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Community … April 18, 2013 • Kadoka Press • Page 6
Roseth and Long purchase livestock exchange
Passing the reins to a younger generation are Dean and Eileen Strong, left, former
owners of the Belle Fourche Livestock Exchange. New owners Jeff Long, right, and
Thor Roseth, second from right, are looking forward to working with producers
that utilize the sale barn as well as employees of the exchange.
Photo courtesy of Butte County Post
by Nancy Haigh
The Belle Fourche Livestock Exchange
changed hands recently as
longtime owners Dean and Eileen
Strong passed the reins over to
Thor Roseth, Philip, and Jeff Long,
Enning.
The deal was announced prior to
the exchange’s weekly sale, Thursday,
April 11. Roseth and Long
were in charge of the following
week’s sale.
Roseth has owned and operated
Philip Livestock Auction for the
past seven years. Long is a wellknown
western South Dakota auctioneer.
Roseth said that the two sale
barns complement each other well.
The Philip auction’s weekly sale is
on Tuesdays with special auctions,
in season, on Saturdays. The Belle
Fourche market has special sales
on Fridays and some Mondays,
along with their weekly Thursday
sales.
Their trade areas have some
crossover, but mostly they serve
separate areas. The Belle Fourche
Livestock Exchange picks up a lot
of eastern Wyoming, southeastern
Montana and northwestern South
Dakota consignors. The Philip market
hits most of south central and
some of the western parts of South
Dakota.
Roseth and Long both stated
they are excited about the new venture
and with working with the
personnel in Belle Fourche.
Rhonda Dreiske is the office manager,
Ray Pepin is yard foreman
and a fieldman and Brett Loughlin
is a manager and fieldman. Auctioneers
are Lynn Weishaar and
Doug Jaggers. Other fieldmen include
Joe Vodicka, K.P Stevens,
Craigh Deveraux and Mike Greenough.
Roseth said he and Long plan to
be at the exchange for the sales.
They will also be very busy getting
to know producers as well as working
to bring in new consignors.
Long noted that the Strongs had
put together a tremendous livestock
market with a lot of loyal consignors.
The Strongs purchased the sale
barn in 1977. They noted that it
was time to retire and let a new
generation take over.
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Helping other during the snow storm
Wyatt and Dustin Enders and Stanley Colbert lend a helping hand to Les and Muree Struble.
Catalyst Club Good Neighor honorees
The Catalyst Club Good Neighbor
Banquet was held on Saturday,
April 20 in Philip at the Philip
High School gymnasium at 6:00
p.m.
Those receiving awards were
Marcia West of Philip, Mike West
of Philip, Wayne Davis of Wall and
Robert Young of Union Center.
Philip, S.D.
Michael West started his teaching
career in the early 60s. He
taught for four years before gaining
employment at Dorothy Brothers'
Garage.
In the late 80s the Garage
changed hands and Michael went
back into the school system where
he taught and coached.
He spent many years coaching
all the sports in the Philip School
System.
Michael has been inducted in
the Philip High School Hall of
Fame, 1996 BHSU Athletic Hall of
Fame, SDHSAA Distinguished
Service Award, and 2012 Amateur
Baseball Hall of Fame.
--photo by Robyn Jones
the forefront of the telecommunication
industry.
Wayne has been involved with
many different organizations. Most
of them involved the youth, but not
all. Here is a list of some of those
groups: Cub Scout leader, Webelos
leader, Boy Scout leader, Girls
Scout helper, 4-H helper, Youth
wrestling, Youth softball, Youth
rodeo. He brought back the SDRA
Rodeo to the Wall Celebration after
years of not having a rodeo. He
held the positions of President,
Vice President and Secretary of the
Wall Rodeo Association.
Wayne is one of those individuals
that makes a community successful
and progressing in a
positive direction. The Wall Community
as well as those surrounding
communities are far better off
for having Wayne and his big heart
a part of them. Wayne was nominated
by Gale Patterson.
Marcia West
Philip, S.D.
Marcia was a school counselor,
taught basic education and physical
education. She dedicated her
life to teaching where she was an
amazing influence on her students
for 40 years, all in the Philip School
System.
Marcia was honored by being inducted
into the Philip High School
Hall of Fame, SDHSAA Distinguished
Service Award, and BHSU
Outstanding Educator Award.
Marcia and Michael were nominated
to receive the “Good Neighbor”
Award because they are huge
supporters and promoters of the
people who live in and around
Philip where they are involved in
the local organizations.
They are faithful members of the
First Lutheran Church of Philip,
and have held all the offices of the
Church Council, as well as being in
charge of the Women's Group, the
Youth Group, Alter Guild and Ushers.
Her husband, Michael, is the
head of the AARP Group in Philip.
He and Marcia established the 'Old
Schoolhouse Park' and maintain it
through the AARP Group.
They got the Lasting Legacy
Monument built, which they also
maintain.
Marcia heads up the Retired
Teachers and both she and Michael
are past officers of the Chamber of
Commerce.
They chair the Cancer Support
Group and Relay for Life.
They are members of the Wall
Food Pantry and help with distribution
to people in need in the
Philip area.
Michael is a member of the
Haaken Co. Crooners. This group
raises enough money to gift a
yearly scholarship.
This long list of accomplishments
has inspired Linda Eisenbraun
to nominate both Michael
and Marcia as individual recipients
as Good Neighbors and generous
givers.
Michael West
Wayne Davis
Wall, S.D.
Wayne is lucky that he is a big
man, because he has such a big
heart. His heart would not fit in a
normal-size chest.
Wayne is always willing to come
to someone’s aid if needed. Over the
years he has accumulated vast assortment
of tools and is always letting
people borrow them when
needed. In my personal experience,
Wayne has brought over his lawn
aerator, plugger and sweeper so we
can ready our lawn for the summer.
We don't even have to ask. When
the time is right they show up in
our yard.
One time Wayne was talking to
a young couple and they were
wanting to build a deck onto their
house. The next morning Wayne
was there early to start the
process. This is typical of what
Wayne does for his neighbors.
Wayne is well known not just in
the Wall area, but also in the surrounding
communities. Having
worked for GWTC for 34 years before
retiring, Wayne has made
friends wherever he has been.
Wayne is always looking out for
his neighbors. If someone is gone
for a while he will check on their
property to see if everything is
okay. I know if we are gone our
place will be well taken care of.
Wayne has been the Wall
Methodist Church's chair of the
Trustee's Committee twice. He is
currently serving in that position.
Both times a major project needed
to be done. Both times Wayne has
gone out into the community to
raise money for said projects. Without
his leadership these projects
would not have been completed in
a timely fashion.
Wayne is a standing member of
the Wall United Methodist Men's
Organization where he has helped
in a variety of different projects.
You just know that he is going to be
there.
Wayne has also been the Youth
Leader for the Wall United
Methodist Church. He made sure
that in the winter months the
youth group would do something
special every four weeks. This included
things like going skiing in
the Hills or swimming at Evans
Plunge in Hot Springs.
As I stated earlier, Wayne
worked for Golden West for 34
years. He is now retired along with
his wife, Gwen. During his tenure
at GWTC Wayne attended countless
seminars and classes to stay
current with the ever-changing and
expanding technologies that are at
Robert R. Young
Union Center, S.D.
Spouse: Susie, Children:
Brenda, Robby, Matthew
Bob was raised on the ranch
where he and his family live, and
grew up knowing you had to BE a
neighbor and work together in
order to survive on the plains of
Meade County, S.D.
His parents showed him by example
how to help and care for others.
There has never been a time
when Bob would not lend a helping
hand to a neighbor in need. In the
large electrical outages he would
volunteer his equipment and the
manpower to get the power back on
and running.
Bob has been a faithful and willing
helper involving church projects,
and for the past three years he
has assumed the responsibility of
heating the Stoneville Church during
the winter months. When
there was snow, he also used his
own equipment to clear the parking
lot.
Bob has been manager of the
Young Ranch for the past twelve
years. The ranch has been in the
Young Family since 1908.
Bob is the fourth generation to
hold that position. Bob and Susie's
boys are the fifth generation to
proudly work on the family ranch.
Bob proudly served in the National
Guard of South Dakota for
eight years. He has also beeen an
active director of First Interstate
Bank for the past two years.
Bob has had an active part in
the Enning Volunteer Fire Department
for the past 35 years, the last
six years as Fire Chief.
Bob was a 4-H leader for 18
years with the Jr. Stockgrowers
and Busy Stitchers 4-H Club of
Stoneville. Bob and Susie held
judging schools at their ranch for
five years. They also served on the
Meade County Extension Board for
nine years.
I (Harold Delbridge) have
worked for this family and have
night-calved for them for 14 years.
I have always been welcome in
their home, as is anyone else who
happens to stop by.
Robert Young and his family are
true neighbors.