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An Extreme Showcase of SouthDakota’s finest high school cow-boys and cowgirls! That is exactlywhat you will find if you makeyour way to the Black Hills StockShow Rodeo which will be held atthe Rapid City Civic Center onJanuary 27th, at 1:00 pm.

One hundred and fourteen tophigh school rodeo athletes will begeared up and ready to go as theyget an opportunity to showcasetheir rodeo talents during the11th Annual 20X Extreme Show-case. South Dakota has four re-gions of high school rodeocontestants. The top three cow-boys and cowgirls from each re-gion in each event, based onpoints after State Finals, are in-vited to compete in this exclusiverodeo event.

Each contestant will receive aWrangler 20X shirt and a Wran-gler jean gift certificate. Eventwinners receive a trophy bucklemade by Maynard Buckles. Four$500.00 scholarships are avail-able for senior contestants, onefrom Wrangler, two from theBlack Hills Stock Show Founda-tion and one from South DakotaBuckaroos.

The 20X Extreme College Fairwill be held from 9:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m. at the south balcony of

the Barnett Arena. This is a greatopportunity for contestants tovisit with NIRA rodeo coachesfrom South Dakota, NorthDakota, Iowa, Oklahoma, andWyoming.

This will be an opportunity tosee some of the best young rodeotalent South Dakota has to offer,matched up against top stock,competing in the Black HillsStock Show Rodeo venue. Com-bine this with the top contractpersonnel in the PRCA, and fansare sure to receive an afternoon ofpure rodeo entertainment.

Ticket information atwww.gotmine.com or 1-800-GOT-MINE.

Faith and area cowboys andcowgirls include: Dalton Ger-bracht-bull riding, Tearnee Nel-son-goat tying, TriciaWilken-goat tying, Jordan Hunt-saddle bronc, Lane Foster-tiedown roping & team roping,Joshua Hunt-tie down roping,Cody Bernstein-team roping, Dal-ton Sheridan-team roping, CassyWoodward, Dupree-breakaway,Trey LaPlante, Dupree-bull rid-ing, Peyton Smith, Lantry-goattying, Seth Longbrake, Howes,saddle bronc, and Kash Deal,Dupree-team roping and saddlebronc.

2013 20X ExtremeHigh School Showcase

People who’ve delayed gettingvaccinated for flu may want toproceed now that flu virus activ-ity is widespread in SouthDakota, says a state health offi-cial.

“We do encourage people to getvaccinated early in the season butit’s still not too late to get immu-nized,” said Dr. Lon Kightlinger,State Epidemiologist for the De-partment of Health. “The fluvirus is likely to be with us forseveral weeks, if not months, sogetting vaccinated now can pro-vide important protection fromthe flu.”

Kightlinger noted that thisyear’s flu activity is occurring ear-lier and at higher levels than re-cent years, other than the 2009pandemic. To date, South Dakotahas reported 469 laboratory-con-firmed cases of flu and 135 flu-re-lated hospitalizations. There havealso been nine deaths reported,all over the age of 75.

Annual flu vaccination is rec-ommended for everyone, but someare at higher risk for complica-tions – pregnant women, peopleover 50 years and people withchronic medical conditions.Health-care workers and house-hold contacts of high-risk popula-

tions such as those with young in-fants should also be vaccinated. Children are another high riskgroup, accounting for significantcases and hospitalizations eachyear and helping spread flu in thecommunity. The department of-fers free flu vaccine for kids fromsix months to 18 years.

In addition to vaccination, toprevent the spread of the flu:

•Wash your hands often withsoap and water or use alcohol-based hand gel ;

•Cover your mouth when youcough or sneeze;

•Don’t touch your eyes, nose ormouth; and,

•Stay home if you're sick. Learn more at

http://flu.sd.gov

Health Department urges vaccinationas flu activity increases to widespread

West River Tournament Champions … Back row: Kelly Daughters, Assistant Coach, GerethBushong, Chaney Keffeler, Rio Hulm, Marty Shaff, Reggie Rhoden, Drew Vance, Wyatt Simonson,CodyTrainor, Doug Schauer, Head Coach, Bryant Schauer, Assistant Coach. Front Row: David Ruth, Cody Bern-stein, Jarius Halligan, Dalton Sheridan, Josh Afdahl, and Caden Smiley.

Photo courtesy of Amie SchauerFaith High School Rodeo Team Members … to Com-pete at 20X Extreme Showcase Rodeo. Faith High School RodeoClub will have a showing at the 20x Extreme Showcase Rodeo dur-ing the Rapid City Stock Show and Rodeo. Competing will be KatyMiller & Tearnee Nelson in goat tying, Cody Bernstein & DaltonSheridan in team roping, Cody Trainor & alt. Lane Foster in the tie-down roping. Good Luck Faith HS Rodeo Club Members.

Photo by Tawn Nelson

West River All Tournament Team: Caden Smiley, JariusHalligan and Cody Trainor also named MVP.

Photo by Marcia Samuelson

• January 16, 2013 • The Faith Independent

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Obituary

The Funeral Service for Ber-nice J. Lee, age 93 of Mobridge,formerly of Faith, was held Fri-day, January 11, 2013 at BethelLutheran Church in Faith withPastor Wayne Olson officiat-ing. Burial followed Friday after-noon at Black Hills NationalCemetery near Sturgis.

Serving as casketbearers wereKlevre Lee, Brett Landwehr, Troyand Jessica Wanless, Heatherand Chad Collins. Her greatgrandchildren, Hadley, Jack, andLeah Collins, Elliana, Scarlettand Juliette Wanless, and all ofBernice’s friends and relativesare considered Honorary Bearers.

Special music was provided byJayne Jordan, Joni Hunt, TroyWanless, and Pastor WayneOlson.

A Memorial has been estab-lished.

Bernice Hamlin was born andraised on a farm one and a halfmiles west and a half-mile southof Holabird, South Dakota, inHyde County, on April 12, 1919.Her parents were William B. andAnnie Jane (Gadd) Hamlin. Ber-nice attended grade school andtwo years of high school in Ho-labird and two years of highschool in Highmore, SD whereshe graduated in 1937. Followingher high school graduation Ber-nice attended Northern Normal

and Industrial School in Ab-erdeen, SD for one year to earnher certificate to teach in ruralschools. She taught the next threeyears at the North Illinois coun-try school in northern HydeCounty. The children and theirfamilies were very nice and theytreated Bernice like a familymember. Planning and havingprograms, especially the Christ-mas program, was a very specialtime for everyone.

In 1941, Bernice decided to goback to Northern State TeachersCollege to earn an ElementarySchool Certificate (completing atwo year course) so that she couldteach in city schools. In 1942,when Bernice received her certifi-cate, there was a job opening fora first and second grade teacherin a town called Faith in westernSouth Dakota. She applied andwas hired to teach for the Inde-pendent District of the City ofFaith. Bernice’s brother, Wallace,took her to Faith. She once saidthat when she arrived she wasnot sure she wanted her brotherto leave, as there were rough,tough cowboys everywhere whowere very intimidating to an EastRiver farm girl. None of theteachers had a car so they allwalked everywhere.

During the 1942-43 and 1943-44 school years Bernice taughtschool in Faith. It was during thistime that she met Hall Lee, ayoung man who worked at theFarmer’s Store. In 1940 Hall hadbeen drafted and served in theCavalry until 1941 when he re-ceived an honorable medical dis-charge and returned to Faith.Hall soon became a friend to all ofthe young female teachers and hehad a car! At the end of the 1944school year, Bernice took a jobteaching first grade at LincolnCity School in Aberdeen, SouthDakota where she taught in the

1944-45 school year. During theirtime apart Bernice and Hall con-tinued their courtship and onSeptember 21, 1945 they weremarried at Bernice’s home in Ho-labird, SD. Following a short hon-eymoon trip to Huron, Berniceand Hall returned to Faith.

Bernice and Hall’s first child,Jerome Alan, was born in RapidCity on November 4, 1947. Theirdaughter, Joanne Marie, wasborn in Rapid City on January 15,1950.

In January of 1959 Bernice re-turned to the classroom after shewas asked by the Maurine SchoolBoard to finish out the schoolyear since their teacher had leftat Christmas time. Bernice ac-cepted a job teaching third gradein the fall of 1959 in the FaithCity School. She continued takingcollege courses by extension andsummer school from Black HillsState College whenever she could.Eventually in 1970, she earnedher B.A. degree in Education.Bernice taught school for a totalof twenty-nine and a half yearsbefore retiring in 1981. After re-tirement she continued her teach-ing career by substituting forseveral years.

Bernice was active in the Faithcommunity and was a chartermember of the “Mother’s Club”and the American Legion Auxil-iary, Bethel Lutheran Churchand Women’s Missionary Fellow-ship. Bernice and Hall continuedto support the youth of Faith dur-ing their retirement years. Theyrarely missed a school athleticevent or a program. Her husbandHall passed away on June 1, 1993of pancreatic cancer.

Bernice lived in Faith in thehome that she and Hall rented in1945 and later purchased in 1947.She kept busy tending her flowersin the summer months and con-tinued to support the children ofFaith, as she did for the past 64years, with her attendance atschool activities.

In June of 2010, Bernicemoved to Mobridge, SD where sheresided at the Prairie Sunset Vil-lage. She passed away on Sunday,January 6, 2013 at the Mobridge

Bernice J. Lee

Regional Hospital at the age of 93years, 8 months, and 24 days.

Surviving family members in-clude her daughter and son-in-law, Joanne and Terry Wanless,Sacramento, CA; son and daugh-ter-in-law, Jerome and LannikoLee, Java, SD; 3 grandchildren,Heather (Chad) Collins, Lexing-ton, KY; Troy (Jessica) Wanless,Plymouth, MN; Klevre Lee, Java,SD; 6 great grandchildren,Hadley, Jack, and Leah Collins,Elliana, Scarlett, and JulietteWanless; 2 sisters, Annie Tresca,

Palmetto, FL; Jean Rork (DickBell) Desert Palm Springs, CA; 2sisters-in-law, Elzora Hamlin,Sioux Falls, SD; Gladys Hamlin,Gettysburg, SD; and specialfriends, Dave and Sonja Geb-hardt, Faith, SD; and numerousnieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death byher parents, her husband, broth-ers, Wallace, Gordon, Howard,and Floyd, and 3 in infancy.

Condolences may be sent to thefamily at www.funeralhomesof-caring.com.

September 2012Faith hit a high of 101º on

Monday, Sept. 10th.Becky Engel, a FHS senior, is

undergoing treatment forleukemia at Fargo, ND. She isthe daughter or Leon and Sandy(Veit) Engel. Becky and her momwill be in Fargo for at least twomonths while she is taking treat-ments. Cayci Spencer, 3 year olddaughter of Joe Spencer (a FHSgraduate), of Hayes, was diag-nosed with acute leukemia. She isundergoing treatment in SiouxFalls. Cayci is the granddaughterof Jerry and Kristy Spencer.

The Faith City Council heardfrom Justin Inghram at theirSept. 6th meeting. Justin camebefore the members to explain theplans for his new building that heis putting up on the formerFeesable Shop lot. Reid Henschelalso approached Council about re-pair work on the ice house.

Longhorns wins football sea-son opener over Dupree on Sep-tember 2 with a score of 44-20.

The varsity volleyball teamwon an exciting match in 5 closesets in their season opener withLemmon on September 6th. Thegirls traveled to Mobridge for theMobridge-Pollock Tournamentover the weekend. The girls losttwo of three matches. MarissaCollins was chosen for the All-Tournament Team.

Mrs. Baye reported at theSept. 14th school board meetingthat work is a little behind on the

new school building but as theproject progresses that willchange. Mrs. Baye and Mr.Daughters presented informationon offering high school algebra to8th graders to give them a higherlevel of math in preparation forcollege. Tyrell Bachman won theSaddle Bronc, Bull Riding and AllAround Sr. Boy saddles at theState 4-H Rodeo Finals.

We had some furocious windthe third Tuesday of the month. Itwas around 40 mph but felt muchstronger than that! It hit Mondaynight and stayed with us all dayTuesday. The rest of the weekwas beautiful.

Caden Smiley and AshleyDrum were crowned King andQueen at Homecoming Corona-tion on Sept. 11th.

The Faith Booster Club pre-sented the school with a check for$1,000 for uniforms for track andcross country.

Mayor Haines commented atSept. 20th city council meetingthat several improvements havebeen happening around town thathaven’t been approved by the city.Anyone making improvements toproperty, etc. must apply for abuilding permit from the city.This is for tax purposes for thecounty. These taxes benefit ourschool.

Among the 160 members of theNational Guard 842nd Engineer-ing Co. from our area or with localfamily ties who returned from ayear tour of duty in AfghanistanContnued on Page 3

2012 in review

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Obituary

The Funeral Service for PattiStorm, age 62 of Meadow, wereheld Saturday, January 12, 2013at St. Luke’s EvangelicalLutheran Church in Lemmon.Pastor Frank Gantt officiatedwith burial in Gallaway Ceme-tery at Meadow.

Special music was provided byRhonda Tomac, organist.

Serving as casketbearers wereMilton, Daryl, and Allen Storm,Fred Gebhart, Fred Reede, JackGabbert, Don Borowski, and JessCarmichael. All of Patti’s grand-children, her co-workers, and for-mer and current students of FaithHigh School are considered Hon-orary Bearers.

PATRICIA J. ODER “Patti”was born on September 2, 1950 inHugoton, Kansas to Peggy Jean(Mills) Oder. She attended schoolin Kansas and Colorado and grad-uated from Lemmon High Schoolin 1968. She attended SDSU inBrookings where she graduatedin 1972 with a Bachelor’s Degreein Home Economics.

On June 1, 1972, Patti wasunited in marriage to David E.Storm at St. Luke’s EvangelicalLutheran Church in Lemmon.They began their life together inLemmon where she began substi-tute teaching and she was theJournalism Advisor. In May of

1973, they purchased a ranchnear Meadow where she andDavid ranched and raised theirsons, Scott and Steve.

Patti substitute taught at theProgress and Bison schools. Sheworked for the U.S. Postal Serviceas a rural route mail carrier for 8½ years driving the Meadow andBison routes. She then worked inLemmon for Wolff’s Wheel Align-ment for 3 years. In the summerof 1995, she returned to college atBrookings to renew her teachingcertificate. Patti then taught highschool English and Journalism atLemmon High School for 3 years.In the fall of 1998 she beganteaching at Faith High Schoolwhere she was currently teach-ing.

In 2008, Patti was diagnosedwith a lung disease and has beenbattling it since. She passed fromthis life early Wednesday morn-ing, January 9, 2013 at her homenear Meadow at the age of 62years, 4 months, 7 days.

Patti had a passion for teachingand inspired many students.Teaching English to her studentswas one of her favorite things todo, but the most memorable arethe times spent with her familyand grandchildren. She loved at-tending their school and rodeo ac-tivities. Patti was a Leader formany years of the Rough andReady 4-H Club.

Surviving family members in-clude her husband, David; 2 sonsand daughters-in-law, Scott andChandra Storm, Meadow, SD;Steve and Tara Storm, Spearfish,SD; 4 grandchildren, Bailee,Travis, Riley, and Colton Storm;1 brother, Jim Swartz, in Min-nesota; sisters-in-law, Donna andJaneane; 2 cousins, Jack(Heather) Wilson, and Cris Wil-son; and numerous nieces andnephews.

Patti was preceded in death byher grandparents, Ivan andHelen Mills, mother, Peggy Mc-Clung, father, Walter Ray Oder,brother, Randy Swartz, cousin,Danny Ivan Wilson, and aunt,Betty (Mills) Johnson.

Condolences may be sent to thefamily at www.evansonjensenfu-neralhome.com.

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The Faith City Council startedthe first meeting of the year onJanuary 8th with two executivesessions to discuss personnel.

After approving minutes andclaims, the first item on theagenda was to decide whether topurchase new mats for the gymand the other City buildings.They have been leasing mats andcould purchase them fromHilliard, the company who serv-ices the floor, and save money.They have had some near acci-dents with people tripping on themats they have now and thesewould be a better solution. Coun-cil approved the purchase of 36’x100’ mats, a rack/roller, andclips and straps for the gym areaat an approximate cost of $1800,and additional mats for the re-mainder of the buildings per rec-ommendation by Hilliards, up to$1600.

Dave Lutz brought in the an-nual smoked turkey and cheesetray for the Council from BroszEngineering, and they thanked

him.Wanda Ruth, on behalf of the

FHS Senior Class, asked for useof the gym for baccalaureate andgraduation on May 19th, with thefee waived. They would also liketo use the stage if they wouldwaive the fee. As the City crewhas to put up the stage theywouldn’t waive that fee but ap-proved the use of the gym withthe stipulation that all denomina-tions be invited to participate inbaccalaureate. Wanda then saidthat they do have someone whowould be willing to pay for the useof the stage, beings the Citywouldn’t waive the fee. Theywant to set it up on the south sideof th gym rather than the north togive them more seating. It didn’tmatter to Council what side it isset up on.

Council retired into executivesession at 6:00-6:30 to discusspersonnel.

Council approved holding ajoint election with the school on

April 9th.Mayor Haines asked if anyone

had any suggestions/changes tothe snow removal ordinance.Riley expressed her concern aboutbeing able to collect the fine.Mayor Haines said it is a littleharder since we don’t have ajudge here. He said they need tostate a snow amount listed toissue a snow alert. He also won-dered about the school parkinglots. They haven’t had to do themfor the past 8 years, so is it up tothe City to clear them? Inghramsaid in the past the City justshoved the snow to the back andeventually rolled it out to melt.They will have further discussionat their next meeting.

Salary increases were the nexttopic on the agenda. A 2% in-crease would basically bring thesalaries back to where they werebefore the government loweredthe Social Security, etc. taxeswithheld two years ago. Some feltthe 2% wasn’t enough, and othersthought it was fair. Council re-tired into executive session at thistime for further discuss on per-sonnel. Sorry, but they were stillin executive session when I left.

City Council discuss snowremoval and salaries By Loretta Passolt

were Doyle Udager, Matthew Vig,Eric Flatmoe, Kirk Hulm, DerekAustin, Adam Dauwen, and Car-son Chord.

Deaths: Andy Fischbach, AliceThomas, Ruby Thomas, JamesReed

OctoberThe Faith Longhorns hosted

the Lemmon Cowboys on Friday,Sept. 28th. The Longhorns scored52 points and held the Cowboysscoreless.

David Ruth has been named aCommended Student in the 2013National Merit Scholarship Pro-gram.

Jacob Ulrich is the jr. varsityLittle Moreau Conference CrossCountry champion. Brock Vanceplaced second, and Seth Smithfourth.

The Faith City Council openedbids for reroofing the communitycenter and public safety buildingand other construction work, heldthe second reading of the budget,and approved two building per-mits at their October 2nd meet-ing.

The cooler temperatures of falldefinitely arrived the first week ofthe month! We had mostly 40sand 50s last week, even a fewsnow flakes one day, very few.The nights have sure been coldfor this early in the season, in the20s. We’ll have some 60s thisweek, and maybe some moisture,hopefully in the form of rain, notthe white stuff.

The Longhorns came homefrom Bison last Friday night withanother big win, defeating theCardinals 60-12.

Four FHS Rodeo Club mem-

bers qualified for the SDRA HSShowcase at the SDRA Finals inRapid City. Qualifying were;Tearnee Nelson, Cody Bernstein,Jake Foster and Dalton Sheridan.

Last week the Lady Longhornvolleyball team picked up severalwins to take their season recordto 20-5. The Ladies defeatedTiospaye Topa and Bison. TheLonghorns took home 3rd placehonors from the Gettysburg Tour-nament. Tearnee Nelson wasnamed to the All-Tournamentteam.The Faith girls cross countryteam placed seventh as a teamand the boys were also 7th at thePhilip Meet on Ocvtober 10th.

We continue to stay dry here inour part of western SouthDakota. Temperatures have been

in the 50s and 60s, although wereached 70s a couple days, withno rain. And, unfortunately,there is none in the upcomingforecast.

Hugh E Ingalls, Faith, rankedas fourth largest in registeringthe most Angus beef cattle inSouth Dakota having recorded371 head of Angus, and John &Tammy Sletten, Faith, ranked asseventh largest in registering themost Angus beef cattle in SouthDakota having recorded 348 headof Angus with the AmericanAngus Association® during fiscalyear 2012.

The Faith School 6th gradeclass created a presentation of theFaith Public/School Library forContinued on Page 5

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Opal Area News By Kay Ingalls

Central MeadeCounty News

By Sandy Rhoden

It was a cold weekend in Cen-tral Meade County. The blizzardthat was supposed to hit on Fri-day turned out to be a very coldwindy day with flurries off andon. But because of the nasty fore-cast, Meade 46-1 and otherschools and functions were calledoff for the day.

The Faith Longhorns boys wonthe West River Basketball Tour-nament on Saturday after playingat Newell on Thursday for thefirst round. They finished the sec-ond round and the championshipgame at the Civic Center in RapidCity on Saturday. Caden Smiley,Cody Trainor, and JJ Halliganwere named to the All TourneyTeam and Cody Trainor was cho-sen MVP. Families of Reg Rho-den, Caden Smiley, and ChaneyKeffeler and others spent the dayin Rapid City on Saturday for the

12:30 and 9:00 pm games. Theboys continue to be undefeatedand were scheduled to play Lem-mon in Faith on Tuesday.

Though several families foundthemselves in Rapid City fromnoon until 11:00 pm, many ofthem found a place to watch theDenver Broncos play, followed bythe Green Bay Packers. Needlessto say, there were many Broncosand Packers fans who were disap-pointed that evening throughoutMeade County and beyond.

The rural junior high boyshave started their basketball sea-son with Jimmy Shaw and MeganLong coaching. They will have ahome game on Tuesday, January29. At this time, the TumblingTornados are planning a half timeperformance. They held a Tum-blathon on Monday to raise fundsfor some equipment and otheritems.

A fundraiser in the form of a'phone-a-thon' for a fire hall atUnion Center took place on Sat-urday morning at CammackRanch Supply. They were able toreach $76,000.00 in pledges thatwill go toward their goal of$80,000.00.

Yvonne Cammack will begoing on a missions trip to Haitiwith the Wesleyan Church fromSturgis in March. If one feels ledto help sponsor her to help withfunding, please contact her orWes Labrier.

Dana Keffeler, Jone Enright,and Claudine Afdahl headed toDenver Satuday night after thebasketball tournament in RapidCity. They were meeting with dif-ferent folks to check out the newlines of various items for KeffelerKreations in Faith. Dana willthen make purchases for thestore, but not before getting toshop for the latest items.

The Faith community, as wellas present and former students,were saddened by the death ofFaith High School Englishteacher, Patti Storm. Mrs. Storm,as known by her students, was 62and died Jan.9 at her home nearMeadow. Her funeral service washeld in Lemmon on Saturday at11:00 am. She was a compassion-ate lady who very much wantedto see her students achieve in herclass, as well as other endeavors.She also coached the oral interpstudents. Some have referred toher as their 'best' teacher. Shewill be dearly missed by manyand there will be an emptiness inthe school. Our sincere condo-lences to her family at this time.

Faith High School was left inshock this past week when thehigh school English teacher ofmany years, Patti Storm, passedaway. Patti had suffered with alung disease for several years butdid not let it be known. I visitedwith Dennis Fernau who thoughtthat he hired Patti in 1999. Thatmeans she influenced a lot of ourkids in a very positive way. Face-book was filled with positive com-ments from former students. Youcan’t ask for more than that! Hershoes will be hard to fill! Oursympathy goes out to her hus-band, Dave, their children andgrandchildren.

The annual Pioneer CowboyAwards Breakfast (Old TimersBreakfast) is being held duringthe Black Hills Winter StockShow Saturday, February 2 in theFine Arts Bldg of the CentralStates Fair Grounds in RapidCity. Honorees this year are Mar-vin Maude, Dale (Doc) Hendrick-son and Harold Delbridge. Doorsopen at 7:00 A.M., program at8:00. NanCee Maynard is sellingtickets at the door. If you wanther to hold some for you, her email is [email protected] her phone 605-923-4494.

The Marcus Church is gettinggeared up for their annual fundraiser next Saturday, January 18at the Community Center inUnion Center. Look for a fun af-ternoon of horse drawn wagonrides for the kids while parentsenjoy the silent auction, and atrash and treasure table. Therewill be a fish pond, face paintingand (artificial) tattooing for kids.Soup and dessert buffet for a freewill donation. All the fun willstart about 2 p.m. Everyone iswelcome.

Jim and Vonnie O’Dea went toWall to Tressa Gabriel's funeralon Monday. They went on to Jim’ssister and brother-in-law, Phyllisand Marvin Coleman's, and atesupper with them.

Wednesday, Harold and Idrove to Philip to visit my dad.Irvin was not doing well that daybut was O.K. the next day.

Tuesday, Jim and Vonnie wentto Spearfish to watch grandsonMichael Deichert play in theSpearfish-Belle basketball game,with Spearfish winning. Michaelmade a 3 point basket, andgrandma thought it was fromnearly the middle of the court.What a smile on Michael's face!He turned 18 Saturday.

Bub Thompson had supperwith Harold and I Wednesdaynight.

Saturday, Harold talked meinto braving the cold and attend-ing the West River Classic bas-ketball games at the Rapid CityCivic Center. Due to the expectedbad weather on Friday, the gamesscheduled for that night weremoved to early Saturday. Faithand New Underwood played at

12:30 Saturday with Faith win-ning. Wall lost to Hot Springs inthe next game. The championshipgame at 9:00 that night was be-tween Faith and Hot Springs. Iwish now I had written the scoresdown but I did not. I think wewon by 17 points but don’t bet onit, “I been wrong before.” As al-ways it is thrilling to watch ourboys play a clean game, showsportsmanship and most impor-tantly, be team players. It is a joyto watch them set up and run aplay where you think Cody T isgoing to the basket and at the lastminute he drops it off to Cody Bor Caden who then makes thebasket. Over the years Faith hashad some darn good basketballplayers but the “team” spirit hasset Doug Schauer’s boys apartand ahead. Reggie Rhoden tooksome pretty hard hits onto thefloor but kept on playing. By theend of the night all the teamslooked tired, it was a tough daythat really took the sap out ofthem. They’re a good bunch ofguys so get out and support themat the next game.

The basketball games in RapidCity seem to bring the former“Faithites” out of the house tobrave the cold and visit. Some ofthose were Karen Sletten, JesseHuschle and family, Bob, Edie,and Cathy Nesland, Dennis andJanet Fernau, Marilyn Ginter,Lisa Wattenhofer, Teri ReddenHill, Kim Langendorfer and hus-band, George, Kristen Kilmer andfamily, Don Trainor, and Bernieand Karen Beer. There wereprobably more that I’m forgettingor did not see. I apologize to someof these gals for using maidennames as I’m not sure of your lastnames. I think I can speak forFaith and say, “We appreciate allof you coming out to visit and sup-port the Longhorns.” That is alsotrue for the parents, grandpar-ents and fans from Faith, they areappreciated.

Harold asked if I rememberedwhen they used to lower themedia cube at the Civic Center sothey could change the names ofthe teams that were playing. Isure did. I also remember beingthere with my cheerleaders andsomeone washing Teri Bern-stein’s muddy, white cheerleadingskirt in the bathroom sink. Thegirls tried to dry it with the handdryer on the wall. No luck, so DocSarlo, Faith’s dentist and dad ofone of the cheerleaders, made arush trip to the laundromat. Blesshis heart, the skirt was back anddry in time for the team introduc-tions!

We also lost Bernice Lee thispast week. She taught Faith’sthird grade for many, manyyears. She and husband, Hallwere avid Faith Longhorn fanswho took their children, Jeromeand Joanne to many games allover the state.

When my family moved back toFaith in the late 60s Bernice wasa charter member of “TheMother’s Club.” Those ladies hadstarted saving money to build aswimming pool and in true Faithfashion “they got’er done.” Kids,when you go to the pool remem-ber to say a little thanks to the olegals like Bernice who worked soyou could swim. Our sympathy tothe family of Bernice. As I writethis I am trying to rememberother Mother’s Club members.Could anyone help me out? I’mthinking Mrs. Verdette Thomas,and Minna? Kelly(the ones whoowned the grocery store), BlancheThompson and ??? My momjoined but I don’t remember whothe others were.

Did you know that one intwelve South Dakotans has a per-mit to carry a concealed weaponand that South Dakota has thelowest violent crime rate per100,00 people! Interestinglyenough, the states among the top4 for violent crime also have someof the most stringent gun laws.Hm!

John and Carmen Heidlerwere in Faith on Monday. Johntook some stock into the auctionand Carmen spent the day visit-ing Dorothy Heidler. Mindy Hei-dler and girls were there as welland friend John O'Grady joinedthe group for dinner at Dorothy's.

I visited at the CJ Petersonhome on Monday afternoon thenwent on up the creek and visitedwith Margaret Fogelman for a lit-tle while.

Spud and Bernice Lemmelwent to Sturgis on Monday. Ber-nice had a 4-H Leaders meetingthat evening.

Jesse Lesmeister has spent theweek at his grandparents, Marlinand Ethel Ingalls, working on ahome remodeling project that wasstarted winter of 2012. Thursday,Marlin and Ethel went to RapidCity for project supplies and keptan appointment.

Dave and Judy Gano came tothe John Heidler home on Tues-day for a good old fashioned visit.Carmen said it was a good timeand neighbors don't get that doneanymore, it seems. Gotta have areason to come anymore seemslike.

Dale Young was a coffee visitorat his neighbors, Spud and Ber-nice Lemmel on Tuesday. Thurs-day, Rorey Lemmel came to hisfolks and had dinner with them.

Fogelmans were in Faith onThursday for repairs and shop-ping. Howard, Kay, Rod andJustin Ingalls also went to Faiththat day for dinner and to donateblood. Rod and Justin stayed for

the ball game and came homewith Tracy.

Bernice Lemmel made a tripinto Sturgis on Wednesday tokeep a therapy appointment.

Merle Vig is doing a good re-covery job after his surgery andkept appointments Monday,Tuesday and Thursday in Faithfor check-up and therapy ses-sions.

John and Carmen Heidlerwent to Rapid City on Friday tokeep an appointment. Weather-wise it was a pretty blustery day,but out this way we may have got-ten a half inch of snow but had agood blow.

Nathan Ingalls and ClintWeiss spent the weekend inRapid City. They left Friday nightand said travel on I-90 from NewUnderwood to Rapid City wasn'tthe best.

Rod, Tracy and Justin Ingallsattended the funeral service heldin Lemmon on Saturday for PattiStorm. She was the Englishteacher at the Faith High School.She will be greatly missed by agood many families that her lifetouched. Our sympathy to DaveStorm and his entire family.

Sunday, John and CarmenHeidler went to Spearfish to at-tend the 90th birthday party forLois Schuelke Haines McInerneyheld at the Senior Citizen Cen-ter. Lois is Carmen's aunt. Car-men said a good crowd and a goodtime was had there. John andCarmen visited her folks, Nor-man and McGee Vansickel for awhile before coming on home.

Marcus NewsBy Vicky Waterland

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Faith News By Loretta PassoltWe had nice weather most of

last week until Friday. Tempera-tures were in the 30s and 40s,then Friday they only made it toaround 20º but with strong windsit felt much colder. Snow startedhere about mid-morning and con-tinued throughout the day andnight, dropping a couple inches orso. Saturday and Sunday were re-ally cold.

Faith High School teachersand staff are mourning the loss ofone of their teachers. Patti Stormpassed away last Wednesday. Shehad been suffering with a lungcondition for the past severalyears. Patti taught high schoolEnglish and Oral Interp, takingseveral students to the Statelevel. She was a special lady andwill be missed by family andfriends. She influenced manykids’ lives in her years of teach-ing. Her services were held Satur-day in Lemmon. Condolences to

her family.Cindy Escott recently heard

from Ellen Simon that she andtwo of her grandchildren have puttogether a book of Ellen's poems.You can buy one fromEllen. She'll mail it to you. Heraddress is Box 471, HendersonNE 68371-0471. Ellen is feelingvery well, and keeping busy withfamily, volunteering, and her po-etry. This week, she will be read-ing poetry at a womens' meetingin Aurora, NE (a town about 15miles from her home).

The Catholic Daughters spon-sored a blood drive last Thursday.They had a good day and appreci-ate everyone who came to donate.Their next blood drive will be inabout two months, so watch for it.

I, for one, was not disappointedthat the Packers lost their gameto the SF 49ers on Saturday. Ihave never been a Packers fanand never will be! Son Nick has

always been a 49ers fan and Ipicked it up there. Way to go Nin-ers!

The first round of the WestRiver Basketball Tournamentwas held last Thursday night atNewell. Faith defeated Upton,Wyo. in their first game, 54-44.The nasty weather that moved inFriday morning postponed thetournament to Saturday at the

RC Civic Center. Games ran allday long. The Faith Longhornsbrought home the championshiptitle again. They defeated HotSprings 55-38. This was the 8thor 9th time for the boys. CodyTrainor was named MVP, and he,Caden Smiley and JJ Halliganwere named to the All-Tourna-ment Team. Congratulations,Longhorns!!

The jr. high boys will be host-ing Eagle Butte this Thursdaynight at 5:00.

The Little Moreau ConferenceGirls Basketball Tournament willbe held at Lemmon starting at6:00 this Thursday. The tourna-ment will continue Friday nightwith the finals on Saturday be-ginning at 1:00. Good luck Ladies!

New to the 2013 Black HillsStock Show Rodeo is the Girls inSpurs Ladies Night! Come pam-per yourself at the beauty barwith complimentary mini spaservices. Kick up your heels andsample some custom cowgirl cock-tails created just for you byPendleton Whisky. And for thegrand finale checkout the new2013 fashions coming down therunway from our featured fashionretailers the Molly & Gidget Bou-tique, Ranchers Outlet, and Pink629. And that’s not all, each ticketholder is registered to win one ofthe amazing retail prizes to bedrawn during the style show!

Doors open at 5:00 pm with the

style show starting at 6:00 pm.Admission is $20 at the door orFREE with the presentation of aBattle of the Boarders Bronc Fu-turity ticket at the door! Battle ofthe Boarders begins at 7:30 pm inthe Barnet Arena and is the per-fect conclusion to a girl’s nightout! Battle of the Boarders ticketsare available atwww.gotmine.com; 1-800-GOT-MINE; At Rushmore Plaza CivicCenter Box Office, Kiosks, or Sil-verado in Deadwood, SD.

Grab your girlfriends and headdown for a night packed withbeauty, fashion, cocktails & cow-boys at the Black Hills StockShow Rodeo Tuesday, Jan. 29th!

the South Dakota Library Asso-ciation Conference that was heldin Huron, Oct. 3-5.

The Faith Longhorns hostedthe Harding County Ranchers onThursday, October 18th. Theywere tied at the half. The Ranch-ers outscored the Longhorns inthe third, but the Horns cameback within 2 points at the endof the game, losing 28-26.

The Longhorns hostedKadoka Area in their first roundplayoff game on Tuesday, Octo-ber 23rd. The Longhorns led by16 points at the end of the firstquarter, and outscored theKougars 46-14 in the secondquarter. The final quarter was awhole different ball game, withthe Kougars making a big run onthe Longhorns, pulling within 8points, but the Longhorn defense

held tough and won 52-44.Friends and family set up a

fundraiser for Brett Price to helpwith medical expenses. In May2012, Brett Price was involved inan automobile accident in which hesustained severe nerve and tendondamage to his arm and hand. Forthe nerve and tendons to be re-paired the surgery needs to be doneas soon as possible to have full useof his arm and hand.

Winds of 70 mph or stronger hit

our area the third week of October.

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was torn off.

Deaths: Alice Hall, David Rho-

den, Arleigh McLellan, Lulu Mae

Wilken, Johnny Hostetter, Mary

Timm, Irene Starr, Sidney Schad,

Arlene Kolbu

Girls in Spurs Ladies Night set forRushmore Plaza Civic CenterRodeo Zone (Ice Arena)

2012 Continued from Page 3


The Longhorns traveled toNewell on Thursday, January10th for the first round of theWest River Basketball Tourna-ment. The Longhorns faced theUpton Bobcats in the first gameof the night. Cody Trainor andJarius Halligan led the scoring

with 24 and 14 respectively.Quarter scoresFaith 10-23-41-55Upton 13-18-30-44

Individual stats: Caden Smiley1 asst, 2 reb, 1 stl; Chaney Kef-feler 1 reb; Cody Bernstein 7 pts,1 asst, 1 reb, 3 stl; Cody Trainor

Longhorns bring home 4th straightWest River Tournament title

West River Tournament against Hot Springs … left to right: Caden Smiley, Cody Trainor#20, Drew Vance, and Reggie Rhoden #5 watching the ball. Photo by Sandy Rhoden6'7" senior, Reggie Rhoden … gets the jump ball to begin

the championship game in Rapid City at the West River Tournamentagainst Hot Springs. Photo by Sandy Rhoden

24 pts, 3 asst, 5 reb, 5 stl; DaltonSheridan 3 pts, 1 reb; DrewVance 1 asst, 3 reb, 1 blk, 1 stl;Jarius Halligan 14 pts, 1 asst, 2reb, 7 stl; Josh Afdahl 3 pts,1 reb,2 stl; Marty Shaff 1 stl; ReggieRhoden 2 pts, 1 asst, 4 reb, 2 stl;Rio Hulm 2 pts, 1 reb.

Team percentage: 40% of fieldgoals and 75% from free throwline.

Round two was postponedThursday night due to theweather and all games wereplayed at the RC Civic Center onSaturday.

In Round 2 the Longhorns tookon New Underwood shortly afternoon.The Horns were once againled by Cody Trainor, with 16

points, with several other playersadding their share. Quarter scoresFaith 8-17-30-43NU 6-14-23-32

Individual stats: Caden Smiley2 asst, 7 reb, 1 stl; Chaney Kef-feler 1 asst; Cody Bernstein 3assts, 3 reb; Cody Trainor 16pts,5 assts, 2 reb, 1 stl; Drew Vance 8pts, 6 reb; Jarius Halligan 9 pts,1 reb; Josh Afdahl 7 pts, 3 reb,1stl; Reggie Rhoden 3 pts, 3 reb, 1blk, 2 stl; Rio Hulm 4 reb

The team hit 39% of their fieldgoals and were 71% from the freethrow line.

This win had the Longhornstaking on Hot Springs for thechampionship which didn’t getunderway until almost 9:00. TheLonghorns led from the outset ofthe game and kept that momen-tum going the entire game, win-ning 55-38 for their 4th straightWest River Tournament title, andtheir 9th overall. Hot Springsheld them to 9 points in the thirdquarter but the Horns scored 21the final quarter. Quarter scoresFaith 13-25-34-55Hot Springs 6-10-20-38

Individual stats: Caden Smiley3 pts, 1 asst, 1 reb; Cody Bern-stein 4 pts, 2 assts, 5 reb,1 stl;Cody Trainor 16 pts, 4 assts, 5reb, 5 stl; Drew Vance 7 pts, 1asst, 6 reb; Jarius Halligan 12pts, 2 assts, 1 reb, 2 stl; Josh Af-dahl 2 reb; Marty Shaff 2 pts;Reggie Rhoden 11 pts, 1 asst, 6reb, 1 stl; Rio Hulm 1 reb

The team hit 72% from the freethrow line.

Cody Trainor was named MVPof the tournament. Cody Trainor,Caden Smiley, and Jarius Halli-gan were named to the All-Tour-nament Team.


The Lady Longhorns hostedthe Bison Cardinals on January8th.

The JV girls led from the be-ginning and increased the gapeach quarter. Tori Simonson ledthe Ladies with 8 points, followedby Shali Sheridan with andTaneialle Arneson with 6 each. Quarter Scores Faith 12-21-29-39Bison 3-4-6-13

Stats: Shali Sheridan 6 pts, 7reb, 2 steals; Brooklyn Schauer 2pts, 2 reb, 1 assist, 2 steals; ToriSimonson 8 pts, 2 reb, 3 assists,4 steals, Penny Welter 1 pt, 3reb, 1 steal; Tanielle Arneson 6pts, 1 assist, 5 steals; MichaelahMartin 5 pts, 1 reb; Katie Bogue5 reb; Brandi Enright 4 pts, 5reb, 2 steals; Teagan Engel 7 pts,5 reb, 3 steals

The Varsity Game walkedaway with an easy win. TheLadies had four players in doubledigits: Marissa Collins led with27, Tearnee Nelson had 26, Madi-son Vance had 15, and ShannaSelby 10.

Stats: Shali Sheridan 9 pts, 2reb, 2 assists, 2 steals; TearneeNelson 26 pts, 4 reb, 7 assists, 9steals; Madison Vance 15 pts, 2reb, 3 steals; Tori Simonson 2pts, 1 reb; Shanna Selby 10 pts,13 reb, 8 assists, 9 steals;Marissa Collins 27 pts, 12 reb, 1steal; Tanielle Arneson 3 pts, 2reb, 1 steal; Paige Brink 2 pts, 4reb, 1 steal; Michaelah Martin 1steal; Katie Bogue 1 reb, 1 steal;Brandi Enright 2 reb; TeaganEngel 2 pts, 1 reb; Aston Del-bridge 5 pts, 4 reb, 1 assist, 1steal

reb; Brandi Enright 6 pts, 5 reb,2 steals; Teagan Engel 2 pts, 2reb, 1 assist, 3 steals

The Lady Longhorns had theirfirst defeat of the season. Theirhigh point scorer Tearnee Nelsonwas shut down to only 4 points,and the other high scorer,Marissa Collins only had 3. Madi-son Vance scored 15 points andPaige Brink added 10.Quarter ScoresFaith 10-21-28-38Lemmon 11-27-39-58

Individual stats: Tearnee Nel-son 4 pts, 1 reb, 1 assist, 3 steals;Madison Vance 15 pts, 5 reb, 1steal; Shanna Selby 6 pts, 3 reb,2 steals; Marissa Collins 3 pts, 10reb, 1 steal; Paige Brink 10 pts,9 reb, 1 assist, 1 steal

The Lady Longhorns had an-other home game last week. Theyhosted the Lemmon Cowgirls onThursday, Jan. 10th.

The JV girls had a tough game.They led the entire game butLemmon gave them a battle inthe final quarter, with Faith win-ning by only 3 points. BrooklynSchauer and Brandi Enright werehigh point scorers with 6 each. Quarter ScoresFaith 8-18-24-26Lemmon 5-9-16-23

Individual stats: Shali Sheri-dan 2 reb, 2 assists, 1 steal;Brooklyn Schauer 6 pts; Tori Si-monson 2 reb; Bonnie Lutz 3pts; Tanielle Arneson 5 pts, 4 reb,1 steal; Michaelah Martin 3 pts, 5reb, 2 steals; Katie Bogue 1 pt, 3

Lady Horns have easy win over Cardinals

Lady Longhorns downed by Lemmon

Wed., Jan 16: Roast Pork,Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, CornO’Brian, Crunchy CranberrySalad

Thur., Jan 17: CreamedTurkey w/Biscuit, Oriental Veg-etables, Tomato slices on Lettuce,Fruit Cocktail

Fri., Jan 18: Mexican ChickenSoup, Fruity Slaw, Fruit Crisp

Mon., Jan. 21: MartinLuther King Day/No Meals

Tue., Jan. 22: Macaroni &Cheese, Stewed Tomatoes, But-terscotch Pudding w/Topping, Ba-nana

Wed., Jan 23: Chicken Parme-san, Brown Rice, Baked Squash,Cooked Apples

Thur., Jan 24: Hamburger onBun, Hash Browns, Baked Beans,Tomato Slices on Lettuce, Pears

Fri., Jan 25: Roast Beef,Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, LimaBeans, Orange

Senior Citizens MenuSenior Citizens Menu

NEXT SALE: MONDAY, JANUARY 21STSpecial Feeder Cattle and Replacement Heifer Sale

Sale Time: 10 AMExpecting 2000-2500 cattle

Consignments:Bingaman – 260 blk & red steers HR 725-850#

Rosenow – 175 Angus calves HR 650-725#Henderson – 275 Char & red steers HR 750-825#

Henderson – 125 Char x heifers HR 750-800#Serr – 55 Angus calves HR550#

Nash – 55 Angus steers HR 6-650#Lundberg – 60 Charolais heifers HR 5-550#Van Sloaten – 130 Angus calves HR 5-650#Reder – 80 blk & Char x heifers HR 5-600#Reder – 40 blk & Char x steers HR 5-600#

Smith – 40 Angus heifers HR 550#

More feeder cattle and replacement heifers expected by sale time.

Upcoming Sales:Mon., Jan. 28: Special bred cow and sheep sale

MONDAy, FEBRUARy 4: NO SALE (BLACK HiLLS STOCK SHOW)

Mon., Feb. 11: Special replacement heifer, bred cow & feeder cattle sale

SLETTEN ANGUS BULL SALE AT 12:30 pM

Faith Livestock Commission Co.

(605) 967-2200A light run of cattle and sheep here for our sale on Monday,January 14, 2013. Market was a lot higher on lambs withcows and bulls steady to 2 dollars lower. Bred cows andheifers sold on a steady to higher market.

Thank you for your business.

REPRESENTATIVE SALESJohn Green121..........................wf ewe lambs 69 ...............$140.50Max Mathews159 ......................................lambs 90 ...............$142.00R & J Akers133 ......................................lambs 96 ...............$140.00Dawn McKinstry41 ........................................lambs 80 ...............$146.00Cody Capp88 ........................................lambs 65 ...............$151.00

Reeves L & C32 ...................Angus heifers 2-20 HD............$1535.00consignment of30...................Red Angus hfrs 3-5 HD............$1535.00McLellan Ranch21 .................blk & bldy cows 10's HD.............$ 930.00consignment of34........................red x cows 6-8's HD.............$ 925.00consignment1..............................red baldy cow 1175 ............$ 78.00Glen Fogelman1........................................red bull 2310 ............$ 94.00R & D Nash10 ..............................Angus cows 1431 ............$ 73.506 ................................Angus cows 1329 ............$ 72.75Jim Bingaman22 ..........................blk & red cows 1528 ............$ 72.7516 ..........................blk & red cows 1492 ............$ 71.00

We appreciate your business. Give us a call at 605-967-2200or www.faithlivestock.com if you have livestock to sell.

We would be glad to visit with you.

Gary Vance – (605) 967-2162 OR Scott Vance – (605) 739-5501OR CELL: 484-7127 OR Max Loughlin – (605) 244-5990 OR1-605-645-2583 (cell) OR Glen King 1-605-390-3264 (cell)

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USDA/Farm ServiceAgency News

The Dewey, Meade & ZiebachCounty FSA offices would like tokeep you informed of the follow-ing items important to USDA pro-grams. If you have any questionsplease contact the Dewey Countyoffice at 865-3522 ext 2, Meade

County at 347-4952 ext 2, orZiebach County at 365-5179 ext 2.IMPORTANT DATES TO RE-MEMBER:

March 15, 2013 – Last day topurchase NAP coverage JANUARY 2013 INTEREST

RATESInterest Rate for Commodity

and marketing assistance loans is1.125 %

Interest Rate for Farm StorageFacility Loans is 1.125 7 YEAR



FLP Farm Operating Loan In-terest is 1.250%

FLP Farm Ownership Loan In-terest is 3.125%

UPCOMING CLOSING DATEFOR NONINSURED ASSIS-TANCE PROGRAM SIGN UP

March 15, 2013 is the applica-tion closing date to sign up for theNoninsured Assistance Program(NAP) coverage on most springseeded crops and perennial for-ages.

Producers interested in obtain-ing NAP on their 2013 springseeded or perennial forage non-in-surable acreage should visit theirlocal USDA Service Centers on or

before March 15, 2013 to com-plete a CCC-471, NAP Applica-tion for Coverage in regard to the2012 crop year.

NAP coverage is available forcrops where insurance coverage isnot available through FederalCrop Insurance. NAP is designedto cover losses due to eligiblecauses of loss including damagingweather, adverse natural occur-rences, or a condition related todamaging weather or adversenatural occurrences. NAP is de-signed to cover any loss of produc-tion that exceeds 50 percent of aproducer’s expected production.Payments for production loss inexcess of the 50 percent thresholdare calculated at 55 percent of thevalues established for the crop.

The NAP administrative fee is$250 per crop that is limited to$750 per county per participantwith a $1,875 cap per participantfor all counties. NAP coverage be-gins 30 days after the NAP Appli-cation for Coverage is filed andthe applicable administrative feehas been paid. The administra-tive fee is nonrefundable. A lim-ited resource producer is notrequired to pay the administra-tive fee, but is required to certifyto this eligibility and must sign anew application each year.

A Farm Bill ExtensionOn January 1st, 2013, Con-

gress passed the American Tax-payer Relief Act (H.R. 8) in orderto avoid the so called “fiscal cliff”.Included in the language of thebill was the extension of the 2008Farm Bill until September 30th,2013. Specific information on howthe extension of the 2008 FarmBill will impact farm programs iscurrently being evaluated by theUSDA. As soon as the informa-tion becomes available, the FarmService Agency will be publishinginformation to our producers.

The Farm Service Agency iscurrently accepting applicationsfor coverage for the NoninsuredCrop Disaster Assistance Pro-gram (NAP) with a sales closingdate of March 15th, 2013. NAPprovides a catastrophic level of in-surance coverage for crops thatare not insurable through privateinsurance or if private insurancedoes not offer catastrophic cover-age. Applications for coveragethrough NAP were not affected bythe expiration and extension ofthe 2008 Farm Bill and the FarmService Agency has been continu-ing to accept applications.


Meade CountyCommission Meeting(Tuesday, January 8,

2013)Generated by Lisa G Schieffer on

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Members present: Alan Aker, LindaRausch, Robert Heidgerken, and BobBertolotto.

Meeting called to order at 8:30 AM1. Call to Order at 8:30 AMProcedural: A. Pledge of Allegiance2. Reorganization of CommissionAction, Discussion: A. Appointment of

District 1 CommissionerMotion to nominate Galen Niederw-

erder for the appointment of District #1Commissioner.

Motion by R Heidgerken, second byL Rausch.

Motion was made that nominationscease and an unanimous ballot be castfor Galen Niederwerder to fill the va-cancy of Commissioner District #1 heldby Gary Cammack.

Motion by R Heidgerken, second byL Rausch.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: A Aker, L Rausch, R Heidgerken,

B Bertolotto, Meade County Auditor LSchieffer.

Action, Discussion: B. Selection ofBoard Chairperson

Meade County Chairman Alan Akerpassed the gavel to Meade County Au-ditor Lisa Schieffer to conduct the nomi-nations for the 2013 Meade CountyCommission Chairman.

Motion to nominate Linda Rausch asChairman of the Meade County Com-mission.

Motion by A Aker, second by R Hei-dgerken.

Motion to nominate Robert Hei-dgerken as Chairman of the MeadeCounty Commission.

Motion by G Niederwerder, secondby B Bertolotto.

There being no other nominations.The Board voted by roll call vote.

L Rausch – RauschR Heidgerken – HeidgerkenB Bertolotto – HeidgerkenA Aker – RauschG Niederwerder – HeidgerkenRobert Heidgerken was named the

Chairman for the 2013 Meade CountyCommission.

The gavel was then passed to Chair-man Heidgerken.

Action, Discussion: C. Selection ofBoard Vice-Chairperson

Motion to nominate Linda Rausch asVice-Chairman of the Meade CountyCommission.

Motion by B Bertolotto, second by GNiederwerder.

Motion was made that nominationscease and an unanimous ballot be castfor Linda Rausch as Vice-Chairman forthe 2013 Meade County Commission.

Motion by G Niederwerder, secondby A Aker.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker,

B Bertolotto, G Niederwerder.3. Meade County Veteran of the

MonthDiscussion: A. AnonymousMeade County Veteran Service Offi-

cer Angela Sutton read an insert to theBoard.

"Man does not die until he is forgot-ten"

Our January "Veteran of the Month"wishes to remain anonymous, as he felthe did not deserve the acknowledgmentfor doing his "duty". This individual isfrom an era when one did what it takesto get the mission accomplished; withouta lot of fanfare. Not surprising to ourstaff, this particular veteran was thankfulfor the acknowledgment, however, he

wanted to redirect the praise to honor hisfellow veterans - past, present, and fu-ture.

Excerpt from speech (Veteran's Day2007) given by Coulby Dunn, a Vietnamveteran.

We recognize that all our veteranshave given something of themselves tothis country and some have given all lay-ing down their lives to defend the free-doms we hold so dear.

Today, as we reflect on the blessingsof our liberty we ask our Heavenly Fatherthat we may be faithful stewards of thefreedom we have been granted. Let usnever forget that we cannot rightfully cel-ebrate the joy of our freedom without re-membering the great price paid for thatfreedom.

We stagger at the eternal debt weowe to the untold number of AmericanVeterans who chose to set aside theirpersonal ambitions and dreams to as-sure the well-being of our great nation.We, the living are indeed the beneficiar-ies of those who made tremendous sac-rifices for the advancement and surety ofour liberty.

May we always be humbly grateful tothose brave American patriots who suf-fered and sacrificed for the glory of Godand for the freedom of all Americans.

For those soldiers who have stoodguard in peacetime and to those whohave seen the terror, the horror and in-humanity of combat and to those whopaid the ultimate sacrifice – Let it be saidthat our soldiers have been there forAmerica defending the Constitution ofthe United States.

To all our veterans we have a simpleyet heartfelt message -- thank you.Thank you for your unwavering servicein peacetime and war, here in this nationand throughout the world.

For all veterans, regardless of theirservice and the era in which they haveserved, they have paid the price timeand time again. They have defendedAmerica through both the best and worstof times and they have performed theirduties tirelessly, with little recognition orfanfare.

They have sought neither fortune norfame. It was merely a simple love ofAmerica and the freedoms we all cherishso much.

Solders know what it is like to standguard in the chill of the night while otherssleep. They understand the meaning ofhardship standing watch at freedom'sfrontier far from their loved ones. It is thisdevotion to duty that gives us allstrength.

Looking out on the world we see ourSoldiers serving in over 100 countriesthroughout the world, and the legacy ofour veterans continues to inspire ourAmerican soldiers today to answer thecall to duty.

4. Routine BusinessInformation: A. Items from Depart-

ment HeadsThe following Department Heads up-

dated the Board on department matters.Ken McGirr - Highway DepartmentKirk Chaffee – Director of Equaliza-

tionKevin Krull - State's AttorneyRon Merwin - SheriffNathan Jagim - Weed and PestKevin Forrester - MaintenanceJennifer Voight - 4H AdvisorSteve Barry- Coroner (present, no

update)Lisa Schieffer –AuditorJerry Derr – Human Resource/Com-

missioner AssistantDiscussion, Information: B. Opportu-

nity for Public CommentNo comments.5. items from SheriffAction, Discussion: A. Set Hearing

Date for Vehicle BidsMotion to set public hearing to call for

bids on three Sheriff Department vehi-cles for February 6, 2013, at 10:00 am.

Motion by G Niederwerder, second

by R BertolottoFinal Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker,

B Bertolotto G Niederwerder6. items from CommissionAction, Discussion: A. Set Elected Of-

ficial Rate of Pay - FY2013Motion to set 2013 salaries for Audi-

tor, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, State'sAttorney, Sheriff and Coroner as bud-geted:

2013 Elected Officials Pay as Bud-geted

pay Rates, 2012, 2013, % increaseState's Attorney, $76,849, $80,000,

4.10%Sheriff, $79,155, $85,000, 7.38%Coroner*, $16,306, $6,000, (-63.2%)Auditor, $57,637, $63,000, 9.30%Register of Deeds, $54,328, $63,000,

15.96%Treasurer, $55,958, $63,000, 12.58%*Coroner's base salary was reduced.

However, $10,000 is allocated for 2013viewings.

Discussion took place regarding theCoroner’s pay. Meade County CoronerSteve Barry expressed his concerns tothe cut in wages. The Board explainedthat although the wage was cut, the ad-ditional money is still made availablethrough “per viewings”.

Motion by A Aker, second by LRausch.


G NiederwerderNay: R BertolottoAction, Discussion: B. Set Commis-

sion Rate of Pay - FY2013Motion to approve the rate of pay for

the Meade County Commission forFY2013 as $16,691.00.

Motion by A Aker, second by GNiederwerder.

Discussion was had regarding themotion.

Vice Chairman Linda Rausch statedfor the record “I believe that benefits rep-resent a large portion of the compensa-tion that is received by CountyEmployees including elected officials, fulland part time. Commissioners are bud-geted to receive $16,691.00 per year insalary and technology allowance. This isan increase of 6% over last year. Theyalso receive $10,715.00 in healthcare,dental and life insurance coverage, as-suming family coverage. Social security,Medicare and workers compensationtotal another $1,225.00 per year. Thatbrings total compensation to $28,631.00per year. Not bad for a part time em-ployee! The salary only represents 58%of the total compensation.

In a 2010 Survey, it was found that33% of County Commissioners through-out the State do not receive healthcareand dental benefits. Of the 56% (12%didn’t report) who do receive healthcarebenefits, frequently pay a much largerportion of the cost than is paid in MeadeCounty. The trend has been for moreCounties to not pay benefits to CountyCommissioners. In fact, some Countieshave been required by the insurancecompany to drop Commissioners be-cause of their part-time status. In MeadeCounty, part time employees and tempo-rary employees do not receive health-care and dental benefits, unless they areelected.

Meade County has budgeted$59,101.00 for healthcare, dental and lifeinsurance benefits for part time electedofficials for 2013.

“I do not believe that County Com-missioners are paid too much. However,I have never voted for a pay increase,because I believe the total compensationwith benefits is more than adequate. Iwould vote for a pay increase up to$5,000 per year for commissioners to aidthem in obtaining alternate healthcarecoverage, just as they did before theywere elected.

If Meade County is ever in the posi-tion of not being able to afford the excel-

lent benefits for the full time employees,I would cut the benefits for part timeelected officials before I would cut anybenefits for full time employees. With theincreasing costs of Healthcare, I suggestwe cut them now and start saving themoney for the inevitable increase.”

Commissioner Rausch offered a sub-stitute motion to eliminate healthcareand dental coverage for all part timeelected officials for 2013. Motion died forlack of a second.

Motion by L Rausch, second none.The original motion was then voted

on.Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, A Aker, B

Bertolotto, G NiederwerderNay: L RauschAction, Discussion: C. Adopt the Pri-

mary and Secondary Legal Papers ofMeade County

Motion to approve the Meade CountyTimes and Faith Independent as the pri-mary/secondary legal papers for MeadeCounty.

Motion by A Aker, second by RBertolotto.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: L Rausch, A Aker, R Bertolotto,

G NiederwerderNay: R HeidgerkenAction, Discussion: D. Committee Ap-

pointments for 2013Discussion ensued on committee ap-

pointments for 2013.Motion to go into executive session

due to personnel matters.Motion by A Aker, second by L

Rausch.Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker,

B Bertolotto, G NiederwerderMotion to come out of executive ses-

sion and return to regular session.Motion by G Niederwerder, second

by R Bertolotto.Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker,

R Bertolotto, G Niederwerder.Motion to approve the 2013 liaison

and committee appointments as follows:4-H Board: Robert Heidgerken, Alter-

nate - Bertolotto, Vonnie Akerman, CarolOedekoven - (term ends 12/31/13),Lance Frei, Connie McPherson - (termends 12/31/12), VACANT

Black Hills Council of Local Gov-ernments: Galen Niederwerder, Com-missioner Rausch - Alternate

Campground Committee: BobBertolotto, Linda Rausch, Ron Merwin,Rhea Crane, Jerry Derr

Community Action: Connie Burditt,Curtis Nupen

Elk Creek Conservation: GalenNiederwerder

Faith Stock Show: Galen Niederw-erder, Arlie Hulm - President

Grant Committee: Lisa Schieffer,Jerry Derr, Angella Sutton, Nathan Jagim

Joint Fire/Ambulance Hazmat/Communications Committee: BobBertolotto, Robert Heidgerken, Chief JimBush, Angella Sutton

Juvenile Detention Center: AlanAker, Ron Merwin

Meade County Fair Board: RobertHeidgerken, Kelly Keffeler - President,VP - Open, Tammy Keffeler - TreasurerVonda Anderson - Secretary, LeanneSchmidt, Rochelle Schultz, Jacque Lam-phere, Jenny Voigt

Meade County Housing & Redevel-opment: Brett Lynass - Chairman (termends 12/31/14), VACANT, Dick Rajew-hich - (term ends 12/31/16): Barry Furze- (term ends 12/31/15), Linda Lensegrav- (term ends 12/31/16), (Previous mem-bers: Robert Powles)

Meade County Technical Trans-portation Committee: Alan Aker, LindaRausch, Ron Merwin, Ken McGirr, KirkChaffee, Bill Rich

Mental illness: Dan Meyer - (termends 12/31/14), Chuck Valades - (termends 12/31/14), John Hughes - Alternate(term ends 12/31/14), Pamela Kennedy

- Alternate (term ends 12/31/14)Metropolitan planning Committee

Executive: Linda Rausch, Robert Hei-dgerken

MpO Citizens Advisory Commit-tee: Ray Dvorak, Bob Burns

MpO Technical Coordinating Com-mittee: Ron Merwin, Ken McGirr, KirkChaffee, Bill Rich

Natural Resource Advisory Com-mittee: Robert Heidgerken, Alan Aker,Ray Dvorak, Alan Olson, Rick Duprey

planning Board: Robert HeidgerkenBob Bertolotto, San Monahan - (termends 12/31/14), Leota Quam - (termends 12/31/14), Talbot Wieczorek - (termends 12/31/15), Robert Mallow - (termends 12/31/15), Bill McCarty - (termends 12/31/16), Doreen Creed - (termends 12/31/16)

Resource & Conservation Devel-opment RC&D: Robert Heidgerken,Galen Niederwerder

Sick Leave Bank Committee: LindaRausch, Lisa Schieffer, Jerry Derr

Sturgis Chamber of Commerce:Bob Bertolotto

Sturgis Economic DevelopmentCorporation: Alan Aker, Alternate BobBertolotto, Kirk Chaffee

Tri County Conservation: GalenNiederwerder

Weed and pest Board: Robert Hei-dgerken, Kenneth Lee - (term ends12/31/13), Terry Hotchkiss - (term ends12/31/14), Dave Fischbach - (term ends12/31/14), Jim Schroeder - (TBD)

Commission Liaison Board: AlanAker (Building/Maintenance/Director ofEqualization), Robert Heidgerken, (High-way/Weed & Pest/Extension Office/Register of Deeds/Treasurer), GalenNiederwerder (Sheriff), Jerry Derr (EqualOpportunity Employment), Linda Rausch(Auditor/Commission Assistant/HumanResources/State's Attorney/Coroner)


Final Resolution: Motion Carries. RHeidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker, BBertolotto, G Niederwerder

Action, Discussion: E. CommissionLiaison Appointments

Acted on during 2013 Commissionappointments.

Action, Discussion: F. Official Pay-ments Contract

Motion to allow Chairman to sign theOfficial Payments Contract.



B Bertolotto, G Niederwerder7. items from AuditorAction, Discussion: A. Set Rate of

Pay for Election Workers for FY2013.Motion to approve the rate of pay for

election workers for FY2013 as: FiftyDollars ($50.00) for schooling; One Hun-dred Twenty-five Dollars ($125.00) forElection Day; Thirty-seven Cents ($.37)per mile for mileage; Ten Dollars($10.00) for said election worker ifhe/she uses their own phone for electionpurposes at the polling facility.



B Bertolotto, G NiederwerderAction, Discussion: B. Rapid City 51-

4 Election AgreementMeade County Auditor Lisa Schieffer

presented to the Board an ElectionAgreement between the Rapid City 51-4School District and Meade County. Dis-cussion took place regarding the elec-tions that would be coming up for 2013and the costs of stand-alone electionsand combination of the same with citiesand other school districts.

Motion to proceed without the Countyparticipating in the election for 2013.

Motion by R Bertolotto, second by LRausch.

Final Resolution: Motion Carries.Continued from prevous page

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Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker, BBertolotto, G Niederwerder

Action: C. Application for Wine Li-cense Shade Valley

An application was received fromShade Valley Camp Resort, Inc. for aRetail (on-off sale) Wine license.

Motion to set hearing on the applica-tion of Shade Valley Camp Resort, Inc.for February 6, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.


Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, B

Bertolotto, G Niederwerder Not Presentat Vote: A Aker

8. Dinner Break @ NoonMinutes: A. Recess for Dinner Break9. items from Equalization and

planning @ 1:00 pMAction, Discussion: A. County Owned

Summerset LotsDirector of Equalization Kirk Chaffee

came before the Board to discussCounty owned lots in the City of Sum-merset. The County acquired the fivelots from Northwest Pipe. NorthwestPipe asked that if the County ever got ridof the lots that the proceeds be donatedto a youth type activity/park or foot trail.The City of Summerset is inquiring fromthe County whether or not the Countywould be willing to donate the lots to theCity of Summerset. Discussion ensuedon an additional lot that Meade Countyowned in the Summerset city limits.

Motion was made to declare the fol-lowing six parcels as County surplus:

0C.50.07.320C.50.07.330C.50.07.340C.50.07.350C.50.07.3615.DD.OUT4Motion by A Aker, second by L

Rausch.Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker,

B Bertolotto, G NiederwerderAction, Discussion: B. Nuisance

ComplaintsMeade County Deputy Director of

Planning Bill Rich and Meade CountyHighway Superintendent Ken McGirrcame to update the Board on the nui-sance complaint of Mountain West Prod-ucts. McGirr presented a slide show tothe Board showing the bark that has ac-cumulated on the County owned shopand surrounding ditches. Rich informedthe Board that he had met with the own-ers and they are considering trying tobuild a sixteen foot (16’) berm all the wayaround the property and seed the sameso the bark will not being blowing over.Completion should be sometime thissummer.

Motion to go into executive sessiondue to legal matters. Present were KenMcGirr, Kirk Chaffee, Bill Rich and KenChleborad.



B Bertolotto, G NiederwerderMotion to go out of executive session

and return to regular session.Motion by G Niederwerder, second

by A Aker.Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker,

B Bertolotto, G NiederwerderMotion to set February 6th, 2013 at

10:00 a.m. for first reading on a nuisancedeclaration for the Mountain West Prod-ucts property.



B Bertolotto, G Niederwerder10. items from TreasurerDiscussion: A. Bank Depository So-

licitationMeade County Treasurer Susan

Boadwine came before the Board to

present the bank depository resolutionfor solicitation in accordance with SDCL7-20-13. Boadwine would like First Inter-state Bank be named as the main de-pository and all others as secondary.

Discussion took place regarding thepossibility of naming Pioneer Bank asthe primary depository. Fees, deposits,ACH, credit cards and other items werediscussed regarding a change over if thesame occurred.

Motion to name Pioneer Bank as themain depository, thus giving the depart-ments up to six (6) months to changefrom First Interstate Bank, and all otherswould remain secondary.

Motion by A Aker, second by GNiederwerder

Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: L Rausch, A Aker, B Bertolotto,

G NiederwerderNay: R HeidgerkenAction, Discussion: B. Non-Col-

lectible Mobile Home TaxesMeade County Treasurer Susan

Boadwine discussed with the Board non-collectible mobile home tax. A distresswarrant was returned to the Treasurer onthe September 26, 2012. The ownerwanted to make payments to the Sher-iff's Office, and was advised paymentsare not acceptable and to contact theTreasurer’s Office. No such contact wasmade. The Board advised Boadwine totry one (1) more year for a distress war-rant on the same.

11. Items from Commission AssistantAction, Discussion: A. Commission

Planning MeetingThe Board will have their Commis-

sion Planning meeting with DepartmentHeads March 6th, 2013 in Faith, SD.The school will be notified so the govern-ment class can take part in the same.

Action, Discussion: B. Surplus Auc-tion

The Meade School District will behaving their surplus auction on May14th, 2013 and asked if the Countywould like to go in conjunction with thesame. No action was taken at this time.

Action, Discussion: C. Set Date forBurditt Section Line on-site Inspection

The Board of Meade County Com-missioners will be doing an on-site in-spection of the Burditt section line matteron January 22nd, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.

12. Recess Meeting – 4:30 pM Re-convene 10:00 AM

Information, Procedural: A. RecessMeeting until January 9 @ 10AM

13. Wednesday January 9Procedural: A. Pledge of AllegianceDiscussion: B. Call Meeting to Order

@ 10AM14. public Hearings @ 10 AMAction, Discussion: A. First Reading

on Ordinance #21Director of Equalization Kirk Chaffee

came before the Board to present thefirst reading of revised Ordinance #21 -An Ordinance Providing for TemporaryCampgrounds in Meade County.

Motion to approve the first readingand set second reading for February 6th,2013 at 10:00 a.m.



B Bertolotto, G Niederwerder15. items from Highway Superin-

tendentAction, Discussion: A. DOT Agree-

mentMeade County Highway Superintend-

ent Ken McGirr, along with Todd Seamanand Tom Horan from the SD Departmentof Transportation came before the Boardto discuss the County considering takingover the I-90 westbound service road,between Deer View Road and Elk CreekRoad, which is currently scheduled forconstruction in FY2014.

The plan for construction would beDeer View Road and Spring Valley Roadwill be widened to approximately 36’

wide, including 12’ lanes and 6’ shoul-ders (if gravel) and 4’ shoulders (if as-phalt paved). Vertical curves will beimproved to meet design standards for35 mph. This will involve raising the in-tersection of Deer View Road and SpringValley Road by 8’.

Discussion was had regarding theCity of Piedmont having jurisdiction onsome roads because they are in the Citylimits. Seaman explained that the DOT’sagreement would be with the County. Ifthe County wanted to have an agree-ment with the City, that would be be-tween those two jurisdictions.

The SDDOT would offer a financialincentive to Meade County to take overthe jurisdiction of the “to be constructed”I-90 west bound service road betweenexits 44 and 46. Said offers for financialincentives will be based on options re-garding construction costs and futuremaintenance costs.

Motion to go into executive sessiondue to contractual matters. Present wereKen McGirr, Ken Chleborad, Kirk Chaf-fee and City of Piedmont Officials.



B Bertolotto, G NiederwerderMotion to go out of executive session

and return to regular session.Motion by A Aker, second by G

Niederwerder.Final Resolution: Motion Carries. Yea: R Heidgerken, L Rausch, A Aker,

B Bertolotto, G NiederwerderThe Board informed the SDDOT that

they would ask for a 26’ right of way in-stead of 36’. The Board also asked if theprocess for exit 46 could be moved upon the calendar so both exits could bedone. Discussion was had on the landleft over on the service road on the ElkVale end. Questions were asked on theSTIP funding for the same. The Boardalso informed Seaman that a gravel op-tion would be better for the County thanthe asphalt road. The SDDOT will takeback the feedback and draft a newagreement for the County.

Action, Discussion: B. Improvementsand Maintenance on High MeadowsRoad

Meade County Highway Superintend-ent Ken McGirr gave the Board an up-date on the same.

Action, Discussion: C. Deerview RDProject

McGirr gave an update on theDeerview Road project and the possibil-ities of bringing the road up to betterstandards. McGirr is going to set up alandowners meeting and discuss thecosts of improving the road.

Action, Discussion: D. Approve Fund-ing for Piedmont Street Project

Meade County Highway Superintend-ent Ken McGirr, along with Talbot Wiec-zorek, City of Piedmont Attorney,Chairman Phil Anderson, and Jim Run-yan Councilmen came before the Boardto ask for the approval of funding for thePiedmont street project. The Board hadbudgeted $250,000.00 for the same inFY2013 There has been no bid esti-mates only rough engineer options re-garding the same. The Board authorizedMcGirr to move forward by hiring BroszEngineering to get bid estimates by theFebruary 2013 meeting.

Discussion was then had that therewould be a “one-time only” option ifchanges were to be discussed. Other-wise the bids/plans by Brosz Engineer-ing would be used in their entirety. TheBoard will then ask that a written agree-ment be presented by the February 2013meeting.

16. items from Facilities DirectorAction, Discussion: A. Highway De-

partment Safety PolicyMeade County Head of Maintenance

Kevin Forrester and Highway Superin-tendent Ken McGirr came before the

Board to discuss safety related items.Discussion also took place on whetherthe whole County needed a blanket ef-fect type safety policy for all departmentsor let the Department Heads managetheir own department regarding thesame.

Motion to direct Human ResourceManager Jerry Derr to work on a County-wide Safety Manual for the County toadopt.



B Bertolotto, G Niederwerder17. Dinner BreakAction: A. Break for Dinner18. Scheduled itemsDiscussion: A. Sturgis Economic De-

velopment CorporationPat Kurtenbach came before the

Board to give the SEDC’s year-end re-port for 2012.

Action, Discussion: B. Natural Re-source Committee

No updates at this time. ChairmanHeidgerken gave the background on thecommittee for the new Board members.

Action, Discussion: C. Mountain PineBeetle Funding

Commissioner Aker brought the fund-ing issue before the Board. Aker showedmaps of flights regarding the same anddiscussed with the Board MeadeCounty’s efforts of staying ahead of theinfestation. Also in attendance wasMeade County Weed & Pest DirectorNathan Jagim who gave input on thesame.

Discussion was had on possiblemonies coming out the Governor’sbudget from a bill being introduced. TheCounty at this time does not have thesame budgeted. Money could be takenout of contingency and if the State doesrelease money for the fight of the same,then the County could possibly be reim-bursed. Aker would like to have$50,000.00 additional funds to keepfighting the Mountain Pine Beetle.

Motion to move $50,000.00 contin-gency money to the Mountain Pine Bee-tle Budget (Title III 216-5-221-429.5). Aroll call vote was taken.



B Bertolotto, G Niederwerder19. Consent CalendarAction, Discussion: A. Motion to Ap-

prove Consent CalendarMeade County Treasurer Susan

Boadwine came back before the Boardto discuss the bank depository changes.The Board suggested the CommissionerBertolotto and Boadwine meet with offi-cials at Pioneer Bank regarding feestructures, etc.

Chairman Heidgerken asked that thematter of the Alex Radway variance betaken off the consent calendar and han-dled individually.

Motion to approve remaining items onthe consent calendar.



B Bertolotto, G NiederwerderInformation: B. Personnel ActionsDecember 2012 Payroll ChangesEmployee, Action, EffectiveJ. Blakeman, 6-Month Raise to

$15.49/ hour, 06/12/12J. Blakeman, Annual Raise to $15.96

/hour, 12/12/12S. Boadwine, Annual Raise to

$4,996.50/month, 12/01/12D. Campbell, New Hire at

$15.04/hour, 12/10/12K. Chleborad, Annual Raise to

$6,109/month, 12/01/12D. Crown, Annual Raise to

$17.97/hour, 12/02/12T. Knight, Annual Raise/Longevity to

$15.26/hour, 12/04/12A

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