Pennington Co. Courant, January 3, 2013

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January 3, 2013

Another year has passed and anew one is just beginning. Hereare some of the headlines and obit-uary's that occurred during thepast year. January 5: Wall City Council hires LarryGravatt from Elm Springs to de-velop a plan for the ambulance dis-trict. Wall Badlands Area Chamber ofCommerce announces new officersfor the year: President MaryWilliams, Vice-President JodyBielmaier, Secretary/TreasureJackie Heathershaw. Board Mem-bers are: Dawn Higenkamp,Donna Curr, Kent Jordan, MikeHuether and Juanita Schroeder.

January 12: Two Bit Saloon in Quinn burnsdown on Friday, January 6. Wall Rodeo Grounds receives amemorial from Marvin Anders andMilton Trask. Wall FFA helps with shoe drive. Deaths: Clifford D. Szarkowski,William “Bill” Knuppe andBerniece “Beanie” Mansfield. January 19: Pennington County Sheriff ’sDeputy Darren Gin is introducedto Wall City Council and begins hisjob in Wall. Dan Piroutek named Black HillsStock Show agri-businessman. Wall School National Honor So-ciety helps with back pack pro-gram. Deaths: Joseph Edward “Joe”Cox. January 26: Margaret Nachtigall was in-ducted into the Black Hills StockShow Hall of Fame. Community support sustainsthe Country Cupboard. Philip Area Wrestling teamtakes second place in their owntournament. Mighty Wall Players Dramateam advances to State One ActPlay with their act of “Something’sRotten in the State of Denmark.” Deaths: James R. Pearson, Lor-raine M. Williamson and Gay

Moses. February 2: Wall Ranger District and Na-tional Grasslands District RangerJohn Kinney transfers to Helena,Mont. Jerry Johanessen is EMS Volun-teer of the Years. Harvey Miller and Butch Kitter-man are chosen Firemen of theYear. Edgar Brothers are honored asBlack Hills Stock Show Stockmenof the Year, Western Pioneers Deaths: Robert H. “Bob” Heck-

ert, Billie Hancock, and FredrickG. “Fritz” Kroetch. February 9: Dakota Mill and Grain tearsdown the old elevator. West River/Lyman-Jones taketheir first satellite meter reading. Bertie Schultz retires from WallFood Center. Deaths: Pastor Clarence “C.E.”McKinley. February 16: Elm Springs school are recipi-ents of “The Will James Society.” Larry Gravatt gave an updateon the formation of the Wall Am-bulance District to the Wall CityCouncil. Lady Eagles take third place atthe West River Tournament. Philip Area wrestler's win HillCity’s Black Hills ClassicWrestling Tourney. Crew Crop Insurance takes topplace at Ranch Rodeo. Deaths: Alvin C. Zietlow Jr andLawrence P. “Larry” Pfeifer Jr. February 23: Deputy Secretary of TourismWanda Goodman speaks at cham-ber meeting. Wall Health Services re-electsTerry Peters, Brett Blasius andDonna Fauske to the board. “Funding for a Pulse” was thetheme for the first ambulance dis-trict meeting. Philip Area wrestler's are Dis-trict 7B wrestling champions. Krysta Kjerstad, Heidi Huether,Cheyenne Deering, Alyssa Ermishand Aleshia Feldman are recipi-ents of “National Girls and Women

is Sports Days.” Deaths: Joyce Stout, Jerry LeeGibson, Jewel Bearheels, GeneStone, Helen Deutscher and RuthM. Sharp. March 1: Badlands National Park com-pletes land purchase of 160 acresin Conata Basin. Legislative leaders predictablystill at odds over education bill. Wall School celebrates NationalFFA week. Lady Eagles win first game inDistricts. Lady Eagles lose to Edgemont inDistrict Championship game. Deaths: Burton Eugene Craw-ford and Daniel Dougan. March 8: Minuteman Missile NationalHistoric Park equals visitors,money and jobs for local economy. Golden West commercial winsADDY®Award. Legislative encourages feds tokeep Hot Springs VA open. Sgt. Jeremy Hertel and Spc.Mark McMillian are over 7,000miles from Wall Drug. Eagles are District 14B Basket-ball Champs. Wall players present musicalMurder Mystery. Wall Children’s Theater presentImagine Nation. Deaths: Dorothy Lillian Pear-son. March 15: Wall’s main street project is un-derway. Keyhole Reservoir is at its high-est elevation since June of 1999. White River shuts down the Ea-gles in the Regional Championshipmatch-up. Deaths: Cameron W. Carlson,Kenneth Heeb and Rodger E.Chant. March 22: Governor Daugaard signsHB1234 into place. The bill will re-ward teachers for excellence andattract more talented young peopleinto teaching disciplines in criticalareas of education. President Ben Snow of RapidCity Economic Development is theguest speaker at the Wall Bad-lands Area Chamber of Commercemeeting. Multi-Agencies respond to firefour miles south of the BadlandsNational Park. Wall School Board discusses thegymnastic program at their regu-lar monthly meeting. Wall City Council hears fromLarry Gravatt on the dire situa-tion of not having an ambulanceservice during a special city coun-cil meeting. Wall FFA/FCCLA holds peopleauction. Deaths: Kenneth “Ken” Heeb,Stanley J. Humphrey, James R.Cissell and Rita M. Byerly. March 29: John Covell shares his storyabout testicular cancer. Wall Ambulance District pro-posal is made affordable to resi-dents of Eastern PenningtonCounty. Hunters warned of spring firedanger. Wall track season attends firstmeet. Shearer Styles opens.

Papousek receives “FebruaryExcellence has a Face Award.” Deaths: Lawrence R. “Bud”Manke. Dr. Reverend James R.Cissell, Helen Mae Babcock andLoleta Jacobson.

Reflections on the first half of 2012

Gas prices in Wall havebeen slowly comingdown. On Thursday, De-cember 27 prices felleven more. Who saysthere is no Santa Claus!!!

~Photo Laurie Hindman

Gas pricesare falling

Engagements: Ashton Schulzand Tyler Swift. April 5: Catalyst Club honor ArdyceRoberts Elwood, Ronnie Racicky,Edgar Simon and Freddie Fergu-son as 2012 Good Neighbors. Gui Bauer and Krysta Kjerstadwere Wall High School 2012 Promking and queen. Wall Celebration Committeehosts annual Easter Egg hunt. Deaths: Rose Marie O’RourkeLester, Ivo A. Bannister, Vernon L.Burns and Kenneth “Kennie”Wood. April 12: Gypsy Oil Company drills an oilwell north on Wall in 1931. Golden West Telecommunica-tions officials meet with congres-sional representatives. Prescribed burn in planned forBadlands in April. Kaylee Gallino wins all-aroundhonors at Eastern Wyo., rodeo. Deaths: Cly Dell Knapp,Michael A. Schofield, Charles“Charlie” Williams and Harold M.Cox. Engagements: Loni PearlHumphrey and Chase Phillips. April 19: First Interstate Banks receives“Outstanding” rating for commu-nity reinvestment efforts. Wall School Board tables PowerHouse painting bid. Trey Richter wins a new saddleat the Wrangler Team RopingChampionship. Autumn Schulz and Lane Hus-tead win golf invite at Wall GolfCourse. Marriages: James and LizzieSorensen. Deaths: Pamela Lynn (Eisen-braun) Blankenship and WilliamD. Peterson. April 26: Wall Badlands Area Chamber ofCommerce hosts their annual ban-quet. Badlands Harley Davidson,New Horizon, Dakota Mill andGrain, Fat Boys BBQ and RoadTrip Cafe and Wall Drug received“Business Improvement” awards.Mayor Dave Hahn received “LifeTime Achievement Award”, CarolHoffman was presented a me-mento for serving as president ofthe Wall Badlands Area Chamberof Commerce for 2010-2011. LoriWalker accepted her award forbeing selected “Teacher of theYear.” Wall City Council approves tomove forward with an ambulancedistrict election. SDHSAA 2011-2012 Winter FineArt and Athletic AdademicAchievement team awards was

Firemen spray the north end of the Two Bit Saloon early Fridaymorning January 6. Firefighters were unable to save the busi-ness that is owned by Kevin and Jan Wenzel.

~Photo Ann Clark

by Laurie Hindman Wall City Council met for theiryear end meeting on Friday, De-cember 28 at 1:00 p.m. Agenda for the meeting was ap-proved. Quote on the water control sys-tem came in more than the motionthat was approved of at the lastmeeting. Public Works Director Jeff Clarkwent over the quote with the coun-cil and it was discussed to increasewater rates in the future. Stan Anderson reasoned wedon’t have much of a choice, wehave to do it. A motion was ap-proved to move forward with thenew quote and increase waterrates. The first reading of Ordinance12-07; amend the Garbage Ordi-nance was reviewed. Council will review the ordi-nance and bring any issues theymay have to the January 8 councilmeeting. The property at 428 Fourth Av-enue was sold at a Sheriff ’s sale. The mortgage holder broughtthe property back since there wereno bids on it.

John Kitterman presents JerryJohanessen the EMS Volun-teer of the Year award duringthe Fireman and EMT annualChristmas party held on Fri-day, January 27 at the fire hall.

~Courtesy Photo

Jim Kitterman (middle) pres-ents Harvey Miller (left) andButch Kitterman (right)plaques for being chosen Fire-men of the Year during the an-nual Fireman and EMT Christ-mas party held on Friday, Jan-uary 27 at the fire hall.

~Courtesy Photo

SPC Mark McMillan (left) & SGT Jeremy Hertel (right) took a fewminutes out of their busy day at Camp Leatherneck, Aghanistanto take this picture. From Aghanistan to Wall Drug its only 7,142miles. Thank you to Jeremy and Mark for protecting us backhere in the U.S., and God’s speed in bringing you both home.

~Courtesy Photo

An Enchanted Forest was thetheme for the 2012 Prom heldat the Wall School on Friday,March 30. Decorated trees anda log pathway were a few ofthe decorations for theevening. Gui Bauer and KrystaKjerstad were crowned kingand queen before the couplessat down to dinner and anevening of dancing. Promgoers and their dates went toRapid City for a late evening ofbowling and then went out forbreakfast before arrivinghome in the wee hours of themorning.

~Photo Laurie Hindman

presented to the Wall School VocalSolo- Ensemble Group, Girls Bas-ketball team, Wrestling team,Gymnastics team, One-Act Play,Band Solo Ensemble Group andBoys Basketball team. Deaths: Dwayne M. Coleman. May 3: Secretary of the Interior KenSalazar and National Park ServiceDirector Jon Jarvis announced therelease of the final General Man-agement Plan/Environmental Im-pact Statement for the South Unitof the Badlands National Park,recommending the establishmentof the nation’s first tribal nationalpark in partnership with theOglala Sioux Tribe. Freshmen Impact: Caught in theMoment was held in Wall withWall, Philip and Kadoka freshmenattending. Badlands National Park holdsprescribed burn in the park. Deaths: Verna Mae Sharp andMyrtle Thompson. Engagements: Kristy Heather-saw and Landon Stout; TerraRieckman and Chris Suelflow. May 10: DENR recognizes City of Wallfor drinking water compliance. Governor Daugaard declaresMay as Beef Month. Wall fifth graders graduatedfrom Drug Abuse Resistance Edu-cation class. Kaylee Gallino qualifies for theCollege National Finals Rodeo. Wall High School golf teamstake All Conference titles at West-ern Great Plains Conference. Deaths: Joyce M. Handcock,Stella Ptakand and Richard LeRoy“Gator” Willuweit. May 17: Wall City Council plans ribboncutting for the main street project. Krysta Kjerstad accepted an

award from Governor Daugaardfor being in the top one percent ofthe 2012 graduating class in SouthDakota. Teaching contracts for the 2012- 2013 school year were approvedby the Wall School Board. Nicole Eisenbraun was honoredat Governor’s leadership luncheon. Wall Boy’s track team winsWestern Great Plains Conferencemeet. Lane Hustead takes first placeat Newell golf meet. Deaths: Doris Sherburne andOra Keiffer. May 24: Class of 2012 graduates fromWall School. Those graduatingwere: Kale Lytle, Jess Williams,Chavis Shull, Cole Smith, JesseWillis, Kyle Harris, Gui Bauer,Rolly Fortune, John Luke McGriff,Krysta Kjerstad, Heidi Huether,Alyssa Ermish, Anna Kitterman,Alexis Billings, Aleshia Feldman,Jessica Schulz, Cheyenne Deeringand Mikala Kraut. Chief Warrant Officer 5 DarlaCrown was the honored speakerfor the Carroll McDonald Ameri-can Legion Post #246 MemorialDay program. Wall second grade class donatesto Country Cupboard. Wall School holds academic/ath-letic 2011 -2012 awards. Wall boys and girls golf teamswin Regions. Wall boys track team wins re-gions. Third grade teacher MichelleRuland was selected as the“Teacher of the Year” at WallSchool Deaths: Dawn Glade Pavao,Peggy Benne and Donald L. “Don”Aby.

The City Attorney informed Fi-nance Officer Carolyn Anderson,the council may have teeth to dosomething about the property now. A motion to go ahead and send aletter to the property owner as rec-ommended by the city attorneywas made and approved. Council approved to transfer theAmbulance funds and CD’s to theambulance district effective Janu-ary 1, 2013. A motion was made and ap-proved to transfer airport funds. Resolution to dissolve TIF #2was approved by the council. S. Anderson explained to thecouncil why the legislature will bediscussing a .5 percent tax. This tax only pertains to touristbusinesses and goes from May toSeptember. Rick Hustead also noted themoney generated from the tax goesinto tourism marketing. The council approved to supportthe tax rate. Sewer rates for the upcomingyear was reviewed. Effective January 1, 2013 ratesfor residential property will be $26a month and commercial propertyat $36.50. It was discussed to raise therates again on July 1. Council approved to table theissue and address it again at theMay 2013, meeting. Pay request for $58,485 for thenew building at the airport wasapproved. Council approved to pay the Cityof Wall, fire department, ambu-lance, library and cemetery bills. Council will review the Penning-ton County Emergency Manage-ment agreement and readdress itat the January 8, meeting. The Risk Management plan willbe reviewed over the comingmonths. Clark was approved to take a re-certification class for spraying forWest Nile. Council approved to enter intoexecutive session for the purposeof discussing personnel and legalissues according to SDCL 1-25-2. Council entered out of executivesession and the meeting was ad-journed.

Wall City Council holds year end meeting

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Social Security News

By Kathy PetersenSocial Security Public

Affairs Specialist The summer of 2007 felt like abad dream for Terry Anderson.Reeling from a recent cancer diag-nosis, she was downsized fromthe company where she’d workedfor 11 years. “There was no sever-ance. I had no insurance,” shesaid. “I was terrified.” Terry began receiving SocialSecurity disability benefits andtook an extended period of timeaway from work. Later, Terrylearned about ‘one-stop careercenters’ that provide free employ-ment-related support servicesthrough Social Security’s Ticketto Work program to people receiv-ing Social Security benefits. Shedecided to see what the IowaWorkforce Development Center,her local one-stop, had to offer.There are more than a thousandone-stop career centers across thenation. The one-stop staff explainedthat the Ticket program is de-signed for people who receive So-cial Security disability benefitsand are committed to achievingself-sufficiency through eventualfull-time employment. Throughthe Ticket program, Iowa Work-force helped Terry coordinate hercareer preparation and job hunt.She updated her computer skillsand built confidence in herprospects for long-term success.“They offered workshops on inter-view skills,” she said. “I had myresume refurbished. I learnedfresh strategies. At first, I was tooproud to ask for help. I’m gladthat I did.” While Terry was eager to moveon, she was apprehensive aboutfinding work and losing her bene-fits. Terry learned about specialSocial Security rules called “workincentives,” that help people whoreceive disability benefits transi-tion to the workforce and becomefinancially self-sufficient. For example, people receivingdisability benefits can keep theirMedicare coverage and their cashbenefits while gaining work expe-rience during the Trial Work Pe-

riod. Terry was relieved to learnabout another Work Incentivecalled ‘expedited reinstatement,’allowing her Social Security cashbenefits to restart without a newapplication if she has to stop workwithin five years because of herdisability. Another helpful Work Incen-tive, known as a Plan to AchieveSelf-Support (PASS), allows So-cial Security disability recipientswho meet the income rules forSupplemental Security Income(SSI) to set aside money to pay foritems or services they need toreach a specific work goal. Thesecan include educational expenses,training, job-related transporta-tion, business startup costs, toolsand equipment, child-care costsand even the cost of job interviewclothes. By approving a PASS, So-cial Security agrees to excludecertain income that would nor-mally lower an SSI paymentamount. At the same time, theperson agrees to go to work, withthe goal of eventually leaving dis-ability benefits behind and becom-ing financially self-sufficient. In 2009, Terry found work as aLoan Servicing Specialist and asecond job in retail where shetrains cashiers and enjoys inter-acting with customers. Terry wasgrateful that Social Securityhelped her “get through thestorm.” She built a better lifethrough work. She no longer re-ceives Social Security disabilitybenefits. “Now I’m healthy. I havetwo jobs. I love both of them. Lifeis good.” With support from Ticket toWork and Iowa Workforce Devel-opment Center, Terry found herpath to self-sufficiency. To learnmore about the Ticket to Workprogram, call the Ticket to Workhelp line at 1-866-968-7842(TTY/TTD, 1-866-833-2967) orvisit www.socialsecurity.gov/work. Kathy Petersen is a public af-fairs specialist for Social Security,Denver Region. You can write herc/o Social Security Administra-tion, 605 Main, Suite 201, RapidCity, SD, 57701 or via e-mail [email protected].

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Potato skins are an appetizerfew can resist. What’s not to love about crispypotatoes, melty cheese andcrunchy bacon?! Perfect for holiday entertaining,home cook Melissa Sperka createdan elegant update to this classicapp. Nested Potato Skins will pleasethe kids, impress the adults, andbe gone before you know it!

What You Need Three cups grated russet pota-toes Two beaten egg whites Three-fourths cups shreddedParmesan One and one-half teaspoon salt One teaspoon onion powder One-half teaspoon garlic powder One and one-half cup shreddedcolby jack cheese 16 ounce sour cream Five slices bacon, cooked andcrumbled One and one-half teaspoon salt One teaspoon onion powder One-half teaspoon garlic powder One-fourth cup chopped fresh

chives or parsley Freshly ground pepper

Directions •Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Spray 12-cup muffin tin with cook-ing spray and set aside. Grate po-tatoes and blot with paper towel toremove excess moisture; don’trinse. •Mix together potatoes, eggwhites, Parmesan and seasonings.Scoop one-fourth cup of potatomixture into each muffin cup andpress firmly onto bottom and upsides.Spray each nest with cookingspray. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. •Remove from oven and run anoff set spatula or knife carefullyaround edges to loosen. Cool in panfor five minutes before removing.To assemble, sprinkle each nestwith shredded colby jack cheese,pipe in sour cream, sprinkle withbacon and garnish with choppedchives. Serve warm. Note: As atime saver, frozen hash browns,thawed, may be used. Submittedby: Melissa Sperka, Greensboro,NC.

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The 2013 SD Black Hills Moun-tain Lion Hunting Season began

Governor Dennis Daugaard hasextended an Executive Order tohaul overwidth baled livestockfeed until February. 21, 2013, inSouth Dakota.

The Executive Order states that,upon receipt of a permit, permis-sion is granted to move over-widthbaled livestock feed not exceeding12-feet-wide or 15-feet-high for twohours after sunset and two hoursbefore sunrise. The order allowsmovement of overwidth baled live-stock feed until cessation of thedrought emergency, or no laterthan February 21.

Over-width vehicles must beequipped with flashing or rotatingwhite or amber warning lights oneach side of the load’s widest ex-tremity. The warning lights mustbe clearly visible to motorists ap-proaching from the front and rear.Movement under the ExecutiveOrder is valid only for baled live-stock feed.

“This year’s persistent droughtconditions have left livestock pro-ducers across South Dakota withinadequate feed supplies,” saidSouth Dakota Secretary of Agricul-ture Walt Bones. “Increasing haul-ing height and width restrictionsfor baled hay will allow producers

S.D. 2013 mountain lion hunting season has begun

on Wednesday, December. 26 andwill run through March 30, 2013or until a harvest limit of 100 totallions or 70 females is reached. To keep up with the harvesttotal, visit http://www.gfp.sd.gov/hunting/big-game/mountain-lion-season-harvest-status.aspx or call 1.866.895.9067. These two op-tions will have the most currentharvest totals. SD GFP will be sending periodicemails to licensed mountain lionhunters to keep you update on har-vest totals as well. GFP also has two smartphoneapplications that will have the of-ficial harvest totals. The Apple andDroid applications can be found atthe Apple Store or Google Play bysearching SDGFP Outdoors.

Overwidth baled livestock feed hauling extended 60 days in S.D.

to move feed in a more efficientmanner.”

The normal size restriction onSouth Dakota highway loads is 14-feet, three-inches high and eight-feet, six-inches wide. Although height and width re-strictions for baled livestock feedhave been temporarily increasedby Executive Order, several high-ways in the state have width andheight restrictions in place be-cause of construction or perma-nent structures that cannot accom-modate such large loads. Truckersare encouraged to check theirroutes ahead of time for those re-strictions.

For information on permits, con-tact a South Dakota port of entryor call 800-637-3255.

Agriculture is South Dakota'snumber one industry, generatingnearly $21 billion in annual eco-nomic activity and employing morethan 80,000 South Dakotans. TheSouth Dakota Department of Agri-culture's mission is to promote,protect, preserve and improve thisindustry for today and tomorrow. Visit us online at http://sdda.sd.gov or follow us on Facebook andTwitter.

Warning Coordination Meterolo-gist Susan Sanders with the Na-tional Weather Service in RapidCity, SD has compiled a list of theircooperative observers and auto-mated weather stations precipita-tion totals through November 2012and the percent of normal (usingthe entire year, but they haven'thad much precipitation in Decem-ber). Complied list of counties report-ing:Bennett County Martin: 10.87", 56 percent Butte County Belle Fourche: 10.25", 58 per-cent Hoover: 9.89", 58 percent Newell: 9.56", 60 percentCuster County Custer: 14.19", 72 percent Hermosa 3SSW: 11.79", 72 per-cent Wind Cave: 13.76", 70 percentFall River County Ardmore 2N: 11.71", 66 percent Edgemont: 9.77", 60 percent Hot Springs: 11.24", 64 percent Oelrichs: 13.05", 77 percent Oral: 11.23", 65 percent Haakon County Kirley 6N: 10.98", 58 percent Milesville 5NE: 9.93", 49 percent Philip Airport: 6.95", 41 percent Harding County Buffalo: 8.28", 58 percent Camp Crook: 11.46", 79 percent Harding 3SE: 11.71", 75 percent Ladner 9SW: 11.12", 66 percent Jackson County Cottonwood 2E: 11.99", 70 per-cent Interior 3NE: 12.26", 66 percent Lawrence County Bear Ridge (8W Spearfish):13.27", 60 percent

Lead: 20.92", 69 percent Spearfish: 12.25", 56 percent Meade County Elm Springs 3ESE: 8.10", 45percent Faith Airport: 12.57", 73 percent Ft. Meade/Sturgis: 10.31", 49percent Opal: 10.31", 56 percent Red Owl: 11.60", 64 percentMellette County Cedar Butte 1NE: 13.57", 67percent Wood: 14.00", 69 percent Pennington County Hill City: 15.92", 76 percent Mount Rushmore: 14.14", 66percent Pactola Dam: 13.50", 66 percent Rapid City 4NW: 7.96", 43 per-cent Rapid City Airport: 11.74", 72percent Rapid City NWS: 11.17", 56 per-cent Wasta: 9.41", 55 percent Perkins County Bison: 11.65", 66 percent Lemmon: 13.21", 74 percent Lodgepole 5SW: 13.97", 90 per-cent Shannon County Kyle 2E: 14.36", 76 percent Pine Ridge Airport: 11.03", 64percent Todd County Mission 14S: 12.64", 59 percent Tripp County Winner Airport: 10.16", 48 per-cent Ziebach County Dupree: 12.53", 69 percent Dupree 15SSE: 10.47", 57 per-cent Glad Valley 2W: 13.22",73 per-cent.

End of year precipation totals for S.D. western counties

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Deer hunters who have unfilledantlerless deer tags for the Eastand West River Deer Seasons willhave nine additional days avail-able to harvest antlerless deer be-ginning December 29 and endingon January 6. The Game, Fish and Parks De-partment is reminding huntersthat this provision is a changefrom past years when unfilled “anydeer” tags converted to “antlerlessonly” and were valid.

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Only anterless tags valid for deer season extension

For the 2012 season extension,“any deer” tags are not valid. The changes were made as partof deer herd management objec-tives to direct additional antlerlessharvest in the areas of the statethat need it most while curtailingthe doe harvest in areas where itis not needed. Antlerless tags are valid only inthe unit for which they were origi-nally issued.

As South Dakota hunters turnthe calendar to 2013, they will findseveral hunting seasons still openfor at least a few days in January. The pheasant hunting seasoncomes to a conclusion on Sunday,January 6. In addition, hunting seasons forgrouse, prairie chicken, partridgeand quail also close on January 6. The extended “antlerless tagsonly” season for both East Riverand West River deer huntingopens on December 29 and closeson January 6. “Any Deer” tags do not convertto “antlerless tags” and are notvalid during these dates. The Archery, Muzzleloader and

Several hunting seasonsclose in January 2013

Youth deer seasons all close onJanuary 15. For both Archery Deer and Muz-zleloader Deer, “any deer” tags doconvert to “antlerless only” tagsand are valid from January 1-15. The Fall Turkey hunting seasonwill close on January 31. Duck hunting on the HighPlains unit remains open untilJanuary 17. Goose hunting opportunities re-main available after the end ofJanuary as Unit 2 of the CanadaGoose hunting season is openthrough February 15. Both cottontail rabbit and treesquirrel hunting are open throughFebruary 28.

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doctor’s writing;) and provides forportability of record when patientmoves, (old way copies reams ofpages and mails them in bulk.) But different electronic recordsystems don’t speak to each other;the majority of systems are gener-ated by computer geeks not physi-cians; and every EMR systemseems more written for billing andlegal defense rather than made toenhance communication to helpsolve the patient’s problems. But probably the biggest prob-lem for the EMR comes from usingchecklists instead of writing outthe patient’s narrative. The com-puter puts us at risk of losing thevaluable essence of the patient’sstory. Over time I expect EMR sys-tems will merge, improve, andcare providers eventually willlearn to use this tool. But it is stilljust an instrument to enhance, notreplace or interfere with the im-portant interface between patientand doctor. The computer is here and weneed to make it work. Dr. Rick Holm wrote this PrairieDoc Perspective for “On Call®,” aweekly program where medicalprofessionals discuss health con-cerns for the general public. “OnCall®” is produced by the HealingWords Foundation in associationwith the South Dakota State Uni-versity Journalism Department.“On Call®” airs Thursdays onSouth Dakota Public Broadcast-ing-Television at 7 p.m. Central, 6p.m. Mountain. Visit us at OnCall-Television.com.

The Prairie Doc PerspectiveBy Richard P. Holm MD

The computer age has finallycome upon the practice of medi-cine. While the rest of the world hasbeen living with electronic check-out, accounting, and business ap-plications for quite a while, medi-cine has somehow escaped theplug-in paperless chart…untilnow. Why has the computer been sodelayed in entering into the hospi-tal rooms and private offices ofmedicine? Maybe it’s because ofthe complexity of medicine; the po-tential risk to patient confidential-ity; the time and cost required forphysicians to learn a new system;or maybe it’s because of the stub-born nature of physicians. There are a lot of possible rea-sons why the computer came lateto medicine, but why did it finallycome around? In recent years as physicians’practices have been brought to-gether into larger groups, elec-tronic-portable-sharable recordshave become more inviting. Addi-tionally the Government isstrongly encouraging the elec-tronic medical record (or EMR) byactually providing higherMedicare payments to doctors whoare effectively using an EMR. The Government is motivatedby the belief that EMRs will re-duce medical errors, enhance med-ical research, and set the stage forcontrolling run-away health carecosts. Indeed there are more reasonsan EMR could improve care: itgives immediate access to patientrecords, (old way pulls old papercharts from large file rooms;) al-lows for readability of record, (oldway forces trying to interpret the

Computers, health care, and the future

By Assistant Coach Kier Earlier in December, the GirlsBasketball team traveled down toEdgemont to play the Moguls in adouble header. The Lady Eagles took a win witha 64 to 34 final score. Autumn Schulz led the team inpoints as she racked in 16; SadieO'Rourke also had a great gamewith 11 points and seven steals;Kaitlin Schreiber also earned her-self 10 points as she led the teamin rebounds with 11 total offensiveand defensive boards. "The girls had a great game, andthey played a quick paced gamewith lots of opportunities to workon various skills we have empha-sized at practice. The girls should be proud of howthey played as they "got after it,"which resulted in us out rebound-ing the Moguls 55 to 22," saidCoach Hess.

Stats:Lady Eagles: 35 18 11 0 = 64Lady Moguls: 15 9 10 0 = 34 Scoring: Sadie O’Rourke 5-151-5 0-0 11, Emily Linn 0-3 0-0 0-00, Bobbie Steffen 1-3 0-0 0-0 2,Carlee Johnston 4-12 0-1 0-0 8,Bailey Lytle 1-2 0-0 0-2 2, KaitlinSchreiber 4-6 0-0 2-4 10, Josie Bla-sius 2-6 0-0 0-0 4, Tayah Huether1-4 0-0 1-2 3, Monica Bielmaier 2-9 0-1 2-6 6, Autumn Schulz 6-9 0-04-5 16, Katy Bielmaier 0-1 0-0 0-00, Samantha Steffen 1-6 0-0 0-0 2,Elle Moon 0-2 0-0 0-0 0. TeamTotal: 27-78 1-7 64. 3-point field goals: Lady Ea-gles 1 (O’Rourke 1.) Rebounds: Lady Eagles 55(Schreiber 11.) Fouls: Lady Eagles 21. Assists: Lady Eagles 8 (Lytle 3.) Steals: Lady Eagles 21(O’Rourke 7.) Turnovers: Lady Eagles 18.

By Assistant Coach Kier On Tuesday, December 18, theLady Eagles faced the OelrichsTigers in a double header on ourhome court. The Eagles took the win with anending score of 69 to 38. Autumn Schulz led the Eagles in

Lady Eagles beat Oelrichs on home court

scoring with 22 points; Josie Bla-sius followed up with 10 as well asCarlee Johnston and SadieO'Rourke with eight and KaitlinSchreiber and Emily Linn withseven. Blasius was the team's leader inrebounding with a combined total

of 15 offensive and defensive re-bounds. "It is always exciting to play agame on our home court with suchbig crowds. Our girls were fired up for thisgame the minute they walked ontothe court and they said that theywanted to go on Christmas breakwith a win, which they did. Our leadership is very strongand it shows when watching thegirls interact at school, practice,games and more. Coach Kier and I are very proudthe girls are 4-1 right now as weenter into Christmas break, andwe are looking forward to continu-ing our great season in January aswe face off Rapid City Christian asour first game back on Thursday,

Lady Eagles Sadie O’Rourkemakes a basket during theOelrichs game.

Lady Eagles trounce Edgemont

Lady Eagles Josie Blasiusputs the pressure on an Oel-richs player.

Lady Eagles Carlee Johnston and Bailey Lytle defend againstOelrichs players. The Lady Eagles won their first home gameplayed on Tuesday, December 18 against Oelrichs.

~Photos Laurie Hindman

January 3," said Coach Hess.Stats:Lady Eagles: 19 18 16 16 = 69Oelrichs: 6 12 9 11 = 38 Scoring: O’Rourke 4-12 0-1 8,Linn 3-7 0-0 7, Johnston 2-11 0-08, Bailey Lytle 0-1 0-0 0 0,Schreiber 3-10 0-0 7, Blasius 3-110-0 10, Monica Bielmaier 1-11 0-13, Schulz 9-18 0-0 22, SamanthaSteffen 1-1 0-0 4. Team Total: 26-82 0-2 69. Field Goal Percentage: LadyEagles .317. 3-point field goals: Lady Ea-gles .000 Rebounds: Lady Eagles 50(Blasius 15). Fouls: Lady Eagles 10. Assists: Lady Eagles 9 (Lytle 3). Steals: Lady Eagles 28 (Schulz8, O’Rourke 6). Turnovers: Lady Eagles 25.

By Linda M. Hiltner Unbelievable another year hasgone by and another Christmas atthe Capitol in Pierre. The Wall Writers had an amaz-ing adventure on Pie Day (Decem-ber 8) and enjoyed the decoratedtrees in the Capitol Building. The weather cooperated for thetrip to Pierre and South Dakota’slandscape along Hwy 14 wasbreathtaking—as usual.

We stopped at the Prairie PagesBookstore in downtown Pierre be-fore leaving. On the return trip, wepaused to examine one of the loca-tions of the Pierre to Deadwoodstage stops. The stagecoach tracks are stillvisible in many locations along

Wall Writers Group meetingHwy 14. Then, before the sun setthat evening, we were back inWall.

Our next scheduled meeting isSaturday, January 12. We willmeet at 416 Sixth Avenue in Wall,at 9:30 a.m.

The topics for the January meet-ing are: (a) Write about Christmas cook-ies, (b) What have you done with thelump of coal you received forChristmas, or (c) Writers Choice. If you have any questions about

the Wall Writers Group, pleasecontact Linda (605-786-6937) orDave (279-2952). Happy New Yeareveryone!

May 31: Scot Eisenbraun, Pam Johnson,Angela Lytle and Todd Trask arerunning for three positions for theWall School Board. Memorial Services were ob-served in Quinn and Wall. Wall Elementary holds 2011 -2012 awards. Badlands Quilters delivered fivepatriotic quilts to the VeteransHospital at Fort Meade. Kindergarten class graduates.Those graduating are: JadaKusser, Becca Griebel, KadenceKusser, Cassidy Albrinck, EmmaEisenbraun, Sean Dunker, BridgerCasjens, Paige Kjerstad, Thane Si-mons, Kaylen Spotted Bear, BurkBlasius, Dawson Hess, MasonCrawford, KaDan Smith, ConnerUlrich, Natalee Armenta, TerrynShearer, Nora Dinger, Brodi Sun-dall, Jayda Reinert and OwenFauske. Big White Kindergarten gradu-ates are: Piper Cordes and QuinnMoon. Wall boys golf team place fourthat State meet. Wall girls’ golf teamplaces seventh at State meet. Wall High School Rodeo teamcompetes at Regional Rodeo. MSG Dennis Rieckman retires

from South Dakota NationalGuard. Deaths: Violet Denke and LynnWilliams. June 7: Walls first ambulance was a1969 Pontiac Station wagon. Harold Delbridge was honoredfor his years of rodeo announcingat the Wall Rodeo Arena. Badlands National Park beginssummer season. Kris Kitterman was awardedthe Power House painting project. Sadie O’Rourke wins fifth placein the 100 Meter Dash in RapidCity at the state track meet. Kale Lytle places eighth place inthe 1600 Meter Run in Rapid Cityat the state track meet. Shaun McKay wins the Men’sMartial Arts Open Championshipin Rapid City. Revamped Wall pool opens forthe season. Deaths: Lester Sandy Hale. June 14: Dennis Law elected to lead SDNCommunications board. West River Electric has poweroutage due to birds. Gale Patterson honored at StateTrack meet. Ribbon Cutting for Wall main

street projects was held on June 11at 12:45 p.m. CETEC EngineerTed Schulz and Wall ChamberPresident Mary Williams wereguest speakers. An injured hiker was rescued inthe Badlands National Park. Scot Eisenbraun, Pam Johnsonand Todd Trask were re-elected tothe Wall School Board. Deaths: Phyllis Sims, RichardHarlan Sims, Wilma E. Benson,Harold Michels, Sylvia (Knutson)Schultz, Dean J. Talty and Alex“Bod” Livermont. Engagements: Aaron Kremanand Heather Schell. June 21: South Unit general manage-ment plan, Record of Decision wassigned by Kathy Janis, OSTWounded Knee District Rep.; Vir-gil Bush, OSPRA Chairman; EricBrunnemann, Badlands Superin-tendent; John Yellow Bird Steele,OST President; Steve Thede, Bad-lands Deputy Superintendent andRuth Brown, OST Eagle Nest Dis-trict Rep. Noel Hameil with S.D. Commu-nity Foundation is guest speakerat Wall Badlands Area Chamber ofCommerce monthly meeting. Philip holds sixth annual Match

Bronch Ride. Wall High School Rodeo teamcompetes at State Rodeo. Membersgoing were: Lane Blasius - CalfRoping and Team Roping; ElsieFortune - Breakaway Roping;Rolly Fortune - Calf Roping andTeam Roping; Carlee Johnston -Pole Bending, Goat Tying and Bar-rel Racing; Carson Johnston -Steer Wrestling and Calf Roping;Paul Kruse - Saddle Bronc; BaileyLytle - Barrel Racing; John LukeMcGriff - Bull Riding; MatteePauley - Breakaway Roping, PoleBending, Goat Tying and BarrelRacing; Mazee Pauley - Break-away Roping, Pole Bending, GoatTying and Barrel Racing; TreyRichter - Team Roping and KaileyRae Sawvell - Goat Tying. June 28: US Forest Service celebrates 75years of National Grasslands. America’s Best Value Inn es-capes fire damage. Walkers open The Rock Loungeand Casino. Krysta Kjerstad participated inAll Star Basketball game. Deaths: George W. Stinson,San-dra Raye Sumpter May and Mau-rice Thompson.

Reflections on the first half on 2012 contined from page 1

Pennington County Courant • January 3, 2013 • Page 4Socials

Wall NewsGathered by Frances Poste

Marilyn Ivers and Debbie Bryanspent Christmas at Diane Bryan’sin Rapid City. Other family mem-bers there were Cody and RickySchell of Iowa; Craig and VickieBryan of Platte, Jeremy, Joshuaand Joslyn Bryan; Jodi and TreySellers; Terry and Josh; AlexBarnes, Jen and family; Dave andJason Enos; Tom and Teri Eddingsand family, all of Rapid City. It wasgreat to have the family all to-gether. It had been years since thefour Bryan siblings had been to-gether for Christmas. Garrett andHolly Bryan and family spentChristmas in Oklahoma withHolly’s family. Mike and YuliyaFreeman were also unable to behome for Christmas as they had towork. Bruce, Kathy and Laura Swanmet at Todd and Shari Gannon’shouse in Worthing, over the week-end. Michael, Mark and Hannahmet them there to celebrate anearly Christmas. Guests at Swan’s for Christmaseve were Shaun and Lynn McKay,Jayton and Bryn; Neil and SorrelMuskat; Jan Puckett; Pat Ben-nish; Caitlin Adams and twofriends, Kalvin and Shane, alongwith Laura and Michael. Merlin and Mary Jane Doylewent to Joe and Barb Croell’s forChristmas dinner. Josh, Darcy andMax Croell from Gillette, JeramyCroell and Tasha Tonne of Lawler,Iowa, and Jim Doyle of Spearfish

were there too. Marla and Tony Venjohn hostedChristmas at their house in Pied-mont. Brenda Carmichael, Angieand Scott Dunbar family, Terryand Amy Beers of Howard, Geraldand Esther Wolford, and Carl andJan Hill and family were guests. Donna Jedlicka went to RapidCity on Sunday riding with hergrandson Jacob. She stayed overwith David, Kathy and family ar-riving home in the evening ofChristmas day. Delbert Sebade passed awayearly Sunday morning, December23rd. His funeral was at theMethodist Church in Wall on Fri-day. Delbert was well known in thearea and had a long life. Our sym-pathy goes out to the family. Mark and Darlene Poste andgirls, along with Michelle Lam-phere, had an early Christmas onSunday. Frances met them inRapid City for lunch and then theyall went to the movie “Lincoln”. Amber Huether of Ft. Collins,was in Wall for Christmas Dayspending time with her mom Stacyand sister Tayah. Great-grandpaDale and Grandpa Kirby Keyseralso enjoyed the day with them. Jess Williams came home for theholiday break from Sioux Falls,where he attends the University. Shauna, Luke, Remmington andMarlee Meyerink of Platte, cameto visit the Williams family on De-cember 21st. They stayed over andwent to her mom’s (Deb) home in

Rapid City along with other family— Tara, Allyna, Kyle; the rest ofthe Williams family and Deb’sfolks, the Don Schoenberners ofNewell for Christmas Day. Mindy Halversen and her twolittle girls, Rylee and Syenna, ofDell Rapids came on Sunday tovisit grandparents Lyle and ViolaWilliams. Lyle and Viola Williams joinedother family at the home of Myronand Mary Williams on Christmasday. We have had quite cold temper-

atures — colder than what we areused to — but it goes to show win-ter is here. Seemed we had snowseveral times and it hasn’t addedup. It sifted down most of the dayon Thursday. Hope you had ahappy new year! May 2013 be agood year. Guests in the Stephen Eisen-braun during Christmas weekwere Travis, Beth and IsaiahEisenbraun; Todd, Nadia, Noahand Emma Eisenbraun; SoñaMuckova; and Sheri Heinzelman.

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Because we didn’t get the “Wan-derings” submitted on time, be-cause we didn’t get it written andso on with “becauses”, otherwiseknown as excuses we will startwith the Wall Methodist ChurchSchool Christmas Program,Wednesday, December 19th. The supper at 5:00 was a goodway to start the evening by catch-ing up on visits with friends. Thatright there is worth the price of ad-mission. Moni Grenstiner was a co-ordi-nator of the program, sis Tammyand niece Kelly Green and AngieCarter were willing Wasta volun-teers. The original artwork on theprograms was a very nice touch. The skit was humorous and atake off on the less than “ideal per-sonalities” one hears about andtries never to be at Christmas. Youknow the types, “It’s all aboutshopping”, “What is here for me?”and “Is this all there is?” Of coursewe all know (or perhaps havebeen) the “poor me, I have to doeverything and get no appreciationfor anything!” The cast did a great job and theWasta kids participating were: AshGrenstiner, Madi Grenstiner, KoleGallino and Brody Carter.Cameron Ausmann representedthe grandkid segment of Wasta. Thank you for a fun evening andto all a big Well Done!! The moralof the story is the timeless mes-sage and well said with the cast ofcharacters deciding to celebratethe real reason for Christmas. As though we might yet stillneed more Christmas spirit, theElm Springs school students ex-tended their caroling to includeWasta on Thursday, December20th. Teacher, Connie Mickelsonand students, Jacob Linn, CarterElshere, Savana Johnston, CamryElshere, James Nachtigall, John-nie Jo Anders and Kassandra Linnsinging traditional carols with en-

thusiasm and smiles and a specialcowboy’s Christmas poem recitedby Kassandra. Thank you so much.We don’t have words to expresshow much this simple neighborli-ness means to us. We don’t forgetthe drivers in our thanks, either.Kellie Linn and Chrissy Elshere —you are great! And, we’re not done yet!~ OurChristmas Spirit Cup is about torunneth over! But not quite. Saturday night, December 22ndSanta was due at the CommunityHall in Wasta. Preceeding Santa’s arrival, car-olers gathered to make “a joyfuland tuneful” sound all aroundWasta. Our intrepid leader, HazelKalkbrenner and warmly dressedsmiling troopers headed out. NolaPrice, Angie and Tom Carter andsons Michael, Dylan, Austin andBrody, Ash and Madi Grenstinerand friend Brittany, Kelly andTammy Green and Lloyd Willeymade up this fine group. All wentwell and they returned in time tosing some more with those waitingfor Santa. The kitchen was a busy place asMoni and I prepared hot drinksand munchies. All of a sudden we heard a loudand jolly Ho - Ho - Ho and guesswho? Yes, of course, Santa Claus! It seemed everyone in the placehad a big smile. You don’t have tobe a child to smile at the infectiousjoy this Santa radiates. Songswere sung, jokes were told, trickswith a yo-yo and shy stares as lit-tle ones gazed in wonderment asSanta offered his knee and pres-ents given. A wonderful night and then timefor Santa to go. And we heard himexclaim as he drove out of sight,Merry Christmas to all and to all agood night! We think Santa and all whocame to this Wasta evening withSanta. We thank Dale and MaryLewis for beginning this fine tradi-tion in Wasta. Do you thing we’re done yet?Nope! Elm Springs CommunityChurch, Sunday, December 23rd. Program directors, Kellie Linnand Cary Johnston put on anotheroutstanding Christmas program. The traditional tidings that earscan hear slightly differently eachtime this special message is spo-ken, was delivered at this programwith songs, pictures, spokenwords, Sunday school participantsand to finish a memorable video of

these kids in the beautiful outdoorscenes of Elm Springs. It broughttears to my eyes, folks, these kidsin the costumes of the day of Jesus.It was, so of both worlds — thenand now, so basic, so simple, sobeautiful. So now my cup runneth over?Oh yeah! Christmas day was spent withlong time friends in Rapid City. Friday, December 21st, FayeBryan hosted a Pogonip party, (seeOld Farmers Almanac) which coin-cided nicely with Lloyd Willey’sbirthday. Friends gathering forsupper and evening of birthdayjokes and general nonsense were:Stanley and Kathy McNabb, Kenand Danene Skillingstad and Danand Diana Turgeon.

Marilyn Keyser has had sometreatments that are pretty hard onher, but is one determined lady! Send thoughts and prayers toher please, and to Anna LeeHumphrey. We were so sorry to hear aboutCeline Trask’s accident. Ourthoughts and prayers to you andwishes for a good recovery. Also, Karen Delbridge and hernew knee — our hopes for speedyrecovery and all going well withrehab — could we say — hope sheand new knee bond well? Don’tknow what’s correct there. Next time with Wasta’s WhoWent Where and Who Came Herefor the Holidays! Happy Trails!

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Wall HealthServices Inc.

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January 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 14, 17,

18, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, & 31.

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The Pennington County Boardof Commissioners is now acceptingapplications to fill 4 (four) at largepositions on the SDSU/County Ex-tension Advisory Board. The Boardprovides guidance and direction tothe County Commissioners in thedevelopment, delivery, and evalu-ation of 4-H programs and serv-ices.

Service in these positions is vol-untary and no compensation willbe derived. Board members are ex-pected to attend four to six regu-larly scheduled meeting per year,as well as any special meetingswhich may be called if needs arise. Per SDCL 13-54-11; the member-ship shall be representative of theracial population mix in the countyand of the various interest groupsserved by Extension. In order tofill this requirement, we are look-ing for White and American Indian

persons with the majority beingbetween the ages of 18-65 per the2010 Census results for Penning-ton County.

Those who want to be consideredfor an appointment are asked tosubmit a written statement of in-terest including your agency orcommunity affiliation (if applica-ble), your particular interests asrelated to a board of this kind, andwhat you can contribute to such aboard to the Commission Office,315 Saint Joseph Street, Suite156, Rapid City, SD 57701.

All statements must be receivedin the Commission Office by 4:00p.m. on Monday, January 7, 2013.The applicants will appointed atthe January 15th, 2013 Commis-sion Meeting.

For more information contactTiffany Meyer, 4-H Youth ProgramAdvisor, at (605) 394-2188.

Commissioners acceptingapplications

FINANCIAL FOCUSMAKE SOME NEW YEAR'S

(FINANCIAL) RESOLuTIONSFOR 2013

Richard Wahlstromwww.edwardjones.com

Once again, it’s time to makesome New Year’s resolutions. Thisyear, in addition to promisingyourself that you’ll hit the gymmore often, learn a new languageor take up a musical instrument —all worthy goals, of course — whynot set some financial resolutions? Consider these suggestions: •Boost your retirement accountcontributions. If your income willrise this year, consider puttingmore money into your employer-sponsored retirement plan, such asa 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b). Youtypically contribute pre-tax dollarsto your plan, so, the more you putin, the lower your taxable income.Plus, your money can have tax-de-ferred growth potential. •Don’t over-react to the head-lines. Lately, you’ve heard a lotabout the “fiscal cliff,” politicalparalysis, the debt ceiling and

other Really Scary Topics. Theseissues are not insignificant — butshould they keep you from invest-ing? After all, in any given year,you won’t have to look hard to findwarnings and negative newsevents — and many people do usethese ominous-sounding headlinesas a reason to head to the invest-ment “sidelines” for a while. But ifyou’re not investing, you’re un-questionably missing out on oppor-tunities to make progress towardyour financial goals. So, instead offocusing on the news of the day,make your investment decisionsbased on the fundamentals ofthose investments you may be con-sidering, along with your goals,risk tolerance and time horizon. •Keep whittling away your debt.Over the past few years, Ameri-cans have done a good job of lower-ing their debt burdens. Of course,the economy is still tough, and itcan be challenging to avoid takingon new debts. But the less debt youhave, the more you can invest foryour retirement and other impor-tant objectives. •Rebalance your portfolio to ac-commodate your risk tolerance. Ifyou spend too much time worryingabout the ups and downs of yourinvestments, then your portfolio’spotential for volatility may be toogreat for your individual risk tol-erance. On the other hand, if youcontinually see little growth inyour holdings, even when the fi-nancial markets are going strong,you may be investing too conserv-atively — especially if you are will-ing to take on some calculated riskto potentially boost your returns.So review your portfolio at leastonce in 2013 to see if it needs to be“rebalanced” to fit your risk toler-ance. •Get some help — Navigatingthe investment world by yourselfis not easy. For one thing, there’sa lot to know — different types ofinvestments, changing tax laws,the effects of inflation, interestrate movements, and much more.Furthermore, when you’re makinginvestment decisions on your own,you may have a hard time beingobjective — so you might end upinvesting with your heart, and notyour head. The need for knowl-edge and objectivity point to theadvantages of working with an ex-perienced financial professional —someone who understands boththe financial markets and your in-dividual needs and goals. These aren’t the only financialresolutions you could make for2013 — but if you follow throughon them, you may well need tomake fewer ones when 2014 rollsaround.

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Pennington County Courant • January 3, 2013 • Page 5Religious

Wall Bldg.Center

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Rush Funeral HomeChapels in Philip, Wall & Kadoka

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Dowling Community ChurchMemorial Day through Labor Day

Service 10:00 a.m.

Badlands Cowboy MinistryBible Study • Wednesdays

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

Evangelical Free Bible ChurchWall

Ron Burtz, Pastor279-2867 • www.wallfreechurch.com

Wednesdays: Good News Club, 2:45 p.m.,Awana 4:45 p.m., Youth Nite, 7:00 p.m.;

Sundays: Sunday School &Adult Bible Fellowship, 9 a.m.,

Sunday Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.,Women’s Bible Study, 6:30 p.m.

interior Community ChurchHighway 44 East

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.;Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Scenic Community ChurchPastor Ken Toews

Services - 2nd and 4th Sundays9:00 a.m.; Sept. through May.

First Baptist Churchnew Underwood

Pastor James HarbertBible Study, 9:00 a.m.;

Sunday Services, 10:00 a.m.

Wall United Methodist ChurchPastor Darwin Kopfmann • 279-2359

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.Wasta

Services Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

new Underwood Community Church Pastor Wes WilemanSunday School 9 a.m.;

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

St. John's Catholic Churchnew Underwood

Father William ZandriMass: Sundays at 11:00 a.m.;Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at

Good Samaritan Nursing Home;Reconciliation before Sun. Mass

First Evangelical Lutheran ChurchWall

Pastor Curtis GarlandSunday Service, 9 a.m.

Emmanuel Lutheran ChurchCreighton

Services 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning.

St. Patrick's Catholic Church • WallRev. Leo Hausmann

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

St. Margaret Church • LakesideMass: Saturday 7 p.m. even number months or

Sunday 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

By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam“Let us, who are of the day, be sober…” (I

Thes. 5:8).Many people entertain the erroneous idea that

truly spiritual Christians must always be solemn andlong-faced. In fact, they suppose that such Scripturepassages as the above teach this.

Nothing could be farther from the truth, for theword “sober,” in our English New Testament doesnot mean solemn, but completely under control.This is also true of the original Greek word fromwhich the English word “sober” is translated.

Sobriety in Scripture, as in modern English, is theopposite of drunkenness. This is brought out in therest of the passage cited above. Along with its con-text, the above exhortation reads as follows:

“For they that sleep sleep in the night; andthey that be drunken be drunken in thenight.

“But let us, who are of the day, be sober,putting on the breastplate of faith and love,and for an helmet the hope of salvation.

“For God hath not appointed us to wrath,but to obtain salvation by our Lord JesusChrist,

“Who died for us that… we should live to-gether with Him” (I Thes. 5:7-10).

Thus those who are “of the day,” and know Christas their Savior, should not “sleep” on the one hand,or “be drunken” on the other, but should be awakeand alert, their faculties completely under control,so that they might witness the more effectively tothe saving grace of Christ.

If ever there was a time when true Christiansshould “watch and be sober,” it is now.

SOBER CHRiSTiAnS

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Wesley R. Davis________________________________

Wesley R. Davis passed into thearms of his Savior Friday, Decem-ber 28, 2012, at Fort Meade VAMedical Center near Sturgis, aftera courageous battle with cancer. He was born October 23, 1954, toH. A. "Foo" and Esther (Eisen-braun) Davis. He was baptized De-cember 22, 1954, at the Eugene

Miller home by the Reverend Hol-man Cowherd. He confirmed hisfaith in Jesus on May 25, 1969, bythe Reverend Edwin Williams. He attended school in Wall, grad-uating in 1973 and joining the USArmy later that year. He served hiscountry until being honorably dis-charged in 1975 and was a Viet-nam-era Veteran. He was a member of FirstLutheran Church in Wall and theDisabled Veterans Chapter 3 ofRapid City. Thankful for his life are his wifeof three years, Kathy; daughter,Kristie Ann of Wall; son, Kalin ofDupree; parents, Guy Sr. and Es-ther Carsten, Rapid City; father-in-law, Douglas Knight, Dupree; hissister, Bernita (Myron) Pound,Rapid City; sister-in-laws, Karenand Karla Knight, Dupree; step-siblings, Lynnette (Rich) Woods,Gene (Lisa) Carsten, and GuyCarsten II, all of Rapid City, andGarry of Utah; nephews, Chris

Pound and Nick (Bobbi Jo) Pound,and nieces, Penny (Ryan) Senescalland Stephanie Pound, all of RapidCity; and numerous aunts, unclesand cousins. He was preceded in death by hisfather, H. A. "Foo" Davis; andgrandparents, Herbert and EmmaL. Eisenbraun, and David and Sa-lome Davis. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to7 p.m. Thursday, January 3, atKirk Funeral Home and one hourbefore services at the church. Funeral services will be at 10a.m. Friday, January 4, at FirstLutheran Church in Wall, with theRev. Curtis Garland officiating. Aluncheon will be served immedi-ately following services. Intermentwith military honors will follow at2:30 p.m. at Black Hills NationalCemetery near Sturgis. Family and friends may signWesley's online guestbook atwww.kirkfuneralhome.com.

Glenn L. Vande Garde____________________________ From 1950 to 1957, Glenn was abarber. He then taught classes andcoached in the Boyden-Hullschools for 18 years and in Kadokaschools for 13 years. He was of the Lutheran faithand a former member of St. PaulLutheran Church. While living inHull, he served as an emergencymedical technician. Glenn enjoyed baseball, basket-ball, fishing, football, golf, hunting,trapping, and woodworking. Healso coached baseball, basketball,football, golf, track and volleyball. Survivors include his wife ofmore than 62 years; a daughter,Marvella Horstman, of Harris-burg; a son, Bruce Vande Garde, ofCathedral City, Calif.; four grand-daughters, Rochell (Scott)Lundquist, Gayle Horstman,Renae (Nick) Buehner, and Jen-nifer (Brett) Somsen; seven great-granddaughters; and a brother-in-law, John Sas, of Hull. In addition to his parents, he

Glenn Vande Garde, age 84, ofKadoka, S.D., formerly of Hull,Iowa, passed away on December27, 2012, at the Good SamaritanCenter in Canton, S.D. Services were held Monday, De-cember 31, at the St. PaulLutheran Church in rural Hull.The Rev. Robert Gordon officiated. Interment was at the churchcemetery. Glenn Lester was born on De-cember 12, 1928, at Sioux Center,the son of John and Ella (VanderPol) Vande Garde. He was raisedat Sioux Center, where he gradu-ated from high school. He also at-tended Northwestern Junior Col-lege in Orange City and graduatedfrom Westmar College in Le Mars. On May 31, 1950, he marriedNormaleen Marie Luschen at Ire-ton. They made their home in Ire-ton, Boyden, and Hull, Iowa, andKadoka. After suffering a stroke inearly December, he moved to theGood Samaritan Center.

was preceded in death by a grand-son, Michael Horstman; and twosisters, Cornelia Broek andGertrude Sas. You may express your sympathyat www.oolman.com.

Pearl Lurz____________________________________Kannan Lurz, Daphne (Jerry)Bennett, Clinton Lurz, Brady Pin-ney, Michael Galliger and Saman-tha Galliger; 12 great-great-grand-children, Aaden, McKenna, andBrady Kroells, Harper and TaytonRislov, Cylver, Copper, Dymondand Christopher Lurz, Alexa andCaden Swaney and JacquelineBennett; one brother, Percy “Bud”Williams of Philip; one sister, LoyKellem of Summerset; and a hostof other relatives and friends. Pearl was preceded in death byher husband, Carl Lurz; her par-ents; a great-grandson, Christo-pher Lurz; three brothers, Milo,Dale and Lynn Williams; and onesister, Muril Renner-Parkin. Services were held Wednesday,January 2, at the UnitedMethodist Church in Wall, withPastor Darwin Kopfmann officiat-ing. Interment was at the WallCemetery.

Pearl Lurz, age 99, of Wall, S.D.,died Friday, December 28, 2012, atthe Philip Nursing Home. Pearl Carol (Williams) Lurz wasborn July 9, 1913, on a ranch nearBelvidere, the daughter of Frankand Hazel (Percy) Williams. Shegrew up on a ranch north of Wallin her grandparents’ home, Al andPolly Percy. She attended countryschool and later attended highschool with her sister Muril inWall. Pearl and Carl Lurz were mar-ried November 15, 1931, and madetheir home near Wall. One son,Gordon Neal, was born to thisunion. They lived east of Wall be-fore moving to the Rotter placenorth of Wall. In 1943, they moved to the Hallranch near Cottonwood and in1947 they purchased a ranch sixmiles southeast of Owanka. AfterCarl died in 1981, Pearl moved toWall and in 2009 she moved to theSilverleaf Assisted Living in Philipand later into the Philip NursingHome. Pearl was known for fancy dollsand beautiful Santas that shemade. She was a member of theMethodist Church, Baseline Ex-tension Club and the Royal Neigh-bors. Survivors include her son, Gor-don Neal Lurz and his wife, Peggy,of Wall; four grandchildren, Gor-don Kent Lurz (Kelly) of Wall,Kenneth Lurz (Janet) of Wall, Eu-gene Lurz of New Town, N.D., andRhonda Galliger (Steven) of Hart-ford; 10 great-grandchildren, Jes-sica (Michael) Kroells, Megan(Adam) Rislov, Dustin (Carrie)Lurz, Kendra (Jason) Swaney,

A memorial has been estab-lished. Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Linda Marie Hook_______________________________grandkids. Linda was a member of St.Patrick's Catholic Church in Wall,where she worked with the giftprogram. She is and was a belovedwife, mother, grandmother, sister,aunt, cousin and friend. Grateful for having shared herlife include her husband, DarwinHook of Wall; two daughters,JoDee Shearer and her husband,Grant, of Wall, and Jami Kitter-man and her husband, Jim, ofWall; one son, Rocky Hook and hiswife, Ronelle, of Pierre; six grand-children, Garrett Shearer, ChelsieShearer, Michelle Kitterman,Anna Kitterman, Courtney Hookand Colbi Hook; two brothers, NickFeller and his wife, Sandra, ofWall, and Bob Feller and his wife,Janet, of Rapid City; five brothers-in-law, Dwilyn (Pee Wee) Hook andhis wife, Peggy, of Philip, JerryceHook and his wife, Elaine, of RapidCity, Monte Hook of Philip, DickLytle of Grand Junction, Colo., andMicky Daly of Midland; a sister-in-law, Juanita Carrol and her hus-band, Tom, of Washington; and ahost of other relatives and friends. Linda was preceded in death byher parents; two brothers, Michaeland James Feller; and two sisters,Kathy Daly and Marilyn Lytle. Mass of Christian burial will be

Linda Marie Hook, age 76, ofWall, S.D., died Friday, December28, 2012, at the Hospice of theHills in Rapid City. Linda Marie Feller was born onSeptember 23, 1936, in Rapid City,the daughter of Nicholas and Elsie(Bloom) Feller. She was the secondoldest of seven children, Nicholas,Robert, Kathy, Marilyn, Jamesand Michael. Linda was raised in Quinn andgraduated from Quinn HighSchool. After graduation she at-tended Black Hills College whereshe attained her teacher's certifi-cate. She taught for two years atthe Lake Hill School north of Wall. She married her high schoolsweetheart, Darwin D. Hook, onDecember 27, 1956, and to thisunion were born three children,JoDee, Jami and Rocky. Theymoved to Rapid City for Darwin'swork, and Linda stayed home andtook care of her kids until theywere in high school. She then wentto work for the Wall Drug Storewhere she enjoyed meeting newpeople and loved working with herfellow co-workers. She loved spending time withher kids and grandkids. She alsoenjoyed an occasional trip to Dead-wood and going to the cabin nearWasta to ride in the ATV with her

celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Friday,January 4, at St. Patrick's CatholicChurch in Wall, with Father LeoHausmann as celebrant. Graveside services will be heldat 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 4, atthe Black Hills National Cemeterynear Sturgis. A memorial has been estab-lished. Arrangements are with theRush Funeral Chapel of Wall. Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Tressa Gabriel__________________ Tressa Gabriel, age 90, of Philip,S.D., died January 1, 2013, at theHans P. Peterson Memorial Hospi-tal in Philip. Survivors include her son, LarryGabriel and his wife, Charlotte, ofQuinn; two daughters, BeverlyHamann and her husband, Her-bert, of Clear Lake and RubyGabriel of Pedro; four grandchil-dren; six great-grandchildren; and

a host of other relatives andfriends. Tressa was preceded in death byher husband, Floyd, on February5, 1998; her parents; one sister,Erma Gabriel; and two grandchil-dren. Funeral services are pendingwith Rush Funeral Home of Philip. A complete obituary will appearin next week’s edition.

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BuSINESS & SERVICESO’CONNELL CONSTRuC-TION, INC., PHILIP: Rock,Sand, Gravel (screened orcrushed). We can deliver.Dams, dugouts, building sites.Our 37th year. Glenn or Trace,859-2020. PR11-tfn

HILDEBRAND STEEL & CON-CRETE: ALL types of concretework. Rich, Colleen and HavenHildebrand. Toll-free: 1-877-867-4185; Office: 837-2621;Rich, cell: 431-2226; Haven,cell: 490-2926; Jerry, cell: 488-0291. K36-tfn

TETON RIVER TRENCHING:For all your rural water hook-ups, waterline and tank instal-lation and any kind of backhoework, call Jon Jones, 843-2888, Midland. PR20-52tp

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. Craigcell: 390-8087, Sauntee cell:390-8604; [email protected] K50-tfn

FARM & RANCHWHEAT HAY FOR SALE: Call685-3068. P52-tfn

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

HELP WANTEDHELP WANTED: Businessmanager for the Kadoka AreaSchool District. Applicationsavailable on the websitewww.kadoka. k12.sd.us ormay be picked up at theschool. Wage DOE and qualifi-cations. Open until filled. Con-tact Jamie Hermann at 837-2174, ext. 100. EOE. K3-4tc

AuTOMOTIVEFOR SALE: 1996 SubaruLegacy, all wheel drive, newtires, 130K miles, runs great,$2,500. Call 441-9900. P4-1tp

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MISC. FOR SALEFOR SALE: (70) 27” TV setswith remotes, $20 each. Theseare NOT flatscreens. BestWestern Plains, Wall, 279-2145 or 685-3915. WP19-2tc

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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS!! (4)NEW boxes of white LED.Nothing wrong with the lights,just the wrong color. $32. Call441-4909 or 859-3515, leavemessage. P1-tfn

FOR SALE: Rope horse halterswith 10’ lead rope, $15 each.Call 685-3317 or 837-2917. K44-tfn

NOTICES/WANTEDTRIANGLE RANCH BED &BREAKFAST is available forbrunches, luncheons, dinnerparties and retreats, December- April. Contact Lyndy, 859-2122, [email protected], www.triangleranchbb.com P51-8tc

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4-BEDROOM HOuSE FORRENT IN WALL: Call Stan,381-2861 or 279-2861. WP5-tfn

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HART RANCH MEMBERSHIPFor Sale: Beautiful Hart RanchCamping Resort is located justoutside of Rapid City. PurchaseNOW before transfer fees in-crease! Call 605-939-3112.

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BuSINESS OPPORTuNITY

NOW IS THE chance to buy awell established & successfulbusiness in the State Capitol ofS.D. The Longbranch is forSALE (serious inquires only).Call Russell Spaid 605-280-1067.

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one for the cards, memorials,flowers, and expressions ofsympathy on the passing of ourdad, Harold E. Johnson. Theywere all greatly appreciatedand reminds us of why we livein a small community.

Dick & Pam Johnson & girls

We want to thank the Cele-bration Committee for selectingour house for second place inthe decorated houses. I didn’tdecorate to enter the contest,what a nice surprise andthanks again.

Gerald & Esther Wolford

Thank you to the Wall Cham-ber and Wall Food Center forthe $250 shopping spree.

Martha Johnston

Thank you to the First Inter-state Bank for the $25.00 giftcertificate.

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SPECiAL BOARD OFCOMMiSSiOnERS’ MEETinG

DECEMBER 17, 2012

A meeting of the Pennington CountyBoard of Commissioners was held onMonday, December 17, 2012, in the Com-missioners' meeting room of the Penning-ton County Courthouse. ChairpersonLyndell Petersen called the meeting toorder at 9:03 a.m. with the following Com-missioners present: Ken Davis, Don Hol-loway and Nancy Trautman. Commis-sioner Buskerud was not in attendance.EXECUTiVE SESSiOn per SDCL 1-25-2

A. Department Head Annual Perform-ance Evaluations per SDCL 1-25-2(1)

MOVED by Trautman and secondedby Holloway to convene in executive ses-sion. Vote: Unanimous. The Board re-mained in executive session from 9:03a.m. until 1:14 p.m. MOVED by Trautmanand seconded by Davis to adjourn fromexecutive session. Vote: Unanimous.ADJOURn

MOVED by Trautman and secondedby Holloway to adjourn the meeting.Vote: Unanimous. There being no furtherbusiness, the meeting was adjourned at1:14 p.m.

Julie A. Pearson,Auditor

Published January 3, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $11.72.

PEnninGTOnCOUnTY BOARD OF

COMMiSSiOnERS

MinUTESDECEMBER 18, 2012

A meeting of the Pennington CountyBoard of Commissioners was held onTuesday, December 18, 2012, in theCommissioners' meeting room of thePennington County Courthouse. Chair-person Lyndell Petersen called the meet-ing to order at 9:00 a.m. with the followingCommissioners present: Ron Buskerud,Ken Davis, Don Holloway and NancyTrautman. APPROVAL OF THE AGEnDA

MOVED by Trautman and secondedby Buskerud to approve the agenda aspresented. Vote: Unanimous. COnSEnT AGEnDA iTEMS

The following items have been placedon the Consent Agenda for action to betaken by a single vote of the Board ofCommissioners. Any item may be re-moved from the Consent Agenda for sep-arate consideration.

MOVED by Davis and seconded byTrautman to approve Consent AgendaItems 5-11 as presented. Vote: Unani-mous.

5. Approve the minutes of the Decem-ber 4, 2012, Board of Commissioners’meeting.

6. Approve the vouchers listed at theend of the minutes for expenditures for in-surance, professional services, publica-tions, rentals, supplies, repairs, mainte-nance, travel, conference fees, utilities,furniture and equipment totaling$2,630,137.89.

7. Auditor: Acknowledge the annexa-tion to the Green Valley Sanitary SewerDistrict as approved by its Board on Oc-tober 25, 2012, for tax year 2013 pay2014 and thereafter. The annexed prop-erty is described as follows:

Tract 1 of Bradeen SubdivisionLocated in Section 22, T1N,R8E and Tract A of BrudvigSubdivision, Located in Sec-tion 22, T1N, R8E, BHM, Pen-nington County.

8. Auditor: Acknowledge the Order forOrganization and Incorporation for theBlake Road District effective for tax year2013 and after and authorize the Chair-person’s signature on the resolution.

ORDER FORORGAniZATiOn AnD

inCORPORATiOnOF THE BLAKE ROAD

DiSTRiCTPEnninGTOn COUnTY,

SOUTH DAKOTA

WHEREAS, all resident reg-istered voters and propertyowners that are within the pro-posed district boundaries haveagreed to and petitioned for theorganization of the Blake RoadDistrict;

AND WHEREAS, said peti-tions indicate the desire of allqualified voters and landown-ers within the proposed bound-aries to organize the BlakeRoad District;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE ITORDERED, that the Penning-ton County Commission ac-knowledge and declare theBlake Road District to be or-ganized and established as agovernmental subdivision ofthe State of South Dakota anda public body, corporate andpolitical to be effective as oftoday’s date with taxing author-ity for the 2013 pay 2014 taxyear and after.

BE IT FURTHER OR-DERED, that the Blake RoadDistrict be described as fol-lows: LOT 1R, LOT 2R, LOTS3-4, LOTS A & B OF LOT 5,LOT 6R, LOT 7R, LOT 8 &COMMON AREA OF BLOCK 1LEE ESTATES SUBDIVISION;LOT 1R, LOT 2R, LOT 3R,LOT 4R2, LOT 5R2, LOT 6 R,& LOT 7R OF BLOCK 2 LEEESTATES SUBDIVISION,BHM, Pennington County, SD.

Dated December 18, 2012.

/s/ Lyndell Petersen,Chairperson

ATTEST: (SEAL)

/s/ Julie A. Pearson,Auditor

9. Approve the Chairperson’s signa-ture on the Quit Claim Deed for Transfer-

ring County Real Estate from PenningtonCounty to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe basedon the results of the tax deed auction heldon December 4, 2012.

10. Recognize and thank the volun-teers for the month of November 2012.The list of volunteers is on file in theHuman Resources office and is posted onthe County Bulletin Board.

11. Sheriff: Declare seven (7) county-owned vehicles as surplus property to beused as trade-ins as part of the Penning-ton County Sheriff’s 2013 planned vehiclereplacement: three (3) 2007 ChevroletTahoes, Capital Asset #5711, #5712, and#5713; 2008 Chevrolet Suburban, CapitalAsset #5775; two (2) 2008 Ford CrownVictorias, Capital Asset #5779 and #5782;2009 Ford F250 Crew Cab, Capital Asset#5834.

Authorize the Pennington CountySheriff to purchase vehicles off the 2013State Bid list as follows: From RapidChevrolet, 2090 Deadwood Avenue N,Rapid City, SD Four (4) 2013 ChevroletTahoes under State Bid #11/Contract#16415, at $32,194.00 each; and fromMcKie Ford, 21 E. Omaha Street, RapidCity, SD, two (2) 2013 Ford Police Inter-ceptors under State Bid #5/contract#16416 at $26,661 each and One (1)Ford Explorer SUV under State Bid#10/contract #16416 at $25,902.MEADE/PEnninGTOn COUnTYBOUnDARY PROJECT – Don Jarvi-nen, GiS Coordinator: This is an infor-mation item, no action necessary. iTEMS FROM AUDiTOR

A. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LI-CENSE: MOVED by Davis and sec-onded by Buskerud to approve the re-newals, transfers and new license appli-cations listed below. Vote: Unanimous.Wine Retail (on-off sale)

IKENCINDY, Inc., d/b/a Black ForestInn Inc., Cynthia D Hassoun and IsaacHassoun

Caputa Store, Caputa Store LLCRetail (on-sale) Liquor with SundaySales

Big Horn Crossing, PDQ MarketThe Fireside, Saint Patrick LLCThe Fireside, Saint Patrick LLCSilver Dollar Saloon, Etho LLCMoonshine Gulch Saloon, Betty Harn

Retail (on-off sale) Malt BeverageThe Fireside, Ashely Ginsberg (New)

iTEMS FROM EQUALiZATiOnA. ABATEMENT APPLICATION:

MOVED by Trautman and seconded byHolloway to approve the following abate-ments/refunds: 2011 – ID# 8001535,Bankwest Inc., $455.42. The motion car-ried 4-1 with Davis voting no. iTEMS FROM HiGHWAY DEPARTMEnT

A. AWARD RECOMMENTATION –TWO NEW LOADERS: Moved byBuskerud and seconded by Trautman toaward the bid for one new two (2) CubicYard Loader to Titan Machinery Inc., 1741Deadwood Avenue, Rapid City, SD, thelow bidder meeting all specifications, inthe amount of $128,225.00. Vote: Unan-imous.

MOVED by Trautman and secondedby Holloway to award the bid for one newthree (3) Cubic Yard Loader to Titan Ma-chinery Inc., 1741 Deadwood Avenue,Rapid City, SD, the low bidder meeting allspecifications, in the amount of$164,425.00. Vote: Unanimous. Bid doc-uments are available at the Highway De-partment.

B. AWARD RECOMMENDATION –ONE NEW SINGLE DRUM VIBRATORYROLLER: MOVED by Davis and sec-onded by Buskerud to award the bid forone New Single Drum Vibratory Roller toTitan Machinery Inc., 1741 Deadwood Av-enue, Rapid City, SD, the low biddermeeting all specifications, in the amountof $110,700 with trade. Vote: Unani-mous. Bid documents are available at theHighway Department.

MOVED by Davis and seconded byBuskerud to declare the 1971 Ray Go,Model 400, Serial #18-A-163 as surplusfor the purpose of trade. Vote: Unani-mous.

C. DESIGN-BUILD RESOLUTION2012-12-18 AND DESIGN-BUILD PRO-CUREMENT PROCEDURES: MOVEDby Davis and seconded by Buskerud todefer this item to the Building Committee.Vote: Unanimous.

D. MOON MEADOWS TO SHERIDANLAKE ROAD CUT ACROSS: MOVED by Buskerud and seconded by Hollowayto table this item. Vote: Unanimous.iTEMS FROM HUMAn RESOURCES

A. PENNINGTON COUNTY POLICIESAND PROCEDURES REVIEW & UP-DATE PROJECT: MOVED by Davis andseconded by Trautman to approve a com-plete review of Pennington County poli-cies and procedures including the em-ployee handbook, and further moved thatall departments shall work cooperativelywith Human Resources and the Commis-sion Office. Vote: Unanimous.PLAnninG & ZOninG COMMiSSiOnLiAiSOn ASSiGnMEnT POLiCY –COMMiSSiOnER HOLLOWAY: No ac-tion was taken at this time. CREATiOn OF ASSiSTAnT DiRECTORPOSiTiOn – PLAnninG & ZOninG:MOVED by Holloway and seconded byTrautman to move the Assistant PlanningDirector from Pay Grade 17 to Pay Grade21. The motion carried 4-1 with Davisvoting no.

MOVED by Davis and seconded byTrautman to take a brief recess. Vote:Unanimous. The board recessed from10:20 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.BOARD OF ADJUSTMEnT

MOVED by Trautman and secondedby Buskerud to convene as the Board ofAdjustment. Vote: Unanimous.

A. VARIANCE / VA 12-11: WilliamYoung. To reduce the minimum requiredfront yard and side yard setbacks from 25feet to zero (0) feet and to reduce theminimum required lot size in a GeneralAgriculture District and Limited Agricul-ture District from 40 acres and 10 acresto 0.35 acre in accordance with Sections205, 206, and 509 of the PenningtonCounty Zoning Ordinance.

Lot 44 of the SW1/4NW1/4,Dolomite Placer No. 1, Sec-tions 13 and 14, T1N, R6E,BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota.

MOVED by Davis and seconded byTrautman to postpone this item to thenext meeting to give the applicant an op-portunity to talk to his neighbor about ex-isting problems. The motion carried 4-1on a roll call vote: Buskerud – no, Davis– yes, Holloway – yes, Trautman – yes,Petersen – yes.

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby Davis to adjourn as the Board of Ad-justment and reconvene as the Board ofCommissioners. Vote: Unanimous.

PLAnninG & ZOninG COnSEnTAGEnDA

The following items have been placedon the Consent Agenda for action to betaken on all items by a single vote of theBoard of Commissioners. Any item maybe removed from the Consent Agenda forseparate action.

MOVED by Trautman and secondedby Holloway to approve Planning & Zon-ing Consent Agenda Items B-F as pre-sented. Vote: Unanimous.

B. SECOND READING OF ORDI-NANCE AMENDMENT / OA 12-05: Pen-nington County. To amend Section400.3-1-n-3, 6, and 10; Section 500.5-1-a-3-a; and Section 500.5 Table 1 of thePennington County Subdivision Regula-tions.

Approve the second reading of Ordi-nance Amendment / OA 12-05.

ORDinAnCE #34-24

AN ORDINANCE AMEND-MENT TO THE PENNINGTONCOUNTY ZONING ORDI-NANCE.

BE IT HEREBY ORDAINEDBY THE PENNINGTONCOUNTY BOARD OF COM-MISSIONERS THAT THEPENNINGTON COUNTY OR-DINANCE #34 BE AMENDEDAS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 400: Section400.3-1-n-3, 6, and 10 FinalPlat (and Minor Plat) shall beamended as follows:

3(c). Certificate of PlanningDirector (Final Plat Only)

I, Planning Director of Pen-nington County, have reviewedthis plat and have found it toconform to all of the Subdivi-sion requirements of the Pen-nington Subdivision Regula-tions and, as such, I have ap-proved this Plat as a Final Plat.

Dated this _________ dayof _____________, 20___.

________________Planning Director ofPennington County

6. Certificate of Register ofDeeds

Certification of Register ofDeeds

State of South DakotaCounty of Pennington

Filed this _________ day of_____________, 20___.

at _______ o’clock_________ M Document#_______

_________________Register of Deeds ofPennington County

By: __________________Fee: $______

SECTION 500: Section500.5-1-a-3 Roads andStreets shall be amended asfollows:

3. Access Easements: TheCounty shall not approve theuse of an existing or proposedeasement to provide access toa proposed subdivision unlessthe following requirements aremet:

a. The width of the accesseasement is a minimum of 40feet in width and shall serve amaximum of two lots in LowDensity Residential District,Limited Agriculture District, andGeneral Agriculture Districts.Minimum driving surface widthis not specified.

SECTION 500: Section500.5 – Table 1 shall beamended as follows:

Dated this 18th day of Decem-ber, 2012.

PENNINGTON COUNTYCOMMISSION


ATTEST: (SEAL)/s/ Julie A. Pearson,Auditor

C. SECOND READING OF REZONE/ RZ 12-11 AND COMPREHENSIVEPLAN AMENDMENT / CA 12-07: RMSLode/Matt Keck. To rezone 6.99 acresfrom Limited Agriculture District and Gen-eral Agriculture District to Highway Serv-ice District and to amend the Pennington

County Comprehensive Plan to changethe Future Land Use from Planned UnitDevelopment District and General Agri-culture District to Highway Service Districtin accordance with Sections 210 and 508of the Pennington County Zoning Ordi-nance.

Approve the second reading of Rezone/ RZ 12-11 and Comprehensive PlanAmendment / CA 12-07.

ORDinAnCE nO. RZ 12-11

AN ORDINANCE AMEND-ING SECTION 508 OF THEPENNINGTON COUNTYZONING ORDINANCE, RE-ZONING THE WITHIN DE-SCRIBED PROPERTY:

BE IT HEREBY ORDAINEDBY THE PENNINGTONCOUNTY COMMISSIONTHAT THE PENNINGTONCOUNTY ZONING ORDI-NANCE BE AND HEREBY ISAMENDED BY AMENDINGTHE ZONING OF THE FOL-LOWING DESCRIBED PROP-ERTY:

Lots A and C of J.R. No. 5Lode MS 1864 and Govern-ment Lots 9, 10, and 11 all inthe NE1/4 of Section 21, T1S,R5E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota.

The above-described propertyis hereby rezoned from LimitedAgriculture District and GeneralAgriculture District to HighwayService District.

Dated this 18th day of De-cember, 2012.

PENNINGTON COUNTYCOMMISSION


ATTEST: (SEAL)/s/ Julie A. Pearson,Auditor

D. PRELIMINARY PLAT / PL 12-42AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONSVARIANCE / SV 12-15: RMS Lode/MattKeck. To create Lots 1-3 of Addie CampSubdivision and to waive platting require-ments in accordance with Sections 400.2and 700.1 of the Pennington County Sub-division Regulations.

EXISTING LEGAL: JR #2Lode less Lot I, less Lot J andless Lot L of JR #2 and JR#5Lodes and less Lot H2 of JR#2, #3 and #5 Lodes of JR #2Lode MS 1864; JR #3 Lodeless Lots 1 and 2 of Lot E, lessLot H2 of JR #2, #3, and #5Lode and less ROW of JR #3Lode MS 1864; GL 9, GL 10and GL 11; Lot L of JR #2 andJR #5 Lodes MS 1864; Lot K(Revised) of JR #5 Lodes MS1864; Lot A and Lot C of JR #5Lodes MS 1864 and Lot 1 ofStenson Subdivision, all lo-cated in located in Section 21,T1S, R5E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota.

PROPOSED LEGAL: Lots1-3 of Addie Camp Subdivi-sion, Section 21, T1S, R5E,BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota.

Approve Subdivision Regulations Vari-ance / SV 12-15 to waive road construc-tion standards for the west service road,Stenson Meadow Road and waive sub-mittal of engineered road constructionplans for Ruby Gulch Road and also ap-prove Preliminary Plat 12-42 with the fol-lowing twelve (12) conditions:

1. That prior to County Board approvalof Preliminary Plat 12-42, the applicantprovide soil profile information for reviewby the Environmental Planner or obtainapproval of a Subdivision RegulationsVariance waiving this requirement;

2. That at the time of Final Plat sub-mittal a Construction schedule be submit-

ted;3. That eight (8) foot utility and minor

drainage easements be dedicated alongthe interior of all lot lines or else a Subdi-vision Regulations Variance be obtainedwaiving this requirement;

4. That prior to County Board approvalof Preliminary Plat 12-42, the applicanthave an acceptable Fire Mitigation Planfrom the Pennington County Fire Coordi-nator;

5. That all setbacks are to be 25 feetfrom the front, 10 feet from the side prop-erty lines, and 30 feet when abutting aresidential district. The rear property linesetback is to be 10 feet and 30 feet whenserviced from the rear and abutting a res-idential district;

6. That two of the three cabins eitherbe removed from Lot 3 or converted to

Vacation Home Rentals, offices or a useallowed in a Highway Service District;

7. That at the time of Final Plat sub-mittal, the applicant provide informationon the disposal of the wastewater fromthe wine making business;

8. That the power line easementswithin the development cannot have anystructures located within the easements,unless a letter is submitted by the appli-cant from Black Hills Power stating the lo-cation of the power line is okay;

9. That the applicant coordinates withthe U.S. Forest Service in regards to theplacement of any signage within the 66-feet of Ruby Gulch Road;

10. That prior to approval of the FinalPlat, the on-site wastewater treatmentsystem be approved by all applicableagencies;

11. That prior to Final Plat approval,the discrepancies between the Construc-tion Permit and Observation Form for theexisting onsite wastewater treatment sys-tem be resolved; and,

12. That prior to Final Plat approval,Stenson Meadow Road, Ruby GulchRoad and the west service road be con-structed to the approved plans or a suretyprovided for the road improvements orapproval of a Subdivision RegulationsVariance be obtained waiving all road im-provement requirements.

E. PRELIMINARY PLAT / PL 12-38:Nina McBride / Sandy Varney. To createLot 1 of Chase Subdivision in accordancewith Section 400.2 of the PenningtonCounty Subdivision Regulations.

EXISTING LEGAL:NE1/4SE1/4; Unplatted portionof Lot B; NW1/4SE1/4; and LotB of SE1/4SE1/4 less Right-of-Way, Section 15, T2N, R6E,BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota.

PROPOSED LEGAL: Lot 1of Chase Subdivision locatedin Section 15, T2N, R6E, BHM,Pennington County, SouthDakota.

Approve Preliminary Plat / PL 12-38with the following seven (7) conditions:

1. That prior to Final Plat approval,proposed Lot 1 either be rezoned to LowDensity Residential or a Lot Size Vari-ance be obtained to allow the proposedlot to remain zoned General AgricultureDistrict;

2. That the 20 foot water line ease-ment servicing proposed Lot 1 berecorded as a miscellaneous documentand the book and page number be in-cluded on the Final Plat;

3. That all junk and debris, includingtires and pallets, located on the proposedlot be cleaned up to the satisfaction of theOrdinance Officer prior to Final Plat ap-proval;

4. That a Building Permit be obtainedfor the enclosed entry and covered deckattached to the mobile home prior to FinalPlat approval;

5. That the certificates on the FinalPlat include Certification on Plat byCounty Auditor (Final Plat) and Certificateof the Planning Director in accordancewith Section 400.3-1-n of the SubdivisionRegulations and a Document number beprovided in lieu of a Book and Page num-ber in the Certificate of Register of Deeds;

6. That a physical barrier (i.e. fencing,rocks) be installed around the existing on-site wastewater treatment system prior toFinal Plat approval so as to prevent fur-ther impact to the soils in this area fromvehicular travel; and,

7. That a Conditional Use Permit beobtained to allow the existing single-widemobile home to be utilized as the primaryresidence on the proposed lot prior toFinal Plat approval.F. FIRST READING AND PUBLICHEARING OF REZONE / RZ 12-12: NinaMcBride / Sandy Varney. To rezone3.046 acres from General Agriculture Dis-trict to Low Density Residential District inaccordance with Sections 207 and 508 ofthe Pennington County Zoning Ordi-nance.

Located on the following metesand bounds: A parcel of landlocated in NE1/4 of SE1/4 ofSection 15, T2N, R6E, BHMand in Lot B of SE1/4 of SE1/4of Section 15, T2N, R6E, BHM,Pennington County, SouthDakota, said parcel of land isdescribed as follows: Begin-ning at NE corner of said par-cel from whence the E1/4 cor-ner of said Section 15 bears N13°13’34” E a distance of1188.44’; thence S 24°15’00” Ea distance of 79.85’; thence S8°22’00” E a distance of199.97’; thence along the arcof a curve to the left whoseangle is 22°20’44” and whoseradius is 418.80’ a distance of163.33’; thence S 72°34’26” Wa distance of 374.19’; thence N6°00’00” W a distance of254.55’; thence N 73°03’00” Ea distance of 505.00’ to thePoint of Beginning. Said parcelof land contains 3.046 acresmore or less.

Approve Rezone / RZ 12-12 to rezone3.046 acres from General Agriculture Dis-trict to Low Density Residential District.

End of Consent AgendaPLAnninG & ZOninG REGULARAGEnDA iTEMS

G. VACATION OF SECTION LINE /VS 12-03: William Young. To vacate 170feet of Section Line Right-of-Way locatedacross Lots 44 and 51, between Sections13 and 14 of Dolomite No. 1 Placer.

That portion of Section LineRight-of-Way lying in Lot 44 ofDolomite No. 1 Placer and Lot51 of Dolomite No. 1 Placer, lo-cated between Sections 13and 14, T1N, R6E, BHM, Pen-nington County, South Dakota.

MOVED by Davis and seconded byBuskerud to approve Section Line ROWVacation Request / VS 12-03 for propertyowners William Young and Sam andSuzanne Schiller with one condition: 1.That all necessary resolutions and ex-hibits vacating the Section Line ROW berecorded by the applicant at the Registerof Deed’s Office. Vote: Unanimous.iTEMS FROM PUBLiC

Commissioner Buskerud briefly left themeeting.

Commissioner Davis briefly left themeeting.EXECUTiVE SESSiOn per SDCL 1-25-2

A. Personnel Issue per SDCL 1-25-2(1)

B. Contractual/Litigation per SDCL 1-25-2(3)

Commissioner Buskerud returned to

the meeting at this time.MOVED by Holloway and seconded by

Trautman to convene in executive ses-sion. The motion carried with four affir-mative votes. Commissioner Davis re-turned to the meeting at this time.

The Board remained in executive ses-sion from 11:35 a.m. until 11:41 a.m.MOVED by Davis and seconded by Hol-loway to adjourn from executive session.Vote: Unanimous.PERSOnnEL

Information Technology Services: Ef-fective 1/14/2013, M. Iversen, $22.75/hr.

Department of Equalization: Effective12/27/2012, T. Abernathie, $15.39/hr.

Register of Deeds: Effective12/26/2012, T. Boal, $13.96/hr.

WSDJSC: Effective 12/1/2012 – T. Sil-vernail, $23.45/hr.; Effective 1/1/2013 –H. Wood, $5424.33; Effective 11/26/2012– M. Jaure, $19.26/hr.

CCADP: Effective 12/3/2012 – A.McGlade, $16.63/hr.; Effective12/17/2012 – C. Flagg, $16.16/hr. & C.Mott, $16.96/hr.

Jail: Effective 12/17/2012 at $19.65/hr.– T. Kath, J. McNelley, T. Waterson, S.Holloway, D. Arritola, B. Wolfe, Z. Palmer,S. Arritola, A. Couture; Effective12/17/2012 – A. Williamson, $16.17/hr.;S. Clifford, $15.39/hr.; Effective11/21/2012 – D. Prevett, $23.35/hr.; Ef-fective 12/10/2012 – P. Koch, $18.38/hr.

Law Enforcement: Effective 12/3/2012– M. Collins, $15.09/hr.; Effective11/26/2012 – N. Novak, $15.39/hr.; Effec-tive 12/17/2012 – J. House, $15.39/hr. VOUCHERS

BH Power, 45,909.77; CBM FoodService, 3,132.43; City Of Rapid City-Water, 4,077.48; First Administrators,195,373.64; Executive Mgmt Finance Of-fice, 18.00; Fsh Communications, 60.00;First Interstate Bank, 707.38; GoldenWest Co, 1,306.78; Knology, 2,514.32;Kieffer Sanitation, 2,671.16; MidcontinentCommunications, 973.39; Mt RushmoreTelephone, 102.32; Orbitcom Inc, 49.98;SD Dept Of Revenue, 13,645.23; Rain-bow Gas Co, 4,727.25; Red River ServiceCorp, 49.48; Qwest Corp, 7,604.33;Qwest Communications, 4.31; WalkerRefuse, 107.25;Verizon, 4,961.99; WrightExpress, 7,668.86; Wells Fargo CreditCard Charges: A A Horwath And Sons,1,465.60; A Rifkin Company, 54.28; AllContinent-Agent Fee, 90.00; Amazon Mk-tplace, 335.88; Americinn Ft Pierre,50.00; Arbys-Oacoma, SD, 22.22; BestWestern Hotels - Watertown, 632; BlackHills Chemical, 2,266.48; Bob BarkerCompany, 830.33; Burger King - Pierre,SD, 19.33; Chili's, 144.00; Copy Country,378.50; D & F Truck & Auto Electric,113.28; D & K Outpost - Highmore, SD,41.34; Delta Air, 2657.80; Dloof SnaponTools, 38.80; Dodge Town Inc, 82.40; En-terprise Rent-A-Car, 71.16;Facebook.Com, 84.74; Family Thrift Cen-ter - Rapid City, 69.83; Fence Gate AndBeyond, 426.85; Glock Professional Inc,195.00; Hafele America Co, 60.52; Ha-roon Transportation, 25.00; Hilton HotelsSalt Lk, 864.80; Italian Garden Restau-rant, 51.91; Katom Resta, 131.04; KB Pe-troleum DBA One Stop, 8.30; MinervasRestaurant, 45.98; National Medic Svc,352.00; Network Solutions, LLC, 80.00;Neve's Uniforms, 535.13; NWTC WebRegistration, 350.00; Office Max, 25.10;Officemax, 809.27; Perkins Watertown,35.61; Pizza Hut, 38.47; Power BrokersOf The Bl, 750.00; Rapid Chevrolet-Cadil-lac, 39.64; Rope And Rescue, 510.79;Shell Oil- Watertown, SD, 26.35; SQ Ha-roon Transportation, 28.32; Sturdevant'sAuto, 618.93; Supply Direct, 170.01;Tandy Leather, 1.49; Target, 69.83; TheUps Store, 39.73; Time Equipment RentalSales, 155.75; Usps, 14.95; Vanway Tro-phy & Award Inc, 160.35; Wema Usa Inc,104.38; West Forty Inc, 37.17; Wm Su-percenter, 868.35. A & A Property Man-agement, 125.00; A & B Business Equip-ment, 19771.06; A & B Welding SupplyCo, 1190.25; A Family Inn, 648.00; A To ZShredding Inc, 173.25; Ace Hardware-East, 16.48; Active Data Systems Inc,16484.44; Adams-Isc, LLC, 64.55; AderConstruction, 2120.00; Advanced DrugTesting Inc, 72.00; Alcohol Monitoring,227.90; All American Roofing, 8653.00;American Correctional, 2847.30;Americinn Motel, 1232.00; Amerigas,209.97; Anderson, Mary, 11.20; ApriaHealth Care, Inc, 2732.20; ARC Interna-tional, Inc, 13083.25; Armstrong Extin-guishers, 175.00; AT&T Services, Inc,40.00; Atrix International Inc, 319.45;Audra Malcomb Consulting, 7916.59; Au-toclear LLC, 10358.00; Badlands Auto-motive, 1655.00; Bailey JD & MP Merry-man, 3215.11; Ball, Joshua J, 6165.00;Ball, Kent, 37.20; Banks, Bridgette R,2262.20; Bargain Printing, 42.95; Barnier,Greg, 976.50; Basler Printing Co, 372.55;Batteries Plus, 143.82; Beezley,Lawrence D, 120.00; Behavior Manage-ment, 9470.00; Behrens Mortuary,3610.00; Bennett, Robert, 9600.00;Bertolotto, Connie, 9.00; Best WesternRamkota Inn, 183.98; BH BusinessSouRCe LLC, 2584.00; BH ChemicalCompany Inc, 5151.65; BH FederalCredit Union, 40.00; BH Hospitalists,208.40; BH Occupational Medicine,50.00; BH Orthopedic &, 798.53; BH PestControl, Inc, 510.00; BH Power Equip-ment, Inc, 244.93; BH Powersports,14433.37; BH Services Inc, 293.92; BHSurgical Hospital, LLC, 288.00; BHWilbert Vault, 660.00; Bialota, James MJr, 1156.35; Biegler, Greg Lpc,Ccdc Ii,180.00; Biers, Dallas Q, 80.00; Bier-schbach Equipment, 152.50; Big D OilCo, 217.00; Binder, Tracy Lynn, 480.35;Blackburn & Stevens, Prof, 102.39;Blackstrap Inc, 4033.70; Blockbuster,30.84; Bob Barker Company Inc, 458.52;Bowman Tire & Auto Repair, 48.00;Braunstein, Roger, 4583.33; BrekkeSales Company, 894.22; Builders Mgmt& Investme, 430.00; Burke, James B,150.00; Butler Machinery Company,3798.95; Callies, Kim, 73.80; CareerLearning Center, 105.00; Careertrack,316.00; Carroll's Appliance, 39.95; CBCI-innovis, Inc, 162.00; CBM Food Service,79015.35; CDW Government Inc,3628.62; Charm-Tex, Inc, 125.04; Chem-guard, 3708.66; ChemseaRCh, 1333.90;Chris Supply Co Inc, 351.03; City OfRapid City, 31226.74; Clark Printing,1258.10; Clasen, Lacey, 22.00; Clifford,Brandon, 5130.00; Coca-Cola Bottling CoOf, 366.00; Cody, Denise, 22.50; Colbath,Angela M, 549.40; Communication Serv-ices, 1709.65; Community Health Center,1828.20; Computer Supplies LP, 135.00;Conexis Benefit Adminstra, 279.34; Con-nelly, Randal E, 632.00; Connelly, RandalE, 240.00; Contractors Supply, Inc, 96.00;Copy Country, 229.24; Cornerstone

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TABLE 1DESiGn STAnDARDS FOR ROADS

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non-Residential General Commercial Highway Service Light industrial District: GAD LAD LDR SRD Heavy industrialMinimum Width of Right-of-Way (in Feet) Local/Collector . . .66* . . . . .66* . . . . .66* . . . .66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Minor Arterial . . . .66 . . . . .66 . . . . .80 . . . . .80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Major Arterial . . . .100 . . . .100 . . . .100 . . . .100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Minimum Width of Travel Route (in Feet) and Surface Minimum surface requirement shall be designed by a Registered Professional En-gineer. Local/Collector . . .24* . . . . .24* (1) . .24* (1) .24 (3,4,6,7) . . . . . . . . . . . .32 (3) Local/Collector with parking . . . .24 . . . . .24 (1) . . .24 (1) . .32 (3,4,5,7) . . . . . . . . . . . .32 (3) Minor Arterial . . . .32 (2) . . .32 (2) . . .32 (2) . .32 (3,4,6,7) . . . . . . . . . . . .42 (3) Major Arterial . . . .48 (3) . . .48 (3) . . .48 (3) . .48 (3,4,6,7) . . . . . . . . . . . .48 (3) 1. 4” Gravel Surface 2. 6” Gravel Surface 3. Paved Surface (Asphalt or Concrete). Shall meet the requirements of Section20.2 of Ordinance 14. 4. With Curbs (South Dakota Department of Transportation Type B-66) 5. On-Street, Parallel Parking Permitted 6. On-Street, Parallel Parking Prohibited 7. Sidewalks (Five-Foot-Wide, One foot from Lot Line)

Maximum Grade (Percent) Local . . . . . . . . . . .12** . . . .12** . . . .12** . . .10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Collector . . . . . . . .10 . . . . .10 . . . . .10 . . . . .8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Minor Arterial . . . .7 . . . . . .7 . . . . . . .7 . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Major Arterial . . . .7 . . . . . .7 . . . . . . .7 . . . . . .6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Minimum Grade . .1 . . . . . .1 . . . . . . .1 . . . . . .0.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.5 * A 40-foot-wide easement for access is allowed for a maximum of two lots. Mini-mum driving surface width is not specified. ** Special consideration may be given in areas of steep topography for grades of17% or less and lengths of 500 feet or less.

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Apartments, 223.00; Corr ConstructionService, 27143.14; Costello, Porter Et Al,1735.35; Countryside Property, 634.95;Crescent Electric Supply, 3784.31; CrumElectric Supply, 649.98; Crw SystemsInc, 6250.00; CSRX, Inc, 149.31; D & FTruck And Auto, 125.95; Dakota DesignsInc, 585.00; Dakota Pine Thinning,2265.00; Dakota Plains Legal Srvs,15500.00; Dakota Radiator, 120.00;Dakota Supply Group Inc, 381.14;Dakota Typewriter Exchang, 7319.23;Dakotaland Autoglass Inc, 270.00; Dale'sTire, 14997.56; Dash Medical Gloves,Inc, 317.40; Davis, Kathy, 390.00; Davis,Lester, 506.67; De's Oil, Inc, 954.40; De-mersseman Jensen, 123.00; DennisSupply - RC, 14.90; Dhd ConstructionInc, 132.51; Diamond Pharmacy Serv-ices, 22425.66; Diamond Vogel PaintCntr, 209.39; Diesel Machinery Inc,7893.21; Doi/Blm Nat'l Interagency,8580.19; Drolc, Monte, 190.00; Dryden,Robert D, 100.00; Eagle Point SoftwareCorp, 3000.00; Eagle Ridge Ii, Lp,126.00; Eddie's Truck Sales Inc, 949.38;Edgar, Tyler, 190.00; Edgewood Estates,Lp, 240.00; Ekeren, Marv, 22.50; Elec-tion Systems, 5039.67; En-Tech Ii LLC,250.00; Environmental Chemical,744.91; Eprovider Solutions, 196.40;Estes Park Apts, 444.00; Evergreen Of-fice Products, 1470.43; Excel Truck &Trailer, 1121.11; Exnyers Corp, 86.90;Fackrell, Rex, 122.00; Fall River Co. Au-ditor's, 4287.03; Family Thrift Center Inc,14.66; Fastenal Company, 351.80; Fed-eral Express, 44.98; Feehan & Cline, Pc,3501.40; Fennell Design, Inc, 1593.68;Fiferman, Leslie, Ph.D., 270.00; Fink,Teresa L, 720.70; Firesteel Technologies,I, 10400.00; Fischer, Cory, 7515.00;Flooring America, 11139.90; Foley's Cus-tom Print, 482.50; Foster Enterprise,145.50; Francis, Bennie L, 350.00;Fransen, Jeffrey J, 875.70; Fried, Cora,188.80; Friedman, Joshua D Dr,1837.50; Frontier Auto Glass, LLC,90.00; Fuller, Alecia, 58.84; G & H Dis-tributing - RC, 413.05; Gabeline,Heather, 20.00; Geib, Elston, Frost Pa,10303.50; Geiman, Dale, 540.00; Gen-eral Services Admin, 569.20; Gittings,Holly L, 367.50; Glasshoff, Kayla L,358.55; Godfrey Brake Service, 2351.19;Golden West Technologies, 2324.52;Golden, Dylan, 20.00; Gomez, Victor,2140.00; Gore, Andrew G, 7290.00; Gor-ton, Dennis, 30.79; Grace Industries, Inc,121.24; Great Western Tire, Inc,4541.51; Green, Sharon, 120.00; Green-field, Colin, 3105.00; Grimm's PumpService Inc, 861.95; Grode, William R,871.75; Gunderson,Palmer,Nelson,24.60; Gustave A Larson Company,1301.88; Hague, Kim L, 270.00;Hainesway Limited Partner, 190.00; Har-ris, Betsey, 11797.60; Hautala, Keith A,300.00; Health Education Design, 30.00;Heartland Paper Company, 2606.10;Hein, Cheryl, 630.00; Henry Schein Inc,132.05; Herd's Ribbon & Laser, 1282.00;Hernandez, Kellery, 20.00; Hess, Bran-don, 2910.00; Heupel, Russel, 240.00;Hewlett-Packard, 3624.00; High Rock,Tiffanie, 22.00; Highmark Inc, 3711.30;Hills Materials Co, 15408.04; HobartSales & Srvc Inc, 168.34; Hoffman,Fredrick Dustin, 1435.00; Hosmer, DavidM, Law Offi, 157.64; Howes Oil Com-pany Inc, 25013.41; Hudgens, Sue,18.56; Hughes County Sheriff, 29.30;Humane Society Of The BH, 4166.67;Hunsaker, Michael J, 550.00; HydroluxTesting &, 10888.98; Indoff Inc, 2448.42;Industrial Electric, 33.00; Interstate AllBattery, 268.30; Interstate Batteries,93.95; Isi LLC, 3817.20; J & J Truck AndAuto Body, 1317.23; J Scull Construc-tion, 948428.81; Janis, Gerry, 1185.00;Janz, Donald A, 1100.00; Jefferson Part-ner Lp, 1697.00; Jenner Equipment Co.,781.15; Jimmy John's Catering, 342.47;JJ's Engraving & Sales, 9.00; JohnsonMachine Inc, 2876.82; Johnson, GaleAnd Denise, 1286.75; Johnson, MitchellD, 2695.77; Johnston, Oatin, 8475.00;Justice Benefits, Inc, 1625.36; K & D Ap-pliance Service, 110.00; Kahler, WilliamC, 350.00; Kappedal, Jean, Csr,1083.00; Kaul, Gary B, 150.00; KeaProperties, 190.00; Kennedy Pier & KnoffLLP, 168.00; Kinney, Jennifer Beth,3131.39; Klapkin, Aaron, 216.00; KnechtHome Center Inc, 176.28; Knollwood De-velopment LP, 360.00; Knology, 340.92;Kone Inc, 348.64; KT Connections,427.50; Kurylas, Roman, 190.00; Kver-num, Peggy, 240.00; KVS InformationSystems, 7034.00; Kyne, Deanna,350.00; Laboratory Corporation Of,142.75; Laboratory Corporation Of,23.50; Lakota Community Homes In,349.00; Land Recyclers Inc, 14293.00;Language Line Services, 50.11; Larive,William, 480.00; Lattice Incorporated,24499.80; Lawson Products Inc,1638.13; Lehmann, Robert, 150.00;Lewis, Paul A, 2151.90; Lewno, Lucille

M, 104.20; Liberty Chrysler Center,149.96; Liddell, Jeff S, 51.20; LincareInc, 129.46; Lion Properties LLC, 350.00;Little Print Shop Inc The, 40.73; Loper,Devin, 20.00; Madden, Ellen L, 58.50;Mailloux, Amanda, 264.00; Manlove Psy-chiatric Group, 8158.45; MaRCo, Inc,1660.84; Mathern Enterprises Inc,179.92; Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc, 140.80;Mathison Company, 1530.62; Mattson-Casteel, Cathy, 2964.41; McGasPropane LLC, 345.60; McGowan, WendyT, 4184.90; McPherson Propane, 25.00;Medical Waste Transport,, 378.02; Med-icap Pharmacy, 105.00; Medicap Phar-macy - St Pat, 2192.88; Medline Indus-tries Inc, 1615.82; Mednansky, Douglas,18110.00; Melone, Lorie D Pc, 3841.35;Menards, 266.32; MeRCy Housing SD2,LLC, 216.44; Meyer, Robert W, 1080.00;Meyer, Tiffany, 95.09; MG Oil Company,4053.78; Midcontinent Testing Lab,672.00; Midwest Marketing LLC, 175.00;Midwest Motor Supply Co, 1110.27;Midzak, Gregory, 1995.00; Mikelson,Gary E, 67.50; Minnesota Estates,395.00; Mitzel, Jason, 52.66; MonteKahler Rentals, 190.00; Moore MedicalCorp, 108.35; Moss, William A,Psyd,LLC, 520.00; Motive Parts & Sup-ply Inc, 273.10; Motorola Solutions, Inc,7289.25; Moyle Petroleum, 19395.15;MRO Corporation, 141.53; Nat'l MedicalServices, 92.00; Nat'l Society Of ExecFir, 50.00; Nelson, Diana, 1625.00; Nel-son, Trent, 57.21; Nelsons Oil & Gas Inc,30.00; Neve's Uniforms Inc, 30623.48;New Underwood Vfd, 4000.00; NeweggInc, 1192.49; Newkirk's Ace Hrdwre-East, 431.50; Newkirk's Ace Hrdwre-West, 218.14; Nohr, Linda J, 630.00;Nooney Solay & Van Norman, 953.95;North Central Supply Inc, 1405.00; NorthHaines Vfd, 50.00; Northwest Pipe FittingIn, 959.17; Notable Corporation, 599.90;O'Day, Valarie, 378.40; Office Of AttorneyGenera, 86.50; Officemax Incorporated,1624.91; Orrock, Kenneth Eby, 500.20;Osgood, Orval, 240.00; Overhead DoorCo Of RC, 302.51; Pacific Hide & FurDepot, 841.32; Pacific Interpreter Inc,75.00; Paradis Properties LLC, 300.00;Parker Drive Development, 160.00;Parker, Nanette, 19.20; Parks, Ashlie,60.00; Passive Income, 240.00; Paul OYoung Company, 140.92; Pearson, JulieA, 358.38; Peckosh, Thomas F, 325.00;Pederson, Delonnie, 20.00; Penn CoBldgs & Grds, 59.96; Penn Co Commis-sioners, 42.16; Penn Co Emerg Manage-ment, 22.88; Penn Co Equalization,47.67; Penn Co Health & Human Sv,260.19; Penn Co Highway, 111.15; PennCo Jail, 40.00; Penn Co Jsc, 35.79; PennCo Juv Diversion, 97.86; Penn CoSearch & Rescue, 688.74; Penn CoSheriff, 1598.68; Penn Co States Atty,166.05; Penn Co Treasurer, 9.80; Pen-nington County Courant, 2755.03; Pen-nington County Housing, 680.00; PeteLien & Sons Inc, 641.46; Phelps Adspe-cialties LLC, 224.10; Phelps, Terri,510.00; Pioneer Enterprises, Inc,4162.00; Plainsview Mobile Manor,220.00; Ponderosa Sportswear, 12.00;Powell, Michael, 190.00; Prairie Acres,LLC, 240.00; Priority Dispatch Corp,

14836.00; Pro Windmill, Inc, 98.00; Pro-fessional Computer Srv, 730.00; PSIHealth Care Inc, 97.56; Quill Corpora-tion, 906.78; Radiation Detection Co,160.00; Radiology Assoc. Prof. LL,376.09; Ragsdale, Amy A, 84.50;Rangel, Elisa, 700.00; Rapid ChevroletCo Inc, 235.68; Rapid Delivery Inc,120.00; Rapid Diesel Service, 983.68;Rapid Leasing, 919.47; Rapid Reporting,45.60; Rapid Rooter, 200.00; Rapid Tran-sit System, 570.00; Rapidcare, 2018.00;Rauss, Jeffrey A, 20.00; RC Area SchoolDist 51-4, 3000.65; RC Chamber OfCommerce, 60.00; RC Emergency Serv-ices, 1870.53; RC Fire & EmergencySrvcs, 635.39; RC Journal, 5624.32; RCPolice Dept-Evidence, 2833.00; RC Pub-lic Library, 99223.00; RC Regional Hos-pital, Inc, 83860.20; RC Regional Hospi-tal, Inc, 139.00; RC Regional Hospital,Inc, 896.61; RC Regional Hospital, Inc,943.00; RDO Equipment Co, 4747.83;Re/Spec Inc, 85072.14; Record StorageSolutions, 161.71; Redwood Toxicology,708.75; Regional Health Physician,400.00; Regional Health Physician,2812.50; Regional West Medical,1058.25; Rensch Law Office, 2549.22;Repair Shop The, 200.78; Reuer, Allen,1960.00; Rhodes Chemical Of The BH,115.25; Ricoh USA Inc, 758.35; RicohUSA Inc, 208.03; Robert Sharp & Asso-ciates, 85.00; Rochester Armored Car,408.40; Roesler, Eric, 8475.00; RogerFrye's Paint Supply, 91.99; Rohl, RobertJ, 3025.80; Rooks Works, LLC, 3610.00;Ruff-Niggemann, Jodi L, 900.00; Run-nings Supply Inc, 996.95; RushmoreCommunications, 2373.00; Safety KleenSystems Inc, 527.41; Same Day SurgeryCntr LLC, 777.20; Sandberg, Ann G,220.00; Schacht, Thomas E, 4927.50;Schmidt Funeral Home, LLC, 1910.00;Schuft, Scott, 518.73; Scotts Bluff CoClerk Of, 7.75; Scotts Bluff County Court,7.00; SD Dept Of Health, 262.50; SDDept Of Revenue, 579.00; SD Dept OfTransp-Finance, 37242.91; SD Div OfMotor Vehicles, 4.00; SD Human Serv-ices Center, 1224.60; SD Secretary OfState, 30.00; Sentinel Offender Service,2358.50; Servall Uniform/Linen Co,3087.13; Severson, Lori, 59.20; Shep-herd Reporting LLC, 96.25; Shi Interna-tional Corp, 656.40; Sign & Trophy/Wes-tex, 170.00; Sime, Cathie, 3.20; SimonContractors, 600.05; Sittig, Josey,240.00; Skinner & Winter Prof, Ll,4917.40; Smith, Nanette K, 315.00;Smoot & Utzman, 1840.65; Snelling,David J, 7050.00; Sorbel, Susan, 270.00;Sour Lemons, LLC, 250.00; SouthernHills Publishing, 804.45; SpacesaverStorage System, 18202.00; SpizzirriPress, Inc, 25.00; St Mary Parish, 45.50;Stadel, Tammy, 166.93; Stalcup, Randy,20.00; Stan Houston Equip Co, 29.85;Stan Houston Equipment, 194.91; StateBar Of South Dakota, 6140.00; SterlingEducation Servic, 777.00; Stewart, CathyL, 40.00; Stoebner, Constance P, 95.00;Sturdevant's- Rapid City, 364.01; Swan-son Services Corp, 50.60; SwissphoneLLC, 58.30; T&T Welding & Repair Inc,796.50; Technology Center, 204.00;Technology Housing LLC, 190.00;

Tessco Incorporated, 88.79; Three-DSpecialties Inc, 2764.00; ThundeRCloud,LLC, 85.95; Titan Access Account,144.94; Toskin, Leo, 240.00; Tow Pros,100.00; Trask, Stephanie, 3000.00; Tri-State Transportation, 80.00; Troxel, Tim-othy E, 4515.00; Tw Vending Inc,8258.17; Twl Billing Service &, 845.86;US Bank NA, 290.00; US Postal Service,11767.96; Vanway Trophy & Awards,85.70; Varilek, Nathan, 190.00; VermeerHigh Plains, 210.08; Von Wald, Lynn,210.00; Walker, Robert, 20.00; Weich-mann, Cynthia, 125.40; Welk, William,100.00; Wellspring, Inc, 6023.36; Werm-ers, Kurtis, 20.00; Wessel, Al Jr, Md,5000.00; West Park Ltd, 190.00; WestPayment Center, 6599.74; West River In-trntnl Inc, 1607.28; West River Welding,95.00; Western Communication Inc,2589.55; Western Dakota Insrs Inc,50.00; Western Mailers, 29.74; WesternStates Fire, 2965.00; Western StationersInc, 2357.30; Western Thrifty Inn LLC,865.00; Westmed Rehab Inc, 159.00;Wex Bank, 586.25; Whisler Bearing Co,629.83; Whiting, MaRCia, 500.20; WhyNot Invest, LLC, 270.00; Wilder, RoseMarie, 20.00; Williams, Douglas, 192.60;Williams, Laycie, 36.40; Witter-Merithew,Anna, 2550.00; Wkc Enterprises, 155.00;Wojtanowicz, Tj, 270.00; Wolf, Ione,633.00; Wolff, Jacob, 7830.00; Wonder-lic, Inc, 642.88; Wood, Jamie, 70.00;Woolridge, Gregory R, 350.00; WorkingAgainst Violence, 800.00; Yankton CoSheriff Office, 75.00; Yankton CountyTreasurer, 746.75; Yellow Robe, LutherP, 8625.00; Zacharias, Jerome C,150.00.ADJOURn

MOVED by Holloway and secondedby Trautman to adjourn the meeting.Vote: Unanimous. There being no furtherbusiness, the meeting was adjourned at11:41 a.m.

Julie A. Pearson,Auditor


nOTiCE OF PUBLiCHEARinG

On LiCEnSEAPPLiCATiOnS FOR SALE

OF LiQUOR

The Board of County Commissioners ofPennington County, South Dakota onTuesday, January 15, 2013 at their meet-ing that commences at 9:00 A.M., in theCounty Commissioners’ Meeting Roomin the Pennington County Courthouse atRapid City, South Dakota, will considerthe following malt beverage license ap-plications to operate outside of munici-palities:

nEW RETAiL (On-OFF SALE) WinELiCEnSE

THE FIRESIDE, Ashley Ginsberg, 23021Hisega Road, Rapid City 57702, Lot BNW ¼, NE ¼, Section 9, T1N, R6E,BHM, Pennington County, South Dakota.

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

Julie A. Pearson, AuditorPennington County


nOTiCE OFHEARinG

BEFORE THE PEnninGTOnCOUnTY

PLAnninG AnD ZOninGCOMMiSSiOn

Notice is hereby given that the followingpetitioners have applied to the Penning-ton County Planning and Zoning Com-mission under the provisions of the Pen-nington County Zoning Ordinance as fol-lows:

Joel and Amy Boylan have applied for aConditional Use Permit to allow an ac-cessory structure (shed) prior to a pri-mary structure in a Limited AgricultureDistrict located on Lot 23 (also in Section21), Kieffer Ranch Estates, Section 16,T1S, R7E, BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota, located off of Chuck-wagon Court, in accordance with Sec-tions 206 and 510 of the Pennington

County Zoning Ordinance.

Notice is further given that said applica-tions will be heard by the PenningtonCounty Planning and Zoning Commis-sion in the County Courthouse at 9:00a.m. on the 14th day of January 2013. Atthis time, any person interested may ap-pear and show cause, if there be any,why such requests should or should notbe granted.

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

Dan JennissenPlanning Director


Proceedings of PenningtonCounty Commissioners(cont. from previous page)

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Celebrate Life Where You Are

Documents

Pennington Co. Courant, January 3, 2013