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State plans 'fix' for sinkhole-causing mines Coal mines in Scranton, Bowman causing hazardous sinkholes

By Bryce Martin

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net The collapsing of coal mines is a serious issue around Bowman County, so much so that the state pays close attention to several areas where abandoned mines have actually caused sinkholes in the area.

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Landowners in North Dakota have experienced problems associated with abandoned mined lands.

These problems can lead to serious safety hazards and expensive repairs when underground mines collapse causing sinkholes or settling. As lands are developed for residential, commercial, industrial, or recreational purposes, landowners and zoning authorities should be aware of the potential hazards of abandoned mine lands, according

Joan Breiner, an environmental scientist with the Abandoned Mine Lands Division of the North Dakota Public Service Commission, spoke at a public input session Tuesday at Bowman City Hall, intended to inform residents of the division’s intended reclamation processes for a mine near the city landfill in Bowman, one to the east of Scranton Equity in Scranton and a site in

Part of the Halleck Coal Mine north of Bowman caved in last year, leaving a string of large sinkholes near the city landfill.

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CHIEF: Police body cameras are crucial

'THE BODY HEALING ITSELF'

By Chuck Headley

Police Chief Bowman Police Department You might have seen or read in the news recently about police body cameras.

Last summer’s events in Ferguson, Mo., led to the public and government’s sweeping call for nationwide law enforcement accountability through the use of body cameras.

Most agencies across the nation have used video recording devices and I have personally been with law enforcement agencies in their HEADLEY use, primarily in car videos since the early 1990s.

While in-car cameras have been highly effective in recording events, they were limited to having only a field of view of events that take place directly in front of the police vehicle. Even that does not tell the whole story—when an officer observes a motorist or their passengers’ actions inside the vehicle, those may justify an officer having to use a level of force up to and including deadly force. Not all contact by police officers with the public takes place during traffic stops.

When a case without any video documentation goes to court, attorneys and the courts often look at it as a “he said, she said” matter. Witness testimony and physical evidence is then needed to support the arrest.

Video is a critical piece of evidence used in part to support a criminal case

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Dr. Forrest Lanchbury and Chrissy Blankenbaker, a registered nurse, of Southwest Healthcare in Bowman look at adult stem cells from fat under a microscope. Those cells are used by Lanchbury and his team in treating patients with chronic osteoarthritis or tendon tears during a threehour procedure that they hope will revolutionize medicine with the large amount of possible applications for adult stem cells.

Patients at Southwest Healthcare first in state to receive adult stem cell therapy

By Bryce Martin

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net It sounds like something from the mind of science fiction writer Ray Bradbury: To use a person’s own cells to heal another area of their body. But because of work being done by modern-day doctors, it is no longer fiction.

One such doctor blazing the trail in stem cell therapy is Dr. Forrest Lanchbury and his team at Southwest Healthcare Services in Bow-

man. They are working to prove an experimental method of transferring adult stem cells to promote healing could actually become a real, mainstream solution to many ailments.

Since November, Lanchbury and his team—Chrissy Blankenbaker, Tasha Heinrich and Wanda Henderson—have had five patients who received the revolutionary therapy where stem cells are removed from an area of fat on their abdomen and injected into a certain joint or

Dr. Forrest Lanchbury and his stem cell team, Wanda Henderson, Tasha Heinrich and Chrissy Blankenbaker.

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Bowman County put out the fire in Mott-Regent's Wildfire last week with a big win. PAGE 8

What is the perfect distance for the TV from the couch? How far apart should photos be on a wall?

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Girls shine in defeat over Mott-Regent

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Bipartisan efforts result in pipeline protection bill Sen. John Warner, D-Ryder, and Rep. Corey Mock, D-Grand Forks, welcomed the news that Sen. Rich Wardner, R-Dickinson, and Rep. Bert Anderson, RCrosby, joined a bipartisan effort to provide protections against the oil and saltwater spills that have become all too common. Senate Bill 2374 requires safeguards in the siting and placement of gas and liquid pipelines. The bill comes on the heels of one of the largest brine spills in North Dakota history.

“It is unacceptable that saltwater pipeline operators are not required to bond these projects,” said Warner.

“When three million gallons of toxic saltwater brine spoils our land, we shouldn’t be left asking whether pipeline operators have the resources to clean up their mess. The pipeline protection bill will assure concerned North Dakotans that when a tragedy like this occurs, those protections are in place.”

The bill, introduced late Monday, requires all pipelines installed after June 30, 2017 to have flow meters and pressure cutoff switches, and requires that pipeline operators put a bond on new pipeline construction.

Source water release in Williams County The North Dakota Department of Health was notified last week of a source water spill 9 miles southwest of Tioga in Williams County.

Hess Bakken Investments II, LLC has reported that 2,500 barrels of source water, which is used for enhanced oil recovery, has been released from a pipeline, and has impacted a local stock dam. This water is higher in dissolved solids and minerals than fresh water.

The responsible party has initiated cleanup. The North Dakota Department of Health has responded and will aid with remediation planning.

Amendments stall Keystone bill with filibuster A vote this week in the U.S. Senate to advance legislation to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline did not receive enough votes and failed to move forward in the Senate.

Sen. Heitkamp, D-N.D., offered several amendments to the bill as did many other senators. She said the bill failed "because many of my colleagues were frustrated that open debate on amendments was shut down due to partisan politics."

UPCOMING EVENTS Feb. 1 Bowman Lions Club Medical Benefit for Harold Narum — Serving hours are 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Bowman Lutheran Church.

Rhame Community Breakfast — Serving from 8 a.m. to noon.

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Feb. 8 Bowman Rotary Pops & Pasta Concert — 6 p.m., doors open at 5:30 p.m. at the Solberg Gymnasium, Bowman County Public School.

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Feb. 13 Concert of the Dakota Concert Association on Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, at the Dakota Prairie Enrichment Center in Reeder. The family-friendly event begins at 7:30 p.m.

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Men, women, and a child stand outside the Halleck Coal Mine building north of Bowman. A large smokestack or chimney is visible at right. (Photo courtesy North Dakota State Historical Society)

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to the division.

The 1977 Surface Mining Control Reclamation Act created a fund that gave states the ability to work on abandoned mines. Currently 8 cents per ton of active mining goes to the federal government, which is then dispersed back to the states.

North Dakota is considered a minimally funded state for its mines; allotted $3 million each year for mining reclamation. That funding will end in 2022 unless it is reenacted.

North Dakota established the program Breiner works on in 1981. It was created to eliminate potential and existing hazards due to mining that was done in the past.

The department does not regulate, it is strictly about public service related to abandoned mines, according to Breiner. They work on mines that they have listed in their inventory, mines that the department is told about, mines found through exploratory drilling, and emergency projects that are high priority.

One such emergency was a collapsing mine that caused a large sinkhole north of Bowman in February 2014. It was considered an emergency by the division because of its size and proximity to a road.

Mine subsidence, or collapsing, in North Dakota is usually seen in the form of sinkholes or as a general settling of the ground surface. Mine subsidence can cause serious danger to the public and damage to homes, driveways, sidewalks, streets, water and sewer lines, septic systems and more. Building above an underground mine can be dangerous and zoning authorities and developers should determine whether an area is undermined before any construction begins.

Breiner explained Tuesday that the division’s plan is the third phase of reclamation at three separate areas around Bowman County.

There is a small site in Reeder at a family-owned mine that collapsed. The division did some exploratory drilling at the site in 1997 and 2012 at which time they struck coal.

With only a hand drawn map to work with, “we can’t judge what this mine looks like underneath,” Breiner said.

The department will reclaim that site this summer.

The department worked for two years on a largescale project in Scranton, at a mine immediately to

last summer to mitigate further hazards. A total of 5,000 cubic yards of grout was pumped into the holes under the ground to prevent further collapse.

“We’ve probably done about as much as we can to protect this road, but that leaves this area here still susceptible to sinkholes,” Breiner said as she pointed to a map of an area near Scranton Equity.

Large cracks appeared in the equity bypass road as the grout was pumped so forcefully that it put

1997 and 2012, they did some exploratory drilling.

Three representatives from TransCanada attended the meeting as a portion of the site in Bowman passes over the Bison Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline owned by TransCanada that runs from Gillette, Wyo., to Glen Ullin. The sinkhole clips the corner of the pipeline at one spot and that prompted TransCanada to respond to the site after the sinkhole was found. It took 1,300 cubic yards of grout to fill that sinkhole.

Joan Breiner, left, an environmental scientist with the Abandoned Mine Lands Division of the North Dakota Public Service Commission explains a map from her presentation to Bowman City Commissioner Chuck Whitney, right. (Photo by Bryce Martin | Pioneer) the east of the Scranton Equity Exchange. In 1982 through 1987, crews did a lot of work at the site, namely research and development on how to reclaim the underground mine and nearby surface mine.

The department graded the area’s surface not long after, but Breiner said that was not ideal because it did not fill the holes that remained underground.

Over the years that site has continued to cave in.

Work on the bypass road south of Scranton Equity was completed

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too much pressure on the road.

Crews pump grout until the pressure gets so high that it cannot be forced in anymore, until the road gets cracked or the grout comes up someplace else, Breiner said.

Another mine located south of Scranton, known as Annie’s Mine, was drilled in 2012 and, last summer, was pumped with grout. There are three or four holes remaining that need to be pumped at the site.

The Halleck Mine in Bowman, near the city’s landfill, unexpectedly collapsed last year. The resulting large sinkhole was located north of the intersection of Farm to Market Road and 146 Avenue SW. Mining ceased at the Halleck Mine in 1946.

In 1987, crews surface graded the area and, in

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The strategy Breiner proposed as the third phase of the mine’s reclamation was to drill at 10-foot intervals along either side of the road to try to intercept one of the mine’s tunnels and put grout into that. That is to prevent another sinkhole from developing in the road, she explained.

TransCanada gave guidelines on how Breiner and her team could handle the portions near the pipeline to ensure it is not damaged.

A contract will be awarded for the work in May and it is scheduled to take place from mid-June to July. Breiner said they would begin with Reeder and Scranton’s mines and then end in Bowman.

“We’re not sure if that will finish what Bowman needs, but it will get us close,” Breiner said.

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GROUNDHOG'S DAY IS FEB. 2

Why is a whole day devoted to a groundhog seeing (or not seeing) its shadow?

By Cole Benz

For the Pioneer cbenz@countrymedia.net Many are familiar with the movie, but few know the history and benevolence that goes into the obscure yet nationally recognized tradition of Groundhog Day. Coming up this Monday, Feb. 2, a little furry rodent will, according to legend, decide how much of the winter season we have left. Though judging by the record-setting warm temperatures this area has seen the past week, some probably don’t care at this point.

The official ‘weather predicting’ groundhog is named Punxsutawney Phil and he resides in

Gobbler’s Knob, which is about 2 miles east of Punxsutawney, Pa. Each year on Feb. 2, he peaks out and predicts how much winter we have left, depending on if his shadow is visible or not.

According to groundhog.org “If he sees it, he regards it as an omen of six more weeks of bad weather and returns to his hole. If the day is cloudy and, hence, shadowless, he takes it as a sign of spring and stays above ground.”

The ceremony, which is planned and conducted by a group called ‘The Inner Circle’, has become a large festivity for the people of Punxsutawney. Filled with music and food, the number of participants has grown and nearly

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or perhaps to exonerate an officer. It could also be used to show that an officer was in the wrong.

From an administrator’s standpoint, I welcome this technology.

Historically, I have seen the benefits of recording police interactions.

As a 14-year police administrator, I’ve experienced having members of the public coming into the office to lodge a complaint against an officer, saying that the officer was rude to themselves or to a friend or family member. A number of times, I have sat with those persons wanting to lodge a complaint and reviewed the video with only to have them apologize and thank me for my time; that they were told a completely different story.

When we have captured video that might be used in a criminal case what do we do with it? The system is set up so that the officer then downloads the video captured to an offsite server. It can be pulled up, reviewed and copied for both the prosecution and the defendant’s attorney.

Officers are unable to delete the video. It is stored for an undisclosed time on the server and is treated like evidence.

We have used body cameras constantly while on duty since early 2014.

They were purchased with grants from the state.

Much like your DVR at home, it is always recording until the officer pushes the stop button. By pushing the record button, the camera will record the previous 30 seconds though there will be no audio until the record button was pressed. It will remain recording until the officer presses the stop button.

By now you’re probably wondering if every time you pass an officer or engage in idle conversation with a Bowman Police Officer, you’re being recorded. It is recorded, but it will only be saved if you see the officer press the camera’s record button.

When you get right down to it, you are being recorded on a daily basis by the stores you visit, banks and perhaps in the very homes of friends that

30,000 people turn out for the multi-day festival.

The Inner Circle, known officially as Groundhog Club’s Inner Circle, is a set of people that can be distinguished at the ceremony by their tuxedos and top hats. Listed on groundhog.org, the group contains 15 members and along with hosting the event, they collectively take care of Phil throughout the year.

Considered a dignitary, the men dress in tuxes and top hats out of respect for the furry guy.

This tradition can be traced back to the European holiday of Candlemas Day. It represented a time when clergy would hand out candles and bless them. If the skies were clear during Candle-

mas Day, it was seen as a sign that winter would be longer.

Germans began to include the hedgehog in this tradition, judging the length of winter by it casting a shadow or not.

As settlers came over to America, many Germans settled in the Pennsylvania area and unbeknownst to them didn’t have hedgehogs, but instead was populated with groundhogs, which would carry on the tradition.

When Punxsutawney Phil comes out of Gobbler’s Knob this year, it will mark the 129th time Phil searches for his shadow.

The Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper printed the first groundhog day observance in 1886. The

Editor of the paper was a member of a group of groundhog hunters named The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. He used his position with the newspaper to print a claim that Phil was the only ‘weather predicting groundhog.’ Phil’s reputation and the day’s event spread in popularity from there.

Punxsutawney Phil shot up in popularity again in the early 90s when in 1993 movie Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray, was released. Groundhog Day tells the story of weatherman Phil Connors (played

by Murray), covering the groundhog event in Punxsutawney. Connors finds himself in a time loop.

Each day he awakens is seemingly the same day as

before, offering Connors a do-over.

Punxsutawney Phil’s popularity continued to grow, and it even landed him an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1995.

The past five years Phil has seen his shadow in 2014, 2012, and 2010.

Phil did not see his shadow in 2013, and 2011. By this pattern Phil is due to miss it this year, predicting a shorter winter.

The weather predictions for that morning in Punxsutawney call for snow at a 75 percent chance of precipitation. With snow there’s clouds, maybe we are all in for a quick finish to this year’s wintery season.

We’ll have to see what Phil says!

you visit.

Rest assured you will not see this department post on the Internet any video recordings of the public, be it on a social media page or any site.

We have the utmost respect for everyone’s privacy and this tool will not be used for anyone’s entertainment.

The only time you will see this happening would be in the event of seeking the public’s assistance to identify a person or person’s image that we were not able to identify who might have fled the scene, perhaps injuring the officer, or for departmental training that we will share with the public.

A look at how a police officer's body camera records the action around them. Bowman Police Chief Chuck Headley gives an example as he draws his firearm at a target.

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This & That

ary 23rd, it’s 4:45 and the temperature is 43 degrees. So far we’ve By been pretty lucky with Josephine this January weather.

Kaczmarek It’s so different that it has been in previous years.

Sunday afternoon we played Bingo. It was my Last Tuesday Clem lucky day. I won in all and Maggie came up to three games and also see me. We called Ada won the first blackout. to come across the hall Next week, Sunday, and we played a couple February 1st, a lot of games of pinochle.

Wednesday, Pam came people will be watching the football game. Januup to spend the afterary went faster this year noon. She brought me a big Bible. We went down than usual. Was warmer than usual and most of to the Activity room to the snow has melted. listen to Roger Walters play. We always enjoy his The fields and ground music. I taught Pam how is black except in the ditches and other places. to dance the seven-step.

When February gets I think she got it figured out which isn’t very hard. here, things will probDelores Schuh stopped ably be different.

Saturday we had our in one afternoon to see regular Red Hat Cougar Betty Peterson. party. Several attended Joann Schwartz came and we played Left, to see Morris and Hazel Right, and Center. We Wanek. She also saw have a meeting once a other residents. month.

Joann Erickson I’ve been working with stopped up to see Doris wine bottle cork tops.

Fischer.

A friend of Pam’s sent Charlotte and Thelma her a box of about 200 Pladsen come to see or more, so that’s what Rueben real often. They I’m doing now. I have a also have Elwin Pladsen here and Louis Holzman. “capital M” covered so far.

Today, Sunday, Janu-

N.D. Outdoors By Doug Leier

Every so often I catch myself with a few pieces of news and notes that might not generate a full column, but are worthy of passing along as reminders Tracking North Dakota Legislation For starters, with the 2015 North Dakota legislative session underway, tracking outdoors-related bills is easily accomplished from the State Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov.

A brief description of each bill is included on the legislation page, along with the bill sponsor, hearing schedule, and results of any votes that have occurred. Links to each entire bill are also provided.

Winter Creel Survey The Department’s fisheries division has initiated a winter creel survey in the south central part of the state. Anglers from all parts of the state and out-of-state are attracted to this area, and

the survey is designed to learn more about who is fishing and what they’re catching.

“Our guys will be hitting various small district lakes scattered throughout south central North Dakota, primarily in Logan and McIntosh counties and northern Kidder County, where you find clusters of lakes,” said Scott Gangl, department fisheries management section leader.

The survey is ongoing and may continue into March.

“What we’re after is the size, catch rates, species and the quality of the fishing experience,” Gangl said. “We want to know how far people have traveled to get to a lake, and does the distance they’ve traveled influence the size of fish they are harvesting.”

Creel clerks will work mostly on weekends, interviewing anglers and measuring harvested fish.

Anglers who are interviewed will receive a survey card to complete and put in boxes at access points when they quit fishing for the day.

There is no need to stop at a box unless you are returning a card.

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Hat Tips By Dean Meyer

Hello, I guess the first tractor I ever ran was a JD 70.

It was one of those two cylinder John Deeres that eventually ruined your ears with the oomm pah pah they pounded out all day. I think we had an A John Deere, and the 70, and the big guy, the 80.

You could pull a fourbottom plow with the 70, and a five with the 80.

When Dad upgraded to the 730, it was like hog heaven for a young boy switching to the 730 with power steering!

Man, you look at a quarter section field, or maybe larger, with a four or five bottom plow, it is a daunting task ahead of you. We had a neighbor who didn’t really care for farming.

He seeded his oats with a four-bottom plow and a pony drill behind. He’d farm a while, and then take a little time off. And his crop grew accordingly.

But he said it worked out well, because he didn’t like to hay steady either.

That way, if a rain happened to move in, all his hay wouldn’t be ruined.

Now days, tractors come with cabs, air, radio, computers, auto steering, and too many buttons for an old cowboy to dare touch.

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hitting the eject lever!

But one nice touch is the buddy seat. I remember the first time I saw one. I asked the combine operator what that extra seat was for. He said, “It’s for the banker that owns the combine”!

I took my youngest grandson in a ride in a tractor with a buddy seat yesterday. I set him in there and fastened the seat belt. Yup, it had a seat belt. For the first time ever, I fed without him hitting every button and lever he could find! I can’t believe it took this long to figure that out.

Did you know that Ole and Lena were the inventors of the buddy seat?

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Say Anything By Rob Port

"Measure would void new North Dakota flaring, oil rules," screams a headline from the Associated Press about Rep. Keith Kempenich's bill to change the process by which oil regulations are passed by the the Industrial Commission.

That headline set up a scolding and typically intemperate editorial from the Fargo Forum which, as usual, seems to have only a superficial grasp of the matter at hand.

A fairer headline would have read something like this: "Legislature seeks more say over oil and gas regulations."

The intent in this legislation isn’t to overturn any specific legislation, but rather to modify the process by which regulations are established.

To understand what's going on, we need to dig a little deeper than the headline.

Kempenich wants to involve two branches of our state government in approving regulations for one of our most important industries. Here's the

key excerpt from HB1187, which simply requires that regulations passed by the Industrial Commission to go the Legislature's Administrative Rules committee for approval as well (an alreadyestablished process for administrative rule-making in North Dakota): “Any rules of general applicability relating to matters within the authority of the industrial commission under title 38 which are made without the rulemaking procedures in chapter 28-32 and through and through an industrial commission order dated after June 30th 2014, are void.”

What this means, in plain English, is that the Industrial Commission must bring regulations to the Legislature for oversight.

Kempenich has a companion bill to this HB1179 - which would also add the President of the Public Service Commission (currently Julie Fedorchak) and the Tax Commissioner (currently Ryan Rauschenberger) to the Industrial Commission which already includes the Governor (Jack Dalrympe), the Agriculture Commissioner (Doug Goehring) and the Attorney General (Wayne Stenehjem).

I'm less enthusiastic

at the hip. You didn’t see Ole without Lena. Or Lena without Ole. They snuggled up when driving the truck to town. And to be close while Ole was going around that quarter section with that four-bottom plow, they welded a buddy seat on that Old Minny Moline tractor.

Over the years the romance faded, and the buddy seat wasn’t used anymore. And things kept getting worse. Finally, they decided they would split the assets and go there separate ways.

They agreed they would split the land equally, the machinery equally, and, although Ole was against it. They would split the money in the farm account equally.

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about HB1179 - I'm not sure I see the need to water down the commission with additional members - but I think HB1187 is good policy.

That North Dakota lawmakers generally get some control over regulations pushed by the executive branch - by and through the Legislature’s administrative rules committee - is a good thing. A feature, not a bug, in our state government.

That the oversight of the Administrative Rules Committees doesn't currently extend into this area of oil and gas regulation is a problem in need of fixing.

As is so often the case, the federal government’s overbearing and very often politically-driven method of regulation is the guide for how not to do things.

President Barack Obama has served of late as a shining example of the sort of mischief which can take place if the executive branch of government is given too much autonomy over regulations. His incessant delays of the Keystone XL pipeline are just the latest chapter in his use of regulatory power to promote ideological intransigence.

Multiple members of North Dakota’s federal delegation - including

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So, up to the bank they went. Just as they were getting up to the teller, a robber burst into the bank! He fired a shot into the ceiling and screamed for everyone to get on the ground.

As he turned to demand his loot, his mask slipped down off his face. The teller recognized him, but before he could say anything, Bang! The robber shot him.

He pulled his mask back up and turned to the customers on the floor. “Did anyone else see my face?”

Ole quickly raises his hand. “I didn’t see you, but I’m pretty sure Lena got a good look!”

Aw, heck. I made that last story up.

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former Congressman Rick Berg, current Congressman Kevin Cramer and Senator John Hoeven have all backed legislation providing legislative oversight for federal executive branch regulation. The basis for their support of that national legislation is the North Dakota legislature’s check on regulatory power through the Administrative Rules Committee.

Supporting this extra oversight doesn't have to mean you're against the recent regulations targeting flaring and oil conditioning. One can support those policies while also believing they should have gone through the additional scrutiny of legislative review.

The process by which policy is established is often as important as the policy itself.

The effective date of HB1187 is January 1st of 2016, which gives the Industrial Commission plenty of time to submit their existing regulations to the Legislature for review. The executive branch will rattle their swords, looking unkindly as they do about oversight from other branches of government, but that's exactly the reason why our system of government includes checks and balances.

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OBITUARIES Ila Hawk, 84

HAWK

Ila M. Hawk, 84, of Bowman passed away on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 at the Southwest Healthcare Hospital in Bowman. Funeral Services for Hawk were at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015 at the Bowman Lutheran Church. Pastor Mark Nygard officiated with burial to follow in the Cave Hills Cemetery, Buffalo, S.D. Visitation for Hawk was on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 from 11 to 9 a.m. at the Krebsbach and Kulseth y Funeral Home Chapel.

Hawk was born on Aug. 14, 1930 to Harold and Ida (Rouna) Seppala in Lemo mon, S.D. She met the love d of her life, Lester Hawk, in e high school. They married Oct. 11, 1953. They had nd three daughters, Ardis, d Julie and Lesli. Together they owned and operated ut SuperValu in Bowman, ND for many years. Ila enjoyed playing cards, shopping, traveling, and ck visiting with friends and - family. She was very active d in her community and was ?” treasurer of ARC, a member of the American Legion Auxiliary, and sang in the choir. She is preceded in death by her mother, Ida, her father, Harold, and husband, Lester. Ila is survived by her loving family, brother Dale Seppala (Buffalo), daughters Ardis (Ron) Kraulik (Bowman), Julie (John) Newstrom (Rapid City, S.D.) and Lesli (Todd) Pond (Rapid City). Grandchildren Mathew and Cameron Pond, Christopher (Jen) and Casey Kraulik, Amy (Chuck) and Sidney (Brooke) Newstrom. Great grandchildren Isabel and Ethan Kraulik, Ila Hocke, Grayson Riddle and Reed Newstrom.

Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Services in charge of the arrangements.

Gerhard Nygaard, 90 Gerhard J. Nygaard was born Sept. 22, 1924, at Winnetoon, Neb., the son of Nels and Carrie Nygaard. He attended high school at Royal, Kennard and Blair, Neb., graduat-

ing from the latter in 1942.

He worked for a Blair attorney and on his father's farm until December 1943, when he was inducted into the U.S. Navy. During his Navy tour of duty, he was transferred to the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., where he graduated as an X-ray technician.

After being discharged in June 1946, he attended Dana College, Blair, for four years, after which he entered Trinity Seminary at Blair, graduating in 1953. Later the seminary merged with Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa.

He was married to Betty Jensen of Spencer, Iowa, on May 30, 1952. Their first parish was a home mission congregation in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. The second parish was

NYGAARD two congregations in the Cushing-Luck, Wisconsin area.

During the summers of 1963 and 1964, Gerhard took courses in the field of aging at Augsburg College, Minneapolis. In 1964, he and his family moved to Bowman, where he became the Administrator-Chaplain of Sunset Nursing Home, then under construction. After five years there, a call was received from the Northfield Retirement Center, Northfield, Minn., also under construction. During his twenty years there, the Northfield Manor and 1000 Cannon Valley condominiums also were constructed. Retirement came in September 1989.

During his years in Northfield, Gerhard served as secretary and as president of the Northfield Rotary Club, president of the Northfield Seniors, and of St. Peter's Senior Fellowship. In September 1990, Nygaard was made an honorary member of the Minnesota Association of Homes for the Aging.

During their years in Northfield, Gerhard and his wife enjoyed trips to the Soviet Union, Ireland, the heart of Europe, and Hawaii.

Gerhard died on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015, at the Northfield Retirement Community, at the age of

90.

Gerhard is survived by his daughters Linda of Northfield, Debra (Harvey Meyer) of Minneapolis, Sandra Skura of Woodbury, Minn., and Lisa of Northfield; two grandchildren: Megan Launer of San Francisco and Thomas Launer of Ethiopia; sister-in-law Eva Nygaard of Owatonna, Minn.; brothers-in-law Fred Jensen, Willmar, Minn., Dale Hill of Milton, Pa.; many nieces and nephews; other family, and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, one brother, four sisters, and twin daughters.

Services were held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, at the Chapel of the Northfield Retirement Community, with Rev. Kristine Braaten-Lee presiding. Burial was at Willow Creek Danish Cemetery, Royal, Iowa. Serving as Honorary pallbearers were Linwood Hill, Fred Jensen, Bernard Jorgensen, Bruce Jorgensen, Jerry Jorgensen, Tom Launer, Curtis Nelson, Lloyd Nelson, Randy Nelson and David Nygaard.

Visitation was at 4 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at the Benson & Langehough Funeral Home and on Thursday at the NRC Chapel one-hour prior.

Memorials may go to the Northfield Retirement Center Foundation.

Arrangements are with the Benson & Langehough Funeral Home, www. northfieldfuneral.com.

Larry Bucholz, 78 Larry Buchholz, 78, of Bowman passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 at the Southwest Healthcare Long Term Center.

Funeral Services for Larry

were at 10a.m. on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 at the Bowman Lutheran Church.

Pastor Mark Nygard will officiate with burial to follow in the Bowman Cemetery. Visitation for Larry was on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 from 9 to 9 p.m. at the Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Home Chapel.

Larry Buchholz was born on March 20, 1936 west of Bowman, the son of Howard and Luella (Hoth) Buchholz. He was raised on the Buchholz Ranch south of Rhame, ND where he also attended Golden Valley country school through the 8th grade. Larry then started helping out with the daily chores of running the family ranch. Larry met the love of his life Jean Varney at her sister’s wedding dance. Larry and Jean were united in marriage on April 18, 1957 at the Varney Place south of Rhame.

After their marriage, they made their home south of Rhame where Larry would work for Earnest Fossum and then Link Flados.

In 1960, they purchased the Bill Beckman place north of Rhame, where they made their home and raised their two boys; Doug and Dallas. At this time, Larry started his Welding Business which he owned and operated for several years and also farmed. In 1979, Larry and Jean moved into Bowman where Larry would continue to work in his welding shop and farming until retiring. Larry enjoyed many things throughout his life.

He loved spending time with his family, hunting and fishing, competing in derby cars where he even won several trophies and working on and rebuilding windmills. Larry also enjoyed tinkering and could fix just about anything that needed fixing. Larry and Jean also enjoyed many of their Januarys in St.

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George, Utah golfing together. Larry is survived by his wife Jean of Bowman, sons; Doug and (Deb) Buchholz of Bowman and Dallas (Sally) Buchholz of Abercrombie, N.D., grandchildren, Christopher (Keni) Buchholz, Matthew (Melissa) Buchholz, Joshua Buchholz, Kaitlyn Buchholz, and Weston Buchholz, great grandson, Jaxton Buchholz, step grandchildren, Michael and Mikena Martens, brother, Neil (Doris) Buchholz of Rhame, N.D., and sister, Nicky (Duanne) Stellflug of Laurel, Mont., and several nieces and nephews. Larry was preceded in death by his parents, Howard and Luella Buchholz. Memorials are suggested to the charity of your choice in memory of Larry Buchholz.

Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Services in charge of the arrangements.

Ina Heick, 73 Ina Mae Heick, 73, of Bowman, ND, passed away on Jan. 25, 2015 at the Southwest Healthcare Long Term Center in Bowman.

Funeral Services for Ina Mae will be at 10 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 30, 2015 at the Bowman Lutheran Church. Pastor Mark Nygard will officiate with burial to follow in the Bowman Cemetery. There was a Family and Friends Gathering on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 at the Krebsbach Funeral Home Chapel beginning at 7 p.m.

Ina Mae Lamb was born on May 5, 1941 the daughter of Ainslee and Hattie (Pratt) Lamb on the Lamb Homestead southwest of Rhame, ND. Ina Mae attended Sunset Butte country school. In 1955, Ina Mae and her family moved into Bowman where she

helped her mother attend to the laundry at the St. Luke’s Tri State Hospital. In 1959, Ina Mae was united in marriage to William Heick in Baker, Mont.

To this union, three boys were born; Tony, Terry and Steve.

Ina Mae was a very simple, hard working lady with a kind heart. She was always willing to help others if they needed. She was a house keeper for the majority of her life and she also worked at Gene’s Restaurant for some time.

She enjoyed her vegetable and flower gardens, cooking and baking where she would always have a Sunday meal prepared for her family, she enjoyed spending time and having coffee with her birthday club and many friends, but most of all, she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband Bill of Bowman, ND, sons; Tony (Dawn) Heick of Bowman, Terry (Wanda) Heick of Bowman, and Steve Heick and Toni Schneck of Mandan, her grandchildren; Dana (Neyl) Eagon and their daughter, Gretchyn of Rhame, Kelsey Heick of Bismarck and Amber Heick of Bowman, her siblings, Dolly Krause of Rhame, Donald Lamb of Casper, Wyo., Diane (Mike) Beverlin of Kelseyville, Calif., Ed Lamb of Miles City, Mont., Alberta (Jack) Maychrzak of Bowman and William Lamb of Bowie, Ariz.. She is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Ina Mae was preceded in death by her parents, Ainslee and Hattie Lamb, sister, Betty Olsen, three nephews and a niece and a great niece.

Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Services in charge of the arrangements.

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6 | Friday, January 30, 2015

Navigator Project aims to educate N.D. about health insurance marketplace

By Cole Benz

For the Pioneer cbenz@countrymedia.net In conjunction with the Affordable Health Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services came out with a proposal request ¬for each state to develop an organization aimed at educating its residents on the Health Insurance Marketplace at www.Healthcare.gov.

The proposal for the awarded contract was written by the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities who immediately partnered with Family Voices of North Dakota and the Federation of Families For Children’s Mental Health.

Part of their submitted plan was to break up the state into eight regions based on counties, with each region having three to 10 counties included.

After the contract was awarded, the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities contracted various entities to service the regions. The southwest

region, Region 8, was contracted to DLN Consulting Inc., who then reached out to the Strom Center at Dickinson State University (DSU) where they selected a person to be the Navigator for the region.

Region 8 Navigator, Renee Townsend, is a Business Advisor for the Small Business Development Center within the Strom Center at DSU. “DLN Consulting, which is also in Dickinson, was contracted to serve Region 8 to get the word out, outreach for the Health Care Marketplace,” Townsend said.

Townsend is a certified Navigator and has gone through more than 24 hours of training on the Health Care Marketplace.

“As a Navigator I’m able to give information on the Health Care Marketplace and the SHOP Marketplace,” Townsend said.

“If they need information about individual Marketplace I can provide that for them, if they need information about SHOP I can provide that also.”

SHOP stands for Small

STEM CELLS » FROM PAGE 1

muscle tissue.

Compared to a joint replacement surgery, which could cost tens-of-thousands of dollars and require weeks for a patient to recover, Lanchbury’s procedure is completed in one day, is minimally invasive and has virtually no recovery period.

The procedure is called autologous adult stem cell therapy and it is giving patients a new hope for fast, easy and long-lasting relief from chronic ailments such as arthritis.

The team at Southwest Healthcare in Bowman is the only one working on the therapy in North Dakota.

“It’s minimally invasive, it’s low risk and it can have a really positive outcome,” Lanchbury said.

When a person hears the words “stem cell,” often they relate that to controversy. Embryonic stem cells became a controversial political and religious issue when science allowed for doctors to remove cells from aborted fetuses or blood from an umbilical

cord and implant those into patients.

With adult stem cells, which are the sole cells used by Lanchbury, that is not the case—the cells are a person’s own naturally growing cells.

While an embryonic stem cell has extreme potential to do a lot of things for the human body, it is hard to control, according to Lanchbury. And once that cell is implanted, the patient would receive all the genetic information from that cell, including genes that could potentially carry cancer or other diseases.

With adult stem cells, there is no such risk.

Adult stem cells can differentiate to form any number of tissues, including muscle tissue, joint cartilage, bone, and some types of nervous tissue.

They are basically cells that can go in multiple different directions depending in what part of the body they are located.

Lanchbury explained the way stem cells work naturally in the human body by

Business Health Care Option and Program, which is where small business owners can go to supply their employees with health insurance through the Marketplace.

Though Navigators can assist with the enrolling process, offer information and answer questions, they cannot give recommendations as to which plan prospective people should choose.

As part of the proposal, the Navigators are required to make two stops in each county of their region, which in Region 8 includes Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Hettinger, Slope and Stark counties.

Townsend gave a general overview of the procedures and information related to the Marketplace, but said she prefers the question and answer presentation format. She said it is easier to find out what the group is specifically wanting to know and understand about the Marketplace.

“It starts the conversation and it leads to more,” Townsend said.

Townsend said one of the biggest hurdles she sees with people is the Marketplace’s affiliation with the Affordable Health Care Act. “I think there’s a misconception of what the Marketplace is because it’s attached to the Affordable Health Care Act,” Townsend said. “Individuals sometimes don’t want to participate in it because they give me the impression that they feel like the mandate is forcing them to do something that they don’t want to do.”

She reiterated that even though you can sign up and browse through healthcare.gov, you don’t have to go with one of their plans, you still have the choice to look to private suppliers.

“Really the Marketplace is (there) to give people options,” Townsend said.

This year the North Dakota Navigator Project has 18 navigators throughout the state, an increase of five from last year. The project has two objectives—first is overall outreach about the Affordable Health Care Act and how people can

enroll in the Marketplace.

The second objective is to assist people with the actual enrollment process, something Project Manager Neil Scharpe said is much easier this year.

With all the issue that www.Healthcare.gov had last year, spending 10 hours assisting one person wasn’t out of the ordinary.

Now the same process, according to Scharpe, is between 30-45 minutes.

The open enrollment period this year runs from Nov. 15, 2014 to Feb. 15, 2015, and with the new mandate going into effect this year, people who aren’t covered should investigate their options.

“It doesn’t matter whether you like it or don’t like it, it’s the law,” Scharpe said. “And if it’s (health care) there and affordable for you, why not take advantage of something that Congress passed.”

Though the North Dakota Navigator Project is considerably busier during open enrollment, they still operate throughout the 12-month period, because there are special circum-

stances in which you can register outside the open enrollment period.

In general, open enrollment does close Feb. 15, but special circumstances include loss of coverage as a result of a job loss, a marriage, or if someone ages out of their parents’ coverage when they turn 26.

Sharpe encouraged anyone that had a question about acquiring coverage outside of the open enrollment dates to contact their local navigator.

“The message I really want to get across to all North Dakotans who do not have health insurance is that they just need to find out,” Scharpe said.

“They can still make that decision that they don’t want to have health insurance.”

The Navigators will continue to make stops and answer any questions, but people are still encouraged to contact their Navigator.

Townsend, the Region 8 Navigator, can be reached at 701-483-2801 or 1-800-233-1737.

relating it to a person cutting their finger.

“If you cut your finger, the only way that finger is going to heal is with stem cells,” he explained. Because stem cells are contained within all human tissue, “if you cut your finger, the body has to recruit stem cells into that area to heal.”

That is the basic idea behind using stem cells to promote growth elsewhere—they can “heal wherever they need to be,” he said.

While the application for adult stem cell therapy is relatively new in the United States, seen within only the last five years, the technology has existed since the 1990s. But it is quickly becoming popular.

One example of stem cell use is apparent in professional sports.

An average of six football players on each NFL team has received stem cell therapies in some form for injuries to tendons or joints, according to Lanchbury.

While not many patients of Southwest Healthcare long to become the next NFL superstar, there is a large local population suffering from osteoarthritis

and other musculoskeletal conditions that can benefit from the therapy.

When a patient seeks treatment for arthritic issues, after alternatives are discussed, Lanchbury can decide whether the patient is able to participate in the adult stem cell therapy study.

“It may be somebody who has been considering a knee replacement or been considering a way to maybe put that off,” he explained. That is a typical patient for the procedure—most of the time they will have a significant disability or interference with function.

On the day of the procedure, 60 cubic centimeters of fat are removed from the patient’s abdomen through liposuction.

Lanchbury considers this part of the process minimally invasive—resulting in incisions no larger than 5 millimeters—and the patient is not fully anesthetized, simply injected at the liposuction site with Lidocaine, a topical analgesic, and given a tranquilizer.

Fat is very rich with stem cells, according to Lanchbury, and they divide faster. It is easiest to remove

fat from either side of the abdomen, he said.

Then the fat is processed.

Blankenbaker, a registered nurse, handles this part of the process and has received training on how to do so. It takes about an hour and is done under aseptic conditions to protect against any contamination.

A stem cell count is obtained from the fat—the procedure requires about 25 million cells and the amount of cells in the fat taken contains more than double. Meanwhile, blood is retrieved from the patient and spun down on a centrifuge to separate the platelet rich plasma (PRP).

The plasma is then added to the stem cells for the injection.

PRP acts like a fertilizer in that it recruits stem cells and has a lot of growth factors to promote healing and reduce inflammation.

The joint is then injected with the stem cell-PRP mixture under ultrasonic guidance.

Then the patient can return home; typically the entire procedure lasts only three hours.

Lanchbury said the procedure is very safe and has few to no side effects, the most common of which could be minimal drainage at the site of the liposuction.

A subsequent PRP injection is administered about a month later, which boosts the potential of the stem cells. Additional PRP injections are possible, but not required, according to Blankenbaker.

Lanchbury attended the Ageless Aesthetic Institute in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for training on stem cells and their applications. Then he traveled to Indianapolis for handson training with several cases of regenerative stem cells. The present study at Southwest Healthcare is overseen by the Independent Research Review Board that includes multiple practices in the United States.

Only two months into the study, Lanchbury said he is confident after hearing from his patients that underwent the procedure.

So far, results from the patients indicate an average 70 to 80 percent success rate in offering the patients relief.

That relief, Blankenbaker said, is expected to last for years, compared with steroid injections that sometimes only last for months.

The major factor holding

more people from stepping forward for the procedure, however, is its cost.

While surgeries for joint replacements can total over $40,000, a lot of that cost can be covered by health insurance. The stem cell procedure costs $7,000, but is not covered by any insurance.

That, said Lanchbury, could eventually change.

Lanchbury is in the continual process of compiling data from the stem cell therapies he has completed. As more patients come onboard and more data is collected, the study could lead to insurance coverage in the future when data is showed to insurance companies and Medicare.

Because the procedure is not something that can be patented, there is not money to be made by pharmaceutical companies. That leads to reluctance in putting large investments into adult stem cell therapies.

That is unless a stem cell can be engineered, which is what many companies have attempted for years.

Induced stem cells, which are artificially created, are able to be patented and could lead to massive earnings by pharmaceutical companies.

“There is a race with the pharmaceutical companies that are trying to patent a cell.

Our goal is to show that the results of (adult stem cells) are better than what you can obtain with an induced cell,” Lanchbury said.

An induced cell would be much more expensive and could lead to reactions and problems with controlling the cell.

But Lanchbury did not get invested in the therapy for money; he solely wants to help his patients find relief.

“It’s such a beneficial treatment for people and we know empirically that it is helping a lot of people,” Lanchbury said and added that conducting the stem cell therapies was the largest thing he has done since becoming a physician at Southwest Healthcare.

Blankenbaker agreed.

“What makes me so passionate about it is seeing the results we’re getting.

We’re getting super successful results,” she said.

While Lanchbury said he would not use the words “miracle” or “cure” to describe the stem cell therapy, he acknowledged that for some of his patients it could be considered such, but that he would rather hear from them that it worked.

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For the Pioneer lbooks@ndsupernet.com As an interior designer I am constantly gathering information that I use to help my clients. Some of the questions that I’ve helped clients address are: q How do I organize my spaces? q How do I choose colors that work well with each other? q How do I arrange my furniture? q How can I make sure I have enough light in my spaces? q How do I protect my artwork and photos from fading? q How do I use what I have to make my spaces more user friendly and welcoming?

Some of the sources that I use are magazines, some

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Cottages & Bungalows, HGTV magazine, Refresh, do it yourself, Traditional Home, and House Beautiful are some of the sources that I use. Each magazine has a website and they can also be accessed on your Kindle. All these sources help me build on various designers’ knowledge and I learn from their expertise.

For example: What’s the perfect size for a chandelier? Take the width of your room in feet, double it and the number of inches is the minimum diameter for a chandelier.

What’s the ideal height to hang a chandelier? 66” from the floor – this gives you plenty of room for a centerpiece and doesn’t

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What’s the best height for a pendant light above a kitchen island? 30-36” offers good task lighting and helps avoid head/lamp collisions.

What is the most comfortable height for kitchen countertops? 36” from the floor – you may adjust this for taller chefs.

What is the ideal distance between recessed lights? Measure from the center of one fixture to the center of the next and place the fixtures in a line so they create a strong beam of light over surfaces.

What is the optimal height for hanging mirrors and artwork? 60” – measure from the floor to the center of the item for an eye-level view. Keep in mind that you may have to adjust this for the height

of the person hanging the objects.

What is a good distance for hanging pictures on a gallery wall? 2”, horizontally or vertically will give you a unified look.

What is the best distance between an area rug and at least one wall? 12-18” makes it so the rug won’t look like wall to wall carpeting that wasn’t large enough for the space.

What is a standard headboard height? 48” from the floor to the top edge,

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Winner announced at the Celebrity Waiter Event Feb. 28, 2015 after Live Auction Tickets can be purchased at SHWS Clinic, Therapies office, Long Term Care, Dakota Western Bank, Dakota Community Bank, Lasting Visions & Bowman Chamber Office

Complete Healthcare Today for a Better Tomorrow.

leaving about 24” from the top of the mattress to the top of the headboard – this is a nice amount to leaning space.

What is a smart distance from the TV to the sofa or chair? 72” allows for less eye strain as you watch TV. One exception is if you have a high-def TV, multiply the screen’s diagonal measurement by 1 ½ and use that number.

What is a good height for a towel bar in the bathroom? 48” from the floor

allows you to easily grab your towel when you step out of the shower/bath.

What is the perfect height for a toilet paper holder? 26-28” from the floor will give easy access without difficult stretching.

These are just a few designer recommendations for measurements for your spaces.

Linda Brooks, owner of Design Consulting, has an Interior Design degree from NDSU. She lives in Bowman.

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■■ Bowman County High School Varsity Boy's Basketball (Jan. 27) Bowman County - 36 Glen Ullin - 45 (Jan. 23) Bowman County - 38 Mott-Regent - 50

■■ Bowman County High School Junior Varsity Boy's Basketball (Jan. 27) Bowman County - 51 Glen Ullin - 58

■■ Bowman County High School Freshman Boy's Basketball (Jan. 27) Bowman County - 22 Glen Ullin - 55

■■ Bowman County High School Varsity Girls Basketball

(Jan. 20) Bowman County - 78 Killdeer - 66

Photo by Jason Waskiewicz | For the Pioneer

Mikayla Bartholomay of Bowman County keeps a ball in bounds during the team's game against the Mott-Regent Wildfire Jan. 22.

BOWMAN COUNTY GIRL'S BASKETBALL

Girls shine in defeat over Mott-Regent

By Cole Benz

For the Pioneer cbenz@countrymedia.net Bowman County hosted the lady Wildfire Jan. 22 and left defeated.

Mott/Regent entered the contest 0-4 in the Region 7 standings but failed to secure a tally in the win column against the Bulldogs.

Scoring went back and forth until roughly the three-minute mark of the first quarter, leading to the lady Bulldogs going on

a scoring run. Bowman County would score 10 unanswered points to take a 16-7 lead with 2:54 left in the quarter.

Each team played the first quarter clean, combining for only two fouls in the first eight minutes of the game.

The first quarter ended and the second began with a Wildfire scoring run of five points, but Bowman County answered back with a run of their own. Scoring five, the Bulldogs essentially erased what progress Mott/Regent had gained.

Mott/Regent stopped the run

with one basket, but Bowman County scored six more after that.

The half ended with Bowman County ahead by 13 points.

By the time the fourth quarter started, the Wildfire were already in a 18-point deficit.

The lady Wildfire were outscored only by four points in the final quarter, but the deficit was too much to overcome and they fell to the lady Bulldogs, 59-35.

Staunch defense from Bowman County led to tough shot selection and the lack of offensive rebounds also hurt the lady

Wildfire by giving the Bulldogs more opportunities on the offensive side of the ball.

Bowman County lead Mott/ Regent in total rebounds 38 to 26.

Mott/Regent shot 40 percent from the free-throw line on the evening, making six shots on 15 opportunities. Bowman County went 10 for 17.

Freshman Meggie Fischer led Bowman County in scoring with 12. Junior Hannah Septon and sophomore Mikayla Bartholomay closely followed Fischer, each with 11.

BOWMAN COUNTY GIRL'S BASKETBALL

Nighthawk girls swept by Bowman County in 3 games

By Sheldon Christenson EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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The MACVB offers a competitive salary and benets package commensurate with experience. Qualied applicants should mail resume to: Medora City Auditor, PO Box 418A, Medora, ND 58645 or email to mauditor@midstate.net by January 30, 2015.

The MACVB does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in its hiring practice.

The Scranton Quick Response Unit will be holding a class to become certified for EMR (First Responder).

This class will be held in Scranton and will be starting in February.

For the Pioneer

It was a tough night for the Scranton-Hettinger Nighthawk Girl’s Basketball teams as Bowman won all three games played Jan. 26 at Scranton.

The C-Squad game had Bowman on top 45-34 as Ellie Stafford and Kelsie Good Shield scored some easy inside shots and had

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the lead in rebounds for the Bulldogs. Elizabeth Bartholmy led the Nighthawks in scoring with six.

The young Nighthawks need to continue to work hard on their passing, dribbling and shooting.

The Junior Varsity game was a different story as Bowman pulled out a close 33-30 victory.

The second quarter was probably the pivotal portion of the game as Bowman outscored

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Hettinger-Scranton 12-6 behind three 3-pointers

by Mikayla Bartholomay.

Leading the Nighthawks in scoring was Madison Warbis with seven, Molly Holt with six and Tara Dillon added five.

Hannah Septon and Kaylee Heinrich led the way for the Bulldogs in the varsity game as Bowman downed the lady Nighthawks, 45-36. HettingerScranton got within three points in the fourth quar-

ter, but either Septon or Heinrich would hit a few shots and give Bowman a bigger lead.

Septon ended up with 17 and Heinrich had 12. Casey Joppa led the Nighthawks with 14 points, 11 rebounds also four blocked shots.

Bowman is now 6-1 and in second place in Region 7 and an overall record of 10-5. Hettinger-Scranton fell to 3-5 in the Region and 5-11 overall.

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BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER

Photos by Sarah Martian | For the Pioneer

(Left) DJ Martian of Bowman County working on a power-half against Watford City's Jake Lepell. (Right) Brayden Jorgensen of Bowman County getting ready to turn a DLB wrestler.

WRESTLING

Bowman places 2nd at Watford tournament

By Sarah Martian For the Pioneer

The Bowman County wrestling team competed in two regional duals on Friday evening. The duals during the season will set up the rankings for the Regional Dual Tournament on February 7th. The top two teams after the dual tournament will represent Region 4 at the State Dual Tournament.

Bowman County started out with the first dual against the Watford City Wolves. The dual had many close matches and the Wolves narrowly defeated the Bulldogs 39-38.

106# Alex Madrigal over Liam Shannon 2-0 113# Andrew Narum fell to CJ Thacker in :34 120# Jacob Ruggles fell to Dakota Garmann in 3:00 126# Cole Schmalz fell to Jade Hepper in 1:42 132# Tyler Longland over Logan Gumbke 138# Mathew Carlson received a forfeit 145# Brayden Jorgensen fell to Coleton Jore in 3:47 152# Tel Lardy lost to Clay Jorgensen in a 3-0 decision 160# Kamrin Madrigal over Justin Schwartzenberger in a tech fall 17-2 170# Troy Steel pinned Carlton Turnquist in :47.

182# Sterling Lee pinned Austin Huseby in :15.

195# Beau Jeffers fell to Connor Dennis in :29.

220# Watford City received a forfeit.

285# Jason Schade pinned Jackson Faller in 1:31 The next dual also held some close matches and came down to the last match at 106#. The Bowman County Bulldogs came out on top winning the dual 36-34.

106# Alex Madrigal lost by decision to Jeremy Leintz 10-5 113# Andrew Narum lost to Brandon Snyder 11-6 120# Jacob Ruggles received a forfeit 126# Cole Schmalz fell to Jacob Scheer in 5:48.

132# Tyler Longland pinned Ethan Lagge in 4:37.

138# Mathew Carlson received a forfeit.

145# Brayden Jorgesen lost to Tyler Erickson in a decision 8-6 152# Tel Lardy pinned Damian Eslinger in 5:20.

160# Lane Jeffers pinned Kaden Sago in 2:54 170# Troy Steele pinned Thomas Leintz in :43 182# Sterling Lee lost to Justice Roundy in an 8-2 decision.

195# Beau Jeffers fell to Evan Reich in 2:31 220# Beulah-Hazen received a forfeit 285# Jason Schade lost to Denzel Sanders in a 14-5 The Watford City Levi Wisness Classic wrestling

tournament was held on Saturday.

The Bowman County wrestlers finished the tournament in 2nd Place behind Watford City.

Stanley placed 3rd, Velva 4th, Beulah-Hazen 5th, DesLacs-Burlington 6th, Dickinson JV 7th, Mondak Thunder 8th, Tioga Ray 9th.

95# DJ Martian placed 1st: DJ pinned Jonas Krueger (Velva), DJ then pinned Jake Leppell (WC) in 1:42 in the Semifinals.

Championship round: DJ pinned Cody Rudolph (Stanley) in 1:59.

106# Alex Madrigal placed 2nd: Alex pinned Tyler Irmen (Velva) in 3:10. Alex then won by decision over Kaydin Meiers (Stanley) 5-0 in the Semifinals. Championship round: Alex lost to Jeremy Leintz in a 6-0 decision.

113# Mitch Stuber placed 6th: Mitch lost to Brandon Snyder 9-3. In cons. round Mitch Stu-

Hettinger Public School is seeking an individual for the ACTIVITIES BUS DRIVER. Wages are depending on experience.

Please contact Heather Ebert, Business Manager or Larry Sebastian, Superintendent at the Hettinger School 701-567-5315.

For additional information or questions please contact Scott Mattis, Transportation Committee at 701-928-0055 or e-mail: smattis5@ndsupernet.com

Employment Opportunities Featured Jobs of the Week:

We are excited to expand our EMS team! We are seeking individuals who are self-motivated, goal oriented and well organized. We offer flexible hours and competitive wages. The following positions are currently available:

EMS Coordinator

Seeking a Full-Time Paramedic or EMT to serve as SHS’s EMS Coordinator. In addition to providing services, the EMS Coordinator will assure that optimum care is given to all patients. The coordinator will have accountability for the function, activities, scheduling, orientation and training of all ambulance staff. ** Deadline to apply is January 31st **

Paramedics

Southwest Healthcare Services is seeking FullTime, Part-Time or Shift-Work Paramedics to provide emergency medical care in prehospital settings and perform additional office, supply and maintenance duties related to EMS. Candidates must have a valid driver's license with a satisfactory driving record.

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For More Information Please Contact: Laci Coates - Human Resources Director 701-523-3214 or apply online at www.swhealthcare.net/employment

Dietary Cooks & Aides at our LTC

Seeking Supplemental Dietary Cooks & Aides.

The positions duties include: preparing and cooking meals for residents and employees; ensuring food quantities are prepared according to the menu; serving meals; washing dishes; and assisting with the cleanup of the department and much more.

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Seeking FT, PT or Per Diem CNAs 8 or 12 Hour Evening & Night Shifts ** Starting Wage $13.50 + Exp.

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Seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant to work closely with the Therapy Department to ensure that patients received their prescribed therapy services. This position will also work closely with the Activities Department and collaboratively with CNAs and nurses to ensure that patients receive therapy services and to lead and/or plan group activities in a Hospital setting.

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Seeking a Full-Time Administrative Assistant IV for our Clinic and Hospital Business Office.

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ber won by decision over Ethan Jamgochian (Dic JV) 11-8. Cons. Semi: Mitch fell to Austin Schreiner (Velva) in :47. 5th Place match: Mitch lost to Brandon Snyder (Beulah) in a 6-3 decision.

120# Jacob Rugles placed 3rd. Jacob pinned Ethan Myers (MT) in 1:02. Semifinal match: Jacob lost to Dakota Garmann (WC) in a 11-3 decision. Cons. Semi: Jacob pinned Walter Winkler (DLB) in 2;08. 3rd place match: Jacob won over Jacob Scheer (B-H) in a 7-6 decision.

126# Cole Schmalz placed 6th: Cole won by DQ over Keith Braddock (Stanley). Cole fell to Jade Hepper in the Semifinals in :51. Cons. Semi: Cole lost to Matthew Meschke (Dic JV) in a 7-6 decision.

5th Place match: Cole lost to Keith Braddock (Stanley) in a 2-1 decision.

132# Tyler Longland placed 3rd. Tyler won by decision over Gaige Reep

(Stanley) 10-6. Tyler lost to Jeseb Mogen (Velva) in the semi-finals with a 9-0 decision. Cons-semi: Tyler won by teck fall over Shaydon Salvesen (MT) 15-0. 3rd Place match: Tyler won by decision over Gaige Reep (St) 7-0.

138# Mathew Carlson placed 1st: Mathew pinned Kameron Clark (Dic JV) in 3:43. Championship match: Mathew pinned Jonathan Thomas (Velva) in 1:3.

145# Brayden Jorgensen placed 4th: Brayden fell to Bradley Ladwig (Stanley) in 3:43.

Cons-semi: Brayden won by decision over David Ruby (DLB) 9-2. 3rd Place match: Brayden most to Tyler Erickson 12-9.

152# Tel Lardy placed 2nd: Tel won over Clay Jorgensen (WC) in a 4-2 decision. Championship match: Tel lost to Mason Brudevold (Velva) in a 11-2 decision.

152# Nathan Boehm placed 1st : Nathan

pinned Ronnie Riley (Velva) in :24. Nathan pinned Bradley Lawson (Velva) in 2:34. Nathan pinned Carlton Turnquist (WC) in :18.

160# Troy Steele placed 1st: Troy pinned Justin Schwartzenberger in 1:35.

Semifinals: Troy pinned Tibbs Moore (Stanley) in 2:30. Championship Round: Troy pinned Jordan Evanoff (DLB) in 2:54.

170# Sterling Lee placed 1st: Sterling pinned Nicolas Curren (Stanley) in 2:14. Sterling pinned Austin Huseby (WC) in 2:06.

182# Beau Jeffers placed 3rd: Beau lost to Skyler Meyer (B-H) in 3:32. Beau fell to Justice Roundy (B-H) in :34.

285# Jason Schade placed 4th: Jason lost to Denzel Sander (B-H) in a 13-3 decision. Cons-semi: Jason pinned Jackson Faller (WC) in 5:12. 3rd Place Match: Jason fell to Chris Lawson (Velva) in 1:55.

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CITY OF LAMOURE, accepting applications for police officer.

Salary range $32,000 to $40,000 DOE. Retirement & health insurance benefits. ND peace officer certification necessary. Send resume: City Auditor, PO Box 215, LaMoure, ND 58458. More information: 701-883-5957.

MCLEAN COUNTY IS hiring one or more full-time Jailer/E-911 Dispatchers. For more information regarding this position. Call 701-462-8541 or e-mail lfoss@ nd.gov.

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PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 23, 30 & FEBRUARY 6, 2015 Steven J. Wild, #04091 SADOWSKY AND WILD LAW OFFICE, P.C. P.O. BOX 260 BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA 58623 swlawpc@ndsupernet.com 701-523-3112 Attorney for: Petitioner Case No 06-2015-PR-00002 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BOWMAN COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELLA LATZ, Deceased.

NOTICE OF HEARING TO: All heirs, devisees or other interested persons of the Estate of Ella Latz, Deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that a hearing on a PETITION FOR FORMAL PROBATE AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN INTESTACY in the above-entitled case will be held before the presiding Southwest District Court Judge, at the Bowman County Courthouse, Bowman, North Dakota, at 8:30 o’clock A.M. on the 12th day of February, 2015, Dated this 14th day of January,

Maintenance Person •TheCity City of Rhame is seeking a maintenance

person to perform a variety of duties. Must be willing to train in water operating systems.

Duties include but not limited to water and sewer testing, snow removal, lawn mowing, maintenance and repair on city vehicles. For a full job description please contact Margie at 279-5555. Salary based on experience.

Excellent benefits package.

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SADOWSKY AND WILD LAW OFFICE, P.C. By:Steven J. Wild Attorney for Plaintiff PO Box 260 Bowman, ND 58623 (701) 523-3112 ND # 04091 swlawpc@ndsupernet.com PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 23, 30 & FEBRUARY 6, 2015 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA COUNTY OF BOWMAN IN JUVENILE COURT SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE INTEREST OF A.M., a child State of North Dakota, Petitioner, vs.

A.M., a minor child, Dion Mitchel, father, Respondents.

SUMMONS Juvenile File No. 06-2014-JV00007 THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: You, and each of you, are hereby summoned and required to appear personally and bring the above-named child before the Honorable Dann Greenwood, Juvenile Judge, at the Stark County Courthouse in Dickinson, North Dakota, on the 3rd day of February, 2015, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as the parties can be heard, for the purpose of hearing the Petition made and filed with this Court, alleging said child to be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Juvenile Court Act (Chapter 27-20 of the North Dakota Century Code) by reason of the following: That the above-named Respondent child, is a deprived child, as more fully appears from the Petition, a copy of which is on file with the above-named Court.

If you fail to appear personally and to bring said child before the Court at said time and place or to show good cause why you cannot do so, the Court will make such order as may be appropriate and you may be proceeded against for civil contempt.

RIGHT TO COUNSEL While you are not required to have legal counsel in this proceeding, you are entitled to legal counsel if you so desire. If you desire legal counsel and are unable without undue financial hardship to employ counsel, the Court, upon your request, will appoint legal counsel for you. If you intend to have legal counsel, you are requested to make the necessary arrangements in advance so as not to delay the hearing.

Dated this 16th day of January, 2015, at Bowman, North Dakota.

William Herauf Judge of the Juvenile Court PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 23, 30 & FEBRUARY 6, 2015 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA COUNTY OF BOWMAN IN JUVENILE COURT SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE INTEREST OF A.M., a child State of North Dakota, Petitioner, vs.

D.H., a minor child, Ty (last name unknown), father, Respondents.

SUMMONS Juvenile File No. 06-2014-JV00009 THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: You, and each of you, are hereby summoned and required to appear personally and bring the above-named child before the Honorable Dann Greenwood, Juvenile Judge, at the Stark County Courthouse in Dickinson, North Dakota, on the 3rd day of February, 2015, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as the parties can be heard, for the purpose of hearing the Petition made and filed with this Court, alleging said child to be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Juvenile Court Act (Chapter 27-20 of the North Dakota Century Code) by reason of the following: That the above-named Respondent child, is a deprived child, as more fully appears from the Petition, a copy of which is on file with the above-named Court.

If you fail to appear personally and to bring said child before the Court at said time and place or to show good cause why you cannot do so, the Court will make such

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order as may be appropriate and you may be proceeded against for civil contempt.

RIGHT TO COUNSEL While you are not required to have legal counsel in this proceeding, you are entitled to legal counsel if you so desire. If you desire legal counsel and are unable without undue financial hardship to employ counsel, the Court, upon your request, will appoint legal counsel for you. If you intend to have legal counsel, you are requested to make the necessary arrangements in advance so as not to delay the hearing.

Dated this 16th day of January, 2015, at Bowman, North Dakota.

William Herauf Judge of the Juvenile Court PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 23, 30 & FEBRUARY 6, 2015 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA COUNTY OF BOWMAN IN JUVENILE COURT SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN THE INTEREST OF A.M., a child State of North Dakota, Petitioner, vs.

K.S., a minor child, Shannon Smith, father, Respondents.

SUMMONS Juvenile File No. 06-2014-JV00008 THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENTS: You, and each of you, are hereby summoned and required to appear personally and bring the above-named child before the Honorable Dann Greenwood, Juvenile Judge, at the Stark County Courthouse in Dickinson, North Dakota, on the 3rd day of February, 2015, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., or as soon thereafter as the parties can be heard, for the purpose of hearing the Petition made and filed with this Court, alleging said child to be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Juvenile Court Act (Chapter 27-20 of the North Dakota Century Code) by reason of the following: That the above-named Respondent child, is a deprived child, as more fully appears from the Petition, a copy of which is on file with the above-named Court.

If you fail to appear personally and to bring said child before the Court at said time and place or to show good cause why you cannot do so, the Court will make such order as may be appropriate and you may be proceeded against for civil contempt.

RIGHT TO COUNSEL While you are not required to have legal counsel in this proceeding, you are entitled to legal counsel if you so desire. If you desire legal counsel and are unable without undue financial hardship to employ counsel, the Court, upon your request, will appoint legal counsel for you. If you intend to have legal counsel, you are requested to make the necessary arrangements in advance so as not to delay the hearing.

Dated this 16th day of January, 2015, at Bowman, North Dakota.

William Herauf Judge of the Juvenile Court PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 30 & FEBRUARY 6, 2015 CALL FOR BIDS FOR ROAD OIL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that bids will be received for the County of Bowman at the Office of the County Auditor, for Road Oil. Exact types of oil are listed on the bid sheets, which are on file at the County Auditor’s office and may be obtained upon request.

All of the above Bids will be received and opened at the Office of the Auditor at 1:15 P.M., MT, on Tuesday, February 17, 2015.

The Board of County Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and waive any defects therein.

Disabled persons needing assistance, please contact the County Auditor at least 72 hours before the services are required.

For more information or for complaints about ADA compliance, call 701-523-3130.

Dated at Bowman, North Dakota, this 20th day of January, 2015. /s/ Sandra K. Tivis Bowman County Auditor Bowman, ND 58623 PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 30, 2015 Minutes of the Regular City

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Commission meeting held on December 2, 2014 at City Hall at 4:00 PM. Present: Lyn James, Darren Limesand, Darrell West, Mike Sondeland, Chuck Whitney, Chuck Headley, Peggy Allen, Bill Mason, Todd Hofland, Jon Brosz, Jud Seaman, Dean Baesler, Debbie Bucholz, and Teran Doerr.

President James called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm. Motion by West, second by Limesand to approve the agenda as presented.

RCV= all aye, MC. Checks: #8062 -8095; Payroll Checks: # 103224; Salaries: $138.52; Direct Deposit: $22,072.52; Bills: Able $25.00, Advanced Business Methods $33.33, Bowman Ready Mix $1,084.00, Bowman Regional Library $21,500.00, Bowman Sales and Service $362.27, Brosz Engineering $4,245.00, Consolidated Telecom $158.00, Dacotah Paper $205.99, Dakota Dust-Tex $79.90, Dakota Supply Group $342.92, Diamond H Service $11,910.00, Farmers Union $1,022.95, Fidelity Security $175.43, Hawkins, Inc. $632.75, Intoximeters, Inc. $64.00, Jodi Olind $775.00, KPOK $20.00, Mahlon Smith Repair $450.00, Marsha Schaff $125.00, MDU $7,888.64, Michael Todd $925.25, NDLC $735.00, Newby’s Ace Hardware $95.22, NW Tire $2,070.64, Pen Soft $599.00, Pete Knopp $125.00, Post Board $25.00, Postmaster $363.46, Ray Repair Service $15.58, SBM $427.35, SW Ag $35.00, SW Auto Supply $224.22, WEX Bank $5,695.39, Post Board $45.00.

HOFLAND: Dept. Head Report: The street department is going well. The refuse department has hired Francis Domagala who will be starting on or about December 10, 2014.

MASON: Sewer Main Break: MDU is working today moving the electric and the gas lines. MDU will do the switch over of the power and gas tomorrow and should be finished by 1:00 pm. Midco will be here tomorrow to move their line as high as they can get it. The dewatering crew will be here in the morning on Wednesday and JK Excavating will hookup the truck to a fire hydrant, flood it first and then dewater. The grinding pumps are working well and are eliminating the need for the vac trucks. Dewatering the hole could take up to 8 hours. JK Excavating will try the repair once the dewatering is complete. James signed an agreement regarding fees for the dewatering company prior to them starting; Brosz estimates it will cost between $6,000 and $10,000.00.

Sewer Dept: Don Wallman is back and working half days.

CHIEF HEADLEY: PD Report: Officer Wyman is unable to attend the ND Training Academy this week due to a medical issue and Officer Danhoff is already at the academy. Wyman will attend the academy starting in April 2015.

WHITNEY: Garbage Related Issues: Whitney reviewed some ideas about garbage incinerators and costs for getting three phase electrical out the inert landfill.

RYAN: Dean Baesler has a double wide mobile home that burned on is property. City ordinance states that if a mobile home in an R-1 district is damaged more than 60% of its value, you cannot replace it without a variance. Ryan recommends allowing the residence to be replaced. Ryan will start the process to get a variance in place so Baseler can replace the home. The variance will have to be approved by the zoning board and then by the city commission.

Baesler inquired about landfill fees for disposal of the burned home.

Hofland informed him the carpet, styrofoam and insulation have to go to the Baker, MT landfill. State regulations require items to be sorted out, like shingles, wood, and metal. James stated the city had waived fees for dilapidated homes before.

Motion by Sondeland, second by Whitney to waive the inert landfill fees for metal, glass and wood.

All styrofoam, carpet and insulation have to go to Baker, MT landfill. RCV= all aye, MC. Hofland told Baesler that he could get a 6 yard dumpster for the items going to the Baker landfill which would cost $38.50 for each tipping fee. Headley requested the property be secured to keep kids out until it is disposed of. Ryan recommends a variance and to get his site cleaned up this spring.

The commission gave approval to start the variance process which requires a public hearing. Ryan asked if the city wants to waive the variance fee because of the

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hardship, the commission felt the fees need to be there because of the expenses the city incurs.

FEMA Letter: A FEMA outreach group will come to explain the new flood plain maps, they will record errors if there are any and then they will furnish the final maps.

Ryan wants to have the street names corrected. Ryan asked the commission to review it and call her with any concerns. There will be a joint meeting on Dec. 17 at 12:00 with FEMA, county and city commissions. Ryan will notice the meeting as there could be a quorum.

BUCHOLZ: Gaming Machine: Bucholz would like to put a gaming machine into the Uptown Bar and Grill. They are asking for the commission’s approval to place the machine in the restaurant. Motion by Whitney, second by Limesand to approve an additional pull tab machine at the Uptown Bar and Grill.

RCV= all aye, MC. Motion by West, second by Limesand to approve the bills as presented and the minutes of the 11/18/14 meeting. RCV= all aye, MC. Motion by Limesand, second by Whitney to adjourn the meeting at 4:57 pm. RCV= all aye, MC. FYI: James received a packet from the air force regarding the Powder River Training Area. Any commissioners wanting to look at it can pick it up at City Hall.

Peggy Allen, Financial Auditor Lyn James, President PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 30, 2015 UNAPPROVED MINUTES FOR RHAME CITY COUNCIL MEETINGMONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015 7:00 PM LOCATION: CITY HALL I. Meeting called to order by Jeremiah at 7:07 p.m.

II. Roll Call. Grace Wood, Scott Luvaas, Andy Adkisson, Margie Russ, Jeremiah Erickson. Absent: Mike Germann III. Motion to hire Joshua Umbreit for the City Maintenance position made by Grace, seconded by Andy, motion carried.

IV. Motion to adjourn at 7:26 p.m. made by Grace, seconded by Andy, motion carried.

PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 30, 2015 UNAPPROVED MINUTES FOR RHAME CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015 7:00 PM LOCATION: CITY HALL I. Grace called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

II. Roll Call. Andy Adkisson, Grace Wood, Mike Germann, Scott Luvaas, Margie Russ. Jeremiah Erickson arrived at 7:55 p.m.

III. Interviewed three applicants for the City Maintenance Position.

IV. Motion to adjourn at 8:55 p.m. made by Grace seconded by Scott, motion carried.

PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 30, 2015 Minutes of the Regular City Commission meeting held on January 6, 2015 at City Hall at 4:00 PM. Present: Lyn James, Darren Limesand, Darrell West, Chuck Whitney, Chuck Headley, Peggy Allen, Bill Mason, Todd Hofland, Judson Seaman, Rod Diede, Bob Wiffler, Gary Anderson, Linda Blees, Dan Brosz, and Cheryl Ryan.

President James called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm. Motion

by Whitney, second by Limesand to approve the agenda with the addition of Linda Blees, cemetery board at 4:30 pm. RCV=all aye, MC. Checks: #8148 – 8194, Payroll Checks: # 103226 – 103228; Voided Checks: # 8099; Salaries: $1,325.07; Direct Deposit: $27,565.89; Bills: Bowman Auto Parts $1.25, Cashway Building Center $33.20, Dakota Supply Group $1,289.46, Hawkins $632.75, Jim’s Repair $747.35, Jodi Olind $775.00, MDU $472.30, MFOA $60.00, Newby’s Ace Hardware $108.93, Peggy Allen $44.59, Ray’s Repair Service $31.78, SBM $123.47, Gary’s Jack and Jill $30.85, NW Tire $2,878.52, Todd Walby $24.58, Dakota Pump and Control $790.00, Marsha Schaff $100.00, MDU $254.72, S & T Plumbing $104.00, Swanston Equipment $545.80, Bowman County Auditor $70.00, Brosz Engineering $810.00, RDO Equipment $11,000.00, A2Z Printing $211.05, Able, Inc. $15.00, Advanced Business Methods $33.33, Beacon Street Kennels

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$84.00, Country Media $401.30, Dacotah Paper $48.18, Dakota Dust-Tex $79.40, Dakota Pump and Control $805.00, Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce $320.00, Fallon County Treasurer $5,249.50, Farmers Union $738.93, Fidelity Security Life $175.43, MDU $10,128.19, MDU the $3,287.62, NDLC $960.00, ND of Municipal Judges Ass. $25.00, ND Post Board $45.00, One ach Call $6.60, Postmaster $360.74, ew SW Auto Supply $19.99, SW ord District Health Unit $120.00, hen Theodore Roosevelt Expressps. way $5,000.00, Washington Naeet tional $55.20, and WEX Bank ked $4,124.87. and HOFLAND: ere 17 Dept. Head Report: Hofland reand placed the street loader right beno- fore Christmas (2 year rotation be program). The street loader had 570+ hours on the engine. Steve Meir at RDO mentioned to Hould fland that if the city were to rent it nto by the month it would cost $6,000 hey a month. n’s MASON: in Dept. Head Report: The lagoon hit- pump was repaired and then ap- broke down again. Sondeland ma- and Limesand will visit with Marill. son about the city sewer system next week. me- CHIEF HEADLEY: re- Dept. Head Report: Headley the gave West the police departye, ment’s yearly summary and presented a proposed letter that will by go out to the liquor license estabg at lishments that the police department is going to establish compliket ance checks regarding underage the drinkers and serving over intoxiAny cated individuals. Whitney talked at with two bar owners and they are not opposed to the compliance checks. Whitney wanted to know if Headley will talk to them and he said he intended too.

Headley gave a report on all the R cases that the department has been working on.

OR ALLEN: ND Dept. of Health Lab ConRY tract: Allen asked for approval to have the ND Dept. of Health Annual Contract for water sampling signed. Motion by Whitney, secer- ond by West to authorize, Allen, James or Sondeland, to sign off cott the ND Dept. of Health Lab Sergie vices contract. RCV= all aye, MC. Allen preent: Equipment Rates: sented the equipment, labor and reit material rates with just a few adion ditions. Motion by Whitney, secby ond by Limesand to approve the amended equipment, labor and .m. material rates. RCV= all aye, MC.

by The approved rates are attached to the meeting minutes in the city minute book.

Budget Revision: Motion by R Limesand, second by West to revise the 12/16/14 meeting minutes to clarify a budget revision OR of an increase of $695,500 to the Tgeneral fund #1000. RCV= all , aye, MC. Cleaning Quotes: The commission would like to wait until the next meeting to make a decision oron the cleaning position; we are waiting for a few more quotes. ace Lu- SW Night at the Legislature: Er- Sponsorship was requested by the organizers of the event and nts the city has sponsored for years on. in the past. Motion by Sonde.m. land, second Whitney by to purby chase the white level sponsorship of $250.00. RCV= all aye, MC. Motion by Limesand, second by West to purchase two additional R tickets for $35 each. RCV= all aye, MC. Meeting Dates List: James asked m- if the city commission meeting on ary April 21st could be moved to the 22 or the 23. The commission approved moving the meeting date to April 23, 2015. ren Safe Routes to School Cost uck Agreement: Allen presented the ggy construction cost maintenance nd, agreements for the Safe Routes Bob to School project for signature by nda James. Motion by Sondeland, eryl second by Whitney to approve the cost construction maintenance etsafe routes to school contract. ion RCV= all aye, MC. This agreeand ment also needs to be signed by the Steve Wild, city attorney. ery JAMES: ye, Thank You Notes: James read two thank you notes, one to the roll 28; city crew and the other to the ala- commission for their financial sit: support to fix 5th Street SW. man LINDA BLEES – CEMETERY way BOARD Da- Blees handed the city commis46, sion the cemetery board’s letter pair of resignation. Discussion took 00, place behind the reasons for their 00, resignation.

93, CHERYL RYAN pair Public Hearing Request for: 1) a 47, zone changed from Ag (Agricul85, ture) to I (Industrial) for a welding lby operation; and 2) variance for a 9 on- foot fence to screen open storage haff from public view. The site is loT cated in Section 11, Township 131 ton North and Range 102 West, and man is more particularly described as En- being located + 483 feed directly uip- north of the intersection of 3rd nt- Avenue NE and Fourth Street NE 00, (on the west side of 3rd Avenue ods NE). Ryan stated the planning els

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and zoning commission approved it on December 30, 2014. The applicant is constructing special fencing to screen his equipment but won’t stack it over the fence height. There was no opposition at the zoning meeting. Based on the recommendation by the planning and zoning commission Whitney moved to approve planning and zoning ordinance #2015-1(ZC). James said we need to do the first reading and have a motion on the second reading at the next meeting.

Whitney withdrew his motion.

James read ordinance #2015 -1 (ZC)’s first reading.

Pool Filter Issue: Sondeland asked if there was any more progression on the pool filter repair.

Park and Rec is on the agenda for the tax and tourism board tomorrow and will then be on the next city agenda.

Motion by West, second by Limesand to approve the bills and the meeting minutes of 12/16/14 as revised. RCV= all aye, MC. Motion by Sondeland, second by West to adjourn the meeting at 5:35 pm. RCV= all aye, MC. ATTEST: Peggy Allen, Financial Auditor Lyn James, President PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER JANUARY 30, 2015 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN COUNTY, BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session in January 6, 2015, with the following present: Pine Abrahamson, Rick Braaten, Lynn Brackel and Ken Steiner. Absent: Bill Bowman. Chairman Braaten called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM. Abrahamson made a motion to reappoint Braaten as the 2015 Bowman County Commission Chair, with Brackel seconding the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

Bowman County Clerk of Court/ Recorder, Jan Werre, administered the oath of office to Ken Steiner and Lynn Brackel.

Chairman Braaten asked for corrections or additions to the agenda. Dean Pearson, Bowman County Emergency Manager, will be in at 10 AM to discuss the snowstorm exercise that took place in November. Steiner made a motion to approve the agenda, with Abrahamson seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

The following vouchers were approved by a motion made by Brackel, with Abrahamson seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

4810-4867 December Payroll $141,964.65; 21922 Accusource Inc. $80.00; 21923 A2Z Printing $195.63; 21924 Bowman County Treasurer $1.92; 21925 Andrea Bowman $43.32; 21926 Brosz Engineering $21,432.50; 21927 Country Media, Inc. $588.94; 21928 Consolidated $179.50; 21929 Electronic Communications $50.00; 21930 Emergency Communications Network $4,310.00; 21931 ESRI $400.00; 21932 The Flower Nook $22.95; 21933 Fox Hills Fencing $24,270.00; 21934 Farmer’s Union Oil $1,692.63; 21935 Karla Germann $52.50; 21936 Gion Law Office $78.88; 21937 Governsoft $12,531.00; 21938 John Deere Financial $1,554.85; 21940 Ken’s Supervalu $15.92; 21938 Hamm & Phillips $3,904.50; 21939 Jim’s Repair $291.60; 21941 Lasting Visions $29.00; 21942 Lawson Produucts $341.66; 21943 Lexis Nexis $57.00; 21924 MCI $81.84; 21924 MDU $2,824.85; 21944 Mid American Research Chemical $603.53; 21945 ND 911 Association $25.00; 21946 ND Association Of Counties $29,926.52; 21947 ND Recorders Association $150.00; 21948 ND State Radio $5,548.08;

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21949 NSDU Ag Communications $80.00; 21950 Newby’s Ace Hardware $140.46; 21951 Otis Elevator $793.80; 21952 Prairie Engineering $1,391.20; 21953 Randy’s Welding $6.00; 21954 Ray’s Repair $1,607.04; 21955 Roosevelt-Custer Regional Council $8,770.00; 21956 SBM $1,386.51; 21957 Ken Steiner $74.10; 21958 SW Healthcare Services $60.00; 21959 SWMCCC $7,395.00; 21960 Tiger Electric $151.87; 21961 Tom’s Auto Body $500.00; 21962 Unlimited Office Products $81.65; 21963 Vanguard Appraisals, Inc. $6,500.00; 21964 Zuercher Technologies $900.00 Jan Werre, Bowman County Clerk of Court/Recorder, gave an update on the grant for the courtroom regarding the updating of the heating system.

Abrahamson made a motion to approve the minutes from December 16, 2014, with Brackel seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

The commissioners reviewed a letter from Daryl Dukart, Chairman of Vision West ND, requesting support for their ND Energy Infrastructure and Impact Grant application. Brackel made a motion to support Vision West ND’s application. Steiner seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

Brackel made a motion to approve the detention service renewal contract from the Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation Center. Abrahamson seconded the motion, and upon a vote the motion was carried unanimously.

Dean Pearson, Bowman County Emergency Manager and Karla Germann, Bowman/Slope County 9-1-1 Coordinator, Bowman County Assistant Emergency Manager, met with the commissioners to review the snowstorm exercise that their department conducted in November.

Neil Hofland, Bowman County Road Superintendent, Nathan Miller, Bowman County Road Foreman, and Gary Brennan from Brosz Engineering met to provide an update on road projects.

Steiner made a motion to approve an approach permit from Tracy Schumacher. Brackel seconded the motion and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

Brackel made a motion to appoint the following, Sherri Teigen, Shawn Brien, Doug Langhoff, Larry Johnson, Pat Lorge, Bonnie Stinchfield, Frank Eberle, Richard Frederick, Arthur Cox, Charles Headley, Larry Fischer and Jordan Fisher, as 2015 Deputy Sheriffs for Bowman County, only when asked by the Bowman County Commissioners, Bowman County State’s Attorney or the Bowman County Sheriff, to act as a Deputy Sheriff for special assignments or have been asked to help in an emergency situation, if any law enforcement officers seek assistance. This authoriza-

ABBREVIATED NOTICE OF INTENT TO AMEND ADMINISTRATIVE RULES relating to Administrative Authority for Onsite Sewage Treatment Systems and Required Fixtures in Residential Dwellings, Water Supply to Fixtures and Proper Sewage Disposal

North Dakota State Plumbing Board

will hold a public hearing to address proposed changes to the N.D. Admin.

Code at

Bank of North Dakota 1200 Memorial Highway Leadership Hall Room 210 Bismarck, ND 58504 Mon., March 9, 2015 1:00 p.m.

A copy of the proposed rules may be obtained byy emailing g the North Dakota State Plumbing Board at kitomanek@ nd.gov or calling 701-328-9977 Ext 3.

Also, written comments may y be submitted to 1110 College Drive Suite 210, Bismarck, ND 58501, until Thursday, y March 19, 2015. If you y plan to attend the public hearing and will need special facilities or assistance relating g to a disability, y please contact the North Dakota State Plumbing Board at the above email address, telephone number or address at least 10 days y prior to the public hearing. g Dated this 23rd day of Jan., 2015.

Kimberley Tomanek Business Manager

CALL FOR BIDS FOR SALE OF 6-PLEX APARTMENT BUILDING RHAME NORTH DAKOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received at the City of Rhame at the Office of the City Auditor for SALE OF 6-PLEX APARTMENT BUILDING – 108 1ST AVENUE NW, BOWMAN COUNTY, RHAME NORTH DAKOTA. This apartment building can be viewed during normal business hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

All of the above Bids will be received and opened at the Office of the Auditor at 1:30 P.M., MT, on Monday, February 9, 2015.

The City of Rhame Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all Bids and waive any defects therein.

Disabled persons needing assistance, please contact the City Auditor at least 72 hours before the services are required. For more information or for complaints about ADA compliance, call 701-279-5555.

Dated at Rhame, North Dakota, this 12th day of January 2015.

Margie Russ City Auditor Rhame, North Dakota

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tion will allow these individuals to be covered by Worker’s Compensation and will also allow them to drive the vehicles owned by Bowman County. Abrahamson seconded the motion. A roll call vote was requested with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

The county received notification that the state mileage reimbursement rate increased from 56 cents to 57.5 cents per mile, effective January 1, 2015. Currently the county mileage reimbursement rate is 57 cents per mile.

Steiner made a motion to increase the county mileage reimbursement rate to 58 cents per mile. Abrahamson seconded the

motion. A roll call vote was requested with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

Discussion was held on county board positions with expiring terms. Steiner made a motion to reappoint Rod Schaff and Andy Mrnak to the Bowman County Airport Board. Brackel seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

It was decided to table all other board appointments until the January 20, 2015 meeting.

The commissioners reviewed the revised Bowman County Policy Manual. Brackel made a motion to approve the revised manual.

Steiner seconded the motion, and

upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

Bowman County State’s Attorney, Stephanie Pretzer, joined the meeting at 2:10 PM. Discussion was held on pending issues which will be followed up on at the next commission meeting.

With no further business to discuss, Steiner made a motion at 2:44 PM to adjourn the meeting, with Brackel seconding the motion, and upon a vote the motion was carried unanimously.

Rick Braaten (s) Chairman Board of County Commissioners ATTEST: Mindy Schumacher (s) Bowman County Deputy Auditor

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Bowman Lodge finally gets walls It's been a slow but steady process for the construction of Bowman's new lodge on Highway 85. Over the last two weeks, crews have been busy, battling the snow yet enjoying the sun and random 60-degree temperatures, as they finally begin raising walls for the new facility, its bar and athletic training facility.

(Photo by Bryce Martin | Pioneer)

BLM 0il, gas lease sale nets over $4.2M As part of President Barack Obama’s all-of-theabove strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil and gas lease auction netted $4,256,301 in revenues from the sale of seven federal leases totaling 1742.18 acres in North Dakota.

Herco, LLC of Billings submitted the highest peracre bid at $13,750 per acre for a 233.3-acre parcel located in Dunn County, North Dakota. This was also the highest singleparcel bid at $3,217,500.

BLM oil and gas leases are awarded for a period of 10 years and for as long thereafter as there is production in paying quantities. The revenue from the sale of federal leases, as well as the 12.5 percent royalties collected from

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the production of those leases, is shared between the federal government and the states.

Potential environmental effects that could result from exploration and development are analyzed before any leases are offered for sale. All leases come with conditions on oil and gas activities to protect the environment that can include limits on when drilling can occur or restrictions on surface occupancy. Once an operator proposes exploration or development on a BLMissued lease, further environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act is conducted to determine the sitespecific need for various types of impact-limiting or mitigation measures. In addition, many operators routinely use Best Man-

agement Practices such as remote monitoring of producing wells and multiple wells per pad to minimize

surface impacts.

The next Montana/Dakotas federal oil and gas lease sale is scheduled for

May 6, 2015, at the BLM’s Montana State Office, located at 5001 Southgate Drive in Billings.

Southwest Healthcare Services Current Happenings National Wear Red Day! Feb. 6, 2015 Dr. Arnold, OB/GYN at Southwest Medical Clinic Feb. 11, 2015 Dr. Mahr, Cardiologist at Southwest Medical Clinic Feb. 12, 2015 Dr. Oksa, Pediatrics at Southwest Medical Clinic Feb. 13, 2015 Dr. Cote, Orthopedics at Southwest Medical Clinic Feb. 25, 2015 Save the Date for Celebrity Waiter!

February 28, 2015 Social Hour 5:30pm Dinner 6:00pm Live Auction 7:30pm Raffle Drawing 9:00pm Just Duets 9:15pm SWHS Car Raffle

Tickets are available at SWHS, Dakota Western Bank, Dakota Community Bank, Lasting Visions, & Bowman Chamber.

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Saturday, February 7, 2015, 1 PM 50 Hereford, 19 Red Angus and 40 Angus Bulls 70 Black baldy heifers Sale location:

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