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On Saturday, Mar. 23 the Worthing school gym was turned into a fi eld of Easter eggs as area children were invited to participate in the Easter egg hunt. Pictured above: children ages 5-7 race to gather Easter eggs during the event.

At right: Olivia Wallenstein, 16 months, and her mom look for Easter eggs.

Below: Second cousins Ethan Eitreim, 4, Emmitt Odland, 3, and Bode Sweeter, 2, watch the 5-7 year olds get ready to gather eggs.

Ready…set…go Worthing Easter egg hunt a successWorthing Easter egg hunt a success

Photos by Wendy Sweeter

Worthing Commission-ers have hired a new Police Chief. Brion Kimball was sworn in on March 25 and began serving the commu-nity the very next day.

Kimball, originally from Sioux Falls, was most re-cently Police Chief for the City of Centerville.

Mayor Eric Saugstad thanked Lincoln County Deputies Scott Gaalswyk and Travis Johns for serving as the City’s police force in the absence of a police chief. They will continue to work for Worthing on a part-time basis as needed.

The meeting opened on Monday night with public speaking.

Kimberly Wells spoke to

the commissioners regarding the noise complaint against her dog. She said that a plas-tic device was found on Mar. 3 in her yard; she assumed it was a recording device.

Officer Gaalswyk ex-plained that it was actually a device that emitted a high pitch sound that was sup-posed to discourage a dog from barking.

Wells believed that she rectifi ed the situation with the dog by keeping her dog inside and felt that her neigh-bor was harassing her by coming to the city and com-plaining.

Mayor Saugstad ex-plained that the commission was looking at strengthening the ordinance and penalties,

not to discourage people who have dogs, but to have an ordinance in place that could be enforced when necessary.

Saugstad asked that the ordinance be put on the agenda for the next meeting.

“Once we adopt, we’ll come up with a fee sched-ule,” he said, adding that he was thinking of a three-tiered fee. “This is not meant to be heavy-handed,” he added. “This is a dog-loving community. The enforce-ment officer would have some discretion.”

“This is not meant to be a burden on dog owners, but a courtesy to neighbors,” Saugstad stated.

Doug Kitzler also spoke

during the public comment portion of the meeting. He asked the commissioners if they had an emergency preparedness plan in place. Commissioner Carrie Mc-Dannel confi rmed that the City did have an emergency management policy in place, but added that it should be put on an upcoming agenda to review.

Jon Fischer, of Stockwell Engineers, was on hand to update the Commission on the School Improvement Project,phase 2. He said the DENR comments were incorporated in the plans and they were waiting for the State DOT regarding the community access funding.Worthing Mayor Eric Saugstad (right) welcomed Brion Kimball to the community after

swearing him in as the new Police Chief.

Worthing hires Brion Kimball as new Police Chief

State Rep. Patty Miller resigns; Governor invites public input

PIERRE, SD – State Rep. Patty

Miller has resigned from her seat in the South Dakota House of Rep-resentatives. Miller, a Republican from McCook Lake, represents District 16. She has served in the state House since 2011. District 16 includes all of the Union County, and southern and eastern portions of Lincoln County, including the cities of Worthing, Canton, Beres-ford and Hudson.

“I thank Rep. Miller for her service,” Gov. Dennis Daugaard said. Miller’s resignation, effec-tive immediately, is for personal reasons. The resignation creates a vacancy that will be fi lled by gubernatorial appointment, and the Governor is asking members of the public to nominate candidates to fi ll the position.

“My priority in filling this vacancy is to fi nd a legislator who will be a strong representative for the people of District 16,” Gov. Daugaard said. “That is why I am asking the public to nominate can-didates as I make this decision.”

Those wishing to offer nomina-tions should contact Will Morten-son in the Offi ce of the Governor at 605-773-5999.

Nominations should include the candidate’s name, current address, telephone number, and relevant background information. The Governor expects to fi ll the vacancy by the late spring or early summer.

■ POLICE CHIEF, page 3

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Gardening. You either love it, or hate it. You

either have time for it, or your good intentions end up in a mass of weeds because you can’t get to it. Or maybe you don’t have the right type of growing conditions and soil, and you end up with nothing for your labor.

Welcome to our world! Dave and I are NOT Mas-ter Gardeners, we grew up on the farm tending our family gardens, and entered produce as our 4-H projects at the fair. It grew into an adult love of digging in the dirt that at times has gotten out of control and we wonder what we are doing!!!

It is our intention to periodically have garden hints, experiences and suggestions for you in this column. We are NOT experts and those who are, may cringe at what we sug-gest or talk about. When Th e Independent contacted us to do this we hesitated, but fi gured with all the questions we receive at our stand on a daily basis, why not address some of those things via the paper, so here it goes.

Th is fi rst conversation with you is about seeds. Our catalogues started coming this year in Octo-ber. Amazing as it seems,

Gardening — love it or hate it

HomeGrowin’

▼Gail & Dave Strasser

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If you know memes, you are currently picturing a bearded man wielding a

sword and cape hunker-ing down for a murderous onslaught of some sort or other. Residents of Washington, D.C. feel that man’s pain. Th is week-end, as best I can observe, marks the unoffi cial beginning of the very long tourist sea-son in the nation’s capital. Cherry blossoms kick it off by coming into bloom late in March. Th ese trees are not native to North Amer-ica. Indeed, they were a political gift given by Japan to the United States in the early 1900’s to com-memorate the burgeoning friendship between the two countries.

Th e main viewing site

is the tidal pool near the Jeff erson Memorial (your correspondent’s personal favorite local monument). Massive hordes of people have converged on the

nation’s capital city in order to take in the beautiful sight. At work on Th urs-day I noted the busier-than-

average morning commute on the subway, and my coworkers, who mostly reside in neighboring Ar-lington, Virginia, guff awed. “Get used to it,” was the general attitude. Th ere are many positives about living in a globally iconic city, but the crowds of tourists are probably not one of them.

Saturday’s weather was pristine, and I was in

Eastern Market, stroll-ing through stands full of artisan handiwork and fresh produce (and maybe taking in a freshly baked pretzel), before I decided to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the Mall.

I should have braced myself.

Th e celebration of the weekend, other than cherry blossoms, was for kites. Between the Capitol and the Washington Monu-ment, the Mall was full of people and the air above the Mall was full of kites. Little whippersnappers had their fi rst kite-fl ying experiences with the cheap version picked up at the lo-cal store, while experts had exquisite creations soaring high above. Hundreds darted this way and that. I saw a forty-foot-long Chinese-style dragon, a pirate ship, and a fi ghter jet. I saw a perturbed fowl and a happy feline. I saw squares and I saw tubes. I saw more kites on Saturday than the rest of my life

combined.And I saw tourists.

“Which way is the metro?” “Which exit do I take for such-and-such restaurant?” I felt like I had a sign plastered to my forehead that said something like, “Ask this guy a question, if you have one.” If only they were to know that twelve months ago I was living in South Dakota, and six months ago I was some-where in Colombia.

Confession time. I grumbled about the tour-ists like I was some grizzled native. Upon refl ection, however, I realize how lucky I am to be living in what many consider a destination. Th e weekend’s proverbial cherry on top was my run on Sunday, which took me down “em-bassy row,” seeing political representation of countries from Uzbekistan to India. So, with the addition of tourists and all, I hesitate not to decl are my aff ection for this city.

Brace yourselves … the tourists are coming

John’s Journey

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we weren’t ready to even begin thinking about the next year, but the com-panies are panting at our doorstep to receive our or-der. My suggestion, pile it

away until January. Th en pull it out when you have time to truly think about your plan. Pictures

are great and many seed companies have on-line catalogues so you can look up their products and see information and great pictures. If you order from a seed catalogue, circle the picture of what you chose and keep the catalogues for ordering the next year so you can remember what you planted. When you buy from the local hardware or big box store, save the seed packets as a reminder of what you bought. Items that didn’t work should somewhere along the way be noted so you don’t waste money the next year.

I know seeds are expen-

sive, so a couple of hints here. Buy in bulk when you can and save some to plant next year or work out a deal with a friend to split an order. You will be absolutely AMAZED at how very expensive those little packets honestly were when you compare it to buying in bulk. In most in-stances seeds can be saved and used the next year as long as you keep them in a cool, dry place. Glass jars or airtight plastic contain-ers work great.

If you have questions about seed viability, you can scatter a few seeds on damp paper towels, roll them up so the seeds don’t touch each other, place in a plastic bag and set in a warm sunny place. Check in about 3-4 days to see if anything has started to sprout and then daily aft er that to see if your seeds have made it though the year. Also there are many websites that contain charts about which seeds can be held over for planting a year later. Th ere is some disagreement from site to site, but a few only last a year, and some they claim can last up to 10 years.

Don’t throw out last year’s seed, that is money down a gopher hole, and who can aff ord that.

We obviously buy in bulk. In order to get the varieties we like, we have to order in January so that we don’t end up in a maze of back orders or seeds that they just plain ran out of. I know, it is April, so in other words don’t wait to get your seed, next time you are shopping pick up what you need or get on line to that seed company and get your order in.

Next column? Hm-mmm, maybe we will talk about planting potatoes.

[Editor’s note: We’d like to welcome Dave and Gail Strasser of Th e Harvest to our roster of local colum-nists in Th e Lennox Inde-pendent. Th ey will be with us throughout the garden season, off ering us tips and advice on gardening. Th e Strassers are well-known in the area for the scrumptious home-grown vegetables that they sell throughout the season at Th e Harvest, located just north of Lennox on Highway 17.]

BY KATIE HUNHOFFEDITOR AT SOUTH DAKOTA MAGAZINE

The homes of two territorial gover-nors still stand in South Dakota, the

Mellette house in Watertown and the Pennington house in Yankton, now home to South Dakota Magazine. Both are stately, attractive Italianate brick houses but they housed very diff erent men with diff er-ent ideas on how the territory should be governed.

Th e Pennington house was built in 1875 by John L. Pen-nington, a carpetbagger ap-pointed by President Grant. Pennington’s predecessor John Burbank spent more of his term in Washington than he did in Dakota Territory. Yankton was mostly a clap-board town. Pennington’s two-story building, made from locally manufactured soft brick, is a humble abode compared to the Victorian mansions built just a few years later in Yankton but it has stood the test of time.

Pennington's character was tested when the territorial legislature established Custer, Lawrence and Pennington counties in the Black Hills. Pennington had authorization to appoint offi cials for the new counties, and he promptly gave jobs to his Yankton cro-nies rather than West River locals. As expected, there was uproar, especially when the new appointees stayed in Yankton rather than relocat-ing west.

To make matters worse, he then chose Sheridan over Rapid City as the capital of his namesake county. Rumors abounded that he had stake in the Sheridan town site, which fueled even more resentment.

Locally elected officials soon replaced Pennington's friends, but the governor’s reputation was tarnished. William A. Howard succeeded him in 1878. Five years later, Yankton lost the territorial capital to Bismarck in large part because of the cronyism practiced in the river city.

Nine years later, Arthur C. Mellette became the last ter-ritorial governor. His integrity was beyond reproach. In fact, Mellette actively campaigned for statehood for Dakota Ter-ritory and spend $16,000 of his own money traveling to Wash-ington to lobby the cause.

Mellette was successful and became our fi rst governor. He faced hard times immediately as the state was crippled by a drought that hung on for years. He traveled east again, at his own expense, to raise money from charities. One trip raised almost $40,000 and all dona-

tions went directly to needy families. He spent $3,600 of his own money to manage the funds. Aft er serving two terms, Mellette decided not to seek re-election in 1893. His health was failing and he was devastated aft er his eldest son, Wylie, committed suicide during a fi t of delirium from typhoid fever.

The last tragedy came in 1895 when Mellette's good friend, State Treasurer William Walter Taylor, stole $300,000 from public funds and fled to South America. Because Mellette served as bondsman for Taylor, he was legally re-quired to pay for the thievery. Worse, Mellette felt betrayed and personally responsible. He handed over all his money and property, including his fi ne new home in Watertown. Taylor was eventually caught, but Mellette was never repaid.

Broke, homeless and be-trayed, the Mellettes moved to Kansas. Mellette died on May 25, 1896. His wife, Maggie, fulfilled her husband's wish by returning him to South Dakota for burial. Th ousands paid respects as he lay in state at Watertown's Arcade Hotel and for his burial at Mount Hope Cemetery. At the fu-neral, Mellette's last statement as governor was recalled: "May God bless the people of South Dakota and their children for-ever and make them all worthy representatives of a great and grand state."

Aft er Pennington's term as territorial governor he stayed in Yankton and started the Weekly Telegram. He opposed dividing Dakota Territory into two states and in 1891 returned to the South. He died in Anniston, Alabama and is buried nearby in the Oxford Cemetery.

Pennington met many his-toric fi gures at the foot of his black walnut stairway in his house; riverboat captains, military officers and Indian chiefs. If you're interested in visiting a piece of territorial history, we'd be happy to give you a tour of our magazine publishing offi ce.

You may also tour the Mel-lette House, which is preserved by local historians in Water-town and open to the public. Th e house features a beautiful circular wood stairway that was built in Minnesota and brought by train.

Our territorial governors lived far from perfect lives but they built a foundation for our state that still serves us today.

Katie Hunhoff is the editor of South Dakota Magazine, a bi-monthly publication about life and culture in South Dakota. For more information or to sub-scribe, visit www.SouthDakota-Magazine.com.

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Worthing City Hall HoursLocated at 208 South Main Street

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

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

CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS Monday, April 22, 2013

and Monday,May 6, 2013 Regular Meeting @ 7 p.m.

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

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

and personnel issues.

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS Monday, April 15, 2013 at 6 p.m.,

Worthing City Hall

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marie Albertson, Administrative Assistant/Utility Assistant, marie@cityofworthing.com

Jason Schroder, Zoning Administrator: 941-2751

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BY WENDY SWEETERThe Worthing City Commission dis-

cussed many topics at its March 11 meeting. From city ordinances, to rezoning, to city-wide rummages, the commission also had second readings on two building code items.

Worthing resident Derek Farley pre-sented ideas to review the city’s disturbance of the peace by animals ordinance. He has recently become disturbed by animal noise in his neighborhood and registered a com-plaint with authorities.

Farley said the current ordinance only involves impounding the offensive animal when the animal’s owner cannot be located. It does not have any recourse if the owner is home when the animal is making noise. He added there is no penalty for the offend-ing party.

Mayor Eric Saugstad assured Farley he was not alone in being disturbed by noises in the city.

“You are not the only person who has come to me about noise violations across the city. It’s a citywide issue,” Saugstad said.

The commission entertained ideas Farley had for amending the ordinance.

Farley would like to see a log kept of noise complaints, followed by a written letter to the offending party and eventually a monetary fi ne.

During new business, the commission discussed the animal noise ordinance further and hoped to have further amendment sug-gestions by the March 25 meeting.

The city commission entertained discus-sion on the rezoning request for the parcel of land located on the southeast corner of Louise Avenue. The request is to rezone the lot from residential single family to general business.

Peter Bendorf, attorney for Mackintosh Enterprises, the people who own the lot, spoke on behalf of his clients. He asked the commissioners to approve the rezoning and to name the structure on the lot as noncon-forming use so that the building could never be used for business and only be used as a residence for one year.

After much discussion about what should be done with the rezoning and how to address the structure on the lot, Darren VanHouten, public utilities commissioner, moved to approve the Planning & Zoning Commission’s recommendation to rezone the specifi ed lot from residential to general business and labeling the structure as non-conforming use, with the property owner signing an agreement to use the building

as a residence for up to one year if the lot has not been sold. Motion carried on a roll call vote.

In the second public hearing of the night, the commission adopted the city of-fi cial zoning map. Most of the changes to the map were corrections like placing the waterway that is west of Joel Street to its actual location.

City administrator Jeff Tanner presented information about the Worthing school improvement project phase 2. He showed the commissioners a schematic that shows street-side parking for a business that could build in the lot south of the school. Tanner said there is no way to know how many spots are needed until a business requests a building permit. The parking spots could affect how crosswalks and signs are placed.

The commission approved the second reading of an ordinance repealing ordinance No. 221 and adopting most recent edition of the International Building Code and amend-ments thereto. The also approved the second reading of an ordinance adopting the most recent edition of International Residential Code and amendments thereto.

They also approved the 2012 annual re-port, February’s vouchers and salaries, and minutes from the Feb. 25 meeting.

Worthing resident Brian Bossman let the commission know that Worthing citywide rummages will run May 3-4. This year participants can fi ll out a sheet of paper that they will send directly to the Lennox Independent.

Todd Gannon, public works commis-sioner, said they will begin working on dust control in May to coincide with graveling, road grading and weather. They will also chip seal Sund, Joel, Jessica and Main streets this year.

As for recreation, he reported that last year’s seasonal parks maintenance worker is not coming back but they do have a couple of strong candidates. Worthing is in need of coaches for summer ball and a coaches meeting is March 18 at 7 p.m. at the Worth-ing Civic Center. Summer signup is March 29 at 7 p.m. at the school.

Troy Larson, fi nance and revenue com-missioner, said the Easter egg hunt will be March 23 at 10 a.m. at the Rec Complex. In the event of bad weather, it will be moved to the school gym. More on Worthing Days will come at the next meeting.

The commission went into executive session at 8:25 p.m.

Animal noise disturbing local residents

■ POLICE CHIEF, from page 1Fischer was hoping to

advertise for bids on the project by next week. He is planning for a completion date of Aug. 2 to allow a two week cushion before school starts.

There was some discus-sion about allowing parking in the right of way. Fischer explained that there would need to be a permanent easement for the sidewalk.

Fischer also updated the commission on the Safe Routes to School, phase 2 project. They are waiting on the state’s permission to start design.

The City of Worthing has been approved for fund-ing for Phase 1 and 2 of the Safe Routes to School projects and are working on an application for phase 3. The State awards the con-tract for these projects, so the City will have to adjust to their timeline.

The commissioners then held a second reading and adoption of the new zoning map for Worthing. Toby Brown, of SECOG, was there to answer questions. The public hearing was held two weeks ago.

The Commission hired Matt David as a seasonal parks maintenance worker at $10/hour; upon certifi ca-tion for spraying, $10.50 per hour.

Under the commissioner reports:

• Troy Larson reported that the Saturday Easter Egg Hunt was a huge success and will no doubt become an annual event. The Fire-men’s Soup and Pie Supper was an equal success, he said.

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“Events like this make this a great town to live in,” said Larson.

• Darren Van Houten reported that he helped a gentleman turn off the water last weekend so he was able to make repairs.

• McDannel reported that she attend the rural fi re board meeting; they dis-cussed what other townships are going to do about going after a new truck.

• Saugstad thanked the fi re department for the soup and pie supper event. He also went to the fi re board meeting and agreed that updating trucks will be a definite need for the fire department.

• In Commissioner Gan-non’s absence, City Admin-istrator Jeff Tanner laid out the tentative time-line for grading, gravel and dust control. Grading will be-gin Apr. 5-12, after which gravel will come in, contin-gent on availability. After a second grading process, Bumble Bee Gibson will be applying dust control. He re-minded the commission that they would not apply dust control around the school because they will be paving that street. Three streets are also set to be chip sealed. The street department is hoping money will be left to dosome sealing, repair, and overlay work.

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Services were held Fri-day, March 8 at German-town Presbyterian Church in Chancellor, South Dakota for Raymond Javers, 90, of Tea, who died Tuesday, Mar. 5, 2013 at the Avera Dougherty Hospice Cottage in Sioux Falls.

Officiating during the service was the Rev. Patrick Morgan.

Berneta Berens was or-ganist. David Friese was soloist with Ardis Fischer accompanying.

Pallbearers were Paul Harms, Glen Harms, Wil-bert Javers, Delbert Javers, David Stratmeyer, and Ed Fett.

Interment was in the Germantown Cemetery in Chancellor with Mili-tary Rites by South Dakota Honor Guard.

Raymond Fred Javers was born on July 15, 1922 on a farm northeast of Chan-cellor, South Dakota, the son of William and Gertie (Straatmeyer) Javers. He grew up near Chancellor attending Dirksen District 4 rural school. In 1942 he en-tered the U.S. Army where he served in the South Pa-cifi c theater in World War II until his honorable dis-charge in 1946.

On August 5, 1948, while working as a farm hand, he met Katie Nordmann. On September 21, 1949 the couple was married at Germantown Presbyte-rian Church. The couple farmed near Worthing, then near Chancellor and later at their current farm near Tea. Raymond was a mechanic, a master at welding and metal fabrication. He also built furniture and later in

Services held for Raymond Javers

District 6 Senator Ernie Otten recently honored Mrs. Laura Kuper with a Senate Commemoration for her 97th birthday at Lennox Good Samaritan Center during teatime.  Joining her was her daugh-ter, Ellen Soret, of Sioux Falls, Lincoln County; and her granddaughter, Erin Jensen, who lives in New York City and the author of Netlingo. 

Th e commemora-tive can be found on-line at http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2013/Bill.aspx?File=SC21ENR.htm and reads:

A LEGISLATIVE COM-MEMORATION, Honoring Mrs. Laura Kuper on her ninety-seventh birthday.

WHEREAS, Laura Kuper was born on a farm nine miles north of Worthing, South Dakota, on February 15, 1916, to Fred and Bertha (Reamers) Mausbach; and

WHEREAS, Laura mar-ried John Kuper on July 2, 1932; and

WHEREAS, Laura and John farmed until their children were grown and then moved to Sacramento, California. While living in Sacramento, Laura became a Certifi ed Librarian and development curriculum for school systems at a district resource center for training library clerks; and

WHEREAS, Laura and John raised four children, and have twelve grand-

children and nine great grandchildren:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the Eighty-Eighth Legisla-ture of the State of South Dakota, that Mrs. Laura Kuper be honored on her ninety-seventh birthday.

Respectfully submitted by Senator Ernie Otten and Representatives Isacc Lat-terell and Herman Otten.

Senator Ernie Otten (pictured at right) presents Laura Kuper (center) with a special legislative commemorative to honor her on her 97th birthday. Also pictured are her granddaughter Erin Jensen and daughter Ellen Soret.

Laura Kuper receives legislative commemoration

life would construct deco-rative household items at the request of his children. Raymond raised Herford cattle, sheep and was loyal to Allis-Chalmers tractors. He was preceded in death by his favorite dog, Oreo.

Raymond was a life long member of Germantown Presbyterian Church and the Lennox Brethorst-Burma American Legion Post # 174.

Besides his parents, Ray-mond was preceded in death by three brothers: James in 1987, Clarold in 1992 and Edward in 2002.

Grateful for having shared his life are his wife Katie; four children: Steven Javers, Tea, Kevin Javers, Tea, Gale (Dan) Wray, Sioux Falls and Alda (Darwin) Miller, Knoxville, TN; fi ve grand-children: Denise Frankus, Rick (Sara) Dougherty III, Katie (Russ) Cambern, Mar-cus Dougherty, Danielle Wray (fi nacee Rob Safar); six great-grandchildren: Paul Frankus, Zachary Frankus, Makenzi Dougherty, Kay-dence Davis, Dustin Dough-erty and Jacob Cambern; one sister, Esther Harms, Tea as well as a cousin, nieces, nephews other relatives and friends.

Lennox summer signup planned

Lennox will hold a sum-

mer sign-up on April 22

at 6:30 p.m. in the LWC

Middle School Cafetorium.

If your group would like

to set up a table at the event,

call Kelly Wulf at 321-3235

or Tammie Denning at 941-

6897 to register.

Pet vaccination clinic set in Lennox for April 13

Dr. Ken Shaff er and the Lennox Lions Club will be hosting a vaccination clinic for dogs and cats on Saturday, April 13.  Th e clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Lennox Fire Station.  Cost of shots will be: rabies - $11, dog distemper - $13, cat leukemia - $11, cat distemper - $10, and dog kennel cough - $16.  A portion of the cost of each vaccination will be donated to the Lennox Lions Club.  No appointments are necessary. 

Summer Park and Rec news

Summer Rec sign- up forms are due by April 15th. The sign up form is on the city web-site (www.cityofworth-ing.com) under Park and Rec. The forms can be dropped off at City Hall inside or in the utility deposit slot.

We are still looking for volunteer coach-es for the following teams: t-ball, 5/6 year old coach pitch, and 12 and under girls softball. We also need volunteer assistant coaches for all ages.

We are also looking for umpires. Umpires will be paid for their time.

Contac t Crys ta l Jacobson at 605-940-4653 (call or text) with any questions or to vol-unteer.

The Lennox Independent deadline is Monday at noon each week,

email: editor@lennoxnews.comDeadline for Worthing Enterprise: fi rst Wednesday of the month

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LHS archery program aims highLHS archery program aims highWhen Lennox native

Josh Kirchner was student teaching in Rapid City the spring of 2011, he was in-vited by his uncle to come to the State Archery Shoot at the Civic Center.

“I met Curt Robertson, who was the head of the NASP (National Archery in the Schools Program) here in South Dakota at the time, and he told me if I get a job in South Dakota that I should become an instruc-tor and start a team,” said Kirchner.

Kirchner was hired in the Lennox School Dis-trict for the 2011-12 school year and upon his hiring he talked with LHS principal Tim Raabe about starting up the program and thus the archery program at Lennox High School was born.

At fi rst people were skep-tical about the program, said Kirchner. Of the 24 kids he had sign up the fi rst year, only 17 saw the season out.

“Many of them were afraid to try it because they had never done it,” Kirchner said. “Winning the State competition last year cer-tainly helped out with how the program is viewed.”

In its inaugural season, the Lennox High School archery team took fi rst place at the third annual State

competition held in Brook-ings. Individually, Lennox boasted two place winners as Tracy Halouska took second at State and Josh Goeman third. This success spurred interested in the program and in its second season Kirchner had 62 participants sign up. He lost a few due to confl icting schedules and interest, but there are currently 50 active members on the team.

The sport of archery is gaining in popularity. The NASP program was started in 2007, with 12 pilot schools, the program has now expanded to over 9,000 schools in the United States. The program has only been in South Dakota for a few years and is still in the development stages, Kirchner said.

“Currently we only have the State competition,” Kirchner added. “More local schools are starting the pro-gram (i.e. Canton, Parker) so perhaps in the future we could see some local com-petitions but as of now the only one is the State shoot.”

To prepare for the State compet i t ion, Kirchner makes several practice times available as many partici-pating are also busy with other activities (i.e. track, wrestling, basketball).

Kirchner says he usually holds practices four morn-ings a week from 7:35 to 8:15 and four afternoons a week from 3:30 to 4:20.

“Some weeks we have had only two or three days because of weather/holi-days,” said Kirchner. “The kids who are serious show up usually four or more times per week.”

The National Archery program is open to students in grades 4-12; however, in Lennox Kirchner has only been able to focus on getting the high school program off the ground at this point.

“In order to offer it to the other grades, we need someone in each building to be certifi ed by the state,” said Kirchner. “We just do not have that up to this point, but it is always a possibility.”

Kirchner attended a day long workshop in Chamber-lain and learned the safety, procedures, and techniques. As a reward for finishing the class, the State provided the Lennox program with a starter package. This pack-age included 12 Genesis Compound Bows, 60 Alumi-num Arrows, fi ve targets and a curtain to hang behind the targets to catch the arrows.”

The student do not need to bring their own equipment, in fact, Kirchner says he

actually does not allow them to bring their own. When the participants attend the State shoot all equipment is provided there as well. This is engineered where it fi ts every student and everyone shoots the same bow.

When Kirchner has trou-ble with the equipment the team uses, he has been able to seek out the services of a

company in Sioux Falls.“We have had some help

from Mark at Archer’s Ad-diction in doing mainte-nance and repairs on some of our bows,” said Kirchner who appreciates Mark’s help.

The State Archery Tour-nament was held Apr. 6, 2013 in Rapid City. Those traveling to Rapid to com-

pete at State were Thomas Hagedorn, August Meyer, Josh Goeman, Jacob Gund-valdson, Shannon Clay, Taylor Clay, Brianna John-son, Geneva Petrich, Shelby Schoffelman, Dustin Ket-cham, Brady Rupp, Cody VanDenBosch, and Ben Wolf.

Watch The Lennox In-dependent for State results.

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Report will not be mailed to residents but copies are available upon request.

. . . . . . . . . .City of Worthing

2012 Drinking Water ReportIt’s your tap water!

EPA ID: 0377You can contact us by calling(605)372-4113 or write us at208 S Main-PO Box 277Worthing SD 57077-0277... ... ..Water QualityLast year, the City of Worthing monitored your drinking water for possible contaminants. This brochure is a snapshot of the quality of the water that we

provided last year. Included are details about where your water comes from, what it contains, and how it compares to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state standards. We are committed to providing you with information because informed customers are our best allies.

Water SourceWe serve more than 877 customers an average of 52,000 gallons of water per day. Our water is groundwater that we purchase from another water

system. The state has performed an assessment of our source water and they have determined that the relative susceptibility rating for the Worthing public water supply system is low.

For more information about your water and information on opportunities to participate in public meetings, call (605)372- 4113 and ask for Kay Heiberger.Additional InformationThe sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels

over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity.

Contaminants that may be present in source water include:• Microbial contaminants, such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock opera-

tions, and wildlife.• Inorganic contaminants, such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic

wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.• Pesticides and herbicides, which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses.• Organic chemical contaminants, including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petroleum

production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems.• Radioactive contaminants, which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public

water systems. FDA regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide the same protection for public health.Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of con-

taminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial contaminants can be obtained by calling the Environment Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800-426-4791).

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children.Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. The City of Worthing public water

supply system is responsible for providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by fl ushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water

Hotline or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.Detected ContaminantsThe attached table lists all the drinking water contaminants that we detected during the 2012 calendar year. The presence of these contaminants in

the water does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. Unless otherwise noted, the data presented in this table is from testing done January 1 – December 31, 2012. The state requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary signifi cantly from year to year. Some of the data, though representative of the water quality, is more than one year old.

The City of Worthing public water system purchases water from South Lincoln Rural Water System (0870).2012 Table of Detected Contaminants For Worthing (EPA ID 0377)Terms and abbreviations used in this table:* Maximum Contaminant Level Goal(MCLG): the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health.

MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.* Maximum Contaminant Level(MCL): the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as

feasible using the best available treatment technology.* Action Level(AL): the concentration of a contaminant which, when exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must

follow. For Lead and Copper, 90% of the samples must be below the AL.* Treatment Technique(TT): A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. For turbidity, 95% of samples must be

less than 0.3 NTUUnits:*MFL: million fi bers per liter *pCi/l: picocuries per liter(a measure of radioactivity) *ppt: parts per trillion, or nanograms per liter*mrem/year: millirems per year(a measure of radiation absorbed by the body) *ppm: parts per million, or milligrams per liter(mg/l) *ppq: parts per

quadrillion, or picograms per liter

The City of Worthing public water system purchases water from South Lincoln Rural Water System (0870). 2012 Table of Detected Contaminants For Worthing (EPA ID 0377) Terms and abbreviations used in this table: * Maximum Contaminant Level Goal(MCLG): the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

* Maximum Contaminant Level(MCL): the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water. MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

* Action Level(AL): the concentration of a contaminant which, when exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements which a water system must follow. For Lead and Copper, 90% of the samples must be below the AL.

* Treatment Technique(TT): A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. For turbidity, 95% of samples must be less than 0.3 NTU

Units:*MFL: million fibers per liter *pCi/l: picocuries per liter(a measure of radioactivity) *ppt: parts per trillion, or nanograms per liter

*mrem/year: millirems per year(a measure of radiation absorbed by the body) *ppm: parts per million, or milligrams per liter(mg/l) *ppq: parts per quadrillion, or picograms per liter

*NTU: Nephelometric Turbidity Units *ppb: parts per billion, or micrograms per liter(ug/l) *pspm: positive samples per month

Substance 90% Level Test Sites > Action Level

Date Tested

Highest Level

Allowed (AL)

IdealGoal Units Major Source of Contaminant

Copper 0.6 0 09/26/12 AL=1.3 0 ppm Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits; leaching from wood preservatives.

Lead 1 0 09/26/12 AL=15 0 ppb Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits.

Substance

Highest Level

Detected Range Date

Tested

Highest Level

Allowed (MCL)

IdealGoal

(MCLG) Units Major Source of Contaminant Alpha emitters * 5.5 05/17/10 15 0 pCi/l Erosion of natural deposits.

Barium * 0.019 12/20/12 2 2 ppm Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits.

Chromium * 1.5 12/20/12 100 100 ppb Discharge from steel and pulp mills; erosion of natural deposits.

Combined Radium * 3.50 05/17/10 5 0 pCi/l Erosion of natural deposits.

Fluoride * 1.91 12/20/12 4 4 ppm Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories.

Selenium * 0.5 12/20/12 50 50 ppb Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits; dischargefrom mines.

Please direct questions regarding this information to Mr Jake Sees with the Worthing public water system at (605)372-4113.

* South Lincoln Rural Water System (0870) test result.

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Lennox School District 41-4 recently announced the third quarter honor roll lists. Students achieving this honor included the fol-lowing:

Worthing Elementary4th Grade Mrs. WagerA—Th omas Lane, Alexis

Medenwald, Andy Meyer, Madison Palmer, Grace Schroeder

B—Blake Gibney, Hanna Kirschenman, Morgan Mc-Dannel, Gavin Sanculi, Tori VanderWaerdt

5th Grade Mrs. PixlerA—Brandon Andrews,

S am ant h a B a ch , Wi l l Daugherty, Koby Jackson, Austin Metivier, Naomi Re-iss, Josie Stucky, Katie Vest

B — C on n or Je l s m a , Chase Styles

LWC Middle School6th Grade Mr. McLouthA—Brock Anderson,

Isabel Coady, Taylor Kuper, Zachery Leisinger, Elizabeth Rezac

B — B a i l e y C r a m e r, Braden Dose, Quincy Ih-nen, Michaela Jaspring, Garrett Knock, Chevy Lev-ene, Brooklynn Paulson, Mitchell Rust, Britain Smith, Shawn Th erkildsen, Blayne Wallenstein, Raymond Wil-liams, Joseph Zacher

6th Grade Mr. SattlerA—Jenna Bruns, Emily

Buse, Zachary Foss, Kaleb Lunstra, Jack Nordmann, Hunter Peters, Riley Pe-ters, Nathan Renz, Bree Van Meeteren, Logan VanRuler, Madison Wentz, Camden Wulf, Isabel Young

B—Zachary Baumert, McKayla Cockerham, Grant Edwards, Hayden Gayle, Jar-

ed Graber, Nicholas Ihnen, JD Kirchner, Sydney Mar-quardt, Cheyanne Paweltzki, Brock Schroeder, Kendra Stien, Morgan Wipf

6th Grade Mr. BahnsonA—Cooper Benning,

Leslie Fillipi, Tyson Stoe-bner

B—Maxwell Arkema, Anthony Finnell, Bailey Fodness, Samara Nordma-nn, Miranda Rabine, Bobby Smidt, Kami Spring, Hunter Stroud, Noah Talatzko, Clay Vinson, Whitney Weisch-edel, Zachary Wipf, Delaney Wrage

7th Grade Mrs. DiedeA—Zachary Bultena,

R achel Jensen, Tatum Musser, Elizabeth Reiss, Jessica Schneiderman, Aus-tin Smidt, Jessica Symens, Joshua Van Houten

B—Alexander Brenholt, Ethan Gilbert, Benjamin Goeman, Daniel Kofstad, Joseph Meyer, Samuel Os-born, Emma Roths, Rachel Van Ningen, Tadan Wilson

7th Grade Mr. McVeyA—Holdyn Breck, Me-

gan Hinker, Sarah Kroeger, Callie Luke

B—Mia Cramer, Ethan Dannen, Ahna Groen, Stetson Ihnen, Janne John-son, Sean Kelley, Marcus Metivier, Hunter Nord-man, Denver Nordmann, Drew Plucker, Alex Ruud, Elizabeth Steever, Addison Stubbe

7th Grade Mrs. RaabeA—Maxwell Bultena,

Kip Kuper, Emma Mechels, Dawson Smit

B—Shawn Florey, Taylen Gassman, Jordyn Hovaldt, Amanda Kayl, Grace Kidd,

Parker King, Santana Kit-son, Tiff any Plimpton, Lucas Steever, Taylor Stroschein, Alec Waldhalm, Karissa West, Charles Wittrock

8th Grade Mr. KruseA—Abby Abraham, Jes-

sica Birgholtz, Tessa Friese, Hannah Hagena, Jennifer Kruid, Mason Meyer, Rachel Odland, Abbie Strasser, Co-rissa Sweeter

B—Whitley Barr, Megan Cramer, Kaitlin Gundvald-son, Cole Halouska, Daniel Jaspring, Brendan Lang-behn, Sarah Logan, CarLee Mechels, Saphyre Nordman, Ethan Olson, Toni Serr, Amanda Timmerman, Ol-ivia Young, Kyle Zimmer

8th Grade Mr. BryanA—Baylee Abraham,

Maisey Bainbridge, Saman-tha Haan, Dylan Hanisch, Jordanna Kruse, Sydney Mechels, Haley Mendel, An-drew Paulson, Juliee Scott, Braedon Wallenstein

B—Amber Decker, Zach-ary Dobson, Shelby Geiken, Devon Jongeling, Matthew Klingbile, Leonard Meyer, Shelbie Moore, Timi Serr, Brock Stien, Violet Wil-liamson

8th Grade Mr. FodnessMs. Wollmann

A—Brooke Ehlers, Riley Gillihan, Miranda Hall, Aus-tin Odland, Taylor Smidt, Alison Ziegler, Jacob Ziegler, Alyssa Zirpel

B—Logan Barr, Ethan Cinco, Catherine Daugh-erty, Julia Gesling, Erika Hofer, Marshall McLaren, Bailey Nelson, Haley Re-inholt, Brandon Rupp, Mi-Kayla Smit, Courtney Weel-dreyer, Wesley Weischedel, Matthew Wolf

Third quarter honor roll lists released

Northern State Univer-sity will host the South Da-kota National Geographic Bee on Friday, April 5.

Students in grades 4-8 from across the state will compete . Pre l iminary rounds begin at 10 a.m. in

Krikac Auditorium and the Johnson Fine Arts Center. The fi nal round begins at 1 p.m. in Krikac Auditorium.

The National Geographic Society organizes the Geo-graphic Bee, and this year’s state sponsors are Google

and Plum Creek. The Geo-graphic Bee is hosted by the NSU Honors Program and the NSU College of Arts and Sciences. Participating from Lennox Worthing Chancel-lor middle school will be Brandon Rupp.

The Lennox High School Jazz Band received top hon-ors at recent jazz festivals. On Tuesday, Mar. 6 the band performed at Augus-tana Jazz On The Upper Great Plains. The LHS band received 1st place out of 11 area bands in Class A. Outstanding soloist honors were awarded to Joe Hen-drickson, Amber Kost, and Josh Beukelman.

More than 20 bands from

the area performed through-out the day on the campus of Augustana College. At the conclusion of the festival, the Augustana Northland-ers Jazz Band performed an encore concert with world renown trumpet player John Faddis.

The LHS Jazz Band repeated their first class performance at the Adrain Jazz and Show on Monday, Mar. 11, again receiving

fi rst place. They were also awarded with best saxo-phone section. Joe Hen-drickson took home the award for best instrumental soloist.

The Lennox High School Jazz Band meets twice a week before school. They perform annually at fund-raisers, community events, band concerts, and area jazz festivals. They are directed by Tyler Nettestad.

Members of the Lennox High School Jazz Band: front row (left to right)—Caelan Mangan, Kali Wipf, Josh Beukelman, Joe Hendrickson, Sam Metivier, Jacob Gundvaldson; second row—Delane Hood, Austin Odland, Catlynn Lee; back row —Jordan Wittrock, Dylan Abraham, Jake Cinco, Audra Meyer, Amber Kost, Travis Cownie, Tyler Youngquist, Mr. Nettestad, Carl Lang, Ethan Zimmerman, and Gretchen Rops.

LHS Jazz Band takes first at area festivals

Rupp to compete in South Dakota Geographic Bee

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Football field, former administration building soldTh e Lennox School Dis-

trict 41-4 board of educa-tion meet for their regular monthly meeting Monday night (March 11) with all board members present.

Under action items, it was quickly approved that the Board authorize the sale of the two Lennox School District properties, Lennox School District Business Office, located at 201 S. Elm Street and the Lennox School District Old Football Field to Lennox Proper-ties, LLC for the amount of $142,000 and to authorize the school board president to execute all necessary documents relating to the sale.

Under discussion items, Superintendent Dr. Mayer gave an update on the in-structional planning com-mittee meeting held Febru-ary 25, 2013. He said, “Th ey will meet again next week. Th e outcome of that meeting will be a recommendation.”

He went on to say, “I can’t guess where they are going to go. Th ey are going to fi nalize that and come to you in April or May and you then will have to decide—if they recommend to build—you decide whether we want to and where.

Dr. Mayer provided a leg-islative update. He explained that the funding picture was not as “traumatic” as last

year. Saying, “We did get a 3% school aid increase into the formula, and one time funding of $45 per student.”

Dr. Mayer estimates that the Lennox School District will receive $138,000 for-mula dollars and $46,000 in one time money

Another major issue Dr. Mayer touched on was the sentinel bill, which provides armed guards to be in the school.

Dr. Mayer said, “It is a school board decision if the local law enforcement people agree. If you choose to do it, it could be referred to a vote. You can discuss this in executive session but must make the decision in an open meeting.”

Several other legislative updates were mentioned before moving on to ac-tion items. Up fi rst was to approve the hiring of Karla Ostrander as this summer’s Driver’s Education Instruc-tor.

Th e board approved res-ignation for the 2013-2014 school year of Patrick Pur-dy, Lennox Elementary 5th Grade teacher. Purdy will not be leaving the district, but will be participating in the PDC program as an intern; therefore he will be staying in his classroom, but will take a cut in salary. Dr. Mayer explained that this option allows him to go back

and get his Masters Degree.PDC Mentors for the

2013-2014 school year were approved, they are Stacy Larson, Lennox Elemen-tary 2nd grade teacher and Kory Williamson, Lennox High School social studies teacher.

Business Manager An-gela arlt updated the board on the roof study, citing that an outside person came to perform the study on the district’s building.

Following those recom-mendations the board au-thorized the business man-ager to advertise for bids for a Lennox Elementary partial roof replacement. Arlt explained the portion to be replaced was the farthest southwest section of the building. She also said the estimated cost was planned in the capital outlay five year plan.

Discussion was held regarding the Chancellor School Building. Board members Alan Rops, Sandy Poppenga, and Merris Mill-er appraised the building and land. Rops said, “Th e building is 19,550 sq. ft .. We determined $5 a sq. ft . value to come to $97,500.”

Rops also added that the air conditioning units out-side the ten classrooms are relatively new, and they gave those a value of $10,000. The double lot appraised

together at $20,000.“If we need storage,

there’s a lot of space in there,”Poppenga said.

Th e option of taking gas and water out and using the building as cold storage was mentioned. Also discussed was seeking bids on the building and the lot or sell-ing them separately.

Rops said, “I think we work thru those possibilities before we authorize for bids. I suggest we defer this for a month and then see what direction we want to go.”

Th e board was in agree-ment and more discussion will take place at the April 8, 2013 school board meeting.

Th e Board approved a re-scinded open enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year.

Th e Board then went into executive session. Aft er ex-ecutive session the following actions were made:

• Th e board accepted the resignation for the 2013-2014 school year of Dar-ren Ellwein, LWC Middle School Principal and Head Boys Basketball Coach.

• Chris Sattler was hired as the Middle School Track coach for this year.

• It was decided to add an Assistant Wrestling Coach position for the 2013-2014 school year.

• Miller, Nancy Nelson, and Rops volunteered for the board negotiations team.