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These “sweethearts” from a 1963 Topic file photo are Arlene and Mark O’Leary’s children. FRONT (L-R): Mark and Margaret Mary; MIDDLE: Tim and Carmen; BACK: David, Dennis and Ramona. 

 

By Karen Holzer

CRST Tribal Ventures came into existence nine years ago with $9.5 million from the Northwest Area Foundation and a list of ideas for reducing poverty. Now, with only a year to wrap up, the people involved are looking back and ahead — finishing projects, evaluating results and planning for the future.

Timber Lake Broadband Manager Ryan Farlee did not resign as hinted by an item on the posted agenda for the Timber Lake City Council meeting Monday night but decided to stay on. Farlee told the council that, after the way things were at the last meeting (where broadband assistant Terry Grove was released), he had applied for and been offered another job but

had not accepted it yet. 

By Karen Holzer

 

It is happening. A resident has lived at and received mail at RR 2, Box 98, and suddenly, without moving, he finds himself at 12812 303rd Ave. Rural mail customers in Dewey County may have received mail at a Rural Route or Highway Contract Route address for decades. Now they will be required to use physical locations designated by 911 addressing. Recently, residents in Dewey County have received notification of their physical addresses which will be used for emergency dispatch by fire departments, ambulances, and law enforcement. The US Postal Service, along with UPS, FedEx and other delivery services, will be using those addresses to deliver mail and packages.

By Joe Scherer

 

Jim Mraz scored 27 points to take back Top Gun honors for the second half of pool season. The Nine Inch Nails are still on their game and are still in first. The Nails would like to stretch their lead but the Slingers did gain a little on them last week. Here is how it went. Fourth place Strokers were at home at The Coop with visiting team, first place Nine Inch Nails. It was a good match as every round came down to the last game and total points was still up for grabs with the last game of the night. The Nails came out on top with a 4-1 win to keep first and the Strokers stayed fourth, For the Nails, Steve Iron Road scored 22, Lance Brown Otter 17, Larry “Waterman” Simpson 10, and Shawn Running Hawk, 3.

The Timber Lake City Council, meeting on January 7, approved pay increases for city employees and officials. 

Permanent employees will get a 3% raise for 2015. That will bring Broadband Manager Ryan Farlee’s annual salary to $42,869.42 and Finance Officer Karla Nordyke’s annual salary to $40, 062.88.

Thanks to a couple of amateur bone collectors and the research of a paleontologist at the South Dakota School of Mines &  Technology, the mystery surrounding a dinosaur that for a century had only a body and no head has finally been solved. 

One of the specimens that Clint Boyd’s paper describes was discovered by the late Bill Alley and his grandson Clay Lindskov, now a student at the School of Mines.