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The Lennox School Dis-trict 41-4 Board of Edu-cation met July 15. The existing board adopted the fi scal year 2014 budget as presented by Angela Arlt, Business Manager. Also ap-proved were the minutes to the previous meeting, fi nan-cial reports and obligations and a budget supplement.

The annual meeting of the board was then called to order by the superinten-dent. Arlt administered the Oath of Office to board members Merris Miller and Nancy Nelson. Alan Rops was elected as board presi-dent unanimously, Mary Peters as vice president. One representative for each town was appointed, they are: Peters-Lennox, Sandy Poppenga-Chancellor and Dawn Wolf-Worthing.

Nelson was appointed as the representative to the East Dakota Cooperative board; alternate Poppenga.

Board member salaries were set at $50 for regular meetings, special meetings and committee meetings.

Designations, Authori-zations and Appointments were approved as the fol-lows: 1) Re-designate Rob-ert’s Rules of Order as Par-liamentary guidelines; 2) designate Valley Exchange Bank of Lennox, Dako-ta Heritage State Bank of Chancellor, Home Federal Bank of Lennox, and First National Bank of Sioux Falls as official deposito-ries; 3) designate the board

president, vice president and business manager as authorized signatures for the district and food service checking accounts and the business manager and the superintendent for all other bank accounts and the safety deposit box; 4) authorize the business manager to invest and borrow money; 5) des-ignate the business manager as custodian of the Trust and Agency accounts; 6) autho-rize the business manager to pay the electric, natural gas, water, telephone, credit card(s) and approved leases as they come due; 7) desig-nate the business manager

and superintendent as of-fi cial purchasing agents for the district; 8) designate the Lennox Independent as the offi cial newspaper; 9) authorize the superintendent to institute the school lunch program; 10) appoint the superintendent as Federal Program Director; 11) Di-rector of Student Services as administrator of the Title I program; 12) designate the superintendent/business manager as offi cial signa-ture for the Title I program; 13) authorize the super-intendent to close school in emergency situations and in case of inclement weather and to set a chain of command in the super-intendent’s absence; 14) appoint the superintendent as truancy officer for the district; 15) appoint Rodney Freeman as legal counsel for the district.

Tuition rates for the 2013-2014 school year were approved as: K-8 $5,643 and 9-12 $6064. Tuition rates increased by 2%.

Also approved: Staff mileage and meal reim-bursements rates: In state: Breakfast $5.00; Lunch $9.00; Dinner $12.00, Out of state: Breakfast $8.00; Lunch $11.00; Dinner $17.00; Mileage-current State rate; Student meals for travel-Breakfast $4.00; Lunch $5.00; Dinner $6.00

Activity and admission prices were set as follows:

Back to School time

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Worthing City Commissioners met on Thursday, July 11. In the absence of Mayor Eric Saugstad, Commissioner Board Presi-dent Darren VanHouten opened the meeting.

City Engineer Jon Fischer, of Stockwell Engineers, spoke to the Commissioners during the open speaking portion of the meeting. He explained that the Safe Routes to School Phase 1 bid opening was held by the DOT (Department of Transportation). There was one bidder, Carstensen Conract-ing Inc of Pipestone, who bid $203,625; that amount was $65,000 over the estimated cost of the project. Fischer recommended that the city reject the bid. He said that was the State’s recommendation as well.

Phase two of the Safe Routes to School

project has been reviewed and revised ac-cording to the State’s recommendations, added Fischer. He recommended including both phase one and phase two in one bid, believing that the larger project would bring better bids. He was hoping to open bids yet this year if possible.

Fischer also reported on the school improvement project, stating that it was progressing slowly. Work has been held up waiting for MidAmerican and Xcel Energy to complete work on utilities.

Third Street should be open by the time school starts and Second and Juniper Streets should be open by early September.

Following the open speaking, the com-missioners began the regular meeting with

the passage of a resolution setting the fees and cancellation policy for the Civic Center.

Under the resolution, Legion members would be able to rent the facility for $25 for a full day; $15 for a half-day; Worth-ing residents would be charged $50 for a full day; $35 for a half day; non-residents would be charged $100 for a full day; $70 for a half day.

The cancellation policy allows a full refund if the reservation is cancelled more than four weeks prior to the event; a 50% refund if cancelled between one and four weeks prior to the event; no refund if can-celled less than one week before the event.

Next, a resolution setting the building permit schedule of fees was approved.

Zoning Administrator Jason Schroeder was present to answer any questions. He said they compared the schedules of sev-eral communities before setting the fees for Worthing. The Planning Commission recommended approval.

Schroeder said that Worthing has issued 18 building permits so far this year.

He added that many people do not know that they need a permit when they replace shingles. Shingling, siding and replacement windows require a $10 building permit. Per-mits are also required for new construction, additions/alternations/renovations/roofi ng, accessory structures such as garages, sheds and decks; pools and spas, demolition, new

Bid for Worthing Safe Routes to School project comes in $65,000 over estimate

Two Lincoln County riders received top

awards at the State 4-H Horse Show held in Huron on July 23, 24, and 25. Charlie Wittrock received Grand Champion honors in Junior Western Pony Showmanship and in Junior Pony Stock Seat Eq-uitation. Joe Hendrickson received Reserve Cham-pion in Senior Tie-Down Calf Roping.

Nine Lincoln County 4-Hers participated in the 3-day event. The follow-ing results pertain to the riding events. The placings are listed below as P-pur-ple, B-blue, R-red, and W for a white ribbon placing.

Beg. Western Horse Showmanship: Lydia Ackerman-R. Jr. West-ern Showmanship: Elise Ackerman-P. Sr. Western Showmanship: Sally Peterson-B, Kate-lynd Whitehead-W, Jordan Wittrock-B. Jr. Pony West-ern Showmanship: Charlie Wittrock-B. Sr. Western Riding: Joe Hendrickson-B. Sr. Tie Down Calf Rop-ing: Joe Hendrickson-B. Beg. Stock Seat Equita-tion: Lydia Ackerman-B. Jr. Stock Seat Equitation: Elise Ackerman-P. Jr.Pony Stock Seat Equitation: Charlie Wittrock-R. Sr. Stock Seat Equitation: Joe Hendrickson-R, Jordan Wittrock-R. Jr. English

Showmanship: Elise Ack-erman-B; Lydia Ackerman-R. Sr. English Showman-ship: Jordan Wittrock-B. Jr. Hunt Seat Equitation: Elise Ackerman-B. Sr. Hunt Seat Equitation: Jor-dan Wittrock-B, Katelynd Whitehead-W. Jr. Barrel Racing: Elizabeth Stearns-P, Myra Whitehead-B. Jr. Pole Bending: Myra

Whitehead-B, Elizabeth Stearns-B.

“Thank you to all the leaders, parents, and 4-Hers for your interest and commitment to the 4-H Horse project,” said Amber Lounsbery, 4-H Youth Pro-gram Advisor. “Congratu-lations to all participants on another successful State 4-H horse show.”

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Wittrock, Hendrickson win top honors at State 4-H Horse Show

Charlie Wittrock

IMPORTANT SCHOOL DATESLENNOX & WORTHING

ELEMENTARY OPEN HOUSES AUG. 13,

5:30-6:30PM

MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE AUG. 13,

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LENNOX HIGH SCHOOL

FALL FLING (9TH & 10TH GRADES) AUG. 8, 6-9PM

JUNIOR AND SENIORAUG. 9, 6-9PM

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AUG. 20

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Making our region the best place for businessBY NICK FOSHEIM

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LINCOLN & MINNEHAHA COUNTY ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS

The recent announce-ment by CNBC that South Dakota is the Top State for Business in the

online publication’s 2013 rankings follows on the heels of POLICOM naming the Sioux Falls Metro Area in the Top Ten nationally for the strongest economy. These accolades for our regional business climate are only the latest in a long line of Top Ten ratings for the fast-growing area that encompasses Minnehaha and

The Governor’s Offi ce of Eco-nomic Development has often pointed to our success in regional development, and the effective partnerships that exist here. The communities of our two-county area continue to attract new companies and, equally important, new fami-lies, fueling the growth of the region.

The rapid growth of our regional LCEDA and MCEDA communities has been a strong element in the success of our metro area. Because we collaborate with the Governor’s Offi ce of Economic Development and the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, we share in the success of our area.

The proactive, economic devel-opment-oriented participation of

the communities in Lincoln and Minnehaha Counties is a vital part of that economic success. Regional, national and international business owners study the rankings that put our state’s economy first in the nation, and they analyze the com-munities within these states where their companies can be profi table. Often, those decision makers start their search in Lincoln and Min-nehaha Counties.

We can be proud of South Da-kota and its pro-business, pro-growth attitude and what that means to growing companies, both the existing operations that have already chosen our region, and new businesses that like what they see here. We can also be proud of our communities for offering businesses what they want. We’re building our state’s economy—and the whole nation is getting the good news about Lincoln and Minnehaha Counties.

These accolades not only draw attention to our region from a busi-ness attraction perspective, but we also know that these rankings would not have been achieved without the success of our regional communities. This recent recogni-tion gives us another tool in our toolkit as we work to grow and expand our communities.

This week, in our little town in South Dakota, a young man in his twenties came into

my offi ce weeping and scratching his arms and legs. I was expect-ing a rash-type problem, when he blurted out that he was injecting m e t h a m p h e t -amine two to four times a day. “It has destroyed my life,” he said. “I used to have a job, insurance, a house, and a life. Now I have nothing. Please help me,” he cried. I referred him to a rehab center, but I don’t think he took the help and he failed to return to my next appointment.

By defi nition addiction is the state of physical or psychological dependence on a drug, which is liable to have a damaging effect. It’s a habit, a compulsion, or an obsession, which turns around and bites the user and everyone nearby. Alcoholism is the most pervasive and obvious addiction in our society. If it doesn’t directly affect you, most certainly it affects someone dear to you.

The potential for addiction is part of our collective human nature. I dare say that every one of us given just the right situation would be addicted to one drug or another, whether it be cigarettes, pain medicines, sleeping pills,

marijuana, methamphetamine or a fi ne red wine.

What is it that separates the addict from normal happy people who are able to function in society? Some experts define addiction and, specifi cally, alcoholism with

four fea tures : craving, loss of control, physical dependence, and tolerance. Others

add that addiction means losing perspective about what has value in life. Vision of the surrounding world dims, and instead the addict obsesses on self and how to get another shot, pill, snort, drag, or drink. Addiction accelerates like a maelstrom into such selfness until nothing else exists.

It makes sense then that the opportunity for recovery comes with the sacred message of the Golden Rule: treating others with compassion and fairness. Valuing others is the key ingredient in order to sober- up the self-absorbed ad-dicted individual. It is no wonder spiritual based programs for sobri-ety are the most successful.

No question, we are all at risk for the selfi sh cycle of addiction, and our best help comes by re-learning how to care for others.

Dr. Rick Holm wrote this Prairie Doc Perspective for “On Call®,” a weekly pro-gram where medical professionals discuss health concerns for the general public, airing Thursdays on SDPB-TV at 7 p.m.

Valuing others

Prairie Doc Perspective.

▼ Richard P. Holm M.D.

BY KELLI BULTENA

Family entertainment is often hard to agree upon. It comes down to finding something

that appeals to all the ages of the entire group — often times we as parents sacrifi ce the fun factor just to appease the kids. I mean some days I do not want to watch Doc McStuffi ns, but I can tolerate see-ing Full House for the 932nd time.

The same can be said for one of my favorite entertainment options — the arcade. When my thirteen year old boys weigh in they vote for Electric Rainbow, when it’s just my youngest, she says it should be Chuck E. Cheese.

We’ll start with my favorite — the Electric Rainbow located in the Western Mall right across from the theatre inside, just down from the Karate place.

The Electric Rainbow is a clas-sic arcade that features Ski ball, Pacman and Frogger — not only are there games I can actually play the kids seem to like it.

The electric rainbow mural painted on the wall adds a nice ambiance and for those of you who grew up in the 80’s you’ll feel right at home here.

We go in spurts, especially in the cold months of winter, where we stop in here and the kids start saving tickets for one of the im-pressive prizes. Last week we took a night and a ten dollar bill and came home with a four foot hamster.

That’s the other high point of Electric Rainbow—the monster prizes and the ticket payouts. It is possible to get there.

For the sake of research I also made a trip to Chuck E. Cheese this past week with my eight year old. They have done some rear-ranging since I was in here last and if all of your people are under the age of eight, this will be your favorite hang out. That is until you compare ticket payouts. When you play Frogger at Chuck E. Cheese the most you can get is 8 tickets, over at Electric Rainbow it’s 400. Cassie and I spent more money at Chuck E. and she came home with a slinky and a pinwheel.

We also ate supper at Chuck E. Cheese, she enjoyed the cheese pizza and I sampled some buf-falo hot wings. Neither were the highlight of the night, nor will be recommended by this writer.

Favorite games for my daughter at Chuck E. Cheese were in her words, “the Monkey Ball, and a big game that had a giant crank on it.” The crank game was one where you tried to stop it on a certain ticket number. It seemed we always landed on 3, but it was fun for her and it was fun for me to watch her!

Just a few more options for you and the kids to enjoy some time together — see who can beat the high score on Ski Ball. Is dad better at Deal or No Deal? Just don’t get up and dance with the “real” Chuck E. Cheese, I mean we shouldn’t purposely try to embar-

Let’s play games — family entertainment at the arcaderass our children!

If you’re going:Chuck E. Cheese is located at

2600 S. Louise Ave Sioux Falls, SD; open 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. every day, and until 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Electric Rainbow is located inside the Western Mall (at 41st & Western Avenue), across the hall from the West Mall Theaters; open, Monday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. and Sunday Noon - 10 p.m.

Cost for most games at both arcades is one token, or 25¢.

Kelli Bultena is on e of the con-tributors to The Lennox Indepen-dent’s Entertainment Page — catch a local review of activities, movies, books and more every week in The Lennox Independent.

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THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/AUGUST 2013 NEWS AND INFORMATION 3

Worthing City Hall HoursLocated at 208 South Main Street

Mon.—Thurs.: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. & Fri.: 7:30 a.m. - 12 noon

Phone: (605) 372-4113 Fax: 605-372-2194Mail: PO Box 277, Worthing, S.D. 57077

CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS Monday, August 19, 2013

and Monday, September 9, 2013 Regular Meeting @ 7 p.m.

Each meeting begins at 7 p.m. with the exclusion of special meetings. Meetings are now being held in the Worthing Civic Center (American Legion Building).

All meetings are open to the public except for Executive Session, which is used only to discuss legal

and personnel issues.

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS Monday, August 16, 2013 at 6 p.m.

Worthing City Hall

Planning Commission Meetings: Each meeting begins at 6 p.m. with the exclusion of special meetings.

Meetings are held at Worthing City Hall. All meetings are open to the public

Worthing City Offi cialsEric Saugstad, Mayor: 270-2614,

Darren Van Houten, Public Utilities: 212-4908, publicutilities@cityofworthing.com

Todd Gannon, Public Works: 254-3229, publicworks@cityofworthing.com

Troy Larson, Finance & Revenue: 201-6644, fi nanceandrevenue@cityofworthing.com

Carrie McDannel, Public Safety: (605) 941-0665, publicsafety@cityofworthing.com

Jeff Tanner, City Administrator: 372-4113,cityadministrator@cityofworthing.com

Kay Heiberger, Finance Offi cer: 372-4113,fi nanceofffi cer@cityofworthing.com

Jake Sees, Maintenance Lead, 251-4555, leadmaintenance@cityofworthing.com

Marie Albertson, Administrative Assistant/Utility Assistant, 372-4113, adminassistant@cityofworthing.com

Jason Schroder, Zoning Administrator: 941-2751zoningadministrator@cityofworthing.com

PRESCHOOL Centers: Lennox and Worthing; Hours: Lennox —AM class is for 3 and 4 year olds who will be attending two years of preschool (30 students max) PM class is for older 4 year olds and 5 year olds who will be transitioning to kindergarten the following school year (30 students max); TIME CHANGE: Worthing — 3, 4 and 5 year olds in the AM only (20 students max); Days: Monday – Thursday Part-time is available either on Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday in both centers; Price: $145.00 a month for full-time or $85.00 per month for part-time. Preschool is a great way to get your child ready for kindergarten. Writing names, ABC and number recognition, shapes, colors, letter sounds. Learning how to sit during circle time, walk in hallways, and play with other students. Christmas and graduation programs are highlights along with an end of the year fi eld trip. If interested contact Sheryl Ledeboer at Sheryl.ledeboer@k12.sd.us or 605-647-2203 or 605-212-6261.

TOTALLY KIDS: SCHOOL YEAR CENTERS: LENNOX AND WORTHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL *PM snack included in tuition *hours: 6:00am-8:10am and 3:15pm-6:00pm * Only pay for the hours you need daycare * homework help, art projects, outside time, computers, gym time *Staff certifi ed in CPR/First Aid *Open during teacher in-service days and comp days Registration Fee $15.00; before/after Weekly rate $40.00; before/after 4 day rate $35.00; before/after 3 day rate $30.00; After school weekly rate $32.00; 4 day after school rate $28.00; 3 day after school rate $24.00; before school weekly rate $26.00; 4 day before school rate $23.00; 3 day before school rate $20.00; before school drop-in rate $7.00; after school drop-in rate $8.50; noon dismissals extra $5.00; Comp days extra $10.00

PRESCHOOL/DAYCARE

We are where we need to be [with the budget]; we’re not running surpluses, but we’re meeting our obligations.

JEFF TANNERWORTHING CITY ADMINISTRATOR

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fences, driveways, relocation of residential structure, gazebos, perma-nent signs, and miscellaneous.

Schroeder confi rmed that people do not need a permit to replace kitchen cabinets.

The Commissioners then approved First National Bank, Harrisburg branch as the City’s Financial Depository.

The Lennox Independent was ap-proved as the offi cial paper for the City for a period of three years.

There was a brief discussion on the municipal budget. Commissioner Troy Larson and City Administrator Jeff Tanner reported that revenues were on track and that the city was in pretty good shape.

“Everywhere budgets are tight and we are no different,” said Larson.

“There are no red fl ags in any of the funds we have,” said Tanner. “We are where we need to be; we’re not running surpluses, but we’re meeting our obligations.”

A full budget discussion is expected to take place at the next meeting.

The next action of the board was to change the next meeting date to July 25th at 7:30 p.m.

Under the Administrator’s report, Tanner reported that they are still con-sidering candidates for the Planning Commission.

Larson thanked everyone for their help and participating in Worthing Days.

He also reported that there were multiple applicants for the finance officer position. Resumes will be reviewed and interviews set up with potential candidates.

Larson asked the Commissioners to look at the portions of the budget for which they were responsible and make any necessary changes.

At the July 25 meeting of the Worth-ing City Commission, the commission heard from Jon Fischer of Stockwell Engineers about the Safe Routes to School project. One bid was received on the project and it was $65,000 over the engineer’s estimate.

“I suggest that we reject the one bid,” Fischer said.

Mayor Eric Saugstad questioned why the lone bid was $65,000 more than they were thinking. Fischer said prices are likely starting to climb because contractors are getting busier and safe routes project is a relatively small project.

“Honestly I thought we’d have people looking for work. I think a part of it is the non-competitive bid and it’s a state-led project,” Fischer said. “The company that bid was shooting for the moon. We just can’t [award it].”

Public works commissioner Todd Gannon moved to reject the bid for the Safe Routes to School project phase I. The commissioners voted to reject the bid.

Fischer said the next step would be to open bids in November and build the next.

Fischer then noted that MidAmeri-can Energy was done with their portion on the school improvement project. Xcel Energy is almost done on Third

Street. Stonehill was to fi nish the storm sewers by July 29. Once dirt work is done on Juniper, then gravel can be laid down.

Heidi Condon with Stockwell En-gineers presented a proposed compre-hensive master drainage plan for the city of Worthing. The commissioners have planning documents to review.

“These planning documents are important in planning to move forward. We’ve got to make sure we are taking care of things underground when we look at improving streets,” said Jon Brown, Stockwell Engineers.

The commission decided to take no action on the drainage plan at this time and will review the documents provided by Stockwell Engineers.

City administrator Jeff Tanner presented a budget proposal for 2014 that he and fi nance and revenue com-missioner Troy Larson spent the last few weeks working on.

“What we’ve done here is that we’ve put together a conservative budget by being conservative on the revenue side and expenditure side,” Tanner said.

Tanner said they incorporated sales tax fi gures that were provided by the county. He noted they have no grants in the general fund this year.

“Take some time to go over these budgets and we will discuss at our next meeting,” Saugstad said.

In other business, the commission approved the June fi nancial report and minutes from the July 11 meeting. They tabled motions regarding new fi nance offi cer hiring and the SDRS Roth program.

In committee reports, Gannon reported that about 50 adults were participating in adult volleyball. Sau-gstad thanked maintenance lead Jake Sees for his work on Beck Family Park.

Bid for Worthing Safe Routes to School project comes in $65,000 over estimate

■ SCHOOL, from page 1Adults, $5.00 admis-

sion, $55.00 activity tickets; Students $3.00 admission, $25.00 activity tickets; Sr. Citizens $3.00 admission, $35.00 activity tickets; Family activity tickets will be $100.00.

Food service rates were set as: Adult lunch-$3.75, Adult breakfast-$2.00, Student lunch K-5 $2.50, 6-12 $2.75, Breakfast, K-12 $1.55. Prices are the same as last year.

Quorum voting was ap-proved for the 2013-2014 school year.

Peters was nominated to serve on the City/School Joint Library Board.

The salary listings for 2013-14 was approved.

New hires for 2013-14 were listed as: Amy Lun-dquist -1st Grade LES, Jeff Larsen-4th Grade LES, Eric Anderson-4th Grade LES, Andrea Irish-5th Grade LES, Cody Lutes-5th Grade LES, Matt Luze-7th Grade Reading/Geography/Head Coach Football, Melanie Niehus-Middle School Computers/8th Grade Read-ing, Angela Temme-7th & 8th Grade Math and Alge-bra, Sara Bakken-Middle School Band, Allison Hi-

ghum-Special Education Aide LES, Tim Pusch-Bus Driver, Delbert Javers-Bus Driver.

One resignation was ap-proved: Shoni DeVitt, Art teacher.

Back to school dates were listed: Lennox and Worthing Elementary open houses August 13 5:30-6:30 p.m., Middle School open house August 13 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Lennox High School events include a fall fl ing for freshman and sophomores August 8, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., Junior and Se-nior experience August 9 6:00-9:00 p.m. First day of school is Aug. 20.

Teacher in-service be-gins Aug. 5 and 6 for the new teachers; with training planned Aug. 12-13, and Aug.19 for all teachers. Su-perintendant Robert Mayer invited the board to come to meet the new staff on the 5th.

In other business a sur-plus of old jerseys was approved as well as ap-proving the old scoreboard as surplus.

Mayer said the building committee will meet next week to discuss the middle school project, he said he is hoping to have a fall of 2015

Back to School timecompletion date.

The Chancellor school property remained on the table, with no action taken.

The Totally Kids Hand-book and Policies and Pro-cedures were approved. Also approved was the Pre-school Handbook.

A computer waiver for eight grade was approved. This is to allow computer

taken in the 8th grade to count for high school credit.

An inter-district open enrollment approved. the board then went into execu-tive session to discuss stu-dent issues, no action was taken following executive session.

The next board meeting is scheduled for August 12 at 7:30 p.m.

On Saturday, August 17th, a benefi t will be held for Tay-lor Stroschein. Taylor is a 13 year old that lives in Lennox and has recently been diagnosed with Lupus.

The benefi t will begin at 5:00pm with a free will dona-tion meal and a silent auction. At 7:00pm, the winners of the silent auction will be announced. Also beginning at 7:00 will be a kid dance. All ages are welcome from 7-9. From 9:00-11:00, the dance will be for junior high students and older. The dance will include pop, a photo booth and much more. The cost for the dance is $5 per child. Chaperones will be in full force. All of these activities will be held at the Worthing Fire Station.

Benefit Saturday, Aug. 17 for Taylor Stroshein

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It’s time once again to load up those back-packs with school supplies! How quickly the summer goes by! However, I am sure the students are just as excited to begin a new school year as we are at Worthing Elementary!

We hope you are able to attend our Open House at Worthing Elementary on Tuesday, August 13th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. This will give students a chance to meet their teachers, drop off school supplies and maybe check out their lockers and desks. School will resume on Tuesday, August 20th at 8:30 a.m.

Sadly, we said “Good-bye” to Mr. Todd Smidt, our third grade teacher in Worthing. Mr. Smidt and his wife both took positions with the Harrisburg district, and we certainly wish them the best! Coincidentally, the teacher who has been selected to replace him is Miss Jacqueline Smidt, so the last name “Smidt” remains with the third grade at Worthing! Miss Smidt has previous teaching experience with the Todd County School District, and will be involved in a program called “PDC” this year through the University of South Dakota. She will be working to get her Master’s Degree while at the same time being mentored by Ms. Stacy Larson from Lennox Elementary. Both teachers will engage in some team-teaching experiences which will provide rich instruction for the third graders at Worthing!

We ended our school year with a Bike Rodeo in conjunction with the Worthing Safe Routes to School partnership. Two students in each classroom received bikes from Scheel’s and twenty students received vouchers for shoes from Shoe Carnival. We will again participate in activities throughout the year which encourage students to safely walk and bike to school.

Character Counts will again be a part of our monthly recognition system where students will be identifi ed per classroom for exhibiting characteristics from the Pillars of Character. Teachers will also receive training and materi-als on the Olweus Bullying Curriculum.

Our teachers have spent numerous hours over the past two years learning about the newly adopted Common Core standards for learning. More information will be forthcom-ing about a new state assessment in grades 3-8 and 11 which will be coming in the spring of 2014-15.

We look forward to a super school year with the students at Worthing Elementary!

ELEMENTARY

Preschool:Large backpack/book bagTwo boxes of Kleenex

Jr. Kindergarten:2 Boxes of 24 Crayola Crayons 1 Set of 10 Classic color Crayola Markers 8 Pencils 2 Bottles of Elmer’s glue (no gel or glit-

ter glue) 2 Elmer’s glue sticks 1 pair Fiskar scissors (metal)2 Boxes of Kleenex 2 Folders with bottom pockets1 School box for supplies (small 5’ x 8”

plastic type preferred) 1 Plastic nap mat 1 Set of 8 watercolor paints 2 Dry erase markers and eraser 2 Containers of Lysol disinfecting wipes

Kindergarten:24 package of Crayola crayons 4 pencils 1 bottle Elmer’s glue (no gel or glitter

glue) 1 pair Fiskar scissors (metal)2 boxes Kleenex 2 folders with two bottom pockets 1 school box for supplies 1 rug or mat 1 paint shirt 1 set of 8 watercolor paints 2 dry erase markers 1 container of Lysol disinfecting wipes**Please put child’s name on all school

supplies

First Grade:2 three-ring binders (1/2 inch hard

cover) 2 boxes of 24 Crayola Crayons 1 set of water paints 2 seven oz. Elmer’s school glue (no

substitutes) 24 yellow #2 lead pencils1 set of 10 classic color Crayola Markers 2 big PINK erasers4 pocket folders Scissors (Fiskars preferred) 1 spiral notebook – wide rule1 box of tissue 1 clear plastic container for supplies 1 paint shirt 2 glue sticks 1-4 pack of EXPO chisel tip dry erase

markers 1 EXPO eraser 1-hand-held (covered) pencil sharpener 2 Highlighters 7-1 gallon zip lock bags (don’t write

name on them) 1 container of Lysol disinfecting wipes

Second Grade:2 small supply boxes 2 3 ring binders-1 inch ring is fi ne 1 box 24 Crayola crayons or Twistables 1 Fiskars brand scissors 2 bottles of Elmer’s school glue 2 Elmer’s glue sticks

10 pencils-plain pencils preferred 1 package of pink pet erasers2 sets of Crayola marker (1 wide and

1 slim)Colored pencils 1 set of Crayola watercolor paints 1 package of dry erase markers with

an eraser 2 Zip-Loc bags-gallon size2 large box of Kleenex 1 wide ruled spiral notebook1 black SharpiePlease label your child’s supplies.

Third Grade:4 Elmer’s Glue sticks Elmer’s white school glueColored pencils Crayola crayons-36 or 48 count Pointed Fiskar scissor 1 Box of Kleenex 1 Clorox Wipes 4 Wide-line spiral notebooks (one each

of yellow, green, blue and red) Watercolor paints (Prang or Crayola)1-1⁄2” 3 ring binder 3 BLACK dry erase markers & eraser

(or clean sock) Sharpened pencils & small sharpener

(replace as needed)Pocket Folders with prongs and pockets,

(one each: yellow, green, blue and red) Erasers 4 Pack of Sharpies 2 red pens1 black pen PLEASE-no BIG Trapper Keepers or

BIG Binders

Fourth Grade:24 Crayons 12 Colored pencils Fiskars scissors (7 inch) Ruler (inches and centimeters) 5 wide-rule notebooks (at least 70 pages) 2 college-rule notebooks Glue bottle (please no gel or colored

glue) Glue stick Watercolor paints and paint cup 3 folders 2 red pens 2 blue or black pens A pack of sharpened number 2 pencils Erasers for pencils Markers: 2 fi ne-tip black Sharpie perma-

nent marker, 4 wide-tip dry erase markersScotch tape Small pencil case Book bag 2 boxes of Kleenex 1 inch binder (durable) Pencil sharpener

Fifth Grade:12 Colored pencils 24 Crayons Markers Ruler (inches and centimeters) ProtractorCompass Glue bottle Glue stick Scissors2 fine-tip black Sharpie permanent

markers

3 wide-tip dry eraser markers2 red pens2 black or blue pens A pack of sharpened #2 pencils (more

as needed throughout the year) Erasers for pencils 8 folders (1 red, 1 blue, 1 purple, 1

green, 1 orange, 2 yellow and 1 folder of your choice)

7 wide-rule notebooks (prefer diff erent colors)

1” binder 12 Color watercolor set 2 boxes of Kleenex 1 Clorox Wipes Scotch tape Pencil sharpener Pencil case Book bag Tennis shoes for PE

**3rd- 5th Grade students are required to purchase agendas through the school.

LWC MIDDLE SCHOOL

SIXTH GRADE:3 Spiral notebooks 3 Pkgs. loose leaf paper 4 Book covers 4 Folders with pockets #2 Pencils 1 Highlighter 2 Red pens 2 Box of Kleenex Dry erase marker Trapper Keeper/Zipper Binder or fold-

ers for each class.

GRADES SEVEN AND EIGHT:6 Spiral notebooks 2 Pkgs. loose leaf paper 4 Book covers: 2 extra-large for 7th 3 extra-large for 8th #2 pencils1 Highlighter 1 Basic calculator with square root and

+\- buttons (opt) 2 Box of Kleenex Trapper Keeper/Zipper Binder or folder

for each class

ART (ALL)9x12 sketchbook or printer paper in a

binder Ziploc bag for supplies 1 pink eraser or equal #2 Pencils (NOT mechanical)24 Count Crayola colored pencils Markers 1 Scissors (opt) 12” ruler (opt)1 4 oz. washable school glue

PE (ALL):Combination lock (required)-may rent

from school Athletic shorts T-shirtSocks Towel (optional) Tennis shoes (inside)

Lennox School District School Supply List2013-2014

Kindergarten start dates for 2013-14 school year

In an eff ort to ease the transition for the 2013-14 kindergarten students as they learn school procedures and meet their new friends, there will be two starting dates next fall for kindergarten students. Students with last names beginning with A-N will attend their fi rst school day on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Students attending on Tuesday will not attend on Wednesday. Students with last names beginning with O-Z and any students attending the Totally Kids Program, will attend their fi rst school day on Wednesday, Aug. 21.  All Kindergarten students will attend on Th ursday, Aug. 22.

2013-2014 Back to School Message

THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/AUGUST 2013 PEOPLE 5

PIERRE, S.D. – Babies and toddlers aren’t the only ones who need immuniza-tions. Parents should be aware that their pre-teens and college freshmen also need to be vaccinated, says a state health offi cial.

“College freshmen who live in dorms and unvac-cinated kids entering high school are at high risk for meningococcal disease and should be vaccinated,” said Dr. Lon Kightlinger, state epidemiologist for the De-partment of Health. “And 11 and 12-year-olds need a booster shot for pertussis.”

Meningococcal disease is a bacterial infection result-ing in infl ammation of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms include fever, severe head-ache, stiff neck, vomiting and a rash. Ten to 14 percent of people with the disease die and up to 19 percent of sur-vivors may suffer permanent disabilities such as hearing

loss, limb amputations or brain disease. South Dakota typically reports three cases of meningococcal disease a year. To date in 2013, four cases have been reported.

Meningococcal vaccine is available from family health care providers and campus student health centers. The department provides the vaccine for 11 to 18-year-olds who are eligible for the federal Vaccines for Children Program (Medicaid eligible, Native American or Alas-kan Native, uninsured or underinsured). The vaccine is free for these children but providers may charge an administration fee.

Whooping cough, or per-tussis, is a serious illness that causes uncontrollable cough-ing, rib fractures, pneumo-nia, loss of consciousness and even death. Infants are at highest risk, with two-thirds of those under age 1 infected needing hospital-ization. There have been

11 pertussis cases reported in South Dakota to date in 2013; three of those cases have been younger than 1.

A pertussis vaccine boost-er dose is recommended at 11-12 years when immunity begins to wane. The initial pertussis series is given to children at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 15-18 months, and 4-6 years.

The department pro-vides the childhood series of whooping cough vaccine and the booster dose free for 11-14 year olds. Providers may charge an administra-tion fee.

Find a vaccine provider at doh.sd.gov/local-offi ces/vaccine-providers/. Learn more about meningitis or whooping cough at doh.sd.gov/diseases/infectious/diseasefacts/.

Improving childhood im-munization rates a key ob-jective of the department’s Health 2020 initiative.

Pre-teens, College freshmen need back to school immunizations

LHS to host Junior/Senior Experience First practices scheduled for cross country, football

With August quickly approach-ing, school is right around the corner and so are extra curricular activities. The Lennox High School football team will begin their practice on Wednesday, Aug. 14 with a players meeting at 4 p.m. On Thursday, Aug. 15 practice will be held from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and again at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. On Friday, Aug. 16 practice be-gins at 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and again at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and on Saturday, Aug. 17 practice will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The fi rst football game of the season will be held Aug. 30 at home against Vermillion.

The Lennox High School cross country team will also begin prac-tice in mid August. On Aug. 18 the team will set up a camp at the track between 6 and 8 p.m. A Fire Fly relay starts at midnight for the 8-12th graders. On Aug. 19 the team will practice at 7 a.m. at Sin-ning Sports Complex. This is for all 7-12th graders. School begins on Tuesday, Aug. 20. Practice will be held after school at the middle school fi tness room. On Aug. 21 practice for 8-12th grade will be at 6:30 a.m. at Lennox golf course and then practice for everyone after school. On Aug. 22, practice will be right after school at middle school fi tness room. On Aug. 23 practice will be 6:30am at middle school fi t-ness room for 8-12th grade and for everyone after school. On Aug. 24 practice for 8-12th will be at middle school fi tness room.

The Parent Fall Sport Meeting will be held Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. at the LHS gym. This meeting is for all parents of athletes in Football, Volleyball, Cross Country, and Boys Golf.

Reminder to Parents and Athletes…1) Physical Form 2) Concussion Form 3) Activities Consent Forms all must be turned in before any athlete can start practicing this fall. Those forms can be dropped off at the Business Offi ce in the Lennox Elementary or mailed to the HS attn.: Rich Luther.

Parent Fall Sport Meeting to be held Aug. 12

Golf season will begin on Monday, August 12 for any interested 7th-12th grade boy.

A reminder to parents and athletes: The Physical Form, Concussion Form, and Activities Consent Form all must be turned in before any athlete can start practicing this fall. Those forms can be dropped off at the Business Offi ce in the Lennox Elementary or mailed to the high school attn: Rich Luther.

Practice times for the fi rst week of golf will be as follows:

Aug. 12—8 to 10 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m.; Aug. 13—3 to 5 p.m.; Aug. 14—9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m.; Aug. 15—10 a.m. to Noon and 1 to 3 p.m.; Aug. 16—9 a.m. to Noon.

All practices will be at the golf course unless oth-erwise directed (practice times are subject to change).

You will need to provide your own golf clubs and golf balls.

If you have any questions, contact Coach Kory Williamson at Kory.Williamson@k12.sd.us.

Boys golf practice begins Aug. 12

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Lennox High School will be hosting a Junior/Senior Experience for students and their parents on Aug. 9, from 6 to 9 p.m. The District is providing an opportunity to meet with representatives and learn more about post-high planning, education and careers. Booths will be set up by recruiters

from branches of the military, admission counselors from South Dakota public/pri-vate colleges, representatives from SD Dept. of Labor and fi nancial aid institutions. Take advantage of having so many resources in one place; plan to attend this most important event.

Lennox School District activities calendar/booklet available now

Lennox School DistrictA supplement to The Lennox Independent

Athletic,Band & Music Schedules

Homecoming Week Schedule

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Important School Dates & Information on Administration & Staff

Pictured: Lennox Elementary, LWC Middle School complexe

Inserted into The Lennox Independent Aug. 8th edi-tion readers will be happy to fi nd the 2013-14 Lennox School District calendar and booklet. Pick up your Independent at Blue Sky Junction in Worthing or stop by The Lennox Indepen-dent offi ce at 116 S. Main St., Lennox. Calendars are available at our offi ce free of charge.

The booklet includes im-portant school dates and in-formation on administration and staff, you will also fi nd a twelve month calendar with the athletic, band and music

schedules included. Watch The Lennox Independent for

updates and changes to the school calendar.

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Farmers see improvement in pasture landBY WENDY SWEETER

Green grass and stock dams fi lled with water have been a welcome sight for cattle producers around Lennox and across the region.

Chuck Buus, who raises purebred Angus and Simmental cattle west of Lennox with his wife and kids, said the diff erence in pasture and hay condition from a year ago is signifi -cant.

“By this time (last year), we were already starting to pull calves off or starting to feed them,” Buus said.

According to USDA’s National Agricultural Sta-tistics Service, pasture and range conditions were rated 57 percent good and 18 per-cent excellent. Stock water supplies were rated 3 per-cent very short, 15 percent short, 77 percent adequate and 5 percent surplus.

In addition to his cattle operation, Buus also raises corn, soybeans and alfalfa

and runs a custom hay operation. He puts up some pastures for hay and this year it is three or four times as much as it was last year.

“For alfalfa I just did a fi eld where we got six round bales last year. In the same fi eld, we got 60 off of it for the second cutting,” he said.

According to USDA’s National Agricultural Sta-tistics Service, alfalfa hay condition was 64 percent good and 9 percent excel-lent. Th e second cutting of alfalfa in South Dakota was at 18 percent complete as of July 15, behind the aver-age of 36 percent.

Buus said some of his customers only had one cutting last year.

“Th e amount of hay we’re pulling is tremen-dously diff erent than what we did last year,” Buus said.

For the past 15 years, Buus has been selling hay in the winter. Th is winter he had to buy some since

they had to start feeding cows last July.

As a result of last year’s drought, Buus did sell a few cows to reduce his numbers. He also weaned calves earlier than normal. In the future, he plans to keep more hay on hand.

“I’ll probably be carry-ing over more hay rather than selling it,” Buus said.

Looking forward to the rest of the year, Buus is feeling optimistic about the cattle market.

“Th e cattle numbers are down, so I really think we’re going to see good prices. We’re going to need good prices as far as what feed costs is. We need these kinds of prices to stay in the game,” Buus said. Above: Shelby and Chuck Buus with their cattle near Lennox.

Tea—Many Americans have too much debt, aren’t saving enough money every month and need to work on their fi nancial literacy. Th at education should start early, and Lincoln County Farm-ers Union’s annual day camp taught young people about the importance of taking care of their money and about the impact cooperative busi-nesses have had on our state’s economy.

There were 42 young people that attended this year’s camp themed, ‘Farmers Union is our name, Coop-eration is our game.’ Th e kids participated in activities and games that taught them about cooperative business, rural communities, and agriculture in a fun and safe setting. Th ey

participated in hands-on team building activities, and played a cooperative hu-man board game to test their knowledge of fi nances.

“We hope the children who learn about saving mon-ey and cooperating with each other at an early age will be more successful adults,” said State Education Director Bonnie Geyer. “Our youth need to learn about what cooperation in their own personal lives can do, along with the importance of co-operative business and being a good steward of the money they earn.”

Along with activities, games, singing, and swim-ming, each child also deco-rated their own wooden bank as a craft to promote saving

money. Each child also re-ceived a free T-shirt.

Participants at this year’s Lincoln County Farmers Union camp were Payton Svanda, Riley Svanda, Noah Watson, Mason Schramm, Damien Devries, Addy Chris-tensen, Ashley Goodman, Carson Lohr, Carter Chris-tensen, Drake Woodring, Cole Goodman, Dawson Barthel, Desirae Runge, Harry Semrau, Amber Aymar, Kayla Aymar, Megan Smith, Nate Muller, Nevaeh Berg, Payton Cuppy, Regan Muller, Makay-la VanVoorst, Ty VanVoorst, Logan Boterman, Reese Ham-merquist, Breanne Semmler, Emily Froendt, Evan Froendt, Cashmeire King, Landon Pomerico, Bradley Waltner, Aerana Waltner, Cassondra

Waltner, Sydney Berrier-Delgado, Noah Schnee, Logan Michalek all from Tea; Jillian Arp and Kathryn Loewe from Lennox; Clara Stucky, Josie Stucky and Remington Jacob-sen from Worthing; and Ma-tai Yadassa from Sioux Falls.

Helping at this year’s Lin-coln County Farmers Union Camp were Senior Youth Dylan Hyronimus from Worthing, SD; and Summer Staff Interns Nicole Seible and Hannah Lily.

For more information on South Dakota Farmers Union and how you and your chil-dren can get involved in the organization’s youth activities, visit the education page at www.sdfu.org or call Bonnie Geyer, State Education Direc-tor at 605-352-6761 ext. 125.

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preliminary action on a community wind farm of up to 1,000 megawatts, the larg-est of its kind, to be poten-tially located in the Lincoln County area. The Dakota Power project is being led by a group of local landowners.

Th e catalyst for this proj-ect was the Rock Island Clean Line, a transmission project slated to cross the state of Iowa. Th is transmis-sion line will allow power captured in the Midwest to be connected to new markets in the Eastern United States. Th e Clean Line project will begin in O’Brien County, Iowa, which sparked the idea for the Lincoln County proj-ect. Preliminary data shows a favorable wind regime in southern Lincoln County.

“Our intent is to begin talking with landowners about land easements for this opportunity this sum-mer, before announcing the next phase of the project this fall,” said Paul Shubeck, Dakota Power Community Wind board chairman.

  If South Dakota could capture only 25% of its wind potential, the economic impact would be enormous, Shubeck said. The final scope of this project has yet to be determined as Dakota Power Community Wind uses the next two to three years to conduct research and design the project.

Estimates indicate that a project of up to 1,000 megawatts, as is planned for Lincoln County over several

phases, may generate sub-stantial tax revenues. With the nameplate and produc-tion taxes combined, ex-cluding sales and use taxes, revenues may exceed $8 mil-lion annually and increase over the life of the project.

Over 1,000 construction jobs may be created, along with over 70 permanent, on-site jobs.

“I think it’s exciting,” said Nick Fosheim, executive di-rector of the Lincoln County Economic Development Association. “This is not something that’s been talked about a lot for the county and it’s a good investment.”

Fosheim explained that it will take a lot of research, data collection and engi-neering before specifi c sites can be named, but said the project will likely take root south of Highway 18 and east of Interstate 29.

A wind farm with up to 1,000 megawatts of wind generation could take sever-al years in the pre-construc-tion phase. Th e total project investment in today’s dollars would be $2 billion, requir-ing several equity partners over multiple years to reach that level. Based on a study done for a similar project, Dakota Power believes the potential revenue from tur-bines to landowners could run $6 million to $7 million annually. State gross pro-duction annual tax receipts should reach over $5 mil-lion and the county name-plate tax revenues should be near $3 million per year. Statewide direct economic impacts could be in excess of $200 million.

Wind farm planned for Lincoln County

Taylor Stroschein Benefi tSaturday, Aug. 17th at the Worthing Fire Station

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Beginning at 7:00 p.m. will be a kid dance. Beginning at 7:00 p.m. will be a kid dance. All ages are welcome from 7:00-9:00 p.m. From 9:00-11:00 p.m., the dance will be for junior high students and older.

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The Lincoln County 4-H Horse Show was held at the Lincoln County 4-H Fairgrounds east of Canton on Saturday, June 29. The weather was beautiful. There were 21 contestants that competed. Jessica Kennedy of Vermillion judged the event.

Thanks to all the 4-Hers, leaders and parents for making the show a success. Thanks also to Kelley Kruger, Irene Ness, Jordan Jensen, Tatum Larson, Sandy Elcock and Jessica Nordman.

The results of each showmanship class and other event placings are listed below. Ribbons are listed as Purple-P, Blue-B, Red-R, White-W. 4-Her’s that received purple ribbons qualifi ed for the state 4-H Horse Show to be held in Huron July 23-25.

ShowmanshipEnglish Showmanship—Senior: Jordan Wit-

trock-P; Katelynd Whitehead-B. Junior: Lydia Ackerman-P; Elise Ackerman-P. Champion Senior English Showman: Jordan Wittrock. Champion Ju-

nior English Showman: Elise Ackerman.Western Showmanship—Senior: Sally Peterson-

P; Katelynd Whitehead-P; Jordan Wittrock-P; Jessica Herrboldt-P; Joe Hendrickson-P. Junior: Elise Ackerman-P; Elizabeth Stearns-P; Rachel Lindstrom-B; Jon Suing-B; Luke Hohwieler-P. Junior Pony: Charlie Wittrock-P. Beginner: Rylee Yoshino-B; Lydia Ackerman-P; Myra Whitehead-B; Morgan Bufo-B; Dalton Plucker-B; Tori Kanz-B. Champion Senior Western Showman: Sally Peterson. Champion Junior Western Showman: Elise Acker-man. Champion Jr. Pony Western Showman: Charlie Wittrock. Champion Beginner Western Showman: Lydia Ackerman.

Other Horse Show Events—Beg. Stock Seat: Tori Kanz-P; Dalton Plucker-B; Rylee Yoshino-B; Lydia Ackerman-P; Morgan Bufo-P; Myra Whitehead-P. Jr. Stock Seat: Elise Ackerman-P; Jon Suing-B; Elizabeth Stearns-B; Luke Hohwieler-P. Jr. Pony

Stock Seat: Charlie Wittrock-P. Sr. Stock Seat: Katelynd Whitehead-B; Jessica Herrboldt-P; Sally Peterson-B; Joe Hendrickson-P; Jordan Wittrock-P. Beg.Hunt Seat: Lydia Ackerman-B. Jr. Hunt Seat: Elise Ackerman-P. Sr. Hunt Seat: Jordan Wittrock-P; Katelynd Whitehead-P.

Jr. Western Riding: Rylee Yoshino-R; Myra Whitehead-W. Sr. Western Riding: Katelynd Whitehead-R; Joe Hendrickson-P. Sr. Reining: Katelynd Whitehead-R; Joe Hendrickson-B. Jr. Trail: Myra Whitehead-R; Elise Ackerman-B; Morgan Bufo-R; Rylee Yoshino-R; Lydia Ackerman-R; Charlie Wittrock-R; Jon Suing-W; Dalton Plucker-R. Sr. Trail: Joe Hendrickson-W; Sally Peterson-R; Jordan Wittrock-B; Katelynd Whitehead-B. Jr. Barrel Racing: Jon Suing-R; Myra Whitehead-P; Rylee Yoshino-B; Morgan Bufo-R; Elizabeth Stearns-P; Dalton Plucker-B. Sr. Barrel Racing: Katelynd Whitehead-B; Joe Hendrickson-P; Sally Peterson-W; Jordan Wittrock-B. Jr. Pole Bending: Dalton Plucker-B; Morgan Bufo-B; Rylee Yoshino-P; Jon Suing-B; Myra Whitehead-P; Elizabeth Stearns-P. Sr. Pole Bending: Sally Peterson-B; Katelynd Whitehead-B; Jordan Wittrock-B; Joe Hendrickson-P.

Out of County Horse Show Results (Minnehaha County)—Joseph Hendrickson received purple ribbons in Sr. Tie-Down Calf and Sr. Dally. He got a blue in Sr. Breakaway.

Lincoln County 4-H Horse Show held

Above: Charlie Wittrock, Champion Junior Pony Western Show-manship. Below: Elise Ackerman, Champion Junior English Showmanship.

At right: Sally Peterson, Champion Senior Western Showmanship. Below: Jordan Wittrock, Champion Senior English Showmanship.

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BROOKINGS, S.D. – Rachel Gibbons of Len-nox was awarded the H.B. Matthews Scholarship at South Dakota State University for the 2013-2014 academic year.

Gibbons is a junior majoring in advertising at SDSU, the daughter of Randy and Jani Gibbons and is a 2011 graduate of the Lennox High School.

The H.B. Matthews Scholarship Award was es-tablished to honor and commemorate the memory of Professor H.B. Matthews.

Professor H.B. Matthews was a distinguished faculty member at SDSU for more than forty years. In 1892, he graduated from SDSU. Dur-ing his tenure on the faculty, he was Professor of Physics, Acting Dean of Engineering, and Vice-Dean of the Faculty. He was also the editor of the “Alumnus” alumni magazine for 17 years.

Services were held at Cal-vary Assembly of God Church in Sioux Falls on Thursday, July 25 for Gerald Grohs, 57, of rural Hurley, who died Sunday, July 21, 2013 at his rural Hurley home.

Offi ciating during the service was the Rev. Dan Kuno and Rev. Wayne Jamison.

Organist was Marge Wart-enbee. Honorary pallbearers were Alec Grohs, Trevor Grohs, Madison Otto, Nick Otto, Nick Otto Jr., Rodney Hammerstrom, Austin Otto, Dale Schoeneman, Dan Huss, Chantz Pederson, Darrel Hoiland, Tim Finch, Rol-land Lubben, Ian Reynolds, Bob Smithback, and Adam Wiebe-siek.

Gerald Nicholas Grohs was born on January 18, 1956 at Long Prairie, MN, the son of Joseph William and Pearl Margaret (Huss) Grohs. He grew up and attended school in Egan, SD. He began his career as a carpenter while building homes with RES Construction. He went on to work for the BNSF Railroad as a bridge builder, repairman and inspector.

On June 21, 1980 he was united in marriage to Anne Reyn-olds at the First Baptist Church in Sioux Falls. The couple made their home in the Sioux Falls, Brandon and Valley Springs areas before moving to Worthing and presently to their home in rural Hurley.

Gerald was a member of Cal-vary Assembly of God Church. His hobby was helping others and his family. This usually entailed

some type of building or demoli-tion project. He enjoyed Western movies, shows and music, but specifically liked John Wayne and Johnny Cash. He taught his daughters the gift of giving through mission work. This in-cluded trips to Costa Rica with Lindsey to build a church and to Peru and Haiti with Brianna to build a school and church.

Gerald was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents, Frank and Margaret Huss, his brother Dale Grohs in 1998 and step-brother, Lyle Grohs in 2013.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife, Anne, daugh-ters: Lindsey Grohs, Hurley and Brianna (Chantz) Pederson, Guthrie, OK and one grandson, Alec Nicholas Grohs; siblings: Juliet Grohs, Russell, MN, Mick-ie (Darrel) Hoiland, Brandon, Donna Otto, Egan and best mate Stanley Reynolds, England as well as other relatives and a host of friends.

Gerald Grohs dies at age 57 Gibbons awarded scholarship at SDSU

The Pollyanna’s Guys and Gals held their regular monthly meeting on July 8, 2013 at the Minnehaha County 4-H Offi ce. Presi-dent Emily Kluin called the meeting to order. Pledge starter Isabel Van Veldhui-zen led the club in the fl ag and 4-H pledges. Secretary Becky Hicks called roll and members answered by nam-ing an exhibit they were tak-ing to Achievement Days.

New business began with the leader giving a County Achievement Days hand-book to each family. Mem-bers were reminded again that the deadline for online entry of exhibits was July 15. These exhibits will then be entered on Aug. 3 from 8 to 10 a.m. in the armory at

the fairgrounds. The club will also set up and decorate their booth on that same day in the afternoon starting at 4 p.m. The club’s shift at the 4-H Snackstand is Tuesday, 7 to 11 a.m. Exhibits will be released on Aug. 11 at 6 p.m. Isabel Van Veldhuizen, Em-ily Kluin, and Becky Hicks volunteered to be on the recreation committee for the club picnic in August.

Tori Braley gave an il-lustrated talk on “Fun Acces-sories From Unusual Mate-rial”. Beth Braley won the door prize. Vice President Jaecie Brouwer announced that the next meeting would be the annual club picnic on Aug. 12, 6:30 p.m. at Ser-toma Park. Lunch was served by Kluin family.

Pollyanna’s Guys & Gals to hold annual club picnic, Aug. 12