Center Republican
CS FFA attends national convention
Center-Stanton High School FFA members attended the 84th National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 19-22, traveling by charter bus with the Beulah and Hazen FFA chapters.
Center speed limits changed
The Bakken Oil activity seems to be getting closer and closer to home. Already, Center is experiencing more traffic related to North Dakota’s oil boom. With the four new gravel pit permits approved in the county, city and county roads can expect an even greater increase of truck traffic. Those pits will be supplying some materials to the Bakken region, as well as local needs.
Coal Conversion Counties share hopes and concerns
EPA control, a vote to eliminate property taxes and the growth of the oil industry were all major topics for discussion during the annual Coal Conversion Counties meeting Oct. 26 at Washburn’s Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.
Dickens Festival invites area communities to attend
You’re invited. That’s the message that the community of Garrison and the Dickens Village Festival want to share with the readers of the Center Republican.
Boy Scouts and fathering connect hand in hand
In 2003 Center resident Mark Schutt was diagnosed with life-threatening kidney failure. By all accounts, he was given a death sentence.
Southwest Water shoots for spring
Despite soggy conditions that have persisted throughout 2011, Southwest Water Authority officials say they remain on track to have water flowing through the Southwest Pipeline Project and out customers’ faucets in Mercer and Oliver counties by early spring 2012.
Class experiences a 1-room schoolhouse
It had been 54 years since the old Sunnyside School held class, but the one-room schoolhouse was full once again with a Sept. 27 visit from Center-Stanton teacher, Claudia Albers, and her sixth-grade class.
Patrons donate $5,000 to Center-Stanton HS music department
You may have noticed the new Yamaha Clavinova keyboard if you attended the fall concert in the gymnasium of the Center-Stanton High School.
Remembering those babies who left us
White balloons floated into Beulah’s gray sky last Saturday in remembrance of babies lost to miscarriage or in infancy.
Gravel pit requests pile up for OCC
Oliver County might not yet be a player in the oil-producing game, but it will surely play a role in supporting the oil industry.
