KADOKA PRESSThe official newspaper of Jackson County, South Dakota

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Volume 106Number 27

January 17, 2013

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Golden WestCapital Credits

Page 8

Basketball &Gymnastics

Page 5

Public Notices

Pages 6 & 7

Classified AdsStatewide Ads

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Belvidere & Norris News

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Obits:Arnold Wolden

Clifford Ramsey

Erwin LathamPage 2

News Briefs …Funding available: JacksonKadoka Economic Develop-ment Corporation has loanfunds available for businesses.For information on the pro-gram please go to our web pagewww.growkadoka.com, call(605)488-0206, or see Jo BethUhlir.

The annual meeting of theKadoka Nursing Home will beheld on Wednesday, January23, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in thenursing home dining room.

Dakota talent Chad Ferley, JeffWillert and Paul Tierney.

While the 2013 rodeo season of-ficially began in October, Januaryand February provides an opportu-nity to get a leg-up on the competi-tion, and can set the tone for acowboy’s whole season. During thetwo-week span that Rapid Cityplays host to these contestants theywill be making their way across thecountry trying to compete at thir-teen different PRCA rodeos withover seventy-performances.

The PRCA rodeo will be held atThe Rushmore Plaza Civic Centerin the Barnett Arena January 26that 1:30 p.m., January 31st at 7:30p.m., February 1st at 1:30 p.m.,and February 2nd at 1:30 p.m. and7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale nowand can be purchased online atwww.gotmine.com, by phone at 1-800-GOT-MINE, or in person atRushmore Plaza Civic Center BoxOffice M-F 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Black Hills Stock Show andRodeo® is only fifteen days awayand early entries show over 680contestants will be making theirway to Rapid City, SD for the five-performance rodeo held January26th through February 2nd. Withover $156,000.00 paid out to con-testants in 2012, it easy to see whythe cream of the crop is makingtheir way north again this year.

Current entries include some ofthe more popular 2012 PRCAWorld Champions, Trevor Brazile,Kaycee Field, Jesse Wright andMary Walker along with an addi-tional sixty-one of the one hundredtwenty contestant field seen at the2012 Wrangler National FinalsRodeo in Las Vegas, NV, this pastDecember.

In addition to these famousnames, there are twenty-four moreWorld Champions that have madethe list for 2013, including South

BHSS & Rodeo bringing the

who’s who of the PRCA

“a comparative bright spot of con-tained spending” in a nation of fis-cally short states. Minnesota,Daugaard said, is $1.1 billion shortat the current time.

While the Governor studiouslyavoided education reform topics inhis message, he did announce acriminal justice effort aimed atlessening the number of inmatesheld in state prisons. Instead, henoted the results of a criminal jus-tice work group, highlighting threeof its recommendations.

Those included the creation ofalternative courts for repeat of-fenders with serious addictionproblems. A pilot program hasshown an impressive 80 percent ofparticipants back on track, Dau-gaard said.

He is asking the state to copyHawaii’s HOPE program that re-quires participating drug offendersto call in each morning for randomtesting. Legislation would set upone urban and one rural pilot pro-gram.

Third, legislation will be callingfor ways to keep drug, alcohol andmental health offenders from beingincarcerated. He said 80 percent ofpersons admitted to prison arethose who have committed non-vi-olent crimes.“This is not being soft on crime,”said the Governor, “but beingsmart on crime.”

By Elizabeth “Sam” GroszCommunity News Service

Gov. Dennis Daugaard com-pared a recent shoring up of theState Capitol’s floor to make itstructurally sound for the next 100years with the efforts of the state tostrike a fiscal structural balance.

Daugaard called both “goodstewardship.”

The Governor delivered thiscomparison during the State of theState address Jan. 8 in Pierre onthe first day of the 2013 legislativesession.

He noted that South Dakota is

Gov touts fiscally conservative state

budget in State of State address

the influence of alcohol. Claimantlost control of the vehicle; it trav-eled into a ditch and rolled. Thevictim was ejected through the rearwindow of the vehicle and died onscene.

Claimant’s blood alcohol levelwas determined to be .281, twohours after the crash. Claimantpled guilty to involuntarymanslaughter on October 9, 2012.

The investigation was conductedby the Federal Bureau of Investiga-tion and Rosebud Sioux Tribe LawEnforcement Services. AssistantUnited States Attorney Marie H.Ruettgers prosecuted the case.

Clairmont was immediatelyturned over to the custody of theUS Marshal.

US Attorney Brendan V. John-son announced that a Norris manconvicted of involuntarymanslaughter was sentenced onJanuary 10, 2013, by US DistrictJudge Roberto A. Lange.

Mark Clairmont, age 38, wassentenced to 33 months in custody,2 years of supervised release, and$100 to the Victim AssistanceFund.

Clairmont was indicted for in-voluntary manslaughter by a fed-eral grand jury on June 12, 2012.The charge stems from an incidentoccurring on February 17, 2012,when Clairmont was driving amotor vehicle at approximately 79miles per hour, had been drinkingalcoholic beverages, and was under

Norris man sentenced for

involuntary manslaughter

Jackson County gets taste of winter

Not a nice day … Friday, January11 didn’t start out too bad of a day, however, by late morning snow, ac-companied by wind, put together a winter storm. Winds picked up as the day went on and several businessesclosed down early. Sporting events were postponed as was some church services on Sunday.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

gler NFR qualifiers Trey BentonIII, of Rock Island, Texas; KaninAsay, of Powell, Wyo.; Ardie Maier,of Timber Lake, S.D.; Trevor Kast-ner, of Ardmore, Okla.; CodySamora, of Cortez, Colo.; TateStratton, of Kellyville, Okla.; CodyWhitney, of Asher, Okla., BeauSchroder, of China, Texas; ClaytonSavage, of Casper, Wyo.; BrettStall, of Detroit Lakes, Minn.; andTag Elliott, of Thatcher, Utah.

The Xtreme Bulls Tour formatfeatures 35 cowboys participatingin a long-go each night with the top10 riders brought back for a shortround. The Rapid City championwill be crowned based on the high-est total score from both nights ofcompetition. The payout for theRapid City Xtreme Bulls event is$52,000. Monies won at PRCAXtreme Bulls Tour stops count to-wards the 2013 PRCA WorldStandings, which determine quali-fiers for the Wrangler NFR in LasVegas.

Performances on Friday, Jan. 25and Saturday, Jan. 26 begin at 7:30p.m. (MT).

70 of nation’s top bullriders converge inRapid City, SD

The national PRCA XtremeBulls Tour returns to Rapid City onJan. 25-26 at the Black Hills StockShow & Rodeo for the 7th AnnualRapid City Xtreme Bulls. Seventyof the world’s top bull riders willconverge on the Rushmore PlazaCivic Center to compete for$52,000.

The headliners scheduled tocompete at the Rushmore PlazaCivic Center include 13 bull ridingqualifiers from the 2012 WranglerNational Finals Rodeo in LasVegas, matched against the rank-est PRCA bulls, many of whichwere selected for this past Decem-ber’s Wrangler NFR.

The reigning World ChampionCody Teel, of Kountze, Texas is inthe lineup along with 2011 WorldChampion Shane Proctor, of GrandCoulee, Wash., 2004 World Cham-pion Dustin Elliott, of North Platte,Nebraska, and fellow 2012 Wran-

PRCA Xtreme Bulls tour set for

Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo

The Jackson County Commis-sioner held their meeting on Mon-day, January 7 at 9 a.m. Prior to the meeting being calledto order, oaths of office were givento County Treasurer Cindy Willertand commissioners Ronnie Twissand Larry Johnston. Johnston re-places Delores Bonenberger on theboard. Once the meeting was called toorder the minutes and financialstatement were approved. Two notices of hospitalizationwere received and both items re-quired no action. Glen Bennett was elected asboard chairman and Larry Denkewas elected vice chairman. Appointment and designationswere approved: 4-H Advisor Board,Bennett and Denke; Fair Board,Bennett and Denke; Library Board,Johnston; WSD Community Ac-tion, Johnston; Badlands RC&D,Denke and Jim Stilwell; CentralSD Enhancement District, Twissand Johnston; Local EmergencyPlanning committee, Twiss andStilwell; JC Weed and Pest Board,all commissioners and Kelly For-tune; County surplus property ap-praisal board, all commissioners;4-H Advisor Board, Jackie Stilwell,Nicki Bonenberger and JimCantrell; Fair Board, Ryan Willert,Jessica Magelky, JoBeth Uhlir,Amy Smiley, Francie Davis andMark Slovek; Library Board, RubyVanderMay, Cloretta Eisenbraun,Sydne Lenox, Diana Coller andLoretta Ward. Terry Deuter was also appointedas Veteran’s Service Officer for aperiod of four years. Listed on the agenda for the af-ternoon session was abatements,but were reviewed and approved inthe morning session. Two county residents were ap-proved to make payments to thetreasurer for past due taxes. Following a recess for lunch theboard reconvened at 1 p.m. Veryl Prokop was present to dis-cuss CS 28, which leads to his prop-erty south of Kadoka along theWhite River. Moving CS 28 is complete and ata previous meeting the commis-sioner had directed Highway Su-perintendent Dwight Deaver toclose the old portion of this road.When Deaver contact Prokop aboutclosing the old road, since the newroad has been built, Prokop wasnot in favor of this. According to the

commissioners, the purpose of clos-ing the old road was because a newroad was built to use, it was a largecost for county and could create li-ability issues since maintenancewill be discontinued on the oldroad. The reason for moving theroad was for safety concerns sincethe road was next to the bank ofthe White River and the edge of theroad was falling in to the river. Prokop stated that he was con-cerned with closing the old portionof the road incase someone traveleddown the road and wasn’t aware ofthe road change and would have anaccident. Another reason was if he(Prokop) was unable to get a truckdown the road, in one section of theold road, panels could be set up andcattle could be loaded from there. The commissioners stated that itwas important (for liability issues)that using the old road needed tobe discontinued. Assistant Jackson CountyStates Attorney Chip Kemnitzstated that the legal way for anyroad to be added, changed or re-moved from the highway road sys-tem was a petition needed to befiled, advertise the changes for twoweeks, hold a hearing and pass aresolution. Although the procedurewas not done legally, the roadchanges were listed in the meetingminutes. Kemnitz recommended the com-missioners pass a resolution withat the meeting approving the roadchange. Kemnitz also recommended thatthe old road be closed with a gateand proper signage be installedstating “road closed” and “no tres-passing.” With the gate and signsinstalled, it should prevent thecounty and land owner from any li-ability issues should an accidentoccur. Prokop also stated that eventhough the road is improved it’sstill not finished, and in the futurethe county needs to look at reduc-ing the slope of the new road. Later in the meeting a resolu-tions was passed approving theroad changes. The water statement fromWR/LJ was discussed. It has beendetermined that there is a leak be-tween the main line and the shopbuilding in Interior. It was statedthat the leak will need to be re-paired and it is the county’s respon-sibility. Twiss questioned Deaver as tothe progress with changing theflow to Lost Dog Creek. He said theflow changes needed to be submit-ted to the Corp of Engineers. Deaver presented a price quotefor a jack hammer to use for in-stalling road signs. The purchasewas approved. Motion carried to enter in to ex-

ecutive session at 2:20 p.m. Theyreturned to open session at 2:41p.m. with no action taken. Emergency Manager Jackie Stil-well stated that Green Valley FireDepartment is now receiving callsthrough Pennington County 911. Johnston stated that theBelvidere Fire Department has ex-pressed interest in also goingthrough Pennington County. JackieStilwell said that all the equipmenthas already been installed and theonly costs would be for the pagers. Twiss and Jackson County Sher-iff Ray Clements Jr. questionedKadoka Ambulance PresidentJackie Stilwell and Kadoka FireChief David Johnson as to why theambulance and fire departmentkept a direct land line phone num-ber to receive calls when 911 emer-gency paging is available. Clements stated that at a recenthouse fire, the call was reported onthe local number instead of using911 and it was approximately 15minutes before he knew where thefire was. Twiss said that the county paysa lot for the 911 service throughPennington County and it shouldbe used, and if it’s not going to beused, then why have it? Jackie Stilwell stated that whenthe local number is dialed the callis answered by a local EMT with aradio. The call can be heard by thelocal EMTs and a crew is assem-bled to go on the call. With 911 callsthere is some delay in receiving thecall. Johnson said that when 911began it was the fire department’sdecision to keep the local land linenumber. Clements stated that if the calldoes not go through 911 then hedoes not know where the call forhelp or to report a fire is comingfrom. Unless it (the call) goesthrough 911, he will not respond tothe call. Wages for county employeeswere discussed. Motion carried toapprove a 25¢ per hour increase or$520 annual increase for salariedfull time employees was approvedwith the exception of Henry Bohan-non, Ken Sheaffer, Josh Cadman,Kelly Fortune, Aaron Richardson,Dallas Kendrick and the commis-sioners who will stay at their cur-rent pay rate. With no other business, Chair-man Bennett entertained a motionto adjourn. A motion was made byJohnston, seconded by Twiss to ad-journ, and carried. Following adjournment, CountyAuditor Vicki Wilson presented avoucher approving expenses fortwo people to attend the weed andpest meeting in Huron. Motion wasmade Stilwell, seconded by Denkeand carried to approve.

Glen Bennett elected Jackson

County Commissioner chairman

The Kadoka Area School Board,City of Kadoka and Town ofBelvidere have announced termswhich are soon to expire.

Kadoka Area School BoardAll are 3-year terms

Ken LensegravDawn RasmussenDan VanderMay

City of KadokaMayor (2-year term)

Harry Weller

Ward I (2-year term)Richard Stolley

Ward II (1-year term)Vacant

(2-year term)L. Kieth Prang

Ward III (2-year term)Ryan Willert

Town of BelvidereRudy Reimann

2 years left of a 3-year termJohn L. Rodgers

3-year term

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Philippians 4:10-13Have you ever heard a testimony from someone who

has been through a horrible tragedy? We tend to payvery close attention to such accounts because the per-son involved has witnessed firsthand God’s faithfulness

and power to restore a broken life. Of all the witnesses to God’s grace in times of trouble, none is more compelling than the apostle Paul.He was certainly no stranger to hardship. Throughout his ministry, he was chased, beaten, stoned, ar-rested, shipwrecked, and accused of heresy by both the Jewish leaders and the Roman government. Thiswas certainly a stark contrast to his early life, in which he enjoyed the luxuries and opportunities thathis Roman citizenship and Jewish education provided. There were amazing ups and downs in Paul’s life. As a result, he earned the right to make the procla-mation found in Philippians 4:12: “I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how tolive in prosperity.” And what was the lesson the apostle came away with as a result of these experiences? He tells us inverse 12: “In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, bothof having abundance and suffering need.” Paul’s “secret” is really not a secret al all, for he reveals the source of his strength in the followingverse: “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” Faith in Jesus Christ and an increasing re-liance on Him will make this limitless power source a reality in your life.

Overcoming Life's Ups and Downs

Inspiration Point

Monday, January 21EAT AT JIGGER’S

Tuesday, January 22 Spaghetti with meatsauce, broc-coli-cauliflower mix, tossed salad,french bread, and apricots.

Wednesday, January 23 Oven fried chicken, mashed po-tatoes and gravy, harvard beets,bread, and peaches.

Thursday, January 24 Salisbury steak in gravy, boiledpotatoes and gravy, spinach withvinegar, bread, and mandarin or-anges and pineapple tidbits.

Friday, January 25 Beef stew with vegetables, ap-pleslaw, bread, and pumpkin bar.

Meals forthe Elderly

Despite all the gathered knowl-edge available to physicians, some-times we are helpless. She was in her mid-80s, a nor-mal-sized classy-dressed lady, whowalked into my office with yelloweyes. She stated her urine hadturned dark and the stool turnedlight about a week ago, was feeling“ishy” now for a couple of weeks,and had lost five or ten poundsover the last month. She noted herbelly was bloated, her skin wasitching, and her get-up-and-go hadgot-up-and-gone. My patient reminded me shewas a farm-wife who, after herhusband’s death, moved to townand lived in an apartment alone,although kids lived nearby. Shehad lead a careful life without ex-posure to excessive alcohol ordrugs, was only taking a multiplevitamin, no herbal supplements,and had only one lifetime sexualpartner. She had never received atransfusion, never been to a for-eign country, no family history ofliver disease or cancer, never beentreated for diabetes, and no im-mune condition like lupus.

Her husband had worked withfarm chemicals and insecticides,and although they worked to-gether sometimes moving cattle orwith fieldwork during harvesttime, her jobs mostly involved out-side dealing with chickens and in-side preparing for meals, withoutmuch exposure to chemicals. Inshort, she gave no clue to any-thing, which may cause inflamedliver or “hepatitis.” We admitted her to the hospitalwhere we obtained blood tests, im-aging tests, a liver biopsy, all thewhile monitoring her carefully es-pecially for bleeding problems. Thebiopsy report described fulminantor raging hepatitis, the viral testwas positive for cytomegalovirusor CMV, and everything else wasnegative. We then discussed hercase at length with the infectiousdisease and liver specialists byphone, and kept her in our hospitalas we were advised there was noadvantage gained by referral to alarger hospital. Despite following every recom-mendation of the experts and thetextbooks, we observed how ourpatient’s liver function continuedto deteriorate. Over the next weekand a half she slipped away fromour grasp and died in a coma, sur-rounded by her children and theirfamilies. This was some twentyyears ago and it taught me howour lives truly depend on a func-tioning liver. But I still wonder about thecase. Why did this common virusfound in 80 percent of the adultpopulation kill her? What could Ihave done differently to save thislovely lady? Despite all the gathered knowl-edge available to physicians, some-times we are helpless.

Rick Holm, M.D., Medical Editor

A tale of hepatitis

Clifford D. “Cliff” Ramsey_________

Clifford D. “Cliff” Ramsey, age81, of Philip, S.D., died Saturday,January 12, 2013, at the RapidCity Regional Hospital. Clifford D. Ramsey was bornMay 13, 1931, in Philip, the son ofClaude and Hilda (Sether) Ram-sey. He attended Philip HighSchool and as a junior, was part ofthe undefeated, unscored-uponfootball team. He graduated fromPhilip High School in 1950. Cliff ’s dad died when he was 13,so Cliff assisted in running hisparents’ ranch at a young age.After high school he remained atthe ranch. Cliff was united in marriage toRita Urban on July 25, 1951, inPierre. To this union were bornfour children, Doug, Bart, Vickiand Gary. They remained on the ranch alltheir 61 years of marriage. Heloved the family, outdoors, andhunting. He cherished the time he

was able to spend with all of them.Cliff still has the state record muledeer. Cliff was a member of theUnited Church of Philip, a schoolboard member, and church boardmember for many years. Grateful for having shared hislife include his wife, Rita, of Philip;three sons, Doug Ramsey and hiswife, Phyllis, of Sundance, Wyo.,Bart Ramsey and his wife, Marcy,of Philip, and Gary Ramsey andhis wife, Amber, of Colstrip, Mont.;one daughter, Vicki Eide and herhusband, Marvin, of Philip; ninegrandchildren, Brittany (Scott),Michelle (Nick), Krystal, Cara(Brook) Chad (Paulette), Carla,Christa (Trevor), Chelsea (Tyler)and Taylor; 15 great-grandchil-dren, Jordan, Haley, Ramsey, Pey-ton, Caden, Wyatt, Charlee, Kiley,Taegan, Brayden, Keagan, Colby,Jensen, Rayler and Aven; one sis-ter, Hazel Thompson of Spearfish;his mother-in-law, Dorothy Urbanof Philip; and a host of other rela-tives and friends. Cliff was preceded in death byhis parents and one brother,Chuck Ramsey. Memorial services were heldWednesday, January 16, at theAmerican Legion Hall in Philipwith Pastor Kathy Chesney offici-ating. Music was provided by SallyJankord, pianist, and Glenn Par-sons, vocalist. Ushers were Norm Payne andDean Fitzgerald. A memorial has been estab-lished to the Haakon CountyPrairie Transportation. His online guestbook is availableat www.rushfuneralhome.com

Arnold C. Wolden________________

Arnold C. Wolden, age 95, ofPhilip, S.D., passed away peace-fully on Tuesday morning, Janu-ary 8, 2013, at the Hans P.Peterson Memorial Hospital inPhilip, with his family at his side. Arnold C. Wolden was born toJohanna (Running) and AntonWolden on January 7, 1918, athome in Union County, near ElkPoint. Both of his parents emi-grated from Norway. On March 9, 1930, the Woldenfamily moved to Philip from Beres-ford, driving two Model T Fords, a1918 and 1925 touring car. Thefamily had loaded two box carswith livestock, machinery andhousehold goods. As a young man, Arnold farmedthe family farm northeast of Philipwith his parents. In the late 1930she was employed by Civil Conser-vation Corps and Works ProgressAdministration, which includedLake Sunshine. He received hispilot’s license in the late 1940s,purchased a J3 Piper Cub airplaneand continued to fly until 1953. Hewas a frequent attendee at fly-insand flight shows includingOshkosh, Wis. Then he traded theairplane for a new red Ford pickupthat was plagued with almost“every problem on the planet” andwished many times he had justkept the airplane. On January 30, 1952, Arnoldmarried Virginia Smith Johnsonat the First Lutheran Church inPhilip, where he was a chartermember. To this union five chil-dren were born, Gene, Linda,Roger, Mark and Terry, and he alsoraised two stepchildren, Janet andMichael. Arnold participated in the BoyScouts with his sons, and he was

an active member of the SouthDakota Stockgrowers Association. Other interests included attend-ing auctions, rodeos, dances, visit-ing with residents at the nursinghome and attending their dancenight. In addition to farming andranching, Arnold was also a grainseed salesman for Sokota Seedsand Conklin products. Upon semi-retirement, Arnoldand Virginia took dance classesand attended dances throughoutthe local area. He also helped builda house at age 80 years young. Arnold enjoyed his children,grandchildren and great grand-children and taught most of themhow to drive sitting on his lap,years before they were of legaldriving age. Arnold was a kind, gentle manthat was wonderful husband, dot-ing father, grandfather to 20,great-grandfather to 22, and great-great-grandfather to three; brotherto Julie Brooks and Helga War-rington; and loyal friend to many.He believed every child was thebrightest and cutest that ever ex-isted. He will be forever loved anddearly missed. Arnold was preceded in death byhis parents; three sisters, MabelKiel, Alice Hanson-Strand andAgnes Fickbohm; two brothers:Sam and Oliver; children, Janetand Mark; great-great-granddaughters, Tessa Brenner,Logan and Emma Duran. Services were held Friday, Jan-uary 11, at the First LutheranChurch in Philip with PastorFrezil Westerlund officiating. Music was provided by MarilynMillage, pianist, and Kim Kan-able, vocalist. Ushers were Mike Brooks,James Hoag, Roger O’Connell andDaryll Dietrich. Ushers were Patrick Craven,Michael Johnson, Casey Johnson,Jamie Johnson, Cory Wolden,Blaine Wolden, Dustin Wolden,Mark Osborn, Eric Wiedenman,Todd Wolden, Trevor Wolden andJered Martin. Honorary pallbear-ers were Michelle Brenner, BritaLong, Naco See, Heather Claypool,Bridget Duran, Jana Mead, KitWolden Stadig and ElizabethWolden. Interment was at the MasonicCemetery in Philip. A memorial has been estab-lished. Arrangements were with theRush Funeral Home of Philip. His online guestbook is availableat www.rushfuneralhome.com

Erwin Latham __________________ Erwin Latham, 85, passed awayThursday evening, Jan. 10, 2013,at Dahl Memorial Hospital inEkalaka, MT, after a long, ongoingbattle with cancer. An era has come to an end withthe passing of Erwin. He was oneof the last of the old time cowboys,a faithful husband, a good father,a doting grandfather and a friendto more people than he couldcount. He was often found on thephone catching up with old friendsor new ones he had dialed by acci-dent. He was a great teacher with-out a classroom, especially to hisnieces, nephews and grandchil-dren. He was a patient man withchildren and livestock. He alwaysmade time to visit with anyone es-pecially over a cup of coffee or aglass of beer. He had an encyclope-dic knowledge of his hometownand county and could be countedon to give you the whole story. Hewas a giver of nicknames and hadone of his own from his nieces andnephews “Big Uncle.” He was stub-born at times. He was known forhis “Erwin-isms” like “You aren’twearing enough clothes to flag ahand car.” He was a fixer of allthings. No matter the need, he wasalways ready to give a helpinghand. He was a good man and atrue friend. He will be missed. Erwin was born Oct. 25, 1927, toFrank and Esther (Bickerdyke)Latham at the home of Aunt LillyTurbiville in Camp Crook. He grewup on the family ranch and he andhis sister, Marilyn, rode their pony,Amos, to the Bullock School everyday. Little brother, Neil, joined thefamily in 1938. Erwin started highschool in Camp Crook and at-tended until the school burneddown. He returned to the ranchwhere he lived and worked the restof his life. Erwin was very active in thecommunity. He was a chartermember of the Camp Crook Rop-ing Club and the Bullock Commu-nity Club. He was on the HardingCounty Fair Board for many yearsand started the Sheep ShearingContest, serving as that division’s

Superintendent. He was also thesecretary/treasurer of Camp CrookFire Department for a number ofyears. Erwin married Shirley (Rowley)May 29, 1970, at St. Paul’sCatholic Church in Belle Fourche.The couple moved to the ranchnorth of Camp Crook where theyraised their three children. Erwin is survived by his wife,Shirley, Camp Crook; sons, Darwin(Kay), Camp Crook, and Ben(Kate) Kadoka; daughter, CoriAnn(Richard) Battista, Snelville, GA;grandchildren, John (Jenna)Latham, Fort Pierre, JasonLatham, Camp Crook, and An-thony, Robert, and Cara Battista,Snelville; sister, Marilyn Olson,Bowman, ND; and sister-in-law,Frankie Latham, Spearfish. He was preceded in death by hisparents, Frank and EstherLatham; his brother, Neil Latham;and brother-in-law, John R Olson. Memorial services were held at1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, at theCamp Crook Area CommunityCenter with the Reverend TomMartin officiating. Inurnment willfollow at Fairview Cemetery,Camp Crook. Black Hills Funeral Home inSturgis is in charge of the arrange-ments. Friends and family may sign theonline guest register and leavewritten condolences at www.black-hillsfuneralhome.com.

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I lost a good friend last weekwhen Winona Carson tired of thislife after 94 years and went onahead of me to heaven. I’m noteven sure when she and I first gotacquainted, but it was over thirtyyears ago and probably close toforty. I think it was when hergrandson, Scott, worked for us fora few years shortly after he got outof high school. No matter how andwhen we met, we’ve stayed friendsever since. Winona loved farm-raised eggssince she said they tasted so muchbetter than those available instores. As a result, I delivered eggsto her on a regular basis whichmeant we got to visit some everyweek or two. When I stopped in, itwas a rare occurrence for her to besitting idle. She was either baking,cooking, sewing or doing someother kind of work. “Loafing about”was not in her vocabulary. “Usefulendeavor” was. Neither did she mess aboutdoing things slowly. She movedright along. I recall many timeswhen I delivered some old hens orother surplus chickens to her. Iwould call and tell her I was com-ing which prompted her to putwater on to boil for scalding. WhenI arrived, she grabbed her axe andhad those birds beheaded andready for plucking before I left thedriveway. After I visited the bankand grocery store and took care ofany other business I had, I wouldstop back to pick up my cages. Inthat short amount of time, thechickens were apt to be plucked,washed and ready to cook up forcanning. Sometimes she wouldlater give me a jar of cannedchicken that made up nicely intosoup or other tasty fare. Winona was a very sweet andkind lady. She didn’t talk a lot, buta smile was always close to thesurface. She was rather fun totease because it made her chuckle.She didn’t often tease back, butshe didn’t mind being teased her-self about little things. In short,she was the kind of person youwould like to have as your grand-mother. She strongly reminded meof my own grandma who doted onme and liked to do nice things forme. When I stopped in and therewere cookies or other treats sittingon the table, I was always invitedto try them which I gladly did. Onesuch treat at Christmas time wasa fruit cake. Normally, I’m not bigon fruit cake, but this one was dif-

ferent. It was actually good. Iasked for the recipe which wassoon written down for me, and I’vemade it several times. It makes ahuge batch that will not only lastthrough Christmas but probablyinto March as well since part of itcan be frozen for later use. Oddlyenough, it is a no-bake cake that isglued together with marshmallowsand other tasty goodies. I didn’tmake it this year, come to think ofit, but maybe I will gather the mul-titude of ingredients needed toconstruct it and call it an Easterfruitcake in memory of my friend.I know I’ll never make it without itbringing Mrs. C happily to mind. When I stopped in at Winona’s,it was unusual for her to be alone.Some friends or relatives were al-most always there and had proba-bly just been served a meal or weregoing to be. Family was important,and I met many of her kin includ-ing some brothers and sisters,kids, grandkids, and such. Herplace was where the family gath-ered. On several occasions, I wascalled on to take pictures at somefamily reunion or event thatWinona wanted recorded photo-graphically. Her living room was agallery of those she held dear. Winona always remembered meat Christmas. Usually she gave mesomething she had made likepotholders or the like, and I treas-ured them, partly because theywere nice things, but mostly be-cause she’d made them. One of thelast things she gave me was a niftyquilt. It was made with squares ofblue denim from old blue jeans onone side and white, pink and redflannel on the other. It was tiedwith red yarn. She said I needed tocarry it in the new pickup I’d justpurchased, and, as a result, it waspartly done in red since that wasthe color of the pickup. It was agrand quilt, and it is still ridingaround with me in my red Ranger.You just never know when youmight need a quilt. It’s a comfort tohave along. Well, although I’ll miss myfriend until we meet again up-stairs, I know she was ready to go.Old age was becoming a burden,and her bags were packed, so tospeak. I imagine she’s alreadylooking around for useful things todo up there in heaven. I’ll be gladone day to resume our friendship,and, until then, Winona will con-tinue to live in my mind and heart.

Winona Bell Carson(1918-2013)

Winona

Lookin’ Aroundby Syd Iwan

Chuck Willard is well on the wayto recovery after having hip-re-placement surgery in Rapid Citylast Monday. There were a few dayswhen the pain medicine causedproblems, but that seems to havebeen adjusted now so things aregoing better. Chuck had his otherhip replaced about five years agoand said he was glad to now be outof hips needing repair. It appar-ently isn’t much fun. Tom DeVrieshas been going down and helpingwith chores. On Sunday, Jim Addi-son picked Tom up in Belvidere anddrove him to Ted Vobr’s. Tom thenwalked across the frozen river toChuck’s and started chores. Jimdid chores at Ted’s and then walkedacross to Chuck’s as well. Tom andJim enjoyed coffee, cookies and din-ner before heading back out. Jim Addison was batching onSunday since Georgann and Jamiwere staying in Murdo due toweather and bad roads. Jim hadbeen to Murdo on Thursday for thestart of the Jones County Invita-tional basketball tournament andhoped to return on Monday for thechampionship game. That gamewas supposed to have been playedon Saturday, but blizzard condi-tions caused a rescheduling of someof the games. Greg and Dana Badure are in aperiod of transition after losing thecontract for maintenance of therest areas east of town. All the restareas between Tilford and the Mis-souri River are now being done bythe same company. The whole fam-ily has been entertaining colds thisweek, and Brisa and Martin visitedthe doctor in Philip. Flu didn’tshow up in tests so it was advisedto treat the troubles as colds. Gregsaid his dad, Al, and Beverly wereplanning a trip to Casper, WY, thisweek since Beverly’s son is seri-ously ill with heart problems.

Mark DeVries said this was thefirst weekend they’d had off fromwrestling since Halloween. Therewas a meet scheduled for Philipthis weekend, but it was called offdue to the nasty weather. Theroads seem good enough now, how-ever, that the family can get toschool on Monday. Delores Bonenberger is doingbetter after the minor stroke sherecently suffered. The stroke wasapparently caused by high bloodpressure which is being treated.She has been advised not to drive,however, until after her next doctorappointment so she hasn’t beengoing many places. She did godown the road to Brett and NikkiBonenberger’s on Sunday sinceBrett was celebrating his 32ndbirthday with dinner, a couple ofcakes, homemade ice cream andthe works. Delores was taken overby Keith and Pam who were alsothere. Brett’s brother, Kade, wasthere, too. Brett also celebrated hisbirthday by getting his four-wheeler stuck in a snow bank. De-lores suggested he might have to goback to checking the cows on ahorse, but that suggestion had acool reception. Charlene Ceniceros said herhousehold has been hosting the fluthis last week. Her granddaughter,also named Charlene, did go toPierre on Friday and got home justin time before the storm got toowild. Her husband, Daryl Romero,had to stay over at work one nightdue to bad weather and roads. Church was called off inBelvidere on Sunday as was thepotluck and annual meeting thatwere to follow church. Quite a fewcountry people were blocked in bysnow, and it was a cold day to beout and about. The annual meetingwill probably be held on the 27th.

Following the January tax lawchanges made by Congress underthe American Taxpayer Relief Act(ATRA), the Internal RevenueService announced today it plans toopen the 2013 filing season andbegin processing individual incometax returns on Jan. 30. The IRS will begin accepting taxreturns on that date after updatingforms and completing program-ming and testing of its processingsystems. This will reflect the bulkof the late tax law changes enactedJan. 2. The announcement meansthat the vast majority of tax filers -- more than 120 million households-- should be able to start filing taxreturns starting Jan 30. The IRS estimates that remain-ing households will be able to startfiling in late February or intoMarch because of the need for moreextensive form and processing sys-tems changes. This group includespeople claiming residential energycredits, depreciation of property orgeneral business credits. Most ofthose in this group file more com-plex tax returns and typically filecloser to the April 15 deadline orobtain an extension. “We have worked hard to opentax season as soon as possible,” IRSActing Commissioner Steven T.Miller said. “This date ensures wehave the time we need to updateand test our processing systems.” The IRS will not process papertax returns before the anticipatedJan. 30 opening date. There is noadvantage to filing on paper beforethe opening date, and taxpayerswill receive their tax refunds muchfaster by using e-file with direct de-posit. “The best option for taxpayers isto file electronically,” Miller said. The opening of the filing seasonfollows passage by Congress of anextensive set of tax changes inATRA on Jan. 1, 2013, with manyaffecting tax returns for 2012.While the IRS worked to anticipatethe late tax law changes as much

as possible, the final law requiredthat the IRS update forms and in-structions as well as make criticalprocessing system adjustments be-fore it can begin accepting tax re-turns. The IRS originally planned toopen electronic filing this year onJan. 22; more than 80 percent oftaxpayers filed electronically lastyear.

Who Can File Starting Jan. 30? The IRS anticipates that thevast majority of all taxpayers canfile starting Jan. 30, regardless ofwhether they file electronically oron paper. The IRS will be able toaccept tax returns affected by thelate Alternative Minimum Tax(AMT) patch as well as the threemajor “extender” provisions forpeople claiming the state and localsales tax deduction, higher educa-tion tuition and fees deduction andeducator expenses deduction.

Who Can’t File Until Later? There are several forms affectedby the late legislation that requiremore extensive programming andtesting of IRS systems. The IRShopes to begin accepting tax re-turns including these tax forms be-tween late February and intoMarch; a specific date will be an-nounced in the near future. The key forms that require moreextensive programming changesinclude Form 5695 (ResidentialEnergy Credits), Form 4562 (De-preciation and Amortization) andForm 3800 (General BusinessCredit). A full listing of the formsthat won’t be accepted until later isavailable on IRS.gov. As part of this effort, the IRSwill be working closely with the taxsoftware industry and tax profes-sional community to minimize de-lays and ensure as smooth a taxseason as possible under the cir-cumstances. Updated information will beposted on IRS.gov.

IRS plans Jan. 30 tax seasonopening for 1040 filers

Bad is never good, until worse happens.

Danish Proverb James and Marjorie Anne Letel-lier and Andee Beckwith met upwith Julie Letellier at White Riveron Tuesday afternoon and the four-some traveled on to Lower Brule.Sunshine Bible Academy was play-ing four basketball games. Thegirls won the “B” game and lost the“A” game. The boys lost bothgames, but the “A” game score was55-57. It was a thriller of a game.Cassie Beckwith is a member of thegirl’s team. Sharon Ring took her grandson,Jeremy, to his appointment atMurdo on that windy Wednesdaymorning. Wednesday evening about 10folks gathered in the Norris PostOffice lobby for a meeting about thefate of our post office. Steve Carter,Manager of Post Office Operations,of Rapid City and Anne Fickoehmrepresented the postal department.Carter spoke to the group of the sit-uation facing the post office andtold of the plans for cutting thehours of window service at our localpost office. As it appears now thehours for the Norris Post Officewindow service will be 8:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m. week days and Saturdaywill be 9:30-10:30 a.m., however,this will not take effect for 60 days.Cutting the service of any businessis not a good policy for any busi-ness. On Thursday, Dan Taft was in-jured in a four-wheeler accident.Tafts were busy moving cattle inpreparation for the coming storm.Dan was taken to Rapid City Re-gional Hospital, where he had sur-gery on his shoulder. He is nowhome recuperating from the ordeal.

Get well quick, Dan, hope you willsoon be all healed up. The Norris Fire Departmentwas a recent recepient of a gift of$500 from the Mellette CountyCommunity Foundation. We arevery grateful for the generousityshown to our little burg. We allknow how important our local firedepartments were this summer. Carol Ferguson was back at herold job in the post office a few dayswhile Susan Taft was in RapidCity. Norris School news is thatDARE graduation is being plannedbut the date has not been set yet. Basketball is the big topicaround here as the Jones CountyInvitational Tournament is still insession with White River playingJones County for championship onMonday night. We also had theWhite River Middle School teamplaying Kadoka on Monday night.Norris has a lot of guys on bothteams so folks will really be keep-ing the road busy tonight; hopethey get there safely and on time.The time difference complicates it,but being on Interstate 90 shouldhelp some. We are very proud ofour kids, but they do keep us on thego. Maxine Allard hosted the NorrisBible Church Sunday School thisweek for the first time since Christ-mas. This week has been bitter cold,but hope by the time you are read-ing this that it will have warmedup. We did get a few inches of snowin the storm last week, but thewind blew in drifts so some spotsare actually bare, too. It definitelylooks like January and feels like ittoo! That explains the shortage ofnews this week the best, too.

Youth, who have at least fiveyears of active membership inSouth Dakota 4-H and are currenthigh school seniors or are enrolledin post secondary education are en-couraged to apply for South Dakota4-H Scholarships. "These scholarships are specifi-cally for SD 4-H members and theprocess makes it easy to apply foras many as you would like," saidAudrey Rider SDSU Extension 4-HYouth Leadership Field Specialist. There are seven different schol-arship opportunities and the dead-line for all applicaitons is April 1,2013. To apply for South Dakota State4-H Scholarship(s), applicants needto submit the following four fouritems: •Cover letter of one typewrittenpage (8½"x11"), with one inch mar-gins, using a 12 point font. •Résumé of one or two typewrit-ten pages (8½"x11"), with one inchmargins, using a 12 point font •Non-confidential one-page let-ter of recommendation from ONEof the following: 4-H club leader,county 4-H Youth Program Advisor,school administrator or teacher,employer, pastor or someone whocan comment on the applicant'sgoals and skills. •For high school seniors, an of-ficial copy of his/her high schooltranscript with the current cumu-lative grade point average (GPA),

rank in class and ACT/SAT scores.For current college students, a col-lege and/or technical institute tran-script with the current cumulativeGPA. •Students also have the optionof submitting one page of photoswith captions showing 4-H leader-ship work/accomplishments. To find out what to include inyour cover letter and resumeplease refer to the 2013 SouthDakota State 4-H Scholarship Pol-icy document in the 4-H Resourcelibrary on iGrow.org. A committee will review all ap-plications and announce recipientsin early May. All applicants will benotified via USPS mail regardingtheir final status after selection ofrecipients. All recipients must com-plete and return the 4-H Scholar-ship Acceptance Form to receivethe scholarship(s). •4-H scholarship awards arebased on fulfillment of scholarship-specific criteria and the following: •40 percent scholastic achieve-ment; •10 percent character; •40 percent 4-H project involve-ment including Citizenship/Com-munity Service and Leadership;and •10 percent financial need. To learn more contact your localSDSU Extension 4-H Youth Pro-gram Advisor. For a complete list-ing, visit iGrow.org.

4-H Scholarship deadline is April 1drug testing of program partici-pants, and funding of parole pro-grams to keep drug, alcohol andmental health offenders out of jail,which will “save millions of dollarsin prison costs.”

Frerichs was in agreement, butnotes that the Governor “stillmissed the boat when it came tothe big issues” of education andMedicaid funding of nursinghomes.

However, said Frerichs, “there isa different mood this year in theLegislature.” The first year it wascuts, he said, and the second it wasreform, but this year, there appearsto be more concern about providingfunds for education and nursinghomes.

Frerichs said there also appearsto be support for extending theschool year, which would addressadditional funding.

By Elizabeth “Sam” GroszCommunity News Service

Senate Democratic leader JasonFrerichs, Wilmot, called it “refresh-ing” that Gov. Dennis Daugaard’sState of the State address was onethat was “not so divisive.”

This year, Daugaard centered oncriminal justice reform, which,Frerichs noted, was “something wecan all agree on.” Last year’s pro-posal for education reform,HB1234, was divisive, he said,from the beginning.

Daugaard on Jan. 8 in Pierreproposed following the recommen-dations of a criminal justice workgroup, outlining three of the 18proposals. Later, legislation wasfiled in the Senate to accomplishthat.

The proposals deal with the useof alternative drug courts, random

Democrat leader expresses concern

for education, Medicaid funding

Area merchants, holiday shop-pers and BankWest branches onceagain partnered to boost the re-gional economy through theBankWest Christmas Dollars pro-gram. BankWest VP MarketingKristin Brost said this year’s pro-gram provided more than $366,000in low-interest loans to area shop-pers. The Christmas Dollars wereredeemable at nearly 400 partici-pating businesses throughout cen-tral South Dakota and bankofficials say interest in this year’sprogram was about average fromprevious years. “The program is good for ourlocal businesses and it’s good forour local shoppers,” Brost said.“The interest rate is lower than tra-

ditional loans and it’s significantlylower than what you would pay ona credit card. The loans providegreater buying power and thosepurchases stay in our communities.It’s truly a win-win situation andit’s just one way that BankWestreinvests in the communities itserves.” BankWest Christmas Dollarswere redeemable at 398 businessesin 13 different communities. Thosecommunities included: Pierre, FortPierre, Kadoka, Philip, Murdo,Draper, Kennebec, Selby, Onida,Gettysburg, Gregory, Winner andMitchell. Brost said the number ofparticipating businesses fluctuatesfrom year to year, but continuallygrows.

BankWest Christmas dollars

support area economy

Locals … January 17, 2013 • Kadoka Press • Page 4

Interior NewsJean Amiotte • 433-5386

Local News Sdyne Lenox • Robyn Jones

Trevor Fricke and Melissa McConnell are pleased to announce theirengagement. The bride to be is the daughter of Paul and Gwen McConnell ofCreighton, SD. She is a 2011 graduate of Wall High School, and currentlyattending NCTA in Curtis, Neb. to gain her Associate Degree in Livestockand Equine Production and minoring in Business. Melissa’s grandparentsare Bruce and Lila Whidby of Kadoka, and Don and Betty McConnell ofRuthton, Minn. The future groom is the son of Mike and Beth Fricke of Chappell. He isa 2010 Garden County High School graduate, currently attending NCTAin Curtis to obtain his Associate Degrees in Livestock Production andAgribusiness. Trevor’s grandparents are Clarence (Mert) and the latePauline Fricke of Roscoe, Neb., and Bill and Jo Reutzel of Ogallala, Neb. The couple is planning an August 17, 2013 wedding in Wall.

Engagement

gating murders. This time severalbodies have been unearthed at anold WWII bombing range—only themurderers occurred several yearsapart and the “story behind them isabout to blow-up”…

Death on the Greasy Grass, themuch anticipated third book inWendelboe’s mystery series, will bereleased in June 2013. Please joinus in welcoming C. M. Wendelboeat Jackson County Library onTuesday, Feb. 12 at 4:00 p.m.Questions—call Deb Moor at the li-brary @ 837-2689.

Other HappeningsThe JC Library discussion group

met on Sunday, January 6. DorothyLiegl led the discussion over thebook, We Band of Angels. Fourteenparticipants enjoyed refreshmentsfollowing the discussion. Our nextbook, Life on the Farm & Ranch, isa collection of local stories and dis-cussion is planned for Sunday,April 7 at 2:00. Author Lori Arm-strong will be signing her latestbook, Merciless, at the Rapid CityBAM (Books-A-Million) Store onJanuary 19th at 2:00 p.m.

The AARP Tax-Aide Volunteerswill be coming to the library start-ing in February. These volunteersprovide free tax preparation assis-tance for people of a variety of agesand incomes. Watch for details.

Evelyn Fortune is available forcomputer troubleshooting assis-tance on Wednesday afternoons.

Questions?Call Deb Moor at the Jackson

County Library at 837-2689, e-mailat jclibrary2000@gmail.com, stopin for a visit, or check out the web-site athttps://sites.google.com/site/jack-soncountylibrary/

Open House for Author C. M. Wendelboe

Jackson County Library inKadoka will host an Open Housefor author C. M. Wendelboe on Feb.12 at 4:00 p.m. There will be dis-cussion and questions, with a booksigning to follow. A South DakotaNative and former Vietnam/Marineveteran, Wendelboe has a law en-forcement career spanning 38years in various capacities—sev-eral in South Dakota towns border-ing Indian reservations. He revisitsPine Ridge occasionally to researchhis novels; harvesting an apprecia-tion for Native American perspec-tives.

The first book in his mystery se-ries, Death Along the Spirit Road,FBI agent Manny Tanno must re-turn to his childhood home on thePine Ridge Indian Reservation toassist in a solving a murder. AgentTanno finds some things do notchange and the pressure is on tosolve the case.

Second in the series is DeathWhere the Bad Rocks Live. Thismystery takes place in the SouthDakota Badlands, where agentTanno again finds himself investi-

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I am going to write the Interiornews once more, just to let all ofyou that live away from here knowthat Interior is still on the map anddoing well! Some of the highlights of lastsummer are: Matt Harvey has been workingin the oil fields in Tioga, NorthDakota, since last April. He getshome to see his family when hecan. Our local Elsie Fortune, daugh-ter of Wayne and Kathy Fortune,did very well at the South DakotaHigh School Rodeo in BelleFourche the last part of June. Shewon the title of South Dakota HighSchool Rodeo Queen for 2012 andwas the State champion for thegirls break away roping. In July,she went to Rock Springs, WY, tocompete in the national rodeoqueen contest and ended up plac-ing 21st over all in the queen con-test, plus getting 10th place forpersonality. She made Interiorproud. Anne Kruse, daughter of Charlieand Beth Kruse, married BryanShore in a beautiful outdoor wed-ding on June 30, 2012 at the Char-lie and Beth Kruse ranch. They aremaking their home in Sioux Falls,where both are employed. Many people from near and farcame to Interior for the Fourth ofJuly celebration. They had a niceparade, plenty of excitement at therodeo, lots and lots of good food andgood visiting. They also had ahuge fireworks display with somepeople coming from a distance justfor that event. The people of Inte-rior and surrounding area are to becommended for all of their work toput on such a fine family celebra-tion. The summer was hot and dry,but the grasshoppers were morethan plentiful! Ol' Man WhiteRiver even dried up completely fortwo and a half months! The deerhad to come to the stock tanks forwater. Hopefully, we'll get somenice moisture for this spring andsummer. Kelly and Pat Fortune joined theSouth Dakota Stock Growers on atrip to Ireland last October. Theytoured ranches and farms and saidit was a most enjoyable trip. Kyle and Tricia Amiotte andfamily of Wall spent the Saturdayand Sunday before Christmas atthe home of Kyle's mother, AstaAmiotte. Asta spent part of Christ-mas Eve with Tucker and CorinnAmiotte and family, then left forWinner to spend some time at thehome of Jeff and Dondee Kro-likowski and family. Jesse and Alice Baysinger wentto Phoenix, AZ, to spend Christmaswith their son, Wesley, and LupeBaysinger and Taylor. They had anenjoyable time and returned homeon December 29. Jesse and Alice

are now living in Rapid City per-manently now. They would enjoyhearing from their Badlandsfriends. Terry and Shirley Gartner havesold their Badlands Grocery storeto Brett and Christi Guptill re-cently. The Guptill's took over Jan-uary 1 and are anxious to dobusiness with you. Judy Livermont and her daugh-ter, Stevie Uhlir, went to Chamber-lain and Ft. Pierre a couple weeksago to attend gymnastic meets.Stevie's daughter, Shelby, com-peted at the meets. This is Shelby'sfirst year and she did a good job. Asta Amiotte enjoyed supper atthe Chuck and Jan Carlbom homeabout a week ago. Wayne and Kathy Fortune wentto Wall last weekend for the Wallhigh school senior projects. Theirdaughter, Elsie, is a senior in Wallthis year. Carpel tunnel surgery seems tobe the going thing around herelately. Jena Amiotte had surgery onboth hands last summer, NormanAmiotte had surgery on one handin November and Chuck Carlbomhad surgery on one hand in Decem-ber and will have the other handdone this Tuesday, January 15.They all say it is instant relief andare glad to have it done. The Interior Volunteer Fire De-partment is building a new firehouse in Interior. It is bigger andmostly enclosed now. Charlie and Beth Kruse enjoyeda nice Christmas with all of theirkids and their spouses home. Sev-eral of the Kruse family and friendsleft January 2 to go skiing atSteamboat Springs, CO. Carla Mcleron has been in theswing bed at the Philip hospital forsome time now and could use yourprayers. She also enjoys visitors. Shirley Gartner sure appreci-ated all of her family and friends,from near and far, for all of theirprayers, lovely gifts and flowersduring her illness. She is gratefulto all of you. All of my family got together andhad a birthday supper for me at thehome of Ken and Julie Bartlett onSaturday evening. Besides all ofmy family, Chuck and Jan Carlbomand Gene and Alecia Fortune andJett were there. Family, friendsand delicious food makes for a goodtime. The post office hours are as fol-lows: Lobby open from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Monday through Friday; win-dow open from 11 a. m. to 3 p.m.Monday through Friday; and thewindow is open from 10:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m. on Saturdays. If anyone of you would like towrite the Interior news, please doso! People living in other places liketo hear what is going on in Interior. Have a good week!

However, Gilbertson said, theNorthern Hills Drug Program,which was what he called “a leap offaith” five years ago, is now beingused as an example of what can beaccomplished statewide. In recentyears, the program has been ex-panded to the southern Black Hills,as well as Pierre and Sioux Falls.This past year an alcohol court wasbegun in Aberdeen and a drugcourt in Yankton began this month.

The first graduates of the 18-month program said to a personthat “it would have been easier tojust go to the pen and do theirtime,” said Gilbertson, but theyhave proved that with proper guid-ance people can be returned a pro-ductive member of society. So far,the success rate is in the 81-per-cent range.

These courts, he stressed are fordrug and alcohol addicts, not fordrug pushers or violent criminals.

This alternative to probation orpenitentiary time are “proven towork better to break the revolvingdoor of crime with fewer tax dollarsbeing spent,” said Gilbertson.“They give the sentencing judgetools in addition to the traditionalpenitentiary sentences and proba-tion.”

The previous day a comprehen-sive bill entitled the South DakotaPublic Safety Improvement Actwas filed in the Senate as SB70.The proposed legislation, accordingto Gov. Dennis Daugaard, is en-dorsed by everyone in the systemfrom sheriffs and police up to thechief justice.

The bill is the result of a taskforce study.

By Elizabeth “Sam” GroszCommunity News Service

The skyrocketing cost of housingdrug and alcohol offenders in theS.D. Penitentiary system and thenumber of repeat offenders is com-ing under scrutiny by the state ju-diciary system.

South Dakota Supreme CourtChief Justice David Gilbertson saidJan. 9 that the state cannot con-tinue on its current path becausethe spiraling costs of the penal sys-tem–at $25,000 per year to housean inmate—or there will be noth-ing left in the future to spend onother programs, such as education.

Gilbertson said, as an example,in the 1980s there were 32 beds inthe women’s prison, where nowtoday there are 450 females. That,he said, is a 15-fold increase in 20years. The increase is male prison-ers is similar, he added.

Much of that increase, he said, isin non-violent crimes resultingfrom alcohol and drug abuse.

Gilbertson noted that after 37years in the criminal justice sys-tem, he is now seeing “a third gen-eration of certain families runningafoul of our criminal laws,” and thechoices have only been sendingthem to prison or back out on pro-bation.

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Wanda Swan returned home onJanuary 10 after spending a monthwith her daughter and son-in-law,Betty and Dave Rasmussen, of Bro-ken Arrow, OK. She left on Decem-ber 10 and also got to visit thefamilies of her two grandsons whilethere. While she was gone her sis-ter, Marjorie Jeffords, celebratedher 90th birthday on December 31.Marjorie lives in the There’s a HartAssisted Living Center in RapidCity. Bill Bouman underwent surgeryat the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,MN, on Monday, January 7. Hewas dismissed on Friday and thefamily started home that day butstayed in Mitchell that night be-cause of bad weather. They re-turned to Kadoka on Saturday andhe is recouperating at home. Word was received by friends ofCliff Ramsey, Philip, of his death atRapid City Regional Hospital onSaturday, January 12. Sympathy isextended to his family which in-cludes former Kadoka residentMarcy (Olney) Ramsey, who is adaughter-in-law. Cliff ’s funeral washeld Wednesday afternoon inPhilip. Brett and Tammy Prang spentthe weekend in Valentine, NE, vis-iting at the home of Lonnie Jo andGabe Doney and sons. While therethey attended the annual fireman’sparty, as Gabe is a fireman there.They said that Valentine didn’thave the snow storm that this areaexperienced Friday and Saturday. Jackson County Unit 27, Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary held its Jan-uary meeting on the 10th.Donations were made to the USO,Auxiliary Emergency Fund, theFisher House, Special Olympicsand Veteran’s Creative Arts Festi-val. Membership Chairman re-

ported that 118 members have paiddues so far, with quota being 154.Twenty-eight dictionaries weregiven to the third graders in theKadoka Area School District. Cour-tesy cards have been sent to theKujawa, Cadman, Schnee, Patter-son and Carleton families. TheMid-Winter Conference is set forFeb. 8-10 at Cedar Shore Resortnear Chamberlain. The next meet-ing will be held on Thursday, Feb-ruary 14. Miss South Dakota, CalistaKirby, of Brookings took part in theMiss America pageant in Las Vegasthis past weekend. Most of herfamily members, including theBendts and Leuteneggers ofKadoka were on hand for severaldays of the competition. They werescheduled to return home Mondayafternoon. Miss New York wasnamed Miss America for 2013. News from Joyce Anderson ofGold Canyon, AZ, to this reporterwas that her mom, Margaret Jet-ter, who is in a nursing home nearher home, will be 99 years old onJanuary 19. Joyce said she will betaking treats to the home on herbirthday, especially for the staff,who have taken such good care ofMargaret. John and Margaret op-erated a motel in Kadoka manyyears ago. Cindy and Kenny Wilmarth re-turned home on Monday from a va-cation trip to Cancun. They left onJanuary 6 for Denver and flew outon the 7th. Cindy said it was warm,but very windy every day that theywere there. It is hard to feel too badfor them, as South Dakota was ex-periencing a major winter storm,which began Friday night, closingschools, Interstate 90 in severalplaces and many events.

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All-around: 6th Michaela Schae-fer 23.95, 4th Myla Pierce 26.55,3rd Jerica Coller 26.9, 1st KateRasmussen 28.75

JV as follows:Beam: 5th Heather Dauksavage

4.8, 4th Kallie Anderson 5.1Floor: 3rd Heather Dauksavage

6.8Vault: 6th Jossie Kukal 5.6, 5th

Kallie Anderson 6.3, 4th Raya Gar-rett 6.5, 3rd Heather Dauksavage6.5

~~~~~Stanley County Meet December 15, 20121

The Wall/Kadoka gymnasts areproud to say that they placed run-ner-up at the Stanley County Meet.

Bars: 5th place Michaela Schae-fer 5.9, 4th place Jerica Coller 6.85,3rd place Kate Rasmussen 7.05

Beam: 4th place MichaelaSchaefer 7.25, 3rd place JericaColler 7.7

Floor: 4th place Kate Ras-mussen 8.35

All-Around: 4th place JericaColler 29.2, 3rd place Kate Ras-

mussen 29.45~~~~~

Chamberlain Triangular January 4, 2013

We placed 3rd as a team but hadsome personal bests. Jerica Collermade her first qualifying meetwhich each gymnast must score a31 or higher to qualify.

Beam: 2nd place Jerica Coller8.4

Floor: 4th Kate Rasmussen 7.65All-Around: 5th place Jerica

Coller 31.25~~~~~

Stanley County Hula Luau January 5, 2013

Athough we didn’t have anyoneplace, we had some personal bests.Shelby Uhlir made her 1st no fallbeam routine. Jennifer Emeryscored her personal best on Vaultwith a 7.05 and Kelly Green scoredher personal best with a 7.3.

Good job ladies! You keep im-proving which will count in theend!

--by coach Heidi Coller

The Wall/Kadoka Gymnasts areworking hard and improving atevery meet.

Hot Springs MeetDecember 7, 2012Varsity as follows:

Bars: 6th Myla Pierce 4.2, 4thMichaela Schaefer 5.0, 2nd JericaColler 5.8, 1st Kate Rasmussen 6.9

Beam: 5th place tie Kate Ras-mussen & Myla Pierce 6.9, 4th Jer-ica Coller 7.15

Floor: 7th Michaela Schaefer6.85, 6th Kate Rasmussen 6.9, 3rdMyla Pierce 7.4

Vault: 6th Jerica Coller 7.6, 2ndMyla Pierce 8.05, 1st tie Kate Ras-mussen 8.2

Gymnastics team going strong

Gymnastics, runner up at Stanley Co. … Back row: Michaela Schaefer, Jerica Coller, KateRasmussen, Myla Pierce, Shelby Uhlir, Heather Dauksavage, Jennifer Emery, Kelly Green and Cami Uhlir.Coach Heidi Coller and Assistant Coach Tracy Enders.

Putting on the defense … Marti Herber (L) and Raven Jor-gensen put pressure on this Lady Scottie in a matchup played in Philipon January 10. --photo by Nancy Haigh

Tough defense … Lane Pat-terson #23 (L) steps up the defense.

--photo by Karlee Barnes

the Kougars with 9 points apiece.Christensen put in 5, Buchholz 4and Porch and Yuki Hotsumi had 2apiece.

“Bennett County outworked uson the boards and just had toomany second chances.” saidReiman.

Kadoka 10 22 30 37

Stanley Co. 13 22 38 58Playing out the tournament for

7th and 8th place, Kadoka wasmatched up with the StanleyCounty Buffaloes.

“We had beaten Stanley Countyearlier this year with a very wellplayed game,” Reiman said.

“Again, the first half was solidfor us and I think our defense waskey. Our press altered the gameearly with some easy baskets andcreated turnovers for us. I wish Icould say the same for the secondhalf. We didn’t show up.”

Coach said their offense wassluggish and they weren’t aggres-sive in their press. Without the in-tensity, their half-court defenseand rebounding suffered. That al-lowed Stanley County easy shots.

Once again VanderMay led theteam with 19 points and he was 4/7from the line. Lane Patterson andHotsumi had 5 points apiece,Christensen 4, Shane Ring 3 andPorch 1.

“The boys can put together somestrong quarters, but we need to seemore consistency. We have flashesof high energy which keeps usstrong on both sides of the ball.The bad thing is just like a lightswitch it goes off. As we continue,we need to have tough practiceswith high energy and see if theteam can start putting four quar-ters together. I know it’s there wejust have to find it. Keep workingKougars!

--by Coach Mark Reiman

Kadoka 4 14 21 32

White River 33 56 73 90 “Our first opponent of the JonesCounty Invitational was the num-ber one rated White River Tigers.It was a struggle early in the game.White River opened up with a biglead in the first quarter. After theinitial push I thought the boys set-tled in and played well. We missedsome easy shots early but kept ourcomposure and played a good sec-ond half,” Kadoka head coach MarkReiman said.

From the starting line-up,Kenar VanderMay led the Kougarswith 16 points. He was the onlyKougar to step to the line, making2/4 shots.

Also scoring, True Buchholz putin 8, Chris Anderson 4 and LoganChristensen and Brenden Porchput in 2 apiece.

Scoring from the Tiger lineupthere were five players in doublefigures with Wyatt Krogman 18,Travis Burbank 16, Joe Cameron15, Gilbert Morrison 13 and NicWaln 10.

Each team had 8 fouls.

Kadoka 10 21 23 31

Bennett Co. 4 20 34 48The Kougars were up against

the Bennett County Warriors intheir second game of the tourna-ment.

“The boys played a very strongfirst half. We executed well in ourhalf-court offense and reboundedthe ball well. Our energy right outof the gate was terrific. The secondhalf was not like the first. We wereslow with our cuts on offense anddidn’t take care of the ball,”Reiman said.

Bennett County outscored theKougars 14-2 in the third quarter.The fourth quarter was similar tothe third.

VanderMay and Anderson led

Kougars struggle at the

Jones County Tournament

Jerica Coller on the beam.

Myla Pierce during her floor routine.

turnovers and fouls down, whichgave them a first quarter lead of10-6. Lyman stepped up the secondquarter and outscored the Kougars12-6, which gave the Raiders a two-point lead at halftime. TheKougars struggled the second half,unable to convert their shots andcommitting 16 second-half fouls.The Lady Kougars played hard tothe end, but couldn't make it up.

Kwincy Ferguson ended thegame with 8 points, Tessa Stoutand Raven Jorgensen with 5points, Marti Herber, TaylorMerchen and Shaley Herber with 4points and Katie Lensegrav with 2.The Kougars were 8/21 from thefree throw line and had 12turnovers.

Kadoka 11 18 35 47N. Underwood 11 30 39 55

The Kadoka Lady Kougars hadtheir first game of 2013, travellingto play the New Underwood Tigers.Both teams played a good firstquarter. However, New Underwoodstepped up and outscored theKougars in the second quarter 19-7. Kadoka also found themselves infoul trouble by the time theyheaded for the locker room. Kadokacame back fighting in the thirdquarter, outscoring the Tigers 16-9and only trailing by five at the endof the third quarter. The fourthquarter was a battle as the leadkept changing between theKougars and the Tigers. Duringthe final minutes, Kadoka got infoul trouble, which put New Under-wood on the free throw line.Kadoka worked hard, but was un-able to get the win.

Taylor Merchen had a good de-fensive game and also led scoringwith 16 points. Tessa Stout fol-lowed with 14 points and was 6/6 at

the free-throw line. Kwincy Fergu-son contributed 10 points, KatieLensegrav 6 points and Marti Her-ber had a free throw. As a team,Kadoka was 14/22 on the line andNew Underwood was 22/40. It wasa hard-fought game to the veryend. The girls worked as a teamand kept positive, talking and en-couraging each other the wholeway. This is what the team needs todo every day in practice as well inevery game.

Kadoka 9 17 31 45Philip 6 14 21 37

Kadoka travelled to Philip onJanuary 10 to take on the LadyScotties. Kadoka took a first quar-ter lead of 9-6. The second quarterfound Kadoka in foul trouble, butwas still able to keep a three-pointlead going into halftime. Kadokacame out strong in the third quar-ter and outscored the Scotties 14-7.The fourth quarter found Kadokalosing Marti, Katie and Raven tofouls. The girls were able to makesome key shots and TaylorMerchen was 4/4 on the line in thefourth to pull out a win for theKougars. The Kougars were 11/28on the line and Philip was 13/26.

Katie Lensegrav led scoringwith 12 and Tessa Stout followedher with 11. Taylor Merchen had 7points, Marti Herber 6 and bothKwincy Ferguson and Tori Letellierhad 4. Raven Jorgensen added afree throw.

The Kadoka Lady Kougars willbe playing in the Southern PlainsTournament this week at WhiteRiver and Colome. The girls willplay White River in the openinggame at 5:30 p.m. MT at WhiteRiver. Friday’s games will also bein White River and Saturday'sgames will be in Colome. Good luckLady Kougars!

--by Coach Annette VanderMay

Kadoka 16 30 40 49Philip 10 15 21 32

The Kadoka Lady Kougarshosted the Philip Scotties on Dec.17. The girls played good defensethe first half, having only fourfouls, which gave the Kougars a 30-15 leading going into halftime.Both teams played hard the secondhalf, but Kadoka outscored theScotties 19-17, and won the game49-32.

Kwincy Ferguson led scoringwith 17 points. Tessa Stout put in10 and Marti Herber 9. ShaleyHerber and Raven Jorgensen eachadded 4 points. Katie Lensegravand Destiny Dale each had abucket and Mackenzie Word addeda free throw. The Kougars were11/17 from the free-throw line andended the game with 13 total fouls.

Kadoka 11 19 26 45Stanley Co. 11 16 23 36

The Lady Kougars hosted Stan-ley County Dec. 21. Both teamscame out playing hard, ending thefirst quarter with a score of 11-11.Both second and third quarterswere close as the Kougars were upby three points the end of eachquarter. The girls were able to pullahead in the fourth quarter bymaking some key shots as well asfree throws.

Taylor Merchen led the gamewith 12 points, followed by KwincyFerguson with 10. Marti Herberput in 7 and Raven Jorgensen 5.Katie Lensegrav and Shaley Her-ber each made two buckets andTessa Stout shot a three pointer.The girls were 10/19 from the freethrow line: Kwincy 2/6, Marti 2/3,Taylor 3/4 and Raven 3/6.

Kadoka 10 16 24 32Lyman 6 18 33 35

On Dec. 27, the Lyman Raidersvisited the Lady Kougars. The girlsplayed a good first quarter, keeping

Lady Kougars win three of five

Public Notices … January 17, 2013 • Kadoka Press • Page 6

Official ProceedingsREGULAR MEETING

Board of JacksonCounty

CommissionersDecember 10, 2012

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners met in regular session at 9:00a.m., Monday, December 10, 2012 in theCommissioner’s Room of the JacksonCounty Courthouse. Chairman Jim Stil-well called the meeting to order withmembers Glen Bennett, Delores Bonen-berger, Larry Denke and Ron Twiss pres-ent. Dwight Deaver, Hwy. Supt., andLarry Johnston were also present.

All motions carried unanimously unlessotherwise noted.

Bennett moved that minutes of the No-vember meetings be approved. Denkeseconded motion.

Dwight Deaver, Hwy. Supt. reported thatWestern Construction has an estimated17,000 ton of gravel crushed at the Har-vey Pit, and they estimate an additional5,000 to 7,000 ton to be left in thestripped area once they have completedthe 20,000 ton project. They are willingto crush and stockpile the additionalamount. Discussion was held on usingthe stockpile at the Guptill Pit as base onthe road to T. K. Sampson’s, and usingthe gravel from the Harvey Pit to finishthe project. Width of the road andamount of gravel to be placed on theroad was calculated. Vicki Wilson, Audi-tor, provided estimated budget balancesat the end of the year, and estimatedfund balances. Report was made thatDustin Harvey is willing to allow addi-tional gravel be taken from the pit. Fol-lowing discussion Denke moved, Bennettseconded, that Jackson County enterinto a contract with Western Constructionfor an additional + / - 5,000 to 7,000 tonof gravel to be crushed and stockpiledunder the November 2012 JacksonCounty bid letting awarded to WesternConstruction at $3.75 per ton.

The Auditor’s account with the CountyTreasurer was approved as of November30, 2012:

Total amount of deposits in banks . . . . . . . . . .428.07Total amount of actual cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,146.25Total amount of actual cash (Reg. of Deeds) . . . . . . . . . . .250.00Total amount of checks . . . . .19,163.42Library Donations . . . . . . . . .15,878.49Returned checks . . . . . . . . . . .1,639.48Money Market Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . .869,293.42Time Deposits . . . . . . . . . . .117,132.00JCFSA Passbook savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,387.14Total Funds . . . . . . . . . . .1,028,318.27

TOTAL COUNTY FUNDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . .842,520.27General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .599,088.13Road & Bridge . . . . . . . . . .107,508.67CH & BR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,177.83Secondary Road . . . . . . . . .106,419.41911 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,966.99Other Grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,469.35Emer. Disaster . . . . . . . . . .(10,996.06)Abuse Center . . . . . . . . . . . .11,937.98Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116.66Library Donations . . . . . . . . .15,878.49L. E. S. T. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,581.82Mod. & Preserv. . . . . . . . . . . . . .321.00

TOTAL TRUST & AGENCY FUNDS . . . . . .185,798.00Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101,139.95Townships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340.32Towns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25,372.17State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29,645.14Law Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .772.03Mod. & Preserv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60.00JCFSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,387.14Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25,081.25

Register of Deeds November collections:$3,084.31.

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

Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31,360.41BankWest, payroll tax . . . . . . .7,535.95American Family Life Ass’r. Co., ins. prem. . . . . . . . .889.00Jackson Co. Flexible Spending Acct., payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339.08Valic, def. comp. ded. . . . . . . . . .30.00Wellmark, ins. prem. . . . . . . . .7,786.79S. D. Retirement, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,626.09Credit Collection Bureau, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .700.54Hauge Associates, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100.00Boston Mutual Life, ins. prem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$214.08Colonial Life, ins. prem. . . . . . . . .25.56Wage Works, FSA fee . . . . . . . . .50.00S. D. Game, Fish & Parks, game license fees . . . . . . . . . .639.00S. D. State Treasurer, 11/12 Cash Rec. Trans. . . .31,650.14To Whom It May Concern, 10/12 tax apport. . . . . . . .419,456.08To Whom It May Concern, 11/12 tax apport. . . . . . . .127,475.20Steve VanderMay, M V refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65.00Hildebrand Steel & Concrete, Comm. Lic., Refund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .621.38U. S. Postage Service, box rent & postage . . . . . . . . .664.25S. D. Municipal League, workers comp coverage . . .12,357.00Cindy Willert, medical reimb. . . .900.12City of Kadoka, service . . . . . . . .95.35Golden West, service . . . . . . .1,038.33Lacreek Electric, service . . . . . . .72.73Midwest Coop., gas & fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,210.42Verizon Wireless, service . . . . . .185.21West Central Electric, service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .994.54West River Electric, service . . . . .42.09West River Lyman Jones, service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27.50Kerri Enders, medical reimb. . . . .89.82Brad Stone, medical reimb. . . . .644.22Delores Bonenberger,

expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202.76Glen Bennett, expenses . . . . . . .19.24Larry Denke, expenses . . . . . . . .56.24Ron Twiss, expenses . . . . . . . . . .66.60Haakon County, Adm. Asst. salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494.83Carrie Weller, expenses . . . . . . .179.17Best Western Ramkota Watertown, lodging . . . . . . . . .171.10Bradley Borge, ct. appt. atty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,089.00Century Business Products, copier rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63.36Central S. D. Enhancement District, 2013 dues . . . . . . . .6,104.88Heidi Coller, B/A draws . . . . . . .100.00Clay County Sheriff, prisoner board . . . . . . . . . . . . .250.00D-Ware, 2013 computer maint. . . . . . . . . . .1,470.00Terry Deuter, expenses . . . . . . . .90.65Discount Fuel, gas . . . . . . . . .1,175.06Jamie Dolezal, expenses . . . . . . .36.00Election Systems & Software, coding & layout . . . . . . . . . .1,730.79Kelly Fortune, expenses . . . . . .132.39GenPro Power Systems, generator insp. & rep. . . . . . . .535.97G I S Workshop, 2013 program maint. . . . . . . . . . . .1,398.00Grossenberg Impl., window replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . .610.82Hogen’s Hardware, parts, supplies, tools . . . . . . . . . . . . .489.18Double H Feed, antifreeze & jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .475.50Hometown Computer, computer service . . . . . . . . . . .63.14J & S Restore, service, repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281.80Jackson Co. Conservation Dist., ’12 approp. . . . . . . . . .1,500.00Kadoka Ambulance Service, ½ ins. prem. . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,428.50Kadoka Care Center, office rent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500.00Kadoka Gas & Go, gas . . . . . . . .35.91Kadoka Press, publication . . .1,286.90Kennedy Implement, mower blades . . . . . . . . . . .1,376.01Kemnitz Law Office, office exp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390.60McLeod’s, supplies . . . . . . . . . . .33.83Microfilm Imagining Systems, scanner rent . . . . . . .75.00Miller Garbage, service . . . . . . . .60.00Modern Marketing, drug test kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92.80Morris Equipment, screener rent . . . . . . . . . . . .7,686.00Nat’l. Assoc. of Counties, 2013 dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400.00Neve’s Uniforms, detection powder . . . . . . . . . . .40.46Oien Implement, parts . . . . . . . .545.82Joseph Parr, ct. appt. atty. . . . . .376.00Jessica Paulsen, transcripts . . .855.00Pennington Co. Sheriff, prisoner transport . . . . . . . . . .105.60People’s Market, supplies . . . . . .75.81Philip Health Services, B/A draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35.00Philip Motor, repairs . . . . . . . . . .721.99Reliable Office Supplies, supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322.42Servall, rugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159.41S. D. Assoc. of Assessing Officers, 2013 dues . . . . . . . . .110.00S. D. Assoc. of Co. Comm., 10 & 11/12 Mod. & Preserv. Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . .115.00S. D. Assoc. of Co. Comm., 2013 dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .924.34S. D. Assoc. of County Officials, 2013 dues . . . . . . . .737.17S, D, Retailers, 2013 dues . . . . .150.00S, D, Sheriff’s Assoc., 2013 dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440.93S. D. Dept. of Health, lab fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.00Jackie Stilwell, cell phone costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150.00West Central Electric, move line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,814.89West Publishing, law books . . . .174.00Western Communications, radio repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129.00Winner Regional Healthcare, prisoner medical . . . . . . . . . . .164.00Winner Police Dept., prisoner bd. & trans. . . . . . .1,955.67Golden West, 911 access . . . . .765.45Kadoka Telephone, 911 access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160.43Knology, 911 service line . . . . . . .50.86Century Link, 911 access . . . . . .146.17

The S. D. Developmental Center, Red-field, SD has billed Jackson County anadditional $60.00 for an accrued total of$540.00 for client assessment. JacksonCounty responded in June 2012 thatcharges should be assessed to the ap-propriate federal government agency asper SDCL 27B-3-27. Bennett moved,Stilwell seconded, that the billing be de-nied.

Two notices of hospitalization were re-ceived from Regional Behavior Health,Rapid City. The board took no action atthis time.

S.D. Human Services Center re-billed foradmission cost in the amount of $600.00.The original billing was denied at the No-vember meeting.

The following renewal wine license appli-cation for the year 2013 were presentedto the board for approval:

Fresh Start Convenience Stores, Bad-lands Travel Stop, S2S2NE4SE4,SE4SE4 Ex. Hwy., Section 21, T 2 S, R22 E, Jackson County, SD

Badlands Lodge, LLC, Cedar PassLodge, NW4, Section 34, T 3 S, R 18 E,Jackson County, SD

Bonenberger moved, Bennett seconded,that the two renewal wine license appli-cations be approved, signed, and for-warded to the state for final approval.

The 2013 CHN contract was presentedto the board. Jackson County is to pro-vide $4,120.00 in funding to the S. D.Dept. of Health for nursing services.Denke moved, Twiss seconded, that thecontract be approved and signed.

Al Haugen, Central S. D. EnhancementDistrict, gave a demonstration on thenew GIS software now installed on theDirector of Equalization computers.

A contract between Jackson County andWestern Construction to have +/- 5,000to 7,000 ton of gravel crushed and stock-piled at the Harvey Pit was presented tothe board. Bonenberger moved, Bennettseconded, that the new contract with

Western Construction be approved andsigned.

An annual contact form received from theU. S. Census Bureau was completed andsigned by Chairman Stilwell.

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, reported thatbillings have been sent to Reno County,Kansas and Minnehaha County, SD, re-questing reimbursement of prisonercourtesy hold costs totaling $750.00.

Report was made that Jackson Countyreceived $250.00 from Claims Associ-ates as subrogation received on loss in-curred to the Sheriff’s pickup in 2011.

Notice was received from Claims Asso-ciates that claims are closed on the2011claim on the 2000 Ford pickup andthe 2012 claim on the 2013 Ford Ex-plorer.

A billing from Pennington County Sherifffor prisoner transport and transport of aperson to S. D. Human Services Center,Yankton, was presented to the board.Report was made that Jackson Countyhad no knowledge of the transport of aperson to S. D. Human Services Center.Bennett moved, Twiss seconded, that the$200.20 billed by Pennington CountySheriff for transport of a person to S. D.Human Center be denied, and that theamount billed for prisoner transport in theamount of $105.60 be authorized forpayment.

Sheriff Clements met with the board. Re-port was made on Highway Safety grantfunds received during 2012, reimburse-ment for a vest, and an insurance pay-ment received on an auto damage claim.Sheriff Clements reported that additionalgrant funds should be received beforethe end of December. It was decided towait until the year end meeting to supple-ment the 2012 Sheriff’s budget.

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, presented the No-vember financial report, and pointed outthat the Emergency and Disaster Fund isoverdrawn due to a general journal entrymade as recommended by the audit ofyears 2010 / 2011. Bonenberger moved,Denke seconded, that $14,376.73 betransferred from General Fund to theEmergency and Disaster Fund.

Sheriff Clements reported on audit rec-ommendations presented to him duringthe audit of years 2010 / 2011.

A report showing expenditures for bridgereplacement, gravel royalty, and gravelcrushing and stockpiling was presentedto the board. The 2011 and 2012 STPfunds received were used for paymentfor these items. Due to these expendi-tures, there are line items of the 2012Highway Department budget which areover expended, and it was planned tosupplement the 2012 Highway Depart-ment budget with the STP revenue.There are still billings for gravel crushingand stockpiling expected to arrive by theend of December. It was determined bythe board to wait until the year end meet-ing to supplement the 2012 Highway De-partment budget.

Cindy Willert, Treasurer, reported that thefax machine has not been working. Bo-nenberger moved, Denke seconded, thata new fax machine be purchased.

A billing from GIS Workshop for the GISsoftware maintenance, and the annualmaintenance agreement were presentedto the board. Twiss moved, Bennett sec-onded that the software billing from GISWorkshop in the amount of $1,398.00 bepaid, and that the annual maintenanceagreement be approved and signed.

The board recessed for lunch and recon-vened at 1:00 p.m. with all memberspresent. Dwight Deaver, Hwy. Supt.,Aaron Richardson and Kolette Strublewere also present.

Dwight Deaver presented employeeevaluation forms for the board’s ap-proval. Discussion was held on the eval-uation process. Twiss stated he wouldlike to see evaluations done every sixmonths. Following discussion, Denkemoved that the employee evaluationforms be approved, that evaluations bedone at the end of the employee’s 90 dayprobationary period, done annually in2013, and then evaluations be doneevery six months for future years.

Discussion was held on seeding theright-of-way on the new section of CS 29leading to the Prokop place on the river.Report was made that West River Exca-vation has gotten a seeder / spreaderfrom Bonenberger’s and Veryl Prokophas purchased seed. Discussion washeld on paying West River Excavation fordoing the seeding and reimbursing VerylProkop for the seed.

Sid Houdek, Butler Machinery, presentedinformation on Cat motor graders avail-able under the Spink County bid. Theseare 2013 motor graders being leased bylarge cities in South Dakota for the win-ter, and will be available in the spring of2013. The base price of the awarded bidis $258,240, with additional equipmentsuch as snow wing, lift package, and rip-per being extra. Warranty is 100% forseven years, and no mileage is chargedfor service during the warranty period.The board took no action at this time.

Dwight Deaver reported that the Cat 120blade has metal fines in the oil, so shouldbe replaced. He also reported that thereare two trucks with trailers, the olderloader, and the dozer need to be re-placed. Bennett reported that he hadfound two Freightliners with pusher axlesfor $40,000 each, with trailers cost wouldbe $50,000 each. No action was taken atthis time.

Twiss reported that Jay Vogelgesanghad requested gravel be placed on theroad leading to their place.

Twiss reported that a road in the area ofJoe Amiotte’s and Grady Brunch’s beposted as “low maintenance road”.

Denke reported that Carl Baumanthanked the county for work done on theroad in their area.

Dwight Deaver inquired as to whether

ment (WDM) programs. There has beenan increase in resource loss as a directresult of decreased animal control serv-ices. Bennett moved, Denke seconded,that Jackson County send a letter of sup-port to Governor Daugaard.

Information on an optional plan for cellphone service through Verizon was pre-sented to the board. No action was takenat this time.

There being no further business to comebefore the board, Denke moved, Twissseconded, that the meeting be ad-

journed. The board will meet in specialsession at 11:00 a.m., December 28,2012 to complete year end business, andmeet in regular session at 9:00 a.m.,Monday, January 7, 2013.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

[Published January 17, 2012, at the totalapproximate cost of $221.36]

the county highway department couldobtain gas and fuel at the pumps, as bulkprice is higher than pump price. Theboard informed him the bid letting andcontract for gas at the pumps was forSheriff, Director of Equalization andCourthouse maintenance only.

Wade Iszler, RDO Equipment, presentedinformation on John Deere motor gradersavailable under the Hand County bid.These are 2013 motor graders beingleased by large cities in South Dakota forthe winter, and will be available in thespring of 2013. The base price of theawarded bid is $245,000, with additionalequipment such as snow wing, lift pack-age, and ripper being extra. Warranty isfor five years or 7,500 hours. Financingoptions of five or seven years with adown payment are available. The boardtook no action at this time.

Safety Benefits notified counties of up-coming MSHA trainings available tocounty highway department personnel.Twiss moved, Bonenberger seconded,that Kelly Fortune be paid $12.50 perhour for eleven hours time attending thedistrict Weed & Pest Conference inMitchell.

Jackson County was notified that LyleKlundt, Coroner, has completed the re-quired Coroner’s training.

Report was made that an unemploymentclaimed filed by a former Jackson Countyemployee has been denied by the S.D.Department of Labor.

Jackson County was notified that ap-pointment of Veteran Service Officer,Terry Deuter is about to expire. The ap-pointment will be addressed as the Jan-uary 2013 meeting.

At 2:55 p.m., Twiss moved, Bonenbergerseconded, that the board go into execu-tive session to discuss personnel mat-ters. Dwight Deaver, Aaron Richardsonand Kolette Struble were present.

At 3:32 p.m., Twiss moved, Bonenbergerseconded, that the board come out of ex-ecutive session.

Following executive session the followingthree motions were made.

Denke moved, Bonenberger seconded,that Dwight Deaver be authorized to con-tact Josh Cadman and Ken Shaeffer andoffer them full time positions with theHighway Department at $10.50 per hourfor a 90 day probationary period.

Bonenberger moved, Twiss seconded,that hours worked by Kolette Struble beincreased to 30 to 40 hours per week.

Twiss moved, Bonenberger seconded,that a position of Work Leader be estab-lished, and that Aaron Richardson fill theposition at $14.50 per hour effective De-cember 10, 2012.

Correspondence was received from theS.D. Dept. of Transportation and pre-sented to the board. The SDDOT willallow counties to exchange the countyfederal fund sub allocation (STP funds)they would receive in 2013 for state high-way funds to assist local entities withtheir immediate highway and bridge re-pair needs. Bennett moved, Stilwell sec-onded, that the S.D. Dept. ofTransportation be notified that JacksonCounty wishes to exchange the federalfunds for state funds, and receive the2013 allocation as payment to JacksonCounty.

Discussion resumed on CS 29 leading tothe Prokop place on the White River. Re-port was made that Veryl Prokop paid$1,407.44 to Jackson County for one-halfthe cost for West Central Electric to movethe electric power line due to reroutingthe road.

A cattle guard permit was submitted byVeryl Prokop for relocating the cattleguard on CS 29. Bonenberger moved,Denke seconded, that the permit be ap-proved.

The cattle guard permit submitted byCarl Bauman in November was com-pleted and resubmitted to the board. Thecattle guard is to be placed on the eastsection of Redstone Road (CS 80A)leading to Gary Fredrickson’s. Bonen-berger moved, Denke seconded, that thepermit be approved.

Discussion was held on the two motorgrader bids presented earlier today. Dis-cussion was held on selling the older Cat120 blade, and using the revenue fromthe sale to increase the amount of adown payment to purchase a new motorgrader. The board reviewed specifica-tions and differences between the twomakes of motor graders. Denke moved,Twiss seconded, that Jackson Countypurchase a Cat 140 M motor graderthrough Butler Machinery off the SpinkCounty bid, and that a 12 foot snow wing,lift group, and ripper also be purchased.

Jackie Stilwell met with the board and re-ported that the Haakon / Jackson 4-HLeaders Council had met concerning the4-H / Youth program through SDSU. Shepresented a letter which was sent toSDSU stating it is the concensus ofcouncil to strongly encourage Haakonand Jackson Counties to sign the Mem-orandum of Understanding with SDSUand continue the joint four county asso-ciation with the current employees.Chairman Stilwell reported that he hadspoken with a Mellette County represen-tative and they have no problem with thesystem as it has been set up. Jackie Stil-well informed the board is not unhappywith the system either. She stated shefeels there has been a lack of communi-cation, and expectations need to be dis-cussed. Suggestion was made thatquarterly leaders meetings be held. It isthe concensus of the Board of JacksonCounty Commissioners to continue thefour county group and continue with theMemorandum of Understanding withSDSU.

Denke presented information from theSheep Growers Association. The Associ-ation prepared a letter of support forcounties to use in urging the Governor toinvestigate the Animal Damage Control(ADC) and Wildlife Damage Manage-

Mark says it is critical for pro-ducers to develop an enterprisebudget for their cow-calf operationsbased on projected cattle prices andexpenses for 2013. Whether or notto grow a herd this year will be de-termined by the potential returnsavailable this year. Mark adds thatexpenses are vary considerablyacross different geographic areasand amongst producers, but he pro-vided some average costs in a re-cent iGrow.org article; visitiGrow.org/beef to review his budgetexample.

"Interestingly, even in a yearlike 2013 when we expect near-record high feeder cattle prices, mypro-forma cow-calf budget gener-ated a sizeable loss when includingall fixed costs and opportunitycosts for labor and other non-cashvariable expenses. However, therewas more than a $50 per head re-turn over cash costs including pas-ture," Mark said. "So, someproducers may expand their herdsin 2013 based on covering theircash costs."

Mark adds that his projectionssuggest a limited number of pro-ducers will find a profitable oppor-tunity to expand - and even thenthey have to have access to produc-tive pasture and other feedstuffsand capital."

But, the historically tight supplyof cattle suggests feeder cattleprices should remain high for yearsto come, and suggest a profit oppor-tunity may exist over the next sev-eral years for those that can makethe investment to grow their herd,"he said. "In all likelihood, any ex-pansion plans this year will be gov-erned by the drought and when/if itends."

USDA estimated that there were29.833 million beef cows in thecountry on Jan. 1, 2012. TheUSDA's annual cattle inventory re-port, to be released on Feb. 1, willprovide this year's first officialcount of the herd, but based on beefcow slaughter and expected heiferretention last year, beef cow num-bers were likely 1 percent to 1.5percent lower on Jan. 1, 2013, saysDarrell R. Mark, Adjunct Professorof Economics at South DakotaState University.

"There will be much discussionthroughout the year about the pos-sibility of the beef cow herd begin-ning expansion from its 50-yearlow," Mark said. "While expectedrecord cattle prices point to growthin beef cow numbers, the individ-ual choice for a producer to expandcow numbers is a complex, multi-year decision made difficult by highand volatile input prices."

Mark says a number of factorswill influence cow-calf producers'decisions regarding herd expansionin 2013: availability of pasture,range and other feedstuffs; landvalues and rental rates; expectedcattle prices for 2013 and beyond;herd productivity; and lifestylechoices.

"Ultimately, the decision to ex-pand this year will be based on theexpected returns available thisyear," he said. "While there are anumber of ways to increase cowherd numbers, including retainingadditional heifers from the 2013calf crop or breeding retainedheifers from last years' calf crop, atthis point in the yearly productioncycle, I think most producers wouldconcentrate on buying bred stock sothat a calf is available to be sold in2013."

How likely is cow herd

expansion in 2013

rural communities. Strong schools,housing, and healthcare are allcritical components of economic de-velopment for local communities.

The State of the Judiciaryspeech by Chief Justice Gilbertsonreminded many of us that we havea shortage of lawyers in ruralareas, which is related to the over-all need to attract more young fam-ilies in rural communities. ChiefJustice Gilbertson also referencedcurrent drug and alcohol alterna-tive courts and showed how theyassist in rehabilitation of troubledcitizens, and recommended ourstate continue to expand their pres-ence. Veterans’ needs are more im-portant now than ever, and SDDemocrats join the bipartisan ef-forts to expand services for ourVets.

No other topic dominates theagenda of Democratic legislatorsmore than providing adequatefunding to our public schools. I wasonce a teacher myself and I knowthat education is the key to eco-nomic opportunity in the state ofSouth Dakota. The drastic cuts toeducation passed by the 2011 Leg-islature have left a huge hole to fill.These cuts from the funding for-mula have resulted in close to 500South Dakota educators losingtheir jobs. The result in District 27schools, and all across the state,was loss of electives and programs,larger class sizes, and fewer keysupport staff like teacher aids. Re-pairing this damage will be myhighest priority.

On other important topics torural South Dakotans, Democraticleadership is working on legislationthat came from the Regional Wa-tershed Advisory Taskforce whichstreamlines the process to estab-lish local watershed districts. Wealso have a strong interest in advo-cating for changes to grain buyerrules and regulations in light of therecent failure of Anderson Seedssunflower operation. We must worktogether to give preference to thedelivering producers/farmers wheninsolvency happens in grain pur-chasing facilities. Lastly we willadvocate for creative opportunitiesto invest in research at our landgrant university along with pub-lic/private partnerships to brandour State as truly the most favor-able research State in the Country!

I invite you to contact me withyour questions and concerns. I maybe reached at 605-685-4241 or Sen.Bradford@state.sd.us

Greetings from start of the 88thSession of the SD Legislature fromyour District 27 Senator Jim Brad-ford. Because of the redistrictingprocess, there are many of you vot-ers who are new to this District. I’dlike to welcome you and encourageyou to contact me. For those of youwho I haven’t yet met, I’d like to in-troduce myself in this message.

I’ve served in the SD Legislaturefor a total of 12 years, 8 years inthe House and was recently was re-elected to my third term in the Sen-ate. District 27 is geographicallyone of the largest in the state andincludes Bennett, Haakon, Jack-son, Pennington and Shannoncounties. I recently served on theGovernor’s Criminal Justice TaskInitiative Task Force which will bebringing forth legislation in thisSession to improve our justice sys-tem by providing for increases indrug and alcohol courts. The focushere is to help people recover, notput them in prison. This Session,I’ll serve on both the Senate Healthand Judiciary Committees.

As a group, we legislators shouldalways be reminded that we serveas citizen lawmakers and takegreat pride in our accessibility toall of you as constituents of ourstate. Like you, our regular jobsand involvement in local commu-nity activities allows us to staygrounded and held accountable. Weare the People’s Legislature.

This year the Governor's Stateof the State provided a shared op-timistic outlook on the current sta-tus and future of our great state.Stewardship is an understood con-cept by all of us who know how topay our bills and be an asset to so-ciety. The criminal justice reformlegislation will be a focal point forthis legislative session, and we lookforward to the potential this billhas for an increased focus on alter-native sentencing, mental health,and integrating our prisoners backinto society. All of this will requireupfront investment of money andpeople, but we can hopefully avoidthe need to build more prisons inthe near future. The Governorchose to focus on the less confronta-tional issues, but at the same timeavoided giving us his direction onworking with our partners includ-ing schools and nursing homes.Along with our partners, it is ourhope that we can find ways to cre-ate true economic developmentthroughout all of South Dakotawith a strong focus of bringingmore young people back to our

From Senator Jim Bradford

Public Notices … January 17, 2013 • Kadoka Press • Page 7

SPECIAL MEETINGBoard of Jackson

CountyCommissioners

December 28, 2012

The Board of Jackson County Commis-sioners met in special session at 1:00p.m., Friday, December 28, 2012 in theCommissioner’s Room of the JacksonCounty Courthouse. Chairman Jim Stil-well called the meeting to order withmembers Glen Bennett, Larry Denke andRonnie Twiss present. Delores Bonen-berger was absent. Dwight Deaver, Hwy.Supt., Aaron Richardson, and Hwy. Dept.Sec. Kolette Struble were present. LarryJohnston was also present.

All motions carried unanimously unlessotherwise noted.

Dwight Deaver, Hwy. Supt. reported thatmowing has come to a halt. He also re-ported a clutch has gone out on one trac-tor.

Discussion was held on leasing tractorsfor mowing. The board informed DwightDeaver that it is planned to rotate eachyear between Kennedy Implement andGrossenberg Implement for leasingmowing tractors.

Dwight Deaver reported that West RiverExcavation has completed re-routing thesection of CS 29 leading to the Prokopplace on the White River. He reportedthat there may be drainage problems inthe future, that the Highway Departmenthas placed gravel on the newly con-structed section of road, and that basecourse may need to be added later. Re-port was made on concerns of Mr.Prokop and others of the steep gradegoing over the hill, and the possibility ofpersons using the old section of roadwhich poses the hazard of caving off.Twiss moved, Denke seconded, that theold section of road on CS29 be closed.

Sheriff Clements met with the board.Discussion was held on reports of speed-ing on county roads and increased trucktraffic on county roads. Resolutionsadopted in prior years establishingweight limits on CH 16 were reviewed.Report was made that Haakon Countyhas established speed limits on theircounty roads. It was consensus of theboard to have the States Attorney drawup a resolution or ordinance establishingspeed limits on county roads.

Dwight Deaver reported that a gas pow-ered jack hammer would cost $3,500.00.He reported that the one he was lookingat had no hydraulic hoses. He plans toget more price information.

Report was made of an inquiry as towhether Jackson County has plans to im-prove the north end of the BelvidereRoad. Haakon County has improved theroad further north in Haakon County.Dwight Deaver informed the board hewould put the project on the county’sschedule of work to be done.

Report was made of a complaint by MikeLivermont on the location of the cattleguard installed by Carl Bauman on Red-stone Road. Dwight Deaver informed theboard that the cattle guard is installedand that Carl Bauman did a very goodjob with the installation.

A letter from Sage Information Services,Glen Ellen, CA was presented to theboard. The company had made a re-quest for assessment records in elec-tronic format from the Director ofEqualization’s Office and has received noresponse. Brad Stone, Director of Equal-ization presented information on chargesimposed by other South Dakota countiesfor records in electronic format. JacksonCounty is not providing records in elec-tronic format at this time.

Report was made that Western Con-struction has signed and returned thecontract for additional gravel to becrushed and stockpiled at the Harvey Pit.They have completed the project, andhave billed the county for the entireamount.

The 2013 Memorandum of Understand-ing between SDSU Extension and coun-ties for the 4-H / Youth Program wasreviewed. Jackson County is to paySDSU for partial salary support of the 4-H Advisor position in the amount of$4,187.50. Denke moved, Bennett sec-onded, that the Memorandum of Under-standing presented by SDSU Extensionbe approved and signed.

Dwight Deaver inquired as to whetherthe V plow would be sold with the 120Cat motorgrader when it is sold. AaronRichardson reported that newer V plowmounts do no interchange with the oldertype mounts. The board informed theHighway Superintendent that the 120Cat with V plow would be declared sur-plus at a later date. Discussion was heldon purchasing a V plow for the new 140Cat motorgrader being acquired in 2013,and that the county has all summer to ac-quire one.

Twiss inquired as to why the 911 pagingsystem is not being utilized by theBelvidere and Kadoka Fire Departments.Larry Johnston reported that theBelvidere Fire Department is now lookinginto the paging system, and that the cur-rent “fire-bar” phone system does notwork all the time. Discussion was held onthe 911 paging system. Discussion washeld on an occasion when 911 was notcalled to report a fire in Kadoka. SheriffClements reported that enhanced 911 iscoming, and all citizens need to use 911so all responders are notified through thepaging system or by cell phone text mes-sages.

Deputy States Attorney, Chip Kemnitz,met with the board. He reported on thehealth condition of States Attorney DanVan Gorp. Mr. Kemnitz presented a letterto Jackson County stating he will performthe duties of States Attorney at no chargeuntil Dan Van Gorp returns, and statedthat the county should continue to payDan Van Gorp. Mr. Kemnitz informed theboard he can attend Commission meet-

ings if given at least thirty minutes to getto Kadoka. Chairman Stilwell reportedthat he had spoken with Judge Brown onthe phone, and that the Judge will keepin contact with Deputy States AttorneyKemnitz. Report was also made that theoath of office of the States Attorney canbe postponed.

Holidays in 2013 were discussed. TheFourth of July 2013, Christmas Day 2013and New Years Day 2014 fall on Thurs-days. Twiss moved, Denke seconded,payday be set on July 3, 2013, that 4hours of additional holiday be granted forDecember 24, 2013, and that 4 hours ofadditional holiday be granted for Decem-ber 31, 2013.

At 2:48 p.m., Bennett moved, Twiss sec-onded, that the board go into executivesession to discuss personnel matters.Vicki Wilson, Auditor, and Larry Johnstonwere present. Vicki Wilson came out ofexecutive session at 2:55 p.m.

At 3:13 p.m., Twiss moved, Bennett sec-onded, that the board come out of exec-utive session. The board took no action.

A notice of hospitalization was receivedfrom Sanford USD Medical Center, SiouxFalls, SD. The patient is eligible for IHSbenefits.

The S. D. Developmental Center, Red-field, SD has billed Jackson County anadditional $60.00 for an accrued total of$600.00 for client assessment. JacksonCounty responded in June 2012 thatcharges should be assessed to the ap-propriate federal government agency asper SDCL 27B-3-27. Denke moved, Stil-well seconded, that the billing be denied.

Three billings for mental illness costswere received. Denke moved, Stilwellseconded, that the following billings formental illness costs be denied as thepersons may be eligible for IHS benefits:Audra Malcomb Consulting, mental ill-ness costs, $133.29; Audra MalcombConsulting, mental illness costs,$133.29; Audra Malcomb Consulting,mental illness costs, $84.96.

Departmental budgets for 2012 were re-viewed. Fund balances were reviewed.

Vicki Wilson, Auditor, reported that 2012Highway project reports have not beenreceived. Discussion was held on expen-ditures for the Prokop Road (CS 29) bedeclared Secondary Road expendituresand the amounts transferred from re-stricted Secondary Road cash to CountyRoad and Bridge cash. Discussion wasalso held on transferring cash from Gen-eral Fund to County Road and Bridge,and the motion made on December 10,2012 to transfer funds from General toEmergency Management needing to bein resolution form. Denke moved, Ben-nett seconded, that the following resolu-tion be adopted transferring funds:

JACKSON COUNTY,SOUTH DAKOTA

RESOLUTION 2012 – 22

WHEREAS, County HighwayProject reports are used totransferred restricted Second-ary Road cash to County Roadand Bridge cash; and

WHEREAS, the Board ofJackson County Commission-ers hereby declare the expen-ditures in relocating a sectionof CS 29 as Secondary Roadexpenditures;

NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED, that the followingamount be transferred withinthe County Road and BridgeFund:

Restricted Secondary Roadcash $27,813.89 to CountyRoad and Bridge cash$27,813.89

WHEREAS, counties are al-lowed to make operatingtransfers from General Fundto Special Revenue Funds:

NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED, that the followingamount be transferred fromGeneral Fund to the followSpecial Revenue Funds:County Roadand Bridge . . . . . . . 66,879.00Emergencyand Disaster . . . . . . 14,376.73

Resolution adopted this 28thday of December, 2012.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

Information was presented on HighwaySafety grant funding and FY 2011 andFY 2012 swap of federal STP funds forstate funds for road purposes.

These revenues were not included in an-nual budgets. Bennett moved, Denkeseconded, that the following expenditurebudgets be supplemented for the year2012.

JACKSON COUNTY,SOUTH DAKOTA

RESOLUTION 2012 – 23

WHEREAS, Jackson County,South Dakota, has receivedunanticipated revenue in FY2012 from Highway Safetygrant funds for the HighwaySafety Overtime Project;

NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED by the JacksonCounty Board of Commission-ers, that the 2012 Sheriff’s ex-penditure budget besupplemented by the followingamounts:SHERIFFSalaries. . . . . . . . . . . 6,533.77FICA/Medicare/SDRS/Work. Comp. . . . . . . . 705.00

WHEREAS, Jackson County,South Dakota, has receivedunanticipated revenue in FY2011 and FY 2012 from swapof federal STP funds for statefunds for road purposes;

NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED by the JacksonCounty Board of Commission-ers, that the 2012 CountyRoad and Bridge expenditurebudget be supplemented bythe following amounts:

COUNTY ROAD & BRIDGEProfessionalServices. . . . . . . . . . 1,237.14Gravel Royalty. . . . . 23,208.00Gravel /Oil Projects. . . . . . 217,511.00CH&BR BridgeReplacement. . . . . . 49,528.00

Resolution adopted this 28th day of De-cember, 2012.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

Bennett moved, Twiss seconded, thatthe following resolution be adopted trans-ferring budget amounts from the Contin-gency Budget to the variousdepartmental budgets:

JACKSON COUNTY,SOUTH DAKOTA

RESOLUTION 2012 – 24

WHEREAS, the Board ofJackson County Commission-ers designated a ContingencyBudget within the 2012 Jack-son County Budget for the pur-pose of supplementing otherdepartmental budgets shouldunanticipated expenses ariseabove budgeted amounts; andNOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED, that the followingamounts be transferred fromthe 2012 Contingency Budgetto the following departmentalbudgets:

Contingency. . . . . . 19,080.00

Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,515.00 Sheriff. . . . . . . . . . . 13,425.00Drug / Alcohol. . . . . . . 140.00

Resolution adopted this 28thday of December, 2012.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

The S. D. Department of LegislativeAudit presented audit finding for the twoyear period ending December 31, 2011.A management representation letter waspresented to the board. Twiss moved,Bennett seconded, that the letter be ap-proved, signed, and returned to SD-DOLA.

Discussion was held on the minutes ofthe December 10, 2012 meeting. Denkemoved, Stilwell seconded, that the min-utes be corrected to show that AaronRichardson pay as Work Leader is to be$14.00 per hour, not $14.50 as stated inthe minutes of December 10, 2012 meet-ing, and that the $14.00 per hour rate gointo effect at the beginning of the currentpay period.

Denke moved, Stilwell seconded, thatthe minutes of the December 10, 2012meeting be corrected to show that thecost of trailers reported at that meetingwere $50,000 each, not truck with trailerswould be $50,000 each.

Denke moved, Stilwell seconded, thatthe minutes of the December 10, 2012meeting be approved as corrected.

The following bills from the files of theCounty Auditor were presented, exam-ined, allowed and ordered paid:Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16,673.13BankWest, payroll tax . . . . . .3,998.23American Family Life Ass’r. Co., ins. prem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444.50Jackson Co. Flexible Spending Acct., payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . . . .169.54Valic, def. comp. ded. . . . . . . . . .15.00Wellmark, ins. Prem. . . . . . . .8,325.06S. D. Retirement, payroll ded. . . . . . . . . . . .2,472.81Credit Collection Bureau, payroll deduction . . . . . . . . .350.27Hauge Assoc., payroll deduction . . . . . . . . . .50.00Brad Stone, reimb. med. exp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105.88Vicki Wilson, reimb. med. exp. . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,517.49Haakon County, Adm. Asst. salary . . . . . . . .269.06Sheryl Hansen, expenses . . . . . .8.14Carrie Weller, expenses . . . . . . .98.12A & H Truck Salvage, rims . . . . . . . . . . .480.00Access Elevator, annual inspection . . . . . . . .620.00Bradley Borge, ct. appt. atty. . . . . . . . . . . . .728.00Century Business Products, copier rent . . . . . . .54.98City /County Alcohol & Drug, detox . . . . . . . . . . . . .140.00Heidi Coller, B/A draws . . . . . .200.00Dakota Business Center, supplies . . . . . . . . .819.68Dakota Transmission, recond. transmission . . . .2,671.12Dwight Deaver, pictures developed . . . . . . . .11.20Discount Fuel, gas . . . . . . . . . .970.89Dustin Harvey, gravel royalty . . . . . . . . .16,207.20Hoag Diesel, repairs . . . . . . .1,521.09Hogen’s Hardware, supplies, parts . . . . . . . . . . .309.74Hometown Computer Service, computer service . . . . . . . . .130.25General Store, measuring wheel . . . . . . . . . .63.99Rena Hymans, ct. appt. atty. . . . . . . . . . . .3,172.95

J & S Restore, repairs . . . . . . .238.25Kadoka Clinic, employee physicals, CDL testing . . . . . . . . . . . . .310.00Kadoka Press, publication . . . .407.71Konst Machine, steel . . . . . . . . .22.75Lyle Klundt, Coroner, expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .764.66Kevin Lewis, ct. appt. atty. . . . . . . . . . . .6,232.75Todd Love, ct. appt. atty. . . . . .648.83Midwest Coop, gas & fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,389.26Miller Garbage Service, service . . . . . . . . . . .77.60Oien Implement, parts . . . . . . .187.49Parr Law Office, ct. appt. atty. . . . . . . . . . . .6,048.69Jessica Paulsen, transcript . . . .79.80Pennington County 911, surcharge remittance . . . .6,135.22Pennington County Jail, prisoner board . . . . . . . . . . .441.00People’s Market, supplies . . . . .35.84Pheasantland Industries, M H decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46.58Philip Body Shop, repairs . . . . .320.00Philip Motor, altenator . . . . . . .221.54Reliable Office Supply, supplies . . . . . . . . . .56.65Shad’s Towing, tow Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350.75S. D. Bureau of Info & Tech., internet, e-mail . . . .90.00S. D. Dept. of Health, lab fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70.00S. D. States Atty. Assoc., 2013 dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . .681.00S. D. Assoc. Co. Hwy. Supt., 2013 dues . . . . . . . . .225.00S. D. State Treasurer, audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,404.00S, D, Dept. of Health, empl. Flu shots . . . . . . . . . .220.00Servall, rugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93.40True North Steel, culverts . . .6,757.73W. W. Tire, tires . . . . . . . . . . .4,886.56West River Electric, service . . . .42.33Western Communications, reprogram E M radio . . . . . .100.00Western Construction, crush / stockpile gravel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101,295.00West River Excavation, build road CS29 . . . . . . .24,999.99Winner Police Dept., prisoner bd. & trans. . . . . .2,225.21Glen Bennett, expenses . . . . . . .19.24Delores Bonenberger, expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8.88Larry Denke, expenses . . . . . . .56.24Ron Twiss, expenses . . . . . . . . .66.60

The board directed that a memo be sentout with the next payroll instructing em-ployees to adhere to the sick leave pol-icy, and that a copy of the section of thepersonnel policy on sick leave be at-tached to the memo.

All departments are hereby notified thatinventories and fixed asset records areto be filed in the Office of the County Au-ditor no later than January 10, 2013.

There being no further business to comebefore the board, Denke moved, Twissseconded, that the meeting be adjourned

and that the board meet in regular ses-sion at 9:00 a.m., Monday, January 7,2013.

ATTEST: BOARD OF JACKSONCOUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Vicki D. Wilson,Jackson County Auditor

James A. Stilwell, Chairman

[Published January 17, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $235.66]

NOTICE OFVACANCY

MUNICIPALITY OFBELVIDERE

The following office will become vacantdue to the expiration of the present termof office of the elective officer:

Rudy Reimann Trustee – two yearsleft of a three year term

John L Rodgers Trustee – three yearterm

Circulation of nomination petitions maybegin on January 25, 2013 and petitionsmay be filed in the office of the financeofficer located at 402 B Street no laterthen 5:00 p.m. mountain time on Febru-ary 22, 2013.

Jo Manke-RodgersFinance Officer

[Published January 17 & 24, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $20.16]

NOTICE OF VACANCYMUNICIPALITY OF KADOKA

The following offices will become vacantdue to the expiration of the present termof office of the elective officer:

Mayor(2-Year Term)Harry Weller

Ward I(2-Year Term)

Richard Stolley

Ward II(1-Year Term)

Vacant

(2-Year Term)L. Kieth Prang

Ward III(2-Year Term)Ryan Willert

Circulation of nominating petitions maybegin on January 25, 2013 and petitionsmay be filed in the office of the financeofficer located at the Kadoka City Audito-rium annex between the hours of 8:00A.M. and 4:00 P.M., MST, not later than5:00 P.M. on Friday, February 22, 2013.

[Published January 17 & 24, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $19.50]

Notice of PublicHearing

Land Use Zoning

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, theCity of Kadoka, South Dakota; Planning& Zoning Commission will meet to hold apublic input meeting to receive com-ments on potential City of Kadoka landuse zoning policies. The meeting will beheld on January 23th, 2013 at 7:00 p.m.in the Annex of the Kadoka Auditorium,820 Chestnut Street, Kadoka, SouthDakota, at which time and place any per-son interested may appear to give publictestimony. For more information pleasecontact Ken Wilmarth, Planning & ZoningCommission Chairman, at eitherwilmarth@gwtc.net or (605) 837-2287.

Dated this 11th day of January, 2013.

[Published January 17, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $9.03]

Town of CottonwoodREGULAR MEETINGDecember 19, 2012

The regular meeting of the Town of Cot-tonwood was held at Town Hall onWednesday evening, December 19,2012 with the following present. JCHeath, Jeffrey Heath, Dave Griffee andDoug Hovland. The meeting was calledto order by JC Heath.

Old Business: None.

New Business: Jeffrey Heath was ap-pointed as a Trustee.

The following bills were approved:Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00WREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101.00Checking Acct.

Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,550.02CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,832.96

With there being no other bills presentedor other business to discuss, the meetingwas adjourned. The next regular meetingwill be held on January 16, 2013 – 7 PMat Town Hall.

JC Heath, President

[Published January 17, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $12.35]

News … January 17, 2013 •Kadoka Press • Page 8

Farmers’ IncomeTax

Record Books available

at theKadoka Press

Sometimes we wonder if thatcow rattling the chute is worthkeeping. Recent research suggestsmaybe not, said Elaine Grings,SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Man-agement & Production Specialist. Grings points to studies con-ducted several years ago withBrahman-crosses which found thatcows with excitable temperamentshad lower pregnancy rates thantheir calmer herdmates. Re-searchers at Oregon State Univer-sity expanded the study to look atthe effect of cattle temperamentand acclimation to handling on re-productive performance in Angus ×Hereford cross cows. Their resultswere reported in the October issueof the Journal of Animal Science. More than 400 spring-calvingrange cows at two locations in east-ern Oregon were tested for tem-perament using both a chute scoreand measurement of exit velocityfrom a squeeze chute. The chutescore is a 5-point scale, 1 being as-signed calm cattle which exhibitedno movement and a 5 assigned toviolent animals which exhibitedcontinuous struggling. Exit velocity was also measuredwith an infrared sensor and con-verted to a 1-5 point scale - 1 givento the slowest and 5 to the fastest.The chute and exit scores were av-eraged to give a temperamentscore, animals with a score of lessthan 3 received an adequate scorewhereas, animals receiving a 3 orgreater received a temperamentscore of aggressive. About 25 per-cent of the cows were scored as ag-gressive and these cows had lowerpregnancy rates of 89 percent com-pared to the adequate tempera-ment cows, which had a pregnancyrate of 95 percent. "At one location, cows were bredby AI and then exposed to naturalservice clean up bulls. The secondlocation used natural service mat-ing only," Grings said. "The factthat bulls were used indicates thatthe lowered pregnancy rates in theaggressive cows were not due onlyto stress during handling at AI." Cow body condition and calfbirth and weaning weights werenot different between the groupsand there were also no differencebetween groups in pregnancy lossor loss of calves from birth to wean-ing. Decreased weight of calvesweaned per cow exposed in the ag-gressive groups was related to theeffect on pregnancy rate alone. "Based on this and other stud-ies, the researchers suggest cullingon temperament or adapting cattleto handling could help in maximiz-ing reproductive performance inbeef cows," she said. These researchers reported on asecond study on the effect of accli-mating heifers to handling on re-productive performance. Afterweaning, they divided 6-month-oldheifers into two groups of about 44heifers each. One group wasprocessed through a handling facil-ity three times a week for fourweeks. Heifers receiving more fre-quent handling reached puberty atan earlier age than their herd-mates, but pregnancy rates after AIwere not different. The more fre-quently-handled heifers had lowerexit scores, but not chute scorescompared to those handled less fre-quently. "The researchers therefore sug-gest that exposing heifers to han-dling and human interaction mayimprove reproduction," Gringssaid. "They do caution that thistraining needs to occur when ani-mals are fairly young." In a previous study, when theyattempted to acclimate maturecows to handling, they were notsuccessful at improving pregnancyrates. Grings says there are stillsome questions left to be answered. "We still need to determine,what the minimum amount of han-dling needed to train an animaland what is the best age for train-ing," she said. In summary: Pregnancy rates were improvedin groups of cows with less aggres-sive temperaments. Heifers accli-mated to handling at about 6months of age reached puberty atan earlier age and had lower chuteexit scores than heifers handledless frequently. Acclimating younganimals to handling and culling ontemperament may have beneficialeffects on reproduction in beef cat-tle. To learn more about this andother cattle-related studies, visitiGrow.org.

Research shows

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affects reproduction

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NOTICE OFVACANCY ON

SCHOOL BOARDKADOKA AREA

SCHOOL DISTRICT35-2

The following school board positions willbecome vacant due the expiration of thepresent terms of office of the followingschool board members:

Ken Lensegrav– three year termDawn Rasmussen - three year termDan Vander May- three year term

Circulation of nominating petitions maybegin on January 25, 2013 and may befiled in the office of the business man-ager located at the Kadoka School be-tween the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m., mountain standard time, not laterthan the 22nd day of February, 2013, at5:00 p.m., or mailed by registered mailnot later than the 22nd day of February,2013.

Eileen C. StolleyBusiness Manager

Kadoka School District

[Published January 17 & 24, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $24.70]

Athletesof theWeek

Kenar VanderMayBoys Basketball

Over the Jones County tournamentKenar averaged 14.7 points and 7rebounds a game. He is a greatteam player who works extremelyhard in practice and games.

Taylor MerchenGirls Basketball

Taylor played very tough defense inboth our games against New Un-derwood and Philip. She is anaggessive defender, making ouropponents turn over the ball to us.She has a good work ethic andgoes hard in both practice andgames. She has a positive attitudeand shows good leadership out onthe court.

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HELP WANTED: Janitor for theKadoka Area School District. Appli-cations available on the websitewww.kadoka.k12.sd.us or may bepicked up at the school. Open untilfilled. Contact Jamie Hermann at837-2174, ext. 100. EOE.

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HELP WANTED: Business managerfor the Kadoka Area School District.Applications available on the web-site www.kadoka.k12.sd.us or maybe picked up at the school. WageDOE and qualifications. Open untilfilled. Contact Jamie Hermann at837-2174, ext. 100. EOE.

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I’d like to thank the Kadoka Pres-byterian Deacons for their generousgift and to all those that have prayedfor Bodee and I.

Wade & Bodee Fox

Secret Santa you are the great-est! We really appreciated it, thankyou.

Dale & Cindy O’Connell

We would like to thank everyonefor all your kindness and prayersafter the loss of our beloved mother.Special thanks for all the food, flow-ers, music and memorial money.Thanks to the Kadoka NursingHome staff for your loving care.Thank you to Jack, Gayle, and DJRush fo all your help. You are ablessing to our community. Thankyou to Pastor Gary and Ruth for allyou did.

The Winona Carson FamilyRonnie, Renate & family

Oliver, Gayle & familyWilma, Melvin & family

Thank you to all the generousand loving friends and family whosent cards, offered sympathy andcondolences, sent flowers andplants, attended the funeral andgave memorial gifts after the deathof our mother, grandmother, andgreat grandmother, Jane Kampfe.

Thank you to Pastor John Klattfor your comforting words, the pall-bearers for your assistance, GoodShepherd Women’s FellowshipGroup for serving the luncheon fol-lowing the services, and to Osheim& Schmidt Funeral Home for yourassistance and support in makingfuneral arrangements.

We are also grateful to the doc-tors, nurses, and other caregivers atGolden Living Center Meadowbrookfor their compassion in caring forJane in the final months of her life.

The kindness of all of you is acomforting blessing to us.

The Family of Jane KampfeGregory & Nancy Kampfe

& familyGarland & Kathy Kampfe

& family

Thank Yous

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Monday Night MixedRockers..........................................5-3Handrahan Const .........................5-3Shad’s Towing ...............................4-4Badland’s Auto..............................4-4Dakota Bar....................................4-4Petersen’s ......................................2-6Hightlights:Gail Reutter ..........................204/474Jerry Mooney...............214 clean/554Marlis Petersen.....................192/502Matt Reckling..............200 clean/552Jackie Shull...........................181/473Trina Brown ..........................178/484Neal Petersen .....................5-10 splitJason Petersen ..................2-5-7 splitBryan Buxcel ......................3-10 split

Tuesday Men’s EarlyPeoples Market .........................38-14Kennedy Impl .....................31.5-20.5George’s Welding ......................29-23Philip Motor ..............................27-25G&A Trenching ...................22.5-29.5Kadoka Tree Service...........22.5-29.5Bear Auto ..................................19-33PHS .....................................18.5-33.5Highlights:Cory Boyd......................227, 236/651Alvin Pearson........................213/591Wendell Buxcel .............213, 201/582Fred Foland...........................201/543Earl Park......................................530Norm Buxcel........3-10 split; 206/528James Mansfield ..........................506Matt Schofield ....................3-10 splitJohnny Wilson...................2-5-7 splitCurtis Bitting .....................5-10 splitRonnie Williams ...................2-7 splitJerry Iron Moccasin ...........3-10 splitDane Hellekson ....................2-7 splitTodd Radway ........................2-7 splitTerry Wentz ........................3-10 split

Wednesday Morning CoffeeBowling Belles ..............................9-3State Farm....................................8-4Invisibles .......................................8-4Cutting Edge Salon ......................7-5Jolly Ranchers.............................1-11

Highlights:Debbie Gartner ............................165Donna Newman ...........................160Sandra O’Connor ..................158/449Christy Park..........................158/430Shirley O’Connor .........................157

Wednesday Night EarlyMorrison’s Haying ........................4-0Dakota Bar....................................3-1Just Tammy’s ................................3-1Dorothy’s Catering........................3-1Hildebrand Concrete ....................1-3Wall Food Center ..........................1-3First National Bank .....................1-3Chiefie’s Chicks.............................0-4Highlights:Laniece Sawvell ....................201/445MaryLynn Crary ..4-5 & 2-7-8 splits;...............................................155/404Annette Hand...............................175Kalie Kjerstad ..............................315Marlis Petersen .....2-7 split; 175/496Cristi Ferguson ...3-10 split; 173/496Val Schulz.....................................172Debbie Gartner...................3-10 splitLinda Stangle..................5-8-10 splitEmily Kroetch ......................5-7 split

Thursday MenO’Connell Const ............................4-0The Steakhouse ............................4-0Coyle’s SuperValu .........................3-1A&M Laundry...............................2-2McDonnell Farms .........................2-2WEE BADD...................................1-3Dakota Bar....................................0-4West River Pioneer Tanks............0-4Highlights:Ronnie Coyle .........................224/550Harlan Moos..........................214/559Fred Foland...........................200/563Doug Hauk ............................213/552Andrew Reckling...................210/540Haven Hildebrand .......................210Wendell Buxcel................4-7-10 splitGreg Arthur.......................4-7-9 splitKy Bowen..............................5-7 splitAlvin Pearson .......................5-7 splitSteve McDonnell ................3-10 split

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Wheat is a Staple CropIn 2012, South Dakota farmers

planted the lowest number ofspring wheat acres since 1885.When one considers the demandfor corn by the ethanol industry,positively impacting the price ofcorn, and the dramatic improve-ments in corn genetics and subse-quent yield improvements, it’s notsurprising that corn is surpassingwheat in planted acres.

Wheat is still an important crophowever, not only for the flour andthe many products generated fromit, but for the inherent benefits itprovides. Wheat and other smallgrains is the ultimate “highresidue” crop, offering significantbenefits to any crop rotation, par-ticularly land under no-till man-agement.

Although farmers often cursethe residue generated by a bounti-ful wheat crop from the previousyear when planting a spring crop,a mat of residue is considered oneof the keys to successful no-tillfarming. The mat of residue that agood wheat crop produces may bemost valuable in the heat of thesummer, when it helps to shadethe soil, keeping it cooler than bareground, and reducing evaporation.Wheat is better at generating thismat of residue than many othercrops.

Anyone who has heard DwayneBeck talk in the past several yearshas certainly heard about theamazing difference in wheat yieldsin two very similar crop rotationsat the Dakota Lakes ResearchFarm. The “high residue” rotationconsists of two years of “highresidue” crops, corn and wheat,with the other year being fieldpeas. The “low residue” rotationconsists of two “high residue”crops, corn and wheat, and two“low residue” crops, soybeans andfield peas, both broadleaves. The“high residue” rotation producesbetter wheat yields than the “lowresidue” rotation, but the big dif-ference shows up in dry years, like2002 and 2006, where the “highresidue” rotation produced right at60 Bu/A, and the “low residue” ro-tation less than 30 Bu/A. Theamazing thing is that the previoustwo crops were the same, corn andthen field peas.

Kansas State University re-search estimates that residue lefton the field vs. removing it cansave as much as 2” of water. Underthe right conditions, this 2” could

produce an additional 34 Bu/A ofcorn and 12 Bu/A of wheat. Re-search also indicates that 100 lbsof dry soil containing 4-5% organicmatter can hold 165–195 lbs ofwater, whereas 100 lbs of dry soilcontaining 1.5–2% organic mattercan only hold 35–45 lbs of water.Once again, wheat and other smallgrains are “king” when it comes togenerating residue and organicmatter.

A presenter recently said farm-ers should raise field peas becausethe best way to raise a good corncrop is to raise a good wheat cropto plant into. That speaks well forboth field peas and wheat in a croprotation. The wisdom of plantingcorn into wheat residue certainlyshowed in the summer of 2012.

Particularly winter wheat hasalso shown to be highly beneficialto at least two populations ofwildlife; ducks and pheasants. Be-cause they are seeded in the fall,winter wheat fields remain rela-tively undisturbed throughout thenesting season the following year.Consider maintaining or includingwheat in your crop rotation; it canpay.

Calendar1/16/2013: Ranchers Workshop,

9:30 a.m. CST, SDSU Regional Ex-tension Center, Winner

1/28/2013: PAT, 1:00 p.m. CST,Burke Civic Center, Burke

1/31/2013: PAT, 1:00 p.m. MST,Pennington County ExtensionCenter, Rapid City

2/12/2013: PAT, 1:00 p.m. MST,Mueller Civic Center, Hot Springs2/19/2013: PAT, 1:00 p.m. CST,Winner Regional Extension Cen-ter, Winner

2/20/2013: PAT, 1:00 p.m. MST,Wall Community Center, Wall

Winner Regional Extension CenterBob Fanning, Plant Pathology Field Specialist • 605-842-1267

Wintertime Fruits & Vegetables

MyPlate (http://www.choosemy-plate.gov/) developed by the USDArecommends filling half your platewith colorful fruit and vegetablesat every meal. This is a tough chal-lenge for most Americans duringthe winter months since fresh pro-duce is considered offseason. Ac-quaint yourself with wintertimefruits and vegetables to maintainyour grocery budget and keep yourplate healthy. Wintertime fruits and vegeta-bles actually include a large vari-ety. Wintertime fruits include:clementines, pears, oranges, cran-berries, bananas, red grapes,grapefruits, kiwi and pomegran-ates. Citrus fruits such as kiwi,clementines and oranges, are highin vitamin C. They are a greatchoice to consume during wintermonths to strengthen the immunesystem for fighting off viruses.Enjoy a banana with your lunch oras a snack. They are inexpensive,portable and available year round.They are cholesterol free, and highin potassium, vitamins’ A and C. Vegetables that you can accesseasily during the winter monthsare: Brussels sprouts, cauliflower,sweet potatoes, snow peas, carrots,artichokes, broccoli and wintersquash. Popular varieties of winter

squash are pumpkin, butternut,acorn and spaghetti squash. Theyare easy to cook and are high in vi-tamins’ A and C. In addition, theyare free of cholesterol, fat andsodium. Broccoli is a popular win-tertime vegetable; it has as muchcalcium per ounce as milk. It isalso a good source of folate, iron,fiber and vitamins’ A and C. Consider purchasing fresh fruitand vegetable produce items whenthey are in season and freeze themto have on hand for winter months.Another option is to purchasefrozen fruits and vegetables whenthey are on sale. The nutrients arelocked in, since they are picked attheir peak of ripeness. During the winter, we can alsorely on canned fruits and vegeta-bles. For canned items, choosefruit canned in 100% fruit juiceand vegetables with “no saltadded” or “low sodium” on thelabel. Try making a breakfastsmoothie for a meal or a quick,healthy snack using frozen fruit tocheer you up on a cold winter day.It will thicken the beverage with-out diluting the flavor. The recipeis provided courtesy of Universityof Nebraska-Lincoln Extension,Lancaster County athttp://bit.ly/13f5dFE.

Ann Schwader, Nutrition Field Specialist

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