bison courier, february 14, 2013

Bison CourierOfficial Newspaper for the City of Bison, Perkins County, and the Bison School District

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Volume 30Number 35February 14, 2013

Includes Tax

Highlights & Happenings

Plan to attend the LegislativeCracker Barrel at Grand Elecrtric,Friday, February 15, at 6:30 p.m.hosted by Stateline Right to Life.

Benefit for Dave Schell “Sharethe Love” February 16th, RoastBeef dinner - 6 p.m., Auction at 7p.m., Badger Horse will be playingat 8:30. Donations may be left atSmoky’s or call 788-2976 forpickup.

There will be a District 28Cracker Barrel, Sunday, Feb.17th, 2:00 p.m. at the IndianCreek Church, junction of Hwys73 and 20, hosted by WesternPlains Action Group. SenatorRyan Maher and Rep. Betty Olsonwill be on hand to address issuesof the 2013 Legislative Sessionand to field your questions on var-ious topics. Come join the discus-sion, legislation affects you, be in-formed. See you there!

Valentine Banquet, February17th – 5:30 pm at the Reva Hall.Everyone welcome to come forgood food, skits, music, fellowshipand devotions (sponsored by SlimButtes Lutheran Church). Formore info call Pastor Mohagen@866-4685.

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

JOIN OUR QUILT CHAL-LENGE!! The Jolly Ranchers 4-H clubs' current community serv-ice project is providing quilts tothe '1Million Pillow Case Chal-lenge' charity drive. If you wouldlike to support this effort you can

donate 1 of 2 ways: 1) Donate 1 1/8yard of fabric and/or, 2) donate ahomemade pillow case of yourchoice. Donations can be left atthe Extension Office in thePerkins County Courthouse. Yourdonation will help local and dis-tant citizens alike. Specifics onthis national charity drive can befound at: allpeoplequilt.com/mil-lionpillowcases website, or you cancontact Daphne Kolb (244-7162) orDawn McKinstry (244-5934) withquestions. Thanks in advance foryour contribution...

Vrooman Township AnnualMeeting will be at Lynn Millerhome at 7 p.m. on March 5, 2013.

Townships get your annualmeeting information emailed [email protected] or leave amessage at 244-7199 or 244-5979.

By Beth HulmThe Bison school board is taking

tentative steps towards building anew school as a result of a publichearing two weeks ago that origi-nated to talk about constructing anew shop and classrooms buildingbut evolved into a conversation tobuild an entire new school. Boardchairman Dan Kvale remarkedthat there was “a lot of energy be-hind that meeting.”

Actually, unbeknownst to thepublic, board members had al-ready talked about a new schoolhouse when they met for their an-nual retreat in January. Theylisted it as a possibility for tenyears out. Now, they are talkingabout building a new school withinthe next two years! “Our long termdidn’t turn out to be so long term,”Kvale said.

Conversely, items that theboard thought should have a one-year or less time line will be recon-sidered. Why set aside $5,000 for“kitchen clean-up,” for example, if,instead, there’s going to be a brandnew kitchen? Why spend moneyon new rain gutters or a buildingthat won’t be used much longer?

Although conversation withschool patrons and taxpayers hasbeen overwhelmingly positive,there are some things to considerif there’s to be a new school - in-cluding enrollment numbers andthe recruitment of “good, quali-fied” teachers. The latter might re-quire increasing teacher pay. “Ac-cording to freshman board mem-ber Marcie Kari, “You can’t run abusiness without good staff.” Busi-ness Manager Bonnie Crow re-minded the board that, while anew building can be constructedwith money from the capital out-lay fund, maintenance on it wouldbecome a general fund expense.

Eric Arneson, Chance-areaboard member, wondered if theproject should be “everything now”or if it should be “piecemealed.”Kari opts for doing the entire proj-ect while interest rates are lowand its “cheap to borrow.”

Colette Johnson, assistant busi-ness manager, had done some“preliminary jostling of figures,”using a five-year amortization, a2% interest rate and the maxi-mum mil levy. She thinks the dis-trict could afford to spend $6 mil-lion.

“I’m sure we’re in for a whole lotof education coming up,” Johnsonsaid.

Kvale pressed for prioritizationand a time line. “The current cli-

mate isn’t going to stay forever,”he said. He still feels that a newshop and classrooms should be atop priority. Superintendent Krae-mer believes that the smallerbuilding project would “act as in-ertia” to get a bond issue passedfor the rest.

Voting on a bond issue, hiringan engineer, and letting bids wereall discussed with an optimistichope for ground breaking as earlyas next summer. The very fir1ststep will be for board members tovisit and tour new schools in Hard-ing County and Faith.

“What happens if the bond issuedoesn’t happen?” asked Dan Beck-man. Kvale answered that theboard would have to start “squir-reling away” some money, usingthe maximum tax levy for capitaloutlay. Nobody had an idea yetabout what to do with the existingbuilding.

Arneson said that it will be im-portant to continue to host publicmeetings.

Among other things on theboard’s short-term strategic plan-ning list are assessing technologyneeds, starting a driver’s educa-tion program, maintenance on thedistrict-owned superintendenthouse, playground upkeep andweed control on the football field,insulating the drafty entryway,updating the telephone systemand hiring and training a new sec-retary for the business office.

Also on Monday night, the boardvoted to join Hettinger’s wrestlingcooperative. They agreed to pay upto $250 for three varsity wrestlersnext year. A couple of coaches fromHettinger’s coaching staff werepresent to answer questions. Oneof them said, “We just want kids toget an opportunity to wrestle.”

TW Schalesky, who has beenpushing for Bison to join the co-opthat Hettinger already shareswith Hebron and Richardton/Tay-lor, complimented Hettinger’s pro-gram. Last weekend, twelve of 14wrestlers qualified at regionals tocompete in the upcoming statetournament. “It’s a pretty impres-sive program,” he said.

According to the coaches, the ul-timate goal of the cooperative is tobuild programs in each of themember schools so there could beenough wrestlers in each to starttheir own programs.

High schooler Drake Butsavagebrought a summary of a schoolproject that he’s been working onto share with the board. He has

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School board members talk seriously about a new school

End of Saturday delivery could cost youThe US Postal Service's cost-cutting measure will devalue some

Netflix subscriptions and give people less time to pay bills by mail.

If the post office doesn't deliverletters on Saturdays, mailboxesnationwide get a day off frombeing stuffed with junk mail. Nobig deal, right? But if you pay yourbills by mail or subscribe to a DVDrental service, the change could hityour wallet.

The U.S. Postal Service an-nounced Wednesday it plans toeliminate Saturday letter delivery,effective Aug. 5. Packages wouldcontinue to be delivered on Satur-days, and post office locations cur-rently open on Saturdays wouldremain open that day under thenew schedule.

Consumers' outgoing mailwould not be retrieved from theirhome mailboxes on Saturdays, norwould letters placed in a blueUSPS box be picked up, says Dar-leen Reid, a spokeswoman for theUSPS. Letters delivered to a postoffice location will not be processedthat day, but will be processedSunday for Monday delivery.

Without Saturday delivery orpickup, consumers will have to bemore careful about making suremailed bill payments arrive ontime, says Gail Cunningham, aspokeswoman for the NationalFoundation for Credit Counseling."Pay your bill the day it arrives ifyou're paying by mail," she sug-gests.

By law, credit card issuers have

to set a payment deadline at least21 days out from when they mailcardholders' statements, and thepost office shift means consumersmight get their statement twodays later and have to send pay-ment two days earlier.

This will inconvenience fewerpeople than it might have in thepast. Just 23% of all bill paymentsare made with a check, accordingto an August 2011 study from re-search firm Fiserv, down from 61%in 2002. Meanwhile, online pay-ments rose from 13% to 50% ofpayments during the same period.

But that still represents billionsof checks. Another Fiserv studyfound that 59% of consumers stillwrite at least one payment checkeach month. Consumers mailedjust under 5 billion payments in2010, according to a report thatyear from financial services re-search firm Aite Group. It pro-jected a 6% drop by 2013, toroughly 4.7 billion mailed pay-ments.

But even staunch e-payers mayfind that they have some mailedpayments to worry about, saysRuth Susswein, deputy director ofnational priorities for advocacygroup Consumer Action. Banksstill send some paymentsarranged online through the mail,usually for smaller creditors that

aren't set up to receive electronicpayments, she says.

For consumers renting DVDsthrough a mail-delivery servicelike Netflix, no Saturday letterpickup or delivery can devaluesubscriptions. Someone maximiz-ing a monthly $7.99 one-disc Net-flix subscription -- watching themovie the day it arrives and mail-ing it back the next day -- wouldget one less disc in August, eightinstead of nine, if the customerstarted the month with a disc inhand. (A Netflix spokesman saysthe company had no immediatecomment.)

It's too early to tell whether con-sumers will add more discs to theirpackages, switch to streamingsubscriptions or maintain the sta-tus quo, says Dan Rayburn, an in-dustry analyst with Frost & Sulli-van. "It's unlikely to make a majorimpact," he says.

Netflix's DVD business has beendeclining. In the fourth quarter of2012, the company reported 8.2million domestic DVD subscribers,down from 10 million in the firstquarter. Domestic streaming sub-scriptions, meanwhile, grew from23.4 million to 27.1 million duringthat same period. "With Redboxstill around, people who wantthem can still get DVDs easily,"Rayburn says.

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The Office of Academic Affairs at Black Hills State University has re-leased the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester. A total of 737 stu-dents maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or above while taking atleast 12 credit hours to be named to the list this semester. AmandaJohnson, Bison, Jessica Johnson, Bison, Ann Wilken, Meadowand Katie Doll, Prairie City. Congratulations Girls!

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Thursday, February 14VALENTINES DAY

Roast turkeymashed potatoes w/gravy

broccoli, tropical fruitcranberry sauce

Friday, February 15Baked fish

parsley potatoesglazed carrotspudding w/fruit

Monday, February 18NO MEALS

PRESIDENTS DAY

Tuesday, February 19Sweet & sour pork

steamed riceoriental vegetablesgrape juice, apricots

Wednesday, February 20Beef stew

crunchy cranberry saladwhole wheat biscuit

The Legislature is in session!Do you know what they are up to?They are taking actions that willultimately have some effect onyou. This year they are not onlyadding bills but they are removingsome laws under the Governor’s“Red Tape Reduction”, somethings good, others maybe not somuch. A Cracker Barrel is youropportunity to become informed aswell as let your legislators knowyour opinions on the issues beingdebated in Pierre. Come join theconversation!

On Sunday, February 17, theWestern Plains Action Group, achapter of Dakota Rural Action, issponsoring a cracker barrel forDistrict 28 and 28B. Representa-tive Betty Olson, R-Prairie City,and Senator Ryan Maher, R-Is-abel, will be there to talk abouthow South Dakota’s 2013 Legisla-tive Session is progressing and toanswer constituent’s questions.

So far this year, the SouthDakota Legislature has considered

bills relating to oil and gas devel-opment, school funding, gun laws,hunting, the criminal justice sys-tem, and many bills related toagriculture and economic develop-ment. The session began January8th, and will continue until March8th.

Please join Western Plains Ac-tion Group as we discuss these im-portant issues. There will be re-freshments and ample time forquestions. For more information,contact Karen Englehart at 605-244-5402 or Sabrina King at 605-716-2200, or email [email protected] Rural Action is a grass-roots family agriculture and con-servation group that organizesSouth Dakotans to protect ourfamily farmers and ranchers, nat-ural resources, and unique way oflife.

Sunday February 17, 2013 at2:00p.m. at the Indian CreekLutheran Church in Meadow, SD

District 28/28B Cracker Barrel

Valentine’s Day Dinner

Thursday, Feb. 14

Bourbon Tips or Steak and Shrimp

788-2976

Meadow

Take charge of your financial futureAre you ready to take charge of

your financial future? SouthDakota Saves is here to help. Feb.25 to March 2, 2013 is SDSavesweek.

During this week, sponsors aimto promote good savings behavior,help consumers learn more aboutpersonal finance issues and sug-gest ways to save. SDSU Exten-sion is part of a national coalitionspearheading the promotion ofsavings across our nation. Amer-ica Saves is a nationwide cam-paign run by the Consumer Feder-ation of America that encouragessavings among low to moderate in-come households. Each year theymotivate youth and adults to joinas a Young America Saver on-lineand to take action during thisweek by opening or adding to anaccount at a local financial institu-tion. This opportunity allows peo-ple to commit to a savings goal andidentify specific plans to achieve.

You can enroll as a SouthDakota Saver at www.southdako-tasaves.orgEnrolled savers receivea newsletter with a variety of sav-ings topics. The website has manyonline resources where you canlearn to save such as building anemergency fund, saving for ahome, education or retirement.

The campaign encourages peo-ple to set a savings goal; make aplan on how you will save money;and learn to save monthly throughdirect deposit or automatic trans-fer from your checking to savingsfor every time you get paid. Main-taining an emergency savings ac-count should be a top priority forevery individual and family. It ispossible to have an emergencyfund for all Americans, no matterwhat your income is. With anemergency savings account youwill not deplete your savings thatis set aside for your personal goals.

There are many places to find

money to save. Start with loosechange that you accumulate.Americans typically save morethan $100 in loose change eachyear. Cut back on small, unneces-sary expenditures. The AmericaSaves website lists more thantwenty ideas for reducing spend-ing. These ideas range from pack-ing a lunch, to switching fromdaily lattes to daily coffee, to notbouncing checks.

Saving for an emergency fundmay be easier if you involve yourwhole family in meeting this chal-lenge. By explaining the impor-tance to your spouse and children,they may even help build the ac-count.

For more information on thiscampaign contact Karen Slunecka,SDSU Extension Family ResourceManagement Field Specialist, at605-626-2870 or email [email protected].

School Boardmembers

continued from page 1designed a new lighting system forthe school play that will cost just$293. The drama department willpay for it. Board member AngieThompson said, “Let’s move aheadwith it!” Another student, who wasnot identified, has written the playwhich will be presented by thedrama department this spring.

The school board had a favor-able reaction towards workingwith the Town of Bison to bus kids

to free- time swimming in Het-tinger this summer. The TownBoard asked that a conversationbegin between the two entities forbusing kids to Hettinger’s poolafter lessons end in July. Kvalesuggested that a contract bedrafted for the use of a school busand driver. “I think it’s a greatidea,” he said.

In other business, Corbin Alleywas hired to be an assistant ath-letic director and Brad Burkhalterto be the head track coach. Busi-ness managers Crow and Johnsonwere offered contracts after ashort 25 minute executive session.They’ll each receive a 50 cent per

hour raise. Arneson and Beckmanwere named to the board’s negoti-ating team for next year’s teachercontracts.

A second executive sessionbegan at 9:40 p.m. and ended at11:00. No action was taken. Supt.Kraemer had a short report afterthat. He announced that there aresix new students and a new speechparaprofessional at school. Bisonwill be a pilot school for evaluatingthe transition of on-line DakotaStep testing and a teacher inser-vice on March 8 will be aboutusing NASA materials with class-room curriculum.

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The Bison Courier • Thursday, February 14, 2013 •

Valentine Special

Mom’ s Place

Prime Rib $19.95Butterfly Shrimp $15.95

with potato, veg, roll, salad, beverage and desertServing starts at 5 p.m.

on February 14Main Street • Bison

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The Prairie Doc PerspectiveHumbling blisters

By Richard P. Holm MDThis job can make a guy humble.

My 99 year old patient was suffer-ing having developed blisters, alsocalled vesicles, all over her lowerlegs, along with intense itching, red-ness, swelling, and drainage. Afterdiscontinuing every unnecessarymedication, I treated the possible al-lergic reaction with a non-sedatingantihistamine and steroids. Whenshe didn't get better, I reviewed blis-ters and once again realized howmany causes there are for a blisteron the skin.

Let's start with the viral infectionHerpes simplex type I, also calledfever blisters or cold sores.*** Theselarge blisters cluster around the faceand lips and commonly pop up whenthe immune system is weakened bya cold.

A very similar viral blister orvesicular condition is called Herpessimplex type II, but this one is sexu-ally transmitted. These blisters hap-

pen in the genitalia of men andwomen and recur in a similar mys-terious way as the sister condition of"cold sore." Anti-herpes medicines dohelp with both conditions.

Another blister condition HerpesZoster, or "chicken pox," also a viralinfection and a cousin to HerpesSimplex, presents like a teardrop ona rose petal,*** or a small vesicle ona red base. Once established zostercan set up shop in a nerve and raiseit's ugly head many years later alongthe distribution of that nerve with acondition called shingles.*** It is for-tunate that vaccination, for theyoung or those over 60, prevents orreduces the severity in this oftenmiserable condition.

Blisters happen also from contactdermatitis when, for example, an al-lergy to nickel, poison ivy,*** antibi-otic ointment develops, and thattrigger comes in contact to skin. Wealso see blisters pop-up when unpro-tected hands are traumatized byraking the yard, burned by grabbinga hot pot handle, or frost-bitten***on an ice-fishing expedition.

A life-threatening blister condi-tion may also occur when a personhas an allergic reaction to somemedicine, or even an infection, andblisters start spreading over exten-sive amounts of skin and into mu-cous membranes.*** Stopping theculprit medicine and providing ur-gent medical measures can save alife.

My patient didn't fit any of thesescenarios, however. I realized twoother mysterious blistering condi-tions, called pemphigoid and pem-phigus, might explain this, and so Imade the brilliant diagnostic moveto consult an expert. He biopsied therash, nailed the diagnosis of pem-phigoid,*** treated and cleared theblisters with just the right medicine,and my patient had relief.

The more I learn, the more I amhumbled.

Country-of Origin Labeling(COOL) provides valuable infor-mation about the origin of the foodwe purchase for our families. I amglad that Senator Johnson andSenator Thune, along with 29United States Senators, signedonto a bipartisan letter to USDAand the US Trade Representativeto keep COOL requirements inplace. Because Congress passedCOOL, we now have a legal rightto know the origin of our food. Thismakes good, common sense. Un-fortunately, the World Trade Or-ganization (WTO) is trying to forcethe United States to weaken ourCOOL law. Thanks to SenatorJohnson and Senator Thune forreaching across the aisle to defendCOOL against the WTO's attack.

/s/ Kenny FoxPO Box 37Belvidere, SD 57521605-344-2516

Letter to the editor

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

Jodi, John and Shirley Johnsontraveled to Bismarck Monday.

Max Smebakken, Duane and SueMeink were Saturday morning cof-fee guests of John and ShirleyJohnson.

Wednesday, Tabbi Mauri andSharon Longwood were afternoonvisitors of Bridget Keller and boys,to see Korbin.

Willie Harris was a Friday after-noon visitor of Bridget Keller andboys.

Keith and Bev Hoffman traveledto Glenden, MN Wednesday tospend time with Paul, Harmonieand Amya Hoffman. They returnedhome Saturday.

Jasmine Seim was a Sundaylunch guest and spent the after-noon with Ella and Greta Ander-son.

Jim and Patsy Miller made a tripto Bowman Monday and on the wayhome, stopped and visited with Vi-olet Miller at the Nursing Home.

Jim and Patsy Miller playedcards in Hettinger at the SeniorCenter Friday.

Patsy Miller and J.W. Seim at-tended a Parish Council meeting inBison Sunday evening.

Steve Sandgren was a Mondaybreakfast guest of his mother,Thelma.

Jim and Patsy Miller wereWednesday lunch guests of ThelmaSandgren.

Thelma Sandgren went to Het-tinger Friday, had lunch at theSenior center and played cards, shevisited at the Nursing home and onher way home, she visited withShirley Johnson.

Saturday, James, Marci andKylee Sandgren and CJ Ellisonwere lunch guests of Thelma Sand-gren.

Al and Tiss Treib traveled to Bis-marck Monday. They had dinnernear Mandan with Loren Kilen andAmy Traxel. On their way home,

they stopped in Lemmon brieflyand visited with Dan and Jan Lin-deman.

Tuesday evening, Al and TissTreib met Dorena Wiechmann andEsther Johnson at the ER in Het-tinger. Esther was admitted to thehospital and Dorena stayedovernight with her during her stay.

Those who visited with EstherJohnson Wednesday at the WestRiver Regional Hospital includedher grandson, Nick Treib, whospent his lunch break with her. Herdaughter, Tiss Treib spent the en-tire day. Other guests includedMarla Archibald, Carol Mattis,Edna Klein, Veronica Klein whospent the afternoon, Jim Gillandand Al Treib.

Thursday visitors of EstherJohnson while she was in the hospi-tal were Kari Hoff, Pastor MargieHershey, Edna Klein, Sharon Long-wood, Erin Stadheim, Al Treib, JimGilland and Veronica Klein cameand spent the afternoon andevening with Esther and Tiss. Tissspent the entire day and into theevening until Dorena Wiechmanncame to spent overnight.

Tiss Treib spent Friday with hermother, Esther Johnson at the Hos-pital in Hettinger.

Saturday visitors of Esther John-son were Corrine Briscoe and EdnaKlein. Tiss came and spent the af-ternoon and evening.Al and Tiss Treib spent Sunday af-ternoon and evening with EstherJohnson at the Hettinger hospital.

Monday, Anthony Schaff was avisitor of Vern and Roni Klein andfamily. He returned to Dickinsonthat evening.

The Vern Klein family went intoLemmon for Sandwiches in theevening.

Roni Klein drove to HettingerWednesday and spent the after-noon visiting with Tiss Treib and

Esther Johnson at the Hospital.Roni Klein drove to Hettinger

Thursday and spent the afternoonand evening with Esther Johnsonand Tiss Treib at the hospital.

Hope Klein played in Pep BandThursday evening.

Mathew Mollman spent Thurs-day evening with Jim Klein.

Friday morning Leif Bakkenpicked Hope Klein up to attend a JrProm meeting. After the meeting,Hope was a guest of Kourtney Pe-terson. Kourtney brought Hopehome in the afternoon.

Saturday morning, Vern andJim Klein drove into Lemmon andpicked up Kole Reede. Jim and Kolewere morning visitors of GrandmaViolet Klein. In the evening, Verngave Kole a ride home.

Hope, James and Jade were Sun-day evening visitors of GrandmaViolet Klein. Vern and Roni Kleinattended the Sweetheart supper atSpencer Memorial.


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Bill Poseley, 84, of Bison, SouthDakota, passed from this life onTuesday, January 22, 2013 at theHospice Center of Ft. Meade Vet-eran’s Medical Center. Gravesideservices were held at 2:00 p.m.Tuesday, January 29th at theBlack Hills National Cemeterynear Sturgis, SD, with ChaplainBill Zandri officiating. Militaryhonors were provided by the Stur-gis Veterans Honor Guards.

William Henry Poseley wasborn in Perkins County, SouthDakota on August 30, 1928 toFrank and Helen (Hanson) Pose-ley. He attended school at BisonPublic where he particularly en-joyed playing basketball. He en-listed in the U.S. Army in 1947and spent much of his service ca-reer in Japan and Korea. He washonorably discharged in 1953 withan Occupational Medal for Japan,Korean Service Medal, and theUnited Nations Service Medal.

Bill spent his long work life asan over-the-road truck driver andlaborer. He worked for EmmettPalmer Trucking, a transport com-pany out of Rapid City, a ranch-hand for Dale Haines, and in lateryears as a gravel hauler in PerkinsCounty. He was known for hissolid work ethic and appreciatedby his employers.

Bill was a great pinochle andpool player and spent much of histime in his later years at Home-stead Heights, feeding birds, help-ing with the yard-work, flowers,and anything he was called uponto do.

He is survived by his siblingsFrankie Almen of Sturgis, SD,Jessie (Herb) Kolb of Lemmon,SD, Pat Hamilton of Whitewood,SD, Jerry(Pat) Poseley of Bison,SD, many special nieces andnephews, cousins, and a host offriends. He was lovingly attendedduring his short illness and deathby his niece, Salli Kolb Blazey.

Bill was preceded in death byhis parents, grandparents,brother, Ronnie Poseley, nephew,Chip Almen, and niece, Vicki KolbYoung.

William “Bill”Henry Poseley

Local club reveals secret friendsIt was an encore performance

when Town and Country CFELclub hosted its annual ValentineTea on Saturday afternoon.

For the past few years, individ-ual club members have beenchoosing members of the commu-nity to shower with gifts and cardsfor one entire year.They've found

sneaky ways to deliver gifts - andsometimes told little white lies! -in an attempt to keep their identi-ties secret from the recipients.

On Saturday morning, a com-mittee consisting of Beth Hulm,Joyce Waddell, Mary Ellen Friedand Aletha Adcock met at Mom'sCafe to decorate a room with

hearts and flowers, red and white.At 2:00 p.m., they were joined byother club members, as well as thewomen who had received invita-tions to come and find out whotheir secret friend had been.

Suspense built while everyonewas seated with a cup of Valentinepunch to play several games of

Bingo (with prizes) before the re-vealing ceremony began!

Next, each guest was asked toguess who had been showering herwith gifts. Club members musthave done a good job of keepingtheir secrets because the guestshad to try several times each be-fore they named the right secretfriend and received a nice reveal-ing gift.

A time of fellowship and a lunchof petite sandwiches and cheese-cakes, strawberry shortcake, nutsand mints followed.

The following is a list of thewomen who attended as guestsand the club member (in parenthe-sis) who chose to be their secretfriends during the past year: IreneStrampher (Aletha Adcock); AliceVetter (Mary Ellen Fried); MonaBrockel and Bernice Kari (BethHulm); Violet Chapman (BerniceKari); Dolores Chapman (DianaLandis); Della Hatle (Joyce Wad-dell); Unable to attend were:Dorothy Haugen (Margie Her-shey); Kari Hoff (Linda Howey)and Vera Wilson (Teddi Carlson).

Guests (left to right) Alice Vetter, Della Hatle, Violet Chapman, and Dolores Chapman were amongthose who enjoyed an afternoon of Bingo, fellowship and a Valentine tea party.

Club member Mary Ellen Fried revealed herself as Alice Vet-ter's "Secret Friend" at a Valentine Tea on Saturday.

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

Wednesday Prayer Mtg. - 6:30 p.m.

Church of Christ18 mi. south of Prairie City - Worship Service - 10:00 a.m.

Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCA • Pastor Margie HersheyIndian Creek - 8:00 a.m. • American - 9:30 a.m. • Rosebud - 11:00 a.m.

Christ Lutheran Church WELS •Pastor Gerhardt Juergens

Sunday Bible Class - 8:00 a.m., Worship Service - 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Class - 7:00 p.m.

Coal Springs Community ChurchPastors Nels & Angie Easterby

South Jct. of Highways 73 & 20

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

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

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

Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Bison - 11:00 a.m.

Holland Center Christian Reformed ChurchPastor Brad Burkhalter • Lodgepole

Worship Service - 8:00 a.m.

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

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

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.

Beckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad 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.

First Presbyterian ChurchPastor Florence Hoff, CRE

And the Spirit immediately drove him out... He was in thewilderness forty days, tempted by Satan. MK1: 12-15

Not even Jesus volunteered to battle Satan, It is no wonderthen that we seek to avoid similar confrontations. Indeed,

having our character out to the test can be nothing short offrightening. It is not surprising then that we ask, “And donot bring us to the time trial, but rescue us from the evil

one” (Matt. 6:13).Yet Jesus himself was driven into the wilderness for such a

trial. Coming between his baptism and the start of his publicministry, this test by temptation administered by Satan was

designed to ding out whether or not Jesus would remaintrue to God and his own recently declared identity as God’s

beloved Son.It is no coincidence that Lent lasts as long as Jesus’ ordealin the desert. The forty days we have just entered also aremeant as a test. The season is designed to help us examinethe place of God in our lives and to aid us in understanding

our place in God’s life.All of us battle with our own demons. The tests do come. In

the fight, may we always turn to the good news of Jesus whohimself was tempted yet persevered bringing with him the

word of God’s love for all.O God, guide us all our days that we may be rescued from all

that would lead us away from you. Amen

Pastors Perspective

The Funeral Service for GordonJ. Dix, age 85 of Lemmon, washeld at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Febru-ary 8, 2013 at Christ EvangelicalLutheran Church in Morristown.Pastor Gerhardt Juergens offici-ated with burial in GreenhillCemetery in Lemmon.

Special music was provided bySarah Juergens and Donell Peder-son.

Serving as casketbearers wereJeff and Rich Maier, John Bub-bers, Randy and Kevin Benson,and Allen Howey. Gordon's twogranddaughters, Kaitlyn and

Alyssa, Sid and Mert Colville, andDon and Helen Benson, and all ofGordon's friends and neighborsare considered Honorary Bearers.

A memorial has been estab-lished to Christ EvangelicalLutheran Church in Morristown.

Gordon J. Dix was born Febru-ary 25, 1927 at McIntosh, SouthDakota to Jacob and Emma(Hintz) Dix. He was baptized onAugust 13, 1927 and confirmedAugust 4, 1940 at Christ LutheranChurch in Morristown. He at-tended the Jakes School near theDix farm and high school in Mor-ristown.

Gordon was united in marriageto Lena Krischenowski on October28, 1950 at Lemmon. They begantheir life together on the Dix ranchnorth of Morristown where

Gordon was a lifelong SiouxCounty resident. A son, Mitchellwas born in 1964. They farmedand ranched together along withtheir son, Mitchell. In 2010, due tohealth reasons, they moved intoan apartment in Lemmon. Gordoncontinued going to the ranch dailyto help with the chores and checkon the livestock with his 4-wheeler.

In the 1960 and 1970's, Gordon

and Lena did custom square bal-ing for area farmers and ranchersand he sold Behlen grain bins andsteel buildings. Gordon loved at-tending livestock and auctionsales. He enjoyed spending timewith his granddaughters, Kaitlynand Alyssa and attending countyfairs. He was Cedar Soil DistrictSupervisor for many years andlifelong member of Christ Evan-gelical Lutheran Church.

Gordon passed away on Satur-day, February 2, 2013 at his homein Lemmon.

Grateful for having shared hislife are his wife, Lena, Lemmon,son and daughter-in-law, Mitchelland Pam Dix, Morristown, SouthDakota; 2 grandchildren, Kaitlynand Alyssa; 1 niece, BarbaraShane, 1 nephew, Leroy Walters,and numerous cousins.

He was preceded in death by hisparents, and his sister, DorothyWalters.

Visitation will be on Thursdayfrom 1:00 to 7:00pm at the Evan-son-Jensen Funeral Home in Lem-mon and on Friday one hour priorto services at Christ EvangelicalLutheran Church in Morristown.

Obituaries

Gordon J. Dix

Elizabeth Martha Yerdon, 31went to be home with her Lordand Savior peacefully on SundayFebruary 3, 2013 at St. Mary’sHospital in Rochester, MN after along and courageous battle withsurgery complications.

Elizabeth was born to Joel andVickie Westra in Yankton, SD onMay 6, 1981 and grew up on afarm north of Beresford, SD. She

graduated from Beresford HighSchool and attended SDSU whereshe met her husband, TJ. Lizgraduated from SDSU with anursing degree and was employedby Avera McKennan Hospital as atransplant coordinator for theTransplant Institute.

On June 21, 2003 she wasunited in marriage to TJ Yerdon ofMilbank, SD. They were blessedwith 9 1/2 years of marriage andtwo beautiful children, Lily (5) andLeah (2).

She was an active member ofThe Crossing where she was in-volved with a weekly Life Groupand event coordinating for thechurch. Liz also enjoyed spendingas much time as she could withher family and friends. She lovedboating, camping, dancing, music,and being with her dog Scout.

Grateful for having shared herlife are her husband, TJ, herdaughters Lily and Leah, parentsJoel and Vickie Westra of Beres-ford, SD, brothers Joel Andrew

(Lisa) of Chancellor, SD, Ben(Nicole) of Canton, SD, father andmother –in- law, Tim and DianeYerdon of Sioux Falls, SD,brother- in- law Brad (Faythe)Yerdon of Harrisburg, SD. Grand-father John Westra of Centerville,SD. Nieces and Nephews, JakeWestra, Rylin, Stella and GannonYerdon.

Proceeded in death by Grand-parents and an Uncle.

Funeral services were held at1:00 p.m. Thursday February 7,2013 at Good New ReformedChurch, 1800 South Valley ViewRoad in Sioux Falls, SD. Intern-ment to follow at Delaware Re-formed Church, Lennox, SD.

Visitation was held on Wednes-day February 6, 2013 in Harris-burg, SD at Anderson-Jones-Cor-coran Harrisburg Chapel from2:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with familypresent from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.and prayer service beginning at7:00 p.m.

Elizabeth Yerdon

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In the week before Valentine’sDay, Marvin Pincus had two newcustomers for his (free of charge,of course) love advice and fly-tyingconsultation services. He tied up amidge for one client, a salmonstreamer wrapped in lead for an-other, and wished them well. Thiswas his busy time, of course. Heknew another would come in mid-May, in desperate anticipation ofJune weddings.

“Marge,” he said, sipping coffeeand looking out at the snow, “Ithink we need a vacation.”

Marjorie Pincus smiled. They’dboth been retired and on perma-nent “vacation” for years now.

“I’ll go if it means I don’t have tomake the beds or do the dishes,”she said.

“The only thing is, what if some-one needs the fly tying love adviceservice while we’re gone?”

This bothered Marvin. A manwho spent more than 40 yearsbeing dependable every day can’tbe expected to just turn it off like afaucet.“Honey,” Marge said, “maybe you

could designate someone to be oncall? Like a doctor does? Youknow?”

Marvin thought about that andbuttered some toast. “Only one I

can think of who could tie flies wellenough would be Delbert McLean,our chamber of commerce. Know-ing him, instead of giving love ad-vice, he’d talk them into starting abusiness here.”“You have a point,” Marjorie said,

laughing. “But what would bewrong with just going away for aweek and letting people figure outtheir own love lives for a while?”

Marvin sat quietly and Marjorielooked at him and thought howmaybe she should be his customer.She was under no illusion abouther looks. She was old. Old andwrinkled. She was hoping Marvinwasn’t just married to her becausehe was used to it. She studied hisface, and strangely, didn’t reallynotice his wrinkles.

Marvin smiled at Marjorie then.“Any vacation ideas?”

She shook her head. He saw inher the years of love and friend-ship, and he saw, right in front ofhim, the same gorgeous, sexyyoung woman he was once readyto kill for. She hadn’t changed abit.He took her hand. “How about we

drive for a hundred miles, get amotel room, watch old movies andeat take-out pizza?”“You’re on!”

Baby Calves Are MyHeroes

I can’t imagine a tougher way tobegin life than to be a calf. It takesso much effort for newborn calvesto get across that rickety, iffybridge of life and make it alive.

First they have to be in the rightposition before they can evenbegin their journey to live. Oncethey’re pointed in the right direc-tion, hooves and head first, theyhave to make it through thesqueeze chute of life: the birthcanal. Next they’re greeted by theoutside world where there’s nomore cozy warm amniotic fluid.Life can start out a real shocker iftheir mother decides to calve whenit’s cold.

Once a calf has landed on theground and before it gets a chanceto lift its head up off the ground,its mother starts licking the goooff. Calves instinctively knowthere’s food nearby but they haveto figure it out on their own be-

cause their mother is too busywith cleaning to show them. Aftera cow’s delivered her birth sac ofjoy she’s got a messy baby calf tolick dry and cleaning to eat. Thelittle snipes have to literally standup for themselves which can be achallenge when their motherkeeps licking and knocking themdown.

It is exhausting enough to getsqueezed through the birth canalbut then a calf gets pushed aroundby its mother’s big tongue. Whenborn, a calf can barely shake itsweak little head to fling off theheavy, wet amniotic jelly and birthsac, and the weight of its formerhome clinging to him or her makesthe calf’s ears droop, so momcleans them up. Calves will justlay there limp catching theirbreath, looking around trying tofigure out what the heck just hap-pened while getting used to newsensations: cold air and beinglicked alive by a big tongue. Thenthey have to muster up enoughbaby calf try to stand up in orderto find their mother’s milk.

For the first hour, a calf’s lifemission is to get milk in its bellyfrom the udder of life. Themother’s strong, rough tongue

licking her baby dry stimulatesand motivates him or her to get upand snoop around for their travel-ing lunch counter. Calves willstart to untangle their legs in aneffort to get up while being lickedon constantly. When they figureout that the limbs attached totheir body come in handy for get-ting around, they use them to findtheir first meal. It takes a built-upreserve of energy before they canwithstand getting lickedbrusquely and not get knockeddown while standing on their stiltlegs. Mother cows will not give thelicking thing a rest until her calf isall clean and dry. Before long thecalf is exploring its surroundings,sniffing at barn walls, the spotthey plopped into the world, thebarn cats perched nearby andstaring at them, and the cowsacross the stall.

Newborn calves may arrivesmall and weak but are equippedwith determination and grit to geton their feet shortly after beingborn. If calves could talk I’m suretheir advice on survival would be,“If you can take a good lickin’ fromyour mother then you can standup to anything.”

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Applications for Owner-OccupiedHome status due

Taxpayers can apply for owner-occupied status on their homes starting Nov. 1. This classification allowsfor a lower tax rate and a lower tax bill for a home, apartmentor other building that is the primary residence of the owner.To qualify, the property owner must submit an application to

the county equalization office after Nov. 1 but before March 15.Generally, home buyers sign a certificate of real-estate value

that identifies the property as their primary residence. If you’reunsure whether proper paperwork is on file, check with the

county equalization office. Property owners must reapply if thename of the owners changes or if the previous owner of the

home did not apply for owner occupied status.Since the value of a home is based on the status as of Nov.1 of each year, the owner-occupied status would not be

reflected in tax bills until the following year.For example, if you filed between Nov. 1, 2011 and March

15, 2012, the owner-occupied status would be reflected in thetaxes paid in 2013.

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Dr Bleaux Johnson with Lane Kopren (President) and Logan Hendrickson (Student Advisor). This year West River Veterinary Clinicand Pfizer Animal Health have joined together to help local FFA Chapters. Pfizer Animal Health has graciously donated back 1%of all eligible vaccines purchased by West River Veterinary Clinic from Feb 1st through April 30th in 2012 to the local FFAchapters. This year over $2300 was given out in total to 5 local FFA Chapters. Recipient schools consisted of Hettinger, Scran-ton, Mott/Regent, Lemmon, and Bison. On behalf of West River Veterinary Clinic and Pfizer Animal Health we would like to thankour loyal customers for their continued support and in doing so, helping to support our local FFA Chapters. We look forward tobeing able to continue in this program through your continued support.Sincerely, Don Safratowich DVM, Ethan Andress DVM, Lisa Henderson DVM, and Bleaux Johnson DVM

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February 1st, Greg and MaryEllen Fried took a flight to Or-lando, Florida. They wereguests at the home of Delbertand Pam Fried in Clermont,Florida. While there, Greg at-tended the WRCTC Nationalconvention in Orlando and MaryEllen spent her time with Del-bert and Pam. They returned

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home on Wednesday.Fred and Bev Schopp attendedthe Lemmon/Bison Girls basket-ball game in Lemmon Tuesdayevening. It was Parents night.

Fred and Bev Schopp traveledto Elgin Thursday and Fridayevenings for the Jr Varsity Girlsbasketball tournament.

Fred and Bev Schopp took in

the boys basketball game Fridayevening in Lemmon, on theirway home from Elgin.

Jerry Petik attended a GrandRiver Fire Department meetingon Tuesday evening.

Carolyn Petik attended theDistrict Music contest in Mo-bridge on Wednesday. MirandiBakken was a participant.

Carolyn Petik attended HopePresbyterian Women's Biblestudy at Sylvia Johnson's onThursday afternoon. She was aThursday evening visitor ofIrene Young in Lemmon.

Jerry Petik attended a meet-ing in Lemmon on Thursdayevening.

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Sunday morning visitors ofErnestine Miller.

Jerry and Carolyn visited withseveral people at the nursinghome in Lemmon on Sunday af-ternoon. In the evening they at-tended the Valentine supperheld at Spencer MemorialChurch.


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The Bison Cardinals hosted theRapid City Christian Comets onThursday for three games of BoysBasketball. The games were previ-ously scheduled in January but hadbeen postponed due to weather atthat time. At the end of the C, Band A games, the Cardinals hadthree victories to add to their sea-son record.C Boys: Bison 22, RCC 16

The opening game of the after-noon was played at 4:30 p.m. by theC team. The youngest Cards playedtwo quarters and kept the leadthroughout most of the game. Atthe final buzzer they were up byseven points for the win.B Boys: Bison 24, RCC 22

The B team’s game was a closeone right through to the finalbuzzer. The Cards were able tohang on to their slim lead andended the game with a W.A Boys: Bison 67, RCC 56

Leading at all quarter breaks,the Cardinal varsity boys played afast-paced and exciting gameagainst the Comets. The seniorsstepped up led scoring with WilKolb putting in a game-high 28 andDaniel Chapman adding 22. YancyBuer almost made it into double fig-ures with eight points in the book.

The Comets scored first with athree-pointer but were immediatelyanswered by Kolb as he scored hisfirst two points of the game. RCCanswered with a two-pointer andMichael Kopren tied it up with athree of his own. That five-all scoredisappeared quickly as the Comets’Eli Houchens dropped in a threeand Jadd Evans had a good two-pointer. Chapman and Kolb erasedfour deficit points with a basketeach before Curtis Stahleckerscored again for RCC. Following atime out by Bison’s head coach Cor-ben Alley, Chapman tied the scorewith a basket from beyond the arc.The teams took turns scoring thelast three and a half minutes withBison’s Kolb getting the last scoreputting the Cards up 18-16 at thebuzzer.

Kolb was first to score in the sec-ond quarter with a two-pointer tenseconds into the period. TheComets then went on a small runand posted the next nine pointswhich gave them a five-point lead.

It could have been a larger lead butStahlecker and Charlie Wilhelmwent 0/3 from the free throw lineafter being fouled by Logan Hen-drickson and John Hatle. With fourminutes left until the half, Chap-man drained another long shot andKolb was good on two two-pointersand was one of two from the line.Houchens and Joel Wagner eachscored for the Comets before Chap-man finished out the quarter going2/2 on free throws and nailing athree-pointer with three secondsleft in the half. The teams headedto the locker room with Bison up33-29.

The Cardinals came out of thebreak and dominated the thirdquarter, scoring 21 to the Comets’11. The Comets scored first with atrey bringing them within one pointof the Cards. Kolb answered with atwo-pointer which was matched byRCC’s Paul McLaughlin. SeniorLane Kopren posted the next twoand Buer got a three to fall extend-ing the Cards’ lead to six. Kolb sanktwo free shots after being fouled byEvans but Evans erased that ad-vantage with his next basket. Two-pointers by Kolb and Hatle andthree-pointers from Ty Plagge-meyer and Buer finished up theCards’ scoring in the third. TheComets made two more on freeshots resulting from a technicalfoul on Kolb. At the quarter break,the Cards were up 54-40.

RCC scored the first eight pointsof the final quarter reducing theCards’ lead from 14 to six. Kolb andBuer each scored once to keep a lit-tle cushion going for the Cardinals.With around 3:35 remaining in thegame and with a nine-point lead,the Cards began to stall and forcethe Comets to foul in hopes of get-ting the ball back. Chapman andKolb began to make several trips tothe line to shoot free throws. An in-tentional foul by Stahlecker onKolb gave the Cards two technicalshots from the line, which Kolbmade, and they got the ball back.From then until the final buzzer,Kolb and Chapman hit 6/6 on freethrows. Brennen Udager scoredtwo at the buzzer for RCC but itwas too little, too late. The Cardsearned the victory, 67-56.

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Forums on next generation of livestock production to continue in February and March

A series of forums which beganin mid-January across the statehosted by the South Dakota De-partment of Agriculture (SDDA)and SDSU Extension will continuethru March 21. The remaining 18sessions will be held at area live-stock markets statewide to discussSouth Dakota's vision for livestockproduction.

"Agriculture is South Dakota'sNo. 1 industry, with the total eco-nomic impact of the ag sector of$21 Billion in 2010. Livestock is amajor contributor to the agricul-tural economy with the total valueof livestock alone being $3 billion.Revenue generated from livestockand jobs that are created in pro-cessing and manufacturing of thelivestock industry impact the over-all infrastructure and the eco-nomic health of the state," said B.Lynn Gordon, Cow/Calf ExtensionField Specialist.

Gordon adds that South Dakotais fortunate to have access to theresources needed for livestock pro-duction, such as access to land,water and feed resources as wellas progressive, entrepreneurialpeople interested in raising anddeveloping livestock.

"By combining these resourcesalong with relevant research fromthe land grant University ofSDSU, South Dakota has the abil-ity to produce food for demands ofthe domestic and internationalmarkets," Gordon said.

Agricultural producers are in-vited to attend these forums to joinSDDA and SDSU Extension in aconversation about the opportuni-ties and challenges in livestockproduction and the impact of agri-culture to rural communities andstatewide revenues and infra-structure. These meetings willallow a dialogue about the nextgeneration of farmers and ranch-ers.

Remaining sessions and their lo-cations are:

Feb. 4 - Hub City Livestock, Ab-erdeen;

Feb. 6 - Bales Continental,Huron;

Feb. 8 - Glacial Lakes Livestock,Watertown

Feb. 25 - Platte LivestockFeb. 26 - Magness Livestock,

HuronFeb. 28 - Kimball LivestockMar. 5 - Mitchell LivestockMar. 6 - Yankton LivestockMar. 7 - Sioux Falls Regional

LivestockMar. 11 - Belle Fourche Live-

stockMar. 12 - St. Onge LivestockMar. 13 - Faith LivestockMar. 14 - Lemmon LivestockMar. 18 - Miller LivestockMar. 19 - Presho LivestockMar. 20 - Winner LivestockMar. 21 - Chamberlin LivestockAll sessions will take place at

6:30 p.m. local time except for theFeb. 8 Watertown forum whichwill be held in conjunction withthe Watertown Winter Show at10:30 a.m.

For more information contactSarah Caslin, SDDA Livestock De-

velopment Specialist at 605-773-3549; [email protected] orB. Lynn Gordon, Cow/Calf Exten-sion Field Specialist at 605-782-3290, [email protected].

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Rep. Betty Olson

This week was the fifth week ofthe 2013 legislative session andwe’re only seven legislative daysfrom Cross Over, which is the lastday for a bill or joint resolution topass the house of origin. We weresupposed to be back in Pierre onMonday, but because of the blizzardover the weekend that has beencanceled and we’re not scheduled togo back until Tuesday.

I was blessed with a great FFAlegislative shadow on Tuesday. Sa-vanna Sperle, the daughter ofMeria and Raydelle Sperle fromBuffalo, followed me through bothmy committee meetings andwatched the afternoon session fromthe gallery. We were also visited byhigh school classes from Newell andfrom Faith. Hopefully watching thelegislative procedure will inspirethese students to become more in-volved in government.

Rep. Kristi Noem came to Pierrethis week, visited our caucus, andspoke to both the House and theSenate. Kristi and I came in to theSouth Dakota House togetherseven years ago and it was reallynice to see her again. Kristi cau-tioned us about the fiscal mess inWashington and warned about thesequestration deadline looming onMarch 1st.

The Governor’s Awards in theArts banquet was Wednesdayevening at the Ramkota and we gotto visit with three very talented

artists from our area. Several ofJohn Lopez’s sculptures were fea-tured in the exhibits and on thebrochures, Dale Lamphere receivedthe South Dakota Arts Council’s‘Distinction in Creative Achieve-ment’ award, and I finally got tomeet Jim Maher, a very talentedsculptor from the Black Hills. DaleLamphere is the son of OakleyLamphere who graduated fromhigh school in Buffalo and severalof Dale’s statues are featured in theCapitol rotunda. John Lopez andJim Maher have crafted many ofthe life size bronze statues for theCity of Presidents in downtownRapid City, but Jim Maher’s otherclaim to fame is that he is a firstcousin to one of our younger kids’favorite teachers at the Reva coun-try school, Mary (Maher) Cook!!

Two of my bills dealing withpredator control moved out of theAg committee and passed theHouse this week. HB 1167 to revisethe composition of the policy reviewcommittee for animal damage con-trol will add one representativefrom each of the following organiza-tions to the Animal Damage Con-trol policy review committee:USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services,the South Dakota Sheep Growers,South Dakota Cattlemen, SouthDakota Stockgrowers Association,South Dakota Farmers Union,South Dakota Farm Bureau, andthe South Dakota Wildlife Federa-tion. HB 1168 will allow predatorcontrol districts to increase levieson producers to fund predator con-trol if producers see a need and votefor the increase.

Another of my bills, HB 1083 tore-establish the crime of rustlingsheep and goats and make it aClass 4 felony passed the Ag com-mittee unanimously and was put onthe consent calendar, then itpromptly ran into problems. Thegovernor’s Public Safety bill, SB 70,lowers the penalty for grand theftlosses at different dollar amountsso HB 1083 was yanked off the con-sent calendar and is now on Gov.Daugaard's kill list! Although Idon’t like the idea, I may have toamend out the Class 4 felony sec-tion so sheep and goats can belisted with cattle, horses, buffalo

and non-domestic elk as animalsthat are illegal to steal.

Here are some of the bills thatpassed the House this week:

•HB 1123 to increase the sur-charge by a dollar on hunting li-censes with the money going to An-imal Damage Control to fund thepredator control program. This ismy bill and Senator Maher is theSenate prime.

•HB 1016 to move the location ofthe cow-calf research and educationunit from Volga to Brookings as au-thorized in chapter 107 of the 2012Session Laws.

•HB 1122 to revise the require-ments relating to health insuranceplans for county officers and em-ployees.

•HB 1126 was the massage ther-apy bill. Instead of doing away withthe board as originally intended,the bill was amended to lessen thelicensure restrictions on massagetherapists.

•HB 1153 to exempt environ-mental upgrade values from assess-ment during construction and pro-vide a sunset clause for the envi-ronmental upgrade exemption.

•HB 1239 to authorize school dis-tricts to increase tax levies for pen-sion and health insurance pur-poses.

•HB 1164 establishes a class-room innovation grant programand makes an appropriation.

•HB 1029 to exempt personshunting mountain lions from therequirement to wear fluorescent or-ange exterior garments.

•SB 49 establishes the feecharged by registers of deeds fordocuments filed by the Departmentof Transportation disposing of high-way right-of-way that is no longerneeded for highway purposes.

•HB 1002 provides for the cre-ation of a trust account for un-locat-able mineral interest owners.

•HB 1067 designates POW/MIARecognition Day as a working holi-day. This honors veterans thatwere prisoners of war like myfriend Bob Hanson from Bison.

•HB 1084 designates PurpleHeart Recognition Day as a work-ing holiday. This bill honors veter-ans who were wounded in actionand received a Purple Heart. My fa-ther, Bryce White, ‘earned’ two Pur-ple Hearts after being woundedwhile serving in Northern Africaand on Anzio in Italy during WWII.We owe a debt to these soldiers thatwe can never repay.

If you want to get in touch withme, call the House Chamber num-ber 773-3851. Leave a phone num-ber and I’ll call you back. The faxnumber is 773-6806. If you send afax, address it to Rep. Betty Olson.You can also email me at [email protected] during session.You can keep track of bills and com-mittee meetings at this link:http://legis.state.sd.us/ You can alsouse this link to find the legislators,see what committees they are on,read all the bills and track the sta-tus of each bill, listen to committeehearings, and contact the legisla-tors.

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Former South Dakota congress-woman Stephanie Herseth San-dlin will headline the list of speak-ers and presenters at the SouthDakota Farmers Union’s 98th an-nual state convention Feb. 15-16,2013, at the Ramkota Hotel andConvention Center in Aberdeen.

Herseth Sandlin, who served inthe U.S. House of Representativesfrom 2004-2011, is scheduled tospeak at the family farm organiza-tion’s convention, themed “Build-ing for the Future,” Friday, Feb.15, at approximately 8 p.m. SouthDakota Secretary of AgricultureWalt Bones, National FarmersUnion President Roger Johnson,State Veterinarian Dr. DustinOedekoven and other speakerswill address convention attendeesthroughout the two-day event.

A panel discussion on the futureof public education in SouthDakota will be held Saturday, Feb.16, at 10 a.m. at the conventioncenter. Aberdeen School Boardmember Duane Alm and GrotonArea High School Principal JoeSchwan will be two of the pan-elists along with Sandra Waltmanfrom the South Dakota EducationAssociation and John Pedersenfrom the South Dakota United

Schools Association.At the convention, South

Dakota Farmers Union delegatesfrom across the state will gather tofinalize the organization’s policyprogram for 2013 and elect dele-gates to attend the NationalFarmers Union convention to beheld in Springfield, Mass., March2-5.

Anyone who brings at leastthree non-perishable food items tothe convention will receive freeregistration and free mealsthroughout the convention. Thefood will be donated to Aberdeen’sfood pantry.

The South Dakota FarmersUnion Foundation will hold its an-nual fundraiser, ‘A Night on thePrairie,’ Saturday evening of theconvention with the doors openingat 5:00 p.m. Live and silent auc-tion items, prizes and a banquetare all included. The proceedsraised support the youth and adulteducation programs of the SouthDakota Farmers Union. Ticketsare $50 and available throughoutthe convention.

For more information and to seea complete convention agenda,visit www.sdfu.org

Farmers Union state convention scheduledfor February 15-16


Wildlife Damage Specialist

Perkins County(Job ID 1169)

Location: Multiple Post Date 01/29/2013

Category: Game, Fish and Parks Close Date 02/12/2013

Salary/Grade $14.33 per hour N14. Veteran’s Preference Eli-

gible. Wildlife Damage Specialists identify problem wildlife

that cause damage to livestock, crops and property or are a

threat to human health and safety; and remove the animals or

reduce their ability to cause damage by the most efficient and

cost effective means available to provide a reliable and consis-

tent source of wildlife damage control throughout an assigned

geographical area.

A valid drivers license is required.

If you possess a National Career Readiness Certificate,

please submit the certificate with your application. For more

information on how to acquire a national Career Readiness

Certificate contact a South Dakota Department of Labor and

Regulation Local Office.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have: A bachelors degree in biol-

ogy and experience in trapping predator/nuisance animals and

game animal damage abatement techniques is preferred.

Knowledge of:

•animal behavior, wildlife identification, habitat, and types

of damage typically related to species;

•animal diseases and safe handling practices, disease sam-

pling, collection and preservation methods;

•wildlife damage control methods; trapping equipment and

the proper methods of location, bedding, staking, set construc-

tion, baiting and luring; how the environment such as terrain

and wind currents affect the work at hand; and erection of

fencing and placement of hazing devices;

•firearms including rifles, shotguns and pistols; ammuni-

tion and reloading tools and methods; and safe storage prac-

tices;

•wildlife management practices and survey techniques.

Ability to:

•plan and effectively organize work priorities and requests

for services;

•establish and maintain working relationships with indi-

viduals, the general public, local government officials, other

state agencies, federal and tribal government officials;

•read and identify animals quickly and efficiently from

tracks, scat, hair, kill sights and other signs;

•read, interpret, and implement applicable department,

state and federal laws and regulations;

•act as an intermediary among adjoining landowners who

are unwilling to cooperate with each other for the purpose of

securing a large enough area on which to practice predatory

control effectively;

•balance landowners’ expectations for predatory control

with the public’s expectations for sport and for humane treat-

ment of animals with factual information and education;

•educate and inform people at all levels of knowledge about

predators and the objectives of predatory control; •navigate

in rural and remote areas and adapt to changing weather;

•shoot a variety of firearms proficiently in mostly favor-

able conditions;

•use a computer and Microsoft Office programs such as

Excel, Access and Word;

•operate pickups, all tertian vehicles, snowmobiles, boats

and repair and service equipment in the field;

•communicate information clearly and concisely.

South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources,

500 East Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501-5070.

Telephone 605-773-3148 Fax 605-773-4344.

“An Equal Opportunity Employer”

Senator Ryan Maher

This week has been very busy aswe have reached the half waymark of 88th Legislative Session.This week on the Senate floor weunanimously passed SB 177, theMilitary Spouse Licensure bill,which would streamline theprocess for the families of militarymen and women to transfer pro-fessional licenses and certifica-tions from one state to another. SB177 is part of a national effort toencourage states to adopt pro-mil-itary spouse license portabilitymeasures. This will allow militaryfamilies to enter the work forcemore efficiently without losing in-come for their family.

Senate State Affairs committeepassed two bills this week to fur-ther protect South Dakotan's sec-ond amendment right. SB 166passed committee with unanimousconsent, which revises policy andlicensing terms for concealedfirearms. By passing SB 166 it al-lows a person to carry a concealedweapon for 5 years instead of4years. SB 207 is a legislativefindings bill, which protects therights of citizens from the federalgovernment infringing on our Con-stitutional rights. This bill haspassed the State Affairs Commt-tee and will be on the Senate floorthis next week.

The full Senate this weekpassed a package of bills thatcame as a result of the Teen Driv-ing Safety Task Force. SB 105 ex-tends the length of time that ateenager would have their instruc-tion permits or restricted minorspermit. SB 106 prohibits driversunder the age of 16 from using anyform of electronic devices while op-erating a motor vehicle. SB 107limits the number of passengers aminor is allowed in their car to 1passenger. And finally, SB 216 es-tablishes a state-wide driver edu-cation program in the State ofSouth Dakota. The Department ofPublic Safety will be responsiblefor the planning of driver educa-tion programs, establishing a cur-riculum, models of instruction,standardized testing methodologyfor students, standard trainingprograms, and licensing, and con-tinuing education criteria for theinstructors. I was a no vote on allof these bills, I think these are un-

necessary rules and regualtionsfor those of us living in the ruralareas of this state.

In other news, Governor Dua-gaard signed into law the PublicSafety and Improvement Act yes-terday. This Public Safety bill, SB70, is very exciting for our state, itrevises our prison system, and pro-grams to not only solve the prob-lem of our over-crowded prisons,but also allow inmates to becomerehabilitated at a quicker pace.This bill will save our state mil-lions in prison costs, and most im-portantly keep South Dakota safe,if not safer!

Again, this is State SenatorKrebs and on behalf of the Repub-lican Caucus of the South DakotaState Senate, thank you for listen-ing to our weekly web update onthe legislative session."

Other Bills making their waythrough the Senate are listedbelow.

SB 233-Needs Based Scholar-ship

Senate Education Committeepassed with referral to Appropria-tions 7-0.

Creates needs based scholar-ships for teachers.

Purpose of this program is to en-courage high school students inSouth Dakota to pursue postsec-ondary education in teaching andto remain in South Dakota upongraduation. This was taken fromthe House Bill 1234 from the 2012Session.

SB 125-Shared ParentingSenate State Affairs committee

passed as amended 5-4, failed onthe Senate floor by a vote of 13 yes,and 21 no.

Would have provided for thejoint physical custody of childrenunder special circumstances.

SB 84-South Dakota AthleticCommission

Passed on Senate floor with avote 29 yes and 6 no votes.

Places regulation on boxing andmixed martial arts competitionsthat are currently taking placeacross the state

Provides oversight and safetymeasures to make the sport safer

SB 85-Ethanol ProductionSenate Commerce and Energycommittee passed by vote 6-0.Passed on the Senate floor 33-0.Expands the market for ethanolsales to countries not accepting de-natured product

•SB 209 – requiring registrationof certain family day care facilities

• Failed on the Senate floor by a

vote of 13 yes and 21 no•Would have changed the

meaning of family daycare from nomore than 12 children to no morethan 6 children, at one time

SB 115 – increase the com-mercial fertilizer inspectionfee

•Passed the Senate on a vote of30 yes and 5 no votes.

•Change the commercial fertil-izer tonnage inspection fee from 15cents to 30 cents a ton

•Changes the fee from 5 cents to20 cents a ton on products that aremade up entirely of manipulatedanimal manure

•15 cents shall be provided tothe South Dakota Agricultural Ex-periment Station to be used asprovided in for fertilizer- and nu-trient-related research projectsand activity at South Dakota StateUniversity.

SB 119 – to ensure freedomof media coverage of highschool activities

•Passed the Senate on a vote of27 yes and 8 no votes.

•No school district or schoolboard may interfere with the rightof news media to attend and en-gage in journalism concerning anyinterscholastic high school activityor event. The school district orschool board shall prevent anyschool from interfering with theright of news media to engage injournalism at any event.

SB 56 – will define a creditcard bank and to revise cer-tain provisions regarding thedistribution of the bank fran-chise tax.

•Passed the Senate on a vote of34 yes and 1 no vote.

•Bill was amended to holdZiebach County harmless. Hadthe bill passed in its original form,Ziebach County would have lostand estimated $300,000 to$400,000 in revenue.

•A credit card bank, derives themajority of its income apportionedto this state from the use of creditcards, including income derivedfrom fees, transactional costs, in-terest, and penalties, and also hastotal assets over ten billion dollars.

SB 80 – reinstate certain ac-counting for federal impactaid

•Bill has passed the full Senateon a vote of 35 yes.

•This will allow schools who re-ceive Federal Impact Aid to ac-count for this money as they havein the past, prior to the law beingrepealed during the 2012 Session.

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Winter 2013 may provide somechallenges that ranchers have notfaced in the recent past, and man-aging winter feeding costs isamong them, says Adele Harty,SDSU Extension Cow/Calf FieldSpecialist.

"However, proper winter feedingis important to profitable cow-calfproduction. To develop an effectivefeeding program, there are somethings to evaluate prior to pur-chasing feeds," Harty said.

Below is a checklist of questionsproducers need to consider, alongwith links to online articles, whichHarty provides to help cattle pro-ducers develop the best winter ra-tions for their operation:

What are the primary foragesources?

Has that forage been tested forquality? If not, take representativesamples for analysis.http://igrow. o r g / u p / r e s o u r c e s / 0 2 - 1 0 0 2 -2012.pdf

What body condition http://igrow.org/up/resources/02-1004-2012.pdf are the cows in?

Does body condition need to in-crease or maintain? http://igrow.org/livestock/beef/understanding-the-importance-of-your-herds-en-ergy-reserves/

What are the cow's require-ments based on body condition andstage of production? http://igrow. o r g / u p / r e s o u r c e s / 0 2 - 2 0 1 4 -2012.pdf

Does the forage require addi-tional nutrients (protein, energy,minerals, and vitamins) to meetrequirements?If yes, what feed options are avail-able as sources of needed nutri-ents? Determine availability of al-ternatives, as well as feed deliveryequipment needs and availability.Evaluate feedstuff options on acost/unit of nutrient basis to deter-mine the least cost option.http://igrow.org/livestock/beef/feedstuff-cost-comparison/

Select the option(s) that meetthe cow's requirements at the leastcost for the operation.

Determine quantity needed andpurchase additional feed.

Harty encourages livestock pro-ducers to work with a local SDSUExtension Cow/Calf Field Special-ist or State Beef Specialisthttp://igrow.org/about/our-experts/to assist in answering these ques-tions.

Example Rations1300 lb Cow in Late GestationPounds per day, as fed

Option 1: Alfalfa (11.9% CP), 6;Low Quality Grass Hay (6.5% CP), 21; Estimated Average Daily Gain0.57 lbs; Estimated Cost Per HeadPer Day, $2.66

Option 2: CRP Hay (3.5% CP),22; Dry Distillers Grains (29%CP), 5; Limestone, 0.1; EstimatedAverage Daily Gain, -0.11 lbs; Es-timated Cost Per Head Per Day,$2.17

Option 3: Low Quality GrassHay (6.5% CP), 26; Range Cube(30% CP), 1.75; Estimated Aver-age Daily Gain, 0.18 lbs; Esti-mated Cost Per Head Per Day,$2.32

For more information, contactAdele Harty at 605-394-1722 [email protected].

Winter rations for beef cows

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