Daniel RuppeltFuneral services for Daniel L.

Ruppelt, 49 of Springfield will be11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 14, 2012at the EmmanuelReformed Churchin Springfield.Dan’s body will bedonated to the USDSchool of Medicinefollowing theservice.

Visitation willbe at the churchwith the familypresent, Fridayfrom 5 to 7 p.m.,followed by a 7 p.m. PrayerService.

Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home inSpringfield is in charge ofarrangements.

Daniel Lee Ruppelt, son ofThomas William and Violet Esther(Boese) Ruppelt, was born Novem-ber 28, 1962 at Tyndall. He passedaway quietly at his home Wednes-day, April 11, 2012, after a valiantyear long battle with cancer.

Dan attended Equal RightsCountry School, Quinn CountrySchool, Springfield Elementary andwas a 1981 graduate of SpringfieldHigh School. He received three as-sociate degrees from the Univer-sity of South Dakota at Springfieldin 1984.

Dan married Nancy JoanBoersma on July 12, 1985 at theEmmanuel Reformed Church inSpringfield. Two sons were blessedto their union.

Dan became a Christian at a

young age and became a memberof the Emmanuel Reformed Churchas a young adult.

Dan was a farmer, gunsmith anda correctional officer at the MikeDurfee State Prison, where he wasa member of several specialtyteams. He also was a hunter safetyinstructor. Dan was a lifetime mem-ber of the NRA, Pheasants Forever,Dakota Territory Gun CollectorsAssociation and Isaak WaltonLeague. He was proud of the manyawards he earned at shootingcompetitions.

Dan was an avid hunter, fisher-man, and restored vintage vehi-cles. He also earned his AdvancedOpen Water Scuba DivingCertification.

Thankful for having shared hislife are his wife Nancy, Springfield;sons: Alexander Thomas Ruppelt,Rapid City and Peter Casey Rup-pelt, Sioux Falls; three sisters:Shirley (Dennis) Miles, Sioux Falls;Catherine (Keith) Mercer, Blunt;and Ruth (Pat) Hemen, Huron; 21nieces and nephews; mother-in-law, Jessie Boersma, Springfield;his in-laws: Drs. David (Jan MarieHardwick) Boersma, Baltimore,MD; Carl (Amy) Boersma, Brook-ings; Jerry (Betty) Boersma, Eagan,MN; Arden (Mary) Boersma, Lin-denhurst, IL; and Donna (Cal) Rat-zlaff, Avon; and many friends.

Dan was preceded in death byhis father; his mother; father-in-law, Cornelius Boersma; andbrother-in-law, Barry Boersma.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

April 13, 2012

James DangelJames A. Dangel, 87, of Yankton

died Thursday, April 12, 2012, at theAvera Yankton Care Center, Yankton.

Mass of Christian Burial is at10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred HeartCatholic Church, Yankton. Burialwill be in the Sacred HeartCemetery.

Visitations begin at 5 p.m. Sun-day at Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Homeand Crematory, Yankton, with a 7p.m rosary followed by a 7:30 p.m.Scripture service. Visitations will re-sume one hour prior to the serviceat the church.

Arletta TisherArletta L. Tisher, 101, of Yankton

died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, ather home in Yankton.

Funeral services will be 10:30a.m. April 20 at First United

Methodist Church, Yankton, withthe Rev. Ron Johnson officiating.Burial will be in the Garden of Mem-ories Cemetery, Yankton.

Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Thursday,April 19, at Wintz & Ray FuneralHome, Yankton, with the familypresent from 6-8 p.m. A prayer serv-ice and an Order of the Eastern Starservice will be held at 7 p.m. Visita-tion will resume one hour prior tothe funeral at the church on Friday.

To post an online sympathymessage, visit wintzrayfuneral-home.com.

Timothy PedersenTimothy Alan Pedersen died

peacefully at his home on Thurs-day, April 12, 2012, in Sioux Falls atthe age of 42.

Arrangements are pending withWintz & Ray Funeral Home andCremation Service, Yankton.

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Romney Courts NRA For Presidential CampaignJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Running for the Senate in Massachu-

setts, Mitt Romney once assured voters in a state with strong gun-con-trol laws: “I don’t line up with the NRA.” Now the likely Republicanpresidential nominee, Romney will headline the National Rifle Associa-tion’s annual convention Friday and assure tens of thousands of gun-rights activists that he’s squarely on their side.

Coming just days after rival Rick Santorum dropped out of the nom-ination race, the NRA convention in St. Louis provides Romney an op-portunity to shore up his credentials with an important conservativeconstituency that badly wants to oust Democratic President BarackObama.

Romney leads a list of prominent Republicans — including Santo-rum, Newt Gingrich, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and WisconsinGov. Scott Walker — who are scheduled to address more than 65,000convention registrants during a session billed as a “celebration ofAmerican values.” Although Obama has virtually ignored gun issuesduring his term, the NRA considers him a foe and plans to mount anaggressive effort against him.

The NRA has spent $20 million to $30 million in past presidentialelections, said NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam. It hopes to ex-ceed that amount this year in an effort that is likely to include mail,phone calls and TV, radio, Internet and newspaper ads, he said.

As the all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee, Romneyhopes to reap the rewards of the NRA’s broad network, which includesmore than 4 million dues-paying members.

Syrian Opposition Promises Major ProtestsBEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s opposition called for widespread protests

Friday to test the regime’s commitment to an internationally brokeredcease-fire that the U.N. chief described as so fragile it could collapsewith a single gunshot.

Regime forces halted heavy shelling and other major attacks in linewith the truce that began at dawn Thursday, though there were accu-sations of scattered violence by both sides. The government ignoreddemands to pull troops back to barracks, however, defying a key as-pect of the plan, which aims to calm a year-old uprising that has killed9,000 people and has pushed the country toward civil war.

“The onus is on the government of Syria to prove that their wordswill be matched by their deeds at this time,” U.N. Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon told reporters in Geneva. He said the world was watchingwith skeptical eyes.

“This cease-fire process is very fragile. It may be broken any time,”Ban added, saying “another gunshot” could doom the truce.

The presence of tanks and troops could discourage any large gath-erings, but the leader of the opposition Syrian National Council,Burhan Ghalioun, urged Syrians to demonstrate peacefully on Friday.“Tomorrow, like every Friday, the Syrian people are called to demon-strate even more and put the regime in front of its responsibilities —put the international community in front of its responsibilities.”

Jury Selection Begins In Trial Of John EdwardsGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — After years of investigation, denials and

delays, jury selection began Thursday for the criminal trial of formerpresidential candidate John Edwards.

Edwards sat at the defense table as about 180 potential jurors filedinto a Greensboro, N.C., courtroom. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Ea-gles then asked Edwards to stand and face them. He grinned and nod-ded as the judge introduced him.

The trial had been scheduled to begin in late January, but was de-layed after Edwards’ lawyers told the judge he had a serious heartproblem that required treatment. Compared with the quick-smilingcandidate of four years ago, the former U.S. senator, now 58, appearedslightly gaunt in the cheeks but still had no trace of gray in his care-fully parted hair.

Edwards faces six criminal counts related to nearly $1 million in se-cret payments made by two campaign donors to help hide the marriedDemocrat’s pregnant mistress as he sought the White House in 2008.

“This is not a case about whether Mr. Edwards was a good husbandor politician,” the judge said from the bench. “It’s about whether he vi-olated campaign finance laws. ... The Constitution says trial by jury,not trial by Internet or trial by gossip.”

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Grace HoesingFORDYCE, Neb. — Grace J.

Hoesing, age 92, of Fordyce, NEdied Tuesday, April 10, 2012 atthe Golden Living Center, Hart-ington, NE.

Mass of Christian Burial willbe 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 14,2012, at St. Boniface CatholicChurch, Menominee, NE, withRev. Paul Hoesing celebratingand Rev. David Fulton concele-brating. Burial will be in St.Boniface Cemetery, Menomi-nee, NE.

Visitations will begin at 5p.m. Friday, April 13, 2012, at St.Boniface Catholic Church witha Wake Service at 7 p.m.. Visita-tions will resume one hourprior to the service at thechurch.

Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Homeand Crematory, Yankton is incharge of the arrangements.

Pallbearers will be Matthewand Jonathan Hoesing, Michaeland Patrick Magorian, andNicholas and Jerod Hoesing.

Grace (Schaefer) Hoesingwas born to Ted and Anna(Haverman) Schaefer on Febru-ary 21, 1920 on a farm nearMenominee, NE. She grew up onthe farm southwest of Menomi-nee that was homesteaded byher great grandfather,Theodore Schaefer in 1872.Grace was baptized, made herFirst Communion and was con-firmed in St. Boniface CatholicChurch, Menominee. She at-tended grade school there butdid not attend high school andworked for different people inneighborhood. She also workedas a maid in Omaha and later atSt. Joseph’s Hospital in SiouxCity, IA.

On May 5, 1943, she marriedFrancis Hoesing at St. BonifaceCatholic Church. Together theyfarmed her home place andlived there the rest of their life.

They raised 8children-4 boysand 4 girls andlost an infantgirl.

Grace was ac-tive in churchand school workand belonged toand held officesin Christian

Mothers, and the Ladies Guild.She was also Past President ofN.C.C.W. of Hartington Deaneryand a board member of CedarCatholic High School, pastmember of Catholic Daughters,and the Cursillo group. Gracebelonged to the Birthday Clubfor many years.

Her hobbies were quilting,crocheting, and she loved bak-ing, cooking, and gardening andeveryone enjoyed her home-made jellies.

She is survived by her chil-dren: Linda (Gary) Vejvoda ofGrand Island, NE; Gary (Kate)Hoesing of Boise, ID; Duane(Judy) Hoesing of Menominee,NE; Don (Karen) Hoesing ofHartington, NE; Diane (Bob)Lerch of Lincoln, NE, Glen(Donna) Hoesing of Norfolk, NE;Kathy (Jay) Magorian ofGayville, SD, and Lisa Krug ofParmalee, SD; 23 grandchildrenand 21 great-grandchildren.

Grace was preceded in deathby her husband, Francis, infantdaughter, Karen, her parents,sister, Hilda and a grandson,Kurt.

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BY JEAN H. LEEAssociated Press

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Defying inter-national concerns, North Korea fired a long-range rocket early Friday, but it appears to havefallen into the sea, splintering moments aftertakeoff, South Korean and U.S. officials said.

The liftoff took place at 7:39 a.m. (2139 GMTThursday) from the west coast launch pad inthe hamlet of Tongchang-ri, South Korea’s JointChiefs of Staff in Seoul said, citing South Koreanand U.S. intelligence.

The two countries as well as many othershad warned against the launch, calling it aprovocation and a cover to test missile technol-ogy. North Korea had insisted it would not backdown, and said the rocket would only carry asatellite, touting it as a major technologicalachievement to mark the 100th birth anniver-sary of the country’s founder, Kim Il Sung, onSunday.

Still, if the U.S. report of a failure, backed byJapan and South Korea, is true, it would be amajor embarrassment for Pyongyang, whichhas invited dozens of international journaliststo observe the rocket launch and othercelebrations.

It has staked its pride on the satellite launch

seen as a show of strength amid persistent eco-nomic hardship as Kim Il Sung’s grandson, KimJong Un, solidifies power following the death ofhis father, longtime leader Kim Jong Il, fourmonths ago.

“It blows a big hole in the birthday party,”said Victor Cha, former director for Asia policyin the U.S. National Security Council, contactedin Washington. “It’s terribly embarrassing forthe North.”

He said the next step would be to watchwhether North Korea would conduct a nucleartest, as has been speculated by the South Ko-rean intelligence community. North Korea is re-portedly making preparations for such a testsoon.

“We have to watch very carefully what theyare doing now at the nuclear test site and howthey explain this with all those foreign journal-ists in the country,” Cha said.

In Pyongyang, there was no word about alaunch, and at the time, state television wasbroadcasting video of popular folk tunes. NorthKorean officials said they would make an an-nouncement about the launch “soon.”

It had earlier said that the rocket would befired any day between April 12 and April 16. Thedaily window was supposed to be 9 a.m. tonoon.

South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan said the rocket launch was confirmed a“failure.” He provided no details.

But earlier, South Korean Defense Ministryspokesman Kim Min-seok told reporters therocket splintered into pieces moments aftertakeoff.

In Washington, a U.S. official also said thelaunch appeared to have failed. The official of-fered no further details and would not discussthe source of the U.S. information.

“We suspect the North Korean missile hasfallen as it divided into pieces minutes afterliftoff,” Tokyo, which was prepared to shootdown any rocket flying over its territory, alsoconfirmed a launch from North Korea.

“We have confirmed that a certain flying ob-ject has been launched and fell after flying forjust over a minute,” Japan’s Defense MinisterNaoki Tanaka said. He said there was no impacton Japanese territory.

North Korean space officials said the Unha-3rocket is meant to send a satellite into orbit tostudy crops and weather patterns — its thirdbid to launch a satellite since 1998. Officialstook foreign journalists to the west coast site tosee the rocket and the Kwangmyongsong-3satellite Sunday in a bid to show its trans-parency amid accusations of defiance.

BY TAMARA LUSHAND GREG BLUESTEINAssociated Press

SANFORD, Fla. — After weeksin hiding, George Zimmermanmade his first courtroom appear-ance Thursday in the shooting of17-year-old Trayvon Martin, andprosecutors outlined their murdercase in court papers, saying theneighborhood watch volunteerfollowed and confronted the blackteenager after a police dispatchertold him to back off.

The brief outline, contained inan affidavit filed in support of thesecond-degree murder charges,appeared to contradict Zimmer-man’s claim that Martin attackedhim after he had turned away andwas returning to his vehicle.

In the affidavit, prosecutorsalso said that Martin’s motheridentified cries for help heard inthe background of a 911 call asher son’s. There had been somequestion as to whether Martin orZimmerman was the one cryingout.

The account of the shootingwas released as Zimmerman, 28,appeared at a four-minute hearing

in a jailhouse courtroom, settingin motion what could be a long,drawn-out process, or an abruptand disappointingly short one forthe Martin family because of thestrong legal protections containedin Florida’s “stand your ground”

law on self-defense.During the hearing, Zimmer-

man stood up straight, held hishead high and wore a gray jailjumpsuit. He spoke only to an-swer “Yes, sir” twice after he wasasked basic questions from the

judge, who was not in the court-room but on closed-circuit TV.The defendant’s hair was shaveddown to stubble and he had a thingoatee. His hands were shackledin front of him.

He did not enter a plea; thatwill happen at his arraignment,which was set for May 29. Zim-merman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara,has said his client will plead notguilty. A bond hearing for Zimmer-man likely will be held April 20,O’Mara said late Thursday.

To prove second-degree mur-der, prosecutors must show thatZimmerman committed an “immi-nently dangerous” act thatshowed a “depraved” lack of re-gard for human life. The chargecarries a mandatory sentence of25 years in prison and a maximumof life.

The special prosecutor in thecase, Angela Corey, has refused toexplain exactly how she arrived atthe charge. But in the affidavit,prosecutors said Zimmermanspotted Martin while patrollinghis gated community, got out ofhis vehicle and followed theyoung man.

North Korea Fires Long-Range Rocket

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Accompanied by his attorney Mark O'Mara, left, George Zimmerman ap-pears before Judge Mark E. Herr in Courtroom J2 at the John E. Polk Cor-rectional Facility in Sanford, Florida, Thursday, April 12, 2012.

Prosecutors:

Zimmerman Ignored Warning To Back Off