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New superintendent plans to work on community relations

Zoning board feeling disconnect over cell tower plans Commissioner calls current plans ‘ridiculous’

By BRYCE MARTIN Pioneer Editor

Verizon Wireless’s plan for a communications tower inside the city limits of Bowman was met with criticism and confusion Tuesday as the city’s planning and zoning commission considered permits for the project.

The chief concern was voiced by Planning and Zoning Commissioner Warren Flath who called the plan “ridiculous.”

Flath suggested the tower, per the original site plans, would be erected in the lowest spot in the city. “That doesn't make sense,” he said.

Cole Schantz, a representative of Buell Consulting, spoke on behalf of Verizon but was limited on the information he could provide, which frustrated the commissioners.

“We want somebody that knows something,” Commissioner Barry Mason

Communications giant Verizon Wireless wants to put a 100-foot or taller cellular communications tower nearly in the middle of Bowman, abutting several residential lots. The Bowman Planning and Zoning Commission met this week to discuss permits for the project, but some of the commissioners weren’t convinced it was a good plan and tabled discussion until they receive further information.

BOWMAN

Woman arrested for assault found with sawed-off shotgun

26-year-old felon faces multiple charges

By BRYCE MARTIN Pioneer Editor

joked.

But it was true, leading the commissioners to table any decision until additional answers could be given.

Verizon’s plan is to construct a 100-foot or taller wireless communications tower in a space south of James Field and north of the railroad tracks. The nearest residential site would be only 66 feet away.

Don and Pam Hestekin own a home in the vicinity, but were more concerned why Verizon wouldn’t opt to put a tower closer to Rhame, which has no cellular service. Bowman has a relatively strong signal for local Verizon customers, though there are no actual Verizon towers within the city — the closest one being near Amidon. Schantz said Bowman’s signal most likely bounces off a nearby cellular tower.

If a tower is constructed in Bowman it’s reach wouldn’t service customers in Rhame, according to Schantz, but he admitted that he was unsure.

A Bowman woman was arrested last week on multiple felony charges after she allegedly attacked two female relatives in their home.

Madison West, 26, has been charged with two felony charges that included theft of property, a Class A felony, and felon Madison West (Photo in posses- Courtesy SWMCC) sion of a firearm, a Class C felony. She also faces two misdemeanors for altering a gun and simple assault.

Bowman Police Officers Ross Dannhoff and Erica Nuwash responded at around 10 p.m. July 7 to a 911 call from a home on Third Street Southwest

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Hope and Healing: Locals start horseback riding program for people with disabilities

By BRYCE MARTIN Pioneer Editor

Robyn Mrnak has taken her love of equines and coupled that with her desire to help people. The result was the birth of a program in southwest North Dakota geared towards improving the quality of life for individuals with disabilities and at-risk youth.

Bowman’s new Hope and Healing Therapeutic Riding program has already proven to be a rewarding experience for those involved.

Jackie Freitag and Kristi Blaser, each with a longtime affection for horses, have also been involved since the inception. While both had their own ideas to create such a program in the area once Mrnak became a certified instructor they joined forces.

That was three years ago.

The inaugural riding session ended late last month. The next round of the eight-week class begins July 19.

At the heart of Hope and Healing Therapeutic Riding are the horses.

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High: 77 Low: 59 Cooler; a stray thunderstorm

Levi Kordovsky, right, of Bowman kisses a horse during a session with Hope and Healing Therapeutic Riding at the All Seasons Arena, while volunteer Clara Kees, left, holds the horse’s reign. (Courtesy Photo)

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Horses have always been a big part of Mrnak’s life and, as she said, have even changed it.

“Every time I’m having a bad day or struggling through something, I would just go out to my horses,” she said. “They’re just a way to cope with everything and they make everything seem not so bad.”

Blaser added that there’s an unknown sort of therapy provided by a horse.

“You can’t necessarily label it or pinpoint it. There’s something with a horse in their behavior and their reaction to you that is so therapeutic,” Blaser said.

But that therapeutic factor isn’t always noticed until being separated from the horse, which helped spur Mrnak’s decision to immerse herself in the world of healing riding.

Mrnak has been riding since before she was able to walk so leaving her horses and other animals behind at home to attend college was an unforeseen challenge.

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IN BRIEF

Cloud seeding Week 6 update

Two upper level storm systems provided beneficial rains to much of southwestern North Dakota last week.

In the District 1 operations area of the North Dakota Cloud Modification Project (NDCMP), which includes Bowman and part of Slope Counties, aircraft conducted operations for hail suppression, rain enhancement, and reconnaissance on July 6,9, and 10. In all, 10 flights were flown by the two project aircraft.

An upper level low exits North Dakota this Tuesday providing windy conditions. The upper level winds become zonal for the remainder of this week, meaning that a quieter pattern should set in over southwestern North Dakota. The next chance for significant rain occurs this coming weekend when several weaker weather disturbances pass through. Below normal high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s can be expected.

Radar facilities in Bowman operate around the clock during the NDCMP. Radar images can be viewed on the Atmospheric Resource Board’s web site at http://www. swc.nd.gov/arb. The NDCMP will continue through the end of August.

Corn grows association announces new directors The North Dakota Corn Growers Association announces the appointment of two new directors to the organization with terms effective July 1, 2016.

Tim Kozojed and Kyle Speich were elected to represent District 2 and District 5, respectively. Kozojed replaces James Aarsvold, Blanchard, whose term ended June 30. Directors can serve two consecutive four-year terms.

Kozojed farms near Hillsboro with his father, Mike, sister, Teresa and brother-in-law, Ben. They grow soybeans and corn on just over 5,000 acres. Tim and Ben also own Bloomfield Enterprises, selling equipment like trailers, conveyers, fertilizer and seed tenders. Tim and his wife Mia have four children.

Speich farms with his brother, Tyler and father, Bruce near Milnor. They raise corn, soybeans, sunflowers, alfalfa and wheat on 3,000 acres. The Speichs also manage a cow/calf operation and sell Pioneer seed.

The North Dakota Corn Growers Association is the farmer-led organization focusing on policy that impacts North Dakota corn producers. The NDCGA consists of 14 growers from seven districts along with four at-large directors. The NDCUC and NDCGA work together to grow a healthy, profitable business climate for northern corn.

Click It or Ticket in July to save lives During the month of July, 48 law enforcement agencies in North Dakota will be adding extra traffic safety patrols for the Click It or Ticket campaign to bring awareness to the importance of seat belt use to prevent injuries and fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. Not using a seat belt is the leading factor associated with traffic deaths. Last year in North Dakota, 93 percent of uninjured survivors of fatal crashes were wearing a seat belt.

In the southwest region of the state, the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Adams County, Billings County, and Stark County Sheriffs’ Departments, and Dickinson and Killdeer Police Departments will coordinate extra patrols.

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and its safety partners are making a point to remind people to “Buckle Up in Your Truck.” A seat belt study by the North Dakota State University Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute in 2015 found that one-third of male pickup passengers in North Dakota are unbelted.

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Parra turns self in after court no-show

By BRYCE MARTIN Pioneer Editor

A Bowman man wanted by authorities after he failed to appear in court for a pretrial hearing last month has since turned himself in.

Bowman County Sheriff Rory Teigen confirmed with The Pioneer on Wednesday that Jovani Parra, 19, of Bowman had surrendered to the sheriff ’s department June 29, the day following his absence in court.

Parra is currently awaiting a jury trial on two Class A felony charges of gross sexual imposition and a Class C felony count of lur-

ing minors by computer.

He was scheduled to appear before Southwest District Judge Rhonda Ehlis in Dickinson June 28, but did not show. Bowman County States Attorney Stephanie Pretzer later told The Pioneer that Parra’s counsel, Robert Bolinske of Bolinske Law Firm in Bismarck, did not know of his client’s whereabouts and was unable to get in contact with him that day.

Ehlis ordered a mustappear warrant for Parra’s arrest.

“It is absolutely inconvenient,” Pretzer said Tuesday. Having to push back the trial, which has already

been postponed several times since last year, affects scheduling of witnesses and experts.

Pretzer had requested that $5,000 of Parra’s original $15,000 bond, which he posted in full, be forfeited due to his nonappearance, however Ehlis denied that request.

A court order specifying conditions of release filed July 1 indicated that Parra’s bond was set at $5,000 cash, which he subsequently paid and was released from the Southwest Multi-County Correctional Facility in Dickinson.

Parra was arrested in August 2015 and charged

with three felony charges of gross sexual imposition and luring minors by computer, stemming from allegations made by a 14-year-old girl who said the two had sexual intercourse on two separate occasions.

Parra pleaded not guilty to those charges in December.

Pretzer said Parra had been compliant with the courts up to that point.

The court rescheduled Parra’s pretrial hearing for 1:30 p.m. Aug. 2 and a trial date beginning at 9 a.m.

Aug. 17.

Pretzer said she would not seek additional charges for his court absence.

Governor calls special session for shortfall Gov. Jack Dalrymple announced Wednesday that he has issued an executive order, calling for a special session of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly to address necessary General Fund budget adjustments for the 2015-2017 biennium.

The Governor has called for the Legislature to assemble in special session at 9 a.m.

Aug. 2.

The state’s latest revenue forecast projects that, without corrective action, the General Fund would fall $310 million short by the end of the current biennium.

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Schantz did tell commissioners that Verizon had three backup locations, which he didn’t have information about during the meeting.

Commissioners asked that he return with that information for further consideration.

Commission President Darwin Wilkie suggested

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in Bowman. There they interviewed two women related to West who claimed that she had assaulted them and fled the scene when police were called, according to an affidavit by Bowman Police Chief Chuck Headley filed with Southwest Judicial District Court in Bowman County on July 11.

Both women suffered injuries from the attack including bite marks, scratches and bleeding. They each suggested that West was a danger to herself and others “stemming from her violent drug induced outbursts,” the affidavit stated.

The alleged victims also

Joined by majority leaders in the Capitol, Dalrymple said a combination of additional General Fund budget reductions and legislative approval for contingency funds will resolve the revenue shortfall and balance the General Fund on June 30, 2017. The Governor and majority leaders said the shortfall can be remedied without any reductions to K-12 school funding and without further budget reductions within the Department of Human Services. Additionally, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation will also

receive special consideration in the budget plan.

Dalrymple said leading into the special session, he will work with the Office of Management and Budget as well as other agency directors to identify additional savings that minimize impacts on public services. The Governor will forward to the Legislature his recommended budget reductions as well as his recommendations for the use of contingency funds to offset any remaining revenue shortfall.

“We are in a good position to manage the shortfall,

and that speaks well for our overall financial strength considering the major impacts on revenue caused by low prices for both oil and agricultural commodities,” Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner said.

House Majority Leader Al Carlson said he expects the Legislature will move quickly in addressing the shortfall.

“Our goal will be to keep the special session focused and streamlined so that we resolve the shortfall and keep ourselves on solid financial footing leading into the next biennium,” he said.

that Verizon consider the new industrial park as a potential site for relocation.

If the commissioners deny the plan, Verizon is able to take the plan to a higher level for approval.

Bowman Zoning Administrator Cheryl Ryan authored some conditions for approval on the chance that it was approved, including the construction of a wood fence, six to eight feet tall around the structure, with

trees planted every 15 feet around the perimeter.

Ken Woodley, owner of Woodleys Construction, owns the property that Verizon plans to build on. While he would collect rent from the company, he said that wasn’t the issue.

“These plans are different than what I was led to believe,” he told Schantz at the meeting.

Woodley said he was originally opposed to the plan

but upon holding deeper discussions he changed his mind. Though, he said the plans for the project kept growing larger than he originally was told. And the rent he would be paid never increased as the size increased.

“Common sense went out the window (with the plan),” Flath concluded.

Schantz said if the plans were approved, construction on the tower would begin at the end of this year.

told police that they had found a weapon on West’s bed inside the home, a .22 semi-automatic rifle that had been sawn down to 32 inches and its serial number ground off, according to the affidavit.

Headley was soon after called to the scene and suggested the weapon could be the one that was reported stolen from a Scranton man in late June. The man, identified as Jerry Janikowski, later examined the firearm and positively identified it as his, according to the affidavit.

The alterations must have been made after it was stolen, Janikowski told police.

A search for West ensued.

Headley spotted West entering Bronson’s Market-

place in Bowman the following morning and she was arrested upon her exit, with the assistance of the Bowman County Sheriff ’s Office.

West has a history of criminal activity according to court records and is a convicted felon. She was on probation at the time of her arrest in Bowman.

In 2013, West was jailed for one-year, with credit for 39 days served, after she violated probation from a 2012 Burleigh County case in which she was found guilty on four criminal counts, including a Class A and Class C felony for possession of drug paraphernalia and intent to distribute.

She was ordered to undergo treatment for drug abuse during her incarceration.

West was then arrested in Stark County, several months following her release from jail, for possession with

intent to deliver marijuana and methamphetamine, as well as possession of cocaine paraphernalia.

Those counts were later dismissed, according to court records.

A preliminary hearing in the Bowman County case is scheduled for the morning of Aug. 11 before Judge William Herauf.

West is currently lodged in Southwest Multi-County Correctional Facility in Dickinson. Her bond was set at $2,500 cash and an appearance bond of $2,500.

West has retained John Dean Bruhn of Dickinson as counsel, according to court documents.

A Class A felony is punishable with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a fine of $20,000, or both. A Class C felony has a maximum penalty of five years in prison, a fine of $5,000, or both.

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An Olympic turnout

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This year’s Bowman County Fair, held July 7 to July 10, was a big one. Hundreds turned out for the four days of events, notably the tractor pull, parade and the evening’s live entertainment.

Fair 4-H Results Swine Classes

Breeding Gilts Sponsor: Bob McIntryre Memorial Lilli Steeke - Grand Molly Rotenberger Reserve Premier Market Hogs Lilli Steeke - Grand Abbi Steeke - Reserve Lightweight Market Hogs Lilli Steeke - Grand Sierra Lee - Reserve Medium Light Weight Market Hogs Sponsor: Bowman County Farm Bureau Sterling Lee - Grand Riggs Rotenberger - Reserve Medium Heavy Weight Market Hogs Sponsor: Traveling Kitchen Catering Abbi Steeke - Grand Molly Rotenberger Reserve ijuanaHeavy Weight Market Hogs ne, asSponsor: Ace High 4-H Club ocaineGrant Kees - Grand Sierra Lee - Reserve laterGrand Champion Market g toHog Sponsor: Rick Braaten and ng inFamily ase isLilli Steeke - Reserve orningChampion Market Hog e Wil-Sponsor: R&L Contracting Inc. odgedAbbi Steeke Coun-Sr. Swine Showmanship ty inSponsor: Nodak Mutual was setInsurance ppear-Sterling Lee - Grand Sierra Lee - Reserve JohnJr. Swine Showmanship son asSponsor: River Ramblers court4-H Club Abbi Steeke - Grand unish-Molly Rotenberger penal-Reserve a fineJr. Jr. Swine Showmanship ClassSponsor: Livewire 4-H Club imumLilli Steeke - Grand n pris-Brady Hendrickson both. Reserve

Goat Classes

Breeding Goat - Dairy Kid Doe Brian Bartholmy - Grand Brian Bartholmy - Reserve Yearling Doe Kaitlyn Bartholmy - Grand Milking Doe 2 yrs. Old Kaitlyn Bartholmy - Grand 3 and 4 yrs. Old Abbi Steeke - Grand Grand Champion Breeding Goat - Dairy Sponsor: Laurel Foust Kaitlyn Bartholmy - Reserve Champion Breeding Goat Dairy Kaitlyn Bartholmy Yearling Buck Mariea Jerdee - Grand Breeding Goat - Meat Doe Born March-April 2016 Abbi Steeke - Grand Lilli Steeke - Reserve Born Jan-Feb 2016

Lilli Steeke - Grand Abbi Steeke - Reserve Born Aug-Dec 2015 Kaitlyn Bartholmy - Grand Yearling Doe Gracie Blaser - Grand Molly Rotenberger Reserve Doe, 2 years Tasha Pond - Grand Shayna Pond - Reserve Doe, 2 years & Older Shayna Pond - Grand Tasha Pond - Reserve Grand Champion Breeding Goat - Meat Sponsor: Stuber Ranch Boer Goats Gracie Blaser - Reserve Champion Breeding Goat Meat Lilli Steeke - Buckling Born Aug-Dec 2015 Kaitlyn Bartholmy - Grand Tate Jerdee - Reserve Premier Goats Brian Bartholmy - Grand Maria Jerdee - Reserve Light Weight Market Goats Sponsor: Erickson's Meat Market Elizabeth Bartholmy Grand Madison Rotenberger Reserve Medium Weight Market Goats Sponsor: John and Lola Hobbs Molly Rotenberger - Grand Madison Rotenberger Reserve Heavy Weight Market Goats Sponsor: Dakota West Credit Union Abbi Steeke - Grand Lilli Steeke - Reserve Grand Champion Market Goat Sponsor: Cedar Pocket Ranch/Kelly and Tara Turbiville Abbi Steeke Reserve Champion Market Hog Sponsor: Range Riders 4-H Club Molly Rotenberger Sr. Goat Showmanship Sponsor: Dakota Western Bank Elizabeth Bartholmy Grand Tasha Pond - Reserve Jr. Goat Showmanship Sponsor: Country Clovers 4-H Club Abbi Steeke - Grand Molly Rotenberger Reserve Jr. Jr. Goat Showmanship Sponsor: Spruce Hill Ranch Lilli Steeke - Grand Gracie Blaser - Reserve 4-H Cloverbud Goat Class Quin Andrews Padyn Pauley

Sheep Classes

Spring Ewe Lamb, Meat Abbi Steeke - Grand Lilli Steeke - Reserve Earling Ewe Abbi Steeke - Grand Abbi Steeke - Reserve Grand Champion Ewe Sponsor: Bowman Auction

Market Lilli Steeke, Ewe Lamb Reserve Champion Ewe Abbi Steeke, AOB (Dorset) Ram Lamb Elizabeth Bartholmy Grand Yearling Ram Abbi Steeke - Grand Grand Champion Ram Abbi Steeke Reserve Champion Ram Elizabeth Bartholmy Premier Lambs Maria Jerdee - Grand Lightweight Market Lamb Sponsor: John and Anabelle Abrahamson Memorial Brian Bartholmy - Grand Colbey Steeke - Reserve Medium Lightweight Market Lamb Sponsor: Don and Judy Sparks Gracie Blaser - Grand Gracie Blaser - Reserve Medium Heavyweight Market Lamb Sponsor: Wallman Ranch Cashae McGee - Grand Lilli Steeke - Reserve Heavyweight Market Lamb Sponsor: Bowman/Slope County Farmers Union Abbi Steeke - Grand Madison Rotenberger Reserve Grand Champion Market Lamb Sponsor: Dakota Community Bank Abbi Steeke Reserve Champion Market Lamb Sponsor: Dakota Farm Equipment Gracie Blaser Sr. Sheep Showmanship Sponsor: Dakota West Credit Union Elizabeth Bartholmy Grand Tasha Pond - Reserve Jr. Sheep Showmanship Sponsor: Jim A. Melaney Memorial Abbi Steeke - Grand Madison Rotenberger Reserve Jr. Jr. Sheep Showmanship Sponsor: Traveling Kitchen Catering Brady Hendrickson - Grand Gracie Blaser - Reserve 4-H Cloverbud Sheep Class Paydyn Pauley Charlee Blaser Sawyer Heinrich Teagan Homelvig

Beef Classes

Spring Calf Heifer Emily Wanek - Grand Steer Emily Wanek - Grand Yearling Heifers Madison Rotenberger Grand Emily Wanek - Reserve Grand Champion Yearling Heifer Sponsor: Little Missouri Ranch Supply Madison Rotenberger Reserve Champion Sponsor: Bowman County

Farm Bureau Emily Wanek Lightweight Market Steers Sponsor: Bowman Grain Jacob Hendrickson - Grand Kaylee Kinsey - Reserve Medium Lightweight Market Steers Sponsor: LaVelle Nelson Madison Rotenberger Grand Lilli Steeke - Reserve Medium Heavyweight Market Steers Sponsor: McGee Red Angus Gracie Blaser - Grand Dillon Bowman - Reserve Heavyweight Market Steers Sponsor: Bowman Ranch Beau Jeffers - Grand Amy Jeffers - Reserve Grand Champion Market Steer Sponsor: Bowman Ready Mix Madison Rotenberger Reserve Champion Market Steer Sponsor: Garrett and Sydnee Kidd Sr. Beef Showmanship Sponsor: Flying Quarter Circle Ranch Sierra Lee - Grand Kylee Hendrickson Reserve Jr. Beef Showmanship

Sponsor: LC & A May Memorial Abbi Steeke - Grand Madison Rotenberger Reserve Jr. Jr. Beef Showmanship Sponsor: Nevada Turbiville Lilli Steeke - Grand Dillon Bowman - Reserve

Rabbit Classes

Breeding Rabbits Emily Wanek - Grand Emily Wanek - Reserve Market Rabbits Sponsor: Randy and Donna Bolte Kaitlyn Hill - Grand Alec Kolden - Rserve Sr. Rabbit Showmanship Sponsor: Traveling Kitchen Catering Kaitlyn Hill - Grand Tasha Pond - Reserve Jr. Rabbit Showmanship Sponsor: Traveling Kitchen Catering Alec Kolden - Grand Jr. Jr. Rabbit Showmanship Sponsor: Traveling Kitchen Catering Emily Wanek - Grand Brian Bartholmy - Reserve 4-H Cloverbut Rabbit Showmanship Noah Kolden

from the 2016 Bowman County Fair

Visit The Pioneer’s website at www.bowmanextra.com to access these additional features.

Poultry Classes

Standard Breed-Hen, more than 1 yr.

Riggs Rotenberger - Grand Sr. Poultry Showmanship Elizabeth Bartholmy Grand Jr. Jr. Poultry Showmanship Sponsor: John and Lola Hobbs Riggs Rotenberger - Grand Grand Champion Poultry Sponsor: Poor Boys Roping Club Riggs Rotenberger Reserve Champion Poultry Riggs Rotenberger

Round Robin

Grand Champion Sr. Sponsor: John Soreide Memorial Buckle Elizabeth Bartholmy Reserve Champion Sr. Kaitlyn Hill Grand Champion Jr. Sponsor: Keeping Calvin Close Memorial Abbi Steeke Reserve Champion Jr. Madison Rotenberger Grand Champion Jr. Jr. Sponsor Bowman Ranch Emily Wanek Reserve Champion Jr. Jr. Lilli Steeke

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‘You’re not alone’

Pioneer office manager shares story of strength, courage, hope

By JILL ANDERSON

surgery. It is just another way that I choose to remind her she is not alone and that she is supported.

I have been growing my hair out for more than two years and most recently I have continued because my sister-in-law is getting married in September. My mom had done a great job of deterring me from cutting my hair off, to support her through her journey.

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“I have Cancer.”

There are very few words that are worse for a child to hear from a parent than this.

For the second time in less than nine years, I have heard these words from my mom.

You try to be strong but inside you are just as terrified as they are. Dreading the many test results, researching the options, and sometimes just waiting for the appointments to be scheduled, can seem endless and scary. But you put that smile on your face, hold them as they cry, try to be positive, strong and remind them that you are here for them. Some days will be harder than others and there will be times that you won’t be able to hide your tears. It is okay to crumble, cry with them and still support them at the same time.

People choose many ways to show support for someone when they are sick.

Sometimes it is a hug, a benefit, offering rides to appointments, flowers, or even just asking how they are doing. It reminds the person that their support system is bigger than they ever realized.

I am grateful that my brother and his family are here and we all are able pitch in.

We are truly lucky to live in the area that we do. I don’t know how many offers that I personally have received to take my mom up for her appointments if we are unable to do so, and I know that my mom has received more. It is so appreciated because

“I always remind her that now it is my turn to take care of her, as she has always taken care of our family.“ On Monday, however, that changed.

She called me with a shaky voice and said that the doctors were right when they warned her that her she would start losing her hair after the second chemotherapy treatment. It was now falling out it small Jill Anderson, right, Bowman County Pioneer office manager, shares a supportive embrace clumps and she wanted me to shave her with her mother, Linda Jorgens, left, of Scranton, after she shaves her head to show her head. mother, who is battling cancer, that she “is not alone.” (Pioneer Photo by Bryce Martin) Even though I had tried to prepare myself for that moment, I had tears in my eyes sometimes it can get overwhelming. But always taken care of our family. when my mom mentions that I don’t have My favorite color is pink, so much so that as I started cutting. “It is just hair, it will grow back,” we all told my mom, but she to take her to a certain appointment, even it was the color scheme when my husband still cried. Seeing her, one of the strongest when I can, I always remind her that now and I were married. Now the color has a people that I know, cry over losing her hair, it is my turn to take care of her, as she has whole new meaning. I wear it every day made my “Jorgens’ stubbornness” kick in. that my mom has an appointment or treatIt will probably take another two years ment whether I am able to take her or not, and I will be wearing it the day that she has or more to get my hair the length that it was, but again, it’s just hair and it grows back.

On Tuesday night, as I wore pink, my mom and husband helped shave my head. It was another way for me to remind her that we are all with her every step of the way.

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New Bowman superintendent knows controversy, wants to lead effectively

By BRYCE MARTIN

spectrum of extracurricular activities.

“I want to have kids have great opportunities here, like any school district,” he said.

He called a student’s high school career a time in which their find their identities and being the best time of their lives.

His goal is to help maintain or increase academic performance in Bowman.

He plans to effectively lead so that students receive the best learning opportunity as they are prepared to go onto college, vocational school or right into the workforce.

“That’s what public education should be focused on,” he said. “We’ve got to prepare these kids to go out and be productive members of society. That’s our whole goal, every day.”

Regardless of what he may face in his future as superintendent, Mahon did not hesitate to trade in the maroon and gold colors for maroon and white.

“I feel very welcome here in Bowman, and (am) excited about the job,” he said.

“Can’t wait for the kids to get here.”

He is clearly proud to become a Bulldog.

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It took 14 years for the position of Bowman County Schools Superintendent to become available. When Tony Duletski announced his retirement at the start of the year it didn’t long for the interest to pile up.

Baker, Mont., native Dave Mahon snagged the school district’s top job, and his previous credits indicate he is no stranger to public education.

Mahon said he doesn’t shy away from controversial issues and wants to establish an open-door policy, but his main goal is to do what’s in the best interest of the students and the district.

“I’m an infant here right now. I’m discovering,” he told The Pioneer during an interview on Monday.

He admitted it would take a while before he is able to discern the school district’s biggest strengths and weaknesses, though he’s already heard rumblings of an important concern regarding community ties.

Amid a past of wavering relations with the community and a slight shuffle of the school’s board members in the recent primary election, Mahon said he understands there is work to be done.

He described the school’s relationship with the business community, according to what he has heard, as being separated by a “psychological wall.”

Though he said he doesn’t immediately see that.

Still, he has already made plans to reach out to the Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce in an effort to brainstorm ideas on how to tackle any rift.

“We need to have clear communication so things can start going better,” he said.

He also recognizes from past experience that parents can become frustrated when they approach the school either wanting to do something or expecting a certain answer “and don’t get it or they can’t do it.”

“They’re not willing to get up to the plate and bat again, bat again and bat again,” he said.

A parent must be an advocate for their child, he admitted. “If you don’t like how (they’re) being accommodated, you get in there and fight and let us know how we can help.

“But if you only try once and then you run away and say they won’t listen to me, that’s not fair to your child, that’s not fair to the school district.”

It is the same idea with the so-called wall — the proper method is to build bridges, not burn them down, he added.

“With a new superintendent, what an opportunity to start doing that,” he said.

Though he realizes that not everyone will always be pleased, he said his job is to make the decisions best for the students and for the district.

His past jobs have provided experience when dealing with controversial issues and difficult decisions.

In his final year as superintendent at Huntley Project Schools in Worden, Mont., four students burned the school to the ground.

While it was a shock, he and the community wasted no time in constructing a temporary campus, which was opened the following week for the approximately 800-pupil district. He credited the expediency to his staff and hundreds from the community that came to help.

Mahon labeled himself a proponent of transparency and the chain of command, which was a factor that led him to revisit the school’s policy on public participa-

Bowman County Schools Superintendent Dave Mahon works at his desk. Mahon, a native of Baker, Mont., was hired to replace Tony Duletski, who retired at the end of the last school year. (Pioneer Photo by Bryce Martin) tion at school board meetings. Members of the public have in the past used the public comment period during meetings to discuss sensitive issues that weren’t on the agenda.

Board members are supposed to guide concerned individuals to the lowest supervisory level — talk to the teacher, principal, superintendent, he explained.

“Communication is the key,” he said.

That issue was to be discussed at the school board’s regular board meeting Wednesday.

Discussions between Mahon and a representative with the state’s school board association helped shed light on what to do with public comment and how to better manage it.

The school’s printed policy for such needs to be more promoted, according to Mahon. He said he planned to recommend an amendment to the policy and have a part of it read prior to hearing public comment on the floor.

“People need to realize it’s not a public meeting; it’s a meeting held in public,” he said, “so there are different standards that have to occur.”

That’s especially important considering Mahon once had to contact the police when a school board meeting in Huntley became out-of-control.

Mahon’s job history is filled with various positions ranging from substitute teacher to superintendent of schools.

Originally from Baker, Mont., his most recent post, which he held from 2010 to 2016, was as elementary principal at Baker Elementary. Before that he worked as a social studies teacher and activities director at Billings Central Catholic High School and spent six years as superintendent of the Huntley Project Schools in Worden, Mont.

He received a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Eastern Montana College and a Master’s degree in athletic administration from Fort Hayes (Kan.) State University.

Mahon, 50, is married and has three children, the youngest of which is entering his sophomore year at Baker High School.

While he waits for his home in Baker to sell, Mahon has rented an apartment in Bowman.

He considers Baker and

Bowman to be parallel communities. Though he was quick not to criticize his eastern Montana hometown, which is only 40 minutes away.

“This is a unique opportunity. This school district’s superintendent job does not come open very often,” he said. “This school district is

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very well thought of.”

It is currently a period of acclimation for Mahon as he familiarizes himself with the school and community.

“It’s been nice so far,” he indicated. “They call that the honeymoon period.”

Despite his athletic background, Mahon said he plans to support the broad

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Thank you for loving me Five little words stolen directly from the title of a Bon Jovi song sums up my feelings as my husband and I just celebrated 13 years of marriage. Thirteen years of By sharing the same last name; LORI over 16 years of being best SOLA friends.

For the It certainly wasn’t love at Pioneer first sight as I criticized his end cap at Mayville’s Alco (hey, I was trying to reveal my retail knowledge), but like most things he didn’t hold it against me.

If you know my husband at all, you know he’s a man of few words. Sometimes this does annoy me, but I’ve realized it’s probably never going to change. And I guess that’s okay.

You see, I have always been comfortable around Scott.

It doesn’t matter what we do - rollerblade, walk, watch movies, work side by side, listen to music, read, or just breathing the same air - I feel at ease with him by my side.

We got married at a small outdoor wedding at a park back home surrounded by close family and friends. Red geraniums surrounded a white homemade pergola (made by his Dad and brother) and white chairs encircled it all.

My $99 dress was simple and fit my personality perfectly after my Mom cut off the train. Scott looked very handsome in his black suit and red tie.

When Scott arrived at the park and was walking towards me, he wiped a tear or two from his eyes. I thought, “Man! I must look good!” No, my friends, that wasn’t the case at all. He assured me later that yes, he thought I looked beautiful, but the real reason for his tears was that he had used expired contact solution and his eyes were stinging and watery as a result. Sigh. What can I say.

Although we appreciate tradition, we are known to stray from the conventional and that’s exactly what we did with our vows to each other: “I, Lori, take you, Scott, to be my husband, my partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow and forever. I will trust you and honor you. I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. What may come I will always be there. As I have given you my hand to hold, so I give you my life to keep.

So help me God.” Even though Bon Jovi is a favorite, John Denver’s Annie’s Song was sung, our Dad’s stood up for us (yes, my Dad held my bouquet), and we rode to the reception in a horse-drawn carriage. The reception hall was too hot as someone must have turned off the air conditioning, but we survived and dined on a delicious meal prepared by us and our folks. Sandwiches, salad, cake from the local bakery, mints, but unfortunately, the cheesecake was forgotten in the frig.

Looking back, had I’d known my brother-in-law had a burger wagon, we’d probably would have stayed at the park and hauled in some porta potties!

You see, you don’t need to spend a lot of money on a wedding. I’m pretty sure we spent less than $2,500.

I would have been happy with a plain wedding band, but Scott bought me a simple, beautiful diamond ring.

Anything bigger and I would have regretted how much money was wrapped around my finger.

Anniversaries are a time to reflect about the past and dream about the future. In this moment, I want to say thank you, Scott, for loving me. From when I was broken and struggling to when I’m outspoken and on a mission. We’ve sure had our fair share of ups and downs, but through it all, we are and forever will be best friends.

Thank you for your kindness, your generous loving heart, listening to my crazy ideas, putting up with my endless sarcasm and always ready and willing to give me a hug.

Happy Anniversary!

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Champion rabbit Hat Tips By DEAN MEYER For the Pioneer

Tis the fair season. Now, I don’t mean weatherwise.

As far as the weather goes, it is the season when farmers and ranchers have an eye cast on those thunderheads building up in the west. And living with the fear that that 90 degree day will suddenly produce a chilling breeze and a hail storm can destroy a beautiful crop. I mean it is the season for county fairs to kick off.

I don’t think there is anything much better than a county fair. I mean, I’m not talking a big deal like the State Fair, but a little deal.

Like the Grant County Fair, or McKenzie County Fair.

Where the Homemakers, Lutheran Women, and the Lucky Leaf 4-H Club man the food booths. Where the steers, heifers, chickens, and rabbits are housed within clucking distance of each other. Where there are turtle races, petting zoos, rodeos, and a parade down Main Street.

In Grant County you can place a friendly wager on the turtle races. In McKenzie County you might buy the winning bronc rider.

In Slope County you can watch the rodeo or 4-H sale while sipping on a bloody mary. In Harding County, you can rodeo, enter the watermelon eating contest, street dance, and pick up all the free zucchini you want at the produce display.

Nearly all counties have homemade apple pie, juicy burgers, crop displays, and homemade ice cream.

I grew up showing steers at 4-H and FFA. Usually halter broke a few days before the show. And Dad would sit just back of the crowd on Cim (short for Cimarron) with his rope down, waiting to rope the steer after he had drug me through the crowd and escaped. Seems a little funnier now than it did then.

I usually had the only steer in the show that had that purple stuff all over his wire cuts. Never did do real well in showmanship.

When our kids were showing steers one year we had a couple bad ones.

I mean real bad. They were Chi-Angus steers, with about an eighth pure devil. I mean they would kick, chase, and honest…

They would bite. I never saw anything like it. You

know how many young kids cry when they realize their steer is meant for the barbecue. Will and Carmen named their steers T-Bone and Ribeye! If it wasn’t for a certain vet and some wonder drugs, I don’t think we could have shown them.

But that is another story.

Our highlight of the fair circuit one year was the Harding County fair down in South Dakota. I mean that fair has the toughest competition in the world.

Especially when it comes to rabbits. If you’ve ever driven across Harding County, you know there is a huge supply of rabbits, deer, and antelope.

And I am proud to announce that our granddaughter, Gracy, won the Grand Champion girl rabbit at the Harding County Fair!

We always knew that girl was meant to be a champion, and now she has a trophy to prove it! And since then, both Gracy and Gage have won the watermelon eating contest! Genetics of good eaters is passed on.

Speaking of Harding County and fairs. It seems there is an old story about a couple of steer wrestlers from that area, whom one time stole the Grand Champion turkey at the big Fort Worth Stock Show.

They proceeded to feast on roast turkey, not realizing

till afterwards, when they saw it in the paper. $50,000 TURKEY STOLEN FROM STOCK SHOW! One of the cowboys told his sister it tasted just like rabbit!

One of these same guys pulled a switch on a clown at the Houston Astrodome.

The clown had an act where he would turn these two domestic ducks out of a gunnysack. His dog would haze them around and herd them back into the sack.

One year, after weeks of planning and trapping, our cowboy took two wild ducks, captured in the Dakotas, to Houston.

Under the veil of darkness, with a little help from a case of beer, the switch was made. The clown came out, dumped his ducks out, and away they went, flying around the Houston Astrodome! With twentyfive thousand people going nuts, and a Border Collie dog going insane!

Wish I could have been there!

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Spring surveys show decrease ND Outdoors By DOUG LEIER

For the Pioneer

During mid-July we obviously note the sun is setting a bit earlier, the small grains are nearing harvest and the August 15 early Canada goose opener

is nearing and hunters can begin to form plans for the fall hunting seasons.

In the past few weeks the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has released some numbers from spring surveys, which might give hunters some idea of how this fall could play out compared to the last few years.

For ducks, the numbers were down just slightly from last year.

The Game and Fish Department’s annual spring breeding duck survey

conducted in May showed an index of 3.4 million birds, down 5 percent from last year.

A much more significant dip occurred last year, when the spring count was down 25 percent from the year before.

When it comes to producing ducks, North Dakota is part of the Prairie Pothole Region’s duck factory, which also encompasses parts of South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and Iowa, as well as the Canadian provinces

of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Sometimes ducks move around in the Prairie Pothole Region, looking for the best spring habitat, so a decline in spring numbers in North Dakota doesn’t necessarily mean fewer ducks overall, but it might mean fewer “local” ducks produced.

The basic recipe for ducks includes lots of water in wetland of various sizes and depths, plus nearby grassland nesting habitat.

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OBITUARIES Alvin D. Schaff, 77 Alvin D. Schaff, 77, of Scranton passed away at his home on Monday, July 5, 2016.

Mass of Christian Burial for Al was at 10 a.m. July 8 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The Rev. Stephen Folorunso celebrated the Mass with burial heldon at 1 p.m. July 11 in the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery, Mandan. There was a Rosary at 9:30 a.m. at the church before Mass.

Alvin Daniel Schaff was born on July 9, 1938 in Missoula, Mont., to Nicholas and Eva Meier Schaff. He was raised and educated in Mott and proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1959-1962.

Alvin came to Scranton for work.

On March 9, 1974 he was united in marriage to Kathleen Krank. After their marriage they made their home in Scranton. Al worked at the Scranton Equity Lumber for 38 years and retired in 2000.

He enjoyed watching sports, working in the yard and especially he loved to

fish and travel around the U.S. He was preceded in death by his parents, Nick and Eva, first wife Nolene, brothers-in-law, Mitch Hansey and Duane Selby, and mother and father-in-law, Jean and Charles Krank. He is survived by his wife Kathleen of Scranton, daughter, Patricia of Charlotte, N.C., son, Robert (Loni) Schaff of Lake Wylie, S.C., and grandchildren, Alexis and Palmer, brothers, Wilmer and Nick Schaff and sisters, Dianne Schnable and Evan Selby.

Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Services was in charge of the arrangements.

Daniel J. Nudell, 59 Daniel James “Dan” Nudell, 59, of Hettinger passed away at the West River Regional Medical Center in Hettinger on July 6, 2016.

Service of Remembrance were at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hettinger Lutheran Church.

The Rev. Kathleen Dettmann officiated. Visitations were from 3 to 6 p.m. on July 9 at the Centennial Chapel of Evanson Jensen Funeral

Nudell Homes in Hettinger and one hour prior to the funeral on Sunday afternoon at the Church. Dan’s ashes will be buried at the Hettinger Cemetery at a later date.

Daniel James Nudell was born July 11, 1956 to Donna (Sletmoe) and Larry Nudell in Fargo. He grew up in Valley City, Turtle Lake, Carrington and Harvey, graduating from Harvey High School in 1974.

He attended North Dakota State University. There he met Linda Bliss from Scranton. They married in 1979. They lived in Mayville, Fargo and Horace before settling in Hettinger for 27 years.

Matthew was born in 1983. The look on Dan’s face when he first held that baby

was priceless! That same look was there when Jean was born in 1989.

Dan finished his bachelor’s degree in Animal Science at NDSU in 1986. This led to a “dream job” as the sheep development coordinator in Hettinger. He liked nothing more than farm/ranch visits and meetings with producers. He returned to NDSU for a master’s degree in agricultural economics and continued to work for NDSU as a researcher until 2012.

Dan believed in hard work. Besides his work for NDSU, he also did construction, worked as a department manager for Target store in Fargo, and as a contractor. He was proud to be co-manager of the Hettinger Theater for two years, and to drive the train for United Grain Corp.

In 2015 he accepted the position as Environmental Services Manager for West River Health Services. He was able to use his varied skills and was disappointed that time there was cut short. He loved his co-workers and the challenges of the position.

Dan was a dedicated community leader. He served on the Hettinger city council, as

the mayor, on the economic development committee and the housing authority.

He was a member of Hettinger Lutheran, where he contributed by doing jobs mostly behind the scenes, and entertaining Pat and Pastor Kate.

Dan was a loyal friend to many of all ages and walks of life. He was an exceptional husband, father, grandpa, brother, uncle and son-inlaw.

Dan loved southwest North Dakota, since his first hunting trips with his dad and grandpa as a boy. He planted many trees, raised horses, calves and chickens. After years of planning, he had started to build a dream house in the country to share with his wife.

He wanted to live out many more years on the prairie, under the big open sky he loved so much. He wanted to teach his grandkids all about living on the prairie.

Dan is survived by his wife, Linda; his son Matthew and daughter-in-law Amy of Gambrills, Md.,

and his daughter Jean of Hettinger; his grandchildren Lucas, Emma and Cora Nudell; his sisters and brothers-in-law Nancy and Dale Such of Fremont, Calif., and Barbara and Doug Whelan of Grafton; his sisters-in-law and their husbands: Jolyn Bliss, Dickinson; Brenda and Dennis Schaible, Minot; Dianne and Tony Pierce, Scranton; and Loretta and Elroy Sperle, Savage, Minn.

He is also survived by his nephews and nieces: Kelsey, Grace, Krista, Derek, Rachelle, Andrea, Chelsea, Mallorie, Nathan, Brandon, Kyle and Kevin, and their families.

He leaves behind many friends and coworkers who will also miss him.

He was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, brother-in-law Lyle Bliss, aunts Lea Hammerschmidt and Char Nudell.

Condolences to Dan’s family can be sent through our website at www.evans onjens enf un er al h om e. com.

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Zika virus reported in state

The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) recently received confirmation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that a woman who traveled to Jamaica has tested positive for Zika virus.

The woman is not pregnant and was not hospitalized for her illness.

“This case is a reminder that travelers to areas with Zika virus need to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites,” said Michelle Feist, Epidemiologist with the NDDoH. “Pregnant women should not travel to countries with Zika transmission, and if they must travel, should be extremely careful to avoid mosquito bites.”

Many diseases, including Zika, dengue fever and yellow fever, can be transmitted by mosquitoes. All travelers should protect themselves from mosquito bites in the same way they would at home, and by following the recommendations at www.cdc.gov/ zika/prevention.

After returning from Zika affected areas, the NDDoH recommends: All travelers should consult their health care provider if they develop illness, such as sudden onset of fever, rash, conjunctivitis (red eyes), joint pain, muscle soreness or pain, or headache, within 14 days of returning from Zika affected areas Men returning from an area with Zika virus transmission should either abstain from sexual activity or correctly and consistently use condoms for all sexual acts; men should contact their healthcare provider for advice on how long they need to abstain or use condoms Pregnant women should consult their health care provider and seek testing for Zika virus between two and 12 weeks after returning from a Zika affected area Even if they do not feel sick, all travelers returning to the United States from an area with Zika should take steps to prevent mosquito bites for three weeks following their return Travelers who become

ill should be particularly careful to avoid getting additional bites from other mosquitos during the first week of illness Travelers should not use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin, ibuprofen and

naproxen, to treat symptoms More information regarding Zika virus, including an up-to-date list of destinations with confirmed Zika transmission, can be found at www. ndhealth.gov/disease/zika.

Anyone who plans to travel outside of the United States should consult a health care provider prior to traveling (ideally six months prior), as certain vaccines and medications may be recommended to prevent disease.

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By Steven J. Wild P.O. Box 260 Bowman, ND 58623 (701) 523-3112 swlawpc@ndsupernet.com Attorney for Plaintiffs State Bar ID #04091

139.44; Dakota Farm Equipment 67.82; Display Star - CC Purchase 39.51; Farmer’s Union/ Cenex 468.73; G&G Garbage 633.30; Job Services North Dakota 28.13; M&L Maintenance 60.00; Montana-Dakota Utilities Co 1,553.78; ND One Call 1.00; Payroll 9,664.48; Sadowsky and Wild Law Office 175.00; Southwest District Health Unit 60.00; SW Water Authority 2,809.55; West Plains Inc 9.70; Woodley’s Construction Supply 41.09.

Looking For Junk Cars Will Buy: Junk cars and scrap metal. Please call 701-928-0325.

Please leave a message. (TFN)

For rent

FOR RENT: 3 bedroom 2 bath almost new Mobile Home for lease~ no smoking and no pets~ contact 701-527-5510 for more details and rental application (kw 7/15)

help Wanted

IN HOME HELP NEEDED: Need morning assistance 2 times a week to get up in the morning and with a bowel program. I will pay you $10 (ten dollars) just to walk in the door for non-problem days.

The time it will take is maybe 15 minutes, barring any complications. I am very flexible on time.

If you are in need of extra cash, this is as easy as it gets! Please call 701-388-1266 if interested.

(7/15 cs) COACHING AND REFEREE POSITIONS OPEN - BOWMAN PARKS AND RECREATION: Football Coach - 4th, 5th & 6th Grade - 1 Head Coach & 1 Assistant Coach – Closing Date July 20.

Girls Basketball Coach - 4th, 5th & 6th Grade - 1 Head Coach & 1 Assistant Coach – Closing Date August 1.

Boys Basketball Coach - 4th, 5th & 6th Grade - 1 Head Coach & 1 Assistant Coach – Closing Date September 1.

Volleyball Coach – 4th, 5th, & 6th Grade – 1 Head Coach & 1 Assistant Coach – Closing Date February 1.

Basketball Official – Always open Football Official – Always open Volleyball Official – Always open Applications available at the Rouzie Rec Center or on the website bowmanparksandrec. org. Please attach a cover letter with the application stating qualifications for coaching youth sports. (bpr 7/22)

steel Buildings

Steel Buildings Drastically Low Price FACTORY Inventory Disposal Big & Small , No limitation on size Limited Supply Call to Price & Reserve

employment

» Bowman Lodge is looking to hire reliable, hard-working, and friendly personnel!

Farm & ranch

Horse Buyer at Bowman Livestock Thursday, July 28th 7-4.

Buying all horses good, bad, pretty or ugly. No charges to seller, just bring your horses. Call Joe or Sharon at 612-839-9568 or 952836-8811. (ss 7/22)

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HELP WANTED IMMEDIATE OPENING – WISHEK Hospital and Clinics is seeking full-time x-ray technician. Position includes share call with other technologists. Must be CT trained. Excellent salary and benefit package. For more information or application contact Jo Vilhauer at 701-452-2326 or 701452-2342. Email jov@bektel.com This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/ NURSE Practitioner. Mobridge Regional Hospital & Clinics.

Rural Family practice clinic w/ limited rotating ER. ACLS,PALS and ATLS certification preferred. www.mobridgehospital.org for more info or to apply.

HELP WANTED IN Carrington, ND, Meat Department Manager, full benefit package. Apply on line at leeversfoods.com or send resume to: 176 4th Avenue South, Carrington, ND 58421.

PROFESSIONAL. DIESEL TECHS Wanted. Agassiz Sales, the Red River Valley’s newest Versatile dealer in Buxton ND is hiring Diesel Technicians. Experience or Degree Required. Benefits Available. Pay DOE. Call 1-888-836-4029.

CLASS-A OTR DRIVER Wanted.

Reefer/drive in. Home weekly.

Starting .38 to .40/mile, DOE. Benefits: Health Insurance, SignOn Bonus, Paid Vacation. Bill (701) 527-7215.

QUALITY TRANSPORTATION IS hiring CDL-A Drivers. Locations in NV and CA. MUST BE WILLING TO RELOCATE. Call 775-635-2443 or www.qtinv.net for application.

APARTMENTS & CONDO FOR RENT 1st MONTH FREE Starting $900/ mth! Silver Waters 55+ Retire-

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POSITIONS AVAILABLE: HOUSEKEEPERS & FRONT DESK.

Please stop in and pick up an application or email your resume to gm@bowmanlodgend.com. Any questions, please call 701-523-7750.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE Bowman County School District has the following positions available: *Full time cook at Bowman Campus *Route Bus Driver at Bowman Campus *Two para professional positions at Bowman Campus *Secretary/para professional position at Rhame Campus *Elementary Teaching position Applications available at the main office at the Bowman Campus. For more information contact Dave Mahon at Bowman County School – 523-3283.

Northwest Tire in Bowman is looking to immediately hire a Service Truck Driver.

Candidates must be able to change & mount tires and drive a service truck to destination of downed vehicle or farm. Experience preferred but we are willing to train. Full time, Full benefit package.

Call Josh at 702-206-0578 or 701-523-5236 Trinity Technology Group seeks professional & career oriented individuals for

Transportation Security Officers in Glasgow, Wolf Point, Sidney, Havre, Glendive, Bozeman, Butte & Kalispell, MT; Sioux Falls, SD; Keywest, Sarasota & Sanford FL; Santa Rosa, CA; Tupelo, MS Excellent salary, part-time positions with full benefits.

Duties include providing security and protection for air travelers. EOE

Apply at www.trinitytechnologygroup.com

HOUSING NEW 55+ COMMUNITY! The Meadowlands in Mandan. Many residential options offered, close to healthcare and retail; future plans include community center, pool. Call 701-712-1353, www. meadowlandspark.com BUSINESS FOR SALE F/S: CITY CENTER Motel, Devils Lake, ND. 24 units, attached apartment. Located in busy tourism area. Selling due to ill health.

701-662-4918. Serious inquiries only!

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE WANTED: MINERAL INTERESTS/Oil & Gas Leases - Experienced Family Owned Oil Production & Exploration Co. We’ll Help You Monetize Your Mineral Assets. Send details to P.O. Box 8946, Denver, CO 80201. MineralAssets@qwestoffice.net, 877754-3111.

LANDOWNERS: DESPITE DOWNTURN North Dakota farm land values continue to be strong.

Call Kevin Pifer for free valuation at Pifer’s Auctioneers 701-2385810 or kpifer@pifers.com LAND FOR SALE AMERICAN TRUST CENTER accepting bids for 138N-95W-24 –N1/2S1/2 +/-160 acres 138N95W- 27 NW ¼ +/- 160 acres.

701-483- 7039. Bids must be marked by 7/27/16. ATC reserves right to refuse bids.

PLANTERS & SEEDING EQUIPMENT BUYING USED VALMAR and Gandy applicators. Call Paul at Daily Bread Farms. 763-2862037.

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Only $25. ND Newspaper Association, (701) 223-6397.

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Published in the Bowman County Pioneer July 1st, 8th & 15th, 2016 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: Personal Representative Case No. 06-2016-PR-00020 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BOWMAN COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DORIS E. TESKE, AKA DORIS TESKE, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That the undersigned have been appointed personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within three months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be presented to Laverne Teske, personal representative of the estate, at 13004 74th Street SW, Scranton, ND 58653, or filed with the Court.

Dated this 27th day of June, 2016.

Laverne Teske, Personal Representative 13004 74th Street SW Scranton, ND 58653 SADOWSKY AND WILD LAW OFFICE, P.C. P.O. BOX 260 BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA 58623 Attorney for Personal Representative July 1st , 2016 Published in the Bowman County Pioneer July 1st, 8th & 15th, 2016 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA IN DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF BOWMAN SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Robert Morris Lansburg, William Ruder Lansburg, Alan L. Ruder, Arthur L. Ruder, Carol R. Gurstelle, Charles R. Laff, Ned S. Laff, Gary A. Laff, Chris Ann Gibbs, Debra R. Ong, Patricia R. Morton, Michael J. Paradise, Patricia J. Silver, Dennis H. Paradise, Douglas B. Paradise, Mitchell H. Gold, Lisa Gold Silverman, Jennifer A. Melnick Estate, fka Jennifer A. Paradise, Avima M. Ruder, Avraham A. Ruder, a/k/a

SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the Complaint in this action which is herewith served upon you, by serving upon the undersigned an Answer or other proper response within twentyone (21) days after the service of this Summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated this 21st day of June, 2016.

SADOWSKY AND WILD LAW OFFICE, P.C.

By Steven J. Wild P.O. Box 260 Bowman, ND 58623 (701) 523-3112 swlawpc@ndsupernet.com Attorney for Plaintiffs State Bar ID #04091 NOTICE OF NO PERSONAL CLAIM TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that this action is brought for the purpose of quieting title to various mineral interests in and to all the oil, gas, and other minerals in and under the following described real property being located and situated in Bowman County, North Dakota: TOWNSHIP 129 NORTH, RANGE 102 WEST of the 5th P.M. Section 25: E1/2SW1/4; SW1/4SE1/4 and that no personal claim is made against any of said named Defendants.

SADOWSKY AND WILD LAW OFFICE, P.C.

By Steven J. Wild P.O. Box 260 Bowman, ND 58623 (701) 5523-3112 swlawpc@ndsupernet.com Attorney for Plaintiffs State Bar ID #04091 Published in the Bowman County Pioneer July 8th, 15th & 22nd, 2016 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA IN DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF BOWMAN SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Norene A. Hardin, Personal Representative of the Estate of William M. Mosbrucker, aka William Mosbrucker, Plaintiff, vs.

Estate of Magdelena Bisterfelt, Estate of Henry F. Bisterfelt, Estate of Helen Engle, Estate of Raymond Bisterfelt, Estate of Ilene Higgins, Estate of Richard Bisterfelt, Estate of Calvin Bisterfelt, Estate of Joe Bisterfelt, Dorothy Carlson, Elaine Weatherby, and all persons unknown having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the complaint, whether as heirs, devisees, legatees or Personal Representatives of the forementioned parties or as holding any claim adverse to Plaintiffs’ ownership or any cloud upon Plaintiffs’ title thereto.

Defendants.

SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the Complaint in this action which is herewith served upon you, by serving upon the undersigned an Answer or other proper response within twentyone (21) days after the service of this Summons upon you, exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to do so, judgment by default will be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

Dated this 29th day of June, 2016.

NOTICE OF NO PERSONAL CLAIM TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that this action is brought for the purpose of quieting title to the following described real property being located and situated in Bowman County, North Dakota: TOWNSHIP 130 NORTH, RANGE 102 WEST of the 5th P.M. Section 4: Government Lots 3 & 4, S1/2NW1/4 Section 5: S1/2 Section 6: E1/2SE1/4 Section 7: NE1/4NE1/4 Section 8: NE1/4 Section 9: NW1/4 and that no personal claim is made against any of said named Defendants.

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By Steven J. Wild P.O. Box 260 Bowman, ND 58623 (701) 5523-3112 swlawpc@ndsupernet.com Attorney for Plaintiffs State Bar ID #04091 G\4853-051.1 Published in the Bowman County Pioneer July 15th, 2016 Unapproved MINUTES FOR RHAME CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JULY 11, 2016 7:00 PM LOCATION: CITY HALL I. Meeting called to order by Jeremiah at 7:03 p.m.

II. Roll Call. Jeremiah Erickson, Grace Wood, Mike Germann, Tina Eagon, Neyl Eagon, Larry Entzel, Gail Olson, Pam Getz, Brandy Getz, Dennis Walser, Shannon Hewton, Dana Eagon, Nick Werth, Margie Russ, III. Motion to approve June 20, 2016 minutes made by Mike, seconded by Tina, motion carried IV. Mayor – Jeremiah would like to challenge the people of Rhame to contact BNSF and ask why the old crossing has not been replaced with a concrete crossing.

Please contact Jeremiah if you would be willing to step up and help the City with this.

V. Finance – Motion to approve June 2016 financials made by Tina, seconded by Neyl, motion carried.

1. A/R Aging Report – Margie will be sending out statements & notices for overdue water bills 2. SW Water Report 3. Margie will check with USAA, Wells Fargo, and Dakota Community and see if the City should change banks. Margie will report on this at the next meeting.

4. 2016 Financials & Surge Fund Reports VI. Shannon reported on Main Street. This will be paved around the first part of August. Wilson did all the milling of Main Street, they will be back to finish up before paving begins. Will need to do additional work by the fire department and by the tracks. Brosz will contact fire department prior to starting the work as the fire trucks will need to be able to get out in case of a fire.

VII. Water & Sewer – Shannon stated that Lynn Heath should be over in the next week to start of the lagoon project. Discuss on sludge in cell #1. Will need to put a sewer ball in between cell #1 and #2. This way the sewer would run into cell one. Will still be able to open or shut to cell #2.

VIII. Park – Nick replaced some paper towel holders. Did some cleaning, trimmed some trees, painting, and weed killing.

Mechanical room; started making a shelf to move some items off the floor as this will make it easier when the bathrooms are winterized. Will put up baby swings.

Ants are back, Nick got some killers. Mower tire is bad, Nick ordered tires. Needs gravel to level out the RV dump. Margie spoke with Steve Wild regarding a payment that was made to Longmont Construction for materials for picnic shelter, the material was never purchased. Margie will file in small claims court to try to get money back from Longmont Construction.

IX. New Business.

1. Motion to approval of invoices made by Mike, seconded by Neyl, motion carried.

2. Nick would like to take the park tables to his shop and work on them. City will help move using the Toolcat with forks.

3. Bleachers need to be moved back up to City Hall. Mike and Jeremiah will take care of this.

X. Comments 1. Spot for new maintenance man, as of right now Jeremiah and other commissioners will pitch in and do the mowing and other work that needs to be done.

May contract out the snow removal.

XI. Motion to adjourn made at 7:38 p.m. by Tina, seconded by Neyl, motion carried.

Respectfully submitted, Margie Russ, Auditor Jeremiah Erickson, Mayor Bowman Electric 82.50; City of Bowman 2,445.00; Consolidated Telcom 231.74; Country Media

Published in the Bowman County Pioneer July 15th, 2016 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN COUNTY, BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA The Board of County Commissioners met in special session on June 30, 2016, with the following present: Pine Abrahamson, Bill Bowman Rick Braaten, and Lynn Brackel. Ken Steiner was present via telephone conference.

Chairman Braaten called the meeting to order at 8:00 AM. Guests present: Bowman County Emergency Manager, Dean Pearson, Bowman/Slope County 9-11 Coordinator, Bowman County Assistant Emergency Manager, Karla Germann, Bowman County Water Board Members, Neil Hofland, Leland Sather, and Jim Septon, Bowman County Deputy Sheriff Jordan Fisher, City of Bowman Mayor, Lyn James, council member, Darrell West and Police Chief Headley, Bowman Firemen, Lane Woodley and Chad Welch, Scranton Fireman, Ryan Schumacher, Reeder Fireman, Bruce Hagen, and Dusty and Lora Miller.

Discussion was held on the current dry conditions and the ignition of fireworks. Brackel made a motion, effective immediately, to ban all fireworks and open campfires at the Bowman Haley Dam, Gascoyne Lake and all campgrounds located in Bowman County. If anyone who violates this order they could be charged with a Class B Misdemeanor, as per North Dakota Century Code 37-17.1-10.1, and discourage the igniting of fireworks, outside of all cities limits, and allow the Bowman Chamber of Commerce fireworks display to be conducted at the Bowman Haley Dam, as originally scheduled. Bowman seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

Brackel made a motion at 8:33 AM to adjourn, with Abrahamson seconding the motion.

Motion carried.

Rick Braaten (s) Chairman Board of County Commissioners ATTEST: Sandra K. Tivis (s) Bowman County Auditor Published in the Bowman County Pioneer July 15th, 2016 BOWMAN CITY COMMISSION TO MEET REGARDING CASE NO. LDC16-002b (PUD RE-ZONE - AIRPORT PROPERTY) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; that the Bowman City Commission will meet July 19, 2016 at 5:15 p.m. in the Commission Chambers at City Hall (101 1st Street, NE) to conduct a public hearing for Case No. LDC16-002b (PUD RE-ZONE – AIRPORT PROPERTY). The Bowman County Development Corporation is requesting a zone change as follows: 1) from what is shown in the Comprehensive Plan on the property’s “Existing Zoning” map districts of R-1 (Single Family Residential); C (Commercial); I (Industrial); and Ag (Agricultural) to the PUD (Planned Unit Development) district; and 2) from what is shown on Comprehensive Plan the “ETA Zoning map of R-1 (Single Family Residential); R-2 (Residential District, Multi-Family); C (Commercial); I (Industrial); and Ag (Agricultural) to the PUD (Planned Unit Development) district. The PUD district will allow a mix of zoning designations via a future Design Standards Handbook that includes customized zoning and architectural, landscaping and buffering standards. The site is situated in Section 10, Township 131 North and Range 102 West, the Northeast ¼ of Section 9, Township 13 North, Range 102 West, and the Southeast ¼ of Section 4, Township 131 North, Range 102 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, in Bowman County, North Dakota. If you would like to review the file for this request or view the City’s land use maps, and/or examine a more detailed description of the location of the project’s boundaries, please make an appointment with the Planning and Zoning Director by calling 701-523-7627 or 701-523-3309 on Tuesdays and Wednesday.

Published in the Bowman County Pioneer July 15th, 2016 UNOFFICIAL MINUTES BOWMAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT #1 A special board meeting of the Bowman County School Board was held on Friday, June 24, 2016 at 8:00 a.m. in the BCSD Board Room. Members present: Kevin Bucholz, President; Sharon Holder, Tony Duletski, Superintendent and Debbie Bu-

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cholz, Business Manager. Russell Homelvig, Tara Lambourn, Stacy McGee and Dan Peterson, and were available via telephone.

Absent: Ann Fischer President Kevin Bucholz called meeting to order at 8:10a.m.

I. Holder moved seconded by Peterson to approve the agenda. All yes, motion carried.

II. McGee moved seconded by Holder to transfer up to $330,000 from the General Fund to the Building Fund of unrestricted revenue due to Gross Production Revenue. Roll call vote. Six aye, zero nay Motion carried.

Adjourn: There being no further business, meeting was adjourned at 8:45 a.m.

Published in the Bowman County Pioneer July 15th, 2016 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN COUNTY, BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on June 21, 2016, with the following present: Pine Abrahamson, Bill Bowman, Rick Braaten, Lynn Brackel and Ken Steiner. Chairman Braaten called the meeting to order at 9:00 AM. Chairman Braaten asked for corrections or additions to the agenda. Bowman made a motion to approve as presented, 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 Steiner seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

24906-24925 Primary Election, Poll workers $4,078.86; 24926 Job Service ND $439.57; 24927 Ameripride $250.26; 24929 Wes Andrews $2,430.00; 24928 Anchor Drilling Fluids $3,740.00; 24930 A2Z Printing $131.00; 24931 Baker Metal & Recycling $2,716.88; 24932 Bowman Auto Parts $303.13; 24933 Bowman County Treasurer $16.74; 24935 City of Bowman $2,122.66; 24936 Country Media $582.87; 24934 Comfort Inn $80.00; 24937 Consolidated $1,473.67; 24938 Crop Production Services

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$7,356.00; 24939 Dacotah Paper $388.67; 24940 Dale’s Clothing $77.55; 24941 DJ’s Tesoro $40.95; 24942 Eido Connect $181.00; 24943 Fox Hills Fencing $36,790.00; 24944 Frontier Travel Center $112.02; 24945 Grand River Trucking $8,880.00; 24946 Holiday Inn $160.20; 24947 ITD $539.85; 24948 Krebsbach & Kulseth Funeral Service $575.00; 24949 Michael Todd & Company $408.05; 24950 Kevin Miller Construction $5,400.00; 24951 Nelson International $114.56; 24952 North Winds Lodge $147.00; 24953 Peters Trucking $8,970.00; 24954 Quill Corporation $55.37; 24955 Randy’s Welding $900.00; 24956 Respond Systems $63.84; 24957 SBM $87.52; 24958 Shopko $14.83; 24959 Slope Electric $339.89; 24960 Southwest Ag, Inc. $3,330.50; 24961 Ken Steiner $70.20; 24962 Jim Stebbins Trucking $3,540.00; 24963 SW Auto Supply $39.56; 24964 Verizon Wireless $298.45; 24965 Jan Were $98.83; 24966 West Plains Inc. $282.19 Brackel made a motion to approve the June 7, 2016 minutes, with Bowman seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

Bowman County Treasurer, Christine Septon, met to present the May 2016 Treasurer’s Report/Bank Reconciliation Report. Brackel made a motion to approve the report, with Steiner seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously.

Brackel made a motion to approve the Raffle Permit application, presented for the benefit of the Northern Music Ambassadors. The raffle will be held on June 26, 2016, at the Bowman County Fairgrounds during the demolition derby, with a weather related alternate date of July 9, 2016, at the Tractor/Truck Pull, to be held at the Bowman County Fairgrounds. Abrahamson seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

Bowman County Rural Ambulance District Board members, Pam Hestekin, Becky Hansen, Darrell West and Jennifer Hestekin, met to present the proposed 2017 Budget. The board is requesting funding of $111,000, to offset expenses. The commission will establish the mill levy rate in the fall.

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Brennan, from Brosz Engineering met to provide road project updates. Steiner made a motion to approve Change Order # Two – Final Quantities, for the Griffin Road Project, contracted by Midstate Reclamation, SD, LLC, for a decrease of $2,191.27. Brackel seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

Abrahamson made a motion to approve Change Order # 2 for the 2016 Road Improvements – Multiple Locations project, contracted by Nelcon, Inc., for an increase of $9,887.50 to Schedule V, City of Bowman, for additional work on 11th Avenue. The City has approved the change order.

Brackel seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

Hofland inquired if Bowman Township could purchase 2,500 cubic yards of gravel, for the golf course road, the old dump ground road and the road east of the Bowman Vet Clinic. The gravel would come from the Gaebe Pit. Steiner made a motion to approve, with Brackel seconding the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

Dean Pearson, Karla Germann, Dick Frederick, and Bruce Halleen, members of the Bowman County Emergency Management team, met to discuss the need for improvements in the county’s emergency preparedness in the event a major storm is predicated for the county. They will begin to collectively look at larger functions that occur in the county, and seek improvements.

With no further business to discuss, Bowman made a motion at 2:55 PM to recess the meeting and reconvene at 7:15 PM in the Dakota Room, for consideration of approval for potential revisions to the Bowman County Zoning Ordinance, specific to Resolution #5, Resolution # 6, and the request from the Bowman County Airport Authority to increase their conical surface areas in Grainbelt and Scranton Townships.

Brackel seconded the motion, and upon a vote the motion was carried unanimously.

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vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried.

Abrahamson made a motion to approve Resolution # 7 which was previously approved in the Bowman County Zoning Ordinance, with Bowman seconding the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried. The motion will amend the conical surface area by adding the following:

COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN COUNTY, BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA The Board of County Commissioners reconvened the June 21, 2016, meeting in the Dakota Room, located in the Bowman County Courthouse, with the following present: Pine Abrahamson, Bill Bowman, Rick Braaten, Lynn Brackel and Ken Steiner.

Chairman Braaten called the meeting to order at 8:10 PM. Steiner made a motion to approve the revision to Resolution # 5, amending the setbacks for wind facilities, from 2,400 feet to 2,640 feet, which was previously approved in the Bowman County Zoning Ordinance, with Brackel seconding the motion. A roll call

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All sections except Section 31 Scranton Township – T131N-R100W Section 7 Section 18 Section 19 Section 30 With no further business to discuss Abrahamson made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:20 PM, with Steiner seconding the motion, upon a vote the motion was carried unanimously.

Rick Braaten, (s) Chairman Board of County Commissioners ATTEST: Sandra K. Tivis, (s) Bowman County Auditor

Talbot Township – T131N-R101W

A Water Quality Test is Best

Spring rains and snow run off are always welcome additions to livestock water ponds and dugouts. But when hot, summer weather causes ponds to run low, the potential for toxic bacteria in the water increases.

Testing water quality prior to livestock turnout and monitoring water quality throughout the grazing season is important. Poor water quality can impact livestock health negatively, resulting in decreased water consumption, reduced feed intake, severe illness and possibly death.

Rick Braaten, (s) Chairman Board of County Commissioners ATTEST: Sandra K. Tivis, (s) Bowman County Auditor

A water quality test is available through the NDSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at http://www.vdl.ndsu.edu/.

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY

The following publications have more information on livestock water quality. They’re available online or through your county office of the NDSU Extension Service.

NON-DISCRIMINATION NOTICE The Bowman/Slope Multi-County Social Service Board makes available all services and assistance without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, political beliefs, disability or status with respect to marriage or public assistance in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the North Dakota Human Rights Act 0f 1983. Persons who contract with or receive funds to provide services for the Bowman/Slope Multi-County Social Service Board are obligated to abide by the provision of these laws. The Bowman/Slope Multi-County Social Service Board makes every effort to ensure its programs are accessible to persons with disabilities. Persons needing accommodation or who have questions or complaints regarding the provisions of services according to these acts may contact Shonda Schwartz, LICSW, Bowman/Slope Multi-County Social Service Director at 104 First ST NW Suite 8 Bowman, ND 58623, (701)-523-3285, or Civil Rights Officer, North Dakota Department of Human Services, 600 East Boulevard Avenue - Dept. 325, Bismarck, ND 58505-0250 Toll free 1-800-755-2671, (701) 328-1816 voice, or (701) 328-3480 TTY, (701) 328-1030 Fax; or the Office for Civil Rights, Region VIII, Federal Office Building, Room 1462, 1961 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado 80294 (303)844-2024 voice or (303) 844-3439 TTY, OR (303) 844-2025 Fax. A valid civil rights complaint must be in writing and include the name, address, and telephone number of the complainant; the person alleged discrimination was against, if other than the complainant; basis of the complaint (in other words, is the complaint based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, political beliefs or affiliation, status with respect to marriage or public assistance); date the alleged incident occurred; nature of the complaint described in as much detail as possible (identify the who, what, when, where, and how of the particular situation complained about); name and title or organization’s name against whom the complaint is made; and date the complaint was written and signed.

n Livestock Water Requirements

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n Livestock Water Quality - http://tinyurl.com/LivestockWater n Nitrate Poisoning of Livestock

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n Cyanobacteria (Blue-green Algae) Poisoning

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Amy Lick – Family Consumer Science Agent Sydnee Kidd – Administrative Assistant 104 1st St. NW Suite #7 | Bowman, ND 58623 Phone: 701-523-5271 | Fax: 701-523-4911 E-mail: ndsu.bowman.extension@ndsu.edu NDSU is an equal opportunity institution.

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The Bowman Blue team finished 2nd in the Midget Tourney at Bowman.

Bowman hosted this year’s Midget baseball tournament with ten teams. It was a single elimination tournament with a consolation bracket. Bowman again fielded two teams with Hettinger, Belfield, Scranton, Buffalo, New England, Baker Mont., Richardton and South Heart entering one team each. Midget baseball is also called coach-pitch as the team’s coach pitches to his/her own team but cannot be involved in any defensive plays.

With 10 teams entered there had to be two play-in games with the winners advancing to the quarter finals, and the losers headed for the consolation bracket.

Bowman Red downed New England and Baker got by Richardton.

In the quarter final games Belfield easily got by Scranton, Baker defeated South Heart, Bowman Blue over Buffalo and in one of the closer games Hettinger squeaked by Bowman Red 10-9. Hettinger was down 9-7 going into the bottom of the last inning and with two outs Jackson

Hallen delivered a hit that brought home the last two runs in a come-from-behind victory.

That set up the semi-finals pitting Bowman Blue against Baker and Hettinger facing Belfield. Bowman Blue had no problem with Baker as they won 24-9 and Belfield defeated Hettinger 8-3. That set up the championship game with Belfield downing Bowman Blue by a 4-0 score. In the third place game Hettinger faced Bowman Red again and won this one by a 9-6 count.

Belfield definitely was the better team in this tourney as their 3rd baseman and shortstop duo of Mason Kagel and Caden Zacher were fielding and hitting stars for them. Taylor Wanner of Bowman Blue also had a nice all-around game.

A Bowman team had won the last two Midget tourneys. I was also impressed with the attendance as the tournament was well attended.

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Post 115 Bears - 10 | Crosby Cubs 2 (July 2)

Two Post 115 hurlers combined to throw a no-hitter against Crosby. Brandon Pierce took the win and Jarred Mattis relieved him to beat the Cubs 10-2 in a rain-shortened six-inning game.

Pierce started on the mound for the Bears and went four strong innings. He struck out seven and only walked three. Hoping to preserve his ace, head coach Nolan Dix took him out of the game and sent Jarred Mattis to the mound.

“I took Brandon out, because I’m not going to kill his arm,” Dix said.

Mattis picked up where Pierce left off with two strong innings of his own. He had two walks and struck out four.

The Bears’ bats came alive too.

Pierce went 4-for-4 and had two doubles and four RBI. Hudson Pierce also was 4-for-4 and had three RBI. Jacob Dix went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored. Dan Baesler went 2-for-2 with two walks and Cole Osendorf went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored.

The second game of the double-header was canceled due to the weather. Dix only brought 10 players with him. To cut down on travel time for both squads, they met at a neutral site and Cole Osendorf of Bowman stands up to bat. (Pioneer Photo by Cole Benz) played in Watford City.

Game 1: Post 115 - 0 | Hazen - 7 (July 10)

During the final home stand of the season, the Bears were outscored 19-2 during the double header at Mirror Lake Ballpark against the Hazen Astros.

Shaky defense led to six errors behind a strong pitching performance by Damon Mellmer hurt the Bears in the first game. The two teams combined for only 5 hits en route to a 7-0 loss for the Bears.

Mellmer pitched a complete game with three strikeouts. He took the loss and gave up four earned runs.

The Astros had a stellar pitching performance too, the Bears didn’t reach base safely with a hit until the fourth inning.

Alex Bartholomay and Cole Osendorf combined to go 2-for-6 on the day, the only two hits for the Bears.

Game 2: Post 115 - 2 | Hazen - 12

Walks hurt Post 115 in the second contest against Hazen. Jaxon Mellmer and Ryan Sime pitched into the bottom of the fifth inning when the Astros won on the 10-run rule. Both pitchers combined to walk seven. The Bears out hit Hazen 7-5.

Game 1: Post 115 - 20 | Renville County - 5 (July 12)

The Post 115 Bears had probably their best two-game series, according to head coach Nolan Dix. Brandon Pierce went the distance and got the win in a 5-inning complete game. He tallied seven strikeouts and went 4-for-5 at the plate with four RBI and three runs scored.

Jacob Dix had the big bat not he day, going 3-for-5 with a double and a home run. He drove in six runs and scored three runs.

Jarred Mattis went 3-for-5 and scored three times. Jordan Dilse went 2-for-3 with three runs scored.

Game 2: Post 115 - 13 | Renville County - 3

Jarred Mattis was on the bump to start the second game and went five innings, getting the complete-game win after the Bears closed out Renville County with the 10-run rule again. Mattis had seven strikeouts and allowed three earned runs. He also went 3-4 at the plate.

Cole Osendorf went 3-for-4 with three runs scored. Hudson Pierce went a perfect 4-for4 and had three RBI. Brandon Pierce went 3-for-4 with three RBI and Alex Bartholomay went 2-3 and scored once.

“We hit the ball well, we pitched well,” Dix said. “Kind of two all-around good games.”

Dix said this was probably the best two-game series of the season, especially considering Renville County was currently in the No. 3 spot in the standings.

Dix and his team open up the regional tournament on Tuesday, July 19. The pairings weren’t available at the time this went to press.

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GAME AND FISH NEWS Record production, lakes stocked

With North Dakota’s recent growth in walleye fisheries, a record 150-plus lakes across the state were stocked with nearly 11 million walleye fingerlings earlier this summer.

Jerry Weigel, North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries production and development section leader, said this was made possible by record produc-

tion of 10.4 million fingerlings at Garrison Dam National Fish Hatchery.

“This is probably the most walleyes ever produced at a single hatchery anywhere in the country,” Weigel said.

“Only one time in the past 20 years has 10 million fingerlings been reached.”

Valley City National Fish Hatchery also had a good year, shipping 1.7 million fingerlings.

“Talk about bumper crops,” Wei-

gel said. “This was a great year for both hatcheries.”

While the 30-day old fish averaged 1.25 inches, the cumulative weight tallied nearly 8,500 pounds, which made for an intense couple of weeks delivering fish.

In total, 154 lakes and rivers were stocked in North Dakota, including Devils Lake (1.7 million fingerlings) and Lake Sakakawea (1.3 million).

Some other waters to re-

ceive fingerlings were Stump Lake (518,000); Lake Darling (461,000); Heart Butte Reservoir (320,000); Lake Ashtabula (305,000); Lake Audubon (234,000); Pipestem Reservoir (203,000); and Alkaline Lake (200,000).

One common observation Weigel noted while traveling across the state was the number of anglers fishing from boats and from shore.

“You now see boats and trail-

ers in counties you never did before. We are fortunate to have the production capability at the hatcheries to adequately stock and maintain these fisheries statewide,” Weigel said.

“Given all the new fishable waters across North Dakota’s prairie, there’s never been a better time to fish in the state.”

For a complete list of all fish stockings, visit the Game and Fish Department’s website at http:// gf.nd.gov/fishing.

Looking at the starters Last week, we took a look at the Minnesota Vikings’ offensive line depth chart.

If you happened to miss the article, you can find it on my Facebook page through the web address that’s listed below.

The Minnesota Vikings finished the 2015 season seventh in the league with 43 sacks, and many of those were because of the defensive ends. Historically the Vikings have had great defensive ends; from Carl Ellers and Jim Marshall of the purple people eaters in the 70s, to Chris Doleman and the 1989 squad that finished second in NFL history with 71 sacks.

While the Vikings’ defensive ends in 2016 might not be household names, there is no doubt that once again the Vikings have an impressive collection of talent at the position.

Starters: Everson Griffen and Brian Robison When Everson Griffen signed a 5-year, $42.5 million contract in 2014, many around the league were wondering what the Vikings were thinking. Since the signing, however, Griffen has started all but one game while racking up double digit sacks each season.

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82.9 by Pro Football Focus and also earned his first Pro Bowl in 2015. Only 28 years old, Everson should be a staple at right defensive end for a long time to come.

Brian Robison has been starting at left defensive end since 2011. While he has yet to put up double digit sacks in a season, Robison brings value to the team by other means. Besides providing a veteran presence on the field as well as in the locker room, Robison is incredibly reliable, having only missed one start over the past five seasons. At 33 years old, Robison doesn’t have many years left in the tank, but he is still a quality pass rusher who will likely play another year or two before retiring.

Backups: Danielle Hunter and Stephen Weatherly Last year, Danielle Hunter was drafted in the third round out of LSU as a player

with vast and untapped potential. A player who was not expected to contribute for a couple years, Hunter impressed coach Zimmer enough that he became the primary backup as a rookie.

Any highlight you watch of him will show his lightning fast burst off the line and the quickness to get around offensive tackles, but Hunter was also given the highest run defense grade of any Vikings defensive end in 2015. At only 21 years old, Danielle will serve another year as the primary backup before stepping into Brian Robison’s spot in 2017.

This past draft, Stephen Weatherly, similar to Hunter last year, was a mid-round draft pick who was picked based on potential. Weatherly played linebacker at Vanderbilt, but will be moved to defensive end in the Vikings’ 4-3 defensive scheme. Standing 6-foot 4-inches, weighing 267, and running a 4.61 40-yard dash (which is the second fastest at this year’s combine for defensive ends), Weatherly will have the coaches anxious to see what he can do.

On the bubble: Scott Crichton, Zach Moore, Denzell Perine, Justin Trattou Last season, the Vikings kept five defensive ends on

their opening day roster, so there is a chance that one of the players on the bubble could make the final 53.

In 2015 however, Griffen received 933 defensive snaps, Robison got 962, and Hunter got 426, which left only 160 snaps to be divided between the remaining players.

Scott Crichton was drafted in the third round of the 2014 draft, but he hasn’t shown much promise when he’s seen the field, which has led to the drafting of Hunter and Weatherly. Trattou was re-signed this offseason, but only to a one-year contract and doesn’t factor into the Vikings’ long-term plans.

Zach Moore is a local guy who the Vikings got from

the Patriots last season and could be a candidate for the practice squad. Denzell Perine is an undrafted rookie who played linebacker in college, but will make the shift to defensive end in the NFL. Next week we will be taking a look at the defensive

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Lanie Janikowski shows comfort while riding a horse. She gives a big laugh sitting horseback during a riding lesson with Bowman’s new Hope and Healing Therapeutic Riding. Kristi Blaser, right, one of the founding members of the organization, watches Janikowski with a smile. Plans to create Hope and Healing Therapeutic Riding began three years ago, an idea from three local women who shared a love of equines and the utmost compassion. (Courtesy Photo)

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She was an undecided freshman at Black Hills State University in Spearfish until she began researching therapeutic riding, which combined her love for horses and her own longing to help those in need.

Through her research on the subject she discovered the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, known as PATH, and began her path towards establishing her own center for healing riding.

She became a certified instructor through a two-year program at Rocky Mountain College in Billings.

During her education she was able to see how much the therapy actually affected the children in the program.

Mrnak shared the story of a younger girl who was born with a congenital disorder that was unable to walk. After two years in the program she was able to walk into her riding lessons on crutches.

It was an emotional moment for Mrnak.

Freitag, who said she has wanted to start up such a program since she was in

high school, explained that the movement of a horse mimics a person’s walk thereby helping with the physical disabilities of their riders.

“That’s why it’s so therapeutic,” she remarked.

When Freitag was younger she worked at a camp for handicapped youth for about a decade. In that time she remembered wanting to get some of the children on the back of a horse, understanding the positive changes that could result.

But she moved on and hadn’t thought about healing riding until only a few years ago when she happened upon the book, “Hope Rising,” by Kim Meder.

The book was a collection of short stories from a therapeutic riding program in Oregon ran by social workers that united abused horses with similarly troubled children.

“These horses and kids found a special relationship,” she indicated. “The horse could intuitively understand the pain these kids had been through.”

Freitag gained more perspective on the idea and it rekindled her desire to pro-

ceed with helping to start a program.

South Dakota and Fargo are the closet such riding facilities, but most have waiting lists to join.

Hope and Healing begin with the three women’s desire to create a local program that could also serve the tristate area. They conduct the lessons inside Bowman’s All Seasons Arena and use their own horses.

They also partner with equine specialist Dr. Richard Bowman of Rhame and his organization that finds wellsuited homes for retired racehorses.

In a particularly memorable moment from the first session Freitag recalled a specific horse that kept nudging a volunteer that was leading it around the arena. That behavior isn’t supposed to be tolerated by handlers. So when it came time for a child to take the horse’s reigns to lead it, Freitag grew nervous. She wondered if the horse would push the child, too.

But hearts soared when the child and volunteer switched places. The boy took the lead rope and the horse calmly put its head

down and the two marched out.

“That’s what it’s about: the relationship with a horse and its knowing and understanding of the individuals,” Mrnak said.

Therapeutic riding branches off in many specialties but Bowman’s program focuses on clients — of any age — with physical disabilities or struggling with behavioral issues. Actual physical and mental therapy is available through the PATH program with the assistance of other licensed therapists, but the women explained that was likely far in the future for Bowman.

Hope and Healing’s programs currently emphasize the basics and are kept fun and light.

Skilled on a wide gamut of disabilities through her training in Montana, as instructor of each class Mrnak tailors lessons to meet the particular needs of the clients. That could include working on core strength, following directions, teamwork, communication skills and more through different equine-assisted activities.

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The 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization’s board of directors is comprised of area residents Sarah Freitag, Kari Gerbig, Bowman, Mrnak and her father, Wanye, who serves as president, Blaser as vice president and Jackie Freitag as secretary and treasurer.

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