Little Pasture on the Prairie

Editor’s Note: This week the Topic welcomes a new columnist, Eliza Blue, who has been writing for the past seven years from her ranch home near Bison.

Winter Memories

As I write this, on the 8th of December, it is “winter”, yet winter, as I remember it, has yet to arrive… not a single snowflake can be found anywhere.

Consultation begins on new school at Eagle Butte

The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST) was recently notified by the Dept. of Interior offices of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education that it has been selected for the Education Construction Site Assessment and Capital Investment process.

Timber Lake School Board Agenda

Regular December Board of Education Meeting School Theatre, 7 p.m. 1. Call meeting to order 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Approve Agenda 4. Approve the minutes of the November 11, 2020 Board of Education Meeting 5. Approve financial reports-lunch, fiduciary funds A..

Timber Lake School Menu

Monday, December 7: Breakfast: Cereal, yogurt, fruit, juice, and milk. Lunch: Chili Crispito, carrots, fruit, and milk. Tuesday, December 8: Breakfast: Omelet, muffin, fruit, juice, and milk. Lunch: Corn dogs, baked beans, fruit, and milk.

Holiday lights

Moreau-Grand Electric dispatched Troy Long with a boom truck to wrap Christmas lights on the tree at the corner of the Timber Lake Community Center, where the tree lighting will be part of the Christmas Extravaganza on Friday evening, Dec. 4.

Horizon employees support clinics, patients

Amidst the stress of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Horizon Health Care employees have once again come together to support their patients and each other through the Horizon Health Foundation’s annual giving campaign.

SENIOR MENU

Monday, Dec. 7: Spaghetti with meat sauce, peas, banana, chocolate pudding with topping, and garlic bread. Tuesday, Dec. 8: Chicken pot pie topped with biscuit, broccoli, peaches, and cake. Wednesday, Dec. 9: Bacon chicken ranch wrap, marinated vegetables salad, fruit cocktail, and a cookie.

TRAIL CITY NEWS

Chuck and Marsha Aberle spent Thanksgiving with Jonathan, Terry, Michael, Jordan, and Ella from Spearfish and Rod Harlow from Mobridge. On Friday, they all were together at Chuck and Marsha’s house along with Justin, Carissa, and Amaya Aberle. On Saturday, Tim Bollinger joined them all for supper.

Rock Your Mocs

Timber Lake students took part in Rock Your Mocs on Nov. 20. Established in 2011, the event celebrates Native American and Indigenous people. Students are encouraged to swear moccasins, take a photo and post it on social media. Second graders painted buffalo on canvas.