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July 14, 2014
Volume 127 - Number 45
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Rolla, North Dakota 58367
Council facing big decisions regarding water
By John Rosinski
Of The Star
The aging water treatment plant in
Rolla was back in the city council's
crosshairs last week during a special
meeting.
For years the council has wrestled
a viable solution to a water
nent plant that is getting older
day. Improvements have been
buta long-term solution con-
to elude the governing body.
Brian Julius, Kent Ritterman and
Dan Portlock, of Moore Engineering,
met with the board last week and pre-
sented three options for t,e council
to discuss.
The first option focused on up-
grading the current water treatment
plant. This would include ,going
through and upgrading the:entire
plant: In addition, a reverse osmosis
system would be added.
The total estimated cost is
"1 won't support punching holes here to
find more bad water. We Can get good water
from Shell ValleyaqUr."
Pat Hemmy, Rbila City Council member
$3,880,000. The engineers said as
much as 45 percent of the cost would
be covered by grant dollars. After the
grant dollars, the total loan amount
would be $2,134,000. When the ex-
pense finally trickled down to the
consumer, it would add approxi-
mately $14.68 to the monthly water
rate.
The second option is the city
could tap into All Seasons water for a
cost of a little over $2.2 million. The
money would be used to add 15-20
miles of pipe needed to interlock the
systems. The monthly water rate
would increase by roughly $15.68.
The third option centered around
getting water from Turtle Mountain
Utilities. Approximately one mile of
pipe would need to be installed to
hook up the systems and the cost is
approximately $320,000, or an in-
crease of $3.10 a month.
Although the cost to utilize water
from Beclourt was by far the least
expensive, it came with a bit of a
hook. Councilmembers Pat Hemmy
and Lyman Bercier said if Rolla did
go with option three, they would
need to maintain the existing water
treatment plant as a backup option.
Water
(Continued on Page 2)
County's propert0000
valuations rising
by double-digits
By John Rosinski
Of The Star
Property values are on the rise in Rolette County, affecting all types of
landowners.
What the increase means in terms of this yea -'s taxes isn't known, but it does
indicate a potential rise in how much people will be asked to pay.
In order to become compliant
with state regulations, the Ro- Rolette County's agri-
lette County Commissioners re-
cently approved an increase to cultural prorty values
agriculture, residential and will ]ntrease:t0 pe[oent
lakeshore property at a recent , .... ..., ,n,wa.,_i :'i " ' ; " '-,
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According to Rolette County
Tax Director Wendy Belgarde,
agricultural property will in-
crease 10 percent while residen-
tial property will increase 20
percent. In addition, lakeshore
property was increased 28 per-
cent. The increases are necessary
Will iH:re&se120 pei'cent,
In addition, lakeshore
WOperty was increased
28 .percent,
because of a mandate which requires valuation of property to be within 95-100
percent of market value. Prior to the residential hikes, the value of residential
property in Rolette County was just over 75 percent of market value. Agricultural
Valuations
(Continued on Page 9)
Rockin' Turtle Mountain Days
A big parade kicked off Turtle Mountain Days, which will continue this week with several events• The annual parade around
Belcourt featured several elaborate floats and plenty of candy for all the kids. For more photos of the parade, please turn to
page 10. (Submitted photo)
Veteran s Memorial dedic00]led in Belcourt, Sen. Heitkamp on hand l()r ceremony
By Logan Davis
For The Star
It was the perfect day for a celebra-
tion and for the official dedication of
the Veteran's Memorial Park and Me-
morial Wall in Belcourt.
After much hard work by veterans
and supporters from the area, the dedi-
cation of the wall that memorializes the
soldiers who died in battle took place
in the expansive Ernest Jeanotte Vet-
eran's Memorial Park. The timing of
the event coincided with the start of the
annual Turtle Mountain Days celebra-
tion. Dignitaries and community mem-
bers listened to the moving words of
veterans who recalled their time in
service and the feelings they had about
the memorial wall.
The opening ceremonies included
the Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion Post of Belcourt
color guards, who brought in the flags
and saluted the new Veteran's Memo-
rial Wall.
There was a traditional Ojibwe hon-
oring song sung by Dan Henry and
Molly Frederick and a member of the
local high school choir gave a stirring
rendition of the national anthem. A
Catholic priest blessed the monument
and the spirit of the fallen warriors.
UIS. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp addressed
the crowd of veterans and community
members on the dedication and memo-
rial to local veterans.
Sne. Heitkamp stated that she felt
she was standing on "hallowed ground"
that will serve as a constant reminder
of the brave men who lost their lives in
combat. The U.S. senator said she was
honored to speak and be a part of hon-
oring a local project that has been two
years in the making.
"No other group of people in this
country has served in the military as
much as our native veterans. No other
group of veterans have had to face the
challenges that our native veterans
have had to when they came home. Un-
fortunately, our native veterans have
struggled to find housing and employ-
ment and I promise that I will continue
to fight to improve the services to na-
tive veterans. When I think of this me-
morial wall here in Belcourt, it will be
a reminder to me to keep that sacred
trust and responsibility that we owe all
of our veterans. I am deeply, deeply
honored to be here today and grateful
to all veterans and that I was able to be
here to witness the dedication and hear
the great words of so many brave and
proud veterans,"
Lilley-Dionne Pest Commander
Howard Longie gave the opening re-
marks and said he was pleased with the
end result of the hard work of many
men and women who supported the
memorial wall project. He recalled the
long-held creed of veterans.
Memorial
(Continued on Page 9)
Rolette County veterans, from left to right, Warren Anderson, Howard Longie and Mike Vann were part of the dedication of the
oew memorial in Belcourt. (Photo by Logan Davis)
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