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KADOKA PRESSThe official newspaper of Jackson County, South Dakota

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Volume 106Number 23December 20, 2012

~ by Robyn Jones ~

~ by Ronda Dennis ~

Dear Santa,We have been working hard in school and trying to be very

good. This is what we would like ...Emery - purple unicorn; Peyton - sparkly dress with head-

band that matches; Kaylee - pink unicorn; Jyrzee - big Barbiehouse, Barbie movie; Madisyn - Ipad, dream light; Leia - ponyset, dream light; Jerrett - truck for cows, tractor; Mason - Bum-blebee transformer, Optimus Prime; Carter - red Power Rangermask, bazooka gun and sword; Kole - Thomas the Train, stuffy;Cannon - camoflauge pickup and trailer; McCoy - monster truckwith candy, play birthday cake; Martin - camoflauge truck andtrailer; Karson - blue Power Ranger mask and bow and arrow;River - Power Ranger truck and horse; Landyn - Ipad, Ipod;Ella - pony; Jace - Optimus Prime transformer with wings;

Nevaeh - pony, Barbie house; Shaylee - all different coloredunicorn, Barbie house; Zachary - toy bow and arrow, toy phone.

Thanks, the Kadokapre-school class

Patterson home engulfed by fire, smoke

A glow Christmas lights in theliving room (set to come on with atimer) were in a haze of smoke be-fore the electricity was shut off atan early evening fire at Whitneyand Skyler Pattersons Thursday.

--photos by Ronda Dennis

Saving Christmas Family and friends gathered to help salvageChristmas presents through a living room window. However, like every-thing else, they too were heavily smoke damaged.

In a scramble to save Family and friends helped clear out what they could from Pattersons smoke-filled home. Everything suffered severe smoke damage and its unknow if anything will can be saved.

Last week brought forth tearsand sorrows for the Patterson fam-ilies in Kadoka, starting with thepassing of Skylers 80-year-oldgrandmother, Patty Patterson, onTuesday and ending with a housefire in his own home on Thursday.

Fire sirens starting soundingabout 4:30 Thursday afternoon

after a neighbor of Whitney andSkyler Pattersons noticed smokecoming from the house.

The Pattersons were both atwork when they learned of the fire-- Whitney just next door at theKadoka Nursing Home, Skyler 50-some miles south of Kadoka (in anarea with no cell phone service).

With the help of family andfriends, they were able to saveChristmas presents from the southside of the home through a windowthat had been busted out. Mean-while, others were able to get in-side the front door and haul othersmoke-damaged items to safety.

The most visible damage wasdone on the north side of the house,where fire engulfed two bedroomsand floor joists.

It was in the basement wherethe fire was believed to havestarted. The basement was totaled

and left with 5-6 of water.You dont realize what youvegot until its gone, Skyler said. Allof my (taxidermy) mounts were inthe basement.

The Pattersons were just mar-ried in June and they had just fin-ished painting the last room intheir house. Christmas shoppingwas done and they were ready forthe holidays.

The couple will be moving intothe former home of Steve Jeffords.

I am going to get you a Christ-mas tree, said Whitneys mom,Debbie Antonsen. Everyone needsa tree. she added.

The insurance adjuster was tolook at their house on Monday af-ternoon and they will await his de-cision as to the final outcome.

We are thankful no one washurt, things can be replaced,Whitney added.

There will be a merry Christmasat the Patterson home.

Last Chance to Win the Treasure!KCBAs Treasure Hunt runs until 4:00 p.m. Friday,

December 21st so you still have time to participate.

Pick up a clue sheet at BankWest or the JacksonCounty Library, solve those clues and

enter to win $100 in KCBA Bucks.Have some fun!

The Jackson County Commis-sioners met on Monday, December10 with all commissioners in atten-dance. Larry Johnston was alsopresent, as he will be replacing De-lores Bonenberger in January.

Highway SuperintendentDwight Deaver stated that West-ern Construction has screened17,000 ton of gravel from the Har-vey pit. There is approximately anadditional 5,000 to 7,000 ton thatis exposed that could be mined, inaddition to the 20,000 ton that isscheduled to be mined.

It was stated that approximately204 loads of gravel will be need justfor the three-mile road leading tothe TK Sampson residence.

A motion carried to extend thecontract with Western Construc-tion to mine an additional 5,000 to7,000 ton.

Wine licenses were approved forBadlands Travel Stop and Bad-lands Lodge Cedar Pass.

The Jackson County Commu-nity Health Nurse contract was ap-proved with the SD Department ofHealth for 2013. The contract willremain the same for 2013 as it wasfor 2012, although the amount wasnot disclosed at the meeting.

Deaver presented a sample em-

ployee evaluation for the road de-partment. Discussion was held onthe process of conducting the eval-uations on a yearly basis.

Salesmen from Butler Machin-ery and RDO Equipment each pre-sented information and pricequotes on purchasing a new roadgrader. After comparing both aCAT and John Deere grader, a mo-

tion carried to purchase the CATgrader from Butler Machinery inthe amount of $292,000, which in-cludes rear mounted ripper, a wingand lift gear.

The commissioners entered in toexecutive session for personnelmatters at 2:55 p.m. with Deaver,

Aaron Richardson, Kolette Strubleand Larry Johnston present. Theyreturned to open session at 3:38p.m.

Motions carried to increaseStrubles hours from 20 per week to30-40 hours per week and changeRichardsons title to work leaderand increase his wage to $14.50 perhour, effective that day.

Cattle guard permits were ap-proved for Carl Bauman and VerylProkop.

4-H leader Jackie Stilwell ad-dressed the commissioners regard-ing the 4-H program. In order toqualify for funding from SDSU forthe program, four counties had to

join together to share an educatoror have a large population of chil-dren.

For 2012, Jackson, Jones,Haakon and Mellette counties

joined together for the program.Stilwell stated that there weresome issues the first year, but withit being a new program there wereseveral items that were unknownat the time and have been worked

through.It was stated that Mellette

County planned to continue withthe four-county joint agreement.Motion carried to commit to thefour-county agreement for 2013.

A special meeting will be held onFriday, December 28 for a finalend-of-the-year business meeting,starting at 1 p.m.

County to purchase road grader,

4-H remains four-county program


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Dear Editor,The Jackson County Sheriffs

Office would like to take this oppor-tunity to wish everyone a veryMerry Christmas and a HappyNew Year.

Christmas and New Years are atime for families and friends togather, but it is also a time whenthere are a lot of travelers out onour highways.

In order to help make our road-ways safer, the Jackson CountySheriffs Office, along with theSouth Dakota Highway Patrol, willbe conducting speed enforcement,saturation patrols and check pointsthis holiday season.

Please remember if you partyhearty, call for a ride. We wanteveryone to be safe this holidayseason, because someone loves you.

Warmest wishes,Jackson County Sheriff,Raymond Clements, Jr.

Jackson County Deputy SheriffDallas Kendrick

This is

Trooper Jason Hamar

of the SD Highway Patrol

wishing you a

Merry Christmas.

Please drive careful

during the holiday season

so you can also have a

Happy New Year.

Monday, December 24CLOSED FOR

HOLIDAY.Tuesday, December 25

CLOSED FORHOLIDAY.

Wednesday, December 26Salisbury steak, baked potato,

sliced carrots, biscuits, and man-darin oranges and pineapple tid-bits.

Thursday, December 27Oven fried chicken, mashed po-

tatoes and gravy, broccoli-cauli-flower mix, bread, and vanillapudding with bananas and wafers.

Friday, December 28Eat at Jiggers

Monday, December 31CLOSED FORHOLIDAY.

Tuesday, January 1CLOSED FOR

HOLIDAY.

Meals forthe Elderly

Jessie Tibbs Keckler _______________

Jessie Tibbs Keckler, 68, of EagleButte, SD, passed away on Novem-ber 29, 2012 at Pierre, SD.

Jessie Tibbs was born in Pierre,SD, on November 10, 1944, one offive children of Esther "Boyd" Tibbsand Ancel Tibbs. She attended ruralschools until eighth grade when shemoved in with her grandmother andattended Stanley County HighSchool, where she graduated. She at-tended Black Hills State Universitywhere she received her degree in ed-ucation.

She married her husband of 46years, Jerry Keckler, on August 18,1966 in Pierre, SD.

Jessie then began her 39-yearteaching career with the CEB School

System. Upon her diagnosis of pan-creatic cancer she retired in 2010 tospend time with her family.

Jessie was a founding board mem-ber of the Casey Tibbs Foundationand her greatest accomplishmentwas seeing the doors open to theSouth Dakota Rodeo Center.

Jessie attended the EmanuelLutheran Church in Eagle Butte andwas a member of the United Churchof Christ of Eagle Butte. There shetaught Sunday School and VacationBible School for many years and wasthe youth group advisor for twenty

years.Jessie's greatest joy was spending

time with her grandchildren. Theywere the twinkle in her eye.

Jessie was preceded in death byher mother, Esther, and father,

Ancel, and brothers-in -law, JerryCollins and Jack Keckler.

She is survived by her husband,Jerry Keckler; daughters, Jeri Ann(Tommy Dale) Vines of Eagle Butteand Mikki (James) Rea, Woodward,OK; granddaughters, Miranda, RaeLynn, and Tatum; brothers, Wayne"Fio" (Lori) Tibbs, Mission Ridge,and Larry (Barb) Tibbs, Pierre, SD;sisters, Jill (Keith) Strunk, Min-netonka, MN, and Dayle Angyal,Pierre; sisters-in-law, Patti Kecklerand Joyce Collins, Eagle Butte; andseveral nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial is es-tablished.

Dorothy Ulrich __________________

Dorothy Agnes Ulrich passedaway on Wednesday, December 12,2012 at her home in Faith, SD.

Dorothy Agnes Ulrich was born ona ranch in Ziebach County, SD, on

April 21, 1921, to George and Laura(Bakewell) Ulrich. She attendedschool and graduated fromRidgeview School and Faith HighSchool. She was the Senior Class

Valedictorian. Dorothy did somechild care to earn money and enjoyedbeing a 4-H member and one yearearned a trip to the South DakotaState Fair having won a competitionfor best sugar cookies.

Dorothy attended Black HillsState College and earned a Bache-lors Degree in education. She taughtfor two years in country schools atHiggins School, east of Faith, andBachman School, northeast of Faith.She roomed with the Capp familyand walked to her work each day.

Following her two years of teach-ing, she wanted to continue her edu-

cation and returned to Black HillsState. Upon completion, she washired for a position in Dupree, SD.She stayed at this school and thenworked in the Gettysburg School.Dorothy returned to complete a Mas-

ters Degree Program i n Greeley, CO,for two summers during the early1960s. Upon completion, she taughtin the Kadoka High School for fiveyears. Her last terms of teachingwere at Faith High School for nearly40 years.

Dorothy was a member of theSouth Dakota Teachers Association,Ladies Medical Association, CatholicDaughters of the Americas, the CitySchool Library Board and she was alifetime member of Beta Sigma PhiSorority.

She is survived by one sister,Grace Chamness, and two brothers,Gene Ulrich and Dan (Doris) Ulrichof Faith, SD; nieces, Melanie Eads,Tijeras, NM, Michele McCain, Jack-sonville, NC, Colleen Gustafson,Rapid City, SD; and nephews,Leonard (Louise) Ulrich and Robert

(Amy) Ulrich, Faith, SD. She is alsosurvived by numerous great-niecesand great-nephews.

Dorothy was preceded in death byher parents, George and Laura Ul-rich; one sister, Rita Ulrich; nieces,

Annette Stith and Clare Chamness;nephew, Michael Chamness; andgreat-niece, Hillary Gustafson.

Visitation was held on Monday,December 17, 2012, at the Faith

Area Memorial Chapel and one hourprior to services at the church onTuesday morning.

A Rosary/Wake Service was heldat 8:00 p.m. on Monday evening, De-cember 17, 2012, at St. JosephsCatholic Church in Faith.

Mass of Christian Burial was heldat 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, December18, 2012, at St. Josephs CatholicChurch in Faith. Fr. Jim Hoerter of-ficiated with burial at the St.Josephs Cemetery west of Faith.

Memorials will be established to

the Faith High School and St. JosephCatholic Church, Faith, SouthDakota.

Condolences may be sent throughthe website at www.funeralhomesof-caring.com.

Wilma Daniel___________________

Wilma Daniel, age 98, of Philip,S.D., died Friday, December 14,2012, at the Kadoka Nursing Home.

Wilma Orpha Ernst Daniel wasborn December 3, 1914, near Bloom-field, Iowa, the second of five chil-dren born to Emanuel and Iva(Provo) Ernst. In 1919, the familymoved to a ranch 28 miles north ofMidland. She attended grade schoolin a country school and high schoolin Midland.

Wilma was united in marriage toPaul Richard Daniel on October 30,1931, in Gillette, Wyo. They made

their home 12 miles northeast ofPhilip. Her husband, Paul, preceded

her in death on April 19, 1972. Shecontinued to make her home on theranch northeast of Philip until mov-ing into the Kadoka Nursing Homeon November 4, 2011, where she hassince resided.

Grateful for having shared her lifeinclude her son, Gene Daniel and hiswife, Doris, of Philip; two grandsons,

Shane Daniel and his wife, Cher, ofRapid City, and Aaron Daniel andhis wife, Lane, of Billings, Mont.; twogreat-grandsons, Alec and Quinn ofRapid City; several nieces andnephews; and a host of other rela-tives and friends.

In addition to her husband, Paul,Wilma was preceded in death by herparents; and infant daughter atbirth; and three brothers, Orville,

Arlo, and John Ernst; and one sister,Willa.

Services were held Monday, De-cember 17, at Rush Funeral Chapelin Philip, with Pastor Kathy Ches-ney officiating.

Interment was at the MasonicCemetery in Philip.

In lieu of flowers, the family re-quests memorials made to thedonors choice, or the HaakonCounty Prairie Transportation.

Arrangements were with the RushFuneral Home of Philip.

Her online guestbook is availableat www.rushfuneralhome.com

Ida Mae Patty Patterson_________

Ida Mae Patty Patterson, age80, of Kadoka, S.D., died Tuesday,December 11, 2012, at the Hans P.Peterson Memorial Hospital inPhilip, surrounded by her chil-dren, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

Ida Mae Shoemaker was bornDecember 1, 1932, in Pierre, thedaughter of Rollie and Eva (McK-ean) Shoemaker. She attendedcountry school and graduated fromPhilip High School. One of Pattysfondest memories is the old CozyHotel, which her parents ownedand operated in Philip.

Ida Mae married Jerry Patter-son in 1949, and to this union were

born six children Robert, Sharon,Grant, Scott, Cindy and Tammy.Pattys children recall the manytimes she would take a load of chil-dren to baseball games. She didntwant to deprive anyone of a ride.

Ida Mae moved to Rapid City in1964, where she worked and de-cided to further her education,graduating from National Collegeof Business. She relocated to Den-ver and worked for the U.S. Lifeand Title Company, and workedweekends as a waitress, for manyyears.

Being close to the sports lifethrough her children, Ida Mae de-veloped a love for football and be-came a big fan of the DenverBroncos. She was actually able tomeet many of the players of theDenver Broncos team through herwaitressing at the Elks Club.Wanting to be closer to her chil-

dren and grandchildren, shemoved back to Kadoka in 1990.

In 1990, Patty went to work ather familys business (DiscountFuel) as secretary/treasurer, andworked side by side, with Grantand Tammy, for 13 years before illhealth forced Patty to retire.

Patty enjoyed living at the fam-ily farm where she enjoyed theopenness and could spend timewith her cats. Patty enjoyed theKadoka area and being able tospend time with her children,grandchildren, and great-grand-children.

For health reasons, Patty had toleave the farm moving to theSenechal Hotel and then to the Sil-verleaf Assisted Living Center inPhilip. She was an avid Philip

Scotties fan and would sometimesfeel like she was betraying theteam if she sat on Kadokas sideduring a basketball game, butbeing her grandsons and grand-daughters played for Kadoka, shewas biased to her familys team.

She then moved to the KadokaNursing Home where she has beenliving until our Lord took herhome to be with her other lovingfamily who preceded her in death.

Patty was a member of the Pres-byterian Church, Cancer Society,

and the Arbor Association.Ida Mae Patty will always beremembered as being a wonderfulloving mother and grandmotherwhom loved each and everyone ofher children, grandchildren, andgreat-grandchildren, whom shewas so proud of.

Survivors include her six chil-dren Robert Patterson of Kadoka,Sharon Bebout of Las Vegas, Nev.,Grant Patterson and his wife,Susan, of Kadoka, Scott Pattersonand his wife, Arla, of Kadoka;Cindy VanderMay and her hus-band, Mark, of Kadoka, andTammy Carlson and her husband,Mark, of Kadoka; their father,Jerry Patterson of Kadoka, and hisdaughters, Lisa and April Patter-son of Kadoka; 22 grandchildrenKenny Bebout of Las Vegas,Melissa Huber of Kadoka, JoeyPatterson of Sioux Falls, Jeffrey,

Adie and Nicholas Patterson ofKadoka, Preston Patterson ofSturgis, Skyler and Lane Patter-son of Kadoka, Dallas Kendrick ofKadoka, Chris Kendrick of Pierre,Kanan VanderMay of Kadoka,Bethany Zipprich of Valdosta,Georgia, Tere, Kenar, and Jarrett

VanderMay of Kadoka, TashiaPorch of Kadoka, Tanna Gardnerof Pierre, Colter Carlson ofKadoka, Jerad Carlson of Huron,Seth and Tia Carlson of Kadoka;18 great-grandchildren; two broth-ers, Gordon Shoemaker and hiswife, Margaret, of Belle Fourche,and Don Shoemaker and his wife,Betty, of Evanston, Wyo.; one sister

Alice Bentley of Rapid City; and ahost of other relatives and friends.

Patty was preceded in death byher parents, Rollie and Eva Shoe-maker; an uncle, Ernie Shoe-maker; and a brother-in-law,Richard Bentley.

Services were held Saturday,December 15, at the PresbyterianChurch in Kadoka with PastorGary McCubbin officiating.

Music was provided by LyndyIreland and Joyce Wheeler. Pall-bearers were Nicholas, Preston,Skyler, Lane, Joey and Jeffrey Pat-terson, Dallas and Chris Kendrick,Kanan, Tere, Kenar and Jarrett

VanderMay, Kenneth Bebout, andColter, Jerad and Seth Carlson.

Interment followed the lunch-eon, at the Masonic Cemetery inPhilip.

A memorial has been estab-lished.

Arrangements were with theRush Funeral Chapel of Kadoka.

Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

The annual meeting of theKadoka Nursing Home will beheld on Wednesday, January23, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in thenursing home dining room.

Private Applicator Certifi-cation training will be held onFriday, January 4, 2013 at 1:00p.m. at the Bad River SeniorCitizens Center. Training willalso be in Bennett County atthe Library Learning Center,101 Main St., Martin on Janu-ary 11 at 1:00 p.m. Please bringa photo identification with youwhen you attend the training.

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We dont have many shepherdsaround here that are guardingtheir flocks by night as describedin the Christmas story. We do havequite a few cowboys and ranchersthat tend their herds although notso much at night. Cattle are a lotbigger than sheep and need less

protection. Both shepherds andcowboys are in a similar line ofwork, though, in looking after live-stock, and Jesus came to earth forpeople like us. He had a fondnessfor ordinary folks that had nogreat claim to fame and just wentabout their business.

He also tended to surround him-self with fishermen. Peter, Jame-sand John were all men of the sea.

And, although these men were notparticularly learned, being withJesus made them into forces to bereckoned with. They basicallyturned the world upside down sothat it would never again be thesame.

During his time on earth, ourLord was even kind to tax collec-tors and showed them they wereacceptable to God and could pleasehim by being fair and honest.There werent, in fact, many peo-

ple that Jesus didnt reach out toand have compassion for. He hadsome trouble with the proud,greedy, and power-hungry, but hewas willing to give even those achance to get close to him.

When you consider all these dif-ferent types of people that Jesuscame to help, we can see that hisonly motivation for coming toearth had to be love for us. Itwasnt because we were importantand deserved his help. Why elsewould someone leave the glory ofheaven to be born in a lowly stablein Bethlehem where he was nodoubt surrounded by animals andthere caretakers. And if thatwasnt bad enough, consideringwho he really was, he also cameknowing he would have to die aterrible death to buy salvation forthose he loved. Not many of uswould be eager to leave a great andbeautiful place only to humble our-

selves and later die for others.Jesus did just that, however, andis therefore worthy of our thanks,love, respect and worship.

The apostle Peter is one of myfavorite people. He was rather awild, impetuous fisherman whotended to act first and think later.

This got him into trouble fairlyoften. He had a good heart,though, and stayed right next tothe Lord, kept trying, and becamea pillar of the early church. It justgoes to show what being withJesus can do for a person.

When you consider this worldand all the terrible things that goonmurder, strife, dissention,pridebeing changed by God looksvery attractive. We would ratherbe the kind policeman who pro-vides shoes for a street person inNew York than the evil man whoforces his way into a school andkills children and other innocentfolks. There are forces of good andevil, and we are much more likelyto be classed with the good thanthe evil if we stay in touch withGod.

Hard hearts just dont cut it, asyou might expect. Judas was one of

the disciples, but he never softenedhis heart. He stayed greedy andself absorbed right to the end, andeven betrayed the Lord with akiss. He got thirty pieces of silverfor his betrayal. It wasnt worth itas he suddenly realized afterward,so he killed himself in remorse.What a sad account.

We, of course, have the option ofbeing tenderhearted towards Godinstead of self-serving, and it is byfar the best option. May we thisChristmas be touched by the famil-iar story of Bethlehem, the shep-herds, the star, the wise men andall of that. May it open our heartsto the Lord so his goodness canflow into us and then back out toothers. If you consider what Christdid for us, its the least we can do.We can become positive forces forgood, thanks to our Lords exam-ple. Merry Christmas.

Sheppards by Night

Lookin Aroundby Syd Iwan

There will be a live nativity setat the Belvidere Church on Christ-mas Eve. The Christmas-Eve can-dlelight service will start at 6:00p.m. with refreshments afterwards.The nativity scene will be in placeabout 5:30. Animals in the nativityat this point will be a small pony(4-foot tall) provided by Jodie

OBryan and some goats belongingto Dana Badure. The Sundayschool children will portray Maryand Joseph, angels and shepherds.Sunday School superintendent,Merry Willard, said other animalsmay be added, but she wasnt sureher husband, Chuck, was going tolet any of his prized chickens takepart.

Chuck and Merry Willard wentshopping in Rapid City on Friday.They also have been having waterproblems and were without run-ning water in the house five dayslast week. There was a blockagesomehow although the system wasworking okay to water the cows,and water could be carried into thehouse from a hydrant. Collers camewith a backhoe and tried to find theblockage to no avail so they endedup replacing part of the line. Merrysaid it looked like the yard had

been invaded by moles.A Christmas cantata, HeavensChild, was presented at theKadoka School Great Hall inKadoka on Sunday afternoon withDon Heck directing. This was inmemory of Grace (Dolezal) DeVrieswho provided piano accompani-ment for many cantatas over theyears. Dan Rasmussen playedsome violin music before the can-tata and while people were comingin. He was accompanied by SydIwan. Syd played a piano piece tostart the event. Crystal Paulsonand Dawn Rasmussen were mem-bers of the choir. Some of those at-tending included Tom DeVries,Larry and Joy Dolezal and theirgranddaughter, Kayla Nemec, KateDeVries, Terry and Chloe Baldwin,Delores Bonenberger, FayolaMansfield and Glenn and LucyFreeman. The cantata went welland was enjoyed by many.

Tom DeVries had a musicalweek since, in addition to attendingthe cantata in memory of his wife,Grace, he also went to a pianorecital. The recital was presentedby the students of his daughter, Tr-isha Bork. Trisha also played apiano solo.

Crystal Paulson said theyd beenpracticing the cantata for a numberof weeks before presenting it onSunday, and occasionally theythought they wouldnt be able topull it off. As a result, she waspleased that things came togetheron Sunday for the concert and itwent well. Crystal said the lastweek was busy with final exams,grading them, and figuring grades,but now she has three weeks off be-fore classes start again in January.She will be working at preparingfor what she will teach next semes-ter, but she can do that at home

without traveling. She does planover Christmas vacation to get ac-quainted with a new grandson,Lincoln Jeffrey Paulson, who wasborn on November 28 and lives inBaltic near Sioux Falls. He is theson of Crystals son, Leonard. Afterthat, she might swing down toOmaha to see five more grandkids

belonging to her daughter, Ardel.The seventh and last grandkid(Davinas daughter) lives in Texaswhich may be too far away to visitright now. Crystals sister, ElaineFuhrman, from Rapid City hasbeen here some recently and spenttime tearing off flooring at thehome of her mom, Dolores Obr. The

whole clan will probably get to-gether and redo all of Doloresfloors, but they think of that as justa good opportunity to enjoy gettingtogether.

Marie Addison went to church inBelvidere on Sunday and then con-tinued on to Kadoka where she vis-ited Kate DeVries at the nursinghome.

Lee Addison and Rhonda areplanning a trip towards Huron thisweek to pick up a couple of milkcows theyve purchased. The cowsare coming from Iroquois but willbe brought part way by the fellowwho sold them the cows. These willbe Jerseys so Rhonda figurestheyll soon have plenty of creamsince Jerseys are big on that.Rhonda said she once had a Hol-stein cow that gave so much milk itwas hard to use it all up. Freshmilk, butter, etc. are on the hori-

zon.Francie Davis said her brother,Patrick, is coming home for Christ-mas and will arrive in Rapid Cityon the 19th. He is in the Marinesand hasnt been home for close totwo years. Brother Les also has twoweeks off and will come from SiouxFalls so the whole family will bearound for the holidays. Francie

just finished most of her collegework that shes been taking largelyover the Internet. She hopes tograduate now with a degree in gen-eral studies with emphasis on edu-cation, social studies, and fine arts.She is also starting to train for aneight-mile Spartan run that will beheld in Phoenix, AZ, before long.This features such obstacles asclimbing ropes, mud, barbed wire,fire, and so on. Chad is helping hertrain by dropping her off at three tosix miles from home on his way towork in the mornings so she can

run back.Larry and Joy Dolezal were vis-

ited this weekend by their grand-daughters, Joanna and KaylaNemec. Both girls just finished asemester at the School of Mines inRapid City. Joanna came to workthree shifts at the Kadoka NursingHome. Kayla rode along to hangout with Joy. Dolezals attendedchurch in Belvidere on Sunday.Larry next had a meeting of thenursing home board in Kadoka,and, finally, Larry, Joy and Kaylaattended the cantata.

Bunny Green continues to staywith her granddaughter, Ruthie, inFt. Pierre. She said she isnt sure ifshe will be able to return to herhome in Belvidere or not, but itisnt looking too hopeful right nowas locomotion on her own can beproblematic. She has her dog andbird with her in Ft. Pierre, how-

ever. On Sunday, she got to go outand view all the trees at the capitolbuilding. She said they were beau-tiful including a monstrous speci-men at the front. After seeing thetrees, they had lunch at the ChinaBuffet, which is always good. Shesends greeting to all her friendshere.

JESUS is the reasonfor the season!

Marjorie Popkes brought hermother, Irene Kaufman, to Norrison Monday. Carol Ferguson thentook Irene to Rapid City for eyesurgery and after a follow up ap-pointment on Wednesday, Carol

took her Mom back home to Valen-tine, NE, in the afternoon.Wednesday, June Ring accompa-

nied Robert and Sharon Ring toRapid City where they kept ap-pointments.

A good crowd of folks enjoyed at-tending the Norris School programThursday afternoon. The studentsof Ms. Faces fourth and fifth gradewere busy handing out deliciousdecorated sugar cookies to all whocame. Folks were thrilled to seeDorothy Richardson (formerteacher at Prairie View school)there and even Santa Claus paid asurprise visit to see all the kids.

Apples and oranges were given outto all the guests at the close of theprogram compliments of Leon andCora Huber and the of the PioneerStore. It was a fun afternoon.

Thursday, Samantha Taft ar-rived from USD to spend theChristmas break at the home of herparents, Dan and Susan Taft. Fri-day, Samantha and Susan went toPierre. They enjoyed seeing theChristmas trees at the SouthDakota Capitol. They also enjoyedhearing the White River MiddleSchool and High School choir per-form at the capitol for an hour.Morgan Taft is a member of themiddle school group.

The James Letelliers sold calvesin Ft. Pierre on Friday and wereovernight guests at the Paul Beck-with home.

Carol Ferguson has been busyrunning the Belvidere and NorrisPost Offices numerous days in thelast two weeks.

Saturday, Dan and Susan Taftand Heather went to Rapid Cityand picked up some parts. Whilethere they visited a bit with theirbrother-in-law and uncle, CurtEisenbraun.

Maxine Allard hosted the NorrisBible Church Sunday School andtreated the group to a solo of Starof the East. It had been yearssince many of us had even heard it.Why did that old Christmas songdisappear?

Sharon Allard of Spearfish ar-rived on Sunday afternoon to visither mother Maxine. Dorothy Blighpaid the gals a visit later in theday. Sharon came down with sup-plies for the Norris Head Start and

delivered them on Monday.Sunday evening, James and

Marjorie Anne Letellier and AndeeBeckwith enjoyed attending theChristmas program at the Lake-view Community Church as guestsof their daughter, Julie. You shouldhave heard the Christmas carolsringing out from that little country

church! It is so blessed with talentit is unbelievable.School News: Christmas parties

will be held Thursday morning inthe different classrooms. Schooldismisses at 12:30 p.m. that day forthe Christmas break and resumeson January 7, 2013. White Riverstudents will be busy playing bas-ketball and taking part in other ac-tivities at the Lakota NationInvitational in Rapid City startingWednesday at 10:00 a.m. so ourlocal traveling band of fans will beheading west for that. Good Luck,kids! You always make us proud.

Be sure and drive around andsee the Christmas lights, especiallyhead up on the hill at the GaleLetellier home. Jerry has beenbusy decorating the outside. It iscertainly worth a drive to see.

Several kids from this area willbe taking part in the Long ValleySchool Christmas program onWednesday, December 20 in theevening. There is nothing like acountry school program to get onein the spirit of Christmas. Every-one is invited to attend.

Dan Taft went to Kadoka oneday this week.

In the midst of all our gifts andglitz of Christmas; may we taketime to give the glory to our Sav-iour Jesus Christ who was born onthat day so long ago. May yourprayers include those heartbrokenfamilies in Connecticut; who aresuffering such a horrific loss. Re-member, Jesus came to save usfrom our sins, but it certainly didnttake all the sin out of the world.May you trust in the Christ ofChristmas this year.

Merry Christmas!

Jim and Arlene Kujawa are decorated for the Christmas

holidays.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

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The funeral of Ida Mae (Patty)Patterson was held in Kadoka onSaturday. She died at the Philiphospital on Tuesday, December 11and was a resident of the KadokaNursing Home at the time of herdeath. Sympathy is extended to allher family and friends.

Jim and Mayola Horst returnedhome on Wednesday of last week

after making a trip to Ft. Bragg,NC, where their son, Blake, washonored at a retirement party onSaturday. Blake has had a careerin the Army Special Forces and wassurprised by his parents who wereable to go to the retirement. Alsohonored was a friend of Blakes,who died in a Veterans Day paradeaccident in Texas. He was able topush his wife off the flat bed truckthat was hit by a train, but lost hisown life. Blake knew several of themen on that flat bed truck.

A f ormer Kadoka High Schoolcommercial teacher, Dorothy Ul-rich, 91, died this past week inFaith, where she had lived andtaught for about 40 years at thehigh school there. She taught inKadoka for five years in the early1950s and taught this correspon-dent how to type and write short-hand. Miss Ulrichs funeral washeld in Faith on Tuesday, Decem-ber 18 at the St. Josephs CatholicChurch and she is survived by twobrothers, a sister and a host ofother relatives and friends.

Glenn Vande Garde suffered astroke recently and has been hospi-talized in Philip for several days.His daughter, Arvella, and son,Bruce, have been in Kadoka thispast week with Normaleen andplans include transferring Glenn toCanton sometime this week, wherehe will be recouperating.

Bob Allen of Bethel, Alaska, isspending some time in the Kadokaarea. He is the son of the lateLaura and Wayne Allen and willspend the winter in South Dakota.

According to Viola Olney, Bobbroke his hip awhile ago and willbe here for awhile visiting friendsand relatives.

Jackson County States AttorneyDaniel Van Gorp suffered a heart

attack recently and is hospitalizedin Rapid City awaiting a hearttransplant. His father arrived andspent some time with him. The

Kadoka and Philip communitiesare praying for his recovery.

Bill and Deb Gropper and boysof Faith were in Kadoka on Satur-day. They came to attend the fu-neral of Patty Patterson, who wasthe mother-in-law of Bills sister,

Arla.Bonnie and Bruce Madsen,

Jackie Stilwell and Mason and

Madison attended the wedding ofMichael Madsen and StephanieBott at the Catholic church in Key-stone on Saturday. The receptionwas held at the K Bar S Lodge nearthe foot of Mt. Rushmore. Sundaymorning they got to see all the wildturkeys coming down from themountains. Michael is the son ofChris and Pat Madsen of Presho.Jackie has also been helping herbrother, Jeff, pack up his home be-longings near Cottonwood. Jeff hasmoved to Arizona where he will beenjoying warm weather this win-ter. He has purchased someacreage in that area.

Nancy Peterson underwent asecond neck surgery recently andhas been discharged from the hos-pital. She was able to attendchurch on Sunday but is wearing alarge neck and back brace, afterbeing thrown from a horse earlierthis year.

Whitney and Skyler Pattersonshome was the scene of a devastat-ing fire on Thursday evening.Luckily no one was hurt but thecontents and house suffered majordamage. The family said that theywill be living in the former SteveJeffords home for awhile.

The NFR in Las Vegas is history.Some of the South Dakota partici-pants had some success ToddSuhn placed 8th in the average insteer wrestling; Cole Elshere was4th in the average in saddle bronc,scoring in eight rounds and ChadFerley ended up 9th in the average,scoring in seven rounds. The bar-rel racers Lisa Lockhart andNikki Steffis, placed third and fifthin the average. All brought homesome good money for the 2012 sea-son.

Please call or take your newsdown the the Kadoka Press for the

next couple weeks, as I will bespending the holidays with my son,Bruce, and his family, in Chester-field, MO. Merry Christmas andHappy New Year to all.

Merry Christmas!

Have a safe andhappy holiday.

At the home of Ted and Arlene Hicks, two candy canes dec-

orate the skylights on the roof top.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

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Philip Area wrestlers took a tripto Valentine, Neb., for a chance totest themselves against top teamsfrom that state as well as two otherSouth Dakota schools.

Head coach Matt Donnelly notedthat the tournament did not go asgood as expected. We had somewrestlers who did not wrestle aswell as expected, he said. The 126and 145 pound weight classes werenot filled, one due to an injury.Reed Johnson, who typically wres-

tles at 152 pounds, is out due to acartiledge injury. Hopefully hellbe back in two weeks, Donnellysaid. Lane Blasius moved up fromthe 145 pound class to fill John-sons spot.

Philip Area followed only PierresT.F. Riggs High School in the finalteam standings. In order of pointswere Pierre (191.5), Philip (141),

Valentine (131.5), Plattsmouth,(127), Winner, S.D. (100), Ord (90),ONeill (86.5), Chadron (85.5),David City (82.5), Alliance (64),

Ainsworth (39.5), Gordon/Rush-ville (35), McCook (30), and BrokenBow (10).

106 lbs: Jed Brown 2nd, 7-5 recordPinned Cristian Hulsey (ALL) 1:21Pinned Keith Helm (MCC) 1:24Major dec. Clinton ONeel (OR) 12-0Decisioned by Zach Prall (PLA) 4-10113 lbs: Rance Johnson, 4th, 1-3 recordByeMajor dec. by Jebben Keyes, (PIE) 5-17ByeDecisioned Wyatt Phillips (DC) 16-15Injury default by Keaton Gracy (AIN) 2:42Decisioned by Andrew Null (PLA) 14-8

120 lbs: Nick Donnelly, 1st, 11-3 recordPinned Spencer French (BB) 1:59Decisioned Michael Varela (DC) 7-5Decisioned Kasey Taylor (MCC) 6-5Decisioned Ely Sharkey (AIN) 6-4

132 lbs: Grady Carley, 6-6 recordDecisioned Chase Govier (BB) 9-6Pinned by Blake Walters (ON):28Pinned Coy Terry (MCC) 1:35Decisioned Thomas McClure (CHA) 2-1Decisioned by Jospeh McNair (AIN) 0-2

138 lbs: Raedon Anderson, 1-7 recordMajor dec. by Cory Rowse (ON) 16-4ByePinned by Tyrel Haley (WIN) :43152 lbs: Lane Blasius, 1st, 11-1 record

Pinned Dakota Baumgartner (MCC) 3:53

Pinned Gage Orton (PLA) 3:02Major dec. Dusty Staab (OR) 8-0Pinned Seth Scott (PIE) 4:50

160 lbs: Chandlier Sudbeck, 3rd,10-4 record

ByePinned Dawson Johnson (ALL) 3:50Decisioned by Colby Risen (CHA) 5-9Decisioned Adam Farner (WIN) 8-2Win by forfeit - Johnson (ALL)

170 lbs: Clint Stout, 3rd, 10-4 recordByePinned Sayth Jacobsen (PIE) 5:14Decisioned in OT by Joseph Varela (DC) 14-16Pinned David Fox (ON) 4:06.Win by forfeit - Brandon Shuler (PLA)

182 lbs: Chance Knutson, 8-5 recordByePinned Austin Kock (OR) 1:46Decisioned by Spencer Knopp (ON) 1-3Decisioned by Cooper Cogdill (CHA) 0-1

195 lbs: Gavin DeVries, 3-5 recordByePinned by Blake Bandur (OR) 2:33ByeMajor dec. by Mike Leger (PLA) 4-12

220 lbs: Logan Ammons, 3rd,10-3 record

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Decisioned Broderick Hoeft (DC) 13-9

Pinned by Lane Lettau (PIE) 2:34Pinned Jacob Baldwin (ALL) :56Pinned Devin Hernandez-Cronk (OR) 2:30

220 lbs: Geoffrey DeVriesPinned by Mitch collicott (MCC) :06ByePinned by Keith Sandall (ON) :44

The grapplers will focus on im-proving their performance as theyhave an extra week between meets.Donnelly felt the wrestlers took astep backward and were not focus-ing on what was ahead of them;were living off last weeks accom-plishment.

They will travel to Salem for Mc-Cook Central-Montroses tourna-ment on December 29. Donnellynoted that it was going to be a dogfight all the way around. Philip isthe lone West River team travelingeast to take on the East Riverteams.

Grapplers score second place at Valentine

Lady Kougars. Faiths zone defensewas able to pick off our passes andgo in for the fast breaks. Theturnovers and lack of attacking thebasket, led to a 40-26 deficit at theend of the third quarter.

Despite being down by 14, theLady Kougars never gave up. Theyhustled the whole fourth quarter,putting pressure on them the en-tire time. Their intensity improvedduring the fourth quarter, but theystill werent able to take over theLonghorns. The game ended withthe score 53-32.

Marti Herber led the team with11 points, as well as 5 fouls. TaylorMerchen had 5 points, Kwincy Fer-guson and Tessa Stout 4 points,Raven Jorgensen and Shaley Her-ber 3 points and Katie Lensegravwith a bucket.

--by Annette VanderMay

The Kadoka Lady Kougars hitthe road, Saturday, Dec. 8, to playthe Faith Lady Longhorns.

They started out the first halfwith a lot of intensity, playing atough, full court man-to-man de-fense. Marti Herber and TaylorMerchen fired up the team andcrowd, each nailing a three pointerin the first quarter. Faith, however,was able to hit their shots and leadthe first quarter 14-9.

Through hard work, the KadokaKougars played a strong secondquarter. They were able to makesome good steals and convert at theother end. Kadoka was able tooutscore the Lady Longhorns 11-5,giving the Kougars a halftime lead20-19.

They also went into the lockerroom knowing they werent in foultrouble. Unfortunately, the LadyLonghorns came out the secondhalf with more intensity than the

Lady Kougars drop to

Faith in second half

by Tessa Stout and Kwincy Fergu-son shot 4/6 free throws. Marti,Shaley and Raven fouled out beforethe final buzzer, which had JonesCounty winning, 59-41.

Leading the Kougars in scoring

were Kwincy Ferguson with 16points, Katie Lensegrav, 9 points;Marti Herber, 6; Tessa Stout, 5;Taylor Merchen, 3; Raven Jor-gensen, 2. Rachel Buxcel of JonesCounty lead the Coyotes with 21points.

The Kadoka Lady Kougars trav-eled to Murdo on Tuesday, Decem-ber 11 to take on the Jones CountyCoyotes.

Both teams played a pretty evenfirst quarter. Katie Lensegrav put

in two buckets and a free throw,Raven Jorgensen and Marti Herberwith a basket, Kwincy Fergusonwith two free throws and TaylorMerchen with one free throw. Atthe end of the first quarter, JonesCounty was up 15-12.

The Coyotes went on a run,outscoring the Kougars 20-8 thesecond quarter. Kwincy shot 4/7free throws, and Marti and Katieeach made a basket, leaving theKougars down, 35-20.

The Kougars made a few adjust-ments at halftime and came backfighting into the third quarter.They outscored the Coyotes 14-10,with Marti, Katie, Taylor and TessaStout each putting in a basket.Kwincy made one basket and shot4/6 free throws. At the end of thethird quarter, Jones County wasstill ahead 45-34.

The Kougars got into foul trou-ble the fourth quarter as well asnot attacking and hitting theirshots. The only basket made in thefourth quarter was a three pointer

Lady Kougars struggle

with Jones Co. Coyotes

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INVITATION TOBIDDERS

Kadoka City Auditorium

New Fire Alarm SystemKadoka, South Dakota

The City of Kadoka, Kadoka, SouthDakota, invites you to submit a proposalfor the following:

Item: Kadoka City Auditorium, New FireAlarm System, Kadoka, South Dakota

Contract: West Plains Engineering, 1750Rand Road, Rapid City, SD 57702

Phone No: 605-348-7455

To be entitled to consideration, the pro-posal must be made on the Bid Pro-posal form, which must be fullycompleted in accordance with the In-struction to Bidders, and received at theBusiness Office of the City of Kadoka,P.O. Box 58, 705 9th Avenue, Kadoka,South Dakota 57543, no later than:

Friday, February 8, 20134:00 PM

The bids will be opened at the Citys reg-ular council meeting on Monday, Febru-ary 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Final awardnotifications will be completed within oneweek of bid opening.

AVAILABILITY OF DOCUMENTSA. Bidding Documents may be examinedat:

1. City of Kadoka, 705 9th Avenue,Kadoka, South Dakota

2. Construction Industry Center, 2771Plant Street, Rapid City, South Dakota

B. Bidding Documents are available at:1. Office of Engineer, West Plains En-

gineering, 1750 Rand Road, Rapid City,SD 57702, (605) 348-7455

2. A complete set of documents isavailable to Contractors and Subcontractbidders on a deposit basis, and may beobtained from West Plains Engineering,1750 Rand Road, Rapid City, SD 57702,phone (605) 348-7455.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

C. Deposit $50 each set.1. Deposit refundable upon return of

documents, in good condition, within tendays after the bid date.

2. Failure to return documents withinspecified time will forfeit deposit.

D. Mandatory pre-bid meeting with Cityof Kadoka and engineer:

Tuesday, January 8, 20131:00 p.m.

City of Kadoka705 9th Avenue

Kadoka, South Dakota

Submit written request for items withcheck made out to West Plains Engi-neering.

[Published December 13 & 20, 2012, atthe total approximate cost of $63.54]

NOTICE OF AUDITOF THE FISCAL

AFFAIRS OF THECITY OF KADOKA

Notice is hereby given that the recordsand books of account of the City ofKadoka, South Dakota have been au-dited by Benjamin Elliott, IndependentAudit Services, PC, Certified Accountantof Madison, South Dakota for the last twoyears ended December 31, 2011. A de-tailed report thereon is filed with the Cityof Kadoka and the Department of Leg-islative Audit in Pierre, South Dakota forpublic inspection.

The following finding and recommenda-tion referred to in the report are herebylisted in accordance with provisions ofSDCL 4-11-12.

CURRENT AUDIT FINDINGS ANDRECOMMENDATION

Finding:

In 2010 and 2011 the City of Kadoka hadthe following significant budget over-drafts:

2011: None

2010: General fund/publicworks/streets 81,868 - See note on 6/debt service 11,161

Recommendation:

I recommend the Ci ty stay within itsbudget, using contingency transfers andsupplemental appropriations to adjustparticular budget line items when neces-

sary.

Managements Response:

Management agrees with this recom-mendation. In the future, the City expectsto make contingency transfers or adoptssupplemental appropriation to cover ex-penditures that will exceed their originalappropriation.

MARTIN L. GUNDERSON, CPA,AUDITOR GENERAL

DEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVEAUDIT

[Published December 13 & 20, 2012 atthe total approximate cost of $49.82]

LegalPublications

DeadlineFriday at Noon

Official ProceedingsSPECIAL MEETINGBoard of Jackson

CountyCommissioners

November 1, 2012

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners met in special session at 6:30p.m., Thursday, November 1, 2012 in t heCommissioners Room of the JacksonCounty Courthouse. Glen Bennett, De-lores Bonenberger, Larry Denke and RonTwiss were present. Chairman James

Stilwell was absent. Vice Chairman LarryDenke chaired the meeting. AaronRichardson, Acting Hwy. Supt., and DanVan Gorp, Sts. Atty., were also present.

All motions carried unanimously unlessotherwise noted.

A haul road release submitted byLoiseau Construction was presented tothe board. Loiseau Construction hadused CS 46, the road to Pat Weavers, incompletion of a state project. AaronRichardson reported they fixed a cattleguard on the road, laid gravel, have laidmillings on higher areas of the road, andhe reported the road to meet county ap-proval. Bennett moved, Twiss seconded,that the haul road release be approvedand signed.

Loiseau Construction submitted a ton-nage report on overburden material re-moved from the Harvey Pit. Totaltonnage calculated at 8,545.18 cubicyards.The report was faxed to Loiseau Con-

struction.

A cattle guard permit submitted by BrettGuptill was presented to the board.Twiss reported on material to be used inplacing the cattle guard. Bennett moved,Twiss seconded, that the permit be ap-proved. Discussion was held that thepermit was submitted on an older versionof the cattle guard permit. Motion carriedwith the following vote: Bennett, yea;Twiss, yea; Bonenberger, nay. Twiss willdeliver the new version of the cattleguard permit to Brett Guptill, and returnthe new completed permit.

Twiss reported that he had met with MikeVaughn about the cattle guard permit thatwas submitted to the board on October26, 2012 and tabled. Mike Vaughn plansto use creosoted railroad ties as abut-ments in placing the cattle guard. Theroad on which the cattle guard is to beplaced is leading to the Rob Goodmanresidence, and no other residences areon the road. Bennett moved, Twiss sec-onded, that the cattle guard permit of

Mike Vaughn be approved. Motion car-ried with the following vote: Bennett yea;Twiss, yea; Bonenberger, nay.

Aaron Richardson reported that the leasetractors have low hours on them, but arescheduled to be returned to GrossenburgImplement. He informed the board he willcontact Grossenburg Implement on Mon-day and see what can be worked out toextend the time allowed for lease of thetractors.

Aaron Richardson reported that Jay Vo-gelgesang has inquired about getting aculvert replaced on the approach leadingto his residence off of CS 49. The boardrequested that Aaron Richardson informJay Vogelgesang that county policy isthat the county does not install ap-proaches or culverts to private drives, butthat the County Highway Superintendentis to inspect and approve the installation.

Aaron Richardson inquired as to whetherthe road leading to the Colby Porch res-idence is shown as being on the county

system.

Aaron Richardson reported that RonGartner had requested maintenance onthe road to their residence. He informedthe board he told him maintenance wouldnot be done as the road was not shownon the county system. He stated there isa sign posted between Paul Harveysplace and Ron Gartners place whichsays BIA 1.

Discussion was held on a verbal agree-ment with the BIA / Tribe years ago inwhich the county would maintain a sec-tion of road east from Hwy 44 now knownas CS 37 and the Tribe would maintainLensegrav Road (CS 41A) south andeast of Potato Creek. Aaron Richardsonreported that work had been done on

past the section of county road onCraven Road, and that ruts had beenfilled in, the road was pulled up at BearCreek, and work done near Butch Liver-monts.

A utility easement was presented byGolden West to place fiber optic cable inthe county highway right-of-way at the in-tersection of BIA 2 and the Allen Road.Should the line need to be moved in thefuture, it would be done at no cost to thecounty. Bennett moved, Twiss seconded,that the easement be approved andsigned.

4-H leaders, Jackie Stilwell, Nicki Bonen-berger, Amy Smiley, and Donna Enders,met with the board. States Attorney VanGorp was also present. Discussion washeld on the four county group estab-lished in the fall of 2011 with four coun-ties sharing in the cost of the 4-Hprogram. The Commissioners presentedinformation they had received regardingconcerns with the program and the advi-sor, and of attempts to contact personsat SDSU to discuss the program with noresponse. Report was made that HaakonCounty does not want to continue in thefour county group, and are consideringSheryl Hansen as the 4-H Advisor forHaakon County. Inquiry was made as towhether Mellette County really wantedout of the group. No information was pro-vided on Jones County. Report wasmade that Bennett County was on theirown and seems to be doing well. JackieStilwell stated the four county group wasa state plan, it took a lot of time to set itup, and now feel it was a waste of time.She suggested the state be notified thatwe did what you wanted, but it is notworking. Donna Enders reported thatCarrie Weller is very knowledgeable withthe horse and livestock segment of 4-H,and Sheryl Hansen is very good with theoffice side of the program. She reportedthat 100% of the Jackson County 4-Hmembers are in horse, livestock, or both.She also commented that Carrie Wellerhad 4-H activities scheduled throughoutthe four county area, so was not alwaysin an office. The Commissioners re-quested the 4-H leaders, Leaders Coun-cil, and the Fair Board meet and decidewhat they want to do, and then meet withHaakon County on November 8th andmeet with Jackson County on November9th.

Aaron Richardson reported that the bluetruck repair is nearly complete, and theestimated bill at this time is $8,300.00.He also reported that the 140G graderquit, but is now running. He also reportedon gravel trailer repairs and other vehiclerepairs.

Discussion was held on the contract withWestern Construction of October 12,2012, and revised contract of October15, 2012, not qualifying under the bid let-ting for crushing and stockpiling gravelheld by Jackson County on October 12,2011. Twiss moved, Bonenberger sec-onded, that the contract with WesternConstruction be declared null and void.

A quote was received from Western Con-struction, Rapid City, SD to crush andstockpile gravel at $3.82 per ton at theHarvey Pit southeast of Interior. Thisquote was submitted as per the February2012 bid letting held by PenningtonCounty. Pennington County bid docu-ments were presented to the board. Thedocuments were reviewed. States Attor-ney Van Gorp advised that the board notto use the Pennington County bid for en-tering into a contract for having gravelcrushed and stockpiled.

Twiss moved, Bennett seconded, thatJackson County advertise for bids tohave gravel crushed and stockpiled atthe Harvey Pit, that States Attorney VanGorp revise the bid notice, and the bidletting be held on November 21, 2012.

There being no further business to comebefore the board, Bennett moved, Twissseconded, that the meeting be ad-journed, and that the board meet to can-vass the votes of the November 6, 2012General election at 9:00 a.m., Friday, No-vember 9, 2012 and continue in regularsession following the canvass of voteson Friday, November 9, 2012.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

[Published December 20, 2012, at thetotal approximate cost of $77.01]

Official ProceedingsSPECIAL MEETINGBoard of Jackson

CountyCommissioners

November 21, 2012

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners met in special session at 1:00p.m., Wednesday, November 21, 2012 inthe Commissioners Room of the Jack-son County Courthouse. ChairmanJames Stilwell called the meeting toorder with members Glen Bennett, De-

lores Bonenberger, and Larry Denkepresent. Ron Twiss arrived at 2:15 p.m.Larry Johnston was present. Eric Hoff-man, Western Construction was alsopresent.

All motions carried unanimously unlessotherwise noted.

At 1:05 p.m., bids for crushing and stock-piling gravel at the Harvey Pit wereopened. The following bids were re-ceived:

Bob Bak Construction, PierreHarvey Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.89 per ton

Western Construction, Rapid CityHarvey Pit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.75 per ton

Bennett moved, Bonenberger seconded,that Jackson County accept the bid ofWestern Construction for crushing andstockpiling gravel at the Harvey Pit asthis bid is in the best interest of thecounty.

A contract between Jackson County and

Western Construction as per the bid let-ting to crush and stockpile (+/-) 20,000ton of gravel at the Harvey Pit at $3.75per ton was drawn up. Denke moved,Bonenberger seconded, that the contractbe approved and signed.

Report was made that Acting HighwaySuperintendent, Aaron Richardson, hadinspected the section of Redstone Roadbeing used as a haul road, and hassigned off on the haul road agreement.

Report was made that the addendum tothe contract with West River Excavationto extend the Prokop Road (CS 29) proj-ect completion date to December 10,2012 has been signed.

Counties have received notice from theS. D. Department of Transportation thatcounties and Class 1 cities will be offeredthe ability to exchange their 2013 federalSurface Transportation Program (STP)funds for state funds as in the past twoyears. A reduction in funding allocationsis expected.

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, reported that coun-ties have received agreements from theSouth Dakota Secretary of State for use

of HAVA grant funds to pay for the countyportion of the new TotalVote System, an-nual maintenance costs, and acquisitionof additional hardware that may be pur-chased in utilizing the system. Denkemoved, Bonenberger seconded, thatVicki Wilson, Auditor, be authorized tosign the agreement.

Vicki Wilson reported that the remotecontrol on the chair lift has stopped work-ing, and that estimated cost to replacethe remote control is $528.00.

Access Elevator has been contacted,and they have scheduled a maintenancecheck on the chair lift. Bonenbergermoved, Stilwell seconded, that the main-

tenance check of the chair lift and pur-chase of a new remote control, if needed,be authorized.

Discussion was held on who would be re-sponsible should the county hire personsor contract with a company, and thosedoing the work cause a prairie fire.

The board was reminded that in early2012 the board granted eight hours asholiday for December 24, 2012, but thatno additional holiday hours were grantedfor December 31, 2012.

Report was made that a county highwayworker had an injury to his hand, and aclaim has been filed with the workerscompensation company.

Report was made that an unemploymentclaim has been filed by a former countyhighway worker. Vicki Wilson reportedthat the position is still posted on the S.D. Dept. of Labor website. The board in-structed that the response form be com-pleted and returned to S. D. Dept. of

Labor, Unemployment Division, and thatthe open position continue to be adver-tised in the Kadoka Press.

Discussion was held on dates for a yearend meeting and the first meeting in Jan-uary 2013. Bonenberger moved, Denkeseconded, that the board meet at 1:00p.m., Friday, December 28, 2012 to con-duct year end business, and meet in reg-ular session at 9:00 a.m., Monday,January 7, 2013.

There being no further business to comebefore the board, Bonenberger moved,Bennett seconded, that the meeting beadjourned, and that the board meet inregular session at 9:00 a.m., Monday,December 10,

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman


Town of CottonwoodREGULAR MEETINGNovember 21, 2012

The regular meeting of the Town of Cot-tonwood was held at Town Hall onWednesday evening, November 21,2012 at 7 p.m. Present were JC Heath,Dave Griffee, and Doug Hovland. Themeeting was called to order by JC Heath.

Old Business: None.

New Business: None.

The following bills were approved:Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00WREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63.01

(Bill was $101.00 less capital credits of$37.99)Walker Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87.54SD Municipal League . . . . . . . . . .36.35Checking Acct.

Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,836.44CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,832.96

With there being no other business todiscuss, the meeting was adjourned. Thenext regular meeting will be held on De-cember 19, 2012 7 p.m. at Town Hall.

JC Heath, President


Public NoticeDeadlineFriday at

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Public Notice s December 20, 2012 Kadoka Press Page 7

Unapproved MinutesKadoka City CouncilREGULAR MEETINGDecember 10, 2012

7:00 P.M.

Mayor Weller called the regular meetingof the Kadoka City Council to order at7:00 p.m. with the following memberspresent: Ryan Willert, Dick Stolley, KiethPrang, Colby Shuck and Brad Jor-gensen. Members absent: Micki Word.Others present: Patty Ulmen, FinanceOfficer; Jackie Stilwell; Ronda Dennis;

Forrest Davis; JoBeth Uhlir; Nathan Rig-gins; and Patrick Solon.

Willert made Motion 12-12-10:114 to ap-prove the minutes of the regular meetingof November 12, 2012. The motion wasseconded by Jorgensen, with all mem-bers present voting yes and the motioncarried 5-0.

The bills were presented for approval.After review by all council members, Stol-ley made Motion 12-12-10:115 to ap-prove the bills as submitted. The motionwas seconded by Willert. A roll call votewas taken, with all members present vot-ing yes and the motion carried 5-0.

BILLS TO APPROVE AT THEDECEMBER 10, 2012 MEETING

AFLAC, Monthly Premium 85.82; DeltaDental, Monthly Premium 551.50; SDRetirement, Monthly Contribution2,115.38; Verizon Wireless, Cell Phone83.32; Banyon Data Systems, Mainte-nance Agreement 129.00; Dakota Busi-

ness, Machinery/Supplies 5,657.42;Double H Feed, Supplies 87.75; ErniesBuilding Center, Baseball Field Supplies6,257.11; Golden West, Telephone/Cable704.60; Hogen's Hardware, Supplies575.67; John Deere Credit, Monthly Pay-ment/Front End Loader 2,023.03;Kadoka Ambulance Service,Reimburse/Insurance 3,000.00; KadokaOil, LLC, Heating Fuel 1,692.75; KadokaPress, Publishing 287.21; Kadoka Volun-teer Fire Dept., Reimburse/Expenses8,746.53; Kadoka Water Dept., RefundMeter Deposit 30.00; Livingston, Jane,Refund Meter Deposit 35.00; NorthwestPipe Fittings, Supplies 184.30; Oien Im-plement, Supplies 6.98; Pahlke, Alvin,Legal Services 150.00; Parke, Clifford,Backhoe/Transfer Station 50.00; PeoplesMarket, Supplies 515.53; Pierre Landfill,Tipping Fees 608.40; SD Dept. of Health,Lab Samples 26.00; SD Dept. of Rev-enue, Sales Tax 1,737.06; Servall, Laun-dry 250.61; TLC Electric, Repairs401.02; United States Postal Service,Postage 321.00; West Central Electric,Electricity 4,967.78; West River Excava-

tion, Solid Waste Transportation/Back-hoe 1,608.75; West River Lyman Jones,Water Payment 4,558.75; ChamberlainWholesale, Liquor Supplies 1,150.26;Coca Cola, Liquor Supplies 32.50;Dakota Toms, Liquor Supplies 56.40;Eagle Sales, Liquor Supplies 8,060.12;Jerome Beverage, Liquor Supplies2,518.40; Johnson Western Wholesale,Liquor Supplies 2,914.55; Republic,Liquor Supplies 3,113.47; Central SD En-chancement District, Annual MembershipDues 700.00; SD Airport Management,Annual Membership Dues 25.00; SDAssoc of Code Enforcement, AnnualMembership Dues 40.00; SD Govern-ment Finance Officers, Annual Member-ship Dues 70.00; SD GovernmentHumanResources, Annual MembershipDues 25.00; SD Municipal League, An-nual Membership Dues 619.33; SD Mu-nicipal Liquor Control, AnnualMembership Dues 25.00; SD MunicipalStreet Maintenance, Annual MembershipDues 35.00; SD Police Chief Association,Annual Membership Dues 95.92; KCBA,Reimburse/Expenses 5,083.00; ACH

Withdrawal for Taxes, Federal Employ-ment Taxes 3,712.76; ACH Withdrawalfor Dakota Care, Health Insurance Pre-mium 6,531.68; Total Bills Presented82,256.66.

The financial statement, along with a re-port listing the breakdown of revenue, ex-penses, and bank balances for themonth of November was distributed.After a review of the information, Shuckmade Motion 12-12-10:116 to approvethe financial report. The motion was sec-onded by Willert. A roll call vote wastaken, with all members present votingyes and the motion carried 5-0.

City of Kadoka Financial Statementas of 11-30-12:

Revenue: General Fund - $112,812.23;3 Bs Fund - $2,627.41; Street Fund -$4.36; Liquor Fund - $34,863.89; WaterFund - $11,097.59; Sewer Fund -$2,518.09; Solid Waste Fund -$5,176.07.

Expense: General Fund - $31,132.01;3Bs Fund - $507.58; Liquor Fund -$30,246.73; Water Fund - $13,240.89;Sewer Fund - $871.91; Solid Waste Fund- $3,402.33.

Payroll: Administration - $2,997.02;Streets - $2,155.20; Police - $2,576.94;Auditorium/Parks - $2,332.80; Liquor -$4,994.61; Water/Sewer $2,876.56;Solid Waste - $768.79; GroupHealth/Dental - $7,083.18; Retirement -$2,115.38; Social Security/Medicare -$3,712.76.

Bank Balances: Checking Account -$829,067.29; ATM Account - $2,852.44;Certificates of Deposit - $775,321.48.

Citizen Input: No one was present to ad-dress the council.

NEW BUSINESS:

A. Bids for 2013 Solid Waste Transporta-tion: West River Excavation submittedthe only bid for the solid waste trans-

portation contract. The bid is as follows:$500.00 per trip, and if fuel prices riseabove $3.00/gallon, a surcharge of$5.00/trip for each .05/gallon increase infuel price. After discussion, Willert madeMotion 12-12-10:117 to approve the bidas submitted by West River Excavation.The motion was seconded by Stolley. Aroll call vote was taken, with all memberspresent voting yes and the motion car-ried 5-0.

B. Designate Official Depository, News-paper and Attorney for 2013: Shuckmade Motion 12-12-10:118 to make thefollowing designations: BankWest as theofficial depository, Kadoka Press as offi-cial newspaper, and Alvin Pahlke as offi-cial attorney for the City of Kadoka. Themotion was seconded by Prang, with allmembers present voting yes and the mo-tion carried 5-0.

C. Auditorium Sound System: The prob-lems with the auditorium sound systemwere discussed at a previous meeting.Bob Fugate contacted Mid States Audio,the company that installed the system,and discussed the problems and possi-

ble solutions. Currently the sound is notevenly distributed and so there are manyareas where it is nearly impossible tohear what is being said on the stage.Possible solutions include: over the earmicrophones and/or wired microphonesto be located on the floor. In addition tothese suggestions, Mid States Audiostated that for $700.00 they would alsocome out and do a total inspection of thesystem and readjust everything to whatit was when installed, and they wouldalso install any improvement to the sys-tem, such as microphones, etc. At a pre-vious meeting, Mr. Fugate stated that hehad discussed funding for the improve-ment with KCBA and the Horizons group.Shuck stated that the music parents hadexpressed an interest in being involvedwith the project. Mr. Fugate is on theagenda to discuss this information withthe school board at their meeting to beheld on Wednesday, December 12,2012. The consensus of the council wasthat something needs to be done; how-ever, Shuck and Stolley stated that theythought Mid States Audio should come

out and assess the problem before anydecisions are made on additional equip-ment. Shuck stated that he thought floormicrophones would be sufficient. Stolleystated that he was not against the pro-posal, but wanted to know what individu-als and/or groups are interested inassisting with funding the proposal.

COUNCIL REPORTS:

A. Water/Sewer: A water leak on Bay-berry Street was repaired.

B. Streets: We had the first snow re-moval of the year over the weekend. Thenew furnace installed in November is notworking. The problem may stem fromcondensation in the propane tank; a parthas been ordered and will be installedwhen it is received.

C. Solid Waste: The red pickup has beenrepaired.

D. Liquor: no report

E. Auditorium/Park: There are activitiesor practice most days and nights.

F. Public Safety: The monthly report wasdistributed.

G. Mayors Report: There were severalitems discussed under the mayors re-port:

Resignation: A letter of resignation wassubmitted by council member MickiWord. Willert made Motion 12-12-10:119to accept the resignation, with regret.The motion was seconded by Shuck withall members present voting yes and themotion carried 5-0.

End of Year Meeting: Thursday, Decem-ber 27, 2012 was set for the year endmeeting; and, the meeting will begin at5:00 pm. Contingency fund transfers andtransfer of funds to the water departmentwill be among the items acted upon atthe meeting.

Billing for Furnace at Shop: The bill for

the new furnace installed at the shop wasreceived. The street department is overbudget and the contingency fund moneywill be needed to cover budget shortfalls,not only in the street department, butother departments within the generalfund. After discussion, Shuck made Mo-tion 12-12-10:120 to pay the bill for thenew furnace from the Liquor Department.The motion was seconded by Jorgensen.A roll call vote was taken, with all mem-bers voting yes and the motion carried 5-0.

Executive Session per SDCL 1-25-2 (1)/ Personnel: Shuck made Motion 12-12-10:121 to go into executive session todiscuss and set 2013 salaries. The mo-tion was seconded by Willert, with allmembers voting yes. The council wentinto executive session at 7:55 p.m. Thecouncil was declared out of executivesession at 8:23 p.m.

All visit ors and the finance officer wer eexcused from the meeting when thecouncil went into executive session. The

remainder of the meeting minutes wasrecorded by the council president.

Willert made Motion 12-12-10:122 to au-thorize a 3% raise for all city employees.The motion was seconded by Prang. Aroll call vote was taken: Stolley-no;Willert-yes; Prang-yes; Shuck-yes; Jor-gensen-no. The motion failed on a 3-2vote.

Shuck made Motion 12-12-10:123 to au-thorize a 2% raise for all city employees.The motion was seconded by Willert. Aroll call vote was taken: Stolley-yes;Willert-yes; Prang-yes; Shuck-yes; Jor-gensen-yes. The motion carried 5-0.

Shuck made Motion 12-12-10:124 to ad-journ. The motion was seconded byPrang, with all members present votingyes and the meeting was adjourned at8:26 p.m.

Harry Weller, Mayor

ATTEST:

Patty Ulmen,Finance OfficerCity of Kadoka


TOWN OF INTERIORAPPROVED

REGULAR MEETINGMINUTES

MAY 16, 2012

The Town Board of Interior met on May16, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Cowboy Corner.Board Members present were AllenGrimes, Sue Leach and Kelly Fortune.Also present were Marlene Knutson,CSDED; Ellen Conroy, Galen Livermontand Linda Livermont.

Minutes for the 4/18/2012 regular meet-ing were approved as read.

OLD BUSINESS: We still need to workwith Perry on the land exchange for thelagoon project. After a second reading ofOrdinance #12-02, a motion was madeby Allen to accept the second reading ofthe ordinance revision. Seconded bySue, motion passed. Linda will publishpage 3 in the paper next week.

NEW BUSINESS: Motion by Kelly to ap-prove the following Malt Beverage Li-censes: Badland Cowboy Corner Inc.,Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage; Terryand Shirley Gartner dba Badlands Gro-cery, Package (off-sale) Malt Beverage;Cory Johnston, dba Wagon Wheel BarLLC, Retail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage;Charles Carlson dba Horseshoe Bar, Re-tail (on-off sale) Malt Beverage; andJesse Baysinger, dba Badlands InteriorCampground, Retail (on-off sale) MaltBeverage. Motion seconded by Allenwith Sue abstaining. Motion passed.

An estimate was received from BrantElectric to put in lights and electricity inthe park. It would cost approximately

$2500 - $3000. Motion by Kelly to do theelectric upgrade only at this time, sec-onded by Allen. Motion passed.

Bid opening for the sewer lagoon will beheld June 13th at 5:00 prior to the regularmeeting. Linda will check with Harlan tosee if all the lagoon information has beensent to Andy at DENR.

Ellen expressed concern about the



APRIL 18, 2012

The Town Board of Interior met on April18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at Cowboy Corner.Board Members present were AllenGrimes, Kelly Fortune and Sue Leach.Also present were Galen Livermont, andLinda Livermont.

Minutes for the 3/14/2012 regular meet-

ing were approved as read.

OLD BUSINESS: The first reading of Or-dinance 12-02 was approved. A copy ofthe revised ordinances will be given to alawyer to review. Kelly will call AlvinPahlke from Winner to see if he will dothe review. Linda will talk to Marleneabout how to start getting reimbursedfrom the grant for bills paid on the sewerlagoon. The land purchase needs to benegotiated with Perry. Linda will call theMunicipal League about the Fire Depart-ment.

The bees owned by a town resident wereremoved from town following numerousverbal complaints and one written com-plaint that they were a nuisance. Nomore action needs to be taken.

NEW BUSINESS: Clean-up Day will bescheduled for April 26th with the schoolparticipating. Sue will take care of thenoon meal for the kids. Linda will orderthe construction dumpster for town resi-dents to use.

Additional lights have been added at thefire hall. It was decided to cash in thesmall $16,000 CD until we start gettingreimbursements on sewer lagoon ex-penses.

Sealed bids were opened on the tractorblade, mower and propane tank. Kellymade a motion to accept the bids re-ceived, seconded by Sue. Motionpassed. Allen Grimes had the winningbid on the blade and Jerry Sampson onthe other two items. The propane tanksale was withdrawn since it belongs tothe Fire Department. Jerry Sampson willbe refunded for that item.

Motion made by Sue, seconded by Allento pay the following bills:

WREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .474.88Walker Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685.25WRLJ Wate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00ATS Core Samples

Sewer Lagoon . . . . . . . . . . .2,575.00Kadoka Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125.08Dept of Revenue,

Transfer Wagon Wheel Lic . . . .75.00SPN Additional

Engineering Services . . . . . .1,142.50SPN 90% Completion . . . . . . .6,500.00Mastercard,

Fuel Cowboy Corner . . . . . . . . .53.73IRS, 1st Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . .408.76Allen Grimes,

4 Special Meetings . . . . . . . . . .94.35Sue Leach,

4 Special Meetings . . . . . . . . . .94.35Kelly Fortune,

3 Special Meetings . . . . . . . . . .70.76Galen Livermont, Wages . . . . . .192.85Linda Livermont,

Wages + 4 Spec Meetings . . . .367.40Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . 12,899.91

Motion by Kelly, seconded by Sue to ad-journ the meeting. Meeting adjourned at8:00 p.m. The next regular meeting willbe held May 16, 2012 at Cowboy Corner.

Finance OfficerLinda Livermont


sewer rate and garbage rate stated in theordinance revision since the Board hadagreed to waive garbage charges at thistime and the ordinance stated thegarbage charge would be added to thesewer charge. Marlene said a Resolutionwill be needed once the ordinance goesinto effect. Ellen also asked if compostpiles would be allowed per page 12. Itwas agreed to allow compost piles andthe ordinance will be changed before it isfinalized.

The location of a tornado shelter wasbrought up. There is currently no shelter.We will need to talk to the fire departmentand County Emergency Manager JackieStilwell.

Ellen stated that the culvert by the schoolis plugged. We would need a 40 50culvert. We could possibly get one fromthe County, Galen will check into costs.

Ellen also talked about problems with thetown lights interfering with the night skyprograms at the park. She will look intogrants for different lighting.

Motion made by Sue seconded by Allento pay the following bills:

WREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .510.17Walker Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . .695.53Kieffer Sanitation, construction

dumpster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .900.15WRLJ, Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.00Kadoka Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61.73CSDED, ordinance

revision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000.00Dept. of Revenue,

beer licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700.00BankWest, Town Board

Pres. Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00Cowboy Corner, fuel . . . . . . . . .181.47

SDPAA, liabilityinsurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,000.00

Galen Livermont, wages . . . . . .277.77Linda Livermont, wages . . . . . . .273.05Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . .6,988.38

Motion by Kelly, seconded by Allen to ad-journ the meeting. Meeting adjourned at8:30 p.m. The next regular meeting willbe held June 13, 2012 at Cowboy Cor-ner.





JULY 11, 2012

The Town Board of Interior met on July11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Cowboy Corner.Board Members present were Sue Leachand Kelly Fortune (by phone). AllenGrimes was excused. Also present wereGalen Livermont, Ellen Conroy, Pat For-tune and Linda Livermont.

Minutes for the 6/13/12 regular meetingand 6/27/12 special meeting were ap-proved as read.

OLD BUSINESS: The Fourth of Julywent well this year. Thanks to everyonewho helped and participated in the fes-tivities. The sewer lagoon project is stillon schedule. We are waiting on DENR toapprove the bids.

NEW BUSINESS: The Rails to Trailsmeeting will be held on Tuesday, July17th at 4:30 in the Kadoka Fire Hall.

The LCWF Grant is open now and is dueAugust 1st.

Motion made by Kelly, seconded by Sueto pay the following bills:

WREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .478.86Walker Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685.25WRLJ, water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42.50Kadoka Press, publications . . . .124.11BankWest Insurance,

Fin Officer Bond . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00Cowboy Corner, fuel &propane bottles . . . . . . . . . . . .135.44

The Profit, 1/2 Ad . . . . . . . . . . . .250.00Time Tool Equip Renta,

Bounce Castles . . . . . . . . . . . .441.65Fuel, Pick up Fireworks . . . . . . .175.07Menards, Torches &

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125.20Cable for Park Fence . . . . . . . . .127.40Dakota Party, Supplies . . . . . . . .63.02Wall Lube, Service Pickup . . . . . .40.24Brant Electric,

Lights/Electricity Park . . . . . .5,395.44IRS 2nd taxes . . . . . . . . . . . .376.54Badlands Grocery,

7/4 Picnic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,010.35SPN- Lagoon Project . . . . . . .3,000.00Galen Livermont, Wages . . . . . .603.27Linda Livermont, Wages . . . . . .273.05Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . 13,447.39

Motion by Sue, seconded by Kelly to ad-journ the meeting. Meeting adjourned at8:05 p.m. The next regular meeting willbe held August 8, 2012 at Cowboy Cor-ner.





AUGUST 8, 2012

The Town Board of Interior met on Au-gust 8, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Cowboy Cor-ner. Also present were Galen Livermont,Ron Twiss, Eric Brunnemann, Ellen Con-roy, and Linda Livermont.


REGULAR MEETING

MINUTESJUNE 13, 2012

The Town Board of Interior met on June13, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at Cowboy Corner.Board Members present were AllenGrimes, Sue Leach and Kelly Fortune.Also present were Galen Livermont,Steve Thede from Badlands NationalPark, Ellen Conroy and Linda Livermont.

Minutes for the May 16, 2012 regularmeeting were approved as read.

OLD BUSINESS: The Rodeo will be July4 6. The Town will share expenses withthe Rodeo Club on the ad in the profit forthe 4th of July activities. The parade willbe at 1:00, potluck at 6:00 and fi reworksat dark. Allen will cook for the potluck.Ron Twiss will do a TV spot on July 2ndand Allen will represent the Town duringthe interview. Galen will mow the rodeogrounds prior to the 4th.

NEW BUSINESS: Steve thanked the In-

terior Volunteer Fire Department for theirhelp on the Notch Trail Rescue. Theirhelp was greatly appreciated.

Bid opening for the sewer lagoon projectwill be June 27th at 6:00 p.m. at CowboyCorner. Badlands will be hosting the Her-itage Festival on 7/21.

Motion made by Sue, seconded by Kellyto pay the following bills:

WREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481.36Walker Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . .694.98Walker Refuse,

construction dumpster . . . . . . .812.22Kadoka Press, publication . . . . . .77.61Cowboy Corner, gas . . . . . . . . . 84.52Interior Fairview

Cemetery, water minimum . . . .240.00Kemnitz Law Office,

DENR letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94.50Trevor Williams, sign lease . . . .350.00SPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1462.50Galen Livermont, wages . . . . . .258.90Allen Grimes, 1/4 wages . . . . . . .94.35Sue Leach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94.35

Kelly Fortune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94.35Linda Livermont, wages . . . . . . .273.05Total Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . .5,112.69

Motion by Sue, seconded by Kelly to ad-journ the meeting. Meeting adjourned at7:50 p.m. The next regular meeting willbe held July 11, 2012 at Cowboy Corner.

Linda Livermont, Finance OfficerTown of Interior


Minutes for the 7/11/12 regular meetingwere approved as read.

OLD BUSINESS: Ellen brought up theclogged culvert by her property. Ron willcheck with the county at their meeting onMonday. It may be possible to get a cul-vert on the County bid.

Irma Maldonado may still be interested inburning the house on her property, but itis too dry now. We will contact her lateron.

NEW BUSINESS: Eric Brunnemann at-tended representing Badlands NationalPark. He said there is a different type ofvisitor that travels on Highway 44 vs. In-

terstate 90. The park would like to culti-vate a relationship with the town to makethe visitors welcome. The new cabins willprovide a longer stay in the area and weneed to work together to take care ofthese visitors. Several events are spon-sored by the Park including the HeritageFestival and the Astronomy Festival laterin the month. Media kits will be availablefor the Astro Festival. Thanks to the IVFDand Town for partnering on the Festival.Eric would like to sponsor banners t