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HeraldNEWENGLANDEXTRA.comJune 15, 2018
VOL. 26 NO.24
INDEX Community............. 2 | Opinion............... 4 | Classifieds/Legals...............5
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Opinion
Hat Tips:Brandings
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ELECTION» PAGE 7
PEST CONTROL» PAGE 2
BY ZAK WELLERMANThe [email protected]
EMERGENCY» PAGE 3
BY ZAK WELLERMANThe [email protected]
Emergency management and law enforcement agen-cies across the western North Dakota region came together for an exercise to prepare for a mass fatality incident.
On June 8, over 20 area agencies practiced how to respond to the situation with multiple deaths in-volved. The exercise titled “Disaster in Badlands” took place in Little Missouri State Park campgrounds in Dunn County.
Mike Smith, Williams County emergency manag-er, said he performs multi-ple exercises similar to this to practice important skills in handling emergencies.
“As emergency manag-ers, we like to help each other,” Smith said. “Hope-fully this never happens, but if it does we’re ready.”
Preparation, communi-cation, interactions and equipment are all tested in practice scenarios, he added.
In the scenario, kids were driving from Medora to
the campgrounds to visit friends while under heavy fog conditions the night before. After searching all night, agencies respond to the vehicle crash where they find all kids deceased.
Those not at the camp-grounds responded to the situation and collaborated from the Dunn CountRoad Department building in
Killdeer.The full-scale exercise in-
cluded incident command, firefighters, ambulance, lo-cal law enforcement, public information officers, fam-ily information center and local and state emergency management. In the situ-ation, Dunn County Chief Deputy Matthew Hegstad and coroner Kirk Roll were
the incident command. There were also actors
portraying distraught fam-ily members to practice working with grieving peo-ple concerned about their loved ones.
Officials from the South-west District Health Unit were brought in to assist
Disaster in the Badlands Local responders test skills in mass
fatality exercise
Local officials meet with family members of the victims at the set up family information center in the mass fatality exercise. Photo by Zak Wellerman
Integrated pest man-agement concepts that are commonplace for controlling crop pests also apply to controlling livestock pests, North Dakota State University Extension livestock and pest management spe-cialists say.
Those key concepts for controlling pests ef-fectively are using the right type of control at the right time for the right duration.
“Many North Dakota livestock producers ap-ply pest control prior to pasture turnout, which may be optimal for con-trol of some pests but not others,” says Miran-da Meehan, NDSU Ex-tension livestock envi-ronmental stewardship specialist.
In a recent survey NDSU Extension con-ducted, North Dakota livestock producers re-ported that face and horn flies were the most common and most treated pest on their op-erations.
“Left untreated, these pests can cause signifi-cant loss in production,” says Gerald Stokka, NDSU Extension vet-erinarian and livestock stewardship specialist. “In the U.S., horn flies are estimated to cause an economic loss of $1 billion annually.”
Horn and Face FliesHorn flies are gray-
ish and look like small houseflies. Horn flies are biting flies; they spend most of their time on cattle clustered on the animals’ head, shoulders and back. Horn flies also can be found on the cattle’s belly during warm weather.
These blood-sucking flies feed up to 30 times per day. This constant biting causes pain and stress, and can reduce weight gains by as much as 20 pounds. When fly counts reach 200 flies per animal, the “economic thresh-
old” has been reached and animals will have significant weight loss.
The life cycle of a horn fly ranges from 10 to 20 days, depending on weather conditions. Populations typically peak in midsummer and early fall.
Face flies look like large, dark-colored houseflies. Face flies are nonbiting flies that feed on animal secretions, plant nectar and ma-nure liquids. These flies may transmit pathogens responsible for infect-ing the eye and causing keratoconjunctivitis, or “pinkeye,” in cattle.
The life cycle of a face fly is approximately 21 days. Populations tend to peak in late summer.
Horn and face flies typically are not present at pasture turnout and do not reach economic thresholds for applying control until midsum-mer.
Control Methods“The first step to de-
termining when to ap-ply control is to properly scout pastures and cat-tle to determine fly type and fly populations,” says Patrick Beauzay, a research specialist in NDSU’s Plant Pathology Department. “Horn flies typically rest on cattle throughout the day, whereas face flies land on the face of cattle for a meal and then retreat to nearby structures (for-ages, fences, etc.). Once threshold populations are achieved, control measures can be imple-mented.”
One control method is ear tags containing insecticides that are re-leased slowly into an animal’s hair by move-ment. Ear tags should not be applied until fly populations are nearing the economic thresh-olds (typically from mid-June to July).
“Read insecticide con-tainer labels carefully because recommenda-tions can vary in the number of tags to ap-ply (one or two), age of cattle that can be tagged and chemical class of active ingredient (py-rethroid, organophos-
Cattle Pest Control Vital
BY DUAINE MARXEN
Hettinger County
Primary election results in for Hettinger, Slope county areas
The Hettinger County 4-H’ers participated in the 2018Southwest Dis-trict Communication Arts Contest, hosted by Bow-man County, held in New England, ND on May 23, 2018. The counties that participated were: Adams, Hettinger, Slope and Stark/Billings. The 4-H Com-munication Arts program helps participants develop communication skills that are useful throughout their lifetime and gives them an opportunity to practice their skills before a group. It motivates them to gather and organize information, equipment and props for
public presentation which in turn, develops partici-pants' confidence in making public presentationswhile enhancing their communi-cation skills.
The three age divisions are: a)SeniorDivision is for Grades 7-12, b) JuniorDi-vision is for Grades 3-6 and c) Cloverbud Division is for Youth ages 5-7. The senior and junior divisions are eligible to qualify for state competition by earn-ing a blue ribbon (1st Place) ranking within their com-petition category.
The Senior Division winners were: Interpre-tive Reading (Humorous) – Sydnee Anderson, Het-tinger County; Interpretive Reading (Serious) – Madee Eikamp, Hettinger County; Dramatic Presentation – Riley Meyer,Stark/Billings
Hettinger County 4-H’ers participate at district communication arts contest
BY SANDRA SCHWEDEHettinger County Extension
Office
Pictured-top left to right: Madee Eikamp, Sydnee Anderson, Mark Schmidt, Joe Schmidt Photo from Sandra Schwede4-H» PAGE 3
The votes for Hettinger and Slope County and the cities within the counties have been counted with some new and old wins.
County races will move forward on the general ballot. City and school board elections have been
decided.For statewide and other
results, go to vote.nd.gov.
Hettinger County Hettinger County Sheriff
Sarah Warner will contin-ue in her position with 541 votes in an uncontested race.
No one ran for state’s attorney. There were 62 write-in votes.
In the race for a Het-
tinger County commis-sioner, Angie Carlson won the most votes with 237 votes. Bill Gion came in second with 222 votes. Carlson and Gion will face each other in the general election. Jamie Kouba came in third with 158 votes.
Hettinger County Au-ditor and Treasurer Jeri Schmidt will continue in her position. She received
579 votes in an uncontest-ed race.
County recorder/ Clerk of District Court Sylvia Gion will also stay in her position. She received 594 votes in an uncontested race.
Southwest Water Au-thority director seat went to Donald Schiable in an uncontested race with 583 votes.
The Herald was voted in
favor of being the county’s official newspaper.
Slope County
In the vote for Exten-sion Levy-44, residents voted against it by two votes. There were 85 votes against and 83 votes in fa-vor.
Slope County Sheriff Rory M. Teigen won the sheriff’s race with 92
votes in an uncontested race. There were 71 write-in votes.
Michael Teske earned the district one county commissioner seat in an uncontested race with 147 votes.
Mike H. Sonsalla earned the district three county commissioner seat in an uncontested race with 157
