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Hp -l- J- VWW9 1 "'l CUTT I a I I I I i i i i i i i 'V" i HI I 1 I I C2 Wednesday, July 13, 2005 www.rapidcityjournal.com Rapid CitY Journal bifuaries Airport: Council Shooting: Bullets Box Elder Red Scaffold Sturgis Rapid City Rapid City Gillette, Wyo. Custer Elvina H. Olson, 81 Lundel Iron Hawk, 17 Bonnie T. Matlijk 73 Pearl M. Buffinjton Gowin, 98 Sharon Eagle Tall Murphy, 62 Scott E.

Larsen, 57 Ruth Ragsdale, 89 From Page C1 confessed to the crime but that "other than that, that's the only evidence the state has." Coleman indicated that she intends to have her client evaluated for competency. Jennifer Utter, Pennington County deputy state's attorney, said that she was not prepared for a bond argument and wanted to postpone the issue so she could notify the victim and his family as required by state statute. Fuller set a bond hearing for 4:30 p.m. Friday. O'John's family members attended Tuesday's arraignment.

His wife said that she has been looking for a place for them to live that is handicapped-accessible but is having no luck. Both bullets remain lodged in O'John's lower back and rib cage because of medical complications involved in removing them, his family said. A spokeswoman at Rapid City Regional Hospital said Tuesday that O'John is no longer listed as a patient in any of its facilities. Aggravated assault is a class 3 felony carrying a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $15,000 fine. Contact Vicky Wicks at 394-8318 or vicky.wicksrapldcityjournal.com From Page CI Those are two key issues they are rightfully concerned about." he said.

"The hope Is we can address those concerns and come up with an agreement that would be workable for everyone." Short said there are ways an authority could be created that "would address citizens' concerns about having an un-elected board." "Those are powers that can be used at the right time and place, although we are not forecasting that they would be," Short said. "We have the amount of land we need to protect the approach to the airport." Short said the idea of an airport authority came about through a desire to run airport operations in a more businesslike way. "We would be able to compete with other airports for airline service on the same playing field," he said. The airport is a vital economic engine of the Black Hills, and operating more like the business we are would be better for operations and would take a next step into the future. "But that is a decision that lies with the city council," Short said.

They are the ones who can create or dissolve the authority. If they don't see it the same way, we'll keep oper Stoplight debate delayed until fall By Scott Aust Journal Staff Writer People who live near Fifth and St. Cloud streets will have Ranlrintv to wait until at HaP' least the end of September to find out whether the intersection will get a stoplight. The Rapid City Council's Public Works Committee on Tuesday voted to wait until late September to talk about that issue, which will likely be about the time the Safe Streets Committee begins a public awareness campaign about pedestrian and driver safety. Pedestrian safety along Fifth Street became an issue after an accident last November in which an 8-year-old boy was badly hurt attempting to cross at the Franklin Street intersection.

In January, a 5-4 council majority voted to install a stoplight at Fifth and St. Cloud, one block north of Fifth and Franklin, but later delayed Sharon Kay Eagle Tail Murphy RAPID CITY Sharon Kay Eagle Tail Murphy, born January 25th. 1943, began her Journey Sunday, July 10th in Rapid City. Her mother Pauline Eagle Tail and father Willy Eagle Tail, along with her brothers John, Jake, Francis, Freddie and sisters i Mary, Wanda, and daughter Deitre awaited her arrival in Heaven. Sharon is survived by her husband James A.

Murphy brother Rueben and sister Genie; children Rodell, James Murphy and Rochelle Murphy Davis, all residing in Rapid City. Sons Reggie, and Sonny; daughters Redina, Candie, Sharon Kay reside in Pennsylvania. Sharon was a loving mother and grandmother, and an amazing friend. Her grandchildren Jerrod James Murphy, Brittany Murphy, Kayja Murphy, and Kaleb Murphy will all miss her dearly. Sharon Murphy School district to keep property ating as we are." Currently, Rapid City Regional Airport is a city department, but it has it own board.

Airport operations are funded by airline fees, tenant rents and federal grants but not city tax money. The Rapid City Council approves the airport budget, and airport staff members are municipal employees. The airport board members are appointed by the city council, and the airport executive is a department head who serves at the pleasure of the mayor. Airport authority members would still be appointed by the city council, but the airport director would be hired or fired by the authority. Lawmakers aren't the only ones who may be weighing in on the airport-authority idea.

Janette Mclntyre of the Black Hills Home Builders Association said the organization is "doing some fact-finding." She said the group's Government Affairs Committee plans a meeting to gather information on the proposal. They will be determining whether we want to take a position," she said. The Rapid City Council will have a public meeting on a proposal for an airport authority at 12:30 p.m. July 20, Kooiker said. Contact Celeste Calvltto at 394-8438 or celeste.calvlttorapidcltyjournal.com FUNERAL iVlIvlVHOME Sharon has many family members; nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends that she loved very much as well.

Sharon was a savvy Rapid City business co-owner; she ran Black Hills Diesel Service along with her husband, James. She will be missed and loved and she assured all that were blessed enough to know her that we will meet again in heaven. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, July 15. at the funeral home, and burial will be at Black Hills National Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at Elvina H. Olson BOX ELDER Elvina H.

Olson, 81, formerly of Lead and Whitewood, died at her home on Monday, July 11, 2005. She leaves behind memories of unconditional love, twinkling eyes, a quick sincere smile, laughter, a positive attitude, a listening ear, and most of all, unending courage. Elvina was born atlNun-da, November 54, 1923, to Henry A. and Esther Elvina Olson M. (Tollefson) Mchlum.

She was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith. Her Norwegian upbringing, of which she told fascinating, detailed stories to her children, was spent in Madison, SD. After graduating from Madison High School, she moved to Detroit and became part of the World War II a women's work force supervising the building of bulletproof gas tanks for B-29's. She married Marvin Ardine Olson in Madison. SD, June 9.

1945. They resided in Madison and Dell Rapids prior to moving to Lead in 1948. In 1963, they moved to Central City. After Marvin's retirement in 1982, they moved to White-wood, where she resided until health concerns brought her to her daughter's home In Box Elder in October 2001. Elvina's calling was service to others.

She loved being a stay-at-home mom, caring for her family and entertaining children. When all of her five daughters had entered school, feeling lonely, she went to work for Ft. Meade Veterans' Hospital tn 1 964 as an aide. Three years later, she was promoted to Chief of Surgical Supply, working there until she felt the call to return to patient care in 1976. Here she remained until her retirement in 1985.

Survivors include three daughters, Lana Jeanne (Ronald) Odegard of Box Elder, Carolyn Rae (Michael) Hopkins of Safford. AZ. and Lee; Ann Reller of Belle Fourchei one brother. Dean Mehlum of Sioux Falls: thirteen grandchildren: and ten great-grandchildren. Her husband, Marvin: her parents; four daughters, Connie Kay Irvvin.

Linda Jayne Olson, and two infants, Bonnie and Mary: and one sister, Gwen Orton of Rutland, SD, preceded her in death. At her request, a private celebration of life and inurnment service will be held for her family. She will rest with her husband at the Black Hills National Cemetery. Arrangements are with Kinkade Funeral Chapel of Sturgis. In lieu of flowers, memorials will be donated to the future Hospice House.

Lundel Iron Hank RED SCAFFOLD Lundel Iron Hawk, 17. Red Scaffold, died Friday, July 8. 2005. at Children's Care Hospital and School in Sioux Falls. An all-night wake will begin at 8 p.m.

Thursday. July 14. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Red Scaffold. Family and friends will gather on the top of the hill on the west side of Red Scaffold at 6 p.m. to follow in procession.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday. July 15. at the church, with the Rev. Tom Westhoven and the Rev.

Brian Lane officiating. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Oster Funeral Home of Mo- bridge is in charge of arrangements. I i Today's services Ruthelma J. Breemes 1 1 a.m.

CDT at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Sioux Falls Thatcher L. Ellefson 1 p.m. at Mountain View Cemetery In Rapid City Margot Giesler 10 a.m. at United Methodist Church in Faith John D. Hammond Sr.

10 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church in Rapid City Darry Lawrence 7 p.m. CDT at Faith Lutheran Church in Pierre Ellen Allison Tunnell 10 a.m. at Kirk Funeral Home in Rapid City Richard Leo 'Dick' Williams 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Philip Bonnie T.

Matlick STURGIS Bonnie T. Matlick, 73, Sturgis, died Tuesday, July 12, 2005, at Rapid City Regional Hospital. Survivors include two sons, Marc Matlick and Matthew Matlick, both of Rapid City; two daughters, Cart Frasier and Crystal Gouldin. both of Sturgis; one sister. Phyllis Rio.

Seattle; and six grandchildren. Her husband, James Matlick, preceded her In death. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, July 14, with the family present from 4 p.m.

to 6 p.m.. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Grace Lutheran Church In Sturgis, with the Rev. David Baer officiating.

Burial will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. A memorial has been established to the American Liver Foundation and Hospice of the Hills. Pearl Buffington Gowin RAPID CITY Pearl M. Buffington Gowin. 98, died at the Victorian Assisted Living Facility on Monday, July 1 1, 2005.

Pearl was born on February 14. 1907. in Lead, to Hiram and Bertha (Hall) Wellman. She grew up and attended school in the Piedmont area. Pearl was united tn marriage to Ted Buffington in 1924.

After Ted passed away. Pearl married William Gowin in 1979. She was a member of the Canyon Lake Senior Center and Canyon Lake United Methodist Church. Survivors include a sister-in-law. Doris Wellman.

Rapid City; a nephew. Bill Wellman and his wife, Cindy, Rapid City; nieces, Jacquie Theisen. Minneapolis, MN, and Dee Dee Manske, Pocatello, ID; and several other nieces, great-nieces and great-nephews. Pearl was preceded in death by her husbands, a sister and 6 brothers, including Jack Wellman. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m., today, at the Os-heim-Catron Funeral Home.

Services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Jury 14. at Canyon Lake United Methodist Church with Rev. Bob Ruede-busch and Rev.

Rebecca Trefz officiating. Interment will follow in Piedmont Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Hills. Friends may sign her online guestbook and offer condolences at www.osheimcatron.com. mm 3t.

proceeding with the project Indefinitely while the Safe Streets Committee continued to study safety issues throughout the community. Alderman Sam Kooiker said he reluctantly voted to continue the issue until September. Kooiker said there has been disagreement about where to put a stop light along Fifth Street and concern about unintended consequences if the light is built at St. Cloud. "It may turn Signal Drive into a heavily traveled street," he said.

"It already is being used as a cut-across to the post office." Alderman Bob Hurlbut shared Kooiker's concerns. "When this came up, we had an accident involving a child, and we really thought we needed to do something," he said. "But as we looked into it, we found there are a lot of questions as to which intersection it should go at." The committee voted to continue the issue to the Sept. 27 public works meeting. tion of district land west of Fifth Street.

Board members decided they want more information on Tlustos' proposal before making a decision. County commissioner Mark Kirkeby met with the committee to apologize for not including the school district in the county's plans to enclose the Hawthorne Irrigation Ditch and build a bike path on top of it. Rapid Valley Elementary School borders the ditch, making the district a significant property owner along the ditch. Mark Kirkeby asked the committee to attend the next community meeting held in Rapid Valley to discuss the ditch. Portions of Robbinsdale Elementary School are getting a facelift this summer with a re-roofing and tuck-pointing project The district's consulting engineer Ken Harrison asked the building committee to approve a change order that increased the tuck-pointing at the school by 50 percent for an additional cost of $4,343.

"We have a lot of aging buildings, and we need to take care of them," Harrison told the committee. Contact Andrea Cook at 394-8423 or andrea.cookrapkjcityjournal.corn fi9 AID Ted Laurel French Owners Hearing Care Practitioner 57702 7r BuBBEL I I I School board's building committee fends off overtures to buy district land. By Andrea J. Cook Journal Staff Writer Proposals from developers interested in pieces of property nap'" SSay School District were rejected when the district's building committee met Tuesday. The committee, which includes school board members Margie Rosario, Sheryl Kirkeby and Doug Kinniburgh, rejected a request from developer Doyle Estes to sell a small piece of land off North Haines Avenue.

An access road Estes is building isolates a corner of the school district's property, according to Mike Kenton, the district's director of operations. The committee agreed that it's premature to dispose of the property. If the district sells the property, it would have to put it up for auction. Kirkeby said. Kenton also passed on a request from developer Pat Tlus-tos that the school district share construction costs for a street he plans to build between his property and a por Scott E.

Larsen, D.V.M. GILLETTE. Wyo. Scott E. Larsen, D.V.M., 37.

of Gillette. WY. died unexpectedly on Sunday. July 10. 2005.

Visitation will be Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel. A Christian prayer service will be held on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, July 14, 2005, at 10:00 a.m. at the St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Sturgis with Father Arnold Kari officiating. There will be a private family committal service at a later date. Scott was born November 19, 1967, in Deadwood, SD.

He was the younger of two sons bom to Mike and Dixie (Crowser) Larsen. He grew up in Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis High School in 1986. Scott attended Colorado State University where he obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1994. Scott married Lisa Bradley on May 29. 1992, in Sturgis.

Scott's deep love of animals drew him to his profession, veterinary medicine. For the past nine years. Scott and his family lived in Gillette. WY, where he practiced at the Animal Medical Center of Wyoming. He continually strived to provide the best care for his animal clients and their owners and would go the "extra-mile" for anyone who needed his help.

He was a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association and a member of St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Gillette. Survivors include his wife, Lisa, one daughter. McKenna, and two sons, Trevor and Logan, all of Gillette, WY; his parents, Mike and Dixie Larsen of Sturgis; one brother. Shaun Larsen of Phoenix.

AZ; paternal grandmother, Marian Larsen of Sturgis; and his father and mother in law. Jim and Thelma Bradley of Sturgis. Others include numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and many wonderful friends. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Clifford and Dorothy Crowser and paternal grandfather, Omer Larsen. Memorials have been established for an educational fund for his children and the Needy Pet Fund at the Animal Medical Center of Wyoming.

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