Oct 25, 2008 - 08:09:17 CDT
“This oil price is going to dampen expansion of the play, but it’s not going to lead to collapse of the Bakken play or the play going away. The main areas are very solid.”— Lynn Helms, director of the state’s Department of Natural Resources, commenting on the state of the oil industry in western North Dakota in view of falling crude oil prices.
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“I went home about an hour ago and someone already left soup on the counter for us.”
— Charlotte Young, owner of Napoleon Drug, which was destroyed by fire Monday. The fire broke out shortly after the store open in the morning, and, as neighbors are apt to do in North Dakota, there was comfort food waiting for her by lunch time.
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“He’s a pretty cool guy.”
— Five-year-old Roy Morsette of Twin Buttes, referring to retiring Mandan language teacher Edwin Benson.
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“When times are tough, people are still going to eat. Our products are not something that’s going to break the bank or hurt our budget. As long as people continue to like the product, it’s recession resilient.”
— Bismarck Bread Poets owner Jon Lee talking about his successful operation.
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“He (Rashad McCants) said if I make it, he’d give me $100.”
— Former Dakota Wizard Blake Ahearn enjoying the afterglow of canning a go-ahead three-pointer in the Timberwolves exhibition win over the Denver Nuggets in Bismarck Sunday. The Timberwolves waived Ahearn on Thursday.
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“It was Frank being Frank.”
— State Auditor Robert R. Peterson responding to Rep. Frank Wald demanding information from the State Auditor’s office that was already a part of the public record. The information related to Workforce Safety and Insurance and its former director Sandy Blunt.
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“The numbers that you see being thrown around as potential development in North Dakota are truly eye-popping.”
— Public Service Commissioner Tony Clark after looking at a proposal for a 2,000-megawatt wind farm in northwestern North Dakota.
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“Some like it because it becomes a study hall. If we find a better use of that time, I’m sure we’re well past the contract obligation.”
— Bismarck School Board member Dan Kuntz referring to the 15 minutes of class time dedicated to “Channel One,” a news program shown at two of the district’s middle schools and both public high schools.
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“It’s been kind of a quiet year. Not as much traffic as usual.”
— Paul Schadewald, chief of administration for the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, talking about the number of out-of-state hunters purchasing waterfowl licenses this fall.
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“Even without this language, a better question might be what part of WSI didn’t we audit.”
— Sen. Terry Wanzek, R-Jamestown, responds to proposed legislation to expand scrutiny of Workforce, Safety and Insurance.
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“It’s been harder and harder for our customers to achieve the kind of financing they need.”
— President of Bobcat Americas Rich Goldsbury said, as the company announced it would shutdown manufacturing operations at Gwinner and Bismarck from Dec. 15 to Feb. 2.
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“I didn’t mean for any of this to happen.”
— Sergei Carlson, 16, Fargo, said as he was sentenced to life in prison for killing his sister Whitney Carlson, 16, in July 2007.
Get it right wrote on Oct 25, 2008 9:55 AM:
He is the director of the state Oil and Gas Division. Quite a difference. "
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