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

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HHiigghhlliigghhttss && HHaappppeenniinnggssMovie Night at Slim Buttes LutheranChurch, Sunday, April 14th, 6 pm “Oc-tober Baby” is the movie.

Bridal Shower for Rebekah Diehl,bride elect of Shannon Veal will be atthe Grand Electric Social room on April20th at 3 p,m, The couple is registeredat Target & Herbergers

Master Gardeners are taking pre-sale orders for Bedding Plants. If inter-ested please call Geraldine Peck at390-1533 by Friday the 12th.

Arrow Transit provides transporta-tion for appointments, shopping andmore. Rapid city trips are 1st Tuesdayand 3rd Wednesday for $30.00. Lem-mon to Bismarck trips are 2ndWednesday and 4th thursday for$25.00. lemmon to Dickinson 1stWednesday for $20.00. Call for infor-mation 374-3189.

BHS seniors and parents pleaseemail or drop off a senior picture forthe graduation page in the BisonCourier. - [email protected]

BHS prom 2013 “Electric Avenue” 14,000 acres burn

Castle Butte school, see story on page 4. Photo courtesy ofCharity Newman.

Sydney Arneson was crowned Prom Queen and Wil Kolb was crowned Prom King.

The South Dakota Departmentof Transportation will begin a 44-mile asphalt concrete resurfacingand shoulder-widening project onHighway 73 and Highway 20 inPerkins County on Monday, April8.

The 36-mile project on Highway73 will start at the junction withHighway 212 and move north tothe north junction with Highway20.

On Highway 20, work will beginat the south junction with High-way 73 and move east eight milesto the Ziebach County line.

Traffic will be reduced to a sin-gle lane with an 11-foot width re-striction, flaggers and a pilot car.

Motorists can expect up to twolane closures with 15-minute de-lays each, loose gravel, shoulderdrop offs, and equipment crossingand/or entering the highway.

The prime contractor on the$13.8 million project is AndersonWestern, Inc. of Bismarck NorthDakota, and the completion date isSept. 1.

For more information, contactAdam McMahon with the Depart-ment of Transportation at 605-892-2872.

Complete road construction in-formation can be found atwww.safetravelusa.com/sd or bydialing 511.

Projects on Highways 73 & 20 in Perkins County to begin

Contract signed to hire help in writing Comprehensive Plan for Perkins County

By Beth HulmLast Tuesday’s special meeting

of the County Commission drew asmall crowd of visitors. Membersof Western Plains Action Group(the local chapter of Dakota RuralAction), four of the Town of Bison’sfive trustees and some court housedepartment heads lined the boardroom as Commissioners visitedwith Blaise Emerson, Black HillsCouncil of Local Governments,Rapid City, regarding his proposalto assist in writing a Comprehen-sive Plan for Perkins County.

Emerson explained that he hadbeen contacted by the Commissionto present a proposal for them toconsider. His proposal includedguiding a local planning commis-sion through the planning process,setting a timeline for completionand agreeing upon compensationwhich would be paid to BHCLG.That price tag is $7,500.

At the end of the hour-long dis-cussion, the county board voted toproceed. Emerson promised tohave a contract available for sign-ing at the April 9 meeting of theCounty Commission.

In his opening comments, Emer-son explained that a comprehen-sive plan for future land use andplanning endeavors should includethree important components: land,people and economy. He stressedthat a comprehensive plan is NOTzoning but that no zoning canoccur without first having a planin place.

There is a provision in law thatwould allow the county to pass atemporary zoning ordinance whilethe plan is being written. Commis-sioners will look into that furtherwhen they meet in regular session.

The first order of business willbe to name a Planning Commis-sion, which Emerson suggested be

a committee of five people. Onecould be a County Commissionerwho would act as a liaison betweenthe two groups. He suggestedmembers from various segments ofthe county – for example, farmersand/or ranchers, the business com-munity, local government, emer-gency management, various agegroups and locations. That groupwill be the “eyes and ears on theground,” he said, adding thatBHCLG would be “heavily in-volved.”

Lynn Waddell reminded thatthis is a rural county with a majoremphasis on agriculture. Hewarned not to “underweight the agcommunity” on the planning com-mission. Emerson agreed thatagriculture is the “base of thiscounty and the community.” MikeSchweitzer, chairman of theCounty Commission, said it would

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The school play will be Thursday, April 11 & Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m.

Auditions for the Children’s Theater will be Mon-day at 3:45 at the school gym. The performance will beat 7p.m. on April 19th. They will be performing X isfor Zebra.

Movie Night at Slim Buttes Lutheran Church, Sunday, April14th, 6 p.m. “October Baby”

The Bison Public Library will have a story time onApril 19th at 10:30 a.m..

Alcoholics Anonymous is meeting weekly in Bison.The group meets every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in thebasement of the Presbyterian Church. Everyone iswelcome.

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Dear Editor,I am writing this in regards to

the meeting held on April 6, 2013in Hettinger concerning thePautre Fire. First off, was there aneed to have the sheriff anddeputies present at this meeting,and if so why??? Are we local

ranchers that just lost our land forour livestock really the hardenedcriminals here that we neededthem to be present? Also, I was in-formed of Forest Service in andaround the area packing guns andwatch dogs….was this necessary?Secondly, when holding a meetingfor questions to be answered aboutclaims and what had happened, itwould have been great to actuallyhave a single question answeredinstead of the same reply of, “Thatis a really good question, but Idon’t have an answer for it”, forevery question that was asked.Would have it made sense to havesomeone there that knew anythingabout the claims process to maybedescribe the process of that?Thirdly, it would have been greatto have more than two forest serv-ice officials present, perhaps theirboss’ would have been a bit moreinformative for us, instead of hear-

ing about his education and whatthe Forest Service does. We al-ready figured out what theydo….look around. From the begin-ning, Mr. Hancock pointed outthat he did not know any of thefamilies that were affected by thisfire. Would have it maybe been agood idea to have us stand up andintroduce ourselves so he could seeour faces, eye to eye, of the lives hehas tarnished and caused so muchstress upon? I do not understandwhy they chose to hold a meetingand not be prepared what so ever.All they showed at this meetingwas they wanted to show power oflaw being present to us. We are alladults and majority have a collegeeducation just like you Mr. Han-cock. Let’s get some real answersor solutions now and some face toface apologizing done.

Sincerely,/s/Albert and Bridget Keller/s/Duane and Dawn HarrisHarris-Keller Hereford Ranch

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Thune calls for immediate response to grassland fire

Senator John Thune (R-S.D.)today sent a letter to the Chief ofthe U.S. Forest Service, Tom Tid-well, calling for the agency to takeimmediate action to reimburselandowners for the recent grass-land fire in Perkins County.

On April 3, 2013, the U.S. For-est Service lost control of a con-trolled burn that resulted in up to14,000 acres of damaged pastureand farmland in Perkins County,

South Dakota, which has been ex-periencing prolonged drought con-ditions. Local landowners and firecrews responded to the blaze,which was fully contained by Sun-day, April 7.

“The damage caused by the U.S.Forest Service is inexcusable,”said Thune. “It could take yearsfor the burnt pastures and farm-land to recover, and in the past,landowners have to wait years be-

fore being reimbursed. I am call-ing on the Forest Service to takeimmediate action to assess thedamage, provide landowners atimely opportunity to apply for re-imbursement, and ensure thatranchers are made whole as soonas possible. Additionally, I am ask-ing the Forest Service to review itscontrolled burn policies duringdrought conditions to prevent fu-ture grassland fires.”

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Garden Gate

Those of you that have a peren-nial garden of flowers or woodyplants may want to consider usinga perennial ground cover ratherthan bare space or all mulch cover.This can be considered a livingground cover or living mulch.

Advantages of living mulch are:it doesn’t need yearly replacement,it stays in place, cats will not beable to paw it aside to use yourflower bed for “facilities”, it pro-vides added interest and beauty toyour landscape. The disadvantageis it does take time to get theplants established and you need toknow the plants you choose willnot over whelm the plants orshrubs you are “mulching”. Thebottom line is to do your researchand set up your plan before youpurchase any ground cover plants.A popular ground cover is a peren-nial geranium, a newer variety isCambridge geraniums, they aremore compact than the old famil-iar Johnson Blue. An advantage isof the newer type is they requirelittle or no late summer shearing.They creep along establishingsatellite plants by rhizomes. It iseasier to control the mother plantas well as lift and transplant thebabies.

Geranium x cantabrigiense ofCambridge geraniums, Theseplants form a low, spreading matof fragrant dark green leaves,bearing clusters of bright ma-

genta-pink flowers. The very longblooming period sets this apartfrom others, and makes it espe-cially useful as a low groundcoveror edging plant. Also worth consid-ering in tubs or mixed containers.Fairly drought tolerant, once es-tablished. They are easily dividedin spring or early fall, consideredevergreen but some turn orangey-red in the Fall. According to the re-search, these are rated for Zones 4to 9, however in some catalogsthey are listed as hardy to Zone 5which may be “iffy” for PerkinsCounty.

There are older varieties such asCranesbill or Biokovo which arenot quite as lovely as the newervariety but have small abundantflowers ranging from white topink. Plants are not fussy aboutthe type of soil and will do well infull sun or partial shade. Nextweek we will touch on some otherground covers.

Remember to call 244-5402 ifyou want rhubarb plants. It willsoon be time to dig and divide! Oldtimers depended on the standbyrhubarb for desserts and jams andit hasn’t lost its popularity yet!Adopt the pace of nature; her secretis patience. – Ralph Waldo Emer-sonSubmitted by, Karen Englehart,Master Gardener, SDSU Coopera-tive Extension Service

U.S. Representative KristiNoem (R-SD) announced todaythat Kyle Holt of her Rapid Cityoffice will hold a constituent out-reach day in Bison on Monday,April 15. Kyle will be available onMonday between the hours of 4:00p.m. and 5:00 p.m. in the PerkinsCounty Courthouse.

“As South Dakota’s lone Mem-ber of the U.S. House of Represen-tatives, I believe it is very impor-tant for me and my staff to meetwith South Dakotans to hearabout the issues important tothem. It is my hope that individu-als needing help with a federalagency or simply wishing to passon their concerns to me will stopby,” said Noem.

Aside from this opportunity,Kyle also plans on visiting withcommunity leaders in the region.

Area residents are invited to con-tact Rep. Noem’s Rapid City officeat 791-4673 if you would like to setup an appointment or if you needimmediate assistance. If you areunable to find time to come toBison on Monday, you can alwaysreach Rep. Noem’s office via her

website, www.noem.house.gov. WHAT: Constituent Outreach

DayWHEN: Monday, April 15, 2013

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.WHERE: Perkins County Cour-

thouse, 101 Main Street,Bison, SD 57620

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Castle Butte school after the fire. Bison Courier photo.

Ranchers do not have a lot of grazing with the drought conditions. These cows are east of wherethe fire burned. Bison Courier photo.

The fire burned along these buttes northwest of Duane Meink’s and down along the west side of his buildings. Bison Courier photo.

Wildfire burns 14,000 acres in northern S.D.By Lauren Donovan

Bismarck TribuneThe Forest Service lit a match at

about noon Wednesday and withinhours had a wildfire on its handsthat scorched an estimated 14,000acres before it was mostly con-tained with help of federal andlocal firefighters.

The agency manages the GrandRiver National Grasslands andwas conducting what was sup-posed to have been a controlledburn on about 180 acres. Instead,within three hours of starting theburn and when it was just aboutdone, the fire jumped the perime-ter and took off south and west,jumping the north branch of theGrand River in an area west ofLemmon, S.D.

The burn created a mosaicthrough private and federal acresand at least a dozen ranchers wereaffected.

Ranchers lost use of their pri-vate pastures and pasture theylease on the grasslands, unlessrain comes this spring and turnsthe sooty, sour-smelling black intogreen.

By Thursday, the agency wasout sizing up damage to miles ofgrass, hay stores and burned-outfences. It appeared there were noburned structures or injured orkilled cattle. Forest Service crews,aided by local volunteers, were outdampening hot spots.

“We’ll cover what damage thereis,” said Dennis Neitzke, DakotaPrairie Grasslands supervisor.“We got lucky. There were nohomes burned.”The Gunns

Neitzke was out on the burn andmet up with Vince and SusanGunn, local ranchers who were outsurveying their losses.

The day was mild and sunny outthere on the enormous sweeps ofland between buttes, thawingcreeks and scattered homesteads.The black and the smell were asad contrast to the beauty of theland.

Susan Gunn said she acceptedNeitzke’s face-to-face apology witha “thank you.”

She said she knows the ForestService didn’t start the wildfirepurposely.

“But what a mistake; what adevastating mistake,” she said.

Vince Gunn said he and otherranchers will probably have to sellcattle because hay is hard to findand expensive now.

Ranchers typically start turningcow-calf pairs out onto pasturegrass starting in about mid-May,depending on conditions and per-mits with the Forest Service.

Vince Gunn was a director forthe Grand River Grazing Associa-tion, which is the local grazing of-fice for the grasslands.

He said the association has spo-ken against controlled burns indry years like this one, when theregion has only received 10 per-cent of normal moisture since fall.

“We said, ‘Not during a serious

drought period, only when condi-tions were favorable,’” he said.

The couple own about 1,800acres and estimates half wasburned. The Gunns weren’t surehow much of the federal pasturewhere they have permits for 63cow-calf pairs was affected.

Vince Gunn said fire damagecan last much longer than a sea-son, depending on how fast thegrass regrows and how much or-ganic covering blows off in thewind or erodes away.

“If we don’t get rain, this is athree- to four-year problem,” hesaid.The Kellers

A neighbor, Bridget Keller, re-turned to her ranch home over-looking the north branch of theGrand River late Wednesday, afterfleeing with her toddler and infantwhen the fire got within 200 yards.

“I threw the kids in the vehicleand stopped at our 96-year-oldneighbor, who didn’t want to leavebecause she had a casserole in theoven,” she said.

She and her husband, Albert,are just getting started on theranch. “Without grass, we’ll haveto sell the cattle. This is a hardstart,” she said.

Mostly, she’s upset.“It wasn’t very controlled. Why

burn when it’s supposed to be inthe 60s and the winds are pickingup?” she wondered.

Neitzke said the fire crew fromthe Medora District called in for aspot forecast for the exact condi-tions at the location before igni-tion.

“The decision was made based

on the information they had,” hesaid.

Neitzke said it’s too soon to sayhow the agency can make up forthe lost pastures, if ranchers can’tuse them this year.

Reprinted with permission fromthe Bismarck Tribune.


The fire burned up to the Isdal place, the Isdal’s settled here about 1910. Bison Courier photo.

The King school west of the Isdal place. Bison Courier photo.

These cows and calves are in the lot in front of the barn in the picture to the left everything hereis charred black. Bison Courier photo.

The view out the door of Gary and Jodi Johnson’s home. Notehow close the fire was to the sidewalk. Photo courtesy of TissTrieb.

This picture shows the old Dyson place. Bison Courier photo.


Collins takes first at State AAU

Shane Collins pictured center won his second state championship in AAU Wrestling held inBrookings SD. This years contest had 1300 wrestlers competing in more than 1,985 matches onthe first day. This was the largest tournament since the program began in 1968. Harland Grovesand Jaren Beckman also competed in the state tournament. Both wrestlers won their first match,but were unable to place in the top 8 this year.

Bison AAU wrestlers finished out the year with their annual year end party. Wrestlers thankeveryone for the support this season. Pictured above Hugh Groves, Harland groves, Jaren Beck-man, Shane Collins, Braden Kopren and Jeremy Lanore. Front row Ashtin Gerbracht, Tanner Ca-bles, Colt Kopren, Kaden Glover, Rylee Veal, Cooper Mackaben, and Corbin Mackaben. Not Pic-tured Teigan Clark.


make it a pain to want to sit in thepassenger’s seat.

Every morning my husband andI take care of all the livestockchores together. I end up getting inand out of the pickup several timesto get gates, cut twine, kick up hayat the hay rack, let cows out of thebarn, etc. Every time I open thepickup door, getting even onecheek on the pickup seat is a con-stant battle. I have to push her re-sistant dead weight hind end overto the middle seat in order to getin and shut the door—an act thathas become dreaded more thanhaving to get out and get the gate.

It doesn’t matter if I get out ofthe pickup for a gate that onlytakes a second to open (these aregates known as “she-can gates,” asin, “She can get the gate herselfeasily”), when I open the pickupdoor to get back in, Pepper’s al-ready moved over and leaning intothe door or laying across the seatclaiming the whole passenger’sside. Pepper gives me a look likeshe’s deliberately going to makesitting in her spot miserable forme. She’s sort of laid claim tobeing my husband’s girl—the fe-male who gets to ride along withhim wherever he goes.

Part of Pepper’s window seat in-sistence may stem from the fact

that when she first gets in thepickup my husband allows her tokiss his cheek and I won’t. Beinglicked by a dog is not my idea of anenjoyable sensory experience.She’ll even try to fumigate me outof the pickup entirely by findingsome cow cleaning to eat before-hand that causes her to havemorning toxic dog gas.

Pepper is used to having thepassenger seat to herself in anypickup that my husband drivesbecause she spends a lot moretime riding around in the pickupwith him than I do and she seemsto think it should stay that way.She acts as if she’s entitled to seatprecedence.

Getting the window seat hascome down to accepting that if youwant the passenger seat in ourfeed pickup, you gotta take it anywhich way you can.

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

One Too Many Womenin My Husband’s Life

Normally I harass my husbandthat he has one too many womenin his life because of how much hefusses over our cows but I decidedit was time to give it a rest.

Instead I’ve chosen to harasshim for having one too manywomen in his life because of our fe-male dog’s arrogance when sherides with him in the pickup. Ifound my husband’s theme songabout this situation after he and Ire-watched the 1980 Clint East-wood movie, Any Which Way YouCan. I dubbed the song One TooMany Women in Your Life fromthe movie as “his” song.

It doesn’t matter whether heand I are in the Dodge feed pickupheaded out to feed our cows orwe’re buzzing up to Pringle in theBuckskin (my husband’s tan Toy-ota flatbed ranch pickup) to feedthe bulls, our dog Pepper alwaysrides along. Her presence has de-veloped an ongoing battle betweenher and me over who gets the win-dow seat. She deliberately tries to

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Tiss Treib made a trip to LemmonWednesday afternoon.

Dorena Wiechmann and Kari Hoffbrought Esther Johnson to the clinicin Hettinger Saturday morning.After finding everything to be ok,Tiss Treib took them all out to din-ner.

Dorena Wiechmann, Kari Hoffand Esther Johnson traveled toLemmon and attended the Missoulachildren’s theatre presentation Sat-urday afternoon. Mara Wiechmannwas a participant. Later in theevening, they traveled to the homeof Luke and Amber Wiechmann tohelp Lucille celebrate her 5th birth-day.

Larry and Janice Clark of Water-loo, Iowa were Saturday eveningguests of Al and Tiss Treib. Theymade the tour around looking at theburnt pastureland. Later they wentout to supper together in Lemmon.

Larry and Janice Clark of Water-loo, Iowa visited with Esther John-son, Kari Hoff and Dorena Wiech-mann Sunday morning at the Hoffhome.

The week started out quietly andthen Don Archibald called onThelma Sandgren Wednesday morn-ing. Steve Sandgren came out forlunch and then Jim and Patsy Millertook a coffee break with Thelmaafter checking on the fire. James andMarci Sandgren were eveningcallers.

Steve Sandgren and a friendstopped briefly Thursday atThelma’s with a fire report.

Thelma Sandgren made her usualtrip to Hettinger Friday. She startedher day with a hair appointment,had lunch with Gladys Merwin andthen played cards at the Senior Cen-ter. Thelma won third. She thenstopped at the Nursing home to visither siblings and friends. Later shemet up with Vern and Lucy Millerinand went to check out their home,which is very nice.

Sunday, Thelma Sandgren wokeup to a sprinkle of rain, she thenwent to church. James, Marci andKylee Sandgren were dinner guestsand they then toured the big fireburn. The traffic in the area hasbeen unbelievable.

Tuesday, Albert Keller returned towork by Epping.

Tabbi and Emily Mauri wereThursday evening guests of BridgetHarris. Barb Bartell stopped in

briefly as well.Friday, Feathers Seim and

Dorothy Bowers, Duane Harris,Tracy Buer, Brad Besler and RustyFoster were afternoon visitors ofBridget Keller and boys.

Saturday, Dawn Harris and Brid-get Keller and the boys went to Het-tinger for errands and to attend theForest Service meeting.

Sunday, Bridget Keller and theboys attended church services. SueMeink and Emily Mauri, Jenniferand Mackenzie Anderson were after-noon visitors.

Larry and Janice Clark of Water-loo, Iowa were Saturday afternoonvisitors of Shirley Johnson and LexiJohnson.

Thelma Sandgren visited withJohn and Shirley Johnson Sundayafternoon.

Don Meink of Crofton, NE arrivedTuesday at Helen Meink’s to spenda week.

Danny and Kelly LaDue and boysleft Tuesday and traveled to Sturgisto visit with Gary and MargieLaDue. They continued on theirway home Wednesday and arrivedThursday.

Justin, Jo and Jacob Seim re-turned to their home in BelleFourche Saturday after spending aweek with Tim and JoAnne Seim.

Nolan and Linda Seim and familytoured the fire area Thursday after-noon.

Jim and Patsy Miller made a tripto Hettinger Wednesday and visitedwith Violet Miller at the Nursinghome.

Jim and Patsy Miller made a tripto Lemmon Saturday.

Albert Keller returned home fromwork Wednesday night.

Thursday, the Kellers traveled toBismarck for Korbins 2 month wellcheck and dental appointments.

Saturday, the Kellers went toLemmon for the Easter Egg hunt.

Sunday, Kellers attended sunriseservice then traveled from there toBert and Patricia Kellers for EasterDay. They returned home thatevening.

Monday, Kellers traveled to Bisonand had pizza at the Buzz Stop andran some errands.

Jim and Patsy Miller and Jim An-derson and Mandy, Ella, Greta andErik Anderson were brief visitors onThursday afternoon at Kellers.

Rosebud News .....By Tiss Treib


Pastor Henry MohagenSlim Buttes Lutheran Church, Reva SD

Well, we got through that so now we can forget about it untilnext year, RIGHT? WRONG! Easter or “The Resurrection” is not

something we get through and then leave it behind until nextyear. Even when it appears that Easter has been taken over by

bunnies and eggs we cannot forget the real meaning of Easter foranother year. This should be an entire year observance. Yes we

always look forward to Christmas with the birth of Jesus, whichis important, because without a birth there could not be a death

and resurrection. As difficult as it is for us to comprehend the GOOD of Good

Friday, with the horrible death of Jesus, it was necessary andGod’s plan making it good. Fortunately the account does not end

in the tomb.Resurrection morning brought a number of different reactions

along with recognitions;Mary Magdalene recognized Jesus when he spoke to her and shegrabbed a hold of him with the statement “My Lord and My God”.

Some of the Disciples believed when they were given the reportthat Jesus had risen from the dead. The soldiers guarding the

tomb were as “dead men” when the tomb opened and Jesus cameout.

In the Gospel of John, when the disciples were in hiding,Jesus came in to them and they were “Overjoyed” when they recognized Jesus. Thomas was not with them and when they

gave the report Thomas said “I will not believe unless I can putmy finger in the scars on Jesus hand and his side”, thus comes

the statement “Doubting Thomas”. Later Jesus revealed himselfto Thomas and Jesus responds with “blessed are those who have

not seen and yet have believed’.What is our response to the Resurrection? John writes this

report so that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, and thatby believing you may have life in his name. Keep Easter foremost

in your mind throughout the year.

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

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

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

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

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

Coal Springs Community ChurchPastors Nels & Angie Easterby

South Jct. of Highways 73 & 20Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church • Pastor Donavon KackSabbath School - 2:00 p.m., Worship Service - 3:00 p.m.

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church • Fr. Tony GrossenburgSaturday Mass: Morristown - 4:45 p.m. Lemmon - 7:15 p.m.,

Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Bison - 11:00 a.m.Holland Center Christian Reformed Church

Pastor Brad Burkhalter • LodgepoleWorship Service - 8:00 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church • Pastor Florence Hoff, CRESunday School 9:30 a.m. • Worship Service -10:30 a.m.

Slim Buttes Lutheran • Pastor Henry MohagenReva • Sunday School 9:45, Worship Service - 11:00 a.m., WMF 2nd

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.Beckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad Burkhalter

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

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

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Drew Reder escorted HallieKocer.Tessa Kopren was escorted by

Clayton Koch.

Joshua Beckman escortedKayla Barnet.Jeremy Mollman escorted Tori

Voller.

Tony Gerbracht escorted Re-becca Rittberger.

Tyler Kari escorted MadisonHulm.

Julianna Kari was escorted byReed Arneson.

The Northwest Area SchoolsSpelling Contest is scheduled to beheld Wednesday, April 17 atDupree School. Students fromBison, Dupree, Eagle Butte, Faith,Harding County, Lemmon, McIn-tosh, McLaughlin, Smee and Tim-ber Lake Schools will be partici-pating.

Students in grades 1 though 8

Northwest Area Schools spelling contest

will be competing in both the Writ-ten Word and Oral Contest.Awards will be given to the 1stthrough 5th place winners in bothcontests.

The public is invited to attendthe Awards Ceremony that isscheduled to begin at 12:15 in theDupree School Gymnasium.

There will be more Prom picturesin next weeks paper.


C o m p r e h e n s i v ePlan for PerkinsCounty

continued from page 1be “a balancing act” to make surethat all segments of the populationare considered but also agreedthat, without agriculture, “the restof us wouldn’t be here.”

The Planning Commission willwork with BHCLG to gather datafrom various sources, includingthe US Census Bureau, Depart-ment of Agriculture, Departmentof Labor and local surveys. They’llconsider plans already written byWestern Plains Action Group andin neighboring entities. BHCLGwill develop and maintain a proj-ect web page to enable communi-cation amongst all parties.

Longtime Lodgepole arearancher Gary Hendricks said thathe’s not out to destroy anybody’sdreams but that he also doesn’twant to become a victim to growthand the things that accompany it.

He cautioned that not all of thefocus should be on man camps andother land use issues but shouldinclude the social ills that some-times go along with growth, thingslike increased drug and alcoholuse and “red light districts.” Hesuggested that clean-up be an im-portant factor also, for examplewhen man crews would move outof the area. The latter is one of thehardest things to plan for, accord-ing to Emerson.

Penfield expounded, saying,

“We want something that’s goingto be for all time” and not just fora boom.

Holly Waddell spoke on behalf ofWestern Plains Action Group tosay that her organization supportsthe writing of a ComprehensivePlan “100%” and offered their helpin moving forward. Waddell saidthat WPAG has been studying theissue for 2-3 years already and hasa lot of history within its member-ship on how to protect local re-sources. Their goal has been toprotect while looking towardsgrowth.

The City of Lemmon is currentlyworking with BHCLG to write itsown Comprehensive Plan. Bisoncould choose to write their own orbe included in the county’s plan.Unincorporated towns, such asMeadow, Lodgepole and PrairieCity, would fall under the county’splan.

The Perkins County Commis-sion is ultimately the decisionmaking body for both a Compre-hensive Plan and any ensuing or-dinances. State’s Attorney ShanePenfield said, “At the end of theday, Commission, you’re drivingthe truck.”

Emerson estimated that itwould take approximately a year –“maybe a little faster; it might go alittle longer” – to finalize the plan.

Schweitzer adjourned the meet-ing with one final comment. “Itsounds to me that it’s pretty im-portant to get things rolling,” hesaid.

For the sixth straight year,Farmers Union Insurance, in coop-eration with the South DakotaFarmers Union Foundation, is of-fering $25,000 in scholarships toeligible high school seniors inSouth Dakota through the “Insur-ing a Brighter Tomorrow” scholar-ship program. Twenty-five highschool seniors from across thestate who meet certain require-ments and plan to continue post-secondary education at a college,university, or technical school inthe state of South Dakota willeach receive $1,000.

The scholarships are fundedwith support from Farmers UnionInsurance agents in South Dakotaand the South Dakota FarmersUnion Foundation. The applica-tion deadline is Monday, April 15,2013. The application must bepostmarked by this date. Scholar-ship recipients will be selected

based on the applicant’s academicrecords, school and community in-volvement, and financial need.The applicant will also be requiredto submit a written essay entitled,“How do you hope to impact aBrighter Tomorrow in SouthDakota?”

Applicants Must Meet One ofthe Following Requirements:

•South Dakota high school sen-ior whose parent or parents arecurrent policyholders of FarmersUnion Insurance

•Member of South DakotaFarmers Union

•A “Friend of the FarmersUnion Foundation” (Defined asthose who have contributed $25 ormore to the Foundation in the pastyear)

•Participant in any SouthDakota High School Activities As-sociation (SDHSAA) sanctionedevent

Applicants Must:•Complete Application Form

(Available from school counselors,local Farmers Union InsuranceAgents, or at www.sdfufounda-tion.org )

•Provide Copy of High SchoolTranscript and ACT/SAT ScoreProvide a Letter of Recommenda-tion

•Submit Written Essay (Lessthan 500 Words)Provide Billfold Sized Portrait Pic-ture

APPLICATION DEADLINE:APRIL 15, 2013 (Postmark Date)

Return Materials to: FarmersUnion Insurance, Attn: WayneBartscher, P.O. Box 1388, Huron,SD 57350

For more information call Farm-ers Union Insurance: 1-800-933-2841.

The authors of Montana Stirrups,Sage and Shenanigans are resched-uling their Montana tour due to anillness and surgery. They are threesisters—Anne Brink Krickel, JeanieBrink Thiessen and Francie BrinkBerg—who grew up on a historic1880s cattle ranch where an owneronce ran thousands of cattle on bothsides of the Yellowstone River. Thebook tour, planned for an Aprillaunching in Miles City and includ-ing historic trails as well as presen-tations, media appearances andbook signings in a two-week swingthrough the state, is now beingrescheduled.

An old west epic with a moderntouch, Montana Stirrups, Sage andShenanigans: Western Ranch Life ina Forgotten Era, is filled with vividpersonal stories of ranching, wildlifeand western humor. It is also a so-cial history of the west, where peo-ple lived with tolerance and respect,felt the closeness of family and com-munity and extended hospitality tostrangers.

Though their book is written bythree women, they are pleased thatmen relate well to their stories. Annesays, “My friend read a few pages,laughed, told her husband and has-n’t seen the book since!”

“Wonderful reading," says WattyTaylor, recent president of the Mon-tana Stockgrowers Association. “Agreat book of ranch life stories thatthose of us involved in ranching canrelate to. And for those not involvedit gives a great perspective of howranch families become so dedicatedto a livelihood that it shapes the per-sonality of family members for a life-

time. Helps our urban cousins seethat their food is raised by caringfamilies.”

The 408-page book, illustratedwith over 260 historic photos fromthe Brink family collection, is avail-able in softcover ($29.95) and hard-cover ($39.95) in bookstores and giftshops throughout Montana , by mailfrom Flying Diamond Books, 402 S.14th St, Hettinger, ND 58639 (605-347-1806), and online at www.Mon-t a n a S t i r r u p s a n d S a g e . c o m(([email protected] )

Scholarship application deadline approaches

Montana Authors reschedule book tour


Perkins CountyNotice of

Responsibility toControl Noxious

Weeds and Declared Pests

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN 1st dayof April 2013, pursuant to SDCL 38-22as amended to all owners, occupants,agents and public officials in charge oflands in Perkins County, SouthDakota, that they are responsible forsuppression, control, and eradication ofnoxious weeds and declared pest’s in-festation that may exist on such lands.

Chemical, biological, and/or culturalcontrol methods used for the suppres-sion, control and eradication of noxiousweed and declared pest infestationsshall be those approved for such pur-

pose by the Perkins County Weed andPest Supervisor, and the South DakotaState University Experiment Station.

The Perkins County Weed and PestControl Board request all organic pro-ducers within the county to meet withthe board to identify all land underthis program.

The Perkins County Weed and PestBoard have a Prairie Dog applicator foruse. A deposit of $25.00 is required for3 days of usage. Call 374-5315 or 244-7299 for arrangements.

Upon failure to observe this notice, thecounty weed and pest board is requiredto proceed pursuant to the law andhave the noxious weeds of declaredpests destroyed by such methods asthey find necessary, the expense ofwhich shall constitute a lien and be en-tered as a tax against the land, and becollected as other real estate taxes arecollected, or by other means as pro-vided by law.

Plant and animals designated as beingnoxious weeds and declared pests inthe state of South Dakota are LeafySpurge, Salt Cedar, Perennial SowThistle, Russian Knapweed, HoaryCress, Canada Thistle, Purple Looses-trife, Gypsy Moth, and Prairie Dogs.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatupon establishing probable cause to be-lieve a noxious weed or declared pestinfestation exists upon any property inPerkins County, representative ofPerkins County Weed and Pest Controlboard will enter upon said property forthe purpose of inspecting and confirm-ing that such infestation actually ex-ists.

Robert Hermann, ChairmanPerkins County Weed and Pest Board

[Published April 11 and April 18, 2013at a total approximate cost of $48.75.]

Invitation for Bids of BISON

Bison Area Economic Development is accepting bids for the letters “BISON” tobe attached to the top of both business signs along HWY 20. The bid should in-clude the cost of the letters, BISON, and the attachment of the letters to thesigns. The approximate height of the letters should be 24 inches tall and theappropriate width to make them proportional. The work must be completedby June 1, 2013. For more details, please contact Brandi Baysinger at 605-244-7526. Please submit all bids by April 30th, 2013. Mark envelope SIGN BIDand send to Bison Area Economic Development PO Box 444 Bison, SD 57620.

[Published April 11, 2013 at a total approximate cost of $37.60.]

NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FORVACATION OF

PUBLIC ROADWAY

Notice is hereby given that a Petitionrequesting that certain public road-ways be vacated in Moreau township,Perkins County, South Dakota, pur-suant to SDCL 31-3-6, as herein afterspecifically described has been re-ceived by the Board of Supervisors ofMoreau Township; that the Petitionmay be examined by contacting theClerk of the Township at the addressindicated below; that the specific de-scription of the property being re-quested to be vacated is:

That portion of the existing publicright-of-way including statutory right-of-way and any right-of-way acquiredby deed, known as the Old Usta roadbeginning where such road crosses thesection line between Sections 22 and23, heading north through the NE 1/4of Section 22, Township 15 North,Range 15 East of the Black HillsMeridian then northeast into Section14, heading north through the SE 1/4;then crossing into Section 15, headingdue west across Section 15 and cross-ing into Section 16; then headingsouthwest across the SE 1/4 of Section16 into Section 21; then southwestacross the NE 1/4 of Section 21 intoSection 20; then westward across theN 1/2 of Section 20, crossing RabbitCreek and then due north, parallelingRabbit Creek and terminating at mid-point of the turn prior to headingsouth, a distance of approximately 3.8miles.

That portion of the existing publicright-of-way including statutory right-of-way and any right-of-way acquiredby deed, beginning at the mid-sectionline between Sections 15 and 16 ofTownship 15 North, Range 15 East ofthe Black Hills Meridian, headingnorth along the section line until theapproximate quarter-section point be-tween Sections 9 and 10; also begin-

ning at the point where Sections 15,16, 9 and 10; meet, then heading duewest along the section line until ap-proximate mid-section between Sec-tions 8 and 17; then heading south intoSection 17 where it terminates, a dis-tance of approximately 2.26 miles.

That portion of the existing publicright-of-way including statutory right-of-way and any right-of-way acquiredby deed, beginning where it crosses thesection line between Section 1 of Town-ship14 North, Range 15 East of theBlack Hills Meridian and, Section 6 ofTownship 14 North, Range 16 East ofthe Black Hills Meridian , headingsouthwest across approximate mid-point of E1/2E1/2NE1/4 of Section 1 ofTownship 14 North, Range 15 Town-ship East of the Black Hills Meridian,and terminating where such roadmeets the Capp road in Section 1, adistance of approximately 339 feet.

Therefore, notice is hereby given thatthe Board of Supervisors of MoreauTownship will hold two public hearingsto consider the vacation of the abovedescribed public roadway; that suchmeetings will be held on Friday the 26day of April, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., at theresidence of Dennis and Noma Welter.The second meeting will be held onSaturday the 27 day of April 2013, at7:00 p.m. at the residence of Dennisand Noma Welter.

That any person interested in the pro-posed action may be present at saiddate and time and present their infor-mation, opinions and/or arguments rel-ative to the proposed action. Any per-sons unable to attend this hearing maydeliver their written opinion for consid-eration by the Board of Supervisors,such testimony should be deliveredprior ti the date ant time of the sched-uled hearings by mailing or deliveringthe opinion to: Noma Welter, Clerk ofMoreau Township, PO Box 52 15699SD HWY 73, Faith, SD 57626

Moreau Township/s/Noma Welter Clerk of Moreau Township

[Published April 11 and April 18, 2013at a total approximate cost of $76.04.]

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By: Amy Dalrymple, Forum News Service

Williston - Monte Besler’s jobcan be summed up in his licenseplate: FRACN8R.

The Williston engineer who spe-cializes in hydraulic fracturingonce earned that nickname from aco-worker in the oil field.

“I had a knack for being able todesign good frac jobs,” said Besler,56.

The name stuck, and it becameBesler’s license plate and eventu-ally his business name when hedecided to become independentand start FRACN8R Consulting.

Besler, whose business card sayshe’s been cracking rock in NorthDakota since 1981, is hired by oilcompanies to optimize the resultsfrom hydraulic fracturing, there-fore getting a better producingwell.

Hydraulic fracturing, or frack-ing, is the process of extracting oiland gas from underground forma-tions using pressurized fluids.

Besler said he enjoys being ableto use his experience, knowledgeand instincts to look at all of theinformation about a well and de-sign the best frac job. Factors suchas the geology and how the com-pany completed the well make adifference, he said.

“It’s still not a perfectly definedprocess,” said Besler, whose indus-try experience includes workingfor Halliburton and Hess Corp.

Many companies use sand in hy-draulic fracturing, but Besler rec-ommends they use man-made

beads known as ceramic proppant.Sand or proppant is used to “propopen” the fractures in the rock cre-ated by the fracking process toallow the oil to flow from the rockformation into the wellbore.

Ceramic is stronger and holdsthe fractures open better, whilesand can get crushed in the hot,deep layers of the Bakken andThree Forks formations, Beslersaid.

Sand typically costs 20 cents to30 cents a pound, while the mostexpensive ceramic proppant cancost $2 to $3 per pound, Beslersaid.

But the higher quality proppantcan allow wells to be productive for20 to 30 years, Besler said.

People often think fracking fluidhas dangerous or specializedchemicals, but many ingredientsare common household items suchas the same ingredients used inchapstick or potting soil, Beslersaid. He said one of his quirks is

Meet the FRACN8R

Monte Besler, a consultant known as the FRACN8R, pictured Thursday in Williston, works withcompanies to improve hydraulic fracturing of oil wells.

looking at the ingredient list ofproducts he buys to see how manyof the ingredients he’s used infracking.

Fracking has slowed this winterin North Dakota, in part becauseit can be 20 percent to 30 percentmore expensive during wintermonths because fluids need to beheated and travel is often delayed,Besler said.

Lynn Helms, director of the De-partment of Mineral Resources,estimates there were about 410wells that were waiting for fraccrews at the end of January.

Besler said he expects that in-creased competition among com-panies will start bringing the costof fracking down in the state. Hebelieves activity will pick up afterspring road restrictions are lifted.

“When it finally does pick up, it’sprobably going to get really busy,”Besler said.Reprinted with permission fromthe Dickinson Press.

O�ering includes sons of:Connealy Stimulus 8419 - 9 head

Hoover Dam - 8 headSydGen Mandate 6079 - 5 headHA Program 5652 - 4 head

Final Answer 924 SDG - 3 headMytty In Focus - 2 headSitz Uncommon - 1 head

Bred andmanaged to survive, thrive andproduce in a tough environment.

Selling: 39 Powerful Yearling & 2experienced two-year-oldAngus Bullsbacked by great carcass genetics

Larry,I am writing to let you know how pleased I am with the Bulls I purchased from you over the past 3 years.When you first asked me what I wanted in a bull and I stated: good disposition; easy calving; above averageweaning weights and range ready from day 1. StomprudAngus Bulls delivered all I asked for and more. Thispast fall, I had a 100% pregnancy rate in a 60 day breeding season and 75% of the cows calved in the first 21days this spring and “knock on wood”, I have not had to pull a calf so far this calving season. The only problemI have is that the calves are so hardy when they are born, that they are up and sucking and running off besidetheir mommy before I can get them tagged and weighed. But; that's a good problem to have and eventually Iwill get caught up on tagging them all before branding time. Also, just had the bulls tested this spring andthey all tested good to excellent. Thanks for providing me with the best set of bulls I have ever owned and Iwill be back to purchase another Stomprud Angus yearling bull next year.

Sincerely, Ron Frederick, Mission, SD

Hallelujah, we’re getting mois-ture!! A shower Friday night left.40 in our rain gauge and earlyMonday morning I checked thegauge again to find another .37 be-fore it started to snow. South ofhere there were reports of up to aninch of rain. Now the ground iscovered in snow and the weather-man is predicting a snowstorm fortonight (Monday). Too bad the For-est Service didn’t wait until afterwe got this moisture to start their“controlled” burn that burnedthousands of acres on Wednesday!

As warm as the weather wasearlier in the week, you wouldhave sworn summer was alreadyhere. I had to take my jacket off inthe lambing shed before I melteddown and after the shower on Fri-day night the grass started togreen up.

Casey sold wool in BelleFourche Wednesday and Missywas working in Buffalo. Againstthe advice of neighboringlandowners, the Forest Servicestarted a prescribed burn onWednesday on what was supposedto be just over a hundred acres ofgovernment pasture northwest ofLodgepole. It’s been terribly dry inthis area and Tuesday night theweatherman forecast high windsfor Wednesday. Not exactly a good

time to be setting fires! Wednesday afternoon I heard

local fire units over the fire radioheaded toward Lodgepole to fightthe fire that had gotten away fromthe Forest Service and was beingdriven by high winds onto theneighboring ranches. It wasn’tlong until every fire department inthe surrounding area had unitsfighting what is now called thePautre Fire. The firefighters man-aged to save the ranch houses, butover 14,000 acres of pasture andhay land were burned, most of iton private land. One out-buildingwas burned and hundreds of milesof fences will need to be replaced.One rancher had 95% of his ranchgo up in smoke and several otherslost the majority of their land tothe fire.

John Iverson from Thrivent Fi-nancial came Thursday afternoonto update some of insurance poli-cies. He came back Friday andbrought his sweet wife, Shelley(Olson) Iverson with him. Shelleyhadn’t been back to visit the ranchwhere Grandpa Claude Olson wasraised since she was a teenagerand came julebakking with abunch of the Olson and Doll rela-tives. Shelley was interested inseeing the picture I’d showed Johnthe day before of her GrandpaClaude Olson and his brothers

Check and John with Jack Sturde-vant butchering a buffalo at theLane Ranch back in the fifties. Itis a really cool picture!

I went to Hettinger Saturdayevening for the meeting with theForest Service and the ranchersinvolved in the Pautre Fire. Thatgot lively! Landowners were reallyticked off about the Forest Servicegoing ahead with the prescribedburn after several of them hadasked them not to because of thehorribly dry conditions. The For-est Service admitted that theywere responsible for the damagethey caused and said that they willpay for everything.

I’ve been on the phone with Rep.Noem’s office, Sen. Thune’s officeand Sen. Johnson’s office and theyall want to make sure that thefolks that lost so much are madewhole. Rep. Noem and Sen. Thunesent letters to Secretary of Agricul-ture Tom Vilsack and Chief of theU.S. Forest Service, Tom Tidwell,to request timely assistance forlandowners in Perkins County af-fected by the Pautre Fire and ask-ing that they immediately haltany controlled burns in the areauntil weather conditions improve.The Perkins County commission-ers is meeting with the Forest Ser-vice on Tuesday to discuss howthey are going to address these is-

sues.As if we don’t have enough prob-

lems with the federal government,Ron Traver emailed me a storyfrom an Oregon newspaper thatthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serviceis thinking about protecting theblack-backed woodpecker underthe Endangered Species Act andthey are considering two popula-tions of the woodpecker - one inCalifornia and Oregon, and an-other in South Dakota andWyoming. That’s the last thing weneed!!

All these discussions about firefighting this week reminded me ofthis old story:

One dark night outside a smalltown, a fire started inside the localchemical plant. Before long it ex-ploded into flames and an alarmwent out to fire departments frommiles around.

After fighting the fire for over anhour, the chemical company presi-dent approached the fire chief andsaid, “All of our secret formulasare in the vault in the center of theplant. They must be saved! I willgive $50,000 to the engine com-pany that brings them out safely!”

As soon as the chief heard this,he ordered the firemen tostrengthen their attack on theblaze. After two more hours of at-tacking the fire, the president of

the company offered $100,000 tothe engine company that couldbring out the company’s secretfiles.

From the distance a long sirenwas heard and another fire truckcame into sight. It was a local vol-unteer fire company composed en-tirely of ranchers. To everyone’samazement the little fire engineraced through the chemical plantgates and drove straight into themiddle of the inferno. In the dis-tance the other firemen watchedas the ranchers hopped off of theirrig and began to fight the fire withan effort that they had never seenbefore.

After an hour of intense fightingthe volunteer company had extin-guished the fire and saved the se-cret formulas. Joyous, the chemi-cal company president announcedthat he would double the rewardto $200,000 and walked over topersonally thank each of the vol-unteers.

After thanking each of theranchers individually, the presi-dent asked the group what theyintended to do with the rewardmoney.

The fire truck driver looked himright in the eye and said, “The firstthing we’re going to do is fix thedang brakes on that truck!”

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


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TITAN MACHINERY, HIGH-MORE, SD, has a Service Techni-cian position open. Titan Machin-ery pays top wages based on expe-rience and has a full benefit pack-age. If you want to be part of alarge growing company with vastresources, check out this position.Email resume to [email protected], stop inthe Highmore location and seeJared or phone 605-852-2217.

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THE ELK POINT-JEFFERSONSCHOOL DISTRICT is seeking aFamily and Consumer Sciencesteacher. If interested please senda letter of application and resumeto Brian Shanks, SuperintendentBox 578 Elk Point, SD 57025 wewill also accept electronic materi-

FOR SALEFor Sale on sealed bids a 1997GMC Savanah Cargo Van. CallAllen Palmer with any questions at244-5550. bids will be opened April15, 2013, you will be able to raiseyour bids at the bid opening.

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For Sale by the Lodgepole VFD a1975 F250 Pickup with duals. Bedincluded but removed and extra setof five original rims and tires. 360engine, odometer reads 13,000miles, manual transmission and 4wheel drive. Sealed bids acceptedthrough April 25th with three high-est biders given the opportunity toverbally raise their bids on April30th. Contact Jerry Vliem (605)564-4615 or Bob Parker (605) 564-2238 with questions. Mail bids toWade Henderson at 11000SD HWY75, Lodgepole, SD 57640.

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WANTEDWanted: Straw or corn stalks tobale in 2013. Round or squarebales. On shares or will purchase infield. Contact Tom at 605-866-4605.

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Work Wanted after school andweekends, call Ty Collins 244-7522.

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Perkins County Sheriff's Officeis accepting applications for adeputy sheriff eligibility list.Perkins County Sheriff's Office P.O.Box 234 Bison, SD 57620 (605) 244-5243 An Equal Opportunity Em-ployer.

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Wanted: Pasture for 100 yearlingsor 50 cow/calf pairs. Call BradBesler 244-5600.

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Wanted: Pasture to rent and hayland to rent or put up on shares.Custom haying: round, mediumsquare, small squares. Please callTom 605-866-4605; 605-949-1933.

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HELP WANTEDSeasonal Help Wanted: TheTown of Bison is now accepting ap-plications for summer help – one totwo individuals for maintenancehelp and one to organize swimminglesson and possibly open swim-ming. Applicants must be 18 andover. Please request an applicationfrom: Finance Officer, Box 910,Bison, SD 57620 or call 244-5677 or244-5231. The Town of Bison is anEqual Opportunity Employer.

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FOR RENTFor rent: Homestead Heights lo-cated in Bison, S.D., has a one andtwo bedroom apartment available.Homestead Heights is a low-incomeelderly and disabled Section 8 HUD(Housing and Urban Development)housing facility. We are smoke free.Energy Assistance is available forthose who qualify. Utilities are in-cluded in the rent. HomesteadHeights is an equal housing oppor-tunity. For more information,please call (605) 244-5473.

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AUCTIONSFARMLAND AUCTION - 285ACRES, Selby SD. selling in 2tracts. Saturday April 20, 10 AM.Walz Estate, Steve Simon (agentfor seller) 605-380-8506.www.sdauctions.com.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITYAVON – Only $10 to start. Call forinformation without any obliga-tion. 1-877-454-9658.

EMPLOYMENTADVERTISE YOUR DRIVER jobsin 130 S.D. newspapers for only$150. Your 25-word classified adwill reach more than 700,000readers. Call Cherie Jensen at theS.D. Newspaper Association, 1-800-658-3697 or your local news-paper for more information.

WAUBAY SCHOOL DISTRICT,WAUBAY, SD is seeking candi-dates for the position of superin-tendent/elem principal/SPED Di-rector. The candidate should be a

als at [email protected].

CUSTER REGIONAL HOSPITALhas an exciting full time opportu-nity to work with a supportiveteam of professional therapists inthe beautiful southern Black Hillsof SD. We are located just a shortdistance from Mount Rushmore,Wind Cave National Park, CusterState Park, Jewel Cave NationalPark and many other outdoor at-tractions. Competitive salary andbenefits available including signon bonus. Please contact Jim Si-mons, Rehab Services Director, at605-673-2229 ext. 301 or [email protected] formore information or go to www.re-gionalhealth.com to apply. EOE.

FOR SALELONGBRANCH IN PIERRE, SD.We have lowered the price & willconsider contract for deed. CallRussell Spaid 605-280-1067.

LOG HOMESDAKOTA LOG HOME Buildersrepresenting Golden Eagle LogHomes, building in eastern, cen-tral, northwestern South & NorthDakota. Scott Connell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell, 605-264-5 6 5 0 ,www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.


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Myrtle Ham and daughter Barbaravisited with Art, Marilyn and GaryChristman Saturday afternoon.

Gary Christman of Houston, TX ar-rived Friday to spend some time withArt and Marilyn Christman.Last Monday afternoon, guests at thehome of Jim and Esther Haggartwere Wayne and Barbara Besler;Edith Meland; Della Hatle; MaryEllen Fried. They all helped Esthercelebrate her birthday. Brad Beslerdropped by to wish his aunt a Happy

Birthday.Saturday evening, Mary Ellen

Fried accompanied Della Hatle to theBison High School Gym to view theGrand March for Prom.

Tiss Treib and Nora Andersoncalled on Bernie Rose briefly Wednes-day afternoon.

Carolyn Petik visited NormanKvale at the Hettinger Hospital onWednesday.

Carolyn Petik attended Hopewomen's Bible Study at Kim Petik's

on Thursday afternoon. She was avisitor at Irene Young's on Thursdayevening.

Jerry and Carolyn Petik attendedthe Children's Theater performancein Lemmon on Friday evening.

Sunday, Carolyn and Jerry visitedseveral people at the Nursing Homein Lemmon. Carolyn also visitedwith Rosemary Dreiske in the after-noon while Jerry attended meetings.

Meadow News .....By Tiss Treib

bison courier - thursday, april 11, 2013

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