Events

In lew of our regularly scheduled weekly meeting at Lucky's 13 Pub, please consider attending a club outting at the Center of the Nation Wool Warehouse in Belle Fourche! If you cannot attend this tour, please plan to cancel your plans for a meeting at Lucky's 13.

The tour will begin at noon on May 10th, 2023 at 820 8th Street in Belle Fourche. Parking is available on both sides of Railroad Street, and the entrance is on the East side of the building. Lunch will be brown bag, so please plan accordingly and bring yourself something to eat.

Did you know that 25% of the nation's wool is harvested in Belle Fourche?! I did not, and I grew up here! Here is an educational semi-short video that tells you more about Belle Fourche's history and that of the Center of the Nation Wool Warehouse! 

https://www.pbs.org/video/greetings-from-belle-fourche-jz4z0x/

Center of the Nation's role is to be a middleman between the ranchers who sell the wool, and the textile industry that buys it. CEO Larry Prager. says, "United States produces about 25 million pounds of wool a year. And through our doors we'll market between 4 and a half and 5 million pounds. So we're handling roughly 20 percent of the wool produced in the United States is local to this region."

That is a whole lot of wool. And this warehouse operates with just 6 employees. You won't see any sheep here, they're sheared at the producers ranches. What you will see is stack after stack of white nylon wrapped bales, each filled with the wool of 40-50 animals. Each bale weighs 400-500 pounds.

Join us at Sawyer Brewing for pizza, beverages and fellowship. There will not be a noon meeting at Lucky's 13 on May 31.

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Lloyd has been part of the innovative team of developing restoration procedures for decades and has been working in the industry since 1970. With the addition of the next generation, Aaron and Rachel Schultz, we are a business that you count on for years to come.

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Come join the Northern Blacks Hills Rotary Club's July social event at Rotary Park here in Spearfish! During this social we will also be inducting our new President Elect, Donald Hlava, at the next President of the club for Rotary year 2023-2024. This will be a catered event for dinner, and BYOB for drinks. Please also use this a recruiting tool to invite people in your personal or professional lives to come and see what Rotary is and who we are to hopefully continue growing our amazing club!