HHiigghhlliigghhttss && HHaappppeenniinnggssBison Calcutta golf tourney will beon July 20th and 21st. Two personscramble with a steak supper onSaturday the 20th followed by theCalcutta. Any question contact Jef-frey Johnson at 605-390-3743

Chance Cemetery Board wouldlike all flowers removed as soon aspossible.

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Farm Service Agency NAP coverageavailable for 2014 annual forage crops

FSA will offer Noninsured CropDisaster Assistance Program(NAP) coverage for 2014 crops thatare planted annually and used forlivestock feed or fodder.

The Risk Management Agency(RMA) recently announced a pilotprogram that offers a CAT levelRainfall Index-Annual Forage In-surance Plan to producers inTexas, Kansas, Nebraska, NorthDakota, Oklahoma and SouthDakota.

Because there is limited time forproducers in these states to tran-sition from NAP to the new RMApilot program, an exception wasmade that will allow the states tocontinue offering NAP coverage for

2014 only. However, NAP coveragewill not be available for 2015 an-nual forage crops in these specificstates.

Eligible producers can apply for2014 NAP coverage at the LocalCounty FSA Office using formCCC-471, Application for Cover-age. To obtain 2014 NAP coveragefor these crops, producers in SouthDakota must file the applicationand pay the service fee by the fol-lowing dates:

·September 30, 2013 for fall-seeded crops such as winter wheatand rye;

·March 15, 2014 for all otherspring seeded forage crops.

The service fee is the lesser of

Schoolboard welcomes Mrs AzevedoAll five school board memberswere in attendance on Mondaynight to conduct business for theirregular monthly session and alsoto welcome the new superintend-ent, Mrs. Marilyn Azevedo, to ourcommunity. She and her husbandare getting settled in the superin-tendent house they now occupy.

Three employee contracts wereapproved. Danielle Gerbracht washired to be the assistant cook toCamille Drown, head cook. DonnaKeller, the former Special Educa-tion teacher, was approved by con-tract to teach Elementary Educa-tion. Janelle Goddard was hired tobe the High School Secretary. Sheis already being trained by the for-mer secretary Joy Worm.

Oaths of office for the comingterm were spoken by Dan Beck-man and Dan Kvale to serve threeyear terms on the board and alsoby Bonnie Crow, Business Man-ager and by Colette Johnson, As-sistant Business Manager.

The bus contract with GeneSmith was also given the “greenlight” after a few changes weremade. Because the Suburban isusually used on the south busroute instead of a school bus thecontract was decreased by $4100.Smith was also reminded to con-duct fire drills to insure studentsafety.

The Senior Class account wasclosed since the seniors have nowgraduated. The account had anamount of $489.15 in it which willbe transferred to the student coun-cil fund.

Business Manager Crow hadsome good news to report. A teamfrom TSP Engineering in RapidCity will be at the school July 11and July 12 to evaluate the struc-ture of the present school buildingat a cost of $35,620. If they have tomake more than two trips to Bisonthe school will also pay 15% of theadditional expenses. Some board

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All in a night’s workOrdinances, Bids and Policies

by Gladys JacksonA dog ordinance, hay bids, re-

vised culvert policy and reportsare all in a night’s work for thefive-man Bison Town Board. Thereis never a lack of items on theagenda, and Monday evening, July8, was no different.

Sheriff Kelly Serr was unable toattend the meeting as scheduled todiscuss the current dog leash ordi-nance on file. In light of the recentdog-biting incident, the Board hasbeen reviewing the Town’s DogLeash Ordinance. Attorney Boguehas drafted a new leash ordinanceand Town Clerk Beth Hulm pro-vided copies to the Board. It wasdecided by the Board to reviewthis new draft and ask Sheriff Serrto attend the August board meet-ing to discuss dog leash ordi-nances. If a stricter ordinance isput in place, the Town would be re-quired to purchase a dog kennelfor holding the animals.

Due to not being advertisedproperly, a motion was made to re-scind last month’s approved haybids and at the 7:30 p.m. hour,new hay bids for the Bison Airportwere opened. Jess Carmichael wasthe high bidder for approximately60 acres of hay ground around theAirport with a $650.00 bid. RidgeVeal was awarded the hay onTracts 8 and 9 with a high bid of$150.65 for Tract 8 and $166.65 forTract 9. One bid had to be disqual-ified due to not being properlyidentified.

Rachel Eggebo, President andBrandi Baysinger, Director of theBison Area Economic Develop-ment met with the Board and gavean update on current projects anda verbal request to continue fund-ing in the 2014 budget.

Employee Heath McKinstrygave a status report on severalprojects. He reported that the road

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$250 per crop or $750 per producerper administrative county, not toexceed a total of $1,875 for a pro-ducer with farming interests inmultiple counties.

Producers who meet the defini-tion of a limited resource farmer orrancher can request a waiver ofthe service fee.

NAP provides financial assis-tance to producers of noninsurablecrops when low yields, loss of in-ventory or prevented plantingoccur due to normal disasters.

For more information aboutNAP, please contact your FSACounty office or visitwww.fsa.usda.gov.

Farmers Union youth participate inState Camp in the Black Hills

Young people from across thestate of South Dakota participatedin the South Dakota FarmersUnion’s annual state camp June 2-7, 2013, at Storm Mountain Cen-ter near Rapid City. Nearly 100youth ages 14-19 spent the weeksetting up their own cooperativebusinesses, touring the BlackHills, listening to speakers andlearning leadership and variouslife skills.

“This year’s state camp was anextraordinary time of learning asthese young people participated incooperative business training andlearned valuable leadership skillsthat they will take with them forthe rest of their lives,” said StateEducation Director Bonnie Geyer.The week features many activities

like hiking, sports and bonfires.There is also a tour day whereyouth go on tours in the RapidCity area. Speakers at this year’sstate camp included Sioux FallsStorm head coach and RooseveltHigh School teacher Kurtiss Riggswho spoke about leadership;Elaine Doll, a marathon runner inher 70s, who spoke to the youngpeople about personal motivationin her discussion called, “Life is amarathon, so double tie yourshoes!” Troopers from the SouthDakota Highway Patrol spoke tothe campers about traffic safety,the dangers of texting and drivingand underage drinking. RebeccaCaselli-Smith with Lutheran So-cial Services spoke to campersabout bullying and self-esteem.

Throughout the week, youngpeople run their own cooperatives.There’s the co-op store, newspaper,insurance company, and even a co-op coffee shop. Campers put realmoney into the credit union at thestart of camp to buy things fromthe co-op store and they get acheckbook. “These are real lifescenarios that they’re living outduring the week of camp,” Geyersaid. “The kids that go to StateCamp will be better preparedwhen they go to college and haveto balance their bank accounts.”

They are all on boards of direc-tors of their various cooperatives,take out loans, pay bills, and runa real business. On the lastevening of camp, campers selectthe next year’s Junior AdvisoryCouncil (JAC), a group of sixcampers who have at least fin-ished their junior year of highschool. This year’s JAC membersare Tucker Greene of Plankinton;Dayton Trujillo of De Smet; JackieDethlefsen of Stickney; ChrisNemec of Holabird; Brooke En-right of Union Center; and AidanBeck of Huron.

The six JAC members will helpplan and facilitate the 2014 StateCamp as well as help SouthDakota Farmers Union through-out the year at different events in-cluding Farmers Union Day at theSouth Dakota State Fair.

For more information aboutSouth Dakota Farmers Union’syouth education programs, visitthe education page atwww.sdfu.org.

Attending this year’s state camp from Perkins County were(left to right): Jim Brockel and Kiana Brockel from Shadehill.

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T-Ball games have started. All games start at 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday

evenings.

Perkins County fair books are available at all the localbusinesses.

Bison Public Library reading program, Pre - 2nd gradeJuly 17th Feeling Antsy. 3rd - 6th grade July 12th - 19 th Nosummer reading program due to swimming lessons. All pro-grams are at 10:30.

Christ Ev. Lutheran Church will be having VBS Mon-day, July 22-Thursday, July 25, from 9-11:30 a.m. for all chil-dren ages 4-12. Please call 244-5636 to register.

Badlands Ministries VBS Day Camp at AmericanLutheran Church!! July 29th-Aug 1st, 9:00 a.m.-2:00 pm (M-W) 9:00 a.m. -12:00 Noon (Thursday) with a Public WorshipProgram at 12:00 Noon. Kids ages 3-6th Grade are WEL-COME and need to bring a sack lunch daily. Contact HeidiKopren at 244-5524 with any questions.

The American Lutheran Church is seeking weddingdresses, baptism gowns and Easter hats from 1913 - 2013 todisplay during their 100 Year Anniversary program. If youhave an item or know of someone who does, please contactSalli at 605-244-5491.

Alcoholics Anonymous is meeting weekly in Bison. Thegroup meets every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in the basement ofthe Presbyterian Church. Everyone is welcome.

To have your NON-PROFIT meeting listed here, please sub-mit them by calling: 244-7199, or e-mailing to: courier@sd-plains.com. We will run your event notice the two issues priorto your event at no charge.

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Thursday, July 11BBQ beef on a bun

potato saladparsley carrots

lime sunshine saladbanana

Friday, July 12Beef stew

pineapple tidbitspudding w/topping

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Monday, July 15Taco salad

whole wheat rollfresh fruit

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Tuesday, July 16Ginger pork chops

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grapes

Wednesday, July 17Hawaiian chicken

dinner rolltomato slicesapple crisp

Special education reportsnow available online

Information regarding schooldistricts’ performance on improv-ing the educational outcomes ofstudents with disabilities is nowavailable online. Results of earlychildhood services for infants andtoddlers with developmental de-lays are also available.

Released annually, the StatePerformance Plan Report is di-vided into two parts. One part ad-dresses the federal special educa-tion program known as Part B.This report identifies school dis-tricts’ ability to meet federal spe-cial education requirements onseveral indicators along with per-formance targets. The report isbased mainly on data from the2011-12 school year with exceptionof Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate,and Suspension/Expulsion for2010-2011. Statewide data also is

available.To view the Part B report, visit

http://doe.sd.gov/oess/sped_SPP.aspx.

The other part of the State Per-formance Plan Report addressesthe federal special education pro-gram known as Part C. This reportidentifies the ability of early child-hood services, called the Birth toThree program in South Dakota,to meet 14 federal special educa-tion requirements. Statewide andregional data is available.

To view the Part C reports, visithttp://doe.sd.gov/oess/Birthto3Fed.aspx and look under the Docu-ments listing on the right-handside of the page, click on “2012Part C Annual Performance Re-port” or “Regional Programs Data- Indicators.”

HuntSAFE class

SD Game, Fish and Parks willbe holding a HuntSAFE course onJuly 19th and 20th at 8:30 a.m. atthe Bison School. The course willrun July 19th and 20th and stu-dents must be present both days tosuccessfully complete the course.The course teaches studentsfirearms safety, about the tradi-tion of hunting and certifies eligi-bility to purchase hunting li-censes. HuntSAFE courses are de-signed for persons age 12 through15. Adults are also welcome andinvited to attend. Youth that are11 may be issued cards if they turn12 before December 31 of this year,but cannot hunt until September1. Parents are also encouraged toattend with their children. Eventhough registration is not requiredplease call 374-7726 and leave amessage so the instructors knowhow many students will be attend-ing. If anyone has any questionsregarding the HuntSAFE course,feel free to call me at my office,374-7726.

Dr. Jason M. HafnerDr. David J. Prosser

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Garden Gate

Gardening by the Clock?Are you one of those that have

an inner clock that wakes you upat 6:00 a.m. no matter what day itis? Well, all plants, flowers or veg-etables, grown indoors or outdoorshave that internal clock that regu-lates their life cycle processes. Itis sensitivity to the waxing andwaning of daylight as the year pro-gresses. This sensitivity is knownas photoperiodism which deter-mines when they fruit, when theybolt, or when they produce storageorgans (think potatoes).

Takato Imaizumi, University ofWashington biologist, is uncover-ing the mechanisms of the sea-sonal calendar in plants. Almostall living creatures, gardeners in-cluded, possess a powerful clock,known as the circadian clock,which controls many of life’sprocesses. Studies have shownthat plants and animals don’t haveto actually experience day andnight to have regular wake/sleep(animals) or stiff leaf/relaxed leaf(plants) cycles, prove that thisclock is innate. Imaizumi explainsthat “The circadian clock is notconstantly sensitive to light. Ithas a light sensitive window at theend of the day that acts as a gat-ing mechanism. This process iswhat determines of a plant is along-day or a short-day plant.Some plants are considered day-neutral which are not affected byphotoperiodism but by tempera-tures or maturity.

The long-day and short-day de-termination depends on latitude.

Day length at the equator is a con-stant 12 hours in all seasons whileat 50 degrees latitude the day canswing from about 8 hours in Janu-ary to 16 hours in June. The lati-tude of Bison is 45.520N whichhas a minimum of eight hours and42 minutes of daylight in mid-De-cember to a maximum of 15 hoursand 41 minutes of daylight in mid-June.

Onions are a crop whose lati-tude of origin is important. Youwill notice in seed catalogs thatonions are listed as long or shortday varieties. A variety that re-quires 14 hours of daylight wouldbe appropriate for South Dakotabut not for Florida.

The poor gardener, hoping forperfection in a wide range of crops,has a lot to keep track of all thevariables: different light require-ments for different vegetables andeven the different varieties of thesame vegetable; radical differencein day length at different lati-tudes; and the fact that seasonalresponses in plants are not alllight-determined alone but can beadjusted by weather related fac-tors such as temperature andmoisture.

And you thought gardening wasa simple thing…….

My green thumb came only as aresult of the mistakes I made whilelearning to see things from theplant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

Submitted by Karen Englehart,Master Gardener, SDSU Coopera-tive Extension Service

The Bison Courier • Thursday, July 11, 2013 • Page 3

School Boardholds specialmeeting

The Bison School Board met ina special session on Friday, June21 to conduct some necessary busi-ness.

After moving into executive ses-sion to discuss personnel the boardaccepted the resignation of FirstGrade Teacher Lola Hedstrom, ef-fective at the end of her 2012-2013contract. Hedstrom has taughtFirst Grade for the District for351/2 years. Thank you , Lola, foryour many faithful years of serv-ice to the school. We wish you wellas you begin your retirement.

By unanimous vote BusinessManager Crow was authorized tomake the necessary contingencytransfers as needed for the 2012-2013 school year.

The Board also acted to utilizethe Pension Fund for retirementcosts in the amount of $40,000 forthe 2012-2013 school year.

With no more business on theagenda the special session was ad-journed.

Bison School Boardholds Budget Hearing

The Bison School Board con-ducted a budget hearing for thenew fiscal year beginning in Julyfor the 2013-2014 school year. Anamount of $50,000 was added tosurplus funds for the needs whileearnings amounted to $2,500. thenew superintendent was awarded$5,000 to pay for travel expensesto Bison from New Hampshire. thechairs in the computer lab are bro-ken and need to be replaced. As aresult $10,000 was added to thebudget for chairs and necessarytables in the computer lab. Theseadditions were made in the Gen-eral Fund.

Concerning the Capital OutlayFund the board discussed the pos-sibility of raising the mil levy fortaxes. With adequate money al-ready in the budget it was theboard’s consensus to keep the millevy at 21/2 mils. Each year $5,000

is budgeted for library books. Be-cause the library already has anabundance of books that amountwas changed to $2,000 for booksfor the coming school term. An en-gineering fee of $35,620 was alsobudgeted for TSP Engineering inRapid City for a complete evalua-tion of the school for renovationsor the possibility of building a newschool.

There is less budgeted for Spe-cial Education because less isneeded at this time. The retire-ment budget fund was set at$40,000. Impact Aid of $15,000 canbe used in the General Fund.School lunch costs went up by$1,000. All in all the budget af-firms that there are adequatefunds for the coming school term.With that in mind the boardmoved to accept this budget byunanimous vote.

What dog canjump higher than

a building?

Any dog, buildingscan't jump!

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BELLE FOURCHETanglewood Apts, 2 BrMeadowlark Plaza, 1 Br

Elderly 62+, Disables & Handicap Housing

Bella Vista Village, 2 & 3 Br

BOX ELDERJohnson Apts, 2 Br

NEWELLGrand & Green Valley Apt, 1 Br

Elderly 62+, Disabled & Handicap Housing

STURGIS* Bluff’s Edge Apts, 1Br

Heritage Acres, 1 & 2 BrElderly 62 & Handicap Housing

Butte Ridge Apts, 2 Br* Hunter’s Run Townhouses, 3 Br

Elderly 62+, Disabled & Handicap Housing

LEADTimberland Apts, 2 & 3 BrGold Mountain Apts, 1 Br

Elderly 62+, Disables & Handicap Housing

WHITEWOODChiang Apts, 2 Br

LEMMONWestside Apt, 1 & 2 Br

McLAUGHLINMcLaughlin Manor, 1 Br

SPEARFISHIron Creek Plaza, 2 Br

* Rolling Hills Apts, 2 & 3 BrLookout Mountain view, 1 Br

Elderly 62+, Disables & Handicap Housing

FAITHCountryside Estates, 1Br

By Gladys JacksonRachel Eggebo, President and

Brandi Baysinger, Director of theBison Area Economic Develop-ment met with the Bison TownBoard on July 8 to give an updateon current projects and to requestcontinued funding for the 2014budget. What they had to say waspretty impressive. This group hasbeen working hard for the better-ment of the Bison community;even the Rapid City Journal hastaken notice by way of a story oftheir latest project entitled ‘OurGood Deeds: Town paints home of94-year old veteran’. You can readthis story in the July 7th edition ofthe Rapid City Journal written byClaudia Laws of the Journal staff.She caught the story by readingabout it on the Bison facebookpage at www.facebook.com/BisonSD.

The above referenced “PaintSouth Dakota” project was com-pleted with help from the South

Dakota Housing Authority, whoawarded the funds for the paintingsupplies. The house belongs to vet-eran and long time resident ofBison, Bob Hanson. This job wascompleted with the volunteer helpof some 20 area people interestedin helping out their community.

Other projects completed thisyear by the Bison Area EconomicDevelopment include the newbusiness signs posted on the eastand west sides of Bison alongHighway 20. There are plans tolight these signs also. Go take adrive and check them out!

The third project completed re-cently is the newly designed Bisonwebsite, complete with a commu-nity calendar and classifieds. Ifyou want to utilize either of these,give Brandi a call at the Develop-ment office (244-5726) and she willget it on the website. Be sure tocheck out the new site,www.bisonsd.com, there is even alisting of area attractions. Brandi

would like to enhance this websitecontinually and keep it updated,even list places for sale or rent.People new to the community orlooking to re-locate to the Bisoncommunity will have a place to getall their questions answered. Ifyou have information for the web-site or ideas, be sure to let Brandiknow. Brandi stated that havingthe Bison site connected with theAll School Reunion facebook site,brought in a lot of new viewerswhich was great.

Director Baysinger stated thatshe is currently working on apply-ing for four grants, one to helpwith the training of staff in com-munity development, grant appli-cations, economic development,help to elevate existing staff to fulltime, and to purchase equipmentfor future office needs.

Another grant is for local infra-structure improvement to assistwith sidewalks and curb and gut-ter for existing and future resi-dents and business owners as wellas improving streets.

Yet another is a jobs grant pro-gram to assist with future housingprojects.

But the one she is really excitedabout is the South Dakota SafeRoutes to School grant which is asidewalk project for the entire citylimits of Bison beginning withColeman Avenue. This would helpprovide a safe place for childrenand adults to walk to school andpromote more outdoor activitiesand wellness for the community byproviding a safe venue for resi-dents for walking. She asked thatthe Town Board incorporate thesidewalks into the upcoming redoof Coleman Avenue.

All of these grants are subject toState approval.

Baysinger also spoke to the

Bison Area Economic Development meets with Town Board

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Brandi Baysinger and Rachael Eggebo of the Bison Area Eco-nomic Development

Board on upcoming community de-velopment programs. One is theHorizons Project which will allowparticipation in additional train-ings to expand on the first Hori-zons Project completed in 2008.

Another program is StrongerEconomies Together which wouldbe an application for additional re-gional training to help our re-gional economy as a whole andbuild stronger relationships withsurrounding communities.

But once again, the one programBrandi and Rachel are really ex-cited about is called the Commu-nity Foundation Program whichwould build a community reinvest-ment fund through SD Commu-nity Foundation to further projectsand activities in perpetuity. Thiscould include scholarships for areastudents, recreation programs forarea residents and further busi-

ness growth and community in-volvement. This would create alasting legacy by allowing peopleand businesses to donate to thecommunity fund through anymeans available, including theBison website. Monies are thenheld in a South Dakota Fundwhich recently earned over 15%interest. This money is kept talliedfor each community as money isdonated. The money would then belocally given to qualifying projects,possibly through an appointedlocal Committee. “It is all aboutthe community and how we canhelp,” stated President RachelEggebo.

Let’s all give this group a bighand for their interest and effortand maybe try to support them inany way we can, after all they aredoing all of this for our community.

Grace Baptist Church • Pastor Phil HahnSunday School 9:30 a.m. • Worship Service - 10:30a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Mtg. - 7:30 p.m.Church of Christ

18 mi. south of Prairie City - Worship Service - 10:00 a.m.Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCA • Pastor Dana Lockhart

Saturday evening service at Indian Creek - 5:00 p.m. • Rosebud - 7:00 p.m. Sunday morning services at American - 8:30 a.m. • Grand River Lutheran

Christ Lutheran Church WELS Pastor Gerhardt Juergens

Sunday Bible Class - 8:00 a.m., Worship Service - 8:30 a.m.Coal Springs Community Church

Pastors Nels & Angie EasterbySouth Jct. of Highways 73 & 20

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.Seventh Day Adventist Church • Pastor Donavon Kack

Sabbath School - 2:00 p.m., Worship Service - 3:00 p.m.Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church • Fr. Tony Grossenburg

Saturday Mass: - Lemmon 4:45 p.m. Bison - 7:15 p.m., Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Morristown - 10:30 a.m.

Holland Center Christian Reformed ChurchPastor Brad Burkhalter • Lodgepole

Worship Service - 8:00 a.m.First Presbyterian Church • Pastor Florence Hoff, CRE

Worship Service -9:30 a.m. Slim Buttes Lutheran • Pastor Henry Mohagen

Reva • Worship Service - 9:00 a.m., WMF 2nd Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.Beckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad Burkhalter

Prairie CitySunday School - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Vesper Service - 6:00 p.m., Wed. Evenings - 7:30 p.m.

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“God’s Light” Read Genesis 1:1-8Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And

God saw that the light was good.(verses 3,4)Until I was in the second grade, we had only kerosene lamps for

light. You didn’t think I was that old, did you? I will never forget the day I came home from school and saw electric lightfixtures hanging in each room of our home. We could hardly

wait for it to get dark, so we could see how much brighter ourrooms would be. That light was good.

For all of us there are times when, regardless of the hour, itseems that all our world is dark. Zachariah, the father of Johnthe Baptist, knew the people of Israel had seen that darkness.But he prophesied of God’s tender mercy, giving “light to thosewho sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our

feet into the way of peace.” (Luke 1:79)Zachariah prophecy was fulfilled in the perfect light, found inJesus, the light of the world. Jesus said of himself, “Whoeverfollows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light

of life.” (John 8:12)Prayer: Thank you, gracious God, for knowing that we need

more than physical light in this world. Thank you for the per-fect light, your Son, Jesus. Amen.

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The Bison Courier • Thursday, July 11, 2013 • Page 5

Obituary

Gayla J. Brink, 59, of Rapid City,passed away on Thursday, June 27,2013 at Rapid City Regional Hospi-tal, surrounded by family andfriends.

Born to Clifton and Beatrice“Bea” Long, she grew up and grad-uated high school in Bison, SouthDakota. She married Lyle Brink in1972 whom she raised her familywith in Rapid City, South Dakota.

It is safe to say that the most im-portant things in Gayla Brink’s lifewere family, friends, and most ofall, her dozen grandchildren. Youcould not have a conversation withGayla without it involving anaward someone received, an eventsomeone was in, a recital sheneeded to attend, or a story aboutsomething adorable one of themhad done. There were no favorites;she loved every single one of themequally, and made every effort to at-tend every activity or event. She

would plan trips to places that shebelieved her grandchildren wouldlearn from and enjoy. Whenever sheand her husband Lyle would travelwithout her grandchildren, she wasconstantly picking up brochuresand presents to share with them.She knew the likes, dislikes, andstrengths of every grandchild.

Friendships were like family toGayla. Her friendships ran deepand lasted as long. She alwayslooked forward to her annual gath-ering with “The Jewels”, specialfriends of hers from her days atBison High School. She was veryactive in the Beta Sigma Phi, XiAlpha Pi service sorority and willbe very missed by her sisters.

If you were a family member orfriend of Gayla Brink, then youmost likely received a countlessnumber of thoughtful presents.Giving gifts to other people gaveGayla joy. She was a professionalshopper. However, her purchaseswere usually not for herself, but forher family or friends she madethroughout her lifetime. She re-membered collections, birthdays,holidays, favorite colors, and evenpets. If she ran across somethingthat reminded her of someone,something her grandchildren wouldlike, something she just knew shecould find a home for, she wouldbuy it.

Gayla truly wanted to help peo-ple. Throughout her life, she wasinvolved in the Care & Share FoodDrive, The Salvation Army, TheAmerican Heart Association, BoyScouts, Hospital Auxiliary, and asupporter of The Children’s MiracleNetwork. Giving of her time cameeasily to Gayla. She loved to learnand enjoyed helping others to learn

as well. To that end, she was in-volved in the Journey Museum andThe Questers. She also loved tocook and belonged to a gourmet-cooking club.

And how about those BEARS.They were everywhere. When youentered the foyer of the Brinkhome, bears immediately sur-rounded you. Her collection wassecond to none. It was very difficultto give Gayla anything that had abear on it because she probably al-ready owned it.

The last few years found Gayla ina great deal of pain. That has endednow and she is safe.

She is survived by her husband,Lyle Brink of Rapid City; threesons, Derek (LaDelle) Brink ofReva, Zane (Trine) Brink of RapidCity, and Travis (Chandelle) Brinkof Box Elder; two brothers, Greg(Lori) Long of Spearfish and RonAry of Harper, Kansas; one sister,Linda (Frank) Cervantez of Broom-field, CO; and 12 grandchildren.Also surviving are many lovingnieces, nephews and in-laws. Gaylawas preceded in death by her par-ents.

Visitation was held from 5 - 7p.m. on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 atKirk Funeral Home and one hourbefore the services at the church.

Services were at 11 a.m. onWednesday, July 3 at First Presby-terian Church in Rapid City withthe Rev. Jeff Kintner officiating.Burial followed at Black Hills Na-tional Cemetery near Sturgis at2:30 p.m.

A memorial has been established.Family and friends may signGayla’s online guestbook atwww.kirkfuneralhome.com

Gayla J. Brink

Farmers Union announces District IV, V & VI Camp date

All children ages 6-13 are in-vited to attend South DakotaFarmers Union’s District IV, V &VI Summer Camp scheduled forJuly 30-August 1, 2013 at CampBob Marshall, Custer, SD. Dis-tricts IV, V & VI include Bennett,Gregory, Lyman, Mellette, Todd,Tripp, Butte, Custer, Fall River,Haakon, Jackson, Jones,Lawrence, Meade, Pennington,Stanley, Corson, Dewey, Harding,Perkins, and Ziebach Counties.This year’s camp is themed ‘Farm-ers Union is our name, Coopera-tion is our game,’ and will includeactivities that teach childrenabout the benefits cooperativebusiness and of working together.

“Young people who attend thisyear’s District IV, V & VI Campwill come away with a better un-derstanding of the importance of

cooperation,” said Tamie Fahren-holz, District V Farmers UnionEducation Director. “They willhave the opportunity to learnmore about cooperative businessand how they can work together tosolve problems in their daily lives.They’ll play games; there will besinging and crafts, water gamesand all of the other camp tradi-tions.”

Campers will play a ‘Deal or NoDeal’ game to learn about FarmersUnion and will work together onan advertising campaign for theircooperative business. Financialliteracy will also be taughtthroughout the camp and therewill be an exciting surprise forcampers. Campers will also com-plete crafts, including a ceramicpiggy bank which will promotesaving their money. Each child will

also receive a free T-shirt.Camp will open at 1:00 pm on

July 30 and will close at 1:00 pmon August 1st. Registration is $70and please pre-register by July 23,2013 to Tamie Harwood-Fahren-holz at 605-431-7338. District VSouth Dakota Farmers Unionmember’s registration will be cov-ered by their district. See moredetails on directions and what tobring to camp on www.sdfu.org.

Registration forms can be foundonline at www.sdfu.org. You canalso pick them up at your localFarmers Union Insurance office,or your local cooperative. Formore information contact TamieHarwood-Fahrenholz at 605-431-7338, Retta Mansheim at 605-842-2452 or the SD Farmers Union at605-352-6761, Ext. 125.

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Rosebud News.......By Tiss Treib

Monday, Paulo, Tabbi and EmilyMauri and Becca Askew were eveningguests of the Keller’s. Paulo got themower going again for Bridget.

Wednesday, Bridget Keller and theboys traveled to Timber Lake. Bridgethad dinner with the in-laws and theboys stayed with them while she trav-eled on to Pierre to surprise her friendJackie who is leaving for deploymentto Afghanistan on the 7th. Bridget re-turned back to Timber Lake on the 4thand spent the day with the Keller fam-ilies. Bridget and the boys returnedhome Friday afternoon.

Tiss Treib visited with her mother,Esther Johnson, Aunt Kari Hoff andCousin Katie Wiechmann Tuesday af-ternoon. She was on her way to BelleFourche where she was a houseguestof Rhys and Carla Oelke.

Wednesday, Tiss and Carla did someshopping in Spearfish. In the after-noon, Tiss met up with Kick and RandiAlexander of MN. They attended theRanch Rodeo.

Thursday, the Oelke’s and Tiss at-tended the parade in Belle Fourche.Tiss took Rhys and Carla out to dinnerin Spearfish. In the afternoon, Randiand Kick Alexander and Tiss Treib at-tended the rodeo.

Friday, Kick and Randi Alexanderand Tiss Treib went hiking toRoughlock Falls, in the evening theyattended the Black Hills Rounduprodeo.

Saturday Randi and Kick Alexanderand Tiss Treib headed to their respec-tive homes. Tiss went through RapidCity on business and visited at theHoff home with Esther Johnson, KariHoff, Dorena Wiechmann, Katie andChristopher Wiechmann, Louis JohnHoff and family who were visiting fromWI.

Sunday following chores Tiss Treibcalled on Thelma Sandgren; Lesterand Sharon Longwood and BridgetKeller, Lil Albert and Korbin.

Ben and Ezra Wiechmann wereSunday evening guests of Tiss Treib.

Last Wednesday, Patsy Miller and

Sharon Longwood visited with JoyceMosley in Rapid City.

Jim and Patsy Miller attended theCircus in Lemmon Sunday and BuffaloMonday.

Jim and Patsy Miller spent July 4thin Hettinger. They attended the pa-rade and fireworks.

Matt and Christi Miller broughtsupper out to Jim and Patsy MillerSaturday evening.

Gary, Jodi, Lexi and Shirley John-son traveled to Hettinger for the 4th ofJuly parade. Later Shirley was a din-ner guest of Gary and Jodi.

Don Meink of Crofton, NE arrived atHelen Meink’s Monday to spend aweek.

Stacy Gillespie and Andi of Gilbert,AZ are spending time in the area visit-ing family.

Rod and Cheryl Seim visited withTim and JoAnne Seim Sunday after-noon.

Larry and Sarah Dreiske and fam-ily spent Saturday with Nolan andLinda Seim and family.

Lynn Frey attended the funeral ofBetty Klug in Bismarck Thursday.

Sunday afternoon, Lynn Frey calledon Ken Krisle and visited with Troyand Shelly Krisle and family.

Congrats to Keith and Bev Hoffmanon the birth of a new granddaughter,born to Paul and Harmony Hoffman.

Tuesday, Marcie Sandgren came upat noon and took Thelma Sandgren tothe clinic and later they admitted herto the hospital.

Leslie Sandgren came and picked upGrandma Thelma and took her homefrom the hospital, after the paradeThursday morning.

Friday, Thelma Sandgren attendedto her usual appointments in Het-tinger. She then enjoyed supper withher sister, Gladys Vliem at the Nurs-ing Home.

Thelma Sandgren visited withHelen Meink and her guests, Stacyand Andi Gillespie Sunday afternoon,Thelma and Helen exchanged maga-zines and newspapers.

7-9 year old kids advance to coach pitching

Garrett Holzer batting, Kyle Carmichael is pitching, Allison Kahler on third base, Brian Wells assisting on third base, Kahlea Seidel and Abigayle Thompson inbetween bases and Travis Storm ready to catch the ball by Kyle.

Mary Carmichael throwing tofirst base.

Grace Juergens hitting theball after Kyle pitched.

BBiissoonn CCeemmeetteerryy DDoonnaattiioonnss

Donations to the BisonCemetery in June 2013include the following:

$100.00 - Jerry Knutson

Anyone wishing to donate tothe Bison Cemetery

Association can give or sendtheir donation to : Colette

Johnson. PO Box 70, Bison,SD 57620.

All donations are greatly appreciated.

The Bison Courier • Thursday, July 11, 2013 • Page 7

Town and Country CFELDrake talks about horse hair pottery

While spending winters in Ari-zona, Mary Lee Drake has discov-ered a new hobby. She has becomeinterested in Horse Hair pottery.When Town and Country CFELmet in her home on June 27, shedescribed the process and sharedthe first piece of pottery that shemade. No two are ever the same,she said. She hopes to make more!

There were 12 members and twoguests present for the early sum-mer evening meeting. In the ab-sence of Chairwoman CarolynHendricks, Mary Ellen Friedstepped up to conduct the businessmeeting.

Vi Leonard urged her peers towrite to their Congressmen re-garding diabetes test strips thatmay no longer be mailed from alocal pharmacy. Medicare won'tpay for strips that aren’t mailedfrom national mail-order suppli-ers. Official action was taken todraft a letter, one of which will besent from the club as a whole andothers for each individual memberto sign and send.

Again, a display of AmericanFlags, a project of Town and Coun-try, were flown on Main Street onJuly 4. Diana Landis explainedthat some damage was sustainedby the poles during the Gala Daystorm but that they have been re-paired.

Hendricks will host the July 25meeting of Town and CountryCFEL. Anyone who would like toattend as a guest should contacther at 244-7488 or one of the otherofficers: Mary Ellen Fried, 244-7477 or Beth Hulm, 244-5231.

continued on page 1(about 1 1/2 miles) from TerryHaggarts to the City Dump will bere-graveled sometime in eitherSeptember or October. Mike Lock-ert suggested that Heath look intosomething to use for dust controlon the road as well. The sprinklersat the City Park will be turned onas the grass is looking a little dry;with the recent rains this has notbeen necessary until now. Bisonrecently had a Water System In-spection completed by the S.D.Dept. of Environmental and Nat-ural Resources (DENR) fromPierre and passed with no write-ups. They did request that Heathcompile an Emergency Plan sothat if he were gone there wouldbe written instructions for some-one else to carry on in the case of awater emergency.

The Town Board instructedHeath to continue to look into get-ting more streets chip sealed yetthis year, to spray the parks forcreeping jenny and dandelions,and to check on spraying the this-tle at the Bison Golf course.

Clerk Beth Hulm remindedeveryone of the Pre-ConstructionMeeting for the new town stormsewer project which will be held atthe Town Office building at 9:00a.m. Wednesday morning, July 10.

Clerk Hulm presented anamendment to the swimming con-tract with the Bison School. Theschool requested that dates be in-serted for open swimming so thatthey could have a driver on handand also to specify that the Townbe responsible for getting all re-lease slips signed. There are ap-proximately 26 kids signed up forswimming lessons.

A discussion was held on thecurrent culvert policy. After thediscussion there was a unanimousdecision to revise the current pol-icy to state that in the future, thelandowner will be responsible forthe purchase and installation of acity approved culvert and thatsuch approval by the Town Boardis mandatory. This is the firstreading of this policy, a secondreading will be held at the Augustboard meeting.

After advertising to see if any-one was interested in serving on anuisance committee, Clerk Hulminformed the Board that there wasno interest shown. Luke Clementsstated that Robert Froning wasstill interested and Luke was in-structed to inform Robert that he

was officially appointed to the Nui-sance Committee.

After visiting with Grand Elec-tric in regard to the use of and de-struction of their tent during theGala Day storm, the amount of$6,022 was reached for paymentpurposes. The insurance companyis good with this and a check willbe written to Grand Electric forthis amount.

Mike Lockert, who is on the Air-port Committee, presented the re-cent updated Airport Comprehen-sive Layout Plan with suggestionsprepared by Kadrmas, Lee andJackson, Aeronautic Engineersfrom Bismarck. Copies were dis-tributed for the Board to reviewand sign off on. This is completedperiodically and the Board reviewsthe suggestions to determine whatis needed or not.

Hulm stated that forms are inthe office that will need to be com-pleted by any agri-spraying pilotswho use the Bison Airport. TheFAA states that spraying agri-pi-lots may deviate from standardflight patterns when spraying. Theforms are for liability protectionfor the Town. She also visited withthe Board in regard to the Inter-state Engineering Contract for theSanitary/Sewer System at theBison lagoon. A plan had been sub-mitted by Interstate to the DENR.After review, the DENR felt thatthe plan needed some revisions be-fore grant money could be receivedto pay Interstate. Beth will visitwith the DENR about timelinesand invoices.

Personnel issues were then dis-cussed and the Board approvedthe hiring of both Kassidy Sars-land and Rob Wedekind as sum-mer help at the rate of $10.00 perhour. Executive session was thencalled to review job applications.The next board meeting will beAugust 5, 2013.

Why did the elephant painthimself diffrent

colors?

So he could hide in thecrayon box.

All in a night’s work

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Class of 1972 gathered during Gala Days

Back row- Kirby Chapman, Dale Shinabarger, Tim Kopren, Wes Schick, Stanley Brixey, Middle row- Patsy (Green) Crow, HollyWorm, Janine (Kolb) Hansen, Cindy (Penor) Ceglian, Allan Crow, Tom Fried. Front row- Salli (Kolb) Blazey, Ardath Burrer, NancyMiles and Lois (Spangler) Eggebo.

Daniel Burkhalter invited to run in National Hershey Track MeetOn June 22nd, Daniel Burkhal-

ter traveled to Belle Fourche torun in the State Hershey TrackMeet (13-14 yr boys' division). Hewon the mile run for the secondstraight year with a time of 4:51,which set a new Hershey staterecord. He also won the 800 meterrun with a time of 2:11. Basedupon his effort at the state level hewas invited to participate in theNational Hershey Track Meet inHershey, Pennsylvania in earlyAugust. Last year only 16 milersnationwide were invited to run inthis meet. All expenses are paid byHershey. This is a great opportu-nity and a great honor. Daniel hasalso been running in the USATrack & Field venue this summer(13-14 yr boys) and has justearned the right to run in their na-tional meet in Greensboro, NC onJuly 27th. Daniel qualified thispast Saturday by winning the3000 meter run (9:57) at the re-gional meet held in Aberdeen, SD.Only the top 5 runners from theregion qualify for the nationalmeet. The First National Bank ofDad will be funding that trip.

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Daniel Burkhalter is picturedon the 1st place pedestal.

What is round as acookie, busy as a bee?

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The Bison Courier • Thursday, July 11, 2013 • Page 9

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Summer weather can providethe ultimate motivation to get out-side and be active. The sun is shin-ing, nature is in full blossom, andcoats and earmuffs are no longeressential. Summer can give peoplea certain zest for fitness, but some-times temperatures can turn goodintentions into a sweltering mess.Incorporating new habits and pre-cautions into your warm weatherworkouts can keep you safe, moti-vated, and cool. TOPS Club, Inc.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly), thenonprofit weight-loss support or-ganization, offers the followingtips to make the most of your sum-mer fitness plans:

1. Fill up on fruitWater-heavy fruits - like water-melon, cantaloupe, honeydew, andgrapes - are a great way to boostenergy and replenish fluids lostafter a workout. Containing morethan 80 percent water, these fruitsare easily digestible in the sum-mer heat and are a tasty way tokeep hydrated and satisfied. Eat-ing them frozen also makes a re-freshing summer treat.

2. Reroute for optimal shadeIf your usual running, walking, orcycling route makes you an easytarget for sun exposure, opt for ashadier course. Road RunnersClub of America features runningroutes around the country on theirwebsite, www.rrca.org. Weather.com also offers local parks’ fore-casts and a fitness comfort indexby the hour - ideal for determiningthe best time of day to exercise.

3. Incorporate the seasoninto your routineMake summer chores part of yourfitness plan for time-saving andwarm weather-friendly exercise.Washing the car, gardening, tak-ing the dog for a walk, and mow-ing the lawn, are all activities onyour to-do list that burn calories

as a bonus. 4. Pay attention to your

heart rateThe hotter it is, the harder yourbody has to work - so if you nor-mally run at a 9-minute-mile pace,when the temperature hits 90 de-grees, you may find yourself hav-ing to slow down to a 10-minute-mile. Using a heart-rate monitorcan help ensure that you aren’tpushing yourself too hard, whichcan lead to heat exhaustion andstrokes. Deluxe heart monitorskeep track of not only your heart,but also your speed, distance,pace, and calories burned. Modelswith fewer features can cost as lit-tle as $50.

5. Take the path less paved

Walking, running, or cycling ondirt or gravel paths can keep thebody significantly cooler thanpaved paths. Asphalt and concretetend to radiate heat and reflect thesun’s rays, making you feel hotter.Running near bodies of water alsohas a noticeable cooling effect.

6. Slow it down without sac-rificeTo keep safe without giving upcalorie burn, perform your regularcardio routine at a slightly slowerpace, and then add in 30-secondspeed bursts every three to fiveminutes. You’ll maintain the samebenefits and burn even more calo-ries without exerting extreme ef-fort the entire workout.

continued from page 1members will also be at the schoolwhen the engineering team is atthe school.

More good news was announcedby Crow. A workman’s comp con-tract with the school involves nocost to the school. This insurancecovers board members if they areinjured while at board meetings.

The contract with the Town ofBison also got the “go ahead.” Theschool will provide a bus anddriver for swimming lessons toHettinger in exchange for snow re-moval at the school by the citycrew. However, the city will paythe costs for the open swimming atthe Hettinger pool including thecost of gas and the cost of a busdriver. The city will handle thepermission slips for the children toride the bus.

To begin the new fiscal yearCrow asked for nominations forChairman. By unanimous voteDan Kvale was elected to be theChairman. Dan Beckman was cho-sen to be the Vice Chairman alsoby unanimous vote. All official des-ignations will remain the same asthe past years.

Because the price of food hasgone up, lunch ticket prices alsowent up. A student’s lunch willnow cost $3.50 a meal and theadult meal will cost $4.25. Milktickets will go up from $7.00 to$8.00 per ticket.

Admission costs to ball gameswill remain the same. Admissionfee for a student is $2.00 and $4.00for an adult. A student season passis $12.50 and a adult season passis $35.00. Those on the school staffwill get in free. Adult helpers atball games who work at the gamewill get in free only if they areworking at the game. Theirspouses will not get in free.

Substitute pay for teachers wasset at $85.00 per day. Subs forpara-professionals will be paid$75.00 per day.

Crow read an e-mail fromMesha Larson who has signed acontract to be the High SchoolMath teacher for the comingschool term. In her e-mail shestated that she accepted anotherposition. As a result the boardmoved to accept her resignationsince it was received before July1st.

More discussion developed con-cerning the purchase of a new 59passenger activity bus whichwould cost approximately$81,000. The bus now used wasgiven a trade in the value of$11,000 and has 80,000 miles on

it. A larger bus is needed for thestudents and their luggage whenon road trips. Crow will shoparound to find out what is avail-able. A larger bus to transport 65students could also be purchased.

Superintendent Azevedo isworking hard to fill the vacant po-sitions. An Athletic Director isneeded as well as coaches for foot-ball and for Girls and Boys Bas-ketball. Azevedo will also attend aFreshman Impact Event in Faithsponsored by the Sherrif ’s. Thepurpose of this event is to impactFreshmen with the reality of aDUI, Court and jail time for break-ing the law. She has almost com-pleted all the necessary paperwork to be a certified in SouthDakota as a superintendent andwill attend a “New Superinten-dent Conference”in Pierre soon.Some mold was found in the base-ment of the superintendent housethat will be examined and fixedsoon. Telephones at the schoolcan’t receive voice mail at thistime so that will be checked soon.

The High School Eligibility pro-posed policy change were dis-cussed. Teachers ShawndaCarmichael and Joyce Matthewshave written a new policy that ad-vocates eligibility checks fourtimes a quarter. “It would help tomaintain consistency for studentsand teachers,”remarkedCarmichael. It’s a “Win, Win” ex-claimed Azevedo, “A studentshould be responsible for theirlearning.” She will implement aplan to check on teachers to keepup their grade books consistently.The policy actually means a stu-dent eligibility would be checkedtwice a month instead of once amonth. When checks were doneonce a month some studentshanded in no work until the check-ing date approached. That is notteaching the students to be re-sponsible. The board heard thefirst reading and will hear the sec-ond reading in August before thepolicy is approved.

The next meeting is set to be Au-gust 12 at 7 p.m.

Cool summer workout tips Schoolboard welcomes Mrs Azevedo

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Bison is a small town whereeveryone helps one another.

James "Bob" Hanson, 94, hashelped more than his fair share.

"He's a great guy," said RachelEggebo, president of Bison Eco-nomic Development. "He's alwaysbeen here and if you needed help,Bob would help you. That's whoBob is."

Hanson was raised in the Bisoncommunity and returned to Bisonin 1971, where he served as thesheriff's deputy for more than 10years.

Hanson has not only served hiscommunity he also served hiscountry in World War II where hewas injured in a blast that killedhis driver. He was captured by theGermans where he was treated bydoctors who saved his life. Hespent nearly four years in a pris-oner of war camp. He received aPurple Heart for his service.

The town applied for and wasawarded funds for painting sup-plies from the South Dakota Hous-ing Authority's Paint-SouthDakota campaign.

Over two nights and one Satur-day, nearly 20 people volunteeredon site or bought food for the vol-unteers who trimmed Hanson'strees, painted his home andgarage, mowed his yard andhelped clean up his property.

"I feel like I'm the king of theroost," Hanson said. "They paintedmy garage first. I went to townand when I came back I almostdrove right by because I didn't rec-ognize it."

Hanson is very thankful thateveryone volunteered to help outas he has a few health issues andhis "balance is plum gone."

"They done such a super job onit, some very professional. Therewere a lot of people that donatedtheir time with a paintbrush."

Bob lost his wife in 2002, and hehas outlived all three of his sons.However, he still smiles easily andlaughs often, the Bison Area Eco-nomic Development Committeewrote on their grant application.

"Bob has been just an iconic in-dividual in our area for many,many, many years and there is noone more deserving than him,"Eggebo said. "We're so thankful wecould do this for one of the greatestmembers of our community."

Neighbors helping neighborsAny rancher will tell you, ranch-

ing doesn't stop for anything.That's when it pays to have

some fantastic neighbors.Wayne Mickelson and his wife

Sharon Cable of White Owl havebeen at the Mayo Clinic in Min-nesota so that Mickelson couldhave a tumor removed.

While he was away, his ranchkept going, with an extra dose ofassistance from his neighbors.

Dale Heaton has been keepingtabs on the cattle. Glen King andDee King cut and raked the hay.The next day, five neighborsshowed up with five balers andworked for six hours to bale over100 bales.

"That's the way this neighbor-hood is out here," said LindaHowie, one of Mickelson's neigh-bors. "If someone has a problem,everyone pitches in."

Audra Baker, Cable's daughterwho is visiting from out of state,was very thankful to the neighborswho helped out during Mickelson'snearly two-week absence.

"They were very stressed be-cause of medical bills, trying to fig-ure out how to pay [to cut thehay]," she said.

At least five neighbors helpedout, including Mike Howie, JimHale and Jim Shaw, but no oneseems to know who spearheadedthe project.

That's pretty normal in thisarea where nearly everyone iswilling to pitch in, as long as theycan shy away from the praise fordoing so.

Reprinted with permission fromThe Rapid City Journal.

Our Good Deeds:Town paints home of 94-year old veteran

Bison Area Economic Development would like to thank all the vol-unteers who helped replace and install the new business signs alongHWY 20. These signs could not have been installed with such easewithout you taking the time to assist with the project includingMen’s Club and Grand Electric. Please check out the new signs andsupport all of Bison’s businesses.

Also, Bison Area Economic Development Committee wouldlike to thank everyone who assisted with the painting of Bob Han-son’s house and garage as well as all the yard work that was com-pleted. A special THANK YOU goes to: Brad and Fern Besler for theuse of your paint sprayer; Bob and Gladys Jackson, Heidi Stevensand Carolyn Hendricks for supplying us with food; John Peck forthe use of your pressure washer and all the many wonderful volun-teers who donated their time to do a fantastic job! It looks great! Weare blessed to live in such a giving and helpful community! Thankyou so much!

The volunteers involved in these two projects help remind us thatBison is a wonderful and giving community and that there is alwayswork to be done to help our neighbors. Thank you again to all ofthose who give of their time every day to help others, you are ap-preciated.

Check out Bison’s new website at bisonsd.com! There is a Com-munity Calendar section as well as a Classifieds section. If anyonehas any information they would like to see our (YOUR) website,please let us know. This is Bison’s one-stop for all things Bison!! Also,stay informed by “liking” www.facebook.com/BisonSD and be thefirst to know about what is happening on in your community.

Thank you to the community of Bison

Bison School District has thefollowing positions available:

CCooaacchheess::Head Boys Basketball and Ass't.Head Girls Basketball and Ass't.

Head Football and Ass't. Ass't. Volleyball

Athletic Director

Bob Hanson, 94, stands in front of his newly painted homein Bison.

Volunteers scraping Bob Hanson’s house.

Volunteering is the perfect way to feel connected to your community. The simple act of offering your skills and enthusiasm will positively impact the lives of others,

as well as your own.

The Bison Courier • Thursday, July 11, 2013 • Page 11

CLIP FOR REFERENCE

PesticideContainerRecycling

& Waste PesticideThe South Dakota Department of

Agriculture will be collecting containers steel sizes 5 to 55 gallons and all plastic containers up to 250 gallon minibulks.

All containers must be triple or pressure rinsed. Agriculture staff will also be

collecting waste pesticides state wide. These must be registered by contacting

Agriculture or local ExtensionCollection sites will be at:

This service is provided FREE of charge by the SD Department of

Agriculture and your localCounty Extension Office.

Promoting and ProtectingSouth Dakota’s #1 Industry

Call Toll Free1-800-228-5254Or contact your local

County Extension Offi ce

- Bison -Tuesday, July 23

9am - 12pmPerkins County Fairgrounds

- Belle Fourche -Tuesday, September 10

9am - 12pmFinkbeiner Feed

- Timber Lake -Wednesday, July 24

1:30pm - 4pmAirport

New control available for Leafy Spurge

When Leafy Spurge's yellowflowers begin to bloom, landownerscan evaluate the effectiveness oftheir control program, says PaulJohnson, SDSU Extension Agron-omy Field Specialist.

"If you have been doing a good jobat control in the past, it may be alittle slower and, if you have beendoing a really good job, there mayeven be fewer plants out there thanlast year," Johnson said.

He adds that the only way to getspurge under control is to be on itevery year and get the root reservesdepleted so the plants will start to

die."A cold winter helps to take out

the spurge when the root reserveshave been depleted," Johnson said."As soon as the yellow flowers areout it is time to start spraying."

Johnson says the control windowis only about one month beforethere will be viable seed in theplant.

"If you also have thistles in withthe spurge you may want to wait alittle until thistles are at bud tomake sure you get good coverageand control on both of the weeds,"he said.

But again, Johnson says be care-ful not to wait too long.

"Waiting too long only allows theroot reserves to build back up in theplant, and then you will not makeany progress on getting rid of theplants. Instead, they will come backstronger than ever," he said.New Control Tools Available

Based on SDSU test plots inMoody County a new compoundcalled Perspective® looks like itshould be as good as Tordon® incontrolling Leafy Spurge, but John-son says this compound has feweruse-restrictions; and it is more en-vironmentally friendly.

"It should be able to be used inmore areas that have a shallowground water problem," he said."This is the first new product thathas effect on thistles and spurgethat has been developed in the last40 years."

At present, Perspective is not la-beled on any areas that are croppedor hayed, Johnson says until morelabeling is done, it will be limitedon where it can be used. Also somegrass injury will need to be toler-ated with its use.

"Usually the grass will recoverthe next year," he said. "And, I al-ways want readers to know thatuse of the product's names does notimply endorsement. Information isbased on SDSU research and obser-vations."

Before use, landowners need toverify information on current prod-uct labels prior to application.

Grazing mineral nutrition for beef cows

With the recent moisture thatmuch of South Dakota received,grass is growing and many cattlehave been moved to summer pas-ture. With that move and changein feed, ranchers need to be awareof the nutrient requirements oftheir livestock and ensure they areall being met, including energy,protein, minerals, vitamins andwater. Although all these elementsare important to overall herdhealth, growers need to pay partic-ular attention to meeting theirherd's mineral needs, says AdeleHarty, SDSU Extension Cow/CalfField Specialist.

"During the months in whichanimals are grazing, deficienciesin any of these nutrients can causenegative effects on animal produc-tion. In reality, all nutrients inter-act, and deficiencies in mineralnutrition can create deficiencies inavailability of other nutrients,even if those nutrients are ade-quate in the diet," Harty said.

As plants mature, mineral con-tent changes such that phospho-rus and potassium decrease, butnot at an equal rate across allplant species, as this decrease isless pronounced in legumes thangrasses. Harty explains that min-eral content of grasses and forbs isinfluenced by mineral content ofthe soil, plant species, and plantmaturity. Legumes, such as alfalfaand clovers, tend to be higher incalcium, magnesium, and potas-sium, as well as iron, copper, zinc,and cobalt than grasses.

"In general, calcium levels areadequate in forages, while phos-phorus levels tend to be low andoften inadequate, especially in ma-ture forages," she said. "In regardsto potassium, these levels tend tobe excessive, while magnesiumlevels can be deficient, especiallyin lush, rapidly growing pastures."

Basically, Harty says that a"one-size fits all" mineral packagerarely meets the needs of the live-stock depending on plant diversity,soil mineral content, plant matu-rity and supplemental feeds.

"There can be a measurable dif-

ference within a pasture, let aloneacross an entire ranch or state,"she said.

Table 1 shows the difference intwo mineral supplements and howthey can vary from eastern SouthDakota to western South Dakota.Table 2 shows the seasonality dif-ferences in a mineral supplementfor an eastern South Dakotaranch, with forage type beingrange in the summer and cornstalks in the winter.

Mineral interactions also com-plicate the issues. Harty points toone of the more common and chal-lenging mineral interactions thatoccurs particularly in westernSouth Dakota where there is athree-way interaction between sul-fur, molybdenum, and copper.

"Many soils in South Dakota arehigh in molybdenum while waterand by-product feeds can be highin sulfur. This results in copperbeing tied up and unavailable forabsorption by the animal," Hartysaid.

Copper is one of the key nutri-ents for reproduction and immu-nity, therefore an adequateamount of copper needs to beavailable in the mineral supple-ment to overcome this interaction.Harty directs cattle producers tothe following article on iGrow.org:http://igrow.org/livestock/beef/is-that-a-copper-deficiency/.

Because off-the-shelf mineraland salt products are formulatedto meet generalized conditions,Harty says it is often beneficial tocreate a custom-blended mineralformula to meet localized deficien-cies or toxicities of a specific ranchand the needs of that ranchthroughout the year.

"Developing a custom mineralformulation has many potentialadvantages, including avoiding ex-cess mineral feeding, which re-sults in less environmental con-tamination, more opportunity toprevent or overcome interactionsand antagonisms, prevent toxicity,and save money," Harty said."There is a substantial upfronttime and money investment, but

in the long run, the savings fromeliminating unneeded mineralsand the additional income fromimproved performance can make itworth the up-front investment."

Three main steps in developinga custom formulation: 1)Sample;2)Compare minerals in feeds to re-quirements; 3) Formulate the sup-plement.

When sampling standing forage,Harty says producers need to ob-serve animals grazing a new pas-ture and collect grab samples ofthe same type of plants they areeating at approximately the samelevel.

"Typically as cattle walkthrough a pasture grazing, theywill clip the top part of the plant,so observe how much this is andcollect samples accordingly. Alsosample water sources and anysupplemental feed and have a fullmineral analysis performed," shesaid.

The second step is to comparethe minerals in the feed and waterto the animal requirements to de-termine where there are deficien-cies, toxicities, or interactions.

"Just because the level readsthat it is adequate on the lab re-port does not mean it is availableto the animal. Work with a nutri-tionist or Extension Field or StateSpecialist to work through thisprocess to determine what thesupplement needs to contain. Thisindividual should then also helpwith the final step, formulation ofthe supplement," Harty said.

Minerals are important nutri-ents that need to be properly bal-anced in the diet. If dietary feed-stuffs do not contain adequateminerals or contain an imbalance,then mineral supplementation isnecessary, which is usually thecase. However, Harty adds, min-eral supplements are often expen-sive and careful attention to pro-viding the right supplement can bekey to ensuring that we get thebiggest bang for the buck, and thismay be through a ranch specificcustom blend.

Table 1: Custom mineral supplement basedon mineral content of summer forages from aneastern and western South Dakota ranch

Eastern WesternMineral % or % or

ppm ppmCalcium 10.18% 4.87%Phosphorous 8.93% 6.38%Potassium 0.03% 29.90%Sodium 19.41% 0.62%Magnesium 0.27% 4.60%Zinc 6973 ppm 1677 ppmCopper 3500 ppm 286 ppmManganese 138 ppm 570 ppmCobalt 20 ppm 5 ppmIodine 200 ppm 25 ppmIron 5024 ppmSelenium 10 ppmppm = parts per million

Table 2: Winter and summer custom min-eral supplement for eastern South Dakotaranch.

Winter SummerMineral % or ppm % or ppmConsumption 2.7 oz 2.5 ozCalcium 10.18% 12.89%Phosphorous 8.93% 0.57%Sulfur 0.00% 0.43%Potassium 0.03% 0.00%Sodium 19.41% 12.00%Magnesium 0.27% 11.18%Zinc 6973 ppm 4100 ppmCopper 3500 ppm 4600 ppmManganese 138 ppm 7 ppmCobalt 20 ppm 30 ppmIodine 200 ppm 666 ppmppm = parts per million

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Thursday, July 4th, Fred and BevSchopp visited Cal and Jeanne Erics-son at their new home, before theywent to the lake and joined other fam-ily members for an afternoon on thewater.

Friday, Fred and Bev Schopp made atrip to Belle Fourche.

The children attending swim-ming lessons are being trans-ported via bus to Hettinger for thenext two weeks. The childrenleave Bison mid-morning and ar-rive at the indoor swimming poolto have hour long lessons. Thechildren are divided up accord-ingly to their swimming level andthen instructed in different partsof the pool.

After lesson’s are finished they

then retreat to the park to eattheir sack lunches, provided bytheir parents. Followed, by a littlefree time to play in the park beforethey jump back on the bus to headback to Bison.

After the two weeks of lessonsare up, their will be six days thatthe bus will transport the kidsagain to Hettinger for open swim.The dates are Monday July 22nd,Wednesday July 24th, Friday July

26th, Monday July 29th, Wednes-day July 31st and Friday August1st.

Children post-kindergarten andup, can attend without a parent.Kassidy Sarsland will again bechaperoning. Children youngerthan post-kindergarten can attendbut they must have a parent pres-ent with them, if room allows.

The bus ride up there will befree of charge but it will cost $3.00per child or parent to swim. Theofficial time of departure and re-turning hasn’t been finalized yetbut they are speculating it will bein the afternoon sometime. Timesof departure will be posted at a lat-ter date in the Bison Courier.

Picture above are back row Hannah McKinstry, Veronica Voller, Kahlea Seidel, Corbin Mackaben, Jonathan Burkhalter, Corey Peck, Jozee Veal, Rebekah Burkhal-ter, Daniel Burkhalter, Dustin Wells, Logan Butsavage. Front row William Burkhalter, Mary Carmichael, Allison Kahler, Garrett Holzer, Grace Holzer, Rylee Veal,Kaden Glover, Jayda Seim, Morgan McKinstry, Esther Burkhalter, Colt Kopren, Colbin Seidel.

Children travel to Hettinger for swimming lessons

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO

TAKE TAX DEEDBY COUNTY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatPerkIns County, South Dakota, Is thelawful holder of the tax sale certificateto the property described as:

Lemmon Original Blk 6, Lot 3,City ofLemmon, Perkins County, SouthDakota, Owner - Duane Sprinkle, Cer-tificate #102, which was sold at taxsale on December 21, 2009 to PerkinsCounty, South Dakota; and

Lemmon Original, Blk 5, Lot 12, Cityof Lemmon, Perkins County, SouthDakota, Owner - Paul and PatriciaKolling, Certificate #63 which was soldat tax sale on December 21, 2009 toPerkins County, South Dakota; and

Milwaukee Land Co 2nd Addition, blk34, Lot 5, Perkins County, SouthDakota, Owner - David Durick, con-tracted for Deed with Todd Messmer,Certificate #72 which was sold at taxsale on December 21, 2009 to PerkinsCounty, South Dakota

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN thatthe right to redemption will expire anda deed for the above described realproperty will be made upon the expira-tion of sixty (60) days from the com-pleted service of this Notice unless theproperty be redeemed as permitted bylaw.

Dated this 25th day of June, 2013.

PERKINS COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA

BY /s/ Sylvia chapmanSylvia ChapmanPerkins County Finance Officer

[Published July 4 and July 11, 2013 ata total approximate cost of $33.81.]

ADVERTISEMENTFOR BIDS

BISON MUNICIPAL

AIRPORTBISON, SOUTH

DAKOTAAIP NO.

3460003008-2013Sealed bids to furnish the equipment,materials, tools, labor and incidentalsnecessary for installing a new aviationfuel system at the Bison Municipal Air-port, Bison, South Dakota will be re-ceived by the Town of Bison until 2:00P.M. CDT, on July 18, 2013. All bidswill be publicly opened and read aloudat the office of KLJ, 128 Soo LineDrive, Bismarck, North Dakota.

The bid documents are to be mailed ordelivered to the office of KLJ, 128 SooLine Drive, P.O. Box 1157, Bismarck,ND 58502 and shall be sealed and en-dorsed, "Aviation Fuel System Instal-lation, Bison Municipal Airport, AIPNo. 3460003-008-2013".

The proposed work includes the follow-ing items and approximate quantities:

The work consists of removal and sal-vage one above ground storage tankand fuel pump, remove and dispose ofconcrete containment structure, re-move, salvage and reinstall existingchain link fencing, site work, concretework, electrical work, installation ofone new 4,000 gallon 100LL aboveground steel storage tank, fuel dis-pensing equipment, card reader andfuel management system.

Plans and specifications are on file andmay be seen at the office of the FinanceOfficer’s Office, City Hall, Bison, SouthDakota and at the offices of KLJ, 330Knollwood Drive, Suite A, Rapid City,South Dakota and 128 Soo Line Drive,Bismarck, North Dakota.

Copies of the plans and specificationsand other bidding contract documentsmay be obtained by payment of sixtydollars ($60.00) to Kadrmas, Lee &Jackson, Inc., 128 Soo Line Drive, Bis-marck, ND, 58502 for each set so ob-tained. An optional, complete set ofdigital project bidding documents areavailable at www.kljeng.com “Projectsfor Bid” or www.questcdn.com. Youmay download the digital plan docu-ments for $23.00 by inputting Questproject # 2572595 on the website’s Pro-ject Search page. Please contactQuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 orinfo@questcdn.com for assistance infree membership registration, down-loading, and working with this digitalproject information.

Each bid in excess of $25,000.00 shallbe accompanied by either a certifiedcheck, cashier’s check or draft in a sumequal to five percent (5%) of the maxi-mum bid price and drawn on a State orNational Bank or a bid bond in a sumequal to ten percent (10%) of the max-imum bid price executed by the Bidderas principal and by a surety companyauthorized to do business in the Stateof South Dakota, payable to the Townof Bison, conditioned that if the princi-pal's bid be accepted and the contractawarded to him, he, within ten (10)days after Notice of Award has been ex-ecuted, will execute and effect a con-tract in accordance with the terms ofhis bid and a contractor's bond as re-quired by law and regulations and de-

terminations of the governing board.The bid security of the two lowest bid-ders will be retained until the Noticeof Award has been executed, but nolonger than sixty (60) days. The bid se-curity is a guarantee that the bidderwill enter into contract for work de-scribed in the Proposal.

The successful Bidder will be requiredto furnish a Contract PerformanceBond and Payment Bond in the fullamount of the Contract.

The proposed contract is subject tominimum wage rates as established bythe Department of Labor for this proj-ect and are contained in the projectmanual.

The successful Bidder shall agree tocommence and complete the workunder this contract within the timeschedule indicated. All work shall becompleted and ready for acceptanceand full use by the Owner on or beforeNovember 22, 2013.

Liquidated damages shall be assessedas indicated in the project GeneralSpecial Provisions for every calendarday beyond the scheduled completiondate indicated in the agreement.

Award of contract or contracts will becontingent upon securing funding fromthe Federal Aviation Administration.

The Town of Bison reserves the rightto hold all bids for a period of thirty(30) days after the date fixed for theopening thereof to reject any and allbids and waive defects and to acceptany bids should it be deemed for thepublic good and also reserves the rightto reject the bid of any party who hasbeen delinquent or unfaithful in theperformance of any former contractwith the Owner.

Award of the contract is also subject tothe following Federal provisions:Buy American Preference – Title 49U.S.C., Chapter 501Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI –Contractor Contractual Requirements– 49 CFR Part 21Airport and Airway Improvement Actof 1982, Section 520 – Title 49 U.S.C.47123Lobbying and Influencing Federal Em-ployees – 49 CFR Part 20Access to Records and Reports – 49CFR Part 18.36Energy Conservation – 49 CFR Part18.36Breach of Contract Terms – 49 CFRPart 18.36Rights to Inventions – 49 CFR Part18.36Trade Restriction Clause – 49 CFRPart 30Veteran’s Preference – Title 49 U.S.C.47112Davis Bacon Labor Provisions – 29CFR Part 5 (Applicable to ContractsExceeding $2,000)Equal Opportunity Clause – 41 CFRPart 60-1.4 (Applicable to ContractsExceeding $10,000)Certification of Non-Segregated Facil-ities – 41 CFR Part 60-1.8 (Applicableto Contracts Exceeding $10,000)Notice of Requirement for AffirmativeAction – 41 CFR Part 60-4.2 (Applica-ble to Contracts Exceeding $10,000)Equal Employment Opportunity Spec-ification – 41 CFR Part 60-4.3(Applic-able to Contracts Exceeding $10,000)Termination of Contract – 49 CFR Part18.36 (Applicable to Contracts Exceed-ing $10,000)Certification Regarding Debarment,Suspension, Ineligibility and Volun-tary Exclusion – 49 CFR Part 29 (Ap-plicable to Contracts Exceeding$25,000)Contract Work hours and Safety Stan-

dards Act Requirements – 29 CFR Part5 (Applicable to Contracts Exceeding$100,000)Clean Air and Water Pollution Control– 49 CFR Part 18.36(i)(12) (Applicableto Contracts Exceeding $100,000)

Disadvantaged Business Enterprise(DBE) participation is not required forthis project.

Dated this 25th day of June, 2013.

/s/ Beth Hulm, Finance Officer

Publication Dates: July 4, 2013, July11, 2013

Beth Hulm, Finance OfficerTown of BisonBison, South Dakota

[Published July 4, July 11, 2013 at atotal approximate cost of $138.42.]

Thune’s office accepting fall internship applications

Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) is cur-rently seeking intelligent, hard-work-ing college students to serve as fall in-terns in his office in Washington, D.C.,as well as in his offices in Aberdeen,Rapid City, and Sioux Falls.

Interns in Senator Thune’s state of-fices will participate in constituentservice and state outreach activities,while students in the Washington,D.C., office will have the opportunityto witness the legislative process, giveCapitol tours, and attend Senate votesand hearings. Both in-state and Wash-ington, D.C., internships will allowstudents to work closely with con-stituents, hone their research andwriting skills, and learn a multitude ofvaluable office skills.

“Interning in a Senate office pro-vides students with an excellent oppor-tunity to experience democracy in ac-tion,” said Thune. “Interns gain valu-able knowledge about both state andnational issues and an understandingof the inner workings of a Senate office.I encourage all students to consider ap-

plying for this rewarding experience.”Senator Thune is a member of the

Senate Committees on Agriculture,Nutrition, and Forestry; Commerce,Science, and Transportation; and Fi-nance.

College students who are interestedin interning in Senator Thune’s Wash-ington, D.C., office should submit a re-sume and cover letter, by July 31,2013, to: Senator John Thune, Attn:Allie Ryan511 Dirksen Senate Office Building,Washington, D.C. 20510By Fax to: 202-228-5429; Or by E-mailto: Allie_Ryan@thune.senate.gov

College students who are interestedin interning in Senator Thune’s SiouxFalls, Rapid City, or Aberdeen officesshould submit a resume and cover let-ter, by July 31, 2013, to: Senator JohnThuneAttn: Robin Long, 320 North Main Av-enue, Suite B, Sioux Falls, SD 57104;Or by E-mail to:robin_long@thune.senate.gov

Why did theOreo go to the

dentist?

Because he lost hisfilling.

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A nice rain Sunday gave every-one here a break from the hayfield.I dumped .84 hundredths out ofthe rain gauge, and for once Ihaven’t heard of anyone gettingmore moisture than we did! Therain was spotty, Jim Bingamansaid he didn’t get any at his placesoutheast of us and only had a lit-tle shower west of his buildings.Sunday afternoon Iver Heier washaying along the highway justwest of Prairie City, so they didn’tget much there either.

My father’s cousin, LesterBlomberg, took some of us down tothe Slim Buttes to revisit some oldfamily homesteads. Lester’sdaughter Bonnie and Rick Root re-cently came from California andbought a house north of White-wood. Lester’s son, Wade andJanet Blomberg, were visitingfrom Trabuco, California, so weasked Lester and Arlene to showus where our ancestors used tolive.

Rick had never been to JB Rockand Deb Wammen gave us permis-sion to follow the trail to the sitewhere the Calvary was stationedduring the Indian scare back in1890. We found the crossed swordinsignia and soldiers’ names thatwere carved into the rock. We alsofound the names of several old

neighbors that grew up aroundhere. Don Baker and Leah (Vro-man) Phillips went to school withmy father at the old Rock RanchSchool that my great grandfatherCarl Hallan built just north ofBlair Hamilton’s ranch and theirnames are carved in the stone notfar from where Lester and hismother, Bessie (Hallan) Blombergcarved their names many yearsago.

From JB Rock we traveled eastto Lynn and Connie Weishaar’spasture. Lynn and Harlan Sielerwere working near the gate intothe pasture so we were able to talkwith them. Harlan knew wherethe sites were that we were look-ing for. He helped us find thehomestead of Hans Dvergsten, acousin of our great grandmother,Caroline (Kjos) Hallan, and fromthere Harlan guided us to wherethe sod house of our great grand-parents, Carl and Caroline Hallanonce stood.

We found the smokehouseGrandpa Carl built into a nearbyhillside and the bulb-shaped rockcistern that he hauled water tofrom a nearby live creek. An oldstove was covering the cistern andwhen Wade and I dragged it off toexamine Grandpa’s handiwork, wediscovered a live porcupine had

settled underneath it. Since noneof us had a gun, we put the stoveback over the irritated pin cushionand left it alone!

Both my grandfather ClemWhite and my grandmotherManda (Hallan) White home-steaded just east of Manda’s par-ents’ house around Flat Top Butte,where my father, Bryce White, andhis sisters, Claire John and MaryHaggart were born. Their home-steads are in Hotchkiss’s pasture,but we ran out of time so we didn’tventure out that far. I want tothank our wonderful neighbors forletting us roam through their pas-tures in search of our history. Welive in the greatest place on earth!

The men spent IndependenceDay in the hayfield while Casey’skids went to Gardner Lake and Idrove to Belle Fourche for the pa-rade. Walt Kolb hauled methrough the parade in his classic1923 Oldsmobile while it rained onour parade! We were near the be-ginning of the parade so Waltparked under the canopy over thepumps at a gas station to watchthe rest of the parade in relativecomfort.

After the parade I drove toWhitewood for lunch with Rickand Bonnie Root at their newhouse. Lester and Arlene were

there, along with Wade and JanetBlomberg and Koreen and ChuckAnderson. Most of the Blombergswent to the Roundup rodeo thatevening, but since it hadn’t rainedat home I skipped the rodeo andheaded back to the ranch to seehow the haying was progressing.

Louise Jenson had a message onmy answering machine when I gothome with the sad news that ourgood friend, Mary Lou (Reitz)Mollman had passed away thenight before. Mary Lou and herfamily were at Bowman HaleyDam to watch the fireworksWednesday evening when she suf-fered an apparent heart attack.Her funeral will be Tuesday inBowman with burial to follow inthe Vessey Cemetery. Mary Louwas a wonderful, caring womanand she will be sorely missed.

Sen. Maher was also in the BelleFourche parade and told us thathis grandpa Maher died June 30thin Lemmon. Services for Joseph"Mickey" Maher, age 85, were heldSaturday, in Morristown. Mickeyis survived by his Donna of 62years, 12 children, 42 grandchil-dren; 33 great-grandchildren.

Dustin DeFord, 24, fromEkalaka, and 18 other firefightersdied June 30th fighting fire on theYarnell fire near Prescott, AZ. Fu-

neral Services for Dustin will beSaturday at the Carter CountyHigh School in Ekalaka with bur-ial in the Beaverlodge Cemetery.This was the biggest loss of fire-men since the 9/11 attack on theWorld Trade Center.

Our hearts go out to these fami-lies.

Equipment breakdowns con-tinue and I ran to Dickinson Sat-urday for swather parts. I didn’twaste any time because I didn’twant to be late for the hog roastand party at Reva, celebrating the30th anniversary of Joe and KarenWilkinson running the Reva store,post office, gas station, bar andfeed store – otherwise known asthe Reva Mall. Pete Tenold helpedour son Guy build the big gas grill,Wayne Lee furnished a huge pig toroast, and the community helpedget the supper ready as we gath-ered at the Reva Hall to celebratethis vital center of our community.Congratulations Joe and Karen –good job!!

I’ll leave you with these:•Two peanuts walk into a bar,

and one was a salted.•A dyslexic man walks into a

bra. •Two cannibals are eating a

clown. One says to the other:"Does this taste funny to you?"

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Thank you all againBernie Rose

Once again, thanks to the reunioncommittee - Duane, Gladys,Nancy, Helen, Greg, Salli and Jim,for the great job. Even the “lightsout” time gave extra time to catchup. The local talent was superb.Thanks, too, to the hard workersat Mom’s Place. We enjoyed themany meals prepared during ourvisit.

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