”Each year, following the conference, we put our heads together and ask ourselves, “How can we relay to our other members, the warm feelings of connecting and bonding we experience?” Attending the BBISD conference is a very vital way to meet other innkeepers, share ideas, put a face with a name, and to feel like you are part of our great association.” Those are the thoughts that opened the “Winter 2007 Snoozenews”, and the words still ring true today. The annual BBISD conference was held in Lennox this year and hosted by Sara and John Steever. We would like to thank them for being such wonderful hosts and for all the work they have done throughout the year.

This is Nancy Roth, Apple Annie’s in Rapid City, and I have agreed to do the newsletter again for awhile. The newsletter is the “lifeline” of our organization according to Lyndy Ireland, Triangle Ranch B&B, Phillip. It is my hope that the “Snoozenews” keeps us connected. The email address to send the newsletter will be BBISD09Snooze@aol.com Watch your in-box!


Several of the positions on the BBISD Board “termed out” and this is a list of our new board. Please give them your personal support, support the organization, and get involved.

Board Members 2009
Chair: Marilyn & Art Oakes, Buffalo Rock Lodge, Keystone
Vice Chair: Andy & Jenny Todd (new owners!), Prairie House Manor, DeSmet
Secretary: Vixie Miller, Vixie’s Victorian Villa B&B, Rapid City
Treasurer: Eileen Rossow, Peregrine Pointe B&B, Rapid City
Membership: Ila Rumbolz, der Rumbolz Platz, Ethan
Marketing: Judy Parker The Barn B&B, Geddes
Public Relations/Website: Sara Steever, Steever House B&B, Lennox
Publications: Carla Kaaz, Foote Creek B&B, Aberdeen
Past President: Ron & Carla Kaaz, Foote Creek B&B, Aberdeen
Regional Directors:
Black Hills & Badlands: Lyndy Ireland, Triangle Ranch B&B near Phillip
Great Lakes: Jim & Linda Steele, Eagle’s View B&B, Ft. Pierre
Glacier Lakes: Darla Loewen, Possibility Farm B&B, Huron
Southeast: Clark Edwards, Clark’s Prairie Gold B&B, Letcher
*Newsletter Editor: Nancy Roth, Apple Annie’s B&B, Rapid City
Legislative: Marilyn Oakes, Buffalo Rock Lodge, Keystone

A big thank you goes out to the members who have retired from the board. We are especially appreciative of the work and leadership of Ron and Carla Kaaz.