Wed, 14 May 2008 09:38:56 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/ en-us http://www.edgemonttribune.com/images/logo.gif http://www.edgemonttribune.com/ richard@dakotamade.com http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article744.html     Edgemont High School graduation will be held next Sunday, May 18th at 2 p.m. with the Baccalaureate at 1 p.m.  Both will be held in the Armory Building gym.      Speakers will include Valedictorian Sam Corbett and Salutatorian Alex Custer as well as Keynote speaker Ken Barker, Jr., an attorney from Belle Fourche, and the uncle of graduate, Josh Barker. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:38:56 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article743.html     The next scheduled candidate forum will be held at the Oelrichs Community Center this Friday beginning at 5 p.m.    The public is invited to meet the candidates for county commissioner and the District 30 Republican candidates at this forum. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:37:26 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article742.html     The board members of the Custer Fall River Regional Waste Management District met last Thursday in Edgemont at City Hall, and then toured the new landfill area.  The tour included reviewing the new metal building (you may have noticed it o­n the horizon southeast of town), Cell o­ne of the new landfill, and the net fencing o­n the south perimeter to catch litter.    The new license for the landfill will allow up to 12,000 tons of garbage to be buried there the first year, increasing to 20,000 tons by year five.  In addition, the area will serve as temporary storage for rubble including tires, white goods, and scrap metal for recycling.    The board consists of an appointed person from each of the nine city and county entities in the two counties.    The area of the old landfill has been completely restored to its previous contour and has been re-seeded. Chuck Catlett, board member from the City of Hot Springs, suggested that an improved road will need to be built to the rubble unloading area and that the current road to the new landfill site will eventually need to be extended so that large trucks can turn around at the unloading area.    The board’s next meeting will be 7 pm July 10th in Hot Springs. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:36:07 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article741.html         Edgemont Elementary students presented “Clowns” o­n May 6, the first event to be held in the gym since the new flooring was put in.  The students were directed by Mrs. Suzanne Hollenbeck who also accompanied them.  Kindergarten through sixth grade students  participated and musical selections included “We’re the Clowns”, “The Laughing Song”, “Its a Miracle” and more. Wed, 14 May 2008 09:33:32 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article740.html     o­n Thursday May 8th four of the five candidates for the two available seats representing District 30 in the House of Representatives came to Edgemont.  They were here attending a “Meet the Candidate” forum which allowed area residents to ask specific questions of the group. Each candidate had the opportunity to respond to questions.      Eighteen people attended the meeting and asked candidates questions ranging from their positions o­n property, income and sales tax and whether they were in favor of raising them to branding issues o­n cattle and other ranch livestock.    o­ne question “ If elected what would your first priority be and why” lead to discussions o­n education, consolidation and the funding of schools. Dick Brown, Mike Verchio and Don Young viewed education as their top priorities. Lance Russell said his top priority would be more state help for rural South Dakota    At this time there are two more candidate forums scheduled  before the primary election o­n June 3rd. There will be o­ne in Oelrichs this coming Friday evening at 5 pm. o­n May 29th the Herald Tribune will sponsor a forum in Edgemont beginning at 7pm at the St.James Parish Center. Candidates will be representing the County Commissioner’s race, South Dakota House and Senate races. The candidates for US Senate seats have also been invited . Wed, 14 May 2008 09:30:24 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article737.html     The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced the promotion of Larry C. Russell to vice president, development & national field operations.     Russell is the son of David Russell and Carolyn Fines of Edgemont, and grandson of Goldie Reichardt of Edgemont.   He graduated from EHS in 1990. He and his wife, Joey, have Wed, 07 May 2008 10:01:42 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article736.html by Anne Cassens    Last week rain, and then a really fast spring snowstorm brought much needed moisture to the Edgemont area.  Wednesday evening it started raining and continued through most of the night, with 1.35” received by Thursday morning at 7 a.m.  Thursday a tenth of an inch of snow was recorded with nearly a tenth of an inch of moisture, as the snow melted falling o­n warm ground.  Friday morning about 6 a.m. heavier snow began falling and in about six hours we official total in Edgemont was 6”.  Although traffic and businesses throughout western South Dakota were halted during the fast moving, heavy snowstorm, area ranchers were thrilled to receive the moisture.  Some areas received more snow (as much as two feet in Spearfish) and wind caused drifting of snow in some areas.  By Sunday morning, hardly a trace of snow was left as temperatures were into the mid 50’s late Saturday afternoon. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:57:00 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article734.html Trailhead Cafe will close after Mother’s Day Buffet    An auction was held in Edgemont last Tuesday, April 29th, offering the Trailhead Cafe business, building, and land for sale as well as a home at 904 Third Ave.    Bids were held by auctioneer (United Country Black Hills Real Estate, of Sturgis, SD) for an additional 24 hours after the sale, but ultimately rejected by the seller.    Diane Browder has owned the business since November of 2004 and has been the manager of the business since that time.  Browder states, “It is time to move o­n with my life and I had hoped to sell the business to someone who would continue its operation, but that just didn’t happen.”  The business re-opened o­n Friday May 2nd and will have hours of 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily through May 11th (Mother’s Day) and then will be closing.    Fresh Start remodeling nearly complete    The remodeling project at Fresh Start is now nearly finished.  This includes a new cafe area  with fresh decor including newly upholstered booths.  There is also expanded retail space with an assortment of South Dakota Made items and a new centrally located checkout.    There is new wood-look flooring, and a pool table in the bar/casino area.  The retail area also includes expanded liquor selection and great wine selection; added Pepsi fountain in addition to Coke, new coffee varieties, chili & nacho station, and o­ngoing grocery specials which currently include milk, eggs, and bread at discount prices.    Dragon’s Lair in new location    Brian and Stacey Eckhoff have relocated their business, Dragon’s Lair, to the previous location next to the swimming pool.  The business has been located most recently o­n main street (Second Ave) during the winter months.    In addition to video rental, the Lair offers photography and will soon be expanding to include a game room for the youth.    Line dancing offered    Two Edgemont women, Susan McCawley and Arlie Schumacher, have begun Line Dancing classes at the St. James Parish Center o­n  second and fourth Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m.  The dancing lessons are free and open to anyone interested.    Remember When now open for breakfast     Remember When has changed their hours of operation and are now open for breakfast.    They are offering a large selection of breakfast items which will be served from 6 am till 10 am.  Lunch and dinner are still served weekdays until 7 pm. Saturday hours are 6 am til 4pm and Sunday from 6 am till 2 pm.    PJ’s now Conoco      PJ’s has recently changed from a BP station to a Conoco gas and desiel station. The change came about because BP has left the state of South Dakota. More o­n their changes in an upcoming “Focus o­n Business”.   Purple Bench Greenhouse open    The Purple Bench Greenhouse has opened for the 2008 planting season.    The greenhouse, owned by Marlous Stevens who is assisted by son  Bob “the boss”, offer perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs, trees and shrubs. They also have a nice selection o­n already potted planters.     Hours are from 10:30 am to 5:30 pm Monday-Friday and Saturday 8:00 am till 4:00 pm. Wed, 07 May 2008 09:52:02 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article729.html        Senior Taner Fox escorts Liz Humiston    Other pictures of the Seniors attending Prom and the Seniors o­n Parade can be found in the 4-30-08 issue of the Edgemont Herald Tribune. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:25:39 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article728.html     After years and years as Edgemont’s Avon Lady, Barb Wallace retired last year and turned over the title to Natalie Stalcup.    Stalcup also owns and operates Nuts and Bolts Fabric Shop o­n main street.    You can call Natalie at 662-5758 or order o­nline   o­n the web, it’s as easy as typing in www.youravon.com/nstalcup.    When you order o­nline, Natalie gets “credit” for the sale just the same as if you order person to person, and she’ll deliver your products--just as the “Avon Lady” always has.    Avon now carries a wide variety of products including its traditional makeup. lotions, and fragrances, and also jewelry, clothing, home accessories plus many more items. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:21:19 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article727.html      Edgemont Regional Medical Clinic will change its days of operation to Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, beginning Mon., May 5. The clinic will no longer be open o­n Fridays. Clinic hours remain 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.     For more information, or to make an appointment, call the Edgemont Regional Medical Clinic at (605) 662-7250. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:19:10 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article726.html     Bob Duemig graduates May 24, 2008, He will then be o­n Probationary Status for three years before he can be ordained as a Methodist Minister.    Duemig, formerly of Edgemont, is the husband of Carolyn (Tanner), an Edgemont native.  The couple currently lives in Murdo where Bob is the minister of the United Methodist Church.    Duemig was retired from an Air Force career in the late 1990s.    A graduation reception is planned in Murdo o­n June 1st.  A second reception will be held in Edgemont later in the summer.    Meanwhile, Carolyn has completed the compilation of her mother’s life story, “Memoirs of Edith Tanner - 95 years of life”.   The book is in the publishing process and will be available soon.    Bob & Carolyn can be contacted at PO Box 183, Murdo, SD,  57559, or by calling 890-0256. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:17:56 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article725.html     A wedding is planned for 4 p.m., June 21, 2008 at the Embassy Suites SE in Denver, CO. for Mindy Wilson and Eric Whittlesey of Aurora, CO.    Mindy is a 1998 graduate of Edgemont High School and a 2002 graduate of Northern State U at Aberdeen, SD.  She is currently a sixth grade teacher at Byers Elementary in Byers, CO.  Mindy is the daughter of Sandy Hirz of Ft. Collins, CO and Walter Wilson of Sheridan, WY (formerly of Edgemont).    The bridegroom elect is a graduate of Campbell Co. High School in Gillette, WY in 1998 and a 2002 graduate of Northern State U at Aberdeen, SD.  He works in  sales and management  for a Denver landscaping company.  Eric is the son of Rick & Peggy Whittlesey of Gillette, WY.    You may congratulate the couple by writing to 2070 S. Danube Ct. Aurora, CO 80013 or by e-mail at emcolorado@gmail.com Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:14:32 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article722.html    SelectVAC®, o­ne of the industry’s branded preconditioning programs, recently enrolled its 3 millionth calf. A calf from John Putnam’s southwest South Dakota ranch received the unprecedented distinction.    Putnam, a fourth generation cow/calf producer who works with his father, Lloyd, was eligible to win a year’s supply of SelectVAC products. He has been enrolling his calves in Pfizer Animal Health’s SelectVAC program for the last five years. “We’re starting to see a benefit in the price of these animals because of it,” he said.In fact, a study showed that preconditioned calves can earn up to $29 more per head o­n sale day.  Additional demonstrated benefits of a preconditioning program include improved health and productivity. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:45:39 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article721.html                       Photos by ACCassens    Newly crowned Prom King Taner Fox and Queen Nina Nordstrand at last Saturday’s EHS event at the St. James Parish Center.  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:43:40 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article719.html Bill Clark, of Edgemont, A Republican, has also recently announced his candidacy for the Fall River County Commission.   Bill has been a Fall River resident since 1977.  He and his wife Laura raised most of their family here.  They have four adult children, eleven grandchildren and five great grand children.  Bill has been active in numerous and varied activities during the past thirty plus years.  He is well known for his vocal contributions to the community. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:40:18 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article715.html     Our neighbor Hot Springs holds its city and school elections in conjunction with the primary elections o­n June 3.  In Hot Springs, Don DeVries and Harry Burdette will be vying for the Mayor’s seat with incumbent Carl Oberlitner choosing not to seek re-election.  There are also two council positions open.  In Ward III, Carolann Schwarzenbach and Georgia Pomrenke are running for the position vacated by Don DeVries.  Schwarzenbach has served in this position in the past.  In Ward I, incumbent Charles Easterby is being challenged by Brian Crawford and Craig Romey.    In the Republican Primary, county commissioner candidates include incumbent Mike Ortner, Bill White, Bill Clark, Joe Allen, Paul Nabholz,Norm Pudwill, Jose Trinidad, and Yogi Weiss.  These men will vie for three positions to advance to the general election.    Also in the Republican Primary, previous SD Representatives Gordon Pederson and Gordon Howie will be seeking the SD Senate seat vacated by Jim Lintz.  In the House race, Lance Russell, Don Young, Mike Verchio, Galen Niederwerder, and Dick Brown are seeking the two positions.    Independent Party candidates have until the date of the Primary Election to file for candidacy, so we may be seeing more candidates coming into the races for the general election.    You may see your Primary Ballot o­nline by visiting www.sdsos.gov, then click o­n Elections & Voter Registration, then Voter Information Portal, then enter your name and date of birth.  It will tell you your precinct, your voting location, and show a “View Ballot” box which you can click to view your primary ballot.  Or wait a few weeks and the newspapers will be printing the sample ballots. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:50:34 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article714.html     The school board election was held last week o­n Tuesday with Melissa Stearns receiving 145 votes and Jessica VanEaton receiving 88 votes.    Stearns will replace Keith Andersen o­n the school board at the July annual meeting. At that time the board will also elect a new chairman and vice chair.  Other board members include Susan Humiston, Gary Darrow, Toy Litzel, and Brad Thomsen. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:48:11 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article712.html    Barbara Bear is this month’s Senior Citizen Volunteer of the Month.    Barbara is fairly new to the community--altho’ like some others, she lived here years ago, so has come “home” to Edgemont (in January of 2008).      In describing Barbara, her friends at the Center say she has a cool pickup and a Min Pin dog, and she walks alot.  She also is the cook’s helper o­n Friday and delivers meals when needed.    Barb says “I love to visit with the ladies here, and I’m glad to be able to help out my “family”.  Barb has an unusual family: they include Jo Spencer, her ex-mother in law and others.  Barb was married to Lynn Potter--she even gave him a kidney!  So “we figure that makes me a blood relative” she says with a smile. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:40:13 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article709.html                                                          photo by ACCassens   This Thursday and Friday the Edgemont High School Drama Club will present “Touchtone M for Murder”.  Local stars include from left: Sam Corbett, Bethany Evans, Laura Corbett, Nick Farrell, Chris Brown, Olivia Wing, Jayme Manke, Jake Hollenbeck, Ruth Trotter, Josie Thomsen, Eric Brown, Taner Fox, Liz Humiston, and Danny Cassens.  Not pictured: Ashley McCabe, Nina Nordstrand, Amanda Wood. This year’s high school play will be held at the sale barn Theatre due to the repair/remodeling of the armory.         Performances begin at 7 p.m. with a dessert bar served during intermission by the Junior Class.  Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:15:40 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article708.html     Edgemont has produced a variety of successful people!  The latest to be recognized is Craig Bieber, EHS Class of 1962, who has become a published author.    Bieber’s recently released book, Saylor’s Triangle, is available o­n Amazon.com.  The author will be visiting Edgemont o­n April 18th and will be having a book signing at the Edgemont Library o­n that day at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:12:15 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article707.html    Anne Cassens of Edgemont has announced her candidacy for Fall River County Commissioner.   County residents last year voted to increase the number of county commissioners from three to five.  In conjunction with the completion of Commissioner Mike Ortner’s term, that leaves three openings o­n the Commissioner to be filled in 2008.   Cassens is currently a wife, mother, owner and editor of the Edgemont Herald Tribune, and is also involved in the family’s ranching and other businesses.    “I’m used to wearing a lot of hats,” states Cassens.  “Some I have chosen and some I have kind of inherited.”  Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:10:39 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article701.html   Pictured l-to-r Liz Humiston, Ashley McCabe, Sam Corbett, Chris Brown and Danny Cassens-winning team members   Last Friday Edgemont hosted the Panhandle Quiz Bowl.  Five schools and nine teams were present.  Edgemont Team#1 came in first place with 740 team points.  Edgemont also had two of the four individual winners. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:48:41 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article700.html    County Republicans were combined with a busload of Custer County Republicans to hold their largest ever annual Lincoln Day Dinner last Friday evening at the American Legion in Hot Springs.   Every other year the Fall River Republicans present two special awards to their members.  The first is the Hauling Water to the Elephant Award which this year was presented to a very surprised Starla Russell.  The Hauling Water Award is for hard work “on the sidelines” for the party.  The Abe Lincoln Award was presented to Carolyn Schnose.  The Lincoln Award is in recognition of party leadership.  Schnose is the president of the Republican Woman’s Organization and also was interim president of the county Republicans last year when County President Lance Russell stepped down from that position in order to run for judge. Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:45:25 -0600 http://www.edgemonttribune.com/Article698.html Individual winners in the Fourth Annual Senior Citizens Spelling Bee were from left: Betty Patrick (4th), Gloria Bennett (3rd), Barbara Bear (2nd) and Jess Cloyd (1st).  Twenty people participated with the Antiques Team winning the most points.    The Fourth Annual Senior Spelling Bee was held Friday night March 28th at the Senior Citizens.  The Bee, sponsored by the Edgemont Herald Tribune, again featured the Fossils team captained by Jane Coates and the Antiques team, captained by Beryl Eberle.  The Antiques team had two previous wins and the Fossils had o­ne previous win, so the audience tried hard to cheer o­n the Fossils to a second championship, but alas, the Antiques returned for their third win in four years, with a team score of 81, to the Fossils team score of 74.  Participants are allowed two wrong spellings before being dismissed from the competition.  Some of the words that ended participants tenure o­n the teams were: unscrupulously, tortoise, unaccompanied, urchin, wan, vaccinate,    In addition to team prizes and individual prizes, all shared in cookies, coffee, and a lot of laughs.  Won’t you join us next year? 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