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1650 Houses For Sale

44460 302nd Volin$187,900

1-1/2 Story, 2,426 finished sq.ft. home. 3-bedroom, 2-bath, immaculate, updated. On 7.28 acres with machine shed, barns, 4-bins. Even a 2-bedroom guest house. Carol Breck Call (605)661-7653 Lewis & Clark Realty. www.yanktonareahomes.com

512 Chalkstone1350 sq.ft., 1-bedroom 1-1/2 bath overlooking Missouri River valley. $160,000 Call Emma, Century21, (605)661-2224.

701 Mulberry$79,900

3-bedroom, 1-1/2 story on cor-ner lot across from Webster school. Updated kitchen and bath, main floor laundry. Fenced yard, new deck. Call Dennis Breck (605)661-1588 Lewis & Clark Realty. www.yanktonareahomes.com

FAMILY HOME FOR SALE IN YANKTON, SD $165,000 -4-Bedroom, 3-Bath with 2 car attached garage on a 1/2 acre lot. (712)540-1245

Lake homes for sale in Ne-braska and South Dakota. Call Jim Tramp. (605)661-2192.

1655 Mobile Homes ForSale

2009 Century mobile home to be moved. 28x56, 4-bed-room, 2-bath with whirl-pool bath. $55,000. (712)348-2247.

Contract for Deed: Large re-modeled 2-bedroom, 1-bath mobile home. C/A, $2,000 down, $325/month. (605)660-8663.

1660 Acreage - Lots ForSale

For Sale: Lots of lots! Call Jim Tramp, (605)661-2192.

Lake View Lot $72,500. Call Carla, Century 21 (605)661-8643.

New Listing$18,000

3.56 Acre lot with rural water in the ditch. Yankton buried tele-phone. Yankton school bus. Modular homes are accept-able. Call Char Century 21 (605)661-0864.

Ridgeway North Develop-ment has numerous lots avail-able. North of Hillcrest Golf Course. Call Kirby Hofer, (605)665-0524 or (605)660-1422.

1680 Want To Rent RealEstate

Looking to rent a house in Yankton for a short term. Fur-nished, preferred. (605)760-4770.

1685 Want To Buy RealEstate

We pay cash for used mobile homes! (712) 252-4381

1700 MerchandiseRail Road bridge timbers 8”x16”x20’ 8-pieces, new con-dition, $80/per piece. 8”x12”x12’ 40-pieces, some plate wear, $32/per piece. (605)661-7502.

1705 Items $100 or Less1-Cordless Toro weedeater$15. Weedeater $5, 1-bike $5, push mower $25. Cage on legs $10, Homelight chainsaw $25. 1-Skill saw $5. (605)661-2355 or (605)661-2532.

10-inch shop tool miter saw with slider, switch sticks, $25, (605)660-7166.

15 used 48” single bulb fluo-rescent fixtures with acrylic dif-fusers $45/all. 9 Sylvania cool white 34 W. T-12 fluorescent bulbs, new, $5/all. (605)668-0791 or (605)660-1140.

175 watt security light $35. (605)665-4894.

Pink Princess toddler bed, used for 1-1/2 years, nice con-dition, $25 includes mattress. Call after 9pm (605)665-0441, leave message.

1775 Home FurnishingsSolid oak twin captain bed with 4-drawers and mattress. In excellent condition $300. (605)660-8821.

1840 Lost and FoundFound: White mare horse, gentle, good shape. Along Val-ley View Rd. west of Yankton on 8/19. Call (605)760-1189.

Lost: Near 21st & Broadway Hy-Vee parking lot. 2- Media cards in ziploc bag. Family photos! Reward! Call (605)661-6972.

Lost: Yellow 6 gallon Bostitch Air Compressor on 8/23 late afternoon. Somewhere be-tween Clarks Rental & Broad-way Slumberland. south into Nebraska Hwy. 81, $50 Re-ward (605)661-5019.

1850 AgricultureWant to rent: Pasture for 2013 and beyond. Call Jeff (605)770-8945.

1855 Alfalfa - Hay65 Acres of Grass Hay, you put up, Springfield area. $100/ton Call (605)760-7381.

1870 Ag EquipmentWant to rent: JD combine 9660 or bigger, I have the heads. (605)360-5687 Mon-trose, SD.

2010 Legal and PublicNotices

8+27+28+29PUBLIC NOTICE

The U.S. Department of Com-

merce, Economic Development

Administration (EDA) is consid-

ering a request for Federal assis-

tance from the City of Yankton to

make improvements to the city's

wastewater collection, transmis-

sion and treatment systems, con-

structing a new sewage lift station

to serve the southeast corridor,

Yankton County, South Dakota.

Pursuant to the National Environ-

mental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended, EDA is conducting an

environmental assessment (EA) of

the proposed project.

Project work activity will occur in

two separate areas: at the city

wastewater plant on Levee Street,

and in an area just south of the

Vishay-Dale plant along SD Hwy

50. Project information is avail-

able for review at the city's Com-

munity Development Office at

416Walnut Street, Yankton, South

Dakota.

If you have any information re-

garding potential environmental

impacts associated with this pro-

posed project, please provide it in

writing to:

Regional Environmental

Officer

US Department

of Commerce

Economic Development

Administration

Denver Region

410 E. 17th Street, Suite 250

Denver, CO 80202

Comments received in the EDA

Regional Office by 5:00 PM on

September 14, 2012 will be con-

sidered. A copy of the NEPA de-

cisional document will be avail-

able upon request at the above

EDA Regional Office.

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BY LISA CORNWELL AND SETH BORENSTEINAssociated Press

CINCINNATI — Neil Armstrong made“one giant leap for mankind” with asmall step onto the moon.

He commanded the historic landingof the Apollo 11 spacecraft on the moonJuly 20, 1969, capping the most daring ofthe 20th century’s scientific expeditionsand becoming the first man to walk onthe moon.

His first words after the feat areetched in history books and the memo-ries of the spellbound millions whoheard them in a live broadcast.

“That’s one small step for man, onegiant leap for mankind,” Armstrong said.He insisted later that he had said “a” be-fore man, but said he, too, couldn’t hearit in the version that went to the world.

Armstrong, who had bypass surgeryearlier this month, died Saturday at age82 from what his family said were com-plications of heart procedures. His fam-ily didn’t say where he died; he hadlived in suburban Cincinnati.

He was “a reluctant American herowho always believed he was just doinghis job,” his family said in a statement.

The moonwalk marked America’s vic-tory in the Cold War space race thatbegan Oct. 4, 1957, with the launch ofthe Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1, a 184-pound satellite that sent shock wavesaround the world. The accomplishmentfulfilled a commitment President John F.Kennedy made for the nation to put aman on the moon before the end of1960s.

Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spentnearly three hours walking on the lunarsurface, collecting samples, conductingexperiments and taking photographs.

“The sights were simply magnificent,beyond any visual experience that I hadever been exposed to,” Armstrong oncesaid.

In those first few moments on themoon, Armstrong stopped in what hecalled “a tender moment” and left apatch to commemorate NASA astro-nauts and Soviet cosmonauts who haddied in action.

Although he had been a Navy fighterpilot, a test pilot for NASA’s forerunnerand an astronaut, the modest Armstrongnever allowed himself to be caught up inthe celebrity and glamour of the spaceprogram.

“I am, and ever will be, a white socks,pocket protector, nerdy engineer,” hesaid in 2000 in one of his rare public ap-pearances. “And I take a substantialamount of pride in the accomplishmentsof my profession.”

Rice University historian DouglasBrinkley, who interviewed Armstrong forNASA’s oral history project, said Arm-strong fit every requirement the spaceagency needed for the first man to walkon moon, especially because of his engi-neering skills and the way he handledcelebrity by shunning it.

“I think his genius was in hisreclusiveness,” said Brinkley. “He wasthe ultimate hero in an era of corrupt-ible men.”

Fellow Ohioan and astronaut JohnGlenn, one of Armstrong’s closestfriends, recalled Saturday how Arm-strong was on low fuel when he finallybrought the lunar module Eagle downon the Sea of Tranquility.

“That showed a dedication to whathe was doing that was admirable,” Glennsaid.

A man who kept away from cameras,Armstrong went public in 2010 with hisconcerns about President BarackObama’s space policy that shifted atten-tion away from a return to the moon andemphasized private companies develop-ing spaceships. He testified before Con-gress, and in an email to The AssociatedPress, Armstrong said he had “substan-tial reservations.”

Along with more than two dozen

Apollo-era veterans, he signed a lettercalling the plan a “misguided proposalthat forces NASA out of human spaceoperations for the foreseeable future.”

Armstrong was among the greatest ofAmerican heroes, Obama said in a state-ment.

“When he and his fellow crew mem-bers lifted off aboard Apollo 11 in 1969,they carried with them the aspirationsof an entire nation. They set out to showthe world that the American spirit cansee beyond what seems unimaginable —that with enough drive and ingenuity,anything is possible,” Obama said.

Obama’s Republican opponent MittRomney echoed those sentiments, call-ing Armstrong an American hero whosepassion for space, science and discov-ery will inspire him for the rest of hislife.

“With courage unmeasured and un-bounded love for his country, he walkedwhere man had never walked before.The moon will miss its first son ofearth,” Romney said.

NASA Administrator Charles Boldenrecalled Armstrong’s grace and humility.

“As long as there are history books,Neil Armstrong will be included in them,remembered for taking humankind’sfirst small step on a world beyond ourown,” Bolden said in a statement.

Armstrong’s modesty and self-effac-ing manner never faded.

Armstrong’s moonwalk capped a se-ries of accomplishments that includedpiloting the X-15 rocket plane and mak-ing the first space docking during theGemini 8 mission, which included a suc-cessful emergency splashdown.

Armstrong was born Aug. 5, 1930, ona farm near Wapakoneta in westernOhio. He took his first airplane ride atage 6 and developed a fascination withaviation that prompted him to buildmodel airplanes and conduct experi-ments in a homemade wind tunnel.

Armstrong was accepted into NASA’ssecond astronaut class in 1962 — thefirst, including Glenn, was chosen in1959. He commanded the Gemini 8 mis-sion in 1966, bringing back the capsuleback in an emergency landing in the Pa-cific Ocean when a wildly firing thrusterkicked it out of orbit.

Armstrong’s is the second death in amonth of one of NASA’s most visible,history-making astronauts. Sally Ride,the first American woman in space, diedof pancreatic cancer on July 23 at age61.

bearer. All over Florida — a critical battle-ground state — people were preparing forthe worst. Homes and shops were boardedup in Key West. About 800 miles northwestin the Florida panhandle, the Wal-Mart inDestin, Fla., had sold out of bottled water.

In a conference call with reporters lateSunday, Schriefer sidestepped a questionabout the potentially problematic appear-ance of Republicans partying while a hurri-cane bore down on the very city that cast apall over the last GOP administration.

Romney’s team was sensitive to the com-parison to the 2005 storm, which was a Cate-gory 5 hurricane. Isaac, still a tropical storm,was forecast to reach hurricane strength.

When asked about the optics, CharlieBlack, a veteran GOP strategist and informaladviser to Romney, sharply noted that Rom-ney played no role in the Bush administra-tion’s handling of the catastrophe.

“I don’t recall Mitt Romney having any-thing to do with Katrina,” said Black, also asenior adviser to McCain’s campaign in 2008.

By Sunday afternoon, Tampa was cloud-covered and windy outside the hall whereRomney is to accept the nomination Thurs-day night. Inside, tense Romney advisershuddled to figure out how to proceed.

“It’s a mess all around and it’s fraughtwith risk,” said Sally Bradshaw, a Florida Re-publican and longtime senior aide to formerFlorida Gov. Jeb Bush. “It’s not good for any-body — particularly the people impacted bythe storm.”

Weather was recognized as potential trou-ble when Republicans chose to hold theirconvention in Florida during hurricane sea-son, a decision made well before Romneylocked up the nomination.

Beyond the safety and image concerns,Isaac presents another wrinkle for Romney:It allows Obama to show leadership and flexthe levers of his administration to help peo-ple bracing for a storm.

As forecasts grew grim, Obama dis-patched the Federal Emergency ManagementAgency to assist, and the White House saidthe president was closely monitoring thestorm.

“The president also told the governor tolet him know if there are any unmet needs oradditional resources the administrationcould provide, including in support of effortsto ensure the safety of those visiting thestate for the Republican National Conven-

tion,” the White House said Sunday.The president had no immediate plans to

visit. But he might — as most presidents do— if the damage is severe. And if he does,Romney would have to weigh whether toproceed with his convention or scrap moreparts of it — and cede the limelight to theman who holds the office he wants.

Mindful of the danger of appearing to putpolitics before safety, Vice President JoeBiden, the Obama campaign’s surrogate-in-chief, canceled a campaign swing throughFlorida on Monday and Tuesday.

Back in Tampa, Romney’s conventionplanners were busy working to cram fourcarefully scripted days of speechmaking andcelebration into just three. The announce-ment delaying the start of the conventioncame late Saturday, with Romney mindful ofthe good politics of putting safety before,well, politics.

“The safety of those in Isaac’s path is ofthe utmost importance,” Romney said in atweet late Saturday.

Insisting on a four-day affair could haveput delegates’ safety at risk, while tying uplaw enforcement and emergency officialswho otherwise would be dispatched to dealwith storm fallout. That would have left ablack mark on the convention, with poten-tially lasting political consequences in a criti-cal battleground state and perhapselsewhere.

Romney’s decision drew praise.“Governor Romney and his team have

handled the situation correctly,” former Gov.Bush, a Republican, told The AssociatedPress. He added: “There is no reason to can-cel the event.”

Michigan delegate Saul Anuzis agreed,saying: “It’s such a huge logistical event, youcan’t call it off.”

The question Romney and his team con-tinue to weigh: how to proceed with theparty while being sensitive to the uncer-tainty of Isaac and its potential to wreakhavoc on the Gulf Coast, which has becomea symbol of dysfunctional government undera Republican administration.

Among the considerations: whether totone down plans to sharply criticize Obamaand focus more heavily on Romney’s othergoal, promoting his own vision. Speakersscheduled for Monday had planned to startmaking the case against Obama.

Republican strategists suggested Romneycelebrate without going overboard.

“You can tone down the happy-days-are-here-again a bit,” said Rich Galen, a veteranRepublican consultant in Washington.“Maybe you don’t have the biggest balloondrop in history.”

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in the face of so many dead.The gruesome images appeared to ex-

pose the lengths to which the regime of au-thoritarian President Bashar Assad waswilling to go to put down the rebellion thatfirst broke out in March last year.

In an ominous commentary, Assad wasquoted by his official media as saying hisregime would carry on fighting “whateverthe price.”

“It is clear that was collective punish-ment,” Khaled Al-Shami, an activist fromDamascus, said of the killings in Daraya. “Iam certain that the coming days will revealmore massacres, but by then others willhave taken place and people will forget

about Daraya.”The video footage and death toll were

impossible to independently verify becauseof severe restrictions on media coverage ofthe conflict. However activists and resi-dents have reported excessive use of forceby the regime, with indiscriminate bombingfrom the air and ground.

“Daraya, a city of dignity, has paid aheavy price for demanding freedom,” theLocal Coordination Committees activistgroup said in a statement, adding that theAssad regime targeted residents with exe-cutions and revenge killings “regardless ofwhether they were men, women or chil-dren.”

With a population of about 200,000,Daraya is part of “Rural Damascus,” or ReefDamascus, a province that includes thecapital’s suburbs and farmland. It has beena stronghold of support for the rebels fight-ing the government since the start of the

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uprising, posing a particularly grave threat to Assad’s seatof power.

Troops backed by tanks stormed the town on Thursdayafter a siege that lasted several days during which no onewas allowed to enter or leave, activists and residents said.The rebels were no match for Assad’s tanks and helicoptergunships.

Most of the killings, according to activists, took place Fri-day and Saturday. But the extent of the carnage only beganto be revealed Sunday.

Neil Armstrong Dies At Age 82

NASA/MCT

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commanderof Apollo 11 and the first person to walkon the moon, died Saturday, Aug. 25. Hewas 82.