bison courier, thursday, february 21, 2013

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HHiigghhlliigghhttss && HHaappppeenniinnggssMaster Gardener meeting concern-ing the Community garden February22, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. at the court-house.It’s bingo time! Sunday February 24,2013 at 1:30 Community Center $1.00a card, play all afternoon. lots ofprizes, snacks available. Sponsored bythe Legion Aux.You’re invited to the movie, OctoberBaby, and a dessert social Sunday,February 24, at 3:00 p.m. at grand

Electric hosted by Stateline Right toLife.Commercial Club will meet Febru-ary 26, 2013 at 6p.m. at Mom’s Place.Gala Day committee meeting at 5:30p.m.Vrooman Township Annual Meet-ing will be at Lynn Miller home at 7p.m. on March 5, 2013.Scotch Cap Township Annual Meet-ing will be at Scotch Cap School at 7p.m. on March 5, 2013.

Wilson Township Annual Meetingwill be at Don & LeiLani Melling’shome at 2 p.m. on March 5, 2013.Marshfield Township Annual Meet-ing will be at Justin Seidel’s home at 7p.m. on March 5, 2013.Lodgepole Township Annual Meet-ing will be at the Lodgepole Store at 7a.m. on march 5, 2013.Rainbow Township Annual Meetingwill be at Hibner Insurance at 7 p.m.on March 5, 2013.

Hall Township Annual Meeting atthe Brad Besler Ranch, 2:00 p.m.,March 5, 2013.Clark Township Annual meeting willbe at 8 a.m. on March 5, 2013, at Sum-merville Store. Equalization meetingimmediately after annual meeting.Fredlund Township Annual Meetingat 2 p.m. March 5, 2013, at the Fred-lund School.Beck/Highland Township AnnualMeeting will be at 2 p.m. March 5,

2013 at Dick & Eleanor Johnson’s.Lone Tree Township Annual Meet-ing will be at 7 p.m. on March 21, 2013at Dale Kopren’s. Discussion on optingout of tax freeze. Equalization meeting immediately following annual meeting. Cash Township Annual Meeting willbe March 5, 2013 7 p.m. at the home ofEdna Klein.Townships get your annual meetinginformation to the Courier office 244-7199 or [email protected].

$2,000, $1,000, or $500 dollarssponsored by KEVN and First In-terstate Bank. Please help Shaleyadvance to the final round bywatching her on next week andgoing online to vote.

To Vote simply go to www.black-hillsfox.com then scroll down andclick on “Rising Star of the West” onthe right hand side. This will takeyou to a new page. When there clickthe “View Entries” tab and use thedrop down arrows to rate the stu-dents’ videos. If you miss a segmenton TV you can also watch it onlineby following the same directionsused to vote. Check the next week’spaper for the exact date of Shaley’ssegment and please vote for her asshe competes in this great opportu-nity. Thank you. Update: Shaley’s segment will beaired Monday, February 25.

Bison High School senior ShaleyLensegrav has been selected tocompete in the KEVN Black HillsFox Rising Star of the West Schol-arship competition. This scholar-ship competition requires appli-cants to tape a 60 second segmentin which they speak on any topicthey find interesting or relevant totheir school or community. Thesesegments will then be shown dur-ing the 9 p.m. news on KEVN Fox.Each week five different highschool students’ segments will airon TV and then may be voted foronline. Shaley’s segment will airsometime during the week of Feb-ruary 25th - March 1st. One con-testant from each week will be cho-sen to advance into the final round.The final round will consist of fourcontestants who tape additionalsegments to compete for $4,000,

Lensegrav to be featured inKEVN Rising Star of the West

Old galvanized pipe causing problems at court houseBy Beth Hulm

An unpleasant odor may greetvisitors as they enter the PerkinsCounty Courthouse and, for em-ployees, the stench can create anill effect. Local contractor BobJackson blames it all on the oldgalvanized plumbing in the build-ing. “It’s going to continue to dete-riorate,” he said. He told countycommissioners last week, “I’m notmuch help. I don’t have any an-swers.”

Built in the early 1970s, thecounty courthouse was one of thelast to use galvanized pipe. Soonafterwards, plumbers began usingonly PVC. Dacotah Bank, builtacross the street around the sametime, had the same issue and hassince replaced all of its plumbing.

Pinpointing the exact location ofleaks in the courthouse isn’t going

to be easy because, according toJackson, “blueprints aren’t evenclose.” Tearing the rusty and leakyplumbing out from inside blockwalls isn’t plausible. He suggestedthat there might be a way to linethe existing pipes or new plumb-ing could be installed outside thebuilding.

There’s one other problem. Thenew courthouse was built on top ofthe city’s sewer lines.

The county board will seek aprofessional inspection and recom-mendation for fixing the problem.

Sheriff Kelly Serr was back totalk about county-wide law.County chairman Mike Schweitzerand VP Wade Henderson were ap-pointed to a committee to work outthe details with Serr and Lem-mon’s Chief of Police.

The sheriff wants to go ahead

and start advertising for deputiesin hopes of creating a pool of appli-cants. If the county-wide plandoesn’t materialize those appli-cants could be turned over to Lem-mon for their law enforcement va-cancies.

If county-wide law is put into ef-fect all officers would be deputiesunder Serr’s supervision. Therewould be a contract. “That’s reallywhere the rubber meets the road,”he said.

Serr expressed appreciation forthe recent wage increases for hisdepartment but asked to carry itone step further. His office assis-tant, Tammy Buer, is more than asecretary, he said. Her official titleis “administrative civil deputy”and, according to Serr, she carriesout the same duties as deputies

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Western Plains Action Group hosts Cracker BarrelDistrict 28 Legislators, Olson

and Maher, discussed pending leg-islation with about 30 area con-stituents at a Cracker Barrelhosted by Western Plains ActionGroup at the Indian CreekLutheran Church on Sunday the17th.

Several bills of interest werepresented by each legislator intheir opening statements. Rep.Olson spent quite a little time onthe funding and rules pertainingto Animal Damage Control divi-sion of the Game Fish and Parks.Funding had been cut and a bill toreinstate and increase funding ismaking its way through the legis-lature, also a bill to allow predator

districts to increase the amount ofassessment on cattle and sheep toone dollar ($1.00) per head. If thispasses any increase in assessmentwould have to come to a vote in thewithin the predator district re-questing the increase. Another billdeals with a ADC Central Com-mittee which has basically donenothing due to the fact that onlystate administrators served on thecommittee; a bill to add one repre-sentative from each of the state’sagricultural organizations,(Sheepgrowers, Stockgrowers, etc.)would be added to the committeeto allow input from landownersand livestock producers, is work-ing its way through the legislativeprocess. Coyotes are becoming amajor cause of loss in some EastRiver areas and now the SenateMajority Leader is in support ofthe Animal Damage Control pro-gram so the bills seem to have achance of passing. Olson re-marked that is amazing how bills

can fly through when the powersthat be get behind them.

Senator Maher serves on theCommerce, Education and Taxa-tion Committees; he serves aschair of the Taxation Committee.He reported that it appears fund-ing will be reinstated for Educa-tional Service Areas, which are acooperative service of several sep-arate school districts. These pro-vide services to all schools for im-plementing federally mandatedprograms such as No Child LeftBehind. A billed to replacestripped language about account-ing for Impact Aid for school dis-tricts is being considered.

A big issue in the eastern part ofthe state concerns meandered andnon-meandered waters which is ahuge problem for landowners, es-pecially in the northeast. This leg-islation is being fought diligentlyby fishermen and bird hunters.The bill seeks to solve the problem

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Correction: The amortizationthat Colette Johnson calculatedfor building a new school was mis-quoted in last week's paper. Itshould've read 25 years. I apolo-gize for any confusion. B. Hulm

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• The Bison Courier • Thursday, February 21, 2013

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Thursday, February 21Roast beef

mashed potatoes w/gravyharvest beetspeach crisp

Friday, February 22Macaroni & cheesestewed tomatoes

butterscotch puddingbanana

Monday, February 25Swiss steak w/tomato & onions

baked potatocorn

seasonal fruit

Tuesday, February 26Sausage gravy over biscuit

green beanssquash

jello w/strawberries

Wednesday, February 27Chicken noodle veg soupwhole grain crackersorange juice, banana

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By Beth HulmJason Thyne, physical therapist,

has left his practice in Kearney(Car-knee), Nebraska, hoping for aquieter life and more family timein Perkins County, South Dakota.

Thyne moved his family, whichconsists of his wife Holly and threesmall sons, Blake, 11, Austin, 8,and Ethan, 6, to the area earlierthis month. His employment withHands on Health began February1. He is manning the clinic inBison two days per week.

It was a flier sent out by ColleenOliver from Hands on Health thatcaught his attention. It was allabout “hunting, fishing and fam-ily,” he said. He felt that he’d losttrack of his family amidst thebusyness of their life and to himfamily is “the most important”.

The entire family made the 520mile trip last fall to interview.They liked the area and were im-pressed with the business thatOliver has built on the prairie andwith the woman herself. Thynecalled her “truly real”.

Kearney is a city of more 30,000

people but Thyne’s clinic there isabout the same size as the onehere, employing about the samenumber of people. He owns 50% ofit and, after 10 1/2 years, it is“paid for and secured.” He hashired someone to take his placewhile he tests “the fit” here inSouth Dakota.

Holly Thyne is a licensed socialworker who worked alongside herhusband in the Kearney clinic. InLemmon, she has found employ-ment at Five Counties nursinghome. The boys are already play-ing basketball and making newfriends in their new school.

Born in Colorado, Thyne movedwith his parents to Ravenna, NEduring his junior year of highschool, graduating there with theClass of 1992.

His first career choice was or-thopedic surgery but that schedulewouldn’t have fit well with thefamily life that he wanted. In-stead, he went on to earn a mas-ters degree in physical therapy atTexas Tech in Lubbock and a Doc-torate from Regis University inDenver. His interest in orthopedicsremains strong, however. Cur-rently, Dr. Thyne is working on aFellowship in orthopedic manualphysical therapy. He’s studying on-line and on campus in Colorado.He makes frequent trips to com-plete the 150 hours of one-on-oneand lab time that is required withhis 310 hours of on-line study.He’ll complete his studies withinthe next two years. That will be“enough education for awhile,” hesaid.

New physical therapist in town

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of public access to those waters.Maher is concerned about the in-crease to Medicaid in SouthDakota, remarking that the pro-gram will see an increase inbudget of 250 percent in two yearsbecause of the rules in the FederalHealth Care Law (Obamacare)the” working poor” will be forced togo on Medicaid and the state willhave to pay for that increase. Inhis opinion the funding will betaken from what is currently inthe Education portion of thebudget to pay for the budget in-creases needed by Medicaid. Thisdoes not bode well for schools al-ready struggling with finances.

The question of township liabil-ity on unimproved/unmarked sec-tions lines, which are consideredpublic access areas, was fielded bya constituent. Maher suggestedthat townships get legal assis-tance to come up with a solutionand language suggestions for a billwhich he would be glad to intro-duce in the 2014 Legislative Ses-sion and Olson agreed to co-spon-sor for such a bill. Olson, whoserves on the Local GovernmentCommittee, said she would like tobe involved as that is where thebill would be heard first.

There were a lot of comments,questions and suggestions by sev-eral constituents. Maher stayedaround to visit with attendees;Olson had to hurry off to attend afunction at Reva. Western PlainsAction Group was thanked by theLegislators for hosting the suc-cessful and well attended CrackerBarrel.

The Bison Courier • Thursday, February 21, 2013 •

Jolly Ranchers 4H Club Members with handmade scarvesand duct tape purses and wallets

Back Row left to right: Shawna Kolb, Tayton Schoefield, Lenae McKinstry, Josh McKinstry, Jacob Kolb, Stephanie Kolb and Ju-lianna Kari. Front Row left to right: Chantel Kolb, Iver Paul, Dustin Kolb and Everett Paul.

Lucky Piggywinners

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$25.00 Scott ThompsonBison, SD

$25.00 Bob Jackson

Bison, SD

Ed and Violet Chapman wereThursday afternoon callers andcoffee guests of Mary Ellen Fried.

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

Mary Ellen Fried attended aBoys Basketball game in BisonSaturday afternoon.

Mary Ellen Fried enjoyed Satur-day afternoon coffee with DellaHale; Joyce Waddell; and EdithMeland.

Dorothy and KathleenCarmichael visited with BernieRose last Saturday.

Jerry Petik called on BernieRose one day.

Keith Carmichael called onBernie Rose Saturday afternoon.Vonnie Foster also visited with hermother.

Carolyn Petik visited with Nor-man and Belle Kvale and also withThelma Lemke on Monday after-noon. She was also a brief callerat Irene Young's.

Jerry and Carolyn Petik wereamong many guests who helpedDarla Barnes celebrate her 5thbirthday in Lemmon on Mondayevening.

On Tuesday afternoon JerryPetik attended a Grazing Associa-tion meeting and Carolyn spentthe afternoon at Irene Young's.

Wednesday evening Jerry andCarolyn attended the Soup Sup-per and Ash Wednesday servicesat Spencer Memorial Church inLemmon.

Friday through Sunday Petik’sattended the South Dakota Farm-ers Union Convention in Ab-erdeen. They called on GraceBubbers in McIntosh on their wayhome Sunday afternoon.

Tuesday evening, Fred and BevSchopp attended the Lemmon –McLaughlin Basketball game inLemmon.

Thursday, Fred and Bev Schoppattended the Girls Basketballgame in McIntosh.

Saturday evening, Fred and BevSchopp attended the Dave SchellBenefit at Smoky’s.

Fred and Bev Schopp had lunchwith Laurie, Dan and Danci Hoff;Arnie and Mel Schopp Sunday fol-lowing worship.

Fred and Bev Schopp are GreatGrandparents to a baby boy bornto Weston and Katelin Ginther.

Meadow News.....By Tiss Treib


Drought Conditions and Your Trees

By Robert Drown, Natural Resource Specialist

The current drought conditionsin western South Dakota startedback in 2010. Such conditions arenot unusual for the area as the na-tive prairie vegetation evolved andadapted under alternating “feastor famine” moisture conditions.The only trees and shrubs thatgrow naturally occur in the higher

moisture areas of the landscapesuch as drainages, creeks andrivers. However, even those treesare not totally immune to drought.

So, how are your trees affected?The primary affects of drought ordry soil conditions cause damageto the roots and root death. Thenon-woody feeder roots located inthe upper 18” of soil are the firstones affected. Transplantedseedling trees are particularly af-fected due to root loss during thetransplant process. It is commonfor seedlings from the nursery tohave lost up to 50% and largerballed and burlapped trees up to80% of their roots. So, trans-planted trees have to play catch upin order to become established.

Transplanted trees are understress due to the loss of roots. Itcan take up to two years for treeseedlings to become completely es-tablished. The rule of thumb forbigger transplanted trees is oneyear for each diameter inch of thetree trunk. As a consequence,these trees should be given extracare and attention during drought

periods. This includes wateringand mulching under the tree toprovide much needed moisture,decrease evaporation and cool theroots.

Symptoms of drought on treesshow up in a variety of ways de-pending on the tree species, soilconditions and water deficit. Re-action time of trees is slower thanwhat we might expect and maytake many months or up to a yearto be noticeable. Leaves and nee-dles become limp, drooped, wilted,curled, yellowed and may dropprematurely. The trunk and orbranches may exhibit splitting,bark separation, tip dieback andsucker type sprouts may occurdown lower on the branches ortrunk. Leaves of broadleaf treesbecome scorched along the edgesand the inside of the leaves mayturn yellow then brown. Needleson evergreens turn brown on thetips or appear off colored. As a re-sult, the foliage of trees may be-come much thinner than normal.

In extended droughts additionalproblems may occur due to theweakened condition of the trees.They become easy prey for boringinsects, root rot and fungal dis-eases which combined with the ef-fects of drought can kill the trees.These secondary problems cantake up to a year to develop andmay be prevented if supplementalwatering and care is provided.

Besides dry conditions, hightemperatures can take a toll ontrees. Temperatures above 95 de-grees slow biological functions oftrees. Trees may lapse in and outof a self induced dormancy in ef-forts to reduce water loss. How-ever, the slowing of the functionsof the tree also reduces theamount of plant food produced andstored by the tree. Therefore, inhigh temperature periods ofdrought a tree can be decliningfrom its need for moisture andfood.

Planting native and introducedtrees and shrubs are not fool proofbut they do provide a betterchance of surviving the hot dryconditions that occur duringdroughts. Some drought tolerantspecies for our area includeSHRUBS: Silver Buffaloberry,Caragana, Honeysuckle, Poten-tilla, Hansen Hedge Rose, ArnoldHawthorne, Silverberry;BROADLEAF TREES: Green Ash,Siberian Elm and Bur Oak, andEVERGREEN TREES: RockyMountain Juniper, Eastern RedCedar and Ponderosa Pine.My sources for this news releasewere St. Vrain Arbor Care, Michi-gan Extension Service and TexasExtension Service. If you wouldlike more information about“Drought Conditions and YourTrees,” contact Bob Drown at theConservation Office at 605-244-5222, Extension 4 or by e-mail [email protected].

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

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

18 mi. south of Prairie City - Worship Service - 10:00 a.m.Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCA • Pastor Margie Hershey

Indian Creek - 8:00 a.m. • American - 9:30 a.m. • Rosebud - 11:00 a.m.Christ Lutheran Church WELS •

Pastor Gerhardt JuergensSunday Bible Class - 8:00 a.m., Worship Service - 8:30 a.m.

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

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

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

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

Saturday Mass: Morristown - 4:45 p.m. Lemmon - 7:15 p.m., Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Bison - 11:00 a.m.

Holland Center Christian Reformed ChurchPastor Brad Burkhalter • Lodgepole

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

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

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

Beckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad BurkhalterPrairie City

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

Slim Buttes Free Lutheran • Reva, SD Pastor Henry Mohagen

We have just celebrated Valentines Day. We try in some wayto express our love and affection to someone we love. Some

do a better job of that than some of the rest of us. Some giveflowers, some give candy, some give diamonds and manyother gifts, poems or other expressions of how we feel to

some other person. But even at best our efforts are somewhat limited. The flowers wilt, the candy gets eaten

and the sparkle of diamonds fades. Diamonds are a symbolof something that will last forever so that is why they areused for weddings indicating that marriage should last a

lifetime. Jesus gives us a love letter that lasts, not just for alifetime but for eternity.

In John 13:34 we read “A new command I give you: Loveone another. As I have loved you, so you must love one

another.” Jesus gives us a command but also gives us an example. The example is far beyond our ability but it is an

example. Jesus was telling His disciples this right before Hewent to the cross and was telling them this before His

departure. The entire Bible, Gods love letter to mankind,points to the cross and resurrection. The Messiah would paythe price for sin and that saving grace is available to all who

accept this great gift.As this Lenten season leading us to Good Friday and

Easter, let us be reminded that this is the fulfillment ofGod’s Love Letter to us.

PPaassttoorrss PPeerrssppeeccttiivveeThe Bison Courier • Thursday, February 21, 2013 •

Mildred Lorraine (Veal) Smith,87, of Corpus Christi Texas, passedaway on Monday, February 4, 2013.Mildred was born on December 19,1925 at home in Chance, SouthDakota to the late Boyd and Mabel(Iverson) Veal. She attended gradeschool in Chance and first year ofhigh school in Faith, South Dakotaand finished and graduated fromBison High School in 1943 andwent on to Business College inRapid City, South Dakota. She wasemployed at the Rapid City AirBase for several years. That iswhere she met Elwood Smith andthey were married January 23,1946. Upon Elwood’s discharge

they moved to Jackson, Mississippifor a number of years. They lived ashort time in Mississippi, Louisianaand then Texas. In 1964 theymoved from Fort Worth, Texas toCorpus Christi, Texas and bothwere employed at Corpus ChristiArmy Depot. Mildred was a SupplyTechnician managing aircraft partsfor 25 years. She was a member ofWesley United Methodist Churchin Corpus Christi where she was abeloved Sunday school teacher for27 years. She and Elwood weremembers of the Corpus ChristiFarmers Market, and they enjoyedgrowing vegetables in their fouracre garden and selling them onweekends at the local FarmersMarket. At home, Mildred grewbeautiful roses, her favorite flow-ers.

Mildred is survived by two chil-dren, her son, Boyd Smith of Cor-pus Christi, Texas; her daughter,Linda (Smith) Sahadi, husbandGeorge, of Corpus Christi, Texas;five grandchildren, Kerri (Sahadi)Morgan, husband Brian, of Hous-ton, Texas, Kevin Sahadi of Corpus,Christi, Texas, Jason Smith, wifeTracy of Frisco, Texas, JaminSmith, wife Tina of Pflugerville,Texas, Jodi (Smith) Dupree, hus-band Eric of Gilbert, Arizona; eightgreat grandchildren, Lacey Sahadi

of Corpus Christi, Texas, AlexisMorgan of Houston, Texas, Jaden,Caleb & Noah Dupree of Gilbert,Arizona, Sevy Smith of Frisco,Texas, Meghan & Ashlynn Helge ofPflugerville, Texas, sister, Verla(Veal) Lang & husband Wayne ofRapid City, SD, brothers, Richard(Dick) Veal of Bismarck, NorthDakota, Don and wife Bonnie Vealof Longmont, Colorado, Boyd Vealof Downers Grove, Illinois. Prede-ceased by her husband ElwoodSmith; brothers Tom Veal and Dar-rel Veal.

Visitation was held from 6:00p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Feb-ruary 7, 2013 at Seaside FuneralHome Chapel. A funeral servicewas held at 2:00 p.m. on FridayFebruary 8, 2013 at Seaside Fu-neral Home Chapel with Entomb-ment followed at Seaside MemorialPark. Pallbearers were Kevin Sa-hadi, Jason Smith, Jamin Smith,Brian Morgan, Dan Smith, JonWilliams, and Keith Wimer. Thefamily wishes to thank Caregivers,Elsie Rodriguez, Juanita Villarreal,Melissa Rodriguez and PatriciaMontoya. Also Blue Sky Hospiceand Altus Hospice.In lieu of flow-ers, memorials may be made toWesley United Methodist Churchon 3915 Gollihar Road, CorpusChristi, Texas 78415.

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Mildred Lorraine (Veal) Smith

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FCCLA members attend 2013 District IX meeting“Light the Torch with FCCLA”

was the theme of the 2013 DistrictIX FCCLA Meeting held in RapidCity on the 13th of February.Twelve members from the BisonFCCLA chapter and their advisor,Joyce Matthews, attended themeeting. Paul and Aletha Adcockalso attended the district meetingand, along with Karen Voller, pro-vided transportation for chapter

members. Following the openinggeneral session, Sydney Arnesonand Kimberly Peck and MadisonHulm and Tessa Kopren competedas teams in the Illustrated TalkEvent. Megan Serr attended themorning business meeting servingas the chapter’s voting delegate.Shelly Peck, Kayley Johnson andMarranda Hulm fulfilled our chap-ter’s responsibilities associated

with the event rooms.Each year District IX chooses a

community service project. Thisyear’s project allowed students topurchase a cupcake for $1 andthen decorate them with the manytopping options. The money fromthis project was donated to the af-ternoon speaker, Melanie Barclay,who represented the Make-A-Wishfoundation.

Awards were presented during theafternoon general session. MeganSerr presented the 2012 TopHonor Award to the Sturgis Chap-ter. The Honorary MembershipAward is given to individuals whomake a significant contribution toDistrict IX chapters. Kassidy Sars-land presented these awards toVicky Winsell from Sturgis and toher grandparents, Paul and Aletha

Adcock. Results from the morningSTAR events competition were thefinal awards announced. SydneyArneson and Kimberly Peck andMadison Hulm and Tessa Kopreneach received a Superior (Gold)rating and will advance to thestate competition in April.

Paul and Aletha Adcock awarded Honorary Membership at theDistrict IX FCCLA Meeting.

Kimberly Peck, Sydney Arneson, Madison Hulm and Tessa Kopren receive Gold ratings.

L to R: (Back row) Shelly Peck, Lenae McKinstry, Kimberly Peck, Sydney Arneson, Tessa Kopren, Kiana Brockel. (Front row) Kayley Johnson, Madison Hulm, Mar-randa Hulm, Megan Serr and Kassidy Sarsland attend district meeting.


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In the last two weeks the wrestlershave competed in a Duel with BuffaloWrestling Club and four tournamentsacross western South Dakota. Theteam traveled to Harding County tocompete with AAU wrestlers fromBuffalo during the High School Trian-gular between Sturgis, Sundance andHarding County varsity programs togive time in between matches for theolder wrestlers. The young wrestlerstook turns wrestling by age andweight. Everyone had one scheduledmatch, but some were lucky enoughto get 2 matches for extra experience.Bison Wrestling Club took 12wrestlers to the dual ranging in agefrom 4 to 12. When the night wasover Bison Wrestling Club came out

on top. The final tally was Bison 15matches Buffalo 5. It was a great ex-perience for the young wrestlers andthey look forward to the yearly event.

Twelve of the club's wrestlers trav-eled to Lemmon on February 9th.Cooper Mackaben, Colt Kopren, Col-bin Seidel, and Braden Kopren eachreceived a 3rd place trophy in theirrespective age and weight groups.Bringing home a 2nd place awardwere Corbin Mackaben, KadenGlover, and Hugh Groves. The re-maining wrestlers, Tiegan Clark,Ashtin Gerbracht, Rylee Veal, Har-land Groves, and Shane Collins allbrought home a 1st place trophy. Itwas a great day for the club and it

Young wrestlers do well at tournamentswas nice to see so many of thewrestlers there. Jaren Beckmanmade his way to the top in Sturgis onthe same day. Jaren won all hismatches in Sturgis to win 1st place.

The 16th of February took many ofthe wrestlers to Box Elder to competein the Douglas Wrestling Club tour-nament. Again the boys had somevery tough matches and continued tolearn as they compete. Colt Koprenpinned his way to first place on Satur-day. Harland Groves was also able towrestle into a first place spot. Both

Jaren Beckman and Shane Collinscame up against wrestlers they haveyet to best this season. Both boystried their hardest, but came up shortleaving them with a 2nd place medal.Ashtin Gerbracht ended up 3rd in a 6man bracket. Hugh Groves andKaden Glover came home with 4thplace from the tournament. Douglasis always a tough day, but the boysdid a great job representing Bison.

Three of the boys finished theweekend out with 225 other wrestlersin Mobridge at their annual event.

Rylee Veal won 2 of his 3 matches toget his 2nd place trophy. Jaren Beck-man won 2 matches to place 1st andShane Collins won 3 matches to bringhome his 1st place trophy. All thematches in Mobridge were against op-ponents the boys had not met beforegiving them new experience beforedistricts. Wrestlers will have 2 weeksof practice before they compete thefirst weekend in March at the DistrictI tournament in Buffalo and then pos-sibly move to Regionals in Rapid City.

Rylee Veal, Colbin Seidel and Colt Kopren in Lemmon.

Ashtin Gerbracht and Sabe Yalowizer.


Monday, February 25Hamburger w/bun

salad bar, apple wedgepineapple slice & milk

Tuesday, February 26Chicken ala king biscuit, salad bar

fruit choice & milk

Wednesday, February 27Deli sandwich

soup w/crackers salad bar

fruit & milk

Thursday, February 28 Goulash coleslaw peaches

cinnamon & roll milk

Lady Cards parents night

Rich and Trish Peck with their senior Cardinal Shelly.

Grandpa Paul Adcock with senior Kasidy Sarsland.

Bison Education Association holds drawing

Winning the K-6th grade basket was Maddie Hulm. The BisonEducation Association (BEA) held a drawing for 3 baskets filledwith books and Valentine goodies. All the students and par-ents in Bison School were entered in the drawing, which washeld at the Girls Basketball game on February 12th. This wasto show appreciation for the students and parents in the BisonSchool.

Cole Buer won the 7-12th grade basket, and Daroll and DeniseAukland won the Parent basket.


Third grade students study electricity

At the end of their Electricity Unit, the 3rd Grade visited Grand Electric to learn more about electricity. While there, the stu-dents were shown how the lineman find the problem, the tools they use to fix the problem, climb a pole, and even were able totry on the linemans' belt and hooks. Thank you Grand Electric!

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except law enforcement. Her work-load would further increase withcounty-wide law. Moving her from asecretary scale to deputy earns her anadditional 66 cents per hour. Sheworks a 35-hour week. A roll call voteof the board passed 4-1. Rusty Fosterwas the dissenter.

Things are looking up for the high-way department. Recently seriouslyunderstaffed, there are now threenew employees and “that’s goodnews,” according to Schweitzer. JoeGreen has returned to his post andtwo out-of-state men have been hired.Otto Staples came with a family fromMichigan and has already begun hisnew job; a Wyoming man will movehis family here soon. Buer said thathe could still use a mechanic/operatorand maybe one more operator to com-plete his crew.

Extension offices in both Perkinsand Harding counties remain un-staffed since Ida Schmidt resignedearlier this year. Schweitzer is dis-gusted with the state’s hiring effortswith both the local 4H/Youth positionand vacancies in the Regional officein Lemmon.

Commissioner Henderson termedthe state’s move to Regional offices “afailure.”

Both Perkins and Harding countiesare refusing to sign a new agreementwith SDSU or to pay their share untilthe state puts somebody into the of-fices.

Director of Equalization RowneaGerbracht and her deputy JanelleGoddard visited the board room lastTuesday to give “an overview onwhat’s happening with the values.”

Changes for 2012 include a 25% in-crease in crop land values and 15%for ag land. “We’re way under-valuedon our ag land,” Gerbracht said,adding, “It’s selling really high.”

Current land sales have beenaround $800/acre. The county’s topvalue is $555.04.

There was a public hearing duringthe meeting to set rates at which thecounty would sell gravel. For individ-uals and contractors that price wasset at $3.25/ton and that’s only fromauthorized pits. “We need to be cau-tious about how much gravel we letgo,” Supt. Buer said. Other govern-ment entities may buy from thecounty at $3.00/ton. Contractor ToddFink was the only one to attend thehearing.

Schweitzer discussed a preliminarytraffic inspection of Highway 73,south of Lemmon to Flat Creek andfrom Lemmon west to the state line.Improvements are scheduled for 2014or 2015. During that work, the City ofLemmon would like to install trafficlights at the junction of Highways 12and 73 and also on the north side ofHighway 12 at the Theater Road in-tersection. They asked if the countywould evenly share the $11,000 costfor the latter since Theater Road is onthe county’s road system.

Also last Tuesday, a striping agree-ment with signed with South DakotaDOT for the Bixby Road, southwest ofBison and bids were awarded to PreTex, Rapid City, for concrete productsand to Flint Hill in Minnesota forroad oils. The county will piggybackoff Beadle County’s culvert bid. A two-year jail contract was signed withWalworth County with no changesfrom the previous one.

The commission meets next onMarch 12. A tax deed sale is sched-uled during that meeting for the oldJerry’s Hardware building on Lem-mon’s Main Avenue.


Rep. Betty Olson

Cross Over day, the last day for a billor joint resolution to pass the house oforigin, will be Wednesday, February20. There are only three weeks left inthe 2013 legislative session, so the endis in sight. Sen. Maher and I attendedtwo cracker barrels this weekend, Fri-day evening in Bison with Right toLife, and Sunday afternoon at the In-dian Creek church south of MeadowCorner with Dakota Rural Action.

Here are some of the bills that werepassed out of the two House commit-tees I serve on:

Agriculture and Natural ResourcesCommittee:

•HB 1089 to require statewide live-stock ownership inspection came out ofcommittee on a 7 to 6 vote.

•HB 1149 to revise and clarify re-quirements relating to limits of smallgame and fish taken by small gamehunting parties and fishing parties.This bill would allow a group huntingtogether to harvest the total number offish or game allowed instead of each

one having to quit when they reachtheir individual limit.

•HB 1187 to provide alternativebrand inspection procedures for rodeolivestock. If livestock owned by andbearing the registered brand of a bonafide rodeo producer are being trans-ported out of the livestock ownershipinspection area by the owner for rodeopurposes and there is no change ofownership, the inspection certificatemay be endorsed by the inspector issu-ing the certificate in order to serve as atravel permit for the livestock de-scribed in the certificate. The certifi-cate must be renewed yearly.

•HB 1228 gives producers priorityto recover on a bond seized by the statefrom a public grain warehouse or grainbuyer.

I am the House prime sponsor of SB205 to put wolves on the predator listin South Dakota. Rep. Lance Russelland I met with USFW at the start ofsession to let the feds know what I hadplanned. USFW said they didn't have aproblem with the bill because they aregoing to take the wolf off the endan-gered species list in the western Dako-tas in March of 2013. Just last weektwo wolves were seen by several of ourneighbors in a pasture ten miles southof our ranch and several other peoplehave reported seeing them in this area.SB 205 came out of Senate Ag andpassed the Senate with not one voteagainst it. It will come to the House Agcommittee this week.

Local Government:•SB 88 authorizes the county to

deny bids on county sales of tax deedproperties if the bidder is not currenton property taxes due.

•SB 86 increases the minimumsalary payable to county officials,state's attorneys, and sheriffs.

•SB156 authorizes township boardsto increase the front foot assessmentfor road maintenance, repairs, and im-provements and to revise certain provi-

sions concerning road districts estab-lished by townships.

These bills passed the Houseand have been sent to the Senate:

•HB 1246 authorizes aerial pesti-cide applicators to apply pesticide ontheir own property. Any commercialapplicator who is licensed or certifiedpursuant to chapter 38-21 to apply pes-ticides to agricultural land may applypesticides to property owned by the ap-plicator if the commercial categories inwhich the applicator is licensed are theappropriate applications to be made.

•HB 1093 allowing the use of dogsto hunt mountain lions and leasheddogs to track and retrieve wounded orpresumed dead big game animals.

•HB 1220 permits the use of golfcarts within state parks or recreationareas.

•SB 126 revises the provisions thatauthorize townships to combine the of-fices of the clerk and the treasurer.

•SB 127 revises provisions concern-ing the health and educational facili-ties authority.

Several of the bills that came out ofour Oil and Gas Development summerstudy committee will be coming up incommittees in both the House and theSenate this week. I'll be able to fill youin on any action taken on those nextweek.

To get in touch with me, call theHouse Chamber number 773-3851.Leave a phone number and I'll call youback. The fax number is 773-6806. Ifyou send a fax, address it to Rep. BettyOlson. You can also email me [email protected] during ses-sion. You can keep track of bills andcommittee meetings at this link:http://legis.state.sd.us/ Use this link tofind the legislators, see what commit-tees they are on, read all the bills andtrack the status of each bill, listen tocommittee hearings, and contact thelegislators.

Representative Betty Olson’s views of week 6 of the 2013 Legislative session

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Week 6 of the 9 week session isnow over, with 24 days down and 14to go. So, these last 3 weeks of ses-sion is where we start prioritizingspending. Education and health-care remain top priorities for thecaucus. We find ourselves balancingthese needs against bolstering re-serve funds in anticipation of se-questration cuts and supportingeconomic development. While itmight not seem important now, thecuts coming from Washingtonweigh heavily on all of us here inPierre.

As our session comes to a close,we will hear what cuts will be com-ing as Congress continues to fight

over our spending. If we don’t pre-pare, we could be called into specialsession to alter our budget due toour federal government's inabilityto pass their own budget.

Good Stewardship of your taxdollars at the state level requirecareful and responsible manage-ment, including keeping our budgetstructurally balanced, and lookingto promote future growth througheconomic development.

School funding is certainly manytopics of discussion this sessionwith many bills going through theprocess trying to get more money inthe K-12 system. Unfortunately,this important decision is typicallymade toward the very end of thesession. We know that schools arestruggling to make up for thebudget cuts of past years. A compo-nent of school funding which wasrecently brought to the Legisla-ture’s attention in SB15 is the de-pletion of the Extraordinary CostFund used for students with specialneeds. This is a fund which localschool Districts can apply to whenthey have costs which exceed theschool’s special education levy. InSD, there are 18,026 children whoqualify to receive special educationservices. This represents 14.3% ofall of our students and is an in-crease of 7.1% over a ten-year pe-riod. These statistics were takenfrom the National Center for Edu-cation Statistics. The proposal ofthis bill from the SD Department ofEducation would shift even more ofthe funding formula for specialneeds toward the local taxpayerand away from the state govern-ment’s responsibility. They are pro-posing an increase in the local ef-

fort levy for special education from$1.2 to $1.3 and in turn decreasingthe state’s share from 42.41% to39.3% by 2015.

Also dealing with educationfunding, I have introduced Senatebill 76 which will put funding intothe Education Service Agencieswhich is administered by North-west Area Schools. This bill hasbeen through many revisions. Itpassed out of the Senate EducationCommittee and is currently sittingin the Senate Appropriations Com-mittee waiting for funding.

I also introduced Senate Bill 80,which will be up in House Educa-tion this week, Wednesday, for ahearing; it has already passed theSenate. This bill will reinstate theaccounting procedures our schoolsuse too account for impact aid fund-ing. This language was taken outstatue this past session in 2012.This bill will reinstate those laws.

This past week in Senate, wepassed Senate Bill 195 to helprestart wind energy projects. TheSenate passed this bill out of com-mittee to provide up-front money asan incentive on wind energy proj-ects. South Dakota is a very wind-rich state with the potential for con-tinued expansion. With the ObamaAdministration blocking projectssuch as the Big Stone II expansion,which would have provided ex-panded infrastructure for wind en-ergy transmission capability, it fallsto states to help wind facilities de-velop and expand.

This week, the Senate took swiftaction to expand our 2nd amend-ment rights through Senate Bill166 on Concealed Weapon Permits.It passed the State Affairs commit-

tee on an 8-0 vote, and passedunanimously on Senate floor. Thismeasure revises the years that aconcealed weapon permit is valid;reducing the bureaucracy that citi-zens face in obtaining and main-taining a concealed weapon permit.This measure is now on to theHouse.

Currently, we’re coming up on avote for Senate Joint Resolutionwhich increases the vote requiredto raise taxes. Senate Taxationpassed this measure as amended 6-1, and it will be an amendment toArticle 9 of the SD Constitution.This will require the support of2/3rd of voters to increase or imposenew taxes – protecting your hardearned paycheck from anyone whotries to raise your taxes. It providesa better level of consistency, andmatches the number of votes that itrequires in the legislature.

SB 51 is a bill that has to do withthe Retailers Collection Allowance.In 2006, the legislature decidedthat as soon as the Tax Relief Fundreached $10 million, Retailerswould be eligible for a reimburse-ment from that fund to mitigate thecost of collecting and submittingsales taxes. This reimbursement, or“collection allowance,” would haveoriginally been a cost to the state of$6.4 million. SB 15, however, askscity governments to pick up $1.5million of the tab, which is not nec-essarily a cost to the city so muchas it is a source of revenue that theywill no longer collect. An amend-ment is on the table that would notrequire the municipalities to coverthis $1.5 million, which would thenrequire the state to pick up the fullbill. I feel it is only fair the statecovers the whole collection al-lowance because that was the orig-inal deal. It is important to notethat municipalities are alreadypaying $3 million per year to thebusiness tax fund in order to helpprocess the collection of sales, use,and contractor’s excise taxes. Thisbill has put us between a rock anda hard place because the state isnot paying the amount that wasagreed upon.

On Tuesday, February 12th, theJoint Appropriations Committeeheard from the department ofTribal Relations. The mission ofthis Division is to establish andmaintain a positive working rela-tionship between Native AmericanSouth Dakota citizens and all otherparts of government. Tribal Rela-tions was also established to secureand coordinate federal, state, andlocal resources to advocate for theNative American population. Thisis a relatively new department in-stituted by Governor Daugaard,which has been very successful inbuilding relationships with ourtribes.

Please keep in touch on the is-sues and feel free to contact me at(605) 850-3598 or at my legislativeemail [email protected] myperson al email address [email protected]. I enjoy thechance to serve as an elected officialin your citizen Legislature. As al-ways you can follow everything on-line athttp://legis.state.sd.us/ses-sions/2013/index.aspx

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BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETINGDATE: January 30, 2013 TIME HELD:5:30 p.m. KIND OF MEETING: Spe-cial WHERE HELD: LunchroomMEMBERS PRESENT: Arneson, Kari,Kvale, Thompson MEMBERS AB-SENT: Beckman OFFICERS ANDOTHERS PRESENT: Supt. Kraemer,Bus Mgr. Crow, Asst. Bus. Mgr. John-son, various patrons and staff.

Discussion was held on the proposednew shop building and school building.

76. Motion by Kari second by Thomp-son to adjourn the meeting at 6:40 p.m.Motion carried.

Daniel Kvale, ChairmanBonnie Crow, Business Manager

[Published February 21, 2013 at a totalapproximate cost of $9.75.]

BISON SCHOOLDISTRICT #52-1

BOARD OF EDUCATION

MEETINGDATE: February 11, 2013 TIMEHELD: 7:00 p.m. KIND OF MEET-ING: Regular WHERE HELD: Board-room MEMBERS PRESENT: Arneson,Beckman, Kari, Kvale, ThompsonMEMBERS ABSENT: None OFFI-CERS AND OTHERS PRESENT:Supt. Kraemer, Bus Mgr. Crow, Asst.Bus. Mgr. Johnson T.W. & FayeSchalesky, Head & Ass’t Wrestlingcoaches from Hettinger High School,Drake Buttsavage, Beth Hulm

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

CONSENT AGENDA77. Motion by Arneson second byThompson to approve the consentagenda with the following additions:Change #6 & 7, add 7A. Lighting Pre-sentation, 10a. Swimming Bus Re-quest, and 16b. Field Trip and to ap-prove the financial reports and theminutes of the January 14th, 21st and30th meetings. Motion carried.

APPROVAL OF CLAIMS78. Motion by Beckman second by Ar-neson to approve the claims listedbelow. Motion carried. A & B BUSI-NESS PRODUCTS, SUPPLIES,165.96; ADVANCE PAYMENTS,MONTHLY REIMBURSEMENT,2,034.17; AVI SYSTEMS, INC, SUP-PLIES, 539.98; BISON COURIER,A D V E R T I S I N G / P U B L I S H I N GCOSTS, 443.21; BISON FOODSTORE, SUPPLIES, 213.10; BISONGRAIN CO., GASOLINE, 101.00;CROW, BONNIE, SUPPLY REIM-BURSEMENT, 12.00; DAKOTAFEED, GAS, 771.52; EVERGREENSUPPLY INC., WELDING SUPPLIES,786.00; FISHER, LAURA, MILEAGE,370.00; G & O PAPER, SUPPLIES,375.50; GRAND ELECTRIC COOP,SERVICE CALL, 45.00; HARMONLAW OFFICE, LEGAL SERVICES,720.00; HEDSTROM, LOLA, SUPPLYREIMBURSEMENT, 44.99; HILL-YARD/SIOUX FALLS, SUPPLIES,450.07; I90, DAYS INN, ROOMS,305.00; J W PEPPER & SON INC.,SUPPLIES, 73.99; JACKSON, BOB,LABOR, 312.00; JOHNSON, CO-

LETTE, SUPPLY REIMBRUSE-MENT, 85.26; MATTHEWS, JOYCE,SUPPLY REIMBURSEMENT, 28.12;MCCALL, WENDI, MILEAGE,657.12; MID-CENTRAL EDUCA-TIONAL CO-OP, CLASSES, 1,500.00;MOM'S CAFE, SUPPLIES, 150.00; PFLEET, GAS, 216.13; PENOR'S TEX-ACO, SUPPLIES/REPAIRS, 56.49;RYEN, CHRISTI, TRAVEL REIM-BURSEMENT, 33.00; RYEN, JD,CHAPERONE FEE, 85.00;SCHUCHARD, AMANDA, MILEAGE1,398.60; SEIM, BOB, MILEAGE,176.12; SMITH, GENE, MONTHLYBUS CONTRACT, 8,708.69; STOCK-ERT, MICHELLE, SUPPLY REIM-BURSEMENT, 39.95; TOWN OFBISON, WATER/SEWER/GARBAGE,339.33; TURBIVILLE INDUSTRIALELECTRIC, REPAIRS, 594.48; WESTRIVER TELEPHONE, MONTHLYTELEPHONE, 323.04TOTAL GENERAL FUND

$22,154.82

BISON GRAIN CO., COAL, 2,330.56;GRAND ELECTRIC COOP, ELEC-TRICITY, 2,685.00TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND

$5,015.56

BRIXEY, JULIA, TRAVEL REIM-BURSEMENT, 26.00; CENTER FORDISABILITIES, REGISTRATIONFEE, 280.00; DAKOTA FEED, GAS,33.35; HANDS ON HEALTH PT,SPEC ED SERVICES, 2,316.76;Southwest Business, SUPPLIES,192.50TOTAL SPECIAL ED FUND

$2,848.61

BISON FOOD STORE, SCHOOLLUNCH SUPPLIES, 156.94; CASSCLAY CREAMERY, SCHOOL LUNCHSUPPLIES, 726.09; CHILD & ADULTNUTRITION SERVICE, SUPPLIES,15.49TOTAL SCHOOL LUNCH FUND

$898.52

Total Payroll for January-$84,346.42

Elem-$20,680.62; Junior High-$4,378.13; High School-$15,812.77;Title-$5,986.89; Library-$3,478.89;Network-$580.54; Supt-$5,556.25; Sec-retaries-$3,655.82; Fiscal-$2,467.00;Custodial-$5,586.65; Co-curricular-$4,003.82; Spec Ed-$8,825.04; SchoolLunch-$3,334.00

DELEGATIONSNone

WRESTLING COOP WITH HET-TINGER SCHOOLDiscussion on a possible wrestling coopwith Hettinger School.79. Motion by Kari second by Beckmanto enter into a wrestling coop with Het-tinger School for the upcoming 2013-2014 school year with the maximumfee to be paid set at $250.00. Motioncarried.

DISCUSSION ON SHOP BUILD-INGDiscussion on the shop building andoptions.

LIGHTING PROPOSALDrake Buttsavage presented a pro-posal he had drawn up for some addi-tional lighting on the stage. He willorder new lighting to be paid from theThespians account.

STATUS OF COMPUTER TECH-NOLOGYDiscussion on the computer assets that

will be needed for the upcoming on linetesting.

COACHING CONTRACTS80. Motion by Arneson second by Karito approve the contract of AssistantAthletic Director in the amount of$2,000.00 for the 2012-2013 schoolyear for Corben Alley. Motion carried.

81. Motion by Beckman second byThompson to approve the contract ofHead Track Coach in the amount of$2,232.78 for the 2012-2013 schoolyear for Brad Burkhalter. Motion car-ried.

RESIGNATIONNone received.

SWIMMING BUSThe Town of Bison is considering tak-ing children during the summermonths to Hettinger for open swim-ming. Discussion on the possibility ofusing the school bus. No action taken.

BOARD RETREAT NOTESNumerous items were added and willbe implemented into the proposed2013-2014 school budget.

BUSINESS MANAGER CON-TRACTS82. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to enter into executive session todiscuss personnel. Motion carried.Chairman Kvale declared the meetinginto executive session at 9:18 p.m. andback in regular session at 9:39 p.m.

83. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to increase Colette Johnson andBonnie Crows’ hourly wage by .50/hourfor the 2013-2014 school year. Motioncarried.

NEGOTIATING TEAMDan Beckman and Eric Arneson will bethe negotiators for the School Board.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

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

Cash on Hand 1-1-13 5621.75 2972.02 4056.53 37856.10Invested in Securities 885908.75 596137.71 65159.56 66689.78Receipts:

Local SourcesInterest 314.47 -97.85 29.78Taxes 2327.73 822.86 576.10 123.42Miscellaneous 9.06Co-Curricular 1466.00Transfer Out 5000.00

Intermediate SourcesCounty Apport 378.18

State SourcesState Aid 32111.00

Total Receipts 36606.44 725.01 605.88 123.42 7906.34Total Disbursements 107107.10 9993.26 36217.57 4400.62Cash on Hand 1-31-13 7053.21 2736.28 4838.96 41361.82Invested in Sec 803976.63 587105.20 28765.44 66813.20

IMPACT AID FUND $81,436.36Oscar Smith Scholarship

Fund $296,051.81

School Lunch -973.26Receipts 4518.66Transfer In 5000.00Disbursements 5415.93Ending Balance $3,129.47

TRUST & AGENCYReceipts

Sophomores/Concessions 2462.33Seniors/Starting Cash 200.00Juniors/Fundraiser 1019.05 Special Clearings/

Book Fair 1349.78FFA/Fruit Sales 1910.00General Fund/

January Reimb 963.45Dacotah Bank/Interest 1.73

ReimbursementsKevin Morast/Official 210.52Dave Erickson/Official 295.52Adam Hill/Official 85.00Brian Williams/Official 85.00Chuck Golinvaux/Official 199.70Petty Cash/

Starting Cash 510.00Landon Arnold/Official 85.00Mike Miller/Official 178.24Cardmember Services/

Supplies 10.00Petty Cash/Postage 74.98API/Supplies 97.75SDCTM/Registration Fee110.00Dan Sayler/Official 175.00Mom’sPLace/Supplies 72.00

Coca Cola Bottling/Pop 93.20JD Ryen/Chaperone Fee 85.00Susan Carmichael/

Supply Reimb 100.72Pepsi-Cola Bottling/Pop 891.70Bryan Zahn/Official 85.00Brent Mareska/Official 143.46SD FCCLA/Fees 12.00District IX FCCLA/Fees 242.35Joyce Matthews/

Supply Reimb 10.58Hettinger Candy Co/

Candy 365.76Follet/Supplies 39.00General Fund/

VB Expenses 143.14

[Published February 21, 2013 at a total approximate cost of $89.17.]

84. Motion by Thompson second byBeckman to enter into executive ses-sion to discuss personnel. Motion car-ried. Chairman Kvale declared themeeting into executive session at 9:42p.m. and back in regular session at10:57 p.m.

NWAS REPORTNone

SUPERINTENDENT’S NOTESEnrollment figuresCrisis Plan UpdatePilot School for TestingInservice Day moved to March 8

85. Motion by Thompson second by Ar-neson to adjourn the meeting at 11:00p.m. Motion carried.

Dan Kvale, ChairmanBonnie Crow, Business Manager

[Published February 21, 2012 at a totalapproximate cost of $75.39.]


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

Tiss Treib spent Monday afternoonand evening with her mother, EstherJohnson at the WRRMC.

Esther Johnson returned to herhome near Bison Tuesday noon.

Al and Tiss Treib attended a town-ship informational meeting in BisonTuesday afternoon. They then wentout to supper in Bison before return-ing home.

Al Treib made a trip to HettingerWednesday and then accompaniedTiss Treib to Lemmon.

Al and Tiss Treib called on DaleHedstrom Thursday afternoon.

Al and Tiss Treib made a trip toRapid City Friday. On their way homethey visited with Kari Hoff, DorenaWiechmann and Esther Johnson.They also were evening pinochle play-ers at the home of Jim and PatsyMiller.

Sharon Longwood hosted a 90thbirthday party for Henry Isdal at the

Western Horizon’s Care Center Sat-urday afternoon. Many residents ofthe Nursing home attended alongwith Sharon Longwood; Tiss Treib;Duane and Dawn Harris; Larry andKathy Archibald.

Thelma Sandgren was a coffeeguest of John and Shirley Johnsonone day this past week.

LaVonne Foss was a coffee guest ofJohn and Shirley Johnson. LaVonnethen took Shirley to LemmonWednesday.

John and Shirley Johnson; Mike,Sam and Annie Johnson; LaVonneFoss; Roger Ingebretson; Bob John-son were guests of Gary, Jodi andLexi Johnson to help Lexi celebrateher 10th birthday.

Patsy Miller attended the Town-ship informational meeting in BisonTuesday afternoon.

Patsy Miller attended to businessin Bison Thursday.

Jim and Patsy Miller, Matt andChristi Miller went out for supper forValentine’s Day Thursday.

Jim and Patsy Miller played cardsin Hettinger Friday afternoon andalso visited with Violet Miller at theNursing home.

John and Noreen Green were Sun-day afternoon visitors of Jim andPatsy Miller.

Tim and JoAnne Seim; Bill andColleen Larson; Todd and Judy Lar-son and family and Jim Andersonwere Wednesday supper guests ofChet and Mandy Anderson and fam-ily to help Ella celebrate her 9thbirthday.

Justin, Jo and Jacob Seim arrivedat Tim and JoAnne Seim’s Saturday.Tim and JoAnne Seim; Justin Seimattended the Benefit for Dave Schellin Meadow Saturday evening.

Bonnie Haynes and Don McKinstrywere Sunday afternoon visitors of

Tim and JoAnne Seim.Justin, Jo and Jacob Seim returned

to their home in Belle Fourche Sun-day afternoon.

Chet and Ethan Anderson wereSunday late afternoon brief visitors ofTim and JoAnne Seim.

Nolan and Linda Seim and familywent out to supper Friday night andthey then attended the movie in Lem-mon.

Dorothy and Lynn Frey attendedthe South Dakota Farmers Unionconvention in Aberdeen Thursdaythrough Sunday. Dorothy and LynnFrey and Marilyn Schwartzbauer ac-cepted an award for Calvin Frey forMeritorious Service Award. GeneHoffman also received an award, asGene could not be in attendance,Lynn accepted it for him.

Tuesday Brenda Merriman andHolly and Rylan Klemisch weremorning visitors. Albert returned

home from work that evening.Wednesday, Albert Keller and Lil

Albert traveled to Marmouth to get apickup.

Thursday, the Kellers traveled toBismarck for Korbins’ well check andreturned that evening.

Friday, Albert Keller, Duane andDawn Harris traveled to St. Onge forthe Cranston Hereford Cow/Bull Sale.

Saturday, Albert and BridgetKeller and boys traveled to Trail Cityand stayed with Bert and Pat Keller.They returned home on Sundayevening.

Tuesday the telephone men cameout and checked out Thelma Sand-gren’s telephone problem. In the af-ternoon Thelma called on ShirleyJohnson.

Wednesday, Thelma Sandgren at-tended Lenten Services at Rosebud.

Thursday, Steve Sandgren and hisdaughter, Dee Andra and grand-daughter Natalie came out and hadValentine’s dinner with Thelma Sand-gren and visited in the afternoon.

Friday, was Thelma Sandgren’susual day in Hettinger and she vis-ited with her brother and sister at theNursing Home and on her way home,she stopped to visit with ShirleyJohnson.

Sunday, Thelma Sandgren joinedher kids at the church in Bison andthey then went out to dinner withJames, Marci and Kylee Sandgren,Carlie, Paulette and CJ Ellison; Rayand Rochelle Witte and family.Thelma spent some time at James’and then returned home.


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BELLE FOURCHE, a growing SouthDakota community of 6,500, seeks Eco-nomic Development Executive Direc-tor. Excellent wages and benefits. Fulljob description and application atwww.bellefourche.org . Closing date:March 1, 2013.

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PERKINS COUNTY HIGHWAYDEPT. has opening for Mechanic/Oper-ator. Good Benefits. Applications areavailable at Courthouse in Bison, SDor call 605-244-5629.

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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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HELP WANTEDGrand Electric Cooperative,Inc. is accepting resumes for anApprentice/Journeyman Elec-trician /Serviceperson. Must be ahigh school graduate or equivalentand have one year of advancedelectrical training or electric vo-tech graduate or equivalent. Workincludes sales, installation and re-pair of appliances, heating/coolingand residential and farmsteadwiring. This is a full time positionlocated in Bison, SD, with goodpay and benefits: hospitalization,401K savings plan, retirement, lifeand accident insurance, sick leaveand vacation. Working hours arefrom 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mon-day through Friday. Applicantmust be able to work overtime

hours when needed and be able todo some heavy lifting of up to 100pounds. Contact Steve Senn, Asst.Operations Manager or ColleNash, Director of Operations atGrand Electric Cooperative, Inc.,P. O. Box 39, Bison, SD. An EqualOpportunity Employer. Deadlinefor submitting resumes is March11, 2013.

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HELP WANTED: Grand ElectricCooperative, Inc. has an openingfor a part-time Accountant posi-tion at their headquarters office inBison, SD. This position has goodpotential to become full-time in2013. The successful applicantmust have a high school diplomaor equivalent. It is preferable thatthe applicant have a minimum oftwo years of general office experi-ence, including but not limited to,payroll, accounts payable and gen-eral bookkeeping. Job duties in-clude posting journal entries, ver-ifying and posting invoices, pro-cessing checks, etc. Interested in-dividuals please send your resumeto Colgan Huber, Director of Fi-nance, Grand Electric Coopera-tive, P.O. Box 39, Bison, SD 57620.Grand Electric is an equal oppor-tunity employer. Deadline for sub-mitting resumes is March 8, 2013.

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Perkins County has job openingfor Mechanic/Operator. Must haveor obtain a valid South DakotaClass A Commercial Drivers Li-cense within 30 days of employ-ment. Benefits include: Health &Dental insurance, retirement, sickleave, vacation and paid holidays.

For application and details, con-tact the Highway Office in Bison,SD or call 605-244-5629. Positionopen until filled.Perkins County Highway Dept.Box 158, Bison, SD 57620

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3 positions - Temporary/Seasonalwork performing manual and ma-chine tasks as a beekeeping la-borer. From 3/5/2013 to 11/15/2013at Kings' Honey Co., Marion, ND.Three months of previous experi-ence required in the job described.Saturday work required. Must beable to lift/carry 75 lbs. Workersmust have no fear of bees and benon-allergic to bee stings, pollen,honey or other products of thehive. No minimum education orhigh school diploma/equivalent isnecessary for the position.$12.33/hr or current applicableAEWR. Workers are guaranteed3/4 of work hours of total period.Work tools, supplies, equipmentsupplied by employer withoutcharge to worker. Housing withkitchen facilities provided at nocost to only those workers who arenot reasonably able to return sameday to their place of residence attime of recruitment. Transporta-tion and subsistence expenses towork site will be paid to nonresi-dent workers not later than uponcompletion of 50% of the job con-tract. Interviews required. Applyfor this job at nearest State Work-force Agency in state in which thisad appears, or SDWorks 415 14thAve. East, Mobridge, SD 57601-1306. Provide copy of this ad. NDJob Order #304112.

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THANK YOUThank you to everyone who helpedmake the benefit for David Schella great success and to all who do-nated towards the auction.

It was wonderful. Lisa and Sandy

Seeking persons for•CNA - FT/PT

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

FREE C.N.A. certificationComplete wage and complete

benefits package for FT. For more information call

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

Five Counties, Box 479,

Lemmon, SD [email protected]

EOE/M/FV/D Drug Free Workplace Employer

Five Counties Nursing HomeNeed extra cash?

Job security as a trained health care worker.

bison courier, thursday, february 21, 2013

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