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Good Morning! Congratulations to Sierra and Daniel Ward! Their beautiful baby boy Everett Enderby Ward made his appearance Wednesday December 18th at 10:05am coming in at 8lbs 4oz and 20 inches long. What a wonderful ending to a year and the start of a new year. Wishing the Ward Family the best for the holidays! … Continue reading Baby Everett

Good Morning! This week I went to the Lead-Deadwood Economic Development annual meeting. The speaker was Jared McEntaffer an economist from the Black Hills Knowledge Network. He talked about the economic climate of the Lead-Deadwood area and some trends that will probably be coming down the pike for us (hello, retiring Baby Boomers). One of … Continue reading Pretty Much the Center of the Universe

Not to pester you! Okay, lies… but I forgot to mention a few other things happening this weekend and I don’t want you to miss out! Tomorrow, Friday 12/6 Along with the Santa visit from 1st Presbyterian Church, caroling and tree lighting (with hot chocolate being sold by the L-D Cub Scout group) we’re also … Continue reading Extra-Extra

Good Morning! When I was a kid, I remember my much younger brother shrieking out in delight every time he saw a house decorated with Christmas lights “Der’s one!!” We’d be driving around and he could barely contain his joy when we passed a house with even a few strings of lights. We all enjoyed … Continue reading Sparking Holiday Joy

ood Morning! Our offices are closed today, but I know a fair number of you will still check your email. It’s a hard habit to break – so I’m scheduling this to arrive with lots of Thanksgiving well wishes on our normally scheduled Thursday morning “meeting”. Last week I was listening to a talk from … Continue reading So Many Reasons to Celebrate

Good Morning Loyal Readers & Fans of Lead! I’ve been spending a lot of time at the Homestake Opera House lately. I’m directing the fall show, “Brighton Beach Memoirs” which opened last weekend. I’m super proud of it – we have a wonderful cast and crew and the whole show has come together beautifully. We … Continue reading Snapshots in Time

Good Morning! I read an article last week about how Norwegians get through winter. Talk about a tough, it’s completely dark for several months in part of the Northern Hemisphere. The first thing that researchers noticed was that people way up there didn’t “get through” it at all. Their attitude was one of excitement and … Continue reading Its What You Really Want

Hello! I hope you’re having a great week – there have been some bright spots, despite the fact that we’ve already gotten 50″+ of snow (our yearly average is 200″ … looks like the Farmers Almanac was on target so far.) Last summer when the city was working on their 2020 budget we all saw … Continue reading Breaking Records

Happy Halloween! It hardly feels like October… I’d like to say I think all this winter weather means we’re owed an early and very warm spring but… like most things in life it’s best to never feel that anyone owes you anything, because they don’t and the weather least of all. Boooo….. This winter weather … Continue reading How Will You Light Up Lead?

Hello! On Monday I went up to the Lab and listened to their community update. Mike Headly (the director of the lab) gave a short presentation about some of their most exciting projects. Including getting a huge tank down the shaft for one of their ongoing experiments. The tank was especially designed to fit down … Continue reading The Center of the Universe