Brunick hired as business manager  

Freeman sends eight students to all-state choir 

The tradition continues 
Flyers win third straight football title 

EDITORIAL 
Post-game wrapup 

Council OKs self-storage building 
City holds off on street signs purchase for more information 
by Amy Bennett 
Freeman’s city council will allow a self-storage building to be put up on Sixth and Cherry streets next to Casey’s. 
At the regular Nov. 2 meeting, the council held the second reading of an ordinance that would allow the building. 
Dave Terveen and Randy Klock of Emery, who have purchased the lot adjacent to Casey’s and intend to put up a 24-unit self-storage building, attended the Nov. 2 meeting to respond to concerns brought up at the Oct. 19 meeting. Several citizens attended the meeting to discuss issues that the storage unit would pose. Drainage was a concern because of the roof and possible blacktop that may surround the building by three or four feet. The Sixth and Cherry streets area already has poor drainage and is slated for repairs in spring 1999; the council decided the water would still continue to drain around the corner and toward the Freeman Hotel at Fifth and Main streets and move westward out of town. Terveen and Klock said they would be responsible for snow removal to help prevent spring flooding when the snow melted. 
Because the area at Fifth and Cherry is a high-traffic area, some members were concerned about how the traffic flow would change. The council decided the flow should not be a problem because storage units are typically not busy. 
“It should be no worse than Casey’s traffic,” council member Gary Windish said. 
A variance was required because the lot is smaller than what is required for a commercial building. The 30 by 100 all metal building would be changed from residential to B-2. Because the property is 91 feet wide by 150 feed long, a variance is needed because it is nine feet short of the 100 foot requirement. The planning commission approved the variance at its Sept. 14 meeting. 
The ordinance passed 4-1 with council member Charly Waltner voting against it. Council member Chet Sorensen was working and missed most of the meeting; he arrived in time for the executive session. 
“I understand the need for storage in town, but I don’t know if that’s the place for it,” Waltner said. 
The ordinance will be official Dec. 1, 1998. Residents have 20 days to circulate a petition against the ordinance. If enough signatures — 5 percent of the registered voters in the Freeman School District — are collected, the petitioned election would most likely be put on the ballot in the spring during the school board election. 
Although Klock and Terveen still need to purchase a building permit, they can remove any trees or shrubs on the lot that will need to be moved before concrete can be poured. 
Street signs 
The council has agreed to get new street signs, they just can’t decide the style or number to purchase. 
“I just don’t think we need two street signs at each intersection,” council member Dean Sikkink told the council. 
Sikkink was responding to a discussion that would put a second new street signs at key intersections in Freeman. Freeman received a $5,000 grant from Golden West; the council, community development  foundation and chamber of commerce decided to use the money to put up street signs in Freeman similar to the ones used for 911 rural addressing. The initial plan was to replace one of the cement posts at each intersection with a new sign and then replace the second post as the budget allows. The council debated on adding more signs or making the signs more decorative by adding finials (ornamental projections or ends) to the tops. 
Council member Michael Schultz moved to add as many signs as possible with the $5,000 grant. To place one sign at each intersection would cost $4,092; Schultz wanted to use the remaining $908 to purchase additional signs. 
When the motion went to a vote, Schultz and Windish voted to purchase more signs with Sikkink, Waltner and Ricky Schrag voting against. 
“If we’re going to do this, we should do it right. They’d look better with finials and we need to find out if we can get finials on them,” council member Ricky Schrag said. 
“If you look around, most towns have only one sign and they have finials,” Sikkink said. 
At the Nov. 16 meeting, the council plans on having more information about the type of poles that can have finials and their price. It may be too late to order and put up the signs this year, Mayor Lonnie Tjaden said. 

Brunick hired as business manager 
by Amy Bennett 
Freeman’s Public School Board officially hired Norma Brunick as the new business manager at the regular Nov. 9 meeting. 
Brunick is a graduate from Dakota State and has a degree in business education. She is certified to teach various classes and was planning on substituting for the Freeman School District in February. 
“I don’t think the transition will be a problem; it’s just a matter of getting familiar with the system,” she said. “The biggest challenge will be getting familiar with the people.” 
Brunick has been working with business manager Brian Lueders since Nov. 2. Both Lueders and Brunick said the transition was going well. Lueders said he will be available to help with the end of the month reports and the quarterly report at the end of December. By the time the annual report needs to be completed in July, Brunick should have a handle on the system. 
Brunick and her husband each have two daughters and together they have four granddaughters. They live in Swan Lake, which means she has a 25-mile commute to come to work. 
“I have done this before, so I have past experience,” Brunick said. 
Lueders resigned from his position Oct. 12. He has accepted the business manager position for the Lennox School District. Lueders’ last day working for Freeman was Nov. 10. 
Lueders will live in Freeman until Dec. 1. He is looking for housing in Lennox. 

Freeman sends eight students to all-state choir 
The 45th Annual All-State Chorus and Orchestra festivities are scheduled for Aberdeen on Nov. 13 and 14 and eight students from Freeman will be participating.  
The quartet chosen to represent Freeman Academy is Polly Graber, soprano, daughter of Steve and Linda Graber; Heather Langeland, alto, daughter of Carrol and Glenda Langeland; Brandon Barta, tenor, son of Randy and Jonetta Barta; and Brent Brockmueller, bass, son of Rudy and LaVonne Brockmueller.  
Representing Freeman High School  are Jessica Dowden, soprano, daughter of Brad and Skyla Dowden; Kristin Horning, alto, daughter of Jim and Sharon Horning; Kerry Hofer, tenor, son of Lynell and Pauline Hofer and Ryan Klenner, bass, son of Mike and Kathie Klenner. The Freeman Academy and FHS quartet members are all seniors.  
Selected as alternates from Freeman Public are Jennifer Hofer, junior, soprano, daughter of Carlos and Rosalind Hofer; Kara Pidde, freshman, alto, daughter of Ted and Marlene Pidde; Werner Christensen, senior, tenor, son of Michael and Brenda Christensen; and Evan Waltner, junior, bass, son of Bill and Kris Waltner.  
Alternates from Freeman Academy are Colleen Dyck, junior, soprano, daughter of Harvey and Lavonne Dyck and Amy Kaufman, senior, alto, daughter of Burton and Eileen Kaufman. 
The students will be part of a 1000-voice choir and will rehearse all day Friday and Saturday in preparation for the concert which features the South Dakota All-State Chorus and Orchestra. 
The 1998 All-State conductors are Dr. Charles Robinson, choral conductor at the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri in Kansas City, directing the chorus and Robert Culver conducting the orchestra. The Grand Concert will be performed at the Barnett Center on the campus of Northern State University in Aberdeen at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14. Tickets will be available at the door.  
Julie Krehbiel is the director at Freeman Academy and Kaye Waltner is director at Freeman High School.  

The tradition continues 
The Freeman Flyers won their third consecutive 9A football title at the DakotaDome in Vermillion Friday afternoon, Nov. 6. The Flyers defeated Faulkton 28-6 to extend their winning streak to 39. When the season began, many expected the Flyers would be strong, but few imagined this ... except, perhaps, the Flyers themselves. With the loss of eight seniors from the 1997 championship team, many looked at the 1998 season as a rebuilding year. But FHS Football Coach Jim Aisenbrey says the returning players believed otherwise. “I don’t think the kids looked at it as a down year or rebuilding season. To them it was more of a challenge year,” he said. And as the season progressed, their hard work and heart began to turn skeptics into believers. Game after game, the Flyers rose to the challenge, finishing the season undefeated, earning the Cornbelt Conference title and then roaring through the playoffs. Friday’s display of talent culminates a season in which the winning tradition of the Flyers remains intact. 
And now everyone believes. 
For more information about the championship game, read the special section printed in this week’s edition of the Courier. To receive additional copies of the section, email us from this website under the respond heading. 

EDITORIAL 
Post-game wrapup 
High fives, team! 
What a powerful performance by the 1998 Freeman Flyers! 
The hardworking, dedicated young men who made up this year’s  Freeman High School football team have demonstrated the power of positive thinking. 
It’s a daunting challenge to measure up to the powerful teams of recent years when the mainstays of that success continue to peal off by virtue of graduation. 
It’s a remarkable tradition to maintain. 
Over the course of the past five years, the Flyers have lost just five games. That means the oldest members of this team were eighth graders when the dynasty began. 
That reveals how remarkable their accomplishment is. 
It also reveals why the winning tradition continues. 
The powerful teams of recent years have inspired and demonstrated to the youth coming up through the ranks the elements of success. Displaying hard work, motivation, teamwork and commitment, they have served as mentors. 
This latest group of athletes has taken that example to heart and are continuing the legacy. 
Congratulations to the Flyers. 
High fives, towns! 
What a powerful display of shared community pride! 
The people of Freeman and Marion unified behind the two teams from their communities as the Flyers and Bears both earned trips to the DakotaDome last week. 
Freeman joined Marion in cheering for the Bears in Friday’s opening game and Marion joined Freeman in cheering for the Flyers in Friday’s afternoon game. 
As close as the communities are, with cooperative business enterprises and a shared wrestling program, rivalries — particularly those of an athletic nature — can get in the way. 
Not this time, however. 
Both communities can rightfully take pride in their respective teams ... and their neighbors. It’s remarkable that two teams from the same conference and so close to each other would both play for state titles the same year. 
And fans from both communities can rightfully take satisfaction in the extended sense of community pride that allowed them to support each other. 
It was a remarkable reminder of what athletic programs can do 
Congratulations to the fans. 
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