace" 26 13 pc 31 23 ls Albuquerque 52 28 0.00" 60 32 pc 60 31 pc 60 26 0.00" 61 28 pc 59 30 pc Amarillo Anchorage 23 10 0.00" 13 0 pc 9 9 pc Asheville 33 16 0.00" 39 21 pc 45 27 pc Atlanta 36 22 0.00" 45 26 pc 50 32 pc Atlantic City 36 25 0.00" 37 24 su 42 36 pc Austin 58 41 0.00" 68 44 su 71 48 pc Baltimore 36 22 0.00" 35 23 pc 39 27 mc Birmingham 32 24 0.00" 47 27 su 55 36 su Boise 44 30 Trace" 43 36 r 38 32 r Boston 34 28 0.00" 30 20 su 37 28 ls Brownsville 65 56 Trace" 70 54 su 77 59 pc Buffalo 24 19 Trace" 24 22 pc 35 30 ls Burlington,Vt. 21 17 0.03" 18 4 ls 27 21 lsr Casper 43 31 0.00" 41 27 pc 40 23 mx Charleston,S.C. 43 22 0.00" 50 32 pc 56 39 pc Charleston,W.Va. 29 19 Trace" 33 24 pc 46 27 sh Charlotte,N.C. 37 14 0.00" 44 21 pc 47 28 pc Cheyenne 50 19 0.00" 49 29 pc 47 23 pc Chicago 25 11 0.00" 33 28 sn 36 28 pc Cincinnati 30 10 0.00" 33 27 pc 42 30 pc Cleveland 26 19 0.08" 26 23 mc 34 27 ls 37 16 0.00" 47 22 su 51 28 pc Columbia,S.C. Columbus,Ohio 28 14 Trace" 30 26 pc 38 30 ls Concord,N.H. 30 21 0.00" 25 3 pc 30 20 lsr Dallas-Ft Worth 54 37 0.00" 61 43 pc 65 49 pc Dayton 25 8 Trace" 30 26 pc 38 30 pc Denver 60 21 0.00" 58 32 pc 56 32 pc Des Moines 31 10 0.00" 39 26 mc 36 30 pc Detroit 30 19 Trace" 28 26 pc 37 29 ls El Paso 63 30 0.00" 68 34 su 70 38 su Evansville 49 15 0.00" 41 30 pc 46 34 pc Fairbanks -17 -24 0.00" -19 -34 pc -27 -25 pc Flagstaff 55 17 0.00" 59 20 pc 56 23 pc Grand Rapids 29 23 Trace" 28 25 sn 35 28 mx Greensboro,N.C. 35 17 0.00" 40 22 su 47 27 pc Hartford Spgfld 33 23 0.00" 31 19 su 35 25 ls Honolulu 79 65 0.00" 80 72 sh 80 72 th Houston 53 45 0.05" 63 51 pc 68 58 pc Indianapolis 25 5 0.00" 28 25 pc 38 28 pc Jackson,Miss. 46 35 0.00" 52 29 pc 60 47 pc Jacksonville 52 24 0.00" 56 44 pc 64 46 pc Juneau 36 28 0.05" 20 17 pc 22 22 ls Kansas City 39 15 0.00" 49 30 pc 52 38 pc Knoxville, TN 33 15 0.00" 41 24 pc 48 31 pc Las Vegas 60 43 0.00" 64 46 pc 66 48 pc
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Around the world City Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Berlin Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Edmonton Frankfurt Havana Helsinki
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City Hong Kong Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul London Madrid Mexico City Montreal Moscow Nairobi
Hi 70 63 74 82 43 34 59 64 18 33 73
Today Lo W 69 sh 41 pc 52 pc 57 th 23 pc 29 pc 44 sh 26 pc 3 ls 21 ls 55 sh
City New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Seoul Singapore Sydney Tokyo Toronto Vancouver
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RANDOLPH, Minn. (AP) — Officials have given the all-clear for residents to return home after an ammonia spill forced an evacuation in Randolph and sent more than 50 students to hospitals. Authorities say an ammonia cloud about the size of a football field formed after Wednesday’s accidental
release. Cannon Falls Medical Center treated and released 25 people. Twentyone patients were treated at Northfield Hospital, with all but one released. Five were treated at Regina Medical Center in Hastings. Dakota County emergency managers say a ruptured line spilled anhydrous ammonia at the River Coun-
try Co-op north of Randolph. The caustic chemical can cause respirator y injuries. Emergency preparedness coordinator David Gisch says about 400 residents were evacuated to a nearby fire station. Students from the school complex were sent to a church outside the city.
Group wants tax break Tribune files
Bismarck businessman Dewey Tietz died Wednesday at age 63. viding start-up investments. “He believed passionately in the development of our youth and building a community that would afford them all the opportunity and adventure that a big city allowed,” IDEA Center Director Julie Kuennen wrote Wednesday. Kuennen said that the loss of Tietz’s guidance at the center was a great one, but he left the organization with a strong foundation. “He taught us how to fish,” she said. Karel Sovak, who teaches business at the University of Mary, said Tietz was motivated by the area’s economic struggles in the 1980s to help entrepreneurs to create new jobs. “He had a contagious enthusiasm,” Sovak said.
“He didn’t want people to die with a dream inside of them.” In addition to business, Tietz had an artistic side that he channeled through paintings that decorated the IDEA Center. Tietz’s family and friends announced Wednesday that they would form the Dewey Tietz IDEA Foundation to support new business ventures. Those who wish to make contributions or to learn more about it can contact the IDEA Center at 2502198. Family members said that donations could be made in lieu of flowers. (Reach reporter Christopher Bjorke at 250-8261 or chris.bjorke@bismarcktribune.com.)
Cities probe burglaries initially would not answer the door, but the homeowner let police in. Jeffery was arrested on warrants out of Burleigh County, and the homeowner gave officers permission to search the home. They recovered the com-
Continued from 1B puters stolen at BTP Total Performance, Gruebele said. Gruebele said police are looking for another suspect. (Reach reporter Jenny Michael at 250-8225 or jenny.michael@bismarcktribune.com.)
Mandan investigation Continued from 1B the home where the party was held. Sgt. Jay Gruebele said some of the reports in the case have gone to prosecutors so they can begin
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Yesterday’s national extremes: High: 83 at Rialto, Calif. Low: -9 at Owatonna, Minn.
50 treated due to ammonia spill Continued from 1B
the prints from the burglaries matched.Officers also watched surveillance video from G4, which led them to Jeffery, a former employee at Zander Body Shop. Gruebele said he tracked Jeffery down at a mobile home in Mandan. Jeffery
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Tietz remembered “One word to describe Dewey was passion in everything he did,” said Don Clement, a friend and business associate through his accounting firm, Brady, Martz & Associates. “He was a man made up of the core values of honesty, integrity and mutual respect.” CrossCountry Courier, founded in 1980, employed 300 people and owned 200 trucks when Tietz sold it to its chief executive, Janeanne Bischke, in May. He retired from its daily operations in 2004 to concentrate on his business mentoring work. “He really reached a point in his life where he wanted to start giving back,” Bischke said. “He was an entrepreneur at heart and wanted to help other people with dreams and visions to follow them.” Dick Hedahl of Hedahl Auto Plus remembered Tietz as a savvy businessman and a steady source of new ideas. “He was one of the most innovative entrepreneurs I’ve ever met,” he said. “He was always coming up with new ideas and new ways of doing things.” Tietz spent recent years working with younger entrepreneurs with the University of Mary and the IDEA Center, which he co-founded and served as an adviser. He also helped foster new business ideas by pro-
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South Dakota
Snow season runs Sept. 1 to May 31
River stages
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Precipitation Yesterday: Total month to date: Normal month to date: Year to date: Normal year to date:
Montana
Area lake levels Elev.
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reviewing what he called “piles” of paperwork compiled so far. However, the investigation is not over. Gruebele said Mandan police have continued
interviewing people in connection with the investigation and are waiting on lab results and reports from the state crime laboratory. — Jenny Michael
Morton County’s policy does not allow a tax break for homes outside Mandan borders. County Commissioner Andy Zachmeier said the county has not been approached by the homebuilders group but it plans to discuss how tax break increases for Mandan would impact the entire county revenue. The home builders group said that building spec homes keeps workers
employed during the standard off-season and eventually adds to the tax rolls. “If we don’t build any houses, they aren’t going to get more tax revenue. If we build the homes, they will be on the tax rolls forever,” Jacobson said. Builders put a lot of risk and expense into speculative homes, she said. “There are a lot of other issues the industry is facing such as appraisals, money
Bontinued from 1B not being lent on spec homes and new environmental codes.” In making requests to local government boards, the home builders group is providing a list of other cities around the state that allow tax breaks for homeowners and speculative homes of $150,000 or more. (Reach reporter LeAnn Eckroth at 250-8264 or leann.eckroth@bismarcktribune.com.)
Law signed Continued from 1B signing ceremony “breathtaking,” adding that she did not expect it to happen in her lifetime. Cobell filed the suit nearly 15 years ago and led efforts to reach the $3.4 billion settlement a year ago and then push it through the House and Senate. At least 300,000 Native Americans say they were swindled out of royalties overseen by the Interior Department since 1887 for oil, gas, grazing and timber rights. The plaintiffs will share the settlement. Cobell said she was driving her car in Montana when she learned the Senate had approved the measure last month. “I pulled over and I cried,” she said. Even with Obama’s signature, the settlement must still go through a gauntlet of court hearings, a media campaign to notify beneficiaries, waiting periods for comments and appeals. The first check is not expected to reach tribal plaintiffs until August. Even so, Cobell said the day was historic.
“This day means a lot to the elders, because it basically means they receive justice,” she said. “The money is secondary. They got justice. The United States government gave them justice.” Sen. Blanche Lincoln, DArk., used similar language to describe the black farmers case, which marks the second round of funding from a class-action lawsuit originally settled in 1999. The case, which involves allegations of widespread discrimination by local Agriculture Department offices in awarding loans and other aid, is named after Timothy Pigford, a black farmer from North Carolina who was an original plaintiff. The new settlement, totaling nearly $1.2 billion, is intended for people who were denied payments in the earlier settlement because they missed deadlines for filing. Individual amounts depend on how many claims are successfully filed. “The time is long overdue to fund the discrimination
settlement for farmers who have experienced decades of injustice,” Lincoln said. The settlement will not erase the anxiety and frustrations many black farmers experienced, Lincoln added, but “it will help compensate their financial losses and begin laying the foundation in restoring their faith in the United States government.” Some Republicans have warned that black farmers might make up stories of discrimination that are hard to prove. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, likened the program to “modern-day reparations” for African-Americans and argued that the claims process is rife with fraud. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Attorney General Eric Holder said the bill includes new safeguards to prevent fraud, including an extended court approval process and government audits. Holder called fraud concerns “legitimate,” but he said the settlement rights a historical wrong.