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Page 6 • April 10, 2013 • The Faith Independent Your Questions, SS Answers Question: How long must I work to become eligible for retirement benefits? Answer: Most people need 40 Social Security “credits” to be eligible. You can earn up to four credits per year. In most cases, you need at least 10 years to be eligible for retirement. During your working years, you earn credits based on earnings. The amount of earnings needed to earn one credit rises as average earnings levels rise. In 2012 and 2013, you receive one credit for each $1,160 of earnings, up to the maximum of four credits per year. If you become disabled or die before age 62, the number of credits you need depends on your age at the time you become disabled or die. You must have a minimum of six credits, regardless of your age. Retire online at www.socialsecurity.gov. Senior Focus Best of Luck 2012 - 2013 SENIORS Northern Hills Eye Care 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of each month Dr. Hafner APRIL 17, 2012 Dr. Prosser MAY 1, 2013 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Schedule for Faith Clinic For Appointment call: 1-800-648-0760 Reggie Rhoden David Ruth Reggie Rhoden Reggie Rhoden is the 18 year old son of Larry and Sandy Rhoden, Union Center. Maternal grandparent is Marlyn Murphy, Sturgis. Reggie’s work experience includes working for his dad and neighbors in the hayfeld, operating/fixing heavy machinery. Some of Reggie’s activities include: Hunting, fishing, camping, and Frisbee. Most Memorable Moment: Going to Girl’s State Volleyball in Sioux Falls. His favorites are: Color: Blue; Songs: “Forever”, “Some Nights”, and “Thrift Shop”; Group or Singers: Led Zeppelin, Black Eyed Peas; Movies: “Book of Eli” or “Div. 3 Football’s Finest”; Car: Bugatti Veyron; Extra-Curricular Activities: Basketball, track, drama, Oral Interp; Hobbies: Video games, thrift shopping; Subject: Geography; Teacher: Mr. Eulberg. Best thing about Faith High School: The small classes and dedicated teachers. His accomplishments include: Regional high jump champ, high jump state qualifier, basketball district champ. Future plans include: Reggie plans on attending college. David Ruth David Ruth is the 18 year old son of Wanda Ruth, rural Faith. Maternal grandparents are Richard and Barb Isaacs, rural Faith. David’s work experience includes working at Faith High School as assistant janitor, Branding Iron Inn and Vilas Healthcare and Pharmacy. Some of David’s activities include: Basketball, cross country, drama club, National Honor Society, Oral Interp and track. Most Memorable Moment: Road tripping to Arlington to watch the football game. His favorites are: Color: Green; Song: “I Will Wait”-Mumford & Sons; Group or Singer: The Piano Guys; Movie: “To Save a Life”; Car: 1976 Nova Concours; Extra- Curricular Activities: Oral Interp, drama and track; Hobby: Playing/listening to music; Subject: AP Calculus and AP Chemistry; Teacher: Mrs. King and Mrs. Fischbach. Best thing about Faith High School: The small size, everyone is really close and you get to know your classmates and teachers really well. His accomplishments include: Getting Superiors at State Oral Interp, becoming Valedictorian, getting a full-ride scholarship to the college he is going to. Future plans include: David plans on attending Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts and majoring in Biophysics and Biochemistry. FIRST NATIONAL BANK PHILIP, SD • FAITH, SD 605-859-2525 • 605-967-2191 New Hours: Monday: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Tues.–Fri.: 9:00 AM–3:30 PM
Grand River Roundup By Betty Olson Hallelujah, we’re getting moisture!! A shower Friday night left .40 in our rain gauge and early Monday morning I checked the gauge again to find another .37 before it started to snow. South of here there were reports of up to an inch of rain. Now the ground is covered in snow and the weatherman is predicting a snowstorm for tonight (Monday). Too bad the Forest Service didn’t wait until after we got this moisture to start their “controlled” burn that burned thousands of acres on Wednesday! As warm as the weather was earlier in the week, you would have sworn summer was already here. I had to take my jacket off in the lambing shed before I melted down and after the shower on Friday night the grass started to green up. Casey sold wool in Belle Fourche Wednesday and Missy was working in Buffalo. Against the advice of neighboring landowners, the Forest Service started a prescribed burn on Wednesday on what was supposed to be just over a hundred acres of government pasture northwest of Lodgepole. It’s been terribly dry in this area and Tuesday night the weatherman forecast high winds for Wednesday. Not exactly a good time to be setting fires! Wednesday afternoon I heard local fire units over the fire radio headed toward Lodgepole to fight the fire that had gotten away from the Forest Service and was being driven by high winds onto the neighboring ranches. It wasn’t long until every fire department in the surrounding area had units fighting what is now called the Pautre Fire. The firefighters managed to save the ranch houses, but over 14,000 acres of pasture and hay land were burned, most of it on private land. One out-building was burned and hundreds of miles of fences will need to be replaced. One rancher had 95% of his ranch go up in smoke and several others lost the majority of their land to the fire. John Iverson from Thrivent Financial came Thursday afternoon to update some of the insurance policies. He came back Friday and brought his sweet wife, Shelley (Olson) Iverson with him. Shelley hadn’t been back to visit the ranch where Grandpa Claude Olson was raised since she was a teenager and came julebakking with a bunch of the Olson and Doll relatives. Shelley was interested in seeing the picture I’d shown John the day before of her Grandpa Claude Olson and his brothers Check and John with Jack Sturdevant butchering a buffalo at the Lane Ranch back in the fifties. It is a really cool picture! I went to Hettinger Saturday evening for the meeting with the Forest Service and the ranchers involved in the Pautre Fire. That got lively! Landowners were really ticked off about the Forest Service going ahead with the prescribed burn after several of them had asked them not to because of the horribly dry conditions. The Forest Service admitted that they were responsible for the damage they caused and said that they will pay for everything. I’ve been on the phone with Rep. Noem’s office, Sen. Thune’s office and Sen. Johnson’s office and they all want to make sure that the folks that lost so much are made whole. Rep. Noem and Sen. Thune sent letters to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Tom Tidwell, to request timely assistance for landowners in Perkins County affected by the Pautre Fire and asking that they immediately halt any controlled burns in the area until weather conditions improve. The Perkins County commissioners is meeting with the Forest Service on Tuesday to discuss how they are going to address these issues. As if we don’t have enough problems with the federal government, Ron Traver emailed me a story from an Oregon newspaper that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is thinking about protecting the black-backed woodpecker under the Endangered Species Act and they are considering two populations of the woodpecker - one in California and Oregon, and another in South Dakota and Wyoming. That’s the last thing we need!! All these discussions about fire fighting this week reminded me of this old story: One dark night outside a small town, a fire started inside the local chemical plant. Before long it exploded into flames and an alarm went out to fire departments from miles around. After fighting the fire for over an hour, the chemical company president approached the fire chief and said, “All of our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved! I will give $50,000 to the engine company that brings them out safely!” As soon as the chief heard this, he ordered the firemen to strengthen their attack on the blaze. After two more hours of attacking the fire, the president of the company offered $100,000 to the engine company that could bring out the company’s secret files. From the distance a long siren was heard and another fire truck came into sight. It was a local volunteer fire company composed entirely of ranchers. To everyone’s amazement the little fire engine raced through the chemical plant gates and drove straight into the middle of the inferno. In the distance the other firemen watched as the ranchers hopped off of their rig and began to fight the fire with an effort that they had never seen before. After an hour of intense fighting the volunteer company had extinguished the fire and saved the secret formulas. Joyous, the chemical company president announced that he would double the reward to $200,000 and walked over to personally thank each of the volunteers. After thanking each of the ranchers individually, the president asked the group what they intended to do with the reward money. The fire truck driver looked him right in the eye and said, “The first thing we’re going to do is fix the dang brakes on that truck!” Legal Advertising Friday noon before Wed. publication The Faith Independent April 10, 2013 • The Faith Independent • Page 7 NWAS Spelling Contest to be held in Dupree, public welcome to attend Awards Ceremony The Northwest Area Schools Spelling Contest is scheduled to be held Wednesday, April 17 at Dupree School. Students from Bison, Dupree, Eagle Butte, Faith, Harding County, Lemmon, McIntosh, McLaughlin, Smee and Timber Lake Schools will be participating. Students in grades 1 though 8 will be competing in both the Written Word and Oral Contest. Awards will be given to the 1st through 5th place winners in both contests. The public is invited to attend the Awards Ceremony that is scheduled to begin at 12:15 in the Dupree School Gymnasium.
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