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Isabel cowgirl wins mixed team roping average at SDRA Finals

Isabel team ropers Patty Jo and Hayes Burress finished one-andtwo in the average for mixed team roping at the South Dakota Rodeo Associaton’s Finals Rodeo held Oct. 13-15 in Huron. Patty Jo Burress won the women’s average with a score of 25.80 while Hayes Burress was second in the men’s average.

Past champions vying for gold at 2024 INFR Rodeo

Several past winners from the West River region are heading back to the Indian National Finals Rodeo (INFR) slated Oct. 24-28 in Las Vegas, including 2021 barrel racing world champion Tatum Ward of White Horse and saddle bronc champ Cole Elshere of Faith.

TRAIL CITY NEWS

Fall is hanging on as mild temps have been around. Jim Keller went to Stirrum, ND to spend the weekend with his brother, Kenny Keller. Marsha Aberle spent her Thursday afternoon in Mobridge with Laurena Johnson. On Sunday, Judy Hintz left for Faith and spent three days there with Gary Vance.

Meals on Wheels

Monday, October 23: Chunky chicken and vegetable soup, tomato juice, pears, and garlic bread. Tuesday, October 24: Breaded fish sandwich, hashbrown patty, harvest beets, and pineapple tidbits. Wednesday, October 25: Meatloaf, potato wedges, parmesan green beans, tropical fruit, and bread.

THANK YOU

Thank you, Sheila, for hosting my birthday party. Everyone had such a good time. Thank you all for the wonderful gifts, cards, and well wishes. I am so blessed to have such wonderful friends. Friendship is the greatest gift of all. It is much appreciated. God Bless, Jean Tehle
Col. Maynard Booth with the Frederic Remington sculpture he donated to the Timber Lake Museum

Col. Maynard Booth with the Frederic Remington sculpture he donated to the Timber Lake Museum

LOOKING BACK

News from past issues of the Timber Lake and Isabel newspapers Timber Lake Topic October 4, 1973 Whopping $200 an acre leads land sale prices in this area Folk in the West River area appear a bit stunned to learn they are sitting on top of a considerable amount of gold, based on recent land...
Rusty Gebhardt recruited his school teacher wife Shanna to help with the move into the recently-completed new Western Dakota Bank building last weekend. Employees and volunteers worked through the weekend for the opening on Monday, October 16. A grand opening will be announced later.

Rusty Gebhardt recruited his school teacher wife Shanna to help with the move into the recently-completed new Western Dakota Bank building last weekend. Employees and volunteers worked through the weekend for the opening on Monday, October 16. A grand opening will be announced later.

Western Dakota Bank moves one door north to new building

Photos by Kathy Nelson
Through a new pilot project with the USDA, the CRST Buffalo Authority Corp. has been awarded two six month contracts to provide bison meat from its roughly 2,000 head herd to the Rosebud and Sisseton-Wahpeton reservations on a monthly basis. Photo by Jon Flatland

Through a new pilot project with the USDA, the CRST Buffalo Authority Corp. has been awarded two six month contracts to provide bison meat from its roughly 2,000 head herd to the Rosebud and Sisseton-Wahpeton reservations on a monthly basis. Photo by Jon Flatland

CRST Buffalo Authority awarded federal contracts to provide bison meat to two other S.D. reservations

By Jon Flatland A new, interagency pilot project aimed at offering localized ground bison meat for tribal communities through the USDA’s Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations is already paying off for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.