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Hiker falls 125 feet into Badlands CanyonOn Saturday afternoon, July 11,

2015, Badlands National ParkSearch and Rescue (SAR) Teamresponded to a mutual aid requestfrom the Oglala Sioux Tribe to as-sist with a serious visitor injury. A26 year old man had fallen ap-proximately 125 feet into a bad-lands canyon south of SheepMountain Table.

“Everyone works together in aunified fashion in this sprawlingcountry of western South Dakota;especially when an emergencysuch as this happens,” said Bad-lands deputy superintendent ReedRobinson. “This young man wasrescued through the combined ef-forts of many agencies, of whichBadlands National Park is justone partner.”

The Oglala Sioux Tribal Police,Pennington County Sherriff ’s Of-fice, Interior Volunteer Fire De-partment, Pennington CountySearch and Rescue, Rapid ValleyFire Department, South DakotaAir National Guard, Black HillsLife Flight, and Badlands Searchand Rescue Team all responded.

The patient had been hikingwith three others on Sheep Moun-tain Table when he fell. BadlandsSAR team members rappelled

down into the canyon to assess thecondition of the patient. Therewas a suspected head injury andthe patient had an altered level ofconsciousness. A paramedic fromBlack Hills Life Flight also rap-pelled down to provide treatment.The patient and paramedic were

successfully evacuated into aBlack Hawk helicopter and trans-ported to Rapid City RegionalHospital.

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Emergency services personnel from several agencies assisted in therescue of an injured hiker off of Sheep Mountain Table.

by Chastity Julson At 12:15 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 17-19, rodeo-goersat the Cheyenne Frontier Days in Cheyenne, Wyo.,, will experience morethan boots, chaps and cowboy hats as they watch the United States Navyparachute team, the Leap Frogs, perform precision aerial maneuversand land in the rodeo arena. Among the elite parachute performers willbe New Underwood native, T.J. Am-dahl, whose name is better known inthe area for his connection to hisfamily’s registered Angus operation. T.J. spent the first nine years of hislife on his family’s ranch east of NewUnderwood, near the Old Glory Fire-works stand. The fourth of five chil-dren, he took an active role in ranch-ing. The family relocated to Salem,in 1999. T.J., who had been homeschooled through the eighth grade,decided to attend McCook CentralHigh School in Salem so he couldparticipate in extracurricular activi-ties. A well-rounded young man, heparticipated in football, wrestling,track, show choir and marchingband, in addition to showing Anguscattle and participating in FFA. Raised with a love of history andAmerica, T.J. had a vague idea thathe wanted to join the military aftercompleting high school. Ready for achallenge, he considered joining theMarines. When a respected friend and mentor joined the Navy, T.J. be-came aware of the Special Forces opportunities in that branch of the mil-itary and decided to pursue a career with the Navy SEALs (Sea, Air andLand). He signed with the Navy at the beginning of his senior year atthe age of 17. T.J. graduated from McCook Central High School in 2008 and left forNavy basic training on the Great Lakes. Since he calls a landlocked statehome, this was the first of many unique experiences for him. “I had tobecome a sailor first,” T.J. said. Following two months of boot camp at the Great Lakes, T.J. advancedto three months of Basic Underwater Demolition school (BUD/s ) prep.This is a time of elimination, with almost half of the aspiring SEALsbeing eliminated during the prep time. A true son of South Dakota, T.J.was not one of those eliminated in the process. He advanced to the BUD/scourse. The BUD/s course is a six-month process broken into three segments.The first phase is a selection process, when unqualified applicants areagain culled from the class. The second phase focuses on diving, and thethird phase features specific SEAL tactics. T.J. was successful in all threephases and graduated as a member of class 275. His training was not finished, though. Following BUD/s, novice SEALSattend six months of SEAL Qualification Training (SQT) in order tobuild a foundation for their work on special missions. During this time,he specialized in sharpshooting. It was a natural fit for a young man whohad enjoyed hunting and shooting his whole life. Though T.J. showed aproclivity for marksmanship and the potential to excel as a sniper, hewas still the novice member of his team, SEAL Team 7. It was likely thatthe job of sniper would go to a more seasoned SEAL. “As a new guy, youdon’t get a lot of preference,” BUD/s he said. T.J. attributes God with making circumstances work as they did,though. An opening came for sniper school, a three-month commitment,just before a deployment. Since many of the more veteran SEALs hadwives and families at home, they did not want to make the commitmentto attend sniper school. He jumped at the chance and found he excelledin this area. Following this specialized training,T.J. had two separate deploymentson missions around the world, continuing a tradition that has played akey role in warfare around the world. The SEALs celebrated their 50thanniversary recently, but their heritage goes back to WWII and severaldifferent special operations groups that laid the groundwork for theeventual Allied victory in both the European and Pacific theaters. Of par-ticular influence were the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) ofWWII, who swam in to their assignments with a mask, fins, knife andsatchel of explosives, the Scouting Raiders who played a key role in Viet-nam and the Frogmen, who paved the way for success at Normandy byclearing the water of mines so the ships with Allied D-Day forces couldsafely approach. Though the SEALs’ primary function, according to T.J., is maritimeboarding of ships, underwater demolition, and full-on beach assault, therole of the SEAL teams has been constantly evolving since 9-11, and theteams’ assignments take them all over the world and into all sorts of ter-rain, depending on where the need is.

For T.J., this meant missions with SEAL Team 7 into some of theroughest areas of the world. He worked with his team for two deploy-ments which spanned 2009-2013. At the end of that time, T.J. was up fora rotation as an instructor.

The SEAL training program uses Special Forces operatives who havefreshly come from active missions as the instructors in order to ensure

that the training the BUD/s receive isas current and applicable as possible.T.J. was set to spend a rotation as aninstructor when it came to his atten-tion that a place was available on theLeap Frog team for a military free-falljumpmaster. He was intrigued by theprospect. “I really enjoy the air aspect,though I struggled with the water [intraining],” T.J. said. During BUD/s, would-be SEALs are

put through a series of rigorous open-sea swimming assessments. The firsttime he swam in the ocean it was for atwo-mile swim. Eventually, he and hisclass were expected to swim for 5.5miles in the open sea. T.J. learned tosucceed in this area, since much of thework he does as a SEAL is amphibious.While he learned to work well in the

water, T.J. said he hated his first jumpfrom an airplane. His first experiencewith parachuting was with a static linedrop. This method, which allows forjumps at altitudes as low as 1,500 feet,

utilizes a hook line which attaches the parachute to the airplane. Whenthe parachutist jumps from the airplane, this line is pulled taut andcauses the parachute to open. This is a more unnerving way of jumping,T.J. said. “It’s only 1,500 feet in the air, so you can see the ground,” hesaid. Following his initial discomfort with static line drops, T.J. was intro-duced to free fall parachuting, in which the parachutist leaves the air-craft and free falls for 45-60 seconds before manually opening his para-chute. During the free fall period, the parachutist is falling, but is ableto maneuver, making him able to fly around, he said. The jumpers carry an altimeter so they know their altitude and areable to activate their parachutes at the correct time. The parachutistsusually deploy their chutes within 50 feet of the airplane, T.J. said. Fromthe time that he made his first free fall jump, he has made 960 jumpsinto all kinds of circumstances and terrains. His mission has changed somewhat now that he is working with theLeap Frogs. The purpose of the group is to demonstrate Navy excellence.In order to do so, the team jumps in to professional and college sportsstadiums, citywide celebrations and high school football fields. “We arenot recruiters. We are just getting the Navy out there,” T.J. said. Still, T.J. admits that this method is more effective than simply havinga recruiter visit a school for a college and career fair. “If a recruiter cameto my school, I probably would not even talk to him. But if a bunch ofguys jumped into my football field, then I would pay some attention,” hesaid. His time in the military has shaped T.J., though it is not somethinghe would recommend for everyone. “The military has made me who I am.But you get out what you put in – you have to be willing to roll with thepunches,” T.J. said. In addition to offering T.J. a chance to grow personally and profession-ally, his time in the military also caused T.J. to grow in his faith. A true ranching child, T.J. remembers taking a cow to the veterinarianwith his father when he was nine years old. “Dad really wanted that cowto live. She died. It made us talk about life and death, and what happensto cows when they die besides ending up in our stomachs, and what hap-pens to people when they die,” he said. His father outlined heaven andhell, and T.J. made the decision to become a Christian that day. It was not until he joined the military, though, that T.J. made his faithhis own. “In the Navy, I first encountered people who were atheist or ag-nostic or did not believe the Bible,” he said. “You just don’t meet a lot ofthem in small town South Dakota.” Encountering people with a different belief system made him evaluatewhat he really believed and why he believed it. “I had to really own myfaith,” T.J. said. With his new job description, T.J. has now seen two different perspec-tives of the Navy, one of promotion in the United States and one of actionin some of the most dangerous areas of the world. What he has seen inboth places has served to cement his view of America and her heritage.Always having been a history aficionado, he now has first-hand experi-ence in areas of the world that do not enjoy the same heritage and liber-ties that are enjoyed by every person in America. “I do not get sent tothe more developed parts of the world, but I have seen the worst places,

and I realize now what we have here,” he said. “Even though some people are really promoting Socialism in America,everyone in America still has the opportunity to work hard and makelife better for themselves and their families. They might not all becomebillionaires, but everyone can better themselves if they are willing towork hard and not take ‘no’ for an answer,” T.J. said. Having been all over the world, T.J. knows that this is not the case inmany other areas. This has made him look more critically at some Amer-icans’ claims of hardship. “Compared to some of the places I have been,we are so blessed here. Some of those people have absolutely nothing,”he said. Though he recognizes that America has not always made all the rightdecisions, he is still proud to defend America and is still willing to diefor America and American ideals. At this point in his life, he has more atstake in America’s future than he did when he first joined the Navy.When T.J. graduated from SQT, he had a week of leave and returned toSouth Dakota to spend time with his family. While he was home, his fam-ily attended the graduation of a longtime family friend, Alicia Cutler.The Cutler family and the Amdahl family shared a common love for andcommitment to agriculture and homeschooling, and had been friends foryears. T.J. knew who the family was, but knew little about them beyonda vague recognition of the family from Christmas cards. Still, he at-tended Alicia’s graduation ceremony with his family. “I fell in love [withAlicia] right away. It took her a while longer,” T.J. said.

With patient wooing, he was eventually able to convince Alicia to fallin love with him. The two were married in South Dakota June 30, 2012.His older sister and her husband had just brought a baby boy into theirfamily. “I don’t think she was too happy with our timing. When you’re inthe military, though, you don’t get a lot of choice in when things happen,”T.J. said. T.J. and Alicia welcomed their daughter, Tatham, into their Californiahome Aug. 30, 2014. Even though he is not going on missions into hostileareas at the present time, his schedule still can be difficult with a family.The Leap Frog team does not operate on a regular work week, so his“weekends” happen whenever the Leap Frogs return from jumps. He wasgone 200 days in 2014. Still, Alicia is patient with T.J.’s schedule andsupports him in his career. As his family grows, T.J.’s interests have begun to turn toward home,South Dakota, and the registered Angus business. Though he is not cer-tain of the time frame in which it will happen, he hopes to eventually re-turn to South Dakota to join his father and younger brother, J.D., on theAmdahl Angus operation. “I may even join the dark side and get intoHerefords,” he said. Amdahl Angus recently joined their 42-year history of raising regis-tered Black Angus with the Baker Hereford operation, which boasts a69-year history, with the purchase of Baker Hereford, according to TimAmdahl, T.J.’s father. Though it is new territory for T.J., he is excited bywhat he sees in the genetics at Baker Herefords and how Amdahl Anguscan broaden their offering to meet the various needs of their customers,T.J. said. T.J. enjoys the work he does now and is in no hurry to leave the SEALs.Still, he hopes to return to his roots in South Dakota in order to raisehis family the way he was raised. “The reasons that made me want tojoin the SEALs in the first place are the same reasons I want to returnhome someday,” he said. Though most of the SEALs purchase cars or houses with their sign-onbonus, T.J,. used his to purchase more cattle to increase his own herd.He has continued to reinvest his money into his cattle herd from his cur-rent home in California, and is eager to return home to South Dakotathis winter when Amdahl Angus hosts their annual bull sale, Feb. 13,2016. For now, the son of South Dakota will combine his military and jump-ing expertise with the western way of life when he and his fellow LeapFrogs demonstrate Navy excellence at a rodeo designed to celebrate theshowier side of the agriculture that still runs in Amdahl’s veins.

Amdahl jumps into Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo

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T.J. Amdahl is one of two selected for an ad for the U.S. Navy.

T.J. Amdahl parachuted into his outdoor wedding. Courtesy Photo

By Michaela BryanThe Wall School Board held

their July regular board meetingon Wednesday, July 8 at 7:00 p.m.School board members presentwere President Scot Eisenbraun,Spencer Cordes, Carolynn Ander-son, Ryan Kjerstad, Kevin Biel-maier, Jill Leonard and ElaineSimon. Superintendent CooperGarnos, Elementary PrincipalCharles Sykora and BusinessManager Niki Mohr were alsopresent. The meeting was calledto order. On the agenda, the con-sent agenda was moved to itemnumber 13 after executive session.Cordes motioned to approve theagenda and Kjerstad seconded.Motion was carried.

New board members JillLeonard and Elaine Simon readtheir Oath of Office and weresworn in.

Superintendent Garnos openedthe reorganization of the board forthe 2015-2016 school year. Theboard was to elect a board chair-

Wall School Board holds July meeting,

make Athletic Complex decisions

person. Cordes motioned to ap-prove Eisenbraun as chairpersonand Kjerstad seconded. Motionwas carried. Then, the board wasto elect a vice-chairperson. Ander-son motioned to approve Cordesand Simon seconded. Motion wascarried.

Next on the agenda was for theboard to assign themselves tocommittees. Eisenbraun, Ander-son and Leonard are on the nego-tiations committee. The budgetcommittee will have Eisenbraun,Kjerstad and Simon on it. Biel-maier, Cordes and Eisenbraun areon the building and grounds com-mittee. The transporation com-mittee will include Bielmaier,Cordes and Kjerstad. Anderson,Kjerstad and Simon will be on thecurriculum committee. Anderson,Cordes and Kjerstad are on thepolicy committee. The insurancecommittee will include Anderson,Kjerstad and Bielmaier. The en-tire board is on the marketingcommittee. Cordes will be the leg-

islative contact. The board then went over offi-

cial entities for the 2015-2016school year. Milk will go from 40cents a carton to 50 cents. Break-fast and lunch prices will go up 25cents. Bielmaier motioned to ap-prove the official entities and An-derson seconded. The motion wascarried.

The board appointed Andersonas the Business Manager to theHealth Insurance Board.

Next on the agenda was to goover the athletic complex details.The board voted to get weedskilled for the athletic complexarea from Warren Chemical. Thewaterline will be installed in thenext couple weeks. The schoolboard discussed holding a specialmeeting in July to make more de-cisions on the athletic complex.

The board went into executivesession at 9:15 p.m. The board mo-tioned to approve the consentagenda. The board approved 2015-2016 activity contracts.

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Wall Community Library Theresa Schaefer,Library Director

The story time group had agreat time with retired teacherSandy Feller last Friday. She readsome great books about teachersand school. The kids learned thatshe had taught some of their par-ents in first grade. Afterward,everyone played an alphabetgame, and then made a chalk-board tablet similar to those thatwere used in one room schools inLaura Ingalls Wilder’s time. Nextweek, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Friday,July 17, story time will featureWall City Works heroes. Therewill be books about heroic ma-chines, and Garrett Bryan willtell the group about his adven-

tures while keeping the City ofWall in running order. The kidswill also get to take a close look atone of Wall’s big yellow machines!

There is more fun for kids fromthe library, and it can be enjoyedat home, any day of the week.Streaming videos of fun and edu-cational Sesame Street episodesare now available for borrowingwith a library account.

This week will also bring some-thing for adults, while next weekwill includes an activity for theteen group. Book group meetstonight, Wednesday, July 15, from6:00 to 7:00 p.m. The topic is clas-sic short stories, some of whichmay be familiar, while other maynot. Group leader Charon Geigle

says “We will share what we read,titles or authors that drew us in,perhaps we will find great diver-sity in our group. I hope so!” Toread one or more of the short sto-ries, go online to http://american-literature.com/twenty-great-american-short-stories.

If you don’t use the Internet,you can read the story of yourchoice at the library. All adultsare welcome. The next Teen After-Hours Night will be Thursday,July 23, starting at 5:00 p.m. andlasting approximately two hours.The group will watch and talkabout a movie based on a book, AFault in Our Stars. The librarywill provide snacks and lemon-ade.

From the Governor of S.D.Protecting Against West

Nile VirusIt used to be mosquitoes

weren’t much cause for concern.We considered them a nuisance,but otherwise mostly harmless. Itwasn’t until 13 years ago whenWest Nile Virus emerged in SouthDakota that the nuisance becamea formidable health concern.

Just weeks ago, at the end ofJune, the South Dakota Depart-ment of Health reported thestate’s first West Nile case of theyear in Brown County. Thoughthere has only been one humancase reported thus far, mosquitopools in two counties have tested

positive for the virus. History tellsus the peak transmission for WestNile in South Dakota is in August– so we can expect to see morecases.

There is no vaccine or specificanti-viral treatment for peoplewho become infected with WestNile. Mild symptoms includefever, headache, body aches, rashand stomach sickness. Less thanone percent of those who contractthe illness develop serious neuro-logical infections which can befatal. Still, of 2,168 human casesreported in South Dakota since2002, 677 individuals have beenhospitalized and 32 people have

died.From the first detections of

West Nile in South Dakota thestate has worked closely withlocal mosquito control programs,offering educational opportunitiesand funding support. Over theyears the state has providedcities, counties and tribes withmore than $6 million in either di-rect funding or control chemicals.Just a week ago the Departmentawarded $490,000 in grants to180 programs across the state tohelp control mosquitoes and re-duce the threat of West Nile.

To End Poverty, Expand Opportunity

More than 1,000 SouthDakotans, including nearly 300children, were homeless at somepoint last year, according to a re-cent report by the South DakotaHousing for the Homeless. Whatis perhaps more shocking is thatthree of the five lowest-incomecounties in the country are lo-cated in our state. For many im-pacted by poverty, it’s been a chal-lenge that has been passed fromone generation to the next. I wantto help end that cycle.

Fundamentally, any conversa-tion about ending poverty mustbegin with a conversation aboutexpanding opportunity. Too often,federal programs fail in this re-spect. I believe they need to domore than just help folks avoidthe worst hardships; they mustalso empower people to build asuccessful career. Earlier thismonth, I took steps toward such agoal.

On July 7, I introduced legisla-tion to help reform the TemporaryAssistance for Needy Familiesprogram – or TANF. By definition,this is a program designed to helpstruggling families achieve self-sufficiency and financial inde-pendence, but it isn’t working and

loopholes let some states get awaywith ineffective spending.

TANF requires states to makesure 50 percent of program recip-ients participate in work-relatedactivities, such as working,searching for a job, or training forone. If states spend more than thefederal government requires, the50 percent threshold can be de-creased. In extreme cases, it canbe decreased to zero. Therein liesthe loophole.

Some states are counting third-party spending as “state spend-ing” and driving their apparentinvestments to artificially highlevels. As a result, they don’t needas many TANF recipients to beengaged in work-related activi-ties. Of note, South Dakota doesnot game the system in this way;we now need other states to followour example.

The practice completely dilutesthe integrity of TANF by elimi-nating a key accountability meas-ure. No longer do states need toachieve what TANF was intendedto accomplish in order to receivethe federal dollars in full.

My bill simply stops states fromcounting third-party spending astheir own. States need to makethe investment and they need toproduce a good outcome. We need

this level of genuine accountabil-ity if we are to be successful.

My bill was introduced as partof a broader legislative packagethat aims to increase the employ-ment of low-income families. Aspart of the package, we also intro-duced more incentives for statesto help people get a good job. Wegive states more resources to beinnovative in how they tacklepoverty at home. We create aclearinghouse for best practices,so good ideas can go farther.

I firmly believe the best wayout of poverty is a good job andthat’s what these bills are in-tended to do. In recent months,we’ve seen the national unem-ployment rate fall, but thosenumbers are deceiving becausemore and more people are drop-ping out of the workforce. In fact,the portion of Americans engagedin the workforce today is lowerthan at any point since JimmyCarter was president. That lackof employment is reverberatingthroughout our economy andstopping us from moving beyondthe recession. The only way tobreak this cycle is to give folksmore opportunities to rise up andout of poverty.

We Must Act Decisively to Defeat ISIL

Protecting our nation through astrong defense is a fundamentalrole of the federal government. Wehave the greatest military in theworld, and it’s an honor to serveon the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee to give them the sup-port they need to continue to pro-tect our nation. The House andSenate recently passed the Na-tional Defense Authorization Actfor Fiscal Year 2016, which sup-ports our troops and providesthem with the tools necessary tosuccessfully complete their mis-sions. Yet, while Congress hasdone its part, I am concernedabout the administration’s strat-egy to combat and defeat ISIL inthe Middle East and the threatISIL poses to the U.S.

ISIL emerged two years ago outof the Al Qaeda terrorist organiza-tion. Since its formation, it hasmade alarming advances in Iraq,Syria and elsewhere in the MiddleEast and Africa as other violentterrorist groups pledge loyalty toISIL. This group is the most dan-gerous, extremist Islamic terroristgroup history has ever seen andnow poses a direct threat to theUnited States. ISIL is a jihadistorganization following an extremeinterpretation of Islam which con-ducts unspeakable acts of violenceagainst Muslims and non-Mus-lims, to include women and chil-dren. The United Nations holdsISIL responsible for human rightsabuses and war crimes, and they

have also been accused of ethniccleansing on a “historic scale.”Their ultimate goal is to unite theentire Arab world under a violentextremist Islamist caliphate, andthey are the first terrorist organi-zation to hold large swaths of landfrom which they can obtain finan-cial and other resources as well asorganize and train their fighters.They have destabilized the entireMiddle East and pose a threat tothe United States and other na-tions outside the region partly be-cause of the many individualsfrom the U.S. and Europe whohave joined ISIL’s ranks and canone day return home to committerrorist acts.

Many experts view ISIL, in con-junction with other expandingthreats, as posing the most com-plex and uncertain internationalenvironment for the U.S. since theend of World War II. They pose adirect threat to our nation andAmerican interests all over theworld. ISIL must be defeated –and can be – but the administra-tion’s halfhearted strategy to de-feat them is failing to produce re-sults, even emboldening them.

I recently had the opportunityto question Defense Secretary AshCarter and Joint Chiefs of StaffChairman Martin Dempsey aboutthe administration’s lack of astrategy to defeat ISIL during aSenate Armed Services Commit-tee Hearing. During that hearing,Sec. Carter acknowledged that thePentagon’s effort to defeat ISILhas been severely slowed due to a

lack of Syrian and Iraqi recruits toundergo U.S. training and eventu-ally join the fight. Shockingly, sofar we’ve only trained 60 Syriansto fight ISIL instead of the thou-sands the administration prom-ised. I believe the reason we arehaving trouble finding recruits isbecause potential fighters lackconfidence in our commitment tosupport them over the long termand fear what will happen to themand their families if we abandonthem. Unfortunately, PresidentObama’s strategy, with its multi-ple constraints on what our troopsin Iraq can do, does little to conveysuch a commitment. In particular,the administration refuses to pro-vide Iraqi security forces with U.S.advisors who would serve withthem on the front lines and for-ward air controllers to directairstrikes to help them. Providingthis kind of support would reas-sure Iraqis of our commitmentand help provide backbone toforces who, with our help, havethe potential for success.

Just as General Petraeus ralliedthe Sunni tribes in 2006 and 2007,we must do so again in order tostop the Sunnis from joining ISIL.The Sunnis feel as if they are sec-ond class citizens in Iraq due toShiite control of the country, andtheir way of fighting against thiscontrol is to join ISIL. By workingwith the Sunni tribes and theirelders, we can begin to recruitfighters in our cause as well as re-duce the number of fighters pro-viding support to ISIL. We mustalso work to create greater ethnicand religious tolerance in Iraqamong the Kurds, Shia and Sun-nis.

No one wants to see Americanboots on the ground in the MiddleEast, but this administration’sfailing ISIL strategy threatens theregion, country and the entireworld. We must change our cur-rent course and act quickly anddecisively to defeat ISIL. Failingto do so would be a profound fail-ure to keep Americans safe.

Transportation ReformsStrengthen, Provide Certainty

to Farmers, Ranchers, andBusinesses

With all the Senate has accom-plished this year, it is hard to be-lieve that we are just six monthsinto the Republican majority. TheSenate has passed nearly 50 bi-partisan bills since January, andwe are on pace to pass many more.We have made bipartisanship acornerstone of the GOP-led Senatebecause when the two partieswork together, the American peo-ple win.

With a new majority, came afresh set of leaders at the numer-ous Senate committees, which iswhere the important groundworkis laid before legislation comes tothe Senate floor. For years, thisprocess was ignored under Demo-crat leadership, and the legisla-tive process suffered because of it.Thankfully, that has changed, andour committees are once againhard at work.

I was among the new set of com-mittee leaders that took over ear-lier this year, and am humbledthat my colleagues selected me tolead the Senate Committee onCommerce, Science, and Trans-portation, which has broad juris-diction over significant issues thatare important to South Dakota,including telecommunications,aviation, rail, highway safety, andinterstate commerce. The commit-

tee has already passed a numberof improvements this year.

South Dakota businesses andagriculture producers faced nu-merous challenges last year dur-ing the nine-month labor disputeat 29 West Coast container ports.During this prolonged slowdown,many businesses and agricultureproducers faced inventory chal-lenges during the holiday seasonbecause shipments on the WestCoast were severely backed-up.

Some estimates say that thesedisputes cost the economy up to$2.5 billion per day, and the re-sulting strife was widely cited asa contributing cause to the anemic0.2 percent annual growth rate ofthe U.S. economy in the first quar-ter of 2015.

To help prevent a reoccurrence,I led a group of senators in intro-ducing a set of common-sense sun-shine reforms that would helpwith early identification of portlabor disruptions before they in-flict damage on the economy.These reforms would also requireyearly port metrics reporting,which would create a new level oftransparency and accountabilityfor U.S. ports and give businessesand agriculture producers acrossthe country greater certainty. Lastmonth, my bill cleared the Com-merce Committee, and I am hope-ful that the full Senate will con-sider this legislation soon.

Freight rail is another issue

that is critically important toSouth Dakota businesses andagriculture producers because ofour dependence on transportingcommodities and products acrossthe country and around the globe.Because of the serious rail back-logs that occurred at the end of2013 and into early 2015, I intro-duced legislation last Congress,and again this year, to providecommon-sense reforms to the Sur-face Transportation Board to ad-dress the added costs and uncer-tainty that many South Dakotaagriculture producers and busi-nesses encountered when theywere unable to get reliable railtransportation they depend on.

I have worked with numerousSouth Dakota groups for years onthis bill, which has strong biparti-san support and the endorsementof organizations like the AmericanFarm Bureau Federation, theSouth Dakota Grain & Feed Asso-ciation, the National Rural Elec-tric Cooperatives, and the SouthDakota Farmers Union. This billpassed the Senate unanimouslylate last month and is awaitingconsideration in the House.

Once these reforms are in place,South Dakota farmers, ranchers,and businesses will be in astronger position to ensure thatthey get a fair deal on criticalshipments, coming or going.

Sobriety checkpoints will beconducted by the South DakotaHighway Patrol in 17 countiesduring July.

The monthly checkpoints aredone as a way to discourage peo-ple from drinking and driving.

July checkpoints will be done inthe counties of Beadle, Brookings,Butte, Clay, Codington, Day, Davi-son, Gregory, Hughes, Kingsbury,Lawrence, Lincoln, Meade, Min-nehaha, Pennington, Roberts andWalworth.

During June, the Highway Pa-trol scheduled DUI checkpointsand saturation patrols in all 66South Dakota counties.

Sobriety checkpoints

planned for July

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by Chastity Julson Meade County Highway Super-intendent Ken McGirr will retireThursday, July 16, ending nearly12 years of service to the residentsof Meade County. McGirr brought much experi-ence to his position, including 22years of owning his own repairand maintenance company. Dur-

ing that time, he specialized in re-pairing equipment that was usedin gold mining in upper Michigan.McGirr then spent over 12 yearsworking as a grading contractorfor Loiseau Construction. Though he is retiring from hisposition as highway superintend-ent, McGirr does not anticipateleaving the work force. “I will

probably continue to work, justnot full time,” McGirr said. Since he announced his retire-ment from the county, McGirr hasreceived numerous job offers thatwould make use of his leadershipskills and mechanical experience.While McGirr enjoys working andplans to continue to do some work,he is also looking forward tospending more time with his son,daughter-in-law, and two grand-children who live in Huron. McGirr and his wife, Mary Lou,have enjoyed supporting theirgrandchildren in their varioussports activities, and hope that re-tirement allows them more timewith their family. McGirr earned a reputationamong his subordinates as a su-pervisor who was willing to sup-port his workers and representthem before the county commis-sion. For McGirr, the people withwhom he worked were the bestpart of the job. “We have a greatcrew. These guys are full of goodideas and are dedicated to theirwork,” McGirr said. No replacement has been hiredto fill the highway superintend-ent’s position. The position is cur-rently listed and will remain openuntil filled.

McGirr retires fromhighway department

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Ken and Mary Lou McGirr pose with their grandchildren during a familyfour wheeling excursion earlier in the year.

By returning their ranchland topresettlement condition, a SouthDakota ranch family put nature towork for them with incredible re-sults. "Oftentimes we hear that ecol-ogy and environment don't mixwith economics, but the Morten-sons prove you can have both.Their ranch is beautiful, full of na-tive habitat and wildlife whichprovide hunting and other oppor-tunities, but it is also stocked withgood quality cattle," explainsCarter Johnson, distinguishedprofessor of ecology at SouthDakota State University whopainstakingly documented thefamily's journey in a recently re-leased online book, “The Morten-son Ranch Story: Balancing Envi-ronment and Economics.” "Ranching is a tough job if youhave to do everything yourself,but if you can get nature to workfor you – like the Mortensons havedone – the results are beautifuland pay the bills," said Johnson,who met the family patriarch,Clarence Mortenson in 1990 andbegan conducting research anddocumenting the family's restora-tion progress. "This story details Clarence'sconservation and managementphilosophy and how it has beenimplemented by three generationsof his family to restore the ranch'senvironment and economy that ul-timately earned the Mortensons

the coveted Aldo Leopold Conser-vation Award in 2011," said John-son in the book's abstract. Johnson explained thatClarence grew up in the earlyyears following the Dust Bowl. Asa young boy, he learned from anold homesteader how beautifuland productive the heavily erodedand barren landscape once hadbeen. "Clarence vowed that if andwhen he took over the ranch hewould get it back to its pre-settle-ment condition of thick grass,clear-water streams, dense woodydraws and abundant wildlife. Butthe ranch was not to be a ‘pre-serve,’ it had to provide a sustain-able living for a large family,”Johnson wrote. He added, "In my 40 years ofstudying riparian woodlands inmany states, never have I metproducers with more enthusiasm,dedication, and genuine interestin restoration and conservation asthe Mortensons." For five decades, the Morten-sons have invited SDSU students,faculty, researchers and SDSUExtension to not only conduct re-search on their land, but to use itas an outdoor classroom whereother ranchers and landownerscould see firsthand how variousrestoration projects worked to en-hance the land for wildlife as wellas cattle. Johnson said that what makesall the research on the Morten-

son's land unique is Clarence's ex-tensive knowledge of the land'shistory. "This book chronicles closeto 100 years of history. We proba-bly know more about this ranchthan almost any other in thestate," Johnson said. Along with scientific data anddetails on the Mortenson'srestoration projects, the book con-tains historical information aswell as photos. "I sort of turnedinto their family's biographer byaccident. It was not an easy rolebecause I'm not a biographer. ButI did my best to pull together whatwe learned during those 25 yearsand more," said Johnson. "Myoverall goal was to pull scientificas well as experiential informa-tion together so that other ranch-ers can read, relate and imple-ment projects to help them restoretheir own ranches." Today the ranch is managed byClarence's son, Todd, and his wife,Deb, together with their sons,Jack and Quinn. "Each generation has donesomething different to improve it.I still see areas that I can improveupon, and I want to be sure thatwhen I hand this over to my boys,it is as good as I could do and,hopefully, it will continue withthem," said Todd Mortenson, asquoted in the 2011 Leopold Con-servation Award Bulletin. To read the Mortenson story foryourself, visit www.igrow.org.

Mortenson ranch – ecologyand economic success story

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Photos by Michaela BryanThe annual Wall Celebration was held on July 9, 10 and 11. The Wall Volunteer Fire Department held a hotdog dinner on Friday, July 9. Pictured left to right: Butch Kitterman, Joe Steffen, Jeremy Hertel, John Kitterman,Travis Engel, Joel Stephens and Rick Sutter. Many attended and enjoyed the festivities. A horseshoe tourna-ment was held along with kids enjoying a sand dig. Pictured below: an Alumni Program was held at the grandhall at the Wall Community Center on Saturday, July 11.

Social News

Wall News Gathered by Frances Poste Ron and Shari Ochs of Cross-lake, Minn., Mike and Mary Erzof Rapid City, Gene and Rita Pat-terson and Dean and MarcinePatterson all had supper at theTwo Bit in Quinn to celebrateMarcine’s birthday on Friday,July 10th. Our best of wishes andcongratulations go out to her. Lucy Huether, widow of Ewalt,of Douglas, Wyo., spent ten daysvisiting with Rose White. JanTimmerman from Kansas, is stillvisiting with Rose also. They havedone a lot of touring. The Hoffman families had apotluck picnic at the Quinn Com-

munity Center on Sundayevening, July 12th. We hear of the marriage ofHarold Delbridge of Red Owl andDebra Harahan of rural north ofPhilip. The event took place onJuly 3rd at Black Hawk. We offerour congratulations and the bestof wishes! The funeral for Viola Williamswas held at the Methodist Churchin Wall, Tuesday morning, July14. Viola had spent the last sev-eral months in the hospital, rehaband nursing homes. She passedaway on Thursday, July 9th. Oursincere sympathy goes out to herfamily and friends. The “theme meal” at PrairieVillage is scheduled for Monday,July 20th. Menu lists burger on abun, tomato slices on lettuce, po-tato salad, cooked apples. Soundslike picnic time! This Thursday evening, July16, is time for the Senior Citizen’sPotluck supper. That time rollsaround quickly! Just mark thethird Thursday of the month onyour calendar, it is always thatnight. This upcoming weekend (July17 & 18) will be the “Black HillsCorvette Classic” at Spearfish.We usually see a lot of them asthey stop in Wall. Sporty vehicles! Denny and Karen Carmichaelfrom Brookings, came to Wall forDenny’s 50th Class reunion. Theyvisited at Dave and Arla Olson’sand Merlin and Mary JaneDoyle’s homes while here. Doug and Esther Kay Endersstopped at Dave and Arla Olson’s

on Saturday afternoon. Enderswere here to see Doug’s mom, whois in the swing bed section of thePhilip Hospital. Denny andKaren Carmichael and MaryJane Doyle joined in the shortvisit. Chris Sorensen is home onleave from his base in Utah. Hisleave ends the first of August andthen he will be sent to Korea.Good luck, Chris! Mark, Darlene, Amanda andKristina Poste came to Wall onFriday evening to get in on Wall’sCelebration. They had theircamper set up at his mom’s. Thegirls went back to Rapid City thatnight but Mark and Darlenestayed so he could ride on thefloat with the Class of 1985 (30years) and Darlene joined him todo things with his class. I overheard Gerald Wolfordsympathizing with Martha John-ston as he has lost roses also.Most probably taken by the sameintruder — that mountain sheep. There were some burials overthe weekend. Helen Mihills Gab-bert had died December 19, 2014,was buried at the Black Hills Na-tional Cemetery on Friday, July10th. Raymond O’Dea, deceased hus-band of Esther Bielmaier, andPeter Montgomery, deceased hus-band of Dorothy Bielmaier, wereboth buried in the Wall Cemeteryon Saturday, July 11, 2015, Fr.Johnson officiated. Kurth and Sherry DeLand werehere in Wall so Sherry could joinher Class of 1960 for their 55threunion. Jim and Leila Joycewere also in Wall, as Leila joinedthe Class of 1955 (60th reunion).Joyces went home to Custer onSunday. DeLands are joiningfriends to camp in the Hills. We are having summertimewith temperatures in the 90s. Itdries things out in a hurry so amglad to see some showers pre-dicted this week with lowertemps. Worry is wasting today’s time toclutter up tomorrow’s opportuni-ties with yesterday’s troubles.

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Wonderings, ponderings, pro-nouncements and general trivia. Trying to do your best to saveon energy costs? Turning offlights when leaving a room is al-ways recommended by the “ex-perts”. I’m pretty good about that, butconfess to ulterior motives. Whenthe sunlight is not pouring in, thedust on the furniture is much lessobvious and I can go outside toplay in the dirt and talk to theflowers with a clearer conscience.A darkened kitchen improves thelook of a much neglected floor! A thought about grasshoppers— A bad year for grasshoppers de-pends on whether you are the gar-dener or the grasshopper. Maybe wisdom is just learningfrom life’s experiences. Maybe wisdom is acceptingthat we can never change some-one else — no matter how muchthey may need to change. It seems that by age 75, onewould have many answers to life’squestions. Not necessarily so — Ifind there are far more questionspopping up! Some clouds are moving in fromthe west this Sunday afternoon inWasta. It has been very hot thisday — too hot even to play outsidein the water. What does thatmean in official degrees? Don’tknow but I’ll bet it was over ahundred before noon! The Wall News is always enjoy-able to read — this past weekafter thinking about MarthaJohnston, her rose bushes and the

disappearing flowers and theguilty mountain sheep, Marthajust might give new meaning tothe term “endangered species”.It’s not too difficult picturingMartha chasing that sheep andshaking a stick, threatening amore serious scolding! Just teas-ing; Martha is a tenderheart! We enjoyed the Wall Celebra-tion, attending the parade, icecream social at the LutheranChurch with the opportunity tovisit with others always enjoy-able. In the afternoon, we at-tended the Alumni gathering withMary Lewis and sat with Dickand Gay Hadlock. Gay is a 1955Wasta graduate and maybe theonly one in attendance. Thereagain, a chance to visit and enjoythe entertainment. Ray, Jamy and MavrickWilliams returned home afterspending time camping in the Yel-lowstone Park area. The Carter family, Tom, Angie,Dylan, Austin and Brody, made atrip to Oregon the latter part ofJune, returning just prior to July4th. Dylan stayed on with rela-tives there, but the rest cameback just in time to help withWasta’s Independence Day festiv-ities. It’s good to have some winddown time. Great-grandson,Skyler Patterson, is back in RapidCity after spending time withgrandparents in Las Vegas. Wewill have some time with him —all too soon football practice willstart and grandparents take aback seat! We know how to enjoyand make good use of time with

these young ones as we realizejust how quickly the time goesand soon it’s not fun to hang outwith us. A house cleaning tip picked upfrom a favorite magazine — Cot-ton socks make good and easycleaning tools! Yeah, but it’s a lit-tle difficult to swing your foot upon the dining room table to give ita swipe! Worked great on the cof-fee table and low shelves though! Congratulations to Todd Traskon being a recipient of the Distin-guished Service Award; for hisoutstanding service, “Board of Ed-ucation, to the youth of the state”.Thank you Todd, for giving oftime and your interest. Congratulations to MatteePauley and Emilee Pauley, CarleeJohnston and Savana Johnstonfor achieving the right to repre-sent South Dakota at the Na-tional High School Rodeo Finalsbeginning today, Sunday, June12th. Our hopes are with you!However, this competition turnsout, you girls are true all aroundchampions! Happy Trails.

Wasta Wanderings

Merlin Doyle will be celebrating his80th Birthday

on July 25, 2015.

Cards may be sent to:

PO Box 109, Wall, SD 57790

Love from your family

COURANT BRIEFSWALL CITY COUNCIL MEETING The Wall City Council will hold their board meeting on Thursday, July16, 2015, at 6:30 p.m., in the Community Center meeting room. Call meeting to order. Pledge of Allegiance. Approve Agenda. Approveconsent agenda: Minutes of July 2nd council meeting, City of, Wall July16th claims, Fire Dept. July 16th claims, Library July 16th claims,Cemetery July 16th claims, Cash & MM balance, Expense/RevenueBudget report. Visitors: Jason Hanson w/Brosz Engineering. Public Comments* – A time for members of the public to discuss orexpress concerns to the Council on any issue not on the agenda. Actionwill not be taken on the issue until it can be added to the next meetingagenda. Permits: Building: Wall Drug – mobile home in the trailer court;Mocha Moose – fence. Sign. CUP. Councilman Hauk’s oath of office. Election for President & Vice-Pres-ident on the council. Bids for: Athletic Complex water main, Street Improvement, AirportRoad. Policy for agenda deadline. Media Policy. Aviation proclamation Finance Officer Report: Main Street garbage-amend contract, Budgetmeeting with Finance Committee – week of July 21st ? Public Works Report: Items for discussion – no action will be taken Next City Council meeting will be August 6th at 6:30 p.m. ExecutiveSession for the purpose of discussing legal/personnel issues accordingto SDCL 1-25-2. Other. Meeting Adjourned. *Each person will have (3) three minutes to address their concerns This agenda is subject to change up to 24 hours before the meetingdate.

Al says…By Al Strandell

(August 16, 1979)If you are discouraged, com-

pare your problems with those ofthis father who wrote this letter.Note particularly the last para-graph. The daughter wrote thatshe was coming home with herhusband to live with Father. Fa-ther wrote as follows:

Dear Daughter:I note from your letter that you

are coming home with Wilfredand the children to live with us be-cause Wilfred received an adjust-ment in his salary, which was aninsult to him. That Wilfred, I as-sumed, feels he cannot endure.

As you know, your brotherFrank came with his wife about amonth ago after his salary hadbeen reconsidered. Your sisterElsie, who had been secretary toan officer of a corporation as astenographer, resigned becauseshe refused to be reduced to thelevel of a plain stenographer sowe are expecting her any daynow.

You asked about my own busi-ness. It is coming along fine. Itwas to be sold on the courthousesteps last Friday, but there wereno bidders so I got to keep it. Thatmakes the best month since theupturn.

As ever,Your loving Father

Back in theDirty Thirties

State Parks

offer a variety

of eventsRunning, fishing and a little bit

of mystery are coming to stateparks this weekend. South DakotaGame, Fish and Parks (GFP) iscontinuing to host family-friendlyevents to get people away fromTVs, off the couch and spendingtime in the summer sun.

Friday, July 17•Pottery I & II – Good Earth

State Park at Blood Run, SiouxFall. 7 p.m. CT. Info: 605.987.2263

•Guided Night Hike – Oak-wood Lakes State Park, Bruce. 9p.m. CT. Info: 605.627.5441

Saturday, July 18•Force of Nature Kids’

Duathlon – Big Sioux RecreationArea, Brandon. 8 a.m. CT. Info:605.594.3824

•Bird Walk – Lake PoinsettRecreation Area, Arlington. 8:30a.m. CT. Info: 605.983.5085

•Little Wings on the PrairieFestival – Oahe DownstreamRecreation Area, Fort Pierre. 10a.m. CT. Info: 605.223.7722

•Birding Basics – NewtonHills State Park, Sioux Falls. 10a.m. CT. Info: 605.987.2263

•Forces of Good Earth –Good Earth State Park at BloodRun, Sioux Falls. 11 a.m. CT. Info:605.987.2263

•Family Scavenger Hunt –Mina Lake Recreation Area, Ab-erdeen. 1 p.m. CT. Info:605.626.3488

•Fishing Frenzy – ChiefWhite Crane Recreation Area,Yankton. 1 p.m. CT. Info:605.668.2985

•Murder Mystery – GoodEarth State Park at Blood Run,Sioux Falls. 4 p.m. CT. Info:605.987.2263

Sunday, July 19•Sensational Senses – Good

Earth State Park at Blood Run,Sioux Falls. 3 p.m. CT. Info:605.987.2263

Church.

Obituaries


Moving?Please notify

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with yourchange of

address twoweeks beforemoving, or as

possible, so asnot to miss asingle issue.

Wall Bldg.Center

279-2158Wall, SD

De's Tire& Muffler

279-2168

Wall, SD

Hustead's

WallDrugStore

Rush Funeral HomeChapels in Philip, Wall & Kadoka

Jack, Gayle & D.J. Rush

www.rushfuneralhome.com

St. Margaret Church • LakesideMass: Saturday 7 p.m.

even number months orSunday 10 a.m. odd number months

Holy Rosary Church • InteriorMass: Saturday 7 p.m. odd number months or

Sunday 10 a.m. even number months

St. John's Catholic ChurchNew Underwood • Father William Zandri

Mass: Sundays at 11:00 a.m.;Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at

Good Samaritan Nursing Home;Reconciliation before Sun. Mass

279-2175

Badlands Cowboy MinistryBible Study • Wednesdays

Wall Rodeo Grounds • 279-2681Winter 5:30 p.m. • Summer 7 p.m.

New Underwood Community Church Pastor Wes Wileman

Sunday School 9 a.m.; Adult & Children Service 10 a.m.;Youth Fellowship: Wed. 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Evangelical Free Bible ChurchWall • Ron Burtz, Pastor

279-2867 • www.wallfreechurch.comSundays: Adult Bible Fellowship, 9 a.m.,

Sunday Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.;Mondays: Women’s Bible Study, 7 p.m.

Wall United Methodist ChurchPastor Darwin Kopfmann • 279-2359

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

WastaServices Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

First Evangelical Lutheran Church • WallPastor Curtis GarlandSunday Service, 9 a.m.

Emmanuel Lutheran Church • CreightonSunday Services 11:00 a.m.

Interior Community Church • Highway 44 EastSunday School 9:30 a.m.;

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Dowling Community ChurchMemorial Day through

Labor Day;Service 10:00 a.m.

St. Patrick's Catholic Church • WallFather Johnson Kuriappilly

Masses: Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.Weekdays refer to Bulletin

More obituaries on pages 10

Orrin M. Sundquist Orrin Manny Sundquist, 66,Wasta, died Sunda,y July 12, 2015at home. Memorial services will be heldFriday, July 17, 2015 at 1:00 p.m.at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Homein Rapid City, with ChaplainRandy Bradley officiating. A full obituary will appear innext week’s paper.

Arrangements are with BehrensWilson Funeral Home of RapidCity.

Viola R. Williams, age 87, Wall,S.D., died Friday, July 10, 2015, atthe Rapid City Regional Hospitalin Rapid City.

Viola Ruby Hamm was born De-cember 13, 1927, near Quinn, thedaughter of Jay O. and Ellabud(Wallace) Hamm. She was bap-tized at the Big Foot PresbyterianChurch (along with her futurehusband, Lyle), in 1928.

Viola grew up south of Quinnand attended the Table Land ruralschool until 1940. As an eighthgrader, she began school at Inte-rior, graduating in 1945 in a grad-uating class of one. Her classmatewas drafted into the Army prior totheir graduation. After gradua-tion, Viola worked as the JacksonCounty deputy auditor in Kadokafor one year.

She was united in marriage toLyle L. Williams on March 22,1947, in Rapid City. They madetheir home on his father’s ranchfor one year before moving to In-terior where Lyle was the Stan-dard Bulk agent. On October 11,1950, they moved to Owanka andpurchased a ranch and raisedtheir family. In 1976, they movedto Rapid City and purchased theRapid City Livestock Auction. In1978, they moved northeast of BoxElder where they resided untilmoving to Wall in 2004.

Viola was a member of the

American Baptist Church, theWomen’s Society and theWicksville Workers ExtensionClub, all of Wicksville, and a mem-ber of the Methodist Church ofWall.

Viola and Lyle were avid highschool basketball and volleyballfans, and enjoyed their children,grandchildren and great-grand-children.

Survivors include her husband,Lyle, Wall; two sons, MyronWilliams and his wife, Mary, Wall,and Marvin Williams and his wife,Norma, Owanka; one daughter,

Laine Halverson and her hus-band, Mike, Sioux Falls; sixgrandchildren; 10 great-grand-children; a sister-in-law, LoyHamm, Wall; and a host of otherrelatives and friends.

Viola was preceded in death byher parents; three brothers,Glenn, Lee and Wayne Hamm; asister-in-law, Carol Anne Hamm;one great-granddaughter,Makayla Madeline Mattox, as aninfant; one great-grandson, JacobWilliams, as an infant; and agranddaughter-in-law, StephanieWilliams.

Services were held Tuesday,July 14, at the Wall MethodistChurch with Pastor Harold Del-bridge and Pastor Russell Masar-tis officiating.

Music was provided by CarolHahn, pianist, and Paige Cordes,vocalist.

Ushers were Jerry Johannesenand Bill Leonard.

Pallbearers were Travis, Martyand Monty Williams, Keilani Amo,Mindy Halverson and Misty Mat-tox. Honorary pallbearers wereViola’s great-grandchildren.

Interment was at the WallCemetery.

A memorial has been estab-lished.

Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Viola R. Williams

Kay Reckling, age 62, Kadoka,S.D., died Friday, July 10, 2015, atthe Hans P. Peterson MemorialHospital in Philip.

Kathleen Marie “Kay” Weberwas born June 29, 1953, in Echo,Minn., one of nine children born toGregor and Dorothy (Erickson)Weber.

She grew up in Echo and beganher schooling there. In the thirdgrade, she moved with her familyto Philip, where her dad worked atthe bank. She continued her edu-cation in Philip, graduating fromPhilip High School in 1971. Aftergraduation, she attended SouthDakota State University for ashort time before moving back toPhilip, where she worked at theDakota Bar and later Philip Motorfor a number of years.

On June 19, 1979, her daughter,Sanna, the pride and joy of herlife, was born in Sioux Falls.

Kay was united in marriage toRandy Reckling on May 31, 1985,in Philip. They made their homein Philip where she worked atKemnitz Law Office and withRandy at Reckling’s Furniture.Kay later moved to Rapid Citywhere she worked at a law firmand then at Rapid City RegionalHospital. In 2006, Kay moved toScottsdale, Ariz., where sheworked as a receptionist and laterin accounts payable, for an elec-tronics company. In August 2009,Kay moved back to Philip, whereshe worked at Ingram Hardwareand Philip Health Services. In2011, she took a position at theKadoka High School and moved toKadoka where she has since

resided.Family was of the utmost im-

portance to Kay. She enjoyedbowling, golfing, bingo, walking,taking trips and spending timewith grandchildren.

Grateful for having shared herlife are her daughter, Sanna Rockand her husband, Brandon, LongValley; three grandchildren, Daw-son, Madalyn and Landry Rock;her mother, Dorothy Weber,Philip; four brothers, Tim Weberand his wife, Betty, Douglas, Wyo.,Craig Weber, Philip, Jack Weber,Gillette, Wyo., and Jeff Weber andhis wife, Randi, Gillette; three sis-ters, Julie Seager and her hus-band, Pat, Philip, Suzan Berry,Philip, and Anita Weber, Scotts-dale, Ariz.; and a host of other rel-atives and friends.

Kay was preceded in death by

an infant son, James DuaneWeber; her father, Gregor A.“Greg” Weber on December 8,2014; a sister, Peggy Jo WeberStone on February 19, 2015; and anephew, Joseph Parisi.

Mass of Christian burial wascelebrated Wednesday, July 15, atthe Sacred Heart Catholic Churchin Philip, with Father KevinAchbach as celebrant.

Interment was at the MasonicCemetery in Philip.

Arrangements were with theRush Funeral Home of Philip.

Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Kay Reckling

Celebration of Life services forVivian Hansen will be held Satur-day, July 18, at the American Le-gion Hall in Philip at 11:00 a.m.

Vivian Hansen

Shirley CrawfordThe matriarch of our family,

Shirley Joyce Crawford, 86, ofRapid City, passed from this worldafter a short illness on Saturday,July 11, 2015 at Rapid City Re-gional Hospital.

Shirley, the second of four chil-dren, was born July 23, 1928 onthe family homestead north ofWall, SD, to Osborne and Carrie(Moler) Kitterman.

She grew up on the family farmenduring the hardships of thetime, but making fond memoriesfrom the simplest activities withher family. Growing up, andthroughout her life, Shirley wasespecially close with her belovedsister, Dorothy. Shirley graduatedfrom Wall High School in 1946and went on to attend Black HillsTeachers College in Spearfish. Shetaught at the Cedar Butte School,a one room school house, for twoyears. Shirley married Charles(Chuck) Crawford in Vermillion,SD on March 9, 1948. WhileChuck and Shirley ran their busi-ness in Wall, they raised theirthree children, Greg, Tim, andJudi. During their time in Wall,Greg and Tim were active in BoyScouts and Shirley helped guidethem as a Den Leader. In 1962 thefamily moved to Deadwood whereChuck took over the Conoco BulkPlant for the Black Hills area.Shirley found joy in participatingin the Methodist Church and re-mained focused on supporting herfamily. In 1968 the family movedto Rapid City and Chuck contin-ued his work with Conoco until hisretirement in 1978. Following ashort retirement period, Chuckand Shirley purchased a jewelrystore in Wall which gave her theopportunity to interact with awide range of interesting people,something she greatly enjoyed. Asthe years passed, especially in thesummers she spent with her threeoldest granddaughters, sheshowed an enormous capacity forturning ordinary moments intojoyous memories. After Chuckpassed away in 1986, Shirley wentthrough a challenging time butcourageously picked up the piecesto carry on the life they had cre-ated together. Shirley’s devotion toher family shined most brightlyduring their difficult times. Shewas the true lodestar to her fam-ily.

In her later years, Shirley espe-cially enjoyed going to Deadwoodwith her friends from the PioneerBank Elite Club and the othersenior citizens groups. She was acommitted member of the CanyonLake United Methodist Churchand was active in its fundraisingefforts. Shirley took pleasure inmaintaining her garden, particu-larly her roses, which are bloom-ing today.

Blessed to have been a part ofShirley’s life are her brother,Butch (Ann) Kitterman, Wall;three children, Greg (Rita) Craw-ford, Highlands, North Carolina,

Tim (Ace) Crawford, Rapid City,Judi Crawford, Rapid City; grand-children, Melissa (Pete) Kestner,St. Paul, MN, Nicole (Devin) Hart-nell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Jessica(Daniel) Francis, Milwaukee, WI,Anthony Crawford, Austin, TX,Carrie Crawford, Muskegon, MI,Carson Crawford, Seattle, WA;Great-Grandchildren, Dylan,Ellie, Jack, Madelynne, William,Timothy, Jessica, Braydon,Rachel, Liam, Nora, Mary, and

Olivia.We take solace that Shirley and

Chuck are reunited heaven, alongwith her brother David, her sisterDorothy, and her parents Osborneand Carrie.

A Visitation will be held onWednesday, July 15th from 5:00p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at OsheimSchmidt Funeral Home in RapidCity. The Memorial Service will beheld on Thursday, July 16th at10:30 a.m. at the Canyon LakeUnited Methodist Church inRapid City, with the Rev. Eric Gri-nager. A luncheon will follow andburial will be at the Black HillsNational Cemetery at 1:30 p.m.

Shirley’s family appreciates theoutpouring of support as we grievethe loss of our beloved mother,grandmother and sister. We aredeeply blessed to have shared herlife and to carry on her legacy oflove and commitment to family. Tous, Shirley’s heart and home wereshelter from the storm.

In lieu of flowers, memorialsmay be sent to Story Book Islandor Canyon Lake United MethodistChurch, 3500 Canyon Lake Dr,Rapid City, SD 57702.

John H. Habinck John Henry Habinck, 82,passed away on June 13, 2015, atRapid City Regional Hospitalafter a battle with cancer. John was born to Robert andKathleen Habinck on June 20,1931. He grew up on a ranchnorth of Scenic, S.D, and attendedcountry school at Quinn Table. John joined the US Air Forceserving in the Korean War. His survivors include his wife,Marjorie Habinck; son, Mickey(Connie) Habinck, Colo.; daughter,Naomi Habinck, Fla; sisters,Donna Belle Talty, Rapid City,Mary Alice Juliussen, Wa., andMildred Jean (Lawrence) Gartrell,Mo. His body was cremated. A Celebration of John's life willbe held on Saturday, July 25,

2015, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at theMinneluzahan Senior CitizenCenter, 315 N 4th St, Rapid City,S.D.

The family ofKent & Angie Anderson

request a Card Shower in honor of their25th Wedding Anniversary

July 21, 2015.Cards may be sent to:

PO Box 88, Wall, SD 57790

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Kadoka Legion Post 27 to play at Region 7

Courtesy PhotoThe Kadoka Legion Post 27 baseball team played at the Lead/Deadwood tournament on July 11-12. In the firstgame, they were defeated by Gillette Reneges 13-0. In the second game they won over Harding County 15-2.In the consolation match they lost to Billings Black Sox of Montana 11-0 and received fifth place. The teamwill play at the Region 7 tournament in Rapid City on Wednesday at noon at Post 327 field and on Thursdayat TBD. Back row (L-R): Coach Tim Eisenbraun, Conner Dekker, Philip, AJ Bendt, Kadoka, Noah Johnson,Midland, Jory Rodgers, Kadoka, Preston Eisenbraun, Wall, and Coach Rich Bendt. Front: Trew DeJong, Philip,Austin Hand, Midland, Abe Herber, Kadoka, Reese Sudbeck, Kadoka, Terrel Eisenbraun, Wall, and Coach JodySudbeck.

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Farms and ranches have longbeen the foundation of SouthDakota history. The South DakotaFarm Bureau along with theSouth Dakota Department of Agri-culture would like to recognizeand honor these South DakotaCentury Farms and Ranches onSeptember 3, 2015 at the S. D.State Fair.

To qualify for the Century Farm& Ranch award, a family musthave retained continuous owner-ship of at least 80 acres of originalfarmland for 100 years or more. Ifthe family ownership of that landhas reached the 125-year mark,

Deadline for century and

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rapidly approaching

they may apply to be recognizedas a Quasquicentennial Farm orRanch. Some form of documenta-tion of the original date of pur-chase must be included with theapplication.

Application forms are availableonline at http://www. sdfbf.org/public/349/all-about-ag/cen-tury---quasquicentennial-farm--ranch-recognition-program orhttp://sdda.sd.gov/office-of-the-sec-retary/century-farms or by callingSouth Dakota Farm Bureau at(605) 353-8052. The deadline forapplying for this esteemed recog-nition is August 13, 2015.

2015 Leap For Life 5K cancer walk/run

Participating in the 2015 WallCelebration Town N’ CountryFROGs Relay For Life 5K Runwere the following individuals.Runners and their times are asfollows:

Mens Division 0-12Layton Terkildsen, 26.36; AadenKroells, 38.34

Mens Division 13 – 19Tristen Rush, 18.58

Mens Division 20 – 29Jan Pulda, 21.35; Peter Berinster,21.48; Lex Heathershaw, 23.31;Rytis Kabosis, 26.33; Mike John-son, 29.49

Mens Division 30 – 39Colt Terkildsen, 20.02; DanielRush, 22.24; Turner Johnson,

22.58; Zachery Shull, 35.19Mens Division 50 – 59

Wayne Shull, 27.13; Dick John-son, 27:42

Mens Division 60 – 69Wally Little Moon, 21.49

Mens Division 70 & UpTed Predoehl, 40.29

Womens Division 0 – 12Dilyn Terkildsen, 23:35; KatrinaPoss, 29.49; Drew Terkildsen,29.55

Womens Division 13 – 19Josie Rush, 26.35; Sarah Kelly,31.35; Brittany Barnes, 32.04

Womens Division 20 - 29Whitney Lamont, 23.37; LucyHoffman, no time

Womens Division 30 – 39

Holly Gittings, 27.30; Bobbi Dartt,29.36; Lacey Johnson, 29.48;Stacy Barnes, 32.25; Lane Shull,36.04

Womens Division 40 - 49Amber Rush, 33.17; Amy Pisha,33.49

Several walkers also enjoyedthis annual event held July 11,2015. This is a Relay For Lifefundraiser with all proceeds goingto the American Cancer Society.This was the 13th year the Town‘N Country FROGs Relay For LifeTeam has sponsored this eventover the Wall Celebration. Spon-sors and participants are verymuch appreciated. We continue towork to make a difference!

Photos by Michaela BryanThe Wall Rodeo Booster club presented the 108th annual Wall Celebration Rodeo held July 9 through the 11.

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While the nation turned its at-tention to the Major League Base-ball’s All-Star Game on July 14,the South Dakota Cultural Her-itage Center in Pierre has an ex-hibit on display that celebratesbaseball tradition closer to home.“Play Ball! The National Pastimein South Dakota” will be on dis-play in the Hogen Gallery of themuseum through August of 2016.

“People do not realize how manyexceptional baseball playersplayed baseball in South Dakota,”commented Jay Smith, museumdirector. “Players like Jim Palmer,Bob Gibson, Don Sutton and manymore -- the talent level of baseballin South Dakota produced playersthat went on to play in the All-Star Game at the major leaguelevel. I think that our visitorscould put together a highly com-petitive All-Star team from those

All-Star Game and South Dakota baseball history

on display at Cultural Heritage Center

players with South Dakota roots.” “Play Ball! The National Pas-

time in South Dakota” traces thehistory of baseball in SouthDakota from the territorial era tothe present through artifacts, im-ages, video and hands-on activi-ties that will inspire, educate andentertain all audiences.

“Now is a great time to visit theexhibition as major league base-ball pauses to celebrate its tal-ented players and we have an op-portunity to remember SouthDakota’s contribution to baseballhistory,” Smith said.

The museum and the exhibitare open during regular museumhours of 9:00 a.m. through 6:30p.m. CDT Monday through Satur-day, and 1:00 p.m. through 4:30p.m. on Sunday. There is an ad-mission fee for adults, but kids 17and under are free.

For more information, visitwww.history.sd.gov or call (605)773-3458.

Terry Hanson of Arlington, waselected as the State Commanderof The American Legion Depart-ment of South Dakota by dele-gates attending the 97th AnnualState Convention of The AmericanLegion in Huron on Sunday, June28. Hanson was nominated byGary Henle of Sioux Falls, and hisnomination was seconded by LeonJosephsen of Arlington. The Amer-ican Legion is the largest war-time veteran service organizationin South Dakota with over 21,000members serving in 244 localAmerican Legion Posts across thestate.

Commander Hanson is a 20-year, Paid-Up-For-Life member ofEdgar L. Herrick American Le-gion Post 42 in Arlington. He hasheld most Post offices, includingPost Commander for four years.He served as Kingsbury CountyCommander, District Commander,State Vice Commander, StateMembership Chairman for twoyears and also served as a mem-ber the Department AmericanismCommission for four years. Healso is presently a member of theNational Americanism Council.Commander Hanson received thehighest award presented to a Le-gionnaire for leadership abilitiesin 2013, the Robert C. Gabrielsonaward.

Commander Hanson enlisted inthe South Dakota National Guardin 1969 and completed basic train-ing and advanced individualtraining in Fort Leonard Wood,Missouri. He was a Wheeled Vehi-cle Mechanic. He served as amember of Company B, 153rd En-gineer Battalion in Madison, S.D.Terry was honorably discharged in1976 with the rank of Staff Ser-geant.

Terry graduated high schoolfrom Rutland High School in 1969and holds the school record forbeing the only student to partici-pate in the State Wrestling Tour-

S.D. American Legion elects new State Commander

nament. He is a certified wrestlingreferee and has refereed in tour-naments for 23 years. He is cur-rently retired from Hunter Engi-neering where he worked for 28years. Commander Hanson andhis wife, Trudy, have been marriedfor 34 years and reside at 313Park Drive, Arlington, SD 57212.They are members of the TrinityLutheran Church in Arlington.Trudy is also a member of TheAmerican Legion Auxiliary. Theyhave three children and threegrandchildren.

In other convention action, theassembled delegates elected twoState Vice Commanders for the or-ganization. Those elected wereKen Orrock of Rapid City andGary Henle of Sioux Falls. PaulEvenson of Sioux Falls was re-elected as National ExecutiveCommitteeman and Jim Huls ofMadison was re-elected as Alter-nate National Executive Commit-teeman. Verle Whipple of ClearLake was re-elected as the De-partment Sergeant-At-Arms.

Commander Hanson appointedDennis Brenden of Watertown toa two-year appointment as De-

partment Adjutant; Ken Teunis-sen of Sioux Falls to a one-yearterm as Department MembershipChairman; Dennis Brenden of Wa-tertown to a one-year term asPublic Relations Officer; JamesSword of Hot Springs to a three-year term as Judge Advocate andPatrick Lewellen of Spearfish to aone-year term as DepartmentChaplain.

Fred Nelson of Spearfish waselected to a four year term as amember of The American LegionState Finance Commission.

Jerald Fox was selected as TheAmerican Legion Department ofSouth Dakota Legionnaire of theYear at the convention. Jerald is amember of George A FitzgeraldPost 65 of Dell Rapids.

The Robert C. Gabrielson Me-morial Leadership Award was pre-sented to Gary Henle of SiouxFalls. The Robert C. GabrielsonMemorial Leadership Award isnamed in the memory of PastAmerican Legion State Com-mander Robert C. Gabrielson ofHoven. Gabrielson served in nu-merous leadership capacities forThe American Legion at the localPost, District, State and Nationallevels. The award is to recognizeone Legionnaire on an annualbasis for sustained, superior, andinspirational leadership.

Special guests at this year’sAmerican Legion convention in-cluded Senator John Thune, Sen-ator Michael Rounds, Congress-woman Krisi Noem, AdjutantGeneral Tim Reich, Miss SouthDakota Autumn Simunek, Secre-tary of Veterans Affairs LarryZimmerman, First Veterans Courtpresiding Judge Robert Spearsand many more guests.

Congresswoman Krisi Noempresented Donald Hausmann ofBonesteel American Legion Post36 with his Purple Heart for in-juries suffered during the KoreanWar.

Courtesy PhotoTerry Hanson, new Dept. Com-mander of the South DakotaAmerican Legion

South Dakota Health Care As-sociation’s Century Club, in con-junction with KELOLAND Televi-sion, is honored to announce AnnaDuba Wren Johnson as the “2015Centenarian of the Year!” Anna re-cently celebrated her 108th birth-day; making her the oldest resi-dent in the Club!

Anna Johnson was born atStiles, North Dakota on June24th, 1907 to Annie (Phillips) andJoseph George Duba. She was thefourth child and second daughterin a family of two sons and threedaughters. Her mother passedaway in 1912 and her father in1968. The town of Stiles does notexist anymore. Anna got her firsteight grades of education in Stilesin a country school and highschool in Lidgerwood, N.D. Shealso attended air-craft school inSan Diego in 1942 and PasadenaCity College taking a Businesscourse in California in 1945. Annalived on the farm in North Dakotafor 26 years and left to work inMinneapolis, Minn., Dallas Texas,and Pasadena, Calif. From 1942-1945 she worked at Consolidated-Voltee in San Diego in a war plantas a machine shop inspector onthe B24 Bomber.

In 1945, after the war, shemoved to Pasadena, Calif. andwas employed at Sears Roebuckand Co. for 5 years and thenmoved to the San Fernando Valleyin North Hollywood to help open a

Century Club announces oldest living South Dakotan

new Sears store there as a receiv-ing clerk. Anna worked at Searsfor 23 years when she retired in1969 and moved to Corvallis, Ore-gon to be with an Aunt. She didvolunteer work at the Senior Citi-zen Center and belonged to theSenior Citizen Recycling band forabout 15 years. Anna traveled toHawaii, cruises to Alaska,Switzerland, Italy, France andmany places in the US.

Anna married Archie Wren inCorvallis, Oregon on November10, 1970. Archie was a native ofSheridan, Oregon. He passedaway in August 1974.

Anna belonged to the WesternBohemian Fraternal AssociationLodge in Lidgerwood, ND, head-quartered in Iowa. She had sev-eral interests and hobbies. Themost important were travel,sewing, crocheting, painting, tend-ing to a flower garden, and visit-ing relatives and friends. Some ofAnna’s favorite foods and treatsinclude catfish and hot chocolate.

Anna has lived at SunQuestHealthcare Center in Huron, SDsince February 2011. Anna mar-ried Farrell Johnson at SunQuestVillage on November 17, 1997.She credits her longevity to genet-ics. Anna’s aunt (her father’s sis-ter), Josephine (Duba) Nelsonlived to be 105 years.

The Century Club is a creationof the South Dakota Health CareAssociation and has recognized

over 1,500 South Dakotans sinceits beginning in 1997. CenturyClub sponsors created the Club torecognize both the contributionsand the years of these special in-dividuals. The Century Club is asits name states…a Club. There-fore, there may be older people inthe state that have not yet beeninducted by a family member orloved one into the Century Club.

The Century Club is open to res-idents of South Dakota upon thecelebration of his or her 100thbirthday. There are no dues andevery inductee receives a speciallydesigned certificate and member-ship card signed by sponsors.Once a year, the current oldest liv-ing Century Club Member is rec-ognized as the “Centenarian of theYear.” Submit names for the Cen-tury Club by visitingwww.sdhca.org and downloading aCentury Club Application or callLuAnn Severson, Century ClubCoordinator, at 1-800-952-3052.

Use Less SugarSweet foods and beverages that

are high in sugar, such as sodapop, candy and cookies have littlenutritional value. Eating toomany sugary foods can cause in-dividuals to bypass more nutri-tious foods or take in more calo-ries than needed. This leads toweight gain. The current highrates of overweight and obesity inthe United States demonstratesthat many Americans consumemore calories than they can use.One of the easiest ways to reducecalories is to cut back on eatingfoods with added sugar.

Sugar is best known as a carbo-hydrate with a sweet taste. It isa quick and easy fuel for the bodyto use. Sugar comes in manyforms including white sugar,brown sugar, honey, corn syrup,molasses and maple syrup.

To cut back on sugar, try de-

creasing or eliminating sugarwhen canning or freezing fruits,or buy unsweetened frozen fruitor fruit canned in its own juice orwater. Satisfy your craving forsomething sweet with fruits forsnacks and desserts. Select coldcereals low in sugar; be a goodlabel reader. If sugar is listed asthe first or second ingredient onthe list, the cereal can be veryhigh in sugar.

Sugar contributes flavor tobaked products. It also affectstenderness and volume. Try re-ducing sugar in recipes by one-third. As an example, if a recipecalls for 1 cup, use 2/3 cup. En-hance the flavor when sugar is re-duced by adding vanilla, cinna-mon or nutmeg. Be prepared thatcakes and cookies made with lesssugar may not have the same tex-ture or flavor as the originalrecipe.

Non-sugar sweeteners can beused in moderation, but their useis not necessary to decrease sugarin the diet. Some do not workwell in baked or cooked foods. Forgreater success, if using non-sugar sweeteners, choose recipesthat have been tested with non-sugar sweeteners.

The Dietary Guidelines forAmericans 2010 (www.di-etaryguidelines.gov/) suggest thatwe eat less sugar, fat and salt.Monitor your daily calories con-sumed and replace foods higher incalories with nutrient-dense foodsand beverages lower in calories.

For more information, contactSDSU Nutrition Field SpecialistAnn Schwader at the Winner Re-gional Extension Center at 605-842-1267 or ann.schwader @sd-state.edu.

SDSU Winner Regional Extension Newsby Ann Schwader, Nutrition Field Specialist

The South Dakota Departmentof Transportation is changing theway vehicle weight limits are dis-played on bridge posting signs.

The Federal Highway Adminis-tration (FHWA) requires allbridges to be analyzed for vehicu-lar loading. The regulations wererecently modified to include Spe-cialized Hauling Vehicles (SHVs),which are single-unit trucks withmany closely spaced axles.Specialized Hauling VehicleAlthough these trucks might

meet the requirements of SDCL32-22-16.1 for vehicle and axleweights, their shorter length mayallow the entire unit to fit on abridge span and overstress thebridge structure and supports.

The department analyzed theimpact of SHVs on South Dakota’sbridges and determined that somebridges, especially short-spannedbridges less than 40-feet long,may now need to be weight-limitposted. Other bridges may need tobe posted lower than current lim-its.

Historically, South Dakota hasload-rated and posted for threetruck types including: straighttruck, tractor-semi trailer andtruck-trailer combinations, whichrepresent the majority of trucksoperating in South Dakota. Cur-rently, the most common bridgeposting sign includes silhouettesof those three truck types.

Current Silhouette Sign The new sign will display text

weight limits in tons for singleunit and combination vehicles(with no silhouettes). Anothercommon sign, which specifies themaximum gross tonnage of the ve-

SDDOT changing bridge posting signs

hicle, will continue to be usedwhen the condition of the bridgehas reached a point where allloads are limited.

Proposed Bridge PostingSign

Posting for limited load capacityis needed when analysis indicatesbridges are not adequate for SouthDakota legal loads to ensuresafety for the traveling public andto extend the life of the bridges.More than 1,200 bridges are cur-rently posted on the county, city,township and state park road sys-tems. No bridges on the statehighway system are currentlyweight-limit posted.

Recognizing that the additionalexpense of changing all of thesigns could be a burden to thecounties, the SDDOT will be as-sisting them by supplying the newsigns and the counties will be re-sponsible for installing them.

The FHWA, SDDOT, Depart-ment of Public Safety, SouthDakota Trucking Association,county officials and the SouthDakota Association of Coopera-tives worked jointly to develop thenew sign and education materials.

If you have questions about thenew signs, please contact the of-fice of Local Transportation Pro-grams at 605.773.8148.

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WEST RIvER EXCAvATIONwill do all types of trenching,ditching and directional boringwork. See Craig, Diana, Saun-tee or Heidi Coller, Kadoka, SD,or call 837-2690. Craig cell:390-8087, Sauntee cell: 390-8604; wrex@ gwtc.net

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FarM & ranchTRAILER TIRES FOR SALE:12-ply, 235/85/16R. $160,mounted. Les’ Body Shop, 859-2744, Philip. P40-tfn

COvER CROP SEED &BLENDS OF ALL KINDS. CANCUSTOM BLEND TO YOURSPECIFICATIONS: Huge sav-ings on seed costs! Dakota’sBest Seed Platte, SDshipping/delivery available!605-337-3318, visit our websitewww.dakotasbestseedllc.com

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FOR SALE: (8) 2014 large haybales, $25 ea. Good clean horsehay, mostly grass with a littlealfalfa. You haul. Call 386-2120or 685-3359. WP46-2tc

RYE & TRITICALE SEED:Cleaned and ready for fall seed-ing. Bulk/Bulk Bags. Hugesavings on seed costs. Dakota’sBest Seed 605.337.3318 or visitour website, dakotasbest-seedllc.com PR47-4tc

FOR SALE: Vermeer 605Kround baler, always shedded,new tires and heavy duty teeth,new bearings, $5,000. Pleasecall 685-8157. PR46-2tc

FOR SALE: Pair of NH 258 sidedelivery rakes with hitch, re-conditioned $3000 worth of newparts. Call 837-2346 or 381-0113. P31-2tc

SCHAAF ANGUS RANCH Highquality yearlings for sale. EXT,NET WORTH, TIMELESS, andPROTREND breedings. A fewFREEDOM calves too. Deepbodied, Thick, Moderateframed, easy keepers. Greatlegs and butts. Not hot fed.Grown to last. Some halterbroke. All have quiet disposi-tions. Priced right. Call Rob orDeb, 390-5535 or 515-1502.

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classiFied policYPLEASE READ your classifiedad the first week it runs. If yousee an error, we will gladly re-run your ad correctly. We ac-cept responsibility for thefirst incorrect insertion only.Ravellette Publications, Inc. re-quests all classifieds and cardsof thanks be paid for when or-dered. A $2.00 billing chargewill be added if ad is not paid atthe time the order is placed. Ifan ad does not have an areacode on the phone number, it isa 605 area code.

help WanTedTHE CATTLE BUSINESSWEEKLY, a regional agricul-tural newspaper located inPhilip, SD, is seeking an in-house staff member to assist inthe many facets of the newspa-per business. Graphic designexperience preferred, editorialexperience a plus - but willtrain the right person. Lookingfor candidates with excellentcommunication skills, creativ-ity, and is self-motivated. Anagricultural background ishelpful. Send resumé, refer-ences, and 3-5 work samples [email protected] or call 859-2022. PR47-2tc

EMPLOYMENT: Part-timeJackson County Highway De-partment Worker. Tractor oper-ator to mow county road right ofway, and perform other dutiesas directed. Pre-employmentdrug and alcohol screening re-quired. Applications / resumésaccepted. Information 837-2410 or 837-2422. Fax 837-2447. K28-5tc

HELP WANTED: Dakota Mill &Grain Inc. is looking for a TeamLeader at our Midland, SD, lo-cation. The right candidateloves agriculture and enjoyscompeting and helping ourSouth Dakota producers suc-ceed. Midland is situated in agreat area with an establishedcustomer base. Exceptionalpay, retirement, health insur-ance and other benefits. CallJeremy Hand at 605-280-3270or email at [email protected] for more informa-tion. PR46-3tc

HELP WANTED at Dakota Mill& Grain in Midland. Generallabor. For more info., call Je-remy Hand, 280-3270 or [email protected]

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POSITION OPEN: Kadoka AreaSchool District is accepting ap-plications for a teacher or aideat Midland School. Applicationsare available on the websitewww.kadoka.k12.sd.us . Com-pleted applications may bedropped off at the school or sentto: Kadoka School, Attn: JamieHermann, Superintendent, POBox 99, Kadoka, SD 57543 orcall 837-2172. EOE.

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PHILIP HEALTH SERvICES –many job openings! Full timeand part time. More details atwww.philiphealthservices.com.Full-time benefit package avail-able at 30 hours per week(health, dental, life, vision).Drug test and backgroundcheck required. EOE. Apply inperson or call 605-859-2511and extension of the managerlisted. Dietary: Salad bar cook,M-F 6am-2:30pm. EveningCook, Thurs-Sun 10:30am-7pm. FT or PT Dietary Aide –great job for students (must be14). Call Emily at ext.118.Maintenance: FT MaintenanceManager. Call Jennifer at ext.191. Nursing: Nurse Aide /CNA (must be 14, training pro-vided!). RN/LPN. Call J’Nai atext.115. Housekeeping: FT orPT Housekeeper. Call Denise atext.154. Laboratory: Phle-botomist / Lab Tech. Call Con-nie at ext. 122. Assisted Living:Med Tech. Cook / Housekeeper.Call Julie at 605-859-3434.

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HELP WANTED: Full timeJackson County Highway De-partment worker. Experience inroad maintenance preferred.CDL pre-employment drug andalcohol screening required. Ap-plications / resumés accepted.Information 837-2410 or 837-2422. Fax 837-2447

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HELP WANTED: Part-time bar-tender, waitress, janitor, cook orassistant cook. Apply in personat The Steakhouse, Philip. 859-2774. P32-tfn

Misc. For saleJOANN STARK FROM COT-TONWOOD MALL is sellingnext door to The Steakhouse inPhilip. Stop by … lots of pic-tures, picture frames, purses,women’s clothes (S to 1X),knicknacks, wigs, Xmas orna-ments. Will be adding moreweekly. June 14-Aug. 15.

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BUYING & SELLING good usedhousehold appliances. Comingnext week: Some nice refrigera-tors, dishwashers and stoves.Del’s Second Hand, Exit 63,Box Elder, 390-9810.

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FOR SALE: 3 honey extractors,20 and 30 frame. 798-5255.

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FOR SALE: Rope horse halterswith 10’ lead rope, $15 each.Call 685-3317 or 837-2917.

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noTices/WanTedPLATTE COLONY CHICKENSwill be in Wall, July 17. Call279-2643, ask for Gary.

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WANTED TO BUY: Clean COT-TON rags. 25¢ per pound. Bringto the Pioneer Review, Philip.

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real esTaTeHOME FOR SALE: JacksonCounty classic at 715 3rd Ave.,Kadoka. 5 bedrooms, 2-1/2baths. Main floor: large office,den, kitchen (remodeled 2010),large dining room, living room(gas fireplace), play room, sunroom. Second story: masterbdrm (cedar lined walk incloset), plus 2 bdrm, large clos-ets, hallway, oak flooring. Base-ment: 2 bdrm, full bath, familyroom, utility room. Owners:Boyd and Pat Porch, 837-2697or 685-3521. $200,000.

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FOR SALE: 1981 24x60 trailerhouse, newer roof and siding,remodeled inside, air condition.Call 279-2192 or 515-0607.$32,000.00 or make an offer.

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HOUSE FOR SALE IN MURDO:Four bedrooms, two full bathsand is completely remodeled.Kitchen appliances included.Serious inquiries only callLaTonya at 280-5354.

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FOR SALE: 4200 square foothome, 7 bedrooms, 5 bath-rooms, on 4.7 acres, 2 1/2miles south of Wall. Call 515-0323.

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WANTED: Ranch/farm with orwithout cattle and equipment,approximately 500 to 2,000acres located in South Dakota,house optional, private partycash transaction. Call Don,413-478-0178. PR3-tfn

renTalsAPARTMENTS: Spacious onebedroom units, all utilities in-cluded. Young or old. Needrental assistance or not, we canhouse you. Just call 1-800-481-6904 or stop in the lobby andpick up an application. GatewayApartments, Kadoka.

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EMPLOYMENT

ADVANCED PRACTICEPROVIDER - Rural Medical Clin-ics – Director of Nursing, FreemanMedical Center, Freeman RegionalHealth Services, Box 370, Free-man, SD 57029, [email protected].

CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy Equip-ment Operator Career! We OfferTraining and Certifications Run-ning Bulldozers, Backhoes andExcavators. Lifetime Job Place-ment. VA Benefits Eligible! 1-866-362-6497.

HEAD FOOTBALL, TRACK, VOL-LEYBALL and assistant coachingpositions available. Send coverletter, resume, certification andother credentials to Mr. Jim Fred-erick, Sisseton School District 54-2, 516 8th Ave West, Sisseton, SD57262 or [email protected]. Positions open until filled.EOE.

ELEMENTARY KINDERGARTENTEACHER, signing bonus & stu-dent loan forgiveness. Send coverletter, resume, certification andother credentials to Dr. AprilMoen, Principal, Sisseton SchoolDistrict 54-2, 516th 8th Ave West,Sisseton, SD 57262 orApril.Moen@k12. sd.us. Positionopened until filled. EOE.

FULL TIME ASSISTANTfarm/ranch manger positionavailable in Presho, SD. All in-quires confidential, top pay forqualified applicants. ContactDustin Smith 605-280-4641.

SISSETON SCHOOL DISTRICTOPENING: SPED Early Childhood,signing bonus & student loan for-giveness. Send cover letter, re-sume, certification and other cre-dentials to Dr. Michelle Greseth,SPED Director, 516 8th Ave. West,Sisseton, SD 57262 (605)698-7613. Position open until filled.EOE.

HS PHYSICAL SCIENCE, SOCIALScience, English and Math In-structors w/wo coaching, signingbonus. Send cover letter, resume,certification and other credentialsto Mr. Jim Frederick, SissetonSchool District 54-2, 516 8th AveWest, Sisseton, SD 57262 [email protected]. Posi-tions are open until filled. EOE.

THE DUPREE SCHOOL DIS-TRICT, Dupree, SD is acceptingapplications for a PK-12Music/Band Instructor for the2015-16 school term. Contact:Brian Shanks, Supt. (605-365-5140).

COMMUNICATIONS OPERATORopening, City of Brookings. Visit:www.cityofbrookings.org. Salary$16.99-$20.68/hr DOQ. Returnapplication w/resume to PO Box270, Brookings, SD 57006-0270,Fax (605.697.8661). [email protected]

NORTHWEST AREA SCHOOLS isin need of instructors for the fol-lowing two positions: ComputerAided Drafting/Manufacturingand Hospitality & Tourism/Culi-nary Arts I. These two positionsare for high school level programsin Northwest South Dakota. Com-petitive wage, benefits and carprovided. Open until filled. Con-tact Quinn Lenk, Northwest AreaSchools, 605-466-2206 or [email protected] LANGUAGEARTS TEACHER, signing bonus &student loan forgiveness. Sendcover letter, resume, certificationand other credentials to Mrs.Tammy Meyer, Principal, SissetonSchool District 54-2, 516th 8thAve West, Sisseton, SD 57262 [email protected]. Posi-tion opened until filled. EOE.

MS MATH TEACHER, signingbonus & student loan forgiveness.Send cover letter, resume, certifi-cation and other credentials toMrs. Tammy Meyer, Principal, Sis-seton School District 54-2, 516th8th Ave West, Sisseton, SD 57262or [email protected]. Po-sition opened until filled. EOE.

THE HOWARD FARMERS COOPis looking for a full time applicatorin Howard SD. Contact Colby at605-772-5543 for more info.

WAUBAY SCHOOL has an open-ing for a Middle/High SchoolMath Teacher, with or withoutcoaching. Send resume toWaubay School District 18-3,Attn: Dean Jones 202 W. SchoolRoad, Waubay, SD 57273.

RAPID CITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOLis seeking an instrumental/vocalmusic instructor for grades 6-12.Please contact Julie Hewitt: 605-341-3377 or [email protected].

SPED 6-8 INSTRUCTOR, signingbonus and student loan forgive-ness. Send cover letter, resume,certification and other credentialsto Dr Michelle Greseth, SissetonSchool District 54-2, 516 8th AveWest, Sisseton, SD 57262. Posi-tion open until filled. EOE.

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Thank you for prayers, cardsand kind words during the lossof our sister, Shirley Gartner;and to Chad Walker for the useof Red Rock.

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Public Notices Pennington County Courant • July 16, 2015 • 9

QUINN TOWNBOARD

OF TRUSTEES

REGULAR MEETINGJULy 7, 2015

The Quinn Town Board met on Mon-day, July 6, 2015, at 7 pm, at the QuinnCommunity Center. Board memberspresent were Kevin Wenzel, Jerry Pabstand Donald Kelly. Others present wereLorna Moore, Terri Allison, MichaelLuedeman, Bob Eggers, Gary Vernon,Harmony Nelson and Debbie Bryan. The meeting was called to order byChairman Kevin Wenzel. Motion by Donto approve the minutes of the May meet-ing, seconded by Kevin, motion carried. Motion by Don to approve the vouch-ers, seconded by Kevin, motion carried.WREA $254.00; Pennington CountyCourant $20.79; WRLJ Rural Water$20.00; Kevin Wenzel $25.00; JerryPabst $25.00; Don Kelly $25.00; DebbieBryan $225.08; Bonna Fortune $125.00;Norma Volz $115.00; Shelly McGriff$115.00; Corner Pantry $27.01; WallBuilding Center $56.12; UnemploymentInsurance $1.35; Terri Allison $307.52;IRS $152.15; Corner Pantry $69.43 andRay Williams Plumbing $317.35. The results of the June election wereKevin Wenzel 12 votes and Gary Vernon23 votes. Jerry thanked Kevin for hisyears as Quinn Trustee. Jerry nominatedDonald for Chairman, nominationscease. Donald Kelly is the new Chair-man. Donald nominated Jerry as Co-Chairman, nominations cease. Jerry isCo-Chairman. Gary Vernon will be ourtrustee. Jerry made a motion to appointDebbie Bryan as Finance Officer, sec-onded by Gary, motion carried. Motion by Jerry, seconded by Gary tohave the Chairman, Co-Chairman andFinance Officer sign the signature cardfor the checking account at the First In-terstate Bank in Wall, SD, and for thewages, trustees $25.00 per meeting andspecial meeting and $250.00 per monthfor the finance officer, motion carried. The teeter-totters in the park havebeen taken down due to their condition.Donald asked Bob Eggers if he wouldconstruct new ones. Jerry and Bob willgo to Rapid City and get supplies andbuy Home Defense for the CommunityCenter. Terri will get a key made for themaintenance shed at the Wall BuildingCenter so Lorna will have one. Jerry willbe burning in the next couple days. Thegrader has a flat tire, Jerry will talk tosomeone in Midland to fix it. Donald willtalk to Todd Sieler about the bill for theculvert work. Gary talked to Seth Green from KeifferSanitation about contracting garbagepickup for the Town of Quinn, Seth will at-tend the September meeting. Bohdi Lytlehas volunteered to do work for the Townof Quinn. The cemetery road needsmaintenance work done. The hot water heater has been re-placed and it has been decided to turnthe breaker off when not in use. With all business complete, the meet-ing was adjourned.

Debbie BryanFinance OfficerTown of Quinn

Published July 16, 2015, at the total ap-proximate cost of $27.29.

NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING

ON TRANSFER OFLIQUOR LICENSE AND

OFF SALE LICENSE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT: theCity Council in and for the City of Wall,South Dakota, on the 22nd day of July,2015, at 6:30 p.m., MDT, will meet in spe-cial session to consider the following ap-plication to include the property legallydescribed as, Lot 13, Block 3 in the Orig-inal Town of Wall for a Liquor License tooperate within the municipality for the2015 licensing period.

Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage andRetail (on-sale) Liquor

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT anyperson, persons, or their attorney mayappear and be heard at said scheduledpublic hearing who are interested in theapproval or rejection of any such appli-cations.

Carolynn AndersonFinance Officer


NOTICE OFHEARING

BEFORE THE PENNINGTONCOUNTy BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS

Notice is hereby given that the followingpetitioners have applied to the Penning-ton County Board of Commissionersunder the provisions of the PenningtonCounty Zoning Ordinance as follows:

Jeffrey and Elizabeth Hallen have ap-plied for a Rezone to rezone 0.17 acresfrom General Agriculture District to Sub-urban Residential District and to amendthe Comprehensive Plan to change the

Future Land Use from Planned Unit De-velopment Sensitive to Suburban Resi-dential District located on Lot 4 (of Gov’tLot 9); Black Forest Village, Section 22,T1N, R5E, BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota, 23208 Black Forest Place,in accordance with Section 508 of thePennington County Zoning Ordinance.

Notice is further given that said applica-tions will be heard by the PenningtonCounty Board of Commissioners in theAdministration Building at 10:30 a.m. onthe 4th day of August 2015. At this time,any person interested may appear andshow cause, if there be any, why such re-quests should or should not be granted.

ADA Compliance: Pennington Countyfully subscribes to the provisions of theAmericans with Disabilities Act. If you de-sire to attend this public meeting and arein need of special accommodations,please notify the Planning Director sothat appropriate auxiliary aids and serv-ices are available.

PJ Conover,Planning Director

Julie A. Pearson,Pennington County Auditor


WALL CITyCOUNCIL MEETING

COMMUNITy CENTERMEETING ROOM

JULy 2ND 6:40PM

Members Present: Marty Huether,Mayor; Rick Hustead, Councilman; MikeAnderson, Councilman; Stan Anderson,Councilman; Gale Patterson, Council-man

Others Present: Carolynn Anderson-Fi-nance Officer; Garrett Bryan-PublicWorks Director; Michaela Bryan-Penn.Co. Courant; Dpt. Cameron Beyer-Penn.Co. Sheriff Dept.; Dar Haerer-Wall Build-ing Center; Alicia Heathershaw - RedRock Restaurant; Gwen & Wayne Davis;Jim Coats-Cactus Cafe & Lounge Member Absent: Dan Hauk, Councilman;Jerry Morgan, Councilman

(All action taken in the following minutescarried by unanimous vote unless other-wise stated.)

Motion by S Anderson, second by Patter-son to approve the agenda with the ad-dition of a building permit for the RedRock Restaurant. It was put on theagenda but a glitch in the computer didn'tsave it. Motion carried.

The Police report was presented by Dpt.Beyer. The third deputy for Wall will beworking in the area by the end of July.

Motion by Hustead, second by M Ander-son to approve the consent agenda. Mo-tion carried. •Minutes from the June 17th Citycouncil meeting. •July 2nd claims for the City of Wall,Fire Department, Library and Cemetery. •Expense Budget report Review: •Compensatory report/On-call sched-ule •Community Center report •Ambulance District report •Water usage report •Sales Tax report •Building Permit for Stuart Kitterman toreplace roof material on the garage at215 Fourth Ave. and the Badlands Sa-loon & Grille to enlarge the back deck at509 Main St.

CITy BILLSJULy 2, 2015

Gross Salaries – June 30, 2015: Gross Salaries: Adm. - $6,304.62;PWD - $9,442.44; SS - $6,442.83 AFLAC, Employee Supplemental Ins.,$220.57; HEALTH POOL, Health/Life In-surance, $3,597.04; SDRS, EmployeeRetirement, $1,800.94; SDRS-SRP, Em-ployee Supp Retirement plan, $150.00;FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, Employeepayroll tax, $4,896.58June 4, Bills 2015:ASSOCIATED SUPPLY CO, thermalregulator/bypass valve, $297.75; BAD-LANDS AUTOMOTIVE, batteries forBlade, $366.38; BEST WESTERNRAMKOTA INN, lodging for conference,$287.97; DE'S OIL & PROPANE, tire re-pair, $24.00; EAST PENNINGTONCONS. DIST., till volleyball sand in park,$36.00; ECONO SIGNS, pedestriancrosswalk, $379.72; FIRST INTER-STATE BANK, ach fees, $12.75; FIRSTINTERSTATE BANK, sales tax, $575.54;FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, radios forairport, $847.17; GOLDEN WESTTECHNOLOGIES, TS monitoring,$80.97; GOLDEN WEST TELE, poolphone, $637.68; HAWKINS, INC, watertreatment, $2,102.22; KIEFER & ASSO-CIATES, swim suits, $64.76; PENNING-TON COUNTY COURANT, publishing,$825.27; PICTURE THIS QUILT, pool t-shirts, $34.50; RAPID DELIVERY INC,water testing, $12.08; SERVALL UNI-FORM, CC rugs, $64.91; VAN DIESTSUPPLY, mosquito spray, $681.50;WALL BUILDING CENTER & CONST,supplies, $583.40; WARNE CHEMICAL,mosquoito briquettes, $576.00; WESTRIVER ELEC, pumping costs,$11,381.46; WEST RIVER ELECTRICASSOC, INC, Main Street loan,$7,500.00. TOTAL BILLS: $27,372.03

Approved by the Wall City Council

this 2nd day of July, 2015.

FIRE DEPARTMENT BILLSJULy 2, 2015

July 2, Bills 2015:POSTMASTER, stamps, $49.00; REDROCK RESTAURANT, training meals,$305.97; WALL BUILDING CENTER &CONST, supplies, $92.65; WEST RIVERELEC, electricity, $159.30. TOTAL BILLS: $606.92

Approved by the Wall City Councilthis 2nd day of July, 2015.

LIBRARy BILLSJULy 2, 2015

Gross Salaries – June 30, 2015: Gross Salaries: $1,172.00 FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, Em-ployee payroll tax, $333.11July 2, Bills 2015:FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, books fromAmozan-supplies, $175.99; GOLDENWEST TELE, phone, $47.45; OVER-DRIVE, ebooks, $39.27; POSTMASTER,stamps, $49.00; WALL BUILDING CEN-TER & CONST, supplies, $10.48; WALLFOOD CENTER, supplies, $22.58;WEST RIVER ELEC, electricity, $81.12. TOTAL BILLS: $425.89


CEMETERy BILLSJULy 2, 2015

Gross Salaries – June 30, 2015: Gross Salaries: $644.00 FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, Em-ployee payroll tax, $110.44July 2, Bills 2015:WALL BUILDING CENTER & CONST,supplies, $42.35 TOTAL BILLS: $42.35


The building permit application from WallDrug was tabled and will be addressedat the next council meeting for lack of aquorum to vote on it.

Gwen & Wayne Davis presented theirbuilding permit application and the draw-ings for the addition to their house on 24Stone Drive. Motion by Patterson, sec-ond by M Anderson to approve theirbuilding permit application. Motion car-ried. Jim Coats presented a building permit fora covered 'Beer Garden' at 525 MainStreet. The council questioned Coatswith the drawing including a 'fire pit' in thecenter of the structure. Coats statedthere would not be a fire pit in the struc-ture. There will be a fence barrier fromthe structure to the Main Street, with aroll up door that will be rolled down in badweather. The height of the structure wasnot indicated on the drawing and Coatswas instructed to bring that informationto the City office as soon as practical.Motion by Hustead, second by S Ander-son to approve the building permit appli-cation pending the height information re-ceived. Motion carried.

Coats indicated the structure would notbe complete for the Rally, but hoped tohave the foundation poured and capablefor being used for the Rally. Finance Of-ficer (FO) Anderson reminded Coats thata transfer of his current liquor license isneeded to include that location and therewill need to be a publication, for the hear-ing to be held at the next council meet-ing.

Dar Haerer presented a building permitapplication for the Red Rock Restaurantto construct a cover over the 'Beer Gar-den' at 506 Glenn Street. Motion by Pat-

terson, second by S Anderson to ap-prove the building permit application. Mo-tion carried.

Motion by S Anderson, second by M An-derson to approve the sign permit forDe's Oil & Propane at 216 W. SeventhSt. Motion carried.

No one was in attendance to address thesign permit application and the tent re-quest for Discount Outlet.

No one was in attendance to address theWall Mall building plans or liquor licenserequest.

Councilman Patterson and CouncilmanM Anderson took their oaths of office foranother two year terms.

The election for Council President andVice-President were tabled and will beput on the next meeting agenda, due toa lack of a quorum for the vote.

A proposal for office space at the WallMall was reviewed. When the position forthe Economic Development Director(EDD) is filled office space will be neededand the option of housing the FinanceOfficer, the Chamber Office and the EDDwill be considered.

The need for replacing sidewalk, curb &gutter on the north side of Wall Drug, inthe bus loading area was discussed. Thesafety concern is the reason for address-ing it now. A quote was received fromHildebrand for the City's portion of the re-pair for approximately $6,120.00. The re-pair should take approximately threedays and the loading of busses canmove farther east in that area. Motion byM Anderson, second by Patterson to ap-prove Hildebrand replacing the sidewalk,curb & gutter. Motion carried.

Quotes for sealing the cracks on the ten-nis court and the bike path were receivedfrom Ty Clemens. The cost for the tenniscourt is $2,357.00 and the cost for thebike path is $8,028.00. Repairing the al-ligator cracks on the bike path was notincluded in the quote. The added cost forthis repair should be an amount that canbe approved with a purchase order. Mo-tion by M Anderson, second by S Ander-son to approve sealing the cracks on thetennis court and bike path. Motion car-ried.

The need for having the Main Street andSouth Boulevard garbage cans dumpeddaily was discussed. The contract will bereviewed for a timeline when the dailydumping should begin and if it needs tobe added to the contract.

An amendment to the swimming poolpolicy handbook was presented for thereimbursement of the lifeguard certifica-tion cost. Motion by S Anderson, secondby Patterson to approve the amendmentto the policy handbook. Motion carried.

FO Anderson asked for input on sendingemails to the council using their cityemails or their personnel email. It wasthe consensus of the council to use thecity email for all meeting information andtheir personnel email for all other notifi-cations. Both will be used until everyoneis completely set up with their I-pads.

Public Works Director (PWD) Bryan ex-plained that UPS inquired about rentinga City building that could house a truckindefinitely; with a garage opener andcould be locked. It was the consensus ofthe council the City did not have anythingavailable at this time.

The next City Council meeting is sched-uled for Wednesday, July 16th at6:30pm, with the personnel meeting be-ginning at 5:30pm.

Motion by Patterson, second by S Ander-son to go into executive session for thepurpose of discussing personnel issuesaccording to SDCL 1-25-2 at 8:11pm.Motion carried.

Mayor Huether declared the meeting outof executive session at 8:30pm.

Mayor Huether declared the meeting ad-journed at 8:30pm.

____________Marty Huether,Mayor

________________Carolynn Anderson,Finance Officer



ON APPLICATIONFOR SPECIAL MALT BEVERAGEAND WINE RETAILERS LICENSE

The Board of County Commissioners ofPennington County, South Dakota, onJuly 21, 2015 at their meeting commenc-ing at 9:00 a.m. in the County Commis-sioners’ Meeting Room in the PenningtonCounty Administration Building at RapidCity, South Dakota, will consider the fol-lowing application for Special Malt Bev-erage and Wine Retailers License:

For Performing Arts Center of Rapid City,July31, 2015, 4:00 PM until 11:30 PM, at7751 Old Folsom Rd., Rapid City, SD,57702; 1 North; 8 East Sec 28, BlackHills Meridian, SW 1/4SE1/4: A Strip ofland 1320’ E and W 99’ N and S lyingalong the S Border of NW1/4SE1/4 That

PT of SE1/4SE1/4 lying W of CO RD C-217, Pennington County South Dakota.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE AP-PROVAL OR REJECTION OF THEABOVE DESCRIBED LICENSE MAYAPPEAR AND BE HEARD.

s/Julie A. Pearson, Auditor Pennington County



ON LICENSEAPPLICATIONS FOR SALE

OF MALT BEVERAGE

The Board of County Commissioners ofPennington County, South Dakota onTuesday, July 21, 2015 at their meetingthat commences at 9:00 A.M., in theCounty Commissioners’ Meeting Roomin the Pennington County AdministrationBuilding at Rapid City, South Dakota, willconsider the following malt beverage li-cense application to operate outside ofmunicipalities:

NEW RETAIL (ON-OFF SALE) MALTBEVERAGE LICENSE

CROOKED CREEK RESORT, CrookedCreek Resort Inc, 24184 S Hwy 385, HillCity, SD 57745, Lot 1 of Tract C Less LotH-1 Section 1, of Winnie Placer M.S. No835, T2S, R4E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE AP-PROVAL OR REJECTION OF THEABOVE DESCRIBED LICENSES MAYAPPEAR AND BE HEARD.

Julie A. Pearson, AuditorPennington County


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UPCOMING SALES:TUESDAY, JULY 21: WEIGH-UP SPECIAL. SALE TIME: 10AM

MTTUESDAY, JULY 28: SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY YEARLING & FALL

CALF SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALE & ANNIVERSARY BBQTUESDAY, AUG. 4: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, AUG. 11: SPECIAL YEARLING & EARLY SPRING CALF SALE

& REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, AUG. 18: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, AUG. 25: SPECIAL YEARLING & EARLY SPRING CALF SALE

& REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 1: NO SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 8: SPECIAL YEARLING & SPRING CALF SALE &

REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 15: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 22: SPECIAL YEARLING & SPRING CALF SALE &

REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 29: SPECIAL YEARLING & ALL-BREEDS CALF SALE

& REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, OCT. 6: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF SALE & REGULAR

CATTLE SALETUESDAY, OCT. 13: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF & YEARLING SALEWEDNESDAY, OCT. 14: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL & HFRT. SALETUESDAY, OCT. 20: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF SALEWEDNESDAY, OCT. 21: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL & HFRT. SALETUESDAY, OCT. 27: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF & YEARLING SALE

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL & HFRT. SALETUESDAY, NOV. 3: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF SALE & REGULAR

CATTLE SALEWEDNESDAY, NOV. 4: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL & HFRT. SALESATURDAY, NOV. 7: SPECIAL STOCK COW AND BRED HEIFER SALE

& WEIGH-UP COW, BULL & HFRT. SALETUESDAY, NOV. 10: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF SALE & REGULAR

CATTLE SALETUESDAY, NOV. 17: SPECIAL STOCK COW & BRED HEIFER SALE &

REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, NOV. 24: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF SALE & REGULAR

CATTLE SALETUESDAY, DEC. 1: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS WEANED CALF SALE &

REGULAR CATTLE SALE. CALVES FOR THIS SALE, MUST BE WEANED,AT LEAST 6 WEEKS, & HAVE PRECONDITIONING SHOTS

TUESDAY, DEC. 8: SPECIAL STOCK COW & BRED HEIFER SALE &REGULAR CATTLE SALE & WELLER ANGUS ANNUAL BULL & FEMALESALETUESDAY, DEC. 15: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF & STOCK COW &

BRED HEIFER SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALE & SLOVEK RANCH BULL& FEMALE SALETUESDAY, DEC. 22: NO SALETUESDAY, DEC. 29: NO SALE

UPCOMING SUPERIOR LIVESTOCK SALESSALE DATE CATALOG DEADLINE VIDEO DEADLINEVIDEO ROYALE XXIII

7-27-15 7-11-15 5:00 PM MT 7-15-15 5:00 PM CTBIG HORN CLASSIC

8-17-15 8-1-15 5:00 PM MT 8-7-15 5:00 PM CTLABOR DAY XXXV

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015A light run of weigh-up cattle for this weekssale, due to the heat, hay & harvesting.Steady market. Next week weigh-ups & horsesale. Consign now for the Anniversary BBQSpecial Yearling Sale on July 28th.

WEIGH-UPS:KOLBY LONGBRAKE - HOWES2 ...............................BLK HFRTS 848# ...... $185.50 1..................................BLK COW 1425# .... $116.00 1............................BLK COWETTE 900# ...... $168.00 1............................BLK COWETTE 930# ...... $167.00 KENNY RHODEN - UNION CENTER1............................BLK COWETTE 1160# .... $151.00 WAYLAND EISENBRAUN - KADOKA1............................BLK COWETTE 1155# .... $168.00 JAMES HERBER - KADOKA1..................................BLK COW 1500# .... $114.00 JEAN LAUGHTON - INTERIOR1 .................................BLK HFRT 965# ...... $175.00 DAVID CUNY - BUFFALO GAP1..................................BLK COW 1420# .... $114.50 KOLLETTE STRUBLE - KADOKA1..................................BLK COW 1360# .... $114.50 DARREL WILCOX - UNION CENTER1..................................BLK COW 1200# .... $141.00 2 ................................BLK COWS 1555# .... $112.50

ALLEN & FLOY OLSON - BOX ELDER2 ......................RED & BLK COWS 1330# .... $115.50 2 ......................RED & BLK COWS 1378# .... $114.00 BAUMAN BROTHERS - LONG VALLEY1..................................BLK COW 1600# .... $115.00 8 ................................BLK COWS 1385# .... $114.50 DONALD & JOAN ADRIAN - BATON ROUGE, LA4 ................................BLK COWS 1385# .... $115.00 2 ................................BLK COWS 1635# .... $112.50 4......................BLK & BWF COWS 1353# .... $112.00 ROBERT THOMSEN - LONG VALLEY1..................................BLK COW 1440# .... $114.50 1................................CHAR COW 1285# .... $113.50 1 .................................BLK BULL 2105# .... $142.50 LYLE O'BRYAN - BELVIDERE8 ................................BLK COWS 1348# .... $114.50 1 .................................RWF COW 1490# .... $112.00 3 ..........................BLK COWETTES 1127# .... $154.00 KEVIN VANDERMAY - NORRIS2 ................................BLK COWS 1308# .... $114.00 2......................BLK & BWF COWS 1613# .... $112.50 CHANE COOMES - MANDERSON2 ......................RED & BLK COWS 1623# .... $113.50 1 .................................BWF COW 1175# .... $111.50 1 .................................BWF COW 1235# .... $109.00 PETE REINERT - HOWES1 .................................BWF COW 1360# .... $113.50 1 .................................BWF COW 1245# .... $111.50 1..................................BLK COW 1215# .... $111.00

BRYAN OLIVIER - MILESVILLE3 ................................BLK COWS 1262# .... $113.50 STANTON ANDERSON - BELVIDERE1 .................................BWF COW 1255# .... $113.50 1 ..............................XBRED COW 1110# .... $112.00 ROSS CUNY - BUFFALO GAP2......................BLK & BWF COWS 1540# .... $113.00 3 ................................BLK COWS 1190# .... $112.00 GUPTILL RANCH - QUINN1 .................................RED COW 1205# .... $111.00 TJ GABRIEL - MIDLAND1..................................BLK COW 1480# .... $108.50 1 .................................BLK BULL 1985# .... $140.00 BERNARD HERBER - KADOKA1..................................BLK COW 1105# .... $107.00 CURTIS COOMES - MANDERSON27 ................HORNED HERF COWS 1344# .... $104.75 A CONSIGNMENT1 .................................BLK BULL 1080# .... $155.00 BARE BATTLE LIVING TRUST - STURGIS1 .................................BLK BULL 975# ...... $151.00 H & K RANCH - WALL1 .................................BLK BULL 2055# .... $145.00 ANITA PETERSON - PHILIP1 .................................BLK BULL 2210# .... $144.00 1 .................................BLK BULL 2125# .... $142.00 JOHN SOLON - KADOKA1 .................................BLK BULL 1820# .... $141.50 A CONSIGNMENT - 1 .................................BLK BULL 1800# .... $141.50

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Clifford Buxcel, age 70, Murdo,S.D., died Sunday, July 12, 2015,at Maryhouse in Pierre.

Clifford John Buxcel was bornOctober 20, 1944, in Pierre, SouthDakota, the son of Eltor and O’Til-lie (Eckert) Buxcel. He was bap-tized and confirmed at St. Peter’sLutheran Church south of Mid-land. He passed away at theMaryhouse in Pierre on July 12,2015, with his wife by his side.

He grew up on the family farmmilking cows before he went toschool. He attended Horse ShoeBend School grades 1-3, thenwhen the school house was movedit was called Pershing School andClifford attended grades 4-8 there.He attended Murdo High Schoolgraduating in 1962.

On June 7, 1969, he was unitedin marriage to Elaine Kay Nold-ner at St. Peter’s LutheranChurch. To this union was borntwo children, Scott and Tonia.

Clifford loved to farm when hebought his first John Deere trac-tor, a 4430, in 1973.

He also loved to be outdoors asmuch as possible whether it befishing, camping, riding his horse

Buck, chasing yearlings, huntingdeer, antelope, and pheasant withOscar and Gunner his Golden Re-trievers. His greatest hunt waswhen Cliff and Elaine got his 6point elk in the Black Hills in2000. He enjoyed playing firstbase in softball when Clifford,Norman, and Virgil had a teamcalled CNV Ranch.

He enjoyed his grandchildrenTyler, Rachel, Braden, Avery,Carter, Emily, and Eli and great-

granddaughter Brinley. Cliffordloved to watch them play sports ofany kind.

Grateful for having shared hislife are his wife of 46 years,Elaine; two children, Scott Buxcel,Murdo, and Tonia (Harvey) Ja-cobs, Murdo; two brothers, Virgil(Susau) Buxcel, Yankton, and Nor-man Buxcel, Okaton.

Clifford was preceded in deathby his father in 1990, his motherin 2004, and his sister, Doris, onMay 5, 2015.

Visitation will be held from 5:00to 7:00 p.m. CDT on Thursday,July 16, at St. Peter LutheranChurch south of Midland, with aprayer service at 7:00 p.m. CDT.

Services will be held at 11:00a.m. CDT Friday, July 17, at St.Peter Lutheran Church, with Pas-tor Glenn Denke officiating.

Interment will be at the St.Peter Lutheran Cemetery.

A memorial has been estab-lished.

Arrangements are with theRush Funeral Home of Philip.

His online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Clifford Buxcel

Roger Schulz, age 52, Spearfish,S.D., formerly of Philip, died Sat-urday, July 11, 2015, at his homein Spearfish.

Roger Schulz was born Decem-ber 27, 1962, in Philip, the son ofLyle and Enid (Hancock) Schulz.He grew up and received his edu-cation in Philip. After graduation,he attended the Denver Instituteof Technology.

Roger was united in marriage toSherryl on October 15, 2000, atLas Vegas, Nev. They made theirhome in Philip where he workedas a truck driver. In 2006, theymoved to Spearfish where he con-tinued to drive truck, until retir-ing in 2014. He continued to re-side in Spearfish until his death.

Roger loved to cook, especiallyfor his family and friends. Hiskindness was evident in his rela-tionship with his family andfriends.

Survivors include his wife,Sherryl, Spearfish; a stepson,Brandon Flanagan, Spearfish; astep-daughter, Beth Flanagan,Westminster, Colo.; a specialgranddaughter, Gracie Skaley,

Spearfish; his mother, EnidSchulz, Philip; his sister, JaniceSchofield and her husband, Mike,Philip; his brother, Larry Schulzand his wife, Rose Ann, Philip;five nieces and nephews, Eric(Amy) Schofield and their chil-dren, Grace and Devin, Sioux

Falls, Amy (Bill) Zebroski andtheir daughter, Rheagan, Wall,Denice (Chris) Kellen and theirchildren, Aubrey and Zander, Ire-ton, Iowa, Lydia Schulz, Philip,and Kevin Schulz and his son,Kashmere, N.D.; two sisters-in-law, Barbara Soliday and CarolynPage, both of Spearfish; and a hostof other relatives and friends.

Roger was preceded in death byhis father, Lyle M. Schulz, on De-cember 8, 1996; his maternalgrandparents, Dale and BillieHancock; and his paternal grand-parents, Herman and MildredSchulz.

Services will be held at 10:00a.m. Thursday, July 16, at theEvangelical Free Church inPhilip, with Pastor Gary Wahl of-ficiating.

Interment will be at the Ma-sonic Cemetery in Philip.

Memorials can directed to thecause of your choice.

Arrangements are with theRush Funeral Home of Philip.

His online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Roger Schulz

James Bryan Conant said, "Be-hold the turtle; he makes progressonly when he sticks his neck out!"There is so much truth to thisstatement. It takes some majormotivation to take a risk. Speaking of motivation, thereare three major types of motiva-tion: Fear, Incentive and Attitude.Most of us are aware of fear andincentive motivations. Today Iwant to introduce you to attitudemotivation. This is where we havethe right kind of attitude to getthings done. I am reminded of the story of a

little boy and his turtle. Everydaya little boy, named Johnny, wouldrun home and take his turtle outof the cage to play with him. Oneday it was different when hepicked up the turtle to play. Thelittle turtle didn't stick his headout of his shell; no little turtlelegs, no little turtle tail. Nothing. Heart broken, Johnny was cry-ing his little eyes out when hisdaddy came home from work thatday. In an attempt to help hisyoung son feel better about the sit-uation, the father suggested theyhave a turtle funeral. The littleboy thought this was most appro-priate and the two set to workmaking the most beautiful turtlecasket you ever saw out of an oldhat box found in Mom's closet,decorated with some black andgold spray paint and ribbons. Dad proposed to Johnny that forthis to be an "official" turtle fu-neral they should invite Uncle Joeand Aunt Bess and all of hisfriends from school. Johnny ranaround the neighborhood calling,"Come to the turtle funeral! Cometo the turtle funeral!" Friends from school and churchgathered in Johnny's room, asMom played an organ processionalin the background. Dad reachedinto the cage and pulled the littleturtle out of his cage, and theynext thing you know, the little tur-tle's head, tail, and feet pop out ofthe shell. Everyone was in shockand awe, especially Johnny, whohollered out, "Let's kill him,Daddy!" Now, we aren't into hurting lit-tle turtles, but there is a moralhere: Attitudes can be changed-sometimes quite dramatically, asin this story. Did you notice howthe dad was able to motivate hisson, not by using fear or incen-tives, but by changing the boy's at-titude? What good news! We, too,

can shift attitudes in ourselvesand in others. So, the next time

you're faced with a need to moti-vate someone, remember this lit-tle turtle story.

A Turtle Story

Bob Prentice speaks to thou-sands of people in highly moti-vational seminars each year. CallBob for more details at 800-437-9715 and be sure to check outBob’s website at: www.mratti-tudespeaks. com

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