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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF JONES COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

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Number 29Volume 107

July 18, 2013

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Messagefrom the SD

Highway PatrolDrunk or not? Everyone knows

the guy who is dancing on tables atthe party is too drunk to rive. Butwhat about the person who juststopped by to have a few drinks?Sometimes it can be hard to tellwhether you’re okay to drive. I’mInspector Darid Cooper with theSouth Dakota Highway PatrolMotor Carrier Services and I wantto remind you not to get behindthe wheel if you’ve been drink-ing...because buzzed driving isdrunk driving.

Jones County Sheriff’s office to receivemoney for patrol car cameras and tasers

Attorney General Marty Jack-ley announced today that theJones County Sheriff’s Office hasbeen awarded $10,808.68 forpatrol car camera systems andtasers to be used in drug investiga-tions. The money was awarded outof the Drug Control Fund. Theaward will assist local law enforce-ment in drug control and appre-

hension purposes.“The Drug Control Fund allowslaw enforcement to combat con-trolled substance abuse by fundinglocal programs with monies seizedfrom drug arrests,” said Jackley.“These funds will assist the JonesCounty Sheriff’s Office to betterprotect its communities.”

“The items purchased will be a

great help in drug arrests andassisting in officer safety. Withoutthe help of the drug control fund,we would not have been able topurchase any of these items forseveral years due to budgetrestraints,” said Sheriff JohnWeber.

If you have any additional ques-tions contact Sara Rabern at(605)773-3215.

County makes auto gatemaintenance decision

by Karlee MooreThe Jones County Commission-

ers met Tuesday, July 2 for their

monthly meeting. Those presentincluded: Helen Louder, SteveIwan, Monte Anker, John Brun-skill, Karlee Moore, Bill Valburg,Carrie Weller, Bruce Royer and

Anita Fuoss. Valburg approached the com-

missioners about their decision notto grant him a requested raise.

Anker suggested Valburg speakwith the Jones County weedboard. Valburg said that he needsa raise to cover his operating costs.He said that he is making lessthan his private rate sprayingweeds for the county. He alsoreminded the commissioners thathe has only asked for one raise in10 years.

Anker said that he thinks theweed board needs to give the coun-ty a recommendation for Valburg’sraise.

Next on the agenda was discus-sion about the county’s currenthealth insurance policy. Brunskilltold the commissioners that thecounty will have to start paying a$23.59 monthly handling fee fornot using the electronic fundstransfer payment option. Ankerasked Brunskill if the county hadto pay it or if the county could getinsurance through another compa-

ny. It was further discussed thatthe commissioners were uneasyabout the EFT option.

The Jones County Sheriff’sDepartment was the next topic of discussion. Iwan said that theinside and outside of the sheriff’soffice needs to be updated andrepaired, and the commissionersagreed.

Brunskill informed the commis-sioners that a records collectorfrom Calif. had called requestingelectronic records from the Regis-ter of Deeds. Anker asked if thecounty could charge for therecords. The commissionersagreed to send the request to thestate’s attorney for further review.

Brunskill then gave the com-missioners an overview on thewireless internet assessment con-ducted. He said the wireless onlyworks part of the time in part of the courthouse building. Theassessment showed that the court-house used too many out of date

computers and the system neededto be updated.Royer then entered the meeting

and Anker asked him who isresponsible for keeping countyroads smooth leading up to autogates. Royer told the commission-ers that his crew would clean outthe auto gates if it they are on con-crete and at least 16 feet wide. Hesaid it is the landowner’s responsi-

bility to maintain the gates if theyare not on concrete.

Anker said that it is a safety

factor to fix roads to the autogates. It was discussed that if gates were replaced, they had to beat least 16 feet wide and placed onconcrete.

Royer said he would call alllandowners who are having prob-lems with gates. He asked thecommissioners if he had their per-mission to tell the landowners thatthey had to fix the gates. The com-missioners agreed.

Fuoss then asked for an execu-tive session for a pending litiga-tion issue.

At the conclusion of the execu-tive session, Weller, 4-H youth pro-gram advisor, joined the group toget the commissioners up to speedon the 4-H program.

Anker asked her how the four-county deal was working betweenJones County, Mellette County,Jackson County and Haakon

County. Weller said it keeps hervery busy attending each county’sevening meetings. She also saidthat the state has been sendingout a lot of new information andsystems that 4-H advisors need tolearn.

Weller told the commissionersthat 4-H enrollment is up in allfour counties before the meetingconcluded at 12:00 p.m.

School board welcomes two new

members, new superintendent

by Karlee MooreThe July school board meeting

was held Monday, July 8, startingat 8 p.m. Those present included:Brett Nix, Carrie Lolley, Dean

Volmer, Andy Rankin, Mike Hunt,Tami Schreiber, Lorrie Esmay,Grant Vander Vorst, Chad Whit-ney, Scott Mathews, Bruce Venardand Karlee Moore.

The agenda, minutes and billswere approved, as was the finan-cial report. Schreiber made anamendment to June’s minutesregarding attendees.

Hunt then administered anOath of Office to Schreiber asBusiness Manager for the JonesCounty School District for the2013-2014 school year.

Next, the board approved mealprices and extra entrees for the

2013-2014 school year to remainthe same as the prior year. Pricesare as follows:

•Preschool: Breakfast $1.85,Lunch $3.20

•Students: Breakfast $1.60,Lunch $2.70

•Adults: Breakfast $1.85,Lunch $3.20

A motion was then made by Lol-ley, seconded by Nix, to adjourn forthe purpose of Reorganization andGrant Vander Vorst be appointedtemporary chairperson. The meet-ing adjourned at 8:12 p.m. andreconvened at 8:13 p.m. Schreiberthen administered the Oath of Office to new school board mem-bers Rankin and Volmer each forthree-year terms.

Nominations were taken forschool board president. Whitneynominated Lolley, seconded byMathews and Mathews was thennominated as vice president.

It was decided to keep themonthly regular meeting at thesame time as the 2012-2013 schoolyear: April-October 8 p.m. andNovember-March 7 p.m.

The board approved the sametransportation/room and board forparents rates as the 2012-2013school year.

Next the board establishedtravel and meal regulations forschool business and school boardmembers. Vander Vorst recom-mended increasing the meal rates.

Mathews asked about offering aflat rate for the day.

The board agreed to change themeal allowances to the following:

•Breakfast: $6.00•Lunch: $8.00•Supper: $11.00Next, the board agreed to keep

the ticket and season passes forschool events the same as before.Schreiber said that they had beenincreased two years ago. Theprices are as follows:

•Tickets: Adults $5.00, Stu-dents $3.00

•Season Pass: Adults: $35, Stu-dents: $15.00

•Jones County Tournament: Adults $5.00, Students $3.00.

Rates for students meals werealso discussed, for overnight tripsonly. The board agreed to increase

them to the same prices as theadult allowance for meals.The board then spoke about stu-

dent handbook changes, specifical-ly, the dress code. They agreedthat the term “inappropriate”needed to be defined. Lolley saidthat the staff all needed to be onthe same page as to what is appro-priate.

There was a motion to take theself reporting option out of thehandbook. Self reporting refers towhen a student engages in actsforbidden in the handbook, such asconsuming alcohol or using tobac-co. Previously, if a student turnedhim or herself in to the school forusing alcohol or tobacco, theywould have to miss two schoolsponsored events. However, if astudent was reported to the schoolby an official, the student would berequired to miss three school spon-sored events.

By removing the self reportingoption, students will miss threeschool sponsored events regard-less. However, a law enforcementagent or a school official must bethe reporting party.

Vander Vorst asked what wouldhappen if a student was over 18years of age, as the law enforce-ment doesn’t have to notify theschool. Hunt said that in the past,if a student over 18 who is still inschool breaks student handbookrules, the local law enforcement

reported the incident to the school.Mathews said that the school usu-ally doesn’t accept reporting byparents of other students.

Another handbook issue dis-cussed was social media. Whitneyasked Vander Vorst what the poli-cy was in the previous school hehad worked in. He said that if anissue should arise on social mediabetween students, it would bedealt with accordingly in school.

Vander Vorst suggested includ-ing wording regarding socialmedia to the current bullying poli-cy.

Venard then approached theboard on behalf of the Murdo FireDepartment. He said that on Sep-tember 22, District Fire Schoolwould be held in Murdo for any-where between 50 and 100 fire-

men. He asked permission to usethe school facilities for this train-ing. He said they would need threeto four classrooms, the HaroldThune Auditorium lobby and thelunch room. The school would befrom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The boardapproved the request and askedthat Venard coordinate with Van-der Vorst when he knew moredetails. Venard said the firedepartment would be asking alocal group to serve lunch and theywould bring in tables and chairsfor the lunch room.

The meeting then adjournedand executive session started at9:07 p.m.

New to school district … from left to right: Dean Volmer, school board member; Andy Rankin,school board member; and Grant Vander Vorst, superintendent.

Photo by Karlee Moore

Philip youth day by localGame, Fish and Parks

On Saturday, August 3, theSouth Dakota Game, Fish andParks Department will host a freeyouth event day at Lake Wag-goner, north of Philip.

Youth, depending on their ages,can participate in all four of thestations. State GF&P officials and

local volunteers will work withyouth on learning and practicingarchery, pellet gun shooting, fish-ing and viewing demonstrationson trapping. The trapping stationwill be run by a state trapper. Allsupplies will be provided.

Each station is anticipated tolast about an hour, though youthmay pick and chose, or repeat.

Wildlife Conservation Officer ZachThomsen said that it will be fine issome kids want to, for example,fish the entire time.

A free lunch will be provided,but it is recommended that indi-viduals bring extra water to drink.Though preregistration is not

required, a head count would beappreciated for the needed num-ber of lunches.

The day’s activities will beginwith registration from 8:00 a.m. to8:30 a.m.

For more information and topreregister, call Wildlife Conserva-tion Officer Zach Thomsen at 859-3006.

Thune, Alexander question Secretary Duncan on

Education Dept.’s role in ObamaCare implementation

Senators John Thune (R-S.D.)and Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.),Ranking Member of the Health,Education, Labor and PensionsCommittee, were joined today byseveral of their Republican Senatecolleagues in sending a letter toSecretary of Education Arne Dun-can questioning the Department of Education’s involvement in imple-menting ObamaCare.

The senators write: “While weunderstand that the effects of thePresident’s health care law will be

felt by parents, teachers, and theirfamilies, we are unfamiliar withhow the Department of Educa-tion’s involvement in implementa-tion will further the mission of educating our nation’s students.”

This is one of many agenciesoutside of the Departments of Health and Human Services andTreasury that, according to recentnews reports, intend to promoteObamaCare, an effort outsidetheir missions.

Joining Thune and Alexander intheir letter were Senators Kelly

Ayotte (R-N.H.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), JohnBoozman (R-Ark.), Richard Burr(R-N.C.) Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.),John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz(R-Texas), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.),John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Jim Inhofe(R-Okla.), Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.),Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), Ron John-

son (R-Wis.), Lisa Murkowski (R- Alaska), Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), andJeff Sessions (R-Ala.).

The senators’ letter is below:

July 16, 2013

The Honorable Arne DuncanSecretaryU.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Avenue, SouthwestWashington, D.C. 20202

Dear Secretary Duncan:

We write to express concernwith a recent announcement youmade regarding the relationshipbetween the U.S. Department of Education and the implementa-tion of the President’s health carelaw. During a recent interviewwith Lois Romano of POLITICO,you stated that the Department of Education will be assisting withthe dissemination of information.

Additionally, you indicated thatthere is a team at the Departmentof Education currently helpingwith implementation.

While we understand that theeffects of the President’s healthcare law will be felt by parents,teachers, and their families, weare unfamiliar with how theDepartment of Education’sinvolvement in implementationwill further the mission of educat-ing our nation’s students. To bet-ter understand the statutoryauthority, cost, and scope of theactivities the Department of Edu-cation has taken, please provide a

detailed response to the followingquestions:

How much is the Department of Education spending this fiscal

year to further the implementa-tion of the President’s health carelaw, and how much does theDepartment of Education antici-pate spending in each fiscal yearfrom 2014 to 2017? What specificappropriation accounts and pro-grams are being used?

If the Department of Educationis receiving these funds throughthe Department of Health andHuman Services, what instruc-tions were included with this fund-ing and how many Department of Education employees will be dedi-cated to this effort?

How are the actions by theDepartment of Education differentfrom those taken by the Depart-ment of Health and Human Serv-ices? Have you coordinated withthe Department of Health andHuman Services to ensure yourefforts are not duplicative?

What authority does theDepartment of Education have todisseminate information andassist with the implementation of the President’s health care law?

How do the Department of Edu-cation’s activities further the edu-cation of our nation’s students?What specific actions are you ask-ing schools to take without addi-tional federal resources? Howdoes that not constitute anunfunded mandate?

In addition to these questions,

we request that you please providea detailed plan of your current andfuture involvement with theimplementation of the President’shealth care law by July 30, 2013.

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Dorothy Louder and family hadvisitors from Minnesota on Mon-day and Tuesday – Dorothy’scousin, Edward Medeck anddaughter. They were there forsupper on Monday and stayed thenight in Murdo. Tuesday daughter

Susan Hamer brought a carry indinner for the group. Theyreturned home on Wednesday.

Janet Louder hosted the CourtWhist Card Club Wednesday atthe hall annex. Prize winnerswere: Dorothy Louder, EstherMagnuson and Margie Boyle.Ground beef sandwiches, chips,dips, pickles and a frozen oreodessert were served.

PHL members Rosa Lee Styles, Velma Scott and Lila Mae Chris-tian attended the meeting hostedby Linda Brost at her home lastTuesday. A very short meeting washeld and then all enjoyed the verytasty lunch of cherry turnoverstopped with ice cream, along withcoffee served by Linda.

Cheryl Volmer and son Bran-dell have been here visiting fami-ly and friends. Janet Louder gotin a brief visit with her Thursdayevening where she was visiting atKim and Tony Schmidt’s. Alsothere were Amanda and KraigHenrichs and kids.

Dorothy and Brad Louder visit-ed Dwight on Friday in Kadoka.

Eldon and Esther Magnuson,along with Chad and HeatherWhitney and boys and Dusty andHeather Pelle and family, took ingreat-grandson Alec’s ball game inPierre Wednesday evening. TheMagnusons visited daughter Loriafter.

Karen Miller met her daughter,Bobbie Boetel, in Sioux Falls onFriday evening and went to theBrookings Arts Festival on Satur-day for some shopping and lots of looking.

Brenda and James Murray,Sam and Ben of LaCrosse, Wis.,arrived last Monday at Margie

Boyle’s. They did tourist typethings in Murdo. On Wednesdayevening the group had supper atGrandma Rosa Lee Styles’, alongwith David and Robert. Thursdaythe Murrays, Margie and RosaLee went to the hills, rented a

cabin near Lead and took in manyof the tourist attractions. Margieand Rosa Lee returned home Fri-day evening. Brenda’s dad, GaryBoyle, and friend Gaylene of Gillette joined the Murrays for theweekend. They returned back toMurdo at Grandma Margie's onMonday and returned home onTuesday.

Jim and Jo Mitchell joinedfriends at the Hart Ranch in thehills and camped over the 4th of July week. Some were friends thatthey camp with in the winter in

Arizona. It was a fun week, andJim said it only rained at nightwhen there was nothing to do.

Following church Sunday RosaLee Styles, Lila Mae Christian,

Alice Horsley, Eldon and EstherMagnuson, and Nelva and JanetLouder had dinner together inMurdo.

Nelva and Janet Louder wereSunday evening supper guests of the Magnusons. They sat outthere and watched the rain pour.

Also got rain in town, but not asmuch.

Little Mallory Venard celebrat-ed her 5th birthday Sunday at herhome hosted by parents Drew andKati and sis Tenley. There for sup-per and to help her celebrate weregrandparents Bob Rankin, Bruceand Kerri Venard, Barb Venard,Margaret Rankin, and Ray andJanice Pike; Karen Authier; Andyand Jill Rankin, Riley and Peyton;Tyler and Chelsee Rankin, Addi-son and Joey; Kyle Venard andfriend Maria. Supper was toppedoff with a Barbie birthday cakeand ice cream. Andy also had abirthday, so Kati baked him a cou-ple of cupcakes decorated with the

Kansas Jay Hawks logo. Happybirthday, Andy and Mallory.

On Friday, July 5 Ginger Walt-ner of Freeman and Janice Whit-ney of Bennett, Colo., arrived atthe Pike’s to visit former class-mate Sandy Zibell and hubby Tim.

They went out for supper andthen back to the Pike's to visit. OnSaturday Eldon and Esther andGinger visited the Pikes andZibells.

Tim and Sandy Zibell left onTuesday after spending a weekhere with family and friends.They went to Isanti, Minn., towork a rodeo.

Ray and Janice Pike spent fromWednesday through Friday in thehills at the campground. Whilethere they kept doctor appoint-ments.

Kim and Dan Smith’s son,Craig, was married to fiance

Angela Saturday at a beautifuloutdoor wedding held at CusterState Park followed with a recep-tion/supper/dance. Among themany there were: Eleanor Miller;Curt and Janet Miller; Casey andGavin Miller and Monica Reder;Shawna and Adam Lizotte andLanden of Ft. Collins; Wayne andCheryl Heisinger of Heron Lake,Minn., and daughters Kari andSara and children. All stayed atthe game lodge and returnedhome on Sunday. Congratulationsto the newlyweds.

On Friday Vicki Hagemann of Yankton arrived and accompaniedson Casey and Gavin to RapidCity. That evening a barbeque washeld at Cara and Don Pearsons.Monica Reder; Brian and JayLouder; Shawna, Adam and Lan-den Lizotte; Calli, Nick and Aria

joined the group. Vicki spent timeat the Pearson’s as Casey, Gavin,Monica and the Lizottes went toCuster to the Smith wedding.Casey, Gavin and Vicki came backto Draper on Monday and stoppedfor a visit at Nelva and JanetLouder’s.

Troy and Jody Iversen and boys

of Lismore, Minn., spent theweekend in the hills. They spentthe week at Gerald and WandaMathews’. Troy and Jody put uphay and the kids entertainedGrandma Wanda.

The very pretty wedding of beautiful bride Karissa Miller andgood lookin’ groom Ben Zimmerwas held Saturday afternoon atthe Holy Family Catholic Churchin Mitchell with Father LarryRegynski officiating. A reception/

supper/dance followed, held at theWild Oak Golf Club which wasbeautifully decorated. Karissa isthe daughter of Ken and CarmenMiller (who looked very nice, too,by the way.) Sister Kia was hermaid-of-honor and her brother,

Clayton, was a groomsmen. Read-ers were her aunt, Penny, andBecca Gregoire. Jordon Miller wasa soloist as was Derik Fossum,friend of the groom. Carmen’s dad,Roy Anderson of Sturgis, wasthere for his granddaughter's “bigday”, as was Carmen's brother,Jim and Julie Anderson and fami-ly from Chamberlain. Jim andJulie also acted as host and host-ess at the reception. Ken waspleased to have his sisters allthere, but his brother, Doug, wasunable to attend. Present were:Becky and Grant Myers of Iowaand daughters Brenda Maas andfamily and Angela and GideonDixon of Rapid City; Diana andBill Glantz of Minnesota anddaughter Denice Arneson andfamily of Wisconsin; Linda McGeeof Minnesota; Penny and TerryDowling and family Amy Nelsonand family of Canton, Troy andStacie Dowling and family of Alpe-na, Trent and Kristen Dowlingand family of Sioux Falls, Melanieand Tim Stampe and daughter

Ashley of Pierre; and Uncle Ralphand Aunt Virginia Lingscheit of Walnut Shade, Mo. The family,along with Ken and Carmen,Clayton and Becca, Kia, Karissaand Ben met on Friday for therehearsal supper, along with Ben’sfamily. Understand all went sowell that they even got in somecard playing and lots of visiting.

All returned home on Sunday. Of the Millers present were six sib-lings, 10 cousins and 13 secondcousins – just a lil statistic! Oth-ers from here attending were:

Ardith Miller; Rosa Lee Stylesand Lila Mae Christian; Paul andKatherine Patterson; and Nelvaand Janet Louder.

On Sunday Penny Dowling

joined son Troy and Stacie Dowl-ing and girls for a picnic lunchand a paddle boat ride on LakeMitchell that I understand provedinteresting.

Grant Myers visited and spendthe night Sunday with sis Wandaand Gerald Mathews. On Mondayhe went to White River and visit-ed sis Jean and Roland Iwan. WifeBecky accompanied their daugh-ter Angela to Rapid City. Grantwent out on Monday.

Al-AnonFor Al–Anon meetings call

669-2596 for time and place.

Open AA meetingsThursdays 8:00 p.m. at the

East Commons. Call 530-0371or 280-7642.

Methodist VBSThe Murdo United Methodist

Church will be hosting VacationBible School Sunday, July 28-Thursday, August 1 for childrenages five through 6th grade. Theprogram this year will be heldThursday, August 1 at 8 p.m.

Blood Drive A blood drive will be held in

Murdo on Friday, July 26 from 1p.m. to 6 p.m. at the MickelsonCommunity Building, 305 Jef-ferson Avenue. Call Velma

Vollmer at 669-2175 to make anappointment.

Jones County SchoolThe Jones County School Dis-

trict #37-3 will be starting the2013-2014 school year on

August 19, 2013. Look for moreinformation on Fall Sportsmeetings in future Murdo Coy-ote issues.

Coyote News Briefs East Side Newsby Janet Louder • 669-2696

Jones County Weather

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JC Sheriff’s ReportThe Sheriff’s report is printed

as received by Jones County Sher-iff’s Office. It may or may not con-tain every call received by thedepartment.

Sheriff and Deputy calls:

July 1Sheriff Weber confirmed a

Jones Co. warrant on a subjectthat had been arrested in Pierre.

Sheriff Weber responded to amotorist assist on I-90, mm 208.The owner fixed the problem anddrove away.

Sheriff Weber transported atransient from Murdo andturned him over to a Lyman Co.Deputy.July 2

Sheriff Weber responded to agas drive off that occurred inMurdo and went east. The vehi-cle was stopped in Lyman Co. by aLyman Co. Deputy and the SDHighway Patrol. The vehicle wasfound to have been stolen fromMontana. The driver was arrestedon several charges.July 3

Deputy Sylva responded to areport of a possible domesticthat was occurring in a vehi-cle travelling eastbound fromMurdo on I-90. The vehicle wasstopped in Lyman Co. It wasfound that no assault had hap-pened.July 4

Deputy Sylva responded to areport of a person driving west-bound from Murdo on I-90drinking alcohol. The vehiclewas stopped and handled by theSD Highway Patrol in Jackson Co.

Deputy Sylva responded to a

report of a motorist needinghelp that was parked on the exit191 ramp. It was found to be amedical issue and the Jones Co.

Ambulance transported a patient

to Avera St. Mary’s.Deputy Sylva responded to amotorist assist on I-90, mm 180.The owner had his own help onthe way.

Deputy Sylva responded to andremoved several differentreports of tire debris on I-90 atmm's 180, 191, and 198.

Deputy Sylva responded tocomplaints of barking dogs inMurdo. The calls were all relatedto fireworks going off.July 5

Deputy Sylva responded to areport of a vehicle complaint/ motorist assist on US Highway83, just south of Murdo. Unable tolocate.

Deputy Sylva responded to atwo-vehicle collision thatoccurred near Okaton at an inter-section. There were very minorinjuries sustained by the occu-pants.July 6

Deputy Sylva responded to areport of an intoxicated subjectthat was walking on I-90,mm182. The subject was taken toa motel in Murdo. It was foundthat the subject had run out of gasand he was taken to his vehiclethe next day and after putting gasin his vehicle, he drove away.

Deputy Sylva responded to areport of a cow that was stuckin a dam on the Ft. PierreNational Grasslands in Jones Co.The owner of the cow was contact-ed.

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Farm bill moves forwardby Rep. Kristi Noem

After months of debate andhundreds of amendments, the U.S.House passed a Farm Bill thisweek. This legislation, which Isupported, is anticipated to moveto a conference committee so dif-ferences between the Senate andHouse versions can be worked out.

This process hasn’t been easy,but getting a five-year Farm Billpassed and signed into law hasbeen a top priority for me since Icame to Congress. Although pas-sage of this legislation is a keystep, we still have a long way to goto get a Farm Bill to the presi-dent’s desk and signed into law.

Separating out the nutritiontitle from the Farm Bill is not ideal

and certainly wasn’t the path Iwould have chosen, but at the endof the day, we need to get a FarmBill into conference with the Sen-ate. I was proud of the bipartisanbill we passed out of the Agricul-ture Committee in April. It wasunfortunate that many memberswere unable to put people beforepolitics and pass that bill when wehad the opportunity last month.

However, the legislation wepassed this week includes impor-tant provisions for the agriculturecommunity in South Dakota. TheHouse has now reauthorized live-stock disaster assistance pro-grams, included important sod-saver protections which encouragegood land stewardship, passedmeasures to help combat the pinebeetle in the Black Hills, andestablished a permanent Office of Tribal Relations within the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture.

This bill repeals direct pay-ments to farmers and stops pay-ments to those who no longerfarm. In fact, traditional farm pol-icy funding was cut by 36 percent,the biggest reduction in Farm Billhistory. Additionally, the billmakes important and necessaryreforms to the crop insurance pro-gram, which is vital to the SouthDakota agriculture community.These reforms make sure thatfarmers have skin in the gamewhile providing a safety net.

A rigorous debate on the nutri-tion title, which includes the foodstamp program, lies ahead for theHouse. Traditionally, the nutritiontitle accounts for approximately 80percent of the Farm Bill funding.

Democrats believe the AgricultureCommittee proposal’s reformswent too far, while some Republi-cans believed it didn’t go farenough. We need to ensure thatthe nutrition title is done in a waythat helps those most in need andis accountable to taxpayers.

It’s time to move forward. It’stime to ensure we have sound pol-icy that provides a safety net andcertainty for our agriculture com-munity. Decades ago, we decided itwas important for us to grow ourown food in this country and pas-sage of this bill brings us closer topolicy to ensure that continues tohappen.

I look forward to receiving yourfeedback as the Farm Bill processcontinues. I hope you’ll take thetime to give my office a call toshare your thoughts, commentsand concerns.

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Church and Community Murdo Coyote • July 18, 2013 •

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 Church

410 Washington, Murdo, S.D. • Pastor Alvin Gwin • 669–2600Sunday 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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In Romans 5:12 God tells us how we are all related to the first man, Adam:

“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin… so death passed upon all men…”

This verse clearly indicates that every child born into the world since Adam has partaken of Adam’s sinful nature.

Parents sometimes wonder why their children act as they do. The answer is simple! Every child is related to rebellious Adam by physical birth, and soon

rebels like Adam, whose offspring he is.

In Scripture we are told that God “commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8).

When you are in trouble and someone comes to your aid, are you not automatically drawn to that person? Should we not then be attracted to the One

who cared so much for us that He “made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and

being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Phil. 2:7,8)?

Through natural birth we partake of the sinful natures of our parents back to Adam, and frequently we even have the same physical features as our par-

ents. How touching, then, to know that the Lord Jesus Christ took on Him “the likeness of men” (apart from sin) and, as the God-man, died for our sins

upon the cross, where sinful men (people like us) nailed Him! As we recognize this and place our faith in Him, a spiritual birth takes place and we become

the children of God (John 1:12). More than this, we become members of the Body of Christ, God’s new creation, for “if any man be in Christ, he is a newcreation” (II Cor. 5:17). “created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained, that we should walk in them” (Eph. 2:10).

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Chamber Yard of the Week ... The home of Scott Buxceland Christy Brink at 111 Second Street in Murdo was chosen asthis week’s winner for the Murdo Area Chamber of CommerceYard of the Week. They will receive $25 in Murdo Bucks.

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by Donna AdrianIt’s not uncommon to venture

out to the garden at the end of a

hot day to find some pretty droopyplants. Don’t immediately assumethat they need to be watered. Itmay be that there is adequatemoisture in the soil but yourplant’s roots just can’t keep upwith the needs of the leaves. If thesoil is already moist you are betteroff letting the plants catch up ontheir own overnight. If they're stilldroopy in the morning give them adrink.

Get more blooms...deadheadingroses and annuals such as petu-nias, marigolds, and zinnias willpromote reblooming throughoutthe season. You can fool biannual,like hollyhocks and foxglove, intothinking they are perennials bycutting off the old blossoms beforeseed pods form. To deadhead arose, cut the flower stem back toan outward facing bud just above a5-leaflet or 7-leaflet leaf. For mostother flowers simply cut the stem

just below the spent bloom. Irisclumps may be raised and dividedevery three years or so. Dig up therhizomes carefully to avoid dam-age to rhizomes and their roots.Examine them for the presence of worm-like insects called iris bor-ers, which may seriously damageor destroy the plant. If they arefound, remove them, cut out theaffected tissue and dust with agarden insecticide, such as Sevin,before replanting. Select soundrhizomes with two or more grow-ing points. Rhizomes may be cutapart with a sharp knife, orsnapped apart by hand. Be sure topreserve as many rhizome roots aspossible. The best time to divideiris is in mid-summer while theplants are dormant. Late Julythrough mid August is preferred.

Tomatoes are growing vigorous-ly now. However, the end of spring

and the onset of hot, dry weathercan lead to several problems intomatoes. Tomatoes that experi-ence early vigorous growth oftendrop some blossoms during thetransition to summer weather.Don’t worry. New blooms shoulddevelop rapidly to replace the fall-en ones. Also, tomato plants maybe subject to leaf curl where theleaves roll up from the edges. Thisis a short-term condition thatdevelops as the tomato is trying toreduce its leaf surface to allow theroots to develop.

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

WHAT IS AN ILEUS?

A 67-yr old lady entered the hos-pital to have surgery for urinaryincontinence. She had six children,a previous hysterectomy, and nowhad a urinary leak that exceededthe ability of Depends to manage it.Extensive surgery was done tomake a repair and a catheter wasput in place as she left the operat-ing room.

Two days later, she was ready togo home but she was still very nau-seated. An x-ray was taken of herbowel and it was seen that thebowel had an “ileus.” She was veryinsistent that she wanted to returnhome but was told that was not atall advisable until her bowelcleared the ileus. She wanted toknow what is an ileus.

It was explained to her that thebowel has a huge neurologic sys-tem that leads to the propulsion of food through the bowel. Thispropulsion system is mediated bythe bowel’s nerves and hormones ina very complex manner. For a vari-ety of different reasons, this sys-tem will occasionally shut downand the bowel looses its propulsionsystem. This results in nausea and

vomiting along with distention of the abdomen. Normally, if thebowel is listened to with a stetho-scope, one can hear bowel soundsas the propulsion system does its

job. With an ileus, the propulsionsystem stops and the bowel is verysilent. When an x-ray is taken, it isseen that a great deal gas developsin the bowel from food that decaysin the non-moving silent bowel.

Unfortunately, there is no quick-fix treatment to this condition.Standard treatment is decreasingthe person’s oral intake and wait-ing one day or two days or threedays, even a week. As you mightimagine, this is maddening for thepatient who only wants to get welland go home but instead is kept inthe hospital with intravenous flu-ids, nothing to eat, and all of theroutines that a hospital stayentails.

The most common cause of anileus is abdominal surgery such asthis lady had. Other causesinclude:

1. Compression fractures of thevertebrae that happen when a per-son falls and breaks a vertebralbone in the back.

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Very frequently a small bowelobstruction does require surgicalintervention to correct it. This isopposed to an ileus which if any-thing is usually made worse by sur-gery. The healthcare providers atyour local clinics are well aware of these considerations and have theability to diagnose and obtaintreatment for these types of prob-lems.

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Favorable tax structure makes SouthDakota a great place to do business

by Senator John ThuneFor business owners across

South Dakota who have wiselychosen to do commerce within ourborders, news that CNBC hadranked South Dakota the numberone state in the country to do busi-

ness was not surprising. Our stategovernment has worked hard overthe years to create favorable eco-nomic conditions for our residents.South Dakota’s strong leadership,good fiscal management, low regu-latory burden, and simplified taxstructure have created conditionsthat have increased prosperity andcontinue to create jobs throughoutthe state.

I’m proud to represent a statethat has found such great successmanaging its budget, cutting redtape, and creating incentives forgood jobs through a pro-growth taxstructure. Unfortunately, SouthDakota’s success is yet anotherreminder of how Washington’s bro-ken policies of new spending andhigher taxes are not working.

The Senate Finance Committeehas begun a critical debate on howto best address tax reform in ourcountry. Comprehensive taxreform can make American busi-nesses more competitive in theglobal economy and can benefit

families who are dealing with agrowing and increasingly complextax code. Additionally, tax reformcan help to address our ever-expanding budget deficit byunleashing economic activity thatwill ultimately raise federal taxreceipts, even at lower tax rates.

Our tax code has grown consid-erably and has become a complexmaze of special interest provisionsand “temporary” tax measures.However, America now faces amuch more intense global competi-tion for jobs and investment thanit did 25 years ago. Today, multina-tional corporations can place thenext cutting-edge research anddevelopment or manufacturingfacility anywhere from Bangaloreto Shanghai. Unfortunately, our

tax code still operates as if thiscompetition for jobs and invest-ment is irrelevant.

America’s combined state andfederal corporate tax rate is thehighest in the developed world,topping out at nearly 40 percent.Even Russia, at 20 percent, andChina, at 25 percent, are lower.Since 1998, the average corporatetax rate of advanced economieshas dropped by 19 percent, whilethe U.S. rate has risen by 1 per-cent.

America should take a lesson ineconomic growth and prosperityfrom the success South Dakota hasfound with its simplified tax struc-ture. Streamlining our tax codewill strengthen our economy,improve the competitiveness of ourbusinesses, and greatly ease thetax burden for American families.I will continue my work in the tax-writing Senate Finance Commit-tee to fight for a tax structure thatwill create wealth and improvetake-home pay for the people of our state and nation.



Rural Murdo Coyote • July 18, 2013 •

or in person by December 2.Newly elected committee mem-bers and alternates take office onJanuary 1, 2014.

FAILED CROPS NEEDTO BE REPORTED

Failed acreages must be report-ed within 15 days of the disasterevent and before disposition of thecrop. Filing an accurate acreagereport for all crops and land uses,including failed acreage and pre-vented planting acreage, can pre-vent the loss of benefits for a vari-ety of programs. Acreage reportsare required for many Farm Serv-ice Agency programs. All acreage

reports are to be certified by theJuly 15, 2013 deadline.

Acreage reports on crops forwhich NAP assistance may bepaid are due in the county officeby the earlier of July 15, 2013 or15 calendar days before the onsetof harvest or grazing of the specif-ic crop acreage being reported.

DATES TO REMEMBER/ DEADLINES:

August 1: COC nomination periodends

August 2: DCP sign-up endsNovember 15: 2013 NAP Produc-tionNovember 15: 2014 Acreagereporting deadline on perennialgrasses and winter wheat

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

COUNTY COMMITTEENOMINATION PERIOD

ENDS AUGUST 1The nomination period for local

Farm Service Agency (FSA) countycommittees began on Monday,June 17 and ends August 1.

FSA county committees makedecisions on disaster and conser-vation programs, emergency pro-grams, commodity price supportloan programs and other agricul-tural issues. Members serve three-year terms.

To be eligible to serve on an FSA county committee, a person mustparticipate or cooperate in a pro-gram administered by FSA, be eli-

gible to vote in a county committeeelection and reside in the localadministrative area in which theperson is a candidate.

Farmers and ranchers maynominate themselves or others,and organizations representingminorities and women also maynominate candidates. To become acandidate, an eligible individualmust sign the nomination form,FSA-669A. The form and otherinformation about FSA countycommittee elections are availableonline at http://www.fsa.usda.gov/elections. Nomination formsfor the 2013 election must be post-marked or received in the localUSDA Service Center by close of business on August 1, 2013. Elec-tions will take place this fall.

FSA will mail ballots to eligiblevoters beginning November 4. Thevoted ballots are due back to the

local county office either via mail

JC FSA News• David Klingberg •

Managing Herbicide

Resistant Weeds

The leadership of the CCA (Cer-

tified Crop Advisor) program

asked the members to take part in

an online survey on the issue of

herbicide-resistant weeds. Nearly1,700 people responded to ques-

tions about the resistant weed

pressure in their areas, the most

effective management tools and

approaches, and the obstacles to

achieving wider adoption of best

management practices (BMPs) for

managing herbicide resistance.

The respondents came from a

variety of backgrounds, with

roughly 75 percent being retail

agronomists, independent agrono-

mists and retail sales managers.

The remaining respondents were

made up of manufacturer repre-

sentatives, wholesale representa-

tives, Extension and university,

production agriculture, and gov-

ernment employees. The largest

number of responses came from

the north central United States.

Forty-nine percent of respon-

dents reported a moderate level of

resistant weed pressure in their

regions, 34 percent reported mini-

mal, 12 percent heavy, three per-

cent none, and two percent an epi-

demic level. When asked what

they felt the most effective tool

was in the fight against resistant

weeds, 52 percent of the CCA’s

said different chemical modes of

action. Twenty-four percent listed

crop rotation, eight percent tillage,

eight percent Best Management

Practices (BMP’s), four percent

education, three percent new

chemical solutions, and one per-

cent seed.

Herbicide resistant crops have

been available for a number of

years and enjoyed a wide level of

adoption. Nearly 60 percent of

respondents thought they were an

extension of the problem, 25 per-cent thought they were a solution

to the problem, 10 percent consid-

ered them a tool, but not the solu-

tion, three percent considered

them a short-term solution, and

four percent both a solution and

extension to the problem.

When asked what they thought

the next “silver bullet” in the fight

against herbicide resistant weeds

will come from, 57 percent indicat-ed knowledge and implementation

of BMP’s. Nineteen percent of

respondents said there is no silver

bullet, nine percent suggested

chemical solutions, seven percent

thought traits, two percent report-

ed grower innovations, and one

percent suggested mechanical

solutions. Two percent chose a

combination of these choices,

another two percent chose all of

these solutions, and one percent

selected other.

As indicated in the second para-

graph, the vast majority of respon-

dents were in some type of adviso-

ry role relative to managing herbi-

cide resistant weeds and were

asked what describes their grow-

ers’ actions/thoughts when consid-

ering adoption of weed resistant

BMP’s. Forty percent said growerswould only adopt BMP’s if resist-

ant weeds became a problem in

their fields. Another 30 percent

responded that their growers were

at least trying BMPs or were

“jumping right in” because it was

the right thing to do. Twenty-five

percent stated that their growers

were open to BMPs, but were also

concerned about the cost and effort

of implementing them. Three per-

cent thought their growers would

adopt BMP’s only if their neigh-

bors did too, and five percent chose

other options.

Herbicide resistant weeds is a

very real problem, and becoming

worse. Visit www.igrow.org for

more information on managing

them.

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lar except the edges were more

rounded and not as fluted. The

word, “moonflower,” came to

mind, but I wasn’t really sure

why. I showed the posy to wife

Corinne who also thought it might

be that flower. She went on theInternet to do a bit of research

and shortly found a photo that

proved we did indeed have a

moonflower in bloom in the front

yard. Nifty. They are supposed to

smell really good, but so far I

haven’t gotten down on hands and

knees to find out. Maybe later.

Thinking back, I have probably

only seen moonflowers twice

before in my life. The first was

back in grade or high school when

one of our neighbors in town had a

bunch of them. They were rather

impressive since they were big

and nice smelling. Quite a few

years later, I remember seeing

some over at Barb and Ted’s ranch

some six miles from us. They too

had a lot of them and seemed to

think they were quite fine. Even

that latter sighting of these flow-

ers was well over twenty years

ago so the memory of them was

not as active as it might once have

been. Anyway, having a pretty and

interesting plant grow up andflower all on its own was a nice

surprise, especially when you

have no idea how it got there.

Then we come to surprises that

are slightly less enjoyable. One of

those was also last evening after

the flower experience. As it hap-

pened, some weeks ago a tornado

or other strong wind tore the roof

off a machine/shop shed at our

river place and tossed it over

north towards the river. On the

way by, that pile of wood and

twisted metal did some damage to

our big John Deere tractor such as

bending the smokestack over,

nudging the radiator a little etc.

In any event, the tractor needed to

be fixed.

I had considerable difficulty in

finding a way to get the thing to

town for repair, but John finally

came through with a truck and amethod. The tractor was loaded

and taken to town. Unfortunately,

the loading took longer than

expected so the unloading would

have to be after dark. Since the

machine was going to our mail-

man who is also experienced in

tractor repair, the delivery to him

was slightly out of town and John

was unsure of the exact location.

He called and asked me to serve

as a guide which was fine with

me. I met them by the sale barn

and confidently led them east.

Before long, however, confusion

set in. I didn’t recognize the land-

marks. When we finally came to a

paved road, surprise, surprise, I

realized I had no idea where on

earth we were although we wereless than a mile from town. Like I

said, some surprises are not so

great. In this case, there was little

left to do but retrace our steps and

try again. This area, by the way,

has several roads meeting in a

small area and all leading differ-

ent directions. Instead of heading

straight east, I had gotten con-

fused in the dark and gone north-

east. When we then tried going

straight east instead of northeast,

that soon got us to where we

wanted to be. The tractor was

duly unloaded, and we could all go

home. I told John that I could mis-

direct him to several other places

if he wanted before I left, but he

said they were fine and could

probably somehow muddle their

own way home without my help.

This was apparently a case of the

blind leading the unsure, butJohn was now sure enough of his

bearings to get by without me.

So, yesterday was full of surpris-

es. At least it wasn’t dull. I even

later had to chuckle a bit about

getting lost when I was so sure I

easily knew the way. Ah well,

today has been fairly straightfor-

ward. No odd plants growing up

and flowering and no roads lead-

ing to nowhere. I can’t decide

which was better, yesterday or

today. I guess both were okay.

Some surprises are rather fun.

Others are less so. One pleasant

surprise this week was when an

unknown plant in our rock border

threw out a huge white flower. I

walk by that area almost every

day and had noticed this plantwhich I could never quite identify.

At first I thought it might be a

cocklebur. Then I wondered if it

could be some sort of sunflower.

Other possibilities came to mind,

but I was never quite sure enough

it was a weed to make myself pull

it out. Of course, there was a rag-

weed nearby that I recognized all

too well and didn’t pull either, but

this one at least was a little too

interesting to consider uprooting.

So, a couple of days ago I noticed

this foot-high plant throwing out a

big flower stalk in the middle. I

watched it with interest. Finally,

last evening, it unfurled. It was a

large white trumpet-like blossom

about the size of those you see on

Easter lilies and somewhat simi-

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Straight from the headlines

SD Dept. of Ag reorganizesDivision of Agricultural Development

In an effort to better supportand promote the state’s agricul-ture industry, the South DakotaDepartment of Agriculture’s(SDDA) Division of AgriculturalDevelopment has assigned repre-sentatives to specific regions inSouth Dakota.

“In working with SecretaryLentsch’s vision to streamlineSDDA’s efforts and increase effi-ciencies, we are excited to be tak-ing this new approach to bestserve South Dakota’s agriculture

community,” said Paul Kostboth,director of Agricultural Develop-ment.

In the past, agricultural devel-

opment specialists have workedthroughout the state. AgriculturalDevelopment’s new representa-tives will now focus on specificregions of the state, serving as aresource for all local agriculturerelated efforts.

“This regional focus will givethe Division of Agricultural Devel-opment a better way to be a consis-tent local resource,” said Kostboth.

Representatives will be reach-ing out to the counties, towns,townships, economic development

groups and producers in theirregions over the coming weeks andmonths.

“Agriculture is the only indus-

try that is consistently investingin rural South Dakota,” said Kost-both. “We want to work closelywith local leaders, supportingtheir efforts to pursue thoseinvestment opportunities that areso vital to the ongoing success of their communities.”

A map and contact informationfor the appropriate regional repre-sentatives can be found at the fol-lowing link: http://sdda.sd.gov/doc-u m en t s / fa r m in g - r a n c h in g -agribusiness/Map.pdf

For more information regardingthis re-organization, contact PaulKostboth at 605.773.6503 or e-mail [email protected].

Marketing your hay As producers finish harvesting

their second cutting of alfalfa orfirst cutting of grass hay some may

be looking to market the hay theydon’t need. To maximize profits,there are a few things TraceyRenelt, SDSU Extension DairyField Specialist encourages hayproducers to consider.

“First, have you taken an analy-sis of the forage to determine thequality? This can be done by coringthe bales via a hay probe,” Reneltsaid.

Hay probes should be placed onthe side and coring towards thecenter in round bales or on thebutt ends when coring squarebales. Renelt said it is importantto core several random bales perlot - approximately 20 cores pereight to 10 large round bales - andcombine the sample and place thecores into gallon size plastic bag orother container and seal.

“Samples should represent acutting of hay from a particular

field or lot,” she said.

To watch and learn about theproper methods of hay samplingyou may want to watch a short

“how to” video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQT8w7bHfuA or simply go to http://igrow.organd click on “Visit our You TubeChannel.”

There are several labs whichthen can perform an analysis onthe sample to determine the feedquality. For lab contact informa-tion, contact an SDSU ExtensionRegional Center, contact informa-tion can be found at iGrow.org.

“You can either perform a wetchemistry analysis or what is mostcommonly done is a Near InfraredReflectance Spectroscopy (NIRS)analysis which is the quickest andcheapest method,” Renelt said.

The NIRS analysis providesresults for relative feed value(RFV), relative feed quality (RFQ),percent dry matter, crude protein,acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutraldetergent fiber (NDF), digestible

NDF, lignin, crude fat, ash, Calci-um, Phosphorus, Magnesium,Potassium, Total Digestible Nutri-ents, Net Energy for gain, lacta-tion and maintenance, NDFdigestibility, and non-fiber carbo-hydrate (NFC).

“So why is this important? Aswe know alfalfa and grass qualitywill vary greatly based on maturi-ty at the time of harvest, condi-tions it was put up under, andstorage methods,” she said. “Thus,it has given you a way to value theproduct based upon its quality.”

The second item Renelt encour-ages growers to consider whendetermining a fair price is themethod it was put up under.

“Was the hay put up as a largeround bale or small or large squarebale? Was it net wrapped or not? Isit plastic twine or sisal twine? Hasit sat out and been rained on sinceharvest or has it been stored in theshed? All these things should beconsidered when pricing your com-modity or purchasing it as a feed-stuff,” she said.

The last item Renelt said grow-ers should consider before settinga price is to visually inspect thehay to determine if there are nox-ious weeds, mold, or foreign mate-rial present in the hay. All of which, she said, can change theprice received but will not show upon an NIRS analysis. Additionally,if state or locally noxious weedsare present it will prevent youfrom transporting the hay.

To see what hay is selling for,she directs growers to a websitemaintained by the USDA whichprovides a weekly market updateon hay markets: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/. Oncethere, click on Market News in theleft hand column, then click on

Livestock, Meats, Grain and Hay,then click on Hay under Browse byCommodity. Once there growerswill be able to pick the regionwhere they want to view the week-ly hay report for. If growers do nothave internet access, they can con-tact their local SDSU ExtensionRegional Center and staff can lookup the price.

To learn more, visit iGrow.org.

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Youth & Sports Murdo Coyote • July 18, 2013 •

City Wide Rummage Sale List

Chris & Beth Feddersen’s behind theCatholic church -- Friday, July 19ONLY, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Lots ofkids clothing, toys, adult clothing, crib,household items, patio set, wheelbar-row, and much, much more.

Lana Feddersen’s at 709 Garfield Ave.-- Friday, July 19 ONLY, 8:00 a.m. –5:00 p.m. Two family sale. Lots of toys,dishes, home decor, lawn furniture,small appliances, planters, hardwood

table and chair, pet carrier, bird feeders,child safety gate, potty chair, babyswing, crib sheets, sipper cups, walker.Lots & lots more! Something for every-one!

Cindy & Mike Jost’s at 110 Washing-ton -- Friday, July 19 ONLY, 7:30a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Silver metal tool box,TiVo machine, clothes - all sizes, kidsclothes, lots of household items, bed-ding, blankets, comforter, keroseneheater, brown leather couch, loveseat,chair and ottoman, antique bed, tirechains, camp chairs, screened in tent,lounge chairs, two army cots and mat-tresses. More added daily.

Dean Faber’s at 27109 242nd St

(brown house on hill east of baseball

diamond in Murdo) -- Friday, July 19,4:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, July20, 8:00 a.m. – Noon. Small furniture,doilies, table runners, kitchen items,dishes, tupperware, potted plants, somekids toys. Lots more items added daily.Coffee pot will be on.

Lori Iversen at 607 Lincoln Ave. -- Fri-day, July 19, 7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.;Saturday, July 20, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00p.m. Tons of kids clothes/boys and girls/newborn to size 6-7, crib and mattress,crib comforter set & sheets, Graco high

chair, Graco pack-n-play, Graco stroller,infant bathtub, toys, blankets, bottles,vibrating chair, Ameda breastpump, chil-dren’s shoes, coats & toys, outdoor plas-tic slide and infant swing, twin boys bedquilt/pillow sham/sheets, householditems, TV, baby gate, small kids bikes,some adult clothes/shoes.

Judy Iversen at 206 Cleveland (formerRichard Hatheway home), Friday,June 19, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00; Saturday,

June 20, 8:00 a.m. – Noon. Consolestereo from 70’s, two new sets of China,Christmas decorations, electric blanket,karate stuff, computer desk in cabinet,queen bed w/ headboard & matchinglong dresser w/ mirror, futon, old sewingmachine in table, entertainment stand,dishes, curtains, toys, coats, juniorsclothes, old storm windows & screens forcraft projects, home decor, chairs, endtables, old gas cans, old glass insula-tors, old hubcaps, old Schwinn bicycle.WILD THINGS will also be there!

Venard Multi-Family, at the old carwash building of Venard, Inc. -- Satur-day, July 20 ONLY, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00p.m. Baby girls clothes, householditems, clothes, & much more miscella-neous. Finding more items daily!

Karen Nelson, Multi-Family, at SeniorCenter -- Saturday, July 20 ONLY, 8:00a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Men’s & women’sclothes, girls & boys clothes/newborn to3T-4T, maternity clothes, purses, shoes,bedding, air purifier, 2 older TV’s - 20 in.& 36 in. Plus much more!

Linda Michalek at 302 Garfield -- Sat-urday, July 20, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.;Sunday, July 21, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Household items, tools, clothing - infantthrough adult, crafts & MUCH more.

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Pardysigns withWilliston State

Young swimmers take in two weeks of lessons

Capital High shortstop HaleyPardy, of Helena, Mont., hassigned a National Letter of Intentto play softball for Williston StateCollege next season.

Pardy posted the fourth-bestbatting average for the Bruins thisspring, hitting .394. She led Capi-tal with 29 runs batted in and sixdoubles, was second with a .590slugging percentage and thirdwith three home runs.

Defensively, she was one of the

top shortstops in the state, with a.941 fielding percentage, partici-pating in eight ground-ball double-plays and three unassisted DP’s.

Pardy was selected second team2013 all-conference after makinghonorable mention as a junior.

“Haley is exactly what we need-ed to provide depth,” said WillistonState coach Eric Peterson. “She’llbe asked to play multiple positionsfor us and will be an asset with herbat. We’re very fortunate to haveher in our program.”

Pardy will join former Capitalteammates Anna Morgan andJasyn Mulcahy on the LadyTetons.

Pardy is the daughter of Crystaland Tom Pardy and granddaugh-ter of Lonis and Lois Wendt of

Vivian.

Splash! … Kamri Kittelson takes the plunge into the deep end

to kick off her swimming lesson session.

You’re it! … Jacey Jensen eludes other swimmers in a quick game of tag after her 9:30 a.m.

swimming lesson.

Scissor kick … Instructors Trait Thorne and Becky Bryan help swimmers practice the scissor

kick as they hang onto the pool wall for support.

Practice makes perfect … The 10 a.m. class practices arm movement outside of the water

with instruction by Trait Thorne and Becky Bryan before getting into the water to start their les-sons.

Photos by Karlee Moore



Statewide News Murdo Coyote • July 18, 2013 •

S.D. Court System launchessocial media presence

The South Dakota Unified Judi-cial System is pleased to announcethat you can now access informa-tion about the UJS through Face-book, Twitter, Google+ and

YouTube.The expansion into social media

follows the UJS’s launch of a newwebsite last month athttp://ujs.sd.gov/. You can link tothe UJS social media outletsdirectly through quick links on thebottom of the UJS homepage or bysearching “South Dakota UnifiedJudicial System” on those socialmedia sites directly.

The UJS’s social media pres-ence is intended to allow anyoneinterested in the work of thecourts to receive regular updateson what is happening in the UJS.“Our initial launch of a socialmedia presence for the court sys-tem is intended to help us commu-nicate important information

through a new format, and if allgoes well, engage a new audienceof persons interested in the workof the courts,” stated Patricia Dug-gan, State Court Administrator.

According to Ms. Duggan,“Social media tools will allow us to

disseminate information quicklyand conveniently for things suchas courthouse closures, the releaseof new opinions, significant eventsand items of interest to the publichappening in the court system.Social media is about communica-tion, and we welcome feedbackand comments from the public,court users, media and attorneysand encourage any ideas on howwe can better expand our socialmedia presence to meet theirneeds.”

To access our social media sitesor to look for more informationabout the UJS please visit us onour website at http://ujs.sd.gov/.

CNBC names South Dakotatop state for business

CNBC has named South Dakotaas the number one state for busi-ness in America’s Top States forBusiness 2013.

“Thanks to a history of fiscalresponsibility, South Dakota is theplace to do business,” said Gov.Dennis Daugaard. “Businessesplan for the long-term. When con-sidering moving or expanding,they need stability and certainty.They need to know that govern-ment won’t get in their way. That’swhat we can offer here in SouthDakota.”

Previously ranked seventh inlast year’s study, South Dakotaearned the number one spot byscoring 1,639 out of 2,500 points,the highest score of any state since

CNBC launched the study in 2007.“South Dakota has always been

a solid performer in our study, butwith businesses focusing morethan ever on low costs, the statereally shines,” said CNBC SeniorCorrespondent Scott Cohn. “Wefound it has one of the lowest taxburdens in the country as well aslow wage and utility costs. The

regulatory climate is one of thefriendliest to business anywhere,and the biggest issue in SouthDakota’s booming economy is thatlow unemployment means feweravailable workers.”

CNBC’s study uses 55 measuresof economic competitiveness,which are developed with inputfrom business groups includingthe National Association of Manu-facturers, the Council on Competi-tiveness and the states them-selves.

The 55 metrics are further sep-arated into 10 broad categories:cost of doing business, economy,infrastructure and transportation,workforce, quality of life, technolo-gy and innovation, business

friendliness, education, cost of liv-ing and access to capital.

Among the subcategories, SouthDakota ranked No. 1 in cost of doing business, No. 2 in businessfriendliness, No. 6 in economy andNo. 7 in quality of life.

To learn more about CNBC’sTop States for Business 2013, visit:http://www.cnbc.com/id/10087442.

Growing peonies this summer Peonies or Paeonia are one of

the most common flowers growingin many South Dakotan’s gardens,and for good reason, said DavidGraper, Extension HorticultureSpecialist and Director of McCroryGardens.

“There are few plants that are

as durable, easy to grow and long-lived as a peony. In fact, peoniesoften out-live their planters,”Graper said.

Peonies are prized for theirlarge, showy and fragrant flowerswhich come in a wide variety of colors including pure white, pinks,reds, purples, burgundy, peachand multi-colored types. Theflower form may be classified assingle, Japanese, anemone, semi-double, double or bomb. Peonyflowers may range from aboutthree inches to eight inches widedepending on the species and culti-var. Flowering time varies fromearly June to early July.

Graper said peonies grow bestin a site that receives full sunexposure but many will still growwell and flower with partial shade.They prefer a well-drained soil butthey will tolerate clay soils too.Peonies are available in thespring, usually as potted plants ingarden centers or as bare rootplants in the fall.

“September to early October isconsidered the best time of year forplanting and dividing existingplants. Keep in mind that if youare tackling an old, well estab-lished plant that the roots can bequite large, two inch to four inch indiameter and up to 12 inches long.

You will need a heavy spade orshovel to dig one up, but be carefulto not damage the roots. They maybe large but tend to be quite brit-tle,” he said.

Graper encouraged gardenerswhen transplanting peonies to trytaking out a section, like a piece of pie, from a large plant so that youwill have less chance of causingmajor damage to the originalplant.

“Each division should have sev-

eral buds or eyes, which will bequite evident in the fall of the year,usually found one inch to two inch-es below the soil surface. Thesebuds should be positioned at aboutthe same depth in their new loca-tion when planted. Cut off thestems about six inches above thesoil line to make it easier to handleand to reduce water stress on thedivision after planting. Newfoliage will develop next springfrom the buds on each division,”Graper said.

Most gardeners in this area areused to the herbaceous peonieswhich originated from the ChinesePeony Paeonia lactiflora and thecommon peony P. officinalis. Grap-er said there are hundreds of dif-ferent cultivars available thatwere developed from these original

two species. Some gardeners mayhave also discovered the woody or“tree peonies.”

“These were mostly derivedfrom P. suffruticosa. These plantsoffer the largest flowers and a newrange of colors that include yel-lows and other flower colors. How-ever, tree peonies are generally notas hardy so will need to be plantedin a protected site or mulched overthe winter,” he said. “Unlike theherbaceous types, these plantsactually develop woody stems thatshould persist and continue togrow from one year to the next,allowing the plant to get largereach year.”

Supporting peonies

One of the biggest issues withgrowing peonies Graper explainedis that the flower heads becomequite heavy as the flowers developand without support the plantstend to droop.

“Unfortunately what usuallyhappens is that just when theflowers are at their prettiest, theyget knocked down by a storm. Thestems often fall over from theweight of a large flower soaked byrain and blown by winds,” he said.

If this happens to you, Grapersaid gardeners should considerplacing some support for theflower stems in place in the spring,

just as the new shoots are begin-ning to grow.

“The most effective method is touse a piece of woven wire or even apiece of cattle panel, suspendedabout a foot above the ground bysurrounding stakes. You can alsopurchase round mesh supportsfrom garden centers and onlineoutlets,” he said. “Trying to tiethem up, after they have fallen,

usually doesn’t work very well sothese stems often end up in a vaseon the kitchen table which will addcolor and a wonderful aroma toyour home.”

Some gardeners might be sur-prised at the cost of a peony plant,especially for some types like thefern-leaf peony which can cost $20to $50 for a single plant. Butremember that a peony is aninvestment in your garden thatwill pay dividends for many yearsto come.

Demand for locally produced and processed meatConsumers are more interested

than ever in purchasing locallygrown food - and that includesmeat explained Shannon Sand,Livestock Business ManagementField Specialist.

“In recent years a consumerdriven movement to know wheretheir food comes from has evolved.

This movement is anecdotal evi-dence of greater demand for local-ly produced meats,” Sand said,adding that according to a 2007study, direct-to-consumer salesonly accounted for 0.4 percent of total agricultural sales.

Sand said support for local ani-mal products is not surprisinggiven the value animal agriculture

can bring to communities, particu-larly in a state like South Dakota.

“Animals provide nutrients forcropland and can make productiveuse of land where crops do notgrow well. By processing locally,farmers and ranchers can capturea greater portion of the revenuestream,” Sand said.

In 1997, locally produced farmproducts in the U.S. accounted for$551 million dollars in sales. By2007 sales jumped to $928.9 mil-lion - even accounting for inflationthis is an increase of 59 percent.

“Among all vegetable and melonfarmers 44.1 percent sold directlyto consumers in 2007, while only6.9 percent of livestock producers

sold directly to consumers. Sixty-five percent of gross farm sales forfruit, vegetable, and nut farmscame from the sale of locally pro-duced products (this includes localsales through packers to local sup-ply houses),” Sand said.

However, Sand pointed out thatonly 37 percent of gross annual

sales of livestock and field cropproducers came from local mar-kets.

“This leads to the question whyaren't more livestock producersselling locally? Even whendemand for local meat exists,sometimes there is not a localprocessor,” Sand said.

Sand pointed to a USDA reportwhich showed that one issueaffecting producer’s ability tobring local meats to market is alack of meat and poultry process-ing facilities. Sand said challengesmay include producers having totravel long distances to reach thenearest inspected processing facil-ity or delivering only a few head ata time.

“This results in increased trans-portation and opportunity costs.

Also, producers may have difficul-ty getting slaughter dates during

processors’ busy times of the year.Some smaller processing facilitiesmay not offer specific services thatfarmers and their customers’demand,” Sand said.

When a local processor is avail-able, Sand said they are oftensmaller and have a hard timebreaking even. Smaller sizedprocessors often lack the steadyand consistent business needed tobe profitable while providing highquality services to individual cus-tomers.

“Demand for local processors’services is highly seasonal. Esti-mates suggest that to be profitable

a small processing plant providingbasic services must annuallyprocess a minimum of 450-head of cattle, or the revenue equivalentfrom combinations of other live-stock,” Sand said. “Operationsoffering more sophisticated servic-es require higher volumes to meetexpenses. Thus, the processor may

try to pull volume from otherplaces, and as a result local pro-cessing may not always be avail-able when farmers want it.”

In order to bring local meat andpoultry to market, Sand said it isnecessary to stabilize and enhanceprocessing capacity for local mar-kets, therefore producers andprocessors must establish goodbusiness relationships. Thismeans shifting from a relationshipof “convenience” to a longer term“commitment” relationship.

“Key or anchor customers arecritical for processors to ensure asteady volume of businesses.

Aggregators or “Brands” whichbring livestock from multiplefarms and have the ability to coor-dinate the rest of the supply chaincan be valuable partners forprocessors. Aggregators are oftenin a better position than an indi-

vidual to coordinate scheduling,create a steady flow of animals,and serve as a central point of communications,” Sand said.

Sand said commitment mattersfor both parties.

“Producers and processors mustdemonstrate a commitment to pro-viding, maintaining, and improv-ing quality services,” Sand said.“By building business relation-ships, processors can work moreeffectively with their customers,build loyalty, and ultimatelyincrease demand for their ownservices.”

Mosquito numbers, WNVpositives increasing across S.D.

Culex tarsalis mosquito num-bers are increasing across thestate and more of the mosquitoesare positive for the West Nile virus(WNV), says a state health official.The Culex tarsalis is the primarycarrier of WNV in South Dakota.

“From the first week of July tothe second, we saw a substantialincrease in Culex mosquitoes and

also a rise in the number of WestNile positives,” said LonKightlinger, state epidemiologistfor the Department of Health.“Those higher numbers mean anincreased risk of disease transmis-sion so it’s important that peopleprotect themselves with appropri-ate repellent.”

Kightlinger noted that histori-cally 90 percent of South Dakota’sWNV cases have occurred frommid-July to mid-September. Todate, South Dakota has reportedfour cases of human West Nile(Brookings, Buffalo, Jones andSpink counties) and 23 positive

mosquito pools.To prevent mosquito bites and

reduce the risk of WNV:•Use mosquito repellents (DEET,picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus,or IR3535) and limit exposure bywearing pants and long sleeves inthe evening.•Limit time outdoors from dusk tomidnight when Culex mosquitoes

are most active.•Get rid of standing water thatgives mosquitoes a place to breed.Support local mosquito controlefforts.

Personal precautions are espe-cially important for those at highrisk for WNV – people over 50,pregnant women, transplantpatients, individuals with diabetesor high blood pressure, and thosewith a history of alcohol abuse.People with severe or unusualheadaches should see their physi-cians.

Find WNV prevention informa-tion on the Web at http://westnile.sd.gov.

South Dakota ends fiscal year with surplusSouth Dakota state government

closed the 2013 budget year onJune 30 with a surplus, Gov. Den-nis Daugaard announced today.The state general fund budget forFiscal Year 2013 ended with high-er revenues and lower expendi-tures than budgeted.

Revenue growth for the com-pleted 2013 fiscal year exceededestimates adopted by the legisla-ture last March by $13.6 million.In addition, state agencies alsodemonstrated fiscal restraint,spending $10.6 million less thanappropriated.

In total, the state’s financial pic-ture improved by $24.2 millionfrom the March fiscal year 2013

estimates.“For the second year in a row,

we maintained structural balancein our budget. This was my num-ber one priority when I tookoffice,” Gov. Daugaard said. “I’mpleased that FY2013 was closedsuccessfully, and that South Dako-ta’s ongoing expenses are beingfully covered by ongoing revenues

– without the use of one-timereceipts or rainy day funds, andwithout raising taxes. Thestrength with which we endFY2013 increases the likelihoodthat we can maintain a balancedbudget for FY2014 while continu-ing to invest in critical areas likeeducation, Medicaid and public

safety.”South Dakota’s sales and use

tax receipts, the state’s largestrevenue source, finished the fiscalyear well, growing nearly 6 per-cent in the month of June, indicat-ing an economy that continues toexpand.

Sales and use tax collections inFY2013 totaled $766,095,539,which was 4.26 percent – or $31.7million – above the previous year.Collections from the sales and usetax accounted for 57 percent of general fund receipts in FY2013.

Other notable revenue increas-es came from the insurance com-pany tax and property tax reduc-tion fund receipts, which grew 8.01percent and 4.70 percent, respec-tively, over FY2012. The revenuesource that experienced thelargest decline was the bank fran-chise tax, declining 40.93 percent

– or $12.2 million – compared tothe prior year.

Total state general fund receiptswere $1,363,765,170 for therecently ended fiscal year. Ongoing

receipts to the general fundtotaled $1,258,177,217.

State agencies remained wellwithin their appropriated budgetsin FY2013. Collectively, the threebranches of state governmentspent $10,639,304 less than appro-priated. Most of the ongoingexpense reduction, $9,762,087,was seen in the Department of Social Services, as enrollmentgrowth in Medicaid and the Chil-dren’s Health Insurance Programdeclined unexpectedly to near-zeropercent in recent months.

South Dakota state governmentended FY2013 by transferring$24.2 million to the BudgetReserve Fund, as required by law.The state’s Budget Reserve Fundnow has a $95,325,807 balance,and the Property Tax ReductionFund has a $63,626,269 balance.

The combination of those two

funds, totaling $158,952,076, isthe highest in state history andrepresents a combined reserve of 12.3 percent of total general fundspending for FY2013.

Gov. appoints new SD Science and

Technology Authority board member Gov. Dennis Daugaard

announced today that he willappoint Ron Wheeler of Deadwoodto the Board of Directors of theSouth Dakota Science and Tech-nology Authority. The Authorityowns and operates the SanfordUnderground Research Facility atthe old Homestake Mine in Lead.

“Ron Wheeler has been crucialto the success of the undergroundlab over the past five years,” saidGov. Daugaard. “He is uniquelyqualified to help guide this impor-tant project, and I thank him forhis continued service.”

Wheeler recently stepped downas the Authority’s executive direc-tor, after five years in that post.Prior to that, he worked in privatebusiness for 28 years in Water-town and Huron. Wheeler spentseven years in the Janklow

Administration as Secretary of Transportation and Commissionerof Economic Development.

Wheeler’s appointment is effec-tive immediately. He will fill thevacancy that was caused last fallby the death of President RobertWharton of the South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technology.



Public Notices & Statewide News Murdo Coyote • July 18, 2013 •

Notice of Intent toContinue OperationsJones County Highway Department

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT themining operations conducted by theJones County Highway Department, POBox 307, Murdo, SD 57559, will continuetheir operations at the following location:

Miller-Mathews Pit- SW ¼ Section 30;T2N R26E, Jones County

Material being mined: Gravel

The operations originally advertised tobe completed on 01/01/2010 will now beextended to 01/01/2024. Proposedfuture use of the affected land will r emainas originally advertised.

Additional information about the opera-tion may be obtained from either theJones County Highway Department,(605) 669-7102 or the South DakotaDepartment of Environment and NaturalResources, Minerals and Mining Pro-gram, 523 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre,SD 57501-3182, (605) 773-4201.

Published July 18, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $11.91.

Unofficial Record ofProceedings of theMurdo City Council

Regular MeetingJune 5, 2013

The Murdo City Council met in regularsession on Monday, July 1, 2013. MayorGeisler called the meeting to order at7:35 p.m. Members answering roll callwere: Wayne Esmay, Jay Drayer, MattKinsley, Arnie Waddell, Mike Jost, JoeConnot and Mayor Geisler. Also presentKarlee Moore (The Murdo Coyote), RayErikson, Jerry Hatheway, and KrystiBarnes. All motions were unanimousunless otherwise stated.

The agenda for the meeting wasreviewed and approved on a motion byEsmay, seconded by Connot. The min-utes for the May meeting was reviewedand approved on a motion by Esmay,seconded by Drayer.

The building permits for the month werepresented as follows: Mike Jost – garagedoor; Wanda Olson – sidewalk; DavidVenard – roofing. The permits wereapproved on a vote by Connot, second-

ed by Esmay. The permit from MattCazan from last month was reviewed.Measurements had been taken and itwas in the right of way. The City Councildiscussed a variance and will have theattorney work on this.

Madeline Host met with the council rep-resenting the Jones County 4-H. Sheasked if after Achievement Days on July19, the 4-H could host a pool party asthey did in the past. This would be opento anyone. She also asked if the 4-Hcould borrow the City tractor and mowerfor the events needed. A motion wasmade by Esmay, seconded by Jost toallow that event and the use by the 4-H.

Rod Senn from Kadrmas, Lee and Jack-son met with council at this time. Hegave an update on the airport extensionproject. He discussed the upcoming finalof the environmental and the next stepsin the grant process. He wanted to notethat it seemed the City wanted to stillproceed with this and it was agreed. Healso discussed the acquisition of land

that would be necessary for the safetyzone for the lengthened runway andnoted that all construction would be onCity land currently owned. After discus-sions with the FAA, it was determinedthat grant for the design could be writtenand land acquisition to follow. Councilthanked Mr. Senn for attending.

Jay Keever met with council about theflooding at the housing during the recentrains. He showed photos and stated hiscar had been flooded and neededrepairs. Council stated that he needed toaddress this to the insurance companiesand let them handle the situation.

The vouchers for the month were pre-sented as follows and approved on amotion by Waddell, seconded by Drayer.

GENERAL: Payroll – 4,047.73, Payrolltaxes – 834.56; Retirement – 309.84;The Murdo Coyote (publishing) 262.84;FNB (travel/supply/postage) 191.98;Wellmark (insurance) 901.53; GoldenWest (phone) 112.66; Servall (mats)

41.04; Harmon Law (legal fees) 340.00;Quill (supplies) 808.06; Petty Cash(postage) 3.24; SDPAA (insurance pre-mium) 25,834.90; Fidelity Agency (insur-ance) 203.34.

PUBLIC SAFETY: Jones County (lawenf contract) 1,600.00; West Central(electricity) 100.25.

PUBLIC WORKS: Payroll – 2,464.92;Payroll taxes – 835.56; Retirement –367.47; Golden West (phone) 56.33;Wellmark (insurance) 901.53; HeartlandWaste (garbage) 3,621.00; Dept of Rev-enue (sales tax) 302.21; WR/LJ (waterairport) 65.00; Farmers Union (gas/fuel)336.10; West Central Elec (electricity)2,362.04; Kadrmas Lee and Jackson(engineering) 1,513.00; Moore Building(supplies) 18.15; John Deere Fin (parts)

401.48; FNB (conference/parts) 245.65.

PARKS & RECREATION: Salary –8,654.04, IRS (payroll taxes) 2,196.86;Golden West (phone) 41.09; West Cen-tral Elec (electricity) 320.55; FarmersUnion (gas) 147.79; Hawkins (chemical)236.50; Moore Building (supplies)125.89; Kiefer (pool supplies) 84.66;Community Partners Research Inc.(housing study) 2,500.00; DHS Ent.(shirts tball) 143.10; In the Swim (sup-plies) 255.98; Jones County Caring andSharing (donation from Magic CityRun/Walk) 286.64; Mike Boni (reimbbaseballs) 45.52; Petty Cash (postage)

2.75; Stadium Sports (supplies) 185.00;The Royal Flush (porta potties) 135.00.

SPECIAL REVENUE: Brett Nix (indpark) 689.43; West Central Elec (elec-tricity) 744.00.

WATER: Payroll – 3,946.23; Payrolltaxes-1,061.58; Retirement – 425.45;Golden West (phone) 56.33; WR/LJ(water/tower) 4,739.00; FNB (supplies)439.81; West Central Elec (electricity)513.27; HD Supply (supplies) 458.11; SDDept of Revenue (fee and lab) 13.00:Petty Cash (postage) 1.24; FNB (sup-plies) 439.81; Justin Andrews (refunddeposit) 25.80.

WASTEWATER: SD One Call (locates)8.88; Runnings (supplies) 221.08; FNB(supplies) 48.79.

Sheriff Weber was unable to attend themeeting this evening. Some discussionwas held about issues in town with thesighting of underage drivers, tall lawnsand fireworks.

Hatheway gave the street report at thistime. He discussed state surplus items,equipment maintenance, work on theshop building, the mower needingupgraded, flooding, and the tenniscourts. At this time, council also dis-cussed with him about crack sealing andditch cleaning and general road mainte-nance as well as other issues felt notbeing done. Erikson was unable toattend this evening as he is on vacationbut council at this time also discussedproblems and issues at the swimmingpool and felt it would be good to have themanager at future meetings. A motion toapprove the street report was made byConnot, seconded by Drayer.

Barnes gave the finance report at thistime. Her written report was presented atthis time. Council further discussed itemsat the swimming pool and decided theywanted the Mayor and Barnes to meetwith the pool manager the next day todiscuss these items and address solu-tions. Barnes discussed with council

some insurance issues. The City insur-ance (SD Public Assurance Alliance) willno longer cover the city dams without anannual inspection. Earlier in the month,the Mayor and Barnes discussed thisand Kadrmas, Lee and Jackson werecontacted. They could come do theinspection on a trip through to savemileage so did that and presented a con-tract for a 3 year period not to exceed$1,000 per year. A motion was made byConnot, seconded by Waddell to author-ize the Mayor to sign this contract.

Barnes also discussed a proposal shesent in on a company looking for an areafor expansion. She submitted this earlierin the month but has not heard anythingyet. Council also felt Schwan’s Salescould be contacted again to see if theywere still interested in expansion.Barnes discussed some questions onannexation and presented the CentralSD Enhancement Dist. Joint powersagreement. A motion was made by Wad-dell, seconded by Drayer to authorize t heMayor to sign this agreement. A motion

was made by Waddell, seconded byEsmay to approve the finance report.

OLD BUSINESS: Barnes informedcouncil that the north dam hay contractwent to Mike Barnes after the rebiddingbecause of a tie last month. She alsoinformed them that the bill sent to Tomand Judith Ingalls regarding the tear-down/legal fees and such on their prop-erty on Main Street has been paid with acashier’s check.

Barnes informed council that Brett Nixhad asked about fencing the IndustrialPark site off from the rest of his land inorder to be able to graze his land. Hestated he would pay ½ of the materialsand provide the labor if the city wouldpay ½ materials and council agreed tothat.

Barnes presented copies of a portion ofthe housing study to council for their fur-ther review. She provided a briefoverview and asked they read this in theupcoming months and a future meeting

would be organized to see what elsecould be done about housing issues.

A plat for some property owned by Low-ell and Nancy Iversen was presentedand a motion to approve the plat wasmade by Connot, seconded by Drayer.

The Pre Disaster meeting held earlier inthe month was discussed and it wasmentioned having Rob Fines attend afuture meeting to further discuss itemswith emergency management. Being nofurther business, council adjourned at9:35 p.m.

Krysti Barnes,City Finance Officer

Published July 18, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $81.55.

Proceedings of theJones County School

District #37-3

Regular SessionJuly 8, 2013

The Board of Education of the JonesCounty School District No. 37‑3 met inregular session on Monday, July 8, 2013in the High School Library with the fol-lowing members present: Michael Hunt--President, Carrie Lolley--Vice President,Chad Whitney, Brett Nix and Scott Math-ews.

Board President Hunt called the meetingto order at 8:02 p.m. with Board mem-bers present answering roll call. Allactions in these minutes were by unani-mous vote by members present unlessotherwise stated.

Others Present: Grant Vander Vorst--Superintendent, Lorrie Esmay--Principal,Tami Schreiber--Business Manager,Andy Rankin, Dean Volmer and KarleeMoore.

AGENDA: Motion by Whitney, secondedby Lolley to approve the agenda.

MINUTES: Motion by Lolley, secondedby Mathews to approve the minutes ofthe June 10, 2013 Regular Meeting andthe June 26, 2013 Special Meeting.

EXPENDITURES: Motion by Mathews,seconded by Whitney to approve the

expenditures and the issuing of checkson July 10, 2012. PAYROLL BY DEPT:FICA paid through First Fidelity Bank,Retirement check issued to SD Retire-ment System and Health Insurancecheck issued to Wellmark. PAYROLL:$66,565.25; EMPLOYER SHARE: FICA$4,737.55, RETIREMENT $3865.75;HEALTH INSURANCE $11,484.78.

GENERAL FUND: Sanford--Cobra$1,256.86; ASBSD--Membership$819.01; Avera--Driver Testing $96.00;Bankwest--Ins $8,711.00; BE Publishing--Fee $374.50; Stacey Booth--Supplies$110.83; City of Murdo--Pool Fees$123.00; Corky’s--Supplies $70.39; DoAll--Citrix $80.00; EMC--Ins $16,052.00;Farmers Union $374.25; Amazon--Recorder $252.21; Golden West--Phone$81.16; Amoco--Gas $400.64; Pepper--Reg Fee $105.00; Moores--Weed Eater$173.59; Coyote--Minutes $190.65;Music Alive--Subscription $215.00; Pear-son--Licensing $1,187.50; Plank Road--

Magazines $124.70; SASD--Member-ship-- $221.24; SD Library--Membership$675.00; Teacher Placement--Member-ship $420.00; SD United Schools--Mem-bership $00.00; SDSSA--Conf Fee$40.00; Software Unlimited $2,550.00;TIE--Membership $640.00; Post Office$227.00; Venard Inc--Service $248.45;Verizon--Phone $57.78; West Central--Electricity $832.10.

CAPITAL OUTLAY: All American--FBEquip $1,579.21; Bad River--Stove/Refrigerator $1,329.98; City ofMurdo--1/2 Lights $5,880.00; Hauff--VBShorts $416.45; West Central--Elect$1,237.40.

SPECIAL EDUCATION: PAYROLL$5,320.83; EMPLOYER SHARE FICA$389.84, RETIREMENT $319.25,HEALTH INSURANCE $693.75.EXPENDITURES: BankWest--WorkComp $746.00; Childrens Care--Servic-es $874.00; Edhelper--Subscription

$69.97; Pearson--Licensing $617.50.

PENSION: None.

FOOD SERVICE: Moores—Supplies$15.11.

FINANCIAL REPORTS: Motion by Nix,seconded by Lolley to approve as fol-lows: GENERAL FUND: Bal.Bro't Fwd$640,13.34; RECEIPTS Ad ValoremTaxes $39,297.14, Mobile Home Taxes$1,041.19, Prior Yrs Taxes $78.16,Penalties $61.20, Interest $49.20,Admission $197.04, Rental $775.00, CoApportionment $3,361.00, State Aid$33,766.00, Title II $11,079.00, 21stCent Attendance $18,810.00, Nat’l Min-erals $9,046.00. EXPENDITURES$117,423.97; Bal on Hand Checking$285,441.43; MMDA $104,918.87;Investments $250,000.00.

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Bal Bro't Fwd$267,635.72; RECEIPTS: Ad ValoremTaxes $12,222.33; Mobile Home Taxes

$171.86, Prior Yrs Taxes $16.57, Penal-ties $15.91, Interest $8.72, Donations$4,308.82. EXPENDITURES$22,963.28; Bal on Hand Checking$170,542.52; MMDA $90,865,41; Invest-ments -0-.

SPECIAL EDUCATION: Bal Bro't Fwd$976,270.71; RECEIPTS: Ad ValoremTaxes $17,775.38, Mobile Home Taxes$248.67, Prior Yrs Taxes $23.59, Penal-ties $22.92, Interest $70.22, Title VIReimb $10,501. EXPENDITURES$20,026.89; Bal on Hand Checking$512,509.89; MMDA $212,355.35;Investments $260,000.00.

PENSION FUND: Bal Bro't Fwd$309,280.75; RECEIPTS: Ad Valorem

Taxes $3,851.05, Mobile Home Taxes$55.87, Prior Yrs Taxes $5.91, Penalties$5.32. EXPENDITURES $43,424.68;Bal on Hand Checking $269,774.22;MMDA -0-; Investments -0-.

FOOD SERVICE: Bal Bro't Fwd$24,677.57; RECEIPTS: Pupil Sales$3,178.31, Adult Sales $107.50, Duefrom Fed $3,312.94, NSLP $119.16, ProRation $897.63. EXPENDITURES$7,805.80; Bal on Hand Checking$24,487.31; MMDA -0-; Investments -0-.

TRUST & AGENCY: Bal Bro't Fwd

$65,248.69; RECEIPTS $4,110.78;EXPENSES $37,486.95; Bal on Hand$31,872.52.

BUSINESS MANAGER OATH OFOFFICE: Board President administered“Oath of Office” to Tami Schreiber, Busi-ness Manager for the Jones CountySchool District for the 2013-2014 year.

MEAL PRICES: Motion by Mathews,seconded by Whitney to have schoolbreakfast and lunch prices remain thesame as the prior year for the 2013-2014school year.

CONTRACTS AND WORK AGREE-

MENTS: Motion by Nix, seconded byLolley to approve all signed and returnedcontracts and work agreements for the2013-2014 school term.

CONTRACTS: Sharon Aman--Title I$33,130.00; Beverly Ball--Reading/ Physical Ed/Health $34,210.00; Larry

Ball--AD $5,000.00; Betty Benedict--4/5ths Speech $32,968.00; ChristyBrost--Elementary $33,490.00; RoseC o mp - -V o c a l / In s t ru me n ta l / J a z z$34,855.90; Jane Daum--Math$34,040.00; Bonnie Dowling--Special Ed$31,530.00; Jeanette Drayer--Elemen-tary $31,897.00/21st Century $16.00hr;Lorrie Esmay--Elem Principal/Special EdDirector/RTI $50,000.00/21st Century$16.00hr; Jody Gittings--IndustrialArts/PE $30,320.00; Teri Kinsley--Ele-mentary $32,610.00/ 21st Century$16.00hr; Tamara Mathews--Science/JHMusic $30,320.00; Carmen Miller--Elem/JH/HS $33,850.00; Teresa Palmer--Elementary $39,410.00; Margie Peters--Language/ Journalism $40,680.00; Mar-cella Schmidt--Elementary $39,979.00;Tami Schreiber--Business Manager (12months) $31,135.00/21st Century$3,000.00; Jaytee Sealey--Social Stud-ies/Physical Ed/History $31,250.00;Grant Vander Vorst--Superintendent/ JH/HS Principal $69,000.00; Deborah

Venard--Kindergarten/Elem Music$32,519.00/ 21st Century $16.00hr;Katie Venard--Language Arts/Science$29,370.00/21st Century $16.00hr; Bri-tany Willis—Special Ed $30,450.00.

NON-CERTIFIED AGREEMENTS:Anthony Benda--Route Bus Driver$12hr/Custodian $10.00hr; StaceyBooth--21st Century (10 months)$30,360.00; Dale Convey--ComputerTech $32,000.00; Lana Feddersen--Aide$8.00hr/21st Century $8.00hr; LeaGlaze--Aide $8.20hr/Nurse $15.80hr/ DDN Monitor $8.20hr/21st Century$16.00hr; Stephanie Hespe--Secretary(12 months) $24,740.00; Susan More-land--Route Bus Driver $32.00/trip;Jeannette Newsam--Aide $8.40hr, 21stCentury $9.00hr; Mary Trumbo--Aide$8.40hr/21st Century $9.00hr; Beth Van-Dam--Aide $8.00hr; Tammy VanDam--Librarian $10.55hr/21st Century $10.35.

EXTRA-DUTY CONTRACTS: BeverlyBall--JH Girls Basketball $1,468.50/ Ply-

ometrics--$15.00hr; Michael Boni--JHFootball $1,468.50; Rose Comp--PepBand $2,643.00; Jane Daum--BoysTrack $2,115.00/Homecoming /Com-mencement/Student Council $940.00;Ashley Geigle--Head Volleyball$2,585.00; David Geisler--Ass’t BoysBasketball $1,880.00; Jody Gittings--Golf $2,055.00; Michael Hunt--Ass’t GirlsBasketball $1,880.00; Teri Kinsley--JHVolleyball $1,468.50; Neil Krogman--Var-sity Girls Basketball $2,820.00; ScottMathews--Head Boys Basketball$2,820.00; Lori Nix--Girls Track$2,115.00; Clifford Olson--JH Boys Bas-ketball $1,175.00; Margie Peters--P a p e r / P h o t o g r a p h e r / Y e a r b o o k$2,643.00; Jaytee Sealey--Varsity Foot-ball $2,585.00; Beth VanDam--Ass’t Vol-leyball $1,645.00/Plyometrics $15.00hr.

HEALTH AGREEMENT: Motion byMathews, seconded by Whitney to termi-nate the health insurance reimburse-ment plan with West Central Electric

effective July 1, 2013.

Motion by Lolley, seconded by Nix toadjourn for the purpose of Reorganiza-tion and Grant Vander Vorst be appoint-ed temporary chairperson. Meetingadjourned at 8:13 p.m. Meeting recon-vened at 8:14 p.m. Tami Schreiber, Busi-ness Manager administered the Oath ofOffices to Andy Rankin and Dean Volmereach for a 3 year term.

Motion by Whitney, seconded by Math-ews to nominate Carrie Lolley as Presi-dent. Nominations ceased and a unani-mous ballot was cast for Carrie LolleyHunt as President.

Board President Carrie Lolley took officeand presided over the remainder of the

meeting.

Nominations were in order for Vice Pres-ident. Motion by Whitney, seconded byRankin to nominate Scott Mathews asVice President. Nominations ceased anda unanimous ballot was cast for ScottMathews as Vice President.

MEETING/TIME/PLACE: Motion byMathews, seconded by Whitney to des-ignate the second Monday each monthas the regular meeting day with themeeting to begin at 8:00 p.m. Aprilthrough October and 7:00 p.m. Novem-

ber through March in the High Schoollibrary unless otherwise stated with legalnotice posted (SDCL 13-8-10).

Resolution #386Designation of Depositories

LET IT BE RESOLVED thatthe School Board of the JonesCounty School District #37-3,in accordance with SDCL 13-15-15 hereby designates theFirst Fidelity Bank of Murdo,SD; Dakota; Dakota PrairieBank, Draper, SD; and FirstNational Bank, Murdo, SD asthe official depositories for theSchool District for the 2013-2014 year.

BOARD ACTION: Motion byChad Whitney, seconded byScott Mathews to adopt theforegoing resolution.

ROLL CALL--In Favor: ChadWhitney, Scott Mathews, DeanVolmer, Andy Rankin and Car-rie Lolley. Opposed: None.

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER: Motion byRankin, seconded by Volmer to approvethe Murdo Coyote as the official newspa-per for the publications of all notices andproceedings. (SDCL 13-8-10)

TRANSPORTATION/ROOM & BOARD:

Motion by Whitney, seconded by Math-ews that grades K through Eighth trans-portation allowance be $.37/mile for dis-tance traveled by the shortest route onpublicly traveled roads in excess of 5miles each way. If children from morethan one family are transported in thesame vehicle payment shall be made toonly one family. Room and Board in lieuof transportation to be established at arate of $100.00 per month. (SDCL 13-30-3. 13-30-4)

TRAVEL AND MEAL ALLOWANCE:Motion by Whitney, seconded by Volmerto establish travel regulations for person-nel as follows: MILEAGE: at a rate of$.37/mile, MEALS: Breakfast $6.00,Lunch $8.00, Dinner $11.00. Meals willbe reimbursed for required overnighttrips and required workshops held onSaturdays or Sundays or during Summerbreak for employees not otherwise oncontract for those periods. If available,the school owned van shall be utilized inlieu of mileage. Out-of-State-Clinics:Flat rate of $200.00 for all expenses(one clinic per fiscal year) in lieu of a clin-ic held in state.

BOARD COMPENSATION: Motion byMathews, seconded by Whitney to setthe compensation of each board mem-ber at $50.00 per Regular Meeting actu-ally attended by such member and noadditional compensation for SpecialMeetings. Mileage for all Board Meetingsactually attended (Regular and/or Spe-cial) to be set at $.37/mile.

TICKET SALES/SEASON PASSES:Motion by Rankin, seconded by Volmerto approve the sale of tickets for HighSchool events--(football, basketball, vol-leyball, etc.) at $5.00 for adults and$3.00 for students; Season tickets foradults $35.00 and season tickets for stu-dents $15.00. Invitational Tournamentsat $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students(per session). Royal Blue Passes forages 60 and up--no charge--good forregular season events not including Invi-tational Tournament.

TRUANCY OFFICER: Motion by Whit-ney, seconded by Mathews to appointGrant Vander Vorst as truancy officer forthe 2013-2014 school year.

LEGAL COUNCIL: Motion by Mathews,seconded by Volmer that Churchill,Manolis, Freeman Attorneys at Law beappointed as legal council for the 2013-2014 school year.

Resolution #377

Investment of Funds

BE IT RESOLVED that theSchool Board of the JonesCounty School District #37-3authorizes the Business Man-ager and Principals to investschool district funds to bestserve the interest of the JonesCounty School District #37-3in accordance with the lawsgoverning governmental enti-ties whereby the securitiesinvested are guaranteed bythe United States Govern-ment.

NOW, THEREFORE, the

School Board hereby adoptsthe foregoing resolution and toimplement the same. Motionby Chad Whitney, secondedby Andy Rankin to adopt theforegoing resolution.

ROLL CALL--In Favor--ChadWhitney, Scott Mathews, DeanVolmer, Andy Rankin and Car-rie Lolley. Opposed--None.

FIDUCIARY ACCOUNT CUSTODIAN:Motion by Mathews, seconded by Whit-ney to designate Tami Schreiber as cus-

todian of the Fiduciary Accounts and tocontinue the “Imprest Fund” at$2,000.00.

ADVERTISE FOR BIDS: Motion byRankin, seconded by Volmer to advertisefor bids for the following which shall benet price and shall not include theamount of federal, state and excise taxeseffective for the 2013-2014 school term:(1) Gas for vans and buses (2) LP Gasfor buildings (3) Diesel for buses.

STUDENT MEAL ALLOWANCE: Motionby Whitney, seconded by Volmer to setmeal allowance for students at $6.00Breakfast, $8.00 Lunch. $11.00 Dinnerfor the 2013-2014 school term forrequired overnight trips, events held onSaturdays or Sundays or during Summerbreak.

THREE RIVERS COOP BOARD MEM-BER: Motion by Mathews, seconded byWhitney to appoint Carrie Lolley to repre-

sent the Board on the Three RiversBoard and all other members as alter-nates for the 2013-2014 school term.

OAHE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CON-

TRACT: Motion by Whitney, secondedby Rankin to approve the rental agree-ment with Oahe Child Development forAugust 1, 2013 through July 31, 2015.

POLICIES/HANDBOOKS: Motion byChad Whitney, seconded by AndyRankin to approve the following policiesand handbooks for Fiscal Year 2014 withthe changes and updates: AcceptableUse Policy; Attendance Policy; Break-fast/Lunch Policy; Bullying Policy; Crimi-nal Background Policy; Crisis Manage-ment Policy; Drug, Alcohol & ControlledSubstances Policy; Federal Funds Com-plaint Policy; Homeless Policy; Home-work Policy; Promotion & Retention Pol-icy; Smoking Policy; Student/ParentHandbook; Substitute Teacher Hand-book; Title I Policy; Transportation Poli-

cy; Weapons Policy; Wellness & Nutri-tion Policy.

First reading for changes to the Non-Cer-tified Staff Handbook for Fiscal Year2014.

DISCUSSION: Dakota Step, Joint Con-vention, New Board Member Workshop,Inservice, Firemens Training.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: Motion by Whit-ney, seconded by Mathews to enterexecutive session at 9:10 p.m., in accor-dance with SDCL 1-24-2 subchapter a.Board President declared session overat 9:40 p.m.

Motion by Whitney, seconded by Rankinto adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 9:41p.m.

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