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OPINION | WE SAY
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved usand sent His Son to be the propitiation of our sins. 1 John 4:10. Por-tals of Prayer, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis
F RO M T H E B I B L E
By The Associated Press Today is Friday, September 12, the
255th day of 2014. There are 110 daysleft in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: OnSeptember 12, 1914, during WorldWar I, the First Battle of the Marneended in an Allied victory against Ger-many.
On this date: In 1814, the Battleof North Point took place in Marylandduring the War of 1812 as Americanforces slowed British troops advanc-ing on Baltimore.
In 1846, Elizabeth Barrett secretlymarried Robert Browning at St.Marylebone Church in London.
In 1938, Adolf Hitler demandedthe right of self-determination for theSudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia.
In 1944, the Second Quebec Con-ference opened with PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt and BritishPrime Minister Winston Churchill in at-tendance.
In 1953, Massachusetts Sen.John F. Kennedy married JacquelineLee Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Is-land.
In 1954, the TV show “Lassie”made its debut on CBS.
In 1960, Democratic presidentialcandidate John F. Kennedy addressedquestions about his Roman Catholicfaith, telling a Southern Baptist group,“I do not speak for my church on pub-lic matters, and the church does notspeak for me.”
In 1962, in a speech at Rice Uni-versity in Houston, President John F.Kennedy reaffirmed his support for themanned space program, declaring:“We choose to go to the moon in thisdecade and do the other things, notbecause they are easy, but becausethey are hard.”
In 1974, Emperor Haile Selassiewas deposed by Ethiopia’s militaryafter ruling for 58 years.
In 1977, South African black stu-dent leader Steve Biko died while inpolice custody, triggering an interna-tional outcry.
In 1986, Joseph Cicippio, the act-ing comptroller at the American Uni-versity in Beirut, was kidnapped (hewas released in December 1991).
In 1994, a stolen, single-engineCessna crashed into the South Lawnof the White House, coming to restagainst the executive mansion; thepilot, Frank Corder, was killed.
Ten years ago: US AirwaysGroup Inc. filed for bankruptcy protec-tion for the second time in two years.(The following year, US Airwaysemerged from bankruptcy protection,clearing the way for a merger withAmerica West Holdings Group.) Tenpeople were killed in an apartment firejust outside Columbus, Ohio. Hurri-cane Ivan battered the Cayman Is-lands with ferocious 150-mph winds.
Roger Federer won the U.S. Open,defeating Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6 (3),6-0. Playwright Jerome Chodorov diedin Nyack, New York, at age 93.
Five years ago: Tens of thou-sands of protesters marched to theU.S. Capitol, showing their disdain forPresident Barack Obama’s healthcare plan. The president, keeping upthe drumbeat for his proposal, told apacked rally in Minneapolis, “I will notaccept the status quo. Not this time.Not now.” Serena Williams’ U.S. Opentitle defense ended with a bizarre lossto Kim Clijsters after Williams wentinto a tirade against a line judge who’dcalled her for a foot fault; following heroutburst, Williams was penalized apoint for unsportsmanlike conduct,ending the match, 6-4, 7-5. NormanBorlaug, 95, the father of the “greenrevolution” who won the Nobel PeacePrize for his role in combating worldhunger, died in Dallas.
One year ago: Omar Hammami,an American who became one of So-malia’s most visible Islamic rebels,was killed by rivals in the al-Qaida-linked extremist group al-Shabab. TheU.S. space agency NASA announcedthat Voyager 1, launched 36 yearsearlier, had crossed a new frontier, be-coming the first man-made spacecraftever to leave the solar system. Amer-ican inventor Ray Dolby, 80, founderof Dolby Laboratories, died in SanFrancisco.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor DickieMoore (”Our Gang”) is 89. Actor Fred-die Jones is 87. Actor Ian Holm is 83.U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is75. Actress Linda Gray is 74. SingerMaria Muldaur is 72. Actor Joe Panto-liano is 63. Singer-musician GerryBeckley (America) is 62. Original MTVVJ Nina Blackwood is 62. Rock musi-cian Neil Peart (Rush) is 62. ActorPeter Scolari is 59. Kansas Gov. SamBrownback is 58. Actress RachelWard is 57. Actress Amy Yasbeck is52. Rock musician Norwood Fisher(Fishbone) is 49. Actor Darren E. Bur-rows is 48. Rock singer-musician BenFolds (Ben Folds Five) is 48. Actor-co-median Louis C.K. is 47. Rock musi-cian Larry LaLonde (Primus) is 46.Golfer Angel Cabrera is 45. Actor-singer Will Chase (TV: “Nashville”) is44. Actor Josh Hopkins is 44. Countrysinger Jennifer Nettles is 40. Rapper2 Chainz is 37. Actor Ben McKenzie is36. Singer Ruben Studdard is 36. Bas-ketball player Yao Ming is 34. Singer-actress Jennifer Hudson is 33. ActressEmmy Rossum is 28. Actor Colin Fordis 18.
Thought for Today: “We must bewilling to pay a price for freedom, forno price that is ever asked for it is halfthe cost of doing without it.” — H.L.Mencken, American author and jour-nalist (1880-1956).
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Cemetery ConcernsMarty Larsen, Hurley
As a person who has contracted to mowcemeteries since 1995, I feel qualified to respondto the recent letters from Ruth Ann Dickman(Aug. 21) and Jolene Berndt (July 21) regardingflowers, flags and other memorabilia left at gravesites.
I agree with their statements about somecaretakers and/or cemeteries and their disre-spectful treatment of our flag. A different mannerof disposal should be considered.
But, good form requires that the Americanflag be lighted while on display at night. Other-wise we must remember to take it down beforedark and put it out again for the daytime.
String trimming around flags, flowers, eternallights and planted bushes all add extra labor. A per-son who bids to mow a cemetery needs to factor inthe cost of equipment and maintenance, fuel, trans-portation to and from the cemetery, and the time ittakes to mow and string trim. Also, dependingupon the size of the cemetery, a helper might needto be hired. In the end, the mower hopes to make aprofit and must charge accordingly.
Many cemeteries have regulations pertainingto perpetual care in an attempt to keep costsunder control. These rules are generally postedat the entries and include “no permanent plant-ings” and “flowers, and other ornamental decora-tions shall be removed within two weeks ofMemorial Day.” A wet spring could easily resultin extra mowings during this two-week timeframe. A four-week window would add even moremowings! Every additional mowing costs extramoney.
Unfortunately, many grave sites are deco-rated by well-intentioned families who make anannual visit to the final resting place of a relativeor loved one but then do not return until the fol-
lowing year. In the meantime, real flowers die,silk arrangements become sun-faded, wind-whipped and shabby. This reflects on the ap-pearance of the entire cemetery. When a site is“abandoned,” the caretakers and/or mowersmust step in and do extra clean-up. This is prob-ably the reason the rulings were initially put inplace ... extra cost for everyone, except thegood-intentioned relatives.
In The AsylumWalt Fair, Menno
I always knew the inmates were running theWashington, D.C., insane asylum. But it appearslately they have found the keys to the wine cel-lar. TV news commentators included.
BY KELLY [email protected]
I watched a lake die this week. The demiseof what was left of Lake Yankton took placeWednesday with a harsh chillsquirming in the air. The lake waslaced with a poison to kill off the lastof the invasive fish — and the otherfish therein — left in the witheredbody of water.
What will follow in short order isthe rebirth of Lake Yankton, refilledand restocked with game fish thatwill one day draw anglers again tothis manmade fishing hole.
The lake’s fate serves as the lat-est reminder that we are still livingwith the flood of 2011. Three yearson, the impact is still with us eventhough the river isn’t roaringthrough the spillway gates of Gavins PointDam and some lowlands aren’t besieged byunimaginably high tides.
Lake Yankton was a victim of the flood.Three years ago, the fingerprints of this actcould be found at the southeast corner of thepond, at what is called “the bubble” — atrickle tube that allows the water from the laketo flow down to the river just a few yardsaway. The key word in that description is“down”: The lake that was formed from the oldpre-Gavins Point channel sat several feethigher than the tailwater to the east of thedam. But in 2011, the record discharges fromthe dam changed that, with the tailwater actu-ally running higher than the lake. Water boiledINTO Lake Yankton at “the bubble,” which wascertainly one of the many stark recollections Ihave from that summer. The rough fish movedinto the lake as well, and this changed things;the lake was different, sickly. That led to thedecision to conduct this week’s “restoration”and start over.
Yes, the flood lives on. We’re still seeing theimpact, and in some ways, there’s no end insight to it.
Ask the people of Yankton, who saw theriver channel change due to the flooding. Thiscreated new sandbars near the feeder tubes forthe city’s water supply. Suddenly, this “rivercity” was having trouble getting water.
Or look to the mouth of the James River,which has practically become a dam because ofnew sediment bars. This could cause the wa-ters of that river to back up or drain moreslowly. Any impact that could have during a
heavy runoff year remains to be seen.The flood also led to lawsuits as the event
aggravated the strained relationship betweenthe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the peo-ple who live along the river and counted on the
Corps — probably to an unrealistic ex-tent — to manage the Missouri Riverand make it safe to build in what wouldotherwise be flood-plain territory.
In some ways, the flooding impacthas had good consequences. TheCorps now holds regular conferencecalls with reporters and riverside offi-cials to discuss the short-term andlong-term flooding prospects, or thelack thereof. The recent spike in dis-charges from the dams to offset heavyrunoff in the upper basin was vigor-ously advertised in advance. So, notonly was the public made aware ofwhat the Corps was going to do, wewere also let in, with great detail, on
why it was doing it. This never really happenedbefore 2011.
Elsewhere along the river, places that wereravaged during the flood have rebuilt withflooding in mind. This was a painful process,but probably a good thing. The Corps is not in-fallible, as a lot of people will tell you, butthere’s also an awareness now that there arelimits to the Corps’ power to control a rathermighty river.
Ultimately, the flood of 2011 has caused usto not look at the river in the same way.
As a rule, we used to take the river forgranted. Long ago, the Missouri was either arampaging monster or a slumbering, listlessgiant, depending on the whims of nature. Thenthe dams tamed the river, allowing man to raiseor lower its levels when we so desired. It turnedsnarling waters into placid recreational water-ways and a virtual water garden in our back-yards. Yankton never again had to worry aboutice floes backing up the river into the lowerblocks of the city, for example. We simplystopped worrying about the Missouri River.
And we paid for it in 2011 — some of usmuch more than others.
Now, we remember, because we are still liv-ing with the memories and the fallout.
Lake Yankton is one such piece of evidence.It will be a great lake again, but it should alwaysstand as one of the reminders of an extraordi-nary, waterlogged year and how it changed uson many levels.
You can follow Kelly Hertz on Twitter at twit-ter.com/kelly_hertz/. Discuss this story atwww.yankton.net/.
The ‘11 Flood Persists
Kelly
HERTZ
The results of the most recent Internet poll on thePress & Dakotanʼs Web site are as follows:
LATEST RESULTS: Who do you support in the South Dakota U.S.
House race?Kristi Noem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44%Corinna Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34%Not sure/neither . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22%TOTAL VOTES CAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283
The Press & Dakotan Internet poll is not a scientificsurvey and reflects the opinions only of those whochoose to participate. The results should not be con-strued as an accurate representation or scientific meas-urement of public opinion.
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House KeepingTHUMBS UP to the Charles Mix County HistoricalRestoration Society (CMCHRS) as it continues itsrestoration of the boyhood home of the late governorand U.S. senator Peter Norbeck. The home was con-structed seven miles northwest of Geddes in the late1800s, and the structure was moved into Geddes in1989. Age, weather and other factors have taken their
toll on the home. The Geddes residents need to raise a projected$40,000 for the project and face major matching grant deadlines.Mount Marty College history professor Rich Lofthus, who spoke inGeddes and has toured the Norbeck home, encourages visitors tocheck out the house and also financial support for the project. CM-CHRS treasurer Sharon Ackley said this week’s Press & Dakotan articleon the project has already produced results, as a donor contacted herafter reading the story. We hope it’s the first of many positive results.
RememberedTHUMBS UP to the remembrance of a key individualin Yankton and South Dakota history. On Wednesday, amarker was unveiled in Yankton Cemetery for AmandaPennington, a former first lady of Dakota Territory (shewas the husband of John Pennington, who served asterritorial governor from 1874-1878) who was buried inYankton in an unmarked grave. Research shows that
the intention was to bury Ms. Pennington in Yankton temporarily untilher remains could be relocated to her husband’s home state of Alabama.But for whatever reason, this never happened, and Ms. Pennington hasresided in an unmarked grave since her passing in 1884. However, due tothe diligent research of Gary Conradi, Ms. Pennington’s burial site wasdeduced and her plot found. That led to the placement of a marker, do-nated by Luken Memorials of Yankton, to rightly honor and rememberthis frontier woman. It adds a small piece to Yankton’s history, and hope-fully — somewhere — it provides some comfort that what was once losthas now been found and properly honored.
Downward Path?A cautious THUMBS UP to a report this week fromAAA noting that gasoline prices should continue tofall as we switch from the summer to the fall sea-sons. Prices in the state have dropped 15 cents sincethe end of June. And the drop could continue. “Thegood news for motorists is that gasoline prices typi-cally fall after Labor Day as the end of the summer
driving season reduces demand and the nation stockpiles oil,” saidMarilyn Buskohl, spokeswoman for AAA South Dakota. “Septemberalso marks the start of refineries beginning their yearly transition toproducing cheaper winter blends of gasoline. We expect retail pricesto inch downward in the coming weeks.” And that would be a goodway for motorists to end the summer and roll into autumn.
Well ServedTHUMBS DOWN to the passing this week of toweringcharacter actor Richard Kiel, who died in California atage 74. To say Kiel made a big impression would be anunderstatement: He stood 7-foot-2 and was instantlyrecognizable. We suppose he is best remembered bymove fans for playing Jaws, the steel-toothed hench-man in the 1977 James Bond movie “The Spy Who
Loved Me.” He made such an impact that he was brought back — andultimately morphed into a good guy — in 1979’s “Moonraker.” He alsostood out (so to speak) as a neck-breaking con in the football comedy“The Longest Yard.” But he should also get some due for his role asKanamit, the seemingly benevolent alien, in one of the most iconic “Twi-light Zone” episodes ever, “To Serve Man,” which served up a classicplot twist that has often been referenced or parodied, but never quiteequaled. Kiel was a limited actor who made the most of his assets,which isn’t a bad way to be remembered.
