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City proposes tax levy increase BOWMAN

City to hear public comment on 1.22 percent increase; parks and rec proposes 12 percent tax hike

By Bryce Martin

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net A public input meeting will be held by the Bowman City Board of Commissioners on Sept. 15 to

hear comments on the city’s proposed 2016 budget and a 1.22 percent increase in its property tax levy.

The proposed tax increase only pertains to the city’s portion of the overall tax levy. Property owners within city limits

also pay taxes levied by Bowman County Public Schools, the county and the Bowman Parks and Recreation Department.

The 1.22 percent increase in the city’s levy, which translates to roughly $4,300, is the result of ebbs and flows in the city’s budget from the previous year.

The mill increase is mainly caused by the increase in valuation for 2015. That’s something the city does not control; rather, it’s a result of how prices fare

within local property sales.

City revenue from property taxes is set to increase by about $11,000 if the proposed preliminary budget is adopted. The city budgeted for about $200,000 in property tax revenue for 2015, having received about $186,000 of that as of June 30.

“We are asking for a little bit more than last year, basically because of valuation,” explained Lyn James, president of the city commission.

In the city’s 2016 preliminary budget, which is slated to be adopted at the Sept. 15 meeting, it was proposed that the 2016 general fund’s revenue would total about $1.6 million. That’s a decrease of about $228,000 from the 2015 budget.

The major reason for the decrease is due to the ever-changing, unpredictable oil and gas production tax revenues received

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A CLEAR VISION COUNTY

Details still few on industrial park

By Bryce Martin

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net It has been more than nine months since the Bowman County Development Corp. approached the county with an idea to purchase the land of the former airport west of the city.

The plan was to construct an industrial park at the site, which would reportedly benefit the local tax base and the community. But few decisions have been made while the entities involved await a feasibility study on the project.

Though, according to Teran Doerr, executive director of the BCDC, the report is only about one month out and, once released, she’s hoping the process will accelerate.

“Right now, it looks positive,” Doerr said.

Ross Graves, a planning consultant with Gilmore Planning of Williston, was hired at the beginning of this year by the county to assist the BCDC with the project’s scope, having experience with industrial park development. His company will author the feasibility study and he consults on many issues surrounding the overall project.

Graves has been paid $22,698.25 by the county as of Aug. 18, according to the county auditor.

“One thing with this project we found out is there’s a large number of players in it,” Doerr said.

Because it was an airport property, and is technically owned by the Bowman County Airport Authority, the Federal Aviation Administration is involved. It also affects the city of Bowman because of its location to the land, as well as the county and the North Dakota Department of Transportation, because the site

Dr. Sarah Stuchl, Bowman’s new full-time optometrist with Focus Eyecare, uses a device to check the vision of her technician, Cheri Siefert. Focus Eyecare officially opened on Monday in Bowman. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer)

Bowman welcomes new optometrist

By Bryce Martin

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net Even if a person has no current trouble with their vision did you know that an eye care professional is able to uncover health problems that could affect eyesight in the future?

That is why Dr. Sarah Stuchl recommends everyone visit an optometrist, especially in their adult lives, regardless of their vision clarity. Having a comprehensive eye exam could address illnesses that potentially impact a person’s ability to see.

One part of Stuchl’s goal as an optometrist is to help discover such problems.

Stuchl, 26, is the fulltime optometrist at Focus Eyecare in Bowman. She leads a staff of two techni-

cians, Stacey Holder and Cheri Siefert. The business officially opened Aug. 31 and subsequently became the area’s only eye care center.

“It was kind of meant to be,” Stuchl said of her new job.

Dr. James Trimble, an optometrist who operates Black Hills Vision Care in Belle Fourche, S.D., and Focus Eyecare in Lemmon, S.D., owns Bowman’s satellite eye clinic and hired Stuchl as its primary doctor.

She had previously worked for Trimble throughout college, and he was her eye doctor while she was growing up in Buffalo, S.D. Originally from Harding County, Stuchl went on to graduate from Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D., and in

Stuchl and Stacey Holder, one of the office’s two technicians, sort through lenses on the opening day of Focus Eyecare, located on Divide Avenue. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer) May obtained a doctorate in optometry from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore. Working for Focus Eyec-

are in Bowman is Stuchl’s first job as an optometrist.

Her goal, as she explained,

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Sept. 5 Logging Camp Ranch presents Live Music (South Hwy 85) and Steak Dinner. Call (701) 279-5501 or (701) 523-6197 for reservations

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Sept. 11 PRCA Rodeo at the Bowman County Fairgrounds in Bowman, Sept. 11 and 12. For more information, contact (701) 523-5880

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Sept. 12 Marmarth Historical Society Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering — 7:30 p.m. at the Mystic Theater in Marmarth Yesterdays Farmers Threshing Bee — Sept. 12 and 13. Main Street Parade, Saturday at 10 a.m. Yesterdays Farmers Grounds on the western edge of Bowman.

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Contact (701) 523-3871 ext. 3 for more information St. Charles Catholic Church Guest Speak: Tasha Schuh — 5:30 p.m. with refreshments to follow. Free for ages 12 to 18

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The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) reported this week that licensed grain storage in North Dakota increased more than 5 percent in 2015, growing from approximately 427 million bushels of licensed storage capacity in 2014 to 451 million bushels currently. This figure doesn’t include private, on-farm grain storage, which is not licensed and therefore not tracked by the PSC. Currently the PSC licenses 381 grain warehouses and 76 roving grain buyers. Although the number of licensed public grain warehouses has decreased slightly in the last year, the capacity continues to increase. The average storage capacity of licensed public grain warehouses in North Dakota is currently 1,182,900 bushels, which has more than doubled in size since 2000. In contrast, records kept a century ago (1915) indicate there were more than 2,000 licensed elevators, but a much smaller average capacity of 30,000 bushels (total licensed capacity of approximately 60 million bushels).

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As of September 1, cloud seeding has concluded for the District I operations area of the 2015 North Dakota Cloud Modification Project (NDCMP). For the season there were 133.38 flight hours flown in the district, which included Bowman and part of Slope counties. Of those hours, 98.66 were flown for hail suppression, 11.71 for rain enhancement, 13.68 for reconnaissance, and 9.33 for aircraft repositioning.

Overall, 2015 District I flight hours were above the five-year average of 118.63 hours. There were 36 operational days out of a possible 92 project days when hail suppression, rain enhancement, and/ or reconnaissance flights were flown in the district.

Hail suppression operations were flown on 26 of the operational days, rain enhancement on 5 days, and reconnaissance operations on 12 days.

Planning meetings for the 2016 NDCMP will be held in January. Seeding operations are scheduled to resume June 1.

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by the city. That amount fluctuates with the market price of oil and amount of production completed within Bowman County.

More than $1.45 million from production taxes was budgeted for 2015. That number, however, falls to just over $1.1 million for the next year’s budget.

Though the figures are merely estimates.

While it’s not necessarily a drastic decrease, it could signal future trouble for the city as oil production revenues continue to drop and have done so since at least 2014.

“The field is old so the production is slowly declining,” said James. She pointed to potential future upswings in that revenue when tentative plans for carbon dioxide flooding through the county’s oil fields would ramp up production.

But as oil continues to decline, so does the city’s revenue share.

“We’ll pull our belts,” James suggested. “We just find areas to cut and go from there.”

But revenue isn’t the only thing that’s down; it’s also expenditures.

“We (budget) revenues conservatively and expenses for worst-case scenario,” James said. “You don’t want to overestimate your revenues and not have enough money to pay for your expenses.”

The city’s spending is somewhat complex as many different transfers are made from the general fund into special funds held by the city, such as for water, garbage, sewer and more. Most of the special funds receive revenue aside from the city’s transfers and then have their own expenditures.

James explained those funds are like little savings accounts so that the city ensures it puts some money away each year.

Next year’s proposed total of about $1.34 million in expenditures from the general fund was relatively close to the 2015 budgeted total, which was set at about $1.375 million. But when factoring in the total monies set aside for special funds, the gap becomes larger—for 2015 the city budgeted an overall total general fund expenditure of about $1.9 million, which dropped to $1.6 million for next year.

The reason is less money

being set aside from the general fund for the water, sewer and street infrastructure special funds.

James noted that the large projects ongoing and planned for the city are made possible by the stateallocated surge funding—a one-time payout totaling over $6.7 million for Bowman this year—instead of from the city’s general fund.

Of the city’s general fund expenditures, a category that saw one of the largest increases from 2015 to 2016 was the pay and benefits for the city commission.

Commission expenses increased by about $19,000, namely due to an adjustment in health insurance costs for three city commissioners, Darrell West, Chuck Whitney and James. Only two commissioners received health insurance benefits in 2015, with an additional commissioner being added mid-year and that was not factored into the 2015 budgeted total of $31,000 for health benefits. Health insurance for the three will be billed for a full year in 2016, a total of $50,245.

The remaining two commissioners, Darren Limesand and Mike Sondeland, opted not to receive health insurance benefits through the city, which cover the official, their spouse and children.

“The day I don’t think I’m earning it, I won’t take it,” James said. And she said it is their right to take the health insurance, as it is for many other government jobs in the city and county.

“We get paid very minimally,” she added.

City commissioners make about $96 per city meeting, with James as president making $144, which totals to $19,000 in annual salary for the six-person board. That figure has stayed relatively the same over the last few years.

The salary of the Bowman Police Department also saw a hefty increase, mainly because of a large payout in overtime. Police salary, for four employees, is budgeted at $198,150 for 2016. Overtime increased for 2016 by about $10,000, with 200 hours allocated per employee. It was $9,800 in 2015.

“July was their biggest overtime,” James said, which she added included extra patrol during Summerfest and many situations that required more than the staff that was on

call.

Total expenditures for the police department increased $15,220 from 2015 to 2016.

“The property tax doesn’t even cover what we spent for public safety,” James said, suggesting that taxpayers get a good value for their money.

The total cost for the police department, fire department and city streetlights in 2016 totals about $419,000. That is less than the projected $361,240 to be paid to the city in taxes, James noted. The remainder is made up by various other sources of revenue.

While other departments saw an increase, expenditures for the city’s street department decreased, with the city paying less in a salary shortfall than previous years and large amounts of funds dedicated for snow removal being transferred into a special fund.

That department’s salaries are paid from the state and the city makes up the difference out of the general fund.

There are also instances in which the city loses money. One prime example is the city landfill, which is a public service.

Fees collected by the city from people using the landfill were budgeted at only $9,000 for 2015 and 2016, but the expenses anticipated totaled nearly $30,400. A majority of that expense, according to James, is for landfill loader maintenance and new tires, pricey at around $13,000.

The Bowman Regional Public Library makes up one part of the city’s total tax levy. The library requests four mills, or a total of $19,328, from taxpayers. If the library does not receive four mills, they don’t receive the maximum state funding, according to James.

The city is projected to pay the library an additional $21,500 in operating funds for 2016. That number has remained the same since at least 2014.

The remaining mills rounding out the total 74.76-mill city tax levy are for Social Security and retirement for city employees and the commissioners. The retirement funds total 12 mills, or $57,984, which is an increase from the 11 mills requested this year.

A collective total of $361,240 is proposed to be levied from city tax payers in 2016—$211,448 for

property taxes; $19,328 for the library; $67,648 for city employees’ social security; $53,152 for city employees’ retirement and $9,664 for the cemetery.

The budget shows that a total of $270,500 from the general fund will be paid into special funds in 2016.

The city budgeted to put away about $535,000 in special funds for this year.

Of the city’s special funds, the largest were those for water, sewer and garbage.

The city’s water fund was projected to have a revenue of $367,000 for 2016, an increase from $353,200 in 2015, but with a total of $355,733 in expenditures. The balance of the water fund sits at $497,265, making it one of the city’s largest funds for infrastructure.

One of the largest overall expenditures made by the city is for garbage service, totaling nearly $591,000 proposed for next year.

That’s an increase from this year’s budgeted total of $573,097.

The difference was mainly due to an increase in salary to cover the department’s five employees—$215,000 in salary budgeted for 2015 and $227,275 for next year.

A $5,000 increase in employee overtime also contributed to the rise.

There’s currently $144,099 in the garbage fund.

The public is invited to attend and present oral or written comments regarding the city’s proposed tax levy increase, beginning at 5:15 p.m. Sept. 15 at Bowman City Hall.

James said not many people have attended such meetings in the past.

“I wish more people understood how fortunate they are,” she said. “They don’t understand how much they get for their money.”

The city will adopt a finalized budget and make the annual tax levy Oct. 6.

The Bowman Parks and Recreation Department is also proposing its own property tax levy increase by 12 percent, or $19,570.

A separate public hearing for that department’s proposed increase will be held at 5 p.m. Sept. 16 at Bowman City Hall.

Preliminary budget information pertaining to Bowman County and Bowman County Public Schools was requested by the Pioneer, but was not made available by the time this story went to print.

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Learn how farming used to be at annual Threshing Bee

By Bryce Martin

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net Members of Yesterday’s Farmers of Bowman County have been eagerly preparing this week for their upcoming 33rd Annual Threshing Bee. Shawn Allerdings, a Yesterday’s Farmers member, used the opportunity to give his children a history lesson on how farming used to be done decades ago. That, he said, is the mission of Yesterday’s Farmers.

His children, Elsie, 4, and Eamon, 3, had a great time this week riding along on the old tractors formerly used in the crop fields as hay was bound prior to the event.

The Threshing Bee is one of the group’s annual events that showcases how it once was in the agriculture industry; Allerdings said the farming techniques and equipment of days past have become somewhat forgotten.

The Threshing Bee has been a staple of the agriculture community in

Bowman County since it began in 1981, and traditionally attracts a large crowd from the tri-state area, he said.

Antique engines, tractors and appropriate antique farming equipment will be on display during the Bee, scheduled for Sept. 12 and 13 at the Yesterday’s Farmers grounds on the west side of Bowman.

Nick Werth of Rhame will have his model steam engine on display during the weekend and up for operation.

There will also be a flea market and swap meet and a fall harvest produce show, sponsored by the Bowman County Fair Association and NDSU Extension Service.

Each year Yesterday’s Farmers hosts a raffle contest, offering a grand prize of either a tractor or $1,000. Tickets are widely sold throughout the community. The drawing will be held at 3 p.m. Nov. 14.

The event culminates in a large parade of tractors and other farming equipment down Main Street at 10 a.m. Sept. 12. You can

Yesterday’s Farmers member Lynn Brackel, far left, rides with Elsie Allderings, 4, of Bowman while Melvin Siverson, far right, drives Eamon Allderings, 3, around as they bind wheat in preparation for the upcoming Threshing Bee. (Courtesy photo) also view the equipment lineup the following day, beginning at 1 p.m.

“I love it,” Allerdings said of being a member.

With a nominal $10 annual membership fee, it’s easy for anyone interested to join. They’re always looking for members.

To become a member of Yesterday’s Farmers, contact Melvin Siverson, president, or members Ken Woodley or Lynn

Brackel.

Admission for the Threshing Bee is $5 and free for children under 10 years old.

Last year's PRCA Rodeo in Bowman attracted big crowds and big talent, taking in nearly 1,000 tickets. The rodeo’s organizing committee promises a bigger show this year, scheduled for Sept. 11 and 12 at the Bowman County Fairgrounds, and has added some new qualifying rounds to the performance lineup. (Pioneer file photos)

‘We want to make it a really big show’ PRCA rodeo to pay tribute to veterans, adds new events

By Bryce Martin

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net Nearly 1,000 tickets were sold for last year’s Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) Rodeo in Bowman. It marked the first year the rodeo committee netted a profit.

But last year’s rodeo could get a run for its money considering the new events and special plans lined up for the 2015 PRCA Rodeo, scheduled for Sept.

11 and 12 at the Bowman County Fairgrounds.

Bailee Murnion, who serves on the rodeo’s organization committee, said because Bowman’s rodeo is one of the last to qualify for the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, it has a tendency to attract more contestants.

Murnion credited Bowman’s rodeo with having the best bucking stock supply, provided by J Bar J Rodeo, which guarantees a “great match” for the contestants.

It was the committee’s goal to offer a patriotic salute during the rodeo performance on Sept. 11 as it falls on the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedies.

“It will be a patriotic night for veterans and active military,” Murnion said, as spectators are suggested to wear red, white

and blue. It is also planned to honor local veterans as they are drawn by wagons around the rodeo grounds.

“We want to make it a really big show,” Murnion said.

The rodeo traditionally proceeds quickly and without a dull moment, she added.

Miss Rodeo North Dakota Dani Taylor will make an appearance during the rodeo and earlier on Sept. 11 she will visit local schools and offer free tickets for the students.

Murnion said she is excited for one of the new additions to this year’s rodeo events: a special barrel racing round for contes-

tants to qualify for the upcoming Calgary rodeo.

Bowman’s rodeo is the only one to offer that qualification round this year. The qualifying round previously was held elsewhere. Having it in Bowman this year likely means many more contestants and spectators. There will be many barrel races, Murnion said.

Brian Potter, a rodeo clown from Missouri, also returns for another year to provide entertainment during the rodeo performances, which are nightly beginning at 7 p.m.

A rodeo slack, which is to help ensure the nightly performance don’t run

overly long, will be held at 9 a.m. Sept. 11 and is free for spectators. Contestants in the slack have the same ability to qualify as those in the regular performances.

This year’s purse, totaling about $16,000, is paid from the funds raised by event sponsorships—last year’s sponsorships totaled over $35,000—and about $15,000 is paid to the stock contractor and for entertainment.

“It’s a lot of work to put on the rodeo,” Murnion said. What’s unique about Bowman’s committee is that it’s smaller compared to other professional rodeos around the country.

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Still, increasing ticket sales and interest shows the committee organizes a great show.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for students.

Tickets are available at the door or can be purchased in advance at the Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce or at Frontier Travel Center in Bowman.

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

DWB pledges $50k to community foundation

By Bryce Martin

Pioneer Editor bmartin@countrymedia.net Dakota Western Bank’s generous gift to the Bowman and Slope County Community Foundation this week marked a significant moment for the area’s future, according to Teran Doerr, a member of the foundation’s advisory committee.

The bank, headquartered in Bowman, presented a $10,000 check to Doerr and other members of the committee Sept. 1, pledging $10,000 for another four years for a total donation of $50,000.

“This is an incredible gift to the future of our area,” Doerr said. “We are so thankful to Dakota Western Bank for this investment in our community foundation.”

The 501(c)(3) foundation was established last year to create a funnel for community donations into a single fund. Those funds will be used for grants to promote projects and pro-

grams that would improve the quality of life for area residents.

The foundation’s status makes it eligible to provide donors with a maximum tax credit—individuals that donate at least $5,000 and businesses that give any amount during one calendar year would be eligible for a 40 percent credit, up to a total of $10,000.

While the North Dakota Community Foundation is responsible for day-to-day operations and managing the investments made to the local foundation, an advisory committee has the task of raising money and making determinations on awarding funds.

The committee includes Doerr, Ron Palczewski, Les Snavely, Scott Hardy, Amy Fischer, Ila Kelner, Jeanine Clendenen, Zane Anderson, Kasey Burke and Carla Teske.

For more information on how to donate to the Bowman and Slope County Community Foundation, contact Teran Doerr at (701) 523-5880.

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BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER

Krinke named state English teacher of the year

“The Great Nursing Home Escape” — Kasey Burke, left, and Don Nordby, right, star in a geriatric themed play during the Slope County Fair put on by the Slope County Players, which is a group of actors made up of local Slope County residents.

(Photo by Rachel Bock/Pioneer)

Slope County celebrates 95 years of fair fun

By Rachel Bock For the Pioneer

The 95th Annual Slope County Farmers Fair started off Friday, August 28 in Amidon with 64 Slope County 4-H kids bringing in their static exhibits to be interviewed and judged. There was also an open class exhibit for anyone who wished to bring an exhibit.

The 4-H kids brought over 300 exhibits including animals this year to the fair, which impressed Slope County Extension Agent Shelby Hewson.

“I cannot believe the amount of projects, it was so cool to see all the livestock projects, and then the static projects were just awesome,” Hewson said. “I mean the kids just surprise me every year.”

Saturday morning started off with the 4-H Livestock Show as 24 4-H children showed off their quality animals of rabbits, hogs, sheep, goats, and steers. This year’s livestock judge was Garrett Kenbel, originally from Winaman, Ind., who now lives in West Fargo and works for Agassiz Seed and Supply Company in Fargo. Knebel, who went to college on a livestock judging scholarship graduated from Oklahoma State, graduated with a degree in Animal Science. Kenbel spends his free time livestock judging about two to three times a week and enjoys going to the shows and judging.

“I just love it,” Kenbel said.

Not only is the animal judged for their quality, but the exhibitor is also judged on how he or she showed that particular animal. A showman winner from each animal category is then placed into the 4-H Round Robin Show. The winner of each showman animal category brings out their animal and is judged on showing each different animal of hogs, sheep, goats, Ssteers, and horses. This year’s round robin contestants were Junior Goat Showman Emily Dinius, Senior Goat Showman Mac Stuber, Junior Sheep Showman Mitch Stuber, Senior Sheep Showman Ty Nordby, Junior Swine Showman Matthew Bock, Junior Beef Showman Emma Bock, Senior Beef Showman Mac Stuber. This year’s Junior Showman Champion is Mitch Stuber, and Senior Showman Champion is Mac Stuber.

Other events on Saturday included a Pet Show, Quilt Show, Mud Volleyball, NWBRA open 4D Barrel Race, Horseshoe Tournament, and Rib Cook-Off Supper just to name a few.

A long standing tradition at the Slope County Fair is a play production performed by the Slope County Players, which is a group of actors made up of local Slope County residents. The play was performed on Saturday night to a sold out crowd, a second showing was also held on Sunday night. This year’s play was a comedy called “The Great Nursing Home Escape” by Nathan Hartswick. Play directors Lyndsey Erickson, Charm Martian, and Kasey Burke picked out this play in July, and along with their cast members—Travis Allard, Kelley Ouradnik, Donald Nordby, Shelby Hewson, and Scott Ouradnik—met up twice a week since July for rehearsal. Even though the Slope County Players weren’t able to write this years play like they have done in the past, they still were able to

Shawn Krinke, West Fargo High School English teacher, has been named North Dakota English Teacher of the Year.

Krinke is formerly of Rhame.

His parents are Aber and Shari Krinke.

He received the honor at the North Dakota Council of Teachers of English summer conference.

The award seeks to recognize teachers who meet a variety of criteria including flexibility in teaching to the specific needs of students, creativity within lesson plans, showing kindness and generosity

Shawn Krinke toward students and staff, tireless efforts toward the profession, and involvement and dedication to their professional organizations.

Former Bowman County student awarded large scholarship Nathan Maliscke, formerly of Bowman County, recently received the Minneapolis College of Art and Design Presidential Scholarship.

The scholarship is a $60,000 overall four-year award. He is currently attending classes at MCAD where he is majoring in Entrepreneurial Studies.

Maliscke is the son of Gabriel Maliscke of Fargo—a 1981 Bowman graduate—and grandson of Katherine Maliscke of Bowman.

Maliscke, a 2015 graduate from Fargo South High School, attended grade school in Scranton and Bowman before moving to Fargo six years ago.

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“It’s been a lot of fun to have the Slope County Players apart of my life; I think everybody enjoys being part of that little group. Everybody is so fun to work with, it’s an honor to be part of that group,” Erickson said.

Sunday morning started off with the Rodeo Slack, Ecumenical Service, the 4-H Parade of Champions, and the 4-H Livestock Sale.

The Livestock Sale brought buyers from local businesses to the fair to support the young 4-H kids as they sold their animals. This year’s sale went really well as 2 rabbits, 7 hogs, 8 sheep, 6 goats, and 15 steers were sold to the highest bidder. “Prices were a little down with the sale in some areas, but as far as buyers there were plenty of buyers,” Shelby Hewson said.

Amidon resident—and the oldest man in Peaceful Valley Township—

Harvey Hewson, 84, has been coming to the Slope County Fair every year since he got out of the service in 1954. Hewson is a rock hound and likes to look for, and collect rocks, arrowheads, and other indian artifacts. Hewson would sometimes bring his treasures to the fair for people to look at and admire.

After all these years Harvey, along with his wife Donna, still enjoy coming to the fair.

“I like visiting, and watching the kids handle the cattle and the hogs,” Harvey Hewson said.

The NDRA/Slope Circuit Rodeo started Sunday afternoon off with record attendance, and the number of rodeo contestants was also up from previous years. Following the rodeo was the traditional pig roast and sweet corn meal. The proceeds of the meal were donated to Amidon resident Yvonne Stegner’s medical fund.

“I thought it went awesome, the most smoothly ran fair I thought.

Attendance was way up this year.

As far as the rodeo there were so many more riders. We even ran out of food, we ran out of stuff in the 4-H concession stand, we just ran out of everything,” Shelby Hewson said.

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A Neanderthal with clean air Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton, a Democrat, had some sharp words for the approach to climate policy taken by his state’s Republican-led western neighbor.

“These other states like North Dakota ... just have their heads in the sand and want to profit and then pollute our air accordingly,” Dayton said during an interview with Minnesota Public Radio while praising his own state for meeting climate goals.

He also reportedly used the term “Neanderthal” to describe North Dakota’s policies.

Dayton’s comments aren’t terribly surprising. The progressive view of what was once called global warming (but is now called “climate change” given the globe’s stubborn refusal to warm all that much) has become more an ideology, perhaps even a theology, than a rational and scientific point of view. Thus what matters more to people like Dayton than facts or reason is fealty to the climate change faith.

Fossil fuels are evil. The apocalypse is coming.

Only big government can save us.

From that point of view, yes, North Dakota is home to climate change heretics.

Or “neanderthals,” to use Dayton’s word choice.

Unfortunately for Dayton, reality isn’t terribly kind to his position.

For one thing, North Dakota has better air quality than Minnesota.

The 2015 State of the Air report from the American Lung Association gave North Dakota perfect grades for air quality. The state got perfect grades in 2013 and 2014 as well.

Not good grades. Not great grades. Perfect grades.

And that’s not for want of trying to find dirty air in the state. The group measured air quality in some of North Dakota’s most heavily industrialized areas. Among the locations where air quality was measured were Mercer and Oliver counties, home to most of the state’s coalfired electrical generation.

Billings, Burke, Dunn, and McKenzie counties were also measured and all are in the state’s oil patch and home to a lot of drilling,

pumping and natural gas flaring.

Everyone one of those counties got an “A” grade.

Minnesota, unfortunately, didn’t match North Dakota’s perfect score.

Of the fourteen counties measured in that state, 4 got only “B” grades and one county got a “C.” Those aren’t perfect grades. They’re not even that great. Maybe Minnesota could be doing better like North Dakota.

For another thing, Minnesota’s position on emissions policy has been somewhat hypocritical at times. Case in point, the lawsuit North Dakota filed (and won) against Minnesota over prohibiting the latter from importing coal-fired electricity from the former.

Supposedly the blatantly unconstitutional law in question was about saving the environment, but one of North Dakota’s contentions was that the it didn’t apply to coal-fired electricity originating within Minnesota’s borders.

Minnesota was essentially arguing that North Dakota’s exported coal power is bad for the environment, but somehow Minnesota’s domestic coal power isn’t.

Dayton is vowing to continue his state’s quixotic legal fight to uphold that law, as is befitting a true believer in the climate change faith, but one has to wonder if the motivation is really about the environment or just rank economic protectionism.

As for profits, well North Dakota’s probably guilty as charged there too. Unlike those of a progressive bent who see the government’s proper adversarial to business and industry, in North Dakota leaders take a more cooperative stance.

Rather than punitive regulations and penalties, North Dakota looks to work with industry to achieve mutually beneficial ends.

That may be because North Dakota is still so closely tied to its agrarian roots. According to the Census Bureau, in 2014 North Dakota was one of just two states remaining in which the most common job was farming.

And what is farming if not industry?

Farmers are deeply invested in protecting the land, but they’re also invested in being able to use the land. Thus, is it all that surprising that a state dominated by farmers would elect leaders who make it their goal to balance environmental protection with actually being able to, you know, do stuff?

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Fun at the Slope County Fair Hello, We attended the Slope County Fair yesterday. It’s really one I hate to miss. I enjoy the rodeo, the 4-H sale, and the community supper. I was visiting with a couple ranchers before the supper and I commented that, with the number of people at the rodeo, two hogs weren’t going to be enough to feed the crowd.

One quickly quipped, “One year we fed more people than this with five fishes and two loaves”! It’s hard to argue with people smarter than myself.

I go to the fair to buy a beef. You have to pay a premium, but you know the money is going to put a young man or young lady part way through college. And hopefully, they pay more attention than I did. I quit college after about five years. And still a sophomore. But I learned some important life lessons that I will not go into here.

As the sale was about to commence, it was mentioned that Slope County has 64 kids in 4-H! I don’t know how many kids there are in Slope County, but I know dang near all of them must be in 4-H! Congratulations!

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Reminded me of my younger days. Back as a teenager in Ward County. Judging livestock at the 4-H county show. With the winners going on to Valley City for the state meet. Our team was pretty bad.

We didn’t know a lot. Still don’t.

We went to a movie one night and on the return to the Fairgrounds walked through the livestock barns.

Here sat an old guy, probably 25, by the hogs. He was sipping on a Budweiser. Perhaps several of them. He introduced himself to us and commenced to tell us he owned the hogs we would be judging the next day. That got us kind of interested and he proceeded to give us the placing and reasons on each pen of hogs. Like good students we took notes.

Lo and Behold! The next day here are those same hogs. We put our faith in this Budweiser angel and did as he had told us. We didn’t have a lot to lose.

If you had been out 4-H leader, you would have been bursting with pride!

The judge called out the placing for the county. “Fourth place, Bill Burke of Berthold, Third placeDean Meyer of Berthold, Second place—Warren Fegley of Berthold, First place-boy, these Berthold guys really know their hogs, Gordon Lee of Berthold.” We made a clean sweep in the hog judging.

Our parents were proud. Our leader was proud. The entire hog industry of the world had their eyes upon us, as this well-coached team of hog geniuses went on to the state meet.

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June Jorgenson from Manda stopped in here on Monday to see some of the residents. We were happy to see her.

Wednesday was card playing day. We played several hands of pinochle, then switched partners and played whist.

Rosalie Jorgenson and Berta Swanke stopped in to visit some of the residents.

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hogs. I think we got last place. We all just picked the hogs with the curliest tail. Oh, well, what the heck. The only reason they make pigs is to help you realize how good beef is!

It also brought back memories of showing steers at Minot. My steer, I guess you could say Dad’s and my steer. We weren’t too much into halter breaking cattle. You chased cattle, you led horses. So the steer got fed with all the others.

Then a couple days before he had to be shown, you hooked a tractor on him and drug him around the yard! Then after the tractor could pull him in road gear, you put an eighty-pound kid (I used to be little, maybe a hundred) on the end of the lead rope and said hang on.

Well, he ran off and ran through a fence. So here I am the next day at the 4-H Roundup at the state fair grounds. I’m the kid with the wire cut steer with the purple wound dope all over him. That’s my Dad sitting on a saddle horse in the middle of the crowd with his rope down. Armed cocked and looking like he was in the roping box.

And I suppose it is genetics. But I remember Carm and Will showing the Chiania steers.

You know how kids get attached to their animals? Well, they named their steers Ribeye and Sirloin!

That’s love. They were the steers that looked like they had been smoking pot. Eyes half closed, pupils dilated, and as gentle as a vet could make them.

Gotta go. Time to slop the hogs.

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Doris Fischer has her daughter Cindy here for a couple weeks.

Cindy is from Florida and she came to attend a wedding of a nephew.

Pam stopped in Friday morning and Rosalie brought Pam a box of real nice big tomatoes. Pam wanted to make some salsa. Thanks so much Rosalie.

Saturday was the morning for the Red Hat Cougar Group. We played Left-Right-Center. Ada won one game and I won the other one.

The weather has been terribly hot. I think it was in the upper 90’s one day. It hasn’t rained here for a little while now.

Donna Henderson and Melody Pearson stopped in for a few minutes one day.

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August is about done and September will soon be here. Time goes so fast. I guess it isn’t just me that thinks so as everyone seems to talk about it.

Soon it will be winter. They say we are supposed to have a mild winter, but we won’t know until it gets here.

Sunday was a real quiet day around here.

Everyone must have been doing their own thing, possibly watching the movie.

Today, Sunday, Carol Vogele, Ketty Hanson and Shawn Mauer from Able came to visit Rosemary and then visited others. They also stopped to see me. They were out for a walk.

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“We’re getting close,” Doerr said optimistically.

When the feasibility study is completed, the findings will be distributed and a public presentation between the city and the county will be held.

Providing that the feasibility study is positive, Graves said, the process then shifts to working through the matrix of responsibilities—the county will potentially be the purchaser of the property, the city will install infrastructure and ultimately the BCDC will be the developer of the site.

Economic development corporations are typically considered quasi-public and are found to be more capable of running such projects because they’re somewhat separated from the city and county governments, he said. “They’re somewhat independent to make decisions, which is good.”

But it’s also a project that involves the public.

Graves said he believes they are slowly getting to the point of developing a community consensus but considering the politics involved in the project, what he wants to do might not be possible. That could lead to further discussion and postponement.

Prior to the feasibility study’s completion, Graves was hired to handle thirdparty negotiations, project design, working out the costs involved, and has provided ideas for marketing of the project.

But the devil is in the details for an industrial park and that’s what is taking the most time.

“We’re still working out the details … the best way to make everybody happy at the end of the day, that’s been part of the discussion,” Doerr said.

Few details of the project have been released to the public and no final numbers have been discussed, she said.

There has been movement in other areas of the project, however, specifically concerning soil sampling and project phasing.

Graves said he has consulted with a soil scientist throughout the past months which have helped lead him to suggest which areas of the land could be used for what purpose.

North Dakota has typically terrible soils, but with good structural engineering there are always ways to circumvent either high ground water tables or high plastic soils, he explained.

“If it were all bad soils you’d say the marginal costs of the soils make an industrial building too expensive to work,” Graves said. “But we have not found that.”

Without considering any wetlands on the land, there are about 114 acres available at the site for light industrial zoning, about 11 acres for commercial and about 29 acres of flexible zoning space. Graves and Doerr both indicated those numbers could vary as more information becomes known.

The most recent appraisal price for the land, which also includes additional assets from the existing property, sat at about $650,000, according to Doerr.

But the project will be phased to ensure the county isn’t “throwing all this money out there right away,” she said. “We’re doing it strategically.”

Doerr remains optimistic about the project, saying there has been good feedback. It would do much for the longevity of the community by helping with the tax base and potentially bringing new employees to the community, she said.

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10 (businesses) knocking on our door right now, but I would say in the past we have potentially lost companies due to not having ground available,” she said.

Doerr is thinking longterm to ensure the project is a success.

Doerr stands firm on the ability for the future space to attract companies.

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“An industrial park would add to the value of what our community has to offer.”

But Doerr acknowledged some of the county’s concerns over the project— who is going to pay for what? And, should residential zoning be considered at the site?

Those items have yet to be detailed.

The government agencies will help with the project and then “get out of the way and let the private sector take over” because that’s what the government should be doing, Graves answered.

Ultimately the government will have no role in the project whatsoever, he said; they’re simply acting as they can to facilitate growth in the community.

He called the project a typical private-public partnership.

It was Graves’ suggestion to use the industrial park as a way to attract agricultural research back to the area, since the region is more agricultural than energy driven.

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HELP WANTED EXTENSION AGENT, FCS/Burke & Divide Counties. NDSU is an EEO/ AA-M/F/VET/Disability Employer.

Open until filled. Apply at: http://jobs. ndsu.edu/postings/6695.

Exempt from ND Veterans’ Preference requirements.

AREA EXTENSION SPECIALIST/ Cropping Systems, Williston Research Extension Center Williston, ND. NDSU is an EO/AA employer.

Open until filled. Apply: https://jobs. ndsu.edu/postings/6670 “Exempt from NDSU Veteran’s Preference.”

SEEKING AREA COORDINATOR, Manage successful tutoring program in your area. We will provide all back room expenses/payroll. Great business opportunity for dedicated entrepreneur. 800-293-3091. AcademicTutoringService@gmail.com

notice 2015 4th Annual Charlie Brown 5K Walk/RUN Saturday, September 5 @ Kayla Sarsland Residence 210 Ramsland Street Buffalo SD Starts @ 8am (Registration 7am) Register Online @ ACTIVE.COM Keyword “Charlie Brown 5k” Entry Fee $25 Adults $15 Kids Under 10 - Includes goodie bag and t shirt Medal & Prizes to be awarded!

Register as a team! Dress up to win the prize for “Best Dressed” Top runner in men’s and women’s will win a FITBIT CHARGE!!!

Call or email for questions: 605.641.0681 k.rs@icloud.com Find us on Facebook - Charlie Brown 5K. (9/4) GUN SHOW Dakota Territory Gun Collectors Association Annual Fall BISMARCK Gun Show Sat., Sept 26th, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 27th, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Bismarck Civic Center, Roger Krumm 701-851-0129 or 701-326-7553. (9/11)

employment

Want to make a difference in the lives of others?

This part-time position is responsible to transport prepared meals from Bowman to Scranton, Monday through Friday, 10:30 am to 12:00 noon, excluding holidays. $11.00 per hour, plus mileage reimbursement and a complimentary meal.

Call (701) 456-1818 for more information, email lindseyh@eldercareregion8.org or fill out an application at Elder Care , 361 26th St E, Dickinson ND 58601 EOE Experienced tubing tester/sales well service. Experience helpful.

Class B CDL. Wages negotiable depending on experience. Health, dental and vision insurance. Call 800-291-7550 or 701-260-3112 or send resume to campbelltesting@yahoo.com. 9/23

The deadline to place classified ads is every Tuesday at noon for that week’s publication. Call us today (701) 523-5623!

DIRECTOR OF BUILDING and grounds – Beulah Public School.

Position includes, scheduling and supervision of custodial staff in the District’s three Schools. Call Superintendent at 701-873-2261.

SEEKING PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN, Douglas, Wyoming. 5+ years experience, direct production surface facilities and production operations knowledge desirable.

Competitive wages, benefits, 401K. Email resume to dvige@matrix-companies.com.

NETSHAPE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., global leader in design/production of engineered components seeking self-motivated/energetic Die Setters for three locations: Campbellsburg, IN; Dubois, PA; Rockwood TN. Competitive compensation package up to $25.00/hour and full benefits package (401(k), medical, dental, vision, disability, life). Relocation assistance available. Resume/ cover letter to: NetShape Technologies, Inc., Attn: HR, Fax: (812) 7555229, E-mail: hr@netshapetech. com. EOE/Drug Free.

SEEKING LEAD ROUSTABOUT in Douglas, Wyoming. 3+ year roustabout experience, CDL and experience running heavy equipment required. Competitive wages, benefits, 401K. Email resume to dvige@ matrix-companies.com.

DIESEL TRUCK TECHNICIANS. Nuss Truck & Equipment hiring Diesel Truck Technicians in Roseville (metro Minneapolis), MN. Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul diesel trucks, buses, and equipment including Volvo and Mack brands.

Extremely competitive wage and benefits. Company/OEM provided training. Sign on bonus of up to $4,000! 2nd shift position. Repair and rebuild diesel and gas engine vehicles. Brakes, wheel alignment, and front ends. Disassemble and overhaul internal combustion engines, pumps, generators, transmissions, clutches, and differential units.

Requires: Diesel truck vo-tech certification or equivalent experience. Valid driver’s license with clean record.

Apply at nussgrp.applicationpro.com or through nussgrp.com. Nuss is one of the largest dealerships in the Midwest, selling and servicing equipment and trucks in seven locations:

employment

OPEN POSITION Diesel Tech

Paid Vacation, Health Insurance, Retirement Plan, Paid Holidays. Pay is hourly, wage depends on expierience.

Work as many hours as you want.

OTR REGIONAL NEEDED TODAY S&S Transport hauls farm commodities. Drivers need Class A CDL, 2-yrs exp. Passport, Doubles. Average $1,100 a Week! www.sstransportmt. com or call 406-309-2357.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TURN-KEY BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY -EAST CENTRAL ND. McVille Community Restaurant for Lease.

Minimal inventory investment & programs to assist business. Fully stocked with equipment, dishes, etc.

Currently in operation. Guaranteed Sr. Meal Program. Only facility of it’s kind in miles! Available October 1. Contact 701-322-4343 or email mcvillend@gondtc.com for more information.

CONTRACT SALESPERSON Selling aerial photography of farms on commission basis. $4225.00 first month guarantee. $1,500-$3,000 weekly proven earnings. Travel required. More info msphotosd.com or 877/882-3566.

APARTMENTS & CONDOS FOR RENT NOW RENTING! STARTING at $900/mth! Silver Waters 55+ Retirement Community, Grand Forks. New 1 & 2 bedrm’s, elevator, community rooms, Ht/wtr/swg/garb/underground parking included. 701-7570926, www.livewithlux.com GRAND FORKS 6TH FLOOR CONDO RENTAL, 1 BR, 1.5 BA, den. Quiet, security bldg. No pets, no smokers. Garage. $850/mo. 701772-4930.

MAN CAMPS ENJOY THE COMFORT and convenience of your own RV Park Model home by Woodland Park. ***EMPLOYERS: Tired of paying $100 or more per night per employee at man camps or hotels? We have eight bed “bunkhouse” models available for less than $50K. Contact Dave: (701) 568-5800.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE NORTH DAKOTA FARMLAND values are at all-time highs! Contact Kevin Pifer 701-238-5810 (kpifer@ pifers.com) for Free Farmland Valuation Land Auctions & Farmland Management Services. www.pifers.com TRACTORS/ TRAILERS FOR SALE HOBBY FARM SPECIAL: 1947 Ford 8N tractor (purrs like a kitten) with plow, disc, cultivator, bucket, landscape rake. $4,000 pkg. 701-2550205 Bismarck.

NEW 2016 42 Foot Belly Dumps ready to go. Also, new 2016 44 Foot Side Dumps field ready. Precision Equipment Mfg. 800-237-5161 / 701237-5161. www.precisionequipmfg. com.

PLANTERS & SEEDING EQUIPMENT BUYING USED VALMAR and Gandy applicators. Call Paul at Daily Bread Farms. 763-286-2037.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE GEOTHERMAL HEATING & COOLING SYSTEMS. Commercial, residential & shop buildings. Economical heating & cooling. Federal tax credits, electric rebates available. Earthloop Geothermal Systems, Fosston 218/435-6379.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS/EVENTS MINOT COIN CLUB SHOW. September 12, 9 to 5; September 13, 9 to 3; Sleep Inn & Suites, Minot. Dealers from 3 states, Door Prizes.

Bowman Sales & Service

AUCTIONS MEAT PROCESSING EQUIPMENT Auction: Online only. Bidding now open at www.BidOrr.com. 300 lots of quality equipment including Real Estate. Edgeley Meats. Bidding Closes Sept. 16.

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Contact Wayne Bergquist at 1-800-472-2218

»ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

Bowman County Development Corporation & Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce Seeking someone who is energetic and personable to work 30+ hours/week. This position will assist two organizations working to create a vibrant county and work in a team environment.

Candidates must demonstrate clear and effective communication skills, be efficient and possess good time management, and strong organizational skills. Requirements are a high school diploma, knowledge of QuickBooks and basic computer skills.

A relevant combination of education and previous work experience will be considered for all applicants, wage and benefits DOE. If you are interested in being a part of this team please email resume, cover letter and two references to development@bowmannd.com. If you have any questions please contact Teran Doerr at 701-523-5880.

Applications will be accepted through Thursday, September 10th.

legals

PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER AUGUST 21, 28 & SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA IN DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF BOWMAN SOUTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT Roger Ruggles, Plaintiff, vs.

Stella Lambert, Mildred Bliss, aka Mildred Bliss Reibestein, Evelyn Bailey, aka Evelyn M. Lemay, Hazel Caron, Eileen Venaro, Corrine Dwyer, and Loretta Freeman, and all other persons know and unknown having or claiming any right, title, estate or interest in or lien or encumbrance upon the real property described in the complaint,

SUMMONS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BOWMAN COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GARY RUE AKA, GARY L. RUE, Deceased.

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 twenty-one (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.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Dated this 11th day of August, 2015.

SADOWSKY AND WILD LAW OFFICE, P.C.

By Steven J. Wild P.O. Box 260 Bowman, ND 58623 (701) 5523-3112 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 131 NORTH, RANGE 100 WEST of the 5th P.M. Section 12: SW1/4 Section 13: N1/2 Section 14: ALL 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 Attorney for Plaintiffs State Bar ID #04091 PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER AUGUST 28 & SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 BOWMAN CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO MEET REGARDING CASE NO. LDC15006 (BRUCE JONES – VAR) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; that the Bowman Planning and Zoning Commission will meet September 8, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. in the small conference room at City Hall (101 1st Street, NE) to conduct a public hearing on Case No. LDC15-006 (Bruce Jones - VAR). The applicant is requesting approval of a variance from the zoning code standards to: 1) exceed the required side wall height of eight (8) feet by an additional two (2) feet for a total of ten (10) feet.

The site is located at 302 First Street NW and is zoned R-1 (Single Family Residential), and is more particularly described as lot 6, Block 22 of the Milwaukee Land Company, First Addition. If you would like to review the file for this request or view the City’s zoning map, please make an appointment with the Zoning Director by calling 701-523-7627 or 701-5233309 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER AUGUST 28 & SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 BOWMAN CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO MEET REGARDING CASE NO. LDC15007 (VAIL COMMERCIAL STORAGE - CUP) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; that the Bowman Planning and Zoning Commission will meet September 8, 2015 at 5:45 p.m. in the small conference room at City Hall (101 1st Street, NE) to conduct a public hearing on Case No. LDC15-007 (Vail Commercial Storage - CUP). The applicant is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to: 1) place a commercial storage building on commercially zoned property. The site is zoned C-1 (Commercial) and is located between Highway 85 and the portion of Main Street that is located north of the railroad tracks. It is more particularly described as a tract of land lying in the N½, NE¼ of Section 11; Township 131 North; Range 102 West of the 5th Principal Meridian. If you would like to review the file for this request or view the City’s zoning map, please make an appointment with the Zoning Director by calling 701-523-7627 or 701-523-3309 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER SEPTEMBER 4, 11 & 18, 2015 TIMOTHY A. SADOWSKY, #03611 SADOWSKY AND WILD LAW OFFICE, P.C. P.O. BOX 260 BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA 58623

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 Diann Rue, personal representative of the estate, at PO Box 88, Rhame, ND 58651, or filed with the Court.

Diann Rue PO Box 88 Rhame, ND 58651 SADOWSKY AND WILD LAW OFFICE, P.C. P.O. BOX 260 BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA 58623 Attorney for Personal Representative E\4806-009.1 PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 NOTICE OF PROPOSED TOWER & ANTENNA STRUCTURE Notice is given, that the North Dakota Atmospheric Resource Board, a division of the State Water Commission, State of North Dakota, is planning to erect a tower and antenna structure at the Bowman Regional Airport, 4 miles E of Bowman ND on Highway 12. The weather radar (antenna) will sit on a steel tower at a height of 55 feet with red incandescent lighting.

Interested persons may review the application to the FCC by going to www.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering Form 854 File Number A0978814. Interested persons may raise environmental concerns about the proposed structure by filing a Request for Environmental Review with the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC strongly encourages interested parties to file Requests for Environmental Review online. Instructions for making filings

PUBLISHED IN THE BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 2016 City of Bowman Preliminary Budget Statement Per NDCC 40-40-04 each municipality is required to make an itemized statement known as the preliminary budget showing the amounts of money which in the opinion of the commission will be required for the proper maintenance, expansion or improvement of the municipality during the year.

This statement gives a detailed breakdown of the estimated revenues, appropriations and transfers requested for the ensuing year for the general fund, each special revenue fund, each enterprise fund, and each debt service fund.

The preliminary budget statement is on file in the office of the auditor and may be examined by anyone upon request.

The following are the proposed expenditures for city levied funds for 2016: Fund: 1000, Fund Name: General Fund, Total Expenditures: $1,592,122; Fund: 2010, Fund Name: Municipal Hwy, Total Expenditures: $164,780; Fund: 2020, Fund Name: Social Security, Total Expenditures: $70,500; Fund: 2100, Fund Name: Retirement, Total Expenditures: $69,000; Fund: 7090, Fund Name: Cemetery Fund, Total Expenditures: $9,664; Fund: ____, Fund Name: Library, Total Expenditures: $19,328 The commission will hold a public hearing at City Hall on September 15, 2015 at 5:15 PM at which time any taxpayer may appear and discuss with the commission, any item of proposed expenditures or may object to any item or amount. In 2016 there will be a levied funds increase of $4,348.80 which is an increase of 1.22% over 2015 levied funds.

The governing body will meet on October 6, 2015 at 5:00 PM to adopt the final budget and make the annual tax levy.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BOWMAN PARKS AND REC TAXPAYERS A public hearing to consider increasing the 2016 Bowman Parks & Rec property tax levy by 12% will be held at the Bowman City Hall Meeting Room at 101 1st St. NE, Bowman, North Dakota on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 5:00 PM. Citizens will have an opportunity to present oral or written comments regarding the property tax levy.

Requesting 4.05 mill increase = $19,570

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO BOWMAN CITY TAXPAYERS A public hearing to consider increasing the 2016 Bowman property tax levy by 1.22% will be held at the Bowman City Hall Meeting Room at 101 1st St. NE, Bowman, North Dakota on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 5:15 PM. Citizens will have an opportunity to present oral or written comments regarding the property tax levy.

Total increase in levied funds will be: $4,348.80

BOWMAN COUNTY PIONEER

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S ports Bulldogs are off and running CROSS-COUNTRY

Aug. 28 marked the beginning of the 2015 competition season as the Bulldogs traveled to Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota to run against some of the best runners in western South Dakota.

As with most early season meets, the Bulldogs were met by high temps and relatively low humidity, two factors that most distance runners can do without.

The lady Bulldogs began the day placing three runners in the Top 15, as Lacey Feist brought home 10th place, closely followed by Mikayla Bartholomay and Alexius Miller in 13th and 14th, respectively.

Abigail Bartholomay finished up the varsity girls runners with a 26th place finish.

The junior varsity girls then took to the hilly course where Natalie Kempenich started her cross-country career with an eighth place finish. Kempenich was followed up by a crowd of young Bulldogs as Brooke Peterson used her inaugural race to finished in 16th.

Three seventh graders, Jocelyn Kulseth (28th), Megan Smolnikar (29th), and Vanessa Fischer (31st) captured the next three bulldog positions. Right behind them were Brenna Wokal, Mariah Septon, and Becki Fuchs. Rounding out the runners for the Bulldogs were Myia Zook and Michaela Fischer.

Team scores were not tallied at the meet.

All in all it was a great start for the lady Bulldogs.

“We did a lot of things well, but most importantly, we learned a lot as runners,” explained Coach Jonathan Jahner.

With the young runners

■ Team newcomers get chance to shine in first season meet

Mikayla Bartholomay racing through the haze, as teammate Alexius Miller battles along during the Bowman County Cross-Country team’s first meet of the season at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. (Courtesy photo) that have entered the program this year there will be a lot of learning, but that is fine for the Bulldogs—the season is about learning and preparing for the regional and state meets.

On the boy’s side, returning All-State Runner Alex Bartholomay led the Bulldogs with a second place finish behind Custer’s Chance Dooley.

Bartholomay turned in a time of 17:40. He was followed up by Andrew Mill-

er in 19th and Brayden Miller in 30th.

The junior varsity boys were led by Ethan Fischer who finished the race in

12th place. Behind Fischer were a trio of rookies as Mason Moran began his career with a 32nd place finish, and seventh grad-

ers Noah Wokal (67th), and Kevin Fischer (70th) fought to finish the first 4,000-meter race of their careers.

The boys team had a successful day, and will use it to spring themselves through the rest of the season.

THIS WEEK’S SCOREBOARD FOOTBALL: Aug. 28 Lemmon, 36 Bowman County (varsity), 0 Aug. 31 Hettinger/Scranton (junior varsity), 46 Beach, 16 Beach, 36 Hettinger/Scranton (junior high), 0 Bowman County (junior varsity), 40 Baker, 0 *Aug. 31 Bowman County JV game against Richardton/Taylor cancelled.

VOLLEYBALL: Sept. 1 (In four games) Baker, 25, 25, 25, 25 Bowman County, 21, 16, 7, 20

UPCOMING GAMES

Sept. 3 11 a.m. – Bowman County Cross-Country @ Home Sept. 4 6 p.m. - Bowman County Varsity Football vs. Beach @Home 7 p.m. - Hettinger/Scranton Varsity Football vs.

Lemmon @Hettinger HS Sept. 8 4:30 p.m. - Bowman County Volleyball vs. Harding County @Home 4:30/5:30 p.m. - Bowman County Junior High/JV Football @Lemmon Sept. 10 1 p.m. - Bowman County Cross-Country @Bellow Fourche 4:30 p.m. Bowman County Volleyball @Trinity

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Bowman County junior varsity girls Natalie Kempenich, Brooke Peterson, Jocelyn Kulseth and Megan Smolnikar battle up the hill during the Douglas Invite. (Courtesy photo)

Junior high, JV Nighthawks football split in Beach games

By Nolan Dix For the Pioneer

The Hettinger/Scranton junior high football team saw their first action of the season this past Monday, with a road trip to Beach.

The team is struggling with numbers, with only 12 players out from seventh and eighth grade.

The Nighthawks suited up and hit the gridiron in Beach with 11 players dressed.

This year’s team is comprised of Ty Warbis, Mason DeFoe, Josh Dix, Brady Dillon, Warrick Dilse, Conner Dilse, Quentin Schumacher, Caden Schauer, Tate Nash, Tommy Buckmeier and Jeran Anderson. this year the Hawks will feature a female football player with Elizabeth Urwiller coming out to play.

Scoring versus Beach: 1st Qtr, No Scoring; 2nd Qtr, 6:06 Beach – Talon Hoffer 9 yd TD Run, Gage Swanson 2 pt run (0-8); 4:56 Beach – Gage Swanson 60 yd TD Run, Swanson 2pt Run (0-16); 04 Beach – Tyson Mattern 30 Yd TD Run,

Swanson 2pt run (0-24); 3rd Qtr, 6:52 Beach – Tyson Mattern 50 Yd INT Return, pass failed (0-30); 2:58 Beach – Noah Adams 44 yd Int Return, pass failed (0-36).

Junior Varsity now boasts 2-0 record The Nighthawks junior varsity brought their 1-0 record on the road to take on the Beach Buccaneers on Monday night.

Both teams started a little slow, but when Logan Lochowitzer busted a 67-yard touchdown run, the Hawks were off and running for the night.

On the night Lochowitzer carried the ball six times for 162 yards and got into the end zone twice. Isiah Kludt had five Carries for 40 yards, Jaxon Mellmer ran the ball four times for 40 yards. Hudson Pierce saw six carries for 32 yards and a touchdown.

On the evening, the Nighthawks ran the ball 28 times for a total of 305 yards. The Hawks did get 56 yards through the air from Jaxon Mellmer, to total 361 yards on the

night.

The Nighthawks defense only gave up 180 Total yards to the Bucs. Andrew Sulzman, Jacob Dix and Hudson Pierce all picked up eight Tackles a piece. Hudson Pierce had an Interception and Jacob Dix also had an Interception along with a forced fumble and recovery for the defense.

Logan Lochowitzer added six tackles. Ethan Duper, Seth Ehlers and Jack Hofland all picked up four tackles each JV scoring by quarter: 1st Quarter, 2:59 Hawks - Logan Lochowitzer 67 Yard TD Run, Pass Failed (6 - 0); 2nd Quarter, 6:51 Hawks - Hudson Pierce 7 Yard TD Run, Isiah Kludt 2 pt run (14-0); 4:04 Beach - Josiah Orluck 35 yd TD Run, Clay Mattern 2 pt Run (14 – 8); 3:21 Hawks - Kludt 18 yd Catch from Jaxon Mellmer, Pierce 2 pt run (22-8); 26 Hawks - Kludt 33 yard TD Catch from Mellmer, Mellmer 2 pt run (30 – 8); 3rd Quarter, 7:35 Hawks Kludt 23 yard TD Run, Jordan Dilse 2pt Catch (46 – 8); 4th Quarter, 5:45 Beach - Orluck 11 yard TD Run, Clay Mattern 2 pt run (46 - 16).

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OPINION

SKOL!: The Vikings Vine The second to last preseason game is over, and Mike Zimmer and the Minnesota Vikings have yet to taste defeat.

While it’s fun to celebrate any victory, keep in mind that preseason wins don’t predict a good regular season, as evidenced by the 2008 Detroit Lions.

That year, the Lions were undefeated during the preseason, only to lose all 16 regular season games. With that being said, Zimmer is doing his best to create a winning mentality, and so far he’s doing a wonderful job of it.

The third week of preseason is generally considered the dress rehearsal for the starters, which

By Jordan Wright

means last Saturday’s game was the closest we will come to seeing how good this team can be.

Teddy Bridgewater had another phenomenal game, and he was finally able to connect with Mike Wallace for a deep shot, something that we hadn’t seen yet this preseason.

On defense, Gerald Hodges got the start at middle linebacker, with rookie Eric Kendricks replacing him when the Vikings

FOOTBALL

Varsity Bulldogs lose momentum in Lemmon game

By Greg Yale For the Pioneer

ad a On a nearly perfect Auwillgust night for football, the elvesBowman County Bulldogs themet their match in Lemmon as they took on the Lemmon/McIntosh Cowboys. After slipping down at the 4 yard line on the opening kick-off, the Dogs put an impressive 10-play drive which stalled at the Bulldog 36 yard line. Lemmon/McIntosh took over at their own 35 and with the help of a big BC penalty went 65 yards in six plays to take the lead, 8-0.

An 11-yard pass completion and a couple of rushes led to a 4th down incompletion for the Bulldogs at the Lemmon/McIntosh 44.

The ensuing possession for the Cowboys would go 11 plays only to end up in a Bulldog interception. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the play would occur inside their own 5-yard line. Again a very tough place to operate.

The Bulldogs were able to obtain one first down, but the Cowboys would come up with an interception of their own, which they would return for a touchdown. The missed extra point would result in a 14-0 lead. Following a nice return out to the 20 yard line, the Bulldogs would get a promising 5-yard run and a 25-yard pass play, only to fumble on the very next play. Lemmon/ McIntosh would take over on their own 30 yard line.

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30-0. The Bulldogs would bounce back with a nice return out to the 37 yard line. One of the bright moments of the game would be a 33-yard romp on the first play of the new drive.

Just when you start to think we may have something going, a mix-up in communication resulted in another fumble, which of course, the Cowboys recovered. A quick stop by the Bulldog defense would get the ball back for the offense as the 3rd quarter came to an end.

The Bulldog offense would go 4-and-out and hand it back to the Cowboys at their own 47 yard line. The Cowboys would need only 6 plays to gobble up those 53 yards to cap the scoring for the evening at 36-0. With a running clock, the rest of the game went by very quickly, and the Bulldogs only had the ball for a quick 4-and-out possession.

It wasn’t a very wellplayed game for the Bulldogs, who were coming off of a nice home opener, just one week prior. The 4 turnovers were very costly, but the fact that 2 of them occurred after very nice big plays, really made them even more devastating. Lemmon/McIntosh is a very solid team with a b!) ig offensive line and one powerful running back and a couple of other fairly quick ones. They will go on to have a nice season, in my opinion. We, on the other hand, need to tighten up our ball security issues, if we expect to win many games in the near future. We won’t face anyone that big up front for the rest of the year (thank goodness!), but we will have to play much more consistently to compete.

Beach will come in off a win over Ray in their first week, and a loss to Mott/ Regent this past week.

They were a competitive matchup for our JV team last year, and of course, Coach Zier is a cagey veteran.

The JV game on Monday which was to host Richardton/Taylor/Hebron was unfortunately cancelled, but the Jr. High game against Baker showed some high promise for the future of BCHS Bulldog football. They were able to win yet another game by a score of 40-0. Great Job, young guys!

went into their nickel defense. Both Hodges and Kendricks played very well, and I would imagine this is Zimmer’s preferred linebacker rotation to enter the season.

On the bad side, there were a few performances that hurt several player’s chances of making the team. Justin Trattou had been having a great offseason, but against the Cowboys he showed he isn’t capable of making plays against starting caliber offensive linemen.

Isame Faciane is another player who was making a case to make the 53 man roster. Through the second week of preseason, Faciane was Pro Football Focus’s seventh rated

offensive guard with a 2.0 grade. Unfortunately for Faciane, his performance against the Cowboys was graded as a negative 5.4 (by far the worst performance of any Viking’s player this offseason), dropping him to 103 out of 133 and possibly eliminating any chance he had to make the roster.

Offensively, there is concern with the Viking’s offensive line. With Phil Loadholt done for the year, John Sullivan still not practicing because of a back issue, and Brandon Fusco coming back from injury, there are a lot of question marks.

Fortunately for the Vikings, they have a quarterback in Teddy Bridge-

water who can help mask those deficiencies with his ability to identify blitzes and maneuver in the pocket. The running game is also leaving something to be desired, but that should all change once number 28 is back on the field.

Defensively there is a lot to get excited about. However, I am not thrilled about the Viking’s run defense. It appears the players are either over pursuing or not maintaining their gaps, which is leading to big runs by opposing running backs. Having a team who is stout against the pass and vulnerable to the run is preferable to the other way around,

so all is not lost. But it is still something I know Zimmer is not thrilled about and I expect him to do what he can to get that fixed.

Coming up, the Vikings take on the Tennessee Titans on Thursday, September 3. This will be the last preseason game for both teams, so we won’t see many starters play.

However, this game is very important as it gives the coaches one more opportunity to see the backups in a live game situation. The Vikings have already cut down from 90 players to 75, and this last preseason game will help them whittle the roster down to the final 53.

GAME AND FISH NEWS ■■ Hunters Advised to Check Water Conditions

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department advises hunters to be cautious with their dogs around water this time of year, due to potential health hazards associated with blue-green algae.

Dr. Dan Grove, wildlife veterinarian for the Game and Fish Department, said late summer and early fall offer prime conditions for blue-green algae growth in many state waters. Ingestion by a hunting dog while perhaps retrieving a bird during the early goose season, or just practicing retrieving, can lead to severe illness and potential death.

“Conditions are right this year for stagnant water to become contaminated,” Grove said.

Potentially toxic algae blooms occur under conditions of hot, dry weather. Shallow, stagnant water with moderate to high nutrient content provides an optimum environment for algal growth. Water or wind movements often concentrate the algae, and eventually the bloom appears as a blue-green “scum” floating on the water’s surface. The threat diminishes once the weather turns colder.

“Hunting dogs shouldn’t drink or swim in discolored water or where algal blooms are apparent,” Grove said. “If dogs retrieve in these conditions, they should be rinsed off immediately and

shouldn’t be allowed to lick their coat.”

For additional information about the effects of blue-green algae blooms on hunting dogs, contact the Animal Health Division, North Dakota Department of Agriculture, at 701-328-2655; or a local veterinarian.

■■ Grouse and Partridge Seasons Open Sept. 12

North Dakota hunters should expect similar to higher numbers of sharp-tailed grouse, Hungarian partridge and ruffed grouse this hunting season compared to 2014, according to Stan Kohn, upland game management supervisor for the State Game and Fish Department.

Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Sharptails, ruffed grouse and Huns each have a daily limit of three and a possession limit of 12.

The season opens Sept. 12.

Hunters, regardless of age, must have a fishing, hunting and furbearer certificate and general game and habitat license. In addition, hunters age 16 and older need a small game license.

For further season information and regulations, hunters should consult the North Dakota 2015-16 Small Game Hunting Guide.

■■ Hunters Asked to Submit Wing Envelopes

The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is once again asking grouse hunters for help with future bird management by simply collecting some feathers from harvested birds and sending in wing envelopes this fall.

Upland game biologist Aaron Robinson said hunters answered the call to return envelopes last year, and is hoping for the same participation again this year. “We typically struggle getting samples, but not last year,” Robinson said.

“I’ve said that we’ll take as many as we can get because the more we have, the better the data.”

Wing data allows biologists to monitor production, reconcile bird counts and get a better understanding of the harvest ratio of males to females, and juveniles to adults.

Instructions for submitting wing data are printed on the envelope.

Hunters interested in receiving wing envelopes should visit the Game and Fish website (gf.nd.gov) to order a supply of wing envelopes, or contact the department’s main office in Bismarck by phone (701-328-6300) or email (ndgf@ nd.gov).

In addition, Game and Fish district offices have a supply of wing envelopes for distribution. District offices are located at Devils Lake, Jamestown, Riverdale, Dickinson, Williston and Lonetree Wildlife Management Area near Harvey.

Swan hunt lottery held, licenses remain North Dakota’s swan lottery has been held and more than 100 licenses remain. Only hunters who do not have a swan license for the 2015 season can apply, as regulations limit hunters to one license per year.

Beginning Sept. 9, all remaining licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Resident and nonresident hunters will be able to apply online, or

print out an application to mail, at the State Game and Fish Department website, gf.nd.gov. Hunters may also request an application by calling the department’s Bismarck office at 701- 328-6300. The license fee is $10 for residents and $30 for nonresidents.

The statewide tundra swan hunting season is Oct. 3 to Jan. 3, 2016.

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is to become the routine eye doctor of the community and to provide emergency eye care, which was absent in the area for the last several years.

“I wanted to come back and help the people around here,” she said.

Focus Eyecare will offer the full gamut of vision care, including comprehensive eye exams and contact lens fittings. There is also a large assortment of eyeglass frames for sale, including sunglasses, right in the office.

Such a business was notably absent from the community; there was nobody in the area that had expertise in the eye care field if an emergency occurred.

“In any eye emergency, you should see an eye care provider first,” Stuchl said. “If someone gets something in their eye, or if they have eye pain ... we’re equipped to handle that,” she said.

Stuchl will also be responsible for the treatment and management of patients with ocular diseases and other conditions.

If you fear going to the eye doctor, Stuchl wants to put you at ease. With today’s advanced technology, the exam process is very easy and non-invasive, she said.

A popular fear of going to an eye doctor relates to the unpleasantness some people associate with glaucoma testing, which is part of a typical exam. A puff of air is abruptly shot into

Dr. Sarah Stuchl proudly stands next to the sign outside her office. Focus Eyecare is the first full-time optometry office in the area for several years. (Photo by Bryce Martin/Pioneer) a person’s fully opened eye to test the eye’s pressure. The anticipation, for some, is unnerving.

But Stuchl said there is no need for worry because they use alternate methods rather than the air puff. Those methods are simpler and less frightening, she assured.

“People prefer it over the eye puff,” she said.

It’s important that people overcome any fear of seeing the eye doctor (or any doctor for that matter) because vision is a huge part of everybody’s life—and just because a person believes they have good vision doesn’t mean they don’t need their eyes tested. Bodily diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and some inflammatory diseases like muscular dystrophy, can be

ruled out through a simple eye exam.

“It’s important that people realize we can look into the eye and see blood vessels and the health of the whole body,” she said. Visiting an optometrist could help prevent people from having vision problems in the future.

To get started, a patient schedules an appointment

for an eye exam where their vision and eye health will be fully evaluated.

From there, Stuchl gives recommendations on how to proceed with corrective lenses or treatment, if needed.

“The majority of the population needs some type of correction,” she said. And eye protection is also important consid-

ering the laborious trades worked in the county.

Focus Eyecare currently accepts only certain insurances as it is still in the process of securing the approval to be a provider for the majority of insurances. Blue Cross and Blue Shield optical insurance is already accepted.

For those without insurance, an eye exam can still be done. “We’ll work with people to get the best care that they can afford,” she said.

Teran Doerr, executive director of the Bowman County Development Corp., considers Stuchl’s recruitment to the area “a huge success story.”

It was a longtime goal of the BCDC to recruit an optometrist to the area as they recognized a growing need.

A random recommendation led Doerr to contact Stuchl.

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“It was the absolutely best situation we could have ended up with,” Doerr said.

The BCDC also offered Focus Eyecare an interest buy-down and a storefront grant to assist with signage.

Stuchl took the job, explaining that she liked the closeness of the Bowman County community and its small-town atmosphere.

She also gets to be closer to her family.

She currently resides just outside of Bowman with her husband, Josh, who works at Brosz Engineering in Bowman.

She said she plans to stay in Bowman for a long time.

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Seeking Full-Time, Part-Time or Per Diem RNs to work 12 Hours Shifts in a Critical-Access Hospital Setting. ** Starting Wage $23.20 + Exp.

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Seeking Part-Time, Supplemental or AfterSchool Dietary Aides. The positions duties include: serving meals to residents, patients and employees; washing dishes; and assisting with the cleanup of the department. ** Starting Wage $10.50 + Exp.

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Seeking a Full-Time and Part-Time Housekeeping Aide to help maintain a safe, pleasant and functional environment for residents, patients and staff. The Aide will work rotating shifts at both of our facilities. ** Starting Wage $10.50 + Exp.

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