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Letter from Auxiliary President:

 

            Greetings! from the north central section of our lovely state. I hope this issue finds everyone happy and healthy. My name is Cindy Sahli and I am the 2009 President of the South Dakota Peace Office's Auxiliary. My husband Bruce is the 2009 President of the Association. We live in Roscoe, SD and have three children but usually only the youngest is still at home. I work at Northern State University in the Residence Life/Multi Cultural/Student Activities office where I have the secretary. My husband owns his own taxidermy studio, Prairie Wind Creations, and also is trying his hand at coaching high school football and basketball.

            This years convention was another success. The training was excellent and I had a hard time pulling myself away from it so I could get to our meetings on time. As always, it was great to see all our friends, most of which we only see at this convention, as well as meeting so many new friends. They sure know how to be great hosts in Chamberlain/Owacoma area.  This year we held both our meetings at Al's Oasis. There is a little something for everyone at Al's. What a fine establishment. If you get the chance, you should stop off for a piece of pie, if they haven't run out already! We had a small turnout for the Auxiliary meetings this year but we gained a number of new members so hopefully, next year, our meeting will be well attended. Though our numbers were small we still had a great time. The moose and the elk will surely miss us. Our 1st Vice, Laurie Solem, had a conflict this year and could not make it to our convention but promises to be there for us in Huron next fall! We missed you Laurie. Marg Gallop is our new 2nd Vice. Marg has been a member of the Auxiliary for many years and will bring a wealth of knowledge to our board. Welcome aboard!

            We had a good response with our Theme Baskets for our Silent Auction. I wish I had as much imagination as some of our members. A big thank you goes out to Cindy Gross for bringing her bookmarks and keys chains, and donating the proceeds, as well as the beautifully decorated cookies. Some were too pretty to eat!

            Once again, we will be offering a free year of membership to spouses of new graduates of the Academy. Hopefully this will bring in some new faces.

            I hope to keep up with the news letter so if you have anything you would like me to add to it, feel free to send it to me, along with any other ideas or suggestions, questions, etc. at bcssz@abe.midco.net.

            Next years convention will be in the wonderful city of Huron. We always have such a great time there. Good Service, Great Hospitality, Awesome Friends. I hope to see you all there!

Until then:

Cindy

 

 

 SOUTH DAKOTA PEACE OFFICER’S AUXILIARY

 2007 Brunch Minutes (Monday)

 

            The South Dakota Peace Officer’s Auxiliary met for Brunch on Monday, September 24, 2007 at, “ The Coffee Tree” in Huron. President Dee Hansen called the meeting to order.

            The Huron Auxiliary presented the Auxiliary Board with a corsage that had jewelry in the corsages for all the work the board has done. Dee led the members in the Auxiliary prayer.  Dee asked for a moment of silence in memory of those who have passed away and those facing illness, and then brunch was served.

            Dee welcomed everyone to this year’s seminar and introduced her board as follows: 1^st Vice President Cindy Gross, 2^nd Vice President Cindy Sahli, and Secretary/Treasure Lois McCord and Past President Doris Hornby.

            Secretary/Treasurer Lois McCord called the roll by Auxiliary.

The members from each Auxiliary stood when called.

                        Members-at-Large   11                    Huron      4

                        Brookings                      0                   Guest       0

                        Sioux Falls                      1

  Dee recognized the following;

                         Past Presidents attending of 8;

                         Past Secretary-Treasurers attending of 5;

                         First time attending seminar 1 and no charter members.

 Secretary Lois McCord read the minutes from last year’s brunch.  There were no corrections of the minutes. A motion was made to accept the minute’s by Mary Williams and seconded by Cindy Sahli. Motion carried.

            Treasurer’s report was given for 2006-2007. Gloria Hansen made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report. Seconded by Lois Riehm and motion carried.  Three bills were presented from Dee Hansen engraving, flowers & stamps of  $24.92, Cindy Gross engraving $21.20, Ruth Deffenbaugh engraving $5.94. Linda VanDeWalle made a motion to pay these bills and Bonnie Sheridan seconded. Motion carried.

            Old Business: President Dee gave the 1^st and 2^nd Vice Presidents new port accordion files and put all the papers from the Spirit of 6, Constitution and the By-Laws in it. 

            New Business: Discussion on the Scholarship, change the wording to say for an Auxiliary Member or a Child or Grand Child or Great Grand Child of an SDPOAuxiliary, also the Number of Scholarship and amount to be given away. Table till tomorrow.

            The Association gave the Auxiliary a Savage Bolt-Action 17 Caliber Rife; we will sell chances on the gun 6 for $5.00 or 1 for a $1:00.  The men also gave us a Man and Women’s Black Hills Gold Watches witch they got from Riddles Black Hill Gold for a Thank-you gift to the Association for purchasing the New Rodeo Crown for the Miss South Dakota High School Rodeo Queen. The watches will be in the Basket Auction to be held Tuesday night.  Thank you to the men for their donations. There are 23 baskets at this time.

             President Dee appointed the following members to be on the:

                 Audit Committee: Gloria Hansen and Lois Taylor;

                 Tellers:  Ruth Deffenbaugh and Marg Gallop; 

                 Nomination Committee:  Mary Williams and Deb Halling,

            President Dee thanked the auxiliary members who helped present awards for the Spirit of Six tournaments. They were:

            Rapids City - Mary Williams & Marcia Aikens,

            Huron - Cindy Gross & Becky Casper.

            There being no more business Gloria Hansen made a motion to adjourn and Ruth Deffenbaugh seconded. Motion carried

 

 Respectfully -submitted

 Lois McCord, Secretary/Treasurer 2006-2007

 

SOUTH DAKOTA PEACE OFFICER’S AUXILIARY

2007 Luncheon Minutes (Tuesday)

 

            The South Dakota Peace Officer’s Auxiliary Luncheon was held on September 25, 2007 at “The Pyle House” in Huron.

            Charnelle Scheel, The Director of The Pyle House Museum gave us a talk on how Huron was given The Pyle House and its history, then a tour of the house.

            President Dee Hansen welcomed everyone and called the meeting to order.

            Dee welcomes Association President Doug Williams. Doug thanked us for supporting the Association.

            Lois McCord read the minutes of the last years Luncheon. There were no corrections to the minutes. A motion to accept the minutes was made by Lois Taylor and seconded by Lois Riehm. Motion carried.

            Dee asked the Auditors report; Gloria Hansen and Lois Taylor reported that the Treasures book were all in order. Dee asked if there were anymore bills, and with no bills, Cindy Sahli make a motion that the treasures Report for 2006-2007 be approved, seconded by Mary Williams. Motion carried.

            Lunch was ready and Devotions were given and our lunch was served. After our luncheon a check for $50.00 was given to Charnelle Scheel for The Pyle House.

            There was no Old Business:

 

NEW BUSINESS:

A discussion was held on the Scholarship, A motion was made by Kathy Meyer to change the wording in the magazine to say, the applicant must be an Auxiliary Member or a Child, Grand Child or Great Grand Child of an SDPOAuxiliary, Seconded by Mary Williams. Motion carried.

            A discussion was held on the amount of the scholarship: Ruth Deffenbaugh made a motion to change the amount to give one $200.00 scholarship a year, & to decided each year if we want to give a 2^nd scholarship, if the money is there, seconded by Cindy Sahli. Motion carried.

            A discussion was held & Doris Hornby made a motion to change the words in the magazine to say that the applicant must write a small paragraph about them self and also about their future plan. The winners write up (a long with a picture) will be published in the magazine and read at the meeting, seconded by Marg Gallop.  Motion carried.  

A discussion was held on the motion made last year (2006) of raising the amount of the scholarship to 1-$350.00 for one person, but it never made the magazine.  Kathy Meyer made a motion to drop the amount of our scholarship from given 1- $350.00 scholarship back to given 1or 2 - $200.00 scholarship, seconded by Lori Solem. Motion Carried.

At this time Doris Hornby reported on the Scholarship. Twelve names submitted with the winner’s of the 2- $200 scholarship going to       

1^st April Fisher of Yankton:         2^nd Matthew Hegg of Watertown.

Alternates Are:                 

1st Jessica (Duncan) Peralta of York, Neb.       2^nd Matt DeBoer of Stickney.

The nomination committee; Mary Williams gave her report: Every one to move up and the new 2^nd vice will be Lori Solem.

Lois Riehm made a motion that Cindy Gross be nominated for President, to accept no other nomination and cast a unanimous ballot. Marj Gallop 2^nd and the motion carried.

Kathy Meyer made a motion that Cindy Sahli be nominated for 1^st Vice President, to accept no other nominations and to cast a unanimous ballot. Mary Williams seconded, & the motion carried.

President Dee called three times for nomination from the floor for 2nd Vice President. None were received. Becky Casper motioned and Ruth Deffenbaugh seconded that Lori Solem become 2^nd Vice. Motion carried.

The new board for 2007-2008 will be President --Cindy Gross,

1^st Vice-President Cindy Sahli, 2^nd Vice-President Lori Solem, Secretary-Treasurer Lois McCord and Past President Dee Hansen.

Dee Hansen thanked all members for coming and appreciated all the help in the last year. At this time Dee gave her board each a gift and also Huron the hosting auxiliary a gift, for all their help.

Past President Doris Hornby installed the new board members and read their responsibilities to them for the next year.

President Dee then presented Cindy Gross with the gavel.

Cindy introduced her new board, Cindy told us that the 2008 State Basketball Tournament would be on March 6-8,2008.  Tournament sites are as follows;

AA -- in Watertown -- Doris Hornby

 A   -- in Spearfish    -- Mary Williams

 B  -- in Huron           -- Cindy Gross

Cindy also announced that next year’s seminar would be in Pierre. At this time if anyone wished to pay for her 2008 dues could sees Lois after the meeting.

Cindy Gross called for a motion to adjourn. Lois Reihm motion and Lois Taylor seconded. Motion carried.  Meeting adjourned.

 

Respectfully submitted, 

Lois McCord

Secretary-Treasurer 2007-2008