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Number 11

Volume 108

March 14, 2013

Governor Daugaard signs billsGovernor Dennis Daugaard has

signed the following legislativebills:

•SB12 - An Act to update cita-tions and revise certain provisionsregarding permits for energy facil-ities.

•SB13 - An Act to revise certainprovisions relating to the adminis-tration of mineral rights on andunder research parks.

•SB18 - An Act to authorize theDepartment of Agriculture to con-struct a 4-H exhibit hall in Huronand to make an appropriationtherefor.

•SB19 - An Act to authorize theDepartment of Agriculture to con-struct a housing unit in Huron, tomake an appropriation therefor,and to declare an emergency.

•SB23 - An Act to revise certainprovisions pertaining to the Certi-fication Board for Alcohol andDrug Professionals and to increasecertain fees.

•SB27 - An Act to revise previ-ous session laws related to the de-sign, construction, and equippingof a veterans home near HotSprings, to make an appropriationtherefor, and to declare an emer-gency.

•SB32 - An Act to revise the pro-visions under which the Bureau of

Administration may enter intocontracts for insurance and rein-surance.

•SB41 - An Act to revise certainprovisions regarding the require-ments for school bus inspectionand to authorize the Highway Pa-trol to approve school bus inspec-

tors. •SB45 - An Act to permit certain

persons to renew an operator's li-cense, a motorcycle operator's li-cense, or nondriver identificationcard without appearing in personat a driver license exam site.

•SB52 - An Act to authorize onecent credit denominations forvideo lottery machines, to author-ize the award of one thousand dol-lars on a video lottery machine,and to make form and stylechanges to certain provisions re-garding the lottery.

•SB67 - An Act to revise the re-quirements for health mainte-nance organizations.

•SB72 - An Act to revise certainprovisions concerning inspectionsof food service establishments bythe Department of Health.

•SB 78 - An Act to revise certainprovisions relating to medical re-quirements for intrastate driverstransporting passengers and to up-date certain references to federalstatutes.

•SB85 - An Act to revise certainprovisions regarding the produc-tion incentive payment availableto ethanol producers.

•SB121 - An Act to repeal cer-tain provisions relating to theCommission on IntergovernmentalCooperation.

•HB1024 - An Act to provide forthe addition of certain employeesof the municipality of Sioux Fallsto the South Dakota RetirementSystem.

•HB1025 - An Act to revise cer-tain actuarial and reporting re-

quirements relating to the SouthDakota Retirement System.

•HB1047 - An Act to revise cer-tain provisions regarding the ex-amination for an application for afuneral service license.

•HB1097 - An Act to revise cer-

tain provisions relating to an em-ployer's denial of workers' compen-sation claims.

•SB48 - An Act authorizing theTransportation Commission to es-tablish rules for the allowance,placement, and maintenance of newspaper vending machines atinterstate rest areas.

•SB49 - An Act to establish thefee charged by registers of deedsfor documents filed by the Depart-ment of Transportation disposingof highway right-of-way that is nolonger needed for highway pur-poses.

•SB53 - An Act to expand theapplication of the farm decal sys-tem.

•SB57 - An Act to define abiodiesel producer and bulk plantoperator and revise statutory ref-erences and make certain formand style changes for motor fueltaxation.

•SB8 - An Act to authorize theSouth Dakota Building Authorityand the Board of Regents to fi-nance, design, construct furnish,and equip a sports performanceenhancement facility arena andanew outdoor track and soccer

by Larie HindmanSteve Wyant with the Wounded

Knee Museum gave an update tothe Wall City Council during theirThursday, March 7 meeting.

Wyant informed the council hewill be moving his displays to thenew Lakota Ways building onmain street which will open thisyear.

Wyant and Racen Raines withLakota Ways explained the newsignage they are planning to in-stall on the building and windowswhich will have the appearance of a renaissance movement for thearts and theater. Mayor DaveHahn explained they cannot giveapproval for the signs until thecouncil receives a drawing of where the signs will be placed.

Wyant would also like a handi-cap parking spot in front of thebuilding and a bus parking sign onthe north side of the building.Wyant and Raines will have tomeet with the street committeeand sign committee with drawingsof their proposed changes to thebuilding. Council did allow them toplace benches if front of theirbuilding and informed them theywill have to supply their own trashcontainers.

Building permits were approvedfor Celeste Trave to move a trailerhouse into the trailer court; ToddEisenbraun to replace roof, sidingand enlarge his porch; Beth and

Scott Miller to place a fencearound their yard and replace astorage shed.

Resolution 13-02; rezoned prop-erty for Juston Eisenbraun wasapproved with Stan Anderson ab-staining from the vote. Eisen-braun’s permit to remodel a build-ing was tentatively moved to beheard before the Equalization

meeting.Preston Johnson asked for a

change to his airport hanger leaseagreement. Council approved anoption to negotiate the lease at 10cents a foot after the first 25 yearsof the lease agreement has runout.

Hahn informed the council of hisconcerns for the upcoming sewerproject. The cost for the project hasincreased by $35.000 and the pa-perwork for the Bruce Dunkerproperty has been lost in the mail.New paperwork has been resub-mitted but Hahn wasn’t sure whenthe city would receive a warrantydeed which would allow the projectto then go to bid. After much dis-cussion S. Anderson said, “Wedon’t have an option it’s not goingto get any cheaper and we shouldproceed and hope for the best.” A motion was approved to proceed asper CETEC Engineer Ted Schulz’srecommendation for the sewerproject.

Carolynn Anderson will developa policy for reflective clothing forthe public works department.

Final acceptance of the Motor Vehicle records policy will have towait until C. Anderson receives ananswer on the point system.

The backhoe rental proposal wasdropped by the council.

In order to hold an equalizationmeeting the council has to have aquorum of four council members.

At this time it is unsure if they willbe able to hold the meeting onMonday, March 18 due to S. Ander-son, Rick Hustead and possiblyPete Dunker being out of town. C.

Anderson will call the PenningtonCounty Office to see how theyshould proceed.

The annual report was approvedby the council.

Sgt. Dan Wardle with the Pen-nington County Sheriffs’ Depart-ment reported they are abovehours for the city and he is pleasedthat Robert Schoebrel is up andrunning and doing a good job.

The council denied a pay requestfrom the Wall Health Services for$8,500 until they receive an up-date from the Wall Health Services

Board.Bills for the City of Wall, fire de-

partment and library were ap-proved for payment.

C. Anderson informed the coun-cil the City of Wall’s website hasbeen updated and has a new look.

The District 9 meeting will beheld in New Underwood onWednesday, April 17.

The council approved to allow atemporary liquor license to betransferred from the Cactus to FatBoys BBQ so a wedding receptioncould be held at Fat Boys. C. An-derson will have the hearing pub-lished in the paper.

Proof of a rabies shot which wasactually administered to an ani-mal by a veternarian or the ownerwill be required by the city fromnow on.

A reply from the county on snowremoval on Fourth Avenue was

discussed by the council. It was de-cided to have the Public Works De-partment keep an eye on the side-walks after the county has plowedsnow.

Garrett Bryan was approved toattend a water training class inRapid City on March 12.

Council declared to surplus thewell screen from well 5 and nego-tiate a price for the surplus item.Well 7 repairs have been com-pleted.

H-C Galloway has been updat-ing the scada system for the waterdepartment.

Pete Dunker and Bill Leonardsaid they will not be running againfor the city council. Petitions canbe picked up at the Finance Offi-cer’s office and have to be returnedback to the office by March 26 at5:00 p.m.

The next council meeting will be

held on Thursday, April 4 at 6:30p.m. at the Wall Community Cen-ter meeting room.

The council approved to enterinto executive session for the pur-pose of discussing personnel issuesaccording to SDCL 1-25-2. Therewere no motions made after exec-utive session and the meeting wasadjourned.

The main street bilding will hose Wonded Knee Msem andLakota Ways. The new bsiness will be open this year and willfeatre arts and theater prodctions.

~Photo Laurie Hindman

Council receives an updateon Wounded Knee Museum

Lady Eagles place seventh at StateB Girls Basketball Tornament

Lady Eagles place seventh at State B Girls Basketball Tournament. Pictred back row: from leftto right ... Assistant Coach Ashley Kier, Atmn Schlz, Elyssa Westby, Katy Bielmaier, Bobbi JoSteffen and Head Coach John Hess. Second row: from left to right ... Josie Blasis, Tayah Hether,Monica Bielmaier, Sam Steffen, Bailey Lytle, Carlee Johnston, Emily Linn and Jessica Cas-

jens. Third row: from left t o right ... Kaitlin Schreiber, Sadie O’Rorke, Taylor Richter, Elle Moonand Savanna Detscher. Front row: Dawson Hess. ~Photo Heather Schreiber

Stdents, parents and fans trned ot for a good lck pep rally for the Lady Eagles before theyleft for the State B Girls Basketball Tornament in Hron. Yo jst can’t have a good pep rally withot some cheerleaders. Wall School Stdent Concil decided jst that and sent the Lady Eaglesoff with cheers and pom poms. Pictre back row: from left to right ... Astin Hether, Maddi Baer,David Sykora, Ryder Wilson, Kaden Eisenbran, Lane Hstead and Sierra Wilson. Front row: LaneBlasis and Les Williams. ~Photo Laurie Hindman

Lane Blasis who broghthome the 152 lb. rnner-ptrophy from the State BWrestling Tornament was

honored by the Lady Eaglesdring the Lady Eagles peprally held on Wednesday,March 6. Blasis received agift bag which inclded a giftcertificate to McDonalds. Con-gratlations to Blasis for having an otstandingwrestling season.


Governor Dennis Daugaardsigned a bill on Friday that willprohibit public schools in SouthDakota from signing exclusive con-tracts for media coverage of inter-scholastic events such as footballand basketball games.

The legislation was supportedby South Dakota Newspaper Asso-ciation and South Dakota Broad-casters Association. It had been in-troduced in response to certainschools in South Dakota limitingor prohibiting news media fromcovering high school events.

Lobbyists for the state's largestschool districts argued that theschools controlled the broadcastrights to school events and thatbroadcasting those events on the

Governor signs bill banningexclsive media contracts

internet differed from other formsof traditional journalism.

The news organizations' lobby-ists told lawmakers that taxpayer-supported public schools shouldnot be allowed to restrict media ac-cess to school events and that thepublic expected the news media tocover those events. They also saidthat broadcasting school eventsover the internet allowed morepeople to view them.

Senate Bill 119 was approved bythe Senate on a 27-8 vote and bythe House on a 50-20 vote. It wassponsored by Sen. Mark Johnston,R-Sioux Falls, and Rep. BernieHunhoff, D-Yankton. The bill be-comes law July 1.

Blasius honoredat pep rally

Governor Dennis Dagaard signed Senate Bill 119 in his officeon March 8. Witnessing the signing were, from left: S.D. Broad-casters Association Exective Director Steve Willard, PierreCapital Jornal Pblisher Steve Baker, Sen. Mark Johnston, S.D.Newspaper Association General Manager and chief lobbyistDavid Bordewyk and SDNA lobbyist Jstin Smith.

~Courtesy Photo



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From the Floor By District 30

Representative Mike Vericho

Two days left in our 88th leg-islative session. Conference Com-mittees are popping up all over theplace. Conference committees areused to see if House and Senatedifferences or disagreements onbills can be resolved through com-promise.

There are six members, threeHouse and three Senate, and thecommittee process is the same as

any standing committee. They areopen to the public and both propo-nent and opponent testimony areheard.

Any one of the following recom-mendations may be made on aConference Committee. The billcan be amended, the house andsenate can concur with the amend-ments, and amendments may bedefeated thus returning the bill toits original version. The House andthe Senate can also reach a do notconcur conclusion and appoint anew committee or do not appoint anew committee, that effectivelykills the bill.

There were a few disappoint-

ments this week like the loss of SJR 2 that would have put the re-quirement that 2/3 of the votersmust approve any initiated meas-ure to raise taxes. Several bills toauthorize major construction proj-ects by the Board of Regents thatwill result eventually in more Gen-eral Fund tax dollars being spentfor maintenance and repairpassed.

This will be my last report un-less the papers request any sessionrecap information. You will allknow by now how the General Billturned out on the 8th

Thanks for the honor of allowingme to serve you again. When youhave had a chance to review thesession and have any questionsplease contact me.Rep Mike [email protected]@aol.comCellphone- (605)391-5093Hall Phone-(605)574-2466Home Address- P.O. Box 205 HillCity, SD 57401

South Dakota has a budget for2014 that is balanced. The lastfew days of the 88th session werespent fine tuning and negotiatingboth the 2014 budget and the endof the 2013 budget.

Fortunately the legislatureagreed with me and provided a sig-

nificant portion of the unallocated2013 budget to Education ($5.829M) and Health Care Providers($5.865 M).

Based upon revenue projections,the 2014 budget includes a threepercent increase pretty muchacross the board and has provisionfor some special needs in educationand health care.

While it may not be as muchmany would have liked, it repre-sents a fair distribution of thefunds available.

One of the highlights of the ses-sion was SB 235.

It was developed by a broad baseof organizations and people thatare interested in finding new jobsfor our kids and more income forour cities and counties.

It provides lending possibilitiesfor new and expanding businesses,training for special jobs and fund-

ing for infrastructure needs. Italso addresses the need for afford-able housing in communities

where it may not be available.Most importantly, it will be

funded from large project taxesand transfers from the unclaimedproperty fund. Not from the Gen-eral Fund.

One of the final tasks for legisla-tive committees is to select specific

issues that could be approved bythe Executive Committee for sum-mer studies.

Long term sustainability of ourschools and health care providersmust be addressed by thoughtfulleaders and my recommendationsfocused on new and expanded rev-enue sources.

Right or wrong, South Dakotahas over 100 categories of busi-nesses that pay no sales tax. It isestimated that over $520 millionwould be generated if these ex-emptions were removed.

A committee was appointed twoyears ago to address them and butunable to make any changes.

While the 2013 session is over, Iwill continue to monitor my emailsso please communicate with mewhen you have questions or com-ments.

My state email is: sen.rampel-

[email protected] and my homeemail is [email protected].

My cell is 605-390-2165.

Guest Editorial ... By Susan Henderson, Edgemont, S.D.

Powertech; a get-rich scheme gone bad? Or how a tiny Canadian com-pany is trying to entice unsuspecting South Dakota into giving up bil-lions of gallons of water and potentially damaging the environment?

Powertech (USA) Inc., a Canadian company with just 10 employeesowned by a stock market hedge fund, is planning a massive uraniummining operation near Edgemont. Last year, according to their unau-dited financial report, they lost about $1.6 million. The top four officersare paid about $818,000. Powertech borrowed $7.5 million in exchangefor stock from a unit of GDF Suez, a huge global utility whose stock wentdown 27 percent in the last year (see Financial Times, January 2013).This move diluted the already troubled stock.

About five years age, the Powertech stock was selling for $5.43 pershare; currently it is about $0.12. Thus, stockholders who bought100,000 shares for $543,000 now have an investment worth $12,000 - a

huge loss. Powerful people in South Dakota, including legislators, gov-ernment officials and local investors, might have lost thousands. Un-derstandably, they want their money back.

Powertech is in no position to promise South Dakota anything. After the various mining permits are granted, the company could be

sold. Or huge and valuable water permit also can be sold.We are being asked to take a huge risk with our water and environ-

ment with a company of very dubious financial stability. Powertechnever has managed any kind of uranium mine.

The uranium product “yellowcake” will be sold internationally, prin-cipally to China and India. This market has fallen to about $40 perpound and might go lower. France and Germany have decided to phaseout nuclear power plants and China recently has announced its plansto expand its use of solar and wind power. The Fukushima disaster hasgreatly affected this market.

Yellowcake, after refining, can be used to make nuclear weapons.Sales require an export license, which could be revoked at any time byour government if we became alarmed about its potential use inweapons. This would immediately cause huge financial strain on thePowertech operation.

Of the mineral leases in the Dewey-Burdock mine area of 10,500acres, 37 percent are owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).No South Dakota sales tax (4.5 percent, of which the state gets half)would be collected on yellowcake from these leases. The local tax rev-

enue (2.25 percent), split between Custer and Fall River Counties, mightnot even be enough to cover the damage to our local roads.

The North Dakota Bakken oil boom has not resulted in large-scalehome purchasing by workers who do not want to be stuck with a localhome once the boom is over. Uranium mining is not a long term propo-sition and probably will play out the same way. I question the jobs andfinancial gain projections Powertech is making. We should not take thisrisk.

complex at the University of South Dakota and to make an ap-propriation therefor. •SB9 - An Act to authorize the

Board of Regents to accept the do-nation of land from the Universityof South Dakota Foundation forthe use and benefit of the Univer-sity of South Dakota.

•SB126 - An Act to revise theprovisions that authorize town-

ships to combine the offices of theclerk and the treasurer.

•SB127 - An Act to revise cer-tain provisions concerning theHealth and Educational Facilities

Authority. •HB1006 - An Act to revise cer-

tain provisions relating to termi-nation of certain mineral interests.

•HB1023 - An Act to revise cer-tain rules relating to the Depart-ment of Human Services Medicaidwaiver programs.

•HB1034 - An Act to revise cer-tain provisions regarding the pro-cedure for setting petroleum exam-ination and testing specificationsand methods.

•HB1052 - An Act to revise cer-tain requirements for third-partyadministrators and pharmacy ben-efits managers.

•HB1086 - An Act to revise cer-tain provisions relating to the pub-

lication of certain records by coop-eratives. •HB1106 - An Act to revise cer-

tain limited liability companystatutes.

•HB1140 - An Act to revise theschedule for payment of excisetaxes for farm wineries.

•HB1157 - An Act to increasecertain penalties regarding thesale of petroleum products.

•HB1169 - An Act to amend theprovisions regarding the reim-bursement of a physical exam of avictim after a rape. •HB1002 - An Act to provide forthe creation of a trust account forunlocatable mineral interest own-ers.

•HB1003 - An Act to revise thepurpose of the agriculture media-tion program.

•HB1004 - An Act to provide forthe award of treble damages incertain surface depredation cases.

•HB1011 - An Act to authorizethe Board of Hearing Aid Dis-pensers and Audiologists to estab-lish a 30-day trial period for thesale of hearing aids.

•HB1029 – An Act to exemptpersons hunting mountain lionsfrom the requirement to wear flu-orescent orange exterior garments.

•HB1035 - An Act to allow elec-tronic submission and record keep-ing of placed in service reports.

•HB1039 - An Act to clarify thegross receipts subject to taxationby the retail sales and service tax,the gross receipts tax on visitor-re-

lated businesses, the municipalnon-ad valorem tax, and the mu-nicipal gross receipts tax.

•HB1067 - An Act to designatePOW/MIA Recognition Day as aworking state holiday.

•HB1069 - An Act to increasethe administrative assessment feefor the guarantee fund.

•HB1070 - An Act to revise cer-tain provisions relating to the fail-ure to fulfill the responsibilities of

jury duty. •HB1071 - An Act to revise the

contents of the application for thedischarge of a civil judgment debtdischarged in bankruptcy.

•HB1072 - An Act to repeal cer-tain provisions providing a crimi-nal penalty for a political party toendorse or nominate a judicial can-didate.

•HB1073 - An Act to establish aprocedure for the determination of

the competency of a juvenile toproceed in a juvenile court matter. •HB1076 - An Act to repeal the

requirement to separately publishcertain information concerningcounty poor relief from the min-utes of the county commissions.

•HB1078 - An Act to revise thelocation where certain countyhighway maps may be filed.

•HB1084 - An Act to designatePurple Heart Recognition Day as aworking state holiday.

•HB1099 - An Act to authorizemunicipalities to pay for certainservices in advance.

•HB1107 - An Act to revise cer-tain provisions relating todrainage utility fees in municipal-ities.

•HB1117 – An Act to revise thedefinition of a temporary specialevents lot for the purposes of vehi-cle dealer licensing.

•HB1153 - An Act to exemptcertain environmental upgradevalues from assessment duringconstruction and to provide a sun-set clause for the environmentalupgrade exemption.

Governor Daugaard signs billscontinued from page 1

By GovernorDennis Dagaard

The 88th South Dakota Legisla-tive Session concluded last week.

During our two month legisla-tive process, the demands aregreat on our legislators. They cometo the capitol early and leave late.

They study policy, work withconstituents, and gain perspectiveon the process.

Nearly 500 bills were introduced

in the 2013 legislative session. Un-like Congress, our legislature givesa public hearing and an up-or-down vote on every bill.

South Dakota’s system allowsfor public input and open discus-sion of the issues our state faces.

South Dakota’s way works. Wedo not have a full-time legislaturewith thousands of staffers.

South Dakota relies on theneighborly, common sense ap-proach of its citizen legislators.

This session brought great ex-amples of cooperation and produc-tivity from the legislature, even asWashington, D.C. continued to finddivision and deadlock.

In South Dakota, our work thissession has been heralded as “oneof the most productive in recentmemory.”

We passed monumental reformsto our prison system by bringing

together law enforcement, judges,treatment providers, defense at-torneys, and legislators from bothpolitical parties.

The reforms will make our statesafer while holding offenders moreaccountable and saving taxpayerdollars.

Soth Dakota can take pride insccessfl legislative session

These changes will more effec-tively change the behavior of non-violent offenders. This could havebeen a controversial bill, but itwon broad bipartisan support.

We authorized an extension of the Mickelson Trail to MountRushmore, and founded GoodEarth State Park at Blood Run,South Dakota’s first new statepark in forty years.

We enacted several bills for our

veterans and military personnel,including a bill I proposed to wel-come military spouses to SouthDakota by expediting their profes-sional licensure processes.

We created the first scholarshipprogram based on students’ finan-cial needs.

We passed legislation to make iteasier for South Dakotans to be-come organ donors.

Finally, we passed a bipartisaneconomic development packagethat will meet my number one pri-ority of growing our economy andcreating jobs in South Dakota.

South Dakota’s citizen legisla-ture is owed a debt of gratitude fortheir work this year, as in allyears. They are ranchers, teachers,small business owners, andnurses. For two months out of theyear, they leave their homes, their

jobs, and their families and come

to Pierre to debate ideas and shareperspectives.They represent us in the truest

sense. The work they do is not al-ways glamorous, but it is impor-tant. I thank each and every legis-lator for their service during thissession. They should take pride ina job well done.

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Tesday Men’s EarlyPhilip Motor.......... ................... ...25-7Peoples Market..... ................... .22-10Kennedy Impl ................. ..........18-14G&A Trenching .................. .......17-15George’s Welding .................. ....15-17Bear Auto ................. .................12-20Philip Health Service................11-21Kadoka Tree Service...................8-24Highlights:Tony Gould .................. .................542Gene Jones .................. .................513 Alvin Pearson.... .........3-10 split; 512Steve Varner... ............3-10 split; 507Ryan Seager ................... ...5-7-9 splitRandy Boyd ................. .........2-7 splitCurtis Bitting. ................... ...5-6 splitTerry Wentz.......... ..............3-10 splitTodd Radway .................. ....5-10 splitFred Foland. ................... ....3-10 splitJim Larson................... ........8-9 splitKent Buchholz... .................5-10 split

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(standing at the end of week 26)Invisibles.. ................... ........32.5-11.5State Farm...... ................... .27.5-16.5Cutting Edge Salon........ ..........26-18Bowling Belles ................... .21.5-22.5Jolly Ranchers ................... .15.5-28.5Highlights:Shirley Parsons...3-10 split; 176/458Dody Weller...4-5 split; 174, 162/450 Audrey Jones.................171, 153/449Charlene Kjerstad.................197/446Cindy Wilmarth....... ................... .171Kay Kroetch........................9-10 splitShirley O’Connor..9-10 & 3-10 splitsDonna King...........................2-7 splitKay Williams.. ................... ...4-5 split Vonda Hamill........................2-7 splitDeanna Fees... ................... .3-10 split

Wednesday Night EarlyDakota Bar..................................28-8Morrison’s Haying .................. ..22-14Hildebrand Concrete.... ............19-17Wall Food Center................. .....17-19Dorothy’s Catering....................16-20Chiefie’s Chicks...................14.5-21.5First National Bank .................14-22Just Tammy’s................ ......13.5-22.5Highlights:Kalie Kjerstad......... ..............126/342

Amy Morrison .................. .....209/526 Val Schulz............................. .194/505Linda Stangle...............................193Brenda Grenz........................179/478 Ashley Reckling .................. .........178Cheryl Behrend............................166Marlis Petersen.....................180/494Cristi Ferguson....... ..............180/470Kathy Arthur................................176Shar Moses.......... .........2-7 split; 172Lindsey Hildebrand ...........8-10 splitJessica Wagner.....................7-9 splitTena Slovek ................... .......2-7 split

Thrsday Men’sThe Steakhouse ................... .......31-5Coyle’s SuperValu................... ..26-10O’Connell Const........................22-14Dakota Bar................................16-20WEE BADD...............................16-20 A&M Laundry............... ............14-22West River Pioneer Tanks........12-24McDonnell Farms ................... ....7-29Highlights:Cory Boyd......................235, 213/621Jordon Kjerstad ................... .209/555Nathan Kjerstad ................. ..211/550Matt Schofield.......................214/537

Jack Heinz..... ................... ..3-10 splitJay McDonnell....................3-10 split

Friday Nite MixedRandy’s Spray Service..............30-10Cristi’s Crew ................. ............25-15Lee & the Ladies.......................24-16Roy’s Repair .................. ............23-17King Pins...................................14-26The Ghost Team............................0-0Highlights:James Larson...............................197Deb Neville...................................151 Alvin Pearson........... ...204 clean/567Duane Hand.................................200Tanner Norman.........4-5-7 split; 521Deanna Fees..... ................... .4-5 splitCory Boyd .................. .........3-10 split Aaron Richardson...............3-10 splitEd Morrison........................9-10 split



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Ruland Areana, LLC held rop-ings on Sunday, Feburary 24 andMarch 3.

Results of the February 24 rop-ing: Rifle roping: 32 teams - four goarounds. Go Winners: First - Klay O’-Daniel/Levi Hapney - 5.21.

Average Winners: Rifle winner,Larry Ruland - 52.17 on four head;Second, Trent Byrne - 62.22 onfour head; Third, Rocky Tibbs -28.34 on thre head; Fourth, AustinO’Dea - 30.36 on three head; Fifth,

Austin O’Dea - 31.49 on threehead; Sixth, Jeremy Ward - 34.76on three head. Incentive Drawpot: 87 teams- three go arounds.

Go Winners: First, Shaun Ru-land/Levi Hapney - 7.29; Second,Jim Selchert/Levi Hapney- 7.29. Average Winners: First, ShaunRuland/Rocky Tibb - 22.11; Sec-ond, Troy Richter/Austin O’Dea -24.44; Third, Shaun Porch/KlayO’Daniel - 25.57; Fourth, BrendonPorch/Trent Byrne - 26.18; Fifth,Larry Ruland/Shaun Ruland -26.52; Sixth, Troy Richter/JessWilson - 27.52.

Mazee Paley, a senior at Wall High School, has been recritedby Vernon College to become a member of their collegiate rodeoprogram this fall. She signed a letter of intent this week. VernonCollege is a commnity college located in Vernon, TX.


Rland Arena holds ropings

Rifle Roping Winners. Pictred from left to right Larry Rlandand Klay O’Daniel. ~Courtesy Photo

Novice Team Roping: Seventeams - two go arounds. Average Winner: Tyler Byrne -26.75 on two head.

Results from the March 3 rop-ing. Rifle Roping: 28 teams- four goarounds. Go Winners: Austin O’Dea/Klay

O’Daniel - 7.29 Average Winners:Rifle winner,Klay O’Daniel - 46.86 on four head;Second, Cole Rienert - 53.88 onfour head; Third, Shaun Ruland -24.00 on three head; Fourth, LarryRuland - 31.11 on three head;Fifth, Tucker McDaniel - 34.90 onthree head; Sixth, Rod Buckley -36.32 on three head. Incentive Draw Pot: 60 teams-three go arounds. Go Winners: TK Sampson/CoryElshere - 6.65. Average Winners: First, Shan-non Gartner/Shaun Ruland -21.08; Second, Joe Wilson/KlayO’Daniel - 21.57; Third, HeidiCuny/Rod Buckley - 22.72; Fourth,Shaun Ruland/Austin O’Dea -23.15; Fifth, Shaun Ruland/JimSelchert - 23.62.

Paley signs with Vernon College

Garland receives fll ridescholarship to CSC

Analise Garland of Wall, S.D. has been awarded a Gold Presi-dential for-year, fll-tition scholarship at Chadron State Col-lege. She also received a $1000 Adelia Gebaer Memorial. Gar-land, the daghter of Crtis and L Ann Garland of Wall, S.D.,will be a 2013 gradate of Wall High School. She plans to stdyhistory edcation at CSC.

Febrary 2013, PenningtonConty Sheriff’s Dept. report

During the month of February2013, the Pennington County Sher-iff's Office recorded the followingstatistics in and around the com-munity of Wall:

TimeCity hours: . . . . . . . . . . . . .409.50City hrs other deputies . . . .12.00Total City hors . . . . . .421.50Training hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . .48.00

Vacation/Sick hrs . . . . . . . . .14.00County hrs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00

# of times called out/Hrs . . . .4.00 Arrest

Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Non-Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Calls For Service Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Alcohol Violations . . . . . . . . . . . .0 Animal Complaints . . . . . . . . . . .2 Assaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Assist Other Agencies . . . . . . . . .2 Attempt to Locate . . . . . . . . . . . .0Burglary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Civil Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Community Activity . . . . . . . . . .2Coroner Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Business Check . . . . . . . . . . . .134Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2DPP/Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Extra Patrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193Fire Medical Assist . . . . . . . . . . .3Follow-up Investigation . . . . . .21Found or Lost Property . . . . . . .0

Calls for ServiceKeep the Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Minor Consuming . . . . . . . . . . . .0Murder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Runaway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0School Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

SOLV Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Suspicious Activity . . . . . . . . . . .2Theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Weapons Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0Welfare Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2911 Hang up Calls . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Civil Patrol Attempted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Served . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7City Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Traffic ActivityCitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Injury Accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Non-Injury Accident . . . . . . . . . .0DUI's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Motorist Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

School Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Skate/Bike Citation . . . . . . . . . .0Skate/Bike Warning . . . . . . . . . .0Speed Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0

Vehicle/Parking Comp . . . . . . . .3Please feel free to visit with

Deputies Louis Lange, DarrenGinn, Robert Schoebrel, Sgt.Dustin Morrison, Lt. Kraig Woodor Capt. Jay Evenson with anyquestions or concerns related tolaw enforcement in and around theWall community.

The South Dakota Certified En-rolled Cattle ™ Program now hasa very user-friendly database,using Viewtrak Technologies Inc.software which can be found atwww.sdcec.sd.gov

The South Dakota Departmentof Agriculture (SDDA) has beenworking closely with Viewtrak to

update the South Dakota CertifiedEnrolled Cattle ™ database.

Producers who are enrolled inthe South Dakota Certified En-rolled Cattle ™ program can nowenroll, transfer and track their cat-tle from their office, their homecomputer or even their iPad ortablet.

The South Dakota Certified En-

By Libbi Sykora “When people talk, listen com-

pletely. Most people never listen.” – Ernest Hemingway

Books create a platform for em-pathy. I don’t know how someoneelse might feel about his or her life,but I feel like I still have a lot tolearn yet. I have basically spentmy whole life in Wall, which is nota bad thing at all.

However, growing up in oneplace with many of the same peo-ple, I realize that I don’t knowwhat a lot of the world looks like. Ihaven’t experienced a multitude of circumstances and personalities.

Reading is something that helpsme understand. In reading the sto-ries about the lives of others(whether their lives be fiction ornon-fiction), I am able to have abetter understanding of the world.

Through reading, I learn whatother people have gone through intheir lives. I learn that things hap-pen to people that are both unbe-lievably good, and horribly bad. Iread the narration by these people,and I get to hear their thoughts.Books bridge the gap of under-standing. They have the power toshow what other people and otherparts of the world are like.

At Wall Community Library, we

house a variety of stories. We pro-vide a place for these tales of the

South Dakota Certified ™ Programrolled Cattle ™ program is admin-istered by the SDDA. SouthDakota Certified Enrolled Cattle™ is a tool available to SouthDakota cattle producers that pro-vides third-party verification of specific marketing claims.

For more details please contactSarah Caslin, Livestock Develop-

ment Specialist, at SDDA at 605-773-5436 or visit www.sdcecsd.gov

Breaking Standards – Part TwoCreating a Platform for Empathy

lives of people who are completelydifferent than we are. We alsohave a book club that meetsmonthly. Having this book club al-lows patrons to collaborate inorder to discuss and understandliterature in a whole new way.

The book discussion group al-lows for opportunities to listen todifferent perspectives, gain newideas. It facilitates an environment

for acquiring insight as to howother people live, and appreciatingthe fundamental differences. The Perks of Being a Wallflowerby Stephen Chbosky will be dis-cussed on Wednesday, March 27 at6:00 pm. The meeting will be heldat the Library. We hope that youare able to join our book discussiongroup to experience literature on adeeper level. Everyone is welcometo attend!

If you would like to learn moreabout book discussion groups,please contact our library by any of the following means. We are openat 407 Main Street on Wednesdaysfrom 12-7 p.m., Thursdays from 9a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.-5p.m., and Fridays from 8 a.m. -1p.m.

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Elm Springs News Submitted by Peggy Gravatt

I think this wind can quit blow-ing anytime now! We will all belucky if we have any ground left toplant.

It’s back in the saddle for Sheliaand Tomilyn Trask after havingtaken a trip to San Francisco forSpring break. They left a week agolast Saturday and returned homeon Wednesday evening. They sawmost of the historic sites such asMuirwoods, Alcatraz, trolley cars,Golden Gate Bridge and Fisher-man’s Wharf, etc. They said one of the best things they did was rent acar and drive down the mostcrooked street in the world, notonce but twice! They then went toPetaluma to visit friends Clarenceand Genny Mazetta and saw theirdairy farm and the area around

them including the ocean.Tom and Mick Trask took some

horses to Amish friends byLacrosse, Wis., on Friday and hadan adventurous trip home on icyroads along with some mechanicalproblems. They stopped in Murdoand borrowed a car returninghome on Sunday afternoon. MarkTrask left early Sunday morning7for a mountain lion hunt in Ari-zona with friend Bobby Dykemanof New York. Hopefully, next weekthey can report on the success of the hunt. Tomilyn Trask was inPhilip on Thursday doing schoolobservation and in Elm Springs onFriday doing the same.

Grandma and Grandad KennyWilson got to watch grandsonWaylon for a week. They reporthaving a lot of fun with him. Kelliereturned to Chadron on Sundayafter a week of Spring break.

Kellie Linn reports just gettingback from the state girls basket-

ball tournament in Huron. TheWall girls placed 7th. Congratula-tions to all of the girls that partic-ipated. Good job Lady Eagles!

The Gravatt’s stayed prettyclose to home this past week, asthe calves started coming a littleearlier than expected. They did getto Rapid City on Saturday night towatch grandson Steele in his bandconcert, but were back homeshortly thereafter.

Darlene Wulf stopped by to pickup Lawrence Burke on Tuesdayand they went to visit Lois Lapp.On Wednesday, Lawrence went toWall for a haircut and picked upRussell Burmeister and they wentto the Badlands for lunch. Fridayfound Lawrence traveling to RapidCity, where he had lunch withMelissa. He also went to visit

Daren Nachtigall who is in thehospital after breaking his leg.Daren will be transferred to theGood Sam in New Underwood forrehab. We wish him a speedy re-covery. On Saturday, Lawrenceand Clyde Arneson traveled toPhilip to take in the gun show.

That seems to be all of the newswe have around here for this week.

Wall News Gathered by Frances Poste

On Wednesday, March 6, Barryand Lori Uecker and two of theirdaughters, second grader Erin andSDSU freshman Carley, alongwith their friends the Doug Dubfamily, all from Freeman, stayedovernight with Glenn and Betty

Alishouse. They were on their wayto the Black Hills to snowmobilethe trails on Thursday and ski onFriday. They all spent two nightsin Rapid City at the home of Lisa

Alishouse. Elissa and Kaden wereable to spend some time with theircousins in the hills. The Freemanbunch stopped in Wall at theGlenn Alishouse home on Satur-day for a quick brunch on theirway home.

Sunday, the 10th, unexpectedguests at the Glenn and Betty Al-ishouse home were Bailey Schilderof Hartford, Tanner and RachaelSchilder of Sioux Falls and afriend. They were on their wayhome from skiing in the BlackHills, also.

Four area school wrestlers wererecently named to state teams thatwill wrestle in National Competi-tion. One of them goes to DesMoines, Iowa, to represent teamSouth Dakota at the Middle SchoolDuals. The other three, includingLane Blasius, will represent teamSouth Dakota this summer at the

Disney Duals, Orlando, Fla. Theywill leave on June 25 for the train-ing camp held in Beresford, “Leg-ends of Gold”, wrestling the nextday for the varsity spot; then leavefor Orlando. After the duals theyreturn to Beresford on July 4. Ourcongratulations to all of them!

Norman and Betty Klingbile at-tended Brycen Cheney’s basketballgame in Rapid City on Saturday.The score was 42 to 42! RiggensCheney celebrated her 4th birth-

day that day. Happy birthday,Riggens!Thursday evening, Michelle

Lamphere helped her grand-mother celebrate her birthday bybringing “Chinese” for dinner. Shecame down from Rapid City againon Saturday to attend the QuiltShow and Trunk Show withFrances, always a fun event.

Congratulations and good luckto Doug Kleinschmit upon his re-tirement.

Some upcoming events to markon your calendar — St. Patrick’sChurch is serving a luncheon onSt. Patrick’s Day, March 17th. TheMethodist Church will have theirannual Palm Sunday dinner onthe next Sunday, March 24th. Sen-ior Citizen’s potluck supper is at 6p.m. on March 21st.

Happy birthday and the best of wishes to Lauren Luedeman of Quinn, as he celebrates 90 years!

What could be more wonderfulthan to take a cruise to theCaribbean Sea in March whenSouth Dakota weather is so “iffy”?!Donna Jedlicka and MarilynDrewitz just returned home fromdoing that. They took a flight fromRapid City on the 1st of Marchthat took them to Minneapolis, At-lanta and San Juan, Puerto Rico,where they boarded their home fora week — a ship of the RoyalCaribbean Line. Some of the portsthey visited were St. Thomas, St.Lucia, Guadeloupe, Antiqua andSt. Croix in the West Indies. Theyarrived back in South Dakota onthe 9th.

Gwen, Michael and Abby Hamil-ton of Casper, visited her folks,Leslie and Kay Williams, this pastweek — coming Thursday andleaving on Sunday.

Les Williams joined other highschool students to go to Huron tocheer on the Lady Eagles as theyplayed in the State “B” basketballtourney. Don’t know where thegirls placed but it was a “bigfeather in their cap” to just get togo and participate! A welcomehome was held at the school at 3o’clock on Sunday afternoon.

‘Disbanded” may not have beena good word to describe the status

of the “Easy Readers” Book Club.It was thought to be easier to goout for lunch rather than havehostesses serve supper. Sevenmembers met at noon on Monday.Mary Jane Doyle had a very niceletter from Virginia Blom of Yank-ton. May we add belated birthdaygreetings to you, Virginia!

Gary and Ruby Keyser went toLead for the weekend to watch the6th grade girls play basketball.They played three games.

Thursday afternoon, CarlaBrucklacher drove to Custer topick up grandchildren, Noah andHope Tietsort, to bring them hometo spend the weekend. Noah andGrandpa Mark worked on Noah’s“fixer-up” pickup and Mark tookNoah on some driving experiencesnow that he has his license.Grandma and Hope played gamesand cleaned house and worked on

homework together. A couple of mornings we made excursions toWall Drug for the kids favorite,biscuits and gravy and some shop-ping. Sunday afternoon, Mark andCarla took the kids to Rapid Cityand met Ron and Jennifer Tietsortfor lunch.

Jess Williams is home this weekfor “Spring” break from college inSioux Falls.

Our “snow-birds” have returnedafter spending over four months inTucson, Ariz. Carol and AllinHodge didn’t even have to set theirclocks a head as Daylight SavingsTime was on when they left homeand was going to start again in

three days after they returned!They enjoyed their time in Ari-zona, only eight miles from whereson Jay Dale and family live.

The Class of “WHS 1954” met atWall Drug last Thursday. It is nicethey keep meeting this way andkeep in touch. Quite a few at-tended, not necessarily of theclass.

Edith Paulsen reports that herthree great-grandsons (Hunter,McKoy and Ryker Peterson) all gotfirst places in their division of AAUwrestling at Rapid City on Satur-day, March 9th.

It was a fun weekend taking inthe activities put on by the “Bad-lands Quilters”. I am not a quilterbut do admire the wonderful worksof art they display — not to men-tion door prizes. The Schnibblesand Nibbles on Friday eveningwas great fun — a big variety of food and Peggy Lurz displayingsome of her quilted treasures. The

banquet at the Methodist Churchon Saturday night was also wellattended — great food and moreprizes. The winner of the beautifulraffle quilt was Gigi Gallagher of Rapid City. This lady deserved itas she has attended a lot of the“Badlands Quilters” get-aways — she was the fourth person to regis-ter this year. Congratulations toher. The Trunk Show after thebanquet was presented by PattiHeintz of Pierre. She had stacksand stacks of quilts — large andsmall.

March is usually considered awindy month and it is certainly liv-ing up to that name. Had to hangon to your car door on Monday soit wouldn’t get caught. Tempera-tures for the weekly forecast in-clude 50’s and 60’s. Great! Butwhen do we get moisture? A sense of humor reduces people

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Upcoming

Events Thrsday, March 14 -Satrday, March 23

Thrsday, March 14: BBBState @ Aberdeen, TBA; End of 3rd Quarter; Rodeo Club Pie So-cial @ MP Room, 5:30-8 p.m.

Friday, March 15: BBB State@ Aberdeen, TBA; SPED EarlyChildhood Screenings; Mother/Son Game Night @ MP Room,1-4 p.m.; No School.

Satrday, March 16: BBBState @ Aberdeen, TBA.

Monday, March 18: FFA Peo-ple Auction Supper @ 6:30 p.m.,Auction to follow.

Tesday, March 19:Recorder Karate, 3:30-4 p.m.

Wednesday, March 20: Stur-gis FFA CDE.

Thrsday, March 21: AllState Band @ Rapid City.

Friday, March 22: All StateBand @ Rapid City; No School.

Satrday, March 23: Track @Douglas Invite, 10 a.m.; All StateBand @ Rapid City.

Wall School

District #51-5Breakfast and

Lnch MenMarch 14 to

March 20, 2013Thrsday: Breakfast: Ba-

nana Bread, Cheese Stick,Milk or Juice.

Lunch: Stromboli, BabyCarrots, Lettuce Salad, Milk. Friday: No School.

Monday: Breakfast: Waf-fle, Sausage, Milk or Juice.

Lunch: Scalloped Potatoesw/Ham, Roll, Country Style

Vegetables, Milk.Tesday: Breakfast:

Omelet, Toast, Milk or Juice.Lunch: Goulash, Corn,

Roll, Apple Slices, Milk. Wednesday: Breakfast:French Toast, Sausage, Milkor Juice.

Lunch: Chicken Nuggets,Rice Pilaf, Peas, Banana,Milk.

Wall Methodist Church

Palm Sunday Dinner Sunday, March 24th 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Menu: Roast Beef, Ham, Mashed Potatoes,Green Beans & Dessert

Adlt - $8.00 ~ 10 & nder - $3.00Free Will Benefit for Marcine Patterson

will also be available.

Come & Go Baby Shower for

Braxten Bahe (son of Peyton & Courtney (Humphrey) Bahe)

Saturday, March 23 10 a.m. • First Lutheran Church, Wall, SD

Registered at Target.

Men

Elderly Meals(Served at Prairie Village)

March 14 -

March 20, 2013 Thrsday:

St. Patrick’s Day Lunch Ham & Cabbage, Pistachio

Salad, Dinner Roll, LeprechaunCookie.

Friday: Salmon Loaf, Tossed

Salad, Sliced Tomatoes, Mandarin

Oranges.

Monday: Swiss Steak w/Tomato

& Onion, Mashed Potatoes, Peas,

Fruit Cocktail.

Tesday: Chicken Noodle Veg-

etable Soup, Crackers, Banana,

Orange Juice, Lime Jello

w/Whipped Topping.

Wednesday:Roast Beef, Baked

Potato, Broccoli, Pears.

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Wall Lady Eagles defeated the Timber Lake Panthers with a final score of 61-59 to placeseventh at the State B Basketball Tornament held in Hron, March 7-9, 2013.

~Photo by Heather Schreiber

Lady Eagles place seventh at State BBasketball Tournament



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Sundays: Sunday School &Adult Bible Fellowship, 9 a.m.,

Sunday Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.,Women’s Bible Study, 6:30 p.m.

Interior Commnity ChrchHighway 44 East

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.;

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

Scenic Commnity ChrchPastor Ken Toews

Services - 2nd and 4th Sundays9:00 a.m.; Sept. through May.

First Baptist ChrchNew underwood

Pastor James HarbertBible Study, 9:00 a.m.;

Sunday Services, 10:00 a.m.

Wall united Methodist ChrchPastor Darwin Kopfmann • 279-2359

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.Wasta

Services Sundays at 8:30 a.m.

New underwood Commnity ChrchPastor Wes WilemanSunday School 9 a.m.;

Adult & Children Service 10 a.m.;Youth Fellowship: Wed. 7 - 8:30 p.m.

St. John's Catholic ChrchNew underwood

Father William ZandriMass: Sundays at 11:00 a.m.;Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at

Good Samaritan Nursing Home;Reconciliation before Sun. Mass

First Evangelical Ltheran ChrchWall

Pastor Crtis GarlandSunday Service, 9 a.m.

Emmanel Ltheran ChrchCreighton

Services 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning.

St. Patrick's Catholic Chrch • WallRev. Leo Hasmann

Masses: Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m.Weekdays refer to Bulletin

St. Margaret Chrch • LakesideMass: Saturday 7 p.m. even number months or

Sunday 10 a.m. odd number months

Holy Rosary Chrch • Interior Mass: Saturday 7 p.m. odd number months or

Sunday 10 a.m. even number months

Posted By Pastor Cornelis R. StamMany people have truly come to know Christ as Savior

after having been sincere, religious “church members”for years. Though faithful supporters of some earthlychurch organization they had never experienced thetruth of II Cor. 5:17: “If any man be in Christ he is a newcreation.” It is possible to be a member in good standingof some church organization, yet be outside of the onetrue Church of which the Bible speaks.

This is because the true Bible Church is not an organ-ization but a living organism, a spiritual body, with a livingHead and living members. Again and again St. Paul, bydivine inspiration, calls the Church, the Body of Christ.

He says: “We being many, are one Body in Christ…”(Rom. 12:5). “Ye are the Body of Christ, and membersin particular” (I Cor. 12:27). “We are members of HisBody” (Eph. 5:30).

How do we become members of this true BibleChurch, the Body of Christ? First, we must acknowledgeourselves to be sinners in God’s sight, for Ephesians 2relates how Christ died for sinful men that He might “rec-oncile” them to God “in one Body” by the cross (Ver. 16).Thus, when believing sinners are reconciled to God byfaith in Christ, they are regenerated, given a new life, bythe Spirit, and by the Spirit are baptized into the Church,the Body of Christ.

“Not by works of righteousness which wehave done, but according to His mercy Hesaved us, by the washing of regeneration, andrenewing of the Holy Spirit” (Titus 3:5).

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into onebody” (I Cor. 12:13).

Every one of us should ask himself: “Have I been bap-tized by the Spirit into the Body of Christ?” If not, trustChrist as your Savior and become a member of the one

true Bible Church. Then associate yourself with somelocal assembly where Christ is honored and the Bibletaught, “rightly divided.”

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80 years ago…Mayor Cermak of Chicago, died

Monday morning at 6:55 of thewound inflicted in the attemptedassassination of President Roo-sevelt. The Mayor had put up abrave fight for life and at severaltimes was believed to be out of danger. Cermak rose from a hum-

ble birth in a Bohemian village tothe highest position obtainable in America’s second largest city.

The Wall boys basketball teamdefeated New Underwood, 21-13,to win the District 30 Tournament.

The local Bank opened Wednes-day morning by permission of theState Banking Department but fora short time withdrawals of de-posits will be limited to 10 percentof the amount each depositor hadon Saturday, March 4th when theNational Moratorium was de-clared. This restriction is in linewith what has been recommendedby the Banking Department, andthe Directors of this Bank feel thatby the first of April all restrictionswill be withdrawn.

All of the present teachers of theQuinn school have been rehired fornext year. They are Charles Win-ner, Superintendent; Miss LoisWanke, Principal; Miss Geraldine

Austin, Assistant Principal; MissElvira Andrews, Intermediateteacher; and Miss Ecklund, Pri-mary teacher and Music instruc-tor.

70 years ago…Sgt. Chas. Heathershaw, son of

Mr. and Mrs. Lou Heathershaw of Rapid City, and Verna Pourier,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JohnPourier, were recently wed in Den-ver, where Chas. is located.

Al Strandell has moved into hisremodeled and enlarged storebuilding. He is inviting the generalpublic to come in and view his newplace Saturday. Starting a fewyears ago with the handling of afew items of fruits and vegetablesin the place which he has beenusing as temporary quarters, hehas continued to add items andfrom time to time enlarge his place

of business, until now he has oneof the largest and best stocked gro-cery store in Wall. His new placehas been enlarged by the removalof partitions, adding 264 squarefeet to his floor area. New shelvesand display tables have been builtand the entire interior painted apale blue. Fluorescent lighting fix-tures completes the decorativescheme.

Emil Sieler moved the StandardOil office building Monday, whichhe bought from Deo Hawley lastfall. He intends to use it as a washhouse.

Two young lads visiting in Wall,were seen Friday doing consider-able damage to the Gospel Taber-nacle property. A number of win-dows were broken, dishes on theinside were broken and two fireswere started in the main part of the building. Neighbors heard

glass being broken and notified au-thorities and others in charge of the church property. Rev. Andersonfrom Rapid City came down andstated he would talk it over withthe States Attorney before makingcharges against the boys. Joe Biel-maier assisted Rev. Anderson inevaluating the damage. BIRTHS: Born to Mr. and Mrs.

Arnold Anderson, Friday morning,March 12, a 10 pound girl at theWall hospital; Born to Mr. andMrs. Roy Trask, the Wall Commu-nity hospital, a boy, Monday,March 15; Born to Mr. and Mrs.John Denke, Saturday, March 13,at the Wall hospital, a boy.

60 years ago…In a beautiful candlelight cere-

mony, Sunday evening, March 1,Patricia Ann Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Clark, be-came the bride of Wyman CarlSchmidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. CarlSchmidt of Ocheyedan, Iowa, atthe First Lutheran Church inWall.

Kadoka were rather easily win-ners of the district basketball tour-nament held at Philip, Friday andSaturday. They eliminated the

Wall Eagles in the semi-finals witha final score of 75 to 45; and Philipin the finals.

Frank Kleinschmit has been try-ing out his new machinery by re-moving snow from the streets of Wall. Frank has three new self propelled machines — a four-wheel drive turn-a-dozer, and two

carry-alls. These are all electri-cally controlled and on rubber. BIRTH: Born to Mr. and Mrs.Walter Hoffman of Creighton, ason, March 6.

Last Wednesday, the 4th, sev-eral from the Creighton neighbor-hood ventured into Wall to attendEmil Muller’s sale — the sale waspostponed. Going in there was nottrouble, but an hour later trying toget back home was a differentstory. Three car loads banded to-gether and with their combined ef-forts of scooping snow, putting onchains and pushing, they arrivedhome after two hours on the road.

50 years ago… BIRTHS: Born to Captain andMrs. Richard Hamilton at Vacav-ille, Calif., a boy, Sunday, March 3.This arrival makes seven grand-sons but no granddaughters forMr. and Mrs. Harry Babcocks.

Wall, which for the past year orso appeared to be located on top of numerous springs, now seems tohave underground rivers thatwant to come to the surface at nu-merous places. The City Councilwas summoned into a special ses-sion Tuesday morning after areasin the northern part of town wasbeing flooded from undergroundwater sprouting to the surface.The City diagnosed the trouble as“old age” for the water mains. Itmay become necessary, says H. M.Halton to float a bond issue to re-place the forty-five year old watermains. Patching, he says, is only atemporary relief of water shut-offs.

Contracts have been awardedfor the construction of a three-room addition to the Wall Schooland work is scheduled to startwithin a week and completion dateset for August 15. Total cost for the

building according to the con-tracted price is $45,644, most of which is a grant from the federalgovernment under the “federal im-pacted area” law. The one-story,three classroom addition will con-nect to the original building to thesouth, and will be a replica of thenew part that was built a couple of years ago to the north.

40 years ago…I-90 detour from Wall to Cactus

Flat will go into effect in a coupleof weeks if the weather permitswas the statement given at theHighway Construction meetingheld in the First Western Bankbasement Monday afternoon.Travel will be routed aroundthrough Philip or down throughthe Badlands National Monument.Two grading contractors plan tobegin work in two weeks. They will

begin just a mile east of Wall onthe first interchange. At this timethe road between Wall and CactusFlat will be closed and probablywill remain closed for the next twoyears.

The Catholics of the Wall Parishheld a potluck dinner at the WallLegion Hall Sunday evening andFather Craig Cower displayed theblueprints of their new church.The ultra modern edifice will covera ground area of approximately 80feet by 90 feet replacing the pres-ent building of about a third thatsize. The new church will havemany innovations. The main

entry-way will face the northeastwith the first dome covered arealooking through to a glassed-ingarden. This entryway leads to avestibule that leads off in severaldirections to cloak rooms, class-rooms, library, chapel as well as tothe main auditorium and backkitchen area.

The Wall City Council, at theirmeeting March 1, accepted theoffer of $35,000.00 from EstesBros. for the seven lots along thesoutheastern edge of the RodeoGrounds on which they plan tobuild an all enclosed lumber yard.

30 years ago…If you’ve had the misfortune of

traveling on U.S. Highway 14 fromWall toward Philip, you will be re-lieved to learn that part of it isgoing to be resurfaced. DaveGustafson and Company, Inc.,from Sioux Falls is currently stock-piling some 40,000 tons of gravelmaterial between Quinn and Cot-tonwood. The gravel will be usedfor the asphalt mix and shouldersfor the resurfacing project.Gustafson’s six trucks will be haul-ing the gravel material until mid-

April. The actual resurfacing,which will run from the easternline of Pennington County on U.S.14 to Interstate 90 just west of Wall, will begin around the first of May.

Members of the BadlandsSportsmen Club gave the NewTown Dam a “face-lift” on Sunday,March 13. The water level at thedam had receded in recent years,making it almost impossible forthe boat ramp to be used. The clubreshaped the ramp and dumpedgravel on it, so the ramp couldmore readily be used at the lowerwater level. The club cleared anarea next to the ramp. Theydumped sand there to create asmall beach area. Trash was alsocleaned up from around the dam,giving it a more aesthetic settingfor people to enjoy summer watersports. BIRTH: Born March 1, a son,Truett Wood, to Mr. and Mrs. Bur-

jes Fitch, Philip. He weighed in at8 lbs. 2 oz. and measured 21 1/2inches in length. Baby Truett’sgrandparents are Theodore andLaura Kjerstad, Quinn, and Edand Frances Fitch, Milesville.Great-grandparents are Mr. andMrs. Emil Muller, Wall and Mr.and Mrs. John Kjerstad, Quinn.

20 years ago…Denise Dartt, employee of Ad-

vance, a service for individualswith development disabilities, hasbeen recognized for one year of service as of January 28, 2993.Denise is a graduate of Wall High

School, and currently a student of South Dakota State University.She started at Advance as a train-ing assistant in a group home set-ting, and has recently accepted aposition as instructor, workingwith individuals in the community.

Wes and Anita Winkel of Win-dom, Minn., Shari and Ron Ochs of

Rapid City, and Gary and RubyKeyser of Wall, announce the en-gagement and forthcoming mar-riage of their children, CherylWinkel and Justin Keyser. Cheryl,a graduate of Windom Area HighSchool and Missouri Western StateCollege in St. Joseph, Mo., is em-ployed as a Commercial LoanProcessor at First National Bankin Sioux Falls. Justin, a graduateof Wall High School, is a senior inRange Science at South DakotaState University in Brookings. A May 29th wedding is planned atFfrancis Xavier Catholic Church inWindom, Minn.

A grass fire about two miles eastof Wall (southeast of the dump,north of Highway 14) consumedabout 50 acres of Darla Wolf’s landbefore the Wall Fire Departmentcontained its spread under lessthan ideal conditions. Winds and avery muddy pasture greeted thefire department as it responded tothe 1 p.m. call last Wednesday. Ac-cording to Fire Chief Butch Kitter-man the department sent outthree grass units and had twofour-wheel drive units on site. An-other larger unit remained on thehighway with a tanker. No injuriesreported. The fire was under con-trol within 90 minutes.

Last month English teacher

Nancy Iversen’s full-time contractwas reduced to half-time by theWall Board of Education followingrecommendation by administra-tors. Last week the administrationfurther reduced Iversen from half-time to, in effect, no time. Theboard motioned to accept the ad-ministration’s full-time reductionof Iversen based on “additional in-formation” gathered since lastmonth’s half-time reduction action.

10 years ago…The State “B” Wrestling Tourna-

ment was everything it was billedto be. Great competition along

with some very heart-felt mo-ments. Brady Huether showed ushow it’s done by bringing home a6th place medal in the 119 lb.

weight class.The boys’ basketball team

started out in good position for thedistrict tournament. The team wasseeded second so that gave themsome court advantage. The homecourt didn’t seem to work to theiradvantage. “Nothing they did sur-prised us,” said coach Ammann.“Little Wound is an extremely bal-anced team with good ball han-dlers and enormous size.” LittleWound defeated the Wall Eagleswith a final score of 83 to 54.

On February 25, the Lady Ea-gles ended their season with arecord of seven wins and 13 losses.

They traveled to Kyle for the firstround district match up. Kyle de-feated the Lady Eagles with a finalscore of 84 to 38.

the Looking Glss of time

The family of Lauren Luedeman invite you to an Open House

in honor of his

90th birthday

Saturday, March 16, 20131:00 - 4:00 p.m. • Two Bit, Quinn, SD

Cards may be sent to:

PO Box 13, Quinn, SD 57775

S t . P atrick ’ S c hurch D inner

Sundy, Mrh 17h11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Church, Wall

Menu: Spaghetti, Tossed Salad,

Garlic Bread & Pie

aduls: $5.00 • children 10 & under: $3.00

Wall Open

Art ShowSat., March 23rd &Sun., March 24th

Wall Drug Cowboy Art Room,Wall, SD

Saturday: 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Sunday: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Special Guest Artist:Jenny Braig, Spearfish, SD.

For entry forms, callLorna Moore 386-2120.

Sponsored by Wall Art Guild

Lord, when sorrow grips our hearts as we think about the

death of one close to us,remind us of the joy You are

experiencing as our loved one enjoys the pleasures of

heaven.Byron, forever loved, forever missed.

6-27-72 — 3-29-10 Wall, SD



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By Coach Kier Wall vs. Hanson

On March 7th, the Lady Eaglesplayed their first game in the statetournament in Huron, SouthDakota.

Their first match up was againstHanson. It was a tough battle, andunfortunately, the Eagles came upshort as Hanson took the win witha final score of 53 to 34.

Autumn Schulz lead the team inscoring with seventeen points fol-lowed by Sadie O'Rourke witheleven points and three steals.

Josie Blasius lead the team inrebounds as Kaitlin Schreibercame up with four for herself aswell.

"The girls played hard, but un-fortunately, things throughout thegame did not go our way. I wasvery happy to see how well thegirl's kept their composure till thatfinal buzzer buzzed, which shows

how well they are a respectableteam," added Coach Hess.Stats: Wall: 8 8 5 13 = 34Hanson: 12 16 14 11 = 53

Scoring: O’Rourke 3-10 1-3 11,Carlee Johnston 1-4 0-0 4,Schreiber 0-3 0-0 0, Schulz 6-11 0-0 17, Emily Linn 1-1 0-0 2. Totals:11-33 1-3 11-16 34. Field goal percentage: LadyEagles .333. 3-point field goals: Lady Ea-gles 1 (O’Rourke 1). Offensive Rebounds: Lady Ea-gles 4 (O’Rourke 1, Schulz 1). Defensive Rebounds: Lady Ea-gles 19 (Blasius 5, Schreiber 4). Fouls: Lady Eagles 12. Assists: Lady Eagles 5

(O’Rourke 3). Steals: Lady Eagles 9(O’Rourke 3, Schreiber 2, Blasius2). Turnovers: Lady Eagles 24.

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Wall vs. ParkerOn day two of the tournament,

the Lady Eagles played Parker.The Eagles came up short when

the final score reached 48 to 30 infavor of Parker.

O'Rourke and Schulz lead theteam in points as each one earnedherself 10 and Schreiber came upright behind them as well withnine points.

Schreiber lead the team in re-bounds with nine as Blasiuspitched in five.

"The girls have been not onlybattling on the basketball court,but behind the scenes, they havebeen battling sickness.

Several of the players have beensick all week with various things,but when it comes time for us toplay, they have been working sohard and pushing their bodies toits own limits, and that is all I canask them to do; give it 100 percentand leave it all on the court," saidCoach Hess.Stats: Wall: 5 8 8 9 = 30Parker: 12 13 10 13 = 48 Scoring: O’Rourke 3-12 1-4 10,Johnston 0-7 0-3 0, Schreiber 3-70-0 9, Schulz 3-14, 1-4 10, Blasius0-2 0-1 1. Totals: 9-472-12 10-1630. Field goal percentage: LadyEagles .191. 3-point field goals: Lady Ea-

gles 2 (O’Rourke 1, Schulz 1). Offensive Rebounds: Lady Ea-gles 11 (Schulz 6, Schreiber 4). Defensive Rebounds: Lady Ea-gles 14 (Schreiber 5, Blasius 4). Fouls: Lady Eagles 15. Assists: Lady Eagles 5(O’Rourke 3). Steals: Lady Eagles 9(O’Rourke 3). Turnovers: Lady Eagles 15.

Wall vs. Timeber LakeThe final day of the tournament,

and the girls are physically feelinga little better.

The Eagles played Timber Lakein the 7th and 8th place game.

What a game it turned out to be!It went into overtime, and whenthe final buzzer buzzed, the Eagleswere on top with a lead of 61 to 59

Lady Eagles beat Timber Lake to takeseventh place at State B tornament

Wall AAU Wrestlers move onto state finals

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Steven High School in RapidCity, was the place to be on Satur-day, March 9. With 31 teams andover 500 AAU wrestlers packing

the place for the Region I AAUwrestling championships.

In each weight class and agegroup the top three are qualified tothe state finals.

The state finals will be held inBrookings, March 23rd and 24th.

The results for the Wall AAUwrestling program at regions are:

•15 and 16: 160 pounds, Raedon Anderson - First.

•Girls - 9 and 10: 103 pounds,Lily Wagner - First.

•Six and Under: 40 pounds,Tyson Dartt - First, Austan Kjer-stad - Second and Dawson Hand-cock - Fourth.

•Six and Under: 45 pounds,

Talon Anderson - Second.•Six and Under: 50 pounds,

Younger Amiotte - Second.•Six and Under: 55 pounds,

Trevor Schulz - Second.•Seven and Eight: 55 pounds,

Jace Blasius - Third.•Seven and Eight: 65 pounds,

Burke Blasius - First, StranWilliams - Fifth.

•Seven and Eight: 75 pounds,Brodi Sundall - Third.

•Nine and 10: 55 pounds, KippCordes - Third.

•Nine and 10: 70 pounds, BlairBlasius - First.

•Nine and 10: 75 pounds, Cedar Amiotte - First.

•11 and 12: 75 pounds, CashWilson - First.

•11 and 12: 90 pounds, Bridger Amiotte - Second.

Lady Eagles Atmn Schlz going p for a basket with KaitlinSchreiber helping to box ot dring the State B Girls BasketballTornament. ~Photos Heather Schreiber

Lady Eagles defending against the Lady Panthers at the State BGirls Tornament held in Hron, March 7, 8, and 9.

The Lady Eagles playing their first game at the State B Girls Bas-ketball Tornament. Lady Eagles fell by a score of 53 -34.

Lady Eagles gather for a grop hg after defeating Timber Lakefor seventh place at the State B Girls Basketball Tornament.

as Schulz scored in the last sec-onds.

Both Johnston and Schulz leadthe team with points as each camein with seventeen points followedby Blasius with fifteen.

Schulz, a senior, led the team inrebounds with eight, but many of her teammates also played a hugerole in rebounding as Schreiberhad seven, Blasius seven, John-ston six, O'Rourke three, Linnthree, Bailey Lytle two, and Mon-ica Bielmaier one.

All the team's rebounds helpedas the Eagles dominate the boardswith 40 rebounds over TimberLake's 23.

"I am very happy with how wellthis season has gone. Ashley and Ihave had a privilege of workingwith such a special group of girlswhom push themselves each dayat practice, and they come togetherwhen a game presents itself as oneteam preparing for a battle.

I know our future as a team isbright, and I hope the girls con-tinue to feed off of this state expe-rience as they work hard in the off season so we can return to thetournament in the future. It was agreat season girls," said CoachHess.Stats: Wall: 5 17 14 18 7 = 61TL: 16 12 10 16 5 = 59 Scoring: O’Rourke 0-6 0-3 0,

Johnston 6-11 0-1 17, Schrebier 2-5 0-0 5, Schulz 4-12 0-1 17, Linn 2-3 0-0 7, Blasius 6-7 0-0 15. Totals:20-46 0-5 21-28 61. Field goal percentage: Lady

Eagles .435.Offensive Rebounds: Lady Ea-

gles 12 (Schulz 4, Johnston 2,Schreiber 2). Defensive Rebounds: Lady Ea-gles 28 (Blasius 6, Schreiber 5,Johnston 4, Schulz 4, O’Rourke 3,Linn 3). Fouls: Lady Eagles 21. Assists: Lady Eagles 10 (Blasius3, Johnston 2, Schulz 2, Linn 2,O’Rourke 1). Steals: Lady Eagles 8 (Johnston2). Blocked Sho ts: Lady Eagles 2(Schulz 2). Turnovers: Lady Eagles 23.

Wall AAu wrestlers that qalified for state. Back row: from leftto Right ... Cedar Amiotte, Bridger Amiotte, Raedon Anderson,Lillyanna Wagner, Brk Blasis, Brodi Sndall, Blair Blasis andKipp Cordes. Front row: from left to Right ... Trevor Schlz, TalonAnderson, Tyson Dartt, Astin Kjerstad, Yonger Amiotte andJace Blasis.(Not pictred: Cash Wilson and Preston Eisen-bran.) ~Photo Laurie Hindman



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w/80,000 miles. The vehicle is inexcellent condition, just putbrand new tires all the wayaround. Asking $16,800. Formore information call 433-5060,evenings, or 685-4608, days.

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FoR SaLE: 1998 Ford Expedi-tion XLT 4x4, cloth seats, power windows, locks & seats, goodtires. Call 685-8155. PR10-tfn

BuSInESS & SERvICES

nEED PaInTInG DonE? Inte-rior/exterior painting, staining,minor repair work. Openings stillavailable for winter/summer.Free estimates. Licensed. Refer-ences. Call 488-0008. Kusick’sPainting & More.

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FITCH FEnCInG: Line yoursummer projects up now! For all your corral, windbreak and pas-ture fencing needs, call Truett at859-2334. PR23-tfn

o’ConnELL ConSTRuCTIon,InC., PHILIP: Rock, Sand,Gravel (screened or crushed). Wecan deliver. Dams, dugouts,building sites. Our 37th year.Glenn or Trace, 859-2020.

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FoR SaLE: Pheasant hens.Ready for spring release. ContactLarry for details on pricing anddelivery at 840-8097 or 843-2830. PR29-2tc

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FoR SaLE: Rope horse halters with 10’ lead rope, $15 each.Call 685-3317 or 837-2917.

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noTICES/WanTEDWanTED To BuY: Old farm ma-chinery and cars for crushing.433-5443. PR27-4tp

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HEE-HAW SHOW 2013. SouthShore School Gym. Saturday,April 6-7:30 pm, Sunday, April7-2:00 pm. Reserved seats $12,Adults $10, grades 5-12 $5,grade 4 & under FREE/add $1at door.

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BURKE SCHOOL DISTRICT HIRING for MS or HS, flexibleassignment. Innovative, prob-lem-based teacher with multi-ple certification. Team-teachingopportunities available. Look-ing more for a teaching style,than a specific content area.Contact Superintendent ErikPerson, [email protected].

PARTS INVENTORY MANAGER- JOHN DEERE DEALERSHIP:Parts manager sought by multi-store John Deere dealershipoperation. Position currently

open at C&B Operations, LLC,a 22 store John Deere dealer-ship group headquartered outof Gettysburg, SD. Applicantsshould possess the ability tomanage parts inventory overmultiple stores, lead parts salesteam marketing efforts, createand achieve budgets in agrowth oriented dealership. Weoffer progressive marketingplans, competitive pay, fullbenefit package, includingbonus plan. Please send re-sume to Mark Buchholz, [email protected] orcall Mark 605-769-2030.

HELP WANTED: ESTIMATORand salesperson. Send re-sume/qualifications to John-son Lumber, Attn. Dan, 22 W.5th Ave., Webster SD 57274phone 605-345-6000

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2 Bedroomon-site laundry

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THank YouSThank you to everyone that

helped make my retirement special and for all the retirement wishes, cards, and gifts from friends, customers and employees.

A special thanks to all the customers and employees at Wall and New Underwood for putting up with me for the last 37 years.I'll miss all of you because you were some of the best ever.

Larry Graham

We want to thank everyone

for the cards, calls and visits after Monte broke his ankle.Special thanks to Tom and Patsy Tines and Janet and Den- nis Fernau for the great food; Jim, Myrna and Gary Smith,Tucky and Linda Tifft and Bunny Bail and Emilee for helping cut wood; Mitch Kammerer,the Sawvell kids, (and whoever else was cutting wood that day) for the load of wood they sent our way via the Pauly girls and their pickup. And, thanks to Jim Smith for delivering wheat to Philip and hay to Edgemont for us. You all have made an unfor- tunate accident much easier to endure.

Monte & Connie Simon

HOUSE FOR SALE 410 Glenn St., Wall, SD.

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Call Duane Hosek605/391-8424.

Coldwell Banker - LKHReal Estate Inc.

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clerk by March 15, 2013.

Anita Heathershaw,Clerk

Published March 7 & 14, 2013, at the totalapproximate cost of $11.05.

PENO TOWNSHIP #9

BOARD OF EQuALIZATION

Peno Township #9 will meet as a Boardof Equalization March 18, 2013, at theGerald and Sharla Julson residence, at7:00 p.m., and through March 22 asneeded.

Appeal forms must be returned to theclerk by Thursday, March 14, 2013.

Pierre Pippert,Clerk

Published March 14, 2013, at the total ap-proximate cost of $6.14.

ANNuAL MEETING

FOR EASTERN PENNINGTONCOuNTY AMBuLANCE DISTRICT

NOTICE OF ELECTIONFOR VACANCY OF TWO BOARD OF

DIRECTORS

The annual meeting for the Eastern Pen-nington County Ambulance District will beThursday, March 21, 2013, at 7:00pm.

The nomination and election of two (2)members for three (3) year terms for Board of Director will take place at thistime. The election and meeting will beheld at the Wall Community Center, 501Main Street, Wall, SD 57790.

Residents and property owners within theproposed district who are also registeredvoters within the district are eligible tovote in this election.


FLAT BuTTETOWNSHIP #12


Flat Butte Township #12 will meet as aBoard of Equalization on Monday, March18, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., at the LeslieWilliams residence.


Kay Williams,Clerk


RAINY CREEKCHEYENNETOWNSHIP


The Board of Equalization of the RainyCreek Cheyenne Township will meet atthe Fred Eisenbraun home, the week of March 18 through March 22, 2013.Please call 457-2543 for appointments.

Appeal forms may be picked up at thehome of the clerk, and must be returnedby March 15, 2013.

Doris Eisenbraun,Clerk

Published March 14, 2013, at the total ap-

proximate cost of $6.86.

SCHOOL LANDLEASE AuCTION

A school land lease auction will be held inPennington County Courthouse, in RapidCity, SD on March 27, 2013 at 10:00 AM(MT).

A list of tracts available for lease can beobtained at the Pennington County Audi-tor’s Office, by visiting sdpubliclands.com,or by contacting Mike Cornelison, Officeof School & Public Lands, 500 E CapitolAvenue, Pierre, SD 57501-5070 or phone (605)773-4172. Disabled individ-uals needing assistance should contactthe Office of School and Public Lands atleast 48 hours in advance of the auctionto make any necessary arrangements.

Published February 21, 28, March 7, &14, 2013, at the total approximate cost of

$29.45.

CANCELLATION OFELECTION NOTICE

There will not be an election in theTown of Quinn for the vacancy on theboard. Jerry Pabst has circulated a peti-tion and returned it to t he finance officer.

Debbie BryanTown of Quinn

Finance Officer

Published March 14 & 21, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $9.09.

NOTICE OFMEETING OF LOCAL

REVIEW BOARD

Notice is hereby given that the governingbody, sitting as a Review Board for theCity of Wall, Pennington County, SouthDakota, will meet at the Wall communitycenter meeting room in said taxing juris-diction on Monday, the 18th day of March,2013, for the purpose of reviewing andcorrecting the assessment of said taxingdistrict for the year 2013.

All persons considering themselves ag-grieved by said assessment are required

CONATA TOWNSHIPBOARD OF EQuALIZATION

Conata Township will meet as a Boardof Equalization on Tuesday, March 19,2013, at 7:00 p.m., at the William Huether residence.

Appeal forms must be returned byMarch 15, 2013.

Patty Huether,Clerk


HuRONTOWNSHIP #10


The Huron Township #10 will hold their Board of Equalization meeting on Mon-day, March 18, 2013 at 7:00 p.m., at theMitch Kammerer residence.

Appeal forms must be returned to the

clerk on or before March 18, 2013.

Lillian Helms,Township Treasurer


NOTICE OFMEETING OF LOCAL

REVIEW BOARD

Notice is hereby given that the governingbody, sitting as a Review Board for theTown of Wasta, Pennington County,South Dakota, will meet at the Wastacommunity center in said taxing jurisdic-tion on Monday, the 18th day of March,2013, for the purpose of reviewing andcorrecting the assessment of said taxingdistrict for the year 2013.


to notify the clerk of the local board nolater than Thursday March 14th, 2013 at4:00pm. The clerk’s office is located at

501 Main Street, Wall, SD.

Carolynn AndersonFinance Officer Town of Wasta


ASH TOWNSHIP


Ash Township will meet as a Board of Equalization on Monday, March 18, 2013,at 6:30 p.m., at the Josh Geigle resi-dence, and through March 22 as needed.


Shasta Geigle,Clerk


LAKE CREEKTOWNSHIP #6


Lake Creek Township #6 will meet asa Board of Equalization on Monday,March 18, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. at theNathan Kjerstad home.

Appeal forms must be returned to theclerk by March 15, 2013.

Heather Nelson,Clerk


LAKE HILLTOWNSHIP #5


Lake Hill Township #5 will meet as aBoard of Equalization on Monday, March18, 2013, at 7 p.m., at Terry Peters’ shop,north of Wall.

Appeal forms must be returned to the

to notify the clerk of the local board nolater than Thursday March 14th, 2013 at4:00pm. The clerk’s office is located at501 Main Street, Wall, SD.

Carolynn AndersonFinance Officer

City of Wall


QuINN TOWNBOARD

OF TRuSTEES

REGuLAR MEETINGMARCH 4, 2013

The Quinn Town Board met at 7 pm,Monday, March 4, at the Quinn Commu-nity Center. Board members present wereKevin Wenzel, Patty Coleman, and Jus-ton Eisenbraun. Others present wereMichael Luedeman, Richard Papousek,Scott Holter, Jerry Pabst and Finance Of-ficer Deborah Bryan.

Motion by Kevin, seconded by Justonto approve the agenda, motion carried.Kevin made a motion, seconded by Pattyto approve the minutes of the last meet-ing, motion carried. Motion by Kevin, sec-onded by Juston to approve the financialstatement, motion carried.

Patty reported that she called WREAabout the street lights that are not work-ing. Debbie presented the end of the year report for 2012. The Quinn Town Boardwill meet on March 18th at 7 p.m. as aboard of equalization. Jerry Pabst has re-turned a sign petition, his term will beginon May 6th, Jerry will be replacing Pattyon the board. Kevin has taken the rough

draft ordinance to Kemnitz in Philip.The sewer system for the Town of

Quinn was discussed. Scott Holter saidthat he has torn down a building on hisproperty, he will call Dave Humphrey tolet him know what day he will be burningthe wood.

Debbie will call DOT to ask about aturning land on Hwy 14-16 by the Two BitSteakhouse and Saloon.

Mark Coleman has worked on a roadfor the Quinn Township, Debbie will besending them a bill.

Motion by Patty, seconded by Kevin toapprove the vouchers, motion carried.The following vouchers were paid:WREA, $206.00; Pennington CountyCourant, $18.03; WRLJ Rural Water,$20.00; Kevin Wenzel, $25.00; PattyColeman, $25.00; Debbie Bryan,$251.38; Mark Coleman, $83.12;NASASP, $39.00.

With all business complete, the meet-ing was adjourned.

Deborah BryanFinance Officer

Town of Quinn


NOTICE OFMEETING

OF LOCAL REVIEW BOARDSDCL 10-11-13

Notice is hereby given that the governingbody, sitting as a Review Board of QuinnMunicipality, Pennington County, SouthDakota, will meet at the Quinn Commu-nity Center in said taxing jurisdiction onMonday, the 18th day of March, 2013,(being the 3rd Monday in March) at 7:00p.m. for the purpose of reviewing and cor-recting the assessment of said taxing dis-trict for the year 2012.


to notify the clerk of the local board nolater than March 15, 2013.

Deborah BryanFinance Officer

Quinn MunicipalityDated February, 2013


NOTICE OFHEARING

BEFORETHE PENNINGTON COuNTY

PLANNING AND ZONINGCOMMISSION

AND THE PENNINGTON COuNTYBOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Notice is hereby given that the followingpetitioners have applied to the Penning-ton County Planning Board of Commis-

sioners under the provisions of the Pen-nington County Zoning Ordinance as fol-lows:

Arlean Crow; Dan Crow – Agent, has ap-plied for a Rezone to rezone 47.47 acresfrom Limited Agriculture District to Gen-eral Agriculture District located on Lot 8Revised, Palmer Gulch Placer MS 690,Section 27, T1S, R5E, BHM, PenningtonCounty, South Dakota, 12721 S. Highway16, in accordance with Sections 205 and508 of the Pennington County Zoning Or-dinance.

Jarvis and Frances Olson; Fisk Land Sur-veying – Agent, have applied for a Re-zone to rezone 7.65 acres from LimitedAgriculture District to Low Density Resi-dential District located on a parcel of landlocated in the South One-Half of theNortheast One-Quarter of the SoutheastOne-Quarter (S½NE¼SE¼) of SectionThirty-Five (35) in Township One North(T1N), Range Three East (R3E) of theBlack Hills Meridian (BHM), PenningtonCounty, South Dakota, more fully de-

scribed as follows: Beginning at thesouthwest corner of said South One-Half of the Northeast One Quarter of theSoutheast One Quarter (S½NE¼SE¼) of Section Thirty-Five (35) in Township OneNorth (T1N), Range Three East (R3E) of the Black Hills Meridian (BHM), Penning-ton County, South Dakota, said pointbeing located on a 1/16th section line of said Section Thirty-Five (35) and beingmarked by a US Forest Service Monu-ment; thence, northerly along the 1/16th

section line of said Section Thirty-Five(35), North 00 degrees 09 minutes 00seconds West, a distance of 260.00 feetmore or less to a point marked by a r ebar with survey cap RW FISK 6565; thence,South 89 degrees 51 minutes 02 secondsEast a distance of 1,282.70 feet more or less to a point located on the westerly lineof the section line right-of-way for saidSection Thirty-Five (35), said right-of-waybeing known as Paradise Drive, and saidpoint being marked by a rebar with surveycap RW FISK 6565; thence, southerly onthe westerly line of said section line right-of-way and on the westerly line of Para-dise Drive right-of-way, South 00 degrees00 minutes 43 seconds East a distanceof 260.00 feet more or less, said pointbeing located on a 1/16th section line and

coincident with the northeast corner of Tract 14 of Leisure Hills Estates, and saidpoint being marked by a monument withsurvey cap LS 2196; thence, westerly onsaid 1/16th section line and on the northline of said Tract 14 of Leisure Hills Es-tates, North 89 degrees 53 minutes 45seconds West a distance of 549.64 feetmore or less to the northwest corner of said Tract 14 of Leisure Hills Estates, saidpoint being coincident with the northeastcorner of Tract 15 of Leisure Hil ls Estatesand said point being marked by a monu-ment with survey cap LS 2196; thence,continuing westerly on said 1/16th sectionline and on the north line of said Tract 15of Leisure Hills Estates, North 89 degrees43 minutes 18 seconds West a distanceof 542.94 feet more or less to the north-west corner of Tract 15 of Leisure HillsEstates, said point being coincident withthe northeast corner of Tract 21 of LeisureHills Estates and said point being markedby a monument with survey cap LS 2196;thence, continuing westerly on said1/16th section line and on the north lineof said Tract 21 of Leisure Hills Estates,

South 89 degrees 54 minutes 44 secondsWest 189.50 feet more or less to the pointof beginning. Said tract of land contains7.65 acres, more or less, 23465 ParadiseDrive, in accordance with Sections 206,207, and 508 of the Pennington CountyZoning Ordinance.

Notice is further given that said applica-tions will be heard by the PenningtonCounty Board of Commissioners in theCounty Courthouse at 10:30 a.m. on the2nd day of April 2013. At this time, anyperson interested may appear and showcause, if there be any, why such requestsshould or should not be granted.

ADA Compliance: Pennington Countyfully subscribes to the provisions of theAmericans with Disabilities Act. If you de-sire to attend this public meeting and arein need of special accommodations,please notify the Planning Director so thatappropriate auxiliary aids and servicesare available.

DAN JENNISSEN,

PLANNING DIRECTOR

JULIE A. PEARSON,PENNINGTON COUNTY AUDITOR


WASTA TOWNBOARD OFTRuSTEES

MARCH 4, 2013

The Wasta Town Board held their reg-ular meeting on Monday, March 4, 2013at the community building. Board Presi-dent Justin Crawford called the meetingto order at 7:00pm with board member Dorreen Skillingstad present. Persons at-tending the meeting were Tammy Green,Ken Skillingstad, Billie Hulm and BarbCrawford.

Motion by Justin, second by Dorreen toapprove the February 4th minutes asread. Motion carried.

Motion by Justin, second by Dorreen toapprove the financial statement as given.Motion carried.

Motion by Justin, second by Dorreen toapprove the bills as follows: Justin Craw-ford, March wages, $27.70; DorreenSkillingstad, March wages, $23.09;Tammy Green, March wages, $554.10;Carolynn Anderson, March wages,$272.43; Walker Refuse, garbage pickup,$602.48; WREA, electricity, $722.48:Pennington Co. Courant, publishing,$25.51; Energy Laboratories, water test,$12.50; EFTPS, payroll tax, $145.36. Mo-tion carried.

Tammy stated Ronnie had not gottenback to her with a bid for the water line re-placement between the Wasta Bar andNorm Current.

Carolynn commented that Jimmy fromBirdsall Sand & Gravel was in contactwith Dorreen on getting the clean uptaken care of with the sand pit on the Hill .Tammy reviewed the cleanup. Reseeding

had been done but she was concernedabout the fence not replaced. Jimmystated he would get in touch with his su-pervisor on the issue and it should betaken care of.

Carolynn presented the Annual report,motion by Justin, second by Dorreen toapprove the report as presented. Motioncarried.

The Equalization meeting is scheduledfor March 18th beginning at 6:00pm. Pa-perwork needs to be turned into the fi-nance officer by 4:00pm on March 14th.Barb Williamson has agreed to take theminutes for the meeting.

Clean up Day was discussed and adate was set for 9:00am on Saturday,May 4th. A dumpster will be placed at thecommunity center for one (1) week for community usage. Refreshments will beserved at the community building beforeand after clean up.

A building permit for DorreenSkillingstad to build a 9 x 12 addition ontoher house and a 12 x 12 storage shedwas approved.

Motion by Justin, second by Dorreen to

approve one board member attending theDistrict 9 meeting on April 17th if their schedule allows. Motion carried.

With all business complete, Justin adjourned the meeting at 7:55pm.

Carolynn AndersonFinance Officer Town of Wasta

Published March 14, 2013, at the total ap-proximate cost of [email protected]

Pennington Co.Courant

279-2565

Exhibit I

MuNICIPALITY OF WASTA

STATEMENT OF FuND CASH BALANCESALL FuNDS

December 31, 2012

Enterprise Fnds

General Water Sewer Meter Street TotalFnd Fnd Fnd Fnd Fnd

Cash Assets:Cash in Checking Accounts ........65,747,58...... ......40,078.49......... .15,857.41.......... 11,632.60............12,585.57 .....145,901.65Change and Petty Cash..................50.00...............................................................................................................................50.00Savings Certificates .................. ..25,000.00 ................... ................... .................... ................... ................... ................... .25,000.00

101 FuND CASH BALANCES(Note 1).......... ................... .....90,797.58......... ...40,078.49..........15,857.41 ..........11,632.60..... .......12,585.57... ..170,951.65

Mnicipal fnds are deposited or invested with the following depositories:First Interstate Bank.......................................................................................................................................................145,901.65Finance Officer........................................................................................................................................................................50.00First Interstate Bank.........................................................................................................................................................25,000.00

Total...............................................................................................................................................................................170,951.65 Note 1: These amounts must equal the amounts stated on the bottom line of Exhibit II.

Exhibit II

MuNICIPALITY OF WASTA

STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS, DISBuRSEMENTS AND CHANGES IN FuND CASH BALANCESALL FuNDS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2012

Enterprise Fnd

General Water Sewer Meter Street TotalFnd Fnd Fnd Fnd Fnd

Receipts (Sorce):

311 Property Taxes . . . . . . . . . . .5,863.57...................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............5,863.57313 Sales Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,473.44...................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............4,473.44311-319 Other Taxes (319) . . . . . .93.39.....................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-....................93.39320 Licenses and Permits . . . . . .937.00....................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-..................937.00335.1 Bank Franchise Tax . . . . . . .58.62.....................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-....................58.62335.2 Motor Vehicle Commercial

Prorate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201.62....................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-..................201.62335.3 Liquor Tax Reversion . . . . .499.11 ....................-0-.....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-..................499.11335.4 Motor Vehicle Licenses

(5%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,418.02...................-0-.....................-0- .....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............2,418.02335.8 Local Government Highway

and Bridge Fund . . . . . . . . . . . .4,741.02...................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............4,741.02341-349 Charges for Goods and

Services (341) . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,200.61...................-0-.....................-0- .....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............8,200.61361 Investment Earnings . . . . . . .197.32....................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-..................197.32362 Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6,556.47...................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............6,556.47363-369 Other Revenues (369) . .230.26....................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-..................230.26

ENTERPRISE FuNDS

380 Enterprise OperatingRevenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-0-........... .......22,311.88...........3,535.00 ............1,180.00 . . . . . . . . .-0-.............27,026.88

Total Receipts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34,470.45............22,311.88.. .........3,535.00..... .......1,180.00 . . . . . . . . .-0-.............61,497.33 Disbrsements (Fnction):

411-419 GeneralGovernment (414) . . . . . . . . . .11,060.86..................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-.............11,060.86

422 Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,262.12...................-0-.....................-0- .....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............2,262.12

431 Highways and Streets (Includessnow removal & street lights) . .6,126.70...................-0- .....................-0-.....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............6,126.70432 Sanitation (includes garbage

& rubble sites) . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,160.78...................-0-.....................-0- .....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...............9,160.78490-492 Miscellaneous (492) . . . .23.87.....................-0-.....................-0- .....................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-....................23.87

ENTERPRISE FuNDS410 Personal Services . . . . . . . . . . .-0-..................11,060.13...... .....3,104.40............... ..-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-...... .......14,164.53

Total Disbrsements . . . . . . . .28,634.33............11,060.13......... ..3,104.40.................-0- . . . . . . . . . . .-0-............ .42,798.86 Sbtotal of Receipts, Disbrsements

and Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,836.12.............11,251.75 ............430.60 .............1,180.00 . . . . . . . . .-0-.............18,698.47 Fnd Cash Balance

Janary 1, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . .84,961.46............28,826.74 ..........15,426.81.... ......10,452.60 . . . . . .12,585.57.....152,253.18 Adjstments:

Restated Fnd Cash Balance,Janary 1, 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . .84,961.46............28,826.74......... .15,426.81..........10,452.60 . . . . . .12,585.57.....152,253.18

FuND CASH BALANCE,DECEMBER 31, 2012 . . . . . . . . .90,797.58......... ...40,078.49..........15,859.41 ..........11,632.60 . . . . . .12,585.57... ..170,951.65

Published March 14, 2013, at the total approximate cost of $153.44.



current South Dakota state license as a“sewer and water plumbing installer” per ARSD 20:53:06, or a “plumbing license”per SDCL 36-25. The Contractor shall beable to demonstrate that he has success-fully completed work of a similar natureand scope as that required for the projectas outlined in the contract documents.

Carolynn AndersonFinance Officer

City of Wall

Published March 14 & 21, 2013, at thetotal approximate cost of $62.39.

CEDAR BuTTETOWNSHIP #4


The Cedar Butte Township #4 Supervi-sors will meet as a Board of Equalizationon Monday, March 18, 2013, at 7:00 p.m.,in the home of Gene Patterson, TownshipClerk, for the purpose of reviewing andequalizing all property within the town-ship.

Complaint on your assessment may bemade to your local Township Board of Equalization by filing written notice withthe clerk no later than Thursday, March14, 2013. My address is Gene Patterson,

18523 228th St., Wall, SD 57790.

Gene Patterson,Township Clerk


LAKE FLATTOWNSHIP


The Lake Flat Township #8 will meet asa Board of Equalization on Monday,March 18, 2013 at 9 a.m., in the base-ment of the First Interstate Bank. Theywill close the week on Friday, March 22,2013 at 10 a.m. in the basement of theFirst Interstate Bank.

Appeal forms must be returned to theclerk by Friday, March 15, 2013.

William Bielmaier,

Township Clerk


LAKESIDETOWNSHIP


Lakeside Township will meet as aBoard of Equalization Monday, March 18,2013, at 7:00 p.m., at the clerk’s resi-dence.

John Wulf,Clerk


NOTICE OFHEARING

BEFORE THE PENNINGTONCOuNTY

PLANNING AND ZONINGCOMMISSION

Notice is hereby given that the followingpetitioners have applied to the Penning-ton County Planning and Zoning Com-mission under the provisions of the Pen-nington County Zoning Ordinance as fol-lows:

Eric Henrikson has applied for a Condi-tional Use Permit to allow for three resi-dences on the subject property and tobring the property into compliance in aGeneral Agriculture District located onGovernment Lots 1 and 2, SE1/4;SE1/4SW1/4, less Right-of-Way, Section2, T1S, R9E, BHM, Pennington County,South Dakota, 15579 Antelope CreekRoad, in accordance with Sections 205and 510 of the Pennington County ZoningOrdinance.

Notice is further given that said applica-

tions will be heard by the PenningtonCounty Planning and Zoning Commissionin the County Courthouse at 9:00 a.m. onthe 25th day of March 2013. At this time,any person interested may appear andshow cause, if there be any, why such re-quests should or should not be granted.

ADA Compliance: Pennington Countyfully subscribes to the provisions of theAmericans with Disabilities Act. If you de-sire to attend this public meeting and are

in need of special accommodations,please notify the Planning Department sothat appropriate auxiliary aids and serv-ices are available.

Dan JennissenPlanning Director


NOTICE FOR BIDS

FORWALL SEWER OuTFALL

RECONSTRuCTIONCITY OF WALL, SOuTH DAKOTA

Sealed bids will be received by the CityFinance Officer, City of Wall, Wall, SouthDakota, until 10:00 AM. MDT, April 3,2013, at the office of the Cit y Finance Of-ficer, 501 Main Street, P.O. Box 314, Wall,SD 57790, and will be publicly openedand read for “Wall Sewer Outfall Recon-struction”, City of Wall, South Dakota. Allproposals shall be made on the forms fur-nished by the Owner.

Plans and specifications may be obtainedfrom CETEC Engineering Services, 1560Concourse Drive, Rapid City, SouthDakota 57703, on or about March 6,2013. A $50.00 non-refundable fee is re-quired for plans and specifications for re-quests outside the State of South Dakota.Unsuccessful bidders shall return thecomplete plans and specifications toCETEC Engineering Services, Inc. within14 days of bid opening.

Each bid envelope shall contain one BidProposal only and shall be marked withthe words, “Sealed Bid – Wall Sewer Out-fall Reconstruction, City of Wall, South

Dakota.”

The principal items of work for this projectare as follows:

Construction of a new 15" out-fall sanitary sewer main in theCity of Wall. This work includes5,000 LF of sewer main, 14manholes, water main work,service reconnections, 50 LF of 24" boring and jacking, 172 LFof 4" directional drilling, 450tons of asphalt paving, con-crete replacement, lagoongrading, traffic control, surfacerestoration and related work.

Each bid must be accompanied by a cer-tified check, cashier's check or a bankdraft drawn on a State or National Bankfor five percent (5%) of the amount bid,payable to the City of Wall or in lieuthereof, a bid bond for ten percent (10%)of the amount bid by a surety authorizedto do business in the State of SouthDakota, payable to the City of Wall, as a

guarantee of the bidder entering into aContract with the City of Wall for the WallSewer Outfall Reconstruction. Thechecks of all unsuccessful bidders will bereturned within thirty (30) days after thebids have been opened.

The City reserves the right to reject anyor all bids or to waive any informalitiesand to accept the bid that is to the advan-tage of and is in the best interest of theCity of Wall. The Contractor must hold a

STATEMENT OF NET ASSETSPENNINGTON COuNTY

December 31, 2012

Primary Government

Governmental Component

Activities Total units

ASSETS:Cash and Cash Equivalents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,018,293.03. . . . . . . . . . 28,018,293.03 . . . . . . . . . 1,587,845.00Investments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,751,654.89 . . . . . . . . . . 23,751,654.89 . . . . . . . . . . . . 96,645.00Accounts Receivable, Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,556,343.51 . . . . . . . . . . . 3,556,343.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,349.00Due from Component Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Internal Balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inventories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221,323.69 . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221,323.69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,201.00Deferred Charges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Other Assets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521,482.22. . . . . . . . . . . . . 521,482.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,657.00Restricted Assets:

Cash and cash equivalents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916,068.00Investments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,759,549.00

Capital Assets:Land, Improvements and Construction in

Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,118,094.00 . . . . . . . . . . 12,118,094.00. . . . . . . . . . 1,979,446.00Other Capital Assets, Net of Depreciation . . . . . . . . . . . 104,754,803.21 . . . . . . . . . 104,754,803.21. . . . . . . . 11,575,779.00

TOTAL ASSETS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,942,206.69 . . . . . . . . . 173,942,206.69 . . . . . . . 24,167,539.00

LIABILITIES:Accounts Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 916,047.67. . . . . . . . . . . . . 916,047.67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256,338.00Deferred Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,670.02. . . . . . . . . . . . . 126,670.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276,505.00Other Current Liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153,715.00Noncurrent Liabilities:

Due Within One Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,598,661.83 . . . . . . . . . . . 3,598,661.83 . . . . . . . . . . . . 112,220.00Due in More than One Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,668,272.84 . . . . . . . . . . 55,668,272.84 . . . . . . . . . 3,675,084.00

TOTAL LIABILITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60,309,652.36 . . . . . . . . . . 60,309,652.36 . . . . . . . . . 4,473,862.00

NET ASSETS:Invested in Capital Assets, Net of Related Debt. . . . . . . . . 84,067,689.72 . . . . . . . . . . 84,067,689.72 . . . . . . . . . 9,995,973.00Restricted for:

Road and Bridge Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,030,309.66 . . . . . . . . . . 13,030,309.66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Capital Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Debt Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Permanently Restricted Purposes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Other Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,165,899.85 . . . . . . . . . . . 6,165,899.85 . . . . . . . . . . 1,018,883.00

Unrestricted (Deficit). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,368,655.10 . . . . . . . . . . 10,368,655.10 . . . . . . . . . 8,678,821.00

TOTAL NET ASSETS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,632,554.33 . . . . . . . . . 113,632,554.33. . . . . . . . 19,693,677.00

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173,942,206.69 . . . . . . . . . 173,942,206.69 . . . . . . . 24,167,539.00* Unaudited 2012 Financial Publication

Published March, 14, 2013, at the total approximate cost of $88.15.

STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESPENNINGTON COuNTY

December 31, 2012

Net (Expense) Revene andExpenses Program Revenes Changes in Net Assets

Operating Capital Primary GovernmentCharges for Grants and Grants and Governmental Component

Fnctions/Programs Services Contribtions Contribtions Activities Total unitsPrimary Government:Governmental Activities:

General Government . . . . . . . . . . . .14,888,774.04 . . . . . 1,989,472.70 . . . 487,452.41. . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -12,411,848.93. . . . . . -12,411,848.93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Public Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31,644,853.75. . . . . 11,900,058.06 . . 2,656,440.80 . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -17,088,354.89. . . . . . -17,088,354.89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Public Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8,700,904.59 . . . . . . 224,266.30 . . . . . 6,118,459.94 . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -2,358,178.35. . . . . . . -2,358,178.35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Health and Welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,576,929.95 . . . . . . 596,279.61. . . . . 48,744.78. . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -1,931,905.56. . . . . . . -1,931,905.56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Culture and Recreation . . . . . . . . . .773,813.43. . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -773,813.43 . . . . . . . . -773,813.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Conservation of Natural Resources . 1,029,798.78 . . . . . . 202,792.93. . . . . 36,130.35. . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -790,875.50 . . . . . . . . -790,875.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Urban and Economic Development .732,999.81. . . . . . . . 132,573.25 . . . . . 132,704.24. . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -467,722.32 . . . . . . . . -467,722.32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Payments to Local Education

Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .**Depreciation Expense - Unallocated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*Interest on Long-term Debt . . . . . . .2,880,950.94 . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -2,880,950.94. . . . . . . -2,880,950.94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total Governmental Activities . . . .63,229,025.29 . . . . . 15,045,442.85 . . 9,479,932.52 . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -38,703,649.92. . . . . . -38,703,649.92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Business-type Activities:Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Solid Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total Bsiness-type Activities . . . . .0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total Primary Government . . . . . . . .63,229,025.29. . . . . 15,045,442.85 . . 9,479,932.52 . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . -38,703,649.92. . . . . . -38,703,649.92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Component units:

Pennington County Housing . . . . . .11,892,188.00 . . . . . 1,763,097.00 . . . 8,525,052.00 . . . 924,807.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -679,232.00

General Revenes:Taxes:

Property Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,689,696.36 . . . . . . 34,689,696.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wheel Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .911 Telephone Surcharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476,533.12. . . . . . . . . 476,533.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .State Shared Revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979,354.93. . . . . . . . . 979,354.93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Grants and Contributions not Restricted to Specific Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,032,422.37 . . . . . . . 2,032,422.37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00Unrestricted Investment Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,364.36. . . . . . . . . 116,364.36 . . . . . . . . . . . 549,171.00Miscellaneous Revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,014.05. . . . . . . . . 106,014.05 . . . . . . . . . . . 580,495.00Special Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Extraordinary Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total General Revenes, Special Items Extraordinary Items and Transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,400,385.19 . . 38,400,385.19 . . . . . . 1,129,666.00

Change in Net Assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -303,264.73 . . . . . . . . -303,264.73 . . . . . . . . . . 450,434.00

Net Assets-Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,935,819.06 . . . . . 113,935,819.06 . . . . . 19,243,243.00 Adjstments: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00

Adjsted Net Assets-Beginning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,935,819.06 . . . . . 113,935,819.06 . . . . . 19,243,243.00

NET ASSETS - ENDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113,632,554.33 . . . . . 113,632,554.33 . . . . . 19,693,677.00*Unaudited 2012 Financial Publication

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QuESTION: How should I re-spond to my spouse’s verbal andemotional abuse? This has been aproblem for the greater part of ourmarriage. I have never been physi-cally harmed in any way, but theconstant put-downs and mindgames have made my life miser-able. Some of my friends say Ishould pursue a divorce, but othershave suggested that I don’t havebiblical grounds. A few folks in thissecond group have even told methat my only concern is to “submit”and continue loving my spouse inspite of the mistreatment. What doyou think I should I do? ANSWER: There are two thingsyou need to understand about yoursituation. First, it’s more commonthan you may suspect. There’s asurprising amount of emotional andverbal abuse going on behind closeddoors, even in Christian marriages.This suggests: 1) that you’re notalone; and 2) that many peoplehave devoted a great deal of time,thought, and energy to coming upwith solutions. Among them are

some of our most gifted and highlyqualified marriage therapists andcounselors. In other words, answersare available if you’ll take the timeand trouble to look for them.

The second point is this: the stateof affairs you’ve described isn’t goodfor either of you—not you or yourspouse. It’s harmful and destructiveto everyone concerned. That in-cludes any children who may bepart of the picture. This means thatsomething must be done to changeit as quickly as possible. We can al-most guarantee that the changewon’t come about as a result of adopting a “submissive” attitude to-ward abuse.

In connection with this lastthought, we’ve observed that thereare generally two kinds of peoplewho advise “submission” in caseslike this: 1) a few male pastors,counselors, and friends who take asimplistic view of passages like

Ephesians 5:22-33 and Colossians3:18-25; and 2) abusive husbands.Our response, especially to the lat-ter group, is that it isn’t up to aman to see to it that his wife “sub-mits.” The apostle has given tasksto each partner in the relationship.Each partner is responsible only forhis or her own assignment. To putit bluntly, men need to forget about“submission.” job is to learn what itmeans to love their spouses “asChrist loved the church.”

So much for theology. Let’s moveon to something more practical.What can you do to take your mar-riage in a more positive direction?We suggest you begin by investigat-ing your options. All too often peo-ple in your position assume thatthey have only two alternatives: tostay put and suffer, or file for di-vorce. This isn’t necessarily true. Asa matter of fact, there may be anumber of other ways to break the

negative cycle.You can find out more by setting

up an appointment with a Chris-tian marriage and family counselor.Make sure that the therapist youchoose understands the dynamicsof abuse, power, and control, andthat he or she is well trained in thehighly specialized field of maritalconflict. It would be ideal, of course,if your spouse were to seek counsel-ing as well, but we don’t recom-mend that the two of you do this

jointly, at least not in the begin-ning. It’s far too easy for an abusivespouse to manipulate a couplescounseling situation and subse-quently turn it to his own advan-tage or use it as an excuse for fur-ther abusive behavior. If thethought of professional counselingis too overwhelming, consider talk-

ing to a pastor or a good friend, orsee if you can get a neighbor to takeyou to a community center wherethere are people trained to dealwith domestic abuse issues. Theidea is to find out what you can do,not what you can’t do, and to act ac-cordingly.

As you consider your options forobtaining professional assistance,it’s vital to bear in mind that thisprobably isn’t going to be a quickand easy process. Abuse is usuallyrooted in deeply entrenched pat-terns of thought and behavior, andyou can’t expect to reverse thosepatterns in a couple of counselingsessions. While working on theproblem, you may find it necessaryto create a crisis by giving your hus-band an ultimatum. A spouse whois acting out in this fashion can

sometimes be persuaded to make achange if his partner has thecourage to stand up for herself. Tellhim, "Either we both get counseling(separately), or I'm moving outuntil you're ready to help me re-solve this issue." Separation may bewhat it takes to open his eyes to hisbehavior and to stimulate somebadly needed self-examination onhis part. Naturally, you’ll want tomake sure that your support sys-tem is in place and that you actu-ally have a safe place to go—thehome of a friend, family member, orneighbor—before you put the mat-ter to him in these terms. Lay yourplans, line up your resources, andmake your arrangements prior topacking your bags and walking outthe door.

In the meantime, you may wantto have a conversation with an at-torney—not to talk about divorce,but simply to gather information

about your options. Among otherthings, find out what’s involved inarranging a legal separation. Inmany cases, a temporary separa-tion is exactly what’s needed in asituation like yours. Marriages getstuck in deadly ruts when spousesbecome blind to the hurtful natureof their words and actions. If sepa-ration is what it takes to open yourhusband’s eyes and stimulate someself-examination on his part, thenso be it. An abuser can sometimesbe persuaded to make a change if his partner has the courage to bringabout a crisis in the relationship— in other words, to say, “I’ve hadenough.”

Before closing, perhaps it wouldbe helpful to say a few words aboutthe underlying causes of abuse andlist some of the identifying marks of genuinely “abusive” speech and be-havior. Domestic abuse is almost al-ways a technique for gaining and

maintaining control. An emotionalabuser keeps others under histhumb by blaming and shaming.He uses name-calling, swearing,and other forms of contemptuousspeech to convince his partner thatshe is unworthy of better treat-ment. In most cases he is highlymanipulative, displays narcissistictendencies, and flatly refuses to ac-knowledge any personal responsi-bility for difficulties in the mar-riage. If any of this sounds familiar,you are more than justified in tak-ing whatever steps are necessary toreverse the situation. A good coun-selor can help you recognize towhat extent you may have becomebrainwashed by your spouse’s be-havior and thus lulled into a stateof resignation and silent acceptanceof your lot.



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PuT IRAS TO WORKRichard Wahlstrom

www.edwardjones.comIf you’re a “Gen-Xer,” born be-

tween 1965 and 1980, you’ve stillgot many years to go until you re-tire. At this stage of your life, whatcan you do to help build resourcesfor the retirement lifestyle you’veenvisioned?

Besides having time on your

side, you’ve got another key advan-tage in saving for retirement — specifically, you probably haven’treached your peak earning years.This helps you in at least twoways. First, of course, it means youshould be able to increase your re-tirement savings in the future.

And second, it might mean you’restill eligible to contribute to one of the most effective retirement ac-counts available — the Roth IRA.

When you invest in a Roth IRA,your earnings are distributed taxfree, provided you’ve had your ac-count at least five years and youdon’t start taking withdrawalsuntil you’re at least 59½. For the2013 tax year, you can put in up to$5,500 to a Roth IRA; when youreach 50, you’ll also be able tomake “catch-up” contributions.

(Currently, the catch-up limit is$1,000.)

However, the ability to makeRoth IRA contributions is limitedby income. For 2013, you can makethe full contribution to a Roth IRA if you are single and your modifiedadjusted gross income (MAGI) isless than $112,000. Above thisamount, your contribution limitwill be gradually reduced, and if your MAGI reaches $127,000, you

won’t be able to contribute at all. If you’re married filing jointly, thelower limit is $178,000 and thecutoff amount is $188,000.

Of course, if you have to considerthese income limits, you’re makinga reasonably good living, and youmay well be on a career path thatwill take you to even greater earn-ings — which is why you shouldthink about putting in as much aspossible to a Roth IRA while you’reeligible.

If your earnings are already overthe limit for the Roth IRA, you canstill contribute to a traditionalIRA. Your contributions can growtax deferred, which means yourmoney can accumulate faster thanit would on an account on whichyou paid taxes every single year.Taxes are due upon withdrawal,

and withdrawals prior to age 59½may be subject to a 10% IRSpenalty.

But what if your income level issuch that you could contribute toeither a Roth IRA or a traditionalIRA? Which one should youchoose?

There’s no “right” answer foreveryone. On the one hand, theRoth’s tax-free distributions maybe more attractive to you than the

tax-deferred growth potential of atraditional IRA if you expect yourtax rate to be higher in the future.However, depending on your in-come level and whether you haveaccess to a 401(k) or other retire-ment plan at work, your tradi-tional IRA contributions may befully or partially tax-deductible.But these types of calculations arenot easy, so before making the tra-ditional-or-Roth choice, you’ll needto consult with your tax advisor.

In any case, now is the time tocapitalize on your Gen-X statusand use the years ahead to investconsistently in an IRA and othertax-advantaged retirement ac-counts. As an investor, time is yourgreatest ally — so take advantageof it.

Whether it’s a tablet with an ed-ucational purpose or a big screendisplaying the latest video game,the use of electronic technology isskyrocketing among kids. In fact,according to the Kaiser FamilyFoundation, children ages eight to18 spend more than seven and ahalf hours with electronics everyday.

Unfortunately, all of that screentime can cause eye fatigue, and ul-timately have an impact on yourchild’s overall vision and eyehealth.

To view things closer, our eyesautomatically adjust by drawinginward; our pupils get smaller tofocus, and our eye muscles adjustso we can see a clear image. As aresult, extended use of electronic

screens can cause tired, blurry orirritated eyes.Intense focus on a video screen

also leads to a diminished blinkrate, which can result in eye in-

juries. Although there is no scientific

evidence that computers and hand-held electronic devices directlycause vision problems, using thesedevices wisely can help prevent eyefatigue and strain, as well as asso-ciated headaches, blurred visionand dry eyes.

To help protect your child’s vi-sion, consider these tips from

Ameritas, a leading provider of dental, vision and hearing careplans:

•Know that prolonged use of electronic devices can exacerbateunderlying eye conditions, so elec-tronics should be used in modera-tion. Limit screen time to twohours or less a day (includingwatching TV, playing video gamesand using mobile phones).

•Encourage intentional blinkingwhile electronic devices are in useto help refresh eyes with naturalmoisture that helps prevent bacte-rial infections, dry spots andcorneal breakdown.

•Reduce additional eye strain bymanaging glare from windows andusing low-watt bulbs in light fix-tures.

•Keep computer screens 20 to 28inches away from the face.

•Practice a rule of 20s to giveeyes a rest. Every 20 minutes, askyour child to look at least 20 feetaway for 20 seconds before refocus-ing attention up close again.

•Move around and change posi-tions periodically while using a de-vice.

•Watch for signs of eyestrainwhile electronic devices are in use,such as squinting, frowning at thescreen or rubbing eyes.

•If vision problems or discomfortarise, schedule an appointmentwith an eye doctor for a profes-sional evaluation.

When taking into account timeat the office in front of a computer

screen, many adults regularly useelectronic devices for as long as, oreven longer than, their children.Following the same advice not onlysets a good example, but it can helpprotect your own eye health.

For additional information andtips for managing eyestrain whileusing electronics, visit www.amer-itasinsight.com.

Protect young eyes in the technology age

Custer State Park, Mickelson Trail makeworldwide top 10 lists

Two South Dakota state parksrecently earned spots on separatetop ten lists as compiled by aworldwide adventure company.

Active travel company Austin-Lehman Adventures gave theMickelson Trail the number sevenposition on their top ten bike rides(http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/02/12/worlds-top-ten-bike-rides/). The company’s European

cycling director logged more than10,000 miles across the globe tocreate the list. The Mickelson Trailwas noted for its blasted hard-rocktunnels and more than 100 con-verted railroad bridges. Other hon-ored trails included Glacier Na-tional Park in Montana, the SanJuan Islands in Washington state,and locations in Austria, France,and Germany.

A few days later, South Dakotawas named number 10 on the com-pany’s list of best wildlife viewingdestinations in the world(http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2013/02/26/worlds-top-10-wildlife-destinations/). The list specificallycited Custer State Park for theirvariety of wildlife, from thebrawny bison to the passive prairiedog. Visitors are also charmed bythe begging burros, big horn sheep,pronghorn, wild turkeys, elk and

mountain goats. Other locations onthe list included Yellowstone Na-tional Park, the Galapagos Islandsand the Amazon River Basin.

“We’re honored that these twoparks have been recognized assome of the best in the world,” saidDoug Hofer, South Dakota StateParks director. “The naturalbeauty and amazing hospitality of our state make these places specialto residents and visitors alike, nomatter where you go.”

The recognition is no surprise toGovernor Daugaard, who intro-duced a bill this year that wouldfund projects to enhance both theMickelson Trail and Custer StatePark. It would also establish a newstate park that is anticipated togain much recognition as a naturearea and educational site for Na-tive American culture.

“In South Dakota, we value theoutdoors,” said Daugaard. “Ourheritage is based on outdoor activ-ities – hunting pheasants, fishingin the Missouri River, camping inour state parks, and enjoying thebeauty of the Black Hills. The re-cent recognition of these two at-tractions shows we shine brightlythroughout the world.”

pennington co. courant, march 14, 2013

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