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description of how BEK Sports initially came on the scene in 2006… July 4 Independence Day Driven to provide the best in live local high school July 5 sports, BEK Communications invested in a state- of-the-art mobile television production studio in July Bills Mailed 2006 in preparation to hit the road running to deliver July 11 local sports coverage in the BEK territory. Disconnect Day In the beginning, the focus was to broadcast competitive games of rival teams from South July 15 Central North Dakota. In 2007, everyone got involved! Employees were provided the ¢ommon ¢ents Grant technology, training, cameras, computer graphic and audio equipment to produce professional Applications Due quality sports. Negotiations with schools and parents got us in the doors and enabled BEK Sports to train and enlist students to help with broadcasts, giving them a unique training July 20 opportunity using sophisticated cameras and production equipment. The students and July Bill Payments Due community members who have helped deliver a LIVE event have earned credits at the end of a broadcast and gained technical knowledge and a life experience they probably would never have had the opportunity to develop without BEK Sports. Monday, July 4, 2011 Independence Day Observed During the winter of 2008, the first state-wide BEK sports event hit TV screens when 11 telephone cooperatives/companies partnered to carry the State Class “B” Wrestling BEK Office Closed Tournament from the Bismarck Civic Center. State Wrestling coverage was a big step for BEK Sports, followed by many more…

• Summer 2008 – BEK Sports showcased its talent with its delivery of the North Dakota Shrine Bowl football games, live from the FargoDome.

• Summer 2009 - BEK included live coverage of the Lions All-Star basketball games for a broadcast to nearly 180,000 North Dakota homes.

• Fall 2009 – BEK Sports expanded from one network to three for more games, more venues and wider areas of coverage. The coverage area map shows BEK Sports Central, BEK Sports West and BEK Sports Network and the companies who comprise each network. coverage map and story continued on page 2 BEK Sports continued from page one %URDGFDVW3DUWQHU0DS

Nemont Telephone Cooperative, Inc. At the conclusion of the Fall 2009/Winter 2010 season, Midstate Tel. Co. Midstate CommunicationsCommu Inc. WESTBY AMBROSE PORTAL NECHE METIGOSHEMETIGOSH FORTUNA COLUMBUS FLAXTON ANTLER PEMBINA CROSBY 1221$1 SHERWOODSHERWOOD LANDA SARLES WALHALLA WESTHOPE SOURIS LIGNITE WALES ROLLA CAVALIER BEK Sports’ winning record included the following stats: BOWBELLS NORMAO A MOHALLMOOHALLHALL MAXBASSMAXBASS BOTTINEAUBOTTINEAU ROCK LAKE United Telephone Mutual Aid Corporation Polar NEWBURGNEWBURGRG Communications TurtleTurtle MountaiMountainn DUNSEITH /$1*'21 TOLLEYTOLLEY CommunicationsCommunications Mutual Aid KENMARE Corporation LANSFORDLANSLANSFORFORD KRAMERKRAMER ROLETTE GRENORA BISBEE MILTON CRYSTAL ST. THOMAS 127 Live games including 21 football games, 36 volleyball ALAMO POWERS WILDROSE McGREGOR WILLOWWILLOW CITYCIT LAKE SPENCERR UPHAMUPHAM HOOPLE DRAYTON DONNYBROOKDONNYBROOK NEKOMA HAMDEN Northwest Communications :H:HVWHGLENBURNGLENVWVBURN W STARKWEATHER EDINBURG Cooperative CARPIOCARPIO CANDO FAIRDALE TIOGA DEERING SRT MAFBMAFB GRAFTON CoCommunicationsmmunications RUGBY EDMORE games, 25 girls basketball games, 31 boys basketball games, KNOX Polar ADAMS MARMON TOWNER YORK Telecommunications, 3$5.5,9(5 GRANVILLE Inc. WEBSTER MIINTO Citizens EPPING 5$< ROSS 67$1/(< NORWICH LEEDS ROUND BERTHOLD SURREY LANKIN Communications PRAIRIE DES LACS Midstate PENN BURLINGTON BROCKET FORDVILLE Telephone OSLO, MN 13 wrestling matches and one hockey game, the 2009 State North Dakota Telephone INKSTER Company BALTA Company GILBY DAHLEN Missouri Valley CRARY LAKOTA MICHIGAN MANVEL SOUTH VELVA MINNEWAUKAN Communications PRAIRIE KARLSRUHE PLAZA SAWYER PETERSBURG NEW TOWN ESMOND 3$56+$// KEENE FORT TOTTEN NIAGARA GFAFB Volleyball tournament and the 2010 State Wrestling tournament. ALEXANDER OBERON MAKOTI MADDOCK RYDER WARWICK ARNEGARD DOUGLAS SHEYENNE EMERADO DRAKE LARIMORE TOLNA WATFORD CITY THOMPSON BUTTE Reservation Telephone MAX MARTIN HARVEY PEKIN REYNOLDS Halstad MANDAREE Cooperative NORTHWOOD All in all, BEK Sports broadcasted live games from 44 different McVILLE Telephone NEW ROCKFORD ROSEGLEN Company GARRISON HATTON SQUAW GAP FESSENDEN GRACE CITYMcHENRY ANETA Qwest EMMET WEST CLiMAX BINFORD Corporation FINLEY WEST NIELSVILLE Griggs County MAYVILLE cities reaching thousands of people. GRASSY TURTLE LAKE WEST SHELLY PICK CITY BUTTE McCLUSKY SYKESTON Telephone Company RIVERDALE HALSTAD MERCER BOWDON &$55,1*721 HILLSBORO UNDERWOOD GOODRICH HALLIDAY &223(5672:1 Loretel DUNN CENTER KILLDEER BEULAH STANTON Systems, HANNAFORD WASHBURN Inc. EDMUNDS HOPE MANNING DODGE GOLDEN ZAP +$=(1 GALESBURG VALLEY Dakota Central COURTENAY Inter-Community Telephone Company LLC REGAN Telecommunications WEST PERLY PAGE HUNTER DAZEY GARDNER WILTON TUTTLE ROBINSON Cooperative The 2010/2011 school season offered plenty of opportunities CENTER WOODWORTHWOODWORTH ARTHUR Absaraka BEK Communicationscationso PETTIBONE Co-operative Cooperativeve Telephone Company Qwest Corporation VALLEYVALLEY TOWER CITY CITY CASSELTON WEST BEACH MEDINA SANBORNSANBORN BUFFALO FARGO WINDSORR to view games from across the state. We are proud to report MEDORA RICHARDTON HEBRON Qwest Corporation JAMESTOWNJAMESTOOWNWN BELFIELD Qwest SOUTH HEART Corporation Midstate GLEN ULLIN NEW SALEM TAPPENTAPPENAPP ALICE ',&.,1621 MANDAN 67((/(67((/(( Qwest Corporation STERLINGTERLINNGG Communications McKENZIE YPSILANTIYYPSILANPSILANTI STREETER LEONARD Wolverton Inc. LITCHVILLELITCHVILLE KATHRYNKATHRYNN COMSTOCK some pretty impressive milestones for this past season. 164 KINDRED Telephone MARIONMARION (1'(5/,1 AMIDON 120( GACKLEGACKLE Company Moore and Liberty CHRISTINE DICKEYDICKEY Telephone Company ST. ANTHONY &&HQWUDOHQHQQUDQWUDakotaDWWUakota UDUDO WALCOTT NEW ENGLAND West River CCentralentral Dickey RuralRural Telephone SHELDON Telecommunications KINTYREKINTYRE JUD FORTFOR TTelecomelecom Cooperativeoperativep RANSOMRANS $%(5&520%,( COLFAX Cooperative HAZELTON games in 199 days at 48 venues. More than 125 local students LISBON FLASHER NAPOLEON Red River Rural VERONA REGENT Telephone Consolidated Telcom MOTT EDGELEY Dickey Rural WYNDMERE ELGIN CARSON FREDONIA Association Access, Inc. SOLEN LaMOURE WAHPETON KULM MOORETON Qwest MILNOR LINTON and crewmembers helped deliver these games live as part of RHAME LEHR Corporation GWINNER WISHEK FULLERTON BOWMAN MERRICOURT CRETE GREAT BEND LIDGERWOOD SCRANTON West River Cooperative OAKES FAIRMOUNT FORMAN HANKINSON LADD Telephone Co. (SD) REEDER STRASBURG Dickey Rural Red River HETTINGER FORT YATES VENTURIA our unique training opportunities. BEK Sports expanded its GUELPH Communications, Inc. Telecom, Inc. SELFRIDGE ASHLEY NELVICK FORBES (//(1'$/( ZEELAND

Roberts County Telephone statewide coverage to include the Class “A” & Class “B” State Cooperative and RC Communications, Inc. (SD) Wrestling duals and individual matches and the Class “A” & %(.6SRUWV:HVW %(.6SRUWV&HQWUDO Class “B” state volleyball championship games reaching about 0LGVWDWH7HOHSKRQH&RPSDQ\ 5HVHUYDWLRQ7HOHSKRQH&RRSHUDWLYH %(.&RPPXQLFDWLRQV 'DNRWD&HQWUDO7HOHFRPPXQLFDWLRQV 24,000 households. Once again, the ever popular Shrine football 1RUWKZHVW&RPPXQLFDWLRQV&RRSHUDWLYH 657&RPPXQLFDWLRQV 3RODU&RPPXQLFDWLRQV 8QLWHG&RPPXQLFDWLRQV7XUWOH0RXQWDLQ&RPPXQLFDWLRQV 'LFNH\5XUDO1HWZRUNV games and Lions All Star Girls and Boys Class “A” and Class “B” 1RUWK'DNRWD7HOHSKRQH&RPSDQ\ basketball live coverage was delivered in July with the Badlands Bowl added to the summer mix in 2010.

Tune in this July and catch some fantastic sports action with the Shrine Bowl live from the Alerus Center in Grand Forks and the Lions All Star games live from the Bismarck Civic Center and the Faro Civic Center. (see ad on page 4)

The fall schedule will be available and shared soon. Everything you want to know about BEK Sports can be found at www.beksports.com. Also, be sure to visit us on facebook.com/BEKSports and YouTube.com/BEKSportsNetwork.

Welcome to BEK Sports…enjoy the experience!

Calendar Photo Contest

What do artists Thomas Kinkade, Terry Redlin and former N.D. artist mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, Gary Miller have in common? living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of land use, buildings and structures, Their paintings capture the superb detail of beautiful landscapes. Many and transitory elements such as lighting and weather conditions. We of their works tell a story; they may preface with an object or a building, may not have mountains in North Dakota, but we are confident you can but look at the foreground and background detail to see the awesome help us produce an awesome North Dakota Landscapes calendar for scenery displayed on the canvas. It can actually take your breath away 2012. Winners will receive a prize and have their entries featured in the and make you wish you were right there! calendar. Please send landscape photos only.* BEK’s 2012 calendar will carry a theme – the theme chosen for 2012 The deadline for this photo contest is is LANDSCAPES. We challenge our local photographers to do what September 8, 2011. High resolution the artists do, only to do it with a camera instead of a brush. With your pictures may be emailed to camera, you possess the same talent as an artist, the ability to see [email protected] and beyond the object. Share the beauty around us. Show us the natural photographs can be mailed to: inland scenery of our region/state. Now is a perfect time; Mother Nature BEK Communications is breathing down our necks and continually changing our landscapes. Attn: Calendar Photo Contest It’s time to capture our surroundings because a year from now, it may all PO Box 230 look different. And remember, each season changes the landscape as Steele, N.D. 58482 well. Look in your archives for seasonal landscape pictures to submit in our contest. Include your contact information but do not write on the Wikipedia says that a landscape comprises the visible features of an back of your photo. area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as (BEK reserves the right to determine the quality of submitted photos.)

*This contest is limited to the 2012 Landscapes calendar. The directory cover photo contest will be announced at a later date.

2 NEW NEW LISTINGS Hazelton - Temvik Telephone Directories Brown Leo ...... 782-4330 Deis Alex ...... 782-4529 Midwest Armor ...... 782-3000 The new telephone directories have arrived! The Kintyre - Braddock 2011-2012 edition of the BEK/West River Missouri Massen James ...... 332-6512 Slope Telephone Directory was mailed to BEK McKenzie - Menoken customers in June. Each customer was mailed one Podoll Mary & Brad ...... 673-3501 midi directory. The new midi was chosen for its Napoleon handy size, but don’t let the book size fool you. The Gator Joe ...... 754-2052 print size is exactly the same as it was in our former Gross Donavan ...... 754-2052 large directory. Harper Robert ...... 754-2332 Osborn Quinton ...... 754-2069

The BEK directory includes listings from Rural Bismarck A Prairie Breeze RV Park ...... 224-8215 BEK Communications and West River Aberle Robert & Janice ...... 223-1077 Telecommunications based out of Hazen, N.D., as Aberle Ron & Dawn ...... 258-9645 Aberle Ron Shop ...... 224-1757 well as Bismarck listings, giving BEK customers the Anderson Sonna M ...... 224-0963 advantage of additional listings. Backhaus Troy & Tammy ...... 258-5368 Carlson Jacob & Beth ...... 223-1814 Forderer Kevin & Susan ...... 258-8200 After receiving your directory, please check your listing for any errors. If you find any Frank Duane & Nordean ...... 223-8011 Grosz Gary & Marlene ...... 255-0148 errors, please report them as soon as possible. While every effort is made to improve Haught Eldon & Jane ...... 258-8618 each issue and to eliminate all errors in the BEK/West River Missouri Slope Telephone Heinle Kevin & Shannon ...... 204-7940 Hermanson Rebecca J ...... 221-0545 Directory, BEK Communications and the publishers of the directory do not assume any Kuntz Albert & Linda ...... 255-0414 liability because of errors and omissions that may occur in the telephone directory. Leingang Jeff & Norma ...... 224-1689 Leintz Jay & Jill ...... 221-3087 Miller Bob & Darla ...... 255-2469 If you did not receive the new directory or need extra copies, additional directories are Mowder Ralph & Deborah ...... 258-2786 available at the following locations: Nelson Keith & Erin ...... 204-7937 Riehl Ryan & Trudy ...... 250-8181 Saude Jerry M ...... 224-0963 Bismarck – BEK Business Solutions - 723 Memorial Highway Schirado Russell & Holly ...... 258-0701 th Schirado Tim & Lori ...... 221-2200 First Community Credit Union - 425 N. 5 St. or 3201 Weiss Ave Schonert Doug & Patricia ...... 223-1610 Schonert Terri ...... 258-9938 Braddock – Hager’s Bar Sieler Ron & Ileen ...... 223-2299 Simenson Dennis & Carol ...... 224-1245 Dawson – Dawson Cafe Spitzer John O ...... 223-0948 Sutheimer Jason & Andrea ...... 255-2922 Hague – Hague Store Von Ruden Ralph & Janet...... 223-4773 Wonnenberg Douglas D & Robyn ...... 258-9179 Hazelton – Bank of Hazelton Zander Steve & Jana ...... 255-6210 Kintyre – Titan Machinery Steele Mardikian Jodi & Richard ...... 475-2065 Lehr – Security State Bank (M-W-F mornings) Riesenbeck Pam ...... 475-2931 Linton – BNC National Bank Sterling - Driscoll - Moffit Bullinger Shaun ...... 387-4206 Napoleon – Stock Growers Bank Riederer Chance ...... 387-4217 Seelye Pete ...... 387-4203 Pettibone – T & V Grocery Strasburg-Hague Regan – Regan Farmers Union Elevator Quellhorst Tara & Kal ...... 336-7903 Robinson – First Security Bank – West (open mornings) Tappen - Dawson Steele – BEK Communications Headquarters Crystal Springs - Lake Isabel Brobst Clint ...... 327-8403 Sterling – Cenex Tops Truck Stop Wilton Strasburg – Strasburg State Bank Speten Kayla ...... 734-6277 Tappen – Tappen Farm Supply Wishek Clydes Restoration & Auto Body ...... 452-4467 Tuttle – Tuttle Community Store Dotson Terry ...... 452-4487 Eiseman James & Sharon ...... 452-4499 Wilton – City of Wilton (Auditor’s Office) and First State Bank of Wilton Werth Art ...... 452-4482 Wing – Chat & Chew Cafe Zeeland Engelhart Justin & Janet ...... 423-5307 Wishek – Security State Bank Zeeland – McIntosh County Bank

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beacon May Trivia Published by BEK Communications Winners: Betty Bachmeier, Strasburg PO Box 230 • 200 E Broadway • Steele, North Dakota 58482 Mary Ann Deisz, Linton 701-475-2361 • 1-888-475-2361 • www.bektel.com Marlys Enzminger, Tappen James Feist, Zeeland Lester Ibach, Linton Beacon Trivia Questions

The 2011-2012 BEK telephone directory includes listings from BEK Communications and ______Telecommunications.

The BEK office will be closed Monday, ______to observe Independence Day.

______Grant applications are due July 15th.

Entries must be received by August 9, 2011.

Name ______

Phone Number ______

Clip and send to the BEK office with your phone payment. You can also email to [email protected]. We will be drawing for five $5.00 credits to be applied to the winners’ phone bill.

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