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Updated
5-8-08 |
CVB asks city
for a 1-percent lodging and restaurant tax
A request made Monday night to the Beulah City Council by the Beulah
Convention and Visitors Bureau for a 1-percent city lodging and restaurant
tax was tabled until the May 19 meeting to give the council time for further
review. CVB President Sandi Eastgate said currently CVB operates on about
$23,000 a year, an amount that is generated through the current 2-percent
lodging tax and from membership dues. CVB estimates with the inclusion of
local restaurants and bars the additional 1-percent sales tax revenue would
bring another $23,000 to CVB. This money is spent on the promotion of
Beulah. CVB’s sole purpose is to promote tourism to Beulah and attract
visitors. This includes state, regional and national conventions. “Our
purpose is to bring money to Beulah through bringing conventions and events
to town. This tax would benefit everyone in town,” Eastgate said.
Beulah pool takes one step forward – or does
it?
It’s been six years since talk of a new swimming pool began to take form in
the city of Beulah. Six years of talking without answers or decisions. That
may have changed, at least for the moment, after Monday night’s City Council
unanimously approved an outdoor pool package as recommended by City
Councilman and Pool Committee Chairman Clyde Schulz. The latest proposed
pool package, the work of Hulsing Architects and Associates, Dickinson, was
originally tagged at $3.2 million. Schulz and the pool committee tweaked the
plan skimming it of extras. Schulz verbally presented plans to the
council that instead of $3.2 million now comes with an estimated $2.6-2.8
million price tag as well as few definitive answers as to what the city is
buying.
Inching past a playoff spot
Tanner Borlaug may not have gotten his birthday wish, but the day after his
16 birthday was definitely sweet. The Beulah-Hazen pitcher was the second
reliever in the seventh inning last Saturday and earned the save with a
double play and strikeout to boost the Miners over Bismarck St. Mary’s 4-3
at Goldman Field for their second win of the week. “It was a big win because
it put us back where we wanted to be for the playoff game,” coach Bob Koch
said. The victory currently positions B-H in a tie with St. Mary’s for
seventh place in the West Region. The bottom four teams will battle out in
playoff games for a chance to enter the WDA Tournament later this month.
Area
Deaths: Kurt D. Williams, 50, Williston, formerly of Zap; Oliver “Ollie”
P. Tveit, 86, Williston and Hazen; Jacqueline “Jackie” C. Weisenberger, 61,
St. Cloud, Minn., formerly of Halliday |
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