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| HISTORY mandan levee–GOOd fOr nearly 60 years For nearly 70 years, since Mandan’s incorporation in 1881, the Heart River, snaking through the city’s south side, flooded Mandan more than two dozen times. The biggest floods came in 1910, 1937 and 1943, according to the United States Army Corps of Engineers. However, with flood control projects in the 1950s (the Heart Butte Dam on the Heart River and the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River), overflows into Mandan became more of a historical footnote. Today, Mandan residents know that although the Heart River continues to flood – that is, overflow its banks – they are safeguarded by the old installation and construction of a near, 12-mile-long earthen levee. Estimated then to cost $246,000, the levee, authorized by Congress in 1946, was designed to protect nearly 1,000 acres within the city and about 120 acres of what was then known as the N.D. State Training School. According to the Mandan Daily Pioneer, Construction began in June 1949, raising and widening 17,000 feet of levee and 350 feet of railroad embankment used as a levee, and raising the grade of U.S. Highway 10, protecting the Training School (now the N.D. Youth Correctional Center). The new levee also was shifted 50 to 60 feet back from the Heart’s banks. A previous floodwall had protected Mandan, but not nearly as well. “The floodwall was originally only eight-feet-high, and generally failed to hold the rampaging Heart from By Stan Stelter 200 3rd Ave. NW Caption: Canoeing near downtown Mandan in the flood of 1943. Residential Street Caption: Canoeing in the flood of 1943, Mandan. Heart River Bridge Caption: The Heart River Bridge in the flood of 1943. Credit: Grace Gould Imhoff Collection – Mandan Historical Society overrunning the Syndicate and Dogtown sections (old names for southern city parts) of Mandan in floodtime,” noted the Fargo Forum in a 1949 story about the new levee’s construction. The Fargo contractor was elevating the levee to 15 feet, the Forum reported. On Aug. 1, 1950, the Pioneer headlined the project’s completion, “Final Work On Mandan Levee Finished – Army Engineers Give It O.K.” Since then, there have been upgrades and changes to the levee system, including raising the levee’s main and southern units to allow three feet of “freeboard,” and even “ice-affected” flooding. This spring, serious flooding eroded the Heart’s banks at two or three spots in Mandan requiring repair, but those damages don’t threaten the levee itself, according to Shannon Jeffers of the Corps office at Riverdale. Jeffers’ job includes inspection of Mandan’s levee system, while operation and maintenance responsibility lies with the Lower Heart River Water Resources District of Morton County. According to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the levee system and Heart Butte Dam provides “adequate flood protection for the city” assuming the free flow of ice and flood waters at the city’s southeast edge. For nearly 60 years, it has done just that. Stan Stelter, development director at the Abused Adult Resource Center, is a native North Dakotan and free-lance writer. 44 thecitymag.com
Unlocking Opportunities: This year, the Southwest Area Human Resource Association (SAHRA), of the Society for Human Resource Management, celebrates its 10th Anniversary. SAHRA is an inspiring group of over 65 committed members representing over 40 employers that continuously share ideas in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. The group meets once a month in Dickinson, N.D. and shares knowledge from the human resources field. As Jeanne MacDonald, president elect, states, “SAHRA provides local human resource professionals with a monthly opportunity to share lunch, network and stay up-to-date on current state and federal regulations.” According to membership director Melissa Stoltz, “SAHRA provides a great opportunity for members to network and gain the latest By Deanna Voutsas information on new legislation, policies and overall matters that may be facing their company.” Similarly, Gail Ebeltoft, SAHRA member, states, “You learn as you discuss and share. Some issues that you discuss are challenges facing the November 2009 45
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