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

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Arrow Transitportation for appping and more. Ra1st Tuesday and 3$30.00. Lemmon tare 2nd Wednesdaday for $25.00. lem1st Wednesday foinformation 374-3

During the 71st South Dakotaural Electric Association annualeeting Jan. 10 and 11, numerousuth Dakotans were recognized

r their dedication to the electricoperative program in the state.SDREAs 28 electric cooperativestribution systems and three gen-ation and transmission electricoperatives serve nearly 300,000ople across 90 percent of South

akotas land mass. These systemse member-owned utilities estab-hed to provide at-cost electricrvice to more than 114,000 farms,mes, schools, churches, busi-sses and other establishmentsross the state.SDREA is the service associationthe states electric cooperativesd is devoted to unifying, promot-g and protecting the interests of

ember electric cooperatives inuth Dakota by providing leader-ip, training, communication, leg-ative representation and otherember services. Each of the 31DREA member cooperatives se-cts a director from their localard, which is elected by the coop-atives membership, to represente cooperative on the SDREAard of directors.Years of Service Recognition:fty-eight cooperative directorsd employees were recognized foror more years of service to the

ates electric cooperatives. Thosecognized, along with their years

of service and the cooperative theyare affiliated with, include:

25 Years of Service: Glen Reaser,Black Hills Electric Cooperative,Custer; Floyd Burbach, BonHomme Yankton Electric Associa-tion, Tabor, Cris Miller, Butte Elec-tric Cooperative, Newell; GeoffByrd and Alan Spader, CentralElectric Cooperative, Mitchell;Sally Florey and Bob Struck,Charles Mix Electric Association,Lake Andes; Darrell Scott, Cherry-Todd Electric Cooperative, Mission;

Alan Gauer and James Ryken, ClayUnion Electric Corporation, Vermil-lion; Tammy Popham, Codington-Clark Electric Cooperative, Water-town; Randy Hoffman, East RiverElectric Power Cooperative, Madi-son; Jerry Reisenauer and Bon-nie Sander, Grand Electric Co-

operative, Bison; Pat Kirby, H-DElectric Cooperative, Clear Lake;Duane Pearman, Moreau-GrandElectric Cooperative, Timber Lake;Kenny Swanson, Northern ElectricCooperative, Bath; LeRoy Littau,Rosebud Electric Cooperative, Gre-gory; Bruce Halverson, Southeast-ern Electric Cooperative, Marion;and Byron Frank, Ross Johnsonand Joel Stephens, West RiverElectric Association, Wall; 30 Yearsof Service: Gene Popkes, Cherry-Todd Electric; Mike Kruse, ClayUnion Electric; Doug Engbrecht,East River Electric; Tom Lundborg,Lake Region Electric Association,

Webster; Darvin Dickhaut, North-ern Electric; Susan Hilmoe, Sioux

Valley Energy, Colman; and MarvinMoor, West Central Electric Coop-erative, Murdo; 35 Years of Service:Robert Ulmer, Bon Homme Yank-ton Electric; Curt Guindon, CentralElectric; Julie Labrie, Dakota En-ergy Cooperative, Huron; KenBooze, Jim Iversen and Val Man-they, East River Electric; AldenFlakoll, FEM Electric Association,Ipswich; Gladys Jackson, GrandElectric; Doug Lynch and TrudySmith, Lake Region Electric; GregSelken, Sioux Valley Energy; DougBartling and Bob Schrag, South-eastern Electric; and Steve Reed,West Central Electric; 40 Years ofService: Robert Weisz, CentralElectric; and Richard Luke, South-eastern Electric; 50 Years of Ser-

vice: Ray Osburn, Cherry-ToddElectric

Safety Recognized: Seven cooper-atives were recognized for their2012 safety accomplishments dur-ing the SDREAannual meeting.

Bon Homme Yankton Electric;Butte Electric; East River Electric;Grand Electric; H-D Electric;Sioux Valley Energy; and SDREA,each completed its three-year en-hanced assessment process in 2012.

Other South Dakota cooperativesparticipating in RESAP include:Black Hills Electric; Central Elec-tric; Charles Mix Electric; ClayUnion Electric; Codington-Clark

South Dakota Co-ops honored at meetingElectric; Dakota Energy; FEMElectric; Kingsbury Electric Coop-erative, De Smet; SoutheasternElectric; West River Electric; andWhetstone Valley Electric Coopera-tive, Milbank.

The mission of the Rural ElectricSafety Achievement Program is toestablish and promote the highestquality safety standards, best prac-tices, and behaviors of a high per-forming safety culture.

Wellness Challenge Met: As partof the ongoing South DakotaHealthcare Partnership, SDREAonce again sponsored a wellnesschallenge. In 2012, co-ops werechallenged to go Twice Around theEarths Equator. By exercising for15 minutes a day, participants wereto earn miles and points the equiv-alent of two times the earths cir-

cumference. Employees at 16 coop-eratives and SDREA met their sys-tems challenge.

Co-ops who met the 2012 chal-lenge were: Black Hills Electric;Cam Wal Electric Cooperative,Selby; Charles Mix Electric;Cherry-Todd Electric; Codington-Clark Electric; East River Electric;FEM Electric; H-D Electric;Lacreek Electric Association, Mar-tin; Northern Electric; RosebudElectric; Rushmore Electric PowerCooperative, Rapid City; SDREA;Sioux Valley Energy; SoutheasternElectric; West River Electric; andWhetstone Valley Electric.

Bison School Board to host public meeting

n Wednesday January 30, 2013 the Bison School Board will be hosting a public meeting in theson School cafeteria at 5:30 P.M. The quonset building that currently houses the schools

hop/classrooms is in need of repair or replacement due to various structural and functional is-es. Because of the cost and magnitude of this project the School Board would like to obtainput, ideas and opinions from the community.

Are you a student looking to studyfor upcoming ACTs, SATs or graduateschool admissions? Are you in need ofAdvance Placement and CLEP preptests? Or maybe youre a parent look-ing for a way to help your child im-prove their math, reading, and writ-ing skills? The Learning Express Li-brary is only one of many resourcesoffered by the South Dakota State Li-brary and you can access it for free.The learning express library itself of-fers over 800 online courses, tests ande-books to help you enhance your ca-reer with resume-writing and inter-view skills improvement, career li-censing, certification test prep andworkplace and academic skills im-provement. Dont spend hundreds ofdollars on books and programs thatbecome outdated, use resources rightat your fingertips. If you do not haveaccess to a computer or internet ac-cess, the Bison Public Library is hereto help with that too. We have 3 pub-lic computers and free wireless inter-net if you have your own lap top. Itseasy to register by going to HYPER-LINK "http://www.learning expressli-brary.com"www .learningexpressli-

brary.com. You wibrary card, but yogoing to the Southbrary home pagewhich is also. .free

If you are intereresources the Staoffer and how to uoffering a free couChallenge startingmonth. This is a sopportunity that plore and discovertures in the statewsources. In this 1will learn more anals, encyclopediasother resources susearch tool. The firsleased January 21any time before th8th.

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Northwest Area Schools joinsstricts across the state to thankhool board members for theiradership and service to our areahool districts and communitiesring School Board Recognitioneek, Jan. 14 - 18.

This week is a good opportu-ty to recognize our school boardr their dedication to our childrend our communities, said Cris

wens, Director of Northwestrea Schools.More than 850 South Dakotanse members of a local schoolard. The board members whorve their districts are responsi-e for setting the vision and goalsr the district. They work to pro-de a quality education for K-12udents and oversee the annualdgets. School boards also hireality educators, sets districtals, adopt policies and evaluateogress while keeping the inter-ts of all students first.As elected leaders, school board

embers serve an important role.hey are the link between thehool and community, said Criswens.During School Board Recogni-n Week, please take time toank your local school boardembers, and the Northwest Areahools Board Members for being

dedicated to the education of ourchildren.

The men and women serving on

the Northwest Area SchoolsBoards are; Kim Farries Agar-Blunt-Onida, Dan Beckman-

Bison, Nate Grueb -Dupree, ScottVance-Faith, Matt Gilbert-Hard-ing County, Sandy Baumberger-

McIntosh, WMcLaughlin,, Ruand AJ Lindskov

School board recognition week

Back row:Scott Vance, Nate Grueb. A.J. Lindskov, Dan Beckman, Wilfred Jones.Front row: Ruth Fischer and Sandy

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Forty years since Roe vs Wade

A very important decision is re-membered January 22, 2013. Onthat date forty years ago the Roevs Wade decision was made thatmade abortion legal in the USA.

Since that time 56 million babieshave been aborted. That is equiva-lent to the combined population ofcalifornia and Texas, the two mostpopulous states in the USA. Therewill be an ad in this paper to re-member this horrific decision.

The Stateline Right To LifeChapter met Tuesday, January 15at the home of Diana Landis witheight members present.

The chapter members will sellconcessions and conduct a bakesale on February 7 at the boysbasketball game with Rapid CityChristian. This is a fund raisingevent.

Another activity was plannedfor Sunday, February 24 at theGrand Electric Social Room. At 3p.m. a movie will be shown enti-tled October Baby. The movie is

about a teenage gshe was adopted.folds much mordiscovered conceThis movie is a g

priate for family vments will also bby chapter memb

The chapter wcracker barrel Grand Electric Sable the public tlegislators Ryan MOlson. a date willthe time of thatwill then have avoice their opinioon the many subjlators and citizen

By unanimouspresent officers wterm. They are adent Diana LandiPhil Hahn; Secreson; Treasurer Vi

The next meeTuesday, April 16

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The Bison Courier Thursday, January 24, 201

Friday, Thelma Sandgren wentto Hettinger and on her way homestopped at Jim and Angie Spennysfor a visit.

Saturday, John and ShirleyJohnson came over and visitedwith Thelma Sandgren.

Jim and Patsy Miller playedcards in Hettinger Friday and vis-ited with Violet Miller at the Nurs-ing home.

Jim and Patsy Miller went tothe movie in Hettinger Fridayevening.Jim, Patsy, Matt and ChristiMiller traveled to Rapid City Sat-urday.

Lynn and Dorothy Frey at-tended the funeral of Adeline Friezin Mott Saturday morning.

Lynn Frey visited with Vinceand Susan Gunn Sunday after-noon and accompanied them toSummerville to play pinochle.

Worship at Rosebud on January27th will be at 11:00 am with An-nual meeting and Potluck to fol-

low. A brief Ladies Aide meetingwill also be held.

PalaceTheater

LincolnPG-13

150 minutes

January 25 - 27surround sound

Lemmon 374-5107

8:00 p.m. nightly

2nd Annual Chili Cook

Saturday, Februar

The Buzz Sto5 p.m.Chili Conte

Wante

How good is your Chili??? Lets finRegistration forms available at the Buzz S

Forms must be returned no later than FebruSpace is limited - sign up soon!

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Drink Special's

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Will Offering - proceeds go to a loca

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Call 244-7760 for more informatio

Happy 5th

Birthday

Trucker!Love ya

Grandpa Merle

Grandma Cheryl

Bridget and Lil Albert Kelleraveled to Bismarck Thursdayd were overnight guests of

awn Harris. They had a babypointment Friday and returnedme.Duane and Dawn Harris, Brid-

t and Lil Albert Keller went andoked at the Roy and Janetanston cattle Saturday and oneir way home were supperests of Tim and JoAnne Seim.Nolan and Linda Seim and fam-

were among those who at-nded the benefit for Emil and

Gladys Schell in Lemmon Satur-day evening.

Miss Ella and Miss Greta An-derson were Sunday afternoon teaparty guests of Miss Jasmine. Thetea party was enjoyed and thegirls came dressed in tea party at-

tire and mommas finest glasswarewas used.Friday evening Bridget and Lil

Albert Keller, Duane and DawnHarris and Shirley Harris hadsupper together in Lemmon.

Katie Rose and Katie RuthWiechmann brought Esther John-son to Hettinger Monday for anappointment. Tiss Treib met themat the clinic and later they met upwith Al Treib and went out for icecream.

Al and Tiss Treib made a trip toHettinger Friday afternoon andpicked up Stanford Allen. Theywent out to supper and Stanfordwas an overnight guest.

Donna, LaKrista, Dusti andDally Allen came out to the Treib

ranch Saturday. Stanford re-turned home with them in the af-ternoon.

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South DakotaLegislative News

ep. Betty Olson

enator Ryan Maher

Gov. Daugaard has appointedrry D. Zimmerman to serve as thest Secretary of Veterans Affairs.mmerman was confirmed by thenate on January 15, 2013 and willrvice over 70,000 Veterans in SD.

He served 29 years in the SouthDakota National Guard before retir-ing in January. Zimmerman com-pleted a tour in Afghanistan (OEF)as the Operations SGM for the nineNorthern provinces in that countryand has received many awards anddecorations during his career includ-ing a Bronze Star, Meritorious Ser-vice Medal, Army Good ConductMedal, and Global War on TerrorismService Medal.

Friday was the eighth day of the2013 legislative session and the paceis starting to pick up. 228 bills havebeen filed so far, 118 in the Houseand 111 in the Senate, and severalmore bills are being circulated.

Wednesday, January 23 is the lastday for unlimited bill introductionand January 28 is the deadline for alegislator to file their final three in-dividual bills and joint resolutions.

So far all the bills weve dealt within the House were agency and sum-mer study committee bills. The gov-ernor's Red Tape Review brought usa lot of cleanup bills that have re-pealed thousands of antiquated andunnecessary words from state

statutes.Sen. Maher, Rep. Schrempp, and I

served on the Oil and Gas Develop-ment Committee this summer andfour of the bills that came out of thatcommittee passed the House thisweek:

*The oil and gas development billthat I carried, HB 1001 to requiremineral developers to give notice tosurface owners before entering theland, came before the Agricultureand Natural Resources CommitteeTuesday. DENR brought a friendlyamendment to clarify the mineraldevelopment as surface disturbingactivities which include well siteconstruction, road building, grading,

excavation, demolition, and relatedactivities. Both the amendment andthe bill passed unanimously and itwas put on the consent calendar. HB1001 passed the House without asingle dissenting vote on Thursdayand has been sent on to Senate Ag.

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

Greetings from Pierre, we havest finished our second week of theth Legislative Session. I amoud of the fact that we serve as cit-

n lawmakers and take great prideour accessibility to all of you as

nstituents in our district. This isy seventh session and the start ofy fourth and final term as yournator for District 28. Over thext two years I will be serving one Senate Education Committee,e Senate Commerce Committeed I will be the chairman of thenate Tax Committee. I will alsorve as a Major Whip to the Repub-an Caucus.This past week the Senate con-med the appointment of Larry Dmmerman to Secretary of Veteransfairs. Secretary Zimmerman will

service over 70,000 Veterans inSouth Dakota. As a veteran himself,He served 29 years in the SouthDakota National Guard, where in-cluded in his service, he completed a

tour of duty in Afghanistan (OEF) asthe Operations SGM for the nineNorthern provinces in that country.He has received many awards anddecorations during his career includ-ing a Bronze Star, Meritorious Ser-vice Medal, Army Good ConductMedal, and Global War on TerrorismService Medal before retiring in Jan-uary of 2013. Secretary Zimmermanwill be very responsive to our veter-ans needs as they come home andreintegrate into our state, becausehe has been in the same position,and he will help take care of theirneeds.

Many bills are in the draftingprocess and many ideas are startingto float though the capitol, somehave merit while many others willnever see the light of day. Bill filing

has been slow but this is due to thehuge turnover we have seen in thelegislative body.

Current Legislation - PublicSafety Improvement Act SenateBill 70 has passed the State AffairsCommittee 8 0 vote and will beheard on the Senate Floor this nextweek.

This Bill is an Act to hold offend-ers more accountable for their ac-tions, improve public safety, and cre-ate the capacity needed for the su-pervision of offenders with the com-munity

We have a duty to give people theopportunity to help folks stay or be-

come productive members of society.1 out of 4 inmates in SD are inprison for a parole violation and 80%of our prison inmates were convictedof non-violent crimes.

This will save taxpayers $224mil-lion that would have been spent onbuilding two new prisons to meet thegrowing number of prisoners inSouth Dakota

The goal is to bend the cost curveor slow down the dramatic cost in-crease in the prison system.

Special Education funding Bill Senate Bill 15 Will be heard inSenate Education

Makes changes to the criteria for aschool to be eligible, and for schooldistricts to apply for funding fromECP and then seeks to maintain in-tegrity of this fund for extraordinarycost instead of becoming an excesscost fund.

Seeks to clarify the process for thesetting of levies and maintenance ofthe state and local funding for the

formula and seeks a new maximumlevy and local effort levy for the spe-cial education fund.

Higher Education Bills SenateBills 3, 4, and 5. This past week, wealso addressed three higher educa-tion bills in committee. Just as weare trying to spend smarter in cor-rections, Senate Bills 3, 4, and 5 arepart of a package to help us do so inhigher education. This package ofbills will report how people are per-forming on licensing and certifica-tion exams, it will help us determine

job placements for graduates of post-secondary education institutions inSouth Dakota, and it will establish

the Public Purpose and Goals ofpost-secondary education. Thispackage of education legislation willhelp provide guidance for our higherinstitutions of learning by measur-

ing outcomes and adapting to theneeds of our students in education aswe prepare them for the job market.Senate Bill 3 - requires the reportingof the outcomes of certain licensureand certification exams.

Senate Bill 4 is an act to requirethe Department of Labor and Regu-lation to determine certain job place-ments for graduates of all publicpostsecondary education institutionsin the State of South Dakota.

I have a few issues with this billonly because the government willnow be tracking our students fromthe time they graduate until when-ever they see fit. The Department ofLabor will collect the informationfrom the unemployment insuranceforms that are submitted by everyemployer in the state. Then this in-

formation will be sent back to theUniversities and they will then crossreference this data with their data.This will allow big brother to seewhat you are making, what yourwork is, and how does this work re-late to the degree you received, alongwith a whole host of other data.

Senate Bill 5 is an act to establishthe public purpose and goals of post-secondary education and to providefunding of postsecondary education.This bill also creates the Council onHigher Education Policy Goals, Per-formance, and Accountability.

Reigning in Government - SB40 was an act to require certain re-

ceipts of delivery be kept and to penalties for oveand trailers.

Each grain ele

and maintain for areceipt for each decontain the followiDate and time oweight gross and number or other idof the vehicle inclnumber of axles, the owner and opwas sent to the 41bill.

SB 50 was ActDepartment of Recertain lists to othThis bill would havpartment of Reventaxpayers, licensewith other state gcies if the head ogovernment agencformation.

Any list providehave been used tosary to carry out ththe requesting statwas sent to the 41bill.

Please Keep in tand feel free to co850-3598 or at [email protected] address ismail.com. I enjoserve as an electecitizen Legislaturcan follow everyh t t p : / / l e g i s . s tsions/2013/index.a

was passed after being Hoghoused inAg Committee on Thursday.

HB 1004 to provide for theaward of treble damages in certainsurface depredation cases is sched-uled to come before Ag on Tuesday.

HB 1006 to revise certain provi-sions relating to the termination ofcertain mineral interests also passedout of Ag Committee Tuesday andthe House on Thursday and will goon to Senate Ag. There may be someunintended consequences to this bill,so there may be some amendmentscoming.

Im the prime sponsor of anotherbill that came about because of testi-mony sheep producers in this dis-

trict gave before the Oil and Gascommittee. HB 1083 will reestablishsheep rustling as a class four felony.Statute 22-30A-17 says the theft ofcattle, horses, mules, buffalo, or cap-tive non-domestic elk is rustling. Ev-idently sheep were included in thatstatute at one time and HB 1083 willmerely put the theft of sheep andgoats back into the law. HB 1083 hasbeen sent to the House Agricultureand Natural Resources Committee.

On a personal Carson from Mitfirst week of sessioin the hospital witHe showed up thisa battery pack thabeating and he is o

A negative transpheart. Please keepin your prayers.

Ill have more toafter we begin takbills. If you want tome, you can call Chamber number phone number andThe fax number issend a fax, addres

Olson. You can arep.bettyolson@stsession. You can kand committee mehttp://legis.state.suse this link to finsee what commitread all the bills atus of each bill, lishearings, and cont



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STATELINE RIGHT TO LIFE REMEMthat fateful day, January 22, 1973, when Roe v Wade beSince then, 56,000,000 babies in this country ha

been denied their right to life!

40 years = 56,000,000 unborn children

Please consider Adoption as your loving

Stateline RTL Calendar Events:Everyone welcome at every event!

Thursday, February 7 4:30 Bison School

Bake sale and Concession during basketball games(Baked good donations are encouraged)

Sunday, February 24 3:00 p.m. Grand Electric Social RFREE movie matinee and pie socialShowing October Baby

Watch this newspaper for time and placeCracker Barrel with area legislators

Tuesday, March 19 4:30 location TBARegular meeting of local Stateline RTL

Contact Diana Landis, 244-7120, for more information.

Nearly 56 million (56,000,000) babies have been aborUnited States. To put this in prospective, that is ab

combined population of California and Texas, the populous states in the Union.

sources, South Dakota Farm Bu-reau, South Dakota Game, Fish &Parks, South Dakota GrasslandCoalition, South Dakota StateUniversity Foundation, The Na-ture Conservancy and WorldWildlife Fund.

Nominations must be post-marked by March 8, 2013 andmailed to SDCA at 215 E.Prospect, Pierre, SD 57501. The

2012 Leopold Conservation Awardwill be presented at the SouthDakota Cattlemens AssociationsAnnual Convention in December.

"Seeking out and honoring pri-vate land managers who deservethe South Dakota Leopold Conser-vation Award goes a long way toadvancing proven land conserva-tion practices that we all can ben-efit from, said Jim Faulstich, vice-chairman, South Dakota Grass-land Coalition.

For application information,please visit www.leopoldconserva-tionaward.org.

Sand County Foundation, theuth Dakota Cattlemens Associ-ion and the South Dakota Grass-nd Coalition are accepting appli-tions for the $10,000 Leopold

onservation Award, which honorsuth Dakota landowners whomonstrate responsible steward-ip and management of naturalsources.Our 2012 South Dakota

opold Conservation Award win-rs, the Koprivas, are outstand-g land stewards, but they arente only family doing exceptionalork for natural resources inuth Dakota, said Brent

aglund, Ph.D., president of Sandounty Foundation. We look for-ard to honoring more innovativermers and ranchers, like the Ko-ivas, who are committed to thehancement of South Dakotasndscape.Given in honor of Aldo Leopoldsnd ethic, the Leopold Conserva-n Award recognizes extraordi-ry achievement in voluntarynservation inspires otherndowners in their communitiesrough these examples and pro-

des a visible forum where lead-s from the agricultural commu-ty are recognized as conserva-n leaders outside of the indus-

y. In his influential book, Aand County Almanac (1949),opold called for an ethical rela-nship between people and the

nd they own and manage, whichcalled an evolutionary possibil-

y and an ecological necessity."The South Dakota Cattlemensssociation is proud to be part ofe Leopold Conservation Award

as one aspect of our work to en-hance a profitable business cli-mate for current and future beefproducers, said Cory Eich, presi-dent, South Dakota CattlemensAssociation. The use of novel con-servation practices is critical forour next generations of farmersand ranchers to meet the foodneeds of our growing world popu-lation.

The Leopold ConservationAward in South Dakota is possiblethanks to generous contributionsfrom many organizations, includ-ing: American State Bank, BelleFourche River Watershed Partner-ship, Daybreak Ranch, Ducks Un-limited, Farm Credit, Lynde andHarry Bradley Foundation, Mill-born Seeds, Mortenson Family,Natural Resources ConservationService (NRCS), Partners for Fish& Wildlife, Professional Alliance,South Dakota's Conservation Dis-tricts, South Dakota Departmentof Environment & Natural Re-

outh Dakota Leopold Conservation Award seeks nominees


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Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCAPastor Margie Hershey

Grace Is Like Donuts

We often talk about being saved by grace budifficult to explain to those who have not exper

grace for us. Recently I read this explanation thpretty good picture of how we are bles

A group of junior high kids were asked the dbetween grace, mercy and justice.

One boy responded by saying, If a cop pulls yspeeding and gives you a ticket, thats ju

If a cop pulls you over for speeding and gives yo

thats mercy.

But if a cop pulls you over for speeding and gKrispy Kreme donut, thats grace.

Grace is the unexpected good news that inpunishment Jesus gives us undeserved bl

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High school rodeo featured at 20X evAn extreme showcase of Southakotas finest high school cow-oys and cowgirls that is exactlyhat you will find if you makeour way to the Black Hills Stockhow Rodeo at the Rapid City

ushmore Plaza Civic Center Jan-ary 27, at 1:00 p.m.There will be 114 top high schooldeo athletes will be geared up

nd ready to go as they get an op-ortunity to showcase their rodeolents during the 11th Annual

0X Extreme Showcase. Southakota has four regions of highhool rodeo contestants. The top

hree cowboys and cowgirls fromach region in each event, basedn points after state finals, are in-ted to compete in this exclusivedeo event.Each contestant will receive a

Wrangler 20X shirt and a Wran-er jean gift certificate. Eventinners receive a trophy buckleade by Maynard Buckles. Four

500 scholarships are available fornior contestants, one from

Wrangler, two from the Black Hillstock Show Foundation and oneom South Dakota Buckaroos.The 20X Extreme College Fairill be held from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30m. at the south balcony of thearnett Arena. This is a great op-ortunity for contestants to visitith National Intercollegiateodeo Association rodeo coachesom South Dakota, North Dakota,wa, Oklahoma and Wyoming.This will be an opportunity toe some of the best young rodeolent South Dakota has to offer,

matched up against top stock,competing in the Black Hills StockShow Rodeo venue. Combine thiswith the top contract personnel inthe PRCA, and fans are sure to re-ceive an afternoon of pure rodeo

entertainment.Bareback

Northwest Shane O'Connell,Rapid City, Trig Clark, Meadow,Trevor Gray, Ridgeview.Barrel Racing

East Chesney Nagel, Spring-field, Cassidy Musick, Virgil, Tor-rie Michels, Mitchell, alternateKendra Kannas, Hayti; Northwest Taylor Engessor, Spearfish,Brittany Eymer, Spearfish, PeedeeDoyle, St Onge, alternate FehrinWard, Fruitdale; River AnnieFulton, Miller, Laura O'Leary,Timber Lake, Kailee Webb, Isabel,alternate Syerra Christensen,Kennebec; Southwest KeenieWord, Hermosa, Jordan Tierney,Oral, Baillie Mutchler, White-wood, alternate Ashley Peterson,Rapid City.Breakaway

East Logan Moody, Letcher,Maddie Schaack, Clark, ShannaSwanson, alternate Brooke Ol-lerich, Colton; Northwest BrookeHowell, Belle Fourche, CassyWoodward, Dupree, Jayci Lam-phere, Belle Fourche, alternateFehrin Ward, Fruitdale; River Cedar Jandreau, Kennebec,Tawny Barry, Carter, Katie Hos-tutler, Midland, alternate Court-ney Dahlgren, Timber Lake,Southwest Elsie Fortune, Inte-rior, Mattee Pauley, Wall, Cassidy

Mutchler, Whitewood, alternateDale Ellen Cuny, Kyle.Bull Riding

East Ryan Knutson, Toronto,Riley Page, Colton; Northwest Ian Jacobs, Belle Fourche, Jade

Nixon, Belle Fourche, Dalton Ger-bracht, Faith, alternate Treye La-plante; River Jake Frazier,White Horse,Casey Heninger, Ft.Pierre, Scott Shoemaker, Gregory,alternate Levi Schonebaum, Her-rick; Southwest Miles Englebert,Burdock, Kyle Reddy, Pine Ridge,J D Phelps, Porcupine, alternateLane Cermak, Sturgis.Goat Tying

East Jacey Hupp, Huron,Vanzi Knippling, Chamberlain,Maggie Heiberger, Hartford, alter-nate Brandi Cwach, Geddes;Northwest Tearnee Nelson,Faith, Tricia Wilken, Meadow,Fehrin Ward, Fruitdale, alternatePeyton Smith, Lantry, River Katie Lensgrav, Interior, Rylee JoRutten, Colome, Bailey Tibbs, Ft.Pierre, alternate Erin Kenzy, Iona;Southwest Karlee Peterson,Sturgis, Kailey Rae Sawvell,Quinn, Kassi McPherson, RapidCity.Pole Bending

East Hailey Block, Sisseton,Becca Lythgoe, Colton, Jorry Lam-mers, Hartford, alternate KelseyKennedy, Beresford; Northwest Kellsey Collins, Newell, BryceOlson, Prairie City, Maclyn Hauck,Belle Fourche, alternate BrookeHowell, Belle Fourche; River Remi Wientjes, Onida, JordanBickel, Trail City, Kelsey Garber,

Pierre, alternate Moriah Glaus,Chamberlain; Southwest MazeePauley, Wall, Kaitlin Peterson,Sturgis, Carlee Johnston, ElmSprings, alternate Tylee Evans,Piedmont.

Saddle BroncEast Jade Maier, Bowdle;

Northwest Tayte Clark,Meadow, Teal Schmidt, Sturgis,Seth Longbrake, Howes, alternateKash Deal, Dupree; River RegionBill Chauncy, Mission; Southwest Reed Johnson, Philip, JordanHunt, Faith, Paul Kruse, Interior.Steer Wrestling

East Cole Potter, Winfred,Cameron Fanning, Olivet, ShaneBoysen Sioux Falls; Northwest Andy Nelson, Spearfish, CadenPacker, Sturgis, Max Teigen,Camp Crook, alternate DaltonHurst, Buffalo; River Jake Ful-ton, Valentine, Tyler Gaer, Newell,Logan Christensen, Kadoka, alter-nate Wyatt Schaack, Wall; South-

west Carson Johnston, ElmSprings.Tie Down RopingEast Braedy Edleman, Huron,Nolan Richie, Bristol, Kyle Kall-hoff, Watertown, alternate MattNelson, Colman; Northwest Casey Packer, Sturgis, CodyTrainor, Faith, Cody Packer, Stur-gis, alternate Lane Foster, Lem-mon; River Lee Sivertsen, ReeHeights, Carson Musick, Pierre,Samuel Boldon, Oglala, alternate

Wyatt Fulton, Southwest Tregmont, Wyatt MaJoshua Hunt, FLane Blasius, all.Team Roping - H

East Wyatte ley, Jeremiah JJace Christiansenate Joe Hendrick

Northwest CFaith, Colby HDalton Sheridan,Kash Deal, DuprO'Daniel, KadokaMound City, HaMidland, alternDahlgren, Timbewest Caleb SGap, Connor McGrady Egly, OelLane Blasius, WaTeam Roping - H

East Seth AnKaycee MonnenDean Christens

Northwest MiSpearfish, Cash HShay Oliver, Lem alternate Lane?River Nolan HaPearson WientjeBrooke Nelson, PSavanna Glaus,Southwest TreyJade Schmidt, BBaker, Hermosa, aLauing, Oral.

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Obituaries

Funeral services for Frankieeeves, age 97, of Shakopee, Min-sota and formerly of Mobridge

ere at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan-ry 19, 2013 at Kesling Funeral

ome in Mobridge. Burial was ine Timber Lake Cemetery. Visita-n will be from 3 - 5 at the fu-ral home Friday. Frankie passed

way Wednesday, January 9, 2013Shakopee.

Frankie was born to Frank andrace (Duncan) Rickels on Decem-

r 9, 1915 in Terry County, Texasthe Brownfield Ranch.ankie's father was ranch fore-an of the Brownfield Ranch. Thench was large, boasting of fiftyree sections where they raisedttle and horses. Frankie at-nded college at Texas Tech atubbock majoring in clothing andsign. Frankie was an excep-nal seamstress sewing much ofr own clothing. She was noted

r her unique design and fabric inr western shirts that she made

r her husband, Arthur and hero boys Dean and Buzz. Frankie

as very creative. She knitted

afghans for all of her grandchil-dren. She always seemed to be inthe middle of some kind of creativeproject.

After college, she worked forRural Rehabilitation in 1934 and1935. Arthur worked for theBrownfield Ranch as a foremanand wrangler of one of the divi-sions. This is where the legacybegan. Frankie and Arthur weremarried at Lamesa, Texas on Au-gust 3, 1935. When a severedrought had hit Texas, Frankie &Arthur packed up and moved theirfamily to Colorado. By then, theyhad two boys, Dean and Gene(Buzz). They lived near Trincheraand Trinidad for the next sixyears.

In 1949, Frankie once againpacked up her family and movedto the Dupree and Eagle Butte,South Dakota area. Over the yearsshe had moved 28 times, with themajority moves being in SouthDakota. In 1960, Arthur went towork for the South Dakota Stock-growers as a Brand Inspector, hisfirst job was in Sioux Falls, SD.While living in Sioux Falls,

Frankie became the secretary forSioux Valley Hospital on the postoperative floor. She worked thereuntil they were transferred to Cor-sica, SD. Not one to stay idle,Frankie went to work as a recep-tionist and assistant to an op-tometrist, Dr. Stekely, in Platte,SD. She worked there for overeight years. The family thenmoved to Winner, SD. After sev-eral years there, they moved toBison, then Mobridge. WhenFrankie's health got to where shecouldn't be alone, she went to livewith her grandson, D'Aun Reeves,his wife Sharon and their family.

She loved her new home atShakopee, MN, where she becamepart of their family and family ac-tivities.

During all Frankie and Arthur'smoves, their horses went withthem. Buzz tells of unloading 45head of mares off the train at Mid-land, SD and trailing them 75miles north to Dupree, SD whenthey came to South Dakota in1949. Frankie and Arthur becamerenowned South Dakota QuarterHorse Breeders. Their breedingstock boasted of the famous pedi-grees of Tom Baker, Bartender,Bar Nothing Springer, HarmonKing and FerTidy. They wereawarded the 50 year AQHALegacy award in 1998. The oldadage, "Beside every successfulman, stands a remarkablewoman," describes Frankie to theletter. Through all of the moving,the ups and downs of life, Frankienever faltered. She was a deter-mined, resilient lady. her familywas the most important thing toher and she tried to keep in touchin some way with all of them.

Frankie is survived by one son,

Gene "Buzz" (Faye) Reeves, grand-children: D'Aun (Sharon)Reeves,Shakopee, MN; Kevin Reeves,Chamberlain, SD; JoBeth (Justin)Swires Cody WY; Kip Reeves,Houston, TX; Melissa(Jason)Wientjes, Delta, CO; Jim (Jana)Reeves, Midland, SD; Bobby(Paul)Palczewski, Ludlow, SD; Mary(Wade) Mitzel, Belle Fourche, SD;Tom (Carmin) Reeves, Athens, TX,25 great grandchildren, and 4great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death byher husband, Arthur, one son,Dean, and her parents, Frank andGrace Rickels.

Norman G. Smith "Bud" age 93Lodgepole, passed away on Sat-day, January 12, 2013 at South-est Healthcare Services in Bow-an.The Funeral Service for Budere held at 10:30 a.m. Wednes-y, January 16, 2013 at the Het-

nger Lutheran Church with Pas-r Kathleen Dettmann and Pas-r Galen Strand, officiating. Bur- was in the Hettinger Cemeteryth full military honors afforded

by the Johnson-Melary AmericanLegion Post #115 of Hettinger.

Norman George "Bud" Smithwas born in Hettinger, NorthDakota on October 3, 1919, the son

of Newell and Bessie Smith. Hegrew up on the family ranch nearLodgepole, South Dakota and waseducated in a one-room countryschool until attending and gradu-ating from Hettinger High Schoolin 1937. After graduation, Budbegan farming and ranching withhis parents.

On February 14, 1942, Bud mar-ried Leotta Wulf at Baker Mon-tana and shortly after, in June of1942 he enlisted in the US Navy.After attending Motor Machinistschool in Virginia he was assignedto the USS Waller, a destroyer. Hespent 41 months in the Navy inthe South Pacific theatre. He par-ticipated in the Solomon Islands

and Mariana Islands campaigns,earning six battle stars. He washonorably discharged on Novem-ber 4, 1945.

After WWII ended, Bud re-

turned to Lodgepole where he andLeotta began farming and ranch-ing again on the family operation.Three children were born to theirunion: Vickie, Suzanne and Tim.

Bud was active in the Lodgepolecommunity, serving on manyboards including the LodgepoleLutheran Church where he wasbaptized and confirmed. He alsoserved on the Township board,School board and Perkins CountyFair board. He was a director andpresident of the Grand River Graz-ing Association and a member ofHettinger Toastmasters. He wasalso a member of the American Le-gion and served as athletic direc-tor for the Legion for many yearspursuing his love of baseball thatbegan when he played on theLodgepole, Bison, Strool and Het-tinger baseball teams.

Bud enjoyed fishing, hunting,

reading, writing poetry, playingcards, and gardening. He devotedconsiderable time and energy tothe development of Falcata, a yel-low blossom grazing alfalfa which

Norman G. Smith "Bud"

Frankie Reeves

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

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

18 mi. south of Prairie City - Worship Service - 10

Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCA Pastor MarIndian Creek - 8:00 a.m. American - 9:30 a.m. Rosebu

Christ Lutheran Church WELS Pastor Gerhardt Juergens

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

Tuesday Bible Class - 7:00 p.m.

Coal Springs Community ChurchPastors Nels & Angie Easterby

South Jct. of Highways 73 & 20

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

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

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Fr. Tony GSaturday Mass: Morristown - 4:45 p.m. Lemmon -

Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Bison - 11:0

Holland Center Christian Reformed CPastor Brad Burkhalter Lodgepo

Worship Service - 8:00 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church Pastor FlorenceSunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service -10:

Slim Buttes Lutheran Pastor Henry MReva Sunday School 9:45, Worship Service - 11:00 a.m

Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.

Beckman Wesleyan Church Pastor Brad Prairie City

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship - 1

Vesper Service - 6:00 p.m., Wed. Evenings - 7:3

was brought to the South Dakotaprairies and given to some home-steaders in the early 1900's. Be-cause of his efforts, he was able togather seed to be inter-seeded into

the prairie, not only on his ranchbut throughout the USA as heshared his product and his knowl-edge with many ranchers. Bud be-lieved in and practiced conserva-tion and showed great respect forthe land and the animals thatlived on it. In 1985 he was namedS. Dak. Rangeman of the Year forDistrict IV and the family ranchwas named a centennial farm in2007. Bud lived on the familyranch until November 2011 whenhe and Leotta became residents ofWestern Horizons Assisting Livingin Hettinger. In May , 2012 he be-came a resident in the swing bedunit of SouthWest Health Care inBowman, N. Dak. where he died

on January 12, 2013.Bud was preceded in death byhis parents; and his brotherColonel Clifford Smith. Left tomourn his death is his wife of 70

years, Leotta; his(Rod) Reinke andStrand; his sonSmith; six grand(Julie) Reinke; S

hard; Rochelle (TKyle Smith; JoshSmith; seven greaPayton and Loganand Sophia BeStrand, Aidan Molly Thompson;Sanger; and a spman Anderson.

Bud was a devofather. He had a tence on the livefamily. He was lotivity, integrity,sense of humor, always finding thHis family is so gift of "Bud".

Condolences to

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The Dakota Smiles Mobile will be inBison February 4, 2013 for

Pre-screening

The Dakota Smiles Mobile is a mobile dental unit. TheDakota Smiles Mobile is able to treat patients of ALL

ages. Please note priority will be given to children upto 18 years of age needing dental care.

Pre-screenings begin February 4 so that when the bus is here inMarch, more time can be devoted to actual dental work. Required

aperwork may be picked up at the Bison Clinic. This paperwork must be received back at the Clinicbefore any appointment will be scheduled.

Please call Susan at the Bison Clinic 244-5206today for more information.

SPONSORED BY:

Back row: Teigan Clark, Harland Groves, Hugh Groves, Shane Collins, Braden KopColt Kopren, Rylee Veal, Kaden Glover. Not pictured Ashtin Gerbracht.

Word of the day challengeor high school studentsIn an effort to support high schooludents and enhance their vocabu-ry for the ACTs, the Bison Publicbrary is offering a Word of theay challenge on their face bookge. Monday through Friday a new

ord will be posted and any student12th grade can message in a defi-

tion and a sentence using the wordrrectly. Students have 24 hours torticipate before a new word issted, at which time every eligibleswer will be used as a chance fore weekly drawing. On Monday a

winner will be drawn and thanks tolocal businesses who have sponsoredthis event, there is a weekly $10prize. To register, students need onlygo to the Bison Public Library pageon Facebook and Like them. Thiscontest will start January 28th andrun through the last week of school.

Remember students, your commu-nity believes in you and we are hereto support you; the Bison Clinic, Da-cotah Bank of Bison, Perkins CountyTitle Company, The Bison Bar,Chapmans Electronics, DakotaPlains Federal Credit Union,Carmichael Builders, Dakota Feedand Seed, Bison Implement, theBison Food Store and the Bison Pub-lic Library wish you continued suc-cess as you prepare for the worldoutside.

Bison wrestling season kick

Wrestlers from Bison and thesurrounding area began the 2013season a little late this year, buthave jumped right into the mix oftournaments. The team has beenpracticing three nights a week andtraveling to the Black Hills on theweekends to compete. Thewrestlers traveled to Sturgis onthe 12th of January to attend thefirst of this years tournamentssponsored by the club from White-wood. This tournament setup al-lowed wrestlers to wrestle the agethey were that day. In the 6 andunder class Rylee Veal placed 3rdand Kaden Glover also earned 3rdplace wrestling in their respectiveweight brackets. Ashtin Gerbrachtwon his first match of the seasonand received a 4th place trophy inhis class. Shane Collins, wrestlingin the 11-12 age group, won 2 andlost one match to come in 2nd

place. Hugh Groves won his firstmatch, but lost the next 2 earninga 3rd place award. HarlandGroves won all but one of hismatches, but due to loses amongthe other wrestlers in his classwas awarded the 1st place trophy.It was a great beginning to the2013 season. Ashtin Gerbrachtcontinued the weekend wrestlingon Sunday at Rapid City Stevens.The lone representative fromBison wrestled tough matches,winning 2 and losing 2, placing3rd at this tournament.

Eight of the club members trav-eled to Spearfish to wrestle onJanuary 19th. The tournament in-cluded 547 wrestlers from SouthDakota, North Dakota, Wyoming,Nebraska, and Montana. The tour-nament was set up so thewrestlers wrestled the age theywill be this year. Colt Koprenwrestled in the 6 and under agegroup. He won his first match andnever lost by pin earning him a3rd place ribbon. Kaden Gloverand Rylee Veal moved up to the 7-

8 year olds.Both one match and wrtheir matches somonly 2 points in won a 2nd place mreceived a 3rd prest of our team w12 year old brackwon 2 of his 3 mceived 2nd placewrestled three dia very tough bractinues to work pinned in his Groves won 3 of hcoming home waward.Team memon top this weekeGroves and Shaland won 4 matcwon 2. Both boywith a 1st place t

The team willFourche this weforward to watchmen grow throuAnyone interesteAAU program caCollins or Brad M

Monday, January 28

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Wednesday, January 30

Burritos w/cheesesalad bar

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2013 Senior SpotlighInduction into the National Honor Society during his sophomore

year proves that Lane Kopren is an excellent student; his selectionas all-state linebacker attests that hes a talented athlete. Appar-ently, hes also well-liked among his peers. They voted him to betheir Homecoming King last fall.

Lane was born on March 12, 1995, the second son of Ross andBev Kopren. His brother Kyle is a junior at the University of Mary,Bismarck; their little sister Tessa is a sophomore at Bison High.

Lane has always lived on the familys sheep ranch, 16 milessouth of Prairie City. His plans are to eventually take over its op-eration. Hell be the third generation, following in the footsteps ofhis Grandpa Merle and his dad. First, he wants to earn a degreein business or agribusiness.

He is a long-time member of Antelope 4-H club. Hes shown theranchs Rambouillets at the county fair for years, winning RoundRobin and sheep showmanship honors. He has participated in thecarcass contest.

Since his freshman year, Lane has been active in FFA and iscurrently president of the local chapter. He has participated at thestate level in both meat judging and on the marketing team.

He hasnt decided his college choice for next fall but it could be

Black Hills State or Chadron State. Football coaches from bothare scouting him. Im going to try to play, he said.This past football season was an awesome one for Lane. He not only broke the school reco

les (215) and was named to the LMC all-conference list for the third year in a row butSouth Dakotas 1st team Class B All State Linebacker! Only a handful of Bison athletes hstate fame.

Lane has played basketball since the 5th grade and is currently varsity co-captain of the three other senior boys.

He doesnt participate in track or golf because the springtime is when hes busy with caing at the ranch. In his spare time, he enjoys watching sports. He also likes to hunt and

His church affiliation is at St. Joseph in Mud Butte and he attends youth group at Blein Bison.

Lane Sheridan

Cardinals travel to Timber Lake

Christopher Morris releases one from the charit"B" game.

ane Kopren gets low on defense. The final score was Bison 32, Timber Lake 50.

y Senator John ThuneSince President Obama took office2009, an additional 15 million

mericans have been added to theod stamp rolls. This trend has con-nued despite economic indicatorsming from his administration thatggest the number of Americans

t of work and enrolling in govern-ent safety net programs should bethe decline.

The most recent food stamp par-ipation numbers paint a very

oubling picture of the U.S. econ-my. According to the latest statis-

s released on January 4, 2013, bye Department of Agriculture, thember of Americans enrolled in thepplemental Nutrition Assistanceogram, commonly referred to as

od stamps, has spiked to nearly 48llion people, or nearly 15 percentthe U.S. population. Food stamprollment has increased by morean 607,000 just since the last re-rt was published in December of12.The enrollment of such a large

mber of Americans in the foodamp program has come at an ex-emely high cost to taxpayers. Lastar alone the U.S. governmentent a record $80.4 billion on foodamps, and is projected to spend antimated $770 billion over the nextyears.

With nearly one out of every sevenople using food stamps, lawmak-s should be carefully reviewing thepid increase in enrollment andding answers to important ques-ns, such as: are these benefitsing provided to those who need itost; should the list of eligible foodamp products be modified; andes this program encourage inde-

pendence or does it instead create anongoing dependency on governmentprograms?

In December of 2012, I sent a let-ter along with Senator Jeff Sessions(R-Ala.) to Wendy Spencer, Chief Ex-ecutive Officer for the Corporationfor National and Community Service

(CNCS), a government entity re-sponsible for matching governmentpaid volunteers with local commu-nity service organizations. Our let-ter outlined our concerns that cur-rent CNCS policies and promotionalmaterials may be encouraging theexploitation of food stamps by paidCNCS volunteers, resulting in un-necessary food stamp participation.While this is just one example of thefraud and abuse that plagues thissystem, if a federal agency such asCNCS is able to exploit the benefitsof another federal program, it is dif-ficult to predict just how far andwidespread fraud and abuse mayreach.

It is time for Congress to engagein a meaningful discussion about

how to best reduce poverty and ex-pand upward mobility for all Ameri-cans, and take decisive action toachieve this goal. Congress muststrike a balance to ensure that weprotect our countrys most vulnera-ble and those who legitimately needassistance while also cutting federalspending, reprioritizing federal pro-grams, and eliminating waste,fraud, and abuse. As Congress pre-pares to address our nations overallfederal spending, I will continue toadvocate for common-sense reformsto our nations safety net programsthat will improve Americas social,fiscal, and economic health.

me to reform the broken Food Stamp Program


10/16


TREE FACTS New tree planting grant a

By Robert Drown,Natural Resource Specialist

The South Dakota State Conser-vation Commission recently ap-proved $134,000 for a new TreePlanting Grant Project for theNorthwest Area Conservation Dis-tricts. The Perkins County Con-

servation District will be adminis-tering the grant that will serveCorson, Dewey, Harding Perkins,Tri-County and Ziebach CountyConservation Districts.

The main objective of the grantis to help farmers and ranchersthat do not qualify for federal fi-nancial assistance for shelterbeltplantings. Specifically the grantwill be used to provide cost sharefor planting shelterbelts on hayland, pasture, range and croplandthat does not meet cropping his-

tory or rank well for ContinuousConservation Reserve Program,Environmental Quality IncentivesProgram or Wildlife Habitat In-centives Program.

The grant will provide costshare for site preparation, shrubs

and planting, trees and planting,weed control fabric and protectivefence. The Conservation Districtsplan to involve 55 farmers andranchers over the next two years.The Northwest Area ConservationDistricts will provide technical as-sistance, i.e. field checking forneed and feasibility, planning, de-sign, layout and checkout afterplanting.

The main priority of the TreePlanting Grant Project is to pro-vide protection for livestock. How-ever, additional benefits will be en-couraged including improvementof surface water quality, erosioncontrol on cropland, proper grass-land management, wildlife habitatcreation, energy savings and assis-

tance to beginning farmers andranchers. Producers who partici-pate in the program are requiredto prepare their shelterbelt sitethe summer and fall before treeplanting.

The project will provide signifi-cant economic and social benefitsto area farmers and ranchers. Thesustainability of livestock produc-ers and the grasslands they man-age are significantly impacted bythe use of shelterbelts to reducefeed costs and calf death losses,

improve overall himplement planntems on grasslanalso provide farmeconomic opportdiversification offor recreation use

wildlife habitat) duced energy usland values.

The Northwesttion Districts wifor all phases of tterbelt planning arequirements wilNatural ResourcService Field OGuide. Farmers aticipating in theceive 50 % cost planting, weed cand 20% cost shafence based on thvation CommissThey will also enagreement requirof the shelterbelt

Farmers and would like more iparticipating inshould call their ldistrict: Corson Dewey @605-865@605-375-3216, 244-7160, Tri-Co2561, Ziebach @Natural ResourcDrown @605-2444 or by e-mail asd.nacdnet.net.

New shelterbelt planted in Corson County this past spring for livestock protectio

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For the 73 percent of Southakota's cattle producers wholve in the spring, calving is rightound the corner. Being preparedkey for a successful and prof-

able calving season, says Kalynaters, SDSU Extension Cow/Calfeld Specialist.

"In a year when input costs arerecord highs, saving every calfssible is at the top of producers'eck list," Waters said.Cold temperatures and stormsen threaten newborn calves. Ac-rding to USDA reports, eachar approximately 95,000 calvese lost annually to cold stress andpothermia.Waters says understanding thesks of hypothermia in newbornlves and working to identify itsverity quickly allows for propereatment and will increase calfrvival."When calves are 24 hours old orss and air temperatures droplow 56.2 degrees, additional en-gy is needed to maintain their

dy temperature and health,"aters said.She adds that several factorspact a newborns calf's ability tombat hypothermia and coldress including; maternal dietior to calving, calving difficulty,ir coat, bedding, colostrum in-ke, speed of detection, windeed, and shelter.Know what the weather holds:aters says one of the first stepsplanning to prevent cold stress,

is to have a clear understanding ofwhat weather conditions are. Shesencourages producers to fre-quently check the Cold Advisoryfor Newborn Livestock (CANL)forecast which is available on theAberdeen National Weather Ser-vice Web site.

"The Cold Advisory for NewbornLivestock (CANL) forecast at theAberdeen area's National WeatherService Web site was created withinput from northern U.S. ranchersand experts in animal science andthose who study biological re-sponses to extreme weather condi-tions," said Edwards, SDSU Ex-tension Climate Field Specialist.

Edwards explains that theCANL forecast takes five factorsinto account: wind chill, rain orwet snow, high humidity, combina-tions of wind chill and precipita-tion, and sunshine vs. cloudy days.As a result, it is a quick and easyway to combine several weatherfactors together to determine thehazardous weather risk to your

newborn calves. To learn moreabout CANL, visit iGrow.org andread "Cold Weather Advisories forNewborn Livestock."

In instances where a calf be-comes chilled, Waters says produc-ers need to be ready to warm themup - whether it's using a warmingbox, water baths or another warm-ing method.

To learn more about this topic,Waters encourages producers tovisit iGrow.org and read the fol-lowing articles: "Q & A: LowerCritical Temperatures for New-born Calves" and "Cold Stress andNewborn Calves."

"Calving can be stressful timefor many cow/calf producers, how-ever being prepared, and learningmore about how to identify and re-spond to cold stress and hypother-mia will allow for it to be bettermanaged, reducing its impact onthe calving season," Waters said.

To learn more on this and otherlivestock topics, visit www.igrow.org.

Cold stress and newborn calves


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NOTICE OFVACANCY ON

SCHOOL BOARDBISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

State ofSouth Dakota

County Of Perkins

te: January 17, 2013

e following Board positions will be-me vacant due to the expiration ofe present term of office of the follow-g school board members.

ACANCIESne -three year term for the schoolard member position currently heldDaniel Beckman, Jr.

ne-three year term for school boardember position currently held by Danale.

rculation of nominating petitionsay begin on January 25, 2013 and pe-ions may be filed in the office of thesiness Manager located at the Bisonhool between the hours of 8:00 a.m.d 5:00 p.m. MT not later than thend day of February, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.mailed by registered mail not later

an February 22nd, 2013 at 5:00 p.m.

nnie Crow, Business Managerson School District #52-1x 9, Bison, SD. 57620

ublished January 24 and January 2013 at a total approximate cost of

7.96.]

Notice of VacancyMunicipality of

Bison

e following offices will become va-nt due to the expiration of the pres-

t term of office of the elective officer:ke Clements 3 year termvid Kopren 3 year term

rculation of nominating petitionsay begin on January 25, 2013 and pe-ions may be filed in the office of theance officer, located at 309 1st Ave.

est, Bison, between the hours of noon4:00 p.m. mountain time not lateran the 22nd day of February, 2013.

zabeth Hulmnance Officer

ublished twice January 17 and Jan-ry 24, 2013 at a total approximatest of $15.61.]

Mary Ellen Fried attended ababy shower in honor of SharlaVeal at the home of Kim Veal inBison Sunday afternoon.

Vonnie Foster and Ron Bach-man visited with Bernie Rose Fri-day.

Vonnie Foster and Julie Fostervisited with Bernie Rose Saturday.

Fred and Bev Schopp attendedsome of the Little Moreau Confer-ence Basketball games this past

week.On Monday afternoon, Jerry

and Carolyn Petik attended theOne Act Play at LHS. MirandiBakken was a participant. Laterin the afternoon they visited withseveral people at the NursingHome and also stopped to seeIrene Young. They were brief

callers at Thelma Lemke's in theevening.Carolyn Petik attended Hope

Meadow News .................By Tiss TreibWomen's Bible study at the homeof Dottie Barnes on Tuesday after-noon.

On Wednesday Carolyn accom-panied Jeri Lynn Bakken to Wak-pala to attend the Regional one actplay competition. Jerry Petik at-tended the funeral of Bud Smith inHettinger.

Carolyn was a Thursday morn-ing visitor at Ernestine Miller's.Friday evening Jerry and Car-

olyn were amongwho joined DustyDarion Albright fState, for supper

Saturday, Carher mother, IreneIrene called on Nthe afternoon. LJerry and Carol

benefit for Emil a

Lucky Piggy winners

1 - 18 - 13

$25.00 Herb LandisMobridge, SD

$100.00Vegas the Cat Huber

Bison, SD


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NOTICRECEIV

FOR CONPROD

NOTICE IS HERPerkins County wilOffice of the Perkifor precast concretdecking units, bri

passes, box culvertand any other cneeded by Perkins

All of the above bid11:10 A.M. on T12,2013 in the Commthe Courthouse Dakota.

Each bid must be Certified Check or the amount of $50to the Perkins Coun

By virtue of statutoerence will be givenucts and supplies within the State of

All materials to bPerkins County Y

Quantity to be dHighway Superinte

The Board of Counreserves the right any or all bids andtherein.

Tracy BuerPerkins County HigBox 158Bison, SD 57620

[Published Januaryuary 24, 2013 at acost of $31.20 .]

CALL FO

FOR ASROAD

NOTICE IS HERPerkins County wilOffice of the Countous types of asphatypes of oil are listewhich are on file atway Superintendenabove bids will be opon Tuesday, Februa

You are hereby adshall be accompanithe sum of five thouby Surety authorizethe State of Southpayable to Perkinsas a guarantee thenter into a contrwith the terms of thCheck, Cashiers Chin the amount of fivmay be used in lieu

The Board of Counreserves the right any or all bids andtherein.

Tracy BuerPerkins County HigBox 158Bison, South Dakot

[Published Januaryuary 24, 2013 at acost of $27.31


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

sh on Hand 12-1-12 2890.61 1045.13 1491.52 36698.02vested in Securities 895035.72 580477.66 62543.49 62567.04ceipts:

Local SourcesInterest 406.62 764.69 17.55Taxes 55755.61 27493.32 19248.52 4122.74Miscellaneous 891.94Co-Curricular 1106.00

ntermediate Sources

County Apportionment 262.94

tate SourcesState Aid 37774.00Mineral Leasing 12265.00Taylor Grazing 723.00Medicaid 1984.00 350.00

tal Receipts 111169.11 28258.01 19616.07 4122.74 15946.51tal Disbursements 117081.96 10671.07 14900.17 14788.43sh on Hand 12-31-12 6031.93 2972.02 3591.35 37796.10vested in Securities 885981.75 596137.71 65159.56 66689.78

MPACT AID FUND $81,436.36car Smith Scholarship

Fund $296051.81RUST & AGENCYReceipts

Sophomores/Concessions 1990.25FFA/Fruit Sales 12333.50FFA/Donation 282.00FCCLA/Fund Raiser 488.00

General Fund/November Reimb 851.04

Dacotah Bank/Interest 1.72

[Published January 24, 2013 at a total approximate cost of $89.17.]

imbursementsKevin Morast/Official l120.52Dave Erickson/Official l85.00Eliza Bonacci/

Entry Fee Reimb 40.00American Popcorn Co/

Supplies 562.00Julie Hatle/

Supply Reimb 28.75Hettinger Candy Co/

Supplies 81.40Bison Food Store/

Supplies 157.50

Country Meats/Supplies 288.00

Java Joes Fundraising/Supplies 731.00

Paul Adcock/Travel Reimb 50.00

Joyce Matthews/Reg Fee Reimb 850.00

Joyce Matthews/Hotel Reimb 667.56

Dave Masters/DJ Deposit 300.00

JD Ryen/Fuel Reimb 68.93

JD Ryen/FFA Chaperone 85.00Christi Ryen/Meal Reimb 26.00Christi Ryen /

Supply Reimb 42.06Brent Mareska/Official 158.46Bryan Zahn/Offi cia l 100.00MinnTex Citrus/Fruit 9966.71Faith School/Entry Fee 20.00Collin Palmer/FFA Award 100.00Mike Miller/Offic ial 85.00Dennis Gores/Official 174.54

BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OFEDUCATION

MEETING

ATE: January 14, 2013 TIME HELD:00 p.m. KIND OF MEETING: Regu-

WHERE HELD: Boardroom MEM-ERS PRESENT: Arneson, Beckman,

ri, Kvale, Thompson MEMBERS

BSENT: None OFFICERS ANDTHERS PRESENT: Supt. Kraemer,s Mgr. Crow, Asst. Bus. Mgr. John-

n, Ruth Hobbs, T.W. Schalesky, Chetderson, Beth Hulm

HAIRMAN KVALE CALLED THEEETING TO ORDER WITH ACALLOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG.

ONSENT AGENDA. Motion by Beckman second by Ar-son to approve the consent agendath the following additions: 10ahool Lunch Transfer, 12a Executivession to Discuss Personnel MattersDCL 1-25-2 (1)), 12b Executive Ses-n to Discuss a Student MatterDCL 1-25-2 (2)) and to approve theancial reports and the minutes of

e December 10, 2012 meeting. Mo-n carried.

PPROVAL OF CLAIMS. Motion by Beckman second by Ar-son to approve the claims listedlow. Motion carried.& B BUSINESS PRODUCTS, SUP-

PLIES, 295.98; ADVANCE PAY-MENTS, MONTHLY REIMBURSE-MENT, 963.45; ARNESON, ERIC,MILEAGE, 84.36; BECKMAN,DANIEL, MILEAGE, 75.48; BISONCOURIER, MONTHLY PUBLISHINGCOSTS, 261.37; BISON FOODSTORE, MONTHLY SUPPLIES,76.19; BISON GRAIN CO., GASO-LINE, 445.45; Bison Implement, SUP-PLIES, 25.00; CHAPMANS ELEC-TRONICS, SUPPLIES, 488.50; CUR-RENT CONNECTION, REPAIRS,219.99; DACOTAH BANK, LOCKBOX RENT, 27.00; DAKOTA FEED,

SUPPLIES, 267.45; EBSCO L I -BRARY, MAGAZINES, 1,691.21;GRAND ELECTRIC COOP, SUP-PLIES/REPAIRS, 2,634.53; HARMONLAW OFFICE, LEGAL SERVICES,460.00; HERFF-JONES, SUPPLIES,176.79; JACKSON, BOB, LABOR,575.00; JACKSON, DARREN, CLASSREIMBURSEMENT, 60.00; KAHLER,DARLA, SUPPLY REIMBURSE-MENT, 35.65; KOPREN, HEIDI, SUP-PLY REIMBURSEMENT, 20.28;MENARD'S, SUPPLIES, 51.22;MILES, SHELBY, SUPPLY REIM-BURSEMENT, 34.34; NORTHWEST

AREA SCHOOLS, FEES, 640.00;NORTHWEST PIPE, SUPPLIES,11.12; P FLEET, GAS, 21.80; PECK,JOHN, SNOW REMOVAL, 150.00;SCHOOL LUNCH FUND, TRANS-FER, 5,000.00; SD DISCOVERY CEN-TER, SUPPLIES, 280.00; SDCTM,SUPPLIES, 120.00; SDHSAA, FEE,50.00; SMITH, GENE, MONTHLYBUS CONTRACT, 9,060.71; SouthwestBusiness, SUPPLIES, 738.31;SOUTHWEST GRAIN, PROPANE,476.00; TOWN OF BISON, WATER/

SEWER/GARBAGE, 338.81; U SPOSTAL SERVICE, ENVELOPES,1,094.80; WEST RIVER TELE-PHONE, TELEPHONE, 316.52

TOTAL GENERAL FUND$27,267.31

BISON GRAIN CO., COAL3,565.34; GRAND ELECTRIC COOP,REPAIRS/SUPPLIES, 5,688.50;OSCAR SMITH SCHOLARSHIPFUND, CORRECTION/INTEREST,242.48; Southwest Business, C O M -PUTER, 739.42

TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND$10,235.74

DAKOTAFEED, GAS, 34.53; HANDSON HEALTH PT, SPEC ED SER-

VICES, 311.88; NORTHWEST AREASCHOOLS, SPEECH/MISC SER-

VICES, 24,564.00 ; RAMKOTA INN,ROOM, 79.00

TOTAL SPECIAL ED FUND$24,989.41

BISON FOOD STORE, MONTHLYSUPPLIES, 199.14; CHILD & ADULTNUTRITION, SUPPLIES, 308.51; KO-PREN, WADE, MEAL TICKET RE-FUND, 9.00; SYSCO FOOD SER-

VICES OF ND, SUPPLIES, 887.25;VEAL, WARREN, MEALTICKET RE-FUND, 5.65

TOTAL SCHOOL LUNCH FUND$1,439.55

Total Payroll for December-$84,372.86

Elem-$21,723.94; Junior High-$4,183.13; High School-$16,600.08;Title-$5,809.70; Library-$3,648.89;Network-$606.54; Supt-$5,556.25; Sec-retaries-$3,342.92; Fiscal-$2,121.25;Custodial-$3,820.95; Co-curricular-$3,591.97; Spec Ed-$8,760.63; SchoolLunch-$3,156.61

DELEGATIONSNone

DISCUSSION ON SHOP BUILD-INGDiscussion on the shop building and

options. A public meeting will be heldon January 30, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in theschool lunchroom.

WRESTLING CO-OPT. W. Schalesky presented the boardwith information on forming awrestling co-op with Hettinger, ND.Mr. Kraemer will get a copy of theircontract.

EXECUTIVE SESSION66. Motion by Beckman second byThompson to enter into executive ses-sion to discuss personnel. Motion car-ried. Chairman Kvale declared themeeting into executive session at 7:40p.m. and back in regular session at9:15 p.m.

RESIGNATIONS67. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to accept the resignation ofSherry Basford as Head Cock effectiveat the end of the 2012-2013 school year.Motion carried.

68. Motion by Beckman second byThompson to accept the resignation ofDonald Kraemer as Superintendent ef-fective June 30, 2013. Motion carried.

ELECTION69. Motion by Arneson second by Karito set the election date as April 9th,2013, with the polling places to beBison and Prairie City, election offi-cials to be the same as the previousyear, polls to be open from 7:00 a.m. to7:00 p.m., election wage to be$8.00/hour plus mileage and to be heldin conjunction with the Town of Bison.

Motion carried.

SCHOOL LUNCH70. Motion by ThKari to transfer $General Fund to Fund. Motion carrie

EXECUTIVE SENEL71. Motion by BeThompson to entersion to discuss persried. Chairman Kmeeting into execu

p.m. and back in 9:50 p.m.

72. Motion by Thomneson to pay 1/2 of ketball Coaching Ption carried.

EXECUTIVE SESISSUE73. Motion by Arneto enter into execucuss a student issuChairman Kvale deinto executive sessiback in regular ses

NWAS REPORTDan Beckman offerthe monthly meetin

SUPERINTENDENEAP TestingDakota STEP TestiPTC will be held onNHS Induction CerSchool Security PlaRepairs21st Century Grant

74. Motion by Beckneson to adjourn thp.m. Motion carried

Dan Kvale, Chairm

Colette Johnson,Asst. Business Man

[Published Januaryapproximate cost of

2013 SPRING LOAD LIM

PERKINS COUNTY HIGHW

Please be advised that Perkins County HDepartment will post the following load lim

asphalt surfaced roads in accordance wSDLC 32-14-6. County Road

weight limits WILL GO into effect on Februarycould stay on as late as April 30, 201

The weight restrictions are:6 TONS PER AXLE ON C-9 (White Butte Rd),

Rd), C-25 (Lemmon Airport Rd), AND C-2 (SuRd), C-19 (Old Theatre Rd), AND C-3(Prairie

There will be no spring load limits on any grav

County roads.Serious and expensive damage can occur on ousystem if load limits are exceeded.

Please be advised that the South Dakota Highhave been requested to enforce weight limitat

Perkins County Highways.Load Limits will be removed at the earliest po

depending upon weather and road condiYour cooperation during this critical period wi

appreciated.

THANK YOU!Perkins County Highway Departme

[Published January 24 and January 31, 2013 at a total appof $46.74 per week.]


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The Prairie Doc PerspectiveWho should search for value in health care

By Richard P. Holm M.D.Why does the US have the most

expensive health care system inthe world?

Experts say the most powerful

stimulus for excessive health carespending here simply results fromthird parties paying for care,rather than patients being respon-sible. Someone else is shelling outfor it, so it's human nature to ex-pect and demand the most you canget. The solution should thereforefollow that in order to controlcosts, policy should be developed,which would require patients, andfamilies, to share responsibility forthe cost of the care. Patients needto have the incentive to look forvalue.

Until the patient feels the bite, Ibelieve there is no amount of reg-ulation or law-limiting care thatwill bring the cost down. Datashows we have regulated without

success, compelling doctors andhospitals to fill out forms for ex-pensive medicines, scooters, anddiabetic shoes, demanding theyfollow protocols for costly MRIs, XRays, and tests. And while such

regulations have accelerated inthis country, physicians and pa-tients have been angered, care hasslowed down, and costs have con-tinued to skyrocket.

Someone has to make the toughchoices, when appropriate, not towaste money on expensive, heav-ily marketed, but minimally help-ful advancing technology, testing,and medicines. Those toughchoices cannot be made by physi-cians who can be sued at the dropof a hat for any bad result, cannotbe made by government regulatorswho do not have an understandingof the intricacies of the patientstrue needs, and cannot be made byinsurance payers responsible forsaving money for the company.Those tough choices have to beshared and directed by patientswith education, consultation andthe direction of their personalphysician.

But there are problems. How dowe deal fairly with all when somepeople are rich, some are poor, andmost are in-between? How do wekeep people from making bad un-informed choices? How do we pro-

tect the failing eldcaring family?

Could there bethe shared cost patient's ability t

scientifically protest or intervewould pay, accormore for minimaventions, and lesmedicine.

Patients need ttive to search forWe should expWashington than

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