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Page 4 • July 3, 2013 • The Faith Independent
Opal Area
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By Kay Ingalls
Missed these items last week
so on Tuesday, the 17th, Lisle and
Mike Reeve made a parts run to
Isabel and brought a pickup back
home from Faith. On Thursday,
the 19th, they went to Isabel for
an R-CALF meeting, and the
evening of Saturday. the 22nd,
Lisle was back to Isabel for a wedding
anniversary for Eddy Beer.
Monday and Tuesday kept
John and OJ Heidler busy sorting
cattle that had gotten mixed up
with neighbors from the storm
that went through on Saturday
evening. Carmen was in Faith on
Monday and Dorothy and she did
some shopping downtown Faith.
They also ran out to Chip and
Mindy's just to see what they
were doing and visit for a little
while. She reports they finally got
started haying so spent most of
the rest of the week doing that.
Walter and Faye Fees went
into Faith on Monday and took in
the tent sale and had lunch. Tuesday
and Thursday they both kept
therapy treatments in Faith.
Marty Vig ran the hay cutter at
Walter's on Tuesday and Wednesday.
He joined them for supper
Tuesday evening. Wednesday,
Faye visited at the home of CJ Peterson
and Anissa.
Several neighbors went to
Union Center for the funeral
service for Ernest Delbridge on
Tuesday forenoon. Our condolences
go out once again to the
Delbridge family with another
family member leaving their
earthly dwelling for their new
home in heaven. He will be
greatly missed by many.
Tracy Ingalls and I left the funeral
on Tuesday for Rapid City
where Tracy had an appointment.
We went back on Thursday
afternoon to get ready for her
garage sale at Nate's house on
Friday and Saturday.
Zona Vig spent Wednesday
and Thursday at the Travis Brink
home in Box Elder. Aurora Keffeler
was also there helping with
the kids and meals. Travis's
mother Gayla Long Brink passed
away on Thursday afternoon.
Our condolences go out to Travis
and Chandelle and family along
with the entire Brink family.
Marlin and Ethel Ingalls went
to Sturgis on Thursday for Ethel's
appointment.
Kolt Vansickel and a friend
were out to the Heidler Ranch on
Thursday for a short visit and on
Friday, Shane Vansickel brought
Norman and McGee Vansickel
and a niece and her husband,
Mikayla and Ben Godman, out for
a visit. They made a run to Faith
first, then to Nina Vansickel's
and back to Heidlers for supper.
Carmen invited some more family
too, so they could have a big time
of visit. OJ and Leah came, Chip
and the girls and Chance and
Merretta Anderson also came.
Shane, Mikayla and Ben spent
the night at Nina's and Norman
and McGee spent the night at
John and Carmen's. Sunday
morning, Norman and McGee
went over to their old friends,
Harley and Ellen Price's for a little
visit. They stopped at Nina's
and got the rest of them, stopped
back for coffee and dessert at Heidler's
before heading back to
Spearfish. Was a good time, Carmen
said.
Faye Fees went to Sturgis
on Saturday to do a little shopping
and visit her mother and
her care givers. Diane Fees went
to the Hills that day also for shopping
and repairs.
Sunday afternoon, Dwayne
and Zona Vig picked up haying
supplies near Rapid City and
then went on to the Northern
Hills Church of Christ north of
Spearfish for the Area Wide
Singing.
Jason and Jake Fees spent the
weekend at Walter and Diane
Fees's helping with haying.
Sunday after church dinner
guests with the Sam and Cheryl
Summer is here! We had temperatures
mostly in the upper 80s
last week. And no moisture!
Temeratures are going to remain
in the 80s this week, with a
chance of rain over the weekend.
We can certainly use some.
I received this email from Bev
Birkeland too late for last week’s
news...
Dianna Harper from Mukilteo,
WA was here visiting relatives
and staying with her sister, Beverly
Birkeland this past week.
During her stay, they hosted their
mother’s family for the bi-annual
Thomas family reunion. There
were about 44 members and extended
family in Faith on the
22nd at the house. Out of town
guests include: Jamie, Sabrina
and family from San Diego,
Buddy Thomas from Santa Clara,
CA; Bev’s family – Sherrie
Palmer, Dean Birkeland, and
Rhea Crane; Evelyn Anderson
and family – Vicki Schilling,
Perry and Lonnie Anderson, Dave
Thomas, JoAnn Jordan from
Arkansas, Keith and Lucille
Emerson from Philip, Virginia
Lensegrav from Meadow, Bernice
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Simons
Cowles family were Rich, Ronda
and Aaron Price and Duane
Wood.
Send a prayer this week for
Natosha Voss as she, Casey and
baby Ryka are in Rochester, MN
Capp from Belle Fourche, Charles
and Sharon Capp and grandson
David from Spearfish. Our own
Randy, Mona, Tonya, Bill and
boys from Faith were here. Other
extended family included Jack
Garrett, Steven Garrett and their
families from WA, Juan and
Johnilyn Garrett and daughter
Shamra and Javon and Randy Fiester
and their families.
Condolences to the family of
Walter Grueb. Walter passed
away last week and his service
was held yesterday, Tuesday.
Walter was a longtime Faith area
rancher. He and Tillie raised a
nice family.
Dave and Eldora Fischbach
went to Rapid City last Tuesday
to meet daughter Laurie and
granddaughter Samantha, who
flew in from Ohio, at the airport
early Wednesday morning. The
two gals will be spending about
three weeks here enjoying the
ranch life. There will, more than
likely, be a couple trips to the
house in Rapid City. Nathan and
Anita and family will be spending
the 4th of July with them, too.
Simons Family Reunion – All Branches!!
Saturday, July 6th
Central Meade Co. Community Center • Union Center, SD
Begins at 12:00 Noon with a potluck meal
Event is open to public – so come by and visit!
Contact Misty at 985-5422 with any questions
at the Mayo Clinic to get some
medical answers for Natosha.
Please pray for them and for our
country.
Have a Happy and Safe 4th of
July.
By Loretta Passolt
Church missions to Bridger and Takini
Now in their fourth year of
missions trips to the Cheyenne
River Indian Reservation, the
Saint Dunstan Episcopal Church
of Houston, Texas, and the Good
Shepard Episcopal Church of
Tomball, Texas, donate a week’s
worth of work and devotion to the
communities of Bridger and
Takini.
This year’s 20 high school and
10 adult volunteers spent two
days traveling in two vans and a
suburban, arriving June 25. They
will head back Sunday morning.
Plans are in the works for next
year’s trip to involve two weeks.
Later this year some of the
churches’ volunteers will be making
a mission trip to the Dominican
Republic.
Debbie Johnson, one of the
adult leaders, said they are here
to assist and work with the people
Paul and I went to Rapid City
last Friday. Melissa was down
from North Dakota and spent the
day with us. She came down to
get stepson Hunter to spend some
time with them. They left all for
Minnesota Sunday morning for
several days, so we are dog sitting
for them. Nick and his girlfriend
and Brooke went on the trip, too.
They were taking in a couple Yankees/Twins
baseball games and
will be home Friday night for the
car races. Of course, we went to
the races Friday night, and what
a good night! Eric finished 2nd in
the main. He said that was so
much fun! His new car does what
it’s supposed to do when they
make adjustments, his old one
didn’t.
I know this will be late for
those in the country, etc., but
there will be fireworks at Durkee
Lake on the 4th of July. There are
also games at the swimming pool
in the afternoon, and the golf
scramble in the morning. Lots of
things to do!
Have a safe and happy Fourth
of July!
who live on the Cheyenne River
Indian Reservation. They have a
relationship with Reverend Byron
Buffalo and his United Church of
Christ.
Last year the mission group
trucked in a medical clinic building.
They said the prefabricatedtype
structure somewhat resembles
a railroad car. It had to be set
on the ground with the use of a
crane. The building’s water lines
are being replaced this trip, and
eventually electricity will be
hooked to the building. The mission
crew believes the school district
superintendent will have the
school nurse use the building.
Approximately four years ago,
the St. Dunstan youth director
was looking for missions that
they could build a relationship
over time and continue it. It is a
trip where work such as painting
and construction is done, volunteers
learn about other people,
and group devotion times are
often also attended by community
children. The group stays in the
Bridger church, and works on
continuing projects from their
own groups and from other
groups. What one mission group
starts, another finishes, and it is
a coordinated effort. Most weeks
during the summer have some
mission doing something for the
residents of the reservation. During
the Fourth of July week, a
group from Liberty, Mo., is scheduled
to be there.
Johnson said her youth do take
the mission trip seriously. Some
have been here before. The lack of
dependable cell phone and Internet
service does take some getting
used to, though. Virginia Blake,
another adult volunteer, added
that it is good for the kids to be
unplugged for a while.
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