Post Office closing The Murdo Post Office will be

closing early on December 31due to the holiday. The hourswill be 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

4-H Club hosts movieThe Prairie Rangers 4-H Club

is hosting a showing of themovie "The Cowboys" starringJohn Wayne on December 29,2012, at the Turner Youth Cen-ter. Showtime is 7:00 p.m.Admission is a non-perishablefood item which will be donatedto the local food bank.

4-H Safety Training4-H Shooting Sports Safety

Training will be held on January3, 2013, from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00p.m. at the Jones County GunClub. This training must becompleted by any youth who areplanning on participating in the4-H Shooting Sports program.

Sports events ridesThe Jones County School Dis-

trict is offering free in-townrides to any of our home activi-ties (sporting events, music con-certs etc.) for senior citizens liv-ing in Murdo. For more informa-tion or to request a ride, call thehigh school at 669-2258 no laterthan 3 p.m. on the day of theevent.

Trading Pages LibraryThank you to Ella Fuhrer

for donating her time to getthe Trading Pages librarycleaned up and organized.Anyone who would like tovolunteer to assist Ella withthis task, please call her at669-2636. The Trading Pageslibrary at the Murdo Coyote isopen Monday through Wednes-day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. andThursday as open. There aremany new books available. Stopin and check one out.

EMT training February 1The Jones County Ambulance

is looking to expand their EMTmembers and would like to haveanyone who might be interestedin becoming an EMT to let themknow. They have set a date forFebruary 1, 2013 for the firstEMT training. Watch the CoyoteBriefs in the future for moreinformation regarding the train-ing.

Anyone with an interest oranyone with questions that theambulance crew could answerare asked to call and leave amessage at 669-3125 or to callTammy Van Dam at 530-7553.

Murdo City CouncilThe Murdo City Council will

meet Monday, Jan. 7 at 7:30p.m. at the city office. The publicis welcome to attend.

Draper Town BoardThe Draper Town Board will

meet Monday, Jan. 7 at 7:00p.m. at the Draper hall. Thepublic is welcome to attend.

J.C. CommissionersThe Jones County Commis-

sioners will not have a quorumfor the year end meetingplanned for December 27. Therescheduled year end meetingwill be held on Monday, Decem-ber 31, at 9:00 a.m.

Bingo FundraiserThe Murdo Lions Club will be

hosting a Bingo fundraiser forthe Jones County Ambulance,Murdo Fire Department andDraper Fire Department, duringthe Holiday Classic basketballtournament Friday, December28. Those wishing to play canpurchase Bingo cards at theticket booth, or may purchaseone by finding a Lion’s Clubmember during the tournament.

Anyone unable to attend thebasketball games, but still wish-ing to donate to the cause maycontact any Lion’s Club memberbetween now and December 28.

CORRECTION:In last week’s paper, the Jones

County Ambulance was incor-rectly referred to as the MurdoAmbulance.

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Friday, December 28, 2012 in MurdoBoys and Girls Basketball Tournament**no passes or activity tickets will be accepted at

the Holiday Classic in Murdo on December 28

by Karlee BarnesThe Jones County Coyotes and

Lady Coyotes will have a schedulefull of home games for their holi-day break.

The Seventh Annual HolidayClassic begins on Thursday,December 27 in Kimball. BothCoyote and Lady Coyote teamsparticipate in this classic. TheCoyotes take on Colome at 4:30p.m. and the Lady Coyotes willplay South Central at 1:30 p.m.The Holiday Classic will wrap upin Murdo on Friday, December 28.

Next on the schedule, the boysbasketball team will take on Philip

at home on Friday, January 4 at6:30 p.m. A Coyote and Lady Coy-ote double header on Saturday,January 5 will round out the holi-day break. The games will beagainst Rapid City Christian andwill start at 1:30 p.m. in theMurdo Auditorium.

Both teams have had a winningseason thus far. The boys’ record is3-2, and the girls are faring wellwith a 4-1 record.

In addition to the Holiday Clas-sic, both teams have tournamentscoming up in January. The Coy-otes will host the 45th AnnualJones County Invitational Tourna-ment, starting on Thursday, Janu-ary 10. The Lady Coyotes will par-ticipate in the Southern PlainsTournament, which will take placeJanuary 17-19 at a time and placeyet to be announced.

The Jones County School Dis-trict is once again offering free in-town rides to senior citizens livingin Murdo. The rides are not limit-ed to sporting events, they willinclude any school activity. Pleasecall the school at 669-2258 no laterthan 3:00 p.m. on the day of theevent to request a ride, or for moreinformation.

Home basketball games scheduled for holiday break

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United Methodist Church Nativity

Christmas Nativity… The Murdo United Methodist ChurchSunday school poses in their Christmas Nativity costumes. Backrow: Wyatt Olson, Morgan Feddersen, Austin Olson, Jacob Birke-land, Jake Dowling. 2nd row: Asa Best, Cooper Feddersen, JettNix, Jace Nix, Taylor Feddersen, Seiney Moore. 3rd Row: MollyNix, Hannah Brost, Sophie Dowling, Peyton Rankin, EmmyNewsam, Emma Hunt. Front row: Lilli Moore, Kade Brost.

JCHS!… The Jones County varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders show school spirit and spell out JCHS at a recent home game.Varsity cheerleaders include: Becky Bryan, Carole Benda, Mikayla Waldron, Shelby Bork and Calli Glaze as Charlie Coyote. Juniorvarsity cheerleaders include: Shayla Moran, Melyssa Manecke, Skylar Green and Kalli Hespe.

Photos by Karlee Barnes

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Julia Broecher is spendingChristmas with Ruth and CarrolCash and their family. Before sheleft, she asked that I share thewinner of the quilt that the Townand Country craft ladies madeand had quilted. The lucky lady isDoreen Hauptman.

Melba Boysen is going to Jeanand Rodney Lanz in St Francis.She will be joined by Alicia andBrian and Rodney Boysen fromRapid City.

Jones County Sheriff’s ReportThe Sheriff ’s report is printed

as received by Jones County Sher-iff ’s Office. It may or may not con-tain every call received by thedepartment.Sheriff and Deputy calls:Dec. 14

Sheriff Weber responded to areport of the highway separat-ing from a bridge on SD Hwy.248, east of Draper. DOT was noti-fied of situation.

Sheriff Weber responded to areport of a prowler at a resi-dence in Murdo. Subject wasgone prior to law enforcementarrival.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm238, to areport of a semi traveling withno trailer or tail lights. Unableto locate.Dec. 16

Sheriff Weber responded to the

Pilot Truckstop parking lot to areport of a subject that had beenworking on his truck when heslipped on the ice and stabbedhimself in the leg with a knife.The JC Ambulance transportedthe subject to St. Mary’s.Dec. 17

Deputy Sylva responded to areport of a motorist assist on I-90, eastbound, mm198. Unableto locate.

Deputy Sylva responded to I-90,eastbound, mm177, to a report ofa vehicle traveling at highspeeds with its bright lightson. When the vehicle was locat-ed it was not speeding and it haddimmed its lights.Dec. 18

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm208 to a reportthat a vehicle had slid into theditch due to icy roads. Vehiclewas located and towed out of theditch.Dec. 19

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm178 to a reportof a semi hauling a large hopperbottom grain storage tank that

had hit the overhead bridgeand the tank was laying on theroadway. The tank was pulledoff the roadway. DOT was notifiedabout the bridge hit, but thereappeared to be no damage to thebridge. The tank was loaded backon to the trailer and hauled away.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm190 to areport of a car that was brokedown. The vehicle was towed.

Sheriff Weber responded to areport of a 911 hangup inMurdo. Subject that made thecall was okay.

Sheriff Weber assisted S.D.Highway Patrol with a searchof a vehicle on I-90 for drugs.One subject in the vehicle had awarrant out of Pennington Co.,which was paid and subject wasreleased. One other subject inthe vehicle was arrested fordrugs. The subject was transport-ed to the sheriff's office andbooked in. The subject was thentransported to Presho, wherethey met with Winner JailDeputy to transport prisoner tothe Winner Jail.

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Speaker atOkaton Church

The Okaton Church will havea guest speaker on Sunday,December 30 at their 9:00 a.m.worship service. Art Sartoriuswill be our speaker and the publicis cordially invited to attend.

Rev. Art Sartorius is a teachingelder serving as the pastor ofBlack Hills Community Church inRapid City, South Dakota. He hasserved in that position for approx-imately five years. Black HillsCommunity Church is a congrega-tional of the Presbyterian Churchin America (PCA).

Prior to his ordination as ateaching elder and the acceptanceof his pastoral call, Mr. Sartoriuswas a ruling elder at ChristChurch in Jacksonville, Florida forapproximately eight years. Heholds a Bachelor of Journalismdegree, from the University of Mis-souri (1976); a Juris Doctoratefrom the University of Florida(1982); and a Masters of Divinityfrom Reformed Theological Semi-nary, Orlando (2006).

Before his call to the ministry,Mr. Sartorius worked as an attor-ney for 26 years. As an attorney,Mr. Sartorius litigated civil caseson the trial court level in federaland state court and argued somecases on the appellate court level,as well. He remains a member ofthe Florida Bar Association andhas been admitted to practice inthe Federal Middle District Courtof Florida and the Eleventh Cir-cuit Court of Appeals.

As both a ruling and teachingelder, Mr. Sartorius has beenactively involved in the his denom-ination – serving the regional gov-erning body, Siouxlands Pres-bytery and the highest governingbody of the denomination, the PCAGeneral Assembly. He at presentsis the General Assembly’s Commit-tee for Constitutional Business, aCommittee which gives advise onthe government of the Church.

Ingrid H. Gebhart

Robert M. Manecke

Obituaries

Funeral services for Ingrid H.Gebhart, age 88, of Meadow, S.D.,were held on Saturday, November24, 2012, at the Indian CreekLutheran Church near Meadow,with Rev. Bob Edwards officiatingand burial in the Chance Ceme-tery.

Ingrid Hjordis (Flatmoe) Geb-hart was born July 12, 1924 toChristopher and Petra (Kornstad)Flatmoe at Skage in Namdalen,Norway. Ingrid was baptized thatsame year at Overhalla Church inSkage. On June 15, 1941 Ingridwas confirmed at Indian CreekChurch at Chance. In May of 1929,with the encouragement of Petra’sfamily, who were already in Amer-ica, Christopher and Petra Flat-moe and their four childrenHanna, Ingrid, Clara and Iversailed for America aboard the Sla-vangersfjord. One of Ingrid’s mem-ories of the voyage was her dadholding Iver up by the railings andbeing scared that he might drophim overboard. After nine days onthe boat the family arrived at EllisIsland on May 25, 1929. Theyboarded a train and continued toLemmon where they were met byPetra’s mother, Karin Gustofson,and her brother Knute Kornstad.From there the family rode in a1927 Whippit car to her grandpar-ent’s farm near Coal Springs, S.D.This was the family’s first car ride.

Robert Michael Manecke, 63, ofMurdo, S.D. passed away Satur-day, December 22, 2012, in Murdo.

Robert was born September 28,1949, in Britton, S.D.

Services will be held on Friday,December 28, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. atthe United Methodist Church inMurdo, with fellowship to follow.Burial will be held on Saturday in

Britton. Isburg Funeral Home is incharge of arrangements. A fullobituary will be printed in nextweek’s paper.

Ingrid started school in the fallof 1930 at Coal Springs, she couldnot speak a word of English at thetime. Her teacher was LeoneMcMahon, who became a life-longfriend. Ingrid and Hanna would sitaround the kitchen table in theevening and teach English to theirparents. Ingrid and Hanna fin-ished grade school in 1938 andstarted at Meadow Central HighSchool the next fall. The fall of1940 they continued their educa-tion at Lemmon High School,graduating with the Class of 1942.

On December 25, 1943, Ingridwas united in marriage to ArnoldGebhart. They began their lifetogether on a farm seven milesnortheast of Glad Valley. To thisunion six children were born. In1965, they purchased her parents’place and moved back to the CoalSprings area. According to Ingridher greatest accomplishment inlife was being a mother to her sixchildren. She was very proud ofher family.

She was a long time member ofIndian Creek Lutheran Church.She was very active in the lady’saide. She was known for her lefseat the Fall Dinners. She servedmany pies and rolls at the FaithSale barn. Long hours were spentquilting for the church.

Gardening was especially enjoy-able for Ingrid. She truly lovednurturing her various vegetableand flower gardens. She willalways be remembered for herbeautiful flower gardens. She wasan exceptionally good cook, one ofthe best! To quote a neighbor, “Shecould make anything taste good.”There was always enough food foreveryone who stopped at mealtime and nobody ever left her tablehungry. Her children and grand-children will never forget her Nor-wegian goodies, raisin cookies, andespecially her delicious caramelrolls.

In September of 2007, shemoved into the Five CountiesNursing Home in Lemmon. Overthe next five years the staffbecame part of her family. Sheremained there until her passing,

Nov.17, 2012, with her family ather side.

Hard work and honesty weretraits passed on to Ingrid from herparents. She was a respectedmember of her community. Ingridwas ready with a helping handwhenever it was needed. Her faithand beliefs set an admiral examplefor others. Her children, grand-children and great –grandchildrenhave wonderful memories of thisremarkable lady. She will be great-ly missed by all who knew her.

Grateful for sharing her life areher two sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Jane Gebhart,Meadow, S.D. and Keith and Deb-bie Gebhart, Gillette, Wyo.; fourdaughters and sons-in-law, Lindaand John Wilkens, Maple Grove,Minn., Leanne and Ken Loeschke,Rapid City, S.D., Lenai and LarryLauriston, Birmingham, Ala., andVirginia and Kirk Milles, Rock-ford, Wash.; 16 grandchildren; 22great-grandchildren; two brothersand three sisters-in-law, Haroldand Lillian Flatmoe, Meadow, S.D.and Ken and Charlotte Flatmoe,Sturgis, S.D., Helen Flatmoe,Rapid City, S.D.; two sisters andone brother-in-law, Hanna andGeorge Allen Iverson, Murdo, S.D.and Clara Duncan, Mobridge,S.D.; and numerous nieces andnephews.

Ingrid was preceded in death byher parents, Chris and Petra; onebrother, Iver; one grandson, RyanScott; her niece, Carol Flatmoe;her great-niece, Carrie Beth Flat-moe; and life-long friend LeoneMcMahon.

In lieu of flowers a memorialhas been established.

Murdo Coyote Murdo Coyote • December 27, 2012 • Page 3

Antlerless only tags valid Dec. 29

Deer hunters who have unfilledantlerless deer tags for the Eastand West River Deer Seasons willhave nine additional days avail-able to harvest antlerless deerbeginning December 29 and end-ing on January 6.

South Dakota Game Fish andParks Terrestrial Chief TomKirschenmann reminds hunters tobe aware of the regulation changefrom the past several years.

“Over the past several seasons,‘any deer’ tags have converted to‘antlerless’ tags for the extendedseason,” Kirschenmann said.“That is not the case this year.Only unfilled ‘antlerless’ tags willbe valid during the late season.”

The changes were made as partof deer herd management objec-tives to direct additional antlerlessharvest in the areas of the statethat need it most while curtailingthe doe harvest in areas where it isnot needed.

School meal standards add more grains and proteinsThe U.S. Department of Agri-

culture announced recently thatthey will be lifting the previouslyimposed limits on how much pro-tein and grains could be served tostudents in one week.

The latest modifications will beset in place for the rest of the2012-2013 school year, explainsAnn Schwader, SDSU ExtensionNutrition Field Specialist.

“These changes are positive andshow that the USDA is willing towork with nutrition officials andothers who have concerns relatedto the new standards,” Schwadersaid.

The original changes to theschool lunch standards wereannounced January 2012, due tothe national Healthy, Hunger FreeKids Act (Public Law 111-296)that determined how much of cer-tain food groups could be served,set limits on calories and salt andphased in whole grains.

Schwader says the move to cre-ate stricter guidelines was moti-vated by the fact that the obesityrates among school children are

growing and steps were needed toreverse the trend.

“These guidelines alignedschool meals with the latest nutri-tion science, based on recommen-dations of nutrition experts andthe 2010 Dietary Guidelines forAmericans nutrition recommenda-tions,” she said.

The new school meal patterns

meet specific calorie ranges forchildren in grades K-5 (650 calo-ries), 6-8 (700 calories), and 9-12(850 calories).

“The intention of the new schoollunch guidelines is to ensure thatalmost all children receive at leastone-third of their daily nutritionaland energy needs,” Schwader said.

The latest modifications are

being provided to allow schoolsmore weekly planning options toensure that children receive anutritious meal every day of theweek. According to the revisions,the students can eat as manygrains and proteins as they want,as long as they are eating theallotted amount of calories putforth by the USDA.

SDSU Extension recommendsthat parents assist their childrenwith the changes to the schoollunch standards.

“Parents can make sure theiryouth eats a nutritious breakfastand encourage them to take andeat the fruits, vegetables, wholegrains, lean proteins and low-fatmilk offered in school meals,” she

said.Parents and organizations can

contact SDSU Extension NutritionField Staff about the new schoollunch standards and the modifica-tions. For additional informationcontact your SDSU ExtensionRegional Center. Contact informa-tion can be found at www.iGrow.org.

SD HighwayPatrol message

Season’s Greetings from theSouth Dakota Highway PatrolMotor Carrier Services. If there’sone present I can give you this hol-iday season it’s knowledge. It’s let-ting you know that it’s not enoughjust to wear your seatbelt if you’rein the front seat. You need to wearit in the backseat as well. It’s thatthe majority of people who die intraffic crashes aren’t wearing theirseatbelts. It’s that people who arein accidents and aren’t buckled upare often thrown from the car.

It’s that it’s time to take respon-sibility for your own life and buck-le up. Buckling up is the gift thatkeeps on giving. Safe travels andhappy holidays from the SouthDakota Highway Patrol MotorCarrier Services.

Murdo Coyote Murdo Coyote • December 27, 2012 • Page 4

$650,000 PAID OUT INJONES COUNTY FOR NAPWe will need your 2012 NAP

production to keep your APH accu-rate and higher than an assignedlow yield. If production is notreported on your NAP crops, zeroproduction is assigned to thoseacres, which decreases your futureNAP payments. This was very evi-dent as we paid many NAP lossesin 2012. Jones County paid outover $650,000 for drought-relatedcrop losses. This could have beenhigher if yields and APHs werereported by everyone.

NAP SALES CLOSINGDATE IS MARCH 15

The last day to purchase NAPinsurance for 2013 is March 15.Noninsured Crop Disaster Assis-tance Program (NAP) providesfinancial assistance to producers ofnon-insurable crops when lowyields, loss of inventory, or prevent-ed planting occurs due to naturaldisasters. o be eligible for NAPassistance, crops must be non-insurable crops and agriculturalcommodities for which the cata-strophic risk protection level ofcrop insurance is not available.

DATES TO REMEMBER/DEADLINES:

January 1: Office closed for NewYear’s Day

Feel free to call the office if youever have questions on any of ourprograms 605-669-2404 Ext.2.

GET END OF YEARPREPARATION DONE NOW!The last day FSA can apply

monies collected to the 2012 taxyear is December 31. If you wish tomake a payment to FSA for the2012 tax year, please do so as soonas possible.

FSA CHANGES WAYPRODUCERS RECEIVE

IRS FORMSBeginning this year, producers

whose total reportable paymentsfrom the Farm Service Agency areless than $600 will not receive IRSForm 1099-G. Previously, the formswere issued to show all programpayments received from FSA,regardless of the amount. Produc-ers who receive payments frommore than one county will receiveone 1099-G form if the total of allpayments from all counties is $600or more. The same changes apply toproducers who normally receiveIRS Form 1099-MISC.

2012 ACRE PRODUCTIONREPORTS DUE BY JULY 15,2013 – LAST YEAR OF ACREProduction for the ACRE pro-

gram will be required to be report-ed on the FSA-658. FSA needs tocollect this information from you,the producer. Crop insurance cansend us information, but we willstill need a signed FSA-658. Justlike the last few years, this year, wewill only need 2012 productionreported.

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Letter to the editorThere is no question that the

holiday season is one of the busiesttimes of the year. Holiday celebra-tions (serving plenty of alcohol)are as common as decorating thehouse and shopping for bargains.For many in South Dakota, drink-ing is a social habit and unfortu-nately, some drinkers choose todrive while impaired. Whetherthat person has had way too manyor one too many, a designated driv-er is the best option. Studies showthat even one drink decreasesreaction time, a factor that canprove fatal when a person getsbehind the wheel of a car.

There are many options for theupcoming holiday celebrations ifwe choose to use them. The optionscould be as simple as serving fes-tive non-alcoholic drinks (plenty ofrecipes found online) for designat-ed drivers and those guests choos-ing not to drink, establishing asober driver before the festivitiesbegin, or carrying the phone num-ber of a local taxi service so it is

convenient to find at the end of thenight.

All too often the question ofbeing caught is a major factorwhen deciding to drive after a fewdrinks. The public should insteadbe asking themselves, what willhappen if I don’t get caught? Thisanswer is much more frighteningthan prosecution of DUI, subse-quent financial loss or loss oflicense. The destruction impaireddrivers inflict upon their commu-nities is immeasurable. Just asksomeone who has experienced theloss of a loved one due to a drunkdriver. When you weigh all theoptions available for getting homeafter a holiday celebration, drink-ing and driving is not one of them.When you add it all up, drunkdriving is simply not worth therisk. Avoid the holiday buzz. Drivesober or get pulled over.

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before things fell apart. I should-n’t complain because that meantincome from another wedding in afew years, but the collapse is notfun to watch. I have even had apart in someone’s third wedding afew times, but quite often thethird time is the charm and thingsactually hold together.

Some marriages, though, don’tgo into decline, even right up tothe point where one of the part-ners dies. They may even contin-ue to strengthen. That’s nice tosee. Faith in God can strengthenand grow right to the end of life aswell so not everything goes intodecline, I’m happy to say.

Years, however, follow the more-normal cycle of good beginningand strong midpoint, followed bydisintegration. I am always veryglad to start a new year with allthe possibilities of interestinghappenings ahead. Sure, it can bechilly in January, but at least thedays are getting longer and thetemperatures are getting warmeras the days pass. By March andApril we’re apt to have some real-ly nice days. Spring, as I haveprobably mentioned many timesbefore, is my absolute favoritewith green grass, flowers, babyanimals and so on. I think I couldlive in perpetual spring.

From there we go to the mostproductive part of the year withgrowing crops and all that untilwe get to fall. Although fall canbe really pretty with the leaveschanging color and putting on ashow, it also signals the closing ofthe year. November and Decem-ber are the pits as far as I’m con-cerned with short days, snow andcold. I sometimes think I reallydeserve to have a few days of goodold deep depression about then,but luckily I usually don’t havetime for it what with Thanksgiv-ing and then Christmas. By thetime I recover from those events,here it is the first of the year andoff we go again.

Right now, as you know, we areperched right at the beginning ofa fresh year with all the promiseof better days to come, neat newstuff to try out, and old pursuits toenjoy again. I’m ready for it.Let’s go. Here’s wishing us all thegreatest of new years completewith excessive productivity, joyand happiness. May it be so.Have a very happy New Year.

Beginnings are often better thanendings. Take the moon in itscycle, for instance. It starts out asa tiny crescent in the west justafter sunset and is really niftythen. When I first notice it hang-ing there, I often say somethinglike, “Welcome back, Moon. Niceto see you again.” The moon does-n’t reply, of course, but I say itanyway.

From that thin crescent, then,this second-brightest light in theheavens keeps on growing fromnight to night until it blossomsinto a big and pretty full moon. Itstays big for a few nights althoughlittle chunks start disappearingfrom it. Then by the fourth weekof the cycle, I seldom notice itmuch since it comes up so late—just before sunrise. Finally, it dis-appears altogether for a nightbefore being reincarnated as athin fellow again in the west. Tome, the beginning of the moon’scycle is great, and things stayinteresting all the way to thehalfway point. From there on it’sall downhill, as they say.

The life cycle of animals can besimilar. There is nothing muchcuter than a baby animal whetherit be a calf, pony, or puppy. Thecuteness tends to win your heart.From there, critters continue togrow into adults when they hope-fully will become more useful, butprobably not as attractive. Afterthe midpoint of their lives, justlike the moon, things start to godownhill until that particular lifeis over. The last part can even besad.

Humans aren’t much different.If a new baby appears in the com-munity, the ladies are stronglydrawn to it. (Men, not so much.)The gals, though, admire it, holdit, and thoroughly enjoy it. Seeingthat baby grow and prosper ispleasant as well. People in theirprime are fine too, but decline hasto eventually set in if life goes onlong enough. The final days of alife can be hard indeed and diffi-cult to see or deal with.

Then we come to marriages.They usually start out with agreat deal of joy and happiness.Unfortunately, in this day andage, it frequently doesn’t last verylong. When I used to do weddingphotography, a few times I barelygot the wedding albums delivered

Lookin’ Around• Syd Iwan •

Attorney General Jackley offerstips to avoid travel scams

As the weather remains coldoutside and consumers look totravel to warmer climates, Attor-ney General Marty Jackley warnsthose consumers to be cautious oftravel offers that sound too good tobe true.

Whether you are a college stu-dent looking forward to springbreak or just someone wanting toget away for a long weekend in thesun, follow these tips to avoid get-ting burned:

•Work with a reputable travelcompany, preferably one that islocal. •Be very cautious of those compa-nies that sound like other compa-nies with similar names, verify if the company is legitimate.

•Be realistic - be wary of unsolicit-ed mailings, phone calls or emailsoffering a “free trial” or a “freetrip”. If it seems too good to betrue, it probably is. •Read the fine print and under-stand the terms and conditions ofthe service you are purchasing, specifically, their cancellation andrefund policies. •Use a credit card for payment,never cash or check. Get confirma-tion numbers and documentation for all planned flights, hotels andother travel arrangements.

If you are a victim of this type ofscam or would like additionalinformation contact the Attorney General’s Consumer ProtectionDivision at 1-800-300-1986 or con-sumerhelp@state.sd.us.

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Catholic Church of St. Martin502 E. Second St., Murdo, S.D. • Father Gary Oreshoski

Saturday Mass: 6 p.m.

St. Anthony’s Catholic ChurchDraper, S.D. • Father Gary Oreshoski

Sunday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Draper United Methodist ChurchPastor Rick Hazen

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

Murdo United Methodist ChurchPastor Rick Hazen • Corner of E. 2nd and Jefferson Ave.

Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. and Fellowship Time • Sunday School: 10:30 a.m.United Methodist Women: 1st Wednesday at 2 p.m. • ALL WELCOME!

Okaton Evangelical Free ChurchOkaton I–90 Exit 183 • Pastor Gary McCubbin • 605–837–2233 (Kadoka)

Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. (CT) • Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. (CT)

Messiah Lutheran Church308 Cedar, Murdo, S.D. • Pastor Ray Greenseth

Sunday Worship: 9 a.m. • Sunday School: 10 a.m. • Bible Study: Tuesday 7 a.m.Thursday 9:30 a.m. • Midweek: Wednesday 3:15 p.m.

St. Paul’s Lutheran ChurchDraper, S.D. • Pastor Ray Greenseth

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. • Bible Study: Wednesday 9 a.m.

Community Bible Church410 Washington, Murdo, S.D. • Pastor Alvin Gwin • 669–2600

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. • Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.Wed. Night Bible Study: 7 p.m.

Midwest Co–op669–2601

Graham’s Best Western

669–2441

First NationalBank

669–2414 • Member F.D.I.C.

Murdo Coyote

PHONE: 669–2271 FAX: 669–2744 mcoyote@gwtc.net

Super 8 Motel669–2437

Dakota PrairieBank

Draper and Presho 669–2401 • Member F.D.I.C.

One Step at a Time

I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. —Philippi-ans 3:12

Following God is like climbing a mountain. If God showed us how high the mountain really is that He wants us to climb, we might be afraid to takethe first step. We might argue that we're not ready, that we're not at all prepared to go all the way to the top. So He covers the top of the summit with acloud, and all we can see is the step before us. That first step looks manageable, so we take it. And then we take another step, and another, and another,until one day we find ourselves at the top of the mountain without even realizing where we were headed when we began. Then we are very glad we tookthe journey.

I recall a woman who came to me complaining that she could not hear from God, that He was not speaking to her even though she was seeking Himabout some things. He told me that there was no point in speaking to her about doing something else until she had done the last thing He had told her,which she had not done yet.

In God's plan for us, we cannot skip steps that we don't like and move on to other ones. We cannot skip the hard steps or the ones that require sacri-fice. I repeat: following God's plan for our lives requires investment. We must sacrifice self-will to have God's will. We must sacrifice our way to findHis way. Don't be afraid of sacrifice—it eventually sets us free to be all we desire to be.

Weekly Devotional

Cheers to a new year...

First Fidelity BankFirst Fidelity Bankwill close New Year’s Eve at2 p.m. & be closed January 1First National Bank & First National Bank & Dakota Prairie BankDakota Prairie Bankwill be closed January 1

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20132013cheer...A spoonfulof spirit, aliter oflove andlaughter.Hope yourholidayseason ismixed forfun.

The RUSTY SPURThe RUSTY SPUR

A cup ofA cup of

Lois Hall, 84, of Stanley County,passed away, Tuesday, December18, 2012 at Dougherty HospiceHouse in Sioux Falls. Visitationwas Friday, December 21, 2012, atFeigum Funeral Home, and con-cluded with a prayer service.Funeral Services were on Satur-day, December 22, 2012, atLutheran Memorial Church.Interment followed at ScottyPhilip Cemetery in Fort Pierre.

Lois M. Hall was born April 13,1928 in Jones County to Charlieand Mary (Shimmin) Wilson.

She attended rural school throughthe 8th grade and graduated fromMidland High School. Sheattended Black Hills Teacher’sCollege where she received herMasters in Education and taughtgrades K-8 in rural Stanley Coun-ty for more than 30 years.

Lois was united in marriage toFrank L. Hall, on May 23, 1950, inRapid City. They ranched north-east of Midland. Lois was a mem-ber of Victory Club, MidlandMuseum, Midland Library andOld Stanley County HistoricalSociety. Lois enjoyed readinglocal history, gardening, lookingat the livestock – cattle and hors-es, and most of all spending timewith family and friends.

Lois is survived by two daugh-ters, Ronda (Lawrence) Schofieldof Midland, S.D., and CharlotteHall of Midland, S.D.; one son,Richard (Arlette) Hall of FortPierre, S.D.; seven grandchildrenand ten great-grandchildren.Lois was preceded in death by herhusband Frank, parents and onestep-grandson.

Condolences may be conveyedto the family at www.feigumfh.com.

The Murdo Coyotewill be closed on

Monday, December 31 &Tuesday, January 1

Deadline for the January 3rd issue is December 28 at noon

All of our best...All of our best...

To our family and friends. May the party never end!To our family and friends. May the party never end!

Murdo Veterinary Clinic

Tri-County Ranchers Workshop

The Tri-County Ranchers Work-shop will be held Wednesday, Jan-uary 16, 2013 at the WinnerRegional Extension Center in Win-ner, SD, beginning with registra-tion at 9:30 am, CST. Dr. BarryDunn, Dean of the College of Agri-culture and Biological Sciences,SDSU is scheduled to emcee theevent, and share some thoughtsabout SDSU, SDSU Extension andhow the University serves farmersand ranchers during the noonbreak.

The topics and speakers wereselected to address issues facingranchers dealing with the linger-ing effects of the 2012 drought, butshould be of interest to anyone in

the ranching business over thelong term.

Starting the program will beJim Krantz, Extension Cow/CalfField Specialist, discussingCHAPS and Record Keeping.CHAPS is a computerized per-formance testing system that wasoriginally developed in the early1990’s in North Dakota. NorthDakota State University is collab-orating with SDSU to revamp theprogram to better fit the needs oftoday’s cattlemen.

The next speaker will be AdeleHarty, Extension Cow/Calf FieldSpecialist, providing informationon Livestock Nutrition and WaterQuality. The 2012 droughtrequired producers to get creativein securing enough feed to main-tain their cow herds, and may be

Extension News• Bob Fanning (605) 842-1267 •

dealing with feedstuffs they arenot used to dealing with. Waterwas also a major concern, and animportant part of a ranching oper-ation.

Finishing up the morning willbe Pete Bauman, Extension RangeField Specialist, outlining someinnovative ideas for RangelandWater Development. Lunch will beserved at no charge to partici-pants, courtesy of area Conserva-tion Districts and agri-businesses.After lunch, Laura Edwards,Extension Climate Field Specialistwill provide a Weather Update andoutlook for 2013, and MattDiersen, Extension Risk Manage-ment Specialist, will outline theMarket situation in the cattleindustry.

For more information, contactyour local NRCS office; Winner –842-0603, Burke – 775-9122, Ken-nebec – 869-2216, or the WinnerRegional Extension Center – 842-1267. The Winner Regional Exten-sion Center is located at 325 SMonroe St., Winner, SD, one blocksouth of the stop light on SD Hwy18.

Calendar

1/04/2013 – Private ApplicatorCertification meeting (PAT), 1:00pm MST, Sr. Citizens Ctr, Philip,SD

1/9/2013 – Ag CEO, 5:30 pmCST, Winner Regional ExtensionCenter, Winner, SD

1/11/2013 – PAT, 1:00 pm MST,Library Learning Center, Martin,SD

1/14/2013 – PAT, 1:30 pmCST/12:30 pm MST, Pierre, Win-ner, Lemmon & Rapid CityRegional Extension Centers

1/15/2013 – PAT, 1:00 pm CST,Fire Hall, Presho, SD

1/16/2013 – Ranchers Work-shop, 9:30 am CST, SDSU Region-al Extension Center, Winner, SD

Lois Hall

Obituary

Aggie Of The Year awarded to Grady and Bernice Crew

On Thursday, December 6, atthe 32nd Annual Ag AppreciationBanquet hosted by the Ag & Nat-ural Resources Committee of theRapid City Area Chamber of Com-merce, Grady and Bernice Crewwere honored with the Aggie of theYear Award.

The Chamber’s Ag & NaturalResources Committee establishedthis special award in 1981, theaward was created to honor indi-viduals who provide leadershipthat has benefited the local areaagriculture community over anextended period of time.

The Crews were honored fortheir lifetime of service in agricul-ture through the operation of theirsuccessful agri-businesses includ-ing the Crew Crop InsuranceAgency, the Badlands Trading Postand now the Prairie Homestead.

Grady is the fourth generationoperator of Crew Ranch, CrewCattle Company, where he andBernice now raise Angus cowsand Charolais calves and growwheat and corn. The Crews havebeen married since 1978 and havetwo children. Their son, Caleb, isat home and helps run the ranchwith them and their daughter,Jamie, works as a Communica-tions Officer for the South DakotaDepartment of Agriculture.

Grady and Bernice have bothplayed important roles in theircommunity. Grady has served asSecretary of Cenex Harvest State,President of the White River Graz-ing District, Director on the S.D.

Wheat Board, and he was on theJackson County Soil ConservationDistrict Board and President ofthe Kadoka School Board. Berniceis currently a director on the Bad-lands Natural History Association.

More than 600 people werepresent at the Appreciation Ban-quet, where South Dakota Secre-tary of Agriculture Walt Bonesgave the keynote address.

Murdo Chamberof Commerce

Christmas Buckswinners for

Dec. 21 were: •Faye Chambliss••Susan Moreland••Margie Peters•

...And the final namedrawn for $100 inMurdo Bucks wasNorman Buxcel

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A challenging year passes...an optimistic year begins. We owe our success to each and

every one of you.Thanks for your support.

We hope to make 2013 another outstanding year.

We look forward to a continued business

relationship and want to wishyou a happy and

healthy 2013.

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Let the celebration beginAs another year

dances in, we’d liketo cut in and extendour gratitude to old

faces and new.Thank you so muchand have a Happy

New Year!

Dr. James Szana

The Clinical View• Dr. P.E. Hoffsten •

HEALTH TIPS TO MAKE 2013A BETTER YEAR

A 56-year old gentleman recent-ly came to the clinic saying that hewanted a “complete physical.” Hehad a friend that recently discov-ered quite unexpectedly that shehad diffuse terminal pancreaticcancer. A lady had gone from afully functional individual to amortal end in less than threemonths after the discovery of herpancreatic cancer. He said that henever wanted to go through thatand wanted to be sure that if hehad something wrong, it would befound early enough to be corrected.It was a slow day and we had aninteresting discussion. The follow-ing points were discussed.

1. Medical science at this timehas no tool that will predictablydetect pancreatic cancer. It mustbe kept in mind that a cancerbegins as one abnormal cell thatthen divides and becomes twoabnormal cells. On average, aboutthree months later, the two abnor-mal cells divide and become fourabnormal cells. About threemonths later, the four abnormalcells divide and become eightabnormal cells and this proceduregoes on for seven years before thetumor becomes large enough todetect on an x-ray or by surgery.By the third to fourth year afterthe tumor has occurred, pieces of ithave already broken off and trav-eled to other parts of the bodywhere they begin to grow at thesame rate as the original tumor.Thus, by the time that the primarytumor is detected, there is no pre-dictably effective treatment.There are many diseases like pan-creatic cancer that are brought onby fate and have no predictablyeffective method of detection ortreatment.

2. Thus, the concept of the “com-plete physical” has limited appli-cation. There are many lifesavingsteps a person can take to prolongtheir life. But to me, the moreimportant use of preventive medi-cine is to make life more enjoyable,prevent deterioration of functionand prevent suffering. While thereare many things a person can do topreserve their health and function,mortality is an act of fate.

3. Heart disease is the leadingcause of death in the United

States. Estimates suggest that 95percent of people who have coro-nary artery disease will have oneor more of the four major risk fac-tors that are correctable. Theseinclude hypertension, high bloodcholesterol, diabetes and smokingcigarettes. All four of these factorsare preventable, treatable factors.High blood pressure is easy todetect, relatively easy to treat formost people, and markedlyreduces the incidence of heartattack and stroke in the popula-tion. High blood cholesterol is eas-ily detected, also treatable, andhighly effective for prevention ofheart attack. The diabetes epidem-ic in our society at this time isgenetically permitted but causedby dietary excess so rampant inour society at this point. Cigaretteabuse is preventable by the indi-vidual and is the most costlyhealth factor in our society. If aperson smokes cigarettes, there isa 60 percent chance that cigarettesmoking will be the cause of theirdeath and usually proceeded bysubstantial disability.

4. Cancer is the second leadingcause of death in our society. Inmen, cancer of the lung is the mostcommon cause of death. As men-tioned above, this is totally pre-ventable by not smoking ciga-rettes. Cancer of the breast is aleading cause of death in women.Estrogen replacement therapyvery slightly increases the likeli-hood that a women will develop acancer of the breast but there areno predictably effective methods toprevent a cancer of the breast.Thus, the medical profession hasdevoted their efforts to early detec-tion and treatment. With thesesteps, cancer of the breast is one ofthe most treatable malignanciesoccurring our country. By far, themost effective step a lady can per-form is mammography on sched-ule. Arguments rage over what ageto start and how often. Somewomen insist that surveillanceshould begin at age 40 and beannual. The United States Preven-tive Service Task Force had sug-gested that it be done every twoyears and started at age 50. To meit is an individual choice but onewhich pays high dividends inimproving the quality of life forwomen. Cancer of the colon is thesecond leading cause of death in

men and third leading cause inwomen. It is totally preventable byhaving a colonoscopy done withremoval of polyps before theybecome cancerous.

5. Stroke is the third leadingcause of death in our society. Themost common form of stroke calleda thrombosis has the same riskfactors as for coronary artery dis-ease. There is perhaps moreemphasis for high blood pressureand smoking cigarettes causingstroke. But if one is effective indealing with the risk for coronaryartery disease, the risk for strokewould have been dealt with.

6. In the younger age group,accidents are the leading cause ofmortality. Primarily the accidentsrevolve around risky behaviorsuch as driving while intoxicated,driving too fast and being injudi-cious when participating in recre-ational activities. For the older agegroup, accidents are less frequentbut often more devastating. Fallprevention depends upon avoidingstairs, avoiding throw rugs, pro-viding adequate lights within thehome to prevent falls. Obtaining aDEXA scan to determine bone den-sity can play a big part in detect-ing and treating osteoporosiswhich is the most common reasonthat a fall results in a broken hipor broken wrist or broken back.

7. Obtain immunizations onschedule. Most children receivetheir immunizations or they can’t

go to school. The famous DPT shotprotects against diphtheria, per-tussis and tetanus. Things thatare new include adults gettinganother of this series in order toprevent the pertussis infectionwhich is whooping cough. Whoop-ing cough in adults is not as dis-abling as it is in children but itoften leads to respiratory tractsymptoms that last with a coughfor two months. Obtaining the per-tussis vaccination is very useful.Additional adult immunizationsinclude the annual flu vaccine, apneumonia shot at least once overage 60 and appropriate immuniza-tions depending upon the person’sexposures. Obviously, veterinari-ans need to be immunized againstrabies. The shingles shot is alsoworth doing in adults. Daycareattendants need to be immunizedagainst hepatitis A. Healthcareproviders possibly exposed toblood and blood products need tobe immunized against hepatitis B.Our military immunizes recruitsfor all of the above plus anthrax,plague, and I don’t even knowwhat else. For the adult popula-tion over age 50 in our society,maintaining pertussis and pneu-monia vaccinations are important.

There are a host of social factorsthat affect primarily the quality oflife but to some extent the dura-tion of life. These will be discussedin the next column.

To all of the peoplewe have had thepleasure to servethis year, we say

thank you and wishyou all the best in

the New Year.

Pioneer AutoMuseum/Hallmark

TheTheparty’sparty’s

starting!

starting!

Hope you have

a ball!

Midwest Cooperatives

2013

Double teamed… Colome Cowboy, Cohl Ratermann (53)found himself double teamed by Jackson Volmer (23) and WyattWalker (12), which resulted in a turnover for the Cowboys. JonesCounty pulled away with a 49-43 overtime win after a closegame. The Coyotes’ next game will be a rematch with the Cow-boys during the Holiday Classic in Kimball on January 28.

Photo by Karlee Barnes

Legal Notices Murdo Coyote • December 27, 2012 • Page 7

Proceedings of the Jones County School

District #37-3Regular Session

December 10, 2012

The Board of Education of the JonesCounty School District No. 37-3 met inregular session on December 10, 2012in the High School Library with the fol-lowing members present: Michael Hunt--President, Carrie Lolley--Vice President,Chad Whitney and Brett Nix.

Board President Hunt called the meetingto order at 7:00 p.m. with Board mem-bers present answering roll call. Allactions in these minutes were by unani-mous vote by members present unlessotherwise stated.

Others Present: Larry Ball--CEO/ Princi-pal, Lorrie Esmay--Principal, TamiSchreiber--Business Manager, KarleeBarnes and Paul Knispel.

Absent: Scott Mathews.

AGENDA: Motion by Nix, seconded byLolley to approve the agenda.

MINUTES: Motion by Whitney, second-ed by Lolley to approve the minutes ofthe November 12, 2012 Regular Meet-ing.

Gary Knispel arrived 7:05 p.m.

EXPENDITURES: Motion by Lolley, sec-onded by Whitney to approve the expen-ditures and the issuing of checks onDecember 10, 2012. PAYROLL BYDEPT: FICA paid through First FidelityBank, Retirement check issued to SDRetirement System and Health Insur-ance check issued to Three Rivers Insur-ance Fund. PAYROLL: $79,701.54;EMPLOYER SHARE: FICA $5,537.93,RETIREMENT $4,481.57; HEALTHINSURANCE $10,465.35.

GENERAL FUND: A&B--Welding Sup-plies $266.10; ACT--Tests $157.50;Avera---Bus Tests $145.80; Larry Ball--Mtg Fee $10.00; Best Buy--Supplies$80.49; Stacey Booth--Crackers $18.24;Century Business--Copier Leases$436.31; Chesterman--Pop $164.50;Childrens Care--PT $110.00; City ofMurdo--Water $224.11; ConnectingPoint--Remote $35.00; Corkys--Supplies$230.91; Country Pride--Bus Fuel$566.28; Dakota ACAC--Workshop$35.00; Dakota Security--Keys $120.00;Farmers Union--Bus Fuel $1,907.55;Farner Bocken--Concessions $1,743.48;Freeman--Services $209.32; Lea Glaze--Book $90.44; GoldenWest--Phone$528.60; Haggertys--Supplies $144.05;Hauff--Caps $681.90; Heartland--Garbage Collection $360.00; HerffJones--Supplies $166.02; Amoco--Gas$19.80; Jaymar--Forms $132.89; JCSchool--Books $180.74; Pepper--Music$462.71; Gary Knispel--Consultant$1,000.00; Moores--Supplies $457.93;Dianne Mueller--Testing $519.40; Coy-ote--Subscriptions/TRAX $248.00;Murdo Foods--Snacks $218.33; Office-max--Supplies $208.56; Peak Fitness--Services $420.00; Pepsi--Pop $190.05;Philip School--Region Fee $28.98; Mar-cie Schmidt--Tuition Credits $120.00;School Specialty--Supplies $516.50;Bandmasters--Membership $25.00;SDHSAA--Membership $55.00; Servall--Mops/Towels Cleaned $501.78; TIE--Workshop $500.00; Two Wheeler Deal-er--Fitness Equip Repairs $1,904.00;Post Office--Stamps $190.00; VenardInc--Repairs $38.00; Verizon--Phone$258.08; West Central--Electricity$1,495.21.

CAPITAL OUTLAY: AVI--Sound SystemFinal Pmt $2,577.80; Farmers Union--Propane $1,187.76; West Central--Elec-tricity $3,197.59.

SPECIAL EDUCATION: PAYROLL$14,229.20; EMPLOYER SHARE FICA$1,041.05, RETIREMENT $825.19,HEALTH INSURANCE $2,331.20.EXPENDITURES: Childrens Care--Ser-vices/Tuition $10,285.36; Handwriting--Resources $61.70; Parent--Mileage$26.64; Diane Mueller--Testing $669.40;Talk Tools--Cups $21.53.

PENSION: None.

FOOD SERVICE: CashWa--Bun Pans$193.30; Lunchtime Solutions--Meals$11,091.86.

FINANCIAL REPORTS: Motion by Nix,seconded by Whitney to approve as fol-lows: GENERAL FUND: Bal. Bro't Fwd$399,155.39; RECEIPTS Ad ValoremTaxes $193069.97, Mobile Home Taxes$2,163.01, Penalties $461.06, Interest$87.58, Admissions $404.26, Rental$1,000.00, Concessions $840.050, CoApportionment $1,408.00, State Aid$52,205.00, Donations $1,224.00, Other$60.00, 21st Attendance $248.00, FedGrant $4,184.00, Fuel Reimb $38.48,Exp Reimb $1,023.00. EXPENDI-TURES $140,902.73; Bal on HandChecking $161,827.19; MMDA$104,842.33; Investments $250,000.00.

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Bal Bro't Fwd$169,345.20; RECEIPTS: Ad ValoremTaxes $60,801.94; Mobile Home Taxes$407.33, Penalties $144.61, Interest$13.07. EXPENDITURES $27,354.91;Bal on Hand Checking $112,549.46;MMDA $90,807.78; Investments -0-.

SPECIAL EDUCATION: Bal Bro't Fwd$908,939.77; RECEIPTS: Ad ValoremTaxes $86,621.63, Mobile Home Taxes$580.38, Penalties $206.01, Interest$42.99. EXPENDITURES $30,454.42;Bal on Hand Checking $493,715.64;MMDA $212,220.72; Investments$260,000.00.

PENSION FUND: Bal Bro't Fwd$263,773.08; RECEIPTS: Ad ValoremTaxes $21,563.16, Mobile Home Taxes$144.52, Penalties $51.29. EXPENDI-TURES $0; Bal on Hand Checking$285,532.05; MMDA -0-; Investments -0-

FOOD SERVICE: Bal Bro't Fwd$33,457.65; RECEIPTS: Pupil Sales$3,121.07; Adult Sales $255.10, Head-start $500.50, Fed $6,037.70. EXPEN-DITURES $12,991.97; Bal on HandChecking $30,380.05; MMDA -0-; Invest-ments -0-.

TRUST & AGENCY: Bal Bro't Fwd$55,126.95; RECEIPTS $11,292.95;EXPENSES $6,318.70; Bal on Hand$60,101.20.

Scott arrived 7:26 p.m.

DISCUSSION: GasRite, Three RiversMembership, Christmas Concerts, PublicSchool Exemption, Semester Test,Christmas Break, Basketball.

Motion by Mathews, seconded by Lolleyto adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 7:32p.m.

Tami Schreiber,Business Manager

Published December 27, 2012, at thetotal approximate cost of $60.11.

Proceedings of the West River Water

Development DistrictRegular Session

November 15, 2012

CALL TO ORDER: The West RiverWater Development District convenedfor their regular meeting at Al’s Oasis inOacoma, S.D. Chairman Joseph Hiebcalled the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.(CT).

Roll call was taken and Chairman Hiebdeclared a quorum was present. Direc-tors present were: Joseph Hieb, CaseyKrogman, Marion Matt, Veryl Prokop andLorne Smith. Also present: Jake Fitzger-ald, Manager; Amy Kittelson, Office Man-ager for WR/LJ; Dave Larson, LarsonLaw PC.

ADDITIONS TO AGENDA: None.

APPROVE AGENDA: Motion by Direc-tor Prokop, seconded by Director Matt toapprove the agenda. Motion carriedunanimously.

APPROVE MINUTES: The minutes ofthe October 11, 2012, meeting were pre-viously mailed to the Board for theirreview. Motion by Director Smith, sec-onded by Director Krogman to approvethe October minutes. Motion carriedunanimously.

FINANCIAL REPORTS: A. Approval ofBills: Joseph Hieb - $56.61, CaseyKrogman - $56.61, Marion Matt - $56.61,Veryl Prokop - $56.61, Lorne Smith -$56.61, West River/Lyman-Jones RWS -$51,000.00, Pennington County Courant- $57.19, Lyman County Herald - $66.50,Murdo Coyote - $71.84, Todd County Tri-bune - $66.34, Pioneer Review - $59.78,Kadoka Press - $76.02, US Postmaster -$71.40. Motion by Director Prokop, sec-onded by Director Matt to approve theDistrict bills. Motion carried unanimously.B. District Financial Status Report:The financial status of the District to datewas previously sent to the Board. A copyof the October Financial Report is on fileat the District office in Murdo. Motion byDirector Matt, seconded by DirectorProkop to approve the October FinancialReport. Motion carried unanimously.

REPORTS: A. Manager’s Report: Man-ager Fitzgerald presented his Novemberreport to the Board. Motion by DirectorSmith, seconded by Director Krogman toapprove the Manager’s Report. Motioncarried unanimously. B. Other Reports:None.

USGS GAGING STATIONS: ManagerFitzgerald received the proposed jointfunding agreement between the Districtand USGS for monitoring and operationof streamflow gages at White River nearKadoka and White River near WhiteRiver. They are seeking funding in theamount of $11,280 with USGS contribut-ing $9,270. The Board requested Man-ager Fitzgerald invite Joyce Williamsonto a board meeting, so she can give anupdate and answer any questions theBoard has before a decision is made.Motion by Director Prokop, seconded byDirector Matt that this item be tabled.Motion carried unanimously.

WR/LJ GRANT AGREEMENT: ManagerFitzgerald presented to the Board theyearly agreement that provides a grant of

$50,000 to West River/Lyman-JonesRural Water Systems, Inc. Motion byDirector Matt, seconded by DirectorKrogman to approve the grant agree-ment for $50,000 to West River/Lyman-Jones Rural Water Systems, Inc. Motioncarried unanimously.

ADJOURNMENT: There being no furtherbusiness, the meeting was adjourned at1:10 p.m. (CT).

ATTEST:/s/ Amy KittelsonAmy Kittelson, Recording Secretary

/s/ Joseph HiebJoseph Hieb, Chairman

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

NOW IS THE chance to buy awell established & successfulbusiness in the State Capitol ofS.D. The Longbranch is for SALE(serious inquires only). Call Rus-sell Spaid 605-280-1067.

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INSULATED CONCRETETIRE TANK LIDS for rubber tiretanks. Custom made, 4’-12’ width.Center float hole and drinkingholes. Permanent lids. HildebrandSteel 1-877-867-4185.

ROOSTER PHEASANTS FORsale. 1,000 long-tailed flying

birds, $16 each. Royal FlushPheasants. Spencer, S.D. 605-480-4444.

LOG HOMES

DAKOTA LOG HOME Buildersrepresenting Golden Eagle LogHomes, building in eastern, cen-tral, northwestern South & NorthDakota. Scott Connell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell, 605-264-5650, www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

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HART RANCH MEMBERSHIPFor Sale: Beautiful Hart RanchCamping Resort is located justoutside of Rapid City. PurchaseNOW before transfer feesincrease! Call 605-939-3112.

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Family DentistryJames C. Szana, DDS

Murdo Health CenterWednesday & Thursday

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