WAYNE, Neb. — The WayneEducational Office ProfessionalsAssociation (WEOPA) is hostingthe Nebraska Educational OfficeProfessionals Association(NEOPA) Spring Conference onFriday, April 13, at Journey Chris-tian Church, 1110 E 7th Street (EHwy 35), Wayne.

With a theme of “Getting YourProfessional Ducks in a Row,” theWEOPA group has planned an in-formational day of learning andnetworking at a reasonable cost.Featured speaker is Ms. AllieFaye Matthews, the current Presi-dent of the National Associationof Educational Office Profession-als (NAEOP). Matthews is theRisk Management Specialist forthe Sunnyside Unified School Dis-trict in Tucson, Ariz., and hasbeen involved with NAEOP for 30years.

She is known as a dynamicand heartfelt speaker and hasspoken at various conferences,workshops, and institutes acrossthe country. The afternoonbrings opportunity to choosefrom three different breakout ses-sions. These mini-seminars eachtackle a different aspect of pro-fessionalism in today’s work-force. Then we all gather backtogether to discover strategiesand tips for dressing for success.Before the day ends the newNEOPA officers will be installedincluding WSC’s own JoyceTrevett as the new state Presi-dent.

Wayne State College facultyand staff included in the programas speakers will be:

• Dr. Randa Garden — “It’sLike a Roller Coaster Ride: Emo-tions in the Workplace.” Dr. Gar-den, along with students in her

Organizational Communicationclasses, participates in ServiceLearning research projects eachspring examining “Emotions inOrganizations.” Garden will pres-ent some of her research findingsthat are experienced in the work-place, in her presentation. Someof the concepts she will discussinclude emotional intelligence,emotional labor, burnout, emo-tional contagion, and empathicconcern. Participants will be in-vited to provide stories of theirown emotions in the workplaceto further illustrate the conceptsthat are discussed.

• Dr. Gretchen Ronnow —“Generation Y: Are They ThinkersMore Than Doers?” Is the “MeGeneration” less empathetic thanthe rest of us? The current gener-ation has also been called the“Millennial Generation (or Millen-nials), Generation Next, Net Gen-eration, Imagination Age-ers,Echo Boomers, and probably

other names. In this break-outsession we’ll have fun discussingthe ideas behind these labels andwhat we need to know aboutmentoring, teaching, learningfrom, raising, and associatingwith this current crop of youngpeople.

• Ms. Jason Barelman — “HelpShape the Future of Professional-ism”: Everyone has the opportu-nity to be a role model. Asprofessionals in the educationfield, we have opportunities everyday to change young lives. Findout how your interactions withour youth can help shape the fu-ture of professionalism by per-forming ordinary jobs inextraordinary ways.

• Dr. Patricia Arneson and SueSydow — “The Right Threads: Areyou dressing for the success youdeserve?” Strategies and tips forDressing for Professional Successwill be discussed.

For more information, call 375-7394.

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NEWS DEPARTMENT: news@yankton.netPRESS DAKOTANbusinessKuchta Joins Yankton Drug Co. Inc. As Partner

Dan Somsen, RPh, president of Yankton Drug Co.Inc. (Yankton Rexall), is happy to announce the ad-dition of Dr. Michael Kuchta as a partner to thebusiness.

Michael has practiced the last four years as astaff pharmacist at Yankton Rexall. He is a native ofCrofton, Neb., a 2001 graduate of Crofton HighSchool and attended the College of Pharmacy atSouth Dakota State University receiving hisPharm.D. degree in May of 2007. He successfullycompleted the National Pharmacy Boards in June

2007. In addition to his pharmacy responsibilities at Yankton Rex-all, he provides consulting pharmacy services to Walnut Village As-sisted Living, Cedar Village Assisted Living and Ability BuildingServices, Inc.

Michael has instituted new pharmacy programs at Yankton Rex-all, such as their immunization program, and continues YanktonRexall’s tradition of providing accurate and professional pharmacyservices to the Yankton and surrounding area residents.

Michael and his wife Michelle have a two year old daughter,Emma and his parents are Tom and LaDonna Kuchta of Crofton.

Michael’s other interests include hunting and outdoor sport ac-tivities, especially golf. He was a member of the SDSU men’s golfteam for four years.

Please stop into Yankton Rexall and congratulate Michael on hisnew adventure and position.

FCSAmerica Customer-Owners See DividendsFarm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) has announced

that customer-owners in 14 counties in Southeast South Dakota,Northeast Nebraska and Northwest Iowa served by the coopera-tive’s Yankton and Sioux City Retail Offices received checks total-ing $5.58 million last month. These checks represent the areas’share of a total $130 million cash-back dividends distributed by FC-SAmerica.

“Customers can spend or invest their cash-back dividends asthey wish, but past results suggest a significant percentage will bespent in the communities where they live,” said Neil Connot, VicePresident. The two local offices work with customers in BonHomme, Charles Mix, Hutchinson, Clay, Union and Yankton coun-ties in South Dakota, Cedar, Knox, Dixon, Dakota & Thurston coun-ties in Nebraska and Plymouth, Woodbury and Monona counties inIowa.

Financially, 2011 was a robust year for the cooperative, Connotsaid, due to new business growth, a decrease in credit losses,growth in loan volume and several other positive factors. These fa-vorable financial results enabled the cooperative’s Board of Direc-tors to return the largest cash-back dividend in its history tocustomer-owners, while continuing to offer competitive interestrates and building capital for future generations.

The $130 million cash-back dividend for 2011 is the largest inFCSAmerica’s history and brings the total cash distributions since2004 to more than $555 million.

FCSAmerica has adopted a patronage program every year since2004. Each eligible customer’s cash-back dividend is based on theaverage loan volume during the calendar year. The more loan busi-ness a customer has with the cooperative, the more they benefit fi-nancially through cash-back dividends.

The FCSAmerica Board also approved a patronage program for2012, with the total cash-back dividend to be decided by the Boardin December 2012.

For more information on the 2011 cash-back dividend distribu-tion, including every county in the state of South Dakota, Iowa andNebraska visit www.powerofownership.com.

April Is Community Banking MonthApril is Community Banking Month, and CorTrust Bank is taking

this opportunity to express its appreciation to their customers forbanking locally and to encourage others to consider banking withtheir local community bank.

Banking with a community bank is a relationship-based bankingexperience. Community banks know their customers by name andbuild strong relationships within the communities that they serve.Additionally, community banks keep money in the community byemploying local citizens and maintaining local ownership.

Community banks also drive local economies by supportingsmall business development with small business loans and otherservices. In fact, 60 percent of small business loans are provided bycommunity banks. In good times and bad, community banks standby their customers and make decisions that are in their customer’sbest interest.

There are 7,000 community banks across the country represent-ing 23,000 locations nationwide and employing more than 280,000Americans. CorTrust Bank is proud to be a locally-owned commu-nity bank and avid supporter of the communities that it serves.This month, CorTrust Bank is urging customers to “Go Local” andstressing the advantages of using community banks and other lo-cally-owned small businesses.

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A local man is embarking on anew career. James Ryan recently completed his CDL training and is receiving hiscertificate from Wayne Sorenson, director of the American Truck Driving Academy (ATDA). Also present are CeSorenson, instructor, Chico Haught and Sam Langley, students and Amy Johnson, Office Manager.

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USDA SeeksApplicationsFor GrantsWASHINGTON — Agriculture Sec-

retary Tom Vilsack announced thatUSDA is seeking applications forgrants to help rural businesses createjobs and spur economic develop-ment.

“This funding is part of the Obamaadministration’s commitment tousing existing federal resources tofoster regional innovation, create sus-tainable jobs and help ensure long-term prosperity,” Vilsack said. “Thefunding will speed up job creationand new business start-ups and ex-pansions by building regional eco-nomic systems in rural areas.

USDA Rural Development plans toaward up to $8.6 million through theRural Community Development Initia-tive (RCDI) program. Applications aresought for projects that:

• Provide technical assistance toimprove the capacity of local organi-zations to complete successful hous-ing, economic development andcommunity facilities projects;

• Help recipients complete pre-de-velopment requirements — such asarchitectural and engineering plans;

• Help development organizationsimprove their board operations, man-agement and knowledge of financialand information technology systems;

• Provide homeownership educa-tion or training for entrepreneurs.

Part of the RCDI funds to beawarded may be used for projects as-sociated with the Rural Jobs and In-novation Accelerator Challenge,which was announced on March 8.This initiative was designed by theTaskforce for the Advancement of Re-gional Innovation Clusters and theWhite House Rural Council. SecretaryVilsack chairs the Council. The JobsAccelerator is being funded by USDA,the U.S. Department of Commerce’sEconomic Development Administra-tion, the Delta Regional Authority andthe Appalachian Regional Commis-sion.

The deadline for submitting RCDIapplications is May 9. Applicationsmust be submitted to the USDA RuralDevelopment state office where theapplicant’s headquarters are located.A list of these offices is available onthe USDA Rural Development websiteat http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/State-OfficeAddresses.html. For more infor-mation, see the March 21 FederalRegister<http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-21/pdf/2012-6611.pdf> .

The deadline to apply for RCDIfunding for Rural Jobs and InnovationAccelerator projects is May 9. Formore information on how to apply,visit Grants.gov. Applications for JobsAccelerator projects must be submit-ted to both USDA and the EDA.

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