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I Thursday, August 16, 2001 www.rapidcityjournal.com RAPID CITY JOURNAL Obituaries Forest: Cooperation Gladys Emma Viella Steadman, 84 Rapid City James Novotny, 75 Winner Erna Emma Valburg, 90 White River Martha Jean Pavola, 77 Moorcroft, Wyo. -Catherine N. Peterson, 88 Belle Fourche Gary Earl Darland, 68 Sundance, Wyo. Leslie John Wright, 57 Lampasas, Texas Gladys Emma Viella Steadman RAPID CITY Gladys Emma Viella Steadman, 84, Rapid City, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2001, at Rapid City Regional Hospital.

Survivors include two sons. Dale Steadman, Placentia, and Nell Steadman, Goleta, three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Arrangements are pending with Kinkade Funeral Chapel of Sturgis. Leo James Novotny WINNER Leo James Novotny, 75, Winner and formerly of Hill City, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001, as a result of a fire in Hill City.

Survivors include his wife, Frances Novotny, Winner; four daughters, Gayle Ludens, Hill City, Jayne Miller, Winner, Anne Lopez, Port Hueneme, and Laura Kabelseman, Sioux Falls; two sons, Chris Novotny, Winner, and John Novotny, Helena, 16 grandchildren; eight greatgrandchildren; seven sisters; and three brothers. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, at Immaculate Conception Church in Winner. Burial will follow at the family 1 ranch.

Erna Emma Valburg 2001, at Beverly Healthcare in Pierre. Survivors include three sons, Lonnie Valburg, Holton, Floyd Valburg, Valentine, and Paul Valburg, White River; 10 grandchildren; and 17 great t-grandchildren. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time on Friday, Aug. 17, at St.

Paul's Lutheran Church in White River. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial will be at White River Cernetery. Isburg-Hofmeister Chapels of Pierre is in charge of arrangements.

WHITE RIVER Erna Emma Valburg, 90, White River, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, Martha Jean Pavola MOORCROFT, Wyo. Martha Jean Pavola, 77, Moorcroft, died Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2001, at Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette. Survivors include her husband, Reno Pavola, Moorcroft; two sons, Francis Kimsey, Worland, and Dave Kimsey, Tonopah, one daughter, Virginia Kimsey, Sayre, two brothers, Willard Satterfield, Buffalo, and Claude Satterfleld, New Orleans: 12 grandchildren; and 16 greatgrandchildren.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at FidlerRoberts Funeral Home in Sundance and for one hour before services Friday, Aug. 17, at First Presbyterian Church in Moorcroft. Services will be at 10 a.m.

Friday at the church, with the Rev. Mary Jo Koehler officiatIng. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery in Upton. Catherine N. Peterson BELLE FOURCHE Catherine Fourche, died Wednesday, Aug.

Survivors include one son, one daughter, Kathryn Henderson, dren; and seven great-grandchildren. Arrangements are pending ern Hills in Belle Fourche. Meierhenry: South BROOKINGS (AP) South Dakota produces goods and services greater than that of 102 nations, so it's a myth to think of South Dakota as a poor state, according to Mark Meterhenry, former attorney general. He said South Dakota's gross domestic product was $20.3 billion in 1996, which 'Crimes of the Heart' From Page B1 Rocky Mountain regional coordinator for the National Fire Plan from Lakewood, outlined the plan and flelded feedback. The information they gathered will be submitted to Daschle.

"Firefighter and public safety are the No. 1 priorities of the plan," da Luz said. The plan's highlights include improving cooperation between government agencies, increasing firefighting capabilities, restoring lands damaged during the 2000 fire season, reducing ground fuels that feed fires and various community-assistance programs. Congress usually funds Forest Service firefighting requests at 60 percent, but for 2001, "They gave us.100 percent of what we asked for. That meant an additional 456 firefighters in the Rocky Mountain region and around 40 more people and some equipment in the Black Hills area to help us with the front-line forces of initial attack," da Luz said.

He said the Black Hills forest also received $5 million of the $7 million in funds allocated to the region for rehabilitation efforts, mostly for the Jasper Fire area. To reduce fire-fuel levels, da Luz said the Forest Service would look at impacts on watersheds, plant and animal life, Today's services Ruby E. Anderson 1 p.m. at American Lutheran Church in Bison Vera H. Love 11 a.m.

at Osheim-Catron Funeral Home in Rapid City Delilah Dawn Plenty Holes-Singh 10 a.m. at the Plenty Holes residence in Oglala Alfred W. Shepperson 10 a.m. at Upton Community Center in Upton, Wyo. Rosine Adams Worthington Thomas 3 p.m.

at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis Dorothy ThoresenMarkey 10 a.m. at Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rapid City Carol Regina Yankton 2 p.m. at the Wakpamni CAP building in Pine Ridge Gary Earl Darland SUNDANCE, Wyo. Gary Earl Darland, 68, Sundance, died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2001, at Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sturgis, S.D..

Survivors include his wife, Beverly Darland, Sundance; four sons, Lance Darland, Sioux Falls, S.D., Guy Darland, St. Onge, S.D., and Eric Darland and Gary Darland of Spearfish, S.D.; one daughter, Rebecca Darland, Spearfish; three stepsons, Jim Schweitzer, Springfield, S.D., Jerry Schweitzer, Huron, S.D., and Donnie Schweitzer, Sioux Falls; two stepdaughters, Debbie Kuper, Kearney, and Kay Webster, Custer, S.D.; six grandchildren; and seven one step- stepgreat-granddaughter. Visitation will be from noon to 9 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19, at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis and for one hour before services Monday, Aug.

20, at Historic Fort Meade Chapel in Sturgis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Historic Fort Meade Chapel, with Chaplain Moe Greiner officiating. Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Leslie John Wright LAMPASAS, Texas Leslie John Wright, 57, Lampasas and formerly of Rapid City, died Tuesday, July 31, 2001, in Temple.

Survivors include two sons, Jim Wright, Brighton, and Lonnie Wright. Thornton, three grandchildren; two brothers, Delbert Wright and Arnold Wright; and five sisters, Jeannine Harnack, Pat Westphalen, Virginia Hendrickson, Bonnie Palmer and Alene Jacox. Graveside services, with military honors by VFW Post 1273 of Rapid City, will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, with Chaplain Paul Lupkes officiating.

Kirk Funeral Home of Rapid City is in charge of arrangements. N. Peterson, 88, Belle 15, 2001, at her home. Richard Peterson, Belle Fourche; West Port; four grandchil- with Funeral Home of the North- Dakota wealthy figures out to $27,510 per person. Speaking last week at a Brookings Chamber of Commerce meeting, Meierhenry said South Dakota is beyond belief" compared to the rest of the world.

"So it's a lack of leadership and commitment, not a lack of resources," he said. and communities either in or abutting national forest land. Assisting forest communities involves grants and agreements to improve state fire assistance and volunteer fire department capabilities, he said. The federal officials were told they need to listen more to local landowners, put fire breaks around such areas as Beaver Park and have a management category for areas shared by communities and the forest. Environmental representatives said the Forest Service must first determine that those areas around homes and communities can be saved from fire rather than trying to fireproof the forest.

Coordinator da Luz said forest managers recognize there's a need to manage public land for multiple uses and that citizens differ on those uses. However, foresters still need "to be able to implement the plan." Pleper said if he had the power, he would get rid of a lot of the processes involved in today's forest management. "Give me the latitude and the resources to do what I'm supposed to do. I'm tied up in processes and not working in the woods; so are my Pleper said. Questions or comments? Call reporter Bill Cissell at 394-8412 or e-mail him at bill.

Jan staff Cast members from the Matthews Opera House version of Beth Henley's 1981 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Crimes of the Heart" take a moment to glance at family photographs as they await news of their grandfather, who is in the hospital living out his last hours. The play opens at 7:30 p.m. today in Spearfish. Standing, from left, are Gary Peters, newcomer Matt Wipf and Karena Huckins. Seated in front are Brenna Meyer, Tracy Lehman and Donna Peters, who play Mississippi sisters in the play.

Lehman also is new to the Matthews Opera House stage. Java: Bagels, rolls, maybe even the Internet From Page new espresso-coffee shop. Java's Brewin' opened July 23 at 8092 Stage Stop Road, across the street from Haggar's Grocery. The owner is Christie Wilkins of nearby Black Hawk. She's a certified ch pendency counselor.

She liked working with clients but wants to do something different. "This is the best time in my life to figure out if I can do something like this before I get much older," Wilkins, 27, said. Java's Brewin' features a variety of coffees brewed from locally roasted Dark Canyon Coffee Co. beans. The shop also serves Bagels, cinnainon and caramel rolls baked by Four-U shop in the Rushmore Mall.

Later, she hopes to add a lunch menu and perhaps an Internet-connected computer. The shop is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

on weekends. Wheat Berries closing The commercial strip north of Jackson Boulevard would that be NoJack? is losing its neighborhood bakery after seven years in business. Lightning ignites fires near Sturgis Fire crews, with the help of rain, quickly knocked down a Sturgis 100-acre prairie fire about 35 miles northeast of Sturgis on Wednesday afternoon. Lightning caused the fire, which was reported about 2:20 p.m. at Bear Butte Farms about five miles north of S.D.

Highway 34, Sturgis Fire Chief Ron Koan said. "When we got on scene, it was a pretty roaring fire," Koan said. Two brush trucks and a tender from Sturgis, as well as units from Hereford, Alkall and Vale, had the fire under control by 3:45 p.m., with help from a rainstorm. "The rain all but put it out," Koan said. Seventeen firefighters were on the scene.

Also early Wednesday afternoon, lightning ignited a fire on a large round bale at the old Sturgis airport. Crews quickly put that fire out, Koan said. Summer Sizzler Special Buy 1 Rose for $2.00 Get a 2nd Rose FREE! Carry Only) Where Rosemary Grows 394-5431 611 Matt Street Rabid Wheat Berries Bakery Cafe announced this week that it will close its doors for good. "Due to family and financial considerations, Wheat Berries' final day of full-service bustness will be Saturday, Aug. 25.

However, the business has been and still is for sale and could continue to serve customers if someone were to make an acceptable offer by the end of the month," according to a statement from the Hardin and Ryan families, owners of the bakery at 2130 Jackson Blvd. The going-away party begins Tuesday. They'll be selling recipe books, refrigerated cookle dough, kits to make vegetable chili and granola, and bulk baking ingredients. "We're approaching this with a mixture of relief and sadness," co-owner Tim Ryan said. They opened the business in December 1996 in the former Metropolitan Federal branch on Mountain View Road.

A year ago, they moved the bustness to Jackson. Eatery changing hours The Corn Exchange restaurant in downtown Rapid City DoRC? has always had unusual hours. It's been open for lunch Tuesday through Friday and for dinner Thursday through Saturday. In other words, it was closed for dinner four nights a week and closed for lunch three days a week. That's because owner M.J.

Adams, a hands-on chef in the truest sense, personally prepares every hot entree. This week, she announced she's giving up the lunch business altogether. The Corn Exchange will become a dinner-only restaurant five nights a week. It will open at 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

The Last Lunch will be Friday, Aug. 24. "More people are asking me to be open for dinner, and dinner is better for me," M.J. said despite the fact that on Wednesdays, the lunch crowd filled every table in the place. "I have to do what's best for me," she said.

Planning and preparing both lunch and dinner on the same day was just too much. "I care about the food, and I can't do both." She opened a small eatery called the Corn Exchange on Seventh Street in late 1996. It burned down in the 1998 Sweeney Building fire. She later reopened around the corner Work starts on clinic at 727 Main St. Black Hills Orthopedic Spine Center soon will have a next-door neighbor at the hilltop medical complex along U.S.

Highway 16 south of Rapid City. We missed the recent groundbreaking ceremony, but work has begun on a square-foot medical clinic half of which will be occupied by Dr. Vassilia Young, a boardcertified dermatologist. The other half will be advertised for lease, said builder Dave Gustafson, Young's partner in LLC, the company that will own and operate the facility. Gustafson Builders is the contractor.

The one-story building, designed by Spearfish medical architect Steve Williams, should have little trouble finding a tenant, Gustafson said. The partners hope to have the building open by January. The doctors at Black Hills Orthopedic have developed the 25-acre site as a medical center for several clinics. Talking Business appears Thursdays in the Journal. Contact Dan Daly by telephone (394-8421), by fax (394-8463) or by e-mail (dan.daly@rapidcityjournal.com).

Tribe backs Buffalo Commons by Holdi Bell Rease Journal Staff Writer The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will become the first American Indian tribe to ofRosebud ficially sign on as a supporter of the Great Plains Restoration Council, during a ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Rosebud Fair Powwow. The ceremony and joint statement of solidarity will take place at 6 p.m. on the main stage at Rosebud. The full board of the Great Plains Restoration Council, a Denverbased nonprofit group that supports bringing back the Buffalo Commons, will attend.

The Buffalo Commons idea would establish a band of "frontier" land from Mexico to Canada where fences would be removed and buffalo would be allowed to roam across the restored prairie. Settled areas would be able to fence the animals out. "For GPRC and its allies, the Buffalo Commons means we can restore, in our lifetimes, great herds of wild, free-roaming buffalo and other native prairie animals to a healing landscape," GPRC Executive D1- rector Jarid Manos said. But he said it also means restoring the health of human communities on the Great Plains, "from the Indian reservation to the inner city to the rural homestead and beyond." GPRC whose members include many from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, including GPRC Board members Rosalie Little Thunder and Edward Valandra will complete a nine-day backcountry expedition of the Dakotas on Aug. 24.

Ground crews are surveying land to determine which areas might work best for GPRC's Million Acre Project, considered the first step toward establishing a Buffalo Commons. Survey crews consider economics, biology and other factors. The Million Acre Project would establish a protected natural area of 1 million contiguous acres, an area biologists say is large enough to reconstruct a fully functioning Continuing the tradition of caring. Behrens FUNERAL HOME 632 St. Francis, Rapid City 343-0145 prairie ecosystem.

They said the area would be a safe zone for native animals and plants, as well as a place for humans to find silence and healing. Manos said GPRC "hopes to restore the whole sense of community and the landscape of health, even within people's own bodies." "It certainly isn't about pushing anybody off (the land) like some people would say," he said. "I envision a Great Plains that is just abundant with health. I see solar power, see wind power, I see diabetes eliminated or at least greatly reduced." For more information, see GPRC's Web site, www.gprc.org. lust the best Sweet Nobod ells an it 1710 Jackson BId Rapid 341 300.