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Page 1: Bison Courier, May 2, 2013

The Bison Board of Educationwill be hosting a public forum onMonday May 13, 2013 at 5:30 p.m.This public forum will be held inthe school cafeteria, but will bemoved to the gym if the crowd ex-ceeds the capacity of the cafeteria.

The discussion topic will be thecondition of the shop and the mainschool building. The board is con-

Bison CourierOfficial Newspaper for the City of Bison, Perkins County, and the Bison School District

A Publication of Ravellette Publications, Inc.P.O. Box 429 • Bison, South Dakota 57620-0429

Phone: (605) 244-7199 • FAX (605) 244-7198

The$1.00

Volume 30Number 46May 2, 2013

Includes Tax

HHiigghhlliigghhttss && HHaappppeenniinnggssTrap Club meeting Thursday, May2, 2013 at Mom’s Place, Main Street,Bison, 7 p.m.

Meadow Galloway Cemeterymeeting May 9th at the MeadowFire Hall at 7 p.m.

MEMORIAL DAY WREATHS areavailable for sale at the Bison FoodStore. These wreaths are handmade by the Jolly Ranchers 4H Clubfrom recycled material. They arereasonably priced and the clubwould sure appreciate your supportwhen considering your Memorial

Day Flowers.

In celebration of South DakotaCommunity and Family Exten-sion Leader's (CFEL) week, Townand Country Club is hosting a FREECommunity Coffee Break on Thurs-day, May 9 in the Grand Electric So-cial Room from 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.Everyone welcome! Bring a friend!

BHS seniors and parents pleaseemail or drop off a senior picture forthe graduation page in the BisonCourier. - [email protected]

Noem representativevisits Bison sidering the following options:

•Conducting extensive repairsof the shop building and mainschool building

•Constructing a new shop andconducting extensive repairs of themain school building

•Constructing a new schoolbuilding with an attached shop

The Board is seeking respectful

and thoughtful ideas from thepublic about how to proceed in pro-viding a suitable learning environ-ment for students. A time for ideasharing will follow a short presen-tation of facts. Interested patronsunable to attend the forum maysubmit signed, written commentsto the Business Office.

School Board to host public meeting

Bison High School - All School Reunion is open to the public

If you do not have a computerand are not following us on face-book, we would like to reach out toyou via the Bison Courier. The AllSchool Reunion will be held Satur-day night, June 22, beginning at6:00 p.m. in the Bison School Gym-nasium. It will be open to the pub-lic, not just alumni, for the firsttime ever this year. We have hadpeople who have lived in Bison forover 30 years and whose childrenhave graduated from BHS ask ifthey could come too – the answerwas a resounding yes. If you arenon-alumni, but would like tocome to the banquet, please letHelen Aaker or Gladys Jacksonknow by dropping a note to BisonAll School Reunion, Box 224,Bison, SD 57620 with your checkfor $25.00 per person. This moneygoes for your meal, entertainmentand all festivities held at the gym-nasium on Saturday evening.

We will be having formeralumni who have been or are stillin the music business to entertainus at our Alumni Reunion. This in-cludes members of the talentedBuer Family; Kid Dakota (DarrenJackson), Bridget Besler Vander-pool, members of the communityBAC group and Justin Seim. Theymay even get the crowd involved.

We will also have our very ownphoto booth for alumni to take pic-tures in, so contact your class-mates, see who is coming and planto take some pictures - as many ascan fit in the booth at once andstill fit in the picture frame; butdon’t forget photo booths havebeen known to cause people to getwild and crazy.

We would like to thank the fol-lowing for their donations to theAll School Reunion; it is very muchappreciated as it helps us pay forthe meal, entertainment, postage,etc. Thanks go out to:Mrs. Ruth (Huber) Baxter; Ted

Kelso; Cindy (Larson) Kopren;Eileen Kopren; Dean Clark; LolaJane (Clark) Ermisch; Ginger(Hanson) Dangerud; Glenn L. andDella (Preszler) Wishard; Ardeland Deanna (Larson) Reder; Dougand Melody (Tescher) Hamilton;Walter and Jeannette (Shelstad)Kolb

To date, we have heard from thefollowing who will be attending:Norman Kopren, Bison, Class of1942; Eileen Kopren, Dickinson,ND, Class of 1971; Dale Harris,Prairie City, Class of 1982; CindyLarson Kopren, Prairie City, Classof 1977; Georgia Sandgren, Sturgis,Class of 1977; Pamela Buer Ander-son, Scranton, ND, Class of 1974;Jack and Debby Vetter, Bison,Teacher (1978-2009), Class of 1968;John and Geraldine Peck, Bison,Class of 1958 and Class of 1973;Margie (Preszler) LaDue, Sturgis,Class of 1962; Doug andMelody(Tescher) Hamilton, RapidCity, Class of 1973 (both); Walterand Jeannette (Shelstad) Kolb,Spearfish, Class of 1946 and Classof 1951; Glenn L. and Della (Pres-zler) Wishard, Rapid City, Classesof 1951 and 1952; Ardel andDeanna (Larson) Reder, PrairieCity, Classes of 1976 and 1978;James and Peg (Wishard) Wunder,Mobridge, Classes of 1956 and1958; Ginger (Hanson) Dangerud,Hettinger, ND, Class of 1970;Mavis (Krause) and Ken Engellant,Ft. Benton, MT, Class of 1958RM and Rosanne Penor, Chadron,NE, Class of 1945; Virginia andWalter Gerbracht, Faith, Class of1970; Lola Jane (Clark) Ermisch,Chebogan, MI, Class of 1957; Am-mertte "Amy" Deibert, Ames, Iowa,Class of 1966; Dean O Clark, Yank-ton, Class of 1959; Bob and Gladys(O’Rourke) Jackson, Bison, Classesof 1967 and 1969.

Patrick D. Winderlin, Class of1960, writes that he will not be ableto attend. He owns his own insur-

ance agency and resides in NewYork.

Renee (Miller) Bachman, Class of1974, writes that she will not beable to make it this year due toother conflicts, but hopes her classcan get together for a 40th reunionnext year! She and her family re-side in Belle Fourche and Renee isa nurse.

Theadore (Ted) Kelso writes hewould love to come but he and hisfamily cannot attend due to the factthat they are currently residing inKorea. We wish you and your fam-ily well Ted!

Alvin and Irene Zulauf Hirsch,Class of 1948, who reside in RapidCity, dropped a note that they maycome. The Zulaufs lived on a farmseven miles south of Bison beforemoving into Bison. They write thatthey dearly loved living on the farmand in Bison and cherish the mem-ories and friends. We hope you cancome!

Mrs. Ruth (Huber) Baxter, Ohio,writes that she will not be able toattend. She was from the Class of1950 and is a retired missionarynurse who worked in Ecuador, S.A.

Remember to like us on face-book and tell all your friends tolike us too. If you have picturesyou want to share with other class-mates on this site, please send [email protected] or [email protected]. We wouldlove to post them for you so otherscan enjoy.

Hey Cardinals! If your addresshas changed since the last reunion(five years ago), please let usknow! We want to make sureeveryone gets the Cardinal Call!

Be sure to check out the Bisonweb site at www.bisonsd.com fornews and updates not only on theAll School Reunion but on theGala Day Schedule. This is a verynice site with very helpful infor-mation.

Kyle Holt, Constituent Service Representative for U.S. Repre-sentative Kristi Noem, stopped briefly at the Perkins CountyCourthouse on Monday afternoon. Although his arrival hadbeen advertised, only a handful of people turned out to visitwith him. He chatted briefly with Holly Waddell, above. Wad-dell asked that Noem be encouraged to support the USDA inimplementing COOL(country of origin labeling). She alsotouched on finding ways to support beginning farmers andranchers and mentioned the Food Safety and ModernizationAct. Others questioned sending so many "welfare" dollars over-seas and mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients in thiscountry. Holt promised that Noem would continue to seektimely settlements from the Forest Service for those who lostgrassland, feed and fences in the recent Pautre Fire. "We're try-ing to keep their feet the fire," he said.

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is.And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't

quite know what it is you do want, but it justfairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!

~ Mark Twain

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Page 2 • The Bison Courier • Thursday, May 2, 2013

In celebration of South Dakota Communityand Family Extension Leader's (CFEL) week, Townand Country Club is hosting a FREE Community CoffeeBreak on Thursday, May 9th in the Grand Electric SocialRoom from 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Everyone welcome! Bringa friend!

Story Hour at the Bison Public Library May 10thand May 17th at 10:30 a.m. for Mother’s Day.May 20th Summer Reading program kickoff for elemen-tary at 6 p.m.May 22nd Summer Reading program kickoff for teens 6p.m.

The American Lutheran Church is seeking weddingdresses, baptism gowns and Easter hats from 1913 - 2013to display during their 100 Year Anniversary program. Ifyou have an item or know of someone who does, pleasecontact Salli at 605-244-5491.

There will be an all school party at the Lions ParkMay 23, 2013 from 11 - 3. More info at a later date. Allstudents are welcome.

Bison Senior citizens, dues of $10.00 are due. Pleasepay your dues so we can keep the center open, the build-ing is in need of repairs.

Alcoholics Anonymous is meeting weekly in Bison.The group meets every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in thebasement of the Presbyterian Church. Everyone is wel-come.

To have your NON-PROFIT meeting listed here, please sub-mit them by calling: 244-7199, or e-mailing to: [email protected]. We will run your event notice the two issues priorto your event at no charge.

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Stateline Right to Life news

With nine persons present theStateline Right to Life Chaptermet April 16th at the Grand Elec-tric Social Room at 4:30 p.m.

We wish to thank all those whobrought baked goods to our bakesale on February 7th at the bas-ketball game. Also thanks to thosewho attended our movie matineeshowing of “October Baby” andgave donations. A a result of goodincome from these events thechapter agreed to give $1200. tocare Net in Rapid City and $500.for the roof project at the BellaCrisis Pregnancy Center inSpearfish.

Three members attended theCare Net Banquet in Rapid Cityon April 11th. The banquet waspart of a national effort called theGreat Turn Around to stop abor-tion. Bridget Van Means from St.Louis, Missouri, was the featuredspeaker. She gave an inspiring

message on reasons to rescue theunborn from abortion. The themewas to “Stand in the Gap” betweenthe baby and the mother. Fiftymillion babies have been lost toabortion since the Roe vs Wade de-cision of 1973 which is nine holo-causts. “When you save one lifeyou save the entire world,” she re-marked. The cost to save one babyis $1200. according to Care Netpregnancy Center. “How manylives will you save?” she asked.

Mother’s and Father’s Day adswill once again be put in the BisonCourier to commemorate the spe-cial days.

The Chapter also discussed var-ious future fund raising events.Watch the Bison Courier for moreinformation on these comingevents.

The next meeting was set forTuesday, June 18th at 7 p.m. atthe Grand Electric Social Room.

Wetlands Reserve Program(WRP) funding available application deadline is May 3

A deadline for accepting applica-tions has been issued for the Wet-lands Reserve Program (WRP) en-rollment for Fiscal Year 2013 fund-ing. Applications are accepted yearround for the program, howeverthe cutoff for consideration for2013 funding is May 3, 2013. In-terested landowners must sign anapplication at their local NaturalResources Conservation Service(NRCS) office by that date, accord-ing to Jeff Vander Wilt, NRCS As-sistant State Conservationist forPrograms.

The WRP is a voluntary pro-gram where landowners enroll el-igible wetlands and adjacent landinto a 30 year or perpetual ease-ment. The purpose of the programis to restore the land for wildlifehabitat. Interested landownersneed to work with their local officeas soon as possible to complete theapplication process.

Easement payments are based

on an established rate. To checkout the 2013 rate for your countygo to http://www.sd.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/WRP.html

“Funds are available now,” saysVander Wilt and he encouragesany landowner not to wait untilthe last minute to visit their localU.S. Department of AgricultureService Center. “Now is the timeto look at the economic return onthose marginal acres, and thinkabout enrolling them into theWRP. May is National Wetlandsmonth and we are looking forwardto helping landowners protect andrestore this valuable natural re-source.”

For more information about theWRP, please contact your localNRCS office or the NRCS WRPManager, Sara Thompson, at (605)352-1281. For more informationabout technical assistance andconservation programs go tohttp://www.sd.nrcs.usda.gov.

Spring is when youfeel like whistlingeven with a shoe

full of slush.

I think that no matterhow old or infirm Imay become, I will

always plant a largegarden in the spring.Who can resist the

feelings of hope andjoy that one gets from

participating innature’s rebirth?

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The Bison Courier • Thursday, May 2, 2013 • Page 3

Garden Gate

Spring, Are You Here Yet?This cold and unsettled weather

has sure put a damper on garden-ing. We did get a little moisture,emphasis on little, compared tothe welcome moisture those Southof us received, we are thankful forwhat came our way.

As the years go by, those of usthat have been gardening for lotsof years, find it harder to gardencomfortably. Seems back andjoints complain a little more witheach passing year. Even thoughthe incentive of fresh garden pro-duce all season and lovely flowersgracing our landscape is pulling usto garden, the guarantee of anaching back and stiff joints givesus pause. If you are one of us,there are some things you can try.Plant those, every day, must have,fresh salad makings and herbs incontainers to keep on your patio ordeck for quick easy access. Herbsdo well in pots as do salad greens,just keep them watered and besure they get enough sunlight.

Consider adding raised beds toyour garden. Raised beds will do alot to alleviate pain. If you makethem about four feet wide you caneasily reach in from both sides forplanting, weeding and harvesting.If, because of location, you cannotreach in from both sides, make thebed narrower, say three feet wideso you can still reach all the wayacross the bed. Build raised bedsaccording to your individualneeds. You may want them higherthan the standard 12 inches to re-ally be of help in your situation.

This gardener has opted for 17inch raised beds which certainly

will need more material to fillthem. With top soil a bit scarce,we are going to fill the bottom sixto eight inches with old rottedstraw before adding the soil.Eventually the straw will becomean organic part of the soil. As thestraw rots down we will add soiland compost to keep the soil levelup in the beds, this will also enrichthe soil for the next crop. We planto connect two of the beds with ahoop for vining plants to climb,think cucumbers, poll beans, peasand such. A bit of an experiment,but time will tell if our plan works.A five-gallon bucket tipped upside-down makes a convenient place tosit for those who have difficultybending or kneeling in the garden.If back pain makes gardening dif-ficult, there are also a variety ofgardening seats available fromcatalogs that will make the gardenmore accessible. Some even havewheels to make it easier to scootaround while gardening and manyhave pockets or trays for keepingtools or a water bottle handy.

If necessary, reduce the size ofthe garden to make it more man-ageable. A garden that requires toomuch work will soon become achore. Gardening should be apleasurable hobby, one that pro-vides good therapy for both thebody and the soul.

If we had no winter, the springwould not be so pleasant; if we didnot sometimes taste of adversity,prosperity would not be so wel-come. ~ Anne BradstreetSubmitted by Karen Englehart,Master Gardener, SDSU Coopera-tive Extension Service

University of Mary to Present 872 degrees to 869 graduates at 53rd commencement

America’s Leadership Univer-sity will award 872 at the 2013Ceremony.

On Saturday, May 4, the Uni-versity of Mary, America’s Leader-ship University, will recognize 869graduates with a total of 872 de-grees, at its 2013 commencement.The ceremony will begin at 1:30pm, in the Bismarck Civic Center,and will be streamed LIVE on theWeb at UStream (go tohttp://www.ustream.tv/new thensearch University of Mary toview).

Carrying forward the vision ofits founders and sponsors, theBenedictine Sisters of Annuncia-tion Monastery, to prepare leadersin the service of truth, the univer-sity will celebrate the achieve-ments of graduates at the bac-calaureate, master’s and doctorallevels, in 430 undergraduate and406 post-graduate. It also will con-fer doctoral degrees honoring 36outstanding servant leaders.

During the ceremony, the Uni-versity of Mary will award a totalof 430 undergraduate and 406master's degrees. This year, for thefirst time, master of science inRespiratory Therapy will beamong the degrees granted. Theuniversity also will celebrate itseighth doctoral class, conferringthe Doctor of Physical Therapy de-gree on 36 graduates. Attesting tothe university’s emphasis on aca-demic excellence, 95 undergradu-ate degrees will be awarded cumlaude; 53 magna cum laude; and30 summa cum laude. Thirty sixgraduates, representing the Uni-versity of Mary’s School of Artsand Sciences, Gary TharaldsonSchool of Business, School of Edu-cation and Behavioral Sciences,and School of Health Sciences,have earned the Certified SchaferLeader designation from the

Harold Schafer Emerging LeadersAcademy and is indicated by anasterisk (*) next to his or her nameon the attached graduation list.

This year’s graduating class in-cludes outstanding men andwomen from 34 states and sevenforeign countries.

One hundred two baccalaureatedegrees and 337 master’s degreeswill be awarded to graduates whocompleted their program throughdistance education, including on-line.

“It is with pride and gratitudethat we salute the University ofMary’s 53rd class of graduates,”said Monsignor James Shea, pres-ident. “Their commitment to be-coming leaders in the service oftruth has prepared them to go for-ward as outstanding professionalsand individuals who will helpshape and contribute to their com-munities just as they have helped

strengthen and advance the mis-sion of the university. We are con-fident that the wisdom, values andspiritual grounding they havegained from their experience atMary will provide them with thefoundation to continue to grow asleaders, wherever their lives ofservice take them.”

The University of Mary ceremo-nial mace, a symbol of leadership,which debuted at Commencement2009, again will be carried by sen-ior faculty member Father VictorFeser, OSB. It is a tangible expres-sion of the Benedictine values ofthe university's founders, theBenedictine Sisters of the Annun-ciation, which reflects the bridgingof centuries of tradition and learn-ing with the university’s responsi-bility to the future.

Angela K. Thompson, Masterof Business Administration,Bison, SD

Norma’s Garden CenterMother’s Day is May 12

We have Hanging Baskets, Bedding Plants, 3 varieties of Onion Plants, Potted Plants,

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Greater love has no one than this, thathe lay down his life for his friends.

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Farmers Union calls for action during Regional Watershed Task Force testimony

South Dakota Farmers Union(SDFU) joined over 100 farmers andranchers Monday at the first meet-ing this year of the state’s RegionalWatershed Advisory Task Force atMitchell.

The task force was set up in 2012to look at the state’s water manage-ment laws and study the issue froma number of perspectives. At themeeting Monday, task force mem-bers heard from experts on climateand water issues and a number ofcounty commissioners from areas af-fected by too much water over thepast four or five years. The task forcealso took public testimony on the im-pacts of water management andsought ideas from farmers, ranchersand the public.

“Water is a precious resource notonly for agriculture but for other im-portant industries and every citizenin South Dakota,” said South DakotaFarmers Union board member andSalem-area farmer Jim Wahle. “Ourwater must be properly managed.”

Wahle called for specific actionfrom the task force after they studythe issue and possibly settle on legis-

lation to deal with water manage-ment issues during the next legisla-tive session.

“We need to continue the cleanupof existing statutes pertaining todrainage water district,” Wahle said.“We’d like to see the task force deter-mine whether or not county commis-sioners should be compelled to be anactive drainage board under statelaw, and whether there should be aprocess to require specific permitsfor all drainage, both surface andtile, on a specific permit that appliesto all of South Dakota.”

Wahle also asked the task force toconsider whether drainage permitsand mapping should be required byanyone wanting to drain their landand whether or not records shouldbe kept at the county level.

State Climatologist Dr. DennisTodey from South Dakota State Uni-versity gave a presentation on pre-cipitation in the upper Midwest andhow it’s had an impact on watermanagement in the state. He alsodiscussed climate patterns and pre-sented data on temperatures andhow they affect evaporation. The

task force also heard from Dr. ChrisHay from SDSU who discussed theimpacts of drain tiling, runoff andother water management practices.State Conservationist Jeff Zimprichfrom the Natural Resources Conser-vation Service discussed how soiltypes, cover crops and grasses dealwith water. There were also presen-tations from Clark Moeckly with theUpper Crow Creek Watershed Dis-trict and county commissioners fromBrown, Kingsbury McCook andYankton counties.

The next task force meeting willbe held sometime in June or July inthe Aberdeen area. Members of thetask force include chairman Rep.Brian Gosch of Rapid City, vicechairman Sen. Mike Vehle ofMitchell, Sen. Jason Frerichs ofWilmot, Sen. Tom Jones of Viborg,Sen. Russ Olson of Wentworth, Rep.Dennis Feickert of Aberdeen, Rep.Spencer Hawley of Brookings, andRep. Leslie Heinemann of Flan-dreau, Ms. Kim Vanneman andMessrs. Dennis Duncan, MikeJaspers, Rick Sommers, PaulSymens and George Vandel.

Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds

are the morning yawn.

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Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCAPastor Margie Hershey

You Are Called

Recently I heard a prominent theologian lamenting thefact that so many people see what they do in life as a job.

It is something they have to do in order to provide for dailyneeds but ultimately they would like to have something

more than just a “job”.

Those us who have been ordained in the ministry of wordand sacrament are referred to as “called”. Even the IRS

recognizes that status and after ordination we are nolonger seen as employees of the church. It is almost as if

they are saying that now we are employed by God.

But being called by God isn’t limited to those who stand inthe pulpit. Many people are called by God in many differ-ent areas. Many doctors and nurses express a feeling ofbeing called to help those who are sick. They have been

called by God to this vocation.

The teacher who works the extra hours so that studentsare given the best education possible has been called by

God to teach. The janitor who willingly keeps the school oranother public building sparkling is called by God to do thebest job he or she can. The mechanic who fixes cars with-out doing unnecessary work is called by God to give thecustomer honest labor. The farmer who carefully worksthe soil has been called by God to help sustain creation.

God is calling each one of us to our true vocation. We needto listen for his call and do our best to answer by giving

ourselves to the work he sets out for us.

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approvedby him, a worker who has not need to be ashamed.”

PPaassttoorrss PPeerrssppeeccttiivvee

Grace Baptist Church • Pastor Phil HahnSunday School 9:30 a.m. • Worship Service - 10:30a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Mtg. - 6:30 p.m.Church of Christ

18 mi. south of Prairie City - Worship Service - 10:00 a.m.Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCA • Pastor Margie Hershey

Indian Creek - 8:00 a.m. • American - 9:30 a.m. • Rosebud - 11:00 a.m.Christ Lutheran Church WELS •

Pastor Gerhardt JuergensSunday Bible Class - 8:00 a.m., Worship Service - 8:30 a.m.

Coal Springs Community ChurchPastors Nels & Angie Easterby

South Jct. of Highways 73 & 20Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church • Pastor Donavon KackSabbath School - 2:00 p.m., Worship Service - 3:00 p.m.

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church • Fr. Tony GrossenburgSaturday Mass: - Lemmon 4:45 p.m. Bison - 7:15 p.m.,

Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Morristown - 10:30 a.m.Holland Center Christian Reformed Church

Pastor Brad Burkhalter • LodgepoleWorship Service - 8:00 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church • Pastor Florence Hoff, CRESunday School 9:30 a.m. • Worship Service -10:30 a.m.

Slim Buttes Lutheran • Pastor Henry MohagenReva • Sunday School 9:45, Worship Service - 11:00 a.m., WMF 2nd

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.Beckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad Burkhalter

Prairie CitySunday School - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Vesper Service - 6:00 p.m., Wed. Evenings - 7:30 p.m.

The Bison Courier • Thursday, May 2, 2013 • Page 5

Obituary

Berthold "Bert" Fried

Berthold A. "Bert" Fried, 90,Sturgis, died Saturday, April 27,2013 at the Rapid City RegionalHospital.

Visitation will be noon until 9p.m. on Wednesday at the KinkadeFuneral Chapel in Sturgis with aprayer service beginning at 7 p.m.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m.Thursday, May 2, 2013 at the FirstPresbyterian Church in White-

wood with Pastor Steve Agan offi-ciating. Burial with military hon-ors follows at the Black Hills Na-tional Cemetery near Sturgis.

A memorial has been estab-lished to the Meade County SeniorCenter.

Bert was born on the familyhomestead near White Butte,South Dakota, on January 15,1923. He attended Hooker schooland helped his father on the farm.Bert was drafted into the US Armyand served his country honorablythrough central Europe and theRhineland where he earned theSilver Star. Following his dis-charge he began farming nearMeadow.

On June 18, 1950 he marriedMildred Rietdorf at Bison, SouthDakota. The couple continued tofarm for the next 46 years until re-tiring to Sturgis in 1996.

Bert was active in the FirstPresbyterian Church in White-wood and the Meade County Se-nior Center in Sturgis. He was amember of the Grace BaptistChurch in Bison, SD. He was the

consummate tomato producer forhis neighborhood and will besorely missed.

Survivors include his wife Mil-dred Fried, Sturgis; two sons,James (Diane) Fried, Ridgeview,South Dakota, Thomas (Cathy)Fried, Sheridan, Wyoming; threedaughters, Maxine (Dean) Fudge,Big Horn, Wyoming, Susan (Bret)Allart, Spearfish, South Dakota,Kimberly (Robert) Shannon,Dupree, South Dakota; onebrother, Herbert Fried, Shadehill,South Dakota; two sisters, Lillian(Bob) Bohnet, Bismarck, NorthDakota, Ruth Friez, Glendale, Ari-zona; 11 grandchildren, StephaniaSmith, Drewn Fried, Megan Em-mons, Misty Taylor, AllisonPropeck, Matthew Fried, AndrewFried, Nathan Allart, AmandaBrengle, Crystal Pistulka andMichael Shannon; also 14 greatgrandchildren.

Bert was preceded in death byhis two brothers, Albert andTheodore; four sisters, Christine,Dorothy, Elizabeth and Bertha;and two brothers in infancy.

Esther Johnson was dischargedfrom the hospital Tuesday after-noon. Dorena Wiechmann and hermonkeys (the Gant children) cameto pick her up. Tiss Treib treatedthem all to ice cream before theywent home.

Tiss Treib called on Jim andAngie Spenny Tuesday afternoonon her way home.

Tiss Treib and Latica Scott wentout to lunch together Thursday.

Tiss Treib and MicheleMarthaller went out to lunch to-gether Friday.

Tiss Treib visited with TabbiMauri and Emily on her way homeFriday afternoon.

Jim and Patsy Miller visitedwith Violet Miller in HettingerTuesday.

Patsy Miller took Violet Millerto Bismarck Thursday.

Jim and Patsy, Matt and ChristiMiller attended a Shriner’s supperin Bison Saturday evening.

Linda Seim traveled to Bis-marck Tuesday where she did apresentation for crime victims’awareness week.

Saturday, Jim and Patsy Millerwere supper guests of Nolan andLinda Seim. Ella and Greta Ander-son joined Jasmine Seim for a pic-nic on the prairie in the afternoon.Hope Anderson was a last Satur-day guest of Tim and JoAnneSeim.

Tim and JoAnne Seim called onChet and Mandy Anderson andfamily Thursday morning.

Justin, Jo and Jacob Seim ofBelle Fourche arrived Friday tospend the weekend with Tim andJoAnne Seim.

Delores Seim called on Tim andJoAnne Seim Saturday morning.

Tuesday, Dawn Harris and Brid-get Keller and the boys traveled toHettinger for errands and to getdogs shots.

Friday, Albert and BridgetKeller and the boys traveled toHettinger for parts.

Bridget Keller went to LemmonFriday evening to get a bountifulbasket.

Saturday, Duane and DawnHarris were morning visitors andAlbert and Bridget Keller andboys traveled to Timber Lake tohelp Perry Keller celebrate hisbirthday.

Sunday, Albert and BridgetKeller went to Bert and PatKeller’s for dinner and to pick uptheir kids. They returned homeSunday evening. Tabitha andEmily Mauri were Sunday eveningguests of the Keller’s and shebrought fresh farms eggs for us.

Gary, Jodi and Lexi Johnson;Mike Johnson helped ShirleyJohnson celebrate her birthdaySunday.

Mike and Annie Johnson wereMonday afternoon visitors of Johnand Shirley Johnson.

Rosebud News ............By Tiss Treib

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Slimming seasonal staples for Spring

With spring finally upon us, youmay be inclined to add some freshfoods into your diet. The seasonsynonymous with change providesa variety of seasonal produce thatcan recharge your diet, as well asaid in your weight-loss efforts.

Incorporating specific spring-time staples into your diet canhelp keep you fuller and more sat-isfied while improving your over-all health. TOPS Club, Inc. (TakeOff Pounds Sensibly), the non-profit weight-loss support organi-zation, offers the following tastefulrecommendations that work over-time to help benefit your body.

• Sugar snap peas – One cup ofthese sweet veggies contains only26 calories. Besides being loadedwith flavor and crunch, they also

are full of fiber and vitamin K.• Ginger – According to re-

searchers at Florida’s Universityof Miami, just a teaspoon of gingercan make you feel full twice asquickly. This is due to the gingeroland zingibain inside ginger thatact as powerful appetite suppres-sants. Ginger is also a great anti-inflammatory.

• Green onions – Also known asspring onions, these have all theflavor of regular onions withoutthe smell. Stanford University re-searchers have found the highamounts of sulfur in spring onionshelp your pancreas burn carbs forfuel before they are stored in yourbody as fat. Add these to recipesfor a little flavor and color.

• Eggplant – Eggplant can beincorporated into many recipes asa low-calorie meat replacement oreaten on its own. Baked or grilled,eggplant is a great choice at just20 calories per cup. Its low sugarcontent and muscle-strengtheninghigh protein and potassium levelsmake it a powerhouse of taste andnutrition.

• Button mushrooms – Accord-ing to UCLA research, the plantprotein in button mushroomsslows down carbohydrate absorp-tion in the intestines and helpsyour body soak up and burn sug-ars fast, aiding weight-loss efforts.The study has shown that eatingone cup a day could accelerateyour weight loss by 50 percent.

• Peppermint – Add this freshand light herb into your diet asoften as possible. Studies fromChicago’s Smell and Taste Treat-ment and Research Foundationhave shown that adding one table-spoon of fresh, chopped pepper-mint to a meal can cause you tofeel full on 100 fewer calories.Plus, its lively flavor and smell areperfect for the season!

• Cucumber – A spring andsummertime favorite, cucumbersare a guilt-free flavor booster toany salad or a great snack on theirown. One cup of cucumber slicesequals only 16 calories. They’rewater-rich and high in fiber, sothey work double to make you feelfull and satisfied.

Thursday, May 9th Lindskov Implement – Mobridge

Kubota Representatives available 9 – 4Meal served 11 – 1

10% off all Kubota filters

Friday, May 10th Automotive Company, Inc. – Isabel

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By Robert Drown, Natural Resource Specialist

The tree planter’s holiday ofArbor Day has its roots in Ne-braska. The first Arbor Day tookplace on April 10, 1872 in Ne-braska. It was started by JuliusSterling Morton (1832-1902), aNebraska journalist and politi-cian. Morton worked to improveagricultural techniques and evenserved as President Grover Cleve-land's Secretary of Agriculture.But his most important legacy isArbor Day.

The Morton’s had moved to Ne-braska from Michigan and missedthe woodlands and lush vegetationof the east. The Morton’s plantedmany trees, shrubs and even anapple orchard on their land. Theyrealized that the plains, thoughtreeless, had a climate and soil fa-vorable to tree growth. The set-tlers in the new territory were inneed of trees for homes, fences,farm buildings, fuel and wind-breaks. Morton often wrote aboutthe trees best suited to the plainsencouraging the planting of trees.Morton believed that Nebraska'slandscape and economy wouldbenefit from the wide-scale plant-ing of trees. He proposed that aspecial day be dedicated to treeplanting and increasing aware-ness of the importance of trees.On Nebraska's first Arbor Daymore than one million trees wereplanted. After the second ArborDay in 1884, Nebraska made it alegal state holiday.

During the late 1800s Morton'sidea spread from Nebraska withKansas, Tennessee, Minnesotaand Ohio all proclaiming their ownArbor Days. By 1920, more than45 states and territorial posses-sions were celebrating Arbor Day.Today all 50 states in the USA cel-ebrate Arbor Day although thedates may vary in keeping withthe local climate. State ArborDays held in our part of the nationare as follows: Wyoming – lastMonday in April; Iowa, Montana,Nebraska and South Dakota - lastFriday in April and North Dakota– first Friday in May. In 1970,President Richard Nixon pro-claimed the last Friday in April asNational Arbor Day.

Arbor Day is an excellent oppor-

Tree Facts –Arbor Day is the tree planters holiday

tunity for homeowners to take agood look at the trees on theirproperty and plan for the future.Trees should be checked for brokenbranches, disease and insect prob-lems. Planting new trees can im-prove your property and providewind or heat protection. ArborDay is the time for communityleaders to take stock of the trees intheir neighborhoods and publicareas. Thoughtful plans for treeplanting and tree maintenancecan make a real difference to yourcommunity.

Following is an inspirationalquote taken from the “Arbor DayLetter, To the School Children ofthe United States” by PresidentTheodore Roosevelt April 15, 1907.“A people without children wouldface a hopeless future; a countrywithout trees is almost as hope-less; forests which are so used thatthey cannot renew themselves willsoon vanish, and with them all

their benefits. A true forest is notmerely a storehouse full of wood,but, as it were, a factory of woodand at the same time a reservoirof water. When you help to pre-serve our forests or plant new onesyou are acting the part of good cit-izens. The value of forestry de-serves, therefore, to be taught inthe schools, which aim to makegood citizens of you. If your ArborDay exercises help you to realizewhat benefits each one of you re-ceives from the forests, and how byyour assistance these benefits maycontinue, they will serve a goodend.”

My sources for this news releasewere the Arbor Day Foundationand TREEHELP.COM. If youwould like more information aboutThe History of Arbor Day call BobDrown at the Conservation Officeat 605-244-5222, Extension 4 or bye-mail at [email protected].

West River Vet Clinicwill be holding a

Rabies & Vaccination Clinic Thursday, May 23

at the Bentley Building in Bison from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Watch for your vaccinationreminder in your mailbox or

call ahead for your vaccination history.

We will NOT be bringingthose records with us!

701-567-4333

R & N Hide & Fur701-567-2568

1/2 mile east of HettingerPAYING TOP DOLLAR for all types of

metal including •cars •appliances•auto batteries •tin •wire •cable

Closed Saturdays! Closed Saturdays!

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Monday, May 6Nacho’s w/cheese

baked beanssalad bar

fruit & milk

Tuesday, May 7 Hot dog w/bun

french friessalad bar

fruit & milk

Wednesday, May 8Turkey noodle casserole

salad barfruit & milk

Thursday, May 9Soft shell tacocreamed corn

salad barfruit & milk

Montana Authors recall memorable horsesMr. Personality liked to tease and play tricks

HETTINGER, ND — The im-portance of horses to cattle ranch-ing of the era is a powerful themerunning through the new bookMontana Stirrups, Sage andShenanigans. Used almost daily,their horses influenced the lives ofauthors Anne Brink Krickel,

Jeanie Brink Thiessen and Fran-cie Brink Berg.

There was Buck, an all-aroundranch horse, dependable mainstayon the four-day spring and falltrail drive. In late afternoons henipped at tired calves, but in afriendly way.

“Buck was Mr. Personality,”Anne writes. “He liked to teaseand play tricks. One day heplucked off Dad’s hat and held ithigh in his mouth, noddingsolemnly.

“Dad had a pet hen that flewonto his shoulder when he went tothe granary, eating wheat from hishand. Buck took great interest inher. It was pretty funny to see thethree of them, the white hen onDad’s shoulder and horse at hisside, both maneuvering for his at-tention and snatching nibbles ofgrain. The hen scolded and peckedat Buck, never quite reaching him,but teetering and almost losingher balance.

Another much-loved horse wasFlexi, bought fresh off the rangenorth of Miles City. Her life endedabruptly when, running before astorm one night, she broke her legin a prairie dog hole.

In a chapter titled “Horses weknew and loved—most of the time”the authors tell of a marvelousevent in their lives when a bache-lor neighbor gave them threehorses. An old-timer, he liked tohang around the sales yards, keep-ing in touch with the old days.

“These horses are just too goodto go for killers,” Bill told them,unloading in the corral.

“He was right,” says Francie.“Dusty, a tall buckskin with blackmane and tail became our best cowhorse—though he had an arsenalof tricks. Queenie, a small, classyMorgan-type, was smart and de-pendable, with a gentle disposi-tion, just right for Anne. Comet, atall, lanky Thoroughbred, blackwith white blaze and wide intelli-gent eyes, likely ran on the race-track, Bill said. About ten yearsold and pregnant, she was a gal-

lant steed who loved to run—rightover any cow she was supposed tochase.”

“Up to that time it seemed wenever had the right horse for thejob. All our horses died of sleepingsickness the year before we movedto the ranch in 1939. As Dad andMom began building back a beefherd, our best cow horse was oldEagle, blind in one eye and wellpast his prime.

“Now we had plenty of horses.Comet raised one colt after an-other. We broke them at age two,so always had a young horse ortwo in training.”

There were wild horses, too,glimpsed occasionally on the hori-zon, racing along a high ridge,manes and tails flying, the stallionstanding guard until his haremvanished from sight.

The 408-page book MontanaStirrups, Sage and Shenanigans:Western Ranch Life in a ForgottenEra is filled with personal storiesof ranch life and over 260 historicphotos from the Brink family col-lection. Available in softcover($29.95) and hardcover ($39.95)from bookstores and gift shops, on-line and by mail (6.50 shipping)from Flying Diamond Books, 402S 14th St, Hettinger, ND 58639(701-567-2646). See also www.MontanaStirrupsandSage.com.

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Daniel Burkhalter qualifies for State meet at Black Hills Classic in StrugisWe finally had a track meet and

a nice day that coincided. Friday,April 26th, the Jr. High traveled toLemmon and had a great time.Josh McKinstry was the big win-ner of the day finishing first inthree events: the 100 hurdles(16.86), 200 hurdles (31.64), andthe triple jump (36'15.5"). Joshand Daniel Burkhalter were plan-ning on attending a varsity meetthe next day so they didn't strainthemselves to hard. Daniel com-peted in some events that were outof character for him, but he didfairly well. Daniel finished first inthe 400 (57.66), second in the 100(13.52) and third in the discus (92'10"). Bison also placed ShaneCollins (6th, 81'2") and JimBrockel (8th, 74' 11.5") in the dis-cus. Jimmy Brockel also finished4th in the shot throwing 28'8".Other boys that placed were JacePrelle, 2nd in the long jump (14')and 6th in the 100 (14:37). JoeyAukland took 3rd in the 200(29.02). Our relay teams placedwell also. The 4x100 finished 4th(1:01), the 4x200 came in 3rd(2:13), the 4x400 5th (4:56), andthe Medley placed 6th(2:29). Con-gratulations to Matt Johnson,Jake Kahler, Tanner Cables, JoeyAukland and Shane Collins whoparticipated in those relays.On the 8th grade girls side, Syd-ney Senn came home with three4th place finishes. The 100 (15:52),800 (2:55), and 1600 (6:26). Made-lyn Siedel took 2nd in the 100 hur-dles (20:19) and 3rd in the 200hurdles (38.43). Rebekah Burkhal-ter held up tradition by winningthe 7th grade girls mile run (6:31).

The girls 4x100, 4x400, and med-ley relays all came in 8th, and the4x200 took 6th. Jessica Stapel,Renee Stapel, Madelyn Siedel, Re-bekah Burkhalter and Kim Kvaleall had a role in those relays. Itwas a great day for a track meetand all the kids got some great ex-perience.

On Saturday, April 27th, theVarsity traveled to Sturgis to runin the Black Hills Classic trackmeet. I have never been to a trackmeet that big. There were 65 boysentered into the two mile race.There were so many two milersthat they had to have two heats.That is very unusual. In additionto being a lot of runners. Theywere good. Daniel Burkhalter rana great race shaving 28 seconds offhis personal record. He qualifiedfor the state meet and came within2 seconds of setting a new BisonHigh school record, yet he finished12th in the race. His time was10:22. He also ran a 4:54 mile andfinished 16th. Congratulations,Daniel, you're going to state! Theother highlight of the day waswhen Cole Buer made the finals inthe long jump. Getting to finals inthat meet is a big deal and Colejumped very well. In the end Colefinished 9th jumping 18'5.75".Josh McKinstry also jumped well,finishing 15th (35'7.5") in thetriple jump. Our kids finished24th, 35th, 50th...but when youconsider there were about 70-75kids per event we did pretty well.It was also a nice sunny day andjust about everyone came homewith a winning sunburn.

Daniel Burkhalter running with Jebben Keyes of Pierre

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New Alfalfa varieties are saline and grazing tolerant

South Dakota alfalfa producershave two new varieties to considerthis growing season. SalinityMaxAlfalfa is a salt tolerant variety de-veloped to thrive in saline soilsand PasturePlus Alfalfa is a graz-ing tolerant variety, developed tothrive in pasture mixes, saysJustin Fruechte, Millborn Seedsforage and cover crop specialist.

"These varieties were developedin the Dakotas to solve two com-mon challenges South Dakota al-falfa producers face," Fruechtesaid. "They both carry disease,nematode and insect resistantpackages as good as any conven-tional variety of alfalfa."

Reclaiming the soilDue to last summer's drought,many low-lying areas in fieldswhich may have experienced

standing water in the past havenow become saline and need to bereclaimed. An effective reclama-tion tool South Dakota farmersnow have available to them isSalinityMax Alfalfa. SalinityMaxAlfalfa was developed to toleratesaline soils and serves as a goodforage option, explains Fruechte.

"SalinityMax will actually drawthe salt out of the soil over time.Growers can use it to correct a soil.Once the soil is healthy, they cango in and plant the acres back tocash crops," he said, adding thatthe variety also succeeds in highmoisture soils that do not havesalinity issues.

A Grazing CompanionAdapted to poorly drained soils,PasturePlus Alfalfa has someunique structural features whichmake it a good choice to add to a

pasture mix. Unlike conventionalalfalfa, which has a tap root, thisvariety was developed with abranch root system. This branchroot system holds the plant se-curely during freeze and thaw cy-cles, making it more grazing re-sistant and winter hardy.

Its root system isn't its onlystructural difference. PasturePlusAlfalfa is also a more palatableplant, explains Fruechte.

"This alfalfa variety is very com-patible with grass because it does-n't have as much lignin and struc-tural carbohydrates, lending tohigher nutritional quality,"Fruechte said.

To learn more about Salinity-Max and PasturePlus alfalfa vari-eties Millborn Seeds has to offer,contact Fruechte at 888-498-7333or [email protected].

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Permanent Part-time.Must have good grammar and proofreading skills.

Computer experience a plus.For information call the

Bison Courier at 244-7199

Peggy Lane and Greg Fried.

Homecoming King and Queen fall of 1970

In the spring I have counted one hun-dred and thirty-six different kinds of

weather inside of four and twenty hours.

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BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETINGDATE: April 15, 2013 TIME HELD:7:00 p.m. KIND OF MEETING: Regu-lar WHERE HELD: Boardroom MEM-BERS PRESENT: Arneson, Beckman,Kari, Kvale, Thompson MEMBERSABSENT: None OFFICERS ANDOTHERS PRESENT: Supt. Kraemer,Asst. Bus. Mgr. Johnson, Bev Kopren,Heidi Kopren, Shawnda Carmichael,Matt Butsavage, Beth Hulm

CHAIRMAN KVALE CALLED THEMEETING TO ORDER WITH A CALLFOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

CONSENT AGENDA108. Motion by Kari second by Arnesonto approve the consent agenda with thefollowing change: item number 10 willbe changed to 4-day School WeekOverview Motion carried.

DELEGATIONSNo delegations were present.

TOWN OF BISON- MATT BUTSAV-AGEMatt Butsavage, representing theTown of Bison, was present to discussutilizing the activities bus to transportyouth to Hettinger, ND for open swim-ming for approximately 4-6 days thissummer. The school will pay the driverand fuel, then bill that cost to theTown. The school will consider workthat the Town could do for the schoolto offset the cost.

REPORT FROM BUILDING COM-MITTEE

Perkins CountyCommission

Special MeetingDate: April 18, 2013Present: Commissioners Schweitzer,Henderson, Ottman, Besler and Fosterand Finance Officer ChapmanOthers Present: Tracy Buer, JanelleGoddard, Kelly Serr, Lloyd Veal, HollyWaddell, Karen Englehart, JamieSpainhower press, Beth Hulm press

Call to OrderChairman Schweitzer called the meet-ing to order at 1:00 pm. The Pledge ofAllegiance was recited.

Approval of AgendaBesler moved, Foster seconded to ap-prove the agenda for this special meet-ing, motion carried.

Approval of MinutesFoster moved, Ottman seconded to ap-prove the minutes of the April 9th reg-ular meeting, motion carried.

Commissioner Spring WorkshopOttman and Henderson gave a brief re-view of the Commissioner SpringWorkshop which was held in Pierre inMarch.

Perkins County ComprehensivePlanning BoardHenderson moved, Foster seconded toappoint seven members to the Plan-ning Commission, motion carried. Fos-ter moved, Besler seconded to appointDave Johnson, Vaughn Meyer, ToddFink, Geraldine Peck, Dan Kvale, DanAnderson and Reggie Kennedy to thePerkins County Planning Commission,Roll call vote: Henderson aye, Ottmanaye, Besler aye, Foster aye, Schweitzeraye, motion carried.

Executive SessionFoster moved, Henderson seconded todeclare executive session at 1:30 pm,motion carried. Schweitzer declaredthe meeting out of executive session at1:50 pm.

Burn BanEmergency Manager Kelly Serr waspresent to discuss a burn ban. No ac-tion was taken.

Resolution 2013-4Ottman moved Besler seconded to in-troduce and approve Resolution 2013-4; roll call vote: Ottman aye, Besleraye, Foster aye, Henderson aye,Schweitzer aye, motion carried.

Resolution 2013-4

Whereas, on April 3, 2013

the US Forest Service wasconducting a prescribed burnon the Grand River NationalGrasslands located inPerkins County, SouthDakota;

Whereas, the weather condi-tions were not favorable foropen burning;

Whereas, the fire escapedthe prescribed area and dueto the high winds, low hu-midity and drought condi-tions, the fire became amajor wildfire know as thePautre Fire;

Whereas, the fire continuedto burn, covering in excess of12,000 acres consisting ofprivate pasture land, hay-land, harvested hay, miles offences and damaging severalpieces of equipment. Also in-cluded in the burned areawere thousands of acres ofthe Grand River NationalGrasslands which is leasedby the Grand River Coopera-tive Grazing Association;

Whereas, the loss to privatelandowners for the loss ofpasture land, grazing land,hay, fences and equipmentwill be in excess of one mil-lion dollars;

Whereas, the long-term ef-fects of the fire on the soiland vegetative growth willnot be known for severalyears. Also, due to the lackof plant cover, there will beexcessive wind and watererosion to the burned-oversoil;

Whereas, several local volun-teer fire departments re-sponded to assist the Forest

Service fire suppressioncrews and their expenseswere thousands of dollars infuel and damage to equip-ment;

Therefore, be it resolved thatthe Perkins County Commis-sion do as much as possibleto assist the landowners andfire departments to recovertheir losses of property andequipment;

Therefore, be it further re-solved that the PerkinsCounty Commission requestthat the South Dakota andNorth Dakota CongressionalDelegations insist that allparties involved be ade-quately compensated andfurther incidents like this beprevented;

Therefore, be it further re-solved that the US ForestService compensate the pri-vate landowners to thefullest extent of their lossesas soon as possible;

Therefore, be it further re-solved that the local fire de-partments be fully compen-sated for use and losses totheir equipment;

Therefore, be it further re-solved that proper conserva-tion measures be taken tocontrol excessive soil erosion.

Pautre FireDiscussion was held on writing a letterto our Congressional delegation on thetravesty of the fire and the need for im-mediate compensation for those af-fected by the fire. A copy of the Resolu-tion 2013-4 will be sent with the letter.

Foster moved, Henderson seconded torequest Chairman Schweitzer to con-tact the South Dakota Secretary of

Agriculture to invite them to PerkinsCounty to inspect the damage done bythe fire.

Superintendent Buer•Superintendent Buer addressed

the board concerning piggy-backing offa Sanborn County bid on a MackTruck. No action was taken.

• A brief discussion was held onBison Township’s question concerningtaking the bridge project on the GolfCourse Road off the plan. Buer wouldlike to leave the bridge on the plan fornow and see how the bids come in.

4-H AdvisorCommissioner Ottman announced thata 4-H Advisor has been hired and willbe starting soon.

Part-time Secretary State’s Attor-ney/4-H AdvisorState’s Attorney Penfield requestedpayment for Amy Ham for the hoursshe has worked in the absence of aPerkins County State’s Attorney Sec-retary. Foster moved, Henderson sec-onded to approve paying Amy Ham forwork done for the State’s Attorney’s of-fice at the base wage of $11.72 perhour, motion carried.

Travel RequestFinance Officer Chapman requestedapproval for travel for the DeputySpring Workshop on May 22-23 inPierre. Travel was approved.

AdjournmentOttman moved, Besler seconded to ad-journ the meeting at 3:02 pm, motioncarried.

ATTEST: APPROVED:

Sylvia Chapman, Finance OfficerMike Schweitzer, Chairman

[Published May 2, 2013 at a total ap-proximate cost of $109.82.]

LEGAL NOTICEWestern South Dakota Community Ac-tion, Inc. is seeking Civic groups inter-ested in having a representative serveon the Board of Directors for PerkinsCounty.

If your organization is interested inrepresenting your county on ourBoard, please send us a letter and ap-propriate organizational minutes byMonday, May 13, 2013 at 4:30 PM.

This letter should state the name ofthe person your organization wants torepresent you on the CAP board. Theby-laws of your organization are alsoneeded. Our Board will select one or-ganization from those that formally ex-pressed their interest.

We sincerely thank you for your con-cern and time that have been expendedin an effort to make the CAP missionappropriately work for the low-incomepeople in Western South Dakota.

Western SD Community Action, Inc.has the following programs imple-mented in our fourteen (14) countyservice area: weatherization, gardenprogram, summer youth program, ne-cessity pantry program, employmentassistance, educational supply pro-gram, emergency food and commodityprojects, homeless programs, commu-nity food pantries and clothingcenters.

If you have any questions regardingthis matter please contact Linda Edelor Rose Swan at 1844 Lombardy Drive,Rapid City, SD 57703. Phone: (605)348-1460 or out of Rapid City call (800)327-1703.

[Published May 2, 2013 and May 9,2013 at a total approximate cost of$32.49.]

Business Manager Crow had compileda list of necessary building repairs, andincluded previous quotes and/or actualcosts incurred for previous repairs ofthe same nature. The board will holdanother public meeting on May 13,2013 at 5:30 p.m. to discuss the build-ing issues.

SCHOOL SENTINEL PROGRAMMr. Kraemer informed the board of thenew school sentinel law that waspassed in South Dakota. The board isnot interested in implementing thisprogram.

RESIGNATION109. Motion by Beckman, second byArneson to approve the resignation ofKalin Chapman as Athletic Director,effective August 15, 2013. Motion car-ried.

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZINGMEMBERSHIP IN THE SDHSAA

113. Motion by Arneson, second byBeckman to authorize Supt. Kraemerto enter into a Memo of Agreementwith the State of South Dakota for theSD STARS system. Motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION114. Motion by Beckman second by Ar-neson to enter into executive session todiscuss personnel, pursuant to SDCL-1-25-2(1). Motion carried. ChairmanKvale declared the meeting into execu-tive session at 8:30 p.m. and back inregular session at 10:10 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT115. Motion by Thompson second byKari to adjourn the meeting at 10:10p.m. Motion carried.

Dan Kvale, ChairmanColette Johnson, Asst. Business Mgr.

[Published May 2, 2013 at a total ap-proximate cost of $40.94.]

110. Motion by Beckman, second byThompson to approve membershipwith the South Dakota High School Ac-tivities Association. Motion carried.

4-DAY SCHOOL WEEKOVERVIEW111. Shawnda Carmichael presenteddata regarding student attendance andacademic performance for the 2008-09,2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, and the2012-13 school years.

APPROVE T&A ACCOUNT112. Motion by Arneson, second byKari to approve establishing a Trustand Agency account for the PrairieReaders. Motion carried.

SUPERINTENDENT NOTESStudent enrollment figuresSD STARSRegistration for 2013-14 school classesTitle Funding and State Aid fundingfor FY 2014

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STATE OF SOUTHDAKOTA

IN CIRCUITCOURT

COUNTY OFPERKINS

))SS.)

IN CIRCUITCOURT FOURTH

JUDICIAL COURTFile #PRO 13-08

In the Matter of the Estate of ) WAYNE SPATZ JR., AKA )WAYNE SPATZ, Deceased. )

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is given that on April 12, 2013,Janene Spatz, whose address is 10780155th Avenue, Reeder, ND 58649, wasappointed as personal representativeof the estate of Wayne Spatz Jr., akaWayne Spatz.

Creditors of decedent must file theirclaims within four months after thedate of the first publication of this no-tice or their claims may be barred.

Claims may be filed with the personalrepresentative or may be filed with theclerk, and a copy of the claim mailed tothe personal representative.

JANENE SPATZ10780 155th AvenueReeder, ND 58649

Trish PeckP.O. Box 426Bison, , SD 57620(605) 244-5626

Steven J. WildP.O. Box 260Bowman, ND 58623(701) 523-3112

[Published April 25, May 2, May 9,2013 at a total approximate cost of$52.58.]

STATE OF SOUTHDAKOTA IN

CIRCUIT COURT

COUNTY OFPERKINSFOURTH

JUDICIALCIRCUIT

Lenard Chapman, ))

Plaintiff, ))

Case No. CIV 13-08

vs.

Estate Of Margaret )Virginia James, )Estate Of Suzanne Pollard, )Kristine Pollard Stein, )Kathryn Pollard, )

):SSJessica L. Pollard, )and all other )

)Persons Unknown claiming )any estate or interest in, )or lien or encumbrance )upon the property described) in the Complaint, )

))

Defendants. )

THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTATO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-DANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY summoned andrequired to answer the Complaint ofthe Plaintiff in the above entitled ac-tion which is on file in the office of theClerk of the Circuit Court of PerkinsCounty, South Dakota, and to serve acopy of your Answer thereto upon thesubscriber hereto at his office in theAdams County Courthouse, P. O. Box390, Hettinger, North Dakota 58639,within thirty (30) days after the serviceof this Summons upon you, exclusiveof the day of such service, and in caseof your failure to appear or answer asabove required, the Plaintiff will applyto the court for a judgment againstyou by default for the relief demandedin the Complaint.Dated at Hettinger, North Dakota this15th day of March, 2013.

/s/ Eric M. HardyEric M. Hardy, #4013Crane Roseland Hardy, PCAttorneys for PlaintiffP. O. Box 390Hettinger, North Dakota 58639(701) 567-2418

To the above named Defendants:YOU AND EACH OF YOU are furthernotified that the purpose of this actionis to quiet the Plaintiffs= title to thePlaintiff ’s following described real es-tate in Township 18 North, Range 15East. B.H.M., Perkins County, SouthDakota, to-wit:Section 29: W1/2SW1/4and to determine all adverse claimsthereto, and that no personal claim ismade against you.

/s/ Eric M. HardyEric M. Hardy, #4013Attorney for Plaintiff

[Published April 18, April 24, May 2and May 9, 2013 at a total approxi-mate cost of $108.03.]

STATE OF SOUTHDAKOTA IN

CIRCUIT COURT

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COUNTY OFPERKINSFOURTH

JUDICIALCIRCUIT

DACOTAH BANK, Court File No. 12-36Plaintiff,

vs.

LEON BRODIE, EDITH BRODIE,EXPRESS COLLECTIONS INC.,GREAT WESTERN BANK, HAM-MERQUIST ENTERPRISES INC.,D/B/A H&H HEATING, WESTERNCOMMUNICATIONS INC., BLACKHILLS BADLANDS AND LAKESASSO., PENNINGTON COUNTY,PERKINS COUNTY;

NOTICE OF REAL ESTATEMORTGAGE FORECLOSURESALE

Defendants.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatpursuant to a Judgment and Decree ofForeclosure entered on the 23rd day ofJanuary, 2013, the undersigned or hisdeputy will sell at public auction to thehighest bidder for cash the followingdescribed real estate situated inPerkins County and PenningtonCounty, South Dakota, to wit:

Township 23 North, Range 16 East,BHM, Perkins County, South Dakota:

Section 29: Lot 4 of the Brodie Additionto Perkins County, South Dakota lo-cated in the SW1/4 as shown on Plat inBook 6, page 43;

Section 32: NE1/4; N1/2NW1/4 lessLot H-1 and less Lots 1-16 of Brodie’s2nd Addition to Perkins County, SouthDakota located in the NW1/4 as shownon Plat in Book 6, page 42 and Lots 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16of Brodie’s 2nd Addition to PerkinsCounty, South Dakota located in theNW1/4 as shown on Plat in Book 6,page 42; and

Lot 1 in Block 21 of Wise’s Addition tothe City of Rapid City, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota, as shown on theplat filed in Plat Book 30, Page 13.

The total amount claimed due undersaid mortgage as set forth in the Judg-ment and Decree of Foreclosure filed23rd day of January, 2013, is the sumof Four Hundred Eleven Thousand,Three Hundred Twenty-one and12/100 Dollars ($411,321.12).

The mortgage foreclosure sale of theproperty to the highest bidder for cashwill be conducted by the Sheriff ofPerkins County or one of his deputiesat the front door of the Perkins CountyCourthouse, Bison, South Dakota, atthe hour of 10:00 a.m. on May 24, 2013.

This property will be sold subject to thepayment of unpaid real estate taxesand is sold subject to the right of re-

demption as provided by law.

Dated this 29th day of April, 2013.

/s/Kelly SerrSheriff of Perkins County, SouthDakota

Notice of Real Estate Mortgage Fore-closure Sale, Dacotah Bank v. LeonBrodie, Civ. 12-36

[Published May 2, May 9, May 16, May23, 2013 at a total approximate cost of$128.90.]

Mary Ellen Fried accompaniedDiana Landis and Camille Drownand Beth Hulm to Hettinger for aDakota Concert Series Concert “NewOdyssey” Wednesday evening.

Sunday afternoon and supperguests of Mary Ellen Fried to helpHerb Fried celebrate his birthdaywere Jim and Vera Wilson; Ed andViolet Chapman; Alf and BettyVliem; Greg and Peggy Fried; Ray-mond and Jean Akers; Christy andJerry Seidel.

Vonnie Foster visited with hermother, Bernie Rose one day thisweek.

Fred and Bev Schopp attended theElementary Music Concert in Lem-mon Thursday evening.

Davy Christman of Blackhawkvisited with Art and Marilyn Christ-man Tuesday afternoon.

On Wednesday, Jerry and CarolynPetik attended the Northwest AreaSchools Academic Olympics in Faith.Leif and Mirandi Bakken were par-ticipants.

Saturday evening Jerry and Car-olyn went out for supper in Lemmonwith several members of their highschool graduating class. Later theyattended a dance/fundraiser for LeifBakken who is going on a music am-bassador trip to Europe this sum-mer.

Carolyn Petik spent Sunday after-noon at Irene Young's. She was alsoa brief caller at Jeri Lynn Bakken's.

Meadow News .....By Tiss Treib

Spring makes its own statement, soloud and clear that the gardener seemsto be only one of the instruments, not

the composer.

Where man seesbut withered

leaves,God sees sweetflowers growing.

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ADVERTISEMENTFOR BIDS

00030PROJECT:Storm Sewer System ImprovementsBison, SD

BID DEADLINE:May 21, 2013 - 2:30 p.m. MT

NOTICE:Sealed bids for the above project willbe received at the office of the Owner,City of Bison, 309 1st Ave West, Bison,SD 57620 until the Bid Deadline. Bidsreceived after this time will not be ac-cepted. Bids will be opened and pub-licly read aloud immediately, after thebid closing time, at Grand Electric So-cial Room, located at 801 Coleman Av-enue, South side of building, Bison,South Dakota. All interested partiesare invited to attend.

The general construction work coveredby these Plans and Specifications shallinclude all labor, tools, materials andequipment required for construction of4,479 linear feet of 8”-36” RCP andHDPE Storm Sewer pipe; 11 - Rein-forced Precast MH; 14 Catch Basins;1,170 CY Detention Pond with 475ft of6’ Chain Link Fencing; and all othermiscellaneous work.

Work shall be commenced within ten(10) calendar days after date of writtenNotice to Proceed and shall be substan-tially complete by September 30, 2013.Final completion by July 1, 2014.

BID SECURITY:A Bid must be accompanied by Bid se-curity made payable to OWNER in anamount of 5% of Bidder’s maximumBid price and in the form of a certifiedcheck issued by a state or nationalbank, or in lieu thereof a bid bond for10% of Bidder’s maximum Bid price is-sued by a surety authorized to do busi-ness in the state of South Dakota andmeeting the requirements of para-graphs 5.01 and 5.02 of the GeneralConditions.

QUALIFICATIONS:Bidder shall submit a Statement ofBidder’s Qualifications to the Ownerwith their Bid.

RIGHTS RESERVED:The Owner reserves the right to waiveirregularities, to reject any or all bids,and to defer acceptance of any bid for aperiod not to exceed thirty (30) calen-dar days after the date the bids are re-ceived. All bids will be made on thebasis of cash payment for such work.The Owner further reserves the rightto award the Contract in the best in-terests of the Owner. In estimating theleast cost to the Owner as one of thefactors in deciding the award of theContract, the Owner will consider, inaddition to the bid prices, the experi-ence and responsibility of the Bidder.

BIDDING DOCUMENTSAll work is to be in accordance with theBidding Documents which may be ex-amined at the following locations:

Engineer: KBM, Inc., 405 Bruce Av-

State prevailing wage rates are appli-cable to this project, not less than theminimum rates as determined by theDavis-Bacon Act must be paid on thisproject and that the contractor and/orsubcontractor must ensure that em-ployees and applicants for employmentare not discriminated against becauseof their race, color, religion, sex, or nat-ural origin.

Bidders on this work will be requiredto comply with the President's Execu-tive Order 11246, as amended by Exec-utive Order’s 11375 and 12086 andsubsequent regulations.

Bidders on this work will be requiredto comply with Executive Orders 11625and 12138. The requirements for bid-ders and contractors, under this regu-lation and executive order, concern uti-lization of minority business enter-prises (MBE), small businesses (SB),and labor surplus area businesses(LSAB).

The goal for MBE is 1.0% of the totaldollar value of the project. The goal forthe WBE is 4.0% of the total dollarvalue of the project.

By order of the City Council of Bison,SD. Dated this 15th day of April, 2013.

By /s/Elizabeth Hulm, Owner Clerk

[Published April 25 & May 2, 2013 at atotal approximate cost of $ 109.82.]

enue – Suite 200, Grand Forks, ND58201

Owner: City of Bison, 309 1st AveWest, Bison, SD 57620

Builders Exchanges:Construction Industry Center, RapidCity, SD

Bismarck-Mandan BuildersExchange, Mandan, ND

Sioux Falls Builder Exchange, SiouxFalls, SD

Plains Builders Exchange, Inc., SiouxFalls, SD

Builders & Traders Exchange, Fargo,ND

Construction Plans Exchange, Bis-marck ND

In accordance with South Dakota Cod-ified Law 5-18B-1, the agency, upon re-quest, furnish at least one copy of theplans and specifications, withoutcharge to each contractor resident inSouth Dakota who intends, in goodfaith, to bid upon the project. Theagency may require the return of thecopy at the time of the opening of bids.

Copies of the Bidding Documents maybe obtained from the Engineer (701)772-7156 upon receipt of Seventy-FiveDollars ($75.00 ), NON-REFUND-ABLE, for each set of documents.

STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIRE-MENTS:

Nutrition SiteMenu

Thursday, May 2Spaghetti w/meat sauce

tossed salad w/french dressingmandarin oranges

vanilla puddingfrench bread

Friday, May 3Roast beef

mashed potatoes w/gravylima beans

seasonal fruit

Monday, May 6Ham & potato omelet

green beanscinnamon rolltropical fruit

Tuesday, May 7HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Hamburger on a bunpotato salad

tomato slice on lettucecooked apples & cake

Wednesday, May 8Baked chicken

creamed potatoesbaked squash

grapes

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We certainly had a variety ofweather this week. I drove toPierre Monday for an ExecutiveBoard meeting and the snow cov-ered roads made for some interest-ing driving. I only had one triphome from Pierre all winter thatwas worse than on Monday, and ac-cording to the calendar, this is sup-posed to be spring!

Spring finally arrived on Tues-day and all the snow was gone formy drive home that evening.Wednesday was typical springweather - a snow squall followedjust minutes later by the sun shin-ing through the clouds and the twoscenarios repeated most of the day.The only thing consistent was thewind. After two days of spring,summer and 70 degree tempera-tures arrived on Thursday with themercury climbing to 80 degrees bySaturday.

Warmer weather sure makeslambing and calving easier. Reubhas the farming machinery firedup and is planning to plant someoats and barley for feed. I wasn’tgoing to plant a garden this year,but the beautiful weather causedme to get bitten by the garden bugagain and now I’ve got a bad caseof gardening fever.

Casey put the tiller on the trac-tor for me and Reub tilled up my

big garden so it’s ready to plant.The rhubarb, horseradish, andwinter onions are poking throughthe ground and my mountain rock-ets, hollyhocks, tulips, and irisesare coming up. The trees are start-ing to leaf out and it looks like myapricot trees, chokecherry bushes,currant bushes, and plum trees allsurvived the winter. Hopefully weget some moisture so all this stuffcan grow!

The Harding County FFAawards night was Thursdayevening and I went in to watch andeat some of great desserts theyserved us. I visited with Lori Jenk-ins at the awards night and shetold me that her father, LeonardNygaard, is back in the hospital inRapid City with blood clots in hislegs. Jess Marty is no longer inRapid City; he has been trans-ferred to the hospital in Sturgis.The doctors are still doing tests tofind out what might be causing allhis problems after his four-wheelerwreck. Little Joey Wickstorm hadsuccessful heart surgery this week,Gert Kooiman is out of the hospitaland home at the Heier’s again, andRyan Honeyman has taken to theburn unit at a hospital in Min-neapolis after an anhydrous acci-dent. Please keep all these folks inyour prayers.

Lori Jenkins also told me theyhear a lot of coyotes up in herneighborhood and one of the neigh-bors has seen a wolf. Casey wentout early Saturday morning andkilled two coyotes, both dry fe-males. Casey’s total of dead preda-tors for this month is seven coyotesand a fox. Speaking of predators,our sole surviving chicken has dis-appeared. She vanished in the mid-dle of this week. We now have twochicken coops sitting completelyempty. Dang coons anyway! Rac-coons are now on my official hitlist.

The bridal shower for IdaSchmidt in Bison Saturday morn-ing was well attended and she gotsome really nice stuff. PastorHenry Mohagen will marry Idaand Eric Sander at Ida’s hometown in Colby, Kansas on May25th. Pastor Henry married Mar-garetta (Smith) Ladson and KeithHanson Saturday afternoon atSlim Buttes Lutheran Church.Congratulations and best wishes toboth couples!

Reub and I went to DickinsonSunday to meet our newest grand-daughter, Ellarie Mae Olson and Igotta tell you, she is a keeper! I toldEllarie’s 3-year-old sister Acaliathat her new little sister looks alike she did at that age and Acalia

told me that that’s because Ellariewas in Mommy’s tummy all day.Smart kid!

Scout Casteel, infant daughter ofKeri (Johnson) and Ryan Casteel,was baptized at Slim ButtesLutheran Sunday morning. Thechurch was packed. All four ofLaura and Bill Johnson’s kids andall their grandkids were there,along with a whole lot of Johnsonand Casteel relatives and friends.Congratulations to this wonderfulfamily!

On that happy note, I’ll leaveyou with these “puns for educatedminds”:

1. The roundest knight at KingArthur's round table was Sir Cum-ference. He acquired his size fromtoo much pi.

2. I thought I saw an eye doctoron an Alaskan island, but it turnedout to be an optical Aleutian.

3. She was only a whiskeymaker, but he loved her still.

4. A rubber band pistol was con-fiscated from algebra class, be-cause it was a weapon of math dis-ruption.

5. No matter how much you pushthe envelope, it'll still be sta-tionery.

6. A dog gave birth to puppiesnear the road and was cited for lit-tering.

7. A grenade thrown into akitchen in France would result inLinoleum Blownapart.

8. Two silk worms had a race.They ended up in a tie.

9. A hole has been found in thenudist camp wall. The police arelooking into it.

10. Atheism is a non-prophet or-ganization.

11. Two hats were hanging on ahat rack in the hallway. One hatsaid to the other: 'You stay here; I'llgo on a head.'

12. I wondered why the baseballkept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

13. A sign on the lawn at a drugrehab center said: 'Keep off theGrass.'

14. The short fortune-teller whoescaped from prison was a smallmedium at large.

15. The man who survived mus-tard gas and pepper spray is now aseasoned veteran.

16. A backward poet writes in-verse.

17. In a democracy it's your votethat counts. In feudalism it's yourcount that votes.

18. When cannibals ate a mis-sionary, they got a taste of religion.

I can hear the groans now....

Grand River Roundup ............................................................... By Betty Olson

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Seeking persons for•RN and LPN FT/PT

Must have good work ethic. FREE C.N.A. certificationComplete wage and complete

benefits package for FT. For more information call

Human Resources at 605-374-3871 or get application at

Five Counties, Box 479,

Lemmon, SD [email protected]

EOE/M/FV/D Drug Free Workplace Employer

Five Counties Nursing HomeNeed extra cash?

Job security as a trained health care worker.

Advertising Rates:DDIISSPPLLAAYY AADDSS: $4.70 per column inch.CCLLAASSSSIIFFIIEEDD AADDSS:: $5.90 for 30 words; 10¢ for each wordthereafter. $2.00 billing charge applies.TTHHAANNKK YYOOUU''SS: $5.90 minimum or $3.10 per column inch.$2.00 billing charge applies.HHIIGGHHLLIIGGHHTTSS && HHAAPPPPEENNIINNGGSS:: $5.90 minimum or $3.10per column inch. $2.00 billing charge applies.HHAAPPPPYY AADDSS: With or Without Picture: $15.00 minimum or$4.50 per column inch.BBIIRRTTHH AANNNNOOUUNNCCEEMMEENNTT:: $36.00for 2x7 announcement.Ad Deadline is Monday at NOON! Legal Deadline is Fridayat NOON! 244-7199 or [email protected]

on bonus. Please contact Jim Si-mons, Rehab Services Director, at605-673-2229 ext. [email protected] formore information or go to www.re-gionalhealth.com to apply. EOE.

FOR SALE

NORTH CENTRAL COMMU-NITY HAS 24 residential lots forsale. Thirty miles to Aberdeen andone hour to Missouri River. Excel-lent schools, clinics, retail stores &job opportunities. Call Beth @Vaughn Beck Realty – 605-380-3855.

LOG HOMES

DAKOTA LOG HOME Buildersrepresenting Golden Eagle LogHomes, building in eastern, cen-tral, northwestern South & NorthDakota. Scott Connell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell, 605-264-5 6 5 0 ,www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

NOTICES

SEARCH STATE-WIDE APART-MENT Listings, sorted by rent, lo-cation and other options. www.sd-housingsearch.com South DakotaHousing Development Authority.

ADVERTISE IN NEWSPAPERSstatewide for only $150.00. Put theSouth Dakota Statewide Classi-fieds Network to work for youtoday! (25 words for $150. Eachadditional word $5.) Call thisnewspaper or 800-658-3697 for de-tails.

WANTED

WANTED: HUNTING LAND forPheasant, quality Mule Deer 170”class+, Whitetail Deer 150” class+and Merrium Turkey. Call 605-448-8064.

FOR SALEFor Sale: 28x68, 3 bedroom, 2 1/2bath home for sale on 2+ acres.Call Jackie 602-999-7069 or Travis605-390-8256.

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For Sale: 3x3x8 Flax straw $40 abale and Barley silage will load605-359-9222. 7 miles west ofBison.

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WANTEDBIDS WANTED: The board of theRosebud, Sholaas, and PleasantRidge Cemetery Association is re-questing bids for mowing of thethree cemeteries, with the firstmowing to be done by MemorialDay. Additional mowing will be atthe discretion of the board, on the

occasion of a wedding or funeral,and depending on moisture re-ceived. Please submit bids by Fri-day, May 10th, 2013, to: JoAnneSeim, 12012 White Butte Rd.,Shadehill, SD 57638. Please indi-cate “BID” on outside of envelope.

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Wanted: Straw or corn stalks tobale in 2013. Round or squarebales. On shares or will purchase infield. Contact Tom at 605-866-4605.

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Wanted: Pasture to rent and hayland to rent or put up on shares.Custom haying: round, mediumsquare, small squares. Please callTom 605-866-4605; 605-949-1933.

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AUCTIONS

LARGE ESTATE AUCTION, Sat-urday, May 11, 10 am, Hoven, SD.Syd Baus Estate. Collectible carsand tractors. M&R Auctions, Gary:605-769-1181, 605-948-2333,Lewis: 605-281-1067, www.man-drauctions.com.

EMPLOYMENT

DEPUTY STATES ATTORNEYfor HUGHES COUNTY, full time.Contact your local Dept of Laboror Carla Lantz, 605-773-7461,Hughes County Courthouse.Closes May 13. EOE.

NORTHWEST AREA SCHOOLSEDUCATION COOPERATIVE2013-2014: Early childhood specialeducation teacher: Starting salary$35,000 with great benefits: Con-tact Director Cris Owens 605-466-2206, [email protected].

CUSTER REGIONAL HOSPITALhas an exciting full time Occupa-tional Therapist opportunity,working with a supportive team ofprofessional therapists in thebeautiful southern Black Hills ofSD. We are located just a short dis-tance from Mount Rushmore,Wind Cave National Park, CusterState Park, Jewel Cave NationalPark and many other outdoor at-tractions. Competitive salary andbenefits available including sign

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HELP WANTED

Seasonal Help Wanted: TheTown of Bison is now accepting ap-plications for summer help – one totwo individuals for maintenancehelp and one to organize swimminglesson and possibly open swim-ming. Applicants must be 18 andover. Please request an applicationfrom: Finance Officer, Box 910,Bison, SD 57620 or call 244-5677 or244-5231. The Town of Bison is anEqual Opportunity Employer.

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