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The Farmers State Bank issponsoring a Food Drive from No-vember 26th through December10th. The bank will be acceptingall non-perishable items in thefront lobby of the Bank. All itemswill be donated to the Faith Com-

Cole Elshere joined the PRCAin 2010 and it didn’t take himlong to qualify for his first trip tothe Wrangler National FinalsRodeo in Las Vegas, earning al-most $66,000, placing him in thetop 15 in the world in saddlebronc.

Cole grew up on his folk’sranch north of Faith, along withhis sister Kami. Like most youngcowboys, he became involved in 4-H, where he started his riding ca-reer, riding his first saddle broncat Rodeo Bible Camp when hewas 13.

Cole attended grade school inthe country and came to Faith forhis four years of high school. Coleparticipated in football and was amember of the FHS Rodeo Club.In those four years as a memberof the club he rode bulls, barebackand saddle bronc, and even teamroped and steer wrestled. In thosefour years he qualified for theState High School Rodeo fourtimes and won Sr. All Around hissenior year. Cole also qualified forthe National HS Rodeo in saddlebronc, bulls and bareback his sen-ior year. Cole went on to GilletteCollege where he was on therodeo team competing in bulls,saddle bronc and some bareback.

Cole credits his ability to rideto God. His biggest influences arehis cousins, Ryan and J.J.Elshere, and his Dad who’s al-ways been there to help him prac-tice. Cole knew he wanted to be abronc rider because he wanted tobe like those cousins.

Cole’s traveling partners havebeen  Chuck Schmidt, TroyCrowser, and Jesse Bail. He hasgone to 100 Pro rodeos, 6 PRSrough stock rodeos, and 6 broncmatches and has driven 100,000miles and got on a dozen flights.They don’t just rodeo when on theroad. They’ve had a lot of fun inbetween rodeos like going snow-boarding, and going to a water-park. Jesse Bail and TroyCrowser got the chance to helpFlying 5 Stock Contracters ropeand cut bucking horse studs.They appreciate Dwayne Vig fly-ing them around on the 4th ofJuly and he also appreciates hissponsors, Panhandle Slim, Sweet-pro, and Rodeomart.

Cole’s had several PRCA winsand places this past season. He

won the NILE Pro Rodeo inBillings, MT, Yellowstone RiverRound-Up in Billings, RangeDays Rodeo, Rapid City, BuffaloBill Rodeo, N. Platte, NE, andNorth Central Rodeo, Medford,WI. He was co-champ at NewMexico State Fair Rodeo, Albu-querque, American Royal Rodeoin Kansas City, MO, and Guy-mon Pioneer Days Rodeo, Okla-homa. Cole says his favorite rodeois the Days of ‘76 because of its“hometown feel”.

When Cole is not rodeoing, heranches with his folks and breakshorses. In his spare time he en-joys hunting, watching pro foot-ball and playing cribbage.

This young man, who turns 23on December 12th, is riding high.Cole is ranked 13th in the worldwhich is pretty darn good for his

first year. With his talent andability, I’m sure we’ll be seeingand hearing much more of him inthe future at the NFR. Whoknows, he could be another BillyEtbauer! We wish him the best ofluck at his first showing! I knowwe’ll all be watching him, if notthere, then on television, andcheering him on next month! He’llhave some competition from theother South Dakotan, Chad Fer-ley, who will also be competing insaddle bronc at the Finals.

There will be a send-off partyfor Cole this Friday night at theVFW with a potluck supper at 6.Go down and wish him luck!

*Portions of this article werereprinted from an earlier story onCole that was in the 2012 BlackHills Stock Show Special Edition.

Cole Elshere making his first WNFR By Loretta Passolt

Faith City Council met at 5:00on Tuesday, Nov. 20th. Councilmeets at 5:30 the first Tuesday ofthe month and 5:00 on the thirdTuesday when they have commit-tee reports.

Patty Hauser, bar manager,said they sold the tv in bar andwould like to get a flat screen toreplace it. Also the cooler behindthe bar should be replaced. Shehas karaoke scheduled for NewYear’s Eve and would like to havea Ladies Night before the end of the year. Mayor Haines asked ifthey could possibly hold a crib-bage tournament one night aweek, for 6 weeks or so. Patty waswilling if someone would help.Jerry Spencer offered to help herand will meet with her to workout the details.

Donn Dupper thanked Councilfor the additional funds for abucket truck. With the additionaldollars he thought they should beable to find a pretty good one. Healso said they need to start plan-ning for snow removal, and noti-fying those who park on thestreets.

Police Chief Frankfurth saidthe ordinance regarding towingvehicles that park on the streetsneeds to be in the paper. Hoss

gave Cindy’s ambulance report.The ambulance door at the hallgot wrecked recently. They arewaiting for an insurance esti-mate. The ambulance had 16runs in October and 12 drivers li-censes were transacted. He sug-gested maybe the three heaters inthe ambulance barn should bemoved. The ambulances sit infront of them so the heaters runconstantly trying to warm thebuilding. Nolan and Fred Hulmare working on quotes. He alsowondered about an electricgarage door opener.

Council went into further dis-cussion on a bucket truck. Donnwould like to draw up the specsfor an All-Tech truck so it workswith their equipment. He calledseveral places and some are re-conditioned rigs, but almost likenew. If they can’t find one thisyear maybe they can carry it overto next year. Dupper will meetwith Atty. Bogue about drawingup the specs for advertising for anAll-Tech truck.

Donn reported that the watertower needs some repair work onthe bottom. Some of the cover hastorn off so the pipes they are notinsulated. Insurance will coverContinued on Page 3

City Council discusses snow removal By Loretta Passolt

munity Action Team. Please support this local effort

to feed the needy in our commu-nity. If you have any questions,please contact Chelsi or Shara at605-967-2191.

Farmers State Bank sponsoringcommunity Food Drive

Region Oral Interp ... David Ruth and Drew Vance placed at

the Region Oral Interp contest in Pierre and will be advancing to the

State competition in Yankton this Friday.

Photo by Marcia Samuelson

Cole Elshere...scored 89 points on “Pocahontas” in 2012.

Photo courtesy of James Fain, Fain Photographic, Logan, UT

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M. Roger Westerberg, 78, ofSturgis and formally of Faith SD,died Monday, November 19, 2012at his home in Sturgis.

He lived in Mitchell, SD fromage three to twenty-five years; ex-cept for the three years in the US

Marine Corps. He graduated fromhigh school in 1951. He graduatefrom Dakota Wesleyan Univer-sity in 1958 and earned two Mas-ter’s Degrees from South DakotaState University. He was marriedin 1956 and later divorced in1988. He was blessed with foursons, Duke, Bill, Jim, and Curtiswho was born and died in 1961. 

Survivors include three sons,M. Roger (Duke) Westerberg,Philip SD, William R. Wester-berg, Philippines, and James B.Westerberg, Redding, CA andfour grandchildren.

He was preceded in death byhis parents, and a son Curtis.

Arrangements are under thedirection of Black Hills FuneralHome.

Roger Westerberg

Funeral services for Ingrid H.Gebhart, age 88, of Meadow, SDwere held at 10:30 a.m. on Satur-day, November 24, 2012 at the In-dian Creek Lutheran Churchnear Meadow, SD.  Rev. Bob Ed-wards officiated with burial in theChance Cemetery.

Special music was provided byCarol Nelson, organist.

Ingrid Hjordis (Flatmoe) Geb-hart was born July 12, 1924 toChristopher and Petra (Kornstad)Flatmoe at Skage in Namdalen,Norway. Ingrid was baptized thatsame year at Overhalla Church inSkage. On June 15, 1941 Ingridwas confirmed at Indian CreekChurch at Chance, SD.

In May of 1929, with the en-couragement of Petra’s family,who were already in America,Christopher and Petra Flatmoeand their 4 children Hanna, In-grid, Clara and Iver sailed forAmerica aboard the Slavangers-fjord. One of Ingrid’s memories ofthe voyage was her dad holdingIver up by the railings and beingscared that he might drop himoverboard. After 9 days on theboat the family arrived at Ellis Is-land on May 25, 1929. Theyboarded a train and continued toLemmon, SD where they weremet by Petra’s mother, KarinGustofson, and her brother KnuteKornstad. From there the familyrode in a 1927 Whippit car to herGrandparent’s farm near CoalSprings, SD. This was the fam-ily’s first car ride.

Ingrid started school in the fallof 1930 at Coal Springs, she couldnot speak a word of English at thetime. Her teacher was LeoneMcMahon, who became a life-longfriend. Ingrid and Hanna wouldsit around the kitchen table in theevening and teach English totheir parents. Ingrid and Hannafinished grade school in 1938 andstarted at Meadow Central HighSchool the next fall. The fall of1940 they continued their educa-tion at Lemmon High School,graduating with the Class of1942.

On December 25, 1943 Ingridwas united in marriage to ArnoldGebhart. They began their life to-gether on a farm 7 miles north-east of Glad Valley. To this union6 children were born. In 1965they purchased her parents’ placeand moved back to the CoalSprings area. According to Ingridher greatest accomplishment inlife was being a mother to her 6children. She was very proud ofher family.

She was a long time member ofIndian Creek Lutheran Church.She was very active in the ladiesaide.  She was known for her lefseat the Fall Dinners. She servedmany pies and rolls at the Faithsale barn. Long hours were spentquilting for the church.

Gardening was especially en-joyable for Ingrid. She truly lovednurturing her various vegetableand flower gardens. She will al-ways be remembered for herbeautiful flower gardens. She wasan exceptionally good cook, one ofthe best! To quote a neighbor,“She could make anything tastegood.” There was always enoughfood for everyone who stopped atmeal time and nobody ever lefther table hungry. Her childrenand grandchildren will never for-get her Norwegian goodies, raisincookies, and especially her deli-cious caramel rolls.

In September of 2007 shemoved into the Five CountiesNursing Home in Lemmon. Over

the next five years the staff be-came part of her family. She re-mained there until her passing,Nov.17, 2012 with her family ather side.

Hard work and honesty weretraits passed on to Ingrid fromher parents. She was a respectedmember of her community. Ingridwas ready with a helping handwhenever it was needed. Herfaith and beliefs set an admiralexample for others. Her children,grandchildren and great grand-children have wonderful memo-ries of this remarkable lady. Shewill be greatly missed by all whoknew her.

Grateful for sharing her lifeare her two sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Jane Gebhart,Meadow, SD and Keith and Deb-bie Gebhart, Gillette, WY; fourdaughters and sons-in-law, Lindaand John Wilkens, Maple Grove,MN, Leanne and Ken Loeschke,Rapid City, SD, Lenai and LarryLauriston, Birmingham, AL andVirginia and Kirk Milles, Rock-ford, WA; 16 grandchildren; 22great-grandchildren; two brothersand three sisters-in-law, Haroldand Lillian Flatmoe, Meadow, SDand Ken and Charlotte Flatmoe,Sturgis, SD, Helen Flatmoe,Rapid City, SD; two sisters andone brother-in-law, Hanna andGeorge Allen Iverson, Murdo, SDand Clara Duncan, Mobridge, SD;and numerous nieces andnephews.

Ingrid was preceded in deathby her parents, Chris and Petra;one brother, Iver; one grandson,Ryan Scott; her niece, Carol Flat-moe; her great-niece, Carrie BethFlatmoe;   and life-long friendLeone McMahon.

Visitation was Friday, Novem-ber 23, 2012 followed by a familyservice all at the Evanson-JensenFuneral Home in Lemmon.

In lieu of flowers a memorialhas been established.

Condolences may be sentthrough our website at www.fu-neralhomesofcaring.com.

Ingrid H. Gebhart

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For the the past 27 years, LasVegas has gone country for 10days in December as the cityhosts the Wrangler National Fi-nals Rodeo where world champi-onships are decided.

This year’s rodeo is December6-15 and will feature 10 nights ofthe best contestants from the Pro-fessional Rodeo Cowboys Associa-tion and Women’s ProfessionalRodeo Association. Up for grabs isover six million dollars in prizemoney and world championshipsin bareback riding, steerwrestling, team roping, saddlebronc riding, tie-down roping,women’s barrel racing and bullriding.

South Dakota will be well rep-resented with six qualifiers forthis year’s WNFR. There are twoqualifiers in saddle bronc riding,Chad Ferley, Oelrichs, who wonthe world championship in 2006,and Cole Elshere, Faith, who hasqualified for the first time. Ferleyis making his sixth appearance atthe WNFR and will enter therodeo in sixth place with $76,366.Elshere is in 13th with $65,837.

Todd Suhn, Hermosa, hasqualified for the 16th time inninth place with $66,136. Thisyear’s qualification ties him withByron Walker, Ennis, Texas, forthe second most WNFR qualifica-tions in steer wrestling. Roy Du-vall, Boynton, Okla., is first with24.

Representing the barrel racerswill be Lisa Lockhart, Oelrichs,and Nikki Steffes, Vale. Lockharthas qualified for the sixth consec-utive time. She will start therodeo in ninth place with $72,462.This is Steffes’ first qualification.She started the year with a bigwin at the Fort Worth Stock Showand Rodeo and over $10,000 lastFebruary. Steffes had an out-standing college career while at-tending the University of

Wyoming where she won thewomen’s national all-around titletwice. She will be attending den-tal school in the future but hasput that on hold to take advan-tage of having an outstandinghorse, Dash Ta Vanilla, that shecalls “Nilla.” They are in sixthplace in the regular season stand-ings with $86,722.

Making his second appearancein the bull riding will be TimberLake’s Ardie Maier. Maier quali-fied in 2010, but injuries kept himfrom making the trip in 2011.This year he is in sixth place inthe world standings with $90,191.

To compete at the WNFR, con-testants had to be among the top15 in the world standings. Theytraveled across the United Statespaying their own entry fees andexpenses hoping to earn enoughmoney to be among the elite ath-letes who advance to rodeo’schampionship event. The WNFRhas seen continued growth inprize money and fan supportsince it moved to Las Vegas. Eachcontestant will compete in 10 in-dividual rounds which will paythe winner $18,257. On December15 their total scores and timeswill be added together for averageplacings. First place in that cate-gory will win $46,820 and a sad-dle as the WNFR champion.

World championships are de-termined by adding a contestant’sWNFR and regular season earn-ings together. Those championshave the esteemed honor of wear-ing the traditional gold bucklethat signifies they are the world’sbest in the sport of rodeo.

Jess Tierney, Hermosa, sits12th in the all-around standing.He qualified for the steer ropingby taking the seventh place spot.The National Finals Steer Rop-ing, held separately from theWNFR, was November 8-9 inGuthrie, Okla.

Area riders to compete in Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

Dear Editor:From a recent AP story: “GOP-

led states warming to the healthcare law” is terribly misleading.Unreported are at least 17 stateswho have rejected the mandatesin Obamacare. For example, Mon-tana and Wyoming just passedinitiated measures prohibitingboth state and federal govern-ment from ‘mandating anyone topurchase health insurance.”Wyoming’s ConstitutionalAmendment states: “No fed-eral or state law, rule or ad-ministrative decision shallcompel, directly or indirectly,any person, employer, orhealth care provider to par-ticipate in any health caresystem. Plus, their Governorhas refused to set up Oba-macare’s mandated state in-surance exchange.

A growing number of con-cerned citizens of this Republicare no longer willing to recur toCongress to repeal unconstitu-tional laws or to file legal com-plaints in the hope that the courtswill strike down offensive meas-ures. They understand that whileperhaps commendable, these tac-tics are futile and offer no guar-antee of the restoration ofconstitutionally ensured freedom.They refuse to wait on this or thatPresident, this or that Congress-man, or this or that political partyto acknowledge their pleas for re-lief from federal oppression. In-stead, they unashamedly willassume their right and their dutyto derail this “long train of abusesand usurpations” and “providenew Guards for their future secu-rity”–the states and themselves.

They are declaring that the col-lective will of the people acting asstates, are the highest authorityin our government based on solid

precedences of our founders.Alexander Hamilton and ThomasJefferson penned the Kentuckyand Virginia Resolutions of 1798and 1799 declaring the (federaal)Alien and Sedition Acts null andvoid. Earlier, Federalist #33 and#45 confirmed that states notonly have the right; they have themoral and legal obligation to de-clare certain acts of the federalgovernment as unconstitutional.

Unfortunately, South Dakotais not one of these 17 states.Please contact your legislatorsand sinsist they follow ourneioghbors lead and and nullifyObamacare now!

Sincerely, Gary Veldere

Newell, SD

Dear Editor:I think the taxpayers of Meade

County need to know that theircommisioners (who are one of the

Letters to the Editor

most of the cost of the repairs. Hethought they should get a roughinspection of the tank as it’s beenseveral years. There is some ruston the outside but the interiorshould be in good shape. Councilapproved the contract with thecompany for inspection up to a$1500 limit upon Donn’s ap-proval, without having to go backto Council for approval.

Donn said there are some peo-ple who are removing snow fromtheir driveways, etc. and puttingit in the streets for the city crewto remove. He didn’t think thecity should be hauling their snow.He thought maybe letters shouldbe sent out notifying propertyowners of this fact. There are alsosome tracter trailers around townthat need a parking area so aren’ton the street.

Council approved three resolu-tions: #11-20-12-01 for transfer offunds, #11-20-12-02 for Capital

Outlay transfers, and #03 fortransfer of lottery funds.

The second reading of Ordi-nance #301 for Capital Outlayamounts was approved. Repairsand Economic Development wereover. Telephone and electricalwere allotted $30,000 in caseneeded for a digger truck, etc.

The Festival of Trees will beheld in the Frontier Room begin-ning November 27th and runningthrough Dec. 3rd. The display willbe open during Vilas hours. Therewill be a wine and cheese tastingon the 3rd. Groups, businesses,individuals, whoever can decoratea tree or wreath to display. Thesewill be auctioned off on the 3rdand the proceeds will go to a localorganization or maybe several.Council approved the City payingfor the wine and cheese.

The Durkee Lake lease wasdiscussed. Mayor Haines won-

dered if there were any stipula-tions that they need to change.Moisture is a big factor in thelease. Karen thought the grazingwould be better if they have tomove livestock off the land for atime. She thought they needed toset a time limit and amount oflivestock allowed. Council ap-proved changing the lease to sum-mer grazing from June 1 toDecember 1, with a limit of 25pairs or 35 yearlings allowed. Ifwe don’t get any moisture theycan always reject any bids. Coun-cil also discussed moving some ofthe fence at the lake. Glen hasbeen working with Denny Topfand the landowner about thefence.

Debbie said the guy that doestheir gym floor has 6’x100’ rugsthey can purchase that only needto be vacuumed. Council will fin-ish out this year with their cur-rent supplier then purchasethese, which will save themmoney in the long run.

City Council Continued from Page 1

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highest paid in the state) justgave themselves a raise, yet cutthe coroner’s wages $12,000  ayear recently. He has been at thisposition for 11 years it'a a 24-7job, with each call taking from 2to 5 hours, depending on the situ-ation, and where it's at. He hasnever had anyone wanting to takethe job away from him. Ourcounty is huge, and if he's called,he goes.

I feel this cut should be ques-tioned, how do they justify theirraise, and take that much awayfrom the coroner’s job. Hopefullyhe can get some public support...This is a thankless job, but he hasdone it well, and has been verydedicated. I wonder how many ofthem would do the job for whatthey are now paying the coroner’sposition.

Gerrie FischerSturgis, SD

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John O'Grady came to visitand have dinner with friends,John and Carmen Heidler onTuesday.

Faye and Diane Fees went toRapid City on Wednesday forFaye to keep an eye appointmentand stopped in Sturgis to seeMargie Ingalls.

Gwen Fogelman Miller andfriend Barry from Sioux Fallscame on Wednesday to visit andspend Thanksgiving with herfolks and brother, Glenn andMargaret Fogelman andDan. They left for home on Sun-day after church. Brandon, Lyn-dee, Grace and Avery Fogelmancame and joined the group forThanksgiving Day.

Wednesday night, Thad andDakota Dunn and family fromFt.Collins, CO and Travis andChandelle Brink a family  fromBox Elder arrived at the Dwayneand Zona Vig home.  Thursdaymorning, Zona's nephew, AndyMcLeish and family, Paul andCheyenne Winkler and familyfrom Newell, Tracy and AuroraKeffeler and family from Gillette,WY, as well as Hope, JT andKelsey Vig joined the family forThanksgiving dinner. By Satur-day night all had headed homeexcept for the Brinks who leftSunday morning.  Landan Brinkis staying longer so he flew toPrairie City with his grandpawho was preaching there on Sun-day morning.

I took Rod Ingalls down toPlainview to the Hlavka repairshop to pick up one of the ranchpickups he had repaired for us.We took the road through Marcusand did a lot of visiting about mygrowing up time and who livedwhere.  Was wishing I had thetime to have visited a bit withSally Hlavka but needed to getback home. Maybe another day.

Howard and I, Rod, Tracy,Justin, Nathan and Jason Ingallstraveled to Roch and Rita Best-gens to join some of their familyfor Thanksgiving dinner, visitingand game playing. The Robert In-galls family were to Chuck andUla Fowlkes for their Thanksgiv-ing gathering. Nathan stayedovernight in Rapid and thenjoined friends to go to Sioux Fallsarea for some bird hunting.

Marlin and Ethel Ingalls wentover to Newcastle, WY to thehome of Steve and SherylLesmeister, Cody and Jesse for

Thanksgiving.  Marla and KayleeGriffith, Christy, Shawn and Sab-rina from Gillette, WY joined thegroup as well.

Missed Bernice Lemmel withher news this morning but I doknow they hosted family at theirhome for Thanksgiving.

Sam and Cheryl Cowles andfamily went to the home of Duaneand JoAnn Wood for Thanksgiv-ing.

Mike Reeve went to Rapid Cityto spend Thanksgiving at hisnephew  Aaron Hartwell's home.Mike's sister Marjorie andAllen Hartwell were also there.

Walter and Diane Fees joinedkids, Jason, Jake, and Kallie Feesand others at son Jesse Fees' andfamily home at Marcus onThanksgiving.

Thanksgiving morning, KariLesmeister Erivez and husbandMarty brought Grandma DorothyHeidler with them to John andCarmen Heidlers. Chip andMindy Heidler and girls took herback when they went home. OJand Leah Heidler came, as didCody Lesmeister who has beenstaying at their house whileworking for Hugh Ingalls. MCHaley and Frank Rosenau werealso guests.

Diane Fees went to the craftfair in Belle Fourche on Fridayand got in on some other shop-ping.

Saturday, Randy Fees came tovisit a bit with his mother FayeFees and then on up to Walterand Diane's to help with somecattle work.  They sorted andhauled cows into the Faith Live-stock and he stayed to go the saleon Monday as well.

Tracy Ingalls left early Satur-day morning to drive to Chamber-lain, SD to meet her niece andpick up her sister Deborah andbring her back to her home inSturgis.

John and Carmen Heidler hadcompany at their home on Satur-day for dinner and visiting.  Theywere friends from Cavalier, ND.Heilders then made a quick tripover to Vale for a birthday partyand hurried back to Opal for an-other birthday party.

Sunday dinner guests of theSam Cowles family were Lynn,Nancy and Katy Miller, Duaneand JoAnn Wood and Marty Vig.

Jason Ingalls and Shelby Cam-mack joined Rod, Tracy andJustin Ingalls for Sunday dinner.

Looks like another Thanksgiv-ing Day “under the belt” in moreways than one. The weather wasgood, but of course, the wind hadto blow and bring a few snow orice pellet flurries just to remindus we are in South Dakota.

Just to have some news for achange I called around and askedfolks about their ThanksgivingDay.

Sally Hlavka told me she juststayed home. She will have thewhole group at Christmas soshe’ll catch up on family timethen. Doug and Val Hlavka haddinner at their house with all theextended Price/Hlavka family.Brett and Ashley Price stopped byon their way home from Brett’ssurgery in Rochester, Minnesota.He’s got some major recoverytime now but things looked goodthe last I heard.

Jim and Vonnie O’Dea spentThanksgiving with Dan andSusan Deichert, Mary, Amy, andMichael, Holly and Doug Phillipsand Paige and friends of the De-ichert girls in Spearfish. Jim’sbrother, Dean O’Dea of Vale wasalso a Thanksgiving guest of theDeichert’s.

Robert and Lacey Won-dercheck and Quirt drove toWyoming to spend Thanksgivingwith the Wondercheck side of thefamily. Their day was hosted byDonita and Grant Munn and fam-ily of Gillette. Quirt had a won-derful day because that side ofthe family has little kids to playwith.

Amy and Dan, Abigail andEmily Wicks and Thane Escott,had cousins of Amy’s from Okla-homa and friends from Wyomingto help them celebrate the day.

We were told that Bob andLaVonne Hansen were having alltheir kids for the day but I couldnot get them on the phonetonight. Hope that’s the correctinformation.

Allen Waterland went to Min-nesota to celebrate the holidaywith his sons and their families,Robert, Ann, Oliver and Otto Wa-terland and Jon and Ruth Water-land.

Gretchen, Arlie and JasonRadway drove to Philip to attenda Thorsen family gathering thatwas held at the Legion Hall.Gretchen said Greta had friends

over that day while Matt andKendra had her family at theirhome.

Harold drove us to New Under-wood to spend the day at thehome of Kim and George Langen-dorfer and Shane. Joining uswere Marv and Norma Williamsof Owanka, Jill, Ted, Daniel,Mathew, Timothy and EmmaSchilling, and Chet, Kristen, andKadence Kilmer all of Spearfish.Kristen will have her cancercheck-up next week so we arepraying all goes well.

Tucker and Bev Hudson droveto Burke, SD on Wednesday tospend Thanksgiving with Bradand Tela Hutchison family.

D’Anne Thompson’s sister,Kelly LaRue, and mother, MaxineBongard, of Rapid City wereguests of D’Anne, Bub, Amandaand Troy Thompson. Harold andI joined them for supper thatevening.

Amanda Thompson now has apart-time job in Rapid City at alarge department store. She hadto be at work by 4:00 Fridaymorning so the clerks were readyfor the 4:30 opening. She got offwork at 9:00 or 9:30 that night. Iknow many people like this bigsales event but I’m not one ofthem. I am saddened by the waywe have turned all of our holidaysinto commercialized zoos! I stillbelieve in shopping at home asmuch as we can. I know folks whodrive to Rapid City to buy gro-ceries because there was a sale onbeans and they saved 3 cents percan. Honey, you better buy a lot ofbeans to make up for the 40-50dollars of gas you just spent get-ting there plus the meals for allthe family members. When yoursewer/water system breaks downon a holiday who will stay openfor you to “run to town” for re-pairs? I don’t think anyplace butFaith would “set your item outfront” so you can pick it up whenyou get to town. Who sponsorsyour child’s sports teams, 4-Hevents and school activities? Inever did get anything out of Wal-mart, Kmart, Target, etc., but Isure have from all the Faith busi-nesses and the little area folks.I’ve never forgotten the timeLorena Derflinger crawled undermy Expedition to retrieve themoney I dropped on the street!

Don’t get service like that at a bigbank!! Look around, spend someof your money in your hometownso we can continue to have ahometown.       

The weekend before Thanks-giving, Tucker and Bev Hudsonwent to Spearfish to watch Win-ston, Wacey and Wregan Brownin the Little Britches Rodeo onSaturday and Sunday at the 7Down Arena. They wereovernight guests of Ed and JoyceBuccholz in Belle Fourche.

Helen Kilness and Gene Cren-shaw have been guests of GwenKilness and family this pastweek. Monday afternoon, Marvand Norma Williams, Harold Wa-terland and Quirt Wondercheckcalled on Gwen, Helen and Genefor an afternoon of visiting. Helenand Gene flew back toCaliforniaon Friday.

Robert Wondercheck and NickCaspers spent two days in Wor-land, Wyo. grooming bulls thispast weekend. They drove insnow and sleet coming home Sun-day.

Vonnie and Jim O’Dea’s grand-daughter, Amy placed third in theaverage of the NRCA finals heldin the Hills this weekend. Con-gratulations Amy. Vonnie alsomentioned that Amy had headedfor college at Chadron, Nebraskaright after the rodeo today butran into such heavy rain atOlerichs, SD that she could onlydrive safely at 40 mph. Some dayit should get us a little moisture.It keeps tantalizing us but notquite getting here!  

Don't forget the annual Christ-mas Party at the Plainview HallSun. Dec. 2. Holiday Court whistwill be played starting around 2,supper will be at 5. Soups will befurnished, bring a dessert orsalad. Utensils and drinks will befurnished. A traveling gift ex-change will follow the supper. Ifyou don't want to play whist,bring a game or just come andvisit. Some folks like to play crib-bage or dominoes. Gift is to befrom $5-10, mark lady or man.Everyone welcome.

The annual Christmas Candle-light Service will be held Sundayafternoon, December 23rd at4:30at the Marcus PresbyterianChurch. Pastor Connie will betraveling onto Faith MethodistChurch for candlelight services at7 p.m. There will be a snack afterthe service so please bring yourfavorite Christmas treat to sharewith all.

Marcus News By Vicky Waterland

Farmers State Bank is sponsoring a

Food Drive Nov. 26th – Dec. 10th.

All non-perishable items

will be donated to the

Community Action Team.

Donations can be dropped off in the frontlobby at Farmers State Bank, Main St., Faith

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November 28, 2012 • The Faith Independent • Page 5

Monday:Breakfast: Burritos

Lunch: Hot Hamburger – $4.29Sandwich: BBQ Chicken

Tuesday:Breakfast: Breakfast Sandwiches

Lunch: Tacos – $4.29Sandwich: Rueben

Wednesday:Breakfast: Biscuits & Gravy

Lunch: Asian – $4.29Sandwich: Hamburger

Thursday:Breakfast: Breakfast Sandwiches

Lunch: Cassserole – $4.29Sandwich: Philly Steak & Cheese

Friday:Breakfast: Burritos

Lunch: 2 Piece Chicken Dinner – $4.29Sandwich: Hamburger

…The Better ChoicePrairie Oasis Mall 605-967-2622

Faith, SD

Faith News By Loretta Passolt

We had warmer temperaturesthe early part of last week, butThanksgiving Day was a cold,windy day, and it’s been coldsince. Temperatures are to be inthe 30s and low 40s this week.

Doris Frankfurth hostedThanksgiving dinner at Country-side Estates. Joining Doris fordinner were: Carmen Russell ofDupree, Hoss, Cindy, and AustinFrankfurth, Brady Gilliland,Kenny and Donna Teller, CodyTeller and fiance Ashley, nephewRod and Rebecca English andthree children, and a few of theresidents who live there. Dorissaid some of the relatives couldn’tmake it due to illness.

About a dozen guests enjoyedThanksgiving dinner at the Sen-ior Center with JR and SandyRasmussen.

Diane Isaacs and Cindy Escottwent to Rapid City on Thanksgiv-ing Day and did a little shopping.They enjoyed breakfast and visit-ing Friday morning with Jeannieand Carolyn. They returned homeFriday afternoon.

Mike Fischbach flew in toRapid City from Kansas onThanksgiving Day and spent acouple days with Dave and Eldoraat their house in Rapid City last

week. They drove home to FaithSaturday. Mike got in a little vis-iting with Noel and Kathy whilethey were here. Dave took Mikeback to Rapid City Mondayevening to catch his flight backhome Tuesday morning.

I know the Antrim clan had abig gathering for Thanksgiving.Bob was able to be home withthem.

Ryan and Sheila Fisher andchildren spent the Thanksgivingweekend here visiting family.

Rich and Sherry Kokesh wereThanksgiving dinner guests ofTom and Carole Sternad.

Paul and I drove over toSpearfish on Thanksgiving Dayand had dinner with Wes andNick at Lucky’s at the HolidayInn. The Doaks were all thereeating dinner, too. From therePaul and I went over to RapidCity. Melissa joined us there laterin the afternoon. Melissa and Ijoined the 3 million plus other

shoppers for Black Friday sales.We started about 7:30 Thursdaynight and went until about 3:30in the morning. We went back tothe room for about 3 hours andwent back at it for a few morehours. It was a long night!! But itwas kind of fun.

I know there were many morewith family here visiting forThanksgiving but nobody shared.

It sounds like they had a goodtime at Robert Ulrich’s surprise50th birthday party Saturdaynight. Happy belated birthdayRobert!

The girls will have their firstbasketball game of the seasonnext week, on December 6th, andthe boys will open their season onthe 7th. Both games will be away.

Remember the send-off forCole Elshere this Saturday nightat the VFW. There is a potlucksupper at 6:00. Join them for sup-per and wish Cole good luck at hisfirst NFR.

Page 6 • November 28, 2012 • The Faith Independent

Paul’s Feed & Seed of Faithwas honored recently by theSouth Dakota Farm Bureau withthe “Friend of Agriculture”award, in recognition for its serv-ice to the agriculture communityin Faith and the surroundingarea.

“Farmers and rancherscouldn’t do what they do withoutsupportive local businesses thatunderstand the needs of today’sagricultural producers,” saidScott VanderWal, President ofthe South Dakota Farm Bureau

and family farmer from Volga,S.D.  “It is our pleasure to recog-nize Paul’s Seed & Feed and thework they do to sustain agricul-ture in Faith and the surroundingcommunity.”

Businesses are nominated bytheir local county Farm Bureau.

SDFB also presented the“Friend of Agriculture” award toOlson’s Motor Co. in Clark,Southwest Grain in Lemmon, andPhilip Livestock Auction inPhilip. 

SD Farm Bureau honors Paul’s Feed & Seed with“Friend of Agriculture” Award

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakotamay have experienced its firsthighway fatality-free Thanksgiv-ing holiday in a decade, prelimi-nary reports to the Department ofPublic Safety indicate.

Statistics from Public Safety’sOffice of Accident Records showthat 2003 was the last Thanksgiv-ing travel period without arecorded highway fatality inSouth Dakota. Late reports fromthe past weekend could changethis year’s outcome, but as of mid-day Monday, Nov. 26, the Office ofAccident Records had received noreports of fatal crashes in SouthDakota during the period.

“The Thanksgiving travel pe-riod starts a full month of holidaytravel, meaning more peoplegoing more places,’’ said Col.Craig Price, superintendent of theSouth Dakota Highway Patrol. “It’s a festive time, but it also can

be stressful and hectic. Thatmakes it more important thanever for all of us to be safe. Pleasewear seatbelts, obey speed lawsand don’t drink and drive.’’

To drive that point home, theHighway Patrol kicked off theholiday travel period on Wednes-day, Nov. 21, with a high-visibil-ity Operation Safe campaign.That statewide effort involvednearly every uniformed HighwayPatrol member. The primary pur-pose of Operation Safe was to re-mind motorists to make safe andresponsible driving decisions dur-ing their holiday travel.

Statewide during the day-longOperation Safe campaign on Nov.21, troopers responded to 31crashes during the operation,made six DUI arrests and ninedrug arrests and assisted 38 mo-torists on the highway.       

Highway Patrol ‘OperationSafe’ campaign successful

Sr. Citizens MenuSr. Citizens Menu

Wed., Nov. 28: Chicken &Dressing, Mashed Potatoes &Gravy, Carrots, Fruity Slaw, Sea-sonal Fruit

Thur., Nov. 29: Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Tossed Salad &Dressing, Mandarin Oranges,Vanilla Pudding

Fri., Nov. 30: Roast Beef,

Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, LimaBeans, Orange

Mon. Dec. 3: BBQ ChickenLegs, Baked Potato, Mixed Veg-etables, Apple

Tue., Dec. 4: HungarianGoulash, Cooked Cabbage, Tropi-cal Fruit

Wed., Dec. 5: French Dip

Sandwich, Potato Salad, GrapeJuice, Vanilla Ice Cream

Thur., Dec. 6: Turkey & Noo-dles, Spinach, Fruity Slaw, Pears

Fri., Dec. 7: Pork Chop w/Cel-ery Sauce, Baked Brown Rice,Broccoli, Cranberry Sauce, FruitCocktail

NEXT SALE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 3RDSPECIAL bRED COw AND bRED HEIFER SALE

Sale Time: 10 AM––bred Cattle at 12 NOONExpecting 800-900 bred cows & bred heifers

Consignments:D & M Dietterle – (age disp) 60 blk & bldy cows HR 5s

Freeze Branded bred Angus calf April 10J weiss – 50 Angus cows 5-6's bred Angus calf 3-15L Weiss – 50 Angus cows 3-9s bred Angus calf 3-15

More bred cows and heifers expected by sale time.

Upcoming Sales:Monday, December 10: Special weaned calf, yearling & sheep sale

MONDAy, DECEMBER 17: LAST SALE OF 2012

MONDAy, DECEMBER 24 NO SALE (MERRy CHRiSTMAS)

MONDAy, DECEMBER 31 NO SALE (HAPPy NEW yEAR)

Faith Livestock Commission Co.

(605) 967-2200A light run of cattle here for our sale on Monday, November26, with a a steady to higher market on all classes of live-stock. Feeders are finding out that the run is over.

Thank you for your business.

REPRESENTATIVE SALESBrian Spiel14 .......................blk & bldy steers 434 .............$184.0018 ......................blk & bldy heifers 444 .............$153.25Frances Graf21.........................blk & red steers 490 .............$169.5013 ......................blk & bldy heifers 478 .............$147.50Walter Fees1 .......................................red cow 1475 .............$82.001 .......................................red cow 1380 .............$81.00Elaine Ward1........................................blk cow 1125 .............$78.00

Kerry Burgee1........................................blk cow 1640 .............$73.00consignment of1........................................blk cow 1635 .............$73.001........................................blk cow 1370 .............$69.00Frances Graf 1....................................baldy cow 1290 .............$73.00Tye Hale1....................................baldy cow 1325 .............$69.50Evelyn Hale1....................................baldy cow 1505 .............$70.00Gary Jorgenson5 .....................................red cows 1468 .............$69.00Randy Keffeler1........................................blk cow 1430 .............$71.50

We 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 OR Max Loughlin – (605) 244-5990 OR1-605-645-2583 (cell) OR Glen King 1-605-390-3264 (cell)

November 28, 2012 • The Faith Independent • Page 7

Football cleats have been hungup and the volleyball nets torndown, that can only mean onething in Longhorn Country, thestart of the hardwood season.This year’s season will kick off aweek early with the 2nd AnnualLonghorn PALS Gold Night Sat-urday, Dec. 1st.

The evening will begin at 6:00PM at the Faith American Legion

Hall with a spaghetti supperserved by members of both theboys and girls 2012-2013 basket-ball squads. During the supper asilent auction will be held featur-ing various items including: retroLonghorn uniforms, Longhorn ap-parel, Girls State Basketballmemorabilia, plus many moreitems.

Following supper the action

2012 LMC Football … Front row, left to right: Caden Smiley, Cody bernstein, Cody Trainor, all are

All Conference. back row, left to right: Skyler welter, Honorable Mention, Lane Foster, All Conference, MartyShaff, All Conference, Jesse King, Honorable Mention. Photo by Marcia Samuelson

2012 LMC Volleyball … Left to right: Shanna Selby, Honorable

Mention, Marissa Collins, 2nd Team All Conference, Tearnee Nelson,1st Eam All Conference, Paige brink, 2nd Team All Conference.

Photo by Marcia Samuelson

will move to the Faith Commu-nity Center where the Faith HSgirls will divide up for an inter-squad scrimmage followed by theboys varsity squaring off in aninter-squad scrimmage. Plus, thegirls will look to avenge their lossin last year’s 3 point shooting con-

test.Tickets for this event can be

purchased from Longhorn VarsityBoys and Girls basketball playersor by stopping by the high schooloffice. Tickets cost $25 and admittwo adults to both the supper andthe games, a youth ticket is also

available for children 12 andunder costing $10. Proceeds willgo to benefit Longhorn Athletics.No general admission tickets tothe game will be sold. For moreinformation contact Lynn Halli-gan or Toni Vance.

Second Annual Longhorn PALS Gold Night

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Every day and every week,newspapers package and publishnews, information and advertise-ments in a product that is madeavailable to the public.

A common piece in all of it isthe name of the newspaper. Thenewspaper name almost alwaysdominates the top of the frontpage of the printed newspaper orthe top of the newspaper’s web-site. In the newspaper business,we call it the “flag” or the “name-plate.” But it is much more thanjust a newspaper name.

A newspaper's flag is a repre-sentation of a newspaper’s credi-bility and brand. It is anewspaper’s trademark. It tellsthose who read the newspaperthat the publisher stands behindthe information found in thenewspaper.

In short, a newspaper flag con-veys instant familiarity and con-nection for those who read it. Anewspaper's flag is a powerfulthing.

So it is no wonder some south-eastern South Dakota residentswere confused when they receiveda political campaign piece in themail just before the November 6election that looked very similarto a local weekly newspaper. Thecampaign mailer included a flagthat was similar in design andtype style to the local weeklynewspaper, the Dakota DunesNorth Sioux City Times.

The campaign mailer, calledthe “Lincoln Union CountyTimes,” was paid for by the UnionCounty Republican Party, whosechairman is state Senator DanLederman, as a promotional piecefor GOP candidates.

Shortly after the campaignmailer showed up in mailboxes,

Times Publisher Bruce Odsonbegan receiving calls from localresidents confused by it. Was hisnewspaper responsible for thiscampaign literature? Odson as-sured them he was not.

Nevertheless, the confusionwas out there. A few days later,Odson published a front-pagestory in his newspaper, tellingreaders that the real Times wasnot responsible for the politicalcampaign “Times” and that he didnot appreciate confusion by it orthe apparent deception intendedby those responsible for it.

Newspaper publishers take se-riously their job of publishing ac-curate, fair information andbuilding trust with their readers.

Businesses big and small in-vest millions of dollars to buildand promote their image andbrand. Ford’s blue oval. McDon-ald's golden arches. Apple’s littleapple. All designed to instantlyconnect with their customers.

Newspapers do the same thingwith their flag. Most SouthDakota newspapers have beenconveying a connection with theirreaders and a sense of publictrust via their newspaper flag formore than a century.

Any unauthorized use of thatnewspaper's brand and trade-mark undermines that connectionand trust. Apple would not like itif someone misused its iconic logo.South Dakota newspaper publish-ers don’t like it either when some-one abuses the trust andconnection they have workedhard to build with their readersand community.

It’s been said that imitation isthe sincerest form of flattery. Andperhaps we should be flattered

Political campaign mailer confuses readers, threatens newspaper’s independent credibilityby David Bordewyk, S.D. Newspaper Assoc.

that a political campaign wouldemulate one of our newspapers tofurther its agenda. But the risk ofconfusing our readers and poten-tially weakening our credibility asan independent source of informa-tion is simply too steep a price topay.

November 28, 2012 • The Faith Independent • Page 9

HO! HO! HO! The holiday sea-son is in full swing. Many of us arebusy shopping and planning gettogethers with family, friends, andloved ones. As we enjoy this holi-day season, the number of fami-lies traveling makes our roads andhighways busier than usual.

Plan ahead to insure you andyour loved ones arrive at your hol-iday festivities safely by followingthese basic driving tips.

•Click it! It only takes about 3seconds to make sure every seat-belt and everyone in your vehicleis “clicked” in place. It might bethe most important 3 seconds ofyour holiday. 

•Distracted driving isDUMB driving. With the in-creased amount of traffic, youneed to keep two hands on thewheel and both eyes on the road.Talking on your cell phone (evenhands-free sets), texting, eating,even “fiddling” with the radio orother technological devices takesyour attention away from yourdriving. Studies show it only takes

Ho! Ho! HO! Safe Holidays!

Question: Do disabled chil-dren qualify for disability bene-fits?

Answer: There are two SocialSecurity disability programs thatprovide benefits for disabled chil-dren. Under the SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI) program, achild from birth to age 18 may re-ceive monthly payments based ondisability or blindness if:

• The child has an impairmentor combination of impairmentsthat meets the definition of dis-ability for children; and

• The income and resources ofthe parents and the child arewithin the allowed limits.

Under Social Security, anadult child (a person age 18 orolder) may receive monthly bene-fits based on disability or blind-ness if:

• The adult child has an im-pairment or combination of im-pairments that meet thedefinition of disability for adults;

• The disability began beforeage 22; and

• A parent of the adult childworked long enough to be insuredunder Social Security and is re-ceiving retirement or disabilitybenefits, or is deceased.

Under both of these programs,the child must not be doing anysubstantial work. The child alsomust have a medical conditionthat is expected to last at leastone year or result in death. Learnmore atwww.socialsecurity.gov/apply-fordisability.

3 seconds of distraction to causean accident…so ditch the distrac-tions.

•Know your weather condi-tions.  Check with your statessafe driving tip-line BEFORE

leaving home.  Make sure youhave an emergency survival kit inyour car.

•Drinking and drivingNEVER mix! We all enjoy timewith our friends and family and

sometimes these gatherings in-clude alcohol. Make a plan beforeyou party!  Designate a soberdriver and make sure they havethe keys. If your guests drink toomuch, make arrangements for a

safe ride home or a place to stayuntil they sober up!

Three Rivers Counseling Cen-ter and NW Prevention ResourceCenter wants you to stay safe thisholiday season!

Social Security Tips

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Page 10 • November 28, 2012 • The Faith Independent • LEGALS Legal Newspaper for the City of Faith • Faith School District 46-2 • Meade County • NWAS

MEETiNG OFTHE BOARD OF

EDUCATiONFAiTH SCHOOLDiSTRiCT 46-2

MEADE COUNTy,SOUTH DAKOTA

The Board of Education of the FaithSchool District 46-2 met in regular ses-sion at the Maurine School with Chair-woman Johnson calling the meeting toorder at 6:02 p.m.

Members present: Hanson, Johnson,Simonson and Vance.

Members absent: Welter. Motion by Simonson, 2nd by Vance

go into executive session for the Boardevaluation at 6:10 p.m.

Chairwoman Johnson declared theboard out of executive session at 6:48p.m.

Motion by Vance, 2nd by Hanson totake a ten minute recess.

Motion by Simonson, 2nd by Vanceto approve the following financial state-ments and claims:

Certified salaries – 44,815.64, non-certified salaries – 15,470.64, FIT –5,147.88, FICA – 10,744.94, SDRS –10,119.28, Horace Mann – 3,100.00, As-pire Financial – 490.00.

SUBS:T. Arneson – 132.08; J. Capp – 66.04;

R. Gabriel – 255.11; G. Hawks – 66.04;C. Olson – 66.04; R. Paul – 566.10; A.Schuelke – 66.04; M. Schuelke –254.27; E. Wicks – 66.04; J. Wood –61.84.

Faith imprest Fund beginning bal-ance – 4,789.65; receipts – studentmeals – 3,243.35, milk – 288.30, adultmeals – 710.80, admissions – football –3,526.01, volleyball – 2,276.01, from Dis-trict – 1,914.80; expenses – football –774.20, cross country – 20.00, volley-ball – 863.52, supplies – 40.00; other –638.34, to district 6,704.45.

Trust & Agency beginning bal-ance – 30,139.56, receipts – 7,518.86,expenses – 6,641.70; ending balance –31,016.72.

The District Financial Statement:beginning balance – 1,050,690.34; re-ceipts – ad valorem taxes – 1,686.95,penalties and interest on tax – 6.07, in-terest earned – 116.59, admissions –4,077.00, activity tickets – 1,777.00, do-nations and contributions – 1,363.81, re-fund prior years expense – 435.00, otherrevenue – 5.40; county sources –5,176.24, state sources – 75,707.00,federal sources – 11,325.00, and hotlunch – 7,449.85.

Total revenue – 109,125.91, reim-bursements – 4,888.33. Total receipts –114,014.24, total expenses –145,499.37; ending balance –1,019,205.21.

CLAiMS:General Fund: AFLAC (ins) –

875.45; AmericInn (travel) – 100.00;Ameritas Life Ins. (dental) – 1,449.94; A.Ostrander (VB official) – 435.00; AP Ex-aminations (fees) – 53.00; ASBSD(fees) – 812.00; A. Price (custodial) –9.06; A. Delbridge (VB) – 60.00; ASBSDWorkers Comp (ins) – 129.00; B.Bushong (custodial) – 2,270.00; B.Haines (VB) – 25.00; B. Manca (VB) –30.00; C. Smith (AIMSWEB) – 75.00; C.Brown (VB) – 45.00; City of Faith (util) –4,141.92; Dakota Business Center(mtnce) – 679.38; D. Schauer (supp) –36.97; D. Varland (VB) – 25.00; Eide-Bailly (audit) – 8,000.00; Faith ImprestFund (officials, mlg, fees, pstge, travel) –2,336.06; Farmers Union Oil (travel) –36.78; Gordies Farm Service (mtnce) –1,139.00; Governors Inn (travel) – 75.00;Grand Electric (util) – 127.79; HaggertyMusicworks (supp) – 88.00; HarmonLaw Office (fees) – 672.10; Heartland

Paper (supp) – 311.63; Heartland WasteMgmnt. (util) – 60.00; Hewlett Packard(supp) – 74.00; Horace Mann Ins (ins) –406.01; J. Bernstein (VB) – 30.00; K.Hanson (AISWEB) – 75.00; Krause Stor-age (rental) – 195.00; Legal Shield(ins) – 241.10; A. Lewig (AIMSWEB) –75.00; L. Hostetter (VB) – 110.00; Lynn’s(supp) – 55.68; M&B Cleaning (custo-dial) – 2,701.85; M&D Food Shop(gas) – 1,914.79; M. Kilby (VB) – 30.00;Quill (supp) – 171.96; Riverside Tech-nologies (mtnce) – 166.00; R. Traver(travel) – 96.80; S. Engel (AIMSWEB) –75.00; SDHSAA (dues) – 81.00; SDS-DBF (ins) – 9,898.81; Servall Uniform(mntnce) – 346.57; S. Carmichael (VB) –115.00; Shell Fleet Plus (travel) –100.01; Software Unlimited (dues) –100.00; T. Nelson (VB) – 20.00;Transamerica (ins) – 20.41; Trust &Agency (training) – 1,144.80; UniversalAthletic (supp) – 117.32; Visa (supp,travel) – 828.80; W. Simonson (VB) –10.00; total General Fund – 44,398.99.

Capital Outlay: Don’s Electric(mtnce) – 1,288.80; SD Federal Property(mixer) – 950.00; Wells Fargo Financial(lease) – 265.00; total Capital Outlay –2,503.80.

Special Ed: AFLAC (ins) – 147.06;BenefitMall/Centerstone Ins. (ins) –19.26; Hands on Health (PT) – 870.55;Legal Shield (ins) – 26.90; SDSDBF(ins) – 1,032.86; total special educa-tion – 2,096.63.

Capital Projects: Bob Linn (side-walks) – 11,000.00; total Capital Proj-ects – 11,000.00.

Food Service: Afdahl’s Appliance(mtnce) – 140.00; AFLAC (ins) – 25.80;BenefitMall/Centerstone Ins. (ins) –80.22; CSS (ins) – 213.99; CWD (food) –1,361.72; Food Service of America(food) – 951.27; Lynn’s (food, milk) –1,494.66; SDSDBF (ins) – 3.00; totalFood Service – 4,270.66. Total claimsall funds – 64,270.08. Motion carried.

Motion by Vance, 2nd by Simonsonto approve the minutes of the October10, 2012 regular meeting and the Octo-ber 26, 2012 special meeting asamended. Motion carried.

No citizens wished to address theboard.

Rob Bickett, Horace Mann represen-tative, was present to share the benefitsof the Section 125 flex plan with theboard as well as answer any questions.

Mrs. Baye gave the superintendent’sreport. Midterm for the second quarter ison November 21st and grades are dueNovember 27th. Kindergarten just cele-brated 50 days of school. The football,cross country and volleyball teams havecompleted their seasons and all-in-allthey finished well. The Data Retreat forthe staff was part of the in-service on Oc-tober 26th. The staff reviewed the testscores from the Dakota STAP and ACTfor the spring from the spring of 2012and looked at the Emetric for progresson the standards in math and science.Areas for improvement and suggestedstrategies to meet goals were imple-mented from performance data and eval-uation analysis. Mrs. Baye attended theNWAS Superintendent’s meeting on No-vember 6th where they discussed staffevaluations and performance sum-maries, ESA update, the winter moveschedule, damage to units in the storm,staff changes and the speech shortageand an update for speech tuition reim-bursement. The Academic Olympics andSpelling Bee dates were switched be-cause of the math contest at NSU. Mrs.Baye participated in a webinar on the Ac-countability Model and SPI scores forevaluating districts. The Special Educa-tion Review has been scheduled for Feb-ruary 7th. The auditors from EideBaillywere here in early October to audit fiscalyear 2012. The Veterans Day programwas held on November 12th. SharronJohnson and Mrs. Baye attended theSchool Law Seminar on October 24th inPierre. November 11-17th is American

Education Week. School will be dis-missed at 1:00 on Wednesday the 21stfor Thanksgiving Vacation.

Mr. Daughters shared some informa-tion and recommendation for the upcom-ing Senior Experience/Capstonerequirement beginning in the fall of 2013.The students will be finalizing their 2ndsemester schedules between Thanks-giving and Christmas. Beginning on Jan-uary 7th Tyrell Bonnet will be coming toour school as a student teacher to workwith Mrs. King in 7-12 science. DarlaChapman will be spending 16 hoursdoing student observations during theweek of November 26th. Mr. Daughtershas begun the formal observationprocess of the certified staff.

Mrs. Baye read the library report.There are 12 registered preschoolers forStory Hour. Their Fall Fun party was heldon October 31st. Angela attended theSDLA conference and reported back.The roof gutters were placed on thebuilding and repairs have been made.Zane King will make a new sign that willbe placed closer to the east door for pa-trons to see and use that door. The oldsign needs to be removed. Angela willask about the proceeds from the auc-tioned items and if the funds will beplaced in the library fund. The board isstill reviewing the technology plan.

Scott Vance gave the NWAS report.Vance attended via conference call onNovember 7th. They discussed the win-ter move and scheduling more time to tryto avoid any excess damage to the units.

Mrs. Baye reported that the auctionbrought in just over $3,000.00 and theauctioneers did not charge any commis-sion. The money from Modern Wood-men of America has been allocated fortrees through Rocking Tree Floral andLandscaping in Sturgis but the trees willnot be planted this fall because of the dryconditions. The Beverly Baxter memorialtree has been planted in the front of thebuilding by Dennis and Janet Fernau.The safe room has not been decided yetbut they are still moving forward andhope to hear something soon. The FaithSchool sign donated by the Class of2011 has been put up. Bret Hansonasked about the pump control and whyit has not been moved and why.

Bret Hanson gave a policy committeereport. The Mission/Vision statement isready for the 1st reading. They havebeen working on Home School Participa-tion in classroom activities and athleticsand differentiated them between the el-ementary school, middle school and highschool.

Brian Simonson will be attending theDelegate Assembly in Pierre on Novem-ber 16th. The ASBSD website has theproposals for the upcoming legislativesession. He asked the board membersto review them and contact him with anyconcerns they may have.

The Superintendent’s evaluation willbe held prior to the December boardmeeting.

Mr. Daughters shared informationabout the strategic planning the staff haddone. They identified the areas of weak-ness based on the students test scoresand areas they need to address. The dis-trict set a district goal as a staff and eachindividual staff member set classroomgoals to help meet the district goal.

Mrs. Baye and Sharron Johnsonshared some of the information they re-ceived at the School Law seminar andencouraged anyone who wanted to readthe information to do so.

Discussion on the school buildingopening was held. Currently the eastgym door is opened at 7:45 for studentsto get in out of the cold and the buildingis open to students at 7:50. Hansonstated he felt that the district is alwayslooking for ways to increase test scoresand improve student achievement andhe felt having adequate access to theteachers was a big part of that and thedoors need to be open earlier. Johnson

shared that the doors are also lockedearly in the afternoons. Kids are oftendoing homework late into the night andare not going to call their teachers late atnight to make an appointment to seethem in the morning. They had better ac-cess to the teachers while they were inthe mobile units. Mrs. Baye stated thestaff is on on-duty prior to 7:50 and thestudents are not directly supervised.Brian Simonson asked if the administra-tion and/or teachers would be willing tokeep an eye on things when they arrivein the mornings so the kids could havethe access they need. Johnson statedshe was disappointed this discussionwas coming up again since it had beendiscussed last month and if it continuesto be a problem, it may need to be ad-dressed through policy.

Mrs. Baye shared the STARS ac-countability model that will be used to re-place NCLB and the school report card.STARS stands for Student and TeacherAccountability Standards that theschools will be held to.

Bret Hanson asked if the FacilitiesCommittee had discussed the future ofthe old administration building and/orwhat the plans are for the building. Itcould be used for storage and/or rentedout as a source of revenue.

No new information was available onthe minor boundary change.

Sharron Johnson informed the boardof an outstanding invoice for Albertsonsthat had not been fully paid by Lund As-sociates. Albertsons would like the dis-trict to pay a portion of the unpaid invoiceat approximately $2,700.00. Motion byVance, 2nd by Simonson to table actionuntil the board could discuss it with legalcounsel. Motion carried.

Sharron Johnson read a letter of res-ignation submitted by Mrs. Baye resign-ing her position as superintendent at theend of her contract year. Motion Hanson,2nd by Simonson to approve Mrs.Baye’s resignation. Hanson, Johnson,and Simonson – aye. Vance – nay. Mo-tion carried.

Johnson also read a letter of resigna-tion submitted by Mary Hudelson. Motionby Simonson, 2nd by Vance to approvethe resignation of Mary Hudelson. Mo-tion carried.

Motion by Simonson, 2nd by Vanceto go into executive session to discusspersonnel at 9:15 p.m. Motion carried.

Chairwoman Johnson declared theboard out of executive session at 10:06p.m.

Motion by Hanson, 2nd by Vance tooffer Brenda Snyder of M&B Cleaning acustodial contract for cleaning until theend of the school year with the changesas discussed and upon review of legalcounsel. Motion carried.

Motion by Vance, 2nd by Johnson topay the bill submitted by M&B Cleaning.Motion by Vance, 2nd by Simonson toamend the motion to pay the bill submit-ted by M&B Cleaning for services ren-dered. Motion carried.

Motion by Vance, 2nd by Simonsonto adjourn. Motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at 10:10 p.m. _______________________________

Sharron Johnson, PresidentBoard of Education

________________________________Amie Schauer,Business Manager

Published November 28, 2012 for a ap-proximate total cost of $121.18

Notice of HearingUpon Applications

for Sale of AlcoholicBeverages

Notice is hereby given that the Boardof Meade County Commissioners in theMeade County Offices Building (ErskineBldg.) Sturgis, SD, on December 5,2012, at 10:00 a.m. will consider renewalapplications for the 2013-licensing year.Said applicants are as follows:LiQUOR LiCENSE RENEWALS FOR

2013American Legion Post 315, Inc.,

Ellsworth AFB (retail on-sale liquor, Sun-day on-sale)

Vicki McKee, McKee’s Pub & Grill,Black Hawk (retail on-sale liquor, pack-age off-sale liquor, Sunday on-sale)

MSJ Dining, Inc. (formerly ESL Din-ing, Inc.) – Elk Creek Steakhouse &Lounge, Inc., Piedmont (retail on-saleliquor, Sunday on-sale)

Full Throttle Saloon and Camp-ground, LLC., Sturgis (retail on-saleliquor, Sunday on-sale)

Hagg Hospitality, LLC., Piedmont (re-tail on-sale liquor, Sunday on-sale)

Howes Store, Robert & LaVonneHansen, Howes (package off-sale liquor)

A.T. Elk LLC, Elk Creek Resort, Pied-mont (retail on-sale liquor, Sunday on-sale)

Reno’s Inc., Reno’s Casino, BlackHawk (retail on-sale liquor, Sunday on-sale, package off-sale liquor)

Shep & Deb’s Casino, Debbie Rich-mond, Black Hawk (retail on-sale liquor,Sunday on-sale)

Buffalo Chip Campground LLC., Stur-gis (retail on-sale liquor, Sunday on-sale)

Sacora Station LLC, Sacora Station,Piedmont (retail on sale liquor, Sundayon-sale)

Country Stores, Inc., Black Hawk(package off-sale liquor)

Robert S. Q. Phelps, The Barn, Pied-mont (retail on-sale liquor, Sundayon-sale)

Glencoe Entertainment, LLC., Sturgis(retail on-sale liquor, Sunday on-sale 1of 2)

Glencoe Entertainment, LLC., Sturgis(retail on-sale liquor, Sunday on-sale 2of 2)

Broken Spoke Campground LLC.,Sturgis (retail on-sale liquor, Sunday on-sale)

Barrelhouse LLC., Piedmont – RetailOn-Off Sale Wine;

Tamalyn Schaeffer, The GarageSports Bar – Retail On-Off Sale Wine;

Notice is further given that any per-son, persons, or their attorney may ap-pear at said scheduled public hearingand present objections to any or all ap-plicants, if any objections there be.

Dated at Sturgis, SD, this 13th day ofNovember, 2012./s/ Lisa Schieffer, Meade County AuditorPublished November 21 & 28, 2012 atthe total approximate cost of $48.07

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“Have truck will travel”For all your on-farm tractor, truck &machinery tire repairs call Dusty.Leave a message if no answerCall anytime 7 days a week!!

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NOTiCE TOBiDDERS

Sealed bids will be received by theMeade County Commissioners at theMeade County Auditor’s Office located at1300 Sherman Street, Suite 126 Sturgis,South Dakota 57785 on or before 10:00AM December 5, 2012 for the following:GASOLiNE AND DiESEL FUELS FOR

CALENDER yEAR 2013Bid specifications and bid documents

are available at the Meade County High-way Department located at 20623 131stAve. Sturgis, South Dakota. Bids shall bepresented on the document provided orin the format directed by Meade County.Each sealed bid envelope shall bemarked with the words “Sealed Bid” andshall specify the items, date, and time ofbid opening.

The Board of Commissioners ofMeade County reserve the right to rejectall or any part of the presented bids andto accept the bid deemed in the best in-terest of Meade County.

Kenneth L. McGirrMeade County Highway

SuperintendentMeade County Highway Department

Published November 21 & 28, 2012 atthe total approximate cost of $19.49

NOTiCE OF BiD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theCommon Council for the City of Faith,South Dakota will receive bids for thepurchase of aviation fuel. Bidder mayconsider a volume of 10,000 gallonsmore or less of aviation fuel. All biddersare asked to include the base price plusthe itemized tax. Aviation fuel will be biddelivered to the Faith Municipal Airport.Bids are to be submitted on the Bid Formavailable at the City of Faith Finance Of-

fice. The bid must be clearly marked“Aviation Fuel Bid”.

Bids will be received by the Mayorand Common Council at the office of theFinance Officer in the City of Faith,South Dakota until 5:45 p.m., mountainstandard time, on the 4th day of Decem-ber, 2012, at which time the bids will bepublicly opened that same day at theregular meeting room of the CommonCouncil in the Municipal Building, Faith,South Dakota.

The Mayor and Common Council re-serve the right to reject any and all bidsreceived and to accept the bid that is tothe best advantage of and in the best in-terest of the City of Faith, South Dakota.

By order of the Common Council ofthe City of Faith, South Dakota.

City of Faith,________________________________Debbie Brown, Finance Officer

Published November 21 & 28, 2012 fora total approximate cost of $25.32

NOTiCE OF BiDS

Notice is hereby given that the Com-mon Council for the City of Faith, SouthDakota will receive sealed bids for thelease of 360 acres more or less, locatedon the South West side of the DurkeeLake, Meade County, South Dakota.Lease will be for a three year period be-ginning January 1, 2013 and ending De-cember 31, 2015. Bids are to besubmitted on the Bid Form available atthe City Finance Office.

Bids will be received by the Mayorand Council until 6:00 PM MST on the4th of December 2012 at which time thebids will be publicly opened in the Com-munity Room of the Faith CommunityCenter, Faith, South Dakota.

Each bid must be accompanied by a

certified check, bank draft or cashier’scheck in the amount of the first year’sbid. Each sealed bid must be clearlymarked “Bid for Leasing Durkee LakeLand”.

The Mayor and Council reserve theright to reject any and all bids receivedand to accept the bid that is to the bestadvantage of and interest of the City ofFaith, South Dakota.

City of Faith, South DakotaDebbie Brown, Finance Officer

Published November 21 & 28, 2012 fora total approximate cost $24.03

NOTiCE OFHEARiNG ON

SUPPLEMENTiNGBUDGET Fy2012

WHEREAS, the County of Meade,South Dakota, did not provide sufficientrevenue by the final adoption of thebudget for the year beginning January 1,2012, and ending December 31, 2012,necessary to enable the county to con-duct the indispensable functions of gov-ernment, wherein notice is hereby giventhat the Board of Meade County Com-missioners at the Meade County Court-house, Sturgis, SD, on December 5,2012 at 10:00 a.m. will consider the fol-lowing supplements:

Election Budget 101-5-120-426.1 –$8,500

Court Appointed Attorney 101-5-155-422 – $20,000

Poor Relief 101-5-411-429.6 –$35,000

Mental Illness 101-5-441-429.5 –$5,000

24/7 248-5-212-426.1 – $2,000

(cash thru 248)Title III 216-5-221-429.5 –

$64,270.61 (cash thru 216)Capitol Project 300-5-161-422

$72,133 – (cash thru 300)Law Library 766-5-153-426.1 –

$750.00 (cash thru 766)Notice is further given that any per-

son, persons, or their attorney may ap-pear at said scheduled public hearingand present objections to any or all ap-plicants, if any objections there be.

Dated at Sturgis, SD, this 13th day ofNovember, 2012./s/ Lisa Schieffer,Meade County AuditorPublished November 21 & 28, 2012 atthe total approximate cost of $27.93

Meade CountyTraining Class

Notice

MeadeGeo GiS Training ClassesMeade County will be holding 8 train-

ing classes on their new GIS program.This will replace their existing Beaconmapping site. The classes will be pre-sented by Bill Rich – Meade CountyEqualization & Planning Office-

November 29th at 10 am and 2 pmNovember 30th at 10 am and 2 pmDecember 13th at 10 am and 2 pmDecember 14th at 10 am and 2 pmClasses will be held in the “Glass

Room” on the 2nd floor of the MeadeCounty Erskine Office Building at 1300Sherman St., Sturgis, SD. Please callJennifer or Bill to RSVP at (605) 347-3818.Published November 28, 2012 for a totalapproximate cost of $13.64

CiTy OF FAiTHREMiNDER:

Ordinance No. 252

Chapter 6.04 of Title 6 – Traffic Code,entitled “Parking and Stopping” andChapter 7.03 of Title 7 – Streets, Side-walks, and Public Places, entitled “Snowand Ice Removal” be and the same ishereby amended to read as follows:

6.0402 - Parking in Streets: In theevent of snow, creating the necessity forthe blading and /or removal of snow, itshall be unlawful to leave any vehicleparked on the emergency snowroutes(designated in Chapter 7.0304)when there is more than two (2) inchesof snowfall.

7.0305 - No Parking Due to Amountof Snowfall: There will be no parking onthe Avenues or Streets that run northand south when there is more than (2)inches of snowfall until the said routeshave been cleared to the edges of thestreet. There will be no parking on theStreets that run east and west whenthere is more than two (2) inches ofsnowfall until the said routes have beencleared to the edges of the street.

If not removed, vehicles will be tick-eted and towed. Towing bill will be the re-sponsibility of the vehicle owner.

Published November 28, 2012 for a totalapproximate cost of $12.27

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate advertised in this newspaper is sub-

ject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal to advertise

“any preference, or discrimination on race, color, religion, sex, or national ori-

gin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimina-

tion.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which

is a violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellings advertised

in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Center for Cultural Interchangeseeks volunteer Local Coordinatorsfor exchange students in SouthDakota. Some compensation. Con-tact Mary Armstrong for info: 1-8 8 8 - 4 4 0 - 8 7 5 0MArmstrong@cci-exchange.ORGwww.cci-exchange.ORG.

BIDS

ACCEPTING BIDS THROUGHOUTDECEMBER: 1992 Ford E350, 7.3diesel ambulance (unequipped),110,287 approximate miles. For

additional information or photos,email jocoamb@goldenwest.net orleave message at 605-669-3125.Mail bids to: Jones County Ambu-lance, P.O. Box 305, Murdo, S.D.57559.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

NOW IS THE chance to buy a wellestablished & successful businessin the State Capitol of S.D. TheLongbranch is for SALE (seriousinquires only). Call Russell Spaid605-280-1067.

EMPLOYMENT

CENTRAL PARK MANAGER -Huron SD Park & Rec. Dept. Seeduties and applications available atwww.huronsd.com. Click on ìCityGovernment,î then ìCity Employ-ment.î

LIVE, INC., an accredited agencysupporting people with disabilities,has FT evening and supervisorypositions available. Call (605) 374-3742 or e-mail resumeí tojulielive@sdplains.com.

SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLO-GIST ASSISTANT: immediate open-ing in NW SD, great benefits andeducational cost reimbursement:contact Cris Owens, NorthwestArea Schools (605)466-2206 Chris-tine.Owens@k12.sd.us.

DRIVERS: OWNER OPERATORSNEEDED Refrigerated Division,join our experienced team of sea-soned professionals. Terminals inKS, SD, TN, NM. 2 years OTR ex-perience. Call 800-796-8200x103.

SKILLED MEAT CUTTER POSI-TION available at West Side Meats,Mobridge, SD. Competitive wages,good benefits, affordable housingavailable. For application or moreinformation call 605-845-2271 oremail grandriverbison@yahoo.com.

FOR SALE

MUST SELL: 2012 Chevrolet Sub-urban LT 4x4, 29,000 miles,$38,000; 2010 GMC Yukon XL4x4, 66,000 miles, $30,500; 2000Chevrolet Suburban 4x4, $4,500.605-871-9996.

LOG HOMES

DAKOTA LOG HOME Builders rep-resenting Golden Eagle Log Homes,building in eastern, central, north-western South & North Dakota.Scott Connell, 605-530-2672,Craig Connell, 605-264-5650,www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

PETS

CHESAPEAKE PUPPIES: In TimeFor Christmas!!! Champion Blood-lines! Excellent Hunters! GreatPersonalities! 605-730-2088.

NOTICES

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

OTR & DRIVER OPPORTUNITY

$1500.00 SIGN-ON BONUS! EXP.OTR Drivers, TBI, 33¢/34¢, $375mo., health ins., credit, 03¢ safetybonus, Call Joe for details,800.456.1024, joe@tbitruck.com.

DRIVERS: $1,000 SIGN-ONBONUS. New Pay Program! *Earnup to 50 cpm *Home Weekly*2500+miles, 95% no-tarp. Must be Cana-dian eligible (888) 691-5705.

FOR SALEFOR SALE: 2004 Premier MacDon 2952 I self propelledwindrower with 18 foot 922header and conditioner with dou-ble swath. Always shedded, lowhours. Extra guards, sickle, allparts to go with $55000. NinaVansickel, 748-2444. F11-tfc

NOTICESLANDFILL HOURS startingSaturday December 1st will be 9am to 3 pm. F12-1tc

APARTMENTS AVAILABLE:Countryside Apartments inFaith. 1 bedroom, carpetedthroughout. Laundry facilitiesavailable. Handicap accessible.Rent based on income. For infor-mation contact: PRO/RentalManagement 1-800-244-2826 or1-605-347-3077 Equal Opportu-nity Housing. F5-tfc

PASTURE WATER LINESwith trencher and backhoe, Live-stock Water Systems. 10 1/2miles south of Maurine, 605-748-2473 Merle Vig. F2-tfc

CARD OF THANKSHappy Holidays! A big thanks

for all the wonderful 103 birthdaywishes.

God Bless!Estella Reese

ARROw TRANSIT SERVICE1st Tuesday & 3rd wednesday

of each month

Trips to Rapid City, Sturgis & communities in between

Fares to Rapid City are $25.00

For information or a brochure call (605) 374-3189or Call 967-2001 to arrange a ride!