However, she’s still in the original office where she started. “We have just kept it updated as much as possible to make it feel warm and cozy. But I started with a chair and a card table in this office,” she said. “The mayor had a desk, and the auditor had a desk and I had a card table and a chair.” A Garrison native, Affeldt attended the National College of Business in Rapid City for a year, dreaming of becoming a certified public accountant. Plans changed when she took a summer job with the city auditor’s office, helping with the water billing program from her card table desk, the Minot Daily News reported.