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Black Hills overcome major weather events, government challenges to host banner tourism year

By Wendy Pitlick Black Hills Pioneer BLACK HILLS — Between significant weather events, and the government shutdown that closed national parks, monuments, and other federally run facilities, 2013 was a challenging year for tourism in the Black Hills. But despite all of these challenges, officials who are heavily involved with promoting tourism Hills-wide Wanda report increases in visitor spending and Goodman traffic.

Wanda Goodman, of the South Dakota Department of Tourism said the Black Hills region saw a 4.8 percent increase over 2012 in visitor spending for lodging, transportation, food, and entertainment. That translates into $1.42 billion for the state.

“Tourism is the second largest industry in the state, behind agriculture,” Goodman said, adding that tourism-related activity generated almost 20 percent of all state and local tax revenue in 2013. That, Goodman said, translates into about $295 million, and the tourism industry provides about one in 11 jobs in South Dakota. Most of those, she said, are in the Black Hills.

“If South Dakota tourism did not exist, each South Dakota household would have to pay almost $900 more in taxes,” she said.

Those figures were very welcome this year, Goodman said, as it proves that visitor attractions and towns successfully overcame a variety of challenges they faced with tourism. A spring ice storm in eastern South Dakota hampered the beginning of the tourist season in the Hills, the federal sequestration and temporary government shutdown kept people from visiting popular attractions such as Mount Rushmore, a May blizzard presented some unexpected challenges, and an October blizzard signaled the early close to what is normally a highly lucrative shoulder season of autumn travelers who come to view the fall colors.

“We had a few things that were stacked against us,” Goodman said. “However, the Black Hills region as a whole continued to persevere and came out ahead. I think that speaks quite loudly to the dedication that our industry has to being successful.”

Goodman cited continuing development of attractions in the Black Hills, as well as active marketing by those destinations, as much of the reason the season was so successful. Some examples of new attractions that drew visitor traffic, she said, were the making of sparkling wine at Belle Fourche’s Belle Joli winery, the addition of a fall volksmarch at Crazy Horse Memorial in Custer, and new attractions in Deadwood. Other classic events in the Black Hills, such as the Days of ’76 rodeo in Deadwood, the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup, the Black Hills Roundup, the Spearfish Festival in the Park, the Mickelson Trail Trek, and of course, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, also continue to grow.

Last year, Goodman reported that Mount Rushmore saw a 1 percent dip in visitors, while the Badlands National Park saw a slight increase.

Mike Gussiaas, vice president of marketing for Black Hills Badlands and Lakes Association, said their central booking agent — Black Hills Central Reservations — reported solid growth in sales for all of the communities in the Black Hills.

“That, to me just reaffirms that there are these great marketing efforts out there and they are starting to take root,” he said, specifically citing Visit Spearfish and the Deadwood Convention and Visitor’s Bureau for their efforts.

Gussiaas reported that in 2013 the big tourism month for the Black Hills was July, with August serving as a close second. He attributed growth in those months to increasing popularity of Fourth of July activities around the Hills, as well as to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. During the 2013 Rally, he said, motel revenue was up 8.5 percent, and taxable sales were up 2.6 percent.

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TOURISM economy, saw an average hotel-occupancy rate of about 50 percent in 2013. George Milos, executive director of the Deadwood Area Chamber of Commerce, said on average, there are about 1,400 hotel rooms available every night of the year. In 2013 visitors rented 265,125 of those rooms.

That figure, he said, is comparable to the numbers in 2012.

“Deadwood has been attracting visitors since 1876, and visitors drive our economy,” Milos said. “From gas and snacks, to hotel rooms and playing blackjack, Deadwood’s visitors keep the community going. We have to continue to appease our guests and keep them coming back. They are the lifeblood of our town.”

Mistie Caldwell, executive director of Visit Spearfish, said from 2012 to 2013, Spearfish realized a 6 percent increase in hospitality tax, which is how the city measures tourism dollars. July and August, she said, saw the largest sales in the Queen City. However, Caldwell reported that September sales were also strong, with visitors driving through Spearfish Canyon to see the fall colors.

“The Black Hills, in general, are a great summer tourist destination,” Caldwell said. “And with events like the Festival in the Park, the Corvette Classic, the Sturgis Rally, Downtown Friday Nights, and the Dakota Five 0 Race, the summers get even busier.”

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VERSATILE CARPETS & INTERIORS 731 N. Main St., Spearfish 605.642.7300 • Owners: Tim & Lois Verhulst • 4 Employees Versatile Carpets & Interiors provides sales & installation of all types of flooring and window fashions. They offer sales and distribution of “Warm Floor” in floor electric radiant heating.

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LUX Scientists Dan McKinsey and Rick Gaitskell pose in their lab 4,850 feet underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. Last year was a big year for LUX, as they announced that their experiment was the most sensitive dark matter experiment in the world. Photo by Matt Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility

WOLFF'S PLUMBING & HEATING, INC. 614 S. 32nd St., Spearfish 605.642.5755

• Owners: Greg Hartman, Scott Hartman and Jef Mattern • 38 Employees • CIC Master Craftsmanship Award for Davis Campus (the underground lab at Homestake Mine) • CIC Craftsmanship Award for the BHSU Central Plant Upgrades Wolff’s covers all aspects of plumbing, heating, ventilation and air conditioning. New construction, remodeling and service.

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Sanford Lab makes great strides in 2013

looking forward to bright future

By Wendy Pitlick Black Hills Pioneer

SPEARFISH REC & AQUATICS CENTER

122 Recreation Ln., Spearfish 605.722.1430 www.spearfishreccenter.com Sunday 12pm-6pm Monday-Friday 5:30am-9pm Saturday 8am-6pm • Owner: City of Spearfish • 22 Yearly and 65 Seasonal Employees The Spearfish Rec and Aquatics Center has something for everyone! They provide a fun, safe and friendly place for personal growth, physical fitness and positive social development.

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LEAD — The year 2013 saw the Sanford Lab celebrating the first major physics result to come out of the facility since Ray Davis conducted his Nobel Prize-winning research in the 1960s.

When scientists with the Large Underground Xenon dark matter detector announced their first results on Oct. 30, the mood was jubilant and celebratory. No, they didn’t find dark matter … yet. But they did prove that theirs was the most sensitive dark matter detector in the world — poised to possibly make that discovery in the future.

It was the first major science result to come out of the Sanford Underground Research Facility, and the announcement that secured the facility’s place as a major player in the international science community.

“I think this really is a major step with putting the lab on the map within the underground physics community in the world,” said Mike Headley, executive director of the Sanford Lab. In fact, Sanford Lab Communications Director Connie Walter said Nature

Magazine hailed the announcement as one of the top physics stories of 2013.

“This was seen as a huge step forward in the search for dark matter,” Walter said.

But the results came after an 85-day run of the experiment that was intended to test equipment and make sure everything was working properly. Looking ahead into 2014, Headley said LUX will have much larger running times, with the potential for even more results.

“This is not the best we are going to see of LUX,” Headley said, explaining that 2014 will see the beginning of a 300-day run for the experiment, which will go into 2015. “I think we will really push the sensitivity even lower. It’s clear to see that LUX really has suprassed the other experiments, even with this initial phase. They have proven that Xenon is really a tremendous technology for doing this search.”

But the LUX experiment was not the only science experiment that made strides in 2013. Scientists with the MAJORANA collaboration — which seeks to study a rare process called neutrinoless double beta decay — have nearly finished constructing a large lead

shield around their detector. The shield consists of 5,200 lead bricks, which BHSU personnel have specially cleaned so they are free of as much cosmic radiation as possible. Each brick weighs about 27 pounds.

Once more than 70 tons of lead shield is in place, Headley said MAJORANA scientists will be ready to start running the experiment, something lab officials expect will happen in 2014.

The Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment — the largest experiment proposed for the Sanford Lab, and possibly the one that has garnered the most attention from the international scientific community, also had a big year in 2013.

The beginning of the year saw LBNE scientists starting the environmental assessment process to build a facility on the surface of the earth, which would only produce a fraction of the desired physics. But by the end of the year, scientists had secured enough international participation in the collaboration to begin shifting those plans to 4,850 feet underground in the Sanford Lab. Currently, Headley said lab officials are in the process of getting a drilling conSANFORD LAB Pg 5

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SANFORD LAB tract finalized to do some exploratory drilling that will help characterize the rock — information that will be useful for the LBNE designs.

Headley said the direction for LBNE to shift its main focus from the surface facility to the underground experiment came from the U.S. Department of Energy in late 2013.

The plans for LBNE in 2014 are even more encouraging with a shift in leadership at Fermilab, the cooperating national laboratory on the project. Headley said new Fermilab Director Nigil Lockyer, who accepted the head position last summer, is focused on ensuring the success of the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment.

In fact, Headley said, his entire vision for Fermilab centers around the LBNE. “He is a huge proponent of the LBNE and the lab here,” Headley said. “That is great news and the change wit hthe environmental assessment is great news as well.”

The CASPAR (Compact Accelerator System for Performing Astrophysical Research), which seeks to study the processes in stars that produce half of all the elements in the universe, is also moving forward. The laboratory space is expected to be

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completed in late 2014, with experiment installation in 2015.

In addition to the science, Sanford Lab officials have also been working diligently to ensure facilities rehabilitation and construction is on par to foster future growth in usage and education. In 2013, Headley reported that crews with the S.D. Science and Technology Authority made great progress with rehabilitating the Ross Shaft — reaching the 1,250-level. The five-year project started in August of 2012, and is right on target for completion in 2017. The work is in updating the steel sets in the shaft, in order to achieve maximum usage in moving materials and personnel up and down the shaft.

Last year was also the year for education and education plans at the Sanford Lab. Early in the year the Sanford Lab hosted a program launch for South Dakota’s newest Ph.D. program in physics. The program has professors from the S.D. School of Mines and Technology and the University of South Dakota working hand in hand with Sanford Lab officials, and has at least 12 students in its first year.

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Last year, crews with the S.D. Science and Technology Authority made significant progress in rehabilitating the Ross Shaft. Pictured is the 800 Level station at the Ross Shaft after new steel and ground support was installed. Photo by Matt Kapust/Sanford Underground Research Facility

By the numbers The Sanford Lab is a major employer within the city of Lead, and its potential for science continues to grow.

These are some current numbers associated with the facility: • $27.3 million total budget for 2014 • $12.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy, a number that is lower than last year’s $12.9 million, due to decreased operations costs • $1,050,000 per month — total payroll at the Sanford Lab • 122 full time employees, mostly local • In 2013 the S.D. Science and Technology Authority issued contracts to 29 local businesses, totaling $2.2 million • In 2013 the SDSTA purchase orders totaled over $11.6 million, with $9.9 million of that awarded to local vendors.

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• Larry & Alana Strickland, Co-Owners/Managers • 8 Employees • HACCP Certified Processing Plant Integrity Meats is a custom & state meat processing plant. They carry South Dakota Made cheese, Hutterite chickens, fresh & frozen cuts of meat, halves or whole sides of beef and pork, and a variety of ready to eat products including summer sausage, salami, chipped beef, jerky, beef sticks, pickled items. They also offer wild game processing in the fall. Their excellent customer service allows them to put quality and honesty at the top of the list.

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The 2013 housing market in the Northern Black Hills was similar to 2012 and real estate officials are optimistic about the rest of 2014. Pioneer photo by Mark Watson

Area housing market holds its own in 2013

By Jaci Conrad Pearson and Mark Watson Black Hills Pioneer

NORTHERN HILLS — Last year’s residential sales and new home construction in Northern Hills communities were very similar to 2012, but there was an exception — Spearfish saw its highest number of homes built since 2006.

With 89 new single-family homes constructed, this outpaces three communities of similar size — Huron, Vermillion and Pierre — combined. This is up from 82 in 2012.

And the construction boom didn’t end with the calendar year. The city of Spearfish issued building permits in January in a dollar amount that marked one quarter of all of 2013’s permits.

With home sales similar to 2012 and new home construction up in some areas, local real estate officials are optimistic about what lies in store for this year.

“2012 and 2013 were just about dead even,” said Mike Percevich, broker/ co-owner of the Real Estate Center of Lead-Deadwood, who shared MLS statistics for the greater Lead-Deadwood real estate market, comprised of the LeadDeadwood School District, and for the greater Spearfish market, comprised of the Spearfish School District. “For me, it’s a better way to read what’s going on.

That being said, considering those two

markets, we might have slipped a couple of houses between 2012 and 2013, but for the most part, we’re about the same.”

In the greater Lead-Deadwood market, there were 101 residential sales in 2013, for a total of just over $19 million, compared to 110 residential sales in 2012 for a total of $20 million.

“That market slipped by nine sales and around $1 million. I was surprised by that,” Percevich said. “I thought we were up. My personal numbers were up and it just felt busier.”

In the greater Spearfish market, there were 275 residential sales in 2013, for a total of just over $61 million, compared to 279 residential sales in 2012, for a total of just over $55 million.

“So, the number of sales was down, but the dollars were up,” Percevich said.

“We’ve had a pretty high call volume for buyers, especially right now, with a lower inventory of sellers,” said Ryan Wordeman, broker associate/co-owner of the Real Estate Center of Spearfish.

“There’s a level of interest in all price ranges. People are even looking at half a million dollar properties and up more than in past years. Affordable homes are hot items right now. Anything under $250,000 is very desirable and some people might even go up to $350,000 because there’s not a lot of inventory on the market right now.”

“As our office goes, we had as busy a December and January as we’ve had in

many years,” Percevich said. “Normally, you have to do some looking this time of year and we’ve got offers coming in.

We’re doing deals right now.”

In most cases, the number of building permits issued for 2013 was slightly down.

For 2013, 135 building permits were issued in Lawrence County — 55 for new homes — as compared to 138 issued in 2012, 51 for residential.

The city of Lead issued 144 building permits in 2013, three for new home construction, as compared to 168 building permits issued in 2012.

“It’s way down,” said Dennis Schumacher, building inspector for Lead.

“In 2007, we had 14 brand new homes built. In 2010, we issued 246 building permits and now we’re down almost 100.

In 2011, 214 and for the last two years, 168. If you look at the numbers, in 2008, we had 214 and we were in the middle of a recession, but it didn’t slow down a heck of a lot. Everyone says we’re two years behind, so I think the recession just finally caught up with us this last couple years and hopefully we’ll start coming out of it.”

The city of Deadwood issued 136 building permits in 2013, with five new homes constructed, as compared to 154 issued in 2012, with three new homes built.

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HOUSING “Three were at Deadwood Stage Run, one was on Sampson Street and one was in Pluma,” said Deadwood Building Inspector Keith Umenthum. “You have to realize that in Deadwood there are a lot of factors to consider and one of those is that we require

Our Towns 2014, Page 7 building permits for roofing. If we get hail storms, that number can go up substantially.

During the 2010 hail storm, we issued over 200.”

In the city of Spearfish, 400 building permits were issued in 2013 — 84 new single family, 52 new apartment units and 14 new commercial buildings, as compared to 370 building permits issued in 2012 — 81 new single family, 68 new apartment units and

15 new commercial buildings. Spearfish does not require building permits for roofs.

“It does feel like, based on our calls and inquiries, feels more robust,” Percevich said. “It seems like more people who might’ve been on the sidelines before are getting in the game. There seems to be more confidence, more activity than in the last few years. We’ve got more people looking to invest in real

estate than in past years.”

“2013 was a wonderful year for our office,” Wordeman said. “It was a record-breaking year for us in volume. It was an extra good year.”

While building officials caution that the building permit category is not only for new construction, but for additions, roofs, and other similar work, it is, nonetheless, indicative of building activity and spending.

The dollar amount of Spearfish building permits issued in January marked one quarter of all of the 2013 permits. Pioneer photo by Mark Watson

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New developments mark milestone year for Belle Fourche Development Corporation DANA DENTAL ARTS

MICHAEL R. DANA, DDS, PC 1306 Main St., Spearfish 605.642.7727

1814 5th Street, Rapid City 605.342.6038 • Owners: Michael Dana, Bradly Dana, Nicole Dana • 25 Employees • Dr. Bradly R. Dana, Dr. Nicole Dana and Dr. Monique Dana each achieved the following in 2013-2014: - Fellowship in Dental Implants with the Rocky Mountain Dental Institute.

- Mastership in Dental Implants with the Rocky Mountain Dental Institute.

- Fellowship with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

- Mastership with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists.

Dana Dental Arts is a family owned, operated and staffed business which has been in the Spearfish community for 40 years now. Dr. Michael (Mick) Dana and his wife Jo Conda originally hailed from Whitewood, and both attended Black Hills State University. Dr. Mick then graduated from the University of Nebraska Medical School with a Doctorate in Dental Science. In the 40 years since, Mick's passion for dentistry has not waned, in fact he can be found most evenings scouring the internet for the latest developments in dental technology and techniques.

He even invented a suction system modeled after his experience on a dairy farm that has since gone into production under another local company.

By Kaylee Tschetter Black Hills Pioneer

BELLE FOURCHE — The completion of the first-class industrial and rail park marks another milestone year for Belle Fourche economic development efforts.

The Belle Fourche Industrial and Rail Park was completed in late September 2013. The park is more than a mile long stretch of paved roadway that creates a loop through approximately 100 acres of property, providing potential clients, business owners, and businesses seeking expansion with a new location that has exceptional access for trucks and consumers — situated just off the intersection of Highways 85 and 212.

The rail portion of the park is expected to be complete by 2015. Greg Krajewski, the new executive director of the Belle Fourche Development

Corporation, said the city is finalizing its choice for a design team. Once the team is chosen, the corporation will submit a design concept for the rail project.

Officials from Canadian Pacific are also currently discussing selling their portion of the old DM&E rail line to Genesee & Wyoming.

“We are looking to build a rail system that will meet the needs of prospective stakeholders in the area. Once the design firm is selected the plan is to then have them do market research and analysis on the type of companies in the region who will be a good fit for us,” Krajewski said.

What makes Belle Fourche so attractive to energy-related and retail businesses? Belle Fourche is centrally located to service the oil and gas industry in North Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.

So it’s no surprise then — especially with the city’s close proximity to the

Bakken Oil Shale in North Dakota — that energy-related businesses have already decided to locate to the new Belle Fourche Industrial and Rail Park.

One of those businesses is Texasbased above ground storage tank and processing equipment manufacturer Permian Tank. Officials from Permian Tank expect the facility to be fully operational by the summer of 2014, bringing as many as 65 new jobs to Belle Fourche by the end of this year, and servicing the oil industry from a prime location.

Scott Peterson, president of the Belle Fourche Development Corporation said that along with the new jobs Permian Tank will provide, Belle Fourche has gained more than 150 jobs in a 12-month period.

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Dr. Mick's passion for dentistry infected his children as well. Dr. Bradly, Dr. Nicole and Dr. Monique each followed in his footsteps, attending BHSU after graduating from Spearfish High School and graduating from UNMC like their dad (Go Big Red!!). Their brother, Dr. Jesse Dana also graduated from UNMC and went on to become an orthodontist, graduating from Nova Southeastern University.

Their oldest sister, Raquelle, attended BHSU and graduated from USD becoming a dental hygienist, and now manages both the Spearfish and Rapid City offices. It is unusual to attend a Dana family function when dentistry is not the predominate conversational topic! Dr.'s Bradly, Nicole and Monique also share in their father's passion for improving their own dental knowledge and skills, attending numerous hours of continuing education, beyond that which is required.

They have each recently been awarded both their Fellowship and Mastership in Dental Implants from the Rocky Mountain Dental Institute, and their Fellowship and Mastership with the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. They are also committed to maintaining the latest technology to ensure quality and comfortable dental experiences for their patients. Their most recent acquisition is a 3D Digital X-Ray for precise imaging for implants and many other intricate procedures.

Having a family business means an unusual degree of cooperation among the dentists. In fact, the Dana's have passed on their passion for dentistry to their hygienists and assistants as well. Patients can be sure that their dental health is first priority among the four dentists and seven hygienists in the two offices.

Ease of scheduling is only one of the benefits to having so many professionals available in one office.

Cooperation, communication and consultation among the dentists and hygienists insures that each patient receives the best care we have to offer. With 76 years of experience between the doctors, as well as constant education, our patients benefit from personal experience as well as the latest technology.

Finally, the friendly, family oriented atmosphere among the entire staff at Dana Dental Arts ensures a comfortable visit. We even bake fresh bread every day, so you are greeted with the inviting aroma of a family kitchen, rather than a clinic. Enjoy a cappuccino in our recently remodeled waiting room and be sure to check out our recently remodeled operatories as well.

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BELLE FOURCHE nesses located near the intersection of Highways 85 and 212: • Pipeline Plastics West of the industrial park on Highway 212, this producer of high-density polyethylene pipe used in the oil and gas industry, has brought numerous full-time jobs to Belle Fourche.

• Black Hills Fiberglass Located on Highway 85, this energy-related service produces fiberglass tanks and other products.

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Numerous other retail businesses are located in downtown Belle Fourche, along State Street, and in the surrounding areas. Belle Fourche also offers several health-related facilities, including the Belle Fourche Regional Medical Clinic, the Belle Fourche Health Care Center, Community Health Services, and more.

Belle Fourche is also the northern gateway to the Black Hills, which offer numerous scenic and recreational opportunities. With Belle Fourche’s location in such a beautiful area, as well as the numerous energy-related, retail, and health care facilities the town encompasses, it’s no wonder that the once-quaint town has grown 20 percent in the last 10 years.

“In my 25 years in Belle Fourche, I’ve never seen times as exciting as what we’ve got going on,” Peterson said.

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BECK'S NURSERY

359 Evans Lane, Spearfish 605.642.3759 • Ownes: Sharon Vaughn & Nicole Krautschun • 5 Employees Becks Nursery is a full service nursery with the finest quality nursery stock. They sell locally grown produce July through October and have a line of lawn ornaments.

Employees: Sharon Vaughn, Nicole Krautschun, Derek Enstad, Connie Ugland, and Becky Pullen

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• Owners: Lynette Chitwood & Tammy Fazio Jake's Laundromat (formerly Gold Brick Laundromat) is a clean facility conveniently located on Lead Main Street. Call Lynnette for information.

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CHEYENNE CROSSING 21415 US Hwy 14A, Lead 605.584.3510

• Owner: David Brueckner • 13 year round employees, 30 employees during the summer season Cheyenne Crossing Store is nestled in the Black Hills pines surrounded by rock cliffs with Spearfish Creek at their back door at the upper entrance to scenic Spearfish Canyon. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served in the cafe. All of their menu items are made from scratch. Other features are a general store and gift shop, 3 bedroom lodge and they also offer catering for any occasion at any location.

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By Jaci Conrad Pearson Black Hills Pioneer

NORTHERN HILLS — A nationwide movement to help students develop a deeper understanding of English and math concepts, hold teachers directly accountable for student progress, and overhaul education standards, will be implemented next year, and many teachers are working overtime to make the grade.

The Common Core State Standards Initiative, a set of standards developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), as a way to replace the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act, are expected to be implemented across the state of South Dakota next fall. The standards focus primarily on English and math concepts. They seek to help students develop a deeper understanding of these concepts at earlier ages. Additionally, as in the case of reading classes, the standards put a greater instruction emphasis on reading informational texts rather than the classics of literature. The standards have been adopted by 45 states across the country, largely as a condition to receive a waiver that allows schools that are not 100 percent compliant with No Child Left Behind standards to continue receiving federal education funds. Under the new formula, student performance levels are tested with an Internet-based standardized test, developed by nationwide company Smarter Balanced. Test questions, developed with teacher input, have been formulated to be more rigorous, testing not only students’

Spearfish High School English teacher Holly O’Dell discusses a project designed to help students understand the play “Romeo and Juliet.” Since Common Core standards require English students to incorporate more informational texts into their lessons, O’Dell said she is forced to remove some novels from her literature class curriculum. But, she said, that doesn’t mean the students won’t get a taste of some classical literature. Pioneer photo by Wendy Pitlick

concept understanding, but their critical thinking and their ability to apply knowledge to the outside world.

Those tests, according to the standards, are then used as a tool for teacher and principal performance reviews — with teacher salaries and jobs being tied to the scores.

“As we moved through No Child Left Behind people said we had to do more,” said Dr. Dan Leikvold, the superintendent of the Lead-Deadwood School District.

“So the new buzz phrase was that we need more rigor. We needed to raise the bar. It is not good enough just to list the presidents or the state capitols. We need to analyze and critically think about those topics. So, now with this Common Core, in theory most educators would say in looking at this that it is not as much, but we are going into more depth on topics.

So, kids will not just be able to write the cause of the Civil War, but will be able to write the cause of the Civil War and explain how those continue to impact the United States in 2014.”

Spearfish School District Superintendent Dave Peters said the content standards set the framework of expectations for students in South Dakota, and across the country. The Common Core standards, he said, are specific to English language arts and mathematics, and are aligned to the expectations for post-secondary education and career readiness.

But despite the change in standards, Peters said, curriculum decisions are still made at the local level.

“Curriculum (is) unique to each school district, details how the standards should

be taught and includes resources, materials and instruction,” he said. “We determine how to teach and implement the standards, including the selection of instructional practices and materials.”

However, opponents to the new standards are many, and some legislators and lobbyists have started a concerted effort to reverse the S.D. Department of Education’s decision to adopt the Common Core. Several bills this legislative session were aimed at stopping Common Core standards. Opponents claim that the new standards are the first step toward nationalizing education, and in some cases, opponents report that it is a back door way to institute socialism.

Other opponents, such as Tonchi Weaver, say the new standards are a threat to children, parents, and religious freedom.

“Common Core is like NCLB on steroids,” Weaver said. “These top-down education standards do not work. That is why we have it written into our founding documents that local control is what is important.”

Though curriculum to meet the standards doesn’t have to be formally adopted until next year, Leikvold said his district began teaching them last Fall. The new standards came at a time when the district was already doing a regular curriculum update and review, he said. So, a team of local educators updated the curriculum to meet the new testing standards.

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Lead, Sanford Lab partner for new visitor center Pioneer Staff Reports LEAD — The Sanford Lab and the Lead Area Chamber of Commerce will have a new visitor center soon.

Located overlooking the Homestake Open Cut surface mine site the facility would include a general history of Lead, the history of Homestake’s operation in Lead, and the history and future of the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

“People ask us every day about the Sanford Lab and its relationship to Lead and to the Homestake mine,” said Melissa

Johnson, the executive director of the Lead Area Chamber of Commerce. “The Visitor’s Center already has a small display devoted to the lab. It’s very popular, but we could do a lot more.”

The project is part of a larger $7 million capital campaign the lab recently set into motion that will also help fund the construction of a multi-media center devoted to maximizing and expanding the lab’s educational outreach programs, and the rehabilitation of the Ross Shaft, which is estimated to cost about $25 million. Gov. Dennis Daugaard has already committed $2 million of state

funds to the Sanford Lab’s $7 million capital campaign.

Lead and lab officials recently learned that construction on the new visitor center would cost an estimated $5 million and require $1.5 million more than previously planned. The edge of the giant Open Cut has been moving less than an inch or so per year because of natural slumping. For stability purposes the center needs special concrete piers built deep into the ground. Construction will consequently cost an additional $1.4 million.

The South Dakota Science and Technology Authority board members voted to authorize

the additional spending from the Sanford Underground Research Facility’s existing budget, with the understanding that another project will be delayed for additional fundraising.

The new visitor center will feature displays on the history of the area and its people, the old Homestake mining operations both above and below ground, as well as the science and engineering research underway in the former gold mine thousands of feet underground.

Demolition of the current center will start in June and completion is scheduled for spring 2015.

Shown here is an artist’s rendition of what a new Sanford Lab/Lead Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center would look like. Lead allocated $30,000 for the facility. Courtesy illustration

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PROFILE Lead-Deadwood Middle School math teacher Wendy Schamber teaches students about the Pythagorean theorem. The new Common Core standards, Schamber said, will require students to understand more complex concepts at younger ages.

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NELSON CHIROPRACTIC 1930 North Ave., Spearfish 605.642.5196 • Owner: John S. Nelson, D.C. • 5 Employees When Dr. Nelson moved to Spearfish in the summer of 1976, he was the second Chiropractor in our small community, there were only 3 medical doctors working in the Hospital and there were only 3 stop lights in town.

But due to the fact that our City Fathers had vision and foresight - through planning/zoning and with programs like Economic Development, our small community has grown and matured to what we can appreciate today - one of South Dakota’s most progressive cities.

Dr. Nelson’s practice has also grown.

Currently, he is enjoying his third location, due to the demands on his conservative approach to health care and wellness. The sports community supports his treatment to the care of athletic injuries as well as prevention.

There is a nation wide trend towards a healthier life style. With nutritional evaluation and counseling, he’s able to advise and improve a person’s wellness with nutritional supplements, diet modification, and exercise.

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COMMON CORE who is an eighth-grade math teacher at Lead-Deadwood Middle School and helped update the new curriculum.

Common Core standards require students to master more math concepts at earlier levels, she said. That means that students in second grade will now be expected to learn certain concepts that were not formerly taught until third grade.

“So we spent a great deal of time trying to figure out what things we would still have to teach so we didn’t lose any kids in transition,” Schamber said. She further explained that implementing the standards is easier in the lower grades, but in higher grades students are expected to know and do even more. For example, under the old standards students could take algebra 1 and 2, geometry, and then take a separate math analysis: trigonometry or calculus. Now, those upper level classes are integrated into the algebra and geometry classes, forcing students to take in more with less prior instruction.

“Some of the kids, it is a struggle, definitely, because the content is very different,” Schamber said. She added that a recent analysis shows that it will take teachers about three or four years to bring kids up to speed with Common Core content.

However, Schamber said Common

Core presents a good challenge for kids, as it will ultimately ensure that students across the country are assessed on an even playing field.

“I think it is a really good thing for us,” she said. “Kids are not going to rise to the challenge unless there is a challenge present. I have seen them grow so much in just the few months that we have been in school already, that I don’t think there is anybody who can argue that when kids grow that much it is a bad thing.

“It honestly makes sense when we talk about having standards that are common across the whole United States,” Schamber continued. “I want my kids to be compared to other kids who are doing the exact same thing. I don’t want my kids to be compared to kids who are doing material that is easier. If I’ve got kids in Kentucky or whatever who are taking their eighth grade test, but it’s really fourth grade material compared to what we would be doing in South Dakota, they’re going to look better than my kids are. That’s not fair.”

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In language arts, Spearfish High School English and speech teacher Holly O’Dell said the Common Core change is significant. To compound the challenge, budget cuts forced the district to remove its curriculum director position, so O’Dell said teachers in Spearfish are struggling to rewrite their curriculum to meet the standards by the deadline. O’Dell said she

has also worked with Smarter Balanced to help develop the standardized test questions, and the new tests are significantly more difficult.

“Their questions are wildly different from what we’ve seen in the past,” O’Dell said. “They really do test for some higher order thinking skills. I like it because it is pushing me to get kids to understand things at a deeper level.”

One example of a challenge, O’Dell said, comes from a mandate that reading classes put more emphasis on informational texts rather than classic literature.

O’Dell has kept some literature, such as Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” in her lessons. But now she must put more emphasis on biographies, information articles, and technical reading materials.

“When we are pushing skills — it’s sad — but we are pushing skills that we think people might need in the work place,” O’Dell said. “How much Shakespeare have you read since you got out of high school? Not a lot. We have kids who are struggling with reading their science book. When it comes to teaching kids about literature, we’ve gone classic heavy and not helped a whole lot when it comes to technical writing. English teachers are now supposed to focus more on the informational texts.

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COMMON CORE exposed to,” O’Dell said.

With a huge overhaul in content standards, and with teachers struggling to rewrite their lessons to meet those standards, O’Dell said many are feeling overwhelmed with the change.

“The kinds of things that you need to do to close that gap are very difficult to do in the amount of time we have,” she said.

“Especially when it comes to math, where they are pushing stuff down two years. How do you make up for a year and a half to two years worth of learning that they are not going to have? We’re already pressed to cover as much as we do.”

Further, O’Dell expressed frustration that Common Core test scores will be used in teacher and principal performance reviews.

“Education is a hard thing because we’re trying to fill a lot of needs and a lot of those needs are outside the realm of English or math,” she said. “We have kids who are absent all the time. They have home life problems, aren’t coming in with good skills, and they are gone all the time so they have gaps in their education. That is what we’re graded on. All of that stuff comes from outside the school, but it greatly affects what

we do. The teachers are getting pushed around with people (wanting to know): Why aren’t these kids doing better? They’re gone half the time and their parents haven’t had them do homework in four years, and that’s why they are two or three years behind their skill level. My pay is probably going to be tied to that. So trying to find a way to hold teachers accountable, but not accountable for things that are outside of our control, is a really tough thing.”

The bottom line is for kids

Overall, Leikvold said no matter what content standards the state follows, educators will always work with one goal in mind — preparing students for the future.

“For us it’s very, very important that … the teachers here didn’t say ‘Hey, we need standards.’ That was an outside influence. Fine, that’s who we work for. We get that.

But for us, regardless of whether it is no official standards, or the (No Child Left Behind), or these Common Core state standards, we are going to continue to teach our children to prepare them for life.

We’ve always done that. We’re doing it now. We will always do that. Our teachers will continue to drive the menu on resources that we utilize, what our curriculum is, and how they teach it to kids.”

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By Mark Watson Black Hills Pioneer

SPEARFISH — Black Hills State University is bustling with activity.

Not only are students and staff busy with day-to-day activities and classes, so are construction workers as three projects are underway or soon will be.

The three projects, the construction of the Alumni Center, the renovation of Jonas Science, and the construction of the Crow Peak residence hall total $19.6 million in construction.

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BELLE FOURCHE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

511 6th Ave., Belle Fourche 605.892.3006 www.bfdcsd.com • Greg Krajewski, executive director • Black Hills Economic Development Volunteers of the Year (2013) The Belle Fourche Development Corporation can assist businesses with site selection assistance, planning and coordination, assistance accessing special incentive programs, financial packaging, industry/government liaison, and retention/expansion programs for new businesses. They can also help the Belle Fourche business community expand their existing business.

One of the projects the BFDC is working on now is the Industrial & Rail park. The Park was completed in late September 2013. The park is more than a mile long stretch of paved roadway that creates a loop through approximately 100 acres of property, providing potential clients, business owners, and businesses seeking expansion with a new location that has exceptional access for trucks and consumers – situated just off the intersection of Highways 85 and 212. The rail portion of the park is expected to be complete by 2015.

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Construction on a new, 50,000-squarefoot residence hall at Black Hills State University began in March with an official groundbreaking ceremony.

The building, known as Crow Peak Hall, will connect two existing halls, Thomas and Heidepriem, with a suitestyle residence hall. The design allows occupants of two rooms to share an adjoining private bathroom, and includes a shared lodge-style main lobby that connects with two traditional residence halls.

The new hall is expected to house more than 190 students with about 500 residents in the overall complex, which will be called The Peaks.

The hall is the first residence hall to be built at BHSU in nearly 50 years. The project is a culmination of 10 years of planning with the past two years spent speaking with master campus planners, housing master planners, students, and visiting other campuses.

“This is an incredible day for Black Hills State University,” said BHSU President Kay Schallenkamp on the day of the groundbreaking. “ … It will truly transform the living and learning environment at BHSU.” Dean Kurtz Construction of Rapid City will oversee construction on the $11.3 million residence hall.

Courtesy illustration Funds to pay for the hall will come from student rental fees and no state funds are being used in the project.

The total project cost is $13.7 million including the building bid, $226,000 for parking, and $2.1 million in infrastructure to include an electrical loop upgrade, sewer lines, ground work, amphitheater, walkways over the irrigation ditch, campus lighting, all in the area between Meier Hall and The Peaks residence hall complex.

It is expected that construction will be completed in the summer of 2015.

Once complete, Crow Peak Hall will replace Pangburn Hall, built in 1952, and Humbert Hall, built in 1958. Those buildings will then be used for academic and administrative purposes.

Joy (Proctor) Krautschun Alumni/ Foundation Welcome Center

Construction crews are busy building the Joy (Proctor) Krautschun Alumni/ Foundation Welcome Center at Black Hills State University.

When completed, the $1.4 million project, named after the BHSU alumni and supporter of the university, will house the University Advancement offices; provide a gathering area before games, concerts, and other university events; showcase the past, present and future of BHSU; provide space for prospective students and their parents; accommodate community events such as business meetings and receptions; and introduce community members to what the university is doing.

Steve Meeker, vice president of university advancement at the university, said the goal is to be moved in and using the 5,800-square-foot facility for the fall 2014 semester.

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DEADWOOD — Since gaming came to town on Nov.1, 1989, it has grown into a $1.1 billion industry, with the year-end handle for 2013 coming in at precisely $1,169,933,563, with gross revenues of $107,384,458.

In the past 25 years, many industry improvements and changes have translated into mostly good news for local gaming establishments.

Celebrity Hotel General Manager Ken Gienger said that during the last five years gaming operations have changed dramatically and continue to evolve.

“When gaming first started it was all coin in, then it went to coin and cash, then it gradually evolved to tickets in and tickets out operation for the slots,” Gienger explained. “Five years ago tickets were used in about 60 percent of the machines to the present where these tickets are now used in 98 percent of the machines. Player tracking systems are used through most of Deadwood, downloadable credits are becoming more common, and the use of free play as a ‘marketing’ tool has become a standard in the gaming industry. The use of kiosk machines to pay customers or make change for customers is becoming more common. We are slowly attracting more gaming machines vendors, and soon we will have a Wide Area Progressive machine that is linked with other states.”

For example, the move to a $1,000 bet limit in July of 2011 was a move that

many felt would keep the Wild West town’s gaming houses competitive with neighboring casinos that offer similar stakes gaming.

“We all know that Deadwood is feeling the effects of competition with more gaming locations in the surrounding states,” Gienger said. “The Deadwood gaming and hospitality industry are working hard on this challenge and we feel that we are putting the right tools in place to recapture some of that lost market and also bring in new market areas.”

Gienger added that five years ago gaming establishments were paying 15 percent of their income in either device or gross revenue taxes and now that has been increased to around 16.3 percent.

“In total we have paid $248 million in taxes and in the last four years we have averaged $15.7 million per year in taxes paid out to a variety of governmental agencies,” Gienger said.

He also pointed to another widespread trend Deadwood is seeing.

“We now have about 100 less licensed slots in Deadwood, but more interesting is that we have fewer devices on Historic Main Street which means more people are going to the newer properties off of Main Street, so we are seeing a change in gaming locations and gaming habits of our customers,” Gienger said. “We now have $1,000 bet limits and that limit is generally used in the table game areas and we have seen a good increase in table game revenue.”

January table game revenues came in at $819,378. January slot machine revenue was $6.72 million.

As of press time, the most recent industry statistics show gaming’s gross revenues for January 2014 to be $7.5 million, while the handle, or total money wagered was $85 million.

With 25 years behind it and gaming going through many changes, as well as facing fierce competition from now neighboring casino towns and venues, as well as Internet gaming, industry officials say in order to make the next quantum leap, the gaming game in Deadwood needs a bit of a spruce-up.

“It will take a holistic approach to reinventing our overall product,” said Deadwood Gaming Association Executive Director Mike Rodman.

“Patrons are looking for the entire experience — not just gaming, retail or history. Deadwood must develop into an integrated resort destination offering a multitude of entertainment and recreational options.”

Rodman said this will require a unique approach by city government and local economic development officials through innovative public/private partnerships such as enterprise and smart zones, retail incubators, in-depth reviews of city planning, zoning, historic preservation, commercial regulations and statutes to allow businesses and the overall community to develop positively while maintaining its historic charm and designation.

“This joint effort between private, public and historic sectors is paramount as Deadwood blossoms into a nationally recognized destination,” Rodman said.

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CASTEEL AUCTION AND REAL ESTATE, INC. 1951 Junction Ave., Sturgis 605.347.5110 • Owner: Jerry Casteel • 4 Employees Casteel Auction and Real Estate, Inc. has been in the Auction Business since 1979. They have several auctions of all types per year in the area. They have been actively involved in Farm/Ranch, Residential, and some Commercial real estate since being licensed in 1984.

Casteel Auction conducts and handle several auctions for charities, golf clubs, Arts Council, Ducks Unlimited, Turkey Federation, Rodeo Clubs, and benefits in this area every year. They make a conscious effort to stay involved and support our local community.

The main goal at Casteel Auction and Real Estate, Inc. is to open their company's services to instate and out of state companies and individuals. They want to work with them on different options or methods of marketing for Real Estate or Personal Property that they wish to liquidate or purchase.

Casteel Auction and Real Estate Inc. staff are ready to visit with you on all your Auction & Real Estate questions.

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A DIVISION OF WILEN MASONRY INC. 10988 SD Hwy 34, Belle Fourche 605.892.4827 • Owner: Dion Wilen Cemetery Services became a division of Wilen Masonry Inc., when Gary and Gay Ruzicka decided to retire. The business is now located at 10988 SD Hwy 34, Belle Fourche SD which is ½ mile east of Belle Fourche on Hwy 34.

Wilen Masonry Inc. had its beginning in 1992 as a small masonry company owned and operated by Dion Wilen. The company has grown to include an EIFS division, managed by Anton Erkstam, which is a synthetic stucco product for exterior and interior applications. Our masonry division specializes in fireplaces, veneers and patios using brick, natural stone and cultured stone in exterior and interior applications. The masonry division is now managed

by Ben Wilen, who has been with Wilen Masonry for over 10 years. Wilen Masonry has 10 employees with the plans to hire more this summer. It is our goal to turn your dreams into reality. Wilen Masonry strives to provide a high value/quality based product with 100% customer satisfaction.

We are looking forward to the window of opportunity for creating signage, monuments, address stones and stories in stone with the blending of our masonry & monument businesses. Cemetery Services has provided monuments to the Tri-State area since 1986 and we are planning to continue to build on the foundation Gary & Gay have built. We welcome you to come visit our design studio for any of your needs.

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SPEARFISH FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.

1510 W. Oliver St., Spearfish 605.642.7741 • Owner: Neiman Enterprises, Inc. • 200 Employees • 170 Contractors, Logggers & Truck Drivers The Neiman Family has owned and operated sawmills in the Black Hills since the 1930’s. They are one of the largest producers of Ponderosa Pine products in the United States and are the producers of Heartland Wood Pellets.

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10928 Wharf Rd., Lead 605.584.416 Wharf Resources has provided many benefits to the local communities, such benefits include direct employment, local purchasing, and most recently, the Goldcorp-Wharf Sustainable Prosperity Fund.

The Fund, since being developed in 2011, has inspired a large number of people to positively impact their community.

The Goldcorp-Wharf Sustainable Prosperity Fund Advisory Committee has enjoyed learning about the many different organizations and watching the Fund gain popularity through the years.

If you are an organization that is interested in submitting an application, please visit the website, www.wharffund.org. We encourage your organization to fill out an application and return it in a timely manner to be considered for the most recent quarter’s donations!

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• Owners: David & Jessica Czerny Both practices strive to give the best eye care experience. Their doctors are skilled in the detection and treatment of ocular disease. In order to help you see and look your best, they stay current on the latest advancements in eye wear technology, as well as fashion trends. They are your digital lens experts.

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To date, the Fund has donated $124,895 to 14 organizations that fit in to either one or more of the core areas. In 2013 alone, the Fund donated more than $65,000 to organizations such as, Feeding South Dakota, the Black Hills Mining Museum, the Northern Hills Alliance for Children and many more. The Fund is right on track in 2014 with $34,500 in donations to eight different organizations just within the first two quarters.

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1200 University St., Spearfish 800.ALL.BHSU • www.BHSU.edu President: Dr. Kay Schallenkamp Full-time faculty and staff: 362 Part-time faculty and staff: 106 Top South Dakota University for affordability and quality: Named by ThatCollegeKid.com, a student blog created in 2007 to discuss college life, as the top school in the state as far as quality for the price.

Top 10 Safest Schools in the Nation: Named to the CampusExplorer.com list of Safest Colleges in the U.S. Top 200 Colleges for Native Americans: Named by the editors of Winds of Change Magazine.

Best for Vets: Ranked in the top 25 universities nationwide deemed the Best for Vets for business schools by Military Times. Also named to the 2013 Best for Vets four-year college list and the 2013 list of Military Friendly Schools.

Patriotic Employer Designation: For ongoing support of the men and women in the National Guard and Reserve.

68 All-RMAC Academic Honorees in 2012-13: BHSU student-athletes earned academic and athletic recognition from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, including BHSU’s first-ever RMAC Championship, as the University continues its transition to NCAA Division II. Black Hills State University transforms lives through innovative, high-quality academic programs and a dynamic learning community. Choose from 63 bachelor, 7 master, and 5 associate degree programs on the Spearfish campus.

BHSU also offers courses online and in Rapid City. The only comprehensive University in western South Dakota, BHSU has an enrollment of nearly 4,500 students from all 66 counties in South Dakota, 44 states, and 29 other countries.

Founded in 1883 as a teacher preparatory school, BHSU has earned a reputation for changing the lives and futures of its students. The faculty, who are known for their dedication and commitment, work one-on-one with students as they pursue excellence in the rigorous academic programs offered at the University.

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Looking back on the last 25 years, Rodman said Deadwood started out as a shining star, setting a trend across the country, followed by the need now to step up its game in order to remain competitive.

“Twenty-five years ago, Deadwood was elevated to national attention by joining Nevada and Atlantic City as the only three places legal gaming was available,” Rodman said. “Since then, Deadwood gaming has matured — from a regulatory, technology and product standpoint. However, we have not kept up with the break-neck pace of competing jurisdictions and have fallen behind in the product category. We have to be able to offer the same games as competing jurisdictions to stay competitive. There has been a tremendous amount of leadership and foresight put into Deadwood’s development over the years and we cannot forget where we have come from and why we are where we are. Building upon those cumulative successes and failures is a key to our continued progress.

Deadwood gaming needs to have the ability to react to customer demands and offer a diversified gaming product that can compete favorably with other gaming destinations.”

Looking forward and with repeated input, leadership and dedication on the part of Deadwood’s citizens, Rodman expects the gaming industry to rebound with some rethinking.

“In a community that has such innovative, dedicated citizens like

those that created and served on the You Bet Committee 25 years ago, the industry will once again be recognized regionally and nationally as the clear choice of gaming destinations,” Rodman said. “Because of legislative efforts, revitalization efforts, city leadership and the strong support of the citizens of South Dakota — we have a very bright future.”

At the end of 2013, the total number of gaming devices was 3,542, comprised of 2,556 penny slots, 153 nickel slots, two dime slots, 361 quarter slots, 12 50-cent slots, 277 $1 slots, 77 $5 slots and 9 $25 slots.

There were 47 black jack tables, 31 house banked poker tables and 17 player banked poker tables in Deadwood at the end of 2013.

In closing, Rodman encouraged viewing Deadwood as part of a bigger picture, at the same time pointing out that its importance and statewide impact on tax revenue is still an unrivaled source in some sectors.

“Deadwood, of course does not operate in a vacuum. Deadwood is an important part of the Black Hills Tourism industry,” Rodman said.

“Deadwood’s successes impact the entire Black Hills as visitors to our area explore the entire Black Hills during their stays. In fact most visitor traffic still is by automobile and most visits originate in eastern states and travel across South Dakota, impacting the entire state. Taxes on Deadwood gaming revenues still fund almost one-third of the state’s tourism budget, making Deadwood a unique partner in South Dakota’s number two industry.”

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TOURISM Caldwell said the Spearfish Water Park is also a huge draw for families.

Visitor traffic is important, she said, because it brings in outside revenue — thereby keeping local taxes low.

Melissa Johnson, executive director of the Lead Area Chamber of Commerce, also reported that 2013 was a good year in Lead. With events such as the Goldcamp Jubilee Days, the Kool Deadwood Nites car auction that was held in Lead, and Neutrino Day all reporting record numbers, the summer showed all signs of being a banner year.

But, Johnson said, when Mother Nature socked the Hills with winter storm Atlas in October, all fall tourism in Lead came to a screeching halt.

“The blizzard brought us down for the whole year,” Johnson said of the town that normally relies on visitors who come to view the fall colors in Spearfish Canyon, and participates in events such as the Flavor of Lead. “The snowstorm ended the tourism season abruptly.”

But despite the weather and other challenges, Goodman said she, and many other tourism officials, are very happy with 2013 visitor numbers, and she expects an even bigger year in 2014.

“It is so encouraging for us to see all of the new growth that is going on in the Hills and throughout the state,” she said. “To us, it means that the industry is healthy and continuing to grow.”

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BLACK HILLS LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANING 712 Canyon St., Spearfish 605.722.9400 711 State St., Belle Fourche 605.723.6301 710 8th St., Belle Fourche 605.723.6301 915 Main St., Sturgis 605.347.8429

• Owner: Clark Sowers • 12 Employees • Award of Excellence for Quality Garment Cleaning and Customer Service • Certified Professional Dry Cleaners In addition to dry cleaning, Black Hills Laundry & Dry Cleaning offers a full-service laundromat in Spearfish and Sturgis that is open 5:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. daily. They also have a Wash/Dry/Fold service available and they guarantee their work.

Black Hills Laundry & Dry Cleaning has recently opened Belle Laundromat that is open 24/7. It has large capacity equipment, wi-fi and a lounge area available for guests.

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By Jaci Conrad Pearson Black Hills Pioneer LEAD — A brand new ladies three piece business suit, a gently used suitcase, a vintage stereo complete with record player, maybe even a 33 RPM or two. It’s hard to say what type of merchandise one will encounter on any given day at the Twin City Clothing Center, aka the “Free Store.” But that’s what drives its appeal as the community’s closet. What is for sure each day is that the organization’s mission of recycling used clothing and household goods made free to the public via a completely volunteer-driven effort is being met.

“It’s not just for poor people. It’s more of an environmental thing,” said Twin City Clothing Center Board of Directors Member Valerie Meiners, who led the effort to re-open the Twin City Clothing Center following its brief closure nearly 10 years ago. “When it started out, it did — and does — help low income people.

But now, primarily what we want to do is to recycle things that shouldn’t go to the dump. All of us here have a like mission: taking care of the environment and helping people. We’ve turned it into more of an environmental thing the second time around and have expanded it to fit today’s needs.”

Two people, Maria Strong and her daughter Merissa Strong, who were helped by the Free Store when they moved to the area, are eternally grateful for the help they received from Free Store representatives and have turned around and decided to pay it forward, becoming volunteers in hopes of helping others.

“When we came from Arizona, there wasn’t any help with what we needed help with,” Merissa said. “And they helped us. So we thought, “If they can

help random people like us, why can’t we do it?’ That, and we like it here.”

Meiners said that one of the most impactful things she’s seen the organization do is clothe people for their careers.

“A lot of people get clothes from the Free Store to go to job interviews or if they’re just starting a job and don’t have much money to tide them over until they can afford to buy their own clothes,” Meiners explained. “This is really a hard hit area economically with the mine closing. A lot of people are at a loss, still.”

Meiners said that the free clothing aspect the Free Store provides is probably the most impactful community benefit she sees.

“When people come in and get clothing and secure jobs with the clothing that’s there and turn around and use it to survive until they get on their feet.

That’s probably the greatest thing ever,” Meiners said. “I think people want to work. So many of them are working poor. The jobs around here are minimum wage jobs. To help someone be OK and be sulf-sufficient. That’s one of the best things, the most impactful, I think the Free Store has, ever, on the community.”

Clothing kids is also a mission the Free Store is proud of.

“It definitely benefits a lot of single parents, the working poor,” Meiners said.

“Kids don’t use up clothes the first time around. Here, people can get clothes, bring them back and get the next size up.

Kids clothes might go through three or four groups of kids before they’re worn out. Same with toys.”

But free clothing is just one of the resources the Free Store provides.

“People come in and get art supplies Marshall Raeburn comes in and gets broken things no one else would want and uses it for his art. When the kids have

‘Famous Faces’ at the school, they come in and get their costumes. When a girl might not be able to afford a prom dress, we save the ones we think would work for prom and put them out just before prom, some people take apart clothing and make it into something else. Quilters come in for fabric. There’s just a wide array of people using the Free Store in a variety of ways, and we encourage them to do so,” Meiners said.

Interested to see just what kind of environmental impact they were making, Free Store volunteers decided to keep track of exactly how much they might be keeping out of the landfill.

“We figured that we saved the city between $4,000 and $6,000 a year in dump fees,” Meiners said. “That’s a lot of dumpsters. We all need to reduce our carbon footprint every opportunity we get.”

As an added benefit to patrons, the Free Store also coordinates with other like organizations in the community.

“All of our volunteers know the organizations around here and that’s the benefit of a small town,” Meiners said. “When people get here and they don’t have a thing — nowhere to stay, no money, nothing to survive with — they’re able to send them to the places they need to get the things they need. Our volunteers are well-versed in where to send people to get help. We’re part of the 211 HELP and we work with Western South Dakota Community Action.”

Meiners said a group of around 25 volunteers keep the Free Store, which is a 501c(3), running. Hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, and noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday.

“We run completely on donations,” Meiners said. “And the city gives us FREE STORE Pg 23

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FREE STORE around $3,000 per year. I feel strongly that if an organization is getting help from the city, that organization should make sure it’s adding to benefiting the town instead of standing there with a hand out. This is a busy organization with a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on.”

It takes around $12,000 in operating expenses to run the Free Store and this year, donations were down by around $2,000.

“It’s getting tougher all the time and we are very miserly on our expenses,” Meiners said. “We don’t waste money at all. We even reuse the bags people bring stuff to the Free Store in, so we don’t have to spend any money and can keep the doors open.

Almost anyone who gets something from the Free Store throws in at least a nickel, quarter, dime, dollar — it all adds up and our main help is from those donations.”

To make a donation or for more information on the Free Store, call 584-2074.

Pioneer photo by Jaci Conrad Pearson

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LYNN'S DAKOTAMART

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Anna Hermanson is the president of the South Dakota Trappers’ Association. She is shown here with one of the lowly furbearers, a stripped skunk. Courtesy photo

Newell woman head of state trapping organization

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NEWELL — The names Hugh Glass and Jedediah Smith are synonymous with trapping and South Dakota. Fur trading posts were formed along the Missouri River where trappers would gather to trade and sell their furs.

Today, much has changed.

In 2012, there were a little more than 5,000 licensed trappers in the state.

Helping to keep the trapping tradition alive is the South Dakota Trappers’ Association. At the helm of the organization is Anna Hermanson, a Newell woman who has trapped much of her life.

“I grew up trapping with my dad starting when I was very young,” Hermanson said. “ I have seen pictures of myself at trapping conventions when I was just an infant. I pretty much grew up around trapping. By the age of 7 I have a picture of me skinning my first fox. By the time I was about 10 I had my own trapping line. I would check it

every day after school. When my dad couldn’t drive me to check my traps, he would have one of his employees or friends drive me around to check my sets.”

Hermanson continued to trap until she headed to college where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology and a master’s degree in veterinary microbiology. It was in graduate school that she attended a trapping convention in Oacoma where she was approached to run for a board of director’s seat for the trapper’s association.

Hermanson agreed and received an overwhelming number of votes, putting her on the board. Two years later she became president of the organization.

“As president I receive a number of calls from trappers with concerns about regulations, legislation, and other trappers. I work with other directors to negotiate fair rules with the Game Fish and Parks. I prepare newsletters, submit association news to trapping magazines, coordinate educational events throughout the state, coordinate our

booth at the Stock Show, and perform a fair amount of public relations work,” she said. “I get calls for people wanting to know where to sell fur, where to find supplies, and how to trap various animals. I even help provide guidance to our other directors in how to effectively communicate with legislators on issues.”

Hermanson has served on the board for seven years now. And even while leading the organization, she is still learning.

“I have learned some handy tricks from fellow trappers for different situations that come up in my trapping.

From attending the spring conventions and the skinning bees, I have gone from simply trapping to knowing how to put up my own fur,” she said.

For a while she was located in the Edgemont area where she trapped bobcats as the coyote population was depleted due to mange. She also trapped lowly skunks near Angostura.

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SANFORD LAB Hall at Black Hills State University will serve as a science training grounds for teachers. Additionally, officials plan to renovate the Yates Dry building on the Sanford Lab campus into a 17,000 square foot headquarters for the lab’s education efforts. The space will serve as a multimedia center, with education opportunities for all ages, from kindergarten through adulthood.

The third prong of the Sanford Science Education Center will be the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor’s Center in Lead.

Currently officials are making plans to work with the Lead Area Chamber of Commerce to build the $2.5 million facility. The 8,000-square foot building will include 3,000 square feet of exhibit space to tell a brief history of Homestake, as well as exhibits that tell of the science at the Sanford Lab. It will also include classroom space, a gift shop, and office space for the chamber. Headley said he expects construction to start in 2014.

Overall, Headley said he is very pleased with the continual progress being made at the Sanford Underground Research Facility. The future looks bright indeed, and he looks forward to a great deal more excitement in the years ahead.

“I’d like to express my sincere thanks to the Sanford Lab staff and science researchers for your excellent work,” Headley said in his year-end address.

“You all contributed to our successes this year.”

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STURGIS FIREARMS, LLC 1309 Pine View Dr., Sturgis 605.720.9070 or 605.920.0449 • Owner: Mario L. DeLudos

Sturgis Firearms, LLC is a was established in March of 2013 by its owner, Mario L. DeLudos, a retired law enforcement officer of 32 years and is familiar with most weapons platforms.

They strive to meet all of your firearms and ammunition needs, whether it's for target, hunting, self defense, law enforcement or competition. Currently business is conducted by appointment only, but you may contact them at any time. They are able to get that special weapon you're looking for from almost any manufacturer and we try to be as competitively priced as possible. Please feel free to contact them at any time for your firearms needs and pricing. Sturgis Firearms, LLC can only sell on premises, they can not sell online at this time.

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By Wendy Pitlick Black Hills Pioneer

SPEARFISH — When Melody Fallon’s 2-year-old grandson, Cooper Urbaniak, was suffering from a brain tumor and had to be LifeFlighted to Minneapolis for treatment, money to help the struggling family suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Fallon, who remembers the 2007 incident well, said she and her husband had just left for Minneapolis to join their daughter and son-in-law, when her phone rang.

“Realtors for Kids was standing at my mother’s door, wondering where they should put the money,” Fallon said, her voice cracking as she recalled the memory. “We didn’t know anything at that time about Realtors for Kids, but Dixie Olson has been a family friend forever and she showed up at my mom’s house with money.”

Fallon said the money came at just the right time. “Our son-in-law had to quit his job to stay home because our daughter had the health insurance,” she said. “They struggled financially and went back and forth to Minneapolis. The whole community, Realtors for Kids included, really stepped up and raised a lot of money for these kids. Otherwise, they would have been in a world of hurt.”

Though little Cooper died from his illness at the young age of 3, his family remains grateful for the help Realtors for Kids provided.

Fallon’s family is one of many that the local organization has helped. Formed in

2003 with a specific mission to help kids in the Northern Black Hills with whatever needs they may have, the organization has given away nearly $600,000 since then. In 2013 the organization distributed more than $53,000 to area youth who needed help. Of that, more than $22,000 was given for medical costs and travel expenses; $3,696 was given for pre and after school programs; more than $12,354 was given to help with necessities such as clothing and food; nearly $3,000 was given for social service; and $12,222 was used to grant kids’ Christmas wishes.

“We give away all of the money that comes to us,” said Realtors for Kids member Denny McKay. “There is no overhead. We have become a huge child advocacy group. We’ve all just come together and said. ‘Let’s do what we can for the kids in the community.’”

For Paula Sorcic, whose son had to have brain surgery at the Mayo Clinic, the money from Realtors for Kids was the reason she was able to travel to get her son the help he needed. The money helped pay for her gas, lodging and food expenses while she stayed by her son’s side at a time when her husband was deployed to Afghanistan with the 842nd Engineer Company.

“It was the difference between having the money for the gas to get there, and to be able to afford to feed ourselves while we were there, and not even being able to get there,” Sorcic said. “It meant everything to me. My son had pressure on his brain, which was causing some neurological problems, behavior problems, and

Cooper Urbaniak headaches. There is nobody in our area that would have been able to work with him.”

Because Sorcic was able to get the help she needed to travel for her son’s medical care, she said today he is doing very well and is thriving, now in the second grade.

“He is doing fantastic,” she said. “He has been discharged from the craniofacial clinic.”

“I think (Realtors for Kids) is very needed and well appreciated,” Sorcic continued. “I wish programs like that REALTORS FOR KIDS Pg 27

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Owner/Broker, Robert Gerkin is licensed and serving clients in four states, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota.

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Kevin Sorcic sleeps next to his father after having brain surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Funds from Realtors for Kids helped the family to afford multiple trips to the Mayo Clinic for Kevin’s treatments. Courtesy photo

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REALTORS FOR KIDS were made a little more known in our community.”

Fallon agreed, saying that organizations like Realtors for Kids fill a huge need for the backbone of every community — the kids.

“It’s priceless,” she said. “Kids are our community. Kids are our life. We’ve got to support the children. Unfortunately, there are things families don’t have any control over. But as a community and as an organization, they not only provided financial support, but they also supported us by caring.”

Some other examples of children Realtors for Kids has helped include: • In 2013 the organization provided basic necessities of clothing, bedding, winter gear, and food for more than 75 children in the Northern Hills.

• Realtors for Kids provided a Christmas gift and food for the Christmas season for 89 children.

• Realtors for Kids helped pay the travel expenses for a 9-year-old boy who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia to travel to Sioux Falls for treatment.

• The organization purchased an iPad and a speech generating application that allows a child with Down Syndrome to communicate with her parents.

• Realtors for Kids is helping a 16-year old boy who has a heart defect with medical travel expenses.

• Eight children ranging in age from 2 months to 12 years old who were abandoned and living in a car were given clothing, formula, diapers, and necessities when they were moved into a shelter.

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STURGIS PHOTO & GIFTS 1081 Main St., Sturgis 605.347.6570 • Owner: Bob Davis We specialize in custom picture framing and have built the largest framing shop in the Black Hills.

We serve western South Dakota, plus eastern Montana and Wyoming. We also have an art gallery that features Black Hills landscape photography by Bob Davis, plus western art by the area’s best artists. We also feature home decorating items and many unique products not found anywhere else in the Black Hills.

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RE/MAX IN THE HILLS 1145 N. Main St., Spearfish 605-642-2500

RE/MAX in the Hills of Spearfish is dedicated to serving both buyers & sellers throughout the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota & Wyoming.

They specialize in: • Residential • Land • Commercial • Multi-Family Properties RE/MAX In The Hills was ranked #1 in total sales for 2013 from the Northern Black Hills Association of Realtors.

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BUFFALO JUMP SALOON & STEAKHOUSE 5877 Old Hwy 14, Beulah, WY 307.643.7173 • Owners: Joleen & Darren Hart • 17 Employees The Buffalo Jump Saloon & Steakhouse has an Old West atmosphere. The original part of the building was a general store and dates back to the late 1890's. The restaurant features an old-time bar, is friendly, and serves top quality food and drinks.

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Clayton Hermanson, 5, took after his mom Anna Hermanson and was introduced to trapping at an early age. In Clayton’s case Anna hauled him in a carrier in one hand and a supply bucket in the other. Courtesy photo from Pg 24

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BLACK HILLS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 835 Main St., Spearfish 605-642-8161

• Member Owned • 250+ Employees • Roger Heacock, CEO/President Black Hills Federal Credit Union (BHFCU) is a not-for-profit cooperative serving western South Dakota. BHFCU serves members with 12 locations, 24/7 online services and a world-wide network of ATMs.

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ered me,” she said.

Now located near Newell, she is able to wake up in the morning, open the gate across the road, and trap.

“I now trap primarily raccoon, but also trap fox, beaver, mink, skunk, and muskrat. I enjoy the variety and I enjoy the challenge. It is great to be outdoors on my own enjoying the fresh air,” she said. “There’s nothing like being out in the middle of nowhere and having to be innovative to make a set work. You don’t always have the ideal equipment or scenario to work with, but you think outside the box, use what you have, and make the set work. It is still exciting when you have a trap that hasn’t caught much in a while to walk along and find a critter.”

She, like her dad, is getting her son Clayton on the trapline at an early age.

“My son has been going out on the line with me since he was a baby.

I would carry him in his carrier in one hand and my trapping supply bucket in my other as we hiked,” Hermanson said. “He is now 5 and even knows how to create some of the sets. Once he’s stronger, I’m sure I’ll be competing with him. Just this year when we caught our first coon of the season he said, ‘Yay, our first coon,’ and was jumping up and down. I am a single mom so bringing my son along wasn’t always an option, it was a necessity. Fortunately, he has grown to enjoy trapping.”

Fur prices dipped significantly this year from what they were the last several years, but nonetheless, she still is on her line.

“Trapping is a great way to supplement my income, and many families rely on trapping as their primary source of income during the winter.

Although this is true, when fur prices are down, I still trap,” Hermanson said. “It’s not just the money for me, it’s a hobby and a lifestyle. It’s not easy work, but I love it and look forward to getting out of bed to check my line each and every day no matter how cold or snowy it may be.”

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BHSU “We appreciate the support from alumni and friends who are making this facility possible,” Meeker said.

More than $1.3 million in cash donations have been raised, along with many in-kind donations. To contribute to the project contact Steve Meeker at 642-6385 or e-mail Steve.Meeker@bhsu.edu

Jonas Science

Work on the $4.5 million Jonas Science Hall renovation is expected to begin this summer.

Black Hills State University is partnering with the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead to convert the Jonas Science building on the BHSU campus into a facility that will compliment the lab’s education efforts in Lead.

The Sanford Lab, operated by the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, is donating $2.5 million to the project.

That money will come from philanthropist T. Denny Sanford’s gift of $70 million, which the authority is using to convert the former Homestake gold mine into a world leading underground research laboratory.

Schallenkamp said the University would match the Sanford donation with $2 million from the Higher Education Facility Fund and other sources.

“We are very appreciative of the generous gift by Mr. Sanford,” Schallenkamp said. “The redesign of Jonas Science will ensure that our students are being exposed to not only state-of-the-art facilities, but state-of-the-art pedagogy.”

She added that special emphasis will be on the preparation of

BHSU President Kay Schallenkamp presents renderings of the new Jonas Science Hall. Pioneer file photo teachers who in turn will inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and science educators.

“This remodeled facility will showcase the best practices of teaching and learning of science.

When T. Denny Sanford made his remarks in 2006 he said his vision was to transform the way science

is taught,” she said. “This gift will help us to bring all of the entities together from teacher preparation for sciences, to the Center for the Advancement of Math and Science Education (CAMSE), and the Sanford Science Education Center, all in one facility to build cooperative relationships and

synergies so that we can focus on how we can transform the way science is taught. We believe that Black Hills State University can impact not only the way science is taught and learned on campus and in the state, but in the nation, and we can make a difference.

That is what Mr. Sanford wants.”

Stage Stop Cafe There is tradition and there is the Crossing Tradition.

Legendary Indian Tacos, hearty breakfasts and lunches have long been the staple of the house. Add in a great selection of “down-home” dinner features and you have the recipe for a truly satisfying experience.

Bob Forcucci, Owner

21415 US Hwy. 14A, Lead, SD • 605-584-3510 At the upper entrance to beautiful Spearfish Canyon

605-580-0064 • SPEARFISH

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They emphasize the traits that have contributed to their success in the past and will be critical to their success in the future.

VISION: BE THE ENERGY PARTNER OF CHOICE Black Hills Power strives to be the energy partner of choice. Whether customers are served by their regulated or non-regulated businesses, Black Hills Power wants them to value their service and business relationship.

MISSION: IMPROVING LIFE WITH ENERGY Every day, Black Hills Power wants to be improving life with energy. They produce, market and deliver the vital electricity that their customers need. Through their efforts, products and services, they also share their personal energy to strengthen their communities and support growth and development.

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BAGGSTER Spearfish 605.639.0154

• Owner: Chris Malo • 9 Employees Baggers are their business. The first full production custom conversion for Sportster and Dyna.

Baggster is creating a new market for lighter custom touring. For more information, visit our website www.baggster.net

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Black Hills Power has been improving life with energy in the Black Hills area since 1883. They're an investor-owned utility and part of the Black Hills Corporation family. Their nearly 70,000 customers live in 20 different communities throughout western South Dakota, northern Wyoming and southeastern Montana.

WEST RIVER STUDIO

BUDGET APPLIANCE, FURNITURE & DOLLAR STORE 613 State Street, Belle Fourche 605.892.2030

• Owners: Ellis & Mary Lou Tripp • 2 Employees Budget Appliance & Dollar Store opened May 1, 1993 the dayafter Sears closed. Over the last 21 years they sold different brands of appliances. Their appliance line today is Speed Queen, GE, and Crosley. They also carry furniture by various vendors and dollar store items. About 10 years ago they opened their dollar store and even though they’ve had to increase some prices, they still offer a lot for a dollar or less. Ask about our SpeedQueen 3 year full parts & labor warranty.

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611 Main St., Spearfish 605.559.ARTS (2787)

• Owners: Gary & Nancy Tripp West River Studio, LLC is nearing it's second anniversary in Spearfish. Owners Gary & Nancy Tripp design one-ata-time pieces of Sterling Silver Jewelry and love working with precious & semi-precious stones & beads. There are quite a few very talented local artists showcased in the studio - from pottery to photography & so much more!

Currently located at 611 Main Street in the heart of downtown, West River will be relocating to a smaller, more intimate setting in which to host their various classes.

"Our focus at WRS has shifted over the course of these last 2 years and we are finding our passion leading us toward being more of a teaching studio, providing arts as a sort of therapy, if you will." Look for their NEW home on the corner of Jackson & Ames opening May 1st! Hours will be 12 noon to 8pm Tuesday through Thursday - open until 9pm on Friday & Saturday Nights for SIP-N-PAINT Classes! They open at 9am on Saturday for the COFFEE & CANVAS 10am Saturday Morning painting class.

These SIP-N-PAINT Classes are so much fun! They provide everything - aprons, canvas, paint, instructor... everything (They even do all the clean up.) & they will walk you step-by-step through a different painting in each class! Those who claim no talent, or are beginners are highly encouraged.

It is their desire to provide a place for everyone to explore & tap into the creative essence that is intrinsically in each of us. That creative self can take many forms & they hope to help to set that part of yourself free! These classes are great for private parties, office team building, birthdays, church or civic groups... anyone can do these wonderful paintings & walk away feeling successful! So far their youngest students are around 6 & the oldest?

Well, over 60 is a safe statement!

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RUSTIC SOUL

509 Grant St., Belle Fourche 605.210.1421

www.facebook.com/shoprusticsoul • Owner: Michelle Crawford

Rustic Soul has a variety of unique items to offer - something for everyone. Vintage, old, junktiques, funky, repurposed, reused, repainted, "Resouled" furniture and home decor. They specialize in building tables and benches from reclaimed lumber and can built to suit your needs. Michelle, the owner, has had a love of creating unique things for more than 20 years - long before Pinterest made it popular.

Rustic Soul has several talented, local crafters and creative folks who sell in their store. From metal work, handpainted signs, hand forged wrought iron pieces, handmade natural soaps, handmade jewelry, woven goods and more. They also carry Caramel Creations, Bling Hats by Olive & Pique, and Montana West handbags.

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Forest officials are cautiously optimistic that the spread of the pine beetle epidemic is slowing thanks to logging and cut and chunk methods.

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Beetle battle out of the woods?

Survey: Beetle spread in Hills up slightly in 2013, officials ‘cautiously optimistic’

By Adam Hurlburt Black Hills Pioneer BLACK HILLS — The mountain pine beetle’s spread across the Black Hills has slowed drastically overall since 2010 and 2011, when the number of beetle-affected acres in the National Forest roughly doubled over the previous year. But a new aerial survey of the Hills reveals a slight increase in beetle activity. Should we be concerned?

Results of the 2013 annual aerial forest health survey of the Black Hills National Forest show some 34,000 pine beetle-affected acres, that’s roughly 3,000 more affected acres than the 31,000 estimated in the 2012 aerial survey. The increase is admittedly slight in comparison to the results of last year’s study, which indicated an astounding 36,000-acre decrease from the 2011 survey’s estimated 67,000 beetle-affected acres. But it’s still an increase, and officials with the Black Hills National Forest have seen such slight increases explode in the past.

“We’re cautiously optimistic because we’ve seen this before,” Black Hills National Forest Supervisor Craig Bobzien said.

“We’ve seen declines followed by

increases, but when you look at the relationships between where our treatments have been on the ground compared to where large areas of high-risk pine beetle habitat are, we’re starting to break up the continuity of that so the beetles have to fly farther to get to those (other) areas.”

Bobzien said the Black Hills National Forest Service is seeing declines in Lawrence County — from 11,000 beetle-affected acres in 2010 to 7,000 in 2013. Meanwhile, Pennington County’s beetle-affected numbers increased from 16,000 in 2012 to 22,000 in 2013. Bobzien was keen to point out those increases were mostly isolated to the astern edge of Pennington County, while numbers in the higher-risk center of the county have either decreased or stabilized.

“We still need to stay vigilant on those epidemic areas, but we’re seeing some favorable results from the effort on the leading edge of the beetle areas; the beetles are really not expanding across those large areas,” he said. “But we still do have a lot of areas that are dense, thick areas of ponderosa pine. We know the habitat is out there. We try to target our work to those areas.”

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Let Our Family Care for Your Family!

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605.642.7300

731 Main Street • Downtown Spearfish

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Recognized by the most

IMPORTANT

Community Critics in the Northern Black Hills: DEADWOOD CHAMBER MEMBERS NEW MEMBERS IN 2013 AG Trucano Sons & Grandsons Akela Spa of Deadwood ATV Rentals at Custer Crossing Bennett Advertising Black Hills Badlands Tourism Century 21 Dakota Belle Dash4Cash, LLC

Deadwood Mountain Grand Coffee Kiosk Deadwood Mountain Grand Spa Deadwood Station Gordy Pratt Homestake Chophouse Mark & Pat Asmussen Mystic Hills Hideaway PF Outdoor, LLC Pumphouse at Mind Blown Studio

BE A PART OF ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CHAMBERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA • Internet Directory Listings & Links - Award-winning website with record number of visits in 2013.

• Membership Official Guide Listing - Largest distribution of any South Dakota Chamber. Over 250,000 distributed to information centers, travel shows, meeting planners, relocation packets and individual inquires.

• Membership Labels or Electronically - Deadwood Chamber membership list printed on labels or disc.

• Relocation Inserts - Provide us with your information and we will mail it out with our initial replies.

• Convention Welcome Packets -We will include your information in thousands of attractive welcome packets to conventions and meetings held in the city and surrounding communities.

• Monthly Mixers - A personal invite to all monthly mixers with an opportunity to share your business information and talents with our members in a relaxed atmosphere.

• Visit & Ribbon Cutting - Put your business in the news with a visit from the Deadwood Chamber Staff.

• FAM’s - Familiarization Tour host. Deadwood is asked to host many tour group leaders, travel agents and travel writers to familiarize them with our area.

• Economic Information - Community profile, demographic information, general business statistics, business development assistance.

• Annual Events - The biggest and best events in the region bring tens of thousands of people to the area.

• Chamber Board Room - Use of the Chamber Board Room for business meetings.

• Member-To-Member Coupon Booklet - The coupon booklet is a one time only coupon and entitles discounts or special promotions from businesses participating in the Member-To-Member Program.

• Community Guide - Free Publication

Rocky Mountain Shirtworks RR Waste Solutions Rushmore Office Supply Snowbear Snowmobile Rentals Stress Relief Sweet Revenge The Pink Door 629 The Wood Grotto TownHall Inn

DEADWOOD CHAMBER BOARD OF DIRECTORS Pat Roberts, President Chuck Turbiville,Vice President Georgeanna Silvernail, Secretary Rich Turbiville, Treasurer Ron Russo Tom Rensch Mary Kopco Ken Gienger Chuck Williams Brad Hemmah Dr. Dan Leikvold Dan Neal Willie Steinlicht Tracy Island Jeanna Dewey Tony Sieber

DEADWOOD CHAMBER STAFF

George Milos, Executive Director Vicki Johnson, Controller Marta Artz, Membership Director Sarah Anderson, Event Coordinator Lee Harstad, Marketing Director Heather Milliren, Co-Sales Director/Office Manager Katie Malin, Co-Sales Director/Sponsorship Manager Dory Collins Aurand, 2014 Deadwood Chamber Intern

HISTORY AND INFORMATION CENTER STAFF Approximately 150,000 Guests Visit The Information Centers Each Year Sophia Bichler, Manager Kathy Toscana Carolyn Cypher

For more information on Membership with the Deadwood Chamber call 605-578-1876.

767 Historic Main St. Deadwood, SD

605-578-1876 www.deadwood.org

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$1.3M and counting Perpetual Frances & Walter Green Charitable Trust fund furthers educational endeavors

By Jaci Conrad Pearson Black Hills Pioneer LEAD — Frances and Walter Green simply loved their Lead-Deadwood community, its people and its children, so through a monetary endowment enacted by these two benefactors, a perpetual benevolent fund was created in 1996 to serve and help young people realize their goals.

Their admiration amounted to the establishment of the Frances and Walter Green Charitable Trust in 1996 and since then, more than $1.3 million has been distributed in the form of grants and scholarships to local youth, clubs, and other not for profit organizations.

“Between scholarships to individual students and contributions to the school and community-affiliated organizations, that total is $1,304,672.93, $860,000 of which has been in scholarships,” said LeadDeadwood Superintendent of Schools Dr. Dan Leikvold, who, by design, sits on the Frances and Walter Green Charitable Trust board of directors.

Long-time Lead resident and neighbor of the Greens, Bob Phillips explained that Green Storage & Moving left its mark on local history as the Greens were operators of the former bus service that transported residents between Lead and

Deadwood up until the 1970s.

The Greens also held the bus contract for the Lead School District, relocated many families and businesses around town with the moving component of the company and even held smaller transportation contracts with local companies, for example, hauling the Homestake Band on an as-needed basis.

Leikvold, who along with Lead and Deadwood Mayors Jerry Apa and Chuck Turbiville, school board president Orson Ward and member at large Teri Adler form the Frances and Walter Green Charitable Trust board of directors, administer the fund, which was established with more than $1 million back in 1996.

Leikvold said that although the amount the board has to spend fluctuates from year to year, on average, that amount is around four and one-half percent to five percent of the interest generated from the principal, or $50,000 in scholarships and grants are awarded by the Frances and Walter Green Trust each year, helping hundreds of children during the last two decades.

“Obviously, individual students have benefited greatly through the generosity of the Frances and Walter Green Charitable Trust, as hundreds of kids have received CHARITABLE TRUST Pg 48

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New Business

New owners, new locations in the Black Hills

The Bumpin’ Buffalo

LEAD — Lead's Own Bumpin’ Buffalo opened May 1, 2013 at 305 W. Main St. in Lead. The restaurant is a family style bar and grill that serves buffalo based dishes, salads, ribs, fish, and other gourmet dinners. The Bumpin’ Buffalo had a previous location in Hill City and opened the new location in Lead to expand and try a new adventure.

Angel’s Attic

DEADWOOD — Angel’s Attic started in May 2013 at 723 Main St. in Deadwood. They specialize in stained glass, “upcycled” furniture, ladies accessories, wine, wine accessories and gifts.

Peggy Hall, owner, said that they cater to locals and there was a need in Deadwood for this business. Hall said she would like to thank locals for their success. Angel’s Attic shares a building with The Real Estate Group that they rent from the neighboring Catholic Church.

The Real Estate Group

DEADWOOD — Kristi Villafuerte opened The Real Estate Group in May 2013 at 723 Main St. in Deadwood. They sell real estate throughout Pioneer photo by Jaci Conrad Pearson

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70 Years of Service

PAIN IS NOT NORMAL. We can help eliminate your pain by combining manual therapy techniques with exercise for long term results.

• Pain relief from any joint, muscle or movement impairment Physical therapy can get to the source of the problem to decrease pain and improve mobility and function.

• Patient-centered Individualized Treatment Plans

• Outstanding Customer Service We strive to exceed customer expectations by providing the highest quality of care in a friendly, encouraging, and relaxed environment.

• No Referral Needed for Most Insurance Companies

Our mission is to assist and educate our patients in living a healthy, active lifestyle, without pain or physical limitations.

NOW TAKING APPOINTMENTS. Contact us to discuss how we will address the SOURCE of your symptoms to produce long LASTING results.

Call to schedule your appointment TODAY!

605-723-0185

1515 5th Ave., Ste. 202, Belle Fourche, SD (Entrance on East Side.)

Monday-Friday 7:15am - 5:30pm • www.bellefourchept.com

We offer the finest quality Nursery stock & stand behind it with our experience and knowledge!

LET US HELP YOU... i Design & Install Landscapes i Plant Your Trees & Shrubs i Put Down Weed Barriers & Decorative Rock

i Give You Knowledgeable Advice on Weed, Insect & Disease Control i Prune Your Small Trees and Shrubs

i Full line of produce in season!

Find EVERYTHING you need for Spring Planting w Trees w Shrubs w Fertilizer w Evergreens w Potting Soil w Vines w Decorative Rock w Roses w Landscaping w Perennials w Mulches w Gift Shop w Bedding Plants w Gift Certificates w Garden Seeds w Much More

359 Evans Lane • Spearfish • 642-3759 Monday-Saturday • 8:30am - 5:30pm Sundays during busy season • 11:00am - 5:00pm

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The Hub of the Hills!

Howdy’sZA

WHITEWOOD PLA Full Line Grocery Produce • Dairy • Beer Health & Beauty Aids • Gas

Deli-Fresh Hot & Cold Sandwiches made daily Full Time Meat Cutter

Call for your special needs!

605-269-2648

I-90, Exit 23 • Whitewood, SD Open: Mon. - Sat. 5am, Sun. 6am

Northern Hills Sod Farm Reputable, Quality Sod

Serving the Entire Black Hills & Eastern Wyoming

Roch & Rita Bestgen

• 3D Blend Bluegrass • Locally Grown • Freshly Harvested • Delivery Available

Fri.-Sat. Steak Nights Daily Lunch & Drink Specials Open Patio Seating

605-347-9606 Toll Free: 888-760-3131

www.northernhillssodfarm.com 20138 126th Place, Whitewood, SD 57793 6 miles north of Sturgis 6 miles east of Whitewood

605-269-9203 • 1010 Meade St

A division of northwestern engineering

Providing wood products for the local and surrounding areas.

The Whitewood location is home to a state-of-the-art computer managed wood preservation plant.

HIDEAWAY DINER & BAR

TOW TEC

Under New Ownership!

Same Great Place. Same Great Food Prime Rib • Sirloin Tips

TOWING & RECOVERY 24 HOUR SERVICE

Broasted Chicken Sunday Brunch

605-490-1837

Whitewood, SD • 605-269-3911

Full service for the Northern Black Hills

Doug Hemenway • Whitewood, SD

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NEW BUSINESSES the Black Hills in Deadwood, Lead, Spearfish, Sturgis, Whitewood, and Belle Fourche. “We like the area, and the locals have been very supportive in our success. We look forward to many more years here," Villafuerte said.

Deadwood Jake's Gun & Ammo

DEADWOOD — Greg Vecchi owns Deadwood Jake's Gun and Ammo, which opened in March 2013 on Sherman St., and recently relocated to The Gallows at 12 Lee St. in Deadwood for a bigger location with more opportunities. They buy, sell, trade, and pawn guns, ammo and accessories. Vecchi said he noticed there wasn't a gun shop in Deadwood

at the time, and it was the ideal place to host the shop. The shop also features firearm training courses, women's self-defense, an indoor fast draw range and an archery range. Vecchi said he has plans this summer to expand to an outdoor range and a multi-use range.

The Deadwood Dog House

DEADWOOD — Greg and Monica Vecchi own and operate the Deadwood Dog House located at 305 Cliff St. in Deadwood. They started the business in June 2013 to provide grooming, overnight boarding, and general daycare for dogs. The house is located on 18 acres of land and Vecchi’s said their goal is to make the dogs feel at home and part of a family. He said they can board up to 25 dogs at a time.

Pioneer photo by Jaci Conrad Pearson

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The Hub of the Hills!

COME IN AND SEE THE CHANGES IN A&J SUPPLY/CLOTHING AFTER 46 YEARS IN BUSINESS!

Travis at A&J Supply has opened a new room for welding supplies & welders along with fire-resistant gear.

Randee at A&J Clothing is now carrying RedWing shoes and lots of fire-resistant clothing.

Liz at A&J Clothing has brought in a new youthful look in women's clothing.

SONSET STATION CASINO, LAUNDROMAT & CONVENIENCE

1322 Laurel St. Whitewood, SD 605-717-1003 Fax: 605-717-1004

Jeanie Daniels, Manager

RobeRt A. DouglAs PRESIDENT

605-269-2211

Lowe Roofing inc.

SINGLE PLY & METAL ROOFING SYSTEMS

Family owned & operated since 1968 A&J CLOTHING HOURS:

A&J SUPPLY HOURS:

Mon - Fri 8:30am - 5:30pm Sat - 8:00am - 4:00pm

Mon - Fri 7:30am - 5:30pm Sat - 8:00am - 4:00pm

605-269-2434 • 1-800-564-0224 1020 Laurel Street • Whitewood, SD 57793

FAMILY HAIR CARE Arleta 605-269-2210 April 605-430-1826

1005 Meade Street • Whitewood, South Dakota

Houses 15 Artists

Gloria Abdala

Original Art Prints Wood Tables, Lamps & Shelves Tink’s Treasures Gift Shop Free WiFi Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-6 pm; Sunday & Monday by appointment

605-717-4828

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GMArtworks

1307 & 1309 Laurel Street • Whitewood

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Community Partners The Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (HARCC) serves as a destination appealing to historians, geologists, paleontologists, archaeologists, genealogists, authors, scholars and the general public. It is a testament to the mining industry that helped shape America, allowing it to grow into an industrial nation.

HARCC is a research center with a reputation for thoroughness assisting in multi-disciplined fields of study expanding HARCC’s credibility as a national resource, and, by its very nature, creates greater research opportunities on a state and national level.

HARCC is a facility designed to host classes taught by state and national institutions of higher education focusing on the vast array of in-house materials. HARCC provides museum environmental standards allowing it to host both permanent and traveling exhibits of interest to scholars, tourists and members of the community.

Lastly, HARCC provides a unique perspective of the Black Hills that goes hand-in-hand with the work being done by the Sanford Underground Research Facility.

Open year round to the public, the HARCC is wheelchair accessible.

Room rental and document reproduction rates are available. Call 605.722.4800 for information on facility rentals.

Business hours are Monday – Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. or by appointment.

150 Sherman Street Deadwood, SD 605.722.4800 www.DeadwoodHistory.com

A gift to your library is a gift to the entire community.

Hearst Library 315 W. Main • Lead, SD 57754

605-584-2013

Our library is located on Lead’s Main Street between the Historic Homestake Opera House and the Black Hills Mining Museum.

Stop in for a cup of coffee or tea ~ stay to read the paper or take advantage of the

FREE internet & wireless access!

• Library cards are free with proof of Lawrence County residency.

• AvAilAble For CheCkout Are:

New release print books, audio books, e-books, movies and magazines

• ProgrAms the librAry oFFers:

Preschool story hour, home school library skills class, library reading group, adult knitting group and summer children's and teen reading programs.

Visit our website: www.leadlib.com • E-mail: hearstlibrary@sdln.net Library Hours: Mon., Tues., Wed. 10am-7pm • Thurs. & Fri. 9am-5pm • Sat. 9am - 1pm

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Community Partners Kiwanis Club of lead

A local service club dedicated to providing assistance to our local youth and the elderly.

The meticulously restored 1892 Victorian mansion with original contents recounts the tragedies and triumphs of two of Deadwood’s founding families. The Queen Anne-style home was built by pioneer businessman Harris Franklin. The oak interiors, hand-painted canvas wall coverings, stained glass windows, thoroughly modern 19th century plumbing and electricity, telephone service and original furnishings chronicle Deadwood’s transition from a raucous mining camp into a prosperous and technologically rich city. W.E. Adams purchased the home in 1920, and after his death in 1934, Adams’ second wife Mary closed the doors.

The house sat silent for almost 60 years.

Mary Adams left everything intact from the sheet music in the piano bench, the books in the library, the china in the pantry, to the patent medicines in the bathroom, the gilded settee in the parlor and even the cookies in a cookie jar. Under the direction of the City of Deadwood’s Historic Preservation Commission and the Adams Museum, historic preservation experts painstakingly restored the mansion to its former glory. The home is open daily in the summer when the beautiful gardens are in full bloom. During the fall and winter, the mansion serves as a stage for

special tours. The Mary Adams Orientation Center, adjacent to the house, features an elegant gift shop. The Historic Adams House is wheelchair-accessible on the first floor.

Spring hours begin in April, Tuesday – Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed Mondays. Summer hours are May through September, open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call for details on winter hours.

Admission is $7 for adults, $2 for children ages 7 – 13 and free to children 6 and under. The museum is free to Deadwood History members. Call 605.722.4800 for information on facility rentals and group tours.

22 Van Buren Street Deadwood, SD 57732 605.578.3724 www.DeadwoodHistory.com

Trinity United Methodist Church

Chartered in 1925, the Kiwanis Club of Lead has been actively supporting the Lead and Deadwood communities for over 85 years. We now have two new clubs in the area to help with service projects and fundraising activities: the Lead-Deadwood High School Key Club for high school students and the Noon Kiwanis Club, a newly formed club that meets at the Pizza Lab. Some of the projects we support include:

The Community Birthday Calendar and the Prospector Bowl. $1,000 Scholarships for 2 graduating Seniors • Kids Voting American Legion Boys & Girls State • RIF American Legion Baseball • American Legion Government Day Little League Baseball • PTO • Students of the Month & Year Lead-Dwd HS Art Club • Lead-Dwd HS Speech & Debate Lead-Dwd HS Athletics • Post Prom • Lead Rec Center Library Tapes • Community Christmas • Festival of Trees Northern Hills Crisis Outreach • Neighborhood Housing Angel Tree • Senior Tree • Dictionary Project for 3rd Graders Lead-Deadwood Elementary Triathlon Sing each month at Golden Ridge Assisted Living Facility

Meetings every Monday night at 6:00 p.m. at the Days Inn in Lead. The public is welcome.

Anyone interested in learning more, please contact a Kiwanian or call 584-1777

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Black Hills Post #5969 Deadwood

Sunday Worship Service 9:00 a.m.

Fellowship following Worship • Sunday School for all ages Lord's Cupboard • Christian Ministry Center

111 S. Main Street, Lead - 605-584-1328

Post 5969 became reality in February 1946, when Jim Shea and Toby Dahl acquired a charter from the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America (referred to as the VFW). Toby Dahl was first Commander in the old City Building. When it burned down the club was moved to Main Street. The Ladies Auxiliary received its charter in November 1946 with Clara Mae Ruth as President. Renovations by the veterans began in the quarters on Pine Street in 1964. Moving into this building that had been a car dealership, plus home to several grocery stores in May 1965 had Milbert Albrecht as Commander and Betty Bender as President.

One of the earliest community services provided by the VFW as recalled by Pat Wescott and Ray Koskela was serving as Honor Guard for fallen comrades. Many may recall the Lighting of Bikes for area children. As a nonprofit organization we are continually enlarging our outreach in service to the community by various fund raisers.

Present Post Commander is Art Nelson along with Betty Bender as Auxiliary President. Veterans who have fought on foreign soil are encouraged to apply for membership. Any surviving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter or sister is eligible to apply for the Ladies Auxiliary.

More information is available by calling our Post 5969 at 722-9914.

Any time you see an American flag being marched up Main Street or hear the Star Spangled Banner being played please place that right hand over your heart in remembrance of those who were tested to preserve our way of life. It is a matter of respect. They deserve no less.

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The Adams Museum is the Black Hills’ oldest history museum. In 1930 pioneer businessman W.E. Adams founded the Adams Museum in downtown Deadwood with the purpose of preserving and displaying the history of the Black Hills. He donated the building to the City of Deadwood and placed the operation of the organization in the hands of a board of directors.

The Adams Museum is home to some of the Black Hills’ greatest treasures including Potato Creek Johnny’s gold nugget, beloved American illustrator N.C. Wyeth’s pencil sketch drawing of Western legend Wild Bill Hickok, the mysterious Thoen Stone record of the Ezra Kind party’s discovery of gold in the Hills in the 1830s, and a one-of-a-kind plesiosaur (marine reptile).

In addition to exhibits on all three levels, a western history bookstore is included on the main floor, and a meeting room is located on the lower level.

Open year round, the Adams Museum is wheelchair accessible.

A suggested donation of $5 per adult, $2 per child is appreciated.

Call 605.722.4800 for information on facility rentals and group tours.

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54 Sherman Street Deadwood, SD 57732 605.578.1714 www.DeadwoodHistory.com

Gift Shop & Visitor Center OPEN YEAR ROUND!

160 W. Main St., Lead, SD 57754 • 605.584.3110

During the early 1970’s and a national movement of deinstitutionalization, a group of parents initiated the effort start a facility in Spearfish for people with disabilities. With the help of community leaders, Northern Hills Training Center was successfully founded. We believe that people supported have human and legal rights which they do not have to work for or earn; have responsibilities that are an inherent part of their rights; and have the right to receive the supports and services they need to live in the community.

Our four primary services include: residential, prevocational/vocational, medical and service coordination.

The goal of residential services is to provide assistance and support to people with disabilities so that they can have opportunities to socialize and to help them become as independent as possible within their living environment. In order to provide a variety of choices for people, these supports are offered in a variety of settings including group homes,

supervised apartments, family homes and traditional community housing. The supports offered by staff in residential services cover a wide variety of daily living skills. The goal of residential services is to provide assistance and support to people with disabilities so that they can have opportunities to socialize and to help them become as independent as possible within their living environment.

Our prevocational/vocational programs help people find employment. The goal is to help people find and prepare for the job of their choice. These choices may include working on a crew or working independently in the community.

The medical/nursing staff supports people in assessing their health care needs and assisting them to access the quality health care services available in Spearfish and surrounding communities.

The service coordinator is a primary advocate for the person supported and ensures that what is important to a person and what is important for a person is identified and addressed.

Northern Hills Training Center supports approximately 130 people.

625 Harvard St. • Spearfish, SD • 605.642.2785

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Community Partners

Spearfish Nutrition Site Tree House Café/Meals on Wheels 430 Oriole Drive | Spearfish, SD 57783

Citizens of the Spearfish community 60 years young plus, have an exceptional opportunity to meet friends and neighbors in a relaxed environment at the Tree House Café (Spearfish Nutrition Site). If you enjoy good nutritious food, meeting people and great conversation, then you need to stop in and see what the newest craze in town is.

Good High Quality nutritious food is essential to our well being and at the Tree House Café, that’s precisely what you will get. We offer three hot entrees and an extensive variety of side dishes Monday through Friday 11:00 – 1:00.

Even though we are a Senior Meals Program, we encourage all ages to join in and enjoy our offerings.

Through our Meals-On-Wheels program, seniors unable to adequately cook for themselves and are homebound can have a noon meal delivered to their home Monday through Friday by volunteers who graciously donate their time to help us out. Only donations are accepted for this service.

Our ultimate goal is to bring awareness of the importance nutritious food has in our daily lives. Not only is food a vital part of daily living but fellowship plays a big role in knowing that there is a place one can go and feel welcomed.

For more information, call 642-1277

There is no fee for seniors, only donations are accepted. Guests under 60 are charged a fee of $6.59 plus tax. We are a non-profit federally funded program relying exclusively on donations, grants, fundraisers, memorials and some state and federal funding.

605-423-4444 Black Hills Special Services Cooperative, an extension of 12 western South Dakota schools districts, has called Sturgis home for nearly three decades. We value our many connections to the community. Currently we are interested in interviewing potential Direct Support Professionals who would be employed to work with people who have developmental disabilities, in classrooms, residences, our Sturgis office, and at our Pleasant Valley campus.

Deadwood Elks Lodge #508 PO Box 584, Deadwood 578-1333 Club 722-5224 Secretary

Live recreations of the town’s rich history started in 1924 with the Days of ’76 Celebration and award-winning rodeo. The celebration began as a way to honor Deadwood’s pioneers – the prospectors, miners, muleskinners and madams who poured into the Black Hills in 1876 to settle the gold-filled gulches of Dakota Territory.

The Black Hills’ newest museum documents the celebration and rodeo. The Days of ’76 Museum features exceptional displays of carriages, firearms, American Indian artifacts and illustrates Deadwood’s enduring friendship with Buffalo Bill Cody.

The Days of ’76 Museum is open year round, and wheelchair accessible. The gift shop is located on the first floor. Admission is $5.50 for

adults, $2.50 for children ages 7 – 13 and free to children 6 and under.

The museum is free to Deadwood History members.

Call 605.722.4800 for information on facility rentals and group tours.

18 Seventy Six Drive, Deadwood, SD 605.578.1657 www.DeadwoodHistory.com

If you’ve been around the Hills for a while, there is a good chance that your children, or even you, have directly benefited from one of the many Elks sponsored programs. Besides operating the largest privately funded scholarship program in the U.S., The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks sponsor a nationwide youth free-throw contest called Hoop Shoot, supports the D.A.R.E. Drug Awareness program in schools along with numerous programs and activities specifically for Armed Services Veterans.

Locally, Deadwood Lodge #508 sponsors an annual Easter Egg Hunt and the Lead-Deadwood Middle School Student of the Month awards. Each spring, our Youth Appreciation Banquet honors the achievements of over 300 students and their families from around the region. We are a contributor to the Post Prom events in all of the area high schools, contribute to numerous local athletic events and send a high school student representative to Boys and Girls State each year. Additionally, we answer many individual funding requests for those in need. Members of Deadwood Lodge #508 truly exemplify the Elks mantra “Elks Care, Elks Share”.

The Deadwood Elks Lodge lounge, once the hub of Deadwood’s social dance scene, is much quieter these days. Located right above Deadwood Harley Davidson and next to the Franklin Hotel, it still sports a full bar and is open weekend nights. Recent renovations have restored its magnificent view overlooking Deadwood’s Main Street. Members enjoy one of the best vantage points for taking in Deadwood’s many busy events.

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Community Partners

Welcome to Belle Fourche,

The Center of the Nation Visit our Unique Businesses, Great Merchants, Services & Eateries American West Catering AmericInn Lodge & Suites of Belle Fourche Belle Flowers, Gifts & Decor Belle Fourche Livestock Belle Inn Restaurant BH Laundry & Dry Cleaning BH Pioneer/Prospector Black Hills Auto Care Black Hills Team Black Hills Roundup Committee Branding Iron Steakhouse

Budget Appliance & Dollar Store Bunney's Body & Collision Center Butte County Post Collins Cleaning Systems, LLC Common Cents Dairy Queen Dakota Lumber David Pummel & Associates E.T. Sports E.T. Tire Elsie HIx - Reid Motel Fast Break Screen Printing & Embroidery Finkbeiner Feed & Seed First Interstate Bank Frontier Glass Hair Gallery Hersrud’s of Belle Fourche Hills Interiors Homestead Nursery

Integrity Meats Jackson Dental Jeff Main CPA KBFS-KYDT Lifestyles Lindstad Alignment Lueders Food Center Lynn’s Dakotamart Main Insurance Mason’s 5th Ave./BuckStop Miki Dee’s/State St. Co-op Mulligan Nehl Dental New China Garden Patty's Place Pete’s Clothing/Western Wear Pioneer Bank & Trust Posy Palace Randy’s Discount Tire Ross Equipment & Rental Roundup Building Center Runnings

Sand Creek Printing Scott Peterson Motors South Park Lanes Southside Conoco Stadium Sports Grill Stereo’s N Stuff Stinton Chiropractic Subway of Belle Fourche Sunset Motel Taco Johns Tim Speidel Business & Tax Service Tripp Family AMC Auto Museum Tri-State Construction Tri-State Museum Waggin Tails Dog Salon Wells Fargo West Tire & Alignment

"Keeping Belle Fourche in Business."

Center of the Nation Business Association

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Community Easter Egg Hunt ....................April 12 Crazy Days ............. July 25-26 Halloween Parade.................. October 31 Christmas Kickoff & Fireworks ..... November 28

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LEGENDARY LEAD Where History meets the Future…

Est. in 1877

The City of Lead is a sparkling jewel nestled in the highest reaches of the Northern Black Hills of South Dakota.

Long the home of the great Homestake Mining Company, which remained the foundation for over 125 years, Lead boasts small town charm with large potential.

The Homestake Gold Mine has now been shut down but the Sanford Underground Laboratory at Homestake is in full development and promises a lively future for the community. Elegant Victorian mansions, quaint miners’ homes and old-fashioned brick storefronts mingle in this mile-high community.

Lead remains a wonderful place to live, work and visit.

Outdoor enthusiasts discover outstanding hiking, biking, skiing, snowmobiling, and some of the most stunning scenery in America. A Homestake Opera House, Black Hills Mining Museum, Homestake Visitor Center & Tours, fine dining and outdoor recreation opportunities are as plentiful as the pines of the surrounding Black Hills.

605-584-1100

160 West Main Street, Lead, SD 57754 www.leadmethere.org • e-mail: leadcoco@knology.net For a Free Vacation Guide call 1-877-428-5590 www.CityofLead.com

Join us in Legendary Lead!

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SandStone Senior Living “Spearfish’s Community Concept in Senior Living”

No matter the season, we remain committed to providing plumbing, heating and cooling solutions that keep you and your family comfortable year-round.

SandStone Village Independent Living *Optional services such as...

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In Home Care Wholesome Meal Packages House Keeping & Laundry Transportation Available

SandStone Manor

New construction, remodeling & service.

Residential • Commercial• Industrial

Beautiful 28 Unit Facility Personalized Care Studios & 1 Bedroom Suites Affordable Rates Stop by for a brochure & tour. “The coffee is always on!”

2010 Windmill Dr., Spearfish, SD • 605-642-4910

NOW WITH TWO LOCATIONS To Serve You! ABOUT THE BUSINESS: Highly regarded doctors David and Jessica Czerny have invested in our local businesses and our communities. In fact, they have acquired two established eyecare practices, in both Deadwood and Spearfish. These practices are thriving, and they are building an overwhelmingly positive reputation. If you have not received an eye exam from Dr. David or Jessica Czerny, we encourage you to ask friends and family if they have had an eye exam at Deadwood Eye Care or Mountain Valley Vision Center. While Dr. Guilbert is still available at Deadwood Eyecare, you will be very pleased by the level of care you receive from any of our highly competent doctors, all of which are very skilled in the detection and treatment of ocular disease such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, and dry eye disease. In order to deliver the sharpest, most clear, fatigue free vision possible, we combine accurate prescriptions with the latest advancements in eye wear technology. The latest advancements include digital lenses and we are thrilled to be your digital lens experts. We will then package this technology into a trendy unique frame that will make you feel confident that you are looking your best. We also practice with cutting edge technologies in contact lenses including bifocal contact lenses, but if you don’t like glasses or contacts, we also offer a non-surgical, safe alternative to LASIK called ortho-K. At Deadwood Eyecare and Mountain Valley Vision Center, we are honored to serve you, and we will always strive to give you the best eyecare experience.

David and Jessica Czerny 88 Charles St, Deadwood SD 57732

605-578-1761

www.deadwoodeyecare-visionsource.com

1236 North Ave, Spearfish SD 57783

605-642-2645

www.mountainvalleyvision.com

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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NEW BUSINESSES Deadwood Old West Trading Post

DEADWOOD — Deadwood Old West Trading Post started in June 2013 at 618 Main St. in Deadwood. Owned by Rick and Margi Oleson, the trading post specializes in antiques, guns, saddles, cowboy gear, and old west style items.

Rick said they opened the trading post because it fits in with the setting and history of Deadwood. Rick said they plan on relocating this summer to the site where “Wild Bill” Hickok died, in the old Saloon #10 location on Main Street.

Steel Wheel Campground and Trading Post DEADWOOD — Jason and Leah Wichterman own and operate Steel

Our Towns 2014, Page 47 Wheel Campground and Trading Post located approximately eight miles south of Deadwood at 21399 U.S. Hwy 85. The Wichtermans bought the campground in March 2013 and also own the adjacent Hidden Valley Campground. The Steel Wheel Campground features the Trading Post convenience store and the Claim Jumpers restaurant, which recently opened in March.

Pump House at Mind Blown Studio

DEADWOOD — Nick Spano opened the Pump House at Mind Blown Studio in June 2013 at 73 Sherman St. in Deadwood. They specialize in coffee drinks and deli items. Spano opened up the Pump House as a family business with his wife Susan Daniels and daughter Toni Gerlach, which is attached to Mind Blown Studio. Spano said his daughter’s dream was to have a glass blown studio in Deadwood so they opened up both shops to complement each other. "We're fullfilling our daughter's dream," Spano said.

Copper Mountain Restaurant and Bar LEAD — The Copper Mountain Restaurant and Bar, previously called the Copper Mountain Grill, opened in May 2013. The restaurant is owned by Carla Ford and is part of the Days Inn in Lead located at 900 Miner's Ave. The restaurant serves southern comfort food, along with hamburgers, steak, and a full breakfast menu.

Papa Johns

BELLE FOURCHE — Papa Johns opened inside the Big D Oil Truck Stop at 2406 S. Highway 85 in Belle Fourche in September 2013. Papa Johns specializes in delivery and carry-out pizza.

Mystic Hills Hideaway

DEADWOOD — Mystic Hills Hideaway came under new ownership in May 2013.

Mike Herrick, who invested with his both-

ers, said the business rents out cabins and camper spots to locals and tourists at 21766 Custer Peak Rd. in Deadwood. A snowmobile and ATV rental called Black Hills OffRoad Rentals also shares the building.

Triple K Tire & Repair

CENTRAL CITY — Lucas and Kara Walkins bought the Triple K Tire & Repair, located at 102 U.S. Highway 14A in Central City on April 1, 2013. Kara said that business has been doing great and the winter cold has not slowed affected businesses.

Lucas is an experienced mechanic and Kara said it was a good opportunity for them to open the tire shop.

Movie Madness

LEAD — Brad and Karry Springman bought Movie Madness on Aug. 22, 2013.

The movie store is located at 209 W. Main St. in Lead. The Springmans moved from Las Vegas to be closer to their family and opened the store because it had the potential to be successful. Brad said the cold winter months has actually helped the store be more successful.

Black Hills Tint

BELLE FOURCHE — Keynen Merrell and Chris Adams opened up Black Hills Tint in November 2013 at 518 5th Ave. in Belle Fourche. They work with window tint installation, vinyl decals, and window lettering. Merrell said they saw a market for tinting in Belle Fourche.

Belle Fourche Laundromat

BELLE FOURCHE — Clark Sowers opened Belle Laundromat in September 2013 at 710 8th Ave. in Belle Fourche.

Sowers owns Black Hills Laundry and Dry Cleaning, which includes the branches of East Main Laundry and Dry Cleaning in Sturgis, and Spearfish Laundry and Dry Cleaning in Spearfish. "We offer the finest in clothing care and clean and friendly laundromats," said Sowers. The new laundromat includes television, cell phone charging, Wi-Fi and all of Sower’s laundromats are open 24/7.

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Pioneer photo by Kaylee Tschetter

Celebrating 25

YEARS

of turning your EXCESS into CASH! On or Off-Site Auctions

• estate sales • antiques • coins • business liquidations • property • farm machinery • vehicles Jack Verry, Auctioneer Belle Fourche, SD 605-641-3226 dakwestjake@yahoo.com

Celebrating 3 Years!

Annuals • Perennials • Shrubs • Garden Vegetable Plants

ZEEB’S GREENHOUSE 4029 East Colorado Boulevard • Spearfish

605-580-9987 Credit/Debit Cards Accepted

Brad Zeeb, owner

Open Seasonally May 1st - July 4th

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NEW BUSINESSES SpringHill Suites

DEADWOOD — The SpringHill Suites started on June 6, 2013 at 322 Main St. in Deadwood and is attached to Cadillac Jacks. General Manager Deborah Rumpel said Deadwood was in need of a Marriott and they are a family friendly, non-gaming hotel. The SpringHill Suites offer a fitness center, swimming pool, and other services and amenities.

Rustic Soul

BELLE FOURCHE — Michelle Crawford opened up the Rustic Soul on Oct. 7, 2013, located at 509 Grant St. in Belle Fourche. Crawford said the shop sells repurposed and reused furniture, antiques, "junktiques," candles, and other various items. Crawford said she has been in retail business for more than 20 years, saw a need in Belle Fourche, and that business has been great.

Dice to Mice

SPEARFISH — Andrew Barrett opened up Dice to Mice at 605 Main St. on April 29, 2013. They specialize in everything from dice and board games, to video games. Dice to Mice hosts card tournaments like “Magic the Gathering,” along with various events throughout the month. Barrett said he wanted to open up his own business and saw there was a need for a game store in Spearfish. He said business has been great so far and Dice to Mice has received great support from the community.

Double T Leather & Gifts

BELLE FOURCHE — Kerry Wilcox opened up Double T Leather & Gifts on June 5, 2013 at 1401 5th Ave. Suite 200 in Belle Fourche. Wilcox said the leather shop specializes in saddle bags, holsters, clocks, reins, Pioneer photo by Kaylee Tschetter from Pg 34

CHARITABLE TRUST scholarships to attend college or vocation school. It is outstanding in that respect,” Leikvold said. “In addition, hundreds of kids in the community and in the school district have benefited through enrichment programs and mini grants that the funding allows for and enables us to give kids a variety of educational enhancement opportunities.”

Leikvold added that the amount of the fund (managed by Wells Fargo) that the board is able to spend, fluctuates each year based on the performance of the portfolio, the number of students in the senior class and the academic performance of the senior class.

“We process applications through the guidance office and the board chooses how to allocate,” Leikvold said. “We tend to give smaller amounts in order to provide benefit to a lot of students and organizations. We give lesser amounts to many organizations in order to help lots of kids.”

In 2013, for example, funds to clubs and organizations were distributed in the following manner: Lead-Deadwood High School student council, $1,700; Lead-Deadwood Middle School Student Council, $1,500; Lead-Deadwood Middle

School/High School P.E. $1,500; LeadDeadwood High School Dual Enrollment $2,500; Teacher Wellness Day $2,500; Outlaw Ranch $2,500; Project Citizen, $150; Lead-Deadwood Volleyball, $300; Optimal Performance Training Camp $1,500; Junior Achievement $1,000; Lead-Deadwood Middle School Speech and Debate $1,000; Teen Court $500; Deadwood History, Inc. $2,500; First Step Child Care Center $1,200; Handley Rec Center Pre-School $500; Deadwood-Lead Arts Council $1,500, for a total of $22,350.

In 2013, a total of $38,000 in scholarships was also awarded, for a grand total of $60,350.

Deadwood History, Inc. executive director Mary Kopco is greatly appreciative for the funds the Walter and Frances Green Trust afford her organization.

“The Walter and Frances Green Charitable Trust has supported youth programming for Deadwood History’s Adams Museum for a number of years,” said Kopco. “The trust provides honorariums so we can host performances by LeadDeadwood band and debate students at our facilities. This provides area youth with the opportunity to perform on an entirely different stage and to earn money to benefit their programs.”

In 2012, the Frances and Walter Green Charitable Trust went even further.

Following two years of low-ball estimates on the part of Frances and Walter Green Charitable Trust administrators left LeadDeadwood school district officials in the midst of a perfect storm.

“We had $10,000 to spend by the end of the year or face negative tax consequences,” Leikvold said. “Each year we receive an estimate of how much we can spend and for the last couple of years, for whatever reason, that amount was estimated too low.”

He explained that the group decided to use the money to put together a minigrants program for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) programming for K-12 teachers in the LeadDeadwood School District.

Teachers were able to apply for the grants, which were awarded in amounts up to $2,500.

“We have a lot of folks who are innovative and do wonderful things,” Leikvold said. “This was an incentive to foster creativity and imagination. We believe that focusing on the STEM area is a good idea.”

For example, students in sixth grade spent several weeks learning about energy transformations and ultimately designed amusement park rides with their newfound knowledge.

“During the unit they developed a brochure, a poster and persuasive speech to

NEW BUSINESSES Pg 49 give during their ride design presentation,” explained sixth grade teacher Deb Thorp.

“In science, students completed an on-line learning lab on ‘Roller Coaster Physics,’ where they had to design hills and cars to go through a roller coaster track. They used math to calculate kinetic energy. In math students worked on scale proportions. The students then worked during core classes to build and design a ride for their amusement park. They then presented their ride designs to all the sixth grade classes.”

Thorp added that the unit was made possible by a grant from Walt Green, the criteria was to design a learning unit that focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: STEM. “STEM is a vitally important area of study in our country and globally,” Thorp said.

Leikvold said that the IRS rules and guidelines which regulate the trust state that contributions can only go to 501 c(3) organizations and that school programs all qualify.

The biggest benefit about the trust is that it was designed to go on for quite some time.

“The hope is that it will go on forever,” Leikvold said. “If the board of trustees and the portfolio managers do their job, thousand of kids in the community will ultimately benefit from the fund.”

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NEW BUSINESSES and other leather based items. "If it's made out of leather, I pretty much make it," Wilcox said.

Great Peaks Reality

SPEARFISH — Great Peaks Realty opened in March 2013 at 115 E. Hudson St. in Spearfish. The owners are Scot Munro, Heath Gran, and Cherish Gran. Great Peaks Reality specialize in buying and selling residential homes, land, ranch, farms, and other real estate throughout South Dakota and the surrounding area. Heath said they opened up the business because of their previous realty experience and the market was there in Spearfish to be successful.

Ski’s Pizzeria

BELLE FOURCHE — Adam and Traci Nowowiejski opened up Ski’s Pizzeria on July 7, 2013 at 2398 5th Ave. suite 103 in Belle Fourche. They specialize in specialty pizzas, take n’ bake pizza, cheesy garlic bread, gluten free pizza, and various other items. Traci said they started the pizzeria to add some variation to Belle Fourche and business has been good.

Bella Donna Spa & Boutique

BELLE FOURCHE — Bella Donna Spa & Boutique relocated to 518 State St. in Belle Fourche in February 2013. Kristyn Fuller, ownNEW BUSINESSES Pg 50

Adam and Traci Nowowiejski opened Ski’s Pizzeria in Belle Fourche in July 2013. The “Take-n-Bake” pizzeria offers several homemade specialty pizza options, desserts, salad, and drinks. Pioneer photo by Kaylee Tschetter

Locally Crafted Artisan Gifts, Artwork and One-of-a-Kind Jewelry Fireplaces EIFS Stucco Brick and Stone

OPTIONS ABOUND

Monuments Signs & Plaques Garden Stones Pet Markers

HOME to Spearfish’s ONLY

Sip-N-Paint Classes Perfect for the artistic & the not-so-artistic alike.

Friday & Saturday Evenings 6:30pm (BYOB)

Coffee & Canvas

every Saturday Morning 10am Join us for these fun events & visit our Facebook page or Website for details on these and all our classes and events.

www.westriverstudio.net • 605-559-ARTS (2787)

Come tour our design center 1/2 mi. East of Belle Fourche on Hwy 34

611 Main St., Spearfish • studiowestriver@gmail.com

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SPEARFISH GMC-CADILLAC

1910 N. Main St., Spearfish 605.642.7000 • 800.657.8053 • Owner: Todd Jensen • 25 Employees • GMC and Cadillac "Mark of Excellence" Dealer • #1 in Retail Sales index for GMC and Cadillac in South Dakota • Recipient 2014 Friend of the Chamber Award

BUSINESS

BUSINESS

PROFILE

Locally owned and operated, Spearfish Motors has been serving the Spearfish community for over 20 years. They strive to consistently provide you with excellent customer service.

Looking for a new Cadillac or GMC or a quality used vehicle? Look no further. You'll find a great selection and competitive prices. They also have a complete service and parts department to help maintain the long-term value of your vehicle, and offer a complimentary car wash with every service.

AMERICINN

2312 Dakota Ave., Belle Fourche 605.892.0900 • Owner: Greg Raisanen • 25 Employees In times that are ever changing to a faster and faster pace, it’s refreshing to know that there are businesses around who still preserve the proven traditions. AMERICINN offers complimentary breakfast including waffles; biscuits and gravy; gluten free items; and much more. Bring your swimsuit to enjoy their heated indoor pool and hot tub. They also offer wired and wireless internet service in each room. AMERICINN is a completely pet free and smoke free property with reasonable rates. The property has recently been updated including new paint and bedding. For special occasions or just to get away, they invite you to stay over!

23 Years

8 Years

in Business

Pioneer photo by Kaylee Tschetter

PROFILE

BELLE FOURCHE PHYSICAL THERAPY

PRIVATE PRACTICE 1515 5th Ave., Ste. 202, Belle Fourche 605.723.0185

• Doctor of Physical Therapy: Julie Wingen, DPT Pain is not normal. Our movement experts will not only treat your symptoms but will get to the source of your pain to produce lasting results. Physical therapy can provide pain relief from any joint, muscle or movement impairment. Dr. Wingen will utilize evidence-based manual therapy, including joint mobilizations and soft issue techniques, to address any tissue or joint dysfunction anywhere in the body. Our patients will then learn the most effective therapeutic exercises to address muscle imbalances and weaknesses to fully rehabilitate their movement impairment and decrease the risk of reoccurring pain.

Physical therapy is proven with significant medical research to improve pain and function for individuals with several different diagnoses: motor vehicle accidents, work injuries, pre- and post-pregnancy pain, tension headaches, sports injuries, low back pain, cervical pain, any joint pain or injury, vertigo/dizziness, and many more.

Call Belle Fourche Physical Therapy to determine how we can help you eliminate your pain so you can return to your normal life. No referral is needed to receive physical therapy for most insurance companies. They also offer cash-based services if you choose not to file insurance. If you are referred to physical therapy by your physician, you have the choice of where you would like to receive your treatments. Make your choice a private practice atmosphere with individualized one-onone care in a fun, relaxed environment. Choose Belle Fourche Physical Therapy!

Belle Fourche Physical Therapy is a private outpatient physical therapy clinic. The staff at Belle Fourche Physical Therapy is dedicated to providing individuals with the highest quality of comprehensive, evidencebased, and individualized physical therapy services to enhance their overall physical health, fitness, and quality of life. The clinic is dedicated to assisting individuals to achieve their maximum level of physical function in the most cost-effective and efficient manner. Our clinical team provides preventative and rehabilitative services to help reduce pain, restore function and mobility, and promote well-being.

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BELLE FOURCHE — Zach and Mattie Tope own and operate Independent Auto located at 204 5th Ave. in Belle Fourche. They opened in April 2012 and opened a service department at 620 Industrial Dr. as well. They specialize in selling used cars.

Scott Peterson Motors

STURGIS — Scott Peterson expanded his dealership in July 2013, purchasing the Jacobson Ford dealership at 2416 Junction Ave. in Sturgis.

The Ford, Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep dealership sells new and used cars and trucks. In October, the dealership suffered a setback when winter storm Atlas crushed the roof to the salesroom. The dealership reopened shortly afterward and is now in the process of building a new, dealership at the mouth of Vanocker Canyon.

Barnaud Law Prof. LLC

BELLE FOURCHE — Tim Barnaud started Barnaud Law Prof.

LLC in Sept. 2013 at 117 5th Ave in Belle Fourche. The firm shares a building with the Morris Law Firm.

Barnaud said he opened the firm in Belle Fourche because he grew up there and his experience in law provided a great opportunity to serve the community.

Black Hills Auto Care

BELLE FOURCHE — Sam Silacci bought Black Hills Auto Care in January 2013, which was formally known as Dakota Lube.

The shop is located at 2203 5th Ave. in Belle Fourche. They specialize in all auto repair, from oil changes to engine replacement. Silacci wanted to own his own business and said he uses half of the shop as a quick lube and the other half for repair work.

The Man Cave & Tobacco Lounge

BELLE FOURCHE — Cory and Jessica Carmichael opened Sturgis Cigar and Knife in 2011 and expanded to Belle Fourche with The Man Cave Cigar and Tobacco Lounge in Nov. 2013. The shop is located at 617 State St. in Belle Fourche and sells cigars, cigar accessories, knives, and various other products.

Vertical Performance

BELLE FOURCHE — Travis Peters opened Vertical Performance on Oct. 1, 2013 at 617 Grant St. in Belle Fourche. They specialize in auto repair and work on everything from small engine repair to car overhaul repair. Peters said he also sells a few cars and business has been great since they’ve opened.

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520 N. Canyon St., Spearfish 605.642.7996 www.bhphysicaltherapy.com • Owner: Cathy Sulentic-Morcom, P.T. • 6 Employees • Cathy Sulentic-Morcom was selected Physical Therapist of the year 2006 by the South Dakota Physical Therapy Association.

• Brandie Rainboth, DPT, OCS was 1 of 25 physical therapists nationally recognized as an Emerging Leader by American Physical Therapy Association in 2013.

• Cathy Sulentic-Morcom is currently enrolled in a Transitional Doctoral Physical Therapy program.

• Staff was recognized for 100% membership to American Physical Therapy Association in 2013/2014.

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SANDSTONE SENIOR LIVING

2010 Wildmill Dr./Village Ln., Spearfish 605.642.4910

• Owners: James & Nancy Barron • 15 Employees Sandstone Senior Living provides a continuum of Senior Oriented services bridging the gap between one's independence and their possible need for assistance.

Sandstone Village's Philosophy: • Prolonging Independence - They believe that the concept of “homes with help” supports this philosophy and may make it possible for individuals or couples to remain living independently with minimal impact to their current situations by making simple, gradual adjustments.

• Promote Freedom of Lifestyle - Remaining with your spouse as long as possible means so much to all of us.

The availability of minor forms of help when needed may make it possible for couples to remain together longer. Sandstone Village realizes this and it forms part of the foundation of this concept. And if the time comes when one partner requires more assistance, little disruption to the lifestyle of the other occurs while more extensive assistance is available just next door for the other.

• Providing Peace of Mind - Knowing that your home is secure and being looked after while you’re away, that someone is always 4 Years there to answer your call for help, and in Business that your spouse or loved one will be cared for if you’re not there gives you peace of mind.

Sandstone Manor's Philosophy: To offer a homelike atmosphere, where Seniors can make a smooth transition from leaving their homes, to our assisted facilities. There's always coffee, fruit, and cookies at the snack bar. The front porch is a cozy place to watch the activities of the family oriented neighborhood. The residential design, inside and out, make Sandstone Manor a pleasant place to call home.

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ROCKINGTREE FLORAL AND GARDEN CENTER 1340 Lazelle, Sturgis 605.347.5119

www.rockingtreefloralandgarden.com • Owners: Carol and Randy Hallock • Chosen for the 2014 South Dakota Retailer of the Year award by a committee of retailers in recognition of outstanding community service and going the extra mile in customer service.

Randy started a landscaping business in Sturgis in 1976. In 1993, he and Carol purchased a lot on Lazelle Street, which became the permanent location. Since then, their business has grown tremendously, now serving customers in a five-state area. They operate a flower and gift shop and garden center with services that include landscaping projects ranging from small residential projects to large commercial projects, installation of sprinkler systems, snow removal, and sales of Christmas trees.

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Northern Hills Alliance for Children and many more. The fund is right on track in 2014 with $34,500 in donations to eight different organizations just within the first two quarters.

The real beauty of the fund is that the initial million dollars put into the fund at the beginning of its creation will not be touched. How, you ask?

The fund was designed so that the advisory committee can spend only 5 percent of the interest made in a years’ time. To help maintain growth of the monies, Wharf Resources donates the interest amount to the fund so that the interest can be rolled back into the fund itself. The goal of Goldcorp and Wharf Resources is to grow the fund to $2 million by the close of the mine. Ultimately the fund will grow indefinitely using only 5 percent of the earnings each year.

Donation requests will be assessed within the context of the fund’s mission of sustainable prosperity and the objectives of generating effective partnerships and capacity building within the organization’s community.

In addition to the general objectives of the program, proposals will be assessed on the following criteria: • Alignment of project with the fund’s values and principles.

• Importance of the need and existing services and facilities.

• The creation of long-term results sustainable beyond the initial donation.

• Financial viability and effective management of the project and organization.

• Term of project and ability to generate effective partnerships.

If you are an organization that is interested in submitting an application, please visit the website, www. wharffund.org.

BLACK HILLS PHYSICAL THERAPY

Black Hills Physical Therapy is an independently owned and operated physical therapy practice that has served the Northern Hills communities for 19 years. Their mission is to provide you with results to get you back to the activities YOU enjoy. Their friendly staff welcomes you to a comfortable and professional environment. They offer over 50 years of combined experience and each physical therapist is committed to ongoing education to ensure you the best results. All treatments are provided by a licensed physical therapist.

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LEAD — Over its 28-year life, Wharf Resources has provided many benefits to the local communities, such benefits include direct employment, local purchasing, and most recently, the Goldcorp-Wharf Sustainable Prosperity Fund.

The fund, since being developed in 2011, has inspired a large number of people to positively impact their community. The million-dollar endowment was designed to give back to Lead and surrounding communities and is held within the South Dakota Community Foundation. The fund was developed to help create lasting relationships and bring long term social and economic benefits for all communities and people involved.

The fund is meant to help the cause last longer than the money that is donated.

“Donations from the fund are intended to support organizations and initiatives that build economic, social and cultural capacity as well as create a positive social and economic legacy,” said Tom Carr, president of the Goldcorp-Wharf Sustainable Prosperity Fund Advisory Committee.

In order to assist in the development of sustainable prosperity within Lead and the surrounding communities, the following are the four core funding categories: health, education, arts and culture, and community development. To date, the fund has donated $124,895 to 14 organizations that fit in to either one or more of the core areas. Six of the 14 organizations have received multiple donations from the Fund.

In 2013 alone, the fund donated more than $65,000 to organizations such as, Feeding South Dakota, the Black Hills Mining Museum, the

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STINTON CHIROPRACTIC

517 Grant St., Belle Fourche 605.892.4909 stintonchiropracticbellefourche.com • 2 employees Dr. Shawn Stinton is celebrating 20 years in chiropractic. A BHSU graduate, he finished his chiropractic schooling in Missouri, at the Logan College of Chiropractic. After finishing his training, he decided to move back to the beautiful Black Hills and start his own practice. His love for the outdoors and the small farming and ranching community is why Dr. Stinton continues to practice and live in Belle Fourche.

Dr. Stinton applies all natural chiropractic service to his patients to relieve discomfort for acute or chronic conditions without drugs or surgery. He prides himself with taking the time to talk to each patient and learn about their discomfort and help with daily changes that can be made to relieve pain.

Stretching, desk and seating changes or posture recommendations are all included in the aftercare to ensure a successful adjustment.

When he is not working Dr. Stinton enjoys hunting and fishing and owns some acreage outside of town.

He is taking new patients and welcomes you to call and make an appointment to see how he can help alleviate your pain. Watch for an Open House later this summer.

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What is the Sanford Lab, Alex?

Pioneer Staff Reports

LEAD — The Sanford Lab was recently featured on an episode of Jeopardy!.

The category, “Figuring Out the Universe,” featured feature clues delivered by on-air talent Sarah Whitcomb Foss.

The popular TV game show sent Foss and its Clue Crew to the lab in October, where they filmed the clues in various locations at the 4,850-foot level.

At one point, Foss even suited up and entered the Majorana Demonstrator experiment as part of the program.

“It’s my favorite TV show,” said Sanford Lab Safety Specialist Woody Hover, who assisted the Clue Crew during filming. “I watched it back when Art Fleming was on it.”

Fleming was the host from 19641975. Alex Trebek has been hosting the show since it went back on the air in 1984.

Multimedia Specialist Matt Kapust served as a guide and photographer for the Clue Crew.

“They were prepared and really professional,” he said. “By far the best TV crew we’ve worked with.”

Sanford Lab Emergency Response Team Lead/Safety Specialist Woody Hover sits in the locomotive in the background while Jeopardy’s Sarah Whitcomb Foss is filmed for a segment in the popular television quiz show.

Photo courtesy of Matt Kapust, Sanford Underground Research Facility

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‘Give a dog a home’ Animal shelters provide care to area animals

By Kaylee Tschetter Black Hills Pioneer NORTHERN HILLS — Ranked third by the American Veterinary Medical Association in the country for pet ownership in 2012, South Dakotans really love their pets — and residents in the Northern Hills are no exception.

For years, two animal shelters in the Northern Hills — the Western Hills Humane Society in Spearfish and the Twin City Animal Shelter in Lead — have furnished homes for countless abandoned, neglected, abused, or lost animals.

The Western Hills Humane Society is a nonprofit, no-kill shelter that relies on donations and fundraisers to remain in operation.

In 2012, the Western Hills Humane Society in Spearfish received 156 dog surrenders and 184 cat surrenders, as well as surrendered rabbits, rats, ferrets, and guinea pigs.

The shelter currently houses numerous adult dogs, puppies, cats, and kittens.

And the staff at Western Hills Humane Society has found permanent homes for many of the animals they once cared for. Dog and puppy adoptions were at 234 for 2012, while cat and kitten adoptions were at 307, and area residents also adopted several small animals like rabbits and ferrets.

Most recently, the family and friends of Nick Sukstorf, a Spearfish man who passed away in April of 2013, came together to

clean and repair the indoor and outdoor cat enclosures, fix support poles in the dog enclosure, and stain the dog kennel fence at the Western Hills Humane Society in his memory.

The shelter accepts monetary donations, as well as donated items like paper towels, bleach, blankets, dishes, towels, cat carriers, rope chew toys, different sized chew bones, and more. Volunteers are also needed to walk dogs, play with kittens, clean litter boxes, feed animals, and clean dog kennels.

The Western Hills Humane Society is located at 324 Industrial Dr. in Spearfish.

The shelter is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Tuesday, and Thursday through Saturday, and is closed Wednesday and Sunday. For more information, call 6421576.

The Twin City Animal Shelter in Lead is a nonprofit, low-kill shelter that houses abandoned, abused, and at large animals.

In 2013, 209 animals were received, 67 were adopted out, 150 were returned to owners, and three were euthanized. The shelter has taken in other animals in the past — including a goat — but the facility primarily houses cats and dogs.

The Twin City Animal Shelter provides a community food bank for pets, gives away free dog houses, cat houses, blankets, litter, and vouchers for the spay and neuter program.

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Pioneer photo by Kaylee Tschetter Shelter even adopted out all of the animals it housed, a feat almost unheard of in the world of animal shelters.

Twin City Animal Shelter volunteer Teah Pray said those numbers reflect the impact of the group’s tireless efforts to push the spay and neuter program — an effort she can’t emphasize the importance of enough.

The shelter offers free spay and neuter to city residents and has a program for residents outside of city limits, but they’re always taking monetary donations to keep the program running, as well.

Shar Bergum, director of the Western Hills Humane Society, reiterated Pray’s sentiment back in 2013 when the Western Hills Humane Society spayed or neutered more than 150 cats and dogs.

“Pets are for life, not a disposable item,” Pray said, testifying as to the importance

of community animal shelters. “Cities have an obligation to their residents, and pets are residents too, so cities need to be responsible to their four-legged members, as well.”

Upcoming events for the Twin City Animal Shelter include a rummage sale that will be held starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 14 in conjunction with the city of Lead’s citywide rummage sale.

The shelter is currently accepting monetary donations, as well as food, blankets, toys, stuffed animals, and more. Volunteers are needed to play with animals and serve as foster families.

The Twin City Animal Shelter is located at 722 E. Main St. in Lead. The shelter is open from 8-9 a.m., 4:30-5:30 p.m., and 9-9:30 p.m. every day, with Saturday morning hours extended from 8-11 a.m.

For more information, call 584-2480.

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Pictured: Margaret Crago, owner of LaMode Dress Shop, stands in front of an exhibit dedicated to the Kelley family, longtime owners of the Matthew’s Opera House in Spearfish.

Pioneer photos by Kaylee Tschetter

LaMode Dress Shop

marks 36 years

By Kaylee Tschetter Black Hills Pioneer SPEARFISH — LaMode Dress Shop celebrated 36 years in business this year.

“I kept these clippings out of the paper for years,” said owner Margaret Crago, pointing out the newspaper cuttings assembled neatly into collages on her storefront window displays — much of the stories, photographs, figurines, and fashions memorializing Spearfish history.

“Every anniversary I try to come up with other things (for the displays),” Crago said.

The display in the north window pays tribute to bygone downtown businesses on the block — Spearfish Clothier, Dunwoody Jewelry, Spearfish Bootery, and others — and mark important events, like Spearfish’s 125th birthday.

“All these businesses have been so important to me,” Crago said, adding that some of the former business owners even collaborated on the project with her.

The other window showcases some of Crago’s awards, honors, and the pink dress she wore on the 15th anniversary of LaMode Dress Shop.

A special display is dedicated to the former longtime owners of Matthew’s Opera House — the Kelley family. This

exhibit includes memorabilia, Crago’s favorite doll, china plates and cups she received as gifts from Margaret Kelley, and more.

Crago assumed ownership of LaMode Dress Shop on January 15, 1978. Today, the shop offers an array of clothing, sportswear, dresses, jackets, lingerie, jewelry, and accessories.

For the 36th anniversary, all merchandise storewide was 25 percent off.

Customers could stop by and get a slice of cake or register for $36 gift certificates, as well.

“I really appreciate my customers,” Crago said.

LaMode Dress Shop has an extensive historical presence. Much of that can be credited to Crago, who spent years diligently keeping records and saving everything from photographs, to articles, to store advertisements, and effectively preserved a fleeting moment in time in her own picture collages and scrapbooks.

Although Crago’s displays offer a trip down memory lane, she emphasized that her appreciation for the current businesses that flank her own is unwavering.

“We have some very nice stores here now, but this is just part of the time I’ve spent here,” Crago said. “It’s nice to go back and remember. I guess it’s nice to look ahead, too.”

Pictured: A collage showcasing Spearfish Clothier, the men’s and women’s clothing store formerly located at 616 Main St. in Spearfish.

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PLATINUM Ainsworth-Benning Construction Black Hills Power First Interstate Bank Montana Dakota Utilities Co. Spearfish Regional Hospital GOLD Auto Choice Black Hills Pioneer Butte Electric Cooperative, Inc. Great Western Bank GSE Clay Lining Technology, Inc. Holiday Inn Knology Lawrence Title Company Lehman Trikes USA Pioneer Bank & Trust SDN Communications Spearfish Electric & Heating Spearfish Forest Products Spearfish Motors. Inc. TMone Versatile Carpets & Interiors Wal-Mart SuperCenter Wells Fargo of Spearfish White's Queen City Motors Wolff's Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Elkhorn Ridge Golf Course at Frawley Ranches Elkhorn Ridge RV Resort & Frawley Ranches Fidler-Isburg Funeral Chapel Financial Advisors of the Black Hills Financial Benefits Inc. Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant Hills Material Company Hills Product Group Hood & Nies, P.C. Interstate Engineering Johner & Son Jorgensen Development Ketel Thorstenson, LLP. Knecht Home Center of Spearfish Landmark Realty & Development Co. Lowe Roofing McDonald's of Spearfish Midstate Reclamation S.D. Phaze Electric Precision Blending Prestige Auto Sales Spearfish Family Dentistry Spearfish School District 40-2 Street Image Three Waters LLC Waupaca Northwoods, LLC. Western Dakota Insurors, Inc. William & Associates-Architecture, Inc.

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American Family Insurance, Bob Burnett Animal Care Center of Spearfish Baron Properties, LLC Black Hills Laundry Black Hills Painting Canyon Hills Center Captain Clean of the Northern Hills Cedar House Coca Cola Bottling Company Dana Dental Arts Double D Builders, Inc. Edgewood Vista Senior Living Ellingson Drilling Estes Campbell Law Office First Western Insurance Agency Flanagan's Irish Pub Foxhammer Inc. Fred Ening Real Estate Gene's Lock Shop Gold Pages Publishing, Inc. H2E Inc. Help-U-Rent Hemeyer Enterprises Homes and Land Magazine J.A. Erickson & Company, PC Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson, Inc. Karl's TV & Appliance, Inc. Kingsbury Design & Drafting Konstant & Klein Appraisals, Inc. Konstant Appraisals, Inc. L. Ruth Engineering LLC Lamb Painting Lantis Enterprises Logic Builders Meyer & Dana Orthodontics Minitman, Inc. Mountain Shadow Estates Mr. Movies of Spearfish Northern Hills Board of Realtors Northern Hills Cinema Northern Hills Training Center Oakridge Development, LLC.

O'Neill's Floor Covering PACE Strategic Development LLC Papa Murphy's Pizza Paramount Technical Products Pepsi Cola/Admiral Beverage Corporation Perkins Family Restaurant Pro Build Quik Signs Robinson Builders Inc. Sharkey Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Sharon Hoggatt, C.P.A. Spearfish Animal Hospital Spearfish Eye Care Center Speedy Mart, Inc. SRAM/Quarq Technology, Inc. Stadler Industrial Service Taco Johns Terry Components The Real Estate Center of Spearfish Western Sky Media, Inc. Williams Properties ASSOCIATE Bell's Motor Lodge Motel Blayne & Karen Pummel Center for Business, Entrepreneurship & Tourism Ed & Mary Furois Howard & Elaine Owens Howard & Elaine Perry Jon Pochop Ken & Erin Halsey Lonnie Humbracht Mike & Liz Manning Prairie Hills Transit Richard & Linda Horak Spearfish Evans-Tonn Ditch Company Subway of Spearfish