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Cash’s prizes: Wall, SD Junior captures NHSRA Saddle Bronc Championship

By Savanna SimmonsCash Wilson's name has been

floating around the top of theleaderboards in National LittleBritches Rodeo Association Finals,International Finals Youth Rodeo,and National High School RodeoAssociation finals, but his name isat the very top of the latter associ-ation. Cash captured the win inthe short go and average in RockSprings, Wyoming, this year, sur-passing his goal of landing in thetop three of the nation.

The Wall High School juniorcaptured the senior saddle broncchampionship at National LittleBritches finals last year afterbeing the only one to ride all threebroncs, and likely could have wonagain this year if the associationdidn't overlap with NHSRA's fi-nals check-in times, which re-quired Cash to be in Rock Springsby 7 a.m. Sunday. He was sittingfirst in the average after winningthe first two rounds and securinga 14 point lead. He had to forgo theshort go and landed third in theNLBRA average and was awardedscholarships and buckles.

The big goal, however, was theNHSRA championship.

"Little Britches is not the samecaliber as high school nationals,"Cash said. "There are betterhorses and better kids at highschool nationals, so it meansmore."

Part of Cash's drive, though heis already a very focused, self-dri-ven kid when it comes to sports,his mom Ronda Wilson said, camefrom wanting to honor his recentlydeceased friend Pedro Dennis, of

Philip, South Dakota. Cash wore apatch on his shirt in the short gowith his friend's initials, PJD, anda feather in his hat with "Pedro"painted on it.

"I was dang sure thinking aboutit," he said. "In the short go, it wasemotional. I was thinking thiscould be really cool if I could winthis thing."

His mom said she noticed a vis-ible change in her son, in his gritand attitude. "Halfway throughthe ride I knew something was dif-ferent and special, and he waspushing above and beyond," shesaid. "He was digging down some-where beyond and doing phenom-enal in the ride. He had drawn theright horse to do that with."

He was only three points behindthe leader heading into the shortgo and his family knew he couldpull out the win if the stars alignedjust as they did. He was awarded81 points in the short go, a vast im-provement over his 65 points inthe first round and 71 in the sec-ond round.

All that remained was for theleader to receive a score of 77 orless in the short round for Cash towin it all.

"When the leader rode, we knewhe had definitely won it," Rondasaid. "He knew he had drawn agood horse in the short go. He wasexcited about it and going into theshort go, we felt he had a chance."

Cash got numerous prizes forwinning NHSRA championship,such as $1600 in scholarships,buckles, a Tod Slone saddle, boots,a hat, Bex sunglasses, a Yeti cooler,a Western Horseman Art Print,

rodeo equipment, numerous giftcertificates and "a jacket that saysnice things like World Champion,"he said.

The Wilsons took off for Interna-tional Finals Youth Rodeo, inShawnee, Oklahoma, the day afterPedro's funeral July 6 for whichCash served as a pall bearer. Ittook some time for him to adjustand focus, his mom said.

"It continued to get better; hestarted to focus on riding more,"Ronda said. "I could tell there wasjust something different abouthim. He was more driven, he justhad a special motivation. The firstweek in Oklahoma was challeng-ing, but as the week went on, it gota little better; we started to be a bitbetter. He had a little more driveto do it for Pedro."

Cash was seventh in the firstround, fifth in the second round,and was bucked off in the shortround to land sixth in the average.

During IFYR, the family trav-eled the hour trip back and forth tothe Lazy E Arena in Guthrie Okla-homa for the NLBRA finals July10-15. From there, he cut out earlyto make it in time for NHSRA,meaning the family wasn't homefor half of July.

Cash, like Pedro, got his startriding mini bucking horses at thePhilip Bronc Match, but he didn'tpick up a bronc saddle for manyyears, until his freshman year ofhigh school.

"The first three or four horses Igot on hurt really bad, then I stayon my fifth horse," Cash said. "Atthe first practice rodeo of the yearmy freshman year, I covered and

got a score. It's been uphill fromthere."

Another top bronc rider to comeout of the many South Dakotagreats, Cash credits a lot of hisabilities to coaches like MikeHeathershaw, Louie Brunson,Jade Blackwell, and JJ Elshere.

"I try to get on their level andtry to be like them," Cash said.

Starting from three years old,he had always focused his energyon wrestling and decided, thisyear, to rodeo more and try basket-ball lieu of wrestling.

"He was worried when he didn'twrestle, it wouldn't give him thecore strength for rodeo," Rondasaid. "He didn't compete in trackas a freshman and sophomore, butthis year, he had an amazing trackseason, and it didn't hinder rodeo."

Cash broke the Wall HighSchool records in the 4×100 relay,boys medley, and the open 800. Hecame in fifth in state in the open400 and his relay team were statechampions in the medley relay.He's "not that good in basketball,just a participant," he said.

Cash also shines in football, thisyear as all-conference and part ofan undefeated team leading intoplayoffs. Within rodeo, he alsoteam ropes and calf ropes in addi-tion to bronc riding.

Cash has loose plans to attendcollege after his senior year nextyear, but he is unsure where orunder what major. He has alreadybeen approached by several col-leges to compete on their rodeoteam.

Reprinted with permissionfrom Tri-State Livestock News.

Left: Long time best friends Cash Wilson, left, and Pedro Dennis both got their start riding mini broncs at the Philip Bronc Match in Philip,South Dakota. Photo courtesy of the Wilson family; Center: In addition to being a National High School Rodeo champion, Cash Wilson is also astate champion. His Wall High School team won the medley relay at state this year. Photo by Bonnie Law; Right: HS Rodeo 2018 Cash Wilsondidn’t start riding saddle broncs until he was a freshman in high school. Now, as a junior, he has competed in National High School Rodeo As-sociation final each year of high school. Photo by Alaina Stangle; Below: In addition to a $1600 scholarship, Cash Wilson walked away with nu-merous prizes for capturing the National High School Rodeo Association Saddle Bronc Championship.

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This week our little family trav-eled to Montana so I could play afew shows, and so we could takeour first-ever family vacation. Thevacation/tour included plans tocamp, hike in the mountains, per-form at a music festival, andmaybe slip in a quick dip at a nat-ural hot spring. There was a lot tolook forward to.

But, first we actually had toleave the ranch.

Leaving, in and of itself, was adaunting concept. In the summer,chores are at there lightest, butthere are still cats and chickens tofeed, indoor dogs to let in and out,gardens to water, and the general‘looking-over’ to make sure all iswell. So, we lined up a team offriends and neighbors to fill in forus.

Next, I had to pack for campingwith two toddlers. We would begone for five days, which meant wewould need approximitely 70 pairsof pants and at least that manyshirts, as we would spend the ma-jority of the trip in a tent with noaccess to running water, and somemembers of our group still regu-larly pee their pants. Additionally,the forecast predicted unseason-ably cold temperatures in themountains, so we also had to packcold weather gear. Plus, there was

food prep and relearning how toput up my ancient, and not veryuser friendly tent. I made list uponlist, laden with anxiety about whatI might be forgetting.

By the time we’d stowed thetent, blankets, instruments, suit-cases, cooler, folding chairs, a giantjug of water, and a stick horse wecouldn’t possibly leave without, thebed of the pickup was full to thebrim. If there was anything I’d for-gotten, that was fine, because wecouldn’t fit it anyway.

The journey unfolded as youmight expect. There were tears,meltdowns, triumphs, defeats, andlots of bonding experiences.

The most dramatic moment,however, occurred when my duopartner and I got on stage tosoundcheck at the music festival,and were just as quickly hustledoff it while the festivals groundswere cleared in advance of a dan-gerous storm front. The kids, mypartner, my husband, and I allscrambled into the pickup as thefirst rain drops crashed down, andthen watched as the storm esca-lated, lashing the stage withwater, hail, and wind. At one pointwe even saw a speaker get rippedloose from its mooring and thencrash to the ground.

Playing music at the festival was

the main reason we’d driven forthe better part of two days, andslept on the ground through twofreezing night, but in that mo-ment, all I could think was, ‘Well,this is a plot twist I didn’t see com-ing.” I’d packed 70 shirts, but I hadin no way prepared myself for amajor rain event, let alone not get-ting to play the very show we’dtraveled so far to play.

In the end, we did get to shareour songs--they managed to slip usin later in the evening after theweather cleared. And we gave agreat performance. For the movieversion of our life, that’s when thecredits will roll. But, in the real-life version, we packed up all ourstuff instead, got in the pickup,and began the long, unglamorousdrive home.

I am writing this, exhausted tothe bone, but grateful nonethelessfor the the memories and for thereminder that the story doesn’tend with your accomplishments oryour defeats. It just keeps quietlyunfolding, like the miles betweenhome and all the other placesyou’ll go. Unfolding and unfurling,like a ribbon of lonesome highway,rolled out under the star-studdedMontana sky.

Little Pasture on the PrairieEliza Blue |elizabluesings@gmail.com

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Early to bed, early to riseRecently, in the historic Elm

Springs Church, Pastor Haroldpreached on the habits that we have,and how they are formed, and theimportance of making good thingsinto habit. He did this in light of thefact that Jesus had a custom, ahabit, of being in the synagogue toread the Scriptures and to have dis-course with other believers aboutthe Scriptures.

At one point in the sermon, Pas-tor Harold asked the parishionerswhat habits they had, both good andbad, that their parents had passedon to them. One consistent themewas that of getting up early in themorning.

Early risings have been part ofmy life since birth. I remembercreeping quietly to my parents’ bed-room in the wee hours of the morn-ing and hearing them reading theirdevotions together. It left quite amark on me, apparently, because Ifind that the 4:30 to 5:00 a.m. timeis the best for getting a workout andmy own devotions done.

My parents came by their earlyrising honestly. Both sets of mygrandparents have a beat-the-sun-up mentality. My paternal grand-parents are up with breakfast anddevotions and a crossword puzzle orletter correspondence done by 5:30each morning. No sleeping in attheir house! My maternal grandpar-ents are much the same—if break-fast isn’t going before the sun comesup, there is something wrong.

The early bum lamb feeding wasalways my special time with mymother. In the soft grey of the fouro’clock hour, I would hear the glasslamb milk bottles clinking togetheras my mother filled them for thefirst round. Then, armed with thosebottles and more milk warmed andready for the refill, we would headout to the barn. On a few occasionsmy mother would decide that I was

too tired to awaken, and she wouldgo out to do the lambs herself. I re-member (and with shame I relate)that I would throw an outright fitwhen I got to the barn and realizedshe already had most of the workdone.

Milking the cows early, going outto the hayfield early, getting ourschoolwork done early so we had therest of the day open—these all con-tributed to make me who I am. Andnow, it comes back to bite me.

All of our offspring are up and atit by 6:30, or 7:00 at the latest, in theextreme situations where we allowthat. Most of the time, though, themorning rousing occurs by five forthe earliest, and by six for the latest.

Call me crazy, but I find I ammost efficient, and our household ismost peaceful, when we operate ona schedule. That means that I riseby 4:30 for my morning constitu-tional and my time spent in soul ed-ification. Breakfast must be going by5:15 so it can be on the table by six.

To the victor go the spoils, or theearly bird gets the worm. Both applyin the situation of the earliest riserwaking the sleepers. Ol’ Handsomeacquired an old school bell, affixed apiece of deer antler as a handle, andplaced it in the kitchen for the sum-moning of the troops. It works wellfor calling them back from the tree-house and the hay bales. It turns outit also works well for rousing themout of bed.

Child D is usually the first to stir.Some mornings she arrives in ourbedroom around 4 a.m., wanting tosleep on our pillows, which she fig-ures to be softer than her own. Sheis usually awake and ready to makebreakfast by five, though. Then,breakfast nearing completion, thetable set, coffee going, and the six o’-clock hour nearly upon us, I turn herloose with the bell.

Gleefully she trots down the hall-way to ring that obnoxious bell and

says, in her almost-three-year-oldsing-song voice, “Get up! Breakfastis ready! Time to eat!”

It is effective, but I had no ideahow obnoxious it was until the otherday.

The downside of an early rising isthat, when most other people are be-ginning their evening activities, Iam ready for bed. Ol’ Handsomecommented on this when we werefirst married, and we visited myfamily of origin in the evening. By 6p.m., those people—who, at 5:30a.m., were sitting around the break-fast table waiting for the sun to riseso they could see to get some workdone—were beginning to fade, andby 7 p.m. they had all gone off to bed. This still rings true for me. By 7p.m., my brain is shutting down forthe evening. This was particularlytrue a couple of weeks ago, when wewere eating supper before Biblestudy. Realizing that we had fortyminutes before we needed to leave, Ileft the family eating supper and in-formed them that I was going to golie down and take a short nap.As I drifted off to sleep, I heardChild A, who is consistently the mostdifficult to rouse, say conspiratori-ally to her father and siblings,“When it is time to wake her up,someone should ring the bell rightby her ears, and the rest of us shouldjust scream really loud, so sheknows how it feels.” Hmmm, she definitely sounds likeOl’ Handsome, who has remindedme, on more than one occasion, that,as it says in Proverbs, “he thatblesses his friend with a loud voice,rising early in the morning, it will becounted a curse to him.” Apparentlyol’ Solomon was not much of a morn-ing person, either. I bet he, too, didnot want any of his 700 wives and300 concubines talking to him beforehe had his first cup of royal coffee inthe mornings.

Working For A LivingChastity Julson

Pennington County Sheriff’s DepartmentPennington County’s Most Wanted

FELONY ALERT

JACOB THOMAS GARNIER

Felony Warrants have been issuedfor Jacob Thomas Garnier charg-ing him with Rape, and Simple As-sault Against Law Enforcement. Garnier is an Indian male, 26years of age, approximately 5’10”tall, 153 pounds, black hair withbrown eyes.Garnier was recently seen in thePine Ridge area Garnier is known to frequent in or

around the Rapid City, SouthDakota area. If you observe this subject or haveany knowledge of his whereabouts,please do not approach. Pleasecontact the Pennington CountySheriff ’s Office at 605-394-6117,the Rapid City Police Departmentat 605-394-4131 or the nearest lawenforcement agency if you haveany information which would re-sult in the arrest of this individual.

Ask Rusty: Special ExtraEarnings for Military ServiceDear Rusty: Both my cousin

and I served in the military start-ing in 1964. He completed his 4years and got out; I served for 20years. A few years ago we werevisiting and he asked me if I wasgetting my Special Extra Earn-ings - approximately $300 - fromSocial Security? He said it's be-cause we served in the militarywhen the pay was so low. When Ireturned home I checked with ourlocal Social Security office andwas told I was not getting theSpecial Extra Earnings becauseafter I got out of the service Imade too much money; I acceptedtheir answer. Then I read a So-cial Security column in a localnewspaper. The columnist recom-mended anytime Social Securityturns down a claim that you filean appeal. I did have a good jobafter I left the Military, but itwasn't like I was making millions.Do you think I should file a claimasking them to reconsider my re-quest for Special Extra Earnings?Signed: Military Service Veteran

Dear Veteran: Please acceptmy gratitude for your many yearsof military service. The “specialextra earnings” of which youspeak are extra earnings creditedto your military pay for thoseyears you served between1957and 2001. The credit is $300 foreach quarter of active militaryservice between the years 1957

and 1977 and, for the period 1978– 2001, an additional $100 inearnings for every $300 in activeduty pay up to a maximum of$1200 per year. It’s important tonote that these are credits to yourmilitary earnings record, not anadditional amount added to yourSocial Security benefit. Thosecredits should have been auto-matically applied to your earn-ings record when you applied forbenefits, but whether they af-fected your Social Security benefitdepends upon whether any ofyour years of military servicewere included in the 35 used tocompute your benefit. To deter-mine your benefit, Social Securityadjusts all years of your lifetimeearnings (including military earn-ings) for inflation and then usesthe 35 highest-earning years asthe basis for your benefit. Typi-cally, the earnings in your lateryears of employment are the high-est of your career, which is proba-bly why the Social Securityrepresentative said you didn’t getthe credits because you “made toomuch money” after you got out ofthe service. It’s more probablethat the credits were automati-cally applied to your militaryearnings and that only some ofyour latter years of military serv-ice were used to compute yourbenefit. The best way to checkthis is to get your Earnings State-ment from Social Security and ex-amine your lifetime earnings tosee which years are highest, keep-

ing in mind that Social Securityonly counts earnings up to theFICA payroll tax cap for eachyear. By doing this you can seewhich years of your military earn-ings were included in your benefitcomputation. You can get yourEarnings Statement by creatingan online “My Social Security” ac-count at www.ssa.gov, or by re-questing one from your localSocial Security office.

Here is a link at which you willfind information about the specialearnings credit for military serv-ice: https://www.ssa.gov/plan-ners/retire/military.html. As youwill see, the special credits shouldhave been automatically added toyour military earnings and, ifsome of your military serviceyears were used to compute yourbenefit, should already be in-cluded as part of your Social Se-curity payment. I’ve heard of onlya couple instances where the spe-cial earnings credits had not beenapplied, and you are certainlywithin your rights to challengethe Social Security Administra-tion. To do that, I suggest youmake an appointment at yourlocal office, bring a copy of yourDD-214 and ask to speak to a su-pervisor who can review your life-time earnings record to ensurethe special credits for your mili-tary service were applied. And,once again, thank you for yourservice to our country.

Social Security MattersRussell Gloor - AMAC Certified Social Security Advisor

What’s in a name?It’s one of the first things new

parents do after counting to makesure there are 10 fingers and 10toes. They name the baby. Namesare chosen carefully and with greatattention to detail. What sort ofmean nicknames could kids in theschoolyard find to taunt littleDicky with? Will a weird spellinghaunt a kid for life? Does the nameof choice rhyme with any swearwords? Do initials spell out any-thing with negative connotations?Will the name make a smoothtransition from childhood to adultlife?

So much to contemplate.I’ve been doing all of the above

– not for a baby, per se, but for my-self. I’m on the cusp of acquiringan additional name – one I’vespent a lifetime preparing for. Andby golly I’ve earned it. It’s the onethe new baby in my life will call meand it calls for considerable consid-eration.

Grandma is the obvious choice,but according to Google research,Grandma is just one of manygrand choices. Not every grandmahas to answer to grandma. Andmany modern grannies are utiliz-ing creativity and uniqueness to

Slices of LifeJill Pertler

bump their monikers up a notch.None of this is new. Grandmas

have been anything but grandmasince the invention of the species. Ihad a neighbor once who insistedher grandkids call her Sylvia. Thatwould be really unique and funny ifher name were Mary, but it wasSylvia, so it wasn’t overly remark-able.

Point is, she didn’t want othersseeing her as a grandma. Maybeshe felt she was too young for that,or maybe she didn’t want anyone toknow she was old enough to have agrandchild. It matters not. She wasSylvia to them.

My own mom wasn’t grandma,but not by choice. She would havebeen perfectly happy beinggrandma, but on the day I wasbringing my first baby home fromthe hospital, my mom fell and brokeher hip. Her recovery was gradualand for years she had trouble walk-ing. We explained to our toddlerdaughter that grandma had an“owie on her hip” – and from thenon she was no longer grandma, but“owie on the hip.” The name wasadopted by each of our subsequentkids and for the rest of her days mymom gladly answered to the name“owie on the hip” or sometimes just

“owie.”Grandmas are called different

names in different countries. Ababushka in Russia is akin to amormor in the Scandinavian coun-tries. In Spain and Mexico she goesby abuela; in Japan o baachan; inFrance grand-mere; in Germanyoma. All are good, but I’ve no needto be bilingual in my grandmoth-erly status.

Here in the U.S. a few differentones are common. In addition tograndma, you’ve got granny, granand nana. If you wanted to go theformal route you could opt forgrandmother. One I found cleverand sweet was a woman whose hus-band, as grandpa, was called simply“pop.” She asked to be called “lolly”and together they made a lollypop.If that doesn’t make you go “Awww”I’m not sure what will.

As for me, I’ll come when called,no matter what she calls me. But, Ihave decided on a preference – if itworks out. I sort of like grammy, fora silly and simple reason: it soundslike an award and I’ve alwayswanted to win an award.

And my new little granddaugh-ter is the best award this grammycould ever get.

West Nile Virus Risk IncreasingThe West Nile virus (WNV) sea-

son is under way with human ormosquito detections in 11 countiesacross the state, the state HealthDepartment reported today.

“The West Nile season typicallypeaks during the first part of Au-gust, so individuals are being ex-posed to West Nile now,” said Dr.Joshua Clayton, state epidemiolo-gist for the department. “Individu-als exposed today can take up to 1-2weeks to first develop symptoms.”

Clayton said South Dakota hadthe highest rate in the nation ofWNV neuroinvasive disease, wherethe virus infects the brain andspinal cord, in 2017 and he encour-aged residents to reduce their riskby taking the following actions:

Apply mosquito repellents(DEET, picaridin, oil of lemon euca-lyptus, para-menthane-diol, 2-un-decanone or IR3535) to clothes andexposed skin.

Reduce mosquito exposure bywearing pants and long sleeveswhen outdoors.

Limit time outdoors from dusk todawn when Culex mosquitoes, theprimary carrier of WNV in SouthDakota, are most active.

Get rid of standing water thatgives mosquitoes a place to breed.

Regularly change water in birdbaths, ornamental fountains andpet dishes.

Drain water from flower pots andgarden containers.

Discard old tires, buckets, cans

or other containers that can holdwater.

Clean rain gutters to allow waterto flow freely.

Support local mosquito controlefforts.

These precautions are especiallyimportant for people at high risk forWNV, including individuals over 50,pregnant women, organ transplantpatients, individuals with cancer,diabetes, high blood pressure orkidney disease, and those with ahistory of alcohol abuse. Peoplewith severe or unusual headachesshould see their clinician.

Visit the department’s website atwestnile.sd.gov for more informa-tion.

Politics 3August 2, 2018 • Pennington County Courant

Moving?…Please notify the Pennington County Courant with your change of addresstwo weeks before moving, or as quickly as possible, so as not to miss a single issue.

A New Direction at the VAWe are fortunate to live in the

United States, where our menand women in uniform sacrifice somuch to defend our liberty. Weowe our servicemembers and vet-erans a debt of gratitude that wecan never fully repay. However,one thing we can do is uphold thepromises our nation has made tothem over the last several gener-ations, and we can do that bymaking improvements andchanges within the Departmentof Veterans Affairs (VA).

The Senate recently confirmedRobert Wilkie to be the VA Secre-tary. Prior to his confirmation,Mr. Wilkie served as Acting Sec-retary of Veterans Affairs andUnder Secretary of Defense forPersonnel and Readiness. He hasalso served in the U.S. Air ForceReserve and in the U.S. Navy Re-serve. Mr. Wilkie has had first-hand experience dealing with theVA, as his father was woundedthree times while serving in Viet-nam. As a member of the SenateVeterans’ Affairs Committee, Ihad the opportunity to meet withhim prior to his confirmation andask important questions duringhis hearing before the committee.It is clear that he is well-qualified

Mike RoundsU.S. Senator from South Dakota

A New System to Serve ALLof our Students

Nearly 50 cents of every statetax dollar goes to education. Thatincludes funding for our publicuniversities, technical schools, andthe state Department of Educa-tion, but the majority is used tofund our K-12 system. Given thateducation makes up such a largeportion of our budget, we need toroutinely evaluate how we aredoing as a state. We should oftenask ourselves this question: Arewe sufficiently preparing our stu-dents for what comes next?

About a year ago, we pulled to-gether data that indicated the an-swer to this question, for most ofour high school students, is “No.”Of our students who start 9thgrade, 80-90 percent will finish.About 70 percent of those will en-roll in post-secondary education.This is less than two-thirds ofthose who started 9th grade. Ofthose who enroll at a tech school oruniversity, only 50-60 percent willgraduate. Thus, only a fraction ofour students who started 9thgrade will earn a degree. In otherwords, our current system is onlyworking for a minority of our stu-dents.

We need to do better.We have long emphasized the

four-year degree path over othervalid options – like technical de-grees and certificates, associatedegrees and industry-recognizedcredentials. This focus has led

some of our students to be disen-gaged and unaware of good alter-native options. Thisdisengagement, coupled withlarge-scale economic changes, isforcing us to think differentlyabout the high school experiencein South Dakota.

After I met with several super-intendents to discuss these issuesand former Education SecretaryDon Kirkegaard gathered inputfrom education leaders across thestate, we decided to propose newhigh school graduation require-ments. While our old require-ments met the needs of somestudents quite well, many of ourstudents are not finding relevancebetween what they learn in schooland their expectations for, and ex-periences in, the “real world.” Atthe same time, employers tell usthey are struggling to find workerswho possess the skills they need –all of which is leading to a gap be-tween employer needs and workerskills.

These new graduation require-ments offer students the flexibilityto explore various types of careerpaths. They were designed to em-power school districts, schoolcounselors and student supportnetworks to help our young peoplefind meaningful, personalizedpathways to success through grad-uation and beyond. The new re-quirements are not a valuejudgment about the “right way” tosuccess. Nor do they put students

into tracks. Implemented well,they are about each student find-ing his or her own right way andmaking that informed choice.

Under the new requirements,every student must still take fourunits of English, but an aspiringengineer might take a technicalwriting class instead of a languagearts elective. Every student muststill take three units of math, butan aspiring accountant might takea business math class instead ofgeometry. Every student will stillbe required to take three units ofscience, but an aspiring nursemight be able to take an advancedbiology class instead of physics.Any student who seeks to go di-rectly into the workforce after highschool can find that path throughthese requirements. A studentseeking to enter a university andprogress to postdoctoral workyears down the road can also laythat foundation through these re-quirements. The new systemserves our future nurses andwelders as well as our aspiringteachers and doctors.

Students need to be well-versedin a variety of subject areasthroughout their high schoolyears. But they also need to startthinking about what they will doafter graduation – looking for thatintersection of aptitude, interestsand workforce opportunity. Thesenew requirements will help ourstudents – ALL of our students –to do just that.

Dennis DaugaardGovernor of South Dakota

The Global Race Toward 5G

There are a lot of commonitems in our day-to-day lives thatuse wireless technology to sendinformation from one location toanother. If you’re in your home,you probably have a TV, and thatTV likely has a remote control.You probably have a mobile phoneor another mobile device, like atablet or laptop, that requires Wi-Fi to connect to the internet.Maybe you’re wearing an AppleWatch or Fitbit, too.

If you’re in your car, you mightbe listening to your favorite radiostation or using your vehicle’snavigation system or auto-park-ing feature. All of these items, andmore, require spectrum, the air-waves over which these systemscommunicate, to function accu-rately and effectively.

Try for a moment to envisionthese airwaves as if you couldphysically see them travel fromone location to another. With thatin mind, if you were listening toKickin’ 100.5 FM on the radio, thestation would broadcast from itstower to your radio on that partic-ular frequency or airwave. If youturned to Hot 104.7 FM, samething, only it would use its owndistinct frequency. They can’tbroadcast on the same airwave,because if they did, Garth Brookswould blend with Justin Bieber,

creating an interesting tune, tosay the least.

Not all spectrum is the same.Some spectrum is best suited formobile phones, and some worksbetter for Wi-Fi. It doesn’t matterwhat kind of spectrum it is,though, it’s all important to howthings function around us.

As chairman of the SenateCommerce Committee, which hasjurisdiction over the federal agen-cies that regulate spectrum in theUnited States, I recently held ahearing to explore America’s lead-ership in the race toward 5G mo-bile broadband technology, whichwill help deliver speeds one hun-dred times faster than currentmobile phone technology. It’s crit-ical that the United States winsthe race to 5G, but making sureinnovators and entrepreneurshave access to more spectrum isgoing to be critical to our success.

I’m glad the Federal Communi-cations Commission (FCC) andother key government agencieshave taken important steps to-ward achieving that goal, buteven today, only a relatively smallamount of the spectrum needed todeploy 5G has been specificallyidentified. Not only is that puttingus behind our global competitors,like China and South Korea, but Ibelieve it’s a serious threat toAmerican leadership of this next-generation technology.

I’ve been focusing on the racetoward 5G for years and have pur-sued legislation that would helpgive America a competitive edge.My MOBILE NOW Act, whichwas signed into law earlier thisyear, lays critical groundwork forthis new wireless broadband tech-nology, and I hope South Dakotacan be a leader in this space, too.

Several FCC officials, includingChairman Ajit Pai and Commis-sioners Brendan Carr and MikeO’Rielly, have visited SouthDakota with me to see firsthandeverything our state can offer. I’mhopeful that with partners likethem, all of whom will play a cru-cial role in implementing my MO-BILE NOW Act, we can putAmerica’s best foot forward andcross the finish line before anyoneelse.

Being pioneers in this techno-logical revolution will strengthenour economy, help businesses suc-ceed, and give consumers accessto the world’s best mobile technol-ogy, enabling all the latest ad-vancements in precisionagriculture, telehealth, au-tonomous vehicles, and beyond,continuing to make our lives eas-ier, safer, and simpler.

John ThuneU.S. Senator from South Dakota

Applying Lessons from TaxReform to Healthcare

In December, President Trumpsigned our historic tax cuts bill.As a result, the average SouthDakota family of four will seetheir after-tax incomes rise by$2,400. How? We made it so thefirst $24,000 a couple makes isnow tax free. We doubled theChild Tax Credit to $2,000 perchild. We eliminated the mar-riage penalty and built in pro-growth reforms that producedhigher wages, lower utility bills,and a booming job market.

Just like Ronald Reagan did inthe 1980s, we’ve proven the truevalue of tax cuts and are ready todo even more. This July, we tar-geted additional tax cuts towardthe healthcare system, passing aseries of bills in the House to re-duce Obamacare’s burden.

Under Obamacare, we pay a 2.3percent tax on medical devices,which include everything frompowered wheelchairs to replace-ment heart valves to examinationgloves. This tax has led to an es-timated 22,000 job losses between2013 and 2015 and as much as a$2 billion reduction in researchbudgets. The House-passed bill,which I helped introduce, wouldrepeal this tax.

Additionally, we passed provi-

sions I wrote to delay the HealthInsurance Tax (or HIT). This taxis supposedly paid by health in-surance companies, but like anytax, consumers ultimately pay.The tax costs families and smallbusinesses an estimated $400 peryear, although the overall eco-nomic impact is much higher. Ac-cording to one recent survey, 80percent of respondents reportedconcerns about the HIT’s impacton small businesses and 74 per-cent said the tax “puts affordablehealth care further out of reachfor hard-working Americans.”

As we pursue additional taxcuts, we also need to make surethe agency responsible for imple-menting them is accountable. TheIRS has been plagued by scandaland mismanagement for years,and work to correct previous in-discretions continues. In late-July, the House passed legislationI authored to bring a bit morecommonsense to the agency’s hir-ing and firing process.

In 2016, the Treasury Depart-ment reported that over a 15-month period, the IRS hadrehired more than 200 peoplewho had previously been termi-nated for misconduct or perform-ance issues. Some hadmishandled sensitive taxpayer in-formation; others had abused tax-

payer resources; one even had“DO NOT REHIRE” stamped ontheir employment folder and stillwas rehired.

We need to know there is in-tegrity in the IRS, and when theyrehire people who have alreadymishandled our most sensitivedata, that trust is broken. My billto prohibit this practice passedthe House unanimously, so I’mhopeful we have the momentumneeded to get through the Senateas well.

We’ve seen tax cuts work. Inthe last few months alone, eco-nomic growth has exploded, workopportunities have expanded, andwages have risen. The same prin-ciples that worked there willwork in healthcare. I believe Oba-macare needs to be repealed, andI’ve voted to do that. But until amajority of Congress can agree onrepeal, we need to lift the tax bur-den on healthcare.

Of course, we began doing thatthrough tax reform by eliminat-ing the individual mandate, butmore must be done. With this re-cent legislation, the House hasvoted to remove two of the largestremaining Obamacare taxes.This, combined with my IRS in-tegrity measures, would be yetanother step in the right direc-tion.

Kristi NoemU.S. Representative from South Dakota

to lead the VA, especially at a timewhen the agency is attempting toimprove its mission of serving ournation’s veterans.

With 360,000 employees, theVA is the second-largest federalagency. It is also, unfortunately,one of the most scandal-riddenand mismanaged agencies. We re-member in 2014 when the VA ad-mitted that veterans were waitingon average 115 days just to see adoctor. More recently, we’ve heardabout the new VA hospital in Col-orado that is more than $1 billionover budget because the contrac-tor failed to account for the size ofmedical equipment during con-struction and the rooms were toosmall to fit everything. Not tomention the project was years be-hind schedule.

Mr. Wilkie has a tough jobahead of him as he seeks to cleanup the VA and improve care forveterans. In the past, the agencyhas shown protectionism for bademployees instead of taking careof veterans. Under Wilkie’s lead-ership, we hope to see thatchange. He understands how crit-ical it is that we provide health-care and other services toveterans across the country, andhe understands the challenges he

is facing. I believe he is the rightperson at this time to lead the VAand make certain that care of vet-erans is priority number one forall VA employees.

When I had the opportunity toquestion Mr. Wilkie at his confir-mation hearing, I shared withhim my concerns regarding the re-cently-enacted VA MISSION Act,including the 40-mile rule changethat could hurt rural veterans,the “gatekeeper” provision thatrequires a veteran to get approvalfrom a VA employee to seek careoutside of the VA, and a “VABRAC,” which could jeopardizethe future of the Hot Springs VAfacility. I told him that I am readyto work hand-in-hand with the VAto address these issues as theyimplement the VA MISSION Act.

The men and women who havesacrificed so much in service toour nation deserve to know thatthe VA will support them andmake good on our country’s prom-ises to them. The care of veteransis my number one priority. I be-lieve that it is Mr. Wilkie’s mainconcern as well, and I look for-ward to working with him as hetakes on the challenges of manag-ing the VA.

Labor Department Awarded$847,000 to Expand ApprenticeshipsThe Department of Labor and

Regulation (DLR) was recentlyawarded an $847,000 State Expan-sion Grant from the U.S. Depart-ment of Labor’s ApprenticeshipUSA program.

Funding will be used to expandthe number of pre-apprenticeshipsand Registered Apprenticeships inSouth Dakota. Businesses mayapply for up to a maximum of$30,000 in funding to help offsetthe initial start-up costs when de-veloping a new program.

“The apprenticeship trainingmodel combines work-based learn-ing with related classroom instruc-

tion using the highest industrystandards,” said state Labor andRegulation Secretary Marcia Hult-man. “Registered Apprenticeshipsare a great way for businesses tobuild a quality workforce with theexact skills they need to fill theiropenings.”

Priority will be given to pro-grams offering training in informa-tion technology, healthcare,advanced manufacturing, businessservices, hospitality, utilities andagriculture. Programs designed toincrease engagement for under-represented populations such asfemales, Native Americans, lim-

ited-English proficient individuals,youth ages 16 to 24 and individu-als with disabilities will also begiven priority.

“Through these efforts, we in-tend to add 200 active apprenticesby the fall of 2020,” said SecretaryHultman. “We have a pool of un-tapped workers ready to learn newskills, and now is a great time forbusinesses to take advantage ofthis opportunity.”

Applications will be acceptedfrom Aug. 1 through Oct. 19. Todownload the application, instruc-tions and key factor incentives,visit StartTodaySD.com.

Unclaimed Property Division of theTreasurer’s Office

State Treasurer Rich Sattgastencourages attendees at thisyear’s Sioux Empire Fair in SiouxFalls, August 3 – 11, 2018 to visithis staff for possible lost moneythat may be owed to them. TheState Treasurer will have a boothwhere the public can search theUnclaimed Property database.The database contains records ofmillions of dollars held by theState Treasurer and waiting to bereclaimed by their rightful own-ers.

Unclaimed property refers toaccounts in financial institutionsand companies that have had noactivity or contact with the ownerfor a year or longer and can in-clude savings or checking ac-counts, uncashed payroll checks,refunds, security deposits, stocksand life insurance policies. The

state holds the money in a custo-dial capacity until the money canbe returned to the rightful owners.

Currently, the Unclaimed Prop-erty Division is holding over $552million in unclaimed funds. TheState Treasurer has returned over$1.7 million to the rightful ownerssince the beginning of the currentfiscal year in July.

“The goal is to put money backinto the hands of South Dakotans,”Treasurer Rich Sattgast said.

“That money ultimately makes itsway into our economy which isgood for our state.”

Specialists in the UnclaimedProperty Division of the Treas-urer’s Office will be available dur-ing the Sioux Empire Fair.Residents who are unable to at-tend the event can search thedatabase online athttp://www.sdtreasurer.gov/

Don and Harriet Huether ofSoutheastern South Dakota werein Wall the middle of July visitingrelatives and friends. They wereat coffee on a Wednesday morn-ing with Violet Smoot, Delja Hoff-man and Rose White.

Carla Brucklacher joined herneighbor, Sue Michels, and Sue’sgreat-granddaughter, BrooklynStratton, from Williston, ND andmade a trip to Story Book Island.Brooklyn, 7 years old, had neverseen the park and had a grandtime They took many pictures,rode the train and had lunch to-gether.

Frances Poste, as on of Wall’ssite representatives, attended ameeting of the Senior Meals Pro-gram in Rapid City on July 24th.Other sites sere a great numberof meals; Wall is one of the small-est sites but the noon meals arealways available, Mondaythrough Friday, just a call away,279-2547, 24 hours ahead.

The worship service at the WallMethodist Church on Sunday,July 29th, was a ‘Celebration ofLife’. Special music was played,solos and the choir sang, all in re-membrance of Dave Hahn. Afterthe service a “potluck” dinnerwas held, if you went away hun-gry, it was your own fault asthere was a lot of food left over,even with the crowd of peoplewho attended. Flags in the townof Wall were flown at half-mastover the weekend to honor formerMayor Hahn.

Congratulations go out to CashWilson who won the saddle bronccompetition at the National HighSchool Final Rodeo! Way to go,

Cash!Charlene (Keyser) Stern of Col-

orado passed away on Wednes-day, July 25th. She was one ofseven children born to Mamieand Lowell Keyser. David, livingin Texas, is the only living sib-ling. Gary and Kirby Keyser andPam (Keyser) Blakesley arecousins. We offer our condolencesto her family and friends.

An O’Neill Family reunion washeld at the Wall City Park onSaturday, July 28th. Kathleen(O’Neill) Shull and families; Mar-ilyn (O’Neill) Cummings, her sonScott and his wife of Utah; otherrelatives from CA and otherplaces; Jim, Myrna and MaxineSmith of Owanka. Kathleen saidthere were mostly Shulls there,but it only stands to reason asthey live close by! Just getting to-gether for a reunion is a lot ofwork!

We had a little moisture lastweek. Our morning temperatureswere cool-down in the 50’s and60’s. So nice to get the housecooled off. Just wait, August ishere on Wednesday and forecast-ers say a high pressure system iscoming, no moisture, higher tem-peratures will be back. We’ll stillhave summer, aren’t the “DogDays” in August?

Nick Olson and ShaylaBozdeck were united in marriageJuly 28th in Effingham, Il. Daveand Arla Olson, grandparents ofNick, were there for all the activ-ities. Nick worked at Wall Drugthe past 3 summers. The newly-weds will be making their homein Michigan where he will beteaching.

How about these sunsets? Itseems this entire month each endof the day offering is more beauti-ful than the previous. Hopefullyyou were in a spot to enjoy thepinks burning to oranges as wewere. Even the north end of Wastawas well decorated! And here weare about to say good-bye to Julyand in fact will have done if youare reading this on the normal dayof delivery or after.

Our yard is covered with many,as in a gazillion small elm trees.They started out as tiny, snug tothe ground clover looking plants.They grow quickly however andeach passing day the root gets alittle more firmly attached to theground. Every square inch of dirtmust have been saving elm seedssince the 1930’s to have producedsuch an abundance. Neighbor,Hazel Kalkbrenner says the sameis true of her yard. Too bad wecan’t make wine from them!

It’s been a lovely, cool day, a littlerain shower interrupted the yardwork (a welcome interruption) buthow nice to be outside on such aday. On the bright side of theweeds and dastardly abundant bit-ing winged and crawling crea-tures, we have, Anna LeeHumphrey’s lovely Larkspur flow-ering in profusion and color! Thatvision is a soul soother and ahappy memory of a fine womanand friend. To explain - One dayAnna Lee and daughter, MarilynStover showed up at our back yardwith ready to plant, fresh from herflower garden Extra Lark Spur!The time together re-planting wasone of fun and stories about thesesome times over zealous and abun-dant offerings in gardens past.Somehow according to Anna Lee &Marilyn they choose to spreadtheir beauty (the larkspur) ratherthan confine it to only a humandesignated spot! Paths, zucchini,

tomato or carrot patches, thesegregarious and pretty friends justseem to happily hunker down mostany where. Thank you for thememories, Marilyn. Your mom isstill missed!

Also this go anywhere, not shylittle flower is the flower of mybirth! Me, being the missus of this“Dynamic” duo!

We also seem to have a greaterthan usual butterfly population.How about your place? Maybe it isthe butterflies and flowers that do,after all, make the co-existencewith the bitey-stingy beasties a lit-tle more bearable. And the coolerdays!! Thank you for these bless-ings!!

Happy TrailsThe Wiley’s in Wasta

Wasta WonderingsLloyd and Margee Willey | 993-3149

Socials Pennington County Courant • August 2, 20184WallFrances Poste | 279-2476

Business & ProfessionalD • I • R • E • C • T • O • R • Y

A A MeetingTuesday & Friday, 8 p.m.

Methodist Church Basement East EntranceWhen anyone anywhere reaches out for help, I want the handof AA always to be there. And for that I Am Responsible.

West River ExcavationDitching and Trenching of all typesCraig Coller 837-2690

Kadoka, SD

Badlands AutomotiveFor all your automotive needs.

Jerry & Bev MooneyPhone: 279-2827 or 279-2733Wall, SD

Ronald G. Mann, DDSFamily Dentistry

2nd, 3rd & 4th Wednesday of each monthHours: 8:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

605-279-2172

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Call us today!!605/279-2565 • Wall, SD

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Merlin and Mary Jane Doylewent to Sundance, to Joe andBarb Croell’s on Saturday. Theywere joined by Jim and EvaDoyle of Spearfish; Jeramy,Tasha, Brinley and HaedinnCroell of New Hampton, IA; Lind-say, Connor and Carson Lundersof Colorado Springs, CO; Josh,Darcy, Max and Gwen Croell ofCasper, WY; and Steven andSusan Doyle, Jacob, Hunter andMalakhi Spint of Rapid City, SD.the occasion was to celebrateMerlin and Mary Jane’s 60thWedding Anniversary (late). Itwas so wonderful to have familytogether. Twenty two were in at-tendance with two unable to at-tend.

Emilee Pauley is the featuredartist at the First InterstateBank in Wall.

Have a good week!

Menu for Elderly Meals

Thursday, August 2ndCreamed turkey, oven mashed

potatoes, parslied carrots,coleslaw, mandarin oranges

Friday, August 3rdChef ’s ChoiceMonday, August 6thHam (low sodium), parslied po-

tatoes, peas, medium orange,cooked apples

Tuesday, August 7thAutumn chicken, baked sweet

potato, Harvard beets, tossedsalad, mandarin oranges

Wednesday, August 8thSausage gravy with biscuit,

green beans, baked squash,strawberries.

LibraryLacy Carson, Library Director | 279-2929

Last Friday, Lacy read CocoMiguel’s Music by Liz Revera. Thebook was about Miguel and how hewanted to become a musician de-spite his family generations ban-ning all music. Miguel foundhimself in the colorful Land of theDead while trying desperately toprove his talent and get a blessingfrom his family to continue follow-ing his dreams. Find out how thestory ends by checking it out fromthe library! After the story, thekids made their own sombreros

and maracas so they could danceto the beat of their own music!

Make sure to stop by the librarythis Friday from 9 to 10 a.m. tohear our guest readers, Nora andCoy Hoffman. They will be readingThe Music Teacher from the BlackLagoon. After the story, the kidswill get to listen to the Hoffmanfamily play a couple of different in-struments.

Don’t forget the Summer Read-ing Challenge is still in progress. Itis a great incentive to keep your

children reading this summer.Bring in your progress sheet for 50days of reading and you will re-ceive another entry for a chance towin one of our big prizes. We havekid friendly musical keyboards forages 1 and up, a wireless micro-phone, and a crystal growing setfor the kids. We also have two kidkindles to give away and two regu-lar kindles. There are many greatreasons to win one including theconvenience of reading on the go,reading at night, and it can holdthousands of titles which would bealmost impossible to achieve withactual books.

We have lots of new books hit-ting the shelves this week. I havecataloged over a hundred titles be-tween the children and the adultsection. Just to name a few, for thechildren’s section we have somechapter books from the Flat Stan-ley series, Magic Treehouse, andsome of the Cam Jensen series. Forthe adult’s section, I just put outDaring to Dream, Holding theDream, and Finding the Dream byNora Roberts. Stop by to see whatelse has hit the shelves these lastcouple of weeks!

October 1998 - Raymond Cooper was quickly learning running a newspaper took a lot more time than running a broadcast operation. With the radio station, he could flip on a couple of switches at sunrise each day and “Turn Your Radio On” would fill the airwaves. Within minutes, recorded programming would fill the airwaves until “Renderings with Raymond” went on the air at noon.

Just down the road in Springfield, deejays were preparing for “morning drive time,” the busiest hours of the day. They were hur-riedly preparing news bulletins, weather advisories, and light comedy routines to cheer up their early morning audience.

Most days, Raymond left for breakfast about 15 minutes after flipping the last switch. During those 15 minutes, he was lis-tening to the drive time broadcast of FM 95.7 in Springfield, getting the news and weather forecast to share with his listeners later in the morning.

Radio stations in small towns like ours were interesting places. Before radio gave way to streaming audio on the World Wide Web, stations were hubs of activity. Raymond liked to refer to his station, Talk 880, as “500 Watts of Valley Power.”

Hearing him say those words brought chills down the spines of many Valley resi-dents. We were proud to have such capacity to influence the world right there in our own community.

I suppose that changed for me one morning while drying my hair. I noticed a number on the handle of my blow dryer that said, “1200 Watts.”

It was hard to imagine my blow dryer held more horsepower than Raymond’s station. Truth be told, my hair dryer probably produced just as much reliable information as Talk 880, but not as much hot air.

Cooper quickly learned he wasn’t going to make a profit from his new journalistic endeavour. The initial edition was hailed by his fans. Most believed it was only a short matter of time before Raymond received his first Pulitzer Prize and The Hometown News was relegated to history books.

A major problem for Raymond’s paper

was advertising. He had given most of the ads away to his friends to fill space. Farley Puckett sponsored the sports page, filled with news about the “Bowling match of the century” between Lennox Valley and Pleasant Hill, for free.

Those who did pay for ads paid very little. The first issue included three longtime advertisers from Hometown News. In exchange for agreeing to stop advertising in Iris Long’s “rag,” they paid one-third the amount they paid previously.

Somebody had to write the news. Raymond spent weeks creating the dribble filling the pages of his first issue while he took time away from his radio duties. Now he was back on the air, something had to give.

Raymond quickly recruited his best friends to help write stories for the paper and cohost his daily radio show. This made for some interesting banter. Somehow, the Thursday topic steered toward “favorite Bible verses.” Callers seemed to love the topic.

“What’s your favorite Bible verse?” a caller asked Marvin Walsh, who was manning the microphone.

Marvin paused for a moment to ponder his response.

“I believe,” he murmured, “it would have to be either ‘The Lord helps those who help themselves’ or ‘Everything happens for a reason.’”

Listening to the broadcast over lunch at the Hauffbrau, Brother Jacob, associ-ate pastor at the Lutheran church, barely escaped spitting his coffee across the booth onto Sarah Hyden-Smith.

“Good Lord,” Jessie, their waitress, exclaimed. “Even I know those aren’t in the Bible and I haven’t been to a church in 20 years.”

Back at the station, Marvin and his cohost, Raymond, smugly admired their scriptural prowess as well as broadcast skills.

“What about you, Raymond?” asked Marvin. “What’s yours?”

Cooper, realizing the spiritual influence he held over his listeners, gave serious thought to his response.

“I believe” he answered, “it would have to be ‘What comes around, goes around.’”

“Oh, that’s a good one!” Marvin shouted. “I don’t know why I didn’t think of that one.”

Biblically SpeakingRaymond and his friends share scriptural wisdom

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Hustead’sWallDrugStore

Rush Funeral HomeChapels in Philip, Wall and Kadoka

Jack, Gayle and D.J. Rush

www.rushfuneralhome.com 279-2175

Badlands Cowboy MinistryBible Study • Wednesdays

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

Evangelical Free Bible ChurchWall • 279-2867

www.wallfreechurch.comSundays: Adult Bible Fellowship, 9 a.m.,Sunday Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.;Mondays: Women’s Bible Study, 7 p.m.

Wall United Methodist ChurchPastor Russell Masartis • 279-2359

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.

WastaServices Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

First Evangelical Lutheran ChurchRev. Christopher McCarthy • Wall

Sunday Service, 9 a.m.

Emmanuel Lutheran ChurchCreighton

Sunday Services, 11 a.m.

New Underwood Community ChurchPastor Wes WilemanSunday School 9 a.m.;

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

Interior Community ChurchPastor Nathan Mudd

Highway 44 EastSunday School 9:30 a.m.;

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

St. Patrick’s Catholic Church • WallFather Timothy Hoag

Masses: Saturday 6:30 p.m.,Sunday 8 a.m.

Weekdays refer to Bulletin

St. Margaret Church • LakesideMass: Sunday 10:30 a.m.

St. John’s Catholic ChurchNew Underwood

Pastor Reverand Kerry Prendiville605-591-9991

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

Good Samaritan Nursing Home;Reconciliation before Sun. Mass

Dowling Community ChurchMemorial Day through

Labor Day; Service 10:00 a.m.

CHURCH DIRECTORYCALL 279-2565

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Nitrates and Forage CropssWith the variation in precipita-

tion across the region this summer,there are many farmers and ranch-ers evaluating how they should bemanaging their forage crops. Someof these crops are not going toreach their potential this year andcould present challenges for live-stock feed, due to increased nitratelevels. SDSU Extension offers afree service in doing nitrate quicktests. This is a qualitative analysisto test for the presence or absenceof nitrates in forages. The test issensitive, so even if a forage testspositive, it could still be safe forcattle.

Due to some of the extremes wehave seen this year, it would be agood idea to have a nitrate quicktest ran on any oats, sorghum, mil-let, sudan or corn that has been

drought stressed, especially if anynitrogen fertilizer was used as thiscan increase the incidence of ni-trates in the plant. Even if youplan on ensiling the crop, doing anitrate test can help prevent somevery detrimental effects on live-stock. The primary impact atlower nitrate levels is abortions inpregnant females, followed bydeath at higher levels.

If you have forages you wouldlike tested, you can bring them tothe Cottonwood Range and Live-stock Field Station or the RapidCity Regional Extension Center. Ifthe samples test positive, depend-ing on the individual situation wemay recommend sending a sampleto a commercial laboratory forquantitative analysis or bringingin another sample at a later date toretest.

As a reminder, once a plant isharvested the level of nitrates willnot decrease over time, no matterhow long you leave it in the haypile. The only situation where aportion of the nitrate can be brokendown and become less of a problemis if the forage is ensiled. Even atthis point, only approximately 20%of the nitrates will be broken downthrough the fermentation process.It’s a good practice to test any ni-trate accumulating forages beforefeeding them to cattle in order toprevent unnecessary livestocklosses or decreased production.

For questions on nitrates in for-ages, please contact Adele Harty,SDSU Extension Cow/Calf FieldSpecialist at 605-394-1722 oradele.harty@sdstate.edu.

SDSU Rapid City Regional Extension Adele Harty,Cow/Calf Field Specialist

Purple Heart Recognition DayIt has been estimated that

320,000 Purple Hearts wereawarded during World War I, morethan1 million during World War II,118,000 during the Korean War,351,000 during the Vietnam War,more than 35,000 in Iraq and over10,000 in Afghanistan. SouthDakota has approximately 345 liv-ing Purple Heart Recipients.

At the request of the SouthDakota Department of VeteransAffairs, Gov. Dennis Daugaard hasproclaimed Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018,as “Purple Heart Recognition Day,”calling on all South Dakotans tohonor those men and women who

are recipients of the Purple HeartMedal.

“While we are grateful to all ofthose who have served our nation,the 7th of August is a day desig-nated to remember and recognizethe sacrifices endured by thosemembers of the Armed Forces ofthe United States who have beenawarded the Purple Heart Medal,” said Larry Zimmerman, Secre-tary of the South Dakota Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs. “It isfitting to set aside a day to recog-nize those who have been awardedfor their extraordinary sacrifices.”

The Governor encourages all

South Dakotans to set aside timeon Aug. 7 to honor our soldiers whohave been honored with the PurpleHeart. “The men and women serv-ing in our Armed Forces are tough,determined, courageous and capa-ble of unbelievable acts of courageand sacrifice,” said Gov. Daugaard.

“Our military remains as strongas it has ever been. America’s vet-erans have been defined by thevirtues of selfless service, sacrificeand devotion to duty,” said Zim-merman. “These men and women,who serve and have served, are theflesh and blood of American excep-tionalism.”

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August 10-13Mama Mia 2

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Attorney General Jackley Joins BiparitsanFight to Protect Veterans Memorial

Attorney General Marty Jack-ley announced today he has joineda bipartisan group of 28 states infighting to protect a historic crosshonoring World War I veterans aspart of a case with much broaderimplications for the First Amend-ment.

“One of my primary responsibil-ities as Attorney General is to pro-tect state and individual freedoms.The historic cross should stand asa symbol of the sacrifices and free-doms earned by our veterans. It isour Constitution and veteran’s sac-

rifices that give community lead-ers and the mothers whose sonshave been lost the freedom tochoose how to recognize these sig-nificant sacrifices,” said Jackley.

The 28-state coalition urges theU.S. Supreme Court to considerand ultimately protect veteran me-morials that include religious sym-bolism. The coalition seeks tooverturn a lower court’s rulingthat the memorial violates the Es-tablishment Clause of the U.S.Constitution.

The case at hand involves a

nearly century-old memorial crossin Bladensburg, Maryland, startedby community members and moth-ers whose sons died in World WarI, and finished by the AmericanLegion. The initial lawsuit seeks toforce the state of Maryland to teardown the historic cross.

The Supreme Court’s ultimatedecision could impact memorials inSouth Dakota, across the nation,including those at Arlington Na-tional Cemetery.

Dept of Public Safety Encourages Motorists tobe Patient During Sturgis Rally

Patience will be a virtue for mo-torists this week as more traffic isexpected on South Dakota high-ways with the start of the SturgisMotorcycle Rally.

The 78th Sturgis MotorcycleRally begins Friday, Aug. 3, andruns through Sunday, Aug. 12.That means more motorists on thehighways driving different kinds ofvehicles, especially in the BlackHills.

Officials with the South DakotaDepartment of Public Safety saythat means drivers need to focuson safety.

“South Dakota has had eightmotorcycle fatalities so far thisyear; that’s two more than at thesame time last year,” says High-way Patrol Superintendent Col.Price. “A majority of the 2018deaths so far have been due to in-experienced riders. Five of theeight fatalities weren’t wearinghelmets.”

August is traditionally thestate’s highest vehicle fatalitymonth each year. In the last fiveyears, statistics show that mostcrashes in the Black Hills occur be-tween 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. duringthe Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

“We want every motorcyclist tobe safe and that’s why we offer

both new and experienced ridercourses,” says Office of HighwaySafety Director Lee Axdahl. “Saferiders know their skill level, theirequipment and what needs to bedone to increase the odds of return-ing home safe and sound.”

Axdahl says through the Officeof Highway Safety’s partnershipwith the South Dakota SafetyCouncil, both new and experiencedriders can take safety coursesstatewide. Visit

https://southdakotarides.comand follow the link for Rider SafetyCourses. The website also offers in-formation needed to negotiateroads in the Black Hills.

Rally attendees looking forreal-time public safety informationabout the Sturgis Rally can alsofollow four Twitter sites at @SD-PublicSafety, @SDHighwayPatrol,@SouthDakotaDOT and @Rally-Traffic.

Motorcyclists and motoristsalike are reminded of the rules forsharing the road:

*** Motorcyclists should ride insingle-file lines and avoid crowdingthe center line or crowding mo-torists;

*** Motorists should remembernot to crowd cycles. Motorcycleshave the same rights on the road

Cowboys and Cowgirls to Gather in Ft. Pierrefor one of the Largest Youth Rodeos

in the CountryA 47-year tradition rides on

Aug. 17-19 as the South Dakota 4-H Finals Rodeo brings togethersome of the most accomplishedyoung cowboys and cowgirls fromacross the state to compete for tophonors at the Stanley County Fair-grounds in Ft. Pierre.

“We’re thrilled to welcome thecontestants, their families, and themany who support them to the47th Annual South Dakota 4-H Fi-nals Rodeo,” said Kasey Hanson,president, SD 4-H Finals Commit-tee. “These exceptional rodeo ath-letes have worked extremely hardfor this opportunity.”

More than 1,300 youth competein 4-H rodeos throughout the state.Those contestants compete at 35regional rodeos, where the top 4competitors in each event earn theright to showcase their talent atthe South Dakota 4-H Finals

rodeo. The annual event is one ofthe largest youth rodeos in thecountry, with more than 530 con-testants ages 8-19 expected to par-ticipate this year.

The chute first opened on theSD 4-H Finals in 1971 as a way togather the best of South Dakota’s4-H rodeo athletes together to givethem the chance to competeagainst each other – many for thefirst time. It’s since grown into athree-day event bringing an esti-mated $1.4M each year to thePierre/Ft. Pierre economy. Thou-sands of contestants, family mem-bers, fans and rodeo personnelcome to take in the Ambassadorcontest, scholarship interviewsand awards, rodeo dance, contest-ant BBQ, cowboy church servicesin addition to the four rodeo per-formances.

“The entire experience affords

our youth the chance to excel atour state sport of rodeo, and alsoreally helps them develop an ap-preciation of our western heritageand lifestyle,” Hanson said. “Like-wise, it’s a perfect time for peoplewho just want to come see whatrodeo is all about. We invite every-one to come and cheer on thesegreat competitors.”

Festivities kick off on Fri., Aug.17 with the Ambassador Horse-manship Competition at 7:30 a.m.and the first Rodeo performance at5 p.m. Sat., Aug. 18 features rodeoperformances at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,with the Special Needs Rodeo at 2p.m. Cowboy Church at 8 a.m.opens events Sunday, followed bythe Ambassador Crowning at 10a.m. and the final rodeo perform-ance. You can find a full scheduleof events at sd4hrodeo.org.

South Dakota 4-H Boosts Leadership Skills andCivic Engagement through 4-H Citizenship

Washington FocusForty-one South Dakota 4-H

youth learned about politicalprocesses in the vibrant, livingclassroom of the nation's capital,Washington D.C., as part of Citi-zenship Washington Focus, an in-tensive 4-H civic engagementprogram for high-school youth heldat the National 4-H ConferenceCenter in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

"Citizenship Washington Focusopened my mind to possibilitiesand what makes 4-H and being anAmerican great," said AndrewRommann, a 4-H member fromMinnehaha County.

For more than 50 years, Citizen-ship Washington Focus hasbrought 4-H members from acrossthe nation to Washington D.C.During the conference, youth par-ticipate in civic workshops, com-mittees and field trips.

"Citizenship Washington Focusnot only strengthens young peo-ple's understanding of the govern-ment's civic process, but it alsoboosts their leadership skills, com-munication skills and overall con-fidence," said Amanda Stade,SDSU Extension State 4-H EventsManagement Coordinator.

Youth who attended the 2018conference were selected through

an application process.During the week-long confer-

ence, teens get a behind-the-sceneslook at the nation's capital whilemeeting with members of Con-gress to learn more about howtheir government works.

At the end of the program,youth draft step-by-step actionplans to address important issuesin their communities.

"CWF is a great opportunity foryoung people to come together, talkabout the problems they see intheir communities, and identify so-lutions to make their communitiesstronger," said Jennifer Sirangelo,president & CEO, National 4-HCouncil. "The experiences theseyoung people gain during CWFgives them the tools and confi-dence to grow and thrive as lead-ers."

The South Dakota 4-H memberswho attended included: CasondraGerlach, Aurora County; NathanGauer, Beadle County; FrankHuber, Bennett County; NaomiThayer, Bennett County; JensinaDavis, Brookings County; ReganHeine, Clay County; Nicole Hauck,Clay County; Callie Flemming,Codington County; Callie Mueller,Codington County; Bailey Schlot-

terbeck, Codington County; Tal-itha "Tali," Jones, Custer County;Hannah Miller, Davison County;KendraJohnson, Day County;Riley Johnson, Day County; CollinAmundson, Day County; CurtSpilde, Deuel County; SydneyMiller, Fall River County; Kristo-pher Wagner Tubbs, Fall RiverCounty; AlyssaMeyer, FaulkCounty; Noah Mursu, GrantCounty; Kelcey Butler, HaakonCounty; Julie Fischer, HamlinCounty; Jacob Prouty, HamlinCounty; Mickeala Boyd, HamlinCounty; Brandon Cordell, HardingCounty; Reese Jensen, HardingCounty; Morgan Buck, HardingCounty; Jacob Birkeland, JonesCounty; Lyndey Dean, LawrenceCounty; Alex Ruud, LincolnCounty; Nicole Nelson, LincolnCounty; Nathan Andersen, MeadeCounty; Brady Buchholz, MeadeCounty; Elisabeth Kluin, Min-nehaha County; Andrew Rom-mann, Minnehaha County; ClareKlein, Moody County; Abby Moon,Pennington County; Macy Nelson,Roberts County; Grant Hamilton,Spink County; Amber Donovan,Ziebach County and Ariana Schu-macher, Hughes County.

as motorists;***Motorists and cyclists

should follow the recommendedspeed limits. Motorcyclists shouldbe especially aware of speed limitson curves;

*** It is against the law to drinkand drive. Motorists and cyclistsshould make sure they have soberdrivers;

*** Motorists should rememberto buckle up, it’s the law; and,

*** Motorcyclists are encour-aged to wear helmets.

Eagles Nest6 Pennington County Courant • August 2, 2018

6 Ways to Prepare for a New School Year

(StatePoint) Want to ensure thetransition from summer to schoolgoes smoothly for your family?Check out these six tips.

1. Make a smooth transition.Been sleeping in all summer?Now’s the time to get your bodyback into the routine of earlymornings. Start slowly, setting thealarm earlier until you reach thetime you’ll be waking up for theschool year. Parents can assistyounger kids with this transition.

2. Get the right education tools.From highlighters to USB drivesto loose-leaf paper, be sure youhave a comprehensive list of all theschool supplies and education toolsyou’ll need for a successful year

ahead. As far as tech tools likegraphing calculators are con-cerned, opt for those that are jampacked with all the latest features.For example, the Casio fx-CG50 of-fers the ability to draw three di-mensional graphs, such as planes,cylinders and spheres, and viewthem from various angles in orderto better analyze their shape. Italso features a cross-section optionand a special zoom function for in-depth analysis.

3. Organize your agenda. Makesure everyone is ready for the busyyear ahead. Plan your children’sparticipation in after school activ-ities. Then, display relevant itemson a calendar where the whole

family can see it to ensure no onemisses a club meeting, rehearsalor team practice.

4. De-stress. The hectic back-to-school season can create tensionand stress. Encourage hobbies thathelp students unwind as the schoolyear gets back into full swing. Forbeginners of music, check out newtools that can make the learningprocess fun and easy, such asCasio’s LK-265 keyboard, whichfeatures an LCD display thatshows both music notation andcorrect hand positioning.

5. Get healthy. Crowded class-rooms are a good place to pick upgerms. Keep kids healthy with adaily multivitamin, plenty of fresh

fruits and veggies and lots of sleep.Regular exercise is also an immu-nity booster, so encourage kids toget active.

6. Adapt to new school re-sources. Families aren’t the onlyones getting ready for back toschool. Districts are incorporatingthe latest tech into classroomlearning. Such tools include CasioLampFree Projectors, an eco-friendly technology that gives edu-cators the ability to control theprojector from a smartphone ortablet, expanding their ability tocreate and deliver dynamic lessonplans.

How New Technologies Will Support STEAMLearning

this School Year(StatePoint) With each new

school year comes a brand-new setof subjects, books and teachers. Italso means new technologies beingintroduced into the classroom.

As students head back to school,here is a look at the technologiesthat will support STEAM (science,technology, engineering, arts andmath) learning this year.

• Digital Art: Enter some artclasses today and you may find adearth of paints, brushes and char-coal. Today, art students can learnthe same painting, drawing andsculpting techniques they previ-ously would have learned usingtraditional supplies, only with dig-ital tools instead. While the tradi-tional mediums aren’t completelygoing away any time soon, today’sstudents can benefit from the ver-satility that cutting-edge tools sup-ply, from the time a project idea isconceived through when the fin-ished product is shared with theworld.

• Visual Science: Whether it’s ananatomical diagram of the humanheart or a map of the Milky Way,every science teacher knows that apicture’s worth a thousand words,particularly when it’s a sharp, clearpicture. Teachers and students arebenefitting from top of the line pro-jection technology in classrooms.The LampFree Projectors fromCasio’s Core Series, for example,have the ability to project imagesand video wirelessly from smartphones, laptop computers andtablets, expanding teachers’ abilityto create engaging lesson plans. Ad-ditionally, the mercury-free Laserand LED hybrid light source is en-ergy-efficient, reducing power con-sumption by up to 40 percent, abonus lesson in environmentalstewardship.

• Accessible Computer Science:Certain innovations are helping

students go beyond just consumingtechnology. Apps abound for inde-pendent learners, as well as educa-tors, to use in their classrooms tohelp computer science students ofall ages and abilities to hone theircoding skills. From straight-for-ward instructional apps to thosethat gamify the learning process,young coders-in-training have awealth of resources at their finger-tips.

• Intuitive Music: New technol-ogy is rocking the music educationboat in an effort to make learningan instrument more intuitive. Forexample, Casio’s LK-265 is outfit-ted with such tools as a Key Light-ing System, Voice Fingering Guideand Step-up Lesson System, en-abling beginners to learn built-insongs at their own pace. Addition-ally, an LCD display makes master-ing music notation and correcthand positioning easy. Studentsdon’t even have to wait for teacherfeedback -- the keyboards have aScoring System that evaluates per-formance.

• In-Depth Math: Today’s stu-dents are getting a closer look atthe inner workings of mathematicsthan their predecessors, thanks tonew graphing calculators, such asthe fx-CG50 PRIZM and fx-CG500,which offer expanded features, in-cluding the ability to easily drawthree dimensional graphs such asplanes, cylinders and spheres, andview them from various angles tobetter analyze their shapes. Across-section option and specialzoom function allow students toclosely examine graphs for in-depthanalysis and an improved catalogfunction means students can usecommands more easily and quickly.

As rapidly emerging technolo-gies innovate education, it’s an ex-citing time to be a student orteacher.

Wall Wellness FairThe Wall Wellness Fair was

held on Friday, July 27, at the WallCommunity Center.

Attendees were offered deeplydiscounted laboratory wellnessscreenings; $25 sports physicals,and free hearing and blood pres-sure checks. There were bicycle

helmets available and participantswere able to talk one-on-one withhealth care professionals abouthealth and wellness.

Kids and adults alike enjoyedan interactive Sports PerformanceInstitute powered by EXOS boothas they test their broad jump skills

against some of the most well-known professional athletes.Bridger Amiotte was right upthere with Tim Tebow! KeaunnaPoor Bear was asked if she wantedto work out with the NFL. Thestaff were having fun taking careof their community.

Kindergarten1” White 3-Ring Binder (Front PocketView)Supply Box2-Scissors (Fiskars)Eraser2 Boxes of Crayons (24 or less)PencilsDry Erase Markers (2)3-ring Binder Pencil Case10 Glue Sticks2 Lg. Boxes of Tissues1 Folder with PocketDollar Store Headphones – with Plas-tic BagTwo JournalsBook BagFirst Grade1” White 3-Ring Binder (Front PocketView)4 Glue SticksColored Pencils2 Lg. Boxes of Tissues2 ErasersSupply BoxPencils3-Ring Binder Pencil CaseScissors (Fiskars)Crayons (Box of 24 or more)One Journal2-3 Dry Erase Markers (any color)Dollar Store Headphones – with Plas-tic BagBook BagSecond Grade1 Inch 3-Ring Binder1 Lg. Box Kleenex1 pkg. napkins orRoll of paper towelsCrayons (box of 24 or more)2 Notebooks for JournalingSupply/Art boxScissorsErasersColored pencilsColored markersBox of pencils (no mechanicals)3- two-pocket folders3-ring binder pencil caseGlue (4 glue sticks and one bottlewhite glue)Dollar Store Headphones with plasticzip bag or caseBackpack/Book Bag2 Dry Erase Markers12- inch ruler with cm measurementincludedCube of 3x3 Post-It NotesThird Grade1” White 3-Ring Binder (front pocketview)1 Spiral Wide Ruled NotebookPencilsEraserScissorsDry Erase Markers (2)Crayons (24 or more) or Colored Pen-cilsGlue SticksSupply BoxFolder with pockets

Dollar Store Headphones-with plasticbag3-Ring Binder Pencil Case1 pkg. Post-It Notes (3x3size)Highlighter2 Boxes of TissuesBook BagFourth Grade1- Plastic two-pocket folder with paperfastenersPencils (#2 or mechanical)ErasersColored PencilsScissors1 Glue Stick4 Packets of Wide Ruled NotebookPaper (loose leaf)2 Wide Ruled Spiral Notebook 2 Folders with Pockets (no fasteners)Supply Box2 Lg. Boxes of TissuesDry Erase Markers (2)3-Ring Binder Pencil CaseDollar Store Headphones - with PlasticBag2 HighlightersCrayons (Box of 24 or more for Art)Backpack/Book BagFifth Grade1” 3-Ring BinderLoose leaf paper-2 packagesSpiral notebooks-4Dry Erase Markers-2Pencils (#2 or mechanical)ErasersTwo-pocket folder-1 student choice Paper two-pocket folders with paperfasteners-4Plastic two-pocket folder with paperfasteners-1 Lg. box of tissues-2Glue or Glue SticksScissorsCrayons-24 or more packageColored pencilsSupply BoxNote cardsHighlighters-2Headphones/EarbudsBackpack/Book BagBig White1 1/2” or 2” White 3-Ring Binder (frontpocket view)2 Lg. Boxes of TissuesBox of MarkersColored Pencils3-Ring Binder Pencil CaseDry Erase Markers (2)ScissorsCrayons (24 or more) #2 PencilsEraserFolders (3 Folders)Glue Sticks 4 NotebooksGrades K-1 - (2) Journals: half lined,half blank for illustrationsGrades 2-5 - Pkg. loose leaf paper

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Boydston Farm 7August 2, 2018 • Pennington County Courant

Boydston Farm Since 1920: A Century of Hard Work, Determination and Love of the Land

On a cold spring early springday, February 20, 1920, Georgeand Lillie Boydston, with their 8-week-old daughter Ardis, arrivedon the immigrant train in NewUnderwood, South Dakota. Georgeand Lillie had traveled over 600miles across the plains fromCeresco, Nebraska to take claim toacreage George had bought sightunseen 11 miles southeast of NewUnderwood.

After checking in at New Un-derwood’s West Hotel, Georgewent to the lobby and met some lo-cals who were playing cards. Themen asked George where he wasmoving to, and when George toldthem about the property, the mentold him that land was a long wayto have his children travel toschool, especially with only onesaddle horse.

Bud Dickenson was one of thegentlemen playing cards, and hetold George that he had a piece ofdeeded land that he would be will-ing to sell. Bud and George went tolook at the land, made a deal, andGeorge paid Bud for the parcelthrough financing from George’smother.

It was February 21, 1920,George’s 26th birthday, that the240 acres became the Boydstonfamily’s legacy. There was a houseon the land, but it was three home-steaders’ shacks that had beenjoined together without a founda-tion. George and Lillie workedand lived on the land for the next26 years, raising their four chil-dren—Ardis (1920), Cecil (1922),Elsie (1925) and Charles (1929).

Besides the saddle horse,George and Lillie had brought onecow and six Belgian mares thatGeorge used to break the sod be-fore he could begin farming. Helater used the team to deliver mailand gentle horses.

The main crops were wheat andcorn, and there were good yearsand bad. George built the granaryin 1925 to store his grain, and it’sstill in use today.

In the 1930s, when times gottough because of the Great Depres-sion and severe drought, Georgestarted to milk more cows (byhand) to bottle and sell cream toGate City Creamery in Rapid City.Later, he and his family started tobottle the milk and cream and sellit house-to-house in New Under-wood. They used one section of theshacks as the milk room.

During the drought, Georgehappened upon a natural watersource east of the homestead—theSprings, as it’s still called by thefamily today. He put a pipe in thedirt and set up a tank to catch thewater for his cattle. Since it wasthe only fresh water source, people

came from miles to get water todrink from the Springs during the1930’s drought.

When son Charles was a juniorand the last child still living athome, George became ill withleukemia. Knowing that Charleswanted to go to college, George, be-fore his death, arranged for anauction of the cows and machinery.On February 2, 1946, George diedwith his affairs in order, and thefarm passed to Lillie. By this time,Ardis had married Justin Speerand moved to Rapid City, Cecil wasliving on the old Arney place, andElsie was married to Marion Arne-son and living in Bonita Springs.

Charles was the only child leftat home to help Lillie, and he fin-ished high school as valedictorianwhile running the dairy operationand the farm. At this time, Charlesstarted to make monthly $60 pay-ments to buy the home place of 240acres from his mother. He and Lil-lie went ahead with the auction tosell the cows and machinery, soCharles could go to college as hisfather had wished. But this neverhappened. He married DonaBartell a month after high schoolgraduation in 1947, and this iswhen Charles started his dairy op-eration.

After his marriage to Dona,Charles bought a house fromneighbor Walter Dale Miller. Heput a foundation north of the fam-ily home and moved this houseonto it. He and Dona lived in thehouse for two years and begantheir family with baby Judy bornin August of 1948.

In the fall of 1949, their secondchild Barbara was on the way, andCharles made a trade with Lillie—the Walter Dale Miller house foran Oliver tractor. He then movedthat house to Rapid City for Lillieand placed it on a foundation onMyrtle Street (where the currentRapid City Post Office sits). Lilliemoved in and began her babysit-ting career for numerous familiesin Rapid City. Also, in 1949, thecurrent big barn was moved ontothe place that came from 120 acresCharles bought from Boyd Duncanto expand his dairy operation.Charles was milking about 20head of cows at this time. He laterbought another 320 acres.

1953 was a good year with thebirth of son Dale, who followedCharles around the farm as soonas he could walk. Little sisterPeggy was born the next year,1954. Charles and Dona continuedto farm and raise their children.They remodeled the house twicefor their growing family but weredivorced in the winter of 1961. SonDale continued to help his fatheron the farm.

George Boydston started thehomestead with 240 acres, and hisson, Charles, has grown the farmto 2,070 acres in 71 years. The

Boydston Farm & Ranch willachieve Century Farm status Feb-ruary 21, 2020. Through determi-nation, hard work, grit, patience,

love of the land, and sense of per-manence, the farm has remainedin the Boydston family since 1920.Thank you, Dad!

Charles then married RuthMasterson in the fall of 1962, andshortly after, finished paying Lilliefor the original homestead. Theyworked the next 19 years growingthe dairy business and farming,but Ruth died in the spring of 1981from lung cancer.

In the summer of 1984, Charlesmarried Mary Margaret Andrews,and they had 31 years togetheruntil Margaret died in the springof 2015 of Alzheimer’s.

In 1996, Charles’ son, Dale,began to lease some of the land toraise beef cattle. Charles fully re-tired from the dairy business in2000, and Dale and his wife Karenthen leased all the land to raisebeef cattle and to turn the farmedacreage back into grasslands.

From the time he was 18 yearsold until now at 89 years old,Charles has continued to expandthe Boydston Farm & Ranch. Hewas one of the region’s first GradeA dairy farmers, averaging an 80-cow herd. He received accoladesand media attention for his suc-cessful and innovative operation.He also grew silage corn, alfalfa,wheat, and oats, and he ran asmall number of beef cattle.

Public Notices Pennington County Courant • August 2, 20188Keystone XL Pipeline

PUBLIC NOTICEOn June 29, 2010, the South Dakota

Public Utilities Commission approved the application of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. to construct the Keystone XL Pipeline through South Dakota, and on January 21, 2016, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission approved the application of TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, L.P. for certifi cation of the construction permit.

Condition 40 of the permit provides as follows: At the request of any landowner or public water supply system that offers to provide the necessary access to Keystone XL over his/her property or easement(s) to perform the necessary work, Keystone XL shall replace at no cost to such landowner or public water supply system, any polyethylene water piping located within 500 feet of the project. Keystone XL shall not be required to replace that portion of any piping, that passes through or under a basement wall or other wall of a home or other structure.

Polyethylene pipe is generally used to transport water used for domestic purposes from a water meter or meter pit into a home. For more information, contact Keystone XL at 866-585-7063 or kxlland@transcanada.com.

ADVERTISEMENTFOR BIDS

OWNER: City of Wall501 Main StreetWall, South Dakota 57790

ARCHITECT: Geiger Architecture613 Main, Suite 201Rapid City, South Dakota57701

Sealed Bids, subject to plans, specifica-tions, terms and conditions on file at theCity of Wall, 501 Main Street, Wall, SouthDakota 57790. Bids for the County Satel-lite Office Remodel and ADA Updates,Wall, SD will be received at Geiger Archi-tecture, 613 Main, Suite 201 (2nd Floor),Rapid City, SD 57701 until 2:00 P.M.(Mountain Time) on Thursday, August 2,2018. Bids will be opened and read pub-licly.

The sealed bid envelope shall containonly one (1) Bidder’s Proposal and shallbe marked with the words: “SEALEDBID: County Satellite Office Remodeland ADA Updates”.

A Pre-Bid Meeting will be held at the proj-ect site on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at10:00 AM MDT.

Project Start Date: Notice to Proceed tobe issued within 10 days following Awardof Contract.

Project Completion Date: Office Re-model: September 14, 2018; Total Proj-ect: October 5, 2018.

Project Description: Remodel of the ex-isting Pennington County Satellite Officeand ADA Bathroom Updates. The work isto include the demolition of the existingnon-compliant bathroom and closet toconstruct a new accessible bathroom.The existing County office space will beupdated with new finishes and electricalimprovements.

Electronic media plans and specifica-tions may be obtained at Geiger Archi-tecture, 613 Main, Suite 201, Rapid City,SD 57701, and the Construction IndustryCenter, Rapid City, SD.

The City of Wall will act upon the openedbids at 411 Main Street, Wall, SD or otherpredesignated place of meeting withinthirty (30) days.

The City of Wall reserves the right to re-ject any and all bids and to waive anyand all informalities and to accept the bidthat is to the advantage of and is in thebest interest of the City.

By order of theCity of Wall

END OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Published July 26 & August 1, 2018, atthe total approximate cost of $53.80.

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DIVISION 00 - CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS

SECTION 00 11 13 – ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF WALLWALL, SOUTH DAKOTA

MAIN STREET PARKING LOTSEWER MAIN REPLACEMENT

Sealed Bids for the construction of theMain Street Parking Lot Sewer Main Re-placement Project will be received by theCity of Wall, at the office of the City Fi-nance Officer, City of Wall, 501 MainStreet, PO Box 314, Wall, SD 57790 untilWednesday, August 15, 2018 at the hourof 2:00 pm, local time, at which time theBids received will be publicly opened andread. The Project consists of Sewer MainReplacement which includes Traffic Con-trol, 6" and 8" PVC Sanitary Sewer Main,Manholes, 4" PVC Sanitary Sewer Serv-ices, and Miscellaneous SurfaceRestoration (Asphalt, Base Course,Sidewalk, Curb & Gutter, and Sod) andrelated work.

Bids will be received for a single primeContract and consists of all labor, skilland materials required to properly con-struct the Project.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Docu-ments is: Advanced Engineering and En-

vironmental Services, Inc. (AE2S), 1560Concourse Drive, Rapid City, SD 57703;Contact: Curt Huus, PE, PLS, Telephone:605-341-7800, email:curt.huus@ae2s.com. Prospective Bid-ders may examine the Bidding Docu-ments at the Issuing Office on Mondaysthrough Fridays between the hours of8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. local time, andmay obtain copies of the Bidding Docu-ments from the Issuing Office. A $50.00non-refundable fee is required for plansand specifications for requests outsidethe State of South Dakota. Plans will beavailable on or about July 26, 2018.

Bidding Documents also may be exam-ined at the Construction Industry Center,Rapid City, SD. Complete digital projectbidding documents are available atwww.AE2S.com or www.questcdn.com.You may download the digital plan docu-ments by inputting Quest project#5870975 on the website’s ProjectSearch page. Please contactQuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 orinfo@questcdn.com for assistance in freemembership registration, downloading,and working with this digital project infor-mation.

Bids shall be submitted on the Bid Formsprovided and in accordance with the Bid-ding Documents. No bids will be consid-ered unless sealed and filed at the City ofWall Finance Office in Wall, SouthDakota. Each bid must be accompaniedby a certified check, cashier's check or abank draft drawn on a State or NationalBank for five percent (5%) of the amountbid, payable to City of Wall or in lieuthereof, a bid bond for ten percent (10%)of the amount bid by a surety authorizedto do business in the State of SouthDakota, payable to City of Wall, as aguarantee of the bidder entering into aContract with City of Wall for the MainStreet Parking Lot Sewer Main Replace-ment Project. The checks of all unsuc-cessful bidders will be returned withinthirty (30) days after the bids have beenopened.

All Bidders shall have a valid SouthDakota Contractor’s license of the appro-priate Class for the work, as required byARSD 20:53:06 or SDCL 36-25. No Bidwill be read or considered unless it fullycomplies with the Bond requirements.Any deficient Bid will be resealed and re-turned to the Bidder.

The Owner reserves the right to rejectany and all bids and to waive any irregu-larities or informalities therein and toaward the Contract in the best interestsof the Owner. The Contractor shall beable to demonstrate that he has success-fully completed municipal sewer work ofa similar nature and scope as that re-quired for the project. No Bidder maywithdraw their bid for a period of thirty(30) days after the bid opening.

The Work shall be completed by Novem-ber 2, 2018.

Dated this 26th day of July, 2018

Owner: City of Wall, South DakotaBy: Carolynn AndersonTitle: Finance Officer

END OF SECTION 00 11 13

Published July 26, August 2, & August 92018, at the total approximate cost of$120.87.

NOTICE OF DIRECTOR VACANCIESWEST RIVER/LYMAN-JONES RURAL WATER SYSTEMS, INC.

The West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water Systems, Inc. Board of Directors in accordance with By-laws,

Article VIII, Section I, announces the vacancies of the following Director positions effective

October 17, 2018:

Zone 1A – Rural Lyman County east of Township line between Range 75W and 76W; current Director Quint Garnos

Zone 2 – Rural Haakon County; current Director Richard Doud

Zone 3 – Rural Jackson County, north of the White River; current Director Veryl Prokop

Zone 5A – Municipal at Large – Municipalities of Jones, Mellette, Lyman County; Stanley County south of Bad River;

current Director Dean Nelson

Eligibility for Nomination:

1. Must be a member of the corporation2. Must have contracted for a service tap in area to represent3. Must file a petition no later than 4:00 P.M. (CT) October 5,2018, at the rural water system office in Murdo, S.D.4. Petition must be signed by no less than 15 members5. No proxy voting allowed6. Nominations will not be allowed from the floor at the annual meeting unless no petitions have been filed for a directorship

Nominating petitions can be acquired by contacting:

West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water Systems, Inc.PO Box 407307 Main St.

Murdo, SD 57559Phone: 605-669-2931

WALL CITYCOUNCIL MEETING

COMMUNITY CENTER MEETING ROOM

JULY 19, 2018 6:30PM

Members Present: Marty Huether, Mayor,Rick Hustead, Councilman, Dar Haerer,Councilman, Dan Hauk, Councilman,Jerry Morgan, Councilman, Stan Ander-son, Councilman

Absent Member: Mike Anderson, Coun-cilman

Others Present: Carolynn Anderson-Fi-nance Officer, Loree Thompson-Asst. Fi-nance Officer, Curt Huus-AE2SEngineering, Chris Clark -EvangelicalFree Church Minister (All action taken in the following minutescarried by unanimous vote unless other-wise stated.)

Mayor Huether called the meeting toorder at 6:32pm; roll call was taken anda quorum was present. Mayor Huetherasked for thirty seconds of silence for thepassing of Dave Hahn, the former mayorof Wall.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Motion by S Anderson, second by Haererto approve the agenda. Motion carried.

Motion by Hauk, second by Hustead toapprove the consent agenda. Motion car-ried „ Minutes of July 9th city councilmeeting „ Minutes of the June 12th fire depart-ment meeting „ City of Wall, and Fire Departmentclaims „ Budget report Review • Community Center report • Ambulance District report • Sales Tax report • Cash & MM Balance

CITY BILLSJULY 19, 2018

July 19, 2018 Bills:Badlands Alumni, Deposit for Grand Hall-Celebration, $75.00; Black Hill Chemical,Trash bags for main street, $436.87;Crown Oil Inc, Unlead gas (357 gal) anddiesel fuel (517gal), $2,483.15; Hauff MidAmerica Sports, Baseball Equipment,$221.14; One Call, Locate requests,$11.20; Pennington Co Sheriff, 3rd qau-rter contract billing for 2018, $30,213.50Septic Guys, Baseball field portable toi-lets, $660.00; Wall Celebration Commit-

tee, Can coolies, $91.17Additions

Jenner Equipment, shipping, $2.00; Pre-mier Pyrotechnics, fireworks shell,$1,974.45; Twilight Inc, first aid supplies,$104.45

TOTAL BILLS: $36,272.93Approved by the Wall City Council

this 19th day of July 2018

FIRE DEPARTMENT BILLSJULY 19, 2018

July 19, 2018 Bills:SD Redbook Fund, training videos,$100.00; Twighlight Inc, first aid supplies,$99.43; Wall Meat Processing, hot dogsfor Celebration, $353.10

TOTAL BILLS: $552.53Approved by the Wall City Council

this 19th day of July 2018

Chris Clark, Evangelical Free Churchminister, inquired about the effects theairport runway expansion would have onthe church property if they were to buildon in the future. A revision has beenmade to allow for the church and futureexpansion and a copy of the map will besent to Clark. He thanked the council forkeeping him informed.

Motion by Morgan, second by Haerer toretain Councilman Hustead as Presidentand Councilman S Anderson as VicePresident for the council. Motion carried.

There was no EDD report.

Finance Officer (FO) Anderson pre-sented the council with the Bid advertise-ment on the Satellite office remodel. Theclosing dates during the remodel wasdiscussed. Councilman Haerer com-mented on some social media confusionabout the satellite closing completely andstated that EDD McGriff did a good job ofclarifying the concern.

Mayor Huether expressed concern withthe numerous days the Wall Clinic isclosed due to coverage issues. Huetherhad email correspondence with JessicaDaigle with Regional Health. He reiter-ated that Wall wants a full-time providerin town. Huether will arrange a meetingwith Regional Health officials to discussmore options.

Curt Huus with AE2S updated the councilon the parking lot project. He commentedon the need for language in the Teslaagreement as far as what amount theywould pay towards the project. MayorHuether said this was an agreement pro-posal, and they would make sure every-thing was covered before it was signed.FO Anderson will reach out to Custer tosee how their agreement reads.

Huus put together a proposed scheduleand break down of the cost, for the park-ing lot project; including the proposedgrant information. He asked to extend thebid date on the wellhouse project, due tothe project being more complicated.Councilman S Anderson asked about theprogress of the grant and Huus com-mented the paperwork has been submit-ted. Mayor Huether thanked Huus forproviding the breakdown.

Motion by Hauk, second by Hustead toapprove going to bid on the followingprojects with the following bid dates. Mo-tion carried. „ Sanitary Sewer project – bids dueJuly 26th „ Well House project – bids due Sep-tember 26th „ Parking lot project – bids due Au-gust 27th

Mayor Huether reported the committeemet with KLJ Engineering to discuss a 5-year plan. Huether also met with the GolfCourse board. There will be more dis-cussions on a solution for management.

FO Anderson presented the council witha list of non-active utility accounts thathave charges or credits with no contactinformation. She will contact the auditorsfor the proper procedures.

FO Anderson presented a preliminarybudget to the council for review. MayorHuether requested the worksheet for the2018 budget for comparison. Andersonwill provide the finance committee withthe 2018 budget worksheet and set up acommittee meeting for next week.

There was no Public Works report.

Councilman Haerer commented PrestonJohnson inquired about the Airport dutiesin Dave Hahn’s absence. There will befollow up to get input from Preston andthe airport engineers on the needed ac-tion to cover airport duties.

The next City Council meeting will be Au-gust 2nd and 6:30pm with the personnelmeeting beginning at 5:30pm.

Motion by S Anderson, second by Haererto move into executive session for thepurpose of discussing legal/personnel is-sues according to SDCL 1-25-2 at7:25pm. Motion carried.

Mayor Huether declared the meeting outof executive session at 7:48pm.

Motion by Haerer, second by S Andersonto approve hiring the recommendationfrom the committee for the Economic De-velopment Director position at $16.25,with a $.75 increase at the completion ofa satisfactory six-month probationary pe-riod. Motion carried.

With no other business to address,Mayor Huether declared the meeting ad-journed at 7:50pm.

____________Marty Huether,Mayor

__________________Carolynn M. Anderson,Finance Officer

Published August 2, 2018 at the total costof $76.05.

NOTICE OFHEARING

BEFORE THE PENNINGTONCOUNTY BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS

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:

Jeffery Reed has applied for a Lot SizeVariance to reduce the minimum requiredlot size from 10 acres to 4.7 acres in aLimited Agriculture District located on Lot3, Snyder Subdivision, Section 29, T1S,R7E, BHM, Pennington County, SouthDakota; 13771 Triple S Drive, in accor-dance with Sections 205 and 509 of thePennington County Zoning Ordinance.

Michael Fessler has applied for a Set-back Variance to reduce the minimum re-quired Section Line setback from 58 feetto 17 feet in a Low Density ResidentialDistrict located on theW1/2S1/2S1/2SE1/4SW1/4, Section 15,T2N, R6E, BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota; 22589 Lightning RidgeRoad, in accordance with Sections 207and 509 of the Pennington County Zon-ing Ordinance.

Crystal Soma has applied for a SetbackVariance to reduce the minimum requiredside yard setback from 25 feet to a zero(0) foot setback and to reduce the mini-mum required front yard setback from 25feet to 8 feet in order to construct agarage and an addition to the single-fam-ily residence in a Low Density Residen-tial District located on Lot C ofNW1/4NE1/4 and 1/2 Vacated Road Ad-jacent to Said Lot, Section 16, T1N, R6E,BHM, Pennington County, South Dakota;13274 Hisega Drive, in accordance withSections 207 and 509 of the PenningtonCounty Zoning Ordinance.

Notice is further given that said applica-tions will be heard by the PenningtonCounty Board of Commissioners in thePennington County Administration Build-ing at 10:30 a.m. on the 21st day of Au-gust 2018. At this time, any personinterested may appear and show cause,if there be any, why such requests shouldor 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, Pennington County Planning Director

Julie A. Pearson, AuditorPennington County

Published August 2, 2018, at the totalcost of $24.67.

Buskerud to set the 2019 Public Advo-cate budget at $345,000. Vote: Unani-mous.

MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to approve the 2019 Provi-sional Budget in the amount of$95,540,099 and further moved that therequired public hearing be scheduled forSeptember 4, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Vote:The motion carried 3-1 with Ferebee vot-ing no.

ITEMS FROM AUDITORA. 9:15 A.M. PUBLIC HEARING –

BUDGET SUPPLEMENT SP18-006GENERAL FUND PLANNING ANDZONING BUDGET: MOVED by Hadcockand seconded by Buskerud to approve asupplement to the General Fund Plan-ning & Zoning budget in the amount of$104,328 from assigned fund balance.Vote: The motion carried 3-1 with Fere-bee voting no.

B. NEW (ON-OFF SALE) MALT BEV-ERAGE LICENSE – STONE FACESWINERY: MOVED by Hadcock and sec-onded by LaCroix to approve the New(On-Off Sale) Malt Beverage License forStone Faces Winery and hold the licenseuntil the property taxes have been paid.Vote: Unanimous.

ITEMS FROM SHERIFFA. PROPOSED NAME AND LOGO

FOR FORMER NAU PROPERTY:MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to approve the new name,Care Campus, for the former NAU cam-pus. Vote: The motion tied 2-2 on a rollcall vote: Buskerud – no, Ferebee – yes,Hadcock – yes, LaCroix – no, and will beback on the agenda on August 7, 2018.

B. INMATE TRANSPORTATION BUSBID PROCESS: MOVED by Hadcockand seconded by Buskerud to authorizethe Pennington County Sheriff’s Office toadvertise and put out to bid for one newor demonstration model 40 passenger in-mate security transportation vehicle andfurther moved to declare the 2009 MCI D400 Coach, county asset #58849, as sur-plus property to be advertised and soldto the highest bidder upon receipt of thenew transportation bus in the spring of2019. Vote: Unanimous.

ITEMS FROM TREASURERA. REQUEST FOR 1 FTE OVER

HIRE DUE TO UPCOMING RETIRE-MENT: MOVED by Buskerud and sec-onded by Hadcock to over-hire 1 FTE forthe remainder of 2018 through June 1,2019. Vote: Unanimous.

ITEMS FROM EMERGENCY SERV-ICES COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

A. ESTABLISHMENT OF RADIOTOWER CLIMBING OUT-OF-CLASSPAY RATE: MOVED by Hadcock andseconded by Buskerud to set the out-of-class pay rate at $48 per hour while per-forming tower climbing work, effectiveJuly 17, 2018. Vote: Unanimous.

ITEMS FROM EQUALIZATIONA. ABATEMENT APPLICATIONS –

CITY OF BOX ELDER: ELLSWORTHDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ANDCITY OF RAPID CITY – FRANCIS:MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to approve the following abate-ments: FY 2017, Tax ID 8005166Ellsworth Development Authority,$200.02; FY 2016 and 2017, Tax ID8002625, Bennie and Christine Francis,$97.62. Vote: Unanimous.

ITEMS FROM HIGHWAY DEPART-MENT

A. AWARD RECOMMENDATION:AGG 2018-1 AGGREGATE STOCKPILEPROJECT (KJERSTAD PIT): MOVED byHadcock and seconded by Buskerud toaward AGG 2018-1 Aggregate StockpileProject (Kjerstad Pit), to Rogers Con-struction, Inc., Sturgis SD, in the amountof $387,500. Vote: Unanimous.

EXECUTIVE SESSION – SDCL 1-25-2A. Pending Litigations SDCL 1-25-2(3)

MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to go into Executive session forthe purpose of pending litigation issuesper SDCL 1-25-2(3). Vote: Unanimous.

PROCEEDINGS OFTHE PENNINGTON

COUNTYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

JULY 17, 2018

The Pennington County Board of Com-missioners met at 9:01 a.m. on Tuesday,July 17, 2018, in the Commission Cham-bers in the County Administration Build-ing, Rapid City, South Dakota. ChairLloyd LaCroix called the meeting to orderwith the following Commissioners pres-ent: Ron Buskerud, George Ferebee andDeb Hadcock.

REVIEW AND APPROVE AGENDAMOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to approve the agenda as pre-sented. Vote: Unanimous

CONSENT ITEMSMOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to approve the ConsentAgenda as presented. Vote: Unanimous.

5. Minutes of the regular meeting –July 3, 2018.

6. Minutes of the FY2019 BudgetHearings.

7. To schedule a hearing at 9:15 a.m.on Tuesday August 7, 2018, to supple-ment the 2018 General Fund Law En-forcement Budget in the amount of$7,575 from current year non budgetedrevenue.

8. Schedule a hearing at 9:15 a.m. onTuesday August 7, 2018, to supplementthe 2018 General Fund Law Enforce-ment Budget in the amount of $97,500from the current year non budgeted rev-enue.

9. Approve the 3 QTR 2018 SLA (Stateand Local Agreement with the State ofSouth Dakota).

10. Declare the fuel tank system asset#003401 in the Wall Division surplus forthe purpose of disposal.

11. Recognize and thank the volun-teers for the month of June 2018.

End of Consent Agenda

LIEN RELEASE REQUEST – KL:MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to continue this item until theAugust 7, 2018 Commission Meeting.Vote: Unanimous.

WALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTCORPORATION: COUNTY DISCRE-TIONARY TAX FORMULA – MS.CHEYENNE MCGRIFF, EXECUTIVE DI-RECTOR: No action was taken at thistime.

FY2019 COUNTY PROVISIONALBUDGET

FY 2019 COUNTY PROVISIONALBUDGET PROVISIONAL APPROVAL:MOVED by Buskerud and seconded byHadcock to remove the 1.97% cut to the2019 Mental Health Centers budget andset that budget amount at $100,948.Vote: Unanimous.

MOVED by Hadcock and seconded by

MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to come out of Executive ses-sion. Vote: Unanimous.

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby Hadcock to authorize an opt in, joiningthe class action lawsuit regarding under-payment of PILT (payments in lieu oftaxes) moneys due to PenningtonCounty for the years 2015 through 2017& authorize the State’s Attorney’s Officeto submit the required form. Vote: Unan-imous.

ITEMS FROM PLANNING & ZONINGBOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: MOVED byBuskerud and seconded by LaCroix toconvene as the Board of Adjustment.Vote: Unanimous.

A. VARIANCE / VA 18-07: Mae Heikki-nen. To reduce the minimum requiredside yard setback from 8 feet to a zero(0) foot setback on the southern propertyline in order to replace a deck on the sub-ject property in a Suburban ResidentialDistrict in accordance with Sections 208and 509 of the Pennington County Zon-ing Ordinance.

Lot 8A of Lot 8, Meadow Ridge Subdi-vision, Section 2, T1N, R8E, BHM, Pen-nington County, South Dakota.

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby LaCroix to continue this item until theAugust 7, 2018 Commission Meeting.Vote: Unanimous.

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

Hadcock left the meeting at 10:49 a.m.

PLANNING & ZONING CONSENTAGENDA ITEMS

The following item(s) have beenplaced on the Consent Agenda for actionto be taken on all items by a single voteof the Board of Commissioners. Any itemmay be removed from the ConsentAgenda for separate action.

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby LaCroix to approve the Planning andZoning consent agenda as presented.Vote: Unanimous with Buskerud, Fere-bee and LaCroix present.

B. MAJOR PLANNED UNIT DEVEL-OPMENT AMENDMENT REVIEW / PU17-01: Karen Moore. To review the exist-ing Planned Unit Development to allowfor a specialty / recreational resort for aBed and Breakfast and events, such as:weddings, receptions, company picnics,family reunions, bridal and baby show-ers, and other types of small gatheringssimilar in nature, and additional RV sitesin accordance with Section 213 of thePennington County Zoning Ordinance.

Parcel A, B, and C, Ewalt Subdivision,Section 22, T1S, R5E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota.

Continue the review of Major PlannedUnit Development Amendment / PU 17-01 to the August 21, 2018, Board ofCommissioner’s meeting.

C. MAJOR PLANNED UNIT DEVEL-OPMENT AMENDMENT REVIEW / PU17-03: Chris Hamm; KTM Design Solu-tions, Inc. To review the existing PlannedUnit Development Zoning Districts toallow for additional storage units; to allowthe single-family residence to be used asa caretaker’s residence; and to allow fu-ture commercial uses and to allow a carwash facility in accordance with Section213 of the Pennington County Zoning Or-dinance.

Lot 2 of SE1/4SE1/4 Less Red RockEstates and Less ROW; That PT ofE1/2NE1/4SE1/4 lying outside the City ofRapid City Corporate Boundaries LessROW; and that PT of W1/2NE1/4SE1/4lying S of Portrush Rd that lies outsidethe City of Rapid City Corporate Bound-aries Less Red Rock Estate and LessROW, Section 29, T1N, R7E, BHM, Pen-nington County, South Dakota.Approve of the extension of MajorPlanned Unit Development AmendmentReview / PU 17- 03 with the followingtwenty (20) conditions:

1. That the uses allowed in Zone 1 bethose allowed in the Commercial Zoning

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District and to include a car wash facility;2. That the uses allowed in Zone 2 be

for 19 storage unit buildings and the sin-gle-family residence to be used as a care-taker’s residence, and the caretaker bedirectly engaged in the day-to-day opera-tion of the storage unit business;

3. That a minimum of four parkingspaces be provided and that a loading,and unloading zone be provided for allstorage unit buildings in Zone 2 that runalong the units and must have four 4inches of gravel, concrete, or asphalt andmaintained in such a manner that no dustwill result from continuous use;

4. That the business address for thestorage units be posted on the property tobe clearly visible and to be maintained inaccordance with Ordinance No. 20 andupdated to reflect access off of DunsmoreRoad;

5. That the address for the caretaker’sresidence be changed to a Muirfield Driveaddress and the address posted on theproperty to be clearly visible from MuirfieldDrive and to be maintained in accordancewith Ordinance No. 20;

6. That any new approaches and/or ac-cess obtain an approved Approach Per-mit, or similar, from the appropriate roadauthority;

7. That any lighting used to illuminateany off-street parking or lighting in Zone 1or Zone 2 shall be so arranged as to de-flect the light from all adjoining residencesand the lighting on the outside of the stor-age units in Zone 2 be directed towardsthe ground;

8. That sign(s) shall be allowed in Zone1 and Zone 2 with an approved Sign Per-mit. The sign shall not exceed 25 feet inheight and have a maximum display areaof 250 square feet on each side and nothave more than two sides;

9. That prior to Building Permits beingissued for two (2) additional storage unitbuildings (will be 19 total storage units), adrainage plan addressing run-off shall bereviewed and approved by the CountyDrainage Engineer;

10. That the applicant ensures that allnatural drainage ways must be maintainedand are not blocked;

11. That any land disturbance whichequals or exceeds 10,000 square feet andis not associated with an approved Build-ing Permit, will require a Construction Per-mit;

12. That any work encompassing over(1) one acre will require the applicant toobtained an approved Storm Water Con-struction Permit from the South DakotaDepartment of Environment and NaturalResources;

13. That the storage units be used ex-clusively for storage and not retail busi-ness activities;

14. That any additional storage unitbuildings requires the Planned Unit Devel-opment to be amended;

15. That the hours of operation for thestorage units be from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00p.m.;

16. That the address and a sign beposted indicating after hours contact infor-mation with the owner phone number,which must be clearly visible at the en-trance to the lot for the storage units;

17. That an approved Building Permitbe obtained for any structure(s) exceeding144 square feet or permanently anchoredto the ground, which requires a site planto be reviewed and approved by the Plan-ning Director;

18. That the setbacks from propertylines for Zone 2 be a minimum of 25 feetfrom the front and rear property lines and8 feet from the side yard property lines;and a 58 foot setback from Section Linesor the Section Line be vacated;

19. That the setbacks from propertylines for Zone 1 follow those for a GeneralCommercial Zoning District; and,

20. That this Planned Unit Develop-ment be reviewed in three (3) years, on acomplaint basis, or as deemed necessaryby the Pennington County Planning Com-mission or Board of Commissioners toverify that all Conditions of Approval arebeing met.

D. LAYOUT PLAT / PL 18-18: DanWharton. To reconfigure lot lines to createLots 1R and Lot 2R of Forty Oaks Subdi-vision in accordance with Section 400.1 ofthe Pennington County Subdivision Reg-ulations.

EXISTING LEGAL: Lots 1 and Lot 2,Forty Oaks Subdivision, Section 18, T2S,R7E, BHM, Pennington County, SouthDakota.

PROPOSED LEGAL: Lots 1R and Lot2R, Forty Oaks Subdivision, Section 18,T2S, R7E, BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota.

Approve of Layout Plat / PL 18-18 withthe following nine (9) conditions:

1. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, the certificates be corrected per De-partment of Equalization comments;

2. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, the Plat be lengthened to 2-pages, inorder to allow better readability and spacefor appropriate stamps;

3. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, eight (8) foot Minor Drainage and Util-ity Easements continues to be dedicatedon the interior sides of all lot lines, or anapproved Subdivision Regulations Vari-ance be obtained waiving this require-ment;

4. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, the plat meets all requirements of §400.3 of the Pennington County Subdivi-sion Regulations, or an approved Subdi-vision Regulations Variance be obtainedwaiving any of these requirements that arenot met;

5. That the Certifications on the plat bein accordance with § 400.3(1)(n) of thePennington County Subdivision Regula-tions;

6. That the applicant ensures that allnatural drainage ways are maintained andare not blocked;

7. That at the time of a new plat submit-tal, applications are completed and signedby all landowners;

8. That the applicant signs the State-ment of Understanding within ten (10)business days of approval of Layout Plat /PL 18-18, which is available at the Plan-ning Office; and,

9. That approval of this Layout Platdoes not constitute approval of any furtherapplications to be submitted for the above-described property.

End of Consent Agenda

Hadcock rejoined the meeting at 10:52

a.m.

PLANNING & ZONING REGULARAGENDA

E. MINOR PLAT / PL 18-10 AND SUB-DIVISION REGULATIONS LAYOUT PLAT/ PL 18-17: Jeffery Reed. To create Lots3A and 3B of Snyder Subdivision in accor-dance with Section 400.1 of the Penning-ton County Subdivision Regulations.

EXISTING LEGAL: Lot 3, Snyder Sub-division, Section 29, T1S, R7E, BHM,Pennington County, South Dakota.

PROPOSED LEGAL: Lot 3A and Lot3B, Snyder Subdivision, Section 29, T1S,R7E, BHM, Pennington County, SouthDakota.

MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to continue this item until theAugust 7, 2018 Commission Meeting.Vote: Unanimous.

F. LAYOUT PLAT / PL 18-19: TDG RealEstate; Michael Gennaro – Agent. To re-configure lot lines to create Glendale Tractand Hermosa Tract in accordance with §400.1 of the Pennington County Subdivi-sion Regulations.

EXISTING LEGAL: All (also in Sec. 14)of Hermosa Lode MS 1111 and All (in Sec.14) of Glendale #3 Lode MS 1111, Sec-tions 14 and 23, T2S, R6E, BHM, Pen-nington County, South Dakota.

PROPOSED LEGAL: Glendale Tractand Hermosa Tract, Sections 14 and 23,T2S, R6E, BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota.

MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to approve of Layout Plat / PL18-19 with the following eleven (11) con-ditions:

1. That prior to filing the Plat with theRegister of Deeds, the proposed lots ob-tain approved Lot Size Variances or beRezoned appropriately;

2. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, the Plat heading and proposed legaldescriptions be corrected in accordancewith Register of Deeds comments;

3. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, the Register of Deeds Certificate becorrected to replace the “Book and Page”sentence with “Document #______________”;

4. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, the 40’ Access Easement be notatedwith regard to if it already exists (includingthe appropriate book and page numbersor document number) or is being createdby this Plat;

5. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, eight (8) foot Minor Drainage and Util-ity Easements be dedicated on the interiorsides of all lot lines, or an approved Sub-division Regulations Variance be obtainedwaiving this requirement;

6. That at the time of new Plat submit-tal, the plat meets all requirements of §400.3 of the Pennington County Subdivi-sion Regulations, or an approved Subdi-vision Regulations Variance be obtainedwaiving any of these requirements that arenot met;

7. That the Certifications on the plat bein accordance with § 400.3(1)(n) of thePennington County Subdivision Regula-tions;

8. That the applicant ensures that allnatural drainage ways are maintained andare not blocked;

9. That following platting of the pro-posed lots, any on-site wastewater treat-ment system(s) be subject to therequirements of § 204(J) of the Penning-ton County Zoning Ordinance, includingthe requirement to obtain an OperatingPermit;

10. That the applicant signs the State-ment of Understanding within ten (10)business days of approval of Layout Plat /PL 18-19, which is available at the Plan-ning Office; and,

11. That approval of this Layout Platdoes not constitute approval of any furtherapplications to be submitted for the above-described property.

G. REQUEST FOR HEARING OFCORRECTIVE ACTION AND/OR ABATE-MENT FOR NUISANCE SERVING SUB-JECT PROPERTY, PURSUANT TOSDCL 34-16-19 AND 34-16-21: Curtis andBrianna Tyler; Nathan R. Chicoine – LegalRepresentative.MOVED by Hadcock and seconded byBuskerud to continue this item until theAugust 21, 2018 Commission Meetingand per applicants request invite the Com-missioners to come and visit the property.Vote: Unanimous.

ITEMS FROM THE CHAIR/COMMIS-SION MEMBERS

A. A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT AL-LOWING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OFMEMBERS TO THE COUNTY BOARDOF EQUALIZATION: MOVED by Hadcockand seconded by LaCroix to approve theResolution to Support Allowing for the Ap-pointment of Members to the CountyBoard of Equalization. Vote: The motiontied 2-2 with Buskerud and Ferebee votingno and will be back on the agenda August7, 2018.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS MOVED byHadcock and seconded by Buskerud toapprove the vouchers entered below forexpenditures for insurance, professionalservices, publications, rentals, supplies,repairs, maintenance, travel, conferencefees, utilities, furniture and equipment to-taling $3,003,812.48. Vote: The motioncarried 3-1 with Ferebee voting no.

A & A Professional Property Manage-ment, 456.00; A & B Business Inc,2,566.45; A & M Transport Service,828.00; A To Z Shredding, 467.20; AactionMoving & Storage, 2,334.37; About YouPhysical Therapy Inc, 211.00; Adams-IscLLC, 215.08; Advanced Drug Testing Inc,41.00; Alb Unlimited LLC, 625.00; AlcoholMonitoring Systems Inc, 2,753.70; AliceTraining Institute LLC, 4,165.00; AllenReuer, 2,520.00; Americinn Motel,1,175.00; Amick Sound Inc, 275.51; An-gela M Colbath Atty PC, 8,195.50; AnkerLaw Group PC, 2,218.40; Apex Software,1,185.00; Architectural Specialties LLC,14,837.11; Arctic Glacier USA Inc, 37.50;Arrowwood Resort At Cedar Shore,305.85; Asphalt Zipper, 1,003.95; AstechCorp, 342,544.20; AT&T Mobility, 302.75;Atlantic Tactical Inc, 352.00; Audra HillConsulting Inc, 11,761.34; Austin Wright,100.00; Axon Enterprise Inc, 104,664.00;Badlands Automotive, 1,333.51; BalcoUniform Co Inc, 6,319.10; Bangs MccullenButler Foye & Simmons LLP, 632.70;Barnier Law Office Pc, 1,165.50; Basler

Printing Co, 823.00; Batteries Plus Bulbs#934, 147.76; Behavior Management Sys-tems Inc, 465.00; Behrens-Wilson FuneralHome, 9,340.00; Betsey Harris, 6,260.20;BH Chemical Company Inc, 2,169.41; BHEnergy, 301.69; BH Energy, 257.71; BHEnergy, 71,602.06; BH Energy, 398.81;BH Orthopedic & Spine Center PC,448.04; BH Pediatrics & Neonatology LLP,1,753.00; BH Roofing Co, 78.00; BH Serv-ices Inc, 389.81; BH Tent And Awning,14.00; BH Urgent Care LLC, 440.00; BHWilbert Vault, 1,600.00; BierschbachEquipment And Supply Co Inc, 193.66;Big D Oil Co, 145.00; Big Tex Trailer WorldInc, 22.99; Birch Communications Inc,67.29; Black Creek Integrated SystemsCorp, 150,000.00; Blake's Trailer Sales &Repair, 150.00; Bob Barker Company Inc,4,253.15; Bowman Tire Service, 674.00;Bravo Company USA Inc, 403.10; BrevikLaw Office PLLC, 385.70; Bridgette RBanks, 240.00; Brownells Inc, 1,024.58;Budget Inn, 200.00; Buller Fixture Co. ADivision Of Cash-Wa, 12,012.50; ButlerMachinery Company, 6,222.62; CarolynOlson, 168.00; Cash-Wa Distributing,2,427.02; Cat's Cleaning, 50.00; CBMFood Service, 108,737.96; CC PropertyManagement, 240.00; CDW GovernmentInc, 55,124.08; Central States Sanitation,180.00; Charisa Wilhelm, 150.00; CharlesMix Co. Sheriff's Office, 120.00; Children'sHome Society, 4,250.00; Chris Hislip,320.00; Chris Supply Co Inc, 936.47;Christopher M Sullivan, 875.00; City OfBox Elder, 108.95; City Of Hill City, 19.22;City Of Hill City, 400.00; City Of RapidCity, 16,171.57; City Of Rapid City -Water,136.24; City Of Rapid City -Water,2,167.09; City Of Wall, 179.50; Claims As-sociates Inc, 2,500.00; Clark Printing,1,088.16; Climate Control Systems AndService LLC, 1,758.35; Clinical LaboratoryOf The Black Hills, 8,639.00; CommunityHealth Center Of The Black Hills Inc,25,314.50; Connections Inc EAP,1,082.88; Contractors Insulation And Dry-wall Supply, 864.00; Contractors SupplyInc, 231.80; Copy Country, 85.00; CoraFried, 99.12; Coremr LC, 834.00; Corner-stone Apartments, 300.00; Corral Motel,200.00; Correct Rx Pharmacy ServicesInc, 30,787.67; Corrections ProductsCompany, 305.00; Countryside PropertyManagement LLC, 863.00; Creative Sur-faces Inc, 3,002.54; Crescent ElectricSupply, 505.46; Crum Electric Supply,477.52; Crystal Pichler, 130.85; Cual LLC,240.00; Custer Gas, 82.79; Cynthia MWeichmann, 2,089.05; Dakota BusinessCenter, 122,237.54; Dakota Fluid PowerInc, 57.48; Dakota Plains Legal ServicesInc, 21,750.00; Dakota Sports, 3,267.65;Dale's Tire & Retreading Inc, 614.76;Darcy Lockwood, 45.00; Data Manage-ment Inc, 966.00; Days Inn Pierre, 144.00;Dean J Klapperich, 2,000.00; Deanna KClayborne, 2,206.29; Delta Dental OfSouth Dakota, 34,463.30; DemerssemanJensen Tellinghuisen & Huffman LLP,7,529.40; Den Herder Law Office PC,216.20; Dennis Supply - RC, 3,159.00;Denny Menholt Chevrolet, 2,852.66;Dewey J Ertz, 1,387.50; Diamond VogelPaint Center, 34.09; Diann Asher, 381.25;Diesel Machinery Inc, 615.17; Dillon LawOffice, 1,184.40; Donna Nordell, 89.00;Douglas-Mockingbird LLC, 340.00; Ds So-lutions Inc, 612.50; Eagle Ridge Apart-ments II, 640.00; Eddie's Truck Sales Inc,770.05; Edgewood Estates LP, 316.00;Election Systems & Software LLC,29,075.75; Eprovider Solutions, 210.80;Erik Bringswhite, 2,365.53; Estes ParkApartments, 181.00; Evergreen OfficeProducts, 47.28; Executive Mgmt Fin Of-fice, 2,139.29; Fastenal Company,1,434.03; Fastsigns, 512.40; Federal Ex-press, 114.97; Ferguson Enterprises Inc#226, 384.25; First Interstate Bank,3,792.54; First Interstate Bank, 2,461.33;First Interstate Bank, 157.05; First Na-tional Bank, 300.00; Flooring America,3,936.92; Foothills East Apartments,300.00; Fremont Industries Inc, 1,732.08;Fresh Start Carpet Care, 1,952.00; FruitOf The Loom, 49.12; G & H Distributing -Rc, 423.49; Galls LLC, 1,443.10; GeorgeJ Nelson, 201.10; George R Cameron,1,634.25; Global Tel'link, 8.65; GodfreyBrake Service And Supply Inc, 437.71;Gold Street LLC, 240.00; Golden WestCompanies, 1,089.58; Golden West Com-panies, 312.81; Golden West Technolo-gies, 237.00; Great Western Tire Inc,1,808.36; Grey & Eisenbraun Law ProfLLC, 140.00; Grimm's Pump Service Inc,11,324.23; Gunner Hanzel, 130.85; Gus-tave A Larson Company, 63.52; H&S Uni-forms And Equipment LLC, 190.00;Hardware Hank, 52.42; Hardy ReynoldsLaw Group LLC, 498.20; Harmelink Fox &Ravnsborg Law Office, 1,081.52; HarveysLock Shop, 557.25; Heartland PaperCompany, 13,918.92; Heather Heinert,114.00; Hebron Brick Supply Co, 332.50;Helene Duhamel, 39.48; Henry ScheinInc, 83.19; High Country Guest Ranch,28.15; Hill City Ambulance Service,128.00; Hill City Hardware Inc, 123.98; HillCity Prevailer, 414.78; Hillyard/SiouxFalls, 984.50; Hobart Sales & Service Inc,1,745.00; Holloway Vision Care LLC,80.00; Honeywell Inc, 9,983.17; HorwathLaundry Equipment, 117.00; Humane So-ciety Of The Black Hills, 4,166.67; ImageAll LLC, 130.46; Independent WindowTinting LLC, 100.00; Indoff Inc, 1,779.33;Industrial Organizational Solutions Inc,25.00; Inforad Inc, 578.00; Interprecorps,90.00; Intoximeters Inc, 1,325.75; Inves-tigative Solutions Inc, 572.51; Ione Wolf,412.50; Izaak Walton League Of AmericaInc, 30.00; J & J Mowing And Landscap-ing, 1,175.00; J Scull Construction,280,627.90; Jackson Lewis LLP, 1,546.00;Jantech LLC, 860.00; Jd's EquipmentService LLC, 245.00; Jean M Cline,2,215.30; Jeffries Law Office PC, 434.40;Jenner Equipment Co, 409.75; JeremiahJ Davis, 5,582.00; Jessie Drury, 75.00;Jims Private Utility Locating, 275.50; JJ'sEngraving & Sales, 100.00; JLZ LLC,10,451.05; Joan Lindstrom, 302.50; JodyH Speck, 1,551.00; Joe Guttierez, 114.00;Johnson Apartments, 300.00; JohnsonEiesland Law Office PC, 1,081.00; John-son Machine Inc, 1,427.97; JohnstoneSupply, 30.34; Kadoka Oil LLC,10,459.41; Kathy Davis, 419.80; KayceeIsland, 21.00; Kayla L Maruska, 801.80;KCH Law, 50.00; Kevin E Kirschenmann,1,750.00; Kevin Karley, 194.00; KiefferFamily Dental PC, 273.00; Kieffer Sanita-tion/A Waste Management Co, 3,026.10;Kimball Midwest, 1,164.95; Kimberly KJohnson, 148.20; Kimberly Suckow,13.44; Kinkade Funeral Chapel, 2,532.80;Kinney Law PC, 5,404.73; Kirk Funeral

Home, 3,610.00; Knecht Home CenterInc, 1,458.72; Knollwood TownhouseProperties, 574.00; Koletzky Law OfficeProf LLC, 196.00; Kone Inc, 8,525.51;Kristine Vasilakes, 6.70; Laboratory Cor-poration Of America Holdings, 141.00;Laboratory Corporation Of America Hold-ings, 87.00; Lakota Community HomesInc, 291.00; Lamb Motors, 41,236.00;Lamb Motors, 41,236.00; Lamb Motors,41,236.00; Lands' End Business Outfit-ters, 139.76; Language Line Services,296.19; Laubach Law Office Prof LLC,4,653.00; Law Enforcement Targets Inc,8.20; Law Office Of Kyle Krause Prof LLC,5,893.80; Lester-Robbins ConstructionInc, 25,876.84; Lewis & Clark BehavioralHealth Services, 320.00; Lewis Kirkeby &Hall, 207.50; Liberty Chrysler Center,53,821.60; Lincoln County Auditor, 95.70;Linda J Nohr, 2,240.00; Linda Pratt,200.00; Linda Szabo, 287.53; LisaMooney, 161.51; Lori Sargent, 175.00;Lori Wessel, 17.45; Lowe Roofing Incor-porated, 125.00; Lucille M Lewno, 529.41;Lutheran Social Service, 40,907.87; LynnJackson Schultz & Lebrun PC, 5,816.03;M & M Fencing, 11,609.80; Macnally LawOffices Prof LLP, 3,756.00; Manlove Psy-chiatric Group, 9,178.25; MaplewoodTownhouses, 240.00; Marcia Whiting,2,782.40; Marco Inc, 994.78; Marco Inc,6,166.41; Marcus Allen Warnke, 36.39;Mark Katterhagen, 45.00; Marshall AndSwift, 2,219.90; Mary Hettinga, 309.12;Mary Rae Seifert, 1,565.00; Mary Shoe-maker, 89.00; Matheson Tri-Gas Inc,54.40; Matthew Bender & Co Inc, 700.00;Matthew Olson, 92.18; Matthew TStephens, 2,347.00; Maxon LLC, 204.84;Mckie Ford Inc, 164.93; Mcleod's PrintingInc, 80.00; Medical Waste Transport Inc,364.52; Medical Waste Transport Inc,803.87; Medline Industries Inc, 1,589.82;Melissa J Rupert, 2,351.25; Menards,856.92; MG Oil Company, 72,590.64;Michael S Stonefield, 2,679.00; Midconti-nent Communications, 344.92; Midconti-nent Communications, 3,624.78;Midcontinent Testing Lab, 576.00; Mid-west Marketing LLC, 130.00; Mobile Elec-tronic Service, 1,062.00; Moore MedicalCorp, 1,591.71; Motive Magic WindshieldRepair, 1,475.00; Motorola SolutionsCredit Co, 171,686.89; Mt Rushmore Tele-phone Co, 47.30; Murphy Law Office PC,2,492.71; National 4-H Council, 28.79;Native Sun News, 300.00; Nelson Law,1,970.05; Nelson's Oil & Gas Inc, 407.99;Networkfleet Inc, 37.90; NeuropsychologyAssociates PA, 7,850.00; Nick Nelson,259.34; Nicolas Quettier, 360.00; NorthCentral International Of Rapid City Inc,1,356.49; Northwest Pipe Fitting Inc,901.18; Novus Glass Kevin Hoffman,60.00; Nwe Management, 540.00; OfficeDepot, 330.89; Olson Towing, 867.00; Os-heim & Schmidt Funeral Home, 3,636.60;Otis Elevator Co, 5,795.64; OverheadDoor Co Of RC, 820.48; Parkway Car-wash Inc, 120.00; Parr Law PC, 1,128.00;Pederson Law Office LLC, 2,307.37; PennCo Equalization Petty Cash, 85.97; PennCo Extension Petty Cash, 61.13; Penn CoHealth & Human Sv Petty Cash, 135.44;Penn Co Highway Petty Cash, 96.20;Penn Co Jail Petty Cash, 1,078.00; PennCo Juv Diversion, 172.66; Penn Co SheriffPetty Cash, 2,155.67; Penn Co StatesAtty Petty Cash, 101.30; Penn Conserva-tion Dist, 21,714.00; Pennington CountyCourant, 357.09; Pennington CountyHousing & Redevelopment, 806.00; PeteLien & Sons Inc, 4,209.39; PhaneSundquist, 100.00; Pharmchem Inc,1,787.00; Phoenix Supply LLC, 720.93;Pillen Optical Inc, 255.00; Pioneer Bank &Trust, 4,801.59; Pitney Bowes ReserveAccount, 2,243.32; PJ Conover, 260.00;Plumbmaster Inc, 136.52; PonderosaScreen Printing And Embroidery, 502.80;Power House, 1,341.11; Price Motel,360.00; Proforma Screening SolutionsLLC, 59.50; Quill Corporation, 111.13;Race Wheels, 3,406.00; Radiology Asso-ciates Professional LLC, 321.27; RandalE Connelly, 2,248.11; Rapid Delivery Inc,120.75; Rapid Leasing, 439.71; RapidRooter, 435.00; Rapid Towing LLC,122.40; RC Area School Dist 51-4,1,117.16; RC Chamber Of Commerce,245.00; RC Emergency Services Pa,254.80; RC Journal - Advertising,3,732.65; RC Police Dept-Evidence,17.89; RC Regional Hospital Inc,4,464.95; RC Regional Hospital Inc,1,894.27; RC Winair, 152.00; RC Winsup-ply, 82.31; RDO Equipment Co, 6,144.05;Record Storage Solutions, 694.42; Red-wood Toxicology Inc, 5,376.34; RedwoodToxicology Laboratory Inc, 261.00; Re-gional Health, 194.68; Regional HealthHome Plus LLC, 786.24; Regional HealthHome Plus Pharmacy, 103.65; RF TaxServices, 90.00; Ricoh USA Inc, 227.17;Ricoh USA Inc, 135.98; Ro InvestigationAnd Research LLC, 1,512.50; RochesterArmored Car Company Inc, 408.40;Rocky Mountain Instrumental Laborato-ries, 140.00; Runnings Supply Inc,1,394.62; Rushmore Safety Supplies,16.25; Sabrina Green, 295.69; SandScripts, 153.10; Sarah Morrison, 165.60;Satellite Tracking Of People LLC,6,191.25; Scott Guffey, 153.90; SD DeptOf Labor, 5,203.00; SD Dept Of Revenue,12,603.09; SD Dept Of Revenue,6,665.00; SD Dept Of Transp- Finance,3,137.80; SD Div Of Motor Vehicles,21.20; SD Housing Development Author-ity, 50.00; SD Network Against Family,500.00; SD One Call Board, 75.60; SDRose Inn, 545.00; SDACC, 185.00;SDACO, 185.00; SDN Communications,384.80; SDSU Extension, 50.00; SDSUExtension, 274.36; Securus TechnologiesInc, 18,233.55; Servall Uniform/Linen Co,4,423.58; Sherwin Williams Paints,1,387.99; Shrm, 95.00; Signs Now,125.11; Silver Leaf Property ManagementLLC, 199.92; Silver Star Septic LLC,150.00; Simpson's Printing, 62.50; Skin-ner Law Office Pc, 13,578.85; Smoot &Utzman, 677.25; Snap On Tools, 115.00;South Pines LLC, 215.00; Stan HoustonEquipment, 506.82; Star Dust Motel,440.00; Star Ridge Apartments, 340.00;Stec's Advertising, 426.69; StephanieOlson, 194.00; Stoney Creek Highlands,300.00; Sturdevant's Auto Parts, 2,832.79;Sturgis Atv LLC, 469.82; Summit Signs &Supply Inc, 314.00; Sun Life Financial,89,178.96; Syncb/Amazon, 78.90; TeresaL Fink, 1,205.40; Tessco Incorporated,2,151.38; The Hartford, 2,683.25; TheLaw Office Of Jamy Patterson LLC,1,485.20; The Little Print Shop Inc,363.43; The Lodge At Deadwood, 318.00;The Medicine Shoppe, 91.84; The RepairShop, 132.60; Thomas Auto Service &

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGOF THE

WEST DAKOTA WATER DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTFOR 2019 BUDGET APPROVAL

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2018 – 6:00 PMWEST RIVER ELECTRIC, 3250 SD HIGHWAY 44, RAPID CITY, SD 57703

All persons interested are invited to attend, either in person or by representation, andbe heard and given an opportunity for a full and complete discussion of all items in thebudget.

West Dakota Water Development Proposed Budget 2019

2019 Proposed Means of Finance:Revenue 2018 2019Property Tax Levy Received $128,920.24 + Interest $191.46 + Grants $0.00 Revenue received to YTD 7/27/2018 $129,111.70 Projected revenue for 2018 $229,236.06 Funds on Hand 7/27/2018 $407,250.23 + Projected revenue not received for 2018 $100,124.36 Projected FundsThru 2018 $507,374.59 - non-disbursed Projects $52,451.24 - non-disbursed Budgeted Admin Costs $46,814.97 Projected Carry-over Funds for 2019 $408,108.38 Projected Carry-over Funds for 2019 $408,108.38 + Projected Revenue for 2019 Levy $227,771.00 + Interest income estimate $200.00

2019 Funds Available for Proposed Projects and operations $636,079.38TOTAL Admin $89,900.00TOTAL PROJECTS $319,509.75TOTAL 2019 NEW BUDGET $409,409.75TOTAL REMAINING FUNDS $226,669.63 Appropriations Board of Directors Salary/Per Diem $7,200.00 $3,500.00 $12,200.00Travel $1,200.00 $467.66 $1,200.00Total Director Expenses $8,400.00 $3,967.66 $13,400.00

Administration Insurance $2,300.00 $2,197.61 $2,200.00Legal Notices $2,000.00 $741.35 $1,000.00Rentals $4,800.00 $3,200.00 $4,800.00Memberships, Conferences $1,000.00 $2,035.00 $4,000.00Admin (Equipment, Office Supplies, Furniture, equip., etc.) $1,000.00 $1,843.55 $4,000.00Utilities (Phone) $500.00 $273.09 $500.00Total Administration Expenses $11,600.00 $10,290.60 $16,500.00Admin. Contingency Fund $10,000.00 $0.00 $5,000.00Professional Services Fees $65,250.00 $34,176.77 $55,000.00

Admin Budget left: $46,814.97 $95,250.00 $48,435.03 $89,900.00

Project Expenditures 2018 7/27/2018 2019 Budget Disbursed Budget

Contingency Project Fund $40,000.00 $2,000.00 $40,000.00Rapid Creek DNA Testing H2E (16-17) $12,937.99 $3,110.00 $0.00Rapid Creek SDSMT Pathogenic (2016-2017) $31,970.00 $31,970.00 $0.00Hydrology Conference - sponsor (USGS last) (Moved to admin for 2019) $2,000.00 $2,035.00 $0.00USGS Canyon Lake Sediment 17EMSD0051 2017 - 2019 2yr April -March $40,000.00 $11,429.00 $17,144.00Supplemental post dredge USGS Canyon Lake Sediment 17EMSD0051 $0.00 $10,283.00** $6,860.00SDSMT Deerfield, Rapid Creek, Pactola Modeling, 2018_001_SDSMTXX_AX $25,000.00 $7,500.00** $17,500.00Green House Roof $26,000.00 $26,000.00 $0.00Water Projects (final payment to USGS flow model 15EMSD0034) $0.00 $465.00 $0.00Rapid Creek DNA Testing (H2E) 2019 $0.00 $0.00 $150,000.00Dr. Kelsey Murray pathogen study 2019 $0.00 $0.00 $45,000.00SDSMT Missouri River Allotment Study, 2018_003_SDSMT_AX $9,335.25 $0.00 $28,005.75USGS Stream Gauges $0.00 $0.00 $15,000.00

**=estimated

Project Expense Left 2018: $52,451.24 $147,243.24 $94,792.00 $319,509.75

Total Spent (7/27/18): $143,227.03Total 2018 Budget: $242,493.24 Total 2019 Budget: $409,409.75Total 2019 remaining funds: $226,669.63

Published August 2 & 9, 2018, at the total approximate cost of $.

Towing, 125.00; Thomas Braun Bernard &Burke LLP, 2,183.00; Thomas Vallett,304.60; Thomson Reuters-West,5,561.63; Thundercloud LLC, 28.95; TitanMachinery PPA, 13.80; Todd A Love,6,372.12; Tom Vlieger, 79.38; TransourceTruck & Equipment Inc, 649.06; TrevorAbernathie, 750.00; Trimin Systems Inc,27,771.00; TS Government SolutionsLLC, 120.00; Twilight Inc, 113.78; Ty Fer-ley, 34.00; Uline, 266.23; Upper Deck Ar-chitects Inc, 3,631.44; Valarie O'Day,1,349.55; Vallette Tools Inc, 103.00; ValleyGreen Sod Farm, 434.01; Van NormanLaw Office, 1,593.30; Vanway Trophy &Awards, 900.75; Vast Broadband, 125.09;Vemco, 5,832.19; Verizon Wireless,160.57; Verizon Wireless, 590.38; VictoriaMarie Hill, 200.00; Video Service Of Amer-ica, 390.94; Wall Building Center & Con-struction, 88.29; Warne Chemical &Equipment Co Inc, 486.60; Watertree Inc,106.87; Weldon Travis Lasseter, 335.58;Wellmark, 298,386.38; Wendy T Mc-gowan, 4,212.29; West River Anesthesiol-ogy Consultants PC, 740.19; West RiverHospitality LLC, 600.00; Western Commu-nication Inc, 395.00; Western Construc-tion Inc, 3,384.31; Western Detention,777.00; Western Mailers, 1,061.55; West-ern States Fire, 1,160.00; Western Sta-tioners Inc, 3,338.67; Western Thrifty InnLLC, 375.00; Wex Bank, 3,440.22; WexBank, 9,977.73; Whisler Bearing Co,370.29; Whispering Willows LLC, 300.00;Whiting Hagg Hagg Dorsey & Hagg LLP,7,444.08; William A Moss Psy D LLC,1,950.00; Williams Properties, 250.00;Winner Police Dept, 135.60; Winter LawOffice PC, 7,562.00; Wipath Communica-tions LLC, 780.00; Working Against Vio-lence, 3,612.25; Yankton Co Sheriff Office,200.00; Yankton County Treasurer, 99.95;Yorleny Alfaro Barrios, 100.00; Zep Sales& Service, 718.51.

ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC

PERSONNEL24/7: Effective 07/09/2018 – James

Hansen at$15.28/hr.CCADP: Effective 07/09/20108 –

Desmond Barnes, Anna Grant, DavidHosie, Michelle Kindt, Llewellyn Long Wolf& Allen Schmidt at $16.85/hr.

ESCC 911: Effective 07/22/2018 – AprilOlivas at $19.49/hr. & Natalie Reiman &Nicole Nelson at $20.47/hr.

HHS: Effective 08/13/2018 – GretchenSitzes at $4,316/mo.

Highway: Effective 07/09/2018 –Mitchell Pempek at $17.68/hr. Effective

07/12/2018 – Merlin Roehler at $17.68/hr.Effective 07/23/2018 – Todd Drobny at$17.68/hr.

Jail: Effective 06/17/2018 – JosephPhilippe at $26.13/hr. Effective 06/25/2018– Ashley Green, Sandy Hetley & MeganPainter at $14.54/hr. Effective 07/09/2018– Rio Hof & Jody Ehret at $16.04/hr., Don-ald Ballard at $16.85/hr., Dylan Arndt,Yovana Caraballo Estrella, Allison Mor-risette, Abigail Pi & Terrance Weickum at$21.49/hr. Effective 07/22/2018 - MaryLee at $16.04/hr. & Heather Pressley at$19.74/hr.

MacArthur: Effective 06/17/2018 -Vanessa Skaare & Eva Twiss at $19.49/hr.

Planning & Zoning: Effective07/23/2018 – Cody Sack at $17.68/hr.

Sheriff’s Office: Effective 05/21/2018 -Shane Sullivan at $21.49/hr. Effective06/17/2018 – Kari Smith at $14.03/hr. &Carmen Visan at $22.57/hr. Effective08/01/2018 – Mark Bartik, William Christo-pherson, Preston Crissey, James Davis,Tom Elmer, Thad Fitch, Donald Lampert,Kelly Lee, Jason Lind, Alyssa McGhee,Adam Mooney, Douglas Noyes, LancePalmer, Joseph Prouty, Rick Rieken, Vin-cent Scheckel, Chad Strobel, GeradStrong, John Sumison, Cody Sunderland,Patrick VanLoan, Jake White & Jeremiah-Wyrick at $21.49/hr.

State’s Attorney: Effective 08/06/2018 –Devin Flesher at $5,477.33/mo.

Treasurer: Effective 07/30/2018 – An-drea Bossen & Darsha Dodge at $16.04.

WSDJSC: Effective 06/17/2018 – MaryMcDonald at $22.85/hr. Effective07/22/2018 – Melissa Reckling at$22.87/hr.

ADJOURNMOVED by Hadcock and seconded by

Buskerud to adjourn the meeting. Vote:Unanimous. There being no further busi-ness, the meeting adjourned at 11:29 a.m.

/s/Julie A. Pearson,Auditor

Published August 2, 2018, at the total costof $306.86.

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Denise Volmer is doing repairwork on her house this past week.

John, Cathie & Austin Printz at-tended a Printz reunion this week-end.

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Gene & Alma Crosbie and AliceRichter attended the funeral ofDave Hahn at the UnitedMethodist Church in Wall on Sun-day.

Appreciation is a wonderfulthing; it makes what is excellent inothers belong to us as well.--Voltaire(1694-1778)

The Circuit RiderDavid Holland Noah Saved from WrathGenesis 6, 7In these chapters we have a

dark, dismal picture of man.  Afterabout two thousand years' trial heis here only as a total failure.  Whenman has  altogether  failed, Godcomes in sovereign grace and mani-fests His saving power.  It is alwaysso.  Grace comes when man is ut-terly lost and helpless.  The comingforth of Noah and his family fromthe ark may be a foreshadowing ofthe coming of Christ and His saintsto bless a new earth, purged by thejudgment of God.  Look at the:

Divine Verdict.  "And God said toNoah, 'The end of all flesh is comebefore Me" (Genesis 6:13).  What apoor end this was!  "Evil, only evil,continually."  Note that this is theend, the direction, of all flesh.  Evo-lutionists predict a different end,but the divine verdict has alreadygone forth - "Only evil."  "Thatwhich is born of the flesh is flesh"(John 3:6).  "They that are in theflesh cannot please God" (Romans8:8).  Unregenerate man, this is theend of your supposed good life, asseen by a righteous and holy God.

Divine Plan.  "God said to

Noah...'Make yourself an ark.'" (v.14).Noah and his family could neverhave escaped the flood had not Godbeen pleased to reveal this way ofdeliverance.  Salvation is not inman (1 Corinthians 2:10, 11).  Sal-vation is of the Lord.  What a reve-lation of grace has come to usthrough Jesus Christ!  God laid onHim the iniquity of us all.

Divine Warning.  "And behold, Iam bringing floodwaters upon theearth" (v 17).  How gracious our Godis in providing a Refuge for us inChrist, and in so plainly warning usof the coming wrath (Luke 3:7).There is no escape for those whoneglect His merciful provision (He-brews 2:3).  "Remember Lot's wife"(Luke 17:32).

Divine Invitation.  "Come intothe ark, you and all your household"(Genesis 7:1).  He who made theprovision sends forth the invitation(Matthew 22:2, 3).  He who gave HisSon up to death for us invites us to"hear Him."  The pleading of Jesusis the pleading of God in Him(Matthew 9:28).  God's gracious pur-pose is to save both you and yourhousehold (Acts 16:31).

Divine Security.  "The Lord shut

him in" (v. 16).  They are safely keptwhom God shuts in.  When Heshuts, no man can open.  If anyman  enter in  he shall be saved(John 10:9), kept (1 Peter 1:5), andcomforted (John 14:16).  To be shutin by God is to be shut out from theworld - from its pleasures, its sins,and its doom.  If your life is hid withChrist in God, seek those thingswhich are above.  

Divine Carefulness.  "Then Godremembered Noah" (Genesis 8:1).Those who hide know where toseek.  Those hidden by God are everremembered by Him.  All who areshut up in Jesus Christ, like Noah,are shut up in faith.  It is a blessedprivilege to be where we cannot betouched by judgment, and cannot beforgotten by God.

Divine Commission.  God said toNoah, "Go out of the ark" (8:16).  Wego in for salvation, and go out fortestimony.  We are first taken out ofthe world before we are sent into it(John 17).  Those who go in and outwill find pasture.  To the unsavedGod's word is "Come in;" to thesaved His word is, "Go out."  Maywe all be blessed in our coming andgoing.

NEW UNDERWOODSCHOOL BOARD

PUBLIC HEARING &REGULAR MEETING

JULY 18, 2018

The New Underwood School Board helda public hearing for the 2018-2019 budg-ets Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 6:30p.m. at the schoolhouse.

Members present: Candy Alexander,Jerry Derr, David Flint, Patrick Tisdale andChad Tussing.

Staff present: Supt. George Seiler,Elem./JH Prin. Katie Albers, Bus. Mgr.Amanda Trople and Staff Irene Madsenand Stacy Finkbeiner.

Also present were Jon Madsen, JodiRichter and Chuck Schmidt.

The budget hearing was closed at 7:02p.m. and the regular annual meetingcalled to order.

Motion by Tisdale, seconded by Alexan-der, to approve the amended agenda withthe addition of approving an open enroll-ment application and the change of thereduced breakfast price to $0.30. Allvoted aye.

Motion by Flint, seconded by Derr, to ap-prove the claims, financial report and min-utes of June 20, 2018. All voted aye.

CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT JULY 2018

GENERAL FUND July Payroll $86,358.74; Elementary$23,828.25, Junior High $5,129.24; HighSchool $13,257.27; Title I $5,856.38;Counselor $3,612; Tech Support $3,440;Superintendent $3,075; HS Principal$3,075; Elem/JH Principal $4,166.63;Title I Administration $129.17; Fiscal$7,585.28; Custodial $12,905.70; Trans-portation $298.82; First Interstate Bank,District Share of Soc Sec/Medicare$6,905.49; SD Retirement System, Dis-trict Share of Retirement $4,726.15; BlackHills Ed. Ben./Cash Option, District Shareof Health Insurance $16,252.27; Ameri-

can Funds Service, District Share of An-nuity $65,499.49. TOTAL GENERAL FUND PAYROLL$179,742.14

SPECIAL EDUCATIONJuly Payroll $9,985.25; First InterstateBank, District Share of Soc Sec/Medicare$763.29; SD Retirement System, DistrictShare of Retirement $599.11; Black HillsEd. Ben./Cash Option, District Share ofHealth Insurance $1,249.08. TOTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION PAY-ROLL $12,596.73GRAND TOTAL PAYROLL $192,338.87

BOARD BILLS JULY 18, 2018

GENERAL FUNDAlbers, Katie, Staff Travel .............26.00Alice Training Institute, LLC,

Registration Fees .....................50.00ASBSD Property/Liability Fund,

Dues And Fees .......................875.00Liability Insurance..................42,523.00Asbsd Worker's Comp Fund, WorkmensCompensation .........................8,457.59Associated School Boards Of Sd, DuesAnd Fees ....................................899.84Baymont Inn & Suites,

Acct Payable-Staff Travel .........72.00Carefree Lawn, Inc., Acct

Payable-Repairs & Mtnce.......235.00Century Business Products, Inc,

Repairs & Mtnce .......................22.45CPM Educational Program, Instructional

Wkbks/Class Subscriptions ......64.01Dissinger Insurance Services, LLC,

Other Insurance And Judgements .....750.00

Dvorak Convenience Stores, Inc.,Acct Payable-Motor Fuel ........310.82

Golden West Technologies, Inc, Repairs & Mtnce .....................165.38

Golden West Telecommunication,Communication.......................180.72

Harvey's Lock Shop,Non-Technology Supplies.........22.50

Hillyard, Non-Technology Supplies..................................260.74

Hodo, Tiffany, Acct Payable-Mileage Pd To Parent ....................................846.72Hudson, Raeahna,

Acct Payable-Dues & Fees.......63.25Imprest NU Activity,

Registration Fees ...................150.00Interstate Battery, Acct Payable-Non Tech

Supplies......................................302.25J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc., Other Supplies,

Music Supply ............................54.99Jake Runestad Music LLC,

Other Supplies Music Supply ..16.45Johnson Controls, Inc., Acct

Payable-Repairs & Mtnce....2,626.45Kieffer Sanitation,

Water & Sewer & Garbage .....173.00Lampo Group, The Instructional Wkbks/

Class Subscriptions ................962.12Lasting Impressions Unlimited, Acct .....

Payable-Non Tech Supplies .......8.00Lighting Maintenance Co.,

Non-Technology Supplies.........46.98Madsen, Irene K.,

Acct Payable-Staff Trav ............42.00Mid-American Research Chemical Corp.,

Professional & Tech Services .........................................................2,951.45

Midwestern Mechanical Of Rapid, Inc..Acct Payable-Repairs & Mtnce .542.86

New Underwood Post,Communication.......................549.92

New Underwood Water & Sewer,Acct Payable-Publ Util Serv..1,929.00

Running's Supply Inc,Non-Technology Supplies .......113.41

School Specialty, Inc.,Non-Technology Supplies.......808.32

SD Teacher Placement Center,Dues And Fees .......................420.00

Seiler, George, Travel...................26.00Software Unlimited, Inc.,

Dues And Fees ....................6,150.00South Dakota United Schools,

Association, Dues And Fees...450.00Technology & Innovations In ED,

Professional & Tech Services .910.00Thomson West, Acct Payable-

Non Tech Supp .......................108.30US Treasury, Acct Payable-

Dues & Fees.............................70.06Walters, Laura, Acct Payable-

Dues & Fees.............................43.25West Interactive Services, Corporation

Professional Services .............580.50West River Electric Assoc. Inc,

Acct Payable-Electricity .......2,615.85Wex Bank, Acct Payable-

Motor Fuel ................................28.93Whisler Bearing Co.,

Non-Technology Supplies.........31.36General Fund Total ........ 78,536.47

CAPITAL OUTLAYCentury Business Products, Inc,

Rent ........................................445.76Dakota Sports, Acc Payable-

Oth Non-Cons Supplies.......3,699.26Golden West Technologies, Inc,

Computer Equipment-Small Reap.....5,420.00

Midwestern Mechanical Of Rapid, Inc.,Acct Payable-Repairs & Mtnce..........7,697.00

Newsela, Computer Software ....750.00SHI International Corp,

Computer Software .............2,238.56Tines Construction, Acct Payable-

Repairs & Mtnce ................10,756.76Capital Outlay Total ....... 31,007.34

SPECIAL EDUCATIONASBSD Worker's Comp Fund,

Workmens Compensation ......422.16Children's Care Hospital,

Acct Payable-Prof & Tech.......294.89NCS Pearson, Inc., Acct Payable

Non Tech Supplies......................2.20School Specialty, Inc.,

Non-Technology Supplies.......205.75Special Education Total .......925.00

FOOD SERVICEASBSD Worker's Comp Fund,

Workmens Compensation ...1,197.24Food Service Total........... 1,197.24

New Underwood SchoolDistrict #51-3JUNE 1, 2018

Financial Report,Unreconciled

BEGINNING BALANCES JUNE 1, 2018,General Fund $441,730.84; Capital Out-lay $1,064,763.80; Special Education$163,878.24; Pension Fund $1,194.43;Bond Redemption $127,885.84; FoodService $4,396.22.

RECEIPTS: LOCAL SOURCES: Taxes:General Fund $17,830; Capital Outlay$19,680.48; Special Ed $10,490.44; BondRedemption $3,683.44; Interest Earned:General Fund $156.35; Capital Outlay$409.19; Special Education $64.36; BondRedemption $49.25; General Fund:Copies $.85; State Event Reimb.$153.60; Capital Outlay: Reimb. For lostlibrary book $23; Donations $5,644.80;Food Service: Sales to Pupils $266.15;Sales to Adults $136.10

INTERMEDIATE SOURCES: GeneralFund: County Apportionment $691.31

STATE SOURCES: State Aid: GeneralFund $106,596; Special Ed $3,196; FoodService: State Reimb. $422.79

FEDERAL SOURCES: General Fund:Title I $19,636; Title IIA REAP $8,760;Capital Outlay: SMALL REAP $12,410;Special Ed: IDEA B $12,895; Food Serv-ice: Federal Reimb. $3,241.47

TOTAL RECEIPTS: General Fund$153,824.11; Capital Outlay $38,167.47;Special Ed $26,645.80; Bond Redemp-tion $3,732.69; Food Service $4,066.51

DISBURSEMENTS: Claims: GeneralFund: $39,769.57; Capital Outlay:$2,774.77; Special Ed: $4,700; FoodService $2,178.59; Payroll & BenefitsGeneral Fund $145,315.59; Special Edu-cation: $16,831.84; Food Service$3,973.69

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS: GeneralFund $185,085.16; Capital Outlay:$2,774.77; Special Education:$21,531.84; Food Service $6,152.28.General Fund: Direct Deposit Fees($27.15); Operating Transfer to FoodService ($5,000), Operating Transfer fromCapital Outlay $163,870; OperatingTransfer from Pension $1,194.43; InterestTransfer from each fund $4,757.15;Trans. Admin. Salary Exp. To SPED$1,606.01; Refund $26; Capital Outlay:Operation Transfer out to Capital Outlay($163,870); Interest Transfer to GF($3,735.97); Special Ed: Interest Transferto GF ($530.15); Trans. Admin. SalaryExp. From GF ($1,606.01); Pension: Op-erating Transfer to GF ($1,194.43); BondRedemption: Interest Transfer to GF($491.03); Food Service: OperatingTransfer from GF $5,000

BALANCES JUNE 30, 2018: GeneralFund $576,896.23; Capital Outlay$932,550.53; Special Education$166,856.04; Bond Redemption$131,127.50; Food Service $7,310.45

TRUST & AGENCY: On hand 6/1/18:$46,546.84; Total Disbursements 6/18-

($714.18); Total Receipts 6/18-$2,160.55;CD-Scholarship-$3,804.42; Interest onCD - $4.87; CD-Scholarship-$3,009.01;Interest on CD - $12.39; On hand 6/30/18-$54,823.90

There were no waiver authorizations pur-suant to SDCL 3-23-3.

Nominations were opened for president.Mr. Tisdale nominated Mr. Tussing. Mo-tion by Flint, seconded by Alexander, toclose nominations. All voted aye. Mr. Tussing was selected as president forthe 2018-2019 fiscal year.

Nominations were opened for vice-presi-dent. Mr. Derr nominated Mr. Flint. Mo-tion by Tisdale, seconded by Alexander, toclose nominations. All voted aye. Mr. Flint was voted as vice-president forthe 2018-2019 fiscal year.

Mr. Tussing administered the BusinessManager Oath of Office to Mrs. Trople.

Motion by Tisdale, seconded by Flint, toapprove Steven Brassfield, Steve Ander-son, Gene Pearson, Monte Sandal, JoeStangle, Terrance Fulton, Brian Philipsen,Bret Clark, Kaylee Clark, Sara Culver,Sally Crowser, Wes Wileman, BriannaPhilipsen, Justin Hanks, Casey Knuppe,Danny Anderson, Todd Wiebers, Mike An-derson, Casey Tippmann, Helen Richter,Frank Culver, Chad Tussing, Melody Lar-son and Candy Alexander as volunteersfor 2018-2019, to approve a contract toCameron Koch for junior high football for$1,200, to Brady Carmichael for head highschool football for $3,009, to Danny An-derson for assistant high school footballfor $2,408, to Delayna Jensen for fallcheerleading for $500, and to approve acontract to Brandi Brassfield for conces-sion stand advisor at $3,000 if the activi-ties council agrees to pay $1,000 or$2,000 if the activities council does notagree to pay $1,000. All voted aye.

Motion by Flint, seconded by Tisdale, toremove item Q. to set board compensa-tion for the 2018-19 school year from theconsent calendar. All voted aye.

Motion by Derr, seconded by Alexander,to approve the consent calendar as fol-lows:

To adopt the following resolution:

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED:that the First Interstate Bank ofNew Underwood be designatedas the legal depository for all re-ceipts of General, Capital, Spe-cial Education, BondRedemption and EnterpriseFunds.

To appoint theSuperintendent/HS Principal asthe ADA/504 Coordinator.

To designate the PenningtonCounty Courant as the legalnewspaper of the district.

To approve and publish the per-sonnel salaries for the 2018-19school year as reflected below:

Instructors: Brandi Brassfield$58,699.63, Larry Broomfield$26,282.46, Deanne Cogdill$42,900.56, Amanda Chris-tensen $40,824.20, TheresaDerr $14,014.55, LynnFinkbeiner $50,765.58, StacyFinkbeiner $58,488.25, KyleeHeinert $48,639.24, DelaynaJensen $43,589.48, Krista Kirst$37,250.00, Matthew Koch$43,087.31, Kami Labs$46,250.00, Jacqueline Myers$40,137.22, Betty Selchert$43,750.00, Chris Stoebner$44,560.76, Jack Von Eye$25,425.05, Laura Walters$40,250.00 and Chelsie Wer-mager $43,195.56.

Administration: Katie Albers$50,000, Irene K. Madsen$30,420.00, George Seiler

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strict compliance with Robert’sRules of Order is not required.

To set the school board electiondate in conjunction with the cityelection the second Tuesday inApril 2019.

To set the admission prices toactivities for the 2018-19 schoolyear as: High School Activities-Adults-$4.00, K-12 students andSenior Citizens (62+ with I.D.)-$3.00. High School DoubleHeaders: Adults-$6.00, K-12students and Senior Citizens(62+ with I.D.)-$4.00. HighSchool Triangulars: Adults-$5.00, K-12 students and SeniorCitizens (62+ with I.D.)-$4.00.Family Activity Pass-$90, SingleAdult Activity Pass-$60, StudentActivity Pass-$45, Senior Activ-ity Pass (62 and over of ourcommunity)-Complimentary(with I.D.).

To appoint the Superintendentas the person responsible forclosing school for emergencies,inclement weather, etc.

To designate Rodney Freemanof Churchill, Manolis, Freeman,Kludt, Shelton & Burns as theDistrict’s school attorney.

To appoint the Superintendentas the truancy officer.

To designate the Head Custo-

dian, Superintendent, Elemen-tary Principal and BusinessManager as eligible to acquiresurplus property for the New Un-derwood School District 51-3.

To designate the head custodianas the AHERA (Asbestos-FreeSchool) Manager.

To approve DeSmet and Biggsas the auditing firm for the 2017-18 audit for $15,325.

To authorize the New Under-wood School District 51-3 to re-quest quotes for fuel, gas andpropane.

To approve the business man-ager, Amanda Trople, as author-ized agent of South DakotaRetirement.

All voted aye.

Motion by Flint, seconded by Tisdale, toset the Board compensation at $0.00 forthe 2018-2019 fiscal year. All voted aye.

Motion by Alexander, seconded by Flint,to set the Board meetings on the thirdWednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. atthe school lunchroom. All voted aye.

Motion by Derr, seconded by Flint, to des-ignate Patrick Tisdale and Amanda Tropleas trustees for the Black Hills EducationalBenefits Cooperative. All voted aye.

Motion by Flint, seconded by Derr, to

name Ms. Alexander as delegate to theASBSD delegate assembly and Mr. Tis-dale as alternate. All voted aye.

Motion by Tisdale, seconded by Derr, toestablish the following committees: Build-ing/Capital Outlay committee: David Flintand Jerry Derr; Negotiations Committee:Chad Tussing and Pat Tisdale; MonthlyBills: Pat Tisdale and Chad Tussing; Mar-keting Committee: Candy Alexander andDavid Flint. All voted aye.

Bus bids were received from: Harlow’s for36 passenger, base bid $87,306.08, op-tion 1 – A/C $9,782, option 2 – 260 HP$250; Harlow’s for 40 passenger, base bid$88,602.30, option 1 – A/C $9,782, option2 – 260 HP $250; American Bus Sales for36 passenger used bus, base bid$83,650; American Bus Sales for 40 pas-senger used bus, base bid $43,000; IState Truck Center for 40 passenger, basebid $89,150, option 1 – A/C $7,000.

Motion by Alexander, seconded by Derr,to reject all bus bids. All voted aye.

Motion by Flint, seconded by Tisdale, toapprove the second reading and adopt thepublic participation at board meetings pol-icy as presented. All voted aye.

Motion by Flint, seconded by Derr, to ap-prove the second reading and adopt therestraint and seclusion policy as pre-sented. All voted aye.

Motion by Tisdale, seconded by Alexan-der, to approve the second reading andadopt the school wellness policy as pre-

sented. All voted aye.

Mrs. Trople reported on the following: sheis busy training and also training her newsecretary; orders are being processed andare starting to come in; she mentionedthat there are two ASBSD workshopscoming up for new or existing board mem-bers and one for school board presidentsif anyone was interested in attending.

Mrs. Albers reported on the following: NewUnderwood School was not selected forthe 21st Century Grant; she will be attend-ing a de-escalation training in Rapid CityAugust 3, 2018; she recommended thatnew teachers take part in the mentoringprogram; she is sending two elementarystaff members to Pierre for math profes-sional development; the elementary hallhas new paint and is ready for new proj-ects; the 6th and 7th grade orientation hasbeen scheduled for August 14th. TheBoard thanked Mrs. Albers for applying forthe grant.

Mr. Seiler reported on the following: sum-mer projects are coming along; the con-crete is complete out front; next year hewill look at expanding on the concretework and possibly having a handicapramp completed; he attended the superin-tendent’s conference and it was a goodlearning experience and thanked theBoard for allowing him to attend; theschool safety committee will be meetingon July 19, 2018 at 1:00pm.

Mr. Seiler reported on the plan for market-ing: he applauded Mrs. Wermager for allof her work on the advertising options and

Ms. Alexander did a fantastic job as well,she reached out to local media and alsogot approval from local land owners on ei-ther side of the interstate to place adver-tisements/billboards on their property. TheBoard needs to set an advertising budgetso the committee can move forward withadvertising.

A home school application was presented.

Motion by Flint, seconded by Tisdale, toapprove open enrollment application#OE18-19-10. All voted aye.

Motion by Alexander, seconded by Derr,to go into executive session at 8:53 p.m.for personnel matters pursuant to SDCL1-25-2(1). All voted aye.

The Board came out of executive sessionat 9:05 p.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m. ______________Chad Tussing, President

______________Amanda Trople , Business Manager

This document is available in alternateformats upon a 5 working day request.Examples of alternate formats include:Braille, large print, tape, etc. Pleasecontact George Seiler at 754-6485 tomake a request.

[Published August 2, 2018, at the totalcost of $255.05]

$82,000, Amanda Trople$40,000.Support Staff: Tammy Bills$18.35/hr., Melissa Brewer Her-bel $41,280.00/yr., DavidGuenot $11.68/hr., RaeahnaHudson $14.15/hr., Mark Huff-man $14.75/hr., Lana Hughes$12.75/hr., Larry Knecht$17.84/hr., Darla Rodenbaugh$11.75/hr., Darlene Sether$11.75/hr., Gloria Smith18.18/hr., Thursia Sprague$11.35/hr., Josh Trople$14.35/hr.

To deposit interest earned on allfunds into the General Fund.

To approve the following resolution:

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED:that the following accountspayable for the unexpendedbudget be made:

#10-2213-413-$56.80, #10-2319-640-$176.56, #10-2321-340-$6.42, #10-2410-340-$6.42,#10-2410-411-$18.05, #10-2412-340-$6.42, #10-2529-334-$ 1 1 4 . 0 0 ,#10-2529-340-$243.27, #10-2529-411-$90.25; 10-2529-413-$ 6 8 . 4 6 ,#10-2549-321-001-$2,615.85,#10-2549-321-002-$1,929.00,#10-2549-323-$3,404.31, #10-2549-413-$48.63, #10-2555-3 3 2 - $ 8 4 6 . 7 2 ,#10-6500-413-$165.86, #10-6900-411-$310.25, #21-2549-3 2 3 - $ 1 8 , 4 5 3 . 7 6 ,#21-6900-479-$3,699.26, #22-1221-411-$2.20, #22-2172-319-$294.89 and to accrue thepayroll liability for 2017-18.

To authorize continuance of ex-isting funds and fund balancesfor General Fund, Capital Out-lay, Special Education, FoodService and Bond Redemption.

To adopt the following resolution:

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED:That the Business Manager benamed custodian of all fundsand that the authorized signa-ture on all accounts be as fol-lows:

District Checking – BusinessManager, Business ManagerConsultant, Board Presidentand Vice-President

Payroll Clearing – BusinessManager, Business ManagerConsultant, Board Presidentand Vice-President

Food Service Fund – BusinessManager, Business ManagerConsultant, Board Presidentand Vice-President

School Activity Fund – BusinessManager and Business Man-ager Consultant

District Savings and MoneyFunds – Business Manager andBusiness Manager Consultant

and that the Business Managerbe authorized to invest the dis-trict funds to the advantage ofthe district.

That the Business Manager beadministrator of the Trust andAgency accounts.To appoint the Superintendentand Business Manager as Au-thorized Representatives for allfederal programs.

To set meal prices for the schoollunch program at K-8-$3.15, 9-12-$3.40, Student Reduced-$.40, Adults-$4.15, milk-$.40,school breakfast program at K-12-$2.90, Student Reduced-$.30, Adults-$3.40.

To declare the use of RobertsRules of Order as a guide forparliamentary procedures inconducting board meetings but

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UPCOMING SALES:TUESDAY, AUGUST 7REGULAR CATTLE SALESALE TIME 10:00 AM MT

TUESDAY, AUG. 14: SPECIAL YEARLING SALE & REGULARCATTLE SALE

TUESDAY, AUG. 21: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, AUG. 28: SPECIAL YEARLING SALE & REGULARCATTLE SALE

TUESDAY, SEPT. 4: NO SALETUESDAY, SEPT. 11: SPECIAL YEARLING & SPRING CALFSALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALE

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FEEDER CATTLE:LLOYD MARTI - NEW UNDERWOOD20 ................................BLK STRS 711# ........ $174.00 30 ................................BLK HFRS 719# ........ $154.50 WHEELER RANCH - PHILIP51 ......................BLK & BWF STRS 1060# ...... $145.00 51 ......................BLK & BWF STRS 1082# ...... $144.75 ARCHIE JOHNSON - NEW UNDERWOOD54 ................................BLK STRS 893# ........ $155.00 DALE YOUNG - UNION CENTER40 ................................BLK STRS 1028# ...... $145.25 LONG & SKAVANG - ENNING60 ..............................CHAR HFRS 931# ........ $145.00 61 ..............................CHAR HFRS 947# ........ $145.00 15 ..............................CHAR HFRS 831# ........ $144.00 13 ..............................CHAR STRS 923# ........ $146.00 TIM SMITH - LODGEPOLE57 ..............................CHAR STRS 916# ........ $153.00 45 ................................BLK STRS 913# ........ $151.50 57 ....................CHAR & BLK HFRS 864# ........ $145.00 60......................BLK & BWF HFRS 804# ........ $145.00 ROSETH BROTHERS - MIDLAND108....................BLK & BWF HFRS 951# ........ $140.00 54......................BLK & BWF HFRS 937# ........ $141.00 54......................RED & BLK HFRS 916# ........ $137.75 54......................BLK & BWF HFRS 882# ........ $144.00 TUCKER SMITH - QUINN66......................RWF & BWF STRS 971# ........ $149.00 11......................RWF & BWF STRS 876# ........ $152.00 SCOTT BRECH - QUINN236 ..............................BLK STRS 874# ........ $155.50

63 ................................BLK STRS 795# ........ $158.00 THAD STOUT - KADOKA70 ......................BLK & BWF STRS 845# ........ $155.00 15 ......................RED & BLK STRS 606# ........ $159.00 KARRELS CATTLE COMPANY LLC - BROADUS60 ................................BLK STRS 903# ........ $153.00 238 ..............................BLK STRS 899# ........ $153.50 60 ................................BLK STRS 896# ........ $150.00 53 ................................BLK STRS 728# ........ $156.00 MARK WILLIAMS - KADOKA26CHAR STRS (FALL CLVS, NOT WEANED) 847# .... $148.00 COOK CATTLE CO & ROGER SIECK - MARTIN

17 ............BLK, RED & CHAR STRS 809# ........ $159.50 77 ......................BLK & BWF STRS 800# ........ $158.25 78 ......................BLK & BWF STRS 723# ........ $177.50 15 ................................BLK STRS 690# ........ $150.00 70 ................................BLK HFRS 765# ........ $153.00 70 ................................BLK HFRS 780# ........ $147.50 71......................RED & BLK HFRS 756# ........ $148.50 46......................RED & BLK HFRS 684# ........ $154.25 LANDERS LIVESTOCK - HOT SPRINGS56 ......................RED & BLK STRS 1137# ...... $129.50 18 ......................RED & BLK STRS 908# ........ $147.75 GRANT PATTERSON - KADOKA10 ............................XBRED STRS 1008# ...... $140.25 14 ............BLK, RED & CHAR STRS 848# ........ $154.00 29 ............BLK, RED & CHAR HFRS 837# ........ $143.50 RICK KING - PHILIP22 ......................BLK & BWF STRS 976# ........ $147.75 28 ................................BLK HFRS 864# ........ $142.50 TRASK RANCH PARTNERSHIP - WASTA

30 ................................BLK HFRS 965# ........ $140.00 PROKOP RANCH - KADOKA17......................BLK & BWF HFRS 941# ........ $141.00

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14 ................................BLK HFRS 917# ........ $142.75 CLAYTON & TIM SANDER - CUSTER15 ....................CHAR & BLK HFRS 768# ........ $143.50 RAPID CREEK RANCH - BELVIDERE10................................RED HFRS 898# ........ $143.00 JUANITA DELBRIDGE - UNION CENTER10 ................................BLK HFRS 897# ........ $142.75 CORY LEVIN - HEREFORD15 ................................BLK HFRS 851# ........ $143.50 MELVIN & TRINA ARNESON - ENNING27 ................................BLK HFRS 741# ........$151.75 JIM & ETHEL WHITCHER - SCENIC11 ................................BLK STRS 736# ........ $160.00 13 ................................BLK HFRS 708# ........ $155.00 HAROLD FROMM - HERMOSA38 ......................RED & BLK STRS 720# ........ $150.50 25......................RED & BLK HFRS 696# ........ $143.50 CARL & CASEY KNUPPE - NEW UNDERWOOD18 ......................RED & BLK STRS 689# ........ $170.00 HOWARD & DELORES KNUPPE - NEW UNDERWOOD17 ................................BLK STRS 548# ........ $175.00 41......................BLK & BWF HFRS 535# ........ $170.00 CLINT AMIOTTE - INTERIOR16 ............................XBRED HFRS 670# ........ $146.50 22 ............................XBRED HFRS 558# ........ $110.00

FEED COWS ..........................................65.00 - 75.00FLESHY COWS ......................................64.00 - 72.00MED. FLESH COWS ..............................60.00 - 70.00THIN & FULL COWS..............................58.00 - 62.00BULLS ...................................................80.00 - 89.00COWETTES & HEIFERETTES...............70.00 - 85.00

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