Crandall’s unique style of an-nouncing started before his Yank-ton days, and he said the YHSstaff and administrators weresupportive of that method.

“I said to one of the teachers,‘This is the way I want to do thishere,’ and she said, ‘Why not,’”Crandall said. “So that’s the wayI’ve been doing it ever since.”

And since those early games,he has become a kind of localcelebrity for the way he keepsthings upbeat prior to tip-off andduring breaks to read announce-ments. Sawatzke, who has twosons, Lane and Reid, playing bas-ketball for the Bucks, said shehas compared Crandall’s style tothose at other schools.

“We go to all the other ESDschools and ones in Sioux Falls,and there are a couple that aregood like that, but for the mostpart, nobody’s like Terry,” shesaid. “It’s fun being a mom in thestands, because you get to hear

more of what he says.”Of course Crandall says his

style has evolved over time, withmore experience, and as hejoked, with age.

“I’m sure in some ways, it’smore mature then it used to be,”he said. “When I go to othergames, I don’t get judgmental be-cause I know what it’s like.”

Asked if there were any cer-tain games that stand out to himin his tenure, Crandall pointed toa Yankton-Brookings boys’ gamein 2007. On that night, the Buckshit a game-winning three-pointerat the buzzer, 28-25, in a classiclow-scoring Eastern SouthDakota Conference showdown.

“That was the first time we

had the new lights on the back-board,” Crandall said. “Someonefrom Brookings joked that theycouldn’t be upset (by claiming)the Daktronics equipment wasmanufactured in Yankton.

“I’ve seen a few games likethat, where you think, ‘I’m glad Iwas there to see that.’”

As time has passed and thesuccess for the Bucks andGazelles has fluctuated, Crandallsaid he takes most enjoymentout of walking out of the SummitCenter following a victory.

“I really enjoy coming awayfrom games when the Bucks orGazelles win,” he said. “Not justfor me, but for the team and thewhole town.”

Part of that devotion was feltduring his brief ceremony lastTuesday. Shortly after Crandallwaved to the crowd, he turned tothe Yankton students and blewthem a kiss. In kind, they fol-lowed with a chant of his name.

“He has such a good relation-ship with the students, you canjust tell,” Sawatzke said. “I’m gladthey did that (the chant), even ifhe was a little embarrassed. Heneeds to know how much peoplelike him and what he does.”

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O N T H I S DAT E75 YEARS AGO

Friday, February 25, 1938• The city (Lake Andes) water supply

which went berserk last summer, runningred with rust and becoming so hard it re-quired solvents, has as suddenly returnedto its clear and pleasantly soft consis-tency. The town has a soft water and ahard water well which are usually pumpedsimultaneously with the soft water, over-coming the hardness of the second well.

• Search for two men who failed in anattempt to raid the State Bank of Chan-dler, Minn., yesterday led across the lineinto South Dakota last night when SheriffJoseph Hines said a car borrowed from agarage here (Pipestone) corresponds withthe description of that used by the ban-dits. Authorities asked officers of south-eastern South Dakota to aid in the searchfor the two men.

50 YEARS AGOMonday, February 25, 1963

• The Yankton college Greyhoundswon the 1962-63 Tri-State conferencebasketball championship here Saturday

night, defeating the Westmar Golden Ea-gles of LeMars, Iowa 93-80.

• A measure setting the opening dateof the South Dakota State Fair at Huronfrom Labor Day to the first Saturday be-fore the first Monday in September wason its way to the senate today after 54-14passage in the house Saturday.

25 YEARS AGO Thursday, February 25,1988

• Development will start this summerto implement a riverfront project featuringmore boat facilities and possibly excur-sion boats at Riverside Park.

• Discovery Mime Theatre, a hus-band-and-wife pantomime team, will beteaching a free workshop at Judiʼs DanceStudio. The event, which is hosted by theDakota Dance Association, is for studentsinterested in various forms of dance andtheatre.

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Woman Dies In Crash With Driver From YanktonBONESTEEL — A Fairfax woman died Friday in a two-vehicle crash on

U.S. Highway 18 near Bonesteel.Elizabeth Ann Koenig, 52, was westbound, driving a 2002 Chrysler Con-

cord when her vehicle was struck by an eastbound 2002 Peterbilt semi-truck and trailer driven by Richard Daniel Trattles, 61, of Yankton.

Koenig was traveling behind a South Dakota Department of Transporta-tion snowplow. After Trattles met the plow, his vehicle crossed into thewestbound lane and struck Koenig’s vehicle. Koenig died at the scene.Trattles was not injured. Both drivers were wearing seatbelts.

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YMS Sets Student-Parent-Teacher ConferencesYankton Middle School will be holding Student/Parent/Teacher confer-

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Students will receive a conference notice on Wednesday, Feb. 27, whichneeds to be signed by parent/guardian and returned to school. If a conflictexists, call 665-2419 to reschedule.

Parents of the current sixth- and seventh-graders will be filling out reg-istration forms for the 2013-2014 school year during conference time.

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There is a registration fee for the writing workshops, and space is lim-ited. No previous writing experience is needed to participate in the work-shops. All sessions are open to the public, and poetry slam participation isopen to anyone; slam poets should bring three original poems. The read-ings and slam are free. For more information about the festival, call theUSD English Department at 605-677-5229 or visit the VLP website:http://sites.usd.edu/projlit/vlp-poetry-festival

political process itself as the cul-prit. If Congress does not step in,a top-to-bottom series of cuts willbe spread across domestic anddefense agencies in a way thatwould fundamentally changehow government serves its peo-ple.

Obama senior adviser DanPfeiffer told reporters that theGOP is “so focused on not givingthe president another win” thatthey will cost thousands of jobs.To back up their point, the WhiteHouse released state-by-state tal-lies for how many dollars andjobs the budget cuts would meanto each state.

“The Republicans are makinga policy choice that these cutsare better than eliminating loop-holes,” Pfeiffer said.

And, yes, those cuts will hurt.The cuts would slash from do-mestic and defense spendingalike, leading to furloughs forhundreds of thousands of gov-ernment workers and contrac-tors.

Defense Secretary LeonPanetta has said the cuts wouldharm the readiness of U.S. fight-

ing forces. Transportation Secre-tary Ray LaHood said travelerscould see delayed flights. Educa-tion Secretary Arne Duncan said70,000 fewer children from low-income families would have ac-cess to Head Start programs. Andfurloughed meat inspectorscould leave plants idled.

In Virginia, for instance,90,000 Defense Department civil-ian employees could be fur-loughed, including nurses atArmy hospitals, said Sen. TimKaine, D-Va. Healso said ship-repair contrac-tors could layoff 300 of their450 employees.

“There is noreason thatthis has to happen. We just needto find a balanced approach,”Kaine said.

White House officials alsopointed to Ohio as another statethat would be hit hard: $25.1 mil-lion in education spending andanother $22 million for studentswith disabilities. Some 2,500 chil-dren from low-income familieswould also be removed fromHead Start programs.

Officials also said their analy-sis showed Kentucky would lose$93,000 in federal funding for adomestic abuse program, mean-ing 400 fewer victims being

served in Senator MinorityLeader Mitch McConnell’s homestate. Georgia, meanwhile, wouldface a $286,000 budget cut to itschildren’s health programs,meaning almost 4,200 fewer chil-dren would receive vaccinationsagainst measles and whoopingcough.

White House officials said Ne-vada would face military fur-loughs totaling $12.1 million inreduced pay, a $424,000 cut topay for meals for seniors and an

almost $2 millionreduction forclean air andwater programs.

The WhiteHouse was readywith state-by-state reports de-

signed to get hold-out lawmakersto compromise or face unhappyconstituents.

The White House compiledthe numbers from federal agen-cies and its own budget office.The numbers are based only onthe $85 billion in cuts for this fis-cal year, from March to Septem-ber, that are set to take effectFriday.

As to whether states couldmove money around to covershortfalls, the White House saidthat depends on state budgetstructures and the specific pro-grams. The White House did not

have a list of which states or pro-grams might have flexibility.

Some governors said the im-passe was just the latest crisis inWashington that is keeping busi-nesses from hiring and under-mining the ability of state leadersto develop their own spendingplans.

“It’s senseless and it doesn’tneed to happen,” said Gov. Mar-tin O’Malley, D-Md., during theannual meeting of the NationalGovernors Association this week-end.

“And it’s a damn shame, be-cause we’ve actually had thefastest rate of jobs recovery ofany state in our region. And thisreally threatens to hurt a lot offamilies in our state and kind offlat line our job growth for thenext several months,” O’Malleysaid.

The budget cuts were all butcertain to come up when Obamadines with the governors Sundayevening at the White House. Buttime is running out and hope iswaning.

Suggestions intended to instilla spirit of compromise includedbringing all sides to the bargain-ing table, where they could actlike “adults,” a presidential sum-mit at Camp David and even afield trip to watch “Lincoln.” Yetnone of those options was on thebooks.

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“I think the Americanpeople are tired of theblame game.”

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