P.O. Box 8104 Rapid City, SD 57709

NOR TH RA PID CIVI C ASSO CIAT IO N, INC.

President: Jim Albers: 342-6714 Vice-President: Edward Trigg: 718-5689

Serving the North Rapid Community

NRCA meeting

January 25, 2007

NRCA meeting

February 22, 2007

NRCA meeting

March 22, 2007

NRCA meeting

April 26, 2007

NRCA meeting

May 24, 2007

NRCA meeting

June 28, 2007

NRCA meeting

July 26, 2007

NRCA meeting

August 23, 2007

NRCA meeting

September 27, 2007

NRCA meeting

October 25, 2007

NRCA meeting

November 29, 2007

NRCA meeting

December 27, 2007

Next Meeting July 26, 2007 120 E. Adams

7:00 PM

From the President

From the President, Cone Zone 2

Secretary’s Report 3

From the Desk of Our VP 4

A Word From Our Treasurer 4

Neighborhood Watch Groups 5

Habitat for Humanity 6

A Bit of History 7

NRCA Membership Information 8

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. Volume 20,Issue 7

July, 2007

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vehicles. Be a courteous

driver; give the tourist the benefit of the doubt.

Addie Kalmback is working on the planning for the Central States Fair and the volunteer schedules.

I spoke with her on the 8th of July and she said that she would be at our next meeting to present details on working the fair.

Please plan to work

a shift at the fair, as this is one of our fundraisers for the year.

Please plan to

attend our July meeting, meet the new Secretary and Vice President, Win the door Prize! Respectfully Jim Albers

Items from the President July is half over

and the dog days of summer are here. Now is the time to think about biker safety and the Central States fair.

First for biker safety, check your rear view mirror before making right hand turns.

While turning left across two lanes of traffic check that a cyclist is not hidden by on-coming

NOTICE: After 18 years at their current location on East Blvd, Jerry’s has moved to a new loca-tion. They are in the strip mall at the corner of Maple and Omaha next to Rapid Soft Water in the old Westec location. Come, enjoy a good cup of coffee and a donut.

Cone Zone Construction crews are out in force this year taking advan-tage of the dry weather to complete road and street pro-jects around the area. Here

Are a few. North Haines between Anamosa and Lindberg St. Kansas City between 5th and 8th Street. The Intersection of 7th and Kansas City St. Soo San Drive from

West South St. to just North of Brookside Dr. Mountain View Rd. be-tween Jackson Blvd. And Canyon Lake Dr. Plus several others. Be pre-pared to stop. Give ‘em a Brake.

We’re now at 109 E. Omaha St.

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Secretary’s Report

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Secretary’s Report N.R.C.A. Minutes for June 28,2007 President, Jim Albers, called the meeting to order. All board mem-bers were present except our new Vice President Ed. Trigg. All recited Pledge of Alle-giance. Twenty-one were in attendance. Danney Kasken from Youth & Family Services spoke to the group about volunteers to serve lunches at the center. They need volunteers for serv-ing lunches from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday from now until August 24th at the center. Steve Merrit from Youth & Family Services will give tours to any groups who would like to visit the fa-cility. Please call 342-1101 ext. 240 for reservations. Shirley Stover from Sentinel Federal Credit Union introduced the program for “Prime Time Players.” Bob Martin specializes on Elder Law Issues. Marcie Brumbaugh spoke about Serenity Springs Funeral Chapel and funeral planning. She said the av-erage cost of a funeral is around $6,500. Shirley Stover spoke on the Savings Club for + 55 year olds from Sentinel Federal Credit Union. Pete Anderson talked on long-term care. Mayor elect, Alan Hanks spoke on his special event to be sworn in as the new Mayor on Monday July 2nd at City Hall. He is looking forward to working for the city again and would like to attend as many NRCA meetings

as possible. The Secretary’s report-Minutes for the May meeting were approved by Doug Dlugosz and seconded by Alice McCoy and carried. Jim Albers recommended that Jeannine Albers take over the secretary’s job with Peggy Pientok serving as co-assistant secretary in case that Jeannine is not able to attend a meeting. A new chairman is needed for refreshments. Florence Chisolm volun-teered for the position of hospitality chairman. Ken Cavenah presented a two month Treasurers Report. Mark Kirkeby made a motion and Jim McCoy seconded that we accept the reports and it was car-ried. Ken announced that we have applied for a $2000 Grant to assist the city beautification committee in the pur-chase of graffiti eradication mobile unit for a total cost of $5800. $4000 was ap-propriated by the city beautification com-mittee leaving a balance of $1800. The additional $200 will be used for mainte-nance as needed. Alice McCoy reported on the Maple Ave Fire Department. This station may be moving to Seger & Disk Drive in the future. The Fire Chief will continue to keep us up to date as to what is going on. Horace Mann Update-Lloyd La-Croix. The soil testing contract is being let and closing date will be Aug. 16th. Doug Dlugosz made a motion that we donate $250.00 to the Youth & Family Services to help purchase swim tickets to the Horace Mann Pool to in-

crease the usage of the pool. Liz Willis seconded and the motion was carried. Youth & Family Services will get matching funds of $250.00 to be used for the swim tickets. Central States Fair-We will need volunteers to work for NRCA at the Fair to be held in August. Will get exact date soon. History organization-Doug Dlugosz will look up the history of our group and e-mail the information to Jim Albers to be written up for our re-cords. Reports on City: Lloyd LaCroix reported on the new trolley which will make its first run on July 2nd. He predicts the transition to our new mayor, Alan Hanks, should run smoothly. The Art Alley received a $l5, 000 donation and $6,000 from the city to improve the pavement in the alley. No County Reports State Reports-Mark Kirkeby said his House of Representatives summer studies are on the Department of Revenue tax department. Jeff Haverly said his House of Representative assignment this summer is the Technical School task force, which will meets 3 times this summer. They will be working on funds for the South Dakota Technical Institutes. No one won the door prize. Alice McCoy made a motion that we adjourn. Florence Chisolm seconded and the motion and was carried. Respectfully submitted, Jeannine Albers, Secretary

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A Word From Our Treasurer Treasurer Report Well, here it is July already and half the month is gone by. We have one (1) new member and 0ne (1) paid ad. The door prize was not awarded because the winner did not attend the meeting. We have applied for a Grant for the graffiti program. Let's hope we get it. This would help off set the cost of the equipment by $2000. Here is some info on some of the expenditures for this year to date. This is for postage and labeling and the Fees to the IRS and state filing fee and attorney fees. ($524.00.) This figure

does not include the $514.00 we prepaid for the printing of the newsletter last Oc-tober. So, as you can see it takes a good chunk to keep the NRCA, INC op-erating during the year. We are donating $250.00 to the YFS for swim passes to Horace Mann Pool. The YFS can get matching funds for this donation, so this makes the dol-lar go a little bit farther. We are waiting on some info from the Boy's Club so we can do the same thing for them. This why we have to keep some funds put away in a savings account to

pay for operating expenses for at least one year if things go awry. I hope this answers some ques-tions for everyone. Respectfully, Ken Cavenah, Treasurer

From the desk of Our VP Quiet Reflection I wasn’t sure what to write about there are so many things I think about and so many things I just don’t do anything about. Sometimes I just feel overwhelmed and I don’t know where to start. Then I feel like I’m only one person and “What can I do?” I’m guessing many others feel as I do. I think many people feel that they just don’t make a difference. So what can I do? I’ve found that, for me, joining the NRCA gives me a “vehicle”

to make a difference. How you might ask? I get to discuss ideas and thoughts I have about changing things I feel strongly about. I get to hear about new ideas and con-cerns. The NRCA offers me the op-portunity to do that. I feel that when I speak I’m only one voice in the wilder-ness but when I go to a NRCA meeting, I am a part of larger chorus. Numbers do make a difference! Do you feel strongly about something? Maybe you are concerned about the continued exis-

tence of the Horace Mann swimming pool, or frustrated with graffiti you’ve seen in the neighborhood, or maybe you just want to be part of a larger “chorus”. Come to an NRCA meeting, bring a friend or neighbor. PS. Personally I sing best when I sing Tenor,,,, ten or twelve miles away or at least that is what my friends tell me. ;-) Edward Trigg

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Here is a list of neighborhood watch groups in our reading area. We encourage you to attend and become active in the community. Get to know your neighbors and their concerns. You may find you have a lot in common and working together you can make a difference in the appearance of your neighborhood , and cut down on such things as graffiti, break-ins and vandalism. Remember the ones who do these things often work together as groups or gangs so it may take us work-ing together to put a stop to their ac-tions. Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Watch c/o Bob Case 718 4680 2nd Monday / 7:00pm Hope Christian Reformed Church 2002 East Philadelphia Street

Milwaukee Neighborhood Watch c/o Lee Dennison 721 7585 c/o Richard Cooper 341 0051 4th Thursday (bi monthly) Knollwood Height Methodist Church 320 East College Avenue Millard Neighborhood Watch c/o Cathy Bock 1st Monday @ 6:30pm Girl Scout Office 140 North Street Mahoney Neighborhood Watch c/o Jim & Alice McCoy 716 6814 Last Monday @ 7:30pm RC Police Sub Station Rushmore Mall Silver Street Neighborhood Watch c/o Jim Hansen 721-9750

Northern Knights Neighborhood Watch c/o Eduardo Manzano 718 0758 c/o Pat Kulvaney 343 3948 4th Monday @ 5:30pm RC Police Sub Station Rushmore Mall North Rapid Civic Association c/o Jim Albers 342 6714 c/o Richard Cooper 341 0051 4th Thursday YFS Building 120 East Adams

Neighborhood Watch Groups

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NRCA Officers

President

Jim Albers ……………342-6714

Vice-President

Ed Trigg……….….… 718-5689

Secretary

Jeannie Albers………….342-6714

Treasurer

Ken Cavenah…..……348-1599

WARD 2 Aldermen Sam Kooiker….……721-6282 Deb Hadcock…...….343-1247 WARD 4 Aldermen Lloyd LaCroix……..341-7276 Ron Kroeger……….348-6195 WARD 5 Aldermen Malcolm Chapman...716-6210 Bob Hurlbut………..484-5856 County Commissioner Nancy Trautman……348-8230 School Board Leah Lutheran……...342-0719 Sheryl Kirkeby……..343-4003 State House of Representatives Jeff Haverly………...390-5839 Mark Kirkeby……....391-6282 State Senate Bill Napoli………….341-2370

REPRESENTATIVES

Habitat for Humanity can use a little help from you. There is a home being built by an all woman crew in North Rapid. Even if you could just baby-sit the vol-unteers children, or provide some snacks or something. They are also collecting aluminum cans to raise money for this home. They are having a Raffle to raise extra money and have some really neat items:

Play House Storage Shed 5 Free Car Washes Parkway Car Wash Quality Inn Motel- Free nights stay Days Inn- Free nights stay Americinn Motel-Free nights stay Comfort Inn-Free night Suite Stay Lintz Brothers Pizza (Hermosa SD) Cadillac Jacks Casino-2 free nights stay Free Dinners Zayner's Parkway Restaurant - 1 free dinner Millstone Restaurant LaCrosse Street $10.00 Certificate

There will be more items added. If you want to buy a raffle ticket they are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Peggy Napoli has some raffle tickets, so if you would like one or several call at 341-2370, and she will return your call as soon as possible. Janet Planthold can get you some tickets to sell. Every dollar helps a family get into a nice home. If you are a business and want to donate an item or two or more PLEASE call: Janet Plantholt at 255-4578, or call Peggy at 341-2370. She can take the in-formation and pass it onto Janet.

Habitat for Humanity

Note from the Editor: If you have any news or an article for the Newsletter, please call Dennis at 341-2589 or email us at: fivecoate@rushmore.com

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A Bit of History While doing some research on the history of the NRCA, Doug Dlugosz came across enough information to compile this list of past Officers of the NRCA. He also found some of the minutes from one of the meetings in 1951. How interesting it would be to read these old minutes and see what was important to the residence of North Rapid over 65 years ago. I wonder what attendance at the meetings was. How much the area must have changed since then. I had no idea that the NRCA was began so many years ago. People got out more and seemed to be more social. That was a time before air conditioning when people knew their neighbors because they sat out on their porch on hot nights and did not close the house up to keep the cool air in. All the windows were open and they could here each others radios and the kids and parents yelling to each other. That was also the time when Rapid City was still a small town. Wouldn’t it be fun to go back to those times again. To slow everything down for just a little while and have time to tinker in the garage with the baseball game on the radio or stop to have a beer with the guy next door? Oh well, it was nice to go back in time and dream for just a few minutes. Thanks, Doug.

Year President Secretary/Treasurer

1951 Lyle Yeoman Francis Witt

1952 Lyle Yeoman Kenneth Lynn

1953 Ray Parker Eva May Poage

1954 ? Gard Evans Florence Parker

1955 Guy Waldo Christa Thompson

1956 W.A. Mattson Norma Cabot

1957 L.A. Michel Bob Morgan/ Carl Schick

1958 R.H. Christinsen Kurt Flodin

1959 Harry Marshall Kurt Flodin

1960 Kurt Flodin Geo Wrilf

1961 Ed Millar Nellie Snyder

1962 V. Crosswhite Betty Griggs

1963 ? Auritiuo Fite Betty Griggs

Past Officers of the NRCA

If anyone can verify or correct the spelling on any of the names with question marks, please call Jim at 342-6714. Thanks.

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North Rapid Civic Association

Membership is open to all residents and/or property owners who are 18 years or older in the North Rapid Neighborhood. This area is North of Omaha Street, between Cambell St. and M. Hill Ridge, and South of the Pennington County line on Haines Ave. Members of the North Rapid Civic Association, Inc. (NRCA): • Meet the 4th Thursday of each month for regular meetings at Youth and Family Services (Girl’s Club) • Sponsor Candidate Forums before each election and invite the public • Are active in all areas of the community • Meet regularly with elected officials from city, county, and state government • Receive a monthly newsletter Become part of the “solution” and help improve our neighborhoods Meet your neighbors and community leaders Annual Membership Fee: Immediate Family Membership $12.00 Non-voting Associate Membership receiving newsletter $12.00. Business Membership with advertising $36.00. Questions? Contact: Jim Albers at 342-6714 or Ed Trigg at 718-5689. PLEASE GIVE THIS APPLICATION TO A FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR