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OCTOBER 18, 2019
VOL. 114 • NO. 42
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Stopping the Stigma
Local scientist awarded grant to study honeybees
FRANK TURNER
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ast week on Oct. 10, the world observed World Mental Health Day. The day was created to raise awareness against the stigma that so many face with mental health. In our society, there exists a preconceived idea that depression and anxiety are a result of weakness, a lack of mental fortitude, andthis stigma can be damaging to individuals seeking help. Fighting mental health with nothing but the sheer force of will isn’t any better than trying to think away a cold. Seeking help is okay, and although mental health struggles can be difficult, there are available resources in Hettinger for those who need them. According to Behavior Health Program Coordinator/Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Tara Jorgenson, West River Health Services offers a wide range of mental health services available to all ages with a multitude of trained counselors and medical professionals. Specifically, West River Health Services offers individual therapy, couple and family therapy, medication management, diagnostic assessments, stress management, and many more services for those who need professional help. The hospital also offers telepsychiatry to connect patients to specialists in other parts
The Hettinger Research Extension Center is set to begin research on honeybees. Photo by Frank Turner.
FRANK TURNER
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ince 1907, the Hettinger Research Extension Center has been guiding agricultural research projects, helping producers achieve new levels of success with each passing day. This year, the research center is breaking into a new area of agriculture research, honeybees. The North Central Re-
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The project, “Examining the Role of Shelterbelts (Tree Plantings) on Early-Season Honey Production and Hive Growth of Honeybees in the North Central Region,” looks to answer new questions on how honeybees are using shelterbelts and flowering trees as a food source early in the year. “When honeybees first comeback to North Dakota in mid-May,
it’s a food desert,” said Geaumont. “There are just not enough flowering plants at that time.” To compensate for the lack of food, beekeepers have to continually “key into flowering trees” to provide a food source for their bees. Geaumont said that he thought up the research project after observing his own tree belt outside of Hettinger. Geaumont recounted seeing his flowering trees
full of bees in the early spring. “At the time, I thought these flowering trees must be really important to native pollinators and honeybees as well,” he said. After contacting local beekeeper Alan Timm, owner of T2 Honey, and research experts in Fargo, Geaumont created his grant proposal. BEES » PAGE 2
Hettinger Public School donates AEDs to armory
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gion Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program recently awarded local Range and Wildlife Scientist Benjamin Geaumont a highly competitive grant for $199,922 to explore new research in honeybees. “We have never done any bee work at the research center,” said Geaumont. “This is our first project at the research center that is specific to honeybees.”
FRANK TURNER
acrnews@countrymedia.net
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ettinger Public School recently donated a used Zoll AED device to the Hettinger Armory at last week’s city council meeting. Last spring, the school applied for new AED devices and ended up with more than they expected. “We applied for four AEDs with the hope to get two devices and we were fortunate enough to get funding for four,” said superintendent Ryan Moser. The school applied for the grants after discussAED » PAGE 3 GRANT » PAGE 2
Hettinger Public School Superintendent Ryan Moser (left) and Principal Darin Seamands (right) donate an AED device to the Hettinger Armory at a city council meeting. Photo by Frank Turner.
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