News from past issues of the Timber Lake Topic and Isabel Dakotan
Timber Lake Topic
December 9, 1971 Local cowboy sets new record
A Timber Lake cowboy, Steve Gramith, set a new National Finals record in steer wrestling at the National Rodeo Finals in Oklahoma, Tuesday. Steve downed his steer in a record time of 3.7 seconds.
Timber Lake Topic
December 16, 1971 Ordination to be two-state affair
When the Rev. Innocent Goodhouse is ordained into the priesthood of the Episcopal church, it will be a two-state, ecumenical, multiracial event. The ordination will be held Monday evening, Dec. 27 in the new St. Bernard Roman Catholic Church at McLaughlin.
The Rev. LaVerne LaPointe, who is presently at McLaughlin, will be ordained at the same time.
The Rt. Rev. George T. Masuda, Episcopal bishop of North Dakota, will perform the ordination rite on the Rev. Mr. Goodhouse, while the Rt. Rev. Harold Jones, suffragan bishop of South Dakota, will ordain the Rev. Mr. LaPointe.
Bishop Masuda is of part Japanese ancestry; while Bishop Jones of part American Indian ancestry; and both candidates for the priesthood are of Indian (Sioux) ancestry.
Both the Rev. Mr. Goodhouse and the Rev. Mr. LaPointe had been ordained as deacons of the Episcopal church two years ago. Mr. Goodhouse, who served as a lay reader for the little Episcopal mission in Timber Lake while the family lived here, is now serving St. Luke’s Church in Fort Yates, ND.
Isabel Dakotan
December 6, 2001 News from Isabel Sunday afternoon Amanda Heck and
Sunday afternoon Amanda Heck and Ruben and Mary Lou Brenner attended the 25th anniversary of the First Baptist Church building in McIntosh.
Thanksgiving weekend guests at the home of Dennis and Karon Copas included Shannon and Aimee Copas of Pollock; DeArley and Jason Kansala, Wayne and Karen Copas and DeAnna and Lloyd Bowman, all of Spearfish; Dennis’ mother, Wilma Copas and nephew Tyler Copas, Angie and Chris, all of Belle Fourche. After the meal some of the people helped Dennis and Karon move into their new home (formerly Ted Taylor/Jake Miller home) along North Main.
Alice Stradinger and Ella Bachman traveled to Bismarck Sunday to do a bit of shopping and kept doctor appointments on Monday. Sunday evening, December 2 they attended G. F. Handel’s Messiah at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bismarck.
Beverly Pennington and Lynn Stradinger were married November 21, 2001 in Virginia. They are residents here in Isabel in the former Bostleman house.
Isabel Dakotan
December 8, 2011 Commissioners opt to end voting districts
Changes in Ziebach County population have led members of the county commissioners to agree that it is best to do away with voting districts rather than re-draw district lines. Auditor Cindy Longbrake had prepared two maps which depicted options for redistricting for the commission to review at the Tuesday regular meeting for December, but discussion led quickly led to the possibility of going at-large. Redistricting is tricky for Ziebach,
Redistricting is tricky for Ziebach, where a good portion of the 2,801 population reside either within the city of Dupree or in the section of Eagle Butte which lies in the county. Other districts represent fewer people while occupying large tracts of the county’s 1,962 square miles. Putting voters in the correct district is difficult because of the large number of people registered with a P.O. box, Longbrake said. Rather than select a 3-to 5-district format, in which there can only be a 10 percent deviation from the lowest to highest populated district, the commission unanimously passed a motion Tuesday for all commissioners to run at-large.