bison courier, december 27, 2012

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This tree was decorated by the hurry & Hustle Club. Winnigthe contest was the Christ Evangelical Pre-school tree. @ndwent to the jolly Ranchers 4-H. 3rd went to the Town & Coun-try CFEL.

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Travis and Renae Gebhart ofMeadow, S.D. have been appointed

to the American Farm Bureau Fed-eration’s (AFBF) Young Farmers &

Ranchers (YF&R) Committee, a na-tional honor based on their leader-ship abilities and Farm Bureau in-volvement.

“We congratulate Travis andRenae on this great opportunity toserve and interact with some of thevery best young leaders in our or-ganization,” said Scott VanderWal,President of the South Dakota FarmBureau (SDFB). “The experiencethey gain from serving on the AFBFcommittee over the next two yearswill be extremely valuable for themand for our state Farm Bureau.Their leadership efforts in the pasthave earned them the privilege ofbeing members of this elite group.”

The Gebharts will serve on theYF&R Committee from 2013 to2015. Committee members’ dutiesinclude planning the YF&R compet-itive events at the AFBF annualmeeting, hosting the national YF&Rleadership conference, nationaltravel for events and meetings, andrepresenting Farm Bureau and agri-culture to the public and policymak-ers. Travis and Renae were selectedthrough a competitive process froma pool of other young agricultureproducers from across the nation.

“We are extremely excited to berepresenting South Dakota on theNational Young Farmers and Ranch-ers Committee,” Travis and RenaeGebhart commented. “It is a greatopportunity to network with otheragricultural producers from acrossthe United States so we can bettertell our story of agriculture to con-sumers.”

In his letter announcing the Geb-harts’ appointment to the Commit-tee, American Farm Bureau Federa-tion President Bob Stallman compli-mented their success in agricultureand dedication to community. “Youare among the nation’s best youngfarmers and ranchers,” Stallmanstated. “I am thoroughly impressedby the quality of your applicationand the dedication you have given toFarm Bureau and your community.”

Over the years, South Dakota hasbeen well represented on the AFBFYoung Farmers & Ranchers Com-mittee. The Gebharts are the sixthcouple from South Dakota Farm Bu-reau to be selected for the leadershipposition over the past 30 years, fol-lowing in the footsteps of Ed andWanda Blair of Vale, Scott andMichelle VanderWal of Volga, Keithand Deb Kraft of WessingtonSprings, Jeff and Sheila Gatzke ofHitchcock, and Troy and StacyHadrick of Faulkton.

The South Dakota Farm Bureauis a grassroots organization withmore than 13,000 farm, ranch andrural families in its membership.

Young South Dakota couple chosen for National Agriculture Leadership Committee

• The Bison Courier • Thursday, December 27, 2012

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Meet the peopleFlorence Hoff

Name: Florence HoffAge: 72Family: husband Joe, step chil-dren Doug and Sheila, daughterLori and son John plus many fos-ter kids that have lived with us.Hobbies: gardening, sewing, read-ing, walking, writing and baking.I live...in Lemmon in the samehouse for 50+ years.I grew up... in NE south Dakota ona dairy farm.Occupation...Pastor of First Pres-byterian Church in Bison.Something you wouldn’t expectfrom me...quiet times -- because Ihave been accused of liking to talk!Someone I admire...In general,anyone that can make a commit-ment and keep it and those whocan deal with problems in a posi-tive manner. Pastor ken Meunierhas had a significant role in mylife and I have admired him andappreciated his direction over theyears.Something my grandparents havepassed on to me....I have no mem-ory of my grandparents. My moth-ers parents were killed in a

car/train accident when I was ababy and my father’s Dad diedwhen he was a child and hismother died when I was five.therefore, i never experienced thelove of grandparents.My favorite things...falling leaves,ice fishing, birds and squirrel's inmy yard, my garden and friends.My favorite food is...Yorkshirepudding with steak and milkgravy. Also have a frequent urgefor a hot fudge sundae. however, Ionly allow this treat once a year orthe consequences would be huge.Something I do every day....read,pray, drink coffee and diet pepsi.My favorite thing to do during awinter storm...bake bread, sewand look out the window beinggrateful I can stay inside.My favorite summer things...dig-ging in the dirt, growing things, Iam always trying to grow some-thing new.I’ll never forget the time...I rode anelephant. it had always been a se-cret desire of mine. Finally, when Iwas 70, I decided it was now ornever so I lined up with the kids atthe circus and climbed on. What aride!Someone who has influenced mylife...My father. He was an awe-some role model, always filledwith love. He could correct andguide with a remarkable ease. Hehas been in heaven for 25 yearsand I look forward to our reunion.My favorite season....is whateverwe are in, I like winter less andless and spring more, as I getolder. Seasons that change are im-portant to me, would not want tolive in an area without seasonalchange.Something everyone should get todo at least once....spend a night inthe airport -- makes you appreci-ate your bed.

Computers, health care, and the future

By Richard P. Holm M.D.The computer age has finally

come upon the practice of medi-cine.

While the rest of the world hasbeen living with electronic check-out, accounting, and business ap-plications for quite a while, medi-cine has somehow escaped theplug-in paperless chart…untilnow.

Why has the computer been sodelayed in entering into the hospi-tal rooms and private offices ofmedicine? Maybe it’s because ofthe complexity of medicine; the po-tential risk to patient confidential-ity; the time and cost required forphysicians to learn a new system;or maybe it’s because of the stub-born nature of physicians. Thereare a lot of possible reasons whythe computer came late to medi-cine, but why did it finally comearound?

In recent years as physicians’practices have been brought to-gether into larger groups, elec-tronic-portable-sharable recordshave become more inviting. Addi-tionally the Government isstrongly encouraging the elec-tronic medical record (or EMR) byactually providing higherMedicare payments to doctors whoare effectively using an EMR. TheGovernment is motivated by thebelief that EMRs will reduce med-ical errors, enhance medical re-search, and set the stage for con-trolling run-away health carecosts.

Indeed there are more reasonsan EMR could improve care: itgives immediate access to patientrecords, (old way pulls old papercharts from large file rooms;) al-lows for readability of record, (oldway forces trying to interpret thedoctor’s writing;) and provides forportability of record when patientmoves, (old way copies reams ofpages and mails them in bulk.)

But different electronic recordsystems don’t speak to each other;the majority of systems are gener-ated by computer geeks not physi-cians; and every EMR systemseems more written for billing andlegal defense rather than made toenhance communication to helpsolve the patient’s problems.

But probably the biggest prob-lem for the EMR comes from usingchecklists instead of writing outthe patient’s narrative. The com-puter puts us at risk of losing thevaluable essence of the patient’sstory.

Over time I expect EMR sys-tems will merge, improve, andcare providers eventually willlearn to use this tool. But it is stilljust an instrument to enhance, notreplace or interfere with the im-portant interface between patientand doctor.

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Roy Cranston Herefords, PrairieCity, SD was named South DakotaHereford Association’s 2012 Seed-stock Producer of the Year at theirrecent awards banquet. Ownedand operated by Roy and JanetCranston, they will hold their22nd annual sale in February.Roy began his lifelong passion forHerefords early with his first cowbeing a gift from his grandfatherNels Erland of Moorcroft, WY.Roy’s parents Gene and WyomaCranston of Upton, WY carried onthe tradition and Roy worked as ayoung boy helping with their oper-ation. Roy, along with his sib-lings, were active in 4-H andshowed Herefords in the WestonCounty Fair. In later years hismother moved to Moorcroft, WYwhere Roy continued to help her

with the operation and ran hisown cows until 1984. Along withhis cow herd Roy also owned andoperated RC Paving, a concretebusiness specializing curb andgutter construction.In 1983 Roy married Janet Hittand in 1984 moved their herd of 11cows to the Harold Hitt placesouth of Gillette, WY. From thatpoint on Roy and Janet’s herd wasran separate from his mothers andcontinued to grow with Line Oneand British breeding. Roy contin-ued to sell bulls with his motheruntil 1992. The 1st Annual bullsale was February 19th 1992 atthe Sturgis Livestock Exchangeselling 9 bulls. When the Sturgisbarn closed the sale was moved toSt. Onge Livestock. In 1998 Roy and Janet lost their

lease in Gillette. At that time theypurchased the CF Goodwin ranchsouth of Prairie City, SD andclosed RC Paving to further purseraising quality registered hornedHerefords. The cow herd today consists of 140cows. Bloodlines include Dakota,Gold Domino, Neon, Saga, andCaliber. They breed for length,depth, width, milk, disposition,and longevity with some cows stillproducing at 15 years of age. Royand Janet have sold the ranch andare looking forward to retirement.February 15 2013 will be their22nd annual bull sale and com-plete dispersion. The offering willinclude 50 two year old bulls, theentire cow herd along with the2012 heifer calf crop and yearlingbulls.

Roy and Janet Cranston named South Dakota Hereford Association 2012 Seedstock Producers of the Year

One of the Cranston’s herd sires, SR Saga 1307

One of the Cranston’s momma cows.

Janet and Roy Cranston.

Some of the Cranston’s hereford cows.


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left to right is Caleb Crew, Tom Husband, Bruce Berry, Maurice Handcock, Bernice Crew, Grady Crew, Rusty Olney, Heidi Porch, Tanner Handcock.

Grady and Bernice Crew were honored with the Aggie of theYear Award.

By: Jay Vanduch“I am an old man and have knowna great many troubles, but most ofthem never happened”. MarkTwain said that and as I get olderI understand it better. It seemsthat when we remember an event,our minds think we are reliving itand exchange the new “memory”for the old. So each time you thinkof something that happened you“remember” it a bit differently, itis colored with whatever feelingsor memory mistakes that youhave.

Which brings me to the next

point; we need to preserve our sto-ries. While I was growing up, Ithought that my Dad’s storiesabout his life were boring and herepeated them often. Now I wish Ihad turned one of my video cam-eras on and recorded it. We weresmart enough to have done a littleof that with Ginger’s (BoomerBabe) dad, but we could have donea lot more. We have about an hourof his stories; he had many daysworth if we would only have keptshooting. Now it is second or thirdhand and the “facts” are in thevicinity of the truth if not on the

Boomer Babble – Thoughts at large - Historysame block. So I encourage all ofyou to sit your older family mem-bers down to tell their stories andyou need to take a turn there aswell. I know at this point that wetend not to think our stories arethat interesting and, of course, wewill live forever… I have some sug-gestions for the technical aspectsof this project, sort of my “Videog-rapher 101’ class:First, get a tripod for the camera!It can be impossible to watch someshaky, hand-held videos. It doesn’thave to be too expensive, just workwell with whatever size camera

you have.Next, be sure you know how yourcamera works. You may even haveto go so far as to read the manual,but you want to be sure thatGrandma isn’t green.Then, get a microphone that plugsinto your camera. This will makethe quality of your video so muchbetter you will never want to bewithout it again. It is amazinghow much better it is viewing avideo when you can hear and un-derstand whoever is speaking.Think about the questions youwant to ask before you start.

Don’t be afraid to show somethingother than the speaker. One inter-esting method is to begin with ashort introduction with the speak-ers on camera then move the cam-era to a close shot of a family pic-ture and have the person being in-terviewed talk about the picture.If you do this, you can start andstop the camera when you changepictures (just don’t forget to startit again).

Crew’s receive Aggie of the Year awardOn Thursday, December 6 at the

32nd Annual Ag Appreciation Ban-quet hosted by the Ag & NaturalResources Committee of the RapidCity Area Chamber of Commerce,Grady and Bernice Crew werehonored with the Aggie of the YearAward.

The Chamber’s Ag & NaturalResources Committee establishedthis special award in 1981, theaward was created to honor indi-viduals who provide leadershipthat has benefited the local areaagriculture community over an ex-tended period of time.

The Crews were honored fortheir lifetime of service in agricul-ture through the operation of theirsuccessful agri-businesses includ-ing the Crew Crop InsuranceAgency, the Badlands TradingPost and now the Prairie Home-stead.

Grady is the fourth generationoperator of Crew Ranch, CrewCattle Company, where he and

Bernice now raise Angus cows andCharolais calves and grow wheatand corn. The Crews have beenmarried since 1978 and have twochildren. Their son Caleb is athome and helps run the ranchwith them and their daughterJamie works as CommunicationsOfficer for the South Dakota De-partment of Agriculture.

Grady and Bernice have bothplayed important roles in theircommunity. Grady has served asSecretary of Cenex Harvest State,President of the White River Graz-ing District, Director on the SDWheat Board, he was on the Jack-son County Soil Conservation Dis-trict Board and President of theKadoka School Board. Bernice iscurrently a director on the Bad-lands Natural History Association. More than 600 people were pres-ent at the Appreciation Banquet,were South Dakota Secretary ofAgriculture Walt Bones gave thekeynote address.


PPaassttoorrss PPeerrssppeeccttiivveeFirst presbyterian Church

Florence Hoff, Pastor“The Nativity of Our Lord”

Read Psalm 116:12-19What shall I return to the Lord for all his bounty to me?

(vs12)

The birth of a child is an exciting time. Families andfriends gather to congratulate the new parents. Theypress their noses against the nursery glass to catch aglimpse of the child. In excited whispers, they express

their awe of life. They comment on the intricately formedhands and fingers, the strength of the child’s movements

and the child’s healthy lungs.

We come together today with the shepherds, wise menand saints past and present to celebrate the birth of

Jesus the Christ. We marvel with them at the gift of newlife and we stand in awe of God’s love and forgiveness. Inthe depth of our being, we understand that we celebratemore than the birth of a child. This is the birth of our

God, our King.

The thought crosses our mind, “What can we give as abirth gift, a present, ti this King?” Occasional attendanceat worship does not seem adequate, nor does a few dol-lars in a collection plate, nor the pledge to keep Christ-

mas throughout the year. The only appropriate gift is theoffering of our lives. “Take my life that I may be Conse-

crated Lord, to thee.” Amen

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.

Tuesday Bible Class - 7:00 p.m.Coal Springs Community Church

Pastors Nels & Angie EasterbySouth Jct. of Highways 73 & 20

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.Seventh Day Adventist Church • Pastor Donavon Kack

Sabbath School - 2:00 p.m., Worship Service - 3:00 p.m.Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church • Fr. Tony Grossenburg

Saturday 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 ChurchPastor Brad Burkhalter • Lodgepole

Worship Service - 8:00 a.m.First Presbyterian Church • Pastor Florence Hoff, CRE

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. • Worship Service -10:30 a.m. Slim Buttes Lutheran • Pastor Henry Mohagen

Reva • Sunday School 9:45, Worship Service - 11:00 a.m., WMF 2ndWednesday at 1:00 p.m.

Beckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad BurkhalterPrairie City

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.Vesper Service - 6:00 p.m., Wed. Evenings - 7:30 p.m.

Veal and Beckman give to the Special Olympics

Jozee Veal and Jaylie Beckman raised $200 for the Special Olympics.

Jazz band played at the school Christmas program

Anna Hatle playing the piano.

Lenae McKinstry playing thekeyboard.Shaley Lensegrav plays the guitar.

Brianna Sexton playing the guitar.


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Santa made a stop in Bison -----------

Jasmine Weasel had a nice visit with Santa.

Jenny and Kaden Glover and Cody Green took a break from a busy Christmas season to havetheir picture taken with Santa.

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Rylee Veal had a chat withSanta.

ies can be used to light the en-trance to your home or the path toyour outdoor living space duringwarmer months. Use a few roost-ing pocket bird houses to decoratetrees and greenery and then movethem outside for the birds. Thesedecorations can provide beautyand enjoyment way beyond theholiday season and remove someof the pressure to take down all ofthe holiday decorations by a cer-tain date.

4. Spruce up indoor plants witha few holiday flowers, spanglesand lights. Place a few cut flowersin floral picks filled with water.Place these in one or more of yourhouseplants for some seasonalcolor. Or add one of the miniaturepoinsettias, kalanchoes or cycla-men to a large planter. Simplysink the flowering plant, pot andall, into your houseplant con-tainer. Replace the small floweringplants as they fade or the seasonschange.

Add colorful stems, ribbons andwinter branch lights to yourhouseplants and planters for a bitof seasonal sparkle. Branch lightsare also a festive way to light anentrance, bathroom, or other out ofthe way space. Look for lights withtimers to extend the life of the bat-teries and reduce your workload.

5. Increase value and extend en-joyment with gifts that give twice.A tabletop spruce tree, perfect forany size home can add greeneryand fragrance long past the holi-days. And, once the weather issuitable for planting, move yourtree into the garden. Or re-gift itto a friend or relative looking toexpand their landscape.

Make this a holiday you canrelax, enjoy and rememberthroughout the coming year.


The holidays can be a wonder-ful, yet stressful time. Reducestress and enhance your families’enjoyment this season by increas-ing the benefits of holiday décorand gifts and by taking a fewshortcuts to properly care for holi-day trees and plants.

1. Keep your Christmas treelooking its best by keeping the treestand filled with water. Make thisa daily chore for someone trying tostay on Santa’s nice list.

Don’t worry if good help is hardto find. Purchase or make yourown self-watering device. Use adecorative tin or plastic bucket setin a box and wrapped to hide itspresence. Fill it with water andrun a piece of plastic tubing fromthe bucket to the tree stand.Weight each end of the tubing, soit stays at the bottom of the reser-voir. Test before leaving town tomake sure it is in working order.

2. Add some holiday plants thisyear. Many studies have shownthat indoor plants can boost moodlevels, reduce fatigue and evenlower stress.

Plus, it’s easy to extend the lifeof your holiday plants. Place themin a cool bright location away fromdrafts of hot or cold air. Waterthoroughly and often enough tokeep the soil moist. Pour off anyexcess water that collects in thesaucer, basket or foil wrap to pre-vent root rot.

Save time and improve yourplants growing conditions by plac-ing pebbles in the base of thesaucer or foil to elevate the plantsabove the excess water. As thewater evaporates, it increases thehumidity around the plants. Orpurchase one of the saucer inserts,like rubber grids, that work thesame way.

3. Use nature-inspired decora-tions that provide enjoymentthroughout the holiday season andbeyond. Colorful stems, whitepainted allium seed heads andwooden stars can add beautythroughout the holidays and muchof the year. Red wood wreaths arefestive enough for the holidays andtimeless enough to leave hangingon your wall year round. Luminar-

Five steps to extend the life of your holiday trees and plants, enhance your indoor décor and reduce stress this holiday season


It’s a common scenario thatmany people often find themselvesin: eating and overeating withoutrhyme or reason. Perhaps you al-ways seem to feel hungry or eat“just because.” TOPS Club, Inc.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly), thenonprofit weight-loss support or-ganization, explains the triggersthat cause these behaviors and of-fers solutions to help curbthoughtless overindulgence.

Because It’s There - “It’s Mon-day, and we could all use a pick-me-up after the weekend,” says aco-worker. The local sandwichshop offers a free cookie with thepurchase of a combo meal. Theauto body shop replenishes aspread of sweet treats throughoutthe day while you wait for yourservice to be completed. When foodis in plain sight, it’s convenient tograb a handful simply because it’sthere. Be mindful, take personalinventory, and ask yourself if youare truly hungry at that moment.There are times when you mayneed to remove yourself from thesituation or move the temptationout of reach, if necessary.

You Skip Breakfast -It can bedifficult to fit a meal into the typi-cal morning rush, but breakfast isconsidered the “most importantmeal of the day” for a reason. Astudy in the “American Journal ofEpidemiology” showed that peoplewho regularly skip breakfast arenearly five times as likely to beobese than those who don’t. Break-fast provides your body and mindwith the fuel necessary to take onthe day and get your metabolismout of its resting state and back toburning calories.

“So many people start every dayon a diet and routinely skip break-fast in an effort to compensate forlast night's behavior with thehopes of losing weight,” saysNicholas “dr. Nick” Yphantides,M.D., M.P.H., Medical Editor forTOPS. “In reality, skipping break-fast is much more likely to causeweight gain rather than weightloss. Overweight and obese indi-viduals are much more likely toskip breakfast in comparison tohealthier and leaner individuals.”

Unprocessed, fiber-rich foodslike steel-cut or slow-cooked oat-meal, grapefruit, whole-grain andlow-sugar cereals, and low-fatdairy are all best bets. If possible,prepare your breakfast ahead oftime or bring your breakfast withyou to work if you aren’t able tofind the time to eat at home.

You’re Emotional - Emotions area common eating trigger. You maytypically celebrate happy newswith a gourmet dinner anddessert, or soothe sadness with alarge bowl of ice cream. Anger orstress can lead to munching on aseemingly bottomless bag of chips.While eating creates a temporarysense of physical fullness, it onlytemporarily distracts from the

feelings that are bothering you. Inactuality, the unhealthy decisionsare likely to leave you feelingguilty with a sense of regret,which may start a vicious cycle ofcontinued unhealthy decisions.

Instead, reach out to a friend orfamily for support and guidance.Even a quick workout releasestension, generates extra energy,and stimulates feel-good endor-phins. Relaxing behaviors, likegetting a quick massage or takinga hot bath, also help calm the sys-tem. If you are celebrating, re-member that the occasion is aboutbeing with loved ones and creatingmemories – not about the food.Check in with your hunger leveland see if you are actually hungry,or if you’ll be simply satisfied bythe company.

You’re Bored - If you know bore-dom is a trigger for thoughtlesseating, have a list of strategies inplace to keep yourself busy and en-tertained when you feel like youdon’t have anything else to do. Anactivity that occupies your handsis ideal, like giving yourself a man-icure, reading a book, playing agame on the computer, or writingin a journal. Go for a walk with a

friend and/or with your dog. Thiswill also take you away from thekitchen and should help cravingssubside. Or, drink a glass of water,which is filling. Snacking on celeryor watermelon or chewing a pieceof gum can also help curb appetite.

You Don’t Get Enough Sleep -Lack of sleep, or just the typicalmid-afternoon energy slump, canlead a person to binge on sugary orsalty treats and beverages for aboost. Researchers at ColumbiaUniversity note, people who sleeptwo to four hours a night are 73percent more likely to be obesethan those who get seven to ninehours. Those who get five or morehours of sleep a night are 50 per-cent more likely to be obese thannormal sleepers.

“There is substantial and grow-ing medical evidence suggestingsome important links between ad-equate sleep and a healthyweight,” notes Yphantides. “Recentresearch has indicated that theproduction of certain hormones,leptin and ghrelin, may be influ-enced by how much or how littlewe sleep. Inadequate sleep can in-fluence these hormone levels inour body in such a way that when

Tips to curb thoughtless eating we are sleep-deprived, we may notbe as satisfied when we eat andour appetite may be enhanced. Ad-ditionally, it’s harder to be disci-plined and make the right deci-sions when we are exhausted. Oneway that we may try to perk our-selves up is to consume extra fuel.All these actions contribute to ex-cess caloric consumption and re-sulting weight gain.”

Getting consistent exercise canimprove the quality of sleep andmake you feel more rested. Avoidexercising less than three hoursbefore bedtime though, as it canmake it more difficult for you tofall asleep. To combat an afternoonlull, drink a large class of refresh-ing, cold water, take a walkaround the office, or head outsidefor a quick walk. A change ofscenery, fresh air, and sunshinecan be invigorating and give you ajolt of positive energy.

Al and Tiss Treib traveled to Het-tinger Monday afternoon. Al andTiss Treib traveled to HettingerThursday morning and returnedhome in the afternoon.

LaVonne Foss picked up TissTreib Friday morning and they trav-eled to Bison where they were lunchguests of Pastor Margie Hershey. It

was a lovely afternoon.Al Treib made a trip to Hettinger

Saturday morning to deliver a toybox, he picked up Stanford Allen andreturned to the ranch. Tiss Treibmade a trip to the Kari Hoff homeSaturday evening and picked up hermother, Esther Johnson and broughther back to the ranch to spend

Christmas. Lucas Allen, Dusti andDally spent Sunday afternoon withAl and Tiss Treib.

Thelma Sandgren and KyleeSandgren were Sunday late after-noon visitors of Tiss Treib and Es-ther Johnson.

Emily Mauri and Lexi Johnsonspent time with Shirley Johnson Fri-day.

LaVonne Foss and Thelma Sand-gren were Friday afternoon cappuc-cino and cookies guests of ShirleyJohnson.

Duane and Dawn Harris broughtHelen Meink a Violet plant forChristmas Sunday.

Troy Merkel and his wife of Texasarrived Saturday to spend theChristmas Holidays. He visited withHelen Meink Sunday.

Rebecca Askew of Kansas arrivedSaturday to spend her Christmasvacation with her mom, TabbiMauri. Paulo and Tabbi Mauri andSue Meink returned home Saturdayfrom a trip to Rochester, MN.

Ole Herland and Kathy Seim ofWild Rose, ND arrived Fridayevening and spent through Sundaywith Nolan and Linda Seim andfamily.

Nolan and Linda Seim and family,Ole Herland and Kathy Seim spent

Saturday with Larry and SarahDreiske and family.

Lynn and Dorothy Frey attendedIva Dill Honeyman’s funeral in Het-tinger Friday morning.Keith Hoffman attended a birthdayparty for Gene Hoffman at DakotaLodge Thursday afternoon.

Tuesday, Jim and Patsy Miller de-livered some cat food and had coffeeand a good visit with Thelma Sand-gren.

Thursday, Steve Sandgren cameout and helped his mother and thenthey made a trip over to HelenMeink’s to mail some letters for her.Friday was Thelma Sandgren’susual day in Hettinger. Thelma hadlunch at Prairie Rose Floral and cap-puccino with Shirley Johnson on herway home.

Saturday morning, Thelma Sand-gren was on the road by 6:30 anddown to Bison where she joined theJames Sandgren’s, then on to RapidCity for a 10:30 brunch at the homeof Alton and Mariette Cornella. Ma-riette entertained all her brothersand wives and their families, her sis-ter, Georgia and the Hanson’s andMariette’s own family. Later in theafternoon after a 4:30 luncheon theyall headed for their homes. Thelmareturned home by 8:30, it was a good

day.Kylee Sandgren came up on Sun-

day and did some work for hergrandmother, took her to Treib’s todeliver her news, what a good girl.

Albert Keller returned to workearly Tuesday morning. Wednesday,Bridget and Lil Albert Keller trav-eled Bison to pick up some ordersthat came in and stopped in at Timand JoAnne Seim’s to visit on theway home. They stayed and had sup-per with JoAnne.

Saturday Bridget and Lil AlbertKeller traveled to Timber Lake tospend time with Bert and PatriciaKeller and family for an earlyChristmas. They came back Sundayevening and on their way homestopped in at Tim and JoAnneSeim’s for their Christmas get to-gether.

Jim and Patsy Miller visited withViolet Miller at the Western Hori-zon’s Care Center Wednesday.

Matt and Christi Miller wereThursday supper and evening guestsof Jim and Patsy Miller.

Jim and Patsy Miller spent Fridayin Hettinger.

Kelly and Danny LaDue and boysof Draper, Utah; Justin and Jo Seimand Jacob of Belle Fourche arrivedat Tim and JoAnne Seim’s Friday af-ternoon.

Tim and JoAnne Seim; Danny andKelly LaDue and boys, Justin and JoSeim and Jacob were among thosewho celebrate Christmas Saturdaywith Bonnie Haynes.

Danny and Kelly LaDue, Justinand Jo Seim and Tim and JoAnneSeim hosted a Christmas supperSunday evening. Guests includedJim Anderson; Sabra and ArlieHulm and family of Faith, SD;Bailee Hulm and girls and a friendAaron of Belle Fourche; Chet andMandy Anderson and family; Dawnand Duane Harris; Bridget and LilAlbert Keller; Boyd and BettyEllingson; Tyrell and Krista Elling-son and family; Andy and KayeArthur and family; Jean, Kiana andJim Brockel; Jim and Patsy Miller;Jeff Seim; Lisa Wagner and family;Max Loughlin and Irwin Tescher;Gregg Seim and Karen Bucholz.

Rosebud News ............. Tiss Treib



Jane and Walter of Boulder, Col-orado and Chuck and Judy Lewisof Sturgis spent the weekend withArt and Marilyn Christman. Janeand Walter will spend Christmas.DeJon and Jeri Lynn Bakken, Leifand Mirandi were among theguests of Jerry and Carolyn PetikSunday evening.

Wednesday, Jerry and CarolynPetik went with the Spencer YouthGroup Caroling at the Five Coun-ties Nursing Home. Afterwardsthey visited with several residentsand also at the home of IreneYoung.Thursday afternoon, Jerry Petikattended a meeting in Lemmon

and Carolyn visited with hermother, Irene Young.Thursday evening, Jerry and Car-olyn Petik and Irene Young at-tended the Christmas on MainStreet in the Lemmon Park.Saturday, Kurt, Leah, Grant, Kiyaand Irelyn Petik arrived at jerryand Carolyn Petik’s to spend sev-eral days visiting friends and fam-ily in the area.Sunday, dinner and supper guestsof Jerry and Carolyn Petik in-cluded Jeri Lynn, DeJon, Leif andMirandi Bakken; Irene Young;MacKenzie Schwab; Kurt, Leah,Grant, Kiya and Irelyn Petik.Thursday and Friday evening thegrandkids, Andrew, Katie andKelly Schopp came to Fred andBev’s to play cards.Sunday after church, Fred andBev Schopp had lunch with Lau-rie, Dan and Danci Hoff and JessieGinther.

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Jozee Veal got a chance to tell Santa what she was wishing for.


Pie, mashed potatoes, cookies,and carved ham – these are just afew of the popular seasonal disheswe tend to consume more of dur-ing the holidays. According toKatie Ferraro, M.P.H., R.D.,C.D.E., nutrition expert for TOPSClub, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensi-bly), the nonprofit weight-loss sup-port organization, the holidaysdon’t have to sabotage yourhealthy meal planning.

“Use parties and family get-to-gethers as an opportunity to tryout new, healthy recipes and incor-porate several of the following tipsinto your upcoming celebrations,”says Ferraro. “Special holidayrecipes prepared healthier withsimple substitutions can add nu-trition and won’t break the caloriebank.”

Mash cauliflower instead of po-tatoes. One cup of mashed pota-toes made with skim milk and nobutter has 150 calories, while onecup of mashed cauliflower madewith skim milk and no butter hasone third of the calories, accordingto the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture (USDA) – and tastes nearlyidentical. For the pickiest eaters,mix half mashed cauliflower, halfmashed potato. “Add fresh herbs

in place of salt for zesty flavor,”notes Ferraro.

Unsweetened applesauce in-stead of sugar, oil, or butter - Cutcalories in baked goods while pro-viding a hint of sweetness withthis substitute. According to theUSDA, a cup of sugar contains 775calories, while a cup of unsweet-ened applesauce contains onlyabout 100 calories.

Nutrient-rich leafy greens in-stead of iceberg lettuce - For anadded boost of vitamins, mineralsand antioxidants, consider dark,leafy vegetables like arugula,chicory, kale, mustard greens, orspinach in place of iceberg lettucefor your salad. “Generally, thedeeper the color of vegetable, thebetter the nutrition,” says Ferraro.

Air-cured or other smokedmeats instead of bacon - Substi-tute bacon with lower-fat andhigher-protein Canadian bacon,turkey bacon, or prosciutto. Ac-cording to Ferraro, one slice of

bacon has 45 calories, whileturkey bacon contains roughly halfthat amount. These meats are bestenjoyed in limited quantitiesthough, as they can still containsignificant amounts of sodium.

`Finely-chopped prunes insteadof butter in dark breads - Swapfinely-chopped prunes or baby foodprunes for oil, butter, or margarinein quick breads or other darkbaked goods, like brownies. Cutcalories and fat in half withoutcompromising on sweetness ormoisture.

Steam in canned broth insteadof sautéing in oil - For a tasty, low-calorie and fat-free alternative tooil sautéing, Ferraro recommendssteaming meats and vegetables ina half cup of reduced-sodiumcanned chicken or beef broth.Steaming vegetables in brothhelps retain their nutrients andenhances flavor, as well.

Fresh fruit instead of fruit

Make holiday cooking healthiercanned in heavy syrup - Avoidprocessed foods like fruit cannedin heavy syrup and opt for freshfruit or fruit canned in its ownjuice or in water. Heavy syrup typ-ically contains water, sugar, andcorn syrup – with little nutritionalvalue and lots of additional calo-ries. If your budget is tight, pur-chase canned produce and thendrain and rinse the fruit.

Cacao nibs instead of chocolatechips - Cacao nibs, minimally-processed bits of cocoa beans, aresemi-sweet and rich in antioxi-dants and essential minerals.Their crunchy texture and intensetaste are a unique way to add aboost of flavor to holiday treats.

Grand River Roundup .............A Christmas Story..................By Betty Olson

Instead of my regular column,I’ll share this wonderful Christ-mas story with you that I got fromTodd Trask. Merry Christmas andHappy New Year!

Christmas Eve 1921Pa never had much compassion

for the lazy or those who squan-dered their means and then neverhad enough for the necessities.But for those who were genuinelyin need, his heart was as big as alloutdoors. It was from him that Ilearned the greatest joy in lifecomes from giving, not from re-ceiving.

It was Christmas Eve 1921. Iwas fifteen years old and feelinglike the world had caved in on mebecause there just hadn't beenenough money to buy me the riflethat I'd wanted for Christmas. Wedid the chores early that night forsome reason. I just figured Pawanted a little extra time so wecould read in the Bible.

After supper was over I took myboots off and stretched out in frontof the fireplace and waited for Pato get down the old Bible. I wasstill feeling sorry for myself and, tobe honest, I wasn't in much of amood to read Scriptures. But Padidn't get the Bible; instead hebundled up again and went out-side. I couldn't figure it out be-cause we had already done all thechores. I didn't worry about it longthough; I was too busy wallowingin self-pity.

Soon Pa came back in. It was acold clear night out and there wasice in his beard. "Come on, Matt,"he said. "Bundle up good, it's coldout tonight." I was really upsetthen. Not only wasn't I getting therifle for Christmas, now Pa wasdragging me out in the cold, andfor no earthly reason that I couldsee. We'd already done all thechores, and I couldn't think of any-thing else that needed doing, espe-cially not on a night like this But Iknew Pa was not very patient atone dragging one's feet when he'd

told them to do something, so I gotup and put my boots back on andgot my cap, coat, and mittens. Magave me a mysterious smile as Iopened the door to leave the house.Something was up, but I didn'tknow what.

Outside, I became even moredismayed. There in front of thehouse was the work team, alreadyhitched to the big sled. Whateverit was we were going to do wasn'tgoing to be a short, quick, little job.I could tell. We never hitched upthis sled unless we were going tohaul a big load.

Pa was already up on the seat,reins in hand. I reluctantlyclimbed up beside him. The coldwas already biting at me. I wasn'thappy. When I was on, Pa pulledthe sled around the house andstopped in front of the woodshed.He got off and I followed. "I thinkwe'll put on the high sideboards,"he said. "Here, help me." The highsideboards! It had been a biggerjob than I wanted to do with justthe low sideboards on, but what-ever it was we were going to dowould be a lot bigger with the highsideboards on.

After we had exchanged thesideboards, Pa went into the wood-shed and came out with an arm-load of wood---the wood I'd spentall summer hauling down from themountain, and then all Fall saw-ing into blocks and splitting.

What was he doing? Finally Isaid something. "Pa," I asked,"what are you doing?" You been bythe Widow Jensen's lately?" heasked. The Widow Jensen livedabout two miles down the road.Her husband had died a year or sobefore and left her with three chil-dren, the oldest being eight. Sure,I'd been by, but so what? "Yeah," Isaid, "Why?" "I rode by just today,"Pa said. "Little Jakey was out dig-ging around in the woodpile tryingto find a few chips. They're out ofwood, Matt."

That was all he said and then he

turned and went back into thewoodshed for another armload ofwood. I followed him. We loadedthe sled so high that I began towonder if the horses would be ableto pull it. Finally, Pa called a haltto our loading, then we went to thesmoke house and Pa took down abig ham and a side of bacon. Hehanded them to me and told me toput them in the sled and wait.

When he returned he was carry-ing a sack of flour over his rightshoulder and a smaller sack ofsomething in his left hand."What's in the little sack?" I asked."Shoes. They're out of shoes. LittleJakey just had gunnysackswrapped around his feet when hewas out in the woodpile this morn-ing. I got the children a littlecandy too. It just wouldn't beChristmas without a little candy."

We rode the two miles to WidowJensen's pretty much in silence. Itried to think through what Pawas doing. We didn't have muchby worldly standards. Of course,we did have a big woodpile, thoughmost of what was left now was stillin the form of logs that I wouldhave to saw into blocks and splitbefore we could use it. We also hadmeat and flour, so we could sparethat, but I knew we didn't haveany money, so why was Pa buyingthem shoes and candy?

Really, why was he doing any ofthis? Widow Jensen had closerneighbors than us; it shouldn'thave been our concern. We came infrom the blind side of the Jensenhouse and unloaded the wood asquietly as possible, and then wetook the meat and flour and shoesto the door. We knocked. The dooropened a crack and a timid voicesaid, "Who is it?"

Lucas Miles, Ma'am, and myson, Matt. Could we come in for abit?"

Widow Jensen opened the doorand let us in. She had a blanketwrapped around her shoulders.The children were wrapped in an-other and were sitting in front ofthe fireplace by a very small firethat hardly gave off any heat atall. Widow Jensen fumbled with amatch and finally lit the lamp.

"We brought you a few things,

Ma'am," Pa said and set down thesack of flour. I put the meat on thetable. Then Pa handed her thesack that had the shoes in it.

She opened it hesitantly andtook the shoes out one pair at atime. There was a pair for her andone for each of the children---sturdy shoes, the best, shoes thatwould last. I watched her carefully.She bit her lower lip to keep itfrom trembling and then tearsfilled her eyes and started runningdown her cheeks. She looked up atPa like she wanted to say some-thing, but it wouldn't come out.

"We brought a load of wood too,Ma'am," Pa said. He turned to meand said, "Matt, go bring inenough to last awhile. Let's getthat fire up to size and heat thisplace up." I wasn't the same per-son when I went back out to bringin the wood. I had a big lump inmy throat and as much as I hateto admit it, there were tears in myeyes too.

In my mind I kept seeing thosethree kids huddled around thefireplace and their mother stand-ing there with tears running downher cheeks with so much gratitudein her heart that she couldn'tspeak. My heart swelled withinme and a joy that I'd never knownbefore, filled my soul. I had givenat Christmas many times before,but never when it had made somuch difference. I could see wewere literally saving the lives ofthese people.

I soon had the fire blazing andeveryone's spirits soared. The kidsstarted giggling when Pa handedthem each a piece of candy andWidow Jensen looked on with asmile that probably hadn't crossedher face for a long time. She finallyturned to us. "God bless you," shesaid. "I know the Lord has sentyou. The children and I have beenpraying that he would send one ofhis angels to spare us."

In spite of myself, the lump re-turned to my throat and the tearswelled up in my eyes again. I'dnever thought of Pa in those exactterms before, but after WidowJensen mentioned it I could seethat it was probably true. I wassure that a better man than Pahad never walked the earth. I

started remembering all the timeshe had gone out of his way for Maand me, and many others. The listseemed endless as I thought on it.

Pa insisted that everyone try onthe shoes before we left. I wasamazed when they all fit and Iwondered how he had known whatsizes to get. Then I guessed that ifhe was on an errand for the Lordthat the Lord would make sure hegot the right sizes.

Tears were running downWidow Jensen's face again whenwe stood up to leave. Pa took eachof the kids in his big arms andgave them a hug. They clung tohim and didn't want us to go. Icould see that they missed theirPa, and I was glad that I still hadmine.

At the door Pa turned to WidowJensen and said, "The Mrs.wanted me to invite you and thechildren over for Christmas dinnertomorrow. The turkey will be morethan the three of us can eat, and aman can get cantankerous if hehas to eat turkey for too manymeals. We'll be by to get you abouteleven. It'll be nice to have somelittle ones around again. Matt,here, hasn't been little for quite aspell." I was the youngest.

My two brothers and two sistershad all married and had movedaway. Widow Jensen nodded andsaid, "Thank you, Brother Miles. Idon't have to say, "'May the Lordbless you,' I know for certain thatHe will."

Out on the sled I felt a warmththat came from deep within and Ididn't even notice the cold. Whenwe had gone a ways, Pa turned tome and said, "Matt, I want you toknow something. Your ma and mehave been tucking a little moneyaway here and there all year so wecould buy that rifle for you, but wedidn't have quite enough.

Then yesterday a man whoowed me a little money from yearsback came by to make thingssquare. Your ma and me were realexcited, thinking that now wecould get you that rifle, and Istarted into town this morning todo just that. But on the way I sawlittle Jakey out scratching in thewoodpile with his feet wrapped inthose gunnysacks and I knewwhat I had to do. Son, I spent themoney for shoes and a little candyfor those children. I hope you un-derstand."

I understood, and my eyes be-came wet with tears again. I un-derstood very well, and I was soglad Pa had done it. Now the rifleseemed very low on my list of pri-orities. Pa had given me a lotmore. He had given me the look onWidow Jensen's face and the radi-ant smiles of her three children.

For the rest of my life, wheneverI saw any of the Jensen's, or split ablock of wood, I remembered, andremembering brought back thatsame joy I felt riding home besidePa that night. Pa had given memuch more than a rifle that night;he had given me the best Christ-mas of my life.



Brookings will be the site for aseries of SDSU Extension trainingsessions which will focus on estateplanning.

Sustaining the Legacy confer-ences also help people who seektransition of their farm or ranchfrom one family member to an-other. Extension staff and indus-try professionals will help partici-pants develop the tools they needin order to face estate-planningchallenges with less stress.

The sessions will be hosted inBrookings- January 3, 4, 10 and11, 2013- Days Inn, 2500 6th St.

The training costs $75 per per-son. Registration is required byDecember 20, 2012. The registra-tion form and more informationcan be found at www.igrow.org.

"Each session is filled with im-portant information that can helpfarm and ranch families addressquestions they may face as par-ents or grandparents get older andconsider their legacy," said Gess-ner, who is organizing the confer-ences. "Producers have told methat the value of this program was$1 million, due to the changes theymade to their estate plan and thereduction of potential estatetaxes."

Each day of the four-day pro-gram is full of tools and how-to in-formation families can use to cre-ate and implement their individu-alized plan, no matter how big orsmall the operation. Topics for thesessions cover communicationstyles, business structures, goals,asset distribution, wills and pro-bate, retirement planning andfunding, fair versus equal distri-

bution, tax implications for the op-eration, life insurance, long-termcare insurance, trusts, and othertopics as determined by the audi-ences.

"Many of the past participantshave utilized the information fromthe conference to reduce potentialestate taxes and ensure that theiroperation is passed down to thenext generation in a smooth, has-sle free transition," Gessner said.

All family members are encour-aged to attend the sessions. Bothon- and off-farm heirs are invitedto learn about the tools and partic-ipate in the discussions.

"Past participants have usedthis conference to interview attor-neys and insurance agents whilethey are presenting the basics ofusing the many tools available tothem," Gessner said. "If you aremaking plans to retire or becom-ing a partner in the operation, orif you own farm or ranch assets,this program is a great start foryou. Our goal is to give you the

tools to develop your estate planand the motivation to get started,combined with some gentle nudg-ing that keeps you moving forwardwith the process."

Partial funding for this programis provided by the South DakotaSoybean Research and PromotionCouncil.

"SDR&PC is proud to be one ofthe sponsors for this year's estateplanning workshops. With risingland values and profit margins, es-tate planning has never been moreimportant," said Doug Hanson, aSDSRPC board member and apast participant of the conference."My wife and I have attendedthese workshops in the past andhave found them very informa-tive."

Date, location and registrationinformation can be found online atwww.igrow.org by calling HeatherGessner 605-782-3290 or by con-tacting one of the regional exten-sion centers.

Extension estate planning and farm transition conferences set


Farm Credit Services of America(FCSAmerica), a financial cooper-ative with more than $18 billion inassets, has approved a 2012 cash-back dividend of $130 million to itseligible customer-owners.

The $130 million cash-back div-idend is another significant distri-bution of FCSAmerica’s net earn-ings to its customer-owners. The2012 distribution is the coopera-tive’s ninth consecutive. Since2004, FCSAmerica has distributed$685 million cash-back dividendsback to its customers to support

their operations and benefit thecommunities they call home.“Farm Credit Services of Americahas been consistent through agri-culture’s good times and challeng-ing times and is financiallystrong,” said Robert Bruxvoort,Board Chairman. “The Board isvery pleased to approve the size-able $130 million cash-back distri-bution.”

The FCSAmerica Board also ap-proved a patronage program for2013 at their meeting this week.The Board will determine thecash-back dividend for the 2013program in December 2013.

“Farm Credit Services of Amer-ica’s unique business model, ca-pacity and commitment to agricul-ture differentiate us,” said DougStark, president and CEO. “We’reproud to pay yet another strongcash-back dividend to our cus-tomer-owners. We’re also proud tobe well-positioned financially tomeet their needs and challengeswell into the future.”

Cash-Back Dividend Details -

The Board of Directors has paidcash-back dividends, available aspart of its patronage program,every year since 2004. For 2012,each customer’s cash-back divi-dend from the program is based onthe customer’s average loan vol-ume during the calendar year. Themore eligible loan business a cus-tomer has with the cooperative,the more they benefit financiallyfrom the patronage program. Eli-gible customers can expect 2012payments to be distributed inMarch 2013.

About Farm Credit Services ofAmerica - Farm Credit Services ofAmerica is proud to finance thegrowth of rural America, includingthe special needs of young and be-ginning producers. With morethan $18 billion in assets, FC-SAmerica is one of the region’sleading providers of credit and in-surance services to farmers,ranchers, agribusiness and ruralresidents in Iowa, Nebraska,South Dakota and Wyoming.Learn more at fcsamerica.com.

Farm Credit Services of America authorizes$130 million cash-back dividend paymentfor 2012

The Black Hills Stock Show willkick-off South Dakota youth in ac-tion events in 2013 at their annualYouth Day on Jan. 26.

This free event is coordinated bySDSU Extension and the BlackHills Stock Show. It is open to allyouth ages 8 to 18 (as of Jan.1,2013) and offers a wide range ofactivities for youth to participatein and learn from.

Contests will be hosted at theCentral States Fairgrounds and 4-H/Extension Building in RapidCity. The free Beef Bust lunch issponsored by area businesses andis available to all youth partici-pants and their families.

New this year, every youth whopre-registers by Dec. 31 for YouthDay activities will receive a free T-shirt donated by Farm Credit Ser-vice. Registrations are due by Jan.10.

Youth may participate in twoevents. The events they can choosefrom include: Beef Cook-Off, HorseBowl, Hippology, Livestockology,Livestock Judging, and the DogShow. A training will be availablefor youth who need to becomeYouth Pork Quality AssurancePlus certified.Scholarship Applications DueDec. 31.

Six scholarships will be awardedduring Youth Day for 2012 and2013 graduating seniors. They in-clude four $1,000 scholarships forformal instruction in any SouthDakota accredited post-secondarylearning institution preparingyoung people for careers in agri-culture and natural resources re-lated fields; and two $500 scholar-ships for Western Dakota Techni-cal Institute. All scholarship appli-cations are due by Dec. 31.

Pre-registration isopen for the 2013 Black Hills StockShow Youth Day

TREE FACTS – Growing trees is not easy in South Dakota

By Robert W. Drown, Natural Resource Specialist

South Dakota is situated on thesub-arid high plains of the UnitedStates and the main native vege-tation is made up of grasses andforbs. The few trees that grownaturally in the state grow alongrivers, creeks and drainage waysand swales. The advent of wind-breaks and shelterbelt plantingduring the 20th century changedthe landscape of the state dramat-ically.

Many of the tree planting pio-neers came from areas where treesgrew naturally and they wanted tohave the benefits of trees at their

new homes. It was common think-ing at the time that tree plantingwould help cause the climate tochange much like a saying backthen that rain would follow theplow. Several decades after earlysettlement, the “Dust Bowl” hitthe Great Plains teaching every-one that those beliefs were incor-rect.

People came up with new ap-proaches to help them be success-ful with tree planting. The old SoilConservation Service developedwindbreak suitability group rat-ings for soil types and they andother agencies imported tree andshrub species from overseas thathad good adaptability to the Great

Plains.Nobody understood the tough

conditions the area posed for treeplanting and survival better thanthe farmers, ranchers and home-owners. Two of the main hazardsfor tree survival are lack of mois-ture and strong winds. The prac-tice of summer fallow eliminatesweeds and banks moisture forplanned tree plantings. Also, pro-viding supplemental wateringhelped many new tree plantingsbecome established.

The use of weed control fabricwas adopted widely across thearea during the 1990s. At first itwas only recommended for theevergreen rows of shelterbelts butit has become common to use it onall rows. In most tree plantingssurvival and growth rates of treesand shrubs were improved. Manypeople think of weed control fabricas the magic bullet and all youhave to do is put it down over thetrees and success is assured. Nowwe are finding that the fabric puton tree plantings 15-20 years ago,has not deteriorated like it wassupposed to and the health of treesand shrubs are starting to be af-fected. At a minimum the holesneed to be enlarged for each treeor the fabric removed in order toprevent girdling and death.

Another common practice usedover the years by many farmersand ranchers is to put old tiresaround trees to protect young treeseedlings from strong winds. Theyworked well, providing excellentprotection from wind and evenmade a microclimate effect due to

the tire heating up from the sunwhich helped to improve tempera-ture conditions for trees in theearly spring and late fall. Buthere again, we are finding 10, 20,30 and 40 years after the tireswere put on the tree, we are pre-sented with the problem of thetrees having grown and tires arethe same size. The tires need to beremoved or the trees are mostlikely will die. However, sometrees amazingly grow roots overthe tires and survive.

Those farmers, ranchers andhomeowners that have been suc-cessful at growing trees on thehigh plains of South Dakota real-ize that their work is never done.Timely maintenance of treesplanted around homes and in shel-terbelts around the farm/ranchneed to be done. Control of weedsand other competitive vegetationshould be done each year severaltimes during the growing season.The holes should be enlargedaround trees with weed controlfabric or removed completely byapproximately 10 years fromplanting and tires should be re-moved from around trees by ap-proximately 5 years from planting.My sources for this news releasewere the School of Hard Knocks,farmers, ranchers and homeown-ers. If you would like more infor-mation about “Growing trees isnot easy in South Dakota,” contactBob Drown at the ConservationOffice at 605-244-5222, Extension4 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Amazing growth of a spruce tree’s roots over a tire that had been put around it 40+ years ago inMcIntosh, SD.



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South Dakota Farmers UnionPresident Doug Sombke is callingon Congress to get a five-year farmbill passed before the end of theyear and says an extension of thefarm bill that expired in Septem-ber isn’t enough.

“We need certainty in ruralAmerica,” Sombke said. “A lot ofpeople forget that farming is afamily business, the lifeblood ofour rural communities, and busi-nesses need to plan ahead. Theyneed to know what to expect sothey can make major decisions fortheir businesses. And it’s not justfarmers and ranchers, either. It’sseed dealers, bankers, crop insur-ance brokers and a host of otherpeople who are waiting on this im-portant piece of legislation.”

The Senate passed its version ofthe farm bill this past summer,which saves $23 billion over thenext decade, and the House Agri-culture Committee passed its ver-sion which includes $35 billion insavings. The bill has been stalled,and hasn’t come up for a vote, inthe full House of Representatives.Sombke says simply extending thefarm bill into next year will lead toeven more uncertainty.

“It just creates more questions,”Sombke said. “Will dairy produc-ers still go without the Milk In-come Loss Contract programwhich has already expired? Whatabout livestock producers whohave dealt with drought and nodisaster assistance? How long willthe extension be in place? Will webe up against a deadline againwhen the extension expires? Thereare just too many questions. Wejust need a farm bill now.”

Sombke says all of the hardwork has already been done, andthe House needs to pass its versionof the farm bill so Senate andHouse leaders can look for com-mon ground in a conference com-mittee and get it to the president’sdesk.

“The heavy lifting has beendone. There will need to be com-promise, but that won’t happenwith just an extension and we’ll belooking at these issues againmonths down the road. The timeto get the farm bill passed is now,”Sombke said.

Farm bill extensionisn’t good enough

The South Dakota Departmentof Agriculture (SDDA) and SouthDakota State University (SDSU)Extension will hold forums acrossthe state to discuss South Dakota’svision for livestock production thisJanuary through March.

“South Dakota has progressive,forward-thinking entrepreneurswho understand the exciting po-tential of today’s agri-businessmarketplace,” said SD Secretary ofAgriculture Walt Bones. “We’restarting the conversation aboutthe challenges and advantages

South Dakota has to increase thenumber of livestock in our state.”

All forums are scheduled tobegin at 6:30 p.m. local time butare subject to change.Dates and places are as follows:

•Jan. 14-Aberdeen Livestock•Jan. 15-Mobridge Livestock•Jan. 21-Ft. Pierre Livestock•Jan. 22-Herried Livestock

•Jan. 23-Martin Livestock•Jan. 24-Philip Livestock

•Feb. 4-Hub City Livestock•Feb. 6-Bales Continental•Feb. 8-Glacial Lakes Livestock•Feb. 25-Platte Livestock•Feb. 26-Magness Livestock•Feb. 27-Madison Livestock•Feb. 28-Kimball Livestock

•March 5-Mitchell Livestock•March 6-Yankton Livestock•March 7-Sioux Falls Regional•March 11-Belle Fourche

Livestock•March 12-St. Onge Live-

stock•March 13-Faith Livestock•March 14-Lemmon Live-

stock•March 18-Miller Livestock•March 19-Presho Livestock•March 20-Winner Livestock•March 21-Chamberlain Live-

stockFor more information, contact

Sarah Caslin, SDDA Livestock De-velopment Specialist at 605-773-3649 or visit http://sdda.sd.gov

SD Dept. of Ag and SDSU Extension to hold “The Next Generation of Livestock Production” forums


APPROVED FINANCIAL REPORTGENERAL FUND CAP OUTLAY SPED ED PENSION T & A

Cash on Hand 11-1-12 79400.44 930.13 11064.57 34011.87Invested in Securities 711995.04 491425.21 -1363.81 48784.54Receipts:

Local SourcesInterest 225.62 150.94Taxes 188142.57 91901.51 64341.30 13782.50Co-Curricular 6.80

Intermediate SourcesCounty Apportionment 474.94

State SourcesState Aid 42201.00Medicaid 5566.00

Total Receipts 231050.53 92052.45 69907.30 13782.50 10511.33Total Disbursements 124520.08 2885.00 15573.05 7825.18Cash on Hand 11-30-12 2890.61 1045.13 1491.52 36698.02Invested in Securities $895035.72 $580477.66 $62543.29 $62567.04

IMPACT AID FUND $81,436.36SMITH SCHOLARSHIP

FUND $296,051.81

School Lunch Fund $1,460.58Receipts 4,846.50Disbursements 8,701.67Ending $-2,394.29TRUST & AGENCY

ReceiptsSophomores/Concessions

/Misc 1,846.10Seniors/Fundraiser 141.25Special Clearings/Dist VB 3499.00FCCLA/Fundraiser/Misc 3134.75General Fund/Sept Reimb 1888.63Dacotah Bank/Int 1.60

Ipswich School/Oral Interp Fees 180.92

Java Joe’s/Fundraising Supplies 700.00

Joyce Matthews/Supplies 43.48Faith School/Entry Fee 20.00Hauff Mid-Am Sports/

Supplies 26.20Colle Nash/VB

Districts Clock 75.00Penny Nash/VB

Districts Tracker 75.00Sylvia Chapman/VB

Districts Book 75.00Kirby Chapman/VB

Dist. Announcing 75.00Petty Cash/Postage 80.00SDHSAA/Dist VB Proceeds 1124.10

Newell School/Dist VB Proceeds 4.50

Takini School/Dist VB Proceeds 4.50

Lemmon School/Dist VB Proceeds 4.20

Faith School/Dist VB Proceeds 5.30

Harding Co School/Dist VB Proceeds 5.40

Kalin Chapman/Dist VB Chair 200.00

BHS Sophomores/Dist VB Supplies 93.20

Bison School/Dist VB Proceeds 6.80

SD FFA/Fees 240.00SD FFA Foundation/Supplies8.00

[Published December 27, 2012 at a total approximate cost of $112.33.]

DisbursementsEric Walmarth/Official Fee 474.62Robert Fugate/Official Fee 396.92Bryan Zahn/Official Fee 544.18Joyce Grunewaldt/

Official Fee 413.94Petty Cash/FCCLA

Starting Cash 300.00Petty Cash/Seniors

Starting Cash 200.00Timber Lake School/

Oral Interp Fees 226.08Sturgis FCCLA/

Bus Transportation 1750.00Bison Food Store/

Board Supplies 21.04Roxi Gaaskjolen/Mileage 148.00Super 8/Rooms 303.80

BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETINGDATE: December 10, 2012 TIMEHELD: 7:00 p.m. KIND OF MEET-ING: Regular WHERE HELD: Board-room MEMBERS PRESENT: Arneson,Beckman, Kari, Kvale, ThompsonMEMBERS ABSENT: None OFFI-CERS AND OTHERS PRESENT:Supt. Kraemer, Bus. Mgr. Crow, Asst.Bus. Mgr. Johnson, ShawndaCarmichael, Kalin Chapman, ChristiRyen, Tarina Kopren, Teddi Carlson

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

CONSENT AGENDA52. Motion by Arneson second by Karito approve the consent agenda with thefollowing changes: move Discussion ofWrestling Co-op to January agendaand add 7a Executive Session for Per-sonnel (Pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2 (1))and to approve the financial reportsand the minutes of the November 12,

2012 meeting. Motion carried.

APPROVAL OF CLAIMS53. Motion by Beckman second byThompson to approve the claims listedbelow. Motion carried. A & B BUSI-NESS PRODUCTS, SUPPLIES, 8.10;ADVANCE PAYMENTS, MONTHLYREIMBURSEMENT, 851.04; BISONCOURIER, MONTHLY PUBLISHINGCOSTS, 232.53; BISON FOODSTORE, MONTHLY SUPPLIES,81.47; BISON GRAIN CO., GASO-LINE, 456.23; BLUE CROSS BLUESHIELD, HEALTH INSURANCE,4,200.00; BONACCI, ELIZABETH,TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT, 104.54;CAHILL BAUER & ASSOCIATESLLC, AUDIT, 2,493.75; CHAPMAN,KALIN, TRAVEL REIMBURSE-MENT, 47.44; CHRIS SUPPLY, SUP-PLIES, 149.75; DACOTAH INSUR-ANCE, BOND, 100.00; DAKOTAFEED, GAS, 221.54; FAITH INDE-PENDENT, ENTRY FEE, 39.00;GRAND ELECTRIC COOP, SUP-PLIES/REPAIRS, 2,774.90; HARMONLAW OFFICE, LEGAL SERVICES,1,460.00; JACKSON, DARREN,TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT, 95.36;JAYMAR BUSINESS FORMS INC, W-2'S, 44.81; KOPREN, TARINA, SUP-PLY REIMBURSEMENT, 70.47;KVALE, STACY, TRAVEL REIM-

BURSEMENT, 133.20; MATTHEWS,JOYCE, TRAVEL REIMBURSE-MENT, 323.14; MOM'S CAFE, SUP-PLIES, 233.40; NCS PEARSON INC, SUPPLIES, 630.00; NORTHWESTRANCH, SUPPLIES, 35.33; P FLEET,GAS, 49.76; RAMKOTA INN, ROOMS,553.00; SDHSAA, DUES AND FEES,31.00; SEIDEL, RICHARD, TRANS-PORTATION, 50.00; SMITH, GENE,MONTHLY BUS CONTRACT,9,178.05; Southwest Business, SUP-PLIES, 85.50; SOUTHWEST GRAIN,PROPANE, 966.18; SUCCESS SUR-VEYING LLC, SURVEYING FEE,500.00; TOWN OF BISON, WATER/SEWER/GARBAGE, 469.09; WESTRIVER COOP TEL, MONTHLY UTIL-ITIES, 338.95TOTAL GENERAL FUND

$27,007.53

BISON GRAIN CO., COAL , 3,557.74;GRAND ELECTRIC COOP, ELEC-TRICITY, 2,962.00; PERKINSCOUNTY FAIR BOARD, LEASE PAY-MENT, 2,500.00, SHI INTERNA-TIONAL, SUPPLIES, 1,651.33TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND

$10,671.07

BISON FOOD STORE, MONTHLYSUPPLIES, 13.87; BLUE CROSSBLUE SHIELD, INSURANCE,

2,100.00; DAKOTA FEED, GAS, 18.45;HANDS ON HEALTH PT, SPEC EDSERVICES, 1,569.28; RAMKOTA OFABERDEEN, ROOMS, 56.25TOTAL SPECIAL ED FUND

$3,757.85

BISON FOOD STORE, MONTHLYSUPPLIES, 110.29; CASS CLAYCREAMERY, SUPPLIES, 1,555.55;CHILD & ADULT NUTRITION SER-VICE, SUPPLIES, 110.48; SYSCOFOOD SERVICES OF ND, SUP-PLIES, 3,037.22; TRIGG, KATE,MEAL TICKET REFUND, 34.25TOTAL SCHOOL LUNCH FUND

$4,847.79

Total Payroll for November-$84,379.90

Elem-$21,244.30; Junior High-$4,300.63; High School-$17,147.94;Title-$6,004.12; Library-$3,563.89;Network-$668.29; Supt-$5,556.25; Sec-retaries-$3,643.54; Fiscal-$1,828.17;Custodial-$3,918.17; Co-curricular-$4,015.87; Spec Ed-$9,502.23; SchoolLunch-$2,986.54

DELEGATIONSNone

DISCUSSION ON SHOP BUILD-INGMarcie Kari presented the board withinformation about the new shop build-ing. Supt Kraemer will obtain more in-formation on other options/buildings.

DISCUSSION OF WRESTLINGCOOPThis will be on the January Agenda.

EXECUTIVE SESSION-PERSON-NEL54. Motion by Kari second by Thomp-son to enter into executive session todiscuss personnel. Motion carried.Chairman Kvale declared the meetinginto executive session at 7:30 p.m. andback in regular session at 8:20 p.m.

55. Motion by Thompson second byBeckman to advertise for an assistantathletic director. Motion carried.

SURPLUS ITEMS56. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to dispose of the surplus prop-erty that received no sealed bids (oldfreezer parts and encyclopedias). Mo-tion carried.

APPROVE CONTRACTS57. Motion by Kari second by Beckmanto approve the contract of Corben Alleyin the amount of $929.50 for GradeBoys Basketball coach for the 2012-2013 school year and for Head Boys

Basketball Coach in the amount of$2,644.40 for the 2012-2013 schoolyear. Motion carried.

58. Motion by Kari second by Beckmanto approve the contract of Breann Nel-son in the amount of $1,859.00 for As-sistant Girls Basketball Coach for the2012-2013 school year. Motion carried.

59. Motion by Kari second by Beckmanto approve the contract of Sarah Holzerin the amount of $2,644.40 for HeadGirls Basketball Coach for the 2012-2013 school year. Motion carried.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREMENTWITH STATE DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATIONAfter much discussion the board de-cided not to approve this contract untilmore information can be obtained.

AUDIT APPROVAL60. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to approve the audit for the2011-2012 school year. Motion carried.

EVALUATION OF SUPERINTEN-DENT61. Motion by Arneson second by Karito enter into executive session to dis-cuss the Superintendentevaluation/student issue. Motion car-ried. Chairman Kvale declared themeeting into executive session at 8:40p.m. and back in regular session at10:15 p.m

Chairman Kvale stated that the Su-perintendent received an above aver-age evaluation.

62. Motion by Thompson second byKari to authorize the Board Chairmanto send a letter addressing a complaintissue. Motion carried.

NWAS REPORTDan Beckman offered a brief report ofthe monthly meeting he attended.

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORTADMACT PreparationCrisis PlanSpeech Services Personnel Change

63. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to adjourn the meeting at 10:30p.m. Motion carried.

Dan Kvale, ChairmanColette Johnson, Asst. Business Manager

[Published December 27, 2012 at atotal approximate cost of $77.01.]

The Harding County Stockgrow-ers and SDSU Extension annualBeef Day is set for 2013. Thisyear’s Beef Day will begin at 1p.m. on Jan. 11 in Buffalo at theHarding County Recreational Cen-ter.

The Beef Day program is heldevery year in Buffalo presentinginformation to help producersalong with other individuals in-volved with the livestock industry.Door prizes will be drawn through-out the day.

The Harding County Stock-grower’s Annual Meeting, social,supper and evening entertainmentwill follow the Extension ServiceBeef Day Program. Admission tothe supper and entertainment willbe $15/person; contact the PioneerBank and Trust to reserve yourspot.

For questions on the event, callBill Johnson, HC StockgrowersPresident; 866-4813 or RobinSalverson, Cow/Calf ExtensionField Specialist at 374-4177.

Save the date: Beef Days 2013 is set for Buffalo, January 11


Perkins CountyCommission

Date: December 11, 2012Present: Commissioners Schweitzer,Foster, Ottman, Gochenour & Hender-son and Finance Officer ChapmanOthers present: Shane Penfield, BradBesler, Tracy Buer, Rownea Gerbracht,Jeanette Kruger, Slade Burdine , KellySerr, Beth Hulm, press

Call to OrderChairman Schweitzer called the regu-lar December meeting to order at 10:01a.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was re-cited.

MinutesFoster moved, Henderson seconded toapprove the minutes with the follow-ing corrections: the date of the finan-cial report should be October 31, 2012and a report of the September 30, 2012Annual Surplus Analysis report show-ing undesignated cash balance of$40,568.66 should have been recordedin the minutes, motion carried.

Monthly Reports•Finance Officers Account with the

Deputy Finance Officer - To the Hon-orable Board of County CommissionersPerkins County: I hereby submit thefollowing report of my examination ofthe cash and cash items in the handsof the Deputy Finance Officer of thisCounty as of November 30, 2012,Sylvia Chapman, Finance Officer,Perkins County. Total amount of de-posits in banks $88743.80, totalamount of actual cash $150.69; In-sured Money Market $2,626,340.39;Dakota Plains Federal Credit Unionmembership fee $10.04; Certificates ofDeposit $495,531.04; South DakotaFIT $101,495.23; Total $3,312,271.19.The total represents state, county,schools, cities and township funds,which will be transferred to each en-tity of government after being appor-tioned.

•Sheriff car logs were reviewed.•Sheriff fees were reviewed for No-

vember – $487.02.•Motor Vehicle fees for the month of

November, 2012 were reviewed.•Register of Deeds fees in the

amount of $6,351.50 were reviewed.

Correspondence•A letter of resignation was received

from Ida Schmidt as SDSU 4-H Advi-sor.

•A e-mail was also received fromDonna Bittiker concerning advertisingfor a new advisor.

•Jill Olson, CHN Administrative As-sistant, sent a request to attend train-ing in Sturgis

Tax AbatementFoster moved, Henderson seconded todeny Lemmon Senior Citizen’s requestfor tax abatement on Lemmon’s 1stAddn Blk 9 Lots 5 & 6, City of Lem-mon, roll call vote: Foster aye, Ottmannay, Henderson aye, Schweitzer nay,tie vote. Ottman moved, Hendersonseconded to table the decision until theJanuary meeting when a full boardwill be present, motion carried.

Health Insurance ResolutionThe 2013 participation agreement withSouth Dakota School District BenefitsFund for health insurance was re-ceived and reviewed by the Commis-sion. The health insurance increasewas 7%. Ottman moved, Hendersonseconded to approve Resolution 2012-16 Ottman aye, Henderson aye; Fosteraye, Schweitzer aye; motion carried.

RESOLUTION 2012-16BOARD OF

COMMISSIONERSPERKINS COUNTY,

SOUTH DAKOTA

BE IT HEREBY MOVEDAND RESOLVED by theBoard of Perkins County,acting in pursuant to SDCLch. 1-24 and SDCL 13-10-3,13-8-39, and the general au-thority of SDCL title 13, andhereby adopts, approves, andratifies the ASBSD HealthBenefits Fund ParticipationAgreement as attachedhereto as EXHIBIT A, effec-tive as of the time of adop-tion of this Motion.

BE IT FURTHER MOVEDAND RESOLVED that ac-tions taken under theASBSD Protective TrustJoint Powers Agreement andBylaws and the ASBSDHealth Benefits Fund Partic-ipation Agreement since thetime and date the Districtinitially joined said Trust arehereby ratified and approvedto the same extent and effectas if each amendmentthereto had been separatelysubmitted and to the Boardfor approval prior to execu-tion by the Chairman andAuditor.

BE IT FURTHER MOVEDAND RESOLVED that theChairman and Finance Offi-cer are hereby authorized toexecute, on behalf of the Dis-trict, the present ASBSDHealth Benefits Fund Partic-ipation Agreement as itpresently exists and mayfrom time to time beamended and approved pur-suant to the Bylaws hereinadopted. Each succeedingParticipation Agreementchanging in any manner thebenefits, contributions, or ob-ligations arising under theHealth Benefits Fund shallbe submitted to the Boardfor approval prior to execu-tion by the Chairman andAuditor.

IT IS FURTHER MOVEDAND RESOLVED that cov-erage provided in the ASBSDHealth Benefits Fund Partic-ipation Agreement shall ex-tend from 12:01 a.m. CST,January 1, 2013 to 12 mid-night CST, December 31,2013. The contribution re-quired for such coverage isas set forth in the attachedEXHIBIT A renewal letterand by this reference incor-porated herein.

There is hereby delegatedto the Chairman the author-ity to carry out, or to furtherdelegate subject to his super-vision and responsibility, theobligations of the Districtidentified in the Bylaws ap-proved herein, the Participa-tion Agreement, and theMaster Contracts providedby the Trust Administrator.The Claims Supervisor isAvera Health Plans of SiouxFalls, South Dakota. Finally,the Board hereby agrees toindemnify the Trust and itsmembers, pursuant to theprocess established in theBylaws approved herein, thefull amount of any assess-ment levied by the Trust

Fund Board pursuant to theBylaws and the full amountof any contribution agreed toin the current or subsequentParticipation Agreementsapproved by the Board assubmitted upon propervouchers.

Bicycle ResolutionFoster moved, Ottman seconded todeny the consideration of doing a Bicy-cle Resolution, motion carried.

Slade Burdine•Burdine wished to address the sub-

ject of setting out county equipment tobe used by temporary part-time indi-viduals. He felt it wasn’t a good solu-tion to the problem.

•Burdine also expressed his opinionconcerning the loss of county employ-ees and the exit interview subject. Hebelieves the exit interview processserves a good purpose. He also feelsthe wage scale needs to increased inorder to retain employees.Exit InterviewThe Commission reviewed the pro-posed exit interview process. A coupleof changes were suggested to the exitinterview document and it will be pre-sented again at the January Commis-sion meeting.

Liquor License RenewalsOttman moved, Foster seconded to ap-prove the renewal of On-Sale LiquorLicense #RL-5306 for Buzz Stop, mo-tion carried.

Ottman moved, Henderson seconded toapprove the renewal of On-sale LiquorLicense for Smoky’s Bar & Grill #RL-7800, motion carried.

County HolidaysThe courthouse will be closed for theholidays on Monday, December 24 &Tuesday December 25 in observance ofChristmas.

Rownea Gerbracht•Foster moved, Ottman seconded to

allow the flexible work schedule for theDirector of Equalization’s new em-ployee, Jeanette Kruger, to be usedduring the weeks she is attending herNational Guard Training, motion car-ried.

•Gerbracht also addressed the wagescale for the appraiser position. TheCommission will set all wages at theirJanuary meeting.

Surplus EquipmentFoster moved, Ottman seconded to sur-plus the following equipment: APCBack-ups ES 350 Serial#3B0708X12580 and Cyber PowerBack-up 800ANR Serial #BFB5T2014835 for disposal and EpsonStylus CX3810 SN# G5YY495337 andEpson Stylus CX4800SN#GSFY012825, motion carried.

Year-End BonusesOttman moved, Foster seconded tothank Perkins County employees fortheir dedication and hard work thispast year and to grant the full-timeemployees a $300 year-end bonus andJ Olson, L Carda and A McGinnis $150and J Kruger and the jailers $50 year-end bonus, motion carried.

Meeting Dates•Foster moved, Henderson seconded

to set a final year-end meeting on De-cember 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at thePerkins County Courthouse, motioncarried.

•Henderson moved, Foster secondedto set the January regular meetingdate as January 8, 2013 at 10:00 am,

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Gov. Dennis Daugaard has ex-tended an Executive Order to haulover-width baled livestock feeduntil Feb. 21, 2013, in SouthDakota.

The Executive Order statesthat, upon receipt of a permit, per-mission is granted to move over-width baled livestock feed not ex-ceeding 12-feet-wide or 15-feet-high for two hours after sunsetand two hours before sunrise. Theorder allows movement of over-width baled livestock feed untilcessation of the drought emer-gency, or no later than Feb. 21.

Over-width vehicles must beequipped with flashing or rotatingwhite or amber warning lights oneach side of the load’s widest ex-tremity. The warning lights mustbe clearly visible to motorists ap-proaching from the front and rear.Movement under the ExecutiveOrder is valid only for baled live-stock feed.

This year’s persistent droughtconditions have left livestock pro-

ducers across South Dakota withinadequate feed supplies,” saidSouth Dakota Secretary of Agri-culture Walt Bones. “Increasinghauling height and width restric-tions for baled hay will allow pro-ducers to move feed in a more effi-cient manner.”

The normal size restriction onSouth Dakota highway loads is 14-feet, 3-inches high and 8-feet, 6-inches wide.

Although height and width re-strictions for baled livestock feedhave been temporarily increasedby Executive Order, several high-ways in the state have width andheight restrictions in place be-cause of construction or perma-nent structures that cannot ac-commodate such large loads.Truckers are encouraged to checktheir routes ahead of time forthose restrictions.

For information on permits, con-tact a South Dakota port of entryor call 800-637-3255.

Over-width baled livestock feed haulingextended 60 days in South Dakota


motion carried.•The Township Meeting will be held

February 12, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at thePerkins County Fair Building. BlaiseEmerson from Black Hills Council ofLocal Governments will also be atten-dance with a presentation on Compre-hensive Planning.

CHNThe 2013 Community Health NurseContract with the State of SouthDakota was reviewed. The contract isfor the same amount as 2013. Fostermoved, Ottman seconded to approvethe 2013 Community Health Nursecontract and authorize ChairmanSchweitzer as signatory on the con-tract, motion carried.

Highway Superintendent•Highway Superintendent Buer

presented the Monthly Maintenanceand Project Report.

•Joe Green resigned effective De-cember 6, 2012.

•Lance Berger will be in the areaand is willing to meet on the LemmonRoadway Reconstruction Project.Commissioners Schweitzer andOttman will plan to attend along withthe Superintendent Buer.

Contingency TransferFoster moved, Henderson seconded totransfer the following from contin-gency: Elections $1600 and Coroner$2000, motion carried.

HLS GrantHenderson moved, Foster seconded toaccept HLS grant payment in theamount of $57,423.90 and to supple-ment 226-211-426 - $250.55; 226-211-

422 - $1554.56; 226-211-426.29 –$6,139.55; 226-211-454 – $33,889.24;226-221-454 - $13,124.00 and 226-222-454 - $2,466.00 and to transfer the fol-lowing equipment dollars: CorsonCounty $21,835.96; City of Deadwood- $12,053.28; Harding County -$2,466.00; Lawrence County -$13,124.00, motion carried.

HAVA GrantFinance Officer Chapman reportedthat she had made application forHAVA funds for eligible expenses fromthe primary and general elections. TheSecretary of State has also submitted asubagreement between the State ofSouth Dakota and Perkins County toutilize HAVA grant funds to pay for thenew Total Vote program.

Waste Tire GrantFinance Officer Chapman reportedthat the waste tire clean-up project iscomplete. The cost for pick-up and re-moval of the waste tires was$25,654.50. Chapman will submit thiscost along with other miscellaneouscost to the Department of Environment& Regulations for reimbursement.

Kelly Serr•Serr updated the Commission on

the narrow banding of the emergencyservices radio system. He believesthere will be enough grant dollars tocover the costs of narrow banding.

•The Sheriff ’s Office would like toupdate their Glock sidearms. Hender-son moved, Foster seconded to declarethree (3) Glock; Model 22; 40 caliberpistols with serial numbers HKV418,HKV419, and HRP497 surplus andtrade them for three (3) new Glock pis-

tols from Neve’s Uniforms, motion car-ried.

•Serr requested permission to orderthe new Sheriff ’s vehicle which is bud-geted in 2013. Ottman moved, Hen-derson seconded to purchase the fol-lowing vehicle for the Sheriff ’s Officeusing state vehicle contract #16416:One 2013 Ford Police Utility Intercep-tor from Lamb Motor Company ofOnida, South Dakota in the amount of$26,883, motion carried.

Executive SessionFoster moved, Henderson seconded todeclare executive session to discusspersonnel at 1:22 p.m. Commissionwas declared out of executive sessionat 2:17 p.m.

ClaimsThe following claims were presentedand approved for payment: Novemberpayroll: 65,284.10; IRS, fica, 4,316.75;SD Retirement, retirement, 3,333.02;Delta Dental, insurance, 913.74; Lin-coln Mutual, insurance, 116.64; SDS-DBF, insurance, 15,015.73; LoysonCarda, travel, 23.45; A&B Business,supplies, 100.44; Avera Queen, drugtest, 169.80; Best Western, travel,237.00; Bison Courier, publishing,967.58; Bison Food, supplies, 113.81;Bison Implement, repairs/supplies,1,756.91; BL Contracting, repairs,3,825.00; Brevik Law, MH ct appt atty,200.40; CAVA, collections, 435.00;Chapman’s Electronics, supplies,81.50; Cody Denise, MI board, 15.00;Country Media, publishing, 522.08;Crane, Roseland, Hardy, ct appt atty,2,827.90; Current Connection, sup-plies/equipment, 2,268.10; DakotaHerald, supplies, 48.50; Dale’s Tire,

maintenance, 449.92; DMI Diesel, re-pairs, 370.41; EIDO, publishing, 28.50;Marv Ekeren, MI board, 15.00; ES &S,supplies, 1,680.34; Evanson JensenFuneral, indigent burial, 1,525.00; G &O Paper, supplies, 95.60; R Gerbracht,supplies, 370.56; Grand Electric, utili-ties, 1,416.74; G Hendricks, chemical,163.08; R Huber, travel, 166.78; BobJackson, repairs, 465.00; Jim GrotheElectric, supplies, 92.67; KBJM, pub-lishing, 21.00; Kevin Klemann, con-tract pay, 500.00; Lemmon EMT,mileage, 889.02; Lucy Lewno, MIboard, 104.20; Lindskov Implement,rentals, 500.00; Lodgepole Store,propane, 1,100.25; Lyle Signs, sup-plies, 91.87; Meade County, jail board,385.00; Gary Mikelson, MI board,45.00; New Deal Tire, prof fees,$25,654.50 Newman Signs, supplies,538.77; NW Supply, supplies, 383.42; ROpheim, chemical, 174.75; S Penfield,rent/cellphone, 500.00; Pennington CoSheriff, transport, 139.20; Penor’s Tex-aco, supplies, 503.07; Perkins Co Am-bulance, travel/vehicle subsidy,6,519.72; PharmChem, drug testing,105.00; Pitney Bowes,supplies/postage, 3,025.48; PrairieCommunity Health, rent, 1,680.00;Rapid Fire Protection, repairs, 175.00;Ida Schmidt, travel, 34.04; SD Dept ofHealth, CHN qtrly, 1,545.00; SD Deptof Public Safety, supplies, 20.00; SDDept of Revenue, registration, 440.00;SD DOT, fees, 417.40; SDAAO, dues,165.00; SDML Workers Comp, pre-mium, 27,685.00; Shepherd Reporting,MI ct reporter, 27.50; Stateline Con-struction, repairs, 6,313.80; Tessier’sInc, repairs, 901.39; Town of Bison,utilities, 243.74; VISA, travel, 224.93;West Group, law books, 2,306.03; WR

Telephone, utilities, 891.72; YanktonCounty, MI board, 103.75.

HLS Grant ClaimsCorson County, EM subsidy, 21,835.96;City of Deadwood, EM subsidy,12,053.28; Harding County, EM sub-sidy, 2,466.00; Lawrence County, EMsubsidy, 13,124.00;

AdjournmentHenderson moved, Ottman seconded toadjourn the meeting at 2:26 p.m., mo-tion carried. The next meeting of thePerkins County Commission will be onDecember 27, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at thePerkins County Courthouse.

ATTEST:APPROVED:

Sylvia Chapman, Finance OfficerMike Schweitzer, Chairman

[Published December 27, 2012 at atotal approximate cost of $185.50.]

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Northwest Supply Co. Lemmon, S DPepsi - Coke

products: 12 pack $4.1924 pack $6.99


The country doctor in crisisBy Richard P. Holm M.D.

Hanging on the wall of my com-munity hospital is an idealisticimage of what it might have beenlike practicing rural medicine inSouth Dakota back in the veryearly 1900s. It's a John Redmanpainting of a country doctor’shorse and buggy standing outsidea warmly-lit farmhouse, next to awindless pond with a formation ofwild geese framing the sunset. Weimagine the physician is insidewith his black bag beside him, de-livering a perfect baby. It is tooideal to be real... or is it?

There is still much idyllic aboutthe world of the modern country orprairie doctor. She or he stillmakes rounds at the small townhospital every day managing theseverely sick; still sends themhome to follow later in the office;still has to understand an encyclo-pedic medical knowledge to nailthe diagnosis; and still senses thelife story of many patients havingwatched and even helped themthrough the joys and tough timesof years of living. The country doc'sstill around.

There are some differences fromthat painting, though. Now thecountry doctor consults the spe-cialist by e-consult over a videoscreen; co-manages the sickest pa-tient in the local hospital with e-

ICU; keeps up on rapidly changingmedical knowledge with telecon-ferences and internet learning;summons information about med-icine side effects through a smartphone; if needed flys the emer-gency crash victim by helicopter toa trauma center; and so on.

But as rewarding as this greatlife for the doctor may be, thereare fewer medical students drawnto it, and for many reasons. Nowthe country doc called a primarycare provider, spends too manyhours filling out forms or computerrecords instead of seeing patients;is paid less than almost all of theother specialties; in the largercities gives up seeing hospitalizedpatients to the "hospitalists;" mostof the med student teachers arespecialists from the big city; andthe list goes on. The country doc-tor is going by way of the horseand buggy. And the big loser inthis picture will be the patient.

In both the city or country, espe-cially with all the advances inmedical science, we desperatelyneed the patient advocate and co-ordinator who is expertly trainedto know the whole picture of his orher complicated patient.

We shouldn't let the idealisticlife of the country doctor becomejust a painting.

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Advertising Rates:DDIISSPPLLAAYY AADDSS: $4.50 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]

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITYNOW IS THE chance to buy a wellestablished & successful businessin the State Capitol of S.D. TheLongbranch is for SALE (serious in-quires only). Call Russell Spaid605-280-1067.

FOR SALEINSULATED CONCRETE TIRETANK LIDS for rubber tire tanks.Custom made, 4’-12’ width. Centerfloat hole and drinking holes. Per-manent lids. Hildebrand Steel 1-877-867-4185.

ROOSTER PHEASANTS FORsale. 1,000 long-tailed flying birds,$16 each. Royal Flush Pheasants.Spencer, SD. 605-480-4444.

LOG HOMESDAKOTA LOG HOME Buildersrepresenting Golden Eagle LogHomes, building in eastern, central,northwestern South & NorthDakota. Scott Connell, 605-530-

2672, Craig Connell, 605-264-5650,www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

NOTICESADVERTISE IN NEWSPAPERSstatewide for only $150.00. Put theSouth Dakota Statewide Classi-fieds Network to work for youtoday! (25 words for $150. Each ad-ditional word $5.) Call this newspa-per or 800-658-3697 for details.

OTR & DRIVER OPPORTUNITYSEEKING CLASS A CDL drivers torun 14 central states. 2 years overthe road experience required. Ex-cellent benefit package. Call 701-221-2465 or 877-472-9534.www.pbtransportation.com.

$1500.00 SIGN-ON BONUS! EXP.OTR Drivers, TBI, 33¢/34¢, $375mo., health ins., credit, 03¢ safetybonus, Call Joe for details,800.456.1024, [email protected].

VACATION/TIMESHAREHART RANCH MEMBERSHIPFor Sale: Beautiful Hart RanchCamping Resort is located just out-side of Rapid City. Purchase NOWbefore transfer fees increase! Call605-939-3112.

WANTEDANTLERS, ELK IVORIES, pheas-ant skins, rattlesnakes and porcu-pines. Ph. 605-673-4345 or email [email protected].

For SaleFOR SALE: 2008 Chrysler Townand Country Touring van. Stow-away seats, auto sliding doors.Less than 24, 000 actual miles.244-5231

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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-in-come elderly and disabled Section8 HUD (Housing and Urban De-velopment) housing facility. Weare smoke free. Energy Assistanceis available for those who qualify.Utilities are included in the rent.Homestead Heights is an equalhousing opportunity. For more in-formation, please call (605) 244-5473.

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Employment5 positions - Temporary/seasonalwork on a honeybee farm perform-ing manual and machine tasks as-sociated with beekeeping,from1/20/2013 to 11/20/2013, at Wood-worth Honey & Bee Co., Halliday,ND & Stanislaus Co., CA. Threemonths of previous experience re-quired in the job described. Satur-

FOR RENTOne & Two Bedroom Apartments

The Village Manor, Hettinger, North DakotaSmall Pets Allowed

All utilities includedNo Age Limitations

Rental assistance availableTo view an apartment call 701-567-4118

For further information call 701-290-0206TTY 1-800-366-6888

WWAANNTTEEDD:: AAssssiissttaanntt AAtthhlleettiicc DDiirreeccttoorr

• part-time•assist with athletic duties

•requires some after school &evening hours

•applications available from schoolbusiness office

contact Don Kraemer at 244-5961

Lucky Piggy winners

12 -21-12Herb Landis $100.00

Mobridge, SD

Emie Fero $25.00Nya, Miinnesota

Seeking persons for•CNA - FT/PT

•RN and LPN FT/PTMust have good work ethic.

FREE C.N.A. certificationComplete wage and complete

benefits package for FT. For more information call

Human Resources at 605-374-3871 or get application at

Five Counties, Box 479,

Lemmon, SD [email protected]

EOE/M/FV/D Drug Free Workplace Employer

Five Counties Nursing HomeNeed extra cash?

Job security as a trained health care worker.

day work required. Must be able tolift/carry 60 lbs. Workers must haveno fear of bees and be non-allergic tobee stings, pollen, honey or otherproducts of the hive. Employer-paidpost-hire random, upon suspicion,and post accident drug and alcoholtesting required. Clean drivingrecord required. Must have or beable to obtain driver’s license within30 days following hire. No minimumeducation or High Schooldiploma/equivalent is necessary forthe position. $11.61 /hr (ND),$11/hr (CA), or current applicableAEWR. Workers are guaranteed 3/4of work hours of total period. Worktools, supplies, equipment suppliedby employer without charge toworker. Housing with kitchen facil-ities provided at no cost to onlythose workers who are not reason-ably able to return same day to theirplace of residence at time of recruit-ment. Transportation and subsis-tence expenses to work site will bepaid to nonresident workers notlater than upon completion of 50%of the job contract. Interviews re-quired. Apply for this job at nearestState Workforce Agency in state inwhich this ad appears, or SDWorks415 14th Ave. East, Mobridge, SD57601-1306. Provide copy of this ad.ND Job Order #300101.


GUN SHOWDakota Territory Gun Collec-tor’s Association Annual WinterBISMARCK Gun Show. Satur-day, January 19, 9 a.m. to 5p.m.; Sunday, January 20, 9a.m. to 3 p.m. BISMARCKCIVIC CENTER. Roger Krumm701-336-7533 or 701-851-0129.

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During the holiday season,many will be gathering with fam-ily and friends to share in goodcheer. Occasionally, “cheer” canturn to “chore,” and stressed-outtempers can heat up and singeothers in the process. Here are afew tips from TOPS Club, Inc.(Take Off Pounds Sensibly), thenonprofit weight-loss support or-ganization, to help you keep a coolhead when it starts getting hot:

1. Know your triggers. Is it acertain person who gets your bloodboiling? Or is it a specific situationthat can melt your otherwise coolresolve to be pleasant and cheer-ful? Or is there a certain time ofday when you can be more vulner-able and quick-tempered? Recalltimes when you have successfullyovercome these triggers in thepast and apply them to the pres-ent.

2. It’s not all about you… yet it’sup to you. Everyone deals withstress and social situations differ-ently. Don’t take things too person-ally. You can control only one per-son’s reaction to stress – yours. Re-solve to be the epitome of cool,calm, and collected demeanor anda good example for others.

3. Mind environmental influ-ences. A festive background shouldstay in the background. Ratherthan rocking around the clock orthe tree, maintain a calmer am-

biance with the warm glow of can-dles, subtle sounds of instrumen-tal tunes, and inviting aromasthat remind guests of happy times.

4. Look before you leap. Ratherthan jumping into the middle of aheated discussion, take a momentor few to listen and assess what isgoing on. If you must share youropinion, do so with gentle consid-eration for others and their pointsof view.

5. Prepare with self care. Don’tlet the holidays or your compan-ions wear you out or erode your re-solve. Late hours, overindulgencein treats, and trying to accomplishtoo much in too little time all un-dermine your determination tolive a healthy lifestyle. Nobody canor should do it all. Consider join-ing a local TOPS chapter for addi-tional support, and attend yourfirst meeting free of charge.

6. Remain in control. When youswallow pride, comments, or emo-tions, don’t accompany them withfoods that may disrupt yourhealthy eating meal plan andweight management success. In-stead, keep your thoughts positiveand coach yourself with affirma-tions, such as TOPS’, “I am an in-telligent person. I will control myemotions and not let my emotionscontrol me.”

7. Serenity now. Just as properplanning and preparation can help

you accomplish healthy lifestylegoals, it also helps to navigatesmoothly through the challengesof the holidays. Incorporate small,peaceful rituals such as breathingdeeply or being mindful to entereach situation with a smile onyour face.

8. Size matters. It’s all too easyto dramatize and think that some-thing is a big deal when, in fact, itisn’t. Be honest with yourself.Avoid the urge to think that everyconflict is the end of the world. Useself-talk such as, “This is not a bigdeal,” or “I’m bigger than this,” tokeep your thoughts straight andattitude cool.

9. Back off. When all else fails,remove yourself gracefully fromthe situation and allow it to re-solve or dissolve on its own. Thiswould be a good time to go for awalk and keep your physical activ-ity up. Invite others to join youand converse about a new, neutraltopic to diffuse focus on the un-comfortable situation.

10. Mission accomplished. Ifyou’re motivated by rewards,promise to “treat” yourself to anon-food gift for making it throughthe holiday season without burn-ing out or up – perhaps a littlepampering or the one gift that youforgot to ask for and would reallyenjoy.

Ten ways to stay cool when conversation gets hot

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Bison Fire Dept., Coyote CallingContest, Jan 11th & Jan 12th.Registration & Free Supper Jan11th at the Bison Bar @ 6:00 pm.Followed by Rules Mtg & Cal-cutta; Attendance Required NOExceptions!! Need more info callChris Seidel 605-630-3319 orAllen Palmer 605-244-5550

Arrow Transit provides trans-portation for appointments, shop-ping and more. Rapid city tripsare 1st Tuesday and 3rd Wednes-day for $30.00. Lemmon to Bis-marck trips are 2nd Wednesdayand 4th thursday for $25.00. lem-mon ti Dickinson 1st Wednesdayfor $20.00. Call for information374-3189.

This tree was decorated by theThunder Butte Valley 4-H clubmembers.

bison courier, december 27, 2012

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