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Johnny Appleseed, Paul Bu-nyan, Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind…

Remember the legends and tall tales that came out of America’s growth? These legends were born from a country bursting at the seams and in need of some really big characters to match. Where would these characters fit in today as America continues to face big changes in technology and com-munication?

Join us ‘round the campfire as these tall tales come to life and take on the new Mayor of Tall-Taleville. What will the good ol’ town become if Lazy Crocker and his up-to-date, overpowering side-kicks don’t stop enforcing chang-es? Life should always remain the same, shouldn’t it? Change can be scary but with change also comes growth and knowledge of oneself.

When the sun has set and the moon shines bright…join the Campfire Tales!

Gregory School District, 21st

Students to present Campfire Tales on Saturday, April 26

CCLC and Dakota Players invite everyone to an evening of fun and entertainment when Gregory’s young talent present Campfire Tales on Saturday, April 26, at 7:00 p.m. at Gregory City Auditorium. The performance is the culmina-tion of a unique learning experi-ence for up to 60 children from Gregory. This week-long event gives children a chance to learn what it’s like to take part in a pro-fessionally produced stage musi-cal, from auditions and rehearsals through the final performance. Make plans to attend and take part in the fun. Tickets will be available at the door.

This residency in Gregory is made possible by Gregory School District, and 21st CCLC with sup-port provided by the State of South Dakota, through the Depart-ment of Tourism and State Devel-opment, the National Endowment for the Arts.

For more information, contact the Gregory School at 835-8771.

AP - Absentee voting for South Dakota primary elections opens Friday. All 66 counties in the state are sending out ballots to people who have already requested them. Residents can still request a bal-lot or complete one in person at their county courthouses. Ballots must be returned by mail to the county no later than 5 p.m. the day before the June 3 election. State Republicans and Demo-

crats encourage residents to vote in the primary elections, but don't specify which candidate to vote for in the party. Secretary of State Jason Gant says there may be a strong show-ing of absentee votes because of Republican primary races for gov-ernor and U.S. Senate. The state will track and post to-tal number of absentee votes be-ginning Monday.

Absentee voting for primaryelections opens Friday in SD

AP - The U.S. Department of Ag-riculture says South Dakota this year is getting nearly $310,000 for grants to develop specialty crops. The federal funds were autho-rized under the 2014 farm bill. The federal government defines specialty crops as fruits and veg-etables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and

horticulture and nursery crops. The focus of the grants is to en-hance the competitiveness of the crops by improving production efficiency, reducing distribution costs and developing new seed va-rieties. The grants are expected to be awarded later this year.

SD gets nearly $310K for specialty crop grants

The South Dakota Department of Transportation is advising mo-torists a 27-mile construction proj-ect on Highways 251 and 47 from the South Dakota/Nebraska bor-der, through Gregory, to Highway 44. The project began last week. During the month of April, curb and gutter and pipe work is expect-ed to cause minimal delays. In the work zone, motorists can expect reduced speeds and flagging op-erations. Resurfacing work is scheduled to begin on May 1 beginning at the SD/NE border on Highway 251. Work will proceed north to Greg-ory where Highway 251 ends and Highway 47 begins. Work will con-

tinue on Highway 47 to the inter-section of Highway 44 at the North Star intersection. During resurfacing work, mo-torists can expect delays up to 15 minutes and will be guided through the project using flaggers and a pilot car. The prime contractor on this $6.8 million project is Commercial Asphalt of Mitchell. Resurfacing work is scheduled to be completed by June 30, 2014. The overall completion date of the project is October 31, 2014. For complete road construction information, visit www.safetrav-elusa.com/sd or dial 511.

Work to begin on Highways 251 and 47 near Gregory

Culvert work is in progress along construction route through Gregory.

By David RookhyyzenCapital Journal

Tom Bowers has seen the Mis-souri River from its shiny topside, but also from its roiled and muddy underneath.

While others have fished its banks, boated on its surface or irrigated from its flows, Bowers has explored the river from the bottom up. A cer-tified scuba diver and instructor, he has inspected its dams, brought back ancient buffalo skulls from its bottom and photographed some of its natural beauty during a lifetime spent at work and play beneath the surface.

Bowers began scuba diving as a bored Marine stationed at Guanta-namo Bay. Since the soldiers weren’t allowed to go into Cuba, they had to find other means of recreation.

“(We) had a couple nice beaches, so we would just go to the beach,’’ Bow-ers said. “We really got into (snor-keling) there because there wasn’t that much else to do but drink beer. There weren’t any girls to chase or anything like that. So we would go to the beach with a case of beer and snorkel all day on our time off. And eventually we borrowed some scuba equipment from some other guy that had it, so that was my first experi-ence with scuba, and that was prob-ably late ‘63.’’

He stuck with the hobby, even af-ter returning home to Sioux Falls. When work gave him a choice of where to take up a position, he came to Pierre specifically for the river.

The Missouri River is more than a bit different from the tropics and presented its own unique challenges.

In Cuba he could also get away with diving wearing swim trunks and a T-shirt, but in South Dakota divers need a full wet suit - or dry suit in the winter - and hood.

The river’s temperature during the winter is usually between 34 and 35 degrees. In the summer the top water can warm up to about 70 de-grees, but anywhere between 15 to 60 feet down that temperature will drop dramatically. In the reservoirs below 90 to 100 feet the water tends to stay at 45 degrees most of the year, he said.

Bowers said the Missouri’s cur-rent, which is often too swift to fight against, makes for effortless diving. But if a diver doesn’t have some-thing to grab onto it’s nearly impos-sible to stop and look at something. Usually that means a large rock, but he’s known some divers who carried hooks they set into the river bed to stay in place.

And, predictably for a river nick-named “The Big Muddy,’’ visibility is often an issue. While those who dive in the area are used to the lim-ited clarity of the water, an average visibility of 15 feet in the summer, Bowers said.

“I remember a trip we took down to Baja on the Pacific side and we split a boat with a group from California,’’ Bowers said. “There was probably 10 of us and 10 of them, and we got into some pretty rough conditions and visibility dropped down to about 15-foot and those guys wouldn’t get into the water; it was too spooky.’’

Water clarity is one of the reasons Bowers enjoyed winter dives. With low flows coming from the dam, the water clarity can be between 25 and 50 feet.

Because he was beneath the sur-face so much, Bowers also took up underwater photography, snapping images of crawdads, walleye, burbot, catfish or anything else he happened to find.

His camera captured the sunfish and bullhead that used to be found below the dam. There was also a large school of gar that “would be stacked like cordwood’’ below the east shore boat ramp of the Oahe Marina, he said.

During the winter, various species congregated together and lay on the river bottom. The fish were so lan-guid that a diver could easily swim up and grab a catfish or a carp, he said.

He’s also seen some of the life and the history of the river itself still pre-served beneath the surface. While diving 120 feet into Lake Oahe to re-cover nets for the GFP, Bowers saw cottonwood trees still standing from before the reservoir was filled. Down below the dam he saw the old cars which were widely used to protect

shorelines before riprap.Immediately below the dam he

could see how the river’s flow had cleared out everything from its bed, leaving nothing but shale and car-sized boulders. About 100 feet down-stream there was rock and gravel, which hadn’t been swept away yet, and even further down was where the silt and mud that made up the Big Muddy was still found, he said.

The advantage of that scouring flow is that the water is constantly exposing new things, said Bowers, who made a habit of retrieving for-gotten items from the river bottom.

A trophy case in Bower’s home holds items he’s found in the Mis-souri: bottles, ranging from historic to modern, square nails, a spur and an old hoe made from a buffalo horn.

His old log books read like the end of a treasure hunt or the haul from a salvage operation. One entry records finding an 1877 dime, another 1887 dime and an 1867 nickel. Another entry records a washing machine, two tires and a flower pot found in the Bad River. While diving down at Big Bend he recovered 150 pounds of weights used for catching paddlefish.

Sometimes his finds dated back to prehistory. Years ago when a fisher-man pulled up a skull from the river, Bowers and others were asked to find the rest of the body. They did, but discovered it had come from an ancient Native American skeleton.

Then there are plenty of remains from those other early inhabitants of the Plains, bison. Bowers said buf-falo skulls can be found abundantly along the entire length of the river. And not just from the modern vari-ety, but also from the extinct bison antiguus, which had a horn span approaching 40 inches. He has long since given those all away, but his log books are full of references to find-ing two or three skulls at a time.

His trophy case also houses a small collection of prehistoric shark teeth found in the James River south of Mitchell.

Bowers said most of his artifact hunting was before he realized there were laws against removing half the things he did. But those finds were part of what made going down into

the river so fun.“I’m a happy guy if I come up with

something in my hand,’’ he said.During the 1970s Bowers partici-

pated in a dozen different searches for victims of drowning in the Mis-souri. Because Bowers and other lo-cal scuba enthusiasts were the only ones with the necessary equipment, they were called upon when there was a boating accident, plane crash or other incidents on the river.

As often as not, those searches came up empty. One of the times he was called out was to look for two friends who disappeared off of Oko-bojo Point. Their bodies were never found.

In May 1974, Bowers was part of a team combing the area below Oahe Dam for an Iowa man whose boat had capsized after getting too close to the outlet tunnels. Three days later Bowers was in the water again as part of a 30-man team looking for the body.

As one of the more experienced divers, Bowers went deeper than most, inspecting the concrete apron of the dam and the outlet tunnels, 45 feet under the surface.

The victim’s body wouldn’t be found until June 10, after floating 17 miles downstream.

One time he was searching for a missing scuba diver near Chamber-lain in near-zero visibility when he felt something hit his mask. A quick touch revealed it to be the arm of the diver, who was laying tank-down on the river bottom.

“That wasn’t exactly the way I wanted to locate him,’’ he said.

Talking about those experiences, Bowers explains he approached the grisly task with the mindset that he was there to recover the body for the family and that’s what was important. The people waiting top-side couldn’t find their loved one, so it was something he had to do for them, he said.

Eventually a rescue diving unit was organized, which Bower said was just fine with him, even if his heart went out to people who could have used his help.

South Dakota diver explores Missouri River’s muddy waters

Police chief Dwight Ellwanger retires after serving 25 years The Gregory City Council met on Monday, April 21, 2014. Mayor Maurie Schlaht chaired the meet-ing. The council members present were Tim Mills, Chad Peck, Sey-mour Studenberg, Blane Bartling and Stacey Boes. Shana Flakus was absent. Police chief Dwight Ell-wanger, finance officer Al Cerny, library director Diane Althoff, public works superintendent Mark Fortuna, planning and zoning commission chairman Scott Ans-hutz and planning board member Bonnie Johnson also attended the meeting. Additionally, volunteer firefight-ers Lyle Haney, Brad Christensen, Alex Hamilton and Joel Bartling, attended as did Connie Rajewich and Alice Slade. Police Chief DwightEllwanger resigns The council accepted the res-ignation of Police Chief Dwight Ellwanger effective May 2, 2014 and thanked him for his service to the community during the past 25 years. Sewer project bid awarded Excel Underground, Inc. of Sioux Falls was given the bid con-tract for the 2014 sanitary sewer project. They were the low bid of $349,839.65. This is about $70,000 over the city’s projection. Before voting, the council mem-bers discussed the hazards and benefits of waiting until next year to rebid the project and perhaps get a lower price. They agreed that the current weak spots of the sewer line justified taking the current bid. Cerny said the $$259,000 SRF loan, $150,000 grant and the city’s budgeted $50,000 they can cover the increase. The contract is subject to state approval before it’s finalized. All of the bids were opened at the April 7, 2014 meeting and then sub-mitted to the engineers and District III for the review of specifications.Sewer quandry brought up Alice Slade attended the meet-ing to find out if the council had decided whether or not they will reimburse her a $1,000 insurance deductible for a claim from sewer problems in the city’s main line that caused her sewage backup in

February and again in March. She also wanted to know if the city’s insurance company has denied the claim. After all the city departments and councilmen weighed in, the situation looks like this. A sewer service line that’s filled with tree roots caused Slade’s backup problems. There’s another sewer line on the Slade property that was unknown to Alice until Monday evening. The Slades dug their own sewer service lines to their house in 1973. The speculation is that the de-veloper put some additional stubs in for the benefit of new property owners, or that it’s part of a Y line. Mrs. Slade’s contractor didn’t find this line when he was checking her line in February. There may be other similar lines on adjacent property, and this line may in fact, not belong to the Slades. The solution is to clean out the unknown service line. The city doesn’t have the equipment, so they’d have to hire a contractor. The mayor and some of the coun-cil would like the city to fix this problem for Mrs. Slade. Other council members cau-tioned that it could set a precedent if the city cleans out this service line. The city policy is that the city is responsible for the main line and the property owners are respon-sible for the service lines. If that policy changes it could significant-ly increase city sewer rates for all residents. The city’s insurance company has indicated that they will prob-ably deny Mrs. Slade’s claim from February. The company hasn’t sent the city or Slade any corre-spondence to date. The city crew will try to get some additional pictures of the service and main lines in that vicinity. The finance officer will try to get some-thing in writing from the city’s in-surer. The matter was tabled. New garage approved Mark Rajewich’s two-car garage building permit was on the old business agenda. Rajewich lives in Hill’s Addition and is request-

ing a permit to build a metal sided building with a metal roof. Before the council voted on it, they heard from the planning commission and Connie Rajewich. The planning commission only looked at the city code as it applied to Hill’s Addition, where the Rajewich house and pro-posed garage are located. The plan-ning commission based their dis-cussion on zoning ordinance 153.04 which states that, “Any building or structure shall not be established in any neighborhood unless the same substantially complies with the ar-chitectural norms and standards existing in the neighborhood.” The norm in Hill’s Addition is wood shingle, wood siding construction. The planning commission rec-ommended that the council deny the permit due to the materials used for construction. The vote was 3-2. Connie Rajewich showed the council a photo of a model of their garage and explained the color scheme with the paint matching the house. Rajewich and her hus-band were surprised that this had become such an issue, especially since there are other similar build-ings in the addition. The council discussed which of the those three buildings were in the city limits. There’s some ques-tion about that. The council voted unanimously to approve the Rajew-ich building permit. Loan for new fire truck discussed Volunteer firefighters Brad Christensen and Lyle Haney came to the council with a request for funding for the 1991 fire truck they bought. The truck should be deliv-ered within the next two weeks. It’s an International pumper that costs $33,000. It will replace the 1973 truck they have now. They combined the truck loan with another they have out. They’ll make quarterly loan payments of $2,500 for five years with a bal-loon payment of $11,000 at the end. The fire department relies on vol-unteers to meet their costs. They would like the council to pay part of the vehicle cost beginning in fiscal year 2015. The council asked them to work with Cerny when that

budget is prepared. Fire chief Haney hopes some-body wants to buy the old 1973 truck. The truck doesn’t work now and it will take some extensive work to restore it. Haney and the fire fighters want the community to decide what they want to do with it since the truck belongs to the city. Farm lease signed The council approved a farm lease agreement with Cody Atte-berry. The city will lease 66 acres of the new Grandview Addition to At-teberry for five years. In the lease, he agrees to only planting alfalfa.Downtown sidewalk discussions on hold The impartial contractor who was coming to Gregory to inspect the sidewalks on Main Street has been delayed. He broke his hip, so the next information update on this project is estimated to be 90 days from now. Resolution to vacate approved The council approved the reso-lution to vacate the unimproved street that runs behind Mr. G’s.Summer employees named The council named the city’s summer employees. Brody Boes and Cody Jung will work on the city park crew. The pool manager is Josie Fortuna. The lifeguards are Allison Sundquist, Courtney Opbroek, Mackenzie Odenbach, Hannah Juracek, Mackenzie Fey-ereisen, Kristen Holmberg, Jacey Feyereisen and Jadesa Jones. Spring clean up schedule, council meeting date change The City of Gregory Clean-Up Day is Friday, May 2, 2014. The city crew will begin picking up tree limbs on Monday, April 28th. The Gregory County Free Use Dump Days are Friday and Satur-day, May 2nd and 3rd. The next meeting of the plan-ning commission is Monday, May 5th at 5:00 p.m. The meetings are open to the public. The next regular council meet-ing will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Gregory City Hall. The meeting was resched-uled to Tuesday to avoid a conflict with the elementary school spring concert.

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My! My! What did the Minnesota legislature do?At issue: President Obama wants to get the federal minimum wage

increased from $7.25 to $10.10, but a big fight in Congress will take place first – if he gets it at all. Meanwhile, Minnesota legislators have raised their state’s minimum wage to $9.50 while some of their South Dakota compatriots are talking about it. Will this talk turn to action?

The Associated Press put it this way: “Minnesota workers earning the minimum wage will see yearly raises under a bill given final approval Thursday (Apr. 10) that pushes the hourly rate to $9.50 by 2016 and en-ables automatic increases in the future. The bill gives Minnesota one of the nation’s most generous pay floors after years of being among the states with the lowest minimum wage...”

Meanwhile, there are some South Dakotans scratching their heads in fear that maybe our legislators might think about doing the same thing here.

But why in the world would anyone oppose raising the minimum wage in America to 10 bucks an hour? Well, I can think of a couple of reasons. Actually, I can think of three if you consider what President Obama is thinking about. That in itself is enough to fire up the Partiers enough for them to dump another box of Tea bags overboard. Ten bucks an hour is hardly a living wage.

The first is that any increase in wages will come at the expense of profits for employers. However, while this is a valid point, as one col-umnist wrote, “It falls into the category of Topics We Don’t Mention in Public.” You can pretty well guess where the Tea Party group might stand in this one with respect to employers vs. employees and where the general public lies.

Objection number two is even stickier. It’s the issue that raising the minimum wage will throw people out of work. In February the Tea Par-tiers grabbed onto a report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that examined the expected effect of a U.S. Senate bill, not to be con-fused with our Senate, that would raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 by 2016. The CBO seemed to say that raising the wage would cost 500,000 jobs. But that isn’t exactly what was meant.

According to columnist Mary Sanchez with the Kansas City Star, economist Dean Baker explained, the report actually said that 500,000 fewer people might be employed in low-wage work. The figure wasn’t an estimate of outright job loss. This is important to remember.

Baker wrote “These... tend to be high turnover jobs, with workers of-ten staying at their jobs for just a few months.”

Meanwhile, proponents of the minimum wage increase have to ad-mit that jobs might be lost, some businesses might go under and that many entering the low-wage workforce might face more difficulty find-ing a job. So the big question is whether those difficulties are offset by the benefits that come from higher wages for those at the bottom of the pile. Sanchez says that part of the CBO report critics were largely silent about.

It is estimated that 900,000 people would be lifted above the poverty level and more than 16 million people would see a significant boost in their family income. The report noted that, of the 5.5 million work-ers who earned within 25 cents of the minimum wage last year, three quarters were at least 20 years old and two-fifths worked full time. That means a raise for these people puts fewer families in poverty. It also means more consumer demand. Isn’t that what a lot of employers want?

In researching this issue on raising the minimum wage I found some interesting relative tidbits.

For example, four states’ minimum wage was below the $7.25 federal level. Of course, Minnesota at $6.15, then there’s Wyoming at $5.15, Ar-kansas at $6.25, and Georgia at $5.15. I also discover that five states don’t even have a minimum wage law. They are Alabama, Louisiana, Missis-sippi, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Historically, the federal minimum wage has been raised 22 times since it was enacted. The oldest relative to the actual minimum wage law was passed by Congress in 1916. That was the Keating-Owen Act (a child labor law). It prohibited the interstate shipment of goods pro-duced in factories or mines that employed children under the age of 14 or in which people between the ages of 14 and 16 worked more than eight hours a day.

However, in 1918, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the law on the grounds that it was an invasion of state authority. Meanwhile, Congress set minimum wages for women and children in Washington, D.C.

The battle to raise the minimum wage continues to this day. Congress is at a stand still on the federal issue, while our Minnesota neighbors have changed their talking about it to action. Will South Dakota see leg-islative minimum wage action during the 2015 session? We should, but don’t count on it....

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Cooler than average temperatures are expected to continue across the northern states in May, according to a recent report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis-tration's Climate Prediction Center.

“The area that is most likely to continue the cool trend will skirt northern South Dakota” said Laura Edwards, SDSU Extension Climate Field Specialist.

According to the report, other states including Montana, North Dakota, and the northern Great Lakes states are most likely to ex-perience cooler than average condi-tions through May.

“The pattern we have seen this winter has been a strong ridge of high pressure over the western states, and a trough bringing wetter and cooler conditions to the eastern United States” she said. "This pat-tern will gradually break down as we move into the summer season.”

Currently, there is some discrep-ancy among the numerous climate computer models for precipitation in May, she added. “Some models indicate wetter than average, while others show near normal for the coming month. The official Climate Prediction Center report states equal chances of below average, near average, and above average for May,” Edwards said.

Area farmers and gardeners have been eagerly awaiting warmer weather this spring, as soil temper-atures are still too cool in many ar-eas to plant corn and backyard gar-dens. Small grains, such as wheat and oats, are able to tolerate the cooler soil temperatures that cur-rently measure in the 40 Fahrenheit to 50 Fahrenheit range at four-inch depth. Soils are still frozen at deep-er levels, as the maximum frozen depths reached several feet below

the surface this winter.“We've seen quite a bit of prepa-

ration activity in the fields in the southern and central parts of the state, but activity has been rela-tively quiet in the north and north-eastern counties,” Edwards said. “The below freezing temperatures this week, and three to six inches of snow that fell April 16 in Codington, Grant and Deuel Counties will like-ly further slow planting progress.”

The climate outlook for the next three months shows Montana and North Dakota to remain in an area of cooler than average tempera-tures.

“South Dakota is just south of this region, with equal chances of below average, near average, and above average temperatures ex-pected through July,” said Dennis Todey, SDSU Extension State Cli-matologist.

Todey added that precipitation can be a challenge to forecast for the early summer season, as thun-derstorm activity is more likely, and climate computer models are less reliable.

Some southern and southeastern counties are starting off the warm season on the dry side. "There is not much concern at this time for an extreme drought to develop this summer,” Todey said. "As we move into the wetter spring and summer season, our drier top soil could re-cover quickly.”

One factor that could affect our summer conditions is El Niño, added Todey. “During the growing season, El Niño often means wetter and cooler conditions in the Corn Belt,” he said. "The most recent in-dicators show El Niño to be increas-ingly likely to develop in the sum-mer season.”

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Report says cool weather to continue northern South Dakota through May

News Briefs..... Mark your calendar for Mills annual open house The Mills, NE annual open house will be held on Saturday and Sunday, June 21 and 22, 2014 at the Mills, NE History Hall. There will be a potluck dinner at noon. Potluck to be held at United Methodist Church A meet, greet and eat potluck will be held on Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. at the Gregory United Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome.First half of property taxes due by April 30 The first half of the 2013 property taxes payable in 2014 are due and payable by April 30, 2014. If you mail your taxes to the Gregory County Treasurer’s office they must have an April postmark stamped on the envelope to avoid paying an interest penalty. Please mail early to avoid any discrepancy in postmark dates. The first half of the mobile home taxes are due as well. To avoid waiting in line, please bring your payment stubs from the tax notice or mail your taxes in with the stubs. The Gregory County Treasurer’s office is now set up to accept credit or debit card payments with a convenience fee charged to the customer.

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OPEN HOUSESunday, April 27, 2014

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at 4-Plex Town Homes

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WD; Paul E. Taggart and Ruth E. Taggart, husband and wife, to Ter-ri Frank, Lot 1, Block 39, Original Town, now City of Gregory, Grego-ry County, South Dakota.

QCD; Duane H. Pejsa and Irene J. Pejsa, husband and wife, to Denice Walczyk, Robert Pejsa, David Pejsa and Diane Bramstedt, ATIC, all of Block five (5), Block Six (6), lessLot H-1 thereof, Block Seven (7), less H-1 and H-2 thereof, Block Eight (8), less Lots H-1 and H-2 and H-3 thereof, Block Nine (9), less Lot H-1 thereof, Block Ten (10), less Lots H-1 and H-2, Block Eleven (11), less Lots H-1, H-2 and H-3, thereof,

Forbes’ and Wilson’s Addition to Dallas, Gregory County, South Da-kota. The grantors above named hereby reserve a life estate in and to the above described real estate.

QCD; Joseph T. Hausmann, AKA Joey and Rebecca L.. Hausmann, husband and wife, AJT, WROS, S1/2SW1/4SW1/4 of 10; NW1/4, N1/2SW1/4, and NW1/4NE1/4 of 15, all in 96-68.

SMC; Terri Lynn Dailey by SD Dept. of Labor and Regulation Un-employment Insurance Division, $7629.00, cost, $6.98, pre-judgment interest $1,422.72, plus interest at legal rate until fully satisfied.

Admitted Larry Ulmer, Gregory; Robert Rowan, Mills, NE; Mary Kreager, Kennebec; Robert Blomstrom, Winner; Bailey Supik, Winner; Di-ane Cahoy, Colome.

Hospitalized Bailey Supik, Diane Cahoy.

Discharged Arthur Hertz, Earl Boxa, Larry Ulmer, Robert Rowan, Mary Krea-ger, Robert Blomstrom.

By Sara Kuehler, M.A.Suicide, for the most part, re-

mains in the shadows. It can be up-setting and confusing. It is often viewed as being socially unaccept-able to talk about. However, there is information out there that will help the person who is suicidal and that will guide the person who wants to prevent the suicide of a loved one. Finding this informa-tion can be hard when the person holds misconceptions about sui-cide. Many commonly held beliefs keep us from trying to help people at risk. The following is a list of common myths surrounding sui-cide.

Most suicides are caused by one particular event. A person who attempts suicide has to feel bad about themselves for a long period of time. The current crisis may have been triggered by a particu-lar event, but only someone who is already in distress will consider such an extreme reaction.

Most suicides occur with little or no warning. This is not true. Most teenagers tell someone – often their friends or siblings. Adults often go to their medical doctor in the last week of their lives, seeking help for the physical symptoms of depression.

It is best to avoid the topic of suicide. Not talking about suicide does not prevent suicide. Research shows that 80 percent of people have thought about suicide at one time or another, so you won’t put the idea in someone’s head by ask-ing them if they’ve thought about suicide. We are better off talking about it than ignoring someone who may be in crisis.

People who talk about suicide don’t do it. This is not true, as most people who do it have talked about it. We are better off overreacting than under-reacting. Paying at-tention to suicidal statements can save lives.

Suicide attempts are only at-tention-getting behaviors. On the contrary, someone having a his-tory of prior suicide attempts puts them at greater lifetime risk of dying by suicide. If someone is willing to gamble with their life

to get our attention, we are better off paying attention than sending the message that they have to do something more drastic to get our attention.

A suicidal person clearly wants to die. This is just not true. Sui-cidal people are uncertain. Part of them wants to die but part of them wants to live.

Once a person attempts suicide, they won’t try it again. Having previously attempted suicide puts someone at lifetime greater risk of dying by suicide. This is true even if previous attempts were not apparently life threatening. A person with two or more previous attempts is at much higher risk of dying by suicide.

Suicide is a complex problem. This idea makes us think that there is nothing that we as an indi-vidual can do to prevent a suicide. This is not the case. We have to re-member the simple healing power of making ourselves personally available to someone when they are in distress.

If a person who has been de-pressed is suddenly feeling better, the danger of suicide is gone. Often when a person who has been in a lot of psychological pain suddenly appears to be feeling better, it may be a sign that they have come up with the “perfect solution” to end their lives. This is a time we need to ask again whether they are thinking about suicide and not as-sume that the crisis has passed.

Being religious protects against suicide. For some people who be-long to a religion that considers suicide a sin, this can be a protec-tive factor. But simply being born into a religion that considers sui-cide a sin does not protect against suicide. Get help: If you or some-one you know is in crisis or in need of immediate help, call 1-800-273-TALK (8255). This is a free ho-tline available 24 hours a day to anyone in emotional distress or suicidal crisis.

To submit questions or to con-tact River Counseling Services, you may call 337-3444 or email us at rivercounseling@midstatesd.net

In the shadows of suicide

Rails to the Future recently an-nounced that over $1 million has been raised in local match for the Transportation Investment Gener-ating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant the state of South Dakota is applying for. The state’s TIGER grant application is seeking $12.6 million for a $29 million project to rehabilitate the state-owned rail-road from Chamberlain to Presho. Earlier this month, the SD Railroad Board committed $14 million to-wards the grant. The local match will add over a million more in local commitments to the grant applica-tion.

The one million in commitments has been made by farmers, busi-nesses, ag organizations, tribal and local governments that support the project.

“We are very pleased with the lev-el of local support for this project,” said Steve Halverson, President of the Rails to the Future. “This amount of local match will signifi-cantly increase our chances for be-ing awarded the TIGER grant.”

“We would like to thank every-one who wrote a letter of support

Over one million in local match raised for railroad rehabilitation

or made a financial commitment for the grant application,” said Hal-verson. “This project clearly has strong grassroots support and we are hopeful the grant application will be successful.”

The official grant application will be submitted by the SD Depart-ment of Transportation next week. The state expects to know whether or not its application is successful by the end of the year.

During the past session, the legis-lature appropriated $7.2 million for rehabilitation of the state-owned railroad. The SD Wheat Growers testified during committee hear-ings that they would build a $40 million shuttle loader facility and agronomy center if the railroad is rehabilitated at least as far as Ly-man.

Rails to the Future is a grassroots organization that is helping raise money for the railroad rehabilita-tion. Rails to the Future will con-tinue to raise money for railroad rehabilitation. If you would like to contribute, you can donate through their website at www.railstothefu-ture.com.

“I got a call in the middle of the night from a rancher whose son had fallen into a stock dam. It was hard to tell him to call the sheriff,’’ he said.

Soon after settling down near the Missouri River, Bowers quickly con-nected with other scuba enthusiasts in the area. One of their traditions was a New Year’s Day dive. That eventually turned into a New Year’s Eve dive, with the group going un-der the water and ice at the stroke of midnight.

He also has pictures of himself and other divers jumping off the powerhouse at Oahe Dam - until U.S. Army Corps of Engineers staffers found out and asked them to stop.

Not content to just host spear-fish-ing and diving tournaments, Bowers decided to turn his hobby into a day job.

“I got certified and within a year I got my instructor rating, and opened up the scuba shop from the front porch of my house. But I didn’t have a compressor because I couldn’t af-ford one. I just started out on a shoe string. So what I did is I would rent air tanks. I think it was Dakota Weld-ing at the time; they would deliver big cylinders full of air to me. Then I would cascade them, I would hook them together and I could fill tanks that way. But that got too expensive, I couldn’t make any money doing that so I eventually did buy an air compressor,’’ Bowers said.

This was the beginning of Skin and Scuba-Oahe, more familiar to Pierre residents today as Steam-boat’s Inc.

But Bowers was doing more than renting out equipment. He often had contracts from municipalities or the Corps when they had diving jobs. One of his jobs was a 10-day inspec-tion tour of the pilings of more than 15 railroad bridges in five different states. Another time he had to wedge himself into an 18-inch pipe with a tank and a camera to diagnose a problem while dredging a well in Fort Pierre.

While under contract with the Corps to work on the Cold Brook Reservoir near Hot Springs, he spent eight consecutive hours underwater. Bowers can also boast that he’s been inside of every dam along the Mis-souri River doing photo or video in-spections.

If forced to guess, Bower estimates that between his time in Cuba, dive tournaments, work along the Mis-souri, training in the pool and multi-day trips to the California coast he may have upward of 4,000 dives - roughly 8,000 underwater hours - un-der his belt.

Now beginning to feel his age a bit, Bowers has sold his shop to Steam-boat’s and no longer dives. But he keeps his gear and equipment in good working order - just in case.

“Diving is just an escape,’’ he said. “When you’re down, as long as I’ve been at it, when you’re underwater, you’re just totally absorbed in that. You don’t have any thoughts of bills that are due tomorrow or the IRS coming or somebody’s birthday or whatever, you are just totally ab-sorbed in what you’re doing.’’

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Forty-eight fifth through eighth grade chorus students partici-pated in the Gregory Invitational Vocal Music Contest held on Sat-urday, April 12th at the Gregory Elementary School.

In the fifth grade, Gregory solo-ists and duets receiving a I (supe-rior) were Ivy Zimmerman, Rhoss Oliver, John Stevicks, Keeley Klein, and Samantha Timanus. A double duet of Keeley Klein, Sa-mantha Timanus, Madison Mc-Carthy, and Ivy Zimmerman also received a I.

Gregory sixth graders receiving a I were Makayla Thomas, Salma Serr, Brooklyn VanDer-Werff, Sydney Svatos, Luke Murray and the double duet of Sydney Sva-tos, BriLee Peck, Salma Serr, and Jaslee Kerner. BriLee Peck re-ceived a I- (superior minus) and the duet of Elizabeth Long and Jaiwanda Roubideaux received a II (excellent).

The junior high duet of Blake Boes and Tyler Murray received a I+. Gregory junior high vocal-ist receiving a I were Addy Nelson,

Grace Campbell, Shianne Stueart, Tyler Murray, Jorgan Remme, Shannon Weller, Anne Stevicks, Shelby Zimmerman, the small mixed group (Alexa Hannahs, Amber Swan, Grace Campbell, Sami Whitney, Jorgan Remme, Johnny Nguyen, Blake Boes, and Kolton Nelson), the double duet of Sami Whitney, Bailey Beck, Amber Swan, and Trisha Cerney and the large mixed group. John-ny Nguyen, Ridge Oliver and the double duet of Alexa Hannahs, Shannon Weller, Megan Warnke, and Jorgan Remme received a II+ (excellent plus) The solos of Ray Stevicks, Keith Fenenga, and the duets of Johnny Nguyen and Anne Stevicks, Shelby Zimmer-man and Shianne Stueart, and Grace Campbell and Addy Nelson received a II.

On the day, Gregory students re-ceived one I+, twenty-one I’s, one I-, three II+’s, and six II’s.

“The students worked extremely hard to make sure they were pre-pared for the day, and their results show it,” said Mrs. Katie Opp.

The junior high duet of Blake Boes and Tyler Murray received a I+ during the Gregory Invitational Vocal Music Contest held on April 12.

Forty-eight students participate in Gregory Invitational Vocal Music Contest

Spring square dance festival to be held in Harrisburg

The South Dakota State Square, Folk, and Round Dance Asso-ciation, is sponsoring the Spring state square dance festival in Har-risburg. The event will be held on May 2 and 3, 2014 and will be host-ed by the Sioux Empire Plus Club.

The trail-in dance will be held Friday evening on May 2, 2014 at the Harrisburg American Legion at 303 Main in Harrisburg and will begin at 8:00 p.m.

All sessions Saturday, May 3, will be held at the Y.E.S. Eastside Learning Center at 700 South Sne-ve, in Sioux Falls. There will be a plus dance beginning at 9:00 a.m. The Spring festival begins at 1:30 p.m. on May 3, 2014 with the grand march at 7:30 p.m. The public is in-vited to view any and all sessions.

Lost BunnyIf found, please

return to Gregory Lanes.

Last seen Saturday hopping down Main St.

Caution: Bunny may be

considered soft and cuddly at times.

Shelley Day, center, representing Dallas Cares, present-ed a $500 check to Becky and Dick Zimmerman to help de-fray costs of their recent house fire.

Dallas Cares presents check to Zimmermans

Flying ‘D’Ladies Day Out

Saturday, April 26th 9 a.m. ~ 3 p.m.

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Beauti Control • Origami Owl Homemade Crafts by Lori Haukaas & others • Usborne Books

Yoli • Karli McCance • Margie Wiley • Many more!!Please make plans to do some shopping!

Graduation & Mother’s Day are just around the corner Lunch available by the Feed Mill (Lisa Forgey)

The family of

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80th Birthday on

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Open House from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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Volunteers Needed! We’re also looking for volunteers for this season. Please give Sandi a call at 830-2620 to sign up or get more information.

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Michael Wingen, son of Nathan and Jessica Wingen of Vermillion and grandson of Ed and Leanne Sinclair of Gregory and Pat and Theresa Wingen of Vermillion, was acknowledged as the School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Student of the Month for April. He was rec-ognized for being a good stu-dent, a good friend, making progress in learning braille, and for being respectful and helpful to everyone.

Michael Wingen named student of the month

Clean-Up Day - May 2nd The City of Gregory will be providing free

pickup of certain items on

May 2, 2014Items that will be picked up include: 1.) ConstruCtion rubble - - includes boards, wood products, old furniture. 2.) applianCes - - that are free of freon and have documenta-tion to show ownership and verify that the freon was removed. (Forms at City Hall); iron Goods C.) trees & branCHes - - must be cut no longer than 10’ or shorter lengths all items must be placed in separate piles aCCordinG to tHeir CateGory. example: trees in one pile, iron in one pile and construction rubble in one pile. items must be placed neXt to tHe City’s street Curb side by april 28.

iteMs not beinG piCKed upincluded but not limited to:

1.) Household garbage, tires, glass, paper, cardboard, paint cans, plastic items, electronic items including tV’s, computers & microwaves. 2.) all items that are not sorted into their separate categories. 3.) Materials left from a commercial construction site or job.aGain tHe aboVe listed iteMs Will not be piCKed up. Once the City work crews have gone through an area, they will not come back. This includes trees. So please have your items out by the street side and sorted by April 28. Please contact the city office at 835-8270 if you have any questions.

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The Gregory/Dallas Chamber of Commerce and its mem-bers hosted a kiddy carnival at the Gregory High School Gym on Saturday morning. Over 125 kids throughout the surrounding communities attended the free event to kick off the Easter weekend.

On April 5th, the Dakota Stars 4-H Club had their monthly meet-ing. Lisa Kerner conducted and challenged members to do an act of service before the next meeting. She also talked about

health and personal conduct, to be thoughtful and kind. We made a craft for achievement days and had a snack provided by the Spann family.

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Dakota Stars 4-H Club holds meeting

Soup & Sandwich Benefitfor

Steve Kautz-Sharpfish(In a hunting accident on December 16, 2013)

Saturday, April 26th5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014

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The rodeo season is beginning with the Stampede Collegiate Ro-deo in Brookings Friday through Sunday. Tanya Talsma and Tuck-er Whitney were participants from MTI. Cindy Talsma, Carol Feyereisen and Lori Whitney at-tended. Lori and Carol also vis-ited with some of their hunters from Shakopee, MN and Cindy visited Kayla and Curt in Elkton.

Verne Green had help fencing Saturday from his son Darrell, son-in-law Bob and two friends from Mitchell.

Janet Green attended the Dix-on Chix monthly get-to-gether in Gregory Tuesday. Sally Shaffer also attended.

Bob and Elsie Todd were Sat-urday lunch guests in the Buster and Marlene Schuiling home Saturday. They are on their way home to Wentworth from Mesa,

AZ. They also visited Ruth Whit-ney at the Elder Inn in Winner Saturday morning.

Arlyn and Linda Feyereisen attended a memorial service for Linda’s cousin David Jensen in Creighton, NE on Saturday.

Marvin and Jan Christensen took his sister Joan Songer of Chamberlain to Sioux Falls on Tuesday.

Jan Christensen attended a meeting of the Winner family tree genealogy club in Winner Monday afternoon.

Rodeo season opens for Talsma and Whitney

Bernard and Myrna Gergen and Tyler of Dallas were Easter Sunday supper guests in the Charles and Bev Axtell home. Gloria Holden, Jean Dirk, Sharon Bigelow, Gert Shippy, Linda Hespe, and Franny Jorgensen met Tuesday at the Feedmill for an afternoon of fellowship.  Cards provided enter-tainment. Merle and Gloria Holden were in Custer Thursday. Anji Wiley, Vivian, and JT of Custer were Easter guests from Thursday evening through Monday in the parental Merle and Gloria Holden home. Jack Dalle, Auburn, Miranda, and Paul of Spearfish were also Thurs-day evening through Monday visi-tors in the Merle and Gloria Holden home.  The Holdens, Wileys, and Dalles helped Anji Wiley’s daughter, Vivian, celebrate her 17th birthday on Easter Sunday. Leonard Steffen celebrated his 93rd birthday on Saturday.  Jolene Hagen, Joyce Steffen and Nadine McCready journeyed to Lower Brule with Leonard. Desirae Vobr and Rayma were Wednesday dinner guests and after-noon visitors of her grandparents, Leonard and Joyce Steffen.  Sha-ron Dawson and Laura Cole were Thursday afternoon visitors and Jolene Hagen was a Wednesday af-ternoon visitor in the parental Stef-fen home. Keith Moody and Justin and Shel-ley Heath were Wednesday din-ner guests in the Roger and Janell Heath home. Saydee, Bromley, Jacob, and Seth Heath spent Saturday with their grandparents, Roger and Janell Heath. Eli, Rayma, and Kyler Vobr were Thursday overnight guests of their grandparents, Charley and Judi Vobr.  Paula Hrabanek and Kiera Wetzel were dinner guests on Thurs-day in the parental Vobr home. Scott Horgen of Cheyenne, WY, was a weekend guest in the Charley and Judi Vobr home. Several members of Charley and Judi Vobr’s family met on Saturday morning to work on a project.  Those contributing to the project includ-ed:  Desirae Vobr, Eli, Rayma, and Kyler, Melanie Cole, Evan, Adam, and Joey, Allison and Jacob Ste-vicks of Gregory, Paula Hrabanek, Kristen Hrabanek and Kiera, Duane Wetzel and Cody and Tyson Wetzel, and Keith and Jeff Wetzel of Wess-ington Springs. Dale Forgey of Hemingford, NE, spent Friday overnight in the pa-rental John and Lucy Forgey home.  Dan and Lyn Forgey and Skylar joined the family for supper in the parental Forgey home that evening.  Dale left on Saturday for Central City, NE, where he spent Easter with the rest of his family in the home of his daughter and her husband, Dar-rin and Chevonne Garfield. Lamar and Audrey Nance of Rock Valley, IA, spent the Easter weekend in the parental Betty Nance home.  Peggy Saint-Lot of Gregory joined them for dinner on Sunday. Linda Sheehan of Rapid City, Rhonda Lilly of Canova, and Todd and Brenda Glanzer, Isaiah, Kiara, Adyson, and Mia of Howard spent the Easter weekend in the parental Roy and Carol Lilly home. Laura Cole and Sharon Dawson made a road trip to Wayne, NE, on Friday where they visited Laura’s mother, Emma Haase. They also vis-ited Josh and Trish Cole and their family at Norfolk, NE. Laura Cole visited in the Ron and Jordanne Wells home at Burton on Thursday afternoon. Jessica Klooz was a Saturday overnight guest in the parental Rich and Laura Cole home on Saturday. Easter supper guests in the Rich and Laura Cole home included: Jer-emiah and JoLynn Cole, Maeleigh, JD, Tryan, Addy, and Elsa of Platte, Jake and Erin Cole, Tessa, and Bren-na, Ron and Jordanne Wells and Ian of Burton, NE, Jessica Klooz of Pur-dum, NE, Justus Cole, Sharon Daw-son, and Russ and Marcie Heerten of Springview, NE. Olivia and Keegan Feyereisen were Friday supper and overnight guests in the home of their grand-parents, Ray and Sharon Bigelow. Bob and Bev Beck, Joe, Bailey, and Kolby and Barb Bigelow, Olivia, and Keegan were Easter Sunday dinner guests in the parental Ray and Sharon Bigelow home. Bob and JoAnn Ahlman visited Saturday afternoon in the Greg and Lori Haukaas home. Lacey Bruebaker, Isabelle, Land-on, and Ace of Rapid City, Ike and Ericka Beck, Ethan, Aidan, and Ayla of Sioux Falls, and Bob and JoAnn Ahlman were Easter Sunday dinner guests in the Greg and Lori Haukaas home. Ryan Richey and Luke and Misty Wroblewski and Tiana of Spring-view, NE, were Easter Sunday din-ner guests in the parental Russ and Jacque Richey home. Laura Cole and Jessica Klooz were Saturday afternoon visitors in the Sharon Dawson home. Lucile Richey spent Easter Sun-day with her daughter’s family, Rog-er and Arlene Dunn, at Valentine, NE.

Lucile Richey attended the retired teachers meeting at the Senior Citi-zens Center in Winner on Wednes-day. Lucile Richey attended the funer-al of Pearle Routh, 90, at the Meth-odist Church in Gregory on Satur-day morning. Roger and Cynthia Shippy and Christy were Easter Sunday dinner guests with the family in the home of Bill and Joan Serr. Gert Shippy, Sharon Bigelow, Bev Heck, and Jackie Musilek accom-panied Sherry Bertram to Gregory where they attended the Easter play “On My Cross” at the Baptist Church on Monday evening. Roy and Carol Lilly and Linda, Roger and Cynthia Shippy, Roger and Janell Heath, Lennie and Deb-bie Steffen, Randy and Jen Shippy and family, Charley and Judi Vobr, and Larry and Sherry Bertram were among a large group attend-ing Good Friday services at Calvary Chapel. Jackie Musilek, Sharon Bigelow and Sherry Bertram were Wednes-day afternoon guests in the Gert Shippy home.  Roger Shippy attended the Easter play, “On My Cross” at the Gregory Baptist Church Monday evening. David and Christie Larsen of Al-cester were weekend guests in the parental Maxine Larsen home.  The Larsen family attended the funeral services for Marty Kendrick, Jr. on Friday evening and Saturday. Larry and Sherry Bertram at-tended the funeral service for Mar-ty Kendrick, Jr. at the Methodist Church in Winner on Saturday. Sherry Bertram was a Friday af-ternoon visitor in the Gert Shippy home. Roger Foster was a Wednesday morning visitor in the Larry and Sherry Bertram home.  Travis To-bin was a caller on Saturday after-noon in the Bertram home. Leonard and Joyce Steffen, Vince and Lenna Thieman and family, Matt and Desirae Vobr, Eli, Rayma, and Kyler, Charley and Judi Vobr, and Patrick and Theresa Harris, El-eanor, Zoe, Selah, and Deborah were Easter Sunday dinner guests in the Lennie and Debbie Steffen home. Larry and Nancy Grim and Rena Grim from Gregory visited Don and Imogene Turnquist at the Elder Inn on Tuesday. Tim Turnquist from Bozeman, MT, spent a few days at the Turn-quist cabin in Wewela this past week.  On Friday Tim enjoyed visit-ing with his grandparents, Don and Imogene Turnquist, at the Elder Inn in Winner.  Tim also was a Friday guest at the Larry and Nancy Grim home in Gregory. Tim Turnquist celebrated Easter with the Larry and Nancy Grim family at the Annie Grim and An-drew Hamilton home.  He returned to Bozeman, MT, on Sunday. Larry and Sherry Bertram were Easter Sunday dinner guests in the Rich and Karen Bertram home in Winner along with family Allan and Shelby Bertram, Skylar, Kylie, and Ashtyn of Chamberlain and Cody and Melony Bertram and Trevor of Colome. Virginia Albertz of Humboldt, IA, arrived on Saturday evening to spend the Easter holiday with her mother, Eula Cole, and her family in the area. Coleen Cole and son, Isaac Cole, were Sunday afternoon visitors in the parental Eula Cole home. Brett and Miss Stenson of Hill City arrived on Saturday to spend the Easter holiday in the parental Joan Stenson home. Craig Stenson, Lakin, and Colin joined the family for Saturday supper and Easter din-ner in the parental Stenson home. Barry Bennett of Winner was an Easter Sunday dinner guest in the Randy and Jen Shippy home. Don and Lue Vaughn were Eas-ter Sunday dinner guests in the Dave and Bev Vaughn home.  The Vaughns also visited in the Harold and Nola Ulmer home on Monday. Connie Vaughn was a Wednes-day morning visitor in the Don and Lue Vaughn home.  Jerry and Bev Vaughn of Burke were Wednesday afternoon visitors.  Clarice Poler was a Thursday caller and Harold and Nola Ulmer were afternoon vis-itors that day in the Vaughn home. Frieda Stritecky was an Easter Sunday dinner guest in the Dave and Pat Pravecek home. Jonathan Cahoy of Sioux Falls and his mother, Rosanne Musilek, of Beresford were Saturday over-night guests in the Dean and Jackie Musilek home.  Dan and Deb Musilek, Josh, and Drew and Rosanne Musilek were Easter din-ner guests in the parental Musilek home. Dean and Jackie Musilek, Dan Musilek, and Rosanne Musilek were early Easter morning visitors of Ruth Musilek and Vola Eubanks at the Elder Inn in Winner. Lennie and Debbie Steffen attend-ed the Easter play “On My Cross” at the Baptist Church in Gregory on Wednesday evening, the Good Fri-

day services and the Easter brunch at Calvary Chapel on Sunday. Lennie and Debbie Steffen attend-ed the basketball games in Wagner on Saturday that their grandson, Layton Thieman, participated in. David and Christie Larsen of Alcester spent the weekend in the parental Maxine Larsen home.  The Larsens attended the funeral services of Marty Kendrick, Jr. on Saturday at the Winner Methodist Church. Maxine Larsen visited her sisters, Millie Kaiser, on Thursday morn-ing at the Winner Healthcare Cen-ter and Joyce Smith at the Golden Prairie Manor on Sunday afternoon.  Maxine also visited Debbie Kendrick and brother, Guy Bertram, on Sun-day in the Bertram home and her sister, Dorothy Bigelow, at the Elder Inn that day. Maxine Larsen visited Louise De-Mers at the Elder Inn on Sunday af-ternoon. Vicki Nelson, Sharon Bigelow, and Linda Hespe attended the Eas-ter breakfast and service on Thurs-day morning at the First Christian Church in Winner. Vera Hauf, Janice Osborn, and Linda Hespe were among those at-tending the popcorn party at the Colome Legion Club Friday evening. Linda Hespe was a guest in the Tom and Marcia Laprath home on Saturday.  They enjoyed supper to-gether that evening. Richard and Kim Bruns, Dorie and Riki, Keith and Stephanie Hes-pe, Kalli, and Zach of Okaton and Kenny Hespe were Easter supper guests in the parental Linda Hespe home Sunday evening.  Dori and Riki were overnight guests of their Grandma Linda. Geneva Westergren and Linda Hespe enjoyed coffee out a couple of times this past week at the Feedmill. Brian and Janna Odden and their family, Andrew, Adam of Faulkton, Ethanie and fiancé, Louie Krog-man, of White River attended the 85th birthday celebration for Brian’s mother, Lucille Odden, at Lake Pres-ton over the Easter weekend. Among the guests were Brian’s two brothers and sister and their families that included: Dean and Suzie Odden of Ree Heights; Mark and Marie Odden of Manchester, IA;and Dave and Margaret Ann Phillips of Bismarck, ND.  Lucille’s 90 year old sister from Minnesota was also present. The cel-ebration was on Saturday and the families all joined their mother for church on Easter Sunday morning. Tad and Brenda McClanahan and Wade were Easter Sunday din-ner guests in the home of Brenda’s mother and husband, Jerry and Joy Kemp. Steve and Rhonda Weidner, Me-gan, Chelsea and Briley of Elk Point were Friday supper and evening guests in the parental Lee and Judell Weidner home. Megan, Chelsea and Briley Wei-dner were overnight guests of cous-ins, Madison and Natalee Weidner, at the home of their grandparents Lee and Judell Weidner during the weekend. Saturday dinner and afternoon guests in the Lee and Judell Weidner home included:  Steve and Rhonda Weidner and family of Elk Point; Beth Croston of Pierre; Tyler and Betsy Croston; and Madison and Na-talee Weidner. Judell Weidner, Beth Croston, Madison and Natalee Weidner at-tended the Easter play, “On My Cross” at the Baptist Church in Gregory on Saturday. Lee and Judell Weidner, Natalee and Madison Weidner, Beth Cros-ton and Steve and Rhonda Weid-ner, Megan, Chelsea, and Briley were among the guests for Easter din-ner in the Rod and Kathy Hermsen home. Vicki Nelson hosted a belated birthday lunch honoring Linda Hes-pe on Monday.  Those in attendance included:  Linda Hespe, Janice Os-born, Nancy Booth, Janet Kaiser, Helen Bateman, Darnell Connelly and LoLeta Totton. Ty Thompson of Lincoln, NE, his grandson, son-in-law, and a neigh-bor were Tuesday and Wednesday guests in the Vicki Nelson home.  Vern and Joan Hanson of Bassett, NE, were Wednesday afternoon guests in the Nelson home. Vicki Nelson attended the funeral of Marty Kendrick, Jr. on Saturday in Winner. Vicki Nelson enjoyed lunch out on Saturday with Bill Jones, Ronnie Joe Fowler, and Gary and Sue Keithley all from Arkansas. George and Teena Shippy, Casey, and Sully were supper guests on Saturday evening and Easter dinner guests on Sunday in the Curt and Amy Littau home. Kenny and Kathy Hrabanek, Chase, and Taylor attended the high school track meet in Wagner on Tuesday. Kenny and Kathy Hrabanek and family attended the funeral of Marty Kendrick, Jr. in Winner on Saturday and the evening was spent visiting family in Colome. Kenny and Kathy Hrabanek, Chase, and Taylor were Easter din-ner guests in the parental Harold and Lorraine Hrabanek home in Winner on Sunday.

Axtells host Easter Sunday supper Carl and Mavis Klein and Norma

Davis attended the Pearle Routh funeral Saturday at the Method-ist Church. Carl and Mavis Klein drove to Lower Brule and ate din-ner at the Golden Buffalo this weekend.

Janie Tompkins from Freder-icksburg, VA called Saturday night and Corey Nelson called Sunday night from Watertown to wish Irene Nelson happy Easter wishes. Don and Lorraine Cihak hosted Easter dinner at their home Sun-day. Those attending were Stacey Cihak and Louis Parkis and Har-ley of Rapid City, Jody and Sally Brozik, Karlen and Karlee from Winner, Tom Cihak and Irene Nel-son.

Monday visitors in the Marie Palmer home were Jackie Willu-weit and daughter Belle and Mar-cy Kristian.

Wednesday morning Marie Palmer was a visitor in the Scott and Shannon home.

Eric Veskrna was a Friday eve-ning visitor in the Marie Palmer and Dale Hanna home.

Saturday afternoon guests in the Marie Palmer and Dale Hanna home were John Parshall, his fi-nance Amy, Scott and Phyllis Bo-lie of Colome and Becky Willuweit from Sturgis.

Weekend guests of Bud and Sandi Brozik were Ashley Brozik of Sioux Falls and Marc Koedam of IA.

Saturday afternoon guests of

Terry and Linda Bertelsen were Amber and Luke and Aiden Pe-tersen of Black Hawk, Kallie and Bo Brozik, Phyllis and Scott Bolie and Cody and Rosin Brozik. They dyed Easter eggs and had an Eas-ter egg hunt.

Easter dinner was held at a local establishment and all of the above plus John McGee, Sandi and Bud Brozik, Bart Bolie of Mitchell, and Matt and Renee from Colome were also present.

Sharon Pederson, LeRay Smith and Milo Jelinek practiced tree pruning and hedge clipping skills at a workshop taught by Karen Secor last Thursday at the high school.

Isaiah Wonnenberg took Alvina Wonnenberg to church with him Sunday morning and then left af-ter church. Dave Wonnenberg then took Alvina to Steve and Joan’s for dinner. Carly Wonnenberg was a Saturday morning visitor.

Marie Vosika visited Caroline Clausen, and also attended the fu-neral of Pearle Routh on Saturday at the United Methodist church.

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hambek of Seward, NE were Friday and Sat-urday guests of their mother, Ma-vis Hambek. Joining them later were Mavis’s son Rudy Hambek of Herrick and Marge Diedrichsen of

Springview, NE. Marge Diedrichsen and her

mother Mavis Hambek attended the Easter celebration that is held every year at the Southern Baptist Church the week before Easter on Wednesday night.

Karen Knudsen had many calls and some visitors while she was hospitalized at the Gregory Avera Hospital last Monday through Fri-day morning. Mavis Hambek came and drove her home. Velma Har-macek stopped by for a brief visit Saturday morning

Mr. and Mrs. John Taggart were Friday evening guests in the Paul Taggart home.

Curt and Maureen Geveshau-sen, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Higgins of Winner and Callie and Lyle, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taggart, Angela Shaffer of Sioux Falls and Ryan Heinmann enjoyed Easter weekend together.

Velma Harmacek received word that her brother-in-law, Jim Bentz, of Colorado passed away and that her sister-in-law in California, Vio-let Hamilton is very ill.

Monday Velma Harmacek called on Clara Belle Pavlis.

Tuesday Velma Harmacek had lunch with the Dixon Chix and later visited Mike and Diane Har-macek in Winner.

Velma attended the funeral of Pearle Routh Saturday and Sun-day Velma visited Alan and Lori Mudder, Laura Ryon and Kayla re-turning home Monday.

Area residents celebrate the Easter holiday

The Gregory Lions and Rotary Clubs combined forces to sponsor a soup and sandwich benefit for the concrete project at the Gregory City Park. Club members are shown giv-ing the final payment for the project to Darold Frasch who spearheaded the project. Lil-lian Lane made homemade noodles and the Avera Gregory Hospital supplied the soup fixings. The Lions and Rotary Clubs are always looking for new members to help make the area a better place for all. Feel free to contact any member to get involved.

Lions and Rotary Clubs combine forces to hold benefit for Gregory City Park concrete project

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GREGORY TIMES -ADVOCATE - GREGORY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57533 - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2014 PAGE 5

by Katie McGuireThe Volante

It not only takes the academic merits, but the characteristics of someone who has the ambition to succeed to get into an Ivy League school.

Isaiah Wonnenberg, a junior, formerly of Gregory, has displayed both these qualities in his three years at the University of South Dakota, so it was no surprise to his family, friends and professors when he was received the Public Policy International Affairs Fellowship to the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton for the summer.

As a nationwide, highly competi-tive fellowship, the PPIA is one to be proud of, said William Richard-son, chair of the Political Science Department.

Richardson, one of Wonnen-berg’s past professors, said Wonnn-berg stuck out in his class.

“He is very bright, independent, not afraid to express his opinion and quite thoughtful,” Richardson said.

The fellowship will take place this June and is an intensive pro-gram, but that doesn’t stop Won-nenberg, he said.

“When I graduate from USD, I will be going to graduate school and receive a $5,000 scholarship,” Wonnenberg said. “My goal is to get into the Princeton Woodrow Wilson School, which is one of the competitive ones to get in to.”

The fellowship consists of a two month program of political science work and includes transportation, the price of the classes and food.

Isaiah Wonnenberg is Princeton bound

Wonnenberg will fly to Princeton for about six weeks starting in the middle of June.

Wonnenberg has had a lot of aca-demic experience in political sci-ence, but his past experience has shaped who he is today, he said.

“He is a very impressive young man,” Richardson said. “He is our poster boy for ‘you can go any-where from USD.’”

Wonnenberg grew up with pas-tors for parents. When he was six years old he moved to Mozam-bique, Africa with his parents to work, which he said shaped his ma-turity.

Although he was young, Won-nenberg still remembers every-thing from living there - the good and the bad.

Junior Isaiah Wonnenberg, second from left, and friends stand in front of a sand sculpture in Taiwan. Wonnenberg received the Public Policy International Affairs Fellow-ship to the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton Univer-sity for this summer. (Submitted photo)

“It was all around an interesting experience living there. I endured racism and had malaria seven times,” Wonnenberg said.

Through his global experiences Wonnenberg was able to decide what he wanted for a career, and he knew exactly how to get it.

One of Wonnenberg’s current professors, Associate Professor Eric Jepsen said Wonnenberg was a good candidate for the award.

“This fellowship is well-de-served. His professional experi-ence has made him a well-rounded student and he is always willing to challenge himself,” Jepsen said.

Isaiah is the son of Revs. Charles and Diane Wonnenberg, formerly of Dallas and the grandson of Ali-na Wonnenberg of Gregory.

On Wednesday, March 12th, Gov-ernor Daugaard signed HB 1081 into law which will result in additional money for investment in research, promotion and market development for South Dakota’s wheat produc-ers. District 21 Representative Lee Qualm of Platte was the prime spon-sor.

Currently, 45% of the SD Wheat Commission’s budget goes to re-search at SDSU. HB 1081 changes the wheat check-off from 1.5 cents per bushel to .4 tenths of a percent of market value. The increased invest-ment by SD’s wheat producers will allow the commission increase fund-ing of current and future projects.

Research programs supported by the SD Wheat Commission include:

• Improving hard red spring va-rieties, such as brick, select and ad-vance;

• Continued research to produce a germplasm which is resistant to Fusarium head blight and bacterial leaf streak;

• Developing winter wheat variet-ies resistant to pests and pathogens;

• Developing winter wheat variet-ies with high yield, and disease resis-tant;

• A comparison of seeding rates

Pictured l to r are: Senator Larry Tiedemann, Caren Assman, Executive Director of SD Wheat Inc., Govenor Dennis Daugaard and Representative Lee Qualm.

Change in wheat check off allows SDSU research to expand

for spring wheat for the best yield;• Weed management research for

small grains; and• A review of wheat diseases and

vectors – integrated management, di-agnostics and germplasm evaluation

On April 8th, 2014, the SD Wheat Commissioners began reviewing re-search projects for future funding.

As they begin this process they ask for your input. Do you have an idea, problem or question that you would like to see researched? If you do, you are encouraged to contact the SD Wheat Inc., office at 1-605-224-4418, the SD Wheat Commission office at 1-605-773-4645 or send us an email to info@sdwheat.org.

St. John Lutheran Church 110 W. 2nd Street (605) 835-9214 Rev. Jared Nies (605) 835-8584

Monday Women’s Bible Study .......................4:00 p.m.Wednesday Choir ..................................................7:30 p.m.Sunday Bible Class ........................................8:30 a.m. Worship .............................................9:30 a.m. Sunday School ................................10:45 a.m.

Berean Fundamental Church

310 E. 14th Street (605) 835-8268Pastor Scott McClellen (605) 835-8368

Sunday School ....................................9:45 a.m. Worship .............................................10:50 a.m. Evening Service. ............................7:00 p.m.Wednesday Evenings - Awana Pre-School - 5th grade ............. 6:30 - 8:10 p.m. MS & HS Youth Group ........... 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

First Assembly of God1008 Church Avenue (605) 835-9373

Pastor Allen D. Bouslaugh (605) 835-9155Sunday Sunday School ................................10:00 a.m. Morning Worship ...........................11:00 a.m.

Union Congregational Church

519 Rosebud Avenue (605) 835-9274Pastor Tim Voigt

Sunday Adult Bible School ............................9:30 a.m. Sunday School ..................................9:30 a.m. Morning Worship, Gregory ............10:30 a.m.First Wednesday of month Womens Fellowship ..........................2:00 p.m.

Johnson & PochopLaw Office405 Main Street

Gregory, SDPhone (605) 835-8391

Rosebud Auto Parts

Silver Threads Assisted Living

210 E. 12th St. Gregory, SD605-835-9717

“Where Love Is Served In Daily Doses’’

first fidelity bank113 E. 6th Street

Gregory, South DakotaPhone (605) 835-9627

W. Hwy. 18Gregory, SD

(605) 835-9616

Gregory AnimalClinic

East Highway 18 Gregory, SD 57533

(605) 835-9237

Kotrba-Smith Funeral HomeE. Hwy. 18 ~ Gregory, SD

Phone (605) 835-9111www.kotrba-smithfuneralhome.com

Dr. Joseph Hull, D.D.S., M.A.G.D.

Master in the Academy of General Dentistry

407 E. Hwy. 18. Gregory, SD

605-835-9671 (605) 835-8394

400 Park Ave. - Gregory, SD

Gregory Drug“Your Hometown Pharmacy”

For All YourPrescription & Medical

Supply Needs!604 Main St., Gregory - 835-8198

Shaggy Dog grooming“Where your pets are treated like family”

115 W. 8th St., GregoryOpen 9:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Saturdays

Margaret FockenPhone (402) 244-5480

or Shop (605) 835-8618

120 S. Main Gregory, SD

Phone (605) 835-8203

Spann Construction Services, Inc.All types of Construction, Trenching & Backhoe Services

N. Hwy. 47 Gregory, SD

Ph: 605-835-9228

Gregory Times-Advocate119 E. 7th St.,Gregory, SD

Ph: (605) 835-8089

Church of Incarnation Episcopal Church Rev. Annie Henninger (605) 835-8144

Sunday Service ....................................9:00 a.m. 1st & 3rd Sundays with communion

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church414 Church Avenue (605) 835-9290

Fr. Godfrey Muwanga • Rectory (605) 835-9290MASSES: Saturday Evening - Burke .................5:30 p.m. Bonesteel: 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays ....8:30 a.m. Fairfax: 2nd & 4th Sundays ..............8:30 a.m. Sunday Morning - Gregory ..............10:30 a.m. Tuesday - Haisch Haus, Bonesteel ....4:00 p.m. Wednesday - Gregory .........................9:00 a.m. Thursday - Gregory ............................9:00 a.m. Friday - ARCCC, Gregory ................10:30 a.m.

Klein’s True Value(605) 835-9601

616 N. Main - Gregory, SD

Jeff’s GreGory Body shop & storaGe (605) 835-8102

815 E. Hwy. 18, Gregory, SD

Wilson Heating & Cooling

E. Hwy. 18, Gregory, SD Ph: (605) 830-1216

Quality Coleman Heating & Cooling ProductsWe specialize in heat pumps

W. Hwy. 18, Gregory, SDPh: (605) 835-8751 or 888-855-5787

Advertise YOUR BUSINESSin this space for only

$3.50 per week

Winner Family Dentistry Will C. Manke, DDS

Larry G. Gunner, DDS ~ Don Nemer, DDSNew Patients Welcome

825 E. 8th Street, Suite 203, Winner, SD

(605) 842-2101

Bartling Welding & Machine

803 E. Hwy. 18, Gregory, SDPh: (605) 835-9232

Burke Dental ClinicLocated in the Burke Medical Clinic

Ph: (605) 337-3810Office hours by appointment

Lance Griese, DDS - Clayton Hoffman, DDS

Advertise YOUR BUSINESSin this space for only

$3.50 per week

Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender

Abundant Rock Church2 blocks west, 5 blocks north of 4-way stop in Platte

Sunday Service ..................................10:30 a.m.Wednesday Prayer Service ..................7:30 p.m.

First Southern Baptist Church320 Church Avenue (605) 835-8168Pastor - Russ Grim (605) 835-9442

Sunday Worship ............................................... 9:00 a.m. Sunday School .................................. 10:30 a.m. Evening Prayer Service ..................... 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Begindergarten - 6th Grade .........After school 7th - 8th, at Krueger’s ..................................... 9th - 12th, at Russ Grim’s ................ 7:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study ............................. 7:00 p.m.

United Methodist Church506 Church Avenue (605) 835-9221Pastor Royal Archer (605) 835-8195

Sunday Adult Sunday School ........................9:00 a.m. Kids Church ......................................9:30 a.m. Gregory Sunday Coffee ..................10:00 a.m. Gregory Worship ............................10:45 a.m. Potluck - Gregory (last Sunday) ....12:00 p.m.Tuesday Coffee Hour .............................10:00 a.m. Meet at RCCC - 2nd TuesdayWednesday Communion at RCC (1st Wednesday) ..11:00 a.m. MS/HS Youth ....................................6:00 p.m. Worship Choir ...................................7:00 p.m.Saturday Worship ................................7:00 p.m.

Mollet MemorialMonuments & Markers

For Your Memorial NeedsMarlon Mollet 1-605-360-9656

MolletMemorials.comsales@molletmemorials.com

Bob Boes TruckingLocal & Long Distance

Hauling - Cattle 813 Felton Avenue • Gregory, SD

Phone (605) 835-8413Cell (605) 830-1018

Ph: 605-835-8835218 Rosebud Avenue • Gregory, SD

615 Main St. Gregory, SD • 605-835-9692 • www.bankwest-sd.comMember FDIC

PersuasionAristotle claimed that there were three basicways we can persuade others: logic, emotionand character. Often we want to know thereason why we should do something. Aphysician who explains how a medicine willbenefit her patient is appealing to logic. Andwhen she tells him the terrible consequenceswhich are likely to result if he doesn't treat hiscondition, she is appealing to emotion, in thiscase, fear. And by convincing her patient thatshe really is a kind and compassionatephysician who has her patient's best interest inmind she is appealing to character. We are allmore likely to listen to someone who webelieve to be a genuinely good person. A fourthmeans of persuasion that can be effective, andwhich must be combined with character ormoral persuasion, is the rule of seven touches.Sales and marketing folks know that they aremore likely to make a sale after repeatedcontacts, and the rule of seven touches says tonot give up on a potential sale until after you'vehad seven contacts. Familiarity, whileadmittedly sometimes breeding contempt, canalso breed trust, at least when we are becomingfamiliar with someone who is friendly andseems genuinely interested in us. So if youwant to persuade someone, combine yourlogical, emotional and moral arguments with agenuine interest in the other person, and makefrequent contact with them.

–Christopher Simon

With patience a ruler maybe persuaded, and a softtongue will break a bone.

Proverbs 25:15

The Gregory Volunteer Fire Department would like to recog-nize the firefighters that recently completed their firefighter certi-fications. There are two certifica-tions required to be a firefighter in South Dakota, South Dakota Certified Firefighter and wildland firefighter.

The South Dakota Certified Fire-fighter class is taught by instruc-tors certified by the State of South Dakota. The closest instructors are in Burke. Mike Jones, Dennis Purvis, Joel Johnson and the late Butch Liebel were the instructors for the class. The Gregory fire-fighters went to Burke one evening a week from January through April for the last two years. They spent several Saturdays training on the skills needed to be a fire-fighter. They passed two written and several practical skills tests administered by the South Dakota Fire Marshal’s office.

The basic wildland firefighter certification is about 40 hours of training on safety and tactics for controlling and extinguishing wildland fires. The curriculum and training materials are stan-dardized on the national level. The class is taught on the local level by trained Gregory firefighters.

Both South Dakota Certified Firefighters and wildland fire-fighters are the basic entry level of firefighting. The commitment to be a safe, competent firefighter requires continuing education for the rest of their firefighting ca-reer.

The Gregory Volunteer Fire De-partment would like to show their appreciation to these firefight-ers for making the commitment to be a firefighter. Also to all our

Those that passed South Dakota Certified Firefighter class include, l to r: Joel Bartling, Jason Bartling, Alex Hamilton and Tony Timanus.

Those that passed basic wildland firefighter include back row, l to r: Joel Bartling, Mark Braun and Ted Stevicks. Front row, l to r: Pat Shaffer, Alex Hamilton, Nolan Fortu-na and Andrew Hamilton. Not pictured: Dustin McIntosh and Tony Timanus.

firefighters families, bosses, and co-workers for the support and sacrifices they make allowing the firefighters to respond to calls and training. And also appreciation to

the community for their support and generosity towards the de-partment. Without all the support the department receives, the fire department would not be here.

Gregory Volunteer Fire Department recognizes members

Planting alfalfaby Bob Fanning,

Plant Pathology Field Specialist

Long term alfalfa productivity de-pends on successful stand establish-ment and maintenance. Achieving a profitable stand of alfalfa is the result of proper field selection and utilizing proven production practices to en-sure germination and establishment. Alfalfa requires a well-drained soil for optimum production. Poor soil drainage can cause problems with soil crusting which may cause poor soil aeration, micronutrient toxicity, and ice damage during winter. It is important to remember to take soil samples before planting to de-termine the pH and nutrient status of the field. There are 18 nutrients (macronutrients and micronutrients) essential for alfalfa growth. Some of the most important macronutrients include phosphorus and potassium. Phosphorus helps root growth and seeding success. Each ton of alfalfa removes 12 lbs of phosphorus. To maintain soil test levels, a common practice is to apply 2 years of crop removal every other year. In the year

of establishment, the amount applied can be adjusted according to soil test level. Many west river soils contain very high levels of potassium. Po-tassium has little effect or influence on improving stand establishment, but if soil test levels indicate need, enough potassium should be added to meet the needs of the alfalfa and/or companion crop. Alfalfa requires a firm seedbed to ensure good germination. Firm seed-beds will reduce the possibility of planting too deep and help hold mois-ture closer to the surface. Packing the soil will help to insure a firm seedbed and good soil moisture retention. No-till can provide a firm seedbed and weed control. Delaying planting to allow time for weeds to emerge for a burndown application may be advan-tageous. For best results in South Dakota alfalfa should be typically seeded be-tween mid-April to mid-May. The sec-ond choice is late summer (Aug 1 to Sept 1) if soil moisture is adequate, at least 8 weeks before a hard frost. The third choice is dormant planting, usu-ally after mid-November. Alfalfa seed should be covered with

enough soil to provide moist condi-tions for germination. Seed place-ment of 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep is appro-priate on most soils at rates from 10 to 25 lbs. per acre. Be sure to inoculate alfalfa seed with nitrogen-fixing bac-teria before planting. Seeding alfalfa with a spring small grain companion crop can help to minimize weed competition during establishment, reduce emergence problems from crusting, and reduce soil erosion when planting into black ground. Planting alfalfa without a companion crop will produce more alfalfa with higher quality in the seeding year. Some producers will plant the alfalfa with a companion crop and kill it with a post-emergent herbicide at an early growth stage. Pure stands of alfalfa will produce the