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Bruno Comic is equal-opportunity offender in new film 7652 Details, 6B Life, 1C Thundering bats Governors pound out 35 hits in twin bill sweep Sports, ID www.bismarcktribune.com 75 cents Serving the region since 1873 250-8210 to subscribe Friday, July 10, 2009 I 4 prn oifBisiiisrck Twister rips into Dickinson, dozens of buildings damaged .,3 Mikayla jj Reisenauer, If- rt rli AT-)- foreground, and Sydney Martin sift through the rubble at the Breakforth Bible Church on Thursday a tornado hit mm ivw ueiore, destroying the church along with many homes in south Dickinson. (BRIAN GEHRING Tribune) By BRIAN GEHRING 5k Alii S1WBiai hail knocks crops out of the field By LAUREN DONOVAN Bismarck Tribune DICKINSON Dozens of businesses and homes were damaged many to the point of being uninhabitable after a tornado ripped through south Dickinson on Wednesday evening. Thursday, most of the city south of the Heart River remained a secured area as local, state and federal officials sifted through the rubble to determine the extent of the damage. The Vg'? ON THE WEB -To view a slideshow of the Dickinson National Weather Service the tornado was of the EF-3 class storm damage, go to www.bismarcktribune.com. as When baseballs fell from the sky Wednesday night, there weren't enough bats to knock 'em out of the field.

Farmers in a 30-mile path between Hettinger to Lemmon, S.D., could only watch while the supersized hailstones damaged buildings, equipment and leveled a promising crop right down to the dirt. The same high-powered storm did extensive damage in Lemmon, where city foreman Art Pederson estimates that 90 percent of homes and businesses were damaged. Pederson said he figures nearly every building in town lost west and south-facing windows, including seven at his house alone. "We took a beating," Pederson said. The hail punched holes through the swimming pool cover, broke out windows in the museum and stripped trees and gardens all over town, he said.

Water flooded the streets, breaching the curb in places and Pederson and others worked until midnight Wednesday, clearing storm sewers to release the water and boarding up broken windows in downtown businesses. Continued on 7 A A pine tree crushed the garage of Bruce Kadrmas at 306 S. Main in Dickinson. that carried winds in excess of 150 mph. Miraculously, only minor injuries were reported.

About 100 soldiers from the North Dakota National Guard were in Dickinson by midday to provide security in the affected neighborhoods, as well as traffic control and clean-up help if needed. By 8:30 the morning after, the streets were buzzing with activity as residents fired up chainsaws to clear fallen trees from their yards and city crews loaded and hauled away debris. At a briefing at the Dickinson Law Enforcement Center that was attended by Gov. John Hoeven and Brig. Gen.

David Sprynczynatyk, city officials said one of the first priorities was to clear debris from the After the storm passed, emergency personnel conducted two door-to-door sweeps, searching for victims. "That's the miracle in all of this," Kessel said. "We've had reports of just a few minor injuries." Hoeven credited city and county officials, as well as residents, for being prepared and coming to the aid of their neighbors. "Our hearts go out to them," Hoeven said. "But that's what North Dakotans do better than anyone else, I think.

Help each other." Continued on 7 A streets so crews could get in and assess damage. Shawn Kessel, city administrator, said he estimates "three or four dozen" homes were destroyed, but had yet to complete a full assessment of the damage. The storm hit shortly after 8 p.m. local time Wednesday and sirens sounded about 20 minutes beforehand. Kessel said the weather service had forecast the storm well ahead of time and the hospital had ramped up with emergency staff as a precautionary measure.

Thousands defy crackdown in Iran l.l.umiMiri 1TT j-------- 'T Stimulus helps with 100 N.D. road projects By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press Writer FARGO After record spring flooding tore apart roads already battered by oil and farm truck traffic, North Dakota is dividing 1 05 million in federal stimulus money that it is receiving among nearly 100 projects. Most of the road and bridge repairs in line for the funding already were on the state's priority list, Continued on 7A By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press Writer TEHRAN, Iran Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said. Turning garbage bins into burning barricades and darting through choking clouds of tear gas, the opposition made its first foray into the streets in nearly two weeks in an attempt to revive mass demonstrations that were crushed in Iran's postelection turmoil. Iranian authorities had promised tough action to prevent the marches, which supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi have been planning for days through the Internet.

Heavy police forces deployed at key points in the city ahead of the marches, and Tehran's governor vowed to "smash" anyone who heeded the demonstration calls. In some places, police stmck hard. Security forces chased after protesters, beating them with clubs on Valiasr Street, Tehran's biggest north-south avenue, witnesses said. But the clampdown was not total. At Tehran University, a line of police blocked a crowd from reaching the gates of the campus, but then did not move to disperse them as the protesters chanted "Mir Hossein" and "death to the dictator" and waved their hands in the air, witnesses said.

The crowd grew to nearly 1,000 people, the witnesses said. Demonstrators dispersed by nightfall. But after sunset, snouts of "death to the dictator" could be heard from rooftops around the city. Associated Press Iranian protesters run away from tear gas fired by security in an opposition rally in Tehran, Iran, on Thursday. On the Web To view the Tribune's photos of the month, go to vvww.bismarcktribune.com Saturday Late artist's work fills Kay's Bed and Breakfast in Bismarck At the Harvest Urban Harvest street fair kicks off its 5th year IB Classified IE Money 7C Crossword 3E Morning Briefing.

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