PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID BELLE FOURCHE, SD ECRWSS Belle Fourche Beacon Permit No. 23 *********ECRWSSEDDM**** Postal Customer VOL. 2 ISSUE 31 Belle Fourche, SD Wednesday, July 31st, 2019 $1.25 Belle Fourche’s Jim Local Plant to Provide Storage Kallas named Riverfront Broadcasting-Spearfish Sheds To Four State Region General Manager Riverfront Broadcasting LLC has elevated Belle Fourche res- ident Jim Kallas to the position of General Manager of Spear- fish operations. Kallas will serve as the Spearfish GM for KDDX-FM (X Rock) and KZZI-FM (Eagle Country). Kallas has played a signif- icant role with the stations since arriving in 1996 Among other duties, Jim has served as Program Director, On-Air Talent, Operations Manager and Account Executive. Jim Kallas Mike Fell, General Manager forward to ensuring that the sta- for Riverfront-Rapid City, in tions continue to offer the best making the announcement said, information, entertainment and “We are very excited to an- marketing and digital platforms nounce that Jim Kallas will not to our listeners and advertisers. Serving four states, Old Hickory Sheds production plant, located just south of Frontier Auto only be leading our great River- Kallas will assume his new Glass on US Highway 85. View is of open southwest door of production facility with a truck load front team in Spearfish, but that duties August 1, 2019. of construction material adjacent the building. Plant has been operating about a month. many important decisions will Riverfront Broadcasting is “A tradition of quality” is an weather, the red metal skinned will provide a wide assortment be made at the local level from a privately owned company appropriate label for Old Hick- building underwent a steady of shed possibilities from the a hometown perspective. with radio stations in Spearfish, ory Sheds, a Tennessee compa- transformation with the installa- production facility. Old Hick- Radio is a local and regional Rapid City, Yankton, and Pierre, ny that is known as “a leader tion of work bay doors, parti- ory owns the property and the enterprise and there is no ques- South Dakota. Also, Riverfront you can trust” in the portable tioning and concrete flooring. facility and has contract with tion that the northern hills com- Broadcasting owns and oper- storage industry for over twenty The company which currently Dirks to build the sheds for the munity has come to know and ates stations in the Midwestern years. That success has come has five employees has been in retail outlets in the four state respect Jim and will appreciate states of Iowa (Algona, Boone, from providing their custom- production for about a month region. working with Riverfront-Spear- Humbolt and Webster City) and ers with dependable storage and has assembled and built, In addition to managing and fish even more with Jim Kallas Minnesota (Windom and Blue solutions and a quality buying to date about forty units. Dirks operating the build operation, at the helm. “ Earth). Riverfront Broad- experience. Take notice Belle stated , “when we’ve been roll- Dirks will also own and operate Kallas, a Charles Mix County casting’s subsidiary company, Fourche, the rapidly expanding ing for a while that is a number a retail outlet at the location. (Lake Andes) native, added, Riverfront Digital, offers a Tennessee company is investing that should only increase.” The The “build” territory includes “As the top 2 radio stations in wide array of digital advertising part of its future with us. facility will provide the produc- 100% of the Belle Fourche the region, X Rock (KDDX) platforms for area businesses. It was the soundness of that tion for retail shed sales for a trade area plus a larger geo- and Eagle Country (KZZI) they Riverfront Broadcasting LLC reputation and the opportunity four state region: Western North graphic area in all directions. carry an incredible responsi- is owned by Carolyn and Doyle to be a part of a progressive and South Dakota as well as The next closest build facilities bility to all the communities Becker of Yankton, South business enterprise that led eastern Wyoming and Montana. are in Evanston, Wyoming and in our listening area and I look Dakota. Michael Dirks to move with his The brick house on the property Billings, Montana. To the east family from Missouri to west- is being converted into an office there is a “build” facility in ern South Dakota. When asked and sales facility. southwest Minnesota that serves New Activities Director about his relocation to the area, Old Hickory Sheds is a that surrounding region. Old he commented, “We moved, nationwide company that chose Hickory has over 700 indepen- largely to undertake this project, Belle Fourche to be the site of a dent retail outlets and they are Nowowiejski Will Work to regional “build facility”. They but we also liked the area and OLD HICKORY A6 Showcase Students had some friends that live in the area, too.” His background is in beef cattle and metal build- ing industry. Prior to Missouri, Dirks spent 13 years in Wiscon- sin in the dairy business with his father. He projects a spirit of the work ethic gained in his dairy experience and his busi- ness acumen as he energetically talks about the business and the direction it is moving. Dirks and his wife Sylvia live in Nisland. They have four children: Ty, age 12, Jordan, 9, Rachel, 8 and Jared 6. The four siblings will be attending Chris- tian school in Newell this fall. Activities Director Adam Nowowiejski has been hard at work You may have noticed a large at his desk at Belle Fourche High School preparing for the stock of storage sheds of vari- soon to start 2019-2020 school year. ous sizes and shapes just south the challenge. He began meet- of Belle Fourche on the east BEACON STAFF side of Highway 85. The prop- [email protected] ing with coaches and directors in April and although he knew erty once belonging to Homer Old Hickory Sheds is a family affair. Plant operator and BELLE FOURCHE - It seems most of them already he says Moncur, was that purchased by Retail Dealer, Michael Dirks pictured with a storage shed only natural that an incoming it’s been a pleasure meeting Old Hickory Sheds. under construction, and with wife Sylvia and two of their four activities director would hit some new faces as well. During our spring’s wet children: Rachel and camera shy Jared. the ground running and that’s “Essentially it was all about exactly what Adam Nowowie- getting on the same page as jski did. Nowowiejski, a local them with the expectations and Final Summer Concert Tonight! business owner and former goals that we’d like to achieve,” The Center of the Nation Carol Doerges on French horn, Steve Shuck on Tuba. They will BFHS football coach, was he said. “And I have some high Brass Quintet will be the Kevin Rathert on trombone, and be joined for this concert by hired earlier this spring as the aspirations and goals.” featured performers on Wednes- drummer Larry Klipp. school district’s new A.D. and At the top of the list for day, July 31 at 7:00 PM in the The varied program will has spent the last three months Nowowiejski is what he calls Herrmann Park band shell in include march music, some shadowing long-time outgoing “showcasing” the talent of the final program of the summer country/western, well-known director Clay Anderson. the students within the Belle concert series under the spon- standards, show tunes, and “Holy cow, that was valuable Fourche school district. He sorship of the Belle Fourche more current popular music. information and learning form hopes to celebrate their achieve- Arts Council. In the event of inclement him first hand was just awe- ments and “get them out front The group features area weather, the concert will move some,” he said. “Clay did just and center.” By doing so he musicians Gary Fladmoe and to the Belle Fourche Area Com- done a phenomenal job with hopes to inspire other students Tracy Kobberdahl on trumpet, munity Center auditorium. everything.” around them to achieve greater One thing Nowowiejski things and have more owner- learned from his predecessor is ship and pride in their school. Meeting Tonight at Branding Iron that moving from head coach to “One of the great challenges activities director would be like The Black Hills Roundup giving a “recap” presentation the BHRU is - and it’s a challenge ev- Committee will be holding a on this year’s 100th Roundup will meet night and day. erywhere - is to inspire and “For one thing it’s managing meeting tonight, Wednesday event. The 7:00 pm portion prior to the motivate kids to participate,” July 31, at the Branding Iron of the meeting is open to the meeting at all the different programs,” Nowowiejski told the Beacon. he said. “You have numerous Steakhouse and Social Club public! 6:00pm. “Obviously we have a great banquet room. They will be The executive committee of coaches and activity advisors. student body that participates There are a lot of different in activities, but there’s a lot personalities that you have to be of kids that can participate as Congressman Dusty Johnson in Belle able to communicate with and well and I think they just need U.S. Representative Dusty held at the Belle Inn Restaurant, 2511 5th Ave, Belle Fourche. work together with to achieve to have more ownership in their Johnson (R-S.D.) will be in Rep. Johnson will take the goal of which is making the school; be inspired to have a Belle Fourche, 12:15PM - questions and concerns from experience the best possible for say, have a voice.