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Updated 5-8-08

Commission approves flood plain map survey
Aged and outdated, Hazen’s flood plain maps are in the process of getting made-over.
In a previous meeting of the Hazen City Commission, the group approved up to $8,000 to conduct ground survey work to complete the updated map. After correspondence with Ulteig Engineers, the commission approved a proposal by Ulteig Monday evening to survey three areas within Hazen – along Fourth Street Northwest, between Fourth Avenue and Eighth Avenue; along Fourth Avenue Southwest, between First Street Southwest and the railroad tracks; and a cul-de-sac near the tennis courts in North Star Fourth Addition.
The three locations are the target of proposed changes in the updated flood plain map, City Planner Steve Frovarp said. Ulteig will provide horizontal and vertical locations for each lot corner and the primary home structure corners for approximately 36 separate locations. The project is not to exceed $7,400 for 36 homes, or $205.55 per home. The data is to be submitted by July 8.

‘If you don’t have water, you don’t have anything’
“Drought: A period of dryness, especially when prolonged.” Though it doesn’t take Merriam-Webster to tell you that North Dakota has seen a period of sustained drought for about the past eight years. And continuation of that drought into the ninth year just may prove the breaking point for several producers in Mercer County. Planting season is well underway in Mercer County, Mercer County Extension Agent Craig Askim said, with small grains about two-thirds of the way done. It is the soil conditions in which that seed is being planted that concern him.

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