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The U.S. Department of Agri-ulture announced recently thathey will be lifting the previouslymposed limits on how much pro-ein and grains could be served totudents in one week.

The latest modifications will beet in place for the rest of the012-2013 school year, explains

Ann Schwader, SDSU Extension

Nutrition Field Specialist."These changes are positive

nd show that the USDA is will-ng to work with nutrition offi-ials and others who haveoncerns related to the new stan-ards," Schwader said.

The original changes to thechool lunch standards were an-ounced January 2012, due to theational Healthy, Hunger Free

Kids Act (Public Law 111-296)hat determined how much of cer-ain food groups could be served,et limits on calories and salt andhased in whole grains.

Schwader says the move to cre-

ate stricter guidelines was moti-vated by the fact that the obesityrates among school children aregrowing and steps were needed toreverse the trend.

"These guidelines alignedschool meals with the latest nu-trition science, based on recom-mendations of nutrition expertsand the 2010 Dietary Guidelines

for Americans nutrition recom-mendations," she said.

The new school meal patternsmeet specific calorie ranges forchildren in grades K-5 (650 calo-ries), 6-8 (700 calories), and 9-12(850 calories).

"The intention of the newschool lunch guidelines is to en-sure that almost all children re-ceive at least one-third of theirdaily nutritional and energyneeds," Schwader said.

The latest modifications arebeing provided to allow schoolsmore weekly planning options toensure that children receive a nu-

Gov. Dennis Daugaard has ex-tended an Executive Order tohaul over-width baled livestockfeed until Feb. 21, 2013, in South

Dakota.The Executive Order statesthat, upon receipt of a permit,permission is granted to moveover-width baled livestock feednot exceeding 12-feet-wide or 15-feet-high for two hours after sun-set and two hours before sunrise.The order allows movement ofover-width baled livestock feed

until cessation emergency, or n21.

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tritious meal every day of theweek. According to the revisions,the students can eat as manygrains and proteins as they want,as long as they are eating the al-lotted amount of calories put forthby the USDA.

SDSU Extension recommendsthat parents assist their childrenwith the changes to the school

lunch standards."Parents can make sure theiryouth eats a nutritious breakfastand encourage them to take andeat the fruits, vegetables, wholegrains, lean proteins and low-fatmilk offered in school meals," shesaid.

Parents and organizations cancontact SDSU Extension Nutri-tion Field Staff about the newschool lunch standards and themodifications. For additional in-formation contact your SDSU Ex-tension Regional Center. Contactinformation can be found atwww.iGrow.org.

School meal standards add more grains and proteins Over-width baled live

feed hauli extede

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Alan and Laura Hildebrandt... had a beautifully decorated home and yard this year. Drive aroundown and look at all the beautiful lights. Photo by Loretta Passolt


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Obituary

Robert J. Antrim Sr (Bob), 74f Faith, longtime South Dakotatate Highway Patrol Trooper,assed away on Saturday, De-ember 15 at his home sur-ounded by his family andiends.

The Funeral Service for Bobas held on Friday, December 21,012 at the Faith Communityenter and then cremation will

ake place.Serving as casketbearers are

onald Bohnet, Robert Antrimr., Roy Antrim, Rick Smith,aron Maki, and Tam Lemmel.obs grandchildren and greatrandchildren, Mike Stocklin,

Nolan Sexton, Matt Helms, Bud

Doyle and all of his Law Enforce-ment Officers are consideredHonorary Bearers.

Bob was born May 4, 1938, in

Lead SD, to Harry and Minnie(Rovere) Antrim. He spent mostof his youth in this area. He grad-uated from Spearfish High Schoolin 1956. While attending highschool he worked for a local fillingstation.

After high school he went towork for Homestake Mine. In De-cember of 1957, he married Mar-sha Smith and they had twochildren together, James andPeter Antrim.

Bob worked for HomestakeMine for 9 years until he foundhis true calling as a Highway Pa-trolmen. He graduated fromHighway Patrol School in Novem-ber of 1965. While stationed inPierre, he met Norma Bohnet.

They were married on October 21,1967. With this union he gained ason, Ronald Bohnet. Two monthsafter getting married the couplewere stationed in Faith wherethey built their life together. Theyhad four children, Robert, Ruby,RaShell and Roy.

Bob proudly served on theSouth Dakota Highway Patrolfrom 1965 until 1991. After re-tirement he worked for the City of

Robert J. Antrim Sr.

Faith as a Police Officer. He fi-nally hung his gun belt up in1995.

He was a great father to hischildren, always there with ahelping hand or a kind word. Be-sides taking care of his family,Bob had a great passion for cook-ing, gardening, guns, and paint-ing. He also enjoyed spendingtime at his sons shop, Roys

Pronto Auto Parts. He always hada mischievous smile and a whittycomment for those in need.

Grateful for having shared hislife are his wife of 45 years,Norma and seven children,Ronald Bohnet and special friendMelitta Martin, Robert Antrim Jrand his wife, Pam, Roy Antrimand his wife, Sarah, all of Faith;Ruby and her husband, AaronMaki of Gillette, WY; RaShell andher husband, Tam Lemmel ofUpton, WY; James Antrim ofSpearfish, SD; and Peter Antrimof Denver, CO; 18 grandchildren,Beau Maxon, Brittany (Justin)Fischer, Trey (Julie) Bohnet,Byron Bohnet, Amanda(Mitch)Johnson, Ashlee, Breanna, and

Megan Antrim, Kyla (Bob) Ma-haffy, Rigen and Raelee Picard,Kohy and Kadesa Maki, Shayne,MaKenna, and Madisyn Lemmel,Roy and Reyse Antrim; 12 greatgrandchildren, Austin and Tris-tan Maxon, Riley, Katie, andColby Fischer, Shaela and Kam-ryn Bohnet, Tabitha Johnson,Caden and Jacoby Antrim,Gabriel and Eli Mahaffy; one sis-ter, Ann Olson of Belle Fourche,SD; family friend, Matt Helmsand many nieces, nephews andfriends.

He is preceeded in death by hisparents, Harry and Minnie

Antrim, two sisters-in-law, GloriaConnot and Sharon Stevicks andbrother-in-law, Ted Olson.

Visitation was Thursday andFriday at the Faith Area Memo-rial Chapel and then one hourprior to services at the FaithCommunity Center.

A memorial has been estab-lished.

Condolences may be sent to thefamily at www.funeralhomesof-caring.com.

You probably already knowthat there will be an increase inSocial Security and SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI) monthlypayments at the beginning of theyear. If you receive monthly So-cial Security or SSI payments,youll received a 1.7 percent cost-of-living adjustment beginning

with your payment for the monthof January 2013.

For people who receive SocialSecurity retirement benefits,theres more good news. In addi-tion to receiving a little more eachmonth, you may now earn moreincome without offsetting yourbenefits because the earningstest numbers also have gone up.If you have reached your full re-tirement age (age 66 for anyoneborn between 1943 and 1954), theearnings test does not apply andyou may earn as much money asyou can without any effect onyour benefits. However, if you areyounger than full retirement age,collecting benefits and still work-

ing, we do offset sefit amount afterings limit is munder full retiremthe annual exem$15,120 and if yolimit, we withholabove that limmonthly benefit a

ple who retired working and wiltirement age in 2exempt amount iswill withhold $1 earn over the lmonthly benefits

You can learn earnings test anmay be reduced website, www.soand searching onings test.

Find out whatment age is at

Age www.socialsecurincrease.htm

Earn and keep more money By Deb Imsland Hartford, Social Security Operatio

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of each month

Trips to Rapid City, Sturgis & communities in between

Fares to Rapid City are $25.00

For information or a brochure call (605) 374-3189or Call 967-2001 to arrange a ride!

On Thursday, December 6 atthe 32nd Annual Ag AppreciationBanquet hosted by the Ag & Nat-ural Resources Committee of theRapid City Area Chamber ofCommerce, Grady and BerniceCrew were honored with the

Aggie of the Year Award.The Chambers Ag & Natural

Resources Committee establishedthis special award in 1981, theaward was created to honor indi-viduals who provide leadershipthat has benefited the local area

agriculture community over anextended period of time.

The Crews were honored fortheir lifetime of service in agricul-ture through the operation oftheir successful agri-businessesincluding the Crew Crop Insur-ance Agency, the Badlands Trad-ing Post and now the PrairieHomestead.

Grady is the fourth generationoperator of Crew Ranch, CrewCattle Company, where he andBernice now raise Angus cows

and Charolais cwheat and corn. Tbeen married sinctwo children. That home and helpwith them, and Jamie works as COfficer for the Sopartment of Agric

Grady and Beplayed importancommunity. GradSecretary of CenePresident of th

Grazing District,SD Wheat BoardJackson County tion District Boarof the Kadoka Schnice is currently aBadlands Naturaation.

More than 60present at the Apquet, where Souttary of Agricultugave the keynote

32d Aual A

Appreciatio Baquet


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December 26, 2012 The Faith Independent

Senior Citizens MenuSenior Citizens Menu

Returning Veterans take ad-vantage of high-tech medical carethrough VA Black Hills HealthCare System (BHHCS). Opera-tion Iraqi Freedom/Operation En-during Freedom/Operation NewDawn (OIF/OEF/OND) Veteranscan now utilize telehealth for fol-low-up, primary care appoint-ments.

Telehealth offers a digital linkbetween Veterans in one locationwith a medical provider in an-other geographic location. Thisvideo technology makes it possi-ble for Veterans to come to one of

VA BHHCSs community-basedoutpatient clinics or VA MedicalCenters and connect with theirmedical provider, who may be ina hospital more than a hundredmiles away.

We wanted to expand and seepatients where its more conven-ient for them, said David Cohen,

OIF/OEF/OND Primary CarePhysician Assistant.Cohen describes telehealth as

similar to a Skype video chat, ex-cept with much better quality andwith the addition of medicalequipment capable of performinga comprehensive exam. The tele-health cart has monitors for two-way viewing, peripheralattachments for examining theears, eyes, nose and throat, andcontains a total exam camera ex-tension for taking close-up photosof a patients skin. In the near fu-ture, medical providers will beable to transmit and receive heartand lung sounds clearly with a se-cure broadband or internet con-nection and the use of a

stethoscope that is alreadyequipped on every cart. A tele-

health clinical tecwith the exam frolocation.

I will be able theart and lung s

machine, Cohen nician will hold ato the Veteran anThe technician csmall camera to thor throat so that Ithem. The pictureally clearer than looking inside my

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Over the holidays,honoring those whostrengthen America

As Americans celebrate theholiday season, we have a chanceo catch up with family andriends, count our blessings andeflect on the year behind us.

Looking back on 2012, I amproud of those across rural Amer-ca who stayed resilient in theace of disaster. They managedarms, ranches and Main Street

businesses through a recorddrought, an historic hurricane,and more. Ultimately, their hardwork kept the momentum of rural

America going strong.Im thankful for the thousandsof men and women who, year inand year out, step up to serve ournation. I know that many of thesemilitary service members comerom our small towns and ruralommunities and that no mat-er where theyre from, each is a

hero to our nation. Theyre sta-ioned around the world today

and many will spend their holi-days away from family andriends, so that we can be safely

at home with ours.I am further grateful at this

time of year for the service andsacrifice of our 22 million Ameri-can veterans more than 6 mil-lion of whom live, work and raisetheir families in rural America.

Finally I am heartened that somany Americans stand up duringthe holidays to help those who arestruggling. Volunteers from oursmallest towns to our biggestcities are helping ensure that noone goes hungry over the holidays

especially our children. Theyremaking sure that everyone has awarm place to sleep. Theyreworking hard to make sure everyfamily the chance to have a spe-cial holiday celebration.

I hope that everyone who is

Ag Secretary Vilsacks Column

able will give some of their timeduring the holidays, and beyond,because every minute we givestrengthens the resilience of ournation.

As we celebrate the holidayseason, we have much to bethankful for. I hope that youll

join me in saying thank you tothose who keep us going strong asa nation from the brave menand women defending our free-dom around the world, to the vol-unteers who strengthen ourcommunities here at home.

Wherever you are during thisspecial time of year, I wish you ahappy and safe holiday.

All meals served with milk andbread. Menu subject to changewithout notice.

Mon. Dec. 24-Tue. Jan. 1: NoMeals

Wed. Jan. 2: Beef Stew,Pineapple Tidbits, Brown RicePudding w/Topping, Cranberry

JuiceThur. Jan. 3: Ham & Potato

Omelet, Green Beans, Plums,Cinnamon Roll

Fri. Jan. 4: Chicken Caccia-tore, Baked Potato, Broccoli, Ap-plesauce

Vilas Pharmacy Stor

WASHINGTON, D.C. Afterassing both the Senate and theouse, legislation with provisionsuthored by Senators Tim John-on (D-S.D.) and John Thune (R-D.) to expedite payments to

chool districts in federally im-acted areas will soon be signednto law. Their amendment, in-uded in the Fiscal Year 2013ational Defense Authorizationct (NDAA), will improve the Im-act Aid programs efficiency bymplifying payment calculation,

esulting in the ability for schoolistricts to receive payments in a

more timely manner. As a mem-er of the bicameral conferenceommittee that reconciled the dif-rences between the House andenate versions of the Fiscal Year013 NDAA, Representativeristi Noem worked to ensure theenate-passed Impact Aid provi-on remained in the final versionf the bill.

The inclusion of these provi-ons is a great step forward in

mproving funding certainty forouth Dakota schools that are im-acted by a federal presence inheir district, saidohnson. The provisions weushed for will expedite pay-

ments to school districts and re-uce administrative burdens.his was the product of extensiveipartisan collaboration and willreatly benefit school districts inur states that rely heavily onhis funding.

School districts need certaintyfrom the federal governmentabout what to budget for annualImpact Aid revenues, saidThune. Due to complicated pay-ment formulas, Impact Aid dis-

tricts in South Dakota havesuffered from persistently latedistribution of these funds, plac-ing an unfair burden on schooldistricts to cover the shortfall. Iam pleased that Congress hasacted to include our amendmentto accelerate Impact Aid pay-ments and look forward to thepresident signing this bill intolaw.

This is a win for our SouthDakota schools, said Noem.South Dakota schools impactedby federal lands face unique fund-ing challenges. As a conferee onthis legislation, I was proud to bea strong advocate for these Im-pact Aid provisions that will en-sure our schools get critical

funding more quickly.Impact Aid school districts re-

ceive direct payments from thefederal government to compen-sate for the federal presencewithin their school districts, suchas military bases and tribal land.In recent years, districts have ex-perienced a delay in receivingpayments, which puts additionalfinancial burdens on alreadycash-strapped school districts.

The amendment sponsored bySenators Johnson and Thune re-places a highly subjective high-

est and best formula, which at-tempts to determine the value offederal property based on thevalue of adjacent non-federalproperty. The formula bred ahighly inefficient payment

process and was subject to localinterpretation by assessors. Thelegislation establishes a simplerformula that will remove subjec-tivity from the process. Addition-ally, a provision was included toensure current districts receive acomparably similar payment tothe amount they received underthe previous formula. The legisla-tion will prevent the need for theU.S. Department of Education toconduct regular, lengthy, re-source-intensive audits of a schooldistricts annual Impact Aid ap-plication. These audits have re-sulted in delayed payments toevery eligible school district.

The legislation also clarifieshow children who have been tem-

porarily relocated off federal mil-itary property should be countedduring the duration of a basehousing renovation, repair, mod-ernization, or demolition project.Finally, the legislation includesthe stand-alone Murray-ThuneImpact Aid Timely Repayment

Act of 2011 (S. 595), which willrequire the U.S. Department ofEducation to make final pay-ments to Impact Aid schoolswithin two years of the fundsbeing appropriated, rather thanthe current six years.

Delegation advances Impact Aidprovisions that clear House and Senate


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Faith News By Loretta Passolt

Margaret Rae Peggy Bock-man, age 76, of Hot Springs, SD,passed away December 24, 2012,

at Rapid City Regional Hospitalin Rapid City, SD.Survivors include sons, Bill

(JoLynne) Bockman of Fairmont,MN; Steve (Margaret) Bockmanof Greybull, WY; daughters,Tammy (Greg) Trout of Casper,WY; Lori (Mark) Peloquin ofCasper; Jill (Alan) Siers of Love-land, CO; brother, William (Joan)Robb of Dexter, NM; sisters, Car-olyn (Harold) Kosel of MoundCity, SD; Cherrell CherryMyrvik of Edgemont, SD; Pearl(Dick) Myrvik of Edgemont; Mar-lene (Reldon) Doyle of Rapid City,

SD; nine grandcgreat-grandchild

Funeral servic

10:00 a.m., Frida2012 at McColleHills in Hot SprBill Russow officwill be held one funeral service.

Interment wilFriday, DecembBlack Hills Natnear Sturgis, SD

Arrangementplaced in the caChapel of theSprings. Writtmay be made leyschapels.com.

Margaret Peggy Bockman

ObituaryHope everyone had a Merry

Christmas. The weather cooper-ted at least, except for it gettingarned cold over the weekend andontinuing yet. Those cold tem-eratures made it pretty tough toet vehicles started. We hadbout an inch of snow on Sunday.t came down slowly off and on allay long.

Quinn Tivis was the lucky win-er of the wooden barn givenway at Faith Lumber last week.

Quinn is the grandson of Augiend Dawn Laurenz.

Dave and Eldora Fischbachad several guests for Christmast their house in Rapid City.

Brother Bob from Omaha, NE,rother Andr, MaryAnne andamily, and Dean, Susan and

David Isaacs from Lanesville, IN.Andr and family also visited herolks, the Erks, who live in

Newell.Diane and Raymond Isaacs

spent Christmas Eve at the homeof Richard and Barb Isaacs, alongwith Jack, Wanda, David andJim.

Danny Miles went to Spearfish

and celebrated Christmas withhis mother, Esther, and brotherRon.

We celebrated Christmas earlyat our house this year. The kids,Wes, Nick, Melissa and Jeremyand Hunter were all here over theweekend. Melissa, Jeremy andHunter left Monday right afterbreakfast to have dinner with hisfamily, and Nick and Wes leftafter dinner. Wes had trouble get-ting his car started so it was al-most 3:00 before he got out ofhere. Christmas Day was prettyquiet around our house. We had a

great time though while theywere here, eating way too much,visiting, playing games, openinggifts, etc. Nick, Melissa, Jeremyand Hunter were heading toWyoming on Wednesday morningto snowmobile for several days.

The basketball boys will betraveling to Hettinger for a gamenext Thursday night, Jan. 3rd.The girls will be hosting Dupreeon Friday. January 4th. On Sat-

urday, 5th, the boys and girlshead to Harding County for adouble-header beginning at noon.

The library is open duringChristmas vacation. They will beopen on Dec. 27 & 28 from 9 AM

1 PM; and Jan. 3 & 4 from 9 AM 1 PM. Regular open hours willresume on Jan. 7 when schoolstarts.

I know there were plenty ofyou out there who had companyfor Christmas. I hope youll shareit with us in next weeks news.

Have a safe and Happy NewYear!

The Lady Horns traveled toaPlant on December 6th for

heir first game of the season.The JV team played the Eagle

utte JV team and came up justlittle short.uarter Scoresaith 6-8-15-21B 7-15-28-30Stats: Brandi Enright 2 pt, 5

eb, 1 assist; Tanielle Arneson 4ts, 4 reb, 1 assist; Tori Simon-

son 2 pts, 1 reb, 2 assists; KatieBogue 1 pt, 4 reb; Teagan Engel8 pts, 9 reb; Michaelah Martin 4pts, 6 reb

The varsity girls were led byTearnee Nelson with 21 points fortheir easy win over TiospayeTopa. Marissa Collins added 18points and Shanna Selby had 15.Stats: Tearnee Nelson 21 pts, 4reb, 7 assts, 10 stls; Katy Miller

The Lady Longhorns hosted

adoka on Saturday, Decemberh in a double header with the

oys.he JV girls led the Kadokaougars in a close game.uarter Scoresaith 10-14-24-32adoka 7-11-18-28Stats: Brandi Enright 8 pts, 9b; Tanielle Arneson 4 pts, 3 reb;

ori Simonson 4 pts, 2 assts; Bon-

nie Lutz 2 reb; Katie Bogue 2 pts,

1 asst, 2 reb; Teagan Engel 8 pts,2 assts, 3 reb; Michaelah Martin6 pts, 4 reb.

The varsity girls had a prettyeasy time of it over the Kougars.Tearnee Nelson led with 17points followed by MarissaCollins with 13.Quarter ScoresFaith 14-19-40-53Kadoka 9-20-26-32

10 pts, 4 reb, 1 asst, 3 stls; Madi-son Vance 10 pts, 1 reb, 2stls; Shanna Selby 15 pts, 8 assts,3 reb, 1 stl; Marissa Collins 18pts, 3 assts, 4 reb, 2 stls; PaigeBrink 2 reb, 1 stl; MichaelahMartin 2 pts, 1 asst, 4 reb; Ash-ton Delbridge 8 pts, 1 reb; BrandiEnright 4 pts; Tanielle Arneson2 pts; Bonnie Lutz 2 pts; KatieBogue 2 pts.

Stats: Tearnee Nelson 17 pts, 5

assts, 3 reb, 6 stls; Katy Miller 8pts, 3 reb, 6 stls; Madison Vance2 pts, 1 asst, 3 reb, 1 stl; ShannaSelby 6 pts, 8 assts, 4 reb, 3 stls,1 charge taken; Marissa Collins13 pts, 2 assts, 8 reb, 3 blocks, 1stl; Paige Brink 5 pts, 1 asst, 2reb, 3 stls; Ashton Delbridge 2pts, 2 reb.

Lady Longhorns open season with an easy win

Ladies win over Kadoka

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Mel and Marcia Dutton ... went all out decorating their home this year. Photo by Loretta Passolt


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Dead and then aliveagain

I have a number of patientswho are enjoying life years afterhaving a sudden death experiencebecause they had the good fortunebeing near someone who couldprovide cardiopulmonary resusci-ation or CPR.

Of course there are times whenpeople are certainly dying, whenCPR would only cause more suf-fering, and when resuscitationshould not be done. That, how-ever, is another story for anotherday.

CPR is an emergency effort ofchest compressions, circulatingblood, keeping the body alive, es-pecially to the vulnerable brain,until the heart can be shockedback into a life sustaining rhythmby a defibrillator. CPR is simplydone by placing the heel of onehand on the chest, two inches upfrom the bottom of the breast-plate, and with the help of the

other hand, compressing thechest down two inches at a rate of100 or more beats per minuteone-and-two-andto the rate ofhe Bee Gees song Staying

Alive Thats it. Anyone can dot.

Recently we have learned thathe most important component of

CPR is the chest compression,and not the mouth-to-mouthbreathing. In fact studies showcompression-only CPR by the laypublic has a higher success ratehan CPR with mouth-to-mouth.

The exception is when haltedbreathing is the likely problemsuch as drowning, drug overdose,

or arrests in children.Most of the time sudden death

is due to a heart that is not beat-ing at all, or is beating way toofast. This in turn is due to manyreasons, from a blockage of bloodflow through coronary arteries, a

weakened dilated heart, or even abaseball or hockey-puck strike tothe middle of the chest.

Whatever the reason, 5-30% ofthose who receive CPR will sur-vive, mostly without brain injury,because CPR tides them overuntil the electrical shock returnsa life sustaining heart rhythm.

The sad news is that morethan 50% of those people whocould benefit will not have CPRbecause bystanders or family areafraid they might do somethingwrong, which is simply not true.The big mistake is NOT TOSTART CPR.

So if you come upon a situationwhere someone, who might bene-fit from more years of life, sud-

denly stops breathing and there isno pulse, then dont delayoneand two andAh, ah, ah, ah,Stayin Alive

Dr. Rick Holm wrote thisPrairie Doc Perspective for OnCall, a weekly program wheremedical professionals discusshealth concerns for the general

public. On Call is produced bythe Healing Words Foundation inassociation with the South DakotaState University Journalism De-

partment. On Call airs Thurs-days on South Dakota Public

Broadcasting-Television at 7 p.m.Central, 6 p.m. Mountain. Visit usat OnCallTelevision.com.

The Prairie Doc PerspectiveDr. Richard Holms, MD

Third through sixth grade performed "The World Says Merry Christmasrecorders and ukuleles at the school Christmas concert on Monday, December 17th.

Photo by Mar

Preschool through 8th grade ended the concert by singing "Go in Peace."Photo by Ma

The Lady Longhorns broughtome a loss and a win from Het-nger on December 14th.The JV lost in a very close

ame. They were ahead at thend of the first quarter but thatas their only lead, losing 22-19.uarter Scoresaith 6-9-11-9ettinger 4-12-16-22Stats: Brandi Enright 2 pts, 6

eb, 1 steal; Tanielle Arneson 3ts, 1 assist, 2 reb; Tori Simon-on 8 pts, 1 assist, 1 reb; Katieogue 6 reb; Teagan Engel 2

ts,1 assist, 4 reb; MichaelahMartin 4 pts, 1 assist, 8 reb.

The varsity had their third winf the season. Once again, seniorearnee Nelson was high scorerith 27 points.uarter Scoresaith 18-33-52-66ettinger 11-20-22-34Stats: Tearnee Nelson 27 pts,

assists, 5 reb, 2 blocks, 4 steals;aty Miller 3 pts, 1 assist, 3 reb;

Madison Vance 6 pts, 1 assist, 5eb, 1 charge taken; Shannaelby 11 pts, 9 assists, 6 reb, 1harge taken, 3 steals; Marissa

Collins 13 pts, 12 reb, 2 blocks, 1steal; Paige Brink 4 pts, 6 reb, 1

Lady Longhorns get win and loss at Hettinger

steal; Ashton Delbridge 2 assists,4 reb.


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I was attending BHSU in 1992or my pre-mortuary credits, butnce my youth I had always been

nterested in flying. I had about8 hours of flying time in by early

November, so I rented a Cessna72 at Spearfish, SD, and set outn the first of three legs of a long

ross country solo flight. Theight was uneventful to Milesity, MT. I refueled and visitedith the Flight Service Stationbout weather. They informed mehat there was a good chance ofog, low ceilings and poor visibil-y after the sun set that evening.o I filed a flight plan to Lemmon,D and hustled back to N1373Eo get going.

At about Bowman, ND headingast, I began having to fly lowero stay below the decreasing ceil-ng. US Highway 12 became aice strip below me to navigate toemmon. The clouds kept push-

ng me closer to the ground and atHettinger, ND I was probablynly 500 feet above the earth.

When I flew over Hettinger, atbout the Hettinger Cemeterynd the Hospital, Highway 12urves a bit to the northeast. Try-ng to navigate by keeping thattrip below me and off to my left,ollowing that curve at 100 knots,must have climbed a bit and in-dvertently entered The Soup. Itarted a left hand turn to per-orm a 180 and head back WESThere there was more room be-

ween the bottom of the cloudsnd the earth. My left hand turn80 became a climbing and diving60 to a 540 to a 720 or so. In myisorientation, while still in a leftand turn, the engine on the 172egan to rev up, yet my handasnt on the throttle. I was try-

ng to establish visual contactith the ground, in order to notit it, but I was in a turning dive,k.a. Graveyard Spiral. When I

ould see the ground through myindshield, it was in the form of

ocks and sagebrush! I pulledack on the yoke and thought,his is it.I have no way of guessing how

ose I came to impacting thearth, but somewhere east orortheast of Hettinger, it wasOO Close! My luck hadnt runut yet and I was still flying.very instructor I have ever had

old me, no matter what situa-on or emergency, keep flying theirplane. So thats what I did

nd back up into the soup, I went.After I had re-oriented myselfnd the aircraft was in a westerlyeading, I saw a glow of orangeelow me to my left, like a strip inhe fog. I descended, thinking itas the street lights along High-ay 12 through Hettinger, then

he Mirror Lake Lodge Motel signassed by my right wingtip. I waseading west! I knew that the

Hettinger Airport was west ofown and north of the highway.fter a few short seconds and aight right turn, once west of

Hettinger, I saw the end lights ofunway 30. In the fog, I lined up

on those lights and touched downsafely and taxied onto the ramp.

Back in those days, each statehad its own Flight Service Sta-tion. When I called from Het-tinger to cancel my flight plan,Grand Forks didnt have one onme, since my destination was

Lemmon, SD. Grand Forks didntcommunicate with Huron, SDFlight Service to cancel my flight.

After a quick phone call to mymother in Lemmon, I told herthat I had made it to Hettinger.She informed me that Eldon, mydad, was meeting with a family atthe Hettinger Funeral Home andthat I could just ride back withhim. I caught a ride in from theairport and recall sitting on thebumper of a vehicle and watchingthe fog roll by in near-zero visibil-ity and remember praying andthanking God for getting methrough that one. To say theleast, it did rattle me after I wassafely on the ground. Pilots talkabout kissing the ground after

certain flights and that was one ofthem for me!

About 30 minutes after I calledMom back in Lemmon, she re-ceived a call from Huron FlightService, since my flight had notbeen cancelled. Huron could seethat the weather was doing up inthat part of the country and knewthe terrible flight conditions.When asked if shed heard fromme or if she knew where I was,my mom told the Flight Serviceperson, Oh, dont worry. Every-thing is fine. Gregs at the Fu-neral Home. The phone wassilent for a few moments as theFlight Service person didnt quiteknow what to say! Realizing whatshe said, my mom quickly told theFlight Service, Greg landed inHettinger. We own funeralhomes! I wasnt the only personthat night breathing a sigh or twoof relief! - Greg Jensen

The above happening gives anintroduction to quickness inwhich the next 25 years passedfor Evanson Jensen. Yes, we stillhave the Horse Drawn Hearse,but have added aircraft to thetransportation segment, as wellas joining the computer age.1987-2012 went by so quickly, butas they say, once youre 50, hangon for the downhill slide! Im stilllooking for the typewriters weused to have around.

In 1987 we did manage to have

an observation of the 75th An-niversary, with the main concen-tration of effort involving theEvanson Jensen Furniture oper-ation, with open houses at the Fu-neral Homes as well. We printeda large circular that was distrib-uted in all the area shoppers andweekly papers. It was set and laidout at the printers workroom.Eight full pages were set up andmany trips back and forth to theprinter. Much time and effort wasmade to come up with each arti-cle, picture and slick as wecalled them of furniture specials,stories of our employees, and

statements of purpose. Duringthe 1987-2012 period, we can con-firm the need to transition to thecomputer age.

This was distributed in all theprinted media in our trade areaand was the basis for numerousradio ads. Yes, Evanson Jensen

Furniture was a large part of thetotal operation until we sold thebuilding and closed the doors onDec. 31, 1998..86 1/2 years afterR.S. started the dual operation.

I might as well say it like itwas. It was not an easy decisionto make, good help was becomingmore difficult if not impossible tofind and Jack Rafferty had re-tired because of health reasons.Jack was our longest tenured em-ployee and the finest flooringtechnician one could find, alwaystaking care of our customersneeds. He also excelled whenhelping at the funeral home. RayHuber, had finished his trainingin funeral service and had transi-tioned his interests to that area,

even though Jack had trainedhim well in the furniture andflooring department. Ross Mil-liken, funeral director, had movedon, Jeff Haase went to work forthe local manufacturer, and othermuch shorter term employeescame and went. At 56, my 18 hourdays were becoming a little ex-hausting. Jeff Haase, Jack Raf-ferty, Ray Huber, Alice Ashmore,Dave Jensen, Fred Bubbers, TroyHight, Greg Jensen, Curt Jerde,Eyvonne Langehough, Eldon,Mary Jean, Ollie, Evie, Vi Kost-elecky at the grand opening ofEvanson Jensen Furniture loca-tion on 1st Ave. W. We operatedthere from 1993 until Dec. of 1998

We had two funerals going onat the same time, and I had takenboth sets of memorial folders withpictures to the local printer. Atthe time, we were able to get theprinting done by the time of thefuneral or the morning thereof.So the memorial folders arrivedback at the funeral home as wewere ready to load the casket,equipment, flowers and stands..but the pictures were reversed!Mrs. Xs picture was on Mrs.Ys folder and vice versa. Backto the printer they went. It wasthe first, last and only time wehanded out the Memorial Foldersas the family and attendees leftthe church. We moved into thecomputer and printing age not

long after.But I need to go back to 1987when we established the Faith

Area Memorial Chapel, in myhometown. The community wasvery receptive and wanted to be-come a full service community.We were the closest funeral homeat 70 miles north. Lavonne But-ler, ranchwife, newspaper editorand former Mayor, was our first

Assistant in Faith. Then in 1991the Belle Fourche community ex-pressed an interest in us and weestablished the Funeral Home ofthe Northern Hills with formeremployee Ross Milliken. Would-

nt you know it, when working onthe building in Belle Fourche, ourfriend and neighbor to the west,Lyle Walby of Hettinger calledand wanted to retire. So 1991 be-came the year of consolidationand expansion for EvansonJensen, and the many 18 hourdays that I referred to above. Butthe quality of service ingrained bythe Evansons was not to be leftbehind. With the help of family

and locally raised and trained fu-neral professionals, the years un-eventfully sped by.

It was pouring down rain atthe graveside service. And notmany times did we hear a com-plaint in West River Country.The tent had served its purposebut all were going to get wet onthe way to their vehicles in thisrural setting. Ray had finishedhis sealing of the vault and dutiesfollowing the graveside service,but couldnt find the Pastor whohad ridden with him in the fu-neral coach. He made a fewglances here and there and pre-sumed the Pastor had caught aride with others and jumped intothe drivers seat. Looking in the

back he found the Pastor prone onthe floor with his stole around hisneck and pinched in the door!

You probably dont know that thethree rear doors of a funeral coachdo not have inside handles.nordid the preacher. Ray ran aroundto the back door with the stolehanging out, opened it and re-leased the pastor. He said, I justran to the closest door, jumped in,pulled the door shut and foundout Id roped myself with mystole. They both had a goodchuckle on the way back to thechurch for coffee!

So, in our work, the smallestdetail can make such a difference,like keeping our eye on thepreacher! And we see that as

well in the preparation of obitu-ary information, printing of me-morial folders with pictures, andother personalization that we pro-vide, many by computer and theelaborate programs available forsuch tasks. With the new tech-nology and the preparation skillsof staff, we continue to achieveour goals of providing funeralservice with caring. We regis-tered the trademark FuneralHomes of Caring and with con-tinued membership in the Inter-national Order of the GoldenRule, have tried to live up to theexpectations of the trademarksince.

Remember when I mentionedthe old handwritten, and thetyped pages in the record bookspreviously? Today, most of thelegal filings and recordings, noti-fications, funeral announcementsand the recordings in those booksare accomplished through the in-ternet and computer. At present,there are over 220 e-mail ad-dresses that get immediate noti-fication of pending funerals onour Website www.funeralhome-sofcaring.com. I wonder if we re-ally accomplish more in less timewith these electronics, while yetunder normal circumstances a fu-neral service is still held in 4 days

from the date of dthat old, but will the age that I younger generatthese tasks. I haa telephone, typechine, and could tthe printer. I alsoto the time whencalls to secure casrural party line quate notification

ing service.So, I blame which the past passed, on the netroduced in everprofession. Comscanners, high spphones, the intplanes and the faare past 50 and slide, youd bestcome true. Martired in Dec. 200trying to hang oning to be at all odrens birthdayoccasions with

And we must abeing called to hehomes during the

and early fall. Oneeds to do as mone loves (being ing families) andwork you had to comfortable as pup all hours of thsible. It has beena ranch kid frombecause of a greafantastic employand family of sunow our 100rth Evanson Jensen.

But, now it ionto the next genour families. Sthe owner of Evanpilot who wrote tcle.

He now has ovthe air and is a CEngine/InstrumeThe fall followingin Hettinger, hiseven rode with hrented plane to a Pine Ridge.ansince, in the aircHe was licensed inin 1995. He mahome in Minnesafter graduation fMinn. and joined in 1996. A Cesschased that year tion and approvpilots, mechanicRaymond Kolb anThis craft enhancand deliveries greatly, as well aflying. Flying three years for tbuilt hours andtraining to get Rating followed bMulti Engine Rapursue a flying cafly for Alpine Avtana in the fall came a Captain spring of 2000. Hroute back into the early morninCoontinued on

The fourth 25 years for Evanson Jenseny Greg and Eldon Jensen


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ay, Sept. 11, 2001, just hours be-re the terrorist attack on thewin towers. Much more col-

apsed on that day. All Aircraftere grounded until days later.n interesting note in Gregs logook is the next flight he was as-gned the Friday following. Hend good friend, fellow pilot,elly Lynch took an Alpineeechcraft 99 Airliner fromillings, MT to Columbus, Ohion a spur of the moment charterr Alpine. They flew medical

upplies and donated blood fromhio to Salt Lake City the nextay. Kelly, a fellow Captain, diedfew years later in an accidenthile flying for Alpine Air inillings. In 2003, Greg returned

o Evanson Jensen Funeralomes and began his family,

marrying Tonya Evenson, fromettinger in 2004. Their firstaughter, Ella Dayne was bornhat year. Laela Marie followedn 2006 and Jaeda Kathryn in009.

Ray began working for Evan-

on-Jensen Furniture in March of981, with a clear statement thate wasnt interested in workingt the funeral home. How that allhanged. He began his internshipnder Evie Evanson in 1985 andttended college. During the sum-

mers he continued his internshipt the funeral home and workedt the furniture store. He at-ended Dallas Institute of Fu-eral Service in 1987, graduating

n the spring of 1988. He becameLicensed Funeral Director in

uly of 1988, and is now ourngest term employee. His tech-ical skills are exemplary andecognized by thankful families.e married Marshel (Johnson)ay and has continued to live in

emmon since.Matt Barnes

Matt Barnes first experienceith Evanson-Jensen Funeralome and the "funeral" industry

ame in 2002. As he stated, Iorked for a local Bank, andould establish Prepaid Funeralrust Accounts for the Funeralome. Eldon, Greg, Ray or Derekould drop off the trust paper-ork, and I would handle the

est. The subject of me trying annternship" to see if I was inter-sted in the work came up. I saidNO", many times but, finallyfter realizing it would be easier try it than to keep saying "NO".completed the paperwork, andithin a week received my intern-

hip license. I still remember myrst "call", it was with Greg. I ob-erved, asked questions and fromhere on knew what I wanted too. My first internship ended in003 and I moved to Bismarck,D. However, my desire to getack into funeral work never leftnd 4 1/2 years later the opportu-ity arose. I decided that becom-

ng a funeral director was what Ianted to do and in 2007, with

he help and support of my fam-y, Eldon and Mary Jean andreg Jensen, I moved back toemmon, SD with my wife,

Stacey and two daughters, Sierraand Emma. I began working forthe funeral home in December of2007 and completed my intern-ship. I graduated from MortuarySchool (AAMI) in New York in

April of 2012 and passed my Na-tional Board examination in Mayand am completing my studies ofthe South Dakota State Board ofFuneral Service Exam for licen-sure. Matt is a member of Cal-vary Lutheran Church, theLemmon Masonic Lodge #151

A.F. & A.M. and the NAJAShrine.

Lonnie Stippich, Hettinger,has assisted the directors ofEvanson Jensen on a part timebasis for the past three years. Heis retired from the ND StateHighway Department and enjoyshis involvement with our firms.

Jennifer Johnson, Mott, joinedEvanson Jensen as a Funeral As-sistant in August of this year.Her several years of experiencewith families as the Secretary forSt. Vincent Catholic Church givesher, with this career change, in-sight in serving the families ofvarious churches and communi-

ties in the area.Karen Price, ranch wife fromMaurine (and my niece, Gregscousin) helps us with services andvisitations in the Faith area.

And I would be remiss in mywriting if I did not mention Dar-lene and Walter Kallis whoworked as our assistants formany years. Living in Mott, sinceretiring from dairy farming, theybecame valuable members of thecommunity and of the EvansonJensen team. Walter passedaway this past summer and Dar-lene is still available to assist, ifshe isnt busy with other inter-ests.

Also, Vernon Evie Evansonpassed away in April of 2012, just

two months before the actual an-niversary of the firms founding.Our longtime partner had 26years and 3 months of retirement,most of which was enjoyable. Wewish he could have been with usfor the 100th Birthday of the firmthat his father started. His wife,Ollie still resides at Five CountiesNursing Home in Lemmon.

So now we close four chaptersof the history of Evanson Jensen.We hope you have enjoyed thereadings of our business/profes-sion and the people involved.More could have been revealedthat was never previously writtenor even talked about, like sonDavids driving the funeral coachat age two, backing into a tree; or

the lady that elevated and shim-mied at the firing of the HonorGuards rifles during a MilitaryInterment; or on a more seriousnote, the personal observation toadjustments made by familiesduring what we call the 3 daymiracle. No one or no professionis entrusted with the care of afamilys most prized possession orfeelings, and now we have beenhonored with that trust for 100years. Thank you!

Eldon Jensen

vanson Jensenontinued from Page 6

The Lady Horns traveled toNew Underwood for a giame onDecember 11th.

The JV had a battle to the end,winning by 3 points.Quarter ScoresFaith 2-6-10-20N. U. 6-10-12-17

Stats: Brandi Enright 2 pts, 4reb, 1 steal; Tanielle Arneson 8pts, 1 assist, 2 reb, 2 steals; ToriSimonson 2 pts, 2 assists, 2 reb:Katie Bogue 1 assist, 3 reb; Tea-gan Engel 8 reb, 1 steal; Michae-lah Martin 8 pts, 1 assist, 5 reb.

The varsity girls had a mucheasier time over New Underwood.Quarter ScoresFaith 18-34-46-70

N.U. 6-12-24-34Tearnee Nelson and Shanna

Selby led the Lady Horns with 24and 18 points respectively.

Stats: Tearnee Nelson 24 pts, 4assists, 2 reb, 6 steals; KatyMiller 4 pts, 4 assists, 2 steals;Madison Vance 7 pts, 1 assist, 4reb, 1 steal; Shanna Selby 18 pts,2 assists, 2 reb, 6 steals; MarissaCollins 7 pts, 2 assists, 10 reb, 2blocks, 3 steals; Paige Brink 1 as-sist, 6 reb, 3 blocks; Ashton Del-bridge 8 pts, 9 reb, 1 block;Michaelah Martin 2 pts, 1 reb;Tori Simonson 1 assist.

Lady Horns winat NewUnderwood

Energy drinks are reachingtheir peak in popularity and con-tinue to sell mass quantities totheir youthful target audience.These drinks claim to stimulate

the mind and body plus provide aboost of energy but can have ad-verse effects when mixed with al-cohol. Lately teens have beenmixing these energy drinks withalcohol as a means of getting ahigh without getting sleepy.

Parents need to be aware ofteens who may be mixing theseenergy drinks with alcohol. Fa-tigue is the body's way of sayingit's had enough to drink. Byusing energy drinks the body isfooled into thinking youre not astired or drunk as you really are.

"Even though (the energy

drink) has stimulacohol is still goingeffects on you," Srector of Alcohol tion Center said.

more alert but achol is having theyou. So you mighyou are less impatuality you are no

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Eer Driks ad AdolesEvanson Jensen Furni-ture ... Jeff Haase, Jack Raf-ferty, Ray Huber, Alice Ashmore,Dave Jensen, Fred Bubbers,Troy Hight, Greg Jensen, CurtJerde, Eyvonne Langehough,Eldon, Mary Jean, Ollie, Evie, ViKostelecky at the grand opening

on 1st Ave. W. We operatedthere from 1993 until Dec. of1998. Courtesy photo

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H Club celebrates Christmas

The 212 Guys and Gals 4-Hlub met Thursday, December 20

n Mr. Shoemakers room for theole purpose of exchanginghristmas gifts.

Hospital in Boston, brain develop-ment is very active during theteen years and when adolescentsadd alcohol and other drugs totheir body, they are changing theway their brain develops. Dr.Jensen goes on to say that drugs,including alcohol, have a longerlasting effect on teen brains af-

Teens may act invincible...andmost of the time they THINKthey are invincible, but when itcomes to drugs and alcohol, youthare more vulnerable that adultsto harmful effects on the brainresearchers reported at Neuro-science 2010. According to Dr.Frances Jensen of the Childrens

News Flash ... Alcohol does affect t

4-H Club News

The Kindergarten and 1st grade classes presented a little musical play called "The Mitten"t the Christmas concert on Monday, Dec. 17th. Photo by Marcia Samuelson

he Preschool performed a lively rendition of "Snowman Jump" at the school's Christmas con-ert. Photo by Marcia Samuelson

The club plans to go ice skating

in Rapid City on December 22.Our next meeting will be in

January and we will do demon-strations.

Mikenzy Miller, Secretary

fecting the buillearning and mem

This happensare more receptoadolescent brainbind to. Furtherindicates that Inently decrease idrugs like alcohol

Another study vard Medical Schteens who used dage of 16 perfortests of cognitiveability to change ysomething based pening at the

brains are wired and quickly, unfbrain flexibilityaddiction occur astronger and long

Dr. Jensen sneed to stop sayifine. Alcohol is does significant doping minds.

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#13, Triston Delbridge goes up to shootduring the game against the Timber Lake Panthers.

Photo by Mar

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#10, Susan Wilken shoots for a basket du

game against Timber Lake on Tuesday, December 1Photo by Ma#18, Penny Welter brings the ball down the court while

avoiding a Panther. The girls went on to win with the score of 33 to22. Photo by Marcia Samuelson

The Lady Longhorns hostedimber Lake on December 18th.

The JV lost in a real squeaker,9-18. They trailed by 7 at thend of the third quarter andulled within one at the end.uarter Scoresaith 4-4-6-18

.L. 4-6-13-19Stats: Brandi Enright 4 pts, 1

eb, 1 steal; Tanielle Arneson 4ts, 2 steals; Tori Simonson 4 pts,reb, 1 steal; Bonnie Lutz 1 reb;atie Bogue 1 pt, 3 reb, 1 steal;eagan Engel 5 pts, 4 reb.

Tearnee Nelson and Marissaollins led the Ladies in scoring

n the varsity game. Shannaelby added 17 and Madisonance added 12.uarter Scoresaith 23-39-61-83.L. 9-31-45-57Stats: Tearnee Nelson 23 pts, 7

ssists, 4 reb, 6 steals; KatyMiller 2 pts, 4 assists, 1 steal;Madison Vance 12 pts, 1 assist, 2eb, 1 steal; Shanna Selby 17 pts,assists, 5 reb, 5 steals; Marissaollins 23 pts, 1 assist, 12 reb:aige Brink 5 reb; Ashton Del-ridge 6 pts, 1 assist, 1 reb, 1teal.

The next game for the LadiesJanuary 4th when they host

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A winter/spring webinar serieswill provide drought planning in-ormation and tools to advisorseeking to help Great Plainsanchers better prepare for andespond to drought. The webinarsre scheduled from January

hrough May 2013, on the lastWednesday of each month.

What happens from Januaryhrough May will be really criti-al, said Lynn Myers, a Sandhillsancher who will be one of theanuary presenters. For exam-le, it could determine whetherhere are cattle in the westernandhills in 2013.

Each one-hour webinar willtart at 10 a.m. (CT) with a brief-ng on current drought status and

what to expect in the foreseeableuture, followed by a session on apecific topic or tool related torought planning, and question-nd-answer time. The webinars

will be led by ranchers and advi-ors with hands-on experience in

rought planning and range man-gement.

Jerry Volesky, a range and for-ge specialist at the UNL West

Central Research and ExtensionCenter in North Platte, Neb., willntroduce the series by talkingbout why ranchers need droughtlans: It leads to earlier and

more effective management deci-ions that can have positive eco-omic benefits, he said.Additionally, ranchers that have

well-developed plans indicatehat their plans have made therought event less stressful and itives them a sense of confidence.

Dates, topics and presenters inhe series are:

January 30: ManagingDrought Risk on the Ranch: The

lanning Process, by JerryVolesky, Range and Forage Spe-ialist at the UNL West Central

Research and Extension Centern North Platte, Nebraska, andynn Myers, owner of Tippets-

Myers Ranch in western Ne-raska.

February 27:Avoiding Analy-is Paralysis: Monitoring and Set-ing Critical Dates for Decision

Making During Drought, by

Dwayne Rice, Rangeland Man-agement Specialist, NRCS,Kansas; Ted Alexander, owner of

Alexander Ranch in south-centralKansas; and Cal Adams, owner of

Adams Ranch in north-centralKansas.

March 27: The New Cumula-tive Forage Reduction (CFR)Index: Assessing Drought Im-pacts and Planning a GrazingStrategy, by Pat Reece, ownerand senior consultant of PrairieMontane Enterprises and Profes-sor Emeritus of the University ofNebraska Lincoln.

April 24: Using a DroughtCalculator to Assist Stocking De-cisions, Stan Boltz, State RangeManagement Specialist, NRCS,South Dakota.

May 29: Economic Factors toWeigh in Making Decisions dur-ing Drought, by Matt Stockton,

Agricultural Economist at theUNL West Central Research andExtension Center in North Platte,

Nebraska.The sessions are free and open

to the public. Registration is re-quired to receive the Adobe Con-nect webinar link. To register, goto http://go.unl.edu/uwk.

More information can be foundat the Managing Drought Risk onthe Ranch website, athttp://drought.unl.edu/ranchplan.Please contact Tonya Haigh, Na-tional Drought Mitigation Centerand SARE project coordinator,[email protected], 402-472-6781,with any questions.

The webinars are sponsored bythe National Drought MitigationCenter at the University of Ne-braska-Lincoln. The series wasdeveloped with support from the

Sustainable Agriculture Researchand Education (SARE) program,which is funded by the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture Na-tional Institute of Food and

Agriculture (USDA-NIFA). Anyopinions, findings, conclusions orrecommendations expressedwithin do not necessarily reflectthe view of the SARE program orthe U.S. Department of Agricul-ture. USDA is an equal opportu-nity provider and employer.

Windbreaks and SnowManagement

Windbreaks can provide pro-tection from high winds and blow-ing snow. In open areas, windslift, carry and deposit snowflakes.Windbreaks modify wind flow

and distribute blowing snow.There are several different typesof windbreaks: field windbreaks,living snow fences, farmsteadsand feedlot windbreaks and live-stock protection shelterbelts, allrequire proper planning, imple-mentation and maintenance.

Field windbreaks can be usedto spread out snow across fieldsproviding soil moisture for cropsand forage production during thenext growing season. Studieshave shown that on average,wheat yields are increased by 15to 20 percent. Field windbreaksneed to be designed to have a 40%density in order to provide uni-form snow distribution across afield. This can be accomplished by

planting a single row of tall decid-uous trees at 15 to 20 feet spacingperpendicular to the prevailingwinds. Single rows should beevenly spaced across the field at adistance 10 to 15 times the ex-pected mature height of the trees.

Living Snow Fences are an ef-fective method of controllingblowing snow. Living snow fencescan be planted along highways,roads and driveways to providepublic benefits, livestock protec-tion, crop protection, wildlifehabitat, and aesthetic value Liv-ing snow fences achieve optimumstorage capacity when winterdensity is about 50 to 60 percent.Density will vary with the num-ber and spacing of tree rows, treespecies. The height of the trees isimportant since snow storage ca-pacity increases more than fourtimes when height doubles.

A living snow fence needs to belocated perpendicular to the pre-vailing winter winds and the areato be protected located downwind.The worst winter winds comefrom the northwest, north, ornortheast. Living snow fencesshould be located on the north

side of east-west roads and thewest side of north-south roads.They should be located a mini-mum of 175 feet from the center-line of the roads and no closerthan 200 feet from corners or in-tersections for traffic visibility.

Farmstead or feedlot wind-breaks reduce the force of winterwinds and create a sheltered zoneor microclimate on the downwindsides of windbreaks. These wind-breaks provide protection fromblowing and drifting snow. With-out windbreak protection, farm-houses and other structures areat the mercy of severe swirlingwind currents and snow drifting,requiring additional hours oflabor for snow removal. Feedlotand livestock windbreaks can beused to maintain areas free fromdeep snow where hay and feedare stored. Livestock are able toget out of strong winds and driv-ing snow, reducing animal stress,decreasing feed requirements, re-

sulting in better animal health,lower death loss, and lower feedcosts.

Farmstead and feedlot wind-

breaks should bethe windward rofeet from buildand feed bunks for snow driftThere should befrom the downwwindbreak and thtected. There sh50 feet betweenand roads or othmay be within

windward snowwindbreak shou100 feet beyondprotected to prefrom forming at t

My source for was the South ment of AgriculResource ConForestry. If youinformation aboand Snow ManaBob Drown at tOffice at 605-2444 or by robert.drown@sd

All programs avided by the Nortservation Districregardless of rac

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10 cheers for10 cheers for our customersour customers

9 rounds of applause, 8 smiles of gratitude, 7 nods of appreciation...

Were countingdown thanks toall of the greatfolks we had

the privilege toserve this year.

We cant thank youenough and wish you a

wonderful New Year.

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The Roots of Agriculture:Crop Production

Most archeological and geneticvidence indicates the history ofgriculture extends back 13,000-5,000 years. In his Pulitzerrize-winning book, Guns, Germsnd Steel, Jared Diamond de-ares that the earliest deliberate

ultivation of crops occurred onhe plains that intersect the Za-ros Mountains of modern-dayran, Turkey and Iraq. Thoughryer today, this was the Fertilerescent of southwest Asia.What factors led humans to

ractice agriculture? The answer not as simple as Food iseeded to survive. This and next

weeks column indicate how andwhy people began to raise crops

nd livestock.Accumulated knowledge from

everal disciplines, chiefly an-hropology, archeology and pale-

ntology, suggests our earliestncestors were highly territorialunter-gatherers in Africa whocavenged plants and their seedsr fruits, tubers, insects, birds,ggs, fish, and the meat, bonesnd skins of small animals andhe carcasses of larger animals,sually slain by more powerfulredators.

As the clans outgrew the carry-ing capacity of their African terri-tories, successive waves of earlyhumans, such as Neanderthals,migrated into Europe and Asia insearch of favorable sources of es-

sentials for their survivalchiefly foods, garments andshelter. Life remained uncertainfor these aboriginals, as theplants and animals on which theysubsisted varied in their avail-ability.

The most recent wave of ourprogenitors also migrated out of

Africa, about 50,000 years ago.What is considered modern manbrought greater capacities withthem than preceding humans.Their brains were larger; theirlanguage and observation skillswere more refined. They proba-bly knew something about refin-ing metals, which greatlyimproved tool-making.

These modern humans found

ample plants and animals in thefertile regions of southwest Asiawhere the terrain was warmingafter the most recent glacial pe-riod. Receding ice across Europeand Asia, and in North Americaas well, followed by numerous cy-cles of healthy grasses and ma-nure from grazing animals,

resulted in rich loam soils avail-able for tilling and growing se-lected crops.

The keen observation skills ofmodern humans enabled them toselect seeds from availablegrasses in the Fertile Crescent,such as wheat and barley, andfrom indigenous legumes, such aslentils and other pulses. Theybegan to collect and store thetastiest seeds with the most nu-

tritional value.Some seeds inadvertently fellinto the soil around the livingquarters of human groups andsprang into the plants they de-sired. Learning to tuck seeds intomoist ground, to scrape awaycompeting plants and to select themost usable and nutritious seedsfrom among those they grew, ben-efited the community.

This was the beginning of agri-culture. As described in nextweeks column, raising livestockfollowed crop production. Mostimportantly, domesticating ani-mals and cultivating land to pro-duce food, clothing and shelterallowed modern man to survivelean times, such as winter and

droughts, and to proliferate fasterthan hunter-gatherers.

Researchers of our origins sug-gest the emergence of agricultureenabled people within theiragrarian communities to special-ize in various tasks. Some becametool-makers, perhaps capitalizingon information passed along by

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Others specialized in acquiringknowledge about medicinalplants and healing rituals, thusbecoming the first medical andbehavioral healthcare providers.Some specialized in building, tobecome the first construction en-gineers. Others became the vil-lage artists and musicians. Stillothers became the leaders of reli-

gious practices, government andso forth.Development of modern cul-

ture was facilitated by people nothaving to spend most of theirtime securing adequate food,clothing and shelter. The system-atic observation methods of earlyagriculturists were the basis ofthe scientific method.

The need to count and calcu-late sufficient food, as well as toconstruct buildings, inspired thedevelopment of a numeral systemand mathematics. The need torecord information contributed tothe invention of written language.In order to keep clans from killingeach other off, governments and

judicial proceedings were devised

to settle territorial disputes.What couldnt be explained by

logic was attributed to deities,leading to the development of re-ligions. Some faith communitiesbelieved God created or inspiredall this.

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some members haditional territorieand livestock. Ogenerations theyEurope, Asia, Auscrossed the Bering Strait to western hemisphe

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ng items important to USDA pro-rams. If you have any questionslease contact the Dewey Countyffice at 865-3522 ext 2, Meadeounty at 347-4952 ext 2, oriebach County at 365-5179 ext 2.

IMPORTANT DATES TO RE-MEMBER:

The Dewey, Ziebach andMeade County FSA office staffswould like to wish everyone aVery Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year

SD Farmers and Ranchersoon Being Asked to Fill Out012 Census of Agriculture

South Dakotas Farmers andanchers will soon be asked to

ake the time to fill out the 2012ensus of Agriculture. The Cen-us is conducted every five yearsy the U.S. Department of Agri-ultures National Agricultural

tatistics Service and is a countf all U.S. farms, ranches andheir operators. Carter Anderson,D Field Office Director for thetatistics Service says in a presselease that the Census is a toolhat gives producers a voice to in-uence decisions that shape the

uture of their community, indus-ry and operation. It helps defineuch areas as land use and own-rship, production practices, in-ome, expenditures and more.

The 2007 Ag Census showedhat the number of farms andanches in the state decreasedbout two percent from the 2002urvey. Statistics showed thathere were 31,169 operations inhe state five years ago, with the

verage size farm in Southakota being 1,401 acres-up from,380 acres in 2002. Also, the av-rage age of South Dakota farmr ranch operators in 2007 was5.7, up from 53.3 years of age in002. NASS will mail out Censusorms late this month to collectata for 2012. They remind pro-ucers that completed forms areue by February 4, 2013. Produc-rs can also fill out the Census on-ne at www.agcensus.usda.gov oreturn their form by mail. All agroducers are required by federalaw to take part in the Censusnd NASS is also required to keepndividual information confiden-

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Page 14 December 26, 2012 The Faith Independent LEGALS Legal Newspaper for the City of Faith Faith School District 46-2 Meade Co

nOTICE OF AUDITOF THE FISCAL

AFFAIRS OF THECITy OF FAITH

Notice is hereby given that thecords and books of account of the CityFaith, South Dakota have been au-

ted by Ketel Thorstenson, LLP, Certi-d Public Accountants of Rapid City,

outh Dakota for the year ended De-mber 31, 2011. A detailed reportereon is filed with the City of Faith ande Department of Legislative Audit inerre, South Dakota for public inspec-n.The following findings and recom-

endations referred to in the report areereby listed in accordance with the pro-sions of SDCL 4-11-12.CURREnT AUDIT FInDIngS AnD

RECOMMEnDATIOnS

nding:As in prior years, we were requesteddraft the audited financial statements

nd related footnote disclosures as partour regular audit services. Ultimately,s managements responsibility to pro-de for the preparation of the Citysatements and footnotes, and the re-onsibility of the auditor to determinee fairness of presentation of thoseatements. From a practical standpoint,e do both for the City at the same timeconnection with our audit. This is not

nusual for us to do with municipalitiesyour size.

ecommendation:

As in prior years, we have instructedanagement to review a draft of the au-or prepared financials in detail for their

ccuracy; we have answered any ques-ns they might have, and have encour-

ged research of any accountinguidance in connection with the ade-uacy and appropriateness of classifica-n and disclosure in the Citys

atements. We are satisfied that the ap-opriate steps have been taken to pro-de the City with the completed financialatements. It is the responsibility ofanagement and those charged with

overnance to make the decisionhether to accept the degree of risk as-ciated with this condition because ofst or other considerations.

anagements Response:

The City evaluates its risk associatedth this condition on an annual basis.

he Finance Officer, Debbie Brown, issponsible for this corrective actionan.

nding:

The City has a general lack of segre-ation of duties in the finance office,ore specifically:All finance personnel have access toe general ledger, open mail, receivee unopened bank statement, and maile signed checks.The Finance Officer and Deputy Fi-

ance Officer receive customer pay-ents, have access to write-off and

djust customer accounts, and the cus-mer adjustments or write-off reportse not reviewed. In addition, the Fi-

ance Officer prepares the revenue por-n of the financial statements given toe City Council for review. The Financefficer is preparing a listing of adjust-ents, but the listing is not currently

eing reviewed by someone other thanerself.

There is a lack of controls at the bar.he Bar Manager orders inventory, re-ives inventory, and performs quarterly

spot-check inventory counts. Addition-ally, there is not a process to accuratelyaccount for all movement of inventoryfrom the liquor store to the bar. Duringthe current year, the count documenta-tion was reviewed by the Finance Officerfor reasonableness and accuracy. Addi-tionally, the Finance Officer is performingspot checks of inventory. We noted theyear end inventory listing as of Decem-ber 31, 2011 did not match the generalledger by $1,035. Margin analysis on thebar inventory, bar sales and operatingagreements was not performed periodi-cally until the end of 2011.

The bar maintains a stack of signedchecks (with one signature) on hand forlarger lottery payouts. The risk of misap-propriation is mitigated by the FinanceOfficers review of the bank statement,including images of cancelled checks.

Recommendations:

There is an overaIl lack of segrega-tion of duties over the disbursementprocess due to the limited number of ac-counting personnel, which is typical in acity of this size. However, the risk of mis-appropriation is mitigated by the Mayorreviewing the unopened bank statement.The listing of account adjustments andwrite-offs from the accounting softwareshould be reviewed monthly by a CityCouncil Member.

The Finance Officer should continueto review the periodic inventory countpaperwork and perform random countchecks. Additionally, margin analysis (di-rect cost of sales as a percentage ofsales) should be performed at leastmonthly by the Finance Officer and re-viewed for reasonableness based ongross margin percentages of liquor, maltbeverages and operating agreements.During the year, the Finance Officerbegan recording the operating agree-ment activity in separate accounts to as-sist in analyzing gross margins, werecommend this process continues.Signed checks should not be maintainedon hand, as it creates the potential formisappropriation of cash. As notedabove, the risk is mitigated by the Fi-nance Officers review of the bank state-ment, including images of cancelledchecks.

Managements Response:

The City attempts to maintain propersegregation of duties with the staff avail-able. The Finance Officer, DebbieBrown, is responsible for this correctiveaction plan.

MARTIN L. GUINDON, CPA,AUDITOR GENERALDEPARTMENT OF LEGISLATIVE

AUDIT

Published December 19 & 26, 2012 fora total approximate cost of $105.26

nOTICE OF AUDITOF THE FISCAL

AFFAIRS OF FAITHSCHOOL DISTRICT

nO. 46-2

Notice is hereby given that therecords and books of account of FaithSchool District 46-2 of Meade County,South Dakota have been audited by EideBailly LLP for the fiscal year ended June30, 2012 and that a detailed reportthereon is filed with the governing board,the Director of Finance, and the Depart-ment of Legislative Audit, 427 SouthChapelle, Pierre, South Dakota, for pub-lic inspection.

This notice is published in compli-ance with the provisions of SDCL 4-11-12.

2012-01 Segregation of Duties Mate-rial Weakness

Condition:The District has a lack of seg-regation of duties in certain areas due toa limited staff.

Recommendation: While we recognizethat your office staff may not be large

enough to permit complete segregationof duties in all respects for an effectivesystem of internal control, all accountingfunctions should be reviewed to deter-mine if additional segregation is feasibleand to improve efficiency and effective-ness of financial management of the Dis-trict. We also recommend havingsomeone else in custody of the BoardPresidents signature stamp so there arealways two people reviewing checksbeing written. We also recommend peri-odically using outside services such asEide Baillys Forensic Services to reviewthe Districts system of internal controlfor any weaknesses or improvementsthat can be made to strengthen the sys-tem of internal control.

2012-02 Recording of Transactions Material Weakness

Condition: We identified misstatementsin the Districts financial statementscausing us to propose material audit ad-

justments.

Recommendations: While we recognizethat this condition is not unusual for anorganization your size, it is important thatyou be aware of this condition for finan-cial reporting purposes. Managementand the Board should continually beaware of the financial reporting of theDistrict.2012-03 Preparation of Financial State-ments Material Weakness

Condition:The District does not have aninternal system designed to provide forthe preparation of the financial state-ments being audited. As auditors, wewere requested to draft the financialstatements and accompanying notes to

the finanacial statements. This circum-stance is not unusual in an organizationof your size. It is the responsibility ofmanagement and those charged with

governance to make the decisionwhether to accept the degree of risk as-sociated with this condition because ofcost or other considerations.

Recommendation: While we recognizethat this condition is not unusual for anorganization your size, it is important thatyou be aware of this condition for finan-cial reporting purposes. Managementand the Board should continually beaware of the financial reporting of theDistrict and changes in reporting require-

ments.

2012-04 Reconciliation of Cash Mate-rial Weakness

Condition:The Districts bank reconcilia-tions did not balance to the generalledger cash amounts recorded.

Recommendation: We recommend thatthe bank reconciliation be completed

within the same accthe general ledger actransactions are proptracked within the genWe also recommeshould be reviewing ttions on a monthly bcomplete the reconcall items are propematch what is recordfinancial statements.balance still has an imat year-end we recom

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LEGALS Legal Newspaper for the City of Faith Faith School District 46-2 Meade County NWAS December 26, 2012 The Faith Independent

MEETIng OF THEBOARD OFEDUCATIOn

FAITH SCHOOLDISTRICT 46-2

MEADE COUnTy,SOUTH DAKOTA

The Board of Education of the Faithchool District met in regular session onednesday, December 12, 2012 withhairwoman Johnson calling the meet-g to order at 7:00 p.m.

Members present: Hanson, Johnson,monson, Vance and Welter.Motion by Simonson, 2nd by Welter

approve the amended agenda. Motionrried.Motion by Hanson, 2nd by Vance to

pprove the consent agenda consistingthe minutes of the November 14, 2012gular meeting and the December 6,12 special meeting as well as the fol-

wing financial statements and claims:Faith Imprest Fud beii bal-

ce 7,708.41; receipts- studenteals 2,555.10, milk 154.00, adulteals 615.85, admissions girls BB .00, from district 2,336.06; expenses

student meals 65.00, girls basket-

all 190.00, drama 339.90, crossuntry 28.98, volleyball 930.00,her 550.00, to district 10,044.47;

di balace 1,287.07.Trust & Aec beii bal-

ce 31,016.72, receipts 4,916.49,penses 1,443.86; edi balace ,489.35.The district fiacial statemet

meded beii balace: 019,753.04; receipts ad valoremxes 218,096.32, prior years taxes 5.86, penalties and interest on tax

148.30, earning on investments 08.60, admissions 5,950.22, dona-ns and contributions 8,089.10, othervenue 6.62; county sources 984.07; state sources 81,561.00;deral sources 176.89; Hot Lunch les to students 3,531.65, sales toults 710.80, federal reimburse-

ent 6,214.94; other 2,935.47. Total

veue 331,979.94, other receipts 084.97. Total receipts 333,076.71,tal expeditures 170,291.45, ed- balace 1,183,570.28.Certified salaries 44,729.32, non-

rtified salaries 16,373.94, FIT 489.12, FICA 12,524.38, SDRS ,737.84, Horace Mann (annuity)

860.00, Aspire (403(b)) 490.00, Ho-ce Mann (auto ins) 406.01; SUBS: T.neson 66.04, J. Capp 226.43; S.

armichael 132.08; J. Enright 33.02;Gabriel 132.08; G. Hawks 66.04;Olson 396.26; R. Paul 566.10; A.

chuelke 363.25; E. Wicks 132.08;Wood 247.38.

EXTRACURRICULAR:B. Berglund (FB) 2,292.70; S.

armichael (JHVB) 575.54; J. Fordycessist VB) 1,094.57; M. GustafsonC) 1,369.92; C. Haines (Assist.

B) 1,146.35; D. Schauer (AD)

35.95; M. Shaff (JHFB) 411.09; J.bbs (JHFB) 164.44.

CLAIMS:geeral Fud AFLAC (ins) 5.45; Ameritas Life Ins (dental)

449.94; A. Ostrander ( dues) 131.50;SBSD (dues) 110.00; Best Westernermillion (travel) 180.00; B. Bushongustodial) 2,270.00; B. Simonsavel) 50.00; Business Forms & Ac-unting (supp) 87.50; Bytespeed

upp) 175.00; Chester Area (online) 250.00; City of Faith (util) 2,772.47;akota Business Center (mtnce, supp) 021.46; Faith Imprest Fund (dues,eals, loss) 2,038.88; Faith Independ-t (comm.) 188.88; Follett Ed Svcs

upp) 1,000.00; Grand Electric (util)

26.25; Harmon Law Office (fees) 660.00; Hauff Mid-America (supp) 486.90; Heartland Paper (supp) 1,295.33; Heartland Waste Mgmnt(util) 60.00; Hewlett Packard (laptop re-pair) 25.00; Krause Storage (rental) 195.00; Legal Shield (ins) 241.10;M&B Cleaning (custodial) 2,500.00;M&D Food Shop (gas) 607.17; M.Williams (supp) 316.60; Neumayr &Smith 8,103.76; Quill (supp) 229.19;Reliable (supp) 114.86; SD Dept ofHealth (svcs) 20.00; SDSDBF (ins)

9,898.81; Servall Uniform (mtnce) 1,019.91; Transamerica (ins) 20.41;Vanway Trophies (supp) 49.90; VilasHealth & Variety (supp) 16.92; Visa(supp) 248.91; Wessington SpringsSchool (online) 1,750.00; West RiverFoundation 150.00; total geeralFud 41,637.10.

Capital Outla: City of Faith(lease) 18,083.33; Wells Fargo Finan-cial (lease) 265.00; total Capital Out-lay 18,348.33.

Special Ed:AFLAC (ins) 147.06;BenefitMall/Centerstone Ins. (ins) 19.26; Hands on Health (PT) 686.77;Legal Shield (ins) 26.90; SDSDBF(ins) 1,032.86; total Special Ed1,912.85.

Capital Projects: Albertsons Engi-neering 2,690.00; total Capital Proj-ects 2,690.00.

Food Service: AFLAC (ins) 25.80;

BenefitMall/Centerstone Ins (ins) 80.22; Bernard Foods (food) 401.00;CANS (food) 665.94; CWD (food) 779.05; Faith Imprest Fund ( reimburse-ment) 65.00; Food Service of America(food) 1,006.96; SDSDBF (ins) 3.00;Vilas Health & Variety (supp) 17.99;total Food Service 3,044.96. Totalclaims all fuds 67,633.24. Motioncarried.

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