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National park goes birding Saturday
JANUARY 3, 2020
New Year starts with Bulldogs among region leaders
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heodore Roosevelt National Park is inviting birding enthusiasts of all abilities to participate in the nationwide Audubon Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, Jan. 4. The event is free. The annual Audubon event, now in its 120th year, is the world’s longest running citizen science event. Data collected during the count is used to track trends and the general health of bird populations and used to inform management decisions and scientific studies. National parks and other public lands play an important role in providing essential habitat for many bird species to winter, breed, and/ or stop to rest while migrating. Volunteer birders wishing to participate should meet at the South Unit Visitor Center at 8 a.m. MST. Before going out into the field, participants will be assigned to teams, which will sur vey areas by driving and walking to record bird sightings. Participants arriving later in the day
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he Bulldogs enter 2020 with a winning record after being very uncharitable to visitors from New England on Dollars for Scholars night in Bowman. It was also a case of deja vu with Bounty County going 2-0 for the season against a regional rival. At the December 20th game the Bulldogs had an early lead over visiting New England, the Lady Bulldogs were able to cruise to a 55-44 win in the Dollars for Scholars game in the Bowman County gym. Thanks to freshman Ellie Powell (12 points) along with teammates Bailey Peterson (11 points) and Jill Svihovec (10 points), the Bulldogs had three players in double figure scoring and one (Abby Smyle) finishing one point shy of double digits. The quartet combined for 42 of the team's points. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 13-5 lead over the visiting Tigers with six players leading the scoring attack in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Powell hit three baskets while Alexius Miller and Avrie Nohava each added three-pointers to power the hosts to a 2711 lead by halftime. In the third quarter, the Tigers rallied, outscoring their hosts by a 16-11 margin to close
the Bulldog lead to 3827 going into the final quarter. Both teams scored 17 points in the final quarter to give the Bulldogs their victory. Svihovec got six of her 10 points in the final eight minutes to help hold of the Tigers, while Smyle had five of her
nine. Miller finished with seven points, while Nohava had three – all in the second quarter in a single shot from outside the arc. Andrea Rodakowski had two points and Amy Jeffers finished with one. The Tigers were led in scoring by Shelley Kath-
rein, who got eight of her final 13 points in the final eight minutes when the visitors matched the Bulldogs point for point. Hadley Binstock and Molly Rayhorn each scored 10 points to close out the Tigers' double digit scoring. The Tigers also got three points from Lind-
say Koch, Grace Dinius, and Ellie Rettinger, while Hannah Frank added two points. The Bulldogs, now 3-2 for the season, will be on the road Jan. 9 when they visit Richardton-Taylor for a 7 p.m. game, but they will
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Amidon native makes long trips pay o f f o n m a t - Se n i o r Ta t e No rd by c a m e home for the first time Dec. 6 and he brought a few friends from Dickinson with him. Fo r y e a r s , t h e A m i don native has spent his winters on the road every afternoon, l e a v i n g Ne w E n g l a n d for the drive to Dickinson. Then he would have to drive home -to Amidon. T h a t h a s b e e n h ow No rd by h a s s p e n t e v e r y w i n t e r f o r y e a r s. A l l t h e m i l e s. A l l t h e w o r k o u t s. A l l t h e c o m p e t i t i o n s. A l l o f that has paid off for
t h e s e n i o r. He p l a c e d f o u r t h a year ago at the state championship tournam e n t , w re s t l i n g a t 1 5 2 p o u n d s. The senior got the benefit of all those hours on the mat and on the road. Br a n n o n o f f e r s f a c u l t y re t e n t i o n p r o posal - Earlier in the s c h o o l y e a r, B ow m a n Co u n t y re c e i v e d a g i f t of $25,000. Associate Su p e r i n t e n d e n t St e v e Br a n n o n i m m e d i a t e l y b e g a n re q u e s t i n g those funds be used t o h e l p re t a i n c u r re n t s t a f f a t t h e B ow m a n Co u n t y S c h o o l s. B r a n non began looking at ways to use that m o n e y t o h e l p c u r re n t teachers with their
s t u d e n t l o a n s. Ba t t l e b re w i n g w i t h s t a t e ov e r p l a n s t o c l o s e Ne w E n g l a n d w o m e n’s f a c i l i t y - T h e justifications used for closing the Dakota Wo m e n s Co r re c t i o n a l a n d Re h a b i l i t a t i o n Ce n t e r i n Ne w E n g l a n d a n n o u n c e d by
G ov. D o u g Bu r g u m D e c . 6 a re w r o n g . T h a t i s t h e re s p o n s e by t h e c u r re n t w a rd e n , Ra c h e l l e Ju n t u n e n , t o p u b l i c s t a t e m e n t s by t h e g ov e r n o r, D o u g Bu r g u m , a n d t h e l i e u t e n a n t g ov e r n o r, Bre n t Sa n f o rd . Ju n tunen said the state
re c e n t l y s i g n e d a c o n t r a c t t o re m a i n o p e n through 2025. The w a rd e n s a i d t h a t t h e re a s o n s c l a i m e d f o r t h e p r o p o s e d c l o s u re w e re n o t a c c u r a t e.
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