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Pioneer Auto, latest vehicle honors veterans

by Rylee Metzger The Jones County School Boardmet for a regular meeting onMonday, March 13. Carmen Miller and SophieMcKenzie joined the meeting rep-resenting the Jones County Advi-sory Committee. After attending astandards implementation work-shop, Miller informed the boardthat revised standards for per-sonal finance classes will take ef-fect in 2017-18. The updatedstandards will provide teaching inregard to operating systems, inter-net browsers, search engines, pre-ventative maintenence andsecurity, digital literacy, neti-quette and citizenship. Miller alsodiscussed additional courses avail-able to Jones County students viavirtual school and blended DDN(Accounting II, Introduction toBusiness and Business Law.) Alsodiscussed was the consideration ofimplementing the economics classto offer a business minded per-spective. Sophie McKenzie discussedmatters concerning agricultureclass opportunities, state FFA,FFA chapter numbers, fundrais-ing and student eligibility. Stu-dents are currently required totake at least one semester of an agclass to become an eligible mem-ber of the FFA chapter. McKenzieis currently working to broadenthe choice of ag classes offered tostudents at Jones County Schools.Currently 19 students are mem-bers of the local FFA chapter andseveral are planning to attend theannual state FFA convention tobe held in Brookings April 23-25. Bus drivers Trudy Hurst andBruce Venard joined the meetingto voice opinion on the school bussituation. The board is consideringselling the “ghost” due to the un-reliability of the vehicle. Theboard is currently open to search-ing for a new school activity bus.Further discussion and decisionswill be made at the April boardmeeting. Comparison in price betweenrenting a U-Haul or installing areceiving hitch on the school vanis also being made. Means of stor-age for luggage will be necessaryfor the senior trip and for futureschool activities.

Jones County 4H fundraiser successful

by Rylee Metzger The Jones County Board ofCommissioners met for a regularmeeting on the afternoon of Tues-day, March 7. Jones County 4H Specialist andEmergency Manager Angie Kins-ley joined the meeting. Kinsley in-formed the board that studentsraised $2,000 at the 4H festivalfundraiser on February 25. Kins-ley also mentioned that she re-cently completed the advancedprofessional development seriesfor emergency management. Thisseries offers “how to” training fo-cused on emergency and disasteroperation, management and coor-dination skills all taught withpractical information. Kinsley alsorequested that a copy machine,two office phones and an HP lap-top from the extension office beapproved for surplus. The boardmoved to surplus all items. Fur-ther discussion with Kinsley wasmade in executive session. The commissioners discussedprogress concerning Rails to Fu-ture’s plans of reopening lineswest of Presho and replacing themwith heavy rail. No confirmed de-cisions have been made at thispoint but recent meetings haveprovided positive feedback. The board moved to hire CurtChambliss for seasonal lawn careat the courthouse and also movedto appoint Norman Buxcel as amember of county weed and pestboard to fill a vacancy.

Students perform spring concert

Photo by Rylee MetzgerAsa Best, Arius Flying Hawk, Mallory Venard, Gus Edwards, AddisonRankin, Natalie Sealey and Bryer Kinsley.

Photo by Rylee MetzgerLocal Pioneer Auto Museum owner David Geisler pres-ents the latest edition to the museum’s vehicle collection,original 1944 WWII Army Ford. This vehicle is restoredto complete mint condition and features a .50 cal armyrifle. Geisler spent the past two years searching for thisexact model and recently ended his search by finding this‘44 Ford in Muskegon, Michigan. The army vehicle willbe included as part of Pioneer Auto Museum’s perma-nent collection as the vehicle is extremely rare and his-torically profound. Geisler shared that the purchase ofthis vehicle is intended to honor and salute our veterans.You will see the Ford included in future town paradesdriven as an escort for local veterans. Geisler shares thathe along with Pioneer Auto are proud to support ourcountry, veterans and those currently serving. MakeAmerica Great Again!

Photo by Rylee MetzgerSixth grader Mallory Valburg and fifth grader Kade Larson.

Photo by Rylee MetzgerSecond grade class back row (L-R): Kayden Knife, Ryker Anderson, Sydnee Green, Cayenne Bohon and Ryan Fuoss. Middle row (L-R): Killian GrassRope, Harrison Moore, Andrew Mumbauer-McKillip, Sophia McNaughton, Jacey Jensen and Denae Mann. Front row (L-R): Tyler Iversen, BridgerErikson, Easton Newsam, Elizabeth Duncan and Sunny Valburg.

Photo by Rylee MetzgerFifth grade girls back row (L-R): Roodena Boni, Sage Waldron, Brooke Mumbauer-McKillip and Bre Jackson. Front row (L-R): Kamri Kittelson, SophieDowling and Savanah Hendricks.

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Jones County News

Lee Johannsen Memorial Scholarship information The Lee Johannsen Memorial Scholarship application for currentcollege students is available on the Jones County School websitehttps://jonesco.k12.sd.us. This scholarship is available to a JonesCounty High School graduate who will be enrolled as a full-time stu-dent in a college or university as a junior or senior during the 2017-2018 school year. Applications due to the high school office by April15, 2017.

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This crazy, awful, mixed-up timeAssembled by Clar Roghair….. PH: 669-2529…[email protected]

Remember the kids poem byRobert Louis Stevenson thattalked about having to go to bed insummertime while it was stilllight outside, then in winter hav-ing to dress by candlelight? I feela bit that way these days. I wasjust getting used to not having toget out of bed in the morning untilmost of the darkness had goneaway, but now, thanks to daylightsavings time, that alarm goes offwhen it is still dark as midnight.I credit Ben Franklin with somereally great inventions, but heshould have retired before hecame up with the crazy idea ofsaving time. Regardless of whatyou do with a clock, there are stillonly 24 hours in a day and night,and regardless of anything any-body says or does, that isn’t goingto change. What I can’t figure outis why Arizona, Hawaii and theeastern time part of Indiana arethe only states in the 50 that aresmart enough to realize you can’tactually lengthen time. A favorite quote of mine comesfrom Laura Ingalls Wilder’s“These Happy Golden Years” inwhich she says, “Backward, turnbackward, Oh time in thy flight.Make me a child again, just fortonight.” Since I am in the processof reprinting my Aunt Toot’s book,“The Singing Hills” and thenadding a second book to it of theyears that followed the time framein which she wrote, I have beensifting through more than 70years worth of memories. I havefound photos of people I cannotidentify, a few old letters, way toomany obituaries and some very in-teresting stories. And I definitelyhave been pulled back to thatchildhood Wilder referred to; butonly for tonight…and in memoryonly. Watch for further details onthe book. I hope to have it pub-lished before June 1 and will betaking advance orders so I havesome idea how many to print. Notes from Teresa: Teresa Palmer went to Midland

early Wednesday morning onMarch 8. Keith Hunt, ChristineNiedan and Teresa traveled toRapid as Christine had an ap-pointment at the Cancer Institutethat afternoon. That night whileeating supper, they had a shortvisit with Dallas Vos and herdaughter Sarah from Caputa whowere in town for a Bible study.Dallas is the daughter of Dick andFay (Hunt) Deal. Dallas reportedthat her dad lives with them andhelps her husband with the work. On Thursday morning, March9, Keith, Chris and Teresa went tovisit their Aunt Anna (Hunt) Dick.That evening, Keith went to theCivic Center for a show put on byJay Leno. Chris and Teresa en-joyed watching the girls’ State “B”tournament on TV. Friday Christine had her lasttreatment for the week and whilethere, the group had a chance tovisit with Deb Reed and hermother who had an appointmentthere. They returned to Midlandand later that evening Chris andTeresa went over to Roy andCarol’s home to visit with Dan andDorothy Root from Riverton, Wyo.,who had come for their brother,Larry’s funeral. Family and friends gathered atthe Trinity Lutheran Church inMidland on Saturday, March 10for the funeral of Larry Root ofIrene, S.D. Following a celebrationof Larry’s life, everyone had thechance to visit with Sam Root(Midland), Sylvia (Root) Huberand family members (Rapid City),Dan and Dorothy Root (Riverton,Wyo.,), Cliff Root (Sheridan,Wyo.,), and Betty and DarwinHaerer (Root) (Wall). The Hayes play cast held theirfinal performance of the season onSunday afternoon, March 11.Those joining Jackie Fosheim inattending the play were KarlaMannhalter, Margie Peters, PattiGreenseth, Teresa Palmer, Chris-tine Niedan and Jan Tolton. TheMurdo group had attended the

same play, “Nana’s NaughtyKnickers” in Pierre when thePierre Players presented it. It wasfun to see the differences and sim-ilarities!Notes from Janet Louder: Afternoon visitors of Nelva andJanet last Wednesday were RosaLee Styles, (so nice to have a visitwith her) and Brian Louder. OnFriday, Nelva and Janet traveledto Murdo, stopping on the way inKadoka for a short visit withNelva’s sister Deanna Byrd,Kristie Stone and girls. Then wewent on to Murdo where we hadan income tax appointment andfrom there to Draper. Our sons Brian and Jay arrivedin time for the visitation andprayer service held for HelenLouder Friday evening at theCatholic Church with a niceturnout, even with the weatherdropping a little snow. On Saturday there was a won-derful turnout of family andfriends for the funeral service forHelen at the Draper auditoriumwith Father John Heying officiat-ing. Rose Comp was pianist andLuke Dowling soloist, followed bythe burial of Helen beside her hus-band Merrill and son Rod, in theDraper cemetery. Then we wentback to the aud for the noon mealand fellowship. Our sympathygoes out to Rob, Penny and familymembers. Our great-grandson Kingston,along with his sister Charley,grandparents Don and Cara, auntCalli, uncle Nick and girls hadsupper the evening of the ninth atthe Texas Roadhouse to celebratehis fifth birthday. His daddy Drewand uncle Dawson work there, sothey got in on the celebration.Kingston got to ride a woodenhorse as the waiters sang HappyBirthday. On Sunday, Kingston,along with his dad Drew, sisCharley, aunt Calli and girls,grandparents Don and Cara Pear-son went bowling, then to grand-parents Nelva and Janet’s for

birthday cake and ice cream, andof course presents! Happy birth-day, Kingston. Our sympathy is extended tothe family of Alex Freier, longtime Draper area resident.Westside: Wanda and Roger Larson en-joyed hearing and watching theirgrandson Kade in the schoolspring concert last Tuesdayevening. They said the group ofyoung people put on a delightfulperformance. We were honored to have asguests our second-oldest grand-child, Josh Schriever, and his wifeEllen for a couple days this week.They were on spring break andchose to travel on to Okaton fromRock Rapids, Iowa, where theyhad visited Josh’s parents, Darinand Laurel Roghair Schriever andfamily. Josh and Ellen attend theUniversity of Northern Iowa atCedar Falls.Bits of News: Diane Deis, daughter of Orvilleand Lola Anderson of Murdo, hasbeen named general manager ofradio station KGFX in Pierre. Thisposition actually covers sevenradio stations. Diane is a graduateof Murdo High School and thenobtained a degree in journalismand advertising from SouthDakota State, Brookings. Dianeand her husband Cullen haveraised four daughters, one ofwhich is working towards being asurgeon. Weekend guests at the home ofEsther Magnuson were herdaughter Terri Pelle with her sonDusty, his wife and three youngdaughters of Pierre. When I asked Esther about thereading program she does, shetold me she and several friends tryto be in Murdo each Thursday tolisten to the first and second gradestudents read. Some of the ladieswho help out with that programinclude Lil Seamans, RosemarieStyles, Marci Schmidt, TeresaPalmer and Jami Klingberg.

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Church/Community 3March 16, 2017 • Murdo Coyote

Catholic Church of St. MartinFather John Heying • 502 E. Second St., Murdo, S.D.

Saturday Mass: 6 p.m.

St. Anthony’s Catholic ChurchFather John Heying • Draper, S.D.

Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Draper United Methodist ChurchPastor Rick Hazen • Draper, S.D.Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Murdo United Methodist ChurchPastor Rick Hazen • Corner of E. 2nd and Jefferson Ave., Murdo, S.D.

Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. and Fellowship Time • Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.United Methodist Women: 1st Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. • ALL WELCOME!

Okaton Evangelical Free ChurchPastor Gary McCubbin • Okaton I–90 Exit 183 • 605–837–2233 (Kadoka)

Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. (CT) • Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. (CT)

Messiah Lutheran ChurchPastor Ray Greenseth • 308 Cedar, Murdo, S.D.

Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. • Sunday School: 10 a.m. • Bible Study: Tuesday 7 a.m.Thursday 9:30 a.m. • Midweek: Wednesday 3:15 p.m.

St. Paul’s Lutheran ChurchPastor Ray Greenseth • Draper, S.D.

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. • Bible Study: Wednesday 9 a.m.

Community Bible Church410 Washington, Murdo, S.D. • 669–2600

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. • Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.Wed. Night Bible Study: 7 p.m.

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Lent, a Heart Check-up

Not long ago we were fortunateenough to attend a conference withmany clergy from around the country.One of them said something that hasreally stuck with us. He said that whenhe talked to children in his church, hetold them that asking God for forgive-ness was like putting Bactine on yourheart: God’s forgiveness soothes theheart and helps it heal.

We liked that simple imagery be-cause it makes the tasks of the Lentenseason more understandable. You see,Lent began a few weeks ago in theChristian Church. It is composed offorty days, set aside as a time each yearwhen we are asked to fearlessly exam-ine our hearts, finding the dents,cracks, nicks and scars caused by ourramble through this rough and tumbleworld. During Lent we take responsi-bility for our part in the wounding ofour own hearts, and for our part inwounding the hearts of others in our

world. We ask God for forgiveness, andwhen possible, we make restitution,

Now that may not sound like a bar-rel of laughs – all that self-examinationand admission of wrong-doing. But it’snot meant to be a time of anguish. It’smeant to be a time that allows releaseof the heavy guilt we carry, a time thatheals our broken hearts, and a timethat restores our dearest hopes. All ofwhich helps us to forge our way towarda deeper, truer, kinder, and more re-sponsible faithfulness.

But if self-examination of the verydeepest and darkest recesses of ourhearts is to be done, and if forgivenessis to be asked from God, where do webegin?

Frederick Buechner, in his book,Wishful Thinking, suggests that inLent we should ask ourselves five ques-tions: 1) When you look at your face inthe mirror, what do you see in it thatyou most like, and what do you see in

it that you most deplore? 2) If you hadbut one last message to leave to thehandful of people who are most impor-tant to you, what would it be, intwenty-five words or less? 3) Of all thethings you have done in life, which isthe one you would most like to undo,and which is the one that makes youproudest to remember? 4) Is there anyperson or cause in the world, for whichif circumstances demanded it, youwould be willing to die? 5) And finally,if this were the last day of your life,what would you do with it?

These are probing questions for thisLent. These are questions that lead usto an examination of our hearts. Maythe forty days of this Lenten seasonbring you a helpful heart check-up, andenough soothing of the broken places tospeed your healing. And with healedhearts, may you feel the strength ofpurpose and hope return, so that youmay, in turn, help others heal, as we allmake our way toward Easter.

Spiritual GrowthRev. Drs. Casey and Robert Baggott

Helen Louder Helen Louder, 78, of Draper,died on Sunday, March 5 at AveraMaryhouse in Pierre. Helen Faith (Hemenway)Louder was born on September25, 1938 in Mitchell, S.D., to Caroland Grace (Mueller) Hemenway.She grew up in Presho, S.D., andgraduated from Presho HighSchool in 1957. After graduation she worked asa telephone operator in Pierre,S.D. She was united in marriageto Merrill Louder on September26, 1959. On Father’s Day in 1960they welcomed son Rodney. Aftera short time living in Rapid City,they moved back to Draper and inNovember 1963 they had sonRobert. Helen and Merrill farmed andranched north of Draper for 50+years while raising their two sons.Helen was also a Jones Countycommissioner for many years.They were always involved in

their children’s activities andHelen actively supported the local4-H until her passing. The lastseveral years she enjoyed readingwith the first and second gradersin Murdo. She is survived by her sonRobert and wife Penny of Albu-

querque, N.M.; two grandchildren:Shannon (Mark) Middleton andShaun (Brittany) McPartland;great-grandchildren: Jersey, Clay-ton, Owyn and Khaleesi; brotherRev. William Hemenway and wifeSue; nephews: Paul and MarkHemenway and special friendRobin Cromwell. She was preceded in death byher husband Merrill; son Rodneyand her parents, Carl and GraceHemenway. Visitation was held on Friday,March 10 at St. Anthony’sCatholic Church in Draper with aprayer service following. Serviceswere held on Saturday, March 11at the Draper Auditorium withburial following at Draper Ceme-tery. Arrangements have beenplaced in the care of Isburg Fu-neral Chapel. Online condolencesmay be made at www.isburgfuner-alchapels.com

Alex Freier Alex Freier, 96, of Draper, diedSunday, March 12 at Avera Mary-house. Alex was born on September 17,1920 to Rudolf and O’tilla Freieron a farm north of Draper wherehe grew up and attended countryschool. Alex married Jean Cox of Pierreon September 14, 1948. Alex andJean were married for 65 yearsand spent all but the last few ontheir farm northeast of Draper.They had three children. Alex was very proud of his farmnear Draper and his round barnwhere he raised sheep andplanted wheat for many years. Heonly purchased John Deere trac-tors and Chevy vehicles. Uponsemi-retiring he bought a team ofhorses, fixed up his wagon andjoined the wagon train startingwith the Centennial wagon train.He traveled to all parts of SouthDakota on many trial rides, whichwas truly one of the highlights ofhis life. Alex also walked up CrazyHorse; what’s amazing about that

is he was almost 80 years old andwas wearing cowboy boots! Alex was also an active memberof the St. Paul’s Lutheran Churchin Draper and enjoyed playing 500any chance he got. He was preceded in death byhis wife Jean, parents Rudolf andTillie; four sisters: Grace Scham-ber, Emma Bahr, Ester Keyes and

Katherine Parsley and threebrothers: Hank, Ed and Jim. Survivors include daughterSharon (Chuck) Pietrus of Pierre;sons Ray and Randy Freier ofDraper; sister Helen Doeden ofColorado Springs, Colo.; fivegrandchildren: Jennifer (Steve)Bagley of Sierra Vista, Ariz., JesseBaker of Las Vegas, Nev., Craig(Rebecca) Freier of Greeley, Colo.,Stephanie (Brian) Williams ofBlack Hawk, S.D., and Doug(Megan) Freier of Omaha, Neb.;four great-grandchildren: Travis,Brooklyn, Axel and Alexandriaand many nieces and nephews. Memorials may be directed toSt. Paul’s Lutheran Church inDraper. Services will be 11:00 a.m.,Thursday, March 16 at the DraperAuditorium with viewing one hourprior to services. Burial will be atDraper Cemetery. Arrangements have beenplaced in the care of Isburg Fu-neral Chapel. Online condolencesmay be made at www.isburgfuner-alchapels.com

Obituaries

Many school children havememorized the poems of the 19thcentury English poet, PercyShelly. But the most lasting lit-erature comes from his wife.Mary Godwin Shelly was a poetand a writer and she wrote thebook, “Frankenstein.” Many of us have gone to themovies to be frightened by MaryShelly’s story of Dr. Franken-stein and the monster that hecreated. Her book has inspired awhole series of horror stories andit is considered the first sciencefiction story. Dr. Frankenstein lives inFrankenstein castle in Germany.He thinks that he can create lifein his laboratory for the good ofmankind. Dr. Frankenstein doescreate human life but it ends upbeing a monster. That monstergets out of control, ends up de-stroying human life and causingdeath, destruction and misery toeveryone connected with it. But the story of why MaryShelly wrote this story is bothdramatic and tragic. Mary’s fa-ther, William Godwin, believedthat everyone would be better ifall morality and rules could be

done away with, especially theinstitution of marriage. So when the famous poet PercyShelly comes to visit, the sixteenyear old Mary Shelly runs off tolive with him. Percy Shelly wasalready married and a father. While living with Mary, PercyShelly has an affair with awoman who ends up killing her-self. Later Percy Shelly’s wifekills herself. Percy Shelly and Mary Godwinare finally married. Two yearslater Percy has an affair and achild with another woman andMary leaves him. She is devas-tated by being betrayed by herhusband. Percy Shelly comes toa sad end when he dies at the ageof 29. Mary Shelly decides to writethe novel, “Frankenstein.” Shewrites it to convey how muchdamage can be done by experi-menting with human relation-ships. The moral of “Frankenstein” isthat before you set out to remakesociety or an institution like mar-riage according to some grandidea of yours, think about theconsequences to others.

Experimenting with inertchemicals may be fine, but exper-imenting with fragile human re-lationships can bring disaster toyou and to those you love. The Bible says, “Give honor tomarriage and remain faithful toone another in marriage.” He-brews 13:4. The Lord has given us his com-mandments because he wants toprotect us, not because he wantsto be mean to us. Marriage be-tween two fallen and frail humanbeings needs to be protected if itis to have a chance to survive. Today there are those who pro-mote getting rid of marriage ormaking it whatever they want itto be. We, like Dr. Frankenstein,want to experiment with humanlife. The danger is that we createa monster that destroys humanlife. As Mary Shelly says inFrankenstein; “No man choosesevil because it is evil; he onlymistakes it for happiness, thegood he seeks.” Solomon says, “There is a paththat seems right to a man but itsend is the way of death.”

The Warning of Frankenstein

DevotionalPastor Gary McCubbin, Evangelical Free Church in Okaton

Avera Cancer Institute beam signing coming to Presho, Murdo The Avera St. Mary’s Founda-tion will be participating in anumber of St. Patrick’s Day festiv-ities on Saturday, March 18 topromote and create awarenessabout the Helmsley Center andAvera Cancer Institute that arecoming to Pierre in the fall of2018. Avera St. Mary’s has received

some of the building materials in-cluding a wooden beam that willbe taken around to communitiesthroughout central South Dakota.Anyone who has been touched bycancer is welcome to become partof the project by signing the beam,whether that’s as a cancer sur-vivor, patient or family member. “This project will affect so manypeople in central South Dakota

and we think this a great way forpeople throughout our region to bea part of the project,” said EllenLee, Vice President of Foundation. The beam will make its debutin Presho at the Shamrock ShuffleParade followed by a stop atHutch’s Café that afternoon. Itwill then travel to Murdo for theLion’s Club Chili Feed at theJones County Sportsman’s Club.

Book and Thimble Club Book and Thimble held their regular meeting onMarch 9, 2017 at the senior center. President BessieRoghair called the meeting to order with the readingof the Club collect. The 14 members answered rollcall with their favorite plants. Minutes were ap-proved as read and Treasurer Faye Chambliss re-ported the following deposits: $365 calendars, $20dues and the following disbursements: $39.39 for fu-neral flowers, $434 for Artist in Residence, and a$286.22 refund to Karla Mannhalter for a mis-de-posited check, leaving a balance of $1,632.70. A $50outstanding check for the Children’s Home Societyis awaiting a correct address so it can be sent again.A $50 donation will be sent for the Post Prom Party. Governor’s Camp Report: Patti Greenseth readthe three applications. Music Camp Report: Thus far, music teacher RoseComp has provided no names for possible musicscholarships.

Senior Tea: April 20 with Jackie Fosheim andKathleen Stickler hosting the evening to honor thefive senior girls. Bench Sign Report: Faye Chambliss reported thatRay Freier had completed the sign but the spacingneeded some work so Ray will do this at no cost tothe club. The salad supper will be held in May. Bessie sug-gested that we have a guest speaker for this occa-sion. Meeting was adjourned and Faye turned the pro-gram over to guest speaker Katherine Patterson whospoke on types of gardening and other ideas since sheis a Master Gardener. Katherine ended her presen-tation with repellent recipes for keeping cats awayas well as a general repellent for bugs. Hostess Lois Iversen served an Oreo cookiedessert and a strawberry dessert to the group.

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Staff: Aliana Kell, Jacob Lolley,Molly Nies, Austin Venard and ReedVenard Adviser: Olivia Saunders

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Book series increases in popularity with students By Aliana Kell Unwind, by Neal Shusterman, is a dystopian bookseries about teenagers who have been chosen bytheir parents to be unwound. Being unwound is aprocedure in which the designated teen, specificallybetween the ages of 13 and 18, has all of their organstransplanted into different donors. In this dystopianworld, adults explain away this cruel procedure bysaying that it doesn’t count as death, because everylast piece of the teenager is kept alive through dona-tion. This story revolves around three different charac-ters: Connor, too wild and hot-tempered for his par-ents to control him; Risa, not considered talentedenough to be kept alive; and Lev, a tithe: a childraised to be unwound. Once all of their paths cross,they come together and attempt to escape from theircruel fate. Each chapter of the story is set up under one char-acter’s point-of-view. For instance, the audience willread one chapter of Risa’s telling of the story, and

the next chapter could continue under Connor’sviewpoint. The School Library Journal wrote that “[The]characters live and breathe; they are fully realizedand complex, sometimes making wrenchingly diffi-cult decisions. This is a thought-provoking, well-paced read that will appeal widely.” What is intriguing about this book is that the plotof the story begins right as you open the book, ratherthan beginning in the last one hundred pages of thestory. Unwind has been proven to be a nail-bitingand thrilling story that will keep readers wantingmore. In fact, numerous Jones County High School stu-dents have passed the first book in the series around,and freshman Liz Fullen has read all four books sofar available at the school library. Fullen was thefirst student to read the book that came recom-mended by English teacher Olivia Saunders. Fullennoted: “I connected with the characters, and thestory was unique, which is why I liked it so much!”

Middle school studentsachieve accomplishments

By Aliana Kell and Molly Nies Several middle school studentshave achieved accomplishmentsrecently. First, Bridger Hight andWyatt Olson attended the MiddleSchool All-State Band concert onMarch 3 and 4, 2017, at the HuronHigh School in Huron, S.D. Aspreviously reported, the eighthgrade boys were selected to play atthe concert: Bridger as a trombonefor the honor band, and Wyatt asa trombone for the festival band.The boys attended with music di-rector Rose Comp. The trip wasbusy and quick, but both boys re-ported upon return that they had

a good time. Then, eighth grader SophiaKustar won two prizes in the 2017Jerome Norgren Poetry Contest.South Dakota State Universityand its Department of Englishhost the contest and invite schoolsacross the state to submit creativewriting. Sophia had two poems se-lected as winners for the poetrycontest, with “Those Three Words”placing first, and “One Day” plac-ing second. Prizes for winning in-clude a cash prize and the worksbeing published in a “WinningWriting” chapbook.

Venard looks forward to military careerBy Jacob Lolley

Reed Christopher Venard, bornJuly 10, 1998, is the youngest sonof Edward and Deborah Venard.Reed is a twin brother to Austin,and brother to Connor, and sistersPaige and Courtney. Reed is anavid outdoorsman and greatly en-joys shooting firearms and hunt-ing with his father and sisters. Reed has participated in manyevents throughout his high-schoolcareer. He has been involved infootball for four years, basketballfor four years, track for one year,and choir for three years. Reed

stated that the class he most en-joyed attending in high school was“Mrs. Peters’ English, her strongopinions and views, intelligence,and humor always brightened myday.” Reed says that the thing hewill miss most after graduatingfrom high school will be seeing hisclassmates every day. A person young Mr. Venardmost admires is his GrandpaStoltenburg, as “He was the per-son who influenced me to join theservice.” Reed’s most valuable pos-session is his grandpa’s shotgun,and his one wish would be for un-

limited time. Three things Reedmust achieve in his lifetime areachieving rank of sergeant firstclass, owning a gun store and get-ting Town Hall 11 in Clash ofClans. As a young boy, Reed imaginedhimself as a soldier. He has real-ized that dream. Reed is enlistedin the South Dakota Army Na-tional Guard and is a private firstclass in the military police unit.He also plans to attend MitchellTechnical Institute with inten-tions of entering the power-line-man program.

Elementary studentsperform spring concert

By Molly Nies The Jones County Elementary School had theirspring concert at the Harold Thune Auditorium onTuesday, March 2, 2017. All students from preschoolthrough sixth grade performed songs during the con-cert. The concert came a little early this year, happen-ing in early March instead of May. Elementarymusic teacher, Nicole Barnes, complimented thehard work and dedication the students displayed in

preparing for the concert so early. Rose Comp, themusic teacher for older students, was also very im-pressed with the students’ achievements. Some of the highlights of the concert includedwhen the third graders played “When the Saints GoMarching In,” using Orff instruments, which aresimilar to xylophones. The fifth and sixth grade bandcombined at the end to play “All Aboard!” by MattConaway.

Jones County hostsRegion VII Music Contest

By Aliana Kell Jones County High School hosted the Region VII music contest on Wednesday, March 1. Schools that at-tended include: Philip, Lyman, Todd County, White River, Bennett County and Jones County. The contest was filled with many vocal and band ensembles, duets and solos. The students practiced monthsin advance to try and receive the best score possible on their musical piece. All students are scored on a pointssystem split into four categories: poor, fair, excellent and superior, and music directors from across the statecome to help judge. Fourteen Jones County students received superiors, and 10 received excellents on their pieces. Music di-rector Rose Comp commented that “It was a great day.” English teacher Olivia Saunders, new to the experi-ence, noted that she was “seriously impressed with all the student musicians who participated!”

Why students should not have homework By Kade Brost Homework is time consuming,stressful, and takes away most, orsometimes all, of a person’s freetime. The argument I propose isnot saying there shouldn’t be as-signments, but these assignmentsshouldn’t be brought home. Stu-dent learning could be monitoredfrom work accomplished at school.Homework should become school-work, where it’s only done atschool. That time should be spentwith families and relaxing yourbrain from the long day at school,not worrying about getting yourhomework done. Students shouldnot receive homework because itcauses unneeded stress, disruptsroutines, and in some cases,causes lower grade scores andhealth issues. First of all, homework cancause unneeded stress for the stu-dent, as well as his or her family.Teenagers are already dealingwith high levels of stress, like fam-ily and friend issues, sports, and

afterschool jobs. Hours of home-work each night just adds to theproblem. According to The Wash-ington Post, 56 percent of sur-veyed students said homework isa primary cause of stress, whileless than one percent said it wasnot a stressor. This survey alsoconcluded that high school stu-dents had an average of 3.1 hoursof homework a night. The amountof homework has increased byabout 51 percent since 1981. Themajority of the students statedthey were often or always stressedover schoolwork (Strauss). Home-work can also greatly increasefamily stress. Most parents mayspend a large amount of time help-ing their children complete theirhomework, or even trying to con-vince them to start or continuecompleting their homework. Next, homework greatly dis-rupts routines of the student andfamily. A study in Current Issuesin Education found that familyroutines can be disrupted by

nightly homework. Many familyroutines, like eating or watchingTV together, can increase close-ness and make stress manage-ment easier. After homework isadded, however, these activitiesget interrupted or are prevented.A parent might also have to alterhis or her schedule to help theirchild with homework. Many stu-dents also mentioned that theyhad to drop an activity that theyenjoyed because of their workload(Thompson). In addition to these problems,excessive homework could evenpossibly lower test scores. Whiledoing some homework does lead tohigher test performance, re-searchers found that the benefit ofdoing the work peaks at about anhour to an hour and a half. Afterthat, test scores tend to decline.The relationship between timespent on homework and grades isnot linear, but curved (Larson).American students on average domore homework than students

overseas, but still only scorearound the international average(Britt). This statistic shows thatthis extra homework isn’t helpingus, but actually hurting us. Finally, homework can lead tohealth issues. Many studentsspecified that they experiencedphysical symptoms, such asheadaches, exhaustion, loss ofsleep, weight loss and stomachproblems caused by stress due tohomework. Overall, students re-ported getting less sleep than theNational Sleep Foundation’s rec-ommended eight and a half to nineand a quarter hours per night forhealthy development (Strauss).On average, however, students getabout 6.8 hours of sleep on schoolnights. A majority of these stu-dents blamed homework for theirlack of sleep. Assignments should be com-pleted during the school hours andnot at home. This simple ideacould lead to less stress for stu-dents and families, keep routines

intact, keep scores from declining,and preventing health issues.Schools should keep in mind thatfamilies need time together andthat students have other activitiesand responsibilities apart fromschoolwork. For all of these rea-sons, I believe students shouldn’thave homework.

Works cited: Britt, Robert Roy. “Too MuchHomework = Lower Test Scores.”Live Science, 2 Jun. 2005, web. Larson, Samantha. “SpendingToo Much Time on HomeworkLinked to Lower Test Scores.”Smithsonian.com, 31 Mar. 2015,web. Strauss, Valerie. “HomeworkHurts High-Achieving Students,Study Says.” The WashingtonPost, 13 Mar. 2014, web. Thompson, Van. “What Nega-tive Effects Does Homework Haveon a Student’s Social & FamilyLife?” Our Everyday Life, 2017,web.

Looking forward to football By Reed Venard Going into the third year of the Jones County/White River football co-op, the team is making an adjustment. In the last two years, the teamhas been playing in the 11B bracket, but now will be reinstated into the9AA bracket as a part of the Western Great Plains Conference. The schedule has been released for the next season, so let’s take alook at the challengers’ 2016-2017 record. In week one, Jones Countywill head to Rapid City Christian, who went zero-eight. In week two,the team will take on the Philip Scotties, with the record of six-two.Week three, we’ll go to Gregory to take on the Gorillas, who are the de-fending 9AA state champions, who went eight-zero. On week four, weplay the Jones County Coyotes former rival, the Lyman Raiders, whowent four-four. During week five, the team will take on the Crazy HorseChiefs, holding zero-eight. In week six, Jones County will take on theNew Underwood Tigers at home, the Tigers went four-four. Then, inweek seven, we go to Wall to play the Eagles, who went six-two. On weekeight, we will play the Kadoka Kougars, who went two-six. Finally, weeknine will be our by-week.

Studentsbegin springsport training

By Reed Venard The Jones County High Schooltrack team met on Monday, March6, with track coaches Jane Daumand Ann Geisler. The team, as ofnow, consists of five high schoolmembers. The team has 10 sched-uled meets, and the students lookforward to the first meet in Gre-gory on March 28. Golf practice begins on March27.

Jones County choir received feedback from one of their judges, Susan Porter from Platte. Many of the studentscommented later that they enjoyed her feedback and thought it was a valuable lesson.

FebruaryStudents of the

Month sponsored byJones County PTO

Sophia Kustar7-8th Grade

Alec Whitney9-10th Grade

Emily Flynn11-12th Grade

Community 5March 16, 2017 • Murdo Coyote

2017 LegislatureUpdate

Tuesday, March 7 was the sec-ond crossover day, and Friday,March 10 was the last regular leg-islative day in Pierre. Legislatorshave been working tirelessly toensure that all legislation hasbeen acted upon before the ses-sion comes to a close. All bills willhave been conferenced and fin-ished by the time the gavel dropson Friday, but legislators will re-turn to Pierre on March 27 for“Veto Day” and to close session.Governor Daugaard has the abil-ity to veto any legislation passedby the legislature this session,however, they may over turn hisveto by a two-thirds vote. Thereare currently over 50 bills on theGovernor’s desk waiting to besigned into law, and any of themcould be vetoed and then recon-sidered on March 27. Senate Bill 172 officially au-thorizes the money transfer andconstruction of the Animal Dis-ease Research and Diagnostic Labto be built on the Campus ofSouth Dakota State University.With budget shortages this year,the construction has been heatedsurrounding this issue. The statevet has been a proponent of thelab, and SDSU will greatly bene-fit from the facility to keep stu-dents paced with other AnimalScience programs across thestate. Money was pulled from sev-eral other relevant budgets to pulltogether and support the agricul-ture industry. Six million dollarswas brought in from the Board ofRegents since the lab has cleareducational value to the students,and two million dollars wasbrought in from the state live-stock disease emergency fund.The act also outlines several otherfees and the bonding that willfund the remaindered of thedeficit. Citizens that hold enhancedconcealed carry permits currentlyrenew their permits for a periodof 90 days before the permit ex-pires, and 30 days after the per-mit expires provided that theholder pays the $50 renewal feeand National Instant Criminal

Background checks. House Bill1147 was signed by the Presidentof the Senate and the Speaker ofthe House on March 9, and it addsthe requirements of fingerprintbackground checks. This new re-quirement applies ONLY to en-hanced permit holders, andlegislators hope that this newstipulation will gain SouthDakota holders more reciprocitywith other states. Currently,South Dakota enhanced permitholders have reciprocity with 30states, and this background checkshould gain them four or five ad-ditional states if negotiations gowell. This bill does not affect basicconcealed carry permits. Senate Bill 128 allows excep-tions in alcohol manufacture li-censes. A manufacturer may nowserve any alcoholic beverages andwholesalers may pour or servewine at any event for the follow-ing organizations- civic organiza-tion, charitable organization,educational organization, frater-nal organization, or veterans’ or-ganization. The bill contains anemergency clause so the law willtake effect immediately aftersigning; this is because the law ef-fects upcoming charitable eventsbefore the normal effective date. In November, voters passed Ini-tiated Measure 22 with govern-ment accountability in mind.Over the past two months, legis-lators have been working onmany different laws to replace theact after an injunction was placedon it in December. Senate Bill 151creates fines and processes for in-vestigating and disciplining mat-ter of corruption. The bill hasbounced between committees andchambers for several weeks andhas been amended countless time.The bill has been heavily influ-enced by both the Secretary ofState and the Attorney General toensure that they are able to inves-tigate and pursue any matters ofillegal activity or corruption totheir fullest extent. The bill willwork in conjunction with otherlegislation intended to address

concerns of corruption and mis-conduct among legislators. HouseBill 1052 for example protects anystate employee from dismissal forreporting issues of misconduct ingood faith. If an employee bringsa suspected violation of laws orrules to light with honest inten-tions, they may face no retaliationfrom the entity. The law doesNOT protect employees who bringthose types of accusations to lightknowing they are false and or ac-cusations brought with a mali-cious intent. This past week, the House ofRepresentatives was served bytwo very special pages. AshtonBurke is the son of Brian and Tr-isha Burke and has two siblings.He is a junior at ChamberlainHigh School where he partici-pates in choir, band, theatre, stu-dent council and show choir.Ashton plans to attend the Uni-versity of Minnesota for eithermarketing or communicationsafter he graduates. His favoritepart about being in Pierre was sit-ting in on session and seeing theprocess unfold first-hand. He was-n’t expecting the days to be solong or tiring, but he did a greatjob anyway! Ashton says he wouldencourage any student consider-ing the page program to give it ago. “It really just gives you a newperspective about government,”he says. Cooper Mueller is the son ofMark and Ann Mueller, and hehas five siblings back at home. Heattends Chamberlain High Schoolwhere he is involved in manyschool activities including base-ball, FFA, show choir and band inaddition to attending Boys State.He says his favorite part aboutsessions is attending committeemeetings and listening to testi-mony from across the state. ForCooper, life on the floor is neverdull, and he really enjoys listen-ing to the debates. He says hisweek in Pierre was one of the bestall year and he would really en-courage other students to applyfor the experience.

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Voluntarily Paying More Social Security Tax

There are situations where vol-untarily paying more Social Secu-rity or self-employment tax thanwhat is owed has multiple bene-fits. Referred to as the OptionalMethod of computing Self Em-ployment tax, paying into SocialSecurity when no tax is owed canbe a big benefit including: 1) Staying currently insured forSocial Security disability bene-fits. 2) Eligibility for child tax cred-its. 3) Eligibility for Earned incomecredit. 4) Eligibility for child and de-pendent care credit. 5) Eligibility for self-employedhealth insurance deduction. 6) Eligibility for funding anIRA or ROTH IRA. 7) Benefit stacking. Self-employment tax is essen-tially the same as Social Securitytax, but the self-employed personpays both the employee half andthe employer’s half of the tax.The optional method of comput-ing self-employment tax basicallymeans voluntarily reporting ataxable profit of $5,040 if actualearnings are less. This results ina self-employment tax of $771when the tax would otherwise notbe owed. This method of report-ing self-employment earningsdoes not change the business netincome for income tax. To be eligible for Social Secu-rity disability benefits a personmust have certain number ofqualifying quarters (credits) ofcoverage. A credit for Social Secu-rity is $1,260 in covered earningsper year and up to four creditscan be earned per year. The num-ber of credits a person needs to beeligible for disability benefitsvaries on age at the time of dis-ability, beginning with six creditsin the prior three years before age24, to 24 credits in the prior 10years at age 46, and 38 credits inthe prior 10 years at age 60.

If a person did not pay muchinto Social Security they could beineligible for disability benefits.Paying the optional method ofself-employment tax can keep aperson eligible for Social Securitydisability benefits. Farming andranching has a reputation of onthe job injury. Agricultural pro-ducers can elect the optionalmethod of calculating self-em-ployment tax as many times asneeded. Nonfarm businesses canonly use the optional method ofcalculating self-employment taxfive years during a person’s life-time. The child tax credit is a creditof $1,000 per dependent childwho is under age 17. If the sum ofchild tax credits exceeds theamount of income tax, the bal-ance can be a refundable credit tothe extent of 15 percent of earnedincome. If there is no earned in-come the optional method of cal-culating self-employment tax canallow more of the child tax creditsto be allowed. $5,040 x .15 =$756. The earned income credit is abell shaped curve that gives asmall credit with a small amountof earned income and the creditgrows with income until it peaksat around $22,500 of income for amarried couple and then declinesto zero at around $48,000 of in-come for married couples. Havingno earned income can result in noeligibility for the earned incomecredit. Paying the optionalmethod of calculating self-em-ployment tax can make a familyeligible for the earned incomecredit. The earned income creditcan be as much as $6,000 depend-ing on the number of children inthe family. If a person had some wage in-come that was subject to socialsecurity tax but had an equal off-setting loss from self-employ-ment, this frequently results inno earned income credit. Electingthe optional method of calculat-ing self-employment substitutesthe self-employment loss with the

amount of $5,040. For example, amarried couple with 2 dependentchildren and $18,000 of W-2wages and an equal loss on afarm or ranch, electing the op-tional method of calculating self-employment tax could result inan earned income credit of ap-proximately $4,400. The child and dependent carecredit is a credit for paying forchild care while the parentswork. If one parent on a joint re-turn has no earned income theygenerally are ineligible for thechild care credit. Electing the op-tional method of calculating self-employment tax can create anallowed child care credit. There is a deduction for self-employed tax payers to deductthe cost of health insurance thatthey pay that is not part of anemployer sponsored pretax plan.Having no earned income on theself-employed business will gen-erally disallow this deduction.Electing the optional method ofcalculating self-employment taxcan allow a $5,040 health insur-ance deduction that may other-wise be disallowed. In order to fund an IRA or aROTH IRA a person, or spousemust have earned income. (W-2income or net self-employmentincome). Electing the optionalmethod of calculating self-em-ployment tax can make a personeligible for funding an IRA orROTH IRA when they may other-wise be ineligible. Benefit stacking sometimes re-sults from electing the optionalmethod of calculating self-em-ployment tax. By electing the op-tional method of calculatingself-employment tax, frequentlyseveral of the above credits anddeductions are allowed simulta-neously. Voluntarily paying $771into Social Security can result in$5,000 or more in Federal incometax refunds that would otherwisenot be allowed, while at the sametime giving credit for paying intoSocial Security.

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OPEN HOUSE FOR NATIONAL AG WEEK

The USDA Service Center issponsoring an Open House from1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday,March 21, in honor of National AgWeek. Please join us for free cof-fee and cookies in appreciation ofthose that work hard to raise thefood we eat. Thank you farmersand ranchers for all you do for ourCountry.FARM SERVICE AGENCY(FSA) AND RISK MANAGE-MENT AGENCY (RMA) TOPREVENT FRAUD, WASTE,

AND ABUSE: FSA supports the RMA in theprevention of fraud, waste, andabuse of the Federal Crop Insur-ance Program. FSA has been andwill continue to, assist RMA andinsurance providers by monitor-ing crop conditions throughoutthe growing season. FSA will con-tinue to refer all suspected cases

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Positive talkabout our ruralcommunities

Volatility and pesticides Spray drift occurs when smalldroplets from an application solu-tion move off target without everlanding on the target site.Weather including wind speed isa contributing factor for drift,however, temperature and hu-midity can also play a role in driftas large droplets can evaporateunder conditions of low humidityand high temperatures resultingin smaller droplets. These smallerdroplets are more susceptible todrift. Pesticide volatility, on theother hand, is the tendency of apesticide to turn to gas or vapor.Volatility can occur when spraysolution settles on the target siteand then changes to a vapor andmoves off site. Pesticide vaporscan be carried off site by wind. Po-tential for volatility is greatestfrom inert surfaces where the her-bicide is not absorbed, such asrocks and pavement. As withdrift, volatility is more common

under conditions when humidityis low and temperatures are high.Wind will increase pesticidemovement. Some pesticides, thosewith higher vapor pressure, aremore prone to volatility than oth-ers. Many products prone to vola-tization will carry statements ontheir labels that warn applicatorsof the potential for this type ofmovement. To avoid pesticides volatizing,applicators need to be aware ofthe weather and avoid sprayingon days with high humidity andtemperatures. Read labels andknow which products are moreprone to volatility. Applicatorsshould avoid over spraying ontoimpermeable surfaces such asrocks and cement whenever pos-sible. South Dakota State University,South Dakota counties, andUSDA cooperating. South DakotaState University adheres toAA/EEO guidelines in offering ed-ucational programs and services.

I hope that everyone whoneeded to certify or recertify as aprivate applicator this wintercould make it to one of the certifi-cation meetings SDSU Extensionheld across the state. However, ifnot and you still need to obtain orrenew your private applicator cer-tification, an online test is avail-able on the South DakotaDepartment of Ag's web page.This can be found under “pesti-cide program” under the Ag Serv-ices tab on the home page(http://sdda.sd. gov/ag-services/pesticide-program/certifi-cation-licensing-registration/licensing-and-education/). Applying pesticides is a precisebusiness and avoiding damage tooff target vegetation is very im-portant to applicators. Off targetdamage is often the result of ei-ther volatility or drift. It is impor-tant for applicators to understandthe difference between the two.

Yesterday I had the opportunityto visit with a writer who is writ-ing about “the Rural Brain Drain”and how that is affecting our ruralSouth Dakota communities. Shehad called to get my perspectiveon the loss of population in ruralcommunities and we discussedthis at some length so I thought Iwould share a bit of our discussionhere. While it is true that many ofour rural communities have hadsignificant population loss overthe last several decades (and thisis true for rural communities inother states as well), I choose tofocus on the potential of our ruralcommunities. If we focus on thenegative, we probably will getmore negative. If we focus on thepositive, we just may end up withmore positive! In other words, weoften get what we look for. Recently the USDA EconomicResearch Service used data fromthe US Census Bureau to look atpopulation changes in nonmetroareas from 2010-2013. That littlesnapshot in time shows a bit of adifferent trend from what we areused too. I know that this chartmay be hard to read, but if youlook at the white areas on thismap, this shows the metro coun-ties in the United States so thepopulation change for those coun-ties is not included. You will note that in South

Dakota, we do have several“metro” counties. One area is inthe southeast part of the statearound Sioux Falls and includesMinnehaha and Lincoln Counties.The other area in the westernSouth Dakota surrounds RapidCity and includes Pennington andMeade Counties. Now many of usknow that most of Meade Countyis nonmetro, but because this is apopulation change by county map,Meade County shows up as white. Now let’s look at the nonmetrocounties on the map. You will notethat the dark gray areas are thosenonmetro counties that are expe-riencing population growth. Youmight also notice that across thecentral and western UnitedStates, there appears to be manyrural counties that are experienc-ing population growth. Yes, thereare still some of those that appearto be experiencing population loss,but what I see could be the startof a trend towards people return-ing to rural areas. And this trendmay be happening on its own,without influence from any of usin rural South Dakota. So thinkabout it? What would happen if wewere proactive, and used this ap-parent trend to our benefit? I am sure that if you are read-ing this article, you probably canthink of one, two, or even morepeople who have moved back totheir community. Maybe theywent out to get an education, orperhaps explore a bit more of the

world then their little corner ofSouth Dakota, and now they havecome back home! And many timesthey bring their families – aspouse and children. Why? To findthose answers, you probably needto visit with them! And maybeeven more important is for each ofus to think about why we live here– because those can be the samereasons that others return to ruralcommunities or maybe even neverleft. Could it be the connection tofamily or to friends? Think of thetheme song from the long ago tel-evision show “Cheers.” And if youcan’t remember it, or perhaps aretoo young to remember the show,here are a few of the words,“Sometimes you want to go whereeverybody knows your name, andthey're always glad you came; youwant to be where you can see, ourtroubles are all the same; youwant to be where everybodyknows your name.” You will alsofind these words in the same song,“Be glad there’s one place in theworld where everybody knowsyour name.” Yes, those connec-tions to others are so importantand where better to make thoselifelong connections that in a ruralcommunity? I often feel sorry forthe person who will never knowwhat it is like to experience walk-ing into a business in his or herhometown and having peoplegreet them by name, even if it hasbeen years since that person lived

there. What are our assets that drawpeople to rural communities? Youcan name them just as well as me– the wide open spaces, the oppor-tunities for outdoor recreation juststeps away from our doors, the lowstudent teacher ratio in ourschools, the clear night sky withstars shining so bright that itlooks like we can touch them, nostop lights, traffic jams that con-sist of finding yourself behind aslow moving piece of machinery orsomeone moving cattle across theroad. Those are things that a per-son who finds themselves stuck intraffic for hours each day on theway to and from work can onlydream about. What are some ofthe other assets that you canname?

How do we talk about our as-sets? Do we tend to downplaythem because we don’t want tobrag? Or do we really think thatthe grass is greener somewhereelse? Do we look at the positive as-pects about where we live or do welook at the negative? In my job, I have the opportu-nity to visit with many people whohave returned to rural communi-ties. Many times I hear that thething that surprises them is howoften people will ask, “Are you RE-ALLY happy here?” or “Are youREALLY glad that you movehome.” or “Do your kids (orspouse) REALLY like it here?”And those questions often comeout in a way that makes it soundlike “There is no way you can ac-tually be happy here.” Now I don’tthink that is how the people ask-ing often intend for it to sound,but think about it. How welcomingis it to someone who has returnedto your community to be asked aquestion like that? Why couldn’twe rephrase those questions to“Welcome home! What helped youmake the decision to return?” Wecan learn from questions like thatand start to help make connec-tions to others who may also pre-fer to return to a rural communitybut aren’t sure if it is possible. Wecan change our conversations toallow us to be proud of where welive and share that with others! Here are my challenges toeveryone who is still reading thisrather long article. 1.) Make a listof all the reasons you like yourcommunity and read that listevery day. 2.) Include the positivethings about your community inevery conversation you have withothers. You can be the one personto start the positive conversationabout our rural communities. 3.)Seek out those who have returnedto your community and those whoare new to your community. Wel-come them! Ask them how you canhelp make their move to your com-munity better. Three challenges – that’senough for now. But I think ifeven a quarter of the people inevery rural community seriouslytook these challenges, so manymore positive things would startto happen. And think about it.Wouldn’t you rather talk to some-one who has positive things tosay? SDSU Extension does havesome programs to assist ruralcommunities in becoming evenstronger. Marketing HometownAmerica involved the communityin developing a marketing plan torecruit new and/or returning resi-dents. Wall is currently participat-ing in the Marketing HometownAmerica Program. If you are inter-ested in connecting opportunitiesto those who wish to live in a ruralcommunity, you will want to par-ticipate in Small Business isEverybody’s Business Conferencewith the focus on Community Sup-port for Young Entrepreneurs.Through the use of technology, ourkeynote speaker, Brent Comstock,will be able to reach 15 locationsin South Dakota – almost as goodas having him right in the roomwith us! Some of the area commu-nities that will be hosting the con-ference include: Faith, Philip,Rapid City and Wall. If you havequestions or would like more in-formation about Marketing Home-town America, the Small Businessis Everybody’s Business Confer-ence or other programs you wouldlike to see offered, please contactPeggy Schlechter at 605-394-1722or [email protected].

Extension NewsRuth Beck, Pierre Regional Center (605)773-8122

Rapid City Extension (605) 394-1722

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When I first got chick-ens, I scoured the internetfor information every timeone of them so much assniffled. Just kidding,chickens can’t sniffle...butthey can fall prey to anynumber of ailments. Fortu-nately, no one was ever se-riously ill, so during thoseearly years, my knowledgewent unused. Until thisweek that is -- four yearsand about a hundred or sochickens later -- when I fi-nally had to play chicken doctor. On Tuesday afternoon the Beanand I were out scattering scratchgrain when we noticed one of thegirls roosting in the coop though itwas daylight and the weather wasfine. She fluttered down when sherealized there was food, and Iwouldn’t have thought anymoreabout it if I hadn’t noticed a glis-tening of red around her tail feath-ers. I bent over to examine thesituation, and it wasn’t good. I willspare you the details, but sufficedto say, she was in the middle of amajor medical episode. When I was single and child-less, this would have resulted in acomplete shutdown of all other op-erations. Boy, have thingschanged. As I stood there, theBean toddling past me toward theopen range, and my newbornstrapped to my chest, I realizedchicken wrangling was not goingto be an option at that moment. I’lladmit, I even thought about pre-tending I hadn’t noticed her situ-ation. But then I watched herwaddling back to the coop, andknew I couldn’t ignore her obviouspain. Did I say “I”? I should have said“we,” because once I’d herded theBean back to the house, a round ofdiaper changes ensued. This wasimmediately followed by the real-ization that if I didn’t start suppersoon, there would almost certainlybe a hunger related meltdown inthe near future. By the time the

man of the ranch returned fromevening chores, the light wasnearly gone, and I had hamburgermeat frying in the pan and sauceboiling in the pot, a baby on eachhip. “We’ve got a sick chicken,” I in-formed him. “I think she needs tocome in.” He stared off into themiddle distance not uttering aword.. “In…to the house?” he said fi-nally. “Yes, and I would go get her,but…” I looked at the stovetop,then at the babies. “Ok,” the poor man saidwearily, and back out he went, butnot before mumbling, “You alwayssay I am the best husband, and Iam beginning to think you mightbe right…” A friend once told me, while shewas growing up, her mother al-ways referred to the time leadingup to the evening meal and themarch toward bed, the ‘arsenichour,’ because it was the time par-ents were most likely to considerpoisoning their beloved children.I’ll admit it is the second mostcommon time I consider giving oneor both of them back (the mostcommon is the middle of thenight...but I digress). Most days,however, it is more like a well-choreographed dance performedwith a pack of rowdy wolverines,as we shepherd the children fromthe table to the bath to the bottleand finally to bed.

Which is why that poorhen didn’t get tended to untilthe babies were both fastasleep. The man of the ranchhad put her in an old cat car-rier by the entryway, andthere she nestled until I cameover to extract her. Again, Iwill spare you the details, butafter cleaning her up the bestI could, it became clear shewas both egg bound and hadprolapsed, a gruesome combi-nation.

The next step involvedtrying to get the egg back where itbelonged. I watched a youtubevideo on how to do this, but thechicken in the video remainedquite calm. My chicken did not;she kept prolapsing again, andwas continuing to bleed. She wasone of the hens born last summer,and it is possible this was her firstegg and the problem was a geneticdefect -- in other words, an unsolv-able problem. One thing was clear,however, she was suffering, and itwas beyond my limited expertiseto fix her. I cleaned her up onemore time, tucked her back in thecat carrier with water and a dishof cracked corn, and said a littleprayer that somehow she wouldlay that egg in the night. The next morning she was inthe same condition. Her eyes werestill bright, and she pecked at thefood I set down for her, but the in-side of her little nest was a bloodydisaster, and the egg was stillhanging from her body, attachedand unlaid. So, once again the man of theranch was called in to do what Icouldn’t. He took that cat carrierdown the road, and when he re-turned, it was empty. All day, andinto the next, I thought of that lit-tle hen, and I’ll admit I shed a fewtears. I am getting tougher, but Iam still not very tough. I wasproud of letting her go when thatwas what needed to be donethough. And thank goodness formy wonderful husband. He reallyis the best.

Little Pasture on the PrairieEliza Blue | [email protected]

We are in the middle of an opi-oid overuse and abuse epidemic. Opioids, also known as nar-cotics, are drugs which are eitherprocessed from the white tears ofscored opium poppy fruit or madesynthetically. Legal prescriptionopioids include morphine, oxy-codone, hydrocodone, fentanyl,tramadol, whereas all these aloneor in combination with heroin,methamphetamine, and cocaineare sold on the black market. Anestimated 16 million people in theU.S. are abusing prescription orblack market opioids, including 20percent of our high school kids. Abuse is one thing, but death isanother. According to the Centerfor Disease Control, from years2000 to 2015 the number of opioidoverdose deaths quadrupled; withmore than half a million-peoplesuffocating to death from opioidoverdose during that time. 91 U.S.citizens are dying from opioid

overdose every day. Embarrassingnews for the healing professions isthat at least one-half of thesedeaths are from prescription med-ications and three-out-of-fourheroin users were initially ad-dicted to legal opioid pain medi-cines prescribed for so-calledlegitimate reasons. When theycould no longer get a refill of theprescription pain med, theyturned to heroin. This has all happened duringthe era of the electronic medicalrecord with progressively obses-sive government monitoring anddiscouragement of narcotic pre-scribing. I personally believe thisspeaks to how impotent oversightis in effecting control or change. Causes for this deathly epi-demic are myriad. For more thantwenty years, we have been en-couraged to ask patients to ratetheir pain on a zero-to-ten scaleand quality parameters ratephysicians poorly if they aren’t ad-dressing pain needs. Additionally,our whole culture has been almost

hypnotized by pharmaceutical ad-vertisements telling us that theanswer to every medical problemis a medicine which is obtained ifyou “ask your doctor.” Take it fromme, it is easier to prescribe a pillthan to say “no” to a demandingpatient. Still, we must say “no.” Treat-ment for chronic pain means lis-tening, encouraging movement,and insisting the return to func-tion and work; NOT prescribingopioids. During the last 15 yearsof quadrupling of narcotic pre-scriptions, there has been nochange in patient-reported painacross U.S. hospitals. Simply put,chronic pain responds poorly tonarcotics, is always rated 11 onthe one-10 pain scale, and opioidsshould be avoided in treatingchronic pain. We are in the middle of an opi-oid overuse and overdose epi-demic, to which there will be noend until doctors and patients say“No” to opioids and “Yes” to move-ment and return to function.

Opium, Oxycodone,and Overdose

Prairie Doc PerspectiveDr. Richard P Holm MD

such a nutty idea. As they say,“That’s my story, and I’m stickingto it.” Feel free to disagree. And, just as caffeine affectspeople in various ways, so do a lotof foods. I, fortunately, do not ap-pear to be allergic to any that Iknow of. I can and do eat almostanything. Caution, however, isneeded occasionally, not only tokeep from getting excessivelyplump, but due to various otherfactors. With orange juice, mymom thought it was essential inmy diet so I was greeted mostmornings by a glass of fresh-squeezed juice at the breakfasttable. I rather like the stuff andstill start a lot of days with it al-though not always fresh-squeezed. I have learned,however, that you should sip thisbeverage and not gulp it down. Ithink it has something to do withthe sugar content or something onan empty stomach, but drinkingit too fast can make me woozy. Afew times, in fact, I have loweredmyself gently to the floor aftertossing back a glass of juice sincethings started spinning around inmy head. I figured if I was goingto faint dead away, it would bebetter to be close to the floor thanstanding up. I never have faintedfrom orange juice, but I treat itwith caution since it can have adistressing effect. The main problem I have withsome foods is that they can giveme indigestion. For a number ofyears, I couldn’t eat French friesvery well without having a bottleof Tums close at hand. Even thosedidn’t always help a lot. Thatseems to have changed since I amnow able to eat fries without anydifficulty. I don’t know if they areusing a different kind of oil tocook with these days or what, butit is a nice change. Oddly enough,

I’ve always been able to consumeas much animal fat as I wantwithout any trouble, but the sup-posedly healthy soybean andother plant-based oils can do mein. Go figure. I do, I’m sad to say, get enjoy-ment out of other people’s strongdislike for some foods. One gal atchurch despises celery so I oftentake a few stalks, put cheese on it,and offer her some. I get a goodreaction. The same good reactioncan go for other delights like liverand onions, pickled pigs feet, andherring. I like all of those andcan’t fully understand why any-one would find them objection-able, but they do to myamusement. One of my favorite snacks, bythe way, is breaded and friedchicken gizzards. They are excel-lent just plain or dunked in a lit-tle ranch dressing. One localconvenience store offers themmost days of the week, and I havea really hard time passing themup whenever I go by. I know quitea few people who wouldn’t touchgizzards unless they were practi-cally starving to death, but that istheir loss. They are really quitewonderful. Today, however, there is adearth of exotic foodstuffs aroundthe place, but there is some steakand hamburger. Few people findmuch fault with those. Perhaps Icould fry some hamburger, spiceit up a bit, and put it in taco shellswith tomato, lettuce and cheese.That sounds yummy. Thisevening it might be nice to have abit of medium-rare steak with abaked potato and perhaps a salad.Both of these could be followed bya nice cup of coffee which mostcertainly won’t be decaffeinated.That decaf stuff is poison.

Sleep can be elusive. You canbe really tired and lie down for anap, but sleep just won’t come.That doesn’t happen to me veryoften, but it did last Sunday. I geta little tired driving a half hour tochurch, trying to stay alertenough to play the right piano ororgan music at the right time, andmaybe helping with snacks at thecoffee time afterwards. By thetime I get back home, I’m often alittle weary and need a nap. Last Sunday was no differentexcept that I couldn’t get to sleep.I sat reclined in my chair for awhile with my eyes closed andrested a little, but I finally gave itup and went on to other things.Later on I was trying to figure outwhat the trouble was, and then ithit me. It was the decaffeinatedcoffee. I had stopped at a conven-ience store on my way home to re-fill my travel mug, but they wereout of regular coffee so I wentwith decaf. That must have beenit. “Why on earth would decafkeep you awake?” You might bethinking. Well, as it happens, caf-feine usually has no effect on mysleep cycle. I drink a lot of regularcoffee and often just put down mycup, lie down, and drift right off.I know some people have to quitdrinking coffee mid-afternoon ifthey want to go to sleep at night,but that isn’t the case with me.Here’s the way I figure it. Mybody is so used to coffee that theabsence of caffeine may have anegative effect. It might also bethat caffeine helps me avoid thejittery legs which are the mostcommon problem for me in get-ting to sleep. That was part of theproblem on Sunday so, as you cansee, blaming decaf may not be

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Legislative Murdo Coyote • March 16, 20178

Repealing and replacing Obamacare

When we talk about healthcare,we’re talking about somethingthat is very personal to people.It’s why I’ve so often looked forways to put you, the patient, incontrol of your own healthcare.Since Obamacare came into play,however, rising costs, shrinkingoptions and increased bureau-cratic involvement has resulted incontrol being taken away from pa-tients and their doctors. I’ve heard from thousands ofSouth Dakotans about the bur-dens placed on them by Oba-macare. For instance, a retiredteacher from Sisseton saw her pre-miums increase from $350 to $500per month while her out-of-pocketthreshold increased from $5,000 to$6,000. Higher costs, worse cover-age. A Sioux Falls small businessowner had once tried to cover 60percent of his employees’ premiumcosts. But after Obamacare, pre-miums rose to the point that thisbenefit wasn’t affordable anymore. A family in Haakon Countyreached out to me after their pre-miums increased 200 percent. Afamily in Milbank saw costs fortheir son’s insurance rise from $89per month to more than $300. Awoman in Rosholt pays almost$250 more per month for a planthat doesn’t include the benefitsshe used most often. While I could go on and on withstories like this, I understand oth-

ers have felt greater security be-cause of Obamacare’s provisions.For years, we have fought to offerrelief to those hurt worst by Oba-macare. The Independent Pay-ment Advisory Board, which couldhave led to rationed care for sen-iors, was gutted. The 1099 man-date was eliminated and some ofthe most burdensome taxes weredelayed. Even after the tweaks,however, Obamacare remains be-yond repair. Earlier this month, House Re-publicans put forward a new vi-sion for health care: one thatoffers Americans from all walks oflife the freedom and flexibility toget the health coverage their fam-ily needs. This legislation cameabout after years of debate andthe final stages were completed inclose collaboration with PresidentTrump and his administration. The legislation eliminates Oba-macare’s individual and employermandates. It abolishes 14 Oba-macare taxes that take one trilliondollars from American taxpayersevery decade. This includes taxeson prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, and medicaldevices as well as the Health In-surance Tax, based on legislationI authored, which could cost theaverage family nearly $5,000 overthe next decade if it isn’t repealed. The flawed Obamacare subsi-dies left many behind, so this leg-islation replaces them withmonthly tax credits for low- andmiddle-income Americans. Thesecredits range from $2,000 to$14,000 per year, depending on a

person’s age and family size. Youwill finally be able to choose theplan that’s right for you – even ifthat means cheaper catastrophiccoverage, which is something Oba-macare didn’t allow you to do. Inaddition to the tax credit, stateswill receive new resources to helppeople out and Health Savings Ac-counts will be enhanced and ex-panded to grant you even moreflexibility. At the same time, health insur-ers still won’t be able to deny cov-erage or charge more money basedon pre-existing conditions andyoung people will be allowed tostay on their parents’ insuranceuntil 26. There is a lot packed into thislegislation, so I encourage you toread through it yourself atwww.ReadTheBill.gop Shortly after the language wasreleased, the House Ways andMeans Committee, which I’m amember of, had the opportunity togo through section-by-section anddebate any edits folks thoughtshould be made to the part of thebill that fell under our jurisdic-tion. Once all the committees signoff, the full House of Representa-tives will have the opportunity todebate and vote on the bill. We ex-pect this process to play out overthe next few weeks. As I mentioned before, I under-stand healthcare is very personaland it’s for this reason I believeyou should be I control of it. That’sultimately why I’m fightingthrough this process to finally re-peal and replace Obamacare.

State officials of allstripes upholding IM 22 promise

During the first few weeks ofthe 2017 Legislative Session, Ini-tiated Measure 22 dominated theheadlines. The 14,000-word initi-ated measure became the center ofattention because of the constitu-tional problems it posed and thebizarre unintended consequencesit would create. For example, IM22 could have been read to saythat a teacher in Sioux Fallswould be a criminal if her husbandis a state legislator. Leaving Initiated Measure 22 inplace was not a viable option, dueto its constitutional issues andother problems. It could not be en-forced as written. Another optionwas to repeal Initiated Measure22, and return to the old laws.That was also not a good option,because it would have ignored thewill of the voters. I joined legislators in followinga middle path. Together we re-pealed the unworkable law and

made a promise to honor the vot-ers’ intent. Legislators brought forward pro-posals aimed at the citizens’ expec-tation of honest government, anopen and transparent campaign fi-nance system, and a legislativeprocess which allows lobbyist in-fluence only through their argu-ments. As I write this, four ofthese proposals are on their way tomy desk. Democratic Rep. Karen Soli’sHouse Bill 1076 creates a govern-ment accountability board to holdformal hearings on state govern-ment matters. The board is madeup of four retired judges who willhave the ability to consider allega-tions against state officials andturn issues of concern over to theDivision of Criminal Investigation.Rep. Soli worked with her col-leagues across the aisle and Exec-utive Branch officials to form thisproposal which was widely sup-ported. The lobbyist gift ban bill pro-posed by Speaker Mark Mickelsonis also on its way to my desk. Thisbill prohibits public officials from

accepting expensive gifts from lob-byists. Two other measures, House Bill1052 and Senate Bill 27, havepassed both houses. House Bill1052 expands whistle blower pro-tections for state employees andSenate Bill 27 deals with conflictsof interest and increases thepenalty for illegal use of publicfunds. I support all of these bills, andby the time you read this, themeasures may already have beensigned into law. As I write this,there are other IM 22 replacementbills dealing with ethics and cam-paign finance which will likelypass also. State officials of all stripes un-dertook the difficult work of re-placing Initiated Measure 22 withconstitutional, workable legisla-tion that meets the goals ad-vanced by IM 22. Public servantsfrom West River and East River,on the right and the left, and inthe legislative and executivebranches came together on thesebills. As session comes to a close,I’m pleased with these accom-plishments.

Dennis DaugaardGovernor of South Dakota

A better plan for America’s health care

When many of us ran for Con-gress, we promised voters that wewould repeal and replace the Af-fordable Care Act—or Obamacare.With Republican majorities inboth chambers of Congress and apresident in office willing to workwith us, we are finally able tomake good on that promise. TheHouse of Representatives recentlyintroduced legislation to repealObamacare and replace it with apatient-centered plan to improvecompetition within the market-place and help make health caremore affordable for all Americans.This bill, the American HealthCare Act, appears to contain manyprovisions we are in favor of, butit will need to be carefully re-viewed, considered and possiblyamended before it is approved. Since being enacted in 2010,Obamacare has failed the Ameri-can people. Millions lost the planthey enjoyed, health care costscontinue to skyrocket, and newtaxes and mandates have crippledthe budgets of families and busi-nesses. In South Dakota alone, thenumber of health insuranceproviders has shrunk from 17 toonly two today because insurerslost so much money on Oba-macare. Additionally, SouthDakotans enrolled in Obamacare

plans saw their premiums in-crease 37 percent just in the lastyear. We are watching Obamacarecollapse under its own weight. Americans shouldn’t be forcedto pay for expensive health insur-ance that they don’t like, want orneed. The replacement legislationcalls for eliminating the individualmandate and the employer man-date. I support this provision, as itwill protect Americans from hav-ing to purchase costly insuranceplans that aren’t a good fit forthem or their families. I am sup-portive of a number of other provi-sions in the American Health CareAct, including eliminating theMedical Device Tax, net invest-ment tax and health insurancetaxes. Additionally, the AmericanHealth Care Act includes lan-guage to allow children to stay onparents’ plans until age 26 and al-lows for folks to contribute moremoney to Health Savings Ac-counts (HSAs). This is a great op-tion for young people or healthypeople who may choose to enroll ina high deductible plan, as they aremore likely to utilize only thehealth care services that theyneed. The American Health CareAct would continue to allow indi-viduals with preexisting condi-tions to keep their coverage aslong as they stay insured. It is im-portant that any replacement plan

approved by Congress allows for atransition period, where peoplecan move to different plans with-out losing health care coverage.Our intention is to also include as-surances for guaranteed portabil-ity, guaranteed renewability andno lifetime caps on any health in-surance policy. This is an impor-tant provision that will protectthose individuals who need healthcare coverage the most. The American Health Care Actallows for competition, choice andincentives to strengthen the insur-ance markets, promoting compet-itive pricing. I value the input of SouthDakotans and other stakeholdersas we continue to carefully reviewthe American Health Care Act.The bill text can be found atwww.readthebill.gop. I encouragethose interested to read through itand share with me your thoughts,questions or concerns. Visit mywebsite, www.rounds.senate.gov,to connect with me. Making signif-icant changes to health care in theUnited States is a great undertak-ing, and we want to be sure we’redoing it correctly, which may takesome time. We won’t be able to re-peal and replace Obamacareovernight because we want to doit in a responsible manner. Thatmeans taking into account publicinput and being sure we know ex-actly what the bill contains beforewe vote on it.

Mike RoundsU.S. Senator from South Dakota

An overlyregulated America

Many Americans are still reel-ing from the lingering effects ofthe Obama economy, and forthem, it doesn’t matter that econ-omists believe the recovery began(at least on paper) several yearsago. For the last eight years, goodjobs and opportunities for workerswere hard to find. The labor forcewas at historic lows, inflation farexceeded wage growth, and theeconomy barely limped along.While some people predict thisstagnation will continue for thenext several years, there are stepswe can take today to get our econ-omy growing again, like by rollingback overly burdensome regula-tions. No matter where I traveled inSouth Dakota over the last fewyears, I almost always heard frompeople about the regulatory hur-dles created by federal govern-ment agencies and the effect theyhad on families and businesses.The one example I heard most fre-quently was the now-infamousWaters of the United States(WOTUS) rule. It would have

amounted to one of the largest fed-eral land grabs in history. Theflawed rule was snagged in legalbattles throughout most of the lat-ter years of the Obama adminis-tration, and I’m glad PresidentTrump took early and quick actionto ensure this poorly crafted rulewould never see the light of day. Not all rules and regulations arebad, but it’s things like WOTUSthat give the federal bureaucracya bad name. Congress and the administra-tion have already started rollingback some of the burdensome reg-ulations that were implementedduring the Obama administration.Most recently, Congress elimi-nated a regulation that imposedunnecessary requirements forbusinesses that bid on federal gov-ernment contracts and anotherthat restricted energy productionon federal land, among others.These aren’t the last regulationsthat we’ll eliminate either. Obamacare and its pages of reg-ulations, mandates, and taxes isanother area where Congress isworking quickly to provide relieffor businesses and the Americanpeople. It’s a broken law that has

failed to live up to its most funda-mental goal of providing low-cost,high-quality care. I support re-pealing and replacing Obamacarebecause I believe we can imple-ment better policies that can actu-ally deliver where Obamacare fellso short. Not only would a newand improved system help fami-lies and individuals, but it wouldhelp small businesses that havebeen bogged down by Obamacare’sred tape, too. Regulations are like trafficlights in a busy town. If you don’thave any traffic lights, it’s difficultfor people to get from one locationto another safely. But if you addtoo many, you slow down people’sprogress unnecessarily and makeit difficult for them to get any-where. It’s when you strike theright balance – some lights but nottoo many – that everyone moveseffectively, efficiently, and safely.Right now when it comes to fed-eral regulations, we’re like thetown with too many lights. Weneed to focus on removing theseroadblocks if we want to put oureconomy on a path to long-termhealth.

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Legals 9March 16, 2017 • Murdo Coyote

Moore Building Center, supplies, $49.82;Murdo Coyote, publications, $71.73; NixEnterprises, Jan. snow removal, $505.00;Office Products, office supplies, $316.51;Pennington County Jail, prisoner trans-port, $70.50; PMB0112, Executive MgmtFinance Office, Jan. Auditor e-mail ac-count, $42.00; Rural Health Care, sub-sidy, $600.00; SD Department of Health,alcohol test, $35.00; SDSU Extension,Jones County’s share of 4-H Advisor2017 salary, $4,718.00; Gary Sletto,Jones County’s share of dues, $10.00;Rich Sylva, postage reimbursement,$8.37; Kerri Venard, external hard drivereimbursement, $94.79; West CentralElectric, February electricity, $683.18;Winner Regional Healthcare, Februaryprisoner clinic services, $125.00; DallasYoung, Weed & Pest meeting reimburse-ment, $75.03.

ROAD & BRIDGE: AT&T, cell phone bill,$92.27; City of Murdo, water bill, $23.18;Butler Machinery, parts, $505.92; Corky’sAuto Supply, parts, $647.52; Farmer’sUnion Oil Company, diesel, propane, gas,$634.55; Golden West Telecommunica-tions, March 1 phone bill, internet, $94.88;Grimms Pump & Industrial Supply, fuelpump & accessories, $1,513.48; HullingerBrothers/Murdo Amoco, diesel & gas,$291.46; Inland Truck Parts, straps,$80.54; Moore Building Center, supplies,$20.94; Morris, Inc., iron, $890.59; MurdoFamily Foods, shop supplies, $23.08;Overhead Door, shop door repairs,$1,140.82; Ray’s Welding, trailer repairs,$120.00; Venard, Inc., mount & balancetires, $155.00; West Central Electric, Feb-ruary electricity, $277.15; Chris Fedder-sen, labor, $2,710.51; Chester McKenzie,labor, $1,964.33; Levi Newsam, labor,$2,173.30; Collin Strait, labor, $2,531.36;Kerri Venard, Road Secretary, one weekpaid vacation, $1,238.16.

BRIDGE RESERVE: Mellette County,Jones County’s share of Stamford bridgeproject billing, $86,441.01.

GRAND JURY FEES & MILEAGE:$603.92.

CARE OF THE POOR: Cheryl Iversen,WIC Secretary, $60.44; Todd A. Love,court appointed attorney, $801.22; KatieJ. Thompson, court appointed attorney,$1,508.62; Rose Ann Wendell, court ap-pointed attorney, $962.77.

M&P: Microfilm Imaging, March scannerrent, $120.00.

911 FUND: Centurylink, monthly charge,$84.16; City of Pierre, 1st quarter E-911service, $2,517.62.

EMERGENCY & DISASTER SERVICES:AT&T, cell phone bill, $34.31; GoldenwestTelecommunications, phone bill, $40.47;Angie Kinsley, Emergency Manager,$943.80, mileage & meal reimbursement,$203.32; Office Products Center, officesupplies, $83.98.

SALARY & MILEAGE: Monte Anker,$387.87, mileage, $10.08; Steve Iwan,$387.87; Barry Valburg, $387.87,mileage, $23.52.

FEES COLLECTED FOR THE COUNTY:Clerk of Courts, $9.31; Register of Deeds,$840.00; Sheriff, $175.00.

Auditor’s account with the treasurer is asfollows: Cash, $630.00; Checking & Sav-ings, $1,234,755.41; CDs, $1,400,000.00;TOTALING: $2,635,385.41.

It was moved by Anker and seconded byValburg to appoint Norman Buxcel to theWeed and Pest Board as there was a va-cancy.

It was moved by Iwan and seconded byAnker to hire Curt Chambliss for lawncare at the Courthouse for the growingmonths of 2017.

As the jail budget for 2017 is about de-

pleted, it was moved by Iwan and sec-onded by Anker to supplement the jailbudget by $4,456.81, the amount of liquortax reversion funds received from thestate. The following resolution was alsomoved by Anker and seconded by Iwan:

Notice of HearingResolution #2017-03

WHEREAS, there are insuffi-cient funds in the following2017 budget to cover ex-penses for the remainder of theyear and;

WHEREAS, a responsibility iscreated which requires an ex-penditure of funds making itnecessary that a SupplementalBudget be made, adopted andapproved providing for appro-priations with which to meetsuch expenditures.

Such Supplemental Budget willbe in words and figures as fol-lows: JAIL: Twenty thousanddollars ($20,000.00), prisonercare.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THEBOARD OF COUNTY COM-MISSIONERS, that this resolu-tion be published in the legalnewspaper of Jones County asa notice of intention of theBoard of Commissioners toadopt the aforesaid Supple-mental Budget.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that this budget will be consid-ered at the Commissioner’sroom at the Jones CountyCourthouse at 2:00 p.m. onTuesday, April 4, 2017, in theCity of Murdo, County ofJones, State of South Dakota,when and where any person in-

terested may appear and beheard regarding the adoption ofthis Supplemental Budget.

The Board considered four items of theExtension office for surplus: 1- B r o t h e rcopier; 1- Clearone conference phone; 1-cordless phone; 1- HP laptop. It wasmoved by Anker and seconded by Val-burg to surplus the four items, all valuedat $0.00 to be disposed of.

Dallas Young met with the Board to dis-cuss road department matters. Discussedwere spraying road shoulders twice peryear; plastic culverts and secondary roadfunds available.

Angie Kinsley, 4-H Specialist/EmergencyManager, met with the Board to give theman update on progress for 4-H involve-ment and discussed emergency manage-ment activities.

It was moved by Valburg and secondedby Anker to enter into executive sessionto discuss personnel.

At the resumption of the meeting theBoard discussed Rails to the Future andthe possibility of the track extension to Vi-vian, Draper and Murdo.

It was moved and carried to adjourn.

Barry Valburg,Chairman

Monte Anker,Member

Steve Iwan,Member

ATTEST: John Brunskill,Auditor

Published March 16, 2017, at the total ap-proximate cost of $99.63.

tric, 328.67; Kim Schmidt, salary, 359.40; Servall, rugs, 24.10; Murdo Coyote, ad-vertise, 35.00; IRS, ss & wh, 71.20.

Robin Cromwell has been hired as Fi-nance Officer. Signature card will need tobe updated with the following Kent Nies,Cody Hatheway, Steve Tatum and RobinCromwell at Dakota Prairie Bank.

A short discussion was held concerningpayment for hay bales.

Tatum reported that north Maple Avenuewas in need of some gravel. Nies sug-gested pulling the shoulders in first.

Hatheway reported that two residents onMaple Avenue were having sewer issuesand the main sewer line might need to bechecked to see if there are any block-ages.

Auditorium roof was discussed and willneed to get new estimates.

Being no further business Nies motioned,second Hatheway to adjourn.

Robin Cromwell,Finance Clerk

Published March 16, 2017, at the total ap-proximate cost of $17.60.

Proceedings of theJones County Commissioners

Regular MeetingMarch 7, 2017

The Board of Commissioners met for aregular meeting with Monte Anker, SteveIwan and Barry Valburg present. Chair-man Valburg called the meeting to order.

Rylee Metzger from the Murdo Coyotejoined the meeting.

Minutes from the previous meeting wereread, signed and approved by the Board.All motions are unanimous unless other-wise stated.

CLAIMS APPROVED: Salaries of regularemployees and officials, $13,147.07;Travis Hendricks, Weed Board Supervi-sor, $138.53; Joyce Hurst, Deputy Regis-ter of Deeds, Deputy Director ofEqualization, $1,935.58; Angie Kinsley, 4-H Specialist, $943.79; Richard Sylva, Jr.,Deputy Sheriff, $1,745.82; Lenae Tucker,Deputy Treasurer, $104.21, Janitor,$827.40; Kerri Venard, Deputy Auditor,one week paid vacation, $1,238.13;American Family Life Assurance, cancer& intensive care insurance, $511.03;Boston Mutual Life Insurance, life insur-ance, $123.92; Dakotacare, group healthinsurance, $17,276.09; Electronic FederalTax Payment System, social security &withholding, $9,775.20; SD Retirement,retirement, $5,680.30; AT&T Mobility,Sheriff cell phone bill, $261.44, Extension,$34.31; City of Murdo, water bill, $39.18;Corky’s Auto Supply, supplies, $58.52;Darrell Daum, Weed & Pest meeting re-imbursement, $669.09; Election Systems& Software, LLC, maintenance fees,$1,109.00; Jon Esmay, coroner call,$75.00; Farmer’s Union Oil Company,gas, $425.47, propane, $290.70; AnitaFuoss, office rent, internet, $329.95;GoldenWest Telecommunications, March1 phone bills, $497.90; Heartland Waste,garbage removal, $50.00; Inman’s WaterTechnologies, R.O. rent, $21.50; AngieKinsley, female UA collection, $25.00;

Notice of JobOpenings

The City of Murdo is now accepting appli-cations for the positions for the 2017 sea-son:

Baseball Coach - to organize andcoach the summer baseball programT-ball Coach for organize and coach for

approx. 1 month.Full and Part time Lifeguards to work

at the Municipal swimming poolSwimming Lesson Instructor to in-

struct swimming lessonsSwimming Pool Manager to managethe personnel and operations of the

swimming poolGolf Coach to coach lessons to youth

at the Murdo Golf Course

Applications are available at the City Fi-nance Office between the hours of 8:00a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday,and must be returned by 4:00 p.m., Mon-day, April 2, 2017. Applications will be re-viewed at by the City Council at themeeting that evening with interviews to beset up, if necessary. For more informa-tion, call 669-2272. The City of Murdo re-serves the right to accept or reject any orall applications.

Krysti BarnesFinance Officer

Published March 16, 23 & 30, 2017, atthe total approximate cost of $37.42.

Notice of PublicHearing

Petition to Vacate

A petition has been filed with the MurdoCity Council in regards to the vacating ofthe street right-of-way adjacent to thenorth boundary of Lot 1 of Block 31 of theMilwaukee Land Company’s Third Addi-tion to the townsite of Murdo McKenzie,now City of Murdo, situated in the NE ¼NW ¼ of Section 12, Township 2 South,Range 28 East of the Black Hills Merid-ian, Murdo, Jones County, South Dakota.

The petition will be heard and consideredby the Murdo City Council in Public Hear-ing on April 3, 2017 at 8:30 p.m. duringthe regular meeting of the Murdo CityCouncil located at 107 West SecondStreet, Murdo SD. Anyone having objec-tions to this may appear at this time.

Krysti BarnesFinance Officer

Published March 16 & 23, 2017, at thetotal approximate cost of $20.59.

Proceedings of the Draper Town Board

Regular SessionMarch 6, 2017

The Draper Town Board Met in regularsession March 6, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. Chair-man Nies called the meeting to order.Present Nies, Hatheway, Tatum. Absent:none. The minutes of the last meetingwere read and approved.

These bills were presented for paymentand approved: West River Lyman Jones,water, 25.00; West Central Electric, elec-

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ANNUAL REPORT FOR JONES COUNTYAS OF AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS--MODIFIED CASH BASIS

Road and Bridge Other Governmental TotalGeneral Fund Fund Fund Funds Governmental Funds

Beginning Balance 801,776.64 1,769,351.21 73,780.54 $ 2,644,908.39

Revenues and Other Sources (minor level):Taxes:

Current Property Taxes 696,182.78 60,961.35 $ 757,144.13Delinquent Property Taxes 1,604.01 200.78 $ 1,804.79Penalties and Interest 2,021.36 163.14 $ 2,184.50Telephone Tax (Outside) 20.98 $ 20.98Mobile Home Tax $

Licenses and Permits 3,025.00 240.00 $ 3,265.00Intergovernmental Revenue:Federal Grants 22,518.03 8,553.96 $ 31,071.99Federal Shared Revenue 1,266.60 $ 1,266.60Federal Payments in Lieu of Taxes 51,644.88 21.26 $ 51,666.14State Grants 6,100.00 121,618.80 $ 127,718.80State Shared Revenue: 19,878.21 399,454.87 17,658.40 $ 436,991.48

Charges for Goods and Services:General Government 25,976.91 5,453.96 $ 31,430.87Public Safety 1,763.72 $ 1,763.72Public Works 25,541.65 $ 25,541.65Health and Welfare 1,638.23 $ 1,638.23Other Charges 86.00 346.32 $ 432.32

Fines and Forfeits:Fines $Costs 2,575.46 $ 2,575.46Forfeits 457.67 $ 457.67

Miscellaneous Revenue and Other Sources:Investment Earnings 2,915.00 6,034.09 240.46 $ 9,189.55Rentals 55.00 $ 55.00Other Miscellaneous Revenue 525.58 8.01 1,299.79 $ 1,833.38General Long Term Debt Issued $Insurance Proceeds 5,990.85 $ 5,990.85Sale of County Property 39,000.00 $ 39,000.00

Total Revenue and Other Sources 838,988.82 660,607.72 33,446.57 $ 1,533,043.11

Expenditures and Other Uses (subfunction level):Legislative 61,346.56 $ 61,346.56Elections 12,380.07 $ 12,380.07Judicial System 4,589.85 $ 4,589.85Financial Administration 138,687.90 $ 138,687.90Legal Services 72,850.26 $ 72,850.26Other Administration 167,724.12 1,828.24 $ 169,552.36Law Enforcement 195,588.34 37,948.29 $ 233,536.63Protective and Emergency Services $Highways and Bridges 886,044.09 $ 886,044.09Economic Assistance 1,090.30 $ 1,090.30Health Assistance 10,748.02 1,582.84 $ 12,330.86Social Services $Mental Health Services 5,987.96 $ 5,987.96Culture 50.00 $ 50.00Recreation $Soil Conservation 64,558.83 $ 64,558.83

Total Expenditures and Other Uses 735,602.21 886,044.09 41,359.37 $ 1,663,005.67

Transfers In (Out) (14,500.00) 14,500.00 $Special Items (specify) $Extraordinary Items (specify) $

Increase/Decrease in Fund Balance 88,886.61 (225,436.37) 6,587.20 $ (129,962.56)

Ending Balance: $Nonspendable $Restricted 403,799.20 80,367.74 $ 484,166.94Committed $Assigned 268,498.00 1,140,115.64 $ 1,408,613.64Unassigned 622,165.25 $ 622,165.25

The preceding financial data does not include fiduciary funds or component units. Information pertaining to those activities may be obtained by contacting the County Auditor at(605) 669-7100.

Published March 16, 2017, at the total approximate cost of $216.10.

George Washington once said,“When we assumed the soldier, wedid not lay aside the citizen.” There was no waiting line forour men and women in uniformwhen they raised their righthands and volunteered to serve.There shouldn’t be a waiting linewhen they return home and needour help getting the care they’veearned. Unfortunately, it took the gov-ernment 30 plus years to recog-nize that there was a link betweenAgent Orange and the devastatinghealth effects on our service mem-bers. Veterans waited decades toget the care they desperatelyneeded and clearly earned. TheVA now recognizes certain cancersand other health problems as pre-sumptive diseases associated withexposure to Agent Orange or otherherbicides during military service.Veterans are encouraged to par-take in the VA’s Agent OrangeRegistry health exam to ensure

that the research continues, pre-sumptives are recognized and careis provided to our veterans. Conflicts change, contaminantschange, but the fact that our he-roes are exposed to these toxinshas not changed. Recently the VA launched theAirborne Hazards and Open BurnPit Registry in response to con-cerns that veterans who deployedafter 1990 were experiencing arange of respiratory illnesses. Thegoal of the registry is to help re-searchers study the health effectsof burn pits and other airbornehazards. We encourage veteransto visit the registry site(www.publichealth.va.gov/expo-sures/burnpits/registry.asp) to en-sure that our heroes will not haveto wait four decades for resolution. Wars, conflicts and battles havebeen fought throughout the yearsand continue today. Continued research is vital ifwe are to complete our promise totake care of the men and womenwho served.

Secretary of South DakotaVeterans Affairs

Larry ZimmermanVeterans keep marching on

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PARKSTON SCHOOL DIS-TRICT is taking applications forfull-time or part-time custodian.Begin immediately. Contact Su-perintendent Shayne McIntosh orRobert Berg, 605-928-3368. Refer-ences, background check re-quired.

NORTHWEST AREASCHOOLS in Isabel, SouthDakota, is seeking applicationsfor a Speech and LanguagePathologist or a Speech and Lan-guage Pathologist Assistant.South Dakota certification is re-quired. NWAS offers a competi-tive salary and benefits package(health, dental and vision) as wellas SD Retirement and transporta-tion for work-related travel. Posi-tion is open until filled. ContactQuinn Lenk, Director, at 605-466-2206, or email [email protected]

RED CLOUD INDIANSCHOOL Inc. is seeking to fillthe following positions for the2017-2018 school year: highschool guidance counselor, 6-8thgrade math (2), high school cheercoach, 6-8th grade scienceteacher. Interested individualscan send a complete applicationand resume to: Lisa Swallow, RedCloud Indian School 100 MissionDrive Pine Ridge, SD 57770 oremail [email protected]. RCIS is an EOE andprovider.

TEACHERS NEEDED:HS Spe-cial Education and 4-8 SpecialEducation. Complete applicationat www.csd.k12.sd.us CusterSchool District, 527 MontgomerySt., Custer, SD 57730 (605)673-3154 EOE

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