MAYOR
Krambeck 816
Michael Kane 750
Terri Dunwoody 578

WARD 1
Travis Geppert 233
Tom Quinn 142
StanLee Ager 90

WARD 2
Paul Young 370
Larry Klarenbeek 350

WARD 3
Don Aaker 441
Paul Thomson 401

REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES

SHERRIFF
Rick Mowell 1,933
Tony Bradley 1132

Bob Ewing, Richard Sleep and Brandon Flanagan are selected for Republican county commission slate.

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Despite the fact that Spearfish doesn’t have enough money to clear snow, the Meier land purchase appears to be a wise idea. 

Developers have been salivating over the land for decades, but thankfully the city will have first opportunity to buy and develop it into an oasis of community learning and enjoyment – not too far from the community Rec Center. If done properly, it could really be an amazingly attractive area of the city.

This will take a bit of time and there will be snags along the way, but in the long run the wisdom in this move will become evident.

 
It’s a beautiful piece of land. Hopefully they don’t ruin it by using the same design sense they employed when designing the Rec Center facade. blech.

Read more about this story here.

Hi Kids! Welcome to School!

While the rest of Spearfish has improved in removing snow from public streets, the Spearfish School District gets a failing grade when it comes to removing snow at the elementary schools. 

This morning I watched as kids at West Elementary struggled over 2-foot piles of snow just to get to the main cross walk. Other kids were seen walking down the sides of the street because there was no place to walk on the sidewalks. Parents struggled to find a place to pull over and let their kids out. Most resorted to dropping their kids off in the middle of the road, urging them to walk down the road to the entrance.

If the City of Spearfish can clean out the City Hall area and other such areas, how can they not channel resources to clean out the area where parents pick-up and drop-off their kids for school? It’s ridiculous, to say the least.

This isn’t some beach community struck by an odd snow storm. This is South Dakota. There is absolutely no excuse for not clearing the snow so our kids can make it to school safely and on time.

It’s cold outside!!! Stew is always a great dish in this weather. Here’s a recipe handed down from my great grandmother. Of all the sea kitten recipes I found in that dusty box in the attic, this is the one I just had to share publicly.

Enjoy!

Grandma’s Sea Kitten Stew Recipe

Ingredients:

* 6 tablespoons olive oil
* 1 cup of white onions (chopped)
* 2 large cloves of garlic (chopped)
* 2/3 cup fresh parsley (chopped)
* 1 cup of fresh medium tomato (chopped)
* 2 teaspoons tomato paste (unchopped)
* 8 oz of clam juice (or shellfish stock)
* 2/3 cup beer (hopped)
* 1 1/2 lb white sea kitten fillets (chopped)
* Touch of oregano leaves, red chile pepper, thyme, pepper
* Salt

1.) Heat olive oil in heavy large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add chopped onion and garlic and sauté 4 minutes. Add parsley and stir 2 minutes. Add tomato, tomato paste and cook 2 minutes longer.

2.) Add clam juice, beer, and sea kitten. Simmer until sea kitten is cooked – less than 10 minutes. Add seasoning. Salt to taste. Enjoy!

Serves 4.

Interesting piece from RC Journal

I was just talking to my friend about Polka Dots in Spearfish yesterday. Fond memory… I guess, from a business perspective, it was a good place to build an office building in that part of town, but I still miss it.

The Northern Hills Drive-in was another fun memory from childhood. The one in Belle Fourche survived a little longer.

Deadwood isn’t the Deadwood I remember as a kid, of course. That quaint run-down old west atmosphere is gone, except in hidden corners here and there. I’m just glad I got to see it before it changed. They really sanitized it and painted it up (Disneyfied it) to look more polished than it ever really was. I like the new Deadwood too, don’t get me wrong. It just isn’t the same without the dangerous boardwalks, run-down streets, JC Penny store, and that taffy shop…