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Page 4 • April 10, 2013 • The Faith Independent
Opal Area News
John Heidler made business
trips to Bison and Faith on Monday
and Glenn, Margaret and
Dan Fogelman made a supply run
to the Hills that day.
Diane Fees made a trip to the
Hills on Tuesday for shopping.
Tuesday night, relatives from
Iowa came to visit at the Dwayne
Vig ranch and spent the night.
The Tokheims had lunch on
Wednesday with Barry and
Cheryl Vig, rode with Dwayne
and Matt Taton tagging calves
and had an airplane ride with
Dwayne before going for supper
at Ronald and Faith Millers.
They returned to Iowa on Thursday
morning.
Spud and Bernice Lemmel
went to Sturgis on Tuesday for an
appointment, then Thursday to
Belle Fourche for well repairs.
Friday, Bernice took the car into
Faith to have the brakes checked
out, then her and Spud took a cow
into Faith on Sunday for the Monday
auction.
Diane Fees stopped by on
Thursday afternoon to visit with
Faye Fees for awhile.
Emily and Cheryl Cowles visited
with neighbor Anissa at the
Peterson Ranch on Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday morning, Kirk
Schuelke helped Mike and Lisle
Reeve with vaccinating their
yearling heifers. Thursday Lisle
By Kay Ingalls
Keep up with your city, school,
and county...Read the Legals
A fund has been established at the
1st Interstate Bank
PO Box 9, Sturgis, SD 57785
for Darwin Brink
Reeve went over to Spearfish to
pick up taxes.
John Heidler attended an auction
on Saturday and on Sunday
afternoon friend John O'Grady
stopped by for a visit with John
and Carmen as he was on his way
home from an auction.
Sunday dinner guests of the
Sam Cowles family were Duane
and JoAnn Wood and Natosha
Voss and children.
Marlin and Ethel Ingalls had
the yearlings they were wintering
loaded out on Sunday and taken
to the auction.
Marie Ingalls called this morning
to let us know that her and
Dale are back to the ranch after
spending several months in the
southern states. Glad to have
them back.
Sunday, April 14th, the Cornerstone
Bible Institute from Hot
Springs, SD will present their
singers and handbell choir at 11
a.m. at the Opal Community
Church. Everyone is welcome to
come hear this group and will
have a potluck dinner after the
service.
Everyone busy calving and so
very thankful for the moisture
that has arrived in the drought
area. Spring storm is heading our
way but we have been warned in
time to get prepared. Praise the
Lord.
Protect your Finances: Tips to
Avoid Financial Fraud webinar
BROOKINGS, S.D. - On Tuesday,
April 23, 2013, the North
American Securities Association
Administration and AARP are
teaming up to provide a webinar
called, "Protect Your Finances:
Tips to Avoid Financial Fraud."
The webinar is an online interactive
discussion beginning at 2
p.m. EDT on April 23, 2013. To
submit a question in advance, e-
mail moneywebinars@aarp.org.
Attendees of this Webinar can
ask questions during this live
conversation. Please visit the
AARP
Webinars
(http://bit.ly/YGss5O) web page to
register.
If you have questions on other
resources available to seniors,
contact SDSU Extension Gerontology
Field Specialist John
Sanders at John.Sanders@sdstate.edu
or 605.882.5140.
as he has suffered numerous medical conditions
For more info: Call Vicki Garrigan
605-739-3901
Well, the ole Faith Gymnasium
had its roof raised Saturday
night. Prom time was here and it
looked like the inside of an Easter
basket with all the colorful
dresses and beautiful young
women. They tell me most of the
good looking young people there
were from the Faith area but they
were so dressed up it was hard to
recognize them. We certainly
have kids to be proud of. The gym
was packed to capacity by the
number of on-lookers. The body
heat alone must have had it up to
the 90s. The most amazing part
was the weather! It was beautiful,
not typical prom at all. Thankfully
this morning, Monday, we
have some fog and moisture.
Other areas had gotten rain over
the weekend but we at Marcus remained
dry.
I hear Mae Keffler will be turning
100 on April 15. Mae you are
an amazing gal. Happy birthday!
Margie Ingalls also turned 100
last week or the week before.
Happy Birthday to you, too,
Margie. Girls, what is your secret,
hard work, a happy family and
good neighbors must be part of
it?
Wednesday, Vonnie O'Dea's
uncle, Buddy Buchert, came and
spent the day with them. Buddy
Marcus News
By Vicky Waterland
Perennials for ground cover
Those of you that have a perennial
garden of flowers or woody
plants may want to consider
using a perennial ground cover
rather than bare space or all
mulch cover. This can be considered
a living ground cover or living
mulch.
Advantages of living mulch
are: it doesn’t need yearly replacement,
it stays in place, cats
will not be able to paw it aside to
use your flower bed for “facilities”,
it provides added interest and
beauty to your landscape. The
disadvantage is it does take time
to get the plants established and
you need to know the plants you
choose will not overwhelm the
plants or shrubs you are
“mulching”. The bottom line is to
hadn't ridden a horse for over 30
years, but he and Jim rode out
and brought a cow and her twins
to the buildings. Buddy left saying
he hoped he could come back
some day and help again.
Twila Dean met sister, Vonnie
O'Dea, in Sturgis on Saturday.
They went to Rapid and had
lunch and then went to a birthday
party for Mary Kay Sandal.
Twila and Mary Kay graduated
from Philip and have been friends
for many years. They visited with
many friends and enjoyed the day
together. When Vonnie returned
home she received word of the
passing of classmate and friend,
Linda Long Kramer. Vonnie,
LaVonne Hansen, and Linda
graduated from Philip together.
Four classmates have passed
away this last year from their
class. Prayers to the family.
Wednesday Harold and I took
Lacey, Quirt and Rio Wondercheck
to Pierre for Quirt’s
hearing check up.
Friday, Quirt Wondercheck
stayed with Grandpa Harold Waterland
while Lacey, Rio and I
were in Rapid City.
Saturday, John Samuelson
and Harold Waterland attended a
farm sale north of New Underwood.
Harold made it home in
The Garden Gate
By Karen Englehart, Master Gardener
SDSU Extension - Perkins Co.
do your research and set up your
plan before you purchase any
ground cover plants.
A popular ground cover is a
perennial geranium, a newer variety
is Cambridge geraniums,
they are more compact than the
old familiar Johnson Blue. An advantage
of the newer type is they
require little or no late summer
shearing. They creep along establishing
satellite plants by rhizomes.
It is easier to control the
mother plant as well as lift and
transplant the babies.
Geranium x cantabrigiense of
Cambridge geraniums, these
plants form a low, spreading mat
of fragrant dark green leaves,
bearing clusters of bright magenta-pink
flowers. The very long
blooming period sets this apart
We have end rolls of newspaper
available. Makes great wrapping
for moving, kids drawing paper,
etc. Stop in to The Faith Independent
and check it out.
time for supper and to attend
prom at Faith. After prom, Denise
and Cody Weyer, Harold and I
visited at Corinna Thompson’s
home.
I’m not sure it’s all getting in
the Faith paper but it seems
we’ve had quite a rash of new babies
in the Faith area. So far it
looks like there are way more
boys than girls. My sister, Adele
Enright, was the Dewey County
Auditor for many years so kept
track of births and deaths in the
county. We often discussed the
seeming correlation between
years when the cattle had mostly
bull calves and the people had
mostly male offspring. We also
discussed the possibility of having
a multi-million dollar study
funded to check that fact and its
causes. After all, if they can study
the sex life of a fly why not this?
Suppose to be a big snowstorm
headed our way tonight. I, for
one, sure hope so. We are in desperate
need of the moisture. The
stockdams are dry or very low.
The area has not had enough
moisture to green up as it should
this time of year and a lot of the
winter wheat seed is not germinated.
Yes, we need moisture in
any form.
I hear Harold swearing as he
puts away my electric roaster
oven aso better go help!
Got any news? Call 985-5318
or email vickywaterland@hotmail.com
from others, and makes it especially
useful as a low groundcover
or edging plant. Also worth considering
in tubs or mixed containers.
Fairly drought tolerant, once
established, they are easily divided
in spring or early fall, considered
evergreen but some turn
orangey-red in the Fall. According
to the research, these are
rated for Zones 4 to 9, however in
some catalogs they are listed as
hardy to Zone 5 which may be
“iffy” for Perkins County.
There are older varieties such
as Cranesbill or Biokovo which
are not quite as lovely as the
newer variety but have small
abundant flowers ranging from
white to pink. Plants are not
fussy about the type of soil and
will do well in full sun or partial
shade. Next week we will touch
on some other ground covers.
Remember to call 244-5402 if
you want rhubarb plants. It will
soon be time to dig and divide!
Old timers depended on the
standby rhubarb for desserts and
jams and it hasn’t lost its popularity
yet!
Adopt the pace of nature; her
secret is patience. – Ralph Waldo
Emerson