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INDUSTRIAL PARK MOVES FORWARD County completes final step for project, buys Wokal property

By BRYCE MARTIN

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net Bowman will have its industrial park.

The Bowman County Board of Commissioners approved the final piece necessary to move forward on the planned Bowman Gateway Industrial Park this week, ending the approval process on a project that has been called controversial and opposed

by several city and county residents.

Commissioners approved during their regular meeting Tuesday the purchase of 46 acres of property adjacent to the former airport and owned by the Wokal family. The purchase, with a “sticker price” of about $237,000, was deemed necessary for rail access to the industrial park, a component that would make it more attractive to potential buyers.

Each of the commissioners

voted to approve the purchase with the exception of Commissioner Pine Abrahamson, who said he did not understand the purchase price or the county purchasing private property.

The biggest hurdle prior to the vote was discussion over a buffer that would protect nearby landowners from views of the industrial park.

Commissioner Lynn Brackel said during discussion that he would not vote to approve the purchase if there was not something in the motion to guarantee such a buffer would be created.

Brackel suggested that a 300-

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Bowman County Commissioner Ken Steiner questions BCDC Director Teran Doerr about the proposed industrial park during the county’s Dec. 15 regular meeting. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer)

Call him Mr. Claus Man facing COURTS

3 felonies pleads not guilty

By BRYCE MARTIN

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net

Four-year-old Rylan Wade of Bowman talks to Santa Claus after having a photo taken with him at the Bowman Regional Public Library on Dec. 14 during Bowman’s Christmas Stroll. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer)

Despite snow and ice, Santa makes it to town for Christmas Stroll It was a much warmer evening than last year for the Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce’s Christmas Stroll.

Despite the snow and ice on the ground Dec. 14, people were seen joyfully shopping around Bowman’s Main Street businesses, enjoying live music from Saxxy Brass, and cuddling together on a hay ride through town.

The biggest attraction, as it is each year, was getting a photo with Old Saint Nick himself at the Bowman Regional Public Library. More than 130 photos were taken of Santa and the wishful children hoping he’ll bring them presents on Christmas.

(By Bryce Martin/Pioneer)

Children cheer as their hay ride makes its way through downtown Bowman during the annual Christmas Stroll Dec. 14. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer)

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A Rhame man pleaded not guilty last week to three felony charges, including two for gross sexual imposition, after waiving his right to a preliminary hearing.

Jovani Parra, 19, is now headed to a felony jury trial on two Class-A felony counts of gross sexual imposition and one Class-C felony charge of luring minors by computer.

Judge Rhonda Ehlis accepted the not guilty plea Dec. 10 after Parra waived a preliminary hearing that was set for the same day.

Parra was initially scheduled for a preliminary hearing Oct. 8, but his attorney was unavailable. It was then rescheduled for Nov. 12 at which time Parra Parra was unavailable, according to court documents.

Ehlis set a pretrial conference for Feb. 9 and a trial date for Feb. 24.

Parra has retained Robert Bolinske of Bismarck as counsel, according to Southwest Judicial District Court records.

According to an affidavit in support of complaint filed with the court in August, Parra’s alleged victim was 14 years old and had admitted to police that she had sexual intercourse with the man on two separate occasions.

It was stated in the affidavit that the alleged victim approached police with her parents to report the incident. The female informed police that she had

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NEWS BRIEFS Crude oil export ban lift set to pass Congress this week Sen. John Hoeven announced that the new yearend 2016 funding bill that is on track to pass Congress this week includes a provision he worked to include that repeals the decades-long ban on U.S. crude oil exports.

Hoeven has repeatedly called for repealing the ban and worked persistently to get it included in year-end legislation. The senator, who serves on the Energy Committee, is a cosponsor of bipartisan legislation lifting the ban that passed the committee this summer.

“Lifting the ban on crude oil exports is a triple win – it will create jobs and grow our economy. It will keep the price of gasoline lower at the pump for consumers because of more supply, and it will bolster national security through energy security,” said Hoeven, who has been working to get the ban lifted.

Hoeven said lifting the ban is supported by studies at the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the non-partisan Brookings Institute and the Harvard Business School. According to a study by IHS, a global provider of data and analysis, lifting the ban will attract an estimated $750 billion in new investments and create nearly 400,000 additional jobs in the U.S. between 2016 and 2030.

Holiday travelers expected to top 100M for first time AAA projects the number of year-end holiday travelers will top 100 million for the first time on record.

According to AAA’s annual holiday travel survey, nearly one in three Americans will take a trip this holiday season, with 100.5 million expected to journey 50 miles or more from home. This represents a 1.4 percent increase over last year and the seventh consecutive year of year-end holiday travel growth.

The year-end holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015 to Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016.

The increase in holiday travel this year is being driven by continued improvement in the labor market, rising incomes and low prices, including gas prices that remain well below last year’s levels. This is helping boost Americans’ disposable income, but some consumers continue to remain cautious about their finances as they head into the holiday season More than 90 percent of travelers (91.3 million people) will drive to their holiday destinations, an increase of 1.4 percent over last year. Air travel is expected to increase by 0.7 percent, with 5.8 million Americans flying to their holiday destinations. Travel by other modes of transportation, including cruises, trains and buses, will increase 2.4 percent, to 3.4 million travelers.

Bowman County Commissioners Lynn Brackel, left, and Rick Braaten, right, discuss the proposed Bowman Gateway Industrial Park during the county’s regular meeting Dec. 15. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer)

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foot stretch of the Wokal property, about the length of a football field, remain under county control; it would prohibit any potential buyers from building on that space and protect nearby property owners.

Teran Doerr, director of the Bowman County Development Corp., initially asked if the county would allow the plan for a buffer to run through the city’s zoning board.

“But will it happen?” Brackel questioned. He added that he did not trust city zoning handling a buffer zone because it would have no way to enforce it.

In the final motion it was stipulated that any zoning arrangements for the 300-foot buffer be approved by the county to ensure it is handled satisfactorily.

Commissioner Bill Bowman also

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Dec. 19 Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce presents Santa Claus Day ­— 2 p.m. movie at the Bowman Theater (Polar Express) and a visit from Santa

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communicated with Parra namely via electronic text messaging.

A subsequent police investigation led to the execution of two search warrants.

“There were some items that we collected in regards to a report that was given to us…,” Headley said after the department executed one of

suggested that city sewer and water lines in the second phase be installed up to nearby property owners, namely Dave and Tana Smolnikar and Lauren and Jeanette Homelvig.

“They won’t be nearly as opposed to it if they know that they have access,” Bowman said.

Doerr agreed, and avowed that those residents would be included in discussion of future development near their land. Though, engineering and what the city could afford to do for the second phase would have to eventually be considered. And the residents would have to pay to hook onto the water and sewer lines.

None of that would occur in the first phase.

Commissioner Ken Steiner made it clear that Doerr worked for the county and asked if he and his fellow commissioners would have input or be able to “make complaints” if they do not “like what’s going on” at the industrial park.

“This was done in the best interest for Bowman County,” Doerr said, explaining that the county input would certainly be welcome.

Considering existing public opposition, Brackel reaffirmed the need for such a park.

Businesses in the past have been turned away simply because there was not adequate space, with complete infrastructure, within the city.

Notably, the BCDC had to turn away a paper company about five years ago because there was no place for it, Brackel said.

“It does happen,” Doerr seconded.

An industrial park would have allowed the business space and infrastructure.

For future businesses, it is now a possibility.

Commissioners then unanimously approved the payout of $20,000 to the BCDC for marketing of the project, legal fees, and for payment to retain Gilmore Planning’s assistance with the park’s development.

The next step for the industrial park is to undergo planning and zoning in the next few months. Construction of infrastructure likely would not begin until the spring.

The county purchased the former airport property late last month.

The city of Bowman then voted to allocate $1.85 million of its surge funding to provide infrastructure at the site. The county’s purchase of the Wokal property was the final step to approve the project.

the searches last week.

Bowman officers first executed a search warrant Aug. 19 at a residence police said was being rented

by Parra, located near the intersection of First Street Southwest and Highway 85 in Bowman. Officers carried from the scene several brown paper bags, the contents of which were not immediately disclosed. It was later stated in the court documents, however, that authorities had seized various electronic items from the residence.

A second search warrant was executed the following week to obtain Parra’s DNA. He was later placed under arrest.

Bowman Police Chief Chuck Headley said there was probable cause to make the arrest.

Gross sexual imposition is punishable by up to 20 years imprisonment, a $10,000 fine or both; luring minors by computer or electronic means is punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment, a $10,000 fine, or both.

Dec. 23 Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce’s Scrooge Night — Holiday Poker Run at participation businesses from 5 - 9 p.m.

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The Bowman County Pioneer asked Bowman County and Rhame first grade students to color either a Christmas tree or stocking.

Here are the results.

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Addie Umbreit, 6

Amberlynn Lewton, 6

Andrew Parra Ortiz, 6

Blaise Lei, 7

Brodey Abrahamson, 7

Bostyn Blankenbaker, 7

Brenna Martian, 7

Camyrn Mosbrucker, 6

Bryson Miesaloski, 7

Corwyn Tucker, 6

Calyn Martian, 6

Emma Halleen, 7

Chloe Haar, 7

Jacob Green, 8

Cutter Ouradnik, 7

Kohl Young, 6

Daniel Hoff, 7

Kyle Brosz, 7

Gabe Sarsland, 6

Marcus Stotts, 7

Kenzie Hestekin, 7

Mariah Smolnikar, 7

Mika Stuber, 6

Mason Lambourn, 7

Sophia Nass, 6

Olivia Fischer, 6

Suttyn Dodge, 7

Thomas Bowman, 7

Warner Bowman, 7

Trey Brewer, 6

Sattyn Wilson, 7

Reese Janikowski, 7

Taylor Getz, 6

Quin Andrews, 6

Ashton Barnes, 6

Bryer Meschke, 7

Aspen Graham, 6

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Story of Success Ludlow native heads multimillion-dollar business

By BRYCE MARTIN

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net When growing up on a small farm near rural Ludlow, S.D., it wasn’t Ray Smith’s plan to move out to the West Coast and become head of a publicly traded company.

But it was the work ethic he had learned on the farm and a desire to achieve success that led him to where he is now: president and CEO of Trycera Financial, a nationwide business with a mission to help people struggling with credit and debt.

The story of his path to success begins in southwest North Dakota.

After graduating from Scranton High School in 1990, Smith attended Dickinson State University, working towards a double major in teaching mathematics and music.

But he soon found himself in an ambiguous situation—what did he really want for his future?

He was working for a cabinet factory in the Queen City at the same time and ultimately came to the revelation that he wanted to be his own boss and was already making twice as much money there than he would as a future teacher.

So, he became an entrepreneur.

In 1998, Smith found himself living in Las Vegas and owning a call center that processed credit card applications for a bank.

He had 65 employees and amassed 250,000 customers.

For four years, Smith worked with people that had poor credit, consequently learning the ins and outs of the nation’s credit system. But the

company was sold and the program Smith developed to provide assistance was forced to end.

He took that time to acquire a keen understanding of credit repair.

“We focused on really understanding the credit system and how it’s broken; we would help people fix their credit,” Smith said.

But what Smith soon discovered was that people would return on average a year later with new credit troubles, “because they didn’t change their habits,” he explained.

That led Smith to a company named Trycera Financial.

At that time, Trycera was in a precarious situation; the company had experienced a bad business transaction, the CEO resigned and it was on the verge of bankruptcy. Prior to Smith’s arrival, the company was focused on the prepaid debit card industry.

Because of his experience in the credit industry, Smith reached out to the co-founder of Trycera—who happened to be a friend—and explained that he was interested in the job as top executive of the company and to install a new business model, one that Smith had found success with.

In February 2009, Smith was appointed president and CEO of Trycera.

The company, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., now has a market value of more than $60 million and Smith owns 85 percent of it.

Instead of prepaid debit cards, the company’s new mission was to help consumers from all walks of life manage their money and fix their credit.

“We’re never taught

Ray Smith, CEO of Trycera good (financial) management skills; as students we’re never taught that,” he said, calling this lack of education as one of the main triggers for poor credit in adult life. “We’re forced to learn it on our own.”

Some people tithe 10 percent to the church every month; some people don’t save 10 percent for themselves each month. Why? “Because that’s what their

a person lists all of their expenses over a 12-month period. Holiday gifts, mortgage payments, cell phone bills—it is all included in a person’s finite bucket of bills.

The next step is to enter that data into Trycera’s program and weigh it against payment due dates and frequency of income.

“Our program tells you how much you need to have every pay period to empty your bill payment account to cover your expenses,” he said.

Et voilà, the path to financial success is unearthed. If that number is more than a person earns, they can choose to either gain additional income or reexamine their expenses.

A calendar for the proceeding 12 months is printed out, a road map as Smith called it, and allows the person to realize their

“ It’s basically

because of community ” - Ray Smith about his success at financial company Trycera

parents taught them,” he answered.

Smith’s program is geared to teach the next generation good financial habits.

The difference with the program he helped develop, called Successful Habits of the Rich, is that it focuses on not only credit recovery, but also managing money and growing individual wealth.

Through the program,

full financial picture at all times.

That is crucial as Smith explained the leading cause of credit issues stem from consumers making uniformed financial decisions.

“It’s like driving down the road, looking through the rear-view mirror: you know where you’ve been because you can see your bank account, but you don’t know where you’re

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going until the bills show up,” he said.

But with Trycera’s program, a person is able to look out the front windshield and see where they are going. Ultimately that leads them to make wiser financial decisions.

Five percent of a person’s wealth is cash and the remaining 95 percent is accessed through credit, according to Smith. If a person’s money isn’t in order and a payment is missed, credit is damaged and they basically get locked out of 95 percent of their wealth.

“That’s why America is struggling, because they’re trying to live on 5 percent of their entire capability,” he answered.

Businesses similar to Trycera merely focus on credit, and can charge thousands of dollars to do so. Smith said his company is set apart because, with Trycera’s strategy, a long-term solution is put together and a person begins paying down debt, turning liabilities into assets and building wealth.

Perhaps most importantly, the company works with consumers to change their future financial habits.

With that, Smith has found success. And it’s being noticed.

Smith will be featured on the televised business program, “Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland,” Dec. 19 on Fox Business Network and Dec. 20 on Bloomberg International.

The interview, which was taped in May, focuses on Trycera and Smith’s path to discovering his successful financial philosophy.

Smith, 43, now lives in originally from Ludlow, S.D., said he was asked during the interview how growing up on a farm

helped him put Trycera together.

“It’s basically because of community,” he answered.

His life growing up in Ludlow was humble.

He attended the oneroom Norbeck Elementary in Ludlow—he gave a shout-out to his teacher, Myrna Giannonatti—and helped with chores on the farm.

He lived in a community where everyone helped each other and worked together. It was there he learned his hard work ethic—the people that got up and worked, no matter what, succeeded—and that is what it takes to succeed according to Smith. It’s about dedication and work ethic.

He offered sincere appreciation for what his former community, his friends and family instilled in him, being a self-proclaimed “country boy.”

“That means more than money or fame,” he said graciously.

Since leaving North Dakota in the 90s, Smith has returned occasionally to visit family and friends.

His mother, Dixie Smith, works at Frontier Travel Center and lives in Bowman. He hasn’t returned to Bowman County for five years, but will be coming home next month, he said.

When he heard he was going to be profiled on television, Smith felt humbled.

“You come from humble beginnings, to achieve this much success is quite the honor,” he said. “I want to inspire people.”

■ Tune in to “Worldwide Business with Kathy Ireland” to see Ray Smith’s interview on Fox Business Network at 3:00 p.m. MT Dec. 19 or on Bloomberg International at 12:30 p.m. Dec. 20.

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upon us, please consider a donation to the Sunrise Foundation.

Gifts can come in many packages, and a gift to the Sunrise Foundation will have lasting affects for the community. For hard to buy for individuals, you may even consider giving, to the Sunrise Foundation, in the name of someone on your Christmas list. There are many reasons to give but in 2015 there is one huge reason.

North Dakota Tax Credit

The North Dakota Legislature passed a law which allows for generous tax credits for individuals and businesses who give to approved North Dakota charities, such as the Sunrise Foundation.

An individual may receive a state tax credit for a contribution of $5,000 or more (lump sum or aggregate in one year) to a qualified North Dakota endowment, like Sunrise Foundation. The tax credit is 40% of the charitable reduction allowed by the IRS, up to a maximum credit of $10,000 per year per taxpayer or $20,000 per year per couple filing jointly. For donors in a 28% federal tax bracket, the tax benefits may look like this: Gift Amount: Federal Tax deduction N.D. state income tax credit

$5,000 -1,400 -2,000

$10,000 -2,800 -4,000

$25,000 -7,000 -10,000

$50,000 -14,000 -20,000

Net Cost of Gift Tax Savings

$1,600 $3,400

$3,200 $6,800

$8,000 $17,000

$16,000 $34,000

For Businesses and Financial Institutions: C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, estates, limited liability companies and trusts that make gifts to qualified endowments may qualify for a state income tax credit, equal to 40% of the value of the gift, up to a maximum credit of $10,000 per year.

There are many gifting options that can have a significant tax advantage to the donor. When considering a donation to Sunrise Foundation, we urge you to discuss your intentions with your attorney or tax advisor.

Have a wonderful Christmas season and thank you for considering a donation to the Sunrise Foundation.

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Thank you The family of Clayton Wallman would like to thank our friends, neighbors, co-workers and extended families for all your phone calls, visits, prayers, support and love shown to us during Clayton’s illness and passing. We would like to thank everyone for their kind expressions of sympathy, memorials, food, flowers or plants and cards. Thanks to Pastor Mark Nygard for the beautiful service and the Bethany Lutheran Church ladies for the delicious meal.

Thanks also to the providers and staff at Southwestern Health Services for all the care given to Clayton. Finally, a special thanks to Trevor Kulseth and his staff for all your kindness and for helping us during this difficult time.

- Della Wallman, Shanon and Jack Kline, Derek Kline, Witney and Andy Nielsen, Rocky and Elizabeth Wallman and family, Vickie and Barry Gartner, Rex and June Eagon and family

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C ommunity

EDITOR’S NOTE—We want people to submit anything and everything related to their life in Bowman County. Be it random photos of people out-and-about, people getting awards, photos of your vacation, or short stories about something or someone in the community, we want what you’ve got! The deadline to submit those items (preferably by email to bmartin@countrymedia.net) is 5 p.m. every Tuesday.

‘We serve’: Lions Club donates for holidays

Eileen Sather from the Bowman/Slope Community Cupboard graciously accepts donations from Bowman Lions Club President Tom Nordberg.

Women’s Bowling Assoc. gives to community pantry, Helping Hands The Bowman Women’s Bowling Association picked two months to do something special to give back to the surrounding communities.

In October, it collected $227 to donate to the Dakota Prairie Helping Hands and in November, it held a food drive for the Bowman/Slope Community Cupboard.

Accepting the donation on behalf of Dakota Prairie Helping Hands is Sandy Clapper and Tammy Hofland on behalf of the Community Cupboard. Representing the Bowman Women’s Bowling Association is Marsha Ridl, president.

The Bowman Lions Club held its annual Christmas party at Sweetwater Golf Course on Dec. 7, and in the tradition of holiday giving, the chairperson in charge of the party asked that a food item be

brought to be donated to the Bowman/ Slope Community Cupboard. Members also voted to donate $250 dollars to the Community Cupboard, $250 to the Giving Tree and $250 to Make a Wish.

Chamber awards Yard of the Month

The Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce awarded Josh Lindstrom and Melissa Hilton’s home at 201 Sixth St. NE in Bowman as December’s Yard of the Month for their ample holiday decoration. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer)

Physicians coming to Bowman, ND! Dr. Benjamin Krogh

Dr. Krogh will begin providing services at Southwest Healthcare Services beginning January 1, 2016. He is a graduate of the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his Family Practice Residency training at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, MO. Dr. Krogh is Board Certified in Family Practice and has practiced rural Family Medicine for many years in both Utah and North Dakota. He has a special interest in clinic care for general family practice and pediatrics in particular, although he sees patients of all ages. He enjoys developing long-term relationships with his patients and getting to know them well. Dr. Krogh is married and has 6 children.

Along with spending time with his family, he has interest in outdoor sports including fly fishing, camping, hunting, biking and skiing.

Dr. Matthew Feller

Dr. Feller is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine. He is a graduate of Columbia University in both undergraduate school and Medical School and completed his Residency at Albert Einstein University in the Bronx, NY. He managed his own private practice in Internal Medicine in New Jersey for 30 years.

Dr. Feller was very interested in working in western North Dakota and about a year ago began working in Watford City. He has fallen in love with North Dakota and would like to make it his new home.

In the last year he has worked ER & Hospital so he is very excited to join us here in Bowman and have the opportunity to have a clinic practice once again. Dr. Feller will see all patients but he has a special interest in managing chronic diseases such as Diabetes, Hypertension, COPD, Chronic Kidney Disease and other chronic illnesses.

Dr. Jonathan Rosenfield

Dr. Rosenfield will be covering for a short period of time Dec. 15-24 at Southwest Medical Clinic and in our ER. He studied at Windsor University School of Medicine to earn his doctorate degree. He graduated from his residency program in June of 2015 and joined Aurora Clinic shortly after.

Complete Healthcare Today for a Better Tomorrow.

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Say Anything By ROB PORT Guest Columnist

Drunk driving law may be overturned

Imagine you stand accused of stealing items from your neighbor and the police want to search your home for evidence of that theft without a warrant. Would we not be outraged if there were a law on the books making you immediately guilty of a crime equivalent to theft for declining a warrantless search?

What good is the 4th amendment if it is illegal to turn down a search for which the police do not have a warrant?

Yet that’s the very situation North Dakota’s legislature created in 2013 in passing a “get tough” drunk driving bill.

They essentially criminalized the exercise of our 4th amendment privacy rights during investigations into inebriated driving.

Now their actions are going to get a review from the U.S. Supreme Court.

The Legislature has made it illegal to refuse a warrantless chemical sobriety test ordered by law enforcement. Section 39-20-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, as amended by the 2013 legislature, states that “refusal to take the test directed by the law enforcement officer is a crime punishable in the same manner as driving under the influence.”

You may be under the impression that refusing the chemical test was already a crime before 2013. What really happened before is that the state would take civil action, suspending or revoking driving privileges.

By turning a civil penalty into a criminal penalty - the exact same penalty as the crime for which law enforcement is gathering evidence, no less - the Legislature crossed a line into new legal territory, and they may come to regret it.

The U.S. Supreme Court will now review two cases out of North Dakota challenging the law, as well as a case out of Minnesota challenging that state’s similar statute.

In the North Dakota cases, our state supreme court has stood behind the Legislature..

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem stands behind the law as well, which he lobbied for.

“My office worked with

the legislature in crafting laws that made refusing to take a chemical test a crime when there is probable cause to believe the driver is operating under the influence, and the North Dakota Supreme Court upheld the law as constitutional,” Stenehjem told me in a statement when I inquired about the high court’s decision to review the law. “Since the laws were enacted, we have seen the number of DUI convictions in the state decrease.”

Even if a decline in drunk driving can be attributed to this law, its implications for our rights - and not just our 4th amendment rights are disturbing.

Consider our 1st amendment rights, for instance. Certain religions have very strict doctrinal beliefs about the removal of blood from the human body. If someone objects to a blood screening for alcohol or drugs on religious grounds, are we to find them guilty of a DUI for exercising their spirituality?

Or how about the 5th amendment which prohibits “double jeopardy,” or the trying of a person twice for the same crime?

Since it is possible to charge a person both with a DUI, and with “a crime punishable in the same manner as” a DUI for refusing a chemical test, is that not double jeopardy?

Or trying a person twice over for the same crime?

Further, the 6th amendment guarantees every American the right to “have the assistance of counsel for his defense.”

A person who has been arrested, and who is being pressured by law enforcement for assent to a search, might reasonably feel confused and desire consultation with legal counsel before making any decisions which could put them in legal jeopardy.

Could law enforcement deem the delay of a chemical test until a suspect’s lawyer can be contacted as a refusal punishable as a crime?

Drunk drivers are not typically looked upon sympathetically by the public, for perfectly understandable reasons.

Yet our constitution guarantees certain clearly defined rights to even the most heinous of criminals.

We all want murders and rapists in jail, but we still acknowledge that police cannot run roughshod over our rights to find and arrest those people. So how than can we countenance a law which makes it explicitly illegal to exercise some of those rights?

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Christmas Tree Hello, I suppose by now you notice that once in awhile I recycle a story.

Some of my friends find this practice repugnant. I find it necessary because sometimes I can’t think of anything to say. And besides that, there are possibly new readers that haven’t seen the story.

This morning I was returning from a road trip to Kansas and the forecast is for the first storm of the year. And with Thanksgiving over, Christmas decorations going up in many places, and the local youth organizations advertising the sale of Christmas trees, I had a pleasant memory of a Christmas many years ago. As all of my stories, this one is true, although both Bill and Ginny, and Shirley and I have moved. Here goes. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed rereading it.

Kind of a long story. But you know how on Christmas, at least on TV, the family goes out and cuts a Christmas tree. That’s what our family always did. And I hated

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it. It never worked like it did on TV. First you had to find the chain saw. We run the only ranch in the world where you could lose a chain saw. Lots of times. I guess we have a general rule. Leave stuff where you used it last. The trouble is that if the guy who used it last is not around, it’s tough.

Last year it took two days to find the saw. And then you load everyone in the pickup and go down in the beautiful badlands to find a tree. And the kids, who are now in their twenties, hate going with Mom and Dad to cut a tree. Cause they know what has happened every year since they were born.

We spot a perfect tree up on a high clay butte. Mom can see it is perfect. We climb up this slippery hill, pausing often so Dad can catch his breath, and have a smoke. As we near the tree, we see it is actually two trees. Both one sided. Ugly things with not near enough branches. The Dad swears and starts down the hill.

Most years we spend about thirty dollars in fuel and a half day looking for a tree. Once we find a tree, a tree, not the perfect tree, the fun really begins. By now the gas cap has jiggled off the saw and we are out of gas. Or the rope comes off when you go to start it.

Or the chain jumps off when it sees the tree. Eventually the saw ends up in a washout and the tree gets run over by the pickup. Mom and the kids get upset and Dad

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N.D. Outdoors By DOUG LEIER

Walking out of church a couple of weeks ago I overheard a conversation in which the participants were lamenting the December sun and warmer than average start to winter. The gist of the dialogue was something like “...it’s not nice enough to golf and not cold enough to ice fish….”

Such are the struggles

when a warm start to December follows a mild November.

By now, a few days of more seasonal weather have moved in and I suspect golf would no longer fit into that conversation.

But ice fishing is certainly a hot topic this year. I can’t remember a year when I’ve heard so much positive chatter about ice fishing, and many anglers who haven’t already ventured out to their favorite lake or a promising new destination are waiting anxiously for good ice to get their winter fishing season started.

And with good rea-

swears never again.

But this year, thanks to our neighbors, it went smooth. Bill and Ginny live up the road. And we borrow stuff from them. Cause that’s what we do out here. We borrow. See, Bill and Ginny don’t stay all winter. They go south when the last goose flies over the Badlands. Oh, they are Christmas spirited. They put up a tree. They invite us all up for Christmas supper. We exchange gifts. It is actually the most pleasant Christmas party of the year. We drink fine wine and eat fine food. Life is good.

But, like the wild geese, when the lake freezes over they are out of here. I knew they were gone.

I was unloading hay above their house and you could see it was abandoned. I slipped down to see if they left any food in the fridge.

They didn’t. And there stood their tree. Abandoned in their living room. It still had the lights on it.

It was already cut. It wasn’t at the top of a clay butte. I didn’t need the chain saw. Oh, I made a little mess. When I drug it out of the house. I spilled a little water on the carpet. Yes, I took the stand too. And I lost a few needles as I hurried through the house. You hate to get caught stealing a tree.

But I made it! And it fit just perfect in our dining room!

Merry Christmas Bill and Ginny!

And thanks!

Later, Dean

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son. North Dakota has a record number of lakes on the landscape right now and a lot of them have good populations of walleye, perch and/or northern pike.

Even though we’re into mid-December, it’s not too late to offer some ice safety reminders from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department.

Some tips to be aware of are: • Snow insulates ice, hampering solid ice formation, and makes it difficult to check thickness. Snow also hides the blemishes, such as cracked, weak and open

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• Avoid cracks, pressure ridges, slushy or darker areas that signal thinner ice. The same goes for ice that forms around partially submerged trees, brush, embankments or other structures.

• Ice thickness is not consistent and can vary significantly even in a small area. Ice shouldn’t be judged by appearance alone. Anglers should drill test holes as they make their way out on the lake, and an ice chisel should be used to check ice thickness while moving around.

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OBITUARIES Jean Ahlness Stebinger, 93 Jean Ahlness Stebinger, 93, passed away surrounded by loved ones on Dec. 10, 2015. She is now reunited with her husband, Arnold, who predeceased her in 2003. Born in Rhame, July 2, 1922, Jean was one of three

children of the late Hans and Frieda (Lien) Ahlness.

After graduating from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn., she was selected by the State Department as one of 25 women sent worldwide to help with the war effort, ending up in Cairo.

There she met and married Arnold Stebinger in

1945. Together they lived in Egypt, Lebanon, London, Bronxville, N.Y., Jakarta, Indonesia, Columbia, S.C., and Cromwell, Conn. They shared 58 years together, raising a family of four. Once the children were raised, Jean started her own business, Nationwide Medical Recruiters, which she sold in 1997. She was an avid

writer, self-publishing several books of memoirs and poetry, and an enthusiastic outdoor person.

Among her many volunteer activities, she served on the national board of the Covenant Villages, the lay leadership at Holy Trinity in Middletown, Conn., was the president of the Bronxville League of Women Voters, and

on the Bronxville School Board.

Jean is survived by her children, Anne, Peter and spouse Caron, and Allan and spouse Catherine; her grandchildren, Katharine and spouse Louisa, Nicolas and spouse Sarah, and Ian and spouse Karen; and her great-grandchildren, Ruth and Paul. She will be missed by her sis-

ter and partner-in-bridge, Adele Sjoberg, her sister-in-law, Peg Ahlness, and her many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son James and her brother Paul Ahlness.

Services will be held at the chapel in Covenant Village, 52 Missionary Rd., Cromwell, CT on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015.

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Butte View Campground to get improvements

By BRYCE MARTIN

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An effort to help expand tourism in Bowman County is underway through various improvement projects at Butte View Campground.

As part of the Bowman Parks and Recreation Dept.’s five-year capital plan, improvements are currently being planned for the campground, located just a few miles east of the city of Bowman on Highway 22, so it could accommodate today’s large campers and ultimately more travellers.

The plan includes upd grading the site’s electrical use infrastructure and adding full water and sewer hookn’t ups.

“We don’t want campers he to come in, look at what we mas have and drive out,” said ey Chanell Walby, director of the parks department. s Walby said the existing ist- electrical infrastructure k throughout most of the e is camp’s 55 sites is obsolete, meeting only minimum n standards for modern-day ut campers that require high. er voltage hookups. r The campground, built in the 1970s, currently ofsee fers the traditional housee. hold 110-volt outlets, a few heir 30-amp plugins but very few 50-amp. Walby said it. larger campers require a the minimum of 30-amps. d “We know that the camptle ers are changing; they’re a e lot bigger now than they n used to be,” she said. d The plan is to place a I minimum of nine 50-amp u outlets, with the remainee. ing sites featuring 30-amp r- outlets instead of the current nine 30-amp and 24 nny! 110. It started last year when crews began removing the old stumps that house the plugins.

In addition to electrical, Walby said the plan includes routing the site’s existing water and sewer infrastructure to each individual site.

There is a shower house currently at the site and each of the camp’s five loops—with 11 sites in each loop—has a water stick.

There is also one dump station that allows campers to dispose of waste.

But Walby’s plan is to expand that and ensure each site has its own necessary hookups to accommodate campers.

Other improvements to the campground include hiring camp hosts that remain at the site to maintain the camp and keep better track of guests, and the addition of security cameras, which the department currently placed out for bid. Walby said the camp would also need to install a new septic system to control the waste.

Walby approached both the county and city for help with funding, though she said the department is trying to fund the roughly $100,000 project through grants.

Fifty percent of the project will be funded through a grant and Walby is trying to procure more.

To fill in the holes, however, the county agreed to provide up to $35,000, which would be less if there are additional grants, and

Butte View Campground, located on Highway 22 just east of Bowman, was built in the 1970s and has since outgrown its electric hookups. The Bowman Parks and Recreation Dept. will soon change that with new, higher amp hookups, along with sewer and water at each campsite. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer) the city pledged $5,000.

Walby said she would also ask Bowman Tax and Tourism for some funding.

“It’s a direct benefit to all the businesses in town,” she said, adding that having more campers would increase revenue for the city.

Butte View Campground was previously a state park, then became under the ownership of the city of Bowman. It was gifted to the parks department in the late 1990s. While it is under the control of Parks and Recreation, it is still owned by the city.

This year’s attendance was not as full as 2014’s “bubble year,” as Walby called it. Last year saw many campers throughout the season, predominately hayers and local construction crews that worked on the new airport.

Though she indicated this year was much better than two years ago.

“We know we are positioned very well—right between the Black Hills and Medora and the Badlands,” she explained. “We want to have people come and stay here for more than a day.”

Walby said the department has been collecting

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data from the guests staying at the campground.

From the data, she found people from 53 states and Canadian provinces stayed at Butte View this summer.

“They’re coming from all over,” she said.

For the Bowman All School Reunion in June, the campground had a difficult time accommodating

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Sabbath 9:30 a.m. Sabbath School, Bible School, Bible Study; 11 a.m. church Study; 11 a.m. church service

■ Mound Church North of Rhame Sunday - 9 a.m. Worship service Weather permitting

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Catholic Churches: ■ St. Charles - Bowman ■ St. Mary’s - Marmarth ■ St. Mel’s - Rhame Saturday Mass - 5 p.m. Marmarth; 7 p.m. Bowman Sunday Mass - 8 a.m. Rhame; 10 a.m. Bowman Weekday Mass - 7:30 a.m. Tues., Thur., Fri. Bowman - 10 a.m. Wed. Sunset Home

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all the guests because the electrical situation was so bad, she said.

Once full funding is in place, Walby said construction at Butte View would begin in the spring as the ground thaws.

She hopes the project would only last about two months, allowing the campground to open per its usual schedule in May.

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■ Sacred Heart Catholic Church Scranton 1st, 3rd & 5th Saturday - 4:30 p.m. Saturday Mass 2nd & 4th Sunday - 8:30 a.m.

Sunday Mass ■ Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Ludlow, LCMC Sunday - Adult Bible Study at 3:45 p.m. and worship at 53 p.m., followed by potluck fellowship.

Little Missouri Lutheran Church, worship at 9 a.m. followed by coffee time ■ Break Forth Bible Church Pastors Rusty & Christa Phalen 614 N. Earling Miles City, MT 59330 (406) 234-4572 www.breakforthbiblechurch. com Bible Study meets every Wednesday night at Bowman County Public Library from 6:15 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Dakota Prairie Lutheran Parish: Dakota Prairie Lutheran Parish: ■ Bowman Lutheran - Worship ■ Bethany Lutheran, rural Rhame a.m.fellowship 10:30 a.m.9:30 - Coffee ■ Lebanon 11 a.m. - Lutheran Worship of

Amidon - Worship 8 a.m.

■ Bowman Lutheran a.m. - Worship ■ First9:30 Lutheran of Rhame 10:30 a.m. - 10:15 Sundaya.m.

School Worship 2nd Wed., 9 p.m.

Women's Bible study ■ Bethany Lutheran of Rhame Wed., Noon - Sack lunch Bible study Worship 9 a.m. over Swanson Wed.,Pastor 6 and 7Charles p.m. - 7th and 8th grade classes Scranton Lutheran ■■First Lutheran, Rhame Pastor Peterson 9:30 Mary a.m. - Worship 2 p.m., Thurs. - release time 701-275-6977 ■ Lebanon Lutheran, Amidon Sunday, June 22 - 8 a.m., St. 1st & 3rdWorship; Sundays 9:30 - 5 p.m. potluck and John’s a.m., Peace 6 p.m. worship Worship; 10:30 a.m., Special All other Sundays - 11 a.m. worship

Congregational Meeting, Peace Friday, June 27 - 8 p.m., AA, ■ Scranton Lutheran Parish Peace Church Sunday, Dec. 13 - 11 a.m. All Sunday, June 29 - 8 a.m., St. Congregation Worship at John’s Worship; 9:30 a.m., Peace Peace (Children’sWorship Christmas Program) Wednesday, Dec. 16 - 7 p.m.

Peace Council Meeting Friday, Dec. 18 - 8 p.m., AA, Peace Church Sunday, Dec. 20 - 9:30 a.m.

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Candlelight Service at Haley Thursday, Dec. 24 – 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. Candlelight Service at Peace Sunday, Dec. 27 - 8 a.m.

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EXPERIENCED TRUCK DRIVERS: Freight Solutions of Hurdsfield, ND has an immediate opening! Excellent pay, benefits, vacation time and home almost every weekend. We pull variety of hopper bottoms in several U.S. states and Canadian provinces.

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HELP WANTED The Bowman County Pioneer and The Finder is currently hiring for a part-time Office Manager position.

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PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER DECEMBER 11 & 18, 2015 NOTICE BOWMAN COUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING TO MEET NOTICE IS HERE

BY GIVEN; that there will be a meeting of the Bowman County Planning and Zoning Commission Dec. 22, 2015 at 7:00 PM in the Dakota Room of the Bowman County Courthouse. This meeting will include a Conditional Use application from Matt Koppinger to build a dwelling on the SW1/4SW1/4 of Section 12, Township 132 – Range 101.

This tract contains approximately 4 Acres. The second order of business is that of a Conditional Use application from Cameron and Alacia Coates to build a dwelling on the SW1/4 NW1/4 Section 15 Township 131 - Range 102. This tract contains approximately 6.5 Acres. Dated at Bowman this 8th day of December, 2015.

Rory M. Teigen, Administrator Bowman County Planning and

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Zoning Commission PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER DECEMBER 11, 18 & 25, 2015 BOWMAN COUNTY CALL FOR BIDS FOR HOPPER SANDER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY BOWMAN COUNTY, for a 2006 Flink 10 Foot Hopper Sander and a 2006 Flink 14 Foot Hopper Sander. Sealed bids shall be received on or before the bid opening, which shall take place on January 5, 2016 at 1:30 PM, in the commission room, located on the lower level of the Bowman County Courthouse.

Specifications may be obtained by contacting Neil Hofland, Bowman County Highway Superintendent, at 305 4th Street NE, or by calling 701-523-5843.

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 3rd day of December 2015. /s/ Sandra K. Tivis (s), Auditor Bowman County Bowman, North Dakota PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER DECEMBER 18, 2015 Scranton Board of Education Regular Meeting 11-16-15 The regular meeting of the board was called to order by President Mellmer at 7:04 p.m. in the superintendent’s office. Members present were Mellmer, Reitz, Sanford and Dillon.

Evans was absent.

Others present were Christian Giddings, Larry Tibor, Superintendent Pretzer, Principal Pierce and Business Manager Eberle.

The agenda was read and no additions were made.

There was a motion by Reitz, a second by Dillon to approve the minutes. All were in favor. The motion carried.

There was a motion by Sanford, a second by Dillon to approve the bills. All were in favor. The motion carried.

The board reviewed the monthly financial reports and filed them for the auditors.

The October, 2015, payroll expenses were $137,805.56. The check stubs issued were numbers 8059-8122. The checks issued were numbers 2784927854. There was a motion

by Reitz, a second by Dillon, to approve the payroll. All were in favor. The motion carried.

There was a motion by Sanford, a second by Reitz, to approve the Pledge of Securities.

All were in favor. The motion carried.

The annual school audit will be December 1, 2015.

Discussion was held on school projects and upgrades including new security cameras, panic buttons for the offices, the audio systems in the gym and complex, and boiler issues.

Superintendent Pretzer reported the Scranton School has received the Certificate of Approval from the Department of Public Instruction for the 20152016 school term.

Discussion was held on Title I reallocated funds and bus repair and upgrades.

Superintendent Pretzer presented the board with a taxable valuation comparison.

Mellmer updated the board on the NDSBA annual convention.

Discussion was held on the legislative interim committee, school calendar change in March, and the professional development grant.

Principal Pierce and Superintendent Pretzer reported on elementary and secondary education.

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There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.

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Dated this 7th day of December, 2015.

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Position offers hours from approximately 11am to 1pm and 5pm to 7pm. Great position for anyone seeking midday or afterschool hours!

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Owned and operated by the Bowman County Historical and Genealogical Society since 1992, the Pioneer Trails Regional Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing the unique history of southwestern North Dakota.

Your generous contributions ensure the continual growth and development of our regional museum.

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• Lasting Investment • Donate to the Pioneer Trails Regional Foundation through gifts of cash, property, or transfer of investments • Remember the Foundation in your will or living trust

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No. 1 Bowman County’s Tucker Strand gets Hettinger-Scranton’s Cody Susa in a lock during the Bowman Rotary Wrestling Tournament. (Photo by Bryce Martin)

The Bowman County Wrestling Team scored 201.5 total points to claim first place at the 44th annual Bowman Rotary Tournament held in Bowman Dec. 12. Baker placed second with 156 points, followed by Hettinger, Watford City, Standing Rock, Dickinson JV and New Town. The Bowman County wrestlers had a good tournament and finished out the day with 21 pins.

Mitch Stuber readies to approach his opponent. (Photo by Bryce Martin)

Assistant Coach Mark Wanner on the sidelines. (Photo by Bryce Martin)

Bowman Co. wrestlers top scorers at Rotary tournament

RESULTS

98# - Tucker Strand placed 1st Round 1 - Tucker Strand won by fall in 3:20 over Josh Dix (HettingerScranton) Round 2 - Tucker Strand won by fall in 3:51 over Cody Susa (HettingerScranton) 106# - Jacoby Mattern placed 3rd Round 1 - Mason Defoe (Hettinger-Scranton) won by fall in 5:04 over Jacoby Mattern Round 2 – DJ Martian won by fall in 2:44 over Jacoby Mattern Round 3 - Jacoby Mattern won by a 6-0 decision over Brenden Kerzmann (New Town).

106#DJ Martian Placed 1st.

Round 1 – DJ Martian won by fall in :39 over Brenden Kerzmann (New Town) Round 2 – DJ won by fall in 2:44 over Jacoby Mattern (Bowman Country) Round 3 - DJ Martian won by fall in 3:50 over Mason Defoe (HettingerScranton) 113# - Tyson Mattern's placed 2nd.

Quarterfinal - Tysen Mattern received a bye Semifinal - Tyson Mat-

Bowman County’s Jacob Ruggles gives it his all to defeat Hettinger-Scranton’s Ty Warbis during the Rotary Tournament.

(Photo by Bryce Martin) tern won by fall in :24 over Rance Harrison (Standing Rock) (Fall 0:24) 1st Place Match - Braedon Gumke (Watford City) won by fall in 2:00 over Tyson Mattern.

120# - Alex Madrigal placed 1st: Quarterfinal - Alex Madrigal received a bye Semifinal - Alex Mad-

rigal won by a 12-4 major decision over Trevor Griffith (Baker) 1st Place Match - Alex Madrigal won by fall in 4:26 over Carlos Martinez (Hettinger-Scranton) 126# - Cole Schmalz's placed 4th Quarterfinal Cole Schmalz received a bye Semifinal - Braden Kline

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(Hettinger-Scranton) won by fall in 1:59 over Cole Schmalz Cons. Semi - Cole Schmalz won by fall in 2:49 over Quenton Wheeler (Baker) 3rd Place Match - Chris Fisher (Hettinger-Scranton) won by fall over Cole Schmalz in 4:07 132# - Jacob Ruggles's placed 3rd Quarterfinal - Dakota Garmann (Watford City) won by major decision14-1 over Jacob Ruggles.

Cons. Round 1 - Jacob Ruggles won by fall in 2:15 over Matt Lucas (Hettinger-Scranton) Cons. Semi - Jacob Ruggles won by an 11-7 decision over Ty Warbis (Hettinger-Scranton).

3rd Place Match - Jacob Ruggles won by a 14-7 decision over Antonio Garcia (Watford City).

138# - Clayton Mattern's placed 3rd Quarterfinal - Clayton Mattern won by a major decision 11-3 over Caleb Usher (Dickinson JV) Semifinal - Spencer Losing (Baker) won by a 5-1 decision over Clayton Mattern.

Cons. Semi - Clayton Mattern won by tech fall over Dominick Harrison (Standing Rock) 17-2.

3rd Place Match - Clayton Mattern won by an 11-1 major decision over Caleb Usher (Dickinson JV).

145-152# - Mitch Stuber placed 4th.

Quarterfinal - Mitch Stuber won in overtime 14-12 against Hunter Schwartzenberger (Watford City) Semifinal - Logan Lachowitzer (HettingerScranton) won by fall in 1:03 over Mitch Stuber.

Cons. Semi - Mitch Stuber won in overtime 8-6 over Colten Maple (Bowman Country).

3rd Place Match - Delany Lester (Standing Rock) won by fall in :58 over Mitch Stuber.

145-152# - Colten Maple placed 5th.

Quarterfinal - Delany Lester (Standing Rock) won by fall over Colten Maple in 1:34.

Cons. Round 1 - Colten Maple won by fall in :42 over Collin Mossett (New Town).

Cons. Semi - Mitch Stuber (Bowman Country) won in overtime 8-6 over Colten Maple.

5th Place Match - Colten Maple won by a 4-2 decision over Hunter Schwartzenberger (Watford City) 145-152# - Kamrin Madrigal placed 2nd.

Quarterfinal - Kamrin Madrigal won by fall in :21 over Collin Mossett (New Town).

Semifinal - Kamrin Madrigal won by fall over Delany Lester (Standing Rock) in 1:04 1st Place Match - Logan Lachowitzer (HettingerScranton) won by a 15-4 major decision over Kamrin Madrigal.

160# - Lane Jeffers placed 2nd.

Quarterfinal - Lane Jeffers received a bye Semifinal - Lane Jeffers won by an 8-6 decision over Dusty Rost (Baker).

1st Place Match - Paul Wang (Baker) won by a 10-3 decision over Lane Jeffers.

170# - Nate Boehm placed 5th.

Quarterfinal - Andrew Craft (Baker) won by fall

over Nate Boehm in 1:20.

Cons. Round 1 - Nate Boehm won by fall over Caden Schatz (Dickinson JV) in :49.

Cons. Semi - Kameron Clark (Dickinson JV) won by fall in 1:47 over Nate Boehm.

5th Place Match - Nate Boehm won by fall in 1:54 over Damon Cornelius (Hettinger-Scranton).

170# - Sterling Lee placed 2nd.

Quarterfinal - Sterling Lee won by fall in :32 over Carlton Turnquist (Watford City).

Semifinal - Sterling Lee won by fall over Kameron Clark (Dickinson JV) in 1:54.

1st Place Match - Andrew Craft (Baker) won by a 6-4 decision over Sterling Lee. 195# - Beau Jeffers placed 1st.

Round 1 - Beau Jeffers won by fall over Seth Mastel (Baker) in:26.

Round 2 - Beau Jeffers won by fall over Rusty Ethridge (New Town) in :19.

Round 3 - Beau Jeffers won by fall over Paul Abrahamson (Hettinger-Scranton) in 1:59.

220# - Tristin Peterson placed 3rd Quarterfinal - Tristin Peterson received a bye.

Semifinal - Mack Buckmier (Hettinger-Scranton) won by fall over Tristin Peterson in:59.

Cons. Semi - Tristin Peterson won by fall over Albert Martinson (Standing Rock) in 1:28 3rd Place Match - Tristin Peterson won by fall over Gage Hall (New Town) in :31.

Friday evening a regional dual was held between Bowman County and New Town. The Bulldogs won the dual 78-6. Results for the dual: 106# DJ Martian won by pin over Brenden Kerzmann (New Town) in 3:39. 113# Tyson Mattern received a forfeit, 120# Alex Madrigal received a forfeit. 126# Cole Schmalz received a forfeit. 132# Jacob Ruggles received a forfeit. 138# Clay Mattern received a forfeit. 145# Mitch Stuber pinned Collin Mossett in 3:16. 152# Kamrin Madrigal received a forfeit. 160# Lane Jeffers received a forfeit.

170# Nate Boehm received a forfeit. 182# Sterling Lee pinned Wesley Snow in :26. Beau Jeffers pinned Rusty Ethridge in :32 . 220# Tristen Peterson pinned Gage Hall in 5:25. 285# Bowman forfeited.

(By Sarah Martian/ Pioneer)

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OPINION

WRESTLING

Night Hawks advantage Bowman County in dual

By SHELDON CHRISTENSON For the Pioneer

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The Night Hawk wrestling team traveled to Bowman for a Region 4 dual meet with the Bowman Co.Beach team on Dec. 15 and came out on top 44-31. Ethan Anderson is back on the mat for the Night Hawks after recovering from a football injury and did well in his first match.

(106) Jacoby Matter (Bowman Co./ Beach) over Josh Dix(Hett./Scranton) (Fall 1:35); (113) Mason Defoe (Hett./ Scranton) over DJ Martian(Bowman Co./Beach) (Dec 6-2); (120) Kyle Burwick (Hett./Scranton) over Alex Madrigal (Bowman Co./Beach) (Fall 3:10); (126) Carlos Martinez (Hett./ Scranton) over Cole Schmalz (Bowman Co./Beach) (Fall 2:00); (132) Clayton Mattern (Bowman Co./ Beach) over Braden Kline (Hett./ Scranton) (MD 11-0); (138) Jacob Ruggles (Bowman Co./Beach) over Ty Warbis (Hett./Scranton) (Fall 1:16); (145) Alec Andress (Hett./Scranton) over Mitch Stuber (Bowman Co./ Beach) (Fall 4:38); (152) Logan Lachowitzer (Hett./Scr.) over Kamrin Madrigal (Bow. Co./Beach) (TF 18-0 4:29); (160) Ethan Anderson (Hett./ Scranton) over Lane Jeffers (Bowman Co./Beach) (Fall 0:40); (170) Sterling

Lee (Bowman Co./Beach) over Issac Anderson (Hett./Scr.) (Dec 6-3); (182) Nate Boehm (Bowman Co./ Beach) over Andrew Sulzman (Hett./ Scranton) (Fall 1:55); (195) Beau Jeffers (Bow. Co./Beach) over {Paul Abrahamson (Hett./Scranton) (Fall 1:46); (220) Colbey Steeke (Hett./ Scranton) win by forfeit; (285) Mack Buckmier (Hett./Scranton) over Tristin Peterson (Bow. Co./Beach) (Fall 3:23); Baker, Mont., was also in this triangular and had a rough evening. Bowman Co.-Beach downed Baker 52-20, and the Night Hawks also defeated Baker by a 70-6 count.

(160) Mason Defoe, HS, won by forfeit; (113) Kyle Burwick, HS, fall over Dalton Lecoe, :56; (120) Carlos Martinez, HS, won by forfeit; (126) Chris Fisher, HS, fall over Adam Beyers, 1:26; (132) Ty Warbis, HS, fall over Terrell Koenig, 5:30; (138) Keegan Kary fall over Ben Dalley, HS, 1:42; (145) Alec Andress, HS, major dec. over Spencer Lousing, 12-3; (152) No bout; (160) Logan Lachowitzer, HS, fall over Dusty Ross, 1:05; (170) Isaac Anderson, HS, fall over Paul Wang, 3:41; (182) Andrew Sulzman, HS, forfeit win; (195) Paul Abrahamson, HS, fall over Seth Mastel, 3:04; (220) Mack Buckmier, won by forfeit; (285) Colbey Steeke, HS, fall over Summitt Wieman, 2:43.

GAME AND FISH NEWS

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Regulations

Winter anglers are reminded that any fish house left unoccupied on North Dakota waters must be made out of materials that will allow it to float.

A popular question this time of year is if camp-

ers qualify as legal fish houses. The answer is the same for any structure taken on the ice – if it’s left unattended, it must be able to float; if it’s not able to float, it must be removed when the angler leaves the ice.

SKOL!: The Vikings Vine After the Minnesota Vikings lost to the Arizona Cardinals last Thursday, I was left wondering the same thing I was wondering after the Denver Broncos game; do moral victories count?

Personally, I don’t think moral victories count as anything more than something we tell ourselves to feel better about a loss. At the end of the year, they don’t look back and give us an extra win to account for a close loss.

A loss is a loss. But I will say, I saw a lot of positive things in this game.

Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater had one of the best games of his young career, throwing for 335 yards, a touchdown and no interceptions. Bridgewater seems to really step up when he plays against great quarterbacks, and this week was no different, as he had a better game than MVP candidate Carson Palmer.

Running back Adrian Peterson touched the ball 24 times and accumulated 86 yards with a touchdown. Peterson ran the ball well, and besides a terrible fumble when he tried to get the ball to Mike Wallace on an end around, he had a good game.

Wide receiver Stefon Diggs was nowhere to be found, but tight end Kyle Rudolph and wide receiver Jarius Wright stepped up to carry the offense through the air.

Speaking of Rudolph, he has put together some good games recently and is finally starting to show the potential we all envisioned when Norv Turner signed on as the offensive

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coordinator.

Defensively, the Vikings did a wonderful job of limiting the number one offense in the league to only 23 points, which is exceptional when considering four starters didn’t play in this game. Terence Newman moved to safety and started next to Anthony Harris, a player who was signed off the practice squad just a few days before the competition. Moving Newman to safety allowed rookie Trae Waynes to get the first start of his career, and he seemed to have a pretty solid game, often going against Larry Fitzgerald who is one of the best wide receivers in the league.

The player of the game for me was Teddy Bridgewater. I know, some of you blame Teddy for that last play where he was strip sacked, but honestly I put that more on Kalil and the play call (but more on that in a bit). I think Teddy really stepped up, considering the Vikings were on the road against one of the best teams in the league and on a short week. If Teddy can play like this more often, I think we will hear a lot less people calling for him to be benched.

The person who needs the most improvement is Norv Turner (and to some extent, Mike Zimmer). I have never really criticized either Zimmer

or Turner, but I can’t hold back after watching that last play unfold. With no time outs and only 13 seconds left, not to mention the Vikings were already in field goal range, there was no reason to run a play that was designed to only pick up a few extra yards. Kicker Blair Walsh might have some issues, but distance has never been one of them.

We were already in his range, so why run a play that took way too long to develop, and had the potential for disaster?

As an added bonus, because I am in the holiday spirit, I will also include Matt Kalil in this section.

Kalil was the main reason that last play got blown up. If you watch it again, Kalil is completely beaten by a single rusher. All he need to do was give Teddy three seconds to read the field and get rid of the ball, but apparently that is too much to ask out of the starting left tackle.

Looking ahead, the Vikings will play the Bears in Minnesota this Sunday.

Chicago is only 5-7, but their last four losses have all been within one score.

Jay Cutler has been playing well lately, and Chicago will also have Matt Forte back and healthy.

The Vikings beat the Bears earlier in the season in Chicago, and assuming the Vikings defense can get healthy with a couple extra days of rest between games, I don’t foresee the Vikings losing this one.

As always, if you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to reach out to me at facebook.com/ skoljwright, or on Twitter @skoljwright. Skol!

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DESIGN SPACES

A Polish Christmas

By LINDA BROOKS

For the Pioneer lbrooks@ndsupernet.com In the past few years I have begun collecting Polish dishes. The designs incorporate a beautiful shade of deep navy blue with touches of red, orange and green. The colors of Poland are perhaps one reason I love rich, vibrant hues so much. I have enjoyed adding touches of blue to the rooms of our home.

Looking back at my childhood, I realize that we 8 children were blessed to be raised with parents who loved the diversity of our origins. Our home was filled with many nationalities. My Dad’s ancestors came from Poland and my Mom’s were from Scotland, Wales, and Norway.

Because of this we were immersed in the cultures and customs of all of these countries.

On December 6th we

Southwest Healthcare Services Current Happenings Dr. Jonathan Rosenfield at Southwest Medical Clinic Dec. 15-24, 2015

Clinic Closed for Christmas Dec. 25, 2015

We wish you and your family a happy and healthy Holiday Season!

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Linda Brooks decorates “the most famous chandelier in Bowman” for Polish Christmas, known as Boze Narodzenie. celebrated St Nicholas Day. We’d leave our letters to St Nicholas in our stockings on December 5th and eagerly hoped they would be gone in the morning.

Traditionally, St Nicholas visited good children in secret and left goodies and presents. Imagine our surprise when our Dad got coal or black licorice in his stocking! It put us on our guard because if Dad got coal (he was always so good) we barely had a chance to redeem ourselves before Christmas.

Christmas in Poland is called “Boze Narodzenie” literally God’s Birth. On the night of Christmas Eve children in Poland watch for the first star in remembrance of the Star of Bethlehem – hoping to be the first to cry out “the Star has come”. The “Gwiszdory” or star carriers walk through the villages singing carols, reciting verses or putting on “Szopki” (Nativity Scenes).

To honor these Polish traditions I have a Gwiazdka (the female counterpart of St Nicholas). Since she was going to be part of my Polish Christmas, my sister Angela made me about 50 stars out of red, blue and white pipe cleaners – they grace various trees throughout our home.

Starting outside, my window boxes are filled with red poinsettias, blue snowflakes, green picks, and blue baubles. The entry continues the theme with a white tree filled with blue glass balls. The living room shows off our tree trimmed with red, blue, yellow, and green lights –

A doll version of Gwiazdka, the female counterpart of St. Nicholas.

I added Angela’s blue, red and white stars and various other red, green and blue ornaments. The dining room table will have a white table cloth with my Red Ruby dishes and red/ blue napkins with snowflake napkin rings. The centerpiece will feature 3 white porcelain trees and I’ll use my Polish dishes as accents.

The master bedroom has blue touches and the bathroom shows off my signature chandelier in blue snowflakes, clear icicles and blue beads – what fun it has been to fabricate my HGTV chandelier for the different seasons!

I hope you have enjoyed looking at “A Polish Christmas” from my perspective. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Linda Brooks, owner of Design Consulting, has an Interior Design Degree from NDSU. She lives in Bowman. Her design blog can be viewed on the Pioneer’s website, bowmanextra.com.

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