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FIXING THE DELAY

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‘One Room at a Time Together’ campaign REVIEW nears goal By TED UECKER

WRHS Foundation

pages The Foundation at West River 8-9 Health Services has almost reached its $145,500 fundraising goal to renovate 42 individual resident rooms at Western Horizons Care Center via its Air hoses have been installed at both the east and west railway crossings. The hoses will help maintain the air pressure in the brake sys“One Room At a Time Together” Camtems of the trains, minimizing the test time after cars are seperated and re-coupled. (Photo by Cole Benz/The Record) paign. During the last six months, the Foundation has raised $142,500 By SHELDON CHRISTENSON of that, their 6’4” center Mason 26 but the Ranchers fell just Nighthawks. Harding County – only girls w $3,000 short of their goal! Recently an For the Pioneer Teigen left the game late in the short by two points. Sadowsky scored 34 for HS came in with a 1-3 record. 800-piece direct mail campaign was first quarter with three fouls They had a chance to tie the which included five 3-pointHettinger/Scranton girls a sent out to previous Foundation supHarding County came to and would not return until the game with less than a minute ers and Brandon Pierce added jumped out to an organiearly lead and area businesses, cranton on Dec. 18 and 19 to 2nd half. The Nighthawks built to go but, Sam Kludt blocked 21. I had Clayton Koch porters lead- and they wereWithin head this 16-1mail after zations families. ake on the Nighthawk boys a 13-point lead at the end of the a close in shot by Teigen which ing Harding Co. with 23 points. and campaign 25-15 at h piece, thefirst “Onestop, Room…” nd girls’ basketball teams, and first half which was highlighted more than likely saved the The Nighthawk JV teamwas explained, the also Theyincluding held onthe in need, the second h eft going 0-2 for their efforts. part of the advertising camremains undefeated as plan, theyand although by a buzzer-beating long range game from being tied. being outscored Hettinger-Scranton’s boy’s 3-point shot by Haden Sadpaign. The Ranchers got the ball downing Harding Co. 63-53. 21 to pull off their second asketball team faced the owsky, which made the score back with 10 seconds left but have tonot Harding Co. came into Event the though of the we season goquite along w anchers first and pulled out 38-25. reached our goal, we have begun renorecould not get off a good shot. game with a 2-0 record and five losses. vations, as 90 percent of the new floor64-62 win. The Nighthawk’s in 80 percent With the return of Teigen in Kludt was having a problem ceiving votes in the top five CaseyofJoppa ing and the newtallied painting 19 ull court pressure initially gave the encesecond in termshalf, of justbetter those lonthe straw broke the shuttling residents Dakota Class B ranks. shoot- “It’s finding his that shooting touchdowntown, but South Kinsey Jahner By COLE BENZ has been completed. Many of added the new 11 he Ranchers trouble as they ing ger periods of time where there’s camels back,” Wyman said. to Mirror Lake Park. and rebounding, they out- his blocked shot was definitely The following night resident-friendly the the Nighthawks. Both Record Editor high rise toilets havehad uickly fell behind 12-0. On top scored been a train at that crossing you37-“That’s kind of moments brought it for “On 4th of July there weredownedalready onewhat of the key the theNighthawk girls the been Hettinger/Scranton 3-pointers. installed following instalshouldn’t see that now,” McBeth to the head” a couple of businessmen that lation of the new flooring. Next come Burlington Northern Santa Fe said. “It shouldn’t be an extenMembers of the 4th of July actually put people in their pickthe new sinks, new lighting, new furRailway recently upgraded their sive period of time.” Celebration committee contact- ups and drove them around,” niture and decorations. We’re hoping infrastructure at the Hettinger Delays at the crossing have ed the company twice prior to Wyman said. “Thank goodness to have every resident room renovated hub, adding a few pieces of been an issue plaguing the area the event, alerting them about we have people like that.” before the new year! equipment that should cut down since the early 80s, when BNSF the need to have that pathway Wyman decided to call the The following families, businesses crossing blockage time down to set up the hub in Hettinger. open. Yet there was still a block. company again, this time he told and organizations have really stepped minutes, according to Amy Mc“It’s been a problem since The Hettinger Area Chamber them that if something wasn’t forward in support of this areas comBeth, Director of Public Affairs. 1981,” Mayor Richard Wyman of Commerce called that day going to be done, they would be munity-wide campaign with gifts exSo what was installed? said. to alert BNSF of the blockage contacting their congressional ceeding $700: WRHS Foundation Air hoses at both the east and Wyman said the city has tried and were told that the pathway delegation. $25,000; Mitch & Lani Schultz $5,514; west crossings will cut down to address the issue with the would be cleared by 11 a.m. So far it hasn’t come to that, City of Hettinger $5,500; Debbie & delays by keeping the air pres- company for many years, mostly The pathway didn’t open until 8 because during the latest atRandy Nehring In Memory of Cheryl sure in the train’s braking sys- being transferred from repre- p.m. that evening, according to tempt with BNSF, Wyman said Freed $5,000; Dr. Josh & Dr. Cartem. Most of the delay comes sentative to representative, and Wyman. McBeth was very helpful and rie Ranum $4,069; Uecker Yards Inc. when BNSF has to check their not getting much of a response. Wyman said some attend- saw some activity be put in moIn Memory of Ted & Nan Uecker Sr. brakes after they re-couple the “We have been working on ing the event took the danger- tion, which was a very different $4,000; Alan & Kaye McIntyre and cars together. This process can [fixing the issue] for quite a ous route of crawling through outcome than in years past. Kaylene Erlenbush In Memory of Mom take up to an hour. With the air while, but we kind of re-doubled the train equipment, he said “Amy McBeth listened to our & Dad $4,000; Magnus & Grace Meier hoses, the cars can maintain that our efforts,” Wyman said. elderly residents could be seen problem, and actually followed $3,510; Ted & Sheri Uecker In Memopressure before and after the The issue hit its pinnacle dur- passing young children to oth- through,” Wyman said. “And as ry of Uncle Bob Wright $3,385; Kentrain is separated, minimizing ing the 4th of July Celebration, ers through the rail cars. Some far as I know this is the first time nedy’s Fresh Foods $3,000; RZ Motors the amount of time necessary to when the pedestrian crossing not so daring were offered rides it’s ever happened.” $2,500; DuWayne Marthaller In Memocheck the system. at the end of Main Street was around to the railway crossings Wyman said that if this sysry of Milt $2,500; Jan & Chuck Defoe In “You should notice a differ- blocked by railway cars. by some of the business owners tem works, and the problem is

Nighthawk basketball teams both down Harding County

BNSF installs new equipment to relieve wait times at crossings

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Road project finishes By COLE BENZ

Record Editor

Mirror Lake Road has a fresh layer of asphalt, making the drive much smoother. (Photo by Cole Benz/The Record)

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High: 85 Low: 57 Mostly sunny & pleasant

The drive down Mirror Lake Road is quite a smooth ride now. The monthlong construction project stretched from the west railroad crossing through Mirror Lake Park, all the way up through the east crossing and past the cemetery in Hettinger. The project included 1.9 miles of new roadways and two new parking lots at Mir-

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ror Lake Park. “I thought [the project] went very well, very pleased with the whole process,” Bros Engineer Billy Doerr said. The bid was originally awarded to the contractor on May 5 and they broke ground a little over a month later on June 6. The project didn’t last too long, and was considered finished on Saturday, July 9, with a few final clean up duties to finish.

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Hettinger grad competes in triathlon

Though there were a lot of moving parts during the project, there were not many delays or lack of access to Mirror Lake Park or the adjoining businesses during construction. Communication was a big factor that made the commotion go so smoothly for everyone, according to Doerr. “What made this one go so smoothly was [that] the contractor just

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