KADOKA PRESSThe official newspaper of Jackson County, South Dakota

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Volume 105Number 50

June 28, 2012

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It’s celebration time: class reunions, dances, ranch rodeo

The Meaning of Gravestone Carvings

To walk through a cemetery is towalk through history.

“A gravestone is something tan-gible to remember that person by.When I drive by a cemetery, thefirst thing I look at is the older sec-tion. I’m curious about the styleand design of the gravestones andthe names on the gravestones,”said Virginia Hanson, archivist atthe State Archives of the SouthDakota State Historical Society, lo-cated in the Cultural Heritage Cen-ter in Pierre. She often lecturesabout genealogy and the meaningof gravestones.

Wood was a common materialused to mark graves from the1840s to about 1910 in SouthDakota.

“People often ask me why wehave so many unmarked burialsites. A reason is the markers pos-sibly were made of wood. Wood onlylasts so long,” Hanson said.

Names cut in wood became lessvisible as the wood weathered.

ized the open gateway from earthto heaven. A broken ring meant thefamily circle was severed. A lambwas often seen on the gravestonesof those under 16 and meant inno-cence or youth. An inverted torchmeant sudden death or the suddenloss of an adult life.

Symbols often reflected member-ship in an organization or militaryservice.

A Sears and Roebuck Catalogfrom about 1912 offered differenttombstones and styles that peoplecould order.

“So if you see several stones withthe same pattern, there is a goodchance they were ordered throughthe local market,” Hanson said.

The meaning of gravestone carv-ings has changed over the years.Wheat or corn stalks once symbol-ized ripe old age, but now it canmean the deceased was a farmer,Hanson said.

“Since 1950, with modern etch-ing, you see about anything as faras tombstone markings -- rodeoscenes, airplanes, farm machinery,or a portrait of a person,” Hansonsaid.

Motion sensors make it possiblefor a recording to turn on whenpeople walk by the gravestone andlight sensitive lamps turn on whenthe sun sets.

“Back 100 years ago youwouldn’t think of putting a lamp ata grave, but now, a light at thegravesite is a modern symbol of re-membering the spirit of that per-son,” Hanson said.

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Some wooden markers were con-sumed in prairie fires.

Large rocks were also used tomark the location of graves.

Some of the earliest gravestonesin South Dakota were made of localstone, with the name of the de-ceased and year of death carved byhand into the stone. Symbols wereadded if the family could afford it.

“Carvers charged by the letter,so if there was a lot of carving inthe gravestone, that was quite aninvestment,” Hanson said.

Many of the symbols carved on agravestone reflected the national-ity of the deceased.

A Celtic cross might symbolizesomeone who came from Ireland orScotland, and an iron cross mightdenote the German-Russian peo-ple.

Some of the common carvings ontombstones in South Dakota wereflowers, gates, butterflies and bro-ken rings. Flowers symbolized con-dolences, grief or sorrow, whileclosed roses meant brevity ofearthly existence. A gate symbol-

South Dakota history & heritage

county, prioritize them and identifythe activities to be undertaken tomeet the needs. At 8:00 the commissioners willhold a second hearing to discussthe future of providing driver’s li-censing service -- whether thecounty should continue providingthe service. Input will be takenfrom not only Jackson County, butsurrounding counties. Since entering into the agree-ment with the South Dakota Dept.of Public Safety in 2004, many ofthe state wide services have beenreduced or eliminated across thestate. Jackson County receives $5.00per license fee and the workloadhas increased throughout theyears. The county is consideringhiring additional staff for the in-

creased workload. People travel a long distance toobtain their licenses in JacksonCounty, which is available Mondaythrough Friday. The next nearestplace to renew or obtain a license isMurdo, Mission or Martin; some ofthese sites only offer the service onlimited days. The State has denied JacksonCounty’s request for allowing thecounty to retain one-half of the li-cense fee. According to a legal notice, “Iffunding is not found, the commis-sioners are considering discontinu-ing the services.” For persons unable to attend thismeeting, written comments may besent to: Jackson County Commis-sion, PO Box 280, Kadoka, SD57543

At a special Jackson CountyCommissioner’s meeting on Friday,June 29, the commissioners will beseeking public opinion on twoitems. The first agenda item at 7:00p.m. will be for public discussion onsubmitting an application to theState of South Dakota for a Com-munity Development Block Grantin order to assist with the financingof a library project. The county ex-pects to apply for up to $515,000from the CDBG Community Proj-ects Account to be used for the pro-posed project which will costapproximately $600,000. The purpose of the hearing is toreceive comments regarding theapplication from members of thecounty and to assess the commu-nity development needs of the

Jackson County seeking input

regarding fate of license service

Calista Kirby, 23, of Brookings,Miss Rushmore, was crowned MissSouth Dakota Saturday night. Herplatform is “Stay Well, Get Well,American Cancer Society.” For her talent, she performed atumbling routine to the song “Defy-

ing Gravity” from the musicalWicked. Kirby was a double prelim-inary winner, winning the talentcompetition Thursday night andthe preliminary swimsuit awardFriday night. Kirby also won theMiss America Organization Com-

munity Service Award for $1,000,and the Top Interview award. First runner-up was Miss SiouxEmpire Fair, Heather Johnson ofOlivia, Minnesota. Johnson was also a preliminarywinner, winning the swimsuitaward Thursday night. Second runner-up was MissSiouxland, Autumn Simunek ofHot Springs. Simunek also won ascholarship for Top Fundraiser forthe Children’s Miracle Network. Third runner-up was MissRolling Plains, Tessa Dee ofMitchell. She also won the “Ray Pe-terson Rookie of the Year” $500scholarship for the first-year con-testant with the highest overallscore. Fourth runner-up was MissLake Alvin Brittanie Venard of Tea.She also won the Miss America Ac-ademic award. Miss State Fair Abbi Sudtelgte,Miss Hot Springs Morgan Black,and Miss Rapid City Julia Kendrixrounded out the top eight semi-fi-nalists. Sudtelgte won the SouthDakota National Guard Commu-nity Service award. Miss BrookingsCecilia Knutson won the award formost talented non-finalist. MissJames Valley Calli Pritchard wasnamed Miss Congeniality by herfellow contestants. Emilee Davenport, Sioux City,Iowa, Miss USD, won the $500Harold Monroe Memorial Awardfor best non-finalist interview. Calista Kirby will representSouth Dakota at the Miss Americapageant in January 2013. Calista is the daughter of Coryand September Kirby of Brookingsand the granddaughter of Joe andKathleen Leutenegger of Kadoka.

Calista Kirby crowned Miss South Dakota 2012

Receiving her crown … Miss South Dakota 2011, Anna Simp-son, crowns Miss South Dakota 2012, Calista Kirby.

--courtsey photo

Taking first in the Kadoka Ranch Rodeo … The team of Gordon Livestock, Bryan Rahn (L),Mike Maconahey, Travis Anderson and Bailey Burress, gathered on Main Street near the tent to accept theirbuckles after winning this year’s first annual event. They took first place in the steer gathering and trailer load-ing event. See more ranch rodeo photos and results on page 6.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

Gals of the Class of 1972 … enjoyed the Kadoka Ranch Rodeo Saturday afternoon before their classgathering at Club 27 that evening. Pictured (L-R): Marcy Ramsey, Darcy Gill, Darla Schueth, Dana DeVries andMarla Nelson. See the reunion class pictures on page 5 of this issue.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

June 27 through July 5 in SouthDakota. Fireworks may be dis-charged in the state during thatsame period, unless local ordi-nances set tighter limits. Citiesmay adopt more stringent limits onuse of fireworks. It’s best to checklocal ordinances and regulations.

Fireworks are a traditional partof the Independence Day celebra-tion, but every year there are a fewinjuries and some unintentionalfires. This year, conditions across

much of South Dakota are ex-tremely dry, and everyone needs tocooperate in using common sensewith their fireworks.

Don’t combine different types offireworks or try to explode home-made ones. Keep a source of waterhandy and never try to relight adud. While sparklers are popularwith younger children, they cancause painful burns and should beused with adult supervision.

Have a happy and safe holiday.

With retail sale of fireworks be-ginning on Wednesday, June 27 inSouth Dakota, State Fire MarshalPaul Merriman is asking residentsto play it safe this July 4th.

Mayor Harry Weller has an-nounced that it is illegal to set offfireworks within the Kadoka citylimits. However, he said, fireworkswill be allowed at the baseball fieldon July 3 and July 4, providingthere is no other activities going on.

Fireworks sales are legal from

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Read Luke 5:1-11Decisions we consider insignificant may actually be

important in God's eyes. Obedience in the small detailsprepares the believer for obedience in all things.Today's passage shows that Peter experienced a gentle

first lesson in following the Lord. Peter's initial interaction with Christ seemed insignificant. We can assume Jesus asked Peter for theuse of his boat, which meant that the weary fisherman put aside his cleanup duties in order to steer thecraft for an itinerant preacher. It was a small decision, but the reward was noteworthy. Peter had a front-row seat for the message Jesus proclaimed to the crowd on the beach. The future disciple was convinced of Christ's authority because of what he heard. Therefore, he obeyedJesus' second request to let down the nets for a catch, even though doing so contradicted everything heknew about fishing. The results were miraculous--a catch so great that a second boat had to come andtake part of the haul. Jesus was gently easing Peter into a place of absolute obedience. The fisherman's brief but compellinghistory of submitting to the Lord's will and experiencing His blessing convinced him that giving up every-thing to follow Christ was the wisest choice. The rewards for that decision are both innumerable and im-measurable. Peter's experience of increasingly demanding calls to obedience and sacrifice isn't unique. That's howthe Father teaches His children to follow His will. So don't assume a decision is insignificant--God is set-ting you on a course to fulfill His good purpose for your life. Choose to obey Him always.

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Dear Editor: I am grateful that a Kadoka citycouncil member stopped by andstraightened me out on somethings. Seems that some on the citycouncil are adamant that the Com-prehensive Plan is “our plan”. However, I understand that en-vironmental engineers, Schu-macher, Paul & Nohr, authored itat substantial expense to the cityusing statistics furnished by localofficials. First, all those figures quoted inthe proposed Comprehensive Planamounting to millions of dollarsare very stale. The council hasknown this for some time. Anyonethat has contracted knows there isa great difference between what isestimated cost and what is a bidbasis. Subsequent inflation has fur-ther has increased costs. Six mil-lion may not cover the expansivedreams of city planners. That is only a part of the vagueparts of the Plan, as follows: Page 6, “A comprehensive planimpacts not only persons living inthe study area, but also those resi-dents residing and workingthroughout the Kadoka area”. On page 7 “zoning districts” arementioned without specifics. Chapter 4, Page 17. “To sustainan environmental strategy thatsupports an interworking relation-ship between the physical and builtenvironment and also protect theair and water quality to ensurepublic health and safety for the res-idents of Kadoka”. Lawyers wouldcall this “boilerplate” and it soundseerily familiar from another com-prehensive plan I have read by thesame authors. Page 19. “For all new construc-tion in Kadoka, planning and engi-neering must be used as tools to

mitigate against hazards posed byhilly topography, high degree ofslope and soil instability”. Chapter 6, Page 28. “Land usedefines the physical landscape andprovides justification for zoning ina community”. Page 30. “A city is obligated toassess its development constraintswhen planning for future growth inadjoining areas. They must coordi-nate with the county on all mattersconcerning annexation. Comment:We need more information on an-nexation. Further down, same page. Withthe current comprehensive planonly focusing on land within theCity's incorporated limits the com-mission felt that combining the in-dustrial district with anAgricultural designation wouldsimplify the future land use map.See comment above. Page 31. All lands being an-nexed by the city shall be placed ina No Use designation till the City'sBoard of Adjustment is able to con-duct an investigation and study ofthe proposed land use of the exist-ing area. For this reason, the Com-mission felt the future land usemap should contain lands outsidethe City's Limits to be classifiedunder this designation”. Comment: Sort of like therancher who didn't want to own allthe land - just that joining his prop-erty. Page 46. “ - - - - extraterritorialjurisdiction for the purposes of pro-moting health, safety, morals andgeneral welfare of the community”. Comment: Define “extraterritor-ial”? Isn't it a stretch to have con-trol of “morals” in a comprehensiveland use plan? Nancy Pelosi's is famous for say-ing, “We have to pass the bill tofind out what is in it”. In my opin-ion the goal is a scheme to wrestcontrol of Kadoka from the electedcity officials. Later we will findwhat the E.P.A. and other ap-pointed government functionariesin Washington D.C. and Pierrethink is good for us. The plan is certainly compre-hensively confusing.

/s/ Glenn T. FreemanBox 406

Kadoka, SD 57543

Dear Editor, I agree with Mr. Freeman 100%.I am against zoning and Horizons.When a person can go on anotherperson’s property and tell themwhat to do and how to do it. It is myopinion that this is communism.

/s/ Stephen RigginsPO Box 43

Kadoka, SD 57543

Monday, July 2 Salisbury steak with gravy,mashed potatoes and gravy, pars-ley carrots, corn bread and tropicalfruit.

Tuesday, July 3 Barbecue beef, pasta vegetablesalad with tomatoes and cucum-bers, pea-cheese salad, bread andpineapple strawberry ambrosia.

Wednesday, July 4HOLIDAYNo meals

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Chicken salad on a bun with let-tuce, baked beans, coleslaw andwatermelon.

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Sandra Raye Sumpter May_________

Sandra Raye Sumpter May, age48, of Watertown, formerly ofPhilip, died Saturday, June 16,2012, at her home in Watertown. Sandra Raye Sumpter was bornAugust 14, 1963, in Rapid City, thedaughter of Bill and Marsha(Fairchild) Sumpter. She grew upand received her education inPhilip, graduating from PhilipHigh School. She married Tim May and ofthat marriage were born two chil-dren, Amanda and Chase. Her chil-dren were her pride and joy. Sandra held various jobs duringthe years but her most rewardingwas helping to take care of her

great-aunt, Edna Buswell, andgrandmother, Ruth Fairchild, intheir later years. She is survived by her daughter,Amanda (May) and Adam Claflin ofHarrisburg; and son, Chase Mayand Carly Nighbert of Madison;her parents, Bill and MarshaSumpter of Kadoka; a sister, Shel-ley Seager of Sutton, Neb.;nephews, Eric Seager and ZackSeager of Rapid City; and twogreat-nephews, Eli and Ryder Sea-ger. She was preceded in death byher maternal grandparents, Wayneand Ruth Fairchild; and paternalgrandparents, Virgie Melton andN. W. Sumpter and Beatrice. Memorial services were heldSaturday, June 23, at the UnitedChurch in Philip with PastorKathy Chesney officiating. Music was provided by KarylSandal, pianist. Ushers were Eric and Zach Sea-ger. Interment will take place at alater date at Masonic Cemetery inPhilip. A memorial has been estab-lished. Arrangements were with theRush Funeral Home of Philip. Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com

John Robert Whitford______________

John Robert Whitford, 81, of HotSprings, SD, was born March 28,1931, in Carter, SD, to Frank andClara (Craw) Whitford. Johnpassed away Thursday, June 14,2012 at the Hot Springs VA Med-ical Center after a very brief ill-ness.

After John attended gradeschool in Carter, he attended highschool in Winner, SD, and gradu-ated in the class of 1949. John hadjust begun attending Black HillsTeachers College when he wasdrafted into the U.S. Army for theKorean War in 1950. John was sentto both basic training, advancedbasic training and when he wasdone was loaned to the French For-eign Legion. He was stationed inFontainebleau France and was asecretary for the head of NATO atthe time.

Upon John's discharge he re-turned to college at Black HillsTeachers College where he met hisfuture bride, Irene Cummings.They were married May 29, 1955,and made their home in SpearfishVets-ville while he finished his un-dergraduate degrees in education,history, and English. John taughtat Winner High School and at-tended graduate school in the sum-mers at the University of SouthDakota. During his tenure in Win-ner, his daughter Mary was born.He achieved a master's degree inpsychology in 1961.

John received a scholarship tothe University of North Dakota topursue his doctorate in psychologyand completed most of the programbefore choosing to leave in fear ofnot being employable in school sys-tems at that time with such a de-gree. John's daughter Margaretwas born during the family's resi-dence in North Dakota.

In 1962 John accepted a positionwith the Belvidere School where heremained until 1965 when he ac-cepted a job as superintendent ofthe Oelrichs, SD, School District.He remained at Oelrichs until 1980as the superintendent as well asteaching French. Their son Markwas born while they lived in Oel-richs. It was while living in Oel-richs that John underwentemergency medical techniciantraining and was a founding mem-ber of the Oelrichs Ambulance As-sociation.

In 1980 John accepted a positionas school guidance counselor andpsychological tester in Martin, SD.He also became involved with theAmbulance Association in Martinwhich was much more active anddiverse and allowed him to expandand develop his skills.

John and Irene moved back toOelrichs in 1989 and he accepted aposition as school counselor andtester at Loneman Day School andthe Loneman branch of OLC. Heworked there until his retirement.After his health began to decline,John and Irene made their home inHot Springs. Irene passed away onJanuary 8, 2008. In 2009, Johnmoved to the South Dakota StateVeterans Home in Hot Springswhere he made his home until hispassing.

John was a voracious reader andenjoyed creative writing and draw-ing. He enjoyed growing flowersand gardening. He greatly enjoyedspending time with his grandchil-dren and great-grandchildren.John was also a member of theAmerican Legion and VFW overthe years.

Surviving John are his brother,Jerry Whitford of Ashland, NE,daughters, Mary (Russel) Bledsoeand Margaret (Robert) Evans ofHot Springs and his son, Mark ofSeattle, WA. He also leaves behindfive grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded indeath by his wife, Irene, and hisparents.

Visitation was held from 5 p.m.to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 19, at Mc-Colley's Chapel of the Hills in HotSprings.

Funeral services were held at11:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 20,2012 at McColley's Chapel of theHills with Pastor Morris Nelson of-ficiating. Interment will follow atthe Evergreen Cemetery in HotSprings.

A memorial has been estab-lished at the Hot Springs Public Li-brary. In lieu of flowers pleasemake a donation directly to the li-brary in John's name.

Arrangements have been placedin the care of McColley's Chapel ofthe Hills in Hot Springs. Writtencondolences may be made atwww.mccolleyschapels.com.

Brandon Peterson from EquipMinistries will be the guestspeaker on Sunday, July 1 at theBelvidere Community Church at9:30 a.m. and at the Kadoka Pres-byterian Church in Kadoka at11:00 a.m. Equip Ministries began at theUniversity of Brookings, SouthDakota, in 2006. Its work is to pro-claim the message of Jesus Christon campus and to equip students toanswer the tough question thatstudents are asking about theChristian faith. Brandon and his wife, Erin,have two children, Noah age 4, andJonathan age 2. Brandon holds aMaster of Arts degree from Re-deemer Seminary of Dallas, Texas. The public is cordially invited tothe churches. There will be coffeeand rolls served after the churchservice in Belvidere.

Peterson guestspeaker atBelvidere andKadoka Church

Belvidere News … June 28, 2012 • Kadoka Press • Page 3

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I’ve been being a humanitariantoday. Wait. Make that “bugitar-ian.” I’ve been giving aid and succorto bugs, not humans. As it hap-pened, I was drinking some coffeeon the deck this morning and no-ticed a little black beetle upsidedown on a steel plate by the door. Asyou have probably observed, beetleshave trouble righting themselvesonce they land on their backs on aflat surface. There he was ineffectually paw-ing the air trying to find somethingto grab so he could turn himselfover. There was nothing available.Eventually I tired of watching thishopeless situation and held a littlestick next to him that he couldgrasp, which he had the sense to do.I then placed him on the deckwhere he promptly fell over onto hisback again and started boxing theair. “Enough of this,” I said, andbooted the fellow off into the grasswhere at least there were morethings for him to clutch in case heflipped over again. What puzzles me somewhat withbeetles is that, as far as I know,they have wings. Why can’t they liftthemselves enough with one wingto flip over. Maybe their wings onlymove in tandem so one can’t bemoved by itself. The other possibil-ity, of course, is that beetles are soextremely stupid that it never oc-curs to them to use their wings foranything other than flying. It’s aposer, but there you are. Normally speaking, I have noreal concern for bugs. If they insiston smashing themselves againstmy windshield, I don’t really careexcept for grumbling that I can’t seeout the window very well after theysmear themselves all over it. I par-ticularly have no concern forgrasshoppers and often purposelystep on them. Crickets are similar.I especially despise having cricketsin the house since they will sooneror later start chirping and drivingme crazy. They are also frustratingin that they seem able to jumpevery time just as you try to step onthem so you look fairly silly stomp-ing around the room in pursuit. In this regard, I tend to think ofa neighbor we had near our housein town when I was going to schoolthere. We called her Aunt Ellen al-though she was not a relative, andshe was a fairly thin, elderly Nor-wegian lady. She hated crickets andalways tried to step on them whenshe noticed them. That, as we said,

is tricky, so seeing a little white-haired lady stomping across theroom tended to be somewhat hu-morous. She would be sputtering atthe same time which made it evenfunnier. Now, when I go high-step-ping across the room after a cricket,I almost always think of Aunt Ellenwho was actually a very sweet ladywhen she wasn’t fussed up aboutblack hopping insects. Wife Corinne will also be a bugi-tarian from time to time but mostlywhen it comes to ladybugs. Shelikes them a lot and has even beenknown to order a bag of them tohelp get rid of harmful insects onher fruit trees and other plants. If aladybug gets in the house, Corinnewill usually move it to a safe spotwhere it won’t be accidentallystepped on or otherwise harmed.Flies and millers she doesn’t carefor and swats them every chanceshe gets, but ladybugs are herfriends. Bees, generally speaking, haveme in a muddle. I don’t like thembuzzing around my head becausethey are capable of delivering anasty sting. On the other hand, I re-spect the fact that they are usefulin pollination and making honey. Ijust try to stay out of their way andlet them get on with life. I do grum-ble when beekeepers plant a bunchof hives by the road because you’regoing to get a smeary windshieldevery time you drive by, even if youreduce your speed quite a bit. Thesilly critters always fly right atwindshield level and seem unableto alter their flight plan for vehi-cles. Well, as you can see, helpingbugs can be unrewarding due inpart to their lack of sense or theirinability to alter the way they dothings. You will find humanitarian-ism to be similar in that some peo-ple simply lack the ability to do wellin life, either through lack of sense,poor upbringing, or maybe an ad-diction. If you help them once, youmay have to help them again andagain. That’s the way I thought itprobably was with my black beetle.Later in the day, though, either theone I’d helped or a close relativewas in the same place on the steelplate and ineffectually pawing theair as in the morning. Before I couldrush to his aid, however, he some-how finally managed to right him-self. Maybe there is hope for beetlesand possibly for people as well. Ilike to think so.

Bugitarian Efforts

Lookin’ Aroundby Syd Iwan

“Worry is like a rocking chair; itgives you something to do, but

doesn’t get you anywhere.”Capsule Sermons

Last Monday, Jesse Fergusonwent to Rapid City on business. EdFerguson was in Kadoka and Di-mock Friday on business. Thosehelping Ed celebrate Father’s DaySunday were Pete and Marla Fer-guson, Irene Kaufman, Gene andMargie Popkes and Jes Ferguson.He received calls also from son ColeFerguson and daughter, CoraBrickman, from Rapid City, whowere unable to attend. Jim and Marjorie Letellier werein Philip and Kadoka on businessMonday of last week. Tuesday Garyand Alice White of Ebart, Michi-gan, arrived with their two fostersons, Damian and Jeremiah, andthat began a number of days of vis-iting and activities while they werehere. Sue Larson of Rapid City andJulie Letellier of Kilgore came tovisit with them, as did Maxine Al-lard, JoAnn Letellier and Ray andGail Berry. Damian and Jeremiahwanted to sleep outside in a tentwhile here, but the weather drovethem inside all but one night. Thesame was true about the picnicplanned by the creek, the thirdtime it was planned it finally hap-pened. Gary and Alice were im-pressed with how clean and neatthe town of Norris was. Friday theyheaded for Pierre to visit with theBeckwith family. Saturday the Hershey StateRaces were held in Pierre. Beaver,Jade and Jakki Burma had allqualified in regions, enabling themto run in the state races. There tocheer them on were the Burmas,the Beckwiths, the Whites, SueLarson, Jim, Marjorie and JulieLetellier, and some of Don andAnna Mae Letellier’s children andgrandchildren. After the races,they all congregated at the Beck-with’s for more family time. Cassie Beckwith of Pierre at-tended the Eldon Marshall “Skillsand Drills” basketball camp inWhite River Friday afternoon. Shethen spent the night with her sis-ter, Andee Beckwith of Norris. The Mellette County Cattle-women met Thursday afternoon atthe museum in White River, hostedby Jan Endes. Joining Jan for themeeting were Donna Adrian, RoseWest, Jeannine Woodward, EuniceKrogman, Jean Kary, June,Michael and Matthew Ring, andNoreen Krogman. Jean Kary heard from her niece,Cindy Brunson, that a tornado nar-rowly missed them, but the rainand hail storm did not. They hadmuch damage to windows andbuildings from the hail. Bill and Kenda Huber drove toCenterville for parts last week. Nicole Huber and boys were inKadoka for the weekend activities.Friday Braeden wanted to sleep ina tent, and Nicole had it all set upfor him, and then went into thehouse for more supplies. About thattime the wind hit, and when theyheaded out for the tent, it was nolonger there. Another campoutfoiled by the weather! Nette Heinert was a visitor atthe Robert Ring’ home last Monday. Robert and Sharon Ring were inRapid City for a doctor appoint-ment last Tuesday. Daughter Deb-bie was also in Rapid City for ameeting and met with her parentsafterward. Rev. Denke took his Jeep to havethe air conditioning serviced oneday last week. Meanwhile the airconditioning unit at the parsonageblew up, which fouled up the fur-nace and had it blowing air into therest of the house that was over 100degrees. He was more than readyto leave the house on Saturday tohead for Wall for a family reunion.It was hosted by his Uncle Henry’sfamily. He was happy to see somany cousins, some of whom hehadn’t seen for 25 years. Last Tuesday’s supper guests atthe Jan Rasmussen home wereDan, Dawn and Kate Rasmussen,Dawn’s parents, Derald and Dar-lene Christians, Chuck and BritaTesar, and Milou, their exchangestudent from Denmark. Miloustayed with Jan for a few days, andalso spent time with Kate, as theyare the same age. Toward the endof the week, Dan and Kate took

Milou to meet Chuk and Brita inWall. The Tesars headed back toRapid City and flew back to theirhome in California. Janice Ring’s sons, Keith andMike, both spent some time withher this past weekend. After Mikeheaded back to Highmore on Satur-day, Janice and Keith drove aroundand did a little sightseeing and vis-iting, stopping in to see Ruebenand Janice Ring and Robert andSharon Ring that evening. Linda Ring worked all day at thepost office in Rosebud on Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursdayshe took Jeremy and Tyler toMurdo, where they toured the automuseum, had lunch at the newSubway at the truck stop, and thenJeremy had his appointment tohave braces put on his teeth. Fri-day she worked all day at the postoffice in White River. Thursday the Ring’s moved thebulls out with the cows in variouspastures. Sunday afternoon Torey,Jeremy and Tyler were busy mak-ing sure the electric fence on theO’Bryan place kept the bulls andcattle where they belonged. Lori Schmidt is at her summerjob of making CDA visits in thestate. She had places to go aroundSioux Falls, and while there alsovisited her mother. DaughterBrandi accompanied her to SiouxFalls. Monday and Thursday of lastweek, Dan, Susan and Morgan Taftwere in Rapid City getting parts fortheir well. Wednesday they helpedEvan and Dorothy Bligh work theiryearlings. Friday Dan and Susanwere in Martin for parts. Saman-tha is in student intern nursingthis summer, but had a three dayweekend and came home. Richard and Noreen Krogmanwelcomed son, Glenn, home thisweekend. He moved from Alaska toFargo, ND, in May. He went backto Fargo Sunday. Saturday theKrogman’s went to Mass and thento the church picnic, which washeld at the Catholic Hall. Sunday afternoon Noreen was inMission for the DNP quilting ses-sion. Also there were Rose Ruff andLaurene Emery. Rose had been vis-iting former DNP quilter, CarolBrooken, and brought greetingsand supplies from her. Cliff and Elaine Krogman havegranddaughters spending sometime with them. The Krogmans have been get-ting some haying done, too. Visitors at the home of Alberta,Cliff and Pam Allard Thursdayevening were June, Michael andMathew Ring. While Albertashowed the many quilts she hadjust had machine quilted and vis-ited with June, Pam took the twinsout to the shed to play with kittens,and Cliff was kind enough to washand shine Alberta’s car, so it wasready for her to drive home toYankton on Saturday. Evan and Dorothy Bligh workedyearlings on Wednesday with thehelp of neighbors. Friday they werein Pierre for a doctor appointment.The 25th, was devoted to branding! Patrick Lehman and fellow teammembers did themselves proud atthe National Shooting Sports com-petition in Grand Island, NE, thispast week. They placed 3rd overall.Blake and Amy were there cheer-ing them on, and then went to Lin-coln, NE, to get in on the MotorCross Day of National SAE For-

mula Car Race competition. JasonLehman was on the team of Eightfrom Brookings, and they placed18th in a field of 88 teams, which isgreat, considering all the muchlarger teams they were pittedagainst. Saturday, June 16, JoAnnhelped served the lunch for theKodet sale at Belvidere. Mondayshe attended the Kadoka NursingHome board meeting. Wednesdayevening, JoAnn and Sharon Ringtook the garden tour in Kakoka.Sunday, she attended the Belviderealumni picnic and meeting. Marjorie and Bill Letellier fi-nally can report a nice, clear, cleanand waxed basement floor. It tooka lot of elbow grease to get thatproject completed. The Letellier’s grandson, CodyBrown, called and reported that heis now back on the ship, althoughit is stationary in port in Virginiafor the time being. There has been some concretework going on at the Ring’s lately.Tuesday the Hildebrand crewpoured the base for the outdoor fur-nace at Bruce’s, and did some workat Rueben’s that day also. Thurs-day they poured the alleyway forthe chute and corral at Jake Ring& Sons, Inc. They also repaired andpoured the entrance to the westbasement door at St. JohnLutheran Church on Thursday. Friday, June 15, Bruce Ring wasinstalling a new battery backup forJune’s computer at her home, anddiscovered that the voltage was toohigh. Monday Lacreek Electriccame out to check and agreed withhis report. Later that afternoon, anew transformer was installed atJune’s. Since the washing machinehad conked out earlier (apparentlyfrom the too high voltage), Juneand the twins went over to Bruceand Jessie’s Tuesday evening to dosome laundry, and had supper withthe family between loads. Saturday Matthew, Michael andJune Ring took dill soup over toMaxine’s for the Saturday lunch-eon, and visited afterward. Thetwins have been helping attack theweeds in the garden and muchprogress has been made, but thereis still a lot to do. June 18, Irene Kaufman kept adental appointment in Valentineand then had dinner with her sis-ter, Erna Heinert. Sunday, June 24,Irene was in Valentine for squaredancing. There was a nationalcaller there from Norfork. Ed and Carol Ferguson went toDimock and Mitchell on Friday andSaturday on business. Saturdayevening, Jesse Ferguson, Carol andEd Ferguson, Pete and Marla Fer-guson, and John Epperly of Min-neapolis, MN, were supper guestsat the Margie and Gene Popkeshome south of Mission. John hadbeen to Kadoka for his 50th classreunion from Kadoka High School.John said his class had a very goodattendance of over 60% at the re-union. Only two members of hisclass are deceased.

Belvidere High School Class of 1962 … The class of Ed-ward Kodet (L), Mervin Griswold and Howie Ireland had a 100 percentturnout at their 50th class reunion held at the Fellowship Hall inBelvidere on Sunday. A potluck dinner and alumni meeting was held.

--photos by Ronda Dennis

Special guest … and former Belvidere High School teacher KarelKulhavy (second from left) of Baltic, SD, visits with the 50-year honoredclass at the reunion.

Aaron and Michelle Mansfieldtook his aunt, Virginia Gagnon, tothe plane on Wednesday to returnto her home in Salt Lake City,Utah. Virginia had spent the lasttwo weeks in the home of herbrother, Jim Mansfield, and hiswife, Fayola, at Kadoka. Whilehere she attended the annualMansfield family reunion whichwas held near Custer State Park.Jim, Fayola, Aaron, Michelle andTyrel Mansfield also attend the re-union that was hosted by Jim andVirginia’s sister, Jean Ireland, andher family. Virginia and Fayola enjoyedhaving lunch with Audrey Neifferin Philip a couple of times. Audreyand Virginia are sisters. Judy and Ed Gross, GailRienert and her daughter, Marcia,and John and Bev Kelly of Iowawere overnight guests of Jim andFayola traveling to and from thereunion. Tyrel Mansfield had a busyweek with three baseball games,an overnight birthday party at theStoddard ranch and a jujitsu classin Wall.

The South Dakota 9-1-1 Coordi-nation Board is reminding tele-phone users of the 9-1-1 surchargeincrease that takes effect on July 1,2012.

The 2012 Legislature approvedan increase in the traditional sur-charge from the current 75 cents permonth to $1.25 per month. That feeis collected by all monthly billedtelephone and wireless serviceproviders, such as CenturyLink,Verizon, Midcontinent Communica-tions, AT&T, Golden West Telecom-munications, Knology, Vonage andothers.

In addition, the Legislature alsoassessed the 2 percent 9-1-1 sur-charge on all prepaid wireless serv-ices collected at the retail point ofsale. That rapidly growing segmentof wireless users includes such com-panies as TracFone, Wal-Mart’sStraight Talk service and others.

The surcharge, a fee imposed invirtually every state, pays the costof operating 9-1-1 public safety dis-patch centers. In South Dakota, theLegislature first authorized a sur-charge in 1989. The fee has beenlimited to no more than 75 cents perphone line per month since then.

“That’s 23 years without a fund-ing increase in an industry that haschanged almost beyond recognitionin that time,’’ said Ted Rufledt Jr.,chair of the State 9-1-1 CoordinationBoard. “Revenue from the surchargesimply hasn’t kept up with changesand rising costs of providing 9-1-1service. Some of the additional rev-enue will be used to provide addi-tional funding for the 9-1-1 centers,and some will be used to make thechanges necessary to modernize 9-1-1 in our state.’’

As of 2011, the 9-1-1 surchargecovered about half the cost of oper-ating the system in South Dakota.

Besides the need for additionalrevenue to support the existing sys-tem, funding was needed for SouthDakota to update the 9-1-1 systemto what is commonly called NextGeneration 9-1-1. Most of the exist-ing system is based on 1970s tele-phone technology. With theexplosive development of wirelesssmart phones, 9-1-1 as it existstoday isn’t able to capitalize on thetechnology that wireless customersuse every day.

For example, citizens can’t send atext message to a 9-1-1 dispatch cen-ter. They aren’t able to send photosor video of crimes or suspects di-rectly to a 9-1-1 dispatcher. Thoseservices would be possible in theNext Generation 9-1-1 system.

The surcharge increase passednearly unanimously (SB174) duringthe last legislative session. A portionof the increase, 25 cents per line permonth is earmarked for Next Gen-eration 9-1-1 and is scheduled tosunset in 2018. The State 9-1-1 Co-ordination Board plans to start up-dating parts of the 9-1-1 system inthe next one to two years and tohave all 9-1-1 centers on the up-dated system by 2018.

9-1-1 surcharge

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Skyler Pattersonrequest the honor of yourpresence to share in the

celebration of theirmarriage onSaturday,

June 30, 2012at 6 p.m.

for a reception and danceto be held at theScott & Arla

Patterson residence.

Lyle Klundt took his wife, Ruth,out for dinner on Father's Day. Mary Ellen Herbaugh enjoyedvisiting with Pastor Ray Greensethon Sunday. Mary Bull Bear's granddaugh-ter, Nevaeh Pierce, and Sonia Gar-rett, Mary's daughter, stopped inon Monday. Sonia and Mary'sgranddaughter, Esperanza Marie,spent time with Mary on Saturday. Lois Pettyjohn favored the resi-dents with song and accompani-ment on Monday. Patty Patterson visited with herdaughter, Tammy Carlson, on Mon-day. Grant Patterson spent timewith Patty on Thursday. The Buehrer family, Mary Pe-tras' grandchildren, came by onTuesday for a while. Emma Jarl was pleased to seeher grandson, Steve Knispel, onTuesday. Polly Kujawa took a pleasantwalk with son, Jim, on Tuesday.Her cousin, Mike Schneider, visitedwith Polly on Wednesday. Polly ac-companied Jim to church on Sun-day. Bob Tridle's daughter, Gina, andhusband, John, were here onThursday to see him. Harriet Noteboom's cousins,Gerrit, Elly and Frank Roghair, ofthe Netherlands visited on Friday.Harriet enjoyed the company of her

niece, Valerie Doyle, on Saturday. Pastor Art spent time with JobieGerry and Carol Borelson on Fri-day. Alice Wilmarth visited with herfamily, Bob and Genie Enders, onSaturday. Laurie MacArthur, afriend of Alice's, was in on Satur-day, too. Harold Schnee entertained fam-ily, Carol and Doyle LaBeau andCaron Milke, of Rapid City on Sat-urday. Kate DeVries had a good chatwith her nephew, Jim DeVries, onSunday. Saturday night was movie nightand showing this week was 'FreeWilly'. It was a big hit and severalcommented that they thoroughlyenjoyed it! Several of the residents joined inthe reunion weekend festivities, in-cluding the hamburger feed, theranch rodeo, the ice cream social atthe Pearl Hotel and some of theclass get-togethers. A few of theresidents attended the Belvidereclass reunion as well. No one at thenursing home was awakened bythe late night music under the bigtent, but the thunder and lighten-ing during Friday night's stormsdisrupted the slumber of a few. Themoisture is greatly appreciated andour garden has grown leaps due tothe nourishing rain.

The Mednansky family heldtheir 33rd reunion on June 16 and17 at the Kadoka Fire Hall. Theystarted their gatherings in 1980. There was a large turnout with78 people in attendance. Therewere ten new family members,which none of the regular reunionmembers had ever met. It was sonice for the relatives to meetcousins they had not met before.Gladys Lien, the only surviving sis-ter, was unable to attend due tohealth problems. The three re-maining brothers were in atten-dance. Family and friends who met forthe weekend included Gerry andDanna Davis, Aberdeen; LoganMednansky of Avon; Pete and LoriTokley, Belle Fourche; Betty Ku-sick, Belvidere; Deb Bosanco andKevin Hall, Egan; Art Mednansky,Chris and Kenny Kusick, Kevinand Kaylee Kusick and RobinRath, Jake Totton, Jerry Patterson,Rodney Schnee, Lola Joyce Rigginsand Bonnie Riggins, all of Kadoka;Bruce Boyd, Bill VanOurkerk, Budand Dorothy Stickler, Philip; Edand Audrey Burnette, Rod andDarlene Cudmore, Pierre; TammyZelfer, Robert and Jill Peterson,Beau and Cedrick Lacroix, RapidCity; Judy, Zack and ThomasRoberts, Mike, Hope, Macy andAlana Jacobs, Sioux Falls; Betty,Craig and Kinsey Habben, ValleySprings; Mae, Richard, Tayler, Rod,Oleta, Justin, Dena, Bailey andSage Mednansky and Janice Ellis,all of White River; Care Bosanco,Del Mar, CA.; Arsheen Meese andfoster kids, Austin Redcalf, CollinCrossman and Carl Smallboy,Rocky Mountain House, Alberta,Canada; Carold and Joan Stickler,Loveland, CO.; Ed Mednansky,Carrollton, GA.; Don Davis, Abi-lene, KS.; Merle Bork, Lakeville,MN.; Michael, Niki, Emery, Gabe,Kaela and Elcie Rudolph, AppleValley, MN.; Philip and Kathy Star-iha, McGregor, MN.; Harmony andLevity Bechtold, Dickenson, N.D.;Bud and Lori Mednansky, Ban-dera, TX.; Clarence Shirley, Jr.,Wyoma, Terry and Joanna Wilson,Casper, WY.

Mednansky family has

33rd annual reunionKadoka featured on KGFX Hometown Tour

Larry Dolezal and Ruby Sanftner visit with Dorene Fos-

ter about the upgrades at the Kadoka Nursing Home.

Jamie Willert plugs the Kadoka

Ranch Rodeo.

Heidi Coller talks about general ac-

tivities at the nursing home.

Mackenzie Stillwell shares 4-H ac-

tivities in Jackson County.Kay Reckling talks about girls soft-

ball.

Jackie Stilwell and David Johnson share ambulance

and firemen activities for reunion weekend.

The KGFX Hometown

Tour was broadcasting live

from the Kadoka Nursing

Home Wednesday morning

from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.

This group of area resi-

dents took turns talking

about organizations and ac-

tivities from the new sprin-

kler system at the nursing

home, reunion activities in-

cluding dances, feeds and

the ranch rodeo to activi-

ties from the Kountry

Kousins 4-H Club to soft-

ball, baseball and T-ball.

--photos by Ronda Dennis

Laurie Pettyjohn of Rapid Cityvisited in Kadoka on Friday withher parents, Vernon and HellenUhlir, and took in some of the ac-tivities that night of the alumni re-union, meeting several of herclassmates. She left for home onSaturday morning. Wonderful news for the Kath-leen and Joe Leutenegger familythis week as their granddaughter,Calista Kirby of Brookings, wascrowned Miss South Dakota in HotSprings Saturday evening. Calistawas 1st runner-up last year and isthe daughter of September andCory Kirby. Her brother, Nathan, ofMinneapolis as well as her parentswere present for the activities con-nected with the pageant. Attendingthe Saturday coronation were Joeand Kathleen, Shawna and RichBendt and children, Shanesa andWade Rhodes of Black Hawk andStarette and Kate Nash ofMitchell. Starette and Shawna hada full weekend too, as they cele-brated with their classes of 1992and 1982 here in Kadoka. Boyd and Pat Porch drove toIowa State University in Sheldon,IA, on Saturday where they at-tended a veterinary reunion. Theycame home Sunday after stoppingto pick up a granddaughter, SiennaClement of Minnetonka, MN, whowill visit here for a week or so.Their granddaughter, KatieSchoon, of Brandon recently spenta week in Kadoka visiting hergrandparents. Andrea and Dustin Reutter andfamily of Murdo spent the weekendat the parental Rex and Nancy Tot-ton home and to take in the ac-tivites of the alumni reunion. OnSunday Dave and Jody Totton ofRapid City visited the Tottons andReutters. Dave is a nephew of Rexand is the son of the late KennyTotton. Rev. Emil and Beulah Williamsof Rice, MN, arrived in Kadoka onFriday to attend his 60th class re-union. They were guests of CloretaEisenbraun while here. Saturdaynight they joined Bud and Clara

Belle Weller and Bob and GenieEnders and their daughter, LaurieMacArthur of Evergreen, CO, atthe H & H Restaurant to reminisceabout attending KHS. Clara Belle,Bob and Emil were members of theclass of 1952, when ten membersgraduated that year. Emil likes totell people he graduated in the topten percent of his class. Pat Nowlin of Stoughton, WI,spent the weekend in Kadoka withhis sister, Janice, and took in theevents of the alumni reunion. Hewas to return home on Mondayafter he and Janice planned to visither son in Rapid City. Janice’s sonhas spent several weeks in theCraig Institute in Colorado, andhas been discharged from that fa-cility after having been involved ina vehicle accident recently. Ella Rock of Sturgis and herdaughter, Sharon Vaughan of New-port, NC, spent Saturday and Sun-day in Kadoka, visiting friends andrelatives, mostly at the Pearl Hotelon Saturday afternoon and againafter they attended the alumnipotluck dinner at the auditoriumSunday. They said they couldn’ttalk Pam (Rock) Fairchild of Stur-gis into coming to her 50th class re-union, but both ladies reallyenjoyed the weekend here. Ellaalso stated that she graduatedfrom Interior High School 75 yearsago; can’t bowl any more becauseSturgis closed their bowling alley,but plays lots of cards. A few members of the Class of1948 met at the Gateway Apart-ments Community Room on Fridayevening. Out-of-town classmate,Ervin (Bud) Mednansky and hiswife, Lori, of Bandera, TX, werepresent. They had been in town allweek after attending his family re-union the weekend of Father’s Day. Nancy Majerus of Buffalo, WY,spent the weekend at her parents,Ardis and Bob McCormick, andtook in most of the events duringthe alumni reunion. Also visitingBob and Ardis was Ron McCormickof Spearfish, who took in the fire-men’s dinner on Saturday.

Sympathy is extended to Mar-sha and Bill Sumpter and theirfamily with the death of theirdaughter, Sandra Raye Mae, of Wa-tertown. Sandra died unexpectedlyon Saturday, June 16 at her home.Memorial services were held inPhilip on Saturday, June 23, at theUnited Church. The ranch rodeo held on Satur-day had a large crowd attendingand was considered a huge success.About 150 people ate homemadeice cream and brownies while tour-ing the Pearl Hotel and the fire-men’s dinner was well attended. Asmall group attended the alumnipotluck and meeting on Sunday,which had several conflicts includ-ing a large household sale and theState High School Rodeo Finalsthat day. Reports of activities weregiven by Emil Williams, class of1952 and by Jeanne (Allen) Toro,class of 1962. She stated that 14 ofa class of 21 attended their reunioncelebration, with two classmatesdeceased. She and John Solon rep-resented their class at the potluck. A letter was read to the groupfrom Bertha Olson Smith of GrantsPass, OR, who paid her dues forthree years and stated that shegraduated in 1932, making this her80th year since graduation. What apositive attitude! Although the at-tendance on Sunday was small, thefood and fellowship was wonderful. Jeanne and her husband live inChandler, AZ, moving there fromDenver after she was a practicingattorney for 30 years. Other out-of-town graduatesand families who signed the guestbook at the Pearl Hotel includedBarbara (Coller) Rokke and daugh-ters of Maplewood, MN; Lynn(Nielsen) and husband, Don Kelly,of Sugarland, TX, and their daugh-ter, Sue Calcagni of Salisburg, NC;Tony Struble and his wife of Eliza-bethtown, KY; Don and Sharon

(Kentch) Raymond of St. George,UT; Heath Hildebrand and wife ofDenver, CO; Teresa (Parke) Eber-hart of LaVista, NE, and her sister,Michelle (Parke) Renning of Emer-son, NE. Since this reporterworked most of the day at thehotel, I missed many other names.Hopefully, the pictures of theclasses will tell who all came toKadoka for this event. Bud Olney and Lyle Klundt haveboth been hospitalized recently.Bud has been discharged fromRapid City Regional and is home,but as of Monday, Lyle was stillbeing treated. Thesa Ireland stated that theIreland Annual Wagon Train whichwas held over the Father’s Dayweekend was a huge success. Shesaid that there was no charge forthe ride, but a donation jar wasavailable and all proceeds went tothe Sgt. Colton Derr MemorialFund. Colton was from New Un-derwood and had attended thewagon train ride since he was asmall boy. He died earlier this yearwhile serving overseas. Jeff Willert had some success inthe Reno Rodeo last week. He andChad Ferley brought home somemoney. In the first round Jeff gotan 81, tied for sixth place, winning$452. The second round Jeff andChad both scored 82, tied for sec-ond place, winning $1,262 each;Chad got third place in averageand won $2,373. Jeff was to go toCanada for three rodeos, but therewere no scores recorded there forhim in High River, Wainwright orSundre. He is to ride in Greeley,CO, June 28; Ponoka, AB., July 1;Cody, WY, July 3 and St. Paul, OR,July 4. Jamie Willert took part inthe Kadoka Ranch Rodeo on Satur-day, teaming with Cole Reinert,Nichols Caspers and Luke Vander-May. Those results are elsewherein the paper, but that team tookfourth place.

Golden West Telecommunica-tions Cooperative Inc., is pleased toannounce the promotion of NickRogness to Director of Engineeringand Operations. Rogness will be re-sponsible for the design, implemen-tation and operation of GoldenWest’s network infrastructure andsupporting services.

Nick brings 16 years of experi-ence within the service provider in-dustry including various technicaland management roles. He holds aB.S. degree in Computer Scienceand a M.S. degree in TechnologyManagement from South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technology.

Nick is stepping into the posi-tion previously held by Galen Boyd.Galen is retiring July 1 fromGolden West after 33 years of serv-ice.

Golden West announces the

promotion of Nick Rognessinto their car for the purpose of ha-rassing and interrogating him andstarted driving back toward Wan-blee. Law enforcement authoritieswere dispatched to the area, lo-cated the Jakeways, stopped theirvehicle, and freed the victim. Thevictim suffered bruises and abra-sions as a result of the kidnapping.

Jerett Jakeway pled guilty tothe kidnapping charge on June 15,2012, and will be sentenced on Sep-tember 11, 2012.

The investigation was conductedby Rosebud Sioux Tribe Law En-forcement Services. The case isbeing prosecuted by AssistantUnited States Attorney Tim Maher.A presentence investigation was or-dered, and a sentencing date wasset for September 11, 2012. Jake-way was remanded to the custodyof the United States Marshal pend-ing sentencing.

United States Attorney BrendanV. Johnson has announced thatWilliam Jakeway, age 52, of Wan-blee, South Dakota, appeared be-fore United States District JudgeRoberto A. Lange on June 20, 2012,and pled guilty to kidnapping, aid-ing and abetting. The maximumpenalty upon conviction is life im-prisonment, a $250,000 fine, orboth.

The conviction stems from an in-cident that took place on November5, 2011, when Jakeway and his sonabducted the victim, an adult male.Jakeway and his son, Jerett Jake-way, thought the victim had stolena piece of property from a differentfamily member. They traveled fromWanblee to the Rosebud Sioux In-dian Reservation and located thevictim. At gun point, they forcedthe victim out of a vehicle and as-saulted him. They forced the victim

Wanblee man pleads guilty to

kidnapping, aiding and abetting

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Class of 1962 … Back row: Larry Beckwith, Jeanne (Allen) Toro, Vonna (Peterson) Johnson, John Epperly,John Parke, Connie (Bradfield) Holst, Sharon (Kentch) Raymond, Lynn (Nielson) Kelly. Front row: John Solon,Claudia (Dithmer) Little, Manuela (Maldonado) Whiting, Joanne (Hanson) Stone, Phylliss (Herber) Grubl.

--courtesy photo

Class of 1982 … Back row (L): Tim Merchen, Mike Blom, Roger Getz, Jim Addison, Bart Uhlir, LanceLeTellier, Matt Whidby, Greg Badure. Front row: Carmen (Dolezal) Nemec, Lisa (Millay) Good, Barb (Coller)Rokke, Shawna (Leutenegger) Bendt, Michelle (Parke) Renning, Eric Osborn, Dondee (Amiotte) Krolikowski,Mitzi (Gropper) Mitchell, Matt Porch, Tony Struble, John Herber. --courtesy photo

Class of 1992 … Back row: Rhonda (Vogelgesang) Antonsen, Amy (Chester) Hoellein, Beth (Uhlir) Fed-dersen, Tucker Amiotte, Aaron Mansfield, Sam Stoddard, Chris Riggins. Front row: Jena (Wheeler) Amiotte,Lonna (Cudmore) Jackson, Becky (Jorgensen) Keegan, Starette (Leuttenegger) Nash. --photo by Ronda Dennis

Class of 1992 honors Livermont … The KHS Class of 1992 posed for a picture by the LeanneLivermont memorial sign after the Kadoka Ranch Rodeo on Saturday in Kadoka. Pictured (L-R) Jena Amiotte,Beth Fedderson, Tucker Amiotte, Aaron Mansfield, Rhonda Antonsen, Becky Keegan, Timarie Larabee, Leanne’sdaughter, Tigh Livermont, and Grady Brunsch. --courtesy photo

Class of 1972 … Back row: Robyn (Smith) Bailey, Caron (Schnee) Mikle, Janis (Allen) Perkins, Darcy(Olney) Gill, Jeanie (Hopkins) Kok, Kris Rock, Dana (Dennis) DeVries, Darla (Olney) Schueth. Middle row: Marla(Riggins) Nelson, Keith Bonenberger, Kathy (Brakke) Mansfield. Front row: Marcy (Olney), Ramsey.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

Kadoka school receives a new wrap … Work has begunat the Kadoka school with contractor J. Scull of Rapid City. Crews beganwork on May 6 and are expected to be working on the Great Hall through-out the summer. Starting with hanging the frame work, pictured above,they then moved on to the insulation (below), a R-20 four-inch foam, anda second covering of DensGlass sheathing. A sub-contractor will stuccothe entire outside of the building. On the interior of the building, 20 inchesof sheetrock from the top and bottom of the exterior walls, along with theinsulation will be replaced. In addition, the sheetrock around all the win-dows and the windows will also be replaced.

--photos by Ronda Dennis

News … June 28, 2012 • Kadoka Press • Page 6

by Nancy HaighRange monitoring and research

studies were discussed with atten-dees at the Rangeland Days andSoils Days west of Philip June 19and 20.

South Dakota State Universityand National Resources Conserva-tion Service personnel presentedinformation and discussed the find-ings and applications. The adultprogram was held at the Cotton-wood Range and Livestock ReseachStation.

Mitch Faulkner, NRCS range-land management specialist fromBelle Fourche, spoke about the use-fulness of monitoring rangelands.

By monitoring rangeland theproducer can see how his/her man-agement practices affect vegetationand the soil. The first step is to de-termine your objective, Faulknersaid. The objective could be in-creasing ground cover, changingplant species or their frequency,wildlife habitat, riparian condi-tions, or how livestock utilize thearea.

The sites should be recorded atthe same time each year to keep anaccurate record. The time of yearwould be based on a producer’s ob-jectives. Faulkner said if they aremonitoring for plant vigor, orstudying plants in general, early tomid-July would be an ideal time.But if looking for the amount of for-age cover then September or Octo-ber would be best.

Faulkner stressed the use of pho-tos in recording the sites. He saidit is easy to forget exactly how asite looked when the monitoringfirst started. An overall landscapepicture of the site should be takenand, if desired, a closeup of theground can be taken. He suggestedwhen doing the ground shots, takeseveral along a 100 foot length andplace an object in the picture forscale.

Notes also need to be taken eachtime the site is checked. In addi-tion, data such as precipitation forthe year, infestations and temper-atures should be included.

Janna Kincheloe and Ken Olson,both based out of Rapid City’s WestRiver Ag Center, spoke aboutrumen fistulated steers whichSDSU will use for grazing and nu-trition research.

Kincheloe, a research technician,explained that personnel will man-ually empty the rumen and thenthe steers will be sent out to graze.She explained that this will allowthe researchers to remove the mat-ter, see the availability of feeds andwhat plants the steers are select-ing. The grasses are then returnedto the rumen for digestion.

Also, by removing matter fromthe rumen the researchers cancheck the microbes – bacteria,fungi, and protozoa. Kincheloenoted that each type of microbehelps break down the fibers, starchand fats in the feed and they alsoproduce enzymes which further aidin digestion.

Kincheloe said the steers will bemoved to McLaughlin and placedin a pasture that has a heavyprairie dog infestation. The studywill check to see if the steers willgraze the fresh sprouted grassesaround the prairie dog town or ifthey totally leave that area aloneand find grazing elsewhere. At-tached global positioning system

units will also help track where theanimals graze.

Olson, a range beef specialist,and Kincheloe took the groupthrough the cannulating process.The animals are not harmed by theprocess in which a veterinariansurgically installs the cannulas.The animals are closely watcheduntil the area heals, at which timethey are placed on pastures.

Roger Gates, range specialist atthe WRAC, took the group southinto bordering pastures to reviewgrazing efficiency and profitabilityof pastures.

Gates noted that an ongoingstocking rate study has been con-ducted since 1943. The study fo-cuses on low to high stockinglevels, which then reflect excellent,food and low-fair range conditions,and how each level affects the prof-its on each animal.

Gates said grasses in the rangeconditions varied due to the graz-ing intensity. The high intensityareas tend to buffalo grass and bluegrama and other warm seasongrasses. The lower stock rate pas-tures tend toward western wheatgrass and other cool seasongrasses.

Focusing on the study betweenthe years 1969 to 2002, the net in-come on range in excellent condi-tion, income averaged $9.31 peracres, good condition at $11.86 andlow-fair at $11.18.

Gates said that the college hasalways promoted the excellentrange conditions, but most produc-ers utilize the good or low-fair, be-cause they stock the area in highquantities which are more prof-itable to him.

In those same groups the aver-age daily weight gain for thegroups reflected those animals onthe excellent range condition pas-ture gained an average of 1.61pounds per acre; good were at 1.69and low-fair at 1.56.

The “Long-Term Production andProfitability From Grazing Cattlein the Northern Mixed Grass

Prairie” report of the study stated,“Over the 34-year period of thestudy, real profit ... steadily in-creased ... for the low-fair and goodtreatments while it remained basi-cally level for the excellent treat-ment. It is difficult to speculate asto the cause of these differences,but it is important to note that theprofitability of the low conditionpastures, which had the heavieststocking rate, did not decline overtime, it actually improved.

“In our 34-year study, rangelandmanaged to maintain either low-fair or good range condition wasequally profitable. Profit for bothsteadily increased over time. Excel-lent condition rangeland was theleast profitable to maintain andprofit remained stable over time.These results are consistent withgenerally observed rancher behav-ior concerning range condition deci-sions.”

Range scientist Pat Johnson in-troduced a new study at the stationinvolving native bird habitat.

Johnson said the proactive studyis designed to be a jump ahead ofany possible bird threaten statusand also to see if the use of live-stock grazing can help with theirhabitat.

Steers were placed in eightpatches within the same pasture.Water is supplied in the center ofthe pasture so as not to be an issue.Two animals in each patch havebeen fitted with GPS units thatrecord their location every 65 sec-onds.

Personnel at the Cottonwood sta-tion monitor the height of thegrasses, record found nesting sitesand how they are in relation tograzing and weight gain on thesteers. The study is still in its firstmonth, but Johnson is excitedabout early data.

Johnson said this preliminarystudy will be used to apply forgrants so further research can beconducted.

Olson discussed the high sulfatewater trials that had been con-

ducted at Cottonwood. Producershad contacted the college regardinglivestock health issues which ledthe specialists to the problems ofhigh sulfate concentrations indams, especially during dry years.

He stated no solution has yetbeen found for the problem. Onething that was found is that thereseems to be a genetic disposition tothe level the animals are affectedby the sulfates.

He noted that after drinkingwater with sulfates, the sulfatesturn into hydrogen sulfide, a gas,in the rumen. The gas then affectsbrain tissue, creating polio-likesymptoms and in some cases death.The change to hydrogen sulfide iscaused by a bacteria, he said, so fo-cusing on the bacteria may be anavenue. As of now there are noplans for further research regard-ing sulfate water.

Johnson said this preliminarystudy will be used to apply forgrants so further research can beconducted.

Olson discussed the high sulfatewater trials that had been con-ducted at Cottonwood. Producershad contacted the college regardinglivestock health issues which ledthe specialists to the problems ofhigh sulfate concentrations indams, especially during dry years.

He stated no solution has yetbeen found for the problem. Onething that was found is that thereseems to be a genetic disposition tothe level the animals are affectedby the sulfates.

He noted that after drinkingwater with sulfates, the sulfatesturn into hydrogen sulfide, a gas,in the rumen. The gas then affectsbrain tissue, creating polio-likesymptoms and in some cases death.The change to hydrogen sulfide iscaused by a bacteria, he said, so fo-cusing on the bacteria may be anavenue. As of now there are noplans for further research regard-ing sulfate water.

Range monitoring and research outlined

Mitch Faulkner, front, discusses rangeland monitoring with producers at the Rangeland Days held at the Cot-tonwood Range and Livestock Research Station west of Philip last week.

Steer gathering … Brothers, Cole and Wayne Hindman, tie downthe steer. Team Hindman also included Troy and Clay Hindman.

--photo by Robyn Jones

Candy Scramble… Fun for the youngsters during the midwaybreak of the Kadoka Ranch Rodeo.

--photo by Ronda Dennis

Wild cow milking … Tyler Jones dallies on tight to the steer,while Frank Carlson milks the cow and Michael Jones and Lex Groomshold tight to keep the cow still. This team took third place in the ranchrodeo. --photo by Robyn Jones

Taking second place … The KT Trucking team, Shawn Ries,Brett Stirling, Donny Moore, Tim Jandreau, posed with the halters theyreceived. --photo by Ronda Dennis

Rope and tie … Jamie Willert (R) heads the steer as Luke Vander-May moves to get the heels. Willert and VanderMay, along with NichlosCaspers and Cole Reinert, were part of the First National Bank of Philipteam. --photo by Robyn Jones

Ranch bronc ride … was a two part event. One member of theteam had to ride the bronc for eight seconds, and then the rest of the teammoved in, snubbed the bronc down, unsaddled the bronc and then carriedthe saddle to the finish line. Above, Blaine Hicks rides the bronc, and thenthe other team members, Josh Hicks and Tanner Jones, move into unsad-dle the bronc, while Cap Herber snubs him down.

--photos by Robyn Jones

Ranch Bronc Ride: 1st, TheHome Wreckers, Frank Carlson,Tyler Jones, Michael Jones, LexGrooms, 34.47; 2nd, Gordon Live-stock, Bryan Rahn, Travis Ander-son, Bailey Burress, MikeMaconahey, 44.19; 3rd, Team Hind-man, Cole Hindman, Clay Hind-man, Wayne Hindman, TroyHindman, 57.94; 4th, KT Trucking,Donny Moore, Tim Jandreau,Shawn Ries, Brett Stirling, 1:27.60;5th, White River Tigers, DustinSchmidt, Rosin Hill, Emmylu Hill,Guy Consella, 1:37.81; 6th, FirstNational Bank of Philip, Cole Rein-ert, Jamie Willert, NichlosCaspers, Luke VanderMay, 1:53.63;7th, Team Ramrod, Josh Hicks,Blaine Hicks, Tanner Jones, CapHerber, 1:54.10; 8th, Rusty Spur,Chris Nix, Levi Newsome, Joe Wil-son, Seth May, 1:56.50; 9th, HorseShoe Bar, Luke Newsome, MattHight, Jeremy Ward, Sam Risse,2:07.22; 10th, Club 27, Colton Mc-Daniel, Leigh Furnival, Levi Hap-ney, TK Sampson. Steer Gathering: 1st, GordonLivestock 45.38; 2nd KT Trucking

1:13.60; 3rd Home Wreckers1:21.41; 4th First National Bank1:30.15; 5th Horse Shoe Bar1:39.81; 6th Club 27 1:50.28. Trailer Race: 1st Gordon Live-stock 3:49.19; 2nd KT Trucking3:49.41; 3rd First National Bank3:52.00; 4th Club 27 3:53.59; 5thHome Wreckers 3:51.12; 6th HorseShoe Bar 3:55.21; 7th Rusty Spur4:15.78; 8th Team Ramrod 4:22.44;9th White River Tigers 4:44.06;10th Team Hindman 5:23.00. Wild Cow Milking: 1st HorseShoe Bar 41.63; 2nd Club 27 43.31;3rd First National Bank 45.13; 4thKT Trucking 49.69; 5th Rusty Spur50.65; 6th Gordon Livestock1:21.50; 7th Team Hindman1:30.93; 8th Home Wreckers1:36.18; 9th White River Tigers1:38.71; 10th Team Ramrod2:09.75. Average Winners: 1st $2,000,Gordon Livestock 5:60.26; 2nd$1,500, KT Trucking 6:40.30; 3rd$1,000, Home Wreckers 6:43.18;4th $500, First National Bank ofPhilip 6:80.91. Event winners received $200.

News … June 28, 2012 • Kadoka Press • Page 7

Children from across HaakonCounty are ‘Wild About Coopera-tion’ after attending the annualHaakon County Farmers Unioncamp held Thursday, June 14, 2012at Gettings Missile Inn, Philip, SD. The United Nations declared2012 as the International Year ofCooperatives, and this year’s campcelebrated the positive impact co-operatives have had on the econ-omy of rural South Dakota andcommunities across the world. Thekids participated in activities andgames that taught them about co-operative business, rural communi-ties, and agriculture in a fun andsafe setting. They participated inhands-on team building activities,played cooperative tic-tac-toe totest their knowledge of coopera-tives, and watched a puppet showtelling the history of FarmersUnion. “The positive impact coopera-tives have had in rural SouthDakota is dramatic,” said HaakonCounty Education Director SandeeGittings. “Young people need toknow what cooperation can do inbusiness and in their own personallives. The kids who attended camphave a greater understanding ofteamwork and will take the skills

they learned and apply them totheir lives.” Campers participated in 4-H ac-tivities along with other interactiveactivities, games, and singing.Each child also created their owngarden stones as a craft and eachchild also received a free T-shirt. Participants at this year’sHaakon County Farmers Unioncamp were: Max, Molly, Ana andKate Mckeehan, Jessica, Saman-tha, and Colby Enders fromKadoka, SD; Abby Fortune fromBelvidere; Kelton Quinn fromMilesville; Jasmine Hiatt, Roma-nee Andru, Taylor and Brice Han-son all from Philip. The Camp wasled by South Dakota FarmersUnion Summer Staff AmeliaThompson and Hannah Lily andassisting were Marsha Sumpter,Ashton Reedy, Sandee Gittings,Tyana, Myrna, and SandraGottsleben. For more information on SouthDakota Farmers Union and howyou and your children can get in-volved in the organization’s youthactivities, visit the education pageat www.sdfu.org or call BonnieGeyer, State Education Director at605-352-6761 ext. 125.

South Dakota Farmers Union

Campers ‘Wild About Cooperation’

gram expose students to sciencetopics that are taught at BrownUniversity.

SPARK students learn science inby first focusing on the basics, andbuild their knowledge until theyreach a deep understanding of themore advanced concepts.

In addition to spending threehours per day in classes, studentswill take part in extra-curricularactivities where they interact withstudents from other courses. Theextra-curricular activities includefield trips, other more general sci-ence experiments and lectures ondiverse topics.

All students who successfullycomplete their course will receive acertificate of completion.

The 2012 SPARK courses in-clude:

•forces of nature: hurricanes,global warming, and the science ofweather

•the laboratory detective•from brain to sensation•so you want to be a scientist?•exploring the world of marine

science•conservation of endangered

species•astrobiology: the search for life

in the universe•understanding the human

body: an exploration of anatomy•nanotechnology: the small

wonder from atom to space•can you dig it?! exploring ar-

chaeology•liftoff: designing and building

for air and space•Mercury, Mars and beyond: ex-

ploring the planets in our solar sys-tem

•everyday mechanics and spe-cial relativity: how did we get fromNewton to Einstein?

Tate Grimes, a 7th grade stu-dent at Interior, has been acceptedinto the summer SPARK programthrough Brown University.

Students will be staying andlearning at the university campusin Providence, RI.

The program is for studentswith a passion for science; theylearn about the process of inquiryand discovery and focus on theprocess of asking questions.

In addition, they may find outit’s cool to be interested in science.

Jennifer Van Pelt, the middleschool teacher at Interior said,“This is an amazing accomplish-ment and we are so proud of Tate.”

SPARK is a science program forcurious middle school students whoseek to spend one or two weeks atBrown’s Ivy League campus andimmerse themselves in exciting sci-ence subjects, and gain the founda-tions necessary for furtherscientific inquiry.

The courses of the SPARK pro-

Grimes to attend SPARK program

at Brown University in JulyStudents from ages eight to 18from across South Dakota con-verged on Philip June 19 and 20 totake part in the annual RangelandDays and Soils Days.

Students were given a chance topractice their skills Tuesday at apasture northeast of the contestsite. That evening some of the stu-dents gave speeches and had theirrange displays set up for judging.

Wednesday morning, the grouptraveled to a pasture owned by CliffPoss south of the CottonwoodRange and Livestock Research Sta-tion west of Philip.

Results of the contest were:Soils Day

Judging-Individual: Bailie Beer, Lemmon- 1st, Alex Nagel, Gettysburg - 2nd, JennaSchweiss, Gettysburg - 3rd.

Judging-Teams: Gettysburg - 1st, Lem-mon - 2nd.

Rangeland DaysNew Rangers

Talks: Danika Gordon, Whitewood - 1st,Kaylen Stearns, Edgemont - 2nd, JaredStearns, Edgemont - 3rd

Plant Collections: Gordon - 1st, J. Stearns- 2nd, K. Stearns, Edgemont - 3rd, BridgerGordon, Whitewood - 4th

Judging-Individuals: Hunter Eide, Get-tysburg - 1st, K. Stearns - 2nd, MadisonWeishaar, Lemmon - 3rd, D. Gordon - 4th, J.Stearns - 5th, Ezra Weichmann, Shadehill -6th, Tate Ollila, Newell - 7th, LaurenWeishaar, Lemmon - 8th

Judging-Teams: Junior Jackrabbits (D.Gordon, K. Stearns, J. Stearns, Ollila) - 1st,Jackrabbits (L. Weishaar, Wyatt Schreiver,Philip, M. Weishaar) - 2nd, Wild Rose (Eide,Ella Lantz, Rapid City, Aubrey Vander Wilt,Mitchell ) 3rd, Western Wheat (Weichmann,Frank Huber, Martin, Riley Schofield, Philip,Matthew Marrs, Whitewood, ) 4th

Top Hand: D. Gordon

WranglersTalks: B. Gordon - 1st, Blayne Martinez,

Ethan, - 2nd, Alexis Vander Wilt, Mitchell -3rd, Emily Knutson, Kadoka, - 4th

Displays: Vander Wilt - 1st, Knutson -2nd,B. Gordon - 3rd, Martinez - 4th

Judging-Individual: B. Gordon - 1st,Knutson - 2nd, Aubrey Weishaar, Lemmon -3rd, Nicole Sommer, Parkston - 4th, VanderWilt - 5th

Top Hand: B. GordonScouts

Judging-Individual: Rachel Parsons,Philip -1st, Nathan Duerre, Bristol - 2nd,Miles Kreeger, Lake Andes - 3rd, Tye Kost,Parkston - 4th, Ben Stangle, Philip - 5th

Judging-Team: Wagner FFADisplays: Stangle - 1st, Kost - 2ndTalk: Stangle - 1st, Kost - 2ndTop Hand: Stangle

Go GettersJudging-Individual: Austin Thayer,

Kadoka - 1st, Brian Champion, Newell - 2nd,Ethan Eddington, Newell - 3rd, Elijah Srt-ska, Newell - 4th, Alisha Sheeler, Newell -

5th, Ben Stiegelmeier, Selby - 6th, ChanceKnutson, Kadoka - 7th, Casey Bauer, Newell- 8th, Myles Addison, Kadoka - 9th, LeviOlinger, Wessington Springs - 10th.

Judging-Team: FFA Division - Newell(Srtska, Emma Rogers, Bauer)- 1st, Kadoka(Clint Stout, Kate Rasmussen) - 2nd; 4-H Di-vision - Butte County (Sheeler, Champion,Eddington) - 1st, Jackson County (C. Knut-son, Logan Christensen, Addison, Thayer) -2nd, Jerauld County (Wessington Springs -Olinger, Bailey Willman, Shannon Duxbury,Shilo Starr) - 3rd.

Displays: Hanna Higdorn, Dupree - 1st,Sheeler - 2nd, Evan Johnson, Greenville - 3rd

Talks: Sheeler - 1st, Higdorn - 2ndTop Hand: Sheeler

The annual event was hosted byHaakon and Jackson counties, con-servation districts and their Natu-ral Resources Conservation Serviceoffices and South Dakota StateUniveristy Extension Service.

Area FFA and 4-H teams take contest honors

Go Getter … Back row (L-R): Ben Stiegelmeier, Selby; Chance Knut-son, Kadoka; Casey Bauer, Newell; Myles Addison, Kadoka; and LeviOlinger, Wessington Springs. Front row: Austin Thayer, Kadoka; BrianChampion, Newell; Ethan Eddington, Newell; Elijah Srstka, Newell; andAlisha Sheeler, Newell.

--photos by Nancy Haigh

Wrangler Display … Alexis Vander Wilt (L), Mitchell; EmilyKnutson, Kadoka; Bridger Gordon, Whitewood; and Blayne Martinex,Ethan.

Wrangler Talks … Bridger Gordon (L), Whitewood; Blayne Mar-tinez, Ethan; Alexis Vander Wilt, Mitchell; and Emily Knutson, Kadoka.

Wrangler Judging … Bridger Gordon (L), Whitewood; EmilyKnutson, Kadoka; Aubrey Weishaar, Lemmon; Nicole Sommer, Parkston;and Alexis Vander Wilt, Mitchell.

Kadoka FFA … Clint Stout,Kate Rasmussen not pictured.

Jackson Co. 4-H … Chance Knutson (L), Myles Addision andAustin Thayer.

Students from across South Dakota spread out on pastures southwest of Philip on June 19 and 20 to compete inRangeland Days. The students rotated amongst plots identifying plants and completing site evaluations.

A group of students take part in the Soils Day competition in a pasturesouthwest of Philip. --courtesy photo

Producers have been putting uptheir first and second cutting al-falfa and starting to cut their grasshay. Although some hay will re-main with the operation, there areseveral growers who plan to mar-ket their hay, says Tracey Renelt,Extension Dairy Field Specialist. If you're one of the producerswho are deliberating selling youralfalfa or grass hay, Renelt saysthere are a few things to considerbefore marketing your product tooptimize the price you receive. "First, have you taken an analy-sis of forage to determine the qual-ity? Sampling should be done asclose to the time of utilization ofthe feedstuff or to the time sale,"Renelt said. "This can be done bycoring the bales via a hay probe." Hay probes should be placed onthe curved side at a 90 degreeangle for large round bales, coringtowards the center or when coringsquare bales it should be placed onthe butt end of the bales. Careneeds to be taken as to not get netwrap or twine included in the core

sample. Growers need to core sev-eral random bales (20 minimumcores total) in a lot of hay and com-bine the sample and place the coresinto gallon size plastic bag or othercontainer and seal. A total of one-half pound of dry hay from the 20cores is adequate. "Samples should represent acutting of hay from a particularfield that has been put up undersimilar conditions, which is also re-ferred to as a hay lot," Renelt said. She reminds growers to labeltheir sample bag adequately withtheir contact information, includ-ing phone number and type of sam-ple you are sending (alfalfa, grasshay, mixed hay, etc) and the type ofanalysis desired. Growers have several choiceswhen it comes to selecting a labwhich can perform an analysis onthe sample to determine the feedquality. For lab contact informationcontact the local SDSU RegionalExtension Center or the NationalForage Testing Association websitehttp:/ /www.foragetesting.org/

upon its quality at the time of uti-lization," Renelt said. When determining a fair price,Renelt says growers should con-sider the method they used to putthe hay up. "Was the hay put up as a largeround bale or small or large squarebale or as balage? Was it netwrapped, twine wrapped, or plasticwrapped? Is it plastic twine or sisaltwine? Has it sat out and beenrained on since harvest or has itbeen stored in the shed? All thesethings should be considered whenpricing your commodity," she said. The last item growers shouldconsider is the hay's appearance. "Growers need to visually in-spect the hay to see if there is nox-ious weed seeds, mold or if there isforeign material present in thehay," Renelt said. "All of which canchange the price received and willnot show up on an NIRS analysis.If state or locally noxious weedseeds are present it will preventyou from transporting or sellingthe product according to state law."

which provides a list of certifiedlaboratories that perform hayanalysis tests. Renelt explains that growerscan either perform a wet chemistryanalysis or a NIRS (Near InfraredReflectance Spectroscopy) analysis,which is most commonly done andtypically is the quickest and cheap-est method. Thru the NIRS analysis growerswill obtain results for RFV (relativefeed value), RFQ (relative feedquality), percent dry matter, crudeprotein, ADF(acid detergent fiber,NDF (neutral detergent fiber) di-gestible NDF, lignin, crude fat, ash,Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium,Potassium, Total Digestible Nutri-ents, Net Energy for gain, lactation& maintenance, NDF digestibility,and NFC (non-fiber carbohydrate). "So why is this important? As weknow, alfalfa and grass quality willvary greatly based on maturity atthe time of harvest, conditions itwas put up under, and storagemethods. Thus, it has given us away to value the product based

Correct method to market hay for sale

Public Notices … June 28, 2012 • Kadoka Press • Page 8

FINANCIAL REPORTKADOKA AREA SCHOOL

DISTRICT FOR THE PERIODBEGINNINGMAY 1, 2011

ENDINGMAY 31, 2011

GENERAL FUND: Checking accountbalance, beginning: 11,635.08; Transferinto account: (from MMDA account)81,802.70; Receipts: Jackson Co. Treas-urer, taxes 140,707.33; Jones Co.Trea-surer, taxes 1,749.37; Haakon Co.Treasurer, taxes 20,527.19; County ap-portionment 3,204.32; BankWest, inter-est 78.77; First National Midland, int.166.80; State of SD, state aid 96,833.00;Student Activities 2,040.90; Student Par-ticipation fees 230.00; Sale of supplies &other 858.76; State of SD, mineral lease24,373.00; Rentals 70.00; WagnerSchool Dist, NAFIS reg 500.00; JacksonCo., Bankhead Jones 1,848.93; U.S.Dept of Ed, Indian Ed 4,181.33; State ofSD, Title I 59,604.00; State of SD, REAP42,729.00; State of SD, FFV 1,275.79;Total receipts: 400,978.49; Transfers out:(to MMDA) 228,941.03; Disbursements:264,863.00; Ending balance, checking:612.24; Money Market Deposit Ac-count:(BW) 450,815.83; Money MarketDeposit Account:(MB) 157,845.41; PettyCash: 130.00; Total Balance of Account:609,403.48 CAPITOL OUTLAY FUND: Checking ac-count balance, beginning: 2,801.27;Transfer in: 0.00; Receipts: Jackson Co.Treasurer, taxes 69,048.71; Jones Co.Treasurer, taxes 1,067.24; Haakon Co.Treasurer 10,652.88; Soph. class, reimbexp track 45.20; First National, Interest181.96; BankWest, interest 113.62;Transfers out: 42,098.28; Disburse-ments: 11,198.85; Ending balance,checking: 30,613.75; Money Market De-posit Account: 232,784.85; Money Mar-ket Deposit Account:(MB) 160,438.37;Total Balance of Account: 423,836.97 SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND: Checkingaccount balance, beginning: 1,842.48;Transfer into account: from savings 0.00;Receipts: Jackson Co. Treasurer, taxes64,340.61; Jones Co. Treasurer, taxes995.03; Haakon Co. Treasurer, taxes9,932.47; First National, interest 60.65;BankWest, interest 28.41; U.S.Dept ofEd, Imp Aid FY 2010 3,343.18; IDEA10,663.00; Transfers out: 54,095.24; Dis-bursements: 35,392.66; Ending balance,checking: 1,717.93; Money Market De-posit Account: (BW) 101,743.65; MoneyMarket Deposit Account: (MB)49,175.59; Total Balance of Account:152,637.17 IMPACT AID FUND: Beginning balance,checking: Receipts: Interest 1,327.09;U.S. Dept of Ed, FY 2010 21,210.54;Transfers out: 0.00; Money Market De-posit Account 885,937.66; C.M.A. Ac-count 1,007,433.36; Balance of account:1,893,371.02 CAPITOL PROJECTS FUND: Beginningbalance, checking: Receipts: InterestBankWest, interest 269.85; Transfer toMMDA 269.85; Disbursements 0.00;Money Market Deposit Account612,900.08; Balance of account:612,900.08 FOOD SERVICE FUND: Beginning Bal-ance: 3,572.47; Tranfer in (from ImpactAid) 0.00; Receipts: Sales 4,047.40;State of SD, reimbursement 9,664.31;Disbursements 16,180.29; Total balancechecking account: 1,103.89; Cashchange 0.00; Total balance accounts:1,103.89 TRUST & AGENCY FUND: Beginningbalance, checking: 35,478.75; Transferin: 0.00; Receipts: 66,985.75; Transfersout: 42,081.86; Disbursements:30,488.87; Balance, Checking:29,893.77; Cash Change: 0.00; MoneyMarket Deposit Acct: 33,719.18; Totalbalance of account: 63,612.95

ALBIN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Non ex-pendable trust fund: Beginning balance:927.51; Transfer in: Receipts: 0.00; Dis-bursements: 0.00; Ending Balance927.51

/s/ Eileen C. StolleyEileen C. Stolley,

Business ManagerJune 6, 2012

UNAPPROVED MINUTESOF THE REGULAR MEETING

OF THE KADOKA AREASCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION HELD

WEDNESDAY,JUNE 13, 2012

AT THE KADOKA SCHOOLAT 7:00 P.M.

Members present: Dan VanderMay, MarkDeVries, Dawn Rasmussen, Ross Block,Dale Christensen. Absent: D.J. Addison,Ken Lensegrav

Also present: Supt. Jamie Hermann;Eileen Stolley, business manager. Visi-tors present: Robyn Jones, MarkWilliams

All motions are unanimous unless other-wise stated.

President DeVries called the meeting toorder.

The Consent Agenda included the follow-ing items: to approve the agenda, to ap-prove the minutes of the May 9 regularand May 18, 2012 special meetings; toapprove the financial report; to approvethe bills as presented.

Ross Block moved to approve the con-sent agenda. Motion was seconded byDawn Rasmussen and carried.

GENERAL FUND: ADDISON, GEOR-GANNA, TRANSP MLG 694.12; AFLACFLEX ONE, ADMIN FEE 125.00; APEXAMS, TESTING FEES 553.00; ARM-STRONG EXTINGUISHER SERVICE,INSPECT KITCHEN FIRE HOOD873.00; BADURE, CAROL, TRANSPMLG 2,838.64; BALDWIN, TERRY,TRANS MILEAGE 1,058.20; BLACKHILLS SPECIAL SERVICES, ALTERNA-TIVE SCHOOLING 1,513.00; BLOCK,AIMEE, TRANSP MLG 677.10; BUTLER

MACHINERY, BUS REPAIR 212.50;CENTURY BUSINESS PRODUCTSINC, COPIER MAINTENANCE 593.84;CHURCHILL MANOLIS FREEMAN,LEGAL SERVICES 6,865.64; CON-SERV FLAG CO, FLAGS 151.85; DALE,ROGER, TRANS MLG 1,918.08;DALY, JULIE, TRANSP MLG 217.56;DEVRIES, NICOLE, TRANSP MLG1,172.16; DISCOUNT FUEL, FUELACCTS 1,984.59; DOUBLE H FEED,GRASS SEED 192.00; ERNIES BUILD-ING CENTER, MID-SCH CUST SUP-PLIES 81.63; FIRST NATIONAL BANKOMAHA, TRACK TRAVEL 2,988.83;FITZGERALD, LEEANNA, TRANSPMLG 846.56; GOLDEN WEST TELE-COM COOP., INC, K/I/LV/M SCH-PHONE ACCTS 65.82; GOOD, BETH,TRANS MILEAGE 621.60; GRIMES,ELISSA, TRANS MLG 352.98; GROP-PER, SARAH, TRANS MLG 735.26;HEARTLAND WASTE MGT INC, MID-LAND GARBAGE 90.00; HERBER,JAMES, TRANSP MLG 2,994.56; HER-BER, LYNN, TRANS MILEAGE1,418.58; HOGEN'S HARDWARE, SUP-PLIES/MATERIALS/REPAIRS 1,220.46;J & S RESTORE, REPAIRS 3,080.38;J.W. PEPPER & SON, INC., MUSICSUPPLIES 150.99; KADOKA AREASCHOOL LUNCH, LUNCHES 883.75;KADOKA AREA SCHOOL T&A, TRACKTRAVEL 1,037.01; TRACK STARTER,REFEREES 509.20; TRACK ENTRYFEES 560.00; REG. 7 VOCAL ENTRYFEES 75.00; COLLEGE ACCESSSCHOLARSHIP 410.00; CPR CERTCARDS 80.00; RETIREMENT & AP-PRECIATION GIFTS 181.75; A.R. CEL-EBRATION SUPPLIES 62.28; KADOKACLINIC, BUS DRIVER PHYSICAL 30.00;KADOKA PRESS, PUBLICATIONS555.61; KAHS CHEERLEADERS,BABYSIT LOVE & LOGIC MEETINGS200.00; LONG VALLEY STORE, LVMILK/CUST SUPPLIES 86.84; MANS-FIELD, MICHELLE, TRANSP MLG109.52; MIDWEST COOPERATIVES,PROPANE/BUS RT FUEL 1,383.78;MILLER'S GARBAGE, GARBAGESERVICE 400.35; NCS PEARSON INC,AIMS WEB 840.00; NETWORK SERV-ICES COMPANY; CUST SUPPLIES677.93; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NET-WORK, BUS DRIVERS DRUG TESTS30.00; OLSON'S PEST TECH, PESTCONTROL 330.90; ORIENTAL TRAD-ING CO., SUPPLIES 83.99; PENNY'SRIVERSIDE CATERING, CATERINGSERVICE 1,275.00; PEOPLE'S MAR-KET, SUPPLIES 994.46; POCKETFULOF POSIES, AWARDS NIGHT/INSER-VICE 227.90; POSITIVE PROMO-TIONS, APPRECIATION 60.75; RAPIDCITY JOURNAL, RENEW SUBSCRIP-TIONS 257.44; RAPID TIRE & ALIGN-MENT, BUS ALIGNMENTS 308.70;RECKLING, KAY, SUPPLIES 9.54; RID-DELL/ALL AMERICAN SPORTS CORP,FB EQUIP RECONDITIONED 1,768.61;RODGERS, JO, TRASP MLG 238.28;SD DEPT OF REVENUE, LV-WATEREVAL 13.00; SDAAE, AG CONF & DUES399.00; SDASBO, WORKSHOP FEE30.00; SDRS SPECIAL PAY PLAN,EARLY RETIREMENT 25,845.00; SER-VALL TOWEL & LINEN, K/I/LV/M-DUST-MOP SERVICE 216.38; STOUT, JODY,TRANS MLG 901.32; SUNGARD PUB-LIC SECTOR INC, TP CURRICULUMMAPPING 1,062.50; TEAM LAB CHEM-ICAL, BOILER TREATMENT 257.85;TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION IN ED-UCATION, TIE CONF REG. 520.00; USPOSTAL SERVICE, BOX RENT 130.00;VANWAY TROPHY & AWARDS,AWARDS NIGHT 599.65; VERIZONWIRELESS, BUS/PRIN/TECH CELL-PHONE SERVICE 1.50; WALKER RE-FUSE, I&LV-DUMP SERVICE 267.18;WELLER, HARRY, REIMB EXP 132.50;WILLERT, CHRISTY, REIMB EXP 16.62;WIRELESS GENERATION, M CLASS3,365.20; WRIGHT EXPRESS FSC,TRAVEL EXP 106.93; TEACHERSALARIES, ELEMEMENTARY36,146.36; MILEAGE:JENNIFER VANPELT 116.11; NANCY WELLER 71.44;DEETA TERKILDSEN 107.08; RENEESCHOFIELD 183.07; ROGER DALE31.45; EDNA KARY 328.77; SUBTEACHERS, ELEMENTARY 1,186.92;UNUSED LEAVE PER POLICY13,772.64; TEACHER SALARIES, HIGHSCHOOL 16,180.81; SUB TEACHERS,HIGH SCHOOL 714.47; PRE SCHOOLSALARIES 604.07; TITLE VII INDIANED 440.45; TITLE VII BUS MONITOR357.08; TITLE II A SALARIES 4,420.58;GUIDANCE SALARY 3,529.35; TITLE ISALARIES 28,665.02; TITLE I SUBTEACHERS 663.50; PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT SALARIES 2,070.33;OFFICES OF THE SUPT., PRINCIPALAND BUSINESS MANAGER 21,213.53;TECHNOLOGY 3,759.97; CHAD EISEN-BRAUN, PHONE EXPENSE & REIMBEXPENSE 306.47; LIBRARY 366.68;SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS &MILEAGE 3,279.57; OPERATION OFPLANT SALARIES 6,631.11; CO-CUR-RICULAR SALARIES PRORATED757.10; PUPIL TRANSPORTATION650.75; SUB BUS DRIVERS 417.29;ACTIVITY BUS DRIVERS: ROGERDALE 613.28; HARRY WELLER, A.D.3,127.37; DANA EISENBRAUN, TRACKCOACH 1,895.56; DAVE OHRTMAN,TRACK COACH 1,843.87; TERESASHUCK, YEARBOOK 353.40; BRANDYKNUTSON, SUMMER AG & REIMB EX-PENSE 391.03; THIVENT FINANCIALFOR LUTHERANS, TSA W/H 140.00;AMERICAN FAMILY LIFE ASSURANCECO, CC/IC INS W/H 1,991.42; WASH-INGTON NATIONAL INSURANCE CO,W/H 208.70; BENEFIT MALL, SD, LIFEINS W/H 674.34; BREIT LAW OFFICE,W/H 100.00; MG TRUST COMPANY,403(B) W/H 1,200.00; CREDIT COL-LECTION BUREAU, W/H 38.96; DELTADENTAL INS., GROUP DENTAL3,793.54; KASD T&A INSURANCEFUND 100.00; JOHNSON, RODEN-BURG & LAUINGER LAW, W/H 4.44;KADOKA SCHOOL LUNCH, LUNCHW/H 1.25; KADOKA SCHOOL T&A IN-SURANCE FUND, W/H 377.02;KADOKA SCHOOL T&A CAFETERIAACCT., PAYFLEX W/H 1,375.01;KADOKA SCHOOL T&A FIT/FICAACCT., TAX 47,715.80; SD RETIRE-MENT SYSTEM, TR AND MATCH.26,951.41; S.D. SCHOOL DISTRICTBENEFIT FUND, GROUP HEALTH40,304.00 CAPITOL OUTLAY FUND: APPLE INC.,I PADS 1,497.00; ERNIES BUILDINGCENTER, MID-SCH CUST SUPPLIES4,939.15; HOGEN'S HARDWARE, SUP-PLIES/MATERIALS/REPAIRS 473.39;JS CONSTRUCTION, MIDLAND

KITCHEN 2,577.70; KADOKA CITY AU-DITORIUM, AUDITORIUM RENT3,800.00; LACREEK ELECTRIC ASSN.,INC., ELEC-LV SCHOOL 202.42; OIENIMPLEMENT & SUPPLY INC, BUSGARAGE RENT 600.00; RASMUSSENMECHANICAL, I-BOILER PUMP6,725.00; SCHOOL SPECIALTY, OF-FICE FURNITURE 1,240.50; TOWN OFMIDLAND, MIDLAND SCH-WATER156.50; WEST CENTRAL ELECTRICCOOP, ELEC ACCOUNTS 3,220.73;WEST RIVER ELECTRIC ASSOC., INTERIOR ELEC ACCT 369.17; WR/LJWATER SYSTEMS INC, I-SCH WATER25.00 SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND: CHIL-DREN'S CARE, OT & PT SERVICES &MLG 330.00; PARENT, MILEAGE222.00; DISCOUNT FUEL, FUELACCTS 134.19; KADOKA AREASCHOOL LUNCH, PRE SCHOOL 32.25;PEOPLE'S MARKET, SUPPLIES120.67; WALL SCHOOL DISTRICT,SPEECH SERVICES 1,496.00; REGU-LAR SALARIES 14,546.76; SUBSTI-TUTE SALARIES 109.45; UNUSEDLEAVE PER POLICY 850.84 CAPITOL PROJECT-GREAT HALL:BALDRIDGE AND NELSON 14,406.35 FOOD SERVICE: BLOCK, AIMEE, MIL-DAND LUNCHES 577.50; CASH-WADISTRIBUTING, FOOD & SUPPLIES305.44; DEAN FOODS, DAIRY PROD-UCTS 492.11; EARTHGRAINS CO, K&I-BREAD PRODUCTS 127.39; HOGEN'SHARDWARE, SUPPLIES/ MATERI-ALS/REPAIRS 26.56; LONG VALLEYSTORE, LV MILK/CUST SUPPLIES789.35; MILLER'S GARBAGE,GARBAGE SERVICE 82.55; PEOPLE'SMARKET, SUPPLIES 220.99; USFOODSERVICE, FOOD & SUPPLIES486.58; REGULAR SALARIES 2,392.38;UNUSED LEAVE PER POLICY 44.18

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT: Supt.Hermann reported that interviews for thehigh school principal position have beenscheduled for Monday, June 18 begin-ning at 1:00. He recommended that thebuildings and grounds, sports complexand policy committee also meet on thatdate. Committee meetings were thenscheduled to follow the interviews.

BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS:Buildings and Grounds: Mr. Hermann re-ported that the buildings and groundscommittee met; potential future buildingprojects were discussed. Transportation:a transportation committee member hasreviewed the bus information and recom-mends purchase of an International bus;as the transportation committee mem-bers were not present, action was de-layed.

CITIZEN’S INPUT: none

Dale Christensen moved to approve acontract with the South Dakota Depart-ment of Health for screening service, 55hours @ $20.00 per hour. Motion wasseconded by Ross Block and carried.

Ross Block moved to approve the quotefor FY 2012 audit services from DeSmet& Biggs at maximum of $16,000.00 plusout of pocket expenses not to exceed$800.00. Motion was seconded by DawnRasmussen and carried.

Dawn Rasmussen moved to approvemembership in the SDHSAA for 2012-2013. Motion was seconded by DaleChristensen and carried.

At 7:30 Ross Block moved to go into ex-ecutive session for personnel matters.Motion was seconded by Dawn Ras-mussen and carried. The board came outof executive session @ 8:00.

Dale Christensen moved to approve con-tracts to Dylan Moro, high school scienceposition and Jessica Eikmeier Magelkyfor high school English. Motion was sec-onded by Dawn Rasmussen and carried.

Ross Block moved to set a special meet-ing for end of year business and budgetreview for June 26 @ 7:00 p.m. Motionwas seconded by Dawn Rasmussen andcarried.

Dale Christensen moved to set thebudget hearing and annual meeting forJuly 11, budget hearing @ 6:30 and reg-ular meeting @ 7:00 p.m. Dan Vander-May seconded the motion and motioncarried.

There being no further business, DaleChristensen moved that the meeting beadjourned. Motion was seconded byRoss Block and carried.

Mark DeVries, President

Eileen C. Stolley, Business Manager

[Published June 28, 2012, at the total ap-proximate cost of $152.71]

Town of CottonwoodREGULAR MEETING

June 20, 2012

The regular meeting of the Town of Cot-tonwood was held at Town Hall onWednesday evening, June 20, 2012 at7 p.m. Present were JC Heath, TrentonHeath, Dave Griffin, Doug Hovland,Bernie Hank and Jerry Hank. The meet-ing was called to order by JC Heath.

Old Business: Discussion on gravelingroad and moving of the town garbagebin.

New Business:

The following bills were approved:Mayor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00Voter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00Bookkeeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.00WREA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101.00Walker Refuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86.25Kadoka Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.27Peterson’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.43Postmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45.00Checking Acct.

Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,749.03CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,805.85

With there being no other business todiscuss, the meeting was adjourned.The next regular meeting will be held onJul;y 18, 2012 – 7 p.m. at Town Hall.

JC Heath, President

[Published June 28, 2012, at the total ap-proximate cost of $13.33]

NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING ON

APPLICATION FORMALT BEVERAGE

LICENSE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theKadoka City Council at its regular meet-ing on Monday, July 9, 2012, at the ap-proximate hour of 7:30 P.M. in theKadoka Auditorium Annex will considerthe following malt beverage applications.

CREATAIVE CUTS & FITNESS, KoletteStruble owner: located Lot 3, Block 8 ofKadoka Town (On-Off Sale Malt Bever-age & SD Farm Wine).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT anyperson(s) or his/her attorney may appearand be heard at said scheduled publichearing who is interested in the approvalor rejection of any such application.

Dated this 18th day of June, 2012.

Patty Ulmen,Finance Officer

[Published June 21 & 28, 2012, at an es-timated cost of $23.12]

WEST RIVER WATER DEVELOPMENT

DISTRICTMay 17, 2012

CALL TO ORDER:The West River Water Development Dis-trict convened for their regular meeting atthe West River Water Development Dis-trict Project Office in Murdo, SD. Chair-man Joseph Hieb called the meeting toorder at 10:30 a.m. (CT).

Roll Call was taken and ChairmanJoseph Hieb declared a quorum waspresent. Directors present were: JosephHieb, Casey Krogman, Marion Matt,Veryl Prokop and Lorne Smith. Also pres-ent: Jake Fitzgerald, Manager; Kati Ve-nard, Sec./Bookkeeper.

ADDITIONS TO AGENDA:None.

APPROVE AGENDA:Motion by Director Prokop, seconded byDirector Matt to approve the agenda. Mo-tion carried unanimously.

APPROVE MINUTES:The minutes of the April 19, 2012, meet-ing were previously mailed to the Boardfor their review.

Motion by Director Krogman, secondedby Director Prokop to approve the Aprilminutes. Motion carried unanimously.

FINANCIAL REPORT:A. APPROVAL OF BILLS:Joseph Hieb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56.61Casey Krogman . . . . . . . . . . . . .56.61Marion Matt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56.61Veryl Prokop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56.61Lorne Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56.61West River/Lyman-

Jones RWS . . . . . . . . . . . . .1,000.00Kadoka Press . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38.66Lyman County

Herald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32.47Murdo Coyote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36.82Pennington County

Courant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30.87Pioneer Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32.49Todd County

Tribune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34.72Casey Peterson &

Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577.11

Motion by Director Matt, seconded by Di-rector Smith to approve the District bills.Motion carried unanimously.

B. DISTRICT FINANCIAL STATUS RE-PORT:The financial status of the District to datewas previously sent to the Board. A copyof the April Financial Report is on file atthe District office in Murdo.

Motion by Director Prokop, seconded byDirector Matt to approve the April Finan-cial Report. Motion carried unanimously.

REPORTS:A. MANAGER'S REPORT: Manager Fitzgerald presented his Mayreport to the Board.

Motion by Director Matt, seconded by Di-rector Krogman to approve the Man-ager’s Report. Motion carriedunanimously.

B. OTHER REPORTS:None

WR/LJ WATER CONSERVATIONSCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM:Motion by Director Prokop, seconded byDirector Matt to approve 50% cost-sharefunding with WR/LJ for 2012 scholar-ships. Motion carried unanimously.

MSAC VIDEO: Item tabled until theWR/LJ meeting.

ADJOURNMENT:There being no further business, themeeting was adjourned at 10:39 A.M.(CT).

Joseph Hieb, Chairman

ATTEST:Kati Venard, Recording Secretary

[Published June 28, 2012 at the total ap-proximate cost of $36.40]

NOTICEOf Intent to Mine Gravel

Notice is hereby given that the JacksonCounty Highway Department, PO Box594, Kadoka, SD 57543, will be conduct-ing a gravel mining operation at SE4,Section 24, T 43 N, R 39 W, JacksonCounty, South Dakota. The general loca-tion is three and one-half miles east andthree miles south of Interior, SD.

The operation is to begin July 16, 2012and will be completed to include finalreclamation by July 16, 2022. Proposedfuture use of the affected land will consistof re-grading, replacing topsoil and re-seeding to allow the area to be returnedto pasture land.

For additional information contact theJackson County Highway Department,(605) 837–2410, or the S. D. Departmentof Environment and Natural Resources,Minerals and Mining Program, 523 EastCapitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501-3182(605) 773–4201.

[Published June 28 & July 5, 2012 at atotal estimated cost of $23.12]

Public Notice

Deadline

Friday at Noon

Notice of Public HearingComprehensive Plan

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, theCity of Kadoka, South Dakota; CityCouncil will meet to hold a public hearingto receive comments on the proposedCity of Kadoka Comprehensive Plan.The hearing will be held during the Coun-cil’s upcoming regular meeting on July 9,2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the Kadoka Audito-rium Annex, 705 9th Avenue, Kadoka,South Dakota, at which time and placeany person interested may appear togive public testimony. A copy of the pro-posed Comprehensive Plan is availablefor public viewing at the Kadoka City Fi-nance Office, and the library. The draftis also available on the City’s website foryour personal viewing and printing.

[Published June 28 & July 5, 2012, at anestimated cost of $17.34]

Fertility is influenced by manyfactors, and one of the best methodsto look at factors that influence fer-tility is with the 'Equation of Repro-duction,' says George Perry, SDSUExtension Beef Reproductive Man-agement Specialist. Perry explains that the 'Equationof Reproduction' includes the follow-ing four areas: •Percentage of animals detectedin standing estrus and inseminated; •Inseminator efficiency; •Fertility level of the semen; •Fertility level of the herd. The first article focused on de-tecting standing estrus, inseminatorefficiency was the focus of the sec-ond article and fertility level ofsemen was the topic discussed in thethird article of this four-part serieson managing for reproductive suc-cess released by SDSU Extension.This is the fourth and last article inthe series. It will discuss fertilitylevel of the herd.

Fertility level of the herd Fertility of the herd may be themost difficult factor to evaluate,Perry says. "Accurate detection of estrus, in-seminator efficiency and fertility ofthe semen (Parts l, ll, and lll) of thisdiscussion are all vital to the successof any breeding program. However,even when these three elements arewell managed, if the cow herd fertil-ity level is compromised, pregnancyrates may not meet cattlemen's ex-pectations," Perry said. When Perry discusses herd fertil-ity he is referring to a herd's cy-cling/puberty status, compliancewith protocols, embryonic mortality,body condition score (nutrition level)and disease control.

Cycling Perry says non-cycling cows atbreeding time may result from anumber of factors including dysto-cia, calving late, inadequate nutri-tion levels (pre and post calving),cow age or excessive milk produc-tion in relationship to the feed re-sources available or severe weatherconditions. In addition, heifers notdeveloped properly and failing toreach 55 percent to 65 percent oftheir mature weight by breedingtime may not cycle or conceive ifthey do. Synchronization protocols thatutilize a progestin can helpcows/heifers that have not initiatednormal estrous cycles if they are al-most ready to begin having normalestrous cycles. "These protocols are the result oftime-consuming research and are avaluable tool when incorporated ac-curately into breeding programs inconjunction with good herd manage-ment," Perry said. "However, regi-mented use of them is essential forsatisfactory results." When implementing protocols,Perry says advanced planning is im-portant. "Timing of prebreeding vaccina-tions needs to be well in advance ofinsemination," he said. "Cattle pro-ducers need to plan when injectionsor feeding need to occur; plan accessto facilities and line-up additionallabor. When insemination will occurmust be planned well in advance ofprotocol use."

Embryonic mortality Fertilization rates are usually be-tween 89 percent and 100 percentwhen semen is present at the timeof ovulation. However, Perry saysearly embryonic mortality causesthat percentage to drop to about 60percent to 70 percent. "Several management decisionscan impact the percent of embryoslost to early embryonic mortality,"Perry said. One factor he says is the timingof transporting cows and heifersafter insemination. "Research conducted at theUSDA research center in Miles City,Mont., reported transportingcows/heifers from day 5 and 42 afterinsemination is a very sensitive

time for the embryo and can be amajor factor in embryo mortality,"he said. Another factor is changes in nu-tritional status. "This can also have a tremendousinfluence on embryonic survival,"Perry said. He points to research conductedat Oklahoma State Universityshowed that sever changes in intakeof energy and protein can result inheifer stopping normal estrous cy-cles. "Furthermore, work done atSouth Dakota State Universityshowed that moving heifers, who de-veloped all winter in a feedlot, topasture immediately after AI can in-crease early embryonic losses,"Perry said.

Body condition score & diseaseBody condition score (BCS) and dis-ease are two additional causes ofmarginal fertility rates says Perry. "Research recommendations sug-gest that cows be in a minimumBCS of 5 and heifers 6 at calvingtime in order for them to cycle andre-breed on an annual basis," hesaid. "This allows sufficient body re-serves for lactation and to initiatenormal estrous cycles after calving." However, Perry notes, if adequatenutrition is not available after calv-ing, body condition can be lost andmay delay the return to normal es-trous cycles. Overall health of the herd can im-pact herd fertility says Perry. "Cattle producers need to imple-ment a proper pre-breeding vaccina-tion program along with awell-managed, internal and exter-nal parasite application program.This will help limit disease occur-rences in the herd and promote herdfertility," Perry said. He adds that special care shouldbe taken with virgin heifers. "Several studies have reportednegative impacts on pregnancy suc-cess by vaccinating heifers thathave never been vaccinated beforewith a modified live vaccine (MLV)for BVD or IBR around time ofbreeding," he said. "Therefore, gen-eral recommendations for vaccina-tion of replacement heifers include;before and at weaning, with bothheifers and cows receiving a boostervaccine at least 30 days beforebreeding. If it is absolutely neces-sary to give a modified live vaccineless than 30 days prior to breeding,the vaccine should be administeredas soon as possible and only to ani-mals that were vaccinated both be-fore and at weaning. Animals thathave not previously been vaccinated(naïve animals) should not be vacci-nated near the time of breeding." The "Equation of Reproduction,"which has been discussed in thisfour-part series, highlights manage-ment practices that are essential toany successful beef breeding pro-gram. When we are "Managing for Re-productive Success," it involves cat-tle producers making managementdecisions throughout the entire year- not just prior to the breeding sea-son. By doing this, producers can ex-pect to generate successfulreproductive results. "As we increase the reproductiveefficiency within a herd, we can in-crease our management decisions ongenetic improvement and other fac-tors to increase the profitability ofyour herd," Perry said. For more information related toinseminator efficiency, contact JimKrantz, SDSU Extension Cow/CalfField Specialist at jim.Krantz@sd-state.edu or 605-995-7381 or Dr.George Perry, SDSU Extension BeefReproductive Management Special-ist at george.perry@sdstate.edu or605-688-5456. To listen to a recentiGrow Radio Network interview onthis topic with Dr. George Perry, andto review all four articles in thisfour-part series released by SDSUExtension visit iGrow.org.

Managing for Reproductive Success:Fertility Level of Herd IV of a four-part Series

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SDSU ExtensionRe-organization

As we progress into the firstsummer of the new SDSU Exten-sion system, the Regional Exten-sion Centers are becoming busierwith telephone, e-mail and walk-intraffic. As the SDSU Extension Re-organization was unveiled in April,2012, some of the criteria for thelocation of the Regional ExtensionCenters included geography of thestate, and location of major tradecenters.

While there can be no perfectsituation, the wisdom of locatingthe Regional Centers in communi-ties identified as trade centers isbecoming increasingly apparent.There are certainly people whodon’t make frequent trips to thecommunities where the ExtensionCenters were chosen to be located,but at least in Winner, a number ofpeople have stopped in the centerwhile they were in town for an-other reason. This has providedthem an opportunity to bring incrop samples, weeds or insects toidentify, or simply to request infor-mation in person.

If they weren’t planning a tripto Winner, or needed assistance onshorter notice, technology hasserved well, either by calling onthe telephone, sending an e-mail,and sometimes including one ormore digital photographs. On onerecent occasion, I was in northernSouth Dakota, participating in aseries of winter wheat tours andreceived a digital photograph onmy cell phone of some wheatplants. I was able to identify thewheat disease affecting the plants,call the client within a short timeand provided him with the infor-mation he needed. E-mail is alsoused extensively to receive re-quests for assistance, and to pro-vide information, often involvingdigital photographs and the ex-change of electronic documents.

Not everyone in South Dakotais blessed with reliable cell phoneservice and high-speed Internetaccess, or even Internet access atall. We at SDSU Extension are al-ways available via telephone, andmay need to return phone calls,but strive to do so in a timely man-ner. We are also more than willingto send factsheets and/or lettersfor specific information by mail ifneeded.

Not everyone in South Dakotais probably pleased with the re-or-ganization of the Extension Serv-ice, particularly if they are locateda long distance from one of the re-gional centers. The ExtensionField Specialists do feel that theyare able to concentrate moreclosely on their specialty area andbetter serve the people who cometo them for information.

If you would like information inthe specialty areas provided at theWinner Regional Extension Center(specifically Plant Pathology,Human Nutrition, and soon, BeefCow-Calf), stop in at 325 S MonroeSt., or call 842-1267. For other spe-cialty areas, if you have Internetaccess, visit iGrow:http://igrow.org/ or the SDSU Ex-tension website: http://www.sd-state.edu/sdces/ for a completelisting of Regional Extension Cen-ters, the Field Specialists, theirareas of expertise, addresses, tele-phone numbers and e-mail ad-dresses. If you don’t have Internetaccess, you can also contact mostCounty Extension Offices and geta list of the Regional ExtensionCenters, the Fields Specialists lo-cated at each one and their contactinformation.

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

SDSU Extension recently re-leases a new training video to helpproducers correctly sample hay toget a clear picture of its nutritionalvalue. The video, "Forage SamplingMethod," is useful for livestock pro-ducers who feed hay for those whomarket the forage. "Many producers would sayquality hay is green in color, free ofmold and weeds, has a high portionof leaves and it was put up withoutrain on it. Although these are allgood indicators of high quality hay,they don't tell producers anythingabout the nutritional content of theforage," said Julie Walker, SDSUExtension Beef Specialist. "Sam-pling hay is essential to under-standing its true quality." The video is available on iGrow'sYouTube Channelhttp://www.youtube.com/sdsuigrow.It is hosted by Warren Rausche,SDSU Extension Cow/Calf FieldSpecialist and Tracey Renelt,SDSU Extension Dairy Field Spe-cialist.

New training video released

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producers sample hay