Number 1 • Volume 113 January 4, 2018

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Inside thisweek’s issue …

Obituaries … Page 5Dorothy J. Denke

Leonard “Lenny” Sanftner

Sports … Pages 6Gymnastics Results

Public Notices … Pages 8 & 9Penn. Co. ~ City of Wall

Town of WastaPenn. Co. Planning & Zoning

The Allen and Beth Good family and friends spon-sored the fourth annual steer wrestling qualifier forthe American Rodeo in Rapid City on Saturday, De-cember 23. Fifty-nine doggers wrestled for theirshare of $6,000 in added prize money. Results wereas follows. First round: 1st Bridger Anderson, 3.35 $983.93;2nd Bridger Anderson 3.98 $814.28; 3rd Calder John-ston 3.99, $666.64; 4th Joe Wilson 4.00, $475.00; 5thCameron Morman 4.03, $305.35; 6th Kody Wood-ward 4.16, $169.64. Second round: 1st Bridger Anderson 3.77, $983.93;2nd Bridger Anderson 3.94, $814.28; 3rd CalderJohnston 3.98, $644.64; 4th/5th Cameron Morman4.00, $390.17; 4th/5th Jace Melvin 4.00, $390.17; 6thEli Lord 4.09, $169.64. Short go: 1st Cameron Mormon 3.76, $435.00; 2ndEli Lord 3.98, $360.00; 3rd Eli Lord 4.01, $285.00;4th Joe Wilson 4.10, $210.00; 5th Bridger Anderson4.18, $105.00; 6th Bridger Anderson 4.18, $105.00. Average: 1st Bridger Anderson 11.47, $1,475.89;2nd Cameron Morman 11.79, $1,221.43; 3rd Bridger

Anderson 11.93, $966.96; 4th Joe Wilson 12.25,$712.50; 5th Kody Woodward 12.81, $458.04; 6th EliLord 12.87, $254.46.

With some of the contestants already being quali-fied the following are the 10 contestants who quali-fied to compete at Ft. Worth, Texas in February:Bridger Anderson, Cameron Morman, Joe Wilson,Kody Woodward, Eli Lord, Calder Johnston, TeigenFiinerty, Tee Burress, Jace Melvin and Herbie O’-Daniel. Following the steer wrestling, a three head youthjackpot roping was held for two age divisions: 13-15,and 16-19. In the younger division Denton Good took 1st inthe average with 32.82 and had a fast time of 5.81winning $390.00. Second went to Wyatt Tibbitts with32.85 winning $160.00. In the older division Sterling Lee took first with15.79 and fast time of 4.41 winning $570.00. Secondplace went to Blake Henry with a time of 21.00 win-ning $280.00.

Qualifing for the Amercian in Ft. Worth, Texas: Back Row (L-R): Gordon Good, Bridger Anderson,Teigen Finnerty, Joe Wilson, Tee Burress, Eli Lord, Kody Woodward, and Allen Good. Front row (L-R): Herbie O'Daniel, Jace Melvin, Calder Johnston, and Cameron Morman.

Steer wrestling qualifier for AmericanRodeo held in Rapid City

On December 3-4 2017, nearly 600 FFA membersfrom across South Dakota met in Pierre for the StateFFA Leadership Career Development Events (CDEs).FFA members and chapters were recognized for theirsuccess in 11 leadership areas. Students qualifiedthrough district competitions, advancing the top twoteams and top three individuals from each of theseven FFA districts. State-winning teams and indi-viduals now advance to the National FFA Career De-velopment Events in Indianapolis next fall. Parliamentary Procedure teams, consisting ofsix members per team, demonstrate an FFA businessmeeting. Our state sponsor is South Dakota FarmersUnion. The state level team travel scholarship issponsored by South Dakota Farmers Union, Monteand Ruth Mason, and Brett and Tracy Kaltvedt. Theteam results are as follows: 1. McCook Central team members: Caitlynn Mc-Gregor, Ryker Seamer, Natalie Gottlob, Kyle Butzke,Haylee Ecklein, Hadley Stiefvater; Advisors TerryReickman and Tracy Chase 2. Lennox-Sundstrom 3. Highmore 4. Menno 5. Willow Lake The All-State Parliamentary Procedure Teamis comprised of the top individual officer from eachposition in the Parliamentary Procedure CDE. Thesecompetitors are the best-of-the-best in their respec-tive position. This area is sponsored by Skinner Fi-nancial Services. Those selected are: President – Cooper Benning, Lennox.  Members At Large: Jaedyn Oplinger, Menno;Madeline Loewe, Lennox; Natalie Gottlob, McCookCentral; Caitlynn McGregor, McCook Central; Veron-ica Knippling, Highmore In Prepared Public Speaking, each contestantpresents a six to eight minute agriculture-orientedspeech and answers five minutes of related questions.The event and travel scholarship are sponsored by AgPhD. The results were: 1.  Jensina Davis, Brookings 2. Sydney Hoffman, Bridgewater Emery 3. TJ Bigge, Parkston 4. Danika Gordon, Sturgis 5. Hunter Eide, Gettysburg  6. Heidi Stiklestad, Bowdle 7. Danielle Houghtaling, Doland 8. Journey Mehlhaf, Freeman In Extemporaneous Public Speaking, an unre-hearsed four to six minute speech is written and pre-sented onsite. Each contestant is allowed only 30minutes to prepare. Our state level and travel schol-arship sponsor is the South Dakota Farmers Union.Results were as follows: 1. Bridger Gordon, Sturgis

2. Mitchell VanderWal, Northwestern Area 3. Landen Wolter, Wessington Springs 4. Caleb Wieland, Beresford  5. Sadie VanderWal, Northwestern Area 6. Sam Simenk, Hot Springs 7. Kylee Mogen, Wilmot 8. Sawyer Naasz, Platte-Geddes Employment Interview Skills challenges FFAmembers to complete a job application, write a letterof application and resume, participate in an actualinterview and compose a follow-up letter. Our sponsoris the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. Thewinning travel scholarship is sponsored by KindraGordon and Three Corners Agency, Inc. – MelissaStearns, Agent. The results were: 1. Dalton Howe, Redfield 2. Bridger Gordon, Sturgis 3. Blake Kontz, Flandreau 4. Savannah Krogman, Jones County 5. Tiffany Rausch, West Central

6. Madyson Morehart, Winner 7. Jensina Davis, Brookings 8. Marie Robbins, Elkton Ag Sales team members work together to developa strategy for selling pre-determined products to spe-cific customer scenarios. Participants also practicetheir individual sales skills by selling an agriculturalproduct to a customer. This event is sponsored byCHS Brandon. The winning travel scholarship issponsored by CHS Eastern and Curry Seeds. The re-sults were: 1. West Central team members: Jacob Harden,Hunter Wilebski, Branzon Underwood, Clay Farmer;advisor Linda Petersen 2. McCook 3. Rutland 4. Hot Springs 5. Canton The Junior Conduct of Meetings event is de-signed for high school freshmen to present a mockFFA meeting. This event is sponsored by Gary Bach-man, Prairie Appraisal Service of Bowdle. The teamresults were: 1. McCook Central team members: Abby Blagg,Jacob Wagner, Kayle Lauck, Lauren Stiefvater, PaigePeterson, Caitlyn Eich and Madison Stroud; AdvisorsTerry Reickman and Tracy Chase 2. Willow Lake 3. Highmore 4. Sturgis 5. Parkston Creed Speaking participants recite the FFACreed and answer questions posed by the judges.This event and travel scholarship is sponsored byCraig and Bonnie Dybedahl and Jeremy and LauraNettifee. The results were:

1. Kayle Lauck, McCook Central 2. Tessa Erdman, Groton 3. Kylie Harrimon, Parker 4. Jocelyn Vogel, Mitchell 5. Layton Eide, Deuel 6. Laura Bogue, Beresford 7. Drew Peterson, Garretson 8. Morgan White, Brookings In Marketing Plan, teams of students determinea local community need and create a complete strat-egy for marketing a new agricultural product or com-pany to fill that need. The sponsor is Legend Seeds,Inc., and the state winning team travel scholarshipis sponsored by Hurley and Associates. The resultsare: 1. Lennox team members: Sarah Kroeger, NaomiReiss and Brook Geiken; Advisor Jim Wilson 2. West Central 3. Bowdle 4. Madison 5. McCook Central In Ag Issues, a team of three to seven students dis-cuss the pros and cons of a major agricultural issuefacing their area. The sponsor is South Dakota Farm-ers Union and the state winning team travel scholar-ship is sponsored by South Dakota Farmers Unionand the Farm Forum. The results were: 1. Wall team members: Trista Reinert, KarlieDartt, Cooper McLaughlin, Shelby Ruland, Saman-tha Deutscher, Brianna Schreiber, Abby Moon; Advi-sor Dani Herring 2. Howard 3. West Central 4. Milbank 5. Parker In Ag Broadcasting/Journalism, students have30 minutes to prepare a five-minute agriculturalradio newscast and then "air" it. This event is spon-sored by Ludens Implement. Results were: 1. Elle Stiefvater, McCook Central 2. Cassidy Sayler, Viborg-Hurley 3. Teanna Pawlowski, Miller 4. Tianna Tschetter, Doland 5. Connor Dekker, Philip 6. Jessica Colville, Lemmon 7. Trevor Johnson, Beresford 8. Hunter Peterson, Philip In Ag Communications, teams of students playthe role of communications consultants to developand present a media plan for an assigned scenario.Members also complete Editing and Communicationstests. This event is sponsored by the South DakotaBroadcasters Association. The winning travel schol-arship is sponsored by Dakota Farm talk. Resultswere: 1. Northwestern team members: Darien Watson,Sadie Vander Wal, Mackenzie Engels, SamanthaOlson 2. West Central 3. Lemmon 4. Miller 5. Harrisburg The South Dakota FFA consists of 90 FFA chapterswith nearly 5,000 FFA members. FFA makes a posi-tive difference in the lives of students by developingtheir potential for premier leadership, personalgrowth, and career success through agricultural ed-ucation. Visit http://www.sdffafoundation.org/ formore information, and/or follow us on Facebook(South Dakota FFA Foundation and South DakotaFFA Association).

FFA State Champions crowned in Career Development Events

Wall’s FFA team, who placed first in the Ag Issuescompetition at State in Pierre, Dec. 3-4, will competeat Nationals in Indianapolis nex fall. Back row from

left: Trista Reinert, Karlie Dartt, Cooper McLaughlin.Front row from left: Shelby Ruland, SamanthaDeutscher, Brianna Schreiber and Abby Moon.

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Winter storm preparedness Winter storms, blizzards and the occasional loss ofelectricity associated with them, can catch even themost seasoned South Dakotan by surprise. Before an emergency leaves your home, ranch orfarmstead without electricity, have a plan in place,said John Keimig, SDSU Extension 4-H Associate. When crafting a plan, Keimig encouraged folks toconsider devising a plan for the following threestages: •Stage one, preparation (before the storm); •Stage two, survival (during the storm) and •Stage three, recovery (after the storm).Stage 1: Preparation During the preparation stage, create an emergencykit and have your children help gather supplies tobuild your kit. "Engaging your children in the process, allowsthem to feel empowered and may help bring a senseof relief knowing there is a plan in place," Keimigsaid. If you have access to a generator, use an extensioncord that allows the generator to remain at least 20feet from any door, window or vent. Also, make plansfor how you can avoid driving.Emergency Supply List: *Food & Water: 3-Day supply of non-perishablefood (dried fruit, canned tuna, peanut butter, etc.). Atleast a gallon of water per person, per day for drink-ing and hygiene. *Utensils: Can opener, paper plates, plastic cups &utensils, paper towels. *First Aid Kit: Prescription and non-prescription(over-the-counter medications) and medical supplies. *Sanitation Supplies: Supplies for sanitation, suchas hand sanitizer, towelettes, paper products, dia-pers, and plastic bags (for use when water resourcesare limited). *Blankets & Clothing: Extra clothing, blankets,

and sleeping bags. *Electronics: Flashlight with extra batteries. Bat-tery-powered or hand-cranked radio with extra bat-teries.Stage 2: Survival During the survival stage, stay inside and avoiddriving as much as possible.If the power goes out, here are a few easy steps totake: •Close off unused rooms to consolidate and con-serve heat. •Dress in layers to keep warm during power loss. •Bring pets inside that do not have adequate shel-ter. •Limit time outdoors. And, if you are outside, dressfor the weather and avoid frostbite. •Do not use the stove to try to heat your home. •Never use generators, outdoor heating or cookingequipment to try to heat your home. These use oxy-gen and can give off harmful carbon monoxide. •If you must drive, keep a winter survival kit inyour vehicle. Visit this link for information on whatyou should pack in this kit: http://igrow.org/4h/south-dakota-4h/winter-travel-safety/Stage 3: Recovery If the power is out for very long, many communitieswill set up warming shelters. Consider going to them.If you do not have enough supplies, consider going tothe community shelter. If you must go outside, dresswarm and avoid prolonged exposure to cold and windto avoid frostbite and hypothermia. When the power comes back on there will be otherthings to consider, such as your refrigerator andfreezer contents. Visit this link to learn more aboutfood safety after electricity outages:http://igrow.org/healthy-families/food-safety/power-outages-food-in-your-freezer/.

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The story timers welcomed thebaby new year last Friday withbirthday stories and rhymes. Aftercraft time, pretend fireworks werepopping all over the place. For thefirst story time of 2018, this Fri-day, January 5 at 9:00 a.m., everyone will think warm thoughts aswe celebrate Soup Month. If you are an ebook reader, or adownloadable audiobook listener,don’t forget that your Overdrive“library” will be changing to theBlack Hills Library Digital Con-sortium. If you need more infor-mation, please don’t hesitate tocall the library at 279-2929. With the holidays and the frigidweather, the library has been qui-eter than normal, which meansthat there was time to get a bunchof recently acquired books readyfor the new year. The shelves arebursting with new books for allages. The picture book crowd will beexcited to see the newest book inLisa Wheeler’s very popular Dinoseries, Dino-Dancing. If your littleones liked the movie Coco, they

brary after being suggested by ayoung reader, the library also justreceived Cinder, by MarissaMeyer, the first of the LunarChronicles. Adult readers, do not fear, thereare many new book choices for youtoo! Among the authors repre-sented are Danielle Steel withPast Perfect, Ann Hazelwood withEverlasting Quilts, the fourth inher East Perry County series, andAlice Hoffman with Rules ofMagic, a prequel to her PracticalMagic. Movies and television havebrought some older books to theattention of readers, so the libraryhas added new copies of StephenKing’s It, Jo Nesbo’s The Snow-man, and Margaret Atwood’s AHandmaid’s Tale. LibrarianTheresa has grabbed one of thenew titles – The Library at theEdge of the World, by FelicityHayes-McCoy, but you can have itjust as soon as she is finished. Theweather is just right for reading,so brave the cold and stop in for agreat book to snuggle up with.

may also love the movie spin-offbook Miguel and the Amazing Ale-brijes. The newest additions for ele-mentary age children include thelatest volume of the Dork Diariesby Renee Russell, Tales from aNot-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe,the graphic novel Swing It, Sunnyby Jennifer L. Holm, a Disneyfairy chapter book, Tinker Belland the Legend of the Neverbeast,and a historical chapter book, ISurvived the American Revolu-tion. Books from a couple of fan-tasy series for kids have alsojoined the others on the new booksshelf. Circles in the Stream is thefirst volume of the Avalon Web ofMagic series, and The Mage is thethird book of Inbali Iserles’ Fox-craft series. For high school and young adultreaders, John Green, the author ofThe Fault in Our Stars, has a newbook, Turtles All the Way Down.Fans of science fiction and gamingmay enjoy Warcross by Marie Lu,the first in a new series. Notnewly published, but new to our li-

Cold Enough Cold? You bet it’s cold. Coldenough that when I head out tothe barn my face hurts from thecold before I get through the firstgate. That’s why, in subsequenttrips out, I put on my handy facemask. Looks scary, but it beatshaving a cold-chapped face. It’s cold enough that the cowsdon’t want to move out of the barnso I can put the milk cow in herstanchion to milk her. Cold enough that the manureand dirt on the barn floor hasfrozen into all different sizes ofunstable marbles. Very easy tomisstep and slip as that materialshifts easily on the concrete floorbeneath it. Yep, I’ve done that atime or two this week. Cold enough that the rafters ofthe barn roof are covered in flakychunks of frost. Not really snow,not even a hoar frost, but bigchunks of frost that look beautiful

and achingly cold all at the sametime. I imagine that they are therefrom the condensation of a barnfull of cows breathing warm airinto the frigid night. Cold enough that the waterersare frozen each day, and requirenot just the tanks being opened,but the floats being freed as well.Good thing this cold snap hap-pened when Ol’ Handsome washome from the road maintaining.He is far more efficient at gettingwater flowing than I am. Cold enough that the Little Peo-ple are not allowed to run aroundthe barn while I milk. They canwait in a warm pickup, if I am theonly adult here, or we can dochores in shifts. No point in hav-ing frozen cheeks and ears andfingers and toes on such tiny peo-ple. No matter how warmly youdress a little one on days likethese, they seem to chill downquickly. Cold enough that chicken choresare done in shifts by the LittlePeople, with more than the usualaid from Dad and Mom. I am allfor having kids learn personal re-sponsibility and tenacity at work,even in adverse conditions. I amalso in favor of having thawedchildren, not popsicle children. Cold enough that vehicles donot want to start. Aside from thefeeding pickup, which is housed ina shed and is plugged in when notin use, we have not started theother vehicles for days. The schoolrun is about to start, though, so Iguess I will have to go encouragethe kid-hauler to turn over. Goodthing the rest of the week is sup-posed to be warmer.

Working For A LivingChastity Julson

Well, we’ve had a strange, hardfew weeks. Christmas Eve, theBean redistributing the contentsof his tummy all over the bed. Hewas in fine spirits otherwise, sowe thought it was just holiday ex-citement, until his sister did thesame a few days later--and didn’tstop. Meanwhile, a head coldbegan its weary, winding wayaround the household, and, evenas I write this, the sounds ofcoughing and sneezing fill thehouse.

Other than a few sniffles,Emmy Rose has never been sickbefore, and the Bean is usuallypretty healthy too. So, we weredue; but, that was actually not theworst of it. The man of the ranchgot up to do chores the day afterChristmas, and found ouryoungest horse had had a freakaccident in the corral, and wasdead.

And, earlier in the week, one ofthe barn kittens had fallen intothe automatic waterer by thebarn. It was just a few degreesabove zero that day, but I’d bun-dled the kids up for a quick jauntaround the yard, so we heard thekitten’s cries, and found himflopped over the adjacent metalpiping, half hanging in the water.I tried to loosen his tiny paws, butthey were solidly frozen to thepipe, and his back legs were com-pletely limp. His eyes were stillbright, however, so I kept work-ing, pulling my hands out of mymittens to thaw the kitten out,hoping I didn’t freeze myself to thepipe next.

Once inside, we dried the babyoff and wrapped him in a blanket,though we didn’t have much hope

one knee. “Tell Ellie ‘No!’” he said. “Tell

Ellie, ‘No, duck!.’”“It’s okay.” I said again, trying to

sound more convincing. And thenI looked up. Looked up at the bigDakota sky, blue and gold withlate sun, the clouds lavender,holding dusk at their tips. “It’sokay because the duck’s spirit isup there,” I said. “Its body is here,but its spirit is flying.”

The Bean looked up too, tearsstill clinging to his round, pinkcheeks. “Spirit?” he said, “Flying?”“Yep,” I said, “Flying.”

He looked at Ellie, who had set-tled down to began gnawing onher treasure, then back at the sky.“Spirit flying in clouds!” he said,pointing up.

I told my mother the story of thegoose as she held the kitten. Shelooked out the window, and downthe road that leads to the highway.It’s a long road, and the white ofthe field and the white of the skymade it look like it went on for-ever.

It’s been almost two weeks sincethat kitten fell into the waterer,and he is still with us. He skittersacross the kitchen tile, chasing atuft of dust, and his back pawclicks woodenly. Out in the pas-ture, the body of our sweet horselays beneath the soft snow. WhenI look across the yard, I do not seehis spirit loping past the wind-break, heading out to the steepdraws. But in the spring, the grasswill be richer from the gift of hisremains, and we are richer too forhaving known his gracious and ex-uberant soul. The wheel turns, thecircle is round. Everything thatends, begins, in a new way, again.

for a happy ending. The kittenmade it through the night, but bythe next day, one of his front feetwas swollen to twice the usualsize, and one of the back legsbegan leaking fluid. The paw soonshriveled to a crusty, dried-outversion of what a paw should be,dead and hard. The man of theranch texted a vet friend about thesituation, and the friend replied,“Sounds like euthanasia might bein order.”

All this while my decidedly-urban mother was visiting for theholidays. “How can you stand it?”my poor mother asked, tears inher eyes, while the kitten slept inher lap.

“What’s the alternative?” Ireplied.

Having less animals might beone option. Or at least less ani-mals you let yourself get attachedto, but that solution is not fail-safe.

Exhibit A: On the last warmishday of December, the kids and Iwere out playing in the yard,when Ellie came bounding in,something snaking from her jaws.It was the velvet black neck andhead of a Canada goose. As soonas I realized what it was, I startedshouting in distress. It was horri-ble to watch her tossing and shak-ing that graceful neck, muchworse, somehow, than just hap-pening upon a carcass.

Ellie didn’t see things that way.In fact, she was delighted with hernew toy, and no amount of conster-nation from me was going tochange her mind about it. TheBean started to cry, and I realizedI needed to pull myself together.“It’s okay,” I told him, dropping to

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The Legion Lake FireThere is no place like Custer

State Park. Each year nearly 2million people from all over theworld come to see the buffalo,drive the wildlife loop, hikeLover’s Leap, fish on LegionLake, and swim and kayak at Syl-van. The 72,000-acre getawaydestination is home to the StateGame Lodge – the historic build-ing that President CalvinCoolidge used as his summerWhite House – and it is a placewhere memories are made.

Custer State Park employeescould not have anticipated theevents of the week ahead whenthey came to work on Monday,Dec. 11. That morning a call wentout on the radio to relay that afire had started near LegionLake. As one staff member put it,“I wasn’t sure I wanted to go.Usually fires in December includea lot of mop up and just drivingaround.” But after arriving at thescene, it was clear this was goingto be something entirely different.

Over the next two days, theweather conditions and terrainmade things difficult. High winds,unseasonably warm tempera-tures, and dry conditions led thefire to grow to 54,000 acres, be-

coming the third largest recordedfire in the Black Hills.

We were very fortunate to haveour own Type II Incident Com-mand Team based in the BlackHills to lead the response. Wecould not have responded asquickly or as effectively withoutSouth Dakota Wildland Fire.

Professional and volunteer fire-fighters from all over the stateand region responded. Localranchers and Custer State Parkstaff all contributed. When highwinds caused the fire to jump con-tainment lines, firefighters, emer-gency responders, law enforce-ment and park staff went door-to-door to help families evacuate asthe fire pressed at their heels.More than 340 firefightersworked that night, and in thedays after, to protect primarystructures. Their efforts helpedabate the further spread of thefire into Wind Cave NationalPark, and limited damages tolivestock feed, wildlife and tim-ber. After containing the fire, theyacted to mop up hotspots aroundCuster State Park facilities and tocut fire-weakened trees nearroadways.

Thanks to the efforts of all in-volved, no lives were lost, no one

was injured, and no homes or pri-mary structures were lost. All 175houses in the area were protectedand the farmers, ranchers andlocal residents all had a home towhich they could return forChristmas.

A fire can be healthy if it clearsgrass and undergrowth, and inmany areas of the park, that’swhat happened. Thankfully thebuffalo herd and wildlife werelargely unaffected. Custer StatePark lost fencing, most of the win-ter pastures, and some stands oftimber; but the recovery is wellunderway with fencing crews onsite, hay purchases, and reloca-tion of some of the buffalo to anunburned area.

The Legion Lake Fire couldhave been much, much worse, ifnot for the hard work and heroicefforts of our firefighters. It wasSouth Dakota at its best – peoplefrom all across the state and re-gion pulling together in a time ofneed. Thanks to the efforts of allinvolved, Custer State Park isopen for business again. Withgood moisture, burned areas willturn emerald green next spring,as new grass emerges. By peakseason, park staff will have thepark in pristine condition, readyto give visitors the high-qualityexperience they have provided fordecades.

Dennis DaugaardGovernor of South Dakota

Cold enough that we have al-lowed the little brown pup to takeup temporary residence in thehouse. Even a kennel in the barnwith a heat lamp seemed inade-quate for this cold, so the pup be-lieves she is a resident of thehouse. As the weather warms, shewill move out to her cozy kennel. Yep, it’s cold. Do I hate it? Nope. There is something marvelousabout rising to the challenge to getoutside and take care of things ina time when those animals so des-perately need us. How wonderfulto know that the bales, the cake,the corn is all so greatly appreci-ated, instead of having cows lifttheir heads from two hills awayand glance indifferently at your ef-forts to sustain them. The milk cow seems grateful tosee me, and to receive an addi-tional measure of grain in her feedtub. The bull calves come runningwhen I yell, “Here, bully bullybully,” and pour out their grain.The chickens, those plump, feath-ered gossips, enjoy being pam-pered and having warm water andeven extra milk from the milkingdelivered to the very edge of theirroost. The little brown pup bouncesalong beside me, grateful for a lit-tle bit of warm milk, eager to jumpthrough the hay I pitch to thebulls and the ragtag group of cowspulled from the rest of the herd. I especially enjoy finally cominginto the house and hanging mycoveralls up, helping the kids getout of their coats, stoking the fire,and getting back to laundry anddishes and meal prep and what-ever else must be done to keep thehousehold afloat. What fun tohave a warm house, and all of theoutside work done. Yes, it is cold enough. And for allmy heroic ramblings, I sure amlooking forward to having the sunbe warm again this coming week.

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LANTZ LAKOTA APPLE A Felony Arrest Warrant and 2Misdemeanor Bench Warrantshave been issued for Lantz LakotaApple charging him with 2 countsof Aggravated Assault, Failure toAppear Possession of Alcohol By AMinor, Intentional Damage toProperty, and Failure To AppearPetty Theft. Lantz is a Native Americanmale, 20 years of age, approxi-mately 5’5” tall, 165 pounds, blackhair with brown eyes.

Lantz is known to frequent in oraround the Rapid City, SouthDakota area. If you observe this subject orhave any knowledge of his where-abouts, please do not approach.Please contact the PenningtonCounty Sheriff ’s Office at 605-394-6117, the Rapid City Police De-partment at 605-394-4131 or thenearest law enforcement agency ifyou have any information whichwould result in the arrest of thisindividual.

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80 years ago… One thousand tons of ice har-vested is the record that the Se-bade ice gang is trying to reach.To date, they have put up 660tons, and have approximately 415tons awaiting them. This willleave them with 65 tons overtheir goal. They have packedaway 275 tons for the town ofWall and have another 50 tons todo here. For Quinn, they har-vested 180 tons; Cottonwood, 80tons; Farmingdale, 85 tons; andMillard’s Camps, 40 tons. For theremainder of this week, they ex-pect to put up 40 tons for JoeKnapp, 75 tons for Conata, 125tons for Interior, and 35 tons forHarry Babcock, Hugh Estes andGeorge Kitterman. Next week,they have 90 tons to put in the icehouses at Owanka. Since figuresdon’t lie — look these over, 1,000tons equals two million pounds.And 2,000,000 pounds of ice sell-ing at 1¢ a pound equals2,000,000 cents. NOTICE: It shall be prohibitedfor any tractor or other machineswith lugs, or for sharp shodhorses, or for anything that woulddamage oiled surface, to travel onany oiled street in the town ofWall. Anyone found guilty of vio-lating above ordinance shall besubject to a fine of not less than$25.00. By order of Town Board.Howard Connolly, Clerk. Donald Schone and Delbert Se-bade quite severly wreckedSchone’s car near the Philip junc-tion, Saturday night. They raninto two cars which were parkedin the road with their lights out.One girl in Schone’s car cut herforehead and had to have sixstitches. Delbert was driving thecar. Orville Anderson broughtthem home the following morn-ing, Sunday, leaving the car there

for repair by the Marquettegarage at Philip.

70 years ago… With a large demand and littlebeef, cattle prices will very likelyremain high for the coming year.Better grades of cattle will sell formore than grass cattle. Beef sup-ply will probably be less thanpork so the cattle prices may behigh compared to hog prices. Thisword comes from Lyle Bender, ex-tension economist at SouthDakota State college. Cupid, as well as Santa, wasaround Wasta during the Christ-mas season. Several of the youngladies are wearing new diamonds. A letter from Walt Klingbile,who is vacationing with his fam-ily in Van Nuys, Calif., says: “Weare having a wonderful time, theweather has been warm andsunny. Was 80 degrees Christ-mas. We have been enjoying sev-eral of the radio programs, suchas Bob Crosby, the G. E. Housep-arty with Art Linkletter and havetickets for Bing Crosby’s program.We have also visited the Univer-sal Studios and watched themmaking a picture with DonaldO’Conner.” 60 years ago… Mothers of four Wall boys be-came worried Friday evening andsent their husbands on a huntingparty. It seems the five o’clock inthe morning of this particularday, four Boy Scouts — GaryDartt, Donnie Mihills, DannyWalsh and Sidney Larsen — setout for an all day hike in the Bad-lands. They promised their par-ents that they would return bymid afternoon. Darkness came,however, and no boys. Cars leftWall in three directions, east,west and south. A gleam from a

flash light was spotted in a drawnear the Pinnacles by one of thefathers, Carl Larsen, and the hik-ers were found. The boys had justfinished their evening meal andwere breaking camp to head forhome. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hustead an-nounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Mary Elizabeth toRoswell Bottum Jr., son of Mr.and Mrs. Roswell Bottom of RapidCity. Mary is attending college atSt. Mary’s and Roswell at NotreDame, where he is attending lawschool. BIRTH: Born to Mr. and Mrs.Darvin Knapp, a girl, December27, at the Quinn hospital. Thedaughter has been named VickiKay. 50 years ago… Postmaster Dayton Sebade re-ports that the new increase in thepostage rates will go into effectJanuary 7. First Class letters willbe 6¢, and postcards 5¢. Airmailunder seven ounces 10¢ and air-mail cards 8¢. Second class(newspapers and magazines) 5¢first two ounces, and 1¢ for eachadditional ounce. Third class: 6¢first two ounces and 2¢ for eachadditional ounce. Special FourthClass: books etc., 12¢ first pound.;6¢ each additional pound. Librarybooks, 5¢ first pound; 2¢ each ad-ditional pound. Christmas lighting winnerswere announced last week givingfirst place to the residence ofElmer Estes; second place to Ed-ward Hanewinckel; and thirdplace, Dayton Sebade. In theCommercial Division, Irma’sBeauty Salon was first; WestRiver Electric Ass’n, second; andthe Walsh Funeral Home, third.The judges would like to extendan honorable mention to the Cityof Wall for their holiday lightsand decorations with specialrecognition given to Paul Gold-hammer and Robt. Knutson. Thejudges for this Jaycee contestswere Ramona Strandell, DonPaulsen and Bertie Schultz. In spite of the terrible cold, theGrand Opening of the Hill TopRest Home had a good atten-dance.

40 years ago… Howard Johnson retired fromthe Post Office, Friday, after 35years of government service. He

Milling Company in Wall. The24’x40’ building will help withhandling of feed and will makethe cakes more available. Therewas a definite demand for the fa-cility. “Besides being readilyavailable, it’s cheaper and moreeconomical by the bulk,” saysHubbard Milling Co. ManagerBill Blair.

20 years ago… Eric Lei has been selected asthe PA-C for the Wall Clinic. Leisays it should take about onemonth to complete the necessarylicensing requirements, which arealready being processed. Wall’snew PA, who has two college-agechildren, comes to Wall fromUtah. He grew up in SouthDakota and has family in theBlack Hills area. Lei will bring amultitude of qualifications to theWall Clinic, including experiencein family practice and manage-ment. BIRTH: Born to Joel andStephanie Deering, Wasta, No-vember 16, 1998, a girl namedAutumn Marie. Little Autumnweighed 9 lbs. 2 oz. and joins sis-ter Cheyenne at home. Proudgrandparents are Wayne andSharon Titus, Black Hawk, KarenSoderquist, Rapid City, GeorgeDeering, Evans, Colo. Great-grandparents are Deloris Titus,Maryland, Ralph and BerniceRodBell, Fla., and MaudeSoderquist, Wasta; and great-great-grandmother SophiePhillips, Fla. Wall Eagles selected to the All-Conference football team wereJordon Kjerstad, defensive end;Aaron Kitterman, linebacker; andSeth Geigle, linebacker. Receivinghonorable mention were CameronLynch, defensive back; and NickPotts, running back.

Three members of the Wall Ea-gles 1997 football squad havebeen selected to the academic all-state team. Wall High School sen-iors Brian Naescher, Nick Pottsand Josh Geigle were named tothe scholarly roster.

10 years ago… Fundraising for the ElmSprings Community Hall is two-thirds complete, reports LarryGravatt. The Elm Springs com-munity initiated a fund drive lastSeptember to raise $20,000 to in-stall new permanent finishedsteel siding on the 80-year build-ing. “We have $14,000 in cash andpledges,” said Gravatt. “I’m antic-ipating more donations comingin.” Gravatt plans to submit a fewgrant applications in the comingweeks. Wall City Council wants moreinformation before lending itssupport to a South Dakota Asso-ciation of County Commissioners’proposal that will increase theprice of an alcoholic beverage instate by about five cents. Accord-ing to proposed legislation headedfor the state Legislature, the bill,if passed, will allocate 15 percent(approximately $2.63 million) ofthe revenue to be shared by mu-nicipalities in proportion to thepopulation of each municipality.Wall would receive about$4,283.77 annually from the pro-posed 5-cent-per-drink increase.If Wall (and towns like Wall) ap-prove the legislation, the SouthDakota Municipal League willlobby for its passage.

worked 31 years at the post officein Wall and was four years in thearmed services. During Howard’s31 years as a postal employee, heworked under four postmasters.His longest time was with DaytonSebade as postmaster. Dayton re-tired a year and a half ago. The Wall Post Office has gonethrough a complete change overof employees. The latest is thetemporary appointment of BobLytle who will hold the job herefor the short time until the test isgiven and a permanent clerk canbe named. Twelve people fromWall have applied for the clerk’svacancy here and three fromRapid City. All these people, alongwith Bob Lytle, will take the testin the near future and then a ca-reer appointment will be made toone of them. Peggy Benne hasjust recently joined the staff as apostal clerk. Wall’s postmaster isPete Dunker, originally from In-terior. Bernard Foster, a clerk forseveral years in Wall, is now thepostmaster at Interior. On Friday at 10 a.m. at the in-tersection of Main and Sixth Av-enue, Roger Hansen of Tyler,Minn., driving a 1975 Fordpickup collided with Mary Esserof Spearfish, driving a 1972 Toy-ota. The pickup had about $50damage and the Toyota had $350damage. The accident occurred onvery slippery roads and at the be-ginning of the big snowfall thatamounted to six inches by the endof the day. Friday afternoon at 4p.m., Jean Heinman of BelleFourche, attempted a left turnfrom Glenn Street on to Fifth andslid into a power pole beside Mrs.Bielmaier’s. The vehicle has $300damage and the pole none.

30 years ago… Cassie Eddings is Wall HighSchool’s choice for January’s Stu-dent of the Month. Besides herhobbies of dancing, reading,swimming, listening to music andbeing with friends, Cassie partic-ipates in basketball, gymnastics,track, pep club and drill team. Inaddition to her many activities,she is also a member of the na-tional honor society. Cassie is thedaughter of Marilyn Eddings. Construction workers fromHildebrand Construction ofKadoka, work on the structure ofa building that will house bulkcakes for livestock at Hubbard

The Looking Glass of Time

South Dakota Game, Fish andParks officials are urging anglersto use extreme caution when ven-turing out onto lakes this holidayseason. Most lakes in the state haveonly been frozen for a short pe-riod of time and ice conditions,and ice thickness, are extremelyvariable. Ice thickness is rangingfrom 10 inches to still open inplaces. "Anglers should take precau-tions before venturing out. Icepicks and flotation gear should bea part of every anglers arsenalthis holiday season," said Day

County conservation officerAustin Norton. "It's always agood idea to tell people where youare planning to fish and approxi-mately what time you are goingto come off the ice." Norton also recommended an-glers walk out and test ice condi-tion before driving an ATV orUTV out on the ice. "We recommend at least fourinches of new, clear ice before icefishing, at least six inches forATV's and a minimum of a foot ofgood ice before driving any vehi-cles on the ice," Norton said.

Caution on lake ice

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It was nice to see a few newsitems in “Wall News”, last week’spaper. Thank you. As you sur-mised, I was out of town. Son Mark and I took a flight onFriday, the 22nd, to go to Arizonaand join Barry and some of hisfamily, and Tracy and Rick forChristmas. Darlene and girls hadplanned to visit her mom andother family in Minnesota, butweather and road conditionschanged their minds. Our flightwas delayed. We had boardedright on time — 7:10 p.m. Thenthey had to de-ice the plane anddo an engine check. The computershowed a “glitch” and we had towait for a mechanic to check itout. Needles to say, I didn’t wantto “fall out of the sky” so was gladthey were cautious. They said wecould go back in the terminal at8:30 and boarded again at 9:30.Flight got underway at 10:23 p.m.It made it bad for Barry, who was

picking us up, and for Tracy andRick, who were waiting to let usin. All was well after that — hada nice time, great to see family Idon’t see very often. Arizona was-n’t as warm while we were there(30s some mornings, high 50s and60s) but was back to 76° after weleft. Guess even though it wascooler, it couldn’t come close towhat cold we experienced whenwe landed in Rapid City onWednesday evening, the 27th! Allin all, we had a great time! Congratulations go out to Garyand Joey Peterson of Faith, asthey celebrated fifty years of mar-riage on December 27th. The Methodist Church canceledservices at the Wall and Wastachurches on Sunday, December31st. Weather was ferocious! David, Kathy and HaleyJedlicka of Rapid City, and JacobJedlicka of Philip, were guests ofDonna on Christmas Day.

Lorna Moore had family forChristmas — Scot and JodyO’Bryan of Belvidere and ShellyO’Bryan, Cottonwood. Heard that Dorothy (Kjerstad)Denke passed away on December26th. Her parents were Melvinand “Ikey” Kjerstad. Dorothy wasmarried to Leroy Denke, who pro-ceeded her in death. They hadfive children. Our condolences goout to them, other family andfriends. Weather forecast says it isgoing to warm up. No gripes here!The end of the year of 2017 cer-tainly was cold as is the start of2018. As I write this, the sky isclear as a bell and the full moonis at its best! Have a good week! Hope it doeswarm up so we can get out of thehouse. Keep warm! Life is really simple, but we in-sist on making it complicated.

~Confucius

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Maybe news from Wasta willmake it next week! Thoughts for the new year… “Blessings acknowledged withgratitude being health and happi-ness”

Lotza Wasta news — we justdid not get it in — or down _ writ-ten is what we mean! For now, we wish you a Happy,Happy, Happy New Year! Please keep Kyle Skillingstad

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In all the years Iris Long had served as editor ofHometown News, she had never felt faint while cov-ering a story. Never, that is, until she stood on Mar-vin Walsh’s porch and listened as Elbert Lee Jonesplaced the blame for inflated egg prices directly onthe shoulders of Raymond Cooper, local celebrityand aspiring politician.

As she sat to catch her breath, she realized thesignificance of what had just taken place. This storycould destroy Cooper’s credibility within the com-munity. At least half of the valley listened to “Ren-derings with Raymond” each weekday and saw thehost as their knight in shining armor. Their cham-pion was about to lose his most valuable weapon,and the ensuing reaction was impossible to predict.

Being Friday, it was four long days before thenext issue of Hometown News would go to press.How in heaven’s name could she keep the storyfrom leaking before Tuesday? She knew four dayswould be plenty of time for Cooper to weasel out ofthis predicament, just as he had many others.

As she sat in her car in Walsh’s driveway beforedriving away, she considered her options. To Iris,the most likely scenario was the two farmers rush-ing over to Cooper’s radio station to tell him whathad just happened. Elbert Lee was furious, and shedidn’t imagine he would be able to contain his rageat being implicated in the scheme. They might keepquiet, she thought, hoping Raymond would take thefall, but that wasn’t likely. The good folks of LennoxValley weren’t known for keeping quiet.

As she started her car, she heard Raymond begin-ning hour two of his Friday show. It was unusualfor Raymond to have a guest, as it took away fromtime for him to lecture his audience about the plightof local government, rising egg prices, illicit involve-ment by federal agencies and the “radical” pressthat was more interested in selling newspapersthan informing the public. But on this Friday, hewas joined by Brother Jacob, associate pastor ofLennox Valley Lutheran Church.

Brother Jacob expected to discuss upcoming ac-tivities at the church and answer spiritual ques-tions from callers. Raymond had something else inmind.

“Pastor,” began Cooper, “it is a pleasure to haveyou in my humble studio.”

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Coopermoved straight to his first question: “Did you hap-pen to hear my prayer to begin the show today?”

Brother Jacob responded he had heard the prayerand, for some odd reason, it seemed familiar.

“No doubt,” Raymond shot back. “We are bothcalled to serve by the same Lord and we undoubt-edly hear similar phrases echo from his voice as heinspires us.”

Cooper didn’t want his pastor to remember theprayer was uttered by a famous church leader 1600years earlier, so he quickly moved on to anothersubject. “Do you buy a lot of eggs, Pastor?”

By then, Iris had begun her drive back to town.As she heard Raymond’s words, she almost stoppedthe car to take it all in. She could barely believewhat she was hearing, but having known Cooperfor more years than she cared to remember, sheknew it was true.Hometown News had printed only two special edi-

tions in all the years Iris had been editor, and onewas just three months earlier when news broke con-cerning the appointment of Sarah Hyden-Smith.Iris hated to give Cooper days to spin his version ofthe story before hers came out in print. On theother hand, she knew she needed more facts beforeprinting the story. As it was, it would be ElbertLee’s word against Raymond’s, and Iris knew Jonesdidn’t stand much of a chance in a fair battle.

“I bought four dozen eggs for the children’s Easteregg hunt at the church,” Brother Jacob acknowl-edged, “Otherwise I don’t normally purchase manyeggs.”

“You know,” countered Raymond, “our countrywas founded on the separation between church andstate. But it sounds to me like the actions of thestate are causing our church to spend too much forEaster eggs.”

“I guess I wouldn’t know much about that,” mut-tered the pastor.

“I suppose,” Raymond quickly responded, “that’swhy the good Lord sent me to you.”

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Community blood drive set to help avoidwinter blood shortages

It might look like a winter won-derland at times, but the winterweather is no wonderland for hos-pital patients who depend onblood to keep them healthy andalive. Wall residents are gearingup for a community blood drive tohelp prevent possible blood short-ages in the coming weeks. “In areas with harsh winter

routine, we invite them to stop bythe blood drive and donate blood. United Blood Services providesa free cholesterol screening witheach donation. Volunteer blooddonors must be at least 16 yearsold, weigh at least 110 pounds andbe in good health. Additionalheight/weight requirements applyto donors 22 and younger, anddonors who are 16 and 17 musthave signed permission fro a par-ent or guardian. To help speed up the process,donors can now complete theirHealth History the day of their do-nation by visiting www.united-bloodservices.org.

weather, cold weather and stormsoften keep people from donatingblood,” says Rob Miller, Donor Re-cruitment Manager of UnitedBlood Services. “With fewer peopledonating blood, some parts of thecountry run the risk of having crit-ical blood shortages,” Miller says. To make sure there’s a depend-able blood supply locally, Wall hasscheduled a community blooddrive on Thursday, January 11,from 1:45 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Toschedule an appointment, callGarrett Bryan at 515-4138. Thedrive will be held at the Wall Com-munity Center. For those who areout and about and the winterweather hasn’t dampened their

Cultural Heritage Center programon rural schools

Capturing memories of a way oflife disappearing from SouthDakota is the focus of a programat the Cultural Heritage Center inPierre. Betsey DeLoache, Pierre, willdiscuss her newest book, “CountrySchools: Past and Present Volume2” when the History and HeritageBook Club meets at 7:00 p.m. CST,Tuesday, Jan. 9. Everyone is welcome to attendthe free program. “This book makes an importantcontribution to South Dakota his-tory,” said Jay D. Vogt, director ofthe South Dakota State HistoricalSociety. “It preserves the memo-

those who saw the drawing toldDeLoache that they or a familymember had attended a countryschool and shared their memoriesof rural schools with DeLoache. DeLoache grew up in Massa-chusetts and was unfamiliar withthe concept of pupils in all gradesbeing taught by one teacher in aschoolhouse often consisting ofone room, located in a rural set-ting. She began traveling through-out South Dakota to interviewpeople who attended or taught atcountry schools. The resultingbook, “Country Schools: Past andPresent,” contains the experiencesof more than 350 students andteachers. The second volume continuesthe work of students and teacherstelling their stories. DeLoache’sdrawings of some of the schools il-lustrate the book. For more information, call 605-773-6006.

ries of teachers and students forfuture generations. Those unfa-miliar with country schools willlearn about a way of life and amethod for educating children.” The book club is sponsored bythe South Dakota Historical Soci-ety Foundation, the nonprofitfundraising partner of the StateHistorical Society. DeLoache has interviewed for-mer students and teachers andvisited rural schools while theywere in session for the past fiveyears. Her interest in countryschools began when she entered adrawing of a rural schoolhouse inan art contest in Pierre. Many of

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Obituaries/Church 5January 4, 2018 • Pennington County Courant

Obituaries

Wall School District #51-5Breakfast and Lunch MenuJanuary 4 - January 10, 2018

Thursday: Breakfast: Breakfast Burrito, Oranges, Milk or Juice. Lunch: Hamburger Deluxe, Green Beans, Peaches, Milk. Friday: Breakfast: Sausage, Egg and Cheese on a Biscuit, Banana,Milk or Juice. Lunch: Beef Fingers, Mashed Potatoes, Cucumbers, Banana, Milk. Monday: Breakfast: French Toast, Sausage Links, Applesauce, Milkor Juice. Lunch: Chicken Nuggets, Baked Beans, Roll, Apples, Milk. Tuesday: Breakfast: Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Oranges, Milk or Juice. Lunch: Chili, Cinnamon Roll, Celery, Cucumbers, Applesauce, Milk. Wednesday: Breakfast: Cereal, Smoothies, Apples, Milk or Juice. Lunch: Pizza, Baby Carrots, Bananas, Milk. Thursday: Breakfast: Banana Bread, CheeseStick, Oranges, Milk or Juice. Lunch: Ham & Cheese Pockets, Lettuce Salad,Peppers, Pineapple, Milk.

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

St. John's Catholic ChurchNew Underwood • Rev. William Zandri

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.

279-2175

Badlands Cowboy MinistryBible Study • Wednesdays

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

Evangelical Free Bible Church • Wall279-2867 • www.wallfreechurch.com

Sundays: 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 Church Pastor 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 5:30 p.m.,Sunday 8 a.m. • Weekdays refer to Bulletin

Every new year inevitably bringswith it the desire to improve ourlives. Health and 0tness centers

and diet plans take advantage of this byo/ering deals this time of year, and onecan only wonder how many people makeit to February with their diet or exerciseplan intact. While it is always good toturn over a new leaf and to improve ourlives, I’d like to suggest that a better NewYear’s resolution would be to resolve totreat people with more love and kindness..is is not an easy thing to do. Family,friends and co-workers can all be di1cult,and it can be especially hard to be kind tothose who aren’t treating us well, buttreating others kindly is often the onlything that will turn an angry personaround, and even if it doesn’t soften theother’s wrath, you will have maintainedyour own composure by treating themkindly and won’t have anything to regretlater. Resolve to be kinder and more civilthis year. What the world needs is surelymore love and kindness and thisresolution, besides improving your ownlife, has a good chance to spread kindnessand love to those who really need it.– Christopher Simon

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“Be kind andcompassionate to oneanother, forgiving eachother, just as in ChristGod forgave you.”—Ephesians 4:32 NIV

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Dorothy Jean Denke Dorothy J. Denke, 84, of RapidCity, passed away Dec. 26, 2017. Dorothy Jean Denke was bornDec. 29, 1932 at the home of hergrandmother, Ada Andersen, inHot Springs, S.D. She was thefirst child of Melvin and ClariceKjerstad. Dorothy attended countryschools in the area north of Quinn,S.D. and also schools in Oregonand Washington during the earlyWorld War II years. She attendedQuinn High School through the11th grade. She married LeRoy Denke onDec. 29, 1948 just prior to the “49Blizzard.” She was a homemakercaring for her five children. They lived on her folks’ farmwhere they farmed and ranched.Dorothy was a member of theEastern Star with the Wonder-land Chapter #168 of Wall, and amember of the Golden LinksChapter #14 of Rapid City. Dorothy and LeRoy lived in SanManuel, Arizona where he workedin a copper mine for a year. Theymoved back to South Dakota andRapid City, where LeRoy worked

at Buckingham Transportationand Barber Transportation fortwenty-three years. They ran the 7-R Campgroundand Antique Shop near Hill Cityand moved to Rapid City in 1995,where they resided until LeRoy’sdeath in August, 2005. Dorothymoved to an apartment complexon Philadelphia Street shortlyafter LeRoy’s death. Dorothy’s hobbies were cross-stitch, hardanger, reading andplaying games with friends.

Dorothy and LeRoy were marriedfifty-six years. They have five chil-dren: Michael, Patrick, Mark,LeAnn (King), and Paul. The chil-dren live in Rapid City exceptMark, who lives in Helena, Mont.,and Patrick, who lives in Sun Val-ley, Nev. Dorothy is survived by her fivechildren: Michael (LuAnn),Patrick (Margaret Ruth), Mark(Jan), LeAnn King (Rex) and Paul.Dorothy has 11 grandchildren and19 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death byher parents; one brother, JamesFrancis Kjerstad; one grand-daughter, Tanya; three daughters-in-law, Janice (Mrs. MichaelDenke), Kathy (Mrs. MarkDenke), and Margaret Coleen(Mrs. Patrick Denke). Services were held Tuesday,January 2, 2018 at the Osheim &Schmidt Funeral Home, with Pas-tor Wilbur Holz officiating. Interment followed at the WallCemetery. A memorial has been estab-lished.

• Overcoming Weed ChallengesBrian Jenks, Ph.D., NDSU WeedsSpecialist

• Managing Soil SalinityChris Augustin, NDSU Soil Health

• Integration: Livestock, crops, covercrops and soilsJay Fuhrer, USDA-NRCS

• A Farmers Perspective on Soil Health Dan Forgey, Producer, Gettysburg, SD

Event is free. Pre-registration is requested.Email ruth.beck@sdstate.edu

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Ruth Beck | SDSU Extension Agronomy Field Specialist605-773-8122 | ruth.beck@sdstate.edu

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Leonard "Lenny" Sanftner, age70, Kadoka, S.D., died Wednesday,Dec. 27, 2017, at the Hans P. Pe-terson Memorial Hospital inPhilip. Leonard Ray Sanftner betterknown as “Lenny” or “Len” wasborn on March 7, 1947, to FlorenceMarie (Weis) and Leonard Am-brose Sanftner in Kadoka. Leonard attended all 12 years ofschool in Belvidere and graduatedfrom Belvidere High School in1965. He attended Black HillsState College majoring in engi-neering and minoring in industrialarts and journalism. On March 25, 1967, he wasunited in marriage to his highschool sweetheart, Ruby Buxcel, inBelvidere. They moved to Cokato,Minn., where they raised theirfamily that consisted of three chil-dren, Tina, Terry and Tim. While in Cokato, he worked forMattson Building and Supply, Inc.as a draftsman, estimator and de-sign operator. In 1969, the familymoved to Norris where they oper-ated the Norris Pool Hall. In 1971,they moved back to Cokato and heagain worked for Mattson Build-ing and Supply, Inc. He and afriend started a construction com-pany which they managed for twoyears. He also worked for Raydot,Inc. as a production manager. In1999, Leonard and Ruby moved toKadoka and he took over his fa-ther’s contracted mail routes. Heacquired two more mail routes andhad been running them until the

time of his death. Leonard was active in his chil-dren’s sports such as youth hockey,AAU swimming and any othersports his children were involvedwith. He was an EMTI and volun-teered on the ambulance service inMinnesota for 20 years. He wasalso active in Our Lady of VictoryCatholic Church and was a mem-ber of the city council. He was aMason, Shriner, Jester and amember of the Order of EasternStar. His greatest love was his JohnDeere tractor that he finally per-suaded Ruby to let him purchase.He enjoyed mowing yards andwould often be seen at Our Lady of

Victory Catholic Church, theKadoka Nursing Home, the Ma-sonic Hall, and of course his ownproperty, keeping the yards look-ing nice. He also enjoyed garden-ing, fishing and hunting. Len always enjoyed a good storyand a good laugh. Survivors include his wife, Ruby,Kadoka; one daughter, Tina(Randy) Long, New Braunfels,Texas; two sons, Terry (Julie) San-ftner, Minneapolis, Minn., andTim Sanftner, Kadoka; four grand-children, Tejai and Ryder Sanft-ner, Stephanie Long and Lauren(Corbin) Simonson; one great-granddaughter, Ella June Simon-son; one brother, Jerry (Angela)Sanftner, Rapid City; and a host ofother relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by hisparents. A memorial is established to As-sisting Children to Smile and theOur Lady of Victory CatholicChurch elevator fund. Cards andmemorials may be sent to P.O. Box243, Kadoka, SD 57543. Memorial services were heldTuesday, Jan. 2, at Our Lady ofVictory Catholic Church inKadoka. Interment was held at theBelvidere Cemetery in Belvidere. Arrangements were with RushFuneral Home of Kadoka.

Leonard “Lenny” Sanftner

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TIME IS A KEY FACTOR ININVESTING

With the arrival of the NewYear, many of us will pause andponder the age-old question: “Whoknows where the time goes?” And,as is always the case, none of usreally do know. However, wher-ever the time goes, it will usuallybe a key factor in your success asan investor. Time can affect how you invest,and the results of your investing,in different ways: Growth potential – Contraryto myth, there’s no real way to “getrich quick” when investing. Tobuild wealth, you need patience –and time. If you own quality in-vestments with growth potential,and you give them years – in fact,decades – to increase in value,your perseverance may be re-warded. Of course, there are noguarantees, and you’ll need thediscipline to withstand the in-evitable downturns along the way.But in describing how long helikes to keep his investments,renowned investor Warren Buffetsays his favorite holding period is“forever.” Targeted goals – To accumu-late resources for retirement, you

need to save and invest through-out your working life. But alongthe way, you’ll probably also havesome shorter-term goals – makinga down payment on a home, send-ing your children to college, takinga round-the-world trip, and so on.Each of these goals has a specifictime limit and usually requires aspecific amount of money, so youwill need to choose the appropriateinvestments. Risk tolerance – The elementof time also will affect your toler-ance for risk. When you havemany decades to go until you re-tire, you can afford to take morerisk with your investments be-cause you have time to overcomeperiods of market volatility. Butwhen you’re on the verge of retire-ment, you may want to lower therisk level in your portfolio. For ex-ample, you may want to beginmoving away from some of yourmore aggressive, growth-orientedinvestments and move towardmore income-producing vehiclesthat offer greater stability of prin-cipal. Keep in mind, though, thateven during retirement, you’llneed your portfolio to provideenough growth opportunity atleast to help keep you ahead of in-

flation. Thus far, we have looked atways in which time plays a role inhow you invest. But there’s also anaspect of time that you may wantto keep out of your investmentstrategies. Specifically, you mightnot want to try to “time” the mar-ket. The biggest problem withmarket timing is it’s just too hard.You essentially have to be righttwice, selling at a market top andbuying at the bottom. Also, as hu-mans, we appear to be somewhatwired to think that an activity –especially a long-running activity– will simply continue. So, whenthe market goes up, we seem to ex-pect it to keep rising, and whenthe market drops, we think it willcontinue dropping. This can leadto big mistakes, such as sellingafter a major market drop eventhough that can be the time whenit may be much smarter to buy be-cause prices are low. As we’ve seen, the way you in-teract with time can affect your in-vestment efforts. So, think care-fully about how you can put all thedays, months and years on yourside. Time is the one asset youcan’t replenish – so use it wisely.

First 2018 ballot petition validated Secretary of State ShantelKrebs has announced that the pe-tition submitted for an initiatedamendment to the South DakotaConstitution changing campaignfinance and lobbying laws, creat-ing a government accountabilityboard, and changing certain ini-tiative and referendum provisionswas validated and filed by her of-fice. It is the first ballot questionto be placed on the November 6,2018 General Election Ballot. Itwill be Constitutional AmendmentW. “My staff have been workingdiligently to review petitions,”stated Secretary Krebs. “An Initi-ated Constitutional Amendmentrequires 27,741 valid signaturesin order to be placed on the ballot.This initiated constitutionalamendment petition included49,966 signatures. We reviewed arandom sample of signatures, and71.37 percent were found to bevalid.” Any citizen may challenge theSecretary of State’s approval of aballot measure and must submitan original, signed affidavit to theSouth Dakota Secretary of State’soffice within 30 days of validation.Electronic submission of affidavitswill not be accepted. In this case,the deadline for a challenge would

(3) Circulator listed a residenceaddress in South Dakota but isnot a South Dakota resident; (4) Circulator did not witnessthe signers; (5) Signatures not included inthe random sample; and (6) Petition that was originallyrejected.

Any challenge by the same per-son or party in interest shall be in-cluded in one affidavit.

The original signed affidavitshall be received by the Office ofSecretary of State by 5:00 p.m.central time on the deadline date.If the affidavit challenges anyitem that is prohibited by this sec-tion, only that line item shall sum-marily be rejected. A challenge toa line item is not a challenge tothe petition as a whole.

The secretary of state's decisionregarding a challenge may not bechallenged a second time with thesecretary of state, but may be ap-pealed to the circuit court ofHughes County. If a person fails tochallenge a petition pursuant tothis section, it does not deny thatperson any other legal remedy tochallenge the filing of an initiativeor referendum petition in circuitcourt. A challenge to a petition incircuit court may include itemsprohibited in this section.

be Monday, January 29, 2018 by 5p.m. central time. The remaining seven petitionswill be reviewed by the Secretaryof State’s office in the order inwhich they were received. TheSouth Dakota Legislature also hasthe ability to include constitu-tional amendments on the 2018ballot and South Dakota citizenshave the ability to submit a refer-endum petition concerning lawspassed during the 2018 Legisla-tive session. 2-1-17.1. Submission of affi-davit challenging petition to sec-retary of state--Appeal. Withinthirty days after a statewide peti-tion for an initiated constitutionalamendment, initiated measure, orreferendum has been validatedand filed, any interested personwho has researched the signa-tures contained on the petitionmay submit an affidavit to the Of-fice of Secretary of State to chal-lenge the petition. The affidavitshall include an itemized listing ofeach specific deficiency in ques-tion. Any challenge to the follow-ing items is prohibited under thischallenge process: (1) Signer does not live at ad-dress listed on the petition; (2) Circulator does not live ataddress listed on the petition;

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Can’t Change the Weather,but Can Change Policy

In 1963, more than 200 of thenation’s 435 congressional dis-tricts were defined as rural. Fiftyyears later, just over 30 districtscarried that same distinction. It’sa shift that has dramaticallychanged the context in which fed-eral policies are debated – a shiftthat requires rural representa-tives to fight harder than ever tobe heard.

I was proud that despite therepresentation gap, the recentlypassed tax reform package re-flected many of the priorities pro-ducers have shared with me overthe years. More specifically, thenewly enacted legislation allowsfor immediate expensing and en-hances cashflow managementtools. While I will continue to fightto fully and permanently repealthe Death Tax, tax reform doesdouble the exemption level andmaintain a stepped-up basis. Mostnotably, we have created a 20 per-cent small business deductionthat many farms, ranches andagricultural co-ops will benefitfrom.

With tax reform complete, thenext big item for agriculture willbe the Farm Bill. The 2014 FarmBill, which I helped negotiate,

strengthened crop insurance, en-hanced commodity programs, andimproved livestock disaster assis-tance, among other South Dakotapriorities. But improvements canstill be made.

Over the last year, I’ve workedclosely with the House AgricultureCommittee to begin setting ourpriorities and introduced a seriesof reforms I’ll be fighting to in-clude.

In July, I introduced the Dona-tions in Rough Years (DRY) Act,which would permanently allowthe hay harvested on certain CRPacres to be donated to farmers suf-fering from drought or fire. Thesenatural disasters can leave thou-sands of acres bare, while farmersand ranchers elsewhere are forcedto destroy good hay. We saw thathappen too often last summer.With this commonsense provision,we could better use available re-sources.

At the same time, I’m pursuingreforms to the wetland determina-tions process. Waiting years beforeknowing whether a person can im-prove their land without jeopard-izing a wetland or their participa-tion in farm programs is a costlydelay. My proposal would enactpermanent reforms to make thedetermination process more effi-

cient, accountable, and transpar-ent.

Additionally, I’ve introduced theFair CRP Payments Act, whichwould ensure CRP rental pay-ments accurately reflect the cur-rent cost of renting farm ground.And after the success of the 2014Farm Bill’s sodsaver provisions inthe Prairie Pothole Region, I’veproposed expanding the programnationwide to better protect na-tive grasslands.

Most recently, I offered legisla-tion to improve the Farm Bill’sCommodity Title. This Title is crit-ical for many reasons. First, it pro-vides an important safety net toproducers. Additionally, by build-ing programs like this into thebudget rather than doing crisis-by-crisis emergency spending, wecan better predict financial needsand avoid deficit spending.

The 2014 Farm Bill includedtwo new commodity programs:Price Loss Coverage (PLC) andAgriculture Risk Coverage (ARC).During the implementation,USDA elected to prioritize countyyield data from its National Agri-cultural Statistics Service (NASS),which has proven unreliable inmany cases. My legislation woulddirect USDA to prioritize crop in-surance data instead, which is amore dependable source.

Given the significant represen-tation gap in the House, I’ll alsoneed to spend part of 2018 educat-ing those from urban and subur-ban areas about the need for astrong Farm Bill. My main mes-sage? While not everyone farms,everyone eats. It seems rudimen-tary, but people forget.

Our farm has been in the familyfor more than a century. We’vesurvived bad droughts, bad floods,and bad federal policies. While wecan’t change the weather, we canchange policy. Tax reform did a lotto help producers, and I’m hopefulthe work we do on the upcomingFarm Bill will complement thoseefforts and help more Americanfarms and ranches last a centurymore.

Kristi NoemU.S. Representative from South Dakota

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The Wall/Philip gymnasticsteam competed in the WinterWonderland Meet in Vermillion,Thursday, December 28.

Varsity Team: 1. Hot Springs, 123.95; 2.Vermillion, 123.45; 3. Milbank,122.5; 4. Chamberlain, 121; 5. Wag-ner-Bon Homme, 119.95; Sioux FallsWashington, 118.05; 7. West Central,115.35; 8. Britton-Hecla, 110.65; 9.Wall, 105.55; Stanley County, 76.35. Vault: 6. Karlie Dartt, 8.75; 13.(tie) Abby Moon, 8.25; 21. (tie)Annabelle McIlravy, 8; 34. (tie)Regan Simons, 7.5; 42. Rehgan Lar-son, 7.15. Bars: 4. (tie) A. McIlravy, 7.55; 9.

(tie) Moon, 7.4; 37. (tie) Dartt, 4.9;41. (tie) Regan Simons, 4.35; 45. Lar-son, 3.2 Beam: 12. A. McIlravy, 7.35; 39.(tie) Moon, 5.25; 45. Dartt, 3.6; 49.McKenna McIlravy, 1.35. Floor: 23. (tie) Moon, 7.8; 29. (tie)A. McIlravy, 7.6; 38. (tie) Dartt, 7.3;43. Larson, 6.8; 31. M. McIlravy,5.85. All-Around: 11. A. McIlravy, 30.5;17. Moon, 28.7; Dartt, 24.55; 24. Si-mons, 21.8. The gymnastics team will betraveling to compete in the Stan-ley County Invitational in FortPierre, Jan. 6, starting at 11:00a.m.

Gymnasts travel to Vermillion

2018 Brings us a Year Closerto America’s 250th BirthdayOver the past three years, many

of you have heard me talk aboutwhat we want our country to looklike in 2026, the year we celebrateAmerica’s 250th birthday. I’ve saidtime and again that we must getaway from the centralized, over-regulated system of governmentthat has stifled economic growth.In the past year, we’ve made greatstrides in getting back on track toa freer, less intrusive government.

Just before Christmas, Presi-dent Trump signed historic tax re-lief legislation into law, the firstmajor overhaul of our tax code inmore than 30 years. The Tax Cutsand Jobs Act, which takes effectimmediately, will lead to more jobsand bigger paychecks for hard-working families. Additionally,lowering the corporate tax rate forAmerican businesses will putthem on a level playing field withthe rest of the world, and allowthem to be more competitive inthe global marketplace, keepingjobs and income here at home.

In 2017, we were also able toundo a number of burdensomefederal regulations. We were able

to undo 15 Obama-era regulationsunder the Congressional ReviewAct, saving taxpayers $36 billionand more than four million hoursof paperwork. The Trump admin-istration has also withdrawn orreconsidered close to 900 ineffec-tive and duplicative regulations.Some of these regulations includethe Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS)rule, the Clean Power Plan, theOccupational Safety and HealthAdministration (OSHA) powergrab rule and retirement planrules. Each of these ‘Washington-knows-best’ rules would have ledto more paperwork, more govern-ment intrusion and less freedomfor the American people.

In the Senate Banking Commit-tee, we made progress this year onbipartisan legislation to providerelief to our financial institutions.Our bill, which includes six provi-sions I offered, will improve ournation’s financial regulatoryframework by rolling back some ofDodd-Frank’s one-size-fits-all reg-ulations. In doing so, our bill willhelp assure that South Dakotafamilies and businesses have ac-cess to credit when they need it.This is critical as we work to grow

a healthy American economy.Our armed forces also received

a much-needed boost. After yearsof underfunding, our military re-ceived additional resources for thesecond year in a row, allowing ourmilitary leaders to take necessarysteps to regain the required levelof readiness. I’m also pleased toreport that the National DefenseAuthorization Act, the annual billthat specifies where funds shouldbe spent, included eight of my pro-visions that will help our armedforces accomplish their missionsand take care of our troops andtheir families.

With 2018 upon us, we are justeight years away from our 250thbirthday. In 2017, we made signif-icant steps toward a freer, less in-trusive government that will helpkeep us safe and grow our econ-omy. While we should be proud ofthe progress made, we will con-tinue to work on the important is-sues that will shape our birthdaycelebration in 2026 and provide astronger, healthier economy thatwe can pass onto future genera-tions.

Mike RoundsU.S. Senator from South Dakota

Recent graduate home buying assistance South Dakota Gov. Dennis Dau-gaard announced today thatSouth Dakota Housing Develop-ment Authority (SDHDA) haslaunched a brand new programaimed at assisting postsecondarygraduates in purchasing a firsthome in South Dakota. The “Grants for Grads” programwill launch Jan. 2, 2018, and willbe open to first-time homebuyerswho: •Meet certain income require-ments •Are purchasing a primary res-idence in-state •Have not owned a home in thepast three years •Select a home with a purchaseprice of $250,200 or less

to apply for the program, partici-pants must contact a lender to setan appointment. View “Grants for Graduates”participating lenders at www.sdhda.org/homeownership/first-time-homebuyer/lend er-list.html.

•Have earned a degree from anaccredited postsecondary educa-tional facility within the past 60months. “Under this program, graduateswill have another incentive to livein South Dakota,” Gov. DennisDaugaard said. “Getting startedin life can be expensive and takesome time, especially for thosewith student loans to repay.Grants for Grads will help thosegraduates afford their first homesas they begin their careers as apart of South Dakota’s workforce.” SDHDA plans to offer this pro-gram for a limited time throughparticipating lenders, with per-beneficiary assistance at five per-cent of the loan amount. In order

New member ofAmerican Angus

Assoc. Tate Eisenbraun, Wall, SouthDakota, is a new junior member ofthe American Angus Association®,reports Allen Moczygemba, CEOof the national organization withheadquarters in Saint Joseph, Mo. Junior members of the Associa-tion are eligible to register cattlein the American Angus Associa-tion, participate in programs con-ducted by the National JuniorAngus Association and take partin Association-sponsored showsand other national and regionalevents. The American Angus Associa-tion is the largest beef breed asso-ciation in the world, with morethan 25,000 active adult and jun-ior members.

Wall SchoolUpcoming

EventsThurs., Jan. 4 through

Sat., Jan. 13, 2018Thursday, January 4: BBB

w/RCC, 4 p.m.; GBB w/RCC, 4p.m.

Friday, January 5: School inSession.

Saturday, January 6: BBB @Bennett Co., 2 p.m.; GBB @ Ben-nett Co., 2 p.m..

Tuesday, January 9: WinterSports Pictures — GBB, BBB, JHBBB, Wrestling, Gymnastics.

Wednesday, January 10:Board Meeting @ 7 p.m.; District5 FFA Degree Reviews.

Thursday, January 11: WestRiver Tourney @ Hot Springs, 6p.m.

Friday, January 12: NoSchool; GBB w/Custer, 5 p.m.;JH BBB w/Stanley Co., 1 p.m.;West River Tourney @ HotSprings, TBA.

Saturday, January 13: Gym-nastics @ Madison, 11 a.m.; PlayPerformance @ Power House, 6p.m.; West River Tourney @ RCCivic Center, TBA.

Sunday, January 14: FFASenior Trip to Denver; Play Per-formance @ Poster House, 4p.m.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertised in this newspaper issubject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal toadvertise “any preference, or discrimination on race, color, religion, sex, ornational origin, or any intention to make any such preference, limitation,or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estatewhich is a violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellingsadvertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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BUS DRIVERS: Kadoka Schoolis seeking applications for extracurricular bus drivers. Applica-tions are available on the websitewww.kadoka.k12.sd.us and canbe mailed to Kadoka AreaSchool, Attn. Jamie Hermann,PO Box 99, Kadoka, SD 57543.For more information contactSupt. Jamie Hermann at 837-2171. EOE. K42-tfn

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Public Notices Pennington County Courant • January 4, 20188PROCEEDINGS OFTHE PENNINGTON

COUNTYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The Pennington County Board ofCommissioners met at 9:00 a.m. onTuesday, December 19, 2017, in theCommission Chambers in the CountyAdministration Building, Rapid City,South Dakota. Chair Deb Hadcock calledthe meeting to order with the followingCommissioners present: Ron Buskerud,Mark DiSanto, George Ferebee andLloyd LaCroix. REVIEW AND APPROVE AGENDA

MOVED by DiSanto and seconded byLaCroix to approve the agenda as pre-sented. Vote: Unanimous.CONSENT ITEMS

MOVED by LaCroix and secondedDiSanto to approve the Consent Agendaas presented with the removal of Items 5& 9 for separate consideration. Vote:Unanimous.

5. Removed for Separate Considera-tion.

6. Approve the SD Game, Fish, &Parks Services Contract/Agreement –Whitetail Loop Road and 236th St. (NewTown Dam Road) Snow Removal.

7. Recognize and thank the volunteersfor the month of November 2017.

8. Acknowledge a change in vendor aspreviously approved to Liberty Dodge forthe Sheriff’s Office Vehicle Purchase.

9. Removed for Separate Considera-tion. Removed for Separate Consideration

5. Approve the minutes from the regu-lar meeting – December 5, 2017:MOVED by LaCroix and seconded byDiSanto to correct the minutes from theDecember 5, 2017 meeting, showing thevote as: The motion carried 3-2 withDiSanto and Ferebee voting no. Vote:Unanimous.

9. Approve an expanded motion tocontinue to operate the Wall Satellite Of-fice location in 2018 contingent upon thecompletion of a satisfactory correctionplan to address the ADA compliance is-sues: MOVED by DiSanto and secondedby Buskerud to approve to continue tooperate the Wall Satellite Office locationin 2018 contingent upon the completionof a satisfactory correction plan to ad-dress the ADA compliance issues. Vote:The motion carried 4-1 with LaCroix vot-ing no. End of Consent AgendaLIEN RELEASE REQUEST – MW:MOVED by LaCroix and seconded byHadcock to approve the lien release forMW (Name withheld per SDCL 28-13-42)in the amount of $1,327.05.

Substitute motion: MOVED byBuskerud and seconded by DiSanto tohave the lien returned from Credit Collec-tions but not release the lien for MW(Name withheld per SDCL 28-13-42).Vote: The motion carried 4-1 withLaCroix voting no.SECURITY CONCERNS FOR THECOUNTY ADMINISTRATION BUILD-ING:

MOVED by LaCroix and seconded byHadcock to move $72,869 be supple-mented out of over collected revenuesinto 2018 budget.

LaCroix later withdrew his motion. MOVED by LaCroix and seconded by

Buskerud to reinstate security at theCounty Administration Building. Vote:Unanimous.REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONTHE PROPOSED TRANSFORMATIONCENTER: No action taken on this item. ITEMS FROM AUDITOR

A. ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LI-CENSE RENEWAL – RIMROCK EVENTCENTER: MOVED by Buskerud andseconded by DiSanto to approve the fol-lowing alcoholic beverage license re-newal application. Vote: Unanimous.Business Name Owner NameLiquor Retail On Sale With Sunday SalesRimrock Event Saint Patrick LLCCenter

ITEMS FROM EQUALIZATIONA. ABATEMENT APPLICATION –

RHONDA HANSEN: MOVED byBuskerud and seconded by DiSanto toapprove the 2016 abatement applicationfor Tax ID 8008670, $114.98. Vote:Unanimous.ITEMS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGE-MENT

A. BLACK HILLS STREAM – FLOWGAUGES LOCATED NEAR DEER-FIELD LAKE AND PACTOLA RESER-VOIR: MOVED by Buskerud and sec-onded by DiSanto to continue this itemuntil the January 2, 2018 commissionmeeting. Vote: Unanimous. ITEMS FROM HIGHWAY DEPART-MENT

B. AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE2006 CHEVROLET COLORADO:MOVED by DiSanto and seconded byLaCroix to authorize the Highway De-partment to purchase the 2006 ChevroletColorado from SD Federal Surplus Prop-erty for $9,500. Vote: The motion carried4-1 with Ferebee voting no.

C. BRADSKY ROAD SECOND AC-CESS COST ESTIMATE: MOVED byDiSanto and seconded by Buskerud tocontinue this item until the January 2,2018 Commission meeting. Vote: Unan-imous.

MOVED by LaCroix and seconded byBuskerud to take a five minute recess.Vote: Unanimous.

The Board reconvened at 11:18 a.m.ITEMS FROM PLANNING & ZONINGBOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MOVED byDiSanto and seconded by LaCroix toconvene as the Board of Adjustment.Vote: Unanimous with Ferebee absent.Ferebee joined the meeting at 11:19 a.m.

A. RECONSIDERATION OF VARI-ANCE / VA 17-04: Black Hills RaptorCenter; Davis Engineering Agent. To re-duce the minimum required lot size from40 acres to 5.06 acres in a General Agri-culture District in accordance with Sec-tions 205 and 509 of the PenningtonCounty Zoning Ordinance.

Beginning at the Northeastcorner of the NW1/4 of theSE1/4 of Section 35, T1N,R9E, BHM which is a 5/8 rebarwith cap marked LS 2652which is the point of beginning;Thence Due South 520.00 feetto a 5/8 rebar with cap marked“LS-3095” which is the TruePoint of Beginning: Thence, S89⁰ 59’ 22”W a distance of

350.00’ feet to a rebar capmarked LS 3095; Thence, S00⁰ 00’ 00”W a distance of545.92 feet to a rebar and capmarked LS 3095; Thence, S64⁰ 25’ 09”E a distance of388.04 feet to a rebar capmarked LS 3095; Thence, N00⁰ 00’ 00” E a distance of713.54 feet to a rebar capmarked LS 3095 which is theTrue Point of Beginning, con-taining 5.06 Acres “more orless” and all located in NW1/4of the SE1/4 of Section 35,T1N, R9E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby LaCroix to rescind the previous mo-tion for Variance / 17-04 from the March21, 2017 Commission meeting. Vote: 3-2 with Ferebee and DiSanto voting no.

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby LaCroix to continue this item until theJanuary 2, 2018 Commission meeting.Vote: Unanimous.

B. VARIANCE / VA 17-18: Paul andRebecca Freidel. To reduce the minimumrequired side yard setback from 25 feetto 0 feet on the south property line inorder to bring the existing single-familyresidence with deck into compliance in aLow Density Residential District in accor-dance with Sections 207 and 509 of thePennington County Zoning Ordinance.

Lot 6, Cedar Gulch Subdivi-sion, Section 4, T1S, R9E,BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota.

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby DiSanto to continue Variance / VA 17-18 to the January 16, 2018, Board ofCommissioners meeting, in order toallow the applicant time to vacate the ex-isting easement. Vote: Unanimous.

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby DiSanto to adjourn as the Board ofAdjustment and reconvene as the Boardof Commissioners. Vote: Unanimous.PLANNING & ZONING CONSENTAGENDA

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 LaCroix and seconded byBuskerud to approve the Planning andZoning consent agenda. Vote: Unani-mous.

C. MINOR PLAT / PL 17-45 AND SUB-DIVISION REGULATIONS VARIANCE /SV 17-15: Josh and Lindsay Richardson.To reconfigure lot lines to create Tract 52Revised and Tract 53 Revised of SpringCreek Acres Subdivision and to waiveplatting requirements in accordance withSections 400.3 and 700.1 of the Pen-nington County Subdivision Regulations.

EXISTING LEGAL: ThatPart of Tract 53 in Section 3;That Part of Tract 52 in Sec-tion 3; That Part of Tract 52 inSection 10; and That Part ofTract 53 in Section 10, all lo-cated in Spring Creek AcresSubdivision, Sections 3 and10, T2S, R8E, BHM, Penning-ton County, South Dakota.

PROPOSED LEGAL Tract52 Revised and Tract 53 Re-vised of Spring Creek AcresSubdivision, Sections 3 and10, T2S, R8E, BHM, Penning-ton County, South Dakota.

Approve of Subdivision RegulationsVariance / SV 17-15 to waive submittal ofpercolation tests and soil profile hole in-formation for proposed Tract 52 Revisedand proposed Tract 53 Revised; and ap-proval of Minor Plat / PL 17-45 with thefollowing six (6) conditions:

1. That prior to filing the Plat with theRegister of Deeds, the applicant submitspercolation tests and soil profile informa-tion for proposed Tract 52 Revised andproposed Tract 53 Revised to be re-viewed and approved by the County En-vironmental Planner, or an approvedSubdivision Regulations Variance be ob-tained waiving this requirement;

2. That upon filing the Plat with theRegister of Deeds, the plat meets all therequirements of Section 400.3 of thePennington County Subdivision Regula-tions, or an approved Subdivision Regu-lations Variance be obtained waiving anyof these requirements that are not met;

3. That the Certifications on the plat bein accordance with Section 400.3.1.n ofthe Pennington County Subdivision Reg-ulations;

4. That the applicant ensures that allnatural drainage ways are maintainedand are not blocked;

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

6. That the applicant signs the State-ment of Understanding within ten (10)business days of approval of Minor Plat /PL 17-45 and Subdivision RegulationsVariance / SV 17-15, which is availableat the Planning Office.End of Consent AgendaRemoved for Separate ConsiderationPLANNING & ZONING REGULARAGENDA

D. FIRST READING AND PUBLICHEARING OF MAJOR PLANNED UNITDEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT / PU 17-09: Big Horn Canyon Ministries, Inc. /Perry Lewis. To amend the existingPlanned Unit Development to change theuse of the subject property to allow achurch/place of worship in accordancewith Section 213 of the PenningtonCounty Zoning Ordinance.

Lot 6 of Tract A, Knights AcresSubdivision, Section 14, T1N,R8E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota.

MOVED by DiSanto and seconded byLaCroix to approve Major Planned UnitDevelopment Amendment / PU 17-09with the following twenty-two (22) condi-tions. Vote: Unanimous.

1. That the purpose of this PlannedUnit Development be, as requested bythe applicant, to allow traditional Chris-tian meetings and events, such as wed-dings funerals, conferences, youth andchildren’s activities, seminars, Bibleteaching and discipleship;

2. That the pond may be used for ac-tivities such as kayaking, swimming,skating, fishing, and ice fishing by occu-pants of the property and their guests;

3. That the pond be lined with a

geomembrane/bentonite composite linerand be walled or fenced to prevent un-controlled access, in accordance withSection 307-F of the Pennington CountyZoning Ordinance;

4. That a minimum of 200 parkingspaces be provided on the property;

5. That the parking areas be main-tained in a dust free manner;

6. That the internal driveway be a min-imum of 24-feet-wide gravel driving sur-face, maintained in a dust free manner;

7. That recreational fields/sites for vol-leyball, soccer, softball, basketball, foot-ball, and picnics for fellowship and com-munity outreach be allowed on the prop-erty;

8. That the setbacks from propertylines be the same as required in a Lim-ited Agriculture District;

9. That a Building Permit be obtainedfor any structure exceeding 144 squarefeet or permanently anchored to theground, which includes the necessarysite plans to be reviewed and approvedby the Planning Director;

10. That the Planning Director mayallow additional development or con-struction, which is consistent with the ex-isting development on this property. Sig-nificant changes in the use or impacts onadjacent land, uses as determined by thePlanning Director, shall require anamendment to this Planned Unit Devel-opment;

11. That the applicant ensure the res-idential character of the property is main-tained;

12. That all music being provided foroutdoor activities be shut down by 10:00p.m. and quiet hours be observed from10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.;

13. That a portable fire extinguisherwith a minimum 2 A-BC rating shall beplaced on each floor level and shall beinspected and tagged annually;

14. That all primary exits that lead tothe exterior of the structure shall be un-locked, free from obstruction and clearlymarked;

15. That the applicant ensures that allnatural drainage ways must be main-tained and are not blocked;

16. That any land disturbance whichequals or exceeds 10,000 square feetand is not associated with an approvedBuilding Permit, will require a Construc-tion Permit;

17. That the physical address for bothexisting residences and any future ad-dresses that are assigned, be posted inaccordance with Pennington County Or-dinance #20;

18. That tents be erected only whenneeded and not on a permanent basisand temporary Building Permits be ob-tained when necessary;

19. That all exterior lighting be directedaway from neighboring property owners,which does not result in excessive glareupon surrounding property;

20. That prior to the placement of anyon-premise sign, the applicant must ob-tain a Sign Permit;

21. That the applicant signs the State-ment of Understanding within ten (10)business days of approval of PlannedUnit Development / PU 17-09, which isavailable at the Planning Office; and,

22. That the Planned Unit Develop-ment be reviewed in one (1) year, on acomplaint basis, or as deemed neces-sary by the Pennington County PlanningCommission or Board of Commissionersto verify that all Conditions of Approvalare being met.

E. PRELIMINARY PLAT / PL 17-44AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONSVARIANCE / SV 17-14: Laredo Holdings,LLC; Ryan Kaski. To reconfigure lot linesto create Lots 9A, 9B, 12A, 12B, 13A,13B, 16R Common, 17A, 17B, 18A, and18B, Block 6, Sunset Ranch and to waiveplatting requirements in accordance withSections 400.2 and 700.1 of the Pen-nington County Subdivision Regulations.

EXISTING LEGAL: Lots 9,12, 13, 17, 18, Block 6, SunsetRanch, Section 33, T2N,R10E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota.

PROPOSED LEGAL: Lots9A, 9B, 12A, 12B, 13A, 13B,16R Common, 17A, 17B, 18A,and 18B, Block 6, SunsetRanch, Section 33, T2N,R10E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota.

MOVED by LaCroix and seconded byHadcock to approve of Subdivision Reg-ulations Variance / SV 17-14 to waive thesubmittal of percolation tests and soilprofile information for proposed lots 9A,9B, 12A, 12B, 13A, 13B, 16R Common,17A, 17B, 18A, and 18B, of Block 6 ofSunset Ranch. Vote: Unanimous.

MOVED by LaCroix and seconded byBuskerud to approve of Preliminary Plat/ PL 17-44 with the following eighteen(18) conditions. Vote: Unanimous.

1. For residential structures larger than3,600 square feet, that prior to a BuildingPermit, a Residential Sprinkler Systemdesign and Fire Mitigation Plan need tobe submitted for review by the PlanningDirector and the County Fire Administra-tor or jurisdictional entity. The systemmay need approval after installation by aqualified professional;

2. That Fire Sprinkler Systems Sup-pression Systems be installed in all newresidential structures larger than 3,600square feet;

3. That prior to the submittal of a FinalPlat, the current landowner provide anynew landowner with a copy of the ap-proved Fire Mitigation Plan for SunsetRanch;

4. That prior to submittal of a FinalPlat, the applicant make corrections andadditions to the Plat, per comments re-ceived by the Register of Deeds, Depart-ment of Equalization, Addressing Coor-dinator, and 9-1-1 Emergency Services;

5. That at the time of Final Plat submit-tal, the newly dedicated public right-of-way be named and noted on the Plat;

6. That at the time of Final Plat submit-tal, eight (8) foot minor drainage and util-ity easements continue to be dedicatedon the interior sides of all lot lines, or anapproved Subdivision Regulations Vari-ance be obtained waiving this require-ment;

7. That at the time of Final Plat submit-tal, the applicant submits percolationtests and soil profile information for allthe proposed lots to be reviewed and ap-proved by the County EnvironmentalPlanner, or an approved SubdivisionRegulations Variance be obtained waiv-ing this requirement;

8. That at the time of Final Plat submit-tal, the plat meets all the requirements of

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GreenHeat LLC, 240.00; Grey & EisenbraunLaw Prof LLC, 15,556.46; Grimm's PumpService Inc, 8,116.98; Gumbo Drive LLC,310.00; Halvorson Oil Inc, 50.00; Hamp-ton Inn, 333.00; Harveys Lock Shop,478.03; Heartland Paper Company,8,860.95; Heather M LaCroix, 371.42;Heavy Constructors Inc, 53,329.84; He-bron Brick Supply Co, 237.50; HenrySchein Inc, 292.96; Highmark Inc,323.40; Hill City Hardware Inc, 10.99; HillCity Prevailer, 907.56; Hills MaterialsCompany, 7,682.00; Hillyard/Sioux Falls,1,149.68; Holloway Vision Care LLC,70.00; Honeywell Inc, 189.47; HorwathLaundry Equipment, 2,259.09; HumaneSociety Of The Black Hills, 4,166.67;Iaed, 150.00; Indoff Inc, 1,355.32; Indus-trial Organizational Solutions Inc, 150.00;Informer Systems LLC, 6,091.20; In-tegrity International Investigations &Training, 721.16; Interprecorps, 90.00;Interstate All Battery Center, 135.65; In-terstate Powersystems, 308.99; In-toximeters Inc, 418.25; Ione Wolf,640.00; Iret Properties - A North DakotaLP, 600.00; J Scull Construction,318,865.07; Jacqueline K Perli ReportingInc, 1,071.50; James D Leach AttorneyAt Law, 665.78; James Dietz, 100.00;James Magnuson, 100.00; Jantech LLC,510.00; Jason Enders, 25.20; Jay'sWelding Inc, 25.00; JB Holdings LLC,340.00; Jd's Equipment Service LLC,663.40; Jean Carlson, 40.80; Jean MCline, 2,645.55; Jeff Rohrich, 600.00;Jefferson Lines, 104.50; Jeffries Law Of-fice PC, 627.64; Jenner Equipment Co,66,947.83; Jeremiah J Davis, 1,306.60;Jeromey Smith, 221.21; Jerri Harn,49.56; Jessie Drury, 75.00; Jim Bohn,31.50; JJ's Engraving & Sales, 81.00;Joan Lindstrom, 100.00; Jody H Speck,1,410.00; Joe Guttierez, 426.00; JohnKnodell, 390.00; Johns & Kosel Attor-neys At Law A Prof LLC, 3,582.85; John-son Eiesland Law Office PC, 8,846.35;Johnson Machine Inc, 2,742.51; John-stone Supply, 35.76; Joshua Lavene,48.00; Julie A Pearson, 1,813.17; Jv Bai-ley Company Inc, 297.00; Kadoka OilLLC, 6,676.46; Karina Recuay, 22.10;Karl Jegeris, 159.00; Karl's Appliance,399.99; Karrie Miller, 91.00; Kayla LMaruska, 783.70; KCH Law, 193.45; KDContractors Inc, 29,989.27; Keith Knud-son, 20.00; Kelly Smith, 415.99; Kevin AClimis, 75.00; Kevin E Kirschenmann,1,225.00; Kieffer Family Dental PC,2,553.00; Kieffer Sanitation/A WasteManagement Co, 2,787.40; Kieffer San-itation/A Waste Management Co, 162.95;Kimball Midwest, 1,227.16; Kimberly KJohnson, 76.00; Kirk Funeral Home,5,730.00; K-Mart, 12.74; Knecht HomeCenter Inc, 1,125.69; Knollwood Town-house Properties, 1,602.00; KoletzkyLaw Office Prof LLC, 243.00; Konica Mi-nolta Premier Finance, 156.19; Labora-tory Corporation Of America Holdings,113.00; Lacrosse Estates, 365.00;Lakota Community Homes Inc, 340.00;Lands' End Business Outfitters,2,343.95; Language Line Services,72.17; Laubach Law Office Prof LLC,5,029.00; Law Office Of Kyle Krause ProfLLC, 112.80; Lawrence D Beezley,430.00; Lazy U Motel Inc, 190.00;Lester-Robbins Construction Inc,6,648.62; Lewis & Clark BehavioralHealth Services, 800.00; Liberty ChryslerCenter, 81.59; Liewer Enterprises Inc,

215.00; Lighting Maintenance Co,312.03; Lincoln County Auditor, 588.23;Linda J Nohr, 1,260.00; Lisa Schafer,2,030.00; Liz Hassett, 77.00; Lowe's,302.29; Lucille M Lewno, 1,185.26;Luther P Yellow Robe, 9,727.50;Lutheran Social Service, 94,966.53; LynnJackson Schultz & Lebrun PC, 4,241.75;Macnally Law Offices Prof LLP, 4,099.00;Manlove Psychiatric Group, 21,885.77;Marcia Whiting, 2,227.80; Marco Inc,625.04; Marco Inc, 4,759.00; MarcoTechnologies LLC, 4,006.22; Mark ABiggs, 1,000.00; Mark Katterhagen,105.00; Marshall Lea Enterprises LLC,350.00; Marvin R Ekeren, 15.00; MarxApartments12-84, 300.00; Mary RaeSeifert, 895.00; Matheson Tri-Gas Inc,54.40; Matrix Design Group Inc,23,717.00; Matt Thompson, 116.00;Matthew Laidlaw, 176.40; MatthewOlson, 18.48; Matthew T Stephens,12,375.00; Mcgas Propane LLC,1,107.77; Mcleod's Printing Inc, 741.12;Mcpherson Propane, 25.00; MeadowoodLanes, 651.86; Medical Waste TransportInc, 338.77; Medical Waste TransportInc, 488.97; Medline Industries Inc,1,544.48; Meetingone, 131.72; Melissa JRupert, 3,120.75; Menards, 787.41; MgOil Company, 21,196.16; Michael Powell,170.00; Midcontinent Communications,901.73; Midcontinent Communications,3,754.86; Midwest Marketing LLC,1,000.00; Montana Dakota Utilities,3,846.51; Moore Medical Corp, 907.20;Morse Watchmans Inc, 174.00; MotelRapid, 190.00; Mt Rushmore TelephoneCo, 105.39; Murphy Law Office PC,240.00; Nami Sioux Falls, 360.00; NativeSun News, 60.00; Nebraska Salt & GrainCo, 21,711.65; Nelson Law, 940.00;Nena, 675.00; Neptune Melted LLC,166.00; Neuropsychological AssociatesPC, 3,921.20; Neuropsychology Associ-ates PA, 1,750.00; Neve's Uniforms Inc,1,453.73; Newman Signs Inc, 21,912.82;Nichole Dubbs, 116.00; Nicolas Quettier,324.00; North Central Supply Inc, 80.00;Northern Lights Apartments, 340.00;Northern Truck Equipment, 953.50;Northwest Pipe Fitting Inc, 1,812.45;Nwe Management, 300.00; Office Depot,91.64; Officemax Incorporated, 39.29;Olson Towing, 315.00; Osheim &Schmidt Funeral Home, 1,910.00; Over-shot LP, 300.00; Pacific Steel & Recy-cling, 46.30; Parr Law PC, 1,701.40; Pa-tricia Garland, 24.66; Paul Paulsen,214.20; Pederson Law Office LLC,10,687.22; Penn Co Health & Human SvPetty Cash, 606.41; Penn Co HighwayPetty Cash, 127.91; Penn Co Jail PettyCash, 1,029.00; Penn Co Sheriff PettyCash, 2,496.84; Penn Co States AttyPetty Cash, 212.47; Penn Co TreasurerPetty Cash, 62.56; Penn ConservationDist, 5,783.91; Pennington CountyCourant, 1,003.29; Pennington CountyHousing & Redevelopment, 3,081.17;Pharmchem Inc, 850.00; PheasantlandIndustries, 1,468.96; Phoenix Investiga-tions, 742.20; Pillen Optical Inc, 60.00;Pine Lawn Memorial Park Inc, 1,600.00;Pioneer Bank & Trust, 2,391.03; PitneyBowes Reserve Account, 29,432.71;Plainsview Mobile Manor, 440.00; PointeWest Apartments, 500.00; Pollard LawPC, 241.00; Power House, 418.95;Prairie Wind Bg Inc, 385.50; PressureServices Inc, 62.47; Print Mark-Et, 59.95;Proforma Screening Solutions LLC,144.50; PSI Health Care Inc, 15.00; QuillCorporation, 804.27; Rachel Waddell,160.00; Ranch House Motel, 240.00;Randal E Connelly, 7,128.97; RapidChevrolet Co Inc, 472.38; Rapid DeliveryInc, 120.75; Rapid Leasing, 883.81;Rapid Rooter, 395.00; Rapid Transit Sys-tem, 1,410.00; Rapid Valley Sanitary Dis-trict, 204.09; Rapp Sales Company,22.50; Rc Area School Dist 51-4,2,408.46; RC Emergency Services PA,341.44; RC Fire & Emergency Services,257.00; RC Journal, 2,744.96; Rc Med-ical Center Llc, 2,572.38; Rc PizzaRanch, 337.59; Rc Regional Hospital Inc,105,680.59; RC Rentals, 150.00; RCWinair, 99.88; RC Winsupply, 517.74;RCS Construction Inc, 231,046.00; RDOEquipment Co, 11,007.45; Record Stor-age Solutions, 466.29; Redwood Toxicol-ogy Inc, 4,124.25; Regional Health,5,831.00; Regional Health Home PlusPharmacy, 43,596.02; Regional HealthReference Laboratory, 2,258.69; Re-gional West Medical Center, 951.60; Re-liance Telephone Inc, 1.20; Ricoh USAInc, 227.17; Ricoh USA Inc, 149.31;Rigid Construction, 2,897.96; Riss & As-sociates Cabinets & Caseworks Inc,559.89; RO Investigation And ResearchLLC, 6,681.42; Robert A Reil, 126.00;Rochester Armored Car Company Inc,408.40; Rockerville Volunteer Fire De-partment, 300.00; Runnings Supply Inc,449.87; Rushmore Communications,110.00; Russel Heupel, 168.00; SandScripts, 72.00; Sanford Labs, 611.00;Satellite Tracking Of People LLC,6,737.25; SD Continuing Legal Educa-tion Inc, 350.00; SD Dept Of PublicSafety, 101.00; SD Dept Of Revenue,12,487.63; SD Dept Of Revenue,1,360.00; SD Dept Of Transp-Finance,1,330.61; SD Div Of Motor Vehicles,37.20; SD Federal Property Agency,29,326.50; SD Office Of School & PublicLands, 2,783.31; SD One Call Board,42.00; SD Rose Inn, 360.75; SD SchoolOf Mines & Technology, 1,100.00; SDTeen Court Association, 1,722.27;SDAAO, 1,275.00; SDACDL, 200.00;SDN Communications, 297.91; SDNCommunications, 5,875.62; SDSU Ex-tension, 77.00; SDSU West River AgCenter, 228.78; Securus TechnologiesInc, 19,244.19; Servall Uniform/LinenCo, 1,531.38; Sheri Law Office Prof LLC,6,270.29; Silver Star Septic LLC, 150.00;Simplexgrinnell LP, 30,926.00; Simp-son's Printing, 1,240.00; SKC Communi-cation Product, 150.22; Smoot & Utz-man, 227.85; Snap On Tools, 1,564.99;Stan Houston Equipment, 2,242.32;Stanton's Sewing Services For First Re-sponders LLC, 15.00; Stardust Motel,200.00; Street Image Truck & Auto Ac-cessories, 274.00; Sturdevant's AutoParts, 1,653.09; Summit Signs & SupplyInc, 304.00; Sun Life Financial,101,550.93; Swiftec Inc, 1,379.00;Teresa L Fink, 854.00; Terri Phelps,450.00; Tessco Incorporated, 844.94;Tessier's Inc, 1,661.68; The Hartford,2,687.92; The Law Office Of Jamy Pat-terson LLC, 1,645.00; The Little PrintShop Inc, 675.94; The Medicine Shoppe,163.24; The Repair Shop, 230.00; TheRushmore Hotel, 1,619.00; TheresaJune Mellen, 400.00; Thomas BraunBernard & Burke LLP, 1,839.00; Thom-

Section 400.3 of the Pennington CountySubdivision Regulations, or an approvedSubdivision Regulations Variance be ob-tained waiving any of these requirementsthat are not met;

9. That the Certifications on the plat bein accordance with Section 400.3.1.n ofthe Pennington County Subdivision Reg-ulations;

10. That at the time of Final Plat sub-mittal, the plat continues to meet all nec-essary requirements of Section 500 ofthe Pennington County Subdivision Reg-ulations, or an approved SubdivisionRegulations Variance(s) be obtainedwaiving any of these requirements;

11. That addresses be properly postedon any future residence(s) constructedon the proposed lots and that the ad-dresses are posted, in accordance withPennington County’s Ordinance #20;

12. That the applicant ensures that allnatural drainage ways are maintainedand are not blocked and that all neces-sary drainage ways continue to be prop-erly noted on plats;

13. That an approved Floodplain De-velopment Permit be obtained prior toany work within the Special Flood Haz-ard Area of Sunset Ranch;

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

15. That prior to Final Plat submittal,the following note continue to be on theplat: All persons applying for a Penning-ton County Building Permit will need toprovide an engineered septic systemplan to be reviewed and approved by thePennington County Environmental Plan-ner. A reserve drainfield area will beshown when a Building Permit is appliedfor on any of the lots;

16. That prior to the submittal of aFinal Plat for proposed Lots 13A, 13B,and 17A, per Title 44, CFR (Code of Fed-eral Regulations), Chapter I, SubchapterB, Part 60, Subpart A, Section 60, theBase Flood Elevation (BFE) be deter-mined and submitted to the Planning Di-rector. Additionally, the creation of pro-posed Common Area Lot 16R may notrequire a determined BFE, at this time,as it appears the Special Flood HazardArea is contained entirely within the pro-posed Common Area.

17. That the applicant signs the State-ment of Understanding (SOU) within ten(10) business days of Board of Commis-sioner approval of Preliminary Plat / PL17-44 and Subdivision Regulations Vari-ance / SV 17-14. The SOU is available atthe Planning Office; and,

18. That approval of this PreliminaryPlat does not constitute approval of anyfurther applications to be submitted forthe above-described property.

F. REQUEST TO WAIVE PENALTYFEES: Paul and Rebecca Freidel.MOVED by LaCroix and seconded byDiSanto to refund $800 in penalty feesfor Paul and Rebecca Freidel. Vote:Unanimous.

G. DISCUSSION OF FLOODPLAIN –12350 W. HIGHWAY 44: David Allard

No action was taken on this item.ITEMS FROM CHAIR/COMMISSIONMEMBERSCOMMITTEE REPORTS APPROVAL OF VOUCHERS MOVEDby LaCroix and seconded by Buskerudto approve the vouchers entered belowfor expenditures for insurance, profes-sional services, publications, rentals,supplies, repairs, maintenance, travel,conference fees, utilities, furniture andequipment totaling 3,430,114.48. Vote:The motion carried 3-2 with DiSanto andFerebee voting no.

3D Specialties Inc, 8,373.00; A & BBusiness Inc, 2,701.84; A & B WeldingSupply Co, 671.28; A & I Distributors,242.28; A To Z Shredding, 514.73; Acorn-vac Inc, 975.00; Active Data SystemsInc, 850.00; Adams-ISC LLC, 1,795.96;Adani Systems Inc, 163,400.00;Ainsworth Benning Construction Inc,204,032.19; Alano Society, 200.00; Alco-hol Monitoring Systems Inc, 335.20; Ale-cia Fortune, 300.00; Alecia Fuller,176.40; Alexis Nowotny, 21.00; AllenReuer, 2,400.00; Americinn Motel,1,230.00; Angela M Colbath Atty PC,6,282.10; Apco International Inc, 34.50;Architectural Specialties LLC, 902.36;Armstrong Extinguishers, 3,236.00; Ash-lee Cook, 255.44; At&T Mobility, 380.46;Audra Hill Consulting Inc, 15,375.96;Avenet LLC, 50.00; Avera Medical GroupRadiology Sioux Falls, 216.39; B&B AutoSalvage Inc, 210.00; Badlands Automo-tive, 1,370.96; Baker Timber Products,104.00; Bangs Mccullen Butler Foye &Simmons LLP, 907.80; Barnier Law Of-fice PC, 2,320.50; Barry Tice, 349.00;Bauerkemper's Inc, 2,412.91; Bc KuhnLLC, 500.00; Betsey Harris, 4,661.91;BH Chemical Company Inc, 2,592.37;BH Energy, 18,780.39; BH Energy,52,628.90; BH Obstetrics And Gynocol-ogy LLP, 408.42; BH Orthopedic & SpineCenter PC, 1,131.15; BH Powersports,6,495.00; BH Property ManagementLLC, 890.00; BH Regional Surgery Anes-thesia, 137.60; BH Services Inc, 389.81;BH Surgical Hospital LLC, 328.39; BHTent And Awning, 48.00; BH Truck &Trailer Inc, 647.76; BH Urgent Care LLC,440.00; BH Wilbert Vault, 400.00; BHWindow Cleaning Inc, 5,110.00; Bier-schbach Equipment And Supply Co Inc,79.80; Big D Oil Co, 23.34; Big TexTrailer World Inc, 5,318.75; Birch Com-munications Inc, 67.30; Black Creek In-tegrated Systems Corp, 105,000.00; BobBarker Company Inc, 1,383.78; BPro Inc,42,625.00; Brenda Wood, 32.00; BrevikLaw Office PLLC, 192.82; Brian Barber,71.40; Bridgette R Banks, 453.15; Brit-tany L Twigg, 162.50; Brosz EngineeringInc, 3,750.00; Budget Inn, 240.00; ButlerMachinery Company, 3,898.94; CarolButzman Consulting Services LLC,75.00; Cash-Wa Distributing, 1,248.52;Catherine E Mattson-Casteel, 1,579.71;Cathleen Climis, 75.00; Cat's Cleaning,40.00; CBM Food Service, 106,934.57;CDW Government Inc, 170,321.54;Cedar Shore Resort, 459.75; CentralStates Fair Inc, 12,987.90; Certified Lab-oratories, 289.87; Chad M Maxon, 37.50;Champion Water Systems, 97.50;Charm-Tex Inc, 95.42; Chemsearch,375.00; Chris Supply Co Inc, 1,918.93;Cindy Stolte Brown, 420.00; City OfChamberlain, 1,200.00; City Of RapidCity, 30,332.48; City Of Rapid City -Water, 255.41; City Of Rapid City -Water,1,098.47; Clark Printing, 296.61; ClimateControl Systems And Service LLC,

Public NoticesJanuary 4, 2018 • Pennington County Courant 9Proceedings of PenningtonCounty Commissioners(cont. from previous page)

Legal PublicationDeadline is 11:00a.m. on FRIDAYEmail to: annc@gwtc.net,fax to: 279-2965 or mail to:

PO Box 435, Wall, SD 57790

son Reuters-West, 5,647.69; Three MPak8283 - Rl, 576.00; Titan MachineryPPA, 45.44; Todd A Love, 7,613.58; TomVlieger, 42.84; Total Security Concepts,200.00; Tow Pros, 152.00; TraceyDecker, 87.00; Tracy Lynn Binder,264.60; Transource Truck & EquipmentInc, 188.16; Tru Green LP, 990.00;Truenorth Steel, 9,502.45; Ts Govern-ment Solutions Llc, 147.50; Tyler Horan,42.00; Uline, 255.90; Upper Deck Archi-tects Inc, 11,430.26; US Geological Sur-vey, 10,454.50; Usera Consulting Llc,1,200.00; Valarie O'day, 30.80; Van Nor-man Law Office, 173.90; Vanway Trophy& Awards, 537.25; Vast Broadband,118.59; Vemco, 9,083.86; Verizon Wire-less, 108.46; Verizon Wireless, 1,470.96;Vermeer High Plains, 69.76; Video Serv-ice Of America, 236.00; Wall BuildingCenter & Construction, 58.87; WatertreeInc, 877.00; Wellmark, 105,989.99; Well-mark, 7,985.83; Wellmark, 70,771.28;Wells Fargo Financial Leasing Inc,1,282.98; Wendy T Mcgowan, 4,364.44;Wes Mcpherson, 35.28; West River Elec-tric, 94.70; West River Hospitality LLC,175.00; West River International Inc,1,379.46; Western Communication Inc,735.75; Western Construction Inc,253,478.56; Western Detention,6,429.40; Western Mailers, 258.19;Western Pathology Consultants PC,3,400.00; Western States Fire, 4,405.00;Western Stationers Inc, 3,838.69; West-ern Thrifty Inn LLC, 680.00; Wex Bank,436.18; Wex Bank, 9,603.34; Wex Bank,575.81; Whisler Bearing Co, 1,206.40;Whiting Hagg Hagg Dorsey & Hagg LLP,8,913.51; William A Moss Psy D LLC,2,075.00; Willy's Saw Shop LLC, 340.00;Windy Flats Rubble Site, 120.00; WinnerPolice Dept, 242.40; Winter Law OfficePC, 7,259.90; Wood Stock Supply,2,674.27; Yankton Co Sheriff Office,400.00; Yankton County Treasurer,584.35; Zuercher Technologies LLC,18,270.00.ITEMS FROM THE PUBLICPERSONNEL DECISION PRIOR TOEXECUTIVE SESSION

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby LaCroix to appoint Jon Morrill as theHuman Resources Director at a Grade24, Step 2, $6,408/mo. effective1/2/2018. Vote: The motion carried 4-0with Ferebee abstaining. EXECUTIVE SESSION – SDCL 1-25-2

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

MOVED by Buskerud and secondedby LaCroix to go into executive sessionfor the purpose of considering a person-nel issue per SDCL 1-25-2(1). Vote:Unanimous.

Commissioners Buskerud and Fere-bee did not return to the meeting.

Moved by LaCroix and seconded byDiSanto to come out of executive ses-sion. Vote: The motion carried with threeCommissioners present.PERSONNEL

24/7: Effective 11/19/2017 – DavidMiller at $15.13/hr.

Auditor: Effective 01/01/2018 – CindyMohler at $5,711/mo. & Kaycee Island at$4,160/mo.

Buildings & Grounds: Effective12/17/2017 – Gene Drewitz at $17.51/hr.

EMCC: Effective 12/17/2017 – JaniceJennessee at $17.68/hr., Jessica Sedl-majer at $18.56/hr. & Sarah Smith at$20.75/hr.

Equalization: Effective 12/17/2017 –Candace Novak at $19.49/hr.

Human Resources: Effective12/18/2017 – Sandra Sortland at$24.64/hr. Effective 01/02/2018 – JonMorrill at $6,408/mo.

Jail: Effective 11/28/2017 – Katie Lay-ton at $14.40/hr.

Sheriff’s Office: Effective 11/19/2017 –Christopher Tegnazian at $23.19/hr., Je-remy Miller at $24.38/hr., & Daniel Roseat $22.35/hr. Effective 12/17/2017 –Daniel Lewis at $25.55/hr., Chris Varcoeat $26.51/hr., Jeromey Smith at$28.86/hr. and Melanie Strong at$21.76/hr.

State’s Attorney: Effective 12/06/2017– Breann Wessel at $19.30/hr. Effective12/18/2017 – Timothy Snyder at$5,424/mo. Effective 01/01/2018 –Alexsandra Dulany at $5,200/mo. &Michael McCormick at $4,425/mo. ADJOURN

MOVED by DiSanto and seconded byLaCroix to adjourn the meeting. Vote:The motion carried with three Commis-sioners present. There being no furtherbusiness, the meeting adjourned at12:35p.m.

/s/Julie A. Pearson,Auditor

Published January 4, 2018, at the totalapproximate cost of $320.30.

WASTA TOWNBOARD OFTRUSTEES

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Wasta Town Board held their reg-ular meeting on Tuesday, December 12,2017 at the community building. NormCurrent called the meeting to order at7:02 pm with board member Ed Sheltonand present. Board member KyleSkillingstad was absent. Lloyd Willey,Margee Willey, Ken Skillingstad, VickyJames, Dennis Hubbard, Tammy Green,and Niki Mohr were also present. Motion by Norm, second by Ed to ap-prove the November 14th minutes. Mo-tion carried. Motion by Norm, second by Ed to ap-prove the financial statement as given.Motion carried. Motion by Ed, second by Norm to ap-prove the bills as follows: Norm Current,November wages, $27.70; Ed Shelton,November wages, $23.09; KyleSkillingstad, November wages, $23.09;Tammy Green, November wages,$646.45; Niki Mohr, November wages,$392.49; West River Electric; electricity,$712.45; Kieffer Sanitation, garbagepickup, $586.88; Midwest Cooperatives,propane, $407.33; Racicky Plumbing, re-pairs, $2,120.41; Wall Building Center,supplies, $5.53; Ty Grenstiner, strobelight, $269.71; Agents of Insurance, firedept liability ins, $607.00; Tammy Green,mileage reimbursement, $46.20; IRS,

payroll taxes, $184.37. Motion carried.

Motion by Norm, second by Ed to reducethe on-sale liquor license fees by$100.00. Motion carried.

Mohr gave the board an update on thePavao/Carter nuisance issue. Per rec-ommendations from legal council, Mohrwill work with a county in Virginia to havepapers served as to notifying the ownerof the violation of nuisance.

To date, there are 10 new meters in-stalled. The first cycle of bills weremailed out. Lloyd Willey asked to ad-dress the board and noted how happy hewas with the bill he received. It is easyto read and reminds everyone about thedue date and late fees if applicable.

There were no building/sign permits re-ceived.

Tammy’s notes were reviewed.

With no other business, Norm adjournedthe meeting at 7:45 pm.

Niki MohrFinance OfficerTown of Wasta

Published January 4, 2018, at the totalapproximate cost of $23.91.

WALL CITYCOUNCIL MEETING

COMMUNITY CENTERMEETING ROOM

DECEMBER 21, 2017 6:30PM

Members Present: Marty Huether,Mayor; Rick Hustead, Councilman; DarHaerer, Councilman; Mike Anderson,Councilman; Dan Hauk, Councilman;Jerry Morgan, Councilman; Stan Ander-son, Councilman via Conference

Others Present: Carolynn Anderson-Fi-nance Officer; Garrett Bryan – Wall Pub-lic Works Director; Cheyenne McGriff –Economic Development Director; KelseyClark – Wall Chamber Director;Stephanie Trask – Bad River Law; CarrieSchell; Jim Kitterman; Sierra Wilson &Abby Moon (All action taken in the following minutescarried by unanimous vote unless other-wise stated.)

Mayor Huether called the meeting toorder at 6:30pm; roll call was taken anda quorum was present.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Motion by Haerer, second by Morgan toapprove the agenda. Motion carried.

Motion by Morgan, second by M Ander-son to approve the consent agenda. Itwas explained by Wall Chamber Director(WCD) Clark, her desire to include theWall Bucks from the Pancake Supperdrawing to be included in the current cal-endar year and to continue that processeach year would cause the 2017 Budgetto over by $3,500. Finance Officer (FO)Anderson commented since the Cham-ber had not requested the total for the2016 Budget this should help to getthings back on track again. Motion car-ried. „Minutes of December 7th city coun-cil meeting „City of Wall, Fire Department, andLibrary claims „Budget report Review •Community Center report •Ambulance District report •Sales Tax report •Cash & MM Balance •Review Building Permits „Lavon Shearer – replace shingleswith metal at 609 Glenn Street

CITY BILLSDECEMBER 21, 2017

Gross Salaries – December 21, 2017: Gross Salaries: Mayor/Council -$12,925.00 FIRST INTERSTATE BANK, Em-ployee payroll tax, $1,977.56December 21, 2017 Bills:A&B Solutions, copier contract, $79.81;AE2S, engineering fees, $1,244.50; An-derson, Carolynn, motel reimbursement-district mtg, $50.00; Bad River Law, at-torney fees, $808.82; Dartt's Flowers,beautification flowers, $1,529.00; Depart-ment of Revenue, discharge permit,$750.00; Menard's, board for back sideof desk, $5.99; Municode, support fee,$225.00; One Call, locate requests,$6.72; Wall Food Center, WEDC annualmeeting, $26.20; Wall Badlands AreaChamber, BBB funds/Craft Show re-funds, $9,112.30.

AdditionsBeck Motors, 2018 Chevy Silverado,$30,381.00; Casey Peterson, resolvingbank rec issues, $824.00; Kathleen Han-son, water deposit refund, $106.25. TOTAL BILLS: $45,149.59

Approved by the Wall City Councilthis 21st day of December 2017.

FIRE DEPARTMENT BILLSDECEMBER 21, 2017

December 21, 2017 Bills:Conduent Government System, AnnualCloud contract, $1,195.00; Bessette,Chris, Legion Lake fire, $544.96; Clark,Tyrel, Legion Lake fire, $267.00; Kitter-man, Jim, Legion Lake fire, $1,429.60;Leach, Dusty, Legion Lake fire, $314.12;Michael. George, Legion Lake fire,$267.00; SD Firefighters Assoc, 2018Membership, $525.00; Verizon, mobilebroadband, $40.01; Wall Food Center,supplies, $30.16.

AdditionsWall Fire Dept, retirement fund,$1,050.00. TOTAL BILLS: $5,662.85

Approved by the Wall City Councilthis 21st day of December 2017.

LIBRARY BILLSDECEMBER 21, 2017

December 21, 2017 Bills:Brodart Co., rug for children's corner,$186.44; Molly's Creative Painting, chil-dren's corner, $491.36; Wall Food, sup-plies, $11.26.

AdditionsDemco, supplies, $637.66; TheresaSchaefer, reimbursement on supplies,

$131.21. TOTAL BILLS: $1,457.93

Approved by the Wall City Councilthis 21st day of December 2017

Jim Kitterman announced to the councilthat he will be the new fire chief in 2018.Chris Bessette will be fire chief 2, JeremyHertel will fire chief 3 and Darwin Geiglewill be the secretary/treasurer.

Economic Development Director (EDD)McGriff gave an update on the need forDaycare issue. An action team meetingwas held and the committee will be mov-ing forward with a business plan. McGriffstated there were questions at the meet-ing on how, if any ways the City may be-come involved. Would the City be inter-ested in purchasing the old Jitterbugbuilding, help with the employment of aDirector for the business and/or offer in-centives through property tax rebate andutilities. Councilman Haerer wondered ifMcGriff felt the consensus from everyoneinvolved with the action team wanted astate sanctioned daycare in a home orfor a business type setting. McGriff felt astate sanctioned business type was thegoal for everyone involved. CouncilmanHustead commented on the importanceof daycare for employees and kudos toCheyenne for her hard work. MayorHuether discouraged the City purchasingthe building but encouraged some typeof incentive package. Councilman M An-derson feels the City should just be ahelper and to stay involved, but the res-olution will need to come from the busi-nesses. Councilman Haerer feels thereare people interested in being an investorfor the Daycare and for McGriff to portraythat to the team. McGriff asked for clarityfrom the council; they do not want to pur-chase the Daycare but just want to helpin other ways. The council was in agree-ment to McGriff’s statement.

WEDD McGriff explained Sierra Wilsonwanted to give the council an update onthe ‘Outdoor Movie Theatre’ project. Wil-son expressed appreciation for the$2,500 the City donated towards herproject and stated the first movie night re-ceived the most in donations. Food forthe concessions was donated, the struc-ture was donated by the Wall BuildingCenter, the license for showing themovies and the projector was purchased.The electricity was also paid for with do-nations received and there is approxi-mately $1,000 left in the bank account.Wilson held a meeting with several otherstudents to try and make a future plan forthe project. It was questioned if studentswould be paid for running the theatre.Wilson suggested activity groups taketurns and possibly keep a portion of theadmission fee or concessions for fundraising. Things that need to be ad-dressed in the near future is a more per-manent location, a cover for the projectorto be protected from the weather and anFM transmitter to receive the soundthrough the speakers of the vehicles. Itwas suggested to check with the schoolto see if it could be included in a class tolearn about planning a business.

WEDD McGriff thanked the council for alltheir support in 2017 and gave a recapon all the activities that took place: „Annual Mailbox project for the Sen-ior class „The Archery Range „The Wall Crawl „The Second annual Wall in the Fallevent „Everyone Walks SD ProgramMcGriff commented there will be a Boothat the Stock Show and Mayor Huetherstated there will be a need for volunteersand more information will follow.

Stephanie Trask reported the title searchon the land purchase from the railroadhas been completed, now a date for clos-ing will need to be decided. Trask askedif there were any further changes neededto the purchase agreement. Motion byHustead, second by S Anderson to ap-prove the purchase agreement as is. Mo-tion carried.

Trask explained the petition to vacateFloyd Street will require a publication fora hearing to be set and a resolution fromthe council to complete that process.This will be set for the January 4th meet-ing.

Motion by Haerer, second by Hustead toapprove the combined election agree-ment with the Wall School District andthe Town of Wasta to hold an April 10thelection. Motion carried.

Motion by Morgan, second by M Ander-

ing assistance with the utilities and otherduties in her office for the past year, shewas unable to get her comp time down tothe maximum amount of 120 hours forcarry over. With hiring an assistant forher office, this should not be an issue inthe future. Anderson requested a payout of 184 comp time hours. Anderson com-mented she was unable to get all of hervacation hours used for 2017 also andwould request to carry over an additional32 hours of vacation. Motion by Morgan,second by S Anderson to approve the184-hour payout and the 32 hours of va-cation carry over. Motion carried.

Public Works Director (PWD) Bryan re-quested himself and Chris Bessette to at-tend the SDARWS conference in Pierreon January 9th & 10th. Motion by Hauk,second by Morgan to approve Bryan andBessette attend the conference in Pierre.Motion carried.

Items for discussion – no action will betaken. Councilman Hustead questionedif the January 18th meeting could bemoved to another date, due to the con-flict with the tourism conference. The re-quest will be on the agenda of the Janu-ary 4th agenda for approval.

Next City Council meeting will be Janu-ary 4th, 2018 at 6:30pm with the person-nel meeting beginning at 5:30pm

Motion by Hustead, second by Hauk togo into executive session for the purposeof discussing personnel issues accordingto SDCL 1-25-2 at 7:22pm. Motion car-ried.

Motion by Haerer, second by Hauk to ap-prove hiring the assistant finance officerat $14.00 per hour. Motion carried.

Mayor Huether declared the meeting outof executive session at 7:30pm

With no other business to address,Mayor Huether declared the meeting ad-journed at 7:34pm.

____________Marty Huether,Mayor

__________________Carolynn M. Anderson,Finance Officer

Published January 4, 2018, at the totalapproximate cost of $141.15.

ADVERTISEMENTFOR BIDS

DIVISION 00 – CONTRACTINGREQUIREMENTSSECTION 00 11 13

CITY OF WALLWALL, SD

WALL SEWER REHABILITATIONPROJECT

Sealed Bids for the construction of theWall Sewer Rehabilitation project will bereceived by the City of Wall, Wall, SouthDakota at the office of the City FinanceOfficer, City of Wall, 501 Main Street, POBox 314, Wall, SD 57790 until 2:00 p.m.local time on Thursday, February 1,2018, at which time the Bids received willbe publicly opened and read.

The Project consists of the followingscope of work:

A. Pre-clean and Inspect 3,300 LFt ofsanitary sewer system.

B. Re-Line 3,300 feet of 8" SanitarySewer System.

C. 14 CIPP Liner End SealsD. Reinstate ServicesE. Post Inspection, including reports

after installation.

Bids will be received for a single primeContract. Bids shall be on a unit pricebasis, with additive alternate bid items asindicated in the Bid Form.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Docu-ments is: AE2S, Inc., 1560 ConcourseDrive, Rapid City, SD 57703; Contact:Ted Schultz, PE, Telephone: 605-341-7800, email: ted.schultz@ae2s.com.Prospective Bidders may examine theBidding Documents at the Issuing Officeon Mondays through Fridays betweenthe hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.local time, and may obtain copies of theBidding Documents from the Issuing Of-fice. A $50.00 non-refundable fee is re-quired for plans and specifications for re-quests outside the State of SouthDakota. Plans will be available on orabout January 4, 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#5432390 on the website’s ProjectSearch page. Please contactQuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 orinfo@questcdn.com for assistance infree membership registration, download-ing, and working with this digital projectinformation.

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 officeof the City Finance Officer, 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 the 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 the City of Wall, as aguarantee of the bidder entering into aContract with the City of Wall for the WallSewer Rehabilitation project. The checksof all unsuccessful bidders will be re-turned within thirty (30) days after thebids have been opened.

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 utility work of asimilar nature and scope as that requiredfor the project. No Bidder may withdrawtheir bid for a period of thirty (30) daysafter the bid opening.

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

Published January 4 & 11, 2018, at thetotal approximate cost of $78.37.

son to approve Resolution 17-07; AirportCapital Outlay. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION 17-07

ESTABLISHING CAPITALOUTLAY FOR AIRPORT IM-

PROVEMENTS

Whereas, the City of Wall,South Dakota has determinedthat upgrades and improve-ments are necessary at theWall Municipal Airport, and;

Whereas, the City of Wall, hasdetermined there are not suffi-cient funds within the generalfund for said improvementsand upgrades at the municipalairport, and;

Whereas, SDCL 9-21-14, au-thorizes the City to establish aCapital Outlay accumulationaccount for the purpose of im-provements and upgrades tothe municipal airport;

Now be it resolved, the Cityof Wall shall establish a capitaloutlay account and authorizesthe Finance Officer to budgetand accumulate $12,500 an-nually, beginning with the 2018appropriations from the gen-eral fund for the purpose of im-provements and upgrades tothe municipal airport.

And be it further resolved,that the accumulation of saidfunds shall not exceed a max-imum of more than sixty (60)months commencing fromJanuary 1, 2018.

Dated this 21st day of Decem-ber, 2017.

____________Marty Huether,Mayor

________________Carolynn Anderson,Finance Officer

Motion by M Anderson, second by Haukto approve the contract for network serv-ice with HCS, LLC. Motion carried.

Motion by M Anderson, second by S An-derson to approve the quote on bridgingthe Library network to the City’s. Motioncarried.

Motion by Hauk, second by M Andersonto approve the request from the beautifi-cation committee to roll over the remain-ing balance of their 2017 budget into the2018 budget. Motion carried.

Motion by Haerer, second by Hustead toapprove Resolution 17-08: 2017 Contin-gency Transfers. Motion carried.

RESOLUTION 17-08

SUPPLEMENTALAPPROPRIATIONS

CONTINGENCYTRANSFERS

WHEREAS, it appears thatthere will be insufficient fundsin the 2017 General FundBudget to carry out the indis-pensable functions of govern-ment. It is proposed that thefollowing Supplemental Appro-priations be adopted.

FROM: 101-0411-4115Contingency, $3,200.00

TO: 101-0411-4110Salaries, $2,500.00

TO: 101-0411-4120 FICA,$200.00

TO: 101-0411-4270 Travels& Dues, $500.00

Dated this 21st day of Decem-ber, 2017.

____________Marty Huether,Mayor

ATTEST:

___________________Carolynn M. Anderson,Finance Officer

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QUESTION: How can my hus-band and I make sure that wedon't overindulge our cute littlegirl? She has a wonderful sweetpersonality and everyone in thefamily has been doting on hersince she was born. But now thatshe's four years old, I'm wonder-ing if she'll ever grow out of this"cute baby" phase. She lovesbeing the center of attention andwill "perform" on cue if given theopportunity. Is this normal,healthy behavior? Should we beconcerned? What, if anything,should we be doing differently? ANSWER: It's no wonder yourdaughter will "perform on cue."She's been receiving positive rein-forcement for that kind of behav-ior for as long as she can remem-ber. At this stage of the game it'sall a lot of fun for everyone, butthe danger is that she'll grow upbelieving that her value as a per-son is based on her cuteness andher performance, not on her char-acter. The good news is that it'snot too late to prevent that fromhappening. You've told us that shestill has a sweet personality, andthat seems to indicate that, thusfar, the attention she's been re-ceiving hasn't spoiled her or madeher selfish and defiant. While she's still small, impres-sionable, and teachable, you needto start helping her develop solid,godly character traits. Nowadaysour culture tells us that "cute-ness," physical attractiveness,popularity, power, and success arethe really important things in life.But the Bible says, "Man looks atthe outward appearance, but theLord looks at the heart" (1Samuel 16:7). God calls us to amuch higher standard. In Hiseconomy, what truly matters is ahumble, loving heart, a Christ-like character, and a life that dis-plays the "Fruit of the Spirit"(Galatians 5:22, 23) – qualitiessuch as love, joy, peace, patience,kindness, goodness, faithfulness,gentleness and self-control. How can you encourage yourlittle girl to grow in this directionrather than becoming spoiled andself-centered? We suggest youmake a conscious effort to praiseher whenever she displays thepositive traits listed above. Youshould also try to model thesekinds of qualities for her and lookfor "teachable moments" to talkabout the things that matter toGod. It would also be a good ideato teach her how to serve others,whether that means caring for aneighbor's pet when they're on va-cation or donating some of her

Focus On The FamilyDr. James Dobson

toys to a local homeless shelter. As a footnote, it's worth men-tioning that the "misplaced val-ues" syndrome can easily extendbeyond the toddler years. In fact,it only seems to become moredamaging as a child moves intothe elementary grades, juniorhigh, and high school. Far toomany Christian parents todaydrive their kids to make the honorroll, play on the championshipsoccer team, make the cheerlead-ing squad, or get into a top col-lege. These things aren't bad inand of themselves, of course. Theproblem is when they become ourchief goal in life. Without God, thepromise of happiness they seemto offer is hollow. As we see it, thisis one of the biggest reasons somany modern teens are abusingalcohol, drugs, and experiencingrecord levels of depression andanxiety. Many kids describethemselves as feeling stressed outjust trying to keep up. QUESTION: How much timeshould I devote to my work? Myjob requires me to put in longhours every week. As a result I'mnot able to give as much attentionto other things - including myfamily - as I'd like. In your opin-ion, how much time is too muchtime for work? Do you suggest Ilook for another job? ANSWER: Perhaps you won'tbe surprised to learn that wedon't have a hard-and-fast an-swer for this question. Focus onthe Family can't tell you where towork or exactly how many hoursto devote to your occupation. Wedon't have a simple formula forbalancing business affairs withfamily life. These are questionsyou need to resolve by prayingand listening to God's voice. Youshould also discuss your needsand priorities with your spouseand seek the counsel of closefriends. With the help of thosewho really care about you, try towork through your personal com-mitments and priorities in light ofbiblical principles. In a case like this it can be help-ful to remember that God hasgranted us tremendous liberty inChrist (Galatians 5:1). As a Chris-tian, you aren't called to slavishlegalism but to freedom and dis-covery. It's not a matter of obeyingrules or mapping out a tightlyconstructed schedule. Instead, it'sabout walking by faith and livingin the Spirit. Among other things,that means learning by trial anderror how to fulfill your uniqueGod-given calling while lovingothers with the selfless love of

Christ. Are your long hours having adamaging effect on your mar-riage, your family, your health, oryour relationships with others?This is the question you need toask yourself. Seek the Lord'sguidance and try to answer ithonestly. If you decide that youreally are working too much,you'll have to stop and figure outhow you got into this situation.Ask yourself if there's a feasibleway out. Do you really have tospend this much time on the job?What is it that's driving you? Is ityour employer's demands or yourown pressing financial needs? Ifthe latter, can you find other waysof balancing the budget? Can youcut costs? Downscale yourlifestyle? Eliminate materialisticgoals and values? That last question brings usback to the issue of priorities. Bygetting a handle on what mattersmost to you, you can clear the airof a lot of confusion. When youknow your priorities, you caneliminate non-essentials. Thiswill help you gain a sense of focusand purpose. Rather than accept-ing your situation at face value,train yourself to listen to theSpirit. Try to discern what Hewants you to do. Don't be definedby externals. Instead, defineyourself in terms of God's princi-ples and God's plan for your life.It's a question of learning how tochannel your time and energyinto the fulfillment of your ownunique calling. Maybe you don't think this ad-vice fits your situation. Perhapsyou believe that your prioritiesare in order. Maybe you're work-ing long hours solely because ofthe demands of an unreasonableboss. If so, you may want to startthinking about looking for a newposition. That's not something tobe undertaken lightly, of course,especially in today's challengingeconomy. Still, if you're feelingpressured, unhappy in your work,and deprived of meaningful rela-tionships at home, it might betime to step out in faith and takesome risks. You don't want tospend the rest of your life hatingwhat you're doing. Here are a few things to keep inmind as you evaluate your cur-rent occupation and consider thepossibility of looking for a newjob. When trying to decide ifyou're cut out for a certain profes-sion, ask yourself the followingthree questions: 1) Do I have apassion for this kind of work? 2)Do I possess the required back-ground and skills? And 3) Do Ifeel called to do this? If you cansay "yes" to all three, then go forit. There's an excellent chancethat you'll find success and fulfill-ment along that path. If you think it might be helpfulto discuss these ideas at greaterlength with a member of the Focusteam, our staff counselors wouldconsider it a privilege to speakwith you over the phone. You cancontact our Counseling Depart-ment for a free consultation at thisnumber. They'll be happy to assistyou in any way they can. Send your questions to Dr. Dob-son, c/o Focus on the Family, POBox 444, Colorado Springs, CO80903. This question and answeris excerpted from books authoredby Dr. James Dobson and pub-lished by Tyndale House Publish-ers. Dr. Dobson is the Chairman ofthe Board of Focus on the Family,a nonprofit organization dedicatedto the preservation of the home.Copyright 2003 James Dobson,Inc. All rights reserved. Interna-tional copyright secured.

Pennington County Courant • January 4, 2018

NOTICE OFHEARING

BEFORE THE PENNINGTONCOUNTY BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERS

Notice is hereby given that the followingpetitioners have applied to the Penning-ton County Board of Commissioners

NOTICE OFHEARING

BEFORE THE PENNINGTONCOUNTY PLANNING AND ZONING

COMMISSION AND THEPENNINGTON COUNTY BOARD

OF COMMISSIONERS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thePennington County Planning Commis-sion and the Pennington County Boardof Commissioners will hold a public hear-ing to consider the following proposed or-dinance amendment to the PenningtonCounty Zoning Ordinance adopted as anadjunct to the Pennington County Com-prehensive Plan:

OA 17-03 – Amendment to Section 312“Signs, Billboards and Other AdvertisingStructures.”

Said hearing will be held by the PlanningCommission on Monday, January 22,2018, at 9:00 a.m. and the PenningtonCounty Board of Commissioners onTuesday, February 6, 2018, at 10:30 a.m.in the Commissioners’ Meeting Room atthe Pennington County AdministrationBuilding, Rapid City, South Dakota. Anyinterested party may appear and beheard. Copies of the proposed amend-ments may be viewed at the PlanningDepartment located at 130 Kansas CityStreet, Suite 200, Rapid City, SouthDakota, during regular business hours.

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

PJ Conover,Planning Director

Julie A. Pearson,Pennington County Auditor

Published January 4, 2018, at the totalapproximate cost of $17.86.

under the provisions of the PenningtonCounty Zoning Ordinance as follows:

Kory Weisbeck has applied for a Rezoneto rezone 20.00 acres from General Agri-culture District to Suburban ResidentialDistrict and to amend the PenningtonCounty Comprehensive Plan to changethe Future Land Use from PUD Sensitiveto Suburban Residential District locatedon the N1/2S1/2SW1/4SW1/4; N83.5feet of E200 feet and N179.6 feet ofW1120 feet in the S1/2S1/2SW1/4SW1/4; and S246.5 feet of E200 feet andS150.4 feet of W1120 feet in theS1/2S1/2SW1/4SW1/4, all located inSection 15, T2N, R6E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota, 22595 SmokeyRidge Road; 22591 Smokey RidgeRoad, and 22585 Smokey Ridge Road,in accordance with Sections 205, 208,and 508 of the Pennington County Zon-ing Ordinance.

Notice is further given that said applica-tions will be heard by the PenningtonCounty Board of Commissioners in theAdministration Building at 10:30 a.m. onthe 16th day of January 2018. At thistime, any person interested may appearand show cause, if there be any, whysuch requests should or should not begranted.

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

PJ Conover,Planning Director

Julie A. Pearson,Pennington County Auditor

Published January 4, 2018, at the totalapproximate cost of $19.81.

Help Wantedat the

Pennington CountyCourant

Newswriter for weekly newspaperResponsible ~ Dependable ~ Full or Part-Time

Willing to train the right person• Covering city, school board and writing articles for newspaper• Computer experience a must• Employee must live in the Wall area

For more information or an application, call:Don or Beau at 859-2516 (Philip office)