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Number 12
Volume 108
March 21, 2013
by Laurie Hindman
Sanford Underground lab
spokesperson Bill Harlan was the
guest speaker for the Wall Bad-
lands Area Chamber of Commerce
meeting.
Harlan who is the communica-
tion director for the lab reported
that the lab has received $40.2
million from the State of South
Dakota and $261.5 million from
non-state funding in which 112
million has been spent in South
Dakota of which 14 million has
gone to business contracts in the
state.
The lab has also hosted over
5,000 students and close to 1,000
teachers.
Harlan then gave an update on
the underground lab projects and
showed time lapse videos of how
the different labs were con-
structed.
Mayor Dave Hahn informed
member of the upcoming annual
meeting for the Wall Ambulance
District that will be held on March
21 at the Wall Community Center
with the meeting beginning at 7:00
Communications Director Bill Harlan with the Sanford Under-
ground lab was the guest speaker at the Wall Badlands Area
Chamber of Commerce meeting held on Monday, March 11 at the
Red Rock Resteraunt. ~Photo Laurie Hindman
Chamber gets an update on Sanford Underground Lab
p.m.
Wendy Brunnemann with the
Wall Library handed out flyers to
be placed around town. She noted
that every Friday at 9:00 a.m. is
story time and the last Wednesday
of every month is Book Club. The
library has received new comput-
ers and they also have e-books
available.
Superintendent Dennis Rieck-
man with the Wall School an-
nounced the girls basketball team
placed seventh at the State B tour-
nament. The Childrens Theater
was very well done and received,
and students are testing for the
pilot benchmark assessment tests.
Eric Brunnemann Superintend-
ent of the Badlands National Park
reported their budget was cut by
$215,000 due to the sequestration.
The park is still planning on hiring
people to work in their different
visitor services but will vacate
three upper staff positions.
Duane Bubac with the Minute-
man Missile National Historic Site
noted they will also lapse a couple
of different positions.
Greg Oleson from Golden West
said letters have been mailed out
informing customers of the new
digital boxes that will be needed to
receive their programming.
Dawn Hilgenkamp with West
River Electric reminded members
that the deadline for attending
their one day trip to Gillette is
May 1.
Black Hills Federal Credit
Union is hosting a drop box for
gently used books to be donated to
various groups around the commu-
nity, said Robyn Miller.
Brett Blasius announced that
First Interstate Bank has two
scholarships available to local sen-
iors.
Carol Hoffman reported Coun-
try Cupboard has given out 7,000
pounds of food in the last year and
are planning to do the same for
this year.
Donna Curr reported the Rodeo
Booster Club has elected new offi-
cers and if anyone is interested in
becoming a member their meet-
ings are held on the third Wednes-
day of every month at the rodeo
grounds.
Rod Renner gave a brief expla-
nation of what Stronger Economics
Together (SET) means and what
the community is working towards
By Elizabeth Sam Grosz
Community News Service
Legislators finished their work
by passing a $4.1 billion general
appropriation bill March 8, encom-
passing more money for schools
and Medicaid providers than in
the most recent past.
Not everyone was happy, how-
ever, with the allocation of funds
during the final garnering of
amendments to HB1185, and
$1.72 million was left on the table
unallocated. But legislators were
assured that $1.7 million was not
too much.
Rep. Susan Wismer, D-Britton, a
frequent critic of how the state
spends its money, said last years
$1.6 million left on the table had
resulted in $47 million going into
Sen. Mark Kirkeby, Rapid City, and Sen. Jean Hunhoff, Yankton,
both Republicans, shake hands after the final vote of the 2013
S.D. Legislature was taken shortly before midnight March 8.
Both houses passed a $4.1 billion bill for fiscal year 2014. Edu-
cation received 46 percent of the general fund, or $601.9 million.
Medicare providers followed with 39 percent, criminal justice, 10
percent; and the remainder of state government, five percent.
Legislators return Monday, March 25, after a two-week break in
the action, for the final day. ~Photo Elizabeth Grosz
Legislature passes $4.1 billion budget on final day of main run
reserves. She opposed passage of
the bill with that amount of
money unappropriated.
Wismer, fellow Democrats, and
several renegade Republicans
were critical of the money that
should or could have gone to help
K-12 education and Medicare
providers, but instead was spent
on constructing new buildings,
tearing down old buildings and
putting more money into reserves.
Sen. Billie Sutton, D-Burke, who
also serves on the Joint Appropri-
ations Committee, was generally
kinder and more conciliatory in his
attempt to amend the budget. But,
the frustration was evident. The
attempt had been to give Medicare
providers another $4.6 million and
education another $2.1 million,
both in one-time money.
They also sought to provide
$21,000 to a veterans service pro-
grams, which helps pay vehicle ex-
penses for volunteer drivers who
transport veterans to medical ap-
pointments.
It would also have taken away
$500,000 that appropriation com-
mittee legislators had voted for
Legislative Research Council pro-
grams that assist legislators.
Key Republicans, on the other
hand, were happy with the results
of the budget work.
Sen. Deb Peters, R-Hartford,
who chairs the Senate side of the
Joint Appropriations Committee,
said once again, education re-
ceived the first dollar and the last
by attending the meetings held in
different local towns.
Black Hills Badlands and Lakes
board member Gina Ferris re-
ported she and four other mem-
bers recently returned from Hous-
ton, Texas. They visited different
travel agencies to promote the di-
rect flight from Rapid City to
Houston. Ferris added this was a
great opportunity to let people
know that South Dakota is much
more than Mt. Rushmore. The new
vacation guides are in.
Bill Bielmaier announced that
Carroll McDonald American Le-
gion Post #246 is planning their
Memorial Day Services at the Wall
Community Center for May 27,
2013. The 7th Calvary Drum and
Bugle Corp., will be a part of the
program with a patriotic music
concert starting at 12:45 p.m. The
Memorial Services will start at
1;40 p.m. with Pastor Ron Burtz
being the guest speaker.
After services at the community
center, the American Legion will
have a ceremony at the Veterans
Memorial at the Wall Cemetery.
Memorial Wreaths will be placed
and names of deceased veterans
buried in the Wall Cemetery will
be honored by announcing each
name. There will be three new
names added to the memorial list
since last year.
Quinn VFW plan to hold their
Memorial Service on the morning
of May 27.
President Mary Williams read
the following announcements:
March 21: Ambulance District
annual meeting, Wall Community
Center - 7:00 p.m.
April 4: Wall Neighborhood
Housing Council, Wall Community
Center - noon.
April 4: Wall Neighborhood
Housing Presentation, Wall Com-
munity Center - afternoon.
April 4: Wall City Council
meeting, Wall Community Center
meeting room - 6:30 p.m.
April 12: Wall Chamber annual
meeting and awards banquet, Wall
Community Center, 5:00 p.m. Paul
Goldhammer will receive the Life-
time Achievement Award.
April 20: Good Neighbor Ban-
quet, Philip High School Gymna-
sium - 6:00 p.m.
With no other business the
meeting was adjourned.
Don Kjerstad son of Evelyn and
the late George Kjerstad, who is
formally from Wall and the Quinn
area, has been battling Parkin-
sons disease for the pass three
and half years.
Symptoms of the disease for Don
were loss of voice, loss of balance,
slow brain functions and slight
tremors.
Parkinson disease is a disorder
of the brain that eventually leads
to shaking, movement and coordi-
nation problems.
Dons mother Evelyn writes that
research has found that through
lots of exercise, modern medica-
tions and voice therapy, these will
help to slow and control the dis-
by Laurie Hindman
The Wall City Council held a
special meeting on Wednesday,
March 13.
Council members present were:
Bill Leonard, Pete Dunker, Rick
Hustead and Mike Anderson. Stan
Anderson and Jerry Morgan were
absent.
Mayor Dave Hahn called the
meeting to order.
The agenda was approved for
the meeting.
President Brett Blasius of the
Wall Health Services came before
the board with financial concerns
for the clinic. At the last council
meeting the council members de-
nied a pay request for $8,500 to
the clinic.
Blasius and the council went
over the financial statements and
due to certain circumstances the
clinic is having a cash flow short-
age.
Blasius also informed the coun-
cil that he is quite concerned about
the future of the clinic which will
be discussed at a future date.
Council approved the pay request.
Before the council moved into
executive session for the purpose
of discussing personnel issues ac-
cording to SDCL 1-25-2, Hahn
asked the city employees if they
had any comments to make. With
no comments being made the coun-
cil moved into executive session.
Council entered out of executive
sessions with no motions being-
made.
The council approved the Hilde-
brand land plot and the meeting
was adjourned.
ease. Don gets lots of exercise and
has joined the Tremble Clefs (a
Sun City, Ariz. singing group that
consists of Parkinsons patients
and their caregivers.)
They practice two hours every
Wednesday, and they sing about
four times a month at assisted liv-
ing centers, nursing homes,
churches and rv resorts.
The Sun City Tremble Clefs
consist of 45 members. Five of
them were selected to sing at Mo-
hammed Alis Celebrity Social on
March 22nd before Fight Night.
Last year Alis Fight Night raised
over eight million dollars to help
fight Parkinsons Disease.
by Laurie Hindman
The Wall School Board had a
tough decision to make at their
Wednesday, March 13 meeting.
President Scot Eisenbraun
asked the board what their
thoughts were on the Big White
School, if they should vote to make
it a K-5, K-6 or K-8 school.
Spencer Cordes said, he could
see both sides of the issue and
would like the school to be a K-8.
Mary Williams commented she
has spoken to teachers who have
taught at country schools and
stated, How can one teacher ad-
dress K-8 and not let something
slip. She went on to say we need
to revisit having the Big White be
a K-6 school.
Carolynn Anderson said, she at-
tended country school and we are
expecting a lot from one teacher
and now is the time to be proac-
tive.
Eisenbraun related maybe we
are a year to late but I think we
should start too implement tech-
nology at the Big White with one
subject instead of three in one
year.
Superintendent Dennis Rieck-
man said, he would be fine with K-
8. He noted that technology does
well in town but is not sold on
technology for out there and we
are asking for to much of these two
girls if that is what the board de-
cides. He also said if the board de-
cides to make the school K-8 we
will have to hire another teacher
for two years.
Todd Trask said, he is not in
favor of hiring another teacher
with the budget being as tight as it
is.
Jeff Gabriel, who has children
attending Big White, is trying to
look at this from the boards point.
He reasoned that the board should
go through all their options and ex-
plore each one before splitting
young families up. He added if
something fails it fails but at least
it was tried.
Williams said she could totally
hear what Gabriel was saying but
grades K-3 are the most important
and she doesnt know if the board
can address both ends of the spec-
trum. Williams wanted to know
how can one teacher get it done
unless we hire two teacher to
which Trask said again he is not in
favor of hiring another teacher.
A motion was made to make Big
White a K-6 school next year with
Trask, Williams, Anderson and
Johnson voting yea and Kevin
Bielmaier, Cordes and Eisenbraun
voting nay. The motion passed.
Jeanine Sykora and Diane Gei-
gle came before the board on be-
half of the Childrens Theater and
requested to have the project in-
cluded into next years budget.
They have applied to South
Dakota Arts Council for a grant
and have two cooperate sponsors
but would like the board to cover
any other cost if the need arises.
The board approved a motion to
budget up to $2,500 for the Chil-
drens Theater.
Power Assisted Handicap doors
were approved for installation.
The third readings for the Vol-
unteer and Staff Development
policies were approved.
Elementary Principal Chuck
Sykora reported letters have been
sent out for kindergarten screen-
ing.
Rieckman, asked if there were
any questions on the 2013-2014
school calendar. The board dis-
cussed Christmas vacation dates
and decided to have school begin
on January 6, 2014. Rieckman will
make the adjustments to the cal-
endar with the motion approved by
the board.
Track and Golf rules were ap-
proved.
Rieckman, who went to Wash-
ington D.C. for an Impact Aid
meeting, updated the board on
various concerns that are happen-
ing with the program and pay-
ments.
Capital Outlay requests will be
brought to the board next month.
The board approved the consent
agenda for:
Minutes of February 13, 2013
board meeting.
March claims.
A motion to enter into executive
session for the purpose of dis-
cussing personnel and negotia-
tions, according to SDCL 1-25-2
was approved.
During executive session the
board complete the superintendent
evaluation.
With no other business after ex-
ecutive session, the meeting was
adjourned.
Wall School Board votes 4 - 3
to make Big White a K-6 school
The Churches of Wall invite you to Holy Week Services
12:10 p.m. Wall Drug Travelers Chapel
Monday, March 25, Pastor Ron Burtz, Evangelical Free Bible
Church
Tuesday, March 26, Pastor Darwin Kopfmann, United Methodist
Church
Wednesday, March 27, Father Leo Hausmann, St. Patricks Catholic
Church
Thursday, March 28, Pastor Curtis Garland, First Lutheran Church
An offering will be received each day for the benefit of the Wall
Church Response.
After an emotional discussion and gut wreching decision the
Wall School Board voted to move Big White to a K-6 school.
~Photo Laurie Hindman
Kjerstad fights Parkinsons disease
City Council holds special meeting
by Laurie Hindman
Wall City Council met on Friday,
March 15 for a special meeting
concerning the Public Works Di-
rector position.
Council approved a motion to
enter into executive session for the
purpose of discussing personnel is-
sues according to SDCL 1-25-2 at
8:05 a.m.
Council met with Garrett Byran
during the executive session and
moved out of the meeting at 8:16
a.m.
Public Works Director Jeff Clark
and City Employee Jim Kitterman
were present for the remainder of
the meeting.
A motion was made and ap-
proved for the following:
Mayor Dave Hahn announced
that effective March 18, 2013, Gar-
rett Byran will take over as the
new Public Works Director. His
salary will increase by $5,000.
Bryan will be on a six month pro-
bation period and after this time
he will then have another evalua-
tion and if he has a positive review
he will be given another raise.
The mayor informed Bryan that
he will need to e-mail the mayor,
finance officer and council mem-
bers a schedule of the previous
work day accomplishments and
what work they will be doing the
next day. Hahn stressed to Bryan
that a line of communications
needs to be open at all time be-
tween the city and his department.
Garrett was informed what his
priorities as the Public Works De-
partment Head will entail:
Safety, security and under-
standing the chain-of-command.
That ALL compliance issues
are positively complied within a
timely manner.
ALL wells (water sources) are
maintained to the highest stan-
dards.
Establish work tasks and dele-
gate responsibilites (keed comp
time to a minimum).
At this time the council also de-
cided to downsize the Public Works
Department effective October, 1
2013. Hahn stated, With Clarks
health issues they would keep him
on until October 1. Hahn noted
his salary will also be cut. Rick
Hustead said, going forward with
the city of Wall the department
could be taken care of by two peo-
ple with a money savings means to
be city.
Hahn noted that seasonal sum-
mer help will be hired to help with
mowing and other jobs.
With no other questions the
meeting was adjourned.
Wall City Council approves Garrett
Byran as new Public Works Director
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The annual District 2 Spring
Meeting of the South Dakota
American Legion will be held Sun-
day, March 24, 2013 in Hermosa
for Legionnaires from Bennett,
Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Mellette,
Todd, Custer, Fall River, Penning-
ton and Shannon counties.
The Legion business session will
begin at 1:00 p.m. at the Hermosa
American Legion Post Home. A so-
cial and lunch will be held from 12-
1. There will be an Executive
meeting at 11:00 a.m..
Participants will elect County
Commanders and Vice Command-
ers in the District for one-year
terms during the business meet-
ing.
Cattle producers are in the plan-
ning phase for the upcoming graz-
ing season. In order to successfully
plan for this season, they must
take an inventory of the forage
available and be able to estimate
the grazing potential of pastures,
says Kalyn Waters, SDSU Exten-
sion Cow/Calf Field Specialist.
"Now is the time to start the
planning process. Having the right
tools and knowledge to do so, will
make a world of difference. Attend-
ing the drought management we-
binars will put those tools in pro-
ducers' hands," Waters said.
In an effort to proactively aid
cattle producers, SDSU Extension
Livestock staff partnered with
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Extension to host a five-part webi-
nar series to help those raising cat-
tle prepare for the possibility of the
drought continuing in 2013.
The one-hour Managing
Drought Risk on the Ranch webi-
nar series are being held the last
Wednesday of each month, con-
cluding in May. All sessions begin
at 9 a.m. MST or 10 a.m. CST and
are hosted at SDSU Extension Re-
gional Centers.
Each session will include cur-
rent drought updates, forecasts
Hair today gone tomorrow. Bailey Hapney decided to try her
hands at working with hair. She said it is a lot of work and if she
decides to become a stylist she will get her business degree
first. Her plans are to attend WDT after graduation.
Benefit Rodeo. Mazee Pauley who loves to compete in the
rodeo world came up with an idea to have a benefit rodeo for
Trey Elshere, Elsie Fortune and herself. The three competed at
the National High School Rodeo Finals so Pauley wanted to
come up with a way to help each other pay for expenses. She is
undecided about what she will do after graduation but would like
to go to Texas and maybe have a career in nursing.
My senior project
Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch: Next meeting March 27
and presentations about specific
information or tools. Following
each webinar, SDSU Extension
State and Field Specialists will be
available for a question and an-
swer session via video conference.
They will also present additional
information relevant to South
Dakota producers.
During the March 27th webinar,
Pat Reece, former University of
Nebraska-Lincoln Range Manage-
ment Specialist, will discuss the
Cumulative Forage Reduction
Index. Reece is currently the
owner of and a senior consultant at
Prairie and Montane Enterprises.
He has developed the CFR Index
in response to needs of ranchers he
has worked with to develop
drought response plans. Reece
points out that when animal num-
bers need to be reduced because of
drought, delayed marketing can
have substantial financial conse-
quences, often costing typical
ranches tens of thousands of dol-
lars.
Following Reece's presentation,
South Dakota attendees will also
have an opportunity to hear from
rancher, Bill Slovek of Philip.
Slovek is a progressive rancher
and current board member for the
South Dakota Grassland Coali-
tion. Slovek's ranch lies in the
southwestern portion of the state
in a region heavily impacted by the
drought. His perspective on
drought decision making, herd
management and hidden opportu-
nities will allow other producers
an opportunity to consider their
own options.
"UNL Extension and the
Drought Mitigation Center have
done an outstanding job putting
together this program. They have
slated some of the best speakers
available to provide critical infor-
mation to producers. Our January
and February sessions proved that
these are quality, applicable meet-
ings that producers will gain
greatly from, and we had over 50
attendees statewide at each," Wa-
ters said.
Topics each month will consider
drought planning information and
tools available to producers. In ad-
dition to University and Agency
presenters, a number of ranchers
will also be featured, describing
development and execution of
their drought plans.
These meetings are also in-
tended to educate professionals
and consultants who work with
ranchers as a professional develop-
ment series.
The webinars are sponsored by
the National Drought Mitigation
Center at the University of Ne-
braska-Lincoln. The series was de-
veloped with support from the Sus-
tainable Agriculture Research and
Education (SARE) program, which
is funded by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture - National Institute
of Food and Agriculture (USDA-
NIFA).
Scheduled dates and topics for
the series include:
March 27: The New Cumula-
tive Forage Reduction (CFR)
Index: Assessing Drought Impacts
and Planning a Grazing Strategy;
April 24: Using a Drought Cal-
culator to Assist Stocking Deci-
sions; and
May 29: Economic Factors to
Weigh in Making Decisions during
Drought.
For more information please
visit www.igrow.org, contact the
nearest SDSU Extension Regional
Center, or call Kalyn Waters,
SDSU Cow/Calf Field Specialist at
605-842-1267 or Pete Bauman,
SDSU Range Field Specialist at
605-882-5140.
District 2 American Legion will hold
meeting in Hermosa March 24
The session will also feature
Post reports regarding the past
years unusual activities, Post
Americanism reports, a member-
ship turn-in, recognition of the
District 2 Legionnaire of the Year
and an address by State American
Legion Commander Byron Callies
of Watertown.
District 2 Commander Dennis
Edwards of Rapid City will con-
duct the Legion business session
and the Hermosa Post #303 Com-
mander Robert King will be in
charge of local arrangements.
The District 2 Auxiliary will
hold its meeting at 1:00 p.m. the
same day at a location to be deter-
mined.
Margaret Eisenbraun, with the help of her family and friends,
saved a jar full of pop tabs. Margaret is shown with her jar at a
McDonalds in Rapid City, who in turn sends them to the Ronald
McDonald House. ~Courtesy Photo
Margaret Eisenbraun donates
pop tabs to McDonalds
dollar. Both education and Medi-
caid providers, she said, have re-
ceived one-time funds for the cur-
rent fiscal year, as well as next.
Utilizing one-time funds, said
Peters, allows us to continue to be
conservative with our ongoing
spending with all the uncertainties
that lie ahead of our state, such as
federal budget cuts, healthcare re-
form and an uncertain economy.
The Governor, said Peters, left
$26.5 million in one-time funds in
FT2013 on the bottom line and the
change in estimates provided an-
other $5.1 million, for a total of
$31.6 million.
We were able to invest that
money in K-12 education,
providers, higher education, schol-
arships and economic develop-
ment, saod Peters.
The total general fund spending
for FY2014, she said, will be
$1,327,249,577, which will allow
the FY2014 budget to be balanced
both nominally and structurally.
General fund spending was bro-
ken down as education, 46 percent;
taking care of people, 39 percent;
protecting the public 10 percent,
and all the rest of state govern-
ment at only five percent.
Major accomplishments, said
Peters, was the three percent in-
flationary increase in state aid to
general education, plus a one per-
cent one-time increase in the cur-
rent year for K-12 education. Post-
secondary technical institutes re-
ceived the same three percent in-
flationary increase, plus one per-
cent one-time increase.
The Board of Regents received a
$5.4 million increase to their base
budget, plus $3.7 million in one-
time funding.
Providers will receive a three
percent increase in their ongoing
allocations with an additional one
percent one-time rate increase for
the remainder of this fiscal year.
A three percent salary policy
was given to state employees, plus
a movement to job worth, said Pe-
ters.
We were also able to fund $4.1
million in ongoing general funds
and $3 million in one-time general
funds, she said, for the new Public
Safety Improvement Act.
This will improve public safety,
Peters said, by investing in pro-
grams, practices and policies that
have been proven to reduce recidi-
vism, hold offenders more account-
able by strengthening community
supervision, and reduce correc-
tions spending and focus prison
space on violent, chronic, and ca-
reer criminals.
This is a budget that is respon-
sible and will continue to serve our
citizens and our state for the com-
ing year and positions our state for
future growth.
The House adopted the bill with
a 48-17 vote, and the Senate
adopted it 31-4.
Legislature passes $4.1 billion
budget on final day of main run
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Shads Towing ...........................26-18
Handrahan Const .....................26-18
Badlands Auto..........................20-20
Rockers......................................16-28
Petersens ..................................16-28
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Gail Reutter ..........................216/495
Joe Handrahan ............................210
Wendell Buxcel.............................200
Andrew Reckling.........224 clean/578
Marlis Petersen.....................190/472
Carl Brown .................3-10 split; 547
Jackie Shull..................................186
Tena Slovek ........................178 clean
Connie Schlim..............................172
Vickie Petersen ............................172
Jerry Mooney...................6-7-10 split
Venessa Buxcel ...................5-10 split
Tuesday Mens Early
Philip Motor..............................26-10
Peoples Market .........................25-11
Kennedy Impl ...........................21-15
G&A Trenching.........................18-18
Georges Welding ......................16-20
Bear Auto ..................................15-21
Philip Health Service ...............14-22
Kadoka Tree Service...................9-27
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Tony Gould ..........................233, 235,
................................214 all clean/682
Fred Foland.........244, 194 clean/597
Cory Boyd..............................205/567
Pat Berkimer................5-7 split; 516
Todd Radway.........................209/515
Earl Park ....................3-10 split; 511
Jim Larson ............................200/510
Eliel Poor Bear.............................510
Ryan Seager .................................507
Matt Schofield..............................503
Alvin Pearson .............3-10 split; 500
Les Struble .........................3-10 split
Norm Buxcel .........................5-6 split
Wendell Buxcel ...................9-10 split
Curtis Bitting .....................3-10 split
Bill Bainbridge .............3-10 split x 2
Bill Stone ..............................5-7 split
Ronnie Williams ...................5-7 split
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Invisibles.............................35.5-12.5
State Farm..........................31.5-16.5
Cutting Edge Salon ..................30-18
Bowling Belles ....................22.5-25.5
Jolly Ranchers ....................15.5-32.5
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Charlene Kjerstad 178, 157, 152/487
Debbie Gartner .....................171/466
Shirley Parsons.............153, 152/415
Sandra OConnor.....5-8-10 split; 169
Joy Neville....................................158
Deanna Fees ............................3-5-10
Kay Williams ........................4-5 split
Wednesday Night Early
Dakota Bar..................................32-8
Morrisons Haying ....................25-15
Hildebrand Concrete ................20-20
Chiefies Chicks...................18.5-21.5
Wall Food Center ......................17-23
First National Bank .................16-24
Dorothys Catering....................16-24
Just Tammys......................15.5-24.5
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Lois Porch.....................................179
Laniece Sawvell ...........................400
Stacey Schulz ........................177/477
Amy Morrison .......................175/503
Val Schulz ...............2-7 split x 2; 488
Shar Moses...................................472
Cristi Ferguson............................180
Marlis Petersen............5-7 split; 175
Tena Slovek..................................174
Thursday Mens
The Steakhouse ..........................35-5
Coyles SuperValu.....................30-10
OConnell Const ........................22-18
WEE BADD...............................18-22
A&M Laundry...........................16-24
Dakota Bar................................16-24
West River Pioneer Tanks........13-27
McDonnell Farms .....................10-30
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Ky Bowen..........2-10 split; 207 clean
Haven Hildebrand .......................200
Ronnie Coyle.......................216 clean
Jay McDonnell .............................215
Jan Bielmaier........................207/571
Harlan Moos ........3-10 split; 202/562
Cory Boyd.....................................213
Nathan Kjerstad ........5-10 split; 547
Neal Petersen........................205/546
Ronnie Williams .................5-10 split
Wendell Buxcel ...................5-10 split
Tyler Hauk............................5-7 split
Friday Nite Mixed
Randys Spray Service..............34-10
Cristis Crew .............................28-16
Lee & the Ladies.......................25-19
Roys Repair ..............................24-20
King Pins...................................17-27
The Ghost Team............................0-0
Highlights:
Kristin Schmidt ...................126, 143
Tanner Norman...3-10 split; 205/541
Bart Guptill..................................205
Annette Hand...............................402
Lee Neville....................5-6 split; 184
Brian Pearson .......................222/601
Brenda Grenz........................176/490
Alvin Pearson .............3-10 split; 202
Duane Hand ...............5-10 split; 537
John Heltzel .4-7-9, 3-10 & 5-6 splits
Kelly Fees .....................3-10 split x 2
Theresa Miller....................5-10 split
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Visiting South Dakotas Capitol
building is like going on a treasure
hunt.
People search for sky blue tiles
in the terrazzo tile floors.
Almost all the marble tiles in
the Capitols floors are yellow, rust,
white, black, tan and green al-
most, because 66 of them are said
to be blue. The story goes that each
of the 66 Italian workers who laid
the floor during the Capitols 1905-
1910 construction was given a blue
stone to place anywhere in the
Capitol as a signature stone.
To date, 57 of the tiles have been
found. Its a story that causes visi-
tors to the Capitol to look for the
special tiles, and it might be just
that a story. Interviews with men
who helped construct the building
say nothing about Italian crafts-
men working on it, and people
looking at records say they can
find no evidence of the craftsmen
having stayed in Pierre.
The blue tiles are not the only
point of interest in the Capitol.
The grand stairway leads from
the second to the third floor. Many
of the people who tread where gov-
ernors and legislators have trod do
not notice that a baluster or spin-
dle is upside down. They may be-
lieve that workers accidentally put
the baluster in wrong, and did not
notice the mistake until it was too
late to correct the error. Not so, ac-
cording to one researcher on the
Capitols history. In The South
Dakota State Capitol: The First
Century, Marshall Damgaard
writes, During the time that this
building was constructed, artisans
commonly inverted a single balus-
ter on a stairway in impressive
buildings to symbolize the belief
that only God can attain perfec-
tion. It is no coincidence that the
inverted baluster is the third one
down on the right, symbolizing the
Holy Trinity.
Incidentally, South Dakotas
statehouse is not the only one with
an inverted spindle. According to
Richard R. Gibsons A Celebration
of State Capitols, a lone spindle in
the Wyomings Capitol is upside
down. The staircase was built by
Amish craftsmen, who placed it
upside down to remind all who
Legends of the Capitol
pass by it that no person or law is
perfect.
The stately columns inside the
Capitol appear to be marble. They
were constructed in scagliola.
First, the columns were created
from plaster and covered by mar-
ble dust, ink and yarn. Once the
mixture hardened, it was polished
to a lustrous sheen that resembled
marble. The resulting columns
cost $100 each, whereas marble
columns would have cost up to
$1,000 each.
Some of the Capitols stained
glass windows honor the first set-
tlers in the state, according to Bar-
bara Johnson of Aberdeen. She is
a South Dakota Humanities Coun-
cil scholar who has researched for
The photograph is of a stained glass window in the Capitol. The figures in the center of the pane
are of special interest to stained glass scholar Barbara Johnson of Aberdeen, who believes the
motif is of a water strider or straddlebug and honors the states first pioneers.
~Photo courtesy of South Dakota State Historical Society State Archives
the past five years the role stained
glass plays in buildings and how
stained glass reflects culture and
history.
To Johnson, the fan-shaped
stained glass panel in the back of
the House chamber and the
stained glass panel dedicated to
Gov. George S. Mickelson and
seven other men who were killed
in a plane crash have motifs that
resemble wingless water striders.
Johnson contends that the water
striders large eyes correspond to
two large circles in each motif,
while the insects front, middle and
hind legs match up with the swirls
in the motif.
The water strider was called a
straddlebug by pioneers who often
saw it skittering across the surface
of the states lakes and ponds. A
straddlebug was also a three
boards set together in tripod form
and used by homesteaders to show
that a claim was occupied.
One more thing that those visit-
ing the Capitol might not realize is
that the Capitol Hill area was the
Boot Hill cemetery of early-day
Pierre.
During the final grading and
landscaping around the Capitol,
workers unearthed a number of
pine coffins. A worker recognized
one of the skeletons as belonging
to Arkansaw, a desperado shot to
death by vigilantes at the foot of
Pierre Street in Pierre in 1881.
This moment in South Dakota
history is provided by the South
Dakota Historical Society Founda-
tion, the nonprofit fundraising
partner of the South Dakota State
Historical Society. Find us on the
web at www.sdhsf.org
By Libbi Sykora
With Easter quickly approach-
ing, we feel that it is completely
appropriate to say, Things are
hopping here at the library!
There is so much going on here
right now! On Wednesday, March
27 at 6:00 p.m., the book discus-
sion group is meeting to talk about
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by
Stephen Chbosky. Stop in to check
out this excellent novel. It is a title
(and book discussion meeting) that
you will not want to miss!
Here at Wall Community Li-
brary, we have some of the newest
titles available for your choosing!
If you want to browse our newest
additions, check out the revolving
rack located near the audio books.
Every month, the staff here
picks books of the month. We
have a title selected for each age
group: Youth, Juniors, Teens, and
Adults. This month, the books are
I Want My Hat Back by Jon
Klassen (youth), Stick Mans Re-
ally Bad Day by Steve Mockus (ju-
nior), The Perks of Being a Wall-
flower by Stephen Chbosky (teen),
and Me Talk Pretty One Day by
David Sedaris (adult).
In addition to the books of the
month, seasonal selections are typ-
ically available as well.
We try to connect with the com-
munity as much as possible at
Wall Community Library. In order
to accomplish this goal, we are cur-
rently showcasing some beautiful
artwork done by the Wall Elemen-
tary School third grade class. Stop
in to see pictures of beautifully
drawn buffaloesits amazing to
see the beautiful artwork made by
these students! We will only have
them in the library for about two
weeks. After that, you can view
Breaking Standards
Its Hopping Here
them at USFS Buffalo Gap Na-
tional Grasslands Visitor Center in
Wall (for two weeks). After that,
you can view them at the Ben
Reifel Visitor Center in Badlands
National Park for two weeks. We
hope that you will be able to see
them!
If you would like to check out
our latest selections and see the
buffalo drawings, please contact
our library by any of the following
means.
We are open at 407 Main Street
on Wednesdays from 12-7 p.m.,
Thursdays from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
and 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. and Fridays
from 8 a.m. - 1p.m.
Feel free to call us at (605)-279-
2929 or email us at wallcom-
libgwtc.net. Dont forget to like us
on Facebook! Our name in this
venue is Wall Community Library.
We hope you hop on in to see
whats hoppen-ing in here!
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Applications are still available
for the Christopher C. Lurz Memo-
rial Scholarship.
The family of Chris Lurz estab-
lished this scholarship, in his
memory.
The scholarship will be awarded
to a current or past graduate of
Wall High School who is or will be
attending a vo-tech or trade school.
Christopher C. Lurz
memorial scholarship
Applications are still available
for the Hayes Memorial Scholar-
ship.
This scholarship fund was estab-
lished by Candice Hayes in mem-
ory of her husband, John Hayes.
The scholarship is awarded an-
nually to a current or past gradu-
ate of Wall High School pursuing
additional education in the field of
One of the criteria established
includes a GPA of no less than a
2.0 while in high school.
Applications and additional in-
formation may be obtained by con-
tacting the counseling office at
Wall High School.
The deadline for submitting ap-
plications is April 1, 2013.
Hayes memorial scholarship
agriculture, either by attendance
at a vo-tech school, a college or uni-
versity.
Applications and additional in-
formation may be obtained by con-
tacting the counseling office at
Wall High School.
The deadline for submitting ap-
plications is April 1, 2013.
The South Dakota Stockgrowers
Association and the South Dakota
Cattlewomen are currently accept-
ing applications for a $1,000 schol-
arship in memory of Guy E. Ham.
The scholarship is available to
any South Dakota student having
completed at least one year of post-
secondary education and pursuing
a career in an agricultural or agri-
business related field.
This $1,000 scholarship is made
possible by the generosity and gift
of the Guy E. Ham Beef Industry
Scholarship in memory of Guy
Ham and his commitment to the
future of the agriculture industry
in South Dakota.
SD Stockgrowers, Cattlewomen
offer Beef Industry scholarship
Application information and de-
tails can be found by visiting
www.southdakotastockgrowers.org
or by contacting the SD Stock-
growers Assoc. at 605-342-0429.
Applications will be accepted
until August 1, 2013 and the schol-
arship will be awarded during the
Stockgrowers Annual Convention
on September 28, 2013.