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Page 2 • July 3, 2013 • The <strong>Faith</strong> <strong>Independent</strong><br />
Walter Grueb<br />
Walter George Grueb, 90, lifelong<br />
rancher of Meade County,<br />
went to be with the Lord on June<br />
27, 2013, at Rapid City Regional<br />
Hospital surrounded by his loving<br />
family.<br />
Walt was born April 26, 1923<br />
to George Walter and Weta<br />
(Rosser) Grueb. With assistance<br />
from a midwife, he was born on<br />
the prairie near Bixby, SD. Walter<br />
grew up on the Grueb Ranch<br />
near Imogene and attended rural<br />
grade school and graduated from<br />
Bison High School in 1940. After<br />
high school, he went to work for<br />
Hans Thinglestad, first herding<br />
sheep and later farming. Walt<br />
was drafted into the U. S. Army<br />
in 1945.<br />
In the spring of 1945, Walt met<br />
Mathilda Anna Moelter and on<br />
October 6th of that year, they<br />
married. Walt became a member<br />
of St. Joseph's Catholic Church<br />
when they married. From this<br />
union, five children were born:<br />
Linda, Herbert, Rodnee, Irma,<br />
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and Larry.<br />
In 1965, Walt purchased one of<br />
Han's places on which he and<br />
Tilly have since resided. Walt<br />
loved working on the ranch, taking<br />
care of his cattle, and he especially<br />
loved combining and<br />
driving his tractor, putting up<br />
hay and anything else involving<br />
driving tractors.<br />
Walt is survived by his wife,<br />
Tilly, <strong>Faith</strong>; his five children,<br />
Linda (Wayne) Lensegrav of Sturgis,<br />
Herb (Marcia) Grueb of Black<br />
Hawk, Rod (Tawana) Grueb of<br />
Onida, Irma (Kevin) Fees of Hot<br />
Springs, and Larry (Beth Ann)<br />
Grueb of <strong>Faith</strong>; thirteen grandchildren;<br />
nine great-grandchildren;<br />
and many nieces and<br />
nephews.<br />
He was preceded in death by<br />
his parents; his sister and<br />
brother-in-law, Marge and Neil<br />
Quinn; and daughter-in-law, Debbie<br />
(Bakeberg) Grueb.<br />
A rosary will be held Monday,<br />
July 1st at 7:00 p.m. at St.<br />
Joseph's Catholic Church in<br />
<strong>Faith</strong>.<br />
Mass of Christian burial was<br />
held Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at<br />
10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph's<br />
Catholic Church in <strong>Faith</strong> with Father<br />
Jim Hoerter. Burial followed<br />
at 3 p.m. at Black Hills National<br />
Cemetery with military honors<br />
provided by the Sturgis Veteran's<br />
Honor Guard.<br />
A memorial has been established<br />
to St. Joseph's Catholic<br />
Church.<br />
Condolences may be sent to the<br />
family<br />
at<br />
www.kinkadefunerals.com.<br />
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Highway Patrol to be ‘Out in Force’ in<br />
July 4 Safety Campaign<br />
South Dakota’s Highway Patrol<br />
will be out in force on the<br />
Fourth of July with a high-visibility<br />
campaign to emphasize safe<br />
travel during the holiday weekend.<br />
The day-long saturation patrol<br />
will involve virtually all uniformed<br />
troopers. It is part of the<br />
Highway Patrol’s summer-long<br />
safe-travel campaign, “Obey the<br />
Sign and Avoid the Fine.’’<br />
“The Fourth of July holiday period<br />
is one of the busiest of the<br />
year for travel on state highways,’’<br />
says Col. Craig Price, superintendent<br />
of the Highway<br />
Cell phone ban for young drivers effective on July 1<br />
A new law making it illegal for<br />
young drivers to use a cell phone<br />
while driving takes effect on Monday,<br />
July 1, South Dakota Department<br />
of Public Safety officials<br />
remind citizens.<br />
The law, passed by the 2013<br />
Legislature, prohibits anyone<br />
who holds a learner’s permit or a<br />
restricted minor’s permit from<br />
using any handheld communication<br />
device while driving. Generally,<br />
such permits are issued to<br />
persons between the ages of 14<br />
and 18.<br />
“Young people still gaining experience<br />
with driving really need<br />
to avoid any distractions,’’ said<br />
The Canadian company, Powertech,<br />
Inc., plans to mine uranium<br />
in the Black Hills using the<br />
groundwater of our region as a<br />
tool (in situ leach mining). The<br />
risk of permanent contamination<br />
of our aquifers is significant. Rehabilitating<br />
groundwater would<br />
be time-consuming, difficult and<br />
expensive. All attempts to restore<br />
the "mined" aquifers could fail.<br />
Powertech plans to convert<br />
uranium ore into yellowcake,<br />
Patrol. “Putting as many troopers<br />
on the road as possible raises<br />
public awareness of the need to<br />
make safe travel choices. That<br />
means wearing seatbelts, following<br />
speed limits and other rules of<br />
the road, avoiding distractions<br />
and having a sober driver every<br />
trip.’’<br />
“Obey the Sign and Avoid the<br />
Fine’’ is a campaign to reduce<br />
highway crashes and increase<br />
safety on South Dakota’s roadways.<br />
Office of Highway Safety<br />
statistics show that speeding, impaired<br />
driving and other hazardous<br />
moving violations are<br />
Jenna Howell, director of Legal<br />
and Regulatory Services for Public<br />
Safety. “Driving is a full-time<br />
responsibility for all of us. That is<br />
especially true for our younger<br />
drivers who are still trying to get<br />
comfortable behind the wheel of a<br />
vehicle. The law emphasizes the<br />
need to pay attention to the road.’’<br />
A learner or instruction permit<br />
allows the holder to drive between<br />
the hours of 6 a.m. and 10<br />
p.m. if accompanied by a person<br />
who has a valid driver license, is<br />
at least 18 years old and has at<br />
least one year of driving experience.<br />
That person must occupy a<br />
seat beside the young driver.<br />
Letter to the Editor<br />
major contributors to crashes, injuries<br />
and deaths on state highways.<br />
While speed and alcohol are<br />
the top targets for the enforcement<br />
campaign, troopers will be<br />
enforcing all other traffic laws.<br />
In addition to enforcement, the<br />
summer safety campaign is using<br />
social media for public education<br />
and has partnered with the State<br />
Department of Transportation for<br />
permanent and portable message<br />
boards with safe-driving messages<br />
on the interstates and other<br />
high-traffic areas in South<br />
Dakota.<br />
A restricted minor’s permit allows<br />
the holder to drive between<br />
6 a.m. and 10 p.m. with permission<br />
of a parent or guardian. The<br />
holder of a restricted minor’s permit<br />
may drive between the hours<br />
of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. if the parent<br />
or guardian is in a seat next to<br />
the driver.<br />
The Legislature directed that<br />
the new law be enforced as a secondary<br />
offense, meaning a young<br />
driver would have to be stopped<br />
for another offense before a ticket<br />
could be issued for driving while<br />
using a handheld communications<br />
device.<br />
which would be available for export,<br />
and could be used to generate<br />
nuclear power or build<br />
weapons. They risk contamination<br />
of so much water for the<br />
profit of so few, for a product that<br />
may do little to improve people's<br />
lives.<br />
The people of our region go<br />
back a hundred, or in many cases,<br />
hundreds of years. Our culture of<br />
water use has allowed us to survive,<br />
and sometimes thrive, in<br />
this semi-arid land. From the perspective<br />
of the working man and<br />
woman, life is possible here because<br />
we view clean water as a<br />
common good.<br />
If we want a vision for our<br />
water that is life-sustaining, we<br />
must protect it. We need to persuade<br />
our state's Water Management<br />
Board members to question<br />
the belief that Powertech can return<br />
nothing but clean water to<br />
our aquifers.<br />
Kim Kelley<br />
Deadwood, SD<br />
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