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Page 8• April 10, 2013 • The <strong>Faith</strong> <strong>Independent</strong><br />
Good Neighbor honorees<br />
Pennington County Courant<br />
Robert R. Young, Union Center<br />
Bob was raised on the ranch<br />
where he and his family live, and<br />
grew up knowing you had to BE a<br />
neighbor and work together in<br />
order to survive on the plains of<br />
Meade County, S.D.<br />
His parents showed him by example<br />
how to help and care for<br />
others. There has never been a<br />
time when Bob would not lend a<br />
helping hand to a neighbor in<br />
need. In the large electrical outages<br />
he would volunteer his<br />
equipment and the manpower to<br />
get the power back on and running.<br />
Bob has been a faithful and<br />
willing helper involving church<br />
projects, and for the past three<br />
years he has assumed the responsibility<br />
of heating the Stoneville<br />
Church during the winter<br />
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Selling: 39 Powerful Yearling & 2<br />
experienced two-year-oldAngus Bulls<br />
backed by great carcass genetics<br />
Offering includes sons of:<br />
Connealy Stimulus 8419 - 9 head<br />
Hoover Dam - 8 head<br />
SydGen Mandate 6079 - 5 head<br />
HA Program 5652 - 4 head<br />
Final Answer 924 SDG - 3 head<br />
Mytty In Focus - 2 head<br />
Sitz Uncommon - 1 head<br />
Bred and managed to survive, thrive and<br />
produce in a tough environment.<br />
months. When there was snow,<br />
he also used his own equipment<br />
to clear the parking lot.<br />
Bob has been manager of the<br />
Young Ranch for the past twelve<br />
years. The ranch has been in the<br />
Young Family since 1908. Bob is<br />
the fourth generation to hold that<br />
position. Bob and his wife Susie<br />
have three children: Brenda,<br />
Robby, Matthew. Bob and Susie's<br />
boys are the fifth generation to<br />
proudly work on the family ranch<br />
near Union Center.<br />
Bob proudly served in the National<br />
Guard of South Dakota for<br />
eight years. He has also been an<br />
active director of First Interstate<br />
Bank for the past two years.<br />
Bob has had an active part in<br />
the Enning Volunteer Fire Department<br />
for the past 35 years,<br />
the last six years as Fire Chief.<br />
Bob was a 4-H leader for 18<br />
years with the Jr. Stockgrowers<br />
and Busy Stitchers 4-H Club of<br />
Stoneville. Bob and Susie held<br />
judging schools at their ranch for<br />
five years. They also served on<br />
the Meade County Extension<br />
Board for nine years.<br />
I (Harold Delbridge) have<br />
worked for this family and have<br />
night-calved for them for 14<br />
years. I have always been welcome<br />
in their home, as is anyone<br />
else who happens to stop by.<br />
Robert Young and his family<br />
are true neighbors.<br />
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Wayne Davis, Wall<br />
Wayne is lucky that he is a big<br />
man, because he has such a big<br />
heart. His heart would not fit in a<br />
normal-size chest.<br />
Wayne is always willing to<br />
come to someone’s aid if needed.<br />
Over the years he has accumulated<br />
vast assortment of tools and<br />
is always letting people borrow<br />
them when needed. In my personal<br />
experience, Wayne has<br />
brought over his lawn aerator,<br />
plugger and sweeper so we can<br />
ready our lawn for the summer.<br />
We don't even have to ask. When<br />
the time is right they show up in<br />
our yard.<br />
One time Wayne was talking<br />
to a young couple and they were<br />
wanting to build a deck onto their<br />
house. The next morning Wayne<br />
was there early to start the<br />
process. This is typical of what<br />
Wayne does for his neighbors.<br />
Wayne is well known not just<br />
in the Wall area, but also in the<br />
surrounding communities. Having<br />
worked for GWTC for 34 years<br />
before retiring, Wayne has made<br />
friends wherever he has been.<br />
Wayne is always looking out<br />
for his neighbors. If someone is<br />
gone for a while he will check on<br />
their property to see if everything<br />
is okay. I know if we are gone our<br />
place will be well taken care of.<br />
Wayne has been the Wall<br />
Methodist Church's chair of the<br />
Trustee's Committee twice. He is<br />
currently serving in that position.<br />
Both times a major project<br />
needed to be done. Both times<br />
Wayne has gone out into the community<br />
to raise money for said<br />
projects. Without his leadership<br />
these projects would not have<br />
been completed in a timely fashion.<br />
Wayne is a standing member<br />
of the Wall United Methodist<br />
Men's Organization where he has<br />
helped in a variety of different<br />
projects. You just know that he is<br />
going to be there.<br />
Wayne has also been the Youth<br />
Leader for the Wall United<br />
Methodist Church. He made sure<br />
that in the winter months the<br />
youth group would do something<br />
special every four weeks. This included<br />
things like going skiing in<br />
the Hills or swimming at Evans<br />
Plunge in Hot Springs.<br />
As I stated earlier, Wayne<br />
worked for Golden West for 34<br />
years. He is now retired along<br />
with his wife, Gwen. During his<br />
tenure at GWTC Wayne attended<br />
countless seminars and classes to<br />
stay current with the ever-changing<br />
and expanding technologies<br />
that are at the forefront of the<br />
telecommunication industry.<br />
Wayne has been involved with<br />
many different organizations.<br />
Most of them involved the youth,<br />
but not all. Here is a list of some<br />
of those groups: Cub Scout leader,<br />
Webelos leader, Boy Scout leader,<br />
Girls Scout helper, 4-H helper,<br />
Youth wrestling, Youth softball,<br />
Youth rodeo. He brought back the<br />
SDRA Rodeo to the Wall Celebration<br />
after years of not having a<br />
rodeo. He held the positions of<br />
President, Vice President and<br />
Secretary of the Wall Rodeo Association.<br />
Wayne is one of those individuals<br />
that makes a community<br />
successful and progressing in a<br />
positive direction. The Wall Community<br />
as well as those surrounding<br />
communities are far better off<br />
for having Wayne and his big<br />
heart a part of them. Wayne was<br />
nominated by Gale Patterson.<br />
Marcia West, Philip<br />
Marcia was a school counselor,<br />
taught basic education and physical<br />
education. She dedicated her<br />
life to teaching where she was an<br />
amazing influence on her students<br />
for 40 years, all in the<br />
Philip School System.<br />
Marcia was honored by being<br />
inducted into the Philip High<br />
School Hall of Fame, SDHSAA<br />
Distinguished Service Award,<br />
and BHSU Outstanding Educator<br />
Award.<br />
Marcia and Michael were nominated<br />
to receive the “Good Neighbor”<br />
Award because they are huge<br />
supporters and promoters of the<br />
people who live in and around<br />
Philip where they are involved in<br />
the local organizations.<br />
They are faithful members of<br />
the First Lutheran Church of<br />
Philip, and have held all the offices<br />
of the Church Council, as<br />
well as being in charge of the<br />
Women's Group, the Youth<br />
Group, Alter Guild and Ushers.<br />
Her husband, Michael, is the<br />
head of the AARP Group in<br />
Philip. He and Marcia established<br />
the 'Old Schoolhouse Park' and<br />
maintain it through the AARP<br />
Group.<br />
They got the Lasting Legacy<br />
Monument built, which they also<br />
maintain.<br />
Marcia heads up the Retired<br />
Teachers and both she and<br />
Michael are past officers of the<br />
Chamber of Commerce.<br />
They chair the Cancer Support<br />
Group and Relay for Life.<br />
They are members of the Wall<br />
Food Pantry and help with distribution<br />
to people in need in the<br />
Philip area.<br />
Michael is a member of the<br />
Haaken Co. Crooners. This group<br />
raises enough money to gift a<br />
yearly scholarship.<br />
This long list of accomplishments<br />
has inspired Linda Eisenbraun<br />
to nominate both Michael<br />
and Marcia as individual recipients<br />
as Good Neighbors and generous<br />
givers.<br />
Michael West, Philip<br />
Michael West started his<br />
teaching career in the early 60's.<br />
He taught for four years before<br />
gaining employment at Dorothy<br />
Brothers' Garage.<br />
In the late 80's the Garage<br />
changed hands and Michael went<br />
back into the school system where<br />
he taught and coached.<br />
He spent many years coaching<br />
all the sports in the Philip School<br />
System.<br />
Michael has been inducted in<br />
the Philip High School Hall of<br />
Fame, 1996 BHSU Athletic Hall<br />
of Fame, SDHSAA Distinguished<br />
Service Award, and 2012 Amateur<br />
Baseball Hall of Fame.<br />
The Catalyst Club Good Neighbor<br />
Banquet will be held on Saturday,<br />
April 20 in Philip at the<br />
Philip High School gymnasium at<br />
6:00 p.m.<br />
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