bison courier, january 17, 2013

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shower for Sharla Veal & baby girlat 1:00 PM on January 20th at thehome of Todd & Kim Veal, 302 E.Main St. in Bison.

Donate Blood January 23, 2013 atthe Grand Electric Social room.11:45 - 6 p.m. 244-5472 for info.

Commission boost salaries to make job more appealing to newcomers

No vote yet on storm sewer -------------------------Judge Bastian performed the Oath of Office for Brad Besler,Bison, the newest Perkins County Commissioner.

Superintendent and long timecook resign from Bison School

By Beth HulmCounty highway workers won’t

make any more money in 2013than they did last year (unlessthey work necessary overtime) butthey also will no longer have towork 10 hours of mandatory over-time every week to get that sametake home pay. County Commis-sioners boosted the base wage andcurrent wages by $3.00 per hourlast week for the highway crew,hoping to make the job more ap-pealing to those who answer helpwanted ads.

In recent months it had becomeapparent to county officials thatthe starting wage was too low forthe that position. Mandatory over-time for 50 hour weeks duringmuch of the calendar year wasn’talways appealing either. There-fore, the hourly wage has in-creased and workers will findthemselves with 10 more hours ofleisure time each week. Basically,they’ll receive the same paycheck.

In the future, the highway crewmay be asked to work four ten-hour days vs. five eights. Overtimewill change to being paid on a 40-hr. week vs. an 8-hr. day.

Commissioner Wayne Hender-son, Lodgepole, thinks that thechanges should make the job“super attractive for new employ-ees.”

By Gladys JacksonAfter the Call to Order, Flag

Salute, Roll Call, approval of Decem-ber 10 and 28 board minutes and themonthly financial report, the TownBoard was ready to entertain a del-egation of Dan and Sherry Jackson.The Jacksons had requested to meetwith the Board in regard to theprogress on a 15-month water meterproblem which both parties wereaware of. They were told that theBoard felt the problem has finallybeen fixed and they asked that boththe Jacksons and employee HeathMcKinstry take individual readingsand compare their findings to makesure. An adjustment will be madewith water used before the newwater rates went into effect.

Employee Heath McKinstry gavea status report on items ongoing tothe Board. He suggested that afterthe retaining wall at the dump hashad a chance to settle that some typeof wings should be put on the sides.He also informed the Board that hewould like to visit with an adjoininglandowner about purchasing some

extra land around the dumpsters toallow for turning of vehicles and totake the gates further out to helpeliminate the drifts on the drivewayto the dumpsters. The Board ap-proved Heath checking this out. Healso reported that the bolt baleshave not been picked up yet at thedump.

Heath reported that the mainte-nance on town equipment is contin-uing, slowly but surely. He reportedthat the backhoe will need morework than town employees are capa-ble of doing. He was told to check outthe options on this.

Heath will be attending a pesticideand tree workshop in the future.

President Chapman went into oldbusiness, which included voting onthe storm sewer project. He had re-ceived a scaled back proposal fromthe engineers which would includeno sidewalks, very little curb andgutter, 36 inch pipe, and the holdingpond; but would not include theLions Park or the City Park; theywould have to be done in two differ-ent projects. Chapman then said, “I

would like to hear each of your ideason this scaled back proposal.” Afterquestions and discussions, the con-sensus was that the Board did notknow if the 36 inch pipe would be bigenough down the line when otherparts of the project would be tied in,and they did not want to move onthis until more questions could beanswered. They also wondered aboutthe additional cost of using largerpipe, conflicts with pipe on MainStreet and certain alleys and aboutmoving the holding pond to the westend of town. The scaled back esti-mate was $455,000.00 not includinga new engineering bill if the abovequestions are to be answered. Thiscost also does not include the LionsPark, City Park or anything east ofthe proposed holding pond site (treeplot right east of the former Richardand Geraldine Heck house). Presi-dent Chapman will re-visit with theengineers and see what he can findout; therefore no vote was taken onthe storm sewer project.

The continuation of reviewing jobdescriptions was held. The Board

will take them home to study and re-view further. A snow removal policywas also discussed at this time.

New business included setting thedate, time and place for the upcom-ing Municipal Election. The electionwill be April 9 at the Bentley Build-ing from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. TheClerks will be determined jointlywith the school if possible. BethHulm will visit with the school onelections and get things organized.Up for election this year are LukeClements and David Kopren, eachfor a three-year term.

The Town will advertise for a sum-mer maintenance/recreation helper

by the first of March. Beth will checkwith the Hettinger pool in regard toswimming lessons and open swim-ming.

Utility rates for water, sewer andgarbage were reviewed as well asrental of town equipment. Sewerrates may climb $5.00, water andgarbage rates will be discussed atnext month’s meeting. As rates areapproved, there will be more onthem in the publication of the officialTown Board minutes.

The Board then went into Execu-tive Session to discuss personnel,employee evaluations and to setwages for 2013.

By Beth HulmSchool board members accepted

two resignations on Monday night.Donald Kraemer tendered his,

effective at the end of his currentcontract, which is June 30. In awritten letter of resignation, hesaid that he had enjoyed his yearsin Bison and simply said that hewanted to pursue “other options.”He is completing his 5th year ascombined superintendent and K-12 principal.

Longtime head cook Sherry Bas-ford is retiring after more than 40years in the school kitchen. Sheurged the board to hire a replace-ment as soon as possible so thatthe new head cook can train forthe position.

School board members continueto agonize over whether or not tospend the money to construct abuilding for shop classes and otherclassrooms. It’s an expensive un-dertaking that would drain theschool surplus funds and the boardhas not been able to find a sourcefor grant money.

Board member Eric Arnesonand Supt. Kraemer had both fol-lowed leads from previous boarddiscussions to no avail. Arnesonlearned that it wasn’t feasible tohire an out-of-state contractorwhom he knows. “Too much is dif-ferent between states,” he said.Mr. Kraemer also had no luck in

researching module or mobileclassrooms.

Kari said that the board needsto make a decision…“unless some-body comes up with a great idea.”

Arneson suggested getting pub-lic input. The board already triedthat once and nobody showed up.It was an agenda item last sum-mer for discussion during a regu-lar board meeting. Kari said thatproper publicity - through thenewspaper and personal contact -might help to make the commu-nity more aware of the situation.She’ll write the press release for apublic meeting which will be onWednesday, January 30 at 5:30 inthe school cafeteria.

The “bottom line,” according toArneson is “we have to do some-thing!”

TW Schalesky and Chet Ander-son visited the school board to talkabout forming a wrestling co-opwith Hettinger. The conversationhas taken place before but has be-come a more pressing matter astwo of the boys move up to the var-sity level next year.

Three boys are practicing fourtimes a week and participatingwith the Hettinger JV squad rightnow. Hettinger would need a con-tract with Bison school to allowthose boys to wrestle at the com-petitive varsity level next year.

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Road boss Tracy Buer will see a$2.00 per hour raise in his salaryto allow for a larger spread be-tween him and his foreman. Sher-iff Kelly Serr and his deputieswere also increased by $2/hr. Com-missioners felt that those in lawenforcement were working toomuch overtime without compensa-tion. All other county employees

realized a 50-cent per hour in-crease over last year.

One employee, newcomerJeanette Krueger, in the Directorof Equalization office will actuallyincrease from $11.22/hr. to$12.34/hr. due to a change in herjob title. She will be a Deputy

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they can’t get help. You’re takingthat on.”

As a whole, the five-man boardtrusts Serr’s opinion. Like him,they aren’t ready to commit yetbut they aren’t ready to turn theidea down either. They encouragedhim to proceed with his study andto report back in a month - or how-ever long it takes for him to reacha conclusion.

Perkins County, the City ofLemmon and the sheriff ’s depart-ment will all have to agree on themerger before it could happen.

It being the beginning of a newfiscal year, three individuals re-cited oaths of office at this firstmeeting of the New Year. The Hon-orable Judge Bastian came downfrom his court chambers to swearthem in. Shane Penfield is begin-ning his 2nd term as State’s Attor-

ney. He was uncontested for theposition. Returning CommissionerWillard Ottman, Lemmon, wasalso unopposed for his board seat.Brad Besler, Bison, won the Re-publican primary last Juneagainst incumbent Jim Gochenourand had no competition for theGeneral Election in November.Each man will serve a four-yearterm.

Mike Schweitzer, Lemmon, wasre-elected by his peers to continueas board chairman; Henderson

will serve as vice chair for 2013.There were some visitors during

last week’s five-and-a-half hourmeeting….

Four senior citizens from Lem-mon made a brief appearance toask commissioners to abate sometaxes for their new Senior Center.Jim Lorenz prefaced their com-ments. “I’m sure if any of you over-paid your taxes,” he said, “you’dwant a refund on it.”

One of Lorenz’s peers blamed a“crackdown by the IRS” for theloss of their federal tax exemption.That decision has since been over-turned but, in the meantime, thecounty had not recognized the sen-iors’ request for tax exempt status.Penfield interjected that, accord-ing to the State of South Dakota,the organization always was ex-empt. The question had been

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II instead of an appraiser. That in-crease includes the 50 cents perhour that everyone else received.

Sheriff Serr initiated a conver-sation with commissioners aboutthe possibility of implementing“county law” in Perkins County.The City of Lemmon has beenstruggling in recent years to main-tain a three-man police force andthey have been discussing the pos-sibility of working with the county.“It’s time to get it out on the table,”Serr said.

He said that he isn’t totally con-vinced that it’s the right route totake but he’s been researching thepros and cons and wanted to knowif the commission felt that heshould continue to do so or if heshould drop the idea.

Changing trends in crimewithin the county have made thesheriff ’s department extremelybusy, Serr said, and having extradeputies in Lemmon would be anadvantage. On the other hand,Lemmon would pay the county (asBison already does) to do their po-lice work and the city councilwould lose local control. It won’tsave Lemmon any money but itmight serve to make law enforce-ment “more stable” for them, ac-cording to Henderson.

He’s in favor of more research ifSerr is “100% on board and in con-trol of it.”

Commissioner Rusty Foster,Meadow, cautioned against addingstress to the sheriff ’s department.“(Lemmon’s) got a problem and

tabled from the December meetingwhen four commissioners had a tievote. This time, a motion passed torebate more than $800 for 2011taxes due in 2012 and another$1,000+ for 2012 taxes due thisyear.

Darlene Kueffler, BW Insur-ance, Lemmon, made her annualappearance to deliver the county’s2013 insurance package. Overall,the county will experience a 6%, orapproximately $1,800, increaseover last year. “It’s not that bad,”

Kueffler said. She thanked thecounty board for keeping her astheir agent for the past ten yearsand “staying local.”

Max Matthews, rural Bison,representing Perkins CountyPredator Control, asked commis-sioners to pen a letter to GovernorDaugaard regarding an investiga-tion into Game, Fish and Parks’policies and procedures that willnot include Animal Damage Con-trol and Wildlife Damage Manage-ment.

GF&P recently reduced preda-tor and nuisance animal controlservices, a decision that has leadto substantial resource loss forSouth Dakota sheep growers andothers. Since 2004-2005 verifiedpredator losses to sheep and cat-tle, beaver damage to trees andproperty, predator losses to poul-try and miscellaneous damagecaused by predators and nuisanceanimals, as reported by trappers,is over $1,000,000! There is alsoconcern in the reduction of prairiedog control services and the im-pact that has to livestock produc-ers.

Commissioners agreed to writea letter sharing these concernsand requesting an unbiased, exter-nal, independent investigation toaddress the Animal Damage Con-trol and Wildlife Damage Manage-ment program.

Tracy Buer also had a requestfrom commissioners. His was toask assistance from the StateHighway Patrol to enforce loadlimits on county roads. He re-quested that the board advertisethe private sale of gravel to indi-viduals and for road oil, culvertsand concrete products, too.

Of the former, Buer said thatgravel resources in the county arediminishing and that he plans tobe “careful” when selling to indi-viduals. Henderson proposed thatthe county get out of the gravelselling business entirely.

“If we need something done andwe don’t have time,” Buer said,“I’ll come in here and we’ll discussit.”

The Honorable Judge John Bastian administered the Oath ofOffice to Shane Penfield, who is beginning his second term asPerkins County State's Attorney.

One Key That Just Doesn’tCut It

In the wintertime the most im-portant tool on our ranch is “thetwine cutter.” Other people mayrecognize this special implementby a more elaborate name like“pocket knife” or “utility knife.”

Regardless of what people callit, it’s is a vital component inachieving the daily task of feedingcows. The twine cutter performsthe simple function of cutting thenylon string that tightly binds around bale together. Once thetwine is cut, cows can be fed thehay—with no strings attached.

By now you already know I’mkinda weird so it probably doesn’tcome as a surprise to you thatthere’s something I find gratifyingabout making a clean cut throughtwine. It’s the sound of tight-wrapped nylon string popping asit gives way to being severed. Thiscan only be achieved with a sharptwine cutter. It’s a very therapeu-

tic process, especially when eachstring can be sliced through easilywith a little pressure and thetwine “pops” as it’s cut. It meansthe string ends won’t look like mytypical frayed mess.

My husband favors top-of-the-line twine cutters: the kind with aserrated edge. As much as I likeusing a good sharp utility knife,carbide blade pocket knife, or aserrated pocket knife, I don’t trustmyself with any of these kinds oftwine cutters. They are not safe inmy hands. I tend to lose them es-pecially if they’re brand new.Many a designated twine cuttingknife has been lost on account ofmy negligence.

When we first got a pickupequipped with a bale bed to feedcows round bales easier, my hus-band put a pocket knife in a spe-cial spot in the cab. It was leftthere so whoever fed cows hadsomething to cut the twine with.

The value of this tool was mostevident the first time I had thefeed pickup surrounded by a mobof cows impatiently trying to eathay from the bale still loaded andthe twine cutter was missing. I cantell you from personal experiencethat it is virtually impossible tocut tight twine strings with a

jagged-edged pickup key. Cuttingnylon string with a key is like at-tempting to castrate with a butterknife.

At times I’ve forgotten the twinecutter in the pocket of a pair ofcoveralls or a coat back at thehouse but I’ve also left a few goodtwine cutters on the back of thefeed pickup. This is why I have myown twine-cutting tool now. Ourfeed pickup is equipped with twotwine cutters: one good one andmine.

Mine is a ranchy custom-madejob my husband created just forme. It’s an old flathead tip screw-driver (no longer flat-tipped) witha section tooth welded onto theend of it. Mine is the only one thathas a handle and I don’t have totake off my gloves and fold it uplike a pocket knife. Mine doesn’thave any investment value what-soever since it’s comprised of dis-carded metal he found under thewelding table. My twine cuttingtool is inexpensive and easy to re-place so I never seem to lose it theway I have with store-boughtpocket knives.

My twine cutter isn’t as fancy asa folding knife but it’s better thanthe alternative. Using a key justdoesn’t cut it—the twine that is.

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

The Bison Courier • Thursday, January 17, 2013 •

Each winter, millions of tons ofde-icing salt are applied to stateand municipal roads to keep themsafe for vehicles to travel. Salt isspread near houses to avoid pedes-trian injuries. This is necessary forsafety, but did you know excessivesalt can cause widespread damageto trees - possibly leading to per-manent decline and even death?

According to the Tree Care In-dustry Association (TCIA), a non-profit organization dedicated tothe tree care industry, even severesalt damage might not be visibleon a tree until the end of summer,leaving homeowners wonderingwhat might have caused the prob-lem. In some cases, decline mightnot be visible for years.

"Salt deposits migrate to thestems, buds and roots of trees," ex-plains Tchukki Andersen, BCMA,CTSP*, staff arborist with TCIA."This causes disfigured foliage,stunted growth and severe declinein tree health. Salt runoff washesfrom pavement into the ground,increasing salt levels in the soil."

There are steps you can take to

ward off tree damage from salt.TCIA recommends taking the fol-lowing measures:

Avoid use of de-icing salt unlessnecessary. Mix salt with abrasivessuch as sand, cinders and ash.Use alternative de-icing salts suchas calcium chloride and calciummagnesium acetate.

Improve drainage of soils. Addorganic matter such as activatedcharcoal or gypsum, and thor-oughly leach salt residues from thesoil.

Erect barriers between pave-ment and plants.

Plant trees in locations awayfrom any type of salt spray.

Plant salt-resistant trees inareas where high salt spray is in-evitable, i.e. near walkways, drive-ways or roads.

Provide adequate irrigation andmulching to reduce water loss.

Prune properly and add fertiliz-ers to correct nutrient deficiencyas indicated in spring soil testing.

Control tree damaging diseasesand pest infestations.

Find a professional, A profes-

sional arborist can assess yourlandscape and work with you todetermine the safest course of ac-tion. Contact the Tree Care Indus-try Association (TCIA), a publicand professional resource on treesand arboriculture since 1938. Ithas more than 2,000 member com-panies who recognize stringentsafety and performance standardsand who are required to carry lia-bility insurance. TCIA also has thenation's only Accreditation pro-gram that helps consumers findtree care companies that havebeen inspected and accreditedbased on: adherence to industrystandards for quality and safety;maintenance of trained, profes-sional staff; and dedication toethics and quality in businesspractices. An easy way to find atree care service provider in yourarea is to use the Find QualifiedTree Care program. You can usethis service by calling 1-800-733-2622 or by doing a ZIP code searchat www.treecaretips.org.

De-Icing salt can harm trees and landscape plants

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.

Frankie Reeves age 97, of Shakopee, Minnesota and formerlyof Mobridge will be at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, January 19, 2013 atKesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. Burial will be in the Timber LakeCemetery. Visitation will be from 3-5 at the funeral home Friday.Frankie passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in Shakopee.

Funeral services for --------------------

Norman G. Smith "Bud" age 93 of Lodgepole, passedaway on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Southwest Healthcare Ser-vices in Bowman. Funeral services were January 16, 2013. Watchnext weeks paper for a complete obituary.


South Dakota Legislative News

Rep. Betty Olson

Senator Ryan Maher

Governor Daugaard kicked off thestart of the 2013 legislative sessionwith his State of the State Addresson Tuesday. The Dow Jones weeklynewspaper Barons listed SouthDakota as the ‘Best Run State inAmerica’ this year and Gov. Dau-gaard addressed the good steward-ship we practice in our state. Ourbudget is one of the healthiest in thenation because we made toughbudget decisions.

The biggest problem facing us aswe work on our budget this year isthe federal government's fiscal irre-

sponsibility. Instead of dealing withthe ‘fiscal cliff ’ on New Years Eve,Congress and the president delayedthe debt crisis for another couplemonths when there will be anotherhuge fight over raising the debt ceil-ing and cutting spending. The fed-eral government's financial woeswill greatly impact South Dakota'sspending plans. In the governor'sproposed budget he left $26.5 millionin anticipated revenue uncommittedover the next two years in case it'sneeded if the federal funding comesup short. The legislature will likelyspend most of the session under acloud of uncertainty as we try to puttogether a budget without knowinghow much we will have to spend.

Chief Justice David Gilbertsongave the 2013 State of the JudiciaryAddress on Wednesday. SouthDakota spends more on our criminaljustice system than most of the sur-rounding states and he addressedways to deal with that. The firstissue he talked about was the expan-sion of substance abuse courts. Thisyear the women's prison has 450 oc-cupants - in 1982 there were only 32.The men's prisons house 3,600 occu-pants while there were only 600 in1980. The cost per inmate is $25,000per year and substance abuse courtswould help to reduce the number ofprisoners. The success rate of rehabprograms stands at 81% and due tocurrent programs there 103 emptyprison cells.

Chief Justice Gilbertson also ad-dressed military veterans in thecriminal justice system. 36% of thehomeless are veterans, 76% of thehomeless veterans suffer from alco-hol, drug, or mental issues, andevery day 18 veterans commit sui-cide. Thirty one states have createdprograms to treat these underlyingissues rather then prosecution.Hopefully South Dakota can followthe lead of the other states by usingwhat works for them.

The Chief Justice is also con-cerned about the decline of access toattorneys in rural areas. His threepoint plan to address the issuewould 1)provide resources to lawschool grads who wish to practice inrural areas 2)develop incentives thatencourage locating in rural areasand 3)create a website that bringstogether aging rural attorneys withlaw school grads.

I serve on the Agriculture andNatural Resources Committee andthe Local Government Committee.Thursday the Ag Committee heardvery interesting presentations aboutthe devastation caused by the PineBeetle infestation in the Black Hillsand the science involved with the insitu uranium mining near Edge-mont.

In the wake of the tragedy inNewtown and the call for gun controlat the federal level, several bills arebeing written to improve safety forschools, protect Second Amendment

Greetings from Pierre, we just fin-ished our first week of the 88th Leg-islative Session, which started onJanuary 8th. I am proud of the factthat we serve as citizen lawmakersand take great pride in our accessi-bility to all of you as constituents inour district. Our regular jobs and in-volvement in local community activ-ities allows us to stay grounded andheld accountable. This is my sev-enth session and the start of my four

and final term as your Senator forDistrict 28. Over the next two yearsI will be serving on the Senate Edu-cation Committee, the Senate Com-merce Committee and I will be thechairman of the Senate Tax Commit-tee. I will also serve as a MajorWhip to the Republican Caucus.

On Tuesday, we heard the Gover-nor’s State of the State addresswhere he provided and shared opti-mistic outlook on the current statusand future of our great state. Stew-ardship was the theme of this year’saddress. It is an understood conceptby all of us who know how to pay ourbills and be an asset to society. Thecriminal justice reform legislationwill be a focal point for this legisla-tive session, and I look forward tothe rewards of this bill with an in-creased focus on alternative sentenc-ing, mental health, and integrateour prisoners back into society asmuch as possible. All of this will re-quire an upfront investment ofmoney and people, but we can hope-fully avoid the need to build moreprisons in the very near future.

Along with my fellow senators, myhope is that we can find ways to cre-ate true economic developmentthroughout all of South Dakota with

a strong focus of bringing moreyoung people back in our rural com-munities. Housing is a critical com-ponent along with the necessary jobopportunities.

Lastly, we should give upfrontknowledge on potential taxes and re-bates we may see during this ses-sion. This week in Senate Tax weheard from Henry Carlson Jr. whowas a state legislator from 30 yearsago when he helped reform SouthDakota’s contractor excise tax.

The tax was instituted in 1979 aspart of a sweeping package of newtaxes, tax increases and tax expan-sions. But the problem with the con-tractor tax was that the owner of aconstruction project often was pay-ing it more than once.

Carlson, a prominent figure inSouth Dakota’s construction indus-try, was elected in 1982 as a Repub-lican candidate to the state Senatefrom Sioux Falls. He tried tostraighten out what he saw as dou-ble taxation.

Today the contractor excise tax isthird-largest source of revenue forstate government’s general fund,after the sales and use tax and videolottery. The tax brought in nearly$65.7 million in fiscal 2011 and

nearly $83 million in fiscal ’12. It isforecast to generate nearly $84.6million the current 2013 fiscal yearthat ends June 30.

Carlson said state governmentneeded additional revenue to replacethe funds lost through repeal of thepersonal property tax, which Carl-son described as one of the worsttaxes that South Dakota has everhad.

“It was well known as the liar’stax,” he said.

Carlson generally favored the con-tractor excise tax but wanted it sim-plified so it didn’t fall on subcontrac-tors too.

“It’s a fair tax. Everyone can payfor it,” he told the committeeWednesday. “I can’t see any reasonwhy it should be repealed.”

Some legislators have discussedeliminating the tax as a step tomake South Dakota more attractivefor new and expanding businesses.

State Revenue Secretary AndyGerlach, a member of Daugaard’scabinet; also spoke to the Senate Taxcommittee Wednesday after Carl-son’s remarks. “Right now we thinkit’s about as fair a tax as you canhave in South Dakota,” Gerlachsaid.

The State of the Judiciary re-minded many of us of the fact thatwe have a shortage of lawyers inrural areas, which is related to myearlier mention of the need for moreyoung families in rural communities.Our current drug and alcohol alter-native courts proved they assist inrehabilitation of troubled citizens,and Chief Justice Gilbertson contin-ues to expand their presence. Veter-ans needs are more important nowthan ever, with the most troublingstatistic of how we are losing moresoldiers back home from suicidethan we lost overseas with the re-cent Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Weall must do our part to provide helpto our fellow neighbors that are vet-erans. Mental health services musttake precedence and we owe that tofolks who need the help the most.

Please Keep in touch on the issuesand feel free to contact me at (605)850-3598 or at my legislative [email protected] My personemail address is [email protected]. I enjoy the chance toserve as an elected official in yourcitizen Legislature. As always youcan follow everything online ath t t p : / / l e g i s . s t a t e . s d . u s / s e s -sions/2013/index.aspx

rights and other gun legislation. Iwill be co-sponsoring a bill with Rep.Scott Craig and Sen. Craig Tieszenthat will allow school boards to au-thorize certain individuals the rightto carry inside a school. The pro-posed language is permissive, givingschool boards the option to approveexceptions to gun-free zones basedon certain conditions if adopted atthe local level. I've heard reports ofother gun bills in the works, buthaven't seen any of them yet. Thefocus on keeping our children safeand protecting our Second Amend-ment rights brought to mind thisquote by Edmund Burke: ‘The onlything necessary for evil to triumphis for good men to do nothing.’ Hope-fully legislators in Pierre can upholdthe Constitution, as we are sworn todo, and get something done to pro-tect our citizens.

The Oil and Gas DevelopmentCommittee voted to introduce eightbills to address the issues that aroseat our hearings. I will be the primesponsor of HB 1001 that would re-quire mineral developers to give no-tice to surface owners before enter-ing the land. Sen. Sutton is theprime sponsor of SB 2 and I am theHouse prime sponsor on the bill thatwould provide funding for unre-solved surface depredation causedby oil and gas exploration and tomake an appropriation therefor.

The other Oil and Gas legislationbills are:

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

•HB 1003 to provide for mediationbetween mineral developers and sur-face owners in certain disputes oversurface depredation and to providefor mediation of mineral fee dis-putes.

•HB 1004 to provide for theaward of treble damages in certainsurface depredation cases.

•HB 1005 to require certain post-ing of information if hydraulic frac-ture stimulation is performed on oiland gas wells.

•HB 1006 to revise certain provi-sions relating to the termination ofcertain mineral interests.

•SB 1 to revise the provisions re-garding plugging and performancebonds for oil and gas wells and to re-peal the supplemental restorationbond requirement.

You can contact me at the HouseChamber number 773-3851. Leave aphone number and I’ll call you back.The fax number is 773-6806. If yousend a fax, address it to Rep. BettyOlson. You can also email me [email protected] duringsession. You can keep track of billsand committee 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 legislators.


Obituaries

The Funeral Service for PattiStorm, age 62 of Meadow, was heldat 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January12, 2013 at St. Luke’s EvangelicalLutheran Church in Lemmon.Pastor Frank Gantt officiated withburial in Gallaway Cemetery atMeadow.

Special music was provided byRhonda Tomac, organist.

Serving as casketbearers wereMilton, Daryl, and Allen Storm,Fred Gebhart, Fred Reede, JackGabbert, Don Borowski, and JessCarmichael. All of Patti’s grand-children, her co-workers, and for-mer and current students of FaithHigh School are considered Hon-orary Bearers.

PATRICIA J. ODER “Patti” wasborn on September 2, 1950 inHugoton, Kansas to Peggy Jean

(Mills) Oder. She attended schoolin Kansas and Colorado and grad-uated from Lemmon High Schoolin 1968. She attended SDSU inBrookings where she graduated in1972 with a Bachelor’s Degree inHome Economics.

On June 1, 1972, Patti wasunited in marriage to David E.Storm at St. Luke’s EvangelicalLutheran Church in Lemmon.They began their life together inLemmon where she began substi-tute teaching and she was theJournalism Advisor. In May of1973, they purchased a ranch nearMeadow where she and Davidranched and raised their sons,Scott and Steve.

Patti substitute taught at theProgress and Bison schools. Sheworked for the U.S. Postal Serviceas a rural route mail carrier for 81/2 years driving the Meadow andBison routes. She then worked inLemmon for Wolff ’s Wheel Align-ment for 3 years. In the summer of1995, she returned to college atBrookings to renew her teachingcertificate. Patti then taught highschool English and Journalism atLemmon High School for 3 years.In the fall of 1998 she began teach-ing at Faith High School whereshe was currently teaching.

In 2008, Patti was diagnosedwith a lung disease and has beenbattling it since. She passed fromthis life early Wednesday morning,January 9, 2013 at her home nearMeadow at the age of 62 years, 4

months, 7 days.Patti had a passion for teaching

and inspired many students.Teaching English to her studentswas one of her favorite things todo, but the most memorable arethe time’s spent with her familyand grandchildren. She loved at-tending their school and rodeo ac-tivities. Patti was a Leader formany years of the Rough andReady 4-H Club.

Surviving family members in-clude her husband, David, 2 sonsand daughters-in-law, Scott andChandra Storm, Meadow, SD;Steve and Tara Storm, Spearfish,SD; 4 grandchildren, Bailee,Travis, Riley, and Colton Storm; 1brother, Jim Swartz, in Min-nesota; sisters-in-law, Donna andJaneane; 2 cousins, Jack(Heather) Wilson, and Cris Wilson;and numerous nieces andnephews.

Patti was preceded in death byher grandparents, Ivan and HelenMills, mother, Peggy McClung, fa-ther, Walter Ray Oder, brother,Randy Swartz, cousin, Danny IvanWilson, and aunt, Betty (Mills)Johnson.

Visitation will be on Friday from1:00 to 9:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmonand on Saturday one hour prior toservices at St. Luke’s EvangelicalLutheran Church.

Condolences may be sent to thefamily at www.evansonjensenfu-neralhome.com.

Funeral services for Micky Bar-nica, age 45, of Glad Valley, SouthDakota were held at 10:30 a.m. onThursday, January 10, 2013 at theIsabel Baptist Church in Isabel,South Dakota. Pastor Jamie Ham-blet will officiate with burial in theHillview Cemetery in Isabel.

Micky Lee Barnica was born inHettinger, North Dakota on Sep-tember 28, 1967 to Larry and SueBarnica. He attended a small, two-room, rural schoolhouse from 1stto 8th grade at The ProgressSchool in Lemmon district. For hishigh school years he attendedschool in Isabel where he excelled

as a scholar. He had a love forknowledge and enjoyed readingthe encyclopedias as a child. Hespent free time hunting, fishing,and spending time with family in-cluding his sisters Cindy andLaura. He went to college for ayear and a half before he cameback home to pursue what he con-sidered the best occupation in theworld, farming. Micky becamepartners with his father on thefarm and ranch north of Glad Val-ley where he lived the life andwork he enjoyed.

In November of 1999 Micky metJulie Gunderson, who was a musicteacher in Timber Lake. They hada whirlwind courtship with a pro-posal on Valentine’s Day and mar-riage on August 19th of 2000 inHalliday, North Dakota. Theywere blessed with two childrenwho added adventure and joy tohis life. His daughter Sarah Be-linda was born August 15th, 2001and son Seth Larry on December10th of 2003. Micky had a deeplove of God and was active as amember of the Isabel BaptistChurch. His greatest joy was toknow that his family, and espe-cially his children, had acceptedJesus as their savior and could betogether in eternity. Family meanta great deal to him, and he had aspecial place in his heart for his

nieces and nephews.In February of 2009 Micky no-

ticed a problem with his walkingbut didn’t think too much on it;however, by the spring of 2010 itwas noticeably worse. He startedseeing doctors about it, and in Julyhe was sent to the Mayo Clinicwhere he was diagnosed with ALS.It was prayer and God’s grace thatsaw him through to the end. Hewent home to be with the Lord,surrounded by his family, at thehospital in Hettinger on Saturday,January 5, 2013.

Grateful for having shared inhis life are his wife, Julie, and twochildren, Seth and Sarah Barnica,all of Glad Valley, SD; his motherand father, Larry and Sue Bar-nica, Glad Valley, SD; two sistersand brothers-in-law, Cindy Sueand Bret Pederson, Glad Valley,SD and Laura and Kenny Gill,Timber Lake, SD; and numerousaunts, uncles, nieces, nephews andcousins.

He was preceded in death by hismaternal and paternal grandpar-ents; and one uncle, Lee Barnica.

Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m.to 7:00 p.m. followed by a familyservice at 7:00 p.m. all on Wednes-day, January 9, 2013 at the IsabelBaptist Church.

Helen Lewis, age 80 of Het-tinger, passed away on Friday,January 11, 2013, at WesternHorizons Care Center in Het-tinger, ND.

The funeral service for Helenwill be held at 10:30 a.m. (MST),Thursday, January 17, 2013, atthe United Methodist Church inHettinger. Pastor Paul Lint willofficiate with burial in the Het-tinger Cemetery.

Special music will be providedby Betty Svihovec, organist, andAda Jean Cornella, pianist; withvocalists Jim Lewis, The Border-line Singers, and BekkiHolzkamm.

Serving as casket bearers areTom Braaten, Rick Holzkamm,Dennis Knutson, Keith Kvanvig,Stan Laufer, Allan LeFebre, andArlo Nash. All special friends andneighbors are considered honorarybearers.

Visitation will be held onWednesday, January 16, 2013,from 1:00 p.m. (MST) to the timeof the service for family andfriends at 7:30 p.m. at the Centen-nial Chapel in Hettinger.

Helen Marie Sather was bornNovember 14, 1932, in AdamsCounty, ND, to Oscar and Ruth(Braaten) Sather. She grew upnorth of Hettinger in ArgonneTownship and attended countrygrade school and graduated fromHettinger High School in 1950.She was in the choir and a mem-ber of the National Honor Society.She worked as a clerk in the RedOwl Store in Hettinger.

Helen was united in marriage toRobert (Bob) Lewis on June 2,1952, at Miles City, MT. Theylived on the Lewis Ranch inPerkins County, SD, in the Elling-son community where Bob andHelen ranched and farmed to-gether. Three children--Mark,Constance, and James--were bornto this union. The Lewis’s lived onthe ranch until 2001 when they re-tired and moved into Hettinger.Following their retirement, theyenjoyed traveling. They traveledto Norway, England, France, Swe-den, Mexico, and Canada andHawaii and many other states,

spending seven winter months inWinterhaven, CA.

When Helen’s health began tofail, she was able to continue tolive in her own home with the sup-port and care of her loving hus-band, family, and nurses, care-givers, and doctors--especially Dr.Kent Hoerauf, who faithfully pro-vided his support and care formany years. Staying only a day atWestern Horizons Care Center,Helen peacefully passed away onFriday, January 11, 2012, at theage of 80 years, 1 month, 27 days.

Helen was Horse Creek Town-ship clerk, an officer in theBethany EUB Church and theUnited Methodist Church, a mem-ber and officer in the West RiverHealth Services Auxiliary and theJolly Jills Homemakers Club, amember of election boards, and avolunteer at the Clothes Closet.She taught Sunday School andBible School and was a Bible studyleader. She and Bob supportedvarious local community projects,including West River Health Ser-vices, Western Horizons LivingCenter, the Adams County Fair, 4-H, the Dakota Museum, the Amer-ican Red Cross, and the AnneCarlsen Children’s Center.

Helen supported many missionsthrough the church. She was anavid reader and an excellent cookand enjoyed knitting, crocheting,sewing, and quilting. She quiltedbaby blankets for family andfriends, and also blankets thatwere sold by the hospital auxiliary.Her blankets covered most of thebabies in the four-state area andbeyond. She made afghans for thegraduates and needlework pres-ents for wedding gifts. She was anactive ranch wife--helping withcalving and haying, and alwayskept a meticulous yard and home.

Surviving family members in-clude her husband, Bob, Hettinger,ND; 2 sons and 1 daughter-in-law,Mark Lewis, Lisbon, ND, andJames and Melissa Lewis, Bis-marck, ND; 9 grandchildren; 11great-grandchildren, 2 brothers-in-law, Earl Laufer, Hettinger, ND,and Darrel Bowman, Bozeman,MT; 1 sister-in-law, BarbaraSather, Hansville, WA; 1 sister-in-law and 1 brother-in-law, Pattiand Bill Ohnemus, Spearfish, SD;many nieces and nephews; andseveral cousins in Norway.

She was preceded in death byher parents, Oscar and RuthSather, daughter, Constance (Con-nie) Lewis Priest; brother, BirgerSather; 2 sisters, Liv Laufer andJoan Bowman; and 1 sister-in-lawand 1 brother-in-law, Marilyn andRobert Mundahl.

A memorial has been estab-lished.

Condolences may be sent to thefamily at www.funeralhomesofcar-ing.com.

Patti Storm

Micky Lee Barnica

Helen Lewis


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Cards lose to Richardton/Taylor in double overtime

Yancy Buer playing some tough defense. The Cardinals lost 77- 80 in double over-time.

Michael Kopren coming down with a rebound

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continued from page 1For up to three wrestlers, Bison

would pay $250 as part of the con-tract. If more wrestlers sign up,the price would increase.Schalesky said that the familieswould pay themselves if the schoolwouldn’t do it. They’d provide theirown transportation, too, whichraised a liability question. Theirmain goal is the signed contract.

Schalesky said that his son is“very good at wrestling and that’swhat he wants to do.” He alsowants to remain a student atBison and to be a part of the localfootball program.

Before the board meets in regu-lar session again, Supt. Kraemerwill talk with Hettinger’s princi-pal, their wrestling coach and withthe South Dakota High School Ac-tivities Association. Schalesky hasalready been to Pierre to visitSDHSAA personnel and he saysthat interstate co-op agreementsare not uncommon. School boardmembers will review the contractand be ready to make an informeddecision next month.


The U.S. Department of Agricul-ture announced recently that theywill be lifting the previously im-posed limits on how much proteinand grains could be served to stu-dents in one week.

The latest modifications will beset in place for the rest of the2012-2013 school year, explainsAnn Schwader, SDSU ExtensionNutrition Field Specialist.

"These changes are positive andshow that the USDA is willing towork with nutrition officials andothers who have concerns relatedto the new standards," Schwadersaid.

The original changes to theschool lunch standards were an-nounced January 2012, due to thenational Healthy, Hunger FreeKids Act (Public Law 111-296) thatdetermined how much of certainfood groups could be served, setlimits on calories and salt andphased in whole grains.

Schwader says the move to cre-ate stricter guidelines was moti-vated by the fact that the obesityrates among school children aregrowing and steps were needed toreverse the trend.

"These guidelines aligned schoolmeals with the latest nutrition sci-ence, based on recommendationsof nutrition experts and the 2010Dietary Guidelines for Americansnutrition recommendations," shesaid.

The new school meal patterns

meet specific calorie ranges forchildren in grades K-5 (650 calo-ries), 6-8 (700 calories), and 9-12(850 calories).

The intention of the new schoollunch guidelines is to ensure thatalmost all children receive at leastone-third of their daily nutritionaland energy needs," Schwader said.

The latest modifications arebeing provided to allow schoolsmore weekly planning options toensure that children receive a nu-tritious meal every day of theweek. According to the revisions,the students can eat as manygrains and proteins as they want,as long as they are eating the al-lotted amount of calories put forthby the USDA.

SDSU Extension recommendsthat parents assist their childrenwith the changes to the schoollunch standards.

"Parents can make sure theiryouth eats a nutritious breakfastand encourage them to take andeat the fruits, vegetables, wholegrains, lean proteins and low-fatmilk offered in school meals," shesaid.

Parents and organizations cancontact SDSU Extension NutritionField Staff about the new schoollunch standards and the modifica-tions. For additional informationcontact your SDSU Extension Re-gional Center. Contact informationcan be found at www.iGrow.org.

School meal standards add more grains and proteins

Monday, January 21Pizza

salad bar broccoli

applesauce & milk

Tuesday, January 22Goulash salad bar peaches

cinnamon roll & milk

Wednesday, January 23Chicken fajita’s w/

cheese, salsa, lettuceapricots & milk

Thursday, January 24 Tater tot casserole

salad barpineapple, wg bun & milk

Sometimes we wonder if thatcow rattling the chute is worthkeeping. Recent research suggestsmaybe not, said Elaine Grings,SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Man-agement & Production Specialist.

Grings points to studies con-ducted several years ago withBrahman-crosses which foundthat cows with excitable tempera-ments had lower pregnancy ratesthan their calmer herdmates. Re-searchers at Oregon State Univer-sity expanded the study to look atthe effect of cattle temperamentand acclimation to handling on re-productive performance in Angus? Hereford cross cows. Their re-sults were reported in the Octoberissue of the Journal of Animal Sci-ence.

More than 400 spring-calvingrange cows at two locations ineastern Oregon were tested fortemperament using both a chutescore and measurement of exit ve-locity from a squeeze chute. Thechute score is a 5-point scale, 1being assigned calm cattle whichexhibited no movement and a 5 as-signed to violent animals whichexhibited continuous struggling.

Exit velocity was also measuredwith an infrared sensor and con-verted to a 1-5 point scale - 1 givento the slowest and 5 to the fastest.The chute and exit scores were av-eraged to give a temperamentscore, animals with a score of lessthan 3 received an adequate scorewhereas, animals receiving a 3 orgreater received a temperament

score of aggressive. About 25 per-cent of the cows were scored as ag-gressive and these cows had lowerpregnancy rates of 89 percent com-pared to the adequate tempera-ment cows, which had a pregnancyrate of 95 percent.

"At one location, cows were bredby AI and then exposed to naturalservice clean up bulls. The secondlocation used natural service mat-ing only," Grings said. "The factthat bulls were used indicates thatthe lowered pregnancy rates in theaggressive cows were not due onlyto stress during handling at AI."

Cow body condition and calfbirth and weaning weights werenot different between the groupsand there were also no differencebetween groups in pregnancy lossor loss of calves from birth toweaning. Decreased weight ofcalves weaned per cow exposed inthe aggressive groups was relatedto the effect on pregnancy ratealone.

"Based on this and other stud-ies, the researchers suggestculling on temperament or adapt-ing cattle to handling could help inmaximizing reproductive perform-ance in beef cows," she said.

These researchers reported on asecond study on the effect of accli-mating heifers to handling on re-productive performance. Afterweaning, they divided 6-month-oldheifers into two groups of about 44heifers each. One group wasprocessed through a handling fa-cility three times a week for four

weeks. Heifers receiving more fre-quent handling reached puberty atan earlier age than their herd-mates, but pregnancy rates afterAI were not different. The morefrequently-handled heifers hadlower exit scores, but not chutescores compared to those handledless frequently.

"The researchers therefore sug-gest that exposing heifers to han-dling and human interaction mayimprove reproduction," Gringssaid. "They do caution that thistraining needs to occur when ani-mals are fairly young."

In a previous study, when theyattempted to acclimate maturecows to handling, they were notsuccessful at improving pregnancyrates. Grings says there are stillsome questions left to be an-swered.

"We still need to determine,what the minimum amount ofhandling needed to train an ani-mal and what is the best age fortraining," she said.

In summary:Pregnancy rates were improved ingroups of cows with less aggres-sive temperaments. Heifers accli-mated to handling at about 6months of age reached puberty atan earlier age and had lower chuteexit scores than heifers handledless frequently. Acclimating younganimals to handling and culling ontemperament may have beneficialeffects on reproduction in beef cat-tle.

Research shows cow temperamentaffects reproduction


by: Carrie Stadheim, Assistant Editor,

Tri-State Livestock NewsMandi Seim grew up in rural

Perkins County, SD, doing whatranch kids do – riding her horse,moving and checking cattle andgoing to school when she had to.In her junior year of high schoolshe took a job with a local horsetrainer to earn some extra cash.She drove the 20 miles roundtripevery afternoon following school,and during the summer, to helpfeed oats, pitch hay, fill water tubsand keep stalls clean at JohnsonRacing Stables south of Lemmon,SD. It didn’t take long and she wasdoing more than just the boringstuff – she helped breed mares andmake sure the horses got theirdaily exercise.

Soon, she was traveling to Quar-ter Horse races in Ft. Pierre, andAberdeen, SD, and Skakopee, MN,with Johnson, then by herself.“There would be some days in FortPierre and Aberdeen where itwould get crazy. I think on ourbiggest day, we had 28 head in – itwas hectic getting that manyready. We would have three or fourhorses in one race. Then therewere times we’d have horses attwo different race tracks so I did alot of traveling.”

She hauled horses to RemingtonPark in Oklahoma City, OK; Turf

Paradise in Phoenix, AZ; andRocky Mountain Turf Club inLethbridge, Alberta, Canadaalone. Seim said the first time shewent to Lethbridge she was scaredto death to cross the border, butafter a scolding from CanadianCustoms for not having her birthcertificate, she was on her way. Atthe track, she had to coordinateexercise schedules and ensurehorses were fed and stalls werecleaned. “As with any athletethere is maintenance work. A lot ofthe horses would get their legsiced and then wrapped with sometype of medication daily,” she re-called. On race day Seim was re-sponsible for making sure eachhorse got to the right race at theright time with the right equip-ment, occasionally saddling (ifJohnson was at another track),and taking care of the horse afterthe race. “I’d usually have a coupleof people to help me but ultimatelyit was my job to be sure it was alldone correctly and on time.”

Seim can now tell been-there,done-that stories of racetracksfrom Assiniboia Downs in Win-nipeg, Manitoba, Canada, toChurchill Downs in Louisville, KY;Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, ARto Yellowstone Downs in Billings,

MT. Oh yes, and Dubai, UnitedArab Emirates.

In 2007, Seim and Devron Lein-gang from Mandan, ND, went toAssiniboia Downs, where theytrained thoroughbreds together.She noted one difference betweenthe two kinds of horses. “QuarterHorses go to the track every cou-ple of days during training. Thor-oughbreds run farther distances sothey train harder – they go almostevery day.”

While working on their own inWinnipeg, they trained horses forJim Peterson of Mobridge, SD. In2010, the opportunity arose to goto work for Jim’s son-in-law SteveAsmussen from Texas. In April of2010, Seim and Leingang weresent to Woodbine in Toronto,Canada to oversee a barn of 40horses for the Asmussen Stable.Two years into their employmentwith Steve, one of the horses theywere training – Regally Ready –was invited by Sheikh Mohammedto compete in the Al Quoz Sprint,held in Dubai every spring.

Regally had won a grade 1 stakerace at Woodbine called the Nearc-tic Stake, giving him a free berthinto the Breeders Cup Sprint inKentucky three weeks later (No-vember of 2011) which he also

won.Sending a horse to Dubai to run

wasn’t a totally new experience forAsmussen as “Curlin,” who nowstands at Lanes End Stud Farm,had won the $10-million DubaiWorld Cup in 2008. But for the twoyoung trainers, it was new terri-tory.

The flight for the horse andtrainers cost the owner aboutthirty thousand dollars. “We had-n’t flown with a horse before so wedidn’t really know what to expectbut luckily the Sheikh sent a gen-tleman from England namedChris to fly with us – he was a pro-fessional who did that kind ofthing all the time, and that helpedease the tension for us.” Seim saidthat she, Leingang and Chris flewout of Los Angeles, CA, in a hugecargo plane. In fact, they were theonly travelers aboard in additionto the pilots. “They loaded cargountil it was jam-packed withcrates and pallets, then in themiddle of it there was Regally in aportable stall, with hay and water,and wood chips on the floor.”

Seim said there were some de-lays before the plane could takeoff. “First, the pilots wouldn’t leavebecause some meals had beenplaced in the fridge for the three of

Regally Ready -- for us, but they weren’t labeled.”Someone had to come label thefood – which was so terrible, theycouldn’t eat it anyway – before thepilot would leave. Then the pilotdecided he wanted to turn thetemperature in the belly (where allthe cargo – and Regally – were)down to about 35 degrees to keep apallet of asparagus cool. “Chris ex-changed a few words with him andthey finally settled on 65 degrees,and we were off.”

Regally was tied up for takeoffand then Leingang was able toclimb down with him and untiehim for the remainder of the flight.“He stood really well for theflight,” she recalled. “Anyone whowent down in the belly had to takean oxygen bottle and a mask withthem ... just in case.”

The plane touched down in Am-sterdam for a change of pilots andall the cargo. except the horse, hadto be unloaded and the plane wasthen re-loaded with new cargo.

Seim recalled their final touch-down after 22 hours aboard theplane. “When we arrived in Dubaiwe got in the portable stall withRegally and he was unloaded outthe nose of the plane and loweredby a hydraulic lift to the ground.”Then while Regally was loaded on

Devron Leingang and Mandi Seim "paddock train" Regally Ready a few days before the big race in Dubai. Photo courtesy MandiSeim

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a van and hauled to Meydan RaceCourse, Seim and Leingang wereforced to leave him for two hoursto make their way through immi-gration. They were a little nervousabout sending Regally with some-one they didn’t know. “We weren’tscared that they’d take him oranything like that, but Regally canget a little rambunctious and if theperson wasn’t a real good horsehandler, he could get loose or getspooked and bump his hip and gethurt as they load and unload him.We had too much money investedfor him to get hurt before therace!”

The two trainers met Regallyback at the track, where every-thing was fine.

They were in Dubai for a weekand a half before the first race.“We wanted to get a race over thattrack before the big race,” she said.Regally didn’t show signs of jet lagfrom the trip, and adjusted well tothe new surroundings, as did hiscaretakers. “There was a quaran-tine area with 13 barns for horsesfrom different countries.” Ofcourse they were stalled in theU.S. barn along with six otherhorses preparing for other bigraces to be held the same day asthe Al Quoz Sprint.

Seim and Leingang got thechance to sample some middleeastern food, as two meals per daywere provided at the U.S. barn,often consisting of local cuisinelike fish or lamb. But when theyhad a spare moment, they wouldhead over to the world’s largest

mall – that boasts an indoor skislope – and eat at any one of theirfavorite American restaurantchains.

They also watched camel racesfrom afar. “We weren’t allowed tohave a camera but we watchedthem from a distance or on TV,”she also recalled seeing camelshobbled to keep them from run-ning off.

“We were only allowed to trainRegally during certain hours soour horses never actually inter-acted with Dubai horses until raceday,” said Seim. “Devron and Iwould lead Regally to the track (a45 minute walk) for training. Oncewe reached the track Devron orJimmy, our gallop boy, would gal-lop him. Then we would lead himback to the barn (another 45 min-utes). We wanted to keep theweight off him because the Ameri-can horses are not used to thatlong of a walk. Tracks in the U.S.are much closer to the barns.”

After another three weeks oftraining following the first “prac-tice race” it was time for Regally todo what he was born to do – race.“Cory Nakatani rode him, thesame jockey who had ridden himto win the two big races backhome.” Unfortunately, Regally did-n’t cross the finish line first. “Itseemed like he didn’t really wantto run. They water the turf overthere a lot more than here, whichmakes it really soft, and I don’tthink he liked that,” said Seim.

The five furlong race was over inseconds, and four days later horse

and trainers were on their wayback home. Regally ran inChicago, IL, over the fourth of Julyand then in New York after that.

Devron and Mandi have madeup their minds to stay closer tohome, and for the first time in 13years, she won’t be heading “to thetrack” this spring. Seim, who nowmakes her home in New Salem,ND, works at a durable medicalequipment store in Bismarck, ND,where they sell wheelchairs, walk-ers, crutches, etc., and Devrondrives truck in the oilfield nearby.They own one of the horses theyhelped train, and keep him at herfolks’ place near Bison, SD, whereshe has ridden him a few times.The horse had a bowed tendon andthe owner didn’t seem to have thepatience to wait for healing, so heturned the horse over to her. “I lethim rest so he could heal and nowhe’s ready for use. I’ll ride himmore this summer.”

“We miss the racehorses everyday,” Seim lamented. “We havehad the opportunity to work withsome very high class horses andtravel lots of places because ofthem. When we decided to comehome an old friend of mine said ‘Iam not sure I believe it, you have alittle too much gypsy in yourblood.’ He just might be right,”said Seim.

Seim is the daughter of Robert andArlis Seim of Bison, S.D. Leingang isthe son of Dori Leingang of Mandan,N.D. and Bill Leingang of Lincoln,N.D.

Reprinted with permission from theTri-State Livestock News.

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Leingang and Regally Ready just before the Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photocourtesy Mandi Seim

Mandi Seim received “the best turned out horse” award for therace. She received $625 AED. (Over 100 American dollars). Shealways braids the horse's mane before a race, which might havehelped catch the judges' attention. Photo courtesy Mandi Seim


South Dakota’s electric coopera-tives gathered in Pierre Jan. 10and 11 for the South Dakota RuralElectric Association’s 71st annualmeeting. During the meeting, the317 cooperative leaders, whichrepresented each of the state’s 31electric cooperatives, heard pre-sentations that focused on grass-roots advocacy, the importance ofan energized cooperative cultureand other aspects impacting elec-

tric cooperatives.On Thursday, cooperative direc-

tors attended an “In the Board-room” training session presentedby NRECA focusing on PlanningAmong Regulatory Uncertainty. Asession on the importance of grass-roots advocacy was also held,which included a state legislativeupdate prior to the evening’s Leg-islative Dinner, which saw morethan 420 people attend.

“This year will be a great oppor-tunity to know the new legisla-tors,” said SDREA board presidentDon Heeren. “Our Co-op Day atthe Capitol on Feb. 26 will providean additional occasion for co-opmembers, directors and employeesto get to know our lawmakers andbecome more familiar with the leg-islative process.”

The importance of co-op mem-bers being involved in their coop-

eratives was stressed by SDREA’sgeneral manager.

“There is so much going on inour industry right now that thesemeetings take on special mean-ing,” said SDREA general man-ager Ed Anderson. “Bringing elec-tric co-op leaders from around thestate to discuss issues and spendtime with their local legislatorsadds tremendous value to our or-ganization.”

Gov. Dennis Daugaard spoke tothe group on Friday morning andcommended their work in thestate.

“You go the extra mile for yourmembers and you’re persistent.We, as a state, need to be persist-ent in solving our budget issues,”said Daugaard.

On Friday morning, representa-tives of Sen. Tim Johnson, Sen.John Thune and Rep. Kristi Noemspoke to the group and gave an up-date on issues from a national per-spective.

Board Reorganizes – Followingthe meeting, the board of directorsheld its re-organizational meeting.Southeastern Electric director DonHeeren of Parker was re-elected asthe association’s president whileLacreek Electric director ButchLivermont of Martin was re-elected as the association’s vicepresident. West River Electric di-rector Bill Bielmaier of Wall wasre-elected secretary of the associa-tion and West Central Electric di-rector D.J. Mertens of Kennebecwas elected as the association’streasurer.

About South Dakota’s ElectricCooperatives – South Dakota’selectric cooperatives provide elec-tricity to more than 114,000homes, farms and businesses inthe state, averaging only 2.37 con-sumers per mile of line.

SDREA is a member-owned,member-controlled association of31 electric cooperatives in SouthDakota. SDREA is devoted to uni-fying, promoting and protectingthe interests of member electric co-operatives in South Dakota by pro-viding leadership, training, com-munication, legislative represen-tation and other member services.

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Al and Tiss Treib attended the fu-neral for Jake Nelson in HettingerTuesday.Tiss Treib made a trip to LemmonWednesday.Lucas Allen spent Wednesday atthe Treib ranch.Katie and Mara Wiechmannbrought Esther Johnson to Het-tinger Thursday, Tiss visited withthem briefly.Tiss Treib spent Friday overnightin Hettinger at the Care Center inanticipation of the blizzard thatnever came.Al Treib made a trip to HettingerFriday and picked up StanfordAllen who spent the weekend.Albert returned to work on Tues-day. Stefanie and Peyton Honeymanwere Wednesday visitors of Bridgetand Lil Albert. They brought withthem some items for the new baby. Thursday Bridget and Lil Alberttraveled to Bismarck and stayedwith Dawn. Bridget had a baby ap-pointment on Friday and Lil Albert

had his 2 year check up on Fridayas well. They returned home Satur-day afternoon.Thursday, Steve Sandgren cameout and had lunch with his mother,Thelma Sandgren.Saturday, James Sandgren came upand had lunch with his mother,Thelma Sandgren.Sunday afternoon, Thelma Sand-gren went to visit Helen Meink andthey exchanged magazines.Lynn Frey attended the funeral ofPatti Storm in Lemmon Saturday.Patsy Miller made a trip to Lem-mon Tuesday.John and Noreen Green wereWednesday visitors of Jim andPatsy Miller.Patsy Miller made a trip to Het-tinger Thursday.REMINDER: Rosebud Worshipwill be at 8:00 am Sunday, January20th. Sunday January 27th will beWorship followed by the AnnualMeeting and Potluck. A brief LadiesAide meeting will also be held toplan for Easter.

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4-H Scholarship Deadline is April 1Youth, who have at least five

years of active membership inSouth Dakota 4-H and are currenthigh school seniors or are enrolledin post secondary education areencouraged to apply for SouthDakota 4-H Scholarships.

"These scholarships are specifi-cally for SD 4-H members and theprocess makes it easy to apply foras many as you would like," saidAudrey Rider SDSU Extension 4-H Youth Leadership Field Special-ist.

There are seven different schol-arship opportunities and the dead-line for all applications is April 1,2013.

To apply for South Dakota State4-H Scholarship(s), applicantsneed to submit the following fourfour items:

Cover letter of one typewrittenpage (8?"x11"), with one inch mar-gins, using a 12 point font.

Résumé of one or two typewrit-ten pages (8?"x11"), with one inchmargins, using a 12 point font

Non-confidential one-page letterof recommendation from ONE ofthe following: 4-H club leader,county 4-H Youth Program Advi-sor, school administrator orteacher, employer, pastor or some-one who can comment on the ap-plicant's goals and skills.

For high school seniors, an offi-cial copy of his/her high schooltranscript with the current cumu-lative grade point average (GPA),rank in class and ACT/SAT scores.For current college students, a col-lege and/or technical institutetranscript with the current cumu-lative GPA.

Students also have the option ofsubmitting one page of photoswith captions showing 4-H leader-ship work/accomplishments.

To find out what to include inyour cover letter and resumeplease refer to the 2013 SouthDakota State 4-H Scholarship Pol-icy document in the 4-H Resourcelibrary on iGrow.org.

A committee will review all ap-plications and announce recipientsin early May. All applicants will benotified via USPS mail regardingtheir final status after selection ofrecipients. All recipients mustcomplete and return the 4-HScholarship Acceptance Form toreceive the scholarship(s).

4-H scholarship awards arebased on fulfillment of scholar-ship-specific criteria and the fol-lowing:

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•10 percent character;•40 percent 4-H project involve-

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Perkins CountyCommission

Regular MeetingDate: January 8, 2013Present: Commissioners Schweitzer,Foster, Ottman, Besler and Hender-son, and Finance Officer ChapmanOthers present: Shane Penfield,Rownea Gerbracht, Tracy Buer, KellySerr, Helen Gregory, Claudia Merri-man, Evelyn Fogerty, Jim Lorenz, MaxMatthews, Beth Hulm, press

Call to OrderThe meeting was called to order by Fi-nance Officer Chapman at 10:00 a.m.in the Perkins County CommissionerRoom. The Pledge of Allegiance wasrecited.

Oaths of OfficeThe Honorable Judge John Bastian ofthe 4th Judicial Circuit was present togive the Oaths of Office to State’s At-torney Penfield, Commissioner BradBesler and Commissioner WillardOttman.

Election of Officer•Finance Officer Chapman called fornominations for Chairman. Ottmannominated Schweitzer. Besler moved,Henderson seconded that nominationscease and a unanimous ballot be castfor Schweitzer, all ayes, motion car-ried.

•The meeting was turned over toChairman Schweitzer. The floor wasopened up for nominations for ViceChairman. Besler nominated Hender-son. Besler moved, Ottman secondedthat nominations cease and a unani-mous ballot be cast for Henderson, allayes, 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 December 31, 2012,Sylvia Chapman, Finance Officer,Perkins County. Total amount of de-posits in banks $43,713.89, Totalamount of actual cash $150.69; In-sured Money Market $2,225,648.08;Dakota Plains Federal Credit Unionmembership fee $10.04; Certificates ofDeposit $495,531.04; South DakotaFIT $101,495.23; Total $2,866,548.97.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 ’s Fees in the amount of$277.48 were reviewed.

•Sheriff car logs were reviewed.•Motor Vehicle fees for the month of

December, 2012 were reviewed.•Register of Deed’s fees in the

amount of $10,167.98 were reviewed.•Longevity increase of .10/hour will

be realized for the following: ShanePenfield, 1-1-2013, Renita Van Vactor1-2-13; Darlene Lockert 1-19-2013.

Tax Abatement for Lemmon Se-nior Citizen’s CenterA discussion was held on the applica-tion for tax abatement and refund onLemmon’s 1st Addition Block 9, Lots 5& 6, City of Lemmon. The amount re-quested for the 2011 payable 2012taxes is $800.59 which is 65% of the2nd half taxes. Ottman moved, Hen-derson seconded to abate and refund$800.59 of the 2011 payable 2012 taxeson Lemmon’s 1st Addition Block 9,Lots 5 & 6, City of Lemmon, motioncarried. Henderson moved, Foster sec-onded to grant the abatement request

of 73% of the 2012 payable 2013 taxeson Lemmon’s 1st Addition Block 9,Lots 5 & 6, City of Lemmon in theamount of $1,771.77, motion carried.

Minutes•Ottman moved, Foster seconded to

approve the minutes of the December10, 2012 meeting following one correc-tion: Gochenour was absent, motioncarried.

•Foster moved, Henderson secondedto approve the minutes of the specialDecember 28, 2012 meeting, motioncarried.

Executive SessionHenderson moved, Ottman seconded toretire into executive session to discusspersonnel at 10:21 am, motion carried.The meeting was declared out of exec-utive session at 11:00 am.

CorrespondenceFairview Chapter #166 will be holdinga raffle with proceeds going to supporttheir scholarship. Meadow Fire De-partment will be holding Coyote HuntCalcutta with proceeds going to theMeadow Fire Department.

Appointments•Foster moved, Besler seconded to

appoint the following members to the4-H Advisory Board: Geraldine Peck,Sharon Anderson, Faye Schalesky,Julia Brixey with Willard Ottman asCommissioner representative to the 4-H Advisory Board, motion carried.

•Henderson moved, Foster secondedto approve the following Fair Boardmembers: Gary Larson, Tracy Buer,Bev Heier, Max Matthews, JensHansen, Tarina Kopren, TWSchalesky, JD Ryen, Clyde Hafner,Penny Nelson, 4-H Leader Represen-tative Faye Schalesky, Bernice Kari,Commissioner Representative BradBesler, motion carried.

• Foster moved, Ottman secondedto appoint the following people to theLocal Emergency Planning Commit-tee: Kelly Serr, Patty Benson, TamaraBuer, Harlan Hess, Alan McGinnis,Keith Mutschler, Dean Penor, ArnoldSchopp, Mike Schweitzer, Dick Vliem,motion carried.

•Ottman moved, Besler seconded toappoint the following to the PerkinsCounty Weed Board: Robert Hermann,Kevin Van Slooten, Jim Anderson, TimSmith, Commissioner Rusty Foster,motion carried.

•Henderson moved, Besler secondedto appoint the following to the MentalHealth Board: Tim Parmley, PattyBenson and Dan Kvale, motion car-ried.

•Chairman Schweitzer appointedWayne Henderson as Perkins County’srepresentative to the Northwest Re-gional Landfill Board.

•Perkins County Coroner RayHuber has appointed Kirby Chapmanas a Deputy Coroner for PerkinsCounty.

•Ottman moved, Foster seconded todesignate the following as legal news-papers for Perkins County: BisonCourier, Lemmon Leader and DakotaHerald, motion carried.

•Foster moved, Besler seconded toset the per diem rate at the currentstate rate, motion carried.

Annual Publication of SalariesDiscussion was held on the wages andthe hours for the highway departmentand sheriff ’s office. Foster moved,Ottman seconded to increase the Sher-iff and Sheriff Deputies $1.50 per hour;highway maintenance workers $3.00per hour based on overtime after 40hours in a work week with no manda-tory overtime; $1.50 per hour for thehighway superintendent; .50 per hourfor the remaining full-time employees,and new employee starting wage at the

base wage, motion carried roll callvote: Foster aye, Ottman nay, Beslernay, Henderson nay, Schweitzer aye,motion failed.

Henderson moved, Besler seconded toincrease the Sheriff and SheriffDeputies $2.00 per hour; highwaymaintenance workers $3.00 per hourbased on overtime after 40 hours in awork week with no mandatory over-time; $2.00 per hour for the highwaysuperintendent; .50 per hour for the re-maining full-time employees, and newemployee starting wage at the basewage, motion carried roll call vote:Ottman nay, Besler aye, Hendersonaye, Foster nay, Schweitzer aye, mo-tion carried.

Ottman moved, Henderson seconded togive part-time employees .50 per hourincrease, all ayes, carried.

Foster moved, Henderson seconded toleave the Commissioner wages as is,motion carried.

Gerbracht addressed the board con-cerning changing Jeanette Kruger’stitle to Deputy II and to set her wageat $12.34 per hour. Foster moved,Henderson seconded to changeJeanette Kruger’s title to Deputy IIand to adjust her wage to $12.34 perhour, motion carried.

The 2013 wages, including longevity,are as follows:Mike Schweitzer, Commissioner

$6,528.00/yearRusty Foster, Commissioner

$6,528.00/yearWillard Ottman, Commissioner

$6,528.00/yearBrad W. Besler, Commissioner

$6,528.00/yearWayne Henderson, Commissioner

$6,528.00/yearShane C. Penfield, States Attorney

$46,133.84/yearSylvia Chapman, Finance Officer

$47,557.63/yearPaulette Fero, Deputy Finance Officer

$13.92/hourPaula Kopren,Deputy Finance Officer

$13.42/hourDarlene Lockert, Register of Deeds

$38,677.71/yearHeidi Stevens, Deputy Register ofDeeds, $13.82/hourRownea Gerbracht, Director of Equal-ization, $37,221.71/yearJanelle Goddard, Deputy Director ofEqualization, $14.22/hourJeanette Kruger, Deputy II Director ofEqualization, $12.34/hourKelly Serr, Sheriff, $51,291.35/yearKirby Chapman, Chief Deputy Sher-iff, $42,694.04/yearTodd Campbell, Deputy Sheriff

$37,847.82/yearAlan McGinnis, Part-time Deputy Sheriff $12.38/hourTamara Buer, Secretary, $13.56/hourJackie Van Vactor, Custodial

$22,152.00/yearCustodian Fill In, Custodial

$9.02/hourJill Olson, Administrative Assistant

$11.72/hourLoyson Carda, Veteran Service/WeedSecretary, $12.21/hourTracy Buer, Highway Superintendent

$51,992.06/yearPatsy Crow, Secretary, $14.49/hourDuane Holtgard, Maintenance Worker$18.50/hourJeff Van Vactor, Maintenance Worker

$16.98/hourPat Clark, Maintenance Worker

$16.12/hourDaroll Aukland, Maintenance Worker

$15.45/hourOtto Staples, Maintenance Worker

$15.35/hourCertified Part-time Jailers

$10.78/hour

NOTICE TO RECEIVE BIDS

FOR CONCRETEPRODUCTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatPerkins County will receive bids at theOffice of the Perkins County Auditorfor precast concrete culverts, bridgedecking units, bridge beams, cattlepasses, box culverts, abutment plankand any other concrete productsneeded by Perkins County.

All of the above bids will be opened at11:10 A.M. on Tuesday, February12,2013 in the Commissioners Room atthe Courthouse in Bison, SouthDakota.

Each bid must be accompanied by aCertified Check or Cashiers Check inthe amount of $500.00 made payableto the Perkins County Treasurer.

By virtue of statutory authority, pref-erence will be given to materials, prod-ucts and supplies found or producedwithin the State of South Dakota.

All materials to be delivered F.O.B.Perkins County Yard or Job Site.Quantity to be determined by theHighway Superintendent.

The Board of County Commissionersreserves the right to accept or rejectany or all bids and waive any defectstherein.

Tracy BuerPerkins County Highway Supt.Box 158Bison, SD 57620

[Published January 17, 2013 and Jan-uary 24, 2013 at a total approximatecost of $31.20 .]

CALL FOR BIDSFOR ASPHALT

ROAD OILNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatPerkins County will receive bids at theOffice of the County Auditor, for vari-ous types of asphalt road oil. Exacttypes of oil are listed on the bid sheets,which are on file at the County High-way Superintendents Office. All of theabove bids will be opened at 11:15 A.M.on Tuesday, February 12, 2013.

You are hereby advised that all bidsshall be accompanied by a bid bond inthe sum of five thousand dollars issuedby Surety authorized to do business inthe State of South Dakota and madepayable to Perkins County Treasureras a guarantee that the bidder willenter into a contract in accordancewith the terms of the Bid. A CertifiedCheck, Cashiers Check, or Bank Draftin the amount of five thousand dollarsmay be used in lieu of a Bid Bond.

The Board of County Commissionersreserves the right to accept or rejectany or all bids and waive any defectstherein.

Tracy BuerPerkins County Highway DepartmentBox 158Bison, South Dakota

[Published January 17, 2013 and Jan-uary 24, 2013 at a total approximatecost of $27.31

Non-Certified Part-time Jailers $9.72/hour

Extension Board, $35.00/meetingWeed Board Chairman

$125.00/meetingWeed Board $100.00/meeting

Hours of Work & Overtime PolicyDiscussion was held on the Hours ofWork and Overtime Policy. The con-sensus of the Commission was to allowthe Highway Superintendent leewayon setting the work week between four10-hour days versus five 8-hour days.Foster moved, Besler seconded tochange the overtime policy as follows:Overtime after 8 hours per day will bereplaced with overtime being paid onhours worked in excess of 40 hours inthe work week, motion carried.

Max Matthew – Predator ControlDistrictBesler moved, Henderson seconded toaddress a letter to Governor Daugaardregarding Game, Fish & Parks’AnimalDamage Control program, motion car-ried.

Liability, Property & AutomobileInsuranceDarlene Kueffler was present to reviewthe renewal policy for Perkins County’sliability, property and automobile in-surance coverage. Besler moved, Hen-derson seconded to accept the insur-ance quote from Bank of the West In-surance in the amount of $30,591.00,motion carried.

Highway Superintendent Buer•Buer requested the Commission to

approve the Perkins County WeightLimit Enforcement Resolution. Fostermoved, Henderson seconded to intro-duce and approve Resolution 2013-1,Perkins County Weight Limit Enforce-ment Resolution, roll call vote: Hender-son aye, Foster aye, Ottman aye,Besler aye, Schweitzer aye, motion car-ried.

Perkins County WeightLimit Enforcement Resolution 2013-1

WHEREAS, seasonal cli-matic changes can be detri-mental to our highways,causing serious and expen-sive damage to occur and,WHEREAS, the PerkinsCounty Board of CountyCommissioners desire to pro-tect existing Perkins CountyHighways, ultimately savingtax dollars and,WHEREAS, the PerkinsCounty Board of CountyCommissioners, desire theenforcement of weight limi-tations on Perkins CountyRoads as set forth andposted by the PerkinsCounty Highway Superin-tendentNOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED; WHEREAS,the spring load restrictionson Perkins County High-ways shall be set at Six (6)tons per axle on CountyHighways C-19, C-3, C-9, C-9A, C-25 and C-2 during thespring thaw period andwhen limit signs are in place.The South Dakota HighwayPatrol is hereby requested toenforce these spring weightrestrictions on PerkinsCounty Highways.BE IT FURTHER RE-SOLVED, that the penaltyfor the violation of the loadrestrictions shall be set forthin SDCL 32-33-55.

Commissioner Ottman left the meeting


at 1:40 p.m.

•Discussion was held on setting ahearing on the public sale of gravel at11:00 am on Tuesday, February 12,2013 at the Perkins County Court-house.

•Henderson moved, Besler secondedto set the gravel rates as follows: pri-vate individuals at $3.25 per ton andtownships at $3.00 per ton, motion car-ried.

•The machine rate schedule will beaddressed at the February meeting togive the Superintendent time to figurethe costs with the changes in thehourly rate.

•Foster moved, Henderson secondedto allow Superintendent Buer to adver-tise for bids culverts, concrete productsand oil for 2013, motion carried.

•Superintendent Buer has hiredOtto Stapel with his first day beingJanuary 7, 2013.

•Discussion was held on the hoursof work for the Highway Department.The hours of work will remain at five8-hour days for the time being.

HLS GrantFoster moved, Henderson seconded toaccept HLS Grant in the amount of23,974.80, to auto-supplement the2012 budget as follows: 226-211-454,8,614.00; 226-222-454, 14,222.75; 226-211-428, 1,138.05 and to transfer thefollowing equipment dollars: ButteCounty, 9,714.00; Corson County,590.00; Dewey County, 2,966.40;Meade County, 4,508.75; ZiebachCounty, 5.057.60, motion carried.

Kelly Serr – County-wide Law En-forcementKelly Serr was present to inform theCommissioners that he, along withCommissioner Schweitzer, met withLemmon Mayor Neal Pinnow concern-ing the possibility of County-wide LawEnforcement. A lengthy discussionwas held. The consensus of the Com-mission was to research the topic fur-ther and bring more information priorto action by the board.

ClaimsThe following claims were presentedand approved for payment: Decemberpayroll: 70,075.79; IRS, fica, 4,642.95;SD Retirement, retirement, 3,672.71;Delta Dental, insurance, 893.90; Lin-coln Mutual, insurance, 116.64; SDS-DBF, insurance, 15,145.53; LoysonCarda, travel, 99.90; A+ Repair, re-pairs, 551.76; Avera Queen, blood test-ing, 111.90; Bison Courier, publishing,449.67; Bison Food, supplies, 29.41;

Bison Implement, repairs/supplies,1,737.20; Connecting Point, repairs,910.00; Country Media, publishing,157.50; Creative Product, Drug Educa-tion, 108.00; Current Connection, sup-plies/equipment, 413.88; Door SecurityProducts, equipment, 127.70; FarmPlan, repairs, 15,652.72; G&O Paper,supplies, 335.55; Grand Electric, utili-ties/repairs, 6,119.06; Grimms Pump,repairs, 37.63; Hedahls, repairs, 22.03;Kevin’s Fire Extinguisher, Sheriff sup-plies, 140.38; McLeod’s Printing, sup-plies, 73.92; Mid-States Organized,dues, 100.00; NAPA Auto, supplies,123.28; NW Farm & Home, repairs,148.40; PharmChem Inc, supplies,131.00; Prairie Community Health,prof fees, 157.00; Premier Equipment,repairs, 370.52; SBM, maintenance,140.35; Ida Schmidt, travel, 76.90; SDDept Public Safety, supplies, 20.00; SDDOT, contracts, 101,440.33; SDHuman Services, patient care, 493.25;SD State Attorney, dues, 679.00;SDACC, dues, 917.48; SDACHS, dues,225.00; SDACO, dues, 733.74; SDSheriffs Assn, dues, 439.46; Tennant’sAuto, maintenance, 96.05; ThreeRivers, CHN rent, 900.00; Town ofBison, utilities, 168.70; Vanguard Ap-praisals, maintenance, 532.00; VerizonWireless, utilities, 120.03; Visa, travel,57.95; WR Telephone, utilities, 846.01HLS Grant ClaimsMotorola Solutions, Inc, EM subsidy,8,043.00; Rushmore Communications,EM subsidy, 2,660.00; Western Com-munication, EM subsidy, 7,215.55,Ziebach County, subsidy, 5057.60;Meade County, EM subsidy, 4,508.75;Corson County, subsidy, 590.00; DeweyCounty, subsidy, 2,966.40; ButteCounty, subsidy, 9,714.00.

AdjournmentFoster moved, Henderson seconded toadjourn the meeting at 3:32 pm, mo-tion carried. The next regular meetingof the Perkins County Commission willbe held at 10:00 am on Tuesday, Feb-ruary 12, 2013 at the Perkins CountyCourthouse. The Annual TownshipMeeting will be held following theCommissioner Meeting at 2:00 pm atthe Elbert Bentley Fair Building inBison.

ATTEST:APPROVED:

Sylvia Chapman, Finance OfficerMike Schweitzer, Chairman

[Published January 17, 2013 at a totalapproximate cost of $187.80.]

Bison Town BoardTuesday, January 8, 20136:00 p.m. City Hall

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:Chairman Juell Chapman called theregular monthly meeting of the BisonTown Board to order on Tuesday, Jan-uary 8 at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall. Alltrustees - Luke Clements, Matt But-savage Mike Lockert, David Kopren -were present. Others present: Dan andSherri Jackson, Richard Seidel, em-ployees Heath McKinstry and BethHulm; and Gladys Jackson, press.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEWAS RECITED BY ALL.

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

MINUTES: 001-2013 – Lockertmoved, seconded by Clements to ap-prove the minutes of the regular Dec. 10 and the year-end Dec. 28 meet-ings. Carried.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT: 102-2013 – Chapman moved, seconded byKopren to approve the Financial Re-port. Carried. End-of-year total monieson deposit at Dacotah Bank were$538,019.03. The complete FinancialStatement is on file at City Hall.

STATUS REPORT: Trustees re-viewed McKinstry’s written status re-port with him. The complete report ison file at City Hall. McKinstry alsosuggested talking to the landownerabout purchasing additional footage onthe west side of the dump for expan-sion and about the need to move gatesto alleviate snow problems near thedumpsters.

DELEGATION: The Jacksons fromCountry Inn were present to discuss anissue with their electronic meter read-ing and the software program thatruns it. The situation was resolved tothe satisfaction of both parties.

UNFINISHED BUSINESSVote on proceeding with Storm Sewerproject: Trustees are still not ready tocommit to the new storm sewer andcontinue to have questions for the engi-neer regarding the size of the pipe thatwould run down Main Street and theadditional costs involved for excava-tion and engineering should they in-

crease the size of the pipe. They com-piled a list of questions for engineerAllan Page, which they’ll discuss fur-ther at the February 11 meeting.Employee job descriptions: Hulmshared a rubble site supervisor job de-scription used by Dell Rapids. McK-instry will adapt it to fit Bison’s needs;the bar manager will be asked to adapther own job description as it applies tobartenders.Uke on City Property: Chapman andHulm will attempt to get a letter fromthe city attorney which Clementswould hand-deliver this coming week-end to the owner of a Uke that is sit-ting on city property. Trustees want itremoved.

NWSDRLA: Richard Seidel, thetown’s representative on the regionallandfill board stopped briefly to reportthat the City of Newell has withdrawnfrom the association, thereby forfeitingtheir equity in it. He cautioned Bisonagainst doing the same thing becauseof the large amount of equity that thetown maintains.

NEW BUSINESSLeave time for firefighters: Hulmwill contact the city attorney for guid-ance in understanding/rewriting theTown of Bison’s leave time policy, 7.10,as it pertains to firefighters.Summer Tractor Contract: Trusteesreviewed a written contract drawn upby Attorney Eric Bogue for the free useof a Ford tractor (model TS6120) nextsummer from Lindskov’s in Isabel.Hulm was instructed to check on in-surance coverage on the tractor.Snow Removal Policy: Trustees dis-cussed McKinstry’s unwritten policyfor snow removal. When snow accumu-lates to 2.5 inches or more, the citycleans snow from the streets but notfrom any private property or drive-ways. The driveways for the fire de-partment and ambulance are plowedfirst, followed by Main Street beforebusinesses open for the day and thenother city streets. Business ownersshould not be dumping their snow inthe streets after the town has cleanedthem.Wastewater System Grant: DENRnotified trustees by letter that thegrant money that had been approvedto pay Interstate Engineering for astudy of the sanitary sewer system/la-goon expired on Dec. 31, 2012 andtherefore, is cancelled. The engineer-ing report has not been completed andthe town will need to reapply.Municipal Election: 003-2013 – Mo-tion by Kopren, seconded by Clementsto set Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 7:00 a.m.– 7:00 p.m., for the municipal electionand to hold it in conjunction with Bisonschool at the Bentley Building. Hulmand the school business manager willchoose three clerks to be paid at a rateof $8 per hour. Carried.Summer positions: 004-2013 – Mo-tion by Chapman, seconded byClements to begin advertising for sum-mer maintenance help in early March.Carried. There was discussion aboutdiscontinuing the summer rec pro-gram, except for swimming lessons,and to run a bus to Hettinger a coupleof times a week in July for open swim-ming instead.Utility and equipment rentalrates: Trustees reviewed the currentutility rates and equipment rentalrates and will make necessary changesnext month. In the meantime, Hulmwill check with PCRW to learn the cur-rent rate per thousand gallons of waterthat the town is paying; she will alsocheck with the insurance agent aboutliability issues when citizens use thecity’s truck.

CORRESPONDENCE: None.

CLAIMS: The following claims werepresented and approved for payment.December payroll by dept – Board ofTrustees, $1,400; Fin. Admin., $710.99;Streets, $1,586.72; Airport, $38.03;Parks & Rec., $79.19; Library, $567.40;Econ. Development, $27.29; Liquor,$5,961.46; Water, $718.66; Sewer,$677.05; Solid Waste, $2,043.27. TotalFICA, $2,519.99; Health Ins, $500;SDRS, $695.54; Supp. Retirement,$35; 701 Foods, supp., $72.30; BisonBar, fees, $152; Bison Courier, publish-ing, $203.87; Bison Grain Co., supp,$646.94; Bison Library, subsidy,$611.93; Coca Cola, supp., $214.55;Dakota Feed, supp., $177.55; DPFCU,util/supp/prof fees/postage, $507.59;Dept. of Rev., sales tax, $1,858.16;Frito, supp., $35.36; G&O, supp,$277.10; Grand Electric,util/repair/maint, $2,727.13; HettingerCandy, supp., $1,049.32; Jerome Bev.,beer, $2,549.50; Johnson Bros.,on/off/beer/supp, $2,616.81; NW Bev.,beer, $1,887.80; NWSDRLA, prof. fees,$2,164.50; Pepsi, supp., $436.60;PCRWS, water, $2,137.20; Republic,on/off sale, $4,219.04; Robert Jackson,prof fees, $100; S&S, supp., $2,244.95;SD Water and Wastewater, fees, $10;Servall, prof. fees, $73.41; WRCTC,util., $254.91.

EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PER-SONNEL PURSUANT TO SDCL 1-25-2(1): 005-2012 – Clements moved,seconded by Kopren to go into execu-tive session at 9:26 p.m. for employeeevaluations and other personnel mat-ters. Carried. Chairman Chapman de-clared the meeting back in open ses-sion at 11:22.

Wages for 2013: 006-2013 – Clementsmoved, seconded by Butsavage to setthe following wages for city employees,retroactive to Jan. 1, 2013, as follows:Kelli Nelson, bar manager,$33,000/annual; Heath McKinstry,Maintenance Supervisor,$14/hr; Eliza-beth Hulm, Finance Officer, $12/hr;Larry Hendricks, Maintenance worker,$11.03/hr; Summer help and day work-ers, $10/hr; Wilber Haggart, SolidWaste manager, $9.59/hr; Custodian,Amanda Senn, $9.56/hr; Connie Aaker,Kindra Aaker, Kathy Hafner, JulieHanson, and BreAnn Nelson, LiquorStore workers, $9.31/hr; Stacy Kvale,Librarian, $9.31/hr; and library substi-tutes, $8.96/hr. Carried.

OPEN FORUM: 007-2013 – Koprenmoved, seconded by Chapman to billBison Public Library $69.73 for theamount that their budget was over-spent in 2012. Carried.

ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Chap-man adjourned the meeting at 10:30p.m.

NEXT MEETINGS: The next regular meeting is Monday,February 11, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.

ATTEST:APPROVED:

Elizabeth Hulm, Finance OfficerJuell ChapmanChairman, Town of Bison


Judy Lewis is spending theweekend with Art and MarilynChristman.

Roy Hulm, Keith Hulm andSally Kolb visited at the Art andMarilyn Christman home andwith Judy Lewis. Sally and Judywere roommates in College.

On December 17th Mary EllenFried and her grandson LucasFried left Rapid City and flew toKodiak, Alaska where they visitedthere over the Christmas and NewYear Holiday at the home of Ronand Joyce Fried and family. Theyreturned home January 9th.

Mary Ellen Fried was a Satur-day supper guest of Greg andPeggy Fried.

Last Wednesday, Fred and Bev

Schopp accompanied Bob Houri-gan to Bismarck and were supperguests of Bob and Connie’s on theway home.

Thursday, Fred and Bev Schopptraveled to Faith for the CowgirlsBasketball game.

Saturday, Fred and Bev Schoppattended the funeral for PattiStorm in Lemmon.

Saturday evening Fred and BevSchopp were supper guests of Rayand Julie Schopp and family.

Tuesday, Jerry Petik attended aGrazing association meeting andCarolyn visited her mother, IreneYoung and also visited some resi-dents at Five Counties NursingHome.

Tuesday evening, Jerry and Car-

Meadow News .................By Tiss Treib

olyn Petik went out to supper withDeJon, Jeri Lynn, Leif and Mi-randi Bakken, Ed and PhyllisSchmidt to celebrate Jerry’s birth-day.

Thursday, Jerry and CarolynPetik attended the funeral forMicky Barnica in Isabel.

Saturday, Carolyn Petik wasamong those who attended the fu-neral for Patti Storm in Lemmon.Carolyn Petik was a brief caller atIrene Young’s Saturday.

Carolyn Petik was a Saturdayafternoon and supper guest ofChad and Lisa O’Dell’s.

Jerry Petik visited with Ernes-tine Miller one morning this week.

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Bison Town BoardFriday, December 28, 20126:00 p.m. City Hall

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:Chairman Juell Chapman called theyear-end meeting of the Bison TownBoard to order on Friday, Dec. 28, 2012at 6:00 p.m. at City Hall. All trustees -Luke Clements, Matt Butsavage, MikeLockert, David Kopren - were present.Others present: Employees HeathMcKinstry and Beth Hulm; and TeddiCarlson, press.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEWAS RECITED BY ALL.

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

UNFINISHED BUSINESSVote on proceeding with Storm Sewerproject: Trustees are unsure that thecurrent, approved plans and specifica-tions are what they want. ChairmanChapman will talk with engineer AllanPage prior to the January meetingabout some changes in design. 113-2012 – Motion by Chapman, secondedby Butsavage to move the next meet-ing to January 8, at which time the fullboard will be present to vote on stormsewer project. Carried.Airport Cardtrol paperwork: 114-2012– Clements moved, seconded by Ko-pren to authorize Chairman Chapmanto sign the validation paperwork forKadrmas Lee & Jackson Engineeringto design a new fuel system at BisonMunicipal Airport, amending it to a

1,000 gallon tank. Carried.Year-end Bonuses for Employees: 115-2012 - Butsavage moved to pay full-time employees $150 and part-timeemployees $50 each for year-endbonuses. His motion died for lack of asecond. 116-2012 – Clements moved,seconded by Kopren to give all currentemployees a year-end bonus based ontheir number of hours actually workedin 2012 and to pay them at a rate of14.4 cents per hour, capped at $300.Carried.

NEW BUSINESSSet new bartender wage: 116-2012– Clements moved, seconded by Chap-man to pay BreAnn Nelson $9.31 perhour, based on precedence for all otherbartenders who were hired in 2012.Carried.

YEAR-END CLAIMS: The followingclaims were presented and approvedfor payment. SD Arborist Ass’n, recer-tification, $25; HD Supply, supp,$13.24; Newman Traffic Signs, re-pairs/maint, $134.35; SD DENR, recer-tification, $6; WRCTC, equip., $269.40.

CONTINGENCY TRANSFERS: 117-2012 – Lockert moved, seconded byClements to approve the following res-olution:

RESOLUTION 2012 – 4WHEREAS, the Town ofBison prepares and approvesa budget each September forthe following calendar year;andWHEREAS, the budget for2012 contains a contingencyfund of $17,250 that can betransferred to any general

fund account by resolution ofthe Town Board, as needed.

THEREFORE LET IT BERESOLVED, that the follow-ing amounts be transferredfrom 101-410-4291 Contin-gency to:

101-412-4210Board of Trusteesliability insurance $2,500.00101-416-4140Workman’s Comppremium $ 452.72101-422-4280Fire Dept.utilities $ 199.29101-455-4110Library salaries $750.00101-455-4320Library building $400.00101-461-4162Bison School donation $80.00

Total transfer $4,382.01

Roll call vote: Butsavage, yes;Clements, yes; Kopren, yes; Lockert,yes; Chapman, yes. Carried 5-0.

Juell Chapman, ChairmanTown Board of BisonAttest:Elizabeth HulmMunicipal Finance Officer

OPEN FORUM: Chapman and But-savage reported that they attended theDec. 13 meeting of PCRWS. Hulm sug-gested a revision of 7.1 in the employeehandbook concerning leave time forfire duty. Hulm will contact EricBogue, city attorney, regarding theproper procedure for non-payment of

an individual account, the uke still sit-ting on city property and a contract forfree tractor use next summer. Chap-man offered an update from InterstateEngineering regarding the town’swastewater system.

ADJOURNMENT: Chairman Chap-man adjourned the meeting at 8:00p.m.

NEXT MEETINGS: The next regular meeting is Tuesday,January 8 at 6:00 p.m.

ATTEST:

APPROVED:

Elizabeth Hulm, Finance OfficerJuell ChapmanChairman, Town of Bison


Notice of VacancyMunicipality of

BisonThe following offices will become va-cant due to the expiration of the pres-ent term of office of the elective officer:Luke Clements 3 year termDavid Kopren 3 year term

Circulation of nominating petitionsmay begin on January 25, 2013 and pe-titions may be filed in the office of thefinance officer, located at 309 1st Ave.West, Bison, between the hours of noon– 4:00 p.m. mountain time not laterthan the 22nd day of February, 2013.

Elizabeth HulmFinance Officer

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EmploymentPosition Announcement: GrandRiver Coop Grazing Association iscurrently seeking a part-time Ex-ecutive Director. Candidates withexcellent communication skills, aproven track record of excellencein a progressive environment,paired with attention to detail andself-initiative are encouraged toapply. The position requires a pro-fessional with sensitivity concern-ing matters, a high level of in-tegrity and ability to ensure theprogression of GRCGA. Wage de-pends on experience. Send Re-sume to: Grand River CooperativeGrazing Association; C/O TimSmith, 17089 111th St, Lodgepole,SD 57640. Grand River Coopera-tive Grazing Association is anEqual opportunity Employer.

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purposed and pass a USDOT re-quired drug test upon being hired.Workers will perform the follow-ing: drive heavy truck/trailer totransport crops, servicing andmaintaining truck & trailer asneeded and assist in loading andunloading trailers. Contract periodis 12/1/12-5/31/13 with opportu-nity for further employment. Wageschedule is based on Dept of Laboradverse or prevailing wages of$10/hr to $11.61/hr or $2200 to$2500/mn.Employer guarantees to offer em-ployment for a minimum of 3/4 ofthe workdays of total specified pe-riod, beginning with the 1st work-day after workers’ arrival at theplace of employment & ending onthe expiration date of work con-tract period. Employer will pro-vide necessary tools & equipmentat no charge. Employer will alsoprovide free housing to thoseworkers living beyond commutingdistance. Transportation & subsis-tence expenses to the base site willbe provided by the employer orpaid by the employer upon comple-tion of 50% of the work contract.Interested applicants should con-tact ND Job Service by phone orvia their website and reference JobOrder 300694. Out of state appli-cants may be able to access the joborder through their State Employ-ment Office or call Grain ExpressTrucking at 701-520-4439.

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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.

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Thank YouWe wish to thank everyone fortheir prayers and all the good food.This was a very hard time in ourlives.

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