94 84 21910September 19, 2012South Dakotans should beaware of
the risk of Hantavirus astemperatures cool off and rodentsmove
indoors, says a state healthofficial.Hantavirus is caused by avirus
carried by rodents. It can re-sult in Hantavirus PulmonarySyndrome,
which fills the lungswith fluid and can lead to respira-tory
failure. Deer mice are theprimary carriers of the virus thatcauses
the disease. Routine rodent control meas-ures are particularly
importantthis time of year as rodents lookto move inside, said Dr.
LonKightlinger, State Epidemiologistfor the Department of
Health.The risk for Hantavirus isstatewide and year round. It
canhappen wherever there are ro-dent-infested buildings.People get
infected when theybreathe in aerosolized virus fromthe droppings,
urine or saliva ofmice. Symptoms usually appearwithin two to four
weeks of expo-sure and include fatigue, a feverof 101-104, muscle
aches, cough,vomiting and diarrhea. Seek med-ical care immediately
if you havefever, deep muscle aches, and se-vere shortness of
breath after ex-posure to mice.South Dakota has reported 15cases of
Hantavirus and fivedeaths since 1993 when the dis-ease was first
detected, includingone death earlier this year. Morethan 570 cases
have been re-ported in the U.S. since 1993, in-cluding a cluster of
nine cases thissummer at Yosemite NationalPark in California that
has re-sulted in three deaths.To control mice and preventHantavirus
infection:Seal gaps around roofs, attics,basements, windows, doors,
foun-dations, vents, air conditioners,under sinks and other
pipes.Set traps where you findmice, nesting materials, urine
ordroppings.Wear rubber or plastic glovesto clean up dead mice or
theirdroppings.Farmers State Bank today an-nounced a new initiative
to bringfinancial literacy education tohigh school students in the
Faithcommunity by providing themwith access to the EverFi
Finan-cial Literacy Platform. This web-based program uses the
latest innew media technologies video,animations, 3-D gaming,
avatars,and social networking to bringcomplex financial concepts to
lifefor todays digital generation.Through the EverFi
platform,students will become certified inover 600 topics in
financial educa-tion, allowing them to becomemore informed,
responsible citi-zens. Farmers State Bank haspartnered with EverFi,
Inc. tobring the interactive financialmanagement program to
thesehigh school students at no cost tothe school.The 10-unit
course offers 6hours of programming aimed atteaching, assessing and
certifyingstudents in a variety of financialtopics including credit
scores, in-surance, credit cards, studentloans, mortgages, taxes,
stocks,savings, 401Ks, and other criticalconcepts that map to
naional fi-nancial literacy standards. Theplatform uniquely tracks
theprogress and score of every stu-dent and provides students
whosuccessfully complete the coursewith Certification in
FinancialLiteracy, a valuable mark of dis-tinction on college
applicationsand resumes. EverFi is the leading educationtechnology
platform company toteach, assess, and certify studentsin critical
skills including Finan-cial Literacy, Student Loan Man-agement,
Digital Literacy, andHealth and Wellness. The com-pany is already
powering a na-tional movement in 50 states thatenables students to
learn usingthe latest technology, includingrich media, gaming,
high-defini-tion video, and simulations.EverFi teams with major
corpora-tions and foundations to providethe programs at no cost
toschools. To date, more than 3 mil-lion students have
completedEverFi learning platforms. Learnmore about EverFi
atwww.everfi.comFor more information, contactMorris Gustafson,
President,Farmers State Bank, Faith, SD,605-967-2191.Spray dead
mice, urine ordroppings with a disinfectant or amixture of 1 cups
householdbleach and 1 gallon of water. Soakfor 5 minutes, wipe up
with apaper towel and put everything ina plastic bag and seal. Put
in asecond bag and seal that as well.Clean the area with a
disin-fectant or bleach solution. Don'tuse vacuum cleaners or
brooms,since they can create aerosols.Continued on Page 2Wash
gloved hands with soap andwater and wash again after tak-ing off
gloves.Keep your house and yardfree of junk and rubbish to
limitfood sources and nesting sites formice. Use thick plastic or
metalcontainers with tight lids forgarbage and for storing pet
food.Learn more about Hantavirusand its prevention athttp: / / doh.
sd. gov/
hantavirusorhttp://www.cdc.gov/hantavirus/index.html.Morris M.
Gustafson and Jami Delbridge ... representatives of Farmers State
Bank, joinedMrs. Fischbachs Personal Finance class on Monday for
the kick off of the EverFi online financial literacyprogram.
Farmers State Bank has made a commitment to sponsor this program
for Faith High School stu-dents for a three year period. Courtesy
photoFarmers State Bank empowers highschool students to make
informedfinancial decisions throughinnovative web-based
programHealth Department offersrecommendations for preventing
HantavirusHomecoming Royalty ... King Caden Smiley and Queen
AshleyDrum were crowned at Coronation Tuesday, Sept. 11th.Photo by
Marcia SamuelsonFaith will be the host site forthe Little Moreau
Conference Vol-leyball Tournament this Satur-day at the Community
Center.Faith will play Tiospaye Topaand Bison will play Lemmon
inthe first games at 9:00 AM. Tim-ber Lake will take on Dupree
andHarding County vs McIntosh forthe second round. There will betwo
courts going on a rollingschedule throughout the tourna-ment. This
is a good time to watchsome good volleyball. Go cheer onthe Lady
Longhorns.Little Moreau Conference Tournament here SaturdayPage 2
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this publication, in whole orpart, without the written consent of
the publishers.Obituary"As you get older, your im-mune system gets
weaker andyou become more susceptible tothe flu virus, so get your
flu shotsearly - before this year's outbreakbegins later this
month," cau-tioned Dan Weber, president ofthe Association of Mature
Ameri-can Citizens.Weber pointed out that "it isliterally a matter
of life and deathfor older Americans, particularlythose over 65."
He cited the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC),
which reports thatsome 36,000 Americans die eachyear from the flu
and that seniorsaccount for 90% of those deaths.The flu season
starts in lateSeptember and early October, butit takes about two
weeks for thevaccine to become fully effective.So, Weber urges
older Americansto get their shots as early as pos-sible, noting
that the vaccine isfully covered by Medicare."Set an appointment
with yourfamily doctor to get vaccinated assoon as this year's
batch of serumis available or go to the 'Flu NearYou'
Websitehttps://flunearyou.org/ to find lo-cations by Zip Code where
thevaccine will be available."Meanwhile, the AMAC chiefsuggested,
"take precautions suchas limiting contact with friendsand relations
who may be show-ing symptoms of illness likecoughing and sneezing.
And, besure to wash your hands thor-oughly after excursions that
in-volve mingling in crowded publicspaces and after riding
publictransit systems."Weber pointed out that thoseFaith Community
Health CenterDOCTOR SCHEDULEVerna Schad, CNP . . . . . . . .Call
for schedulePeggy OConnor, CNP . . . .Call for scheduleDAVID
ROLLASON, PA . . . . . . . . . .THURSDAYSOffice Hours 8:00
AM-5:00PM MondayFridayFor appointments call:605-967-2644
or1-800-584-7668Lifelong Meade Countyrancher and former county
com-missioner, James Rue (Jimmie)Reed passed away in Sturgis, SDon
Sept. 16, 2012 due to complica-tions from heart failure. He wasborn
July 3, 1926 at home in theoriginal log house at the ReedRanch on
Brushie Creek, SD toJames G. and Hannah DoerflerReed, the fifth of
seven children.The attending midwife, neighborJulia McCabe, later
became hisgrandmother-in-law.Jim began his education innearby
country schools, attendedFaith High School for three yearsand
graduated from Sturgis HighSchool in 1945, and was immedi-ately
drafted into the US Army.He served in Germany for a yearand was
honorably discharged in1946.Home on leave, Jim marriedPeggy Robbins
on Oct 27, 1945.They ranched on Brushie Creek,and raised five
children before re-locating to the Sturgis area in1988.Jim loved
his family and en-joyed spending time with hisgrandchildren,
neighbors andfriends.His palomino horses were alifelong joy. He
also valued pre-serving the pioneer heritage, in-cluding passing on
the skills ofhis father and grandfather totrain and drive a six
horse freighthitch with a jerk-line.He served on several state
andlocal government boards includ-ing the Meade County Commis-sion
for 12 years, the SouthDakota State Brand board, theSouth Dakota
State Weed andPest Board, and the SouthDakota Commission of School
andPublic Lands. He held numerousoffices as a lifetime member,
in-cluding president of SouthDakota Farm Bureau; also, as alifelong
member of the FaithUnited Methodist Church, heserved in many roles,
includingleadership of the Church Councilduring the construction of
newchurch building in early 1980's.He is survived by his wife of
al-most 67 years Evelyn M. (Peggy)Robbins Reed; his five
children,Cynthia Reed (Marc) Lamphere,Miles (Wendy) Reed,
Ethane(Donna) Reed, Jason (Susie)Reed, Judd (Shirley) Reed; his
sis-ters Opal Reed Burton and Dar-lene Reed Stovall, 9
grand-children, 6 great-grandchildrenand numerous nieces,
nephewsand cousins. He was preceded indeath by his grandparents,
par-ents, four siblings, John Bennett,Richard, Elsie, and Riley,
and onegranddaughter, Janel.Funeral services were held at 7p.m.
Tuesday, September 18,2012 at the Kinkade FuneralChapel in Sturgis
with PastorGordon Higgins and Pastor PaulSmith officiating.A second
service will be at 1:30p.m. Wednesday, September 19,at the First
United MethodistChurch in Faith with Pastor Hig-gins and Pastor
Smith officiating.Burial follows at the Faith Ceme-tery.A memorial
has been estab-lished to the First UnitedMethodist Church in
Faith.Condolences may be sent to thefamily
atwww.kinkadefunerals.comJames Jimmie ReedAMAC urges seniors to get
flu shots earlywho wind up getting the flu thisyear have recourse.
There are an-tiviral drugs available to treat theillness,
particularly if you actquickly, he said.The World Health
Organiza-tion reports that flu vaccines canbe up to 90 percent
effective inpreventing illness and that itslashes influenza death
rates byas much as 80 percent."There is no need for anyone torisk
infection. The vaccine iswidely available throughout thecountry and
free for those onMedicare. And for those olderAmericans who are not
oldenough for Medicare, many com-munities offer free and/or low
costvaccinations. The shots don'thurt, but the flu can be
downrightdeadly," Weber said.BISON The annual District1 Fall
Convention of the SouthDakota American Legion will beheld Saturday,
September 22,2012 in Bison for Legionnairesfrom Butte, Harding,
Lawrence,Meade, Corson, Dewey, Perkinsand Ziebach counties.The
Legion business sessionwill begin at 1:30 p.m. in theBison American
Legion PostHome. A Joint Meeting with Le-gion and Auxiliary will be
at 1p.m. and a social will be from11:00 12:00 with lunch to
followat 12:00 noon. State Commander Byron Cal-lies of Watertown
will conduct themeeting and will outline his Ifyou build it, they
will come pro-gram for the 2012-2013 AmericanLegion year. State
CommanderCallies will be assisted by StateAdjutant Dennis Brenden
of Wa-tertown and State MembershipChairman Royce Loesch of
Pierre.The District 1 Auxiliary willhold its convention meeting
at1:30 p.m. the same day in theREA meeting room.Annual American
Legion District 1 Fall ConventionFifteen outstanding womenhave been
nominated by theircommunities to be honored at theSpirit of Dakotas
26th Anniver-sary Celebration and AwardBanquet. They are Dr.
ConnieAllen, Springfield; Prudy Calvin,Watertown; Darcie Decker,
RapidCity; Caroline Fuhrer, PA, Scot-land; Kathie Gerstner,
Yankton;Beth Hottel, Rapid City; IreanJordon, Faith; Gayle
Kocer,Martin; Irma LeFaive, Ft Pierre;Mary J. Milroy, M.D.,
Yankton;Margie Peters, Murdo; MargaretSmith Pier, Pierre; Cheryl
Ron-deau Bassett, Wilmot; MarjorieThoelke, Britton; & Mary
Wien-bar, Iroquois.South Dakotas premierwomans award will be
presentedSaturday, October 6th at theHuron Event Center.The award
is given to a womanwho has demonstrated vision,courage and strength
of characterin the development of her family,community and/or
state.All 15 women will be given dis-tinguished recognition
through-out the many activities plannedincluding the tea in the
afternoonin the historic home of Brian &Roz Crabb, an art show
open tothe public in the lobby of theHuron Event Center from 2
to6:30 pm, a 5:30 social, and 6:30banquet.The winner receives an
indi-vidually created framed bronzeoval with the pioneer
womansculpted by Dale Lamphere andmodeled after his nine foot
sculp-ture that stands outside theCrossroads Hotel. Each
nomineewill receive a picture of herselftaken with the statue, a
corsagefeaturing a Spirit of Dakota pinand a booklet of her
nomination.Tickets for the banquet may bepurchased at the Huron
ChamberOffice: 605-352-0000 or 1-800-487-6673.Spirit Of Dakota
announces 26th Anniversary nomineesSeptember 19, 2012 The Faith
Independent Page 3Welcome the Fall weatherwith our newest
PumpkinWheat Shock Top &Michelob AmberbockWe have Halloween
&Fall decorations and candyVilas Pharmacies &Healthcare
StoresAll your hometown needs!Main St., Faith SD605-967-2123 or Fax
605-967-2910Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 8:30 AM5:30 PMInterpreting the ACTA
few weeks ago, SouthDakota received its average ACTscores for the
2011-2012 schoolyear.The ACT is a college entranceexam taken
traditionally by 10th,11th, or 12th graders. It meas-ures students
in four areas: math-ematics, science and reasoning,English, and
reading comprehen-sion. In each of the four subjectareas, South
Dakota studentsoutpaced the national average,just as we have for
each of thepast five years.A few things should be notedabout
comparing South DakotasACT scores to others nationally.First, not
all students take theACT. The proportion of studentsin each state
who take the testvaries widely, from as few as 9percent of
graduates in Maine to100 percent in several states.That leads to
some apples-to-oranges comparisons amongstates. For example, the 9
percentin Maine are likely top studentswho are planning to attend
out-of-state colleges. That would driveMaines average ACT
scorehigher. Conversely, states with100 percent participation in
theACT could expect their scores tobe true average scores of all
grad-uates. In South Dakota, 81 per-cent of our high school
graduatestake the ACT the fourth-highestamong states that do not
requirethe test.A second note should be madethat the science and
reasoningtest does not test knowledge of bi-ology, chemistry,
physics, or anyother natural science. Instead, ittests students
abilities to readcharts and graphs, and to use rea-soning in
solving problems.The best, most valid informa-tion that the ACT
gives a statelike South Dakota is a compari-son to itself,
historically. It is avaluable thing in policymaking tobe able to
see the gains, losses, orstagnations in outcomes overtime.The ACT
assessment hastested the same content since1986, giving South
Dakota a reli-able, consistent tool to measureour progress and keep
us account-able over the years. It may not bethe perfect test, but
it is acceptedas valid by higher education insti-tutions to gauge
college admis-sion and is therefore a valuablemeasure for students
as well.In 1986, South Dakotas com-posite ACT score was 21.7, and
ithas remained remarkably flatsince then. It dipped as low as 21and
edged up as high as 22, buthas not shown steady gains orlosses over
the past 26 years.This year, South Dakotas av-erage composite score
is 21.8, ex-actly the same as the past threeyears. In other words,
the knowl-edge and achievement of our stu-dents is still good, but
it is notimproving in the short or longerterms. The national
average com-posite score is 21.1. We must always look for waysto
improve outcomes in education,ways to improve student
achieve-ment.I expect every department ofstate government to be
account-able for the money it spends, sowe know that taxpayer
dollarsare being spent in a way that ben-efits the people of South
Dakota.We should always continue tostrive for greater achievement
ineducation. We have a good bench-mark and a good historical
refer-ence, now we must find themeans to improve.Gov. Daugaards
ColumnSenior Senior Citizens Citizens Menu MenuThe Faith Booster
Club presented Athletic Director, DougSchauer, with a check for
$1,000 during 1/2 time of the football gameFriday night. This money
is to go toward new uniforms for CrossCountry and Track & Field
for both girls and boys.Photo by Marcia SamuelsonA registration
gift, a free meal,excellent entertainment and achance to win a $500
cash prizeawaits all those who attend theWest River Cooperative
Tele-phone Companys (WRCTC) An-nual Meeting on Monday,
October1st!This years Annual Meetingwill be held at West Rivers
Ware-house in Bison, SD. Registrationwill begin at 4:30 p.m.; the
pan-cake and sausage supper will fol-low at 5:00 p.m.; the
businessmeeting will start at 6:00 p.m.and entertainment will
follow at7:30 p.m.During the business meeting,members will hear
reports on theCooperatives business for 2011and elect three
directors.Capital Credits will be re-turned to those members who
re-ceived telephone service fromWRCTC in 2000 and 2011.
Thosemembers who are unable to at-tend the meeting will
receivetheir checks by mail.This years entertainment willbe
provided by the Deuces Wild!Dueling Pianos. David Eichholzand Ted
Manderfeld are a pair ofself-taught pianists from Min-nesota. Their
Dueling Piano actdefies all expectations and expe-riences in a
dueling piano show.Dave and Ted take you on a vari-ety class act
adventure, wherethe audience paves the way to awild and zany
performance. Com-pletely customized for each venueand audience, the
show dares togo where you take it with comedy,music, and a whole
lot of improv.Members attending the AnnualMeeting will also have a
chanceto win one of the numerous doorprizes that will be given
awayduring the meeting. At 6:00 p.m.,one lucky individual will have
achance to play PLINKO andwin up to $100 cash!Mark your calendar
today andmake plans to attend your Coop-eratives Annual Meeting
onMonday, October 1st.West River Coopertive TelephoneCompanys
annual meetingAll meals served with milk andbread. Menu subject to
changewithout notice.Wed., Sept. 19: HungarianGoulash, Corn OBrian,
LimeJello w/ Mandarin Oranges, Oat-meal Fruit MuffinThur., Sept.
20: Pork Chopw/Celery Sauce, Baked BrownRice, Broccoli, Cranberry
Sauce,Fruity SlawFri., Sept. 21: Chicken &Dressing, Baked
Squash, HarvestBeets, Jello w/Fruit CocktailMon., Sept. 24:
Hamburger onBun, Hash Browns, Baked Beans,Tomato Slices on Lettuce,
PearsTue., Sept 25: Turkey AlaKing, Mashed Potatoes, Peas,Lime
Perfection Salad, OrangeWed., Sept. 26: Sweet & SourPork, Oven
Baked Brown Rice,Steamed Broccoli, ApricotsThur., Sept. 27:
Meatloaf,Parslied Potatoes, Baked Squash,Apple Juice, Chocolate
PuddingFri., Sept. 28: Breaded BakedFish, Company Potatoes,
StewedTomatoes, Tropical FruitMoving?Notify the Faith Independent
of yourchange of address before moving or asquickly as possible,
soas not to miss a single issue.#99, Marty Shaff clears the way for
#5, Cody Trainor, during Friday night's game. The Faith Long-horns
won the game against the Edgemont Moguls with the score of 52 - 0.
Photo by Marcia SsamuelsonPage 4 September 19, 2012 The Faith
IndependentFaith NewsBy Loretta PassoltCentral Meade County NewsBy
Sandy RhodenMarcus News By Vicky WaterlandAfter a nice Saturday and
Sun-day, the underlying thoughts ofthe drought have gone from
con-cerning to serious. The smell ofsmoke and a thin haze in the
airseems to be more the norm thanour typical clear, blue skies.Dams
can be seen from highway34 shrinking away, trimmed inwhite alkali
with each passingday. We continue to pray for rainin Central Meade
County.Caden Smiley was crownedHomecoming King at the FaithHigh
School coronation last week.He is the son of Rick and Joy Smi-ley.
What impressed the fullhouse the most was his song thathe
accompanied himself to withthe guitar entitled "Don't Blink".The
song was fitting and he did avery fine job of singing it.
PaigeBrink, daughter of Casey andFrancie Brink was a part
ofhomecoming royalty. AshleyDrum of Faith was crownedHomecoming
Queen. The Faithfootball team won their gameagainst Edgemont as did
the vol-leyball girls who defeated Kadokaon Saturday.Brandi Enright
won the girlsJV 3,000 meter race at the WallInvitation Cross County
Meet onSept. 8. She had a great start andled the entire race. There
werenine schools participating. TheFaith team competed in
Gettys-burg on Saturday.Many businesses, includingthe Sturgis
Chamber of Com-merce, hosted a good crowd ofMeade County ranchers
on Satur-day night at the annual Ag Ban-quet. It was held at the
city ar-mory in Sturgis where a goodmeal of beef, potatoes and
fixingswere served. Chase Adams wasthe MC for the evening and
theSturgis FFA was on hand to servedrinks and such to guests.
Astreet dance was held afterwardson Main Street where the
calm,comfortable temperatures pro-vided a wonderful atmosphere.Some
stayed inside to play cards.This event typically takes placeduring
February, but for manythis was a much more enjoyabletime of year
for the banquet.Becky Isrealson and her hus-band visited the
Community Bap-tist Church in Union Center onSunday. Becky, who has
been bat-tling leukemia, just wanted topay a visit to a church that
hasbeen praying for her and support-ing her through her journey.
Itwas wonderful for the congrega-tion to hear her words of
thanksand encouragment.The annual Sunday SchoolConvention will be
held on Sept.30 at the Opal Church. Registra-tion is at 9:30 a.m.
The Commu-nity Baptist Church in UnionCenter will not be holding
serv-ices that day.As a reminder on Friday andSaturday, September
21-22, theBadger Clark Hometown CowboyStories and Songs will be
takingplace in Hot Springs at Wooly'swhich is located at the truck
by-pass. Bev Hudson went to SturgisFriday afternoon to meet
herclassmates for an evening of sup-per and visiting. They are
busyplanning for their class reunionnext fall.Tucker and Bev
Hudson, Arlieand Gretchen Radway and DeanWink attended the Ag
banquet inSturgis Saturday evening. Verygood meal followed by a
streetdance.The annual meeting for thePlainview Hall will be held
at theHall Thursday, September 27that 7pm.The Marcus Church
basementwas almost filled with family andfriends attending the
weddingshower for Max Thompson andKatrina Fulton. They receivedmany
nice gifts. Aren't folksgen-erous and thoughtful? Due to theitems
from wedding showers aFall is approaching as you cantell by the
temperatures wevebeen having, especially thenights, down in the 40s
and 50s.Saturday is the first day of Fall.After the 101 on Monday,
the 70sthe rest of the week were nice.Friday was just about perfect
forHomecoming activities. MainStreet was lined on both sideswith
spectators for the parade,and it was a little on the warmside. It
is supposed to be in the70s all this week. I didnt see many
visitingalumni around for Homecomingbut maybe I was just at the
wrongplaces. Im sure there were quitea few here. Condolences to the
family ofJim Reed. Jim passed away overthe weekend and services
will beheld here this Wednesday at 1:30at the United Methodist
Church.Bethel Lutheran Church wasthe scene of Kye Jordan
Caspersbaptism on Sunday. A potluckdinner and shower
followed.Grandparents Dan and JayneJordan and Nick and LilyCaspers,
Nichols and KaraCaspers of New Underwood, andgreat grandparents
Wayne andKaren Sletten of Rapid City werein attendance.Betty Walker
and GarnetGaaskjolen attended the Singspi-ration at Coal Springs
Commu-nity Church Sunday evening.Darin Oliver from Sioux
Fallsstopped by to visit with GrandmaGarnet Monday morning.Families
of the 842nd NationalGuard unit received the phonecall last
Thursday afternoon thatthey had been waiting for. The842nd, with
members from Stur-gis, Spearfish, and Belle Fourche,was preparing
to board theirplane for departure fromAfghanistan after serving a
yearover there. Members of this unitwere separated into three
groups,each serving in different areas sothey also hadnt seen each
otherin awhile. Our nephew, Eric Flat-moe, is a member of this
unit,along with Matthew Vig of Opaland Doyle Udager of Lemmon.Good
news! The unit arrived inFt. Bliss, TX this past Mondayand will
spend about a week ormore there for demobilization.They should be
arriving homesometime next week. There willbe a Welcome Home in
Spearfishfor them when they arrive. Wecant wait to see them all
homesafely!Dave and Eldora Fischbachdrove to Huron on Sunday soDave
could attend some meet-ings. From there they were goingto Watertown
to spend a coupledays with son Nathans family.I miss the
whitewashing onMain Street and the highway thatwas part of
Homecoming formany years. First thing Fridaymorning youd see all
the names,football jersey numbers, Go Long-horns, etc. and now
theres noth-ing to show that its evenHomecoming. Another
traditiongone by the wayside.Congratulations to the FHSRoyalty,
King Caden Smiley andQueen Ashley Drum. They werechosen by the
students to reignover Homecoming Week. Corona-tion was held last
Tuesday night,followed by the traditional burn-ing of the F.
Congratulations to the footballteam on their Homecoming vic-tory
over Edgemont Friday night,with a score of 52-0. The boys willbe
traveling to Timber Lake thisFriday night for another game. The
volleyball girls also hadvictories last week, over Wall andKadoka.
The Ladies will be host-ing New Underwood this Thurs-day night, the
Little MoreauConference Tournament on Sat-urday, then will travel
to Het-tinger next Tuesday.The cross country team will betraveling
to Rapid City for a meetthis Friday. The Little MoreauConference
Meet will be held inLemmon next Monday afternoon. young couple
certainly gets a goodstart. Thanks to all who attended.Their
wedding is Saturday, Sep-tember 29 in the Hills. We weretold they
are planning a receptionand dance in Faith sometime inOctober.Our
family has been takingturns at having the bug thatmakes it come out
both ends. Myturn is now, so will close and goback to bed!
Sorry!email us at [email protected]:Have you ever asked
aranch management question andnot understood the answer?Haveyou
ever signed papers at thebank or FSA and not really un-derstood
what they were for?Have you been thinking about ifyou have enough
insurance or anestate plan?Have you wished youknew more about
marketing yourcattle or crops?If you answered yes to anyone of
these questions then youare a perfect candidate forAnnies Project.
Annies Projectwas designed to empower womenby providing detailed
ranch man-age- ment information and buildnetworks between
women.Over asix week period women will learnhow to develop
financial records,learn key communication skills,ask questions
about retirementand estate planning, expand mar-keting knowledge,
all while hav-ing fun in a supportive learningenvironment.Classes
meet once a week be-ginning October 23 in Faith atthe American
Legion.The classescontinue October 30, November 6,13, 20 and 27.
The cost is $150per person and meals will beserved at each session.
ContactRobin at the Lemmon RegionalExtension Center, 374-4177
formore details about Annies Proj-ect. Pre-registration is due by
Oc-tober 19.Class space is limited.Women wanted for Annies
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requestinga Card Showerin honor oftheir parents50th
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& Dupree $34.00 + local taxIn County $34.00 + local taxOut of
County $39.00 + local taxOut of State $39.00P.O. Box 38 Faith, SD
57626Ph: 605-967-2161Sen. John ThunesWeekly ColumnRod and Howard
Ingallshauled in the open heifersto theFaith Livestock auction on
Mon-day. The Lemmel Ranch hadlambs into the sale that day aswell.
John Heidler attended thesale, too.Justin Ingalls was helpingMerle
Vig with some trenchingwork at the Tim Vig ranch onMonday and had
the misfortuneof spraining his ankle real bad.Kay went over and
brought himhome.I drove Glenn and MargaretFogelman to their dental
appoint-ment in Rapid City on Tuesday.Dan stayed home to help
JohnFrei with a water project.Faye Fees went to Spearfish onTuesday
for a follow-up appoint-ment for her recent knee surgery.She went
around by Sturgis andvisited with her mom, MargeryIngalls, before
coming home.Faye mentioned that Marvis,(Mrs. Bob) Symonds is
staying atthe same assistant living thatMargie is. Thursday, Faye
hadher last therapy session in Faith.Marlin and Ethel Ingallshelped
Jennie Crowser fromUnion Center get some stockhauled into the
auction in BelleFourche on Wednesday.John Heidler made a circle
runto the Hills towns on Wednesday,including Rapid City to
BelleFourche.Friday, another trip toSturgis and Rapid City. OJ
Hei-dler spent Wednesday helpingFritz Johnson put tin on a
shedroof.Pat and Ronna Burke broughta horse back to her folks
place,the Lemmel Ranch, this week,stayedfor supper and a
visit.Thursday, Rod Ingalls took sonJustin to Rapid City to get
hisankle sprain looked at. He is notable to walk on it very good
yetthis Monday.Howard, Kay, Justin and Rod-ney Ingalls went into
Faith Fri-day evening for the Booster Clubsponsored tailgate
supper.Nathan and Jason Ingalls andShelby Cammack came in towatch
the homecoming footballgame with Faith beating Edge-mont soundly. I
think the scoreended at Faith 52, Edgemont 0.Bill and Marvis Munroe
andson Will and granddaughter EffieMunroe visited at the
LemmelRanch on Saturday afternoon tolend a hand with a tractor
proj-ect. They enjoyed supper and avisit as well.Paul and Cheyenne
Winklerand family brought a horse out toDwayne and Zona Vigs on
Satur-day, visited a bit then left thechildren while they attended
her20th Class Reunion and Home-coming banquet in Faith
thatevening.OJ and Leah Heidler took theday off Saturday to
celebratetheir first wedding anniversary.Sunday cattle working crew
atthe Marlin Ingalls place wereDebbie and Paul Delbridge, Lyleand
Juanita Delbridge, Deb Han-rahan and daughter Krystal, andJodi and
Brandy Howie.Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Simonsfrom Hoven were Sunday
dinnerguests of Glenn, Margaret andDan Fogelman.Around 50 people
enjoyed thegrilled hamburger and potluckdinner held at the Juliet 1
for theVig Reunion on Sunday. Lots ofgood visiting and a photo
sessionwas held.John Heidler had some friendsover on Sunday
afternoon to enjoysome roping.A baby shower for Flint
WesleyHotchkiss, who was born on the4th of July and is the son of
Wes-ley and Tottie Hotchkiss, will beheld on Saturday, Sept. 22
from1-4 in the afternoon at the UnionCenter Country Coffee Shop.
Ifyou have any question you cancall Mrs. Travis (Haley)
Mickel-son.The Meade County SundaySchool Convention will be
hostedby the Opal Community Churchon Sunday, Sept. 30. The
speakerwill be Richard Wells of the With-erspoon College in Rapid
City andthe theme verse is Joshua 24:15.If you need any more
informationyou can call the church or MikeReeve.Opal NewsBy Kay
IngallsCorps water fee proposal is anunprecedented power grabThe
record flooding of last yearis something that is still fresh inthe
minds of many SouthDakotans. The snowpack andrunoff led to high
water levels inthe region and forced the U.S.Army Corps of
Engineers to makewater management decisions onthe Missouri River
that greatlyimpacted thousands of citizensalong the river. The
Corps ac-tions disrupted these families asthey watched their homes
flood,their businesses shutter, theirroads wash-out, and their
liveli-hoods put at risk. More than ayear later, South Dakotans
haveworked to rebuild and repairwhat was lost in the flood, but
thefeelings of frustration and mis-management remain.That is why
the most recentproposal by the Corps of Engi-neers has captured the
attentionof cities along the Missouri Riverwho would again be
negatively af-fected by a Corps of Engineers de-cision. Recently,
the Corpsproposed a change that would re-quire users to enter into
multi-year purchase contracts in orderto access water in Missouri
Riverreservoirs.When the Corps built the damsalong the river after
Congresspassed the 1944 Flood ControlAct, they flooded prime state
andtribal land with the agreementthat by doing so, residents
wouldhave access to water from theMissouri River for various
pur-poses. This precedent highlightswhy water users and
residentsalong the Missouri River shouldnot be required to pay for
waterthat is legally and historicallytheirs. The Corps proposal
in-fringes on the Corps agreementand South Dakotas underlyingright
to the water. Additionally,charging for the storage and
uti-lization of the Missouri Riverwater constitutes an
unprece-dented power grab and wouldhave numerous negative impactson
individuals, tribes, businesses,and water systems in SouthDakota.On
September 12th, I sent aletter along with Senators TimJohnson
(D-S.D.), Kent Conrad(D-N.D.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.),and Jon Tester
(D-Mont.) to Sen-ate Environment and PublicWorks Committee Chairman
Bar-bara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rank-ing Member James
Inhofe(R-Okla.). The letter urges Sena-tors Boxer and Inhofe to
promptlyschedule a committee oversighthearing regarding the U.S.
ArmyCorps of Engineers plans to re-strict access to Missouri
Riverwater and to charge users forwater taken from Missouri
Riverreservoirs. The letter also re-quests that the committee
inviteSouth Dakota Attorney GeneralMarty Jackley to testify at
thehearing.The Corps water fee proposaladds insult to injury to
manycommunities located along theMissouri River in South Dakota.I
will continue to work with mycolleagues in the Senate to reviewthe
Corps of Engineers opera-tions and priorities, and to ensurethey
balance the efforts to stan-dardize the allocation of
reservoirwater with an understanding ofhistory and precedent as it
relatesto the water rights of SouthDakota.When living at home
becomesdifficult, most people wouldrather remain in a home-like
set-ting than move to an assisted liv-ing center. In moments like
this,the Veterans Affairs Medical Fos-ter Home program can
help.Some veterans do not haveanyone they can live with whenthey
need a higher level of care,said Michelle Hough, MFH coor-dinator
at VA Black Hills HealthCare System For many, that hasmeant going
into a facility. MFHoffers them the option of stayingin a home
setting, with the carethey need and deserve.MFH provides an
alternativeto nursing home placement for aveteran who may be
chronicallyor terminally ill with limited so-cial support. The
program beginswhen a private individual or cou-ple decides they
want to becomecaregivers, and take veterans intotheir home. VA
ensures the homeand caregivers meet high stan-dards through
inspections, back-ground checks, references andCPR and first aid
certifications.Once the home and caregiversare approved, the MFH
coordina-tor will work with veterans andfamily members towards
place-ment. This involves the veteran,and any family members,
visitingthe MFH and meeting the care-givers to ensure a good
fit.When a veteran is placed in ahome, they are assisted throughthe
VA home based primary careprogram. This program providesa team of
medical professionalswho offer primary care in thehome setting. The
veteran paysthe caregiver directly and VA con-tinues to provide the
medical careand oversight.The MFH program at VABHHCS was officially
certifiedAugust 29. There is currently oneapproved home in the
Black Hillswith two veterans placed. If inter-ested in becoming a
caregiver to aveteran in need, contact Gary Mc-Clure at
605-745-2000, extension92325.Veterans Affairs medical foster home
project certifiedemail us at [email protected] 6 September
19, 2012 The Faith IndependentMemories of the PastRural South
Dakota is all about community. And community is all about taking
care of friends andyour neighbors. The newest members of
Enningcommunity is Caren Assman and Mike McColleywho purchased the
Enning Store from Karl andNeoma Richter, owners for the past 44
years. Thenewly named store - Nellie`s Mercantile & Saloon
isexcited to be a new member of the Enning community. To show their
support Nellie`s Mercantile & Saloon provided pulled pork
sandwiches during the 2012 Sturgis motorcyclerally to raise money
for our community. Nellie`s isproud to present two separate
donation of $1000,to both the Enning Volunteer Fire Department
andthe Rural Meade Ambulance Service! In addition tothe money
raised through the fundraiser a $500donation came from the Miller
Mathews Ranch.Thanks to visitors and neighbors who participatedin
the event!Our next event - NeIIie's FaII FIing in Enning -wiII be
heId on September 28th from 6 pm to 11 pm. Our OId Fashioned Pie
SociaI wiII start at 6:00 pm with the proceeds going to the Meade
County Community Center Air Conditioning Project. We will provide
live music from Lane Moore withsome old soul music like Pasty Cline
& JohnnyCash and new singers such as George Strait. Don`t miss
the Rocky Mountain Oysters andBrisket and of course the old fashion
pie social!Come in to say hi to Brian Myer our general manager and
discover our changes to the store.We have groceries, vet supplies,
cold beer, campersights and post office. We have something
foreveryone, so stop on by - we will look forwardto seeing you!!
Nellies Mercantile donatesto Enning communityRanch Management 101In
the summer of 1976 we wererunning yearlings on pasturenorth of
Highway 212 about 8miles west of Faith. A couple headof neighbor
cattle were mixed inwith the yearlings we were goingto move south
across the high-way. Being our first year in thearea, I did not yet
know myneighbors. I thought that thestrays probably came from
theranch on my north side. I got aphone number for that
rancher,called him; yes, the cattle werehis and he could come ride
withus the next day. My men and I were at the pas-ture early that
next morning andwe were just ready to start thegather when I saw an
outfit com-ing down Wagon Road from thenorth. The pickup that
arrivedwore the scars earned in its manyyears as a ranch truck. The
colorof its skin had by now become theproduct of the elements
broughtabout by sun and rain. In theback of the pickup was a
saddlehorse, a handyman jack, a wirestretcher, hammer, fencing
pliers,a part roll of barb wire and a fewposts. No stock rack! The
pickupcame to a stop, then reversed it-self into the road ditch.
Therancher got out of his pickup. Adog stayed in the pickup,
lookedout the window and didnt say,Bark. The rancher stepped to
theback, unhooked the tailgate andspoke to the saddle horse.
Thehorse then began a much prac-ticed and well thought out
ma-neuver of unloading itself.Another terminology might
bedisembarkation. The horse tookone step backwards, then
reacheddown with hind hoof feeling forthe ground he knew had to
bethere somewhere. Once he foundsolid ground, off he came. The
neighbor who now ap-proached us was simply dressedin faded work
clothes. There wasa lot of stretch between his soiledhat and his
work shoes. The horsewas attired much as its rider.The saddle was
well worn with noextra trappings, no rope, singlerigged. The
headstall tie-downwas a twine string. Horse andrider were the same
color. Therider was browned by the sun, thehorse was all natural.
There wasno gleam or shine attached to ei-ther.We greeted each
other. I hadjust met my neighbor, Tom. Acouple of my men were local
andwere acquainted with Tom. Agreeting was all there was to
thismeeting. No dialog was wasted onthe weather, the cattle
market,hay or grass. The mood was,Lets move out and gather
year-lings.With the strays cut out and theyearlings pushed across
the high-way, Tom was headed up WagonRoad hazing his couple of head
to-wards home. This was summer1976. Today, summer 2012, thissame
rancher, at age 95, still livesat the end of Wagon Road. I amjust
as much today as I was backthen, intrigued with the simplic-ity of
this ranchers managementstyle my good neighbor, TomMason.David
PaulARROW TRANSIT SERVICE1st Tuesday & 3rd Wednesdayof each
monthTrips to Rapid City, Sturgis & communities in betweenFares
to Rapid City are $25.00For information or a brochure call (605)
374-3189or Call 967-2001 to arrange a ride!The plains of Custer
StatePark will thunder once again dur-ing the parks 47th Annual
Buf-falo Roundup and Arts FestivalSeptember 22-24.Custer State
Parks annualroundup is conducted to help thepark maintain a healthy
balancebetween the number of buffaloand the available rangeland
for-age. Surplus bison will be sold atauction on Nov. 17, with
revenueshelping to support park opera-tions. The Buffalo Roundup
Arts Fes-tival will take place Saturday,Sept. 22, and Sunday, Sept.
23across from the Peter NorbeckVisitor Center, along
Highway16A.Activities begin at 8 a.m. onthat Saturday with a
pancakebreakfast; donations from themeal will go to the KOTA
Care-and-Share food drive. Entertain-ment is provided throughout
theday on the grounds of the artsand crafts festival.New to the
festival this year isthe Cabellas Challenge DutchOven Cook Off,
with tasting atnoon on Saturday, Sept. 22. Theday concludes with
the 8th an-nual Custer Stampede BuffaloArt Auction at 4 p.m. under
thebig top. On Sunday, Sept. 23, activitiesstart once again with
breakfast,arts and craft vendors, and enter-tainment. The annual
chili cookoff will take place with publictasting at 2 p.m. MDT.Dont
miss the buffalo chip flipboth Saturday and Sunday from10 a.m. to 3
p.m. The conclusion of the annualfestivities is the 47th Annual
Buf-falo Roundup on Monday, Sept.24. Bring your chairs, cameras,and
binoculars for the magnifi-cent sight of 1,300 buffalo thun-dering
across the rolling plains ofCuster State Park.Parking lots for both
the northand south viewing areas open at6:15 a.m. and close at 9
a.m. Theactual roundup begins at 9:30a.m. and lasts until all
buffalo aresafely in the corrals. A free shut-tle service is
provided from bothviewing areas to the corralswhere the testing,
branding, andsorting begins at 1 p.m. A park entrance license is
re-quired for the Arts Festival Sat-urday and Sunday. The fee is
$15per vehicle, or visitors may pur-chase an annual state park
li-cense for $28.A park entrance license is notrequired on Monday
for the Buf-falo Roundup. For more information callCuster State
Park at 605-255-4515, or visit www.Custer-StatePark.comCuster State
Park hosts annual Buffalo Roundup and Arts FestivalSeptember 19,
2012 The Faith Independent Page 7Keep up with your city,school, and
county...Read the LegalsPIERRE, S.D. (September 5,2012) Secretary
of State JasonGant announced today that Sep-tember is Voter
RegistrationMonth in South Dakota.Voting is one of the great
priv-ileges afforded Americans by wayof citizenship. We want to
recog-nize the importance of living in acountry where you have a
say inwho represents you in govern-ment and how it operates,
Gantsaid. In the last presidential elec-tion in 2008, six million
people re-ported they failed to vote becausethey didnt know how to
registeror missed the registration dead-line. I want to make sure
thatdoesnt happen in South Dakota.Voting is the cornerstone of
ademocracy. In order for eligiblecitizens to cast a ballot, they
mustregister to vote. Therefore, Gantis working alongside
organiza-tions including the National Asso-ciation of Secretaries
of State andRock the Vote to promote aware-ness of voter
registration, culmi-nating in National VoterRegistration Day on
Sept. 25.Gant urged those who are think-ing about conducting voter
regis-tration drives to carefully readinstructions and laws.To be
eligible to register to votein South Dakota, a person mustbe a
United States citizen, a resi-dent of South Dakota and at least18
years old on or before the nextelection; a registrant must not
beserving a felony sentence or notjudged mentally incompetent by
acourt of law.Complete instructions abouthow to register to vote in
SouthDakota can be found online atsdsos.gov. County Auditors
ad-minister voter registrations forresidents of their counties,
and-voter registration forms can befilled out and delivered in
personor mailed to these offices. EligibleSouth Dakotans may also
registerto vote at city finance offices,driver licensing stations,
publicassistance agencies includingTANF and WIC, Department ofHuman
Services offices providingassistance to the disabled andmilitary
recruitment offices.The deadline for voter registra-tion is 15 days
before any electionin South Dakota. The deadline isOct. 22 for the
2012 General Elec-tion on Nov. 6. GantannouncesSeptember as
VoterRegistrationMonthClay Bernstein (#32), Lane Foster (#75) and
ShaneLutz (#30) take down an Edgemont Mogul during the Home-coming
football game Friday night. Photo by Marcia SamuelsonKenny
Carmichael, #87 blocks a kick during the Long-horns vs. Moguls game
during Homecoming.Photo by Marcia SamuelsonPage 8 September 19,
2012 The Faith IndependentRapid City, SD - At the recentR-CALF USA
Convention, nearly200 attendees met to discuss thefuture of the
independent U.S.cattle industry and Rural Amer-ica, and what can be
done tochange the current direction ofpublic policy. Each of
R-CALFUSA's committees addressed thegeneral session and then met
insmaller development sessions toencourage the generation of
solu-tions to specific challenges theU.S. cattle industry is
facing. Themeetings were focused around thetheme, "Redirecting Our
Indus-try."In addition to updates from thecommittees, R-CALF USA
alsowelcomed several guest speakers.Ken Ivory from Utah
FreedomFoundation addressed the audi-ence during the Private
PropertyRights Committee Report. Duringthe Marketing Committee
Report,J. Dudley Butler, former GIPSA*Administrator, shared his
workand struggle for the GIPSA ruleand discussed checkoff reformand
country-of-origin labeling(COOL).COOL was an important issueduring
the convention. JoelJoseph, Chairman of Made in theUSA Foundation,
and JulieReiser, President/Co-FounderMade in the USA Certified,
part-nered with Mike Schultz, R-CALF USA Region VI Directorand COOL
Committee Chair, todiscuss the recent World TradeOrganization (WTO)
ruling thatattempts to strike-down U.S.COOL. This partnership and
dis-cussion led to the solution of filinga joint lawsuit to protect
U.S. sov-ereignty. Immediately followingthe convention, R-CALF
USAjoined with Made in the USAFoundation and filed a lawsuit
infederal district court to preserveCOOL and protect U.S.
sover-eignty.Coalition for a ProsperousAmerica (CPA) Board
MemberDave Frengel was the featuredspeaker on trade. He
discussedhow domestic manufacturers,farmers, ranchers and
workershad joined together to formulatethe white paper, 21st
CenturyTrade Principles, that is nowbeing circulated in
Congress.Frengel also led two breakout ses-sions providing a more
interactiveplatform to discuss key trade is-sues.According to
R-CALF USA Re-gion XII Director / Vice President,and Convention
Emcee, Joel Gill,"There is no way to express thespirit of
camaraderie that existedthroughout the entire conventionand was
ultimately expressed onthe final evening by the sacrificeof Nick
Trask during the fundraiser."Many thanks to our sponsorsand
exhibitors, but most of all,thanks to our supporting mem-bers. If
you were able to come, youlived the story, if not, make plansto be
there next year in Pierre,S.D. Aug. 2-3. It takes every oneof us to
make an impact, but whatan impact it is when we all worktogether,"
concluded Gill.R-CALF USA's Convention: Catalyst for ChangeFor an
event that promised change, the R-CALF USA Convention delivered.The
Casey Tibbs South DakotaRodeo Center will host a brandingevent
Saturday, September 22.Owners of cattle or horsebrands in South
Dakota can burntheir brand into the timbers ofthe rodeo center
walkway. Hun-dreds of branders have alreadyburned their brands at
the rodeocenter.Its going to be a day of activi-ties for all ages,
said DirectorCindy Bahe. We have mechani-cal bull rides for kids
ages threeto 103. If youve always wanted tolearn how to rope, well
have cow-boys up here to teach you. Youcan get your photo taken
with arodeo clown and cast your vote inthe chili cookoff.From 11:00
a.m. 3:00 p.m. theday will include roping, mechani-cal bull rides
and photos. A chilicook-off will run from 11:30 a.m.to 1:00 p.m.,
featuring chefs fromarea restaurants. The horsetrough will be
filled with cold bev-erages for kids and adults.Participants do not
need tick-ets to attend the rodeo centerevent, said Bahe. The
public iswelcome to attend this fun day ofbranding, roping, riding
and eat-ing. Branders are encouraged toreserve a time to burn
theirbrand.The Stirling Family MemorialRodeo will be at the
StanleyCounty Fairgrounds with the cal-cutta and final go round
followinglater that night, and a dance tofollow. Proceeds of the
rodeo as-sist area cancer survivors. Now inits 15th year, this is
the first yearthe Stirling rodeo will be held inFort Pierre.For
further information aboutthe days activities or costs, con-tact the
rodeo center at 605-494-1094.Casey Tibbsrodeo centerbranding
eventSeptember 22SubscribeThe FaithIndependentIn Town &
Dupree$34.00 + local taxIn County $34.00 + local taxOut of
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Box 38 Faith, SD57626Ph: 605-967-2161September 19, 2012 The Faith
Independent Page 9email us at [email protected] Dewey, Meade
& ZiebachCounty FSA offices would like tokeep you informed of
the follow-ing items important to USDA pro-grams. If you have any
questionsplease contact the Dewey Countyoffice at 865-3522 ext 2,
MeadeCounty at 347-4952 ext 2, orZiebach County at 365-5179 ext
2.IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:September 30 Managed andEmergency
Grazing stopsJuly 23, 2012 thru Septem-ber 30, 2012 or when aces
are allallocated Signup for ContinuousCRP Highly Erodible Land
Initia-tive November 15 Report CropAcreage for Perennial
Forage,winter Wheat and Rye to FSANoninsured Crop
DisasterAssistance Program (NAP)September 30 Deadline topurchase
NAP coverage for FallSeeded Crops including but notlimited to Rye
for the 2013 cropyear.December 1 Deadline topurchase NAP coverage
forHoney and Grapes and other cov-ered fruits and vegetables for
the2013 crop year.March 15, 2013 Deadlinedate to purchase NAP
coveragefor alfalfa and grass seed, forageseeding, grass hay,
grazing for-age, and all other spring seededcrops for the 2013 crop
year.The service fee is $250 per cropnot to exceed $750 per
producerper administrative county, not toexceed a total of $1,875
for a pro-ducer with farming interests inmultiple counties. CRP
RemindersBy now all producers that haveused the emergency haying
op-tion on their CRP have reportedthe final acres hayed and the
balecount. Please be reminded thatthe bales need to be removed
byOctober 1, 2012. If this cant becompleted please call the FSA
of-fice.Those CRP contract holdersthat were required to clip
theirCRP this summer due to Canadathistle should be strongly
consid-ering spraying those acres at thistime. Next year clipping
may notbe an acceptable option andpenalties will be assessed. In
factthese acres should most likely besprayed this fall and again
nextspring to do a good job.USDA/Farm Service Agency
NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. Sena-tor Tim Johnson (D-SD), SenatorJohn Thune
(R-SD) and Repre-sentative Kristi Noem (R-SD) an-nounced today that
South Dakotayoung people interested in beingnominated to one of the
four U.S.Service Academies for the Classof 2017 should apply by
October31, 2012.South Dakota residents be-tween the ages of 17 and
23 mayapply to any of the four serviceacademies if they meet
eligibilityrequirements in leadership, phys-ical aptitude,
scholarship andcharacter. The four service acad-emies are the
Military Academyat West Point, New York; theNaval Academy at
Annapolis,Maryland; the Air Force Academyat Colorado Springs,
Colorado;and the Merchant Marine Acad-emy at Kings Point, New
York.Nominating students eachyear for admission to our
ServiceAcademies is one of my favoriteresponsibilities as a U.S.
Senator.I am continually impressed by thecaliber of South Dakota
studentswho apply, said Johnson. U.S.Service Academies are
rigorous,but open a world of opportunityfor their students.It is an
honor each year tonominate South Dakota studentsto our nations
Service Acade-mies, said Thune. These brightyoung men and women
representour state and country with prideand distinction.The U.S.
Service Academieshelp build up the next generationof American
leaders, and it is aprivilege to nominate SouthDakotans to one of
the four Acad-emies, said Rep. Noem. SouthDakotas young people
continue toimpress and inspire me, and Ilook forward to the
nominationprocess.Johnson, Thune, and Noemwill each compile
separate listsand make nominations to theacademies of the most
qualifiedcandidates by January 31, 2013.Applicants are encouraged
to sub-mit applications to all three Con-gressional offices in
order tobetter their chances of receiving anomination. The
academies willmake the final decision on accept-ance and announce
appointmentsnext spring.Interested applicants shouldcontact:
Senator Johnson's officeat (605) 332-8896; SenatorThune's office at
(605) 334-9596;Congresswoman Noems office at(605)
275-2868.Delegation invites South Dakotansto apply to U.S. Service
AcademiesThe 212 Guys and Gals 4-HClub meeting took place at
theFaith Public Library on August16, 2012. President Sierra
Pricecalled the meeting to order. Sid-ney Hanson did the Pledge of
Al-legiance and Mikenzy Miller didthe 4-H pledge. Roll call was
sixmembers. The treasurers reportwas given. Shianne Price made
amotion to approve the report andthen it was seconded by
MikenzyMiller. MC Jayden Shoemakergave the minutes from the
lastmeeting. Sydney made a motionto approve the minutes and
Shi-anne seconded it. Old businesswas about finishing a
successfulRopes and Goats. We also did notget to mow the Ben Ash
Ceme-tery. New business was about theupcoming fair and state rodeo.
We also discussed the Code ofConduct. Members shared buddyreports.
Mikenzy told membersabout her projects at the FaithStock Show. We
also shareddemonstrations. We then ad-journed the meeting.Jayden
Shoemaker, Secretary4-H ClubNewsComing to service the Faith area
theweek of Sept. 24Moving?Notify The FaithIndependent of yourchange
of address beforemoving or as quickly aspossible, so as not tomiss
a single issue.Faith CommunityAction Team is having aGIANTRUMMAGE
SALE& Arts & Crafts suppliesSept. 24 thru Oct. 6th9:00
AM4:30 PMat the Faith Comm.Legion HallAll proceeds will help with
hallexpenses!email us [email protected] 10 September 19,
2012 The Faith IndependentClass of 1952 Left to right: Dee King,
Carleen "Corky" AldenHagen, Ronald Bachman. Photo by Marcia
SamuelsonClass of 1962 Back row, left to right: Darlys Lowe Hofer,
Arlyce Johnson Krause, Dave Fischbach,Bill Dustman. Front row, left
to right: Wallace Harper, Eldora Sippert Fischbach, Marjorie
Dexheimer Letel-lier, Butch Krause, Joyce Lesselyoung Dustman.
Photo by Marcia SamuelsonClass of 2012 Seth Smith.Photo by Marcia
SamuelsonClass of 1972 Back row, left to right: Dan Jordan, Douglas
Hlavka. Front row, left to right: PhilBachman, Rocky McGinnis, Mel
Dutton, Robert Bachman. Photo by Marcia SamuelsonMonday:Breakfast:
BurritosLunch: Hot Hamburger $4.29Sandwich: BBQ
ChickenTuesday:Breakfast: Breakfast SandwichesLunch: Tacos
$4.29Sandwich: RuebenWednesday:Breakfast: Biscuits & Gravy
Lunch: Asian $4.29Sandwich: HamburgerThursday:Breakfast: Breakfast
SandwichesLunch: Cassserole $4.29Sandwich: Philly Steak &
CheeseFriday:Breakfast: BurritosLunch: Enchilada $4.29Sandwich:
HamburgerThe Better ChoicePrairie Oasis Mall 605-967-2622Faith,
SDTori Simonson, #8 returns a volley in Thursday night'sgame
against Kadoka. Photo by Marcia SamuelsonMarissa Collins and Paige
Brink jump to block the ballduring the home game against
Kadoka.Photo by Marcia SamuelsonSeptember 19, 2012 The Faith
Independent Page 11Class of 1982 Back row, left to right: Monte
Baumeister, Doug Smith, Dean Birkeland, Tom Sarlo.Front row, left
to right: Wanda Isaacs Ruth, Donna Storm Wicks, Kay Scofield
Veitch, Kristy Udager Spencer.Photo by Marcia Samuelson Class of
2002: Michael Ross, Mariah Kennedy McLellan.Photo by Marcia
SamuelsonClass of 1992 Back row, left to right: Jeremy Dutton, Greg
Smith, Reggie Kennedy, Brian Berglund.Front row, left to right:
Cheyenne Vig Winkler, Alanna Haines Pederson, Jodi Fisher Simons,
Ann Boldt.Photo by Marcia Samuelson9:00 am - 5:00 pm Saturday
September 29th Main Street SpearfishSidewalk Sales & Main St.
VendorsKick off Fall with Har-vest Fest ActivitiesPumpkin Carving
Con-testKids 12 & under - bring yourpumpkins , to be carved,
downtown from 1-3:30 pm Kids 13 & up - bring your
carvedpumpkins downtown for judgingat 4 pmApple and PumpkinPie
baking contestLive Entertainment though out the
day!HeadlinerOlympic Bronze MedalistPaige McPhersonQuestion &
answer presentation & Autograph session at 2 p.m....and much,
much more!Keep up with your city,school, and county...Read the
LegalsThe Longhorn volleyball teamtraveled to Wall on the 13th
tobring home one loss and one win.The JV suffered their first loss
ofthe season dropping to Wall in 2sets with scores of 24-26 and
20-25. Leading scorer for the Long-horn JV was Kassidy Inghramwith
7 points (2 aces).The varsity turned thingsaround in a long match
of fiveclose sets. Scores for the varsitymatch were 18-25, 25-21,
24-26,25-16 and 15-8. Stats leaders forthe match include: Shanna
Selbyand Karli Kilby with 15 assistseach, Ashley Drum, Katy
Millerand Paige Brink with 8 digs each,6 solo blocks for Marissa
Collins,16 serve receives for Paige Brink,Marissa Collins and
Tearnee Nel-son each with 11 kills, and PaigeBrink with 16 points
(5 aces).The volleyball team ended avery successful homecoming
weekwith wins for the C and varsityteams against the KadokaKougars.
The C team won theirmatch in 2 sets with scores of 25-16 and 25-10.
Leading scorer forthe C team was Kassidy Inghramwith 18 points (10
aces). The JVfell to the Kougars losing theirmatch in 2 very close
sets withscores of 23-25 and 24-26. Lead-Longhorns beat Eagles and
Kougars By Coach Gruebing scorer for the JV was BaillyEnright with
6 points.The varsity finished the daywith a win against the Kougars
in4 sets with scores of 21-25, 25-19,25-16 and 25-19. Stats leaders
forthe match include: Paige Brinkwith 9 digs, Karli Kilby with
18assists, Shanna Selby with 2 soloand 3 assist blocks, Ashley
Drumand Paige Brink with 17 serve re-ceives each, Tearnee Nelson
with12 kills, and Shanna Selby with19 points (6 aces). The
Longhornswill play in Philip the 18th, hostNew Underwood the 20th
and theLMC Tournament on the 22nd. Page 12 September 19, 2012 The
Faith IndependentAg Secretary Vilsacks ColumnA Food, Farm and Jobs
Bill assoon as possibleAfter spending much of Augustout of
Washington, Congress isback and rural America iswatching closely,
hoping for pas-sage of a Food, Farm and JobsBill as soon as
possible.With farmers facing the worstdrought in decades this
summerand the current Farm Bill set toexpire on September 30 of
thisyear, time is running out for Con-gress to act.You and I both
know thestakes couldnt be higher.Since early this summer, whenthe
Senate passed a comprehen-sive, multi-year Food Farm andJobs Act,
the Administration hasexpressed its preference for
suchcomprehensive legislation andurged Congress to act before
thecurrent law expires.Let me tell you why:A comprehensive,
multiyearFood, Farm and Jobs Bill wouldensure a strong safety net
for ourproducers. This includes disasterassistance for those who
havebeen impacted by the drought especially by providing help
forlivestock and specialty crop pro-ducers and providing a new
sup-port system for dairy producers.Just as important, a new
mul-tiyear bill would ensure certaintyfor all farmers and ranchers
inthe coming years.It would help USDA to con-tinue growing
agricultural trade.Were in the four best years foragricultural
exports in our his-tory, and we cant afford to stopnow.It would
enable USDA to con-tinue the record investmentsweve made since 2009
in Amer-icas small towns and rural com-munities. USDA could
continue tomodernize water and electric util-ities for millions of
Americans, ex-pand broadband access, and helprural businesses grow.
And itwould give us tools to continue ex-panding the production of
ad-vanced biofuels and biobasedmanufacturing, creating moregood
jobs that cant be shippedoverseas.It would allow USDA to con-tinue
the groundbreaking agricul-tural research thats ongoingtoday, both
here and at universi-ties across America importantresearch the
likes of which helpsagriculture through tough timessuch as the
current drought.A Food, Farm and Jobs Billwould enhance USDA
conserva-tion efforts, ensuring that vitalconservation programs
that en-able rural Americans to protectthe land and water dont
expire.It would enable USDA to con-tinue helping millions of
Ameri-can families folks who areworking hard, playing by therules,
but still having troublemaking ends meet to providefood for their
children.And if Congress acts, well beable to continue our efforts
to en-sure the safest food supply onearth.As America recovers from
eco-nomic recession, rural Americansare leading the way and USDA
issupporting their efforts. Its nottime to let up now, and thats
whywe need Congress to pass a Food,Farm and Jobs Bill as soon
aspossible.Shingling All TypesJasonBaumeisterConstructionSince
1978FACTORY CERTIFIED MASTER ELITEWEATHER STOPPER ROOFING
CONTRACTORQuality Material & WorkmanshipHail Damage
ReplacementBlack Hills & surrounding areas1-800-900-5313 or
605-787-5313www.GAF.comNEXT SALE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24THSpecial
Spring Calf, Yearling & Sheep SaleSale Time: 10 AMExpecting
1200-1500 calves, 1500 lambs, 800-900 yearlingsConsignments:Price
250 Angus steer calves 400-450#Collins 200 1st x baldy calves
350-400conignment of 200 blk & bldy calves 350-425#consignment
of 50 Angus calves 450#Olson 400 x bred lambs 90-100#Stradinger 400
x bred lambs 85-95#Duchenaux 150 wf ewes 3-4's selling openMore
calves and yearlings expected by sale time.Upcoming Sales:Monday,
Oct. 1: Special spring calf, yearling and sheep saleMonday, October
8: Special spring calf saleWednesday, October 10: Special breeding
ewe, ram and lamb saleMonday, October 15: Special all-breeds calf
saleWed., Oct. 17: Special all-breeds calf sale (featuring
Charolais & Red Angus) Monday, October 22: Special calf
saleWednesday, October 24: Special calf saleMonday, October 29:
Special calf saleWednesday, October 31: Special sheep and bred cow
saleFaith Livestock Commission Co.(605) 967-2200A nice sale here
for Monday, September 17, with a steady tohigher market on
yearlings and lambs with a steady marketon cows and bulls. Thank
you for your business.REPRESENTATIVE SALESB & B Bureess68
.....................Red Angus steers 879 .............$142.2573
.....................Red Angus steers 781 .............$153.0066
.........Red Angus heifers (spay) 784 ............$140.25LaDue
& Walters78.................Angus heifers (spay) 723
.............$143.85Graham & Levin16 .......................blk
& bldy steers 897 .............$134.7516
.......................blk & bldy steers 796
.............$149.5029...........blk & bldy heifers (open) 881
.............$129.25Peterson Ranch51...........blk & bldy
heifers (open) 706 .............$144.25Carl Peterson Jr53
............................Char x steers 786
.............$148.2556 ..................Char x heifers (exp) 762
.............$139.00Raydelle Sperle51 .......................blk
& bldy steers 777 .............$149.50Jake Longbrake16
................Angus heifers (open) 871 .............$132.50Mike
Maher16 ................Angus heifers (open) 764
.............$138.25Darwin Hauser17...........blk & bldy
heifers (open) 842 .............$130.50Reder
Ranch8....................baldy heifers (open) 969
.............$129.50H & M Wiesinger30 ...................blk
& Char x steers 743 .............$148.75Flintrock Ranch108
..............Char x heifers (spay) 876 .............$130.50209
.........blk & bldy heifers (spay) 837 .............$131.5076
...........blk & bldy heifers (spay) 736
.............$139.75....................................................
..............................Kennedy Ranch401
......................................lambs 91
.................$91.0093
.......................................lambs 69
...............$107.00B & F Besler112
......................................lambs 99
.................$87.50Albert Kougl235
......................................lambs 85
................$89.00D & H Ducheneaux158
......................................lambs 71
...............$100.50Andrew Jensen136
......................................lambs 82 ................$
87.50John Green75............................yearling ewes
HD..............$210.00121..........................yearling ewes
HD..............$200.00Tammy Basel245..........................wf
ewes 4-6's HD................$47.50We appreciate your business.
Give us a call at 605-967-2200or www.faithlivestock.com if you have
livestock to sell.We would be glad to visit with you.Gary Vance
(605) 967-2162 OR Scott Vance (605) 739-5501OR CELL: 484-7127 ORMax
Loughlin (605) 244-5990 OR1-605-645-2583 (cell OR Glen King
1-605-390-3264 (cell)September 19, 2012 The Faith Independent Page
13South Dakota StockgrowersAssociation will hold their 121stAnnual
Convention and TradeShow on September 21, 22 and23. The SD
Cattlewomen willhold their Annual Meeting on Fri-day September 21.
Both eventswill be held at the Ramkota Con-vention Center in Rapid
City,South Dakota and are open to thepublic.Stockgrowers President
ShaneKolb said, "This is going to be agreat convention with a very
in-teresting lineup of speakers. Ourconvention is open to the
publicand we invite everyone to join usfor this event. I'm sure
everyonewill find something interesting."The convention kicks off
onFriday, September 21 with open-ing ceremonies and a WashingtonDC
update from R-CALF CEOBill Bullard. Continuing through-out the day
are meetings andspeakers regarding recentchanges at the South
DakotaBrand Board, Animal ID issues,impacts of Oil and Gas
Develop-ment for landowners, discussionsof the Beef Check-off
program,and a presentation by the WallFFA Ag Issues Team
regardingPrairie Dog Management.The SD Cattlewomen will holdtheir
Annual Meeting at 9am onFriday morning. Anyone inter-ested in the
Cattlewomen's workshould plan to attend this meet-ing and the
Friday luncheon.The two featured speakers forFriday's agenda
include GregHanes of the US Meat ExportFederation to talk about
changingmarkets in Asia and Japan whereUSMEF is using Check-off
dollarsto market USA Beef and Mr.George Chambers, President of
R-CALF USA from Georgia, will bethe keynote speaker during Fri-day
night's banquet.On Saturday, the Stockgrow-ers Animal Health
committee willhear from SDSU's Dr. AmandaBlair regarding her Fetal
Pro-gramming Studies, and the Fed-eral Lands committee will meet
tohear from speakers who havebeen impacted by wilderness
des-ignations in counties in Montana.Stockgrowers Lobbyist
JeremiahMurphy and Exec Director SilviaChristen will also lead a
discus-sion about Stockgrowers Legisla-tive work during the summer
andinto the coming 2013 LegislativeSession.Saturday's luncheon will
fea-ture U.S. Congressional Candi-dates to answer questions
fromthose in attendance and discusstheir plans for Washington DC.US
Representative Kristi Noemand her challenger Matt Varilekhave both
been invited to partici-pate. The Congressional forumwill be
followed with an SDSUicecream social sponsored by theSDSU Westriver
Ag Center.Saturday at 2:30 pm will beginthe Stockgrowers Annual
mem-bership meeting to elect officersand board members, vote on
pol-icy changes and discuss any otherbusiness for the
organization."Stockgrowers has always beena member driven
organizationand this membership meeting isyour chance to
participate." Kolbsaid, "Each of our members hasan opportunity to
be a part of di-recting Stockgrowers work in theyear ahead."The
Convention will wrap upon Saturday evening with anawards banquet,
scholarshippresentation and a keynote ad-dress by South Dakota
Secretaryof Agriculture, Walt Bones. TheBanquet will be followed by
a liveauction fundraiser to benefit thework of the
Stockgrowersthroughout the year."I'm very proud of the conven-tion
agenda for this year. I thinkwe've got some great speakerscoming to
share their informationwith us and I'm really looking for-ward to
seeing all of our membersand friends in Rapid City for our121st
convention," said Kolb.For a full agenda and details ofthe
convention, please visitwww.southdakotastockgrowers.org or call
605-342-0429.Stockgrowers to host 121st Annual Convention September
21-23Page 14 September 19, 2012 The Faith Independent LEGALS Legal
Newspaper for the City of Faith Faith School District 46-2 Meade
County NWA SchoolMEETING OF THE BOARDOF EDUCTION FAITHSCHOOL
DISTRICT 46-2MEADE COUNTY,SOUTH DAKOTAThe Board of Education of the
FaithSchool District met in regular session onWednesday, September
12, 2012 withChairwoman Johnson calling the meet-ing to order at
7:00pm. Brian Simonson led the Pledge of Al-legiance.Members
present: Hanson, Johnson,Simonson, Vance and Welter.Members absent:
None.Motion by Welter, 2nd by Hanson toapprove the amended agenda.
Motioncarried.Motion by Hanson, 2nd by Welter toapprove the consent
agenda consistingof the minutes of the August 13, 2012meeting along
with the following financialstatements and claims:Faith Imprest
Fund beginning bal-ance -18.44; receipts student meals 4,020.00,
milk 559.80, adult meals 826.00, other 1,199.00, from district
18.44; expenses cross country 80.00; volleyball 205.52, supplies
277.20, other 1,280.00; ending bal-ance 4,762.08.Trust & Agency
beginning bal-ance 33,940.86, receipts 718.35; ex-penses 4,359.66;
ending balance 30,299.55.Faith School District beginningbalance
1,508,745.91; receipts advalorem taxes 2,033.82, gross re-ceipts
21,223.89, penalties and inter-est on tax .74, interest earned
143.22, county sources 1,393.18, statesources 75,708.00, accounts
receiv-able 27,243.50, reimbursements 77.64, laptop insurance
1,925.01.Total revenue 129,749.00; total ex-penditures 305,602.21;
ending bal-ance 1,332,892.Certified salaries 36,213.03,
non-certified salaries 6,733.09, FIT 4,277.66, FICA 7,239.12, SDRS
6836.22, Horace Mann (annuities) 100.00, Aspire Financial (403(b))
415.00.CLAIMS:ASBSD (dues) 450.00; AFLAC(ins) 744.78; Apple Inc.
(ipads) 1,596.00; Bauer Piano (mtnce) 190.00;B. Bushong (custodial,
supp) 2,289.03;Bio Corp (supp) 357.83; Black HillsWindshield Repair
(mtnce) 375.00;Chair Slippers (mtnce) 597.88;Chester Area School
(DDN) 1,250.00;City of Faith (util) 3,849.67; Dakota2000 (licenses)
460.00; Dakota Busi-ness Ctr. (mtnce) 579.00; D. Nolan(mtnce)
244.80; E. Price (custodial) 110.00; Faith Imprest Fund (phone,
offi-cials, pstg, dues, binder) 1,861.16;Faith Lumber (mtnce, supp)
4,327.63;Farmers Union Oil (gas) 262.43; GrandElectric (util)
180.48; GTC Auto Parts mtnce 96.38; Harrisburg School(desks)
1,050.00; Hauff Mid-America(VB, Supp) 122.65; Heartland Paper(supp)
172.79; Heartland WasteMgmnt (util) 60.00; Hewlett Packard(supp)
116.00; Houghton Mifflin(supp) 963.66; International ReadingAssoc.
(dues) 165.00; K. Price (custo-dial) 74.00; Krause Storage
195.00;Legal Shield (ins) 241.10; Lynns(supp) 68.36; M&D Food
Shop (gas) 702.99; M. Gustafson (supp) 31.79;NWAS (assessment)
39,475.00; NSUFinance Office (supp) 23.00; PearsonEducation
(AimsWeb sub) 510.00; Ra-mada Inn (travel) 198.00; Rapid CityArea
Schools (supp) 157.58; RicksAuto (mtnce) 345.00; Riverside
Tech-nologies (supp) 115.00; SASD (dues 759.59; School Specialty
(supp) 143.18; SD Dept of Health (svcs) 120.00; SDSDBF (ins)
9,074.94; Ser-vall Uniform (mtnce) 407.95; SD Mag-azine (sub)
51.00; SD State HistoricalSociety (sub) 35.00; Super 8 (travel)
57.00; Time for Kids (sub) 88.40;TransAmerica (ins) 20.41. Total
Gen-eral Fund 75,367.26.CAPITAL OUTLAY: Flooring America(carpet)
5,821.56; Northland TrustServices (bond interest) 21,710.00;Wells
Fargo Financial (lease) 265.00;total Capital Outlay
27,796.56.SPECIAL EDUCATION: AFLAC(ins) 147.06;
BenefitMall/CenterstoneIns (ins.) 19.26; K. Dieters (mlg to
par-ents) 222.00; Hands on Health (PT) 1,061.91; Legal Shield (ins)
26.90;NWAS (assessment) 10,382.00; SDS-DBF (ins) 1,007.81; Total
SpecialEd 12,866.94.DEBT SERVICE: Northland TrustServices
(interest) 82,665.00; SD FIT(prin) 90,000.00. Total Debt
Service172,665.00.CAPITAL PROJECTS: Ainsworth-Benning (building)
50,905.00; Chap-mans Electronic (security system) 9,308.50; Faith
Lumber (supp) 386.44;Golden West Tele (phone system) 18,531.42;
Vanway Trophy (donor wall) 4,192.00. Total Capital Projects
83,323.36.FOOD SERVICE: AFLAC (ins) 25.80; BenefitMall/Centerstone
Ins.(ins) 77.07; CANS (food) 1,209.63;CWD (food) 2,248.87; Food
Service ofAmerica (food) 1,635.92; Lynns(milk) 731.33; Vilas Health
& Variety(supp) 6.98; total Food Service 5,935.60. Total claims
all funds 377,954.72.No citizens were present to addressthe
board.Mrs. Baye gave the superintendentsreport. It has been a
fast-paced begin-ning of the year and already this weekwe are into
Homecoming activities andnext week will be Parent-Teacher
Con-ferences. The 2012-2013 enrollment isat 188 students in K-12
and 14 in Pre-school. Mrs. Baye attended the NWASAdministrative
Advisory Board meetingon September 4th. Items discussed werethe SD
Housing Authority Homes forschool districts, new staff and
schedules,Open House, unit moving and upkeep,disaster plans and
update of coursebooklet. Early Childhood Screening washeld August
28th for children birth tokindergarten age. Mrs. Smith and Mrs.Baye
attended the regional IEP Meetingpresented by the NWAS Special Ed
Di-rector, Cris Sargeant on August 30th.She gave information on the
new IEPchanges recommended by the State ofSD. Cris Sargeant will
also be in ourschool later this month to help us pre-pare for the
Special Education Reviewthis year. There was a meeting of theNWAS
ESA 5 Advisory Board on Sep-tember 12th at Mobridge. Agenda
itemsincluded a business meeting, an updateon services available
this year throughESA 5 a technology presentation and thefuture
funding for ESAs. The 2012ASBSD Region Meetings are set tobeing
with legislative platforms and ad-vocating for Initiated Measure 15
ex-pected to be the key points discussed.ASBSD Executive Director
Wade Pa-gany will embark on a tour across thestate with 10 stops
scheduled over Sep-tember and October and urges schoolboard members
to attend the regionmeeting nearest to their district to join inthe
discussion on these important is-sues. Mr. Daughters gave the
principals re-port. Mr. Daughters, Mrs. Williams andMrs. Fischbach
will be attending a Sen-ior Experience/Entrepreneurship Work-shop
on September 19th. The SDDepartment of Education and CareerCruising
will be putting on this confer-ence to help schools with the
implemen-tation process. All SD school districts willneed to offer
a capstone experience bythe fall of 2013. The county health
nursewill conduct the annual health screen-ings on September 13th
and 17th. Theannual Title I Open House is scheduledfor September
20th for all students andof $2,000.00. Motion carried.Motion by
Welter to advertise for acustodian at the Maurine School and
tonotify applicants of the advertisement.Motion carried.Motion by
Vance, 2nd by Welter toapprove the contract of Mykal Shaff forthe
position of JH Football Coach in theamount of $610.00. Motion
carried.Amie Schauer shared the two milkbids received. Motion by
Simonson, 2ndby Vance to approve the bid from LynnsDakotamart.
Motion carried.Motion by Hanson, 2nd by Simonsonto approve Open
Enrollment Applications2013-04; 2013-05; and 2013-06.
Motioncarried.Motion by Hanson, 2nd by Vance toapprove the transfer
of $80,000.00 fromGeneral Fund to Debt Service. Motioncarried.Home
School exemptions wereshared.Motion by Welter, 2nd by Hanson
toadjourn. Motion carried.Meeting adjourned at 9:02
pm._______________________________Sharron Johnson, PresidentBoard
of Education________________________________Amie Schauer, Business
ManagerPublished September 19, 2012 for a totalapproximate cost of
$106.88Proceedings of theCommon CouncilCity of Faith, SDThe Common
Council for the City ofFaith, South Dakota met in regular ses-sion
on September 4, 2012 at 7:00 P.M.in the Community Room of the
Commu-nity Center. Mayor Haines called themeeting to order, Brown
called roll call,and Mayor Haines led the Pledge of
Al-legiance.Council members present: Riley, In-ghram, Nolan,
Spencer, Lightfield, andHellekson.Others in attendance were:
DebbieBrown, Loretta Passolt, Justin Inghram,Jim Holloway, Reed
Henschel, BarbaraBerndt, Debbie Wicks and Karen Butler.Spencer made
a motion, secondedby Inghram to approve the agenda aspresented.
Motion carried.Lightfield made a motion, secondedby Spencer to
approve the minutes ofthe August 21st and August 28th, 2012meeting
with the amendment to the mo-tion for the following
correction:Under:Discussion on Lake Lease:Add: Lease ends September
30,2012 so their can be no livestock on theland from October
through December.Motion carried.CLAIMS APPROVED:The following
claims were presentedand read:Aflac, Cancer & Accident
Insurance $734.28; Avesis Third Party Administra-tors, Inc., Vision
Insurance $126.38;Brown, Newton, Hauling Transformers &Mowers
$1,762.00; Butler InsuranceCompany, Gun Show Liability Cover-age
$666.25; City of Beresford, Trans-formers $5,796.00; City of
Faith,Utilities $8,437.72; CWD Aberdeen,Bar Food & Supplies
$622.97; DakotaBusiness Center, Library Supplies, Quar-terly
Maintenance $391.08; DelageLanden Fin. Service, Copier Lease
$46.02; Dept of Revenue, LaboratoryServices $13.00; Faith Fitness
Center,Full Time Employees Membership $50.00; Faith High School,
YearbookAd $25.00; Faith Lumber Company,Supplies $1,271.71;
Frito-Lay, Inc.,Misc $24.32; Golden West Telecom-munications,
Special Access $1,781.32; Heartland Waste Manage-ment, Hauling
Garbage & Dumpsters $4,135.00; Henschel, Ed, AmbulanceLaundry
$46.20; Hills Material Com-pany, Cold Mix $3,535.20; Holloway,Jim,
Spraying $130.00; Iron Horse AgService, Oxygen, Repair &
Mainte-nance $1,423.67; Jerome Beverage,Beer $6,169.92; Johnson
WesternWholesale, Liquor $3,352.65; LarryRoss, Construction, Labor
to Install SteelRoof on Library Building $1,236.00;Lynn's
Dakotamart. Supplies $362.68;M&D Food Shop, Gasoline
$381.36;Midwest Coca-Cola Refreshments,Misc $313.76; National Fire
SafetyCouncil, Inc., Donation $219.44; North-west Beverage Inc.,
Beer $16,285.70;Ricks Auto, LLC, Repair & Maintenance,Tires
$440.00; Roys Pronto, Repair &Maintenance, Supplies
$1,082.43;Rushmore Communications, Inc., Sup-plies $77.00; S&S
Roadrunner SalesCompany, Misc $394.20; SD Retire-ment System,
Retirement Plan $3,658.36; Sensus Metering System,Telephone Support
$96.00; Shaff,Doran, Mowing & Trimming $100.00;Shaff, Mykal,
Mowing & Trimming $450.00; Sodak Distributing Company,Liquor
$3,202.21; Sysco North Dakota,Inc., Supplies $371.56; The
PrintShop, Park Fee Envelopes $15.40; TriCounty Water, Water
$11,685.40;United States Postal Services, StampedEnvelopes $823.85;
Visa, Gasoline,Travel $1,587.70; Farmers State Bank,SS &
Withholding $1,320.08; FarmersState Bank, SS & Withholding
$3,032.90; Farmers State Bank, ExtraStatement-Sept $3.00; Farmers
StateBank, PayPal- AirNav Listing $18.00;Companion Life, Dental
Insurance $569.74; Wellmark BlueCross & BlueShield, Health
Insurance $7,619.56;Afdahl's Appliance, Down Pymt on AirCondition
Unit $10,000.00, JeromeBeverage, Stock Show Budget $464.23.Inghram
made a motion, secondedby Lightfield to approve all claims
pre-sented. All yes votes. Motion carried.BIDS:7:15 Open Bids
forDrainage Project:The following bid was received for theDrainage
Project:Anderson Contractors, Inc. $30,872.75Inghram made a motion,
secondedby Riley to reject the bid from AndersonContractors, Inc.
All yes votes. Motioncarried.7:30 Open Bids for VariousConstruction
Work:The following bid was re-ceived for the gutters on the
library:Hausauer Seamless Products $1409.00Riley made a motion,
seconded byHellekson to accept the bid fromHausauer Seamless
Products for thelabor and supplies for gutters on the li-brary. All
yes votes. Motion carried.Butler Insurance Insurance Quote:Karen
Butler proposed a quote forCity liability insurance to the
Council.Mayor Haines was going to go over thevalues on the vehicles
for the fire depart-ment and ambulance.Advertise to bid out:The
deck at the Public Safety Build-ing was missed on the last quote,
so itneeds to be power washed and stainedand since there wasnt any
other quotesother than the gutters for the library, therest needs
re bid. Inghram made a mo-tion, seconded by Lightfield to
re-adver-tise the various construction work.Motion carried.Golden
West Agreement:Golden West sent an extension to theoriginal
agreement on December 7,2007 for host and remote switching
endoffice services until August 31, 2014.There was a net change in
the CPI (Con-sumer Price Index) beginning on the Oc-tober 1, 2012
bill from $1360 to $1475 amonth. Lightfield made a motion,
sec-onded by Hellekson to approve the ex-tension agreement with
Golden West.Continued on next pageparents in grades K-6. This is
Homecom-ing week and will be a busy week filledwith activities. Deb
Ruen with NW Pre-vention Resource Center will be comingonce per
month to work with our stu-dents.Noma Welter gave the library
boardreport. An estimated 20 children at-tended the Summer Reading
Programpresentation. The book discussion groupfell off during the
summer months buthopes to pick up again this fall. The Cityhas
replaced the siding and the roof onthe library. Other options for a
new signare being pursued. The library board isdiscussing the
possibility of changing thebook drop.Scott Vance gave the NWAS
report.The NWAS board met on September5th. They discussed looking
into Gover-nors Houses for NWAS teachers hous-ing. Many of the coop
teachers will beattending a CTE training seminar in At-lanta later
this fall. Noma Welter and Sharron Johnsongave a facilities report.
They discussedthe quotes for sidewalks received fromboth
Ainsworth-Benning and Bob Linn.The punch list is still being
completed.Ken Beer from Modern Woodmen ofAmerica and an FHS alumnus
has do-nated $1,500.00 for landscaping and/ortrees for the new
building.The School Board in-service withJulie Ertz from ASBSD has
been set forOctober 3rd.Mrs. Baye gave an update on theminor
boundary change. We have re-quested to be put on the agenda for
theSeptember 27th County Commissionersmeeting in Sturgis to ask the
CountyCommissioners to determine whether ornot Capital Outlay
certificates are or arenot considered bonded indebtedness.Mrs.
Baye, Amie Schauer and EricBogue will attend the meeting.Noma
Welter shared that MayorHaines asked if the school would con-sider
donating the old playground equip-ment to the City to be placed at
theVisitors Center. It was the consensus ofthe board to do so after
the equipment isdeclared as surplus property.The City auction has
been set for Oc-tober 19th. Surplus items need to be in-cluded in
by the end of the month. Theboard will hold a special meeting at
4:00September 25th to approve the surplusitems for
auction.Discussion was held on the 2012-2013 budget and the changes
madesince the budget hearing in July. Motionby Simonson, 2nd by
Vance to approvethe 2012-2013 budget. Hanson aye;Johnson, - aye;
Simonson aye; Vance aye; and Welter aye. Motion carried. Changes to
the approved budgetsince the Budget Hearing are as follows:General
Fund Expenditures Ele-mentary Programs +19,748.00; Middl