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Our Northern Hills communities are full of people with impressive life stories, and these seniors have chosen to retire here as our neighbors.

They continue to volunteer, contribute and make an impact on our lives on a daily basis.

We think you may just find their experiences inspiring.

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25 Over 65 You Should Get to Know

Thompson says retirement isn’t for him B" #$A&#$' M)'SC#$L Blac% Hills Pioneer

world9 $heir word means e4ery@ thin7= which is a rare commodity in this world9G !HI$E!&&' ) $ommy $hompson was Aorn in 'eadwood $hompson has li4ed a 7ood life9 and 7rew up in Pelle Qourche9 He He has a stron7 relationship with 7raduated from Pelle his family= he is a suc@ Qourche Hi7h School in cessful Ausiness owner= IMNK= and met and mar@ and heBs 7ot a 7reat Aill ried his wife Charlotte in of health9 IMNN9 $hey ha4e Aeen He turns CC years old married for NC years and in &ctoAer and said to7ether they ha4e four retirement isnBt an childrenT $ed= Rhonda= option9 Vana and Colin9 DI really enEoy what I DMy family is impor@ do= and I really feel that tant to me=G $hompson you ha4e to Feep acti4e said9 D&ur children ha4e to Feep your mind Tommy all 7rown= and my wife sharp=G $hompson said9 Thompson and I enEoy e4ery minute DI also donBt fish or play we can with them and 7olf= so I donBt thinF IBd our 7randchildren9G Ae too 7ood at it9G He is also into politics9 $hompson $hompson is the owner and oper@ said he 7ot his first taste of politics ator of $hompson Li4estocF in when he was elected as president of !hitewood9 His family settled the area in IJJK= and $hompson started the Pelle Qourche Hi7h School worFin7 at the eLchan7e office with Student Council his senior year9 DI rememAer really enEoyin7 his dad and uncle in IMNC9 $oday= he myself and thou7ht this could Ae EoFes heBs a cattle relocation special@ somethin7 that I would sticF with=G ist as he Auys= sells or trades he said9 upwards of IOO=OOO head of cattle $hompson was elected as a demo@ each year9 Tommy Thompson owns and operates Thompson Livestock in Whitewood. He will turn 77 in D$he Aest part of my EoA is meet@ crat to the Lawrence County October, but he said retirement isn't an option for him at this point and time in his life. in7 new people=G he said9 DI thinF See THOMPSON — Page 15 Pioneer photo by Heather Murschel ranchers are the Aest people in the

Miller always ready to lend a helping hand B" -AS./ G'.SS Blac% Hills Pioneer SAIY$ &YGE ) Helpin7 others is as much a part of Cherie MillerBs life as Areathin7 and performin7 other e4eryday tasFs9 DIt 7i4es me a purpose to 7et up in the mornin7=G Miller said of 4olun@ teerin79 DIt maFes life satisfyin7 and

Cherie Miller and volunteering fit together like a hand in a glove. Her efforts include Hospice of the Northern Hills and the Spearfish Food Pantry Board.

Courtesy photo

eLcitin7[ I liFe helpin7 people9G Miller has li4ed in St9 &n7e for \O years9 $he CJ@year@old Miller is the com@ munityBs retired postmaster= is a memAer of the Spearfish Qood Pantry Poard= and has 4olunteered for Hospice of the Yorthern Hills for four years9 She also See MILLER — Page 15

Phyllis Lang cherishes friends B" MA'K 2A/G$'P$/ Blac% Hills Pioneer

emphatic fin7er9 D'eadwood was the Pears9G She 7raduated with a class of KK students9 LEA' ) Phyllis Lan7 has Afterward= she went to worF= always Aeen an independent learned that she lo4ed it= and woman= Aut she treasures her ne4er let up9 friends9 She started as an usher in A$ J\ years old with a childBs the HomestaFe $heater in ener7y and easy lau7h= Lan7 has IMK^ and stayed there for IC li4ed in her two@story white house years= e4entually endin7 that on Galena Street in Lead for more career as a cashier9 At the than \O years9 same time= she worFed for the D$hereBs always Eust Aeen old MinerBs and MerchantBs somethin7 aAout Lead=G she said= PanF as a AooFFeeper= and relaLin7 in a red easy chair9 DItBs Phyllis was the AanFBs first female what home meant9G hire9 Later= she worFed for Lang Lan7 was Aorn in Rapid City on South 'aFota Employment &ct9 N= IM^\= then mo4ed to Lead Ser4ices= helpin7 people find in IM_I= when her father Aou7ht the LoAAy EoAs ) while still worFin7 at the theater9 ) a snacF shop in downtown Lead9 She DI lo4ed my worF with the EoA ser4ice[ I 7rew up runnin7 errands for the Ausiness= lo4ed worFin7 at the theater=G Lan7 said9 learnin7 e4ery location on LeadBs then@thri4@ Poth EoAs let her worF with the puAlic= which in7 Main Street liFe the AacF of her hand9 she said she has always enEoyed9 She attended Hearst Kinder7arten in Lead Qiercely independent= Lan7 said she was and was a student in the 4ery first freshman too Ausy to 7et married Aut enEoyed li4in7 on class at Lead Hi7h School ) a school that her own= where DnoAody e4er tells you what she is still proud of9 to do9G !orF was her fun= Aut she cherished D$hat was the numAer one school in the her friends= which she had aand still hasb in state=G Lan7 said= eLcitedly leanin7 forward aAundance9 in her chair9 D!e were the en4y of all the DIBm Eust an old lady= Aut IBm a happy old schools9 E4en Rapid City and SiouL Qalls lady=G she said9 DIB4e sure 7ot the Aest thin7 couldnBt compete with us9 DAnd it was Lead Hi7h School= not Lead@ 'eadwood=G Lan7 added= wa4in7 an

See LANG — Page 15

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Saturday, September 29, 2012, Page 3

Deadwood’s people top-notch,

to Betty Coburn

B" #ACI C'NRA* PEARS'N Black Hills Pioneer

>ere YeorEe and Zay Zachuba3 >ho ran She Pint ca;eA Qhe sees EaminE as the biEEest chanEe to D"#D$%%D ' #t )* years old3 4etty come to Dead>ood3 >ith the in;rastructure 5oburn9s :est ;or li;e and lo=e ;or impro=ements it a;;orded the to>n the Dead>ood ha=e not been diminishedA biEEest bene;itA BI Dust lo=e Dead>oodA I BI >as upset at the time really do3B 5oburn said3 sittinE because e=erythinE >as so un;aH in the li=inE room o; her miliar3B 5oburn recalledA B4ut Fresidential District historic my belie; today is that i; >e homeA BI don9t >ant to li=e anyH hadn9t Eotten EaminE in here3 I >here elseA $hat more could I don9t Ino> >here >e9d be riEht asI ;orJ I thinI I ha=e a lot o; no>A $e >ere all EoinE to seed Eood ;riendsA I lo=e my old be;ore EaminEA I thinI it9s the houseA I9=e Eot Eood ;riends a best thinE that e=er happened to nice3 >arm houseA I lo=e my Dead>oodAB church and my bridEe playinE Xo>e=er3 the loss o; retail in Betty ;riendsA I9=e been =ery3 =ery to>n is disappointinE ;or lucIyA Lery ;ortunateA I; someH Coburn 5oburnA one asIed me3 9$here >ould BI reEret not ha=inE the necesH you rather li=eJ9 I couldn9t thinI sary ;acilities to buy stu;;3B 5oburn saidA o; any>here elseAB B[o Erocery store3 no retailA Shat is upsetH 5oburn3 >ho married Dead>ood nati=e tinE to meA $e had a $ard9s a Fenney9s3 4ud 5oburn in M)NN in her hometo>n o; Qimms Dress Qhop3 the [e> \orI QtoreA #Iron3 %hio3 and later returned to $e >ere really the hub o; the [orthern Dead>ood in M)NO >ith her husband to Xills at one timeA ]osinE our retail district taIe o=er the #A#A 5oburn Insurance 5oA3 is =ery upsettinE to me3 particularly the as 4ud9s ;ather >as ailinE3 still li=es in the Erocery storeA 4e;ore it closed3 I al>ays Ponroe Qtreet home 4ud9s ;amily has li=ed had a Erocery store I could >alI toAB in since M)R*A Qhe >as ^uicI to thro> se=eral positi=es BShe house itsel; >as built in MTOT3 ;rom about Dead>ood into the mi_A >hat the research tells us3B 5oburn saidA B\ou9d ha=e to Eo a lonE >ays to ;ind B$e mo=ed into the house in M)UUAV better people3B 5oburn saidA B$e ha=e a 5oburn added that her three boys H #lan3 >onder;ul rec center3 >onder;ul ;acilities 4ill and 5raiE ' >ere born in three di;;erH and the PicIelson Srail is in the top echeH ent places in Dead>ood because she and lon in the nationAB 4ud mo=ed so many timesA 5oburn remains acti=e in the community 5oburn recalls that her ;irst =olunteer Dob as a member o; She Dead>ood 5hamber o; >as to ser=e on the board o; QtA Woseph9s Xospital and the couple9s ;irst neiEhbors

See COBURN — Page 14

Pete Krush poses outside his downtown Belle Fourche western wear store. Pioneer photo by Adam Hurlburt

Believe it or not, Pete Krush is a nice guy B" A*AM H0RLB0RT Black Hills Pioneer 4"]]" `%ab5X" ' $alI into Fete9s 5lothinE ' that >eird trianEular buildinE on the corner o; `i;th and Qtate

' and you9re bound to catch a hard time ;rom the o>ner3 O*HyearHold Fete Zrush3 o; 4elle `ourcheA Xe liIes to See KRUSH — Page 13

Family first for Darleen Young B" MARK 4ANGERPEN Black Hills Pioneer

Even with an extensive resume, family came first for Darleen Young.

Pioneer photo by Mark VanGerpen

QF"#b`IQX ' Darleen \ounE3 TT3 is a child o; the XillsA 4orn Darleen `urois in QtA %nEe3 \ounE Ere> up in Dead>ood and earned a bacheH lor9s deEree in business education ;rom the ani=ersity o; [ebrasIaA Qhe tauEht at 4lacI Xills Qtate ani=ersity ;or RM yearsA $hile in Qpear;ish3 she met a man named Donald \ounE >ho asIed her to a ;ootball Eame one niEht ' and in her >ords3 cthat >as itAV Shey married and later became notable community ;iEures3 especially in connection >ith 4XQaA Darleen has an impressi=e resumed she =olunteered at the ]ooIout beEional Xospital #u_iliarye recei=ed the ;irst Qpirit o; Qpear;ish #>ard >ith Done recei=ed the 4lacI Xills Qtate ani=ersity Qpecial Qer=ices #>arde has se=eral scholarships in her name at 4XQae >as recently named DistinEuished $oman o; the "piscopal

5hurch o; Qouth DaIotae and that9s only part o; the listA She so;tHspoIen3 yet enerEetic >oman behind that list is anythinE but imposinE3 ho>e=erA \ounE Ieeps a neat3 >elcominE house3 looIs you in the eye >hen she talIs3 bre>s a Ereat Elass o; cold iced tea and has a InacI ;or turninE a con=ersation onto her =isitors rather than hersel;A Qhe9ll e=en >alI you to your car and open your door ;or you >hen it9s time to lea=eA Darleen is no stranEer to hospitalityA ShrouEh the years3 Darleen and Don reEuH larly hosted 4XQa alumni and e=entsA Shey donated their time and enerEy to =olunteer orEani:ationsA Shey >ere teachersA Shey raised ;our children o; their o>n ' Feter3 Faul3 Friscilla and Famela ' >ho ;ollo>ed the ;amily tradition and all became teachers themsel=esA She impression le;t by an e_perience >ith See YOUNG — Page 15

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Dick Erickson’s at home in the Hills !Y ADA% HURL!URT Black Hills *ioneer !"#$%&'!( * $s a former physics professor and avid fisherman: ;<=year=old %ichard ?DickB #rickson couldnDt be happi= er to live in the Glack (ills. Ihe eJperi= ments of the !anford Knderground Mab in Mead satisfy his physics side: Nhile !pearfish Creek satisfies his fisherman side.

Phile #rickson spent a large chunk of his life: QR years to be eJact: teaching physics at Ohio !tate Kniversity in Colombus: Ohio: #rickson is a !outh Dakota boy at heart. (e Nas born on a farm outside Gryant: !.D.: graduated high school in !iouJ &alls and attended the !outh Dakota !chool of Tines and Iechnology in %apid City before a brief stint in the K.!. Uavy. (is career thereafter Nhisked him aNay to eJotic lands like Iennessee and Ohio. Gut !outh Dakota: and specifically !pearfish: had hooked him early. (e Nas destined to return. #rickson spent VWXQ to VWWQ in Columbus: Ohio: teaching physics at the Kniversity of Ohio. #rickson retired early but stayed on part=time: teaching one Yuar= ter from VW<Q to VWWQ. #rickson began his education in electri= cal engineering: but sNitched to physics after it Nas apparent that it Nas more to his liking. ?' moved into physics because it addressed fundamental Yuestions rather than empirical Yuestions:B he said.

#rickson married his Nife of XW years: #ricksonDs love of the (ills moved him in getting (omestake to trade the Canyon &rancis Goyd: in VWQZ[ they honeymooned to Nork Nith the late \ack Cole in the DWRs land to the &orest !ervice.B at the old !pearfish Canyon Modge. Ihe to protect and conserve !pearfish Canyon. #rickson currently lives in a Nheelchair= couple had four children * three daughters ?\ack Cole and ' got along really Nell. 'f accessible dupleJ he designed himself not and a son * Donna: \eanie: Christine and \ack Nas still around ' Nould certainly be far from !pearfish Creek. (e spends his David. Christine lives in !pearfish Nith her more involved in conservation Nork:B days reading and conversing about history: husband !cott !tuart: a local neurologist. #rickson said. ?(e Nas very instrumental physics: biology and more.

Donna: \eanie and David all have doctorate degrees. $fter he retired: #rickson and his Nife en]oyed years of a life on the road: visiting all XR states as Nell as all VR Canadian provinces. Ihey alNays made a stop in !pearfish on the Nay back to Ohio Nhen they Nere coming out Pest. #ventually the couple decided to move here indefinitely. ?!pearfish is the toNn Ne picked out to retire in. ' find !pearfish to be ]ust an eJtraordinarily progressive city in spite of its politics:B #rickson said Nith a grin. ?'Dm here because of the creek[ thatDs Nhat dreN &ran and ' here. ' love fishing: and !pearfish Creek is an absolutely unbeliev= able fishing creek.B #ricksonDs first visit to !pearfish Nas in VWZW. (e Nas visiting Nith his uncle and aunt. (is uncle Nas a laNyer in eastern !outh Dakota Nho Norked Nith the state as an auditor. #very year he Nould audit com= munities in the Glack (ills. #rickson visit= ed him in !pearfish for several Neeks in the summer of VWZW and absolutely fell in love Nith the Glack (ills. ?'t Nas country like my UorNegian ancestors Nere from and it rang a bell:B Dick Erickson spent 40 years in Ohio teaching physics at Ohio State University, but #rickson said. ?' love the (ills.B he’s always felt most at home in Spearfish. Courtesy photo

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Morris Hallock advocates involvement, improvement B" #ASON 2)OSS Black Hills *ioneer

he approached Friggs. (allock and Friggs purchased the Uadoka newspaper and did likewise STG%['S * A short list of in Philip. (allock later owned and SturgisT most prominent citi\ens operated those publications7 bought would certainly include the name out the Flack (ills Press in Sturgis7 Morris (allock. and founded Tri-State Livestock (allock7 ]^7 moved cews that is now in to Sturgis in 1J_] and Spearfish. bought the Sturgis State government Tribune newspaper. (e work took (allock to has resided in the city Pierre. (e served as since then and currently budget director and purworks as a realtor for chasing agent for [ov.

Rentury 21.

Soe Foss from 1J_K to OCe came here to 1J_]. take advantage of the O'tTs always been in school system7Q (allock my blood7Q (allock said said of what led his of government.

O'tTs a Morris family to come to pretty good fit for a Sturgis. OMy wife Hallock newspaperman.Q ZMiriama graduated (allock also served in from high school in the South Dakota (ouse of %apid Rity7 and we were eager to %epresentatives on three separate get to the Flack (ills.Q occasions. (e represented (aakon The (allocks have three daughRounty in 1J_d-_K and Meade tersV Uaren7 Lori and Debra. Their Rounty in 1J^e-^]. (allock was respective addresses are %apid Rityb elected to the (ouse in 1J^] but Fallon7 cev.b and San Francisco7 resigned in Sanuary 1J^J. (e also Ralif. ran for lieutenant governor and the A native of Springview7 ceb.7 state Senate. (allock graduated from high school Sturgis has changed Wuite a bit in in 1JKd. (e served three years in the last five-plus decades. (allock the G.S. cavy and returned home in said Sturgis was a regional rural 1JK^. community serving a wide area. (e (allockTs uncle7 Rlark Friggs7 added more parking was needed7 was a newspaperman during piobut this did not get done. neer days. (e used a handheld cow7 Sturgis boasts plenty of cranking device to Ofollow the fron- parking but is not a maNor retail tierQ and wound up in Cewela7 center7 (allock said. (e sees the S.D.7 which is in the Cinner area. city continuing to follow this route Friggs owned newspapers in in the future.

Cewela and Springview.

The Sturgis Motorcycle %ally is a Friggs was responsible for maNor crop for the city7 (allock (allockTs earliest exposure to Nournalism. (allock returned from his See HALLOCK — Page 15 cavy service and needed work7 so

Longtime Lead-Deadwood educator and community volunteer Bob Phillips works on archiving a box of artifacts from the Black Hills Mining Museum. Archiving work often takes Phillips several weeks, he said, as he very often finds items that he is familiar with from the past and he takes great care to thoroughly research them. Pioneer photo by Wendy Pitlick

Bob Phillips: ‘You can go anywhere from here!’

B" WEND" PIT0I%1 Black Hills *ioneer L#AD * Fob Phillips still goes golfing regularly with three men he grew up with in Slavonian Alley in Lead.

OThat house right up there was mine7Q he said7 pointing to a neighborhood directly above the Flack (ills Mining Museum. (e remembers well his experiences growing up in what he

referred to as a wonderful neighborhood with a strong base of family and friends.

As a teacher7 Phillips has traveled the world7 bringing knowledge to students of varying ages7 backgrounds7 races and cultures. (e has served with the Peace Rorps7 toured #urope7 visited Nust about every state park in the country Zhis See PHILLIPS — Page 14

Tom Flickema

a great community contributor B" #A%I %ON)AD PEA)SON Black Hills *ioneer

Retired Black Hills State University president Dr. Tom Flickema has left a legacy at the university and in the community. Courtesy photo

SP#A%F'S( * #very once in awhile7 someone comes along with a vision for positive community change and the wherewithal to withstand what it takes to affect that change.

Chen Dr. Tom Flickema arrived in Spearfish to lead Flack (ills State Gniversity as its president back in 1JJK7 he became that person.

LMy mission was to provide the best education you can to students7 which involved bringing the real world into the classroom7L Flickema said.

Through improvements in the arts7 sciences and campus in general7 Flickema did Nust that.

OPne of my main thrusts was to

get the campus involved in the community7Q Flickema said. OPne area that ' stressed was the arts ... when ' got here7 the facilities in the arts were abysmal.L Foth the Rlare and Sosef Meier (all and a new facility for a musical performance area were constructed as a direct result of FlickemaTs efforts and leadership.

Rurrent F(SG President Uay Schallenkamp said that many faculty and staff have noted two significant accomplishments of FlickemaTs presidencyV his commitment to the beautification of campus and his enhancement of the Wuality of the collegeTs academic programs.

Flickema Rourtyard7 outside of See FLICKEMA — Page 11

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Margaret Sulentic sees changes in Deadwood

BY JACI CONRAD PEARSON Black Hills Pioneer D"#D$%%D ' $hile accidental to2rists are 52ite co66on in Deadwood8 accidental residents are a little 9it rarer ' especiall; 9ack in the =950s.

Bacationing to Deadwood fro6 E2ron in the s266er of =95F8 Goe and Margaret S2lentic had no plans eJcept to raise their children.

Khe Lisit was 6ore of a gold panning adLent2re than an;thing8 92t al6ost oLernight the two sec2red their f2t2re in the M2lch as owners of #NO N2siness S2ppl;8 located then where the present-da; Eolida; Qnn "Jpress does 92siness.

Regarding the co2pleSs 52ick decision to set down roots in Deadwood8 Margaret said she told Goe8 TQf ;o2 are serio2s8 %U. N2t after fiLe ;ears8 that sho2ld 9e plent;.V Now itSs 9een 65. %ne of the few re6aining retail 92sinesses in Deadwood toda;8 #NO is still r2n 9; their son8 DaLe. SeLeral decades in Deadwood haLe 9ro2ght change8 so6e eLents 6ore i6pactf2l on the area than others.

TKhe worst thing that happened to Margaret Sulentic of ABC Business Supply has resided in Deadwood for more than six decades Deadwood was when the Eo6estake and says she loves the town. Pioneer photo by Jaci Conrad Pearson Mine closed8V S2lentic said. TKhe;

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Qn those da;s8 there were a lot of fa6ilies with kids and we lost that.

Deadwood lost their school na6e.V Oo6paring and contrasting the da;s when she was raising her fa6il; Lers2s raising a fa6il; toda;8 S2lentic said ti6es haLe changed a lot.

T$e alwa;s liLed at the swi66ing pool in the s266er8V she recalled.

T#nd thank goodness we haLe this one.

Yeople had 6ore ti6e 9ack then 9eca2se the; Z2st had one Zo9.

Nowada;s8 6ost people haLe two Zo9s and no eJtra ti6e.V She re6e69ers 6ore Tget-togethers.V TQn the 60s and 70s8 people got together 6ore. Khere were 6ore neigh9orhood gatherings. $e 2sed to go o2t and dance al6ost eLer; Sat2rda; night8V S2lentic said. TQn the old da;s8 we had f2n. Khere were places to go to eat ' the Ealfwa; Eo2se8 for instance ' where ;o2 ran into eLer;one ;o2 knew.V Qf thereSs one direction she wo2ld like to see Deadwood go8 itSs a path that co2rts ind2str; and8 indirectl;8 fa6ilies 9ack to Deadwood.

TKhank goodness for ga6ing8 92t o2r See SULENTIC — Page 15

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Evelyn Murdy proud of life in Lead !" (%'- .%/0$'P$/ !"a$k 'i"") Pioneer

wo7ld Ee ';oHs Cain ^oE and one of #;el?nHs three for ?ears.

M7rd? said that owning a groW#$D * #;el?n M7rd? has had cer? store had its challenges@ espea lot of f7n li;ing in Wead. ciall? in terCs of finances. &roC skating on %o7EaiR Wake YMhese people who think the?Hre to throwing hoCe parties@ to sneakgoing to open 7p a store and Cake ing 7p to MaEle %ocks a lot of Cone?@ the? when her CoC wasnHt Eetter think again@[ she looking@ M7rd?@ 85@ said said@ adding that it was there was alwa?s a wa? fi;e ?ears Eefore she to ha;e a good tiCe in and ';o took a personal Wead@ if ?o7 looked for pa?check o7t of their it. profits.

YZe Cade o7r own M7rd? ne;er knew f7n@[ M7rd? said. YZe how C7ch deEt the? had the freedoC that ' went into to r7n the donHt think kids ha;e store@ which sta?ed nowada?s. \o7 didnHt Evelyn open for nearl? 20 ha;e to Ee entertained] ?ears. ';o ne;er told Murdy ?o7 fo7nd ?o7r own her@ Eeca7se he knew entertainCent.[ she hated Eorrowing #;en tho7gh she was Cone?. #;el?n said she has alwa?s Eorn in (oll?wood@ 4alif.@ M7rd?

Eeen the kind of person who co7ld said Wead has alwa?s Eeen her hoCe. Wead has alwa?s Eeen f7ll of do things on her own@ as was ';o.

Mhe? didnHt e;en Eother E7?ing a good people@ she said@ and with car for the first P2 ?ears of their ch7rches and a great school with Carriage. top-notch teachers * the kind Mhe world looks different to who@ for instance@ got 7pset ?ears M7rd? these da?s. Now college later if ?o7 told theC ?o7 hadnHt degrees are alCost a necessit? * e;er 7sed shorthand at ?o7r ^oE@ tho7gh M7rd? ne;er had the desire e;en tho7gh ?o7 had spent co7ntor need to get one * and deEt is less ho7rs learning it in high ^7st as coCCon. school.

Y'tHs a whole different world o7t Y_7r teachers were faE7lo7s@[ there an?Core@ so 'HC pleased that M7rd? said. Y't was great.[ dod allowed Ce to li;e in this Moda?@ M7rd? li;es in the saCe tiCe@[ she said. ho7se on S7nset Dri;e that she and $s E7s? as the? were@ #;el?n and her late h7sEand ';o E7ilt in P96a. ';o ne;er took a ;acation. :7t the?

Mhe co7ple Eriefl? considered got to ;isit places like derCan?@ Co;ing to Spearfish in the earl? 'reland and 'srael later in life.

P960s@ e;en going so far as to E7?

Still@ M7rd? alwa?s felt pro7d to a lot. :7t within a Catter of da?s coCe Eack to $Cerica after those the? knew that their place was in trips@ she said.

No Catter where Wead and the? Co;ed right Eack. sheHs Eeen@ she said Wead is still Shortl? after@ she and ';o opened hoCe. $nd it alwa?s will Ee. the Vb# Shop@ a grocer? store that

Dr. Pat Simpson is the dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Black Hills State University. Pioneer photo by Heather Murschel

BHSU dean puts family first !" #$%&#$' ()'*C#$, !"a$k 'i"") Pioneer S"#$%&'S( * $s dean of the 4ollege of #d7cation and :eha;ioral Sciences at :lack (ills State >ni;ersit?@ Dr. "at SiCpson said her career is incrediEl? iCportant@ E7t her faCil? alwa?s takes priorit?.

G&or Ce itHs aEo7t Caking CeCories and spending I7alit? tiCe together@G she said. $t 66 ?ears old@ SiCpson li;es in Spearfish with Da;id SiCpson@ her h7sEand of K8 ?ears.

Mogether the? ha;e two sons@ Scott and Ste;e@ and the? lo;e to spend tiCe with their fo7r grandda7ghters whene;er possiEle. (er lo;e of ed7cation is shared E? all of her faCil?. (er h7sEand@ who is retired@ and two sons chose careers in ed7cation as well.

G't Ned7cationO is a faCil? affair@ and ' think we all feel that teaching in soCe capacit? is ;er? rewarding@G SiCpson said.

SiCpsonHs father@ who will t7rn P00 ?ears old this Conth@ also li;es in the SiCpson hoCe and

"at said his presence tr7l? enriches their li;es.

G(eHs in great health and so enth7siastic aEo7t e;er?thing ... he lo;es getting 7p in the Corning and his positi;e o7tlook on life r7Es off on Ce@G she said.

SiCpson Co;ed froC MeRas when she was hired at :(S> in 2005 to direct the paraed7cator grant prograC. 'n the last se;en ?ears@ she has coordinated the ed7cational grad7ate prograC and ser;ed as assessCent coordinator for the ed7cation prograC. She ser;ed as interiC dean last ?ear@ was naCed dean in $7g7st and lo;es e;er?thing aEo7t her new hoCe. Spearfish@ she said@ is filled with kind people who are pleasant to Ee aro7nd and eas? to get to know.

GMhe scener? is Eea7tif7l and ' lo;e to go 7p into the (ills in o7r Veep and find roads we ha;enHt ridden Eefore and watch for wildlife@G she said.

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Cowboy life still suits

Floyd Caldwell !" %2%( #)',!)'& !"a$k 'i"") Pioneer

Floyd Caldwell stands outside his home on his ranch outside of Deadwood.

Pioneer photo by Adam Hurlburt

D#$DZ__D * &lo?d 4aldwell Cisses roping the Cost. (eHs 86 ?ears old now and sa?s he doesnHt ha;e the Eod? for it an?Core * his hips are shot@ his Eack f7ll of arthritis@ his arCs Eeaten froC C7ltiple dislocations in the saddle.

Y'H;e Eeen throwed high eno7gh that ' tho7ght Eirds Cight E7ild a nest on Ce Eefore ' hit the gro7nd@[ 4aldwell said. $nd that was ^7st froC raising and Ereaking his own I7arter horses@ which 4aldwell did for decades. Mhat was to7gh eno7gh for hiC@ he said. (e ne;er tried his hand at an? rodeo riding. :7t ?o7 donHt need to ha;e an? tiCe in the rodeo saddle to Ee chosen as Da?s of H76 parade Carshal@ which he was this s7CCer. See CALDWELL â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Page 13

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Many roads traveled At 94, Clark has seen many changes in Lead B" #EN&" PI)LICK !lack 'ills *ioneer

1(X0s, worked his way through the ranks until he was eventually named the hospital administrator. In that capacity, Clark overL"A$ & At (4 years old, 3ames saw the transition when Homestake closed 53immy7 Clark, of Lead, has been down a the Lead hospital, built an addition on to St. lot of roads, and all of them 3oseph Hospital in $eadwood, have included hard work. and moved the medical operaCrom working his familyEs tion to where it currently resides. farm between $umont and In 1(Z2, he watched as Fahant, and walking three Homestake bulldozed the hospimiles to school, one way, every tal in Lead & the end of an era. day in his early yearsG to the “Homestake wanted to get out seven years he spent in the of the medical business,” he Army, and as part of the said. “So they offered to build Formandy Invasion during the clinic in $eadwood and World War IIG to his 2L years of transfer the employees who work with the Homestake James wanted to go to $eadwood to Medical $epartment, Clark has work. It was kind of a traumatic Clark many stories to tell. So many, in deal. It affected a lot of the fact, that his daughter is curemployees.” rently writing a book about his Rhe transition meant that Clark would life, tentatively entitled “Rhe Life History agree to an early retirement package in of 3immy Clark.”

1(Z\, which allowed him to retire two years But even though he has been down a lot earlier than planned. of roads that have taken him all over the Since then, Clark said he has watched world, Clark said Lead is the only place he many more changes in town with interest. ever wanted to live. ItEs his home, and when “IEve lived here all my life except for the he begins to talk about his younger years, time I spent in the service,” he said. “I itEs easy to see why. came back to Lead because there is no “Homestake, not only the hospital, but other place like it and IEve been around the the working-class man, the office people, were all one big family,” Clark said. “It was world. I had the chance to go down and be on the border patrol, and I turned that job a unique company.” down because I said, EFo, IEm going back Clark, who started work at the home where I belong.E” Homestake Hospital as a janitor in the late

James “Jimmy” Clark has many stories to tell, so many, in fact, that his daughter is writing a book about them. Pioneer photo by Wendy Pitlick Clark was eager to return home to Lead after his time in the service, which took him to South America, Panama, southern Louisiana and the Carolinas. His time overseas was spent in "ngland, where he crossed the "nglish Channel to destroy mine fields to facilitate the invasion of Formandy, and then over to Forth Africa, where he facilitated invasions in Italy during World War II. Upon returning home from the Army,

ClarkEs first job was with the Veterans Hospital in Sturgis, where he served as a physical therapist, hydrotherapist and electrical therapist. He was the first man in South $akota to operate an iron lung.

Overall, Clark said he is very happy with his accomplishments, but he views them with a great sense of humility.

“IEm just one of those individuals who is here today, and maybe gone tomorrow,” he said. “I donEt know.”

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One of Deadwood’s characters

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Carlton Spindler was born and raised in Deadwood by his parents, Carl and Garnet Spindler, shown here. Pioneer photo by Jaci Conrad Pearson

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Community pride important to Plunkett !" #A%&' ()&%% !"#$% '("") P(+,--.

Plunkett said the club showed photos of less-than-appealing scenes to city council members, who later took action.

WHITEW&&D ) A brief conversation Community service is important to with Darleen Plunkett gives a person a Plunkett. OIt makes me proud sneak peek into Whitewood@s that I@m doing something to stay recent past. active and meet new people,P Many Whitewood residents she said. recognize Plunkett from her Plunkett also serves as an work with the 8-10 Club. This elder at Whitewood organization has planted Presbyterian Church. She also flowerbeds throughout town helps care for the church yard since the late 19L0s, hosts a and sings in the choir. craft fair, and helps with the OThere is more to a commuannual Festival of Trees. nity than a person@s own space,P OI like the people and the Plunkett said.

She added that Darleen wide age variety,P Plunkett said citizens have a responsibility to of what she enQoys about the 8Plunkett take part in it, and many 10 Club. The group started as Whitewood residents do. an eRtension club and is now a OI like the home and yard, and I like to community organization boasting 20 memspend time outside,P the L9-year-old bers.

Plunkett said of what she enQoys most The 8-10 Club played a role in prior about living in Whitewood.

She performs cleanup efforts around Whitewood. landscaping work on her yard and for her

daughter, Chris@ yard.

Plunkett added she has made many good friends, and the community provides all conveniences a person wants and needs.

She also likes Whitewood@s history, plus its central location between Spearfish and Sturgis.

OWhitewood has a good school,P Plunkett said. OAll of my kids went to school there and in Sturgis.P Plunkett was born in 19U2 in the Vale area, where she attended country school.

She graduated from Sturgis High School in 1951.

Education is also in Plunkett@s background. Her husband@s grandfather, Munson Xames, served as Whitewood High School superintendent in the 19U0s.

The Plunkett family moved to Whitewood in 1959 because they needed a larger home for their five children. The family also wanted to be closer to husband and father William, who worked at Fort Meade outside of Sturgis.

Some of the other Plunkett family members still call Whitewood home. They include son Clark, daughter Chris Kaitfors, one grandchild, and two great-grandchildren.

What changes has Plunkett seen in Whitewood over the yearsZ OPeople are taking more community pride, and the town is cleaner,P Plunkett said of the current climate. OWe have a couple of nice parks and a new elementary school.P Plunkett looks for the community pride theme to continue in the future. She has attended Whitewood City Council meetings and said discussion on doing more street proQects has surfaced.

Plunkett sold Avon products in the area for years so she could stay at home with the children.

Plunkett@s newest passion is playing bridge. She belongs to a small Whitewood club. She also enQoys bowling and attends the annual state tournament.

Everett Follette spreads joy of skiing in the Hills

!" %&'#A *)I,-%&' !"#$% '("") P(+,--.

SPEARFISH ) The Black Hills have been home for Everett Follette and his wife for most of their lives. OWe haven@t found an area we like any better. We like this area and we like the people,P Follette said. Skiing and education in the Black Hills have been maQor parts of his life in different ways.

Follette is the owner of Ski Cross Country, which is a retail and rental store.

Follette and his family decided to open the store because Spearfish did not have any other stores that sold cross-country ski e]uipment. He and his family had gotten into cross-country skiing a few years before opening the store and thought it would be a good way to share their hobby with others in the area.

OWe really liked it and we thought more people would do it if it was more available,P Follette said.

Sadly, they will be closing the store in December. Follette and his wife want to have more time to go skiing themselves, and the couple felt that it was time to turn the business over to someone else. They also want to have more time to be involved in their church and the community.

Follette and his family went on many ski trips over the years. Most weekends in the winter they would take a cross-country skiing trip, the longest trails being about siR or seven miles long. The forest service even allowed them to be the ones to groom some of the trails in the area.

OWe@ve been happy with the fact that what we@re selling is something that pro-

motes good health. It@s always been a good family thing,P Follette said.

Now that his children are grown, his family has eRpanded with several grandchildren. The grandchildren have also Qoined the family activity of skiing.

Follette said that by the age of U they were able to ski, and by the age of 5 they were able to keep up with everyone in the family.

Skiing has been in Follette@s family for years. Many of his family members were involved in developing Terry Peak. &ne of his mother@s cousins was even one of the first certified ski instructors at Terry Peak.

Follette was also a professor at Black Hills State University for U0 years. He taught geology and science classes for elementary education maQors. He and his wife also gave skiing lessons at the university. &ne of his semesters of teaching was spent in Iceland teaching science at a school there. Follette found this Qob by looking through a brochure that was advertising teaching Qobs in other countries. There was a science teaching Qob in Iceland that didn@t re]uire another language other than English, so he thought that sounded like a great opportunity.

Follette enQoyed his time in Iceland and recently took his whole family on a trip there.

OWe@ve always wanted to take the kids there to show them why we like it so much. It@s a fascinating country,P Follette said.

Follette is still involved in education by volunteering at the elementary school almost every day. He goes into one of the classrooms to help the students with math.

Everett Follette will close an era of ski cross country in December when the shop closes.

Pioneer photo by Sonja Erickson

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Saturday, September 29, 2012, Page 11

Volunteerism adds spice to life of Joyce Drabek

BY ADAM HURLBURT B"#$% H("") P(+,--.

Joyce Drabeck of Belle Fourche pays it forward by giving back.

Pioneer photo by Adam Hurlburt

FLICKEMA Continued from Page 5

Flickema said.

Flickema also turned his eye to the uniE versity@s science department. Under his Woodburn Auditorium on the campus of leadership, BHSU became the site of the Black Hills State University, was erected first 7^A research lab in South 7akota. in honor of Flickema and his contribution &ne of its first proJects was checking to the arts.

7^A on beefalo versus buffaE But Flickema was Zuick to lo. add that he was not alone in Another addition to the sciE his efforts to improve BHSU. ence department was Jonas \There were a whole group Hall, a new science building of people involved, not Just that was part of the campus Tom Flickema,\ he e]plained. master plan, developed R0 Flickema also worked to years ago, and came into realiE improve the BHSU business ty under Schallenkamp. program, attempting to make it Flickema also saw an initiaE one that met the needs of the tive to e]pand female particiE larger business community. pation in sports to fruition, Tom The result of his initiative e]panding female locker room Flickema was the development of the space, training facilities and Center for Tourism and renovating athletic facilities.

Entrepreneurship.

Besides growing BHSU into the third \Since tourism is an important part of largest university in the state upon his our economy, , made it a priority to proE retirement July R, 2006, Flickema was mote and work with local members of the feverishly at work in the community. tourism industry in many different areas,\

BELLE F&URCHE + ,f you know Joyce 7rabek well enough, chances are she@s given you a bottle of her homeE made wine. 7rabek, H4, of Belle Fourche, has been making, bottling and sharing her own wine for years now, and she@s keen to share it with Just about anyone who crosses her path.

LYou@d be surprised at what you can do with a bottle of wine,N 7rabek said.

L,f somebody does you a favor + if , get rhubarb from somebody , give them a bottle of wine. That@s Just the way the world@s supposed to work.N 7rabek, who was born in Pierre and grew up around 7raper, is all about giving + whether it@s paying it forward or giving it back. She and her husband, Rich, moved to Belle Fourche in RSTT after operating gas stations and a bulk fuel business in Presho.

A new business opportunity with the local video rental store brought the couple to Belle, and they brought with them their passion for volunteerism.

Rich has been heavily involved with the Lions Club since the RST0s, and Joyce was indirectly involved until recently. After the couple retired in 2000, they plunged headfirst into volE unteering in and around Belle Fourche.

And about three years ago she officialE ly Joined the Belle Fourche Ladies Lions Club.

7rabek says she@s busier as a LretireeN than she ever was before.

She@s now a coEchairman with the Belle Fourche Ladies Lions Club, and she also teaches adult education courses in Rapid City.

L, have taught winemaking for severE al years. , have taught mudding and

The Spearfish Chamber of Commerce, First ,nterstate Bank, Rotary Club, Black Hills `ision, Western Research Alliance, Spearfish Economic 7evelopment Corp., Black Hills Regional Council of Boy Scouts in Rapid City and High Plains Heritage Museum have all counted Flickema a valued member and officer within their ranks. As an accreditor for the ^orth Central Association, he chaired numerous accreditation visits as well.

Peggy Ables, e]ecutive director of the High Plains Western Heritage Center in Spearfish, said she was privileged to have Flickema@s leadership on her board. \Tom has always been very supportive of the effort to preserve the history of our fiveEstate region,\ Ables said.

His push to develop Rotary Park is something he counts among his communiE ty accomplishments. \, thought Rotary ought to have a symE bol in the community, something recogE niaable,\ Flickema e]plained. \What we didn@t have was something that stood out

taping of walls, to repair walls, and this fall ,@m teaching a lamp rewiring class,N she said. L, Just try to stay busy and give a little back.N ,n her free time, 7rabek enJoys garE dening, fourEwheeling, snowmobiling and, of course, growing grapes for her homemade wines.

L, make all my wines from either fruits or grapes + people give me things, too. ,@ve made JalapeXo wine, avocado wine and more,N she said. L, do it for a hobby. , sell a little bit of it, but it@s mostly for gratuity + a fundraiser for my Lions Club.N 7rabek, who has two sons and four grandchildren with one family branch in Belle Fourche, is already doing her best to inspire her grandkids to volunE teer their spare time helping the comE munity.

L, have two grandkids in town that ,@ve taken into Lions, because , feel if you don@t teach them young you won@t get them when they@re old,N she said.

LMy granddaughter is RR and she can deliver Zuite a spiel, because she firmly believes in volunteerism.N 7rabek said she and her husband chose to stay in South 7akota throughE out their lives because they@re smallE town people who aren@t interested in the Lhustle and bustleN of the big city.

She said she loves Belle Fourche because of its closeEknit community, but she does have some advice for some of those in her age set.

L, wish more of the community, at certain ages, would get involved rather than sit back in their chairs and rock,N 7rabek said. L,f you don@t get out there and take advantage of the one life you have and make it worthwhile , think you@re really missing the boat.N

locally. The area was barren, so it was a good proJect for public purposes as well.\ Flickema and his wife Judy have three childrenb Patricia cimball, who owns 7akota duilt Company in Spearfishe Jan Flickema of Rapid City and Todd Flickema of Siou] Falls. They also count seven grandchildren as blessings.

Just as thankful as the community is for Flickema@s community contributions, he can@t help but sing the praises of Spearfish. \We lived in 7etroit and Southern California. We@re from western Michigan, originally,\ Flickema e]plained. \We like the smallEtown atmosphere here in Spearfish and that is not to say abstractly.

We have lived in large urban areas and sometimes what smaller towns are missE ing is culture. ^ot so in Spearfish. We@ve got something you often don@t have in small towns and that is a level of sophisE tication. As a whole, we@re about as worldly as any place else, and , think that is due to the university.N

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Druse Kellogg makes a difference in forestry industry

BY SONJA ERICKSON Black Hills Pioneer

iss.e was p.=lished in Dece>=er of 20G0.

Ihe paper discontin.ed =eca.se of lack of adEertising4 as well as eEer8one inEolEed S"#$%&'S( * &or Dr.se 1ellogg4 the also had another ?o=. forestr8 ind.str8 has =een a O't was sad to see it end4 and ' >a?or part of her life for A.ite still >iss the g.8s4P 1ellogg so>e ti>e. She has eCperience said. in >an8 different parts of the $s an actiEe >e>=er in the ind.str8 and is still inEolEed forestr8 ind.str84 1ellogg has toda8. =een on the Klack (ills National 1ellogg was one of the &orest $dEisor8 =oard4 as well as fo.nders of the newspaper4 the president of Klack (ills %eso.rce %o.nd.p. 't coEered Ro>en in Ii>=er.

She =eca>e nat.ral reso.rce iss.es in the inEolEed =eca.se of her knowlarea for G5 8ears. Ihe8 started edge of the ind.str8 and =eca.se Druse the paper to >ake people aware she wanted to see change hapof the facts concerning nat.ral Kellogg pen. reso.rces iss.es. Ihe paper was Making people aware of the distri=.ted thro.gho.t the Klack iss.es that are happening is one of the >ain (ills area4 as well as thro.gh s.=scriptions responsi=ilities of the Klack (ills Ro>en in fro> all oEer the Lnited States. Ihe last

Ii>=er. Ihe8 haEe gone to Rashington D.U. for the past 20 8ears to speak with local representatiEes a=o.t the iss.es in this area.

Rhile the8 are there the8 also >eet with the forest serEice and the Depart>ent of $gric.lt.re a=o.t the >ain iss.es in the forestr8 ind.str8 thro.gho.t the Lnited States.

1ellogg has also had an instr.>ental role in the logging show that was once organiVed in Spearfish eEer8 8ear. Ihe show incl.ded de>onstrations =8 loggers of how the8 do their ?o=s4 along with f.n eEents s.ch as ga>es and races. 1ellogg gaEe .p responsi=ilit8 of this eEent to =e a=le to spend >ore ti>e with her fa>il8. She anno.nced that she wo.ld no longer =e in charge of the show a few 8ears ago4 =.t wo.ld contin.e to help whoeEer took it oEer. Lnfort.natel84 no one stepped into the

position. She has contin.ed to help with the logging shows in (ill Uit8 and (.lett4 R8o. $long with =eing inEolEed in the forest ind.str84 1ellogg likes to sta8 inEolEed in the local co>>.nit8 too. She has =een a W( leader4 worked in the eCtension cl.=4 and =een a >e>=er of the cha>=er =oard.

O' think itXs reall8 i>portant that 8o. liEe so>ewhere that 8o. can get inEolEed. Re all co>plain a=o.t what happens4 =.t no=od8 wants to =e responsi=le for what happens. ' think itXs i>portant to do so>ething instead of ?.st talk a=o.t it4P 1ellogg said.

1ellogg en?o8s reading4 gardening and spending ti>e o.tdoors in her free ti>e now. She also spends ti>e with her fa>il8. (er three sons4 siC grandchildren4 and seEen great grandchildren keep her on her toes.

Pasties arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pasties without the King name Wayne and Bonnie King continue pastry tradition after decades of business in Lead

Retirement just isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in the recipe for Wayne and Bonnie King.

Pioneer photo by Wendy Pitlick

BY WENDY PITLICK Black Hills Pioneer Y#$D * Rhen 1ingXs Zrocer8 first opened in Yead4 there were G8 different grocer8 stores =etween the Iwin Uities4 and their =anker was skeptical a=o.t whether 1ingXs wo.ld >ake it past siC >onths.

O\.r law8er said if 8o. ?.st take off 8o.r shirt and necktie4 and p.t on a work shirt and go to work4 8o.Xll =e the last ones here in town4P said Ra8ne 1ing4 owner of 1ingXs Zrocer8. $nd thatXs ?.st what 1ingXs fa>il8 did.

1ingXs parents opened the grocer8 store at 622 #. Main St. in G959. $fter that4 =.siness partnerships in the store flo.rished =etween fa>il8 >e>=ers4 and for decades Ra8ne and Konnie 1ing operated the grocer84 working and raising their fa>il8 in the store.

Ra8ne =eca>e known for his >eat-c.tting skills * s.ppl8ing >eat for ch.rch ca>ps4 the Deadwood (ospital and for the KoC #lder _o= Uorps. Konnie =eca>e known in the >ining co>>.nit8 for her pasties.

Koth 1ings4 who alwa8s kept a pot of free coffee and cookies at their store4 =eca>e known for their hospitalit84 eCceptional c.sto>er serEice4 hard work ethic and their loEe for Yead.

K.t then in 20004 constr.ction iss.es along L.S. (ighwa8 85 seEerel8 li>ited access to 1ingXs Zrocer84 and the co.ple was forced to close their doors. %etire>ent see>ed to =e the neCt thing to look forward to4 as the co.ple drea>ed of spending >ore ti>e with their fo.r grown children and G2 grandchildren.

K.t retire>ent was not what ca>e to

the>. 'nstead4 the Northern (ills co>>.nit8 called for >ore pasties * a lot >ore. $rg.a=l8 the >ost pop.lar ite> at 1ingXs Zrocer84 the past8 is a Kritish-=orn pastr8 that is filled with >eat and Eegeta=les. $nd for >an8 >iners in Yead4 the past8 that had the 1ing na>e sta>ped on it was the =est kind.

OMark Stra.= ca>e to .s and said Xwe canXt let the pasties go. "eople reall8 want those aro.nd here4XP Konnie said.

Ih.s the legac8 of 1ingXs Zrocer8 liEes on thro.gh fiEe different kinds of pasties * =eef4 sa.sage and kra.t4 piVVa4 ha> and cheese4 and =reakfast * aEaila=le at the Kig D station in Uentral Uit84 &l8ing _ Ir.ckstop in (er>osa4 &resh Start UonEenience Store in Spearfish and St.rgis4 Kig D in Kelle &o.rche4 and a station in

S.ndance4 R8o. U.rrentl84 the 1ings said the8 >ake =etween `00 to `50 pasties a da8.

O_.st this 8ear we haEe leased o.r =.siness to o.r grandda.ghter aMichelle Yokenb4P Konnie said. OK.t we still work ?.st as hard as we did =efore. 'tXs a lot of work =eca.se eEer8thing is >ade =8 hand.P K.t the 1ings donXt co>plain. $s far as the8Xre concerned the hard work is rewarding4 and itXs their wa8 of giEing =ack to the co>>.nit8 the8 loEe. OKeing in =.siness for 8o.rself is good in a lot of wa8s4P Konnie said. ORhen 8o. haEe a =.siness 8o. get to know so >an8 people.P OIhe people is what we loEe a=o.t Yead4P Ra8ne said. O#Eer8=od8 was ?.st kind of like a =ig fa>il8.P

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Jim and Betty Dunn: Education is key for future

BY WENDY P(TL(CK !la$% 'ills *io,ee.

LEAD — Jim and Betty Dunn tell an interesting story about Ray Davis' early days in the Homestake Mine.

The pair, who have lived in Lead for more than 50 years, and who both worked for Homestake — Jim as a mechanic and Betty as a nurse — befriended the scientist when he was doing his research on neutrinos. One night, when the trio met at the Dunn's house before going out to dinner, Davis made the mistake of sitting in the wrong chair.

The chair happened to be a favorite of the Dunn's black housecat, and it was covered with cat hair. Unfortunately, Davis was wearing a pair of light-colored trousers.

“You just can't go up to somebody like that and slap them on the butt to get the cat hair off,” Betty said. “I was so embarrassed that night!”

That is only one of many stories the Dunns tell about the Nobel-prize winning physicist who studied neutrinos in the former Homestake Gold Mine in the 1960s.

As strong proponents of the project to convert the gold mine into a state-of-the-art science lab, the Dunns say education is the way into Lead's future. Instead of wasting the 8,000-foot-deep mine that drove Lead for more than a century, The Dunns said the government and all interested parties should use it to help further education and increase our understanding of the universe around us.

KRUSH !ontinued from -age 0 tease, he's outspoken and he's honest come in with a crappy pair of boots that need work and he'll tell you you've got a crappy pair of boots.

“My customers are very loyal customers, and I don't know why. I abuse people,” Krush said. “I'm kind of an ornery son of a sea cook.”

Krush grew up an Air-Force brat, his family moved around the country a lot when he was a kid. They finally settled in Rapid City when Krush was around 12 years old.

Krush found his way into the clothing business in Rapid City after finishing high school, landing a job with Rapid City Clothing. After a four-year stint in the Navy he came back home and landed his first true taste of the western lifestyle, putting up fences on a family friend's large swath of land out by Union Center, SD. Between fences Krush came across an advertisement in the newspaper for a manager job at a clothing shop in Belle Fourche. Krush was hired on the spot, starting that very same day.

That was 1965. Krush's been selling clothes in Belle Fourche at one store or another, in one form or another since then. In 1985 Krush opened Pete's Clothing, as owner and operator he had that much more space to kid, prod and,

“What else would you do with that hole in the ground?” Jim said. “I think what you do with young people is you try and provide as best you can an interest in education and access to schools.”

Jim and Betty both know what they're talking about when referring to the value of education. Betty appreciated her own education as a nurse at Fort Meade before moving to Lead in 1955, and then as a nurse for the Homestake hospital, as well as the homemaker and one who saw to it that her four children received the best education possible.

Jim found the value of education when his Homestake superintendents pushed him to get a degree in business administration at Black Hills Teacher's College. After graduating at a time when the state wanted to increase Homestake's severance tax, Jim served as a lobbyist for the giant mining company, advocating for jobs.

“They always wanted to raise the tax to get the money,” Jim said. “That was one of Jim and Betty Dunn pose on their back deck in Lead, a town they have loved for more than 50 years. Pioneer photo by Wendy Pitlick the reasons I lobbied … I was in economics when they started this severance tax at shoveling snow while her husband was get her cookies, because I can eat them and I said, 'You're killing jobs if you raise away. faster than she can make them,” Jim said. these taxes too much.'”

“My kids, even when they were in junior “Everyone just loves them,” Betty said.

Dunn was later elected to the state house high they went to bed at 7:30 p.m. because But, always the nurse, Betty makes sure of representatives in 1972, where he served that was my time,” Betty said. “I quilted to watch her husband's cookie intake. The for two years before being elected to the and sewed. I sewed all of my little girl's care of a nurse is something Jim has grown state senate, where he served for 28 years. dresses and everything.” to appreciate over the years, as nurses offer While Jim was in Pierre, Betty said she She also baked cookies, and to this day yet another layer of education. had her hands full on the home front. Betty they are famous around town. But nobody “My sister was a nurse. My mother was said she always operated under the idea appreciates them more than her husband of a nurse. I married a nurse,” Jim said with a that it was her job to keep the home fires 57 years. smile. “They all tell me what to do! I say burning, adding that she got mighty good “You never realize how lucky you are to 'you're right!'”

as he says, abuse his customers.

Why are Krush's customers so loyal?

“Well it's certainly not because I give good service,” he said with a laugh.

“Like I say, I abuse people. If you ask some of my customers they would tell you, he's a horse's ass.”

Krush said a lot of people ask him when he's going to retire, but he can't really imagine it.

“I've got a big bucket list. I'm 70 years old, and hell I could die tomorrow, but I still enjoy walking up to that door (of the store) every day and sticking the key in it,” he said.

Krush is more than just the ornery old cuss in the western wear store, though, he's a regular pillar of the Belle Fourche community who believes strongly in volunteerism and philanthropy.

“Belle Fourche has been good to me, I love this town,” he said. “I try not to spend my money anywhere outside of town. And yeah, I give some money away. You know, they say 'it takes a community to raise a child,' well, it takes volunteers to raise a community.”

Krush does his fair share of that; he regularly donates to the Belle Fourche high school rodeo, the Belle Fourche Camp Oasis after school program, the local Lions club and more. He's taught generations of Belle Fourche area kids the ins and outs of firearm safety as a HuntSAFE instructor for 30 years —

he's been recognized as South Dakota's HuntSAFE Instructor of the Year multiple times, once turning down the award in order to honor a fellow instructor who was dying of cancer.

Krush is proud to say that not one of the kids he instructed in his 30 years has ever had an accident with a firearm. He said the class he's instructing this year might be his last.

Krush is also the man behind the latest, and arguably most successful, iteration of the Belle Fourche Sportsman's Club.

“There's a lot of people that join things and never do a thing, I join things and do a thing. As far as giving back … it doesn't just help you, it helps everybody. It gives you a good feeling, number one. Number two, I don't give to things that don't mean much to the community,” Krush said. “What's good for the town is good for Pete.”

Krush was quick to point out that he couldn't have accomplished all of these things by himself.

“Behind every successful man is a woman — her name's Alberta. We've been married 45 years,” he said. “Fortyfive years of pain and torture she's gotten.”

While Krush might seem gruff — and there's no question whether he's ornery — it takes a kind, giving heart to do all that he does. Just don't tell him I said that.

CALDWELL !ontinued from -age 1 “I'm honored that they picked me,” Caldwell said.

Caldwell was born and raised in Belle Fourche, where he began riding and driving horses early on — something that would stick with him all his life. He served his country during World War II, spending two and a half years in the Philippines and Korea.

Upon returning, Caldwell started in the gasoline business, in which he remained for 48 years.

Caldwell and his family moved to his current residence on Highway 14A outside of Deadwood in 1963. He's been married to his wife, Goldie, for 58 years.

They have four children and four grandchildren — all of whom rode horses.

Caldwell served on the Days of '76 committee in various positions for 11 years — including arena chairman and general chairman. He also served as chairman of the Black Hills Riding Clubs Association, which was made up of nine horseback riding clubs scattered throughout the Black Hills area.

Caldwell was also active in two roping clubs.

Until recently Caldwell raised and broke quarter horses. Caldwell is now retired, but he still puts up hay in the summer with the help of his sons and daughter.

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PHILLIPS C"#t%#&'d *+", -a/' 2 favorite is Shade Hill, near Lemmon), and worked in every school between Lead and Deadwood in a variety of teaching and administrative positions.

“You can go anywhere from here,” Phillips said, as he explained the many opportunities available to people who live in “fly over” states such as South Dakota. “Students have to realize that Lead, is a great place to grow up. The opportunities are unlimited from here.

They need to seek that support base.”

Phillips knows what he's talking about. He's been the kid who was in and out of the principal's office. He's been the teacher who sent kids to the principal's office, and he has been the principal.

He's also been the retired guy who has trained the teachers who go on to send kids to the principal's office and move through the ranks of school administration. And except for a twoyear stint of teaching various ages in Liberia, Africa, he has done all of it right here in Lead-Deadwood. He also ran a statewide program to modernize select school districts.

After retiring from education in 1996, Phillips couldn't stay out of the schools for very long. In fact, he said some of his most rewarding experiences in the field came after retirement, when he worked with Black Hills State University to supervise student teachers in the field. In fact, many new teachers who hold BHSU

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degrees have Phillips to thank for his letters of recommendation and guidance.

“It was the best education experience I ever had,” he said. “The student teachers that I got to know were just great. Being the old retired guy of the people who did the evaluations, we got to go to the far-out posts like Miles City, Mont., Bismarck and Pine Ridge.

We did a lot of traveling and we always enjoy that too.”

In addition to his work in the schools, Phillips is very active in the community. During a busy day at the Black Hills Mining Museum, he can be seen giving guided tours and on a slow day you might catch him going through boxes to archive material at the museum. He also serves on the First Interstate Bank Community Foundation board of directors and has been involved with the Kiwanis Club for more than 25 years, holding several different offices at the local and regional level.

“One of the highlights with Kiwanis was that 25 years ago they took a vote on an international level as to whether women could get into Kiwanis,” he said. “Up to that point they had never been allowed in Kiwanis. I happened to be at the International delegation in D.C. as a delegate and I got to vote on that. Of course I voted yes.”

Overall, Phillips said through all of the experiences he has had, the people are always the best part.

“I am a people person. I like people,” he said.

SIMPSON C"#t%#&'d *+", -a/' 7

for her vision and exceptional people skills that comes from a lifetime of experience.

Even though she could, Simpson said she When she's not with family or spending isn't planning to venture toward making any time outdoors — she stays busy with her plans for retirement at this point. Mostly career. because she hasn't received her fill yet.

Her comprehensive background in higher After her children were born, she made the education administration was the main readecision to put her career on hold and stay son she excelled in her leadership role at the at home while they were young to be there university. for them when they needed her.

Prior to her position at BHSU, she served Once they were older, she received her as a professor, department chair and director bachelor's degree in elementary education of Education Assessment at Abilene from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Christian University in Texas. Before that, Neb. Simpson later earned her master's she was vice president for Academic degree in reading and a doctoral degree in Affairs, chair of the Education Department curriculum and instruction from Texas Tech and a professor of education at York College University. in Nebraska. While at BHSU, she served on "I started my career later in life, so I'm the four-member team that wrote the report still energized by my work," she said. "I'm for the National Council for Accreditation still excited to come to work every day and of Teacher Education, and played an active I love the people I work with because we role on the University Assessment are a collaborative group and really work Committee and Graduate Council as well as well as a team." been actively involved with numerous South When asked what keeps her going, Dakota committees and task forces in eduSimpson said one of her greatest joys in life cation. is when a former student get in touch with "My goal is to lead the college into the her. Facebook, she said, has been a wonderfuture while making sure we stay on the ful tool because it makes it more convenient cutting edge," she said. to stay in touch.

On campus, she has acquired a reputation "It's really nice to know that you've made of someone who gets things done in an effi- a difference in someone's life," Simpson cient and timely manner. She is also known said.

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Deadwood resident Betty Coburn said she has been “very fortunate” in her friends, family and hometown. Pioneer photo by Jaci Conrad Pearson

COBURN C"#t%#&'d *+", -a/' 0 Commerce Bag Ladies, P.E.O. Chapter Y and Beta Sigma Phi. She also plays bridge on a regular basis and attends St. John's Episcopal Church. In the past, she has served on the Days of '76 Committee as advanced ticket chairperson, uptown ticket sellers, Meals on Wheels and the election board.

In closing, she shared a story of one

recent summer hailstorm that ravaged the trees in her yard and the outside of her house.

"I filled seven 39-gallon (trash) bags between 8:30 and 1:30 the next morning," Coburn explained. "I called the city and told them about it. Jim said they'd be by to pick it up. They were gone within an hour of me calling. This is the way I feel about the city.

We're blessed with city people that help us.

I just love our city people. I do. I think we have the best city workers you could find."

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SPINDLER Continued from Page 9 And the introduction of television has changed a Deadwood child's game completely.

“We were not saddled with television back then. We played street games at night, kick the can and hide and seek, until dark when our parents began hollering for us. The first time I was ever subjected to a television screen was in the military, in the day room back in 1952.”

What is an amenity that Spindler would like to see for future generations in Deadwood?

“I don't wish gambling would go away. It would be catastrophic if it would end tomorrow. I would like to see a community center. The new rec center, I go to every day and very much appreciate. I feel not just a senior citizens center is important, but some thing the whole community could avail themselves of.” Spindler said.

Over the years, along with antique furniture, which fills his home, Boy Scouts became his passion.

“I live in a museum, you see,” Spindler said, motioning to the Silver Beaver award, the highest commendation handed out by the Boy Scouts of America, hanging on the wall.

Motivated by his own desire to be more active in Boy Scouts as a boy,

MILLER Continued from Page 2 volunteers at Fort Meade once a week.

“It's the satisfaction of being able to give to people in need,” Miller said of her food pantry position. She served as president for several years and has seen the pantry move from a small room at Black Hills Power to several other locations before its current address at the Spearfish Rec Center.

Miller, in her Hospice work, feels honored to be able to help people at the end of their lives. The area she serves includes Spearfish and Belle Fourche.

St. Onge has been the Millers' home since the mid-1950s. Dean Miller, Cherie's late husband, was the rural mail carrier. Son Cyle Miller and his wife live next door to Cherie in St. Onge. Another son, Cris Miller, resides in Spearfish.

Cherie is a Wessington Springs native. The family moved to Spearfish when she was an infant; she graduated from Spearfish High School in 1952.

She studied home economics at South Dakota State University and took correspondence courses along with local education classes.

St. Onge's quiet atmosphere and good neighbors particularly appeal to Cherie. “Having a son living next door really makes a difference,” she said.

Cherie enjoyed her postal patrons and recalled getting to do many things as St. Onge postmaster. Those included representing the Postal Service at a conference in Australia and serving with the South Dakota Postmasters Association.

limited because of his father's work duties, Spindler just couldn't say no when his own son, Adam, took him by the hand and drug him to his first organizational meeting.

“Boy Scouts became my passion,” Spindler said. “My son, in second grade wanted to join, and I was not all that enthusiastic. He literally drug me by the hand to the organizational meeting at the school. I became a reluctant volunteer. All the other parents had volunteered for lesser jobs and the only thing left was cub master, so I got stuck with that. I took it on and there was no stopping me. The boys became like sons to me. Today, I still have such a great affection for those kids.”

Spindler said he is proud to have been instrumental in assisting six local boys in achieving their Eagle Scout recognition. The following became his creed to live by: “No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a boy and 100 years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be a better place because I was important in the life of a boy.”

Spindler's parting words?

“All I ask is that the Lord give me 10 more years, then I'll be ready to go home,” he said. “90 is a good going away age.”

Longtime residents comprised most of St. Onge's population in past years, Cherie said. She added that most currently work elsewhere.

Cherie looks for the St. Onge area to experience future growth because of the development along Exit 17 in the Elkhorn Ridge area.

The number of water permits limits the growth of St. Onge itself, Cherie said. Only 100 such permits are available, and someone moving in must purchase one, she added.

“We try to involve all of the new people,” Cherie said. A welcoming committee helps toward that end.

“I'm a pretty common person,” Cherie said when asked about awards. She serves as a deaconess for St. Onge's United Church of Christ, presides over the St. Onge Extension Club, and belongs to the Community Club.

Cherie's immediate family includes 10 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Chad Greenway, of the National Football League's Minnesota Vikings, is one of her nephews. Her extended family is considerably larger, however.

About 20 children in St. Onge visit Cherie's home to play, have a snack, and visit. “Almost all of the kids call me Grandma,” she said.

Those children range in age from preschoolers to teenagers. “The teenagers are so glad to have someone to talk to,” Cherie said.

Cherie said she considers herself the luckiest person in the world.

Dean passed away in April 2007, but she chooses to focus on the couple's 55 years of marriage and her current life.

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YOUNG Continued from Page 3 the Youngs does not quickly fade, it seems. Years ago, Don coached a fledgling football team of about 30 high school players, while Darleen washed their jerseys and fed them regularly.

The team got attached.

“We'd come home from church and there would be a few of them looking in the fridge, wondering what was for lunch,” Darleen said, flipping through a handful of pictures of her with the players today.

Though in their 70s now, those players still visit Spearfish once a year for the Mark Larscheid Golf Tournament. They always take Darleen out to lunch afterward.

And they still call her “mom.”

HALLOCK Continued from Page 5 said. It provides a sizable revenue stream for a lot of people who mark their calendars for that event.

Hallock belongs to the Sturgis Chamber of Commerce and has held every office in that

LANG Continued from Page 2 you could have, and that's friends.”

Lang still lives in her house on Galena Street — she moved into Golden Ridge Regional Senior Care in Lead for a while, but was too independent to stay - where friends still visit, the phone rings frequently, and her poodles Emily

THOMPSON Continued from Page 2 Commission and served for four years, until he was beat in a re-election campaign in 2010.

“That was a great experience for me,” he said. “I learned a lot about the process and was able to make a difference in some ways, which is good.”

He added that while on the commission, he had an opportunity to introduce president Bill Clinton, while he was in Spearfish in 2008 campaigning for Hillary Clinton, who is the Secretary of State today. The event was held at Black Hills State University and drew hundreds of people.

SULENTIC Continued from Page 6 families left and never came back. We're moving more and more toward a town with weekender residences,” Sulentic said. “There are no people moving in. I would also like to see us keep things vital to our community, like a grocery store and the school. The school also keeps the town together. People won't want to come here if there isn't a school. We need small businesses and industry in town that bring families. We need to figure out how to get people to want to live here.”

She also sees great potential for the marketing of the recent Deadwood History, Inc. merger.

“Another big positive was the city putting all the museums together. I think that could be worked into a big draw for Deadwood,” Sulentic said.

One other suggestion involves parking chal-

Looking back, Darleen said some of her most cherished memories are with those students, and especially with her own children.

“That has been our greatest achievement — our four children,” she said.

When asked why she and Don were involved with so many things, Darleen said that they were “just that kind of people.”

“There were things that needed to be done, and we just did it,” she said. “I don't know what it was about those days; when you saw something that needed to be done, you did it.”

That's not to say that she didn't enjoy all her work, though. There wasn't one thing on her list of activities that she could point to as her favorite, or anything she regretted.

“I have enjoyed everything I've done,” she said.

organization. He has served at First Presbyterian Church and in clubs like the Kiwanis, Lions, Shriners and Masons. Hallock is a 55-year Mason member.

“People should be alert and able to give their time and money to make a better city and nation,” Hallock said. “You do it each day and hold it dear.”

Ann and Candy Lee, who were adopted by another family, still come by to see her.

All in all, she said she's happy with her life in Lead.

“I grew up here,” she said. “I liked it. I still like it, and I'll be here till the day I die.”

Then with a wry grin, she added, “And then I'll still be here, because I'm going to be buried in West Lead Cemetery.”

“It was great to meet him (Clinton) because he's just a really interesting guy,” Thompson said.

As for running again, Thompson said that he's “not interested anymore.”

“I may have given up politics, but I still read everything I can get my hands on so I can stay up to date with the latest news,” he said. “It's important to stay educated on certain issues and I spend a lot of my time doing just that.”

When he's not working, spending time with family or reading, Thompson said he enjoys a good football game and a good rodeo.

“There's just nothing on TV worth watching anymore,” he joked. “Might as well get out there and do something.”

lenges in the Wild West town.

“Before we have another Kool Deadwood Nites, I think we need to get some sky hooks so we'll have some parking,” Sulentic said. “If we're going to have such huge events, we really need to look at the parking situation and safety issues with so many people.”

The best thing the town's got going for it?

“The rec center is the best thing we've got,” Sulentic said. “But we need a grocery store.

There should be some way to do that. Whether it's a mini mall, or something, we need some kind of retail.

Sulentic's children Paula, David, Sharon, Cathy and Michele “all love Deadwood.”

“They love coming back here,” Sulentic said.

And she likes being there, too.

“I've always enjoyed the store because I enjoy people,” Sulentic said. “I like Deadwood. I think it's home. I like it and I'm not ready to leave here yet.”

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129 West Illinois St., Spearfish

605-559-HEAR (4327)

1109 W. Omaha St., Ste. C, Rapid City

605-791-HEAR (4327)

Open Daily Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm