kadoka press, january 3, 2013

KADOKA PRESSThe official newspaper of Jackson County, South Dakota

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Volume 106Number 25

January 3, 2013

A photo snapshot glance from the Kadoka Press 2012

Breaking ground for a sprinkler system … Attending the ground breaking ceremony inMarch were: Past Board Member and resident Betty VanderMay; board member Tom Terkildsen; Central SouthDakota Enhancement District (Pierre), Marlene Knutson; board member Josephine Letellier; Senator JohnTune’s staff Jesse Ewing; board member Linda Stillwell; Rural Development State Director Elsie M. Meeks;Chief Operating Officer Ruby Sanftner; Rural Development Area Director Tim Potts; Administrator Kent Olson;Lead Contractor Complete Contracting (Black Hawk) Dick Graft. Front row: Board member Larry Dolezal;Mayor Harry Weller; Superintendent for Complete Contracting (Black Hawk) Guy Reman; SD State SenatorJim Bradford; and board member Charles VanderMay. --photo by Ronda Dennis Trick riding … Christy Willert from

Kadoka showcasing her trick riding duringthe Badlands Match Bronc Riding.

--photo by Greg Walker

In appreciation … for all the years of service provided to JacksonCounty farmers and ranchers, many gathered to wish Colleen Peterson(L) and Stevie Uhlir well at their new locations in the FSA.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

Supporting the community youth … On behalf of J. ScullConstruction, John Neisner (R) presented the Kadoka Rodeo Club a $500donation and receiving the donation was Dale Christensen, who is therodeo club advisor. Neisner is a KHS graduate and J. Scull Constructionis the contractor for the Great Hall project.


The best of both worlds … workingwith students and promoting technology withinthe school district. Chad Eisenbraun assistsHerbie O’Daniel with his computer assignment.Eisenbraun was presented the 2012 TechnologyDirector Award on April 17 at the TIE Confer-ence.

Richardson family receives check … Don Haynes and the KAHS National Honor Scoiety pre-sented Joyce Richardson with a check for $4,639.50 on Friday, June 29. Pictured back row (L-R): Kenar Vander-May, Racheal Shuck, Forrest Berry, Tia Carlson, Raven Jorgensen, Mila Pierce. Front row: Kwincy Ferguson,Reed and Joyce Richardson, Don Haynes and Kassidy Ferguson. Other NHS members not pictured: Tess Byrd,Brandon Dale, Alex Smiley, Nicole VanderMay, Katie Lensegrav, Chance Knutson and Kate Rasmussen.


New entrance and fence at the rodeoarena … was installed in April at the Kadoka arena.After many years of hosting fundraisers, the Buffalo Stam-pede Committee purchased the sign and archway. Thefence was made possible through the support of the Hori-zons Committee, who purchased the materials with thecommunity grant funds. The sign and archway were madeby Morris Inc. of Ft. Pierre and many volunteers came to-gether to install the new fence. --photo by Robyn Jones

Storm damage … The roof at Hogen’s Hardware was lost duringthe rain and wind storm that hit Kadoka on Friday, May 11. Several yearsago the peaked roof was built over the flat roof. When the peaked roof waslost during the storm, the flat roof prevented severe damage to the interiorof the building and its contents. Several other buildings on Main Streetreceived damage. --photo by Robyn Jones

Young women in sports … KAHS seniors were honored for Na-tional Girls and Women in Sports on Friday, Feb. 3 at the basketball gameagainst Wall. Pictured are (L-R): Kassidy Ferguson, Tess Byrd, Tia Carl-son, Alex Smiley and Nicole VanderMay. --photo by Renee Schofield

Representing Kadoka … Kwincy Ferguson (L) andKenar VanderMay were selected to attend Girls State andBoys state by the Kadoka American Legion and Legion Auxil-iary from Post 27 in Kadoka.


Three wins in a row … for the Homewrecker Ranch Rodeo Teamof Michael Jones (L) of Kadoka, Lex Grooms of Sharps Corner, Frank Carl-son of Belvidere and Tyler Jones of Kadoka. Their most recent was inWhite River on Friday, August 17. The team also had fast times in thecrazy man’s race and rescue race and on July 21 the team also captured awin at the Murdo Ranch Rodeo.

Pictured with the Homewrecker’s is Larry Carlson who purchased theteam during the calcutta at White River and Lower Brule.

--photo by Robyn Jones

M o n i c a( H e a d l e e )Dorn … wasinducted to theBHSU YellowJacket Hall ofFame duringSwarm Days.Her accom-plishments in-clude crosscountry andtrack.

Autographs … by Miss SDCalista Kirby. She will compete in theMiss USA Pageant on January 12,2013 in Las Vegas.


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Reading Discussion Groupwill meet Jackson County Li-brary on Sunday January 6,2:00 p.m. Bring your book, "WeBand of Angels” to the discus-sion to be led by Dorothy Liegl.Call Deb Moor at 837-2689with any questions.

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

Private Applicator Certifi-cation training will be held onFriday, January 4, 2013 at 1:00p.m. at the Bad River SeniorCitizen’s Center in Philip.Training will also be in Ben-nett County at the LibraryLearning Center, 101 Main St.,Martin on January 11 at 1:00p.m. Please bring a photo iden-tification with you when youattend the training.

Matthew 27:51On Christmas, we think of a newborn in a manger,

perhaps with a halo surrounding his head. This sweetimage is certainly meaningful to us. But it has becomeso commonplace in our culture that we tend to miss the

enormity of Jesus’ sacrifice and the amazing implications for us. Salvation and an eternal home are two wonderful privileges that come to us through God’s gift of HisSon. Now let’s look at three more. We have a personal relationship with the omniscient and omnipresent God. He is the Good Shepherd,who cares for us individually, unconditionally, and with great passion. He will do whatever it takes tokeep us close to Him; no matter how we sin, He will never disown us. What security and value we havebecause of His great love! Jesus says that He is our faithful, trustworthy friend, available at all times, whether in seasons ofheartache or rejoicing. The Lord offers the type of intimate relationship that we all long to have. Andonly He can fill our void in a truly lasting, satisfying way.The moment we are saved, God gives us another gift: His Holy Spirit indwells each believer, counseling,teaching, and enabling us to do His Will. He will never leave us and, in fact, will one day accompany usto heaven. God is our Shepherd, Friend, and indwelling Teacher. His gift of redemption allows us to live abun-dantly now and also promises eternity in His presence. Take the time to explore some of the countlessbenefits of His gift so you can enjoy and be grateful for all the blessings we have in Jesus.

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Monday, January 14 Fish portions, scalloped pota-toes, green beans, muffin, andpeach cobbler.

Tuesday, January 15 Roast turkey, mashed potatoesand gravy, spinach with vinegar,bread, and cranberry gelatinsalad.

Wednesday, January 16 Beef and noodles, glazed carrots,chinese salad, bread, and pears.

Thursday, January 17 Baked ham, sweet potatoes,peas, dinner roll, and mandarin or-ange dessert.

Friday, January 18 Broccoli cheese soup, sandwich,carrifruit salad, fruit juice, andchocolate pudding.

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What is a friend? The wordcomes from the German freund,which in turn originates from anIndo-European root meaning “tolove,” shared by “free.” Thus afriend is defined as a person of mu-tual affection that is free of sexualor family relations. Still there are many more defi-nitions of friendship. Friends care,support, listen, open-up, and thenin the end are loyal. It is almostlike the ethics of medicine: friendstry to benefit and not harm theirpals, do it honestly, all while re-specting the other guy’s freedom tochoose. There are a lot of great quotesabout the value of friendship:Some unknown author said, “Afriend is someone who knows thesong in your heart and can sing itback to you when you have forgot-ten the words.” Charles Caleb Colton said, “Truefriendship is like sound health, thevalue of it is seldom known until itbe lost.” Emily Dickenson said, “Myfriends are my estate.” And of course John Lennon said,“I get by with a little help from myfriends.” In this era of the web and suchthings as Facebook and Twitter,apparently it is a sign of influenceby how many one has “friended.”Isn’t it ironic that the technology ofthe Internet has instead isolated

people? Several studies even indi-cate the Internet may be a majorreason why there has been a de-cline in the number and quality offriendships nowadays. Certainly humans are hard-wired to have friends. Anthropolo-gists tell us that a village is limitedto the size of about 150 people be-cause that is the maximum num-ber of friends one can get to knowwhen limited by only human ver-bal skills. The challenge and perhaps dis-advantage of friendship turnsaround the listening and unselfishgiving, the honesty, and the free-dom of choice that is required withtrue friendship. But health advantages of friend-ship are enormous. Solid scientificstudies find those with strongfriendships have better mentaland physical health, increasedlongevity, and a deeper sense ofhappiness. The opposite is alsotrue: those friendless have in-creased risk for heart disease,more infections, and a higher inci-dence of cancer. Of course these ill-nesses come to people with friendstoo, but survival is longer and eas-ier to those who are connected. It is so true that in this toughand tumble world, “We get by witha little help from our friends.”

Rick Holm, M.D., Medical Editor

Friendship

Glenn Vande Garde________________

Glenn Vande Garde, age 84, ofKadoka, SD, formerly of Hull,Iowa, passed away on Thursday,December 27, 2012, at the GoodSamaritan Center in Canton, SD. Glenn Lester was born on De-cember 12, 1928, at Sioux Center,the son of John and Ella (VanderPol) Vande Garde. He was raisedat Sioux Center, where he gradu-ated from high school. He also at-tended Northwestern JuniorCollege in Orange City and gradu-ated from Westmar College in LeMars. On May 31, 1950, he marriedNormaleen Marie Luschen at Ire-ton. They made their home in Ire-ton, Boyden and Hull, Iowa, andKadoka, SD. After suffering astroke in early December, hemoved to the Good Samaritan Cen-ter. From 1950 to 1957, Glenn was a

barber. He then taught classes andcoached in the Boyden-HullSchools for eighteen years and inKadoka schools for thirteen years. He was of the Lutheran faithand a former member of St. PaulLutheran Church. While living inHull, he served as an emergencymedical technician. Vande Garde enjoyed baseball,basketball, fishing, football, golf,hunting, trapping and woodwork-ing. He also coached baseball, bas-ketball, football, golf, track andvolleyball. Survivors include his wife ofmore than 62 years, Normaleen; adaughter, Marvella Horstman, ofHarrisburg, SD; a son, BruceVande Garde, of Cathedral City,CA; four granddaughters, Rochell(Scott) Lundquist, GayleHorstman, Renae (Nick) Buehner,and Jennifer (Brett) Somsen;seven great-granddaughters; and abrother-in-law, John Sas, of Hull. In addition to his parents, hewas preceded in death by a grand-son, Michael Horstman; and twosisters, Cornelia Broek andGertrude Sas. Funeral service was held onMonday, December 31, at 2:00p.m., at the St. Paul LutheranChurch in rural Hull. The Rev.Robert Gordon officiated. Inter-ment was held at the church ceme-tery. Visitation was held at 5:00p.m. on Sunday, with the familypresent from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00p.m., at the Oolman Funeral Homein Hull. Expressions of sympathy maybe done at "www.oolman.com.

Pearl Lurz_____________________ Pearl Lurz, age 99, of Wall, S.D.,died Friday, December 28, 2012, atthe Philip Nursing Home. Pearl Carol (Williams) Lurz wasborn July 9, 1913, on a ranch nearBelvidere, the daughter of Frankand Hazel (Percy) Williams. Shegrew up on a ranch north of Wallin her grandparents’ home, Al andPolly Percy. She attended countryschool and later attended highschool with her sister Muril inWall. Pearl and Carl Lurz were mar-ried November 15, 1931, and madetheir home near Wall. One son,Gordon Neal, was born to thisunion. They lived east of Wall be-fore moving to the Rotter placenorth of Wall. In 1943, they moved to the Hallranch near Cottonwood and in1947 they purchased a ranch sixmiles southeast of Owanka. AfterCarl died in 1981, Pearl moved toWall and in 2009 she moved to theSilverleaf Assisted Living in Philipand later into the Philip NursingHome. Pearl was known for fancy dollsand beautiful Santas that shemade. She was a member of theMethodist Church, Baseline Ex-tension Club and the Royal Neigh-bors. Survivors include her son, Gor-don Neal Lurz and his wife, Peggy,of Wall; four grandchildren, Gor-don Kent Lurz (Kelly) of Wall,Kenneth Lurz (Janet) of Wall, Eu-gene Lurz of New Town, N.D., andRhonda Galliger (Steven) of Hart-ford; 10 great-grandchildren, Jes-sica (Michael) Kroells, Megan(Adam) Rislov, Dustin (Carrie)Lurz, Kendra (Jason) Swaney,Kannan Lurz, Daphne (Jerry)Bennett, Clinton Lurz, Brady Pin-ney, Michael Galliger and Saman-

tha Galliger; 12 great-great-grandchildren, Aaden, McKenna,and Brady Kroells, Harper andTayton Rislov, Cylver, Copper, Dy-mond and Christopher Lurz, Alexaand Caden Swaney and JacquelineBennett; one brother, Percy “Bud”Williams of Philip; one sister, LoyKellem of Summerset; and a hostof other relatives and friends. Pearl was preceded in death byher husband, Carl Lurz; her par-ents; a great-grandson, Christo-pher Lurz; three brothers, Milo,Dale and Lynn Williams; and onesister, Muril Renner-Parkin. Services were held Wednesday,January 2, at the UnitedMethodist Church in Wall, withPastor Darwin Kopfmann officiat-ing. Interment was at the WallCemetery. A memorial has been estab-lished. Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Linda Marie Hook________________ Linda Marie Hook, age 76, ofWall, S.D., died Friday, December28, 2012, at the Hospice of theHills in Rapid City. Linda Marie Feller was born onSeptember 23, 1936, in Rapid City,the daughter of Nicholas and Elsie(Bloom) Feller. She was the secondoldest of seven children, Nicholas,Robert, Kathy, Marilyn, Jamesand Michael. Linda was raised in Quinn andgraduated from Quinn HighSchool. After graduation she at-tended Black Hills College whereshe attained her teacher's certifi-cate. She taught for two years atthe Lake Hill School north of Wall. She married her high schoolsweetheart, Darwin D. Hook, onDecember 27, 1956, and to thisunion were born three children,JoDee, Jami and Rocky. Theymoved to Rapid City for Darwin'swork, and Linda stayed home andtook care of her kids until theywere in high school. She then wentto work for the Wall Drug Storewhere she enjoyed meeting newpeople and loved working with herfellow co-workers. She loved spending time withher kids and grandkids. She alsoenjoyed an occasional trip to Dead-wood and going to the cabin nearWasta to ride in the ATV with hergrandkids. Linda was a member of St.Patrick's Catholic Church in Wall,where she worked with the giftprogram. She is and was a belovedwife, mother, grandmother, sister,aunt, cousin and friend. Grateful for having shared herlife include her husband, DarwinHook of Wall; two daughters,JoDee Shearer and her husband,Grant, of Wall, and Jami Kitter-man and her husband, Jim, ofWall; one son, Rocky Hook and hiswife, Ronelle, of Pierre; six grand-children, Garrett Shearer, ChelsieShearer, Michelle Kitterman,

Anna Kitterman, Courtney Hookand Colbi Hook; two brothers, NickFeller and his wife, Sandra, ofWall, and Bob Feller and his wife,Janet, of Rapid City; five brothers-in-law, Dwilyn (Pee Wee) Hook andhis wife, Peggy, of Philip, JerryceHook and his wife, Elaine, of RapidCity, Monte Hook of Philip, DickLytle of Grand Junction, Colo., andMicky Daly of Midland; a sister-in-law, Juanita Carrol and her hus-band, Tom, of Washington; and ahost of other relatives and friends. Linda was preceded in death byher parents; two brothers, Michaeland James Feller; and two sisters,Kathy Daly and Marilyn Lytle. Mass of Christian burial will becelebrated at 9:30 a.m. Friday,January 4, at St. Patrick's CatholicChurch in Wall, with Father LeoHausmann as celebrant. Graveside services will be heldat 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 4, atthe Black Hills National Cemeterynear Sturgis. A memorial has been estab-lished. Arrangements are with theRush Funeral Chapel of Wall. Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

Tressa Gabriel__________________ Tressa Gabriel, age 90, of Philip,S.D., died January 1, 2013, at theHans P. Peterson Memorial Hospi-tal in Philip. Survivors include her son, LarryGabriel, and his wife, Charlotte, ofQuinn; two daughters, BeverlyHamann and her husband, Her-bert, of Clear Lake and RubyGabriel of Pedro; four grandchil-dren; six great-grandchildren; and

a host of other relatives andfriends. Tressa was preceded in death byher husband, Floyd, on February5, 1998; her parents; one sister,Erma Gabriel; and two grandchil-dren. Funeral services are pendingwith Rush Funeral Home of Philip. A complete obituary will appearin next week’s edition.

BankWest Insurance is pleasedto announce that Meghan Newsamof Murdo has successfully com-pleted a series of exams and hasearned her Certified InsuranceService Representative (CISR) des-ignation. Newsam is a graduate ofJones County High School and re-ceived her associate’s degree inbusiness management from West-ern Dakota Technical Institute inRapid City. She has been licensedto sell property and casualty insur-ance since 2008.

BankWest Chairman, Presidentand CEO Charles Burke III com-mended Newsman’s commitmentto achieving her CISR certification.He added that staying ahead of thecurve is important in today’s ever-changing insurance industry. “Meghan is always looking forways to better her serve herclients,” Burke said. “She’s a valu-able member of our BankWestteam, but more importantly she isa champion for the people sheserves. Customer service is alwaysat the top of her mind.” Newsam and her husband Levihave three young children and op-erate a family ranch in JonesCounty. In her spare time, she en-joys reading, spending time withher children and singing in herchurch choir. She said that workingwith her valued clients is the mostrewarding part of her job. “Working with customers andbringing smiles to their faces is themost satisfying part of my work,”Newsam said. “There is nothingbetter than being able to lend ahelping hand.” Newsam is located in theBankWest Insurance office atMurdo.

Murdo insurance agent receives certification

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What does it take to be “cool”these days, or “with it?” This tendsto change with the generations soit’s sometimes hard to keep up. Myobservations of young people seemto indicate that guys need to wearloose-fitting pants hung low, outra-geously expensive tennis shoesand baggy shirts. An occasionalpiercing of an ear or somethingmight help too. Gals are prone tohaving multiple piercings, not onlyof the ears but maybe of an eye-brow, cheek, lip, nose, or eventongue. Neither are the girls intoloose clothing that much. Hairstyle has something to do withthings too, but I can’t quite naildown the details of that. I do some-times notice dye jobs in bright col-ors and that may include severalcolors on one head of hair. It can beattractive or occasionally justhighly noticeable. Personally, I gave up trying tobe cool years ago. It never mat-tered much to me. I didn’t want tostand out as someone reallystrange, but neither did I have pa-tience enough to spend much timedealing with my appearance. If Iwas covered in the right places andwearing warm clothes in the win-ter and cool ones in the summer,that was good enough. I recall thatin high school the boys all woretheir shirtsleeves a certain way.This involved the sleeves being un-buttoned and folded up just somany times. I had trouble gettingthe hang of that and discontinuedthe practice before long. Butchhaircuts were all the rage for awhile, and I had one until I tired ofthe butch-wax that made themstand up properly. That was nastystuff and often got spread to capsand pillows. It was even hard toget off the hands after applicationto the hair. I’ve always really liked thelooks of some sunglasses, espe-cially the ones that are mirror-like.Unfortunately, I wear regularglasses full time which complicatesmatters. The sunglasses you clipon are not attractive. If you haveprescription sunglasses, then youhave to carry a spare pair of plainones around for inside. When Iwore contacts for a while, Ithought, “Aha, now I can wearnifty sunglasses” and bought anexpensive pair. They proved te-dious and have just ridden around

in the glove box of the car foryears. Practically speaking, myeyes aren’t bothered much bystrong light so they don’t needshades. If the light is too bright, Isquint a bit. If it isn’t, I don’t. Somuch for sunglasses. Snazzy cars have always beenpopular with guys, and I like look-ing at them. I’ve only had one ve-hicle that could be consideredsnazzy, and that was a blue andwhite mustang. I loved that carright up until the time I crashed itinto the back of a pickup thatdidn’t stop at a stop sign. Sincethen, my vehicles by necessityhave been more practical. Frankly,I prefer taller vehicles now whereI don’t feel like my rear is draggingon the ground. This would includemy red ranger pickup that suitsme well. It is somewhat “sporty”but not the rage amongst the gen-eral public. It does have four-wheeldrive which comes in extremelyhandy when you often travel un-paved roads such as the thirteenmiles of those we have getting totown from the ranch. Outward appearances, ofcourse, can not compensate for amarked lack of goods on the inside.You can be as cool as Tom Cruiseor some other movie star and stillnot be much as far as a humanbeing. In fact, those who spend awhole lot of time trying to lookgood can sometimes be proud, cal-lous, or shallow on the inside andmuch more concerned about hav-ing fun than accomplishing any-thing of merit. As a result, mydefinition of “cool” is someone whois pleasant, kind and helpful. Ifthey are also nice to look at, that’sa plus but not a necessity. In our church, we currentlyhave a number of people who aregetting right up there in years—some even in their nineties. Theyall keep themselves looking fine,but they’ve long since quit worry-ing about being cool. They are,however, very good people andsimply shine as far as I’m con-cerned. Their concerns tend to bemore about how they can helpother folks and be useful instead ofwhat others can do for them. Thissets a good example for the rest ofus. I hope we can measure up evenif we don’t wear sunglasses ordrive a snazzy car. Measuring upwould be really cool.

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The South Dakota Departmentof Agriculture (SDDA) and SouthDakota State University (SDSU)Extension will hold forums acrossthe state to discuss South Dakota’svision for livestock production thisJanuary through March. “South Dakota has progressive,forward-thinking entrepreneurswho understand the exciting poten-tial of today’s agri-business mar-ketplace,” said SD Secretary ofAgriculture Walt Bones. “We’restarting the conversation about thechallenges and advantages SouthDakota has to increase the numberof livestock in our state.” All forums are scheduled tobegin at 6:30 p.m. local time butare subject to change. Dates and places are as follows:Jan. 21-Ft. Pierre Livestock; Jan.

23-Martin Livestock; Jan. 24-Philip Livestock; March 11-BelleFourche Livestock; March 12-St.Onge Livestock; March 13-FaithLivestock; March 14-Lemmon Live-stock; March 19-Presho Livestock. For more information, contactSarah Caslin, SDDA Livestock De-velopment Specialist at 605-773-3649 or visit http://sdda.sd.gov Agriculture is South Dakota'sNo. 1 industry, generating nearly$21 billion in annual economic ac-tivity and employing more than80,000 South Dakotans. The SouthDakota Department of Agricul-ture's mission is to promote, pro-tect, preserve and improve thisindustry for today and tomorrow.Visit us online at http://sdda.sd.govor follow us on Facebook and Twit-ter.

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Delores Bonenberger suffered aslight or mini-stroke at her home.Her son, Keith, called for an ambu-lance which stopped in Kadoka topick up Keith’s daughter-in-law,Nikki, who is an RN. Nikki thenaccompanied Delores in the ambu-lance to Philip for initial treatmentand on to Rapid City. Nikki and thedoctors at Philip and Rapid appar-ently knew what they were doingsince a worse stroke was avoided,and Delores was able to returnhome on Tuesday without anyparalysis or residual effects. De-lores said she was worn out andtired but otherwise doing fine. Shealso said the whole affair was a bitspooky for everyone includingKeith and Nikki, but she herselfwas out of it enough not to worrymuch about anything. Delores hada form of seizure at one point aswell which did nothing to easeeveryone’s nerves. Keith and Pambrought Delores home on Tuesday,and Nikki and Brett live just downthe road a bit so they can keep tabson her. Delores said she was fairlyfull of pills to help the high bloodpressure which probably precipi-tated the stroke. She was alsothankful for everyone’s prayers andconcern for her. Marie Addison came to church inBelvidere on Sunday as usual andthen drove over towards Midlandto visit her daughter, Shirley Doud,and family. Shirley and Ron’sdaughter, Jennifer, and familywere home, and Marie wanted tosee them along with the rest ofShirley’s kids, Allison, Heidi andCasey. Jennifer and her husband,Patrick, and kids are currently liv-ing in Washington, D.C. Marie saidshe is expecting the arrival of fivemore great grandkids in the com-ing year. Her descendents are nowbecoming so numerous that it’s alittle hard to keep track of themwithout writing it all down or mak-ing charts. Marge and Marvin Street ar-rived from Cook, MN, late lastweek and settled into their housein town once again. They had spentChristmas Eve and Day with theirson, Shane, in the Twin Cities. Onthe way here, they stoppedovernight in Mitchell with theirson, Clint, and family. As usual,Marge helped play for church onSunday. A late Christmas was cele-brated with the kin in this areacombined with some work on Do-lores Obr’s house such as new floor-ing and such. Most of Marge’ssiblings were somewhat expectedduring the week including Keithafrom Alpena, and Elaine and Garyfrom Rapid City. Crystal, of course,lives here. Jim and Fayola Mansfield werevisited by their daughter, AllisonDavis, who came on the 15th fromWyoming. Allison’s husband andson, Mike and Thomas, were withher. They helped Tyrel Mansfieldcelebrate his 8th birthday on the17th and did the Christmas thing.Jim and Fayola spent ChristmasEve with Gary and Linda Petras.Christmas Day was with Aaron,Michelle and Tyrel. They also at-tended various Christmas pro-grams at the school and churches.Aaron and family have manythings to celebrate in Decembersince they all have birthdays—Aaron on the 3rd, Tyrel on the

17th, and Michelle on ChristmasDay, the 25th. Aaron and Michelle’sanniversary is on the 27th. On the28th, Aaron and family attended ahockey game in Rapid City. Crystal Paulson got acquaintedwith her newest grandchild overChristmas vacation, namely Lin-coln Paulson, who is Leonard’s son.Leonard and family live in SiouxFalls. From there, Crystal contin-ued on to Omaha to see her daugh-ter, Ardell, and family, and it is nosmall family with five children. Shedidn’t get to visit her 7th grand-child, Keeghan, who is in El Paso,TX. She was able to see Keeghanand her parents, Davina and Tracy,over the Internet since a programthey were in at their church in ElPaso was put on line, and it wasquite a production with costumesand the lot. Kolette Struble is mostly movedinto her new house at the ranchnow. She made Christmas dinnerthere for her folks, her mom’sbrother, and such. She did noticethat she hadn’t brought everythingshe needed for cooking, however,and had to call her mom and haveher bring a potato masher with herwhen she came for dinner. Ronda and Rick Dennis hostedChristmas Eve with Lori, Aaron,Carter and Taya Iversen attending.Also there were, Bob Eckert andRob and Peggy Eckert. Arrivinglater in the evening was JeffWillert. Christmas Day was quietfor everyone, due to several withcolds and/or flu bugs; everyonestayed home. Larry, Jo and Jenny Johnstonhad lots of company at their houseover Christmas with various crewsof kin coming to visit and stay awhile. Daughter Lonna Livermont,and family came for ChristmasDay. Daughter Cora Jo and herboyfriend, Skye, were there fromRapid City on Christmas Eve. SonJohn Niesner and his wife,Amanda, came from Piedmont fora spell as did daughter, LinayBaker, and family from Martin.Linay has three children to keepthings lively. Son Laramie wasn’table to come from New York norwas David from Ohio. Over theweekend, Larry and family went toRapid City to help Cora Jo moveinto a new house. Larry said itwould all have been more enjoyableif he hadn’t been fighting a coldwhich particularly had a bad coughassociated with it. It is now better,and he hopes he didn’t give it toanyone along the way. DaughterJenny thought it was great to haveall the visitors, and she enjoyed theholidays quite a bit. Kirby Schofield has now com-pleted two weeks of daily radiationtreatments in Rapid City. He is dueback in February for more tests in-cluding an MRI and such. OverChristmas, Kirby, Nancy andJackie had lots of visitors. Kirby’sdaughter, Amanda, and kids camefrom Sioux Falls. Son Lance andfamily came from Texas. Thegrandsons were delighted to getjust enough snow for sledding.Nancy and Jackie were glad it wasnot enough snow to keep them fromtheir normal pursuit of attendingall the Kadoka basketball gamessince Jackie especially is a majorfan. She hates to miss any of thegames.

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Please Note: Everyone is invitedto a public hearing on Wednesday,January 9, 2013 at the Norris PostOffice lobby at 5:00 p.m. CST.Please come and support our postoffice. Monday, Stan Allard came downfrom Rapid City and to get hismother, Maxine Allard, to spendthe Christmas holiday in theirhome. Christmas Eve Maxine wasamong the guests enjoying churchwith Stan and Ivy Allard. SharonAllard of Spearfish joined the fam-ily on Christmas Day. Wednesday,Maxine’s grandson, Patrick,brought her home and enjoyedlunch with his Grandma beforeheading back to Rapid City. Christmas Eve, Dan and SusanTaft and daughters were amongthe good crowd attending theChristmas program at St. JohnLutheran Church. Morgan had apart in the program. The Dan Taftfamily enjoyed Christmas Day atthe home of Susan’s parents, Alvinand Judy Simmons, in Martin. Evan and Dorothy Bligh weresurprised when a young heifer pre-sented them with a baby calf oneday this last week. Christmas Eve guests at theJames Letelliers for oyster stewand soup supper were Marty andSue Larson of Rapid City and JulieLetellier of Kilgore. Just when the Larsons headedhome that evening, it started tosnow. We have managed to keepthe ground white all week with justa light coat of the fluffy powder allweek due to the frigid tempera-tures. Evan and Dorothy Bligh enjoyedChristmas Eve dinner at the homeof Becky and Ron Patton at Lake-view. Dale and Ruth Paulson ofWessington and Ron’s sister andfamily from Ohio rounded out theguest list. Thursday, Dan, Samantha andMorgan Taft went to Kadoka andon to Philip where Samantha washaving work done on her car. Thursday night, Jason, JaLynn,Beaver, Jade, Jakki and JimmyBurma arrived at the James Letel-liers for the remainder of theChristmas break. They had spentChristmas with the Burmas inPlatte and Columbus, Nebraska. Larry and Nancy Collins en-joyed having their son, Rick, ofGillette, WY, come for the longChristmas weekend. Gale and JoAnn Letellier had allfour of their sons and familieshome over the Christmas holiday. Christmas Day guests at theRobert and Sharon Ring homewere their daughter, Deb, ofSpearfish and son, Torey, and wife,Linda, and sons, Jeremy and Tyler.Deb left for home on Wednesday. Christmas Day guests at theTim and Tammy Merchen home

were Kyle and Trica Amiotte andsons, Bridger, Cedar and Younger,of Wall and Tammy’s parents, Kenand Cindy Wilmarth, of Kadoka. Andee Beckwith has been keptbusy working at the Todd CountyTribune during the Christmas va-cation. She enjoyed Christmas withher parents and the Beckwithaunts and uncles and cousins atthe home of her parents, Paul andLuAnne, in Pierre. Thursday, Evan and DorothyBligh kept appointments in RapidCity and celebrated their anniver-sary by eating at Red Lobster.Here’s wishing you many moreyears together. Congratulations to our big win-ner Richard Charging Hawk.Richard won the $1,000 shoppingspree at the Country Pride Farm-store in White River recently. MyDad used to say, “Some folks arejust natural winners” and RichardCharging Hawk is certainly a nat-ural winner. It doesn’t make anydifference if it is fast pitch softball,basketball or a shopping spree; hewins. It couldn’t happen to a nicerguy. Friday, Sue and Marty Larson ofRapid City arrived at the JamesLetellier home for their familyChristmas. The Paul Beckwithfamily of Pierre and Erica ofOmaha arrived on Saturday. TheLetellier family celebrated Christ-mas the Saturday after Christmaswith everyone finally home. Theyate their meals at James and Mar-jorie’s and then exchanged gifts atthe home of Andee Beckwith. TheNorris Bible Church held SundaySchool at the church with specialmusic by the Beckwith and Burmafamilies and a skit by DJ Beckwithand Beaver Burma. Sunday afternoon, Sue Larsonand Julie Letellier paid a visit toMaxine Allard. Sue is busy collecting props forthe Rapid City Christian one actplay and there is no better sourcethan a former teacher like MaxineAllard. Saturday, the Blighs made a tripto Valentine for feed and celebratedDorothy’s birthday by enjoying din-ner at Cedar Canyon. Stan Allard and Patrick of RapidCity arrived at Norris on Sunday intime for Sunday School and thenthey went to Maxine’s and didsome errands for his mother. Congratulations to UnitedStates Army Specialist JarrodDunham and his wife, Lacey, onthe birth of their first child. Ari-anna Josephine Dunham arrivedDecember 7, 2012 at Carl R. Dar-nel Army Medical Center in Ft.Hood, Texas. Her proud grandpar-ents are Harvey and BrendaBierema of White River, RuthWoodenKnife of Norris and BrentDunham of Mission. Her boastinggreat grandparents are Bill andChristine Dunham of Norris. Happy New Year!

Exercise, Nutrition and NewYear’s Resolutions

After the holiday festivities areover and schedules are less hectic,many individuals consider settingNew Year’s Resolutions. A NewYear’s Resolution is a promise toyourself to do something to im-prove your lifestyle or behavior insome way, during the year ahead.Many of these resolutions are forhealth-related goals. Increasingexercise and developing better eat-ing habits are among the mostoften made resolutions. Many indi-viduals declare the very same res-olutions year after year. A strongcommitment to change is neces-sary to be successful with your res-olutions. Are you ready to start a healthyhabit? One of the mistakes that wemake in setting resolutions ismaking too many resolutions atonce. Choose one area of yourhealth that you want to work on.Be sensible about what you wantto do; consider your financial situ-ation and time available. Makesure your goal is measureable,such as, I will increase my veg-etable consumption to three cupsper day. A key to attaining success is towrite down your resolution andhow you’ll attain it. If your long-term goal is to increase your exer-cise, then you’ll want to specifyhow you will do that. For example,I will exercise 30 minutes per day,five days a week by walkingbriskly and jumping rope. SuperTracker is a free, on-linetool that may help Americans keep

their New Year’s Resolutions. De-cember 2011, The United StatesDepartment of Agriculture(USDA) released SuperTracker(https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/default.aspx), to help Americansmake healthy food and physical ac-tivity choices. SuperTracker can domany tasks including analyzingyour diet and physical activity,while working toward a long termgoal. Journaling is another compo-nent of SuperTracker; it helpstrack factors that were associatedwith changes in your health be-haviors, such as your mood orwhere a meal was eaten. Setting New Year’s Resolutionsis an opportunity for families tobuild or maintain family connect-edness by choosing family goals tobe healthier and stronger throughthe year. Consider setting a goal toincrease family meal time to-gether. It is a great time for par-ents to talk with their children andserve as positive role models formaking healthy food choices. An-other idea is to set a goal to in-crease physical activity as a family.Spend time together walkingplaces instead of driving. If you believe that achievingyour goal is a lifelong commitment,then you may be ready to make thenecessary changes to meet yourresolution (goal). Finding an exer-cise buddy will help you to main-tain enthusiasm for your goals.Utilizing Food Trackerhttps://www.supertracker.usda.gov/foodtracker.aspx will help you tofollow your daily food choices andcompare them to your daily foodplan limits.

Ann Schwader, Nutrition Field Specialist

SDSU Extension-Winner Regional Extension Center

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Local News Robyn Jones

First National Bank in Philipgives back to Kadoka communityby empowering Kadoka HighSchool students to make informedfinancial decisions through innova-tive web-based program. Twenty high school seniors fromMr. Murphy’s personal financeclass recently completed the EverFiFinancial Literacy program. Thisweb-based program uses the latestin new media technologies – video,animations, 3-D gaming, avatarsand social networking to bringcomplex financial concepts to lifefor today’s digital generation. FirstNational Bank in Philip partneredwith EverFi, Inc. to bring the inter-active financial management pro-gram to Kadoka Area High Schoolstudents at no cost to the school. “Thanks to the First NationalBank of Philip for sponsoring theEverFi Financial Literacy programfor the Personal Finance Class atKadoka. The course was relevantto the financial and banking situa-tions that the students will face in

the near future.” said Mr. Murphy,personal finance teacher. The 10-unit course offers six-hours of programming aimed atteaching, assessing and certifyingstudents in a variety of financialtopics including credit scores, in-surance, credit cards, studentloans, mortgages, taxes, stocks,savings, 401k’s, and other criticalconcepts that map to national fi-nancial literacy standards. Theplatform uniquely tracks theprogress and score of every studentand provides students who success-fully complete the course with acertification in financial literacy, avaluable mark of distinction on col-lege applications and resumes. “We recognize and appreciateour strong customer loyalty in theKadoka community. We enthusias-tically seized an opportunity to em-power the next generation of loyalcustomers to be informed, respon-sible citizens.” said Ray Smith,President of the First NationalBank in Philip.

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Back row (L-R): Mr. Murphy, Kenar VanderMay, Kahler Addison, AshtonStanding Bear, Lonte Ashley, Chance Knutson, Clint Stout, Shane Ring,Ryder Sanftner, Crystal Eisenbraun of First National Bank. Front row:Ty Merchen, Paul Kary, Rebekkah Kary, Mariah Pierce, Katie Lensegrav,Kwincy Ferguson, Marti Herber, Shaley Herber, Tessa Stout.

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

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

The latest modifications arebeing provided to allow schoolsmore weekly planning options toensure that children receive a nu-tritious meal every day of the week.According to the revisions, the stu-dents can eat as many grains andproteins as they want, as long asthey are eating the allotted amountof calories put forth by the USDA.

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

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

Parents and organizations cancontact SDSU Extension NutritionField Staff about the new schoollunch standards and the modifica-tions. For additional informationcontact your SDSU Extension Re-gional Center. Contact informationcan be found at www.iGrow.org.

The U.S. Department of Agricul-ture announced recently that theywill be lifting the previously im-posed limits on how much proteinand grains could be served to stu-dents in one week.

The latest modifications will beset in place for the rest of the 2012-2013 school year, explains AnnSchwader, SDSU Extension Nutri-tion Field Specialist.

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

The original changes to theschool lunch standards were an-nounced January 2012, due to thenational Healthy, Hunger FreeKids Act (Public Law 111-296) thatdetermined how much of certainfood groups could be served, setlimits on calories and salt andphased in whole grains.

Schwader says the move to cre-ate stricter guidelines was moti-vated by the fact that the obesityrates among school children aregrowing and steps were needed toreverse the trend.

"These guidelines aligned schoolmeals with the latest nutrition sci-ence, based on recommendations ofnutrition experts and the 2010 Di-etary Guidelines for Americans nu-trition recommendations," she said.The new school meal patterns meet

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Prom Royalty … Following the grand march at the 2012 prom onFriday, March 30 the crowing of this year’s royalty was held. Pictured (L-R): princess and prince Marti Herber and Ty Merchen. King and queenJake Addison and Nichole VanderMay. Crown bearers Gus Stout and BellaWilliams and Jyntre Coller and Alexandria Madsen.


State bound … The girls’ cross country team was named runnerup at the regional meet held in Philip. Pictured Marti Herber, Shaley Her-ber, Kwincy Ferguson, Scout Sudbeck, Bobby Anderson and Victoria Letel-lier. Anderson also qualified as a single runner.

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West River’s Philip Areawrestlers headed east and broughthome first place honors from EastRiver’s McCook Central/MontroseInvitational Wrestling TournamentDecember 29. Matt Donnelly, Philip Area headcoach, said it was a team effort thatbrought home the win. Philip didnot have wrestlers in the 120 and132 weight divisisons, but the oth-ers did very well and made up forthe spots. The Philip Area grapplers’ sched-ule is full of tough tournaments, al-ways a challenge ahead of them.Dan Swartos, McCook Central,wrote on Dakota Grappler, “... Lotsof great wrestling today. Very im-pressed by Philip, Burke/Gregory,and Bon Homme. All tough, hardnosed teams...” Points were Philip (197.5),Burke/Gregory (184), Bon Homme(181.5), McCook Central/Montrose(168), Flandreau (166.5), Beresford(165), Elk Point/ Jeffereson (118),Kingsbury County (100), Lymanand Parker tied (77.5), Dakota Val-ley (72), Alcester-Hudson (49),Scotland (41.50), Kimball/WhiteLake-Platte-Geddes (37), Marion/Freeman (26), Mt. Vernon/Plankin-ton/Corsica (25) and WessingtonSprings/Woon-socket/ Wolsey-Wessington (21). Some of theschools had unattached wrestlersin the tournament.

106 lbs: Jed Brown, 2nd, 10-6 record•Pinned Connor Song (AH) 1:54•Pinned Chase Anderson (PKR) 1:07•Major dec. Brody Harkness (KC) 10-0•Major dec. by Duncan Stoebner (BH) 2-10113 lbs: Rance Johnson, 4th, 7-7 record

•Pinned Dylan Erickson (FLA) 1:14•Tech. fall over Carl Bruening (MCM) 20-5•Major dec. by Alex Caba (BH) 3-17•Decisioned Justice Jennings (LYM) 9-5•Decisioned in OT by Jared Lyle (BER) 4-6126 lbs: Nick Donnelly, 3rd, 15-4 record•Pinned Michael Clark (B/G) 3:10•Pinned Schuyler Walcheck (DV)1:47•Pinned by Trent Lunders (MCM) 5:48

•Pinned Alex Norby (EPJ) 4:05•Major dec. Brady Jandreau (LYM) 11-2138 lbs: Grady Carley, 5th, 10-8 record

•Won by forfeit•Pinned by Jared Hueser (EPJ) 3:28•Pinned Tanner Grocott (MCM) 2:03•Pinned Trinity Brunsen (WSWWW) :54•Major dec. by Levi Schonebuam (B/G) 0-11•Pinned Colin Walth (AH) 2:18145 lbs: Lane Blasius, 2nd, 13-2 record

•Bye•Pinned Koerdel Buick (PKR) 3:39•Pinned Jared Limoges (EPJ) 5:12•Decisioned by Jace Christiansen (FLA) 0-3

152 lbs: Paul Kary, 0-2 record•Pinned by Turner Serr (B/G) 2:40•Bye•Pinned by Thomas Mitzel (BH) :30

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170 lbs: Clint Stout, 2nd, 13-5 record•Pinned Cordel Vissia (MVPC) 1:56•Pinned Skye Soesbe (B/G) 3:16•Pinned Kyle Scofield (FLA) 5:11•Decisioned by Josh Casperson (BER) 4-8

182 lbs: Chance Knutson, 2nd, 10-6 record

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195 lbs: Logan Ammons, 2nd, 13-4 record

•Won by forfeit (KWLPG)•Pinned Lane Knipfer (UNAT) 1:42•Pinned C.J. Geary (EPJ) 3:41•Pinned by Eugene Martin (KC) 1:02220 lbs: Gavin DeVries, 6th 5-8 record

•Bye•Pinned by Derek Wiebers (BER) 4:52•Decsioned Austin Moore (UNAT) 8-3•Decisioned Logan Barboza (FLA) 9-3•Pinned by Robert Hoiten (MCM) 4:37•Decisioned by Ala Haataja (BH) 0-1

285 lbs: Geoffrey DeVries, 0-6 record•Pinned by Dan Stibral (SCO) :12•Pinned by Jason Johnson (BH) 4:44

The Badlands Brawlers, a teamnickname that is very fitting, willhead to Presho for the Lyman Mid-Dakota Monster Tourney, January4 and 5. “All the schools that willbe there have quality wrestlerswho will give us a good competi-tion,” said Donnelly.

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Marv, Deb and Mitch Moor trav-elled to Mitchell, SD, on Dec. 22 tospend the day with Dorothy Moorand John of Bonesteel and HarlanMoor of Mitchell. They were met byMatthew Moor of Cedar Rapids, IA,and Marcus Moor of Springfield,MO. Harlan returned with theMoors, spending Christmas inKadoka. The Marv Moor familytravelled to Pierre on Sunday tovisit with Deb’s parents, Hank andRuby Kosters, and sister, Denise, ofSioux Falls. Previously, Marv, Deband Mitch Moor met Matthew atSpringfield, MO, to celebrateThanksgiving at Marcus’ newhome. The family was able to takein a Haywood’s show in Bransonwhile there. Bonnie Riggins welcomed a newmember of the family, as her son,Brad, and his wife, Cassandra(Casey), visited over Christmas.Brad and Casey (Allen) of Foun-tain, CO, were untied in marriageon December 22 in a pretty wed-ding ceremony at the home of her

mother, Carol (Hansen) Vogan, inColorado Springs. Brad and Casey visited her fa-ther, Chuck Allen, and family onChristmas Day and then back toPhilip on Wednesday to spend thenight before going to Rapid City tovisit her grandmother, VivianHansen, and Brad’s sister, Linda,and Steve Rave. They returned toFountain, CO, on Friday after vis-iting Vivian on their way out. Teri Kezar and her son, ClaytonWord, stopped in Kadoka on De-cember 24 and spent time visitingwith Clayton’s grandmother, Phyl-lis Word. They then traveled toMiller, SD, where they spentChristmas Eve at the home of herdaughter, Laura, and husband,Clay Duxbury. They enjoyed timewith Harper Grace, who is the one-year-old daughter of Laura andClay. Harper is a mover andshaker. Jim and Audra Scheel andtheir three children, Carrissa, Tea-gan and Kaycee Carol, were alsothere. They spent Christmas Day

at Jim and Audra’s home and Bizcame from Sioux Falls to celebrateChristmas. On the 26th, Teri and Claytonheaded back to Teri’s home in ruralTorrington, WY. They stopped tohave lunch with Phyllis at Jigger’s.Clayton will be going back to FortBragg, NC, on January 2, where heis stationed. In April Clayton islooking forward to being deployedto Alaska. Clayton is an x-ray tech,an EMT, and has airborne trainingso he can drop in for emergencies. John, Mackenzie and SydneyWord had Christmas dinner withPhyllis. No turkey, but steak wasthe main course for dinner. The Jackson-Kadoka EconomicDevelopment Corporation has re-ceived funding through USDARural Development to establish arevolving loan fund in the amountof $99,000. The loan board hasbeen appointed by the JKEDC andapplications for funding will beavailable later in the month of Jan-uary. Jim, Robyn, Tyler and TannerJones spent Christmas Eve at thehome of her parents, Ray and Flo-rence Osburn, in Valentine, NE.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AP-PLICATION FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLBEVERAGES FOR 2013 IN THE TOWNOF BELVIDERE.

Notice is given that the Town Board ofBelvidere in the Town of Belvidere SouthDakota on the 7th day of January, 2013at the hour of 7:30 p.m. local time in thecity office will meet in regular session toconsider the following application of Re-tail (on and off sale) Malt Beverage Li-cense to operate inside the municipalityfor the last half of the 2013 licensing pe-riod:

John L Rodgers, Belvidere Store: NorthBelvidere Addition Lot C of Osborn’sSub-Division of Outlot A-4 Kimball’s Divi-sion (.58 acres) and North Belvidere Ad-dition Kimball’s Sub-Division No1 all ofOutlot A-3 (2.49 acres).

Notice is further given that any person(s)or their attorney may appear and beheard at said scheduled public hearingthat are interested in the approval or re-jection of any such application.

Jo Manke-RodgersFinance Officer

[Published December 27, 2012, &Jaunuary 3, 2013 at the total approxi-mate cost of $30.34]

STATE BIRTH RECORDSACCESSIBLE THROUGH COUNTY

REGISTER OF DEEDS

Certified copies of birth records from across the state are avail-able in Jackson County, according to Mitzi Mitchell, Register ofDeeds. The office has access to computerized birth recordsstatewide and can issue a certified copy of any South Dakotabirth. In the past, birth records were only available from the countywhere the birth occurred or from the South Dakota Department ofHealth, Vital Records Program. Birth records are available from 1905 on. As earlier years are entered in the computerized system,records from those years will also become available. The cost for a certified copy of a birth record is $15.00 as ofJuly 1, 2012.

PUBLIC NOTICEJackson County Mul-tijurisdictional Haz-ard Mitigation Plan

Jackson County, the City of Kadoka, andthe Towns of Belvidere and Interior arecurrently in the process of updating theJackson County Multijurisdictional Haz-ard Mitigation Plan.

The update is required in order for Jack-son County, the City of Kadoka, and theTowns of Belvidere and Interior to remaineligible for available federal and statefunds. A Hazard Mitigation Plan is de-fined as a plan of action before a disasterstrikes to prevent the occurrence of a dis-aster or to reduce the effects of a disas-ter when it occurs. It is also used after adisaster to reduce the risk of a repeat dis-aster or hazard event.

As a part of this update, the public is in-vited to provide comments and partici-pate in the Hazard Mitigation PlanningProcess. At the meeting we shall discussthe prioritization of potential future miti-gation projects, and review a copy of thecompleted rough draft.

The meeting will take place at 7:00 MT,Wednesday January 9, 2013 at theKadoka Fire Hall, 810 Main Street,Kadoka, SD. Please feel free to contactJackson County Emergency Manager,Jackie Stilwell at (605) 488-0334 if youhave any questions.

[Published January 3, 2013 at the totalapproximate cost of $22.20]

Public Notice Deadline

Friday at Noon

NOTICETOWN OF INTERIOR

The Town Board of Interior will meet at7:00 p.m. on January 9, 2013 at CowboyCorner to consider the transfer of the fol-lowing Licenses from Terry & ShirleyGartner dba Badlands Grocery, Lot 7,Block 2, Original Town of Interior to CristiGuptill dba Badlands Grocery, Lot 7,Block 2, Original Town of Interior:

Package (off-sale) Malt Beverage andPackage (off-sale) liquor.

Any person(s) or his/her attorney, inter-ested in the approval or rejection of anylicense, may appear and be heard at theabove meeting.

Finance OfficerLinda Livermont

[Published January 3, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $10.11]

Philip League Bowling

Lucky StrikeOPEN BOWLING:

Sunday-Friday, 12 to 6 p.m. • Saturday, 12 p.m. to closingThe kitchen is open – we have orders to go!!

859-2430 • Philip

Wednesday Night EarlyMorrison’s Haying ..............33.5-22.5Dakota Bar................................31-25Wall Food Center ......................31-25Chiefie’s Chicks...................29.5-26.5First National Bank .................27-29Hildebrand Concrete ..........25.5-30.5Just Tammy’s ......................23.5-32.5Dorothy’s Catering....................23-33Highlights:Marlis Petersen.............222, 217/571Brittney Drury ......................151/402Lois Porch.....................................192Linda Stangle...............................184Wendy Eisenbraun.......................424Kathy Gittings .............................181Val Schulz..............................189/484Mitzi Boyd ....................................180Cristi Ferguson ............................177Ashley Reckling ...........................174Rachel Kjerstad............................173Emily Kroetch ..............................173Kalie Kjerstad ....................9-10 split

Thursday MenA&M Laundry.............................36-8Dakota Bar................................29-15O’Connell Const ........................26-18McDonnell Farms .....................23-21West River Pioneer Tanks........18-26Coyle’s SuperValu .....................17-27WEE BADD...............................16-28The Steakhouse.........................11-23Highlights:John Heltzel ........256 clean, 212/658

Jason Petersen ..........245 clean, 221, .....................................194 clean/660Jay McDonnell ......................228/643Cory Boyd ....................226 clean/628Wendell Buxcel...................207 cleanTyler Hauk ...................................180Jan Bielmaier........................217/613Alvin Pearson ....................3-10 split;.....................................217 clean/575Doug Hauk ............................221/562Matt Schofield.......................222/559Fred Foland...........................213/553Nathan Kjerstad .........202 clean/560Andrew Reckling................205 cleanRon Williams ...................2-4-10 splitConrad Kjerstad ...................3-7 splitKy Bowen..............................5-7 splitNeal Petersen .....................3-10 split

Friday Night MixedCristi’s Crew .............................47-13King Pins.............................40.5-19.5Randy’s Spray Service ..............32-28Lee & the Ladies.......................27-33Roy’s Repair ........................26.5-33.5The Ghost Team............................0-0Highlights:Cory Boyd .............5-7 split; 233, 210 .....................................206 clean/649Brian Pearson...225 & 214 clean/630Roy Miller..............................192/519John Heltzel .......4-5-7 split; 204/550Kristin Schmidt ...........................174Kelly Fees.....................................187Annette Hand....................4-5-7 split

The fact we actually survivedanother year is a tribute to some-body's tenacity; I am not surewhose. I know the only thing thatgot me through the year was theGracious Mistress of the Parson-age and boy is she graciously tena-cious. I was sure everything wouldcollapse and of course, severaltimes I collapsed in my easy chair. It is a New Year, or so they tellus but I have my suspicions. Afterthis latest episode with theMayan's calendar, I am not toosure what date it is or what year itis, for that matter. They certainlygot everything wrong and I havemy suspicions about the rest of it. How do we really know thatJanuary 1 is actually January 1?Moreover, how do we know whatyear it is exactly? I think somewhere along theline somebody has pulled a scamon civilization and has messed upour calendars. If the Mayans got itwrong, maybe we have it wrongalso. Whatever day and whateveryear it is I am going to celebratethe New Year. If I am wrong, Ihave a lot of company. When we celebrate the NewYear, there is nothing new about it.Everything we did last year we aregoing to be doing this year only wewill be one year older. Perhaps aswe get older we forget about whatwe have done and think we aredoing something new. Hooray forsenility! I really do not care about that;my philosophy is, let's do it all overagain. If it is worth doing the firsttime, it is worth doing again. This brings me to a great point,which is, some things are worth re-peating while other things are not.It is trying to find out the differ-ence between these two thatmakes life challenging. I do notmind repeating things if I am incharge of what I am repeating. I think we all should choosewhat we are going to repeat. Forexample, I wish I could choose ayear to repeat. If I could repeat any year, itwould be 1971. That year repre-sents the greatest con in the his-tory of mankind. I am not sureanything like it has ever happenedbefore or since. That was the yearI married a young lady who turnedout to be the Gracious Mistress ofthe Parsonage. What bothers me about this iswhy did she really marry me? Wasit my charm and good looks or didshe think I was rich? There havebeen times I have wanted to queryher on this very subject but then, Iam always afraid she will tell methe truth. I do not mind the truth

Let's do it all over again

of it does not involve anything per-sonally. I just will settle with thefact that that was the year Iconned her into marrying me. We have been a great team eversince. She has kept me straightand I have given her opportunitiesto exercise that career, which shehas become quite proficient. One of the great things result-ing from this marriage is the factthat she has been faithful to pointout my mistakes. Through herhelp, I discovered I have quite afew mistakes. I begin every year with a cleanslate. I am able to celebrate Janu-ary 1 with no mistakes whatsoeverbut then the next day my wife be-gins the ominous task of pointingout my mistakes. This is a joint ef-fort, which leaves me out of jointoften. I have a little theory along thisline. I think that if it is a mistakeyou have made before it should notcount anymore. I think the onlything that should be legitimate topoint out are new mistakes. I findmyself so busy practicing my oldmistakes that I rarely get aroundto making new mistakes. All these years I have reveled inmy old mistakes. Trying to findsomething new is a great strain onmy little grey cells. At this point inmy life, they are exhausted andare encouraging me to rely uponthose old mistakes and give thema well-deserved rest. At my stage in life I think newis overrated and, if experience isanything, something new is al-ways taxing and in more waysthan one. Do not let the govern-ment find out that you have some-thing new or Uncle Sam will comeknocking at your door with a gen-tle request for tax money. There is an old saying that saysinsanity is doing the same thingsover and over expecting differentresults. Well, that does not de-scribe me. I do not want differentresults. I like the results I have. Ilike doing the same thing overagain because I know what to ex-pect. And if ignorance in this areais bliss, I am the most blissful per-son on the planet. My challenge this year is to sur-prise my wife with some unex-pected new mistakes. Just one! To get on the right track for theNew Year, I start with the Bible."Therefore if any man be in Christ,he is a new creature; old things arepassed away: behold, all things arebecome new" (2 Corinthians 5:17KJV). Instead of just celebrating theNew Year, I plan also to celebratethat "new creature" in Christ. Nomistake about it.

Family of God FellowshipRev. James L. Synder • Ocala, FL

Thank you to my “Secret Santa”for the gift certificate to People’sMarket.

Jake Totton

A huge thank you to MidlandSchool Booster Club, St. WilliamAltar Society and National MutualBenefit for putting on the benefitsoup supper for me. Thank you toeveryone who contributed in anyway -- food, donations, and/or yourpresence at the supper. It meant theworld to us. The generosity shownby everyone from Midland, Philip,Kadoka, Oakaton and Murdo wasoverwhelming. We also appreciateNMB for the matching funds --Thankyou!

A belated thank you to Matt Don-nelly and students for organizing the50/50 raffles in Philip. Also thanks toDon Haynes for the Midland 50/50raffle and Modern Woodman'smatching funds.

The kindness and thoughtfulnessof everyone is unbelievable.

One more thank you goes to Royfor always taking care of Cedar. It iscomforting to know he is in goodhands.

God Bless and Happy New Year!Mary and Tom Parquet

Thank you to Kadoka Press andDouble H Feed for the door prizes Iwon during the Christmas TreasureHunt. So much fun!

Cindy Willert

Thank Yous

BABY SHOWER: for Asher Hand-cock, son of John and Mary, will beheld on Sunday, January 13 at 1:15p.m. at the Kadoka PresbyterianChurch. K25-2tc

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

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HILDEBRAND STEEL & CON-CRETE: ALL types of concrete work.Rich, Colleen and Haven Hilde-brand. Toll-free: 1-877-867-4185;Office, 837-2621; Rich, cell 431-2226; Haven, cell 490-2926; Jerry,cell 488-0291. KP5-tfc

APARTMENTS: Spacious one-bed-room units, all utilities included.Young or old. Need rental assis-tance or not, we can house you. Justcall 1-800-481-6904 or stop in thelobby and pick up an application.Gateway Apartments, Kadoka.

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WEST RIVER EXCAVATION: willdo all types of trenching, ditchingand directional boring work. SeeCraig, Diana, Sauntee or HeidiColler, Kadoka, SD, or call 605/837-2690. Craig cell 390-8087, Saunteecell 390-8604, [email protected]. 27-tfc

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING: Call 837-2243 or contact Wendell Buxcel,Kadoka, SD. 10-tfc

POSTER BOARD: White and col-ored. At the Kadoka Press. tfc

COPIES: 8-1/2x11 - 20¢ each; 8-1/2x14 - 25¢ each; 11x14 - 35¢each. At the Kadoka Press. tfc

RUBBER STAMPS: Can be or-dered at the Kadoka Press. Regularor self-inking styles. tfc

STATEWIDE CLASSIFIED: SouthDakota's best advertising buy! A 25-word classified ad in each of thestates’ 150 daily and weekly news-papers. Your message reaches375,000 households for just$150.00! This newspaper can giveyou the complete details. Call (605)837-2259. tfc

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If you still receive a paper check foryour Social Security or other federalbenefit payments, you are requiredby law to switch to an electronic pay-ment option by March 1. It's fast, free and easy to sign upfor direct deposit or the Direct Ex-press® Debit MasterCard®card bycalling the U.S. Treasury ElectronicPayment Solution Center at (800)333-1795 Mon. - Fri. from 7 a.m. to 7p.m. CST. Wait times are usuallyminimal. Call now to avoid delaysnear the deadline. For direct deposit, you can alsosign up online at www.GoDirect .orgor by visiting your bank or creditunion. Before making the switch, decidewhich payment option you wouldlike. If you are unsure, you can callthe United States Treasury Elec-tronic Payment Solution Center at(800) 333-1795 and a friendly agentwill discuss options and help youchoose the right one for you. The U.S.Department of the Treasury recom-mends two electronic payment op-tions: Direct deposit. If you have a check-ing or savings account, sign up to getyour money by directdeposit. Yourfederal benefit payment will gostraight into your account on pay-ment day each month.Direct Express® card. If you don'thave a bank account or prefer a pre-paid debit card, switch to the DirectExpress® card. Your money will beposted to the card account on pay-ment day each month. There's no

need to wait for the mail or to makea special trip to cash a check. You canmake purchases and get cash backwith purchases at no charge any-where Debit MasterCard® is ac-cepted. There are no sign-up fees,overdraft fees or monthly fees. Somefees for optional services may apply.For information on card fees and fea-tures, visit www.GoDirect.org. If youdo not choose an electronic paymentoption by March 1, 2013, you may beissued a Direct Express® card. Have the following information onhand when you make the switch: 12-digit federal benefit check number,amount of most recent federal benefitcheck, and financial institution'srouting transit number (direct de-posit only), account number and type- checking or savings (direct depositonly). This information is often onpersonal checks. Electronic payments are safer thanpaper checks. You are 125 times morelikely to have a problem with a papercheck than with an electronic pay-ment. Even though electronic pay-ments are safer, it's important thatyou take steps to keep your moneysafe. The Treasury Dept. urges you tofollow these tips. Be careful of anyonewho calls, texts or emails you askingfor personal information. Do not giveout your SS number or account infor-mation to anyone unless you are theone who has contacted them. Watchyour bank or credit union account orDirect Express® card account oftento make sure that all account activityis yours.

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Private Pesticide ApplicatorMeetings Start This WeekPrivate Pesticide Applicator

Certification Training meetingsstart on Friday, January 4th attwo locations in South Dakota, andcontinue at a steady pace until lateMarch. At this time, 45 meetingsare planned to be held across thestate, with a few additional meet-ings possibly remaining to bescheduled.

The full listing of Private Pesti-cide Applicator Certification meet-ings can be found on the SDSUPesticide Applicator Training web-site: http://sdstate.edu/ps/exten-sion/pat/pat-county-dates.cfm.Additional information can befound at http://igrow.org.

There are three options to be-come certified or re-certified. 1. At-tend a 3-hour recertificationmeeting. 2. Pick up the open-bookhome-study exam and referencematerials at your local ExtensionOffice or Regional Extension Cen-ter or, 3. Take the Private Applica-tor exam on-line at theDepartment of Agriculture’s web-site: http://apps.sd.gov/doa/pwt/.Regardless of the method youchoose to certify or re-certify; youmust bring a government-issued,photo ID.

Snow and Winter WheatIt is well known that winter

wheat has a much better chance ofsurvival if it goes into the winterwith good soil moisture. That wasfar from the case in the fall of2012, when a large percentage ofthe winter wheat in South Dakotawas planted into dry soil.

As reported earlier this fall,many areas received smallamounts of moisture via rainand/or snow, which caused some ofthe wheat to sprout, but little ac-tually emerged. That marginalamount of moisture may play amajor role in whether wheat fields;or plants within wheat fields sur-vive the winter. Wheat has beenknown to take on moisture, swell,and even produce a small sprout,then dry out, and “re-germinate”when adequate soil moisture re-turns. There is a point however,where the sprout grows too largeto survive after drying out, andthat point is not well defined.

For wheat plants that were stillviable going into the recent coldspell, the snow received by much ofthe state in the past weeks mayallow it to hang on. Even a fewinches of snow can protect the ten-der wheat plants a few inchesbelow the soil surface. The auto-matic weather station at Leola, SDreports that most of the low tem-peratures were below zero over thepast week, and the high tempera-ture for the day hovered near 10degrees F. While this was going on,the lowest soil temperature at the2” depth was 21 degrees F, wellabove the 0-5 degrees that prop-erly “hardened off” winter wheatcan withstand. What soil temper-

atures these barely sprouted win-ter wheat seedlings can withstandremains to be seen, but may not beas low as well established andproperly hardened off plants.

As spring approaches, winterwheat producers will want to as-sess the status of their crop andcontact their crop insurance agentif evidence of winterkill becomesapparent.

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

4-H Rodeo Finals … was held in Ft. Pierre on August 24, 25 and26. Logan Christensen (L) place 4th in Sr. Boys Steer Wrestling, Alex Smi-ley 3rd in Sr. Girls Barrels, and Katie Lensegrav 2nd Sr. Girl Breakawayroping. --courtsey photo

League champs … The Kadoka “A” baseball team took first place in the Badlands Baseball Tournamnetthat was held in Wall on Saturday, July 14. In the first game Kadoka defeated Philip with a score of 6-5 in seveninnings. In the championship game, Kadoka defeated Murdo in seven innings with a final 13-4. Picture backrow (L-R): Lavin Bendt, assistant coach Rich Lamont, Jory Rodgers, Makenzie Stilwell, Storm Wilcox, AJ Bendt,Barney Letellier, assistant coach Rich Bendt, and coach Jody Sudbeck. Front row: Katy O’Daniel, Reece Sudbeck,Marcus Herber, Abe Herber, Jarred Hicks, Richard Lamont, Gage Weller. --photos by Shawna Bendt

Time to say goodbye to the walls of KAHS … Twenty high school seniors took time for onelast class photo before graduation on Sunday, May 20. Back row (L-R): Sonya Romero, Eleanor Perkins, BrianaStone, Le’Anna Buxcel, Jace Standing Bear, Brandon Dale, Brady Sudbeck, Jake Addison, Bryan Schofield, SeanIreland and Marty Waters. Front row: Alex Smiley, Lorena Bettelyoun, Tess Byrd, Sierra Sitting Up, AlanaRomero, Nicole VanderMay, Laken Jorgensen, Tia Carlson, and Kassidy Ferguson.


2012 homecoming royalty … Kahler Addison, Kenar Vander-May, King Clint Stout, Queen Marti Herber, Mariah Pierce and ShaleyHerber.

--photo by Robyn Jones

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