To the basket… Rachel Buxcel drives through Lyman Coun-ty defenders in the District 13B tournament game held Tuesday,February 26 in Kadoka. The Coyotes ended their season in thesecond round of district play with a 17-4 record.

Photo by Robyn Jones, Kadoka Press

Okaton ChurchThe Church at Okaton invites

you to hear the Black HillsGospel Quartet in concert Sun-day, March 17, 2013, at 4:00p.m. in the Turner CommunityCenter on Main Street inMurdo. No cost to attend.

Kids ClubKids Club, sponsored by the

Community Bible Church, willmeet Wednesday, March 6 at themini–gym after school. All kidsin grades K–6th are welcome toattend. Come and enjoy a Biblestory, snacks, games and a craft.

Johannsen ScholarshipThe deadline for the Lee

Johannsen scholarship avail-able to college students whowere graduates of Jones CountyHigh School is Friday, April 12,2013.

The scholarship will beawarded to a student in theirjunior or senior year at theirrespected college or universityfor the 2013-2014 school year.

A copy of the scholarshipapplication is available at theJones County High School office.

Exercise room reminderThe exercise room at the Tech

Center is open Monday– Fridayfrom 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you havea key card, the room is openadditionally from 5–7 a.m. and5–10 p.m., Monday through Fri-day. It is also open on Saturdayfrom 5 a.m.–5 p.m. and on Sun-day from 1–6 p.m. Patrons needto be out of the building onehour after the doors are locked;no later than 11 p.m. on week-days.

Trading Pages LibraryTrading Pages Library at the

Murdo Coyote is open Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.and Friday as open.

Open AA meetingsThursdays 8:00 p.m. at the

East Commons. Call 530-0371or 280-7642.

Murdo City CouncilThe Murdo City Council will

meet Monday, March 4 at 7:30p.m. at the city office. The publicis welcome to attend.

Draper Town BoardThe Draper Town Board will

meet Monday, March 4 at 7:00p.m. at the Draper hall. Thepublic is welcome to attend.

County Commissioners The Jones County Commis-

sioners will hold their monthlymeeting at the courthouse onTuesday, March 5 at 9 a.m. Thepublic is welcome to attend.

J.C. School BoardThe Jones County School Dis-

trict #37-3 will hold theirmonthly meeting Monday,March 11 at 7 p.m. at the highschool library. The public isencouraged to attend.

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Transitional Care Unit moves to Avera Maryhouse Long Term Care

In order to best serve ourpatients and to best utilize ourfacility, the Transitional Care Unit (TCU), currently located on the4th floor of Avera St. Mary’s Hospi-tal, will relocate to a specializedarea on the second floor of AveraMaryhouse Long Term Care. Thischange is effective April 1, 2013.The number licensed beds willremain at 80.

TCU is a department of AveraMaryhouse Long Term Care,

designed to meet the needs ofpatients who no longer meet therequirements for an acute carefacility nor are able to returnhome. TCU is staffed by nurses,certified nurse aides, social work-ers, spiritual care providers, ther-apists and activities coordinatorsto meet the physical and spiritualneeds of patients. Currently, AveraMaryhouse Long Term Care oper-ates the only separated Long TermCare/Transitional Care Unit in the

state. “This move is intended to create

the best use of our facility whileproviding the best possible experi-ence for, and service to, ourpatients,” said Mark Schmidt,Administrator, Avera MaryhouseLong Term Care. “We will continueto work to provide the best for thephysical, emotional, social andspiritual care possible for ourpatients.”

Planning is underway regard-ing the vacated space in Avera St.Mary’s Hospital.

For more information or torequest a media interview, pleasecontact Ellen Lee, VPMarketing/Foundation, Avera St.Mary's, at 224-3452.

February 28 campaign for unused frequent flier miles helps to make wishes come true

A statewide campaign forunused frequent flier miles Febru-ary 28 will help make wishes cometrue for South Dakota kids withlife-threatening medical condi-tions. Last year’s inaugural cam-paign raised 2.3 million miles, sav-ing Make-A-Wish® South Dakotamore than $30,000 in airfare.

More than 65 percent of thewishes granted by Make-A-Wishrequire air travel, the largestexpense of the chapter’s annualwish budget. Miles from Delta,United, and US Airways areaccepted. Once the miles aredonated they never expire and 100percent of the donated miles stayin South Dakota.

Watch KSFY or NewsCenter1February 28 for more information.Miles will be accepted that day by

calling 1.800.640.9198. Miles canalso be donated online anytime atsouthdakota.wish.org. A minimumdonation of 1,000 miles is requiredand you need to know exactly howmany miles you would like todonate.

“Donating unused frequent fliermiles is a unique way to help makewishes come true,” Paul Krueger,president and CEO of Make-A-Wish South Dakota said. “Oncedonated, the miles never expireand they go directly to sending ourwish kids and their families ontheir travel wishes.”

Krueger said they are grantinga significant number of travelwishes. Trips include the wishchild, his or her parents orguardians and immediate siblingsliving at home. He said the aver-

age number of travelers is aroundfive, but they have sent families aslarge as eight to ten people in thelast year.

The statewide effort is madepossible by KSFY, NewsCenter1,Midco Connections, and Midconti-nent Communications.

Make-A-Wish® South Dakotawas founded in 1984 to grant thewishes of children between theages of 2 1/2 and 18 with life-threatening medical conditions toenrich the human experience withhope, strength and joy. Since itsinception, the Make-A-Wish®South Dakota has granted 1,000wishes. A record 74 wishes weregranted last year. The average costof a wish is nearly $7,000. Visitsouthdakota.wish.org or call605.335.8000 for more informa-tion.

Message fromSD HighwayPatrol Office

Sometimes the spring stormscan be very dangerous. The weath-er can change abruptly to veryharsh conditions. If you are plan-ning to travel please make sureyou are aware of the weather fore-casts. If you must be on the road,make sure that your vehicle isequipped properly and you havethe necessary supplies in case youare stranded. Thank you.Trooper Slade Ross, South Dakota

Highway Patrol

Local Pheasants Forever chapter sends four to Minneapolis Classic

by Paige Venard and Karlee Barnes

Four high school studentsattended the 30th Annual Nation-al Pheasant Fest and Quail Clas-sic in Minneapolis, Minnesota,February 15-17. The local Pheas-ants Forever chapter sent a youthshooting team consisting of KalliHespe, Kathlene Boyle, JannaGlaze, Paige Venard and CoachesEd Venard and Greg Glaze, to rep-resent Jones County at the youthday.

The seminar consisted of manyOlympic shooters, Xtreme SportShooting world record holder andtelevision host Patrick Flanigan,

Tom Knapp and Dave Miller fromCZ USA. Jon Michael McGrathand Olympic shooter JordanHeinz, a senior at BHS in Wiscon-sin, and a JR. Olympic Shooterwith many national titles in trap,also spoke at the seminar. Theirspeeches addressed Respect andResponsibility, how to become anOlympic shooter and what is liketo be an Xtreme shooter.

The fest also included a showroom with tons of vendors with thenew guns, hunting tips, bird dogs,clothing, and anything you couldthink of that has to do with hunt-ing and fishing. Attendees alsohad many activities to participate

in, such as making your own wood-en duck decoys, learning how tofish, learning to shoot BB gunsand a simulator to show what it islike to reel in a trophy fish.

Even though the conferenceapplied to gun shooters, JannaGlaze, a bow shooter, said thespeakers were interesting.

Larry and Brenda Potterfieldfrom Midway USA donated over$750,000 strictly for youth shoot-ing sports. The 142 teams attend-ing the event will receive a $5,000endowment into their ScholasticShooting Trust (SST) fund, inaddition to being able to attend theevent free of charge.

The SST is an endowment thatprovides financial assistance tocollegiate and high school shootingsports programs. Midway USAowns and controls the SST fund.The Potterfields began the Foun-dation as a result of their passionand interest in education forshooting, hunting, firearms safetyand outdoor skills.

Through partnership with WestRiver Pheasants Forever, the localPheasants Forever chapter, Mid-way USA has helped Jones CountyShooting Sports accumulate$21,325.36 in their SST fund.

Midway USA matches fundrais-ing dollars earned by local pro-grams 3:1. The local programsmay use only five percent of theirtotal SST fund each year, ensuringthe future of the program.

To donate to the Jones CountyShooting Sports SST fund, visitwww.scholasticshootingturst.org.

Coyote character

February Coyote Character students. Back (left toright): Jayden Jensen, 2nd grade; Slade Benedict,3rd grade; Ty Fuoss, 4th grade. Front: MadelynHost, 3rd grade and Tristan Host, 1st Grade. Notpictured: Gavin Fire Cloud, Kindergarten.

February Pillar: REspect

Mighty Coyote

February Mighty Coyote students. Back (left toright): Jaden Eagle Bear, 6th grade; Morgan Fedder-sen, 6th grade; Austin Olson, 6th grade; SloanBenedict, 6th grade. Middle: Jacob Birkeland, 6thgrade; Chauncey Hauptman, 6th grade; Kade Brost,6th grade; Haily Cook, 5th grade. Front: BreckinSteilen, 5th grade; Emily Jacobs, 5th grade; LilliMoore, 5th grade.

South Dakota hoops

Teachers kick off Dr. Seusscelebration at elementary

by John ThuneAs a young high school basket-

ball player, it was not until thistime of year that I would allowmyself to start thinking aboutplaying on the biggest stage inSouth Dakota—the state basket-ball tournament. I remember thenervous energy in the room as Isat through pep rallies, boardedthe bus on the way to districtchampionships, and sat in thelocker room minutes before thegame. I remember thinking thatthe extra time I spent practicingfree throws, and running sprints,and defensive drills was all worthit for the shot to play at the state“B” basketball tournament.

While I never had the opportu-nity to play in the state “B” basket-ball tournament, I know that theleadership, teamwork, and dedica-tion I learned on the court provid-ed me with essential life lessons.These life lessons were alsoinspired by my time spent in thegym with my father, HaroldThune. My dad, who was a long-time teacher, coach, and athleticdirector at Murdo, taught each ofhis kids and players about theimportance of hard work andsportsmanship. This year theMurdo Auditorium was renamedafter my dad in honor of his life-time of service to Murdo athletics.This was a special recognition forhim and our whole family whogrew up playing basketball in theMurdo gym.

Spending time at the state bas-ketball tournaments, I frequentlyrun into some of the athletes Iplayed against in high school whohave come to watch their own sonsand daughters compete in the

state basketball tournament. Iknow each of them takes pride inseeing their children enjoy andexcel at a sport that was meaning-ful to them. Stories like these formsome of the great South Dakotabasketball traditions, and bringtogether families, communities,and schools to celebrate the accom-plishments of our student-ath-letes.

I hope that all of the partici-pants in this year’s tournamentstake time to enjoy the experienceand that each of the communitiesmake it out to support their teams.Good luck to all participants inthis year’s tournaments, and I lookforward to seeing many SouthDakotans at the games.

Students receiving their third Mighty Coyote award in a row,and earning a Mighty Coyote t-shirt include: Sloan Benedict

Dr. Seuss Poem… Elementary teachers act out a Dr. Seusspoem Monday morning to kick off Read Across America and Dr.Seuss’s Birthday. The elementary students will be celebratingMonday, February 25-Friday, March 1 with a different themeevery day.

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Recent guests visiting Sonny andEvelyn Tornow in Rapid City wereNelva and Janet Louder of Draper.Also visiting them were Clint andBeverly Roberts of Ft. Pierre.Another recent visitor calling on theTornows was Colleen (Louder)Thomas of Rapid City.

Today is a beautiful winter day.We have snow and it is sparklinglike jewels, not to cold and is justawesome out there.

Claude Baker, who we haveheard was taken to the hospital inPierre, has had a stroke and will bein TCU in Pierre for a while gettinghis strength back. Claude doesn’tlike to talk on the phone but wouldappreciate cards and letters.

I visited with Kathy Kell andlearned that D.G. is up in NorthDakota working and is not able toget home very often. Kathy, Ali, andNikki went to Brookings over theweekend of February 8 to visit theSouth Dakota State University andNikki was accepted into the nursingprogram. Nikki lived in Aberdeenwith her grandmother last summerand completed the CNA (CertifiedNurse Assistant) course. On the wayhome from the SDSU visit, the Kellsgot stranded in Mitchell for a coupleof days due to a blizzard thatdumped a whole bunch of snow inthat area.

Alice Horsley spent Saturdayafternoon at a local cafe in Draperwhere several birthdays were cele-brated. Alice received many verynice birthday cards and she wassung to in church on Sunday.

Mel and Linda Kessler are enjoy-ing the 60-70 degree temps in Ari-zona. Mel is doing SUPER GOOD.He and one of the neighbors go outwalking nearly every morning.Linda is teaching a group of ladiesto play bridge and is enjoying thatvery much. She asked about thegirls and boys basketball. I had totell her the girls lost to Lyman andthe boys districts are coming up yet,so we will see how they do. We wishthem good luck. They sure misseverybody back home and will behome when it warms up, so till then,hello to all and will see you soon.

Teresa Labrier is “hangin-in”there and is enjoying the snow, aslong as she doesn’t have to be out init. The moisture is very welcomedand is needed in most every state.Right now, the middle of the countryis getting blasted so they may notagree but then again moisture ismoisture. Maybe we should pray forrain.

Helen McMillan, Jackie Fosheimand Jody Lebeda went to Pierre onSaturday, where they met MaryBuxcel to have lunch and then wentto the newest production by thePierre Players. The Laramie Projectis a hard hitting, innovative chroni-cle of a small western town and atragedy that became a nationalevent. It was phenomenal. Theactors all played many parts chang-ing from one to the other right onthe stage, and made it believable.The subject, while very controver-sial, was done in very good taste. Wedidn’t know what to expect but itwas wonderful.

East Side Newsby Janet Louder • 669-2696

Bill and Ellen Valburg spent theweekend in Rapid City with theirdaughter, Kristi and Jeff Vlietstraand boys. They got to watch Willand Walker play basketball whilethey were there. They returnedhome Sunday evening.

Karen Miller recently spent sev-eral days in Sioux Falls spoilinggrandkids Makenzie and GavinWalsh while their parents were outof town.

Last Saturday, Chelsee Rankin,Addison and Joey joined Randy andHolly Nemec and Tukker Boe ofMidland on a trip to Rapid City tomeet up with sister/aunt/daughterKatey Ortlieb and her family ofBlack Hawk to celebrate Katey’sbirthday. The family enjoyed lunch,bowling, ice cream and, of course, alittle shopping together. Mondayafternoon Mallory Venard camedown to the Rankin’s for a play dateand stayed for supper when theywere joined by Bob Rankin.

Happy birthday from the Drapercommunity to Marge Hayes, whohas a birthday on Sunday, March 3.Happy Birthday, Marge!

Ken and Carmen Miller andPenny Dowling spent the weekendof February 16 in Rochester, Minn.,where they spent time with theirsisters, Linda McGee and DianaGlantz and hubby Bill and families.

Ted and Bev Nies left on Friday,February 15 for Bennett, Colo.,where they spent the weekend withdaughter Karla and Dennis Bakenand family. Daughter Karen andKent Hadrava of Altus, Okla., joinedthem there. The occasion was thegood news Karla had received abouther cancer; she has undergone sur-gery and the doctors don't see anyneed for more chemo at this time –thus, a time to celebrate. Ted andBev returned home on Monday.

At the party on February 15 heldat Andy and Jill Rankin's for daugh-ter Peyton, it was unintentionallyleft out that little Dawson Hunt, sonof David and Katie, also celebratedhis third birthday with a donutcake. Belated happy birthday, Daw-son.

Rosa Lee Styles flew to Min-neapolis on Friday, February 15 tothe home of granddaughter Taraand Zac Meyer and Lincoln. She metShelli Terwilliger of Rapid City andTeddi Anderson of Fargo, N.D.,there. On Sunday a dinner/mus-tache birthday party for lil' Lin-coln's first birthday was held at hisparents. Brenda and James Murray,Sam and Ben of LaCrosse arrivedalong with several more relativesand friends. At the party mostdonned mustaches and ties. Lincolnhad a mustache attached to his paci-fier! The cake featured a mustache,top hat, etc. A fun time was had. OnMonday, Rosa Lee accompaniedShelli back to Draper and then Shel-li went on to Rapid. Teddi returnedhome in some bad weather butreached home safe and sound.Happy first birthday, Lincoln.

As Eva Louder of Rapid Cityturned 99 on February 21, her fam-ily hosted an open house Saturdayat a cafe near Draper. Eva, alongwith late husband Luverne(Smoky), lived in Draper for many,many years. From here they movedto Pierre. She has lived in RapidCity for several years now. VirginiaLouder of N.C. flew into Sioux Fallson Thursday and stayed the nightwith Yvonne Laur. Friday they cameto Murdo to the home of Carma andGreg Miller, where they met Evaand daughter Shirley Wood andTawnya Louder Reynolds and sonParker of N.C., who had flown intoRapid City and stayed the nightwith Aunt Shirley. Family membersmade sure everyone had a piece ofthe beautifully decorated cake alongwith ice cream and coffee. Eva'sgreat grandsons, Scott Nix andChristopher Nix and his family(which would be Eva's great, greats)were there. Tawnya had a collegefriend there, but I didn't catch hername. Others there were: Richardand June Nix; Brett and Lori Nix;Julia Broecher (who recently cele-brated her 97th birthday) anddaughter Jean Kinsley; Nelva andJanet Louder; Bill and Ellen Val-burg; Gene and Carol Cressy; Boband Diane Fuoss; Ardith Miller;Marcie Schmidt; Teresa Palmer;Dwight and Sheila Hurst; Dorothy,Brad and Kevin Louder; BobRankin; Doug and Jackie Nies;Audrey Hullinger and Joyce Jessup;Lila Mae Christian and Helen Loud-er. Some are listed elsewhere; dohope I named all that was there; ifnot, let me know. A very niceturnout and I'm sure she was verypleased. Happy birthday, Eva.

Tawnya Reynolds and Parkerstayed with Carma and Greg Millerand left on Tuesday for home. Vir-ginia went back to Sioux Falls withYvonne and left for home on Mon-day. I talked to Virginia on Monday;she was in the Minneapolis airportwith a four hour layover! Needlessto say, she had time to talk.

Gerald and Wanda Mathewstraveled to Rapid City on our not sonice day last Thursday. They keptappointments and visited sisterKim Calkins before coming home inthe snow.

Dorothy and Darin Louder spenttime with Dwight in Kadoka on Fri-day.

Alice Horsley received calls on

Saturday from her daughter, Caro-line, and calls from grandsons onher birthday. Alice attended thebirthday party for Eva Louder thatday, so she did get birthday cake.

The first soup-n-soul meetingwas held at the Murdo UMC lastWednesday with a good attendance.Among those attending were: Rayand Janice Pike, Rosa Lee Stylesand Margie Boyle.

Ray and Shirley Vik attended theFarm Bureausupper/meeting/entertainment heldat a cafe in Presho last week.

Saturday the Jones County sixthgrade boys were in a tournamentheld in Chamberlain. They cameaway with third place. On hand towatch Riley Rankin were Andy andJill Rankin and great grandparentsRay and Janice Pike. There watch-ing Alec Whitney were parentsChad and Heather Whitney andboys and great grandparents Eldonand Esther Magnuson.

Nelva and Janet Louder spentlast Tuesday in Pierre. Janet keptan appointment. In the afternoonthey had a visit with longtime friendBessie Husband over tea andbrownies. Her husband, Joe, hadpassed away on Saturday.

There was a super nice day forPresho's annual farm and homeshow on Saturday. It was wellattended, and there was a big line tobuy an indian taco and pie. Amongthe several there were: Helen Loud-er and Lila Mae Christian; Davidand Lill Seamans; Rosa Lee Styles;Jackie Boyle (she had a booth, asdid Ray Erikson of Murdo); andNelva and Janet Louder. LaneMoore provided the entertainmentand, as always, did a very good job.

Curt Horsley and friend Katewere Saturday noon lunch guests ofGerald and Wanda Mathews. Satur-day evening, the Mathews hosted avery good supper for Fred and MaryMathews, Ray and Janice Pike,

Eldon and Esther Magnuson andNelva and Janet Louder. After, a fewhands of cards were played.

A lil' bird told me that CathyHorsley hit the big 5-0 on Monday,February 25. Happy birthday,Cathy.

Betty Mann called on HelenDeRyk in Pierre on Monday. Bettyalso was among the many at EvaLouder's party on Saturday.

Ray and Shirley Vik traveled toFt. Meade on Friday and visitedRoger Vik. On Saturday, they wereon hand to wish Eva a happy birth-day.

Following church Sunday, Rayand Janice Pike, Lila Mae Christ-ian, Nelva and Janet Louder, DonVolmer, Marg and Greg Rankin andRay and Shirley Vik had dinner at alocal cafe. Eldon and Esther Magnu-son joined Chad and Heather Whit-ney and boys at the cafe also. Laterthe Magnusons visited the Louders.

Kris Bradley of Pierre visitedMargaret and Greg Rankin on Sat-urday. Kris and Margaret took inEva's party.

On Wednesday, Nelva and JanetLouder headed for the hills. Theyspent time with kids, grandkids andgreats. Several went out for supperWednesday evening. Thursday, thegroup gathered at Don and CaraPearsons to help Dawson celebratehis 13th birthday. Supper wastopped off with cake (made byGrandma Janet) and ice cream. Fri-day morning, they had coffee and avisit with Sonny and EvelynTornow. Evelyn is doing better. Theytold Janet that Clint and DebRoberts of Ft. Pierre had recentlyvisited them. In the afternoon,Nelva and Janet left for home, stop-ping in Kadoka to visit Dwight, andalso saw Melford Koester and MaryEllen Herbaugh. Then to DeannaByrd's and also saw Kristi andEmma Stone. Then finally arrivedhome.

Jones County Sheriff’s ReportThe Sheriff ’s report is printed as

received by Jones County Sheriff ’sOffice. It may or may not containevery call received by the depart-ment.Sheriff and Deputy calls:Feb. 14

Sheriff Weber assisted with theexchange of children at gradeschool from parents to grand par-ents by court order,

Sheriff Weber responded to a onevehicle accident with noinjuries south of Murdo on USHwy. 83, mm58. The vehicle wasremoved from the ditch by theowner.Feb. 15

Deputy Sylva responded to anoise complaint at a residence inCharlietown in Murdo.Feb. 16

Sheriff Weber transported amale transient from Lyman Co. tothe Jackson Co. line.Feb. 17

Sheriff Weber booked in oneprisoner on drug charges thatwas the result of a stop by the SDHighway Patrol on US Hwy. 83.

Feb. 18The SD Highway Patrol and

Sheriff Weber went to the JonesCo. High School to give safetytalks to the 8th and 9th graders.

Sheriff Weber responded to thereport of debris on US Hwy 83,just south of I-90. The debris wasremoved.

Sheriff Weber stood by to keep theexchange of children betweenparents in Murdo.

Sheriff Weber responded to thereport of a broke down semi onI-90, eastbound, mm 194. The driv-er had help coming and problemwas fixed and drove away.Feb. 19

Deputy Sylva responded to a traf-fic complaint on I-90, westbound,mm212. The vehicle was locatedand appeared to be driving OK.Feb. 20

Sheriff Weber responded to areport of a teenage runaway inJones Co. A state case was built.The runaway was located by a Stan-ley Co. Deputy, and subject wastransported to JDC in Pierre.

3rd Annual Jesse James DuganJesse James DuganMemorial Shoot

Saturday, March 2, 2013Saturday, March 2, 2013at Bad River Bucks & Birds9 miles north of Draper on Lincoln Rd

Even if you don’t shoot,please join us at the lodge that evening

Hog Roast ~ 6:00 p.m.Hog Roast ~ 6:00 p.m.14 & older-$8 ~ 13 & under-free

Dance to

WWestboundestbound8:00 p.m. to midnight

European Pigeon Shoot$55 per Shooter

For more information or to sign up, callBrett – 669-3440Scott – 530-4602Tarra – 280-8331

All proceeds go to the Jesse Dugan Memorial Scholarship Fundfor Jones County High School Seniors

East DistrictEast DistrictFire BoardFire Board

MeetingMeeting

Wednesday, March 6Draper Fire Hall

7:00 p.m.

WWest Jonesest JonesCounty FireCounty Fire

District District AnnualAnnualMeetingMeeting

Monday, March 4Murdo Fire Hall

7:30 p.m.

The Way: a part of worship services in Murdo and Draper during Lent

“The Way: Walking in the Foot-steps of Jesus,” is a part of theSunday morning worship servicesat the Murdo and Draper UnitedMethodist Churches.

Sunday, February 17, the Rev.Adam Hamilton of the Church ofthe Resurrection UnitedMethodist Church in Leawood,KS, (a suburb of Kansas City,MO), led us into the Holy Landand through the areas around theJordan River where John baptized

Jesus and to the place where it isbelieved that for forty days, whilefasting in the wilderness, Jesuswas tempted by the devil.

On Sunday, February 24, thevideo dealt with Jesus’ “HealingMinistry.” On March 3, UnitedMethodist Women will lead wor-ship in Murdo and the PrairieHome Ladies will lead worship inDraper.

On March 10, Rev. AdamHamilton will lead us to the placesaround the Sea of Galilee whereJesus calmed the storm. We will goto Samaria on March 17 for “Sin-ners, Outcasts, and the Poor.”During Holy week on Holy Thurs-day, Holy Communion will be cele-brated at the Draper U.M.C. at7:00 p.m., and on Good Friday, wewill have a worship service at theMurdo UMC. During both servic-es Rev. Adam Hamilton will exam-ine “The Final Week” in the life ofJesus Christ.

Sunday morning worshipbegins at 9:30 a.m. at the MurdoUnited Methodist Church and11:00 a.m. at the Draper UnitedMethodist Church. All are wel-come to attend.

On February 15, Mel and ClariceRoghair, along with Ty Merchen andJessie Lynn Harrison-Roghair trav-eled to Rainbow Bible Ranch north-east of Rapid City to attend theannual Valentine's banquet. Theytook along fresh flower bouquets todecorate tables at the dinner. Aspart of the program, following thepresentation of the colors by twobrothers who attend Rainbow andare Eagle Scouts, Jessie sang thenational anthem.

The next day she sang the songagain before a large crowd of gym-nasts from all around South Dakota,their coaches, fans and many judges.

Darian, Annalee, Mesa, Jubileeand Riata Roghair, daughters ofBrad and Shawna Roghair, all trav-eled north with their Uncle Lonnielast Wednesday to spend a few daysvisiting their cousins, children ofBrice and Anne Roghair and Lonnieand Becky Roghair.

Henry and Elaine Roghair werein Rapid City last week for a visitwith their dermatologist.

Clarice Roghair visited GraceMcKillip at the Philip Hospital lastweek. After that she drove to Kado-ka to visit Harriet Noteboom. Shealso visited Dwight Louder and Kate

DeVries. Then Nelva and JanetLouder stopped in to visit Dwightalso.

Clarice Roghair and Jessie wentto Presho last Saturday where theyhad a table at the Farm and HomeShow.

Mel and Clarice Roghair called onIrene Caldwell Monday. Irene plansto move Friday. Her address will be:400 Parkwood Drive, Room 104.

Clint and Sharon Caldwell ofWendte observed their 50th weddinganniversary on Saturday, February23. Clint is a brother of ClariceRoghair and spent his early years inrural Jones County, first living onthe "Wheeler Place" north of Murdo,then on the "Weigandt Place", SilverValley Ranch south of Murdo. Thisis the place where Bruce and KarenRoyer now live. The Caldwells clos-est neighbors back in the olden dayswere Walter and Vivian Nix, Connieand Amy Hammond and Press andGrace Seymour. How quickly thesedays rush by.

Heather Whitney presented atalk on dental hygiene at the pizzaparty Sunday night hosted by theOkaton Modern Woodmen of Ameri-ca.

Harrison-Roghair performs

Jessie Lynn Harrison-Roghair,a sophomore at Jones County HighSchool, sang the National Anthemat the South Dakota State Gym-nastics Meet held in Rapid City onFebruary 16, 2013. With theencouragement of her musicteacher, Rose Comp, Jessie hadauditioned for the privilege by cut-ting a CD and mailing it in with anapplication to the State SportsActivities group.

Jessie is the daughter ofMelvin and Clarice Roghair ofOkaton.

What on earth am I here for?Once again, Murdo United

Methodist Church welcomeseveryone to attend “Soup andSoul,” during Lent in the fellow-ship hall of the church.

“Soup and Soul” beganWednesday, February 20, 2013,and will be held each Wednesdayduring Lent through March 20.

Each Wednesday will begin withthe meal at 6:00 p.m. followed by aworship time at 6:45 p.m. Thisyear Pastor Rick Warren of Sad-dleback Church in California isfeatured in “What On Earth AmI Here For?” There will be time forfellowship and discussion of theareas that Pastor Rick Warren willcover in his video presentations:“You were planned for God’s pleas-ure;” “You were formed for God’sfamily;” “You were created tobecome like Christ;” “You wereshaped for serving God;” and “Youwere made for a mission.”

All are welcome and invited tocome to the “Soup and Soul.” Youdon’t need to purchase a book inorder to participate.

West Side News

Murdo Coyote Murdo Coyote • February 28, 2013 • Page 3

Catholic Church of St. Martin502 E. Second St., Murdo, S.D. • Father Gary Oreshoski

Saturday Mass: 6 p.m.

St. Anthony’s Catholic ChurchDraper, S.D. • Father Gary Oreshoski

Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Draper United Methodist ChurchPastor Rick Hazen

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

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

Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. and Fellowship Time • Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.United Methodist Women: 1st Wednesday at 2 p.m. • ALL WELCOME!

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

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

Messiah Lutheran Church308 Cedar, Murdo, S.D. • Pastor Ray Greenseth

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

St. Paul’s Lutheran ChurchDraper, S.D. • Pastor Ray Greenseth

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

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

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

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Children And Grown-upsby Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

The Lord Jesus said to a religious leader of His day: “Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). All true Christianshave been born again by the Spirit of God (Tit. 3:5). They are therefore the children of God (Rom. 8:16).

Children are a joy in any normal household, but it is a tragedy when a child remains a child, physically, mentally or both. It is a tragedy too, that somany Christians, truly born again, remain spiritual babes — they do not grow. They know that Christ died for their sins but have made no progress ingrace or in the knowledge of the Word. To such Paul wrote:

“And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual [men], but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and notwith meat; for hitherto ye were not able to bear [digest] it, neither yet now are ye able” (I Cor. 3:1,2).

Thus those who, spiritually undeveloped, were able to digest only the milk, or the simple things, of the Scriptures, were called “carnal” and “babes,”in contrast to those “spiritual” believers who had grown in grace and were able to assimilate the deeper, richer truths of the Word of God.

This is not a compliment to those who constantly boast that they are satisfied with “the simple things,” and fail to study God’s Word, as II Tim. 2:15commands. To such Paul writes, by divine inspiration:

“For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again… and are become such as have need of milk… For every onethat useth milk is unskilful in the Word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But strong meat [solid food] belongeth to them that are of full age…” (Heb.5:12-14).

A new-born babe in Christ is a joy to behold, but every born-again Christian should grow through the study of the Word. I Pet. 2:2 says:

“As newborn babes desire the sincere [pure] milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby.”

Two minutes with the bible

Gleanings from the Prairie

Is there anyone out there whohas lost their Bible? Are yousure? It would be good for us allto pick up a Bible & read IIChronicles 34:14-32.

There is more than one way tolose a Bible. An unread Bible is aLOST Bible. One may have aBible in plain sight – yet lost tohim. Satan can’t do his workwhere the Bible has its properplace.

The Bible is a MIRROR toreveal hearts (James 1:23-25).It is MILK to nourish the soul (IPeter 2:2). It is a MOLD of char-acter (Romans 6:17 – the wordrendered “form” means “mold”).How essential are these things!

How do people lose theirBibles? (1) Disregarding it.Satan has no end of devices fordrawing attention to everything

else. Our great statesman,Patrick Henry, as he lay dyingsaid, “My greatest regret is that Inever could find time to read myBible. Now it is too late.” Evan-gelist D.L. Moody said, “I neveryet saw a useful Christian whowas NOT a student of the Bible.”Are you reading other books tothe neglect of the ONE BOOK?It has been calculated that thenumber of words in the Sundaynewspaper is usually more thanthe total number in the Bible.

(2) Disobeying it. Israel, in IIChronicles 34, drifted into world-ly ways, and lost their taste forspiritual things. The old adage istrue, either the Bible keeps onefrom sin – or sin keeps one fromthe Bible.

The Bible becomes distastefulwhen sin is loved (John 3:19).

Man’s real quarrel with the Bibleis because he doesn’t want toobey it.

(3) Distorting it. The Bible islost to many today because of thetamperings of men with it – try-ing to adopt it to shifting theo-ries. A little girl listened to amodernistic preacher. Later sheasked her mother: “Mother, washe FOR GOD or AGAINSTHIM?”

How does one find his Bible?Meditate prayerfully upon it.(Psalm 1:2-3; Joshua 1:8; Psalm119:11; Job 23:12)

Where is your Bible today? Itwon’t do you, or anyone else, anygood if it is tucked away on ashelf. Do you have one? If not,please come & see me; I’ll makesure you get one. Begin today toread from GOD’s WORD – theBible.

by Pastor Alvin L. GwinCommunity Bible Church, Murdo

The Lost Bible

South Dakota Voices forChildren invites applicantsfor KIDS SPEAK 2013Teens across the state are invit-

ed to apply as speakers for the2013 KIDS SPEAK public forum.Convened by South Dakota Voicesfor Children and sponsored byState Farm Insurance, two eventswill be held — one in Sioux Fallson Friday, April 26 at the HolidayInn City Centre; the other inRapid City on Friday, May 10 atthe Rushmore Plaza Holiday Inn.

Each forum will feature up toseven students who have beenselected to speak to a panel of pub-lic officials and community lead-ers.

The KIDS SPEAK 2013 topic is:“How can improved policies(including education, implementa-tion and enforcement) help SouthDakotans increase teen drivingsafety? That focus was promptedby the fact that South Dakota’steen injury and death rates frommotor vehicle crashes have beenamong the highest in the nation

for the past decade.Speakers will tailor a 10-minute

presentation to the topic. Mileageand lodging will be paid for thosestudents chosen to speak. Com-plete information is posted on theSouth Dakota Voices for Childrenwebsite: www.sdvoicesforchil-dren.org. Application forms arealso available by emailingoffice@sdvoicesforchildren.org orby calling 605 367-9667.

Applications must be post-marked by Friday, March 8 orreturned by that date in person orby fax (typewritten applicationsonly) to 605 335-3836. Statewiderepresentation and topic focus willbe considered in the selection ofspeakers. Applicants will be noti-fied 30 days in advance of theevent.

The mission of South DakotaVoices for Children is to improvethe lives of children through policyand program advocacy.

Dakota Discovery Museum to host “Poetry for All People” poetry reading event

The Dakota Discovery Museumwill be hosting the spring regionalPoetry for All People reading eventon Saturday, March 2 from 1:00PM to 4:00 PM.

Three area poets, MJ McMillanof Murdo, Kelly Henkel and EmilyStrong, both from Mitchell will befeatured at the event, readingselections from their works.

MJ McMillan writes on hisobservations of the human condi-tion and everyday life experiences.Through his work, MJ endeavorsto bring to readers a measure ofpeace and tranquility. MJ willintroduce the release of his newestbook, Poems for the Common ManVol. 3.

Kelly Henkel has spent most ofher life in South Dakota withstints in Manchester, England and

Denver, Colorado. She began writ-ing poetry at fifteen and hasreceived several awards for herwork.

Mitchell 7th grade student,Emily Strong writes much morethan poetry and is currently work-ing on a book. She has been writ-ing for about 3 years and is also anactive member in the MitchellCamera Club.

Time will be available after thefeatured poets for open mike read-ings from the audience.

The event will be held at theDakota Discovery Museum locatedat 1300 McGovern Avenue,Mitchell, on the Dakota WesleyanUniversity campus. The event isfree to the public and refresh-ments will be provided. For moreinformation call 605-996-2122 oremail info@dakotadiscovery.com.

Senator Thune’s officeaccepting summerinternship applications

Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) iscurrently seeking intelligent,hard-working college students toserve as interns in his office inWashington, D.C., as well as in hisoffices in Aberdeen, Rapid City,and Sioux Falls.

Interns in Senator Thune’sstate offices will participate in con-stituent service and state outreachactivities, while students in theWashington, D.C. office will havethe opportunity to witness the leg-islative process, give Capitol tours,and attend Senate votes and hear-ings. Both in-state and Washing-ton, D.C. internships will allowstudents to work closely with con-stituents, hone their research andwriting skills, and learn a multi-tude of valuable office skills.

“Interning in a Senate officeprovides students with an excel-lent opportunity to experiencedemocracy in action,” said Thune.“Interns gain valuable knowledgeabout both state and nationalissues and an understanding ofthe inner workings of a Senateoffice. I encourage all students toconsider applying for this reward-ing experience.”

Senator Thune is a member ofthe Senate Committees on Agricul-

ture, Nutrition, and Forestry;Commerce, Science, and Trans-portation; and Finance.

College students who are inter-ested in interning in SenatorThune’s Washington, DC officeshould submit a resume and coverletter, by April 19, 2013, to:

Senator John ThuneAttn: Danielle Hanson

511 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510By Fax to: 202-228-5429

Or by email to:Danielle_Hanson@thune.senate.

gov

College students who are inter-ested in interning in SenatorThune’s Sioux Falls, Rapid City, orAberdeen offices should submit aresume and cover letter, by April19, 2013, to:

Senator John ThuneAttn: Robin Long

320 North Main Avenue, Suite BSioux Falls, SD 57104

Or by email to:robin_long@thune.senate.gov

For more information, pleasecall 202-224-2321.

John Peters

Obituary

John August Peters, 72, former-ly of the Midland and Murdo areapassed away peacefully on Thurs-day, February 21, 2013 at theCuster Regional Senior Care, onlyafter playing [and winning] onelast game of cribbage with his“favorite” niece, Lynette.

He was born on January 14,1941 to Walter and Helen[Buchanan] Peters in Murdo, S.D.He attended grade school in Mid-land and attended high school inMurdo.

John served in the UnitedStates Navy and the United StatesArmy from 1958 to 1960 where hereceived an Honorable Discharge.He was a man of many talents andworked at many different jobsthroughout his life. He never meta stranger and will be rememberedby his quick and witty sense ofhumor.

Survivors include his sister:Karen (Peters) Finck of RapidCity; brother: Loren (Louise)Peters of San Antonio, Texas;nephew: Steve Finck and niecesLynette (Finck) Bianchi, Lenore(Peters) Wyrick and Tracy (Peters)Nettles, as well as his special AuntAlice Jeitz.

He was preceded in death by hisparents, an infant brother, and avery special brother-in-law:Harold Finck.

Visitation was held Monday,February 25 at Osheim & SchmidtFuneral Home and graveside serv-ices and burial were held onWednesday, February 27 at theMidland Cemetery.

An online guestbook may besigned at www.osheimschmidt.com.

Rep. Noem’s office accepting applications for summer internsRepresentative Kristi Noem is

accepting applications for summerinternships in her Washington,D.C. office, as well as in her officesin Sioux Falls, Rapid City andWatertown.

Student interns in Representa-tive Noem’s office will assist staff

with various constituent serviceand communications projects, aswell as assist with legislativeresearch. Both South Dakota andWashington, D.C. internships pro-vide students with first-hand

knowledge of the legislativeprocess and the countless otherfunctions of a congressional office.

College students who are inter-ested in interning in any of Repre-sentative Noem’s offices should

submit a resume, cover letter andreferences to Christiana.Frazee@mail.house.gov by April 15.

For more information, contactChristiana Frazee at 202-225-2801.

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COYOTE CALLCOYOTE CALLFebruary 28, 2013 Issue 11 Jones County High SchoolMurdo, SD 57559

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

relations vehicle and provides a forum for opinions submitted in signed letters.

Staff: Becky Bryan, Janna Glaze, NickiKell, Ryan Kirscher, Emiley Nies, PaigeVenard, Gus Volmer.Adviser: Margie Peters

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Kirscher sees his love of computers pointing the way to his future studiesby Janna Glaze

Ryan Joseph Kirscher loves lis-tening to music and playinggames. Ryan, the son of DebKirscher, has an older brotherChris Kirscher who lives in Huron.He also has a two-year-old niecenamed Akira.

Starting football at the begin-ning of his sophomore year, hefound out how much he liked play-

ing and it became his favoritesport. Considering his favoritecolor, Ryan said it would have tobe blue. His favorite food ismashed potatoes and the movie heenjoys most is Ted because “it’sreally funny.”

Government is Ryan’s favoritesubject and Christmas rates highbecause he gets to spend time withfamily and friends. “When We

Stand Together” by Nickelback isRyan’s favorite song and hisfavorite book is Diary of a WimpyKid. With Adam Sandler being hisfavorite actor, Ryan would want tomeet Sandler if he was to meetanyone famous because “he is areally funny person.” Ryan saidhis favorite brand of clothingwould probably have to be Wran-gler because it’s comfortable.

He admires his mom mostbecause she has taught him somuch throughout his life. Amongmoney, power and fame, power isleast important to Ryan because“you don’t have to have power to befamous and earn money.” Ryangets really angry when he has torepeat himself and his biggest fear

is spiders because they are reallyfrightening.

On the spot about what is mostimportant to him, being popular,accomplishing something or beingorganized, he answered, “Accom-plishing something, because whenyou accomplish something itmakes you feel better about your-self.”

Kirscher said his major regret isnot trying hard his freshman year.If he could be anything he wanted,Ryan would be a computer genius.The things he values the most arehis family and friends. His momtaught him the biggest lesson thathe has learned, and that is thatnothing in life is free. Given threewishes, he would wish for money, a

new car and to be healthy.Getting accepted to Mitchell

Tech is his biggest achievement atthis point and before he graduateshe wants to get a job. If he couldgive any advice to the underclass-men, he said to “ be yourself andtry throughout your high schoolcareer.”

After graduating, Ryan willmiss his friends and all of thegreat memories made in highschool. His favorite memories arethe ones of him having fun with allof his friends. Ryan said best thingabout being a senior is knowingthat he’s almost done with highschool. In ten years he sees him-self possibly in a place close to hismom.

Highway Patrolmen stress safe driving techniquesby Paige Venard

Monday, February 18, the localHighway Patrolman Dylan Dowl-ing, along with a colleague, cameto the high school to talk to theeighth grade and freshmen classesabout drinking and driving, tex-ting while driving and drugs. Theyshowed a PowerPoint along withvideos showing the outcome ofdriving while intoxicated, distract-ed driving, and not wearing seat-belts. They also shared a lot ofinformation about the outcome ofthe scenarios and how accidentsaffect people’s lives.

Students also learned what willhappen to them if they are caughtdoing illegal activities and how itchanges the rest of their lives. Thestudents learned that drugs arenot just medicine and illegal sub-stances that can be grown ormade. They are sometimes house-hold items used in the wrong form,such as: household spray cansaerosol, bath salts, pain medica-

tion, cough syrup, spray paint andmarkers.

Melyssa Manecke said, “Themost valuable thing I learned fromthis was that drugs can destroy aperson, and how easy it is to getinto a wreck. One little text cankill so many people; always wear

your seat belt.” The Patrol Officersenforced the importance of wear-ing your seat belt and how it real-ly does save lives, being a gooddriver and not letting anythingdistract you like a simple text, andto stay away from drinking anddrugs.

Council achieves goal with Links of Love Project

by Paige VenardFive-hundred Links were sold,

one for $1 or six for $5, during twobasketball games for the Links ofLove Project; the chain ended upbeing 108 feet long. Each colorchain stood for a different type ofcancer: orange, Leukemia; yellow,bladder, liver, sarcoma, bone andtesticular cancer; Green, lym-phoma; red, blood cancer; blue,prostate and colon cancer. Severalpeople bought links to honor lovedones currently battling cancer orthose who have fought cancer.

The chain is currently displayedin the east hallway of the highschool. The student council accom-plished their goal of making thechain as long as the basketballcourt. The project raised aware-ness in the community on howcancer can affect the lives of every-body and their loved ones.

The Jones County StudentCouncil would like to thank every-body who supported this project;all proceeds will be donated to theChildren’s Miracle Network inMarch during the State StudentCouncil convention in Pierre.

Erupting volcanoes teach 8th graders about the power of soda and vinegar

by Haley Booth and Jacob Lolley

About a week ago the eighthgrade science class decided to do aproject to learn about volcanoes.After gathering all of their sup-plies, they finally began their vol-cano experiment. To be able to cre-ate their volcanoes, they usedflour, water, oil, and salt. Aftermaking this mixture (play doughin disguise), they formed a volcanomountain with a small beaker inthe middle (where “lava” is sup-posed to be). After forming themountains, they let them hardenovernight and then painted thevolcanoes the colors they foundnecessary.

They left the paint overnight todry and they finally set their vol-canoes off. To blow the volcanoesoff, they used baking soda, vinegarand red and yellow food coloring.Setting off their volcanoes wasenjoyable, although they did notturn out the way they wantedthem to. Some flattened which

teacher Marilyn Iverson saidtaught them another lesson aboutshield volcanos.

The class was split into fourgroups. Group I: Hannah Hight,Madison Gyles, Molly Nies andHaley Booth. Group II: Jami Addi-son, Troi Valburg and Ali Kell.Group III: Reed Venard, ZachHespe and Dalton Kinsley. GroupIV: Bailey Klemann, AustinVenard and Jacob Lolley. All of the

groups agreed that they allenjoyed building and setting theirvolcanoes off and learning abouthow the fire makers erupt.

As an additional benefit,because the project made such amess in the science lab, the classhad to deep clean. The rewardcame Friday morning when Iver-son treated the class to “Bob’s pop-corn” and orange juice while theywatched a movie.

Season ends with heartbreak with district lossby Emiley Nies

After a five game winningstreak the Lady Coyotes traveledto Kadoka for a double header.They didn’t plan on losing that fivegame winning streak, and at theend they had a six game winningstreak. They came out pretty slowand were having a terrible timegetting shots to go in. After thefirst quarter they started playingtheir usual game for a 61-43 win.Leading scorers: Madison Math-ews (20) and Becky Bryan (17),Leading rebounder: Garline Boni(9), Leading Stealers: Becky Bryan(3) and Calli Glaze (3).

Bennett County was the Ladiesnext victim. The girls were readyto play because in their heads, theBennett County Lady Warriorswere tough to beat. And afterabout the first quarter they real-ized that they were a little tougherthan they thought. The Warriorskept putting up three pointers andmaking them; they were on fire.The Ladies never gave up though.They stayed in the game to win bythree points 55-52. Leading Scor-er: Madison Mathews (24), Lead-ing Rebounder: Becky Bryan (7),Leading stealer: Becky Bryan (4).

The Lady Coyotes played SullyButtes next and they knew thatthey were a pretty tough team. Inthe first quarter the Coyotes wereplaying with them really well byonly being behind by one point. Inthe second quarter the girlsweren’t sure what happenedbecause at half time the score hadbeen 13-31. With high hopes theytried to come back, but they endedup pretty short with an endingscore of 31-57. Leading scorer:Madison Mathews (17), Leadingrebounder: Becky Bryan (7), Lead-ing stealer: Emiley Nies (2).

After losing against SullyButtes the Lady Coyotes knewthey had to win the next gameagainst the New Underwood LadyTigers. The first time the Coyotesplayed them it was a blow out, butthey knew the Lady Tigers hadimproved. They came out with alot of intensity and just blew the

Lady Tigers out of the water. Theirgoal was to not let the Tigers getas many points in the second halfas they did in the first half, buttheir goal wasn’t accomplishedbecause the Tigers scored just onemore point than they did in thefirst half, 53-29. Leading scorer:Madison Mathews (20), Leadingrebounder: Garline Boni (6), Lead-ing stealer: Rachel Buxcel (7).

In Highmore for the HighmoreClassic, they played the TimberLake Lady Panthers. The Coyotesweren’t sure what to expect sincethey had never played thembefore. But they knew they were apretty tough team with having thesame record. The girls never gaveup and won the game 44-41. Lead-ing scorers: Madison Mathews (16)and Becky Bryan (13), Leadingrebounder: Garline Boni (7).

For the last home game, theLadies played the Philip LadyScotties. They knew they weren’tthe best team but they were goodenough to win just because theydidn’t want big heads and end uplosing the game. The Ladies had agreat game because it was the lasthome game. They won by 27points, 58-31. Leading scorers:Becky Bryan (16) and MadisonMathews (16), Leading rebounder:Becky Bryan (11), Leading steal-ers: Becky Bryan (5) and EmileyNies (4).

The last week of the Lady Coy-otes regular season, they played inWhite River and Presho. Againstthe White River Tigers, they cameout with great defense and offense.The score of the first half was 36-6. They didn’t let White River com-pete with them at all. The secondhalf they came out a little tired butthey stayed in the game for a 58-34 win. Leading scorer: MadisonMathews (34), Leading rebounder:Rachel Buxcel (4), Leading stealer:Rachel Buxcel (6).

For the last regular seasongame, the Ladies played theRaiders in Presho. They knew itwas going to be a tough gamebecause Lyman was ready to play.The Ladies had great defense and

put up quite a few shots but somejust didn’t want to fall in. The Coy-otes beat Lyman 46-34. Leadingscorer: Madison Mathews (21),Leading rebounder: Garline Boni(5), Leading stealer: MadisonMathews (7).

Being number one seed in thedistrict the girls didn’t have toplay the first round of districts. OnTuesday, February 19, the Ladiesplayed the Raiders again. Theycame into the game with a lot ofnerves because they didn’t want itto be their last game. Their shotsjust didn’t fall and they some tookshots that weren’t needed.

The Lady Coyotes were aheadby eight in the third quarter, butLyman started firing the three’sand they were unstoppable for adepressing and surprising loss foreveryone. The three seniors had aterrible time getting over the 42-46 loss, but the others know thatthey need to work hard in the offseason to make it further nextyear. The Lady Coyotes ended theyear with a 17-4 record, the bestrecord in Jones County history.Leading scorers: Madison Math-ews (11) and Emiley Nies (10),Leading rebounder: MadisonMathews (11), Leading stealer:Madison Mathews (3).

USD Symphonic Bandrocks Riggs HighAuditorium during tour

by Becky BryanSenior band members went to

Pierre Riggs High School onWednesday, February 13 to attendthe University of South DakotaSymphonic Band’s Winter TourConcert. The seniors were invitedto this concert because their banddirector Rose Comp’s son, LeeComp, played the baritone saxo-phone.

The main director, Rolf Olson, isDirector of Bands and Professor ofTrumpet at the university wherehe directs the Symphonic Band,Brass Choir, and teaches conduct-ing and studio trumpet. He per-forms regularly with South Dako-ta Symphony Orchestra, the SiouxFalls Big Band and DalesburgCornet Band. Olson has twice per-formed at International Trumpetguild Conventions.

At the Winter Tour Concert hedirected the Overture to Candideby Lenard Bernstein, Quintes-sence II by David Gillingham andthe Ghost Train by EricWhitacare.

The second director, Gary L.Reeves, is Associate Director ofBands and Professor of Horn inthe Department of Music, Collegeand Fine Arts at the university.His group, the South Dakota BrassQuintet, just released a new com-

pact disc on the Mark CustomRecordings label, and his record-ing of Twentieth Century Ameri-can music for horn and piano hasjust been accepted for the releaseon the same label. At the WinterTour Concert, Reeve directed theChester Overture by WilliamHoward Schuman.

The third director, Jonathan D.Alvis, is Director of Athletic Bandsand Assistant Professor of Lowbrass and the university. At theuniversity he directs the Sound ofUSD, the Coyote Pep Band, thelow brass ensembles and is a guestconductor for the Symphonic Bandon a regular basis. Alvis, a Conn-Selmer endorsed artist, marchedwith the Cadets Drum and BugleCorps from Allentown, PA. At theWinter Tour Concert, he directedBarnum and Bailey’s Favorite byKarl King.

The senior students, along withRose Comp, were more thanimpressed with USD’s SymphonicBand. Paige Venard said, “Theconcert was magnificent. Myfavorite song was Ghost Trainbecause of all the dynamics. I feltlike I was on train; literally, theroom was rumbling. I also lovedthis song because they had aninsane pianist, Victor Yip, fromHong Kong.”

Unique view… Emiley Nies finds the view a little differentfrom behind her flying braid.

Science experiment… Dalton Kinsley, Reed Venard andZach Hespe observe as their volcano erupts with the help of bak-ing soda, vinegar. The students also used food coloring to get thefull effect.

Coyotes win one, lose one on road to districtsBy Gus Volmer

Jones County's Coyotes went onthe road to Martin to take on theBennett County Warriors on Feb-ruary 15. The Coyotes started outhot, they couldn’t miss, and theywere making everything. JonesCounty ended the first quarterwith a demanding lead 28-6. Thesecond quarter was a little slowerfor the Coyotes and they let theirbig lead slip a little and gave theWarriors a few more points thanthe Coyotes wanted to. The Coy-otes let the Warriors believe andthe second half was tough for the

Coyotes.The second half started out slow

for the Coyotes, and they couldn’tmanage to make a basket. TheWarriors pressured the Coyotesand a few of the Coyote players gotfrustrated and threw a fewturnovers to the Warriors. TheCoyotes wouldn’t let the Warriorscut the lead down to a littleamount and ended the game on alittle run. The Coyotes won 57-38.

The Coyotes played the Tigersin New Underwood on February22. The Tigers were a tough teamthat had the same record as theCoyotes. The Coyotes had to play

pretty well to beat the Tigers. Thefirst half started with the Coyotesshooting horrendously from thefloor only making minimal shotsso the Tigers took the first quarterby 9 points.

The second half started a littlebetter for the Coyotes and theywent on a 5 point run and got it toa closer game. The Coyotes stillcouldn’t buy a basket and theTigers were shooting lights outfrom the floor hitting a couple bigthrees on the Coyotes and kept thelead to around 8 points. The Coy-otes couldn’t cut the lead and theylost to the Tigers 43-49.

Murdo Coyote Murdo Coyote • February 28, 2013 • Page 5

Senator Larry Lucas

One of the most talked about Billsof the Session, HB 1087 called theSchool Sentinel Bill passed out ofthe Senate Affairs Committee at theweek's end with a vote of 5 for theBill and 4 voting NO. This issue hasbeen reported and followed by mostall media sources.

This year we have had a numberof requests to increase spending.Some of the requests are to increasefunding to K-12 education, to fundthe education service agencies, toprovide competitive grants forCareer and Technical Education, tocreate a critical needs scholarshipprogram, to fund the expansion ofinformation systems at DakotaState University, to establish a localgovernment improvement fund, toadd general fund dollars to the Ani-mal Damage Control Fund, toappropriate money to the Agricul-ture Research Station, and to appro-priate money to South Dakota StateUniversity for research on smartfertilizer application. These issuesare still in play, but the fundingamount has not been set. All of theabove proposals passed out of theSenate Appropriations Committeewith just a one dollar appropriation.Because of the Committee's indeci-sion, we will need to continue delib-erations to fund any of these specialrequests.

Two Senate Bills, SB 15 and SB28, will increase the property taxleveys for education. Senate Bill 28addresses a growing student popu-lation in our schools by raising theag and non-leveys as a share of the

cost per pupil in the state aid formu-la. Senate Bill 15 will force schoolsto increase their levy for specialeducation costs. Most of the increas-es in SB 15 are a result of the 2011budget cuts when the funding forstudents with disabilities wasreduced. In the past, there has beenadequate money in the state'sExtraordinary Cost Fund to reim-burse all schools that could not payall of their special education bills.Today, however, that fund hasdiminished and schools will need toraise property taxes to cover theiron-going special education costs. Ivoted NO on SB 15. Other optionsare to increase the funding levels forstudents with disabilities or addmore state money to the Extraordi-nary Cost Fund.

There was support to rehabilitatethe state-owned rail line betweenChamberlain and Presho becausemuch of the grain from west ofChamberlain is being trucked out ofstate. The line between Chamber-lain and Mitchell has been rebuiltand farmers in that area have expe-rienced increased grain prices alongwith having a rail transfer stationin the area. However, Senate Bill208 to authorize the rebuilding ofthe line failed by two votes to get theneeded two-thirds vote to pass. Theissue revolved around not having asolid plan to fund the entire project.

Senate Bill 207 was brought forthto sue the federal government overfederal legislation or executiveorders that could diminish one'srights under the second amend-ment. Recently President Obamasigned executive orders to makemore relevant data available forbackground checks, to review andset gun safety standards, to trackstolen guns, to provide training foractive shooter situations, to provideincentives to hire school resourceofficers, and to launch a nationaldialogue on mental health. SB 207will ask the South Dakota AttorneyGeneral to consider suing over theseexecutive orders or any federal gunlegislation. I was one of only 4 Sen-ators to oppose SB 207.

There are now just two weeks leftof the 2013 Session. You can call theSenate Lobby at 773-3821 andleave a message or email me atsen.lucas@state.sd. us.

Rep. James Schaefer

Greetings! A legislative commem-oration honoring the South DakotaDepartment of Agriculture for 110years of promoting, protecting, pre-serving, and improving South Dako-ta’s agriculture for today and tomor-row was shared on the House floor.Agriculture is the #1 industry inSouth Dakota.

A couple bills that I mentionedhad passed our Ag and NaturalResource Committee were soundlydefeated in the House this week. Avote of 18-52 said that producerswould not be given first chance torecover their loss when a grainwarehouse or grain buyer defaults.Fairness to all involved was theemphasis for the opponents of thebill. Statewide brand inspectionfailed 22-47. Another brand inspec-tion bill passed the House unani-mously. HB 1187 will provide analternative brand inspection proce-dure of issuing a one-year inspec-tion for rodeo livestock.

For those of you who are avid fire-works users, HB 1194 passed theHouse and would allow fireworks tobe discharged through Sundayevening after the 4th of July. I canonly think that the Senate will alsopass this bill.

The new Veterans home at HotSprings was approved by the Senateand unanimously in the House toreceive an additional $6.67M forrevisions to the design, construc-tion, and equipping of the home.

This is in addition to the $34.6Mpassed in 2011.

The 8500 4-H youth in SouthDakota can anticipate the construc-tion of a new 4-H exhibit hall at theState Fair if Governor Daugaardsigns SB18. This will replace CloverHall. Private donations will fundthe $4M, and the State Fair budgetwill cover future maintenance of thebuilding.

Renewing your driver’s licenseonce every 10 years can now beaccomplished via mail or online.The forms required would be on filefrom the previous 5-year renewal,and an optometrist can provide theeye exam requirement.

Two bills that crossed over fromthe Senate will be heard in the Agand Natural Resources Committeethis week. SB 6 is a bill dealingwith agricultural land tax assess-ment. It would determine whetherfactors affecting productivity shouldbe applied if the actual use of agri-cultural land does not correspond tothe soil classification standards.This is quite similar to the bill Isponsored last year; it failed in com-mittee with the request to study itfurther. SB 115 would increase thecommercial fertilizer inspection feefrom a maximum of 15 cents/ton to30 cents/ton. The additional 15cents would go to fertilizer andnutrient-related research at SDSU.As I visit with producers, I hear noopposition.

It’s coming to the House. The billto ban texting while driving waspassed in the Senate 24-9. The pasttwo years has seen this bill defeatedin the House. This year could defi-nitely be different. I will be sup-porting is as I feel it is a step in theright direction even though it willnot eliminate texting.

United States Senator JohnThune stopped at the Capitol. Twoissues he mentioned were the cer-tainty that the President would notbe approving the XL Pipeline verysoon and the changes coming tosome post offices due to the lossesbeing incurred.

Two weeks left – still time to visitthe Legislature. Call me 730-1990.

20132013 Legislative UpdatesLegislative Updatesone of the largest and most impor-tant USDA efforts. CRP continuesto make major contributions tonational efforts to improve waterand air quality, and to prevent soilerosion by protecting the mostsensitive areas including thoseprone to flash flooding and runoff.CRP has also helped increase pop-ulations of pheasants, quail,ducks, and rare species, like thesage grouse, the lesser prairiechicken, and other grasslandbirds. Highlights of CRP include:

CRP has restored more thantwo million acres of wetlands andtwo million acres of riparianbuffers; Each year, CRP keepsmore than 600 million pounds ofnitrogen and more than 100 mil-lion pounds of phosphorous fromflowing into our nation's streams,rivers, and lakes. CRP provides$1.8 billion annually to landown-ers-dollars that make their wayinto local economies, supportingsmall businesses and creatingjobs; and CRP is the largest pri-vate lands carbon sequestrationprogram in the country. By plac-ing vulnerable cropland into con-servation, CRP sequesters carbonin plants and soil, and reducesboth fuel and fertilizer usage. In2012, CRP resulted in carbonsequestration equal to takingabout nine million cars off theroad.

The Obama Administration isleading a host of federal agenciesin the America's Great Outdoorsinitiative to develop a 21st centu-ry conservation agenda and recon-nect Americans to the outdoors. Atthe same time, USDA continues toenroll a record number of acres ofprivate working lands in conser-vation programs, working withmore than 500,000 farmers andranchers to implement conserva-tion practices that clean the airwe breathe, filter the water wedrink, and prevent soil erosion.Since 2009, USDA has enrolledmore than 50 million acres intothe Conservation StewardshipProgram to incentivize the mostproductive, beneficial conserva-tion practices. And USDA's workin the Chesapeake Bay water-shed, the Mississippi River Basin,and Gulf of Mexico are among 19initiatives applying the mosteffective conservation practices toincrease agricultural and environ-mental returns. USDA science isalso helping to focus work in areasto reduce problematic nutrientsmaking it to rivers and streams byas much as 45 percent.

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March 15: 2013 NAP Sales closingdateJune 3: 2013 ACRE sign-up endsJuly 15: 2012 ACRE ProductionJuly 15: 2012 NAP ProductionJuly 15: Final 2013 Acreagereporting dateAugust 2: DCP sign-up ends

Feel free to call the office if youever have questions on any of ourprograms 605-669-2404 Ext. 2.

USDA ANNOUNCES 45THGENERAL SIGN-UP FOR

THE CONSERVATIONRESERVE PROGRAM

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vil-sack announced at the NationalPheasant Fest and Quail Classicthat the U.S. Department of Agri-culture (USDA) will conduct afour-week general sign-up for theConservation Reserve Program(CRP), beginning May 20 and end-ing on June 14. CRP has a 27-yearlegacy of protecting the nation'snatural resources through volun-tary participation, while providingsignificant economic and environ-mental benefits to rural communi-ties across the United States.Under Secretary Vilsack's leader-ship, USDA has enrolled 11.7 mil-lion acres in various CRP efforts.

“Since the 1980s, the CRP pro-gram has established itself as abenchmark in voluntary conserva-tion efforts, providing Americanproducers with assets to addressour most critical resource issues,”said Vilsack. “Last year, duringone of the worst droughts in gener-ations, the CRP proved vital inprotecting our most environmen-tally sensitive lands from erosion.Emergency haying and grazing onCRP lands also supplied criticalfeed and forage for livestock pro-ducers due to the drought. And theprogram continues to bring sub-stantial returns to rural areas,attracting recreation and tourismdollars into local economies whilesustaining natural and wildlifehabitat for future generations.”

Additional sign-ups for continu-ous CRP programs-such as HighlyErodible Land Initiative and Ini-tiative to Restore Grasslands, Wet-lands and Wildlife-will beannounced in spring 2013.

Currently, about 27 millionacres are enrolled in CRP, which isa voluntary program available toagricultural producers to helpthem safeguard environmentallysensitive land. Producers enrolledin CRP plant long-term, resource-conserving covers to improve thequality of water, control soil ero-sion and enhance wildlife habitat.Contracts on 3.3 million acres ofCRP are set to expire on Sept. 30,2013. Producers with expiring con-tracts or producers with environ-mentally sensitive land areencouraged to evaluate theiroptions under CRP.

Producers that are accepted inthe sign-up can receive cost-shareassistance to plant long-term,resource-conserving covers andreceive an annual rental paymentfor the length of the contract (10-15 years). Producers also areencouraged to look into CRP'sother enrollment opportunitiesoffered on a continuous, non-com-petitive, sign-up basis and thatoften provide additional financialassistance. Continuous sign-updates will be announced at a laterdate.

Over the past 27 years, farmers,ranchers, conservationists,hunters, fishermen and other out-door enthusiasts have made CRP

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Patriot Guard Riders escort new house to Custer creating a place to thank wounded veterans

Patriot Guard Riders will donwinter gear and escort a new threebedroom two bath home fromSpringfield, SD to Custer, SD inthe Black Hills on March 4. Thishouse will become a vacation hometo qualifying veterans and theirimmediate family.

“It’s our thank you gift forreturning veterans from Opera-tion Iraqi Freedom, OperationEnduring Freedom and OperationNew Dawn,” said Pat Baird, co-founder of Operation Black HillsCabin. “This project is designed tooffer a week long respite to a qual-ifying veteran, at little or noexpense to them to reconnect with

their family and enjoy the beautyof the Black Hills.”

The effort was inspired by anOprah show where South Dakotanative, Tom Brokaw, interviewedCorey and Jenny Briest fromYankton, S.D. While serving withthe National Guard in Iraq, Coreyreturned from combat gravelywounded after being hit by a road-side bomb. Brokaw said, “We allhave to re-enlist as citizens.” Thatmeans raising our consciousnessabout the wars and also to dosomething about it. “Families inthis country need to know whatthey can do,” says Brokaw. “Youmust honor these people and their

families,” and he refers to them asthe “Bravest Americans.”

So a group of Custer citizensmade arrangements for a donatedhouse, and the city of Custerdonated land. Furnishings arebeing obtained through grants,donations and house showers bylocal groups when the housearrives after a 375 mile journeyacross the state. The board plansto have it ready to welcome guestsin late spring. An open house isscheduled for the afternoon ofApril 18.

“It will be a place to re-connect,”said Baird. “It is a place where afamily can have time together to

enjoy the attractions of the BlackHills – Crazy Horse, Custer StatePark, Mount Rushmore and manyothers, and to dine in local restau-rants without the pressure of pay-ing for a vacation. Black Hillsbusinesses have been very gener-ous with free admissions andmeals and they reach out to theVeteran and personally thankthem for their service.”

This permanent home will beavailable to host families sixmonths a year and veterans areencouraged to go to the websitewww.operationblackhillscabin.orgto download an application for con-sideration.

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getting to that point puts youthrough the mill.

Friend Ruth, for instance,recently wrote a book about herfirst few years as a missionary inHong Kong. While she was writ-ing it, I’d get occasional E-mailsexpressing her concerns aboutproof reading or that she wasn’tadequately getting across whatshe wanted to say. Her creation,“Foreign Devil Girl in Hong Kong”by Ruth Epp, is however nowavailable through Amazon and is

a good read. It has insight,pathos, and humor. She alsogives one a good idea of how verydifficult it is to learn the Can-tonese Chinese dialect. Since Ihave no talent whatsoever atlearning foreign languages, Can-tonese is probably something Ishouldn’t even attempt. It’s fun,though, to read about someoneelse’s struggle in doing so. Ruthlived and worked in Hong Kongfrom 1959 until 2005 so there aremany more years to write about ifshe gets up the nerve and ambi-tion to pull it off.

I should probably mention that,before Ruth moved to the otherside of the world, she and herfriend, Darlene, came with Rev.Knickle in the summers andtaught us Bible School for a weekat a local country schoolhouse.They lived with us during thoseweeks so we got to know thempretty well, and we’ve kept intouch ever since.

Then we come to Cousin Verna(Heaton) Benham who recentlypublished her book, “Champagnein a Paper Cup.” It is also avail-able through Amazon andrecounts her time as a ForeignService employee in such placesas Taiwan and South America. Inthe latter, she met and married afellow who was a foreign corre-spondent for The Associated Pressand the U. S. News & WorldReport. All in all, she has lived anextremely interesting life and hasdone a good job telling about it. Iseem to have no particular desireto go to Taiwan or South America,but it is enjoyable to visit therethrough Verna’s eyes and pen.

Local friend, Joyce (Dolezal)Wheeler has also written a coupleof books, (available at Amazonagain.) They are novels, whichmeans she had to make them upinstead of just writing aboutthings she has done. Sure, youwould probably base your charac-ters on people you have known,but you still have to deal withcharacterization, plot and such.It takes a lot of thinking. It isquite a lot easier to read Joyce’sbooks than to make one up your-self.

So, if you wanted to write abook, how many words would you

have to come up with? A stan-dard-size novel, it seems, shouldprobably be around 80,000 words.That’s a lot. You might get bywith 50,000, but 80,000 would bebetter. If you were Leo Tolstoy,you would have to come up withover half-a-million words for suchtomes as his, “War and Peace.”That would take weeks to readmuch less write. As a college kidassigned to read it, you might bebetter off buying the “Cliff Notes,”which is a little publication thatallows you to know all about abook without actually reading it.I like the comment by one of thecharacters on son Chance’s VeggieTales video where he says he readWar and Peace via Cliff Notes andfound it “riveting.” He comments,“That’s three minutes of my lifeI’ll never get back.” As we said,reading War and Peace in fullmight take quite a lot longer thanthree minutes since it runs tosomething like 1,400 pages. CliffNotes might be the way to go inthis case.

I did start writing a mysterynovel over ten years ago and gotthrough the first two chaptersbefore bogging down. Action onthat project has come to a stand-still, but, who knows, maybe I’lldrag it back out some day and getgoing again. I have enough thingsto do at present without that, butonly writing a thousand words aweek would get a book written ina little over a year. I currentlywrite a little less than that,maybe 850, every week writingthese things so maybe I could dou-ble my production. We’ll have tosee.

Since I’ve been writing weeklyarticles from 1986 to the present,I’ve probably already used up wellover a million words. That’s dou-ble what Tolstoy needed for Warand Peace, but my stuff, alas, isn’texactly in book form. I’m happy toreport that I can write much morequickly and easily now than Icould back in ’86, but it is stillfairly hard work. Like I said, Ihope book-writing isn’t contagiousor I might contact that dreadeddisease. Everyone else is catchingit, but maybe it will pass me by.Time will tell.

All my friends and relativesseem to be writing books. I hopeit isn’t contagious or I might findmyself writing one too. Thatsounds like a lot of work since anyact of creation, whether a book,painting, or song, takes somedoing. These things don’t makethemselves, and the whole processputs you through periods of self-doubt, worry, and mental anxiety.It’s a good feeling when you final-ly get something produced, look atit, and decide it isn’t half bad, but

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The Clinical View• Dr. P.E. Hoffsten •

CIGARETTE SMOKINGREVIEWED – 2013

Immediately after World War II,65 percent of the adult populationof the United States smoked ciga-rettes. In the 1960’s, the first sur-geon general’s report on cigarettesmoking clearly showed the mas-sive toll on mortality that camewith cigarette smoking. Now overthe years, smoking cigarettesamong adults in the United Statesis down to 19 percent. Differentfrom in the past, the one groupwith an increasing incidence ofcigarette smoking is youngwomen. In the 1980’s one out offour people in the general popula-tion age 35 to 69 died of cigarettesmoking. Since then, the increasetax upon cigarettes, the efforts ofthe American Cancer Society andother public health agencies hasfurther decreased the statisticsregarding cigarette smoking in theUnited States.

The New England Journal ofMedicine is a weekly publicationthat is perhaps the most respectedmedical journal in the UnitedStates. In the January 24 issue,they published a study involvingover 200,000 people who were sur-veyed and statistics collected over10 years. This huge number of par-

ticipants in the study allow for sta-tistically accurate characteriza-tion of cigarette smoking in the2010 era.

The first statistic to be aware ofis that there are still 200,000deaths a year attributed to ciga-rette smoking. Note that on aver-age around 2 million people a yeardie in the United States whichmeans that one out of ten mortali-ties die from cigarette smoking.

The second statistic of thereport in The New England Jour-nal of Medicine is that 70 out of100,000 men died from cancer ofthe lung and 40 out of 100,000women died from cancer of thelung. Based upon the study citedin The New England Journal ofMedicine, a cigarette smoker thatbegins in their late teens or early20’s shorten their lives by 11 yearsfor women and by 12 years for menas compared to individuals whonever smoke. The excess deathswere caused mainly by lung cancerand heart attacks. In women,there was an addition in excess ofstrokes.

Enough people in this studywere available to make estimatesof the effect of continuing a ciga-rette habit. For individuals whodiscontinue their cigarette habitfrom age 25 to 34, the survival

curves were very near that of anever smoker. There was a definitedeterioration in the mortalitycurves for those that discontinuetheir habit from age 35 to 44. Buteven this group gained about nineyears of life compared to those whocontinue to smoke. Even thosethat discontinue their cigarettehabit from age 49 to 59 gainedabout four years of normal lifeback.

In summary, cigarette smokingis still the most lethal habit aUnited States citizen can have.The statistics indicate that thosewho discontinue their habit at ayoung age gain about 10 years ofnormal life. Even those who dis-continue their habit in their 50’sregain about four years of normallife. With a continued erosion of acigarette smokers privileges as towhere they can smoke, with theexcessive taxes that are nowapplied to cigarette smoking andthe horrible health risks thatoccur, one wonders why cigarettesmoking continues at all. It is infact one of the most addictinghabits a person can have. Fortu-nately, the efforts of our nationalhealth agencies have been instru-mental in the tremendous reduc-tion in cigarette smoking by our

general public and would hopethese efforts will continue.

As a social observation, I amstruck by the wave of effort nowdirected at “gun control.” To getsome perspective on the nature ofthe problem, one must realize thatthere are about 30,000 deaths peryear related to firearms. Stun-ningly, 19,000 out of 30,000 are theresults of suicides. “Gun control”and getting rid of assault firearmsis not going to change that statis-tic. A suicide only needs one shot.Only around 11,000 deaths peryear are related to homicide inwhich one person shoots another.In spite of the huge sale of assaultrifles in our country, the vastmajority of homicides are relatedto simple firearms such as 45 cal-iber pistols, etc. I don’t want todiminish in any way the horrorand tragedy of an incident such ashappened in the Connecticut ele-mentary school, but it would seemthat our efforts in this country atsaving lives could be much betterdirected to further discouragingcigarettes. Legislating pointlessregulations regarding gun owner-ship will have no demonstratedimpact on the number of homi-cides in the USA. I oppose effortsthat are ineffective.

Evaluating Your Winter WheatStand

There has been considerableinterest in the condition of thewinter wheat crop in South Dako-ta during this winter of 2012-13.Much of the crop was planted intodry soil, and a substantial percent-age didn’t germinate before coldweather arrived, with even lessemerging. Winter wheat plantsthat sprout and do not establish acrown and two to three tillers willnot be as winter hardy as plantsthat did. However, it is not wellknown how much less winterhardy they are.

With adequate moisture, wheatseeds germinate (and winterwheat plants break dormancy) attemperatures of 39 degrees F orhigher. With soil temperatures atthe 2” and 4” depth hovering at ornear 32 degrees F at most of theSouth Dakota Automatic WeatherData Network (AWDN) stations, itmay be a few weeks before produc-ers will be able to accuratelyassess winter wheat survival. His-torically, soil temperatures at mostAWDN stations don’t reach tem-peratures in the upper 30’s untilmid to late March.

If interested, producers can runthe “bag test”, explained on page40 of Chapter 4, “Winter WheatPlanting Guide” of “iGrow Wheat:Best Management Practices forWheat Production: http://igrow.org/up/resources/05-1001-04-2012.pdf to provide an early indi-cation of winter survival. As thechapter states, “If information isnot required immediately, the bestway to assess winterkill is to waituntil plant growth commences. Itis quite difficult to get a “fieldwide” picture of winter wheat sur-vival by running the “bag test” asyou are only evaluating a smallsample.

Once you are able to accurately

assess winter survival, or whatkind of stand you have remainingin the spring, you will need todecide whether to leave the standor destroy it and plant anothercrop. There are three componentsof yield; number of heads per unitarea, kernels per head, and kernelweight. The dominant componentin less than optimum stands isnumber of heads per unit area.The plant population needed tooptimize yields for most conditionsin South Dakota is considered tobe about 14-15 plants/sq ft. Lowerpopulations can be managed toproduce profitable yields if thestand is relatively uniform acrossthe field. Stands as low as 5plants/sq ft can produce nearly 70percent of maximum yield, andsome areas of the field may havehigher densities, increasing thepotential.

Before destroying a winterwheat field, contact your cropinsurance agent. A field must bereleased before pursuing othercropping options or crop insurancecoverage would be voided.

Producers should not inter-seedspring wheat into winter wheat asthis would result in mixed wheatat harvest and result in marketingproblems and almost certain pricereduction.

If producers determine that theyhave an adequate winter wheatstand to keep, but less than ideal,they should apply nitrogen early toenhance tillering. Nitrogen shouldbe applied as soon as the plantsbreak dormancy, or as soon as thesoil is not frozen. It is also impor-tant to pay close attention to weedmanagement as weeds will bemore competitive in a thin stand.

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Sentinel bill narrowly sent to Senate floor amid several questionsThe controversial “Sentinel” bill

which would allow local schoolboards to put armed guards insideschools passed out of the SenateState Affairs Committee last week.

About 60 people were on handat the meeting, despite snow—andlimited travel--in much of thestate. Time constraints, however,limited the number of people testi-fying, as well as the length of theircomments.

The vote to send HB1087 to theSenate floor as amended was 5-4.This surprised many observerswho had expected the vote toswing the other way.

The amendment removed anaddition made by the House that

allowed school boards to discussand make a decision in executivesession to implement a sentinelprogram.

Sen. Mark Johnston, R-SiouxFalls, noted that such actionwould conflict with the existingopen meeting statutes.

Sen. Craig Tieszen, R-RapidCity, agreed, noting that it must bea publicly made decision, but afterthat details could be handled inexecutive session as a personnelmatter.

The lines were still drawn inthe testimony between those whosupported the bill as necessary forteacher and student safety, andthose who feared the presence of

guns would most certainly end inaccidental shootings and unin-tended deaths of those who weremeant to be protected.

Tieszen recounted instancesfrom the 1990s when he was aRapid City police commander inwhich an armed student threat-ened fellow students. Of 13 threatsin Rapid City following theColumbine school shooting in1999, Tieszen said, two were cred-ible and could have caused harm ifnot stopped

“So, if we think we are immunein South Dakota,” Tieszen said,“think again.”

Rep. Scott Craig, R-Rapid City,refuted the assumption that thisbill was in response to the SandyHook Elementary School shootingrecently. He said he had presentedhis concept to the LegislativeResearch Council in December andthe shootings took place two weekslater.

That, he said, “confirmed therightness of this bill.” Since then,he said, there have been four moreincidents seen nationally.

Compelling opposition camefrom New Underwood SchoolSuperintendent Jeff Marlette, whois a retired Brigadier General whosaw combat.

“Have we now reached a placethat our state has gotten so bad, sounsafe,” Marlette asked, whereteachers need to carry guns? Heoutlined the dangers of peripheraldamage that even trained lawenforcement can inflict when try-ing to bring down a gunman.

Rob Monson, State Associationof School Administrators, present-ed an amendment that would havechanged the bill’s intent to aninterim study topic.

Tieszen later called the so-called “hog house” of the bill an“ambush,” noting he had seen theamendment for “exactly 32 min-utes” during the meeting. Hecalled the attempt “intensely dis-respectful.”

That amendment was defeated.Sen. Larry Lucas, D-Mission,

said the sentinel bill was animportant issue, in fact, “this isTHE issue of the 2013 session.” Headded, “what we have in place isworking,” noting that boards couldalready hire guards.

Chairman Larry Rhoden, R-Union Center, said the bill’s intenthas been blown out of proportion.He said it would allow the state’s152 school districts to decidewhether to participate in a sen-tinel program.

Rhoden called the program “onesmall step in the right direction.”

The bill now travels to the Sen-ate floor for final legislative con-sideration.

Legal Notices Murdo Coyote • February 28, 2013 • Page 7

Notice of Vacancy onSchool Board

Jones County School District #37-3

The following school board positions willbecome vacant due to the expiration ofthe present terms of office of the follow-ing school board members:

Two (2) Three- (3) year terms for the fol-lowing school board members residinganywhere within the District.

Michael HuntBrett Nix

Nominating petitions may be filed in theoffice of the business manager located inthe school business office between thehours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. CTbeginning March 1, 2013, and not laterthan the 26th day of March, 2013, at 5:00p.m., or mailed by registered mail notlater than the 25th day of March, 2013, at5:00 p.m.

Tami Schreiber,Business ManagerJones County School District 37-3

Published February 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $22.75.

Notice of Vacancy Municipality of

MurdoThe following offices will become vacantdue to the expiration of the present termof office of the elected officers.

Council Member – Ward I – 2-year termCouncil Member – Ward II – 2-year termCouncil Member – Ward III – 2-year term

Mayor – 2-year term

Circulation of nominating petitions maybegin on March 1, 2013, and petitionsmay be filed in the office of the financeofficer located at 107 West SecondStreet between the hours of 8:00 a.m.and 4:30 p.m., Central Standard Time,and not later than March 26, 2013 at5:00 p.m.

Krysti Barnes,City Finance Officer

Published February 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $17.55.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of Okaton inthe County of Jones, South Dakota, andwho are qualified to vote at townshipelections, are hereby notified that theannual township meeting for said town-ship will be held at the Ken Daum homein said township on Tuesday, the 5th dayof March next, at 8 o’clock p.m. for thefollowing purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 15th day ofFebruary A.D., 2013.

Jane Daum,Township Clerk

Publish February 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $18.85.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of Draper inthe County of Jones, South Dakota, andwho are qualified to vote at townshipelections, are hereby notified that theannual township meeting for said town-ship will be held at the Rosa Lee Styleshome in said township on Tuesday, the5th day of March next, at 7 o’clock p.m.for the following purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 18th day ofFebruary A.D., 2013.

Rosa Lee Styles,Township Clerk

Publish February 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $18.85.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of SouthCreek in the County of Jones, SouthDakota, and who are qualified to vote attownship elections, are hereby notifiedthat the annual township meeting for saidtownship will be held at the Garold Blockhome in said township on Tuesday, the5th day of March next, at 8 o’clock p.m.for the following purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 18th day ofFebruary A.D., 2013.

Garold Block,Township Clerk

Published February 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $18.85.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of Buffalo inthe County of Jones, South Dakota, andwho are qualified to vote at townshipelections, are hereby notified that theannual township meeting for said town-ship will be held at the Dan Parish Tech-nology Center in Murdo on Tuesday, the5th day of March next, at 7:00 o’clockp.m. for the following purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 18th day ofFebruary A.D., 2013.

Lori Nix,Township Clerk

Published February 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $18.85.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of Zickrick inthe County of Jones, South Dakota, andwho are qualified to vote at townshipelections, are hereby notified that theannual township meeting for said town-ship will be held at the Dave Brost homein said township on Tuesday, the 5th dayof March next, at 8 o’clock p.m. for thefollowing purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 20th day ofFebruary A.D., 2012.

Tanya Brink,Township Clerk

Publish February 28, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $10.47.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of Scovil inthe County of Jones, South Dakota, andwho are qualified to vote at townshipelections, are hereby notified that theannual township meeting for said town-ship will be held at the Raymond Roghairhome in said township on Tuesday, the5th day of March next, at 7:30 o’clockp.m. for the following purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 21st day ofFebruary A.D., 2013.

Joyce Roghair,Township Clerk

Publish February 28, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $10.47.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of Dunkel inthe County of Jones, South Dakota, andwho are qualified to vote at townshipelections, are hereby notified that theannual township meeting for said town-ship will be held at the Paul Pattersonhome in said township on Tuesday, the5th day of March next, at 7:30 o’clockp.m. for the following purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 21st day ofFebruary A.D., 2013.

Paul Patterson,Township Clerk

Published February 28, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $10.47.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of WilliamsCreek in the County of Jones, SouthDakota, and who are qualified to vote attownship elections, are hereby notifiedthat the annual township meeting for saidtownship will be held at the Travis Hen-dricks home in said township on Tues-day, the 5th day of March next, at 7:30o’clock p.m. for the following purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 21st day ofFebruary A.D., 2013.

Travis Hendricks,Township Clerk

Published February 28, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $10.47.

Notice of Annual Township Meeting

The citizens of the township of Kolls inthe County of Jones, South Dakota, andwho are qualified to vote at townshipelections, are hereby notified that theannual township meeting for said town-ship will be held at the Esther Magnusonhome in said township on Tuesday, the5th day of March next, at 2 o’clock p.m.for the following purposes:

To elect one supervisor for the term ofthree years; one township clerk, onetreasurer, each for the term of one year;and to do any other business proper tobe done at said meeting when convened.

Given under my hand this 22nd day ofFebruary A.D., 2013.

Janice Pike,Township Clerk

Publish February 28, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $10.47.

Extending Medicaid coverage to the state’s ‘working poor’ a thoughtful, thorny topic

The state’s “working poor” whodon’t qualify for Medicaid coveragefor low income families and indi-viduals were the center of atten-tion at a joint hearing at the StateCapitol recently.

South Dakota has the opportu-nity to provide that coverage, butthe Governor has indicated thestate should go slowly in adoptingthe expanded program, citing thenation’s fiscal problems.

The Health and Human Ser-vices Committees of both theHouse and Senate heard testimo-ny February 20, with Senate ChairJean Hunhoff, R-Yankton, notingthere would be no bill to vote onafterward. The expansion of Med-icaid in the state, if there is one,

apparently would be handledthrough the General Appropria-tions bill, expected in the last fewdays of the session’s main run.

Twenty-one people testified infavor of the expansion, while onlytwo testified against… but bothsides offered compelling argu-ments during the two-hour hear-ing.

John Mengenhausen, HorizonHealth Center, with facilities inHoward, Elk Point, Isabel, Ft.Pierre and Faith, and 27 medicalclinics, spoke in favor of the expan-sion. The Medicaid expansion,Mengenhausen said, is the bestand least expensive way to helpthe currently uninsured, and allowproviders to add staff that is need-ed. This would enhance economicdevelopment, which he called a“gradual puzzle that works togeth-er.”

Many of those testifying notedthat those most helped by theexpansion of Medicaid benefitswould be the people who are work-ing hard, many times at two ormore jobs, but who fall just abovethe guidelines to receive Medicaidbenefits.

The Rev. Karl Kroeger, Pierre,said while people are encouragedto pull themselves up by theirbootstraps, “some people just don’thave boots… others may haveboots, but not bootstraps.”

And, Kroeger noted, this isabout “helping those people whoslip through the cracks.”

CEO Gale Walker, Avera Healthof Parkston, with clinics in Park-ston, Tripp and Lake Andes, said$250,000 in medical care was writ-ten off by his facilities last year, asa result of treating those who can’tafford to pay.

Expansion of Medicaid benefits,he said, would take care of theexpenses in a better fashion thanis being done currently.

Finance Director Erica Peter-son, Sanford Chamberlain, testi-fied there is high Medicaid utiliza-tion among the working poor inher area. She noted there are 65self-pay patients each month intheir emergency room. Of thatamount, said Peterson, 95 percentwould qualify for assistance underthe Medicaid expansion.

She also urged lawmakers whoare concerned about the futurefederal backing of the expansion,not to “let this overshadow the…

positive effect” it would have now.More and more, noted Jim

Hardwick, Hughes County Com-missioner, “private insurancebecomes a luxury.” As a commis-sioner, Hardwick noted theincrease in poor relief casesbrought to the county for payment.

Hae said the expansion wouldbe “an investment” in the state’speople and its economy.

Opponent Florence Thompson,Caputa, urged lawmakers to “lookat the big picture… and be realis-tic,” comparing the governmentprograms to socialism. ExpandingMedicaid benefits, she said, isintended to further involve statesfinancially.

Thompson asked that lawmak-ers “resist any attempt to expandan already bankrupt program.”

Stephanie Strong, Rapid City,also spoke against the expansion,noting that “Medicaid had itschance, and already has failed.”

She urged that South Dakota bea leader in rejecting the expan-sion, noting the “free market willfix our problem.”

Sen. Phil Jensen, R-Rapid City,quoted from the Bible that it was“the church’s responsibility” tohelp the poor.

“The Catholic Church as vastreal estate holdings,” addedJensen, asking, “Why can’t that besold off to help the poor?”

He said he would be resistingthe expansion, noting that to addmore “would be insane.”

Rep. Steve Hickey, R-SiouxFalls, who is a minister, said hebelieved the state would be payingfor the expense either way, recall-ing earlier testimony about thehigh cost of emergency room care.

He called it “a moral issue,” andsaid while he was worried aboutthe expansion, “we need to takecare of as many people as we can.”

Rep. Troy Heinert, D-Mission,noted that both his wife and sonwere uninsurable, and he couldsee families in his area that thisexpansion will help.

After June 1, he noted, the Indi-an Health Services will have nomoney to fix the problem.

Calling it a “moral” issue, Hein-ert said “I will need to approvethis.”

A decision is expected towardthe end of the legislative session,when final budget figures are puttogether.

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Assistance offered for assistancewith USDA discrimination claims

The USDA has recently identifiedareas of discrimination in its pastprocessing and servicing of loans.Hispanic or women farmers andranchers who feel they were discrim-inated against in applying for orservicing of farm loans between 1981and 2000 may be eligible for mone-tary compensation and loan forgive-ness.

A streamlined process has beenset up by the USDA to resolve theseclaims. Because the application and

required supporting documents canbe complicated, attorney Jeffrey D.Swett of the Rapid City law firm,Costello, Porter, Hill, Heisterkamp,Bushnell& Carpenter LLP, has com-pleted specialized training to repre-sent claimants.

The deadline to submit claims isMarch 25, 2013. If you believe youmay be eligible to submit a claim,please contact attorney Jeffrey D.Swett at jswett@costelloporter.comor call 605-343-2410.

Don’t “peck” on me!… School counselor Andrea Diehm visited the first and second grades this month, where she taught themabout the February Coyote Character Pillar, “Respect.” Diehm read the story, The Band-Aid Chicken by Becky Rangel Henton. Thestory focused on chickens being brave enough to stand up against pecking on each other. After reading the story, students creat-ed their very own band-aid chicken puppets to remind themselves not to "peck" on each other.

Photo by Lonna Jackson

Central States Fair announces actThe Central States Fair is

pleased to announce Justin Moorewill perform Sunday, August 18,as part of the 2013 Central StatesFair Black Hills Power ConcertSeries.

Moore has been steadily climb-ing the country charts with suchhits as “Til My Last Day,” “If Heav-en Wasn't So Far Away” and“Backwoods.”

“We plan on offering a combina-tion of country and rock and roll tothis years’ Central States Fair,”said Ron Jeffries, CSF general

manager. “More announcementswill be coming and we're confidentthis year will again provide greataffordable entertainment for theentire family.”

Tickets are scheduled to go onsale in early July. The CentralStates Fair will take place August16-23, 2013 and will again featurefour nights of concerts, threenights of PRCA Range Days Rodeoand motor events.

For more information contactthe Central States Fair office at605-355-3861 or LIKE us on Face-book for more updates.

REMINDER:Jones County School District Spring Break

dates are March 7-8 & March 14-15!

Coyote Classifieds Murdo Coyote • February 28, 2013 • Page 8

AUCTIONS

ESTATE ABSOLUTE REALESTATE AUCTION: 2005 till-able & 4669 pasture, contiguous,offered in tracts, north of Faith,S.D., Hunting, March 25, www.PiroutekAuction.com, 605-544-3316.

EMPLOYMENT

MOBRIDGE POLICEDEPARTMENT has opening fora FT E1911. Application may berequested or picked up atMobridge Police Department oronline at www.mobridgepolice.org. Application Deadline is Fri-day March 8th, 2013.

COORDINATOR P/T: Locateand screen host families, provide

support and activities forexchange students. Make friendsworldwide! www.aspectfounda-tion.org.

JD PRORATE AND BOOK-KEEPING is looking for a CPA.We specialize in transportationand oil field related services.Salary $65-4110k DOQ. 605-553-2080 applicant@jdfinancials.com.

CENEX OF ELLENDALE, N.D.is seeking a qualified CEO / Gen-eral Manager. This is an agrono-my, energy, and auto parts opera-tion with sales of $20 Million. Astrong background in finance,communication, and personnelmanagement is desired. Ag Busi-ness degree and or ag businessmanagement experience preferredSend, email, or fax (888-653-5527)resume to: Larry Fuller, 5213Shoal Drive, Bismarck N.D.58503, larry.fuller@chsinc.com.

CUSTER REGIONAL HOSPI-TAL-Custer Clinic and CusterRegional Senior Care in beautifulCuster, S.D., have full time andPRN (as-needed) RN, LPN andLicensed Medical Assistant posi-tions available. We offer competi-

tive pay and excellent benefits.New Graduates welcome! Pleasecontact Human Resources at (605)673-2229 ext. 110 for more infor-mation or log onto www.regional-health.com to apply.

OIL FIELD GENERALLABORER $15-$22 hourly. Dou-ble your current paycheck! Wewill train you and place you.sd@armcorp.biz 605/906-0544.

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTOPENING for Northwest AreaSchools Education Cooperative inNW South Dakota. Competitivewage, excellent benefits, vehicleprovided. Contact Cris Owens at605-466-2206 or Christine.Owens@k12.sd.us.

WANTED: FULL TIME WAIT-RESS for busy little cafe in Faith,S.D. Experience preferred. CallBranding Iron Inn 605-967-2662,ask for Tim or Deb.

LOG HOMES

DAKOTA LOG HOME Buildersrepresenting Golden Eagle LogHomes, building in eastern, cen-tral, northwestern South & NorthDakota. Scott Connell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell, 605-264-5650, www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

NOTICES

ADVERTISE IN NEWSPA-PERS statewide for only $150.00.Put the South Dakota StatewideClassifieds Network to work foryou today! (25 words for $150.Each additional word $5.) Callthis newspaper or 800-658-3697for details.

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STEEL BUILDINGS

STEEL BUILDINGS. Huge win-ter discounts for spring delivery.50x80, 62x100, 68x120, 68x200,100x200. Take advantage of taxdeductions. Limited Offer. CallJim 1-888-782-7040.

Deadline is Tuesdays at 10 a.m.

Call: 669-2271

Murdo NutritionProgram Menu

March 4Fish PortionsScalloped PotatoesGlazed CarrotsBlueberry MuffinMandarin Oranges & Bananas

March 5Barbeque PorkBaked PotatoCorn O’BrianBreadBaked Apples

March 6Hamburger on a Bun w/ LettucePotato SaladBaked BeansAcini di Pepe Dessert

March 7Roast TurkeyMashed Potatoes & GravySpinach w/ VinegarCranberry SauceDinner RollPumpkin Bar

March 8Ham & Beans or Alternate SoupTomato Spoon SaladBreadPeaches

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate, advertised in this newspaper issubject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal toadvertise “any preference, or discrimination on race, color, religion, sex, ornational origin, or any intention to make any such preference, limitation, ordiscrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estatewhich is a violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellingsadvertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

WantedPASTURE WANTED: Summerpasture for 100-250 cow/calf pairspreferably in the Jackson/Haakon/Jones county area, but would con-sider other areas. With full main-tenance. Call 605-843-2869. P-tfc

For SaleCHIFFEROBE WITH 19 INCHTV, perfect for a child’s bedroom.Door with shelves on one side andthree drawers on the other side.Great shape $60.00 OBO. CallLonna at 669-2040 or 669-2271.

Thank YouWe want to thank all of Susie’s

friends and co-workers for the con-cerns, understanding and patiencethese last four plus years. Shefought a long tough battle withcourage and determination. Alsothanks for the concerns and kindwords and deeds shown to all thefamilies. Also for the food broughtto all of our homes. We are so hum-bled to see all the lives shetouched.

Ray and Janice Pike

Thank you to all our family andfriends for the prayers, kind wordsand support you have given us.We appreciate all the phone calls,texts, Facebook messages, cards,flowers, meals and visits. Thankyou for all the generous memori-als, they will be given in Susie’sname to the Jones County Caring& Sharing, Jones County Ambu-lance and the Jones County Com-munity Foundation. Your thought-fulness and sympathy at this timeare more appreciated than wordscan ever express.

“Somewhere over the rainbow…”The family of Susie Rankin

Bob RankinAndy, Jill, Riley & Peyton Rankin

Kati, Drew, Mallory & TenleyVenard

Tyler, Chelsee, Addison & JoeyRankin

Ray & Janice PikeSandy & Tim Zibell & family

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