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Volume 105Number 51July 5, 2012

News Briefs …KCBA meeting, Thursday,July 5,12 noon, H&H.

JC Commissioner’s meetingMonday, July 9, 9:00 a.m.,Jackson County Courthouse.

City Council Meeting Mon-day, July 9, 7:00 p.m., annex.

Summer Reading Programwill not be held on July 4th andthe Jackson County Libary willbe closed.

~ by Ronda Dennis ~

Impaired-driving crashes killedmore than 10,000 people in 2010,accounting for 31 percent of alltraffic-related fatalities in theUnited States. That’s an average ofone alcohol-impaired-driving fatal-ity every 51 minutes.

But the percentage of fatalitiesfrom impaired driving spikearound the Fourth of July. Accord-ing to the National Highway TrafficSafety Administration, 392 peoplewere killed in motor vehicle trafficcrashes during the Fourth of Julyholiday in 2010 (6:00 p.m. July 2-5:59 a.m. July 6.)  Of those fatali-ties, 39 percent were in crashesthat involved at least one driver ormotorcycle operator with a bloodalcohol concentration (BAC) of .08or higher.

To save lives on our roadways

this Fourth of July, local law en-forcement will be cracking down onimpaired driving through in-creased sobriety checkpoints, rov-ing and saturation patrols, andother enforcement methods.

Often Fourth of July celebra-tions start during the day, but lastwell into the night – making thedangers from impaired driverseven higher at night.

The amount of alcohol that onecan consume during a day-longparty or celebration can drasticallyimpair the motor skills needed todrive safely. Add the fact that manyothers may be out driving im-paired, and that visual skills alsodecrease at night, and you have arecipe for disaster.”

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Most Americans may not realizeit, but the Fourth of July is one ofthe deadliest holidays of the yeardue to alcohol-impaired drivingcrashes.

That’s why this Fourth of Julythe Jackson County Sheriffs Officeis stepping up enforcement effortsas part of the ongoing “Drive Soberor Get Pulled Over” enforcementcrackdown to catch and arrest im-paired drivers who put themselvesand others at risk.

The Fourth of July is one of thedeadliest holidays due to an in-crease in impaired-driving fatali-ties. Too many people die behindthe wheel each year due to thosewho choose to drive after drinking,so our officers will be out in fullforce this Fourth of July showingzero tolerance for impaired drivers.

Law enforcement cracking downon impaired drivers this July 4th

Dwight Louder wasborn in Pierre, SD, onMay 13, 1930 to Annaand Harold Louder.

He was raised withtwo brothers and threesisters, one beingDeanna Byrd ofKadoka.

Dwight attended acountry school throughthe 8th grade and grad-uated from high schoolin Draper. He startedcollege in Brookings,but came home to farmand ranch on the oldhomestead at Draper.

It was said that hetook flying lessons,took a solo flight, andhis Dad sold the air-plane, putting an end tothat hobby.

On June 15, 1950 he was united in marriage to Dorothy Volmer. Theyhad six children; two girls and four boys. These siblings are scatteredfrom Texas to Montana, with three of the boys remaining on the farm.Dwight and Dorothy have 12 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.

In what little spare time he had away from his farming and ranching,Dwight enjoyed reading. Anything that kept him up on the latest news,he read. He especially enjoyed the Mitchell newspaper and FOX news.He simply didn’t have time for other hobbies.

“I was good at giving orders,” he said with his devilish smile, “butnobody listened.”

In some of their travels, the couple have gone to Hawaii, Montana,Kentucky, Florida, Indiana and a few trips to Las Vegas.

Oyster stew and ham sandwiches have been his favorite Christmas-time food. The card game 500 was his favorite game, when he took thetime to play.

“Dwight was a man of all business,” his wife said while visiting herhusband recently. “He worked from daylight to dark. It was alwayswork, work, work.”

She said after he suffered a stroke he came to the Kadoka NursingHome on November 11, 2010.

“Dwight is a very outspoken person and he can strike up a conversa-tion with anyone,” Heidi Coller commented.

Kadoka Nursing HomeResident of the Month

Let your voice be heard!If you have an opinion, either for

or against, the time is nearing forthe City of Kadoka to hold a publichearing to receive comments re-garding the proposed comprehen-sive plan.

At the council’s regular meetingat 7:00 p.m. on Monday, July 9, anagenda item includes the publichearing. The meeting will be held

in the city auditorium annex. At an earlier meeting on May

30, the Planning and Zoning Com-mission heard comments from thepublic. At the end of that meeting amotion carried to send the plan onto the Kadoka City Council.

A copy of the proposed plan isavailable for public viewing at thefinance office and the county li-brary.

City to hear public input

regarding comprehensive plan

program. The money will be usedfor medical expenses.

The Matching Fund program of-fers Modern Woodmen membersnationwide the chance to showtheir support for a communitycause, organizations or individualsin need by holding fundraisers.Modern Woodmen matches moneyraised up to $2,500. Thesefundraising project contribute

more than $6.5 million to commu-nity needs nationwide each year.

Coordinated by local ModernWoodmen members, chapters pro-vide opportunities to connectthrough social activities and volun-teer projects.

For more information about thelocal chapter and how you can getinvolved, contact Don Haynes at605-859-2278.

Members of the Martin ModernWoodmen of America chapter andthe Kadoka Area High School Na-tional Honor Society helped raisemoney for Joyce Richardson byhaving a bake sale auction.

The event, held on May 15,2012, raised $4,639.50. This in-cludes $1,000.00 matched by Mod-ern Woodmen’s home office throughthe organization’s Matching Fund

Richardson fundraiser earns matching funds

Richardson family receives check … Don Haynes and the KAHS National Honor Scoiety pre-sented Joyce Richardson with a check for $4,639.50 Friday afternoon at the school. Pictured back row (L-R):Kenar VanderMay, Racheal Shuck, Forrest Berry, Tia Carlson, Raven Jorgensen, Mila Pierce. Front row: KwincyFerguson, Reed and Joyce Richardson, Don Haynes and Kassidy Ferguson. Other NHS members not pictured:Tess Byrd, Brandon Dale, Alex Smiley, Nicole VanderMay, Katie Lensegrav, Chance Knutson and Kate Ras-mussen.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

county; it was not their call.If the county purchases the FSA

building and the three lots south ofthe building there would not beroom for the CAP office.

Neither of the FSA office own-ers, Rich Hildebrand or Jim Ku-jawa, were at the meeting toanswer questions. The FSA ownershad sounded interested in sometype of land trading.

Eileen Stolley gave her personalsupport for utilizing the FSA officeand cleaning up the other lots andusing the old library location for anew business.

Delores Bonenberger said if thelibrary stays on Main Street, peo-ple have offered to help with dona-tions and fundraisers.

Marlene Knutson of CentralSouth Dakota Enhancement Dis-trict said there will need to be anassessment plan to go forward withgrant funding. However, the dead-line is July 13 and the next dead-line would not be until October 15.

Funding a new library could bedone through CDBG or an opt out. Commissioner Glen Bennett said,“We need to know tonight if you(the people) want us to a apply fora grant or opt out.”

With a show of hands, everyonewas supportive of applying for a

grant and purchasing the FSA of-fice.

Letters of support, according toKnutson, will help with the grantapplication. They may be sent tothe Jackson County Auditor at POBox 280, Kadoka, SD 57543 byJuly 9.

There were 37 people attendingthe public hearing for the driver’slicense exam issue.

Mitzi Mitchell said in 2009 sheissued 391 licenses and throughthe month of May the count is al-ready at 305. They are offeredMonday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. to3:30 p.m.

The people asked that thecounty cross train other office peo-ple in the court house and keep theservice open.

The commissioners said theyhad never replaced anyone in thedirector of equalization office afterMitchell took over as register ofdeeds.

“It would be foolish to get rid ofa service that brings people totown,” one noted.

People said, keep the service.A brief discussion was held on

whether or not to have the courthouse offices open or closed duringthe lunch hour. It was decided tokeep the offices closed.

Jackson County held back-to-back public hearings Friday nightto discuss options for a new countylibrary and the fate of continuing tooffer driver license exams.

With approximately 25 people inattendance Jim Stilwell saidthere’s a couple of options: build anew structure at the existing loca-tion or purchase the FSA building.

In addition to the fact the countywould like to keep the library onMain Street, several of the prosand cons were also discussed.

The commissioners said therecould be an option to purchase landfrom Joe Handrahan (who did notattend the meeting) directly northof the library, demolish the currentlibrary building and build a new li-brary. However, that would taketime and there would be no prop-erty to house the library during theconstruction phase.

They also noted that the FSAbuilding is for sale and it alreadyhas existing offices: NRCS, JC SoilConservation and Youth and Fam-ily Services. Employees from theseoffices attended the meeting, how-ever, they could not say if theywould continue to rent from the

County discusses new library, will continue

to offer driver license exams services

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Tuesday, July 10 Roast beef, mashed potatoes andgravy, seasoned green beans,bread and cherry crisp.

Wednesday, July 11 Hungarian goulash, creamedcorn, french bread and mandarinoranges.

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Meals forthe Elderly

Read 1 Corinthians 2:6-16Spiritual discernment is a supernatural ability,

which requires supernatural power. In our humanstrength, we can rely only on what we see, hear, feel,and know in order to make decisions and evaluate cir-

cumstances and relationships. But when the Holy Spirit comes to live within us, He opens up an entirelynew dimension of understanding. He shows us things we could never figure out by ourselves. Although the Bible is the basis for spiritual discernment, without the interpreting power of the Spirit,reading it would be strictly an academic endeavor. But the Spirit takes the words and brings them to lifein the hearts of those who have trusted Christ as their Savior. He knows precisely how to apply God'sWord to our exact need at just the right moment. Haven't you found this to be true? You've read a passagemany times, but just when you need a particular message, that familiar verse jumps off the page rightinto your heart. That's the work of the Spirit. He is the only one who knows the thoughts of the Father, and His job isto open our minds to understand "the things freely given to us by God" (v. 12). The Lord isn't trying tohide His thoughts from us; rather, He wants us to know how He thinks so that we can proceed wisely. So what should we do if we're struggling to understand Scripture? First of all, the Lord wants us toseek Him and ask for wisdom to comprehend. This requires time and energy invested in Bible study andprayer. Second, the more yielded we are to the Spirit, the more we'll be able to hear His voice.

The Power Source for Discernment

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the doctor meets with the womanand the actual procedure, and re-quires the woman to consult with apregnancy help center.

Planned Parenthood sued theState in federal court over the 2011legislation, and on June 30, 2011,the court issued a preliminary in-junction prohibiting the State fromenforcing most of the provisions,pending the outcome of litigationon the merits of the case.

During the 2012 session, theLegislature amended several por-tions of the 2011 abortion legisla-tion. Planned Parenthood thenamended its complaint, continuingits challenge against portions of theamended act regarding the preg-nancy help centers and the 3-daydelay, and dropping its challenge tothe amended provisions regardingcoercion and risk-factor assess-ment. As a result, the parties to thelitigation stipulated to an Orderthat the coercion and risk-factor as-sessment provisions will go into ef-fect on July 1. The remainingchallenged provisions—the re-quirement for involvement of thepregnancy help centers and the 3-day delay—will continue to be en-joined pending the outcome ofdiscovery, briefing and argumentbefore the District Court.

Attorney General Marty Jackleyhas announced that a federal Dis-trict Court has issued an Orderwhich will allow key requirementsof the South Dakota Legislature’srecent abortion legislation to gointo effect. The legislation expandsthe requirement that risks of abor-tion be disclosed. Pursuant to the2011 and 2012 legislation and theOrder, beginning July 1, 2012, doc-tors who perform abortions mustassess each woman for preexistingrisk factors such as coercion andmust advise the woman about therisk of adverse psychological out-comes. The Order lifts an injunc-tion issued last year againstprovisions of the 2011 abortionstatutes.

The 2011 statutes were designedto ensure that a woman’s consentto have an abortion is voluntary,uncoerced and informed. Amongother things, the 2011 law requiresdoctors performing abortions tofirst meet with the woman and as-sess whether she has any preexist-ing risk factors for adversepsychological outcomes from anabortion. The doctor must also as-sess whether the woman has beencoerced to have an abortion. The2011 law also imposes a three-daywaiting period between the time

Key requirements of abortion risk

disclosure legislation in effect

Correction fromLast Weeks’ Column

As anyone who has followed theSDSU Extension Re-organizationknows, the plan for the new SDSUExtension system was unveiled inApril, 2011, not 2012 as stated inlast weeks’ column. Sorry for theerror.

2012 Pesticide ContainerRecycle Collections

Pesticide container recyclingcollections across South Dakotawill begin in the middle of July.Dates, times and locations of thecollection sites can be found on theSD Dept of Ag, “Agricultural Serv-ices” website:http://sdda.sd.gov/Ag_Services/.

Under “Agronomy Services Pro-grams”, click “Container Recycling& Waste Pesticide Collection Pro-gram”, and scroll down to “2012Pesticide Container Recycling Col-lection Schedule”. Immediatelybelow that is a link to a version ofthe schedule containing links to amap of each collection site.

The website contains good infor-mation on pesticide container dis-posal and recycling, as well asinformation on the waste (unus-able) pesticide collection program.

Oil Spills and Farms:Protecting Your BusinessFarms now have less than one

year to prepare or amend and im-plement their Spill Prevention,Control, and Countermeasure(SPCC) Plans. The compliancedate for farms is May 10, 2013.

You need an SPCC plan if: an oilspill from your farm could reachwater and you store oil (diesel,gasoline, hydraulic oil, lube oil,

crop oil or vegetable oil, etc. inaboveground quantities of morethan 1,320 gallons, or completelyburied tanks of more than 42,000gallons. For more information or todownload an SPCC plan template,visit: http://www.epa.gov/oem/con-tent/spcc/spcc_ag.htm.

Livestock Water TestingJust to remind producers that

all of Regional Extension Centersand many County Extension of-fices have handheld electrical con-ductivity meters and welcomesamples. These meters provide aninstant analysis of total salt con-tent that might cause problems forlivestock drinking the water, andat no cost to the producer.

Rural water and pipelines havereduced the dependence on waterin stock dams for many producers,but if you rely on stock dams, test-ing the water will help avoid per-formance and health problems.

Elevated salt levels may sug-gest that producers should submita sample to a laboratory for a moredetailed analysis, which can deter-mine the makeup of the salts, andthe sulfate portion of the total saltcontent, which can cause specificproblems such as polio.

Calendar•7/10/2012: SE Research FarmField Day, 3:30 pm, Beresford•7/11/2012: NE Research FarmField Day, 4:00 pm, South Shore•7/26-27/2012: IPM Field Schoolfor Agronomy Professionals, SEResearch Farm, Beresford•8/16/2012: Winter Wheat Meet-ing, 6:30 pm, Auditorium, Draper

•8/21-23/2012: DakotaFest,Mitchell

Winner Regional Extension CenterBob Fanning, Plant Pathology Field Specialist • 605-842-1267

Healthy Cooking Techniques Cooking healthy doesn’t meanthat you have to go to culinaryschool or purchase expensive cook-ware. Eating healthy is aboutpreparation, seasonings, andchoices of foods you eat. Good health depends on goodnutrition. Go tohttp://www.choosemyplate.gov/su-pertracker-tools/supertracker.htmlfor help with planning, analyzing,and tracking diet and physical ac-tivity. In addition, you can oftenmake better choices about whatand how much you eat by prepar-ing and cooking food yourself. The food preparation methodsyou choose for cooking foods canhave a big effect on their nutrientcontent. Cooking methods thatminimize the amount of water,time and temperature needed, willhelp to preserve nutrients. Useany leftover cooking water formaking sauces or soups. Reducecooking time by covering your potto hold in steam and heat. Steaming is a good example of acooking method that cooks vegeta-bles quickly and retains nutrients.Steamed vegetables will retainmore flavors and won’t need anysalt. To lower sodium intake, avoidusing prepackaged seasoningmixes. Instead add fresh or dried

herbs such as thyme and rosemaryfor pungent flavor or dry mustardfor a zesty flavor. At the last mo-ment before serving, try sprinklingcitrus juice as a flavor enhancer onfruits or vinegar on vegetables. In a wok, quickly cook smallpieces of vegetables, poultry orseafood in vegetable stock or asmall amount of oil to stir fryfoods. Soy sauce and Teriyaki sea-sonings should be avoided becauseof their high sodium content. Baking and roasting are twohealthy ways you can preparemeats and fish. When roasting,use a rack in the pan so the fooddoesn’t sit in its own fat drippings.Use fat-free liquids like lemonjuice or tomato juice to baste.Bake poultry, lean meat or fish ina covered dish with a little extraliquid. Grilling is another way to cookyour favorite lean meats or vegeta-bles in a healthy way. Place thefood on a grill rack over an openflame. Use a long-handled grillbasket for grilling smaller items. Healthy decisions start at home.Make better food choices by plan-ning ahead. By getting children in-volved in meal planning andhealthy cooking it will be easier tomake healthy changes.

Ann Schwader, Nutrition Field Specialist

SDSU Extension-Winner Regional Extension Center

Guest speakerat Kadoka,Belviderechurches Dr. C. Richard Wells, foundingpresident of John Witherspoon Col-lege in Rapid City, will be the guestspeaker at the Belvidere Commu-nity Church at 9:30 a.m. and theKadoka Presbyterian Church at11:00 a.m. on Sunday, July 8. John Witherspoon College is anewly accredited liberal art Chris-tian college that will officially openits doors this Fall in Rapid City.There will be opportunities for dis-tance students to drive to RapidCity and take all their classes to-gether. Dr. Wells has been a pastor andeducator for more than 35 years.He is a frequent speaker inchurches, conferences and otherevents throughout the UnitedStates and overseas. He and hiswife, Carol, have three adult chil-dren and five grandchildren. The public is encouraged tocome listen to Richard Wells and tohear about the important new op-portunities for Christian educationthat will be available this Fall.

Dennis J. Kennedy _______________

Dennis J. Kennedy, age 66 ofPhilip, South Dakota, died June 29,2012, at the Hospice of the Hills inRapid City. Dennis Jay Kennedy was bornJuly 13, 1945, in Philip, SouthDakota, the son of Howard andDorothy (Aaberg) Kennedy. Hegrew up in Philip where he at-tended school through high school.He graduated from South DakotaState University in Pharmacy in1968. Upon graduation, took a jobwith Walgreen Drug Stores inPhoenix, Arizona. He worked in Phoenix for ap-proximately a year before beingdrafted into the US Army. Afterbasic training at Fort Lewis, Wash-ington, he was stationed at Madi-gan General Hospital in Tacoma,Washington, during the Vietnamconflict. Upon his discharge in 1971, hewent back to Phoenix to work fortwo more years. In 1973, he movedto Denver, Colorado, and owned aclinic pharmacy for three years.Then in 1976, due to health rea-sons and a job opening at the drugstore in Faith, he moved back toSouth Dakota. In the fall of 1978,he moved back to Philip to becomeassociated with Howard andWayne “Duck” at Kennedy Imple-

ment and Auto Company. He soldthe business in 2010 and retired inPhilip. Dennis developed lifelongfriends in high school and collegewhich he would travel to visit, hisfavorite activity. He loved his cars,clothes and interior decorating. Heloved music and was a member ofthe Haakon County Crooners formany years. Survivors include brother, Kent(special friend Kathy) of RapidCity, sister, Judy (Paul) Goldham-mer of Wall, brother, Scott (Beth) ofPhilip, Judy’s children, Heather,Shane (Val and daughter, Angela)and Kempton (daughter, Kennedy),Scott’s children, Radley, Tyrel andBlayne, Kent’s step children,Pamela, Michele, James and Jesse. Dennis was preceded in death byhis parents, Howard and Dorothy. Visitation was held from 6-8p.m. on Monday, July 2, at theAmerican Legion Hall in Philip. Funeral services were held 10:00a.m. Tuesday, July 3, at the Ameri-can Legion Hall in Philip, with Pas-tor Kathy Chesney officiating. Interment with military honorswere held at the Masonic Cemeteryin Philip. Music was provided by MarilynMillage, pianist, and HaakonCounty Crooners. Ushers were Boyce Kennedy,Jack Billington, Mick Kennedy,and Tim Kennedy. Pallbearers were Shane Olney,Kempton Olney, Tyrel Kennedy,Radley Kennedy, Rich Colvin, NickDay, Darral Brooks, and MarkBuchholz. Honorary Pallbearerswere Haakon County Crooners,Kennedy Implement Employees,Dr. Coen Klopper, and Karen Sny-der. In lieu of flowers, a memorialhas been established.Arrangements are with the RushFuneral Home of Philip. His online guestbook is availableat www.rushfuneralhome.com.˚

Don’t drink

and driveContinued from page 1

Impaired driving fatalities spikeduring nighttime hours. The propor-tion of alcohol impairment amongdrivers involved in fatal crashes in2010 was almost five times higherat night (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) thanduring the day (6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m.)for the July 4th 2010 holiday period(6:00 p.m. July 2 - 5:59 a.m. July 6.)In fact, more than 80 percent of al-cohol-impaired driving fatalitiestook place at nighttime (6 p.m. to5:59 a.m.)

What is even more tragic aboutthe statistics is we see a high num-ber of fatalities among 18- to 34-year-olds. Forty-six percent ofalcohol-impaired driving fatalitiesduring the 2010 Fourth of July hol-iday period were within this agegroup. These are people who havetheir whole life ahead of them, butin one instant, one act of irresponsi-bility, they can lose it all. There issimply too much at stake to everdrive impaired.

There are numerous conse-quences as a result of being caughtdriving impaired, such as the risk ofkilling or harming others, jail time,insurance hikes, potential loss ofdriver’s license, just to name a few.

Those who try to drink and drivethis Fourth of July should be fore-warned. We will be out in force look-ing for impaired drivers, and we willcatch and arrest you. No warnings.No excuses. If you drive impaired,you will be arrested.

The Jackson County Sheriffs Of-fice recommends these simple tipsfor a safe Fourth of July:

•Plan a safe way home before thefun begins;

•Before drinking, designate asober driver;

•If you’re impaired, use a taxi,call a sober friend or family member,or use public transportation;

•If you happen to see a drunkdriver on the road, don’t hesitate tocall 911 and report it to your localLaw Enforcement;

•And remember, “Drive Sober orGet Pulled Over.” If you know some-one who is about to drive or ridewhile impaired, take their keys andhelp them make other arrange-ments to get to where they are goingsafely.

--Sheriff Raymond Clements, Jr.Jackson County Sheriff

Dear Editor, Kadoka Horizons Mission State-ment is that the Kadoka Horizonscommunity strategic planningteam will stay active through theimplementation of their strategicplan by committing to cooperativeaction within the community. Wewill be respectful and inclusive ofdiverse opinions that lead to posi-tive changes and community-wideimprovements. To achieve ourgoals, we will utilize the skills andtalents of all residents to reducepoverty and improve quality of life. Our vision for Kadoka is to be aclean, well maintained, diverse andfamily friendly community thatsupports rural life. We will progres-sively promote adult education, ac-tivities for all ages and bringing

the youth back to raise the nextgeneration. We strive to promoteexisting business and communitycooperation. By promoting existingbusinesses, striving to be an entre-preneurial community and improv-ing wages our citizens will have abetter quality of life. Our original goals are afford-able, quality housing, communica-tion and volunteerism, economicand business development, andpromoting our community. Kadoka Horizons is NOT affili-ated with the zoning project inKadoka.

Respectfully submitted,Kadoka Horizons members

/s/ Belinda Mitchell,/s/ Jackie Stilwell,

/s/ Robyn Jones

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STATE BIRTH RECORDSACCESSIBLE THROUGH COUNTY

REGISTER OF DEEDS

Certified copies of birth records from across the state are avail-able in Jackson County, according to Mitzi Mitchell, Register ofDeeds. The office has access to computerized birth recordsstatewide and can issue a certified copy of any South Dakotabirth. In the past, birth records were only available from the countywhere the birth occurred or from the South Dakota Department ofHealth, Vital Records Program. Birth records are available from 1905 on. As earlier years are entered in the computerized system,records from those years will also become available. The cost for a certified copy of a birth record is $15.00 as ofJuly 1, 2012.

The third time’s a charm, or atleast that was the case with mynew arch supports. I needed themsince, in the house, I like to sloparound in moccasins which haveno support of anything whatso-ever, and I was experiencing heelpain on my right foot. Anyway,after bringing the supports homefrom the store, I slipped them intomy moccasins with the pretty sideup to give them a try. They weren’tvery comfortable, but I perseveredand wore them most of one nightwhile I was up with son Chance. Later about dawn and beforediscarding the plastic bubble thethings came in, I read the direc-tions. In tiny print it mentionedthat the supports should be in-serted with the maker’s-logo sidedown. That wasn’t the way I hadthem. I flipped them over andfound they were better that wayfor sure. When wife Corinne woke up abit later, I confessed to my mistakeand took the supports out of mymoccasins to show her. Then I no-ticed that, on the bottoms, theywere marked “left” and “right.”Good grief! I didn’t have them thatway. As I result, I switched themonce again and found them to beconsiderably more comfortable.Since then and over the last week,my heel pain has gradually de-creased which is a good thing. As you can see, like many men,I often don’t bother to read the in-structions unless all else fails. Alsolike many men, I don’t immedi-ately rush to visit the doctor exceptwhen there is no alternative. Sure,my heel has been hurting some-what since mid-May when I wason my feet a lot getting ready forour branding. I was just in hopesit would get better on its ownwhich it didn’t appear to be in ahurry to do. Meanwhile, I cast around forpossible causes. I’ve heard of bonespurs but didn’t know much aboutthem. Gout bothers some people,but that didn’t seem to fit either.Other people have trouble withtheir Achilles tendon which is bythe heel, but the misery seemedlower in the foot than that. In pon-dering all these things, I even con-sidered fatal incurable diseaseswhich I didn’t really think werevery likely, but, if one of those wasat fault, there wasn’t much to bedone about it anyway and I didn’t

want to know about it. Oddly enough, the heel painwas the absolute worst on first get-ting up from sleep. It really hurton those first few steps whereasmost things improve with rest.Corinne saw me limping about oneday after waking and asked whatwas going on. I told her the detailswhich sent her to the computerlooking for information. Beforelong, she came across somethingcalled “plantar fasciitis” whichpretty much fit the symptoms asfar as location and especially aboutbeing the worst on first getting up.It is an inflammation of a thickband of tissue, called the plantarfascia, that runs across the bottomof the foot and connects your heelbone to your toes. It is one of themost common causes of heel painaccording to the Mayo Clinic. It ismost seen in runners which I amnot, but also afflicts those whowear shoes without adequate sup-port which I am. High arches don’thelp either, and I inherited thatcondition from my mother al-though mine aren’t quite as highas hers. Recommended treatments in-clude arch supports, staying offyour feet more than usual, apply-ing ice packs occasionally, anddoing some stretching exercises. Incasually mentioning my heel prob-lem to our doctor one day whenconsulting him about son Chance,he told me what exercises to doand that the medicine Aleve wouldhelp if needed. I haven’t taken anymedicines, but I have been doingthe stretching stuff. Improvementhas been noted. I’m a fan of archsupports and foot-stretching tech-niques. Dr. K also said that, if the sim-ple things don’t work, I shouldcome back to him and he’d give mea shot of steroids in the foot. Hesaid the shots were fairly painful,but they helped quite a bit. Guesswho won’t be going back to the doc-tor for a shot in the heel unless itturns out to be completely neces-sary. As a result of all this, I have, ofcourse, decided to read all instruc-tions to begin with and also to con-sult my doctor on a regular basis.Yeah, right. You’ve got to be kid-ding. Not going to happen. Nextyou’ll be wanting me to stop andask for directions when I’m tryingto get somewhere.

Third Time’s a Charm

Lookin’ Aroundby Syd Iwan

Nicci DeVries spent part of Sun-day helping to set up a fireworksbooth at Kadoka. It is a fundraiserof sorts for the AAU wrestling club,and is located across the streetfrom Discount Fuel in a trailer bywhat used to be the SidekicksRestaurant and Texaco station. Itwas rather a warm day for such ac-tivities, but the job got done. TheLions Club used to sell fireworks intown, but they have retired fromthat activity so the wrestling clubtook it up. The DeVries boys wereleft at home to mow the yard andsuch, and Mark DeVries was re-claiming his tractor which had bro-ken down and was being repaired.The tractor is needed for hayingthis coming week. After the 4th,the DeVries family hopes to attenda family reunion at Ft. Robinson inNebraska. This is a Rickenbach re-union, which is Velma DeVries’family, and often attracts close to ahundred people. Nicci was hopingfor cool weather since there is noair conditioning at Ft. Robinson al-though there is a swimming pool.Jim and Tim DeVries left Wednes-day for their home in Kansas butare expected back later in the sum-mer. Larry, Jo, and Jenny Johnstonattended a Svenson family reunionin Spearfish this weekend. Sinceson, David Neisner, was here fromhis home in Freemont, Ohio, hewent along. This reunion is heldevery other year or so. Jo’s momwas expected to be there as wereall four of Jo’s sisters. Marie Addison attended the reg-ular Wednesday meeting of herquilting group in Kadoka lastweek. The group makes quilts forthe children’s home in Rockerville.Afterwards, Marie stopped at theKadoka Nursing Home and had agood visit with Kate DeVries. Onthe way back to Murdo and tomake it a full day, she stopped tosee her grandson, John Addison,and family northeast of Belvidere.On Sunday, Marie came to churchin Belvidere per usual. GraceMcKillip came with her fromMurdo as she often does. Grace isfrom this area originally since sheis a sister to Vernie Sampson,Blanche Dolezal and DorothyBlom. Joy Dolezal recently spent aweek near Deadwood with her dad,Jim Ramey. He is normally helpedsome by Joy’s sister, Jane, but Jane

had to be away since her husbandwas having neck surgery. Grand-kids Joanna and Dale Nemec cameto help her out. Jim lives at such ahigh elevation in the Hills that it isusually quite cool. While Joy wasthere, however, the thermometerread 100 degrees one day. Joy doesnot work at 1880 Town all thatmuch during the summer when thesnowbirds are working there, butshe did help early in the seasonand will probably go back this fall.She does go out and do odd jobsfrom time to time and when some-one else can’t be there. Grady Davis spent last week at-tending Victory Center Bible Campnear Ft. Pierre. The week beforethat, his brothers, Garrett andGage, attended that camp. Whilehis brothers were at camp, Gradyspent time cowboying with hisgrandpa, Bob Fortune. This week-end, Francie, Chad and boys tookcare of their young cousin, Jaden,whose mom, Kathleen Nelson, ofPhilip had other things to do. Last week, Kenny, Roxie andWade Fox sold some cattle at Ft.Pierre. This mostly consisted of drycows, etc. While there, they gotKenny some new fishing equip-ment. That will be needed thisweek for a trip to visit Shawn andJodi Fox at Mobridge which is nextto the Missouri. Shawn is a police-man there and will be busy on the

4th since that is a busy day for lawenforcement. He had earlier in theweek off, however, so Kenny andRoxie were planning to go up onSunday and stay through the 4th. Bunny Green was visited lastweekend by Jerry Konechne ofKimball who was in town for theschool reunion. He and Bunny’sson, Gary, were always goodfriends. During the week, WallyWells brought Bunny’s mail severaltimes. One day, Delores Bonen-berger and her sister, Gladys Hix,stopped in to visit for a couple ofhours. Delores and Gladys werecousins of Virgil Green. Bunny saidher granddaughter, Ruth Ann, hadrecently moved from a trailer parkin Ft. Pierre that had a lot of trou-ble with flooding from nearby hillsand, last year, the river. Ruth Annand family have moved to higherground which Bunny said is quitea relief. Howie Ireland enjoyed theschool reunion in Belvidere lastweekend. His whole class of threemembers attended to celebratetheir 50th anniversary of gradua-tion. Cathy Ireland, however, wasnot a Belvidere graduate. She grad-uated from Hot Springs. Cathy saidher garden is doing okay if she cankeep the grasshoppers in check. Inthe front of the house, the rhubarbhas been eaten down to just thestalks. Rhubarb leaves are sup-posed to be poisonous, butgrasshoppers seem to thrive onthem. As of June 30th, Jo Rodgers isofficially the postmaster at Murdo.She previously was the postmasterat Midland. This week, though, sheworked at Presho and Wall morethan at Murdo. The Murdo Post Of-fice will entail considerably moreresponsibility than Midland didbut probably won’t pay a lot more.Jo likes the work at Murdo. SonJory continues to play baseball thissummer. He has been so busy withthat and other things that he hasnot had much time to spend at theranch with his grandma, CarolynManke, lately. Delores Bonenberger and hersister, Gladys Hix, of Colorado,have kept busy as they usually dowhen Gladys comes to visit. Theynaturally took in the school re-union at Belvidere last weekend.Saturday evening, they had supperat Ruby and Lenny Sanftner’s inKadoka. They also traveled toRapid City and Hot Springs. OnSunday, they were in Wall for afamily reunion of the Hix family.The daughter of the late Bud Hixwas there from Chamberlain aswas a grandchild from New Under-wood. Gladys will be returninghome this coming week. Deloreswill take her back with the help ofher granddaughter, Alisha, and Al-isha’s daughter, Joslin, of Mitchell.Alisha works for social services andthe placing of foster children.

On Monday, July 2, Secretary ofState Jason Gant announced thatthe petitions submitted for the re-ferral of House Bill 1234 passed thesignature certification process. Themeasure, “an act to provide incen-tives to teach in critical need areas,to provide for rewards for the bestteachers and those teaching inmath and science subject areas, torevise certain provisions regardingevaluation of teachers, to create asystem for evaluating principals, todistinguish between tenured andnontenured teachers, to revise cer-tain provisions regarding the em-ployment of teachers, and to repealprovisions regarding the teachercompensation assistance program,”was signed by the Governor inMarch, and was submitted for theballot by officials of the SouthDakota Education Association. “Petition circulators submittedapproximately 30,096 signatures torefer the measure to a vote. Accord-ing to State law and administrativerule, we drew a random sample of1,505 signature lines to check forvalidation, which comprised the re-quired audit of 5% of the signa-tures,” Gant said. “From our sample of 1,505 sig-natures, we validated 1,289 and in-validated 216 for various reasons,including lack of voter registration,as well as other errors such asblank lines, printing the name andan improper signature date. In-valid signatures comprised 14.35%

of the total signatures sampled,and under state law, the number ofvalid signatures sampled was suf-ficient for the measure to pass val-idation for the ballot,” Gant said.“If we extrapolate the valid signa-tures, as per South Dakota Law,they were considered to have25,777, significantly greater thanthe 15,855 needed.” According to state law, a referralmeasure or an initiative petitionshall be signed by at least five per-cent of the total votes cast for Gov-ernor in the last gubernatorialelection (15,855), and a constitu-tional amendment requires a peti-tion signed by at least ten percentof the total votes cast for Governorin the last gubernatorial election(31,709). Gant noted, “The 14.35% invali-dation rate was among the lowestof any ballot measure proposed forthe November 2012 ballot.” Recentmeasures submitted for the ballotincluded the one cent sales taxmeasure which had an 18.66% in-validation rate, and last years’House Bill 1230 measure, whichhad a 19.74% invalidation rate. The referral of House Bill 1234will be found on the ballot as Re-ferred Law 16, and joins ReferredLaw 14, Initiated Measure 15, andConstitutional Amendments M, N,O, and P. For more information onthis election’s ballot measures, visitthe Secretary of State’s website atsdsos.gov.

Gant approves HB 1234 petitions

“He who loves not his country, can love nothing.” Byron

Last Sunday, Stan Allard ofRapid City came down and got hismother, Maxine, and she visited intheir home. On Tuesday morning,Maxine’s daughter, Sharon, cameand they went to her eye appoint-ment. Sharon enjoyed the companyof her mother for the rest of theweek until Friday when theyheaded back to Norris. While in theRapid City area Maxine enjoyedvisits with her friends, Scott andLouise Walkinshaw, Gary and ArtieRichards, and her grandniece,Tracy. On the way home, Sharonand Maxine stopped to visit and de-livered Maxine’s most recent bookto Twila Trask in Wall and FlorenceHogen in Kadoka. The Jason Burmas went back toSunshine Bible Academy on Sun-day. Monday JaLynn traveled toVermillion for a couple days of sum-mer classes and Jason and familyspent the time with the grandpar-ents at Platte. The Burmas all re-turned home to Norris late Tuesdayevening. Monday, Jessie Ring took herdaughter, Stephanie, and grand-daughter, Memphis, and JournieClairmont and Deana Dubray toVictory Center Bible Camp near Ft.Pierre. Grandma June Ring babysat some of the kids at home whileshe was gone. Randy Elmer and Bernie Garzaof Waterloo, IA, were huntingprairie dogs in this area this week.It was the first time they evercalled it prairie dog “hunting.” Scott Kaltenbach has been busyfixing windmills and getting wellsgoing in this area. Monday he wasat Tafts and Wednesday he was atthe James Letelliers. A large crowd of friends andneighbors helped Evan andDorothy Bligh brand on Monday.They were also treated to a deli-cious lunch, of course. That eveningafter helping with the brandingSamantha Taft headed back toYankton. Sue Larson of Rapid City andJulie Letellier of Kilgore visited inthe James Letellier and JasonBurma homes on Tuesday. Thursday, JaLynn Burma andJakki and Marjorie Letellier spenta ladies day out in Kadoka. Jakkibeat the heat by enjoying a swim atthe pool with her little friends. Janice Ring visited June for abit on Friday. That evening Juneand twins were invited to the homeof Maxine Allard and enjoyed sup-per there, as Sharon and Maxinehad just gotten home.

We were treated to little leaguebaseball game Friday night at Nor-ris. Blackpipe hosted the KyleMustangs. Blackpipe came out thevictors in the 5-4 game. Membersof the Blackpipe team are: JadenEagle Bear, Brianne ChargingHawk, Jr. Charging Hawk, TahjWhite Hat, Eustace Hart, Tavernand Tahner Hart, La Traca WhiteHat, Beaver Burma, Jade Burmaand Josh Morrison. Richard Charg-ing Hawk is the coach. It was a funfinish to a very hot day. Robert, Sharon and Deb Ringwent to a Ring family reunion inPlatte. They enjoyed seeing ErnaTotton and Linda Totton there fromPierre, too. Friday the Tafts kept appoint-ments in Martin and visited withSusan’s parents, the Alvin Sim-mons. Evan and Dorothy Bligh trav-eled to the Dale and Ruth Paulsonhome in Wessington and helpedMarjorie Bligh celebrate her 91stbirthday on Saturday. The Joe andTera Lopez and family were alsothere. Here is wishing a belatedhappy birthday to a very speciallady. Hope your day was as specialas you are, Marjorie! The Jason Burma family joinedothers at the campout over theweekend at the Bauman cabin inthe badlands hosted by Daniel andTresa Paul and family. Those at-tending were: the Gary Wilkenfamily of Bison, Chet Andersonfamily of Lemmon, the Paul Beck-with family of Pierre, the JasonWatson family of Sunshine BibleAcademy, Miller, SD, and JudyManna of Ukraine and daughters. Saturday, Ken Koistenen ofPierre came and fixed Maxine Al-lard’s storm door and put a handrailing on her front porch. It was avery kind deed for a very kind lady. Boyd and Pat Porch came downfrom Kadoka on Sunday eveningwith supper for the crowd at theHarry and Jeanne Merchen home.Guests at the Merchen’s included:Darrel and Lynnette Batie of RapidCity, Dan and Gigi Batie and

grandsons, Ryan and Dylon ,ofCoalstrip, MT, Tim and TammyMerchen and Ty of Kadoka andHarry’s brother’s, Mark and WiddMerchen. Dan and Gigi came downto help with the harvest. Wheatharvest is in full swing at theirhouse. Jeanne is enjoying Gigi’shelp in the kitchen, too. Jeanne isrecovering nicely from her recentsurgery. We are glad to have themhome again. Kalla Sybesma of Platte was aweekend guests of Andee Beckwithat the James Letelliers. The galsspent some of the time at the Bau-man cabin. Susan Taft and Morgan enjoyedthe movie in Philip on Sunday. Sunday evening guests at theJames Letelliers were: the JasonBurma family, Paul and LuAnneBeckwith and family of Pierre andJudy Weiss Manna from theUkraine. Judy is a good friend ofLuAnne’s and she had not beenback to Norris, since they left forthe Ukraine 12 years ago. Laterthat evening, Tim and TammyMerchen and Ty delivered an air-conditioner to the Letelliers so weare thoroughly enjoying cooler tem-peratures inside at least. I was inKadoka earlier in the week andmust have looked melted down be-cause Tammy quickly offered an airconditioner. Boy, is it a life saver. Saturday evening, Sharon Ring,Edna Kary and Rebekkah, Susanand Morgan Taft, June Ring andthe twins, and Pastor Denke all en-joyed the fireworks display at theBruce Ring home. Sunday morning after churchJune Ring, accompanied by KendaHuber, took June’s grandson,Michael, to the airport in RapidCity. Michael boarded the plane forDallas/Ft. Worth to keep his doctorappointment. Michael broke hisarm quite severely earlier in thesummer. Remember to stop by at the Nor-ris Township Hall on Sunday after-noon and wish Congratulations toRobert and Sharon Ring on theirgolden anniversary. They are avery special couple in our commu-nity and after all they have spentall their married lives here andhope they spend many more. Have a fun and safe fourth ofJuly!

South Dakota is known for itsgood cooks and great beef—and the2012 South Dakota State Fair BeefCook-Off is the opportunity to puta spotlight on the state’s accom-plished home cooks and great-tast-ing, nutritious beef in a friendly,fun annual event. “If you’re one of our state’s goodamateur cooks armed with a greatbeef recipe, it’s time to enter theState Fair Beef Cook-Off,” saysKarla Pazour, chair of the event.“We’d love anyone who enjoys cook-ing to participate,” says Pazour.“The State Fair is a true SouthDakota affair with competition ineverything from horticulture tolivestock breeds.” The Beef Cook-Off is one more friendly competi-tion featuring grills, skillets andbeef. Entries and recipes are due Au-gust 1, 2012 for the State Fair BeefCook-Off to be held Saturday, Sep-tember 1 at the South DakotaState Fair in Huron. The contest isopen to non-professional SouthDakota residents in either theyouth division (10-18 years) oradult division (19 and older). Beefrecipes submitted must feature amain meal entrée appropriate forentertaining or special occasionmeals. Judging is based on taste,appearance, originality, nutritionand ease of preparation. The win-ner of the youth division will re-ceive a $250 cash prize, while theadult division winner will takehome $500 in cash. Thanks to theBeef Check-off dollar, there will be$1,500 in cash prizes awarded. Pazour says, “Many people havefond memories of their favoritemeals on vacation or at trend-set-

ting restaurants.” This year's cook-ing theme “DESTINATION: DIN-NER” challenges the cook toreplicate recipes that are represen-tative of specific locations—thinkBourbon Street Steak, Lone StarSalad, Beef Burgundy, Korean-Style Ribs, explains Pazour. Beef'sversatility makes it a natural forvarious ethnic creations. She says,“Sometimes you can escape fromlife's ordinary by simply creatingan extraordinary beef meal!” Individuals selected to competewill actually prepare their beef en-trée in a public area during theBeef Cook-Off, allowing partici-pants to interact with state fair at-tendees. Judges are kept in asecluded location and recipes arejudged completely on the finishedproduct, not on cooking procedures. Hosted by the South DakotaCattleWomen and funded by theSD Beef Industry Council throughthe Beef Check-off, the State FairBeef Cook-Off is an excellent way,says Pazour, to educate consumerson the 29 lean cuts of beef alongwith beef ’s versatility, ease ofpreparation and excellent taste.For more information and to printan entry form for the State FairBeef Cook-Off, go towww.sdbeef.org or www.sdstate-fair.com. Entry forms and recipesmust be submitted by August 1 onthe www.sdbeef.org website or toKarla Pazour, SD Beef Cook-Off,25725 350th Ave., Pukwana, SD57370. Finalists will be selectedand notified by August 17. Any ad-ditional questions about the con-test can be directed to Pazour at(605) 894-4490.

State Fair Beef Cook-Off,

entries due Wed., Aug. 1

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Class of 1952 … Emil Williams (L), Clara Belle (Wilson) Weller, andBob Enders enjoyed getting together to celebrate their 60th reunion.

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Two changes to South Dakota'sopen meetings laws will clarifywhen public meeting agendas areposted and how the public can par-ticipate in certain public meetingsconducted by teleconference. The changes are among manynew laws approved by the Legisla-ture last winter that take effectJuly 1. Public boards that are subject tothe state's open meetings law willnow need to make sure their meet-ing agenda is posted in a place ac-cessible to the public for at least afull 24 hours prior to the meeting.The agenda also must be posted tothe public board's website if theboard has an online site. The new law stems from com-plaints taken up by the state'sOpen Meetings Commission. Peo-ple who had filed complaints withthe OMC argued the old law didnot fully explain how far in ad-vance of a public meeting anagenda notice needed to be posted.Some argued they could not getsufficient advance notice of a publicmeeting because the agenda hadbeen posted in a public buildinglobby not accessible other than dur-ing normal business hours. Rep. Burt Tulson of Lake Nor-den represents a legislative districtwhere one of the agenda-postingcomplaints brought before theOMC originated. Residents in theWillow Lake School District filed acomplaint regarding the posting ofan agenda for a school board meet-ing. "I think it's important that thepublic can see the meeting agenda,especially when offices are closed,"Tulson said. "I think this lawstrikes a good balance. Many (pub-lic boards) were posting agendas al-ready." Sen. Ried Holien of Watertownalso was one of key sponsors of thenew law. "This law was necessary to pro-tect public oversight of govern-ment," Holien said. "This lawstrengthens the people's right toknow and to offer input. Withoutongoing vigilance, like the kind thislaw provides, any level of govern-ment could begin to, whether on

purpose or by accident, operate insecret." Holien agreed that the new lawshould not be too burdensome forpublic boards. "This was a concern of minewhen drafting this legislation,"Holien said. "While we wanted toprotect the public's right to know,we also did not want to make gov-ernment less responsive or morebureaucratic. Therefore, we madecompliance as easy and flexible aspossible. I do not see any difficultyin complying with this law." A second change to the openmeetings laws requires publicboards conducting meetings byteleconference to allow the publicto listen by phone or the Internet incertain circumstances. If less than a quorum of a publicboard is present at its designatedmeeting location, then arrange-ments must be made for the publicto listen by telephone or the Inter-net from anywhere. Under the old law, the publicwould need to go to the publicboard's main office if it wanted toparticipate in the board's telecon-ference meeting. Sen. Al Novstrup of Aberdeensponsored the teleconference legis-lation. A frequent critic of the ad-ministration of the James RiverWater District, Novstrup said hebecame increasingly frustratedwhen he would have to drive fromhis home in Aberdeen to the dis-trict's office in Huron if he wantedto listen to a district board's tele-conference meeting. "It wasn't that the meeting was-n't open, it wasn't available at aprice you could afford," Novstrupsaid, citing instances where mem-bers of the public may drive 200miles in order to listen to a publicmeeting that may last only 10 min-utes. Novstrup said the change willaffect state boards and commis-sions more than local governmentboards. State boards are more fre-quent users of teleconference meet-ings, often because the boardmembers are from various loca-tions across the state.

By SDNA News Service

Changes to open meetings laws take effect July 1

A total of 324 students atMitchell Technical Institute havebeen placed on the Fall Semester2011 President's List, according toMTI President Greg Von Wald.Fulltime students with a GPA of3.5 or higher receive this honor. Included on the Spring 2012President’s List are:

Orin VanderMay,Heating & Cooling Technology,

Long ValleyTrey Osburn,

Telecommunications, Columbus, MT

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Mitch Moor was home for the re-union weekend to visit his parents,Marv and Deb Moor. MatthewMoor came home from CedarRapids, IA, and accompanied Debto her father's Kosters/Raba familyreunion in Selby. This will be thelast gathering for their large ex-tended family. Deb's sister, Dianne,husband, Jim, son, Michael, anddaughter, Julie Sorem, from Dal-las, TX, stayed overnight Mondayat Kadoka. They were on their wayto Rapid City to visit their othersister, Donna Needham, before re-turning home. Elaine (Stratton) Staben anddaughters, Carol and Rhonda, ofBozeman, MT, visited at the homeof her other daughter, Joan Enders,over the weekend. All went toMilesville on Friday to attend aStaben family reunion. Bruce and Lila Whidby cele-brated their 50th anniversary lastweek. They spent a few days in HotSprings and other parts of theBlack Hills and on Sunday theirfour children hosted a party in theKadoka City Park. Many familymembers attended including hertwo sisters, Lois Lurz and daughterof Hot Springs and Lola and RonHulce of Philip, and her aunt,Wanda Swan of Kadoka. Theweather was hot but all enjoyed theoccasion. Lester and Becky Terkildsen losttheir log cabin near Roundup, MT,to a forest fire last week. He wascontacted on Tuesday and on Fri-day was able to visit the site. Hecalled his parents, Tom and TootieTerkildsen, to tell of the loss. Hewas saddened to lose all his rodeotrophys, saddles and especially hisgrandfather’s saddle. Tootie alsosaid that her brother, Bob Stephen-son, who lives in Wyoming, saidthere are at least 14 forest firesburning in Wyoming at this time.South Dakota is also fighting threemajor fires in and around the BlackHills. The Colorado forest fires are es-pecially bad with so many homeslost. My sister, June Starkjohann,who with her husband, Floyd, livesin Windsor, CO, said that they havenot even be able to be outside be-cause of all the smoke in the area. Wheat harvest is in full swing in

this area. Lots of combines are seenevery day in and around Kadoka. Itis hot and dry here too, althoughseveral storms pass through occa-sionally. Philip did get about aninch of rain Saturday night withawful wind and some hail. Jerri Sandoval, her husbandand children, arrived in Kadokalast week to visit at the home of hermom and husband, Terri and LloydJohnston. Jerri’s husband returnedto their home in Downer Grove, IL,on Monday, but she and the chil-dren will be visiting here for thenext couple of weeks. Sympathy is extended to thefamily of Dennis Kennedy of Philipwho passed away Friday. His fu-neral service was held in Philip onTuesday. He is the brother of Judy(Olney) Goldhammer of Wall. Butch Struble and son, Keegan,of Lead were in Kadoka one nightlast week visiting his parents, Lesand Muree Struble. They were ontheir way to Rochester, MN, whereButch had a checkup scheduled.His brain tumor has not grown andhe is feeling pretty good, accordingto Muree. They returned onWednesday and stopped to reporton his progress before going onhome to Lead. Les’s brother, DelStruble, of Belle Fourche is cur-rently in the Rapid City RegionalHospital fighting cancer. His condi-tion is not good. Wednesday of last week SydneLenox met Ella Rock, Pam andCliff Fairchild of Sturgis, andSharon Vaughan in Deadwood forbreakfast. Sharon was to leave forher home in Newport, NC, on July2 but planned to spend a coupledays with the Fairchilds before sheleft. Whitney Antonsen and SkylerPatterson were married Saturday,June 30, in Kadoka. A large crowdof relatives and friends were onhand to witness their wedding andreception/dance and wish the cou-ple many happy years of marriedlife. Greg and Lisa Uhlir of SiouxFalls arrived in Kadoka on Thurs-day and spent a few days with hisparents, Vernon and Hellen Uhlir,and visited other relatives andfriends. They had been to the BlackHills and spent some time with hersister, Charlene Sieler, and hadbeen at the activities of the MissSouth Dakota pageant. They re-turned to their home on Saturday. Jeff Willert was scheduled toparticipate in several rodeos lastweek, but the site of theprorodeo.com was shut down forawhile, so there were no scoresavailable. According to the dailypaper, he was to ride in BelleFourche on Monday; then on toCody, WY, July 3 and to St. Paul,OR, July 4. Jamie Willert partici-pated in the ranch rodeo in BelleFourche over the weekend. Be-cause of the early news deadlinethis week, scores will be in nextweek’s paper.

Baseball tournament … The Kadoka “B” Team competed in a tournament in Philip on Saturday, June30 and were awarded medals. Back row (L): Coaches, Rich Lamont, Rich Bendt and Mark DeVries. Middle row:Isaiah Hogen, Katy O’Daniel, Lavin Bendt, Marcus Herber, Landon Schofield, Jarred Hicks, and Richard Lam-ont. Front row: Reece Ohrtman, Greysn DeVries, Reed Ohrtman, Jadyn Coller, Gavin DeVries, Dawson Recklingand TJ Hamar. -- photo by Shawna Bendt

Last fall at the Society for RangeManagement annual meeting alocal Jones County producer wasrecognized for their outstandingconservation efforts. Valburg Lim-ited Partnership was presentedwith the Area III “Excellence inRange Management” award. The nomination for this awardwas submitted by the Jones CountyNatural Resource ConservationService (NRCS) office and isawarded to producers that showoutstanding conservation efforts. On July 26, 2012 the Valburg’swill host a tour of their place tovisit and show attendees the con-servation practices they have im-plemented and the benefits theyhave seen. Jim Faulstich, ViceChairman of the SD GrasslandCoalition, will speak on his mineralprogram and winter grazing prac-tices he follows on his place. Theday will begin with registration at9:00 a.m. and will conclude about2:00 pm. The public is welcome toattend and a meal will be served atnoon. This award is given to each ofthe four designated geographicareas of the state. Area III covers asixteen county region of centralSouth Dakota that runs from theNorth Dakota boarder to the Ne-braska border. The nomination forthis award is judged in four differ-ent areas: Community Involve-ment, Land Management,Livestock Management and Inno-vative Practices. Implementing conservationspractices just doesn’t happenovernight it evolves with time.

Conservation practices on the Val-burg ranch began over forty yearsago in 1966 when William (BJ)working with the Jones CountyNRCS and the Jones County Con-servation District to provide himtechnical assistance to implementthe first conservation practices onthis place. Now son Barry, as Val-burg Limited Partnership, contin-ues to take part in conservationprograms aimed at treating re-source concerns. Through the useof different Farm Bill programs,Valburg Limited Partnership hasinstalled pipelines, watering facili-ties, and added cross fences to helpwith grazing distribution. Workingclosely with the Jones CountyNRCS office a rotational grazingplan has been developed for Val-burg’s to follow to insure even graz-ing through all the pastures. TateLantz, Area Resource Conserva-tionist, commented on an occasionhe was at Valburg’s “The Valburg’sare very conscientious about howthey manage their grass and I wasimpressed by the variety and diver-sity of the different grasses on theirplace.” There is no cost to attend but formeal planning purposes please con-tact the Jones County Conserva-tion office at 669-2404 ext. 3 byJuly 13th if you plan on attending.This tour is sponsored by the SDSociety for Range Management, SDGrassland Coalition, Jones CountyConservation District, JonesCounty NRSC, South CentralRC&D, Dakota Prairie Bank andFirst Fidelity Bank-Murdo Branch.

Society for Range Management tour

The Kadoka Area School Boardheld a special meeting on Tuesday,June 26 at 7:00 p.m. to close outthe end of the fiscal year. Boardmember Ross Block was absent. A motion carried to approve theagenda and the bills as presentedfor the end of the fiscal year. Superintendent Jamie Hermanngave an update on the Great Hallproject, stating that the repairs areprogressing according to the sched-ule. The color and texture of thestucco has been chosen and appli-cation should begin in approxi-mately two weeks. Work on theinterior portion of the building willalso begin soon. Hermann also gave an updateon the buildings and grounds com-mittee meetings. Needs of theschool are being assessed in re-garding to building space. It hasbeen determined that in order tobetter serve the students, addi-tional space is needed. Following discussion, a resolu-tion was passed to support an up-coming building project within theKadoka School District. The build-ing type and use have not been de-termined, but planning has begun. Student handbooks were pre-sented for the second reading. Afew changes were discussed includ-ing the changes made to the grad-ing scale which will now reflect aten point scale; A: 100-90%; B: 89-

80; C: 79-70; D: 69-60; F: below 60. The board entered into execu-tive session at 7:42 p.m. and re-turned to open session at 8:27 p.m. Teaching contracts were offeredto Misty Hamar and Mia Whirl-wind Horse and the elementarycounselor position to Kristi Stone. Extra curricular contracts wereoffered to Jody Sudbeck for assis-tant high school football coach,Dylan Moro for junior high footballcoach, Nicci DeVries and Sonya Ad-dison as co-cheerleading coaches,Keena Moro as junior high girls’basketball coach, Dylan Moro asjunior high boys’ basketball coachand Annette VanderMay as highschool girls’ basketball assistantcoach. In other action, the board: •approved contingency transfersin the amount of $24,100.00; •approved a transfer from theImpact Aid fund to the Capitol Out-lay fund in the amount of$125,000.00; •adopted and renew health in-surance for the 2012-2013 schoolterm; •cast a vote for Jason Utter-mark for the SD High School Activ-ities Association; •establish a T&A account for theSouthern Plains Tournament; •presented the technology usepolicies and procedures for firstreading; •reviewed the budget for the fis-cal year 2012-2013.

School board offers contracts,

approves 10-point grading scale

Four generations … Pictured (L) Lucas Mayfield (father) holdinghis daughter, Raegan Lynn Mayfield, Marcia Morrison (grandmother) andBob McCormick (great-grandfather). -- courtesy photo

First West Nile

detections reported South Dakota is reporting itsfirst West Nile virus (WNV) detec-tions of the season, a positive mos-quito pool in Brookings County andone in Brown County. “This will be the eleventh year ofWest Nile transmission in SouthDakota and it may be tempting tobe complacent,” said Dr. LonKightlinger, State Epidemiologistfor the Department of Health. “Weneed to remember that it can be aserious, even fatal illness, and get inthe habit of protecting ourselves byusing repellents, limiting exposure,and getting rid of mosquito breedingspots.” To prevent mosquito bites and re-duce the risk of WNV, the depart-ment recommends: •Use mosquito repellents (DEET,picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus, orIR3535) and limit exposure by cov-ering up. •Limit time outdoors from duskto midnight. •Get rid of standing water thatgives mosquitoes a place to breed. In SD peak transmission of WNVis July through early September.

~ by Robyn Jones ~

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PROPOSED BUDGET2010-2011

Kadoka AreaSchool District

Notice is hereby given that the KadokaArea School District will conduct a publichearing at the Kadoka School in Kadoka,South Dakota on Wednesday, July 11,2011 @ 6:30 p.m. for the purpose of con-sidering the foregoing proposed schooldistrict budget for fiscal year beginningJuly 1, 2012, ending June 30, 2013, andits supporting data.

Eileen C. StolleyBusiness Manager

Kadoka School District

GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES:1111-Elementary Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . .930,208.001131-High School Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . .389,353.001111-Title II, Part A . . . . . . . .45,042.001131-Title II, Part A . . . . . . . .50,260.00Title II, Part A Indirect Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,761.001140-Early Childhood . . . . . .14,995.001190-Title VII- Indian Education . . . . . . . .24,481.001273-Title I . . . . . . . . . . . . .623,670.001299-Alternative Schooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,638.002129-Guidance . . . . . . . . . . .73,447.002134-Health Services . . . . . . .1,400.002172-Occupational Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800.002213-Improvement of Instruction, Title II, Part A . . . . . . . . . . .17,398.002229- Library . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,677.002227-Technology in Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98,094.002319- Board of Education . . . . . . . . . . . .55,057.002314-Election . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,455.002315-Legal Services . . . . . . .10,000.002317-Audit Services . . . . . . .16,800.002321-Office of the Superintendent . . . . . .122,439.002410-Office of the Principals . . . . . . . . . .226,460.002490-Medicaid Administration . . . . . . . . . . .1,200.002523-Cooperative Educational Unit . . . . . . . . . .2,100.002529-Office of the Business Manager . . . . . .138,424.002549-Operation & Maintenance of Plant . . . .199,186.002553-Bus Monitor services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,061.002559-Pupil Transportation . . . . . . . . .117,777.002650-Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program . . . . . .12,600.002642-Recruitment and Placement . . . . . . . . . . . .700.004400-Unemployment . . . . . . . .2,000.004500-Early Retirement . . . . .24,600.006000-Co-Curricular . . . . . . .165,044.007000-Contingencies . . . . . . .70,000.00TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES . . . . .3,478,127.00

GENERAL FUND REVENUES:Revenue Local Sources:1110-Ad Valorem Taxes . . . .564,335.001111-Mobile Home Taxes . . .18,000.001120-Prior Years Taxes . . . . . .9,000.001140-Gross Receipts Taxes . . . . . . . . .170,290.001190-Penalties & Interest on Taxes . . . . . . . . .4,500.001500-Interest Earned . . . . . . .6,500.001710-Admissions . . . . . . . . . .14,500.001740- Activity Participation Fees . . . . . . . .1,000.001790-Yearbook . . . . . . . . . . . .5,000.001910-Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,200.001973-Medicaid Administration . . . . . . . . . .16,000.001990-Other local Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,000.00Revenue County Sources:2110-County Apportionment . . . . . . . . . .40,000.00Revenue State Sources:3111-State Aid . . . . . . . . .1,207,558.003111-Sparcity Aid . . . . . . . . . .39,000.003112-State Apportionment . . . . . . . . . .35,000.003114-Bank Franchise Tax . . . . . . . . . . .12,000.00Revenue Federal Sources:5110-Transfers in from Impact Aid . . . . . . . . . . . .431,001.003111-Sparcity Aid . . . . . . . . . .39,000.003112-State Apportionment . . .35,000.003114-Bank Franchise Tax . . .12,000.00Revenue Federal Sources:5110-Transfer in from Impact Aid . . . . . . . .431,001.005110-Transfer in from Pension Fund . . . . . . . . . . .59,130.00

4121-National Minerals . . . . .32,500.004133-Bankhead Jones . . . . . .1,000.004122-Taylor Grazing . . . . . . . . . . .50.004142-Title 7- Indian Education . . . . . . . .37,542.004151-009 Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program . . . . .13,900.004151-021 College Access . . . .3,000.004159-Title II Part A . . . . . . . .115,461.004158-Title I . . . . . . . . . . . . .623,670.004169-Artist in Schools . . . . . . . .900.005130-Sale of Fixed Assets . . . . .500.00Budgeted Fund Balance . . . . .8,590.00TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES . . . .3,478,127.00

CAPITOL OUTLAYFUND EXPENDITURES1111-Elementary Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92,300.001131-High School Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,500.002227-Technology in Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,800.002229-Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,200.002547-Land and Building Rental . . . . . . . . . .46,800.002549-Operation & Maintenance of Plant . . . .169,400.002559-Pupil Transportation . . .87,500.002569-Food Service Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,500.005000-Debt Service . . . . . . . .13,017.00Reserve for Buildings . . . . . .90,000.00TOTAL CAPITOL OUTLAY EXPENDITURES . . . . . . .516,017.00

CAPITOL OUTLAY REVENUES1110-Ad Valorem Tax . . . . .225,017.001111-Mobile Home Taxes . . . .6,000.001120-Prior Years Taxes . . . . . .4,500.001190-Penalties & Interest on Taxes . . . . . . . . .1,200.001510-Interest earned . . . . . . . .4,500.001990-Sale of surplus property . . . . . . . . . . .600.00 Transfer from Impact Aid . . . . . . . . . . . .272,200.00 Budgeted Fund Balance . . . .2,000.00TOTAL CAPITOL OUTLAY REVENUES . . .516,017.00

SPECIAL EDUCATIONEXPENDITURES1226-Early Childhood - Preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,075.001221-Programs for Mild to Moderate Disabilites . . . . . . . . . . . . .131,481.001222-Programs for Servere Disabilities . . . . .227,565.001227-Early Intervention . . . . . . .500.002132-Medical Services . . . . . . . .800.002142-Psychological Testing (Evaluation) Svs . . . . . . . . . .6,500.002159-Speech Services . . . . .69,698.002162-Audiology Services . . . .1,050.002171-Physical Therapy Services . . . . . . . . .1,200.002172-Occupational Therapy Services . . . . . . . . .2,600.002213-Instructional Staff Training Services . . . . . .718.002715-Special Education Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,846.002735-Pupil Transportation . . . .2,000.002740-Speech Language Mileage . . . . . . . . . .400.00TOTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION EXPENDITURES . . . . . . .477,433.00

SPECIAL EDUCATION REVENUES1110-Ad Valorem Taxes . . . .275,938.001111-Mobile Home Taxes . . . .8,500.001120-Prior Years Taxes . . . . . .1,700.001190-Penalties & Interest on Taxes . . . . . . . . .1,200.001500-Interest Earned . . . . . . .1,600.001972-Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,500.001973-Medicaid Administration . . . . . . . . . . .2,500.003111-State Aid . . . . . . . . . . . .27,412.004111-Impact Aid . . . . . . . . . . .19,500.004175-IDEA Part B 611 . . . . .122,127.004186-Pre School Incentive (619) . . . . . . . . . . .9,7955110-Transfer from Impact Aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,661.00TOTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION REVENUES . . . . . . . . . . .477,433.00

IMPACT AID FUND:IMPACT AID FUNDEXPENDITURES/USES:8110-Transfers to Other Funds . . . . . . . . . . .727,752.00

IMPACT AID FUND REVENUES:1510-Interest Earned . . . . . .15,900.004111-Impact Aid . . . . . . . . . .360,000.00Applied Cash on hand . . . . .351,852.00Total: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .727,752.00

CAPITOL PROJECTS FUNDEXPENSES:7500-Capitol Projects . . . . .387,156.00

CAPITOL PROJECTS FUNDREVENUES:5150-Special Items . . . . . . .387,156.00

PENSION FUND EXPENDITURES5110-Transfer to Gen. Fund (retirements) . . . . . . .59,130.00

PENSION FUND REVENUES1110-Ad Valorem Taxes . . . . .59,130.00

[Published July 5, 2012 at the total ap-proximate cost of $89.89]

THREE RIVERS SPECIALSERVICES COOPERATIVE

REGULAR BOARD MEETINGJune 26, 2012

The Three Rivers Special Services Coop-erative regular board meeting was held,Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. MT(7:00 a.m. CT) via teleconference call.

The meeting was called to order byChairperson Diane Weber with members’present answering roll call. Present were:Diane Weber, Bill Hutchinson, Dawn Ras-mussen, Jamie Griffith, Carrie Lolley. Ab-sent: None. Also present Kathy Arthur -Business Manager.

3150-12 Motion by Griffith, seconded byRasmussen, to approve the agenda withthe following additions; Accept resigna-tion. Roll Call Vote: Yes: Lolley, Ras-mussen, Griffith, Weber, Hutchinson. No:None.

3151-12 Motion by Hutchinson, sec-onded by Lolley, to approve May 24,2012 minutes as presented. Roll CallVote: Yes: Lolley, Rasmussen, Griffith,Weber, Hutchinson. No: None.

3152-12 Motion by Lolley, seconded byRasmussen, to approve the followingFY12

Budget Supplements:Revenue: 10-1900 Local Revenue . . . . . . . . .26,475.95 Expenditures: 10-2100 Support Services . . . . . . .26,475.95

Roll Call Vote: Yes: Lolley, Rasmussen,Griffith, Weber, Hutchinson. No: None.

3153-12 Motion by Rasmussen, sec-onded by Griffith, to approve the followingFY13 Direct Service Contracts: SpeechTherapy – Bennett County School Dis-trict, Haakon School District. Roll CallVote: Yes: Lolley, Rasmussen, Griffith,Weber, Hutchinson. No: None.

3154-12 Motion by Hutchinson, sec-onded by Griffith, to approve the Junebills as presented. Roll Call Vote: Yes:Lolley, Rasmussen, Griffith, Weber,Hutchinson. No: None.

JUNE 2012 PAYABLESPAYROLL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,250.24 ADMINISTRATIVEPAYROLL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34,314.67 PROFESSIONALPAYROLL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,586.80 SUPPORTFICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,452.90 IRSRETIREMENT . . . . . . . . . . . .4,430.86 SDRSANNUITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,208.86 PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS95% GROUP INC . . . . . . . . .28,440.56 RTI TRAINING MATERIALAMERICA'S BEST VALUE INN . .46.50 PROGRAM TRAVELAPPLE COMPUTER . . . . . . . . .227.00 PROGRAM SUPPLIESAT&T MOBILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . .69.61 PHONE SERVICEATWOOD, LUCY . . . . . . . . . . . .199.00 PROGRAM EXPENSESBENNETT COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT . . . . . . .710.37 PROGRAM EXPENSEBEST WESTERN RAMKOTA HOTEL . . . . . . . .298.50 PROGRAM TRAVELBEST WESTERN RAMKOTA INN . . . . . . . . . . .784.48 PROGRAM TRAVELBIRGEN, CAROL . . . . . . . . . . . .529.31 ISTE CONFERENCE TRAVELBJ'S FOOD CENTER . . . . . . . . . .7.47 PROGRAM SUPPLIESBLACK HILLS COOPERATIVE . . . . . . . . .2,695.15 OCCUPANCYBLAKE, COLLEEN . . . . . . . . . .306.61 PROGRAM EXPENSESBROWN, DONNA . . . . . . . . . . .326.36 PROGRAM EXPENSESBW BLACK HILLS LODGE . . . . .48.50 PROGRAM TRAVELCOMFORT SUITES . . . . . . . . . . .93.00 PROGRAM TRAVELCOOCH, GREG . . . . . . . . . . . . .748.00 PSYCH SERVICESDEAN FOODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66.08 BC CCLC SUPPLIESDEISS, ROSE MARY . . . . . . .1,634.60 PART C/RST EXPENSESDELTA DENTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . .350.80 DENTAL PREMIUMDIDIER, MONICA . . . . . . . . . . .850.00 PART C EXPENSESFIRST BANK & TRUST . . . . . .4241.83 PROGRAM EXPENSEGOLDEN WEST COMMUNICATIONS INC . . .301.61 PHONE SERVICEGRAUPMANN, KENNETH . . .1,400.00 PROGRAM EXPENSEGRIFFITH, JAMIE . . . . . . . . . . . .25.16 BOARD MEETING MILEAGEHOLIDAY INN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.00 PROGRAM TRAVELHOMETOWN COMPUTER SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.00 COMPUTER MAINTENANCEHUTCHINSON, BILL . . . . . . . . . .32.56 BOARD MEETING MILEAGE

KADOKA PRESS . . . . . . . . . . . .127.69 PROCEEDINGSKENNEBEC TELEPHONE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260.00 OFFICE RENTLINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18.90 LIFE PREMIUMLINTVEDT, MICHELLE . . . . . . .124.32 LYMAN CO CCLC EXPLYMAN COUNTY HERALD . . . . . .8.40 PROGRAM EXPENSELYNN'S DAKOTAMART . . . . . . .107.43 CCLC SUPPLIESMARCO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344.08 COPIER MAINTENANCEMERTENS, BETTY JEAN . . . . .124.32 LYMAN CO CCLC EXPMEYERINK, GWENDOLYN J . .640.00 TCLP SERVICESMORRIS, RANDY . . . . . . . . . . .142.82 ADM TRAVELNFP NATIONAL ACCOUNT SERVICES . . . . . .86.10 SUPPLEMENTAL LIFENIOBRARA LODGE . . . . . . . .1,534.50 PROGRAM TRAVELOFFICE PRODUCTS CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128.00 COPIER LEASEPEOPLE'S MARKET . . . . . . . . .118.68 CCLC SUPPLIESPETTY CASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.31 OFFICE EXPENSEPHILIP AMBULANCE SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .425.00 OFFICE RENTPOPHAM, JULIE A . . . . . . . . . .344.00 PROGRAM EXPENSESQUILL CORPORATION . . . . . . .217.02 SUPPLIESRASMUSSEN, DAWN . . . . . . . . .31.82 BOARD MEETING MILEAGEROWE, DIONE . . . . . . . . . . . . .209.05 PROGRAM TRAVELSAYLER, KATHERINE M . . . . . .30.72 PROGRAM EXPENSESCHINDLER, JANET . . . . . . . . . .71.78 LYMAN CCLC TRAVELSD DISCOVERY CENTER/AQUARIUM . . . .2,032.27 PROGRAM EXPENSESHANNON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT . . . . . .3,046.67 ICN COORDINATIONSPEER, SARA . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260.19 PROGRAM TRAVELSTANLEY, MARY . . . . . . . . . . . . .77.70 PROGRAM EXPENSESTOLTENBURG, LORI . . . . . .9,000.00 ADVANCED APPS WORKSHOPTHREE RIVERS SPECIAL SERVICES . . . .16,996.25 PROGRAM EXPENSETIE OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577.00 AIMS WEB WORKSHOPTRSSC BENFIT GROUP . . . .3,897.57 HEALTH PREMIUM

UNITED STATES POST OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . .350.00 POSTAGEVANDERMAY, ANNETTE . . . . .270.18 PROGRAM EXPENSEWANBLEE CAP OFFICE . . . . . .300.00 CCLC SITE RENTWEST RIVER FOUNDATION . . . . . . . . . .1,700.00 VEHICLE LEASESWOLF, DARWIN . . . . . . . . . . .1,204.98 PROGRAM EXPENSEWRIGHT EXPRESS FSC . . . . .986.85 PROGRAM TRAVEL

3155-12 Motion by Lolley, seconded byGriffith, to approve the May Financial Re-ports as presented. Roll Call Vote: Yes:Lolley, Rasmussen, Griffith, Weber,Hutchinson. No: None.

3156-12 Motion by Griffith, seconded byHutchinson, to accept the following FY13Hiring Agreements: Hoby Abernathy–$25,000.00/Annually, Kathy Arthur–$42,167.00/Annually, Leandra Arthur–$22,000.00/Annually, LucyAtwood-$53,929.00/215 day, MaryBaumeister-$22,000.00/Annually, ColeenBlake-$45,035.00/180 day, DonnaBrown-$26,336.00/Annually, JosephHauge-$27,000.00/Annually, Anita Hicks-$33,900.00/205 day, Michelle Lintvedt–$16,000.00/Annually, Julie Mathiesen-$29,000.00/Annually, Betty JeanMertens-$30,000.00/Annually, RandyMorris–$32,000.00/Annually, JuliePopham –$29,250.00/90 day, JanetSchindler- $19,500.00/Annually, AnnetteVanderMay –$33,900.00/205 day. RollCall Vote: Yes: Lolley, Rasmussen, Grif-fith, Weber, Hutchinson. No: None.

3157-12 Motion by Rasmussen, sec-onded by Lolley, to accept the resignationof Mary Stanley, effective June 30, 2012.Roll Call Vote: Yes: Lolley, Rasmussen,Griffith, Weber, Hutchinson. No: None.

3158-12 Motion by Griffith, seconded byLolley, to set the Annual Meeting of theThree Rivers Special Services Coopera-tive for July 24, 2012, 6:00 p.m. MT (7:00p.m. CT) at the Three Rivers Coop Office,Philip, SD. Roll Call Vote: Yes: Lolley,Rasmussen, Griffith, Weber, Hutchinson.No: None.

3159-12 Motion by Griffith, seconded byRasmussen, to adjourn. Roll Call Vote:Yes: Lolley, Rasmussen, Griffith, Weber,Hutchinson. No: None.

Diane Weber, Chairperson

Kathy Arthur, Business Manager

[Published July 5, 2012, at the total ap-proximate cost of $88.38]

IN CIRCUIT COURTSIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

COUNTY OF JACKSON

Estate ofAlexander H. Livermont,Deceased.

PRO. NO. 12-8

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is given that on the 27th day ofJune, 2012, Linda A. Stoddard, whoseaddress is 24305 SD Hwy 44, Norris, SD57560, was appointed as Personal Rep-resentative of the estate of Alexander H.Livermont.

Creditors of decedent must file theirclaims within four (4) months after thedate of the first publication of this noticeor their claims may be barred.

Claims may be filed with the PersonalRepresentative or may be filed with theclerk with a copy of the claim mailed tothe personal representative.

/s/ Linda A. StoddardLinda A. Stoddard24305 SD Hwy 44Norris, SD 57560

Clerk of CourtsJackson County CourthousePO Box 128Kadoka, South Dakota 57543Ph. 605-837-2122

Kemnitz Law OfficeRalph A. KemnitzPO Box 469Philip, SD 57568Ph. 605-859-2840

[Published July 5, 12, & 19, 2012]

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NOTICEOf Intent to Mine Gravel

Notice is hereby given that the JacksonCounty Highway Department, PO Box594, Kadoka, SD 57543, will be conduct-ing a gravel mining operation at SE4,Section 24, T 43 N, R 39 W, JacksonCounty, South Dakota. The general loca-tion is three and one-half miles east andthree miles south of Interior, SD.

The operation is to begin July 16, 2012and will be completed to include finalreclamation by July 16, 2022. Proposedfuture use of the affected land will consistof re-grading, replacing topsoil and re-seeding to allow the area to be returnedto pasture land.

For additional information contact theJackson County Highway Department,(605) 837–2410, or the S. D. Departmentof Environment and Natural Resources,Minerals and Mining Program, 523 EastCapitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501-3182(605) 773–4201.

[Published June 28 & July 5, 2012 at atotal estimated cost of $23.12]

WEST RIVER WATER DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGTO ADOPT FY 2013 BUDGET

A public hearing will be held at the Murdo Project Office, 307 Main St., Murdo, SD onJuly 19, 2012 at 10:45 A.M. (CDT) to consider the proposed Water Development Dis-trict Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, beginning January 1, 2013.

PRELIMINARY FY 2013 BUDGET:

GENERALAPPROPRIATIONS FUND

01 Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,600.0002 Administration & Technical Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,660.0003 Legal and Consultant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7,500.0004 Capital Outlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -05 Project Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146,000.0006 Contingency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,000.0007 WDD Revolving Fund Repayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -09 Capital Reserve Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -

TOTAL FY 2013 APPROPRIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177,760.00

MEANS OF FINANCE:

310 Taxes (except FY 2009 Levy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,800.00350 Intergovernmental Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -360 Miscellaneous Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500.00370 Other Financing Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67,967.00

SUBTOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70,267.00

WDD Tax Levy Request for FY 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107,493.00

TOTAL MEANS OF FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177,760.00

The purpose of holding this hearing is to provide the public an opportunity to contributeto and comment on the Water Development District proposed operating budget for Fis-cal Year 2013.

Persons interested in presenting data, opinions and arguments for and against theproposed budget may appear, either in person or by representative, at the hearing andbe heard and given an opportunity for a full and complete discussion of all items in thebudget.

[Published: July 5, 2012 at the total approximate cost of $36.85]

SPECIAL MEETINGBOARD OF JACKSON

COUNTY COMMISSIONERSJune 14, 2012

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners met in special session at 1:00p.m., Thursday, June 14, 2012 in theCommissioner's Room of the JacksonCounty Courthouse. Chairman Jim Stil-well called the meeting to order withmembers Glen Bennett, Delores Bonen-berger, and Ron Twiss present. LarryDenke arrived at 1:10 p.m. The purposeof the meeting was to interview appli-cants for the Director of EqualizationClerk position.

All motions carried unanimously unlessotherwise noted.

Report was made that the meeting setwith Levi Hillmer, Brosz Engineering atthe Guptill Bridge site has been post-poned until 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 26,2012.

At 1:04 p.m., Twiss moved, Bonenbergerseconded, that the board go into execu-tive to interview applicants for the Direc-tor of Equalization Clerk position. BradStone, Director of Equalization was pres-ent.

At 2:01 p.m., Twiss moved, Bonenbergerseconded, that the board come out of ex-ecutive session.

Following executive session, Bonen-berger moved, Twiss seconded, that theDirector of Equalization Clerk position beoffered to Andrea Johnston at $9.00 perhour, with a $0.25 pay increase uponcompletion of a 90 day probationary pe-riod, and beginning employment date assoon as possible.

Denke moved, Bonenberger seconded,that Brad Stone be authorized to attendschool in September 2012.

Mitzi Mitchell, Register of Deeds, metwith the board. She reported on birth cer-tificate and marriage license fees col-lected, and stated most are obtained inconnection with driver’s licensing re-quirements. Other topics to be discussedat the public meeting on June 29th werediscussed.

There being no further business to comebefore the board Denke moved, Twissseconded, that the meeting be adjournedand that the board meet in special ses-sion at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 26,2012 at the Guptill Bridge site, that theboard meet in special session to reviewthe proposed 2013 budget requests at3:00 p.m., June 29, 2012. A public meet-ing to be held beginning at 7:00 p.m.,June 29, 2012 for public input on con-struction of a library building and driver’slicensing services. The board will meet inregular session at 9:00 a.m., Monday,July 9, 2012.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

[Published July 5, 2012, at the total ap-proximate cost of $26.98]

Public Notice

Deadline

Friday at Noon

Official ProceedingsREGULAR MEETING

Board of JacksonCounty Commissioners

June 8, 2012

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners met in regular session at 9:00a.m., Friday, June 8, 2012 in the Com-missioner's Room of the Jackson CountyCourthouse. Chairman Jim Stilwell calledthe meeting to order with members GlenBennett, Delores Bonenberger, LarryDenke and Ron Twiss present. All mo-tions carried unanimously unless other-wise noted.

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners, acting as the Jackson CountyCanvass Board, canvassed the votes ofthe June 8, 2010 Primary Election:

Precinct 1: Cottonwood: Presidential Del-egates and Alternates: Republican: Un-committed 0; Ron Paul 1; Mitt Romney 9;Rick Santorum 0; Newt Gingrich 0; U.S.Democratic: Jeff Barth 0; Matt Varilek 3.

Precinct 2: Interior: Presidential Dele-gates and Alternates: Republican: Un-committed 0; Ron Paul 2; Mitt Romney 7;Rick Santorum 3; Newt Gingrich 1; U.S.Democratic: Jeff Barth 2; Matt Varilek 4.

Precinct 3: Kadoka: Presidential Dele-gates and Alternates: Republican: Un-committed 2; Ron Paul 6; Mitt Romney20; Rick Santorum 4; Newt Gingrich 3;U.S. Democratic: Jeff Barth 3; Matt Var-ilek 8.

Precinct 4: Kadoka: Presidential Dele-gates and Alternates: Republican: Un-committed 1; Ron Paul 3; Mitt Romney16; Rick Santorum 5; Newt Gingrich 0;U.S. Democratic: Jeff Barth 1; Matt Var-ilek 5.

Precinct 5: Belvidere: Presidential Dele-gates and Alternates: Republican: Un-committed 0; Ron Paul 3; Mitt Romney 4;Rick Santorum 4; Newt Gingrich 0; U.S.Democratic: Jeff Barth 0; Matt Varilek 3.

Precinct 6: Long Valley: Presidential Del-egates and Alternates: Republican: Un-committed 0; Ron Paul 0; Mitt Romney 4;Rick Santorum 3; Newt Gingrich 1; U.S.Democratic: Jeff Barth 1; Matt Varilek 1.

Precinct 7: Wanblee: Presidential Dele-gates and Alternates: Republican: Un-committed 0; Ron Paul 0; Mitt Romney 3;Rick Santorum 1; Newt Gingrich 0; U.S.Democratic: Jeff Barth 7; Matt Varilek 7.

Precinct 8: Green Valley: PresidentialDelegates and Alternates: Republican:Uncommitted 0; Ron Paul 0; Mitt Rom-ney 5; Rick Santorum 2; Newt Gingrich0; U.S. Democratic: Jeff Barth 0; MattVarilek 6.

Total: Presidential Delegates and Alter-nates: Republican: Uncommitted 3; RonPaul 15; Mitt Romney 70; Rick Santorum22; Newt Gingrich 5; U.S. Democratic:Jeff Barth 14; Matt Varilek 37.

Bonenberger moved that the canvass ofvotes be complete and correct, and besigned and forwarded to the state.Denke seconded the motion.

At 9:30 a.m., Bonenberger moved,Denke seconded, that the board go intoexecutive session to discuss personnelmatters.

At 9:50 a.m., Denke moved, Bonen-berger seconded, that the board comeout of executive session. No action wastaken at this time.

Mitch Olney, Hwy. Supt., reported thatthe Highway Dept. is ready to start mow-ing roads. Discussion was held on mow-ing roads versus spraying the shouldersof the roads. Discussion was held onmowing roads before blading due toheight of grass and clover. Twiss re-quested that the blade operators get fur-ther down in the ditch when pullingshoulders.

Mitch Olney reported on truck repairsand tire repairs.

Discussion was held on road mainte-nance in the Belvidere area. Discussionwas held on stockpiling more gravel inthe northeast part of the county, and thatmining permits and contracts to purchasegravel from the landowners need to beobtained.

Discussion was held on the road leadingto Scott Brech’s. Mitch Olney reportedthat 2” of gravel has been placed on theroad. The board requested that an addi-tional 2” of gravel be placed on the roadat this time.

Discussion was held on the newly con-structed bridge near Pat Guptill’s on CS25. The board instructed Mitch Olney tocontact the inspector on the bridge proj-ect and set up a time he can meet withthe board at the bridge site. Mitch Olneylater reported that Levi Hillmer, Brosz En-gineering would meet with the board at10:00 a.m., June 14, 2012.

Sheriff Clements met with the board. Hereported he had nothing new to report atthis time.

Bonenberger moved, Denke seconded,that minutes of May meetings be ap-proved.

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, reported that 2012STP swap funds in the amount of$145,742.07 have been received. This isthe same amount as received in 2011.Discussion was held on the 2011 STPswap funds being used to cover ex-penses for replacement of the Guptillbridge and purchase and stockpiling ofgravel at the Kennedy and May Pits. Pro-posed use of 2012 STP funds will be foradditional stockpiling of gravel.

The Auditor’s account with the CountyTreasurer was approved as of May 31,2012:

Total amount of deposits in banks . . . . . . . . . .490.61Total amount of actual cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .486.79Total amount of

Register of Deeds cash . . . . .250.00Total amount of checks . . . . . .4,113.49Returned checks . . . . . . . . . . .1,639.48Money Market Account . . . .781,875.01Time Deposits . . . . . . . . . . .117,132.00JCFSA Passbook savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,190.36Total Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . .909,177.74TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .792,400.63

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333,879.59Road & Bridge . . . . . . . . . .387,076.49CH & BR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,635.81Secondary Road . . . . . . . . . .48,403.54911 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,647.29Other Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,608.02Emer./Disaster . . . . . . . . . . . .2,083.97Abuse Center . . . . . . . . . . . .11,847.98Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .904.93L. E. S. T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,313.01 TOTAL TRUST & AGENCY FUNDS . . . . . . .116,777.11Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46,621.21Townships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .954.62Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,511.91State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32,030.02Law Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .838.53JCFSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,190.36Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,630.46

Register of Deeds April collections:$3,387.42

The following bills from the files of theCounty Auditor were presented, exam-ined, allowed and ordered paid:

Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32,468.37BankWest, payroll tax . . . . . . .7,763.31American Family Life Ass’r. Co., ins. prem. . . . . . .1,065.96Jackson Co. Flexible Spending Acct., payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339.08Chase, def. comp. ded. . . . . . . . .30.00S. D. Retirement, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,953.88WellMark, ins. prem. . . . . . . . .9,063.08Credit Collection Bureau, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230.00Hauge Associates, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.00Boston Mutual Ins. Co., ins. prem. . . . . . . . . . . . .214.08Colonial Life, ins. prem. . . . . . . . .25.56S. D. Dept. of Revenue, title ’13 Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . .10.00Kadoka Press, subscription . . . . .35.00U. S. Postal Service, envelopes . . . . . . .1,043.80Music Parents, calendar . . . . . . . .9.82To Whom It May Concern, election pay . . . . .3,077.86City of Kadoka, service . . . . . . .102.25Golden West, service . . . . . . .1,005.89Knology, 911 line . . . . . . . . . . . . .50.43LaCreek Electric, service . . . . . . .36.50Midwest Coop., gas, fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,646.99S. D. Bureau of Info & Technology, internet access . . .90.00Verizon Wireless, cell phone service . . . . . . . . . . . . .182.06West Central Electric, service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .754.92West River Electric, service . . . . .40.05West River Lyman Jones Water, service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20.00Haakon County, Ext. sec. salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .652.56Carrie Weller, supplies, expenses, reimb. . . . . . . . . . .139.76Sheryl Hansen, expenses . . . . . . .8.14Reliable Office Supplies, supplies . . . . . . . . . .180.70A & A Tire & Repair, tube . . . . . . .36.60A & B Welding, 5 yr. cyl. agrm’t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83.00Butler Machinery, parts & repair . . . . . . . . . . . . .923.04Century Business Products, copier rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.98Certified Laboratories, premalube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275.00Cretex Concrete Products, double tees – Guptill Bridge . . . . . . . . . . .25,348.00Diana Coller, books . . . . . . . . . .196.24D S Solutions, test deck ballots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300.00Dakota Business Ctr., supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16.00Discount Fuel, gas . . . . . . . . . . . .42.74Jamie Dolezal, expenses . . . . . . .54.00Double H Feed, posts, oil . . . . .150.50Dewey Ertz, Ed. D., psych test / evaluation . . . . .1,170.00GenPro Power Systems, check generator . . . . . . . . . . .551.07GenPro Power Systems, maint. agrm’t. . . . . . . . . . . . . .650.00Graphic Designs Int’l., graphics – Explorer . . . . . . . . .334.77Hills Material, rip rap – Guptill Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . .2,280.87Hogen’s, parts, supplies, tools . . . . . . . . . . . . .543.38Hometown Computer Service, service . . . . . . . . . . .121.50Hughes County, prisoner board . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80.00J T Vehicle Systems, install equip. – Explorer . . . . .770.00J & S Re-Store, repairs, service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717.42Jackson Co. Cons. Dist., ’12 approp. . . . . . . . . .1,500.00Kadoka Care Center, office rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500.00Kadoka Press, publications . . . .824.06Kemnitz Law Office, office exp. (2 mos) . . . . . . . . .859.19Howard Kennedy Land LP, gravel royalty . . . . . . . . . . .12,000.00Kevin Lewis, ct. appt. atty. . . . . .211.50The Lodge at Deadwood, lodging . . . . . . . . .154.00Microfilm Imaging Systems, scanner rent . . . . . . .75.00Miller Garbage, service . . . . . . . .63.20Debra Moor, books, supplies . . .177.34Morrison’s Pit Stop, tire repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101.73Napa Auto Parts, towels . . . . . . .63.91Neve’s Uniforms, bag, mask . . . .68.95Oien Implement, parts . . . . . . . .385.61People’s Market, supplies . . . . .209.34Philip Health Services, B/A draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70.00Redwood Biotech, U A kits . . . . .35.42Servall, rugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89.81Sheehan Mack, parts . . . . . . . . . .85.13S. D. Public Assurance Alliance, leased tractor coverage . . . . . . . . . . .300.00S. D. Dept. of Health, lab fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.00Jackie Stilwell, cell phone exp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150.00Brad Stone, expenses . . . . . . . .213.89Summit Signs, signs . . . . . . . . .787.92T. F. Luke & Sons,

gravel – Kennedy Pit . . . . .60,000.00Upstart, supplies . . . . . . . . . . . .134.95Western Communications, radio FCC license . . . . . . . . . .125.00Glen Bennett, expenses . . . . . . .19.24Delores Bonenberger, expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84.36Larry Denke, expenses . . . . . . . .28.12Ron Twiss, expenses . . . . . . . . . .66.60James Stilwell, expenses . . . . . .78.81Golden West, 911 access & database update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .765.45Kadoka Telephone, 911 access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160.43CenturyLink, 911 access . . . . . .146.17

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, presented informa-tion on institutional care and prisonermedical billings. She reported that dis-cussion will continue later in the meetingwith States Attorney Van Gorp.

Mitzi Mitchell, Register of Deeds, andBrad Stone, Director of Equalization, metwith the board concerning driver’s li-cense services provided by them for theS. D. Department of Public Safety. Theboard had sent a letter to the SDDPS re-questing one-half of driver’s license feesbe retained by the county for providingthe service. The SDDPS responded withdenial of the request, but are looking intoproviding a scanner or copier for use bythe county to help alleviate some of thecounty’s costs. Denke moved, Stilwellseconded, that Jackson County continueto provide driver’s licensing services untilthe July 9, 2012 Commissioner’s meet-ing. Motion carried with the followingvote: Bennett, nay; Bonenberger, yea;Denke, yea; Twiss, nay; Stilwell, yea.

Mitzi Mitchell, Register of Deeds, pre-sented a letter to the board from Wal-worth County Abstract & Title Company.They requested permission to scanrecords in the Jackson County Registerof Deeds office. Mitzi Mitchell reportedthat scanning being done by her in the of-fice is going well. Bonenberger moved,Bennett seconded, that the request byWalworth County be denied. Discussionwas held on fees charged by county of-fices. The board requested that informa-tion be presented at the July meeting.

Jackson County received notice from theS. D. Department of Environment andNatural Resources that the County Com-mission, Sheriff, Emergency Manager,and States Attorney have been reap-pointed as the Jackson County LocalEmergency Planning Committee.

Twiss reported that should search andrescue or fire departments need assis-tance from the National Guard, theyneed to contact the County EmergencyManager who will request the NationalGuard’s assistance.

Discussion was held on grasshopper in-festation and drought conditions in Jack-son County.

Bennett moved, Twiss seconded, that thefollowing resolution be adopted declaringJackson County a disaster area due todrought conditions:

JACKSON COUNTY,SOUTH DAKOTA

RESOLUTION 2012 – 12

WHEREAS, Jackson County,South Dakota has experi-enced drought conditions forthe past several years; and

WHEREAS, these weatherconditions have continuedthroughout the spring andearly summer of 2012 causingcontinued adverse affects onthe agricultural and businesseconomy of Jackson County;

NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED, that the Board ofJackson County Commission-ers hereby declare and reaf-firm the drought conditions inJackson County; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that the Board of JacksonCounty Commissionershereby request the Governorof the State of South Dakota todeclare Jackson County,South Dakota a disaster areabecause of the drought condi-tions; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that the Board of JacksonCounty Commissionershereby request that JacksonCounty, South Dakota be in-cluded in the USDA Secretar-ial Natural DisasterDetermination as a PrimaryDisaster Area.

Resolution adopted this 8thday of June, 2012.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

Bennett moved, Twiss seconded, that thefollowing resolution be adopted declaringJackson County a disaster area due tograsshopper infestation:

JACKSON COUNTY,SOUTH DAKOTA

RESOLUTION 2012 - 13DISASTER RESOLUTIONFOR GRASSHOPPER IN-

FESTATION

WHEREAS, the vast majorityof Jackson County is agricul-tural land comprised of grazingand crop production land, and

WHEREAS, the mild weatherconditions received in the fallof 2011 through the winter of2012 has created an environ-ment conducive to extensivegrasshopper reproduction,and

WHEREAS, the grasshopperpopulation is having an enor-mous effect on the production

capabilities of the agriculturalindustry, which in turn severelyaffects the entire local econ-omy, and

WHEREAS, the lack of ade-quate county resources tocombat the huge grasshopperpopulation, coupled with thecountywide infestation is caus-ing extensive damage to graz-ing land, hay production areasand crop production, and

NOW THEREFORE, BE ITRESOLVED, that the JacksonCounty Commissioners de-clare that current overpopula-tion of grasshoppers hascreated a natural disasterwithin Jackson County, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,that both farmer/ranchers andlocal businesses may be eligi-ble for disaster aid grantsand/or low interest EconomicInjury Disaster loans from theFarm Services Agency andSmall Business AdministrationAgency retroactive to January1, 2012,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEDthat the Board of County Com-missioners for and on behalf ofthe citizens of JacksonCounty, request that the Gov-ernor of the State of SouthDakota petition the Secretaryof Agriculture to declare Jack-son County a disaster area.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEDthat an Emergency exists inJackson County and this Res-olution shall be in effect fromand after its publication andthis action is necessary for thepreservation of the publichealth and safety.

Dated this 8th dayof June, 2012.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

Chairman Stilwell left the meeting, andVice Chairman Denke assumed the po-sition of Chairman.

E-mails received from Al Haugen, Cen-tral S. D. Enhancement District, werepresented to the board. Mr. Haugen istrying to obtain highway plats to completethe GIS mapping project for JacksonCounty.

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, reported that SafetyBenefits will be conducting a loss controlsurvey of county offices and buildings.She informed the board she will inquireas to whether they provide building in-spections for health related hazards.

Complete design and plans for the Gup-till Bridge provided by Brosz Engineeringwere presented to the board. The pay re-quest for payment to AGE for construc-tion of the bridge was also received fromBrosz Engineering. A voucher for pay-ment to AGE was also presented to theboard. Bonenberger moved, Twiss sec-onded, that the pay request for paymentto AGE be tabled. Denke moved, Stilwellseconded, that the voucher for paymentto AGE be tabled.

Bonenberger moved, Bennett seconded,that the board recess for lunch.

The board reconvened at 1:00 p.m. withall members present and Chairman Stil-well resuming position of Chairman.

Marlene Knutson, Central S. D. En-hancement District, met with the board.She provided information on CommunityDevelopment Block Grants available forconstruction of county buildings. Discus-sion was held on use of the funds forconstructing a county library, and possi-bly a county shop building.

It was consensus of the board that re-placement of the library building was ofmajor concern at this time. Discussionwas held on applying for CDBG funds fora new county library building or possiblyfor purchase of another building. Discus-sion was held on whether counties areallowed to obtain direct loan financing forbuilding purchase or construction. VickiWilson, Auditor, reported she wouldcheck on direct financing. Applicationdeadline for CDBG funding is July 15,2012, and a meeting to obtain publicinput is required. The board will set adate for a meeting for public input on ap-plying for CDBG funding.

States Attorney Van Gorp met with theboard.

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, reported that thebilling received from Dr. Gregg Tobin forprisoner medical costs which was deniedin February 2012 has been turned overto Hauge Associates, Inc. for collections.States Attorney Van Gorp reported thathe will respond to Hauge Associates withthe board’s determination of denial ofpayment for this billing. He also informedthe board that the county’s insurance willprovide defense counsel should the mat-ter be taken to court.

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, reported that an up-dated billing in the amount of $180.00has been received from the S. D. Devel-opmental Center, Redfield, SD.

Bonenberger moved, Stilwell seconded,that the billing from S. D. DevelopmentalCenter, $180.00 be denied. States Attor-ney Van Gorp reported that he will sendresponse to the Attorney General as perSDCL 27B-3-37 as Jackson Countyclaims the person is not a proper chargeof Jackson County.

States Attorney Van Gorp presented adraft gravel purchase and stockpilingagreement. The document was reviewedand additions were made to the draftdocument. States Attorney Van Gorp willprovide the updated document at theJuly meeting.

Kelly Fortune, Interior, met with theboard. He informed the board he is certi-fied to do weed spraying, and inquired asto whether the county would be inter-ested in hiring him to spray county high-way right-of-way. Bennett moved, Denkeseconded, that Kelly Fortune be hired asa part-time Highway Department workerto do weed spraying with salary to be setat $12.50 per hour, and that he will usecounty equipment for spraying.

A five year cylinder renewal agreementwas received from A & B Welding Supply,Rapid City, SD. Twiss moved, Bennettseconded, that the agreement be ap-proved and signed.

The board instructed that letters be sentto Andrea Johnston and Rosemarie Ben-nett to meet with the board on June 14,2012 to interview for the Director ofEqualization Clerk position.

The board instructed that notices of pub-lic meetings be advertised and alsomailed out area businesses for publicmeetings to be held on the evening ofJune 29, 2012 to obtain public input onconstruction or purchase of a building forcounty library, and for providing driver’slicensing services.

There being no further business to comebefore the board Twiss moved, Bennettseconded, that the meeting be adjournedand that the board meet in special ses-sion at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 14,2012, and that the board meet in specialsession to review the proposed 2013budget requests at 3:00 p.m., June 29,2012. A public meeting to be held begin-ning at 7:00 p.m., June 29, 2012 for pub-lic input on construction of a librarybuilding and driver’s licensing services.The board will meet in regular session at9:00 a.m., Monday, July 9, 2012.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

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for targeted interventions and sup-port.

“The model also incorporates asecond lens that allows us to delvemore deeply into what’s happeningwith groups of students,” Schoppsaid.

This “second lens” focuses on theStudent Achievement indicator andhow subgroups of students performon assessments. Under the newmodel, South Dakota has set a goalof reducing by half the percentageof students who score below theproficient level on the state tests inreading and math within six years.The 2012-13 school year will be thebaseline year.

Within each school, each sub-group of students will have unique

annual targets to get them to thatpoint.

“This approach continues toshine a spotlight on student groupsthat need extra attention and sup-port, but it also recognizes that allof our students and student groupshave different starting points,”Schopp said.

South Dakota’s model includesthe use of what is referred to as a“Gap Group,” which is an aggre-gate of student subgroups thathave historically experiencedachievement gaps. It also uses anunduplicated count of students.Under the old system, a single stu-dent may have been counted mul-tiple times depending upon thenumber of subgroups he or she be-

longed to. The new system willcount each student only once.

Schools that make their annualtargets in reading and math will beable to earn additional SPI pointsfor that accomplishment.

South Dakota also will use stu-dent achievement, attendance andgraduation rate data to identify ad-ditional Title I schools (FocusSchools) for targeted assistanceand support.

“This model sets high but realis-tic goals for continuous improve-ment. It relies on multipleindicators, and recognizes schoolsthat are high performing as well asthose making significant academicgains,” Schopp said. “While wehave much more work to do, it’s ahuge step in the right direction.”

South Dakota’s waiver for flexi-bility from key provisions of NoChild Left Behind has been ap-proved by the U.S. Department ofEducation.

“This marks a new era in ac-countability for South Dakotaschools,” said Dr. Melody Schopp,secretary of the South Dakota De-partment of Education. “Thismodel offers a balanced and mean-ingful approach to measuringschool performance. Rather thanfocusing almost exclusively on asingle indicator, it encompassesmultiple measures that indicatehow well a school is performing. Italso sets goals for continuous im-provement that are lofty and yetattainable.”

According to Schopp, compo-nents of the model will be phasedin over time, with full implementa-tion in the 2014-15 school year. “Wewanted to be thoughtful and pur-poseful and take our time in orderto do this right, which is why wehave delayed implementation ofcertain pieces of the model,” shesaid.

The model is based on a SchoolPerformance Index, or SPI, whichconsists of five key indicators. Eachyear, schools will receive an SPIscore of 0 to 100, with each of theindicators worth a certain numberof points. Indicators are different atthe elementary, middle and highschool levels.

At the elementary and middleschool levels, the five indicators in-clude: Student Achievement, whichmeasures proficiency on statewideassessments in reading and math;Academic Growth, an indicator ofstudent growth over a period oftime; Attendance; Teacher andPrincipal Effectiveness; and SchoolClimate.

At the high school level, the Ac-ademic Growth indicator is re-placed by a High SchoolCompletion indicator, and the At-tendance indicator is replaced byan indicator of College and CareerReadiness.

“The annual SPI score is thefirst lens through which we canlook at schools. It’s designed to bea broad picture of key indicators,and it will give school leaders,teachers, parents and the public anidea of how their schools are per-forming against these criteria,”Schopp said.

The SPI score will be reportedannually and will be used to recog-nize schools whose scores rankamong the top 5 percent (Exem-plary Schools) and to identify thoseTitle I schools that rank among thebottom 5 percent (Priority Schools)

State’s NCLB waiver proposal receives approval by Dept. of Ed.

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The Jackson/Haakon County 4-HHorse Show was held in Kadoka onThrusday, June 14 with several en-tries. Judge Eris Tanner hails fromHermosa SD. She shows painthorses and has competed at the na-tional level. She donates time to 4-H judging horse shows, putting onclinics and is also a club leader inher own county. Eris travels withher husband, Gerald, who helpstime events and set patterns. Theydenied any compensation for theday they spent judging the horseshow, or for travel. Eris also put onthe fitting/showmanship clinic helpin Kadoka in May. 4-Hers who purpled in any eventearned the right to enter the State4-H Horse Show, held in Huron onJuly 24, 25 , and 26. Youth at thestate show can also compete inHorse Quiz bowl, Hippology contestand Horse Judging, without havingto take a horse. They can also entertheir horse public presentation, ifthey received a purple at the countylevel, and present it at the stateshow. The deadline for entering theState Horse Show is July 1. Shaina Solon and Gage Weller,who qualified for state in severalevents, took the opportunity formore practice in the showpen, andtraveled to the Mellette/Jones Co.4-H show on June 20. They earnedseveral more purple ribbons andgained more confidence and tipsfrom the judge to prepare them forState Horse Show. Beginner Western Showmanship:Cedar Gabriel – top purple; HudsonJohnson, purple; Tashina RedHawk, purple; Riley Schofield, blue;Kaelan Block, red; Kash Block,r ed;Bailey Bierle, red. Pony Junior Western Showman-ship: Gage Weller, purple. Junior Western Showmanship:Shaina Solon, top purple; SageGabriel, purple; Dustin Enders, pur-ple; Hunter Johnson, purple; SageBierle, purple; Paul Smiley, blue. Senior Western Showmanship:Wyatt Enders, purple; ThomasDoolittle, blue; Sam Stangle, red;Ben Stangle, red. Junior English Showmanship:Gage Weller, top purple. Beginner Stock Seat Equitation:Hudson Johnson, top purple; KaelanBlock, purple;Cedar Gabriel, purple;Kash Block, blue; Bailey Bierle,blue; Riley Schofield, blue; TashinaRed Hawk, blue. Junior Pony Stock Seat Equi-tation: Gage Weller, purple. Junior Stock Seat Equitation:Shaina Solon, top purple; SageBierle, purple; Sage Gabriel, purple;Hunter Johnson, blue; Dustin En-ders, blue; Paul Smiley, blue. Senior Stock Seat Equitation:Thomas Doolittle, blue; Wyatt En-ders, blue; Ben Stangle, blue; SamStangle, red. Junior Pony Hunt Seat: GageWeller, purple. Senior Reining: Thomas Doolit-tle, top purple; Wyatt Enders, blue. Junior Reining: Dustin Enders,purple; Gage Weller, purple; HunterJohnson, red; Hudson Johnson, red;Paul Smiley, red; Shaina Solon, red;Kaelan Block, red; Kash Block, red. Senior Western Riding: BenStangle, purple; Thomas Doolittle,blue; Wyatt Enders, blue; Sam Stan-gle, red. Junior Western Riding: SageGabriel, purple; Gage Weller, blue;Hunter Johnson, blue; ShainaSolon, blue, Paul Smiley, blue; Kae-lan Block, blue; Dustin Enders,blue; Hudson Johnson, red; CedarGabriel, red; Kash Block, red. Senior Trail: Thomas Doolittle,top purple; Wyatt Enders, red. Junior Trail: Shaina Solon, pur-ple; Paul Smiley, blue; Gage Weller,red; Kaelan Block, red; SageGabriel, red; Dustin Enders, red. Beginner Trail: Kash Block, pur-ple; Hudson Johnson, blue; CedarGabriel, blue. Senior Barrel Racing: ThomasDoolittle, 20.10, purple; Wyatt En-ders, 21.41, blue. Junior Barrel Racing: Paul Smi-ley, 20.08, purple; Shaina Solon,21.13, purple; Hudson Johnson,21.35, purple; Sage Gabriel, 21.50,purple; Hunter Johnson, 23.60, pur-ple; Sage Bierle, 25.91, blue; DustinEnders, 27.58, blue; Cedar Gabriel,29.09, red; Tashina Red Hawk,31.96, red; Kash Block, 45.10, red;Kaelan Block, NT, white. Pony Junior Barrel Racing: GageWeller, 23.83, purple. Senior Pole Bending: ThomasDoolittle, 25.90, blue; Wyatt Enders,39.05, red. Junior Pole Bending: Paul Smi-ley, 25.05, purple; Shaina Solon ,25.34, purple; Sage Gabriel , 28.09,blue; Hudson Johnson, 30.36, blue;Hunter Johnson, 33.43, red; SageBierle, 34.22, red; Dustin Enders,37.45, red; Cedar Gabriel, 37.96,red; Kash Block, 54.74, red; KaelanBlock, NT. Pony Junior Pole Bending: GageWeller, 31.02, blue. Senior BreakAway: ThomasDoolittle, NT, white; Wyatt Enders,NT, white. Junior BreakAway: Paul Smiley,16.33, purple; Hunter Johnson, NT,white; Kaelan Block, NT, white;Hudson Johnson, NT, white; GageWeller, NT, white. Senior Calf Roping: ThomasDoolitte, NT, white.

Haakon/Jackson 4-H Horse Show, June 14 in Kadoka

Jr. Western Showmanship … Paul Smiley (L), Sage Gabriel,Hunter Johnson, Sage Bierle and Shaina Solon stand ready to presenttheir horse to the judge.

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Jr. Western Showmanship … Judge Eris Tanner evaluatesDustin Enders and his horse.

A purple ribbon … Shaina Solon and her horse, Jasper, receiveda purple ribbon in the Jr. Stock Seat Equitation.

Jr. Hunter Seat Equitation … Gage Weller and his horse,

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