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Week: Opinion ..............................2Rural Livin’.............3 & 18

Obituaries ..................5 & 7Corina Booth, age 46Lillian Carlson, age 90Jerry Stilwell, age 83Joyce Picotte, age 79Levi Sandal, age 26Dwight Louder, age 85

Graduation..................9-10School &Sports.........................11-12Annual Statementsof Insurance.............14-15PublicNotices .............................16Classifies..........................17Market Reports,Weather ...........................18

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Public noticeshighlight insurance companies’ financial condition

In this issue you will find theannual publication of financialsummaries of insurance compa-nies licensed to do business inSouth Dakota. Insurance companies doingbusiness in South Dakota arerequired by state law to publishthese financial summaries eachyear. The summary lists the in-surance company's assets, lia-bilities, business in SouthDakota for the year and thelines in which the company isauthorized by the state of SouthDakota to sell insurance. "These public notices are im-portant to ensuring SouthDakotans have informationabout an important segment ofthe financial industry doingbusiness in our state," SouthDakota Newspaper AssociationGeneral Manager David Bor-dewyk said. "Transparency anddisclosure are important toSouth Dakotans and these pub-lic notices help fulfill that ex-pectation." The published insurancecompany financial statementsfrom all South Dakota newspa-pers soon will be available atwww.sdpublicnotices.com. Thewebsite is a compilation of allpublic notices printed in allSouth Dakota newspapers. This newspaper along withall other newspapers in thestate and SDNA have joined to-gether to provide the public no-tice website as a public serviceat no cost to state and local gov-ernments. For more information aboutany insurance company doingbusiness in South Dakota, con-tact the state Division of Insur-ance in Pierre at 605-773-3563. For more information aboutthe publication of these insur-ance company public notices,contact your local newspaper orSDNA. South Dakota Newspaper As-sociation, founded in 1882 andbased in Brookings, represents128 weekly and daily newspa-pers with a total readership ofmore than 600,000.

Kiddie Park improvements

On Sunday, April 24, Haakon County YoungWomen members and spouses met at the KiddiePark to make some much needed improvements.Thanks to Mother Nature, it was a perfect day forwork. The biggest project was the installation ofa new piece of equipment called the "tarantulaclimber" which took the place of the old spiderthat was removed last year. HCYW "Hot SummerNights" funds, along with two other family mon-etary donations, helped make the purchase of theclimber possible, and our community is thankful!

Other improvements included Craig Burnstrimming overgrown trees in the north fence lineof the tennis court in preparation for our basket-ball hoops/volleyball net installation this late

spring. Yard debris was removed and loaded intoa big dump trailer provided by Colt Fitzgerald.Lawn mowing volunteers on Saturday includedAaron Fitzgerald, Mike and Doreen Vetter, andKent Buchholz. With the weather looking like itwas going to be rainy on Sunday, HCYW mem-bers Denise Buchholz and Courtney Kjerstadtackled the staining of the covered benches onSaturday afternoon and painted the rusty poles.The small horse/teeter-totter on the south end wasremoved due to its poor condition, and a new tod-dler piece will be ordered and installed in itsplace once funds are available. The kiddie parkwill be getting three new wood teeter totters to re-place the ones that are badly split and those will

be installed once complete. Painting was done onthe swing sets and weeds were pulled in the rockareas. Lastly, the north entrance sign that lists our"Big Kahuna Club" members (monetary dona-tions towards the park over $500.00) will get amakeover also. More sponsors will be added tothe sign, as we have had more donations since theoriginal date the sign was installed in 2007.

If you or your business would like to donateto the Kiddie Park or tennis court fund, pleasecontact President Erin Fitzgerald. HCYW is a non-profit organization and if you would like to join,contact any member or Erin.

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Hazard mitigation

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Cityapprovesspecialevents

Haakon County will hold itsfourth meeting regarding theupdate of Haakon County’sHazard Mitigation Plan. The Haakon County HazardMitigation Plan update meet-ing is Wednesday, May 11, atthe Midland Volunteer Fire De-partment hall, on Main Street,Midland. The meeting starts at6:30 p.m., MDT. For more information, con-tact Lori Quinn, HaakonCounty emergency manager, at605-441-4308. At this meeting, participantswill review and prioritize poten-tial mitigation actions, and dis-cuss the achievability of theproposed projects using theSTAPLEE method. Contribu-tion from team members andthe public will help ensure anexceptional hazard mitigationplan update for HaakonCounty. Even if someone was not ableto be present for past HaakonCounty Hazard Mitigationmeetings, their attendance andparticipation is still encour-aged.

by Del Bartels The Philip City Council, dur-ing its regular meeting Mon-day, May 2, approved threespecial events coming this sum-mer. One is for Team Erica tosponsor a five kilometerwalk/run on June 4. The eventwill start at 1:00 p.m. and is an-ticipated to continue untilaround 5:00 p.m. Along withthe walk/run, the gathering isto support and celebrate EricaWilliams in her medical recov-ery of a lung transplant. The second special event ap-plication was from the HaakonCounty Young Women for their“Kick Off to Summer” and “HotSummer Nights” events. Theseboth include the use of the city’sswimming pool bathrooms. Thekick off is Thursday, May 19,from 5:30 to approximately 9:00p.m. Hot Summer Nights areeach Thursday during July. Ac-cording to HCYW presidentErin Fitzgerald, the communityget-togethers will be very simi-lar to last year’s events. The third special event appli-cation was by the Philip Cham-ber of Commerce for the annualScotty Philip Days, June 17-19.The weekend begins with thenow-famous bronc ride at theroping arena. The traditionalfree street dance on Fridaystarts at 8:00 p.m. The Satur-day morning parade starts at10:00. The festival atmosphereagain includes water fightssponsored by the Philip Volun-teer Fire Department and blow-up activities sponsored by theHCYW. The PVFD also spon-sors a demolition derby nearLake Waggoner. Many other ac-tivities fill the weekend, somewithin city limits and some outside. In its annual preparationfor the festivities, the city hashired an additional police offi-cer, Brandon Boyd, for theevening of June 17. The Naja Shrine Circus isscheduled to be in Philip, July10. Certificates of election werepresented to Mayor MichaelVetter, council member fromWard I, Brit Miller, and councilmember from Ward II, MartyGartner. Each took their oath ofoffice for their next terms. Tr-isha Larson, council memberfrom Ward III, could not attend,so will take her oath of office ata later date but before the nextcouncil meeting. These incum-bents ran unopposed for theirmayoral and council seats.

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Philip Livestock Auction holds successful Bull Day Tuesday

Bob Berry of Philip took home two bullsfor $3,900 and $3,200. They were a set oftwins sired by Sitz Upward 307R, from theDale Mehlhaf Angus herd.

Sam Koedam of Bad River Feeds, Philip, and Justin Wheeler, rural Philip,visited during the sale. Wheeler took home one of the top Hereford Bullsof the day, a CL 1 Domino 1115Y son for $4,400.

Jason Frey, Ipswich, and Beau Ravellette, Philip,were two of the ringmen working with the auc-tioneers to help sell the bulls. They are both sec-ond generation fieldmen working this region.Frey works with Western Ag Reporter, Billings,Mont., and Ravellette with RPI Promotions,based out of Philip.

The action was pretty strong from the auction block as a good number ofbidders were in attendance to buy bulls.

The buying crowd stayed pretty strong throughout the day, with goodcommercial cattlemen making their seedstock purchases.

Philip Livestock Auction heldits annual Main Event Bull Sale inPhilip Tuesday, May 3. This event was one of the

biggest in history, selling fivebreeds of breeding bulls. Thelargest breed offering was theBlack Angus bulls. The sale cata-log had 344 bulls included in theoffering – Charolais, Simmental,Hereford, Red Angus and BlackAngus. There were many pickups and

trailers moving through the townof Philip Tuesday during the MainEvent Bull Day sale. There was apretty good weigh-up, bull and cowsale that led off the Main Eventseedstock bull sale. The top selling bull was lot 122

consigned from Mehlhaf Angus ofFreeman, S.D., selling for $6,500.This bull was sired by AAR Ten X7008 and had a yearling wt. of

1,420 lbs. Dennis Youngerberg,Springfield, Minn., sold the secondhighest bull for $6,000, a son of SAVResource 1441. This bull posted aweaning wt. of 899 and EPDs of BW3.5, WW 66, YW 116, and M 28. The top selling Charolais bull

was consigned by MDL Farms Joy,Ill. This son of HPF CM Firebreak104, sold for $5,750 and posted abirth wt. of 89, weaning wt. of 791,and yearling wt. of 1,493. The top selling Red Angus bull

was consigned by Nelson RedAngus, Benson, Minn., selling for$5,750. This son of WDZ-GLS Rio116 ET was a true calving ease bullwith a 56 lb. birth wt. and -4.9 birthwt. EPD. The top Hereford bull, a son of

CL1 Domino 942W, sold for $4,500and was consigned by HelblingHerefords, Mandan, ND.

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HAAKON COUNTY COMMUNITY LIBRARY … will be closed Monday, May16, due to graduation.

HAAKON COUNTY HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE MEETING …Wednesday, May 11, at the Midland Volunteer Fire Department on Main Street,Midland, beginning at 6:30 p.m., MDT. For more information, contact Lori Quinn,Haakon County emergency manager, at 605-441-4308.

AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY … will meet Thursday, May 12, at 7:00 p.m. at the Senechal Apts.lobby in Philip.

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Sometimes when I wake upfrom a nap, my first thought is, “Ineed some chocolate.” I don’t knowif this has a nutritional basis suchas needing energy or if I just feellike babying myself. Whatever thecause, I almost always have astash of chocolate nearby that Ican dip into and relieve my crav-ing. In such a case, I usually don’trequire over a couple of smallpieces, but I do find it a fairlypleasant way to wake up.

You might say, actually, that Ihave quite a sweet tooth. It is rarefor a day to go by without my eat-ing some kind of sweet thing.Chocolate is probably my favorite,especially dark chocolate, butthere are many other sugar-in-fested treats that meet with myapproval. If such things weren’t socalorie intensive, I would probablyeat more of them. As it is, how-ever, I have to limit my intake toavoid becoming too large. In fact,if I want to lose weight, about all Ihave to do is avoid sugar com-pletely, and the pounds just sort offade away on their own withoutmy having to do a lot else.With many desserts, they do

have some nutritional value. Piesoften have fruit which is generallyconsidered good for a person.Apple pie springs to mind. One ofmy favorites is pecan pie, but thatis so intensely fattening that I trynot to make it very often. Cherry,blueberry, and apple are all prettygood though. Cakes, too, usuallyhave flour and eggs and stuffwhich are nutritionally fine, but Ihave this bad habit of stacking athick layer of frosting on top, and

that isn’t quite so good. What isworse, many of these are en-hanced by a dip of ice cream onthe side.Then we come to homemade

candy which is somewhat hard tojustify eating but is quite goodanyway. Oddly enough, fudge isnot my favorite of those, and I’venever quite figured out why itisn’t, given my general predilec-tion for chocolate. Divinity, how-ever, is wonderful. The name itselfgives us a clue since it is takenfrom the word “divine.” Need I saymore? As a kid, I would make thisdelight from time to time or elseits cousin called “sea foam” whichjust adds some brown sugar alongwith the white sugar and cornsyrup. Added nuts make botheven better. I did find, however,that you shouldn’t try to make thestuff when it is raining outside be-cause then it will hardly ever setup right. It will be runny. Mymom clued me into that problem,and she was right. Divinity issomewhat of a pain to make sinceyou have to watch the cookingtemperature very closely with acandy thermometer. Then youhave to beat egg whites and whipthe cooked part into them with amixer. This takes a very long time.If the end result weren’t so good,it wouldn’t be worth the trouble.Even worse, however, is making

taffy. This is almost completelysugar since it uses both whitesugar and corn syrup with only abit of butter. Again, you have towatch the temperature veryclosely, and then, after it coolsenough to handle, you have to pullit and pull it and pull it. Other-wise it isn’t worth much. To do

that, you have to butter yourhands to keep the stuff from stick-ing to them, and then have at it. Itchanges color somewhat whenyou’ve pulled enough and also getshard to pull. Then you have toquickly cut it up in chunks andwrap each piece in waxed paper.It’s a job, but somewhat fun if youhave several people helping. Someparties, in fact, are called “taffypulls.”I haven’t made taffy for years,

but there’s a good reason for that.I can buy it in a form that is asgood or better than I can makeand without all the trouble. It isusually available locally and notbad at all. Some of the best taffyI’ve ever purchased, however, wasin a town in the western part ofthe state near where I sometimesserved as a counselor at a camp. Itwas rare for me to attend campwithout sneaking off somewherealong the way to the taffy shop.They had many different flavorsand all were great except for thewatermelon flavor. That wasnasty. I didn’t even like the smellof that.All this talk of taffy, unfortu-

nately, has given me a craving forit. As a result, I went on the Inter-net to find out if the taffy shop inKeystone is still in business and ifyou can order it and have itshipped. Yep. They are still thereand still have 38 flavors includingwatermelon. I think there is somepossibility that I might order someof my favorite flavors later ontoday. That would be unless youwant to have a taffy pull and arefree to come over tonight. Let meknow if you’re coming. That mightbe fun.

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Mother’s Day gift Intravenous feeding tubes hadbeen taken away weeks before,and, as of a few days ago, the oxy-gen tubes to her nose were alsoremoved. Several full casts re-mained, but most of the otherwrappings, with blackish bruis-ings underneath, had graduallybeen reduced over many weeks. Still, the girl in the intensivecare unit looked like deathwarmed over. The girl’s brighteyes and unbelievable smileseemed out of place. The young nurse was proud ofthe girl. Somehow, the gradeschooler had been a shining lightin the hospital. Everyone com-mented on her tenacity, spirit andwarmth. That warmth had disappearedwhen they told her about the caraccident. Her mother had died.The accident should have alsotaken the girl. Each day, she strived to moveher own drinking cup so she coulduse the straw. She insisted thatthe nurse hold her noncastedhand so the girl could pull, workat raising up even a few inches. A

cast would be reduced to asmaller version, and she wouldwiggle the muscles underneath.Wiggling slowly graduated toflexing. Though completelybedridden, she exercised what shecould, as often as her energywould let her. An urgency seemedto grow inside her. Each morningthe nurse had to answer what dayit was. The nurse finally got enough in-formation about the prognosis sothat she could encourage this mis-understood urgency. Doctors cau-tiously believed the girl wouldrecover, and maybe even fully.Mending and strenuous therapywould take months, years, evenwith heroic efforts. The first time she had won theargument, and was helped to ac-tually sit up, she almost passedout. Still, the same day she in-sisted on trying it again. A fewseconds was a triumph. The nextday it was a little bit longer. Her father was in as much ashe could be. At first, he had prac-tically lived in her room. As hercondition edged away from criti-cal, he somehow continued hislife, but still visited every minute

he could. Many nights had beenspent sleeping in the chair next toher bed. And, he had some thingshe just had to do. Because of hercondition, the girl had to miss hermother’s funeral. The nurse began feeling morelike a personal fitness aid than acaregiver. The little girl was nowinsisting on standing. That was,so everyone thought, still impos-sible. A huge leg/hip cast was cutaway and replaced by a slightlymore manageable one. The girlwas held in a standing positionfor a few seconds, no more. Stand-ing was all she could do. Why the rush? The girl had tobe in pain! Many people visited.Boredom couldn’t have been thedrive, the insistency. During a sit-up session, the nurse finallypoint-blank asked the girl. The girl knew she would even-tually be all right. Her father alsotentatively believed this. The doc-tors were coming around. But shehad to prove to someone else thatshe would be okay. That someonewas her mother. And, the girl hadvowed to herself that her firststep had to, just had to, be onMother’s Day.

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Philip City Council approves three special events Council member Greg Arthurwas voted in to continue as presi-dent of the council. Marion Matt isagain the vice president. Vetterappointed council members to thesame committees as they were onlast terms. After a public hearing and noobjections from the city police de-partment, all current owners ofmalt beverage licenses weregranted renewals. These includethe 73 Bar and Lounge, Pizza Etc.,Rock and Roll Lanes, CornerPantry and the Philip Pit Stop. Building permits were approvedfor David and Michelle Butler tobuild a garage and pour a drive-way, for Mike Moses to replace afence, for Our Redeemer LutheranChurch to replace a sewer line, forthe Sacred Heart Church Rectoryto put in a deck, and for CraigWeber to replace a sewer line. The city has entered into anagreement with the South DakotaGame, Fish and Parks depart-ment to install a concrete vaulttoilet at Lake Waggoner. TheGF&P will pay 75 percent, up to$9,000, for the unit and its instal-lation on county property. Philipwill be responsible for 25 percentand for maintenance. The city at-torney will draft a maintenanceagreement with Lake WaggonerGolf Course to maintain the unit.This unit will be on top of the hill,

north and east of where the dilap-idated current toilet stands. An-other vault toilet was installednearer the beach last summer byvolunteers under the leadership ofRoger Williams. The council approved a consult-ing agreement with Central SouthDakota Enhancement District torewrite building and zoning ordi-nances. At a cost of $1,100, theCSDED will update current ordi-nances. Vetter anticipates it to be,“Money well spent.” The entirecouncil, rather than any commit-tee, will approve or disapprove thecompleted project. The audit for Fiscal Year 2014of the city of Philip has been com-pleted and approved by the SouthDakota Department of LegislativeAudit. The South Dakota statesales tax rate increases to 4.5 per-cent on June 1. The radar speed limit sign cur-rently posted on the downhill sideof Larimer Avenue is seeminglybeing met with approval. “I thinkit’s doing its job,” said police offi-cer David Butler. Council mem-bers said they have noticeddrivers hit their brakes when thesign flashes that they are goingtoo fast. Chief Kit Graham’s retirementopen house is Tuesday, May 31,from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at thePhilip Ambulance Service build-ing. Butler has been promoted topolice chief, starting June 1. An

offer has been made to a candidatefor the city police officer position. City crews will continue to doseasonal repairs to the intersec-tion of Howard Avenue and OakStreet. Hopefully an overlay willlast a few years, especially withcity crews quickly repairing holesas they develop. The city swimming pool willopen Friday, June 3, weather per-mitting. The city was awarded the 2015Operations and MaintenanceAward for its wastewater treat-ment facility. Also, the city, alongwith operators Rick Coyle andBrian Pearson, have beenawarded the 2015 Drinking WaterCertificates of Achievement. City crews will fog for mosqui-toes on Tuesdays, starting at10:00 p.m., depending on weatherconditions. Alternative days areWednesdays. The chemical, Bio-mist 3+15, is reportedly not harm-ful to pets, plants or humans. The rubble site summer hoursresume May 1. The next Hazard Mitigationmeeting is Wednesday, May 11, at6:30 p.m. at the Philip AmbulanceService building. City offices will be closed Mon-day, May 30, in observance of Me-morial Day. The next regular city councilmeeting is Thursday, June 2, at7:00 p.m. in the Haakon CountyCourthouse community room.

From left, council member for Ward II Marty Gartner, Mayor Mike Vetter, and council member for Ward I BritMiller were sworn in for their next terms on the city council. Not present was Ward III’s Trisha Larson.

Del Bartels

Wall Masons present 50-year pins

by Del Bartels The Crescent #210 MasonicLodge in Wall recently celebratedthe presentation of not only one,but four, 50-year pins. Merritt “Gene” Patterson, Wall,George “Buck” White, New Under-wood, George “Woody” Shelton,Rapid City, and Merrill “Dean”Patterson, Wall, were all origi-nally initiated as Entered Appren-tices, then as Fellowcraft, andfinally as Master Masons in theWall lodge over 50 years ago. Actually, two other men werealso eligible for their 50-year pins,

though could not be present atthis meeting. H.F. “Billy” White,Dayton, Wy., and Martin “Marty”Printz, New Underwood, will re-ceive their certificates and pins ata later date. Doug Thorson, Philip, District15 Worshipful Master, said, “Be-tween the four of you, there areover 200 years of Masonry. Fiftyyears ago you were presented atrowel, and you have lived by thatstandard.” When several honoreesshowed interest in plans for theWall lodge to experience some re-modeling this year, Thorson said,

“After 50 years, you deserve a po-sition, not a job.” Though the Wall lodge officiallyhas 53 members on the books,many were raised while serving inthe minuteman missile programwhen it was active around theWall area. Many of those mem-bers currently live in other states. The honoring ceremony in-cluded spouses and other familymembers who were not Masons.Afterward, a closed meeting washeld in the lodge, where four newmembers were initiated to En-tered Apprentice status.

Four recent recipients of Masonic 50-year pins were, front row from left, Merritt “Gene” Patterson, George“Buck” White, George “Woody” Shelton and Merrill “Dean” Patterson. In the back row, along with state Ma-sonic officers, are Doug Thorson – District 15 Worshipful Master at the far left, and Grant Shearer – Wall Wor-shipful Master, at the far right.

Del Bartels

Rural Livin’May 5, 2016 • Pioneer Review 3SDSU ExtensionPeggy Schlechter | Community Development Field Specialist

Congratulations Graduates!And Who Says You Can’t Go Home?

Congratulations to all the youngpeople celebrating graduationsthis month, whether is it a highschool graduation or a collegegraduation. You have a reason tobe proud. You have dedicatedyears of learning and now it istime to go out and spread yourwings! Yes, this is an exciting timefor you. There are so many op-tions! You can continue your edu-cation. You can get a job. You canstart a business. And then remem-ber, once you have had some of theadventures you always dreamedof, you can go home. Home … doesn’t that sound likea great place? We want to keep ouryoung people in South Dakota – orhave them return once they havecompleted their education andlived in some of the places they al-ways thought they wanted to live.And that includes you. Wait – be-fore I have a lot of parents callingme asking me what I am tellingyou, that doesn’t mean you moveback into your old room at yourparent’s house. What it does meanis that we would really like to haveyou move back to your hometownor a nearby community. If you have ever listened to thesong “Who Says You Can’t GoHome” that was written by JonBon Jovi and Richie Sambora, you

may begin to understand what Iam trying to say. I know the songis old – 10 years old now, but it hasa great message. It was writtenbecause of Jon Bon Jovi’s personalpassion for his community. Thesong starts out with the singer try-ing to get out of this place and run-ning away from the only thing he’sever known. After being there anddoing that, he realizes that he is ahometown boy and that there isonly one place they call him one oftheir own … and that’s alright. We want you here! Why? Be-cause of your fresh ideas, your en-ergy, and your brains. We knowour young people are among thebest and brightest and keepingyou here or getting you to returnwould make our great state evenbetter. I would encourage you to visitDakota Roots at www.dakota-roots.com. Dakota Roots is an ini-tiative to help grow our SouthDakota workforce – and helps peo-ple who want to relocate to SouthDakota connect with job openings,moving resources, etc. As you visitthis website, you can read somereal life stories of people who knowSouth Dakota is where theywanted to be and how they makea great life here. Your connections to home are soimportant. This is where yourfamily lives and where everyoneknows you. Sometimes it is the

idea that everyone knows you isnot seen as positive. However,once you live in a place where noone know you, and maybe it seemslike no one cares, all of a suddenliving near those who do know youbecomes much more interesting. And if you are worried aboutjobs, South Dakota was voted the#4 best job market in the countryin 2014, according to WalletHub.com. With our business cli-mate, you may decide to be yourown boss and own your own busi-ness. That could be easier here inSouth Dakota than almost any-where else. According to CNNMoney, South Dakota is the beststate for starting a business andthe Small Business & Entrepre-neurship Council said that wehave the #1 business climate inthe nation for entrepreneurs. And let’s face it, if you enjoy theoutdoors, we have some of the besthunting and fishing in the coun-try. We have an abundance ofstate and national parks to enjoy.And a clear sky that allows you toactually see those bright starsoverhead twinkling. Congratulations again on yourgraduation. We want to say goodluck but not good bye. It’s alrightto go back home. When you’reready, we will be here with openarms!

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It was a busy weekon the ranch -- sobusy in fact that Iwas unable to write anew column. FromMonday throughThursday, duringwhich we also hap-pened to get a foot ofsnow, I was on roundthe clock sheep-watching duty, theresults of which I willbe reporting on innext week's column,once I catch up on mysleep. So, this week'sstory comes from theearly days of this col-umn. Our sweet live-stock guard dog,Ellie, just turned twoyears old, and I haveto say, it's been a realpleasure watchingher blossom into agreat working dog.Yesterday, a neighbor came overto pick up some heifers, Elliecalmly inspected him upon his ar-rival, calmly observed as theheifers were loaded, and thencalmly watched as he drove away-- it was a far cry from the waythings used to unfold. "She has re-ally grown up," I thought to my-self. Here's a look back to Ellie'searly days on the ranch: When I first brought Ellie, theGreat Pyrenees puppy home, Iwanted her to sleep in the barn inthe large hay manger used to feedlong ago horses. It was enclosed,full of soft straw, and looked likethe kind of den a mama wolf mightmake for her cub. I was planningfor her to stay in her little denwhenever I wasn’t able to super-vise her. That lasted for about 15minutes. Turned out she was,among other things (operatichowler, for one) a master of escap-ing tight spots. Several ineffec-tively nailed boards later, Idecided the little den was unnec-essary; she could just stay in thehorse barn when unsupervised.We moved the saddles and bridlesup and out of the way, put the bagof puppy chow in an aluminumtrash can, and shut our sweetpuppy in. That lasted maybe halfan hour. Turned out the founda-tion of the barn had a crack justwide enough for a puppy to cram,claw, and climb her way to free-dom. So, by the end of the first after-noon, Ellie pretty much had therun of the place. At first it was no big deal. Muchlike a newborn, she slept a lot,usually curled up in the shade ofthe low hanging lilacs. It was theheight of summer after all. Plus,she was too short and roly-poly toget into much of anything. Now, four months in, our yard

looks like a dog tornado touchesdown several times a day. Any an-imal that has died on the ranch inthe past several years has been ex-humed and hauled to Ellie’s “zone”-- the prime real estate betweenthe barn and the house. Some-times it looks like site of an arche-ological dig, other times like theparking lot of a slaughterhouse.The gardening equipment by theshed also fell to her plundering,and drying laundry on the line wasabandoned once she grew tallenough to pull it down piece bypiece. On the upside, work gloveslost beneath a few years worth ofmanure have been unearthed, ashave sorting sticks, ropes, and oldear tags. Meanwhile, she is coming intoher own as guard dog – the job shewas brought here to do. She barksat hunters driving by on the town-ship road, she barks at deer in thetree belt, she barks at the kittenswhen they get too far away fromthe barn. This may sound annoy-ing, and it is, but it is also handybecause she barks at animalswhen they are places they shouldnot be, such as cows in the hay-field, or bum calves in the yard.Her ability to discern who belongswhere is impressive, and it is reas-suring to know someone is keepinga lookout when we can’t. My plan to acquire a livestockguard dog was hatched long ago.When I first fell in love with sheep,it seemed inevitable that one daya big white dog would come to liveand watch over them with me. TheGreat Chicken Massacre of 2013deepened my resolve to get somehelp with the night shift, and ac-cording to extensive internetsources, Great Pyrenees are reli-able at guarding anything theybond with, including poultry. Thatsettled it; a GP was the dog for me.

What I didn’t ex-pect, what I neversaw coming, wasEllie’s love of eggs.It’s only been a fewweeks since thespring chicks startedlaying full time, butwe’ve been in eggheaven. Until lastweek that is, when Iwent to shut thechicken door and col-lect eggs one eveningand the laying boxeswere mysteriousempty. I worried thatthe hens had found asecret hideout, so Isearched every bushand outbuilding. Nonests.I suspected Ellie

might be the culpritwhen I discovered afew scattered eggshells in her “zone,”

but it wasn’t till the man of theranch spotted her sprinting acrossthe yard, a small, brown egg cra-dled in her large jaws, that we hadproof. The reason for a poultry guarddog is to protect chickens. The rea-son for chickens is eggs. What areyou supposed to do when theguard dog is eating all the eggs? Itreminds me of the early immi-grants to Hawaii, who, having ac-cidently brought rats on theirships that soon overtook the is-land, brought in mongooses, think-ing they would combat therampantly reproducing rodentpopulation. It didn’t work. Themongoose instead focused on theeggs of native birds, decimatingmany species in a relatively shorttime. Why is it so easy to create newproblems when we seek to solvethe ones at hand? If I knew the an-swer to that, I’d be a wealthywoman…for one thing, I wouldn’tbe buying giant bags of dog foodand chicken feed AND eggs at themarket. I can tell you this withsurety though: my schemes alwaysturn out to be way more work thanI anticipate, and rarely have theexpected outcome, but it’s possiblethat is a prerequisite for life. Plus,every failed venture makes an-other great story. The Danish philosopher, SorenKierkegaard wrote: “Life is not aproblem to be solved, but a realityto be experienced.” I couldn’t agreemore. And all is not lost on the eggfront, because the man of theranch has plans for a chickenhouse on stilts. So, here’s to inge-nuity, failure, and the wild, richbroth of giving it a try. If nothingelse, we'll always have plenty totalk about around the suppertable.

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Governor’s residence tours to begin in June The sixth season of free weeklytours at the South Dakota Gover-nor’s Mansion will begin nextmonth. First Lady Linda Daugaard saidshe and the governor are happy toagain open the home on the shoreof Capitol Lake to the public. “We are pleased to host anotheryear of summer tours,” Daugaardsaid. “The governor’s mansion be-longs to the people of SouthDakota, and Dennis and I inviteevery South Dakotan to enjoy thisspecial home.”

Beginning June 1, weekly publictours will be conducted eachWednesday in June, July and Au-gust. Guests attending the firsttour of the summer on June 1 willbe greeted by the Mount Rush-more mascots in celebration of the75th anniversary of the comple-tion of the national memorial. “It’s truly a pleasure to welcomeguests to the governor’s mansion.For those signed up to tour onJune 1, make sure to bring yourcameras for a photo with theMount Rushmore mascots,” Dau-

gaard said. The 30-minute tours will beginat 1:00 p.m. CDT and will be con-ducted by volunteers, includingthe First Lady. Tour groups willconsist of up to 40 people. Public tour tickets, at no charge,must be obtained in advance andwill be available only from thePierre Area Chamber of Com-merce. Those interested in a tourshould call the chamber at 605-224-7361.

New South Dakota bass record

Two Minnesota anglers landedthe fish of their dreams, Saturday,April 23, when they boated aseven pound, three ounce small-

mouth bass on Horseshoe Lake. Barnesville, Minn.’s Lyal Heldboated the massive bass, breakingthe previous record of sevenpounds, which was caught fromHorseshoe Lake by Derek Valnesin 2013. Lyal’s fish was 19.5inches in length and had an amaz-ing 19 inch girth. “These anglers had identifiedHorseshoe Lake as a great oppor-tunity to break a state record,”said South Dakota Game, Fishand Parks’ regional fisheries man-ager, Mark Ermer. “To my under-standing, they had been pursuingthe record for some time. This is a

fish of a lifetime.” Ermer person-ally verified Held’s smallmouth asa state record. For a fish to qualify as a staterecord, anglers must have the fishidentified by a state fisheries biol-ogist and weighed on a certifiedscale. Other qualifications can befound on the state record fish ap-plication at http://www.gfp.sd.gov/fishing-boating/docs/state-record-fish-form.pdf. To view a list of all of SouthDakota’s state record fish, visith t t p : / / g f p . s d . g o v / f i s h i n g -boat ing / s ta te - f i sh - records -list.aspx.

Philip Socials Pioneer Review • May 5, 20164

Elderly Meals Thursday, May 5: Crispy Tus-can Chicken, Duchess Potatoes,Scandinavian Veggies, Biscuit,Fruit. Friday, May 6: Roast Beef,Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Cali-fornia Veggies, Fruit. Monday, May 9: Sloppy Joe,Macaroni Salad, Peas, Water-melon. Tuesday, May 10: BeefRouladen, Red Mashed Potatoes,Glazed Carrots, Fruit. Wednesday, May 11: AssortedPizza, Tossed Salad, Garlic Bread,Fruit. Thursday, May 12: PorkChops, Mac & Cheese, Fried Corn,Fruit.

*** Philip Bus Schedule: Trip toRapid City every Tuesday andThursday. To go please call 605-441-1495. Wall bus to Rapid Cityevery Wednesday – leaves fromPhilip. For questions please callKay Ainslie at 859-2670 or 441-2449.

*** News from

Barbara and M.R. Hansen Barbara attended the retire-ment party of Dr. Chuck Kliche aprofessor in the mining depart-ment at South Dakota School ofMines and Technology. He hasbeen teaching there for 35 years.Barbara worked in this depart-ment for a couple years and got toknow the students and professorsthere. In the early 2000s, the min-ing program was nearly cut fromthe curriculum at Tech, butthrough the efforts of mining com-panies and alumni, it was broughtback as Mining Engineering andManagement. In 2004, there were about eightstudents left getting mining de-grees and two were graduating.Today, there are currently 106students, which makes the Schoolof Mines the third largest miningschool (out of 14 schools) in theUnited States. Plus, mining engi-neers start out with one of the

highest salaries of most engineer-ing jobs. Job placement for ourgraduates have been 100 percent.Professor Kliche thanked his stu-dents for being “top quality” andsaid he would have no problemrecommending them for any job.Kliche and brother Frank Hansengo back a long way from theirearly college days at Tech. From Mr. Brown's book of Pre-cepts at ginnys, “Life moves for-ward. If you keep looking back,you won't be able to see whereyou're going.” Charles Carroll. Onthe same lines, a little picturecard that you can buy at ginnyssays, “Don't look back, you're notgoing that way.”

Lots of moisture! I dumped out my rain gaugeFriday, getting ready for the nextdeluge. The first rain last Mondaywas 40 hundredths and the secondrain/snow on Wednesday was 31hundredths, so I get 71 hun-dredths. A little more moisture iscoming, but then it will get warmnext week. That completes theweather report for this week. I drove over to Fuddy’s Thurs-day to look at various projects.The wheat fields looked luxuriantand more than six inches high inplaces. It will no doubt be anotherbumper crop. We could all pray forbetter grain prices (if that is al-lowable).

* * * Over by Midland, I saw a herdof all black cows grazing and thecalves next to them were all white.I discussed this with my confiden-tial sources and they verified thatit was certainly possible and notuncommon. At a store in Pierre I boughtBarbara a two wheeled wheelbar-row, eight cubic feet. The duallywheels in the front make it verystable and easy to use. Vivian oncesaid the best present Dobby evergot her was a new wheel-barrow.However, I plan to also buy Bar-bara a dozen red roses forMother’s Day because a wheelbarrow, useful as it is, cannot sub-

stitute for roses, the universalsymbol of love. May 6-7, we will have the an-nual cleanup day around Philipwith free dumping at the rubblesite. The rubble site used to becalled the dump and as kids wewould spend endless hours play-ing there, finding recyclable mate-rials, visiting the local shelterconstructed by John Cowen,shooting rats and finally, lightingit on fire. Later, the name mighthave been changed to the landfill,and now it is called the rubblesite, I guess. Anyway, aroundtown I see several trailer loads ofmaterial that appear to be readyto go to the dump; at least I hopethat junk is headed to the dump. Down at ginnys there is a beau-tiful round table, complete withfour comfortable chairs that youcan rent for your work area. Thereis a piggy bank on the table andyou are encouraged to make dona-tions therein for the support ofErica Williams. I am sure youknow she is the local youngwoman who had a double lungtransplant.

Concrete canoes! The SDSM&T civil engineeringstudents won first place with theirconcrete canoe in the RockyMountain Region and are headedto the national competition inJune at Tyler, Texas. The compe-tition in this region is fierce, goingagainst all of the big schools inColorado, Wyoming, Utah andNew Mexico. The criteria for judg-ing are primarily academic includ-ing a design report, a technicalpresentation, the finished produceand finally, the races. In the 90s,SDSM&T dominated this confer-ence, placed in the top 10 nation-ally many times and werenational concrete canoe champi-ons in 1995. The canoe is about ½-inch thick and technically madewith mortar, not concrete, since itdoes not contain any large rocks.Cement is a gray powder made atthe cement plant in Rapid City, sothere is no such thing as a cement

sidewalk, cement highway, ce-ment foundation, or cement canoe.

News from Loren Kiel Funerals, funerals, funerals; itseems like there have been moreof them lately. I do make a dailycheck with the Rush FuneralHome’s website to keep informedand most of us do attend the fu-nerals of close acquaintances,neighbors, friends and relatives. Ihave taken note that as of the endof April or during the first fourmonths of this year, there havebeen 29 funerals serviced or han-dled by Rush Funeral Home. Ofcourse, that takes in quite a wideterritory is this part of SouthDakota. I jokingly say that I amchecking the obituaries to see ifmine is listed there! However, it isno joking matter. There is nothingmore certain in this life than thatwe are all destined to die a physi-cal death. As the saying goes,“Two things are certain, deathand taxes!” One exception may beif we are alive when Christ fulfillsHis promise to return and we, whobelieve, are taken up alive to bewith Him. Though the word is notin the Bible, christians refer tothat event as the rapture. As we attend funerals, we payour last respects, we find a certainamount of closure in our sorrowand grief and we support eachother in those sorrows and givethe family and loved ones our car-ing condolences and love. We as-sure each other that we, asChristians, are not without hope,that life in the hereafter does goon to a better everlasting life withour Savior and Lord. There aremany comforting passages in theBible that we have come to knowwhich are appropriate for use atfunerals. Perhaps the term fu-neral sounds a little insensitive.Memorial service or celebration ofthe deceased’s life is more tenderterminology. There is a philosophyand words of wisdom found in theOld Testament book of Ecclesi-astes which I have referred to be-fore. “For everything there is aseason and a time for every mat-ter under heaven; a time to beborn and a time to die; a time toplant and a time to pluck up whatis planted; A time to weep and atime to laugh; a time to mourn,and a time to dance;” (Eccles. 3:1-2,4) A couple of New Testamentpassages I use, not commonlyused to comfort folks, are takenfrom the book of Hebrews. Theyare “Jesus is the same yesterdayand today and for ever.” And “Forhere we have no lasting city, butwe seek the city which is to come.Through Him then let us continu-ally offer up a sacrifice of praise toGod, that is, the fruit of lips thatacknowledge his name.” (Heb.13:8, 14-15)

Perhaps one might accuse me ofusing this for a bully pulpit, so tospeak, to preach Christ. If so, I doplead guilty. And I feel no need toapologize. This is a part of me! Iam a retired farmer/rancher, buton the side I have taught adultBible study and at times been asupply lay-preacher. I have doneso in Kadoka, Long Valley, Mid-land and Deep Creek but not re-cently. Most recently, I have donethe worship services at FirstLutheran Church here in Philip.In fact, I led in worship the firstSunday that Pastor Lauren Leywas here as he arrived in Philip.Certainly I would not be doing thenursing home Sunday afternoonworship services once a month if itwere not in character for me to doso! Perhaps as a retired person,this is a second vocation for me. Sofar, the editor of this newspaperhas not felt the need to edit forreasons of being politically correct.It is my guess that the readershipof the Pioneer Review consists ofmostly if not all those who claimto be Christians. I do not make it to all of the fu-nerals that are held in this town,but I do go to quite a number ofthem. I attended the funeral forAndrea Cook at the American Le-gion Hall held Saturday, April 30.I would guess that the hall wasfilled to about one half or bettercapacity. Folks came from far andnear to pay their last respects andto support Andrea’s family. Someof the mourners were her relativeswho came some distance to bepresent.

Paying Respects As we have come to expect now,a video was shown of Andrea’s life.That video reflected that she wasa very active and talented personwho enjoyed life and her family.She excelled in her vocation as ajournalist and also as a wife,ranching partner, mother andgrandmother. She was one to beinvolved in organizations andcommunity activities. I have said it before, but I willsay it again, Pastor Kathy Ches-ney is very gifted in conductingmemorial services. She knowshow to say just the right things –definitely preaching Christ asSavior and Lord. Yet she is skilledin giving praise of a Christian lifewell lived and showing comfortinglove to those who suffer the loss oftheir loved one. This time herunique approach was that she wasseeking insight for her messageand the Holy Spirit seems toprompt her repeatedly, almost hit-ting her over the head with a sim-ple clue, namely word. She thenasked Andrea’s family to describeAndrea in single words. Manywords surfaced, such as reliable,honest, fair, faithful, devoted,

driven, and so on. One got thesense that she was an all-aroundwell-balanced person who lovedlife, her work, her playtime, herfamily and was strongly rooted inher Christian faith. Special music was furnishedwith Marianne Frein on the newelectric piano accompanying Mau-reen Palecek on two songs, “Pas-tures of the Lord” and “AmazingGrace My Chains are Gone.” Thatsecond one is an expanded versionof “Amazing Grace.” Maureendoes have a very beautiful sopranovoice and those songs were verymeaningful. The altar area was adornedwith a dozen beautiful floralarrangements with a small tablein the center on which sat the urnof cremains which were later to beinurned at the Cottonwood Ceme-tery. (Of course the Jerald Cookranch is only a couple miles north-west of that little, almost ghosttown of Cottonwood.) There wasalso a picture display and scrap-books displayed at the back of thehall. A noon lunch was furnished bythe ladies of the United Church.We thank those ladies for thatservice. For the memorial service, I satin a row of seats fairly close up-front and next to a lady, MaryJayne Jordan, Sundance, Wyo.,who was a friend of the Cook fam-ily. The Cook family did much hik-ing together including severaltimes doing the Volkswalk atCrazy Horse mountain. (Scenes inthe video recorded such hikes.)Mary Jayne is webmaster for theorganization “Black Hills Volkss-port Association. The Cooks weremembers of that association.There were several others pres-ent, also from that organization. Ivisited with Mary Jayne somementioning to her that my wifeand I did that hike back in thesummer of 2003. It was a strugglefor us at ages near 70 to makethat 10K (6.2 mile) hike, some ofit up the steep hill-slopes andaround large boulders. Rose clungto my arm at times and I sort ofdragged her along. (I don’t wantyou to picture in your mind now,that I was something like a cave-man dragging her by her hair!) Wealso had our picture taken whilestanding on the extended armbelow the huge face of CrazyHorse blasted and carved out ofthe granite mountainside. That isa colossal monument that likelywill not be completed during mylifetime even if I live to be 100years old. Work on it started morethan more than 60 years ago andit is far from being completed.

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Joyce Picotte, age 79, WhiteRiver, S.D., died May 1, 2016, atthe Healthcare Center in WhiteRiver. Survivors include her husband,Clifford Picotte of White River;eight sons, Tim Ellendorf of Ken-tucky, Anthony (Bene) Ellendorf ofSioux Falls, Ralph (Donna) Ellen-dorf of Belle Fourche, Todd Ellen-dorf of White River, and Randy(Rebecca) Ellendorf of WhiteRiver, Clifford Picotte of Min-nesota, Steve Picotte of Wichita,Kansas, Dan Picotte of Nebraska;and one daughter, Monica (Rob)Erickson of Box Elder; numerousgrandchildren and great-grand-children; two brothers and one sis-ter; and a host of other relativesand friends. She was preceded in death byher first husband, Alfred Ellen-dorf, one daughter, Karen Tapley,

and her parents. Funeral services are pending. Arrangements are with RushFuneral Home of Philip.

Joyce Picotte

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ST. WILLIAM CATHOLIC CHURCHMidland – 859-2664 or 843-2544

Fr. Kevin AchbachSaturday Mass: 7:00 p.m.

(Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., Dec.)Sunday Mass: 11:00 a.m.

(Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., Nov.)Confession: Before Mass

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Sunday Mass: 11:00 a.m.(Feb-April-June-Oct-Dec)

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Saturdays: Confession from 3 to 4 p.m.Saturday Mass: 5:00 p.m.Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.Tues & Fri. Mass: 8:30 a.m.Wed. Mass: 5:30 p.m.

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UNITED CHURCH OF PHILIPPastor Kathy Chesney • 859-2310

Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m.1st Wednesday of the Month:

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Sunday Worship: 8:30 a.m.Bible Study: 2nd Thurs. 1:30 p.m.at the Senechal Apts. lobby

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Sunday Worship: 10:30 a.m.Ruth Circle: 3rd Tues, 10:30 a.m.Nowlin Circle: Last Wed, 9:00 a.m.

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Carol Hicks Carol M. Hicks, age 64, of Utica,S.D., passed away peacefully onSunday, May 1, 2016, at the AveraMajestic Bluffs Hospice House inYankton, S.D., a after a coura-geous five year battle with cancer,surrounded by her family. Carol was born November 18,1951, in Yankton, S.D., to Leonardand Helen (Rezac) Tacke. She at-tended Mount Marty High Schooland graduated from YanktonHigh School. After high school,she went on to receive a degree inmathematics from Creighton Uni-versity in Omaha, Nebr. Her firstjob after college was with House-hold Finance in Omaha. Shemoved to a new job in Rapid City,S.D., in 1978 with 1st NationalBank of the Black Hills. In 1982,she transitioned to a new positionwith the same bank in Sturgis.Carol always presented an open-ness to new experiences and wel-comed new friendships, whichresulted in a life in western SouthDakota surrounded by manyfriends. Carol met Newt Hicks duringher time spent in Sturgis and theywere married in Kadoka, S.D., onDecember 28, 1985. The couplemoved to the home where she wasraised near Utica in April 1986and have farmed there ever since.In the same year, Carol started anew job with First Dakota Na-tional Bank in Yankton. She con-

tinued her career at First Dakotafor 30 years. Carol will always be known forher love of family and farm life,her timeless adventurous spiritand most importantly her selfless-ness. She always made it a pointto keep in touch with both imme-diate and extended family andfriends. Even with her selfness,giving nature, Carol did not losesight of her top priority, her chil-dren. Carol and Newt supportedthem in their academics, attendedall of their extra-curricular activi-ties and taught them a strongwork ethic.

Carol is survived by her hus-band, Newt of Utica; two sons:Nate (Kristen) Hicks of Yankton;and Matt Hicks of Norfolk, Nebr.;her daughter, Elizabeth (Jon)Graber of Freeman, S.D.; andthree sisters: Janice (Joe) Pauli ofSeaside, Ore.; Barb (Mike) Veal ofDavenport, Iowa; and Bernice(Grady) Crew of Philip, S.D. She was preceded in death byher parents, Leonard and HelenTacke, and mother-in-law, EuniceHicks. A Memorial Mass will be held at10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 6, 2016,at St. Benedict Catholic Church inYankton with Reverend ThomasWordekemper and Reverend KenLulf officiating. Burial will be inthe Garden of Memories Cemeteryin Yankton. A gathering of friendsand family will be from 5:00 to8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 5,2016, at the Wintz & Ray FuneralHome in Yankton with a vigilservice at 7:00 p.m. The familywill receive friends one hour priorto the Mass on Friday at theChurch. Urnbearers will be Carol’s chil-dren: Nate Hicks, Matt Hicks andElizabeth Graber. Memorials may be directed toRelay for Life. To post an online sympathymessage, visit wintzrayfuneral-home.com.

Corina Booth, age 46, Madison,S.D., formerly of Draper, died onWednesday, April 27, 2016, inMadison. Corina Lynn Booth was bornMarch 7, 1970, in Pierre, thedaughter of LeRoy and Sonja(Fuoss) Booth. She grew up in the Draper areaand attended Draper ElementarySchool. She then attended JonesCounty High School, graduating in1988. After graduation, she at-tended Northern State College inAberdeen. Later, she moved toMinneapolis, where she worked asa flight attendant for AmericanAirlines and Continental Airlines.After 9/11, she began workingCities Management, and had re-cently moved to Madison whereshe has since resided. Corina loved to travel, readbooks and spend time with familyand friends. She adored her twonieces, Saylor and Aspen Booth. Survivors include her parents,

LeRoy and Sonja Booth of Draper;two brothers, Brent Booth and hiswife, Amy of Brandon, and KyleBooth of Draper; nieces, Saylor

and Aspen; her grandmother, Dar-line Fuoss of Pierre; her godson,Asa Best; and numerous cousins,aunts and uncles. Corina was preceded in death byher paternal grandparents, Don-ald and Martha Booth, and mater-nal grandfather, Orville Fuoss. She will be remembered for hercaring spirit and her infectioussmile. We can’t really say good-bye, because you’re still very pres-ent with us. However, with achoked up throat and tearful eyes,we face reality and can but nod inacknowledgement. A celebration of her life was heldMonday, May 2, at the Vivian Au-ditorium, with Pastor RayGreenseth officiating. Interment was at the VivianCemetery. Memorials are preferred to theMissouri Shores Domestic Vio-lence Center. Arrangements were with RushFuneral Home of Philip.

Corina Booth

Lillian Carlson, age 90, ofKadoka, S.D., died on Tuesday,April 26, 2016 at the Hans P. Pe-terson Memorial Hospital inPhilip. Lillian G. Erickson was born De-cember 8, 1925, in SaskatoonSaskatchewan, Canada, thedaughter of Herman and Iva Jane(Garlock) Erickson. After the death of her father,she grew up in various homes inthe area before settling in the In-dian Creek area, north ofBelvidere. While growing up shelived with numerous families inthe area and graduated fromKadoka High School. After highschool, she worked Kuhn’s Cloth-ing Store in Kadoka. Lillian was united in marriageto Leonard Carlson on June 17,1944, in Sioux Falls. They madetheir home in Killeen, Texas,where Leonard was a surgical techin the U.S. Army, at Camp Hood.After his honorable discharge,they were happy to return to In-dian Creek. In the late 1940s, theybegan their life of raising children,they had 10 children of their ownbut many times you could findextra children at their dinner

table. After her children were inschool, Lillian worked various jobsin the Kadoka area. In 1972, shestarted Grandma Lillian’s Day-care and cared for numerous kidsthroughout her many years, retir-ing from day care at the age of 87.Lillian was an avid Denver Bron-cos fan, and enjoyed watching thisyear’s Super Bowl.

Survivors include seven chil-dren, Larry (Robin) Carlson ofPierre, Charlie (Kathleen) Carlsonof Kadoka, Glenda Carlson ofKadoka, Lavonne (Joe) Leonard ofKingstree, S.C., Mark (Tammy)Carlson of Kadoka, Lesa (Sid) Ad-dison of Kadoka, and James Carl-son of Kadoka; 34 grandchildren,several great-grandchildren, andseven great-great-grandchildren; asister, Edna Sprauge of Charlotte,Mich.; a halfbrother, Robert “Bob”Erickson of Minnesota; a halfsis-ter, Lydia Rowe (Dennis) of Boze-man, Mont.; and a host of otherrelatives and friends. She was preceded in death byher husband, Leonard; two sons,Lonny and Lenus Carlson; onedaughter, Marlene Perault; andtwo granddaughters, Memory andLaura Rodgers. Services were held Wednesday,May 4, at the Kadoka City Audito-rium with Pastor Duane Neuge-bauer and Pastor Gus Cravenofficiating. Interment was at the KadokaCemetery. Arrangements were with RushFuneral Home of Kadoka.

Lillian Carlson

Jerome "Jerry" Stilwell,Kadoka, S.D., died Monday, April25, 2016, at the Hans P. PetersonMemorial Hospital in Philip at theage of 83. Jerome Lloyd “Jerry” Stilwellwas born Feb. 16, 1933, in Philip,the son of Jerome E. and Hilma E.(Johnson) Stilwell. He was baptized and confirmedat the South Creek LutheranChurch. He grew up in the Kadokaarea, raised on the ranch east ofKadoka, and attended Flat Toprural school. In the fifth grade, hestarted at Kadoka School, and at-tended through high school, grad-uating in 1951. In February 1952, Jerry enlistedin the U.S. Navy. He was sta-tioned on the USS Bremertonthroughout his military career. Hewas honorably discharged on Feb.15, 1956. After his service, he re-turned to Kadoka, and attendedSouth Dakota State College inBrookings for three years. He re-turned to Kadoka and worked forthe Soil Conservation Service,painted buildings with Don King,and played cards with Beef Uhlir. Jerry was united in marriage toJoAnne Arends on Dec. 29, 1960,in Philip. They made their home inPhilip, where Jerry managed Cal-Gas, and later worked at DorothyBros. American Parts for 20 years.Together, Jerry and JoAnne,worked hand in hand in numerous

businesses which included owningand operating the Drive In The-ater in Philip, as well as the the-ater in Kadoka, operated the StarDrive Inn restaurant for 20 years,and the Gem Theatre for 25 years. In 1989, Jerry and JoAnnemoved to Kadoka and purchasedthe Hilltop Motel. Later they pur-chased the Dakota Inn, and theadjoining land. After the closure ofa local restaurant in Kadoka,Jerry decided that there was aneed for a local restaurant, so theyopened Jigger’s Cafe, which theyowned and operated until selling

the business in April 2016. Together, Jerry and JoAnnewere in business for 54 continuousyears. When Jerry had free time,he enjoyed hunting and fishing.Throughout his life, Jerry alwaysenjoyed sports, basketball, base-ball, and football, especially SDSUsports. His greatest joy was spend-ing time with his grandchildren. Survivors include his wife,JoAnne of Kadoka; one daughter,Lori Fitzgerald and her husband,Mark, of Gillette, Wyo.; three sons,Jerome C. “Jerry” Stilwell and hiswife, Jeanne, of Lenoir, N.C.,James Allen “Jim” Stilwell and hiswife, Jackie, of Kadoka, and Jef-frey Lee “Jeff” Stilwell of Long Is-land, N.Y.; six grandchildren; 10great-grandchildren; one brother,Merle Stilwell and his wife, Linda,of Kadoka; one sister, MargaretMay of Wasilla, Alaska; severalnieces and nephews; and a host ofother relatives and friends. Jerry was preceded in death byhis parents; a brother, Clark Stil-well; a sister, Doris Kerns; and agrandson, McKenzie Stilwell. Memorial services were heldMonday, May 2, at the ConcordiaLutheran Church in Kadoka. Private family graveside serv-ices were held at the KadokaCemetery. Arrangements were with RushFuneral Home of Kadoka.

Jerome “Jerry” Stilwell

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(continued from last week) Thursday, Michelle Meinzerand Christine Niedan headed forMurdo, picking up their sister,Teresa Palmer, heading out forSmith Center, Kan., to visit theirsister, Lisa Hackerott, and kids,Deidra, Blake and Stuart. Friday,Christine, Teresa, Lisa andMichelle had lunch with friends,Bonnie and Bren. Bonnie wasMichelle's mother-in-law at onetime. That afternoon, Christine,Teresa, Lisa and Michelle went toStuart's track meet in Philips-burg, Kan. Blake joined themafter school as did Deidra afterworking her shift as a CNA at thenursing home. Smith Centerplaced third – two top winnerswere from bigger schools. Satur-day, the group, plus Blake'sfriend, Dylan, went to Grand Is-land, Neb., to do some birthdayshopping. Returning back toLisa's, they celebrated Blake's19th birthday (April 23) and Stu-art's 15th birthday, which is May7. Aunt Carol Hunt had sent aspecial birthday cake for the boys.Happy birthday, Blake and Stu-art. Where did those years go, forit seems as if you kids should bethe age when you left, which ispretty silly, I guess. Those yearshave gone by in a flash. Sunday,Christine reports they had goodweather for the long trip homeuntil they reached the SouthDakota border. After droppingTeresa off in Murdo, the wind andrain were with them until we gothome to Midland. Jerry and I left for MitchellSunday to the home of our son,Christopher and StephanieNemec, as little Laura turned fourSunday. Making it extra specialwas that Laura's, Omi in German,grandma in English, was therefrom Germany. She had landed atthe Sioux Falls airport April 22.Barbara will also be there forStephanie's birthday which isMay 4. She always tries to makeplans to be there for their birth-days and plans to stay for a coupleweeks. Josef comes every otheryear, as he is still working, socan't be gone as long as Barbara.Laura had a special Ana cakefrom the movie "Frozen." Momand Dad gave her an Ana dressand crown with Laura putting ona show and singing one of Ana'sspecial songs. She wanted all of usto be sure we knew it was herfourth birthday, not her fifth. Itwas an enjoyable time and soon itwas time to head for home. We

ran into some rain and wind onthe way home, with it looking likethere had been a lot of rain be-tween Murdo and Okaton – I be-lieve it was. Glad we missed that!We knew it had hailed some-where, for when we made a bit ofa stop at Chamberlain the temper-atures was at 78˚ and by the timewe got home it was 50˚. Always asure sign there has been hailwhen temperatures drop thatquickly. Thankfully, we didn't runinto any of it. Time to close my column for thisweek. Have a good week and keepan eye out for flooding in certainarea if we get the moisture we arepredicated to get.

(this week’s news) Can you believe it is already thesecond day of May? School willsoon be out and it seems it onlyjust started. I am going to stopkeeping track of days on the cal-endar, they truly fly by so quicklyand next thing one knows, ourkids are grown and married, wehave become grandparents (one ofGod's blessings) and those lettersfrom AARP – we have become amember of the older generation.Now just where am I going withall of this? I have no clue, guess Imust be having one of those seniormoments, you think? I say,"Blame it on the weather." We'vehad a week of gray, gloomy days,but wasn't May 1, known for manyyears as May Day, a beautiful,sunshiny day? The rains we'vebeen getting are sure turning thegrass green and the wheat togrowing and with the sunshineand warmer temperatures, thetulips and Iris are blooming.

Beautiful Lilacs My lilac bushes are bloominggiving off their own special smell,that I love, and yes my volunteerpansies are continuing to bloom.With the nights turning a bit cold,I haven't gotten my flower plantsand flower baskets from Angel'sgreenhouse, as yet. I've been downchecking them out and will be get-ting some of them in the near fu-ture, anxious to see themblooming in my flower boxes. Wehad to make a trip to Pierre thisMonday and ran into some rain onthe way home, so things are look-ing even more green. Jerry and Iwere glad we got some mowingdone before the rain came. This isthe third time we have mowed thelawn and that new lawn we

planted last fall looks so fresh andgreen. In writing of May Day ear-lier, it brought back those memo-ries of the years my mom, OlgaMeyers, taught third and fourthgrade in the Midland school. Someof her students would come knock-ing at her door after she had got-ten home and in their little handwas a May basket, the tradition atthat time was that the person wasto run after them trying to catchthem and then would be given theMay basket. The kids were so ex-cited about the chase, mom not somuch, for she wasn't a springchicken – not old, not young, justsomewhere in-between, but wasalways a good sport about it. An-other good memory! This Mondaymorning, Jerry was doing somethings out front and when comingin through the front door he tooktime to check our little mailboxout front like my aunt, Ida Hunt,used to have at her front door forpeople to drop their news in forher colunm. Back to our littleblack mailbox out front, in thatbox was the nicest little May bas-ket with three packages of seeds,Basil, Johhny Jump Up and Del-phinium seeds and on the frontwas a sticker with the words,"Happy May Day! (from your se-cret friend).” Now if that isn't justthe nicest greeting to a gray Mon-day morning. Whoever it wasmust have put it in that littlemailbox when we were gone Sun-day. To whomever you are, thankyou so very much. You made theday a whole lot nicer. I'll have tofind a place to plant those seedsand watch them turn into a bit ofbeauty!

Kitty-Kat Hotel Giving an update on neighbor,Lisa Osburn's, Kitty-Kat Hotel, allis going good at the moment, withthe six baby kittens now four-weeks-old and just the cutest,each with their own special mark-ings, making them a bit unique.The little calico one has this blackpatch around its left eye alongwith other colorful spots and it'stail has a perfect circle of colorsaround the whole tail. Littleneighbor girl, Emry Nemec, Tylerand Angel's daughter, came overto see the kittens, with permissionfrom her mom, for they and theirmama were enjoying the sunshineout front. Oh, she did like thosekittys. Kidding a bit, Lisa and Ithought she might want to takeone home for a May Day gift to hermom? Lisa had a message forKarel Reiman, that if her son,Mark, was looking for a kitty forcompany, she has just the rightone. There's a bit of a story thatgoes with Mark and a certain kit-ten some time back. Can't remem-ber exactly what had happened,

but if memory serves me correctly,Mark had badly sprained hisankle and was to stay off theankle for some time. A kitten hap-pened to show up at the farm, tooka liking to Mark and became hisconstant companion for the timehe was laid up, helping makethose long days more enjoyable,for animals do make for good com-pany in their own special way.The three little Siamese kittys aregrowing a bit, but mama, Bella,was feeling a bit under theweather, so Lisa mixed up a bit ofIsotonix calcium, not much, just abit, and Bella perked up. A bit ofa human interest story, as thatcalcium is a part of the nutritionproducts I take for my rheumatoidarthritis. The older kittens havebeen bottle fed part of the time,giving more milk from Bella forthose bitty Siamese kittys.Though it is a busy household atthe moment, when the time comesfor those kittens to go to a newhome, Lisa will miss them, she'sbecome attached. If truth be told,so has Shane. They are adorable,and no, I am not taking one home!Having Shane and Lisa for neigh-bors leaves nary a dull moment!

Ice Box Users? Don't know if any of you readershave used an actual ice box, not arefrigerator, an ice box? I hap-pened to see one at Lisa andShane's and asked about it. Shesaid one of her great-grandfathershad had it and had given it to her.Well, that ice box brought up an-other memory, a time when momwas going to summer school atBlack Hills State College, (at thattime) in Spearfish. There was avillage of silver metal box typetrailer houses across from thecampus for families to live inwhile parents, or parent, weregoing to summer school. Theywere small, but kind of neat, too –sure did get hot inside them whenthe temperatures got hot. When itgot too hot, mom took us on adrive through Spearfish Canyon.Oh, did it feel good! Anyway, in-side those little silver trailerhouses was an ice box. Mom woulddrive down to the ice house, buy ablock of ice, taking it to our homefor the summer and that's howstuff stayed cold, until the block ofice melted and it was time to getanother. What's that called, thegood old days, but it was kind ofneat and sure made for some last-ing memories! Probably wasn'tquite so neat for mom, but shenever complained.

Tid-Bits Mary Lou (Foster) Wallner andmyself had a good long visit byphone Saturday. She always hassome interesting tid-bits to share!We got to talking of Beverly (Shee-ley) Johnson and her banana cup-cakes, which led to Mary Lou'sstory of banana cookies, whichstarted out to be banana bread. As

she mixed the ingredients, it was-n't coming out right, so she kepton adding ingredients and whenall was said and done, they be-came cookies, on which she putcream frosting. Well, she went onto put those banana cookies in thejudging contest at the state fair inMinnesota. If my memory is cor-rect, I believe she got first or sec-ond place, they did place, I doremember that much. She in-formed me she is entering herhome-canned beet pickles at thestate fair in Minnesota in the nearfuture. They are delicious, my voteis for first place, Mary Lou! An-other thing Mary Lou shared wasof a dream she'd had, that seemedso very real. She and I were at theold Midland Cemetery on the hillnorth of Midland, we were search-ing for names and other interest-ing points of interest, but werehaving a bit of a struggle findingthem. I kept telling her we neededto keep looking, we were on ourhands and knees and she wastelling me we were going to getpoison ivy, with me telling herthere was no poison ivy up there.She woke up exhausted, wonder-ing what brought that on. Anotherunsolved mystery! Good visitingwith you, Mary Lou, sounds like astory in the making. And Bev,Mary Lou is sending me her ba-nana cookie recipe. I'll send you acopy. Reminder: Cemetery clean-upMay 20, starting at 9:00 a.m. KimBierle reported she would muchappreciate all who can come andhelp get it cleaned up and readyfor Memorial Day. So mark yourcalendar and lend a helping hand.If you have any questions you cancall her at 843-2140. Change of date: Midand LegionAuxiliary will be having theirmeeting at the Legion Friday,May 6, at 7:00 p.m. rather thanThursday, May 5, due to the Mid-land School concert Thursdayevening. The purpose is in honorof the Legion's birthday. Woke up to foggy conditions at5:00 a.m. this Tuesday morningand once again to those below nor-mal temperatures of 34˚. I'mthinking, Tyler Nemec has aheater set up in his wife, Angel's,greenhouse. Those pretty littleposies are looking forward to a bitwarmer temperatures. Soundslike temperatures will be in the70s later today, my kind of tem-peratures.

Condolences There have been a number of fu-nerals this past week, one of thembeing of Jerry Stilwell of Kadokawho died at age 83 years. Jerryand his wife, Jo Anne, lived inPhilip for many years before mov-ing to Kadoka where they ran Jig-gers restaurant and motel nearbyfor a number of years. Our condo-lences to the family of Jerry Stil-well. Our condolences to William

“Chub” Heltzel who passed awayat age 79 years. In 1978, Chuband his wife, Carolyn, purchasedthe Leota Kusick ranch, 10 mileswest of Midland, where they havelived since. The obituary of Andrea Cookwas an interesting history of herlife's journey. I got to know An-drea when serving with her andthree others on the public rela-tions committee of the Hans P. Pe-terson Memorial Hospital capitalcampaign a good many years ago.She studied journalism in collegeand put that education to gooduse, it became a viable part of whoshe was, along with being in-volved in ranch work with herhusband, Jerald, on the Cookranch near Cottonwood. No grasshad time to grow beneath her feet.Our condolences to her family. Lillian Carlson, Kadoka, passedaway at age 90 years, becomingknown as, Grandma by name, tomany! Lillian started GrandmaLillian's Daycare in 1972 until theage of 87 years. She loved kids andher daughter, Glenda Carlson,who as some of you know, hasbeen in a wheelchair due to an au-tomobile accident a good manyyears ago, loved those little ones,as well, and they them. Our con-dolences to the family!

My cousin, Teresa (Hunt)Palmer knew Corina Lynn Boothhaving taught her in grade schoolat the Draper school. Corina's lifeyears were cut much to short, asshe died at age 46 years, Our sym-pathies to the family of CorinaBooth.

New Life Congratulations to Nick andAmanda (Jensen) Massmann,Sioux Falls, on the birth of theirbaby girl, Olivia Eileen, who joinssister, Mackenzie, who will beturning two May 10. Grandma,Brenda Jensen, went to SiouxFalls for a few days last week get-ting acquainted with little Oliviaand some time with Macenzie, aswell. Brenda and her husband,Clint, have six granchildren andall are girls. Great-grandma,Jessie Root, and her husband,Jim, returned to the farm west ofMidland, a while back from theirwinter home in Texas, which isnear the Rio Grande. Jessie re-ported Jim planted a number ofradish crops over the wintermonths, sharing them with a goodmany folks. Have you got yourradishes planted now that yourback home, Jim? He always has agood many radishes for sale atMidland Market at the MidlandPark and Jessie has her delicioushomemade pies.

Mother-Daughter Wednesday evening, April 27,Carol Hunt, Jan Tolton, MichelleMeinzer and Christine Niedan,were guests of Teresa Palmer forthe 58th annual mother daughter

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City of Philip residents are welcome to bring rubble site acceptable items

FREE of charge to the City Rubble Site on

Friday, May 6th & Saturday, May 7th

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

(Rain dates: May 20th & 21st) The Rubble Site accepts the following items: scrap metal, furniture, mattresses, grass clippings, leaves, treebranches, appliances (refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners must be certified that they are freon free!) Residents that do not have the ability or means to haul the acceptable items to the rubble site, shall contactthe Finance Office at 859-2175 by May 6th to schedule a pick up time. Items shall be placed as close to the curbor alley as possible by 7:00 a.m. on Monday, May 9th for pick up on that day.

Those items NOT ACCEPTED FOR FREE include tires, vehicles & construction materials – charges will be assessed if delivered to the rubble site.

Items that can be deposited in your household garbage include, but are not limited to: plastic, clothing, televisions, computers and regular household waste. Newspapers & cardboard can also be deposited in the Recycling Dumpsters located at the intersection of E. Oak St. and S. Auto Ave. Also, anyone in the city limits who owns an old dilapidated building and would like it torn down and removed

at a reduced rate shall contact the City Finance Office at 859-2175 for more information. This service is in conjunction with Philip Charities. All property owners are strongly encouraged to take advantage of these services during Spring Clean Up.Any property which is not cleaned up may be issued a Nuisance Declaration and the property owner will be re-quired to address such issues at their own cost.

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Levi Sandal, 26 of Sioux Falls,S.D., died Saturday, April 16,2016, at Sanford Hospital in SiouxFalls from injuries sustained in amotorcycle accident. Levi Nicholas Sandal was bornJan. 4, 1990 in Fort Hood, Texas,the son of John “Johnnie” WalterSandal and Claudia (Matthies)Pullman. He was raised in theFreeman area and attended publicschool, graduating in 2008. Hejoined the South Dakota Army Na-tional Guard and was deployedserving in Iraq, Kuwait and StateSide. He was honorably dis-charged in 2013. Levi returned home and met thelove of his life, Bobbi Jo Poppens.They were married on May 26,2012. They made their home inSioux Falls and, after attendingfoster parent classes, they caredfor six children. He worked atSalem Home in Freeman, Hy-Veeand Geo’s Bar. He most recentlyworked for Repossessers Inc.,based out of Minnesota and en-joyed meeting new people. He was a member of the VFWand American Legion in Freeman.Among his many friends are mem-bers of “US Military Vets Motorcy-cle Club” and “SD-2 Sioux Crew”where he was involved infundraisers, poker runs and rafflesto help local homeless veterans.He was a loving husband who was

always supportive. He enjoyedworking on anything with a motor,riding his Harley, camping, beinga foster parent, doing anythingwith his friends and family andworking at Repossesser Inc. Leviwill be greatly missed by his wife,his family and also his dog, Ottie. He is survived by his lovingwife, Bobbi Jo Sandal of SiouxFalls; mother, Claudia Pullmanand stepfather, Ron Pullman ofFreeman; brothers, Larry Sandalof Sioux Falls and John Sandal ofWatertown; sister, Shawna (fiancéA.J. Zimmer) of Tea; two step-

brothers, Shane Pullman of RapidCity and Shawn Pullman of Kirk-land, Wash; paternal grand-mother, Mary Kay Sandal ofHowes; sister-in-law, Janel (Lee)Vander Schaaf of Rock Valley,Iowa; brother-in-law, Allen (Sta-cia) Poppens of Larchwood, Iowa;parents-in-law, Wayne and VonniePoppens of Larchwood; and manynieces, nephews, cousins and otherextended family. He was preceded in death by hisfather, John Sandal; paternalgrandfather, Larry Sandal; mater-nal grandmother, Margit Doerr;great-grandparents, Emmy ReedyGerhard and Anneliese Becker;and Levi’s dog, Duke. Services were held Saturday,April 23, at the United Church ofChrist in Larchwood, Iowa, withChaplain (Cpt) Joel Higgins offici-ating. Honorary pallbearers were Gus-tavus, Bushy, Wreck, DeadEye,Mac, Brian and Derek. Active pall-bearers were Allen Poppens, LeeVander Schaaf, John Sandal,Larry Sandal, Shawn Pullmanand Shane Pullman. Burial with military honors bythe South Dakota National Guardand Flessner American LegionPost No. 561 was in the Larch-wood Cemetery.

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Dwight Louder, age 85, ofDraper, died Monday, May 2,2016, at the Rapid City RegionalHospital. Harold Dwight Louder was theeldest of six children, born on May13, 1930 to Harold and Anna(Marshall) Louder. He attendedLincoln Crest Country Schoolthrough eighth grade and gradu-ated from Draper High School. Hehad many stories of riding horseback and forth to the countryschool. He started college inBrookings but came home to farmand ranch. On June 15, 1950, he marriedhis high school sweetheart,Dorothy Volmer. From this unioncame six children, Bradley, Ran-dall, Roxanne, Susan, Kevin andDarin. Dwight and Dorothystarted farming and ranchingnorth of Draper, moving onto theMarshall homestead, where heresided until moving into theKadoka nursing home in Novem-ber of 2010. Dwight’s life was farming andranching with a few vacationsthrown in every few years. Dwightserved on the Lincoln TownshipBoard, West River ImplementBoard and the Jones County Hos-pital Board. Sometime in his early 1920s he

took flying lessons, attained hispilot license, took a solo flight andthen his Dad sold the airplane put-ting an end to that hobby. Dwightdidn’t have time for many hobbiesbut did enjoy reading and playingcards. In later years, Dwight’s per-fect evening was a grilled steaksupper followed by an evening ofthe card game 500. Dwight is survived by his wife,Dorothy; sons, Bradley of Draper,Randall and Sue Fairchild ofTownsend, Mont., Kevin and wife,Laura, of Draper, Darin and LisaCline of Draper; daughters, Rox-anne Whitaker and husband, Carl,

of Aubrey, Texas, and SusanHamer and husband, Charles, ofKennebec; nine grandchildren;two stepgrandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; one brother, NelvaLouder and wife, Janet, of Draper;two sisters, Deanna Byrd ofKadoka and Joy Carlson of RapidCity; and numerous nieces andnephews. Dwight was preceded in deathby his parents, Harold and Anna;stepmother, Lyda Louder, brother,Warren Louder; sister, Elsa Bux-cell; brothers-in-law, Larry Byrdand Carl Carlson; and one grand-son David Louder. Visitation will be held 5:00 to7:00 p.m. (CT) Thursday, May 5,at the Draper Auditorium, with aprayer service at 7:00 p.m. Services will be held 11:00 a.m.(CT) Friday, May 6, at the DraperAuditorium with Pastor RickHazen officiating. Interment will be at the DraperCemetery. Arrangements are with theRush Funeral Home of Philip. His online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

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In my reporting of this memorialservice, I wound up kind of on aside-trip. But life does consist ofmany side-trips! That is okay solong as we walk the path that willeventually lead us home. We also offer our condolences tothe families of Theresa Miller,“Chub” Heltzel, Jerry Stilwell, andLillian Carlson as they grieve theloss of their loved ones. Rose and I made a trip to RapidCity Thursday, April 28, for Rose tokeep a couple of annual checkupshaving to do with being a cancersurvivor. I was a little concernedabout the weather and road condi-tions in the morning, but thankgoodness, it was not cold enoughfor icy conditions. The highwayswere dry by the time we camehome. It was good to receive aboutanother inch of rain out of thatweather system. According to theweathermen, we are no longer inan el nino weather pattern nor arewe headed for an la nino weatherpattern, so it is difficult to predictthe long range weather outcome forour part of the nation. We alwayshope for the best. The weather isone thing that humans cannot con-trol. Of course there are those whoclaim that our mismanagement ofresources has been a major con-tributing factor to the change of cli-mate. I am not convinced that it isa major factor though it, no doubt,is a factor. I am glad not to be liv-ing in any of the cities where smogis a part of daily living. Friday, April 29, the ElderlyMeals served at the Senechal lobbywere put on hold for a week.Theresa Clements, who is the ad-ministrator and server for thosemeals at the Senechal, has taken avacation and is out of town. I willplan to cover that story next week.Boxed meals could be delivered tothose who signed up for them. Onlya couple of the Senechal residentsdid so.

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The Milesville Community Clubis planning a work day May 16.Plans are to begin working at thecemetery at 8:30, then move to theMilesville Hall yard and park.Bring clippers, saws, rakes, weedeaters, mowers, etc. You are en-couraged to come help keep ourcommunity looking good. Bill and Connie Parsons andGrant and Sandra Parsons went toEllendale, N.D., Saturday. Theirgrandaughter, SaraLi, daughter ofKyle and Marla Petersen was thesalutatorian of the class of 59 stu-dents at Trinity Bible College.Also graduating was Sonja Kern,Seth Petersen's fiancée. They planto get married in August. Congrat-ulations to you, SaraLi! Judith Radway began her newjob Monday, May 2, at KennedyImplement. She will be thefriendly new face in the parts de-partment. Nicole Dickerson and two sonsarrived at the Rapid City airportlast Tuesday from their home inMontauk, N.Y. Nicole is thedaughter of Sandi (Radway) Rath-bun and her grandmother isJeanne Radway. Judith Radwaypicked them up from the airportand they stayed with Mark andJudith Wednesday and Thursday.Nicole and the boys left for theirhome Monday. Saturday, Mark and Judith

Radway were in Rapid City fortheir nephew, Luther Morrison's,First Communion. They had sup-per with Gary and Stacy (Radway)Dole. Chase Wright was in Sioux Fallslast week from Sunday throughTuesday for the FCCLA conven-tion. He received the silver awardfor sports nutrition. Congratula-tions, Chase! Colby Fitch turned 15 years oldWednesday. To celebrate, he hadJadyn Coller, Riggin Anders, Car-son Hamill, Brice Hanson andLane and Wade Kroetch for theweekend of riding dirt bikes.Sounds like you had a great time!Happy birthday! Glen and Jackie Radway spentthe weekend in Pierre with Leah,Deacon and Ainsley Ries. Darinwas turkey hunting in the BlackHills. Leah and Jackie attendedthe Pierre Players production of"The Boys Next Door" Fridayevening. Jodi Parsons drove to HighmoreWednesday for the visitation ofReta Rodman, a friend's mother.She spent the night with her par-ents, Mike and Betty McDonnell. A week ago Monday evening,Paul, Donna and Tina Stabenbrought a cake over to Jeff andTerri Staben's to celebrate Jeff'sbirthday. Saturday, Donna and Tina

Staben were in Rapid City for theWestern Junior directors meeting. Jennifer Stangle, Brookings,spent the weekend at home withher parents, Jim and Linda. Last Friday, Donnie and Bo-bette Schofield stopped to visitMichael and Janice Schofield nearPhilip. Visiting Donnie and Bo-bette Sunday were Jeff, Chrystaland Michaela Schofield. While Bart and I were in PhilipSunday, we stopped to visit Pauland Joy Elshere. They have a realnice apartment at Moses Manor.Then we went to the nursing hometo see Bart's brother, Dean, andmy sister, Mildred Radway. Beforecoming home, we stopped at MarySlovek's for a visit. April Weather Information: Pre-cipitation for the month was 4.82”with three inches of snow. Averagehigh was 61˚. The highest temper-ature for the month was 83˚ April23. It got up to 80˚ on the 14th. Itgot in to the 70s for eight days dur-ing the month. Average low was36˚. On the 11th it got down to 18˚.There were five nights the temper-ature got below freezing. Precipi-tation from January through Aprilis 7.82” compared to .93” last year.Our first rain came on May 6th oflast year and remember MothersDay? It was a very stormy daywith lots of cancellations.

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MoenvilleLeanne Neuhauser |567-3325

Greetings from gorgeous,sunny, damp, northeast HaakonCounty. This is shaping up to be aglorious day! There is lots of dewon the grass, a slight breeze andhardly a cloud in the sky. It is anice change from the cool, wetweather, but I am thankful for themoisture we've been receiving.The birds are singing and very in-dustrious as they search for nestbuilding materials and food. Thisis my favorite kind of morning, soI'd better hurry up and get thenews written so I can get outside! News from the garden is good.More and more flowers are bloom-ing and the chokecherry blossomsare fragrant. There were quite anumber of pollinator bees workingon some chokecherry blossoms thepast few days, so I'm hoping thatbodes well for a good crop thissummer. We continue to harvestasparagus and enjoy every spear.I made the first rhubarb dessert ofthe season a couple of days ago,using Aunt Ruth Neuhauser's fa-mous rhubarb bar recipe. It didn'tdisappoint, as usual. The earlyseason crops continue to grow inthe vegetable garden, but theground is still too cool (and a littletoo wet) for planting the warmerseason crops. It won't be longthough and I'll be busy plantingagain. And, as generally happens,I'll probably plant more than Ishould. Oh, well – that just meansmore to share. Fun fact for the week…I try tolearn something new every day.Yesterday, I learned that whenDon Sandal was young, his nick-name was D.D.! Just a little triviafor you. My sympathy this week to ourneighbor T.J. Gabriel and familyon the loss of his grandmother, ViGabriel. Randy and I both remem-ber how friendly she was whenshe worked at Sutleys and weboth remarked that we never sawher without a smile on her face. On to the news – Ed and BethBriggs had a busy week. A weekago Monday, they were in WhiteRiver working on Beth's horsetrailer that has living quarters. Arodeo family from Murdo will beusing it for the season, so Ed andBeth delivered the trailer to them.Thursday, they were in Philip tak-ing care of some business. Friday,Beth spent part of the day inPierre. Her mother, who has beenrecovering from a broken hip, wasbeing discharged from the Transi-tional Care Unit and headinghome. That's great news! Beth,her sister and their father were allthere to visit with the doctor to getinstructions on continued care athome. Sunday, Ed and Beth at-tended church at the Little BrownChurch near Hayes. This Monday,Beth headed to White River andwill be spending several daysthere with her parents, helpingher mother as she adjusts to beingback home. Kevin and Mary Neuhauserwere in Rapid City last Friday tohelp with two performances of theShrine Circus. They spent thenight. Saturday they decided totake a little road trip, windingtheir way through the southernBlack Hills. Kevin said they en-countered snow in Custer, butdriving conditions were fine. Theyreturned home Saturday evening.Lynn and Nina (Neuhauser)Nachtigall also helped with thecircus Friday. Kevin said thatRuth Neuhauser is feeling betterafter her bout with the flu – so

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glad to hear that! Mary Briggs said it is hard tobelieve that it is May already andI agree. The year is zooming rightalong. Lee Briggs has been work-ing on some fence/welding proj-ects. He is also redoing a cattleguard that had fallen in. Theirgranddaughter, Cattibrie, hasbeen riding on the cattle and herfriend, Alex, is busy fixingthings – he is quite a mechanicand handy to have around. Cattib-rie is also busy studying. She hasbeen taking courses online this se-mester and she'll be done with an-other year this month. Lee andMary traveled to Sioux Falls lastFriday for another follow-up withher sinus doctor. Mary is healingwell following her recent surgery,which is great news. They re-turned home late Friday night.Mary mowed the yard Sunday(wearing a face mask) and shealso did some laundry. She saidshe left some laundry for seed, asit seems the pile always grows.(Actually, the laundry pile seemsto grow whether any is left forseed or not!)

Funerals Last Tuesday, Frank andShirley Halligan went to Isabel forthe prayer service for EugeneMiller, father of their friend, Mar-lene. Wednesday, Frank had to goto Pierre, so Shirley headed to Is-abel for the Miller funeral. How-ever, it was snowing and sleetingso bad that she turned around onHighway 212 and came backhome. Thursday, Shirley metMarlene and Shannon in Dupreefor coffee and visiting before theyheaded back to their home in Col-orado. Friday, Frank attended thefuneral of Darci Deal in Ft. Pierreand Saturday both Frank andShirley attended the funeral forNancy Ice in Pierre. When Shirleyand the kids spent a year in Pierrewhen the kids were in school, theylived next door to Nancy andLarry on Oneida Street.

Too Much Moisture? Nels and Dorothy Paulson aredoing fine, according to Dorothy.Most of last week was spentwatching the rain fall. After therain quit, they noticed their elec-tric fence wasn't working. Uponinvestigation, they found that thepump house was full of water andthat is where the power source forthe electric fence is located. Afterturning off the electricity, Nels gotbusy fashioning a system tosiphon the water out of the pumphouse. All the moisture is nice, butmoisture problems are not so nice.Saturday, Nels and Dorothy werein Draper to attend a Marshallfamily reunion. It is an annualevent and there were about 20people there. Dorothy also told methat I had the time wrong forchurch services at Deep Creek –sorry about that! Church servicesare Saturday evenings at 7 p.m.CDT (Not MDT as I wrote in lastweek's column). I apologize for theerror. Lola and Duane Roseth also hada busy week last week. Mondayevening, Lola took part in EMTLife Flight training in Philip. Shesaid it was very educational andfun to boot! The trainees had sup-per at the ambulance buildingprior to the training. Duane andLola spent Wednesday and Thurs-day in the Black Hills, going to thelivestock sale in Belle Fourche.Friday, they were in Philip. Lola

visited her mother, Joy Klima, atthe nursing home. She also at-tended the open house for GaryPhillips' greenhouse and pur-chased some plants. Sunday,Duane and Lola went to RapidCity and visited a bit with theirdaughter, Kayce, and her hus-band, John Gerlach. They had re-cently returned from a tropicalvacation and it was evident thatthey had enjoyed the sun. Fromthere, Duane and Lola went totheir niece, Lariann's, home northof Box Elder to attend a birthdayparty for Rio, who is one year old.Rio is the grandson of Larry andLinda Smith and Lola said alleight of Larry and Linda's grand-children were there. It was a funcrew and the kids enjoyed flyingkites, a scavenger hunt and play-ing on the trampoline. It was agorgeous day!

Let’s Visit Dick and Gene Hudson were inPhilip last Thursday and visitedwith Mary Anne (Beckwith)Stoner. Mary Anne's husband,Leo, is a resident at the PhilipNursing Home and Mary Annereads the Pioneer Review to himfaithfully every week. So, hello toLeo! Leo lost his sight severalyears ago after suffering a stroke.Mary Anne was raised in our com-munity and she and Leo lived inthe area during the early years oftheir marriage. Mary Anne had abeautiful lighted picture of TheLast Supper, which was a wed-ding gift from Roy and ClaraRoseth. Mary Anne donated thepicture as well as another pictureto the Deep Creek Church, andDick and Gene brought them tochurch last Sunday. I'm sure thepictures will be treasured by thecongregation. Sunday, Dick andGene went to Whitewood to visitDick's sister, Jean Keffler, andJean's daughter, Cheryl. Theywent out to lunch and had a nicevisit before returning home. Billy and Arlyne Markwed hada visit from neighbors Duane andLola Roseth a week ago Monday.They enjoyed some card playingand visiting. That night, Billy andArlyne were in Ft. Pierre forgranddaughter Kori's spring con-cert. Sunday, Arlyne met Kathy(Marso) Harford and Jackie Marsoand the three ladies went to RapidCity to see Jeff and Kim (Mark-wed) Marso's new enterprise.They will be operating Santa'sSnack Shop, located near theChristmas store south of Rapid

City. They'll be selling wine, deco-rations, cheese, crackers, jellies,pop, fruit, maybe some cookies,anyway, snacks of all kinds! I'llbet they'll be hopping once touristseason hits. I wish them well withthe new venture. Dave and Laura Hand attendedthe elementary concert at Ft.Pierre last week. GranddaughtersCadence and Reese both took part.Wednesday, Dave and Laura werein Rapid City so Dave could haveeye surgery and all went well.Laura said they have been mow-ing, mowing, mowing! She is alsoremoving some of her flower bedsin an effort to simplify yard work.She has lots of perennial plants toget rid of – day lilies of all colors,stone crop, decorative grasses,Easter lilies, hostas, ground cover,etc. If anyone is interested in someplants, please contact Laura. Julian and Coreen Roseth havebeen enjoying the rain and it wasa quiet week for them. When Italked to Coreen Monday, the rainhad put a damper on outside proj-ects, (pun intended) so she wasworking on inside projects in-stead. Max and Joyce Jones were inOnida Monday evening for grand-son Tommy's school band andchoir concert. Tuesday, they wereheading for Pierre to watch grand-son Zack compete in a track meet.Otherwise, last week their timewas spent watching the rain. Kelly Briggs and children andKelly's mother, Mary Ness, Pierre,were in Sioux Falls last Fridayand Saturday for a home schoolconference. Kelly said it was anexcellent conference, with greatspeakers and activities.

Let’s Travel Ray and Nancy Neuhauser haveenjoyed the rain, just like the restof us. Although they don't farmand ranch anymore, they both re-member how important the mois-ture is to our country. A week agoMonday, Raymond attended ameeting of the Masonic Lodge.Saturday, Nancy drove to Millerto attend a United Methodistwomen's meeting. From there, shewent to Ree Heights and spent thenight with her daughter. Sunday,the ladies went to Huron to attenda junior high rodeo. Nancy'sgrandson was one of the contest-ants. He competed in barebackand saddle bronc events, howeverthey used steers rather thanhorses for the events. He also com-peted in bull riding. Nancy said

she had a nice surprise this weekwhen she received a package froma niece in California. Her niecehad sent pictures of Nancy andher siblings, taken when theywere youngsters. There was also afour generation picture of Nancy,her eldest daughter (as a baby),Nancy's mother and Nancy'sgrandmother. The grandmotherlived in Canada and her sonbrought her to South Dakota for ashort trip. The photo is indeed atreasure! Our week went by in a flash, itseems. Tuesday, daughterChelsea, granddaughter Maddieand I headed for eastern SouthDakota to the home of our daugh-ter, Jennifer Tschetter, and herfamily. We spent a couple of daysin Sioux Falls doing some shop-ping and hitting some rummagesales. We were surprised at onerummage sale when the home-owner turned out to be one ofChelsea's high school classmates!Jennifer lives about 30 minutesfrom Sioux Falls, so it is a quicktrip. The little granddaughtershad fun playing together – therewas lots of indoor time, becausethe weather there was wet andcold, just like our area was expe-riencing. However, we had snowhere on Robbs Flat! Thank good-ness it didn't last too long. Theyare planting corn in eastern SouthDakota, so the farmers are hopingfor some warmer days so the corncan grow. Cody Boger, son ofBunky and Connie (Neuhauser)Boger, was also at Jen and Ross'splace, so we got to visit with himas well. Cody headed to FloridaFriday morning and he and hisfamily will be helping his parentsat various fairs this summer.Chelsea, Maddie and I headedhome Friday and I was pleasantlysurprised at how good our roadswere following the snow and rain.I was expecting to plow a lot ofmud and that wasn't the case.

Happy Mother’s Day Today, as we approach Mother'sDay, I am grateful for my mother,Letoy Brown. She and Dad raisedsix children and I'm sure it wasn'tan easy task. During several ofthe child rearing years, dad wasemployed as a state deputy firemarshall, which meant severaldays a week were spent on the

road. During those times, Momkind of did double duty in thechild rearing department, plus sheheld down a fulltime job as Jack-son County treasurer. We wereblessed to know that we wereloved and cherished. We were alsofortunate to be held accountable,to be taught how to share, to treatothers as we wanted to be treated,to be kind, to be humble and to begrateful…all valuable lessons. Icould go on and on, but that isn'twhat Mom would want. She justwanted her children to be happyand healthy and she always put

others before herself. She residesin the nursing home now and de-mentia has taken quite a toll. Butwe cherish the memories and weare grateful that she is our Mom! It looks like it is going to be awonderful week and I intend toenjoy it…hope you will, too! Countyour blessings – big and small.And as everyone is preparing forcattle working, branding, farming,etc., remember to take time to besafe! Happy Mother's Day to all themothers out there!

banquet hosted by the MurdoUnited Methodist women. Chris-tine reported this year’s themewas "How Sweet It Is," and wascleverly decorated with big suck-ers and the Candyland game.After a delicious supper, whichwas served by the men of thechurch, the Lollipop Girl's of JonesCounty sang two songs. PamBryan was the guests speaker for

the banquet and reports are shehad a meaningful message. Someof you may remember when Pamand her husband, Justin, lived inMidland and he worked for WestCentral. They moved from Mid-land to Oacoma, where he workedfor the electric company.

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House for Sale in Philip106 N. Wood Avenue3 Bedrooms, 11⁄2 Baths

TomFoleyReal Estate859-2975(cell)

685-8856

Brokerowned

Congratulations …

K�gan Ike Burnett Grady Don Carley E�ie Rose Coyle Tyshia Marie Ferguson

Ta’Te Rider F tune Jace Raymond Giannonatti Logan Robert Hand Elijah Thomas Hogen

Rance Marsha� Johnson Jacob Mat&ew Kammerer Libert� Be�e Koester Jane Elizabe& Poss

Saturday, May 14, 2016 • Philip High School ArmoryBaccalaureate ~ 2:00 p.m.

Graduation Exercises ~ 3:00 p.m.

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Braden Duane Puhlman Garrett Levi Snook Chase Maurice Studer Deontae James Th�n

Timo$y Frances Womack Na$aniel Wolf Wooden Knife Chase Michael Wright

A&A Tire& Repair

All StarAuto

Brant’sElectric

Corner Pantry

Coyle’sService Station

Coyle’sSuperValu

Dakota CountryPharmacy

Dr. Ron & LaurieMann & Staff

Ernie’s Bldg. Center, LLC

Farm Bureau Financial Services

First NationalAgency

First NationalBank Member FDIC

FitzgeraldOil Co.

Gibson ConcreteConstruction

GrossenburgImplement

PhilipHardware

Jones’ Saddlery,Bottle & Vet

KennedyImplement

Konst Machine& Welding

MidwestCooperative

Modern Woodmen of America

Moses BuildingCenter

O’ConnellConstruction

OneFine Day

Philip HealthServices, Inc.

PhilipLivestock Auction

PhilipMotor, Inc.

RavellettePublications, Inc.

Rush FuneralHome

Scotchmanindustries

SmithHay Grinding

The PhilipPit Stop

The Steakhouse& Lounge

CEI ConstructionTim Eisenbraun

Class Motto: “The man at the top

of the mountain didn’tfall there.”

–Vince Lombardi

Class Song: “I Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing” –Aerosmith

Class Flower: Gerber Daisy

PHS Class of 2016!

Wishing all of our graduates the very best in the future …

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