BY AMY DALRYMPLEFORUM NEWS SERVICE

KEENE — Local officials point to a natural gas flare as the likely cause of a grass fire that scorched about 3,000 acres in McKenzie County this week.

McKenzie County Emer-gency Manager Karolin Rockvoy and Keene Fire Chief John Rolfsrud both at-tribute the fire that started about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to a nearby oil well that was flaring.

“I couldn’t tell you for sure, but that’s my best

guess estimate,” Rolfsrud said Wednesday.

Rockvoy said the fire originated with a flare at a Whiting Petroleum well that was up on a hill.

“When the winds came, it took it all downhill,” Rock-voy said said of how the fire spread. “This wind was unlike anything yesterday, it was crazy.”

The U.S. Forest Service said the cause of the fire, which primarily affected federal lands, is still under investigation. The state Department of Mineral Re-

sources also is investigating.Volunteer firefighters

from Keene, Watford City, McKenzie County, Manda-ree and New Town worked through the night to contain the fire and prevent it from damaging nearby struc-tures. No one was hurt.

Forest Service personnel, including staff from Mis-soula, Mont., remained on scene Wednesday to monitor the area, said spokeswoman Babete Anderson. The For-est Service is still working

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BY RENÉE JEANWILLISTON HERALD

WILLISTON — Three of the Bakken's top oil produc-ers had representatives at the Williams County Com-mission meeting Tuesday for various reasons. So many at once might have been a first, Chairman Da-vid Montgomery said.

Oasis Petroleum came with a power point presenta-tion demonstrating im-provements to remediation of salt water spills, while Continental Resources af-firmed plans to begin new developments southeast of Williston and introduced a new community relations manager Sheila Holmes.

Hess Corporation, mean-while, came to pick a bone.

At its April 7 meeting, the Williams County commis-sioners dropped a load limit on County Road 21. The route is subject to heavy truck traffic and had busted apart.

Commissioners thought at the time that oil traffic could detour on Highway 12 to get to some of their wells in that area and use Highway 42 to get to others.

Hess, however, told com-missioners it was jeopardiz-ing approval of a project at the Ramberg Truck Facility near Tioga which will take up to 100 trucks off the roads. There's a new pipe-line coming out of that facil-ity awaiting Public Service Commission approval by inspection — but it must be operating during the inspec-tion, and it cannot do so if County Road 21 is closed to six-ton traffic.

"The load limit essentially shuts all traffic into the rail terminal and the immedi-ate problem with that is it knocks out 20,000 to 30,000 barrels a day of production which has a direct impact on us," McNally said. "Natu-rally you can understand that we are concerned about that."

McNally said he hoped commissioners would put

the six-ton limit back. "Then we can engage in

some discussion about what it is that the county commis-sion wants and what we are trying to accomplish and come to an agreement," he said.

McNally added that Hess has worked shoulder to shoulder with the county to educate North Dakota legis-lative bodies about the needs in oil-patch counties and the merits of sending money back to the communities for infrastructure. And he pointed out that, while many other producers have cut activity, Hess has stayed close to existing levels of investment, with plans to spend about $2 billion in the Bakken, as well as about $1 billion in operating costs, in 2015.

That includes $250 million specifically dedicated to pipelines and compressors as part of a comprehensive flare reduction program in North Dakota, as well as completing 210 wells this year, increasing their pro-duction.

"We feel we have done our part," McNally said. "Hess has been working diligently with counties to achieve some of your goals, while at the same time continuing to be a major investor in North Dakota. We have been here since 1951. You've heard other companies say they're here to stay. We've demon-strated that we've been here and will continue to stay."

McNally acknowledged in the early days there were a lot of verbal arrangements that led to confusion and problems down the line. One of those was verbal arrange-ments was for Hess to be finished with the Ramberg facility to take truck traffic off the road in about a year's time.

"It's unfortunate timing," McNally said. "Just yester-day Jody has turned on the pumps from the Ramberg truck facility, which is south

BY RENÉE JEANWILLISTON HERALD

WILLISTON — A key in-gredient was missing from a recent public hearing on a gas rate increase requested by Montana-Dakota Utili-ties.

The public.From Williston to Bis-

marck, few members of the general public turned out for the hearings on a 3.4 per-cent rate increase for MDU, which will add an estimated $3.50 a month to an average residential customer's bill. The meetings were webcast via interactive television at six locations throughout the state on Monday and Tues-day for the Public Service Commission suggested the lack of public participation reflected their excellent rep-resentation of constituents.

A citizen in the audience at one of the locations, however, had a different idea. He suggested the meet-ing times should have been stamped prominently in red on customers' bills so that people would notice there is a hearing.

"Most people just throw that other stuff away," he said.

The commission con-ducted the hearings to get feedback from the public on MDU's rate increase, which it says is needed to recover the costs of $212 million in investments it will make by the end of the year.

While comments at the public sessions are not part of the formal record, they may be used by commission representatives to formulate their own questions for the formal hearing on July 20.

The public can still com-ment on the proposed rate increases for that purpose by contacting the commis-sion. They can be reached at 701-328-2400.

In its presentation at the public hearings, MDU rep-resentatives outlined plans to spend the additional money on projects that will strengthen its delivery sys-tem across the state.

In the Wiliston area, they'll be finishing a 21-mile loop around Williston, which both increases the re-liability, safety and capacity of the system. The loop will allow them to feed gas into the city via different access points, allowing sections of the system to be isolated for repair without a service interruption. They'll also be adding some border stations in the area, which helps lower the pressure coming off of high-pressure trans-mission lines so the gas is delivered at a correct and safe pressure to individual households.

The company said it could not provide a breakdown of the cost of each individual project it plans across the

Photo courtesy of McKenzie County Emergency Management

A grass fire on Tuesday, damaged an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 acres in in McKenzie County.

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Deborah Lamb and Mike Ferris, pictured Friday, April 3, own the Teachers Lounge and Old School Center in Fortuna, which has seen business slow as oil drilling has dropped in the area.

BY AMY DALRYMPLEFORUM NEWS SERVICE

FORTUNA — When an Ari-zona couple opened up a bar and dorm-style lodging for oilfield workers last year in far northwest North Dakota, the bar was packed and the rooms were booked solid.

But as low oil prices prompted drilling to slow in the fringe areas of the Bakken like the Fortuna area in Divide County, many of their customers left the region.

The number of rooms be-ing rented in the renovated

Fortuna school building they call the Old School Center is down by about half from before Christmas. The bar – they named it the Teachers Lounge – still has some busy nights, but they now order 40 to 45 cases of beer from one vendor instead of 88.

Owners Mike Ferris and Deborah Lamb say they’re getting creative, like adding a pool league and starting a horseshoe night, to main-tain a customer base until oil prices rebound.

“You’ve got to keep going

with the flow,” Ferris said. “It’d be awesome to go with ‘Build it and they will come,’ but I think it’s more like ‘Build and they will come and go.’”

Divide County had four drilling rigs operating on Friday, compared with 15 rigs that operated in the county in February 2013, ac-cording to the Department of Mineral Resources. The department estimates that every drilling rig supports 120 jobs.

On the fringeCouple, business owners needing to get creative as drilling is put on hold

Hess picks a bone with Williams Co.

SEE HESS, PAGE A3

Turnout low for MDU rate hearing

Gas flare suspected in McKenzie fire

SEE MDU, PAGE A2

SEE FRINGE, PAGE A3

Faye McGinnity, 91, of Williston, formerly of the McGregor area, died Monday, April 13, 2015 at the Bethel Lutheran Home in Williston. Friends may sign the on-line register and give their condolences at www.fulkersons.com

Her Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Sat-urday, April 18 at 11 a.m. at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Williston. Fr. Russell Ko-vash will celebrate the mass and burial will be in the United Cemetery, Tioga, ND. A scriptural prayer service will be held Friday at 7 p.m. at the Fulkerson Funeral Home Chapel in Williston.

Faye was born on Oct. 26, 1923 at the family home in White Earth, the daughter of Albert and Anna (Gath-man) Dannewitz. She attended White Earth public schools and graduated in 1941. She attended Minot Teacher’s College where she obtained her Teacher’s Cer-tificate and taught all eight grades at the Bicker Coun-try School for two years.

On June 5, 1943, Faye was united in marriage to Don-ald McGinnity at McGregor. The couple farmed and raised their family in rural McGregor where they raised small grains and cattle

for many years. Faye enjoyed cooking and taking meals out to the fields for spring planting and fall harvest-ing. In 1978, they retired and moved to Williston, where they had previously built a home. Faye worked for several years at Sandvik Brothers Coast to Coast. On Sept. 2, 1990, Donald preceded her in death. Faye continued to live in Williston and later entered Bethel Lutheran Home, where she has lived until her passing.

Faye spent many years serving the Sister Kenny Foundation, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, Dakota Boys Ranch and the Home on the Range home for boys. She was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in McGregor and later St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Williston, where she was actively involved in their Alter Society and Catholic Daughters.

Faye was a wonderful cook who always prepared “A

little something” before you departed. She was very good at stretching the menu to fit a few more guests. Flower Gar-dens on the farm and in the town homes were her special way of greeting you “Home”. When other families had needs, Mom was there to take care of the children, cook the meals or drive the kids to school. Along with garden-ing and flower beds, Faye enjoyed sewing.

Faye was preceded in death by her parents, hus-band, a daughter and son-in-law , Kathryn and Gerald Rodahl and three of their children, Renee, Peggy and Jamie, two sisters, Doro-thy Danielson and Martha Gifford and four brothers, Edward, David, Hugh and Arthur Dannewitz.

She is survived by two sons, Leonard (Marie) Mc-Ginnity of Aurora, Colorado and Kevin (Colleen) McGin-nity of Valley City, 11 grand-children, 17 great grandchil-dren and two great-great grandchildren.

Friends and Family may call at the Funeral Home from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17 and at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Williston on Saturday, April 18 for one hour prior to service time.

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Palmer Iverson, 88, Minot, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2015, in his home in Minot.

Palmer Morris Iverson was born Feb. 16, 1927, the son of Christ and Gina (Sol-berg) Iverson, on the family farm near Grenora. He was raised on the family farm by Writing Rock and Grenora, and attended school at East Writing Rock and Grenora High. Later, he moved with his family to a farm south of Benedict.

Palmer married Sylvia Erlien May 9, 1948, in Bene-dict. They made their home in Minot where he began his career as a brakeman on February 13, 1951 with the Great Northern Railroad, which later became Burling-ton Northern Railroad. He retired as a conductor June 30, 1989.

He was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church. Yearly, Palmer volunteered for Bethany's Lutefisk Din-ner and at the Norsk Host-fest. He was also a member of the United Transporta-tion Union.

Palmer was a man of few words, however, his family knows how important they were to him. He attended

many of his grand-children's activities. At age 67, he even tried down-hill snow skiing with his kids and grandkids. He liked to be part of the "crew" in all family building projects. In his easygoing manner, he brought a methodical approach to every project. Palmer enjoyed dancing, Sudoku and playing card games, especially pinochle.

His loving family includes: wife of almost 67 years, Syl-via, Minot; children, Sydney (Marilyn) Iverson, Chandler, Arizona, Roger (Sherry McLamb) Iverson, Rose-boro, North Carolina, Kevin (Lenae) Iverson, Mandan, Paulette (Ed) Nush, Minot, and Jonelle (Rick) Watson, Minot; grandchildren, Shanna (Bob) Rude, Sandy (William Craig) Iverson, Adria (Ron) Henderson, Jes-sica Iverson, Sara Iverson, Jason (Dita) Iverson, Reggie (Catina) Iverson, Justin (Ni-cole Sadvery) Iverson, Jared Iverson, Kyle Iverson, Jesse

Watson, and Brendon Wat-son; 10 great-grandchildren; brothers, Clifton (Willie) Iverson, Rowland Heights, California, Arvid (Helen) Iverson, Hot Springs, South Dakota, and Warren (Mer-lyn) Iverson, Max; sister, Harriet Krenz, Minot; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Palmer was preceded in death by his parents; step-mother, Helga; daughter-in-law, Kay, infant grand-daughter, Collette; sisters, Inga (Tom) Eliassen, Cora (Paul Beskoon and Norman Monson) Monson, Lou Ann (Robert) Hauf; brothers, Elner (Pearl) Iverson, Harlan Iver-son, and two infant brothers.

Funeral Saturday, April 18, at 11 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, Minot.

Burial at Rosehill Memo-rial Park, Minot.

Visitation Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Thompson-Larson Funeral Home, Minot.

Memorials: are preferred to Bethany Lutheran Church or the East Writing Rock Cemetery Association.

Those wishing to sign the online register and share memories may access the online obituaries section at www.thompsonlarson.com.

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state, nor say how much ad-ditional capacity the added infrastructure will make available to the system.

It is the second time in three years the company has asked for a rate increase. The last time, in 2013, was a 3.95 percent increase — but still $2 million less than the company had asked for.

The company says the rate increases have been neces-sary to build infrastructure to maintain reliable, safe service in the face of strong growth in North Dakota.

"For 2015, we are project-ing a 3.6 percent increase

in customers and about 2 percent growth in the usage of gas," said Mark Hanson, a spokesman for MDU. "How do you project that? It's not an exact science, but you're looking at indicators of what's happened the past couple of years."

Hanson said they have staff working with area developers, finding out how many homes, busi-nesses and other types of developments they plan in the future, and in what kind of timeframe. That information as well as other demographics are used to estimate growth.

The company also ex-

plained a new mechanism for rate increases that they've asked the PSC to consider. The rate stabili-zation mechanism would allow them to request minor adjustments to the rate on a year to year basis for smaller increments.

"Sometimes you go for a longer period of time and it can be a larger increase," Hanson said. "This lessons it and makes the increases or decreases smaller."

The company would still not be able to raise or lower rates without PSC approval, however.

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Luke Rodenbough, of Blaisdell, and Staci Moore, of Dickinson, sit with their dog, 13-month-old golden retriever Bailey, on the steps outside of their Dickinson apartment building on Wednesday. They reunited with Bailey on Monday after the dog went missing Jan. 27 near Parshall.

BY DUSTIN MONKEFORUM NEWS SERVICE

DICKINSON — Bailey can be a handful.

A loveable, smiling and prancing handful of soft, golden fur.

On Wednesday afternoon, the 13-month-old purebred golden retriever — still very much a puppy at heart — tore around a Dickinson apartment. She played with her toys, teased a cat and nuzzled up to whoever

would pet her.Bailey was happy. She was

home.It was a welcome and re-

lieving sight for her owners, Luke Rodenbough, of Blais-dell, N.D., and his girlfriend, Staci Moore, of Dickinson.

A little more than two months ago, Rodenbough thought he had lost Bailey forever.

The dog he had raised, trained and loved since he got her last May as an 8-week-old pup disappeared

Jan. 27 after he had taken her to a job site near Par-shall.

“We just couldn’t find her,” he said.

Seemingly out of the blue, Rodenbough’s cellphone rang at about 1 p.m. Monday. Because it was an unlisted number, he let the call go to voicemail. The message, from a veterinarian he’d taken Bailey to in Minot, struck him as unusual.

Bringing back Bailey

SEE BAILEY, PAGE A3

When Rodenbough returned the vet’s call, he was told a dog believed to be Bailey had been located by a veterinary clinic in Mis-soula, Mont.

“I’m like, ‘How do you know it’s mine?’” Roden-baugh recalled. “I don’t want to get my hopes up.”

The Minot vet asked Rodenbough if he could give them the code to Bailey’s microchip -- fate-fully implanted in her by the breeder in Missouri where she was born.

“They go, ‘Yep, it’s her.’ I was like, ‘Really?’” Roden-bough said, his tone chang-ing from sullen to excited in an instant.

Within the hour, he and Moore had hurriedly packed and started the nearly 700-mile drive from Dickinson to Missoula.

Before leaving for Missou-la, Rodenbough and Moore learned the circumstances of how Bailey had been found.

A middle-aged man -- whose name was not provided for this story -- had brought the dog, which he called Bailey, to Grant Val-ley Veterinary Services in Missoula earlier that day. He told vet technician Chandra Hendricks he had found her in North Dakota and wanted her vaccinated.

Hendricks, going through her proper procedures, scanned Bailey for a micro-chip and noticed that she had a rabies vaccination tag. The microchip and rabies tag both pointed to Roden-bough as the dog’s true owner.

Rodenbough was given the Missoula man’s phone number and contacted him almost immediately. The man told Rodenbough he had found Bailey near New Town and claimed he had tried to call him. Rodenbough, how-ever, said he never received any calls from the man and is looking into phone records to prove it.

Rodenbough said the man showed no empathy for the couple and stopped just short of asking for financial reimbursement.

“He goes, ‘I’ve got a lot of money into this dog. I can’t stop you from coming to get

her, but she’s cost me a lot of money,’” Rodenbough said.

Rodenbough said he is convinced the man picked up Bailey near the job site

that day in January and claimed her as his own, despite the dog bearing tags with Rodenbough’s name and contact information.

of the main hub for our trucks to go in there, and he's turned on the pumps to start to commission that pipeline to take production all the way up to the rail terminal."

Hess must demonstrate the total unit operates to gain approval.

"We are not perfect, but we have been going down the path of doing what we said we'd do," McNally said. "We continue to be a major investor in North Dakota, and we've been investing in that Ramberg facility to get more and more trucks off the road. Is it going away tomorrow? No, but we are working on it."

Nelson explained that a project was planned in the area in the next biennium, since Hess had estimated only a year of heavy use on the road.

"We have to make plans, just like you do," Nelson said. "Nothing was said or done to take it away from you, but it's lasted longer than expected, and we've poured a ton of money into that."

McNally had questioned whether the county was spending its $44 million in surge funding on priority roads. Nelson drew out surge projects on a map, showing what was being

spent where and which oil company is using what roads. "Hess, Continental — you guys are all in that area, and we are trying to get you to the gathering station, but this road blew up."

County Commissioner Barry Ramberg said the road has to be safe for pub-lic travel, not just trucks, and has gotten to a point where he's not sure it is.

"You're sharing a really poor road with 700 plus trucks a day," Ramberg said. Indicating depth with his hands he added, "There are holes out in that road, I drive down it. They are that deep. You get to dodg-ing holes and you're going slow but the guy behind you is in a hurry and he is going to try and pass you."

Commissioners said they were grateful for the help with the surge funding from Hess, and said they are doing everything they can to spend the money wisely.

Montgomery noted there were a lot of strings at-tached to the surge fund-ing.

"We have more heartburn over how we're dictated to spend that money," he said. "My point is we still have, like Barry said, millions of dollars in other needs in the county. Where does that money come from?"

Ramberg added that had commissioners known the facility was going to mean running 700 trucks a day on that particular road, the county would have said no to putting the facility there.

McNally said Hess is only running 300 maximum per day, and is taking steps to take at least 100 of those off the road. He blamed himself for not keeping lines of communication open, but reiterated the importance of the route to the project that will pro-vide relief from the truck traffic.

"We don't want the rail to shut down," Commissioner Wayne Aberle said. "That's not our intent at all."

Nelson said they would "band-aid" the route and restore its limit to six-ton. McNally suggested Hess can spend some money on the road, though it cannot do the work itself, so that some spots could be fixed.

A motion was made and unanimously approved to amend the weight limit back to six-ton. A meeting has been set for next week to hammer out details of putting the road back into better shape,s and a com-pany spokesman Wednes-day said everything is now running as it was.

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HESS: Questioned county spending on roadsFROM PAGE A1

But even though drill-ing in the area is down, oil production is up. Divide County had 743 active wells that were producing nearly 43,000 barrels of oil per day in January, the latest figures available.

The region also has other projects in the works, such as a gas plant and a new fa-cility for Murex Petroleum, that continue to attract workers to the region.

“It got pretty lonely up here the last couple of months,” Ferris said. “But we’ve got the people who are still working up here and the support of all the great locals.”

Ferris and Lamb moved from Tucson, Ariz., to For-tuna – 5 miles south of the Canadian border – in June of 2012. The downturned economy caused work to slow for their family busi-ness, a gravel and excava-tion company, and they decided to do some work in North Dakota.

“It’s the craziest thing because we left a town of 1 million people and came to a town of 25 people, which has

grown to 50, I think,” Ferris said.

They operated a gravel crushing business in North Dakota for one season, but the price of gravel dropped about 25 percent by the time they were working in the Bakken, Ferris said. As they anticipated the challenges of operating their equip-ment during the cold winter months, the couple sold off the equipment but decided to stay in North Dakota.

They then put the money into buying the old Fortuna school, primarily so they could park their RV in the gymnasium and out of the cold.

The school, which Ferris said last operated for grades K-8 in 1985, was structurally sound but required major work because it needed a new roof.

“It looked like something out of a horror movie,” Ferris said of the building’s interior. “It was pretty bad.”

The couple did traffic counts – counting as many as 1,000 vehicles going by in one day – and talked to people in the region about what was needed. They first decided to renovate the

eighth-grade classroom and the principal’s office into a convenience store.

“After being here, we knew there was a need for something,” Lamb said.

Then they added showers for truck drivers, renovated 18 rooms for worker lodging, added spaces for RV park-ing and semi parking and opened the bar. They started offering homestyle cooking last November when they realized many had nowhere to go for Thanksgiving.

Lamb said while the profits were higher last year, the business is still making money. They draw custom-ers from Crosby, Westby, Mont., Canada and a few from Williston.

“We have great, great days still,” Lamb said.

They had planned to add fuel because drivers occasion-ally run out of gas on their way to Canada. But for now, they’re holding off on mak-ing any new investments.

“It’s not worry-free for us, but it's definitely ‘we’ll be fine,’” Ferris said. “When things come back, then we’ll be entrenched pretty good here and everybody knows we’re here.”

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Rolfsrud said he’s seen natural gas flares occasion-ally cause fires when liquids or solids come through the line, which can be caused by equipment malfunctions.

“Problems magnify when it’s windy,” Rolfsrud said. “It doesn’t take much when it’s this dry and hot.”

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April 16, 2015 OpinionOpinionToday in History

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oday is Thursday, April 16, the 106th day of 2015. There are 259 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlights in History:

On April 16, 1945, during World War II, a Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea torpe-doed and sank the MV Goya, which Germany was using to transport civilian refugees and wounded soldiers; it’s estimated that up to 7,000 people died. U.S. troops reached Nurem-berg. U.S. forces invaded the Japanese island of Ie Shima. In his first speech to Congress, President Harry S. Tru-man pledged to carry out the war and peace policies of his late predecessor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

On this date:In 1789, President-

elect George Washing-ton left Mount Vernon, Virginia, for his inaugu-ration in New York.

In 1940, Major League Baseball’s first (and, to date, only) opening day no-hitter took place as Bob Feller of the Cleve-land Indians pitched a no-no against the Chicago White Sox, 1-0, at Comiskey Park.

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Let-ter from Birmingham Jail” in which he said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice every-where.”

In 2007, in the deadli-est shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, student Seung-Hui Cho) killed 32 people on the campus of Virginia Tech before taking his own life.

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Certain U.S. abortions tear the fetus apart

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Sweet Land of Liberty

NatHentoff

An April 8 New York Times front-page story reports that “a bill signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican and longtime abortion opponent, outlaws what it calls ‘dismemberment abortion,’ defined in part as ‘knowingly dismembering a liv-ing unborn child’ ... (I)t appears to ban or require altercation of the method known as dilation and evacuation, which is used in nearly all abortions after the 12th to 14th week of pregnancy” (“Kansas Limits Abortion Method, Opening a New Line of Attack,” Erik Eckholm and Frances Robles, The New York Times, April 8).

And a lead editorial a few days later be-gins in utterly prejudicial and non-factual language: “During the past four years, the state of Kansas has become ground zero in the war to criminalize all abortions, and in the process to remove a woman’s ability to control what happens in her own body” (“Kansas Tries to Stamp Out Abortion,” The New York Times, April 10).

By contrast, here are the facts regarding Kansas becom-ing the first state to outlaw the dismemberment procedure, as reported by the National Right to Life Committee earlier this year: “In his dissent to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2000 Stenberg v. Carhart decision, Justice (Anthony) Kennedy observed that in D&E dismemberment abortions, ‘The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn limb from limb. The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off’” (“Dismemberment Abortion Ban in Kansas Leads 2015 Pro-Life Legislative Agenda,” nrlc.org, Jan. 14).

As I have reported previously, in this digital era it is pos-sible to view the fetus, and I have. So it’s pertinent to add that when the dismemberment procedure occurs after the first trimester -- as NRLC’s director of state legislation, Mary Spaulding Balch, emphasizes -- and the fetus is torn apart, “the unborn child (already) has a beating heart, brain waves and every organ system in place. Dismemberment abortions occur after the baby has reached these milestones.”

That’s why the brutal torture of ISIS comes to my mind.In answering the question, “Is dismemberment too harsh a

description?” Justice Kennedy was very specific in his writ-ten opinion for Gonzales v. Carhart, a 2007 case in which the Supreme Court upheld a congressional ban on partial-birth abortions (another term for dismemberment abortions). This decision, wrote the Pew Research Center, “prompt(ed) many states to consider passing tougher restrictions on abortion” (“A History of Key Abortion Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court,” Jan. 16, 2013).

Kennedy wrote: “After sufficient dilation, a doctor inserts grasping forceps through the woman’s cervix and into the uterus to grab a living fetus. The doctor grips a fetal part with the forceps and pulls it back through the cervix and vagina, continuing to pull even after meeting resistance from the cervix. The friction causes the fetus to tear apart. For example, a leg might be ripped off the fetus as it is pulled through the cervix and out of the woman ...

“The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would” (“Oklahoma House passes Unborn Child Protec-tion from Dismemberment Abortion Act by a vote of 84-2,” Dave Andrusko, nationalrighttolifenews.org, Feb. 27).

Also worth considering is the testimony of Dr. Anthony Levatino, a Las Cruces, New Mexico, obstetrician and gyne-cologist, before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice on May 23, 2013: “Imagine, if you can, that you are a pro-choice obstetrician/gynecologist, like I once was. Your patient today is 24 weeks pregnant. At 24 weeks from (her) last menstrual period, her uterus is two finger-breadths above the umbilicus. If you could see her baby, which is quite easy on an ultrasound, she would be as long as your hand plus a half from the top of her head to the bottom of her rump, not counting the legs.

“Your patient has been feeling her baby kick for the last month or more, but now she is asleep on an operating room table, and you are there to help her with her problem preg-nancy ...

“The toughest part of a D&E abortion is extracting the baby’s head. The head of a baby that age is about the size of a large plum and is now free-floating inside the uterine cav-ity. You can be pretty sure you have hold of it if the Sopher clamp is spread about as far as your fingers will allow. ... You can then extract the skull pieces. Many times a little face will come out and stare back at you. ... If you refuse to believe that this procedure inflicts severe pain on that unborn child, please think again.”

I congratulate Kansas for being the first state to ban this brutal procedure, while Oklahoma just passed its own dis-memberment abortion ban as well. Other states are planning to take similar steps, though they face many obstacles.

Now my customary question: Will any of the 2016 presiden-tial or congressional candidates focus on, or even mention, this horrendous procedure?

If more of our citizenry comes to learn about dismember-ment abortion, will there be sufficient sustained protest to protect future generations of the unborn from this appalling fate?

Finally, worth considering: “According to the National Abortion Federation Abortion Training Textbook -- ‘D&E remains the most prevalent method of second-trimester pregnancy termination in the USA, accounting for 96 percent of all second-trimester abortions ... roughly 100,000 unborn babies die each year after the first trimester” (“Frequently Asked Questions: Unborn Child Protection from Dismember-ment Abortion Act,” nrlc.org).

If this awful procedure were to continue, how would Amer-ica come to be defined among all other civilized nations?

Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment and the Bill of Rights. He is a member of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and the Cato Institute, where he is a senior fellow.

Iran’s tantalizing oil prize

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Iran contains some of the largest and most attrac-tive petroleum resources in the world, so any easing of sanctions could have a major impact on oil and gas markets in the second half of the decade.

Iran's possible re-emer-gence as a major exporter would force a re-ordering of the world oil market both because of the country's lo-cation on the cost-curve and the quality of its oil.

Iran's proved oil reserves of 160 billion barrels, almost 10 percent of the world total, rank it fourth after Venezue-la (300 billion barrels), Saudi Arabia (265 billion barrels) and Canada (175 billion bar-rels), according to BP.

The country also has the world's largest proved gas reserves of almost 34 trillion cubic meters (18 percent of the global total), putting it ahead of Russia (17 percent) and Qatar (13 percent).

Iran's petroleum resources are contained in large, conven-tional reservoirs with excel-lent geological properties that make them highly productive at a relatively low cost.

Oil has been produced in Iran in commercial quanti-ties since 1908, making it one of the world's oldest producers.

Production peaked at more than 6 million barrels per day (bpd) in 1974 and although revolution, war and sanc-tions have been disruptive, it was still producing 4.2 mil-lion bpd as recently as 2008.

Sanctions imposed by the United States and the Euro-pean Union in response to concerns about Iran's nuclear program have cut production by around 1 million bpd to 3.4 million since 2012.

Iran consumes almost 2 million barrels a day of crude and refined products - which leaves between 1 million and 1.5 million bpd for export, down from 2.5 million before sanctions were imposed.

If sanctions were eased or lifted as a result of a deal between Iran and world pow-ers, production and exports could rise by between 600,000 and 1 million bpd within a 12-month timeframe.

In the medium term, output could rise by 2 mil-lion or even 3 million bpd, depending on prices and the country's ability to attract investment, source equip-ment and partner with international majors and service companies.

The first phase of Iran's return to global oil markets is most likely to occur in 2016 and 2017, with larger increases in production and exports unlikely to occur before 2018 or 2020.

The prospect of higher ex-ports may already be weigh-ing on global oil markets, among other factors, with the back end of the futures curve slipping in recent months.

ZAGROS BASIN

Iran's oil and gas accu-mulations are the result of organic material deposited on the floor of an ancient ocean, Tethys, around 250 million years ago.

Tethys disappeared with the collision of the Indian, African and Arabian tec-

tonic plates into the Eurasian continent - though remnants are left as the Black, Caspian and Aral seas.

Thick layers of ancient lime-stone and sandstone deposited on the floor of Tethys were trapped and warped in the collision and became the world's biggest oil and gas accumulations around the Middle East Gulf.

On the Arabian side of the Gulf, the ancient marine sediments became the giant oil and gas fields of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province as well as adjacent areas of Iraq, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

On the Iranian side, where the Arabian plate collided with the central Iranian pla-teau it created an extensive folded zone and threw up the Zagros Mountains.

These folded structures have been excellent traps for the accumulation of oil and gas and account for Iran's major oil and gas fields.

The Zagros Basin stretches in a belt from Turkey and Syria through Iraqi Kurdistan and into Iran ("Sedimentary Basins and Petroleum Geol-ogy of the Middle East," 1997).

The basin covers more than 550,000 square kilometers but is relatively narrow - more than 2,500 km long and gener-ally just 500-700 km wide.

Most of Iran's oil and gas fields are found in a nar-row belt running along its maritime boundary in the Gulf and the foothills of the Zagros Mountains (http://link.reuters.com/xep54w).

ASMARI FORMATIONIn Iran, the sediments

comprising the Zagros Ba-sin are up to 12,000 meters thick. Oil and gas have been trapped in and produced from various layers, but by far the most important is the Asmari limestone.

The Asmari formation has been to Iran what the Bakken formation is to North Dakota and Eagle Ford is to Texas.

The Asmari formation is not intrinsically very porous or permeable, which would make it a poor choice for oil and gas production.

But the formation has been heavily fractured because of the folded nature of the Zagros Basin, making it an excellent producer.

A single oil well in some reservoirs can produce up to 80,000 bpd on a sustained ba-sis, and one well can drain a large area through the natural fracture system.

According to a report by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the international consor-tium in Iran produced almost 430,000 bpd from just 113 wells in 1961, an average of more than 10,000 bpd per well, the highest in the world ("The Petroleum Industry of Iran," 1963).

Many of the old fields have been heavily depleted, but even today oil wells in

Iran, as with Saudi Arabia, have much higher initial production rates than U.S. shale plays, and output declines more slowly.

THE PRIZEThe first concession to

explore for oil was granted to Paul Julius Reuter, founder of the eponymous news agency, in 1872. It was followed by various other concessions, none of which succeeded in finding com-mercial quantities of oil.

The first successful conces-sion was granted to William Knox D'Arcy in 1901. After several dry holes, D'Arcy's company finally struck a gusher near an old temple at a location known as Masjed-e Soleyman in 1908.

Masjed-e Soleyman went on to become one of the country's most produc-tive fields. Other giant and super-giant fields were dis-covered across Khuzestan and neighboring provinces mostly between the 1920s and the 1950s.

Iran's oil and gas resourc-es are prodigious and ex-ceptionally attractive from an economic point of view, but the country's production history has been shaped by politics rather than geology.

The composite production profile produced here from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, OPEC and BP shows the im-pact nationalization (1951), revolution (1979), war with Iraq (1980-88) and sanctions (2012) have had on output.

Iran has significant do-mestic expertise in geology and petroleum engineer-ing but badly needs access to modern equipment and technology, as well as substantial investment and better management of the oil and gas industry.

With some of the older fields having been in pro-duction for 50 years or more, they are heavily depleted, and require expensive and complex technology to coax more oil from them. For the same reason, there is uncer-tainty about the published figures on "proven" reserves.

However, the country more than doubled produc-tion from 2 million bpd in 1986 to 4.2 million in 2008, before collapsing oil prices, the global recession and sanctions pulled down out-put again.

Iran's output is typi-cally sour (sulfur content ranges from 1 to 3 percent by weight) but most fields produce medium-density oil (API ranges from 32 to 40 degrees), which is very attractive to refiners.

In terms of the quality of its oil and the geology of its reservoirs, Iran's oil competes directly with Iraq (both are located in the Zagros Basin) and more in-directly with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

If sanctions are lifted and the country secures access to foreign capital and the most modern technology and expertise, there is no reason to believe that it could not boost output back to 4.5 mil-lion bpd within two to three years and 5 million or more by the end of the decade.

John Kemp is a Reuters analyst.

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Name Div Yld PE Last Chg %chgAT&T Inc 1.88 5.7 28 32.89 +.20 -2.1AMD ... ... ... 2.70 +.03 +1.1AlcatelLuc ... ... ... 4.02 -.91 +13.2Alcoa .12 .9 21 13.34 -.03 -15.5Ambev .24 3.8 ... 6.28 +.03 +1.8Apple Inc s 1.88 1.5 17 126.78 +.48 +14.9ApldMatl .40 1.8 23 22.55 +.36 -9.5Avon .24 2.7 ... 8.94 -.21 -4.8AxionPw h ... ... ... .04 -.01 -95.6BP PLC 2.40 5.7 35 42.42 +.62 +11.3BkofAm .20 1.3 23 15.64 -.18 -12.6B iPVixST ... ... ... 21.98 -.49 -30.2BarrickG .20 1.6 68 12.85 +.34 +19.5CSX .72 2.2 17 32.86 -.35 -9.3CampSp 1.25 2.7 19 46.57 +.06 +5.8Caterpillar 2.80 3.3 15 85.16 +2.16 -7.0Cemex .52 ... ... 10.07 +.27 -1.2ChesEng .35 2.2 8 16.02 +.77 -18.1Cisco .84 3.0 17 28.25 +.44 +2.3Citigroup .04 .1 24 53.21 +.48 -1.7CocaCE 1.12 2.5 17 45.21 +.52 +2.2ColgPalm 1.52 2.2 30 69.88 +.25 +1.0Comcast 1.00 1.7 19 59.91 +.94 +3.3CSVLgNGs ... ... ... 2.10 +.14 -47.2CSVLgCrde ... ... ... 3.32 +.41 -32.1CSVixSht ... ... ... 1.25 -.06 -54.7Deere 2.40 2.7 11 89.34 +1.42 +1.0DeltaAir .36 .8 15 44.20 +1.12 -10.1DenburyR .25 2.6 4 9.44 +.58 +16.1DxGldBull ... ... ... 12.10 +.93 +8.4DrxSCBear ... ... ... 9.56 -.23 -20.3DowChm 1.68 3.4 17 50.11 +1.28 +9.9EMC Cp .46 1.8 20 26.22 +.02 -11.8EnbrdgEPt 2.28 6.0 56 37.77 +.51 -5.3ExxonMbl 2.76 3.1 12 88.08 +1.45 -4.7Facebook ... ... 75 82.71 -.81 +6.0FordM .60 3.7 20 16.07 +.10 +3.7FrptMcM .20 1.0 ... 20.67 +1.72 -11.5GenElec .92 3.4 18 27.46 -.27 +8.7Hallibrtn .72 1.5 11 48.26 +2.06 +22.7HewlettP .64 1.9 13 33.04 +.52 -17.7HomeDp 2.36 2.1 24 113.45 -.60 +8.1HudsCity .16 1.7 29 9.38 -.04 -7.3iShBrazil 1.38 3.9 ... 35.24 +.86 -3.6iShJapan .15 1.2 ... 13.00 +.07 +15.7iShEMkts .88 2.0 ... 43.12 +.30 +9.7iShR2K 1.59 1.3 ... 126.55 +.88 +5.8Intel .96 2.9 14 32.83 +1.34 -9.5IBM 4.40 2.7 14 164.13 +1.83 +2.3Intuit 1.00 1.0 36 97.96 +.08 +6.3JPMorgCh 1.60 2.5 12 64.21 +1.17 +3.3

LeggPlat 1.24 2.7 66 45.15 -.08 +6.0MDU Res .73 3.2 15 22.90 +.29 -2.6MMT .38 6.0 ... 6.41 +.01 -1.4MVJrGold ... ... ... 25.02 +1.08 +4.6MktVGold .12 .6 ... 19.98 +.57 +8.7MktVRus .64 3.1 ... 20.54 +.99 +40.4McDnlds 3.40 3.5 20 96.44 -1.14 +2.9Medtrnic 1.22 1.6 25 77.91 +.02 +7.9MicronT ... ... 9 28.17 +.45 -19.5Microsoft 1.24 2.9 17 42.26 +.61 -9.0Molycorp ... ... ... .95 +.41 +7.8Nabors .24 1.5 13 15.50 +.17 +19.4NOilVarco 1.84 3.3 9 56.00 +1.64 -14.5NokiaCp .51 6.5 ... 7.84 -.12 -.3NA Pall g ... ... ... .10 -.10 -24.6NthStAst n .40 2.0 ... 19.56 -2.89 -13.3Oracle .60 1.4 18 43.99 +1.26 -2.2PeabdyE .01 .2 ... 5.18 +.22 -33.1Penney ... ... ... 8.93 -.22 +37.8PepsiCo 2.62 2.7 23 96.63 +.14 +2.2PetrbrsA .85 9.7 ... 8.79 +.61 +16.0Petrobras .46 5.2 ... 8.90 +.68 +21.9Pfizer 1.12 3.2 25 35.21 +.18 +13.0PwShs QQQ 1.49 1.0 ... 107.84 +.67 +4.4PUltVixST ... ... ... 11.04 -.51 -56.1PrUltCrude ... ... ... 9.03 +.72 -12.9RegionsFn .20 2.1 12 9.71 +.17 -8.0RiteAid ... ... 4 8.28 -.08 +10.1S&P500ETF 3.94 1.9 ... 210.43 +.94 +2.4SpdrOGEx .69 1.2 ... 55.63 +2.00 +16.2SandRdge ... ... 5 2.19 +.12 +20.3Schlmbrg 2.00 2.2 22 92.00 +3.20 +7.7SeadrillLtd ... ... 2 12.59 +.97 +5.4SiriusXM ... ... 44 3.95 +.02 +12.9SP Engy 1.94 2.3 ... 82.70 +1.93 +4.5SPDR Fncl .41 1.7 ... 24.42 +.09 -1.3TaiwSemi .50 2.1 ... 23.51 +.33 +5.0Transocn 3.00 15.9 ... 18.90 +1.74 +3.1Unisys ... ... 29 22.93 -.09 -22.2US Bancrp .98 2.3 14 43.43 -.10 -3.4US OilFd ... ... ... 19.71 +.89 -3.2Vale SA .60 9.7 ... 6.19 +.25 -24.3Vale SA pf .60 11.7 ... 5.11 +.15 -29.6Voltari h ... ... ... 8.37 +.44+1,168.2WD 40 1.52 1.8 28 83.51 +.10 -1.8WalMart 1.96 2.5 16 79.74 -.41 -7.1WellsFargo 1.40 2.6 13 54.81 +.62 0.0Windstrm 1.00 13.1 ... 7.64 -.22 -7.3Yahoo ... ... 6 45.73 +.21 -9.5

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Horizon Resources (Thur. 8:10 a.m.)Spring Wheat:11% Protein .......... $3.44 12% ............. $3.8413% Protein .......... $4.24 14% ............. $5.0415% ........................ $6.20 16% ............. $6.40

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NORTH DAKOTA WEATHERToday: Partly cloudy. High of 67. Low of 35.Friday: Sunny. High of 73. Low of 40.Saturday: Mostly sunny. Windy. High of 70. Low of 39.Sunday: Partly cloudy. Windy. High of 56. Low of 32.Monday: Sunny. Windy. High of 57. Low of 31.Tuesday: Sunny. High of 62. Low of 30.

MONTANA WEATHERToday: Partly cloudy. High of 67. Low of 35.Friday: Sunny. High of 73. Low of 40.Saturday: Mostly sunny. Windy. High of 70. Low of 39.Sunday: Partly cloudy. Windy. High of 56. Low of 32.Monday: Sunny. Windy. High of 57. Low of 31.Tuesday: Sunny. High of 62. Low of 30.

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You should know:You will learn an appreciation of dance styles created

during the big band era including the Lindy Hop, Charles-ton, andEast Coast, Participants will learn the secrets of the lead-follow partnership, dance etiquette, musicality, and some history of each dance.

At the end of the course, participants will be asked memorize a routine in order to combine all of the skills learned.

No partner needed; must bring dance shoes. For more information contact TrainND at (701)774-4235.

Williston Basin Resource CoalitionDate: Thursday, April 16, 2015Time: NoonLocation: Fellowship Hall, First Lutheran ChurchYou Should Know: Featured topic is Supportive Housing

group, including presenter, Suzanne Blessum.Area agencies are encouraged to bring information to

share in the round-table session to follow. The Coalition will be meeting monthly on Third Thursdays to promote communication and coordination between entities provid-ing human services. A light lunch will be available with donations welcome.

Bingo NightDate: April 25thLocation: Lantern Coffee CompanyTime: 6:00 p.m.You Should Know:The Lantern Coffee Company is hosting a bingo night

where all proceeds where go to PATH, a non-profit organi-zation that helps those in foster care, adoption, and other behavioral health services.

WSC Bill Gaither and Gaither BandDate: April 16Location: New Hope ChurchTime: 7:00 p.m.You should know: Multi-Grammy Award-winner Bill Gaither with vocal

band David Phelps, Wes Hampton, Adam Crabb and Todd Suttles will be bringing down the house alongside special guests: Charoltee Ritchie, Gene McDonald, and Kevin Williams. General admission tickets are $25 and general admission senior tickets (60+) are $23. For more informa-tion call (701)774-9056.

WSC Painting and Tasting, Chevron ArtDate: April 17thLocation: Williston State College, Crighton BuildingTime: 6:00-8:00 p.m.You should know:During our Painting Nights, a local artist guides par-

ticipants in painting their interpretation of the evening’s selected piece while enjoying wine and soda from the 26th Street Liquor. PLease bring an apron if you wish to protect your clothes, For more information contact TrainND at (701)774-4235,

WSC Floral ArrangementDate: April 18thLocation: Williston State College Time: April 18thYou should know:Come lean how to make a beautiful flower arrangement

for any occasion. Instructor Tracey Paulsen will teach students through a hands on approach how to care,handle, and arrange living flowers. In addition, students will learn florist tips and tricks including how to make arrangements last while learning general information on particular

REE: Common Sense Parenting Date: Wednesdays, March 25- April 29Location: Broadway CommonsTime: 7:00-9:00 p.m.You should know:Workshop designed for parents of children ages 6 to

16. It is practical, skill-based parenting program that addresses issues of communication, discipline, decision making, relationships, and school sources. Parents learn, practice, and demonstrates new parenting skills. For more information, contact Kendra Loomis, Parent Educa-tion Coordinator, at (701) 713-0663.

WSC Yoga Date: April 1-29Location: WSC Western Star buildingTime: 5:30-6:30 p.m.You should know:A 1-hour yoga class mixing hatha, vinyasa & adapted

yoga pose to build strength, stability, endurance & bal-ance. The class will focus on increasing flexibility in a safe, intelligent way. You can come to as few or as many classes as you’d like. It’s a wonderful all-levels class expe-rience for the beginner to the advanced. Must bring your own yoga mat.

“Based Couture” by Shane Brinster Date: April 1-30Location: The James Memorial Art CenterTime: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. and Friday /

Sunday 1:00-5:00 p.m.You should know:The James Memorial Art Center is proud to present

“Based Couture” by Shane Brinster. The exhibition is-sponsored by theNorth DakotaArt Gallery Association with support from the North Dakota Council on the Arts. Shane Brinster is a multi-media artist from North Dako-ta. His current work consist of spray painting on canvas, applied via a combination of freehand and stencils. The James Memorial Art Center is located at the 621 First Avenue Westin Williston. For more information, please contact the James at (701)774-3601.

WSC The Purple School, SpanishDate: April 13- May 15Location: The ARC Time: 10:00 & 10:45You should know: The Purple School teaches children a

second language through chants, singing, and games. Our enthusiastic teachers use fun, child-centered curricu-lum to achieve concrete, quantifiable results. Children 3 months-6 years class time will be 10:00-10:45 a.m., chil-dren 1st-6th grade will be from 10:45-11:30 a.m.

For more information contact TrainND at (701)774-4235.

WSC Swing Dance 1Date: April 14-28Location: Williston State CollegeTime; Tuesday & Thursday 7:00-8:00 p.m.

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flowers. For more information contact TrainND at (701)774-4235.

Kids Day OutDate: April 18thLocation: Raymond Family Community CenterTime: 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.You should know:Great resources for families and fun activities for kids!

Don’t miss this annual event!

Handy Andy’s Presents “Planning Outdoor Pots”Date: April 19thLocation: Handy Andy’s NurseryYou should know:Do you feel like you know nothing about plants and

flowers? Come join us at Hansy Andy’s for this course on outdoor pots, we’ll teach you all you need to know about creating and caring for flowers for your outdoor spaces. By mid-April, Handy Andy’s nursery complex is filled with all kinds of beautiful and unique flowers just perfect for creating that outdoor arrangement!

For more information contact (701)572-6083.

Multi-State Permit to Carry Training, ND Class ii & Utah

Date: April 19th Location: Williston Home of Economy Time:12:00 p.m.Utah permit to carry 4:00 p.m. ND permit

to carryYou should know: Join the permittocarry.org, LLC team

for an excellent day of training in the conceal carry laws, permit processing, laws regarding the threat and use of deadly force , avoiding conflict, handgun safety and handling and so much more. Add the Utah Permit to your ND Class II permit and obtain 11 additional carry states. Fingerprinting and photos are included. Pre-payment for the Utah training is rehired. Contact Laura Ramirez at (218)252-1631 or register via email at rustyramirez@per-mittocarry.org.

Banquet WestDate: Every SundayLocation: First Lutheran ChurchTime: 5:30 to 7 p.m.You Should Know: A delicious white tablecloth dinner

awaits you, served on real plates, silverware and glass-ware. Come pull up a chair. Price: A smile.

Banquet West is organized by St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and the Lutheran congregations of Gloria Dei, West Prairie, Good Shepherd and First Lutheran, and Faith United Methodist Church.

SOS Support GroupDate: Second and Fourth MondayTime: 7 p.m.Location: Gloria Dei Church Family RoomYou Should Know: The SOS (Sound of Silence) Suicide

Loss Support Group helps those who have lost someone to suicide. We meet on the second Monday of each month at the Gloria Dei Church Family Room at 7 pm. Snacks will be served.

Dear Annie: I have helped my wife’s daugh-ter and family financially many times over the past 15 years. Eighteen months ago, I loaned them $600, and they promised they would pay me back. (My previous loans were gifts.)

The daughter’s husband has a well-paying job, but he is slow to repay this loan. Three months ago, I received a check for $40, along with more empty promises to pay off the rest. I haven’t seen any ad-ditional money. It is just another lie.

I was warned not to loan them money, but emotions got the better of me. What should I do? How can I ever trust them again? -- Played for a Fool

Dear Played: You are being too hard on yourself. You love your wife and care about her child, so you have helped them fi-nancially. This is not a bad thing. The problem is that the “kids” are not respon-sible enough to repay the loan.

Talk to them. Say that you are going to set up a payment schedule, and ask how much they can af-ford to pay every month. No matter how little the amount, agree to it and say you expect to see it on the first of every month until the loan is repaid entirely.

If they miss a payment, call and re-mind them. Be nice about it, but insistent, no matter how much they try to wriggle out of it. You can even set up an automatic

payment plan that would take care of it without any reminders at all.

The trick is to be firm, but kind. No accusations or guilt. If they repay the entire loan without grip-ing, we’d say you can trust them to do so again. But if they give you a hard time or refuse to cooper-ate, you’ll have to put your backbone in place and tell them the remaining $560 is a gift, but there will be no more. And mean it.

Dear Annie: Your col-umn gets me started every morning. Here’s a good one in response to the letter from “Daisy” about a mar-riage tune-up.

After 20 years of mar-riage, my husband decided he needed to get away and start a new life with a new wife -- especially since he had already found one. He told me I had been a per-fect wife and mother, so

he wanted me to have the house, the car and money to live on. After recovering from the shock and getting a good job, life went on for me.

After two years, he came knocking on my door with a toilet under his arm, say-ing he heard I needed a new one. So I let him do the re-pair job, and he proceeded to tell me about his unhap-py married life and that he was getting a divorce.

He was a good repairman and an excellent mechanic, so I suggested he come back home to be my live-in handyman. It worked out great for another 20 years, and I saved a lot of money on repairs. Good things always happen if you wait. -- Satisfied

Dear Satisfied: We love it! Your husband appar-ently had a classic midlife crisis. You were wise, not only to be patient, but to move on with your life without bitterness. Not ev-ery ex-husband turns out to be a good handyman.

Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Mar-cy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syn-dicate, 737 3rd Street, Her-mosa Beach, CA 90254.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Get your priorities in order when dealing with your duties, responsibili-ties and favored projects. Don’t get sidetracked by trivial matters when you have more important issues to contend with.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- An infatuation will cause confusion. Make sure that you deal with your responsibilities before you head out for some fun. Col-leagues will be resentful if you leave work undone.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Find an organization that inspires you and get involved. Helping others

will give you a feeling of contentment, and you will meet people who share your beliefs and values.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Stubbornness will be your downfall. Your day will run more smoothly if you let someone else take the lead, for a change. Be a team player.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Don’t wait for someone else to create an opportunity for you. Put your plans in motion. A partnership or contract will elicit work and rewards. It is up to you to make things happen.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Your prospects will im-prove if you make a person-al or financial change. Take time out for socializing and romance if you want to im-prove your love life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- A person from your past will come to mind or get in touch with you. Jealousy is apparent. Someone who loves you will feel threat-ened by one of your friend-ships.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- You will get astounding

results if you make health and diet changes. A creative idea will prove lucrative if you join forces with the right business partner.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Have faith in your capabilities. You are the best judge of what you feel comfortable doing. Don’t be disheartened if someone doesn’t agree with your choices.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Don’t approach today expecting others to do what you want. Keep your ideas to yourself and move along at your own pace. The results you get will turn heads.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Positive change is pos-sible. You have the ability to turn a negative into a positive. Use past mistakes as lessons to improve your future.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- You have extra energy, so put more effort into whatever job you are given. You will make an impres-sion that will keep your name in the running for a promotion.

Horoscope

PEANUTS

BORN LOSER

BEETLE BAILEY

FRANK & ERNEST

ARLO & JANIS

GARFIELD

TAKE IT FROM THE TINKERSONS

SOUP TO NUTS

ALLEY OOP

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Kids aren’t responsible enough for a loan

Annie’s Mailbox

Michael Showalter, a co-median, actor, writer and director, said, “I am a big proponent of writing a great outline. That way you can avoid hitting a roadblock. There is no worse feeling than writing yourself into a corner, but if you’ve figured it all out in the outline, then you won’t have that prob-lem.”

We have a roadblock in bridge -- it is featured in this deal, where third hand must decide whether to play high or low at trick one, which is our theme this week.

South is in three no-trump. West leads his fourth-highest heart to dummy’s singleton king. What should happen after that?

South starts with seven top tricks: three spades, one heart (the first trick), one diamond and two clubs. He will take the diamond finesse for his contract. If it wins, he will collect two overtricks. If the finesse loses, perhaps hearts will be 4-4 or the de-fenders will err.

When West leads a low heart, which promises at least one honor in the suit, and dummy’s king wins the first trick, East must play his queen. This serves two pur-poses: It tells partner about the queen and jack, allowing him to underlead the ace on the next round; and it un-blocks the suit. Declarer will take the losing diamond fi-nesse, whereupon the defend-ers can run four heart tricks -- but only if East unblocked the queen at trick one.

There are two other points. From the Rule of Eleven, East knows South has only one heart above the six, so playing the queen cannot cost. And no, the queen can-not be a singleton ... unless South opened one no-trump with six hearts in his hand.

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Signing on the dotted line

Myers commits to West Virginia Rud to play at Grace UniversityBY MARK JONESWILLISTON HERALD

WILLISTON — The next step in the basketball career of Williston State College sophomore Teyvon Myers has been put in place.

Myers, a 6-foot-3 guard from Brooklyn, New York, signed a National Letter of Intent to play at West Virginia Univer-sity next season.

“It feels great,” Myers said. “It’s a dream come true just to sign these papers.”

Myers, who earned NJCAA All-American honorable men-tion last month, also received interest from Louisville, Ari-zona State and Utah.

But in the end, Myers says the family feel with the Moun-taineers is what won him over.

“They are like a family,” he said. “Coach (Bob) Huggins re-ally cares about his players.”

At West Virginia, Myers will play in one of the best conferences in all of the country in the Big 12, and Huggins is one of the most successful coaches in all of college basket-ball.

“He’s really cool off the court,” Myers said of Huggins. “But on the court he is all business.”

“The opportunity for him to play at West Virginia is a (tribute) to the time he spends on his game,” said Williston State College men’s basketball coach Cory Fehringer.

Myers’ time at Williston State was limited to a single season, as he also played a season of basketball at Allen Hancock College in California. However, it’s time Myers will

always cherish.“Williston State College

was the best decision I’ve ever made,” he said.

He was encouraged to come to Williston State by former Teton point guard and close friend Trey Dickerson.

“He told me if I came here, it would change my life,” he said.

In his lone season at Wil-liston State, Myers led the NJCAA in scoring at 25.1 points per game and led the

Tetons to the Mon-Dak Conference regular season championship.

“It’s a good honor,” he said. “I give all the credit to my coaches and teammates. They put me in a position to score.”

This past season, the Mountaineers lost to Kentucky in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

At West Virgina, Myers plans to study ac-counting.

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Williston State College’s Teyvon Myers is all smiles as he signs a National Letter of Intent Wednesday to play basketball next season at West Virginia University.

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Williston’s Mykle Rud signs a National Letter of Intent Wednesday to play basketball next season at Grace University, an NAIA school in Omaha, Neb.

‘It feels great. It’s a dream come true to just to sign these papers.’

Teyvon MyersFormer Williston State College basketball player

BY MARK JONESWILLISTON HERALD

WILLISTON — Williston State College sophomore Mykle Rud has some more basketball left in his playing career.

The 6-foot-5 forward signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball next season at Grace Uni-versity, an NAIA school in Omaha, Nebraska.

“I’m excited to play for two more years,” Rud said. “To continue my playing career.”

Rud, a native of Garrison was put in touch with the Royals coaching staff by Williston State College assistant men’s basketball coach Rylee Hernandez.

“Rylee has good friends at Grace,” Rud said. “They were looking for a forward that could shoot the 3.”

After Rud made a trip to Nebras-ka to showcase his talents, both sides were convinced that it was a good fit.

Rud will be in the Royals’ lineup next season when they face Valley City State Uni-

versity next season. Grace has also played Dickinson State University in the past.

Laying it all out on the court has been Rud’s secret to success.

“I work hard,” Rud said. “I take pride in work hard. I’ve always had a good attitude.”

Rud played in 16 games this season for the Tetons, averaging 2 points and 1.2 rebounds a game.

“Today is a great day for Wil-liston State College and our program,” said Williston State College men’s basketball coach Cory Fehringer. “He’s the model student athlete at Williston State College. We are pleased he is continuing his basketball and collegiate career.”

While playing a limited role for the Tetons, Fehringer says Rud’s sacri-fice for the good of the team makes him deserving to play at the next level.

The highlight of Rud’s time at Williston State are the people he has met.

“I wouldn’t change anything that has happened to me in the last two

years,” he said.At Grace, Rud places to study mass com-

munications with the hopes of becoming a reporter or a journalist.

‘I’m excited to play for two more years to continue my playing career.’

Mykel RudFormer Williston State College basketball player

• Up Next Editor’s note: Schedules are

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Streak still at 17Williston State College pitcher Cole Masik delivers a pitch during Wednesday’s 21-6 win over Dawson Community College. The Tetons have won 17 straight games. Their game at Miles Community College on Wednesday was cancelled. The Tetons will play at Dakota County Technical College this weekend.

Ex-NFL star Hernandez convicted of murder, sentenced to life

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Pa-triots star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for a deadly late-night shooting, sealing the downfall of an athlete who once had a $40 million contract and a standout career ahead of him.

Hernandez, 25, who had been considered one of the top tight ends in professional football, shook his head, pursed his lips and sat down after the jury forewoman pronounced him guilty in the slaying of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old land-scaper and amateur week-end football player who was dating the sister of Hernan-dez’s fiancee.

Hernandez’s mother, Terri, and his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, cried and gasped when they heard the verdict. Hernandez, his eyes red, mouthed to them: “Be strong. Be strong.” Lloyd’s mother also cried.

Jurors deliberated for 36 hours over seven days before rendering their decision,

which also included convic-tions on weapons charges.

“The jury found that he was just a man who com-mitted a brutal murder,” District Attorney Thomas Quinn said after the verdict. “The fact that he was a pro-fessional athlete meant noth-

ing in the end.”Lloyd was shot

six times early on June 17, 2013, in a deserted indus-trial park near Hernandez’s home in North Attlebor-ough. The motive has never been explained.

Police almost immediately zeroed

in on the former Pro Bowl athlete because they found in Lloyd’s pocket the key to a car the NFL player had rented. Within hours of Her-nandez’s arrest, the Patriots cut him from the team. The team declined to comment on the verdict.

Prosecutors presented a wealth of evidence that Hernandez was with Lloyd at the time he was killed, in-cluding home security video from Hernandez’s mansion, witness testimony and cell-phone records that tracked Lloyd’s movements.

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FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Even after he was convict-ed of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole, former New England Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez is nowhere near done with his legal troubles. He still faces double murder charges in Boston, as well as civil law-suits over the killings and a lawsuit in Florida from a former friend who said he was shot in the face and left for dead after arguing with Hernandez.

A jury on Wednesday found Hernandez guilty of the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Lloyd was killed — shot six times in a deserted indus-trial park less than a mile from Hernandez's home — for reasons that still remain unclear. Hernandez's lawyer acknowledged his client wit-nessed the crime but insisted he did not do it.

After the verdict, Hernan-dez was brought to a state prison less than a 4-mile drive from Gillette Stadium, the place where he once used to catch touchdown passes by Tom Brady in front of tens of thousands of fans. He will eventually be moved to another maximum-security institution.

A first-degree murder conviction in Massachusetts automatically triggers an appeal to the Supreme Ju-dicial Court. A date for the Hernandez appeal wasn't im-mediately set.

Hernandez also is charged in a 2012 double killing in Boston. His alleged connec-tion to that slaying emerged as the Lloyd investigation unfolded. Prosecutors in Boston say that Hernandez killed two men, Daniel de

Abreu and Safiro Furtado, after one of them acciden-tally bumped into him and spilled Hernandez's drink at a nightclub. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder.

Hernandez told a friend he thought the man was "trying" him, and surveil-lance video outside the club showed Hernandez pacing back and forth while his friend tried to calm him down.

Later, Hernandez drove

around until he saw the men get in a car, followed them and shot at them from a sil-ver SUV at a stop light, pros-ecutors said. A third man in their car also was shot but survived.

The judge in the Lloyd case barred prosecutors from tell-ing jurors about the Boston double killing. Jurors in the Lloyd case on Wednesday said that after the verdict the judge told them about the 2012 case, information they said only affirmed to them

that they had made the right decision.

About six weeks after that shooting, Hernandez signed a five-year, $40 million contract with the Patriots, and he went on to play for another season before Lloyd was killed. He was cut from the team soon after being arrested in Lloyd's killing in June 2013.

Suffolk County prosecu-tors said Wednesday they don't have an estimate on when Hernandez could stand

trial for the double homicide. The trial had been scheduled to begin May 28, but a judge agreed in November to delay the case indefinitely so Her-nandez's lawyers could focus on the Lloyd case. The first step will be to hold a pre-trial status hearing.

"We expect to go in to court in the coming days with defense counsel to set a new court date and from there set a new trial track," Jake Wark, a spokesman for Suf-folk County District Attor-

ney Daniel Conley, said a few hours after Hernandez was convicted and sentenced.

Hernandez's legal team, James Sultan, Michael Fee and Charles Rankin, left the courthouse Wednesday with-out commenting.

Lloyd's mother, Ursula Ward, has a civil lawsuit against Hernandez seeking an unspecified amount of money. That lawsuit was put on hold during the criminal case. Her lawyer, Doug Sheff, said Wednesday he did not know whether he had to wait for the appeal in the criminal matter to press the lawsuit.

"I hope not, because that could take years, many years," Sheff said, adding that he hopes to go forward with discovery in the case.

The families of the two men Hernandez is accused of killing in 2012 in Boston also filed wrongful death lawsuits against Hernandez, each seeking $6 million in damages. The families' attor-ney, William Kennedy, said he expects the case won't go to trial until well after the criminal trial.

"The families now don't have a son, they don't have a brother, they don't have a friend. What price do you put on that? That would be for a jury to determine," Kennedy said.

Hernandez also was sued by Alexander Bradley, a former friend, who says that in February 2013, he and Hernandez argued following a trip to a Miami strip club. He says he was shot between the eyes and dumped by Her-nandez in an industrial park. Bradley testified against Hernandez in the Lloyd trial, but prosecutors were not al-lowed to ask him about the Florida shooting.

AP Legal Affairs Writer De-nise Lavoie contributed to this story from Boston.

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Former New England Patriots football player Aaron Hernandez listens as the guilty verdict is read during his murder trial, Wednesday, April 15, 2015. at Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd in June 2013. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.

Many court cases left for Aaron Hernandez

By SAM HANANELAssociAted Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The cornerstone of Presi-dent Barack Obama's plan to address climate change is still months away from be-ing finished, but it's already facing a high-stakes legal challenge from critics who

want to halt the process in its tracks.

A federal appeals court hears arguments Thursday in two cases challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's far-reaching pro-posal to cut Earth-warming pollution from the nation's coal-fired power plants.

The lawsuits — one from a

coalition of 15 states and an-other brought by Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp., the nation's largest privately held coal mining company — are part of a growing political attack from op-ponents who say the move is illegal and will kill jobs, cripple demand for coal and drive up electricity prices.

At issue is whether the EPA has legal authority for its plan under the Clean Air Act. But the agency and environmental advo-cacy groups have urged the court to throw the cases out as premature, saying legal challenges must wait until the EPA issues a final rule until this summer.

Opponents concede it's not typical for a court to provide relief before a rule is final, but argue that states and the coal industry already face the prospect of shutting down coal plants and spending other re-sources in anticipation of the rule.

All three judges on the

panel hearing the case were appointed by Republican presidents.

The EPA rule proposed last year requires states to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, giving customized targets to each state and leaving it up to them to draw up plans to meet the targets.

obama’s climate change plan faces high-profile legal battle

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PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theWilliams County Planning and ZoningCommission of Williams County, ND hashereby scheduled a meeting on Thursday,April 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM in theConference Room of the BroadwayCommons Building, located at 302 EastBroadway, Williston, North Dakota. ThePlanning Commission will review andconsider an application from Western AreaWater Supply Authority for a Conditional UsePermit for reservoir site for potable water andpump station and a Minor Subdivision. Theproperty consists of 10 acres and is locatedas a tract in the SW1/4 Ex Sublot 2, Section13, T157N R103W, off CR5. The property iszoned Agricultural. Strandahl Township.If you are not able to attend the meeting andwish to make comments, please send writtencomments to the County Planning & ZoningDivision; P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802or call (701) 577-4565. All comments shall besubmitted to the Planning Division at least 24hours prior to the scheduled public hearing.You can also contact the division at:planning@co.williams.nd.usShould you plan to attend the meeting andwill need special facilities or assistancerelating to a disability, contact us prior to themeeting date.

(April 9, 16, 2015)

SUMMONSCivil No. 53-2015-CV-00406

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTAIN DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF WILLIAMSNORTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

State of North Dakota ex rel.Bonnie L. Storbakken, Commissioner ofLabor for the benefit of Delfino Chavez-Saucedo and Miguel A. Martinez Mendez,

Plaintiff,vs.

Antonio Nunez,Defendant

TO: ANTONIO NUNEZ, 4455 EAST TWAINAVENUE, APT. 225, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA89121-4661.[1] YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED andrequired to appear and defend against theComplaint in this action, which is herewithserved upon you, by serving upon theundersigned an Answer or other properwritten response within twenty-one (21) daysafter service of this Summons upon you,exclusive of the day of service. Personalservice of the Summons and Complaint uponthe defendant out of state is complete uponthe expiration of fifteen (15) days after thedate of service. If you fail to do so, judgmentby default will be taken against you for therelief demanded in the Complaint.Dated this 10th day of July, 2014.

State of North DakotaWayne Stenehjem

Attorney GeneralBy: -s- TROY T.SEIBEL

Troy T. SeibelAssistant Attorney General

State Bar ID No. 06467Office of Attorney General

500 North 9th StreetBismarck, ND 58501-4509Telephone (701) 328-3640Facsimile (701) 328-4300

tseibel@nd.govAttorneys for Plaintiff.

(April 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theWilliams County Planning and ZoningCommission of Williams County, ND hashereby scheduled a meeting on Thursday,April 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM in theConference Room of the BroadwayCommons Building, located at 302 EastBroadway, Williston, North Dakota. ThePlanning Commission will review andconsider an application from CraigSteinbeisser for a Conditional Use Permit toaccommodate a commercial shop for pipemaintenance and machining for rented orleased use. The property consists of 19.83acres and is located as the E1/2 SW1/4SW1/4, Section 20, T158N R100W, off 74thSt. NW. The property is zoned Agricultural.Winner Township.If you are not able to attend the meeting andwish to make comments, please send writtencomments to the County Planning & ZoningDivision; P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802or call (701) 577-4565. All comments shall besubmitted to the Planning Division at least 24hours prior to the scheduled public hearing.You can also contact the division at:planning@co.williams.nd.usShould you plan to attend the meeting andwill need special facilities or assistancerelating to a disability, contact us prior to themeeting date.

(April 9, 16, 2015)

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School Annexation HearingNotice is given that a public hearing will beheld by the Williamsʼ County School DistrictReorganization Committee on Thursday, April30, 2015 at 1:00pm in the Memorial Room,Williamsʼ County Courthouse, Williston, NorthDakota, for the purpose of considering apetition for annexing a territory to TiogaPublic School District #15 from New PublicSchool District #8. Both school districts arelocated primarily in Williams County.The Petition describes the territory to beannexed as the following:All properties are located in the Dry ForkTownship 155 Range 95 West of WilliamsCounty.• Section 31 Lot 1 (35.87) Lot 2 (36.01)Lot 3 (36.15)• Section 31 West 1/2 of the North 1/2 ofLot 4• Section 31 South West 1/4 of the SouthWest 1/4 of Government Lot 4• Section 31 East 1/2 of the North 1/2 ofLot 4 (36.29)• Section 31 8.15 Acres in Lot 4 and theSouth East 1/4 of the South West 1/4 exceptSublot 1• Section 31 Sublot 1 in South 1/2 of theSouth West 1/4• Section 31 West 1/2 of the South East 1/4• Section 31 East 1/2 of the South East 1/4and the South East 1/4 of the North East 1/4• Section 32 North 1/2 of the South West 1/4and the South West 1/4 of the SouthWest 1/4• Section 32 West 1/2 of the South East 1/4and the South East 1/4 of the South West 1/4and the South West 1/4 of the North East 1/4• Section 32 East 1/2 of the South East 1/4and the South East 1/4 of the North East 1/4except StateThis hearing is held in accordance with theNorth Dakota Century School Code Chapter15.1-12 and by order of the Williams CountySchool District Reorganization CommitteeJodi Johnson, SecretaryWilliams County School Superintendent

(April 16, 2015)

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searchable bynewspaper, cityor keyword at:www.ndpublicnotices.com

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITIONFOR SUCCESSION

OF PROPERTY AND APPOINTMENTOF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Court File No. 53-2015-PR-00163IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WILLIAMS COUNTY,NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate ofOlive Wharton Lease, deceased

[1] NOTICE IS GIVEN that Mary Ann Sayleshas filed a Petition for Succession of Propertyand Appointment of Personal Representative.[2] Hearing has been set on the Petition onMay 5, 2015, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. at theCourtroom of the District Court in Williston,Williams County, North Dakota.Dated: March 31, 2015.

/s/ MARY ANN SAYLESMary Ann Sayles - Petitioner

504 Prestige StreetJoliet, IL 60435

Gregory B. Selbo (ID #03245)NILLES LAW FIRM1800 Radisson Tower201 N. 5th St.P.O. Box 2626Fargo, ND 58108(701) 237-5544gselbo@nilleslaw.comAttorneys for Personal Representative

(April 2, 9, 16, 2015)

publication of this notice or said claims will beforever barred. Claims must either bepresented to Naomi Kingstad Murphy,personal representative of the estate, at 209Redwood Circle, Harker Heights, TX 76548,or filed with the Court.DATED: March 19, 2015 .

By: -s- NAOMI KINGSTAD MURPHYNaomi Kingstad MurphyPersonal Representative

209 Redwood CircleHarker Heights, TX 76548

Timothy L. Kingstad225 Juniper DriveBismarck, ND 58505tkingstad@gmail.com701-471-5330Attorney for Personal Representative

First publication on the16th day of April, 2015.(April 16, 23, 30, 2015)

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NOTICE TO CREDITORSProbate No. 53-2015-PR-00050

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFWILLIAMS COUNTY,

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTAIn the Matter of the Estate of Mabel A.

Kingstad, DeceasedNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theundersigned has been appointed personalrepresentative of the above estate. Allpersons having claims against the saiddeceased are required to present their claimswithin three months after the date of the first

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITIONFOR ADJUDICATION OF INTESTACYAND DETERMINATION OF HEIRS

Probate No. 53-2015-PR-00137IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WILLIAMS COUNTY,STATE OF NORTH DAKOTAIn the Matter of the Estate ofP.K. Everson, Deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that DeanBlikre, as Petitioner, has filed herein aPetition for Adjudication of Intestacy andDetermination of Heirs in the Matter of theEstate of P.K. Everson, Deceased.THAT said petition is with reference to, andaffects the title to the real property describedas follows, to-wit:All of the decedent's right, title, and interest inand to the oil, gas and other Minerals in andunder:

Township 158 North, Range 95 West,Williams Co., ND:Section 2: S1/2NW1/4, Lots 3 and 4

Hearing has been set upon said petition onthe 5th day of May, 2015, at 4:30 o'clockp.m., CT, at the Courtroom of the abovenamed Court in the City of Williston, Countyof Williams, State of North Dakota.Dated this 30th day of March, 2015.

By: -s- ROSS L. SUNDEENRoss L. Sundeen #05126

Attorney for PetitionerJOHNSON & SUNDEEN

109 Fifth Street SWP. O. Box 1260

Watford City, ND 58854(701) 444-2211

ross@dakotalawdogs.com(April 2, 9, 16, 2015)

NOTICE OF HEARINGProbate No. 53-2015-PR-00171IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WILLIAMS COUNTY,STATE OF NORTH DAKOTAIn the Matter of the Estate of

AVIS M. RAYMOND, DECEASEDTO: The heirs, devisees and other interestedpersons in the Avis M. Raymond estate.PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Sarah A.Raymond, Petitioner, has filed a Petition withthe Clerk of District Court in and for WilliamsCounty, North Dakota, for an order appointingher as Personal Representative of the estateand for an order authorizing and directing herto distribute the property belonging to theestate of the decedent.The mineral interests in question are locatedin Williams County, North Dakota.The Court has set the following date for thehearing of said Petition at the WilliamsCounty Courthouse in Williston, NorthDakota:June 9, 2015 at 4:30 o'clock p.m. in front ofthe Honorable Paul W. Jacobson, Judge ofDistrict Court.YOU ARE HEREBY notified that papers withrespect to said Petition are on file with theWilliams County Clerk of District Court andyou may contact the undersigned with yourresponse or any questions.Dated this 7th day of April, 2015.

By: -s- RYAN GELTELRyan Geltel #06992

MacMaster, Geltel & Siewert, LTD123 East Broadway

PO Box 547Williston, ND 58801

(701) 572-8121Ryan@macmasterlaw.us

Attorneys for the Petitioner(April 9, 16, 23, 2015)

complete the works, or other good andsufficient cause, the same, or a portionthereof, will be declared forfeited andcanceled. If auxiliary aids or services such asreaders, signers, or Braille material arerequired, please contact the Office of theState Engineer, 900 East Boulevard,Bismarck, ND 58505; or call (701) 328-4941at least seven working days before thehearing. TTY-Relay ND 1-800-366-6888 or711.DATED April 2, 2015.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTABy: -s- TODD SANDO

Todd Sando, P.E.State Engineer

(April 9, 16, 2015)

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NORTH DAKOTA STATE ENGINEERNOTICE OF HEARING

CONCERNING FORFEITUREPROCEEDINGS ON A PORTIONOF WATER PERMIT NO. 1394

Please take notice that under N.D.C.C. §61-04-24, a hearing concerning forfeitureproceedings on a portion of Water Permit No.1394 will be held by the State Engineer onMay 5, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. in the first floorconference room of the Office of the StateEngineer, 900 East Boulevard, Bismarck,North Dakota. The hearing will give thepermitholder, the owners of land benefited bythe appropriation or works, and otherinterested parties whose rights to use watermay be affected by a cancellation of theappropriation an opportunity to show causewhy the appropriation, or a portion thereof,should not be canceled.The water permit that is the subject of thishearing is:Water Permit No. 1394 (a portion to becanceled).1. A perfected water permit assigned toNesson Valley Helen Sveen Bonanza Ranch,Ray, ND, on November 2, 2006, toappropriate 360 acre-feet of ground waterannually at a pumping rate of 1,795.2 gallonsper minute for irrigation purposes.2. The date of priority is September 9, 1966.3. The point of diversion is located in theNE1/4NW1/4 of Section 12, T.154N., R.97W.,Williams County, ND.4. The description of land to be irrigated is236 acres (79 acres located in theS1/2SW1/4 of Section 1 and 157 acreslocated in the NW1/4 of Section 12, all inT.154N., R.97W., Williams County, ND.Forfeiture proceedings have been initiatedagainst a portion of this permit (79 acreslocated in the S1/2SW1/4 of Section 1 and 32acres located in the NW1/4 of Section 12, allin T.154N., R.97W.), 172.5 acre-feet of water,and pumping rate of 945.2 gpm) because thewater is no longer being beneficially used forirrigation purposes.TAKE NOTICE FURTHER that if no individualappears at the hearing or files a writtenprotest by the hearing date, the water permitor portion thereof will be declared forfeitedand canceled. If interested parties appearand contest the cancellation, the StateEngineer will hear the evidence and if itappears that the water has not been put to abeneficial use or, having been so used at onetime, has ceased to be used for suchpurposes for more than three years, unlessthe failure or cessation of use was due to theunavailability of water, a justifiable inability to

PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theWilliams County Planning and ZoningCommission of Williams County, ND hashereby scheduled a meeting on Thursday,April 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM in theConference Room of the BroadwayCommons Building, located at 302 EastBroadway, Williston, North Dakota. ThePlanning Commission will review andconsider an application from David Puckettfor a Variance for an additional single familydwelling on property. The property consistsof 14.97 acres and is located as Sublot 7 inW1/2 NW1/4, Section 34, T155N R101W, off138th Ave. NW. The property is zonedAgricultural. Missouri Ridge Township.If you are not able to attend the meeting andwish to make comments, please send writtencomments to the County Planning & ZoningDivision; P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802or call (701) 577-4565. All comments shall besubmitted to the Planning Division at least 24hours prior to the scheduled public hearing.You can also contact the division at:planning@co.williams.nd.usShould you plan to attend the meeting andwill need special facilities or assistancerelating to a disability, contact us prior to themeeting date.

(April 9, 16, 2015)

Respondents.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that AmericanState Bank & Trust Company, has filed in theabove-entitled Court, its Petition for OrderApproving and Confirming Trustee'sConsolidated Report and Account of the“Harlan E. Christianson Family Trust,” for thePeriod January 1, 2008 Through December31, 2013.Hearing has been set on said petition on the19th day of May, 2015 at 4:30 o'clock p.m. inthe Courtroom of the above-named Court inWilliston, Williams County, North Dakota.Dated this 14th day of April, 2015.

NEFF EIKEN AND NEFF, PCBy: -s- KATHLEEN KEY IMES

Kathleen Key ImesAttorney for the Petitioner

P.O. Box 1526Williston, ND 58802

Telephone: (701) 577-2000(April 16, 23, 30, 2015)

999. Public Notices

NOTICE OF HEARINGCivil No. 97-C-0173

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTAIN DISTRICT COURT

COUNTY OF WILLIAMSNORTHWEST JUDICIAL DISTRICT

In the matter of the adminstration of theHarlan E. Christianson Family Trust.American State Bank & Trust Company, asSuccessor Trustee of the Harlan E.Christianson Family Trust,

Petitioner,vs.

Alan Roy Christianson and Linda AnnChristianson Rhoads,

PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theWilliams County Planning and ZoningCommission of Williams County, ND hashereby scheduled a meeting on Thursday,April 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM in theConference Room of the BroadwayCommons Building, located at 302 EastBroadway, Williston, North Dakota. ThePlanning Commission will review andconsider an application from Buell ConsultingInc. for a Conditional Use Permit for acommunications tower. The propertyconsists of 79.93 acres and is located as aportion of the S1/2 NW1/4, Section 3, T157NR98W, off 123rd Ave NW. The property iszoned Agricultural. Oliver Township.If you are not able to attend the meeting andwish to make comments, please send writtencomments to the County Planning & ZoningDivision; P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802or call (701) 577-4565. All comments shall besubmitted to the Planning Division at least 24hours prior to the scheduled public hearing.You can also contact the division at:planning@co.williams.nd.usShould you plan to attend the meeting andwill need special facilities or assistancerelating to a disability, contact us prior to themeeting date.

(April 9, 16, 2015)

PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theWilliams County Planning and ZoningCommission of Williams County, ND hashereby scheduled a meeting on Thursday,April 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM in theConference Room of the BroadwayCommons Building, located at 302 EastBroadway, Williston, North Dakota. ThePlanning Commission will review andconsider an application from Bobby Alanazanfor a Conditional Use Permit for a caretaker'sresidence in commercial zoning for aself-storage facility. The property consists of4.89 acres and is located as Lot 5 Blk 4 ofMissouri Ridge Commercial Park, Section 12,T155N R101W, off Sherman Lane. Theproperty is zoned Commercial. MissouriRidge Township.If you are not able to attend the meeting andwish to make comments, please send writtencomments to the County Planning & ZoningDivision; P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802or call (701) 577-4565. All comments shall besubmitted to the Planning Division at least 24hours prior to the scheduled public hearing.You can also contact the division at:planning@co.williams.nd.usShould you plan to attend the meeting andwill need special facilities or assistancerelating to a disability, contact us prior to themeeting date.

(April 9, 16, 2015)

PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theWilliams County Planning and ZoningCommission of Williams County, ND hashereby scheduled a meeting on Thursday,April 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM in theConference Room of the BroadwayCommons Building, located at 302 EastBroadway, Williston, North Dakota. ThePlanning Commission will review andconsider an application from Buell ConsultingInc. for a Conditional Use Permit for acommunications tower. The propertyconsists of 69.09 acres and is located in aportion of the E1/2 SE1/4, Section 12, T156NR97W, off Hwy 2. The property is zonedAgricultural. Equality Township.If you are not able to attend the meeting andwish to make comments, please send writtencomments to the County Planning & ZoningDivision; P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802or call (701) 577-4565. All comments shall besubmitted to the Planning Division at least 24hours prior to the scheduled public hearing.You can also contact the division at:planning@co.williams.nd.usShould you plan to attend the meeting andwill need special facilities or assistancerelating to a disability, contact us prior to themeeting date.

(April 9, 16, 2015)

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PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theWilliams County Planning and ZoningCommission of Williams County, ND hashereby scheduled a meeting on Thursday,April 23, 2015 at 6:00 PM in theConference Room of the BroadwayCommons Building, located at 302 EastBroadway, Williston, North Dakota. ThePlanning Commission will review andconsider an application from Betty Jo Falconfor a Variance to accommodate three singlefamily dwellings on a parcel. The propertyconsists of .99 acres and is located as a tractin the S1/2 SW1/4 SW1/4, Section 17, T153NR102W, off 1st St. South, Trenton. Theproperty is zoned Residential. TrentonTownship.If you are not able to attend the meeting andwish to make comments, please send writtencomments to the County Planning & ZoningDivision; P.O. Box 2047, Williston, ND 58802or call (701) 577-4565. All comments shall besubmitted to the Planning Division at least 24hours prior to the scheduled public hearing.You can also contact the division at:planning@co.williams.nd.usShould you plan to attend the meeting andwill need special facilities or assistancerelating to a disability, contact us prior to themeeting date.

(April 9, 16, 2015)

AMENDED NOTICEOF HEARING APPLICATION

FOR FORMAL PROBATE OF WILLProbate No. 53-2015-PR-00052IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WILLIAMS COUNTY,STATE OF NORTH DAKOTAIn the Matter of the Estate ofDolores M. Young, Deceased.

TO: All unknown persons and to all knownpersons whose addresses are unknown whohave any interest in the above-referencedmatter.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That RosalynnR. Agnew has filed with the Clerk of DistrictCourt an Application for Formal Probateof Will and Appointment of a PersonalRepresentative.Hearing has been set upon said Applicationon the 5th day of May, 2015, at 4:30 p.m. atthe Courtroom of the above-named Court inthe City of Williston, County of Williams, Stateof North Dakota, before the Honorable PaulJacobson and any person interested mayappear and be heard.Dated this 31st day of March, 2015.

HOWARD & ASSOCIATES, P.C.BY: -s- DIANE K. LAUTT

Diane K. Lautt (ID 07243)7 Third Avenue SE, Suite 202

Minot, ND 58701701-852-5904

dlautt@howardlawfirmnd.comAttorney for Petitioner/

Personal Representative(April 2, 9, 16, 2015)

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITIONFOR SUCCESSION

OF PROPERTY AND APPOINTMENTOF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Court File No. 53-2015-PR-00162IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

WILLIAMS COUNTY,NORTH DAKOTA

In the Matter of the Estate ofAlbert Wharton, Deceased

[1] NOTICE IS GIVEN that Mary Ann Sayleshas filed a Petition for Succession of Propertyand Appointment of Personal Representative.[2] Hearing has been set on the Petition onMay 12, 2015, at 4:30 o'clock p.m. at theCourtroom of the District Court in Williston,Williams County, North Dakota.Dated: March 31, 2015.

/s/ MARY ANN SAYLESMary Ann Sayles - Petitioner

504 Prestige StreetJoliet, IL 60435

Gregory B. Selbo (ID #03245)NILLES LAW FIRM1800 Radisson Tower201 N. 5th St.P.O. Box 2626Fargo, ND 58108(701) 237-5544gselbo@nilleslaw.comAttorneys for Petitioner

(April 2, 9, 16, 2015)

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