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the Rapid City Journal 3 Tuesday, October 15, 1985 $500,000 fund drive begun for air museum t.yiidJr In -nSr iJi 4 1 A 4'F -v i i it at Ellsworth AFB, courtesy of Bell, Galyardt Associates Inc. Other criteria used In the museum's site selection "was the excellent rapport between the military and civilian community, traffic flow during vacation periods and the willingness of the civilian community to shoulder the financial responsibility to get the museum started," Teachout said. The Air Force will make available to the museum certain aircraft and missiles and other hardware as they become unusable or obsolete. Plans call for the museum site to be north of the main gate at Ellsworth. However, unlike at present, tourists will not have to check in at the Visitors' Center and may drive directly to the museum.

The current museum building is shared with other offices. About a dozen vintage aircraft are on display outside, including a World War II B-25 bomber used as Gen. Dwlght Elsenhower's personal aircraft during his command of Allied Forces, Teachout said. Also on the grounds are a B-52, B-26, B-57, F-105, F-86, F-84, F-101, C-47, 0-2 Cessna observation aircraft, a helicopter and Nike and Titan II missiles. Mabel Hlght Celebrates her 100th Care Center (Staff photo by Bob birthday Tuesday at the Rapid City Carlson) Hard work has kept centenarian young Supreme Court will consider eagle case Lanette Mercer Staff Writer She Is used to hard work.

Her son, Frank, feels that is what has kept her young. At 85, Mabel Hlght was the cook in the Interior cafe she owned and operated with her son, James. On Tuesday she celebrated her 100th birthday. When asked what It felt like to be 100, she paused and then said, "Well it's just a long time." A resident of Interior for more than 70 years, Mabel Hlght was always active in the community, with her family, and her work. But life is quieter here in the Rapid City Care Center, where she moved In 1979.

As a young bride, Mrs. Hight and her husband, Joseph, homesteaded outside of. Interior In 1908. It was a life full of hard work, work so difficult that many of Us today have never experienced the like. Their children Milton, and the twins, James and Frank, were born on the homestead.

Her daughter-in-law, Gerda, related a story Mrs. Hight once told her about the birth of the twins. "Mabel didn't know she was having twins. When the doctor told her, 'Here comes another she told me she fainted," said Gerda. After 10 years the family moved to town where they had numerous businesses.

The hardware store they owned had the only phone in Interior for a long time, so Mrs. Hight frequently was the messenger carrier for the town. Betty Williamson, assistant administrator of the care center, had family in Interior and remembers calling Mrs. Hight back in those days. They have been friends for more than 30 years.

"Mabel is a flesty, Independent lady," said Williamson. "When she first came here, she used to love to argue." Williamson speculated that the reason was simply life was a little dull for her after the busy life she led in Interior, When her twins played basketball in school, Mrs. Hight never missed a game. Another time she supplied bed and board for 22 surveyors for an entire summer. Her son, Frank, visiting from California, said, "She's been a great mother." Gordon Hanson Staff Writer The klckoff of a $500,000 fund drive to build a new South Dakota Air Space Museum at Ellsworth Air Force Base was announced Tuesday by the Ellsworth Heritage Foundation board.

"We want to preserve the artifacts of the air, hot only of the Air Force but of the state," said retired Air Force Lt. Col. Gerald E. Teachout of Piedmont, a former military pilot and foundation president. Those South Dakota artifacts, for example, include "the stratosphere flights of the 1930s from Stratobowl, the contributions of people like Joe Foss or the Clyde Ice family," Teachout said.

"We're going to try to locate anything we can" that is related to South Dakota air history. "This state is absolutely plastered with air history and space history." The board hopes to reach the $500,000 goal by Feb. 1, 1986, with Construction starting in early spring and occupancy later in 1986 or in early 1987. Mildred Roberts, a foundation board member and head of the fund drive, said $100,000 has already been raised. 1 Teachout estimated the building will cost $400,000.

It will house artifacts (insulted for outdoor exhibit. "It will also contain a gift shop, study rooms with library, theater, meeting rooms, office space and areas for workshops and storage." Money will also be used for a 300-unlt parking lot, landscaping the 10-acre site, fixtures and future exhibits, he said. The Air Force will provide the site and pay the building's utilities. The museum will have ft small, salaried staff, but rely heavily on volunteer help. "The one-story building will be of add-on type because we know within a few years more space will be required," he said.

"Once that building is up, it will be self-sufficient and we know lt will become one of the major tourist attractions in the area. More than The record Police blotter Two Minnewasta Place residents told Rapid City police they saw two men running from their houses after entering their unlocked houses. The thieves stole two purses from one house. In both cases women residents awoke after hearing noises and saw the men running away. A similar Incident occurred Monday at a house on South Valley Drive.

The thief took three $1 bills and a knife, but dropped the items on the front step after being detected. Burglars broke the door of a convenience store on Sheridan Lake Road overnight Sunday and stole $76 worth of liquor. Damages were put at $250. And three watches and rings were stolen from a house In the 1000 block of Rockhlll Road, according to deputies. Custom-made computer equipment, worth $1,015, was stolen from a vehicle parked Sunday at Rushmore Mall.

Someone stole citizen's band radios, a radar detector and cash, worth $750, after breaking into vehicles parked at a business in the 3100 block of East St. Patrick Street, said deputies. A report of a stolen purse resulted in the arrest of a 25-year-old Rapid City man on a charge of forgery. Rapid City police reports said Cody D. Drake allegedly cashed a stolen check Monday after a purse containing the checks was stolen from a La Crosse Street motel.

A 25-year-old man was charged with giving police a false name when police investigated a report that $400 worth of windows were broken in a mobile home in the 800 block of East New York Street. About $400 worth of windows also were broken at a vacant business in the 2900 block of West Main Street. Auto thieves stole $450 worth, of sleeping bags, a duffle bag and a wool coat Saturday from a car parked at a hotel at Sixth and Main streets. A radar detector, worth $250, was stolen from a vehicle parked Monday at a grocery store in the 500 block of Omaha Street. In Magistrate Court, John Chambers, 23, rural Rapid City, was charged with felony destruction of property for allegedly doing more than $200 in damage to a car parked Oct in the 1300 block of Fourth Street He also was charged with refusing to leave and with resisting arrest Lannie Stephen Cox, 35, was charged with one count of forgery in connection with passing a $275 check in February.

The check had been reported stolen from Phoenix, said court records. If you have observed a crime or other suspicious activity, call Secret Witness, 394-2800. All information Is kept confidential. 3tf H-c B-29 Superfortresses were assigned to Ellsworth for two years, and the Heritage Foundation has located two B-29s, Teachout said. "There are no more.

These are the only ones left. The Air Force called the Foundation recently and offered us a B-29. Now it's up to us to find the means and money to go get it." Several people left Monday for California to dismantle the B-29 for shipment to Ellsworth, Teachout said. An Air Force reserve unit at Travis AFB, will furnish heavy equipment to help remove heavy Items, such as the wings and engines. "We hope we're going to bootleg a C-5A transport from Travis on a space-available basis," Teachout said.

"If they are coming this way empty, they will haul it for us. It could take a prolonged period to recover all the pieces for reassembling." Contributions are deductible and can be pledged over a period of time, Teachout said. For more Information, call the museum at 399-7510 or the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce at 343-1744. carcasses and parts from members of the Sioux tribe. The bald eagle is considered an endangered species In nearly all states.

Justice Department lawyers said the appeals court ruling also threatens government efforts to protect such animals as the grizzly bear, the gray wolf, the peregrine falcon and the whooping crane. The 8th Circuit court has jurisdiction over Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. The government said there are 28 Indian reservations with a population of 91,000 Indians In those seven states. City man facing two charges of sexual assault John E. Tippman, 23, Rapid City, was arrested Saturday on a warrant charging him with two counts of sexual assault.

Tippman is accused of having sexual contact with a girl under the age of 16 and of second-degree rape of the same girl. Both offenses allegedly occurred between May and June, according to Magistrate Court records. At the time of his arrest Tippman also was charged with escape and with failure to pay a court fine. The escape allegedly occurred Saturday after Tippman Identified himself to a deputy under another name and then fled on foot after convincing the deputy to let him retrieve an Identification card from an apartment. Deputies found Tippman later in the day In a basement apartment in the 300 block of St Patrick Street Deputies had broken the door to enter the apartment after calling for Tippman to come out said reports.

Sexual contact Is punishable by 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Second-degree rape is punishable by 13 years and a $13,000 fine. No formal charge of escape had been filed by Tuesday. '1 1 I I 10 DRAM. Wt aro th Mifatim.

RfPklClty.S.D.a 1 1 Gtfytvdi AMocuri Architect's drawing of proposed South Dakota Air Space Museum 23,000 people came through there this Summer. Future visitations could easily exceed 200,000 people per year." The Air Force, unlike other branches of the service, has not funded and maintained public museums because of budget limitations, Teachout said. The only museum owned and supported by the Air Force Is at Wright Patterson AFB at Dayton, Ohio. However, senior Air Force commanders "have decided that the Air Force Btory may better be told by placing museums at strategic bases throughout the states." Also, he said, because material suitable for museums is rapidly disappearing, the Air Force authorized selected air bases to cooperate with their civilian communities to set Up non-profit organizations to sponsor and operate the museums. "Ellsworth and Rapid City were so selected in 1982 and the subsequent Ellsworth Heritage Foundation was the result.

The Air Force further allowed South Dakota to include the whole state and its air history therefore the name 'South Dakota Air ft Space v. f- Ma. Mark Lee NASA project in community starts next week Debra Bossman Staff Writer After more than a year's planning, the NASA Community Involvement Project In the Rapid City area is about to become a reality, beginning next week. And Maj. Mark Lee, an astronaut candidate in the Air Force's NASA Division will be guest of honor during festivities Nov.

9 which include a parade, fitness run and banquet. Lee is training to be a mission specialist on future space shuttle flights. Orientation for NASA specialists begins Sunday, NASA programs will be presented in area schools, beginning Monday, Oct. 21, in Oelrichs, Sturgls, Phillip, Red Cloud, Wall, Edgemont, Spearfish, LeadDead-wood, St. Martin's Academy, Newell, Pine Ridge, Hot Springs, Belle Four-che, Buffalo, Hill City and Rapid City.

The School programs will focus on such areas as space exploration, moon landings, space food, looking at earth from space, exploring other planets, aeronautical research and space suits. Special NASA luncheon meetings for community service groups will be held dally from Oct. 28 through Nov. at the Hilton Inn in Rapid City. A variety of speakers from NASA will make presentations to the groups.

To participate in the meetings, persons should contact Judy Olson at 3944052. Rapid City will have two special NASA consultants during the community involvement program. Peggy Lanthlaen and Dave Marquart. two of the 10 Teacher in Space finalists, will share their expertise in the area of gifted and talented, and fitness in space. The Rapid City Area Schools will make use of their channel 25 on cable television during the community pro-; gram to broadcast ft selection of NASA videos.

The tapes will be reoeated at various times. A balloon lauch, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Explorer I launch from the Stratobowl, will be Nov. 11, held in conjunction with the community involvement project Anti-hotel campaign in full swing in city James H. Rubin WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider giving the government broader power to prevent Indians from capturing and killing bald and golden eagles. The court said lt will review a ruling that allows the prosecution of Indians who sell eagles and eagle parts but bars prosecution when the birds are killed on Indian reservations for use In tribal rituals.

The Reagan administration said the ruling by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals In a case from South Dakota could threaten numerous endangered species besides the eagle. The appeals court ruling "would require the government to prove either that the protected wildlife was not taken on the reservation which might be difficult or impossible or that It was taken for a commercial purpose," government lawyers said. Last January, the appeals court refused to reinstate part of an indictment against Dwlght Dion, a member of the Yankton Sioux tribe accused of illegally killing and selling eagles. The appeals court said Dion may not be prosecuted for capturing eagles, but It upheld his conviction for selling eagle carcasses and eagle feathers.

Members of the Sioux tribe have the right to hunt the eagles on their reservation in South Dakota for their religious ritual needs, the appeals court said. The Endangered Species Act and the Eagle Protection Act do not power federal officials to override an 1858 treaty with the tribe that guaranteed Indian hunting rights, the appeals court said. But the Indians "do not have a treaty right to sell such birds," It added. The prosecution of Dion and other tribal members stemmed from a 2iryear undercover Investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Federal agents posing as traders and collectors purchased numerous eagle r- right now," Bradsky said of the petition drive. "People are really coming across. We're over half way there right now." Once the petitions are submitted to the Common Council, the council has 10 days to set the election date, Bradsky said. The attorney said he anticipates a December election. Brady said Hospitality Association members have given "very healthy support" to the campaign against the proposed facility.

Each association member was asked to contribute $5 per room to the effort, she said, even though some hotel and motel owners couldn't come up with that amount. The association expects to spend as much as 310,000 on a media campaign aimed at alerting the public to the consequences of the new hotel, she said. Brady said she believes radio, television and newspaper ads will begin shortly after the petitions are submitted to the council and increase as the election date nears. "I'm very impressed by the number of people who really do object to this happening," she said. "There's too many private citizens who are into this to make us think that it's just the Hospitality Association that "Once the people actually see what's happening to their Civic Center, they will vote the hummer down," Bradsky added.

"It's not fair to the people." Rre log Monday 4:12 p.m., west of Lakota Homes. A smoke investigation. Nothing found. 6:15 p.m., 1819 Fremont St. Crew extinguished a kitchen fire.

The cause was grease left on a stove. Estimated $3,500 damage. 8:50 p.m., 315 East Blvd. A dumpster fire was extinguished. No damage.

I p.m., 1714 Brentwood. Crews extinguished a fire in a heatilator. No damage. Tom Griffith Staff Writer The Rapid City Area Hospitality Association has its campaign against the proposed Rushmore Plaza Civic Center hotel In full swing. Representatives say they will have no problem gathering enough signatures to bring the issue to a public vote.

About 35 hotel, motel and restaurant owners, as well as several interested citizens, attended a special association meeting Monday to discuss the planned (13 million, 10-story hotel and collect petitions which call for a referendum on the issue. The association represents about 250 area hotels, motels, tourist attractions and other businesses. It has opposed the hotel project proposed by Missouri developer John Q. Ham-mons, which would place the 290-unlt hotel on the east side of the Civic Center. Last Wednesday, the association began distributing petitions to collect the 809 signatures necessary to bring the hotel issue to a vote.

But association vice president Nancy Brady said Tuesday the organization expects to bring in far more than the required number of signatures. "We needed little over 800, but we're hoping to get twice or three times that many," Brady said. She added one elderly woman already has obtained 200 signatures. The association Is distributing four petitions; each opposing one of the four measures passed by the Rapid City Common Council which gave approval to rezonlng, parking revenue bonds, economic development bonds and a 75-year lease-back arrange-, ment, said attorney Walter J. Brad-sky, who represents the association.

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