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HHiigghhlliigghhttss && HHaappppeenniinnggssREMINDER: April 30th is thedeadline date for the first half taxes.Taxes postmarked by April 30th willbe considered on time. Interest willaccrue starting May 1st.

Bison Elementary SchoolwidePlan Annual Review will be May 1 at5:00 P.M. in the school lunchroom.Everyone is welcome. Child carewill be provided at the school.

WELCA will be having their annualLuncheon and Bake Sale on Wednes-

day, May 1st from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30p.m. at the Legion Post. Lunch willinclude Turkey or Pulled Pork Sand-wiches, salads, creamed corn andhomemade pies. We will also be hav-inga bake sale which will begin at 10:00a.m. Everyone Welcome!

Bridal Shower for Ida Schmidt,Saturday, April 27th at 10 a.m. atthe Grand Electric Social Room. Thecouple are registered at Target, BedBath & Beyond & Herbergers.

Arrow Transit provides trans-portation for appointments, shop-ping and more. Rapid city trips are1st Tuesday and 3rd Wednesday for$30.00. Lemmon to Bismarck tripsare 2nd Wednesday and 4th thurs-day for $25.00. lemmon to Dickinson1st Wednesday for $20.00. Call forinformation 374-3189.

BHS seniors and parents pleaseemail or drop off a senior picture forthe graduation page in the BisonCourier. - [email protected]

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Bison senior ready for finals of7th Annual Rising Star of theWest Scholarship Contest

Bison High School senior ShaleyLensegrav is part of the finalround of the 7th annual RisingStar of the West Scholarship Con-test which begins Tuesday April23rd on Black Hills FOX News atNine. This year’s contest, spon-sored by KEVN Black Hills FOXand First Interstate Bank, offers atotal of $7,500 in scholarshipmoney.

Four Black Hills high schoolseniors advanced from the initialfield of 20 contestants to make itinto this year’s finals. Lensegrav,homeschool senior Rae McKee,Wall High School senior RyderWilson and Belle Fourche HighSchool senior Zac Christy will allbe presenting four one minutecommentaries over the next fourweeks. This year, the studentswill each be speaking on four spe-cific topics. The chosen topics arewhat is the best way to keep ourschools safe, what are the pros andcons of social media usage in teens’lives today, what can the average

American do to make the countrya better place and who is the ulti-mate role model.

After viewing their commen-taries on Black Hills FOX News atNine, viewers are invited to viewthem online at www.blackhillsfox.com and rate each one. Thoseviewer ratings and the ratings of aBlack Hills FOX panel will deter-mine this year’s winners. Thisyear’s first place winner will takehome a $4,000 college scholarshipfrom Black Hills FOX and FirstInterstate Bank. Second place re-ceives a $2,000 scholarship, with$1,000 for third and $500 forfourth. The winner will be an-nounced on May 21st.

This year’s finalists are hopingto join previous winners ShadChristman of Lemmon, AnneliseEwing, Kaitlyn Hemmingson andJanesa Bakeberg of Spearfish,Caila Brennan of St. Thomas Moreand Jordon Barthel of Lead-Dead-wood with the title of The RisingStar of the West.

School board notes and correctionsBy Beth Hulm

The school board met brieflyover the noon hour last Tuesday toaccept the resignation of RuthHobbs, math teacher. Her letter ofresignation was received earlierthis month and Tuesday’s boardaction was retroactive to that date.

There were two errors in lastweek’s report of April’s two previ-ous school board meetings. At theApril 8 meeting, teacher contractswere offered. The story erro-neously stated that all returningteachers had been offered con-tracts. Actually, there is still one

contract pending.Also, the date for a public meet-

ing to discuss whether or notschool patrons would support thehiring of an engineer to study cur-rent building conditions is sched-uled for Monday, May 13. Boardmembers will meet with con-stituents prior to their regularMay meeting, beginning at 5:30p.m. in the cafeteria (or the gym-nasium, if necessary.)

Anybody who would like to ad-dress the issue at hand shouldcome prepared to do so. There willbe a sign-up sheet at the door.

Commission names comprehensiveplanning committee

By Beth HulmFor the third time this month,

County Commissioners have gath-ered in their board room in Bison.Initially, the meeting on April 18was called to name a board towrite a comprehensive plan forPerkins County but a few otheritems also dotted the agenda.

All five commissioners werepresent to offer input as to whoshould be on the board that willwork with Black Hills Council ofLocal Governments to write thecomprehensive plan. Later, thatplan will be introduced to theCounty Commission for final ap-proval. Once it is in place, commis-sioners will draw up ordinancesmeant to protect the propertyrights of county residents.

Per State’s Attorney Shane Pen-field’s suggestion a week ago, al-most all of the commissionersbrought a name or two (or three)for consideration.

The first official business was toset the size of the board at sevenmembers. Appointed were DaveJohnson, Lemmon; Vaughn Meyer,Sorum; Todd Fink, Prairie City;Reggie Kennedy, rural Faith;Geraldine Peck and Dan Kvale,Bison; and Dan Anderson,Meadow. A commissioner was notnamed to that committee because,as one of them put it, “They’regoing to bring it to us anyway.”

Still uppermost in everybody’smind is the Pautre Fire, whichburned an estimated 14,000 acresof federal and private land in theGrand River grasslands, startingon April 3.

During Thursday’s special meet-ing, county commissioners ap-proved a resolution, which will bemailed to federal and state digni-

taries. In it, they are adamant thatthe Forest Service pay for thedamages to all the affected parties,including local volunteer fire de-partments, and that they do it ina timely manner. They also re-solved that proper conservationmeasures be taken to control ex-cessive soil erosion.

A letter, written by Tim Smith,Lodgepole, President of GrandRiver Grazing Association, and ad-dressed to Dennis Neitzke, Grass-land Supervisor of the BismarckForest Service office, will also besent up the food chain, all the wayto the oval office! County Commis-sioners had copies.

In it, Smith has outlined eventssince the day of the fire, beginningthe very next day when Paul Han-cock, Grand River District Ranger,was quoted in a news release assaying, “As suppression operationsare ending, the Forest Service willbe conducting an assessment todetermine property damage andworking on short and long termstrategies to pay for the damagewe caused.”

On Saturday, April 6, a publicinformation meeting was held inHettinger where the U.S. ForestService told nearly 100 farmersand ranchers that they claimed re-sponsibility for the fire. In his let-ter, Smith wrote that locals were“offended” and “disappointed” thatthe Forest Service felt the need topost law enforcement at the meet-ing. He wrote that the locals were“angry” but that they would nothave harmed anyone. He felt thatthe Forest Service was ill-pre-pared to answer questions aboutthe claims process that day.

The next day, on Sunday, April7, Hancock met with Grazing As-

sociation Directors and askedthem to pay upfront for damagescaused by the wildfire and to seekreimbursement later. Hancocksaid the same thing when he metwith Perkins County Commission-ers on Tuesday, April 9.

Three days later, on April 12,Hancock and Range SpecialistDave Hodges personally visitedsome grazing association membersand non-members. The rancherswere told that it could take up totwo years before they would re-ceive any federal payments. Atleast one association member wastold that he should file a claimwith his personal insurance com-pany.

“The FS has specifically askedthe Association and the PerkinsCounty Commissioners to taketheir money and use it toward thePautre Wildfire,” Smith wrote inhis letter, “and the FS would reim-burse them later.” Smith findsthat “very inappropriate.” He alsodoesn’t think that the Forest Ser-vice can obligate federal funds inthat way.

The Grand River Grazing Asso-ciation has formed a committee,led by Dan Anderson, Meadow,which has contacted a tort claims’specialist to meet with those af-fected by the fire in Lemmon latelast week. Other committee mem-bers include Jerry Petik, Keldron,Bob Parker and CommissionerWayne Henderson, Lodgepole, andState’s Attorney Shane Penfield.

Penfield invited Hancock andothers from the Forest Service toattend that meeting and urgedthem to ask the AdministrativeOfficer from the Black Hills Na-tional Forest to come also so that

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• The Bison Courier • Thursday, April 25, 2013

Bison Cemetery Association will hold their annualmeeting on April 30, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the GrandElectric Social Room.Anyone interested is welcome to attend.

There will be an all school party at the Lions Park May 23, 2013 from 11 - 3. More info at alater date. All students are welcome.

Bison Senior citizens, dues of $10.00 are due. Pleasepay your dues so we can keep the center open, thebuilding is in need of repairs.

Alcoholics Anonymous is meeting weekly in Bison.The group meets every Thursday at 7:00 p.m. in thebasement of the Presbyterian Church. Everyone iswelcome.

To have your NON-PROFIT meeting listed here, please sub-mit them by calling: 244-7199, or e-mailing to: [email protected]. We will run your event notice the two issues priorto your event at no charge.

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Thursday, April 25Roast beef

mashed potatoes w/gravytomato spoon salad

fruit cocktailcranberry orange bar

Friday, April 26Breaded baked fishparsley potatoesglazed carrotsvanilla pudding

Monday, April 29pock chops w/celery sauce

sweet potatoesgreen beans

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Tuesday, April 30Swedish meatballs & noodles

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Wednesday, May 1NO MEALS

Administrative Professionalsweek is April 21 - 27

Bison ClinicThanksSusan

Carmichael

Are you smarter than a third grader?

The morning of the Pautre fireour little girl read us the weatherforecast off the computer. She in-formed us that we were underhigh fire danger and a low pres-sure system with gusty winds.Later that day our yard got full ofsmoke and I was bombarded withquestions from her. She wanted toknow how the fire started andwhy? After I had tried to explainwhat had happened she looked atme and said (Dad that is just plain

stupid).We went to town the same day

that the Forest Service met withthe fire victims. Heavily armedrangers with attack dogs werepresent. Why the big show offorce? My neighbors to the northare all ranch families not the Dal-ton gang!

Our daughter noticed one of theForest rangers and his big dog.She asked me why does he look sogrumpy? Rather that try to ex-plain intimidation I told her (I betthat big dog pooped in his pickup)!

On the way home we encoun-tered dozens of Forest service pick-ups. Jazzy looked around at all themen and pickups and said ( I surehope these guys are here to helpclean up this mess). Now thatwould have been a good idea not tomention good public relations,send that small army in here withfence stretchers and postpounders.

I was told that the ranger whoaddressed the fire victims referredto his education numerous times.Consuming the entire buffet ofbook learning will never replace aside order of brains! College de-grees and all are you folks reallysure that you are smarter than athird grader?

Thank YouNolan Seim

Dear Editor,In September, 2012 there was aparty that hauled in a semi load ofsheep and unloaded them. Theweather was hot, dry and dusty.The owner unloaded them in town,on his private property, so thesheep would have water as theydid not have water in the lot wherethey lived in the country.During the September 10 meetingof the Bison Town Board, two townresidents came in wanting theTown to do something. The cityhas a nuisance ordinance and alsoa committee to respond to theseproblems. Action was taken andthe sheep were removed by the

owner two days later.A petition, with the proper numberof signatures, was presented to theTown Board by concerned citizenson Friday, October 5 and was dis-cussed as part of the board’sagenda on Monday, October 8.The board took action and set adate to bring the ordinance to avote of the people during the nextmunicipal election on April 9,2013.That initiated ordinance had aflaw in it. It referred to a differentordinance that has nothing to dowith animals. It has come to my attention that

several citizens of Bison thoughtthat the Town Board was respon-sible for writing the ordinance.They were NOT! When a properlysigned petition is presented to theTown Board, the Board has nochoice but to bring it to a vote ofthe people. If anyone has questions about

what happened in this situation, Iwould be happy to talk to them.

Juell ChapmanConcerned Citizen of Bison

Editor:Growing up on the Upper Great

Plains I always heard how perfectour hard grass is for producingcattle, and our family sure enjoyseating the beef we raise. But myfriends and relatives in the cityand urban areas have had littleopportunity to confidently choosemeat born, raised and processed inthe United States of America whenperusing the meat counter.Until COOL.

Congress began requiring meatto have a country-of-origin label(COOL) in 2009. However,Canada and Mexico challenged

COOL at the World Trade Organi-zation. In response, USDA hasproposed changes that makeCOOL even stronger. The newrule requires processors to specifymeat’s origin from ranch to meatcounter – stating where the ani-mal was born, raised, and slaugh-tered.

The changes USDA made tocomply with the WTO are great,but the big meat packers aretelling them to back off. As a pro-ducer, I heartily support theserules and have asked USDA to im-plement them as written withoutany watering down or bowing to

the major meat packers’ lobbyingefforts to weaken the rules.Join me in telling USDA to imple-ment the COOL rule by contactingyour US congressmen. (Maybeyou will get a chance to see themduring the spring recess April 29 –May 3, when they will be visitingtheir home states.) Ask them tolet USDA know we support thenew Country of Origin Labelingrule as is.

Holly WaddellNear Bison, SD605-244-5475

Letter’s to the Editor

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Back row: Will Crabtree, Corbin Mackaben, Gavin Nelson, Carter Johnson, Jace Prelle, Matthew Johnson, Roni Voller, Taylor Thompson, Ian Arneson. Front row:Kahlea Seidel, Layton Hendrickson, Braden Kopren, Ashton Gerbracht, Ty Plaggemeyer, Cory Peck.

Thirteen Bison students fromgrades 3-6 attended a free basket-ball camp on Saturday April 20,

2013 under the direction of LaytonHendrickson and Tyler Plagge-meyer. The boys were assisted byKimberly Peck and supervised byKaren Plaggemeyer and BruceHendrickson.

The camp participants enjoyedan entire day of basketball consist-

ing of drills, games, and scrim-maging. The focus was kept onthe fundamentals- passing, drib-bling, shooting form, shuffling,and pick and rolls. It was allabout having fun while learningthough, so they played lots ofgames including simon says, red

light green light, relay races andlightning. They were even treatedto an ice cream break in the after-noon.

This camp originated from achallenge put forth by Mrs.Shawnda Carmichael to her Na-

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Headstart celebrates “Week of the Young Child”

Glenda Landphere attended with special “grandkids” WhitneyThompson and Hannah Juergens.

Dana Hendrickson attended with niece Cheyenne Hendrick-son.

Greg Arthur, Betty Ellingson, Kathy Arthur attended with grandson Coby Arthur.

To the right: Pam Seim at-tended with granddaughterPaisley Seim.

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“Come on! Have a heart!” Hopefully, no one has ever said that toyou. Maybe, though, you have said that to someone else. But,have you ever said that to God? Does God even have a heart?

Yes, He does!

The first mention in the Bible of God’s heart takes place right before the Flood of Noah:

The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, andHe was grieved in His heart. (Genesis 6:6 NASV)

This peek into the heart of God takes place after a vivid description of what was going on in the people of that time:

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on theearth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was onlyevil continually…. Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God,and the earth was filled with violence (murder). (Genesis 6:5,11

NASV)

This sad chapter in human history was filled with evil and murder. If somebody got in another’s way, they just eliminatedhim. All that potential for good that God had placed in humans

was being used for bad. And, that broke God’s heart. The Hebrew word for “grieved” literally means to cut or carve. So, thefirst time God’s heart is seen in scripture, it is sliced open to the

deepest part. Nobody has hurt worse than God.

So, how should this affect us? Before I learned about the heart of God, I was motivated by the fear of what God might do to me.But, then I learned that I can break God’s heart. I discoveredGod is vulnerable when it comes to His children and how theytreat Him and each other. Now, I am just as concerned about

what I can do to God as I am concerned about what God can do to me. I do not want to abuse that soft spot of love that

God has for me. Do you?

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Grace Baptist Church • Pastor Phil HahnSunday School 9:30 a.m. • Worship Service - 10:30a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Mtg. - 6:30 p.m.Church of Christ

18 mi. south of Prairie City - Worship Service - 10:00 a.m.Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCA • Pastor Margie Hershey

Indian Creek - 8:00 a.m. • American - 9:30 a.m. • Rosebud - 11:00 a.m.Christ Lutheran Church WELS •

Pastor Gerhardt JuergensSunday Bible Class - 8:00 a.m., Worship Service - 8:30 a.m.

Coal Springs Community ChurchPastors Nels & Angie Easterby

South Jct. of Highways 73 & 20Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

Seventh Day Adventist Church • Pastor Donavon KackSabbath School - 2:00 p.m., Worship Service - 3:00 p.m.

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church • Fr. Tony GrossenburgSaturday Mass: Morristown - 4:45 p.m. Lemmon - 7:15 p.m.,

Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Bison - 11:00 a.m.Holland Center Christian Reformed Church

Pastor Brad Burkhalter • LodgepoleWorship Service - 8:00 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church • Pastor Florence Hoff, CRESunday School 9:30 a.m. • Worship Service -10:30 a.m.

Slim Buttes Lutheran • Pastor Henry MohagenReva • Sunday School 9:45, Worship Service - 11:00 a.m., WMF 2nd

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.Beckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad Burkhalter

Prairie CitySunday School - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Vesper Service - 6:00 p.m., Wed. Evenings - 7:30 p.m.


SHIINE seeks local volunteersThe South Dakota Senior

Health Information and InsuranceEducation (SHIINE) program iscurrently seeking volunteers forall aspects of the SHIINE pro-gram.

One of the primary functions ofSHIINE volunteer is to help sen-iors with their Medicare questions.Volunteers receive training on allparts of Medicare and learn how toprovide one-on-one Medicare coun-seling.

Volunteer counselors are vital tothe success of the program, as theyprovide opportunities for seniorsto discuss their Medicare ques-tions and concerns in person. Allservices are unbiased and confi-dential.

Although volunteers are mostactive during Part D (prescriptiondrug) open enrollment in themonths of October, November andDecember, they are needed year-round. If becoming a volunteercounselor isn’t for you, please talkto your regional SHIINE coordina-tor about other ways to contributeyour time and talents.

Training includes:•All parts of Medicare,•How to counsel people individu-ally,•How to provide referrals, and•How to navigate the Medicarewebsite and plan finder tool.

Individuals interested in serv-ing as SHIINE volunteer coun-selors should be comfortable usingcomputers, the Internet, andmeeting with individuals in publiclocations, such as libraries or sen-ior centers. Volunteers can choosethe hours they would like to pro-vide services. A SHIINE volunteermay not hold a current license to

sell Medicare-related health insur-ance.

To become a SHIINE volunteeror learn more about it, visitwww.shiine.net or contact a re-gional coordinator nearest you:

Eastern South Dakota: Tom Hoy; Phone: 605-333-3314 or 1-800-536-8197; E-mail: shiine@

cfag.org Central South Dakota: Kath-

leen Nagle Phone: 605-224-3212or 1-877-331-4834; E-mail: [email protected]

Western South Dakota: DebbieStangle, Phone: 605-342-8635 or1-877-286-9072; E-mail: [email protected]

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all parties could be informed aboutthe claims’ process. An invitationwas also been extended to SouthDakota and North Dakota sena-tors and representatives.

Henderson told his peers at thespecial meeting of the PerkinsCounty Commission last weekthat they need to be vigilant ingetting the Forest Service to actquickly on payments to those whoneed help. “If we don’t press them,I think it’s going to get sweptaway,” he said. “Let’s make asmuch noise as we can.”

The county board took officialaction to have Chairman MikeSchweitzer invite the SouthDakota Secretary of Agriculture tovisit Perkins County.

Sheriff Kelly Serr was at lastThursday’s meeting to discuss acounty-wide burn ban. He saidthat it doesn’t do a lot of good forcommissioners to pass a resolutionbanning fires. If it’s not in ordi-nance form, he said, it really isn’tenforceable. The sheer size of thecounty means that conditionsaren’t always the same in all areasand a burn ban would not apply to

cities within the county. He alsowarned that an individual’s pri-vate insurance carrier might notcover an incident if a burn ban wasin effect. There are state laws thatimpose penalties on those whostart fires that get out of control,he said.

After listening to Serr’s reason-ing, Commissioner WillardOttman said, “I think we just for-get it (a ban).” No action wastaken.

Highway Superintendent TracyBuer was back to talk about snowtruck purchases. Schweitzer, whowas absent from an earlier meet-ing where Buer requested to pur-chase two trucks, said that his“train of thought” is that therehave been a lot of projects alreadythis year to pay for from the high-way budget. “We’re spending quitea bit of money. I’m just not suretoday’s the day.”

Buer argued that his currenttrucks are old and he’s worriedthat they are no longer dependableand could become a safety issue forhis crew. “We haven’t updated ourequipment in years,” he said.

A couple of commissionerstalked about buying used trucksvs. new. “A hundred thousand

miles on a truck….is pretty brandnew,” Commissioner Rusty Fostersaid, adding that any manufactur-ing glitches have already beentaken care of under warranties.

“I’m just a little nervous, Tracy,”Schweitzer said. “I’m really nerv-ous about the money.”

The general consensus of theboard was that any truck pur-chases have to wait awhile.

The issue of two Bison Townshipbridges came up again, too. Buerwould like to proceed with the bid-ding process for the bridge on GolfCourse Road and then either ac-cept or reject the bids. Ottmanwants to work with the townshipin fixing the south bridge.

The new 4H/Youth advisor,Kelly Jo Schumacher, will beginher new duties in Perkins andHarding counties on Monday, April29. She is currently training inBrookings. She will be living inBuffalo and traveling to Bison foroffice hours.

Commissioners continue todelay in hiring a secretary for thecombined Extension/State’s Attor-ney offices. In the meantime, theyhave agreed to pay Penfield’s pri-vate practice secretary for countywork that she is assisting with.


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Noem staff tohold local officehours in Bison

U.S. Representative KristiNoem (R-SD) announced todaythat Kyle Holt of her Rapid Cityoffice will hold a constituent out-reach day in Bison on Monday,April 29. Kyle will be available onMonday between the hours of 1:00p.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the PerkinsCounty Courthouse.

“As South Dakota’s lone Mem-ber of the U.S. House of Represen-tatives, I believe it is very impor-tant for me and my staff to meetwith South Dakotans to hearabout the issues important tothem. It is my hope that individu-als needing help with a federalagency or simply wishing to passon their concerns to me will stopby,” said Noem.

Aside from this opportunity,Kyle also plans on visiting withcommunity leaders in the region.Area residents are invited to con-tact Rep. Noem’s Rapid City officeat 791-4673 if you would like to setup an appointment or if you needimmediate assistance. If you areunable to find time to come toBison on Monday, you can alwaysreach Rep. Noem’s office via herwebsite, www.noem.house.gov.

WHAT: Constituent Out-reach Day

WHEN: Monday, April 29,2013, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: Perkins CountyCourthouse 101 Main Street,Bison, SD 57620

Rising Star of the West finalist Shaley LensegravShaley Lensegrav, Bison High

School senior and one of the fourfinalists in KEVN’s Rising Star ofthe West Scholarship competition,will once again be on TV deliver-ing four original taped commen-taries.

For the next four weeks each fi-nalist will have a chance to pres-ent their own opinion on four top-

ics chosen by Rising Star Officials.These topics range from socialmedia to role models. After thesegments have aired on TV, view-ers will then be able to go onlineand rate each student’s video bygoing to www.blackhillsfox.comand clicking on the Rising Star ofthe West link on the right side ofthe page. The student with the

highest average rating at the endof the four weeks of competitionwill take home the top scholarshipof $4000 dollars. Please tune intoKEVN Black Hills Fox to watchShaley and other students as theycompete in this great scholarshipopportunity.

Shaley’s air dates are as follows:Monday April 22nd

Tuesday April 23rd Friday May 3rd Thursday May 9th Wednesday May 15th

Shaley would like to thankeveryone for supporting her in thefirst round and would greatly ap-preciate your support and votes!Thank you!


Brockel and Kopren attend South DakotaState Student Council Convention

Kiana Brockel and Tessa Kopren represented Bison HighSchool at the South Dakota State Student Council Conventionheld in Pierre. The girls joined 750 student leaders and advi-sors from all over South Dakota. Kopren was elected presidentof the Upper Missouri region during the convention and willpreside over the regional meeting that will be held this fall inMobridge. Kianna and Tessa traveled to Pierre with studentcouncil members from Harding County.

has treated us pretty well, butwhen we get hit with a lot of snow,sometimes doubt can pay us a visitabout our decision to start calvingat the end of February.

Murphy’s Law has proven thatwe wouldn’t be immune to late-spring wintery weather if webumped our calving time up to alater date. In the last two weekswe’ve received most of our winterseason’s snowfall, but anytimeneighboring ranches miss bad coldspells or a snowstorm becausethey started calving before or afterus, it tends to make our wonderingworse. The only thing we know forcertain about messing with ourstart-date is that we’d likely regretit because a freak snowstorm or anabnormal cold snap would showup anyway.

Weather-related calving seasonstresses always cause my husbandand me to dredge up the samequestion for more re-hashing:should we change the date whenwe start calving? We don’t have asmuch flexibility as other ranchesdo in moving our calving season toa later date. We feel our calves dobetter if they’re at least a monthold before the herd gets turned outJune 1st on the vast Forest Ser-vice summer range we lease.

Basically, ranchers in our regioncan either deal with calving sea-son winter weather when they’reused to it or change their calvingdate and deal with it when they’renot used to it. Many cattlemenpick their calving start-dates inhopes of missing a good majority of

the harshest weather, but MotherNature usually has other ideasand has proven time and againthat she’s in charge. If we stickwith our normal calving start-date, at least we have a good ideawhen Mother Nature is mostlikely to stir things up during ourcalving season.

All we really know for sure isthat there’s no way around it: sun-shine or snow, warm or cold, calv-ing is still going to be a lot of work.The only thing we’ve changed thisyear regarding how we feel aboutour calving season is that all themoisture-dense snow is a welcomesight.

Guest ColumnistAmy Kirk is a ranch wife from Custer, South Dakota.

Calving Start-DatesDeciding on the best time to

calve is tricky. A lot of Midwesternranchers determine their calvingstart-date by the kinds of condi-tions they want to be dealing withbaby calves in: blowing snow,freezing cold wind, or below zerotemperatures. Most cattlemen andcattlewomen would gladly takemuddy conditions over the otherchoices any day.

With the exception of taking ahiatus for the drought the last cou-ple of years, late spring snow-storms—the kind with lots ofheavy, sticky, wet snow, gustywinds, and sometimes downedpower lines—have been a long-standing tradition in our region.

Stockmen know their area’s cli-mate characteristics pretty welland weather is one of the decidingfactors for many in picking theircalving time. Around here, winterand spring oftentimes mean thesame thing weather-wise. Deter-mining when to deal with calvingissues regarding weather condi-tions is usually based on the hopesthat keeping baby calves alivemight be less work if the weatheris good most of the season.

Some years the weather is bet-ter for calving in than others, andfor my husband and me this year

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2013-2014 South Dakota State FFA officers elected

Eleven candidates interviewed for the six South Dakota FFA leadership roles. The individuals elected to the South Dakota StateFFA officer team will travel across the state throughout the next year presenting speeches, facilitating workshops, hostingcamps, holding conferences and conducting business for the South Dakota FFA Association.Those selected to serve the South Dakota FFA for 2013-2014 are: State FFA President: Makayla Heisler, Newell; State FFA VicePresident: Breanna Bullington, Brookings; State FFA Secretary: Cheyenne Leonhardt, Groton; State FFA Treasurer: David Strain,Sturgis; State FFA Reporter: Carrietta Schalesky, Bison; State FFA Sentinel Shala Larson, Webster.

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Delegation encourages Forest Service to use retired C-27J Aircraft to fight wildland fires

Senators John Thune (R-S.D.),Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), and Repre-sentative Kristi Noem (R-S.D.)today sent a letter to the Chief ofthe U.S. Forest Service, Tom Tid-well, encouraging the agency toconsider the use of the Air Force’ssoon-to-be retired C-27J aircraft tofight wildland fires in the RockyMountain Region, including theBlack Hills National Forest. TheAir Force plans to divest the C-27Jaircraft as part of the 2013 Na-tional Defense Authorization ActImplementation Plan.

“Providing the Forest Servicewith the tools needed to fight wild-land fires is critical to protectingsome of our country’s greatest na-tional treasures and the personalproperty of those living in theBlack Hills area,” said Thune. “Iurge the Forest Service to considerusing these C-27J aircraft to fightwildland fires, and to examine thebenefit that operating these air-craft from Ellsworth Air ForceBase could have on the surround-ing area.”

“Acquiring the C-27J from theAir Force could be an innovativeway to help the Forest Servicemeet their need for additional,modernized fire suppression air-craft,” said Johnson. “I encouragethe Forest Service to evaluate howthese aircrafts could help themcombat fires in the Black Hills andthroughout the country.”

“As folks who live in the BlackHills know, a fire is only a spark orlightning strike away. The ongoingpine beetle infestation has onlyadded to this problem,” said Noem.“Positioning C-27J aircraft atEllsworth Air Force Base wouldprovide another resource to pro-tect the people, businesses andcommunities of the Black Hillsand the broader region from cata-strophic fires.”

According to the Air Force’s im-plementation plan, the Air Forceplans to divest up to 21 C-27Js,and the Forest Service has theright of first refusal to acquirethese aircraft without additionalcost to taxpayers. The delegation’sletter urges the Forest Service toconsider operating some of theseaircraft out of Ellsworth Air Force

Base, and highlights the benefitsthat these aircraft could have inmeeting the future needs of theForest Service, both in SouthDakota and in surrounding states.

The text of the delegation’s let-ter follows:

April 16, 2013

Mr. Tom TidwellChief, U.S. Forest ServiceSidney R. Yates Building201 14th Street, SW, 4th FloorWashington, DC 20250

Dear Chief Tidwell:We write today to bring your at-

tention to the Air Force’s FiscalYear 2013, National Defense Au-thorization Act (FY13 NDAA) Im-plementation Plan, which includesa section regarding the divestitureof the C-27J Spartan aircraft.

As stated in the implementationplan, the FY13 NDAA “requiresthe Secretary of Defense to affordthe Secretary of Agriculture thefirst right of refusal” to acquire theaircraft after the C-27J Spartanaircraft are deemed in excess ofthe needs of the Department ofDefense. The C-27J is a new air-craft primarily used for transportby the Air Force, and we under-stand that these aircraft could as-sist the U.S. Forest Service whenretrofitted to fight wildland fires.

We respectfully encourage youto explore how these aircraftmight possibly be used to meet fu-ture needs of the Forest Service inits efforts to combat forest fires inthe Rocky Mountain Region, in-cluding the Black Hills NationalForest. As you are aware, SouthDakota is home to Ellsworth AirForce Base, located near RapidCity. It may be possible for one ortwo of these aircraft, which wouldbe operated by the Forest Service,to be based at Ellsworth in orderto better serve the surroundingarea.

We also understand the ForestService is in the process of evalu-ating the existing air fleet to deter-mine future needs and the assetsrequired to meet those demands.As part of that process, please an-swer the following questions:

1. What types of aircraft are

under consideration for acquisi-tion, and is the C-27J suitable tomeet certain anticipated needs ofthe Forest Service?

2. Is it correct that the ForestService has the authority to con-tract with private entities for theuse of large, contractor-owned/con-tractor-operated air tankers? If so,

is this a model the Forest Serviceintends to continue to use in thefuture?

3. Could the acquisition of the C-27J, free of charge from the AirForce, fit that model of contractingwith private company third par-ties for operations and mainte-nance?

Please keep us informed if there

is any way we can be of assistanceas the Forest Service determines ifthese C-27J aircraft can be uti-lized in a fiscally responsible man-ner to combat wildland fires.

Kindest Regards,

Senator John ThuneSenator Tim JohnsonRepresentative Kristi Noem


Bison School’s Annual FamilyForty-five parents, children, andteachers attended Bison School’sannual Family Library Night . Itwas held in the Bison School Li-brary from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm onThursday, March 21, 2012. TheFamily Library Night was hostedby Joyce Waddell, K-12 school li-brarian, and Roxie Seaman, TitleI teacher. Mrs. Waddell intro-duced this year’s sixteen “PrairieBud” books for grades K-2 and thisyear’s sixteen “Prairie Pasque”books for grades 3-5 by giving abrief synopsis of each book. Dis-tinguished picture books for chil-dren, that have been recognized asCaldecott Medal award winners,were also featured. The FamilyLibrary Night program included abrief explanation of the library fa-cilities and a reading time for chil-dren to share library books withtheir parents. The evening con-cluded with door prizes and cook-ies.

Pictured above is Chris Seidel enjoying a book with his daughter, Kahlea—3rd Gr., and his son,Colbin—Kdg.

Trish Peck and her daughter, Jada—Kdg., are enjoying a booktogether. Lita Wells and her son, Dustin—2nd grade are enjoying a book

together.

Sarah Jeurgens is reading to her daughter, Grace—Kdg, and her younger daughter, Hannah.

Gary Christman left Sunday forhis home in Houston. Jim Christ-man of Australia arrived Sunday tospend a week with his parents, Artand Marilyn Christman.

Friday evening, Vera Wilson andMary Ellen Fried attended the BisonHigh School Spring Play.

Greg and Peggy Fried were Sun-day afternoon callers at the home ofMary Ellen Fried.

Carolyn Petik left Saturday for atrip Wisconsin to visit Kurt Petikand family.

Vonnie Foster visited with BernieRose on Thursday.

Dan and Stacy Kvale visitedHarold and Norman Kvale andBernie Rose.

Jim Christman left Saturday andtraveled to California to spend timewith his family before returning toAustralia.

Tim and Kendra McIntyre of Web-ster arrived at Mary Ellen Fried’sFriday to spend the weekend.

Friday supper guests of MaryEllen Fried were Tim and KendraMcIntyre, James and Marci Sand-gren; Greg and Peggy Fried.

Saturday supper guests of MaryEllen Fried were Allen and KayeMcIntyre; Herb Fried; Greg andPeggy Fried; Tim and Kendra McIn-tyre.

Tim and Kendra McIntyre re-turned to their home in WebsterSunday.

Tuesday evening, Jerry and Car-olyn Petik were among family mem-bers who went out to supper in Lem-mon with Rich Kvale, from TucsonArizona.

Jerry Petik attended meetings inLemmon on Thursday.

Jerry and Carolyn Petik attendedthe Jr. High/High School SpringConcert in Lemmon on Thursdayevening.

Carolyn was a Thursday eveningvisitor of Irene Young.

Carolyn Petik was among Fridaylunch guests at the home of BeckyRoghair at Gopher.

Carolyn Petik accompanied hermusic students to the grade schoolmusic contest in McIntosh on Satur-day.

Dorothy and Kathleen Carmichaelvisited Bernie Rose Monday.

Vonnie Foster visited with BernieRose Tuesday.

Dorothy Carmichael visited withBernie Rose Thursday.

Louise Cain visited with BernieRose Friday.

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night was well attended

Kaden Glover—Kdg., is sharing a book with his mother, Jennifer Glover and Cody Green.

Pictured above is Sarah Holzer reading to her daughter, Grace—Kdg., and her son, Garrett—2ndgrade.

Pictured above is Sara Stadler, sharing a book with her sonKyle.

Garden Gate

Nature’s Magic PotionAs you all know the key to a good

garden is good soil. Many of us donot have such good soil as we live inan area prone to clay, just a stepabove gumbo in soil quality. Com-post is the magic potion that helpssoil quality and Mother Nature usesit every chance she can and youshould too.

Compost is the natural method ofrecycling by breaking down unusedorganic matter using bacteria andother soil borne organisms. Whenyou make compost you are just help-ing speed up the process and recy-cling something that would end upin a land fill.

Composting does not have to beexpensive or complicated. If youhave the space it can just be a pile inan unnoticeable corner of the yard orgarden for a process called cold com-posting. This method is muchslower because it takes longer forthe matter to breakdown but workswell for small steady amounts of or-ganic matter. Occasionally you willwant to turn the pile and water itwhen necessary as wet matter de-composes much quicker than drymatter. This method often takes ayear to get finished compost.

A faster method is hot composting.This method can be as cheap or ex-pensive as you want to go. A hotcompost pile is usually made up allat one time such as in the fall whenyou have big piles of leaves you wantto turn into magic potion for yourgarden. Hot composting usually en-

tails some kind of a bin to confinethe material in a small space andtrapping the heat it generates dur-ing the composting process, the moreheat, the faster it decomposes.

Compost materials, especially forthe “hot method” should be a mix oforganic brown debris (leaves, straw,hay and dried up dead plants alongwith green materials such as grassclippings, kitchen scraps and greenplants, some include a little soil ormanure to hasten things along. Amix of about 1 part green material to30 parts brown material seems to bethe optimum mixture. Some gardensupply companies sell a product,“compost activator”, to kick-start thewhole process but that choice is upto you.

What about those fancy tumblingbins? They work just fine; speedthings up, reduce the odor, are neatand fairly easy, keep critters out, butare expensive. Sometimes a neatpile covered with black plastic willwork almost as good, IF, you don’thave critters that like to dig intosuch delicacies as rotting kitchenscraps, leaves, etc.; think raccoons,skunks, wild turkeys, whatever youhave in your neck of the woods. Nature is full of genius, full of the di-vinity; so that not a snowflake es-capes its fashioning hand. ~HenryDavid Thoreau, journal, 5 January1856Submitted by Karen Englehart,Master Gardener, SDSU Coopera-tive Extension Service


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Workshop on repairing ice-damaged trees and shrubs

South Dakota State University(SDSU) Extension and the SouthDakota Department of Agriculture(SDDA) will host a damaged treeand shrub workshop at 6:30 p.m.CT on Monday, April 29, at theSioux Falls Extension RegionalCenter.

This month’s ice storm left thou-sands of broken and damagedtrees in its wake. Many tree own-ers are looking at their bent andbroken trees and wonderingwhether they can be saved, and ifso, what can be done.

The workshops will be led byJohn Ball, SDSU ExtensionForestry Specialist, and RickMayko, Community Forester. The

sessions will help landowners de-cide if damaged trees are worthsaving and show techniques forpruning and repairing trees. Addi-tional workshops are planned forthe near future.

Ice-damaged shrubs, ever-greens, and fruit trees will also becovered in the workshops. Tips onhiring a tree company to work onlarger trees will be discussed aswell.

In instances when trees cannotbe saved, homeowners should beaware that buying replacementtrees from out-of-state nurseriesincreases the potential risk ofbringing trees infested with in-sects and diseases to South

Dakota, such as emerald ash bor-ers in ash trees.

With confirmed infestations ofemerald ash borer in Minn. andIowa, SDDA suggests that peoplecan avoid buying trees infestedwith diseases or other pests by get-ting trees from reputable localnurseries where the trees havebeen inspected or are grown there.Homeowners who buy locallygrown trees also have a goodchance of getting stock that aremore suitable to South Dakota’sclimate.

For more information on theworkshops, contact Tiffany Arp at605.773.3594.

Boomer Babble Thoughts at LargeLeaving Earth

By Doug OrtmanWell Boomer’s, we have finally

done it. We have finally screwedup our planet to such a degree thatscientist Stephen Hawking is nowsaying that the human race needsto leave this planet because earth,as we know it, will be finished, ru-ined, caput in the next one thou-sand years. This news and state-ment was very disturbing to manypeople but not to me, as I like totravel. Stephen says humans havebecome too angry, too gluttonousand are depleting our planet of allresources. He says we must colo-nize space in the next two hundredyears or we are doomed and willcause our own extinction. I’mthinking of going back to Mars, mywife will probably go to Venus.Some of you may be skeptical ofman’s ability to colonize space oranother planet but I’m sure wecan. I am a Boomer Trekkie. I’veseen what the future holds. I wasin high school when Star Trek thetelevision show began. Over fourdecades later, I have seen much ofthat science fiction come true.Communicators are our cellphones. Phasers are Laser

weapons. The Universal LanguageTranslator is a function done byany computer. The Tricorder isseen in hand held medical devices.We have gone from the speed ofhorse travel to 20,000 mph in thespace shuttle in little more thanone hundred years. I think we canspeed that up a just alittle…maybe to Warp 1 in thenext one hundred years. In highschool, we often repeated the StarTrek saying: “…to explore strangenew worlds, to seek out new lifeand new civilizations, to boldly gowhere no man has gone before.” Ofcourse, then we were talking aboutsneaking into the ladies restroombut now Hawking is giving it newmeaning. I think he is right. Weshould seek to find a newplanet…preferably a larger onethat will take us longer to polluteand destroy. Hawking says wehave two hundred years to blowthis popcorn joint. So don’t packyour bags just yet, if humanity cancollectively quit dragging our feet,I think we can keep this big ballspinning for a few more goodyears.

Spring wheat plantingThe most important factors in

producing a profitable springwheat field are selecting the bestcultivar, providing proper fertility,planting on time and having agood seedbed to plant into, saysPaul O. Johnson SDSU ExtensionAgronomy Field Specialist.

When selecting a variety, John-son encourages growers to refer-ence the Variety Recommenda-tions for 2013 contained in the2012 annual report on SpringWheat: http://igrow.org/up/re-sources/03-3011-2012.pdf.

"South Dakota has seven vari-eties which are recommendedstatewide and two which are rec-ommended for only some of thecrop adaptation regions," he said."The 2012 annual report also pro-vides variety traits. This informa-

tion can be very helpful when pick-ing one of the recommended vari-eties to best fit a given operation."

Things to consider when plan-ning for 2013

Spring wheat needs to beplanted early in the spring.

"Normally it should be plantedby the third week of April orwithin the first two weeks ofplanting possible in the spring.Producers should check crop in-surance planting dates for the lo-cation to be planted to ensure cov-erage," Johnson said.

Spring Wheat is normallyplanted one to two inches deep inthe soil but will emerge from asdeep as three inches.

"Planting into moisture will en-sure an even stand at emergence.Uniform emergence will in turn;

produce a crop that will matureevenly. This is desirable at harvestbut also helps for timing pesticideapplications throughout the grow-ing season.," he said.

Spring wheat should be plantedat a minimum of 1.2 million purelive seeds per acre or 28 seeds persquare foot. This translates intoabout 1.5 bushels per acre with av-erage size spring wheat seed. Lateplanting or planting into poorseedbeds requires a higher seedingrate. Spring wheat requires a goodfertilizer package to produce highyields. Fields should be soil testedto determine fertilizer needs. Cau-tion should be taken if fertilizer isbeing placed with the seed. Toohigh a rate with the seed can hurtgermination.


South Dakota Farm Bureau re-cently hosted a meeting in WesternSouth Dakota about the changesthat are taking place in the agricul-tural land productivity valuationand commodity prices assessments.Michael Houdyshell, Director,Property & Special Taxes Divisionfrom South Dakota Department ofRevenue was on hand to informfarmers and ranchers about howtheir land values will now be basedupon its productivity value startingin the 2011 tax payable year. Hestated, “The Department of Rev-enue contracts with the EconomicsDepartment of South Dakota StateUniversity (SDSU) to produce the“productivity value” or the “formulavalue” for the productivity valua-tion system. This value is the start-ing point for valuing all agricul-tural land in the state. This start-ing value is adjusted by the countyDirector of Equalization to ensureuniform and fair valuations.”

The productivity formula iswhere they begin in figuring thegross revenue per acre. Thisprocess uses an 8-year period from

data that was collected by theUSDA/NASS to figure the grossrevenue per acre in each county.The 2011 tax payable year woulduse values from the year 2001 to2008.

With cropland the productivityvalue is established by eachcounty’s information based onUSDA/NASS. According to theSouth Dakota Department of Rev-enue “this price is weighted basedupon the quantity of the commod-ity sold each month during themarketing year; actual productionof each crop is multiplied by thecommodity price for the crop to de-termine the gross revenue for thecrop. The gross revenue of all of thecrops is added together and dividedby the number of acres, to get thegross revenue per acre in thecounty.” The prices also do not in-clude deficiency payments, CCCloans outstanding, or purchases bythe government.

Cash rents are used to figure thegross revenue with non-croplandalso using the 8 year average. TheUSDA/NASS determined cash

rents in counties across SouthDakota from the years 2001through 2007 by using a survey.They had hoped to have enough re-sponses to publish the cash rentsfrom every county by 2008, but theydid not get enough responses fromevery county. They used past cashrent prices and rent from surround-ing counties to help establish thecash rent for the counties without apublished 2008 number. Listenerswere told that the Department iscurrently working to find an alter-native to get the cash rent data.

Michael Houdyshell also remindseveryone that “the transition toproductivity valuation does notchange the appeal rights of prop-erty owners. In South Dakota,property cannot be assessed formore than its market value andmust be assessed equitably in rela-tion to other property in the county.If you disagree with the assessmentof your property, you can appeal thevaluation the same way you wouldhave appealed a valuation basedupon the market”. The farmer orrancher should first contract theCounty Director of Equalization.He or she will be able to explain thenew system along with showingsimilar valued property, and recentsales of similar property.

“Although the statewide amountof agricultural value in the produc-tivity system is the same as thatfrom the old valuation system, in-dividual counties increase or de-crease significantly, states the De-partment of Revenue, to preventsudden large shifts in values, andto ensure they had time to addressany unanticipated problems, theLegislature limited increases or de-creases to 10% a year. Croplandand non-cropland values can nowincrease or decrease by 15, 20, or25% per year depending on how fara county is from its full productivityvalue.”

Changes in the agriculture land productivity valuationA very important portion of this article got cut off last week, here it is in its entirety.

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May is Mental Health Month: Pathways to wellnessessential to leading full and productive lives

Pathways to Wellness—this year’stheme for May is Mental HealthMonth—calls attention to strategiesand approaches that help all Ameri-cans achieve wellness and good men-tal and overall health. “Wellness isessential to living a full and produc-tive life,” said Robert J. Kean, Exec-utive Director of South Dakota Ad-vocacy Services (SDAS). “We mayhave different ideas about whatwellness means, but it involves a setof skills and strategies prevent theonset or shorten the duration of ill-ness and promote recovery and well-being. It’s about keeping healthy aswell as getting healthy.”

Dianna Marshall, Program Direc-tor for the SDAS Protection and Ad-vocacy for Individuals with MentalIllness Program said “wellness ismore than absence of disease. It in-volves complete general, mental andsocial well-being. And mental healthis an essential component of overallhealth and well-being. The fact isour overall well-being is tied to thebalance that exists between ouremotional, physical, spiritual andmental health. “

Kean added everyone is at risk ofstress given the demands it brings

and the challenges at work and athome. But there are steps that main-tain well-being and help everyoneachieve wellness. These involve abalanced diet, regular exercise,enough sleep, a sense of self-worth,development of coping skills thatpromote resiliency, emotional aware-ness, and connections to family,friends and the community. He saidthese steps should be complementedby taking stock of one’s well-beingthrough regular mental healthcheckups. “Just as we check ourblood pressure and get cancerscreenings, it’s a good idea to takeperiodic stock of our emotional well-being. One recent study said every-

one should get their mental healthchecked as often as they get a phys-ical, and many doctors routinelyscreen for mental health, which typ-ically include a series of questionsabout lifestyle, eating and drinkinghabits and mental wellness. But acheckup doesn’t necessarily requirea special trip to the doctor. There arealso online screening tools you canuse. While conditions like depressionare common—roughly 1 in 5 Ameri-cans have a mental health condi-tion—they are extremely treatable.”

“Fully embracing the concept ofwellness not only improves health inthe mind, body and spirit, but alsomaximizes one’s potential to lead a

full and productive life,” Marshalladded. Using strategies that pro-mote resiliency and strengthen men-tal health and prevent mentalhealth and substance use conditionslead to improved general health anda healthier society: greater academicachievement by our children, a moreproductive economy, and familiesthat stay together. “It’s why path-ways to wellness are so importantand why we need to spread theword” noted Kean.

Governor Dennis Daugaard hassigned a proclamation declaringMay as Mental Health AwarenessMonth in South Dakota.


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Jim and Patsy Miller traveled toHettinger Thursday and visitedwith Violet Miller at the NursingHome.

Jim and Patsy Miller attendedthe Rory Hoffman concert in Lem-mon Friday evening.

LaVonne Foss took ShirleyJohnson to Lemmon Thursdayand visited at the Johnson homeon their return.

Thelma Sandgren called onShirley Johnson Friday afternoon.Due to the weather this has been avery quiet week for Thelma Sand-gren. Friday she went to Hettingeras usual. Gladys Merwin andThelma had dinner at Prairie RoseFloral, and then she played cardsand won third. She then visitedher brother Warren Van Wyk atthe hospital, then to the Nursinghome to visit her siblings, GladysVliem and Buster Van Wyk.

Georgia Sandgren of Sturgis ar-rived at Thelma Sandgren’s Fri-day evening.

Saturday morning, Georgia andThelma fixed dinner and took itover to Kory and Rory Van Wyk, asthey are busy lambing out Kory’ssheep. Rory takes his vacation

from Slope Electric at that time tohelp. The cousins are the same ageso they enjoyed getting together.Georgia had left her car at Alf andBetty Vliem’s so they visited there.Georgia returned to Sturgis fromthere and Thelma came on home.

Jim Gilland visited with ThelmaSandgren Sunday afternoon.

Al and Tiss Treib made a trip toSt. Onge Saturday.

Dorena Wiechmann brought Es-ther Johnson up to the HettingerHospital Sunday morning and shewas admitted. Al and Tiss Treibjoined them for part of the after-noon and took Dorena out for din-ner.

Al and Tiss Treib left for RapidCity Sunday afternoon.

Friday, Bridget Keller and theboys traveled to Lemmon and hadsupper with Larry and SarahDreiske and the kids and pickedup her bountiful basket.

Nolan and Linda Seim and fam-ily traveled to McLaughlin Satur-day to visit Jasmine’s brother.They went to Mobridge for shop-ping and dinner out.

Jasmine Seim spent time withthe Anderson’s.

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Dorothy Frey spent Sundayovernight at the Western Horizon’sCare Center.

Gary, Jody and Lexi Johnson,Roger Ingebretson and ShirleyJohnson went to Summerville forsupper Saturday evening.Shirley Johnson took LaVonneFoss out to dinner at SummervilleSunday noon.Tuesday Thelma Sandgren trav-eled to Lemmon and took Steveout to dinner for his birthday.Thelma Sandgren stopped atShirley Johnson’s on her wayhome Tuesday.Thursday, Thelma Sandgrencalled on Helen Meink and theyexchanged magazines.Friday, a busy day in Hettinger,Thelma had dinner with GladysMerwin, then they went to the Se-nior Center and played pinochle,Thelma won second. She thenwent to the Western Horizon’s carecenter to visit her siblings, GladysVliem and Buster Van Wyk.Sunday was a good day, James,Marci and Kylee Sandgren; Steve,Susie, Leslie and Rachel Sandgrenall came out to the ranch and haddinner with Thelma and a good

visit.Albert Keller arrived homeWednesday.Albert, Bridget, Lil Albert and Ko-rbin Keller traveled to LemmonWednesday afternoon.Thursday, Albert and BridgetKeller and boys traveled to Bisonand then to Lemmon.Friday, Bridget Keller traveled toBismarck for Guards and returnedhome Sunday.Albert Keller, Lil Albert and Ko-rbin traveled to Timber Lake forthe weekend.Matt and Christi Miller broughtsupper out to Jim and Patsy MillerTuesday evening.Jim and Patsy Miller traveled toLemmon Wednesday.Barb Lyon and Patsy Miller trav-eled to Scranton Friday.Jasmine Seim accompanied theChet Anderson family to Bison forthe play Friday evening.Ethan and Isaac Anderson wereSunday overnight guests of Nolanand Linda Seim.Jasmine Seim was a Sunday after-noon guest of the Anderson girlsfor a play date.

Keith and Bev Hoffman met TonyTalley of Casper, WY for coffeeTuesday morning in Lemmon.Al and Tiss Treib returned homeMonday after a trip to Rapid City.Tiss Treib visited with her mother,Esther Johnson in the West RiverRegional hospital Tuesday after-noon.Dorena Wiechmann and Tiss Treibvisited with Esther Johnson at theHettinger hospital Wednesday af-ternoon.Al and Tiss Treib made a trip toBismarck Thursday. Al was admit-ted to the hospital and Tiss re-turned home.Tiss Treib made a trip to BismarckFriday afternoon to pick up Al. Ontheir way home that evening theymet up with Loren Kilen and AmyTraxel near Mandan. They alsovisited with Tiss’ cousins Cindyand husband Ken Connel of Bis-marck and Linda Nelson of Fargo.They all had supper together be-fore going to their respectivehomes.Tiss Treib visited with her mother,Esther Johnson Saturday andSunday afternoon’s after work.


Tight hay supplies, high prices to continue

South Dakota hay prices havebeen at high levels throughout the2012 marketing year. Based onnumbers from the National Agricul-tural Statistics Service, March al-falfa prices were at $230 per tonand have remained steady for sev-eral months. The March price forother hay reached a record high of$170 per ton.

"Usually, such high prices resultin a shift in production and use.However, other commodity pricesand input costs are higher too," saidMatthew Diersen, SDSU ExtensionRisk/Business Management Spe-cialist.

He adds that looking at thisyear's hay prices by adjusting forinflation shows that prices are alsoat record-high levels on a real basis.

"Despite a price index, with 1982as the base year that has doubledin recent years, the real price of hayin South Dakota had not beenabove $70 per ton during the pastdecade," Diersen said.

The last peak in real prices hap-pened in the 2002 drought yearwhen the price reached $79 per ton.Diersen says 2013's record ratesare due to the fact that in 2012,South Dakota producers had ex-pected to harvest 3.5 million acresof hay; and higher expected returnsfor other crops and drought condi-tions combined to reduce harvestedacres to only 3.1 million acres. Totop that off, yields were low, limit-ing supply.

"The result was that price in-creased to the high nominal levelsand a real price of $100 per ton," hesaid.

Price prospects continue to favorsellers over buyers.

"Fall disappearance was unusuallylarge leaving a stocks level on Dec.

1, 2012 of only 4.3 million tons. Thestocks level was the smallest sinceJan. 1, 1977 following the 1976drought," Diersen said.

He says current stocks are alsosimilar to the levels in late 1989when there were only 3.35 millionhead of cattle in South Dakota in-ventories. On Jan. 1, 2013 therewere 3.85 million head.

Diersen says modeling historicstock levels and winter use givescompeting views of just how littlehay may be left in South Dakota.

"Usually, much of the hay pro-duced in South Dakota is used forfeed and not sold. As part of the col-lective feed inventory, one couldtake the Dec.1 stocks and use themevenly over the remaining sixmonths of the feeding year,"Diersen said.

He shares an example: on May 1only 1/6 of the Dec. 1 4.3 milliontons in inventory may remain oronly 0.72 million tons.

"Most years, producers try tomaintain a surplus over that level.Likewise, high prices may meansome hay that was raised for on-farm use enters the marketingchannel," he said. "Factoring in thehigh price level actually forecasts anegative stocks level for May 1."

The high real price would nor-mally result in sharply higher hayacres in South Dakota. Solid ex-pected returns for other crops andthe presence of revenue insurancehave limited hay to an expected 3.1million acres. Diersen says a tightold crop supply, low expected pro-duction for 2013 and no differencein the national picture combine tosuggest high hay prices will con-tinue for the 2013 marketing year.

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BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETINGDATE: April 8, 2013 TIME HELD: 7:00p.m. KIND OF MEETING: RegularWHERE HELD: Boardroom MEM-BERS PRESENT: Arneson(Teleconfer-ence), Beckman, Kari, Kvale, Thomp-son MEMBERS ABSENT: None OFFI-CERS AND OTHERS PRESENT:Supt. Kraemer, Bus Mgr. Crow, CorbenAlley

CHAIRMAN KVALE CALLED THEMEETING TO ORDER WITH A CALLFOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

CONSENT AGENDA99. Motion by Beckman second byThompson to approve the consentagenda with these changes: only items#4, 9, 11, 14, 15 and 16 will be actedupon tonight. The completion of theboard meeting will be held on Monday,April 15, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Motion car-ried.

APPROVAL OF CLAIMS100. Motion by Beckman second byKari to approve the claims listed below.Motion carried. A & B BUSINESSPRODUCTS, SUPPLIES, 901.55; AD-VANCE PAYMENTS, MARCH REIM-BURSEMENT, 878.07; ARGUSLEADER, ADVERTISING, 350.00;AVI SYSTEMS, SUPPLIES, 1091.00;BISON COURIER, PUBLISHING/AD-VERTISING, 356.03; BISON FOODSTORE, SUPPLIES, 150.76; BISONGRAIN,GAS, 352.50; BISON IMPLE-MENT, SUPPLIES, 91.41; CARD-MEMBER SERVICES, SUPPLIES/FEES, 224.99; CDW-G, SUPPLIES,181.21; KALIN CHAPMAN, TRAVELREIMBURSEMENT, 113.00; DACO-TAH INSURANCE, BOND, 225.00;DAKOTA FEED, GAS, 87.15; G & OPAPER SUPPLIES, SUPPLIES,140.80; GOVERNOR’S INN, ROOMS,300.00; GRAND ELECTRIC, SUP-PLIES/ELECTRICITY, 3591.65; HAR-MON LAW, LEGAL SERVICE,1560.00; JULIE HATLE, SUPPLY RE-IMBURSEMENT, 11.11; INSTRU-MENTALIST, MUSIC SUPPLIES,138.00; BOB JACKSON, LABOR/PARTS, 273.00; DARLA KAHLER,SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT, 50.49;KNIGHT SECURITY, MONITORING,444.00; HEIDI KOPREN, SUPPLYREIMBURSEMENT, 40.28; STACYKVALE, TRAVEL REIMBURSE-MENT, 58.46; JOYCE MATTHEWS,SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT, 182.21; MCLEODS OFFICE, ELECTIONSUPPLIES, 113.52; MID CENTRALEDUCATIONAL, CLASS FEE, 250.00;SHELBY MILES, SUPPLY REIM-BURSEMENT, 8.47; NASSP, MEM-BERSHIP FEE, 85.00; NORTHWESTRANCH, SUPPLIES, 388.77; PFLEET, GAS, 62.61; RAYLINS MU-NICIPAL LIBRARY, POSTAGE, 2.35;SCHOOL SPECIALALTY, SUPPLIES,57.24; SDHSAA, FEES/SUPPLIES,613.00; GENE SMITH, BUS CON-TRACT, 9178.05; SBM, SUPPLIES,181.00; SOUTHWEST GRAIN,PROPANE, 1629.53; MICHELLESTOCKERT, SUPPLY REIMBURSE-MENT, 96.79; TOWN OF BISON,WATER/SEWER/GARBAGE, 481.01;WEST RIVER TELEPHONE, TELE-PHONE, 350.09.TOTAL GENERAL FUND

$25,290.10

BOOKS ARE FUN, BOOKS, 180.00;CARDMEMBER SERVICES, TEXT-BOOKS, 889.50.

TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND$1,069.50

JULIA BRIXEY, TRAVEL REIM-BURSEMENT, 35.00; DAKOTAFEED, GAS, 35.45; HANDS ONHEALTH, SERVICES, 704.44.TOTAL SPECIAL ED FUND

$774.89

BISON FOOD STORE, SUPPLIES,86.06; CASS CLAY CREAMERY, SUP-PLIES, 759.44; SHANE LABRIER,MEAL TICKET REFUND, 35.75;SYSCO FOOD, SUPPLIES, 3090.84.TOTAL SCHOOL LUNCH FUND

$3,972.09

Total Payroll for March-$82,819.67

Elem-$21,311.80; Junior High-$4,208.13; High School-$16,602.94;Title-$6,094.99; Library-$3,478.89;Network-$609.79; Supt-$5,556.25; Sec-retaries-$3,284.08; Fiscal-$2160.25;Custodial-$3,820.40; Co-curricular-$4,242.67; Spec Ed-$8,345.64; SchoolLunch-$3,103.84

RESIGNATIONNo action taken.

CONTRACTS101. Motion by Beckman second byThompson to enter into executive ses-sion to discuss personnel. Motion car-ried. Chairman Kvale declared themeeting into executive session at 7:16p.m. and back in regular session at8:24 p.m.

102. Motion by Thompson second byKari to issue an invitation to enter intoa contract to Julia Brixey, ElizaBonacci, Shawnda Carmichael, KalinChapman, Darla Kahler, Donna Keller,Bev Kopren, Heidi Kopren, Tarina Ko-pren, Joyce Matthews, Shelby Miles,Christi Ryen, Roxie Seaman, KristenSeidel, Joyce Waddell, Michelle Stock-ert and Darren Jackson for the 2013-2014 school year. Motion carried.

103. Motion by Kari second by Beck-man to approve the contract of CamilleDrown in the amount of $11.25/hourfor the 2013-2014 school year as HeadCook. Motion carried.

104. Motion by Kari second by Beck-man to approve the contract of Mari-lyn Azevedo in the amount of$65,000.00 for the 2013-2014 schoolyear as Superintendent/Principal effec-tive 7-1-2013. Motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION105. Motion by Thompson second byKari to enter into executive session todiscuss personnel. Motion carried.Chairman Kvale declared the meetinginto executive session at 8:35 p.m. andback in regular session at 8:50 p.m.

106. Motion by Arneson second byBeckman to offer the assistant trackposition to Nathan Burkhalter for the2012-2013 school year. Motion carried.

107. Motion by Thompson second byKari to adjourn the meeting at 9:57p.m. Motion carried.

Dan Kvale, ChairmanBonnie Crow, Business Mgr.

[Published April 18, 2013 at a total ap-proximate cost of $58.82.]

STATE OF SOUTHDAKOTA IN

CIRCUIT COURT

COUNTY OFPERKINSFOURTH

JUDICIALCIRCUIT

Lenard Chapman, ))

Plaintiff, ))

Case No. CIV 13-08

vs.

Estate Of Margaret )Virginia James, )Estate Of Suzanne Pollard, )Kristine Pollard Stein, )Kathryn Pollard, )

):SSJessica L. Pollard, )and all other )

)Persons Unknown claiming )any estate or interest in, )or lien or encumbrance )upon the property described) in the Complaint, )

))

Defendants. )

THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTATO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFEN-DANTS:

YOU ARE HEREBY summoned andrequired to answer the Complaint ofthe Plaintiff in the above entitled ac-tion which is on file in the office of theClerk of the Circuit Court of PerkinsCounty, South Dakota, and to serve acopy of your Answer thereto upon thesubscriber hereto at his office in theAdams County Courthouse, P. O. Box390, Hettinger, North Dakota 58639,within thirty (30) days after the serviceof this Summons upon you, exclusiveof the day of such service, and in caseof your failure to appear or answer asabove required, the Plaintiff will applyto the court for a judgment againstyou by default for the relief demandedin the Complaint.Dated at Hettinger, North Dakota this15th day of March, 2013.

/s/ Eric M. HardyEric M. Hardy, #4013Crane Roseland Hardy, PCAttorneys for PlaintiffP. O. Box 390Hettinger, North Dakota 58639(701) 567-2418

To the above named Defendants:YOU AND EACH OF YOU are furthernotified that the purpose of this actionis to quiet the Plaintiffs= title to thePlaintiff ’s following described real es-tate in Township 18 North, Range 15East. B.H.M., Perkins County, SouthDakota, to-wit:Section 29: W1/2SW1/4and to determine all adverse claimsthereto, and that no personal claim ismade against you.

/s/ Eric M. HardyEric M. Hardy, #4013Attorney for Plaintiff

[Published April 18, April 24, May 2and May 9, 2013 at a total approxi-mate cost of $108.03.]

ADVERTISEMENTFOR BIDS

00030PROJECT:Storm Sewer System ImprovementsBison, SD

BID DEADLINE:May 21, 2013 - 2:30 p.m. MT

NOTICE:Sealed bids for the above project willbe received at the office of the Owner,City of Bison, 309 1st Ave West, Bison,SD 57620 until the Bid Deadline. Bidsreceived after this time will not be ac-cepted. Bids will be opened and pub-licly read aloud immediately, after thebid closing time, at Grand Electric So-cial Room, located at 801 Coleman Av-enue, South side of building, Bison,South Dakota. All interested partiesare invited to attend.

The general construction work coveredby these Plans and Specifications shallinclude all labor, tools, materials andequipment required for construction of4,479 linear feet of 8”-36” RCP andHDPE Storm Sewer pipe; 11 - Rein-forced Precast MH; 14 Catch Basins;1,170 CY Detention Pond with 475ft of6’ Chain Link Fencing; and all othermiscellaneous work.

Work shall be commenced within ten(10) calendar days after date of writtenNotice to Proceed and shall be substan-tially complete by September 30, 2013.Final completion by July 1, 2014.

BID SECURITY:A Bid must be accompanied by Bid se-curity made payable to OWNER in anamount of 5% of Bidder’s maximumBid price and in the form of a certifiedcheck issued by a state or nationalbank, or in lieu thereof a bid bond for10% of Bidder’s maximum Bid price is-sued by a surety authorized to do busi-ness in the state of South Dakota andmeeting the requirements of para-graphs 5.01 and 5.02 of the GeneralConditions.

QUALIFICATIONS:Bidder shall submit a Statement ofBidder’s Qualifications to the Ownerwith their Bid.

RIGHTS RESERVED:The Owner reserves the right to waiveirregularities, to reject any or all bids,and to defer acceptance of any bid for aperiod not to exceed thirty (30) calen-dar days after the date the bids are re-ceived. All bids will be made on thebasis of cash payment for such work.The Owner further reserves the rightto award the Contract in the best in-terests of the Owner. In estimating theleast cost to the Owner as one of thefactors in deciding the award of theContract, the Owner will consider, inaddition to the bid prices, the experi-ence and responsibility of the Bidder.

BIDDING DOCUMENTSAll work is to be in accordance with theBidding Documents which may be ex-amined at the following locations:

Engineer: KBM, Inc., 405 Bruce Av-enue – Suite 200, Grand Forks, ND58201

Owner: City of Bison, 309 1st AveWest, Bison, SD 57620

Builders Exchanges:Construction Industry Center, RapidCity, SD

Bismarck-Mandan BuildersExchange, Mandan, ND

Sioux Falls Builder Exchange, SiouxFalls, SD

Plains Builders Exchange, Inc., SiouxFalls, SD

Builders & Traders Exchange, Fargo,ND

Construction Plans Exchange, Bis-marck ND

In accordance with South Dakota Cod-ified Law 5-18B-1, the agency, upon re-quest, furnish at least one copy of theplans and specifications, withoutcharge to each contractor resident inSouth Dakota who intends, in goodfaith, to bid upon the project. Theagency may require the return of thecopy at the time of the opening of bids.

Copies of the Bidding Documents maybe obtained from the Engineer (701)772-7156 upon receipt of Seventy-FiveDollars ($75.00 ), NON-REFUND-ABLE, for each set of documents.

STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIRE-MENTS:State prevailing wage rates are appli-cable to this project, not less than theminimum rates as determined by theDavis-Bacon Act must be paid on thisproject and that the contractor and/orsubcontractor must ensure that em-ployees and applicants for employmentare not discriminated against becauseof their race, color, religion, sex, or nat-ural origin.

Bidders on this work will be requiredto comply with the President's Execu-tive Order 11246, as amended by Exec-utive Order’s 11375 and 12086 andsubsequent regulations.

Bidders on this work will be requiredto comply with Executive Orders 11625and 12138. The requirements for bid-ders and contractors, under this regu-lation and executive order, concern uti-lization of minority business enter-prises (MBE), small businesses (SB),and labor surplus area businesses(LSAB).

The goal for MBE is 1.0% of the totaldollar value of the project. The goal forthe WBE is 4.0% of the total dollarvalue of the project.

By order of the City Council of Bison,SD. Dated this 15th day of April, 2013.

By /s/Elizabeth Hulm, Owner Clerk

[Published April 25 & May 2, 2013 at atotal approximate cost of $ 109.82.]

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Bison Town BoardWednesday, April 10, 20137:00 p.m. City Hall

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:Chairman Juell Chapman called theregular monthly meeting of the BisonTown Board to order on Wednesday,April 10 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. Alltrustees - Luke Clements, Matt But-savage, Mike Lockert, David Kopren -were present. Others present: Engi-neer Tim Grosz, Kortney Seidel, PaulAdcock, Trent Fink, Karin Vinkemul-der, Jim Hodgson; employees HeathMcKinstry, Beth Hulm and Kelli Nel-son; and Arlis Seim, press.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEWAS RECITED BY ALL.

ALL ACTION IN THE FOLLOWINGMINUTES CARRIED BY UNANI-MOUS VOTE UNLESS OTHERWISESTATED.

MINUTES: 030-2013 - Clementsmoved, seconded by Butsavage to ap-prove the March 11, 2013 minutes, ascorrected and amended. Carried. 031-2013 – Lockert moved, seconded byClements to approve the minutes fromthe March 18, 2013 Equalization meet-ing. Carried.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT: 032-2013 – Kopren moved, seconded byButsavage to approve the FinancialReport as presented. Carried. The com-plete report is on file at City Hall.

STATUS REPORT: Trustees re-viewed McKinstry’s written status re-port with him. That report is on file atCity Hall. McKinstry was authorizedto order a metal detector for approxi-mately $630. McKinstry shared aquote to camera sewer lines through-out the entire town and another for re-pairs in Kolb 2nd Addition. Approxi-mately 300 ft. of emergency sewer re-pairs are needed east of the Commu-nity Center downtown. Clean-up dateswere set for trees (May 16) and whitegoods (May 17). McKinstry objected toverbiage in his employee job descrip-tion that hard hats need to be worn “atall times.”

DELEGATION: 1.) Paul Adcock andKortney Seidel, representing Home-stead Heights, an entity of the Town ofBison, expressed displeasure over theenforcement of a current dog-relatedissue. Trustees will review the ordi-nance and consult with their city attor-ney. 2.) Fink/Vinkemulder returned toinform trustees that they have pur-chased a lot (Lot 1C and E ? Lot 1B,Block 2, Kolb 2nd Addition located inthe SW1/4 of Section 13, Township 18North, Range 13 East of the BHM.Perkins County, South Dakota) and re-quested to dig from the town’s ease-ment west for cut and fill slopes thatwill allow water to drain. A formaleasement will be written and signed byboth parties but, for now, trustees gavea verbal “go ahead” so the 40 x 80building project may begin.

UNFINISHED BUSINESSSewer lines: Tim Grosz, Brosz Engi-neering, presented a blue print forsewer extensions on 5th and 6th Av-enues in Kolb 2nd Addition at an esti-mated cost of $31,000. He’ll prepare aproposal for later review.

NEW BUSINESSInsurance Renewal: Jim Hodgson, Da-cotah Insurance Agent, presented twooptions for the next property and lia-bility insurance year, effective April 1,2013. 033-2013 – Lockert moved, sec-onded by Kopren to accept the quotefrom Employee Mutual of $11,178.91

minus comp and collision on the JohnDeere loader. Carried.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS, CON-TINUED:Sanitary sewer system lagoon: 034-2014 - Kopren moved, seconded byClements to authorize ChairmanChapman to sign Interstate Engineer-ing’s request for an extension to June15, 2013 for completion of the engi-neering study. Carried.Business Plan for airport fuel system:035-2013 – Motion by Butsavage, sec-onded by Kopren to approve KLJ’sBusiness Plan for a new Aviation FuelSystem and to authorize ChairmanChapman to sign it. Carried.Storm Sewer project: 035-2013 -Clements moved, seconded by Koprento instruct Allan Page, KBM Engineer-ing, to advertise bids for the stormsewer project and to open those bids onTuesday, May 21 at the Grand ElectricSocial Room at 2:30 p.m. Carried.Trustees hope that construction couldbegin by August 1, 2013. Community Access Grant: Trusteesdiscussed applying for a CommunityAccess Grant through the Departmentof Transportation for repairs to Cole-man Ave. Costs covered by an awardedgrant would be cost-shared withPerkins County.Open Swimming: Butsavage will meetwith the school board on April 15 todiscuss contract particulars regardingthe use of a school bus and a driver totake area children to open swimmingin Hettinger several times in the sum-mertime.

NEW BUSINESS, CONTINUEDAirport Conference: Lockert gave areport on the 2013 South Dakota Air-ports Conference that he attended atCedar Shores on March 27 – 28. Hehighlighted that 10% of all grantmonies will now be withheld until thecompletion of each grant project andemphasized the importance of budget-ing that money to pay claims up-front.He said that within three years it willbe mandatory to do all grant reportingelectronically. There is a new FAAmanager.Bison School requests: 036-2012 –Clements moved, seconded by Lockertto donate $45 to the school yearbookfor advertising. Carried. Requests fromthe school music department, ad-dressed to both the Town of Bison andto Bison Bar, to help fund an upcomingchoir and band field trip to Denver,were denied.

CANVASS VOTES: Trustees can-vassed the results of the April 9 elec-tion with the following results. An ordi-nance to amend 2000-1: The ordinancefailed, 27 yes votes to 145 no votes. Fortwo trustee three-year terms, currentlyheld by Luke Clements and David Ko-pren: Luke Clements, 122; David Ko-pren, 107; James Sandgren, 89.Clements and Kopren will recite theirnew oaths of office at the May 6, 2013meeting.

CORRESPONDENCE: A letter fromDENR was reviewed regarding under-ground tank removals. Lockert will re-view information about CommunityFacility loans received from DeniseLivingston. A Keystone Pipeline meet-ing will be held in Grand Island, NE onApril 18. Paint South Dakota applica-tions were forwarded to Bison Eco-nomic Development.

OPEN FORUM: A completed Infiltra-tion and Inflow analysis was receivedfrom KBM Engineering and was for-warded to DENR and Nick Hoffman,Interstate Engineering.

CLAIMS: The following claims werepresented and approved for payment.March payroll by dept – Trustees, $1,

500; Fin. Admin., $672.56; Streets,$1,396.37; Airport, $39.03; Parks &Rec., $417.45; Library, $792.37; Liquor,$5,281.84; Water, $778.54; Sewer,$475.07; Solid Waste, $1,284.08. TotalFICA, $2,407.57; Health Ins, $500;SDRS, $628.62; Supp. Retirement,$35; A&B Business, supplies, $82.71;Bison Comm. Club, donation, $2, 500;Bison Courier, publishing, $276.61;Bison Food, supp, $3.65; Bison GrainCo., supp, $787.50; Bison Imp, repairs,$58.86; Bison School, donation, $45;Coca Cola, supp., $71.40; Dakota Feed,supp., $263.41; DPFCU, util/supp/bldg,$449.50; Dept. of Rev., sales tax,$1,391.73; Frito, supp., $34.32.; G&O,supp., $24.60; Grand Electric, util/re-pairs, $3,326.73; Hettinger Candy,supp., $569.00; Jerome Bev., beer,$1,295.45; Johnson Bros., on/off /supp,$1,856.86; KBM Eng., prof fees,$11,980.50; Lockert, Mike, trav/conf,$479.70; Nelson, Kelli, supp, $325; NWBev., beer, $1,882.65; NWSDRLA, prof.fees, $2,164.50; One Call, prof fees,$5.25; Pepsi, supp., $120.95; PCRWS,water/prof fees, $2,956.30; PotomacAviation, fees, $250; Republic, on/offsale, $2,193.21; S&S, supp, $1,340; SDLottery, $1,520.26; Servall, prof. fees,$110.37; WRCTC, util., $274.37.

EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PER-SONNEL PURSUANT TO SDCL 1-25-2(1): 036-2013 – Clements moved,seconded by Lockert to go into execu-tive session at 11:04 p.m. to discusspersonnel issues. Carried. Chapmandeclared the meeting back in open ses-sion at 11.42 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Chap-man adjourned the meeting at 11:43p.m.

NEXT MEETINGS:The next regular meeting is Monday,May 6, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.

ATTEST:APPROVED:

Elizabeth Hulm, Finance Officer Juell Chapman, Chairman


April 25, 2013NOTICE OF

SURFACE WATERDISCHARGE

APPLICATIONAND

RECOMMENDA-TION

The South Dakota Department of En-vironment and Natural Resources(DENR) has received a request to mod-ify the Surface Water Discharge (SWD)permit from the following applicant:

APPLICANT NAME:Town of Bison

PERMIT NUMBER:SD0022411

FACILITY LOCATION: Locatedin the Southwest ? of Section 13, Town-ship 18 North, Range 13 East, inPerkins County, South Dakota

MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 910 Bison, SD 57620

The modification of the Surface Water

Discharge permit will extend severalinterim compliance dates and the finalconstruction end date contained in thetown of Bison’s compliance schedule.

The modification specifies the qualityof water that can be discharged andstill protect the uses of the receivingwater. The proposed discharge permitand supporting document are availablefrom DENR at the address listedbelow.

In accordance with the AdministrativeRules of South Dakota, Chapter74:50:02, any person desiring to com-ment on the Department's recommen-dation for the conditional issuance ofthis permit must submit written com-ments to the below address within thespecified thirty (30) day comment pe-riod. Comments may be directed to thefollowing address: South Dakota De-partment of Environment and NaturalResources, Division of EnvironmentalServices, Surface Water Quality Pro-gram, Joe Foss Building, 523 EastCapitol, Pierre, SD 57501-3181. Anyperson desiring a public hearing mustfile a petition which complies with theARSD 74:50:02. If no objections are re-ceived within the specified 30-day pe-riod, the Secretary will issue final de-terminations within sixty days of thedate of this notice.

Additional information may be ob-tained by calling Tina Piroutek, withDENR, at (605) 773-3351, or by writ-ing to the address listed above.

Steven M. Pirner

[Published April 25, 2013 at a total ap-proximate cost of $27.80.] .

STATE OF SOUTHDAKOTA

IN CIRCUITCOURT

COUNTY OFPERKINS

))SS.)

IN CIRCUITCOURT FOURTH

JUDICIAL COURTFile #PRO 13-08

In the Matter of the Estate of ) WAYNE SPATZ JR., AKA )WAYNE SPATZ, Deceased. )

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is given that on April 12, 2013,Janene Spatz, whose address is 10780155th Avenue, Reeder, ND 58649, wasappointed as personal representativeof the estate of Wayne Spatz Jr., akaWayne Spatz.

Creditors of decedent must file theirclaims within four months after thedate of the first publication of this no-tice or their claims may be barred.

Claims may be filed with the personalrepresentative or may be filed with theclerk, and a copy of the claim mailed tothe personal representative.

JANENE SPATZ10780 155th AvenueReeder, ND 58649

Trish PeckP.O. Box 426Bison, , SD 57620(605) 244-5626

Steven J. WildP.O. Box 260Bowman, ND 58623(701) 523-3112

[Published April 25, May 2, May 9,2013 at a total approximate cost of$52.58.]

BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETINGDATE: April 16, 2013 TIME HELD:12:00 p.m. KIND OF MEETING: Spe-cial WHERE HELD: Superintendent’sOffice MEMBERS PRESENT: Kari,Kvale, Thompson MEMBERS AB-SENT: Arneson, Beckman OFFICERSAND OTHERS PRESENT: Supt. Krae-mer

CHAIRMAN KVALE CALLED THEMEETING TO ORDER

RESIGNATION116. Motion by Kari, second by Thomp-son to accept the resignation of RuthHobbs as high school math teacher, ef-fective April 1, 2013. Motion carried.

ADJOURNMENT117. Motion by Thompson, second byKari to adjourn the meeting. Motioncarried. Chairman Kvale adjournedthe meeting at 12:05 p.m.

Daniel Kvale, ChairmanDonald Kraemer, Superintendent


Notice of Intent to Continue Operation

The gravel mining site in FREDLUND TWP, 11601 SD Hwy 75,Lodgepole, SD. Located at NW 1/4 Section 21-Twp 20R 12-Perkins County, SD. General Location in 181/4 miles southof North Dakota border and 1/4 milesEast on SD Hwy 75.No current plan to mine.For additional information contactFredlund township - James LeFebre(clerk) (605) 564-2304 or SD Dept ofEnvironment & Natural Resources,Minerals and Mining Program 523East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD57501-3182, (605) 773-4201.


This was certainly a tense andexciting week. It literally startedoff with a bang on Monday whenIslamic terrorists set off twobombs near the finish line of theBoston Marathon, killing threepeople, an eight year old boy andtwo young women, and injuring al-most two hundred others. Many ofthe injured had limbs blown off byshrapnel from the bombs and allwere shot full of ball bearings andnails that had been loaded into thepressure cooker bombs.

More snow storms were pre-dicted on Tuesday and Wednesday,but, as usual, we didn’t get muchof anything here. School was can-celed in Buffalo on Wednesday, soBryce and Trig got to spend theday in the lambing shed instead ofthe classroom. I swear, we’ve hadmore winter this spring than wedid over the entire winter! Allthree “snowstorms” on Sunday,Wednesday, and Saturday only lefteleven hundredths in the raingauge, but it stayed cold all week.

I keep forgetting to tell you thatthe Harding County history booksshould be done some time nextmonth. Some of you have asked ifit’s still possible to buy the two-vol-ume set. The answer is yes, and

the price for the two books to-gether is $80. Send your check toAlice Holcomb, 13699 HardingRoad, Buffalo, SD 57720 and if youwant them mailed to you add an-other $10 ($90 total) to cover thecost of shipping. There are a mul-titude of fascinating stories aboutthe people, places, and history ofHarding County. I can hardly waitto get mine and I’m pretty sure Iwon’t get much work done until Iget both volumes read!

There was a terrible explosionand fire at a fertilizer plant inWest, Texas on Wednesday thatkilled at least 14 people, includingseveral firemen that were fightingthe fire when the plant exploded.The explosion leveled all thehomes and buildings in 37 blocksand there are still some peoplemissing.

And speaking of fire, landown-ers who had losses in the PautreFire had a meeting in Lemmon onThursday to listen to Tort ClaimsSpecialist Frank Carroll tell themhow to get the claim forms processstarted. Carroll told landownersand fire departments that theyhave to document every expensethey have from the fire and he metwith them individually after the

meeting on Thursday and again onFriday morning. The forms may beamended for two years after thefire, so he reminded them to writeeverything down and take picturesto document livestock losses, ero-sion, and any other damages theyfind.

I celebrated another birthdaythis Friday, April 19th and I haveto tell you about the nice card I gotfrom Bonnie Jerde. Bonnie sentme a picture of the quilt she madeto be raffled off for the DiabetesInc. Kids Kamp at Outlaw Ranchnear Custer. She makes one ofthese beautiful quilts every year tobe raffled off to raise money forkids with diabetes. Better buy aticket, her quilts are wonderful!!

The more birthdays I have theless I care to watch the news onthat day. Bad news just seems tofocus on my birth date. For in-stance, on April 19, 1993 SouthDakota governor George Mickel-son and seven others were killedwhen a state-owned aircraftcrashed landed in Iowa and theBranch Davidian Compound nearWaco, Texas, was destroyed in afire after 51-day stand-off withfederal ATF agents under the Clin-ton administration; 76 people died,

including 24 British nationals and20 children.

On April 19, 1995 a truck bombat Federal Building in OklahomaCity killed 168 and injured 500,many of the dead and injured werechildren.

This year on my birthday Iturned on the TV that morning towatch the search for the youngestof the two jihadist Muslim terror-ists who bombed the BostonMarathon. The older brother hadbeen killed during the night in ashoot-out with police after the twohad executed a police officerseated in patrol car and criticallyinjured another police officer inthe gun fight. Toward evening thesecond terrorist was found hidingin a boat in a backyard in Water-town, MA. He was captured afteranother shoot-out and is in seriouscondition in a Jewish hospital,which I find to be rather ironic! Ihope the authorities will be able toget some information out of him assoon as he is able to talk, becausefrom the explosives that werefound in the terrorists’ apartmentthey had more destructionplanned and authorities thinkother jihadists were probably in-volved.

On that happy note, I’ll leaveyou with this:

"WE WOULD RATHER DOBUSINESS WITH 1000 ALQAEDA TERRORISTS THANWITH ONE SINGLE AMERI-CAN"

This sign was prominently dis-played in the window of a businessin Boston. You are probably out-raged at the thought of such an in-flammatory statement. One wouldthink that anti-hate groups fromall across the country would bemarching on this business andthat the National Guard mighthave to be called to keep the angrycrowds back.

But, perhaps in these stressfultimes one might be tempted to letthe proprietors simply make theirstatement. “We are a society whichholds Freedom of Speech as per-haps our greatest liberty, aren’twe?“ And after all, it is just a sign.

You may ask what kind of busi-ness would dare post such a sign?

Answer: A Funeral Home Who said morticians have no

sense of humor? God Bless Amer-ica!

Grand River Roundup ............................................................... By Betty Olson


Advertising Rates:DDIISSPPLLAAYY AADDSS: $4.70 per column inch.CCLLAASSSSIIFFIIEEDD AADDSS:: $5.90 for 30 words; 10¢ for each wordthereafter. $2.00 billing charge applies.TTHHAANNKK YYOOUU''SS: $5.90 minimum or $3.10 per column inch.$2.00 billing charge applies.HHIIGGHHLLIIGGHHTTSS && HHAAPPPPEENNIINNGGSS:: $5.90 minimum or $3.10per column inch. $2.00 billing charge applies.HHAAPPPPYY AADDSS: With or Without Picture: $15.00 minimum or$4.50 per column inch.BBIIRRTTHH AANNNNOOUUNNCCEEMMEENNTT:: $36.00for 2x7 announcement.Ad Deadline is Monday at NOON! Legal Deadline is Fridayat NOON! 244-7199 or [email protected]

electric distribution system neces-sary. Certified Journeyman orability to enroll in apprentice pro-gram. EOE Accepting applicationsor resumes until filled. City Fi-nance Office, PO Box 587, 209 NMain, Groton, SD 57445.

KTC CONSTRUCTION SEEKSEMPLOYEES, both part-time andfull-time. Excellent pay/benefits!Underground plumbing, digging,trenching, operating equipment.Willing to train. Submit resumesto [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Questions, call 605-869-2220.

CUSTER REGIONAL HOSPITALhas an exciting full time Occupa-tional Therapist opportunity,working with a supportive team ofprofessional therapists in thebeautiful southern Black Hills ofSD. We are located just a short dis-tance from Mount Rushmore,Wind Cave National Park, CusterState Park, Jewel Cave NationalPark and many other outdoor at-tractions. Competitive salary andbenefits available including signon bonus. Please contact Jim Si-mons, Rehab Services Director, at605-673-2229 ext. [email protected] formore information or go to www.re-gionalhealth.com to apply. EOE.

SMART SALES AND LEASEseeks bookkeeper. Work fromhome. Hourly wage based on expe-rience. M-F 8-4, Degree/manage-ment experience a plus. Resume,questions: [email protected].

FOR SALELONGBRANCH IN PIERRE, SD.We have lowered the price & willconsider contract for deed. CallRussell Spaid 605-280-1067.

FOR SALEFor Sale: 3x3x8 Flax straw $40 abale and Barley silage will load605-359-9222. 7 miles west ofBison.

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WANTEDThe American LutheranChurch is seeking weddingdresses, baptism gowns and Easterhats from 1913 - 2013 to displayduring their 100 Year Anniversaryprogram. If you have an item orknow of someone who does, pleasecontact Salli at 605-244-5491.

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The Bison School District is tak-ing applications for Assistant Cookfor the 2013-2014 school year. Ap-plications may be picked up in thebusiness office during regular busi-ness hours. EOE.

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Wanted: Straw or corn stalks tobale in 2013. Round or squarebales. On shares or will purchase infield. Contact Tom at 605-866-4605.

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Wanted: Pasture to rent and hayland to rent or put up on shares.Custom haying: round, mediumsquare, small squares. Please callTom 605-866-4605; 605-949-1933.

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HELP WANTED

Seasonal Help Wanted: TheTown of Bison is now accepting ap-plications for summer help – one totwo individuals for maintenancehelp and one to organize swimminglesson and possibly open swim-ming. Applicants must be 18 andover. Please request an applicationfrom: Finance Officer, Box 910,Bison, SD 57620 or call 244-5677 or244-5231. The Town of Bison is anEqual Opportunity Employer.

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FOR RENTFor rent: Homestead Heights lo-cated in Bison, S.D., has a one andtwo bedroom apartment available.Homestead Heights is a low-incomeelderly and disabled Section 8 HUD(Housing and Urban Development)housing facility. We are smoke free.Energy Assistance is available forthose who qualify. Utilities are in-cluded in the rent. HomesteadHeights is an equal housing oppor-tunity. For more information,please call (605) 244-5473.

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Thank YouThanks for the “Kind Words” andcards when my sister Jessie diedand also my brother Bill in Janu-ary.

Frankie AlmenSturgis, SD

We would like to thank all the vol-unteer fire firefighters, friendsand neighbors that came to helpfight the Forest Service Fire. Wetruly appreciate all of you comingand helping to save buildings andwhat grass you could.

Duane and Dawn HarrisAlbert and Bridget Keller

The family of Tony Buckmeierwould like to thank everyone whosent food, cards and prayers ourway when we lost our husband,dad, brother and uncle.

The buckmeier family

BIDSSEALED BIDS FOR A 140-H2007CAT Motor Grader #CCA03280with rear ripper. Bids accepteduntil May 6. For information callFaulk County Highway Depart-ment 1-605-598-6233.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITYAVON – Only $10 to start. Call forinformation without any obliga-tion. 1-877-454-9658.

EMPLOYMENTDEPUTY STATES ATTORNEYfor HUGHES COUNTY, full time.Contact your local Dept of Laboror Carla Lantz, 605-773-7461,Hughes County Courthouse.Closes May 13. EOE.

NORTHWEST AREA SCHOOLSEDUCATION COOPERATIVE2013-2014: Early childhood specialeducation teacher: Starting salary$35,000 with great benefits: Con-tact Director Cris Owens 605-466-2206, [email protected].

TOP PAY FOR RN’s, LPN’s/LVN’s,CNA’s, Med Aides. $2,000 Bonus –Free Gas. AACO Nursing AgencyCall 1-800-656-4414 Ext. 18.

IMMEDIATE OPENING - ELEC-TRIC LINEMAN who will assistwith miscellaneous City mainte-nance duties. Knowledge andskills in construction, mainte-nance, repair, and installation of

LOG HOMESDAKOTA LOG HOME Buildersrepresenting Golden Eagle LogHomes, building in eastern, cen-tral, northwestern South & NorthDakota. Scott Connell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell, 605-264-5650, www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

MISCELLANEOUSHEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERA-TOR CAREER! 3 Week Hands-OnTraining School. Bulldozers, Back-hoes, Excavators. National Certi-fications. Lifetime Job PlacementAssistance. VA Benefits Eligible!1-866-362-6497.

NOTICESSEARCH STATE-WIDE APART-MENT Listings, sorted by rent, lo-cation and other options. www.sd-housingsearch.com South DakotaHousing Development Authority.

ADVERTISE IN NEWSPAPERSstatewide for only $150.00. Put theSouth Dakota Statewide Classi-fieds Network to work for youtoday! (25 words for $150. Eachadditional word $5.) Call thisnewspaper or 800-658-3697 for de-tails.

VACATIONSBLACK HILLS VACATIONS:Mystery Mountain Resort – Cab-ins, TV sites & Camping in thePines. Visit: www.blackhillsre-sorts.com &www.facebook.com/mysterymoun-tain or 800-658-2267.

WANTEDWANTED: HUNTING LAND forPheasant, quality Mule Deer 170”class+, Whitetail Deer 150” class+and Merrium Turkey. Call 605-448-8064.



Hurry N’ Hustle Fun Run & Walk Bison All School Reunion - Sat. June 23rd at 8:00 a.m.

Hurry N’ Hustle Fun Run & Walk - 3K Run or WalkCome join the fun – Walk or Run!

Official Registration formFun Run\Walk day Saturday June 23rd registration located at

Bison City Park From 6:45 to 7:45

RUN\WALK STARTS AT 8:00 a.m.Early registration fee: $15.00 Register by May 15th 2013

Registration Race Day: $20.00Upon submitting this entry form, I, the undersigned, waive any

and all rights and claims for myself, heirs and assigns for any per-sonal and/or personal property damage I may have against thesponsors, organizers, city, agents, or anyone acting in their behalffor the organization of this event.

The entry form will also authorize the release of my name andphoto to the media. I understand and agree to this waiver.Signature ( If under 21 must be signed by parent or sponsor)

_____________________________________________________________Name: (Print please)_____________________________________________________________Address:_____________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip:_______________________________________________

Age___________T-Shirt Size: S M L XL XXL (Circle size)Male_______Female_______Phone:__________________

Registration Fee________Entry Fees are payable to : Glenda Landphere, Hurry N’ HustleClub, Box 206, Bison, SD 57620Entry Fee includes T-shirt, prizes, refreshments and a good time!All proceeds will be used for improvements on the Bison City Park

According to SDCL 10-6-77 we must increase up to : • 15% if the county is less than 30% from its full ag income value • 20% if between 30%and 50% from its full ag income value • 25% if more than 50% from its full ag income value

Perkins County Director of Equalization • 605-244-5623