Birthday calendarFor those of you who pur-

chased a Book & Thimble Clubbirthday calendar, the numberfor Cutting Edge Graphics &Signs is incorrect. The correctphone number is 530-4465. Theyapologize for any inconvenience.

Johannsen ScholarshipThe deadline for the Lee

Johannsen scholarship avail-able to college students whowere graduates of Jones CountyHigh School is Friday, April 12,2013.

The scholarship will beawarded to a student in theirjunior or senior year at theirrespected college or universityfor the 2013-2014 school year.

A copy of the scholarshipapplication is available at theJones County High School office.

Sportsman’s Club meetingThe Jones County Sports-

man’s Club will be holding itsannual meeting on Sunday, Feb-ruary 24, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. atthe clubhouse.

Exercise room reminderThe exercise room at the Tech

Center is open Monday– Fridayfrom 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you havea key card, the room is openadditionally from 5–7 a.m. and5–10 p.m., Monday through Fri-day. It is also open on Saturdayfrom 5 a.m.–5 p.m. and on Sun-day from 1–6 p.m. Patrons needto be out of the building onehour after the doors are locked;no later than 11 p.m. on week-days.

Farmers Market meetingAn organizational meeting for

a Farmers Market in Murdo willbe held at the Turner Communi-ty Center on Feb. 21, 2013 at7:00 p.m. Anyone interested inbeing a part of the farmers mar-ket but cannot attend thatevening contact Jewell Bork at669-2852.

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Scholarship honors David KranzA scholarship honoring long-

time South Dakota journalistDavid Kranz will be awarded thisspring to a South Dakota journal-ism student.

The David Kranz-Argus LeaderMedia Scholarship recognizesKranz’s more than four-decadecareer as a reporter, editor andpolitical columnist. He retiredfrom the Argus Leader in 2010.

“When you have had the oppor-tunity to work with a veteran jour-nalist like David Kranz, you can'thelp but be excited about honoringhis legacy. To be able to help stu-dents prepare for journalismcareers at the same time is even

more satisfying,” said RandellBeck, president and publisher,Argus Leader Media.

The $1,200 scholarship will beawarded annually to a SouthDakota student who has complet-ed at least one year in a journal-ism or media studies program at aSouth Dakota college or universi-ty. The recipient must haveachieved a 2.5 GPA in the previoussemester and should submit exam-ples of his or her writing as part ofthe application. A letter of recom-mendation from an academic orjournalism professional is alsorequired.

Students can e-mail application

materials to: mdiehl@arguleader.com

Or mail to:Michelle DiehlArgus LeaderPO Box 5034Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5034

The deadline for applications isApril 15. A committee will selectthe winner and the scholarshipwill be awarded for the 2013-2014school year.

If you’d like additional informa-tion, contact Maricarrol Kueter,mkueter@argusleader.com, orRandell Beck at rabeck@argusleader.com

No travel advised… Interstate 90 was closed from Wall to Sioux Falls, and Interstate 29 wasclosed from Sioux Falls to the North Dakota border over the weekend as a blizzard blew throughthe state. Pictured, a semi tries to brave the road conditions and doesn’t make it down the rampat the Murdo exit.

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Professional artist to spend week in school

Visual artist Mary Wipf willconduct workshops for local stu-dents as part of the South DakotaArts Council’s Artists In Schools &Communities program. The artistwill work with various grade levelsduring the residency in JonesCounty from February 25-March1.

Wipf has participated in nearly600 weeks of residencies through-out South Dakota in more than 75school systems, communitylibraries and special needs institu-tions. She believes art - the cre-ative expression of one’s uniqueself - helps to satisfy the need forcommunication at a basic level.

“Through art, we experience a

broadened and more intenseawareness of ourselves and theworld around us,” Wipf said. “Arthelps us to find truth and under-standing. The children of SouthDakota are our most importantresources. It is imperative thattheir creativity be sparked andcultivated to enrich their lives andat the same time enhance societyas a whole.”

Her residency may include slidepresentations, student classroomwork, teacher in-service work-shops and community presenta-tions. Wipf uses various media,such as printmaking, drawing,papermaking, marbling or creat-ing of a mural. Wipf ’s paper mar-bling residencies are regarded byteachers as excellent opportunitiesfor integrating art with other sub-jects such as science, history orEnglish.

This program is sponsored bythe Jones County School Districtand the Book and Thimble Club,with support provided by theSouth Dakota Arts Council withfunds from the State of SouthDakota, through the Departmentof Tourism and State Develop-ment, and the National Endow-ment for the Arts.

New law enforcement vehicles discussed at commissioners meeting

Exercise equipment donation topic of school board discussion

by Karlee BarnesThe Tuesday, February 5 county

commissioners meeting was calledto order at 2 p.m. with the follow-ing in attendance: John Brunskill,Helen Louder, Monte Anker, SteveIwan, Bruce Royer, Angie Kinsley,John Weber and Karlee Barnes.

The commissioners wentthrough mail to start the meeting,then spoke briefly about the build-ing maintenance concerning thecement handicap ramp on the eastentrance of the building.

The commissioners then made amotion to sign paperwork sentfrom Hughes County.

by Karlee BarnesThe February school board

meeting was called to order byCarrie Lolley at 7 p.m., MondayFebruary 11. Those presentincluded: Lolley, Chad Whitney,Scott Mathews, Brett Nix, TamiSchreiber, Lorrie Esmay, GaryKnispel, Larry Ball, JayTee Sealeyand Karlee Barnes.

The agenda, minutes and billswere approved, as well as thefinancial report.

Knispel presented his financialreport and spoke about some of thebills brought up in legislative ses-sion that will impact the schooldistrict.

The board then approved threeopen enrollment forms, as well astwo work agreements.

Next on the agenda was discus-sion items. Schreiber filled theboard in on the recent annualaudit. It came back with no correc-tions. The audit was reviewed bythe state and accepted on Friday,

Next, new business was dis-cussed. Brunskill informed thecommissioners of three surplusitems, including two office chairsand a printer. Said items wereestimated at zero value and are tobe disposed of.

Sheriff Weber entered the meet-ing and presented the commission-ers with his report. He also spokeabout Deputy Sylva’s salary dis-crepancy again. He gave theminformation about the salaries ofsurrounding counties’ deputies.

Louder questioned whether ornot Weber had spoken to the cityabout the issue yet. Weber said thecity is looking into law enforce-ment grants.

He then presented options andestimates for potential new lawenforcement vehicles. He said thatan estimated $4,000 to $5,000 ontop of the initial vehicle cost wouldbe needed for necessary items suchas cages and light bars. Weber toldthe commissioners that two vehi-cles are needed, but there isn’t abig rush to purchase them.

Iwan asked what is next con-cerning the purchase of new lawenforcement vehicles. Anker saidthey could vote on the issue at thenext meeting; however, he isagainst buying two vehicles rightaway.

Kinsley, the 4-H secretary andJones County Emergency Manag-er, approached the commissionersabout a storage issue in her office.She questioned what old paper-work, if any, could be archived.

Kinsley also said she neededdirection from the commissionersabout how much extension workshe is expected to do. She said thatshe has the pesticide applicatortest in her office and available tothe county. She can administer thetest. Kinsley then said that thecounty’s hay probe is broken, andasked who is responsible forreplacing it or buying replacementparts. Anker advised her to callthe regional office in Pierre. Hesaid, if it is the responsibility ofthe county, maybe the countyneeds to start charging for servicessuch as hay probing and watertesting.

The meeting then reverted backto the possibility of new lawenforcement vehicles. The com-missioners discussed featuresneeded, as well as those not need-ed.

Royer was next to address themeeting and present the roadreport. He said he didn’t have any-thing new to discuss, besides thatthey have been blading due to theadded moisture. After brief discus-sion, the meeting adjourned at3:45 p.m.

February 8.Ball told the board that the

school incurred additional officiat-ing expenses for the InvitationalTournament due to the storm andpostponing of games. He also saidthat the senior class is working onplans for their senior trip to Den-ver.

Ball asked the board to look atthe 2013-2014 proposed school cal-endar. He said that they can dis-cuss any potential changes later.One issue he wanted the board toconsider was to start the schoolyear on a Wednesday to allowMonday and Tuesday for teacherinservice days, and to ease stu-dents into the school year.

Added discussion items are asfollows: the Kadoka Area SchoolDistrict contacted Ball about thepossibility of sharing a foreign lan-guage teacher instead of offering aforeign language class through theDDN. Mathews asked how much

the DDN classes cost the school.Ball replied that they have noexpense from these classes. Hesaid if they accepted Kadoka’s pro-posal, a teacher would travel toMurdo to teach the class. Thiswould cause for the rearranging ofschedules, due to the time changeand so as not to interfere with anyrequired courses.

Greg Kronkite of Draper hasbeen working with Ball, AnneGeisler and Bev Ball on the fund-ing and donation of new exerciseand technology equipment for thecurrent weight and exerciserooms. Kronkite is interested inpurchasing $10,000 to $16,000worth of new items for the rooms.

Nix asked about the time frameof the project. Ball said bids forequipment are in the works, andthe purchase could be any time.

The board then went into execu-tive session and adjourned themeeting immediately after.

Gingerbread Girl… Deb Venard’s kindergarten class celebrates the return of their GingerbreadGirl, who had been missing since her escape in December. See the full story on page 4.

Gingerbread Girl returns to kindergarten

Winter weather closes InterstatesCalifornia reunion… Draperite Delores Volmer and brotherEmil Magnuson of Rapid City flew to Sacramento, Calif. to spendtime with their sister, Annarose Paschal. While there, they werejoined by Elsa Sharp, their former schoolmate who now residesin Anaheim. A fourth sibling, Eldon Magnuson, was sorelymissed, but good food, good conversation, and fine coastalweather was enjoyed by the longtime friends. From left to right:Delores Volmer, Emil Magnuson, Elsa Sharp, Annarose Paschal.

Book signing… Mike McMillan visits with some of the localswho attended his book signing held at the Range Country hotel.McMillan shared poems from his new book, Poems for the Com-mon Man Volume Three.

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Norma Jeane Kinsley, age 91, ofMurdo, passed away Monday, Feb-ruary 4, 2013, at the Philip NursingHome.

Norma Jeane Ernst was bornAugust 5, 1921, at her parents’ farmsouth of Draper, South Dakota, thedaughter of Adolph and Florence(Cahill) Ernst. She attended Dunkelgrade school and, as was commonthen, she skipped one of the lowergrades. She graduated from DraperHigh School in 1938. She thenattended St. John’s McNamaraSchool of Nursing in Rapid City and

became a Registered Nurse. Part ofher training was in Milwaukee, Wis-consin. After working a short timeat the Murdo Hospital, she marriedthe love of her life, Densel “Fat”Kinsley on June 25, 1943, ananniversary date they shared withher parents and Kip and Jean. Theywere loving partners for 52 yearsuntil his death on July 10, 1995.

Norma was a devoted wife, moth-er, and grandmother. She lovedbeing a farm wife, spending count-less hours tending her garden, rais-ing chickens, canning, freezing andmaking truly old fashioned homecooked meals. The coffee pot wasalways on, ready for a drop-in visi-tor and would generally be accompa-nied by a piece of pie, cake, cookiesor a cinnamon roll. She alwaysimpressed on her children andgrandchildren the importance ofgetting an education and was sovery proud of each and every one ofthem.

In her empty nest years she wasable to accompany Fat on some REAtrips, bus tours, and visits to kidsand grandkids. She also had timefor her quilting and embroidery.Each grandchild was blessed with aquilt at their high school gradua-tion. She made many, many quilts,laprobes, baby quilts, dish towels,

and wall hangings. She was baptized and confirmed

in the Missouri Synod LutheranChurch and was a lifelong devoutmember and was active in the Maryand Martha Society. She also tookpart in 4-H, Bible Study and Choir.

She was blessed throughout herlife with many wonderful relation-ships – three of the most specialbeing her Aunt Maude and herfriends Delphine Kruse and Mar-garet Rankin. Norma and Margaretwere loyal volunteers at HospiceThrift Store.

Thanks to the devoted care of herfamily she was able to stay in herown home until November of 2011when she moved into the PhilipNursing Home. The family is soappreciative of the tender care shereceived by all of the staff and Dr.Klopper.

Survivors include three sons Clif-ford Kinsley and his wife Jean,Michael Kinsley, and Marty Kinsleyand his wife Angie of Murdo; twodaughters Karen Tedrow and herhusband Ronald of Pierre, andDonna Beckerleg and her husbandGary of Walker, Minnesota; 12grandchildren; 23 great-grandchil-

dren; two great-great-grandchil-dren; one sister Gen Liffengren ofMurdo; two sisters-in-law MarthaKinsley of Murdo, and Joyce Ernstof Pierre; her godsons Lindsay Liff-engren and Corey Peters; and a hostof other relatives and friends.

In addition to her husband,Norma was preceded in death by agranddaughter Kristina Mueller; agreat-grandson Luke DenselHansen; one brother Wilmar Ernst;four brothers-in-law Kenneth Kins-ley, Darrel Kinsley, Emil Finck, andLuverne Liffengren; two sisters-in-law Lucile Finck and Mabel Kins-ley; a nephew Gerald Kinsley; and aniece Janet DeGooyer.

Visitation was held Friday, Febru-ary 8, with a prayer service at theMessiah Lutheran Church inMurdo.

Funeral services were held Satur-day, February 9, at the MessiahLutheran Church in Murdo, withPastor Ray Greenseth officiating.

Interment was at the MurdoCemetery.

The family prefers memorials tothe Alzheimer’s Society, MessiahLutheran Church of Murdo, Coun-tryside Hospice, or the Weber Van.

Obituaries

Norma Kinsley

Muriel J. "Jeannie" Schroeder, 52,of Waterloo, died Wednesday, Febru-ary 6, 2013 in Waterloo.

She was born February 12, 1960in Pierre, South Dakota, daughter ofOrville and Verda (Howder) Hurst.She married Dean D. Schroeder onJuly 7, 1984 in Gillette, Wyomingand they later divorced.

She graduated from Murdo High

School in South Dakota and earnedher BA degree in Business Adminis-tration from the University ofWyoming in 1992. She wasemployed with Disabled Workers,LLC in Waterloo and was an inde-pendent bookkeeper throughoutNortheast Iowa.

Survived by: one son, Andrew ofNew Hampton; three brothers: Rus-sell (Janet) Hurst of Lakeville,Minn., Norman (Mary Kay) Hurst ofMobridge, S.D., and Dwight (Sheila)Hurst of Murdo, S.D.; and three sis-ters: Joyce (Richard) Drabek ofBelle Fourche, S.D., Nancy (Don)Densmore of Evans, Colo., andMarlyce (Dale) Miller of Elk Grove,Calif.

Preceded in death by: her par-ents.

Memorial Services were heldWednesday, February 13, at PrairieLakes Church.

Memorials contributions will bedesignated at a later date

Condolences may be left atwww.richardsonfuneralservice.com.

“Jeannie had a strong faith in theLord and used His strength toencourage others.”

Muriel J. “Jeannie” Schroeder

Thelma Marie (Wilson) Iversonpassed away Thursday, February 7,

2013 at Mary House Nursing Cen-ter.

Thelma was born in Boone Coun-ty, Iowa, on January 6, 1917 toDavid Clarence and Barbara Wil-son. Her family homesteaded inMellette County where she spenther younger years. Her father a car-penter and a blacksmith, moved thefamily to the west coast in the early1930’s in search of work. Thelmagraduated high school in JunctionCity, Ore., in 1935.

She and her family returned toSouth Dakota where she met andmarried the love of her life RobertIverson of rural Jones County onMarch 20, 1937. This union wasblessed with six children. The cou-ple farmed in Jones County for 51years. In 1986 they retired to Pierre,where they spent the remainder oftheir lives.

Thelma was preceded in death by

her husband Robert; parents and 10brothers and sisters: Emmet, Virgal,Melvan, William, Betty and EdnaWilson, Emily Lunn, Lorrine Dick-hoff, Wanda Schmidtke and Bar-bara Mannetter.

She is survived by children: Dar-leen and her husband Richard Inglisof Bristol, Conn., Judith and herhusband Dallas Brost of Presho,S.D., Robert and his wife Marilyn ofMurdo, S.D., Juanita and her hus-band Kenneth Kingsbury of Wood,S.D., Jennifer and her husbandFred Olson Jr. of Piedmont, S.D.and Barry Iverson of Murdo, S.D.;13 grandchildren; 27 great-grand-children and one great-great-grand-child.

Services and visitation were heldTuesday, February 12, at MurdoMethodist Church with Pastor RickHazen officiating. Burial was atMurdo City Cemetery.

Thelma Iverson

Don Hight, age 92, of Lemmonand formerly of Murdo, South Dako-ta, died at Five Counties NursingHome in Lemmon on Sunday, Feb-ruary 10, 2013.

Don Hight was born on November3, 1920, the fifth of 10 children toCharles and Edith Hight. He grew

up in the White River area. Aftergraduating from high school, heentered the U.S. Army and servedas a paratrooper in Europe duringWWII. He then began ranchingsouth of Murdo, where he and hiswife, Adeline, made their home.They had two children, Dan andCheryl. The family raised longhorncattle, horses, and buffalo. Don waswell-known in the rodeo circle for allthe rank bucking horses and nastybucking bulls that came off theHight Ranch.

In 1962, Don captured the world’sattention by trailing over 1800 headof cattle from Westover to Winner, adistance of 70 miles. Shortly after,Don and Adeline flew to California,where Don was featured in anepisode of the Rawhide TV series.

Surviving him are son, Dan Hightand his wife, Vanessa, and theirchildren Cody, Hannah, and Bridgerof White River; daughter, Cheryland her husband, Barry Vig of Opal;their daughter, Georgia and herhusband, Steve Dale and sons, Joeand Jeremy of Rapid City; their son,

Justin Vig and his wife, Mellissaand children, Blake and Skylar ofFaith; their daughter, Marti Jo andher husband, Bucky Derflinger anddaughter, Jami of Opal; and theirson, Ryan of Opal; also two sisters,Lorraine Fraser and Dorothy Hight.

Preceding him in death were hiswife of 53 years, Adeline; his par-ents Charles and Edith Hight; fourbrothers, Harold, Harlan, Ray, andRoy; and three sisters, MaurineHight, Irene Schramm, and SallyLittau.

Funeral services were held onWednesday, February 13, 2013, atGrace United Methodist Church atPiedmont, with visitation prior tothe service. Burial took place at theBlack Hills National Cemetery withmilitary honors.

Condolences may be sent to thefamily at www.kinkadefunerals.com.

Don Hight

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Local Newsby Jody Lebeda • 669-2526

• jody1945@gmail.com

Chip and Phyllis Peters recent-ly visited Sonny and EvelynTornow in Rapid City. Also,Sonny and Evelyn’s granddaugh-ter, Ali Tornow, was runner-up inthe Miss Rapid City Pageant.

As I begin this morning NOSCHOOL. It is wintery here. TheInterstate is closed from Wall toSioux Falls. The storm is prettymuch over, but the wind is stillwhipping snow around and thecrews are out getting the driftscleaned up. Aren’t we blessed tohave these crews that work allnight so when we get up thestreets are cleaned and the high-way too? We appreciate it guys!

Melba Boysen called looking forher paper. Sorry, not comingtoday. So as we chatted she waslooking at the moisture we havereceived and how much it is need-ed; hopefully we will be blessedwith rain next storm, but whatev-er, we will deal with it and bethankful.

Julia Broeacher rode with Tomand Jody Lebeda to Pierre onWednesday to visit sister Betty

and Russell Beck. They took Juliato visit Grace McKillip, who is inthe hospital after a fall in herhome. She is healing but is need-ing some more rehabilitation forher broken ankle. They laterattended a fund raiser for Shar-lene Rada, who is battling cancer.The fund raiser was very wellattended. We wish you a completerecovery, Shar.

Jackie Fosheim had companysince Saturday. Brice Fosheimand friend Jessica, who goes toschool in Madison, got snowed inso they have had a good time justhanging –in and enjoying the goodcompany.

Helen McMillan attended theBingo Lions fun night at the sen-ior center, amid a large crowd. Itwas very very nice and a lot of fun.Julia Broeacher won $50.00 forthe black out game. There is onemore game night next week.

Our deepest sympathy to theThelma Iverson family. Thelma,who has been living in Pierre formany years, is the mother of BobIverson of Murdo.

East Side Newsby Janet Louder • 669-2696

This has been several days ofloss and sadness. Beginning withthe loss of Susie Rankin. Servicesfor Susie were held last Tuesdayevening and Wednesday morningat the Catholic Church in Murdo,with a great turnout of family andfriends to pay their respects.

Besides her immediate family,Bob, Andy, Kati, Tyler and theirfamilies, Bob’s family was here,Mom Margaret, Greg, Ron andNan Rankin, Kris and DickBradley and sons, Karen Authier,Bill Abernathy and family, StacyEllwanger, Scott and JulieAnshutz, Marge Hayes and fami-ly, Mike and Mary Dott, Steve,Marla and Nick Hayes, along withmany many more relatives andfriends.

Susie’s parents, Ray and JanicePike, her sister and family, Sandyand Tim Zibell. Jesse and Rossand family, Clayton and Cara andfamily, along with many more rel-atives and friends were here. TheZibell family returned to theirrespective homes at Wann, Tuttleand Walnut Grove on Wednesday.Also here were Marge Zibell,Carol Thomas of Pierre, andChuck and Raetta Zibell.

On February 9 we lost anotherlong time Jones County resident,Norma (Ernst) Kinsley. Servicesfor Norma were held Fridayevening and Saturday afternoonat the Lutheran Church in Murdo.She was buried beside her hus-band Denzel “Fat” in the Murdocemetery. After, all gathered atthe church fellowship hall for avariety of cinnamon rolls and cof-fee. Norma was a baker. When shemade cinnamon rolls with whitefrosting, her family knew theyweren’t to eat them as they werefor the church, symbolic of Jesus’ssalvation. She made many quilts,which were displayed on the pewsand other places in the church.There were many as she was abusy lady. Her immediate family,Kip and Jean Kinsley and theirfamilies, Mike Kinsley and family,Marty and Angie Kinsley andfamily, Karen and Ron Tedrowand family and Donna Bekerleg,Sister Gen Liffengren with daugh-ter Jodee and son Christopher,along with many many more fam-ily and friends were there to saytheir goodbyes. Our sympathy tothe family.

Our sympathy to the family ofIda Hunt of Midland. Ida passedaway February 5. Services wereheld Monday at the Lutheranchurch in Midland. One of her

daughters, that we all know andlove, is Teresa Palmer of Murdo.She also has other relatives in theJones County area.

Our sympathy also goes out tothe family of former Murdo resi-dent, Thelma Iverson, who passedaway in Pierre on Thursday.Funeral services were held Tues-day morning at the Murdo UnitedMethodist Church.

Our sympathy to the family ofJeannie Hurst Schroeder whopassed away recently in Waterloo,Iowa. Services are to be heldWednesday, Feburary 13 in CedarFalls. Jeannie grew up in Draper,and graduated from JCHS in1978. She is the daughter of thelate Rusty and Verda Hurst. Herbrother, Dwight and wife Sheila,are the only ones still in JonesCounty. She leaves two morebrothers, Russell and Norman, aswell as three sisters, JoyceDrabek, Marlyce Miller andNancy. There will be more namesin the obituary.

Virginia Louder, son Alan andhis son, Kaden, of N.C., flew intoSioux Falls Monday, February 4.Sean Louder joined them here.They attended the services forSusie Rankin. They spent timehere with Carma and Greg Millerand family. While here, Virginiamet Betty Mann and Gen Liffen-gren for supper Wednesdayevening in Murdo.

I talked to Virginia on Sundaywhile I was sitting in a blizzard.She said it is 41 degrees andtomorrow it is supposed to be 70!She and daughter Tawnya attend-ed an open house for son andgrandson Conner on Friday at hisschool. He is in first grade andwas in a skit. There was lunchand a tour of the school.

Virginia also reported that ababy boy, Weston Clark, was bornto Aaron and Lori Laur in Ger-many November 15, 2012. Hejoins big brother Reece. Grand-parents are Yvonne (Louder) andthe late Roxy Laur, of Sioux Falls.Great Grandma is Eva Louder ofRapid City. Congratulations to all.

Weekends guests of Randy andLinda Vevig were daughters Lanaand her daughter Alyssa of Ft.Meade; and Beth and family fromOmaha. They, along with Brandonand Stephanie Vevig, attended theservices for Susie.

Neal Christian of Gordon, Neb.,met mom Lila Mae for the funeralof classmate Susie. After, Neal’sdaughter Rachel joined Lila Maeand Neal for dinner at a local cafe.

Our sympathy to the family ofAlice (Selland) Christianson, 80,of Spencer. Funeral services wereheld in Sioux Falls on Saturday.Alice is the sister of Janice (Sell-and) and Dave Moore of Vivianand the aunt of Donna and RonKinsley. Both had aunts withfunerals on Saturday. NormaKinsley was Ron’s aunt. Due tothe bad weather, the Moore’s andDonna were unable to go. Anotherniece, Janet Hurst was alsounable to be there. I (Janet)haven’t seen Alice in years, but Iattended school with her south ofVivian when I was in first and sec-ond grades. Alice and family werein the tornado that hit Spenceryears ago, and I understand shehad been battling cancer foryears.

Helen Louder, Lill Seamans,Shirley Vik and Velma Scott lis-tened to the first and secondgraders read to them last Thurs-day, and then of course to coffee.

Dorothy and Darin Louder vis-ited Dwight last Wednesday.While Dorothy was with Dwight,Darin went over and visited hisaunt Deanna Byrd.

Kenny Vik of Hettinger, N.D.,arrived at his parents, Ray andShirley’s, Monday evening. Theyattended services for Susie onTuesday and he returned homethat evening.

Wanda and Gerald Mathewswere in Pierre a couple of timeslast week. While there, they calledon Grace McKillip in the TCU.

Eldon and Esther Magnuson,along with daughters, KathieMason, Shelley Boehmer, LoriOwens, Terri Pelle and Jim Nick-leson attended funeral services forSusie last week.

Vicki Hagemann of Yankton,Brian Louder of Rapid City andCasey Miller arrived at Nelva andJanet’s on Monday. All attendedthe evening service for Susie.After, they went to a local cafe forsupper. Tuesday, the groupattended the funeral service andburial. The class of ‘74 of Bob andSusie’s were well represented.Vicki, Neal Christian, Ron Lebe-da, Sharlene Rada (there with hersister Kathy Witte), Ken Vik,Linda Whitney and Les Horsleyand wife Cathy, all attended.These are the ones I saw, if therewere others there, let me know.

Nelva and Janet Louder hadcoffee and cake with Ray and Jan-ice Pike on Wednesday.

A benefit was held last Wednes-day evening at the Pizza Ranch in

Ft. Pierre for Sharlene (Lebeda)and Butch Rada. Sharlene hascancer and is having treatment inTulsa, Okla. She was there onceand is there again this week.Some that attended were: RosaLee Styles; David Styles; Larryand Jenette Styles of Hill City;Margie Boyle; David and Lill Sea-mans; Ray and Janice Pike; BobRankin; Ron and Holly Lebeda;Penny Dowling and Linda Vevig;Mike and LyRanda Fuoss andLori Nemec; plus several morefrom the Jones County area. Youwill have to look on Facebook tosee who was there. There was avery good turnout and we wishher well.

Lila Mae Christian and JanetLouder had a visit over coffee andcookies at Margaret Rankin’s onFriday afternoon.

A non-Super Bowl party washeld Super Bowl Sunday at Davidand Lill Seamans’s. Chet andTeresa Hamer of Kennebec werethere for dinner and supper withlots of games, cards, etc., played inbetween. I’m guessing there waslots of snacking, too.

Linda Vevig and mom PhyllisFravel, Martha and Jordan Stew-ard of Mission Ridge took in thedocumentary of Scotty Philips,“The Man That Saved The Buffa-lo,” held at the state theater inPierre on Saturday. Linda reportsa full house and it was very good.Another showing took place afterthe one they were at.

Shelley Boehmer arrived andspent the night Friday at Eldonand Esther Magnusons. KathieMason joined the group on Satur-day. Shelley returned home in theafternoon. Ernie Kessler joinedthe group for supper that evening.

The fog hit on Saturday andthat evening the snow came andof course the wind came up.Church services were cancelled onSunday. I don’t know about any-one else, but I stayed in the housewhere it was warm. Monday, thesun is out and the wind wentdown. Guys are out with tractorsand scoops. Interstate 90 wasclosed from Wall to Sioux Falls.No school and no ball games onMonday.

Happy 56th anniversary to for-mer Draperites Roger and MelvaVik on Valentine’s Day.

Ray and Janice Pike took in theelementary boys ball game inPhilip on Thursday. After, theyenjoyed having supper withMichael and Marcia West andDonna Newman.

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“What then are we to say?Should we continue in sin inorder that grace may abound?By no means! How can we whodied to sin go on living in it? Doyou not know that all of us whohave been baptized into ChristJesus were baptized into hisdeath? Therefore we have beenburied with him by baptism intodeath, so that, just as Christ wasraised from the dead by the gloryof the Father, so we too mightwalk in newness of life.”(Romans 6:1-4)

There’s an old saying that goes:“You can’t teach an old dog, newtricks.” Whoever said or wrotethat was totally wrong — orwasn’t a Christian. If you are aChristian, a follower of the LordJesus Christ, then expect newthings to happen in your life andexpect some changes. God sentHis Son Jesus Christ to shake upthe status quo of this world andturn it upside down. As I tellfolks, “Jesus Christ came to com-fort the afflicted and afflict thecomfortable.” We are a quite com-fortable lot who need to haveJesus Christ afflict us and makeus into the people God wants usto be. The Christian author MaxLucado writes: “God loves usjust the way we are, but He does-n’t want us to stay that way.God wants us to be just likeJesus.” So, that is what we arestriving to do in this life beforewe go on to eternity — be madein the image of Jesus Christ.

The Bible tells us “For God soloved the world that He gave HisOnly Son…” (John 3:16). Paulwrites in Philippians 2:7-8 aboutthe “emptying of Christ” for oursakes and what He sacrificed forus: “…but emptied himself, tak-ing the form of a slave, beingborn in human likeness. Andbeing found in human form, hehumbled himself and becameobedient to the point of death —even death on a cross.” He didthis so that we who are “baptizedinto Christ Jesus, might walk innewness of life.” We die to our“old dog” ways and gladly accept

and follow in the newness that isChrist Jesus. And, by doing so,we learn what it means to “givesomething up,” to “make the sac-rifice for Christ’s sake,” to makeus better people, who are one inChrist Jesus.

Let’s reflect for a moment. Astrue followers of Jesus Christ,what might we “sacrifice” in ourlives for his sake to show that weare truly committed to Him?Let’s think about this…Hmmmm! What could we give up— sacrifice— for Lent?•Give up TV, cell-phone andcomputer time for some “God-time.”•Give up junk food for healthyfood.•Give up eating one meal everyday and drink water and healthyliquids instead or “fast” one day aweek (check with your doctorfirst).•Give up that after work drink,and instead spend quality timewith your family.•Give up driving short distancesand walk instead. Walking isgood exercise.•Give up any and all forms ofgambling — it’s bad steward-ship of what God has entrustedto our care.•Give up “sleeping-in” on Sundaymorning and go to church andworship God.

Giving up something like“Brussels sprouts” for Lent,espe-cially if you don’t like or don’t eat“Brussels sprouts” anyway, reallyisn’t making much of a sacrifice.Be creative and give up some-thing, not ‘til it hurts, rather“give-up” something ‘til it helps.Perhaps you will get closer toGod.

The “you can’t teach an old dognew tricks” philosophy is just anexcuse for not wanting God tochange you into a new person forHis plan, His purpose. “He hastold you, O mortal, what is good;and what does the Lord require ofyou but to do justice, and to lovekindness, and to walk humblywith your God?” (Micah 6:8)

Seizing the HopeSet Before Us

... Heb 6:18by Pastor Rick HazenUnited Methodist ChurchMurdo and Draper

South Dakota State University to hostlarger Health Professions Career Camp

This summer, medically-mindedhigh school students will have theopportunity to preview theirpotential futures in health careduring South Dakota State Uni-versity’s Health ProfessionsCareer Camp.

The camp, held July 16-19,2013, is sponsored by AveraMcKennan Hospital and Universi-ty Health Center and is hosted bySDSU. Students who are enteringtheir junior or senior year of highschool next fall are invited toattend and cultivate their interestin health care.

The wide-ranging activities,including hands-on lab experi-ences in human anatomy, pharma-cy, nursing, exercise science, nutri-tional sciences and DNA finger-printing, as well as visits to localhealth care facilities, will allow

students to explore and discovernew facets of medical fields theymay not have experienced previ-ously. Campers will have theopportunity to work with SDSUfaculty throughout their experi-ence.

The camp is also an opportunityfor students to familiarize them-selves with SDSU’s campus andprograms. The tentative scheduleallows for a trip to the campusWellness Center, a student paneland a campus tour.“It’s about getting students whoare in the medical career explo-ration phase into a college class-room setting, into health carefacilities and time with health carepractitioners,” said Greg Heiberg-er, camp coordinator. “The breadthand depth of this experience forstudents is remarkable.”

Since its inception, Health Pro-fessions Career Camp has beenopen to no more than 25 students.The small group gave the youngpeople more opportunities for one-on-one time with faculty but alsolimited the number of interestedstudents who could actuallyattend.

This summer, however, thecamp will accept 50 participants.This larger number will be dividedinto two groups during the campin order to preserve the personalaspect of the experience.

The cost of the camp, includingfood, lodging and all other expens-es is $100, due by April 15. Finan-cial assistance is available to thosein need. For more information onthe Health Professions CareerCamp, visit http://www.sdstate.edu/nurs/outreach/health-camp/index.cfm or contact Heiberger at605-688-4294 or greg.heiberger@sdstate.edu.

Black Hills State University

The Office of Academic Affairsat Black Hills State Universityhas released the dean’s list for thefall 2012 semester. A total of 737students maintained a grade pointaverage of 3.5 or above while tak-ing at least 12 credit hours to benamed to the list this semester.

Erica Uhlir, Murdo, is includedin those students who have beenawarded dean’s list honors forBHSU. Erica is the daughter ofChris and Beth Feddersen.

Students inthe news

Letter tothe Editor

The Family of Eva Louder would liketo invite you to a birthday party for the

celebration of a 99th birthday. The party willbe held at the Busted Nut in Draper onSaturday, February 23, 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Eva would love to see you ˜ No Gifts Please

Jones CountySheriff’s Report

The Sheriff ’s report is printedas received by Jones County Sher-iff ’s Office. It may or may not con-tain every call received by thedepartment.Sheriff and Deputy calls:Jan. 25

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm203 to areport of a vehicle that hadrun out of gas. Gas was deliv-ered to vehicle.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, mm180, to a report of awounded deer in the median.The deer was put down.

Sheriff Weber responded to USHwy 83, northbound, mm56, to areport of a semi that had ablown motor and was blockingtraffic. The semi was towed toMurdo.Jan. 26

Sheriff Weber responded toMurdo to a report of a suspiciousvehicle and subjects walkingaround town. The subjects werelocated and were found to beweight lifters from Rapid City,and their driver had became tiredand was resting. There was nofoul play.Jan. 27

Sheriff Weber arrested a sub-ject in Murdo on a parole vio-lation and transported subject tothe Hughes Co. Jail in Pierre.Jan. 30

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, eastbound, mm 195, to areport of debris laying in theroadway. The debris was locatedand removed.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, eastbound, mm206 to areport of a semi that wasbroke down. The driver had helpon the way, and was later fixedand drove away.Jan. 31

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, eastbound, mm180, to areport of an erratic driver. Thevehicle was located and appearedto be driving fine.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, eastbound, mm183, to the

report of a broke down vehi-cle. The driver had been comingfrom Rapid City. Problem wasfixed and vehicle drove away.Feb. 1

Deputy Sylva responded to I-90,westbound, mm220, to the reportof a speeding vehicle. Vehiclewas not located.

Deputy Sylva responded tohelp resolve a family disputein Murdo.Feb. 2

Deputy Sylva responded to amachine shed fire southeast ofDraper on Dean Volmer's place.The shed and contents were acomplete loss. Draper, Murdo andVivian Fire Departments respond-ed to the fire.Feb. 3

Deputy Sylva responded to analarm at the WR Lyman/Jonesbuilding in Murdo. It was foundto be a generator alarm. Unknownreason why the alarm went off.

Deputy Sylva responded to thereport of possibly someone bang-ing on a garage door at a resi-dence in Murdo. No one wasfound in the area.Feb. 4

Sheriff Weber investigatedthe theft of items stolen fromproperty on the east side ofMurdo. No suspects at this time.Feb. 6

Deputy Sylva assisted the JCAmb. with a medical call inMurdo.

Country-of Origin Labeling(COOL) provides valuable infor-mation about the origin of the foodwe purchase for our families. I amglad that Senator Johnson andSenator Thune, along with 29United States Senators, signedonto a bipartisan letter to USDAand the US Trade Representativeto keep COOL requirements inplace. Because Congress passedCOOL, we now have a legal rightto know the origin of our food. Thismakes good, common sense.Unfortunately, the World TradeOrganization (WTO) is trying toforce the United States to weakenour COOL law. Thanks to SenatorJohnson and Senator Thune forreaching across the aisle to defendCOOL against the WTO's attack.

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Belvidere, SD 57521605-344-2516

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.

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The Spirit of Holinessby Pastor Ricky Kurth

“… Jesus Christ… was… declared to be the Son of God… according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead” (Rom. 1:3,4).What does it mean that the Lord’s resurrection declared Him to be the Son of God according to the spirit of holiness? Well, have you ever heard it said

that there is a difference between the letter of thelaw and the spirit of the law? When you drive 66 m.p.h. in a 65 m.p.h. zone, you are breaking the letter of the law, but you are not breaking the spirit ofthe law. The spirit of the law is for you to drive safely and responsibly. This is why most police officers will not ticket you for going one mile per hourover the speed limit.

The letter of the law of holiness is expressed well in Proverbs 17:15:“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.”But isn’t that what God did at the Cross, when He condemned “that Just One” (Acts 22:14) and justified wicked sinners such as ourselves? In so doing,

He surely broke the letter of the law of holiness.Or did He? For those who would argue that God was not acting in accord with the law of holiness, we would reply that when God the Father took

your sins and placed them on the Lord Jesus Christ at Calvary, He justly condemned the One who was made wicked (II Cor. 5:21). Then when youbelieved the gospel, God took His righteousness and put it on you, enabling Him to justify the ones who were made the very righteousness of God inChrist (II Cor. 5:21). The resurrection of Christ then proved that this was also done in perfect accord with the spirit of holiness, for Christ’s sacrifice sure-ly satisfied the just demands of God’s righteousness.

If you haven’t yet trusted Christ as your Savior, however, God has not yet given you the righteousness that is available only in Christ. Speaking of theLord Jesus, the Apostle Paul says,

“In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7).The forgiveness of sins purchased by Christ’s blood is only available in Him. If you are not in Christ, you are still “in trespasses and sins” (Eph. 2:1).

“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).

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COYOTE CALLCOYOTE CALLFebruary 14, 2013 Issue 10 Jones County High SchoolMurdo, SD 57559

Coyote Call teaches journalism principles, provides school information, serves as a public

relations vehicle and provides a forum for opinions submitted in signed letters.

Staff: Becky Bryan, Janna Glaze, NickiKell, Ryan Kirscher, Emiley Nies, PaigeVenard, Gus Volmer.Adviser: Margie Peters

Murdo Coyote • February 14, 2013 • Page 4Jones County Weather

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With an interest in studying agriculture and taking part in sports, Volmer heads for BHSUBy Ryan Kirscher

Augustus (Gus) Delmer Volmer,son of Jim and Patty Volmer, hasthree sisters named Mary, Rachel,Lindsey and a brother namedRyan. Gus’s favorite activities con-sist of basketball, football, golf,Call of Duty and school.

Other favorites include the colorblue, eating chili and watching themovie Shawshank Redemption.Among the actors of the world,Ryan Reynolds or Gerard Butlertake top honors. He loves Christ-mas because he gets to see hisfamily and friends. He loves towear Buckle or American Eagleclothing. Long walks on the beachalso appeal to Gus. He experiencedthose on a trip to Mexico.

If Gus could meet a famous per-

son, it would be Hugh Hefnerbecause “he’s got it all figured out,”or Michael Jordan because “he’smy idol and the best NBA player ofall time.” He admires his parentsthe most because they have taughthim everything he knows.

Money is the least importantthing to him because “with powerand fame you earn money andyou’ll be happier earning it thanjust having it.” The most impor-tant thing to Gus is accomplishingsomething because “it makes youfeel good about yourself and youwill get recognized.” One thingthat really makes Gus angry ishypocrites. His biggest fear is los-ing somebody he loves.

If given three wishes, Guswould choose more wishes, to be

healthy and to have his dreamscome true.

He doesn’t regret anything andsaid, “You have to learn from yourexperiences.” He values familyand friends the most. His dadtaught him to learn from his mis-takes. If he had three wishes theywould be more wishes, beinghealthy and for his dream to come

true. His advice to underclassmanis to “not waste their time. Highschool is fun, so make the best ofit.”

His biggest achievement wouldbe getting accepted into colleges,with Black Hills State Universityas his choice. He plans to take gen-eral courses, with a minor in agri-culture since that is his area of

interest.He will miss getting to see his

friends every day and the teachershe’s known forever. His favoritememories about high school aresports. The best thing about beinga senior to him is that it’s his lastyear and he is looking forward tocollege. He imagines himself in 10years back home on the farm.

Super Bowl Sunday more thanjust football at the high school

by Paige VenardJones County Student Council

sponsored a canned food drive.Throughout the week, studentsbrought in 300 pounds of canned

goods. The council used the fooddrive as an incentive for the annu-al Super Bowl Sundaes.

The object was for each class tobring at least one can per personin order to get a sundae. The class-es were also in competition to seewho would get sundaes first whichwas determined by the total num-ber of pounds for each class.

The seniors trumped the under-classmen by bringing 87 pounds ofcanned foods. The juniors came insecond with 58 pounds, then sev-enth graders with 47 pounds,sophomores with 42 pounds, fresh-

men brought 38 pounds, and theeighth graders brought 30 pounds.

Schwan’s kindly donated fourbuckets of vanilla ice cream for thecause, and the student councilmembers all brought toppingssuch as chocolate, butterscotch,caramel and strawberry alongwith M&M candies, sprinkles,crushed Oreos, bananas and CoolWhip that didn’t make out of therefrigerator.

Council members were pleasedwith the outcome of the food driveand Sundae Party.

Weighin in… Sponsor JaneDaum views the process asJosh Daum, Wyatt Hespe,Wyatt Walker and Philip Math-ews weigh canned food afterthe food drive.

Super Bowl sundaes… students enjoy sundaes after a weeklong food drive competition sponsored by the Jones County Stu-dent Council.

January Students of the Month Sponsored by Jones County PTO

Melissa Montoya12th

Travis Grablander11th

Wyatt Weber10th

Kennedy Nebel 7th Haley Booth 8th Jacob Arendt 9th

Which stock will earn the big moneyis the question for business students

by Becky BryanCarmen Miller has enrolled the

economics class and the advancedcomputer class in the annualStock Market Game and invitedfour mentors from the communityto guide the students through thechallenging choices. Students arenot only competing with eachother locally but also on thenational level. As one studentcommented, "We want to win thenational!"

The economics class is split intofour teams. Jeff Birkeland willassist Allison Green, Carol Drayer,Rachel Buxcel and Jessie Harri-son; Ken Miller will guide MadiMathews, Cody Hight, Kalli Hespeand Cody Manke; Travis Van Damwill support Dylan Kinsley, JohnKing and Wyatt Weber; and TerryVan Dam will help Janna Fisher,Shelby Bork and Connor Venard.

Instructor Carmen Miller willaid the advanced computer classwhich is split into groups of boys:Wyatt Walker, Wyatt Hespe, PhilipMathews and Josh Daum; verses

girls: Becky Bryan, Nicki Kell,Janna Glaze and Paige Venard.The groups are still researchingwhat to invest in because the gameofficially starts Monday, February11. Popular companies are McDon-

alds and Apple.Dylan Kinsley said, “The stock

market game is really fun andcompetitive. After playing this, Icould definitely see myself invest-ing in stocks when I’m older.”

Getting ready… Janna Fischer, Shelby Bork and ConnorVenard research various stocks with the help of local business-man Terry Van Dan as they prepare to make choices on Mondayin the Stock Market Game.

Will You Be My Valentine,even in Afghanistan?

by Nicki KellValentine’s Day is a special day

to many around the world, butwhat if you couldn’t spend Valen-tine’s Day with your loved one?The first through fifth gradershave been busy making Valentinesfor the troops in Afghanistan.

After her niece was deployed fromEl Paso, Texas, second gradeteacher, Teresa Palmer, encour-aged the other teachers and theirstudents to join her class to makeValentines she could send to thesoldiers.

She later received an e-mailfrom her niece, Jenna, who is nowdeployed in Afghanistan as aphysician’s assistant, saying thatthere were no toilets that flush,showers could be taken only everyfour days, no personal computeraccess, Internet only on a few com-puters, along with microwavablemeals or cereal for lunch. Shecompares it to “basically campingfor the next 8 months.”

Jenna also mentioned in anoth-er recent e-mail that the genera-tors keep failing to operate and theshowers went from being everyfour days to more like every sixdays. Without a running genera-tor there was no heat and bymorning, the bottled waters werefrozen for the oncoming day.

As a way of saying thank youfor serving our country, Palmersaid, “We are hoping to brightentheir Valentine’s Day with somecards and candy.”

Great Design… MalloryValburg shows the Valentinethat was made to encouragethe troops.

Two audition for All-State Band by Nicki Kell

After intense practice and hardwork to reach final auditions,Senior Becky Bryan and Fresh-man Tristan Grablander audi-tioned for All State Band in Pierreon January 11. The students hadto prepare a solo prior to the audi-tion and perform it before a judge.Along with a solo, they were testedover musical terms, scales, andsight reading. Bryan said, “It waseasy with 40 questions,” referringto the musical terms portion of theaudition.

After playing his solo on his altosaxophone, Grablander said, “I didreally well on it.” Bryan, however,was required to perform two solosthat she practiced with a limitedamount of time due to her busyschedule. Bryan played the xylo-phone and snare to complete hersolos.

When questioned about the

judges selected for their solo per-formances, Grablander said, “I’vemet him before; he’s very nice,helpful, and encouraging.”

Bryan on the other hand said, “Ihad a judge from Kentucky whowas very strict and impatient. Hewould lean back and sigh in his

chair every time I messed up.”They will find out their results

in March as to whether they willbe participating or not. Bryan’smost memorable moment was“Seeing people I knew and know-ing that they thought they didbadly too made me feel better.”

All in all, the two musicians hada good, but long day and whenasked if he would do it again,Grablander said, “Yes! I will keeptrying each year for as long as Iam in high-school.”

Tristan GrablanderBecky Bryan

THANK YOU!THANK YOU to all the generous people not only in Jones but from other parts of the country who have donated and now paid for the new popcorn machine. The machine has been ordered and Steph was told that it wouldtake 6-8 weeks to arrive. Your response was overwhelming and the Booster Club members say thanks for the support. I would like to list all who have donated, but I'm not sure of who that is, so the blanket thanks will haveto suffice at the moment. Just an aside: Since we ordered the new machine, the old one made it all the way through the Invitational Tournament with no glitches and has only malfunctioned three times since the tournament.If machines had feelings, one could believe it is feeling threatened by replacement.

--Margie Peters

Coyotes head for end of season playwith Parents' Night, on-the-road games

by Gus VolmerThe Coyotes had a break

between the Invitational tourna-ment and their next game with theLyman Raiders on January 22when they also honored their par-ents for Parents night. In the firstquarter the Coyotes weren’t readyto play and let the game be closerthan it should have been.

Second quarter the Coyotesplayed a little better and got thelead to about double digits. Thesecond half was much better forthe Coyotes because they started itstrong and got the lead up to 15..The fourth quarter was the samefor the Coyotes they had manydefensive stops and good scores onthe other end. The Coyotes beatthe Raiders 55-30.

Jones County went to Kadokaon January 24 and played a goodone. The Coyotes started extreme-ly slow and let the Kougars stickwith them until the second quar-ter. The second quarter was muchbetter for the Coyotes they had afew defensive stops and goodscores on the offensive side of theball and were ahead of the

Kougars to end the first half. Thesecond half was excellent as theCoyotes went on a scoring tear andpunished the Kougars and keptadding on to their lead and beatthe Cougars 76-36.

Next the team played inDupree. Dupree was ranked 5thin the state so it was tough one forthe Coyotes. The Coyotes startedout slow and let the Tigers get anearly lead in the first quarter. TheSecond quarter was a little betterfor the Coyotes and they got theTigers lead to 11 off an and-onethree pointer. The second halffaired better for the Coyotes asthey could get to within 5 points ofthe Tigers but could never get the

lead. In the fourth quarter it was a2- point game at one point but theTigers went into a stall offense andscored a few easy points. The Coy-otes lost to the Tigers 73-82.

At the Highmore classic JC tookon the Lower Brule Sioux. JonesCounty had them out matched butcouldn’t stop the Sioux’s big guydown low; he managed to score allof their first half points. The sec-ond half was a stronger half for theCoyotes when they outscored theSioux. JC held the Sioux’s postplayer to fewer point in that halfbut let the other players scorefrom beyond the arc. The Coyotespulled ahead and won the game by12, 60-48.

Kindergartners rejoice when missing friend returns with special gifts

by Paige VenardDeb Venard’s kindergarten

class lost their Gingerbread Girlwhen she escaped from their classroom back in December. The classwas frantic about their GBG beingout in the big world by herself, sothey put up “missing” posters andtold everyone to let the class knowif they spotted her and to let themknow what she was up to.

The class received post cardsand letters from all around Murdo,Draper and White River. Somecards came from the relatives ofthe students from New Mexico,Hawaii and California. In theirletters they found out some of theactivities the GBG did during herjourney. They also received pack-ages with things the GBG foundalong her way; she sent ginger-bread cookies, a new class teddybear, a book and many ginger-bread related things.

Friday December 8, the kinder-gartners got a call and were toldthey would have a surprise comingto their class room at 10:15. DonHeib came into the room with abox. The kindergartners had noidea what was going on. Theythought Mrs. Venard’s dad was

coming to visit them, but he wasnot Mrs. Venard’s dad, just afriend. Heib sat down and told theKindergartners a story.

He was out ice fishing late onenight when he noticed the Ginger-bread girl coming up to him. Sheasked him if he would take herhome, her journey was over, andshe wanted to do something spe-cial for the kindergartners. Theycame up with a plan of making thekids a new shirt with a picture ofher on them. Heib kindly madeeach student a shirt and broughtthem in his big box when he cameto the classroom.

When he opened his box, thekids shouted with glee that theirfriend was finally home. They puton their shirts and took a picturewith “Grandpa Don.” Afterwardsthey thanked him and little didthe kids know they had one moresurprise awaiting them. The Gin-gerbread Girl brought back afriend for next year’s kindergartenclass.

The kindergartners and teacherDeb Venard would like to thankeveryone who wrote a letter totheir class about where theirfriend has been. They are so happyto have her back.

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the national news had it actuallyhappened. When I went to recordthe high for the day in my diary as Iusually do, I glanced at that readingand then looked back to make sure Iwas actually seeing what I thought Iwas. My vision was okay whichelicited the response, “I don’t thinkso. Most unlikely!” All I could fig-

ure was that, when it was 28degrees around sunrise, the weath-er-station contraption had read itand, in a fit of dyslexia, flipped itaround to 82. Either that or the bat-teries need to be changed. In anyevent, I recorded 52 as the day’shigh and not 82.

A lot of information comes our waythese days that is highly suspiciousas to accuracy. We’ve just beenthrough an election where so muchrubbish was tossed around that aperson might be inclined to tune outthe whole mess. Fairly normal,well-intentioned candidates weredepicted as complete fools with themorals of alley cats and no redeem-ing value whatsoever. I didn’t agreewith the views of all the candidatesto be sure, but it irritated me a lotwhen they were unfairly depicted asthe dregs of the earth. Dirt wasflung right and left. “Stick to thefacts,” was what I wanted to advise.

The same advice should apply tothe Internet as well. It gives falseinformation the opportunity to circlethe globe in seconds and be acceptedby many as gospel. Every year, forinstance, we get an article about theguards at the Tomb of the UnknownSoldier. The article tries to depictthose guards as absolute saints. Itstates that, once a person becomesone of these elite sentries, he mustnever in his whole life swear ordrink alcohol. Wife Corinne workedat the Pentagon when she was inthe Army and knew some of theseguys. They were dedicated fellows,but they weren’t saints. It’s ridicu-lous to even consider that as a possi-bility. I might add that the articlethat makes the rounds does haveaccurate parts when it describeshow the patrol of the tomb is carriedout and what various rituals mean.Other parts, however, are completefoolishness.

Most years as well, we get anannouncement that the planet Marsis so close to earth in its orbit that itwill soon look as big as the moon.That will never happen. It willnever even appear as bright asVenus, much less the moon. Thissilliness started way back aftersomeone said that Mars would lookas big as the moon when viewed

through a telescope at a certainmagnification. The telescope partwas unfortunately overlooked bythose wanting to pass on excitingnew information. What’s more,Mars was only extraordinarily closeto earth that one time several yearsago, but the same silly article hasbeen resurrected and sent again infollowing years after Mars hadregressed and was not going to beespecially close or large anytimesoon.

As you know, some obituariescould almost be thought of as fairytales when they apply to people youknow. They often depict someone asa completely wonderful personwhen they were dishonest, undisci-plined, chronically drunk, or justgenerally hard to deal with. I’veread obituaries of people I’ve knownand thought, “Who are they talkingabout? It certainly isn’t the personby that name that I know.”

Religion is another place whereerrors can abound. It is usuallyaccomplished by people trying tomake the Bible say what they wantit to say instead of what it actuallysays as taken in context. Theymight also want to make God out tobe how they think he should beinstead of how he is. This leads toall manner of trouble, confusion andoutright error. I try to counter thisby reading the Bible through com-pletely every year as I have nowdone for forty years or more. Itdoesn’t mean I can catch everywrong thought that people throwout, but I can discard a lot of them.

It is rather the norm for people towant to tell interesting or excitingfacts. That’s a given. As a result,it’s our job to consider what we hearand only accept information astruth when the facts have beenchecked as much as possible. Gulli-bility is not a virtue. As a result,when I go to record the high temper-ature for today in my diary, I mightlook at what the thermometer saysit was, but I won’t necessarily acceptit as gospel without comparing it tomy experience of the day. Verifyingis the sensible thing to do concern-ing any information that comes ourway. We should probably try tokeep that in mind.

I think my electronic indoor/out-door thermometer is dyslexic.That’s one explanation, anyway, forit reading 82 degrees as the hightemperature the other day. It hadbeen a warmish day for Februaryand did get up to 52, but 82 in earlyFebruary in South Dakota is soimprobable that it would have made

Lookin’ Around• Syd Iwan •

William (Bill) Robert Lee, 81years young, of Springdale,Arkansas, succumbed to heart fail-ure at the VA Medical Center’s Pal-liative Care facility in Fayetteville,Arkansas at 6:55 p.m. on February5, 2013.

A celebration of life service washeld at the American Legion Hall inPhilip, South Dakota on Saturday,February 9, 2013. Pastor DallasMcKinley officiated. Burial fol-lowed, with full military honors, atthe Masonic Cemetery in Philip,S.D. Visitation was held on Friday,February 8 at the Rush FuneralChapel. Memorials may be made toShiloh Full Gospel Church, 14847East Highway 264, in Lowell,Arkansas 72745 where Bill and hiswife have been members for manyyears. His online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Bill was born in Midland, SouthDakota to William and Electa Pearl(Johnson) Lee on May 5, 1931 andraised on his Dad's homesteadranch, Golden Willow Ranch, northof Ottumwa, S.D. Bill was educatedat the Mattison County Schoolwhere he graduated the 8th grade.Bill finished his schooling by GEDwhile in the military.

Before joining the Army, Bill wasthe 4H leader for the PrairieRangers and served with HelenHeeb and Walt Sandal. He won theCongress Award and was given atrip to Chicago. Bill was all pre-pared to enter the service of theArmy and actually postponed it sohe could make that trip!

It was during a 4H camp trip thathe first met Connie Carr, who wasonly about 11 yrs old at the time,and it was not love at first sight. Billwas Camp King that year and sincehe was 17 yrs old there was noromance in the air for the two ofthem. But “meant to be” has a wayof making things happen.

Bill joined the Army in January1953 and was stationed at CampRoberts in Petaluma, Calif. Heserved during the Korean War. Hewas a sharpshooter with the M1rifle and was a squad leader for amedic unit. Bill was a member of atop secret team in the ASA (ArmySecurity Agency). Unbeknownst tohis family, Bill was out of the coun-try many times, behind enemy lines,

helping to get wounded soldiers tosafety. He was honorably dischargedin June 1959. It was after Billreturned home from the service thathe and Connie met again and thesparks quickly flew. They were mar-ried August 6, 1960 in Philip, S.D.at the Methodist Church.

A blessed couple, they had a fulllife in their loving marriage of 52years. They had three childrentogether. Bill loved to go on familyhunting and fishing trips. Manytimes, at the beginning of the hunt-ing season, he would let his kids fol-low him as he was "tracking a deer".Now, any hunter knows the deerwouldn't be caught within hearingdistance of three kids. Bill wouldtake them "carefully" and "quietly",walking through the creek beds orwherever they happened to be.

Bill is remembered as a strong,yet compassionate man. He loved towork with his hands and lovedremodeling houses. Most of theirhomes while growing up had somepart of the house in a remodelingproject. Many times Connie won-dered if she would ever be rid of allthe sawdust. Bill loved rock hunt-ing. Many a vacation was spent outin the middle of nowhere looking foragates, geodes, and whatever rockcould be polished. He had a tumblerwhich he used to get them polished,but somehow he never got around tomaking the jewelry he intended tocreate. There was always a box of"beautifully polished" rocks some-where in the garage or his shop,waiting to be turned into a treasure.But the real treasure was Bill.

Bill had a love for gardening,especially flowers. In the spring,people would slowly drive pastwherever they lived to admire hisflowers. He battled many a peskygopher, even naming a few, all thewhile trying to find ways to preventthem from destroying his beautify-ing projects. Bill loved woodworkingand building things with his hands.He could be found in his shop work-ing with his jigsaw building some-thing, and all his kids have jigsawpuzzles that he created for them asChristmas gifts one year. Bill had agentle spirit, filled with love and hewas loved mightily in response byall who knew him.

He also loved to play cards. Heand Connie found some wonderfulneighbors who also loved to playcards. They spent many eveningsplaying Joker, Whist, Pinochle anda number of other card games.

And just when you thought therecouldn’t possibly be any more to BillLee – husband, father, brother, son,patriot, woodworker, amateur horti-culturist, hunter, fisherman, andloyal friend to many – not done yet!Bill was an IFR-rated pilot whoowned two planes – a Piper Cub anda Cessna Sky Master. And, ofcourse, he taught his boys to fly. Hisson, Todd, recalls a very importantlesson. It seems Todd was having abit of trouble picking up the detailshis dad was trying to give him.Finally, Bill said to his son “Let’s

start simple. When you push thisforward, the cows get bigger. Whenyou pull it back, the cows get small-er.” Well, that made it all cometogether for Todd and, once again,Dad was King.

Even though that’s a pretty fulfill-ing life, Bill kept busy with workand his affiliations as well! He andhis nephew, Walter “Junior” VanTassel, became partners on theGolden Willow Ranch and raisedtheir families together. In 1963Golden Willow Seeds was started, soalong with the ranch that raisedregistered Black Angus cattle andfarming, the seed business includedcertified seeds and custom graincleaning. Bill was as passionateabout his work as he was about hisfamily. He used Conklin products inhis farming activities on the ranch.He was sold on the products so hestarted selling them to his friendsand neighbors. Driven to succeed atanything he did, Bill ultimatelybecame Conklin’s “Salesperson ofthe Year” with the Company’s first$50,000 month from one person! Hewas one of the first of eight AreaManagers for Conklin.

There was a “tough” side to Billand it was reflected in his involve-ment with his community. You can’tbe in demand to participate onnumerous Boards without having agift for knowing when to take astand. Bill served on the SouthDakota State Board of Agriculturewhere he developed industry andeducational relationships throughnumerous board meetings at SouthDakota State University in Brook-ings, SD. He served with SDSUPresident Briggs on the Board ofDirectors for the SDCIA (SouthDakota Crop Improvement Associa-tion), the Board of Directors for Cer-tified Seeds, and the Board of Direc-tors for the Prairie Village in Madi-son, SD. In 1973, Bill was awardedthe South Dakota Farmstead Beau-tification Award from the HaakonCounty Conservation District. Hewas a lifetime member of GraniteThreshing Bee in Granite, Iowa.Additionally, he was a past Masterof the Masonic Lodge in Midland,and was a 32nd Degree Shriner. Billwas a busy man!

Declining health, caused by expo-sure to chemicals in the seed clean-ing dust, forced Bill and Walter todissolve their partnership in 1970.Bill and Connie then purchased theBernard Armstrong Ranch north ofMidland, S.D. In 1974 they decidedto move the family to the Rapid Cityarea to be closer to the health careBill needed. It wasn't long beforethey decided the doctors in SiouxFalls were better and they moved tothe Eastern side of S.D.

Bill became disabled in 1989when a drunk driver hit his semi-truck, sending his rig over the sideof the mountain near the Tenn./N.C.border. This added more healthissues to Bill’s already difficult con-dition and, in 2008, Bill and Conniedecided to retire. A move toArkansas where they could be near

the Ozark Mountains they lovedand be in a warmer climate was aneasy decision to make. This also putthem closer to Branson, Missouriwhere they loved to visit many ofthe music places.

The driving force behind Bill’sability to overcome all adversity andcome out on top was that he dearlyloved his family. When the grand-children started arriving, Bill lovedsharing the things he had passionfor and passing along his knowledgein such a wide array of topics. Helooked forward to sharing with eachnew generation as the great-grand-children started arriving. He wasproud of the accomplishments of hischildren, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. One of his grand-daughters shared with Grandmarecently that “Grandpa was alwaysso strong and could fix anything.”Everyone agreed. He collectedantique tractors and was a bigInternational Harvester fan. Conniewas indulgent about Bill’s love forall things “tractor” and Bill was ableto add another thing to his long listof passions.

Not long ago, Bill ran into anoth-er Korean War Vet. They got to talk-ing and discovered they had been onsome of the same missions together.They were able to reminisce aboutthe daring helicopter pilot who wasable to fly them in and out of somepretty rough experiences as theyhelped injured soldiers. Bill was sovery proud to have served his coun-try. He was proud to be an American– through and through. He wasproud to serve his country. When hewas given his Korean War Veterancap a couple of years ago, he proud-ly wore it everywhere he went as areminder of the country he loved.

Bill is survived by his wife of 52years, Connie (Carr) Lee, daughterSandra (Jack) Nantais of Center-ville, S.D.; son Mike Lee of Fairview,Mont.; son Todd (Tammy) Lee ofApple Valley, Minn.; sister FernKonst of Philip, S.D.; brother-in-lawJim (Deanna) Carr of Pueblo, Colo.;eight grandchildren - Dan (Kenzi)Lee, Ashley Osterkamp, Nick Lee,Veronica (Robert) Knockenmus,Alisha Lee, Hannah Lee, ElliottLee, and Katie Lee; three step-grandchildren - Adam (Sarah) Nan-tais, Erica Nantais, and Joel (Holly)Nantais; three great-grandchildren- Paige Knockenmus, RobertMichael Knockenmus, and LandonMichael Lee; multiple nieces andnephews, and a host of relatives andfriends.

He was preceded in death by hisparents William and Electa Pearl(Johnson) Lee; half-sisters Ruth(Caster) Blumenthal and Edna(Caster) Jones; half-brother GroverCaster; baby grandson Eric Lee;infant nephew Richard Konst;nephew Walter “Junior” Van Tassel;niece Esther (Konst) Burns.

Bill always gave more thanexpected, and he will proudly serveGod in Heaven. But his family is leftwith the memories of a soft, gentle,compassionate man who loved themall. He will be greatly missed.

William Lee

Ida Gertrude Hunt, age 90, ofMidland, passed away Tuesday,February 5, 2013, ath the PhilipNursing Home.

Ida Gertrude Fosheim was theyoungest child born to Thor andGjertina Fosheim on the farm nearthe Deep Creek Church in HaakonCounty, South Dakota. Anna“Grandma” Nesheim, a close neigh-bor, served as the mid-wife. Born onJune 10, 1922, Ida remained athome and attended all her gradeschool years at the Stone ButteSchool. Starting school was difficultas only Norwegian was spoken athome. She was confirmed in 1936 byRev. O.H. Olson at the Deep CreekChurch. Ida was a life-long memberof the Deep Creek and MidlandLutheran Churches.

Ida graduated from the 8th grade,receiving top honors. She went tohigh school in Midland where sheworked for room and board stayingwith the Pete Elrod’s, Rev. O.H.Olson, and her senior year with hersister Mrs. Emma Root. Ida waschosen as Carnival Queen duringher junior year, and was Valedictori-an of her senior class.

Following graduation from highschool, Ida was married to LyleHunt at Butte, Nebraska on Sep-tember 4, 1940. To this union 10boys and 8 girls were born. Theylived in Midland until Roy was born,then moved to Philip where Lyleworked with the WPA for threemonths. In the spring of 1947, theypurchased the A.C. Behl Hardware& Grocery business which becameknown as Hunt’s Hardware. Lylesold the grocery line in 1950 and thehardware business in 1956, takingup carpenter work.

Ida was the Midland News corre-spondent for the Pioneer Reviewand the Pierre Capitol Journal forthe years 1967 to 2002, and alsoserved as the Midland LutheranChurch secretary doing the newslet-ter and bulletins. She belonged toRebecca Circle, New Century Club,PTA, Senior Citizens Center, and

the See & Do Club. A special high-light of Ida’s life was when she wona trip to Nashville, taking her firstairplane flight.

Survivors include nine sons RoyHunt and his wife Carol of Midland,Ted Hunt and his wife Dena ofRapid City, Jerry Hunt of Midland,Keith Hunt of Midland, Terry Huntof Watertown, Gordon Hunt and hiswife Cheryl of Battle Mountain,Nevada, Jeff Hunt of Battle Moun-tain, Barry Hunt of Battle Moun-tain, and Ron Hunt of Riverside,California; eight daughters Chris-tine Niedan of Midland, TeresaPalmer of Murdo, Peggy Johnsonand her husband Roger of Pierre,Penny Schafer of Pierre, ShariEstep and her husband Pete ofAustin, Texas, Janice Tolton and herhusband Jim of Midland, LisaHackerott and her husband Brian ofSmith Center, Kansas, and MichelleMeinzer and her husband Cameronof Midland; a special sister-in-lawAnna Dick and her husband Martinof Rapid City; 19 grandchildrenDerek (Erin) Hunt, Nicole (Ryan)Thorburn, Erik Hunt, Carrie Hunt(Ryan Raley) Tiffany (Dave) Gher-ing, Randi Hunt (Mike Schwartz),Marcie (Patrick) Richards, LaurieJohnson (Holland Toles), LeesaJohnson, Chad Johnson, JordanTolton, Jenna Tolton (Oscar Gonza-les), Jamie (Sarah) Estep, LoganEstep, Evan Estep, Courtney (Cody)McFarland, Deidra Hackerott,Blake Hackerott, and StuartHackerott; 14 great-grandchildrenLauren Hunt, Madie, Gabby andPeyton Thorburn, ChristopherHunt, Maddie Raley, Noah, Emmaand Eli Ghering, Easton Schwartz,Landon Johnson-Toles, JessicaTolton, Keenan Gonzales, and KylieEstep; several nieces and nephews;and a host of other relatives andfriends.

Ida was preceded in death by herhusband Lyle Warren Hunt onAugust 17, 1986; a son FrederickHunt on January 24, 2007; a great-granddaughter Alexis; seven sistersEsther Schanzenbach, Anna Walker,Emma Root, Olga Meyers, MinnieFosheim, Clara Roseth, and TillMulcahy; one brother Pete Fosheim;two siblings in infancy, Margaretand George; and two sons-in-lawCurt Niedan and Marvin Palmer.

Visitation was held Sunday, Feb-ruary 10, at the Rush FuneralChapel in Philip.

Funeral services were held Mon-day, February 11, at the TrinityLutheran Church in Midland, withPastor Frezil Westerlund officiat-ing.

Interment was at the MidlandCemetery.

Ida Hunt

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Notice of Position Open

Jones County School District #37-3

The Jones County School District hasthe following position open for the cur-rent 2012-2013 school year:

Track Coach

Send letter of application or resume toJones County School District Attn: LarryBall, PO Box 109, Murdo, SD 57559 orcall 605-669-2258 for more information.Position open until filled.

Published February 7 & 14, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $12.35.

Proceedings of theJones County

CommissionersRegular MeetingFebruary 5, 2013

The Board of Commissioners met for aregular meeting with Monte Anker, HelenLouder and Steve Iwan present. Chair-man Anker called the meeting to order.

Karlee Barnes, Murdo Coyote editor,joined the meeting.

Minutes from the previous meeting wereread, signed and approved by the Board.All motions are unanimous unless other-wise stated.

CLAIMS APPROVED: Salaries of regu-lar employees and officials, $12,757.95;Patti Greenseth, 4-H office help, $53.09;Travis Hendricks, Weed Board Supervi-sor, $138.52; Joyce Hurst, Deputy Reg-ister of Deeds, Deputy Director of Equal-ization, $1,795.33; Angie Kinsley, 4-HSpecialist, $161.05; Richard Sylva, Jr.,Deputy Sheriff, $1,178.79; Jill Venard, 4-H office staff, $682.34; Kerri Venard,Deputy Auditor/Road Secretary,$1,813.43; American Family Life Assur-ance, cancer & intensive care insurance,$382.30; Boston Mutual Life Insurance,life insurance, $168.64; Dakotacare,group health insurance, $14,643.47;Electronic Federal Tax Payment System,social security & withholding, $7,342.57;SD Retirement, retirement, $4,201.02;AT&T Mobility, cell phone bill, $174.24;City of Murdo, water bill, $37.12; Corky’sAuto Supply, parts, $31.05; Datamaxx,software renewal, $744.00; Farmer’sUnion Oil Company, gas, propane,$2,011.06; Anita Fuoss, office rent,postage, internet, $377.62; Golden WestTelecommunications, phone bill,$512.13; Heartland Waste, garbageremoval, $50.00; Inman’s Water Tech-nologies, R.O. rent, $21.30; Jones Coun-ty Soil Conservation District, subsidy,$7,500.00; Lar-Jos, supplies, $100.89;McLeod’s Printing & Office Supply, sup-plies, $34.80; Microfilm Imaging Sys-tems, Inc., 2 month’s scanner rent,$310.00; Moore Building Center, sup-

plies, $46.98; Murdo Coyote, publica-tions, $146.10; Murdo Family Foods,supplies, $16.98; Chris Nix, snowremoval, $50.00; Noble Ink & Toner, inksupplies, $308.92; Office Products, sup-plies, $255.41; Postmaster, postagestamps, $152.00; Rural Health Care,subsidy, $600.00; South Dakota Sheriff’sAssociation, 2013 dues, $380.18; StateRadio Communications, teletype rental,$2,250.00; US Postal Service, stampedenvelopes, $288.80; Terri Volmer, Mar-shall Swift manual reimbursement,$614.20; Carrie Weller, Jones County’sshare of January expenses, $187.73;Winner Police Department, prisoner careand transport, $206.73.

ROAD & BRIDGE: AT&T, cell phone bill,$132.31; City of Murdo, water bill,$16.12; Corky’s Auto Supply, supplies,$1.22; Farmer’s Union Oil Company,propane, tire change $312.00; GoldenWest Telecommunications, phone bill,$33.24; Hullinger Brothers – MurdoAmoco, gas, $71.98; Inland Truck Parts,parts, $257.50; McLeod’s Printing &Office Supply, township pads, $232.72;Moore Building Center, supplies, $1.89;Murdo Family Foods, supplies, $12.58;Ronnie Lebeda, labor, $1,879.28;Chester McKenzie, labor, $1,143.69;Levi Newsam, labor, $1,982.88.

BRIDGE RESERVE: SD Department ofTransportation, Jones County’s share ofbridge inspections, $265.50.

CARE OF THE POOR: Cheryl Iversen,WIC Secretary, $84.44; Todd A. Love,court appointed attorney, $244.97.

911 FUND: City of Pierre, 1st quarter dis-patch, $2,444.29; Centurylink, monthlycharge, $84.16, Western Communica-tions, mobile radio, installation, $985.00.

EMERGENCY & DISASTER SER-VICES: Angie Kinsley, Emergency Man-ager, $161.04; Jones County Schools,Homeland Security grant intercom reim-bursement, $9,914.03; Western Commu-nications, radios and reprogramming,$4,529.25.

SALARY & MILEAGE: Monte Anker,$387.87, mileage, $8.88; Helen Louder,$364.20, mileage, $38.85; Steve Iwan,$387.87.

FEES COLLECTED FOR THE COUN-TY: Clerk of Courts, $129.37; Register ofDeeds, $1,361.50; Sheriff, $25.00.

Auditor’s account with the treasurer is asfollows: Cash, $500.00; Checking & Sav-ings, $787,181.98; CDs, $1,294,791.65;TOTALING: $2,082,473.63.

Terri Volmer’s building permit report forJanuary- 0.

It was moved by Anker and seconded byLouder to approve and for the chairmanto sign a juvenile jail contract with Hugh-es County for 2013.

It was moved by Louder and secondedby Iwan to surplus the following items, allto be valued at $0.00 and to be disposed

of: Item #164-42 Hon chair (Road dept.);#164-43 United chair (Road dept.);#164-93 HP printer (Extension).

Road Superintendent Royer met brieflywith the Board to ask if there were anyquestions.

Sheriff Weber met with the Board to dis-cuss a salary increase for Deputy RichSylva and vehicle quotes from state bids.

Angie Kinsley, 4-H Specialist/EmergencyManager, met with the Board to discussitems that used to be handled by SDSUExtension, such as pesticide testing,livestock improvement, etc.

It was moved and carried to adjourn.

Monte Anker,Chairman

Helen Louder,Member

Steve Iwan,Member

ATTEST: John Brunskill,County Auditor

Published February 14, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $55.56.

Notice of Resolutionand Order Vacating

RoadwaySupervisor Roghair of Okaton Township,Jones County, South Dakota, presentedthe following Resolution and Order andmoved for its adoption:

WHEREAS, a Petition havingbeen received asking thatOkaton Township vacate bor-der section line highwaysdescribed as:

That existing public right-of-way which includes the statu-tory right of way and any rightof way acquired by Deed (s)lying on the section line high-way between Sections 13 &24, between Sections 14 & 23,between Sections 23 & 26,and between Sections 4 & 5 ,Township 2S, Range 27E,Jones County, South Dakota;said road being approximately66 feet in width and approxi-mately one (1) mile each inlength; and further said Peti-tion being in proper form andexecuted by more than therequired number of electors ofOkaton Township; and furtherit having been determined thata vacation of said section linehighway will better serve thepublic convenience; and thatfurther this Petition havingcome on at a special meetingof the Board; and said Super-

visors having considered saidmatter and being fully advisedin the premises and consider-ing it advisable to do so;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE ITRESOLVED, AND IT ISHEREBY ORDERED: Thatexisting public right-of-waywhich includes the statutoryright of way and any right ofway acquired by Deed (s) lyingon the section line highwaybetween Sections 13 & 24,between Sections 14 & 23,between Sections 23 & 26,and between Sections 4 & 5 ,Township 2S, Range 27E,Jones County, South Dakota;said road being approximately66 feet in width and approxi-mately one (1) mile each inlength; Be and the same ishereby declared to be vacat-ed; and further that a copy ofthis Resolution and Order bespread in the minutes of theOkaton Township Board;

IT IS FURTHER ORDEREDthat said Resolution shall bepublished in the official/legalnewspaper of the respectivetownship once each week fortwo (2) consecutive weeks;and that after such publication,such highway shall be, after alapse of thirty (30) days afterthe last publication thereof,vacated without further pro-ceedings unless appealed asprovided by law; and that theClerk herein is further orderedand directed to cause to berecorded a true and correctcopy of this Resolution andOrder in the office of the Reg-ister of Deeds in and for JonesCounty, South Dakota;

The Motion was made by SupervisorRoghair and was seconded by Supervi-sor Daum and upon roll call, the votewas as follows: Supervisors: ChairmanBill Wyly -- Yes; Henry Roghair -- Yes;Ken Daum – Yes.

Published February 7 & 14, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $115.67.

Senator Larry Lucas

We debated SB 161, the equinedentistry bill, on the Senate Floor.I ended up voting against the Billas I believe allowing lay individ-uals to do the "floating" on hors-es's teeth will take away businessfrom our South Dakota veterinar-ians and possible cause themleave the state. The cost for aneducation to be a veterinarianruns up to $250,000, of which thestate of South Dakota pays$100,000. The state payment isconditioned on the return to SouthDakota to provide professionalveterinarian services. We do havea two-year large animal assistantprogram offered at Lake AreaTechnical School. Large animalassistants work under a veteri-narian and can assist with the"floating" of a horse's teeth. Horseowners can still work on their ownanimals, but may be at risk if theyset up a private business to dohorse floating. The issue may beback next year with a cooperativeplan for the equine dentists towork under veterinarians or inconjunction with the large animalassistants.

In the Senate TransportationCommittee we had testimony on aseries of proposals brought forthfrom the Teen Driving Task Force.Testimony in committee indicatedthat South Dakota has one of thenation's highest rates of fatalcrashes among young drivers.Senate Bill 105 will lengthen thetime period of driving with anInstructor's Permit from 240 daysto one year. Teenagers drivingwith an Instructor Permit musthave an adult family member

with them in the front seat whendriving. Another bill, Senate Bill106, will prohibit all beginningdrivers — those with instructionand restricted permits — fromusing cellphones and electronicdevices while behind the wheel.Senate Bill 107, probably the mostdifficult Bill to enforce, restricts ayoung driver to only one addition-al passenger unless going toschool or church. The last Billfrom the Teen Driver's Task Force,SB 216, will set up a coordinateddrivers’ education system withstatewide standards for coursecontent, instruction, testing andcertification of instructors. Therewere numerous questions on theteen driver bills, but all four billseventually passed the Senate andwill now be considered in theHouse.

A funding proposal for criticalneeds teaching areas was heard inthe Senate Education Committee.Students preparing for teachingcareers could get scholarships tohelp cover tuition and fees fortheir final two years in a privateor public college. A new stateboard would determine whichsubjects are in critical need ofteachers, but officials have saidSouth Dakota needs to attractmore college graduates into teach-ing math and science. Generalstate tax revenue would be used toset up a trust fund that wouldfinance the scholarships.

One of the more emotional billsis Senate Bill 125 which sets up apresumption for shared parentingin all divorces and child custodyhearings. The law currently statesparents are equally entitled tocustody and I support that, but Ialso support allowing the court tomake the judgement regardingthe best interest of the child.There are many factors to consid-er such as the age of the child, fit-ness of the parent, physical loca-tion of the parent, what the childwants, and if the parents willcooperate. SB 125 failed on theSenate Floor by a vote of 13 forand 21 against.

We are now down to only fourweeks of the 2013 Session. Pleasestay in contact. You can call theSenate Lobby at 773-3821 andleave a message or email me atsen.lucas@state.sd.us.

Rep. James Schaefer

Greetings! Gratitude is one ofthe greatest gifts that each of uscan share. We appreciate and arethankful for the freedoms withwhich we are blessed. The pricefor these has been and continuesto be paid by our Veterans. TwoHouse bills passed this week 70-0:HB 1067 designates POW/MIARecognition Day the third Fridayin September, and HB 1084 desig-nates Purple Heart RecognitionDay as August 7. These are bothworking holidays.

The House Education Commit-tee passed unanimously HB 1164,an act that promotes classroomsbeing incubators of technologicalinnovation. The bill creates a fundfor teachers to tap into technology.The example given was “class-room flipping,” where subject con-tent is accessed on line outside theschool day, and homework is donein the classroom with teacherassistance. The source of moneywould be from one-time money. Itwas heard on the House floor alsothis week and passed 60-9. I sup-ported this bill.

If you have continued to followHB 1156, the nonresident water-fowl licenses bill, that I wroteabout last week, this is the out-come. It failed on the House floor30-38. I voted aye.

Predator control continues to bea prime topic in the House Agri-culture and Natural ResourcesCommittee. One bill that previ-ously passed from committee tothe full House was approved 55-13this week. HB 1123 wouldincrease the surcharge on certain

hunting licenses, with the excep-tion of fur-bearing animals, from$5 to $6. The additional moneycollected would be used for animaldamage control. This week thecommittee also voted 9-3 to sendHB 1167 to the House floor. Thebill is aimed at granting livestockstakeholders a greater say in poli-cy concerning animal loss to pred-ators. The Policy Review Commit-tee for Animal Damage Controlwould now include representationfrom the SD Sheep Growers, SDCattlemen’s Association, SDStockgrowers, SD Farmers Union,SD Farm Bureau, and SD WildlifeFederation. The committee isrequired to meet at least once ayear. It passed the full House by a69-1 vote and will move to a Sen-ate committee for further action.I voted for both of these bills.

Have you ever accidentallydumped medical waste into arecycling disposal facility? On avote of 64-5 HB 1208 would makethis a class 2 misdemeanor, whichis a $500.00 fine and 30 days injail.

“What is South Dakota doingabout expanding Medicaid?” is aquestion asked frequently. SouthDakota’s Medicaid program nowcovers about 116,000 children,adults, and disabled people. Thisis more than 14 percent of ourstate’s population. The proposedexpansion would add an estimat-ed 48,000 people, mostly adultswithout children. The governorhas opposed expansion until thepotential costs become clearer.That is the answer for now.

A proposal to let people chargedwith possessing small amounts ofmarijuana argue in court thatthey need it for medical reasonswas defeated in committee by avote of 7-6. The comments I heardabout the testimony were of thosetorn between compassion forchronically ill people in pain andthose who fear that it could lead toincreased drug use.

Hadley Cropsey from Preshohas completed her first week as apage in the House. I welcomeHadley and appreciate her contri-butions.

My cell number is 730-1990.Give me a call or stop at the Capi-tol.

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participants in 2013 may chooseto enroll in either DCP or ACREfor the 2013 crop year. This meansthat eligible producers who wereenrolled in ACRE in 2012 mayelect to enroll in DCP in 2013 ormay re-enroll in ACRE in 2013(and vice versa).

FSA will provide producerswith information on programrequirements, updates andsignups as the informationbecomes available.

UNAUTHORIZEDDISPOSITION OFLOANED GRAIN

If loan grain has been disposedof through feeding, selling, or anyother form of disposal withoutprior written authorization fromthe county office staff, it is consid-ered unauthorized disposition.The financial penalties for unau-thorized dispositions are severeand a producers name will beplaced on a loan violation list for atwo-year period. Always call theoffice before any grain under loanis fed or sold.

DATES TO REMEMBER/DEADLINES:

February 18: Office closed forPresident’s DayFebruary 19: DCP/ACRE sign-upbeginsMarch 15: 2013 NAP Sales closingdateJune 3: 2013 ACRE sign-up ends July 15: 2012 ACRE Production July 15: 2012 NAP ProductionJuly 15: Final 2013 Acreagereporting dateAugust 2: DCP sign-up ends

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

2013 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 producersof non-insurable crops when lowyields, loss of inventory, or pre-vented planting occurs due to nat-ural disasters. To be eligible forNAP assistance, crops must benon-insurable crops and agricul-tural commodities for which thecatastrophic risk protection levelof crop insurance is not available.

FARM SERVICE AGENCYANNOUNCES IMPORTANT

PROGRAM UPDATES

The U.S. Department of Agri-culture’s Farm Service Agency(FSA) reminds producers that theAmerican Taxpayer Relief Act of2012 extended the authorization ofthe Food, Conservation, and Ener-gy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill)for many Commodity Credit Cor-poration (CCC) commodity, disas-ter, and conservation programsthrough 2013. FSA administersthese programs.

The extended programs include,among others: the Direct andCounter-Cyclical Payment Pro-gram (DCP), the Average CropRevenue Election Program(ACRE), and the Milk Income LossContract Program (MILC). FSA ispreparing the following actions:FSA will begin sign-ups for DCPand ACRE for the 2013 crops onFebruary 19, 2013. The DCP sign-up period will end on August 2,2013; the ACRE sign-up periodwill end on June 3, 2013.

The 2013 DCP and ACRE pro-gram provisions are unchangedfrom 2012, except that all eligible

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AUCTIONS

LASSLE’S MAIN STREETCAFÉ, Bowdle, S.D., to be sold asgoing business, turn key opera-tion, March 20. Gary McCloudReal Estate Auction, 605-769-1181 or 948-2333.

EMPLOYMENT

SEEKING EXPERIENCEDAUTO BODY TECHNICIAN:Family-owned business, estab-lished in western S.D. for 63years. Shop is busy all year round.Les’ Body Shop, Philip, 605-859-2744.

CUSTER REGIONAL HOSPI-TAL-Custer Clinic and CusterRegional Senior Care in beautifulCuster, S.D., have full time andPRN (as-needed) RN, LPN andLicensed Medical Assistant posi-tions available. We offer competi-tive pay and excellent benefits.New Graduates welcome! Please

contact Human Resources at (605)673-2229 ext. 110 for more infor-mation or log onto www.regional-health.com to apply.

RDO EQUIPMENT CO. – Com-petitive wages, benefits, training,profit sharing, opportunities forgrowth, great culture and innova-tion. $1,500 Sign on Bonus avail-able for Service Technicians. Tobrowse opportunities go to www.rdoequipment.com. Must applyonline. EEO.

HEALTH AND BEAUTY

IF YOU USED THE MIRENAIUD between 2001-present andsuffered perforation or embed-ment in the uterus requiring sur-gical removal, or had a child bornwith birth defects, you may beentitled to compensation. CallJohnson Law and speak withfemale staff members 1-800-535-5727.

MISCELLANEOUS

SAWMILLS FROM ONLY$3997.00. Make & save moneywith your own bandmill. Cut lum-ber any dimension. In stock readyto ship. FREE Info/DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com 1-800-578-1363 Ext.300N.

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.

NOTICES

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STEEL BUILDINGS

STEEL BUILDINGS. Huge win-ter discounts for spring delivery.50x80, 62x100, 68x120, 68x200,100x200. Take advantage of taxdeductions. Limited Offer. CallJim 1-888-782-7040.

TRUCK DRIVERS

SEEKING CLASS A CDL driv-ers to run 14 central states. 2years over the road experiencerequired. Excellent benefit pack-age. Call 701-221-2465 or 877-472-9534. www.pbtransporta-tion.com.

Deadline is Tuesdays at 10 a.m.

Call: 669-2271

Murdo NutritionProgram Menu

February 18CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

February 19SENIOR POTLUCKChicken A’la King over BiscuitsMixed VegetablesV-8 JuiceMixed Fruit Delight

February 20MeatloafMashed Potatoes & GravyGlazed CarrotsBreadPineapple Tidbits

February 21Roast PorkSweet PotatoesBroccoli & CauliflowerDinner RollApplesauce

February 22Vegetable Beef SoupPatio SaladBiscuitFresh Fruit

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CARD OF THANKS: Poems, Tributes, Etc. $5.00 minimum for up to 20words.10¢ per word after initial 20. Each name and initial must be countedas one word.

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: All real estate, advertised in this newspaper issubject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal toadvertise “any preference, or discrimination on race, color, religion, sex, ornational origin, or any intention to make any such preference, limitation, ordiscrimination.”

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estatewhich is a violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellingsadvertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Help WantedSOUTH DAKOTA PRINTINGCOMPANY looking for an offsetpress operator. Previous experi-ence a plus. Willing to train. Mustbe mechanically inclined. Fulltime. Excellent Wages and Bene-fits. Call Tom Dalton at 605-224-9999, 1-800-675-4656 or e mail totdalton@pryntcomm.com. M6-2tc

WantedPASTURE WANTED: Summerpasture for 100-250 cow/calf pairspreferably in the Jackson/Haakon/Jones county area, but would con-sider other areas. With full main-tenance. Call 605-843-2869. P-tfc

For SaleCHIFFEROBE WITH 19 INCHTV, perfect for a child’s bedroom.Door with shelves on one side andthree drawers on the other side.Great shape $60.00 OBO. CallLonna at 669-2040 or 669-2271.

1994 HONDA 125 DIRTBIKE.New plastics kit. Just cleaned thecarburetor and gone through bymechanic. Needs to go! $600 firm.Call Lonna at 669-2040 or 669-2271.

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anonymous benefactors. Your gen-erosity has been truly appreciated.

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