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2012 was a mix of happy andsad. We lost several of our com-munity members due to death ormoving elsewhere. But we wereblessed with a new school, thanksto the many, as Carv Thompsonsaid it, Faithful, near or far, whodonated funds towards the proj-ect.

January 2012We had two days the early part

of the month with temperaturesin the high 50s and low 60s.

The 2011 South Dakota Moun-tain Lion Season opened on Sun-day, January 1. The statewide,resident-only season runs untilMarch 31 or until a total of 70lions or 50 female lion are har-vested.

Longhorns improve 6-0 on yearwith 63-42 win over HardingCounty on Jan. 7th

The Faith City Council re-aligned wards at their Jan. 17thmeeting. Every ten years, afterthe US Census, municipalitiesare requred to make sure theirwards are evenly balanced. Ward1 will remain as is, Ward 2 and 3were adjusted with some beingpulled from 2 into 3.

We had a little touch of winterthe third week of January. LastThursday we had a high of 2º andsnow most of the night. We musthave had about 3” of snow on theground Friday morning withtemps around 20º.

Longhorns win West RiverBasketball Tournament for 8th ofnine times.

Lady Longhorns win LittleMoreau Conference TournamentChampionship defeating Bison,Harding County and McIntosh.

Longhorns outscore DupreeTigers 75-64 at home on Jan.24th.

Deaths: Harold Bockman (De-cember 2011), Cullen Thompson

February 2012Chester Stomprud was one of

those honored at the PioneersBreakfast on February 3rd in theRushmore Room at the RamkotaInn. Irwin Tescher from the Bisonarea was also honored. DanPiroutek was named Agri-Busi-ness Man of the Year.

Several of our FHS Rodeo Clubmembers competed in the 20XExtreme High School Rodeo atthe Black Hills Stock Show onSunday. Congratulations to Sha-

nia Johnston for winning the goattying with a time of 7.6! KatyMiller placed 2nd in goats. CodyBernstein and Jhett Williamswere 2nd in team roping.

You would have sworn that itwas spring instead of the firstweek of February. We had abalmy temperature near 60º. Therest of the week was in the 40sand 50s.

A proposal to increase the capon agricultural land values haspassed the state senate. When as-sessments of ag land changed to aproductivity value system law-makers put a cap of ten percent solandowners wouldn’t see a dra-matic increase in their taxes fromyear to year. House Bill 1003changes that cap based on a threetiered system ranging from 15percent to 25 percent.

FHS Senior Seth Smith servedas a page for Sen. Ryan Maherand Liz Bogue served as page forSen. Larry Rhoden in Pierre.

Lady Longhorns win two overPhilip on January 31st. JV winclose one, 25-22; varsity had easywin, 72-30.

The varsity girls didn’t have achallenge with the Lady Sky-hawks, pulling out to a big lead inthe first quarter to win 83-18 onFeb. 2nd.

Longhorns are LMC Tourna-ment Champs! Defeating Lem-mon, Harding County andDupree. Moved to 16-0, currentlyranked 3rd in the state.

It felt a little more like winterthe second week of the monthwith temperatures in the 20s and30s. Friday we awoke to the mi-nuses and only reached the teens.

The Lady Longhorns kept pacewith the boys by bringing homethe West River Tournamentchampionship trophy last week.They defeated Upton, Newell andEdgemont for the championship.

Faith’s Annual RanchersForum in Faith was held at theFaith Community Legion HallFebruary 23rd. Secretary of AgWalt Bones shared his insight onthe outlook of South Dakota Ag toaround 50 area ranchers in atten-dance.

Lady Longhorns are District16B champions! The Ladies havehad a great season and we wishthem the best of luck as they takeon the McIntosh Tigers Feb. 28th,

2012 in review Farmers State Bank donatesto two local organizations

On December 9, 2012, employ-ees of Farmers State Bank servedlunch at Faith Livestock Commis-sion Company. The bank and em-ployees sponsored and donateddelicious bars served alongsideroast beef and ham sandwicheswith all the fixings. All proceeds,a total of $627.45, were desi-ganted to two of the many worth-while organizations in Faith, thelocal Faith Senior Citizen Centerand the Faith Volunteer Fire De-partment.

Employees were on hand toserve lunch and visit with produc-ers and others in the livestock in-dustry. Agriculture is alive andthriving in Western SouthDakota as evidenced by the fullseats during the sale. Farmingand ranching is forever changingas each year presents new chal-lenges to an age-old way of life.We support agriculture and all itstands for in our little corner of

the world, simply because weknow that our producers helpfeed the world.

The bank also purchased 10-$10 Beef Certificates to behanded out at random throughthe concession stand. These certi-fiates are good at any grocerystore, locker, or restaurant thatsells beef. They can be used topurchase roasts for dinner,ground beef for grilling, or a juicysteak at your favorite restaurant.

At Farmers State Bank, wevalue the wonderful communities,businesses and people in ourtrade area as well as our cus-tomers. It is with great pride thateach employee lives and works inthe Faith area. The bank spon-sors several activities and organ-izations throughout the year andtakes every available opportunityto support our local youth and cit-izens.

for the Region 8B title and a tripto the State B Tournament.

Heading into the final week ofthe 2012 South Dakota Legisla-ture, leaders of both parties stillare at odds over the bill thatseeks to reward the state’s bestteachers and attract more in cer-tain areas of study. The plan,which started as Gov. DennisDaugaard’s plan, but has sufferedat last count 23 amendments tomake it more palatable to educa-tors and the public, is embodiedin HB1234.

Deaths: Leonard Weber March

The area had more snow lastweek. It started snowing around3:00 p.m. Tuesday, 1st, and bymorning we had about 6” on theground. Schools all around thestate were cancelled or startedlate. Faith started at 10:00.Wednesday, we had sunshine andtemps in the mid-thirties.

The Lady Longhorns made his-tory Saturday night. They trav-eled to Wakpala to take on theMcIntosh Tigers for the Region8B championship. The LadyLonghorns gave their supportersa game to remember. They camehome with the title, for the firsttime in the history of Faith andFaith High School! The Ladieswill be heading to the State BTournament in Huron next week.

The 2012 South Dakota Legis-lature adopted the budget for thecoming year. The big winners thisyear were those who lost the mostlast year: education and Medicaidproviders.

These temperatures in the 60sthat we’ve been having, and itisn’t even Spring yet, have beenwelcomed. I guess the first day ofSpring is next Tuesday, 20th. Weare supposed to have 60s and 70sall this week.

The sorority ladies appreciatethe 33 who donated blood at theirblood drive last Thursday. Theycollected 38 units, with 5 doingthe double donation.

Students in the Faith SchoolDistrict collected Pennies for Pa-tients to benefit The Leukemia &Lymphoma Society the weeks ofFebruary 13 thru March 1, 2012.Students teamed together, eachcontributing a little and the totalwas an amazing $2,217.22!

Thursday night, the Ladiescontinued to make history. This isthe first year the Lady Longhornshave won the West River Tourna-ment, Little Moreau Conference,

Farmers State Bank ... Sherry Palmer, Lexy Hostetter, Drinda

Simons, Justin Haines, Fire Chief, Scott Gray, Sunshine Gerbrachtand Susan Keffeler. Courtesy Photo

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District 16B and Region 8BChampionships in the same sea-son. The Ladies brought home the3rd place trophy from the State BTournament held in Aberdeen.Tearnee Nelson was named to theAll-Tournament Team.

Spring is officially here as ofTuesday, although we’ve hadspring-like weather for severalweeks now. We reached around80º over the weekend!!

Kerry Sharp, hypnotist, will bein Faith for a fun, family eveningperformance. Kerry will be enter-taining the public at 9:00 p.m.,following the Grand March, at theCommunity Center.

Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)announced that Elizabeth Bogue,a FHS Senior has been appointedto the United States Air ForceAcademy near Colorado Springs,CO. Johnson nominated Boguefor an appointment earlier in theyear.

Deaths: Aldene Carmichael,Darrel Giesler, Doris Newsom

April 2012We had great weather the first

week of April. Sunday was ourwarmest day with temperaturesin the low 80s.

The Top Hand 4-H Club spon-sored the annual Easter EggHunt on Saturday, Apr. 7th, atthe City Park, for all kids up tothe age of 12.

Faith’s prom is this Saturdaynight. The junior-senior banquetis Friday night. The Grand Marchis at 8:00 Saturday. They havemany activities for the kids forthe post prom party after prom.

Faith track kids have theirfirst meet Thursday, April 5th, atMobridge.

City Council approved adver-tising for bids for repairing theswimming pool. Bids will beopened at their next meeting,April 10th, a change from April3rd. They hope to be able to openthe swimming pool by June 1st.

Congratulations to David Ruthand Paige Brink for being se-lected Prom King and Queen!

There were 62 couples this year.The Faith Special Entertain-

ment Committee is seeking dona-tions to help defray the $20,000cost to bring the BIG North StarAmusements/Carnival for theFaith Stock Show. Vilas Phar-macy and Healthcare donated thefirst $1,000. The Special Enter-tainment Committee and theFaith Stock Show Committeehave both donated $2500.

The Faith City Council willhave three new faces after lastweek’s election. Dianne Helleksonwas the high vote-getter with 97,Peggy Riley followed with 70, andCharmagne Lightfield had 68.Barb Berndt garnered 63 votes,Sandy Rasmussen 31, JaySpringman 29 and Bruce Humble22.

The City Council accepted thebid from Ainsworth-Benning, theonly bid, at $65,135 to repair theswimming pool. The projectwould be completed by May 31st.

Everyone seems to be in amuch better mood with the recentrain in the middle of the month.We received around an inch herein town over the second weekendof the month.

Faith High School Drama De-partment presents...”Pecos Billand Slue-Foot Sue Meet the DirtyDan Gang!” Thursday, April 19.at the Faith Old Gym.

Animal control and zoningwere among the topics for FaithCity Council at their April 17thmeeting. Debbie Brown ad-dressed the Council on behalf ofthe Special Entertainment Com-mittee to ask for use of the gymfor a poker tournament in Juneand for a special liquor license forthe event.

Five members of the trackteam qualified April 20th for thestate meet. Tearnee Nelson qual-ified in pole vault, and the boys800 relay team of Caden Smiley,Cody Trainor, Seth Smith &Skyler Hulm qualified.

Deaths: Ellen Gaaskjolen,Donna Molitor, Vern Evanson

2012 Continued from Page 1

The Faith City Council heldtheir last meeting of the year onThursday, December 27th with afull agenda and a late start wait-ing for a quorum to arrive.

Donn Dupper was the only de-partment head to report. He gavemembers a priorities list for 2013.The most important item on thislist is the completion of the phonesystem fiber optics and the watertank. The holding tank needs tobe repaired. Several pieces ofequipment need repairs, some ofthese they can do themselves.There are a few power poles thatneed attention. He also has sev-eral jobs they can do in the shopwhen it is too cold outside. Donnhad a fairly lengthy list.

Council retired into executivesession at 5:45 for 15 minutes.

Council approved the surplusof the fuel tank from the airport.Donn said it is still in good shape.Three appraisers were chosen.

Donn said he had received thereport from the water tower in-spector and it is in worse condi-tion than he thought. The epoxyfinish is coming off the interiorand needs to be redone. Councildecided to bid it out in May forwork to be done in June. Thetown will not be without waterwhile the work is being done.

Discussion was also held onhandicap accessibility at the citypark. There is easy access on thesouth and east ends, but they willget more information for the nextmeeting.

Council will get quotes for cut-ting the curb and gutter andforming a valley between TylerFisher’s and Dusty Schultes’yards. This will be a project forwarmer weather.

The ordinance for snow re-moval needs to be updated re-garding emergency routes andfines. The emergency route wouldstart with the ambulance hall,clinic, fire hall, PA’s residence,and the manor. The school andMain Street would be next. Thereis a $10 fine for vehicles parked in

the streets during snow removal.If vehicles are not moved they canbe towed and the owner will paythe towing fee. Donn also askedfor the Council to determine whenthey should clean the streets, at2” or 4” of snow. This determina-tion affects the budget, if they doit more often. Warmer weather isalso a determining factor, as itthaws much faster if they can getstreets cleared and the snowhauled away or spread out. Theywill put this ordinance on theagenda for next meeting. Anychanges will require two readingsbefore approval.

Bids for a digger derrick truckwere set to be opened at 6:15 butthere were no bids received. Donnhad called several outlets that heis familiar with and they areaware of the budget, etc. Theywill bid out again in February.

Resolution #12-27-12-01 fortransfers was approved, and #12-27-12-02 for contingency fundswas also approved.

Jon will be attending JUTStraining in Sioux Falls January22-24.

The fire department and am-bulance lists were upgraded andapproved. Brandon Medrud’sname was removed from the firelist. Riley wondered why therewere so few names on the ambu-lance list and if there was some-thing they could do to get moreinterest. Mayor Haines said beingon the ambulance takes a lot oftime and many are just gettingburned out. They could alwaysuse more drivers, too.

Two bids were received for aprime rib supper for the Christ-mas party: Lonny’s $9.95 andBranding Iron $13.95. Council ac-cepted Lonny’s bid. They ap-proved pre-paying 70 meals andset a tentative date for January18th.

Members discussed getting Di-rectTV at the bar. They couldn’tget the NFR so nights were veryslow during the 10 days of the

rodeo. They have cable throughthe City but it doesn’t carry thatchannel. This is just one of the in-stances. They thought maybe thecost of DirectTV would be recov-ered with sales during events tel-evised on the dish. They wouldhave to go with commercial rateswhich are much higher than resi-dential. Debbie will get more in-formation for the next meeting.

Liquor licenses for Lonny’s,Vilas (wine), VFW and City(on/off) were approved.

Spencer asked that the cul-verts be tabled until the nextmeeting so he can gather more in-formation.

Members were given copies ofjob descriptions to take home andreview for the 2nd meeting inJanuary.

The fire department would liketo use the ice rink for some train-ing. They would be pumping outtheir pumper trunks, etc. Councilapproved them using it. The citycrew will have to get it cleared offfirst. It could be used for skatingwhen they are done.

Mayor Haines said that someof the work has been done on theice house. It has lights insidenow. Reed Henschel still hassome work to do when theweather permits.

Debbie said they had a meet-ing to discuss the RanchersForum. They would like to hold aPen of Three at the same time, allat the sale barn, on February 7th.Council agreed to this.

Mayor Haines said they arelooking at getting the carnival fornext year. The City’s cost will de-pend on how many funds the Spe-cial Entertainment Committeecan raise in 2013. It cost the Citya little over $6,000 this year, butit could be higher this time. Coun-cil approved covering what theCommittee doesn’t raise.

The City is required to installa chair lift at the swimming poolfor handicap accessibility. Debbiefound one for $4043, which in-cludes shipping. The chair lift isremovable. The city crew will beable to install it. Council ap-proved ordering the lift.

Council retired into executivesession at 7:00 to discuss person-nel.

City Council discusses watertower, snow removal and Ranchers Forum By Loetta Passolt

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As we ring in a new year, wecan expect to see a number ofchanges. Social Security is no ex-ception: in 2013, people who re-ceive Social Security orSupplemental Security Income(SSI) payments will see their ben-efits increase.

Beginning in 2013, a 1.7 per-cent cost-of-living adjustment(COLA) was applied to all SocialSecurity and SSI payments. Theaverage monthly Social Securitybenefit for a retired worker in2013 is $1,261 (up from $1,240 in2012) and the average monthlySocial Security benefit for a dis-

abled worker in 2013 is $1,132(up from $1,113 in 2012). Thesechanges were reflected in SSIpayments dated December 31,2012 and Social Security pay-ments dated in January 2013.

For people who receive SSI, themaximum federal paymentamount has risen to $710 (upfrom $698).

Other Social Security changesin 2013 are worth noting. For ex-ample, a worker now pays SocialSecurity tax on up to $113,700 ofannual income (up from $110,100in 2012). A worker earns one

The Prairie Doc PerspectiveFalling DownBy Richard P. Holm M.D.

When we were little kids,falling down was part of thelearning process. We would sim-ply pick ourselves back up, dustourselves off, try to figure out whywe fell so as not to do that again,and then keep on trucking downthe road.Falling down as an older adult isanother thing.

Each year, more than one-third of Americans older than 65experience a fall every year andnearly two million end up in theemergency room for injuries dueto those falls.

Falls in the elderly can causemany problems to include frac-tured hips and arms, and headtrauma. These cost our societybillions of dollars per year in theUS, but more important is thecost to the individual for all thepain and suffering. For examplemore than 300,000 people with

hip fractures need major surgeryevery year.

Falls are caused in the elderlybecause of slower reflexes, bal-ance problems, reduced musclestrength, poorer vision, and anygeneralized illness. Also with agecomes a higher incidence of neu-rological conditions such asstrokes, Parkinson’s disease, de-creased mental alertness, andbalance problems, all of which in-crease falling. Alcohol excess inthe elderly also should to be in-cluded here, as it decreases neu-ral function, and can cause peopleto take risks that can lead to falls.

The risk of stumbling andfalling increases for people of anyage in the presence of loose rugs,cluttered floors, poor lighting, ex-posed electrical or telephonecords, and stairs with nohandrails.

Sometimes medicines are toblame for falls. For example med-icines for the treatment of highblood pressure, muscle spasm,

Lake Herman State ParkPIERRE, S.D. – At this Great

Place in South Dakota, visitorsare able to explore the great out-doors and soak up a bit of thearea’s history.

Lake Herman State Park is sit-uated in southeast South Dakotawhere thousands of years agomelting glacial ice formed a1,350-acre lake. Today, the statepark, located on a peninsula, of-fers a great view of the lake,recreational opportunities and ataste of history.

It was long before the days ofRVing and camping in the mod-ern way that this area was usedfor camping. Even before the ar-rival of white settlers, NativeAmericans used this location forshelter and refuge while travelingto the nearby Pipestone quarries.However, one of the first perma-nent settlers here was the Her-man Luce family. His cabin,which still stands in the park,was built in 1871 from oak logsand served as a United StatesLand Office. In 1977, the Herman

Luce Cabin was placed on the Na-tional Register of Historic Places.Canoe and kayak rentals areavailable for those who want toexplore the lake and the sur-rounding scenery. Both a camp-ground (with 72 campsites) andcamping cabins (2 cabins, eachsleeps 4 people) are available,along with a ski beach, play-ground, boat ramp, and the abil-ity to check out fishing gear onsite.

The park is located just outsideof Madison. Reservations forcamping can be made atwww.campsd.com or by calling 1-800-710-2267. Campsites areopen May-October and the camp-ing cabins are open year-round.

South Dakota’s Great Placesweekly press release series is aproject of the South Dakota De-partment of Tourism, designed tohighlight places in South Dakotathat are unique to travelers andresidents alike. Click on the“South Dakota’s Great Places”link at www.MediaSD.com to ac-cess the complete list of articles.

pain, anxiety, sleeplessness, or fordiseased prostate or heart, allmay sometimes increase one’srisk for falling. The advantages ofsuch medicines must always bebalanced with the risks.

There are many reasons for in-creased falling as an older adult.Better to take appropriate pre-cautions and stay standing, thanto find yourself on the ground un-able to pick yourself up.

The take home message:Falls in the elderly costs indi-

viduals and society suffering andmoney

There are many reasons forfalls, so efforts to prevent themshould be tailored to the individ-ual

Dr. Rick Holm wrote thisPrairie Doc Perspective for “OnCall®,” a weekly program wheremedical professionals discusshealth concerns for the generalpublic. “On Call®” is produced bythe Healing Words Foundation inassociation with the SouthDakota State University Journal-ism Department. “On Call®” airsThursdays on South Dakota Pub-lic Broadcasting-Television at 7p.m. Central, 6 p.m. Mountain.Visit us at OnCallTelevision.com.

A “raise” for people who get Social Security By Deb Imsland Hartford, SS Operations Supervisor

The Prairie Doc PerspectiveDr. Richard Holms, MD

South Dakota’s Great Places

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credit after paying taxes on$1,160 in earnings in 2013 (upfrom $1,130). As always, a workermay earn a maximum of fourcredits each year and a persongenerally needs forty credits (orten years of work) to be eligiblefor retirement benefits.

To learn more about these andother changes for 2013, visit theSocial Security website atwww.socialsecurity.gov, and readour fact sheet about the changesat www.socialsecurity.gov/pres-soffice/factsheets/colafacts2013.htm.

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Remembering "Miss Ulrich"Dorothy Ulrich was always

"Miss Ulrich" to me and at age70+ calling her Dorothy nevercame easy. You see, she was my2nd grade teacher and then dur-ing my high school years shetaught my Typing and Bookeep-ing classes. In addition she drewthe extra assignment as the Classof '57's sponsor. This wasn't aneasy task with students that in-cluded the likes of Bob Neslandand Darrel Forrester. In lateryears at our class reunions we

marveled that she 'kept her cool'chaperoning our Skip Day(WEEKEND!) in the Black Hills.

Miss Ulrich embodied theessence of a Good Teacher and Iknow she will be remembered andmissed in Faith Country and bythe numerous lives she touchedover her many dedicated years toschool and community.

I extend my condolences to herfamily.

Marilyn Thompson McDermottChandler, Arizona



Opal Area News By Kay Ingalls

Marcus News By Vicky Waterland

Sr. Citizens MenuSr. Citizens Menu

All meals served with milk andbread. Menu subject to changewithout notice.

Wed. Jan. 2: Beef Stew,Pineapple Tidbits, Brown RicePudding w/Topping, CranberryJuice

Thur. Jan. 3: Ham & PotatoOmelet, Green Beans, Plums,Cinnamon Roll

Fri. Jan. 4: Chicken Caccia-tore, Baked Potato, Broccoli, Ap-plesauce

Mon., Jan. 7: Chicken Alfredo,

Italian Vegetables, Fruit Crisp,Grape Juice

Tue., Jan. 8: Birthday Din-ner-Ginger Pork Chop, Baked Po-tato, Spinach, Grapes, Cake

Wed., Jan 9: Gr. Beef/Grn.Bean Cassserole, Potato Rounds,Banana

Thur., Jan 10: Baked Fish,Company Potatoes, Sliced Toma-toes, Tropical Fruit

Fri., Jan 11: Hot Beef Sand-wich, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy,Corn, Sunshine Salad

On Saturday, December 15th,Zona Vig and Cherokee Winklerrode with Sue Keffeler from Stur-gis to Gillette, WY to hear Au-tumn Keffeler sing her solo.Monday, the 17th, Dwayne andHope Vig, Keith Keffeler andCheyenne Winkler drove toGillette to join the rest of the fam-ily at Colter's last high schoolMadrigal. He was one of the nar-rators and had a special singingpart. Everyone drove home thatnight. Autumn Keffeler cameback with grandparents, Dwayneand Zona, to spend a few days atthe ranch. On Tuesday, Zona Vigattended the funeral services forDorothy Ulrich in Faith. Dorothywas one of the members thatworked so hard on the 2010 FaithCountry History book committeewith Zona. Dorothy was very ac-tive in many projects that tookplace in Faith after her retire-ment from teaching in Faith. Shewill be missed by all.

Thursday, Dwayne Vig flew toRapid City to see his brotherMerle Vig who was in the emer-gency room. Merle had heart sur-gery Friday and Dwayne andHope flew down to spend timewith Merle's sons during the op-eration. That evening, JT, Kelseyand Brixie came to visit at thegrandparents home for the firsttime. Later, Zona took Autumn toNewell to meet Aunt CheyenneWinkler so she visit their familybefore going home on Sundayevening. Friday, Dwayne, Barryand Ryan Vig attended the fu-neral services for Bob Antrim inFaith. Our condolences to the theAntrim family on their loss.

Some area news from theChristmas season for the OpalArea. Schedule a little off whack,but here it is.

Thomas Cowles surprised hisfamily by coming home for Christ-mas from his job in Montana onSunday, the 23rd. He was able tospend a few days with his familybefore returning. That afternoonSam and Jonathan Cowles andMorgan Vig went to Rapid City tovisit Merle Vig as he is hospital-ized there. We all wish Merle acomplete and quick recovery.

Christmas Eve, Hope Vig andMatt Taton joined Zona andDwayne Vig for supper. Hopebrought up some old slides ofAlaska and Dwayne and Zona'swedding. They brought backmany memories.

Marla and Kaylee Griffithfrom Gillette, WY arrived at herfolks, Marlin and Ethel Ingalls,on Christmas Eve. They were ex-pecting them to come, but arriv-ing also were Steve, SherylLesmeister and sons Cody andJesse. That was a great surpriseand made a very special Christ-mas Eve gathering.

Howard and I went up to thehome of Robert and Jo Dee In-galls on Christmas Eve afternoonto take Christmas gifts and enjoyseeing the kids open them andvisiting time with us with Robertand Jo.

Christmas Eve evening, Johnand Carmen Heidler had friendsand family over to do their annualmaking of popcorn balls and awhite elephant gift exchange thatgot pretty exciting and was a goodtime. The Sam Cowles familywere there to enjoy it.

Alan, Marjorie and AaronHartwell came to the ReeveRanch on Sunday from RapidCity to spend until Christmas af-ternoon with her dad, Lisle Reeveand brother Mike.

The Sam Cowles family joined

Casey and Natosha Voss and kid-dos at their home for ChristmasDay.

Rod, Tracy, Nathan, Jason,Justin and Howard and I traveledto th ehome of Roch and RitaBestgen on Christmas Day fore-noon. Later that afternoon, we alljoined the Simons Siblings andsome of their children for Christ-mas evening food and program.Loman Bestgen came home withUncle Rod and Aunt Tracy tospend a few days entertainingthem. He really had fun beingpulled on the toboggan behind the4-wheeler even though the tem-peratures were mighty nippy.

Marlin and Ethel Ingalls,Marla and Kaylee Griffith andthe Steve Lesmeister familyjoined Jodi, Buddy and BrandyHowie and Christy, Shawn andSabrina for Christmas Day atDebbie and Paul Delbridges.Marla and Kaylee spent untilThursday up at the Ingalls homeand Sheryl and Jesse Lesmeisterstayed until Friday as they wereworking on a remodeling project.

John and Carmen Heidlerwent to Faith at the Dorothy Hei-dler home and had Christmasdinner with her and a few otherfamily members. Thursday, Car-men went into Faith to spendsome time with granddaughtersand a great neice. Sunday wasJohn's turn to spend some timewith the grandgirls and his momin Faith.

All of the Walter and DianeFees family made it home forChristmas Day. Jake and hisgirlfriend, Nikki, spent Fridaythrough Christmas at Walter'sand Kallie arrived on Sunday andstayed until Wednesday. Faye,Jason, Jesse and Kelly Fees andgirls were there for ChristmasDay.

Delane Ingalls Vanada and herfamily came on the 26th to herfolks, Dale and Marie Ingalls, fortheir Christmas gathering andwere able to spend 3 days to-gether.

Rod, Tracy, Justin, Nathanand Jason Ingalls all attended thewedding of Chancy Miller andJordan Thurston in Gillette, WYon December 29th. Congratula-tion to those kids. Rod and Tracytook Loman Bestgen back to hisfolks on their way.

Friday, Dan, Glenn and Mar-garet Fogelman went to Sturgisfor Glenn's VA appointment.

Brandon, Lyndee, Grace andAvery Fogelman came out hisgrandparents ranch, Glenn andMargaret Fogelman, for a visit onSaturday, the 29th of December.

This past Saturday evening,Kelsey Vig and Brixie came toDwayne and Zona's to help withsome bookwork while Grandpaand Grandma spent time withBrixie.

A couple announcements arethat Walter and Diane Fees haveofficially closed the Juliet 1 Bed-n-Breakfast and that on TuesdayJanuary 8th, 2013 at 2 pm is theannual Opal Hall meeting held atthe hall building.

By the time you read this itwill be the new year. Here’s hop-ing it will bring sufficient mois-ture and only good things to allthe people in our area. Christmascame and went with lots of fami-lies getting together and enjoyinggood food and good times.

Harold and I went to Philip theday before Christmas to get mydad, Irvin. Christmas Eve wespent at Lacey and Robert Won-derchecks eating supper andopening presents with Irvin, Bub,D’Anne, Troy and AmandaThompson. Dad spent the nightat my house and then had Christ-mas Day with all of us. BubThompson, Robert Wondercheckand Harold Waterland took himback to Philip that afternoon.

Sally Hlavka tells me she had23 people for Christmas fromSouth Dakota, Washington, Mon-tana, and Nebraska. When theyall left she had a 40 inch flatscreen T.V. and one awful cold!I’m sure the joy of family willmake up for the head cold, rightSally?

Tucker and Bev Hudson werePierre shoppers on Friday.

Saturday, Harold and I droveto Spearfish for Christmas withJill and Ted Schilling and family,Kim and George Langendorfer,and Chet, Kristen, and CadenceKilmer.

Gene and Marilyn Secrest,Larry and Druse Kellogg ofSpearfish, Carl and RamonaWilliams of Rapid City were Sun-day dinner guests at Tucker Hud-sons.

Sunday, Harold and I drove toTimber Lake and had dinner withAdele and Denver Enright. MitchEnright joined us later in the af-ternoon.

Allen Waterland spent Christ-mas with Clay, Anna, and RoaldDykstra in Spearfish.

Corinna Thompson flew to Cal-ifornia to spend some vacationtime with her aunt Dude Mooneyat Riverside. Corinna had footsurgery before she left so hope-fully she be bright as a new dollarin 2013!

Dennis Ellefson is back inFaith after another hospital stay.So glad you’re better Dennis!

Annelle and George Afdahlhave had their kids and grand-kids visiting over vacation time. Ididn’t get down just who was herewhen, but the door was revolvingat Afdahls.

I’d like to say Thank you toBob Regan for writing his letter tothe editor about Marcus. It wouldbe wonderful if more peoplewould write their stories/memo-ries down and share them withus. I don’t mean just Marcus sto-ries, any memories from daysgone by are of interest. I have somany things my dad told us but itis getting harder to remember thenames. I really kick myself for notwriting these things down oraudio recording more of his sto-ries. Don’t be like me, write itdown now!

News you want to share, [email protected] orcall 985-5318.

It's a Boy! Cowen Tucker PulverSon of Dusty & Venessa PulverSiblings: Trevor, Wade & Aspen

born Nov. 5, 2012Everyone welcome to attend

Cowen's baptism Jan. 6, 2013, 11amat the Bethel Free Lutheran Church inFaith. The service will be followed by a

potluck and baby shower.

Please join us for any or all of this special day!

90th Birthday Card Shower

for Lois Haines McInerneyCards can reach her at:

2211 Windmill Dr.Spearfish, SD 57783

Cake & CoffeeJan. 13th, 1-3 PM

At the Senior Citizens Center1306 N. 10th St., Spearfish, SD


Central Meade County NewsBy Sandy Rhoden

Faith News By Loretta Passolt

The PRCA Top Bucking Stockhas been announced, rewardingthe best bull and bucking horsesfor the 2012 season. Chuckulatorof Sutton Rodeo Company inOnida, SD was named “2012 Sad-dle Bronc of the Year”.

The 8-year-old Chuckulatorhas put together an impressiveresume in a short amount of time.The colorful bay stocking leggedstud horse is hyper and athletic.He won Bareback and SaddleBronc of the Badland Circuit Fi-nals in 2011, the first horse to winboth awards in the same year. Healso won Badland Circuit SaddleBronc Horse of the year in 2012.He has been selected to the Wran-

gler National Finals Rodeo in2010 and 2011, being voted as aTop Ten Saddle Bronc at the NFRin both of those years.

“He’s not even reached hisprime and he made the top 10vote the last two years at theNFR,” stock contractor Steve Sut-ton said. “He’s just kept gettingbetter all the time, and then thisyear we ventured out to a fewmore places that had short gosand he drew good cowboys andthey all did well on him.”

Chuckulator is a product ofSutton Rodeos “Born to Buck”program in which they raise 98%of the bucking horses they use.His Sire Justin Boots, Dam Mid-

night Star and Dam’s Sire Mr. Tall were all selected to compete inthe National Finals Rodeo.

Other Sutton Rodeo stock hon-ored by the PRCA includes 1961Bull of the NFR in Dallas, Baldyowned by Korkow/Sutton & Re-serve Bareback of the NFR,Snake River both owned by Sut-ton; 1964 Reserve Bareback of theNFR Yellow Jacket in Los Ange-les; 1979 Saddle Bronc of theYear, Deep Water; 1985 BarebackHorse of the Year, Tombstone.

The awards were voted on bythe top 20 cowboys in the worldstandings in each event as of Sep-tember 18, 2012

PRCA Top Bucking Stock announced

The Christmas season hasbeen more on the brisk side witha white covering of snow. How-ever, we are quite dry for thistime of year. Many families haveheld family gatherings through-out the holiday season.

On Dec.31, the Larry and JohnRhoden families met at Lorie(Rhoden) Hausmann's for theirChristmas gathering. Cody Rho-den was home and left on NewYears Day for Ft. Rucker, Ala-bama to complete his flight train-ing until next November.

The Faith boys & girls varsitybasketball teams are undefeatedso far. The boys will head to Het-tinger, ND on Jan.3 and to Hard-ing County on November 5.

The rural tumbling team is issession and will hold a practice onThursday.

Brett Hale, son of Sandy andBecky Hale got engaged over theChristmas holiday. This came asvery good news for the family.

May you all be richly blessed in2013.

The new year has arrived andwe can only hope that it will bebetter than the past year, espe-cially moisture-wise.

Juel, Tami, Canton and BlakeAfdahl from Torrington, WY, theJoel Afdahl family and CalReeves were Christmas quests atGeorge and Annelle Afdahls. TheJerry Afdahl family was in RapidCity for Christmas with hermother and spent some time inFaith, too.

Dave and Eldora Fischbachhad some additional visitors forChristmas that I didn’t list. Noel,

Elson and Deanna Fischbach andboys were also there.

Dave Schuchhardt said theycelebrated their Christmas early.Their kids were here the weekendbefore Christmas.

I see that Bruce Humble washome for Christmas, and proba-bly son Blaine. They are workingon a ranch in Montana.

Donn and Gloria Dupper hadChristmas at Bill and JenniferAnders in Buffalo, along withTravis, Shiloh and family.

New Year’s Eve was just an-other night at our house. I did seethe New Year in, watching televi-sion. There were a few fireworksshot off in town to let everyoneknow the new year had arrived.

The boys have a basketballgame Thursday, January 3rd at

Hettinger. The girls will be host-ing Dupree on Friday, January4th. Then on Saturday, 5th, boththe boys and girls will be travel-ing to Harding County for games.The girls will play at noon fol-lowed by the boys at 1:30.

School resumes January 7thafter a two week Christmasbreak.

The girls will be hosting Bisonon Tuesday, January 8th, andLemmon on Thursday, 10th.

The boys West River Tourna-ment starts next week. Rounds 1and 2 will be held in Newell onJanuary 10-11. The finals will beheld at the RC Civic Center onSaturday.

The jr. high boys will be trav-eling to Philip for a game at 3:30on Friday, 11th.

That’s all the news I gathered.So many of you won’t share yournews so it’s hard to know who tocall. Call me or stop in to the of-fice with your news. We’re alwaysglad to get it.

Deer hunters who have un-filled antlerless deer tags for theEast and West River Deer Sea-sons will have nine additionaldays available to harvest antler-less deer beginning December 29and ending on January 6.

The Game, Fish and Parks De-partment is reminding huntersthat this provision is a changefrom past years when unfilled“any deer” tags converted to“antlerless only” and were valid.

For the 2012 season extension,“any deer” tags are not valid.

The changes were made aspart of deer herd management ob-jectives to direct additionalantlerless harvest in the areas ofthe state that need it most whilecurtailing the doe harvest inareas where it is not needed.

Antlerless tags are valid onlyin the unit for which they wereoriginally issued.

Only antlerless tags validfor deer season extension


To the Editor and Staff of The FaithIndependent. Evanson Jensen Funeral

Home sincerely thanks you for publishingour 100 year history … and your readers

for all their kind notes, letters andcomments on the stories we shared.

We are honored to have receivedthe trust of you and the families served

over the past Century.

Sincerely,

Greg Jensen, Eldon Jensen and family,

staff, and assistants

Growing trees is not easy inSouth Dakota

South Dakota is situated onthe sub-arid high plains of theUnited States and the main na-tive vegetation is made up ofgrasses and forbs. The few treesthat grow naturally in the stategrow along rivers, creeks anddrainage ways and swales. Theadvent of windbreaks and shel-terbelt planting during the 20thcentury changed the landscape ofthe state dramatically.

Many of the tree planting pio-neers came from areas wheretrees grew naturally and theywanted to have the benefits oftrees at their new homes. It wascommon thinking at the time thattree planting would help causethe climate to change much like asaying back then that rain wouldfollow the plow. Several decadesafter early settlement, the “DustBowl” hit the Great Plains teach-ing everyone that those beliefswere incorrect.

People came up with new ap-proaches to help them be success-ful with tree planting. The oldSoil Conservation Service devel-oped windbreak suitability groupratings for soil types and they andother agencies imported tree andshrub species from overseas thathad good adaptability to theGreat Plains.

Nobody understood the toughconditions the area posed for treeplanting and survival better than

the farmers, ranchers and home-owners. Two of the main hazardsfor tree survival are lack of mois-ture and strong winds. The prac-tice of summer fallow eliminatesweeds and banks moisture forplanned tree plantings. Also, pro-viding supplemental wateringhelped many new tree plantingsbecome established.

The use of weed control fabricwas adopted widely across thearea during the 1990s. At first itwas only recommended for theevergreen rows of shelterbelts butit has become common to use it onall rows. In most tree plantingssurvival and growth rates of treesand shrubs were improved. Manypeople think of weed control fab-ric as the magic bullet and all youhave to do is put it down over thetrees and success is assured. Nowwe are finding that the fabric puton tree plantings 15-20 years ago,has not deteriorated like it wassupposed to and the health oftrees and shrubs are starting tobe affected. At a minimum theholes need to be enlarged for eachtree or the fabric removed inorder to prevent girdling anddeath.

Another common practice usedover the years by many farmersand ranchers is to put old tiresaround trees to protect young treeseedlings from strong winds.They worked well, providing ex-cellent protection from wind andeven made a microclimate effectdue to the tire heating up fromthe sun which helped to improvetemperature conditions for treesin the early spring and late fall.But here again, we are finding 10,20, 30 and 40 years after the tires

Tree FactsBob Drown, NaturalResource Specialist

were put on the tree, we are pre-sented with the problem of thetrees having grown and tires arethe same size. The tires need tobe removed or the trees are mostlikely will die. However, sometrees amazingly grow roots overthe tires and survive.

Those farmers, ranchers andhomeowners that have been suc-cessful at growing trees on thehigh plains of South Dakota real-ize that their work is never done.Timely maintenance of treesplanted around homes and inshelterbelts around thefarm/ranch need to be done. Con-trol of weeds and other competi-tive vegetation should be doneeach year several times duringthe growing season. The holesshould be enlarged around treeswith weed control fabric or re-moved completely by approxi-mately 10 years from plantingand tires should be removed fromaround trees by approximately 5years from planting.

My sources for this news re-lease were the School of HardKnocks, farmers, ranchers andhomeowners. If you would likemore information about “Growingtrees is not easy in SouthDakota,” contact Bob Drown atthe Conservation Office at 605-244-5222, Extension 4 or by e-mail [email protected].

All programs and services pro-vided by the Northwest Area Con-servation Districts are providedregardless of race, color, nationalorigin, gender, religion, age, dis-ability, political beliefs, sexual ori-entation, and marital or familystatus.

The 2013 SD Black HillsMountain Lion Hunting Seasonopened Wednesday, Dec. 26 andwill run through March 30, 2013or until a harvest limit of 100total lions or 70 females isreached.

To keep up with the harvesttotal, visithttp://www.gfp.sd.gov/hunting/big-game/mountain-lion-season-harvest-status.aspx or call1.866.895.9067 These two op-tions will have the most currentharvest totals.SD GFP will be sending periodicemails to licensed mountain lionhunters to keep you update onharvest totals as well.GFP also has two smartphone ap-plications that will have the offi-cial harvest totals. The Appleand Droid applications can befound at the Apple Store orGoogle Play by searching SDGFPOutdoors

2013 SDMountain LionHunting SeasonopenedDecember 26

Brookings, S.D. - SDSU Exten-sion's Growing Ag CEO's programbegins Jan. 9, 2013 in EagleButte at Outrider Cafe.

Ag CEO's focuses on teachingbeginning farmers to use a sys-tems approach to farm businessplanning. The program will beheld on four consecutive Wednes-days, ending Jan. 30. An addi-tional session will be held Feb.6 for producers interested in ob-taining FSA Borrower Trainingcredits.

Each session will run from 5:30p.m. to 8 p.m. allowing those withan additional job to participateduring the evening.

As changes to production sys-tems continue to move forwardacross the state, nation and worldthe farm business needs tochange as well. Determiningbreakeven numbers, developingwhole farm budgets and creatingbenchmarks to compare theyearly production and financialperformance so changes and im-provements to the operation canbe implemented are the main fo-cuses of Ag CEO's, says AdeleHarty, SDSU Extension Cow-CalfField Specialist.

"Ag CEO's is a program gearedtoward beginning farmers," saidHarty. "This group of producers isbeing charged with feeding 9 bil-lion people by the year 2050. Withthe changes to agriculture duringthe past 20-40 years, their skillset needs to change in order to ac-complish that goal and remain aviable and sustainable operation."

To address these changes thegeneral topics for the sessions in-clude: farm vision, resource in-ventory and management (family,land, crops and livestock), and fi-nancial record creation, budgetdevelopment and analysis andproduction topics that are person-alized to the producers in atten-dance.

Registration for the meetingcan be made at www.igrow.org.Registration fee will be $250 forall four sessions, for the first twofrom the operation. FSA Bor-rower Training is an additional$100. Questions regarding theprogram can be sent to AdeleHarty at the Rapid City RegionalExtension Center,[email protected] , 605-394-1722.

Beginning Producers Ag CEO'sscheduled in Eagle Butte

Amazing growth of a spruce tree’s roots over a tire that had beenput around it 40+ years ago in McIntosh, SD. Courtesy photo


The Roots of Agriculture:Animal Production

Although dogs were domesti-cated from wolves as long as30,000 years ago, available his-torical and genetic evidence sug-gests raising animals solely forfood and clothing began about10,000 years ago.

The last Roots of Agriculturecolumn was devoted to growingcrops, a form of agriculture thatdeveloped first in the FertileCrescent of southwest Asia.Today’s column is about domesti-cating animals.

For today’s article I drew fromJared Diamond’s book, Guns,Germs and Steel, and many otherbooks and articles, both popularand scholarly. A bibliography isavailable on the website: www.ag-behavioralhealth.com.

Dogs and humans havelong mutually beneficial rela-tionships. Genetic analyses indi-cate all canines descend fromwolves. Wolves hung aroundhunter-gatherers such as Nean-derthals to scavenge food scrapsor eat the people.

Evidence suggests humansprobably took care of orphanedpups and kept them for food whenlittle else was available. The ani-mals that were most docile wereallowed to breed. Through selec-tion, over successive generationsever tamer pet wolves were pro-duced until they diverged enoughto be considered dogs.

With their keen olfactorysense, dogs assisted humans bytracking prey and guarding theirhuman associates. Some scien-tists speculate humans’ need foran acute olfactory sense dimin-ished as they came to rely on thesensitive noses of dogs, and be-cause upright-walking humansno longer had their noses close tothe ground like their earlierquadruped predecessors.

Eventually, powerful dogswere harnessed to pull travois(two long sticks strapped to thebeasts onto which packs of be-longings could be fastened anddrug behind the animals) on the

ground, or sleds on snowy terrain.Besides serving as food duringlean times, dogs provided skinsand bones for use by humans. Ca-nines benefited by having a stead-ier food supply than if theydepended only on themselves andthey experienced protection whenproximate to human groups.

What about cats? Cats prob-ably adopted humans, ratherthan vice versa. Ask cat ownersand most will tell you that kittiesare more interested in satisfyingtheir needs than yours.

As modern man began some13,000-15,000 years ago to har-vest and store the grains andlegumes they raised, rodents thatinvaded the grain containerswere a ready source of cat-food.Cats that hung around humansgradually developed ever shorter“flight distances” and eventuallylet humans pet them.

Ungulates (animals withhooves) came next on the do-mestication record. Accumu-lated evidence suggests sheep andgoats were the first domesticatedlivestock, although humanshunted these animals long beforethey were tamed some 10,000years ago.

Sheep and goats were goodchoices for domestication. Theyprovided meat and milk for food.Hair, wool and skins could beused for garments. Horns andstomachs could be turned intotools and storage containers.

Perhaps even more important,sheep and goats possessed few de-fense mechanisms, such as thesharp teeth and claws manyspecies relied on. Other thanbutting and running away, theyhad few behaviors that deterredtheir domestication.

Many types of sheep and goatsalso exhibited a natural tendencyto group together for safety,which made them well suited forhandling.

The first known shepherdswere inhabitants of southwestAsia where farming had begunearlier. Wild sheep and goats thatroamed the nearby Zagros Moun-

tains were good candidates for do-mestication. Once again, dogsshowed their adaptability as theybecame herders who assistedtheir human masters.

Cattle, pigs and horses weretamed some 7,500 years ago. Twotypes of cattle were domesticatedin Asia and Europe.

Bos Indicus, a class of cattlewell adapted to warm climatesand the presence of pests, inhab-ited much of southern Asia.These animals were fairly docile.With patience by their handlers,the cows allowed themselves to bemilked and they gradually sur-rendered to being hooked to plowsand sledges.

Bos Taurus, a rugged and oftenill-tempered animal that wassuited to the colder climate of Eu-rope, was harder to handle andslaughter. When crossed with BosIndicus however, their tempera-ment improved and they becamethe ancestors of many of our cur-rent breeds of cattle.

Pigs were domesticated there-after because of their capacity toutilize many food sources, includ-ing refuse in the expanding Asianagricultural communities.Horses, and their relatives, asses,were domesticated mainly for rid-ing or pulling, as recent as 5,000years ago in Asia also.

Domestication of chickenslikely occurred first in Chinaabout 8,000 years ago. Their usesfor meat and eggs quickly madethem popular across Asia, Europeand Polynesia. Likewise, ducksand geese were tamed first inChina, but perhaps only about2,000 years ago.

Few domesticated animalswere available in the westernhemisphere. Scientists have es-tablished that the first humanAmericans brought tame dogswith them when they crossed theBering Strait some 30,000 yearsago. The llama was the only in-digenous animal that was tamedin the Americas; the Incas accom-plished this about 4,000 yearsago.

Like raising crops, animal pro-duction was important to theemergence of humans as the dom-inant species.

Dr. Rosmann is a Harlan Iowapsychologist and farmer.

Farm & Ranch LIfeFarm & Ranch LIfeDr. RossmanDr. Rossman

The regular West River Deerseason closes on Nov. 25, and theregular East River Deer seasoncloses on Dec. 2. Nine additionaldays will be available to harvestantlerless deer, beginning Dec. 29and ending on Jan. 6.

“We want to remind both WestRiver and East River deerhunters that their ‘any deer’ and

‘any whitetail deer’ tags are onlyvalid during the regular 16-dayseason, and that they will notconvert to ‘antlerless tags’ like inprevious years,” said TomKirschenmann, chief of terrestrialresources for the South DakotaGame, Fish and Parks Depart-ment. “Only unfilled ‘any antler-less deer’ and ‘antlerless whitetail

Antlerless deer tags have extended seasondeer’ tags will be valid for thelate-season dates.”

The changes were made to ac-complish additional antlerlessdeer harvest in areas of the statethat need it most while curtailingthe doe harvest where deer popu-lations are at or below populationobjectives.

SDSU Extension is now ac-cepting applications for the sec-ond class of "beefSD," a two-yeareducational program designedspecifically for beginning beefproducers. The first class ofbeefSD was initiated in 2011.Participants in Class 1 have indi-cated that it has been a valuableand rewarding learning experi-ence.

Participation is limited to rep-resentatives from 20 beef enter-prises (individuals, couples orsiblings welcome). Beginningranchers with less than 10 yearsof experience and a strong desireto begin or further develop beefcattle enterprises are encouragedto apply to the program.

The goals are to provide partic-ipants with opportunities to learnmore about various segments ofthe beef cattle industry, evaluatea variety of beef cattle productionsystems, and further developknowledge and abilities related tomanagement of individual opera-tions.

Participants will complete anintensive two-year curriculum.The program will focus on provid-ing participants with relevant,timely information in the areas oflivestock production, natural re-source stewardship, marketing,financial management, business,and risk and legal management.

Programming will consist ofsix major components:

1. Interactive educationalworkshops;

2. Case studies and evaluationof alternative beef cattle produc-

tion systems;3. Mentoring by established

ranchers and other agricultureprofessionals, including the for-mation of individual managementteams;

4. Post-weaning calf perform-ance evaluation including feedlot,carcass, and meat characteristics;

5. Interactive, web-basedlearning, including webinars,podcasts, and other computer ap-plications;

6. Study trips focused on vari-ous sectors of the U.S. beef cattleindustry.

The program is made possiblein part by a grant received bySDSU Extension, in partnershipwith the South Dakota Farm Bu-reau, from the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture's National Insti-tute of Food and Agriculture(NIFA).

Application deadline is Jan. 4,2013. Application forms are avail-able by contacting SDSU Exten-sion Beef Specialist Ken Olson atthe West River Ag Center, [email protected] 605-394-2236; beefSD ProjectCoordinator Stacy Hadrick,[email protected] or605-347-1195, or SDSU Re-search/Extension AssociateJanna Kincheloe, [email protected] or 605-394-2236.Applications are also availableonline at the South Dakota FarmBureau's Web site at:http://www.sdfbf.org/. The pro-gram is scheduled to begin in Feb-ruary 2013.

"beefSD" Educational Program offered for beginning ranchers



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USDA/Farm ServiceAgency News

The Dewey, Meade & ZiebachCounty FSA offices would like tokeep you informed of the follow-ing items important to USDA pro-grams. If you have any questionsplease contact the Dewey Countyoffice at 865-3522 ext 2, MeadeCounty at 347-4952 ext 2, orZiebach County at 365-5179 ext 2.SD Farmers and RanchersSoon Being Asked to Fill Out2012 Census of Agriculture

South Dakota’s Farmers andRanchers will soon be asked totake the time to fill out the 2012Census of Agriculture. The Cen-sus is conducted every five yearsby the U.S. Department of Agri-culture’s National AgriculturalStatistics Service and is a countof all U.S. farms, ranches andtheir operators. Carter Anderson,SD Field Office Director for theStatistics Service says in a pressrelease that the Census is a toolthat gives producers a voice to in-fluence decisions that shape thefuture of their community, indus-try and operation. It helps definesuch areas as land use and own-ership, production practices, in-come, expenditures and more.

The 2007 Ag Census showedthat the number of farms andranches in the state decreasedabout two percent from the 2002survey. Statistics showed that

there were 31,169 operations inthe state five years ago, with theaverage size farm in SouthDakota being 1,401 acres-up from1,380 acres in 2002. Also, the av-erage age of South Dakota farmor ranch operators in 2007 was55.7, up from 53.3 years of age in2002. NASS will mail out Censusforms late this month to collectdata for 2012. They remind pro-ducers that completed forms aredue by February 4, 2013. Produc-ers can also fill out the Census on-line at www.agcensus.usda.gov orreturn their form by mail. All agproducers are required by federallaw to take part in the Censusand NASS is also required to keepindividual information confiden-tial.

USDA is an equal opportunityprovider, employer and lender. Tofile a complaint of discrimination,write to USDA, Assistant Secre-tary for Civil Rights, Office of theAssistant Secretary for CivilRights, 1400 Independence Av-enue, S.W., Stop 9410, Washing-ton, DC 20250-9410, or calltoll-free at (866) 632-9992 (Eng-lish) or (800) 877-8339 (TDD) or(866) 377-8642 (English Federal-relay) or (800) 845-6136 (SpanishFederal-relay). USDA is an equalopportunity provider and em-ployer.

The South Dakota Departmentof Agriculture (SDDA) is hostingCommercial Pesticide ApplicatorCertification meetings this Janu-ary and February.

The goal of these meetings is toinsure the safe and effective stor-age, handling, distribution, useand disposal of pesticide products.Pesticide applicators must take atest to become initially certified,but can re-certify by attendingone of these meetings.

Once certified, commercial ap-plicators must obtain a license,which is also valid for two years.A commercial applicator license is$25 and a re-certification class is$50. Applicator and dealer li-censes must be renewed by Feb.28, 2013 or a $50 late fee will beassessed.

For times, dates and places ofthe commercial applicator meet-ings, visit

https://apps.sd.gov/doa/ecat3/Ap-plicatorMeetingPrograms.htmPlease bring a government issuedphoto ID and your applicator li-cense to the meeting for check-in.

For more information onSDDA’s Pesticide Program, vis-ithttp://sdda.sd.gov/legacydocs/Ag_Services/Agronomy_Services_Programs/Pesticide_Program/2011-07pesticide_program_brochurewebopt.pdf

Agriculture is South Dakota'sNo. 1 industry, generating nearly$21 billion in annual economic ac-tivity and employing more than80,000 South Dakotans. TheSouth Dakota Department ofAgriculture's mission is to pro-mote, protect, preserve, and im-prove this industry for today andtomorrow. Visit us online athttp://sdda.sd.gov or follow us onFacebook and Twitter.

SD Dept. of Ag hosts CommercialPesticide Applicator Certificationmeetings

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NEXT SALE: MONDAY, JANUARY 7ThSpecial Feeder Cattle & Replacement Heifer Sale

Sale Time: 10 AMExpecting 3000-3500 Cattle

Consignments:Smith – 150 Char x steers NHTC 800#Smith – 120 Char x heifers NHTC 750#Smith – 50 Angus steers NHTC 800#

Storm Inc – 150 Angus x heifers HR 650-700#Storm – 60 Angus x heifers HR 600#Storm – 50 Angus x steers HR 550#

Goddard – 125 blk & bldy heifers HR 550-625#Palmer – 70 blk & bldy steers HR 8-850#Wilkenson – 100 Angus steers HR 800#

VTV – 150 Angus heifers HR – 700#VTV – 65 Angus steers HR 700#

Tenold – 130 1st x & Herf steers HR – 550-650#

Verhulst – 170 Angus steers HR 650-750#

Verhulst – 130 Angus heifers HR 6-700#

Jorgenson – 50 red x heifers HR 750#

Dye – 140 Angus heifers HR (green) 500#

Dye – 45 Angus steers HR (green) 525#

Varland Girls – 100 Char x calves HR 650-700#

M Storm – 30 Angus heifers HR (green) 500#

consignment – 150 blk & red heifers (open) 800#

consignment – 115 blk & Char x steers 550#

More calves and yearlings expected by sale time

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Meade CountyCommission Special

Meeting(Wednesday,

December 19, 2012)Generated by Lisa G Schieffer on

Wednesday, December 21, 2012Members presentAlan Aker, Doreen Creed, Gary Cam-

mack, Robert Heidgerken, Linda RauschMeeting called to order at 8:30 AM1. Call Meeting to Order at 8:30 AMProcedural: A. Pledge of Allegiance2. Public Hearing @ 8:30 AMAction, Discussion: A. Section Line

Re-ClassificationBrett Burditt came before the Board

asking for a reclassification of sectionline to make the same non-motorized ac-cess. Burditt explained it is only due tothe terrain and the same creates an un-safe condition for motorized vehicles.Burditt went on to say that the public de-viate from the section line and then un-wanted trespassing occurs which wouldcause erosion over time and devalue theproperty.

Discussion took place regarding theletter sent by the Game, Fish & ParksDepartment who are in opposition to theclosure or alteration of the section line.

Mariam Atkins from the Bureau ofLand Management felt that subsequentinformation would be needed from a sitevisit. The Bureau of Land Managementis not in support of the request.

Nancy Hilding expressed her concernregarding the matter.

Chairman Aker brought the sameback for Board discussion.

Commissioner Creed discussed withthe Board whether the County had simi-lar section line requests and whetherthere was any history on the same.

Motion to defer until Commissionerscan view the site. Motion dies for lack ofa second.

Motion by Creed, second None.Motion Fails.Discussion ensued on the matter.

Commissioner Cammack informed theBoard that he has visited the site andfeels the remainder of the Board shouldlook at the same.

Motion to defer until Commissionerscan view the site.

Motion by Creed, second by Hei-dgerken.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.Motion to set a hearing for February

6, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. for the reclassifi-cation of a section line to non-motorizedvehicles.

Motion by Cammack, second byRausch.

Motion Carries.Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.3. items from CommissionAction, Discussion: A. Public Inter-

view of Commissioner Applicants. Chairman Aker informed the public

that even though they are doing open in-terviews there will be no decision today.That will be a decision and vote of thenew Board in January 2013. Commis-sioner Cammack will tender his resigna-tion Tuesday morning (January 8, 2013)and then the Board can proceed as theirfirst action to appoint the fifth Commis-sioner. Voting on that action will be AlanAker, Robert Heidgerken, Linda Rausch,Bob Bertolotto and Auditor Lisa Schief-fer.

Commissioner Creed would like therecord to reflect “that the media is alwaysconcerned about open meetings andtoday we are interviewing nine people fora very important position, and that thereare no members of the media present.Apparently, this is not an important

enough issue to have them send a rep-resentative here to inform the citizens ofwhat is taking place.”

Open Interviews were taken for theupcoming Commissioner District #1seat, said applicants are as follows:

Joe Garnerwilliam GropperBill KluckGalen NiederwerderJason ReedRichard RichterCharles SpringCraig ShaverNicole SkougeAction, Discussion: B. Contract Con-

sulting workDiscussion was had regarding a con-

tract for consulting work on the FirewiseProgram. This consulting of individualswould work in conjunction also withDaniel Campbell, Meade County FireMitigation Coordinator, in tree selection.The County would only be billed for fieldhours and the same does not apply forprofessional services. The rate would be@ $50.00 and the County could be billedup to $300.00.

Motion to authorize the County tocontract with Aker woods for consultingin the aid to the individuals for Firewise,not to exceed a thousand dollars (in-cludes the 300.00 already).



dgerken, Rausch.Action, Discussion: C. Appointment to

weed BoardThe Meade County weed Board

would like to appoint Jim Schroeder forthe City seat to the weed Board.Schroeder meets the criteria and alsoengages in conservation work.

Motion to appoint Jim Schroeder tothe Meade County weed and PestBoard, with the term length to be deter-mined by weed Board.

Motion by Cammack, second byCreed.


dgerken, Rausch.4. items from AuditorAction, Discussion: A. Final Bills for

2012 Fiscal YearMotion to move contingency in the

amount of $17,500.00 to the Mainte-nance Budget, $34,598.16 into the CourtAppointed Attorney Budget, and$1,877.18 for Mental Illness Court Ap-pointed Attorney.



dgerken, Rausch.Motion to cancel the December 31,

2012 supplemental hearing.Motion by Cammack, second by

Rausch.Motion Carries.Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.Motion to pay all non-funded man-

dated allocations quarterly for 2013, ex-cluding the Soil Conservation Districtswho will get paid in January/June of2013.

Motion by Creed, second by Hei-dgerken.

Commissioner Cammack offered anamendment to the original motion that ifthe same is $2,500.00 or less it is paidin a one-time allocation.


Motion Carries.Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.Voting then took place on the original

amended motion.Motion Carries.Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.Motion to approve final bills for 2012

fiscal year:ALLOCATiOnS: Crisis Intervention –

$1290.00SUPPLiES, SERViCE, EQUiP-

MEnT: Best Buy – $1165.98, A&B Busi-ness Equip – $296.43, A&B welding –$55.40, A&J Supply – $68.40, Akerwoods – $225.00, Archonix Systems –$33702.00, Armstrong Ext. – $147.96, GBiegler – $180.00, Bierschbach Equip –$31.92, BH Chemical – $856.90, BobBarker – $805.93, Border States Elec-tric – $72.73, Brosz Eng. – $14745.00,Butler Machinery – $966.28, Butte Con-servation District – $6000.00, CampbellCounty Sheriff – $200.00, CampbellSupply – $208.49, Cash-wA – $2323.51,CBH – $42286.87, L Cermak – $100.00,K Chleborad – $219.99, City of Faith –$124.56, City of RC – $490.00, CHC –$130.00, County Drug – $278.72, CrumElectric – $7358.20, Dakota FluidPower – $260.00, Dakota Mill & Grain –$95.90, Dakota Security Systems –$13498.48, Earthgrains – $380.83, Em-pire Supplies – $97.00, ESRI –$6175.34, Executive Mgmt Finance –$72.00, Fastenal Co. – $121.57, Fedex –$76.09, First Interstate Bank –$12039.23, Frontier Precision – $725.29,G&R Controls – $1122.45, GodfreyBrake Service – $144.80, Great westernTire – $28742.30, Grimms – $68.76, LHavemeier – $85.00, A Hockenbary –$285.00, J Howell – $173.00, PHumphrey – $233.31, Jenner Equip. –$15.75, Johnston Hardware – $25.86,Kimball Midwest – $276.68, Kone –$1234.80, KRCS $80.00, Lar-Jo’s –$420.00, Lexis-Nexis – $305.00, Lexis-nexis – $324.00, Loftus – $213.00,McLeod’s – $847.56, Meade Co Times –$36.00, Meade Co. Treas. – $966.52,Michael Todd & Co. – $616.06, MicrosoftCorp – $1432.00, Mike Amo Mai –$6000.00, Motorola – $2237.75, TMutchler – $47.75, NADA – $36.00, Neu-miller Truck & Auto Body – $3156.93,Neve’s – $47.85, Nyacor – $80.48, VO’Day – $49.40, O’Reilly Auto – $21.16,Owens Interstate – $361.88, M Pates –$1587.00, Penn Co. Sheriff – $2043.50,Pennington Co. Sheriff – $1322.60,Perkins Co. Hwy – $2932.22, PetersonAuto – $360.22, S Peterson – $650.00,Pictometry International – $16370.00,Postage by Phone – $7725.00, Pro-west & Assoc – $2070.00, Quill –$2556.57, J Quinn – $300.00, RC Re-gional Hospital – $41.00, Rapid Deliv-ery – $14.40, Redwood Toxicology –$9.21, S Regan – $200.00, Riata wran-glers 4-H Club – $187.99, Richters Tire –$20.00, Rushmore Office – $10861.05,Sam’s Club – $248.33, Sand Scripts –$56.00, SDACC – $4060.76, SDDOT –$7549.56, SDAE4-HE – $70.00, SDNComm. – $1020.00, Servall Uniform –$181.68, B Severson – $100.00, Shee-han Mack – $734.42, Shopko Phar-macy – $409.89, Signature Plus –$1375.89, Site work Specialists –$92494.61, State Treasurer – $35.00,Sturgis Napa – $188.77, Sturgis Photo –$199.90, Tote A Vote – $3160.00,Truenorth Steel – $466.26, TwilightFire – $63.00, US Foodservice –$3925.26, wSDJDC – $6975.00, west-ern Stationers – $2372.66, wheelerLumber – $21628.20, D withaker –$8442.50, Xerox – $1838.82, Motorola –$5355.00, C Harkins – $349.25, Secre-tary of State – $30.00, Frontier Preci-sion – $765.00, J Rhoden – $271.34,Microfirm Software – $700.00, SchneiderCorp – $3250.00, A&B Business –$315.71

MiLES, MEALS, LODGinG: A Aker –$87.29, G Cammack – $71.04, DCreed – $1059.78, R Heidgerken –$74.74, G Mattson – $16.28, L Rausch –$131.13, B Powles – $10.36, T wiec-zorek – $22.20, R Mallow – $16.28, LQuam – $16.28

COURT-APPOinTED ATTORnEy:Frederickson Law – $5344.10, GreyLaw – $2466.35, R Haivala – $3039.45,

J Hilpert – $1959.82, R Hymans –$13365.33, Oswald Law – $1521.45, JStielow – $3324.28, K Thompson –$4297.47, wilde & Hunt – $585.47

MEnTALLy HAnDiCAPPED:MEnTAL iLLnESS: Pennington

County – $137.00, Yankton – $2032.19,K Thompson – $1854.75

SUPPORT OF POOR:PUBLiSHinG: BHwG – $686.18,

Faith Ind. – $2144.48, Pioneer Review –$19.00, RC Journal – $7.90

UTiLiTiES: BHP&L – $11007.22,Centurylink – $1659.23, Golden westTele – $578.89, Grand Electric – $65.31,Kieffer Sanitation – $47.43, Knology –$36.23, MDU – $1141.41, Verizon –$2809.98

JURy FEES: w Aukamp – $64.80, CBertolotto – $22.58, T Bestgen – $10.74,C Birmingham – $64.80, K Czmowski –$25.54, M Delrio – $21.84, J Fischer –$11.48, J Freeman – $50.74, L Grote –$21.10, K Hammerquist – $50.74, LHardenbrook – $20.36, P Harris –$24.80, L Hendrickson – $12.96, M Her-shey-Brandner – $14.44, C Hudson –$61.10, V Johns – $18.88, K Ketzner –$37.38, C Larsen – $32.20, D Lukesh –$54.44, N Matthew – $10.74, G Matt-son – $66.28, H Matz $15.18, K Mc-Dougall – $21.10, M McGraw – $70.68,G Meadows – $10.74, S Melcher –$28.50, w Merchen – $28.50, D Miller –$10.74, M Morris – $24.80, D Pope –$19.62, M Reuwsaat – $24.80, LRohrbauck – $24.80, F Rorie – $24.06,R Schieffer – $50.74, S Scudder –$10.74, K Seidl – $28.50, E Slocum –$24.80, C Soyland – $24.80, K Stans-bury – $10.74, I Stoner – $10.74, MSwanson – $10.00, J winchester –$21.10, S wipf – $50.74, T woods –$72.20

Motion by Heidgerken, second byCammack.

Motion Carries. Yea: Aker, Creed,Cammack, Heidgerken, Rausch.

5. items from Commission Assis-tant

Action, Discussion: A. 2013 PolicyChanges

Discussion was had regarding aSnow and Sand Policy, which is recom-mended by Safety Benefits. The samehas been reviewed by Highway Superin-tendent Ken McGirr and Deputy State'sAttorney, Ken Chleborad.

Motion to approve policy as submit-ted for snow and sand.



dgerken, Rausch.Discussion took place regarding the

Meade County Employees Handbookand the following changes:

2-2. Employee ClassificationsProbationary - New employees who

have not completed his/her six monthprobationary period. You may use youraccumulated sick leave as needed, butyou may not use vacation leave for sixmonths. You are not eligible for paymentof any benefits if you leave employmentbefore completing six months of service.You are not eligible for holiday benefitsuntil after 30 days of employment. Yourprobationary period may be extended atthe discretion of your supervisor and/orDepartment Head.

Part-Time Employees - Employeeswho regularly work fewer than 40 hoursper week who were not hired on a short-term basis. Part-Time Employees are noteligible for county benefits, but may beeligible to receive statutory benefits ifthey work at least 20 hours or more on aregular basis, typically, at least sixmonths.

2-5. Compensation OpportunitiesAll exempt employees shall be paid

longevity with five years of service andfor each five year period thereafter asfollows:

Elected Officials - $1000 per year

Non-elected Employees - $750 peryear

For longevity purposes, time does notaccrue during a period of approved leaveof absence without pay exceeding sixmonths.

Elected Officials shall be placed intothe County Pay-Grade System as perCommission approval and receive an-nual step increases thereafter. First timeelected officials shall receive a step in-crease at six months - and annually,thereafter, from the date of hire. TheBoard of County Commissioners maynot decrease the salary of the sheriff,state’s attorney, treasurer, auditor orcounty register of deeds during consec-utive terms of office - as per state law.The Board of County Commissioners willset the elected official’s salary rate on anannual basis.

2-14. your PaycheckIf you believe there is an error in your

pay, immediately bring the matter to theattention of the Auditor's Office or theHuman Resources Office, so the mattercan be resolved quickly and amicably.

2-15. Direct DepositMeade County strongly encour-

ages requires employees to use directdeposit. Authorization forms are avail-able in the Human Resources Office.

2-16. Salary AdvancesMeade County does not permit ad-

vances on paychecks or against accruedpaid time off, other than the opportunityfor a mid-month draw. The mid-monthdraw form is on file in the Human Re-sources Office. Meade County reservesthe right to suspend or terminate mid-month draw at any time.

3-3. Paid Vacations Years of Service heading changed to

Vacation3-14. SD Retirement System

Participation in the South Dakota Re-tirement System is mandatory for allregular, full-time employees. and forall part-time employees who work atleast 20 hours per week on a regularbasis. All decisions relating to the retire-ment system will be in full compliancewith South Dakota Codified Law and theprovisions of the South Dakota Retire-ment System.

Motion to adopt amendments.Motion by Cammack, second by

Creed.Motion Carries.Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.Action, Discussion: B. 2013 Insur-

ance RenewalsMotion to approve the changes in

coverage on the general liability and ve-hicle insurances.

Motion by Cammack, second by Hei-dgerken.


dgerken, Rausch.Action, Discussion: C. Butte Conser-

vation District InvoiceMotion to approve an invoice for

$6,000.00 from the 2012 CommissionBudget.



dgerken, Rausch.Action, Discussion: D. Meade and

Faith School Districts - Clarification ofMotion

The Board discussed clarification onthe September 27, 2012 minutes/withamendments and the intentions of theBoard regarding the payment betweenthe Faith 46-2 and Meade 46-1 SchoolDistricts.

Motion to affirm that the same was for$2,500.00, per year, for four years for atotal of $10,000.00.

Motion by Cammack, second byCreed.Continued on next page

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Continued from previous pageFinal Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.Action, Discussion: E. Executive Ses-

sion 1-25-2 (1)Motion to go into executive session

due to personnel matters.Motion by Rausch, second by Hei-

dgerken.Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.Motion to go out of executive session

and return to regular session.Motion by Cammack, second by Hei-

dgerken.Motion Carries.Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.6. AdjournAction, Procedural: A. Adjourn the

MeetingMotion to adjourn the meeting.Motion by Cammack, second by

Creed.Final Resolution: Motion Carries.Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch.APPROVED:

__________________________Chairman, Alan Aker

ATTEST:________________________Lisa Schieffer, AuditorPublished January 2, 2013 at the totalapproximate cost of $164.07

Meade CountyCommission Special

Meeting (Friday,December 14, 2012)Generated by Lisa G Schieffer on

Monday, December 17, 2012

Members presentAlan Aker, Doreen Creed, Gary Cam-

mack, Robert Heidgerken, Linda RauschMeeting called to order at 4:00 PM1. Call Meeting to Order at 4:00 PMProcedural: A. Pledge of Allegiance2. items from CommissionDiscussion was had regarding court-

appointed attorney’s bills and when thesame had been turned into the Auditor’sOffice. Chairman Aker asked MeadeCounty Auditor Lisa Schieffer whetherthe date of the signed bills were also thedate the same had been turned in?Schieffer explained that all bills pre-sented were turned in after the Decem-ber 4th and 5th regular meeting.Schieffer went on to explain that ac-counts payable sends out a letter notify-ing the vendors when the last meetingwill be for bills and to submit the sameby a certain date.

Schieffer explained that the Auditor’sOffice does a running balance up untilthe 19th, which is the final meeting of theyear, of all the bills submitted. It is at thattime the Board will have all the budgetinformation and what budgets could pos-sibly use contingency if they are overspent.

Aker then asked whether the CourtAppointed Attorney’s Budget had anymoney left in it. Schieffer said no andwent on to explain that a $20,000 sup-plement was done at the regular Decem-ber 5th meeting and all court appointedbills were paid up to that date.

Discussion was then had whether thesame could be paid out of contingencyor if they would have to supplementagain before the end of the year. Com-missioner Creed discussed with theBoard that sources had told her that theCounty was broke and that the bills couldnot be paid until the 2013 budget. Com-missioner Creed asked Schieffer to statefor the record that there is money to paythe bills. Schieffer said yes there is con-tingency money at this time, but contin-

gency can only be decided by the Board,and as of this date not all bills are in.

Schieffer along with CommissionerAssistant Jerry Derr explained that oneof the bills that was tagged to be paid outof contingency from the Butte Conserva-tion District in the amount of $6,000.00could be paid out of the CommissionBudget. Also, the Courthouse drainageproject that came out of the MaintenanceBudget was at a lower figure for possiblecontingency of $15,186.07. Leavingroughly $38,000 in contingency money.

Creed also explained that a bill hadbeen turned into the Auditor’s Office froma legal firm for $10,000 and they re-ceived a check for $60.00. Schieffer ex-plained to her recollection no $10,000 billhad been turned into the office for partialpayment and asked what legal firm wasbeing referred to.

Discussion was then had regarding asupplement to the Court Appointed Attor-ney Budget and the possibility of settingthe same for December 31, 2012.

Commissioner Creed then askedwhat the process was for the Judgewhen signing off on the bills and if theyare turned in every month, and whethersome of the cases had been closed al-ready or ongoing. The Board directedDerr to discuss the same with the FourthJudicial Court Administrator.

Action, Discussion: A. Supplement to2012 Court Appointed Fund

Motion to set a supplement budgethearing for December 31, 2012 at 10:00AM to supplement the Court AppointedAttorney Budget for $40,000.00.


Final Resolution: Motion Carries.Yea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch3. AdjournAction, Procedural: A. Adjourn the

MeetingMotion to adjourn the meeting.Motion by Creed, second by Cam-

mack.Final Resolution: Motion CarriesYea: Aker, Creed, Cammack, Hei-

dgerken, Rausch

APPROVED:________________________________Alan Aker, ChairmanATTEST:Lisa Schieffer, AuditorPublished January 2, 2013 at the totalapproximate cost of $36.38

nOTiCE OF FiRSTREADinG OF

REViSEDORDinAnCE nO. #21

First reading of Revised OrdinanceNo. #21 – An Ordinance Providing forTemporary Campgrounds will be held bythe Board of Meade County Commis-sioners on January 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.in the Commissioners meeting room inthe Erskine Administrative Building, Stur-gis, SD./s/ Lisa Schieffer, Meade County AuditorPublished December 26, 2013 & Janu-ary 2, 2014 at the total approximate costof $32.49

AnnUAL REPORT FOR CiTy OF FAiTHAS OF AnD FOR THE yEAR EnDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

GOVERnMEnTAL FUnDSOther Total

General Fund Fund Governmental FundsBeginning Fund Balance 8,316.00 8,316.00

Revenues and Other Sources:General Sales and Use Taxes 210,656.00 210,656.00Gross Receipts Business Taxes 17,288.00 17,288.00Amusement Taxes 144.00 144.00Licenses and Permits 3,645.00 3,645.00State Grants 9,439.00 9,439.00State Shared Revenue:

Motor Vehicle CommercialProrate 1,386.00 1,386.00

Liquor Tax Reversion 3,059.00 3,059.00Motor Vehicle Licenses (5%) 8,070.00 8,070.00Local Government Highway and Bridge Fund 8,426.00 8,426.00

County Shared Revenue:County Road Tax (25%) 509.00 509.00County HBR Tax (25%) 0.00Other County Shared Revenue 3,403.00 3,403.00

Charges for Goods and Services:General Government 103.00 103.00Public Safety 690.00 690.00Highways and Streets 100.00 100.00Culture and Recreation 3,838.00 3,838.00Ambulance 148,865.00 148,865.00Cemetery 310.00 310.00Other 11,749.00 11,749.00

Investment Earnings 4,822.00 4,822.00Rentals 39,576.00 39,576.00Contributions and Donations

from Private Sources 4,800.00 4,800.00Other 19,619.00 19,619.00

Total Revenue and Other Sources 500,497.00 0.00 500,497.00

Expenditures and Other Uses:Legislative 3,293.00 3,293.00Executive 25,287.00 25,287.00Elections 506.00 506.00Financial Administration 163,590.00 163,590.00Other General Government 149,315.00 149,315.00Police 111,054.00 111,054.00Fire 14,998.00 14,998.00Highways and Streets 176,000.00 176,000.00Airport 22,815.00 22,815.00Cemeteries 2,952.00 2,952.00Health 1,610.00 1,610.00Ambulance 135,811.00 135,811.00Recreation 4,604.00 4,604.00Parks 12,773.00 12,773.00Swimming Pool 2,596.00Libraries 24,539.00 24,539.00Economic Development andAssistance (Industrial Development) 12,574.00 12,574.00Promoting the City 15,057.00 15,057.00Economic Opportunity 1,000.00 1,000.00Debt Service 106,440.00 106,440.00Capital Outlay 33,126.00 33,126.00

Total Expenditures and Other Uses 1,019,940.00 0.00 1,019,940.00

Transfers In (Out) 552,468.00 552,468.00Issuance of Long Term Debt 0.00 0.00Comp. for loss or damage of Cap 1,982.00 1,982.00

AssetsIncrease/Decrease in Fund Balance 35,007.00 0.00 35,007.00Ending Fund Balance:

Reserved 0.00 Designated for Other Purposes 0.00 Designated for Capital Outlay 0.00Undesignated 43,323.00 43,323.00

Governmental Long-term Debt 510,204.00 510,204.00

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Continued from previous pagePROPRiETARy FUnDS

Liquor Fund water Fund Electric Fund Sewer Fund Telephone Fund Landfill FundBeginning Net Assets 46,109.00 113,168.00 122,283.00 180,809.00 581,763.00 42,162.00Revenues 456,864.00 110,543.00 648,473.00 31,539.00 480,631.00 55,494.00Expenses 374,332.00 104,845.00 330,259.00 9,578.00 196,595.00 51,925.00Transfers In (Out) -27068.00 0 -247200.00 0 -278200Ending Net Assets:

Restricted for ________________Unrestricted 101,573.00 118,866.00 193,297.00 202,770.00 587,599.00 45,731.00

Long-term Debt

The preceding financial data does not include fiduciary funds or component units. Information pertaining to those activities may be obtained by contacting the municipalfinance officer at 967-2261.

Municipal funds are deposited as follows:Depository AmountFarmers State Bank, Faith, SD 1,056,043.00Dakota Plains Federal Credit UnionFaith, SD 42,172.00

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Monday–Friday: 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.Saturday: 8 am-Noon

CLOSED: SUNDAYSFor the best in critter care!

For all your Real Estate Needscall Kevin Jensen

1-800-888-1619 or 381-4272Black Hills land, homes and businesses.

With values and honesty born and bred in Faith,trust Kevin Jensen to help yousolve your real estate questions.

Kevin Jensen your friendin real estate

Raben Real Estate, Rapid City

Bogue & Bogue

Law officesEric Bogue

Cheryl Laurenz Bogue

416 S Main St., Faith, SD967-2529 or 365-5171

Available for alloccasionsBirthdays

GraduationsAnniversary - Weddings

Call Diane Fees

605-748-2210 or 2244

J-1Cakes

Holloway StorageLLC

Faith, SDUnit sizes: 5x10, 8x20,

10x10, 10x15 & 10x20

Steel storage facility

Call 967-2030 orCell 605-200-1451

Badlands EnterprisesSamuel C. O’Rourke, Sr.PO Box 1618, Eagle Butte, SD

605-685-8703

[email protected]

• Septic Tank Pumping

• Portable Restrooms

• General Contracting

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertised in this newspaper is sub-

ject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal to advertise

“any preference, or discrimination on race, color, religion, sex, or national ori-

gin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimina-

tion.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which

is a violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellings advertised

in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Monday:Breakfast: Burritos

Lunch: Hot Hamburger – $4.29Sandwich: BBQ Chicken

Tuesday:Breakfast: Breakfast Sandwiches

Lunch: Tacos – $4.29Sandwich: Rueben

Wednesday:Breakfast: Biscuits & Gravy

Lunch: Asian – $4.29Sandwich: Hamburger

Thursday:Breakfast: Breakfast Sandwiches

Lunch: Cassserole – $4.29Sandwich: Philly Steak & Cheese

Friday:Breakfast: Burritos

Lunch: 2 Piece Chicken Dinner – $4.29Sandwich: Hamburger

…The Better ChoicePrairie Oasis Mall 605-967-2622

Faith, SD

WANTEDWANTED: ranch or grass land tolease by the month or year, by thehead. Call 316-734-3374.

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NOTICESGUN SHOW: Dakota TerritoryGun Collector’s Association An-nual Winter BISMARCK GunShow. Saturday, January 19, 9a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, January20, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. BISMARCKCIVIC CENTER. Roger Krumm701-336-7533 or 701-851-0129.

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APARTMENTS AVAILABLE:Countryside Apartments inFaith. 1 bedroom, carpetedthroughout. Laundry facilitiesavailable. Handicap accessible.Rent based on income. For infor-mation contact: PRO/RentalManagement 1-800-244-2826 or1-605-347-3077 Equal Opportu-nity Housing. F5-tfc

PASTURE WATER LINESwith trencher and backhoe, Live-stock Water Systems. 10 1/2

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

NOW IS THE chance to buy a wellestablished & successful businessin the State Capitol of S.D. TheLongbranch is for SALE (seriousinquires only). Call Russell Spaid605-280-1067.

LOG HOMES

DAKOTA LOG HOME Builders rep-resenting Golden Eagle Log Homes,building in eastern, central, north-western South & North Dakota.Scott Connell, 605-530-2672,Craig Connell, 605-264-5650,www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

MISCELLANEOUS

SAWMILLS from only $3997.00 -MAKE & SAVE MONEY with yourown bandmill. Cut lumber any di-mension. In stock ready to ship.FREE Info/DVD: www.Norwood-Sawmills.com 1-800-578-1363Ext. 300N.

OTR & DRIVER OPPORTUNITY

SEEKING CLASS A CDL drivers torun 14 central states. 2 years overthe road experience required. Ex-cellent benefit package. Call 701-221-2465 or 877-472-9534.www.pbtransportation.com.

$1500.00 SIGN-ON BONUS! EXP.OTR Drivers, TBI, 33¢/34¢, $375mo., health ins., credit, 03¢ safetybonus, Call Joe for details,800.456.1024, [email protected].

VACATION/TIMESHARE

HART RANCH MEMBERSHIP ForSale: Beautiful Hart Ranch Camp-ing Resort is located just outsideof Rapid City. Purchase NOW be-fore transfer fees increase! Call605-939-3112.

WANTED

ANTLERS, ELK IVORIES, pheasantskins, rattlesnakes and porcu-pines. Ph. 605-673-4345 or emailat [email protected].

ZIEBACH COUNTY HAY GROUND

3 YEAR CASH RENT LEASE ON BIDS

258 ± acres of native grass and grass/alfalfa mix available

beginning March 1, 2013. Located near Red Elm, approximately 10 miles

west of Dupree, adjacent to US Highway 212.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

South Half of Section 28, T13N, R19E, Ziebach County, less appx 62 acres

located in and south of highway right of way.

BIDDING PROCEDURE:

Written bids for the entire 258± acres in one contract, for a term of 3 years,

are due at Fredericks, Peebles & Morgan, LLP, by 5:00 PM MST on Friday,

February 1, 2013. Faxed bids will be accepted.

No late or oral bids will be accepted.

ADDITIONAL INFO:

Interested bidders must contact Tracey Zephier at Fredericks, Peebles, &

Morgan, LLP, via phone or email, to obtain a bid packet that includes FSA

details, maps of the subject property, a bid form, and a proposed lease

agreement. Owner reserves the right to waive irregularities

and reject any and all bids.

OWNER: Thelma Frame

CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE:

Tracey Zephier, Esq.

Fredericks, Peebles & Morgan, LLP

2040 West Main Street, Suite 110, Rapid City, SD 57702

(605) 791-1515

[email protected]

NOTICE!FOR LEASE PASTURE LAND

OPENED TO GENERAL PUBLIC

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is advertising for a five-yearfarm pasture lease starting December 1, 2012 to terminate No-vember 30, 2017, lease to be awarded to the highest bidder.The lease available is:

Lease 100861 – Tribal Tracts T-6306-J – Lot 1, Lot 2 Sec-tion 7, Township 11 North, Range 18 East, Black Hills Meridian,Ziebach County, containing 71.210 acres, more or less, all dry-land farm ground. Note: This is located approximately 10 milessouth of US Highway 212, situated on the Meade and ZiebachCounty line.

Offered to highest bidder with no minimum per acres.Sealed bids will be opened on Monday, January 14,

2013, at 2:00 PM, Mountain Standard Time, in the Confer-ence Room, Bureau of indian Affairs, Cheyenne RiverAgency, Eagle Butte, South Dakota. interested biddersmay call 605/964-6200 or visit the Realty Office to pickupthe bid form and maps.

miles south of Maurine, 605-748-2473 Merle Vig. F2-tfc

CARD OF THANKSThe family of Dorothy Ulrich

wishes to thank all our friends forthe phone calls, visits, cards, flow-ers, food, memorials and prayersduring these past weeks. Wetruly appreciate all your kind-ness.

Gene UlrichDan & Doris Ulrich & Families

Grace Chamness & Families

Thank you for the expressionsof sympathy extended to our fam-ily. God’s blessing to you!

Gwen, DeeAnne, Robin, Linda,Philip, Diane, Jene, Robin Linn

and Billi Jo Kilness

Thank you to Heather Kirkleyfor Beanie Babies for the treattree, to Brandon Owen for theham and jellies, to the BethelLadies for the turkey. Jesse An-derson would like to say thankyou to M&D for the waffle iron hewon.

Norah, Jackie, Jesse & Gabe

ARROW TRANSIT SERVICE1st Tuesday & 3rd Wednesday

of each month

Trips to Rapid City, Sturgis & communities in between

Fares to Rapid City are $25.00

For information or a brochure call (605) 374-3189or Call 967-2001 to arrange a ride!

Thank you to the 2 ChristmasAngels who gave such a generousgift. You shown a bright light onmy Christmas.

May God’s blessings be yours!Forever gratefulKaren Inghram

faith independent, january 2, 2013

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