Bison Courier, July 5, 2012

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

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The$1.00Volume 30Number 3July 5, 2012

Includes Tax

HHiigghhlliigghhttss && HHaappppeenniinnggss

Kid Dakota will be performingJuly 8 at Besler’s Cadillac Ranch!

Garbage will be picked upJuly 5th at regular time

Bridal Shower for Angela Fieldsbride elect of Chase Kari, July 21,2 p.m. at the Grand Social room.

Wedding Shower for Brandi(Steichen) Baysinger, bride ofShiloh Baysinger, on Sunday, July8, at 2:00 p.m. at the GrandElectric Social Room.

Register for swimming lessons!! Lessons will be July 9 -20 the price is still only $20.00.Contact Kelli Nelson for informa-tion 970-556-2359, must be regis-tered by June 29th.

Please join us for cake and icecream to celebrate Jim Judy’s90th Birthday on Wednesday, July11 at 7:30 pm at the BeckmanMemorial Wesleyan Church inPrairie City. Let your presence beyour gift!

Gov. Dennis Daugaard says thestate Board of Water and NaturalResources has approved a $131,000low-interest loan from the DrinkingWater State Revolving Fund to add abooster station for the PerkinsCounty Rural Water System.

The entire loan amount wasawarded as principal forgiveness,which eliminates any repayment ob-ligation.

“This loan will help PerkinsCounty Rural Water System add abooster station that will provide bet-ter water pressure and more reliablewater service as more customers areconnected to the regional water sys-tem,” the Governor said.

Gov. Daugaard announces $131,000 loanfor Perkins County rural water system

An enthusiastic crowd greetedthe second annual Kam ArnesonMemorial Ranch Rodeo on theevening of June 30th. The festivi-ties began around four o’clock inthe afternoon with the Calcutta.Nine teams entered and were auc-tioned off by John Peck.

Events in the Ranch Rodeo in-cluded cattle sorting, trailer load-ing, cow milking, and team brand-ing. Brad Mackaben served as theman with the microphone and an-nounced the rodeo. NarrcisoAcosta, Tom Hardy, and AllenWick judged the events.

The team that finished in thelead at the end of the evening wasthe Henderickson team which wasmade up of father and son, Bruceand Layton Henderickson, ChadMackaben, and Ronnie Mackaben.The second place team was theGeriatrics Gigalows which wasmade up of Eric Arneson, BruceHendrickson, Chad Mackaben,and Rick Plaggemeyer. Coming inthird place was the Storm teamwhich was made up of ScottStorm, Collin Palmer, Cam Miles,and Clint Anderson.

There were several entries inthe sheep tipi-ing contest which is

where a small herd of sheep waslet loose in the arena and two part-ners were supposed to catch asheep and put the supplied tipiover the sheep then run hand inhand back to the finish line. ReedArneson and Trig Clark finishedfirst followed by CarriettaSchalesky and Arika Morgan insecond. The third place team wasbrothers, Kyle and Lane Kopren.

Many children also enjoyed com-peting in goat milking. At the end

Successful second annual Kam Arneson ranch rodeo

of the day the Top Hand award wasgiven to Max Loughlin. Cody Fer-guson received the Top Horseaward, and Chad Mackaben re-ceived the Hard Luck award. Therodeo ended around 7:30 pm givingthe audience and contestants timeto get ready for the Party in thePark.

The rodeo was held in memory ofKam Arneson who passed away inOctober of 2010 after a long battlewith brest cancer.

The new booster station will be lo-cated three miles north of the junc-tion of South Dakota Highways 75and 20.

The award will cover the total es-timated cost of the project.

The Drinking Water State Revolv-ing Fund Program provides low-in-terest loans for public drinkingwater system projects. One of theprogram requirements is that someof the funds be provided as a subsidy.Principal forgiveness is a subsidy op-tion that results in a reduced loanrepayment amount for the borrower.

The board met Thursday and Fri-day in Pierre.

On Saturday, June 23, Daniel Burkhalter traveled to Pierre, SD to par-ticipate in the State Hershey Track Meet. Daniel competed in the 13-14 year old age division and won the mile run (1600m) with a time of5:00.91. He also finished 3rd in the 800m run (2:20). His win in themile makes it possible for him to be selected to the national team whichwill compete in Hershey, Pennsylvania in August. The selection processtakes place in about two weeks and Daniel is hoping his name makesthe list. Daniel is the 12 year old son of Brad and Jennifer Burkhalterof Prairie City.

Burkhalter wins Hershey State Title in mile run

Max Loughlin and Wil Kolb, featured in the cow milking, compete on a team together.

Daniel Burkhalter takes the lead from Davis Johnson ofSioux Falls and doesn't look back.

Sheep Tipi contestants are lined up and ready

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Hot enough for you? Its been ascorcher around here this week.Casey put the air conditioner infor me on Monday when it wasonly 93 degrees. Tuesday the ther-mometer registered 107 degrees inthe shade and it was a whole lothotter south of here.

Trig and the boys had footballcamp in Buffalo Monday. Tazjoined the former HCHS players tohelp out. Quite a few junior highboys participated and everyonehad a good time.

The camp wouldn't have beennearly as much fun in the tripledigit heat on Tuesday. I went toPrairie City before SophiaBlomberg's burial service inHoover that afternoon and saw aninteresting sight. A shirtless guywas riding a bicycle betweenPrairie City and Reva. The ther-mometer on my car said 105 de-grees when I went by him the firsttime and 106 degrees when I cameby him the second time. By thattime he was walking the bikedown the highway, but since he ig-nored me when I waved at him, Ijust let him walk. What an idioticactivity on such a hot day!

There was a shower near Costel-

loís on my way to Sophiaís memo-rial service. The thermometer read109 degrees when the first dropshit my windshield and the temper-ature dropped to 88 degrees withintwo miles. That little bit of rainevaporated as soon as it hit theground and was over in just aminute or two. The temperaturestarted back up and when I got toHoover Leonaís official weatherservice thermometer at the storeregistered 113 degrees! We aboutmelted during Sophiaís burialservice at the Hoover Cemetery.One of the mourners said his ther-mometer registered 115 degreeswhen they left the cemetery for thereception afterward at the HooverStore.

All this dry heat has reallyraised the fire danger. Fires areraging out of control in ten west-ern states right now, includingthat massive fire near Fort CollinsColorado and several smaller fireshere in western South Dakota.Tommy Fabris lost his baler andrake in a fire east of his parentsranch Friday. He may have baled abranch that started the fire.Tommy had a fire extinguisher,but that wasn't enough to get itstopped. He got his tractor un-hooked so it didn't burn andthankfully the fire trucks got therefast enough to keep it from burn-ing a very big area. All of westernDakota is under an extreme fire

danger warning, so be careful andkeep your fire fighting units ready.

Two more mountain lions werekilled in residential areas in theBlack Hills Tuesday, a grand totalof four cougars shot in just 11days! On June 15, a female waskilled by Rapid City police officerson Omaha Street in Rapid City; onSaturday, a female was killed in amachine shed in the northeastRapid; on Tuesday, another femalewas killed by Game, Fish & ParksDepartment officers on a street inCuster; and also on Tuesday, amale mountain lion was shot in asubdivision in north Rapid City.

Mountain lions are showing upall across the country. My cousinCharlie White from Michiganwrote me that he and some otherhunters had one pay a visit totheir tree stand during deer sea-son, even though Michigan DNRclaims there are no cougars inMichigan. His daughter and herfamily live in Fenton, Michiganand they often see a mountain lioncross the school yard behind theirhouse. And in the cherry orchardsout there, many migrant workersare refusing to work in some areasbecause of regular visits ofcougars.

Mountain lions aren't the onlypredators we have to worry about.I visited with Jerry Petik at thestate high school rodeo finals inBelle last weekend and he told me

their trapper got the Wildlife Ser-vices plane to come to CorsonCounty and they shot 58 coyotes injust one morning! We hear coyoteshowling at night and there's a foxden around here somewhere. Ahen hatched out twelve babychicks last week, but we keepthem locked up in order to savethem from the fox that ate ouronly rooster.

We were sorry to hear about thedeath of Vonda Westers. Vondadied on June 26th at the hospitalin Billings, Montana. Her funeralwill be this Monday at the Hard-ing County Rec Center in Buffalowith burial to follow in the BuffaloCemetery.

Wednesday we'll celebrate Inde-pendence Day. I wish you all asafe, happy, and fire-free 4th ofJuly. Oh, and keep the fire extin-guisher handy!

Along with personal responsibil-ity, patriotism doesn't come natu-rally. Children have to be taughtto be take care of themselves andthey also need to learn what ablessing it is to live in the land ofthe free and the home of the brave.This teacher is starting her stu-dents out the right way:

Little Andy was at his first dayof school. His teacher, Mrs. White,advises the class that each schoolday starts with the "Pledge of Alle-giance" and instructs them to puttheir right hand over their heartand repeat after her.

As Mrs. White starts the recita-tion she looks around the room, ìIpledge allegiance to the flag.....î,when her eyes are drawn to Andywho has his hand over the rightcheek of his bottom.

Andy, I cannot continue till youput your hand over your heart, shedemands.

Andy looks up and replies, It isover my heart.

After several more attempts toget Andy to put his hand over hisheart, Mrs. White enquires, Whydo you think that is your heart,Andy?

Well Miss answers Andy, be-cause every time my Grandmacomes to visit she pats me thereand says, Bless your little heart,and my Grandma never lies.

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

Meadow News ........ByTiss Treib

Many of the community at-tended a 97th birthday party forBernie Rose Friday at Smoky’s.

Laurie and Danci Hoff visitedwith Fred and Bev SchoppWednesday to help out.

Saturday, Connie Houriganspent the day with Fred and BevSchopp and helped with variouschores.

Katie and Kelly Schopp droppedin several times to help theirgrandmother, Bev Schopp.

Tuesday, Carolyn Petik attendedthe Farmers Union Camp in McIn-tosh in the morning.

Tuesday afternoon and evening,Jerry and Carolyn Petik attendedthe Range Tour at the Dennis andShari Evenson ranch.

Thursday, Carolyn Petik visitedwith her mother, Irene Young.

EmiLou and Mark Ebarle andMary Ellen Fried spent Tuesdaythrough Thursday with Bob andLillian Bohnet. ON their way

home, they went through Mo-bridge and visited at the home ofChris and Mary Fried and familythrough Sunday.

Sunday supper guests of MaryEllen Fried, EmiLou and MarkEbarle were Kendra McIntyre,Greg and Peggy Fried, Leif andLarissa Anderson and children,Duane and Dawn Fried and HerbFried.

Goat milking contestants atthe Ranch Rodeo

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"The South Dakota SummerSpotlight is designed to highlightSouth Dakota's youth involved inlivestock and provide them withopportunities to showcase theirtalent," said Rod Geppert, SDSUExtension 4-H Livestock ShowManagement Coordinator.

The event encompasses BeefCattle, Sheep, Swine and a Mar-

300 hogs, 400 sheep and 100 goatsexhibited at the event, in additionto the 350 youth who participatedin the State 4-H Livestock JudgingContest. In addition, beef ex-hibitors will have the opportunityto attend a "Stock Show Univer-sity," fitting clinic, sponsored bySullivan's Supply on Fridayevening.For more information contact, RodGeppert at (605) 773-8120 or [email protected].

ket/Meat Goat show.Along with hosting youth beef,

swine, sheep and goat shows, it willalso be the site of the State 4-HLivestock Judging Contest, SouthDakota Youth Beef AmbassadorContest and the South DakotaBorn and Bred Lamb Show.

"Events like these in combina-tion with the All Beef Breeds FieldDay, Sheep and Swine shows willattract a large number of livestockenthusiasts," Geppert said.

Last year more than 400 cattle,

SD summer spotlight and state 4-H livestock judging contest held July 27-29 in Huron

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Al and Tiss Treib called brieflyon Thelma Sandgren Mondayevening.

Tiss Treib and Margie Hersheyhad lunch together in HettingerTuesday.

Al and Tiss Treib visited withButch and Carol Mattis in Het-tinger Tuesday evening. They alsovisited with Crystal Mattis andChristian Colgrove.

Tiss Treib and LaKrista Allenspent time together Thursday af-ternoon.

Al Treib stopped in at ThelmaSandgren’s Thursday.

Friday, Thelma went to Het-tinger and enjoyed lunch withGladys Merwin and then visited atthe Nursing Home. She then wentstraight home, as it was too hot tostop anywhere. Brady Ham

stopped in later and Thelma ac-companied him to check cattle.

Saturday, Thelma Sandgrenspent time in Bison with MatthewSandgren before he leaves forHouston.

Sunday, Steve, Susie, Racheland Natalie Sandgren came outand had dinner with ThelmaSandgren. It was so nice.

Marcie and Kylee Sandgrencalled on Thelma Sandgren Sun-day evening.

Duane Meink called on Johnand Shirley Johnson several timesSunday for coffee.

Max Smebakken was a Sundaydinner guest of John and ShirleyJohnson.

Rebecca Askew and a friendChristine visited with Helen

Meink and did a few odd jobs Sat-urday.

Chris and Anna Block, KenMiller, Chet and Mandy Andersonand family, Eric and Charity New-man and girls, Todd and AnnaBuer, Jim Anderson were Sundaysupper guests of Nolan and LindaSeim and family and helped Logancelebrate his 6th birthday. TheAnderson girls, Greta and Ella arespending the night with Jasmine.

Monday, Albert Keller arrivedhome from work.

Tuesday the Keller house wasmoved onto it’s new foundation.Thursday the barn found it’s newhome. Bert and Pat Keller, Peterand Fauniel Keller of Trail City ar-rived to spend the day with Albert,Bridget and Lil Albert.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday Bible Class - 7:00 p.m.Coal Springs Community Church

Pastors Nels & Angie EasterbySouth Jct. of Highways 73 & 20

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.Seventh Day Adventist Church • Pastor Donavon Kack

Sabbath School - 10:30 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church • Fr. Tony Grossenburg

Saturday Mass: Lemmon - 4:45 p.m., Bison - 7:15 p.m.Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Morristown - 11:00 a.m.

Holland Center Christian Reformed ChurchPastor Brad Burkhalter • Lodgepole

Worship Service - 8:00 a.m.First Presbyterian Church • Pastor Florence Hoff, CRE

Worship Service -9:30 a.m. Slim Buttes Lutheran • Pastor Henry Mohagen

Reva • Worship Service - 9:00 a.m., WMF 2nd Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.Beckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad Burkhalter

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

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

Nutrition SiteMenu

Thursday, July 5Roast turkey

mashed potatoesbroccoli, pears

cranberry sauce

Friday, July 6Taco salad

whole wheat rollmixed vegetablesfruit in pudding

Monday, July 9Creamed turkey over w/w biscuit

oriental vegetablestomato slices on lettuce leaf

fruit cocktail

Tuesday, July 10HAPPY BIRTHDAYGinger pork chops

baked potato w/sour creamseasoned spinach

seasonal fruit, cake

Wednesday, July 11Hot beef on whole grain bread

mashed potatoes w/gravygreen beans, peaches

vanilla ice cream

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Groundcover Solutions

Sometimes grass is not always theanswer when it comes to keepingthe ground covered and green.Grass can be difficult to keep niceunder trees, deep shady areas, onslopes too steep to mow, or whereyou just want less maintenance.The answer could be using ground-covers and there are several thatwill do pretty well here.Fortunately, numerous spreadingperennials do an equally good jobprotecting the soil and crowdingout weeds while producing abounty of beautiful blooms. Thebest ground covers for smallerspaces are those that have a longseason of bloom but typically needlight trimming or deadheadingafter the first flush to keep the

flowers coming. Walkers low cat-mint is an example of such agroundcover, clip it after that firstflush of blooms and see it repeatwith a lovely mound of lightblue/purple flowers. Veronicalongifolia (Speedwell) is hardyZone 4-8 and Veronica pectinata(Blue Woolly speedwell) is hardyzone 3-7 and flowers through mostof the season if deadheaded ortrimmed after first flush.Evergreen ground covers bringcolor and texture to your land-scape year around and take lessthan half the upkeep of maintain-ing a lawn. Pachysandra is hardyZones 3 to 8, it needs rich welldrained soil in partial shade.Others such as Common bearberry

(Kinnikinnick) Zone 2-6, EijahBlue (Blue fesue grass) Zone 4-8,some junipers Zone 3-9, Pink Cha-bel (common Spotted deadnettles)and Blue phlox Zone4-8.If you’re looking for a beautifulplant that thrives with virtualneglect, a creeping sedum justmight fit the bill. Sedums struttheir stuff where many otherplants dare not venture. Theymake themselves at home in poorsoil, drought conditions, partshade, full sun or partialshade/sun. Some bloom in thesummer, some in the fall, butter-flies and bees love them. Sedumacre (Stonecrop) Zone 4-9 is asuper succulent that can takewhatever this climate can dishout, it loves dry and strong sunconditions. We have had Sedumspectabile – Everlasting - thrive invarious locations from shady northside to hot sunny south side of ourhouse in the various places wehave lived. It has been hauledand transplanted numerous timesand survives all tribulations.Ferns as perennials and ground-covers are often overlooked in ourarea but there some that arehardy for Zones 3 to 8. Some areChristmas fern, Makinois hollyfern and Western sword fern.Think about adding some ground-cover to your landscape, plan nowfor the next growing season."Gardening is a way of showingthat you believe in tomorrow." –Unknown

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In the Company of EasyGuests

Having people over for a visitcan feel like hosting company un-less the guests are like the easy-to-please farmer or rancher types.

They don’t care how meager ornon-conducive our home is forhosting company. Beer covers amultitude of shortcomings. Suchthings virtually go unnoticed bythese humble visitors if we offerthem a beer when they arrive. Ex-treme efforts made to impressthese particular vacationers arean unnecessary use of time andshouldn’t be wasted on people whohave higher expectations either,such as my family.

What impresses these gueststhe most is being offered cankoozies to put their beer in. Fur-thermore, they’re genuinely appre-ciative of our generous hospitalityof an invitation to stay for lunch orsupper. These are the kinds of vis-itors I can get away with servingour family’s leftovers and it willstill be praised. They are duallygratified because drinking beer ona hot summer day makes peoplehungry.

All that’s necessary to preparefor the arrival of guests who come

from farms or ranches is stockingup on beer and making surethere’s extra toilet paper in thebathroom. If we have those avail-able when these kinds of guestsshow up, they’ll be thirst quenchedand relieved.

They also enjoy and appreciateany sightseeing we provide. Theylove getting to see the view fromour home, where our baler isstored, what our barn looks like in-side, the kind of equipment weuse, what we have hanging on ourshop walls and rafters, our corrals,hay pile, pastures, water sources,livestock, and our beer cooler.

We don’t take them to the localtourist traps because that’s an ac-tivity we save for special guestswhom we don’t want to come backand visit, at least while we are stillalive. The only type of company in-terested in seeing such attractionsare people with high expectations;which include spending the equiv-alent of their 401k in fuel, admis-sion fees, gift shop knickknacks,souvenirs, jackalopes, and eatingout; thus the reason such placesare called torturous punishmentby locals.

The highlight of any farmer’s orrancher’s vacation is learningabout different farming and ranch-ing practices from like-mindedpeople who enjoy carrying onlengthy conversations aboutequipment and livestock storiesthat bore kids to death. Otherhighlights include having theseconversations with beer. Farmersand ranchers have no expectationswhile on vacation. Their standardsare low—just a glimpse of howpeople farm or ranch in otherparts of the country is satisfactoryto them.

They’re the type of people who

admire items in our junk yard, ourless-than-tidy shop, and our oldfarm house. They’re perfectly con-tent relaxing in our yard sittingaround having in-depth discus-sions on grazing practices, distillergrains, and other feedstuffs.

It’s not hard to satisfy guestswho farm or ranch for a living be-cause their main vacation objec-tive is leaving home. Whateveryou do for these particular guests,they’re genuinely grateful theyaren’t taking care of chores backhome instead. The ultimate vaca-tion experience for them is feelingrelaxed and right at home in a newplace surrounded by things thatremind them of home.

We avoid tourist traps as muchas possible by keeping companythat likes leftovers.

Guest ColumnistAmy Kirk is a ranch wife from Custer, South Dakota.

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Going the distance to serve--------------------------

Article by Mary GarriganIt’s 10:17 on a Sunday morningand that means the Rev. TonyGrossenburg has just 13 minutesbefore he’s late for Mass at SacredHeart Catholic Church, just 20miles away in Morristown.

“Sorry, this priest may have tospeed,” Grossenburg apologizes ashe aims his 2010 KIA sedan eastout of Lemmon and down S.D.Highway 20 toward Morristown.With that small sin against statetraffic laws confessed, the Catholicpriest is on his way to his fourthMass in less than 18 hours at thethree parishes that he serves inthis far northwestern edge ofSouth Dakota. For the past twoyears, the 42-year-old Winner na-tive has been the resident priest atSt. Mary’s Catholic Church inLemmon, while also servingparishes in Morristown and Bison.

It’s just 40 miles to Morristownand back, but Bison is a 90-mileround trip that Grossenburg navi-gates more than once many weeksfor parish council meetings, pas-toral visits, funerals, weddingsand more. Still, the long distancesbetween the towns he serves isnothing compared to the 400-plusmile round trip that he travels reg-ularly to visit his diocesan head-quarters in Rapid City.

“You spend so many miles on theroad out here,” he said. “It’s prettycountry, but it is a lot of time byyourself behind the wheel.”For Grossenburg, the road home tothe far northwest border of SouthDakota is a rolling ribbon of as-phalt that stretches north out ofRapid City. S.D. Highway 79 takes

consecrates four eucharists.It’s a schedule that's familiar to

many priests in rural westernSouth Dakota, because theCatholic Diocese of Rapid City cov-ers a vast area that is bordered bythe Missouri River and the sur-rounding states of Wyoming,North Dakota and Nebraska. Thediocese has far more churchesthan it has priests, as vocations tothe priesthood fall nationwide. In1965, there were nearly 59,000U.S. Catholic priests. In 2011,there were 39,466, according tothe Center for Applied Research inthe Apostolate at Georgetown Uni-versity.

There are 88 Catholic parishes,many of them mission churcheswithout a resident priest, that arestill open west of the MissouriRiver, according to the Rapid CityDiocese. They are served by 42 ac-tive ordained priests. Of those, 30are diocesan priests and another12 belong to religious orders. LikeGrossenburg, many of them drivelong distances to say Mass forsome of the 25,000 Catholics whoare scattered across 43,000 squaremiles.

“It’s a calling, yes, but it’s a job,too, and sometimes your feet hurtand your back is killing you,”Grossenburg said. “But even then,there isn’t anything else I’d ratherdo.”

As a diocesan priest, Grossen-burg took a vow to live simply butnot, as many people mistakenlyassume, a vow of poverty. He ownshis own car, vacations with hisfamily in places like Baja Califor-nia, Mexico, and Maui, Hawaii,and is a photography buff who ad-mits to coveting a number of ex-pensive cameras and lenses.

But there’s already more than40,000 miles on his car that’s onlya year and a half old, and it is cov-ered in the dings and dents thatcome with long miles on lonelystretches of highway. He has hitdeer and plenty of birds, too.“Those pheasants seem to have asuicide complex,” jokes Grossen-burg, who does a hilarious pan-tomime of a deer that insisted oncrashing into the rear of his carone night, despite his best effortsto outrun it.But the crumple currently mar-ring his front fender came notfrom a deer, but from a collisionwith the handrail in front of theBison church. He was so engrossedin listening to a spiritual retreatspeaker’s remarks on CD when he

panded its workforce in recentyears and many of the new em-ployees just happened to be youngCatholic families, according tolongtime church member BerniceKari.

Grossenburg is a natural come-dian who often uses humor to re-late to his parishioners. He teaseseveryone, but he also turns theself-deprecating humor on himself.

Even in the Z-coil shoes thathelp alleviate his chronic backpain, Grossenburg stands maybe 5feet tall. He’s quick to joke abouthis short stature and his rapidlyreceding hairline.

“I tell people that the reason myhair fell out and I shrunk two feetis because of the wind blowingacross the border from NorthDakota,” he said.Coping with the stress and isola-tion that are inherent to life as asingle, solo pastor in a small, re-mote town requires a little humor,Grossenburg said.He cracks jokes about everythingfrom his vow of celibacy to the cul-ture of clericalism in the CatholicChurch to dealing with demandingparishioners. He refers to the uni-form of the Roman collar and theall-black shirt and pants as“Garanimals for priests.”

“I don’t know if you noticed, butI’m kind of a smart aleck,” he said.While he waits after SaturdayMass for Kari and Brad Hendrick-son to count the collection platemoney, he kids the 6-foot, 4-inchtall Hendrickson that they are re-ally identical twins, separated atbirth.

“Or I tell people we’re movietwins -- he’s Danny DeVito and I’mArnold Schwarzenegger,”Grossenburg said.By the time he finishes visitingwith Bison parishioners like Danand Stacy Kvale or Jess and SusanCarmichael, it's usually dark forthe drive home. Back in Lemmonby 10 p.m., Grossenburg unwindswith a smoke on his pipe, a glassof Cabernet and his breviary -- adaily reading of Psalms and otherprayers that he views on his iPad.He’ll be up again at 6 a.m. for cof-fee, morning prayer and two moreMasses to celebrate.

In less than 18 hours, he’ll drive150 miles and preach four ser-mons; he prays for more rain andmore vocations to the priesthoodfour times; he offers the sameblessings for mothers, or newgraduates or fathers sitting in thepews four different times; and he

him past Bear Butte and beyondNewell into the big skies andsweeping prairies of places thatmost South Dakotans have neverbeen to: Hoover and Reva, SlimButtes and Prairie City. The viewsare mostly sagebrush and stockdams, but the road also crossestwo branches of the small but sce-nic Moreau River and affords aquick passage through the pine-covered bluffs at the eastern endof the Custer National Forest. Be-fore Grossenburg parks his car inthe garage of the large, brick par-sonage of St. Mary’s -- optimisti-cally built in 1949 to accommodatefive resident priests -- he’ll passthrough Bison and Meadow andpast Shadehill Reservoir, a popu-lar water recreation spot 12 milesfrom Lemmon.

Every Saturday evening,Grossenburg drives south pastShadehill again, on his way fromthe 4:45 p.m. Mass in Lemmon to7:15 p.m. services in Bison.Blessed Sacrament is a spacious,modern church that swarms withyoung families and preschool agechildren. During a recent chil-dren’s offertory, one little girl cameforward to hand “Father Tony” herdonation, then stopped, mid-Mass,to tell him all the finer fashionpoints of her new dress.“It was just so cute,” he said. “Ilove little kids, and we’ve got a tonof them in Bison. You get mobbedwhen you’re sitting there.”

The church membership isabout half ranchers, like theCarmichael's, and half townspeo-ple, like the Kvales. Grand Elec-tric Rural Cooperative has ex-

pulled into the church parking lotone day, he forgot to put his carinto park and it rolled into thefront steps of the church, Grossen-burg admits sheepishly. “Believeme, I heard about that afterchurch.”

His mother, Patsy Grossenburg,worries about all those milesdriven in bad weather, poor cellphone reception and late nights.“He’s already been in one bad ac-cident, driving too fast on a gravelroad," she said. "He made a prom-ise to me that he wouldn’t everspeed again.”

She has her doubts about thatpromise, but no doubts that herson is in the right profession andthe right place.

“He loves being a parish priest.He has his frustrations, they alldo. But it’s rewarding work,” shesaid. “The one thing I would likepeople to understand is howpriests are spread so thin ... andhow long their days are. All thepriests in rural areas have missionparishes. It’s very time consum-ing.”

Each of Grossenburg’s threeparishes has its own feel and fla-vor, and Grossenburg reflectsthose differences in his Sundaysermons. No two are exactly thesame, because the people sitting inthe pews aren’t, either. The onething they all share is Grossen-burg.

“We’re used to it, I guess,” saidJess Carmichael of being a mis-sion parish. Bison hasn’t had aresidence priest in about 15 years,but the thriving congregation builta new church in 1991 and is ableto support itself, thanks in part toa generous endowment from theestate of a deceased parishioner.Dan Kvale, the physician’s assis-tant at the Bison Medical Clinic,moved his family to Bison, hisgrandparents’ hometown, eightyears ago because of the quality oflife it provided.“We tried to leave once, and wewere back within three months,” he said. “We love it here.”

While it would be an “addedperk” if the parish priest lived intown and could attend more schoolevents and community activities,Kvale is happy to be part of ahealthy parish in Bison.

St. Mary’s in Lemmon, with per-haps 150 families, is about twiceas large as Blessed Sacrament inBison, but it is a much olderparish demographic.

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Lemmon High School’s 2012graduating class of 31 includedeight students from St. Mary’s.

“I’m really going to miss thisgroup of seniors. They’re a faith-ful bunch. I mean, they’re kids, ofcourse, but they’ve been veryfaithful,” Grossenburg said.Unless the parish grows becauseof a recent influx of North Dakotaoil boom workers, some futureFirst Communion classes at St.Mary’s promise to contain just onechild.

“That’s not very good news for aparish this size,” he said.Cattleman Ed Lemmon had big-ger dreams for the town hefounded just across the NorthDakota border in 1907. Lemmon’spopulation peaked at nearly 3,000people in the 1950s, the decadeafter St. Mary’s was built to serveabout 350 families. The parishalso included a small Catholic ele-mentary school staffed by Bene-dictine sisters. The town wasbuilding lots of big churches backthen. The Lutherans built CalvaryLutheran in 1950, an impressiveGothic church of white stone justdown the street from St. Mary’s.

That growth would not con-tinue. The Catholic school closedin the 1960s and today Lemmonhas about 1,200 residents andGrossenburg is the sole occupantof a five-bedroom rectory.But it is Morristown, located mid-way between Lemmon andMcLaughlin, that may be theparish most threatened by thepossibility of closure if the dioceseis forced to consolidate moreparishes in the future.

“You’re just glad you’ve got apriest at all,” said Ron Tomac, aMorristown rancher who doesn’tlet long distances or bad weatherkeep him from Sunday Mass. IfSacred Heart Church closed,Tomac would be forced to add an-other 20 miles to either McLaugh-lin or Lemmon to his weekly trip.

He has made it to town for Masswhen the snow was so deep, plowscouldn’t clear the road to thechurch, so Mass was held in thelocal bar, instead. One other win-ter Sunday, when the temperaturewas well below zero and a churchfurnace went out, Grossenburgsaid Mass in his parka and wavedthe chalice in front of a propaneheater to thaw just enough sacra-mental wine for communion.

Brenda Even, a lector at SacredHeart, says it’s important forparishioners to keep in mind thatone priest can only do so much.Grossenburg covers hospital visitsin Hettinger, N.D., another 30miles north of Lemmon, and if heneeds to make a home pastoralvisit, some of his parishioners live75 miles away.

“He’s only one, and he’s onlyhuman,” Even said.Tomac and Even’s daughter, Mo-riah, were among the small groupof Morristown parishioners whostayed to chat with Grossenburgafter Mass on Mother’s Day.

“I like him,” said Moriah, 15.“He’s more welcoming than somestrait-laced priests.”Grossenburg’s calling to thepriesthood came as something of asurprise to him.

It certainly surprised his par-ents and his two younger broth-ers, Patsy Grossenburg said.“It did surprise us. We got a callfrom him when he was doing aseminary visitation,” she recalled.Grossenburg graduated fromCreighton University, with de-grees in political science and phi-losophy, fully expecting to go tolaw school and become an attor-ney like his father, Mick Grossen-burg. He dabbled in Catholic re-treats and ministries while atCreighton, but the priesthoodwasn’t really on his radar screenuntil Winner resident VickieCovey submitted his name toArchbishop Charles Chaput for

the Rapid City diocese’s “Called byName” priest recruitment cam-paign. Chaput is a former bishopof Rapid City.

“I’ve known his parents since wewere in high school. I knew thatTony has great values. His familywas always involved in the church,and his mother, particularly, wasunselfish in her volunteerism inthe church and in the community,”Covey said. “I just knew his fam-ily would support a vocation.”

Mick Grossenburg didn’t con-vert to the Catholic Church untilabout a year after his oldest sonbecame a priest, but Tony also wasinfluenced by the strong Catholicfaith of his maternal grandpar-ents, Emil and Myrtle Cahoy, whocreated their signature Cahoy pot-tery from the iron-rich soil of theirColome farm.“I remember visiting them at thefarm as a young child and fallingasleep to the sound of them pray-ing the rosary together in theirbedroom,” he said.

So did the example of longtimeWinner parish priest, the Rev. JoeZeller.

“It was something about theman. He wasn’t the most dynamicpreacher. He wasn’t even all thatfriendly. But it was super evidentthat he loved what he did. Thatmade a huge impression on me,”Grossenburg said.So did his first visit to the semi-nary.

“I called Mom from the semi-nary and told her where I was andall she said was, “Really?” he re-called. “I liked it. I really did,” hesaid. His first summer internshipwhile in the seminary was in Lem-mon.

He was ordained to the priest-hood 13 years ago, along with hisseminary classmate, the Rev.Brian Christensen, another dioce-san priest who puts in plenty ofwindshield time serving parishesin Timber Lake, Isabel and Trail

City. In addition to Lemmon,Grossenburg has also served inRapid City, Philip and McLauglin.“Growing up in Winner, I’m asmall town kid, anyway. I love thequiet, I love the peacefulness. Ilove the beauty of the prairie,” hesaid.

He also knows that, like thespiritual life, there is both beautyand tedium to be found there.“Sometimes, I’ll say a rosary, or I’lllisten to spiritual talks on CDwhile I drive. But there are othertimes when I’m just tired,” he said.

Standing for long periods whilesaying Mass aggravates his frag-ile health and his back pain, asdoes extended periods of driving,so he stops often to walk, hike orshoot photographs.

“The driving kills my back. I al-ways have my camera with me,"Grossenburg said. "I’ll stop and dosome pictures.”

But life as a rural clergymanhas its advantages, too -- likechurches that are left unlocked 24hours a day, seven days a week.“That’s the way a Catholic churchshould be – open 24 hours a day.

You can come in any time of theday or night and pray. I love that,”he said. “You want to come in andbe with Jesus? This place is un-locked. I love that.”

Among his other loves: finding aspiritual connection through gar-dening and saying Mass at theLemmon nursing home, evenwhen it is interrupted by a con-fused resident looking for the dailybingo game.

“I love my nursing home Mass,”Grossenburg said, even – maybeespecially -- when it is interruptedby residents looking for the dailybingo game. “There’s Jesus, com-ing right there, on a card table cov-ered with a white cloth. That’s in-credible.”

He admits to missing some cul-tural and entertainment opportu-nities available in Rapid City, butthat comes with the job, he said.“Part of being a priest is that yougo where you’re needed, whereGod wants you,” Grossenburgsaid.

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Fr. Tony Grossenburg celebrates mass at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Morristown onSunday, May 13, 2012. Grossenburg serves as the priest in the Lemmon, Bison and Morristownparishes.Photo Courtesy of Ryan Soderland

Fr. Tony Grossenburg, center, greets Levi Kling and his son,Coy, 11 months old, following the mass at the Sacred HeartCatholic Church in Morristown on Sunday, May 13,2012.Photo Courtesy of Ryan Soderland

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A total of 181 students were re-cently named to the DickinsonState University Spring 2012Dean's List. Included in the list isDarla Moody of Bison SD.In order to be selected to theDean's List, a student must haveachieved a minimum semestergrade-point average of 3.5 (on a4.0 scale) and have completed aminimum of 12 credits during thesemester.Dickinson State University is lo-cated in Dickinson, N.D., with apopulation of over 18,000. Dickin-son State University offers ap-proximately 60 programs to a di-verse student body.

Jamie Longbrake of Bison SDwas among the 115 students re-cently named to the DickinsonState University Spring 2012President's List.

In order to be selected to thePresident's List, a student musthave a minimum semester grade-point average of 3.9 (on a 4.0 scale)and have completed at least 12credits during the semester.

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Legal Notices The Bison Courier • Thursday, July 5, 2012 • Page 9

NOTICE OF SALE OFPERKINS COUNTY

SURPLUS REALPROPERTY

Notice is hereby given pursuant toSDCL 6-13-4, that the following prop-erties, acquired by Perkins Countythrough tax deed proceedings, havebeen declared surplus property byPerkins County and will be offered forsale to the highest bidder by sealed bidfor cash at 10:45 a.m. MDT on Tues-day, July 10, 2012, at the PerkinsCounty Courthouse in Bison, SD:

Legal Description, Appraised ValueConditionsLemmon Original, Block 13 Lot 16,City of Lemmon $5,500Roof repaired, Cleaned & mold re-moved, Bring up to city code within 90days

Lemmon Original, Block 7 S ? Lot 2 &all of Lot 3, City of Lemmon, $3000Bring to city codewithin 90 days

Sealed bids should be mailed or deliv-ered to: Perkins County Finance OfficeSylvia Chapman, Finance OfficerP.O. Box 126Bison, SD 57620

Bids must be received prior to the bidopening at 10:45 a.m. MDT. Bidderswill be allowed to orally raise their bidsat the opening and the County Re-serves the right to reject any and allbids. TERMS OF SALE:Cash at the time of acceptance of bid.Perkins County will transfer all rights,title and interests that Perkins Countyhas acquired via Quit Claim Deed tosuccessful bidder. Any announcementsmade at the bid opening will takeprecedence.

Dated this 19th day of June, 2012SYLVIA CHAPMANPerkins County Finance Officer[Published June 28 and July 5, 2012 ata total approximate cost of $38.99.]

Notice to Bidders

Perkins County is now accepting bidsfor Waste Tire Removal and Process-ing. Sealed bids may be submitted tothe Perkins County Finance Office, POBox 126, Bison, SD 57620 until 10:15a.m. on July 10, 2012. Bids will bepublicly opened and read aloud at thePerkins County Commissioner meet-ing at 10:30 a.m. Perkins County re-serves the right to reject any or allbids, waive technicalities and makeaward(s) as deemed in the best inter-est of Perkins County.

[Published June 28 and July 5, 2012at a total approximate cost of $11.70.]

LEGAL NOTICE

The Board of Directors of WesternSouth Dakota Community Action, Inc.are seeking candidates interested inserving as the Low Income representa-tive for Perkins County.

Western SD Community Action, Inc. isa non-profit corporation governed by aforty-two (42) member Board of Direc-tors representing (3) sectors: low-in-come people, civic groups within thecommunity and each of the fourteen(14) county boards of government.

The primary purpose of the CAPagency is to focus local, state, regionaland national resources on developingeffective ways of assisting low-incomepeople. To accomplish this, WesternSD Community Action, Inc. operatesweatherization, garden programs,summer youth programs, necessitypantry programs, employment assis-tance, educational supply programs,emergency food and commodity proj-ects, homeless programs, communityfood pantries and clothing centers.

Low-income persons seeking to beelected are required to have five (5) lowincome persons over eighteen (18)years of age sign a petition. Non lowincome persons wishing to representlow-income people are required to haveten (10) low income persons over eight-een (18) sign a petition.

Persons at least eighteen (18) years ofage seeking to be a Board low-incomerepresent-ative can obtain petitionsfrom Rose Swan, 1844 LombardyDrive, Rapid City, SD 57703. Phone:(605) 348-1460 or out of Rapid City(800) 327-1703.

Petitions are to be submitted to West-ern SD Community Action, Inc., 1844Lombardy Drive, Rapid City, SD 57703by Friday, July 13, 2012 at 4:30 PM.If you have any questions please con-tact Western SD Community Action,Inc., 1844 Lombardy Drive, Rapid City,SD 57703. Phone: (605) 348-1460 orout of Rapid City (800) 327-1703[Published June 28 and July 5, 2012 ata total approximate cost of $39.66.]

LEGAL NOTICE

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

If your organization is interested inrepresenting your county on ourBoard, please send us a letter and ap-propriate organizational minutes byFriday, July 13, 2012 at 4:30 PM.

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

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

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

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

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BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETING

DATE: June 26, 2012 TIME HELD:10:15 a.m. KIND OF MEETING: Spe-cial WHERE HELD: School GroundsMEMBERS PRESENT: Beckman, Ar-neson, Kvale MEMBERS ABSENT:Hershey, Besler OFFICERS ANDOTHERS PRESENT: Supt. Kraemer,Assistant Business Manager Johnson,Angie Thompson, Pat Sigler, TarinaKopren, Christi Ryen

Discussion and review of proposedshop building.

Adjourned at 11:15 a.m.

Dan Kvale, ChairmanColette Johnson, Ass’t Bus. Mgr.

[Published July 5, 2012 at a total ap-proximate cost of $9.10.]

BISON SCHOOLBOARD AGENDA

ANNUAL MEETINGAND

BUDGET HEARING

July 9, 2012, 7:00 pm

1. Pledge of Allegiance – 2. Call to Order – 3. Consent Agenda –

a. Approve Agendab. Minutesc. Financial Reports

4. Approval of Claims – 5. Delegations – 6. Senior Class Request – 7. Supplemental Budget – 8. Contingency Transfers – 9. Close Senior Class Account – 10. Approve Contracts – 11. Approve Bus Contract – Contractwith Gene Smith for student trans-portation to and from school.12. Advertise for Milk bids --13. Medical Insurance Request --14. Adjournment of 2011-2012 SchoolDistrict Fiscal Year –15. Business Manager will reconvenethe meeting, and administer oath of of-fice to new board members and Busi-ness Manager. Business Manager willconduct election of Board President.16. The New Board President will pre-side over election of Vice President andthe remainder of the meeting.17. Designation of:

a. Official Newspaper – b. Bank Depositories – c. Temporary Business Manager – (inabsence of Business Manager)d. Official Signatories – (on GeneralFund, Capital Outlay Fund, SpecialEducation Fund, School Lunch Fundand Trust & Agency Fund)e. Authorize Business Manager – to de-posit and invest all funds in the bestinterest of the Bison School District, inthe designated depositories.f. Official place and time of monthlyBoard of Education Meetingsg. Administrator and Authorized Rep-resentative – School Lunch Programh. Official Signatory and Custodian –Trust & Agency Accountsi.School Lunch Accountants – j. School Lunch Hearing Official – k. Homeless Liaison Official – l. Set School Lunch Prices – m. Set Gate admission – single admis-sion & season passesn. Adopt State Rates – for staff reim-bursements18. Budget Discussion – 19. BUDGET HEARING – 8:00 pm20. Second Reading/ Approval – ParentInvolvement Policy for ElementarySchool (Title I)21. School Credit Card –22. Set substitute teacher pay and ac-tivity bus driver pay – 23. Declare Library Books Surplus –declared surplus according to libraryprotocol24. School Lunch Contract – to providemeals for Badlands Head Start25. Northwest Area Schools SpecialEducation Cooperative report – DanBeckman26. Superintendent Report – DonKraemer27. Executive Session, for personnel orstudent matters (if needed) – 28. Ad-journment –

Next meeting: August 13, 2012 at 7:00pm [Published July 5, 2012 at a total ap-proximate cost of $30.22.]

For Sale

House For Sale in Bison, SD. 3bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home with 2car attached garage plus a 1 carunattached garage. Option to buyEast Lots with a 16 x 42 shed. Formore information call Kevin orLinda, Home 605-244-7225 or Cell605-484-7648

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For Rent

For rent: Homestead Heights lo-cated in Bison, S.D., has a one andtwo bedroom apartment available.Homestead Heights is a low-in-come elderly and disabled Section8 HUD (Housing and Urban De-velopment) housing facility. Weare smoke free. Energy Assistanceis available for those who qualify.Utilities are included in the rent.Homestead Heights is an equalhousing opportunity. For more in-formation, please call (605) 244-5473.

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Thank You

The family of Judith “Judy” Buerwould like to take this time tothank each and everyone whohelped us through this difficulttime.A special thank you to the follow-ing: Greg and Matt of EvansonJensen Funeral Home for theguidance in planning the servicesfor Mom/Grandma; Indian Creek

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

AUCTIONS

BLACK HILLS OF WYOMING Ab-solute Land Auction, 320 WestonCounty acres. Monday, July 16,2012. Scenic & productive. Hunters& horseman’s paradise! Details atwww.bradeenauction.com 603-673-2629.

LARGE ESTATE CONSTRUCTIONEquipment Auction. Marvin LoutEstate. Saturday, July 21, 9am, Ab-erdeen, SD,w w w . m a n d r a u c t i o n . c o m ,www.sdauctions.com, M&R Auc-tions, Gary 605-769-1181, Lewis,605-281-1067, Sam 605-769-0088,Home 605-948-2333.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

NEED MONEY TO PAY off bills orjust for summer fun?? Sell Avon!Work from home. Earn 40% on yourfirst 4 orders. 1-877-454-9658.

LOOMIX® FEED SUPPLEMENTSis seeking dealers. Motivated indi-viduals with cattle knowledge andcommunity ties. Contact Bethany at800-870-0356 /[email protected] to find outif there is a dealership opportunityin your area.

EDUCATION

MEDICAL OFFICE TRAINEESNEEDED! Train to become a Med-ical Office Assistant at SC Training!No experience needed! Job place-ment after online training! HSdiploma/GED & PC/Internet needed!1-888-926-7884.

EMPLOYMENT

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SouthDakota Public Assurance Alliance(SDPAA) - Duties include providingadministrative leadership, imple-menting and monitoring policies,marketing, financial analysis, ven-dor management, program develop-ment and serving as board andmember liaison. Executive level ex-perience in risk management, multi-line insurance, alternative risk fi-nancing, reinsurance negotiations,and service delivery to the govern-mental community and within pool-ing environment are desirable. Astrong academic background is re-quired, including preferably an ad-vanced degree. For a complete posi-tion description visithttp://www.sdpaa.org . Submit yourresume and references, no later thanJuly 15, 2012 to: Mary Wray, WillisConsultant to [email protected].

FACTORY CERTIFIED TECHNEEDED: Starting salary:$25/hour; extra training available.Medical/retirement benefits. ContactDon or Craig Burns, Philip Motor, 1-800-859-5557.

THE CITY OF MOBRIDGE is ac-cepting applications for an AssistantChief of Police (Captain). Applicantmust have completed StandardizedLaw Enforcement training throughthe state of SD Division of CriminalInvestigation or it’s Equivalent alsoaccepting applications for a full-timepolice officer. Certified applicantspreferred, but not required. Salary isbased on experience and qualifica-tions. Closing Date: July 11th, 2012.Resume and application may be sentto: Chief Jungwirth, Mobridge PoliceDepartment, 110 1st Ave East, Mo-bridge, SD 57601. Applications maybe picked up at the Mobridge PoliceDepartment, Mobridge City Hall,The SD Department of Labor andRegulation orwww.mobridgepolice.org. EOE.

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST OPEN-

ING for Northwest Area Schools Ed-ucation Cooperative in NW SouthDakota. Competitive wage, excellentbenefits, vehicle provided. ContactCris Owens at 605-466-2206 [email protected].

CUSTER REGIONAL SENIORCARE, Custer Regional Hospitaland Custer Clinic are accepting ap-plications for dedicated, caring staffto join our team. We have full andpart time RN, LPN and Aide posi-tions available. We offer excellentbenefits and competitive wages. Formore information please call 605-673-2229 ext. 110 or log ontowww.regionalhealth.com to apply.EEOC/AA.

TEACHER/COACH - Lake PrestonSchool District, High School SocialScience and Math teacher w/coach-ing, (GBB, VB, FB) opened 6-25-12,closes 7-10-12, Contact: Tim Casper,Supt, Lake Preston School District,300 1st St. [email protected], 605-847-4455.

MEAT DEPARTMENT MANAGER:Strong 8 store grocery chain seekinga friendly energetic individual to runone of our meat departments in Mis-sion, South Dakota. We offer astrong base salary, health insuranceand 401-K. Two years meat depart-ment management experience re-quired. Send resume to: PersonnelManager, Box 86, Mission, SD 57555or fax to 605-734-6644.

FOR SALE

KIDSWEAR AT 40%-60% BELOWWHOLESALE! Huge manufactur-ers clearance on name brandkidswear. Visitwww.magickidsusa.com or call 1-888-225-9411 for free catalog. Men-tion discount code MK94335.

NOTICES

ADVERTISE IN NEWSPAPERSstatewide for only $150.00. Put theSouth Dakota Statewide ClassifiedsNetwork to work for you today! (25words for $150. Each additionalword $5.)Call this newspaper or 800-658-3697for details.

OTR & DRIVER OPPORTUNITY:DRIVERS - $1000 SIGN-ONBONUS. *HOME WEEKLY *Mustbe Canadian eligible. *2500+ milesweekly *$0.42 for all Canadian miles*$50 border crossing pay *95% notarp (888) 691-5705.

STEEL BUILDINGS

STEEL BUILDINGS - FACTORYDIRECT: 40x80, 50x100, 62x120,70x150, 80x200, Must liquidateSummer deliveries. Limited supply.Call Trever 1-888-782-7040.

Ladies Aid for the refreshmentsfollowing the service; Pastor Joefor the comforting words at herservice and special care for thepast years; Pete, Pam, and ToddBuer for the beautiful music pro-vided at the service and cemetery;Wade Peterson, and the Legionstaff for the delicious lunch follow-ing the family service and theLemmon Lodge for providing thesocial room; Special family friend,Larry Bergh for organizing thefamily service and his continuedsupport; The staff and residents ofGood Samaritan Nursing Homefor the excellent service and careof Mom/Grandma at her new homefor the past 3 1/2 years; For all thecards, memorials, flowers andphone calls given to the family. Wefeel blessed to live in such a closeand caring community.

The loving family of Judy Buer

We would like to sincerely thankthe Bison and Meadow fire de-partments and all the volunteersand neighbors for the quick re-sponse to the fire on our place lastTuesday. Thank you for all of yourhelp!

Shane, Angie, Justin, and WilKolb

Tim and Terry Obrigewitch

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A Must See!! So nice, so cute, somany updates. Remodeledkitchen, wonderful master bed-room loft. One nice affordablehome. $89,900

Golf Course, 2 acres beautifulhome! Doesn’t get much betterthan this. Large home with newwindows, metal siding, new appli-ances and updated modern motif.Sprinkler system and so muchmore.This home is one to see!$285,000

Motivated Seller - Price Re-duced -…This is Nice! Greathome, ranch style, large masterbedroom,walk-in closet, masterbath, large open basement,won-derful kitchen & dining. Great lo-cation and priced to move at$169,900.00

Beautifully Maintained Town-house! 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath,great neighborhood close to middleschool, walking path, playgroundin commons area. Wonderful openfloor plan. Nice private patio.$132,500

One blistering sunburn in

childhood, or five in a lifetime

doubles the risk of melanoma skin

cancer.

The South Dakota StockgrowersAssociation and the South

Dakota Cattlewomen are cur-rently accepting applications for a$1,000 scholarship in memory ofGuy Ham. The scholarship isavailable to any South Dakota stu-dent having completed at least oneyear of post-secondary educationand pursuing a career in an agri-culture or agri-business relatedfield.

This $1,000 scholarship is madepossible by the generosity and giftof the Guy E. Ham Beef IndustryScholarship in memory of GuyHam and his commitment to thefuture of the agriculture industryin South Dakota.

Application information and de-tails can be found by visitingwww.southdakotastockgrowers.org or by contacting the SD Stock-growers Assoc. at 605-342-0429.Applications will be accepted untilAugust 1, 2012 and the scholar-ship will be awarded during theStockgrowers Annual Conventionon September 22.

Donations to the Guy E. HamBeef Industry Scholarship aregratefully accepted by the SDStockgrowers Association for thepurpose of continuing this scholar-ship program. Please contact theSouth Dakota Stockgrowers Asso-ciation if you would like to make acontribution to this scholarship.

Stockgrowers & SD Cattlewomen Accepting Applications for Scholarship

Dangerous Foods forDogs and Cats

Salty Snacks: Sharing too manysalty snacks with your pet cancause excessive thirst and urina-tion, and lead to sodium ion poi-soning. Symptoms of too muchsalt include: vomiting, diarrhea,tremors, fever, seizures, and evendeath.Chocolate: Chocolate can be fatalfor both dogs and cats. If an ani-mal eats chocolate, it can causevomiting, diarrhea, abnormalheart rhythm, tremors, seizures,and death. Chocolate has a toxicagent in it that animals can not di-gest. The worst types of chocolatefor a dog or cat to consume is darkchocolate and unsweetened bak-ing chocolate.Candy: Candy can dramaticallydrop an animal’s blood sugar,which can cause liver failure. If adog or cat eats candy initial symp-toms can include vomiting,lethargy, and seizures.