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Easter CantataThe Community Easter Can-

tata will be performing March30th at 7:00 p.m. at the UnitedMethodist Church.

NHS Blood DriveThe Jones County High

School National Honor Societywill be hosting a blood driveWednesday, March 20 from 1p.m. - 6 p.m. at the Jones Coun-ty Ambulance building on MainStreet. To sign up for a time todonate, call 669-2258 or sign uponline at bloodhero.com.

Farmers MarketAn organizational meeting for

a local farmers market will beheld Monday, March 25 at 7 p.m.in the Turner Community Cen-ter on Main Street in Murdo.

Johannsen ScholarshipThe deadline for the Lee

Johannsen scholarship avail-able to college students whowere graduates of Jones CountyHigh School is Friday, April 12,2013.

The scholarship will beawarded to a student in their

junior or senior year at theirrespected college or universityfor the 2013-2014 school year.

A copy of the scholarshipapplication is available at theJones County High School office.

Exercise room reminderThe exercise room at the Tech

Center is open Monday Friday

from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have akey card, the room is open addi-

tionally from 57 a.m. and 510p.m., Monday through Friday. It isalso open on Saturday from 5

a.m.5 p.m. and on Sunday from16 p.m. Patrons need to be out of

the building one hour after thedoors are locked; no later than 11p.m. on weekdays.

If you have any questions orwould like a key card, contact the

high school office.

Trading Pages LibraryTrading Pages Library at the

Murdo Coyote is open Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.and Friday as open. Stop in andpick up a book or two.

Easter Egg HuntA community Easter Egg

hunt will be held Thursday,March 28 after school at theCity Park.

4-H newsletterDue to unforeseen circum-

stances, some of the Jones Coun-ty March 4-H Newsletters didnot reach families and 4-H sup-porters. If there is anyone whowould like another copy of thenewsletter hand delivered, orwho would like to be on ourmailing list please stop into theJones County 4-H office or call

our office phone at 669-7101.Thank you.

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Area Farm Credit Services ofAmerica customer-owners receive$130 Million in 2012 cash-back dividends

Dakota Mill & Grain replaces

wind damaged grain bin roof

Farm Credit Services of Ameri-ca (FCSAmerica) announced todaythat customer-owners in JonesCounty in central South Dakotaserved by the cooperatives Pierreoffice are receiving checks totaling$101,000 this month. These checksrepresent the areas share of atotal $130 million cash-back divi-dends distributed by FCSAmerica.

History suggests customerswill spend a significant percentageof their cash-back dividends in thecommunities they call home inaddition to using the funds to sup-port their operations, said JasonEdleman, Vice President. The localoffice work(s) with customers inLyman, Haakon, Stanley, Potter,Sully, Hughes, Hyde, Jones, Jack-son, Mellette, Todd, Tripp and Gre-gory counties.

Because of the cooperativesconsistency through agriculturesgood times and challenging times,we are able to make this signifi-cant distribution, Edleman said.FCSAmericas financial strengthand staying power enabled thecooperatives Board of Directors toreturn one of the largest cash-backdividends in its history to cus-tomer-owners, while continuing tooffer attractive interest rates and

building capital for future genera-tions.

The $130 million cash-back div-idend for 2012 is the ninth inFCSAmericas history and bringsthe total cash distributions since2004 to nearly $700 million. Dur-ing this same nine year period,FCSAmericas capital (membersequity) has grown from $1.5 billion

to $3.2 billion and net income hasgrown from $294 million to $481million.

FCSAmerica has adopted apatronage program every yearsince 2004. Each eligible cus-tomers cash-back dividend isbased on the average loan volumeduring the calendar year.

The more loan business a cus-tomer has with the cooperative,the more they benefit financially

through cash-back dividends.The FCSAmerica Board also

approved a patronage program for2013, with the total cash-back div-idend to be decided by the Board inDecember 2013.

For more information on the2012 cash-back dividend distribu-tion, including every countyin the state of SouthDakota, visitwww.powerofownership.com.

Walleye limits when fishing

Oahe and other watersAnglers targeting walleye on

one of South Dakotas most popu-lar walleye fisheries will be metwith new walleye regulations in2013. In response to a large num-ber of smaller walleyes producedduring the last few years and lowfood availability stemming fromthe 2011 flood, anglers are nowallowed a daily limit of eight wall-eye. No more than four may be 15inches in length or longer and thedaily limit may include no morethan one 20 inches or longer. Thepossession limit for Lake Oahe is24 per angler.

If you are fishing Oahe andanother water during the sameday, the first four walleye you keepcount as your standard, statewidedaily limit. You cant keep wall-eye from another water if you have

already kept four or more walleyes

from Lake Oahe that day. Anywalleye caught and kept that day,in addition to your standardstatewide four-fish limit, must befrom Lake Oahe.

Anglers may have up to 24walleyes from Lake Oahe, in pos-session, taken according to thedaily limit. The possession limitaccrues at the rate of eightwalleyes a day and 24 walleyesmay not be possessed from LakeOahe until after the third day offishing. Anglers may possess anadditional eight walleyes providedthey are taken according to thedaily limit from waters other thanLake Oahe.

For additional information onfisheries regulations, please seethe 2013 Fishing Handbook at:h t t p : / / g f p . s d . g o v / f i s h i n g -

boating/rules-regs.aspx.

Dakota Southern stilllooking west for rail rehab

Prairie Rangers 4-H clubprepares for egg hunt

by Jessica GiardChamberlain-Oacoma Sun

Mike Williams, owner of DakotaSouthern Railway, isn't giving upon expanding rail improvementswest of Chamberlain.

At the regular meeting of theMitchell-Rapid City rail authorityboard on Thursday, March 14,Williams said he's working on aplan he'll submit to the SD Dept.of Transportation rail program inthe next 30 days.

His effort is apparently the nextin a series of efforts to pull togeth-er funds to extend rail rehabilita-tion into Lyman County toReliance and maybe further toPresho.

A bill to appropriate $5 millionfrom state general funds failed onthe Senate floor on Feb. 20. Thebill would have required a $5 mil-lion match from local sources. In2012, the proposal was not select-ed for a federal grant similar toone that helped fund the 61-milerehab between Chamberlain andMitchell.

Bruce Lindholm, rail programmanager with DOT, said the state

is working with Dakota Southernon a plan.

Hopefully in a couple monthsI'll have some news for you, hetold the MRC board.

Williams said he's negotiated afive-year contract with BurlingtonNorthern for rail from a line nearMobridge. With that and low inter-est rates, he believes it's time tofocus on rehab west of Chamber-

lain. Let's keep going west, hetold those at the meeting, includ-ing Ron Mitzel, vice president ofDakota Mill and Grain of RapidCity and a member of the state railboard.

After the meeting, Mitzel saidhe was unaware of Williams's planto continue west. Dakota Mill andGrain announced two days beforethe meeting, on Tuesday, March19, that the company is exercisingthe option to buy 142 acres of landon the northwest corner of Kimballfor a proposed grain elevator. Thisis in addition to 90 acres of adja-cent private land Dakota Mill isbuying.

The company also has optionson land in Lyman County alongthe rail line.

Mitzel said the deadline was upfor the Kimball property so Dako-ta Mill went forward. They willwork through Chamberlain-basedLake Francis Case DevelopmentCorporation on the purchase.

In other business, DakotaSouthern promoted Lester Thomp-son to general manager and alsohired an office clerk and someone

to market the railroad. The compa-ny is also rebuilding a locomotiveand has scrapped out rail cars.Williams also hopes to build areplica depot to use as DSR'soffice, but he's unsure if he'll buildin Chamberlain or in White Lake.

The Federal Railroad Authorityran an inspection on the trackbetween Chamberlain andMitchell on Feb. 26 to March 1.

Thompson said it went well andthe inspector thought the trackwas 95 percent to rating as a ClassII track as a mid-sized carrier,which is a class above DSR's cur-rent rating.

The FRA inspection and an ear-lier SDDOT inspection pointed tosimilar problem spots, mostnotably mismatched rail endswhere one end sits higher thananother. Lindholm said the state issending for bids to repair the mis-match. DSR will also replace tieswhich were missed in the 2012rehab. DOT has 2,800 ties whileDSR has 2,500 to use.

Williams said, in 2012, theywere focused on completing therehab. Now, he wants to marketthe rail. The Liberty Grain grainshuttle facility is running east ofKimball, and DSR has a possibledeal to bring in pipeline for Tran-sCanada's proposed KeystoneXLproject.

We're expecting business togrow, he said.

MRC Board MembersCounty commissioners from each

county along the rail betweenMitchell and KadokaTom Greenway, Davison Co -chairKim Halverson, Lyman Co. - vicechairMonte Anker, Jones Co. - secre-tary/treasurerTom Schroeder, Aurora Co.Gary Dozark, Brule Co.John Rodgers, Jackson Co.

Dakota Mill & Grain begins replacing the roof of bin number five,

the grain bin damaged in an October wind storm.

Photo by Lonna Jackson

Parent Ann Geisler helps a group of 4-Hers stuff Easter Eggs.

Parents help 4-Hers stuff Easter Eggs in preparation for the

upcoming Community Easter Egg Hunt that will be held after

school on March 28th at the City Park.

School board discusses capital outlay projectsby Karlee Barnes

Present at the March 11 schoolboard meeting included: MikeHunt, Brett Nix, Scott Mathews,Carrie Lolley, Chad Whitney, TamiSchreiber, Gary Knispel, LorrieEsmay, JayTee Sealey, KarleeBarnes and Lori Waldron.

The agenda and minutes wereapproved and bills were discussed.Lolley questioned the purchase oftwo media systems, and it wasexplained that these media sys-tems included a microphone forteachers to wear to amplify thesound in their classrooms. They

are being used in the grade school,and Esmay told the board that theschool hopes to purchase two sys-tems per year. She also explainedthat the systems help kids whomay be hearing impaired or whomay have an auditory disorder.

Knispel was next on the agendawith the financial report. He dis-cussed the passing of legislativebills that would have the possibili-ty to affect the school district. Onein particular, was House Bill 1087,better known as the School Sen-tinel Bill. He said that this billwould authorize individual schoolboards to create, establish, andsupervise individual school sen-tinel programs to promote schoolsafety. Knispel said that if theschool board thought this was anoption for the Jones County SchoolDistrict, they would have a list offactors to consider, such as a budg-

et. He said the board would needto consider any additional liabilityinsurance, the purchase of aweapon and the training of facultyand staff, to name a few. The boarddid not discuss the issue further.

Knispel then discussed the2013-2014 capital projects withthe board. The first project includ-ed maintenance on the elementaryplayground and driveway. A$15,000 budget was set in place,although Knispel said that D&D

Asphalt from Blunt produced anapproximate quote for $12,000.The project would include fillingcracks, leveling the surface andlaying a top sealant coat.

Fifteen thousand dollars wasbudgeted for the purchase ofNooks, iPods and text books. Knis-pel and Esmay explained that pur-chasing digital text books is anoption the district can explore.Downloading books to be used one-readers are cheaper than papertext books.

Some other projects included:auditorium floor reconstruction,budgeted at $15,000; heating andenergy costs, budgeted at $40,000;handicap accessible playground

equipment, budgeted at $5,000;and bus replacement, budgeted at$20,000.

The financial report wasapproved, as well as the Annual

Audit. Schreiber told the boardthat the audit had been acceptedand approved by the state.

Next on the agenda was the dis-cussion items. The board discussedthe senior class trip to Denver inMay, as well as the student hand-book. Nix asked when a committeewill meet to make changes. Lolleysaid that there were minorchanges to be brought up.

Waldron, representingBankWest Insurance, thenentered the meeting to discuss theinsurance for the weight room. Shesaid that the school needs to makerevisions to the rules and updatethe standards for use of the space.

Some standards Waldron pre-sented included having a supervi-sor on staff during all operatinghours in the weight room. Routinemaintenance needed to be sched-uled on all equipment, and cleanli-ness needed to be maintained. Ahold-harmless waiver was alsomentioned. Nix said that it wasntpractical to have a supervisor inthe room all the time. It was men-tioned that the city could help paya supervisor.

The board talked about havingthe room and the outside doorlocked at all times, meaning any-

one using the facility would needto have a key to unlock the doors,such as the key cards that are cur-rently used for when the buildingis locked.

The board went into executivesession and concluded the meetingshortly after.

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Spring is coming! The schoolkids are back in school after a fewdays off for their spring break.

Congratulations to White RiverTIGERS two state champi-onships in a row, what an accom-plishment.

The Okaton church sponsoredthe Black Hills Gospel Quartet atthe Turner Community Center onSunday. Julia Broeacher and Donand Mary Hieb attended and real-ly enjoyed the music. Don said itwas great and Julia enjoyed thevisiting and gospel message.

Marci (Lebeda) Farmer andfamily came to spend Saturdaywith mom and dad and to intro-duce them to their new puppyRudy he is a German Shep-pard and is going to be huge.Chuck and Randy Lebeda alsostopped in for lunch of TraditionalIrish stew.

Claude Baker is now residingat the Golden Living Center inPierre. He is doing quite well withhis rehab and does enjoy all thecards and letters he has beenreceiving. His address is GoldenLiving Center Rm 202, 950 ParkSt. Pierre S.D. 57501 ph. 224-

8628.Inez Cardaman is now living at

MaryHouse. Inez is Millie Rustssister and has been living inMurdo in the same apartmentbuilding as Dorothy Anker was,who was her sister-in-law. She ishaving some health problems andwill be recuperating at Mary-House. Barb and Rusty were sur-prised to see her roommate, MaryKaiser who is also a Murdo resi-dent from sometime back. Maryand husband ran the Murdo barback in the sixties when it was onMain Street and then moved tothe location of the Buffalo Bar andLounge. Mary is recovering fromsome foot problems.

Lola and Orville Andersonentertained their granddaughter,Christina and friend, who is work-

ing on a ranch north of Draper. TJis a great grandson of Beulah

Aske, who is living at the High-more Nursing Home. Lola andOrville had a very special timevisiting with Christina and TJbefore he had to leave to checkcows.

Michele McNeely picked up acar load of ladies and attended theconcert of the Black Hills Quartet.This group emphasizes the Oldfashioned and traditional gospelmusic. Everyone that was thereenjoyed the music and the mes-sage these Christian men havebeen sharing through their musicfor over 20 years. A time ofrefreshment and visiting followedthe concert.

Friday of last week Wanda Lar-son had company: Heidi Cruse,Joann Cruse and daughter Valeriefrom Interior. Wanda demonstrat-ed how to make cheese. They hada great time.

Saturday Trampass and BaylorLarson and Carl Prahl spent thenight and delivered 4-H fruit thatBaylor had sold. They thenreturned home on Sunday. Wandaalso enjoyed the visit with Marci

Farmer, who was interested in theBountiful Baskets as she isinvolved with getting a groupstarted in Letcher. Wanda invitedthe girls down to see her lambs onEaster weekend.

Dave Geislers daughter, PattiCyus and family, Kendall andDevin and friend Taylor, all fromSan Antonio, Texas, were inMurdo during their spring break.They visited with Dave and got toknow Rider and visited the rest ofthe family as well. Patti enjoyedseeing some of her schoolmatesand renewing those old friend-ships.

Roma (Geisler) Bunch flewinto Sioux falls and spent sometime visiting her brother Johnwho is in hospice at the VAHospi-tal in Sioux falls.

East Side Newsby Janet Louder 669-2696

Bill and Ellen Valburg spentthe night of February 24 withtheir Flying Farmer friends, Earleand Connie Geide of Hartford,S.D. The next day Ellen had anappointment with her heart doc-tor and got a good report. Mondayevening they stayed with moreFlying Farmer friends, Ken andGloria Reed of Jasper, Minn. Tues-day they drove on up to Alexan-dria, Minn., and spent a couple ofnights with Jack and Connie(Hight) Belmain. On February 28,they headed for Marshalltown,Iowa, and attended the Iowa Fly-ing Farmer Convention throughSunday, March 3. Then theystayed Sunday night with Billscousin, Gordon and LorraineKolterman in Buckeye, Iowa.They returned home on Monday,March 4.

Tom Payne and Shar Jorgensonof Montevideo, Minn., spent thenight of March 5 with Ellen andBill Valburg on their way homefrom a quilt show in Seattle,Wash. They went on home thenext day.

Kristi Vlietstra, Will and Walk-er, and Wills friend, Ashton Todd,arrived at the Valburg Ranch

Tuesday evening, March 12. Theyreturned home the afternoon ofFriday, March 15, as Walker had abasketball game the next day.

Bill and Ellen Valburg visitedKen Halligan, Darline Fuoss andLillian Severyn at Parkwood onMonday afternoon.

Eastside people that attendedthe UMC Soup and Soul lastWednesday evening were: Rayand Janice Pike; Rosa Lee Stylesand Margie Boyle; Karen andSarah Dowling; Nelva and JanetLouder. The soup and sandwicheswere good, as was the message.

On March 9 and 10, RonnieLebeda and Hilly had a table atthe gun show held in Philip. Hehas been selling and trading a lotthis year.

Dorothy and Brad Loudercalled on Dwight in Kadoka lastThursday.

This item missed the news lastweek. Lila Mae Christian andHelen McMillan traveled toChamberlain, picked up EdnaMcKenzie, went out for dinnerand had a good visit.

Ray and Shirley Vik attendedthe funeral of his cousin, BobDean, March 12 in Valentine atthe Presbyterian church. Bob wasborn in Draper to Anna (Vik) andJoe Dean. At the death of hismother, he was raised by the WillPereboom family at Mission. Hemarried Zelma Parks and lived in

Valentine where he was a signmaker. Besides his wife, he leavestwo sons, Bob Jr. and Jim andfamilies. Zelma is a cousin of thelate Lola Cressy. Our sympathy tothe family.

Ray and Janice Pike made atrip to Wall last Monday for nick-el coffee and a donut. Sounds a lit-

tle fishy to me, but I write usual-ly what Im told!Betty Mann entertained the

bridge club at her home lastThursday. Enjoying the day were:June Nix, Susan Brunskill andMike Kinsley. Bettys grand-daughter, Denae, was also theresupervising!

Last Thursday Lila Mae Chris-tian, Helen McMillan and GlennaMoore had dinner together at acafe in Murdo.

Ronnie Lebeda and Holly wentto St. Francis last Friday to helpHollys brother, LaDaynion, cele-brate his birthday. Speaking ofbirthdays, I believe Ronnie turnedover another year last Wednesday.Happy birthday, Ronnie.

Beth Vevig and family Jaydaand LaBrian arrived atparents/grandparents Randy andLinda Vevigs on Thursday. Shehad a training session in Pierre sothe grandkids spent time enter-taining grandma and grandpa.Saturday the foursome went toPierre and rented a motel roomwith a pool. Brandon andStephanie Vevig joined the group.Needless to say, the pool got a lotof use. On Sunday, the grouphelped celebrate Jett Vevigs fifthbirthday with dinner topped offwith cake and ice cream. Beth andfamily left for their Omaha homein the afternoon found bad roadson I-90 east but okay as theyheaded south. Happy birthday,Jett.

Nelva and Janet Louder visitedEllouise Ellwanger last Tuesdaymorning over coffee. In the after-

noon, Janet went to PHL at Jan-ice's. That evening, Gerald andWanda Mathews came to Louder'swith a very good banana creampie. Janet furnished coffee and, ofcourse, a few hands of cards wereplayed. A nice time was had.

Lila Mae Christian visitedHelen McMillan Friday afternoon.They worked on getting together aDunlap cousins reunion in Vivianin July.

Ronnie Lebeda and Holly tookin the annual St. Patricks Dayparade held in Presho on Satur-day. It was a good time and Hollycame home with lots of candy.

David and Lill Seamans alsotook in the Presho St. Paddysparade. They got in visits withseveral of their relatives there.Lill didnt say if she came homewith candy.

Trace, Karen and Sarah Dowl-ing attended a surprise 40thbirthday supper/party for BonnieDowling Saturday evening held ata steakhouse in Murdo. HubbyJared organized the get-togetheralong with help of others. Birth-day cake was served. Many familyand friends were on hand to helpher celebrate the big 4-0. Happy

birthday, Bonnie.Following the party, Trace,

Karen and Sarah Dowling attend-ed the reception/dance held at theauditorium for newlyweds Coleand Holley Stoner. They weremarried at the Murdo UMC onDecember 22 with Pastor Rickofficiating. Congrats, Cole andHolley!

Monica Mathews of Pierrespent the day Sunday with par-ents Fred and Mary. She arrivedin time for dinner.

A supper/party was held at thehome of Drew, Kati, Mallory andTenley Venard Sunday evening tocelebrate the second birthday ofTenley. Helping her celebratewere: Bob Rankin; Bruce andKerri Venard; Ray and JanicePike; Margaret Rankin; Andy andJill Rankin and family; Tyler andChelsee Rankin and family; and

Kyle Venard. Mom Kati madeTenley a Lalaloopsy cake, whichwas served with ice cream. I'mbehind the times as Kati had todescribe a Lalaloopsy to me!Happy birthday, little one.

The Eldon and Esther Magnu-son home has been a busy place.On Thursday, they went to Preshoto Delores Volmers, brother EmilMagnuson of Rapid City wasthere and they were busy canningmeat. Afterwards, there was sup-per and cards. On Friday, Deloresand Emil arrived at Eldon andEsther's for dinner. A little later,the guys Butch Feddersen,Shorty Feddersen and Lyle Fed-dersen arrived to play cards withEldon and Emil. Esther fixedthem snacks, plus a pizza supper.In the evening, LeRoy Bootharrived, and you guessed it...morecards. On Saturday, the Magnu-

sons took Emil to Cactus Flatswhere they met his son, Sonny, forhis return to Rapid City. SundayKathie Mason and Ernie Kesslerbrought in a fish supper.

On Friday, Terri Pelle of Philiptook son Chad and Heather Whit-ney and boys out for supper at acafe in Draper to celebrate Chadsbirthday. As you can see, the Mag-nusons were tied up, so wereunable to join them. Happy birth-day, Chad.

Nelva and Janet Louder spentThursday in Pierre. In the after-noon, it was time for iced tea (toowarm for coffee) at Parkwood.They got in visits with Lillian Sev-eryn, Mona Sharp, Joyce Nielsen,Ken Halligan and others.

Karen Authier spent Saturdaywith mom Margaret Rankin andbrother Greg.

A little bird told me that LillianSeamans added another year toher age on March 15. Happybirthday, Lill.

Pam Gall and daughter Audreyof Scotland spent from Thursdayuntil Sunday in Spearfish withmom Melva Vik, sister Patti andWade Dowling, plus other rela-tives. The group also spent time atFt. Meade with hubby/dad Roger.Roger is hoping to be home byEaster. We hope his wish comestrue. Get well, Roger.

Ken and Carmen Miller left forSioux Falls last Friday to spendthe weekend with daughter Karis-sa and friend Ben. Daughter Kia,student at USD, also spent theweekend. Karissa and Ben aregetting married in July so Imsure there is lots of planninggoing on when the group getstogether.

Little Ruby Gould of Rapid Citywas an overnight guest of grand-

parents Donna and Ron Kinsley.

Jones County Sheriffs ReportThe Sheriffs report is printed

as received by Jones CountySheriffs Office. It may or may notcontain every call received by thedepartment.Mar. 10

Sheriff Weber responded to areport of a semi over-drivingroad conditions on I-90, west-bound, mm242, in Lyman Co.There were no law officers avail-

able to locate this vehicle. Thevehicle was stopped at mm 210,and warned to slow down on icyroads.

Sheriff Weber responded to thePilot parking lot to the report ofa pickup and camper that hadbacked into a parked semi,causing minor damage. Ownersexchanged information.

Sheriff Weber responded to thePilot parking lot to anotheraccident involving two motorvehicles. One vehicle backed into another vehicle causing minordamage to both vehicles. The own-ers exchanged their information.Mar. 11

Sheriff Weber assisted the SDHighway Patrol with a med-ical emergency. The Jones Co.

Ambulance transported thepatient to St. Marys in Pierre.Mar. 15

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, eastbound, mm192 to areport of a vehicle drivingerratically. Unable to locate.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm 197, to areport of a vehicle nearly causingan accident. The vehicle wasstopped and cited for speed-ing.

Sheriff Weber responded to anattempt to locate a vehicle andsubjects with suspicious activ-ity that occurred in Lyman Co.,and believed to be headed to JonesCo. The vehicle was later locatedstill in Lyman Co.Mar. 16

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, eastbound, mm207, to a reportof a vehicle that had hit thebridge. The driver was the onlyone in the vehicle and he was notinjured. The driver had fallenasleep and over-corrected his

steering, hitting the guardrailand bridge on both sides of theeastbound lane. The vehicle wastotalled and towed to Murdo. Thedriver was cited for careless driv-ing.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm 219, to areport of a semi pulling a trailer

driving westbound in the east-bound lane. The truck was locat-ed, still in the eastbound lane andstopped at mm 208. The driverwas arrested for DUI drugs,possession of meth, recklessdriving and possession of drugparaphernalia. The driver wastransported to the Brule Co. jailand the truck was towed toMurdo.

Deputy Sylva and Sheriff Weberalong with the SD Highway Patrolarrested a fugitive out of NewYork. The fugitive had stopped inMurdo after being observed driv-ing on I-90 by the SD HighwayPatrol, and was inside the Pilottruckstop. After a small foot pur-suit, the subject was arrested andtransported to the Winner Jail.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm180, to areport of a one vehicle accidentwith no injuries due to icyroads. The vehicle was towed toMurdo. Occupants and their catwere transported back to a motelin Murdo.

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm185, to areport of a vehicle that hadslid in to the north ditch. Thevehicle was able to drive out on itsown.

Sheriff Weber responded to amotorist traveling throughthat had no money or gas.Church fund assistance was givento driver for gas.

Sheriff Weber responded to abroke down semi on I-90, east-bound, mm192. The driver fixedthe problem and drove away.Mar. 17

Sheriff Weber responded to I-90, westbound, mm180, to a SUVthat had slid on the icy roadand flattened two tires. Thevehicle was towed back to Murdo.

Sheriff Weber responded to USHwy 83, northbound, mm60, to areport of a semi stuck on anicy hill and could not move.

After DOT sanded the highway,the truck drove away.

Sheriff Weber responded to acar in the median on I-90,westbound, mm180 due to icyroads. The vehicle was towed out

of the median.Sheriff Weber responded to I-

90, westbound, mm180 to areport of a pickup and camperin the median due to icy roads.The camper had rolled on to itsside. The camper was tipped backup and transported to Murdo. Noone was injured.

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mer Survivor contestant HollyHoffman will be signing copies ofher book Your Winner Within onMarch 25-26 in Pierre.

Book signings will take placefrom 3-4:30 p.m. CDT on Monday,March 25, at the Heritage Store onthe first floor of the Capitol, andfrom 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tuesday,March 26, at the Cultural Her-itage Center. Hoffman will give abrief presentation at noon onMarch 26 about the book and whatinspired her to write it.

The book signings are spon-sored by the South Dakota Histor-ical Society Foundation, the non-profit fundraising partner of theSouth Dakota State HistoricalSociety.

Holly is a true pioneer, saidFoundation President MichaelLewis. She has met challengeswith courage. She never gives up.

After all three of her childrenleft for college, the Eureka resi-dent wanted a new challenge and

adventure in her life. Hoffmanapplied for and was accepted for

season 21 of the television realityshow Survivor.

The show, broadcast in 2010,took place in the middle of the jun-gle in Nicaragua. Hoffman got offto a bad start and wanted to quiton day five. Remembering that shewas representing her family,friends and state, she made aturnaround and kept going. Shewas the last woman standing andfinished fourth at the end of theseason.

The end of that season of Sur-vivor was the beginning for Hoff-man. She became an inspirationaland motivational speaker, tellingabout the key characteristics thatshe believes are needed to survivein life.

Hoffmans book, Your WinnerWithin, not only offers encourage-ment and optimism, but aroadmap for self-discovery andspiritual enlightenment. Themethods and ideas she presents inthe book are ones she uses herselfto achieve success.

Hoffman will have books avail-able for sale. For more informa-tion, call (605) 773-6006.

Newborn heart screening billsigned by Governor Daugaard

Governor Dennis Daugaard hassigned a bill requiring all hospitalsroutinely providing obstetricsservices and birthing centers toperform a pulse oximetry screen-ing for all newborns before leavingthe hospital.

When the new law goes intoeffect on July 1, South Dakota will

join several other states, includingNew Jersey, Maryland, Indiana,Tennessee and West Virginia, inadding pulse oximetry to the corescreenings bundle for newborns,providing early detection of con-genital heart defects, the numberone killer of infants with birthdefects.

Pulse ox screening is non-inva-

sive, inexpensive and can poten-tially save a childs life, said Mau-reen Cassidy, Vice President of

Advocacy for the American HeartAssociations Midwest Affiliate. Infact, new research suggests thatwider use of pulse ox would helpidentify more than 90 percent ofheart defects.

The test consists of sensorsplaced on a newborns hand andfoot to check blood oxygen levels. Iflevels are too low, additional testsmay be conducted that aid indetecting critical or possibly life-threatening heart defects thatmight otherwise go undetected.

Congenital heart defects arestructural abnormalities that arepresent at birth. They range inseverity from simple holes or mur-murs to severe malformations,

such as the complete absence ofone or more chambers or valves.Some critical congenital heartdefects can cause severe and life-threatening symptoms, requiringintervention within the first daysof life.

Dr. Scott Ecklund, who repre-sents District 25 in the SouthDakota House of Representativesand who was a co-sponsor of thebill, believes that pulse oximetrytesting may have discovered hissons congenital heart defect muchearlier. My son ended up havingto have open heart surgery at 18months of age, Ecklund said.With this procedure his heartmurmur would have been found

earlier and we would have beenable to plan things much sooner.Ecklund added that screenings

like pulse oximetry also savemoney in the long run. In fact, onestudy calculated that the savingsin healthcare costs from the pre-vention of one case of complica-tions of circulatory collapse result-ing from an undiagnosed criticalcongenital heart defect mayexceed the cost of screening twothousand newborns.

To learn more about pulseoximetry screenings and congeni-tal heart defects, visitwww.heart.org or contact ChrissyMeyer, Director of Corporate &Media Relations for the AmericanHeart Association in South Dakotaat 605-360-2542 orChrissy.Meyer@Heart.org.

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Catholic Church of St. Martin502 E. Second St., Murdo, S.D. Father Gary Oreshoski

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Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.

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St. Pauls Lutheran ChurchDraper, S.D. Pastor Ray Greenseth

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m. Bible Study: Wednesday 9 a.m.

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From Death To Birth

by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever (IPet.1: 23).

We are prone to think of death as following birth. People are born to live their lives and then die.

Spiritually, however, it is the other way. St. Peter, by divine inspiration, says that we must be born again because: All flesh is as

grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away: But the Word of the Lord

endureth forever. And this is the Word which by the gospel is preached unto you (IPet. 1:24,25).

This new birth is a spiritual matter, necessitated by the fact that by nature men are dead in trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:1). Thus believ-

ers are not born again in the same way as they were first born, but are born again given new life, by believing the Word of God.

Gods Word, in this passage, is called incorruptible seed seed that cannot die. Once the Word takes root in ones heart, once it is

believed and received, it never dies, but produces everlasting life.

The Word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is the Word which by the gospel is preached unto you (Verse 25).

The Word of God takes root in ones heart only as one believes the gospel, the good news, about Christs redemptive work. Peter him-

self proclaims this wonderful gospel: ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and goldbut with the precious blood

of Christ(IPet.1:18,19).

Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree (IPet.2:24).

For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God (IPet.3:18).

BY BELIEVING THIS GOOD NEWS, DEAD SINNERS ARE BORN AGAIN.

Two minutes with the bible

Gleanings fromthe Prairie

As the days of the memorial of

the death, burial and resurrec-tion of JESUS, my LORD, drawsnear, I always like to readthrough each of the Gospel nar-ratives of those last days andhours leading up to, and through,HIS resurrection. One phrasehas stood out before me this time:Sitting down, they watched HIMthere (Matthew 27:36).

To the men who hung JESUSto the Cross, it was just one ofmany such jobs.

The bloody work was over ---their hearts were strangers topity --- they never expected to seeHIM again.

BUT --- those who knew theOld Testament prophecies ---should have seen something else.Peter, speaking to the Jews afterPentecost (Acts 3:15, 17-18) said,You killed the Prince of Life,whom GOD has raised from the

dead: whereof we are witness-es. And now, brethren, I admitthat through ignorance you didit, as did also your rulers. Butthose things which GOD beforehad showed by the mouth of allHIS prophets, that CHRISTshould suffer, he has so fulfilled.

What should you see when youlook to CALVARY?

First, the ruin of humannature. For all have sinned andcome short of the glory of GOD(Romans 3:23). All we like

sheep have gone astray; we have

turned every one to his own way(Isaiah 53:6).

CALVARY shows up the sinful,lost condition of man --- the deep-seated HOSTILITY of the humanheart against GOD. CrucifyHIM --- they yelled --- the holiestMan Who ever breathed!

Second, GOD providing a ran-som for lost souls. HIM beingdelivered by the determinatecouncil and foreknowledge ofGOD, you have taken, and bywicked hands have crucified andslain (Acts 2:23-24). The Son ofMan came not to be ministeredup, but to minister, and to giveHIS life a RANSOM for many(Matthew 20:28). Redeemedwith the precious blood ofCHRIST, as of a lamb withoutblemish and without spot (IPeter 1:18-19).

The FINAL and all-sufficient

Sacrifice for sin --- Behold theLamb of GOD, Who takes awaythe sin of the world (John 1:29).

Third, GOD offering regenera-tion to all who will receive HIMas their Sin-bearer. As many asreceived HIM, to them gave HEpower (authority) to become thesons of GOD, even to them thatbelieve on HIS Name (John1:12). You must be born again(John 3:3).

Have YOU looked to CAL-VARY? What did you see?

by Pastor Alvin L. GwinCommunity Bible Church, Murdo

Sitting Down, They Watched HIM There

Minuteman Missile bill cannow be considered by full senate

U.S. Senators Tim Johnson andJohn Thune announced that legis-lation to allow construction of avisitor center at the MinutemanMissile National Historic Sitecleared an important hurdle afterit was reported out of the SenateEnergy and Natural Resources

Committee. Johnson and Thuneslegislation would transfer approxi-mately 29 acres of National ForestService land to the National ParkService to construct a visitor facil-ity and provide parking. The legis-

lation is now ready to be consid-ered by the full Senate.

We worked hard to establishthe Minuteman Missile site in thelate 1990s, and with my legisla-tion, we can ensure that manymore South Dakotans and touristsfrom around the world can learn

about this historic site, said John-son, a member of the Energy andNatural Resources Committee. Iam glad the full Committeeapproved this legislation and itcan now be brought to the Senatefloor for consideration.

The Minuteman MissileNational site is a reminder of thehistoric and important role thatSouth Dakota played in the ColdWar arms race, said Thune. Pro-viding additional land to the Min-uteman Missile site to be used forthe development of a visitors cen-

ter will make a piece of SouthDakotas past more accessible tostudents of history from aroundthe globe. I look forward to work-ing with my colleagues on bothsides of the aisle to move thisimportant legislation through theSenate.

The launch control facility andmissile silo that make up the Min-uteman Missile National HistoricSite were preserved to illustratethe history of the Cold War andthe role the Air Forces MinutemanII Missile defense system playedin efforts to preserve world peace.

The legislation builds upon abill passed in 1999 that estab-lished Minuteman Missile as aNational Historic Site, whichrequired that two sites be evaluat-ed as potential locations for a visi-tor center. The land transfer pro-vided in the bill would allow forthe construction of a visitor centerand administrative facility at Exit131 off of I-90 (about 70 miles eastof Rapid City). The bill would alsotransfer 3.65 acres near the mis-sile silo for visitor parking andother administrative uses. Con-gress provided funding for the con-struction of the visitor centerwhen the Site was established.

The Minuteman Missile con-sists of the Delta-01 Launch Facil-ity and the Delta-09 Missile Silo,located about 11 miles from oneanother on Interstate 90.

Johnson and Thune reintro-duced the Minuteman MissileNational Historic Site BoundaryModification Act (S. 459) on March5, 2013.

Financing beginning farmersResources are available at the

South Dakota Department of Agri-culture (SDDA) to help young andbeginning farmers and ranchersget their start in agriculture.

Todays rising land prices andhigher input costs make it chal-lenging for beginning farmers toget started.

The Beginning Farmer Bond

program through SDDA is avail-able for eligible beginning farmersto purchase agricultural land atlower interest rates.

The beginning farmer bondprogram has different eligibilitycriteria than other governmentalprograms, so I would encourageproducers to contact us if they arepurchasing agricultural realestate, says Terri LaBrie, Finance

Administrator for SDDA.The beginning farmer bond pro-

gram works through a local bankto finance the land purchase.Farmers State Bank of Marion, SDrecently utilized the tax-exemptbond program.

We were able to assist a youngfarmer in getting started in thelocal community with his initialland purchase, said BarclaySmith, Farmers State Bank.Without the bond program, the

interest rate and re-paymentstructure would have been almostimpossible for him to cash-flow theproject. We have used this pro-gram numerous times in the pastto help other beginning farmers,and look forward to using it againin the future. The ease of complet-ing the application and amount ofpaperwork, or lack thereof, alsoassisted greatly in completing the

transaction.SDDA administers the Begin-

ning Farmer Bond programthrough the Value-Added Finance

Authority (VAFA) board. Theboard meets monthly to review theapplications for the program andissue bonds for approved projects.

The program doesnt have anupper age limit, nor does it have a

limit on off-farm income. To beeligible, an applicant must be atleast 18 years old and a resident ofSouth Dakota. They must have anet worth of under $400,000, andcannot own, or previously haveowned, more than 30 percent ofthe county median acres. Themaximum amount of a beginningfarmer bond is $501,100 for calen-dar year 2013. This limit is setannually by the federal govern-ment.

With the assistance of FarmersState Bank in Marion, SD and the

VAFAs Beginning Farmer BondProgram, I was able to purchasemy first piece of real estate, saidbeginning farmer Jamie Cremer.The application process was veryeasy to work through and under-stand. With the ease of the appli-cation process, project approvalturn-around time and reduced

interest rate, I was able to pur-chase the real estate whichallowed me to increase the landbase of my farming operation. Iwould encourage every beginningfarmer to inquire about SDDAs

VAFA Beginning Farmer BondProgram.

Not only is this a great way toget our kids back on the farms andto stay in South Dakota, it also

helps retiring farmers pass ontheir land to a qualifying begin-ning farmer with a contract fordeed while saving money on theirfederal income taxes, saysLaBrie.

The interest received on thecontract (principal amount up to$501,100) is federally tax exempt potentially saving the land owner

thousands of dollars in incometaxes.

Closely related landowners,such as parents and grandparentsare not eligible and cannot selltheir land on a contract for deedusing this program. Close rela-tives are required to go through athird party lender.

SDDA does not finance operat-ing expenses or re-finance priordebt. Other programs are avail-able for the purchase of livestock,dairy financing, feedlot financing,grain storage and value-addedbusinesses.

Program information can befound at www.sdda.sd.gov or callSDDA, Division of AgriculturalDevelopment at 605.773.5436.

Agriculture is South Dakota'sNo. 1 industry, generating over$21 billion in annual economicactivity and employing more than

122,000 South Dakotans. TheSouth Dakota Department of Agri-culture's mission is to promote,protect, preserve and improve thisindustry for today and tomorrow.

Visit us online at www.sdda.sd.govor follow us on Facebook and Twit-ter.

Ag ambassadornominationsbeing sought

The South Dakota Departmentof Agriculture is seeking nomina-tions for the South Dakota Gover-nors Ag Ambassador Award.

Nominees should be those whohave continually worked to pro-mote agriculture in South Dakota.The individual or organization

nominated must possess:Strong ties to agriculture inSouth Dakota

Leadership skills in agricultureAn emphasis on education

through campaigns or programs,and

Focus on pro-active agriculturepolicies and practices

Nominations are due to SDDAby April 1 and can be found athttp://sdda.sd.gov/education-out-reach/ag-ambassador-award/ . Theaward will be presented duringthe Governors Ag DevelopmentSummit in Pierre on June 26.

The 2012 Governors Ag Ambas-sador was Jim Woster of SiouxFalls. For years, Woster has been acattleman, media personality, phi-lanthropist and spokesman foragricultural interests.

2013 Wildland FireAcademy announcement

South Dakota Wildland Firewill be hosting a wildfire academyMarch 21-24 in Fort Pierre, S.D.

In conjunction with the BlackHills National Forest, NebraskaNational Forest and Grasslands,Bureau of Land Management,Bureau of Indian Affairs, US Fishand Wildlife Services and theState Fire Marshalls office, manyclasses will be offered and stu-

dents will have the opportunity toattend more than one class.

This event will be a qualitytraining experience for volunteerfire departments and state andfederal firefighters. Trainingopportunities like this are used togain fire qualifications and rein-force safety practices.

SD Wildland Fire Training Offi-cer Rob Lehmann says, Wevespent the winter months planningand preparing for the summer sea-son. Now is a good time to pro-vide training and to develop andimprove interagency relation-ships.

This academy is being funded

by a Department of Interior ReadyReserve Grant. Six South Dakota

Volunteer Fire Departments(VFDs) have applied for funding toattend this event.

Many rural VFDs have smallbudgets. These grants provideexcellent training opportunities atlittle to no expense to the depart-ment, says Jim Burk, Rural Fire

Assistance Specialis t with SD

Wildland Fire.There are currently 266 regis-

tered to attend. Eighteen classeswill be offered. Registration hasbeen closed. For more information,contact Jeni Lawver at 605-381-7232.

Agriculture is South Dakota'sNo. 1 industry, generating over$21 billion in annual economicactivity and employing more than122,000 South Dakotans. TheSouth Dakota Department of Agri-culture's mission is to promote,protect, preserve and improve thisindustry for today and tomorrow.

Visit us online at www.sdda.sd.govor follow us on Facebook and Twit-ter.

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may miss it altogether. This littlescenario has played itself outenough times now that Im sort oflet down if it doesnt happen, notthat it makes the slightest differ-ence one way or the other.

We humans tend to be creaturesof habit. We may fall into a rou-tine and then find ourselves some-

what unsettled if things dont playout as were used to. Take gettingup in the morning, for example. Ilike to start the day by sipping onsome orange juice followed byhaving a cup of coffee. If we hap-pen to be out of orange juice, thatis a sorry state of affairs. I mayhave to look around, see whatsavailable, and maybe substitutesome apple or other juice which isnot nearly as satisfying. Sure,

orange juice sometimes gives me asugar or some other kind of rush ifI drink it too fast right after wak-ing up. This can even result in atouch of dizziness if I stand up tooquickly, but I still want the orangeand not apple or, heaven forbid,cranberry.

Routine is not always bad, ofcourse. Sometimes it is only sen-sible. If youve had an ornery oldblack cow kick you enough times,you will soon learn to avoid goingbehind her. This applies evenmore so to horses. In the earlydays, my dad and his brothersraised a lot of horses to sell sincethey were more profitable thanvarious other pursuits. They hadone horse, though, that liked tokick if anyone walked behind itwhen it was in a stall in the barn.They exercised caution around thebeast, but one day it let fly with ahoof and just narrowly missedconnecting with my Uncle Donshead. That was enough. Theydecided caution was no longer theanswer in this particular case andpromptly led the animal to theother side of the barn and shot it.This was probably a good ideasince, just a few years ago, acousin of mine died from being

kicked in the head by a horse.Then we come to nature which

tends to follow a certain schedule.Every month the moon goesthrough a routine of growing larg-er and then shrinking back again.Towards the end of the cycle whenIve probably lost track of themoons exact phase, I start lookingtowards the west just after sunsetto see if there is a crescent moon

hanging there. Im always some-what pleased when I see it sincecrescent moons are neat.

Similarly, about this time ofyear I start looking for mead-owlarks. They usually come backanywhere from early to lateMarch. Generally speaking, abunch of robins shows up justprior to the meadowlarks, so see-ing them gives me an early warn-ing to be on the lookout for myfavorite avian species. Hearingthat first meadowlark every yearis quite a delight, not only becauseit is pretty to listen to, but alsobecause it signals that winter isover or, in some cases, almostover.

Getting back to the dairy trucks,though, I went through three Sun-days recently without seeing anyof them. I was somewhat disap-pointed and figured theydchanged their schedule somehowso I wouldnt be seeing them any-more. On the fourth Sunday,however, I just got on the inter-state and there came my truck.Oh, theyre still running, I said,feeling somewhat pleased. Aboutanother five miles down the road,here came another one just likethe first one. Thats a new twist,

I thought. Ive never seen twobefore. Oddly enough, on theway back from church, a third onewent by going the other way.Now theyre overdoing it a little,I concluded. Still, I guess theywere just making up for the threeSundays they werent around.My routine was intact albeitsomewhat strangely. Life could goon.

If certain things happen oftenenough, you start expecting them.Take the Land-O-Lakes truck Ifrequently see when going tochurch on Sunday. Quite a lot ofthe time, just after I get on theinterstate, here comes a big bluedouble-trailer rig festooned withpictures of dairy products andsporting the Land-O-Lakes logo.Its big, its blue, and its hard tomiss. As a result, after spottingthis rig several times, I startedpurposely looking for it. I findthat if I am on my normal sched-ule of entering the freeway about9:00 a.m., I may well see the truckcoming my way within a very fewminutes. If Im earlier than that,Ill see it farther on. If Im late, I

Lookin Around Syd Iwan

The Clinical View Dr. P.E. Hoffsten

Your Government at Work

I was struck by an article thatappeared in the Journal of the

American Medical Association forthe 27th of February 2013. It ana-lyzed a very common but pertinent

question I hear, Should I go toMayo Clinic (or any other big cityhospital) because it is safer withfewer complications? Over theyears the conceptual battle inmedicine has raged regarding bigversus small or local versus bigcity hospitals. Certain proceduressuch as cardiac surgery or brainsurgery require larger hospitals inthe big city where there are spe-cialists that small cities just do nothave. But is Minneapolis reallybetter than Sioux Falls for gallbladders, hernias and new joints?The answer to that question is no.T he He ar t H os pi ta l i n S io uxFalls is every bit as good as thatdone in Minneapolis, ClevelandClinic or Houston, Texas asshown by the article mentionedabove.

Every once in a while the con-cept of big city versus small hospi-tal care gets tested. This is what

the article in the Journal of theAmerican Medical Associationaddressed. Specifically, severalyears ago the federal governmentCenter for Medicare and Medicaidservices (CMS) restricted coverageof bariatric (gastric bypass) sur-gery to a few big city hospitals.These hospitals were selected byan expert committee made up ofmembers of the American Collegesof Surgeons and the AmericanSociety for Metabolic and Bariatric

Surgery. They selected a numberof hospitals around the countrythat they designated as centers ofexcellence. This rather grandioseand arrogant designation wasbased upon opinions rather thandemonstrated data. The Medicare

agencies would only pay to havegastric bypass surgery done inthese centers of excellence.Smaller or midsize cities came upon the short end of the stick whenit came to receiving this designa-tion and therefore their ability todo this type of surgery was com-promised. Obviously, the center ofexcellence hospitals had a highervolume than the smaller cities andit just made sense to believe thatthose centers that do more surgerywould do it better.

Well, now the data is done. Thearticle in the JAMA asked thequestion, After five years of thispractice involving more than320,000 patients, do the centersof excellence do a better job thanthe small town hospitals. Theanswer is an emphatic no. As amatter of fact, small town hospi-tals had a substantially lower rateof any complication. Specifically by

2010 after six years of having thisdesignation, the centers of excel-lence had a 7.5 percent complica-tion rate while the rate of compli-cations in the small town hospitalswas only four percent. The rate ofvery serious complications wasfour percent in the centers ofexcellence and only two percent inthe small town hospitals. The rateof need for reoperation and correc-tion of operative mistakes wasexactly the same in both types of

hospitals.There are two conceptual meth-

ods of improving medical care. Oneis to centralize care in a few eliteinstitutions such as Mayo Clinicbecause they will have a highervolume of patients and thereforedo procedures better. Opposed tothis idea is the decentralization ofmedical care by implementing newand better techniques to our smalltown hospitals. The idea that thebig city hospitals should centralizecare in fact dries up the grass rootscommunity hospitals by drainingwhat little volume they have.

Alternatively, encouraging smalltown and city hospitals to do theprocedures that they are capableof nurtures the diversification ofcare in our community. There isnot a question in the world thatlaparoscopic gallbladder surgery isdone every bit as well in Pierre,South Dakota as it is in MayoClinic. By the same token, MayoClinic does a much better job atbrain surgery because we donteven try. Based on the study citedabove, bariatric surgery to correctmorbid obesity and diabetes isdone every bit as well and perhaps

better in small local hospitals thathave a bariatric surgery programas opposed to designating 15 hos-pitals in the country as centers ofexcellence.

As a review and reminder, thereis an epidemic of morbid obesityand diabetes in our country at thistime. Our government and profes-sional personnel continue to advo-cate diet and exercise. Thus far,there is no demonstrated impact ofthis solution for the general public.

Granted, certain individuals doget inspired to lose weight and cor-rect their diet and do decreasetheir weight. But the likelihood ofthis happening over a ten-yearperiod is two people in one hun-dred.

Ninety-eight percent of the pop-ulation with the present diet andexercise methods do not achieveideal body weight. The physicaland social and mortal toll on thosewith a body mass index greaterthan 35 is huge. For the five feetsix inch female, a weight greaterthan 216 pounds gives a bodymass index greater than 35. Forthe average five foot ten inch maleweight more than 243 pounds, hisbody mass index is greater than35. The present rules for mostinsurance companies are that thebody mass index greater than 35with associated diabetes warrantsconsideration of gastric bypasssurgery. For those with a bodymass index greater than 40 with-out diabetes, consideration of gas-tric bypass surgery is warranted.The benefits of having this done atan early age as opposed to waitinguntil a person is in their 50s and

60s is huge. The sooner the sur-gery is done to correct the prob-lem, the longer the person willhave the benefits of that surgery.

Most individuals who have dia-betes and morbid obesity will beable to discontinue diabetic med-ications after gastricreduction/bypass surgery. Pre-sent statistics highly favor specifi-cally correcting the problem ratherthan pursuing the natural historyof a body mass index greater than35 with diabetes.

Winter Wheat Webinar

With the extremely dry August

and September last fall, winter

wheat growers are concerned

about the lack of plant develop-

ment prior to dormancy and about

whether their winter wheat cropswill survive the winter. A webinar

sponsored by Winter Cereals: Sus-

tainability in Action and North

Dakota State University will help

growers and agronomists analyze

a crops winter health and offer

tips for spring management.

Participants will also learn the

latest about winter wheat produc-

tion at the free webinar, which

starts at 9 a.m. on March 26. Pro-

duction topics include stand evalu-

ation, fertility management, win-

ter annual weed identification and

control, and disease management.

To participate, log on to http://ndi-

vnlc.wimba.com/ any time before

the conference and run the setup

wizard. About 15 minutes before

the conference, participants log on

to the same site and click "Partici-

pant Login. The Room ID isNDSU_Ag. Once logged in, select

NDSU Crop Calls to join the

meeting. For more information or

help with online access, contact

Scott Swanson at

s.swanson@ndsu.edu or 701-231-

7086.

Continuing education credits

will be available. Certified Crop

Advisors may register for a one

half-credit Crop Management and

one half-credit of Nutrient Man-

agement CEU by including their

name and CCA number when they

log into the class. CCAs will also

have an opportunity to sign up for

the credit during the class.

One lucky webinar registrant

will receive several gifts from

Ducks Unlimited at the end of the

seminar. The winner must still be

on-line at the time of the drawing

which will be at the close of the

webinar. The gifts can be viewed

online by visiting the link, Free

winter wheat webinar with CEU

March 26, 2013 on the Winter

Cereals: Sustainability in Action

website: http://wintercereals.us/.

The webinar is part of the Win-

ter Cereals: Sustainability in

Action initiative, a collaborationbetween Ducks Unlimited, Bayer

CropScience, NDSU and other

regional universities, and Winfield

Solutions.

For more information on the

webinar, contact Blake Vander

Vorst at 701-355-3500.

The Winner Regional Extension

Center will host the webinar for

producers interested in viewing

the event in a group setting. Dis-

cussion and additional questions

are welcome following the webi-

nar.

Managing Drought Risk on

the Ranch Webinar

The third of a five-part webinar

series providing drought planning

information will be hosted at each

of the eight Regional ExtensionCenters across South Dakota on

Wednesday, March 27 beginning

at 10:00 am CDT. The topic for this

session is the New Cumulative

Forage Reduction (CFR) Index:

Assessing Drought Impacts and

Planning a Grazing Strategy.

For more information or to regis-

ter and watch the webinar from

home, visit:

http://igrow.org/events/the-new-

cumulative-forage-reduction-cfr-

index/.

Calendar

3/20/2013 - Next Generation of

Livestock Production, 6:30 pm,

Winner Livestock Auction

3/21/2013 - Next Generation of

Livestock Production, 6:30 pm,

Chamberlain Livestock Auction

3/27/2013 Drought Manage-

ment Webinar, 10:00 am CST, SD

Regional Extension Centers

Extension News Bob Fanning (605) 842-1267

SDSU works toward developing drought-tolerant wheatSouth Dakota State University

scientists must develop varietiesof wheat that can tolerate drought,according to molecular biologistJai Rohila, assistant professor of

biology and microbiology. That isthe key to making agriculture sus-tainable in the face of climatechange.

The SDSU spring wheat breed-ing program has never specificallytested its wheat varieties fordrought tolerance, according toKarl Glover, associate professor ofplant science. We have materialthat seems to do well in a dry orhot year, Glover said, but thiscould just be because the finishingtime occurred before the hot condi-tions took hold.

At this stage, we are not wellprepared for drought conditions inSouth Dakota, Rohila said.

Through a two-year $60,000grant from the U S. Agency forInternational Development, Rohi-la has taken the first step towarddoing this. He has obtaineddrought and heat tolerant

germplasm from Alexandria Uni-versity in Egypt.Egypt is growing wheat in

drought conditions all the time,Rohila said. For the project whichbegan in 2011, he collaborates

with his counterpart, Sanaa Miladof the biotechnology lab at Alexan-dria University. In recognition ofRohilas work, he received theaward for faculty engagement in

international affairs at the SDSUCelebration of Faculty Excellencein February.

The long-term goal is to discov-er the genes for drought and heattolerance and use them in SouthDakota wheat improvement pro-gram to make our wheat ready fordry or hot years Rohila explained.To do this, he and his team analyzethe genetic makeup of the Egypt-ian germplasm and compare it toSouth Dakota wheat. Two gradu-ate students and two undergradu-ate students are working on theproject.

We must identity the genesand utilize them for our wheat tomake it grow better, Rohila said.

The process of discovering thegenes includes looking at individ-ual proteins that responsible forthe function in a plant cell, Rohilaexplained. All this crop improve-

ment occurs because of differentgenes, proteins and chemicalsinteract inside the cell to provide ita function, like drought tolerance

its not about one gene alone.Rohila and his team have identi-

fied 96 proteins scattered through-out the plants cells, he said thatare differentially expressed in thedrought-tolerant wheat. Nowthey must determine the effect

that these proteins might have onthe fitness of individual wheatcells.

The cell is the center point ofany function; if we can improvethe fitness of a cell, we willimprove the plant, Rohila said.

In South Dakota wheat,drought and heat can make thechloroplasts disintegrate and themitochondria collapse, heexplained. Rohila and his teamwill examine the proteins that actwithin the chloroplast cells in theEgyptian germplasm, for instance,and try to transfer the characteris-tics to those cells in South Dakotawheat.

Genetic engineering of wheat inthe United States has been limitedto research alone, Rohilaexplained. No genetically modifiedwheat exists commercially in thiscountry, but he said, private com-

panies are struggling to makethis. Researchers in Australiahave done significant work in thisarea but have not yet released avariety which can grow in theUnited States.

Nearly 85 percent of the cornand 91 percent of soybeans grownin the United States are genetical-ly modified, according to the Cen-ter for Food Safety. These modifi-

cations can help crops resist dis-ease and pests and tolerate chal-lenging environmental conditions,including drought. The ultimategoal is to secure food for theworlds growing population.

What we are doing is makingSouth Dakota capable of that typeof research, so when the doors areopened, we are at the frontwecan deliver the product, Rohilasaid. If we do not start now, wewill lag behind in the game.

This year Rohila and Gloverapplied for new funding from theU.S. Department of Agriculture tocontinue their work. Once Rohilaidentifies the genes and proteinswith significant influence on thedrought resistance, Glover willcross the Egyptian germplasmwith South Dakota wheat vari-eties and then screen for thosefunctional gene and protein mark-

ers.By doing that, Glover said, Ican create germplasm that shouldbe theoretically as resistant todrought as what hes identified --developed in and for South Dako-ta.

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Notice to Creditors

State of South DakotaCounty of Jones

In Circuit CourtSixth Judicial CircuitPro No. 13-1

In the Estate ofSusan Rankin, Deceased.

Notice to Creditors

Notice is given that on February 22,

2013, Robert D. Rankin, whose addressis 27924 239th St., Draper, S.D. 57531,was appointed as personal representa-tive of the estate of Susan Rankin.

Creditors of decedent must file theirclaims within four months after the dateof the first publication of this notice ortheir claims may be barred.

Claims may be filed with the personalrepresentative or may be filed with theclerk, and a copy of the claim mailed tothe personal representative.

Dated this 25th day of February, 2013.

/s/ Robert D. Rankin

Robert D. RankinPersonal Representative

27924 239th St.Draper, S.D. 57531

Tele. No. (605) 669-2511

CLERK OF COURTS:Judy FeddersenPO Box 448

Murdo, S.D. 57559Tele No. (605) 669-2361

ATTORNEY:Herb C. SundallSundall Law Office, Prof. LLCPO Box 187Kennebec, S.D. 57544Tele No. 605-869-2233

Published March 7, 14 & 21, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $50.67.

Notice of JobOpenings

The City of Murdo is now acceptingapplications for the positions for the 2013season:1. Baseball coach to organize andcoach the summer baseball program.2. T-ball coach to organize and coachfor approx. 1 month.3. Softball coach to organize andcoach the program.4. Full and part time lifeguards towork at the municipal swimming pool.5. Swimming lesson instructor toinstruct swimming lessons.6. Swimming pool manager to man-age the personnel and operations of theswimming pool.

Applications are available at the CityFinance Office between the hours of8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday thruFriday, and must be returned by 4:00p.m., Monday, April 1, 2013. Applica-tions will be reviewed by the City Councilat the meeting that evening with inter-views to be set up, if necessary. Formore information, call 669-2272. TheCity of Murdo reserves the right to acceptor reject any or all applications.

Krysti BarnesFinance Officer

Publish March 14, 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $35.68.

Notice of SummerJob Opening

Golf Coach

The City of Murdo is exploring the possi-bility of setting up a golf program to offergolfing lessons to youth in the communi-ty. They are taking applicants from anyindividual who would like to work with theCity of Murdo to set up a program andteach lessons. Hours and wage arenegotiable at this time depending on howthe program is developed and com-mences. Anyone interested in applyingfor this position, please stop at the CityFinance Office at 107 West SecondStreet, Murdo, S.D. on Monday throughFriday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. andpick up an application. Applications aredue back to the City Finance Office by4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 1, 2013, forreview at the evening meeting with inter-views to be set up as necessary. TheCity of Murdo reserves the right to acceptor reject any or all applications.

Krysti BarnesFinance Officer

Publish March 14, 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $30.03.

Proceedings of theDraper Town Board

Regular SessionMarch 4, 2013

The Draper Town Board met in regularsession March 4, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. atthe Draper Hall. Chairman Nies calledthe meeting to order. Present: Nies,Hatheway and Louder. The minutes ofthe last meeting were read andapproved.

These bills were presented for paymentand approved: WR Lyman Jones, water,$47.50; Dept. of Revenue, sales tax,$31.00; WC Electric, electric, $398.36;Kim Schmidt, salary, $359.40; HeartlandWaste, garbage, $700.00; Servall, rug,$19.09; IRS, ss & wh, $8.08; IRS, ss &wh, $71.20; Murdo Coyote, advertise,$63.68.

Finance clerk mentioned that the DraperTown Board of Equalization will meetMarch 18 at 7:00 p.m. at the Draper Hall.

Finance clerk stated that there were nopetitions taken out for the Town Trusteeposition. The election will be canceled.

Deb Vollmer was in contact with Schmidtas to getting put on the agenda for atown meeting. Schmidt is to get in con-tact with her as to the April meeting. Thetown will be meeting on the 3rd of Aprildue to a forum problem.

Hatheway stated that the floor cleanerhas been repaired and is ready to use.

A short time was spent discussing theOperating Agreement between the townand Vollmer.

Being no further business, Niesmotioned, second Louder, to adjourn.

Kim Schmidt,Finance Clerk

Published March 21, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $17.54.

Notice of AnnualMeeting and Election

Murdo Ambulance District

There will be an annual meeting for 2013and election of three board members forthe Murdo Ambulance District on Mon-day, April 1, 2013, at the ambulancebuilding at 7:00 p.m.

Published March 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $8.44.

Notice ofAmbulance Meeting

The Rural Ambulance District Board willhold their annual meeting on Monday,March 25, 2013, at 4 oclock p.m. at theDraper auditorium.

Published March 14 & 21, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $6.50.

Notice ofAmbulance Meeting

The Capa and west half of South CreekAmbulance District will hold their annualmeeting at the Midland Senior CitizensCenter in Midland, S.D., on March 23,2013, at 3 p.m. CST, 2 p.m. MST.

Published March 21, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $3.97.

Notice of Resolution

Murdo Ambulance District

The Murdo Ambulance District passedresolution 3.2013 on March 7, 2013, wi tha unanimous vote of the board of direc-tors.

Resolution 3.2013

The Murdo District Ambulancewill change from SpecialAssessment to OPT OUT forthe collect 2013 pay 2014 taxyear. This will be in place for 2years (2015). In 2015, MurdoDistrict Ambulance will file anImposition of a Tax Levy to bein place 2016 until furthernotice.

Published March 21 & 28, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $22.75.

changes and to limits on pay-ments as may be provided for inthe program regulations. It isspecifically understood that anypayments under this Appendixand the programs to which itapplies are subject to statutory

and regulatory changes includingthose that occur after the signingof the contract. Payments underthe DCP and ACRE programsmay be reduced by a certain per-centage due to a sequester orderrequired by Congress and issuedpursuant to the Balanced Budgetand Emergency Deficit Control

Act of 1985. Should a paymentreduction be required, FSA willprovide notice about the requiredpercent of payment reduction thatapplies to direct, countercyclicaland ACRE payments.

USDAANNOUNCES 45THGENERAL SIGN-UP FOR

THE CONSERVATIONRESERVE PROGRAM

The U.S. Department of Agri-culture (USDA) will conduct afour-week general sign-up for theConservation Reserve Program(CRP), beginning May 20 and end-

ing on June 14.

DATES TO REMEMBER/DEADLINES:

May 20-June 14: CRP generalsign-upJune 3: 2013 ACRE sign-up endsJuly 15: 2012 ACRE ProductionJuly 15: 2012 NAP ProductionJuly 15: Final 2013 Acreagereporting date

August 2: DCP sign-up ends

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

TOO LATE TO PURCHASENAP FOR 2013, BUT YOUR2012 NAP PRODUCTION

IS DUE JULY 15The last day to purchase NAP

insurance for 2013 was March 15.If you have had NAP in the past,

you must annually provide (if notappraised) the quantity of all har-vested production of the crop inwhich the producer held an inter-est during the crop year. We havesent out the NAP Yields formwhich lists your acres and a spotfor you to record your production.The deadline for reporting thisproduction is not until July 15,2013, but report the productionnow while the records are handyand newly calculated.

2013 FARM PROGRAMSIGNUPAND APPENDIXDCP and ACRE signup for the

2013 crop year started on Febru-ary 19, 2013. The DCP sign-upperiod will end on August 2, 2013and the ACRE sign-up period willend on June 3, 2013. The 2013DCP and ACRE program provi-sions are unchanged from 2012,except that all eligible participants

may choose to enroll in either DCPor ACRE for the 2013 crop year.This means that eligible producerswho were enrolled in ACRE in2012 may elect to enroll in DCP in2013 or may re-enroll in ACRE in2013 (and vice versa). Stop by orcall the office for an appointment.

Advanced payments are notauthorized.

The DCP/ACRE Appendix doeshave the following language thateveryone needs to be aware of:Payments are subject to the avail-ability of funds, compliance withall applicable laws and statutory

J C FSA News David Klingberg

Protect your homeand property from wildfire

As warmer weather approaches,fire officials say now is the time totake steps to make your homeFirewise.

The Firewise Communities Pro-gram works to recognize and moti-vate communities to take action toprotect their homes and naturalsurroundings from catastrophicfire by creating or improving sur-vivable space. By applying Fire-wise practices, homeowners cantake action to reduce the risk oflosing their homes and property towildfires without fire departmentintervention.

There are several Firewisepractices that can be used in yourown backyard for little money,said Andy Tate, Wildland UrbanInterface Specialist with SouthDivision of Wildland Fire. Treethinning on and around your prop-erty, using construction materialson your home that are fire-resist-ant or noncombustible, and clear-ing dead wood and dense vegeta-tion at least 30 feet from yourhome are just a few ways that youcan help protect your property.

Officials say early preparationis the key and urge homeowners totake measures now before fires

start. If dry conditions persist,the potential exists for an activefire season to start early and con-tinue late through the summer,said Todd Pechota, Black HillsNational Forest Fire ManagementOfficer. Now is the time for home-owners to prepare themselves andprotect their homes from the con-tinued risk of wildfire.

A few tips are below for home-owners to reduce the risk of their

homes and property becoming fuelfor a wildfire many more can befound at the Great Plains FireSafe Council and Firewise web-sites. (http://www.firewise.org,http://www.gpfiresafecouncil.com)

Clear needles, leaves, andother debris from gutters, roof sur-faces, porches, and decks. Thiseliminates receptive fuel bedswhich prevents embers from ignit-ing your home.

Keep lawns watered andmowed to less than 4 inches high.Grass and shrubs are fuel for wild-fire.

Remove flammable materialswithin 3-5 feet of the homes foun-dation and outbuildings, includinggarages and sheds. If it can catchfire, dont let it touch the house,deck, or porch. Also remove vege-tation and debris from underdecks and along fences.

Limit vegetation surroundingthe homes perimeter for 30-100feet depending on the terrain, con-struction materials, and vegeta-tion type.

A comprehensive Firewise tipschecklist for homeowners is alsoavailable on the Firewise website.More in-depth information can be

found on the Great Plains FireSafe Council website includinghome maintenance tips, construc-tion material suggestions, and rec-ommended plant lists.

Most of the techniques toincrease the chances of your homesurviving a wildfire without firedepartment intervention can beaccomplished with a weekend ofwork and little to no cost. Now isthe time to take action, not whensmoke is in the air.

Prairie Home Ladies meetingJanice Pike hosted the PHL at

her home on Tuesday, March 12.Chair Velma opened the meetingwith prayer. Roll call of yourchoice was answered by Velma,Janice, Lila Mae, Linda, Rosa Lee,Margie and Janet. There weremany different things pictures,readings, jokes, and some cardsand postcards back to the 30s.Secretary Margie read the min-utes of the last meeting; approved.Treasurer Rosa Lee gave the treas-urers report; approved.

Chair Velma thanked the groupfor the good job of conducting the

March 3 service while Pastor wasgone. Janet brought to their atten-tion that we had missed ouradoptee Larrys February birth-day. We decided to give an Eastercard and gift; Janet will take careof.

Co-chair Margie read an articlefrom the Upper Room and also hadsome interesting facts about East-er eggs. Did you know that thefirst Easter egg roll at the WhiteHouse was in 1878 with PresidentRutherford Hayes. Hostess Janiceserved a delicious apple crisp, cof-fee or tea for lunch.

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EMPLOYMENT

LAKE PRESTON SCHOOL

DISTRICT, English teacher, withcoaching, opened 3-12-13, closes3-29-13, Contact: Tim Casper,Supt, Lake Preston School Dis-trict, 300 1st St. NE.tim.casper@k12.sd.us, 605-847-4455.

CITY ADMINISTRATOR: TheCity of Elk Point, S.D. (pop. 1,939)is seeking an individual to fill theposition of City Administrator. ABA (Masters Preferred) Degree inPublic Administration, Businessor related field and have three tofive years of municipal adminis-trative or finance experience isrequired. Responsibilities includesupervising and directing theactivities of all departments:

Finance, Street, Police, Planningand Zoning, Recreation and Pub-lic Utilities including Electric,Water, Sewer and Garbage. Otherresponsibilities will include serv-ing as Executive Director to theEconomic Development Corpora-tion and Housing and Redevelop-ment Corporation. Applicantsshould have knowledge of grantwriting and administration.Salary range based on experience.Closing date is Monday, April 15,2013. Send resume and applica-

tion to: City of Elk Point, PO Box280, Elk Point, S.D. 57025. For jobdescription you may call (605)356-2141 or visit the Citys web-site at www.elkpoint.org. EOE.

HELP WANTED:Assistant Man-ager of convenience store in Lem-mon, S.D. Will assist in the day-to-day operations of a c-store.Please call or send resume to DebStoltman, 701-223-0154; P.O. Box832, Bismarck, N.D. 58502.Salary negotiable.

THE ELK POINT-JEFFERSONSCHOOL DISTRICT is seekinga Family and Consumer Sciencesteacher. If interested please senda letter of application and resume

to Brian Shanks, SuperintendentBox 578 Elk Point, S.D. 57025 wewill also accept electronic materi-als at Brian.Shanks@k12.sd.us.

PARTS INVENTORY MANAG-ER - JOHN DEERE DEALER-SHIP: Parts manager sought bymulti-store John Deere dealershipoperation. Position currently openat C&B Operations, LLC, a 22store John Deere dealership groupheadquartered out of Gettysburg,S.D. Applicants should possess

the ability to manage parts inven-tory over multiple stores, leadparts sales team marketingefforts, create and achieve budg-ets in a growth oriented dealer-ship. We offer progressive market-ing plans, competitive pay, fullbenefit package, including bonusplan. Please send resume to MarkBuchholz, buchholzm@deerequip-ment.com or call Mark 605-769-2030.

CUSTER REGIONAL SENIORCARE is accepting applicationsfor Director of Nursing. Must belicensed as a Registered Nurse inSouth Dakota. Previous supervi-sory/management experience inlong term care preferred. Excel-lent benefits; salary based onexperience. Please contact Veroni-ca Schmidt (605) 673-2229 ext.109 or Joey Carlson at (605) 673-2229 ext. 110 for more informa-

tion. Applications may be submit-ted on-line at www.regional-health.com. EOC/AA.

FOR RENT

COMMERCIAL OFFICESPACE for rent in Highmore,S.D., includes office, conferenceroom, reception area, kitchenette.Owner pays utilities, front/rearparking. Jan Harkless, 605-852-3131.

LIVESTOCK

HERBER RANCH SELLING125 Black Angus & F1 two-year-old heifer pairs; 20 with CharolaisX calves. Philip Livestock Auction,

April 2, 2013. 605-488-0360, 605-488-0079.

LOG HOMES

DAKOTA LOG HOME Buildersrepresenting Golden Eagle Log

Deadline is Tuesdays at 10 a.m.

Call: 669-2271

Murdo NutritionProgram Menu

March 25

Spaghetti w/ Meat SauceCauliflowerTossed SaladFrench BreadApricots

March 26Oven Fried ChickenMashed Potatoes & GravyCorn OBrienBreadPlums

March 27MeatloafCreamed PotatoesPeasBreadMandarin Oranges & Pineapple

Tidbits

March 28Baked HamBaked Potatoes

Broccoli w/ CheeseDinner RollApplesauce

March 29Vegetable Beef SoupColeslawCorn BreadPeaches

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PUBLISHERS NOTICE: All real estate, advertised in this newspaper issubject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal toadvertise any preference, or discrimination on race, color, religion, sex, ornational origin, or any intention to make any such preference, limitation, ordiscrimination.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estatewhich is a violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellingsadvertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Help WantedCAREGIVER/AIDE: Part timeposition available in the Murdoarea assisting elderly and disabledindividuals in the comfort of theirown homes. Will assist with basiccleaning, laundry, meal prep, per-sonal cares, and other tasks whichallow independence. Flexibleschedules and great supplementalincome. Please contact our office(605)224-2273 or 1-800-899-2578.Be sure to check out our website athomecareservicesd.com. M12-4tc

For SaleFOR SALE: Several nice usedrefrigerators. All come with war-ranties. Del's, I-90 Exit 63, BoxElder. 390-9810.

Thank YouMy heartfelt thanks to Life

Alert, Tom and Linda Michalekand Jones County Ambulance foryour quick response to help meafter I fell January 23. And to allof you that prayed, sent cards andvisited me in the hospital after-wards. God bless, you are all spir-it lifters!

Grace McKillip

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