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Final sundown for Amidon's school looms

County, Amidon set to sell school in spring

BY BRAD MOSHER Country Media

Grinch gangs up on Slope County for Christmas spree BY BRAD MOSHER Country Media

alling Dr. Seuss! The Slope County Courthouse in Amidon has been invaded by a green gang from the famous children’s author. But they will be gone soon, according to the county's Kris Jacobson, the Clerk of Court Recorder. They will be gone shortly after Christmas, Jacobson explained. “Putting it up was fun and people like it,” she explained, noting some of the people in the county building really got into “Grinch-ifying”

armarth Public School is the only active school in Slope County. In the county seat, the Amidon School is in the final stages of a dissolution process after not having any students for the past two years. According to the county's school board, the Amidon School will be put up for a closed bid sale in the spring of 2020. In a meeting Dec. 17, the board decided to move ahead with the sale of the school property, which will leave Marmarth Public School as the only active school in the county with an enrollment of 14 students and four in preschool. Amidon will soon

be joining other Slope County schools which have closed down over the years in surrounding townships. It will join Moord. Sand Creek, Chalky Butte and Bullion View, among the others, which will exist only in historical documents and photos, along with fading country school memories. White Lake School is now located on the Slope County Fairgrounds and the former Conner School buildings are on the Central Elementary School property in Amidon and will be sold with the property in the spring. According to the school board, the Amidon school did not have any students for the 2018-2019 school year, with those eligible attending other schools in New England, Scranton, Bowman and one in

the northwestern corner of the county attending school in Golva. The board has been left with no other option then to sell the property after a year of trying to find ways to be able to use the school for the community, according to board mem-

ber, Shelby Hewson. Before it is ready to be sold, there will be a silent auction to give people a chance to take home some of their memories, Hewson, who is also the county's NDSU extension agent, said. “We want to be sure everybody has

the opportunity to purchase sentimental items, if desired. For example, the old library books – with most of the library furnished from books acquired from previously closed Slope County

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n School Continued from Page A1 schools â€“ some locals might remember checking out a book when they attended grade school at Sand Creek, etc. That is why we will hold the silent auction for the items before the sale of the property,â€? she said. The closure was something which was determined by the fact that we no longer had students enrolled. Many of the families with children have parents who work in the surrounding communities, Hewson explained. â€œSince we were not able to offer a school bus for Central Elementary, the children would ride to town with their parents, or a neighboring school districtâ€™s bus would pick them up.â€? â€œIf parents work 8 to 5, they couldnâ€™t make it to Amidon to pick up their kids at 3:30. In addition, there is no daycare in Amidon, so that was a limiting factor as well.â€? Hewson explained.

The board tried a number of ideas to transform the school. â€œWe talked about pre-kindergarten programs (Early Childhood Education), but discovered we did not meet the qualifications.â€? â€œWe tried everything, but nothing worked in our favorâ€Śâ€? she said. The closed bid sale would include the property and the buildings located on the property, and will be held after the community has the silent auction, Hewson added. Marmarth has had a school since 1909 with both an elementary and high school, but the high school closed decades ago. According to the County Superintendent of Schools Jackie Kathrein, it is a sign of the changing times. Even the paperwork involved in dissolution has been very time consuming, she explained after the Dec. 17 meeting in the county courtroom ended. â€œWe have started and stopped. Started and stopped. Started and stopped,â€? she said. â€œWe started in August of 2018 and it has taken awhile.â€?

The county superintendent also splits time between her duties in Amidon and visiting the Marmarth campus every week. The school day is now an hour longer in Marmarth, now that the school has adopted a fourday schedule. According to the Kathrein, the county and school board has to follow certain requirements before it is able to sell the school property. â€œWe will probably have a few more bookkeeping meetings before selling the property in a closed bid. They are going to have to get together to decide what thy want in the closed bid. They are going to have to set dates for how long they will accept the bids. Then they'll have to meet to go through the bids and decide which they are going to accept.â€? In addition, there are still bills to pay at the school, such as electricity and water, she added. â€œThose things are still on over at the school. Nothing has been shut off,â€? she said, noting it was hibernating. â€œWe have the temperature set at 55 de-

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grees. My dad did that on our farm and it works.â€? The superintendent said the campus went through a thorough cleaning during the summer to help prepare for the closure. â€œWhat is there now is what we are going to try and sell,â€? she added. â€œIn the library, we have books from way back in the 1900s. We have books that were over in Pearl and Rainy Butte. Each township, at one time, had its own school district. Amidon, I think it was 1914 when the school opened. It was a one-room school. The school now sits on what was Elmer Ward's property. It was a little school that sat across the fairgrounds from here. It was part of Sand Creek School District number 2 and it was huge,â€? she recalled. Some of the items found in the school have already been moved to the courthouse, like old trophies. â€œI think Amidon used to have a really good basketball team and a good baseball team,â€? the superintendent said. In 1919, a high school had been built just west of the city. â€œThat burnt down in 1939,â€? she said. In the 1960s, Conner, White Lake, Bullion View, Sand Creek and Amidon were organized into the Central Elementary School District. â€œThen, there was one board and they hired teachers for all the little schools.â€? By the mid-1980s, the other schools were closed, except for Amidon and Marmarth. Now, Amidon's school will join the rest of the county's closed schools, leaving Marmarth alone in Slope County.

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that put him in a Mandan hospital. A broken neck left him partially paralyzed – a tough break for a very tough cowboy. Tescher’s wife, Loretta, and their five children rallied around him. Jim and Loretta were prom dates in 1946 and had been married for 56 years. Jim’s niece, Rebecca Tescher Robison, wrote that Loretta “wiped his tears and soothed his heart as her own was breaking. A lifetime of love and laughter, ranching, rodeoing, children, card playing and dancing was drawing down.” After five months in the hospital, Tescher was hoping to at least get into a wheelchair so he could go home to his ranch. He want-

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ed to see his horses, In late December, Loretta got together with daughter Bonnie and Tescher’s nurse to help their favorite cowboy realize one of his dreams. On December 23, Tescher was settled into a wheelchair, and Loretta rolled him down the hall and out the door. From behind a tree, Bonnie emerged with a quarter horse gelding named Bonner. He was Jim’s favorite horse; he had raised him from a colt and over the next 20 or so years, he came to depend on Bonner for his hardest ranch jobs. Bonnie had brought the horse in

from Sentinel Butte to see his master. Tescher’s sister, Dona Lowman, said that Bonner recognized Jim right away. “The bond was still there even after dad being gone for four or five months,” said Jim’s son, Troy. Tescher clicked his tongue, and Bonner came to him and nuzzled his face and touched his nose to Tescher’s. One of the toughest cowboys North Dakota has ever produced said, “This is the best Christmas present I’ve ever had,” and started to cry. Tescher passed away

just four days later. After his funeral, Bonner trailed riderless behind the hearse as it climbed the rugged buttes to the Medora Cemetery. His four white stockings matched the snow-blanketed hillsides, and he was wearing the saddle Tescher won at the Cheyenne Frontier Days in 1966. The weather dipped below zero as Tescher’s friends and fellow cowboys carried his casket to his final resting place. As the people moved away, bronco champion Brad Gjermundson led Bonner to Jim’s grave-side to say goodbye. The cedar

casket was branded with Tescher’s brands, and on top was a spray of Badlands cedar, prairie trimmings, Jim’s worn boots, his spurs and a rope. Jim’s brother-in-law, Jim Lowman, recalled a prayer that Tescher taught him 30 years earlier, when he first started working for the cowboy: “Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love, commits me here. Ever this day, be at my side, to light and guard and rule and guide.”

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ocal health care in rural North Dakota is wrestling with a severe problem... how to attract and keep doctors that would keep the medical facilities fully staffed. According to Ted Uecker, the director of the West River Health Service Foundation, wrestling itself may also be the answer. The foundation is joining forces with The Giving Heart for a charity fundraiser to help establish an endowment. At the center of the Jan. 7 “Giving Hearts Night” fundraiser at the Roberts-Reinke Auditorium in Hettinger, will be a wrestling extravaganza, which will combine the Buccadawgs and Night Hawks youth wrestling programs from throughout the region and an annual dual competition by high school rivals Bowman County and Hettinger. The junior portion of the competition will start at 6 p.m., followed by the varsity matches at 7 p.m. “A team of Little Kid Wrestlers from each school’s co-op will be showing their passion for the sport,” Uecker said about the smaller wrestlers. “Every wrestler, coach and statistician from both teams will be wearing Giving Hearts Day t-shirts via sponsorships from our terrific partners at Dakota Western Bank, Dakota Community Bank, and Dacotah Bank. “In fact, we want every fan to wear red. There will be a huge photo of all of the fans, wrestlers, coaches, stats and parents at the conclusion of the event, “ Uecker added. In addition, the auditorium itself will be decorated with hearts, even on the mats. The West River Health Service and Sunrise foundations have arranged for free admittance to the event, but will also be asking for people to help fund an endowment which would help keep local medical facilities fully staffed with doctors. According to Uecker, the area is straining to meet the health needs of people in the region. Once the endowment is fully funded, it would help

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the statewide effort, called the Sign Warrior program, that encourages kids to convince adults that they shouldn’t vandalize signs. The Game and Fish Department, through its hunter education program, has joined the effort in educating young hunters of the dangers of shooting at road and other signs. Heglund said in the article that it’s unlikely the vandals who shoot and damage signs think about those they are putting at risk. “They don’t realize that when a sign is shot, motorists don’t get that bounceback of light needed at night to read a sign correctly and get the message it’s trying to deliver,” Heglund said. “And when that’s the case, bad things can happen.” John Mazur, Game and Fish Department hunter education coordinator, said when Heglund approached him about the sign initiative, he thought it was the perfect opportunity to reinforce something hunter

education volunteers have been teaching students. “As far as Game and Fish is concerned and hunting is concerned, we have both a direct and an indirect impact from people shooting signs,” Mazur said. “Of course, we have our own signage, like PLOTS and WMA signs, and when those get shot up, we have to replace them. “But there’s also that indirect impact because of what’s associated with it when a sign gets shot, especially out in the country,” he added. “People say that a hunter did it. Well, we don’t want

that message to be out there, because it’s not a hunter at that point when they’re shooting signs. They are vandals.” Plus, those people pulling the trigger are breaking the law. “When we hold up a shot-up sign in class and we ask the kids who did this, the first thing they say is that it was shot by a hunter,” Mazur said. “No. No. No. That’s our answer. We need to separate from that, and this sign initiative goes great with the message we want to send forward because our image to the public, especially the nonhunting

public, is very important.” Heglund said sign vandalism isn’t something that has reared its ugly head just of late. People were damaging signs nearly 100 years ago when a roadway network was being developed across the country. “Our effort now is to really drive home the point that it’s somebody in our neighborhood that is doing the damage,” Heglund said. “Let’s put an end to this because if we don’t see a sign and we miss the message, we run the risk of not making it home safe that night.”

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Guest Columnist He l l o, I’ll start this w e e k by w i s h i n g a l l o f y o u a Me r r y C h r i s t m a s. A n d p r o b a b l y a Ha p py Ne w Ye a r ! Tw a s t w o n i g h t s b e f o re Christmas as I write t h i s. It i s w i t h s o m e re g re t , a n d a l s o s o m e re l i e f , t h a t I a m l e t t i n g y o u k n ow that I am going to re t i re f r o m w r i t i n g m y w e e k l y c o l u m n . No, i t’s n o t s o m e t h i n g y o u d i d . It’s j u s t t h a t I d o n’t d o a s m u c h a s I u s e d t o a n d I d o n’t want to have to make anything up or exaggerate anything. That i s h ow I r o l l . We l l , m a y b e a l i t t l e. I started writing a weekly colu m n f o r t h e Mc Ke n z i e Co u n t y Fa r m e r a n d t h e Du n n Co u n t y He r a l d in 1982. When I wrote a l e g i s l a t i v e re p o r t w e e k l y. W h e n m y ten-year sentence in t h e Se n a t e w a s d o n e, Mi k e D w y e r, f r o m t h e

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N D Wa t e r A s s o c i a t i o n asked me to continue writing a monthly column for their magaz i n e. A n d t h e n w e e k l y papers began to pick i t u p. T h a t’s a l o t o f c o l u m n s a g o. I want to thank all of these papers, and most imp o r t a n t l y, a l l o f y o u re a d e r s. We w e n t a lot of places togethe r. I ’v e t r a v e l e d w i t h you from Alaska to Me x i c o. We’v e b e e n t o t h e o c e a n . We’v e been to the sea (thank y o u Ia n Ty s o n ) . We’v e c h a s e d w i l d c ow s a n d chased bucking horses t h r o u g h t h e b a d l a n d s. We’v e p e n n e d w i l d pigs and hunted for t h e t h i r t y- p o i n t b u c k . I ’v e t r a v e l e d w i t h y o u t o t h e St u r g i s Bi k e Ra l l y a n d t h e Si l v e r D o l l a r Ba r. Yo u’v e h e l p e d me chain up a pickup t h a t w a s h a n g i n g ov e r a w a s h o u t , a n d y o u’v e ridden with me when I picked up hitchhikers that I probably s h o u l d n’t h a v e. Yo u’v e g o n e t o Ho u s t o n w i t h me on hotshot runs and celebrated many holidays with my f a m i l y a n d f r i e n d s. Yo u’v e b e e n w i t h m e at Thanksgiving and C h r i s t m a s. We’v e b e e n together on icy roads, p r a i r i e f i re s , a n d m o re b l i z z a rd s t h a n I c a re t o re m e m b e r. Yo u’v e m e t a lot of my close friends ov e r t h e y e a r s. So m e y o u’v e h e l p e d m e l a y t o re s t , a n d s o m e a re s t i l l m y c l o s e s t f r i e n d s. I t h a n k y o u

for understanding and a l l ow i n g m e t o s h a re m y l i f e, a n d t h e i r s with you. I guess mostly I h a v e t o t h a n k Sh i r l e y. I d o n’t k n ow h ow m a n y times we have been at a n i c e s u p p e r, d re s s e d up for the occasion, and meet someone at our table and make int r o d u c t i o n s. T h e i r re sponse when meeting Sh i r l e y w a s i n v a r i a b l y, “ Yo u a re t h a t Sh i r l e y ! Yo u a re n o t w h a t I e x p e c t e d ! ” A s I ’v e t o l d y o u b e f o re, s h e d o e s c l e a n u p p re t t y g o o d . T h e re h a v e b e e n c o u n t l e s s Mo n day mornings when I start out the door and h e a r Sh i r l e y h o l l e r, “D o n’t f o r g e t t o w r i t e y o u r c o l u m n .” D a n g . It’s b e e n a f u n a n d i n t e re s t i n g r i d e. D o n’t c a n c e l your subscription to y o u r p a p e r. T h e y n e e d you and we need them. A n d i f I v e n t u re o u t a n d r o p e a w i l d c ow by t h e h i n d l e g a n d get drug through the brush, I am still going to send it to your paper and tell you about the rope burns I got. Bu t I ’m n o t l e t t i n g g o o f t h e r o p e. T h a t’s h ow c ow b oy s a re. And as George St r a i t s a i d , “ T h i s i s w h e re t h e c ow b oy r i d e s a w a y ”. Ma y b e i t w a s n’t G e o r g e. Bu t I re m e m b e r h e a r i n g i t .

PASTOR'S CORNER: New Year, New You! SETH SPRINGER The Christmas s e a s o n i s a l l b u t ove r. While Christmas is a t i m e o f re m e m b e ri n g t h e b i r t h o f Je sus Christ, spending time with family and f r i e n d s, n o t t o m e n tion the giving and re c e i v i n g o f g i f t s, we h a ve t o q u i c k l y s h i f t our focus to the upc o m i n g Ne w Ye a r. T h e Ne w Ye a r i s a l w a y s a n e xc i t i n g a d ve n t u re f o r u s ! Wi t h t h e d a w n o f t h e Ne w Ye a r, i t b r i n g s t o m i n d t h e " n e w ye a r re s o l u t i o n s. " Eve r y ye a r we m a k e vow s t o a c c o m p l i s h t h o s e t h i n g s t h a t h a ve f o re ve r s t o o d i n o u r w a y. Bu t t h i s ye a r, we will conquer them! Gy m m e m b e r s h i p s a re a l w a y s h i g h e r i n Ja n u a r y a s p e o p l e a re vow i n g t o f i n a l l y shed those unwanted p o u n d s. Ot h e r s t h row away their pack of c i g a re t t e s, re s o l v i n g

t o n e ve r p i c k t h e m u p a g a i n . So m e b u y t h a t s e l f - h e l p b o o k t h e y ' ve a l w a y s w a n t e d t o re a d that will make them into that new person t h e y w a n t s o d e s p e ra t e l y t o b e. Bu t s a d l y, m o s t o f t h e re s o l u t i o n s we come up with don't s t i c k . By Fe b r u a r y we re a l i ze t h a t g y m membership costs too much, that book takes t o m u c h t i m e, a n d t h e addiction is just too s t ro n g . As an individual w h o b e l i e ve s i n t h e Wo rd a n d p owe r o f a s a v i n g G o d ( Je s u s Christ), let me inform yo u : t h e o n l y w a y yo u w i l l e ve r b e t h e p e r s o n yo u t r u l y n e e d t o b e i s by a l l ow i n g G o d t o m a k e yo u i n t o a b ra n d n e w p e r s o n ! Je s u s s a i d u n l e s s yo u a re " b o r n a g a i n " yo u w i l l n o t enter the kingdom of G o d . He w a s n ' t t a l k i n g of being physically born again but of being born again spiritua l l y ! ( Jo h n 3 : 3 - 5 , Ac t s 2:38)

T h e Bi b l e s a y s " i f any man be in Christ Je s u s, h e i s a n e w c re ation." And that same s c r i p t u re g o e s o n t o say all the old things i n yo u r l i f e a re p a s s e d a w a y, a n d n ow t h e re i s a new thing. A new life i n C h r i s t Je s u s ! Yo u can be made a new p e r s o n i n C h r i s t Je s u s. T h e s i n s yo u s t r u g gled with in 2019, yo u d o n o t h a ve t o struggle with in 2020. T h e re g re t s, g u i l t , a n d s h a m e yo u m a y h a ve l i ve d w i t h f o r s o l o n g can be hanged with Je s u s C h r i s t o n a n o l d r u g g e d c ro s s w h e re He b l e d a n d d i e d t o f o rg i ve t h e m . Hi s m e rc y i n n e w e ve r yd a y. He i s l o o k i n g f o r w a rd t o re a c h ing out his hand of l ove a n d c o m p a s s i o n t o h e l p yo u . Wi t h t h e help of God, this upc o m i n g Ne w Ye a r, yo u c a n b e c o m e a b ra n d n e w yo u !

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Bowman Parks and Recreation would like to wish the community a very Merry Christmas and thank the following businesses and individuals for your donations, your volunteering, your officiating, your coaching, Bowman Parks and Recreation would and your support of our programs this pastlike year. to wish the

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community a very Christmas thankand the following * City of Bowman Residents: PassingMerry the 1% Sales Tax for capitaland improvements maintenance businesses and individuals for your donations, your * Martin Rolfness Estate: Programs volunteering, your officiating, * Bowman County Commission: Pool Valve Project your coaching, and your support our programs this past year. * Bowman/Slope Council on of Aging: Senior Memberships * City of Bowman: Skid Steer Lease Partner • Bowman/Slope Council on Aging: Senior Memberships * Bowman County Social Services: Swim PassPartner • City of Bowman: Skid Steer Lease Bowman County Services: Swim Pass * Heidi•Fischer: Treats for allSocial kids sports, Decorations at Rec Center, Tumbling & F4 Program • Mark and Ballard: uniforms * Subway: Chips forAnnette Concessions andYouth drinksbasketball for Fright Fest • Rotary Club: Rotary Park upkeep

DavidCoaches: and Debbie Donation Rouzie Rec Center * Youth•Sport AlexHelland: Bartholomay, JacobtoSvihovec, Jaden Schoch, Abby Braaten, Cassidy HeidiSmyle, Fischer: Treats for all kids sports,Amy Decorations at Rec Center and park, Walby,•Abby Dale Skalisky, Mia Stafford, Fischer, Kari Gerbig, Tobiann Andrews, Michael Tumbling ProgramTate Wallman, Cal Meschke, Levi Paulson, Heidi Fischer, Kenna Halleen, Criswell, James Harriman, • Youth Sport Coaches: Mitch Strand, Ty Dix , Cassidy Walby, Abby Smyle, Dale Myia Zook, Elise Fischer, and Nick Walker Skalisky, Chanell Walby, James Harriman, Amy Fischer, Kristy Van Daele, Tobiann

* Ball Park Sign Sponsors: Dental, Baker Furniture, Dakota Andrew Community Bank &Scott Trust,Ouradnik, Bowman Sales Andrews, MichaelPrairie Criswell, Chad Njos, Kelly Hedge, Bertsch, & Service, Cashway BuildingHeidi Center, CoyleNick Electric, Dakota Western Bank, ProPoint Coop, KPOK Brett Hendrickson, Fischer, Walker, Hannah Randklev Radio, Northwest Financial, Tri-StatePrairie Chiropractic, Auto Parts/NAPA, • Ball Park Tire, Sign Thrivent Sponsors: Wells Fargo, Dental,Bowman Baker Furniture, Dakota Bowman Lions Club Community Bank & Trust, Bowman Sales & Service, Cashway Building Center, Coyle Dakota * RotaryElectric, Club: Rotary ParkWestern upkeep Bank, ProPoint Coop, KPOK Radio, Northwest Tire, Thrivent Financial, Tri-State Chiropractic, Bowman Auto Parts/NAPA, Bowman Lions Club

* Fright •Fest Event Volunteers: Melissa Lindstrom, Josh Lindstrom, Angie Boehm, Deb Reinsenauer, St. Fright Fest Event Volunteers: Melissa Lindstrom, Angie Boehm, St. Charles CCD Charles Confirmation Class, Bowman Lions Club

Brady Senn (12) of Bowman County battles Dickinson Trinity defenders for the bakll and a chance to score in the second half of Saturday's Roughriders basketball tournament championship. The Titans rallied for a 55-47 win, handing the Bulldogs their first loss of the season. PHOTO/Brad Mosher

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fourth quarter rally by Dickinson Trinity allowed the Titans to win a 55-47 victor y over Bowman County in the title match of the Roughrider basketball tournament Saturday. Trinity had gone into the half with a 29-22 lead over the Bulldogs, but Bowman County came out in the third quarter and held the hosts to just four points to take a 38-33 lead. But cold shooting, fouls and turnovers helped the Titans come back in the final quarter to outscore Bowman County by a 22-9 margin and pull out the win. In the final quarter, Bowman County got just three field goals and three free throws,

while the hosts had five baskets and 10 (of 16) free throws for the win. Tanner Soehren of Trinity was the high scorer in the game with 16 points, while teammate Matthew Stafford was the only other Titan scorer in double figures. Bowman County was led by Caleb Duffield (15 points) and Jacob Svihovec was held to 11 points. Jaxson Fischer and Clay Heimer each added six points for the Bulldogs, while Matt Osendorf scored four. The Bulldogs placed two players on the all-tournament team – Duffield and Svihovec. Also on the all-tourney team were Caleb Candrian (Mott-Regent), Cole Fitterer ( Trinity), Daylon Danks (Killdeer), Jeran Ander-

son (Hettinger-Scranton), Warrick Dilse (Hettinger-Scranton), Jake Daniels ( Trinity), Soehren ( Trinity), Stafford ( Trinity), Lane Chruzsch (Heart River), and Gabe Sorenson (New England). The Bulldogs made it to the finals after beating Richardton-Taylor (77-57) and New England (69-50). The loss to Trinity dropped the Bulldogs to 2-1 in the tournament and for the season as they prepare for a visit by Hazen Dec. 27 to Bowman. The Bison will be coming with an identical 2-1 season mark following wins over Glen Ullin/Hebron (70-44) and Garrison (52-48) after opening the season with a 77-75 loss to Bishop Ryan.

Students Fright Fest Sponsors –Dakota Community Bank & Trust, Subway, Dakota * Fright •Fest Sponsors –Dakota Community Bank & Trust, Subway, Dakota Western Bank,Western ProPoint Coop, ProPoint Scranton Equity, WesternAuto Frontier Professional Auto ScrantonBank, Equity, WesternCoop, Frontier Insurance, Professional Body,Insurance, Shear Designs, Louise Hilton, Body, Shear Designs, Louise Hilton, Classic Beauty Salon Classic Beauty Salon • Bowman County School: Use of football field and concessions for youth football and * Bowman County School: Use of football field and concessions for youth football and gym for for men’s basketball men’sgym basketball Community BankBaseball & Trust:Caps Baseball CapsPrograms for Youth Baseball/Softball * Dakota• Dakota Community Bank & Trust: for Youth and Chips Programs * Ink’d •Apparel by Sarah: Discount on program t-shirts Ink’d Apparel by Sarah: Discount on program t-shirts the Businesses that Sponsored Adult Teams: Dakota Western Bank, Dakota * All the• All Businesses that Sponsored Adult Teams : Dakota Western Bank, Dakota Community Bank & Community Bank & Trust, Kevin Miller Construction, A2Z Printing, Southwest Ag Inc., Trust, Kevin Miller Construction, A2Z Printing, Southwest Ag Inc., Glines Electric, Has Beens, Jacam, Electric, Has Beens, Jacam, Martian Haygrinding, Brosz Engineering, Anderson MartianGlines Haygrinding, Brosz Engineering, Anderson Grain Cleaning, Southwest Healthcare, Baker Metal, Grain Cleaning, Southwest Healthcare, Windy’s, Scranton Equity, Brooks Chalky The Buffalo Creek, Multi-Chem, WCI, Scranton Equity, Brooks Chalky Ranch Ranch * Board• of Directors: Darwin Wilke, Chris Johnson, Dan Peterson, Shawn Allerdings, Abby Braaten, and Board of Directors: Darwin Wilke, Chris Johnson, Shawn Allerdings, Abby Braaten, Bob Wokal for your dedication improving recreation and recreation parks for ourand citizens and Bob Wokal for yourtodedication to improving parks for our citizens Contributors/Volunteers: Josh Zacher, Tera Lambourn, Jenn Jahner, * Tom &• Youth LarellaSport Campbell: Camp Hosts at Butte View Campground Joy Kinsey, Amy Getz, Kelsey Brosz, Jeanine Clendenen, Heidi Fischer, and Shonda We would also like to thank our staff for all of your hard work this past year and receiving the first ever Schwartz

Ambassador Award for your excellent customer service:

We would also to thank forSteve all of your hard * Officials & Scorers: Ty like Dix, Ken Dobitz, our Scottstaff Walby, Conley, Mitch work Strand,this Scottpast Jung,year. Randy Burwick, Jaden Schoch, Zane Anderson, Corban Massey, Cassidy Walby, Stefanie Roen, Jacob • Officials & Scorers: Dobitz, Walby, Conley, Mitch Strand, Nick Duane Svihovec, Barret Walby, DylanKen Braaten, RonScott Braaten, BenSteve Phelps, Ellie Stafford, Shaye Lardy, Walker, Zane Anderson, Corban Cassidy Svihovec, Bowman, DylanJaden Scott, Schoch, Sam Andrews, Jayda Miller, CodyMassey, Jamtgaard, DallasWalby, Breen,Jacob Chance Andrews, Barret Walby, Dylan Braaten, Ron Braaten, Ellie Stafford, Duane Bowman, Kira Irons, Reed Marmon, Cassidy Walby, EllDean Maychrzak, Kira Irons, Thomas Conway Ashlynn Dix, Thomas Conway, Bart Honeyman, Jacob Hendrickson, Caleb Duffield, * Clerk:Cheyenne Julie Lambourn Dodge * Program Assistants: Alex Barnhard, Heidi Fischer, Tobiann Andrews, • Clerk: Julie Lambourn, Kadyn Limesand, and Jane Nelson Retta Jacobi, Donna Johnson Assistants: Heidi * CPO:• Program Aaron Jorgensen, Ryan SimeFischer, Tobiann Andrews, Retta Jacobi, and Josie Smyle • CPO and Maintenance Supervisor: Aaron Jorgensen

* Front •Desk & Concessions: Heidi Fischer, Good Shield, Ann Walby, Heyen, Kira Irons, Parker Front Desk & Concessions: HeidiKelsie Fischer, Kelsie Good Shield, KiraEliIrons, Parker Krebsbach, Reed Marmon, Dix, Angela Headley, Halleen, Makko Pading, Marisa HumKrebsbach, AshlynnAshlynn Dix, Angela Headley, BarbaraKenna Stordahl, Teddy Gaebe, Rhyann Allen, Barret Walby, Teigen Marmon, bracht, Heyen, Barbara Hope Stoldorf, Teddy Gaebe, Elise Fischer, JocelynnCarson, Kulseth,Massey, Rhyann Gavin Heyen,McKitrick, Hope Allen, Melissa Mutschelknaus, Cory Janovsky, Barret Walby Aiden Thompson, Teresa Urlacher, Terry Walter • Lifeguards: Ellie Stafford & Abby Smyle (Head Lifeguard), Kira Irons, Jocelynn

* Lifeguards: Aiden Halleen (Head Katie Paulson, Cassidy Walby,Stafford, Ellie Stafford, Abby Kulseth, Elise Fischer, BrodyLifeguard), Headley, Ebony Musando, Madeline Allison Kate Sabe. Smyle, Hoff, Ryan Sime, Kira Irons, Jocelynn Kulseth, Elise Fischer, Brody Headley, Ebony Musando. Water Instructors: Safety Instructors: Abby Smyle, Musando, Kate SabeSmyle, Ebony Musando * Water• Safety Aiden Halleen, CassidyEbony Walby, Ryan Sime, Abby • Seasonal Maintenance: Randy Seifert, Parker Krebsbach, Dale Skalisky, Fred Nass, * Maintenance Supervisor: Aaron Jorgensen Bob Simonson, Scott Walby • Camp Hosts/Park Attendants: Larella and the late Tom Campbell, Sue Abrahamson, * Seasonal Maintenance: Randy Seifert, Parker Krebsbach, Dylan Scott, Dale Skalisky, Richie Storer, Jaden SchochMary Brown • Director: * Director: Chanell Chanell Walby Walby Please forgive us if we have forgotten to mention anyone. We are very grateful for all of your support.

Please forgive us if we have forgotten to mention anyone.

December 27, 2019

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LEGALS Published in Bowman County Pioneer Dec 20, 27, 2019 & Jan 3, 2020 Steven J. Wild, #04091 WILD & WEISS LAW OFFICE, P.C. 20 East Divide PO Box 260 Bowman, North Dakota 58623 swlawpc@ndsupernet.com 701.523.3112 Attorney for: Personal Representative Case No. 06-2019-PR00035 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF BOWMAN COUNTY, STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JANEL A. FREIH, AKA JANEL FREIH, Deceased.

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and Josh Buchmann. Jerry Jeffers was absent. Chairman Brackel called the meeting to order at 9:00 am. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Brackel asked for corrections or additions to the agenda. Abrahamson made a motion to approve, with Buchmann seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously. The following vouchers were approved by a motion made by Braaten, with Abrahamson seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously. 83288388;NovemberPayroll;$166,514.92; 31649-31658;SocialServices;$1,021.57; 31659;BALCO Uniform;$10.30; 31660;Bowman County Treasurer;$16,177.64; 31661;Blue 360 Media;$137.02; 31662;Rick Braaten; $283.04; 31663;BroszEngineering; $4,560.00;31664;Buckley Ranch;$1,256.00; 31665;Butler Machinery; $35.71; 31666;BW Ramkota Hotel; $719.92; 31667;DMC Wear Parts, LLC; $5,680.00; 31668;First International Bank (Visa); $1,761.41; 31669;Fisher Sand & Gravel;$6,243.64; 31670;Fox Hills Fencing; $2,154.00; 31671;John Deere Financial;$1,027.61; 31672;KPOK;$20.00; 31673;Lyle Signs;$1,739.08; 31674;Mainstay Suites;$169.20; 31675;Mainspace;$10.00; 31676;Matthew Bender & Co.;$65.43; 31677;MCI;$84.94; 31678;MDU;$2,431.93; 31679;Midco;$85.00; 31680;Motorola;$5,759.40; 31681;ND State University;$150.00; 31682;Newby’s Ace Hardware;$118.60; 31683;NSC Minerals; $3,618.24; 31684;Northwest Tire; $622.84; 31685;OffRoad Software; $2,025.00; 31686;Paystubz; $242.59; 31687;Peters Trucking; $8,976.00; 31688;Profess. Development Academy; $495.00; 31689;SDSU-SDLTAP;$300.00; 31690;Jim Stebbins Trucking;$8,020.00;31691;Bonnie Stinchfield; $51.31; 31692;Streichers; $64.96; 31693;Team Lab; $699.37; 31694;Tri-State Live

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 Terry Freih, the personal representative of the estate, at 502 4th Ave SW, Bowman, ND 58623, or filed with the Court. Dated this 10th day of December, 2019. Terry Freih 502 4th Ave SW Bowman, ND 58623 WILD & WEISS LAW OFFICE, P.C. PO BOX 260 BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA 58623 Attorney for Personal Representative First publication on the 20 day of December, 2019. __________________________ Published in Bowman County Pioneer DEC 27, 2019 OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN COUNTY, BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session on December 3, 2019, with the following present: Pine Abrahamson, Rick Braaten, Lynn Brackel

stock News;$78.00; 31695;Tyler Technologies;$750.00; 31696;Unlimited Office Products;$371.72; 31697;W. Dak. Parent/Family Resource Ctr; $1,123.43; 31698;West Plains Inc.; $58.80; At 9:30 am a telephone conference call was held with North Dakota Insurance Reserve Director of Underwriter Jeff Tescher. Discussion was held on the liability insurance coverage for the human service employees of the newly created Southwest Dakota Human Service Zone, effective January 1, 2020, when driving county owned vehicles. Bowman County Water Board Chairman Jim Septon met to discuss the reappointment of water board members Chanell Walby and Nick Schaff for a term of three years commencing January 1, 2020. Septon provided an update to future projects. North Dakota Atmospheric Resource representatives Darin Langerud and Mark Schneider and board member Dean Pearson met to present the 2019 Final report. Bowman County Highway Superintendent Shane Biggs and Brosz Engineering representatives Gary Brennan and Lucas Doerr joined the meeting to provide updates. At 11:00 am David Anderson, Land Manager of Denbury, met via telephone conference to inquire on fulfilling the Utility Permit casing requirements. Anderson will submit a variance request for commission consideration. Bowman County Treasurer Anita McLaughlin met to present the November Treasurer’s Report Daily Cash Settlement/Bank Reconciliation report. Abrahamson made a motion to approve, with Buchmann seconding the motion,

The �tate ��ar� ��r �areer an� Te�hni�al ��u�a��n �ill �e ��n�u��ng virtual hearings to provide the public an opportunity to present their views and recommenda�ons for North Dakota’s State Plan for Career and �echnical �duca�on fulﬁlling the requirements of the Strengthening Career and �echnical �duca�on in the 21st Century Act (Perkins V.) A copy of the State Plan can be found at the Career and �echnical �duca�on website (www.cte.nd.gov/PerkinsStatePlan g / ) on or a�er December 17, 2019.

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Note: All a�endees will need to register to a�end the hearings virtually. Although all mee�ngs will be broadcast virtually, the public is welcome to a�end the January �, January 1� and January 1� mee�ngs in the Peace Garden Room, State Capitol, Bismarck. An overview of the North Dakota State Plan will be provided during the Public Hearing, with an opportunity for the public to ask ques�ons of the North Dakota Department of Career and �echnical �duca�on. Wri�en comments concerning the proposed State Plan must be submi�ed in wri�ng to Wayde Sick, State Director at cte@nd.gov no later than January 31, 2020.

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and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously Braaten made a motion to instruct Bowman County Treasurer Anita McLaughlin to invest $500,000 from Bureau of Land Management funds for a six-month certificate of deposit. Abrahamson seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried. Bowman/Slope County Multi-Service Director Shonda Schwartz met to provide an update to the formation of the Southwest Dakota Human Service Zone. Bowman County Public School fourth grade students from Bowman and Rhame joined the commission meeting at 1:20 pm, after decorating a Christmas tree located in the hallway of the courthouse with their hand-made decorations. Buchmann made motion to approve November 19, 2019 minutes, with the amendments to the Bowman County Planning and Zoning fee schedule. Braaten seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously. Braaten made a motion to approve the November 2019 Month-End Bureau of Land Management Report, with Abrahamson seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously. Braaten made a motion to approve the Recorder and Sheriff’s November 2019 Revenue Collection report, with Buchmann seconding the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried. Abrahamson made a motion to transfer ownership of the 2018 Ford Edge to the Southwest Dakota Human Service Zone, which will be governed by the North Dakota Department of Human Services. Braaten seconded the motion. A roll call vote was taken with all members voting aye. Motion carried. With no further business to discuss, Buchmann made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 4:35 pm, with Abrahamson seconding the motion, and upon a vote, the motion was carried unanimously. Lynn Brackel (s) Chairman, Board of Bowman County Commission ATTEST: Sandra K. Tivis (s) Bowman County Auditor __________________________

and enact such special field rules as may be necessary. Case No. 27483: (Continued) Temporary spacing to develop an oil and/or gas pool discovered by the Denbury Onshore, LLC #MC22-17NH Little Beaver East well, drilled in a drilling unit described as Lots 2, 3, and 4 of Section 3, T.130N., R.107W., Bowman County, ND, and Lots 3 and 4 and SW/4 of Section 8, and Lots 1 and 2, NE/4 NW/4, NE/4 NW/4 NW/4, NE/4 SE/4 NW/4 of Section 17, T.4N., R.62E., Fallon County, Montana, define the field limits, and enact such special field rules as may be necessary. Case No. 28240: A motion of the Commission to consider the application for an order pursuant to NDAC § 43-02-03-88.1 authorizing the conversion to enhanced recovery into the Cedar Hills South and North-Red River “B” Units, of the Sophia #34-12NH well (File No. 15319), located in the SWSE of Section 12, T.131N., R.107W., Cedar Hills Field, Bowman County, ND, pursuant to NDAC Chapter 43-02-05 and for such other relief as is appropriate. Continental Resources Inc. Case No. 28241: A motion of the Commission to consider the application for an order pursuant to NDAC § 43-02-03-88.1 authorizing the conversion to enhanced recovery into the Cedar Hills South and North-Red River “B” Units, of the Rosella #12-17NH well (File No. 15354), located in the SWNW of Section 17, T.131N., R.106W., Cedar Hills Field, Bowman County, ND, pursuant to NDAC Chapter 43-02-05 and for other relief as is appropriate. Continental Resources Inc. Signed by, Doug Burgum Governor Chairman, NDIC __________________________

names of the nominees will be sent to the NDSC to be placed on the 2020 ballot. In February, the NDSC will mail to soybean producers of record an election ballot with instructions for completing and submitting it. Look for the blue envelope in the mail stamped time sensitive. Completed ballots must be post-marked by February 14, 2020. The newly elected County Representative will be notified by February 21, 2020. In March, those County Representatives will select members to serve on the NDSC board of directors. For more information and answers to questions, contact your County Extension Agent. __________________________

Published in Bowman County Pioneer DEC 27, 2019 NOTICE OF HEARING N.D. INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OIL AND GAS DIVISION The North Dakota Industrial Commission will hold a public hearing at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, January 16, 2020, at the N.D. Oil & Gas Division, 1000 East Calgary Ave., Bismarck, N.D. At the hearing the Commission will receive testimony and exhibits. Persons with any interest in the cases listed below, take notice. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: If at the hearing you need special facilities or assistance, contact the Oil and Gas Division at 701-328-8038 by Friday, January 3, 2020. STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO: Case No. 27399: (Continued) Temporary spacing to develop an oil and/or gas pool discovered by the Denbury Onshore, LLC # MC 22-17SH Cedar Creek well, drilled in a drilling unit described as Lot 5 and the SW/4 SE/4 SE/4 of Section 3, Lots 1 and 2, the E/2 of Lot 3, and the E/2 E/2 of Section 10, the W/2 W/2 of Section 11, T.130N., R.107W., Bowman County, ND, and Lots 2 and 3 of Section 17, T.4N., R.62E., Fallon County, MT, define the field limits,

Published in Bowman County Pioneer DEC 27, 2019 ATTENTION BOWMAN COUNTY SOYBEAN GROWERS 2019 NORTH DAKO TA SOYBEAN COUNCIL (NDSC) ELECTION NOMINEES SOUGHT FOR BOWMAN COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE On or about December 23, 2019, the NDSC will mail a nomination form to soybean producers of record in the above-named county. To be considered, nomination forms must be filed with the County Extension Agent for the above-named county. The County Extension Agent must receive the completed nomination form by January 10, 2020, or your mailedin form must be postmarked no later than January 10, 2020. If you do not receive a nomination form in the mail, contact your County Extension Agent or the NDSC to obtain one. Look for the green envelope in the mail stamped time sensitive. After nominations are validated by the County Extension Agent,

Published in Bowman County Pioneer DEC 27, 2019 ATTENTION SLOPE COUNTY SOYBEAN GROWERS 2019 NORTH DAKOTA SOYBEAN COUNCIL (NDSC) ELECTION NOMINEES SOUGHT FOR SLOPE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE On or about December 23, 2019, the NDSC will mail a nomination form to soybean producers of record in the above-named county. To be considered, nomination forms must be filed with the County Extension Agent for the above-named county. The County Extension Agent must receive the completed nomination form by January 10, 2020, or your mailedin form must be postmarked no later than January 10, 2020. If you do not receive a nomination form in the mail, contact your County Extension Agent or the NDSC to obtain one. Look for the green envelope in the mail stamped time sensitive. After nominations are validated by the County Extension Agent, names of the nominees will be sent to the NDSC to be placed on the 2020 ballot. In February, the NDSC will mail to soybean producers of record an election ballot with instructions for completing and submitting it. Look for the blue envelope in the mail stamped time sensitive. Completed ballots must be post-marked by February 14, 2020. The newly elected County Representative will be notified by February 21, 2020. In March, those County Representatives will select members to serve on the NDSC board of directors. For more information and answers to questions, contact your County Extension Agent. __________________________ Published in Bowman County Pioneer DEC 27, 2019 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION Denbury Green Pipeline - North Dakota, LLC 12-inch Cedar Hills

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County property. The Grinch even covered a Christmas tree with his own ornaments. Even though Jacobson admitted the Grinch gang will soon be escaping, she added she didn't know if they would return for the another Christmas haul in the halls of the Slope County Courthouse next December. Or even if the sheriff will issue a BOLO (Be On The Lookout) for the group of greenish holiday hooligans.

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December 18, 2019 A public hearing on the application in Case No. PU-19-294 is scheduled for February 6, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (9:00 a.m. Mountain Time) at Bowman Lodge & Convention Center, 207 West Highway 12, Bowman, ND 58623. On August 8, 2019, Denbury Green Pipeline-Montana, L.L.C. filed a consolidated application for a corridor certificate and route permit for the location

of a carbon dioxide pipeline, approximately 9.23 miles long with approximately 2.29 miles located in Slope County, North Dakota, and 6.94 miles located in Bowman County, North Dakota. On August 19, 2019, Denbury Green Pipeline - North Dakota, L.L.C., joined the consolidated application. The pipeline location is shown on the attached map. The issues in the combined application for a certificate of

corridor compatibility and a route permit are: 1. Will construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility at the proposed location produce minimal adverse effects on the environment and upon the welfare of the citizens of North Dakota? 2. Is the proposed facility compatible with the environmental preservation and the efficient use of resources?

3. Will construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility at the proposed location minimize adverse human and environmental impact while ensuring continuing system reliability and integrity and ensuring that energy needs are met and fulfilled in an orderly and timely fashion? For more information contact the Public Service Commission, State Capitol, Bismarck, North Dakota 58505, 701-328-2400; or Relay

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