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Commissioners joinfor February meeting

by Rylee Metzger The Jones County Board ofCommissioners met for a regularmeeting on the morning of Tues-day, February 7. Jones County Emergency Man-ager Angie Kinsley joined themeeting with quarterly reports tobe signed by the board. Discussionwas also made concerning pesti-cide application and licensing. Lori Waldron, BankWest Insur-ance representative, met with theboard to answer questions con-cerning the logistics of JonesCounty’s health insurance policy.Questions were also asked con-cerning the difference in price andcoverage between family and sin-gle person plans. Jones County Director of Equal-ization Terri Volmer joined themeeting to request a change of

computer programs in the direc-tor’s office. Vanguard, the pro-gram of interest is comparable inprice to the current program,Ultra, but is considerably furtheradvanced in technology and userfriendliness. Chester McKenzie, JonesCounty road employee, met withthe commissioners to request anadditional week of vacation timein observance of his 40th year ofservice to the county. The boarddenied McKenzie’s request. States Attorney Anita Fuossjoined the board meeting to dis-cuss amending Article X (coveringemployee conduct) to the JonesCounty Personnel Policy. Thecommissioners agreed andadopted Article X into the person-nel policy.

School board hearsrequest from senior class

by Rylee Metzger The Jones County School Boardmet for a regular meeting on Mon-day, February 13. Aliana Kell and Chandler Tol-lakson joined the meeting on be-half of the senior class to requestopen campus for the last nineweeks of the school year. Theschool board agreed and approvedthe senior class’ request for opencampus privileges.

Other business: •Two old LCD school monitorswill be surplused and offered freeto either staff or students •Discussion was made con-

cerning plans, bidding and a timeframe to reroof the high school •Income from Jones CountyInvitationals was reported tohave come in higher this yearthan previously •Mackenzie Springer, JadenHerman and Taylor Feddersenwere recognized as January stu-dents of the month •The board approved the au-thorization of HKG beginning towork with school faculty develop-ing final plans, bids and specifi-cations for the elementarybuilding replacement project.

“Like” Public notice bill defeated in committee By Dana Hess

Community News Service A bill that would allow South Dakota’s 17 largest citiesto publish their public notices such as meeting minutes on-line instead of in the local newspaper was defeated in com-mittee on Thursday. HB1167 would have allowed cities with populations ofmore than 5,000 to publish their public notices on theirwebsites, freeing them from the current requirement thatnotices be published in the local newspaper. Rep. Greg Jamison, R-Sioux Falls, the bill’s sponsor, saidthe state’s larger cities are already posting their notices on-line, as well as broadcasting the meetings. HB1167 “makes it so it doesn’t have to be in the news-paper,” Jamison said. “That’s the big difference here.” Yvonne Taylor, representing the S.D. Municipal League,said the requirement for publication amounts to a $2 mil-lion subsidy for newspapers. Taylor said the bill requires a public computer with In-ternet access be available in those communities that choosenot to publish notices in the newspapers. It also offers theoption that notices could be mailed to those citizens whowish to receive them that way.

Notices would still be provided to the newspaper, Taylorsaid. “If the newspaper wants to publish it, they sure can.” Speaking in opposition to the bill, David Bordewyk, ex-ecutive director of the South Dakota Newspaper Associa-tion, called the idea that citizens would repeatedly check acity website for public notices “wishful thinking.” Citing readership surveys commissioned by SDNA, Bor-dewyk noted the results included high readership of SouthDakota newspapers, including public notices. “The cost savings here, I think, is a myth,” Bordewyksaid, noting that the cost of publishing public notices in anewspaper is generally less than one half of 1 percent of acity’s budget. After South Dakota newspapers publish a public notice,Bordewyk said, it is then posted on the internet at SDpub-licnotices.com at no cost to taxpayers. Justin Smith, an SDNA lobbyist, said that having a thirdparty print the notices ensures that the government “can-not come back later and change them.” In his work as a lawyer, Smith said, he has at times neededto check on notices published as far back as the 1950s. “There is forever a record of that information,” Smithsaid. “1167 would destroy this permanent archive.”

Patrick Weber, a policy adviser in the governor’s office,said Gov. Dennis Daugaard opposes the legislation. “Many South Dakotans depend on publication in thenewspaper,” Weber said. Jamison called the process of publishing notices in thenewspaper “outdated” and “silly.” He said the bill was“about connecting with citizens in ways that they’re accus-tomed to.” Rep. Karen Soli, D-Sioux Falls, moved to defer the legis-lation to the 41st day of the session, effectively killing thebill. Soli said she admired that the bill gives governmentslocal control but, “there are times that we need a broad ap-proach that governs the whole state. I think the expense isnegligible.” Rep. Lana Greenfield, R-Doland, envisioned confusion atnursing homes and care facilities where residents are loyalnewspaper readers and would need to get public noticesmailed to them. “To me, that would be a total nightmare,” Greenfieldsaid. The motion to move the bill to the 41st day passed on an11-1 vote.

Some veterans may get to pay resident rates for hunting licenses

By Dana HessCommunity News Service

Veterans who once lived in South Dakota but nowlive out of state could be eligible to pay resident ratesfor hunting licenses. A bill to create the benefit for veterans—HB1150—was endorsed by the House Agricultureand Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday. Rep. David Johnson, R-Rapid City, the bill’s spon-sor, said the measure does not have any effect on res-ident rights nor does it give the veterans specialaccess to licenses. Johnson cited the economic benefit to the state asa veteran who comes to hunt is likely to bring alongfriends and family who also buy licenses as well asgoods and services. Lyle Baker, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonelfrom Rapid City, said his son in Colorado, who is alsoretired from the Air Force, can no longer afford topurchase nonresident hunting licenses when he vis-its South Dakota. Baker said sons and daughters who return toSouth Dakota to hunt think of the state as theirhome but still have to buy nonresident hunting li-censes. “They have to get a nonresident license,” Baker

said. “That’s not right.” Speaking in opposition to the bill, Scott Simpsonof the Game, Fish and Parks Department said thatwhile he has the utmost respect for veterans, the realquestion was if the Legislature wants to give resi-dent benefits to people who have chosen to live outof state. Johnson noted 11 exceptions in GFP licensingrules that create benefits for out-of-state hunters. “I think it’s an opportunity for South Dakota to bea leader again in honoring veterans,” Johnson saidof the bill. Simpson said some of the exceptions that allowout-of-state hunters to buy resident hunting licensesinclude out-of-state students at South Dakota uni-versities, patients at the veterans’ hospital and mem-bers of South Dakota National Guard units who liveout of state. Rep. Larry Rhoden, R-Union Center, cautionedagainst carving out too many exceptions for veteransin the state’s laws. “I see dozens of these bills every year,” said Rho-den, asking if law enforcement officers or farmersmight also be worthy of special consideration. The bill was endorsed on a 10-3 vote and now goesto the full House.

Students learn hoop dancing

Photo by Rylee MetzgerJones County Elementary students lift up “bird” Teagan Mann after he comically acted out the art of laying anegg.

Photo by Rylee MetzgerTraditional artist and hoop dancing instructor Dallas Chief Eagle strategically swings hoops inches from the par-ticipants noses.

Photo by Rylee MetzgerChief Eagle spent a week teaching Jones County students the art of hoopdancing and of the Lakota culture and traditions.

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Cracker barrel The Murdo Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a cracker barrel onSaturday, February 25, 2017 at the Murdo Senior Center on MainStreet. It will begin at 10:00 a.m. with Senator Troy Heinert and Rep-resentative James Schaefer attending. The chamber is providing cof-fee and rolls. The public is encouraged to attend.

South Central RC&D meeting South Central RC&D will be having a meeting at the WestRiver/Lyman Jones Building in Murdo on Thursday, February 23,2017 at 1:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

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Jim and Mary Addlesberger ofChambersburg, Pa., are spendingtime with Bill and Ellen Valburg,helping on the ranch as Sam andHolly Masters and Waylon aremoving back to Colorado. Bill and Ellen Valburg paidtheir respects to Tom Lebeda athis funeral in Murdo last Thurs-day. Sunday afternoon they at-tended services for Betty Carr inWhite River; Ellen use to babysittheir five girls many years ago.They visited Ellen’s brother,Roland and Jean Iwan before re-turning home. Why do you suppose we canexist for months without attend-ing a funeral, then suddenlydeaths of people we know andoften love occur so rapidly it ishard to keep the days straight? Itseems every week’s writings in theNew Year have included expres-sions of sympathy to one family oranother. A person well known to mehates funerals. I’ve never askedthat person “why,” but I do notagree that one should avoid theceremonies if at all possible. Peo-ple who are knowledgeable aboutsuch subjects claim a funeral isnecessary for loved ones andfriends to have “closure.” Person-ally, I believe a funeral or “Cele-bration of Life” of someone whoknows Jesus as a personal friendand Savior is actually just that—a celebration. A sweet young ladyremarked at Grandpa JackRoghair’s service “I’ve never beento a funeral where people were ac-tually smiling and laughing. Youwould think this is a celebration.”And I replied, “Honey, this is a cel-ebration. His suffering is over, thepain is gone. He is in the presenceof God, rejoicing with the angelsand other saints at the Throne ofGlory.” Yes, believers weep be-cause of the gaps in human life,but we believe the scripture thatsays “Sorrow not as those whohave no hope.” With that thought in mind, I’vebeen asking folks if they have a fa-vorite hymn or gospel song, andwhy. You can find the answers atthe end of this “news.” B, I, N, G, O. Wednesday, Feb-ruary 15 6:30-8:00 p.m. at theMurdo senior center sponsored bythe Lions. Refreshments served bythe United Methodist YouthGroup.

Eastside Notes Among those attending the vis-itation of Larry Mathews last Sat-urday were Paul and KatherinePatterson and Kevin and Elaine

Meyers. Earle and Connie Geide ofHartford, S.D., and Jerome andMarilyn Arneson of Cooperstown,N.D., spent the night of February8 with Bill and Ellen Valburg. Thenext day the six of them drove toHoldrege, Neb., to a FlyingFarmer Convention. They re-turned on Sunday, February 12,stopping in Winner where Bill andJerome picked up the Super Cubairplane, which had been in for anannual checkup, and flew it home.That evening Mary Addlesbergerhad a birthday supper fixed forEllen’s birthday when they ar-rived home. The Geides and Ar-nesons returned home Mondaymorning. Notes from Teresa Guests of Jackie Fosheim forsupper on February 7 were MargiePeters, Glenna Moore, KarlaMannhalter, and Teresa Palmer.Following a delicious soup supper,the gals all headed for the Murdoauditorium to attend the girls'basketball game against thePhilip Scotties. With some girlsfrom Midland attending school inPhilip, Midland parents/grandpar-ents were noted in the crowd sup-porting their girls. Joining Margie Peters for ayummy chicken/dumpling supperon February 9 were Jackie Fos-heim, Glenna Moore, TeresaPalmer and Karla Mannhalter. On February 10 the Book &Thimble members who could, at-tended the assembly presented bythe Hoop Dancer Mr. Dallas ChiefEagle. The students from gradesfifth-12 who were divided into fourgroups demonstrated their specialdances they had learned duringthe week. Several of the demosalso included some of the youngerstudents. The final dance wasgiven by Mr. Chief Eagle and wasone that he had created for afriend. It was a beautiful presen-tation! Book & Thimble Clubhelps provide some monetary as-sistance towards sponsoring pro-grams such as these each year forthe students. Gathering at Glenna Moore'sfor a tasty roast beef/rice, cheese,and broccoli casserole meal onSaturday evening were MargiePeters, Jackie Fosheim, KarlaMannhalter and Teresa Palmer.After the meal Teresa slippedaway to attend the movie at thelocal theater. Michelle Meinzer came overfrom Midland on Sunday to hersister Teresa Palmer’s home. Thegirls went to Pierre where they

were joined by April Neuhauserand attended a movie together.After the movie, Michelle andTeresa dropped in on their sister,Peg Johnson, who went shoppingwith them. From there, Teresadropped Peg off at her home, thenshe and Michelle continued on toMurdo. Michelle returned to Mid-land as she had to work early onMonday morning.Notes from Janet Louder Our deepest sympathy goes outto the family of Larry Mathews.Larry lost his battle with canceron Wednesday, February 8, 2017.Flo Hapney, his fiancé, was by hisside to the end. Also left to mournhis passing are his daughter andher husband, grandchildren, sib-lings, and other family membersand friends. Larry was a happy golucky guy and will be missed! Avisitation was held Saturday atthe Rush funeral home in Philip,and memorial services will be heldin June. I spoke to Lonny Ellwanger lastSunday. His mom, Ellouise, spenta few days in the hospital recently,and now has been moved back toa rehab facility in Buffalo, Minn.She is near her daughter Twilaand her family. Our get wellwishes go out to her. Ken Miller stopped in for a visitover coffee with us last Tuesday.He had brought articles out todaughter Kia who is attendingschool here in Rapid City. Our son-in-law Don Pearsonturned the Big 5-0 last Saturday.His brother Brad and wife Tammyof Mitchell arrived Fridayevening. On Saturday they tookDon and Cara to Deadwood forsupper. Cara had a surprise forhim there, so he was pleasantlysurprised when there were morefamily and friends there to greethim and help him celebrate his bigday!

Sunday evening we, (Nelva andJanet), joined Drew Pearson,Charley and Kingston, Nick andCalli Winkelman and daughtersAria, Zoey and Elizabeth as wellas Dawson Pearson for a pizzaparty topped off with an ice creambirthday cake held at the home ofDon and Cara. Just as I started to write thisnews I heard of the passing of for-mer congressman/Marlboro manClint Roberts of Pierre. Our sym-pathy is extended to his family. That’s all for this week; the sunis shining and its very nice out, nosnow on our driveway, yeah!!Westside Wanda Larson was in Oacomawith Mel and me last week. Sheand Mel both are ag stats reps andgo to “school” several times a yearto know what questions to askfarmers and ranchers on surveys.The outfit has gone to electronicforms, now, so all facts gatheredhave to be fed eventually into I-pads. While my honey and my bestfriend were in class, I spent thehours copying and editing an oldbook into my laptop. I have a goalto have “The Singing Hills” rewrit-ten and printed before the Ander-son-Caldwell reunion in Mitchellon June 10. Last Wednesday eveningWanda walked from the motel tothe nearby home of Donnie andBonnie Schindler where she en-joyed visiting and sharing supper. It’s calving time already atRoger and Wanda’s. The warm,sunny days are a blessing for thebabies. On Monday afternoon I drovefrom Oacoma to Mitchell to buy acouple pillows, then out to theMitchell Christian School to watchgranddaughters Savy and Mariaplay basketball. Savy was excitedabout the opportunity to visit thecountry of Belize with a team thatwill be teaching Vacation BibleSchool, doing minor repairs tobuildings at the Praying PelicanMission. (I'll have to ask her if shelearned the reason for the name ofthe place while there.) Mel and I drove over to Philipon Saturday to attend the visita-tion in memory of Larry Mathews.It was good to visit with oldfriends, but sad that it takes a fu-neral to get us together again.Years ago I babysat Larry’s older

brother Carl and sister Cindy, butthe family moved from Wendte be-fore Larry was born. Larry’s auntEleanor Mathews Zuccaro and Ihave been friends for as long as Ican remember. We promised eachother Saturday that we will get to-gether and visit. Too bad we bothfeel too old to ride horseback andlook for currants in June like wedid way back when. Darin Schriever and his daugh-ter Susanna visited at our houseover the weekend. Other familymembers did not make the tripfrom Iowa as the flu bug haslanded there, also. Darin spentSaturday hunting Bobcat withLonnie Roghair, without success,but an enjoyable day just the samein spite of fighting mud and hope-fully, the last of the ice. Darianand Annalee Roghair took Su-sanna rabbit hunting Saturday af-ternoon. The three girls “had ablast” in spite of getting wet feetwhen snow and ice water cameover the top of mud boots. After church and SundaySchool Shawna Roghair anddaughters had dinner and time tovisit at our house before theSchrievers had to head back east. Our sympathy is extended tothe family of Esther Van Beek,mother of Joyce Roghair. Joycewas able to fly to Michigan andspend a few days with her mombefore she slipped peacefullyaway.All Around the Country Former Jones County residentElsie Anderson Bak said the bestValentine she had was her hus-band Bob back home from the hos-pital and gaining strength everyday. Good news. And with that note, I will sharesome of the words from Elsie’s fa-vorite hymn: “I don’t know abouttomorrow, I just live from day today. I don’t borrow from its sun-shine for its skies may turn togray. I don't worry o’er the future,For I know what Jesus said, Andtoday I’ll walk beside Him for Heknows what is ahead. Manythings about tomorrow, I don’tseem to understand, But I knowWho holds the future, And I knowHe holds my hand.” “In the Garden” was a favoriteof my Grandma Hayes; also a fa-vorite of many folks including myAunt Toots and my oldest son.Toots’ daughter Ellie AndersonMechels name the Ethel Watersspecial song “His Eye Is On TheSparrow” Carol Callihan Fairbanks is oneamong many who treasures thesong “How Great Thou Art,”which along with “The OldRugged Cross” and “AmazingGrace” are often chosen as funeralmusic. Lea Reynolds is one personwho named “The Old RuggedCross” and “Amazing Grace” wasnamed by Ellen Valburg. My fa-vorite verse of “Amazing Grace” isthe last one which goes like this:“When we’ve been there ten thou-sand years, Bright shining as theSun, We’ve no less days to singGod’s praise, Then when we firstbegun.” Esther Magnuson also likes“How Great Thou Art and she en-joys listening to Elvis singinggospel music. Mel’s most re-quested song includes the words,“He the pearly gates will open, sothat I may enter in. For He pur-chased my redemption and for-gave me all my sin.” Another oneof our sons always asked for“When the Roll is Called up Yon-der,” during Sunday School open-ing exercises.

As you may have guessed, my fa-vorite hymn is “It is Well With MySoul.” Written by Horatio Spaffordin 1873 a couple years after hisfour daughters had died in a shipaccident at sea, he drew comfortfrom knowing they were withJesus. I sang this song with twoof my daughters-in-love at mymother’s gong away party nearlyten years ago. The song stillbrings her precious memory tocomfort me. I learned just todaythere was a lot more sorrow in-volved in the lives of Mr. and Mrs.Spafford that makes any lowpoints in my life seem very trivial.

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

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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.

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

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Progress on the Journey

Recently we reread a literary classicthat we hadn’t thought much about inyears, John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’sProgress. It’s not on many reading listsanymore – perhaps because the old17th century language is so archaic, orperhaps because its allegorical treat-ment of life seems so old-fashioned. Atany rate, we found that becoming reac-quainted with the old story was a goodexperience for us. Christian, the chiefcharacter, is after all, not so differentfrom any of us. As one reviewer of theold book has noted, Pilgrim’s Progressis such a fine work because it gives aclear and accurate image of just whatthe life of faith is like. It tells us whatto expect when answering the call tofollow God down the road of life.

Indeed, the title itself seems to tellus a great deal. The linkage of “pilgrim”and “progress,” reminds us that for-ward movement in the life of faith iswhat we all desire – but sometimesdon’t know how to achieve. Regardless

of how we try to make that forwardmovement happen, it is bound to becharacterized by two critically impor-tant qualities: struggle and hope. Everylife of faith needs these two qualities,for struggle without hope is futile. Yet,hope without struggle is unrealistic.

In fact, if you consider the well-known and best-loved Bible stories ofNoah, Abraham and Sarah, Moses andAaron, Ruth and Naomi – these heroesof the faith were on journeys full of bothstruggle and hope. As author KeithMiller puts it: “The story of the Bible isnot the account of supermen andwomen doing heroic things out of ab-normal resources, but rather the storyof chicken-hearted folk like you and mewho did not give up when they failed,who somehow “kept on keeping on” anddared to put the keys of their futureinto the hands of a merciful God, evenwhen they were afraid.” In other words,the Bible shows us people who facedgrave problems, but were upheld by thegracious and powerful hand of God.And so their struggles were never fu-

tile, and their hope was never unrealis-tic.

Perhaps today you find yourself won-dering how to re-energize your ownfaith journey. Maybe you’ve reached animpasse, or you’ve just run a little shortof enthusiasm for the journey. Then, weinvite you to review the path God hasled you along so far. If you are like mostof us, there will have been mountain-top moments of great exhilaration andtimes of deepest despair. But youemerged from these highs and lows bet-ter equipped and more confident for thenext leg of the trip.

Truthfully, we never know just whatmight lie ahead, in our walk with God.We lack the ability to see much beyondour own two feet. But, as God’s faithfulpilgrims from age after age have noted,when you walk with God, that’‟s goodenough. So, may your journey’s strug-gles always know hope, and may yourpilgrimage make progress!

Spiritual GrowthRev. Drs. Casey and Robert Baggott

Larry Mathews Larry Mathews, age 57, ofDraper, S.D., died on Wednesday,February 8, 2017 at his homenorth of Draper. Larry Alan was born January19, 1960 to Gerald Mathews andMarlynrae Kilian Mathews at St.Mary’s Hospital in Pierre, S.D.,weighing in at nine pounds fourounces with curly blond hair. He started fifth grade in Pierreand graduated from Riggs HighSchool in 1978. In high school, hewas friends with everyone. Healso enjoyed dancing, having agood time and making peoplelaugh. He was friends with every-one and liked to play jokes on hisfriends. He enjoyed sports, footballand wrestling. Larry had such agreat outlook on life. He was such an active and en-ergetic child. As he grew older hewent to help his dad with generalranch work. After graduation, he started ajob at Gleeson Construction in Ne-braska and worked for them formany years in several states as aconstruction supervisor. In 1986Larry became a father of his onlychild. He continued to travelaround the U.S. working for Glee-son. The he settled down in hishome in Fremont, Neb., for a few

years, returning to South Dakotato ranch north of Draper. Wherehe met the love of his life, Flo Hap-ney and they became engaged.Flo lived with him and tended tohim during his illness. He thoughtthe world of his grandchildren andtended to spoil them. Late in 2015, he was diagnosedwith brain cancer. He continued

his battle for 16 months, when fi-nally, he was taken home to passaway peacefully at his ranch. Heleaves to mourn: Flo Hapney andher family; daughter Ellie, son-in-law, Chad, grandchildren Shaylaand Desmond; brothers Carl andAlbert; sisters Cindy Williamson;Geraldine (Gigi) and Mike Sum-mers; and Debi and Mark Skees;parents Marlynrae Kilian Math-ews and Gerald Mathews (stepmother-Wanda); aunts and uncles:Patricia Greer, Philip and AudreyMathews, Fredrick and MaryMathews and Eleanor and ChuckZuccaro, Clint and Sharon Cald-well, John and Betty Walinski,Ida and Ross Henrichsen, EileenDuff and many nephews andnieces. He was preceded in death byhis grandparents, Ralph andPauline Mathews and Ray andEleanor Wendling Kilian; uncles,Leonard Greer and John Duff;cousin John Duff Jr.; Jesse Dugan. A memorial visitation has heldfrom on Saturday, February 11,2017, at the Rush Funeral Homein Philip. A celebration of life service willbe held in June 2017. Arrangements are with RushFuneral Home of Philip.

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The hunter took a prone posi-tion in the snow. His remote coy-ote caller could imitate calls thatwould lure a coyote. His fieldglasses scanned the prairie andgently rolling hills. A thousand yards out a singlecoyote darted across a stubblefield and the hunter used hiscaller. The coyote stopped andlistened. He began to slowlyangle toward the hunter. Thehunter kept calling. Patiently the hunter used dif-ferent calls to attract and deceivethe animal. It was a young coyotewith a thick winter coat of hair.At times it would disappear fromhis sight and then it would reap-pear-this time closer than before.Then from a dip he appeared just35 yards away. The hunter knew that he hadthe coyote now. One shotthrough the shoulder into thelungs and he would drop wherehe stood. The hunter’s rifle scopewas set for one hundred and fiftyyards so he knew he would haveto use his iron sights. This wasone coyote that would not botherany cattle this year. The huntersquinted and began to squeezethe trigger.

At that same instant there wasanother coyote call from a realcoyote. The young coyote loweredhimself and his eyes squinted.The bullet from the 22-250 riflesent a cloud of hair up from thecoyote’s shoulder. Like lightninghe was gone. The hunter silently mutteredto himself and got up to stretchhis cramped muscles. Therewould be another coyote and hewould get the next one. He knewthat he could deceive coyoteswith his caller. The story of the Bible isthe story of those whowould try to deceive usand distort what God hassaid. The serpent deceives Adamand Eve in the Garden of Eden.Satan is defeated in the Book ofRevelation, “to keep him from de-ceiving the nations anymore.” The Apostle Paul warns, “I tellyou this so that no one may de-ceive you ….” “Don’t let anyonedeceive you with empty words.” Jesus says us, “For falseChrists and false prophets willappear and perform signs andmiracles to deceive….. (Mark

13:22) There have always been peoplewho twist the truth of God fortheir own advantage. Jeremiahin the Old Testament writes, “How can you say, “We arewise because we have the law ofthe Lord,” when your teachershave twisted it so badly.” Jesus sends out his disciplessaying, “I am sending you outlike sheep among wolves. There-fore be as shrewd as snakes andas innocent as doves.” (Matthew10:16) Fellow disciples of Christ canhelp to keep us from being de-ceived. The Bible calls the truechurch, “God’s household, whichis the church of the living God,the pillar and foundation of thetruth.” Timothy is warned to holdfirmly to the truth of the Gospel.“And oh, my dear Timothy,guard the treasure you weregiven! Guard it with your life…… Some people have wanderedfrom the faith…” Alexander Solzhenitzyn, So-viet Union prison camp survivorsaid, “truth eludes us if we do notconcentrate with total attentionon its pursuit….. Truth matters.

The coyote hunter

DevotionalPastor Gary McCubbin, Evangelical Free Church in Okaton

Book &Thimble Club Book & Thimble Club held theirannual meeting on February 9 at9:00 a.m. at the senior center.Hostess Jean Kinsley shared rollsand coffee which we enjoyed whileconducting our meeting. Themeeting was called to order bySecretary Teresa Palmer due tothe absence of President BessieRoghair and Treasurer FayeChambliss. Eight members readthe collect in unison followed bysharing of a person who they lookup to. Secretary Teresa read theminutes of the January meeting.There was no treasurer’s report.A thank you was read from thirdgrade teacher Jeanette Drayerand signed by all of her studentsthanking the club for the $50 do-nation to their classroom. Teresareported on the governor/musiccamp scholarships. Governor ap-plications have been given to allsixth graders and music camp ap-plications to any high school stu-dent who is interested. A check tothe Children’s Home has been re-turned due to an incorrect ad-dress. This will need to beaddressed. A discussion was heldon the need for someone to takeJane Hazen’s place doing calen-dars due to their moving. Otherbusiness discussed was movingthe date of our next meeting fromMarch 9 to March 10 due to a con-flict. The meeting was adjourned.Following this, club members at-tended the Hoop Dancer’s assem-bly at the auditorium put on bystudents in grades fifth-12 alongwith their instructor Mr. DallasChief Eagle from Martin.

Secretary Teresa Palmer

Letter to the editor TransCanada submitted an ap-plication on January 26, 2017with the U.S. Department of Statefor approval of the KXL project, aproposed 36-inch-diameter crudeoil pipeline which will passthrough our area. About seven years ago a repre-sentative of TransCanada visitedme at the Midland Fire Hall andtold of the project and the interestof supporting the local communi-ties. Since that visit the Midlandcommunity (i.e. Midland Fire De-partment, Midland School andMidland Commercial Club) havebeen recipients of grants on spe-cial projects each group has com-pleted. TransCanada has been an ac-tive member in providing trainingto the first responders throughoutthe state of South Dakota of whichseveral Midland firefighters haveattended. When this project is completedand after the first year of opera-

tion, 2010 estimate showedHaakon County tax revenue to be3.8 million dollars and JonesCounty tax revenue 1.5 million.Which I believe will be a greatboost to the economy of the areaschools and county government. This project will also be a greatboost to our local power companywith two of the pumping stationslocated in the West Central serv-ice area. We have land which this projectwill cross, of which I have not re-ceived any funds for easements,this was completed prior to us pur-chasing it. I believe transporting oilthrough a pipeline is the safestway of moving it to the refineries. I support this project and be-lieve TransCanada will be a goodneighbor and supporter of ourarea.

Reuben B. Vollmer Jr.Fire Chief of Midland Volunteer

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Coyote Call teaches journalism principles, provides school information, serves as a

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

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FFA Activities: Looking forward to state

by Jake Lolley The Jones County FFA chapterhas been getting into the prepara-tion stages for the upcomingspring CDE competitions as wellas state convention. Jones CountyFFA members will be participat-ing in Livestock Evaluation, HorseEvaluation, Farm Business Man-agement, Ag Biotechnology, DairyCattle, Veterinary Science, andAgronomy. Students will attendpractice competitions in Sturgison March 29 and Philip on April12. The state competition will take

place in Brookings April 23-25.Students will also be attending aCDE school held at the WinnerHigh School on February 20, 2016. Students recently sold Little Cae-sar’s Pizza Kits as an annualfundraiser. After a delayed deliv-ery due to mechanical failure fromLittle Caesars, the pizzas arrivedand delivery started Friday, Feb-ruary 10. The Jones County FFAis thankful for the communitysupport received, and looks for-ward to our future endeavors withour community partners.

Sportreport

by Reed Venard It has been a busy past fewweeks as we near the end of theregular basketball season. OnJanuary 31, the Coyotes basket-ball teams played a double headerat home against the Sully ButtesChargers. The Lady Coyotes tooka 10-70 loss to the Sully Buttesteam, who have been ranking veryhigh in Class B of South Dakotagirls basketball. The boys basket-ball team took a 34-70 loss. On February 4, both varsityteams went to Highmore to play atthe annual Highmore Classic. TheLady Coyotes lost to Eureka/Bow-dle 27-30 in a very close game. Theboys varsity took on WessingtonSprings with a 69-55 win. On Monday, February 6, theboys varsity took on the LymanRaiders, losing another very closegame 62-65. On February 7th, theLady Coyotes took on the PhilipScotties and lost 20-56. On Febru-ary 9, the boys traveled to Dupreeto take on the Tigers and won 63-60. On Saturday, February 11, theboys traveled to Gregory, wherethey lost 38-40. The Lady Coyotesalso traveled to Warner to playWaubay/Summit, and took a 27-45 loss. The girls also playedgames Monday, February 13against Bennett County, Tuesday,February 14, against White River,and will play Thursday, February16, against Lyman in their lastregular match of the season. The boys will play Friday, Feb-ruary 17, in Martin against Ben-nett County and on February 24,at New Underwood.

Basketball players celebrate parents’ nights

by Reed Venard Parents’ nights for both boysand girls basketball teams, as wellas cheerleading, recently tookplace. Following tradition, bothnights happened on each team’slast home game of the season. On February 6, the JonesCounty boys basketball teamhosted the Lyman CountyRaiders. The junior varsity teamtook another nice win. The varsityboys then went on to lose 62-65 ina close, thrilling game. On February 13, the girls bas-ketball team hosted Bennett

County. The game stayed closeuntil the end, with the team tak-ing a win, 58-47. Each night, all the players,coaches, cheerleaders, and stu-dent managers recognized theirfamilies for the support they giveduring the sports season. The bas-ketball players received a pennantwith a team photo, which theygave to their parents or familymembers. This event was espe-cially important for the senior bas-ketball players: Austin and ReedVenard, and Molly Nies.

Students learn to hoop danceby Aliana Kell

Last week, the Jones Countystudents (grades 5-12) had Artistin Residence classes. This year thestudents got the opportunity to ex-pand their horizons and try a newform of art—hoop dancing. DallasChief Eagle II, a traditional artistand Native American hoopdancer, led the workshop for thestudents. Along with hoop dancing, ChiefEagle also stressed the impor-tance of self-discipline. ChiefEagle taught about the Lakota be-lief that the four key elements ofa person are the mind, body,heart, and spirit. He encouragedthe students to take time out oftheir day and get away from all ofthe drama, worries, and stress

that can weigh a person down, andby getting out of their heads andinto a relaxed, calm state of mind.Chief Eagle believes that onceyour mind, heart, body, and spiritare in line, you can conquer what-ever comes your way. Four groups of students learneda different hoop dancing routineand performed at an assembly onFriday, February 10, that was at-tended by students K-12 and var-ious members of the communityincluding the Book and ThimbleClub, who help sponsor the Artistin Residence. At the end of the as-sembly, Chief Eagle, in traditionaldress, performed his own hoopdance to a song composed by hisfriend. Sophomore Kade Brost said,

“Hoop dancing was extremelyfun.” On a miscellaneous form, an-other student noted that they en-joyed “learning how to intertwinethe hoops and dance with them tomusic,” and that “Mr. Chief Eagledid a very nice job at helping usand making it competitive.” Manystudents enjoyed learning how toperform different moves with thehoops and intertwine them to cre-ate many different shapes, like aflower, the Olympic rings, or adragon. Other students found itdifficult keep on their own two feetbecause of the amount of spinningthat is done while hoop dancingbut had fun anyway. Overall, theJones County students found hoopdancing an intriguing cultural ex-perience that they will never for-get.

Kell looks forward to bustling futureby Austin Venard

Aliana Kell is the daughter ofDG and Kathy Kell and sister toNicki Kell. Aliana plans to attendMinnesota State University,Mankato to pursue a degree inmass media. After college, sheplans to work for a magazine firmor news station. One of her many accomplish-ments that she is most proud of isgoing to National History day inWashington, DC, which was a tripshe greatly enjoyed with peers andclassmates. When Aliana was young, shewanted to be an obstetrician.

Some things she greatly enjoysare Netflix, hanging out withfriends, and, most of all, traveling.Aliana has been involved in manyschool events such as NationalHonors Society, the school play,student council, golf, jazz choir,and all state choir. Of all theevents she has participated in, shesays that, all state choir was herfavorite because she “was able tosee old friends as well as makenew ones.” In ten years, Aliana plans to beliving in a large city and having asuccessful career.

Local youth assist with weekly bingo nightsby Jake Lolley

For the first three Wednesdays in February, the Murdo Lions club puts on bingo nights welcoming members of the community to enjoy the fellowship and have some fun. The weeklybingo nights have been taking place for the past three years and are often well attended by 35-50 local folks from the Murdo, Draper, and Okaton areas. Since the start of the annualbingo tradition, local youth and parent volunteers from the Murdo/Draper United Methodist Church youth group have volunteered to bring treats and drinks, and to assist with settingup and cleaning up with bingo nights. Youth group secretary Jacob Birkeland states, “it is necessary to support the community and these loving people as they come out and supportall of us.”

Crushes, chocolate, and caroling:

Valentine’s in JCHSby Aliana Kell

In honor of Valentine’s Day, the Jones County student council con-tinued the Crush pops tradition. Every year the student council ordersCrush pops through the local store and allows the students to purchasea pop and have it delivered with a note to their “crush.” The studentsalso had the option to choose the flavor of pop or if they wanted to sendthe Crush anonymously. The students could also purchase chocolate fortheir loved ones through the junior class. The Jones County Jazz Choir also continued to sell Singing Valen-tines. This included the jazz choir going around town, singing to thevalentine recipient, and giving them candy as well. Overall, the studentskept busy during the Valentine’s Day week.

Senior Molly Nies presented her father and mother with the pennant anda rose.

Senior Hannah Hight and junior Savannah Krogmanwere part of the group that learned how to make gianthoop flowers above their heads.

The freshman and sophomore group, the Murdo Ma-gicians, met with their hoops in a huddle.

Students and teachers prepared for Valentine's Day with plenty of candy.Photo by Aliana Kell: her weekly submission for a journalism photographychallenge.

JanuaryStudents ofthe Monthsponsored byJones County

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Jones County Lady Coyotes 5February 16, 2017 • Murdo Coyote

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Best Western Graham’s

Charles Baker Trucking

CHS Midwest Cooperative

Corky’s Auto Supply

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Esmay Electric

Farmer’s Union Oil Co

First Fidelity Bank

First National Bank

Iversen Inn

Miller Angus

Moore Building Center, LLC

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Murdo Dental, LLC

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Murdo Veterinary Clinic

Patrick Construction

Pioneer Country Mart

Ranchland Drug

Rankin & Sons Inc

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Venard Inc

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Girls Basketball District Tournament

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Rural Murdo Coyote • February 16, 20176

expected production at 100 per-cent of the average market priceavailable, including coverage fororganics and crops marketed di-rectly to consumers. Crops in-tended for grazing are not eligiblefor additional NAP coverage.LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY

PROGRAM (LIP) The Livestock Indemnity Pro-gram (LIP) provides assistance toeligible producers for livestockdeath losses in excess of normalmortality due to adverse weather.LIP compensates livestock own-ers and contract growers for live-stock death losses in excess ofnormal mortality due to adverseweather, including losses due tofloods, blizzards, wildfires, winterstorms, and extreme heat or ex-treme cold. For 2017, eligible losses mustoccur on or after January 1, 2017,and before December 31, 2017. Anotice of loss must be filed withFSA within 30 days of when theloss of livestock is apparent. Par-ticipants must provide the follow-ing supporting documentation totheir local FSA office no later

than 30 calendar days after theend of the calendar year for whichbenefits are requested: Producerswill need to provide documenta-tion detailing the proof of death toindicate that the livestock deathsare a direct result of an eligibleadverse weather event. It willalso be necessary for producers toprovide documents detailing thequantity and kind of livestockthat died as a result of the ad-verse weather event. Documenta-tion may include, but is notlimited to the following: bank orother loan documents, brand in-spections, FEMA records, taxrecords, National Guard records,private insurance documents,production records, property taxrecords, purchase records, render-ing truck receipts, veterinarianrecords, and written contracts. Inthe event verifiable documenta-tion is not available, producerswill be required to present reli-able records documenting theproof of death along with verifi-able beginning and ending live-stock inventory.

2017 DATES TO REMEMBER •February 20 - Office closed forPresidents Day •March 15 - Deadline to pur-chase NAP Insurance •March 31 - Deadline for 2016-crop CCC grain loans on summer-harvested crops •May 31 - Deadline for 2016-crop CCC grain loans on fall-har-vested crops •July 15 - Deadline to reportacres •August 1 - Deadline to enrollin 2017 ARC-PLC Feel free to call the office if youever have questions on any of ourprograms 605-669-2404 Ext. 2.

2017 NAP SALES CLOSINGDATE IS MARCH 15

The last day to purchase NAPinsurance for 2017 is March 15.Noninsured Crop Disaster Assis-tance Program (NAP) provides fi-nancial assistance to producers ofnon-insurable crops when lowyields, loss of inventory, or pre-vented planting occurs due to nat-ural disasters. To be eligible forNAP assistance, crops must benon-insurable crops and agricul-tural commodities for which thecatastrophic risk protection levelof crop insurance is not available. USDA has partnered withMichigan State University andthe University of Illinois to createan online tool at www.fsa.usda.gov/nap that allows producers todetermine whether their cropsare eligible for federal crop insur-ance or NAP and to explore thebest level of protection for theiroperation. NAP basic coverage isavailable at 55 percent of the av-erage market price for crop lossesthat exceed 50 percent of expectedproduction, with higher levels ofcoverage, up to 65 percent of their

Jones County FSA NewsDavid Klingberg

When remaining in thehome isn’t an option

Field pea productionmeeting scheduledfor Harrold

SDSU does have numerous re-sources for both new and experi-enced pea growers. These includevariety trial results for peaswhich are available at http://i g row.org /agronomy/o ther -crops/field-pea-variety-trial-re-sults/. There is also a productionmanual available on igrow.org atthe following link http://igrow.org/agronomy/other-crops/field-pea-variety-trial-results/. Those thatprefer to watch a video can findone on production (https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=Dusz2Wd-dRTE&t=3s) and one on harvest-ing peas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoC-v3LuC2M&t=15s) at SDSU’s iGrow UTubechannel. The South Dakota Pulse Grow-ers, Inc. also has a website thatincludes links to the above re-sources as well as contact infor-mation for South Dakota seedproducers. Go to www.sdpulsegrowers.com to check out thatwebsite. Anyone interested in growingpeas, especially first time grow-ers, should consider putting thegrower meeting on February 24on their calendar.

Extension calendar •February 16: S.D.’s SoilHealth Challenge; Highland Con-ference Center, Mitchell. Febru-ary 16 at 9 a.m. CST. Go toiGrow.org/events or email ruth.beck@sdstate.edu for more infor-mation.Upcoming Private PesticideApplicator Dates (centraland western S.D. only)

•February 22, White River,Private Pesticide ApplicatorTraining, 1-4 p.m. MST (2-5 p.m.CST), EMS Building •February 23, Onida, PrivatePesticide Applicator Training, 1-4p.m. CST, Phoenix Center, 110 S.Main St. •February 28, Philip, PrivatePesticide Applicator Training, 1-4p.m. MST, Bad River Senior Cen-ter. A full list of scheduled privateapplicator trainings being heldacross South Dakota is availableat http://igrow.org/agronomy/corn/obtaining-private-applicator-cer-tification-or-recertification-in-s.d Call the SDSU Regional Exten-sion Center at 605-773-8120 toconfirm dates and locations. Ifweather is inclement always callto confirm event before travelling.

The new pulse processingplant, S.D. Pulse Processors, inHarrold has scheduled a pea andlentil production day on February24 at the Harrold School. Thiscould be a valuable meeting foranyone interested in growingpeas and lentils next year. Field peas have been success-fully grown in central SouthDakota for over 20 years. Theacres have been limited, prima-rily because there have not beena lot of local markets. The pres-ence of a local market with localties is sure to be a plus to this in-dustry and our area. The upcoming productionmeeting is a great opportunity forproducers interested in growingfield peas for the first time tolearn about producing this crop.Although I do not have an agendafor the meeting at this time, itdoes sound like the meeting willinclude information on produc-tion, economics, marketing andcrop insurance options.

Our home is the physical em-bodiment of our memories. It iswhere our children took their firststeps and scraped their knee. It iswhere family gatherings occurredaround holidays and birthdays.We weathered storms there. Weplanted the tree in the front. Ourhome is an extension of ourselves.

Unfortunately, our home is not al-ways the best place for us to re-main as we reach advanced age. Even when an older personmakes the decision to move ontheir own, it can be a very chal-lenging. Many older people havebeen living in their home for a sig-nificant portion of their life. Theymay have also lost a spouse or aloved one and see the home astheir final earthly connection tothat person. When an older personis forced to move from the homebecause of disease, disability, orinjury, it can be a very traumaticexperience. Here are some tips to ease thetransition: •Allow time for the emotionalstuff—the home and items it con-tains are an extension of our mem-ories. Don’t downplay theimportance of this. Spend timereminiscing. Write family memo-ries and events associated withthe home or special items. •Downsize in small bite sizechunks of time—going throughpossessions stimulates our memo-ries. Making decisions about theseitems can be very difficult. Plan tosort items in two hour blocks oftime and take regular breaks.Allow time to process what is hap-pening. •Develop a plan of action fordownsizing—start will rooms usedless frequently like the basementor guest bedroom. •Develop a sorting system—stickers, piles, or detailed list. Forexample, use a color sticker sys-tem to indicate property that willbe kept, given to family, donated,and sold. •Give yourself time—don’trush. Allow you and your lovedone time to look at old pictures,read cards, and grieve. •Make the decision to move be-fore a crisis occurs—if the decisionto move is prompted by a crisis(e.g. falling down stairs), the num-ber of options for housing may belimited. Moving to an assisted liv-ing facility or hiring help (e.g.laundry, meal preparation, andcleaning) may help keep the older

adult independent for a longer pe-riod of time. During a crisis, a per-son may not have the time orability process the emotional com-ponents of downsizing. Once the process of sortingeverything is completed, downsiz-ing can be accomplished in differ-ent ways. Do you have items youwould consider bequeathing toloved ones now? Imagine the joyyou will experience watching yourloved one using your possession(e.g. giving china set to a daugh-ter). Do you have items that youhave not used in the past year? Itis time to let those items go as yourelocate into smaller housing. Doyou have enough items that wouldmake a garage sale or home auc-tion worthwhile? You can hire aservice agency to catalog and ap-praise possessions. In addition,they will coordinate an auction fora portion of the profits. Considerdonating your unwanted posses-sions to a charity. They may evenbe willing to come to your home topick up the items. Set a deadlinefor adult children to remove theirchildhood possession. Dividing property can be verychallenging as older adults down-size to relocate into smaller hous-ing. Here are some tips fordividing up possessions: •Develop a system and stick toit—for example assign each mem-ber a sticker so they know whichitems are theirs or have familymembers take turns selectingitems •Be sure everyone gets some-thing special •Disagreement may happen—encourage negotiation. Avoidbeing offended if family memberselect to trade items. Our home and possessions arean important component of ouridentity. The decision to movefrom the family home to assistedliving or an apartment is rarely aneasy one. Acting before a crisis, isthe key to easing this transition.Give your family the time neces-sary to emotionally process down-sizing and relocation.

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Statewide 7February 16, 2017 • Murdo Coyote

Yesterday the manof the ranch went outto do chores, same asalways. There wereround bales to haul tosheep and cows, chick-ens to release from thecoop, and barn catswaiting for a little kib-ble to be tossed theirway. The first order ofbusiness on thesefrosty morning though,is to get the skid steerup and running. Onthe coldest days, thatcan be the chore thattakes the longest. Itappeared this wasgoing to be just thatsort of day, and tomake worse, Flopsy,one of last year’sspring chicks kept try-ing to help. Let me explain. When the windis high, and they get sick of theircoop, the flock often congregates inthe large building where the skidsteer is parked. Once, the man ofthe ranch even found an egg rest-ing its seat. Usually the chickensremain at ground level, however.Why Flopsy was deviating fromthe routine was anybody’s guess -- perhaps she was in a fight withher sister Mopsy, and was lookingto branch out to other sources ofsocialization. Whatever the rea-son, she kept flying up onto theskid steer, trying to get in the cab,and the man of the ranch keptshooing her away wondering whatthe heck she was thinking. She finally took the hint, or sothe man of the ranch thought, justas the skid steer coughed its wayto life, ready to haul bales. Theman of the ranch swung his longlegs into the cab and pushed thecold machine forward. Down he puttered to the southpasture, where he picked up a balewith the skid steer’s steel arms,then back up north, past the

house, and across the wide fieldthat leads to the draws. Withoutthe protection of the tree belts, thewind was especially treacherous,shooting its thousand cold arrowsstraight through the man of theranch’s coat. He tugged his zipperup a little higher and duckeddown a little lower into his collar,even though he already knew itwouldn’t do any good. On thatplateau, the wind doesn’t haveanything to run into until it getsto Minnesota -- a man and hisovercoat don’t throw up much re-sistance. He traveled the half mile to theridge beside the dam, and pulledto stop, ready to unroll the bale,when he saw a white flutteringout of the corner of his eye. Thecongregation of cows, red againstthe bright snow, was suddenlypunctuated by a frazzled bundle ofpanicked feathers. It was Flopsy,appearing out of nowhere, ab-solutely terrified. Between the shuffling hooves ofthe cows, Flopsy tumbled andsquawked. The cows, jostling for

the first sweet bitesof hay, paid her nomind, and it seemedeverywhere sheturned, there wasanother hoof waitingto squish her. Fromthe cab of the skidsteer, the man of theranch just shook hishead, rememberingthe days beforechickens hitching aride across the pas-ture was somethinghe had to worryabout.

Now, if you thinkthe man of the ranchwas tempted just toturn the skid steeraround and leavethat chicken to herown devices, I amguessing your in-

stincts are right. Instead, hestepped out into the wind, andstarted walking towards poor,frightened Flopsy. Luckily, sheknew salvation when she saw it,and she let herself be rescued witha minimum of fuss. The man ofthe ranch tucked her firmly intothe crook of his arm, and there sheremained until they made it allthe way back to the coop. Sometimes I think the man ofthe ranch pretends to be a lotcrabbier about my menagerie ofanimals than he actually is, be-cause he thinks it is fun to teaseme. Other times I realize, no, mostof them are pretty annoying andreally do make his life a lot morechallenging. So why does he putup with it? Because not all loveletters arrive in envelopes. Tuesday is (or ‘was’ by the timeyou will be reading this column)Valentine’s Day, and this year Igot the best present. It wasn’tflowers or chocolate, but a flightygal named Flopsy, rescued fromher own foolishness -- better thanall those other novelties by a longshot.

Little Pasture on the PrairieEliza Blue | elizabluesings@gmail.com

Mr. D, a diabetic patient ofmine, came into the clinic with ex-ercise induced leg pain whichwould go away if he stopped aminute, but lately it’s been comingon while walking less than ablock. He said, “Now the pain ismeaner and lasts longer after Istop.” The diagnosis of Mr. D’s condi-tion is claudication, a conditionwhere arterial flow to the legs isblocked. I immediately called thevascular specialist for an urgentappointment. Two weeks later thepatient returned to the office afterhaving had his blocked arteries di-lated with a balloon followed bythe placement of stents to holdthem open. Happily, he told me hecould once again walk for mileswithout pain. His vascular doctor had startedartery dilating meds, lipid meds,and daily baby aspirin. I renewedmy encouragement for Mr. D toeat fewer calories, exercise daily,keep his blood sugars controlled,and the most important advice,“Stay away from sitting long onthat darn couch. It’s like smok-ing.” The narrowing process, calledatherosclerosis, can be the resultof genetic tendencies, diabetes,smoking, high blood pressure,high blood lipids, and even normalaging. Arteries usually narrowgradually, but atherosclerosis cansometimes trigger a clot and a

sudden complete blockage result-ing in a sudden, and devastatingevent. It can occur in coronary ar-teries of the heart, cerebral arter-ies of the brain, renal arteries ofthe kidneys, and peripheral arter-ies of the legs. And, in general,when it’s happening in one, it’shappening in all.

Narrowing of blood flow can de-prive muscles, skin, ligaments,and nerves downstream of pre-cious blood flow and oxygen, re-sulting in an aching and agonizinghurt that would bring anyone totheir knees. When it happens inthe legs, like what happened withMr. D., the pain symptom is calledclaudication and the condition iscalled peripheral artery disease orPAD. PAD affects five percent of allpeople over 50, but more than 30percent of all diabetics in the sameage group. There can be a curveball with diabetes or with aging,as these people sometimes losefeeling in their legs and feet due tonerve destruction, setting them upfor PAD without pain. The pre-senting sign then would be pain-less sores on the feet which won’theal. This is especially treacher-ous because, without good bloodflow, the healing is very slow andthe patient, having no pain, is notas motivated to do the work re-quired to heal ulcers. Leg pain that goes away withrest may not sound so bad, but pe-ripheral arterial disease is one ofthe most formidable challenges inmodern medicine.

Leg pain that goesaway with rest

Prairie Doc PerspectiveDr. Richard P Holm MD

are replacing the narrow metalbridge that has been there all mylife. Getting to the ranch now re-quires traveling quite a few moremiles in order to traverse theriver at a different point either 10miles west or 20 east. It is incon-venient to say the least. I will beglad when they finally get a newand better structure in place.Shoot, we might even be able tocross it with wide equipment. I remember being quite nerv-ous when trying to cross with abig piece of equipment such as ahay rake. Our guy, Ted, oncecrossed it with a grain drill, I be-lieve it was, that just had inchesof clearance on both sides. I mar-veled that he could do it withoutgetting hung up, and I neverwanted to try it myself. The newbridge, I suspect, will be quite abit wider which is certainly a goodthing, if I can just summons upenough patience to drive halfwayaround the world to get to theranch until the job is finished. I also remember anothermakeshift bridge that made menervous when I was a kid. I don’teven remember where it was ex-actly, but they just put a couple ofheavy planks across a creek onthe way to the town over eastwhile they were replacing theoriginal bridge. Dad drove acrossthose planks with caution andhad no problem, but it scared thedickens out of me. Our bridges here, of course, arefairly minor compared to somestructures in the world. I think ofthe San Francisco Bay Bridge

which is a huge thing and a tri-umph of engineering. The bridgein New Orleans over the Missis-sippi is no small thing either. Itraversed that many times whenI was stationed there in the Navyfor several months. I even drovemy little motorcycle across itmore that a few times and some-what enjoyed the view when Icould take my eyes off the heavytraffic for a moment or two. I sawa bridge on the Internet the otherday which was a flimsy lookingstructure across a wide deepchasm, and it had a transparentfloor so you could look down. Imight cross it on a brave day, butwife Corinne would never con-sider it for even a second. Shedoesn’t like heights, and goingacross a high, lightweight, trans-parent bridge would make herpalms sweat so badly that shecouldn’t hang on to the hand railif she could move at all. All through life, it seems, thereare bridges to cross both literallyand figuratively. One of mybridges was leaving home andgoing off to college. Another widerone was going into the Navy. Anytime you have a major change inlife, it is sort of like going acrossa bridge to a whole new place.Getting married can do that ascan having kids. Sometimes welose loved ones which can alsocause major changes in our world. I am one who does not reallylike changes of any sort, sobridges to strange new worlds arelooked on with deep suspicion ifnot disgust. It does help, whenchanges are inevitable, to be sup-ported by the love of family andfriends. Paul Simon sums that upin his song where the last wordsare: If you need a friend, I’m sail-ing right behind. Like a bridgeover troubled water, I will easeyou mind. Sometimes you badlyneed friends like that. I havethem. I’m a lucky guy.

Love is the bridge between youand everything. This is accordingto the thirteenth-century Persianpoet, Rumi. There is obviouslysome truth in this, but love won’tactually get you across a river orcreek. In such cases, you need anactual wooden or metal bridge. Ishould know. I’ve been crossingbridges all my life. As it happens, a creek runsthrough our ranch and has to becrossed in getting home from al-most everywhere. That creek isdry quite a bit of the time, and itsbed can be crossed without diffi-culty when it is. When the thingis in flood, however, that is quitea different story. You’d be takingyour life in your hands to try todrive or even walk through therushing water. For many years,there was a wooden bridge downthere on the creek bottom whichworked fine except when thewater was way out of its banks.While that was going on, it wasjust best to stay home until thingsquieted down. At present, wehave a big culvert across thecreek instead of a bridge, butwater still runs out and around itwhen there’s a heavy rain ormajor snow melt. In other words,if I make an appointment to seeyou, that will only happen if thecreek don’t rise, as they say. If we can get across the creek,then there is the river to deal witha few miles down the road. Atpresent, we can’t easily cross thatriver at the usual place since they

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Legislature may getsay on nuke waste

By Dana HessCommunity News Service

With the passage of HB1071,the Legislature would have a sayin whether high level nuclearwaste could be processed or de-posited within state boundaries. Rep. Lana Greenfield, R-Doland, said the bill was inspiredby an incident in Spink Countywhen a farmer was asked to let acompany experiment on his landto see if it was suitable for storingnuclear waste. At the time, Greenfield said,she discovered that while SpinkCounty had the proper rules inplace, the ultimate decision restedsolely with the governor. “We need to be proactive andadd ourselves into the discussion,”Greenfield told the members ofthe House on Tuesday. She notedthat a representative from thegovernor’s office spoke in favor ofthe bill when it was presented tothe House State Affairs Commit-tee. The bill was endorsed on a 67-1vote and now goes to the Senate.

Bill lets landownersignore fish limits

Landowners fishing in theirown stock dams should be allowedto ignore the state’s five-fish limitaccording to action taken by theS.D. House of Representatives onTuesday. Rep. Elizabeth May, R-Kylesaid the bill will “allow you to goto your stock dam and get all thefish out of it that you want.” Currently in state law landown-ers fishing on their own landaren’t required to buy fishing li-censes. HB1095 would also makethem exempt from fishing limits. May said the bill was amendedin committee to address concernsraised by the Game, Fish andParks Department. The stockpond must be entirely within theboundaries of the landowner’sproperty. To qualify for taking un-limited fish, the pond cannot beone that has been stocked by GFP. Rep. Tom Pischke, R-DellRapids, said he had concernsabout possession limits. He saidan angler caught with too manyfish could claim that they all camefrom his stock dam. Rep. Larry Rhoden, R-UnionCenter, said the bill addressed allof GFP’s concerns.

“It’s a small token of respect forlandowners,” Rhoden said of thebill. “It’s just a common sensething.” The House voted 55-13 to movethe bill on to the Senate.

Tech school board billgoes to Senate

In November, South Dakotavoters approved Amendment R,setting up new governance for thestate’s technical schools. OnWednesday SB65 was unani-mously approved by the HouseState Affairs Committee, gettingthat amendment one step closer toimplementation. The bill calls for creating theSouth Dakota Board of TechnicalEducation, a new entity in thestate’s Department of Educationthat will oversee technical educa-tion on a statewide level. Rep. Mark Mickelson, R-SiouxFalls, said that power formerlyheld by the State Board of Educa-tion and the Secretary of Educa-tion would be transferred to thenew board. “This should provide for a bet-ter advocate” in state governmentfor technical schools, Mickelsonsaid. The new board will have thepower to set tuition and fees,make funding requests, setstatewide goals, initiate construc-tion projects, offer legislation, ap-prove programs and make rules. The bill now goes to the fullHouse. It has already been ap-proved by the Senate.Dignity to appear on special

license plates South Dakotans will have achance to own license plates thatdepict the sculpture “Dignity.”The S.D. Senate unanimously ap-proved a bill designating the spe-cial plates on Wednesday. Speaking in favor of the legisla-tion, Sen. Troy Heinert, D-Mis-sion, called the sculpture thatoverlooks the Missouri River nearChamberlain “South Dakota’snewest landmark.” Heinert said the sculpture sig-nifies respect and celebrates thestate’s cultural diversity. Puttingan image of the sculpture on li-cense plates would be the best wayto “share her beauty and meaningwith people across the country.” The bill now goes to the House.

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My work on thenext farm bill begins

Most Americans don’t realizethe important role agricultureplays in our daily lives. They caneasily hop in their car, driveacross town where pre-packagedmeat, produce, and other itemsare waiting for them on theshelves at their local grocery store.Everything is easily accessible,ready to be purchased andbrought home to fill refrigeratorsand pantries. Ask a South Dakotan aboutagriculture, and you’ll hear an en-tirely differently story. Farmingand ranching make agricultureour state’s top industry. It’s an op-portunity to provide for one’s fam-ily. It defines a lifestyle. Thehard-working farmers, ranchers,and entrepreneurs throughoutSouth Dakota are among the peo-ple responsible for making surethere’s food in America’s grocerystores, restaurants, and schools.And they’re proud of it, too.

Neither farming nor ranching isan easy way to make a living.There’s plenty of blood, sweat, andtears to prove it. It’s not a nine-to-five, stress-free job either. They’reoften up before the sun rises andhome after it sets. The dirt liter-ally runs through their hands asnext week’s weather forecastweighs heavy on their mind. As iffarming and ranching aren’t hardenough during the best of times,today’s record low commodity andlivestock prices have made it evenmore difficult. We’re less than two years awayfrom needing to pass the nextfarm bill, and given today’s mar-ket conditions, it’s not too early tostart working on it. Our top prior-ity must be to make productionagriculture more sustainable bykeeping farmers and ranchers ontheir land. We can work towardachieving that goal by enactingpolicies that could help prices riseabove production costs, bolstercommodity programs, protect soilhealth, preserve crop insurance,and simplify and streamline con-servation programs.

I feel strongly about makingsure we get this right, which iswhy I’ll soon be unveiling multiplefarm bill proposals that will ad-dress specific portions of most ti-tles of the overall bill – well inadvance of any deadline. I thinkthese individual proposals are animportant place to start. Once webegin the rollout, I look forward tohearing from South Dakotansabout what they think of my pro-posals and if there are any areasin which we can improve. I’ve written three farm bills dur-ing my time in congress, havingserved on both the house and sen-ate agriculture committees. Nextyear’s bill will be my fourth. Iknow what it takes to get thesefarm bills across the finish line,and I know the farmers andranchers who will be affected oncewe do. After having recently metwith former Georgia Gov. SonnyPerdue, who will soon lead theU.S. Department of Agriculture,I’m confident we’ll have a strongpartner who also understandsthese high-stakes times. Our workbegins today.

John ThuneU.S. Senator from South Dakota

S.D.’s gun laws:Effective, appropriate

and minimal

Gun control measures havebeen gaining ground in someplaces around the nation in recentyears. In the more urban areas ofthe country and along the coasts,people are more wary, and per-haps fearful, of guns. That may bewhy some states pass very restric-tive gun laws. For instance, inNew Jersey a citizen cannot evenown a handgun, rifle or shotgunwithout a permit or Firearms Pur-chaser Identification Card. Insome states, obtaining a concealedcarry permit can take months. InMaryland and California, an indi-vidual has to prove a need to begranted a concealed carry permit. South Dakota is a state that re-spects the Second Amendment. Agreat many of our citizens ownpistols, rifles and shotguns. Here,guns are as common as saddlesand pickups. Many of us grew uphunting or on farms or rancheswhere we needed to be able tohandle a gun. Most importantly,we understand that law-abidingindividuals should be able to de-fend themselves. As a lifetime member of theNRA, I support the right to beararms. I own a rifle, a pistol, andmore than one shotgun. I am

happy to be governor of a statethat still respects that right and Iam proud of our current gun laws. South Dakotans do not need apermit to purchase a firearm inour state. The firearm require-ments we have in state law arefew and reasonable. One such re-quirement is that if you want tocarry a concealed pistol – underyour coat, for example – you mustobtain a permit. You pay $10 andundergo a background check. Thebackground check is a safetymeasure to identify applicantswho may not be eligible to carry aconcealed weapon because theyhave a criminal record or a historyof mental instability. Barringthose few exceptions, it’s easy andcheap, and it usually takes only afew days to receive a permit. Myfriend Matt said he spent five min-utes at the sheriff’s window, paidhis $10 and three days later hadhis permit. There are a number of billsbeing considered this legislativesession that would alter our state’scommon sense gun laws. A coupleof those bills are deceptively la-beled as “constitutional carry”bills. House Bill 1072, for example,would eliminate the permit re-quirement in order to carry a con-cealed weapon. Under this bill, thevetting process would be removed.Individuals with a proven history

of violence or substance abuse andthose who have been identified asa danger to the public or to them-selves could not be restricted fromcarrying a firearm. If this bill be-comes law, it will create confusionfor law enforcement who will stillseek to ascertain whether an indi-vidual is lawfully concealing aweapon. Innocent citizens could bedetained by law enforcement andsubjected to time-consuming crim-inal and mental health back-ground checks. I am proud of South Dakota’straditions and pro-SecondAmendment track record. Just asI do not support gun control meas-ures, I cannot support bad legisla-tion which would lead to a wholehost of unintended consequences.The laws we currently have inplace are effective, appropriateand minimal. U.S. Supreme Court Justice An-tonin Scalia was an ardent de-fender of constitutional rights anda staunch conservative. In one ofhis last opinions, Scalia referencedconcealed permits. He stated un-equivocally that “like most rights,the right secured by the SecondAmendment is not unlimited,” andhe affirmed that concealedweapons permit laws are not anaffront to our Second Amendmentrights. On this issue, I’m with JusticeScalia.

Dennis DaugaardGovernor of South Dakota

Obstruction in theSenate does moreharm than good

Since even before PresidentDonald Trump took office in Jan-uary, the senate has been at-tempting to work through theconfirmation process for his cabi-net secretary nominees so we canget to work on the important pol-icy issues to get our country mov-ing in the right direction again.Filling the cabinet is critically im-portant for the executive branch tofunction effectively. In addition totheir advisory duties, cabinetmembers lead their respective de-partments, create policies thatguide each unit and manage pro-grams within their respective de-partments. I take very seriously the sen-ate's role in providing 'advise andconsent' to the president's cabinetselections. However, as a formergovernor, I generally believe thata chief executive has the right tochoose his or her cabinet and thatnominees should be allowed anup-or-down vote. The senate’s jobis to assure each candidate isqualified to assume the offices forwhich they are nominated. The idea of a cabinet dates backto our first president, GeorgeWashington, who had a group of

four advisors who assisted him infulfilling his duties as president.President Trump’s nominees haveunfortunately undergone theslowest cabinet confirmationprocess since President Washing-ton took office. If you have monitored the newsrecently, you’ll note that confirm-ing President Trump’s nomineeshas been a slow-moving process,as senate democrats continue todo all they can to slow their con-firmations, regardless of their ex-perience or qualifications for thejobs they have been nominated tofill. I understand that some senatedemocrats may have differing pol-icy objectives than some nomi-nees, but rather than voicingthose concerns, they have sloweddown the entire confirmationprocess for nearly all nominees,with very few exceptions. Historically, the senate hasworked with an incoming admin-istration to fill their cabinet picks.In fact, every incoming presidentfrom James Garfield in 1881 toFranklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 hadall of his cabinet officials con-firmed on day one of their presi-dencies. By this point in his firstterm, President Obama had all ofhis cabinet secretaries confirmed.As we all know, elections haveconsequences. I understand thatsome of my colleagues were not

pleased with, nor expected, the re-sult of our recent election, but it’stime to put aside political games-manship and work together on be-half of the American people we allserve in congress. This historic obstruction pre-vents congress from working on is-sues important to manyAmericans, such as regulatory re-form, tax reform, repairing Oba-macare and fixing the VA to makeit better for our veterans. Theseare issues that drove millions ofAmericans to the ballot box in No-vember in support of PresidentTrump, and issues that I havepledged to work on throughout mytime in the senate. I am ready andwilling to work with colleagues onboth sides of the aisle to accom-plish these goals. Additionally,when federal agencies do not haveleadership in place, policy deci-sions important to citizens are de-layed in their delivery. The senate is historically knownfor its decorum. Though individualsenators may disagree with oneanother on policy, comity reigns inthis body. I’d like to think that allof us share similar principles, es-pecially when it comes to a peace-ful transition of power. We will allbenefit by finalizing the presi-dent’s nominees in a timely man-ner so we can get to work on theissues that will have a positive im-pact on the lives of all Americans.

Mike RoundsU.S. Senator from South Dakota

An eternal tribute Through the many sacrificesmade, our veterans and their fam-ilies have earned America’s eter-nal gratitude. Since 1948, theBlack Hills National Cemeteryhas been one way in which this ap-preciation has been shown, al-though burial space there isincreasingly limited. Tucked in the hills outside Stur-gis, around 100 acres has been setaside to serve as a final restingplace for some of our state’s mostcourageous. Included among theseheroes is Chief David BeautifulBald Eagle. Born in a tepee in1919, Chief Bald Eagle served asa paratrooper during World WarII. He – alongside John Bear Kingand Clarence Eugene Wolf Guts,who are buried in the Black HillsNational Cemetery as well – wasalso a code talker. These men werecritical to our success in numerousbattles during the war, using theirnative languages to help protect,defend, and secure freedom. Brigadier General Richard E.Ellsworth was also laid to rest atthe Black Hills National Ceme-

tery. This is a man who flew 400combat missions during WorldWar II and earned numerous met-als. He returned to the U.S. wherehe eventually became wing com-mander of what was then calledthe Rapid City Air Force Base.While co-piloting a bomber duringa simulated combat mission in1953, his plane encountered badweather. With limited visibility,the plane struck a hill, killingeveryone on board. Later thatyear, Rapid City Air Force Basewould be named in GeneralEllsworth’s honor. These legacies continue to earnour country’s respect. This is a les-son in patriotism that Sturgis andother nearby communities havenever forgotten. On a brisk daythis past December, for instance,Pennington County 4-H, the Stur-gis Boy Scouts, the Veterans ofForeign Wars Auxiliary, andmembers of the surrounding com-munity came together to place1,000 wreaths on the graves ofthose laid to rest in the Black HillsNational Cemetery – a communitycoming together around those whosacrificed much to protect it.

The cemetery, however, doesnot have the room required to con-tinue serving veterans and theirfamilies unless it is expanded.After working with a number ofarea veterans and related federalagencies, I again introduced theBlack Hills National CemeteryBoundary Expansion Act thisyear, which would nearly triplethe cemetery’s size by transferringfederal lands that are currentlyunder the Bureau of Land Man-agement’s jurisdiction to the De-partment of Veterans Affairs. Iwas humbled to see the houseunanimously pass my legislationearlier this month and I’m hopefulthe expansion can soon earn thesupport of the senate, where Sen-ators Round and Thune have in-troduced a companion bill.Enacting this legislation would bean incredible way to show our na-tion’s eternal gratitude for all ourservice members and their fami-lies have done. One final thing: to all those whohave served and to the familieswho stand beside you, thank you.You are what makes this nationgreat.

Kristi NoemRepresentative from South Dakota

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Dakota Access Pipeline resolution shut downBy Dana Hess

Community News Service The South Dakota Senate won’tget a chance to debate the meritsof a concurrent resolution callingfor the protection of MissouriRiver water from the Dakota Ac-cess Pipeline. The measure,SCR10, was defeated Wednesdayin the Senate State Affairs Com-mittee meeting. Concurrent resolutions don’thave the weight of law but ratherexpress the Legislature’s concernabout a problem or its endorse-ment of a national policy. TheDakota Access Pipeline has beenthe subject of protests, especiallythe plan to run the pipeline underthe Missouri River.

“It’s important that we protectour environment at all costs,” saidSen. Kevin Killer, D-Pine Ridge,who sponsored the resolution.“Anything manmade breaks.” Speaking for the resolution,Sen. Troy Heinert, D-Mission, saidcommunities in southwest SouthDakota were dependent on theMni Wiconi water system. If thepipeline goes under the river andthere’s a break, Heinert said triballeaders will shut off the water. “They own the water line thatfeeds those communities,” Heinertsaid. Heinert said he has nothingagainst pipelines, but he is con-cerned about the Dakota AccessPipeline’s proximity to the Mis-

souri River. “My concern is that oil is goingto get to our water intakes beforewe can stop it,” Heinert said. Sen. Kris Langer, R-DellRapids, moved to designate thelegislation for the 41st day of thesession, effectively killing the res-olution. She said America is betteroff if it’s not dependent on foreignoil. Sen. Bob Ewing, R-Spearfish,said he was confident in the tech-nology used in pipelines and pre-ferred that method of transportover trucks or trains. “I think it’s way safer to trans-fer this oil in a pipeline,” Ewingsaid. The resolution was sent to the41st day on a 6-3 vote.

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Legals 9February 16, 2017 • Murdo Coyote

Telecommunications, phone bill, $39.24;Angie Kinsley, Emergency Manager,$943.79, mileage, $100.80.

SALARY & MILEAGE: Monte Anker,$387.87, mileage, $10.92; Steve Iwan,$387.87; Barry Valburg, $387.87,mileage, $23.52.

FEES COLLECTED FOR THE COUNTY:Clerk of Courts, $393.61; Register ofDeeds, $1,013.25; Sheriff, $216.10.

Auditor’s account with the treasurer is asfollows: Cash, $630.00; Checking & Sav-ings, $1,331,169.88; CDs, $1,400,000.00;TOTALING: $2,731,799.88.

Lori Waldron, representing Dakotacare,met with the board to answer questionson the county’s health insurance policyand its options.

Director of Equalization, Terri Volmer, metwith the board to discuss the implemen-tation of Vanguard, a new computer pro-gram for the director’s office. The changein program would be comparable in ex-pense to the previous program and as-sessment manuals.

Road employee Chester McKenzie metwith the board to request an additionalweek of vacation time, considering his40th year of employment. The board de-nied his request.

It was moved by Anker and seconded byIwan to approve Abatement #2017-1 (onfile in the auditor’s office) for lots in Drapertown, as the property is owned by JonesCounty and therefore exempt.

States Attorney Anita Fuoss met with theboard to discuss Article X adoption to theJones County Personnel Policy. It wasmoved by Anker and seconded by Val-burg to adopt Article X to the PersonnelPolicy, which is on file in the auditor’s of-fice.

Emergency Manager, Angie Kinsley, metwith the board for signatures on quarterlyreports.

It was moved by Iwan, seconded byAnker to enter into executive session todiscuss personnel.

Upon resuming the meeting, it wasmoved and carried to adjourn.

Barry Valburg,Chairman

Monte Anker,Member

Steve Iwan,Member

ATTEST: John Brunskill,Auditor

Published February 16, 2017, at the totalapproximate cost of $71.73.

Printing & Office Supply, county lienforms, $99.80; Mitchell Clinic, LTD, pris-oner care, $374.00; Moore Building Cen-ter, supplies, $11.99; Murdo Coyote,publications, $162.06; Murdo FamilyFoods, supplies, $95.35; National Sher-iff’s Association, dues, $58.00; Nix Enter-prises, snow removal, $335.00; OfficeProducts, office supplies, $356.51; Jes-sica Paulsen, court reporter, $205.20;Postmaster, postage stamps, $490.00;Ranchland Drug, flowers, $53.99; RuralHealth Care, subsidy, $600.00; DeanSchaefer, court reporter, $30.00; SD De-partment of Health, alcohol tests,$140.00; SDSU Extension, 4-H AdvisorNovember mileage, $166.74; Tammy VanDam, female UA collection, $25.00; Weg-ner Auto Company, labor, $20.04; WestCentral Electric, December electricity,$597.47, January electricity, $705.39;Winner Health Mart, December & Januaryprisoner meds, $1,620.17; Winner PoliceDepartment, December prisoner care &transport, $8,588.60, January prisonercare & transport, $6,628.80; Winner Re-gional Healthcare, December prisonerclinic services, $357.00.

ROAD & BRIDGE: A&B Welding, addi-tional charge for wire, $15.00; AT&T, cellphone bill, $89.42; City of Murdo, waterbill, $19.18; Corky’s Auto Supply, parts,$2,382.43; Farmer’s Union Oil Company,diesel, propane, gas, $5,503.35; GoldenWest Telecommunications, Januaryphone bill, internet, $94.88; GrossenburgImplement, tractor rentals, $2,660.00;Hullinger Brothers/Murdo Amoco, 2month’s diesel & gas, $520.05; MooreBuilding Center, supplies, $35.89; New-man Traffic Signs, signs, $722.66; Pow-erplan, parts, $50.13; SD Association ofCounty Highway Superintendents, dues,$275.00, Short Course registration,$80.00; Sheehan Mack Sales & Equip-ment, parts, $205.23; Venard, Inc., tire re-pairs, $37.00; W.W. Tire, tires, $1,329.72;West Central Electric, December electric-ity, $294.58, January electricity, $410.21;Chris Feddersen, labor, $2,716.84;Chester McKenzie, labor, $2,034.81; LeviNewsam, labor, $2,230.42; Collin Strait,labor, $2,575.54; Kerri Venard, Road Sec-retary, $1,079.23.

BRIDGE RESERVE: SD Department ofTransportation- Finance, bridge inspec-tions, $444.63.

JURY FEES & MILEAGE: $401.24.

CARE OF THE POOR: Cheryl Iversen,WIC Secretary, $72.53; Todd A. Love,court appointed attorney, $1,857.04;Sandy Steffen, court appointed attorney,$273.93; Rose Ann Wendell, court ap-pointed attorney, $1,021.67.

M&P: Microfilm Imaging, Jan. & Feb.scanner rent, $240.00.

911 FUND: Centurylink, monthly charge,$84.16.

EMERGENCY & DISASTER SERVICES:AT&T, cell phone bill, $34.31; Goldenwest

Notice of AnnualMeeting and Election

Murdo Ambulance District

There will be an annual meeting for 2017and election of three board members forthe Murdo Ambulance District onWednesday, March 1, 2017, at the ambu-lance building at 7:00 p.m.

Published February 16 & 23, 2017, at thetotal approximate cost of $9.96.

Proceedings of theJones County Commissioners

Regular MeetingFebruary 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, $13,147.08;Travis Hendricks, Weed Board Supervi-sor, $138.52; Joyce Hurst, Deputy Regis-ter of Deeds, Deputy Director ofEqualization, $2,118.69; Angie Kinsley, 4-H Specialist, $943.78; Richard Sylva, Jr.,Deputy Sheriff, $1,745.82; Lenae Tucker,Deputy Treasurer, $40.90, Janitor,$832.09; Kerri Venard, Deputy Auditor,$1,079.22; American Family Life Assur-ance, cancer & intensive care insurance,$511.03; Boston Mutual Life Insurance,life insurance, $123.92; Dakotacare,group health insurance, $17,276.09;Electronic Federal Tax Payment System,social security & withholding, $9,780.25;SD Retirement, retirement, $5,772.93;AT&T Mobility, Sheriff cell phone bill,$261.44, Extension, $34.31; Best West-ern of Huron, 4-H Advisor lodging,$156.00; City of Murdo, water bill, $43.18;Corky’s Auto Supply, supplies, $32.85;Farmer’s Union Oil Company, gas,$702.21, propane, $800.00; Anita Fuoss,2 month’s office rent, internet, postage,$784.03; GoldenWest Telecommunica-tions, phone bills, $506.08; HeartlandWaste, 2 month’s garbage removal,$100.00; Hughes County, December pris-oner care, $320.00; Inman’s Water Tech-nologies, 2 month’s R.O. rent, $43.18;Jones County Conservation District, sub-sidy, $7,500.00; Kaycee Jones, reim-bursements, $102.83; Angie Kinsley, 4-Hsupplies & mileage, $167.78, 2 femaleUA collections, $50.00; Lewis DrugStores, prisoner meds, $8.79; McLeod’s

In the fall of 2016 at least onemajor health insurance companyquit offering individual health in-surance plans in South Dakota.The remaining choices for individ-ual health insurance plans is lim-ited, and the Obamacare exchangeis not always a great alternative. Many insurance company repre-sentatives have told self-employedfamilies including farmers andranchers to see about forming anlimited liability company (LLC) orcorporation and paying them-selves a wage in order to qualifyfor a group health insurance plan. Not only is it financially imper-ative to have health insurance,there is also a tax penalty assertedby the Affordable Care Act forthose that do not have health in-surance. There are some excep-tions to the penalty for not havinghealth insurance for alternativeforms of health coverage includingthose covered by VA, Tri-Care,IHS, or Health sharing ministryparticipants. In addition, thosewith household income below 138percent of the federal poverty levelin a state that did not expandMedicaid (South Dakota), are ex-empted from the penalty. Beingexempt from the penalty becauseof limited income still does notprovide any health coverage underObamacare. This results in calls to the certi-fied public accountant (CPA) ask-ing about forming a new entity inorder to find a way to keep healthinsurance. More than one familyhas been told to see about formingan LLC and then paying them-selves a wage and issue a W-2 tothe business owner to qualify for agroup insurance plan. Most LLCs

are taxed as partnerships for fed-eral income tax purposes. IRS guidance on payments by apartnership to a partner for serv-ices rendered should be posted asa “guaranteed payment.” Theguaranteed payment is a sepa-rately stated line item on the part-nership return and the K-1 formissued to the partner for his/hershare of partnership income. Theguaranteed payments are gener-ally subject to self-employmenttax (except in the case of somerental partnerships). IRS Revenue Ruling 69-184states that partners are not em-ployees of a partnership for fed-eral income tax withholding andfederal employment tax purposes.This has caused some confusionwith insurance companies andtheir representatives who are try-ing to help self-employed ownersto qualify for group health insur-ance plans, as some thought thatthey could issue a W-2 to an ownerof an LLC. Self-employed families couldcheck with their insurance com-pany representative to see if theguaranteed payment would qual-ify as wages for the purposes ofthe insurance policy. Another pos-sible alternative may be to haveone spouse as the business ownerand employ the other spouse. Forming a corporation may bean alternative, but there are taxand other consequences of puttinga ranch or farm into a corporationincluding: 1. If the corporation is later liq-uidated, the assets of the corpora-tion are deemed to be sold at fairmarket value for income tax pur-poses. This could affect estate ortransition planning. 2. It is possible that some farmprogram payments would be lim-

ited if the farm is operated as acorporation, you should checkwith your FSA office. 3. A C-Corporation is subject todouble taxation, while an S-Corpo-ration is not. 4. A partner can buy into a part-nership or LLC that is taxed as apartnership and depreciate assetspurchased under IRS code section754, while a shareholder buyinginto a corporation has no such op-portunity. Again, this affects tran-sition planning. Before forming a corporation orLLC the business owner shouldcheck with their Attorney andCPA to understand all of the legaland tax consequences. As a gen-eral rule, for tax purposes, it isusually undesirable to put landinto a corporation. Some familiesoperate with the land held person-ally or in an LLC and then the ma-chinery and cattle are put into acorporation as the operating com-pany.

John MitchellCPA, CVA, CFP Casey Peterson & Associates, Ltd.

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2017 Legislature Updates

The 92nd S.D. State Legisla-ture had a full week. To date, 388bills have been introduced to thelegislature during the 2017 ses-sion. This time last year, 418 billshad been filed. There was a great deal going onin the capitol building, but onenoteworthy bill talked about wasHouse Bill 1156 which allows in-dividuals with an enhanced per-mit to carry a concealed firearminto the capitol building. Propo-nents arguing for the bill statethat should an active shooter sit-uation ever occur in the building;the legislators would be “like sit-ting ducks.” Opponents of the billargue that it is unnecessary, andposes more security risks than itsolves. Eighteen state capitolsaround the nation officially allowconcealed firearms in the build-ing, including Minnesota and Ne-

braska. That’s not the only gunlegislation to be seen in Pierre.Senate Bill 144 authorizes a serv-ice member to carry a concealedpistol or revolver without a per-mit, and House Bill 1127 offersoptions for deployed service mem-bers to renew their concealedcarry permit should they be awayfrom home at the time that it ex-pires. Another talked-about bill in thelegislature this past week wasHouse Bill 1150 which altersdeer-tag rates for veterans in cer-tain situations. As written, thebill allows veterans who wereSouth Dakota residents prior toenlistment to obtain deer-tags ata resident rate even if they nolonger live in South Dakota.There was some debate over thelogistics of the legislation, but ul-timately passed out of the Ag andNatural Resources committee. On Wednesday, the House ofRepresentatives considered anddebated House Joint Resolution1002 which refers to Article V ofthe United States’ Constitution.Under Article V, if 34 states wishto call a meeting to propose a con-stitutional amendment, they maydo so without the consent of con-gress. HJR 1002 failed a floorvote, but an intent to reconsiderwas voiced. Those who follow the state leg-islature will see some interestinglegislation come to a vote soon.Senate Bill 172 was referred tothe Appropriations Committeethis week, and it would authorize

construction and improvementsto the South Dakota Animal Dis-ease Research and DiagnosticsLaboratory and other related in-frastructure on the Campus ofSouth Dakota State University.Senate Bill 61 was passed out ofHealth and Human Services andit updates, revises, and repealscertain provisions related tonurse practitioners and nursemidwifes. The bill states that onemust be licensed to practice as acertified nurse practitioner or acertified midwife nurse. Lastly,House Bill 1133 was scheduled forhearing in House Education thisweek. If passed, it would requireschools to adopt a plan to provideaccommodations for any childwith specific learning disabilities.This bill is mainly geared towardshelping students with learningdisabilities, such as dyslexia, ob-tain all of the help and tools theyneed to succeed in a public school. The house was also visited bySioux Falls City CouncilwomanTheresa Stehly. Stehly serves onthe Land Use and Public ServicesCommittees in Sioux Falls, and isa vocal instructor at AugustanaCollege. After session opened witha prayer and the Pledge of Alle-giance, Stehly led the House ofRepresentatives in singing “GodBless America” in the housechamber. With the house galleryfilled with guests from across thestate, legislators, students, lobby-ists and staff stood together andsang as South Dakotans, andAmericans.

Rep. James Schaefer

Greetings friends, neighbors,fellow tribal members, and espe-cially to the District 26 con-stituents. The 95th LegislativeSession is halfway finished andthere is a ton of work yet to do.We will be debating the IM 22 re-placement legislation in the com-ing days and I will stay vocal andactive on insisting that the voters’intent and will is honored.  I willnot support any watered downlegislation on the issues of anEthics Commission, CampaignFinance Reform, or Lobbyist GiftLimits just to say we passedsomething.  I have heard frommany of you that are upset withthe fact that the legislature canoverturn the vote of the people insuch a dramatic and quick fash-ion.  I agree with you and I askthat you stay involved and in con-tact with your legislators on thisand all topics. Now is not the timeto give up on democracy, it ismore important than ever to stayactive! I believe in South Dakota’smotto of “Under God the PeopleRule,” though HB1069 did the op-posite, we cannot become disen-gaged. I have to answer for everyvote I take and so should mypeers.

The newest edition in District26 and South Dakota’s only stateowned landmark is the DignityStatue near Chamberlain. I wasfortunate enough to be presentthe day of her unveiling and havestopped numerous times since.Her beauty and craftsmanshipare astounding and she is such awelcome addition to our area.Her message of inclusion and un-derstanding as well as honoringthe rich Native American historyin our state is even more impres-sive. On Monday, February 6, Ihad a bill establishing an optionalDignity license plate before theSenate Transportation Commit-tee. With expert testimony fromthe artist and creator of Dignity,Mr. Dale Lamphere, we were ableto pass the bill 7-0 out of commit-tee. Thankfully, the full senateagreed with me and we passed itwith a 35-0 vote count. SB118 willnow move onto the house side andgo through the entire processagain. Hopefully we will have thesame results through this part ofthe process and onto the Gover-nor’s desk. I am extremely excitedto share her gifts all across SouthDakota and anywhere a SouthDakota vehicle is traveling. The Senate Education Commit-tee, of which I am a member,heard some very good bills aboutestablishing an Early LearningAdvisory Council and establish-ing an Early Childhood EducationPilot Program. SB155 and SB156were good bills that addressed aspecific need in our state for earlylearning opportunities, especiallyin our rural areas and for themost vulnerable children. Sadlyboth of these bills were defeated.I took offense to some of the com-ments by my fellow committeemembers that these services arealready available and that if par-ents want their child in a pro-gram they can pay for it. Many

working families cannot afford tosend their kids to pre-k, and theseare the kids that need the mosthelp. The facts are 61 percent ofthree and four year olds have noaccess to early childhood educa-tion services and 95 of 150 schooldistricts do not provide pre-k ed-ucation. Studies have shown thatpre-k education gives rural andpoor children the best opportunityfor successful education out-comes. This is a serious issue thatwe need to address for the futureof South Dakota. The next few weeks will be ex-tremely busy as the bill deadlinesand crossover day are fast ap-proaching. We have been clearingthe daily calendar in the senatebut there are numerous housebills making their way to us. Therevenue projections for FY 2017and FY 2018 are quite disappoint-ing at this time, so the budgetprocess will drive many outcomesof all proposed legislation. SouthDakota’s budget is driven by itssales tax revenues and with adown ag economy, it has a rippleeffect across all sectors. When twothirds of the budget is sales taxdriven we set ourselves up for se-rious economic consequences. Thank you to the attendees atthe recent cracker barrels, I ap-preciate your questions and con-cerns. Some communities in ourstate do not allow access to theirrepresentatives in as open ofmanner as we do in District 26. Ienjoy the interaction and the op-portunity to explain my positionand listen to your suggestions.Please join me at any of the up-coming cracker barrels in yourcommunity. I truly enjoy workingfor you and I thank you for thisresponsibility.  I look forward tohearing from you.  I can bereached by phone at 605-319-6570or email at Troy.Heinert@ sdleg-islature.gov.

Senator Troy Heinert

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February 22Meat Salad SandwichCream of Broccoli SoupFruitJuice

February 23Rotini w/ Italian ChickenBaked SquashTossed SaladStrawberries in GelatinGarlic Bread

February 24Breaded Baked FishCreamed Peas & PotatoesFruitDinner Roll

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