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Volume 108Number 33

February 26, 2015

Senate passes to House compromise bill to fix roads and bridges

Public notices to remain in newspapers:Internet option defeated

Elizabeth “Sam” Grosz, SDNAAnother attempt to change the

way cities, counties and schoolshandle their public notices was de-feated recently at the S.D. Legis-lature.

Rep. Steve Westra, R-SiouxFalls, testified before the HouseLocal Government CommitteeFeb. 12 that the current methodamounted to a "$2 million tax-payer subsidy" of newspapers.

Westra's bill sought to give gov-ernment entities the ability tochoose either the Internet or theofficial newspaper for public no-tices. He said HB 1167 was abouthow people are getting their infor-mation today, as well as ease ofuse.

Westra outlined for the commit-tee several provisions in the billthat would be implemented if alocal government entity decided toput all of its legal notices online in-stead of publishing them in the of-ficial newspaper.

Among those provisions wouldbe an option for residents to have

all public notices mailed oremailed to them, Westra said.

Westra said the bill representedan opportunity “to use resources ina new fashion.”

He added that it was not ananti-newspaper bill, but a reflec-tion of the changing culture. Wes-tra also cited the amount of moneyspent on printing the legal notices:$60,000 by the Sioux Falls schooldistrict and $45,000 by the City ofSioux Falls.

Rep. Dan Dryden, R-Rapid City,said it was an opportunity to savemoney and still would be donewith local control.

Diana Miller, lobbyist for the18-member Large School Group,said nobody would be forced toswitch to online posting, but notedthat each will be able to decidewhat is best for their community,while providing government effi-ciency.

Municipal League lobbyistYvonne Taylor said that smalltowns would probably keep pub-lishing in their local newspapers.However she pointed out thatsome newspapers have droppedbelow the circulation limit of beinga legal publication, so that someentities have had to find a newpublication in another area inwhich to publish.

Other organizations thatchimed in were the South DakotaAssociation of County Officials,the Associated School Boards ofSouth Dakota, and the City ofSioux Falls.

South Dakota Newspaper Asso-ciation General Manager DavidBordewyk said giving those enti-ties the option to discontinueprinting their legal notices in thenewspaper sets “a dangerousprecedent.” He said he agreed itwas not an anti-newspaper bill,but said “it is an anti-people’sright-to-know bill.”

Today, he said, local govern-

ments are free to do everythingcontained in this bill except thewords “or in lieu of the publica-tion.”

Bordewyk said this could be-come a “heavy hammer” over thenewspapers: unless you come inline on reporting and editorializ-ing, the option in this bill would beexercised.

The rates newspapers maycharge for these publications hasnot been changed since 2007 bythe state, he said, and what isspent is less than one-half of 1 per-cent of a local government's an-nual budget. He cited the SiouxFalls School District, spending$42,380 in 2013 from a $293 mil-lion budget. The City of SiouxFalls spent $54,912 on legal no-tices out of a $366 million budget,Bordewyk said.

Bordewyk said the unfundedmandates found in the bill couldamount to as much or more thanwhat is being spent now on pub-lishing. He cited the cost of mail-ing copies to all residents whorequest them as an example. Hequestioned: what if 5,000 peopleask for this service? And how oftenwould those mailings be made?

He noted that all South Dakotanewspapers archive their legal no-tices on sdpublicnotices.com,which has been active more thanseven years.

The ink on paper format, how-ever, creates a permanent record.He said it was unrealistic to expectthe public to search out a websitefor this information.

“Verification, authentication,permanence,” said Bordewyk.“These are words we have long as-sociated with printing public no-tices in newspapers, and these arewords that are as important todayas ever before.”

The committee voted 11-2 tosend the bill to the 41st day, whichin effect, kills the bill.

Elizabeth “Sam” Grosz, SDNAThe two bills designed to raise

money for repair of roads andbridges in the state have beencombined into one and passed outof the Senate with yet anotheradd-on.

The bill retains the SB 1 title,but no longer will be raising $100million for the job ahead. Goneare: a new tax on agriculture dyedfuel, a wholesale fuel tax, and anew registration fee for hybrid-fuel and electric vehicles. It is ex-pected this version would raiseabout $50 million for state, countyand township roads and bridges.

Prime sponsor Sen. Mike Vehle,R-Mitchell, however, said hewanted to talk about where thetwo proposals agreed. That wouldbe the annual 2-cent tax increasesper gallon for gasoline and alcoholfuels. The Senate version capsthat tax after eight years, whilethe House version let it run for 15years.

Several attempts were made toamend the bill, and one introducedby Sen. Dan Lederman, R-DakotaDunes, was successfully added.That amendment would give coun-ties and townships the ability toimpose an increased tax levy, but

with that board vote automaticallyreferred to a vote of the people.

Vehle endured the picking apartof the bill, but implored fellowSenators to pass the bill and dealwith it when it returned for agree-ment to future changes.

The bill needed two-thirds ma-jority to pass because of the taxingmeasures included.

The bill passed 26-8 in the Sen-ate and then was handed to theHouse State Affairs Committee.That hearing could be held thisweek.

Robyn JonesThe Kadoka AAU wrestling team hosted a tournament on Sunday, February 22. Wrestlers include, front row (L-R): McCoy Bonenberger, Carter Kendrick,Jace Grimes, Zachary Varner, Tel Gropper, Ian VanderMay, Teagan Gropper, and Olivia Lyo. Middle row: Madison Stilwell, Isabella Williams, PeytonPorch, Landyn Koehn, Ella Lamont, and Makaylan Bonenberger. Back row: Mason Stilwell, Cyril Eisenbraun, Lincoln Koehn, Ryan Shuck, Gus Stout,and Caden Stoddard. Not pictured: Tyce Gropper, Tyus Williams, Jyntre Coller, Jadyn Coller, Dalton Porch, and Jonathan MacFeat.

Preschool explores the postal system

Courtesy photoOn Thursday, February 12, the preschool class visited the post office and mailed their valentines to their families.They learned what happens to their letters after they are mailed, looked at stamps, helped put up the flag, andstood in the mail cages. It was a fun day and the students really enjoyed tournig the post office. Front row (L-R):Tel Gropper, Owen Grimes, Adalynn Varner, Noah Johnson, and Carsyn Conroy. Middle row: Dalton Grimes,Austin Schofield, Bradi Bachand, Dominick Hamar, Madalyn Rock, Teagan Gropper, and Cohen Thomsen. Backrow: Wendy Horst and Nancy Totton.

Sarah DeVriesThe Jackson County Board of

Commissioners held a specialmeeting on Wednesday, February18, at 1:00 p.m. All board members- chairman Glen Bennett, LarryDenke, Larry Johnston, RonTwiss, and Paul Briggs - werepresent. Vicki Wilson and AaronRichardson were also present.

The board discussed tire pricequotes for the John Deere pay-loader. After looking at a quote onsome brands from WW Tire Serv-ice, the board moved to purchaseBoto tires at $1,921 each and con-tact Aaron Dolittle to install them.

The board discussed culvertbids and decided to get quotesfrom Herbers, Sauntee Coller, andJon Jones, for the Cactus Flatprojects, to see if the cost would be

high enough to necessitate adver-tising for bids.

In road project matters, theboard tried to determine whichroads will need to take priority for2015. For a start, Hamer Road andWanamaker Road are ready togravel, and River View Road andportions of Belvidere Road are un-finished. Red Stone Road, BraveBull Road, Eagle Nest Road, andSnake Butte Road were also men-tioned as possible high priorities.Another concern for the countywas finding available gravel. JimBerry’s pit is currently contractedwith the county; Denke said hewould also talk to Scott Olson andMitch Olney to see if the countycould make offers on their avail-able gravel.

In further road matters the

board worked on updating theSDDOT road classification map forthe county. The roads the countyintends to update to primary in-clude Long Valley Road, CastleButte Road, Fairview Road, andSouth Creek Road. Roads in-tended to update to secondary in-clude Guptil Ranch Road (which isbelieved to be a township road),Christensen Road, and parts ofCraven Road and Hisle Road.

The board went into executivesession to discuss personnel.

In open session, the boardmoved to approve a request fromSDDOT to approve bridge inspec-tions and classifications.

The nest regular county meet-ing is scheduled for Monday,March 9, at 9:00 a.m.

Tentative plans for road projects at February 18 meeting

Gov. Dennis Daugaard hassigned the following bills into law:

SB 14 – An Act to provide forthe possession and administrationof opioid antagonists by first re-sponders for the treatment of drugoverdoses.

SB 15 – An Act to allow for dis-cretionary appeals of illegal sen-tences.

SB 22 – An Act to revise thepenalty for altering a registrationdevice issued by a dealer.

SB 34 – An Act to revise certainprovisions concerning the admin-istration of benefits provided toveterans and to declare an emer-gency.

SB 46 – An Act to make an ap-propriation of other fund expendi-ture authority to the Departmentof Agriculture for the constructionof the Nordby Exhibit Hall at the

South Dakota State Fair and todeclare an emergency.

SB 61 – An Act to place certainsubstances on the controlled sub-stances schedule and to declare anemergency.

HB 1001 – An Act to establish awine direct shipment license andwine carrier license to enable thedirect shipments of certain wine inSouth Dakota.

HB 1004 – An Act to authorizethe direct sale of distilled spiritsfrom artisan distillers to retailersand wholesalers.

HB 1071 – An Act to revise thenumber of signatures required fora nominating petition for sanitarydistrict trustees.

HB 1104 – An Act to revise cer-tain provisions regarding the noti-fication procedure for payment ofdelinquent special assessments.

Gov. Daugaard signs bills into law

Sarah DeVriesKadoka senior government class hosted a legisla-

tive cracker barrel on Monday, February 16, at 6:00p.m. Representative Elizabeth May spoke and about15 were in attendance to present questions.

The meeting opened with questions on education.Asked about her position on Common Core, Maystated, “I’m not willing to do a 10 year experiment onthe children. I trust the teachers...I don’t want ourstudents to think they’re a failure because of onetest.”

Revenue was another major issue discussed. Mayattested that the federal government has passed90,000 regulations in the past 20 years - the 911 lay-out being one that affects South Dakota - and “themoney doesn’t come with regulation.” Asked whatother revenues could offset property tax she replied“I don’t really know. No matter what you’d proposeit’s not going to be popular becaue it’s bound to be a

tax.” May stated she was against the governor’s pro-posed gas tax bill, primarily because there is no timelimit on the increase. She added “I didn’t hear aboutany of this [gas tax plans] last year... I don’t likeagency bills and I don’t like bills that come from theexecutive branch.”

Other topics of discussion were HB 1096 and HB1183, both of which relax concealed weapons laws.May conceded that she voted yes on 1096 but added“I can talk to Jim [Bradford] about it; he’s a littlemore reserved on the gun issues.” The crowd alsobriefly discussed zoning bills, the Juvenile ReformBill, texting and seatbelt laws, and SB 77 aka the“breastfeeding bill” (which May stated she did notplan to vote for because she believes it shouldn’t be amandate). May encouraged the crowd to e-mail herwith any questions or concerns atrep.may@state.sd.us.

Representative May fieldsquestions at cracker barrel

Kadoka hosts AAU wrestling tournament

City Dwellers

At present, we are bone-fidecity dwellers, or at least we havebeen for almost two weeks now.You know what that involves suchas people everywhere and cars,pickups and trucks. Naturallythere needs to be tons of stoplights and stop signs to keep traf-fic moving in some sort of organ-ized way. Additionally, the hugeparking lots at hospitals and atbig stores allow you to get plentyof exercise walking back and forthto wherever you want to go. Thewhole business can be fairly tiringto us country dwellers who, on theway to town at home, may see noother vehicles for the first thirteenmiles of dirt and gravel roads, andsometimes no one on the pavedroad to town either. I somewhatprefer the dearth of traffic to anabundance of it.

As you may have figured out bynow, we presently are city folks be-cause son Chance is still in thehospital after having a breathingcrisis with his myasthenia gravis.We will have been here two weeksif we stay until Tuesday, but thereis some hope we may go home to-morrow, which is Monday. Thatwould be fine. We might have beenable to leave sooner except forChance being given a medicine theother day that he is highly allergictoo. When he had it at Mayo Hos-pital over ten years ago, it put himin a terrible state. He stiffened upsomething chronic, his eyes rolledback into his head, and it was ascary scenario altogether. It couldhave been fatal. This time around,it was a smaller dose so the effectsweren’t quite as bad. It worried usnonetheless. It wouldn’t have

been quite so upsetting if it hadn’tstated very clearly on his chartthat he was allergic to it. The firstdose of the stuff slipped past us,but I caught them before they didthe second. This is very fortunate.

The medicine involved here iscalled Haldol and is supposed toexert a calming influence. Well, inChance’s case, it certainly doesnot. It does the opposite. This isnot too surprising since Chance’smom, Corinne, had a nasty reac-tion to Haldol as well. It made herso nervous she could barely sitdown. I have never tried the stuffpersonally and have no intentionof doing so.

Despite all this, there are someadvantages to being in urbanareas. If you need food or supplies,they are available twenty-fourhours a day somewhere in town.There are some good cafés as well.A couple of places do excellentbreakfast items. Others do tastysteaks. Seafood is in no shortageeither. Then there are the ethnicplaces where you can get tacos andburritos or oriental fare, and buf-fet-type places where you canovereat in the extreme. Hamburg-ers are easy to find too and areoften quite good.

Last week, I somehow managedto eat the most expensive meal Ihave ever had in my life. Corinnehad given me a gift certificate tothe place, you see, and I thought Imight as well use most of it sinceit may be a really long time beforeI can get back to finish it up. Any-way, they had a meal that involvedtwo lobster tails plus some pastain a cheese sauce with addedshrimp and lobster in it. Therewas a salad beforehand, a small

loaf of bread on the side, and cof-fee and water to drink. It was averitable feast, and I enjoyed it alot, never mind that it cost $41.60with tip. I don’t plan to repeat thiswild extravagance any time soon,but it was kind of fun the onetime.

Naturally, I’ve had plenty oftime to observe a lot of people andtheir ways. Some are quite roundand some are tall and thin. Thereare fast movers and slow, friendlyand not so much. I haven’t hadany real trouble with anyone ex-cept possibly the one fellow whowanted me to give him a ride fromthe hospital to a motel. He wasrather a rough-looking fellow alto-gether so I turned him downwhich made him a little angry. Ididn’t particularly relish the ideaof him sitting next to me in a car.

Oh, yes. I do wish motels wouldgo back to good old metal roomkeys instead of those unpleasantelectronic cards. The electronicones quit working every otherminute and have to be taken backto the office to be refreshed. Theyare very frustrating to say theleast.

So, there is the saga of a coun-try fellow turned city dude for abit. It hasn’t been all that bad, andsome parts have been fairly enjoy-able. Nevertheless, I’ll be glad toget back to less populated areaswhere the air is a little fresher,and I seem to be able to breathemore freely. Hopefully that willhappen tomorrow, and we will nolonger be city dwellers but justthose who are completely at homeon the lone prairie. Having a sonout of danger will be a big plus aswell.

Lookin’ Around | Syd Iwan

From the U.S. Senate | Senator John Thune

Offering Quality, Afford-able Higher Education InSouth Dakota

Education after high school canbe expensive. Over the past fewdecades, the cost of higher educa-tion has increased much fasterthan average inflation. The costsof things like food, housing andmedical care have increased overthe years, but, on average, not atthe rate of college tuition. In someplaces it’s downright unaffordable.For instance, a four-year degreefrom an Ivy League school can costup to $100,000.

The truth is that higher educa-tion doesn’t have to be expensiveand young people don’t have to gofar from home to get a good educa-tion. South Dakota’s tech schoolsand universities offer affordableprograms and a number of schol-arship opportunities, includingthe Build Dakota Scholarship andthe Opportunity Scholarship.

The Build Dakota Scholarship

is a partnership between T. DennySanford and the State of SouthDakota. Mr. Sanford donated $25million, which the state matched,to create a $50 million scholarshipprogram for students enteringhigh-need workforce programs atSouth Dakota technical institutes.

The program will fund 300 full-ride scholarships for qualified ap-plicants in high-need programs.Anyone interested in enrolling inone of the high-need programs inSouth Dakota is eligible. Gradu-ates of these programs have high-paying, in-demand jobs waitingfor them at the end of their school-ing. Employers in these fields willhave a bumper crop of skilled andmotivated applicants for jobs thatnow remain unfilled.

Anyone interested in the pro-gram can go to builddakotaschol-arships.com to see what programsare eligible and how to apply.

The South Dakota Opportunityscholarship provides financial aidfor South Dakota high school stu-

dents. It is available to those whoachieve a 24 or above on the ACTand earn good grades in highschool while taking a rigorous cur-riculum. The scholarship's aim isto incentivize our best students tostay in South Dakota for college.

Because the scholarship has notkept up with the increasing cost ofcollege, it is not the incentive itonce was to keep young people inthe state. In my budget, I haveproposed to increase the value ofthe scholarship from $5,000 for 4years of college to $6,500 for 4years of college. My proposal to in-crease the scholarship, House Bill1147, is dependent upon approvalfrom the Legislature.

The Build Dakota tech schoolscholarship and the OpportunityScholarship are both wise invest-ments. It is my hope that thesescholarships will lead more youngpeople to consider the affordable,high quality education experi-ences offered right here in SouthDakota.

Waters of the U.S. RuleHurts South Dakota Pro-ducers

In South Dakota, agriculture isour number one industry, account-ing for more than half of our eco-nomic output. To be successful, ourfarmers and ranchers must begood stewards of their land so thatit remains viable. And they are.South Dakota producers are in-herently good conservationists -their livelihoods depend on it.They don’t need the Obama Ad-ministration interfering in theirconservation efforts.

Unfortunately, the Environ-mental Protection Agency (EPA)and the Army Corps of Engineersthink they know how to manageour land better than us. Theirlatest proposal would redefineEPA’s jurisdiction under the CleanWater Act, expanding its regula-tory authority to cover puddles,

small ponds, field ditches andother areas with only remote con-nections to water, essentially al-lowing them to dictate farmingoperations.

Over the President’s Day re-cess, I hosted a roundtable discus-sion with area stakeholders inSioux Falls to hear firsthand howthe Waters of the U.S. proposalwould impact agriculture. Repre-sentatives from the South DakotaCorn Growers Association, theSouth Dakota Soybean Associa-tion, Ag United, MinnehahaCounty and the South DakotaFarm Bureau all showed up andtold me the same thing—the pro-posed rule would significantlyhandicap their day-to-day opera-tions.Under the new rule, my un-derstanding is that if a farmerwanted to spray fertilizer on hisfields but part of it was connectedto water – even temporarily – thatfarmer would have to apply for apermit before he or she could pro-ceed so as not to contaminate thatwater. And we all know how wellthe federal government is at pro-cessing paperwork.

If the intent of the rule ismerely to “clarify” the CleanWater Act and not change any pol-icy – as EPA claims is the case –then they shouldn’t need this ruleon the books at all. But I agreewith farmers and ranchers thatthe rule would be a complete over-haul and expansion of EPA’s juris-

diction. In this case, I believe it isCongress’s duty to determinewhether such a sweeping policychange is necessary. I’m confidentthat many of my colleagues wouldagree with me that the Waters ofthe U.S. proposal is completely un-necessary.

In 1972, the Clean Water Actestablished a system that givesthe EPA and the Army Corps ofEngineers the ability to regulatenavigable waters, such as rivers.It allows local governments tomonitor smaller water features,like ditches, ponds, and streamsbecause state and local govern-ments are more in touch with eco-nomic and environmentalsituations on the ground. This hasbeen working for the past 43 years– without the heavy hand of Wash-ington getting in the way.

Giving the EPA and the ArmyCorps of Engineers more controlover our lives and land is both un-necessary and unwise. Everyfarmer and rancher I have talkedto about this has agreed that theproposed rule would bog downtheir productivity with massivenew regulatory hurdles. It is clearto me that the Waters of the U.S.proposal is fatally flawed. I willcontinue to seek ways to stop itsimplementation as a member ofthe Environment and PublicWorks Committee, which has ju-risdiction over EPA and the ArmyCorps.

Where’s the Meat?

Many of us recall the popular1980s ad campaign by the fastfood chain Wendy’s with its slo-gan, “Where’s the beef?” The adpoked fun at many fast food estab-lishments for the sometimes smallsize of the hamburger patty com-pared with buns. Wendy’s gainedattention for their clever ad thattouched on the frustrations ofmany patrons who wanted morefor their money. While the cam-paign is now a famous slogan inthe advertising world, a slightmodification of the slogan couldhighlight concerns about the newObama administration report on2015 dietary guidelines for Amer-icans—“Where’s the meat?”

Every five years, the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture (USDA)and U.S. Department of Healthand Human Services review thedietary guidelines for Americanfood consumption. A recent advi-

sory committee report recom-mends to the agencies whatshould be included in the new di-etary guidelines. The nearly 600-page report leaves lean red meatout of what it considers to be ahealthy diet, which is not only agreat concern to dietitians whosupport consumption of lean redmeat but is also concerning for theSouth Dakota livestock industry.

This isn’t the first time theObama administration has pro-moted limiting meat consumption.As you may recall, in 2012, USDAsent an in-house newsletter en-couraging employees to partici-pate in “Meatless Mondays” whiledining in USDA cafeterias. Thenewsletter went on to attack theproduction of meat in the U.S.,saying that meat production has“a large environmental impact,”and that an employee should “helpyourself and the environment” bynot eating meat.

It is hard to believe that the

very agency tasked with promot-ing agriculture would encouragepeople not to eat meat. From theshort-lived Meatless Mondays, tomisguided dietary guidelines,farmers and ranchers deservemore of an ally in USDA, ratherthan an adversary. Misleading di-etary guidelines would not onlyconfuse consumers but would alsoharm South Dakota’s livestock in-dustry.

I urge the Obama administra-tion to reconsider the recommen-dations in the report. As a memberof the Senate Agriculture Commit-tee, which oversees USDA, I willcontinue to closely monitor theguidelines as they move forward.As Kimberley and I continue to doour best to maintain a healthydiet, we’ll be supporting the prod-ucts of farmers and ranchersacross the state, including leanred meat, and I encourage SouthDakotans to join me.

With the IRS, It’s Guiltyuntil Proven Innocent

Innocent until proven guilty:It’s the basis for legal proceedingsin the U.S. – except when the IRSis involved. Under their rules, theIRS sentences first; asks questionslater. It’s an unacceptable practiceand something I’m committed toholding them accountable for as amember of the House Ways andMeans Oversight Subcommittee.

During an Oversight Subcom-mittee hearing earlier this month,I heard testimony from a small-business-owning veteran. AndrewClyde started “Clyde Armory” – agun and ammunition retailer inAthens, Georgia – in 1991. Overthe next 17 years, he grew thebusiness from a “home business”to a storefront shop, sustaining iteven through three deploymentsto Iraq and Afghanistan.

On April 12, 2013, he got a visitthat he’ll never forget. Two federalagents stopped by his store, ques-tioned him about his business, andnotified him that nearly one mil-lion dollars had already beentaken from his company’s bank ac-count at the local credit union.

He testified: “I was never soafraid in my life, not even in com-bat, so much so that I trembledwhen they left…. I was just de-positing my own hard earned and

legally earned cash in the bank.How can that be a felony? I paymy taxes, I try to do everythingcorrect.”

No one ever claimed the moneywas earned through illegal activi-ties. Instead, the IRS argued Mr.Clyde had deposited the money il-legally. They cited a law, whichwas intended to stop terroristsand drug dealers, that requiresbanks to report any cash transac-tion over $10,000 and makes it il-legal for account holders to splitup the deposit in order to avoidhaving the bank file a report.

Mr. Clyde admitted that he hada number of deposits for justunder $10,000, but not because hewas trying to skirt the law.Rather, he had a standard insur-ance policy that would only insuredeposits up to $10,000.

Within a matter of days, his an-nual taxes were due and the nextemployee payroll had to be made.By the time those bills were paid,he had no more working capitalleft. He said he immediately hadto cancel every product order hecould and take out an $80,000loan to cover regular business ex-penses.

It took more than three monthsfor his case to get in front of ajudge. And when he finally did,the federal government offered to

settle – so long as they could keepa half-million dollars of his cash.He didn’t accept their offer. Theycame back later and offered to set-tle for just $109,000. Again, hedidn’t accept because to his knowl-edge he did nothing wrong.

In the end, he agreed to forfeit$50,000 to settle the case. Thiswas after he’d already spentnearly $150,000 on his legal de-fense.

What the IRS did here was ab-surd. At the hearing, IRS Com-missioner John Koskinen offeredan apology to any business ownerwho was wrongly impacted. Andwhile that’s more than they’ve re-ceived in the past, it hardly makesup for the business they lost.

It’s hard to know where to startwith this IRS. The agency’s tar-geting of conservative groups hasmade many question the agency’spolitical independence andwhether one’s use of free speechcould be held against them. Itslavish taxpayer-funded confer-ences have raised even more ques-tions.

Hardworking taxpayers de-serve answers. What the IRS isdoing – how they are conductingthemselves – is ridiculous. It iscompletely unacceptable. Theymust be held accountable and I’mcommitted to doing that.

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"Success is more a function ofconsistent common sense than itis of genius." Capsule Sermons

Some of the cattle of Alberta,Cliff and Pam Allard were soldThursday in Valentine.

Ken Koistenen of Pierre andKelly Koistenen of Spearfish vis-ited Maxine Allard on Monday the16th. They did a few chores forher, and did some scouting aroundin the area, but that activity washampered a bit by the snowsqualls during the day.

Saturday Maxine had JuneRing over for a luncheon of beansoup and cornbread.

Rev. Denke held Ash Wednes-day services at St. Peter onWednesday, and Ash Wednesdayservices at St. John on Thursdayevening. It was followed by a soupsupper Thursday evening at St.John. Soup makers for the eveningwere Jessie and Sharon Ring.

The Hubers are still combiningcorn on the days when the weatheris right for combining. Some of thecows in their feedlot have hadcalves, and they have found a dif-ferent home for them.

Friday Kenda went to Winnerto pick up and deliver a new re-fridgerator for David and Nicole,as theirs quit on them.

Saturday Bill and Kenda werein Vetal for the firemen's benefitsmoker.

Erin Heinert came from SiouxFalls this past weekend to spendtime with her parents, Gary andAnne Heinert.

Howard, Nette, Chris and BeauHeinert were in Kadoka Tuesdayevening for the supper put on byGenex.

Amy Lehman came in to WhiteRiver for the Mellette County Cat-tlewomen meeting Friday after-noon. After the meeting she joinedBlake and attended the girls' bas-ketball game with Philip, and theboys' basketball game with NewUnderwood in the gymnasium.Saturday they went to the Benand Jenny Dimond bull sale inWood, and that evening wereamong the fans at the boys' bas-ketball game with Todd County atWhite River.

Gale, JoAnn and Gary Letellierwere in Kadoka for Ash Wednes-day Services. Thursday Gary andJoAnn were in Midland for theMidwest Elevator workshop onfarming practices. Friday Gary,Gale and JoAnn were in RapidCity keeping appointments.

Julie Letellier visited her par-ents, Jim and Marjorie, on Mon-day, Presidents' Day. Paul,LuAnne and Andrea Beckwith

were supper guests that evening.Paul and LuAnne stopped in ontheir way home from Rapid City.Friday Jim went into White Riverfor the boys' basketball game withNew Underwood.

Sunday afternoon, February 15,the Bruce Ring's took Dalton Rockto meet his folks and return homeafter spending the weekend withthe Rings, and then they met Daveand Emalia VanderMay andhanded Reina over to them. Theywent on to Rapid City to celebrateEmalia's birthday up there withmore family members.

Jeremy Ring was named stu-dent of the month at Kadoka HighSchool.

Monday evening Bruce andJune Ring traveled to Rapid City,and stayed the night with Rob andPeggy Roberts. Tuesday morningBruce took June to her medical ap-pointments at Rapid City Regionaland the radiology building acrossthe way. When all that was finallydone, they shared an early supperwith the Robert's family at GoldenCorral, ran a couple more errands,and headed home. Thankfully I-90was clear, but the rest of the roadswere patchy with ice and snow.

Friday the Bruce Ring familywere in Wall for the Long ValleyLions basketball game with theWall teams.

Jessie Ring received word of thedeath of her Aunt Mary, and Sun-day after church she left forCresco, IA, to attend the funeralon Monday, and also the prayerservice for a cousin who died aboutthe same time as Aunt Mary.

Eunice Krogman came homewith her niece, Janice Ring, afterchurch last Sunday and visitedwith her. Later Lorena Hight cameand took Eunice home.

Sharon Ring rode with Toreyand Tyler Ring to Wall for the bas-ketball games there. The Lionstied the B game, and won the Agame.

Cheyenne and Orlana Schmidtwere in Chamberlain Saturday totake in a tournament July wasplaying in, and then came back toWhite River that evening for theboys' basketball games with ToddCounty. Lori Schmidt took Jace infor those games.

Dan and Susan Taft were inMartin last Monday for appoint-ments, and found out Susan's sis-ter, Cindy, was taken to Rapid Citywith appendix trouble. Dan andSusan returned home and thenSusan went up to Rapid City thatevening. She stayed with Saman-tha and kept appointments onTuesday, Wedneday and Thursday.Tuesday Chris, Susan and Sam

went to Sturgis to watch Jeff's sonJacob play basketball. Susan re-turned home Thursday. FridayDan and Susan helped work cattleat Howard Heinert's place. Mor-gan played in the pep band for thegames in White River on Friday.Saturday she taped the games for7-Teen. Sunday after church,Susan and Morgan went up toRapid City to visit Cindy in thehospital.

Rose West and Jeannine Wood-ward were in Winner Thursday forthe RC&D meeting, and got backto White River in time for Biblestudy that evening. Rose was sec-retary for the Cattlewomen'smeeting at the museum on Fridayafternoon.

Noreen Krogman was at themuseum in White River February11 for the Riverview Club meeting,hosted by Jan Endes. They werehappy to welcome two new mem-bers, Betty Risseeuw and LorenaHight.

February 13, Richard andNoreen went to the sale in Ft.Pierre, as Mark and Carolyn Krog-man were selling calves there thatday. Saturday the 14th, they wentto Valentine for the Bull Bash.Wednesday they were in WhiteRiver for Ash Wednesday Services.Friday the 20th Noreen was at theCattlewomen meeting, and thenwent over to the double headerbasketball games. Richard joinedher there. Saturday they went tothe games with Todd County, butalso went to the soup and chilimeal, a benefit for two students toattend a People to People Ambas-sador deal. Sunday afternoonNoreen joined Laurene Emery andRose Ruff for a DNP quilting ses-sion in Mission.

On Wednesday, Carol Fergusonspent time with her mother, IreneKaufman, while Ed hauled calvesto Valentine for Alberta Allard andHoward and Nette Heinert.

Sacred Heart Catholic Churchhas Lenten Mass each Wednesdayat 7:00 p.m. all through Lentenseason.

Kadoka Area News | Sydne Lenox, 837-2465

Gateway News | Lola Joyce Riggins, 837-2053 (Let it ring)

Kadoka Nursing Home | Cathy Stone, 837-2270

Norris News | June Ring 462-6328

College News

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Had several stopping in for avisit with our residents this week.S tarting off our week we had thepleasure of Lois Pettyjohn playinghymns for us to sing to and thenFather Matt held Mass service. Wereally appreciate their continueddedication to the residents.

Lola Joyce Riggins came by tosee and spend time with many.Everyone enjoys her visits.

Sue Kaiser comes by very regu-lar to see her mom, Marjorie Rus-sell. They always look so happywhen they’re together and I knowMarj sure enjoys her stopping byand reminiscing, she is so sweet!

Popping in on Aunt Joy Parkerwere Ron and Renate Carson.They don’t let too many days go by

that they don’t stop and say hello. Melissa Ammons came by to see

her mom, Sheila Bowen, on Sun-day. It sounds like Melissa is doinggood and that makes her mommore at ease.

Coming in to visit withGrandma Emma Jarl were Stan,Debbie, Trey, and Savannah Knis-pel. Emma’s face lights up when-ever those two great grandkidsstop by! Coming up very soon willbe Emma’s 101st birthday, what alady!

On Saturday, the Bob Tridlefamily got together here for Bob’sbirthday dinner. Cathy Stone andCathy Ireland served 16 dinnersand fixed two hold plates. Themeal consist of roast beef, mashed

potatoes and gravy, corn, rolls, andcake. Those family members com-ing by were Bob’s wife, RoseannTridle, Greg and Sylvia, Kelly andJackie, Carol and Randy, Gina andJohn, Casey and Naomi and baby,Vance and his two sons, Robbieand Peyton, and Debbie and Tom.Bob looked so happy with every-one around him and it makes mefeel so good inside when the familymembers get together and remi-nisce of the good ‘ol days.

Get well cards can reach BettyVanderMay at Fall River HealthServices, 1201 Hwy 71 S, HotSprings, SD 57747

Until next week I will sign off.Have a great week!

Friends of Alan Lord of Greeley,CO, received word of his death onFebruary 19. Alan was a formerresident of Kadoka, the son ofSturgis and Mary Alice Lord, whograduated from Kadoka HighSchool and was married to the for-mer Norma Gilchrist, who sur-vives. Funeral services arescheduled for Saturday, February28 in Greeley.

Alisha (Bonenberger) Lockhartand children, Joslin and Brice, of

Mitchell were weekend guests atthe home of her parents, Pam andKeith Bonenberger. While herethey celebrated Joslin’s eighthbirthday before returning to theirhome in Mitchell.

Marvin Moor picked up his son,Mitch, last Saturday in Pierre andthey went to Bonesteel to helpMarv’s mom celebrate Valentine’sday and her birthday. Deb Moorwent to Murdo that day, where sheattended Emily Bork’s baby

shower. She then went on to Pierreto visit with her dad, HankKosters.

Members of Save the Pearl or-ganization met on Tuesdayevening, February 17 at the Gate-way Apartments CommunityRoom. Topics of interest includednew windows being put in, twomore upstairs rooms that arebeing cleaned and plans for theJune reunion. The next meeting isscheduled for March 17 at 6 p.m.

May we put Marilyn Wilsey onour prayer list that the lesion onher nose isn’t serious.

Did you see the pretty sunsetFriday evening? Those blue andwhite clouds sure made a beautifulextension.

May we send prayers for BettyVanderMay. She had the misfor-tune to fall and break her back.When I was over to the care centeris was also reported that her neckwas also broken and they trans-

fered her to Hot Springs to thehospital for the extra treatmentthey can do for her there.

Did you see that spectacularsendoff to little Jaedyn Olney’sservice on Main Street? Therewere bunches of balloons turnedloose in the air to heaven. Thewind carried them up until theywere looking like straight pin tips.Some gathered and came aboveMain Street looking like a littleblack ball and then drifted north

west like a pin point and disap-peared into the clouds.

Betty Berry enjoyed the daySaturday with her son, John, anddaughter-in-law, Lesa.

Everyone is pretty quiet aboutsharing their news, but this too ispretty quiet, or if not, has to bekept that way.

Thought: Be kind to one an-other. It makes the day brighter,as does forgiveness.

Chadron State College dean'slist for the fall semester of 2014includes 383 students. The dean'slist, which requires a 3.5 cumula-tive grade-point average, on a 4.0scale. Students must be enrolledin 12 credit hours of courseworkduring the semester to qualify.

Taylor Merchen, Norris

District 27 News | Liz May

We have now finished the sixthweek and bills are being heard ina steady stream on committees aswe approach cross-over day onFeb. 25. That’s the day when allbills must clear one legislativebody before going to the other bodyfor their consideration. H o u s eBill 1227 passed through HouseTaxation on a 9-6 vote. It will beheard on the House floor eitherTues. or Wed. Feb. 24 and 25 inorder to be heard before cross-overday. I was the prime sponsor in theSenate and worked with Rep. LizMay from District 27 and Rep.Mike Verchio from District 30 tobring this bill forward. It wouldauthorize counties to impose salestaxes in the area of a county out-side of legal boundaries of munici-palities. Any money collected bythis would go into a special countytax fund. This bill is about fairnessand also about recognizing thegreat financial needs of countygovernment. I want to thank those residentsand county officials from Bennett,Shannon, and Jackson countieswho came to Pierre and providedtestimony. Also Bob Wilcox whorepresents the SD Assoc. ofCounty Commissioners and spokein favor of this legislation. This will not interfere with taxcollection within a municipality orthe 4% the state collects in salestax. There is a “tax break” formany businesses which are physi-cally located outside of city limits.

They pay the state sales tax butpay no local sales tax simply be-cause of where their business is lo-cated. In testimony I tried to makethe point that while there may notbe that many of these businesseslocated in the country outside ofcity limits, it is still fair that thesebusinesses pay the same sales tax. Why should a business locatedon one side of city limits get the ex-emption? Especially consideringthe great need of county govern-ments to run services, it is impor-tant for us to consider ways forthem to raise the revenues to pro-vide these services. It is possiblethat certain counties will have todeclare bankruptcy. Those who

testified showed how serious theirfinancial needs are going to be inthe future. And this is just for thebasics of county government. Too many of the decisions madeby legislators seem to focus onkeeping costs down for the state,but continues to shift more ex-penses to the counties. This con-tinues to put counties in a bindand we must listen to these seri-ous concerns and help them de-velop solutions. House Bill 1227might be one of those solutions. As always, I invite you to con-tact me with your questions andconcerns. I may be reached at685-4241 orSen.Bradford@state.sd.us

District 27 News | Jim Bradford

With Crossover Day this comingWednesday and only three weeksleft, Session is in full gear. So far,of the 429 bills introduced, 19 havebeen withdrawn, 42 have beensigned by the Governor, 10 are onthe Governor’s desk and the restare either in process or have beenkilled. The House this week passedJoint Resolution 1005 with a voteof 64-5. Shannon County residentsvoted for the name change duringthe last general election and itpassed with over two-thirds of thevote, thus allowing the legislatureto approve the name change. TheResolution must now be a ap-proved by the Senate. I’ve been on the House Educa-tion Committee for three years.Common Core is an issue I havebeen involved in for several yearsnow. It is an issue that has reallysnuck up on a lot of parentsaround the country. The battleagainst Common Core has alsobrought together a diverse sectionof the population that are hard toclassify as one identifiable group.There are traditional conservativegroups opposed to Common Coredue to overreach by the federalgovernment. There are more lib-eral-oriented groups opposed toCommon Core because it takespower away from teachers. Thereare parents opposed to CommonCore because the new curriculumand teaching methods being im-plemented alongside CommonCore are wreaking havoc on theirchildren’s education. There arealso groups opposed to CommonCore because it is the ultimate im-plementation of Outcome BasedEducation. Battling Common Core inSouth Dakota has been quite diffi-cult. The establishment politiciansin Pierre have signed onto Com-mon Core. I understand why someof them believe Common Core isgood. They believe standards such

as Common Core are necessary fora quality public education. I woulddisagree. Actually, I believe Com-mon Core removes diversity frompublic education and holds backour children from reaching theirfull potential. This is the debatethat needs to happen by the SouthDakota legislature. This is also thedebate that is not happening. Throughout this session theHouse Education committee andSenate Education committee hadmultiple hearings where the De-partment of Education bluebadges have bombarded the com-mittees with single-sided presen-tations and testimony promotingCommon Core (blue badges areemployees or hired lobbyist thatwork for a State agency, they getpaid to lobby against constituentsquite often). Attempts to get alter-native viewpoints heard have beensquelched by these committees.These committees are not allowingany bills to come to the floor thatwould allow a true debate to hap-pen between legislators aboutCommon Core. This legislative session therewas in fact one bill that I believewas created as a means to forcethat debate upon the House floor,HB 1223. This bill would end SDinvolvement in Common Core. Themeeting lasted around two hoursand included testimony from bothsides of the issue. The process wasworking. Then, the discussion wasstopped by a motion to table thebill. Tabling a bill in situationslike this is done purely to stop thediscussion. Once a motion to tablethe bill is moved, no more debateon the bill is allowed. The tablingmotion passed 8-7. The tabling ofthis bill ended the debate in HouseEducation, and prevented theHouse floor from having to debatea hot political topic. Common Core for the 2015 SDlegislative session had ended. For-tunately appearances are not al-

ways the same as reality. OnThursday, Feb 19, Rep. DanKaiser stood on the House floorduring session and moved JointRule 7-7 for HB 1223. Joint Rule7-7 is more commonly called asmokeout. It is a tool that any leg-islator can utilize to force a bill outof a committee. In this case RepKaiser was asking the House floorto support him in forcing theHouse Education committee tosend HB 1223 out to the Housefloor. Rep. Kaiser needed 24 legis-lators to stand for the smokeoutand he received 27. The next step will happen onTuesday. The floor will have tovote by a simple majority (36votes) on whether to bring the billto the floor calendar for a debate. This past week I was fortunateto have Bennett Co. Senior Gov-ernment class and Kadoka SeniorGovernment class visit the SDCapital. Also, for the past twoweeks Tyana Gottsleben and BrettCarley have served as “LegislativePages.” Both, Tyanna and Brettare from Philip. I love the oppor-tunity to visit with the young citi-zens of South Dakota and answerany questions they have regardingthe political process. When I’m intheir presence, I remember why Ido what I do… As always you can contact meat the House Chamber number773-3851. Leave a phone numberand I’ll call you back. The faxnumber is 773-6806. If you send afax, address it to Rep. ElizabethMay. You can also email me atrep.may@state.sd.us during ses-sion. You can keep track of billsand committee meetings at thislink: http://legis.state.sd.us/ Youcan also use this link to find thelegislators, see what committeesthey are on, read all the bills andtrack the status of each bill, listento committee hearings, and con-tact the legislators.

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Lady Kougars finish season

Sports Thursday, February 26, 2015 - Kadoka Press - 4

Kougars have tough weekThis was our second and final

meeting against the Rapid CityChristian Comets, on Monday,January 16. We came out strong inthe first quarter and handled theComets 1-3-1 defense that hadgiven us trouble the first time. Inthe second and third quarters theComets were just too strong andpulled to be a big lead. Christian,plain and simple, is one of the bestteam around and we weren’t ableto match their size and quickness.However, the boys finished with asolid fourth quarter. It was greatto see they guys keep playing hardright up to the final buzzer.

Jarrett VanderMay lead theteam with 15 points, Wyatt Endershad 7, AJ Bendt added 6, PatrickBrown with 5, Zach Stone put in 4,and Reese Sudbeck, Aaron Janis,and Storm Wilcox each had 2.

Kadoka 10 12 22 43RC Christian 21 40 67 77

On Friday, February 20 theKougars traveled to the Presho totake on the Lyman Raiders. It wasa battle the whole game. Westarted out a little slow but caughtour rhythm in the second quarterto take a quick lead. The Raidersresponded back to go up by 5 athalf time. When we came out ofhalf time we didn’t take care of theball and Lyman was able to capi-talize for easy baskets. We dugourselves into a 17 point deficit.The boys didn’t give up as PatrickBrown hit three 3’s in a row downthe stretch. We narrowed the leadto 6 but couldn’t get any closer andgame ended with Lyman holdingon for an eight point win. I don’tknow how we kept getting backinto the game, as we were out re-bounded and had 28 turnovers.The guys were very resilient andjust wouldn’t quit. It’s great to seethat kind of fight in the Kougars.

Jarrett VanderMay put in 16points, AJ Bendt added 13, ZachStone 11, Patrick Brown 9, WyattEnders 4, and Aaron Janis 3points.Kadoka 7 29 45 65Lyman 13 34 57 73

The Kougars will travel toPhilip on Friday, February 27.

Kadoka will be hosting boys’district play that will be held onMarch 2, 5 and 6.

Come support your home town

Kougars!Coach Mark Reiman

First off the girls’ basketballprogram players and coacheswould like to say a great thankyou to the community for all of thepositive support during the sea-son. The ladies worked hard overthe last three and a half monthsmake big improvements in theirbasketball skills, fitness, and abil-ity to be an encouraging team.Members of the program look for-ward to keep the positive progres-sion moving forward into the offseason and into next season.

On the 13th of February theKougars traveled to Colome (homeof Coach Beck where her poster isstill found on the gym wall). The“C” team got things started rightaway for Kadoka with a convinc-ing 30-2 win. The girls displayedexcellent teamwork and tough de-fense, with nice balanced scoringof Lindsey VanderMay with 8points, Kaylee Eisenbraun with 7,and Katy O’Daniel and AlyssaCivitek with 6 apiece.

The junior varsity kept the awe-some play going with one of themost exciting games of the seasonwinning a nail biter 26-24. Ve-nessa Buxcel led the Kougars with8 points and a break away steal,score, and 1 to seal the victory.Tigh Livermont also had two greatput backs early on and vital freethrows down the stretch to finishwith 6 points. The varsity gamesaw Kadoka fall to the Cowgirls25-63. Emma Stone scored 6points and pulled down 8 reboundsand Destiny Dale scored 6 pointsand 6 boards.

Tuesday the 17th the Kougswere on another long road trip toDupree. The “C” team again bat-tled against a tall Dupree teamlosing in the end 29-33. KayleeEisenbraun controlled the glass onboth ends and finished with agame high 14 points and Savan-nah Solon chipped in 9. The JVbuilt to a two game winning streakdefeating Dupree 33-14. The

Kougs had a nice balanced attackwith Venessa Buxcel scoring 9points, Tyra Fugate 8 points, andKelsey Lensegrav with 7 points.

The varsity struggled offen-sively losing 11-41. Kelsey Lenseg-rav had 5 points in the game andScout Sudbeck dished 3 assistsand had 2 steals.

Thursday the 19th wasparent/senior recognition night asthe Kougars hosted BennetCounty. Destiny Dale, the lonesenior standout, was recognizedand had great advice and reflec-tion: ‘I have been in basketball for9 years. What I have learned? Inbasketball, it's not just a team, it'sa group of girls growing togetheras a family. There are caddy fightshere and there, just like families.There's always room for improve-ment. Basketball builds characteron and off the court. It's not thenumber of wins of losses you have,it's how the team sticks togetherthroughout the fight. I have had adifferent coach every year while inhigh school, so I have learned howto play different styles of basket-ball. Advice for future ball players:It goes by fast. You don't get a sec-ond chance for high school basket-ball so give it your all. It endsfaster than you think. Practicehard, play hard, have fun. Don't

focus on your win/loss record,focus on trusting your teammates.’

The “C” team got it rolling earlyand cruised to a 32-13 victory.Alyssa Civitek had 9 points andsister Asiah Pierce scored 8. TheJV completed an and of the seasonturkey winning their last threegames, this one in overtime, 28-26.Miranda Dale scored 9 points andTyra Fugate put in 2 buckets and4 free throws for 8 points.

The varsity team lost 16-65.Scout Sudbeck led the Kougarswith 8 points, while Emma Stonecontrolled 7 rebounds and DestinyDale had 4 steals.

Finally the varsity traveled toLyman for districts on Monday the24th to square off against StanleyCounty. The lady Kougs ended ona positive note, playing relentlessdefense throughout the contest,but falling 22-51. Emma Stonescored 9 points and Scout Sudbeckripped down 9 boards.

Again the girls’ program wouldlike to thank all for the continuedsupport throughout the season.We look forward to continuing thejourney to improve and work to-gether to have a positive program.Go Kougs, Team Together.

Coach Dylan Moro

Sarah DeVriesDestiny Dale #14 looks to pass the ball against the Bennett County defense.

Robyn JonesStorm Wilcox gets the basket on steal against RC Christian.

Wyatt Enders #4 drives in against the defense.

Jarrett VanderMay #31 gets the shot.

Anna Stone #25 takes the ball to the basket.

Let us quote your printing

Call 859-2516 in Philip or

837-2259 in Kadoka

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Robyn JonesCaden Stoddard works hard and tries to get the pin.

Gus Stout grips tight and gets the pin.

Teagan Gropper works hard in the first round and gets a pin.

Carter Kendrick uses his streghth to get the pin as the ref, Jory Rodgers,counts the seconds off.

Lincoln Koehn (R) works to get in position for the take down during hissecond match.

Spearfish - Feb. 74th: Zachary Lechette

Rocky Mountain Nationals- Gillette, WY - Feb. 7

6th: Lincoln KoehnBennett Co. - Feb. 8

1st: Carter Kendrick, LincolnKoehn; 2nd: Teagan Gropper,Tance VanderMay; 3rd: Tel Grop-per, Jerrett Hutchinson, LandynKoehn; 4th: Cyril Eisenbraun

Rapid City Cobblers - Feb. 81st: Bella Williams; 2nd: JyntreColler, Tyus Williams, JadynColler; 3rd: Zachary Lechette, GusStout

Wall - Feb. 151st: Tance VanderMay; 2nd: Lan-dyn Koehn, Bella Williams, GusStout, Dalton Porch; 3rd: PeytonPorch, Lincoln Koehn, Mason Stil-well, Caden Stoddard; 4th: Madi-son Stilwell, Zachary Lechette,Jyntre Coller, Jonathon MacFeat,Tyus Williams

Philip - Feb. 161st: Bella Williams, LincolnKoehn, Dalton Porch, JyntreColler; 2nd: Carter Kendrick,Jadyn Coller; 3rd: Madison Stil-well, Tance VanderMay; 4th: Pey-ton Porch, Zachary Lechette, GusStout, Jonathon MacFeat, MasonStilwell, Tyus Williams; 5th: CyrilEisenbraun

Kadoka - Feb. 221st: Olivia Lyon, Bella Williams,Peyton Porch, Tel Gropper, GusStout, Jonathon MacFeat, JyntreColler, Dalton Porch, Jadyn Coller;2nd: Landyn Koehn, MakaylanBonenberger, Carter Kendrick,Lincoln Koehn; 3rd: Madison Stil-well, Teagan Gropper, Mason Stil-well, Caden Stoddard, TyusWilliams; 4th: Ella Lamont, JaceGrimes, Zachary Lechette, TanceVanderMay, Cyril Eisenbraun;5th: Ryan Shuck

AAU wrestlers hit the mat at recent tournaments

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Congratulations Geoffrey DeVries!Good Luck at State!

State Wrestling Class “B”February 27 & 28at Rapid City

Proud Sponsors of the Kougars!

Six wrestlers from the PhilipArea team are headed to the StateB Wrestling Tournament followingRegion 4B action in Ft. Pierre atthe Stanley County High Schoollast Saturday, Feb. 21. Advancing to state are CashWilson, Hunter Peterson, RanceJohnson, Nick Donnelly, KaylorPinney and Geoffrey DeVries. Thetop four place winners from the re-gion tournament advance to stateaction. As a team Philip Area placedfifth in the region out of 17 teams. Team scores were StanleyCounty – 162, Potter County –161, Bennett County – 149, HotSprings – 126, Philip Area – 114,Mobridge-Pollock – 112.5, Lem-mon /McIntosh – 93, Custer – 49,Sully Buttes – 41.5, St. ThomasMore – 34.5, Newell – 31.5,Lyman – 31, Harding County – 26,Lead-Deadwood – 22, Hill City –18, Red Cloud – 16, and McLaugh-lin – 3.

106 lbs: Cash Wilson 2ndrecord 32-15

•Bye•Pin Caden Lenz (MP) 0:51•Sudden Vic.-1 J.D. Carter (SC) 6-4•Pin by Carl Cronin (PC) 1:34

113 lbs: Hunter Peterson 2ndrecord 33-6

•Bye•Pin Alex Phelps (HS) 0:36•Major dec. Alex Kruske (LD) 13-4•Tech fall by Luke Heninger (SC) 1-16

126 lbs: Keagan Fitch record 25-21

•Bye•Dec. Dylin Johnson (LD) 5-0•Inj. default to Joshua Simunek (HS)•Dec. by Issac Olson (MP) 7-11

132 lbs: Trey Elshere record 12-18

•Bye•Pin by Brice Harkless (HS) 3:14•Pin Zach Murray (LD) 2:51•Dec. Bleau Hoge (L/M) 10-5•Pin by Jaden Madison (MP) 2:50

138 lbs: Victor Dennisrecord 9-24

•Pin by Brady Hill (SB) 0:30•Bye•Pin by Blake Jensen (CUS) 3:35

145 lbs: Rance Johnson 1strecord 36-5

•Pin Nathan Bauer (MP) 4:10•Tech fall Chris Thomas (LD) 16-0•Pin Lane Schuelke (NEW) 4:35•Dec. Casey Heninger (SC) 7-4

152 lbs: Nick Donnelly 2ndrecord 23-8

•Bye

•Pin Corten Dobesh (STM) 0:41•Dec. Daniel Slama (SC) 2-0•Pin by Jacob DeSersa (HS) 5:40

160 lbs: Kaylor Pinney 3rdrecord 30-10

•Pin Dylan Tobacco (RC) 1:35•Pin Duell Tomac (L/M) 1:43•Tie break.-1 Cooper Carter (SC) 2-3•Tech. fall Cameron McManigal (LYM) 22-6•Dec. Trey Nachtigall (HS) 9-3

170 lbs: Seth Pattersonrecord 4-16

•Pin by Chandler Bakley (BC) 0:45•Bye•Major dec. by Jeff Pourier (RC) 8-16

220 lbs: Jory Rodgers record 11-19

•Bye•Pin by Chase Schoenhard (MP) 1:20•Bye•Dec. Ahmet Basaran (PC) 5-4•Pin by James Nelson (BC) 1:30

285 lbs: Geoffrey DeVries 4threcord 12-22

•Pin by Trevor Gress (HC) 2:28•Dec. Sosa Arneson (HS) 3-0•Dec. Kaan Emir (MP) 1-0•Pin by Gress 1:20

The State B Wrestling Tourna-ment is in Rapid City at the civiccenter Friday and Saturday, Feb.27 & 28. Start time is 10:00 a.m.both days. Wilson, an eighthgrader, will go head to head witheighth grader Trey Fortin (28-12)from Warner/ Northwestern. Thisis Wilson’s first trip to the statetournament. Peterson, an eighthgrader, in his second trip to statewill take on Ben Soukup (31-16),a sophomore from Wagner. JuniorRance Johnson is a two time placewinner at state. He and seniorSully Musat (16-14), Redfield/Doland will square off in the firstmatch. Donnelly, a two time stateplace winner and a sophomore,will take on Adonis Ruml (16-12),a senior from Howard. Pinney, afreshman, squares off againstTyler Scott (23-12), a senior fromGroton. This is Pinney’s secondtrip to state. DeVries, a sopho-more, in his first time at state willmatch up against Webster’s jun-ior, Eric Page (23-15).

Head coach Matt Donnellylooks forward to the state tourna-ment and is hoping for a success-ful tournament for his wrestlers.He knows the competition will betough, but knows Philip Areawrestlers can take on the best,and win.

Grapplers send six to state

Kougars

Good Luck Kougars!Class B • District 13

March 2, 5, and 6Games to be held at Kadoka

Back Row (L-R): Coach Mark Reiman, Bobby Anderson, Dustin Enders, Storm Wilcox, Jarrett VanderMay, AJ Bendt, Zach Stone, and Assistant Coach Karl Ireland.

Front Row (L-R): Jeremy Ring, Colby Enders, Reese Sudbeck, Abe Herber, Patrick Brown, Wyatt Enders, Steven Kiewel, Denny Standing Soldier, and Peyton Loibl.

Not pictured: Aaron Janis and Assistant Coach Chris Byrd.

People’s MarketRich & Shawna Bendt: 837-2232

America’s Best Value Inn

Grant Patterson: 837-2188

Discount Fuel &Kadoka Oil

Mark & Tammy Carlson: 837-2271

Peters ExcavationBrent Peters: 837-2945

Kadoka Gas & GoGrant Patterson: 837-2350

Club 27Lonny & Carrie Johnston: 837-2241

Aw! ShucksColby & Teresa Shuck: 837-2222

Fromm’s Hardware& Plumbing

Brian & Jessi Fromm: 837-2274

Headlee Vet ClinicBill & Norma Headlee, DVM

Kadoka: 837-2431 Philip: 859-2610

Oien Implement837-2214

Jigger’s Restaurant& Dakota Inn Motel

Jerry & JoAnne Stilwell: 837-2000

BankWest InsuranceLori Waldron: 837-2277

Double H Feed& Supply

Ted & Arlene Hicks: 837-2976

Farmer’s Union Ins.Donna Enders: 837-2144

Hildebrand Steel& Concrete

Rich, Colleen & Haven Hildebrand

Off: 837-2621 • Rich/Cell: 431-2226

Haven/Cell: 490-2926

Miller’s Garbage &Laundromat

Larry & Jan Miller: 837-2698

Badlands Beauty SalonJan Miller: 390-4591

Kadoka ClinicPhone: 837-2257

West Central Electric1-800-242-9232

West River ExcavationCraig & Diana Coller: 837-2690

Sauntee & Heidi Coller

Stadium SportsMission, SD • 888-502-3066

Groven’s ChemicalRick Groven: 837-2550

Rush Funeral HomePhilip • Wall • Kadoka

Jack & DJ Rush: 859-2400

State Farm InsuranceJan Hewitt: 859-2559

Ernie’s Building CenterMidland: 843-2871

Kadoka PressRobyn & Sarah: 837-2259

Badlands PetrifiedGardens

Bill Fugate: 837-2448

BankWestGene Christensen: 837-2281

J&S RestoreJohn & Sue Kaiser: 837-2376

Sunset Grill & SubwayGrant Patterson: 837-2400

Lazy B Plumbing & Heating

Brad Bush: 344-2022

H&H Restaurant& Rodeway Inn

Ken & Cindy Wilmarth: 837-228

District 13 Teams

Kadoka Area • Lyman •Jones County

White River • Stanley County • Crazy Horse

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Church Thursday, February 26, 2015 - Kadoka Press - 7

Upcoming Area Events

Friday, February 27: •3rd & 4th Grade and Junior High Boys’ Basketball with Philip at12:30 p.m. •Boys’ Basketball at Philip at 6:00 p.m. •State Wrestling at Rapid City.

Saturday, February 28: •State Wrestling at Rapid City.

Monday, March 2: •Boys’ Basketball Districts at Kadoka.

Wednesday, March 4: •Interior Reading Night from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 5: •Boys’ Basketball Districts at Kadoka.

Friday, March 6: •Boys’ Basketball Districts at Kadoka. •3rd & 4th Grade Boys’ Basketball Tourney at Wall.

Saturday, March 7: •3rd & 4th Grade Boys’ Basketball Tourney at Jones County.

To list an event on the Events Calendar please call 837-2259, oremail press@ kadokatelco.com or editor@kadokatelco.com.

PEOPLE’S

MARKET

WIC, Food

Stamps & EBT

Phone: 837-2232Monday thru Saturday

8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

CONCORDIA LUTHERANKadoka • 837-2390

Sunday Services: 10:00 a.m.

OUR SAVIORS LUTHERAN Long Valley • Pastor Lauren Ley

Sunday Services: 5:00 p.m.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHKadoka • Pastor Gary McCubbin • 837-2233

Worship Services: 11:00 a.m. • Sunday School: Sr. Adults - 9:45 a.m.Sunday School: All Ages - 9:45 a.m., • Sept. - May

Release Time: 2:15 p.m. Wed. • Sept. - May

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHInterior • 859-2310

Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.

BELVIDERE COMMUNITY CHURCHPastor Gary McCubbin • 344-2233

Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. • Coffee & Donuts: 10:30 a.m.Sunday School: 10:45 a.m. Sept. - May

OUR LADY OF VICTORY CATHOLIC CHURCHFather Matt Fallgren • Kadoka • 837-2219

Mass: Sunday - 11:00 a.m. • Confession After Mass

INTERIOR COMMUNITY CHURCHSunday School: 9:30 a.m. • Church: 10:30 a.m.

EAGLE NEST LIFE CENTERGus Craven • Wanblee • 462-6002

Sunday Church: 11:00 a.m.

ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH-LCMS Midland • Rev. Glenn Denke • 462-6169

Sunday Worship--10:00 a.m. MT/11:00 a.m. CT

Church Calendar

Dorothy Wheeler, 88, of Martin,SD, passed away at Hospice of theHills in Rapid City, SD, on Tues-day February 17, 2105. Her deathfollowed a lengthy illness.

Dorothy was born December 19,1926, near Griswold, Iowa, at thefarm home of her parents; the eld-est of six children of Frank andVera (England) Ray. She attendedelementary school at a countryschool near their home and grad-uated from high school in Gris-wold. She told about hard timesduring the war and how they hadto make do. She was a learnedseamstress and made herself acouple of suits out of cast off men’ssuits. She admits that she neverknew how her folks got the moneyto send her to business school inOmaha, NE. There she excelled intyping, shorthand, and bookkeep-ing. She returned to Griswold andlanded a job at a law firm there.

It was at the boarding housewhere she stayed that she met ahandsome young man that hadcome there after being dischargedfrom the U.S. Navy. BurnellWheeler was working in heavyequipment construction for hiscousin. He had been stationed inthe southern Pacific during com-bat. They were married in Coun-cil Bluff, IA, onSeptember 22,1947.

Shortly after, they decided to gowest. Burnell had roots in SouthDakota and the only living mem-ber of his immediate family livedin the Harrington community. Hisbrother, Leonard with his wifeEva and sons Harold and Donaldranched there and Eva was theHarrington school teacher. Theymoved to Vetal in May 1948,where Burnell was engaged in theroad construction on U.S. High-

way 18. Dorothy substituted atthe school for Eva for a few weeks,thus getting acquainted with thefirst folks she met inSouth Dakotaincluding the O’Neills, Byrds,Byrnes and Johnsons. Using hisown trucks, Burnell worked onvarious road construction jobsnear Gettysburg, Midland, and-Mission. Dorothy said that therewere times she got real homesickbut the people in these areas weresome of the nicest she had evermet. She had to toughen up andeventually came to appreciate this“forsaken” country.

They moved to Martin in thespring of 1949 where Burnell op-erated a small service station,hauled freight and delivered mail.He later purchased a semi truckand trailer to start his truckingbusiness that continued for thenext forty plus years. Dorothy didall the bookkeeping for their ownbusiness and also some years forMartin Lumber and Coal.

In her younger years, whileraising a family, Dorothy enjoyedbelonging to a bowling league andcanasta club. She was a Cub

Scout and 4-H leader for severalyears. Dorothy was a member ofthe Presbyterian Church, theAmerican Legion Auxiliary andRebecca Lodge. In later years shekept books for the Martin Laun-dromat and Bingo’s Drive-In. Shewas nearly 80 and still doing agood job when her family had toconvince her it was time to retire!

To all who knew her, Dorothywas a quiet, little lady with a car-ing heart, gentle soul and afriendly smile. Up to the end shewas still able to flash that smileand say something that provedshe had not lost her sense ofhumor (when we least expectedit). Son, Ron was her most dedi-cated caregiver possible 24/7.

Survivors include three sons,Richard (Sherry) Wheeler andRonald Wheeler of Martin andLarry (Diane) Wheeler of Tampa,FL; two daughters; Rose (Carl)Bauman of rural Kadoka andTerri Wheeler of Anaheim, CA,five grandchildren; Pam Brown,Jody (Brad) Stout, Joy (Phillip)Hetle, Casey (Sarah) Bauman,and Zachary Wheeler and tengreat-grandchildren; three sisters,Cleo Steffen of Griswold, IA, Joan(Vernon) Lafrenz of Atlantic, IA,and Sharon (Ray) Curran ofPrescott, AZ.

Dorothy was preceded in deathby her husband Burnell, her par-ents and two brothers.

Funeral services were held Fri-day February 20, 2015, 10:30 am,at Lindsey Memorial PresbyterianChurch in Martin, South Dakota.Burial was in Martin Communi-tyCemetery. A memorial has beenestablished and donations may besent in care of Bennett County Fu-neral Service, PO Box 65, Martin,SD 57551.

Dorothy Wheeler

Loren (Pete)Brugman passedaway February23, 2015, in theSwedish Ed-monds Hospitalin Seattle, Wash-ington.

Loren wasborn in Kadokaon April 13,1926, toClarence andGeneva Brug-man. He at-tended gradeschool in Kadokaand countryschool, gradu-ated from Kadoka High School in 1944. He andYvonne Novak were married in May 1944, thenLoren joined the Navy and served in the Seabeesduring World War II in the Pacific Ocean.

Upon discharge Pete joined his wife in Seattleand began working with sheet metal, installingheating and air conditioning units all over Seat-tle until his retirement.

Pete was preceded in death by his only child,Pamela Jean in 1955, his wife Yvonne on Janu-ary 15, 2015, his parents Clarence and GenevaBrugman, and his brothers Kenton and Reese.

He leaves to mourn his passing brothers Allenand Bruce, sister Ardis (Bob) McCormick, and ahost of nieces, nephews and friends.

Funeral arrangements had been made previ-ously to rest beside his wife Yvonne by the FloralHills Funeral Home of Lynnwood, Washington.

Katherine CarolynYvonne (Novak) Brugmanpassed away on January15, 2015, in Seattle,Washington, from kidneycancer.

Most people knewher as Yvonne. She wasborn April 8, 1926, toJames and Sophia(Thompson) Novak. Sheattended school inWashabaugh County anduntil high school. Shegraduated in 1943 fromKadoka High School.

Yvonne andLoren (Pete) Brugmanwere married in May

1944 at the Presbyterian Church Manse in Kadoka.Pete entered the U.S. Navy and served with the

Seabees in the Pacific Ocean. Yvonne stayed withher in-laws Clarence and Geneva Brugman andworked in the ASC office in Kadoka. Later Yvonneand a friend LaVonne Mattson moved to Seattle andYvonne worked for Washington Mutual SavingsBank until her retirement.

A baby girl, Pamela Jean, was born in 1955 butpassed away at six months from a heart defect.

Preceding Yvonne’s death were her mother,Sophia, father James, and brothers Delman, Ivol,and Neal.

Besides her husband and his family, she leaves tomourn a sister-in-law Mary Lou and several nieces,nephews, cousins, and friends.

Previous to Yvonne’s death arrangements weremade for private burial by Floral Hills FuneralHome in Lynnwood, Washington.

Loren (Pete) Brugman Yvonne (Novak) Brugman

Peggy Jo Stone, age 62, Yank-ton, S.D., died Thursday, Febru-ary 19, 2015, at Avera McKennanHospital in Sioux Falls.

Peggy Jo Weber was deliveredinto her family by a midwife inEcho, Minn., on May 25, 1952, andbaptized in the Catholic church inVesta soon after. Born to Gregorand Dorothy (Erickson) Weber,she was third in a family thatwould grow to nine children.

The family lived in Echo untilPeggy was nine, it was then thatthey moved to Philip, where herfather took a job at the First Na-tional Bank.

At the age of 11, Peggy firstfaced her life long nemesis, Juve-nile Diabetes. Although life be-came difficult, her spirit wasstrong and she enjoyed growingup in Philip and spending timewith family and friends. It wasalso during this time that she hadher first job, cleaning the bankafter it closed in the afternoons.

She became a beautiful youngwoman, attending school and par-ticipating in activities with herfriends, graduating from PhilipHigh School in 1970.

Peggy had three passions in life;her marriage, her nursing career,and above all else, being a mother.

After graduating high school,Peggy spent that summer workingwith her high school friends inWall, where thanks to white jeansand a black light, Guy Stone metPeggy at a dance at the legionhall. Her kind and gentle spirit,subtle humor and beauty over-whelmed him and on June 20,1972, they married in Philip.Until her death, they faced all oflife's joys and challenges together.

After time at St. Johns School ofNursing in Rapid City, and TheUniversity of Wyoming inLaramie, Peg graduated from TheUniversity of South Dakota, Ver-million, with a nursing degree in1975. She spent the next 25 yearsat Sacred Heart Hospital in Yank-ton in the Neonatal IntensiveCare Unit (NICU) and well babynursery. While working in theNICU, she dedicated herself to the

care of babies, and was oftensought out to put IVs in tiny pre-emies, or detect heart murmursthat others could not hear. Shelater worked for Dr. Stan Seibel,an orthopedic surgeon and, mostrecently, for Avera Home MedicalProducts. She helped many peoplein all her works as a registerednurse, but was especially fulfilledby her work with the babies andteam in the NICU.

Peggy's daughter, Anna Rose,arrived on the morning of Febru-ary 15, 1988, in the hospital inYankton, and she was the answerto years of prayer. As Anna grewup, Peggy enjoyed helping withher dance recitals, going to horseshows, planning birthday slumberparties and being able to help withactivities in school. Peggy alwaysmade sure every last detail wasperfect, whether it was makingsure a horse got one last brush be-fore going in the show ring, or dur-ing elementary school alwaysgoing in on picture day, where shenot only made sure Anna's hairwas brushed, but that every childin her class got their hair brushedright before getting their picturetaken. Peggy's crowning achieve-ment was motherhood and, asAnna grew, her joy showed to allwho knew her. She could not bemore proud of Anna Rose.

Peggy left this world on Febru-ary 19th, 2015, at Avera McKen-nan Hospital in Sioux Fallsfollowing a sudden diabetes re-lated brain injury. She was 62.

Peggy Jo loved her family andfriends. In addition to her hus-band, Guy, Yankton, and herdaughter, Anna Rose Stone andspecial friend, Tyler Anderson,Hitchcock, she is survived by hermother, Dorothy Weber, Philip,and siblings, Tim (Betty) Weber,Douglas, Wyo., Julie (Patrick)Seager, Philip, Kay Reckling,Kadoka, Craig Weber, Philip,Suzan Berry, Philip, Anita Weber,Scottsdale, Ariz., Jack Weber,Gillette, Wyo., and Jeff (Randi)Weber, Gillette, Wyo.; her ex-tended in-law family, mother andfather-in-law, William R. Stoneand Sylvia Davis Stone, RapidCity; sisters in-law, Susan (Paul)Robinson, Chamberlain, LouiseStone, Lincoln, Neb.; brothers-in-law, John (Linda) Stone, RapidCity, and Dave (Virginia) Stone,Spearfish; along with 23 niecesand nephews, and 30 grandniecesand nephews; and many friends,especially Mary Grandi and her“soul sister,” Jeanie Stibral.

She was preceded in death byher father, Gregor A. Weber;nephews, James D. Weber andJoseph A. Parisi; and brother-in-law, William R. Stone, Jr.

There will be visitation from12:00 to 1:00 p.m. MT, followed bya funeral Mass at 1:00 p.m. at theSacred Heart Catholic Church inPhilip on Saturday, February 28.

A memorial service will be heldat 7:00 p.m. CT on Thursday,March 5, at St Benedict's CatholicChurch, Yankton, with visitationfrom 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Interment will be at the RoseCemetery on the Cheyenne RiverBluffs near Pedro at a later date.

All memorial gifts will be do-nated to The Juvenile DiabetesFoundation.

Arrangements are with theRush Funeral Home of Philip.

Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Peggy Jo Weber Stone

Earl Allen Eliason, age 79, Cot-tonwood, S.D., died Thursday,February 19, 2015, at Golden Liv-ing Meadowbrook Nursing Homein Rapid City.

Earl Allen Eliason was bornJuly 10, 1935, to Volla (Sandusky)and Carl Eliason. He lived on thefamily ranch while attendinggrade school in Cottonwood andhigh school in Quinn.

Earl served in the United StatesArmy from 1957 to 1959.

He married Mary Flanagan in1963. He married Mary SchullPercy in 1983.

Earl attended barber school in1963-64. He began cutting hair ina shop in Philip, eventually takingover ownership. He operatedEarl’s Barber Shop for over 40years. He continued to live on theranch until he moved to a nursinghome in Rapid City in 2007.

Survivors include sons, WilliamEliason of Gillette, Wyo., andPeter Eliason and his wife, Jenny,

Sierra Vista, Ariz.; daughters,Mary and her husband, CliffordPoss, Philip, and Alice and herhusband, Rob Almendinger,Brainerd, Minn.; his grandchil-dren, Hailey Eliason, Seamus

Eliason, Ethan Eliason, GraceEliason, Carl Poss, Jane Poss andLucas Almendinger and his wife,Kirsten; one great-granddaughter,Ariana Almendinger; one sister,Helen Scott of Lynnwood, Wash.;nephews, John Scott, Terry Scottand David Scott; and niece, MaryRobbins.

Earl was preceded in death byhis parents, Carl and Volla Elia-son.

Services were held Monday,February 23, at the UnitedChurch in Philip.

Music was provided by SallyJankord, pianist. Ushers wereDanny Oldenberg and TerryBuchert. Pallbearers were FrankVirchow, Glen Bennett, Bill San-dal, Mickey Daly, Gary Williamsand Vern Omdahl.

Burial followed at the Cotton-wood Cemetery.

His online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Earl A. Eliason

Robyn JonesFriends and family release balloons into the sky in remembrance ofJaedyn Marie Olney on Wednesday, February 18.

Monday, March 2: Potato soup and meat salad sandwich. Tuesday, March 3: Baked chicken and baked potato. Wednesday, March 4: Beef noodle stroganoff. Thursday, March 5: Hamburger patty and potato salad. Friday, March 6: Salmon loaf and macaroni salad.

Questions or for more information about the meals program please call837-2413.

Meals for the Elderly

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NOTICE OFANNUAL MEETING

The Tri-County Predator District’s annualmeeting will be held March 2, 2015, at7:00 p.m. at The Steakhouse in Philip.

[Published February 12, 19 & 26, 2015,at the total approximate cost of $11.72]

NOTICE TO BIDDERSGRAVEL HAULING

Notice is hereby given that the JacksonCounty Commissioners are acceptingsealed bids on patch graveling (flashdumping) on Jackson County roads onan on call, as needed basis.

Jackson County will supply the gravel forprojects designated by the Board ofCommissioners. Jackson County willmark areas of each road on which gravelis to be placed. Bids to be submitted byton mile or an itemized bid explaininghow the bidder will bill the county.

Work to begin when notice given by theCounty Highway Superintendent.

The successful bidder will be required toprovide a certificate of insurance in theamount of $1,000,000 to JacksonCounty, SD.

All bids must be submitted in a sealedenvelope plainly marked as to what thebid is on:

Gravel Haul – On Call

All bids must be filed in the JacksonCounty Auditor’s Office, 700 Main Street,Kadoka, SD or mailed to JacksonCounty, P O Box 280, Kadoka, SD57543. Bids must be received no laterthan 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 9, 2015.Bids will be opened at 1:05 p.m. Mon-day, March 9, 2015.

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners reserve the right to accept or re-ject any or all bids, and to accept the bidsthat are in the best interest of JacksonCounty.

Vicki D. WilsonJackson County Auditor

[Published February 26 & March 5, 2015,at the total approximate cost of $13.32]

NOTICE TO BIDDERSGRAVEL HAULING

Notice is hereby given that the JacksonCounty Commissioners are acceptingsealed bids on patch graveling (flashdumping) on Jackson County roads.

Jackson County will supply the gravel forthe project. Jackson County will markareas of each road on which gravel is tobe placed. Bids to be submitted by tonmile per project, an itemized bid explain-ing how the bidder will bill the county, ora lump sum total per project.

#1 Hamar Road ( CS 62 ) from Hwy 73east and south six miles. #2 Eagle Nest Road ( CS 54 ) from

Hwy 73 west and south seven miles and end on (CS 54 A) near theGordon Good residence.

# 3 North five miles of South CreekRoad ( CH 4 ) from southwest corner ofSection 27,

T 1 S, R 23 E north to the HaakonCounty line.# 4 North three miles of the BelvidereRoad ( CH 3 ) from southwest corner ofSection

17, T 1 S, R 24 E north to the HaakonCounty line.

Bids must include time frame as to whenwork would begin, and estimated timethe project would be completed. Workto begin when notice given by the CountyHighway Superintendent.

Project specifications may be obtained atthe Jackson County Auditor’s Office.605 – 837 – 2422

All bids exceeding $25,000 shall be ac-companied by a bid bond in the form of acertified check, cashier’s check or bankdraft in an amount equal to five percent(5%) of the bid, and issued by either astate or national bank and made payableto Jackson County. In lieu of a bid checkthe bidder may submit a surety bond forten percent (10%) of the amount bid.The surety is to be payable to JacksonCounty as a guarantee that such bidderwill enter into a contract with JacksonCounty.

The successful bidder on contracts ex-ceeding $25,000 will be required to pro-vide a performance bond to JacksonCounty in an amount equal to the con-tract price, guaranteeing the faithful per-formance and the payment for labor andmaterials by the successful bidder.

The successful bidder will be required toprovide a certificate of insurance in theamount of $1,000,000 to JacksonCounty, SD.

All bids must be submitted in a sealedenvelope plainly marked as to what the

bid is on: Gravel Haul – Bid # 1, Gravel Haul - Bid# 2, Gravel Haul - Bid # 3, or Gravel Haul- Bid # 4.

All bids must be filed in the JacksonCounty Auditor’s Office, 700 Main Street,Kadoka, SD or mailed to JacksonCounty, P O Box 280, Kadoka, SD57543. Bids must be received no laterthan 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 9, 2015.Bids will be opened at 1:05 p.m. Mon-day, March 9, 2015.

The Board of Jackson County Com-missioners reserve the right to accept orreject any or all bids, and to accept thebids that are in the best interest of Jack-son County.

Vicki D. WilsonJackson County Auditor

[Published February 26, 2015, at the totalapproximate cost of $26.64]

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF KADOKA

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidsfor milling of 1,630 sq. yards of citystreets will be received by the City ofKadoka, South Dakota at the City Fi-nance Office until 4:00 p.m. (MDT) onMarch 9, 2015. The asphalt to be milledis approximately 2 to 4 inches thick.Milled material will be left in place. Enve-lope shall be marked “Chestnut MillingProject”. The bids shall be for two (2)items: mobilization (lump sum) andmilling (price per square yard). The Cityof Kadoka will assist with traffic control.Bids will be opened and read aloud at7:15 p.m. (MDT) at the Kadoka CityCouncil Meeting on Monday, March 9,2015, and award made as soon as pos-sible. The City reserves the right to ac-cept or reject any or all bids and to waiveany irregularities therein and reservesthe right to award the contract to the low-est responsible bidder as they so deter-mine.

There must be enclosed with each bid adraft, certified check or cashier’s checkcertified or issued by a state or nationalbank domiciled in South Dakota, payableto the order of the City of Kadoka in theamount of at least 5 percent or, in lieuthereof, a bid bond of at least 10 percentof the amount of the bid as a guaranteethat the bidder will enter into the pro-posed contract and furnish the requiredperformance bonds.

Each bid must be accompanied by a cer-tificate of insurance with minimum liabilitycoverage of One Million Dollars($1,000,000.00).

Pursuant to State Law, a copy of the bid-der’s sales and use tax license and acopy of the bidder’s excise tax license asissued by the State of South Dakotamust accompany the bid. In lieu of a copyof the license, the bidder shall submit ap-propriate evidence that the bidder and allaffiliates have the appropriate licenses.

The beginning and ending dates for thisproject will be negotiable, to correlatewith the beginning date for the project bythe hot mix asphalt company. However,the beginning and ending dates of theproject are June 1, 2015 (beginning) andAugust 14, 2015 (ending). The City ofKadoka will be responsible for traffic con-trol on this project.

Questions regarding this project and bidspecification should be directed to:Patrick Solon, City Street Superintendentat 605-837-2140.

[Published February 19 & 26, and March5, 2015, at the total approximate cost of$73.10]

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF KADOKA

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidsfor furnishing, laying and compacting ap-proximately 460 tons of “Hot Mix” asphaltconcrete, with an additional 140 tons tobe used for patching at various locations,will be received by the City of Kadoka,South Dakota at the City Finance Officeuntil 4:00 p.m. (MDT) on March 9, 2015.Envelope shall be marked “ChestnutStreet Improvement Project”. The bidsshall be for two (2) items: mobilization(lump sum) and “Hot Mix” Asphalt Con-crete (price per ton in place). Bids will beopened and read aloud at 7:15 p.m.(MDT) at the Kadoka City Council Meet-ing on Monday, March 9, 2015, andaward made as soon as possible. TheCity reserves the right to accept or rejectany or all bids and to waive any irregu-larities therein and reserves the right toaward the contract to the lowest respon-sible bidder as they so determine.

The “Hot Mix” shall be laid 4 inches thickin 2 inch compacted lifts, with emulsifiedasphalt tack applied under each lift. As-phalt concrete shall meet South Dakotaspecifications E1 P.G. 58-28. The ownerreserves the right to increase or de-crease the quantities bid by up to 25% forbudget purposes with no change in unitprices.

Payment for “Hot Mix” will be made to thenearest one tenth (0.1) ton on weigh tick-ets that accompany each delivered andplaced load on this project.

There must be enclosed with each bid adraft, certified check or cashier’s check

certified or issued by a state or nationalbank domiciled in South Dakota, payableto the order of the City of Kadoka in theamount of at least 5 percent or, in lieuthereof, a bid bond of at least 10 percentof the amount of the bid as a guaranteethat the bidder will enter into the pro-posed contract and furnish the requiredperformance bonds.

Each bid must be accompanied by a cer-tificate of insurance with minimum liabilitycoverage of One Million Dollars($1,000,000.00).

Pursuant to State Law, a copy of the bid-der’s sales and use tax license and acopy of the bidder’s excise tax license asissued by the State of South Dakotamust accompany the bid. In lieu of a copyof the license, the bidder shall submit ap-propriate evidence that the bidder and allaffiliates have the appropriate licenses.

The beginning date for this project will beJune 1, 2015 and all work on this projectmust be completed before August 14,2015. A penalty of $100.00 per day willbe assessed for each day past August14, 2015, that the project remains incom-plete. The City of Kadoka will be respon-sible for traffic control on this project.

Questions regarding this project and bidspecification should be directed to:Patrick Solon, City Street Superintendentat 605-837-2140.

[Published February 19 & 26, and March5, 2015, at the total approximate cost of$87.72]

NOTICE FOR HAIL DAMAGE REPAIR BIDS

Bids for repairing the building roofs andcooling units of the Kadoka Area SchoolDistrict will be accepted until 2:00 p.m.,Monday March 2nd, 2015. Bids will beopened at this time in the office of thebusiness manager.

Bids will be considered by the board ofeducation at their regular meeting to beheld Wednesday, March 11th, 2015 at 6pm at the Kadoka School. A detailed list-ing of all damages to be repaired is avail-able at the superintendants office. Amandatory site visit is required in orderfor a bid to be accepted.

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Roof H65 SQ Glass Mat gypsum ½ inch

primed65 SQ Rubber roofing -fully adheredsystem -45 mil Score existing EPDMper manufactures requirements for

recover.230 LF cap flashing R&R

Roof J56 SQ Glass Mat gypsum ½ inch

primed56 SQ Rubber roofing -fully adheredsystem -45 mil Score existing EPDMper manufactures requirements for

recover.195 LF cap flashing R&R

Upper Roof3,400 SF R &R aluminum coating

with fiber

Denote on outside of envelope:Rubber roof.

Roof A Repair loose and bridging flashing and one puncture hole.

Roof B Fix ongoing leaks.

Denote on outside of envelope:Roof leaks.

Cafeteria Comb straighten ac conditioner fins.

Elementary addition Replace 1 CentralAir condenser unit.

Denote on outside of envelope:Cooling units.

Each bid must be accompanied by a cer-tificate of insurance with minimum liabilitycoverage of one million dollars.

Pursuant to state law, a copy of the bid-der’s sales and use tax license and acopy of the bidder’s excise tax license asissued by the state of South Dakota mustaccompany the bid. In lieu of a copy ofthe license, the bidder shall submit ap-propriate evidence that the bidder and allaffiliates have the appropriate licenses.

The Board of Education of the KadokaArea School District reserves the right toaccept or reject any or all bids.

Questions regarding this project and re-pair specifications should be directed to:Jamie Hermann, Superintendent at 605-837-2175.

Kadoka Board of EducationJo Beth Uhlir,

Business Manager

[Published February 19 & 26, 2015, atthe total approximate cost of $80.57]

February 28, 2015 -Wieczorek Limousin BullSale - Corsica (SD) SaleBarn

March 3, 2015 - Deering'sCheyenne CharolaisRanch - Philip (SD)Livestock Auction

March 5, 2015 - FuossAngus Ranch - at theranch, Draper, SD

March 9, 2015 - SchauerAngus Ranch Bull Sale -Faith (SD) LivestockCommission Co.

March 10, 2015 - Trask andPeterson Angus Bull Sale- Philip (SD) LivestockAuction

March 12, 2015 - CodyGale Angus Ranch BullSale - Valentine (NE)Livestock Auction

March 14, 2015 - LensegravRanch Composite BullSale - Faith (SD)Livestock CommissionCo.

March 28, 2015 - Mt.Rushmore Angus RanchBull Sale - at the ranchSouth of Rapid City, SD

April 6, 2015 - Curt MillerAngus Bull Sale - Presho(SD) Livestock Auction

April 12, 2015 - LehrkampLivestock - At theRanch, Caputa, SD

April 13, 2015 - JamesAngus Ranch Bull Sale -Bloomington, NE

April 16, 2015 - RLVGelbvieh - Belle Fourche(SD) LivestockExchange

April 22, 2015 - SchaackRanch Angus Bull Sale,at the ranch, Wall, SD

April 23, 2015 - MangenAngus Ranch Bull Sale -Belle Fourche (SD)Livestock Auction

April 27, 2015 - Ma & PaAngus Ranch Bull Sale- Presho (SD) LivestockAuction

April 28, 2015 - Fortune'sRafter U Cross AngusRanch Bull Sale - Philip(SD) Livestock Auction

May 2, 2014 - WilkenAngus AnnualProduction Sale - FaithLivestock Commission

May 5, 2015 - Bull Day atPhilip (SD) LivestockAuction

Legal Deadline • Friday at Noon

Public Notices Thursday, February 26, 2015 - Kadoka Press - 9

IN CIRCUIT COURTSIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

COUNTY OF JACKSON

In the Matter of the Petition ofZachary Brian Lechette,(Birth Certificate Name), A Minor Child.

For a Change of Name toZachary Brian Varner(Proposed Name).

CIV: 15-5

NOTICE OF HEARING FOR NAME CHANGEOF A MINOR CHILD(UNCONTESTED)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Ver-ified Petition for Name Change of a MinorChild has been filed by Kimberly AnneLechette the object and prayer of whichis to change their minor child’s namefrom Zachary Brian Lechette to ZacharyBrian Varner. On the 1st day of April,2015, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. said Ver-ified Petition will be heard by this Courtbefore the Honorable Patricia DeVaneyPresiding, at the Court Room in the Jack-son County Courthouse, City of Kadoka,Jackson County, South Dakota, or assoon thereafter as is convenient for thecourt. Any interested party may comeand appear at that time and place andshow reasons, if any, why said nameshould not be changed as requested.

Dated this 6th day of February, 2015.

/s/ Carol SchofieldClerk of Court

[Published February 12, 19, 26, andMarch 5, 2015]

))SS)

NOTICE OFANNUAL MEETING

The Tri-County Predator District’s annualmeeting will be held March 2, 2015, at7:00 p.m. at The Steakhouse in Philip.

[Published February 12, 19 & 26, 2015,at the total approximate cost of $11.72]

FINANCIAL REPORTKADOKA AREA

SCHOOL DISTRICT FORTHE PERIODBEGINNING

JANUARY 1, 2015ENDING

JANUARY 31, 2015

GENERAL FUND: Checking accountbalance, beginning: 4,520.23; Transferinto account: (from MMDA account)275,242.43; Receipts: Jackson Co.Treasurer, taxes 7,790.19; Haakon Co.Treasurer, taxes 1,893.34; County appor-tionment 2,685.47; BankWest, interest140.24; First National Midland, int. 89.97;State of SD, state aid 108445; Sparcity53144; Medicade 767.54; US Dept of Ed-ucation,Indian Ed 2,347.08; FFV 793.28;Title I 51094; Title II 7910; Activity partic-ipation fees 595.00; Rentals 800; Admis-sions 1972.1; Other pupil activities1,527.17; Other 82.56; Total receipts:242,076.94; Transfers out: (to MMDA)224,012.48; Disbursements: 281,727.82;Ending balance, checking: 16,099.30;Money Market Deposit Account:457,620.45; Money Market Deposit Ac-count: (MB) 162,006.49; Petty Cash:130.00; Total Balance of Account:635,856.24 CAPITOL OUTLAY FUND: Checking ac-count balance, beginning: 3,268.00;Transfer in: 21,000.00; Receipts: Jack-son Co. Treasurer, taxes 3,176.20;Haakon Co. Treasurer, taxes 624.33;First National, Interest 89.97; BankWest,interest 139.15; Transfers out: 471.55;Disbursements: 23,079.95; Ending bal-ance, checking: 4746.15; Money MarketDeposit Account: 272,640.10; MoneyMarket Deposit Account:(MB)164,057.37; Total Balance of Account:441,443.62 SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND: Checkingaccount balance, beginning: 1,796.47;Transfer into account: from savings45,000.00; Receipts: Jackson Co.Treasurer, taxes 4,523.09; Haakon Co.Treasurer, taxes 904.56; First National,interest 29.99; BankWest, interest 40.39;Medicade 80; State of SD, IDEA3,583.00; Transfers out: 3,653.38; Dis-bursements: 46,579.62; Ending balance,checking: 5,724.50; Money Market De-posit Account: (BW) 110,085.61; MoneyMarket Deposit Account: (MB)50,464.78; Total Balance of Account:166,274.89 PENSION FUND: Checking account bal-ance, beginning: 33,007.32; Receipts:Jackson Co. Treasurer, taxes 919.17;Haakon Co. Treasurer, taxes 185.69;Transfers out: 0.00; Disbursements:0.00; Ending balance, checking:34,112.18 IMPACT AID FUND: Checking accountbalance, beginning: 0.00; Receipts: In-terest 670.08; Transfers Out15,670.08; Money Market Deposit ac-count 483,825.59; C.M.A. Account1027,750.43; Balance of Account:1,511,576.02 FOOD SERVICE FUND: Beginning Bal-ance: -16,442.09; Transfer in 15,000.00;Sales 6,664.68; State of SD 7,135.74;Disbursements 13,700.91; Total balancechecking account: -1,342.58; CashChange 100.00; Total balance accounts:-1,242.58 TRUST & AGENCY FUND: Beginningbalance, checking: 48,837.22; Transferin: 0; Receipts: 66,042.85; Transfers out:2.87; Disbursements: 60,136.88; Bal-ance, Checking: 54,740.32; CashChange: 500.00; Money Market DepositAcct: 33,820.44; Total balance of ac-count: 89,060.76

ALBIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Non ex-pendable trust fund: Beginning balance:499.01; Transfer in: Receipts: 0.00; Dis-bursements: 0.00; Total Balance Ac-count: 499.01

/s/ Jo Beth UhlirJo Beth Uhlir,

Business ManagerFebruary 3, 2011

UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF

THE REGULAR MEETING OF

THE KADOKA AREA

SCHOOL DITRICT HELD

WEDNESDAY,FEBRUARY 11, 2015

AT THE LONG VALLEY

SCHOOL 3:30 P.M.

BUSINESS MEETING

Members present: Dan VanderMay, DaleChristensen, Ross Block, Ken Lenseg-rav, Dawn Rasmussen, and Mark De-Vries. Absent: Mark Williams

The board did a walkthrough of the LongValley school grounds at 3 p.m.

Also Present: Superintendent Jamie Her-mann, principal Jeff Nemecek, businessmanager Jo Beth Uhlir, and visitors:Robyn Jones, Tom Zickrick, Melissa Van-derMay, Sara Gropper, Mylee Gropper,Eric Gropper, Valerie Ohrtman, DaveOhrtman, and Skye Brucklacher.

The meeting was called to order byboard president Dan Vander May at 4:44p.m.

President Dan VanderMay led the pledgeof allegiance.

All motions are unanimous unless other-wise stated.

The consent agenda included the follow-ing items: to approve the agenda, to ap-

prove the minutes of the January 14,2014 meeting as presented; to approvethe financial report; and to approve thebills as presented. Dale Christensenmoved to approve the consent agendaitems. Ross Block seconded the motion,motion carried.

GENERAL FUND: ASBSD, WORK-SHOP 115.00; AT&T MOBILITY, INTE-RIOR BUS PHONE 34.60; BJ'SINSTRUMENT REPAIR, REPAIRS53.00; BLACK HILLS TEACHER FAIR,REGISTRATION FEE 110.00; BLOCK,AIMEE, FFV PREP 78.00; CENTURYBUSINESS PRODUCTS INC, COPIES1,029.46; COMMERCIAL LIGHTING,LIGHTBULBS 1,267.57; DISCOUNTFUEL, GAS & FUEL 2,443.07; DYLANRIGGINS, COLLEGE CLASS 171.13;ERNIES BUILDING CENTER, CUSTO-DIAL SUPPLIES 206.35; FEDEX, SHIP-PING 14.89; FROMM'S HARDWARE &PLUMBING INC., SUPPLIES 487.08;HAGGERTY'S MUSICWORKS, SUP-PLIES 43.15; HAUFF MID-AMERICASPORTS INC, AWARDS 331.90;HEARTLAND WASTE MGT INC, MID-LAND GARABAGE 120.00; HM RE-CEIVABLES CO LLC, MATH TRAININGPRESENTERS 5,600.00; INTERIORBOOSTER CLUB, BB SUPPLIES 23.29;J & S RESTORE, REPAIRS 949.59;JOSTEN'S PRINTING & PUB. DIV.,GRADUATION SUPPLIES 263.17;KADOKA AREA SCHOOL T&A, BACKGROUND CHECKS 86.50; REGISTRA-TION FEES 50.00; BASKETBALL REFS2,908.49; KADOKA CITY TRANSFERSTATION, GARABAGE 40.50; KADOKACLINIC, BUS DRIVER PHYSICALS300.00; KCBA, MEMBERSHIP DUES200.00; KADOKA PRESS, COMMUNI-CATION & ADVERTISING 304.79; KIEF-FER SANITATION, INTERIOR & LVGARABAGE 298.18; LONG VALLEYBOOSTER CLUB, CUSTODIAL SERV-ICES 200.00; MANLEY, LARRY, ELECALLOWANCE 20.00; MCLEOD'S,ELECTION SUPPLIES 83.69; McREL,SOFTWARE LIC 825.00; MID-AMERI-CAN RESEARCH CHEMICAL, CUSTO-DIAL SUPPLIES 419.62; MIDWESTCOOPERATIVES, INTERIOR BUSFUEL 963.27; MILLER'S GARBAGE,KADOKA GARABAGE 224.20; MOSESBLDG CENTER, LV SCHOOL REPAIRS70.90; NETWORK SERVICES COM-PANY, CUSTODIAL SUPPLIES 71.24;NORTHWEST EVAL ASSOC, SOFT-WARE LIC 4,500.00; OFFICE OF FIREMARSHAL, BOILER INSPECTIN FEES120.00; OLSON'S PEST TECH, QUAR-TERLY PEST CONTROL 382.75; PEO-PLE'S MARKET, BB SUPPLIES 9.87;HS SUPPLIES 126.25; ONE ACT PLAY3.76; ELEM SUPPLIES 25.19; SCHOOLBOARD 5.61; FFV 1,204.52;PLAYSCRIPTS, INC, HOLIDAY MUSI-CAL 679.79; QUILL CORPORATION,SUPPLIES 666.83; RAPID FIRE PRO-TECTION, INC., MIDLAND SCHOOL612.25; RASMUSSEN MECHANICAL,KADOKA REPAIRS 1,818.13; REGIONMUSIC CONTEST, REGISTRATIONFEE 45.00; RING, BRUCE, ELEC AL-LOWANCE 20.00; SCOVEL PSYCHO-LOGICAL & COUNSELING, STUDENTCOUNSELING 700.00; SD DEPT OFHEALTH, SCREENINGS 140.00; SDDEPT OF REVENUE, WATER TESTING13.00; SDACCC, REGISTRATION FEES175.00; SEILER, GEORGE, REIM-BURSEMENT SUPPLIES 24.25; SER-VALL TOWEL & LINEN, MONTHLY FEE479.24; SUPER 8 HURON, TRAVEL394.20; TIE, STUDENT TUITION800.00; WAGEWORKS, MONTHLYSERVICE FEE 125.00; WEST RIVEREXCAVATION LLC, SNOW REMOVAL188.77; WINSOR LEARNING, WEBI-NAR FEE 350.00; ZANDER AUTO, HSSUPPLIES 42.24; MILEAGE, RENEESCHOFIELD 342.50; VALARIE OHRT-MAN 18.50; NANCY WELLER 116.45;SKYE BRUCKLACHER 130.05; MISTYHAMAR 174.78; TEACHER SALARIES,ELEMEMENTARY 38,677.97; ELEMEN-TARY, TEMPORARY 1,360.91;TEACHER SALARIES, HIGH SCHOOL18,585.49; HIGH SCHOOL, TEMPO-RARY 1,034.80; INDIAN EDUCATION752.51; TITLE II SALARIES 4,452.89;TITLE II, TEMPORARY 1,754.17; PRESCHOOL SALARIES 1,256.83; PRESCHOOL TEMPORARY SALARIES41.24; GUIDANCE SALARIES 4,509.59;TITLE I SALARIES 23,806.35; TITLE ITEMPORARY, 631.76; OFFICES OFTHE SUPT., PRINCIPAL AND BUSI-NESS MANAGER 19,761.55; OFFICESOF THE SUPT, PRINCIPAL, AND BUSI-NESS MANAGER, TEMPORARY 71.84;TECHNOLOGY 3,731.94; LIBRARY

1,231.79; OPERATION OF PLANTSALARIES 6,396.56; PUPIL TRANS-PORTATION 3,486.58; PUPILTRASPORTATION, TEMPORARY69.47; PUPIL TRANSPORTATIONMONITORING 734.50; PUPIL TRANS-PORTATION EXTRA CURRICULAR,ROGER DALE 410.03; KENNETHGRAUPMANN 345.31; EXTRA CUR-RICULAR 148.68; SCORE KEEPERS &TIMERS 171.56; MIDDLE SCHOOLGIRLS BB COACH, KEENA BYRDMORO 1,037.14; ONE ACT PLAY,TERESA SHUCK 569.91; AMERICANFAMILY LIFE ASSURANCE CO, CC/ICINS W/H 2,008.42; WASHINGTON NA-TIONAL INSURANCE CO, W/H 183.60;SUNLIFE FINACIAL, LIFE INS W/H655.19; THE OMNI GROUP, 403(B) W/H880.00; CREDIT COLLECTION BU-REAU, W/H 38.96; DELTA DENTALINS., GROUP DENTAL 4,282.44;KADOKA SCHOOL T&A FIT/FICAACCT., TAX 45,576.69; KADOKASCHOOL T&A CAF INC FUND 606.67;SD RETIREMENT SYSTEM, TR ANDMATCH. 25,360.38; SD RETIREMENTSYSTEM SUPP RET PLAN 2,350.00;S.D. SCHOOL DISTRICT BENEFITFUND, GROUP HEALTH 44,575.20 CAPITOL OUTLAY FUND: KADOKACITY AUDITORIUM, RENT 4,100.00;KADOKA CITY WATER DEPT., WATER152.48; KADOKA OIL CO, HEATING9,891.00; LACREEK ELECTRIC ASSN.,INC., LV ELECTRIC 270.52; MIDWESTCOOPERATIVES, INTERIOR HEATINGFUEL 2,498.7; MOSES BLDG CENTER,INTERIOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES 142.85;OIEN IMPLEMENT & SUPPLY INC,GARAGE RENT 600.00; TOWN OFMIDLAND, WATER/SEWER 27.50;WEST CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOP,MIDLAND SCHOOL 2,565.43; KADOKASCHOOL 2,768.27; FB FIELD KADOKA64.01; WEST RIVER ELECTRICASSOC., 298.71; WR/LJ WATER SYS-TEMS INC 30.00

SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND: CHIL-DREN'S CARE, OT/PT 475.00; OT/PT,MILEAGE 330.00; DISCOUNT FUEL,GAS 143.54; FIRST NATIONAL BANKOMAHA, SOFTWARE 42.39; PEO-PLE'S MARKET, SUPPLIES 109.47;SALARIES 18,100.52; TEMPORARYSALARIES 390.47; WALL SCHOOLDISTRICT, SPEECH 4,540.68

FOOD SERVICE: BLOCK, AIMEE, MID-LAND LUNCH 1,449.50; CHILD &ADULT NUTRITION SERV, COMMODI-TIES 98.50; DEAN FOODS, MILK1,651.58; EARTHGRAINS BAKING CO.INC., BREAD 202.15; FARMERBROTHERS COMPANY, FOOD 46.20;SUPPLIES 19.50; FROMM'S HARD-WARE & PLUMBING INC., SUPPLIES117.92; MILLER'S GARBAGE,GARABAGE 148.40; PEOPLE'S MAR-KET, FOOD 252.00; SUPPLIES 77.70;SALARIES 4,568.47

Board President Report: President DanVanderMay asked that all board mem-bers review the negotiated agreement.

Superintendents Report: Mr. Hermanngave a legislative update he startedthere are several bills he is watching. Hegave an ESEA reauthorization update; itlooks as if there may be movement to-ward reauthorization which would impactno child left behind and impact aid. Thespring NAFIS conference will be heldMarch 22-24th they will announce the re-placement of John Forkenbrock longtime head of NAFIS.

Mr. Hermann reported that there will bea legislative cracker-barrel held at thegreat hall on Monday February 16 at 6p.m. hosted by Mr. Ohrtman’s govern-ment class. The technology committeewill be meeting on Wednesday February25 at 4 p.m.; Mark Williams is the boardmember on the technology committee.

Mr. Hermann reported that there weretwo school sniffs on February 4; the Mid-land school was done in the morning andthe Long Valley School in the afternoon.There were no signs of drugs at eitherschool.

Principals’ Reports: Mr. Nemecek pre-sented the board with copies of the ele-mentary handbook, and discussed theeligibility policy differences between theelementary handbook and the highschool handbook. He asked the board toconsider if they would like the elemen-tary eligibility policy to be the same as

the high school or if they felt it would beacceptable for them to be different. Dis-cussion was held on the eligibility policyand standards based report cards.

He also reported that the teacher SLOswere written at the beginning of the yearand the teachers are doing an excellentjob with them.

Mr. Hermann gave Mr. Seiler’s report inhis absence. Mr. Hermann asked theboard to please review the ms/hs hand-book. He asked that they look closely atthe semester test/attendance sectionand asked what the board felt should bedone with these as they were new thisyear. Discussion was held on atten-dance/ semester test, distance learningand AP classes, and the $10 sports fee.

Board committee reports: Buildings andgrounds, there is an ad going to thepaper for the hail damage repairs.

Policy, scrolling marquee policy wasread for the second time. There will needto be an upcoming policy meeting tomeet with support staff and work on thecitizen’s input policy.

Calendar, the calendar for the nextschool year is complete the Friday afterLabor Day and Easter were removed,homecoming is scheduled for Septem-ber 25 that day could change due to thisbeing a re-alignment year and the districtwaiting to get the football schedule fromthe SDHSAA.

Transportation: The committee is lookingat a mini-van for next year; discussionwas held on a mini-bus.

Citizen’s Input: Ross Block shared thatafter the Kadoka vs. Interior middleschool boys’ basketball game he re-ceived comments on what an excellentjob of sportsmanship Brad Stone and histeam showed toward the other team withsmaller numbers and younger children.

Several Long Valley parents voiced theirconcerns on outlying school book rota-tion, and the science curriculum beingtaught from science kits rather than thestudents being provided with sciencetext books.

Action Items: Ken Lensegrav moved toaccept the scrolling marquee policy,Dawn Rasmussen seconded the motion,motion carried.

Dawn Rasmussen moved to recognizethe KAEA as the bargaining unit for thecertified staff, Ross Block seconded themotion, motion carried.

Dale Christensen moved to adopt the2015-2016 calendar beginning August24, 2015 and ending May 19, 2016. KenLensegrav seconded the motion, motioncarried.

Mark DeVries moved to authorize thebusiness manager to appoint the elec-tion board; motion was seconded byDale Christensen and carried.

Dale Christensen moved to establish thepolling places as follows Precinct 1, 3, 4:City Annex ,Precinct 5: Belvidere Fellow-ship Hall ,Precinct 2 & 8: Interior SchoolGym, Precinct 7: CAP Office Wanblee,Precinct 6: Long Valley School Gym,Precinct 1: Jones County and Precinct 1,20, Haakon Co: Midland Fire Hall. Mo-tion was seconded by Ken Lensegrav,motion carried.

Executive Session: Ross Block moved toenter into executive session for person-nel matters (SDCL 1-25-2(1)) at 6:01PM, Mark DeVries seconded, motioncarried. The board came out of executivesession at 6:40 p.m.

Contracts: Ross Block moved to approvethe contract to Bonnie Madsen for in-structional aid for Interior in the amountof $9.00 per hour. Dawn Rasmussenseconded the motion, motion carried.

Administrative contracts were offeredwith amounts yet to be determined.

Ross Block moved to offer themiddle/high school principal contract toGeorge Seiler. Dale Christensen sec-onded the motion, motion carried.

Dawn Rasmussen moved to offer the el-ementary principal contract to Jeff Ne-

mecek. Ken Lensegrav seconded themotion, motion carried.

Mark DeVries moved to offer the technol-ogy coordinator contract to Chad Eisen-braun. Dawn Rasmussen seconded themotion, motion carried.

Ken Lensegrav moved to offer the busi-ness manager contract to Jo Beth Uhlir.Ross Block seconded the motion, motioncarried.

Dale Christensen moved to offer the fed-eral programs coordinator contract toKaren Byrd. Ross Block seconded themotion, motion carried.

Ken Lensegrav moved to offer the im-pact aid coordinator contract to EileenStolley. Mark DeVries seconded the mo-tion, motion carried.

Retirement/Resignations:

Mark DeVries moved to accept the retire-ment of Nancy Weller effective at theend of the 2014-2015 school year. DaleChristensen seconded the motion, mo-tion carried.

Ken Lensegrav moved to accept the re-tirement of Ruth Mccubbin effective atthe end of the 2014-2015 school year.Dawn Rasmussen seconded the motion,motion carried.

Dale Christensen moved to accept theresignation of Deetta Terkildsen effectiveat the end of the 2014-2015 school year.Ross Block seconded the motion, motioncarried.

Mark DeVries moved to accept the res-ignation of Nancy Weller effective at theend of the 2014-2015 school year. KenLensegrav seconded the motion, motioncarried.

Dale Christensen coved to modify a cur-rent Title I position from a .70 FTE to a1.0 FTE for the upcoming school year.Ross Block seconded the motion, motioncarried.

Ken Lensegrav moved to advertise forthe open teaching positions due to retire-ments and resignations for the 2015-2016 school year. Dawn Rasmussenseconded the motion, motion carried.

Ross Block moved to create a 1.0 FTEart teacher for the 2015-2016 schoolyear and advertise for the position. MarkDeVries seconded the motion, motioncarried.

Mark DeVries moved to advertise for theathletic director position for the 2015-2016 school year. Ross Block secondedthe motion, motion carried.

The board recessed for dinner.

Executive Session: Dale Christensenmoved to enter into executive session forpersonnel matters (SDCL 1-25-2(1)) at7:15 p.m., Mark DeVries seconded, mo-tion carried. The board came out of ex-ecutive session at 8:40 p.m.

Ken Lensegrav moved to enter into ex-ecutive session for the superintendent’sevaluation (SDCL 1-25-2(1)) at 8:41p.m., Mark DeVries seconded, motioncarried. The board came out of executivesession at 9:24 p.m.

Contract: Ross Block moved to offerJamie Hermann the superintendent con-tract for the 2015-2016 school with con-tract amount to determined. KenLensegrav seconded the motion, motioncarried.

Next meeting date and time will beWednesday March 11 at the KadokaSchool, with the tribal parent input meet-ing at 5:30 p.m. with business meeting tofollow at 6 p.m.

Dale Christensen moved to adjourn,Mark DeVries seconded the motion, mo-tion carried.

Dan VanderMay, President

Jo Beth Uhlir,Business Manager

[Published February 26, 2015, at thetotal approximate cost of $195.26]

NOTICE OF MEETINGOF BOARD OFEQUALIZATION

CITY OF KADOKA, SDSDCL 10-11-13

Notice is hereby given that the governingbody, sitting as a Review Board of theCity of Kadoka, Jackson County, SouthDakota will meet in the City Finance Of-fice, located at 705 9th Avenue, in saidtaxing jurisdiction on Monday, March 16,2015 at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of re-viewing and correcting the assessmentof said taxing jurisdiction for the year2015.

All persons considering themselves ag-grieved by said assessment are requiredto submit “Written Objections to RealProperty Assessment”, (Form PT 17).These written objections must be filedwith the City Finance Officer, acting asthe clerk of the local board, no later thanMarch 12, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. Any inter-ested persons are invited to attend thismeeting.

Patty Ulmen,Finance Officer

[Published February 26 and March 5,2015, at the total approximate cost of$13.32]

NOTICE OF LOCALEQUALIZATION BOARD

MUNICIPALITY OFBELVIDERE

Notice is given that the local EqualizationBoard for the Municipality of Belviderewill meet the week of March 16, 2015.Opening night will be March 16, 2015from 7:00 – 7:30pm at the city office. Ap-pointments need to be made if wantingto meet with the town board. All objectionpapers need to be into the finance officeno later then March 9, 2015. Closingnight will be March 19, 2015 at 7:00pmin the city office.

Jo Manke-RodgersFinance Officer

[Published February 26 & March 5, 2015at the total approximate cost of $15.62]

ANNUAL INTERIORTOWNSHIP

MEETING/ELECTIONS

Notice is given that the annual InteriorTownship meeting and elections will beheld on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 7p.m. at the home of Ken and JulieBartlett.

[Published February 26 & March 5, 2015at the total approximate cost of $9.11]

Public Notices Thursday, February 26, 2015 - Kadoka Press - 10

Official ProceedingsREGULAR MEETING

Board of JacksonCounty Commissioners

February 9, 2015

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners met in regular session on Mon-day, February 9, 2015 in theCommissioner’s Room of the JacksonCounty Courthouse. Chairman GlenBennett called the meeting to order at9:00 a.m. with members Paul Briggs,Larry Denke and Ron Twiss present.Larry Johnston arrived shortly after themeeting began.

All motions carried unanimously unlessotherwise noted.

Briggs moved, Twiss seconded, that the

minutes of the January meetings be ap-proved.

Sheriff Raymond Clements met with theboard. He reported on state legislationpertaining to concealed weapon permitsand seat belt violations.

Sheriff Clements reported that DeputyJoshua Nisen is scheduled to attend thestate standards training for a thirteenweek period. The training will be fromMarch through June. He reported thatDeputy Nisen will be on duty every otherweekend and Terry Deuter will fill in asDeputy Sheriff in Nisen’s absence. Sher-iff Clements also reported that formerDeputy, Dallas Kendrick, would like towork part-time to maintain his certifica-tion.

Sheriff Clements reported that JacksonCounty currently has three prisoners.

Sheriff Clements requested authorizationto attend the Sheriff’s Association threeday spring conference in Deadwood inApril and the three day fall conference inAberdeen in September. Denke moved,Briggs seconded, that Sheriff Clementsbe authorized to attend both confer-ences.

Rose Bennett, Director of Equalization,and Cindy Willert, Treasurer, met with theboard. Rose Bennett reported that GayTollefson had contacted her in referenceto Lot 20, Block 2, Conner’s Addition,Wanblee on which her client, PeggyRoupe, had obtained a tax certificate.Peggy Roupe did not get tax deed to theproperty in the six year period set out bystate law, so the tax certificate has ex-pired and therefore she lost the tax deedopportunity. Peggy Roupe has paid thetaxes and has kept the taxes current.Taxes due in 2015 are $0.65. Rose Ben-nett presented an e-mail she receivedfrom States Attorney Van Gorp stating hefelt Gay Tollefson’s client should probablydo a quiet title action and allege adversepossession. Cindy Willert explained theprocess when a tax certificate expires atthe end of the six year period and taxesagain become four years delinquent, thecounty may then obtained a tax deed andsell the property at auction. Report wasmade that the last deed recorded is toHome Owners Loan Agency, which isnow defunct. Discussion was held thatPeggy Roupe does not have a deed inthe legal chain of ownership, and it maybe best if the county would do a quiet titleaction, obtain a deed issued to thecounty, and sell the property at auction.The matter was tabled until States Attor-ney Van Gorp could be present.

Rose Bennett reported that both comput-ers in her office are not working properly.When she tries to download picturesfrom her camera the computer screensgo blank, turn green, and the computersshut down. She had contacted Ron Lar-son, Hometown Computers, and he saidthat is a sign the hard drive is going out,and had also found this is common withHP computers. Another person had toldher that possibly the ports used to uploadthe pictures were going out. Johnstonmoved, Briggs seconded, that the twocomputers in the Director of Equalizationoffice be checked out and get them fixed.

The S. D. Developmental Center, Red-field, SD has billed Jackson County anadditional $60.00 for an accrued total of$2,100.00 for client assessment. Jack-son County responded in June 2012 thatcharges should be assessed to the ap-propriate federal government agency asper SDCL 27B-3-27. Briggs moved,Denke seconded, that the billing be de-nied.

A notice of hospitalization was receivedfrom Rapid City Regional Hospital. Thepatient may be eligible for IHS benefits.

A notice of hospitalization was receivedfrom Regional Behavioral Health Center.

Re-billing was received for mental illnesscosts from S. D. Human Services Centerin the amount of $600.00. The billing wasdenied in a prior month.

The monthly financial report and highwayfund analysis report were presented tothe board.

The Auditor’s account with the CountyTreasurer was approved as of January30, 2015:

Total amount of deposits in banks . . . . . . . . .1,402.50Total amount of actual cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,093.75Register of Deeds cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250.00Total amount of checks . . . . .11,137.15Library Donations Fund cash . . . . . . . . . . . . .14,498.08Returned checks . . . . . . . . . . 4,972.44Money Market Account . . . 642,910.55Time Deposits . . . . . . . . . . .117,132.00JCFSA Passbook savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,752.66Total Funds . . . . . . . . . . . . .795,159.13

TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .676,067.80General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382,905.42Road & Bridge . . . . . . . . . .123,320.61CH & BR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,436.41Secondary Road . . . . . . . . . .73,521.50911 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,331.47Other Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,792.74Emer./Disaster . . . . . . . . . . . .1,289.42Abuse Center . . . . . . . . . . . .12,972.98Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,473.35Library Donations . . . . . . . . .14,498.08L.E.S.T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .861.26Mod. & Preserv. . . . . . . . . . .10,484.07L. E. Equip. Repl. . . . . . . . . .10,526.00Rd. & Brg. Bldg. . . . . . . . . . .26,316.00Rd. & Brg. Eq. Repl. . . . . .$ 5,338.49

TOTAL TRUST &AGENCY FUNDS . . . . . . . .119,091.33Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35,122.83Townships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,319.32Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13,063.53State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46,619.42Law Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419.78JCFSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,752.66Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20,793.79

Register of Deeds January collections:$3,952.25.

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

Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26,987.25BankWest, payroll tax . . . . . . .8,193.83American Family Life Assr. Co., ins. prem. . . . . . .1,249.82Colonial Life, ins. prem. . . . . . . . .25.56DakotaCare, ins. prem. . . . . . .6,947.23S. D. Retirement, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,500.27Jackson Co. Flexible Spending Acct., payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315.64Wage Works, adm. fee . . . . . . . .50.00Office of Child Support, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533.54Rodenburg Law Firm, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300.00Boston Mutual Ins., ins. prem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144.06Pennington Co. 911, PSAP pmt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,376.25S. D. Assn. Co. Commissioners, M & P fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58.00S. D. State Treas., Jan. CRT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48,694.42S. D. Game, Fish & Parks, Jan. license fees . . . . . . . . . . .300.00S. D. Weed & Pest Boards, conference registration . . . . . .250.00To Whom It May Concern, Jan.’15 tax apport. . . . . . . .49,536.85To Whom It May Concern, jury fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,779.16To Whom It May Concern, witness fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41.48U. S. Postal Service, box rent, postage . . . . . . . . .1,099.54BankWest, safe deposit box rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27.00Golden West, service . . . . . . .1,066.96City of Kadoka, service . . . . . . .109.36Lacreek Electric, service . . . . . . .48.69S. D. Bureau of Info & Tech, internet access . . . . . . . .36.00Verizon Wireless, service . . . . . .190.85Voyager Fleet Systems, gas . . . .61.37West Central Electric, service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,143.13West River Electric, service . . . . .40.29West River Lyman Jones, service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22.50Glen Bennett, expenses . . . . . .137.64Larry Denke, expenses . . . . . . . .56.24Larry Johnston, expenses . . . . . .17.76Ron Twiss, expenses . . . . . . . . . .66.60Haakon County, Ext. sec. salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .613.02Sheryl Hansen, expenses . . . . . .31.45Kaycee Jones, expenses . . . . . . .97.43SDSU Extension, travel costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110.14SDSU Extension, 4-H Advisor salary . . . . . . . .4,445.00A & A Tire, tire service . . . . . . . .614.70Axles & Gears, brake parts . . . .115.99Behavior Mgmt. Systems, 2015 approp. . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000.00Butler Machinery, parts . . . . . .1,137.45Century Business Leasing, copier rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180.93Connecting Point, computer maint., anti-virus . . . . . . . . . . .946.25D & T Auto Parts, parts . . . . . . .137.69Data Spec, Inc., VSO software . . . . . . . . . . . . .399.00Discount Fuel, gas, car washes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .744.06Fromm’s Hardware, parts, supplies, tools . . . . . . . .239.45George’s Welding, iron . . . . . . . .75.41Hometown Computer, computer maint. . . . . . . . . . . .248.50Inland Truck Parts, parts . . . . .1,938.02J & S ReStore, tire service . . . . . .57.90Jackson Co. Cons. Dist., ’15 approp. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,500.00Kadoka Care Center, office rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500.00Kadoka Care Center, B/A supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40.42Kadoka Oil, L P gas . . . . . . . .1,691.25Kadoka Press, publications . . . .605.46Kemnitz Law Office, expense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394.69Dallas Kendrick, Coroner mileage . . . . . . . . . . . .11.10King’s Inn, lodging . . . . . . . . . . .143.90McLeod’s, supplies . . . . . . . . . .177.87Microfilm Imaging Systems, scanner rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75.00Midwest Coop., fuel . . . . . . . .2,965.35Miller Garbage, service . . . . . . . .74.80Joshua Nisen, reimb. gas . . . . . .27.10Kristine Novak, expenses . . . . .294.48Oien Auto Parts, parts, supplies, tools . . . . . . . . . . .1,058.14Pennington Co. Jail, prisoner board . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73.00Pennington Co. Sheriff, prisoner transport . . . . . . . . . . .86.40People’s Market, supplies . . . . .283.27Philip Motor, freight . . . . . . . . . . .40.00Pocketful of Posies, flowers . . . . .63.60Popular Science, subscription . . .14.00Reliable Office Supply, supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250.40Servall, rugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139.74Jon Siedschlaw, Coroner mileage . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.81S. D. Dept. of Health, lab fees . . .35.00S. D. Public Assr. Alliance, rental ins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102.97Jackie Stilwell, cell phone cost . . . . . . . . . . . .150.00TrueNorth Steel, blades . . . . . . .540.00Twilight First Aid Safety Supplies, supplies . . . . . . . . . . .89.95Walker Automotive, repairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,062.50West Publishing, law books . . . . .90.00Winner Healthmart Pharmacy, prisoner medical . . . . . . . . . . .179.00Winner Police Dept., prisoner board, transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,018.80Woman’s Day, subscription . . . . .10.00Golden West, 911 access . . . . .765.45Golden West, 911 access . . . . .160.43WOW!, 911 paging line . . . . . . . .51.75CenturyLink, 911 access . . . . . .146.17

Report was made that insurance pay-ment of $65.25 has been received on theclaim for vandalism and theft of a radiofrom the 2009 Cat Motor Grader.

The board was informed that notice hasbeen sent to SDDOT that JacksonCounty wishes to exchange the county’sfederal highway funds for state funds in2015. The S. D. Department of Revenuehas notified counties that the Cost PriceIndex (CPI) to be used for taxes payablein 2016 is 1.50%. The index factor is thepercentage a taxing district may increasethe taxes payable in the following year(SDCL 10-13-35). The total amount of in-crease allowed is the CPI and each tax-ing district’s percentage of growth. The

CPI for 2014 taxes payable in 2015 was1.40% and the amount of growth forcounty General Fund was 1.39 % andSecondary Road was 1.43% in 2014 fortaxes payable in 2015. Increases inamounts allowed to be levied for countypurposes for 2014 taxes payable in 2015were: General Fund, $17,309; CH&BR,$30; Secondary Road, $876. Countygrowth may be available in June 2015 fortaxes payable in 2016.

Information on the county’s workers’compensation coverage through the S.D. Municipal League was presented tothe board.

Discussion was held on various pieces oflegislation pertaining to counties. Reportwas made on SB 83 which would allowcounties to remove roads from thecounty system to alleviate liability. Reportwas made on HB 1227 which wouldallow counties to implement a countysales tax.

Notification was received that TerryDeuter, Jackson County Veterans Serv-ice Officer, is an accredited representa-tive of the National Association of CountyVeterans Service Officers.

States Attorney Van Gorp, Rose Bennett,Director of Equalization, and CindyWillert, Treasurer met with the board.Discussion resumed on the expired taxcertificate on Lot 20, Block 2, Conner’sAddition, Wanblee. Information dis-cussed earlier in the meeting was pre-sented. Following discussion, StatesAttorney Van Gorp informed the board hewould discuss the matter with Chip Kem-nitz and report back to the board.

At 11:31 a.m., Denke moved, Johnstonseconded, that the board go in to execu-tive session to discuss pending litigation.States Attorney Van Gorp was present.The board came out of executive sessionat 12:00 noon.

The board recessed for lunch and recon-vened at 1:00 p.m. with all memberspresent. Aaron Richardson, Acting High-way Supt. was present.

As was advertised, a public hearing washeld on Resolution 2014 – 28, Supple-mental Budget to Increase 2015 JacksonCounty Budget. No persons from thepublic were in attendance. Twiss moved,Denke seconded, that the following res-olution be adopted:

JACKSON COUNTY,SOUTH DAKOTA

RESOLUTION 2014 – 28SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET

TO INCREASE 2015JACKSON COUNTY

BUDGET

WHEREAS, As per SDCL 7-21-22 Counties may enact asupplemental budget to meetobligations and functions ofgovernment; and

WHEREAS, It has been deter-mined by the Board of Jack-son County Commissionersthat a supplemental budget isdeemed necessary for theyear of 2015 in the followingfunds and activities:

Fund 201 CountyHighway & BridgeHighwayProjects: . . . . . . . . 178,800.00

Revenue Source: Funds nottransferred to County Highway& Bridge in 2014

Resolution adopted this 9thday of February, 2015.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

Glen A. Bennett, Chairman

Larry Dean, Doug Kinniburg, and RandyBrown from the S. D. Dept. of Trans-portation and Cliff Reuer from the SDSULocal Transportation Assistance Pro-gram met with the board. Larry Dean pre-sented an Administrative System mapshowing county primary and secondaryroads. He explained that there are roadsshown on the map that are designated asPrimary County Highways that need tobe reclassified as Secondary Highways.He asked the board to review the mapand make corrections. He will assist withdrawing up the required resolution tomake needed corrections, and hopefullyby late spring or early summer the proj-ect to correct the maps would be com-plete. Discussion was held on miles ofroad shown by the state varying from themiles of road shown by the county, thatthis also needs to be corrected and canbe done at the time roads are reclassi-fied. Doug Kinniburgh presented infor-mation on Jackson County’s STPfunding, and reported that the scheduledsigning project will have funding fromHighway Safety funds, not SurfaceTransportation funds. Discussion washeld on use of federal funds for countyprojects, and the more stringent require-ments for design and specifications.Doug Kinniburgh informed the board thatcounties may design their own projectsbut must either adopt county standardsor use state standards. He also reportedthat there may be changes made thatsome funds that require matching fundsmay be changed to grant type funding.Cliff Reuer informed the board there areprograms, training and information onroad maintenance available to countiesthrough LTAP.

At 2:37 p.m. Twiss moved, Denke sec-onded, that the board go into executivesession to discuss pending litigation.Aaron Richardson, Acting HighwaySupt., States Attorney Van Gorp, andDerek McTeigh, Brosz Engineering werepresent during executive session.Richardson, Van Gorp and McTeigh leftexecutive session at 3:30 p.m. The boardcontinued in executive session to discusspersonnel matters. Barbara Clementsand Raymond Clements were presentduring executive session from 3:45 p.m.

until 3:57 p.m. Vicki Wilson was presentduring executive session from 4:05 p.m.until 4:07 p.m. The board came out of ex-ecutive session at 4:07 p.m.

Briggs moved, Twiss seconded that Bar-bara Clements be granted a $0.25 perhour pay increase effective February 9,2015 and that she be allowed to work 35hours per week.

Report was made that repair of the oldJohn Deere loader is to be completed inthree weeks.

Report was made that the motor in theExpedition needs to be replaced. Follow-ing discussion, Denke moved, Johnstonseconded, that Walker Automotive be au-thorized to replace the motor in the Ex-pedition with a rebuilt motor.

An agreement for Jackson County tolease a 2010 John Deere 772G motorgrader from RDO Equipment was pre-sented to the board. The motor graderwill be leased until the new motor graderis received. Briggs moved, Twiss sec-onded, that the lease agreement be ap-proved and signed.

The billing received from Butler Machin-ery was reviewed. Johnston moved,Twiss seconded, that the invoice in theamount of $9,357.99 be deducted fromtheir billing, and that payment of$1,137.45 be authorized.

Culvert, other material and grader bladebid letting information was received fromthe January 2015 meeting of the BeadleCounty Commission. Beadle County hadaccepted the bid of TrueNorth Steel tosupply them with culverts, other materialand grader blades for the year 2015. Fol-lowing review of the information pro-vided, Twiss moved, Briggs seconded,that the following resolution be adoptedto acquire culverts, other material andgrader blades off the Beadle County bidfor the year 2015 with the option to ac-quire other material and grader bladesfrom other suppliers if the same grade ofmaterial can be obtained at lower cost.

JACKSON COUNTY,SOUTH DAKOTA

RESOLUTION 2015 – 02

WHEREAS, Jackson Countyhas projected a need to pur-chase culverts during the yearof 2015 for highway addition,repair and maintenance; and

WHEREAS, Jackson Countyhas projected a need to pur-chase other materials andgrader blades during the yearof 2015; and

WHEREAS, Counties are al-lowed to purchase such itemsoff of other local governmententity bids as per SDCL 5-18-18;

NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED that JacksonCounty purchase necessaryculverts, other material andgrader blades off the bid lettingheld by Beadle County in Jan-uary 2015 and purchase nec-essary culverts, other materialand grader blades fromTrueNorth Steel.

AND BE IT FURTHER RE-SOLVED that Jackson Countybe allowed to acquire othermaterial and grader bladesfrom other suppliers if thesame grade of materials canbe obtained at a lower cost.

Resolution adopted this 9thday of February, 2015.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

Glen A. Bennett, Chairman

A quote was received from LyCox Enter-prises for a WR90 Oscillator packer /roller. The roller / packer would attach tothe new John Deere 772 G motor graderthat was just ordered. An accumulatorwas not included in the quote, but couldbe added later at a cost of $1,750.00.Total quote for the WR90

Oscillator packer / roller was $24,995.00.Discussion was held on whether the$650.00 spacers would be needed. Fol-lowing discussion, Denke moved that theWR 90 Oscillator packer / roller withoutspacers be purchased at a price of$24,345, and that an accumulator bepurchased later at a cost of $1,750.00.

Aaron Richardson reported that there areseveral culverts needing replacedthroughout the county. One section of theCastle Butte Road needs culverts re-placed and a lift made to the road. He re-ported that Jon Jones and West RiverExcavation are interested in installingculverts for the county.

Larry Denke left the meeting at 5:15 p.m.

Aaron Richardson reported that two fronttires are needed on the scraper. Reportwas also made that new tires are neededon the old John Deere loader that isbeing repaired. The board instructed thatquotes for tires for the scraper and loaderbe obtained.

Johnston moved, Twiss seconded, thatthe meeting be adjourned, that the boardmeet in special session at 1:00 p.m.,Wednesday, February 18, 2015, and thatthe board meet in regular session at 9:00a.m., Monday, March 9, 2015.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

Glen A. Bennett, Chairman

[Published Febraury 26, 2015, at the totalapproximate cost of $244.01]

WEST RIVER WATER DEVELOPMENT

DISTRICTJanuary 12, 2015

CALL TO ORDER: The West RiverWater Development District convened fortheir regular meeting at the West RiverWater Development District Project Of-fice in Murdo, SD. Vice-Chairman CaseyKrogman called the meeting to order at10:30 a.m. (CT).

Roll Call was taken and Vice-ChairmanKrogman declared a quorum was pres-ent. Directors present were: Casey Krog-man, Marion Matt, Veryl Prokop andLorne Smith. Absent: Joseph Hieb. Alsopresent: Jake Fitzgerald, Manager; KatiVenard, Secretary; Dave Larson, LarsonLaw PC.

ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: JacksonCounty Conservation District & FutureProject Requests.

APPROVE AGENDA: Motion by DirectorMatt, seconded by Director Smith to ap-prove the agenda with additions. Motioncarried unanimously.

APPROVE MINUTES: The minutes ofthe December 18, 2014, meeting werepreviously mailed to the Board for theirreview. Motion by Director Prokop, sec-onded by Director Matt to approve theDecember minutes. Motion carried unan-imously.

FINANCIAL REPORT:APPROVAL OF BILLS:Casey Krogman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.41Marion Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.41Veryl Prokop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.41Lorne Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.41West River/Lyman-Jones RWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00Kadoka Press. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.22Lyman County Herald . . . . . . . . . 28.01Mellette County News . . . . . . . . . 31.00Murdo Coyote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.69Pennington County Courant. . . . . 25.99Pioneer Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.64United States Treasury. . . . . . . . 110.16

Motion by Director Smith, seconded byDirector Matt to approve the District bills.

Motion carried unanimously.

B. DISTRICT FINANCIAL STATUS RE-PORT: The financial status of the Districtto date was previously sent to the Board.A copy of the December Financial Reportis on file at the District office in Murdo.Motion by Director Prokop, seconded byDirector Smith to approve the DecemberFinancial Report. Motion carried unani-mously.

REPORTS:MANAGER'S REPORT: ManagerFitzgerald presented his January reportto the Board. Motion by Director Matt,seconded by Director Prokop to approvethe Manager’s Report. Motion carriedunanimously.

OTHER REPORTS: None

ELECTION OF OFFICERS: Motion byDirector Smith, seconded by DirectorProkop to cast a unanimous ballet thatthe officers remain the same for 2015.The officers for 2015 are Joseph Hieb asChairman, Casey Krogman as Vice-Chairman and Marion Matt as Secre-tary/Treasurer. Motion carriedunanimously.

DESIGNATE LEGAL NEWSPAPERS:Motion by Director Matt, seconded by Di-rector Smith to adopt the following news-papers as the legal papers for the WestRiver Water Development District:Kadoka Press, Lyman County Herald,Mellette County News, Murdo Coyote,Pennington County Courant and PioneerReview. Motion carried unanimously.

DESIGNATE LEGAL DEPOSITORY:Motion by Director Prokop, seconded byDirector Matt to designate First FidelityBank in Murdo, SD as West River WaterDevelopment District’s legal depository.Motion carried unanimously.

JACKSON COUNTY CONSERVATIONDISTRICT: Director Prokop presented aletter from the Jackson County Conser-vation District requesting funding assis-tance in the amount of $300 for YouthRange Day, which is held each Septem-ber with students from six differentschools. Motion by Director Matt, sec-onded by Director Smith to provide assis-tance in the amount of $300 for YouthRange Day. Motion carried unanimously.

FUTURE PROJECT REQUESTS: Dis-cussion was held on potential projects.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no furtherbusiness, the meeting was adjourned at11:07 a.m. (CT).

Casey Krogman, Vice-Chairman

ATTEST:Kati Venard, Recording Secretary

[Published February 26, 2015, at the totalestimated cost of $43.21]

Town of CottonwoodRegular Meeting

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

The regular meeting of the Town of Cot-tonwood was held on Wednesday, Feb-ruary 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the TownHall. Those present were J.C. Heath,Douglas A. Hovland and David W. Grif-fee, Mattie Degen, Shelly O’Bryan, andTrenton Heath

New Business: None.

Old Business: Election for President: J.C.Heath won by majority votes

The Finance report was submited, dis-cussion, and approved.

A cash report was given as follows:Checking

account Balance . . . . . . . .19,653.45CD Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,865.32

The following bills were paid.Walker Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98.50Office Supply’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43.79J.C. Heath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00WREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101.00

With there being no other business, themeeting was adjourned, Shelly O’Bryansecond the motion. The next mettingMarch 18, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at the TownHall.

JC Heath, President

[Published February 26, 2015, at the totalapproximate cost of $13.32]

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FOR SALE1975 7251 Terex Wheel loader, 5 yardbucket, lots of new parts, good condi-tion. Call 605-448-8521 Britton, SD.

HEALTH/BEAUTYARE YOU A 40-70 year old woman whodeveloped diabetes from lipitor? If youused Lipitor between December 1996and November 2011, and were diag-nosed with diabetes while taking Lipitor,you may be entitled to compensation.Call Charles H Johnson toll-free 1-800-535-5727.

LOG HOMESDAKOTA LOG HOME Builders repre-senting Golden Eagle Log Homes,building in eastern, central, northwest-ern South & North Dakota. Scott Con-nell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell,605-264-5650, www.goldeneaglel-oghomes.com.

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Philip League BowlingMonday Nite Mixed

Rockers........................................22-6Shad’s Towing .............................20-8Badland’s Auto ..........................17-11High 5’s......................................13-15Handrahan Const .....................10-18Highlights:Jerry Mooney ........................224/603Jackie Shull...........................174/480Ronnie Coyle ................................556Bryan Buxcel................................536

Tuesday Men’sKennedy Impl .............................17-7Philip Health Services..........16.5-7.5Philip Motor ..........................15.5-8.5George’s Welding.......................13-11G&A Trenching .........................19-15Highlights:Gene Jones ................all fill game #3Tony Gould ............................246/600Alvin Pearson........................220/528Earl Parsons.................................201Ed Morrison .................................200

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Moses Bldg Center......................15-5Dakota Bar..................................13-7Chiefie’s Chicks...........................12-8First National Bank ...................9-11Amigos and Friends....................9-11Highlights:Shar Moses............................192/491Marlis Petersen.....................174/471

Thursday Men’sCoyle’s SuperValu .......................10-6A&M Laundry...............................7-9The Steakhouse ............................7-9Dakota Bar..................................6-10WEE BADD ..................................NAMcDonnell Farms.........................NAO’Connell Const............................NAWest River Pioneer Tanks............NAHighlights:Matt Reckling .......................221/548Andrew Reckling..........................214Brian Pearson..............205 clean/574Matt Schofield .............195 clean/569Jason Petersen.............................558Rick Coyle .............................204/534

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HILDEBRAND STEEL & CON-CRETE: Will do all your concreteconstruction jobs. Call us and we willgive you a quote. Office 837-2621,Rich’s cell 431-2226, toll free 877-867-4185. K45-tfn

WEST RIVER EXCAVATION: will doall types of trenching, ditching and di-rectional boring work. See Craig,Diana, Sauntee or Heidi Coller,Kadoka, SD, or call 605/837-2690.Craig cell 390-8087, Sauntee cell390-8604, email wrex@gwtc.net.

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NEED A PLUMBER? Licensedplumbing contractor for all your in-door plumbing and outdoor waterand sewer jobs call Dale Koehn 441-1053 or leave a message at 837-0112. KP7-tfn

Business/Services

OPEN POSITIONS: K-12 ArtTeacher, Kindergarten Teacher atKadoka, Elementary Teacher at LongValley, Title I Teacher at Kadoka,Technology Integrationist District-wide Athletic Director. Completed ap-plications may be dropped off at theschool or sent to: Attn: Jamie Her-mann, Superintendent, PO Box 99,800 Bayberry Street, Kadoka, SD57543 or call 837-2172. EOE.

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NOW AVAILABLE: Brand newmeeting facility at the Town of Inte-rior’s Community Center. Great forbusiness meetings, reunions, wed-dings, funerals or whatever yourneeds are. Large room of 40x60,with tables and chairs, easily seatsup to 200 people. Kitchen availableupon request. Wifi and projector areavailable. For rate infor or if you haveany questions please contact TeresaWooden Knife 605-433-5314, Tmwk15@outlook.com

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HOUSE FOR SALE: In Kadoka.Suitable for commercial use. 3 bed-rooms, 1 bath. $25,000 appraisal.Can sell partially furnished. Call 605-840-2533 or 605-280-2959.

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HOUSE FOR SALE: In Kadoka, SD.Located 4 blocks from school. At-tached 2 car garage. New sewer linefromhouse to city system. 3 bedroom2 bath. Call Chuck 462-6166 or Sue837-2098.

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Agriculture Thursday, February 26, 2015 - Kadoka Press - 12

SDSU Extension| Anitha Chirumamilla|Entomology Field Specialist

Grasshopper Outlookfor 2015

Grasshoppers (GH) are often themost challenging and significant in-sect pests in pastures, fields, andforage crops in western SouthDakota. They are voracious feederswith a wide host range. Feedingdamage can result in economiclosses when high population densi-ties coincide with drought condi-tions. Grasshoppers have a singlegeneration per year which beginswith adult females laying eggs inthe soil. The eggs are clustered to-gether with a foamy secretion giv-ing the appearance of an ‘egg pod’.The eggs spend the winter in thesoil in a state of dormancy. The egghatch is stimulated when springtemperatures reach 50oF. Depend-ing on the species, the grasshopperscan go through five nymphal in-stars in a period of 5 weeks.Grasshopper surveys are conductedby APHIS every year over thou-sands of acres of range and forestlands to estimate population levelsand determine the need for sup-pression programs. The goal ofAPHIS suppression programs is toreduce grasshopper populations toacceptable levels in order to protectrangeland ecosystems and/ or crop-land adjacent to rangeland.

The GH survey is conducted dur-ing the months of May through Au-gust estimating the nymph andadult numbers in the counties ofWestern South Dakota. Annualgrasshopper surveys can also beused to forecast the population den-sities in the following spring andsummer based on the number ofhealthy females that are capable oflaying eggs. According to the surveymap of year 2014, vast majority ofthe western South Dakota fell intothe low-risk green zone where theadult grasshopper numbers variedbetween 0-3 per Square Yard. How-ever, there are a few isolated spotsin the counties of Perkins, Corson,Dewey, Stanley, Jones, Jackson,Gregory, Lyman, Pennington, Ben-nett, and Fall River that are orange(medium-risk, 4-7 GH/Sq Yard) andred (high-risk, 8 or more GH/SqYard). Producers and ranchers inorange and especially in red areasare advised to be on look-out forgrasshopper populations in theyear 2015.

Sampling for grasshoppers canbe done in two ways:

•Sweep net sampling: Usuallycarried out for sampling nymphs.Make 40 sweeps at random sites

and density of grasshoppers persquare yard are calculated usingthe formula:

Total number of grasshoppersfrom 40 sweeps: 10

•Visual Count: The adultgrasshoppers are sampled usingthis technique. Grasshoppers arecounted at 18 one square foot sites,and the total number for the 18sites is divided by two for the num-

ber per square yard. In general 12-15 GH/Sq Yard is considered as anaction threshold.

For more information, SDSU Ex-tension and APHIS can be reachedat the following numbers: SouthDakota State University Extension:Anitha Chirumamilla 605-394-1722, USDA APHIS, PPQ: BruceHelbig 605- 224-1713

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TO CONSIGN CATTLE OR HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE LOOK AT YOUR CATTLE, GIVE US A CALL:THOR ROSETH, Owner

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BILLY MARKWED, FieldmanMidland • (605) 567-3385

JEFF LONG, Owner & AuctioneerRed Owl • (605) 985-5486

Cell (605) 515-0186LYNN WEISHAAR, Auctioneer

Reva • (605) 866-4670

DAN PIROUTEK, AuctioneerMilesville • (605) 544 3316STEVEN STEWARTYard Foreman(605) 441-1984

BOB ANDERSON, FieldmanSturgis • (605) 347-0151

(605) 641-1042BAXTER ANDERS, Fieldman

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UPCOMING BULL SALESTUESDAY, MAR. 3: CHEYENNE CHAROLAIS 12:00MTTUESDAY, MAR. 10: TRASK & PETERSON ANGUS BULL SALETUESDAY, APR. 14: STOMPRUD ANGUS 12:00MTWEDNESDAY, APR. 22: COTTONWOOD ANGUS BULL SALE12:00MTTUESDAY, APR. 28: FORTUNE’S RAFTER U CROSS ANGUS12:00MTTUESDAY, MAY 5: BULL DAY

UPCOMING HORSE SALETUESDAY, MARCH 17: OPEN CONSIGNMENT HORSE SALE FOLLOWING

THE CATTLE SALE

VIEW SALES LIVE ON THE INTERNET! Go to: www.philiplivestock.com. Upcoming sales & consignments can be viewed on the Internet at www.philiplivestock.com, or on the DTN: Click on SALE BARNS NORTH CENTRAL

PLA is now qualified to handle third party verified NHTC cattle (Non Hormonal Treated Cattle).

Philip Livestock Auction, in conjunction with Superior Livestock Auction, will be offering video sales as an addi-tional service to our consignors. With questions about the

video please call Jerry Roseth at 605-685-5820 or Randy Curtis in the Black Hills area at 605-892-5694.

Keep supporting R-CALF USA! R CALF USA is our voice in government to represent U.S. cattle producers in trade marketing issues. Join today & help make a difference!

UPCOMING SALES:TUESDAY, MAR. 3: SPECIAL STOCK COW & BRED

HEIFER SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALE. SALE TIME:10:00AM MT. CHEYENNE CHAROLAIS BULL SALE:12:00PM MT.TUESDAY, MAR. 10: SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE, FEATURING

BANGS VACCINATED HEIFERS & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, MAR. 17: SPECIAL STOCK COW & BRED HEIFER SALE &

REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, MAR. 24: SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE, FEATURING

BANGS VACCINATED HEIFERS & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, MAR. 31: SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE, FEATURING

BANGS VACCINATED HEIFERS & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, APR. 7: SPECIAL STOCK COW, BRED HEIFER & PAIR SALE

& REGULAR CATTLE SALE

TUESDAY, APR. 14: SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE, FEATURINGBANGS VACCINATED HIEFERS & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, APR. 21: SPECIAL STOCK COW, BRED HEIFER, & PAIR

SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, APR. 28: SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE, STOCK COW, BRED

HEIFER, & PAIR SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, MAY 5: BULL DAY & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, MAY 12: SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE & REGULAR

CATTLE SALETUESDAY, MAY 19: SPECIAL PAIRS, STOCK COW, & BRED HEIFER

SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, MAY 26: NO SALETUESDAY, JUNE 2: SPECIAL PAIR SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, JUNE 9: SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE & REGULAR CAT-

TLE SALETUESDAY, JUNE 16: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, JUNE 23: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, JUNE 30: DRY COW SPECIALTUESDAY, JULY 7: REGULAR CATTLE SALE

TUESDAY, JULY 14: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, JULY 21: REGULAR CATTLE SALETUESDAY, JULY 28: SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY YEARLING & FALL CALF

SALE & REGULAR CATTLE SALE & ANNIVERSARY BBQ

TUESDAY, FEB.24, 2015Big run of weigh-up cattle and feedercattle. Market strong on the weigh-upsand uneven on the feeders. Next week,Cheyenne Charolais Bull Sale.

DEEP CREEK ANGUS BULLS - MIDLAND39 YEARLINGS AVG ..........................$11,872.00TOP SELLING BULL...........................$20,000.008 HD 2 YR OLDS AVG ........................$8,688.00OVERALL 47 HD AVG .......................$11,330.00

CLINT ALLEMAN - HAYES32..........BLK BV REPL. HFRS 779# . $1,850.00 LARRY LABRIER - MURDO170........BLK BV REPL. HFRS 675# . $1,650.00

FEEDER CATTLE:HENRY BRUCH - STURGIS216.......................BLK STRS 550# .... $303.50 26.........................BLK STRS 437# .... $317.00 108 ......................BLK HFRS 482# .... $286.00 12 ........................BLK HFRS 394# .... $280.00 JIM JOHNSON - QUINN71.........................BLK STRS 768# .... $212.50 66 ........................BLK HFRS 724# .... $242.00 12 ........................BLK HFRS 595# .... $230.00 BILL & PAMELA HENDERSON - DUPREE76 ........................BLK HFRS 658# .... $249.00 SCOTT BOOMER - INTERIOR56 ........................RED STRS 632# .... $250.25 107......................RED HFRS 667# .... $251.00 22 .............RED & RWF HFRS 615# .... $233.00 20 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 659# .... $217.50 BRIAN MORRIS - MEADOW132.......................BLK STRS 836# .... $203.50 35.........................BLK STRS 723# .... $224.25 JOHN, DEDE & JUSTIN LONG - UNION CENTER90 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 647# .... $243.25 92 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 629# .... $257.00 79 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 732# .... $224.50 20.....BLK, RED & CHAR STRS 726# .... $224.00 CLYDE & CONNIE ARNESON - ELM SPRINGS52 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 596# .... $271.00 14 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 507# .... $268.00 DUANE & CARLA JOBGEN - SCENIC57 ........................BLK HFRS 718# .... $222.00 15 .......................BWF HFRS 732# .... $209.00 HJORT RANCH - RAPID CITY71 ........................BLK HFRS 603# .... $235.00 12 ........................BLK HFRS 520# .... $261.00

ROSS & JANICE WILLIAMS - PHILIP34.....BLK, RED & CHAR STRS 821# .... $204.50 70 ......................CHAR HFRS 748# .... $193.00 DARRELL ENNEN - RAPID CITY70 ........................BLK HFRS 741# .... $217.00 JUDY & STEVE DALY - MIDLAND48 ........................BLK HFRS 694# .... $223.00 CHRIS MCFARLAND - RAPID CITY76........................BWF STRS 663# .... $238.50 JIM STRATMAN - BOX ELDER33 ........................BLK HFRS 654# .... $217.50 TOM BRUCH - STONEVILLE10.........................BLK STRS 661# .... $238.00 GARY NIXON - PHILIP28 ........................BLK HFRS 602# .... $237.00 KARL SCHULZ - PHILIP79 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 827# .... $200.00 98 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 726# .... $223.25 90 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 702# .... $207.50 16 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 539# .... $244.00 BYRON & MONTE DENKE - QUINN38 ........................BLK HFRS 717# .... $203.50 DENNIS BOOMSMA - BOX ELDER29 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 651# .... $233.00 20 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 636# .... $223.00 DAVE & TANYA BERRY - MILESVILLE34........................RED HFRS 699# .... $237.00 20..............RED & BLK HFRS 591# .... $221.00 KIM COE - VALE36.........................BLK STRS 791# .... $206.00 33 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 720# .... $204.00 GENE FORTUNE - INTERIOR50.........................BLK STRS 697# .... $226.50 22 ........................BLK HFRS 673# .... $210.50 CHUCK CARSTENSEN - PHILIP16.........................BLK STRS 727# .... $222.00 18.........................BLK STRS 591# .... $260.00 REX GILLES - RED OWL35 ........................BLK HFRS 708# .... $200.00 STEVE CLEMENTS - PHILIP46.........................BLK STRS 756# .... $212.50 57 ........................BLK HFRS 720# .... $198.50 17 ........................BLK HFRS 567# .... $228.00 PAUL SLOVEK - PHILIP103.......................BLK STRS 904# .... $178.50 50.........................BLK STRS 887# .... $181.00 30 ..............RED & BLK STRS 777# .... $197.50 58..............RED & BLK HFRS 653# .... $211.00 14 ....BLK, RED & CHAR HFRS 479# .... $253.00 STEVE BROWN - STURGIS75 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 662# .... $213.00 75 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 722# .... $198.50

CHUCK & TOBY KROETCH - PHILIP22 ........................BLK HFRS 629# .... $222.50 HOSTUTLER RANCH INC - MIDLAND27..............RED & BLK HFRS 614# .... $225.00 JOE MCKITRICK - BOWMAN, ND21 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 867# .... $172.00 11 .............BLK & BWF HFRS 660# .... $180.00 JOEL DEERING - WASTA16.....BLK, RED & CHAR STRS 672# .... $217.00 JOE TRASK - ELM SPRINGS18 ........................BLK HFRS 638# .... $223.00 HARVEY FITZGERALD - HERMOSA14..............RED & BLK HFRS 628# .... $208.00 STEVE WILLIAMS - NORRIS20........................RED HFRS 540# .... $250.00 CHANE COOMES - MANDERSON20 ..............BLK & BWF STRS 491# .... $289.00 15..............RED & BLK HFRS 501# .... $267.00 10..............RED & BLK HFRS 407# .... $251.00 WEIGH-UPS:JACK O'DEA - MIDLAND3...........................BLK COW 1427# .. $123.00 MIKE CARLBOM - INTERIOR1...........................BLK COW 1325# .. $123.00 LAWRENCE AND LORETTA SCHREIBER - QUINN1 ..........................BLK BULL 1780# .. $153.00 1 ..........................BLK BULL 1770# .. $148.00 DIANNE GREGG - FT PIERRE3...........................BLK COW 1628# .. $113.00 1 ..........................BLK BULL 1880# .. $144.50 1 ....................BLK COWETTE 1135# .. $139.50 STAN ANDERSON - BELVIDERE1 ........................CHAR BULL 2365# .. $152.00 1 ........................CHAR BULL 1870# .. $149.00 RICHARD JOBGEN - KADOKA10.........................BLK COW 1333# .. $125.00 13 .............RED & BLK COWS 1385# .. $117.50 JT MOON - CREIGHTON1...........................BLK COW 1325# .. $117.00 9...........................BLK COW 1549# .. $114.50 1...........................BLK COW 1510# .. $114.00 3...........................BLK COW 1532# .. $113.00 8...............BLK & BWF COWS 1660# .. $112.00 CARL NOVOTNY - MARTIN8.........................RED COWS 1532# .. $116.50 PAT O 'DEA - MIDLAND3...............BLK & BWF COWS 1560# .. $113.50 1 ..........................BWF COW 1630# .. $112.00 TJ GABRIEL- MIDLAND1..........................BLK HFRT 1000# .. $152.00 1 ..........................BLK BULL 2250# .. $146.50 BONENBERGER RANCH - BELVIDERE3 ........................BLK HFRTS 1067# .. $148.00

MARC SCARBOROUGH - HAYES1 ..........................BWF COW 1280# .. $132.00 3 .....BLK, RED & CHAR COWS 1452# .. $115.00 3...........................BLK COW 1665# .. $114.50 1 ..........................RWF COW 1550# .. $114.00 A CONSIGNMENT1 ..........................BWF COW 1280# .. $132.00 1...........................BLK COW 1465# .. $117.00 1...........................BLK COW 1595# .. $116.00 1...........................BLK COW 1510# .. $115.00 1 ..........................RWF COW 1595# .. $114.00 MIKE NOTEBOOM - PHILIP1...........................BLK COW 1260# .. $128.00 1...........................BLK COW 1450# .. $115.50 1 ..........................BWF COW 1420# .. $115.50 1 ..........................RED COW 1240# .. $115.00 1...........................BLK COW 1040# .. $114.50 1 ..........................RED COW 1495# .. $113.00 KNUTSON RANCH - QUINN2.........................RED COWS 1358# .. $117.00 MARVIN & VICKI EIDE - PHILIP1...........................BLK COW 1235# .. $117.00 1 ..........................BWF COW 1290# .. $114.00 1 ....................BLK COWETTE 1260# .. $129.00 1 ..........................BLK BULL 1720# .. $145.00 1 ..........................BLK BULL 1905# .. $141.00 GENE CROSBIE - NEW UNDERWOOD1 ..........................BWF COW 1495# .. $117.00 1 ..........................BWF COW 1330# .. $113.50 1 ..........................BWF COW 1390# .. $112.50 CORY SMITH - MILESVILLE1...........................BLK COW 1480# .. $117.00 STACEY DALY - WALL1...........................BLK COW 1535# .. $113.50 GARY HOWIE - NEW UNDERWOOD2.........................BWF COWS 1360# .. $113.00 ALLEN & FLOY OLSON - BOX ELDER1 ..........................RED COW 1555# .. $112.00 1..........................RED BULL 1745# .. $146.50 VERYL PROKOP - KADOKA1..........................BLK HFRT 1000# .. $153.00 KADE BONENBERGER - KADOKA1 ....................BLK COWETTE 1230# .. $134.00 DON KELLY - QUINN4...................BLK COWETTES 1116# .. $128.00 LARRY LABRIER - MURDO1 ..........................BLK BULL 2135# .. $142.50 JIM WHITCHER - SCENIC1 ..........................BLK BULL 1740# .. $142.50 BILLIE PARSONS - MILESVILLE1 ........................HERF BULL 1865# .. $141.50 BUTCH FANNING - MARTIN1 ..........................BLK BULL 1945# .. $141.00

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