KEYSTONE CHAPTER #33, OESKeystone Chapter #33, OES, met

Thursday, June 16, beginning with afund-raiser potluck supper served at6:00.

Carol Frey, Worthy Matron,presided at the business meeting. Shepresented a reading to honor the USflag for Flag Day.

The piano will be tuned and re-paired during the summer when thechapter does not meet.

Chris Bryan reminded members ofthe Fall Practice of Grand Officers to beheld in Mitchell on September 10.Those with June and July birthdayswere recognized.

Under Good of the Order, all fatherspresent were recognized for Father’sDay. The hymn, “Faith of our Fathers,”was sung as the closing ode.

The next meeting will be Thursday,September 15, at the Masonic Templein Yankton, beginning with a pot lucksupper at 6:30.

YANKTON AREA WRITER’S CLUBThe Yankton Area Writer's Club met

Monday, June 13, at the Yankton Com-munity Library. Dawn Nelson, LorindaPullen, and Margaret Rahn read origi-nal works. Roberta Engstedt provideda writer's prompt from the book “ThePocket Muse” by Monica Wood, and allin attendance read their responses.

The Yankton Area Writer's Clubmeets the second Monday of everymonth (the third Monday if the secondfalls on a holiday), at the Yankton Com-munity Library. Meetings begin at 7:00pm. Membership is free and open to allages and all genres of writing. Formore information, please visit our web-

site: http://www.iw.net/~nnburk/, e-mailyankton.area.writers.club@gmail.com,or contact Nancy Burk at (605) 664-6582.

YANKTON REGIONAL AVIATIONASSOCIATION

Twenty-two members and guests ofthe Yankton Regional Aviation Associ-ation met on June 19 at 6:00pm in theterminal at the Chan Gurney Airport fora barbecue supper meeting. Partici-pants were from Menno, Utica, Yank-ton, Norfolk, Randolph, and CaveCreek, AZ. President John Lillevoldcalled the meeting to order. The YRAAand Yankton EAA Chapter 1029 held aYoung Eagles event on June 11 at theChan Gurney Airport, and 45 kids weregiven free airplane rides. Butch Beckerdisplayed a bright yellow P-51 pedalplane that he had won at a fund-raisingraffle. Mary Milroy earned her pilot’s li-cense on June 5 at Denison, IA. Mem-bers were encouraged to have theirphotos taken at the YRAA tribute brickat the Brown Arch Project during Air-Venture 2011 at Oshkosh, WI. Thegroup approved some travel expensesfor a presenter from Deadwood to givea presentation on “Nellie Willhite –South Dakota’s First Woman Pilot” at afuture meeting. The group briefly dis-cussed a new sign for the Yankton air-port. YRAA tables and chairs will beused in a ground school course for BoyScouts earning the aviation meritbadge. After the meeting, a Fly-a-Member activity was held with fourplanes giving rides to nine members.For more information about the YRAA,call 665-8448.

INTERCHANGEPresident Paula Tacke called the

meeting to order. Announcements in-cluded information about the move byUnited Way and several other agen-cies’ move to the Marne Creek OfficeBuilding. A schedule of activities for theLibrary in June and July was given tomembers including movies and tea andcoffee tasting events. Hostess for themeeting was Deb Overseth of RSVPand Board member of the Sack Packprogram. Guest speaker was SackPack Board President, Reverend JoeSchulte who gave the group informa-tion about the history of the programjust finishing the second year of provid-ing food for students for the weekendduring the school year. One-third ofYankton elementary students qualifyfor the program which covers three ofthe city schools. Three hundred sixtystudents were served in 2010. The pro-gram utilizes help from the YanktonSchool District, Transit system, andvolunteers from many organizations tohelp pack the sacks for students whichrequires parent enrollment in the pro-gram. To volunteer: Call 260-3100 oryou may send donations to Sack PackProgram at P.O. Box 7038. Next meet-ing will be held June 27, 2011 at Min-erva’s. Kathy Nordstrom will behostess.

SHANNON TRAIL PROMOTERSOn Wednesday, June 15 the Shan-

non Trail Promoters met at the Old Tav-ern in Wynot. In attendance wereMarlin & Sharon Braun, Sally Gubbels,Sally Snowe, Mary Rose Pinkelman,Joan Thomson, Laurie Larsen andShirley Kehne. Following dinner Pres.Larsen called the meeting to order.

Marlin Braun reported geocaching isbecoming more active. Be sure andcheck yours and your signs to see allis in order. Wausa’s ammo box is miss-ing. Other arrangements will be made.

The Shannon Statue that Santeedeclined is now to be at the St. JamesMarket Place. Santee has ordered anEagle. Lindy’s replacement Shannonis on order.

There is still a delay in placing the“Shannon Country” sign along Hwy 81.Laurie will check on the delay in gettinga number that is required from thestate.

Friends of Lewis and Clark willmeet on Aug. 26 from 10 until 2 at St.James Market Place. The National L &C Foundation Annual Meeting is inOmaha in late July to Aug. 3. Herb,Susan and Shirley will attend.

The Northeast NEE Travel Councilwill meet on June 21 at 10 a.m. in WestPoint.

There were many submissions forthe Knox Co. Lodging Tax Grant so itappears doubtful that our group willagain receive as requested.

Financially, probably due to the hailstorm, we didn’t fare so well at the Aprildancing event so are unable to pur-chase more brochures at this time.

Ken Buhl at the National FieldArchery Headquarters in Yankton isvery interested in advancing the sportin youth. He will very generously helpin our efforts by donating their buildingand his time and expertise. Kevin fromBloomfield will also help. Again it willbe teams of an adult and a youthshooting at targets. Ages are 12 andunder and 13 to 18. A motion wasmade by Marlin with a 2nd by Herb toproceed. Date set is Aug. 28 from 7:30

a.m. to 2 p.m. The Promoters will pro-vide help and refreshments.

Laurie said she had put small adsin a Knox Co Directory and in the SiouxCity Journals “Things To Do In TheArea”. She asked if towns are needingthe silky flag pole flags . If so they willneed to be ordered in quantity.

As Wednesday evenings are moreagreeable to attendance, forthcoming

meetings will be move forward 1 day.the next being Wed., July 6 at the CozyCorner Café in Verdigre. It was sug-gested that Historian Charles Mulhairof Niobrara be contacted as a possiblespeaker for the end of year party atSally’s on Wed., Nov. 9.

A motion to adjourn was made byJoan Thomson with the second bySally Snowe.

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PLANTING FOR THE FUTURE

SUBMITTED PHOTOMembers of the Yankton 4H Club donated and planted a tree in TrippPark today to help with Keep Yankton Beautiful’s park improvement.The 4H Students will come back later in June and help with some ofthe propsed landscaping around the Warming House.

A BIG THANK YOU

SUBMITTED PHOTOYankton Search and Rescue sends a big "THANK YOU" to YanktonMotor Sports. The unit is pictured with the Jet Ski loaned to the groupby Yankton Motor Sports. Yankton Motor Sports also loans them anATV each year.

SERVICE RECOGNITION

SUBMITTED PHOTOEmployees of Applied Engineering were recently recognized for theiryears of service with the company Pictured (left) Gary Hawerlander,15 years; James Rye, 5 years; Bill Brinkman, 5 years; Kay Tramp, 5years; (Not Pictured) Kenneth Rupp, 5 years; Brad Bohnet, 5 years.

Heimes Named Youth Animator AtNational Catholic Youth Conference

Zoey Heimes has been ac-cepted as a youth animator forthe 2011 National Catholic YouthConference in Indianapolis, IN, onNovember 17-19, 2011. She willjoin over 80 animators fromaround the United States who willbe performing for more than25,000 teens and adults expectedto attend NCYC from around thecountry.

Youth Animators are youngpeople who take lead roles ingeneral session programming byleading prayer, song, and move-ment from the main stage of theLucas Oil Stadium during the Na-tional Catholic Youth Conference.The program is for youth enter-ing/in high school in fall 2011.Youth were required to fill outand send in an application alongwith a video of them singing orperforming and were judged andtold of their acceptance by June1st, 2011.

There were four animators se-lected from Nebraska. Three fromthe Omaha Archdiocese, Zoey

Heimes of Wynot,NE; Anne Grzywaof Papillon, NEand Trey Stuth-man of Columbus,NE and one fromthe Grand IslandArchdiocese, ErynHemmer of GrandIsland, NE. Thesefour will also at-

tend a formation retreat to learnthe music and skits in Indianapo-lis in July. The formation week-end will be facilitated by TonyAlonso, Fran Brookes, Jean Bross-Judge, Kate Cuddy, John Flak,Peter Kohlberg, Laura Mahler,and Marilee Mahler.

Zoey is a junior at Wynot Pub-lic Schools and is a member ofthe Holy Family Parish SacredHeart Church of Wynot, NE. Sheis the daughter of Eric andHeather Heimes and granddaugh-ter of Ron and Rose Rolfes andMelvin and Shirley Heimes, all ofWynot.

KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens ispleased to announce the inaugural class ofmarketing department interns for the 2011summer.

This year’s interns – Daniel Filsinger ofClearwater, Neb., and Jordan Slate of Yank-ton, S.D. – are the first recipients of the in-ternship, said Lisa Carson, marketingmanager for KPI-JCI and Astec MobileScreens. The internship program is designedto give outstanding students a chance tohone skills learned in the classroom andapply them in a real-world business setting.Carson plans to develop the internship pro-gram as an ongoing strategy to recruit thebest and brightest marketing students to KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens.

“I am very excited about the direction thecompany is moving in,” Carson said. “To beable to put together a program where we canutilize the talents of interns is invaluable to

our department. Likewise,the skills our interns learnhere will be valuable as theycontinue to grow as market-ing professionals. ”

Filsinger, a junior at MountMarty College in Yankton, ispursuing a dual degree ingraphic design and mediaarts and business administra-tion and is involved in numer-

ous extracurricular activities. His backgroundin business will be used to create marketshare reports and research opportunities forprospective buyers. Filsinger’s design skillswill also be put to use through the develop-ment of new materials for dealer support.

Slate, who just finished his second year atSoutheast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls,S.D., is fulfilling an internship requirement forhis marketing degree. As the grandson of Pro-

duction Supervisor MikeStaniech, who has worked atKolberg-Pioneer, Inc. (KPI-JCI)since 1973, Slate has longbeen familiar with the KPI-JCIand Astec Mobile Screensfamily. According to Slate,“Getting a chance to workwith this entire marketingteam and also having the op-portunity to work at such a

successful and prominent company isamazing.”

The internship program will run throughthe summer and conclude in August. Appli-cations for the 2012 internship program willbe due spring 2012. Please e-mail Lisa Carsonfor more details regarding the internship pro-gram. For more information on KPI-JCI andAstec Mobile Screens, visit www.kpijci.com.

Summer Marketing Internship Program Launched

Filsinger Slate

Heimes

Mount Marty College RecognizesEmployees For Accomplishments

Mount Marty College recentlyheld its annual community recog-nition dinner to honor employeesfor their accomplishments andyears of service.

Receiving awards were: Ra-mona Mullican, S. Kathy Burt,Lenni Billberg, Janel Burfeindt,Jim Reese, Lynda Oldenkamp,and Robert Prouty for five yearsof service; Susan Thorson and S.Maribeth Wentzlaff for fifteenyears of service; Carol Fickbohmfor twenty-five years of service;Mary Abbott for thirty years ofservice; and Kermit Schambersfor forty years of service.

Several employees also re-ceived special service awards fortheir individual accomplish-

ments. Dr. Joshua Thurow re-ceived the James Award; CarlaEng received the DistinguishedService Award; and Larry Dahlenreceived the DistinguishedTeaching Award. Wayne Jor-gensen received the Distin-guished Service Award and Dr.Chun Wu received the JamesAward. Jim Bacorn received theBishop Marty Hospitality Award;Dr. Jacqueline Kelley received theDistinguished AchievementAward; and Carol Fickbohm,Sandi Isburg, Lois Hart, JaneMiner, and Bob Hansen were in-ducted into the Mount Marty So-ciety.

Service award winners arelisted below.

10 YEARS OF SERVICE

SUBMITTED PHOTOEmployees receiving awards for ten years of service were from left toright, back row: Terry Nelson, Lisa Erickson, Sarah Carda, JeanneHaar, and Carla Eng; Front row: Wayne Jorgensen, Patrick Frank, andDaisy Halvorson. Not pictured: Cynthia Sohler, Carole Lantgen,Megan McGlone, and Robert Putnam.

20 YEARS OF SERVICE

SUBMITTED PHOTOEmployees receiving awards for twenty years of service were fromleft to right: Kenneth Kocer, James Sorenson, Charles Iverson, and S.Candyce Chrystal. Not pictured: David Kahle.

VERMILLION — The Univer-sity of South Dakota has an-nounced that Thomas E. Geu,J.D., professor of law, will serveas interim dean of the USDSchool of Law effective July 22.

Geu received his juris doctorfrom the University of NebraskaCollege of Law, and he is anelected member of the AmericanLaw Institute and has been activein the State Bar of South Dakota.His areas of teaching at the USDSchool of Law include organiza-tional, transactional and capitalformation courses, and he alsowrites broadly on business or-ganization law. Geu is a memberof the board of directors of theSouth Dakota Bar's Business Sec-tion and is an active member of

USD's Intellectual PropertyCommittee.

Additionally, he has taught inBialystok, Poland, and has re-viewed a number of foreign lawssuch as a Model Partnership Lawfor Afghanistan; an Economic De-velopment Ordinance for St. Pe-tersburg, Russia; and the listingrequirements for securitiestraded on the Zagreb Stock Ex-change. Geu is currently headinga USD School of Law program inChina with a scheduled return tocampus later this month. He issucceeding Barry R. Vickrey, J.D.,who will retire as dean effectiveJuly 21 to become a full-timemember of the USD School ofLaw faculty.

AMELIA KALLHOFFAmelia Kallhoff is being hon-

ored as the JuneEmployee of theMonth at theSouth DakotaHuman ServicesCenter (HSC),Yankton, SouthDakota, an-nounced Cory D.Nelson, MPA, Ad-ministrator /CEO.

Kallhoff is a graduate ofChadron State College, Chadron,Nebraska, where she earned aBachelors of Science degree in El-ementary Education.

Kallhoff first worked at HSC asa temporary Mental Health Aidein Adolescent Services from Juneof 2001 until June of 2002. She re-turned to HSC in October of thatsame year, working as a part-timeMental Health Aide on Oak 2.Eight years ago, in July of 2003,Kallhoff was promoted to her cur-rent position as a Teacherthrough HSC’s Education & Sup-port Services Program.

Colleagues recognized Kall-hoff for meeting all of the Pillarsof Character Counts including:Trustworthiness, Responsibility,Respect, Fairness, Caring andCitizenship. Kallhoff was hon-ored by colleagues for her pro-fessionalism, consistency, andher ability to motivate studentsto learn and excel.

Amelia and her husbandSteve Kallhoff, who is also

employed by HSC, have twoyoung sons: Caden and Colton.

Kallhoff was honored by hercolleagues with a reception tobe held at HSC during June.

MICHAEL TURNERMichael Turner

is being honoredas the May Em-ployee of theMonth at the SouthDakota HumanServices Center(HSC), Yankton,South Dakota, an-nounced Cory D.Nelson, MPA, Ad-ministrator / CEO.

Turner at-tended Briar Cliff University,Sioux City, Iowa, where he earneda Bachelor of Science Degree incriminal justice.

Turner began employment atHSC, in the fall of 2006, workingas a Youth Counselor with theAdolescent Program Oak 2 Treat-ment Unit.

Colleagues recognized Turnerfor meeting all of the Pillars ofCharacter Counts including:Trustworthiness, Responsibility,Respect, Fairness, Caring and Cit-izenship. Turner was honored bycolleagues for his teamwork, pos-itive attitude, hard work, cooper-ation, good rapport withpatients, and good communica-tion skills.

Turner’s family includes hiswife Susan and his four children:Michael Junior, Mikei, Michelle,and Anansi.

HSC Employees Of Month Announced

Turner

Kallhoff

Geu Named Interim Dean Of USD Law

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