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Oct. 25, 2018 A-2 Pastor’S Perspective This Week’S Pastor’S Perspective Is Provided by Pastor Del Neumeister of Belle Fourche and St PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID BELLE FOURCHE, SD ECRWSS Belle Fourche Beacon Permit No. 23 100th Black Hills Roundup 252 DAYS to July 4th, 2019 *********ECRWSSEDDM**** Postal Customer VOL. 1 ISSUE 10 Belle Fourche, SD Thursday October 25, 2018 $1.25 BELLE FOURCHEBeacon - Today, October 25, 2018, We enjoy reading.” Each Week with this tenth issue of the Belle Fourche Beacon Beacon, “We’ve found the paper to be ‘outstand- we mark the beginning of weekly publication. It ing’. So far-” has always been the goal of the Beacon to become Beacon, “We thoroughly enjoy the paper! Keep a weekly paper. A task found to be easier said than up the good work!!” done. The paper owes the accomplishment of that Beacon, “The Beacon is exactly what a paper task to you, the readers. We totally underestimated should be. Local news and events. I believe that the overwhelming response and support that you promoting what is coming up is what sells papers have given and continue to give the Beacon. and brings people to town.” The kind and generous comments we receive Parallel to reader/subscriber support has been daily would fill a book. the response of the business community. Their Below is a representative sample of the many use of the Beacon as an advertising tool is again comments you have sent: proving that good local newspapers work. It works Beacon, “Hi! We have been enjoying the paper for them because you, the readers, shop locally very much and decided we should get a subscrip- and support your local businesses. tion. Thank you! Looking forward to more good We also have the good fortune to have many reading-truthful reading.” contributor’s who have pitched in to make the Beacon, “We are so thankful you returned Local Beacon possible. You have submitted photos, GOING WEEKLY - With this edition of the Beacon, the Belle News to Belle Fourche. Keep up the good work. press releases, BEACON WEEKLY A5 Fourche community will once again have a weekly newspaper. Bid Awarded Close to 80 Belle Fourche Residents on 8th Ave. Gather to Plan for Civic Improvement Hay Creek Cross-section of Bridge Project the community BEACON STAFF form 10 project [email protected] The BF City Council at their teams in a two- second regular meeting of the month, October 15, approved year plan. Interim Engineer Steve Nafus’ BEACON STAFF recommendation to award the [email protected] bid for the 8th Avenue Hay Creek Bridge Project to Journey BELLE FOURCHE- Nearly Group Ainsworth-Benning Con- 80 Belle Fourche area citizens, struction in the amount of interested in improving their $917,672.95. This was budgeted community, gathered Wednes- for in 2019 for $1,000,000. The day evening, Oct. 17th, at Com- motion made by Councilman munity Hall to begin taking Monte Talkington was seconded action to make Belle Fourche by Councilperson James Ager. a more livable and vibrant The motion passed unanimous- community. ly. “Empower Belle Fourche” The city has informed partic- was billed as a community ipants of the bid process about gathering designed to release the award but a start date has data already gathered, receive GETTING BUSY - Hollie Stalder, Executive Director of Belle Fourche Economic Development not yet been discussed. The bid additional input in small group addresses the nearly 80 residents gathered at the Belle Fourche Community Hall on Wednes- documents require completion settings, and provide motivated day, October 17th, to take part in the Empower Belle Fourche program. Ten projects teams on, or before June 1, 2019. residents a venue to form proj- formed to work on various community improvement efforts over the next several months. The other bids received were ect teams in which they were one of ten project teams. signing up for project teams community image and econom- Mainline Contracting, Inc. motivated to affect positive “The involvement of our com- you just get a good feeling that ic stability. $967,869.82 change in the city. munity was just tremendous,” there is a lot of enthusiasm and “From what I’ve seen so far Dakota Redi-Mix, Inc. At the end of the two-and-a- said Hollie Stalder, Executive motivation to get things done.” here, Belle Fourche has blown $991,629.00 $1,036,893.60 half hour session more than Director of Belle Fourche Eco- BFED and Leadership Belle me away,” said Bartmann, who Tru-Form Construction two-thirds of those in atten- nomic Development (BFED). Fourche were instrumental in has been assigned the task of $1,082,959.00 dance had signed up to work on “When we have 68 people bringing the Belle Fourche Empower Communi- Site Works Specialists, Inc. $1,143,686.25 Belle Fourche “From what I’ve seen so ty Coach. program to “The positive Heavy Constructors, Inc. the com- far here, Belle Fourche indicators are $1,216,385.75 munity. It is has blown me away.” the number of Heavy Constructors, Inc. a program - Joe Bartmann people who the current 8th Avenue project Belle Fourche Community Coach, contractor continues work south administered Dakota Resources President have turned out by Dakota to our commu- of Hay Creek on 8th Ave. They Resources of nity meetings have been taking advantage Renner, SD. According to Joe and their willingness to add of the late October weather Bartmann, Dakota Resources EMPOWER A5 BRIDGE A5 President, the Empower process POSTING IDEAS - Empower Belle Fourche Guide Team has been used successfully in member Barb Clarkson (l) & Stacy Raisanen (r) post a few of nearly two dozen other rural the hundreds of sticky notes representing ideas and communi- communities in South Dakota Clarkson Medals at State ty suggestions that were gathered from the community listen- to improve their quality of life, ing sessions held the past 8 months. Chutes for Charity Raises In Excess of $16000 at Saturday Night Event HELP AND HOPE - Chutes for Charity held it’s annual fundraising gala to raise funds to help local fam- ilies in need. Barb Williams introducing Chutes for Charity Committee. -Photo courtesy Cassie Mason BELLE FOURCHE- The a tremendous evening. I’m not Branding Iron provided a sa- 7th Annual Chutes for Charity sure how they do it, but they vory beef dinner. “Help & Hope” Fundraiser was fill a hall with contributors with The action began after the meal held at the Belle Fourche Com- their checkbooks and they make when St. Onge Livestock’s munity Hall Saturday, October the donors feel as if they are the Justin Tupper got hold of the 20th. ones who are “receiving”. microphone. Justin volunteers What started as an good idea The evening’s activities were his talents for the event and it’s RISING STAR - Belle Fourche 8th-grader Sawyer Clarkson during a Black Hills Roundup formally opened by Chutes for a good thing. If not, they would sets school record on his way to a 7th place finish at the meeting seven years ago has Charity president Barb William- have had to pay him for being a Boy’s Class A High School State Cross Country meet at turned into one of the Belle son introducing the committee Master of Ceremonies, a game Yankton Trail Park in Sioux Falls this past Saturday. Fourche community’s top fund- and welcoming the attendees. show host, and an auctioneer. For the complete story turn to page A4. Photo courtesy raising efforts. UCC Pastor Del Neumeister James Cimburek – Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan Chutes for Charity organized gave the invocation and the CHUTES A5 CLARKSON A4 Belle Fourche Beacon Thurs. Oct. 25, 2018 A-2 Pastor’s Perspective This week’s Pastor’s Perspective is provided by Pastor Del Neumeister of Belle Fourche and St. Onge United Church of Christ There’s a Better Way than Simply the Way Out The Lectionary gave me a prophets wrote, but they, as do God’s joining. We humans piece of we, looked for a way out of it. need to do less determining and Scripture “Oh, the Ten Commandments more trying to honor God. to struggle don’t say anything about me The Lectionary adds verses with; Mark doing something for the poor 13 through 16, a passage about 10:1-16. around me.” We all do that and children and Jesus. What does As you it is because we want a way to that have to do with divorce look at it, in say, “This is MY interpretation or relationships? I believe many Bibles and that is what I believe.” So it has everything to do with this is about then we can do whatever we them. Another aspect of our divorce. I want at that point. hard heartedness is the fact that do believe How about that whole, two when we divorce it is usually that what God has joined shall become one and what all about us, we don’t think of together, let no one separate. I God has joined thing? I believe the others who will be affected. also believe this passage to be that the important part of that Children are the main victims in about more than that. I believe passage is where it says, “What divorce. But they should be our it to be about relationships as God has joined together, let no teachers as well. well. person separate.” What God When I witness children, I Let’s talk about hardness of has joined together. We get see them as appearing greedy; heart first of all. Jesus tells the very concerned about human “That’s MINE!” When in Pharisees that Moses allowed marriage and the institution of reality they just know what they a certificate of divorce to be marriage.
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