2018 Special Supplement to The Lennox Independent & Tea Weekly

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THE LENNOX INDEPENDENT | JUNE 6, 2019 NEWS • 8

CITY OF LENNOXRESOLUTION #2019-5-28-01WHEREAS, there has been a pe-

tition received seeking to include cer-tain real property within the corporate boundaries of the City of Lennox; and

WHEREAS, the petition has been signed by the owners of not less than three-fourths of the value of the terri-tory sought to be annexed to the City of Lennox, there being no legal voters residing within said real property; and

WHEREAS, said petition com-plies with all requirements of SDCL 9-4-1; and

WHEREAS, the property request-ing annexation, as described below, hereby is adopted under Chapter 9.07, Urban and Rural Service Dis-tricts of the City of Lennox Ordinance.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-SOLVED by the City of Lennox, South Dakota that the following described property be and the same hereby are included within the urban service district within the corporate limits of the City of Lennox, and the boundary of the City is hereby extended to include such territory as allowed by SDCL 9-4-1:

Tract 2 of Countryside Addition to the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4)

of Section 29, Township 99 North, Range 51 West of the 5th

P.M., Lincoln County, South DakotaDated this 28th day of May, 2019.Tracy West, MayorAttest:Denise Hanson, Finance Offi cer SEALPublication Date: June 6, 2019.Published once at the approxi-

mate cost of $13.16.

RESOLUTION #2019-5-28-02 WHEREAS, City Ordinances

require charges for Water and Sewer to be established by resolution; and

WHEREAS, the City of Lennox is required to charge surcharges for repayment of debt incurred for the maintenance and improvements to the water and sewer systems of the City;

WHEREAS, certain water and sewer customers request their wa-ter be turned off temporarily during the winter months for a variety of reasons;

WHEREAS, in the past, said customers have not contributed to said surcharges required for debt re-payment while their service is turned off temporarily;

WHEREAS, despite having ser-vice turned off during the winter months temporarily, said customers benefi t from the maintenance and improvements made to the water and sewer systems of the City and shall be required to pay their equal share to debt repayment;

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lennox has approved a base rate increase of 2% for water and 10% for sewer services in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RE-SOLVED, beginning July 1, 2019, all water and sewer customers shall be required to continue to pay the surcharges required to be collected for debt repayment on the City’s SRF loans, and effective June 1, 2019, all water and sewer base rates shall be increased to the amounts described below.

As of July 1, 2019, the monthly surcharges for water and sewer are as follows:

Water - $17.75Sewer - $20.80

$38.55

As of June 1, 2019, the monthly base rates for water and sewer are as follows:

Water – $1.53Sewer - $33.66

The minimum charge to be col-lected from said during the months their water service has been turned off shall be $38.55 per month.

Dated this ___day of ____, 2019.MayorATTEST:Finance Offi cer(SEAL)Published once at the approxi-

mate cost of $20.63.

First ever Little Miss LennoxMISS LENNOX / From 1

The questions that will be asked are: 1. What do you like best about the 4th? 2. Why should the judges pick you to win? 3. Can you tell me the col-ors of the fl ag? 4. Can you tell me how many stars and stripes are on the fl ag? 5. What is the offi cial National Anthem?

Little Miss Lennox will be crowned by Caitlin Olson, Miss Teen South Dakota Internation-al after the judging.

The registration form can be found onl ine at www.lennoxnews.com under the Calendar: 4th of July Events tab.

Interested par t ies can also contact Winterboer at jamiewinterboer2180@yahoo.com or by phone at 605-321-6695. Sponsors for the pageant include the Lennox Commercial Club and Nicole Woessner with A New Look Salon and Border States electric

Lennox Council approves several special summer eventsLENNOX COUNCIL / From 1

Council then heard several requests for special events in the community.

The Archery Shack has re-quested use of the Old Football Field for an outdoor archery tournament on June 29 & 30. This event will include shooting lanes for adult and youth com-petitors. The tournament will have trained staff on-hand for safety purposes to ensure no live fi re in dangerous situations and will follow NFAA guidance for range layout and safety.

The City has received a cer-tifi cate of insurance. Council approved the Special Event for the Outdoor Archery Tour-nament pending receipt of the facilities use agreement.

The second event will take place in July. Nettie’s Spay and Neuter has requested the clo-sure of ½ block of First Avenue East for a nonprofi t car and mo-torcycle fundraiser on July 20. The application and plan for the event came from Beamers Pub. This event will be held on the ½ block of First Avenue east of Main Street. The plan has been reviewed by the Police, Fire and Ambulance departments.

Council approved the re-quest for the fundraiser upon

receipt of appropriate insur-ance certifi cate and execution of a Facilities Use Agreement, and closing ½ block of First Avenue East for the same.

Next up, the Council dis-cussed the Swimming Pool Demolition Change Order #1. Vander Plaats provided the background on the issue, stat-ing, the City of Lennox contract-ed with C. Dillon Digging for the demolition of the pool and all related structures. The dem-olition is now complete, and the contractor has requested additional payment for work that went beyond what was originally expected.

C. Dillon Digging’s origi-nal estimate for this project was presented at $34,985. That estimate was under the state-required bid level. Once demolition got underway, sev-eral factors impacted the timely completion of the project, in-cluding additional footing thick-ness and rebar reinforcement. According to Vander Plaats, those barriers resulted in an additional 134 hours of labor and equipment use at a cost of $17,560. Vander Plaats noted that demolition has not held up construction of the pool.

Vander Plaats also noted

that In discussions with the contractor, an error was discov-ered in the original estimate. That error has been resolved, although did not change the amount of the change order, it did decrease the original esti-mate by approximately $6000. Therefore, the total project cost has decreased from $53,616.92 to $47,051.92.

Council members expressed concern at the change order amount.

Councilman Brock Rops said, “It’s like 50% [of the orig-inal bid]… that seems unbeliev-ably high to me.”

After some discussion, coun-cilman Chad Riley made a motion to approve a 12% over bid price change order, in the amount of $4,198.20.”

The motion passed.Council moved to table the

Lennox Housing and Redevel-opment Commission Appoint-ments.

Mayor Tracy West appointed Niki Wagner, Joe Kidd, and Kimberly Poppenga-Smith to the Lennox Planning and Zon-ing Commission. The council approved.

Council entered executive session at 7:49 p.m. and ad-journed at 8:21 p.m.

Southeastern Electric Annual Meeting to be held at LHS

Southeastern Electric Coop-erative’s annual membership meeting will be held at the Lennox High School on June 6, 2019.

Registration and meal be-gins at 5:00 p.m. to 6:55 p.m. followed by the business meet-ing at 7:00 p.m.

Three directors from districts 2, 5, and 8 are up for election. Lynell Hofer of District 2 is not seeking re-election. Members will be voting on two candidates from District 2, Myles Brock-mueller and Robert Wollman. John Ostraat-District 5, and Steve Holmberg - District 8, are running unopposed.

A $500 Grand Prize will be given away, plus many more

prizes at the end of the meet-ing. (Must be present to win.)

Other activities include a health fair and children’s ac-tivities before and during the meeting. Children will have an opportunity to participate in a Magic Show during the meeting and Bounce Around Infl atable’s will be there before and during the meeting. Members are encouraged to visit the infor-mation and display booths to learn more about the products and services SEC offers and a free evening meal for members of the cooperative catered by Central Catering will start at 5:00 p.m.

Members are encouraged to attend and bring their families.

FSA reminds farmers to report prevented planting timely

Due to the historically wet spring, area farmers have been struggling to get crops planted. The Farm Service Agency would like to remind producers that in order to receive FSA prevented planting credit for acres they are unable to plant, they should no-tify FSA within 15 days of the fi -nal planting date for the crop; or, be able to provide evidence that a Prevented Planting Claim was fi led with their Crop Insurance provider. Producers with FAILED acreage which will be destroyed or replanted to another crop, must either notify the FSA offi ce PRIOR to destroying the crop, or be able to provide Crop Insur-ance evidence (appraisals, etc.) of the failed acreage.

Producers NOT reporting prevented planting acres to FSA within 15 days of a crops fi nal planting date, and unable to provide evidence of a Crop Insurance prevented planting claim, must pay a $46 dollar FSA inspection fee, per farm, to verify and receive FSA prevent-ed planting credit. In Lincoln County this translates to the following prevented plant (PP)

reporting deadlines: Corn fi nal planting date May 31st - PP reporting deadline June 15th; Soybean final planting date June 10th – PP reporting dead-line June 25th.

In some cases, FSA will be able to reconcile with Crop Insurance’s prevented plant-ing and failed acreage with-out additional documentation from the producer – however, it is ultimately the producer’s responsibility to provide prop-er evidence of a timely crop insurance claim. Producers must also be aware that Crop Insurance reporting deadlines for planted, prevented, and failed acres are different and in some cases shorter than FSA deadlines; therefore, it is critical that farmers affected with these situations report them to their crop insurance agent as soon as the circumstances occur.

For further information con-tact your local Farm Service Agency. Related information can be obtained from the US-DA’s Risk Management Agency website at www.rma.usda.gov/en/Topics/Prevented-Planting.

Local papers bring home eight awardsWinners in South Dakota

Newspaper Associat ion’s Better Newspapers Contest were announced this weekend during the association’s annual convention, May 30 to June 1 in Medora, N.D.

Awards were given in several categories, including news reporting and opinion writing, photography, newspaper design and advertising. Work done by newspapers during 2018 was eligible for the contest.

There were 1,111 entries in the 2018 SDNA contest.

This local newspaper was among those recognized. Independent Publ ish ing , consisting of The Lennox Independent and Tea Weeklybrought home a total of eight awards in this year’s contest.

L e n n o x I n d e p e n d e n tpublisher and editor Kelli Bultena said, “I am very proud of how consistently we place in the South Dakota Newspaper Association’s contest. There are some great papers that we compete with, and yet our papers always manage to bring home some hardware.”

This year, The Lennox Independent brought home third place for Best Spot News Photo by Anne Homan. The photo featured Katherine Loewe after it was announced that she won the Doodle for Google contest.

The judge said, “Great capture!”

The Lennox Independent also brought home second place with the Holiday Recipe Book, editorial design by Homan; advertising by Bultena, in the Best Multiple Advertiser Special Section.

And a third place was awarded to The Lennox Independent in Best Editorial

Writing, for Bultena’s “From the Ed i to r ” column.

The judge stated, “Thoughtful and well-written. I like the focus on local. For instance, the need for funds for the municipal band. Bringing some attention editorially to a need within the community.”

Tea Weekly newspaper was awarded fi ve top three finishes. Placing third in Best News Series with Wendy Sweeter’s articles, “New Year, New You.”

Tea Weekly took second place in the Best Spot News Photo for Bultena’s “clown and boy” shot during Teapot Days.

Tea Weekly also brought home several awards in the adver tising category with Bultena’s third place fi nish in Best Series Ad Idea for J&R Mechanical, a second place

in Best Use of Art Service for a Sunshine Food Thanksgiving ad and first place in Best Newspaper Promotion for the “Embrace your Hometown ad series.

MAY 10, 2018 THURSDAY

VOL. 134 / NO. 19

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Local newspapers receive awardsSouth Dakota Newspaper Association’s contest

to identify and spotlight the best work done by

newspapers across the state last year took center

stage during the association’s annual meeting in

May. Award winners in both advertising and edito-

rial categories were announced during the 136th

annual SDNA convention May 3-5 in Sioux Falls.

Editor and Publisher of The Lennox Independent

and Tea Weekly, Kelli Bultena served as president

of SDNA this past year. “It was an honor to serve as president of the

South Dakota Newspaper Association this past

year,” Bultena said. “Our state is fortunate to have

some strong community newspapers across the

state, and to see our two newspapers take home a

total of 17 awards is a huge testament to the talented

individuals that I’m privileged to work with.”

“We enjoyed a very informative convention this

year,” added Independent Publishing L.L.C. partner

Debbie Schmidt. “I’m very proud of the job Kelli

did representing our state organization as president

and our newspapers, The Lennox Independent and

Tea Weekly.”Journalists at newspapers in Maine judged this

year’s contest.SDNA Executive Director David Bordewyk

expressed appreciation to the judges from Maine

newspapers.“This was the rst time we have exchanged

judging with Maine newspapers. We look forward

to reciprocating later this year,” Bordewyk said.

“Once again, we heard from judges about

the overall quality of work being demonstrated

by newspapers in our contest,” Bordewyk said.

“Maine judges said the quality of entries made for

some very competitive and interesting categories.”

There were 1,407 entries in this year’s contest.

Winning entries for The Lennox Independent

and Tea Weekly staff include the following:

Best Editorial Writing, 1st Place to Bultena

(The Lennox Independent) for the From the Editor

columns.NEWSPAPER AWARDS | Page 2

ABOVE: Independent Publishing L.L.C. partners, Debbie Schmidt

and Kelli Bultena pose with a plaque Bultena received from the South

Dakota Newspaper Association during last weekend’s banquet in Ap-

preciation for Outstanding Service as President for the 2017-18 term.

Independent Publishing newspapers, The Lennox Independent and

Tea Weekly brought home 17 awards in the South Dakota Newspaper

Association’s annual better newspaper contest.

Lennox student named Doodle 4 Google finalistWhat a surprise!

ABOVE: Kathryn Loewe, a sixth grade student at LWC Intermediate, is congratulated by Administrative Assistant

Bridget Jackson during last Thursday’s assembly where Loewe was announced as the nalist for South Dakota in

the Doodle 4 Google contest. Photo by Anne Homan

Anne Homan, Sports Editor

Jonathan Kruger, Ad Designer

Wade Homan, Photographer

Wendy Sweeter, Reporter

Young people from across the state headed to the NFAA Easton Archery Complex in Yankton to compete in the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) State 3D Tournament held May 4 and 5. Hundreds of students from schools across the state competed with Lennox High School among them.

The Orioles brought 28 stu-dents to the competition, seventh through 12th grade. Shooting be-gan Friday night and continued into Saturday morning. The 3D

Tournament used life-size game animals as targets. Students shot six rounds of ve arrows. Trophies were awarded for both individual and team achieve-ments. Lennox saw success on both fronts.

LHS ninth grader, Ty Spieler (pictured above) scored a 278, earning him the top spot in the high school division and giving him the State Championship Individual title.

ARCHERY | Page 8

Graduation Saturday

LHS archer #1 in state

By Kelli Bultena

Last Thursday started out just like any typical school day for Kathryn Loewe, a 6th grader at LWC Intermediate. The students were told there was an assembly that afternoon. Loewe heard it was for Smarter Balance. Later, while at her band lesson, some-one told her it was for music.

So it was quite the surprise when Loewe was announced as South Dakota’s finalist in the Doodle 4 Google competition.

DOODLE 4 GOOGLE | Page 8

South Dakota’s winning entry by Lennox 6th grader Kathryn Loewe is

pictured above. The nalists will be narrowed down to a group of ve by a fan

vote. To vote online, visit: http://www.google.com/doodle4google/vote.html

Sixty-three seniors will be graduating from Lennox High School on Saturday,

May 12th. Commencement is set to begin at 10 a.m. in the high school gymnasium. The top two students from the Class of 2018 will be the featured speakers.

Valedictorian Callie Luke is the daughter of Kenny and Kathy Luke, of Lennox.

While at Lennox High School, Luke participated in Volleyball, Basketball, HOSA, Culture Club, and National Honors Soci-ety. She said her favorite subject was Spanish 3.

“Winning Homecoming Queen and getting 1,000 digs in volleyball,” Luke said were her two favorite memories.

Her advice to underclassmen is, “Don’t take high school for granted, it goes by fast!”

Luke plans to attend the Uni-versity of South Dakota, ma-joring in Medical Biology and minoring in Spanish.

She attributes her academic achievements to hard work and no procrastination.

Salutatorian Jessica Symens

is the daughter of Jim and Robbin Symens, of Lennox.

She was involved in FFA all four years of her high school career. Her favorite subjects were science or math.

“Hanging out with friends at junior prom,” was Symens favor-ite high school memory.

She advises underclassmen, “Don’t put off assignments be-cause it will become overwhelm-ing, and take classes that intro-duce you to new subjects.”

Symens plans to attend the University of South Dakota and

major in Medical Biology.“I would attribute my aca-

demic achievements to my par-ents and family because they always encouraged me to do my best and pushed me to take many dual credit classes,” she added.

Baccalaureate for the class of 2018 was scheduled to be held at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 9.

Inside this issue of The Len-

nox Independent you will nd a special publication by the Len-nox High School Pepagraph, the section features each graduating senior for LHS.

Valedictorian Callie Luke Salutatorian Jessica Symens

Honors Recognition Night

Class Colors:

Black and Orange

Class Quote:

“Cherish your past. Chase your future.”

Lennox High School Class of 2018

INSIDE:SALUTE TO THIS YEAR’S SENIORS

The LHS Chapter of the National Honor Society hosted the annual Honors Recognition Night

on Monday, May 7th, 2018. During the evening students of Lennox High School were honored

for their signi cant academic accomplishments. HONORS NIGHT | Section 2, Page 1

ABOVE: The Academic Top Birds, the top ten students for the class of 2018, were honored at Monday night’s event.

From left to right, Callie Luke, Jessica Symens, Rachel Jensen, Jessica Schneiderman, Sarah Kroeger, Maxwell Bultena,

Megan Hinker, Emma Mechels, Hannah Sayler, and Zachary Bultena

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Several of the 2018 award winning entries are pictured at left and below.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to SDCL 11-4-12, notice

is hereby given that the Lennox Plan-ning Commission will hold a public hearing on June 17, 2019, regarding re-zoning 216 North Elm Street, Par-cel ID # 250.87.00.002.

A copy of the proposed re-zoning is available for public review at the Lennox City Hall in the offi ce of the Finance Offi cer during regular busi-ness hours.

The Planning Commission public hearing will be held at the following time, date, and location:

7:00 p.m. June 17, 2019 Lennox City Hall (107 South Main)

The purpose of this hearing is to explain the proposed amendments to interested persons, to answer questions regarding this item and to hear public comment on this item. The Planning Commission invites all interested persons to attend and offer their comments. Those interested persons not able to attend are invit-ed and encouraged to send written comments, prior to the hearing, to the Lennox Finance Offi cer, PO Box 228, Lennox, SD 57039.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this hearing, please contact the Finance Offi cer at (605) 647-2286. Anyone who is deaf, hard-of-hearing or speech-disabled may utilize Relay South Dakota at (800) 877-1113 (TTY/Voice). Notifi cation 48 hours prior to the hearing will enable the City to make reasonable arrange-ments to ensure accessibility to this hearing.

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FREE YOUTH GOLF LESSONSStarting June 11th

10 am - 11am6 consecutive weeks,

skipping the 2nd of July.Free will donation with all proceeds going for

youth equipment.Open to all youth

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June Events

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SAT., JUNE 8TH — Glow Ball Fun Night, 9 holes; tee off at 10pm

TUES., JUNE 11TH — Youth Lessons; begin 10am

SAT., JUNE 15TH — Adult Youth alternate shot 9 hole tourney; 10am

SAT., JUNE 22ND — Lenkota Annual 4 person Scramble;10am start

SUN., JUNE 23RD — Lenkota Couples Invitational, Chapman format; Noon Start

FRI., JUNE 28TH — Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s, 4 person scramble; 10am tee off

SAT., JUNE 29TH — Annual Lennox Booster Club, 4 person scramble; 10am start

CALL THE CLUBHOUSE FOR DETAILS!

Lennox city wide clean up June 7-8

The City of Lennox annual City Wide Clean-up will be June 7 and June 8. Dumpsters will be located at Lennox Park Drive between the campground and skate park on Friday, June 7th from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, June 8th from 8 a.m. to noon.