TuesdayNovember 14,

2017

Yourcommunity.

Your newspaper.

Volume 138No. 272

Brookings, SD

A R L I N G T O N A S T O R I A A U R O R A B R O O K I N G S B R U C E B U S H N E L L C O L M A N E G A N E L K T O N E S T E L L I N E F L A N D R E A U N U N D A R U T L A N D S I N A I T O R O N T O V O L G A W H I T E

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Fast times!Local swimmers compete at BSC Invitational

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Body boxBrookings Health System recently acquired a new body box to help diagnose patients with pulmonary conditions

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WeatherCloudy today, high near 51, tonight gradual clearing, low around 31; Wednesday sunny, high near 36

MORE WEATHER 3

See UNIONS, page 2

Welcome

The Brookings Register welcomes the following new and renewing subscribers:

Sandra Peters, William Mielke, Cindee Siver, Gerry Anderson, Gerald Mathiason, Pioneer Hybrid, Janet Moe, Laura Gloege, Bruce Dixon, Steve Carnes, Country Peddler, Greg Schaefer, Ed Wright, Payton Behrend, Isaac Frederickson, Craig Libis, Sally Rederth, Caroline Potas, Julie Argust, Blaine Grimlie, Patricia Wieland, Lorraine Allstot, Jeff Davis, Tammy Gilligan, Ruth Lindsey and Harold Jefferies.

House speaker takes aim at faculty unions

n Brookings industry leaders partner on new programBy Emily DEWaarDFor the Register

BROOKINGS – This week,

organizations across the country celebrate National Apprenticeship Week. As the city with the second-most manufacturing jobs in South Dakota, Brookings will soon offer a Technical Production Apprenticeship program thanks to a partnership between industry leaders and educators in the community.

Daktronics, Counterpart

Inc., Falcon Plastics, Bel Brands, Larson Storm Doors and the Brookings School District have formed a core team to develop an apprenticeship program in Brookings slated to launch in fall 2018.

“The purpose of this pro-gram is to expose students to different career pathways while gaining experience being employed by a Brookings man-

ufacturer,” said Trisha Strohfus, Daktronics HR. “One of the goals is to show the skilled, technical knowledge which supports careers in the produc-tion industry.”

An apprenticeship will start with students in the Brookings High School. They will begin by taking career and technical edu-cation (CTE) courses and work-ing through technical institutes

for dual credit opportunities while gaining paid, hands-on work experience at one of the industry partners. Details are still being worked out.

“The Brookings School District is excited about the apprenticeship opportuni-ty currently underway that is focused on technology and

n Tickets to Feb. 8 rock concert go on sale Friday

BROOKINGS – Get ready to rock. Bands Halestorm and Stone Sour are

coming together to the Swiftel Center at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 for one epic night of rock. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $53, $39 and $29 and go on sale starting at 10 a.m. Friday at the Swiftel Center box office, by phone at 800-745-3000, and online at Ticketmaster.com.

Pre-sale information is coming soon to all Swiftel Center email subscribers. To receive information on the event and get access to pre-sale codes, sub-scribe at www.swiftelcenter.com.

HalestormWidely acknowledged as one of

modern hard rock’s most explosive live acts, Grammy Award winning band Halestorm recently released a third stu-dio album, “Into the Wild Life,” record-ed last year in Nashville, Tennessee. Halestorm recently ascended to the top at Active Rock radio outlets nation-wide in nine weeks. It’s the first time a female-fronted band has scored No. 1 hits at the format three times, as well as the first to have No. 1 songs from two consecutive albums. Halestorm is the fourth-ever female-led act to top the format more than once.

Stone SourCritically-acclaimed Stone Sour

hails from Des Moines, Iowa, and has produced six studio albums, selling more than 2 million records. Originally

founded by Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor, Stone Sour has received three Grammy nominations for Best Metal Performance and has won countless other awards.

“Those songs sound like if Alice in Chains grew up on the Sunset Strip,” Taylor said of their newest release, “Hydrograd.”

“We’ve been talking about getting back to that big hard rock for years, and we’ve really embraced it. Everybody mistook that we’re a metal band that plays rock and roll, when it’s really the other way around.”

For more information, visit www.swiftelcenter.com, call (605) 692-7539 and follow the Swiftel Center on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

– From Swiftel Center

BROOKINGS – An unknown man walked into an unlocked residence and fled when noticed, accord-ing to Brookings Police.

The incident was reported about 12:30 p.m. Friday but occurred about 3:30 a.m. that day at a res-idence in the 100 block of Second Avenue South, Lt. Derrick Powers said.

A woman reported that a man had entered the unlocked residence and came into her bedroom.

“When she noticed him, he ended up fleeing the

PIERRE (AP) – South Dakota’s House speaker said Monday that lawmakers will consider legislation to end collective bargaining at the state’s public universities.

Republican Rep. Mark Mickelson said he doesn’t think collective bargain-ing “serves the mission of educating our kids.” Union contracts cover more than 1,300 staff members at the state’s six public universities and at schools for the blind and deaf.

Alan Aldrich, state president of the Council of Higher Education, the facul-ty labor union, didn’t imme-diately return a telephone message seeking comment

Youth apprenticeships coming to city

Stranger enters residence

Halestorm, Stone Sour to perform at Swiftel

Ashes start garage fire

BRUCE – Unattended ashes turned into a garage fire in Bruce, according to the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.

The fire was reported at 12:30 p.m. Monday and occurred in the 600 block of Washington Street in Bruce, Assistant Sheriff Scott Sebring said.

“It was found that a resident had taken ashes from the wood burner and placed them in a plastic barrel next to the garage. Due to the wind, the ashes start-ed the west side of the garage on fire. A shed north of the garage then caught on fire as well,” Sebring said.

“The damage to the garage is unknown at this time, and the shed is a complete loss,” he added.

The fire is under investi-gation with the Bruce Fire Department and the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.

– From staff reports

See INTRUDER, page 2

See APPRENTICE, page 2

www.halestormrocks.com

Hard rock band Halestorm, led by Lzzy Hale, is coming to the Swiftel Center in Brookings along with band Stone Sour on Feb. 8.

TuesdayNovember 14,

2017

Yourcommunity.

Your newspaper.

Volume 138No. 272

Brookings, SD

A R L I N G T O N A S T O R I A A U R O R A B R O O K I N G S B R U C E B U S H N E L L C O L M A N E G A N E L K T O N E S T E L L I N E F L A N D R E A U N U N D A R U T L A N D S I N A I T O R O N T O V O L G A W H I T E

$1

Fast times!Local swimmers compete at BSC Invitational

PAGE 12

Body boxBrookings Health System recently acquired a new body box to help diagnose patients with pulmonary conditions

PAGE 7

WeatherCloudy today, high near 51, tonight gradual clearing, low around 31; Wednesday sunny, high near 36

MORE WEATHER 3

See UNIONS, page 2

Welcome

The Brookings Register welcomes the following new and renewing subscribers:

Sandra Peters, William Mielke, Cindee Siver, Gerry Anderson, Gerald Mathiason, Pioneer Hybrid, Janet Moe, Laura Gloege, Bruce Dixon, Steve Carnes, Country Peddler, Greg Schaefer, Ed Wright, Payton Behrend, Isaac Frederickson, Craig Libis, Sally Rederth, Caroline Potas, Julie Argust, Blaine Grimlie, Patricia Wieland, Lorraine Allstot, Jeff Davis, Tammy Gilligan, Ruth Lindsey and Harold Jefferies.

House speaker takes aim at faculty unions

n Brookings industry leaders partner on new programBy Emily DEWaarDFor the Register

BROOKINGS – This week,

organizations across the country celebrate National Apprenticeship Week. As the city with the second-most manufacturing jobs in South Dakota, Brookings will soon offer a Technical Production Apprenticeship program thanks to a partnership between industry leaders and educators in the community.

Daktronics, Counterpart

Inc., Falcon Plastics, Bel Brands, Larson Storm Doors and the Brookings School District have formed a core team to develop an apprenticeship program in Brookings slated to launch in fall 2018.

“The purpose of this pro-gram is to expose students to different career pathways while gaining experience being employed by a Brookings man-

ufacturer,” said Trisha Strohfus, Daktronics HR. “One of the goals is to show the skilled, technical knowledge which supports careers in the produc-tion industry.”

An apprenticeship will start with students in the Brookings High School. They will begin by taking career and technical edu-cation (CTE) courses and work-ing through technical institutes

for dual credit opportunities while gaining paid, hands-on work experience at one of the industry partners. Details are still being worked out.

“The Brookings School District is excited about the apprenticeship opportuni-ty currently underway that is focused on technology and

n Tickets to Feb. 8 rock concert go on sale Friday

BROOKINGS – Get ready to rock. Bands Halestorm and Stone Sour are

coming together to the Swiftel Center at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 for one epic night of rock. Doors open at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $53, $39 and $29 and go on sale starting at 10 a.m. Friday at the Swiftel Center box office, by phone at 800-745-3000, and online at Ticketmaster.com.

Pre-sale information is coming soon to all Swiftel Center email subscribers. To receive information on the event and get access to pre-sale codes, sub-scribe at www.swiftelcenter.com.

HalestormWidely acknowledged as one of

modern hard rock’s most explosive live acts, Grammy Award winning band Halestorm recently released a third stu-dio album, “Into the Wild Life,” record-ed last year in Nashville, Tennessee. Halestorm recently ascended to the top at Active Rock radio outlets nation-wide in nine weeks. It’s the first time a female-fronted band has scored No. 1 hits at the format three times, as well as the first to have No. 1 songs from two consecutive albums. Halestorm is the fourth-ever female-led act to top the format more than once.

Stone SourCritically-acclaimed Stone Sour

hails from Des Moines, Iowa, and has produced six studio albums, selling more than 2 million records. Originally

founded by Slipknot vocalist Corey Taylor, Stone Sour has received three Grammy nominations for Best Metal Performance and has won countless other awards.

“Those songs sound like if Alice in Chains grew up on the Sunset Strip,” Taylor said of their newest release, “Hydrograd.”

“We’ve been talking about getting back to that big hard rock for years, and we’ve really embraced it. Everybody mistook that we’re a metal band that plays rock and roll, when it’s really the other way around.”

For more information, visit www.swiftelcenter.com, call (605) 692-7539 and follow the Swiftel Center on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

– From Swiftel Center

BROOKINGS – An unknown man walked into an unlocked residence and fled when noticed, accord-ing to Brookings Police.

The incident was reported about 12:30 p.m. Friday but occurred about 3:30 a.m. that day at a res-idence in the 100 block of Second Avenue South, Lt. Derrick Powers said.

A woman reported that a man had entered the unlocked residence and came into her bedroom.

“When she noticed him, he ended up fleeing the

PIERRE (AP) – South Dakota’s House speaker said Monday that lawmakers will consider legislation to end collective bargaining at the state’s public universities.

Republican Rep. Mark Mickelson said he doesn’t think collective bargain-ing “serves the mission of educating our kids.” Union contracts cover more than 1,300 staff members at the state’s six public universities and at schools for the blind and deaf.

Alan Aldrich, state president of the Council of Higher Education, the facul-ty labor union, didn’t imme-diately return a telephone message seeking comment

Youth apprenticeships coming to city

Stranger enters residence

Halestorm, Stone Sour to perform at Swiftel

Ashes start garage fire

BRUCE – Unattended ashes turned into a garage fire in Bruce, according to the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.

The fire was reported at 12:30 p.m. Monday and occurred in the 600 block of Washington Street in Bruce, Assistant Sheriff Scott Sebring said.

“It was found that a resident had taken ashes from the wood burner and placed them in a plastic barrel next to the garage. Due to the wind, the ashes start-ed the west side of the garage on fire. A shed north of the garage then caught on fire as well,” Sebring said.

“The damage to the garage is unknown at this time, and the shed is a complete loss,” he added.

The fire is under investi-gation with the Bruce Fire Department and the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.

– From staff reports

See INTRUDER, page 2

See APPRENTICE, page 2

www.halestormrocks.com

Hard rock band Halestorm, led by Lzzy Hale, is coming to the Swiftel Center in Brookings along with band Stone Sour on Feb. 8.

By Dana HessFor the S.D. Newspaper Association

PIERRE – The safety of foot-

ball players trumped the needs of the State 4-H Finals Rodeo when the South Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors met on Nov. 1.

The board was asked by Kasey Hanson, president of the board that oversees the State 4-H Finals Rodeo, to once again make an accommoda-tion that allows football teams to play their first game of the season a day early.

For the 2017 season, the board allowed football teams to move their first game of the year from Friday to Thursday. The provisions of the motion to make the accommodation said that both schools needed to agree on the change. It also said that the change was being made for only one year.

SDHSAA Executive Director Dan Swartos said that six games were played early by West River schools.

Hanson said that the first scheduled football game of 2018 is on Aug. 17, the first day of the 4-H Finals Rodeo.

“That’s our champion-ship for the whole season of rodeo,” Hanson said, noting that the finals draw 550 par-ticipants. “It’s a very large

event.”The scheduling conflict

between rodeo and the first football game causes students who take part in rodeo and play football to choose between the two sports, Hanson said. Athletes who ride bulls and bucking broncs are likely to also be football players.

“It affects the vast majority of our boys,” Hanson said.

“At some point in time we need to set our calendar,” said board chairman Bud Postma of Madison. “We can’t keep coming back to the same ques-tion.”

Hanson promised a long-term solution if an accommo-dation in the schedule could be made for 2018.

Board member Sandy Klatt of Brandon Valley moved to make the accommodation once again in 2018 with the same terms.

SDHSAA Assistant Executive Director John Krogstrand said moving the first game of 2018 also meant moving the first day of prac-tice earlier than Monday, Aug. 3. Schools could choose Friday, with a two-day break before they went back to practice on Monday.

That would “destroy” the heat climatization plan designed to get football play-ers accustomed to practicing in hot weather and avoid heat stroke, Krogstrand said. The plan is designed to acclimate students by having them prac-tice on consecutive days.

Hearing Krogstrand’s rea-soning, Klatt rescinded her motion. A motion by Roger Bordeaux of Tiospa Zina Tribal School to allow the ear-lier football game died for the lack of a second.

from The Associated Press. Past President Bill Adamson told the Argus Leader that it’s a “dangerous trend.”

“You’re not going to attract any good professors,” Adamson said.

Sandra Waltman, spokes-woman for the South Dakota Education Association, which is affiliated with the faculty union, said that members can’t bargain for salary and benefits. Waltman said the union negoti-ates on issues such as academic freedom, grievance rights, eval-uation and tenure.

“We want faculty to have a say in their working condi-tions, and this would really limit their voice in what their working conditions look like,”

Waltman said. “That has an impact on the students’ learn-ing conditions.”

Paul Turman, vice president for academic affairs with the Board of Regents, said in an email that 8.7 percent of the bargaining-unit faculty in the regental system are dues-pay-ing members of the Council of Higher Education; 28 per-cent of staff at the two special schools who are dues-paying members.

The Board of Regents doesn’t convene next until December and hasn’t had an opportunity to react to Mickelson’s intention to end collective bargaining, Turman said.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s chief of staff, Tony Venhuizen, said that the Republican gov-

ernor hasn’t yet reviewed the proposal. Daugaard earlier this year signed a bill that banned collective bargaining at the four technical institutes in right-to-work South Dakota.

Unions: ‘A dangerous trend’ Continued from page 1

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PIERRE (AP) – A state leg-islative panel voted Monday to endorse a measure that would ask voters to give South Dakota lawmakers a significant pay raise.

The Legislature’s Executive Board unanimously advanced a plan that would link legisla-tor’s pay to the state’s median household income. The propos-al would ask voters to amend the state constitution to make the change, removing lawmak-ers’ ability to set their own pay

for regular legislative sessions.State lawmakers are paid

$6,000 per session plus a per diem allowance. The measure set to be debated during the 2018 session would set legisla-tors’ salaries at one-fifth of the median income. U.S. Census numbers for 2015 show that would mean a raise of 70 per-cent for the state’s 105 lawmak-ers to nearly $10,200.

Republican House Speaker Mark Mickelson, a supporter, said low salaries limit the pool

of people who can serve as law-makers to those who are retired or self-employed.

GOP Rep. Craig Tieszen said he’s tried to increase legislator pay in the past because “we increasingly lock out people that could well serve but simply can’t afford to serve.”

A state Legislative Research Council document says that legislators haven’t had a sala-ry increase since 1998, although their per diem payments have risen.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) – A South Dakota constitutional amendment that passed last November to provide new pro-tections to crime victims has created conflicts for defense attorneys, law enforcement and county officials.

The statute, named Marsy’s Law, has led to several changes in the criminal justice system, including revising the process to release accident reports, which has increased responsi-bilities for law enforcement offi-cers, the Argus Leader reported.

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety now holds accident reports for three days as a waiting peri-od devised to allow victims to opt in to the new law’s pri-vacy protections. The agency also reviews all reports for any Marsy’s Law implications and

vets every case where a victim asks for their information to not be released.

“What used to be extremely efficient and hands-off by the bureaucracy is now very fact- and labor-intensive,” said Jenna Howell, director of the Division of Legal and Regulatory Services.

Out of 16,000 accident reports, a victim has invoked their rights to privacy in less than 10 of the reports, said agen-cy spokesperson Tony Mangan.

The law also requires law enforcement officers to inform victims of their 19 protec-tions. Attorney General Marty Jackley’s office printed cards listing those protections that officers can give to victims.

Officers must also inform victims of the state’s automat-ed victim notification system,

which provides updates on court dates, hearings and releas-es over text, email or phone.

Defense lawyers argued that the additional hurdles of victim notification can cause avoidable jail time for their cli-ents. Prosecutors have delayed bond hearings and plea deals by citing victim notification, said Minnehaha County Public Defender Traci Smith.

Smith said a clause intended to protect victims from harass-ment can stand in the way of defense attorneys’ duty to con-tact victims on their clients’ behalf. Smith said a victim’s constitutional rights are usurp-ing her clients’ constitutional rights.

Experts expect legal fights over the issues.

residence,” Powers said. “He is described as being tall and scrawny.”

The man was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt.

The woman did not know the man and his motive for enter-ing the residence is unknown,

Powers said, adding that police were looking for him.

– From staff reports

intrUder: Police seeking infoContinued from page 1

manufacturing,” said Klint Willert, Brookings superin-tendent of schools. “However, the broader vision is to create similar internship and appren-ticeship opportunities for every student, regardless of the career pathway or interest they may have.”

“I believe the partnership with manufacturing and tech-nology will be a great model for other sectors such as finance, health care, education and agri-culture to follow as we seek to provide these unique and special educational opportu-nities for students attending the Brookings School District,” Willert said.

The Brookings Production Technology Apprenticeship is designed to accelerate students in career pathways related to fabrication operation, machine maintenance, manufacturing engineering and computer numerically controlled pro-gramming.

Apprentice: Launching in fallContinued from page 1

Panel endorses legislative pay raise

South Dakota constitutional amendment creates conflict

South Dakota State University President Barry Dunn talks with several Lake Area Technical Institute students Thursday afternoon during an event celebrating the Opening Doors Initiative, held at the Lake Area Tech Student Center. Dunn and LATI President Mike Cartney met with stu-dents during the two-hour event. The initiative is a commitment to expand access to higher education

for all South Dakotans by simplifying the transfer process, offering education through innovative delivery methods, and providing a support system for student success. The Opening Doors Initiative allows students to seamlessly move between the colleges to obtain their desired level of education and skills training while minimizing credit loss that often occurs during the transfer process.

SDSU photo

Opening doors at LATI, SDSU

Football schedule won’t change for 4-H Finals Rodeo

MANILA, Philippines (AP) – President Donald Trump head-ed home Tuesday buoyed by an Asia tour he called “tremen-dously successful,” but he’ll face immediate challenges with the Republican tax overhaul and the party meltdown in Alabama over a Senate candidate accused of sexual misconduct.

Underscoring the sharp polit-ical stakes for Trump, who lacks a major legislative achievement after nearly 10 months in office, Trump will meet with House Republicans on Thursday ahead of an expected vote on the tax overhaul legislation.

Republican leaders in Congress view passage of the first major tax revamp in 30 years as imperative for the GOP to preserve its majorities next year. Trump has urged GOP leaders to make steeper cuts for the wealthy, even as a nonpar-tisan analysis of the Senate ver-sion of the legislation showed it actually would increase taxes for some 13.8 million moderate-in-

come American households.Also waiting Trump’s atten-

tion is a party crisis over the Alabama special election to fill former Sen. Jeff Sessions’ seat. GOP candidate Roy Moore is caught up in allegations of sexual misconduct, and many Republicans have said Moore should withdraw. Moore is backed by former Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon.

Trump was upbeat, however, as he ended his Asia trip. As Air Force One rolled down the runway in Manila, Trump told the reporters traveling with him that “it’s been a really great 12 days.” On trade, the president said confidently that U.S. trad-ing partners “will be treating us much differently than before.”

“I think the fruits of our labor are going to be incredi-ble, whether it’s security of our nations, whether it’s security of the world or whether it’s trade,” Trump said.

Trump teased a “major state-ment” on trade at the White

House, where he also plans an in-person appeal to lawmakers as the tax overhaul proposal faces a crucial vote in the House.

Trump, who campaigned for office on a promise to tear up multilateral trade agreements that he said have harmed the U.S., insisted during the near-ly two-week trip that multibil-lion-dollar deficits that favor U.S. trading partners will be reduced to zero, and that trade overall must be fair and mutual-ly beneficial.

“The United States has to be treated fairly and in a reciprocal fashion,” he tweeted Tuesday. “The massive TRADE deficits must go down quickly!”

Trump pressed that point on every stop on the grueling tour of Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines, blaming his predecessors for yawning trade imbalances and declaring that the United States will no longer be taken advan-tage of under his watch.

Trump faces new challenges in tax overhaul, Alabama race