PROGRESS REPORT

BUILDING SOUTH DAKOTA

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY GROWTH
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Creating jobs, helping families, 

growing businesses, and building crucial 

infrastructure and community facilities 

- that is how USDA Rural Development 

improves the quality of life and expands 

economic opportunities in South Dakota.

Viable businesses and cooperatives are 

created and improved through the USDA 

Rural Development - Business Programs. 

Renewable energy is a top priority in rural 

South Dakota and USDA national and state 

initiatives are focused on sustainable and 

viable bio-fuel and renewable systems. 

Business Programs work through 

partnerships with public and private 

community-based organizations and 

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assistance, business planning, and 

technical assistance to rural businesses 

and cooperatives.

Housing Programs help low or moderate 

income rural residents buy or repair their 

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affordable rental housing and provides 

rental subsidies to residents of these 

properties, many of who are elderly.

Community Facilities, such as libraries, 

police stations, day care centers, and 

court houses are constructed through 

direct and guaranteed loans as well as 

grants. USDA Rural Development helps 

rural communities build or expand vital 

infrastructure.

High speed internet access to rural 

America, affordable reliable electric 

power, safe, clean drinking water, and 

environmentally sound wastewater 

disposal is provided through USDA Rural 

Development programs. 

USDA Rural Development is 

committed to the future and 

sustainability of rural communities.

“...FARMERS WHO GET UP BEFORE DAWN; 

SHOPKEEPERS WHO HANG THE ‘OPEN’ SIGN EVERY MORNING; 

ENTREPRENEURS WHO GET THAT IDEA AND

TURN THAT IDEA INTO A REALITY. 

AND THAT’S A DREAM THAT’S SHARED BY EVERY AMERICAN -– 

A CHANCE TO MAKE A GOOD LIVING, TO RAISE A HEALTHY, 

SECURE FAMILY, AND THEN TO LEAVE OUR CHILDREN 

WITH EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITY THAN WE HAD.” 

- Barack Obama, President of the United States of America -- April 27, 2010 -

South Dakota
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“USDA Rural Development funding made an enormous difference in the lives of rural 

Americans in FY 2010. From helping tens of thousands of families repair or purchase a 

home, to large-scale investments to develop broadband infrastructure across dozens 

of counties, USDA Rural Development employees were helping build better lives for 

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a lasting, sustainable impact, and provide jobs and economic activity to keep rural 

America vibrant and prosperous in the future.”

Thomas Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture

“The Obama Administration recognizes how important rural America is to the 

continued economic health and vitality of the United States. Rural communities are 

home to more than 50 million people. Rural America supplies much of our nation’s 

food and water, and safeguards our environmental heritage. Its role in establishing 

our nation’s energy independence is growing every day. Reversing the youth 

outmigration dynamic and revitalizing rural America for the next century is USDA 

Rural Development’s mission. Our goal of ensuring that rural areas are creating 

wealth, self-sustaining, repopulating, and thriving economically is especially critical in 

the aftermath of the economic downturn.

Over the past year, Rural Development has worked at President Obama and 

Secretary Vilsack’s direction to build a framework of a new rural economy, built on 

a set of pillars which combine the successful strategies of today and the compelling 

opportunities of tomorrow, including energy. 

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but especially through our talented and dedicated employees serving in local 

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Americans, and in the communities in which they live.”

Dallas Tonsager

Under Secretary

USDA Rural Development

“2010! What a year it was! In South Dakota, USDA Rural Development invested 

$397.9 million in projects – of which $85.9 million were American Reinvestment 

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rural communities and the lives of their residents have been improved through 

USDA Rural Development’s many programs. Over 1,200 families were able to 

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stations, reliable electricity, and fast broadband internet, as well as the creation 

of jobs through new or expanding businesses – USDA Rural Development 

remains committed to help communities meet their needs. 

As South Dakota continues to build on the success of agriculture, energy 

independence, and business growth, we look forward to partnering with you 

to ensure that South Dakota continues to thrive. I am proud of the many 

accomplishments of our Rural Development team and am looking forward to a 

prosperous 2011 and beyond.”

Elsie M. Meeks

State Director

USDA Rural Development

Fiscal Year 2010 Report
South Dakota

FISCAL YEAR FUND

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Program Type Amount

Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans $117,721,610

Guaranteed Rural Housing Loans (ARRA)* $14,746,516

Rural Rental Housing $3,497,264

Rental Assistance $10,189,368

Direct Rural Housing (502, 504, HPG) $10,714,738

Direct Rural Housing [502, 504, HPG (ARRA)] $10,115,097

Self-Help Technical Assistance Grants & TSA Grants $353,977

Sub-Total: $167,338,570

Rural Housing Programs

Rural Development - Seven Strategies for Economic Development

Building 21st Century rural communities requires adoption of strategies that look not 

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where one community can compliment and draw upon the resources of another.

 Strategic Partners: The ole adage that there is strength in numbers especially holds 

true when you build strong and strategic alliances. 

 Capital Markets: Stimulating local economies requires the infusion of new 

investment opportunities. 

 Regional Food Systems: Building markets for local and regionally grown agricultural 

products makes great economic sense. 

 Regional Collaboration: Smaller, more remote rural communities don’t have to try 

to be stand-alone economic engines operating in isolation, each looking only from 

within for sustainability. 

 Community Building: Creating great places to live, raise families, provide 

recreational opportunities, and infrastructure for high paying jobs is very important to 

our efforts at USDA. 

 Alternative Energy: America development and use of alternative energies is good 

for our country and good for our environment. 

 Broadband and Continuous Business Creation: Expanding access to high-speed 

broadband is one of our greatest challenges and our highest priority.
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DING BY PROGRAM

*ARRA - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Program Type Amount

Community Facility Direct Loans $35,906,086

Community Facility Direct Loans (ARRA)* $16,598,890

Community Facility Guaranteed Loans $2,150,000

Community Facility Grants $213,500

Community Facility Grants (ARRA)* $913,700

Community Facility Tribal College Grants $589,300

Rural Community Development Initiative $728,412

Community Facility Economic Impact Initiative $372,000

Water and Waste Direct Loans $14,303,000

Water and Waste Direct Loans (ARRA)* $10,775,000

Water and Waste Grants $16,479,000

Water and Waste Grants (ARRA)* $4,692,000

Sub-Total: $103,720,888

Community Programs

Rural Business/Cooperative Programs

Program Type Amount

Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans $1,150,760

Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans (ARRA)* $3,457,400

Rural Business Enterprise Grants $311,000

Rural Business Enterprise Grants (ARRA)* $99,000

Rural Business Enterprise Grants Native American Set Aside $816,968

Rural Business Opportunity Grants Native American Set Aside $50,000

Rural Cooperative Development Grants $225,000

Small Minority Producer Grant $175,000

Value Added Development Grant $156,953

Rural Economic Development Loans $740,000

Rural Economic Development Grants $300,000

Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program Loans $1,370,000

Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program Grants $297,500

Rural Energy for America Program Grants $1,868,333

Rural Energy for America Program Combo Loans $1,629,277

Intermediary Re-lending Program $4,500,000

Broadband Infrastructure Program $64,901,766

Electric Program $44,820,000

Sub-Total: $126,868,957

Total USDA Rural Development

Investments in South Dakota: $397,928,415

Fiscal Year 2010 Report
FISCAL YEAR FUND

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South Dakota obligated over $397 million in loans, grants, and technical assistance in Fiscal Ye

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Multi -Family Housing

 $3.4 million obligated

 3 Multi-Family properties (110 units)

 $10.1 million obligated in rental 

assistance subsidies to low-income 

tenants

Business & Cooperative 

 $17 million obligated

 76 total loans and/or grants covering ten 

programs

 489 jobs created

 495 jobs saved

Single Family Housing

 $153.6 million obligated

 193 direct loans

 96 home repair loans and grants

 1,167 home loan guarantees

Utilities & Broadband

 $109.7 million obligated

 Example: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Telephone 

Authority received $37.9 million from USDA’s 

Telecommunication Infrastructure Loan Program 

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build out, which will bring broadband to homes 

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l Year 2010.

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Fiscal Year 2010 Report

Business & Cooperative

$17,147,191

Utilities & Broadband

$109,721,766

Multi-Family Housing

$13,686,632

Community Facility

$103,720,888

Single Family Housing

$153,651,938

Fiscal Year 2010 Funding by Program

Community Facility

 $54.6 million community facility loans obligated

 $2.8 million community facility grants obligated

 35 CF projects

 $25 million water & environmental loans obligated

 $21.1 million water & environmental grants obligated

 7,126 water users
AMERICAN RECOVERY & RE

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provided additional 

Budget Authority to USDA Rural Development to provide loans, loan guarantees, and 

grants to build high speed broadband infrastructure, construct or improve rural water 

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facilities, such as rural hospitals, community centers and public safety facilities, and to 

fund new business ventures. Following are highlights by program of ARRA funding in 

South Dakota:

Single Family Housing

 $11.6 million direct loans obligated

 $96 milllion guaranteed loans

 104 direct loans 

 857 home loan guaranteeses

Business & Cooperative 

 $3.4 million obigated

 Example: Miner County Development Corporation - 

building South Dakota’s ‘Green Economy’ through business 

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institute, and renewable energy industry to use multipurpose facility to create cutting-edge green energy 

training programs. 

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Water & Environmental 

 $40 million in loans obligated

 $17 million in grants obligated

Community Facility

 $17.7 million loans obligated

 $1.36 million grants obligated

 21 projects
REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009

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Fiscal Year 2010 Report

South Dakota
AMERICAN RECOVERY & RE

South Dakota

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County Total Grant 

Awards

Total Loan 

Awards

Total 

Awards

Aurora $60,500 $60,500

Beadle $49,000 $3,810,547 $3,859,547

Bennett $61,200 $61,200

Bon Homme $372,772 $372,772

Brookings $5,790,992 $5,790,992

Brown $8,877,221 $8,877,221

Brule $7,940,610 $5,590,229 $13,530,839

Butte $2,248,785 $2,248,785

Campbell $130,010 $130,010

Charles Mix $190,000 $846,248 $1,036,248

Clark $3,097,000 $5,997,177 $9,094,177

Clay $1,199,224 $1,199,224

Codington $8,139,026 $8,139,026

Corson $30,000 $30,000

Custer $6,273,530 $6,273,530

Davison $4,269,873 $4,269,873

Day $2,650,000 $4,009,338 $6,659,338

Deuel $99,900 $382,041 $481,941

Dewey $333,750 $66,250 $400,000

Douglas $692,000 $1,307,000 $1,999,000

Edmunds $2,110,000 $2,479,681 $4,589,681

Fall River $767,647 $767,647

Faulk $983,000 $2,281,800 $3,264,800

Grant $18,288 $917,637 $935,925

Gregory $206,279 $206,279

Hamlin $1,419,000 $2,724,480 $4,143,480

Hand $351,000 $16,379,786 $16,730,786

Hanson $72,114 $72,114

Hughes $3,141,261 $3,141,261

County Total Grant 

Awards

Total Loan 

Awards

Total 

Awards

Hutchinson $16,380 $323,435 $339,815

Hyde $2,614,956 $2,721,577 $5,336,533

Jackson $92,616 $92,616

Kingsbury $315,000 $5,446,544 $5,761,544

Lake $2,498,859 $2,498,859

Lawrence $192,150 $7,268,557 $7,460,707

Lincoln $11,560,975 $11,560,975

Lyman $195,750 $195,750

McCook $8,643,163 $4,176,705 $12,819,868

McPherson $453,000 $659,700 $1,112,700

Meade $9,462,426 $9,462,426

Miner $61,000 $3,401,935 $3,462,935

Minnehaha $7,594,753 $7,594,753

Moody $150,000 $423,248 $673,248

Pennington $91,660 $15,175,148 $15,266,808

Perkins $244,896 $244,896

Potter $216,000 $360,800 $576,800

Roberts $2,130,000 $1,724,900 $3,854,900

Sanborn $148,990 $148,990

Shannon $376,550 $4,197,340 $4,573,890

Spink $619,735 $872,989 $1,492,724

Stanley $1,140,583 $1,140,583

Sully $27,540 $27,540

Tripp $79,897 $79,897

Turner $971,936 $971,936

Union $898,804 $898,804

Walworth $846,000 $1,627,845 $2,473,845

Yankton $6,501,056 $6,501,056

Ziebach $132,750 $61,224 $193,974

We built vital 

community 

facilities

We revitalized 

critical rural 

infrastructure

We provided 

affordable 

housing

We provided 

jobs and 

access to 

 capital
REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009

Program Type Fiscal Year 2009 Fiscal Year 2010 Amount

Rural Housing Direct Loans $1,566,168 $10,115,097 $11,681,265

Rural Housing Guaranteed Loans $81,341,318 $14,746,516 $96,087,834

Business & Industry Guaranteed Loans $0* $3,457,400 $3,457,400

Rural Business Enterprise Grants $425,583 $99,000 $524,583

Community Facility Direct Loan $1,143,250 $16,598,890 $17,742,140

Community Facility Grant $447,880 $913,700 $1,361,580

Water & Environmental Program Direct 

Loans

$29,377,000 $10,775,000 $40,152,000

Water & Environmental Program Grants $12,455,000 $4,692,000 $17,147,000

Broadband Infrastructure Program Loans $0 $9,047,287 $9,047,287

Broadband Infrastructure Program Grants $0 $17,984,479 $17,984,479

Total: $126,756,199 $88,429,369 $215,185,568

*ARRA - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds not offered in this program in 2009.

NATIVE AMERICAN FUNDING

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and their communities. In Fiscal Year 2010, over $55.6 million was obligated to various 

Native American projects in South Dakota as seen in the following highlights:

Oglala Sioux (Lakota) Housing Authority (OLSHA) in Pine Ridge received a $3.6 

million ARRA Community Facility Direct loan to construct a new administration building 

with an attached paved parking area. The OSLHA serves 28,787 people on the Pine 

Ridge Reservation, manages more than 1,500 low-income rental units, and 500 

homeownership units. 

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate in Agency Village received a $31.2 million Community 

Facility Direct loan from USDA Rural Development’s regular allocation to construct a 

new administration building. This project is the largest community facility loan made 

in the history of South Dakota USDA Rural Development. The proposal is to replace 26 

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addition, the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate also received a $165,000 ARRA Broadband 

Infrastructure Program grant to provide the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate - Lake Traverse 

Reservation with a comprehensive broadband plan for the region encompassing the SWO 

geographic area of South Dakota and a portion of North Dakota. 

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WORKING FOR RUR

South Dakota

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BELLE FOURCHE

DEADWOOD

At left: Todd and 

Sheilagh Collins, owner 

of Joe Dirt Excavation in 

Belle Fourche, recipient 

of one of the loans 

made through West 

River Foundation’s IRP. 

At right: Melanie 

LeClaire stands in 

front of the house 

she shares with John 

Little Wounded. The 

home is located in the 

Fox Ridge Housing 

II Development Site 

one mile east of Eagle 

Butte.

At top: Northern Hills Alliance for Children 

had a celebration on the purchase and 

renovation of an existing building for a child 

care facility in Deadwood. 

At right: Platte Volunteer Fire Department 

staff, Rural Development Area Director 

Trace Davids, and Specialist Sherrie Lewis 

celebrate the delivery of the new 2010 Fire 

Truck. 

At far right: Molly’s Manor located in Platte 

installed a geothermal system to improve 

energy ef¿ciency in her business operation.

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of rural communities.
RAL COMMUNITIES

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SISSETON

IPSWICH

PLATTE

HOWARD

WAGNER

At left: The “raising of the 

ball” on Ipswich’s water 

tower. 

At right: At right: Rural 

Development State Director 

Elsie Meeks speaks during the 

ground breaking event of the 

new administration building 

for the Sisseton Wahpeton 

Oyate. The new facility will 

replace 26 individual of¿ce 

sites into one single service 

center location. 

At right: Randy Parry, Rural 

Learning Center President 

discussed the design of the 

Maroney Rural Learning 

Center to be built in Howard.

At right: Wagner Community 

Memorial Hospital added a 

new inpatient wing addition 

and hospital remodel with 

assistance from Rural 

Development.

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State Director Staff

Tammi Schone 

Public Affairs Specialist

Administrative Staff

Kay Daugherty 

Administrative Program Director

Rural Housing Staff

Roger Hazuka 

Housing Director

Jim Hafner 

Civil Rights Manager

Rhonda Evenson 

Human Resources Manager

Pam Reilly 

Multi-Family Housing Specialist

Christine Sorensen 

Rural Development Coordinator

Cheryl Severtson 

Human Resources Assistant

Kathy Chase 

Single-Family Housing Specialist

Community Program Staff

Doug Roehl 

Community Program Director

Linda Salter Ochsner 

Contract Specialist 

Hally Witte, Purchasing Agent

Cindy Sheridan 

Single Family Housing Specialist

Pat Hemen 

Community Program Specialist

Business & Cooperative Program Staff

Dana Kleinsasser 

Business & Cooperative Program Director

Ken Lynch, Rural Business Specialist

Greg Johnson 

Construction Analyst

Carolyn Bloodgood 

Business & Community Program Technician

Rural Utilities Service - Electric 

Michelle Colson, General Field Representative

Tim Bohan, General Field Representative

Mark Doyle, General Field Representative

Paula Niehus, Housing Technician

Vickie Hampton, Housing Technician

Jon Schmidt 

Civil Engineer

Rural Utilities Service - Telecom

Tom Jensen - General Field Representative

Wayne Ahlgren, General Field Representative

Hettianne Cekalla, Housing Technician

Prentice Weaver, Appraiser

STATE OFFICE

Elsie M. Meeks, State Director

200 4th Street SW, Federal Bldg. Rm. 210

Huron, SD 57350-2477

Telephone: (605) 352-1100 or 1-800-670-6553

Facsimile: (605) 352-1146 TTY: (605) 352-1147 

elsie.meeks@sd.usda.gov
LOPMENT CONTACTS

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524 Enterprise Street 

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Aberdeen, SD 57401

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2408 East Benson Road

Sioux Falls, SD 57104

Telephone: (605) 330-4515, Ext. 4

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1820 North Kimball Suite C

Mitchell, SD 57301

Telephone: (605) 996-1564, Ext. 4

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Rapid City, SD 57702

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810 Jenson Avenue SE 

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Watertown, SD 57201

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1717 N. Lincoln Avenue 

Suite 102

Pierre, SD 57501

Telephone: (605) 224-8870, Ext. 4

Facsimile: (605) 224-1803

Serves Brookings, Brown, 

Campbell, Clark, Codington, 

Day, Deuel, Edmunds, Faulk, 

Grant, Hamlin, Kingsbury, 

McPherson, Marshall, Roberts, 

Spink, and 

Walworth Counties.

Serves Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, 

Clay, Davison, Douglas, Gregory, Hand, Hanson, Hutchinson, 

Jerauld, Lake, Lincoln, McCook, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, 

Sanborn, Turner, Union, and Yankton Counties.

Serves Bennett, Butte, Custer, 

Corson, Dewey, Fall River, 

Haakon, Harding, Hughes, 

Hyde, Jackson, Jones, 

Lawrence, Lyman, Meade, 

Mellette, Pennington, Perkins, 

Potter, Shannon, Stanley, 

Sully, Todd, Tripp, and Ziebach 

Counties. 

Bruce Jones

Area Director

Trace Davids

Area Director

Tim Potts

Area Director

Aberdeen

Janell Telin, Manager

Sioux Falls

Kevin Strickler, Manager

Mitchell

Tim Murray, Manager

Rapid City 

Pamela Smith, Manager

Craig Johnson, Specialist Dave Franssens, Specialist Gary Wedel, Specialist Susan England, Specialist

Roxanne Woodring 

Specialist

Diane Sieperda 

Specialist

Linda Weber 

Specialist

In memory of 

Jim Jirsa, Specialist

Kristi Van Winkle 

Technician

Jamie Christiansen-Lehman 

Specialist

Shannon Kleinsasser 

Specialist

Ruth O’Neill 

Specialist

Maribeth Strand, Technician Dianne Pries, Technician Lorelle Deuter, Technician Gayle Besch, Technician

Watertown

Jeane Simley, Manager

Jodi Hensley

Technician

Karen George 

Technician

Gaby Bassett 

Technician

Darlene Bresson, Specialist Stacy Anderson, Technician April Norton, Technician Melisa Byrne, Technician

Vickie Moes 

Specialist

Yankton

Sherrie Lewis, Manager

Pierre

Clark Guthmiller, Manager

Diane Byer 

Specialist

Jim Rydell 

Specialist

Brian Ring 

Specialist

Donna Plucker, Technician Patti Ebeling, Specialist Paula Corcoran, Specialist

JoAnn Comes, Technician Jolene Pravecek, Technician Kathy Hausmann, Technician

Barbara Wing, Technician Tamara Hakl, Technician Peggy Ryan, Technician
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