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By Marsha VealPost-season awards are pouring infor Bison Cardinal football playerssince the season ended a few weeksago. Leading the list is Lane Ko-pren who was named to the SouthDakota Coaches’Association 9B All-State Football Team at linebacker.Joining him on the prestigioussquad i s Daniel Chapman, who re-ceived Honorable Mention for hiswork at defensive back.

Coach Beau Chapman nomi-nated these two players during ameeting of all 9B coaches held atVermillion during the 2012 StateChampionships. Kopren wasnamed on the first ballot and Chap-man tied with another player afterthe initial vote. The runoff votewent in favor of the other player.Coach Chapman and HardingCounty Head Coach Jay Wammenwere the only west river coachespresent at the meeting.

Kopren began his football careerplaying JV when he was in 7th and8th grade. In the fall of 2009, CoachLarry Aaker got the BHS varsityprogram re-started after a fewyears of being unable to field ateam due to low numbers, and Ko-pren has been a first string playerever since. In 2010, Coach Chap-man took over the program and hasbeen the head coach for the last

three years. The 6’, 220 pound sen-ior is the son of Ross and BeverlyKopren of Prairie City.

Middle linebacker has been Ko-pren’s principle position on defense.He spent time at defensive endwhen he was a freshman and on of-fense he has played fullback, guardand tight end.

Kopren set a school record with215 total tackles, including 52 solosand 163 assisted. The previousrecord was 184 by Troy Merkel in1997. According to MaxPreps, Ko-pren’s stat led the state of SouthDakota and ranked him fifth in thenation.

Kopren says he “loves the sport”of football and prefers the defensiveside of the ball. When questionedwhy, it’s because he “likes to hitpeople!” He worked a comprehen-sive weight program all summerusing a cage-style weight machineat home. One of his favorite thingsabout playing football is the earlymorning practices during the pre-season. A naturally talented ath-lete, Coach says, “He plays fast, in-stinctive and physical football. Heis disruptive on every play.”

Kopren, who wishes that the sea-son wasn’t over, says it has beenfun to play for Coach Chapman.“He made me become a betterplayer,” said Kopren.

He has also played Bison Cardi-nal basketball since the fourthgrade and is a force to be reckonedwith at the forward post.

Kopren is undecided about col-lege and whether or not he will playfootball at the next level. He is“maybe” looking at Black HillsState University in Spearfish orChadron State College in Chadron,Nebraska.

Chapman, at 6’1” and 180pounds, is a multi-talented athletewho has played three sportsthroughout high school. Theyoungest son of Kirby and SylviaChapman, he comes from a familyof sports enthusiasts.

He has played defensive backand linebacker on defense, but hasonly played quarterback on offense.Preferring offense, he has rackedup an impressive set of passing sta-tistics. In four years as a startingquarterback, he completed 242 of547 pass attempts for 3442 yards,including 43 touchdowns. He alsorushed for 1894 yards on 361 car-ries and scored 27 touchdowns.Chapman passed for 24 TDs, whichties a record set by Jared Beld in1995. This season he picked offseven interceptions, which was oneshort of his brother Matthew’srecord.

Chapman has a hard time decid-

ing between football and basketballas to which is his favorite sport.“When you get more success, it’smore fun,” he said. When askedwhat it was like to play for hisbrother, he replied, “Good. We don’talways see eye to eye but we cantalk later and work things out. Wework well together.”

The oldest of six children, CoachChapman is 16 years older than hisbrother. Coaching has sometimesbeen difficult for him because, hesays, “Like any family member, itwould be easier to watch yourbrother than coach him. When youcoach, you have to watch the entireteam.” Coach also has a lot of pridein the program because he grew upin Bison and played here, too. “It’sabout the Cardinals, not the broth-ers.”

Coach feels that his QB is an “ex-cellent athlete. He can throw andrun the ball and is a very shiftyrunner. He is also a good pass de-fender,” said Coach. The senior isundecided on college, too, and does-n’t know yet if he would rather tryto play football or basketball. Hescored his 1,000th point in basket-ball last season, so either sport willprobably be a viable option for him.

When asked what they consid-ered the highlight of their season,Kopren said simply that he wasglad he got to play one more year.For Chapman, making the play-offswas his favorite part of the season.Neither could decide on what they

thought was their best game soCoach stepped in an said he felt itwas the final home game withDupree. He said they needed to winthat game to keep their play-offhopes alive and everyone steppedup and contributed to the 40-26 vic-tory.

As for Coach Chapman, he is un-decided if he will continue to coachnext year. He said it has alwaysbeen a year to year decision and hehas plenty of time to think about it.Coach led the Cards to a 4-4 regu-lar season record and they lost tothe state runner-up, Colome, in thefirst round of play-offs.

Both Kopren and Chapmanearned a position on the AcademicAll-State team, also. To qualify forthat honor, an athlete has to playthe sport all four years of highschool and have a 3.5 grade pointaverage. These talented seniorswere joined by teammate Wil Kolbon the Little Moreau All-Confer-ence team. The remaining two sen-ior players, Yancy Buer and RyanSerr, were named to the LMC Hon-orable Mention team.

Other school records that fell thisyear included most points kickingin a season. Wil Kolb scored 16,which bested Dakota Hulm’s 1998record of 15. Chapman and Kolbhad the longest scoring pass at 79yards. The previous record was 69yards set in 1981 by Mike Smithand Blaine Wilson.

Kopren and Chapman earn gridiron recognition

Lane Kopren, Daniel chapman and Coach Beau Chapman

Lake Region Electric’s board ofdirectors announced the appoint-ment of electrical department su-pervisor tim McIntyre as new gen-eral manager/CEO of the co-op.

McIntyre received an associate’sdegree in electrical technologyfrom North Dakota State School ofScience, Wahpeton. He has workedin the electric co-op industry for

the past 25 years, the last eightyears at Lake Region. He is a li-censed electrical contractor and amember of the board of SD Electri-cal Commission. A Hettinger, NDnative, he and his wife Kendrahave two children: Kellee, lovell,Wy; Katie, Fort Riley, KS and fourgrandchildren.

Tim worked at Grand Electricfor 17 years prior to moving to lakeRegion in 2004.

Tim is the son-in-law of MaryEllen Fried and the late Ted Friedof Bison.

McIntyre is new manager

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Colder than average winter likely for northeastern South Dakota

The chance of a colder than aver-age winter for much of northeasternSouth Dakota increased last week, asthe Climate Prediction Center re-leased its update to the winter seasonoutlook.

"This is change from the winteroutlook that has been forecast upuntil this point," said Laura Edwards,SDSU Extension Climate Field Spe-cialist. "There have been higherchances of warmer than average tem-peratures over the winter, but a shiftin climate patterns over the PacificOcean have changed things for us."

Edwards says the rest of the stateis projected to have equal chances ofabove, below or near normal temper-atures for December, January andFebruary.

She explains that climatologistslook to the Pacific Ocean for clues inwhat lies ahead for the coming sea-

son. Now that El Niño is no longer de-veloping in the tropical region of thePacific Ocean, climate forecasters arefocusing their sights on the northernPacific Ocean.

"This is akin to looking upstream,to see what might be influencing at-mospheric patterns that could movetowards the northern Great Plains,"Edwards said.

As far as precipitation goes, Ed-wards says the winter months haveequal chances for wetter, drier or nearnormal amounts of moisture.

"This does not necessarily mean wewill have an average year for snow-fall, but that the probability is equalfor all three scenarios. Winter is ourdriest time of year, so we don't expecta drought buster from Decemberthrough February," said Edwards."South Dakota will need an extendedperiod of above average precipitation

to recover from the current drought."This is reflected in the U.S. Sea-

sonal Drought Outlook, also releasedlast week.

"Previously, some improvementwas forecast through January for thenorthern tier counties from Hardingto Roberts," said Dennis Todey, SDSUState Climatologist. "Now, drought isprojected to persist across the wholestate through at least February."

Todey and Edwards agree thatthere is a fair amount of uncertaintythis year in the climate model fore-casts for the winter months of Decem-ber, January and February.

"Without El Niño or La Niña im-pacting us over the winter season, itis more challenging to come up witha strong forecast, and the models arestruggling with precipitation in par-ticular," Todey said.

HO! HO! HO! The holiday sea-son is in full swing. Many of usare busy shopping and planningget to-gether with family, friends,and loved ones. As we enjoy thisholiday season, the number offamilies traveling makes our roadsand highways busier than usual.Plan ahead to insure you and yourloved ones arrive at your holiday

festivities safely by following thesebasic driving tips.

•Click it! It only takes about 3seconds to make sure every seat-belt and everyone in your vehicleis “clicked” in place. It might bethe most important 3 seconds ofyour holiday.

•Distracted driving is DUMBdriving. With the increasedamount of traffic, you need to keeptwo hands on the wheel and botheyes on the road. Talking on yourcell phone (even hands-free sets),texting, eating, even “fiddling”with the radio or other technologi-cal devices takes your attentionaway from your driving. Studiesshow it only takes 3 seconds of dis-

traction to cause an accident…soditch the distractions.

•Know your weather conditions.Check with your states safe driv-ing tip-line BEFORE leavinghome. Make sure you have anemergency survival kit in your car.

•Drinking and driving NEVERmix! We all enjoy time with ourfriends and family and sometimesthese gatherings include alcohol.Make a plan before you party!Designate a sober driver and makesure they have the keys. If yourguests drink too much, makearrangements for a safe ride homeor a place to stay until they soberup!

Ho! Ho! Ho! safe holidays!

United States Attorney BrendanV. Johnson announced that twomen have been indicted by a federalgrand jury for theft of governmentproperty and theft from an agencyreceiving federal funds, the SouthDakota Army National Guard.

Dennis Mallow, age 46, of BlackHawk, and Damon Bohnet, age 30,of Rapid City, both former federalemployees of the South DakotaArmy National Guard, were in-dicted on November 19, 2012, ontwo separate counts. The first countin the indictment alleges theft ofgovernment property, and the sec-ond count alleges theft from anagency receiving federal funds.Both counts allegedly occurred be-tween October 1, 2009 and Septem-ber 7, 2012, and involve the theft ofproperty purchased with funds fromthe Army National Guard Opera-tions and Maintenance appropria-tion.

Mallow and Bohnet appeared be-fore US Magistrate Judge VeronicaL. Duffy on November 21, 2012, andpled not guilty to the indictment.Each count is punishable by a max-imum penalty of ten years in cus-tody, a $250,000 fine, or both. Thecharges contained in the indictmentare merely accusations, and bothmen are presumed innocent unlessand until they are proven guilty.

The case is being prosecuted byAssistant United States AttorneyWayne Venhuizen. The indictmentsare a result of an investigation ini-tiated and conducted by the SouthDakota Army National Guard in co-operation with the Federal Bureauof Investigation. Mallow andBohnet were released on bond pend-ing trial. A trial date has not yetbeen set.

Two mencharged withtheft of government property

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vided there is adequate ventila-tion). Blanketing horses is anotheroption. Be sure to select a blanketthat fits properly, and secure allstraps. If horses live outside, selecta blanket that is water proof. Withblanketing comes management.Check horses regularly to makesure moisture isn't getting underthe blanket. Be judicious removingblankets when the day warms sosweat doesn't build up underneathand cause a chill. Run in sheds, andsimple wind blocks are also excel-lent measures for protecting horsesfrom cold.

moving in the digestive tract. With-out water, or with reduced intake,a horse is put at risk for colic.Break the ice off of all watersources twice a day or as needed sohorses can drink. Cold water ismuch less enticing than warmwater during the winter. In fact,horses are likely to consume morewater if water tanks are heated.Additional Methods for Main-taining Warmth

Feeding roughage is one impor-tant method for helping horses tostay warm in the winter. Horsescan also be stalled in barns (pro-

Feeding horses in the winter: Relationship between temperature, wind chill, moisture, and groceries

Winter is right around the cornerand it is time to think about main-taining horses through the winter,says Rebecca Bott, SDSU Exten-sion Equine Specialist.

"At the start of the year we dis-cussed body condition scores (BCS)and how the ideal scores for a horseat maintenance is 5 to 6. As thetemperature drops, and wind chilland moisture increase, the groceryrequirement of a horse to maintainthat BCS will increase," Bott said.

Bott says that horses are typi-cally hardy animals who can with-stand cold temperatures, windchill, and moisture (snow or rain)individually. However, she addsthat if two or more of these factorshappen at the same time, it in-creases the challenge of them main-taining body heat and condition.

She encourages horse owners toassess their horses BCS frequentlythroughout the winter.

"It is much easier to maintainBCS, than to catch up if conditionhas been lost," she said. "This is es-pecially difficult in the winter andfor growing, gestating , lactating,and hard working animals that al-ready have higher nutritional re-quirements than adult horses atmaintenance."Feeding in the Winter

Horses ferment fibrous feeds in

their hindgut, explains Bott. Theprocess of fermentation createsheat. Thus, she says, feedingroughages to horses helps warmthem from the inside out.

"As temperature drops, horsesrequire more feed to maintainthemselves at their current state,"she said. "Roughage is the numberone go-to feed source for this be-cause it provides gut fill, and moreheat than other feeds during the di-gestive process."

She adds that grain can also beused as a supplement to provideextra energy during the wintermonths.

Because horses don't adjust wellto sudden changes in the diet, Bottsays horse owners shouldn't pile onextra grain in one day just becausethe temperatures drop.

"Look at longer term weatherforecasts and make slow changes indiets that seem appropriate for theweather over a period of time," shesaid.

For more information on feeding,please refer to the iGrow Solution:Feeding Horses in the Winter,found at iGrow.org/up/resources/02-2015-2012.pdf.Water

Water is just as critical for horsesin the winter as any other time.Water helps keep things moist and

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Monday afternoon Steve Sandgrenbrought his mother, Thelma home.

Tuesday, Thelma Sandgren wentback to the hospital again, a good placefor a vacation.

Jim and Patsy Miller visited withThelma Sandgren at the HospitalWednesday.

Holly Wyman took Thelma Sand-gren to the Charm Salon Saturday

morning and did her hair, what wouldThelma do without good friends.

DeeAndra and Natalie Sandgrenpicked Thelma Sandgren up Saturdaymorning, they went out to lunch andthey brought her home. DeeAndra didsome chores around the place forThelma. Later DeeAndra and Nataliereturned to Lemmon.

Sharon Longwood picked Thelma

Sandgren up and took her to church atRosebud.

Albert Keller returned home fromwork Tuesday evening after making adetour to Steele, ND to pick up an is-land for his wife.

Wednesday, Perry, Stacy, Bailey andGabe Keller, Timber Lake, SD and Ch-asity Bowling, Aberdeen, SD wereovernight guests of the Kellers.

Rosebud News ............. Tiss TreibAlbert, Bridget and Lil Albert Keller

hosted Thanksgiving dinner. In atten-dance were, Duane and Dawn Harris,Shirley Harris, Willie, Luke and Trin-ity Harris, Rapid City, SD, Luke, Erinand Cora Stadheim, Reeder, ND, Lesand Sharon Longwood and Sharon’snephew; Perry, Stacy, Bailey and GabeKeller, Chasity Bowling, Bert and Pa-tricia Keller, Peter and Fauniel Keller,Trail City, SD, Mary Lou Scherer, Tim-ber Lake, SD, and Pierce Keller, Brook-ings, SD. Stopping in briefly and grab-bing a plate to go, were Rick and Char-lie from Wisconsin who came to try todo a little pheasant hunting. Theywere the guys who built Kellersgarage.

Saturday, Albert, Bridget and Lil Al-bert Keller traveled to Bert and Patri-cia Kellers for the day to make home-made sausage. They returned homethat evening.

Al Treib and Jim Gilland made atrip to Faith Monday.

Al Treib picked Stanford Allen upfrom School Tuesday and took him outto the ranch. Stanford was anovernight guest and spent his 6thbirthday with Al and Tiss and JimGilland.

Al and Tiss Treib made a trip toLemmon Tuesday afternoon.

Wednesday evening, the Treib’s,Stanford Allen and Jim Gilland metLucas, Donna, Dusti, Dally and Peytonand LaKrista Allen in Lemmon wherethey held a pizza party at the Powder-horn for Stanford.

Al and Tiss Treib made a trip toDickinson Saturday and Al took Tissout to lunch before returning home.Lucas and Donna Allen, Dusti, Stan-ford, Dally and Peyton and LaKristaAllen were Sunday dinner and after-noon guests of Al and Tiss Treib. Theycelebrated the birthdays of Peyton,LaKrista and Stanford with cake andice cream.

Dusti Allen helped Tiss Treib feedhorses Sunday afternoon and playedbriefly with Lexi Johnson.

Bill and Esther Nagel, Isabel Boe-

spflug were Thanksgiving Day guestsof Keith and Bev Hoffman.

Bill and Esther Nagel, Keith andBev Hoffman had lunch in LemmonSunday.

Lynn Frey was a Sunday guest ofDuane Meink.

Dean, Rolland, Monte and LynnFrey were Thanksgiving Day eveningguests of Dorothy Frey.

Jim and Patsy Miller made a trip toFaith Monday.

Jim and Patsy Miller made trips toLemmon and Hettinger Tuesday.

Jim and Patsy Miller were Thanks-giving supper guests of Matt andChristi Miller in Hettinger.

Jim and Patsy Miller spent Fridayin Lemmon.

Jim and Patsy Miller attended theWake Up Santa Parade in HettingerFriday evening.

Matt Miller was a Saturdayovernight guest of Jim and PatsyMiller.

Matt and Christi Miller and FredReede were Sunday supper guests ofJim and Patsy Miller.

Shirley Harris was a Friday dinnerguest of Roger and Kathy Rook. Devin,Richelle, Sterling, Bleaux and LexiHarris of Pierre were also guests.

John and Shirley Johnson; Bob andShilo Johnson; Roger Ingebretson;Mike, Sam, Lance and Annie Johnson;Chad and Cindy Ingebretson andAdam and Arlin Ingebretson all ofMayville, ND; were Thanksgiving Dayguests of Gary, Jodi and Lexi Johnson.

Helen and Duane Meink joined thefamily members at Benny’s forThanksgiving Day dinner.

JoAnne Seim and Bonnie Haynesleft Monday and flew to Draper, Utah.While there, they helped Kelly cele-brate her birthday Monday. Wednes-day they attended Grandparents dayat Owen's school. They were houseguests of Danny and Kelly LaDue andboys and celebrate Thanksgiving. Fri-day they helped decorate for Christ-mas. Saturday, they returned home.

Perkins County Commissioners invite the public to attend oneof the public meetings where discussion will be held

concerning establishing a comprehensive plan and possible fu-ture zoning. Blaise Emerson from Black Hills Council will be

available to answer questions.This is your chance to voice your opinion,

please plan on attending!

The Memorial Service for Eu-gene Krambeer, age 59 of Het-tinger, were held at 10:30 a.m.Saturday, November 24, 2012 atthe Hettinger Lutheran Churchwith Pastor Kathleen Dettmann,officiating. Burial was in the Het-tinger Cemetery with full militaryhonors afforded by the Johnson-Melary American Legion Post

#115 of Hettinger.The C & N early breakfast crew

and all of Gene’s co-workers areconsidered honorary bearers.

Eugene Victor Krambeer wasborn February 2, 1953 in Het-tinger, North Dakota to WilliamGeorge and Evelyn (Toble) Kram-beer. He grew up in the Lodgepolearea where he attended countryschool. Gene graduated fromBison High School in 1971. Heserved in the U.S. Army and thenwith the North Dakota Army Na-tional Guard.

On April 28, 1977, Gene and BevMattis were united in marriage inHettinger, ND. Gene liked to trymany jobs. His last job was withthe Adams County Highway De-partment where he loved bladingthe farmer’s roads. He was em-ployed there for 23 years and dueto his health, retired in Septemberof 2011.

Gene liked to fish, hunt, andshoot his guns. But most of all, heloved being with his family andgrandchildren, grilling out andhaving bonfires in the summer

time.Gene has been fighting colon

cancer since April of 2005. Hepassed away on Tuesday, Novem-ber 20, 2012 at the West River Re-gional Medical Center in Het-tinger.

Surviving are his wife, Bev, Het-tinger, ND; 2 daughters, Gena(Brady) Jones, Sawyer, ND;Wendy Witt, Hettinger, ND; 1 son,Paul Krambeer, Hazen, ND; 3grandchildren, Summer Jones,Stephen Jones, and Michelle Witt;1 sister, Amy (Tom) Miller, Glen-wood, New Mexico; 1 brother, BillyKrambeer, Baton Rouge,Louisiana; 1 special aunt, VioletKrambeer, Buffalo, South Dakota;and numerous nieces, nephews,and cousins.

Gene was preceded in death byhis parents, son-in-law, Mike Witt,sister-in-law, Dovie Krambeer, andbrother-in-law, Chuck Mattis.

Visitation will be on Saturdayone hour prior to services at theHettinger Lutheran Church.

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

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Obituaries

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 - 10:30 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.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.

Eugene Krambeer

Funeral services for DelBorchert, age 68, of Shadehill, willbe held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday,November 28, 2012 at St. Mary’sCatholic Church in Lemmon. Dea-con Bill Dustman will officiate withburial in the Greenhill Cemetery.

Serving as casketbearers areDakota Rosenberg, Rory Stevens,Shawn Buer, Todd Messmer, MyronMcPherson, and Raymond McPher-son. All family and friends are con-sidered Honorary Bearers.

Delbert Dale Borchert “Del” wasborn on November 5, 1944 in Car-son, North Dakota to Otto and Bar-bara (Bonogofsky) Borchert. Hegrew up in rural Carson and at-tended country school finishing the8th grade. He worked on the fam-ily farm and also for numerousneighbors around the Carson area.

In the Spring/Summer of 1969, hemet Linda Messmer. They wereunited in marriage on November 8,1969. They lived outside of Carsonwhile Del worked as a ranch handfor Edward Oswald. In 1969, theymoved to Lemmon and Del beganworking for Wolff ’s Plumbing and

Heating. In 1970, they bought cat-tle and moved to the family farm byCarson. In July of 1972, theymoved back to Lemmon and Delbegan working for his father-in-law,Joe Messmer at Joe’s Heating andPlumbing until 1982. Del thenstarted his own business.

On September 9, 1972, their firstson, Quinton was born. Quintonworked for his dad through histeenage years until 1992. On Octo-ber 24, 1976, a daughter, Jenniferwas born, known to her dad as “theturtle”. They moved to their homefrom White Butte to Shadehill,South Dakota in 1978 and residedthere along with Del’s Plumbingand Pump Service until Decemberof 2011 when Del retired. On June9, 1990, Joshua joined his brotherand sister and also worked for Del.

Del enjoyed riding and breakinghorses, fishing, hunting, telling sto-ries and talking to anyone whowould listen. He enjoyed his fam-ily and friends the most. Del tookgreat pride in his work, it did notmatter what the weather condi-tions were or the time of night, “noone ever went without”. He had anold school work ethic and will bemissed by many. He knew farmsand ranches in the area better thanmost of the people who lived onthem.

In June of 2002, a grandson,Chase was born and was anotherjoy brought into Del’s life. In De-cember of 2011, Del’s health deteri-orated and as much as he hated toleave his customers, he retired andwas able to enjoy more time withhis family.

Del passed from this life on Sat-urday evening, November 24, 2012at the age of 68 years, with his fam-

ily by his side.We will miss your dry humor, you

stories, your laugh, your smile andI love you’s. You are gone but willlive on in our hearts forever.

Grateful for having shared in hislife are his wife of 43 years, LindaBorchert, Shadehill, SD; two sons,Quinton and Josh Borchert; onedaughter, Jennifer BorchertMarxsen, all of Lemmon, SD; twograndchildren, Cayla and ChaseMarxsen; one great-grandson, Con-nor; his mother-in-law, ChristineMessmer, Lemmon, SD; threebrothers, Eddie, in California, Har-vey, Tolstoy, SD and Max Borchert,Gillette, WY; four sisters, Carolyn(Edgar) Riedlinger, Hebron, ND,Maxcine (Jim) Heim, Elgin, ND,Margie Rhodes, Bismarck, ND andJoann Lacey, Minneapolis, MN; twobrothers-in-law, Lyle Messmer,Lemmon, SD and Larry Messmer,Belle Fourche, SD; two sisters-in-law, Jayne (Rodney) Reith, WestFargo, ND and Lori (John) Herold,Bismarck, ND; and numerousnieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by hismaternal and paternal grandpar-ents; his parents, Otto and BarbaraBorchert; his son-in-law, BJMarxsen; one brother, OscarBorchert; his father-in-law, JoeMessmer; and several aunts anduncles.

Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m.to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, and onWednesday, 9:00am to 12 noon atthe Evanson-Jensen Funeral Homein Lemmon and one hour prior toservices at the church on Wednes-day afternoon.

Condolences may be sentthrough our website at www.funer-alhomesofcaring.com.

Del Borchert

By Richard P. Holm M.D.When we were little kids, falling

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Falling down as an older adultis another thing.

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Falls in the elderly can causemany problems to include frac-tured hips and arms, and headtrauma. These cost our society bil-lions of dollars per year in the US,but more important is the cost tothe individual for all the pain andsuffering. For example more than300,000 people with hip fracturesneed major surgery every year.

Falls are caused in the elderlybecause of slower reflexes, balanceproblems, reduced musclestrength, poorer vision, and anygeneralized illness. Also with agecomes a higher incidence of neuro-logical conditions such as strokes,Parkinson’s disease, decreasedmental alertness, and balanceproblems, all of which increase

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Charlotte Johnson, Kayley Johnson, Tessa Kopren, Beth Seidel, Lenae McKinstry, Tori Voller,Kassidy Sarsland, Madison Hulm, Marranda Hulm.

Make Your Mark” establishedthe theme as youth from aroundthe country gathered at the Fam-ily, Career and Community Lead-ers of America (FCCLA) 2012 Na-tional Cluster Meeting, November16-18, in Oklahoma City, Okla-homa.

Along with their adviser, JoyceMatthews, Bison FCCLA membersKassidy Sarsland, Charlotte John-son, Beth Seidel, Lenae McK-instry, Kayley Johnson, MadisonHulm, Tessa Kopren, MarrandaHulm and Tori Voller participatedin this weekend of unique oppor-tunities that informed and encour-aged them to explore all the oppor-tunities available throughFCCLA. The Saturday morningand afternoon workshops were de-signed to increase awarenessabout such areas as career explo-ration, family relationships, self-esteem, youth violence prevention,and current issues affecting teens.The Opening General Session in-cluded an inspiring keynote ad-

dress from motivational speaker,Harriet Turk and the Closing Gen-eral Session from Patrick Grady.Speakers made a lasting impres-sion through their use of real lifeexperiences and humor.

Oklahoma City was one of threenationally sponsored training con-ferences this fall. The NationalCluster Meetings are designed toallow students and teachers totake advantage of high-qualityleadership training opportunities.Meetings were also held in Reno,Nevada and Indianapolis, Indiana.

FCCLA: The Ultimate Leader-ship Experience is unique amongyouth organizations because itsprograms are planned and run bymembers. It is the only career andtechnical in-school student organ-ization with the family as its cen-tral focus. Participation in na-tional programs and chapter activ-ities helps members become strongleaders in their families, careers,and communities.

FCCLA students attend National Cluster Meeting

Pat KolbSandy LeonardJD and Kort RyenBrad Leonard and Kelli BirkelandEric and Mindy Arneson and boysShane, Angie & Justin Kolb

Les & Cindy LensegravKen & Helen Westphal

Dana & Bruce HendricksonRon & Nancy Seidel

Kelly , Barbie & Ryan SerrSupt. Don & Vera Kraemer

Congrats to BHS’s State QualifiersFFA Leadership CDE’sDecember 2nd & 3rd in Pierre

Back row: Logan Hendrickson, Ag Marketing Plan; Sydney Arneson, Ag MarketingPlan; Wil Kolb, Ag Marketing Plan. Front row: Reece Leonard, Creed Speaking;Megan Serr, Ag Broadcasting and Journalism; Shaley Lensegrav, Job Interview.

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November was a busy month, asthe Cardinal Oral Interp Teamheaded for Districts in TimberLake the second week of Novem-ber. After hours of practice 7 stu-dents went to compete in 9 cate-gories, coming home with 8 ad-vancements and nearly bringinghome the team Trophy. Early thatmorning Shaley Lensegrav per-formed her piece in the Humorouscategory, about a café in the south,serving excellent cuisine madefrom fresh road kill. She left theaudience chuckling as they relatedtheir own mishaps with waywardanimals. Also performing thatmorning was Dodge Weishaar inSerious Plays. Have you ever saidsomething you wish you could takeback? Very emotional and real,Dodge delivers a glimpse of ayoung man’s deep regret, in thehurt he has caused his young loveas he tries to rectify the situation.

One of the more difficult cate-gories is Non-Original Oratory,which Kiana Brockel undertook.Choices for this subject would in-clude a speech or essay written byanother person. In Kiana selec-tion, she discusses why “nerds”and being smart cannot be congru-ent with being popular. Kiana’s de-livery intertwined humor, sarcasmand truth which touched a nerve

whether the days of High Schoolwas in your past or present. Po-etry is often thought of as a diffi-cult subject matter, either you dis-like it or you don’t. In selectionsfrom Lewis Carol, Joseph Kvalebrought the poetry to life introduc-ing us to an old peddler selling hisodd items and the fight of a braveknight against a dragon.

After a quick lunch, the crewwas back to work with Anna Hatleand Shaley Lensegrav performinga Duet piece. These young ladiesplay off each other very well, as adisgruntled Pizza Hut employeeand Genie decide which wisheswill make for the best life. Funnyand entertaining, Shaley andAnna gave us lots to smile about.Not so humorous however wasSydney with her selection for seri-ous prose. Her character was thatof a young girl diagnosed with abrain tumor and her outlook onwhat matters when you know yourend is near.

As the afternoon carried on, thefinal heavy hitter was the Reader’sTheater competition. Six studentsperformed a selection written bythe late Marjean Huber, Englishteacher and Drama Coach of BisonHigh School, and adapted by thestudents. You might think that aselection on Ears would not be

Cardinals shut-out district competitionvery appealing, but the studentsdelivered their information in alight-hearted, witty style that hadaudience members laughing. Thefacial expressions, the choreogra-phy and the deliverance were per-fectly timed and executed asDodge, Anna, Joseph, Kiana, Sha-ley and Tessa Kopren moved dy-namically through their piece.Talk about team work!

All contestants did a superb job,only being beat by a few points forthe team trophy by Host school,Timber Lake. With the exceptionof Non-original Oratory, all piecesadvanced to the regional Competi-tion in Pierre, which recently tookplace. Again the Bison Cardinalspulled out a glorious day as sev-eral more selections will go ontothe South Dakota State Oral In-terpretation in Yankton, at the endof November. Congratulations tothe Cardinals for an already wellplayed season. To those of yougoing on to State, Anna Hatle(duet), Shaley Lensegrav (duet,Humorous, and Reader’s Theater)Dodge Weishaar (serious Playsand Reader’s Theater) JosephKvale, Tessa Kopren and KianaBrockel (all Reader’s Theater);break a leg, we’ll be cheering foryou.

No moisture this week, but notmuch wind either. The thermometerdropped to 3 degrees one night andthe high for the week was 64, which isfairly typical for November. NormanStrehlow came to grind hay for us onMonday, so we're ready for winter.

Eugene Krambeer, 59, lost his longbattle with cancer Tuesday. Genepassed away at the West River Re-gional Medical Center in Hettinger.His funeral was Saturday at the Het-tinger Lutheran Church and he wasburied in the Hettinger Cemeterywith full military honors afforded bythe Johnson-Melary American LegionPost #115 of Hettinger.

June Anderson’s funeral was Tues-day morning at the Lutheran churchin Ralph with most of her relativesand old neighbors in attendance. TheRalph Lutheran ladies served lunchafter the funeral.

Our sympathy is extended to thesefamilies.

Tuesday afternoon, I drove to Is-abel to meet with Jim Seward andWill Mortenson from the governor’soffice. They wanted to discuss theCriminal Justice Initiative Reviewwith me and Sen. Maher. Jim andWill had already met with severalother west river legislators thatmorning to explain what the CriminalJustice Initiative work group wantedto do to address the high costs of im-prisonment in South Dakota. SouthDakota’s overall crime rate has de-clined by 9%, but our imprisonmentrate has increased by 18% - higherthan any of the other Midwest states.The goal of the work group is to de-crease the cost to the taxpayers whilekeeping the public safe and we will beworking on legislation next session toaddress the issue.

Slim Buttes Lutheran held its an-nual Thanksgiving service and pie so-cial Wednesday evening at thechurch. Taz came home for Thanks-giving vacation and helped grandpawith chores Wednesday while Caseywas in Rapid City getting things setup for the NRCA rodeo finals thisweekend. Taz came to church with usand we enjoyed the service, the pie,and the fellowship.

I hope your Thanksgiving was asenjoyable as ours was. Only half ofour kids made it home for dinner, butwe had a houseful anyway. Teri andMike and their boys came from Min-nesota, Guy and Megan and boyscame from Wyoming, my sister droveup from Bison, and with all of Caseyand Missy's family, around twentypeople helped us eat the absolutelydelicious ham from the hog that TonyHolt gave us. No dead bird for thisbunch!

Friday evening we joined Teri'sfamily and Guy's family for anotherThanksgiving feast at Thad andAngie's west of Bear Butte. After avery enjoyable evening we all loadedup and headed to our various homes.

Casey and Missy and their familyspent the weekend in Rapid City atthe NRCA rodeo finals. Casey is thepresident of the NRCA and Missy isthe secretary, so they had to work.From all reports the finals went well.

Hospital report: Janice Peck wasmoved to a rehab facility in Coloradoon Wednesday before Thanksgivingand is recovering nicely from her sur-gery. Her doctors will set a target dis-charge date for her on Monday. Sheenjoys cards and letters and you cansend them to her c/o Tim & ShirleyKirby, 6178 Holman Ct, Arvada, CO80004

Wally Stephens gave us a scarewhen he suffered a heart attack lateThanksgiving night and was airliftedto Rapid City, where doctors discov-ered a blockage. Wally's daughterChereste Messmer told me he under-went surgery Friday morning andcame through that so well that hewas dismissed from the hospital Sat-urday morning!

And my last good news is that PeteTenold is doing well and has been re-leased from the hospital following hisemergency surgery last week. Thatmakes three miracles this week.Praise God!

Oil and gas development has beenin the news across the Dakotas latelyand Bob Hall sent me this story aboutone of our local residents involved inthe development:

Grand River RoundupBy Betty Olson

11th Annual Christmas Fantasy Night

Tuesday • December 4th, 2012All top lights will be off and the

colors of Christmas Magicwill be left on. It’s beautiful!

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Refreshments will be servedKB Jewelers

206 S Main • Hettinger, ND701-567-2358

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Congratulations to te following State Oral Interp Festivalqualifiers & Coach Eliza Bonacci!

Good Luck in Yankton November 30 & December 1

Dan & Stacy KvaleJulie & Arlen Hatle & faimlyDella HatleGay HatleKel, Jean & Jim BrockelKevin & Sara Weishaar & Wrangler

Ross, Bev & Lane KoprenCindy & Les LensegravKen & Helen WestphalBob & Gladys Jackson

Larry & Sylvia Weishaar &Eldora

Supt. Don & Vera Kraemer

Joseph Kvale, Reader’s Theater; Shaley Lensegrav, Humorous, Duet & Reader’s Theather;Tessa Kopren, Reader’s Theater; Kiana Brockel, Reader’s Theater; Anna Hatle, Duet & Reader’sTheater; Dodge Weishaa; Serious Plays & Reader’s Theater

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on the 172 began to “rev up”, yetmy hand wasn’t on the throttle. Iwas trying to establish visual con-tact with the ground, in order tonot hit it , but I was in a turningdive, a.k.a. “Graveyard Spiral”.When I could see the groundthrough my windshield, it was inthe form of rocks and sagebrush!I pulled back on the yoke andthought, “this is it”.

I have no way of guessing howclose I came to impacting theearth, but somewhere east ornortheast of Hettinger, it was TOOClose! My luck hadn’t run out yetand I was still flying. Every in-structor I have ever had told me,“no matter what situation or emer-gency, keep flying the airplane”.So that’s what I did and back upinto the soup, I went.

After I had re-oriented myselfand the aircraft was in a westerlyheading, I saw a glow of orangebelow me to my left, like a strip inthe fog. I descended, thinking itwas the street lights along High-way 12 through Hettinger, thenthe Mirror Lake Lodge Motel signpassed by my right wingtip. I washeading west! I knew that theHettinger Airport was west oftown and north of the highway.After a few short seconds and aslight right turn, once west of Het-tinger, I saw the end lights of run-way 30. In the fog, I lined up onthose lights and touched downsafely and taxied onto the ramp.

Back in those days, each statehad its own Flight Service Station.When I called from Hettinger tocancel my flight plan, Grand Forksdidn’t have one on me, since my

destination was Lemmon, SD.Grand Forks didn’t communicatewith Huron, SD Flight Service tocancel my flight. After a quickphone call to my Mother in Lem-mon, I told her that I had made itto Hettinger. She informed methat Eldon, my Dad was meetingwith a family at the Hettinger Fu-neral Home and that I could justride back with him. I caught aride in from the airport and recallsitting on the bumper of a vehicleand watching the fog roll by innear zero visibility and rememberpraying and thanking God for get-ting me through that one. To saythe least, it did rattle me after Iwas safely on the ground. Pilotstalk about kissing the ground aftercertain flights and that was one ofthem for me!

About 30 minutes after I calledMom back in Lemmon, she re-ceived a call from Huron FlightService, since my flight had notbeen cancelled. Huron could seethat the weather was doing up inthat part of the country and knewthe terrible flight conditions.When asked if she’d heard fromme or if she knew where I was, myMom told the Flight Service per-son, “Oh, don’t worry. Everythingis fine. Greg’s at the FuneralHome”. The phone was silent for afew moments as the Flight Serviceperson didn’t quite know what tosay! Realizing what she said, MyMom quickly told the Flight Ser-vice, “Greg landed in Hettinger.We own Funeral Homes!” I wasn’tthe only person that night breath-ing a sigh or two of relief! GregJensen

The above happening gives anintroduction to quickness in whichthe next 25 years passed for Evan-son Jensen. Yes, we still have theHorse Drawn Hearse, but haveadded aircraft to the transporta-tion segment, as well as joiningthe “computer age”. 1987-2012went by so quickly, but as they say,once you’re 50, “hang on” for thedownhill slide! I’m still looking forthe typewriters we used to havearound.

In 1987 we did manage to havean observation of the 75th An-niversary, with the main concen-tration of effort involving the

Evanson Jensen Furniture opera-tion, with open houses at the Fu-neral Homes as well. We printed alarge circular that was distributedin all the area shoppers andweekly papers. It was set and laidout at the printer’s workroom.Eight full pages were set up andmany trips back and forth to theprinter. Much time and effort wasmade to come up with each article,picture and “slick” as we calledthem of furniture specials, storiesof our employees, and statementsof purpose. During the 1987-2012period, we can confirm the need totransition to the computer age.

I was attending BHSU in 1992for my pre mortuary credits, butsince my youth I had always beeninterested in flying. I had about38 hours of flying time in by earlyNovember, so I rented a Cessna172 at Spearfish, SD, and set outon the first of three legs of a longcross country solo flight. Theflight was uneventful to MilesCity, MT. I refueled and visitedwith the Flight Service Stationabout weather. They informed methat there was a good chance offog, low ceilings and poor visibilityafter the sun set that evening. SoI filed a flight plan to Lemmon, SDand hustled back to N1373E to getgoing.

At about Bowman, ND headingeast, I began having to fly lower tostay below the decreasing ceiling.US Highway 12 became a nicestrip below me to navigate to Lem-mon. The clouds kept pushing mecloser to the ground and at Het-tinger, ND I was probably only 500feet above the earth. When I flewover Hettinger, at about the Het-tinger Cemetery and the Hospital,Highway 12 curves a bit to thenortheast. Trying to navigate bykeeping that strip below me andoff to my left, following that curveat 100 knots, I must have climbeda bit and inadvertently entered“The Soup”. I started a left handturn to perform a 180 and headback WEST where there wasmore room between the bottom ofthe clouds and the earth. My lefthand turn 180 became a climbingand diving 360 to a 540 to a 720 orso. In my disorientation, whilestill in a left hand turn, the engine

Piper Seneca and Greg’s family, Jaeda, Tonya, Laela, Ella andGreg Jensen

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Evanson Jensen graveside service, but couldn’t findthe Pastor who had ridden withhim in the funeral coach. He madea few glances here and there andpresumed the Pastor had caught aride with others and jumped intothe driver’s seat. Looking in theback he found the Pastor prone onthe floor with his stole around hisneck and pinched in the door! Youprobably don’t know that the threerear doors of a funeral coach do nothave inside handles….nor did thepreacher. Ray ran around to theback door with the stole hangingout, opened it and released thepastor. He said, “I just ran to theclosest door, jumped in, pulled thedoor shut and found out I’d “roped”myself with my stole.” They bothhad a good chuckle on the wayback to the church for coffee!

So, in our work, the smallest de-tail can make such a difference,like keeping our eye on thepreacher! And we see that as wellin the preparation of obituary in-formation, printing of memorialfolders with pictures, and otherpersonalization that we provide,many by computer and the elabo-rate programs available for suchtasks. With the new technologyand the preparation skills of staff,we continue to achieve our goals ofproviding funeral service with car-ing. We registered the trademark“Funeral Homes of Caring®” andwith continued membership in theInternational Order of the GoldenRule, have tried to live up to theexpectations of the trademarksince.

Remember when I mentionedthe old handwritten, and the typedpages in the “record books” previ-ously? Today, most of the legal fil-ings and recordings, notifications,funeral announcements and therecordings in those books are ac-complished through the internetand computer. At present, thereare over 220 e-mail addresses thatget immediate notification ofpending funerals on our Websitewww.funeralhomesofcaring.com.I wonder if we really accomplishmore in less time with these elec-tronics, while yet under normalcircumstances a funeral service isstill held in 4 days from the dateof death. I am not that old, butwill admit getting of the age that Iappreciate the younger generationtaking over these tasks. I had fullcontrol of a telephone, typewriter,fax machine, and could take a pic-ture to the printer. I also remem-ber back to the time when a couplephone calls to secure casketbear-ers on a rural party line would beadequate notification for an up-coming service.

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This was distributed in all theprinted media in our trade areaand was the basis for numerousradio ads. Yes, Evanson JensenFurniture was a large part of thetotal operation until we sold thebuilding and closed the doors onDec. 31, 1998…..86 1/2 years afterR.S. started the dual operation.

I might as well say it like it was.It was not an easy decision tomake, good help was becomingmore difficult if not impossible tofind and Jack Rafferty had retiredbecause of health reasons. Jack

was our longest tenured employeeand the finest flooring technicianone could find, always taking careof our customer’s needs. He alsoexcelled when helping at the fu-neral home. Ray Huber, had fin-ished his training in funeral serv-ice and had transitioned his inter-ests to that area, even though Jackhad trained him well in the furni-ture and flooring department.Ross Milliken, funeral director,had moved on, Jeff Haase went towork for the local manufacturer,and other much shorter term em-

ployees came and went. At 56, my18 hour days were becoming a lit-tle

We had two funerals going on atthe same time, and I had takenboth sets of memorial folders withpictures to the local printer. Atthe time, we were able to get theprinting done by the time of the fu-neral or the morning thereof. Sothe memorial folders arrived backat the funeral home as we wereready to load the casket, equip-ment, flowers and stands…..butthe pictures were reversed! Mrs.

“X’s” picture was on Mrs. “Y’s”folder and vice versa. Back to theprinter they went. It was thefirst, last and only time we handedout the Memorial Folders as thefamily and attendees left thechurch. We moved into the com-puter and printing age not longafter.

But I need to go back to 1987when we established the FaithArea Memorial Chapel, in myhometown. The community wasvery receptive and wanted to be-come a full service community. Wewere the closest funeral home at70 miles north. Lavonne Butler,ranchwife, newspaper editor andformer Mayor, was our first Assis-tant in Faith. Then in 1991 theBelle Fourche community ex-pressed an interest in us and weestablished the Funeral Home ofthe Northern Hills with formeremployee Ross Milliken. Would-n’t you know it, when working onthe building in Belle Fourche, ourfriend and neighbor to the west,Lyle Walby of Hettinger called andwanted to retire. So 1991 becamethe year of consolidation and ex-pansion for Evanson Jensen, andthe many 18 hour days that I re-ferred to above. But the qualityof service ingrained by the Evan-son’s was not to be left behind.With the help of family and locallyraised and trained funeral profes-sionals, the years uneventfullysped by.

It was pouring down rain at thegraveside service. And not manytimes did we hear a complaint inWest River Country. The tent hadserved its purpose but all weregoing to get wet on the way totheir vehicles in this rural setting.Ray had finished his sealing of thevault and duties following the

Jeff Haase, Jack Rafferty, Ray Huber, Alice Ashmore, Dave Jensen, Fred Bubbers, Troy Hight, Greg Jensen, Curt Jerde,Eyvonne Langehough, Eldon, Mary Jean, Ollie, Evie, Vi Kostelecky at the grand opening of Evanson Jensen Furniture loca-tion on 1st Ave. W. We operated there from 1993 until Dec. of 1998.

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flew medical supplies and donatedblood from Ohio to Salt Lake Citythe next day. Kelly, a fellow Cap-tain, died a few years later in anaccident while flying for Alpine Airin Billings. In 2003, Greg re-turned to Evanson Jensen FuneralHomes and began his family, mar-rying Tonya Evenson, from Het-tinger in 2004. Their first daugh-ter, Ella Dayne was born that year.Laela Marie followed in 2006 andJaeda Kathryn in 2009.

Ray began working for Evanson-Jensen Furniture in March of1981, with a clear statement thathe wasn’t interested in working atthe funeral home. How that allchanged. He began his internshipunder Evie Evanson in 1985 andattended college. During the sum-mers he continued his internshipat the funeral home and worked atthe furniture store. He attendedDallas Institute of Funeral Servicein 1987, graduating in the springof 1988. He became a Licensed Fu-neral Director in July of 1988, andis now our longest term employee.His technical skills are exemplaryand recognized by thankful fami-lies. He married Marshel (John-son) Day and has continued to livein Lemmon since.

Matt Barnes first experiencewith Evanson-Jensen FuneralHome and the "funeral" industrycame in 2002. As he stated, “Iworked for a local Bank, andwould establish Prepaid FuneralTrust Accounts for the Funeral

Home. Eldon, Greg, Ray or Derekwould drop off the trust paper-work, and I would handle the rest.The subject of me trying an "in-ternship" to see if I was interestedin the work came up. I said "NO",many times but, finally after real-izing it would be easier to try itthan to keep saying "NO". I com-pleted the paperwork, and withina week received my internship li-cense. I still remember my first"call", it was with Greg. I observed,asked questions and from there onknew what I wanted to do. My firstinternship ended in 2003 and Imoved to Bismarck, ND. However,my desire to get back into funeralwork never left and 4 1/2 yearslater the opportunity arose. I de-cided that becoming a funeral di-rector was what I wanted to doand in 2007, with the help andsupport of my family, Eldon andMary Jean and Greg Jensen, Imoved back to Lemmon, SD withmy wife, Stacey and two daugh-ters, Sierra and Emma. I beganworking for the funeral home inDecember of 2007 and completedmy internship. I graduated fromMortuary School (AAMI) in NewYork in April of 2012 and passedmy National Board examination inMay and am completing my stud-ies of the South Dakota StateBoard of Funeral Service Exam forlicensure.” Matt is a member ofCalvary Lutheran Church, theLemmon Masonic Lodge #151 A.F.& A.M. and the NAJA Shrine.

Lonnie Stippich, Hettinger, hasassisted the directors of EvansonJensen on a part time basis for thepast three years. He is retiredfrom the ND State Highway De-partment and enjoys his involve-ment with our firms.

Jennifer Johnson, Mott, joinedEvanson Jensen as a Funeral As-sistant in August of this year. Herseveral years of experience withfamilies as the Secretary for St.Vincent Catholic Church gives her,with this career change, insight in

serving the families of various churches and communities in thearea.

Karen Price, ranch wife fromMaurine (and my niece, Greg’scousin) helps us with services andvisitations in the Faith area.

So, I blame the speed withwhich the past 25 years havepassed, on the new technology in-troduced in every business andprofession. Computers, copiers,scanners, high speed printers, cellphones, the internet and airplanesand the fact that once you are past50 and on the downhill slide, you’d“best hang on”, has come true.Mary Jean and I “retired” in Dec.2007 and we’re still trying to hangon. We enjoy trying to be at all of10 grandchildren’s birthdays andspecial occasions with all the fam-ily. And we must admit we enjoybeing called to help at the funeralhomes during the spring, summerand early fall. Once retired, oneneeds to do as much of the workone loves (being of help to grievingfamilies) and as little of the workyou had to do that was uncomfort-able as possible (getting up allhours of the night). as possible. Ithas been quite a trip for a ranchkid from Faith, SD, but because ofa great partner/tutor, fantasticemployees and a wife and familyof supporters, it is now our 100thAnniversary of Evanson Jensen.

But, now it is time to move ontothe next generation serving ourfamilies. Son, Greg is now theowner of Evanson Jensen, the pilotwho wrote the opening article.

He now has over 4500 hours inthe air and is a Commercial MultiEngine/Instrument Rated Pilot.The fall following his safe landingin Hettinger, his mother and Ieven rode with him in a similarrented plane to a football game inPine Ridge….and many timessince, in the aircraft of the firm.He was licensed in funeral servicein 1995. He managed a funeralhome in Minnesota for a year aftergraduation from the Univ. ofMinn. and joined Evanson Jensenin 1996. A Cessna 206 was pur-chased that year with the inspec-tion and approval of longtime pi-lots, mechanics and friends, Ray-mond Kolb and Mike Ginther.This craft enhanced the removalsand deliveries for the firm greatly,as well as Greg’s love of flying.Flying the Cessna for three yearsfor the business, he built hoursand continued his training to gethis Instrument Rating followed bya Commercial Multi Engine Rat-ing in order to pursue a flying ca-reer. He left to fly for Alpine Avia-tion in Montana in the fall of 1999and became a Captain for them inthe spring of 2000. He had fin-ished a route back into Billings,MT in the early morning hours ofTuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, just hoursbefore the terrorist attack on the“twin towers”. Much more col-lapsed on that day. All Aircraftwere grounded until days later.An interesting note in Greg’s logbook is the next flight he was as-signed the Friday following. Heand good friend, fellow pilot, KellyLynch took an Alpine Beechcraft99 Airliner from Billings, MT toColumbus, Ohio on a “spur of themoment charter” for Alpine. They

And I would be remiss in mywriting if I did not mention Dar-lene and Walter Kallis whoworked as our assistants for manyyears. Living in Mott, since retir-ing from dairy farming, they be-came valuable members of thecommunity and of the EvansonJensen team. Walter passed awaythis past summer and Darlene isstill available to assist, if she isn’tbusy with other interests.

Also, Vernon “Evie” Evansonpassed away in April of 2012, justtwo months before the actual an-niversary of the firm’s founding.Our longtime partner had 26 yearsand 3 months of retirement, mostof which was enjoyable. We wishhe could have been with us for the100th Birthday of the firm that hisfather started. His wife, Olliestill resides at Five Counties Nurs-ing Home in Lemmon.

So now we close four chapters ofthe history of Evanson Jensen. Wehope you have enjoyed the read-ings of our business/profession andthe people involved. More couldhave been revealed that was neverpreviously written or even talkedabout, like son David’s driving thefuneral coach at age two, backinginto a tree; or the lady that ele-vated and shimmied at the firingof the Honor Guard’s rifles duringa Military Interment; or on a moreserious note, the personal observa-tion to adjustments made by fam-ilies during what we call the “3day miracle”. No one or no profes-sion is entrusted with the care of afamily’s most prized possession orfeelings, and now we have beenhonored with that trust for 100years. Thank you!

The Bison Courier • Thursday,November 29, 2012 • Page 11

Five Counties Nursing HomeAnnual

Holiday Fundraiser and tribute program

The holiday season is a time for cherished memories. For many, it’s also a special time to remember loved ones who have passed away.

In Honor of_______________________In Memory of_____________________By _____________________________$5.00 donation for each Love LightPlease return to Five Counties BusinessOffice, P.O. Box 479, Lemmon, SD 57638

As we count our blessings during theholidays, we’re most thankful for you.

Individuals can honor special people or the memory of loved ones by purchasing a Love Light in this

annual holiday light display. All proceeds will assist in purchasing new patio furniture.

Love Lights will be displayed in the hallways of the nursing home through January 15, 2013.

Remembrances will be printed in our news letter and in the local newspapers.

TREE FACTS– Christmas Tree planning, selection and care

By Robert W. Drown, Natural Resource Specialist

There are more than 21,000Christmas tree growers in theUnited States, with around a halfbillion Christmas Trees. Christmastrees have been sold commerciallyin the US since the 19th century.The majority of them are grown inOregon, North Carolina, Michigan,Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Washing-ton, New York, and Virginia. How-ever, some Christmas trees aregrown in all of the other states.Before buying a Christmas tree you

should decide exactly where youwill place the tree. Be sure tochoose a spot away from heatsources, such as TVs, fireplaces, ra-diators, air ducts and also makesure it is away from doors. Mea-sure the height and width of thespace you have available in theroom where the tree will be placed.Take a tape measure with you tomeasure your chosen tree and bringa cord to tie your tree to the car.Remember to choose a tree that issuitable for where it is to be dis-played. If the tree is to be put infront of a large window, then allfour sides should look as good. Ifthe tree is put against a wall, thena tree should have three good sides.A tree with two good sides can beput in a corner.Christmas trees sold on retail lotsmay have been cut weeks earlierand from hundreds of miles away.It is usually best to buy early beforethe best trees have been taken.Choose a tree with a healthy greenappearance with few browning nee-dles. The needles should be flexibleand not fall off if you run a branchthrough your hand. Lift the tree afew inches off the ground and drop

it on the butt end. Very few greenneedles should drop off the tree.Make sure the handle or base of thetree is straight and 6-8 inches longso it will fit easily into the stand.There are numerous evergreenspecies grown for Christmas trees.Christmas tree species can conve-niently be divided into two groups -pines, such as Scotch and WhitePine, and the single-needle coniferssuch as spruces and firs. Pineshave their needles attached tobranches in groups of two or moreand single-needle conifers haveneedles individually attached to thebranches. The most popularspecies sold for Christmas trees inSouth Dakota are Scotch Pine, Col-orado Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir,Fraser Fir and Black Hills Spruce.If you choose to cut your ownChristmas tree you can buy aChristmas tree permit for cuttingin a national forest or go to aChristmas tree farm. Once you arein the field make sure that to selectthe tree that fits your needs andhas a straight trunk. Make sure tocut it so that there is a sufficientlylong handle to accommodate yourtree stand. When you get it home,

make a fresh one inch cut on thebutt end and place the tree in asturdy stand that holds at least onegallon of water, or a rule of thumbis one quart of water for every inchof diameter of the trunk.Many homeowners have beautifulevergreen trees in their yards. It isinteresting to note that some peo-ple that live around big cities makeefforts to uglify" such trees to pro-tect against theft or vandalism byspraying or brushing them with amixture of water, tree protectantand red food color. It was developedby Cornell University and is calledPink Ugly Mix. The substance doesnot damage trees and graduallydissolves away with exposure to theelements.A well-cared-for Christmas tree willnormally remain fresh for the en-tire holiday season or about fourweeks. After that, Christmas treescan be disposed of by curbside pick-up, dropped off at recycling centers,chipped for mulch or compost andeven sunk in dams to provide coverfor fish.My sources for this news releasewere the University of Illinois, Cor-nell University, Ohio State Univer-sity and South Dakota State Uni-versity Extension Services. If youwould like more information about“Christmas Tree Planning, Selec-tion and Care,” contact Bob Drownat the Conservation Office at 605-244-5222, Extension 4 or by e-mailat robert.drown@sd.nacdnet.net.

Monday, December 3Chicken noodle casserole

salad barfruit

w/g bun

Tuesday, December 4Pizza

salad bargreen beansfruit & milk

Wednesday, December 5Meatloaf

potato saladsalad bar

fruit & milk

Thursday, December 6 Burrito’s w/cheese

lettuce, salsasalad bar

milkfrosted cake

Christmas tree farm located in Washington State.

To the Editor and Staff of the Bison Courier. EvansonJensen Funeral Home sincerely thanks you for

publishing our 100 year history... and your readers forall their kind notes, letters and comments on the storieswe shared. We are honored to have received the trust of

you and the families served over the past century.

Sincerely Greg Jensen, Eldon Jensen and family, staffand assistants.

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Price is a stumbling block for

new shop at Bison SchoolBison students create flag for Veterans Day

A huge paper flagthat was a schoo

l wide project including every stud

ent in K-12. Seemore Vet-

erans Day coverage on pages 8 an

d 9.

By Beth HulmFollowing Monday n

ight’s school

board meeting, board members

are no closer to making a final de-

cision on the construction of a new

building that wouldhouse a shop

and other classrooms. Local con-

tractor Bob Jackson, invited by

CommitteewomanMarcie Brown-

lee Kari, sat in on her presentation

during Monday night’s school

board meeting.Kari prefaced her c

omments to

say that Jackson had given her “a

lot of really good information,” in-

cluding the best way to bid out the

project.The board had ho

ped to have

plans and specs drawn up for them

and then to proceedwith the bid-

ding process themselves. Jackson

thinks it would be amistake to do

that; much better to hire an engi-

neering firm and let them handle

all of the details, hesaid.

“If something goeswrong, it’s

their problem,” he said, “not

yours.”If bids could all b

e from local

contractors, Jacksonsaid it would-

n’t be so importantto leave the de-

tails to a professional but he feels

sure that the bids won’t all be from

familiar sources. In fact, he pre-

dicts that the project that the

school is proposing– which could

end up costing close to a half mil-

lion dollars – will have “bids com-

ing out of the woodwork.”

Board chairman Dan Kvale re-

ally wishes that theproject would

go to a local contractor. “I have a

hard time sending ahalf million of

our local tax dollars out of town,”

he said.Jackson further advised that

everything be written down, in-

cluding how much it will cost for

change orders. Contracts are im-

portant, he said, and there will be

many contingenciesto consider, in-

cluding handicap accessibility,

plumbing, electricity and much

more. An engineer could charge as

much as 10% of the project total

but, in the long run, it would be

worth it, he said.

Kari had heeded Jackson’s

warnings and approached an engi-

neer who offered aballpark figure

approaching $500,000. The board

has budgeted only$300,000 for

construction and $25,000 for engi-

neering.Jackson said that renovating

the existing building would proba-

bly be possible within those budget

constraints.New board member Angie

Thompson volunteered to research

available grant money for school

construction. Untilfinances can be

arranged, the project will stay on

the backburner.

Finding coaching staff for all of

the school’s basketball teams has

been a challenge for Supt. Krae-

mer this fall. SteveSenn has con-

sented to coach the 7th and 8th

grade girls and two high school

seniors, Daniel Chapman and

Yancy Buer, will team-coach the

5th and 6th grade boys.

Following an executive session

(that went one hourand forty-five

minutes) action was taken to offer

varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball

contracts to Corbin Alley and

Sarah Holzer, respectively. If he

agrees, Alley wouldalso coach the

boys’ Jr. High team.

In other business,board mem-

bers tentatively set January 7 at

6:00 p.m. for theirannual strate-

gic planning retreat. “All we’re

doing there is focusing on (long

term) planning,” Kvale said. Tra-

ditionally, the board would bring

their ideas back to aregular board

continued on page 5

Commissioners hope that exit

interviews will give them answers

By Beth Hulm

For the second month in a row,

County Commissioners received

resignations from county employ-

ees. In October, Tracy Buer lost

two men from his highway crew

and Assessor Rownea Gerbracht

lost a staff member. Last week,

there were two more resignations

from county employees – one more

from the highway crew and an of-

fice secretary whosplit her time

between the State’sAttorney’s of-

fice and the 4-H extension office.

Commissioners want to know

why they are losing employees.

Following an executive session

that used up an hour during last

Wednesday’s meeting, official ac-

tion was taken to develop an exit

interview process for departing

employees. County department

heads were instructed to come up

with questions toask those who

leave their county jobs.

Later in the day, when Buer pro-

duced resignation letters from the

men he recently lost, Commission-

ers closed the dooragain for a few

more minutes to read and discuss

them.Ideally, Buer’s work

crew would

be 9 to 10 employees. He’s now 4-5

short as he gearsup for winter

projects. Until more workers can

be hired, Buer was told to place

patrols strategically throughout

the county where local operators

could be hired part-time to assist

with necessary snow removal.

Commissioner Rusty Foster had

already contacted acouple of men

in the county whowould assist.

“There are guys outthere,” he told

Buer.Juell Chapman, cha

irman of the

Bison Town Board,stopped by to

personally present a check for

$67,264.31 for work that the

county crew did recently on some

Bison streets and to sing his

praises of the work crew. He

thanked the board for allowing the

assistance and said, “The guys did

a superb job!”Chapman also asked if there

could be assistancewith snow re-

moval from Coleman Avenue this

winter. That streetis Bison’s main

thoroughfare intotown and is a

designated truck route. The

county crew uses that route when

they leave town to plow county

roads.

Buer didn’t voice any objections.

“It doesn’t make sense to drive

over it and pack it down,” he said.

Coleman Avenue actually be-

longs to Perkins County and there

has existed a long-standing argu-

ment over which entity is respon-

sible for its care and upkeep. A

similar situation exists in Lem-

mon. RailwayAvenue, once the old

Highway 12, has belonged to

Perkins County since the 1940s.

The City of Lemmon maintains it.

Mike Schweitzer,chairman of

the Perkins County Commission,

would like to deedthose roads to

the cities and bedone with the

conversations.Bison recently made

a formal re-

quest to the countyboard to help

fix Coleman Ave. The town would

apply for a Community Access

Grant next spring and, if awarded,

they’d like the county to help with

the remaining matching funds. In

Lemmon, the City Council has al-

ready secured a $200,000 grant to-

wards upgrading Railway Street.

That is part of a much larger proj-

ect that could be a joint effort of

continued on page 10

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are $5 each or 3 for$10. The draw-

ing will ne held December 13th, at

the Christmas coffee.

The Girl Scoutsare once again

holding their Thanksgiving

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food item or $1 you can enter to

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4-H implements DNA sampling for ALL market animals to exhibit at South Dakota State Fair

Beginning with the 2012 - 20134-H program year, South Dakota 4-H is implementing a DNA sampleprocess for all Market Animals in-tended for 4-H Division competi-tions at the South Dakota StateFair, says Rod Geppert, SDSU Ex-tension 4-H Livestock Show Man-

agement Coordinator."This is a critical requirement

that will be implemented duringthe upcoming 4-HGreen Tag andWeigh-In events in your area,"Geppert said.

Geppert explains that this newrequirement has been added to en-

sure the integrity of the SD 4-HLivestock Program.

"We realize that this is an addi-tional cost for 4-H families and maycause some financial burden; how-ever, several surrounding stateshave gone to this process and wemust make this change to ensure

the integrity of the SD 4-H Live-stock Program," he said.

Market Animals without a DNAsample on file will be rejected fromentering 4-H Division competitionsat the South State Fair, regardlessof the youth's ribbon placing at aCounty Fair or 4-H Achievement

Days.So how will this new rule work?

Geppert explains that during aCounty 4-H Weigh-In, 4-H mem-bers must Green Tag and have aDNA hair sample taken of all mar-ket animals they could possibly ex-hibit at the State Fair. Only ani-mals that were DNA sampled bythe ownership deadlines will be al-lowed to enter the 4-H Divisionlivestock competitions at the StateFair; with the exception of someswine operations with 4-H markethogs, which will only be weighed,tagged and DNA sampled on an ex-hibitors' farm if the animals resideon a premise with a high level ofbio-security or health status. Oth-erwise, all other market swine willbe processed at the official countyweigh-in.

The 2013 4-H DNA sample fee is$6 per head and covers the expenseof materials and handling.4-H families must pay the per headfee to the County Extension Officeat the time the market animal isweighed, green tagged and theDNA sampled.

"It is very important that 4-H'ersand their families decide at theircounty's weigh in, which marketanimals have the potential for 4-HDivision Livestock competitions atthe South Dakota State Fair," Gep-pert said.

To implement the DNA samplingprocess of market animals, SouthDakota 4-H has partnered withAK-SAR-BEN to process the DNAsamples and paperwork.

4-H members should be awarethat this DNA process also givesprivilege to nominate the animalsfor the AK-SAR-BEN LivestockShow with the same DNA sample.Members should plan to participatein DNA sample training with AK-SAR-BEN and SDSU Extensionstaff or take the training online viaiGrow before arriving to yourCounty's weigh-in event.

During the State Fair, all grandand reserve champions, plus divi-sion champions and reserves willhave a DNA sample taken whichSouth Dakota 4-H will submit toAK-SAR-BEN after the State Fairfor DNA testing/matching. In addi-tion, South Dakota 4-H will takerandom DNA samples during theweigh-in/check-in for 4-H DivisionMarket Animal competitions at theState Fair.

4-H Livestock Ownership Verifi-cation Affidavits South Dakota 4-His in the process of adding the 2013Livestock Ownership VerificationAffidavits to 4HOnline. Hardcopies of completed affidavits, reg-istration papers, etc., will still berequired; however, those docu-ments can be scanned and up-loaded to 4HOnline and linked tothe 4-H youth member. We plan toleverage 4HOnline to access docu-mentation electronically during the4-H Division check in processes atthe State Fair.

For more information, contactRod Geppert at 605-773-8120 orrodney.geppert@sdstate.edu.

The Bison Courier • Thursday,November 29, 2012 • Page 13

BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETINGDATE: November 12, 2012 TIMEHELD: 7:00 p.m. KIND OF MEET-ING: Regular WHERE HELD: Board-room MEMBERS PRESENT: Arneson,Beckman, Kari, Kvale, ThompsonMEMBERS ABSENT: None OFFI-CERS AND OTHERS PRESENT:Supt. Kraemer, Asst. Bus. Mgr. John-son, Bev Kopren, Beth Hulm

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

CONSENT AGENDA40. Motion by Beckman second byThompson to approve the consentagenda with the following additions:11a Contract, 12a Date for Board Re-treat, 12b Bentley Lease and to ap-prove the financial reports and theminutes of the October 8, 2012 meet-ing. Motion carried.

APPROVAL OF CLAIMS41. Motion by Beckman second by Ar-neson to approve the claims listed

below. Motion carried.

A & B BUSINESS S U P P L I E S ,339.51; ASBSD, REGISTRATION,110.00; ADVANCE PAYMENTS,MONTHLY REIMBURSEMENT,1,880.63; ARTHUR, ANDREW,SPORTS DUTIES, 100.00; BESLER,BROCK, SPORTS DUTIES, 35.00;BESLER, SCOTT, SPORTS DUTIES,35.00; BISON COURIER, PUBLISH-ING COSTS, 262.54; BISON FOODSTORE, SUPPLIES, 55.73; BISONGRAIN CO., GASOLINE, 373.02;BISON IMPLEMENT, SUPPLIES,6.00; BRAINPOP, SUPPLIES, 205.00;CAHILL BAUER & ASSOC, AUDITSERVICES, 7,481.25; CARDMEMBERSERVICES, SUPPLIES, 160.00;CARMICHAEL, SHAWNDA, SPORTSDUTIES, 12.50; CHAPMAN,DOREEN, SPORTS DUTIES, 25.00;CHAPMAN, KALIN, SPORTS DU-TIES/GAS, 72.44; CHAPMAN, KIRBY,SPORTS DUTIES, 115.00; CHAP-MAN, SYLVIA, SPORTS DUTIES,125.00; CHAPMANS ELECTRONICS,PORT-A-POTTIES, 300.00; COLLINS,HEIDI, SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT,21.73; CROSSROADS MOTEL,ROOMS, 224.97; DAKOTA FEED,GAS, 224.97; DEMCO, SUPPLIES,90.75; FERO, JERRY, SPORTS DU-TIES, 115.00; FISHER, TREVOR,SPORTS DUTIES, 50.00; FRIED,GREG, SPORTS DUTIES, 50.00;GRAND ELECTRIC, ELECTRIC-ITY/SUPPLIES, 2,572.00; HARMON

LAW OFFICE, LEGAL SERVICES,1,040.00; HARVE’S SPORT SHOP,SUPPLIES, 305.50; HENDRICKSON,DANA, SPORTS DUTIES, 50.00;HOUSE OF GLASS, REPAIRS,103.26; JACKSON, BOB, LABOR/SPORTS DUTIES, 600.00; JOHNSON,COLETTE, HOSPITALITY ROOM,75.00; K-Log Inc., DESKS, 1,692.00; K-M CONSTRUCTION, LABOR, 244.80;KAHLER, DARLA, SUPPLIES, 66.26;KAHLER, ERIC, SPORTS DUTIES,25.00; KOPREN, HEIDI, SUPPLIES,17.55; KOPREN, TARINA, TRAVEL/SUPPLIES, 148.78; KRAEMER, DON-ALD, POSTAGE, 8.10; LOPER, NINA,SUPPLIES, 10.35; MENTORINGMINDS, SUPPLIES, 395.18; NASH,COLLE, SPORTS DUTIES, 187.50;NASH, PENNY, SPORTS DUTIES,137.50; NORTHWEST SUPPLY, SUP-PLIES, 8.52; P FLEET, FUEL, 259.31;PEARSON EDUCATION, SUBSCRIP-TION, 430.00; PENOR’S TEXACO,SUPPLIES, 21.95; PRELLE, DARIN,SPORTS DUTIES, 100.00; REALLYGOOD STUFF, SUPPLIES, 173.21;SANDER, ERIC, SPORTS DUTIES,60.00; SANDGREN, JAMES, SPORTSDUTIES, 25.00; SCHOOL SPE-CIALTY, SUPPLIES, 58.06; SDHSAA,FEE, 50.00; SEIDEL, KORTNEY,SPORTS DUTIES, 100.00; SMITH,GENE, MONTHLY BUS CONTRACT,9,530.07; SOUTHWEST BUSINESSMACHINES, SUPPLIES/MAINTE-NANCE, 663.40; SUPER 8 MOTEL,ROOMS, 100.00; TOWN OF BISON,

WATER/SEWER/GARBAGE, 541.32;UNIVERSAL ATHLETIC SERVICES,SUPPLIES, 1,651.80; WADDELL,JOYCE, MEALS, 50.00; WEEKLYREADER, WEEKLY READERS,124.04; WEST RIVER COOP TEL,MONTHLY UTILITIES, 323.45;WORKERS COMP FUND, INSUR-ANCE, 455.00.TOTAL GENERAL FUND

$35,020.34

MIDWEST TECH PRODUCTS, SHOPEQUIPMENT, 2,885.00.TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND

$2,885.00

ADVANCE PAYMENTS, BOWLINGPRACTICE, 8.00; BISON GRAIN,GAS, 23.22; HANDS ON HEALTH PT,SPEC ED SERVICES, 2,327.78;LEARNING SOLUTIONS OF THEBH, PROGRAM LICENSE, 1,225.00;REALLY GOOD STUFF, SUPPLIES,70.41TOTAL SPECIAL ED FUND

$3,654.41

BISON FOOD STORE, SUPPLIES,184.92; CASS CLAY CREAMERY,SUPPLIES, 824.37; CHILD & ADULTNUTRITION SERVICE, SUPPLIES,95.00; SYSCO FOOD SERVICES OFND, SUPPLIES, 3,967.59.TOTAL SCHOOL LUNCH FUND

$5,071.88

Total Payroll for October- $89,910.84

Elem-$20,934.30; Junior High-$4,183.13; High School-$18,652.94;Title-$6,072.48; Library-$3,733.89;Network-$499.29; Supt-$5,556.25; Sec-retaries-$4,178.64; Fiscal-$2,509.50;Custodial-$3,865.40; Co-curricular-$6,812.62; Spec Ed-$9,728.98; SchoolLunch-$3,183.42

DELEGATIONSNone

DISCUSSION ON SHOP BUILD-INGMarcie Kari presented the board withinformation about the new shop build-ing. Bob Jackson was also present tooffer advice on proceeding with theproject.

LETTER OF RESIGNATION42. Motion by Arneson, second byThompson to accept the resignation ofKristen Seidel as Head Girls Basket-ball coach for the 2012-2013 season.Motion carried.

CONTRACT APPROVAL- GRADEBASKETBALL COACHES43. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to approve the contract of SteveSenn for 7th & 8th Grade Girls Basket-ball Coach for the 2012-2013 season inthe amount of $929.10 Motion carried.

44. Motion by Kari, second by Beck-man to approve the contract of YancyBuer for 5th & 6th Grade Boys Basket-ball Co-Coach for the 2012-2013 season

in the amount of $464.75 Motion car-ried.

45. Motion by Kari, second by Thomp-son to approve the contract of DanielChapman for 5th & 6th Grade BoysCo-Coach for the 2012-2013 season inthe amount of $464.75 Motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION46. Motion by Arneson, second byThompson to enter executive session todiscuss personnel pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2 (1). Motion carried. ChairmanKvale declared the meeting in execu-tive session at 7:50 p.m. At 9:35 p.m.Chairman Kvale declared the meetingback in regular session.

CONTRACT47. Motion by Arneson to accept thecontract of Wade Kopren as Head BoysBasketball Coach for the 2012-2013season. Motion dies due to lack of asecond.

48. Motion by Thompson, second byBeckman to offer contracts to CorbenAlley for Head Boys Basketball andfor 7th & 8th Grade Basketball for the2012-2013 season. Motion carried.

49. Motion by Thompson, second by Ar-neson to offer a contract for Head GirlsBasketball to Sarah Holzer. Motioncarried.

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

SET DATE FOR BOARD RETREATThe board will hold their annual boardretreat January 7, 2013 at 6 p.m. inthe board room.

BENTLEY LEASE50. Motion by Beckman, second byThompson to approve the BentleyBuilding Lease in the amount of$2,500. Motion carried.

AUDIT REPORTAssistant Business Manager Johnsonreported that the audit report has ar-rived and invited board members to re-view it before approval at the Decem-ber meeting.

SUPERINTENDENTS REPORTED Dept Remedial ClassesACT Test PreparationSchool WebsiteEmergency Response Training

51. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to adjourn the meeting at 10:00p.m. Motion carried.

Dan Kvale, Chairman

Colette Johnson, Asst. Business Manager

[Published November 29, 2012 at atotal approximate cost of $84.60.]

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

Cash on Hand 10-1-12 18020.04 2374.36 1458.19 28098.64Invested in Securities 849181.72 488809.73 20150.62 48041.79 47776.34Receipts:

Local SourcesInterest313.94142.513.95Taxes 10275.69 4972.97 3481.62 742.75Miscellaneous 441.00Co-Curricular 2974.97

Intermediate SourcesCounty Apportionment 1094.24

State SourcesState Aid 31194.00

Total Receipts 47378.46 5115.58 3485.57 742.75 13308.30Total Disbursements 123184.74 3944.49 15393.62 7395.07Cash on Hand 10-31-12 79400.44 930.13 11064.57 34011.87Invested in Securities 711995.04 491425.21 -1363.81 48784.54 48041.79

IMPACT AID FUND $81,436.36

TRUST & AGENCYReceiptsSophomores/Concessions 3426.40General Fund/Sept Reimb 2991.13FCCLA/Cluster Mtg 2250.00FCCLA/Fundraisers 1476.20Student Council/

Fundraising 403.12Seniors/Fundraiser 1122.01FFA/Dues 420.00Spec Clearings/

Deposits&Districts 1218.00Dacotah Bank/Int 1.44

[Published November 29, 2012 at a total approximate cost of $96.12.]

DisbursementsPetty Cash/Postage 53.88Petty Cash/Starting Cash 200.00Zeta Drolc/Official Fee 108.00Krista Warbis/Official Fee 139.82Charles Verhulst/Official Fee70.00Keith Hanson Jr/Official Fee70.00Brock Besler/Official Fee 70.00Jim Wilkinson/Official Fee 70.00Scott Besler/Official Fee 92.94Lockbox OperationsD/Dues 216.00Joyce Matthews/Supplies 153.21Connie Aaker/Supplies 14.56Pepsi/Supplies 355.20Hettinger Candy/Supplies 176.18

Coca Cola/Supplies 158.40Bison Food Store/Supplies 56.79Zeta Drolc/Official Fee 108.00Krista Warbis/Official Fee 139.82Country Meats/Supplies 356.00Mom’s Café/Supplies 12.00Connie Aaker/Supplies 23.96Coca-Cola/Supplies 121.20Lemmon Rec/Bowling 8.00Country Meats/Supplies 267.00Flower Box/Supplies 30.00PFleet/Gas 294.63Postmaster/Postage 18.00Greg Fried/Official Fee 70.00Chad Baumgarten/Official Fee70.00

DeJon Bakken/Official Fee 70.00Brady Ham/Official Fee 70.00Dale Bender/Official Fee 109.96Delta Dental/Add’l Premium53.58SDAHPERD/Registration 190.00SD FFA/Due 485.00Hettinger Candy/Supplies 799.08Pepsi Cola/Supplies 132.00Josten’s/Ring Deposits 270.00Petty Cash/Starting Cash 400.00Petty Cash/Starting Cash 700.00Prairie Lounge/Supplies 78.26Coca-Cola/Supplies 513.60

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52. Motion by Thompson, second by Ar-neson to approve the agenda. Motioncarried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION53. Motion by Beckman, second by Ar-neson to discuss personnel pursuant toSDCL 1-25-2(1) Motion carried. Chair-man Kvale declared the meeting in ex-ecutive session at 7:03 pm. At 10:20pm Chairman Kvale declared themeeting back in regular session.

ADJOURNMENT54. Motion by Thompson, second byArneson to adjourn the meeting. Mo-tion carried. Chairman Kvale ad-journed the meeting at 10:21 p.m.

Daniel Kvale, ChairmanColette Johnson Asst. Bus. Mgr.

[Published November 29, 2012 at atotal approximate cost of $15.27]

BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETINGDATE: November 15, 2012 TIMEHELD: 7:00 p.m. KIND OF MEET-ING: Special WHERE HELD: Board-room MEMBERS PRESENT: Arne-son, Beckman, Kari, Kvale, ThompsonMEMBERS ABSENT: None OFFI-CERS AND OTHERS PRESENT:Supt. Kraemer, Donna Keller, JackieWatson-Veal

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

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

Legal NoticeMonday and Tuesday Fred and

Bev Schopp attended Jr High Bas-ketball games in Lemmon.

Thanksgiving day guests of Fredand Bev Schopp were Ray and JulieSchopp, Andrew, Katie, Kelly, Kristaand Justin; Laurie, Dan and DanciHoff; Bob and Connie Hourigan;Lance Hourigan and Jaylea Lemke;Weston and Katelin Ginther; JessieGinther; Mike Ginther and SiblutCoulliette; and Dennis Martin.

Saturday, Fred and Bev Schoppwere among the many friends andrelatives who gathered at theDakota Lodge in Lemmon for abirthday party for Ron and BobHoldahl.

Sunday, after church, Fred andBev Schopp were dinner guests ofBob and Connie Hourigan to visitwith Dusty and Jenny Hourigan,Jayce and Caden before they left fortheir home in Clear Lake, SD.

Sunday evening, Fred and BevHourigan were guests of Ray andJulie Schopp to help Katie celebrateher 18th birthday.

Jerry and Carolyn Petik traveledFon du Lac, WI to spend Thanksgiv-ing with Kurt and Leah Petik andfamily.

Guests of Art and Marilyn Christ-man during the Thanksgiving weekincluded, Gary, Cymbre, Kyle andKatie Christman; Amelia, Amanda,Julie and Ron Scott; Katie Fisk;Sarah, Amy, Ben, Chuck and JudyLewis and a friend, Josh; Edith andLeon Brodie joined them all for theThanksgiving Meal.

Meadow NewsBy Tiss Treib

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

ANNOUNCEMENTSCenter for Cultural Interchangeseeks volunteer Local Coordina-tors for exchange students inSouth Dakota. Some compensa-tion. Contact Mary Armstrong forinfo: 1-888-440-8750 MArm-s t r o n g @ c c i - e x c h a n g e . O R Gwww.cci-exchange.ORG.

BIDSACCEPTING BIDS THROUGH-OUT DECEMBER: 1992 FordE350, 7.3 diesel ambulance (un-equipped), 110,287 approximatemiles. For additional informationor photos, email jocoamb@golden-west.net or leave message at 605-669-3125. Mail bids to: JonesCounty Ambulance, P.O. Box 305,Murdo, S.D. 57559.

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

EMPLOYMENTCENTRAL PARK MANAGER -Huron SD Park & Rec. Dept. Seeduties and applications availableat www.huronsd.com. Click on“City Government,” then “CityEmployment.”

LIVE, INC., an accredited agencysupporting people with disabili-ties, has FT evening and supervi-sory positions available. Call (605)374-3742 or e-mail resume’ tojulielive@sdplains.com.

SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOL-OGIST ASSISTANT: immediateopening in NW SD, great benefitsand educational cost reimburse-ment: contact Cris Owens, North-west Area Schools (605)466-2206Christine.Owens@k12.sd.us.

DRIVERS: OWNER OPERATORSNEEDED Refrigerated Division,join our experienced team of sea-soned professionals. Terminals inKS, SD, TN, NM. 2 years OTR ex-perience. Call 800-796-8200 x103.

SKILLED MEAT CUTTER POSI-TION available at West SideMeats, Mobridge, SD. Competitivewages, good benefits, affordablehousing available. For applicationor more information call 605-845-2271 or email grandriverbison@yahoo.com.

FOR SALEMUST SELL: 2012 Chevrolet Sub-urban LT 4x4, 29,000 miles,$38,000; 2010 GMC Yukon XL 4x4,66,000 miles, $30,500; 2000Chevrolet Suburban 4x4, $4,500.605-871-9996.

LOG HOMESDAKOTA LOG HOME Buildersrepresenting Golden Eagle LogHomes, building in eastern, cen-

tral, northwestern South & NorthDakota. Scott Connell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell, 605-264-5650, www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

PETSCHESAPEAKE PUPPIES: InTime For Christmas!!! ChampionBloodlines! Excellent Hunters!Great Personalities! 605-730-2088.

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

OTR & DRIVER OPPORTUNITY$1500.00 SIGN-ON BONUS!EXP. OTR Drivers, TBI, 33¢/34¢,$375 mo., health ins., credit, 03¢safety bonus, Call Joe for details,800.456.1024, joe@tbitruck.com.

DRIVERS: $1,000 SIGN-ONBONUS. New Pay Program!*Earn up to 50 cpm *HomeWeekly*2500+ miles, 95% no-tarp.Must be Canadian eligible (888)691-5705.

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

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Crocheted dish cloths, pot scrub-bers, fleece scarves, fleece caps,crocheted caps are available atthe Bison Courier. For informa-tion see Arlis at the Bison Courieror call 244-7199.

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For RentFor rent: Homestead Heights lo-cated in Bison, S.D., has a one andtwo bedroom apartment available.Homestead Heights is a low-in-come elderly and disabled Section8 HUD (Housing and Urban De-velopment) housing facility. Weare smoke free. Energy Assistanceis available for those who qualify.Utilities are included in the rent.Homestead Heights is an equalhousing opportunity. For more in-formation, please call (605) 244-5473.

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FOR RENTOne & Two Bedroom Apartments

The Village Manor, Hettinger, North DakotaSmall Pets Allowed

All utilities includedNo Age Limitations

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

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

Every day at

Northwest Supply Co. Lemmon, S DPepsi - Coke

products: 12 pack $4.1924 pack $6.99

Seeking persons for•CNA - FT/PT

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

FREE C.N.A. certificationComplete wage and complete

benefits package for FT. For more information call

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

Five Counties, Box 479,

Lemmon, SD 57638.fch1@sdplain.com

EOE/M/FV/D Drug Free Workplace Employer

Five Counties Nursing HomeNeed extra cash?

Job security as a trained health care worker.

Ad Deadline is Monday at NOON! Legal Deadline is Friday at NOON!

244-7199 or courier@sdplains.com

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Thinking About Building?NEW HOME • POST FRAME AG BUILDING

NEW SHOP • GARAGE • MATERIAL PACKAGEHOME ADDITION • CUSTOM BUILDING

At Northwest Supply Company, we can do your job from start to finish or recommend contractors that do

quality workmanship.Give us a call to discuss your ideas.

Veal HaygrindingLarry Veal & Shannon Veal

605-244-7773605-788-2286

Ad Deadline is Monday at NOON! Legal Deadline is Friday at NOON!

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