number 32 • volume 112 august 10, 2017 cowboy...

Number 32 • Volume 112 August 10, 2017

Cowboy Cash to place intop five at nationals

SIOUX FALLS – Aug. 1, 2017 –South Dakota’s independenttelecommunications companieselected Golden West General Man-ager Denny Law to the SDN Com-munications Board of Managersduring its recent annual meeting.Law will serve as the board vicepresident for the next year. Other board members electedinclude: Bryan Roth, ITC (ClearLake) and TrioTel Communica-tions (Salem); Mark Benton, Mid-state Communications (Kimball);Ross Petrick, Alliance Communi-cations (Garretson); Colle Nash,West River Cooperative TelephoneCompany (Bison); Steve Meyer,

Swiftel Communications (Brook-ings); Rod Bowar, Kennebec Tele-phone (Kennebec); Randy Houdek,Venture Communications (High-more); and Ryan Thompson, San-tel Communications (Woonsocket. SDN is owned by 17 telecommu-nications companies – the cooper-ative, municipal, tribal and fam-ily-owned telephone companiesthat serve 80 percent of SouthDakota’s geography. Together,SDN and its owner companies op-erate a 30,000-mile fiber optic net-work reaching into eight states.The telecommunications compa-nies provide residential and busi-ness services; SDN provides

broadband and cybersecurity serv-ices to businesses only. Its services include: broadbandconnectivity among office loca-tions; business-class internet serv-ices; cybersecurity - managedrouters; firewalls and distributeddenial of service protection; re-mote network monitoring; and Cy-berRx, an online cyber manage-ment service SDN specializes in network con-nectivity and cybersecurity serv-ices for all businesses, but espe-cially enterprise accounts withmultiple locations, such as banks,health care, agricultural busi-nesses and governments.

Law to serve on South Dakota Networkcommunications board

Courtesy PhotoGolden West’s general manager,Denny Law, has recently beenelected to serve on the SDN Com-munications Board of Managers.

Courtesy PhotoCash Wilson, Junior of Wall High School, stands behind his hard work, accomplishments, andearnings from this summer. Pictured are his winnings since the first week of June 2017: two sad-dles, nine buckles, and a set of spurs.

By Afton Burns Within the past two years, sad-dle bronc riding has gained a newcompetitor, Cash Wilson, a localWall cowboy. Wilson began riding saddlebroncs during his freshman yearof high school. Several of his closefamily members, who have allparticipated in the sport of rodeo,have played an important role inhis desire to ride. It is in his bloodto ride broncs, and ride them well. Since his very first ride, Wil-son has continued to dedicatehis time and efforts to thesport, and with that he has be-come quite successful. As a freshman Wilson competedat the National High School Rodeoin 2016. During this summer, Wil-son has taken first place at the

S.D. high school state rodeo andthe Little Britches rodeo. He hasalso taken winnings at severalother rodeos around the area. However, one of his biggest ac-complishments of this rodeo sea-son has just recently happened.Wilson spent the days of July 16-22, at his second National HighSchool Rodeo, located in Gillette,WY. This time, however, he hadquite a bit of a different experi-ence than the previous year. Participating as a high schoolsophomore in Gillette, Wilsoncompeted against some of the topsaddle bronc riders in the na-tion. He didn’t back down fromthe challenge, and instead gaveit everything he had. There’s no doubt about it,this cowboy has a lot of will

and even more want. Goinginto nationals he didn’t changeup his routine and stuck withhis regular practice routinethat had clearly been workingfor him most. The large crowdsand exceptional competitiondidnt’ seem to bother him. “I guess I didn’t really thinkabout it, I just rode my horses,”he said. With a score of 75 points inthe first go, Wilson tied forfourth place, alongside Dickin-son, N.D. cowboy, Qwint Stroh.Results from the second go, re-vealed that Wilson placed inthe 14 spot. And in the finalround he placed in the 11 spot. This left the local cowboytying for fifth with Tegan Smithfrom Winterset, Iowa in the

Courtesy photoCash Wilson, local cowboy of Wall, S.D., places fifth in the average at the NHSR, in Gillette, WY.

aver age. Wilson’s overall aver-age was a score of 198. Wilson said, “It was pretty good,and a good experience, but I feellike I can do better. I wanted toplace in the top four, that was mygoal going into it.” Though he barely missed hisgoal, the cowboy sure has a lotto be proud of and is deter-mined to come back strongerand better from experience atnationals. Wilson has set an-other goal as he finishes outthe rest of this rodeo season. “I want to finish out the sum-mer strong, and place in thetop five at the amateur level.”

As a strong competitor andlover of the sport, Wilson setshimself high goals so he canpush himself to get better eachday. However, he doesn’t do italone. Wilson has had a greatsupport system who travel toall of the rodeos and help coachand train him. “There was like 15 people thatcame to support me in the shortgo at nationals. Their supportmeans the world to me,” he said. Wilson added that his biggestinspiration is a close relative,Mike Heathershaw. “There are a lot of highs andlows in the sport of rodeo. Mike

helps coach me. He keeps memotivated through all of mylows and celebrates with meduring the highs.” As Wilson, an incoming junior atWall High school, looks to the fu-ture, he knows he wants to stickwith saddle bronc riding, maybeeven in college. “I had a couple of colleges con-tact me after riding at nationals,but I haven’t made any commit-ments yet,” he noted. And with that said, this won’t bethe last time we hear Cash Wilsonmentioned in the top.

BROOKINGS, S.D. - SDSU Ex-tension will hold the seventhdrought meeting in Wall Aug. 23,2017 at the Wall CommunityCenter (501 Main St.). The meeting will run from sixp.m to nine p.m. This meeting isfree and there is no registration. For livestock safety, attendeesare encouraged to bring waterand/or standing forages such ascorn, millet, sudangrass andsorghum for testing (exceptionsto the forage nitrate quick testinclude: baled forages, such as,grass and alfalfa. These foragesshould be sampled via bale coremethod and sent directly to a labfor best results). Presenters include: Laura Ed-

wards, SDSU Extension StateClimatologist; Heather Gessner,SDSU Extension Livestock Busi-ness Management Field Special-ist; Dave Ollila, SDSU ExtensionSheep Field Specialist; AdeleHarty, SDSU Extension Cow/CalfField Specialist and Chris Gra-ham, SDSU Extension Agrono-mist. SDSU Extension Cow/CalfField Specialist, Robin Salversonwill be available for quick nitratetesting for forages/feed and live-stock suitability water testing. U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) Farm Service Agency(FSA) staff will also be availableto discuss drought disaster pro-grams.

SDSU Extension to host droughtmeeting in Wall, Aug. 23

Wall serves as stopping point for traveling bikers

Photos by Anne Jo ClarkBikers from all over have made their appearance in Wall as they continue on their way to the 77th annual Sturgis bike rally.These bikers wait all year to travel to Sturgis for the festivities and the town of Wall has been a great stopping point for them.The 77th Sturgis® Motorcycle Rally™ ends on August 14.

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Obituaries … Page 5Theresa Fortune

Rose DaumAlice I. MungerMiriam Schilling

Sports … Page 6SDRA Rodeo Results

Public Notices … Pages 8West River/Lyman Jones Rural Water

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It’s been dry…It has been dry to say the very

least. Every county in the statehas experienced this year’sdrought to some degree, withmany facing severe or extremeconditions. Well over half of SouthDakota’s wheat is in poor or verypoor condition, as is most of ourbarley, oats and alfalfa. Corn andsoybeans are hurting too. Mean-while, many pastures have beenbrown for some time, leavingranchers with a severe feed short-age and forcing many to downsizetheir herds. Every farmer and rancher un-derstands agriculture is a riskybusiness. You can have good cropsfor a decade, but one or two badyears can change everything.Times like this underscore the im-portance of providing a safety netto those who maintain our foodsupply. Earlier this month, I joined

members of the House AgricultureCommittee for a Farm Bill listen-ing session where these safetynets were a primary focus. Duringthe 2014 Farm Bill debate, Ifought hard as a member of thefinal negotiating team tostrengthen crop insurance andmake the Livestock Forage Pro-gram permanent, because ranch-ers should have some certaintyabout the safety nets availablewhen drought conditions leavewheat heads unfilled and pasturesbare. At the same time, taxpayersdeserve certainty too. By buildingsafety-net programs like this intothe budget rather than doing cri-sis-by-crisis emergency spending,we can better predict financialneeds and avoid deficit spending. Additionally, I have beenpleased to see Secretary Perdueincrementally open SouthDakota’s CRP acres for hayingand grazing, following a request I

made to do so. He also allowed forcertain CRP contract holders todonate their hay to livestock pro-ducers in drought stricken coun-ties. This relief was needed, but Ibelieve this is an area whereranchers ought to have more cer-tainty. In late July, I introducedthe Donations in Rough Years(DRY) Act. This bill would perma-nently allow the hay harvested oncertain CRP acres to be donated toranchers struggling to meet theirfeed needs. Droughts and fires can leavethousands of acres bare, whilefarmers and ranchers elsewhereare forced to destroy good hay.There is just no reason feed shouldbe wasted. The DRY Act offers acommonsense solution. Morespecifically, the bill would allowfor hay harvested in line withCRP management practices to bedonated to ranchers sufferingfrom a severe drought (categorizedas D2 on the U.S. Drought Moni-tor) for eight weeks or an extremedrought (categorized as D3) forany length of time. If a presiden-tial disaster is declared due to fire,ranchers would also be eligible toreceive donated hay. Too often, the federal govern-ment waits until a situation getsbad before figuring out how todeal with it. In situations wheredays matter – such as in the midstof a drought-induced feed short-age – relief can come too late. Weshould be more proactive. That iswhy it was important to fight tostrengthen crop insurance andmake livestock disaster programspermanent. It is also why I believethe DRY Act is necessary. It willnot make the rain fall, but per-haps it can give a little peace ofmind at a very unpredictabletime.

Kristi NoemU.S. Representative from South Dakota

LibraryTheresa Schaefer, Library Director | 279-2929

Who drew the biggest crowd ofany summer reading story time sofar this year? It was Brody Bryan,the Wall Lego maniac! Last Fridaymorning, he read a Lego Batmanbook to the large group, showed offhis amazing Lego Batmobile, andtold all about his Lego adventures.After that, he joined the storytimers in a building spree with allsorts of building blocks, from card-board boxes that towered to theceiling to teeny-tiny Lego con-structions that told stories of theirown. Ed Welsh from the BadlandsNational Park will visit the li-brary this Friday, August 11, at9:00 a.m., to tell the group aboutthe upcoming total solar eclipse.The event will include a chance tolook at the sun through a solarscope. All who attend will receivea free pair of eclipse viewing

sig. Against the backdrop of a fa-ther-son motorcycle trip across theNorthwest, Pirsig takes thereader on an inward philosophicaljourney. A recent review says “itmeditates on those grand philo-sophical problems … first ad-dressed by Thoreau and Melville… It seems as fresh and com-pelling as it did decades ago.” Anyone contemplating a longmotorcycle adventure will do wellto pick up local author MichelleLamphere’s Tips for TravelingOverland in Latin America.Younger readers of chapter bookswill love Beverly Cleary’s classicThe Mouse and the Motorcycle. Congratulations to all those in-volved in bringing the rally toWall with the first annual WallCrawl! After enjoying the festivi-ties, stop by the library for a bookto help keep the rally glow going.

glasses, courtesy of a grant fromSTARNet’s NASA@ My Libraryinitiative with support fromNASA, the Gordon and BettyMoore Foundation, Research Cor-poration, and Google. Everyone isinvited. Motorcycles are roaring by onFriday as this column is beingwritten, so it must be time to focuson motorcycle books. The historyof the Sturgis Rally is beautifullytold and laid out, with plenty ofgreat photographs, in Sturgis: TheStory of the Rally by Carl Ede-burn. The book takes the readeron a virtual tour of the rally, with-out the noise and traffic, andwithin the comfort of an easychair. Nostalgia lovers can travel backto the seventies by reading or re-reading Zen and the Art of Motor-cycle Maintenance by Robert Pir-

Truth Things I know to be true: Give a child a bath, and she willfind a mud puddle. The cow who hates the worldand rips up your corrals andfences will never be ill. Bad tempered cows who areslated for the sale barn will raisethe most beautiful of calves, justto make you reconsider sellingher. If you do not sell a bad temperedcow, she will prolapse the nextyear, just to spite you. No matter how many times youwarn them and urge them to usethe bathroom before getting intotheir car seats, kids will need touse the bathroom as soon as youpull onto the county road. The fish are always biting, untilyou put your line in the water. Drought, fire, floods and bliz-zards are all likely to occur in thesame year. Everything eats sheep. Evenchickens prey on these haplesscreatures.

Sheep are frustrating animals.You cannot raise them unless youlove them. Shop around, buy something atthe best price you can, and yourneighbor will get it cheaper thefollowing week. Company will always stop byunannounced when the dishes arestill in the sink and the floors needvacuumed. The dog might be missing allday while the rabbits eat the gar-den, but she will run into the yardjust in time to nip at the UPSman. Chickens have miniscule brains,but rank with wolves in their de-viousness. Any toy can be weaponized in achild’s imagination. There is nothing more peacefulthan holding a sleeping child. Holding a hot, sweaty, sleepingchild on a hot day is not conduciveto relaxation. Hold an exhausted, sleepingchild, and flies from five countieswill swarm at you. The flyswatter

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will be just out of reach. No matter the drought, it can bebroken by setting up a tent andtrying to have a relaxing weekendof camping with the family. One pound of chocolate candiescan cause five pounds of weightgain. On the one morning you cansleep in, your kids will decide anearly start is a good idea. On the mornings when youmust be on the road early, yourkids will want to sleep in. A drought year is a good time todig out the dams and expect mois-ture to come someday. Ag producers are the most real-istic optimists in the world. Seasoned milk cows only kickwhen the milk bucket is almostfull. Heifers have a knack for start-ing to calve just when you need toleave for church. If a mom sits down to write, herchildren will instantly be awakewanting breakfast.

“Look what we found!” the littlegirl told her mother, holding up ahandful of feathers. Two bright,black eyes peered out from theruffled softness. The little girl’ssisters and a small pack of simi-larly-sized friends were wedgedbehind her, all breathless andtalking at once.

“We found it on the road.”“It fell out of its nest.”I recognized the bird right away.

She was one of the fledgling mead-owlarks that had appeared in ourbig shade tree that very morning.The wee thing opened its beak justa crack, panted quietly, thensnapped it shut again. It was tooscared to even make a peep. Thekids in their excitement did notnotice her distress.

I asked to take the bird, and Iled the small parade of childrenback to the spot on our gravel roadwhere they found her. “We need toput her into that tree so the catswon’t bother her, and her parentscan still feed her until she is oldenough to feed herself,” I toldthem.

The little kids accepted thiswithout question, and started sug-gesting branches, but the biggestgirl looked at me sideways andwhispered: “Is that really true? Ithought after you touch them…”she lifted her eyebrows instead offinishing the sentence.

“They will still come and feedher.” I said with confidence.

nearly upon them. In the last sec-onds, one of the rocks sproutedwings and flew up and away. Theother sprouted wings and did not.I lifted my hand to my mouth, andput my foot on the brake. I knewinstantly and horribly who thebirds were, and what I’d done. Inthe rearview mirror, I saw anadult meadowlark land on theground, calling and calling to thebird that now lay flopping in thedust.

The little fledgling was alreadydead when I got to her, but herbody didn’t know it yet. The mus-cle of her heart pumped, the mo-tion of her wings was not yetstilled, but the light had left hereyes.

The adult who had been feedingher circled my head, watching asI moved the body from the gravelto the soft grass of the road ditch.I walked back to the pickup, cry-ing. Behind me, the mother mead-owlark dove down, searching forher baby.

I thought of them as I drove thelong, rolling miles across the stateof South Dakota, singing to myson and daughter when theystarted to fuss, stopping on theroadside to feed them snacks be-fore continuing our eastward jour-ney.

It’s a gift, isn’t it? Every day ofthis life, that we hold both sacredand mundane, is a gift. A gift weare given without permission orparameters. A gift that, try as Imight, I can not hold lightly.

Just before dusk we pull intoour destination. I park the car,pull the keys from the ignition,and look out over the dash. There,roosting patiently on the ridge ofa stop sign, are three fledglingmeadowlarks, waiting while theirparents circle above. I lean myforehead onto the steering wheelfor just a moment, the breath inmy lungs a prayer, the breathwhen I release it, a song of grati-tude.

The sun was just about to set,and it looked like liquid flame be-neath a crown of lavender clouds.When I placed the baby bird onthe highest branch I could reach,her tiny claws grabbed hold assoon as I let go. She balancedthere, turning to watch us withone of her dark eyes, her body asmotionless as the leaves that sur-rounded her.

Suddenly, high above our heads,the trees exploded with mead-owlarks. A mother, a father, aunts,uncles, they were all singing tothe little one on the branch. Thekids looked at me, impressed. “It’sher family!” I said, and they nod-ded, laughing and gesturing at thesky now wild with birds.

And then, the moment passed,and the kids ran back to the yard,screeching and hooting, on to an-other game. I gave the fledgling abackward glance, her tiny body ablack silhouette against the brightscarf of sunset.

The next day I stopped by thetree to check on her, not sure whatI was expecting to see, but thereshe was, quite a bit higher thanwhere I’d left her; still sitting,waiting for an adult to sweepdown and pop a bite of food in thesharp thumbnail of her beak. Sureenough, one did that very thingwhile I watched, dropping aplump, ripe chokecherry in hermouth before flying away. From anearby tree I recognized the voicesof the other fledglings crying to befed, and the answering song fromtheir guardians who swooped anddanced, airborne.

Two mornings later, instru-ments, blankets, diapers, a week’sworth of clothes, and my ownsweet babes, packed and ready togo, I hopped into the pickup andwaved goodbye to the ranch. Iwasn’t even halfway to the roadwhen I noticed two gray objects onthe gravel path. The sun was sobright, I couldn’t tell if they wererocks or a mirage until I was

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Dakota area. If you observe this subject orhave any knowledge of her where-abouts, please do not approach.Please contact the PenningtonCounty Sheriff ’s Office at 605-394-6117, the Rapid City PoliceDepartment at 605-394-4131 orthe nearest law enforcementagency if you have any informa-tion which would result in the ar-rest of this individual.

Penn. Co. FSA Pennington County FSA hasopened the Emergency Conserva-tion Program, (ECP) which willcost share livestock water proj-ects, including tanks, water lines,wells and related practices. Thiswill be a 75 percent cost share andthe signup period runs July 24-August 23, 2017.

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The remaining Custer StatePark day camp for 2017 is allabout buffalo and buffaloolympics, Wednesday, August 16. The day camps are free for par-ticipants, however a park en-trance license is required. All About Buffalo and BuffaloOlympics – Learn fun facts aboutbuffalo and then see if you havewhat it takes to be one of theseamazing creatures. Througholympic events, participants willsee if they can run, jump, weigh(and many other events) ... like abuffalo. Note that all of day camps aredesigned and limited to kids seventhrough 12 years old.

All day camps meet at the GameLodge Campground playgroundarea from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Participants must wear clothesand shoes that can get wet, andbring a water bottle, a snack andsunscreen. Pre-registration is required forall camps by calling 605-255-4464. Each camp is limited to 25 kids. Parents are required to attendwith kids under the age of seven,and should be aware the programis geared for kids seven through12 years of age. Parents are welcome to attendall camps with kids ages seventhrough 12, but not required.

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The Sturgis Motorcycle RallyRolls into Town

Every August, South Dakotawelcomes hundreds of thousandsof motorcyclists from across thecountry to participate in the an-nual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. No single week in the entireyear boasts a greater influx in thestate's overall population than theweek of the rally and the weeksbefore and after the rally. Duringthis time, motorcyclists gather to-gether in perhaps the largest bikegathering of all time. What began as a single motor-cycle race in 1938, the weeklongrally takes place in the small townof Sturgis in the Black Hills ofWestern South Dakota, a nor-mally quiet town with a popula-tion of almost 7,000. During theweek of the rally, however, MainStreet Sturgis evolves into abustling hub where motorcycle en-thusiasts and other tourists cometo enjoy like-minded company, en-tertainment, the South Dakotalandscape and local food. The economic impact of the rallyis impressive. A study conductedby the rally department of the cityof Sturgis gauged the economicimpact of the 2010 rally, which

hosted 466,000 attendees, as gen-erating roughly $817 million dol-lars in economic activity for thestate. That is just in one year. The city of Sturgis benefits fromthe rally, but so does the entirestate of South Dakota. Though therally only lasts 10 days, visitorsoften like to extend their trip toexplore the rest of the state. TheBlack Hills National Forest, Bad-lands National Park, MountRushmore National Monument,the Mickelson Trail, Jewel Cave,historic Deadwood and the CrazyHorse Memorial are all withinbiking distance of Sturgis. Visitorscan experience the fun and excite-ment of the rally one day and thepristine beauty of South Dakota'sBlack Hills the next. While the Black Hills are amust-see for visitors, opportuni-ties for fun and adventure can befound in every part of SouthDakota. In the central and easternpart of the state, a number of gla-cial lakes and reservoirs providefor top-notch fishing, especially ifyou’re trying to catch walleye orsmallmouth bass. Visitors to ourgreat state often like to camp,kayak, canoe, hike, bike or golfduring their vacation – all great

ways to explore the land of infinitevariety that is South Dakota. Jean and I wish everyone at-tending this year’s Sturgis Motor-cycle Rally a safe and fun-filledtrip. We hope that visitors willtake some time to explore SouthDakota’s stunning landscapes andrich history while they are here inthe land of great faces and greatplaces.

Mike RoundsU.S. Senator from South Dakota

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Annual LakesideOld Settlers’ Picnic

Sat., August 19•Horseshoe contest — registration at8:30 a.m., contest begins at 9:00 a.m.•Lakeside Church is 100 years old,

tour of church and dedicationat 11:30 a.m.

•Potluck at Noon•Games to follow

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The 2017 SturgisMotorcycle Rally

It is almost rally time in SouthDakota. What started in 1938 asa single motorcycle race in asmall town has grown into one ofthe largest and best-known mo-torcycle gatherings in the world.This year is the 77th annual Stur-gis Motorcycle Rally, and thoughwe do not expect the numbers willapproach the levels we saw twoyears ago, the rally is sure tobring a crowd. Motorcycle enthusiasts will notjust be visiting Sturgis. They willbe traveling all around the BlackHills – staying in our hotels andat our campgrounds, eating in ourlocal restaurants, shopping in ourstores and refueling at our gasstations. Each year the rally hasa big economic impact on Sturgisand all of the Black Hills, andthat creates benefits for our statetoo. An event this size is not with-out its challenges. To help thingsgo smoothly, the state has openedthe rally operations center and atraffic operations center. Locallaw enforcement, the highway pa-

trol and ambulance services willhave additional personnel work-ing during the rally. Many state agencies will pro-vide additional staff to supportfood safety, drinking water safety,fire safety, roadway safety, emer-gency communications, and ven-dor sales tax registrations andcollections. National guard sol-diers will also be prepared in theevent they are needed to respondto a large scale disaster. For the past 76 years, we havehad no major emergency at theSturgis Rally. Our goal is to getthrough the 77th rally with thatrecord intact, but we need help. We are asking South Dakotansto do their part to help make thisa safe journey for our visitors.Drive carefully and be particu-larly mindful of the motorcycleson the road. Do not get distractedby electronic devices. It only takesone mistake to alter your life andsomeone else’s forever. If you livein the Black Hills area, leaveextra time to reach your destina-tions, and be patient with law en-forcement and emergency respon-ders. If something does not look

right, let law enforcement know. For those who are attending therally, be careful and be prepared.Wear a helmet and proper ridingattire. If you are driving a non-motorcylce vehicle, wear yourseatbelt. Most importantly, do notdrink and drive. Riders can visit SouthDako-taRides.com for real time infor-mation and some helpful tips. Onthe website are links to weatherupdates, fire danger information,Twitter feeds from the depart-ments of transportation and pub-lic safety, and a map of hospital,urgent care and police station lo-cations. One of government's primaryfunctions is to keep people safe.The state of South Dakota isready to perform that responsibil-ity and we welcome the opportu-nity to host so many visitors inour great state. If SouthDakotans and our visitors dotheir part, it will go a long way to-ward helping make the 77th Stur-gis Motorcycle Rally a safe andfun event.

Dennis DaugaardGovernor of South Dakota

It’s About TimeIt was way back in Au-

gust 1986 when President RonaldReagan signed the last meaning-ful and comprehensive tax reformlegislation into law. Randy Travis’s “On The OtherHand” was at the top of the coun-try music charts, Bo Jackson wasthe first overall pick in the NFLdraft, and Kimberley and I werein our second year of marriage.Just think for a moment abouteverything that has changed inyour own life over the last threedecades: marriage, children, jobs,homes. Needless to say, reviewing,modernizing, and reforming ourtax code is long overdue. If you hae ever flipped throughthe Internal Revenue Code – it isnot a light read – you would knowjust how big and overly complex ithas become. Most folks would nothave to go to those lengths,though. For a lot of families, justfiling their annual taxes can be alarge enough burden. Even withonline tax preparation programsand professional tax preparers,which nine out of 10 Americansnow use, many people are still un-certain about their return’s accu-racy when they file it. There has been a lot on the Sen-ate’s agenda this year, but I havebeen working hard to get a head-start on tax reform so we can hit

the ground running when the Sen-ate returns to Washington from itssummer state work period. WhileI am back in South Dakota, I planon visiting different parts of thestate to take my message aboutpro-growth tax reform directly tothe people who would be affected.With a code as massive as the onewe have in the United States, it ishard to find a single Americanwhom tax reform would not touch. My goals for tax reform are ac-tually pretty simple. For starters,I believe we must provide middle-class tax relief, simplify the code,and pursue reforms that increasewages, jobs and economic growthin South Dakota. While creatingan environment for new jobgrowth is important, I also thinktax reform must encourage em-ployers to keep good paying jobshere at home. Finally, whateverwe do, we must improve andstrengthen America’s competitiveedge in an ever growing globaleconomy. It is not just the nation’slargest corporations, but also ourhometown businesses that make

up the supply chain that are atrisk if America continues to fallbehind in the global marketplace. Setting these goals is the easypart. The hard, but necessarywork, of getting a bill on the pres-ident’s desk comes next. I have al-ready introduced several individ-ual tax reform bills this year tohelp lay the groundwork for thateffort. If you are interested inlearning more about them, go towww.thune.senate.gov and clickon the tax reform icon on myhomepage. Over the next few weeks andmonths, I look forward to hearingfrom you and continuing to workwith my colleagues on the financecommittee as we work toward cre-ating a tax system that works forSouth Dakotans, not againstthem.

John ThuneU.S. Senator from South Dakota

SDSU Extension hosts droughtmeeting in Wall, Aug. 23

SDSU Extension will hold theseventh drought meeting in WallAugust 23, 2017 at the Wall Com-munity Center (501 Main St.). The meeting will run from 6 p.mto 9 p.m. This meeting is free andthere is no registration is neces-sary. For livestock safety, attendeesare encouraged to bring waterand/or standing forages such ascorn, millet, sudangrass andsorghum for testing (exceptions tothe forage nitrate quick test in-

clude: baled forages, such as, grassand alfalfa. These forages shouldbe sampled via bale core methodand sent directly to a lab for bestresults). Presenters include: Laura Ed-wards, SDSU Extension State Cli-matologist; Heather Gessner,SDSU Extension Livestock Busi-ness Management Field Special-ist; Dave Ollila, SDSU ExtensionSheep Field Specialist; AdeleHarty, SDSU Extension Cow/CalfField Specialist and Chris Gra-

ham, SDSU Extension Agrono-mist. SDSU Extension Cow/Calf FieldSpecialist, Robin Salverson will beavailable for quick nitrate testingfor forages/feed and livestock suit-ability water testing. U.S. Department of Agriculture(USDA) Farm Service Agency(FSA) staff will also be available todiscuss drought disaster pro-grams.

Badlands celebration Aug. 19-20 Hoop dancer Kevin Locke willstart the Badlands Heritage Cele-bration with a performance at theCedar Pass amphitheater, Satur-day, August 19, at 7:00 pm. Locke is also a preeminentplayer of the indigenous northernplains flute, a traditional story-teller, cultural ambassador,recording artist and educator. Sunday, Aug. 20 the BadlandsWhite River Visitor Center willhost the heritage celebration from10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Activitieswill focus on local history and tra-ditional ways of life. Demonstra-tions will include the traditionaluses for the bison, raising a tipi,traditional dancing and artwork. At 1:00 p.m., Delacina ChiefEagle will show her horseman-ship, show how to saddle and bri-dle a horse and discuss the historyand significance of the horse to theearly area people. At 2:00 p.m.,Locke will perform his flute play-ing and storytelling. Other artistswill share their traditionsthroughout the day. “The scenic landscape of thebadlands has great historical sig-nificance to the people,” statedMike Pflaum, park superintend-

ent. “We invite everyone to join usin learning about the people andtheir heritage during the celebra-tion.” The Badlands National Park’sWhite River Visitor Center is lo-cated at the junction of BIA 27 andBIA 2, north of Rockyford, South

Dakota. Visitors can also see ex-hibits and films about local his-tory and culture at the center. For more information on thisand other events, visit the parkcalendar at www.nps.gov/badl orcall 605-433-5361.

South Dakota producers are en-couraged to share drought impactinformation through the website,droughtreporter.unl.edu. Droughtreporter.unl.edu ishome to the Drought Impact Re-porter, a reporting feature that al-lows producers to report localdrought impacts and conditions.The tool was developed by theUnited States Department of Agri-culture in partnership with theNational Oceanic and Atmos-pheric Administration and theUniversity of Nebraska in Lincoln. "The current drought has had adevastating impact on manySouth Dakota farmers and ranch-ers. We need individuals to shareinformation on the conditions theysee on their farms and ranchesthrough the proper channels so allinformation can be reviewed andvaluable information is not lost,"said Laura Edwards, SDSU Ex-tension State Climatologist. As State Climatologist, Ed-wards provides recommendationswhich are utilized by the NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Admin-istration when developing theU.S. Drought Monitor Map andassigning drought designations. "Much of the recommendation isbased on water and climate datawhich we as a team pull fromweather stations, satellites,

stream gauges and other tools.However, we also use informationfrom impact reports, provided bylandowners," Edwards said. These impact reports are pulledfrom the Drought Impact Reporterwebsite. "It is so important that SouthDakota's farmers and ranchersshare information of the impactthis drought is having on theirland and livestock through thiswebsite," said Mike Jaspers,South Dakota Secretary of Agri-culture. "The Drought Monitorcan only be as accurate as thedata used to write it. The morepeople sending in reports, themore data points the authors haveto get a clear and complete pictureof conditions on the ground." For those not familiar withdrought designations and why aspecific designation matters toSouth Dakota's agriculture pro-ducers - it comes down to disasterrelief funding. A few disaster relief programs,provided through the USDA,Farm Service Agency (FSA) baseeligibility on the drought designa-tion assigned to specific counties. "FSA does not report informa-tion to the authors of the U.S.Drought Monitor, we simply relyon the information for programpurposes," said Jamie White, act-

ing state executive director, exec-utive officer, USDA-FSA, SouthDakota. "For producers concernedabout the integrity of the U.S.Drought Monitor, the best thingthey can do is provide a completereport of weather conditionsthrough the reporting tool desig-nated for producers. The DroughtImpact Reporter streamlines theinformation provided to the au-thors of the U.S. Drought Moni-tor." The U.S. Drought Monitor re-porting tool can be found atdroughtreporter.unl.edu underthe Submit Report tab. This re-port allows producers to provide awritten description of drought im-pacts on livelihood, activities, etc.Producers can select categories toshow losses and gains as a resultof the drought. You can report onthe duration of drought event. Youcan see select affected places – ge-ographic areas ranging from anentire state to a small area withina state. Producers can submit im-ages that document the droughtand its impact. Producers can pro-vide contact information (includesan option to keep information con-fidential). For more information, includingstate specific drought impactmaps, visit http://droughtmoni-tor.unl.edu/Home.aspx.

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Maxine Smith and her daugh-ter, Leslie Brown, went to a bridalshower for Arissa Olien (fiancée ofCasey Cuny) in Rapid City onSaturday. Arissa is Maxine’sgranddaughter. Frances Postemet them early afternoon to go toBonnie and Dick Miller’s home,Hermosa, as Betty Yost was stillvisiting there from Kansas. Lesliewasn’t able to attend the familyreunion the week before so visitedher cousins on Saturday. It was agreat time! Pastor Darwin Kopfmann,Custer, was in the Drug Store onFriday morning headed for SiouxFalls, a grandson was playinghockey there. A Kopfmann familyreunion was to take place atAlpena on Sunday, and then backto Custer. Last week’s Courant and Pio-neer Review were chocked fullwith obituaries! Our sympathy

goes out to all the families. Last week, Greg Eddie Radiganof Denver, came to see his motherSusie Kjerstad Radigan for a cou-ple days. He went on to Vermil-lion to visit his brother Josh anddad Kelly Radigan. Scot O’Bryan of Belvidere,stopped in Quinn on Thursday tovisit Lorna Moore and gave thebaby colts their shots while there. The Class of 1954 tried some-thing different for their monthlymeeting in August. They knewthe town of Wall was going to becongested with bikers so a“potluck” lunch was held at thehome of Lavon and DorothyShearer. They had a variety offood, even cake for dessert. Thoseattending were Myrna Loy andGuy Smith, Jim and Leila Joyce,Maggie and Jim Bloom, ConnieVaughn and Lou Vaughn, Glenand Betty Alishouse, LornaMoore, Glenda Knapp, Lavon andDorothy Shearer. Five of themwere of the Class. Robert (Bob) Kelly of RapidCity, passed away August 2nd atSanford Medical Center in SiouxFalls. He has lived several placesbut grew up in Quinn. Our condo-lences go out to his family andfriends. This whole week is MotorcycleRally Week in Sturgis, but thatmeans most any town will havesome. Seems Wall had more bikesthan cars on the street on Sunday.

I wasn’t uptown on Monday after-noon but there are a lot of themgoing by my place. The artist featured at the FirstInterstate Bank in Wall for themonth of August is Linda Hiltnerof Wall. Randy and Mary Williams arevisiting with Randy’s parents,Leslie and Kay Williams, a fewdays this week. They live in Lin-coln, Neb. Dorothy and Lavon Shearer areproud of their great-granddaugh-ter Kellyn Shearer. She has a bigbelt buckle she earned at the 4-Hrodeo in New Underwood re-cently. Temperatures this past weekare more to our liking — highs inthe 70s and 80s; lows in upper 40sand 50s. Not much complaintthere, but we are still wantingrain! A while back, I had written thatthe chokecherries were ripe. It ishard to believe they are stillhanging on the tree! Evidentlythe birds find them not very appe-tizing — with the drought theymust be just the pit and the out-side skin. Have a good week! You give a man an inch and hethinks he’s a Ruler.

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And what a lovely morning it is!This sixth day of August, twothousand and seventeen! This, the first day of this weekit’s a most pleasant gift of timeand weather to be here on ourback porch enjoying breeze, birdchatter and only a fleetingthought of the day’s “should-dos”.Just purty-near perfect I’d say. A magazine’s recipe shares“Lemon-dill Salmon Cakes”.Sounds tasty and much like mymother’s go-to meal of “Salmon-patties”. The writer tells us that“a little chopped Meyer lemon andrind adds sweet aromatic notes”and still sounds simple enough tocome out of my kitchen! Saturday, we watched heavy,thick dark clouds moving southfrom Elm Springs and as wegazed at these beauties (full ofhope for rain) we watched as theygathered speed and moved east!

Hopefully our friends in its pathwere benefited! It is good to havehope, but it is smart to have PlanB and maybe C and D with steps“1, 2 and 3” of each of those plans.But then, we were brought up bySouth Dakotans — west riverSouth Dakotans at that. Andgratefully so! Yesterday, a day beginning withordinary chores for outside totake advantage of the cool we en-countered a difficulty which led tothe seeking of a neighbor who isvery handy with a chain saw. Danand Di Turgeon answered our callfor tree removal assistance. Theyare smart workers, good neigh-bors, interesting and great fun.Yes, the tree was cut down, cut forwinter fuel and excess cleaned upand hauled to the burn pit. We enjoyed their company fur-ther into the afternoon and set adate for a “non-distress” date be-

fore August is used up. Thank you both, we do so ap-preciate your help and good com-pany. The news of a young man’sdeath who had spent some yearsin Wasta sits in our mind with nosolid place to put the hows andwhys of its happening. Perhapsdeath affects us often like that,expecially in one so young.Dakota Alfrey was just 21 yearsold. This day, Sunday, remains“purty” near perfect and some“should-dos” were crossed off thelist, others done which were“never on the list”. How gratefulwe are to enjoy the outside tem-perature! Maybe it will even raintomorrow! Happy Trails! Lloyd & the Missus

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It didn’t take a Nielson rating to uncover the fa-vorite local entertainment in Lennox Valley in1998. Without our own TV station, the newspaperand radio were our outlets for local news.

Our paper, The Lennox Valley Hometown News,came out every Wednesday morning like clock-work. A group of retired townspeople could be seensipping coffee at the Dairy Queen on State High-way 111, beginning around 6:30 a.m. each week,while they waited for the paper to arrive.

Everyone’s most anticipated column was“Rumor Has It,” by Maxine Miller. This is wherewe would get the news that wouldn’t quite makeit in one of Iris Long’s more, shall we say, journal-istic columns.

As you might guess, Maxine’s favorite phrasewas “rumor has it,” and each of her columns beganwith those words.

“Rumor has it,” she would begin, “that T.J. Bor-dewyck was seen arriving home late in the eveningon June 11, carrying a bouquet of flowers fromPratt’s Country Store.”

From that point, Maxine would elaborate on thereasons a man might bring flowers to his wife solate in the evening and why, with all the flowersin the world, he would choose to bring daffodils.

“As I remember,” Maxine wrote, “Sherilyn andT.J. were married in the fall, so those weren’t an-niversary flowers.”

“If it was her birthday,” Maxine penned, “per-haps he should have thought ahead and orderedsomething nice from QVC.”

Maxine loved to stir up the dust, and LennoxValley was one dusty place. Maxine used to write,“The nice thing about living in a small town iswhen you don’t know what you are doing, some-body else does.”

It seemed like most gossip in Lennox Valley was

born in one of three places: Maxine’s weekly col-umn, Raymond Cooper’s radio show, or Caroline’sBeauty Salon. To be sure, however, Caroline hadenough problems of her own after marrying herhigh school sweetheart, Salter Tittle, in 1989.

Salter, it seems, was quite the physical specimenin high school and one of Lennox Valley’s most dec-orated athletes. In 1988, Salter reached the statetrack & field finals for the third straight year. Hisspecialty was the pole vault, which won him a goldmedal at the state meet his senior year.

One can just imagine the teasing Caroline en-dured during high school while dating “Salter theVaulter.” Kids can be cruel, and Caroline was nostranger to cruelty.

That’s probably why Caroline tried to keepmean, spiteful gossip to a minimum, as best shecould. Plus, she had her own personal issues.

No one had noticed, yet, that Salter had leftthree weeks earlier with a garbage bag full ofclothes, along with most of the money from thefamily bank account, and hadn’t returned. Thiswas no time for Caroline to be spreading rumorsabout anyone else.

That wasn’t the case, though, with Maxine. IrisLong, editor of Hometown News, wasn’t thrilledwith many of the rumors she would spread butMaxine was a big reason many of the good folks ofthe valley read The Hometown News each week.

So it was on the week of Sarah Hyden-Smith’sarrival to the Valley. Just four days before her firstsermon at the Methodist church, Sarah opened thepaper to read, “Rumor has it that the new ministerat Lennox Valley Methodist Church is single.”

Sarah was afraid to read further, but had nochoice.

“Fortunately,” Maxine continued, “she won’t bethe only single pastor in Lennox Valley,” referringto Brother Jacob at the Lutheran Church.

“I’m guessing,” concluded Maxine, “that theMinisterial Alliance meetings are about to getmuch more interesting.”

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The West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water Systems, Inc. Boardof Directors in accordance with By-laws, Article VIII, Section I, an-nounces the vacancies of the following Director positions effectiveOctober 18, 2017:

Zone 1 – Rural Stanley County north of the Bad River; currentDirector Dodie Garrity

Zone 2A – Rural Lyman County west of Township line betweenRange 75W and Range 76W; and rural Stanley County south ofthe Bad River; current Director Lorne Smith

Zone 4 – Rural Pennington County east of the Cheyenne River;current Director Kirk Cordes

Zone 4A – Rural Mellette County; current Director Casey Krog-man

Eligibility for Nomination: 1. Must be a member of the corporation 2. Must have contracted for a service tap in area to represent 3. Must file a petition no later than 4:00 P.M. (CT) October 6, 2017 at the rural water system office in Murdo, S.D. 4. Petition must be signed by no less than 15 members 5. No proxy voting allowed 6. Nominations will not be allowed from the floor at the annual meeting unless no petitions have been filed for a directorship

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Theresa Fortune, age 56, Philip,S.D., died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, ather home in Philip. Theresa was born July 17, 1961,in Rapid City to Robert and CaroleRogers. She graduated from RapidCity Central High School in 1979.After high school, she entered theworkforce in Wyoming and Ne-braska with the railroad. She didnot push a pen, she swung a ham-mer. On March 30, 1990, she marriedCasey Fortune and spent manyyears working on the ranch andraising a family – she loved theranch life. Her children were herpride and joy. She enjoyed all theiractivities from music concerts,rodeos, basketball and football.She was always excited to seewhich career paths her childrenwould pursue. Her second love wasgardening and battling thegrasshoppers and rabbits everyyear. She also loved talking aboutthe moonlight coyote hunts. She had a deep affinity forPactola Lake. She was alwayslooking for partners in crime to goto the lake on her pontoon to hangout at Jenny Gulch and swim. Shewas a lover of nature. She enjoyedevening walks at the ranch, hik-ing, rock hunting and cross coun-try skiing. With her love of nature,she enjoyed photographing sun-sets, wild animals, horses, cattle

and many rodeos. She had a strong bond for familyand friends. She loved visitingwith them near and far. Any occa-sion to have a family gatheringfilled her heart with happinessand joy. But spending time withher three grandchildren is whatmade her heart blossom. Survivors include her husband,Casey Fortune; four children,Tiekola Fortune and fiancé, RandyMarymee, West Point, Neb.,Toyeala Cuka and her husband,Miles, Philip, Trey Fortune andhis wife, Hannah, Milesville, andTa’Te Fortune, Philip; three grand-children, Randall Chance “R.C.”

Marymee, and Fairlyght andCinch Fortune; three brothers,William C. Rogers and his friend,Fran Hengel, Hermosa, Christo-pher D. Rogers, Edgemont, andTimothy F. Rogers and his wife,Christine, Rapid City; two sisters,Danielle R. Matson and her hus-band, Eric, Phoenix, Ariz., andJennifer A. Gabe and her husband,Larry, Oregon; and a host of otherrelatives and friends. Theresa was preceded in deathby her parents, Robert and CaroleRogers; and two brothers, Geraldand Robert Rogers. A memorial visitation will beheld from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. with awake service at 7:00 p.m. Friday,Aug. 11, at Rush Funeral Home inPhilip. Memorial services will be heldat 10:00 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, atthe American Legion Hall inPhilip with Father Gary Ore-shoski officiating. Arrangements are with RushFuneral Home of Philip.

Theresa Fortune

Rose Arla (Houtkooper) Daum,age 83, went home to be with herLord and Savior Friday, July 21,2017, at the Kadoka Care Centerin Kadoka, S.D., following a strug-gle with congestive heart failure. Rose was born on Oct. 28, 1933,near Corsica. She was the youngerof twin daughters (older twinRuby) born to John and Alta(DeGeest) Houtkooper. She wasthe third of five children. Growing up on the farm herchildhood was full of memorieslike milking cows, feeding chick-ens, picking rocks and survivingthe blizzard of 1949, thanks to thekindness of neighbors. She gradu-ated from Corsica High School in1952. After graduation she workedon the family farm, then moved toMitchell where she worked in thedietary department of the MitchellHospital. She later moved to Den-ver, Colo., working for Dr. Peter-son, DDS as a dental hygienist.While in Denver, she enjoyedchurch activities, bowling, going tomovies, roller skating, and hiking.It was through mutual friendsthat during this time she met thelove of her life. On June 28, 1962,in Aurora Center, she marriedSamuel (Sam) J. Daum. Life’s adventures for Rose in-cluded supporting Sam while hewas attending graduate school atSouth Dakota State Universityand the University of SouthDakota, raising a family and ofcourse farming. In 1969, they re-turned their young family to JonesCounty, and made the town ofMurdo their home becoming “city-farmers.” She had a “greenthumb,” loved gardening and can-ning the “fruits of her labor.” Mak-ing whole wheat bread, buns andcinnamon rolls was her joy. Oftenthese loaves of bread made theirway as gifts to the kids’ teachers.

She had a love for animals whichwas passed along to her children.She always enjoyed getting to-gether with her parents, siblingsand their families during holidaysand special occasions. When trav-eling the many miles between vis-iting family, then later her chil-dren in Minnesota and Wisconsin,many laughs were had while teas-ing her about the many old rundown farmsteads that “she hadneglected.” Rose’s beautiful smile, conta-gious laughter and sincere love forlife were enjoyed by all who knewher. Rose gave the best hugs andafter she could no longer stand,following a leg amputation shestill gave "hand hugs" using herincredible grip. Her greatest joywas in Christ, her love for her chil-dren, grandchildren and manynieces and nephews. Rose worked for over 20 years atthe Sioux Motel in Murdo, untilher stroke in April of 2012. Shewas a 40-year member of theGideons Auxiliary, was a memberof the Okaton Evangelical FreeChurch and in more recent years

the Community Bible Church inMurdo. Rose encouraged her chil-dren to always walk with the Lord.She enjoyed singing songs ofpraise at church and prayed faith-fully for her family and others. Rose is survived by her four chil-dren, Ruth Daum and CherylDaum, Murdo, Sharon (Tom)Daum-Bartelt, Rapid City, andBrian (Tammi) Daum, Belgrade,Mont.; two grandchildren, Caleband Abigail Daum; her sister-in-law, Edna Houtkooper, Denver,Colo.; sisters, Ruby Bult, Corsica,Donna (Don) Kuyper, Plankinton,and Mavis Veurink, Platte; andmany nieces and nephews. Rose was preceded in death byher parents; brother, Ken; broth-ers-in-law, John DeWaard, StanleyBult and Edwin Veurink; and lov-ing husband, Sam. Services were held Saturday,July 29, at the Community BibleChurch in Murdo. Graveside services were heldMonday, July 31, at Black HillsNational Cemetery near Sturgis. In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made toGideon’s International at www2.gideons.org/donate. Cards may besent to: The Rose Daum Family,PO Box 361, Murdo, SD 57559. Arrangements were with theRush Funeral Home of Philip. Heronline guestbook is available atwww.rushfuneralhome.com

Rose Daum

Miriam Schilling, age 78,Gillette, Wyo., formerly of Mid-land, S.D., died July 31, 2017, atthe Campbell County MemorialHospital in Gillette. Miriam was born July 11, 1939to Wilmer and Myrna (Boal) Abelin Pierre. She attended school inPresho, Murdo, and later gradu-ated high school from Midland. On Oct. 4, 1959, she was unitedin marriage to Ivan Schilling inPierre. From this union camethree children, Camilla, Craig andCarmelita. Miriam and Ivan owned theStandard Oil Gas Station andCafé in Midland for numerousyears where they both worked.When they sold the station,Miriam became a stay-at-homemom. They later opened a repairshop on the property south of theirhome in Midland. Miriam was a very active mem-ber of the community. If youneeded a volunteer, Miriam wouldalways be there. She also was asubstitute teacher at the schooland helped in the kitchen. She willalways be remembered for her

“Spanish” hamburgers at the Mid-land School events. She belonged to the TrinityLutheran Church in Midlandwhere she was an active member. In June 2009, Ivan and Miriammoved to Gillette, Wyo., to becloser to their children and grand-children. Even though they movedfrom Midland, she still stayed incontact with many dear friends inMidland.

Miriam is survived by her hus-band, Ivan, Gillette; three chil-dren, Camilla Henle, Craig(Laura) Schilling and Carmelita(Will) Colby, all of Gillette; sevengrandchildren, Brandon Allee,Gillette, Deann (Brent) Kepler,Princeton, La., Casey Schilling,Gillette, Kennedy Schilling, Park-ston, Mikey Dahmer, Gillette,Wiatt Colby, Gillette, and KoltinColby, Gillette; five great-grand-children, Sabrina Allee, Gillette,Greysen and Sawyer Kepler,Princeton, La., and Hayden andDaxton Schilling, Parkston; nu-merous nieces and nephews; and ahost of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death byher parents, Wilmer and MyrnaAbel; a sister, Kay Payne; abrother, Robert Abel; and grand-son, Patrick Dahmer. Services were held Aug. 4, 2017,at the Trinity Lutheran Church inMidland. Burial took place Aug. 4, 2017,at Black Hills National Cemeterynear Sturgis. Arrangements were with RushFuneral Home of Philip.

Miriam SchillingAlice I. Munger Alice Irene Munger was bornJune 17, 1928 at their homesteadin northeast Wyoming, to Charlesand Mildred Lamb. She attended country schoolthrough eighth grade and thenboarded in Gillette, Wyo., whereshe graduated high school. Afterhigh school, she boarded a busheaded to Santa Cruz, Calif., forWestern Union training. On thistrip, she met Derold Munger whowas on his way back to FortLewis, Wa. Alice quit school andthey were married on May 2, 1947at Fort Lewis. To this union wereborn eight children, three boysand five girls. Upon Derold’s dis-charge, they returned to his homenear Wanblee, S.D. Derold’s career took them toKadoka, Belvidere, Belle Fourche

great-grandchildren and a host ofother relatives and friends. Alice was preceded in death byher husband, Derold Munger; twosons, Dennis and Donald; and twosisters, Dorothy Terry and EdithBlakeman. Memorial contributions will beused to purchase Bibles throughGideon’s International. A Ceremonial Tribute will beheld at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, Au-gust 14, 2017 at the Calvary Tem-ple Assembly of God Church inSpearfish, with Pastors MarkChaplin and Jason Dalton officiat-ing. Inurnment will be 2:30 p.m.Monday, August 14, 2017 at theBlack Hills National Cemetery. An online guest book is avail-able at klinefuneralchapel.com

and lastly Wall, where they re-tired. Upon their retirement theyenjoyed camping, traveling andsnowbirding in Arizona with fam-ily and friends. During her lifetime, she enjoyedcrocheting, knitting, crafts,sewing, and teaching SundaySchool and Vacation Bible School. Alice, age 89, went home to bewith the Lord on Friday, August 4,2017 at Custer Regional SeniorCare. Grateful for having shared herlife are a son, Dale Munger,Spearfish; five daughters, Patty(Dennis) Golz, Spearfish, Phoebe(Clark) Cassel, Placerville, Idaho,Lynne Munger, Custer, Carol(Dan) Kessler, Black Hawk,Donna (Dennis) Page, Spearfish;twelve grandchildren, twenty

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Pennington County Courant • August 10, 20176Experience Wildfire Jr.

Ranger Day

Experience Wildfire JuniorRanger Day at the NationalGrasslands Visitor Center Satur-day, Aug. 12, in Wall. Join NGVC employees from

8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for a fun-filled day of hands-on activitiesthe whole family will enjoy. Every-one will have a chance to earn aspecial certificate and JuniorRanger Badge showcasing theirnew status as a Junior WildlandFirefighter of the National Grass-lands. Kathleen Hanson, NGVC visitorinformation apecialist, said,“There could not be a better timeto have our Wildfire JuniorRanger Day. August is in the heartof fire season, when firefighting isat its peak. I hope children andtheir families can stop by Satur-day to learn more about wildfireand the role it plays on the grass-lands.” The upcoming Junior RangerDay will teach children and theirfamilies about the complexities offire in the National Grasslands.

Junior Rangers can participate inhands-on activities that willdemonstrate how to handle fire re-sponsibly and what a Forest Serv-ice firefighter does on the job. Thepark rangers will be offering spe-cial wildfire-focused patio talksand evening programs showcasingthe importance of fire in the grass-lands, the difference between goodfires and bad fires, and how tohelp prevent irresponsible fireuse. Patio talks will be offered at10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. andevening programs will be given at3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Kelsey Bean, NGVC resourceassistant, said, “Fire plays an im-portant role in the grasslandecosystem. Unfortunately, manypeople accidentally start raginginfernos by being irresponsiblewith fire. This can cause moreharm than good to the grassland.Firefighters with the forest serv-ice have an important job of creat-ing safe, healthy fires, and puttingout uncontrollable wildfires thatthreaten the safety and wellbeingof the National Grasslands andtheir neighbors.” Wildfire Junior Ranger Day isthe third Junior Ranger Day of-fered by the National GrasslandsVisitor Center this summer. Thevisitor center hopes to inspire along lasting appreciation for wild-fire and its firefighters Saturday,Aug. 12. The National GrasslandsVisitor Center is located at 708Main Street, Wall, SD 57790. For more information, contactthe National Grasslands VisitorCenter at 605-279-2125. The visi-tor center is open daily from 8:00a.m. to 8:00.

Winner Elks BenefitWinner, July 28-30

Bareback Riding: 1. Whitten Hoover,Ainsworth, Neb., 77; 2. Logan Glendy,Oconto, Neb., 74; 3. Nick Schwedhelm,Sioux Falls, 72 Barrel Racing: 1. Deb Thompson,Gordon, Neb., 16.67; 2. JamieMolesworth, Burwell, Neb., 16.72; 3.D'Ann Gehlsen, Mission, 16.73; 4. AlyssaLockhart, Oelrichs, 16.75; 5. Hallie Ful-ton, Miller, 16.83; 6. Tammy Watson, Gar-retson, 16.91 Breakaway Roping: 1. Taylor Both-well, Ft. Pierre, 3.10; 2. Kadi McFadden,Sturgis, 3.20; 3. (tie) Shayla Howell, BelleFourche, and Kelly Kohle, Atkinson,Neb.,3.30; 4. Haley Brown, Porcupine,3.40; 5. (tie) Coralee Spratt, Gordon, Neb., and Cati Stanko, Gordon, Neb., 3.50; 6.Tanya Goad, Reydon, Okla., 3.60 Bull Riding: 1. Lyle Dillon, Martin, 85;2. Gavin Schultz, Redfield, 78 Calf Roping: 1. Cole Fulton, Miller,9.90; 2. Trey Young, Dupree, 10.30; 3.BoBrown, Harrold, 10.70; 4. Matt Elliot,Valentine, Neb., 11.20; 5. Myles Kenzy,Iona, 11.50; 6. Winston Brown, Piedmont,11.90 Goat Tying: 1. Jordan Tierney, Oral,9.40; 2. Amy Tierney, Oral, 9.50; 3. (tie)Alyssa Lockhart, Oelrichs, and MatayaEklund, Valentine, Neb., 9.60 Mixed Team Roping: 1. Brooke How-ell, Belle Fourche/Guy Howell, BelleFourche, 6.00; 2. Goad/Travis Goad, Rey-don, Okla., 7.20; 3. Amy Tierney, Oral/LeviTyan, Wallace, Neb., 7.90; 4. (tie) Trina Ar-neson, Enning/Melvin Arneson, Enning,and Chenoa Vande Stouwe, Inwood,Iowa/Darin Koedam, Inwood, Iowa, 8.30;5. Stanko./Matt Kasner, Cody, Neb., 8.50 Saddle Bronc Riding: 1. John The-len, Mitchell, 74; 2. Cole Hindman,Kadoka, 72; 3. (tie) Kolton Salonen, Gre-gory, Zane Smith, Broken Bow, Neb., andRhett Fanning, Martin, 68 Sr. Men’s Breakaway: 1. (tie) BarryKnippling, Chamberlain, and DarrenLammers, Chancellor, 3.50; 2. Glen Hos-tutler, Midland, 4.10; 3. Mark Schu-macher, Wolsey, 4.20; 4. (tie) Scott Hollen-beck, Winner, and Len Hofer, Piedmont,

4.80 Steer Wrestling: 1. Wyatt Schaack,Quinn, 4.40; 2. Eli Lord, Sturgis, 5.00; 3.Cole Fulton, Miller, 5.70; 4. Teil Glaus,Chamberlain, 5.80; 5. Jeff Johnston,Thedford, Neb., 7.20; 6. Tye Hale, Faith,8.50 Team Penning: 1. Jay Reurink,Colton/ Harold Fischer, Vermillion/TeresaMead, Jefferson, 33.50; 2. Rachel Dahl,Volin/Bogie Webb, Volin/Eric Sandbulte,Doon, Iowa, 51.70; 3. Mick Varilek, Ged-des/John Dean, Platte/Duke Starr, Ged-des, 52.00; 4. Gary Garbe, Alpena/MorganTebay, Alpena/Clinton Olinger, Plankin-ton, 53.30; 5. Jim Dunkelberger, Hart-ford/Terry Trower, Dell Rapids/ Robert De-vitt, Harrisburg, 58.30 Team Roping: 1. Cody White, Her-shey, Neb./Tucker White, Hershey, Neb.,5.90; 2. (tie) Jade Schmidt, Box Elder/JDGerard, Kennebec, and Lord/PaulGreimsman, Piedmont, 6.40;3. ReeceWeber, Valentine, Neb./ Ty Spickelmeier,Mitchell, 6.70; 4. Cooper Brott, Gothen-burg, Neb./Dustin Harris, O’Neill, Neb.,7.10; 5. ReAnn Crane, Whitewood/TommyCrane, Whitewood, 7.30; 6. Josh Whipple,St. Francis/Ken White, Fountain Hills,Ariz., 8.00; 7. Dave Gamblin, Wheatland,Wyo./Brad Schleck, Casper, Wyo., 8.20

Days of 1910Timber Lake, July 29-30

Bareback Riding: 1. Jake Carmody,Mobridge, 66; 2. Colt Hokana, Columbia,64; 3. Joe Alaniz, Faith, 59 Barrel Racing: 1. Sydney Maher, Tim-ber Lake, 15.92; 2. Krystal Dorsey, Isabel,16.05; 3. Jodi Nelson, Hartford, 16.16; 4.Madison Rau, Mobridge, 16.26; 5. WaceyBrown, Piedmont, 16.27; 6. (tie) MezaHam, Shadehill, Jenna Humble, MudButte, and Brandee Wardell, Buffalo,16.29 Breakaway Roping: 1. Dylan Lem-mon, Eagle Butte, 2.70; 2. Taryn Sippel,Pierpont, 2.90; 3. Carole Hollers, Sturgis,3.10; 4. (tie) Rylee Jo Rutton, Colome, andKelsey Lensgrav, Interior, 3.20; 5.Samantha Jorgenson, Watford City, N.D.3.30; 6. Whitney Knippling, Spearfish,3.50; 7. (tie) Tarin Hupp, Huron, RickieEngesser, Spearfish, and Brandi Cwach,

Newell, 3.60 Bull Riding: 1. Casey Heninger, Ft.Pierre, 77; 2. Schultz, 71 Calf Roping: 1. (tie) Matt Peters, HotSprings, Troy Wilcox, Red Owl, and ChaseLako, Arthur, Neb., 11.00; 2. JesseClement, Ridgeview, 11.10; 3. Kourt Starr,Dupree, 11.40; 4. (tie) Owen Fagerhaug,Plankinton, Rance Johnson, Philip, andJess Woodward, Dupree, 11.60 Goat Tying: 1. Jacey Hupp, Huron,6.60; 2. Lacey Tech, Fairfax, 6.80; 3.Tearnee Nelson, Faith, 7.00; 4. TawnyBarry, Carter, 7.20; 5. (tie) Cedar Jan-dreau, Kennebec, Tarin Hupp, and CarleeJohnston, Elm Springs, 7.30 Mixed Team Roping: 1. Ashly Price,Faith/Clint Cobb, Red Owl, 6.10; 2.Cwach/Preston Novak, Newell, 6.20; 3.Sidney Carey, Oral/Shawn Carey, High-more, 7.00; 4. Tearnee Nelson/Wylee Nel-son, Faith, 7.30; 5. Sippel/ElliotGourneau, Kennebec, and Hannah Hos-tutler, Midland/Jesse Hostutler, Midland,8.50 Saddle Bronc Riding: 1. CarterElshere, Elm Springs, 80; 2. Lane Stirling,Buffalo, 76; 3. (tie) Kyle Hapney, Harrold,Miles Kreeger, Lake Andes, and TateLongbrake, Dupree, 75; 4. (tie) Cash Wil-son, Wall, and Whyley Ruhnke, Miller, 70 Sr. Men’s Breakaway: 1. Scott Lam-mers, Hermosa, 2.60; 2. Lyle Wilcox, RedOwl, 2.80; 3. Bart Ness, Kennebec, 3.10; 4.Mark Schumacher, Wolsey, 3.40; 5. ShawnCarey, 3.50; 6. Mark Fulton, Miller,3.60 Steer Wrestling: 1. Lord, 4.40; 2. J.J.Hunt, Ridgeview, 4.80; 3. Tee Hale, UnionCenter, 4.90; 4. Grady Egly, Oelrichs, 5.00;5. (tie) Miles Spickelmier, Buffalo, andTrig Olson, Praire City, 5.10 Team Roping: 1. D a l t o nLessert, Martin/Jeremy Ferguson, EagleButte, 6.10; 2. Don Bettelyoun, EagleButte/Clint Harry, Dupree, 6.20; 3. TimNelson, Midland/Jake Nelson, Creighton,6.40; 4. Luke Heninger, Ft. Pierre/JasonHapney, Harrold, 8.20; 5. Rusty Gebhart,Timber Lake/Mitch Enright, Timber Lake,10.70; 6. Jon Peterson, Belle Fourche/GuyHowell, Belle Fourche, 12.70; 7.Price/Clint Cobb, Red Owl, 13.30

SDRA results through July 31

South Dakota Game, Fish andParks (GFP) is hosting events thisweekend for kids and adults alike.The events offer a variety oppor-tunities to spend time outdoors.

Friday, August 11Watercraft Exploration, Chief

White Crane Recreation Area,Yankton, 4-7 p.m. CT. Info:605.668.2985

Saturday, August 12RiverKid Spring Triathlon,

Farm Island Recreation Area,Pierre, 8:30 a.m. CT. Info:605.773.2885

Star Gazing, Good Earth StatePark at Blood Run, Sioux Falls, 10p.m. CT. Info: 605.213.1036

Adams Homestead Celebration,Adams Homestead and NaturePreserve, North Sioux City, 10a.m. - 4 p.m. CT. Info:605.232.0873

Bike Rodeo, Oakwood LakesState Park, Bruce, 11 a.m. CT.Info: 605.627.5441

Steady Ed Memorial Disc GolfTournament, Oahe DownstreamRecreation Area, Fort Pierre, 9a.m. CT. Info: 605.223.7722

Bike Rodeo, Lake PoinsettRecreation Area, Arlington, 9 a.m.CT. Info: 605.983.5085

Street Masters Car Show andIce Cream Social, Oahe Down-stream Recreation Area, Fort

Pierre, 7:30 - 9 p.m. CT. Info:605.223.7722

Dutch Oven Cookout, RichmondLake Recreation Area, Aberdeen,5-8 p.m. CT. Info: 605.626.3488Perseid Meteor Shower and StarParty, Palisades State Park, Gar-retson, 10 p.m. CT. Info:605.594.3824

All events are free with park en-trance license.

For more information on activi-ties in South Dakota state parks,visit gfp.sd.gov, contact the indi-vidual park office or call605.773.3391.

South Dakota State Parks to hostoutdoor activies, Aug. 11-13

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South Dakota Stockgrowers As-sociation reminds producers andlandowners that it is the responsi-ble of each landowner to manageprairie dogs in such a way thatdoes not allow the rodents to moveonto neighboring property. Thisincludes private landowners andgovernment agencies. "The prairie dogs have beenmoving a lot and we've seen dogtowns expanding across a lot ofthe drought areas this year. It isreally damaging a lot of grasslands across the state," said BillKluck, Stockgrowers president."We want to remind landowners totake prairie dog control seriouslyand also help to hold Forest Serv-ice and BLM accountable for man-aging their lands by reporting en-croachment." Prairie dogs are considered apest in South Dakota and prairiedog towns can severely decreasegrass production and land valuesas the rodents dig up large areasof prairie and over population canlead to spread of diseases such asplague. "We know managing prairiedogs add extra work in a yearwhen the drought already hasmany of our ranch familiesstretched to the max, but it is alsoa hardship to the neighboringlandowner when someone is nottaking care of prairie dog prob-lems," said Kluck. "The deadlinefor reporting is coming up, and we

encourage landowners to makesure they are taking care of anyproblems on their own land." If landowners have prairie dogsencroaching from neighboring pri-vate lands, they can file a formalcomplaint with the landowner andalso send it to the South DakotaDepartment of Agriculture ortheir county weed and pest board.The form is at http://sdda.sd.gov/legacydocs/Ag_Services/forms/pdog%20complaint%20form.pdf.These complaints can be filed atany time of the year. Prairie dogs coming on to pri-vate land from public lands, bothstate and federal, must be re-ported through the South DakotaDepartment of Game Fish andParks no later than August 15.The department will work withagencies to manage biologicalbuffer zones to private lands andmanage the encroaching dogtowns greater than 10 acreswithin one mile of public land.Public land complaints can befiled by calling 605-773-5913, orvisit https://gfp.sd.gov/wildlife/wildlifedamage/. The department mixes and pro-vides zinc phosphide bait (poisonoats), pre-bait products and gascartridges at very reasonableprices to landowners to controlprairie dogs. All of these productsare available at the SD Depart-ment of Ag Bait station in Pierre.Call 605-773-4432 for more infor-mation about prices, availabilityand the rules and restrictions fortheir use. Visit https://sdda.sd.gov/ag-services.

S.D. Stockgrowers remindslandowners of need forprairie dog control

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HELP WANTEDOPEN POSITION: Full timeJackson County Highway De-partment Worker. Experience inroad maintenance preferred.CDL pre-employment drug andalcohol screening required. Ap-plications / resumés accepted.Information (605) 837-2410 or(605) 837-2422, fax (605) 837-2447. K35-6tc

POSITIONS OPEN: KadokaNursing Home is seeking moti-vated, responsible, caring RNs.Wages are negotiable. Full-time,part-time and as needed hours.Improved benefits packageavailable for full-time. ContactHeidi, Whitney or Kala at (605)837-2270 for more information.

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BADLANDS NATURAL HIS-TORY ASSOC. in the Ben ReifelVisitor Center is now acceptingapplications for end of summerand fall sales clerk positions.Positions can start immediatelyand continue to the end of Oc-tober. Please inquire by email-ing katie.johnston@badlandsnha. org or by calling 605-433-5489. P33-6tc

HELP WANTED: Maintenanceworker needed at the Best West-ern Plains, Wall. Looking forhard working dedicated person.Must be willing to work someweekends and some evenings.Good job opportunity. For fulldescription of details of job,please contact Jackie at theBest Western, 279-2145. PayDOE. WP50-2tc

FALL HELP WANTED: Bad-lands Trading Post, I-90 Exit131, August – September – Oc-tober - November, Full or PartTime, Very Flexible Scheduling/ Competitive. Contact Heidi605-433-5411. P34-3tc

GOLDEN VET CLINIC -MILESVILLE is looking for fulltime office help (would considerpart time). Call 544-3377 orHeather, 441-3210. P34-tfn

HELP WANTED: Ranch handfor cattle and horse ranch.Housing available. Mechanicalability a plus. References re-quired. Call 605-985-5235.

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BUSINESS & SERVICES/P FENCING: Shannon andPete Reinert. Call us for yourfencing needs. Specializing inbarbed wire construction. Sev-eral references available. Callfor free quote: 605-515-0823.

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O’CONNELL CONSTRUCTION,INC., PHILIP: Rock, Sand,Gravel (screened or crushed).We can deliver. Dams, dugouts,building sites. Our 42nd year.Glenn or Trace, 859-2020.

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NEED A PLUMBER? Licensedplumbing contractor for all yourindoor plumbing and outdoorwater and sewer jobs. Call DaleKoehn, 441-1053, or leave amessage at 837-0112. K38-tfn

WEST RIVER EXCAVATIONwill do all types of trenching,ditching and directional boringwork. See Craig, Diana, Saun-tee or Heidi Coller, Kadoka, SD,or call 837-2690. Craig cell:390-8087, Sauntee cell: 390-8604; wrex@ gwtc.net K50-tfn

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

FOR SALE: 1998 Merritt 53'cattle pot with floor being at60% asking $20,000 and a CowCountry 28 ton overhead binwith 9' 6" clearance only hadone load of feed ran through itasking $9,000 located in Inte-rior, SD. For more informationcall Tom or Whitney O'Rourkeat 605-433-5383 or 605-685-4608. PR51-2tc

HAY FOR SALE IN WALL: 160-175 per ton, delivery availableor you pick up. Can be seenacross from Golden Vet Clinic inWall. Contact Bill Cheney, 441-0459. WP50-2tc

WHEAT HAY FOR SALE: 9.5-10.5 protein, 115-130 RFV, nonitrates. Located Milesville, SD.Call 605-685-4261. P34-tfn

WINDOWSCUSTOM BUILT WINDOWS forolder homes or new construc-tion. Manufactured right inSouth Dakota. Double hung,bays, bows, sliders. Call Therm-o-Loc windows TODAY at 605-770-7677 for an in-homedemonstration and free esti-mate. Thank you. K16-tfn

PHILIP HEALTH SERVICES –Full time and part time open-ings! More details at www.philiphealthservices.com. Drug testand background check re-quired. EOE. Apply in person,email questions@regional-health.com, or call 605-859-2511, ext. 191. Part TimeCook. Some evenings andweekends. Seeking team playerwith great attitude! Nursing As-sistants needed! No experiencerequired. Training and certifica-tion provided. Extra pay fornights, evenings, and week-ends. Call today! P34-tfn

HELP WANTED 3Bs Heating &Air Conditioning is now hiring.Wage DOE. Call Brian Hanson441-6543 PR48-3tc

HELP WANTED: Apply at PhilipCustom Meats. Full and parttime positions. PR10-tfn

JOBS WANTEDPERSON LOOKING FOR anytype of farm work. I’m from Wis-consin. Call 608-214-0031.

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MISC. FOR SALEFOR SALE: Clean ink barrels(not burn barrels). Contact Pio-neer Review in Philip, 859-2516. $30 each – only a fewavailable.

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BUSINESSOPPORTUNITY

FOR SALE: Pizza Etc, Philip.Established, profitable, turnkeyfamily business with great po-tential to expand. Kim or Vickie,605-859-2083. P21-tfn

RENTALSFOR RENT: 3 bedroom, 2 bathhome near Cactus Flat. Call605-279-2558. PW35-2tp

REAL ESTATEFOR SALE: 2 bedrooms, 2bath, one level brick home withattached garage. Call 605-515-3020. PR48-4tc

HOUSE FOR SALE IN PHILIP:4 bedroom, office room, 1-1/2bath, new roof, new windows,1-car garage, automatic sprin-kler system, corner lot, 201Hone St. Serious inquiries. JR,454-5112. See pictures onPhilip Garage Sale site.

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PRICE REDUCED: 3 bdrm, 1.5baths, 3 heat sources, attachedshop/garage, partially fur-nished, one block from MainStreet in Kadoka, space in-cluded for expansion, call 605-840-0163, 605-840-2533, 605-842-2533. K32-tfn

CLASSIFIED POLICYPLEASE READ your classifiedad the first week it runs. If yousee an error, we will gladly re-run your ad correctly. We ac-cept responsibility for the firstincorrect insertion only. Ravel-lette Publications, Inc. requestsall classifieds and cards ofthanks be paid for when ordered.A $2.00 billing charge will beadded if ad is not paid at thetime the order is placed.

EMPLOYMENT:

BRYANT PARKVIEW CARE CEN-TER is seeking: RN/Director ofNursing, FT Day Charge Nurse,Dietary Manager, FT/PT CNA’s.Nurse Aide training offered. CallAmy @ 605-628-2771.

CHS DAKOTA PRAIRIE in Edge-ley ND is hiring for FT Grain Op-erations Specialists. Competitivewages & full benefits. More de-tails at chsdakotaprairie.com or1-800-726-3582.

THE DUPREE SCHOOL is accept-ing applications for a Special Ed-ucation Instructor ($42,480/base,bonus & housing available).  Con-tact Supt. Shanks (605) 365-5140

COMMUNICATIONS COM-MANDER opening, City of Brook-ings, SD. Visit www.cityofbrook-ings.org for detailed position list-ing and completion of on-line ap-plication. Salary range $53,075-$71,652 DOE. City of Brookings,PO Box 270, Brookings, SD57006-0270. 605/697-8668.dlangland@cityofbrookings .orgAA/EOE

CONTRACT SALESPERSON Sell-ing aerial photography of farmson commission basis. $4225.00first month guarantee. $1,500-$3,000 weekly proven earnings.Travel required. More info mspho-tosd.com or 877/882-3566

279-2565

TRAILER TIRES FOR SALE:14-ply, 235/85/16R, all steel.$170, mounted. Les’ BodyShop, 859-2744, Philip.

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We are searching for a permanent,full time energetic sales associate/lumber

yard employee who enjoysworking with people.Call 279-2158 • Wall

FARM EQUIPMENT:

GOT LAND? Our hunters will paytop $$$ to hunt your land. Call fora free info packet & quote. 1-866-309-1507 www.BaseCampLeas-ing.com

SPORTING GOODS:

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WANTED TO BUY:

MOTORCYCLES WANTED Cashpaid for old motorcycles sitting inthe barn or shed. Non-running,no titles OK! Local buyer alwayspaying more! 320-420-7675.

NOTICES:

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Advertise YourGarage Salein the Profit!Just $7.50 for

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859-2516

Moving?Please notify the

Pennington CountyCourant with yourchange of addresstwo weeks before

moving, or as quickly aspossible, so as not tomiss a single issue.

Pennington County Courant • August 10, 2017

WEBSITE ADDRESS:www.philiplivestock.comEmail: info@philiplivestock.com

PHILIP LIVESTOCK AUCTIONPHILIP, SOUTH DAKOTA 859-2577

Philip, SD

TO CONSIGN CATTLE OR HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE LOOK AT YOUR CATTLE, GIVE US A CALL:THOR ROSETH, Owner

(605) 685-5826

BILLY MARKWED, FieldmanMidland • (605) 567-3385

JEFF LONG, Owner & AuctioneerRed Owl • (605) 985-5486

Cell (605) 515-0186LYNN WEISHAAR, Auctioneer

Reva • (605) 866-4670

DAN PIROUTEK, Market Rep.Milesville • (605) 544 3316

BOB ANDERSON, FieldmanSturgis • (605) 347-0151

(605) 641-1042BAXTER ANDERS, Fieldman

Wasta • (605) 685-4862

PHILIP LIVESTOCK AUCTION

(605) 859 2577www.philiplivestock.com

VIEW SALES LIVE ON THE INTERNET! Go to: www.philiplivestock.com. Upcoming sales &consignments can be viewed on the Internet at www.philiplivestock.com, or on the DTN: Click on

SALE BARNS NORTH CENTRAL

PLA is now qualified to handle third party verified NHTC cattle (Non Hormonal Treated Cattle).Philip Livestock Auction, in conjunction withSuperior Livestock Auction, will be offeringvideo sale as an additional service to ourconsignors, with questions about the video

please call, Jerry Roseth at 605-685-5820, Jeff Long at

605-515-0186 or Randy Curtis in the Black Hills area at 605-892-5694.

Keep supporting R-CALF USA! R-CALF USA is our voice in governmentto represent U.S. cattle producers intrade marketing issues. Join today

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PLA Café Marit Clawson, Mgr.Mon-Fri, 6 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. • Extended hours on sale days.

UPCOMING SALES:TUESDAY, AUG. 15: SPECIAL FEEDER

CATTLE SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALE.WEIGH-UPS: 10:00AM FEEDER CATTLE:12:00PM (MT). HORSES TO FOLLOW.ADVANCED CONSIGNMENTS:FEEDER CATTLE:MCFARLAND – 200 BLK TESTED OPEN HFRS........ 900#

FOR MORE INFO, CALL THOR ROSETH: 605-685-5826JEFF LONG: 605-515-0186

OR THE OFFICE: 605-859-2557

TUESDAY, AUG. 22: SPECIAL YEARLING & EARLYSPRING CALF SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, AUG. 29: SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE

SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 5: NO SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 12: SPECIAL YEARLING &

SPRING CALF SALE, EARLY BRED CATTLE SALE, &REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 19: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 26: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF

& YEARLING SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALE

TUESDAY, OCT. 3: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF &YEARLING SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALEWEDNESDAY, OCT. 4: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL &

HFRT. SALETUESDAY, OCT. 10: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF

SALEWEDNESDAY, OCT. 11: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL

& HFRT. SALETUESDAY, OCT. 17: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF

& YEARLING SALEWEDNESDAY, OCT. 18: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL

& HFRT. SALETUESDAY, OCT. 24: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF

SALEWEDNESDAY, OCT. 25: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL

& HFRT. SALETUESDAY, OCT. 31: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF

& YEARLING SALEWEDNESDAY, NOV. 1: WEIGH-UP COW, BULL &

HFRT. SALESATURDAY, NOV. 4: SPECIAL STOCK COW &

BRED HEIFER SALE & WEIGH-UP COW, BULL &HFRT. SALE

SUPERIOR LIVESTOCK AUCTION SCHEDULE:SALE DATE CATALOG DEADLINE VIDEO DEADLINELABOR DAY XXXVIII SEP. 14, 2017 AUG. 28, 2017 5:00 PM MT SEP. 6, 2017 5:00 PM CT

TUESDAY, NOV. 7: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALFSALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, NOV. 14: SPECIAL STOCK COW &

BRED HEIFER SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, NOV. 21: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF

& YEARLING SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, NOV. 28: SPECIAL BRED CATTLE SALE

& REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, DEC. 5: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF

SALE FEATURING WEANED CALVES & REGULARCATTLE SALETUESDAY, DEC. 12: SPECIAL STOCK COW &

BRED HEIFER SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALE &WELLER ANGUS ANNUAL BULL & FEMALE SALE

TUESDAY, DEC. 19: SPECIAL ALL-BREEDS CALF& STOCK COW & BRED HEIFER SALE, REGULARCATTLE SALE, & SLOVEK RANCH BULL & FEMALESALETUESDAY, DEC. 26: NO SALE

TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2017Big run of weighups, along with a feeder cattle special. Many packages in the run (mostly open heifers). Cows and bulls steady with an active feeder market and a good crowd.

UPCOMING HORSE SALESTUESDAY, AUG. 15: OPEN CONSIGNMENT

FOLLOWING THE CATTLE SALETUEDAY, SEPT. 19: OPEN CONSIGNMENT

FOLLOWING THE CATTLE SALE

FEEDER CATTLE:LANDERS LIVESTOCK - HOT SPRINGS64.................................BLK & BWF STRS 965#..................... $147.00 61.................................BLK & BWF STRS 984#..................... $145.75 115...............................BLK & BWF STRS 1048#................... $140.00 DAN, JAKE & SHANE VANDERMAY - LONG VALLEY17........................................... BLK HFRS 928#..................... $140.75 CHARLES KARP - OWANKA9.............................................RED HFRS 977#..................... $138.50 SHAD FINN - MIDLAND16...........................................RED HFRS 938#..................... $138.00 O'CONNELL & STANGLE - RAPID CITY19........................................... BLK HFRS 1037#................... $133.00 GREG & JACE SHEARER - WALL50........................................... BLK HFRS 1035#................... $133.00 TOM SIMMONS - NEW UNDERWOOD16........................................... BLK HFRS 1052#................... $132.25 TIM & CLAYTON SANDER - CUSTER33................................ BLK & BWF HFRS 816#..................... $143.00 8......................... BLK, RED & CHAR HFRS 783#..................... $145.00 BILL WELLER - KADOKA10........................................... BLK HFRS 1035#................... $131.50 8.............................................RED HFRS 968#..................... $137.00 ROGER KEFFELER - ENNING8................................... RED & BLK STRS 963#..................... $142.75 22........................................... BLK HFRS 857#..................... $138.00 PROKOP RANCH - KADOKA20........................................... BLK HFRS 948#..................... $137.75 REUBEN RING - NORRIS14...........................................RED HFRS 975#..................... $137.00 CHARLES & LUKE VANDERMAY - KADOKA26........................................... BLK HFRS 968#..................... $136.50 A CONSIGNMENT23................................ BLK & BWF HFRS 945#..................... $136.75 MIKE GEBES - MILESVILLE8.............................................BLK HFRS 921#..................... $139.25 KELLY RIGGINS - PHILIP6.............................................BLK HFRS 940#..................... $138.75 9.............................................BLK HFRS 838#..................... $143.00 ROD & TYLER BARRY - NEW UNDERWOOD3.............................................BLK HFRS 855#..................... $141.50

BURL BARBER - NEW UNDERWOOD3.............................................BLK HFRS 807#..................... $141.50 DARREN GEBES - WHITEWOOD10........................................... BLK HFRS 893#..................... $130.00 MATT & COLBY PORCH - WANBLEE4.............................................BLK HFRS 1028#................... $132.00 RON HOWIE - WHITE OWL11........................................... BLK HFRS 852#..................... $140.50 DALE YOUNG - WANBLEE8................................. CHAR & BLK STRS 878#..................... $146.00 9.................................CHAR & BLK HFRS 784#..................... $141.00 ROSETH BROTHERS - MIDLAND4.............................................BLK HFRS 796#..................... $142.50 TOM WILLIAMS - PHILIP2.............................................BLK HFRS 950#..................... $136.00 DELBERT HICKS - ALLEN5.............................................BLK HFRS 726#..................... $146.50 SAM STODDARD - NORRIS9.............................................RED HFRS 901#..................... $135.50 5......................... BLK, RED & CHAR HFRS 702#..................... $149.50 EUGENE BIERWAGEN - NEW UNDERWOOD11........................................... BLK STRS 1035#................... $137.50 ROXY & AARON RICHARDSON - LONG VALLEY4.............................................RED HFRS 1208#................... $109.00 BOB HELMS - CREIGHTON10........................................... RED STRS 1019#................... $138.25 ANITA PETERSON - PHILIP3............................................. BLK STRS 1137#................... $121.00 PAIRS:VOLMER RANCH - OWANKA36...............BLACK HFR PAIRS (COWS OPEN) 1213#................. $1,875.00 WEIGH-UPS:DEANNE KILNESS - HOWES13...............................BLK & BWF HFRTS 1047#..................... $95.50 17...............................BLK & BWF HFRTS 954#..................... $111.00 VOLMER RANCH - OWANKA1.............................................BLK HFRT 865#..................... $109.00 BILL WELLER - KADOKA4......................................RED COWETTES 1174#..................... $92.00 4..................................BLK & BWF COWS 1318#..................... $75.00 HAROLD FROMM - RAPID CITY15................................RED & BLK COWS 1273#..................... $76.50

DELBERT HICKS - ALLEN3..............................................BLK COW 1377#..................... $75.00 TJ GABRIEL - MIDLAND5............................................ BLK COWS 1426#..................... $74.50 JOE CARLEY - PHILIP12................................BLK & BWF COWS 1466#..................... $74.00 TERRY & CHERYL HAMMERSTROM - NEW UNDERWOOD4............................................ BLK COWS 1399#..................... $74.00 NOWLIN CATTLE CO - MIDLAND1.............................................RED BULL 1880#..................... $95.50 LARRY & JEFF GABRIEL - QUINN2............................................BLK BULLS 1885#..................... $95.00 3............................................BLK BULLS 1970#..................... $94.75 2............................................BLK BULLS 2043#..................... $94.00 1............................................. BLK BULL 1975#..................... $93.50 GEORGE PAUL MICHAEL - WALL12.......................................... BLK COWS 1306#..................... $73.75 BRIAN WILCOX - STURGIS2............................................ BLK COWS 1433#..................... $73.00 TJ GABRIEL - MIDLAND3..............................................BLK COW 1418#..................... $72.50 ROGER & DIANE KEFFELER - ENNING1..............................................BLK COW 1400#..................... $72.00 TROY RICHTER - QUINN1..............................................BLK COW 1205#..................... $72.00 DAN OLDENBERG - PHILIP1............................................. BLK BULL 1865#..................... $94.50 MERLE & LINDA STILWELL - KADOKA1........................................... CHAR BULL 1855#..................... $94.50 1........................................... CHAR BULL 2260#..................... $94.00 2..........................................CHAR BULLS 1960#..................... $93.00 1........................................... CHAR BULL 2230#..................... $92.50 MERLE HICKS - MARTIN3................................. RED & BLK BULLS 2052#..................... $94.00 ROBERT THOMSEN - LONG VALLEY1............................................. BLK BULL 1885#..................... $94.00 JOE BAKER - NEW UNDERWOOD1............................................. BLK BULL 2090#..................... $93.50 LANDON STOUT - KADOKA1........................................... CHAR BULL 2080#..................... $93.50 SHANNON GARTNER - INTERIOR1............................................. BLK BULL 2070#..................... $93.50

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Cell: 685-3283 • Wall•Trackhoe •Trenching

•Repair Dams & Roads•Heavy Haul Trailer•Dozer

•Site CleanupTodd Sieler

NOTICE OFHEARING

BEFORE THE PENNINGTONCOuNTy BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS

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

Castle Creek Enterprises; Mark Rudde-forth – Agent, has applied for a Rezoneto rezone 4.77 acres from SuburbanResidential District to General Commer-cial District and to amend the PenningtonCounty Comprehensive Plan to changethe Future Land Use from SuburbanResidential District to General Commer-cial District located on Outlot 1 of Lot 17and 30 feet of RTY, Saxon Placer MS1250 Subdivision, Section 2, T1S, R5E,BHM, Pennington County, South Dakota,

off of Highway 385, in accordance withSections 208, 209, and 508 of the Pen-nington County Zoning Ordinance.

Notice is further given that said applica-tions will be heard by the PenningtonCounty Board of Commissioners in theAdministration Building at 10:30 a.m. onthe 5th day of September 2017. At thistime, any person interested may appearand show cause, if there be any, whysuch requests should or should not begranted.

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

PJ Conover,Planning Director

Julie A. Pearson,

Pennington County Auditor

Published August 10, 2017, at the totalapproximate cost of $18.18.

ATTENTION:WEST RIvER/LyMAN-JONES

RuRAL WATER uSERS*WATER CONSERvATION

MEASuRES*

Due to the ongoing severe drought con-ditions, WR/LJ wells and the Mni WiconiWater Treatment Plant are pumping atmaximum capacity. It has become nec-essary to implement mandatory outsidewatering restrictions to ensure adequatewater supplies for domestic and livestockuse. The water restrictions will be in ef-fect immediately and continue throughSeptember 15, 2017.

WATER RESTRICTION POLICy:Outside lawn, tree, and garden wateringwill be restricted to the following sched-ule: Watering will be allowed between thehours of 8:00 pm and 8:00 am. Evennumbered physical addresses may wateron even numbered days of the month.Odd numbered physical addresses maywater on odd numbered days of themonth. No watering shall be allowed onthe 31st day of the month.

Nothing shall prohibit manual wateringwith a handheld hose or with a bucket,sprinkling can or other similar container.

This action does NOT restrict domesticand livestock water usage. WR/LJ re-quests your cooperation in using thewater supply as efficiently and conserv-

atively as possible. If you have any ques-tions please call the WR/LJ Murdo Officeat 605-669-2931.

Published August 3 & 10, 2017, at thetotal approximate cost of $29.90.

NOTICE OFHEARING

BEFORE THE PENNINGTONCOuNTy PLANNING AND

ZONING COMMISSION

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:

Alfred and Paige Dial have applied for aRezone to rezone 5.64 acres from LightIndustrial District to Suburban Residen-tial District located on Lot 3 and Lot 4, G-S Subdivision, Section 23, T2N, R8E,BHM, Pennington County, South Dakota,located at the end of Fish Drive, in accor-dance with Sections 208, 211, and 508of the Pennington County Zoning Ordi-nance.

Notice is further given that said applica-tions will be heard by the PenningtonCounty Planning and Zoning Commis-sion in the Pennington County Adminis-tration Building at 9:00 a.m. on the 28thday of August 2017. At this time, any per-son interested may appear and showcause; if there be any, why such requestsshould or should not be granted.

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

PJ Conover,Planning Director

Published August 10, 2017, at the totalapproximate cost of $25.91.

Jeremey FrostOnida SD605-295-3100jeremeyfrost@hotmail.com

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Helping producers make sales that make sense, while selling greed and buying fear.

When Lyman County producerReed Petersek signs a contractwith United States Department ofAgriculture, August 9, to enroll hisfarm in the Conservation Stew-ardship Program (CSP), it willmark the seven millionth acre ofland in South Dakota to be en-tered into the program. Petersek will sign the contractin a ceremony on the Front Porchat the Sioux Empire Fair in SiouxFalls. The signing event is one ofthe celebrations that note Agricul-ture Appreciation Day at the fair. South Dakota farmers andranchers lead the nation in acresenrolled in CSP, a USDA programaimed at recognizing producersperforming at a high level of con-servation that also encouragesthem to reach an elite status in re-source protection. “CSP is our largest financial in-centive program for working landsin South Dakota,” said Jeff Zim-prich, state conservationist for theNatural Resources ConservationService in South Dakota. “Aboutone in 10 South Dakota farmersand ranchers are enrolled in CSP.Contracts cover more than 15 per-cent of the cropland and range-land in the state.” CSP has grown from a $9 mil-lion incentives program nationallywhen it began in 2009 to now of-fering financial and technical as-sistance each year of more than $1billion on 70 million acres acrossthe country. “South Dakota farm-ers and ranchers account for about10 percent of that nationalacreage,” said Jessica Michalski,CSP program coordinator for

NRCS in S.D. “It has been a verypopular program here from theoutset, from the first signup in2010.” “When I first learned aboutCSP, I was surprised we weren’talready in it,” Petersek said. “If wecan get some technical help and apayment for doing things right –get rewarded for our conservationwork – that’s great.” Reed andErin rotate pastures for their reg-istered 300-head cow-calf herdand 400-head yearling operationsouth of Kennebec. CSP is not to be confused withthe Conservation Reserve Pro-gram that rests land – focuses onhelping farmers and ranchers whoare already doing a good job ofconservation on working lands toelevate their care of natural re-sources to another level. With CSP, Petersek gets an an-nual payment for his establishedgrazing system, and will get extrapayments for what are called en-hancements. “We plan to do somefecal sampling to try to find outwhat the cows are getting fromthe grass they’re eating, and we’lladd more water tanks and cross-fencing to maximize production,but yet conserve what we havehere on our rangeland,” Peterseksaid. “On our cropland, we’ll con-tinue to do more no-till and covercrops, and do more soil sampling.And we’ll pay more close attentionto fertilizer and weed and pestmanagement across the ranch.” “CSP isn’t meant for any onetype producer,” said Shane Reis,NRCS district conservationist inLyman County who is workingwith Petersek. “Reed’s a rancherand it works great for him, but italso works great for his farmingneighbors to the north who are ro-tating five or six crops.” Reis saidCSP’s greatest strength is its flex-ibility. “Each producer can developa flexible plan that their opera-tion, to adopt conservation a littlebit quicker than they might haveotherwise.” There are many enhancementactivities available for rangelandand pastureland in South Dakota.Among the choices are incorporat-ing native grasses and legumesinto existing stands, patch burn-ing to enhance wildlife habitat,monitoring nutritional status oflivestock using NUTBAL, retro-fitting water facilities to benefitwildlife, monitoring key grazingareas, non-chemical pest manage-ment for livestock, wildlifefriendly fencing, and establishingpollinator habitat. Common enhancements for CSPon cropland include nitrificationinhibitors, planting cover crops toscavenge nutrients, using covercrop mixes, establishing pollinatorhabitat, using non-chemical meth-ods to kill cover crops, precisionnutrient application, and extend-ing filter strips or riparian coverfor water quality and wildlifehabitat benefits. CSP is meant forthe entire operation. The operatorof record is eligible to sign con-tracts for five years. It pays par-ticipants for conservation per-formance – the higher the per-formance, the higher the pay-ment. Producers get credit bothfor standard conservation meas-ures they have already imple-mented and for new measuresthey agree to add. “The program is competitive;only half the applicants got ac-cepted to the CSP this year – inother years, most of the producerswho applied were accepted,”Michalski said. “I think what pro-ducers like most about CSP isthey have a little more financialfreedom. The CSP payment coversthe risk of trying something newlike cover crops.” Learn more about CSP online atwww.nrcs.usda.gov.

Seven million S.D.acres in CSP