PRSRT STDU.S. POSTAGEPAIDLENNOX, SDPERMIT NO. 33

ECRWSSPostal Customer

Welcome to the Small town living and so much more

38.5 Acre Industrial Park Elementary School Strong Local Fire Department 20 Minutes from Sioux Falls

VOL. 7, NO. 7 JULY 2013 FREE

ENTERPRISETHE WORTHING

Your offi cial weekly newspaper!

Become a subscriber, call 647-2284INDEPENDENT

THE LENNOX

BY WENDY SWEETER

At the June 27 Worthing City Commission meeting, commis-sioners approved malt beverage licenses for three Worthing busi-nesses.

Public utilities commissioner Darren VanHouten moved for approval of a malt beverage li-cense for Boondock’s. Public works commissioner Todd Gan-non moved to approve the malt beverage license for Olde Towne Dinner Theatre.

Gannon also moved to ap-prove the issuance of special malt beverage and liquor licenses for Boondock’s and Otis’ during Worthing Days.

Also in regard to Worthing Days, the commission moved to approve Travis Johns as interim acting chief of police for the city of Worthing from June 27 through June 30. They also approved the hiring of part-time police offi cers Matthew Hess and Joe Carlson and to pay part-time offi cer $25 per hour.

The commission approved the resignation of Kay Pucket, city fi nance offi cer. The commission-ers, city administrator Jeff Tanner and Mayor Eric Saugstad thanked Pucket for her work.

“Thank you for everything you’ve done for us. We’ve been through a lot in the last year,” Sau-

gstad said. “We wish you the best.”The commission reviewed a

resolution establishing a fee struc-ture for renting the Civic Center. The proposal included $25 for a full-day rental and $15 for half-day for Legion members. For Worthing residents, the full-day fee would be $50 or $35 for a half-day. For non-residents, the fee would be $100 for a full day and $70 for a half-day. Commissioners were going to review the fee structure and planned to vote on it at the next meeting.

Tanner reported on the Worth-ing school improvement project. Construction crews have complet-ed the storm sewer work on Third Street and Juniper Street. They are waiting on MidAmerican Energy to come out to deal with a gas line on Second Street before work can continue there. Dirt grading was set to begin June 28.

“They’ve been given instruc-tion that that’s cleaned up by 5 p.m. tomorrow. They won’t take any trees down unless they haul it away immediately. Dirt piles are to

be consolidated into one pile,” Tanner said.

The hope is that MidAm-erican Energy will complete their work during July and then Second Street work can resume.

Commissioners approved the final pay application of $103,975.01 for phase II of the Worthing school improvement project.

In Tanner’s report, he said patchwork on Main Street would cost $700. He has gotten a quote about putting an asphalt mat around City Hall for an es-timated cost of $3,200. He said part of that cost could be put into funding that could come from the city’s claim with FEMA due to the fl ooding the city had.

He also reported that the finance officer position was posted June 24. They are doing

the background check on a chief of police candidate. The city has secured a 30-foot wide drainage easement at Joel Street across private property that the developer has signed. The city is in charge of maintaining that.

In Gannon’s report, he apolo-gized to the citizens of Worthing who had their lawns sprayed with Roundup the last week of June. There was a miscommunication in direction for a temporary summer worker about cleaning up weeds around signs and posts. Some pri-

vate property, including Gannon’s, has signifi cant grass kill. The city will be working on reseeding the dead spots.

“Mistakes happen. We’re going to fi x it and make it right,” Gan-non said.

Gannon also said chip sealing will begin in July and affected residents will be getting a letter notifying them. Street sweep-ing has started. He also thanked Crystal Jacobson, ball coaches and volunteers for a good ball season.

Finance and revenue commis-sioner Troy Larson commended the maintenance crew for the mowing and weeding they did in preparation for Worthing Days. He also asked commissioners to start thinking about their budgets for next year.

Saugstad thanked the Worthing Days committee along with the fi re department and the maintenance crew for all their work getting ready for Worthing Days. He also reported that the auditors would be going through the city’s books the fi rst week of July.

Pucket prepared a sales tax analysis of the last three years for the city of Worthing. The report showed sales tax revenue contin-ues to increase.

The July 11 city commission meeting will be reported on in the Lennox Independent, available at Blue Sky Junction in Worthing.

Joe Carlson gets sworn in as a part-time police offi cer by Worthing Mayor Eric Saugstad.

Worthing hires part-time police offi cer

Worthing DaysWorthing DaysThe City of Worthing celebrated their annual Worth-

ing Days this past weekend, June 28-29. The celebration featured cruise night, a parade, kids’ activities, adult activities, and music by Autumn Road. For more pictures from Worthing Days turn to page 8 of this week’s paper.

2 OPINION THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/JULY 2013

The Lennox Independent is the offi cial newspaper for the Lennox School District 41-4, Cities of Lennox and Worthing, and Lincoln County.

© 2013 The Worthing Enterprise. All photographs, articles, and advertisements are copyrighted and cannot be reproduced without permission from The Worthing Enterprise.

Contact Information:

By E-mail: for news items: editor@lennoxnews.comfor advertising: kelli@lennoxnews.com

By Mail: PO Box 76, Lennox, SD 57039

e

By Phone: 605.647.2284By Fax: 605.647.2218

Published once a month.Debbie Schmidt ....................................................PublisherKelli Bultena ....................Editor and Advertising ManagerAnne Homan .................................................. Sports EditorWendy Sweeter ...................................................... Reporter

Neighborhood Newspapers brought to you by:116 S. MAIN

LENNOX, SD

57036

HomeGrowin’

▼Gail & Dave Strasser

.

Your local news, sports and columns delivered to your

mailbox each week!

Price includes FREEe-Edition when you provide

your email address.

Subscribe today!

Name:____________________

Address:__________________

City:______________________

State:_______ Zip:_________

❐ 1 Yr. in SD $30❐ 1 Yr. out of state $40❐ 2 Yr. in SD $55❐ 2 Yr. out of state $75

Return to:Lennox Independent

PO Box 76,Lennox, SD 57039

I’m back in the house aft er only 20 minutes outside this morning because it is

raining again. What a diff erence a year makes! We were gone camping for 3 days and when we came back and looked at the garden, it looked like we had been gone for a week or more. Th e growth rate this time of year can be amazing at times. Per-haps now is a good time to remind you that an almost daily check of the garden is important if you can manage that.

If you have started your fi rst garden or are using tomato cages for the fi rst time, you will fi nd out that almost every other day you need to be out there “train-ing” the tomato vines to go the direction you want. Work carefully so as not to break any of those vines as you work them upward thought the cages.

On your walk be watching for bugs. We have to watch for the little green/black striped bug called the cucumber beetles this time of year. Th ey love our zuc-chini, cucumbers and pumpkin crops. If this is your problem too, you will need to fi nd a rem-edy, a spray or dusting powder works if you don’t mind putting them on. Th e problem this year is following through with reap-plication aft er every rain because they will wash off obviously and those bugs know that so be vigilant.

Need we talk about weeds? Oh my! Th is is probably one of the most frustrating prob-lems for many people. Might I encourage you to tackle them as soon as possible. Little weeds—little problems, big weeds—big problems, get them pulled as quickly as you can before your produce gets lost in a frustrating jungle and you want to give up. Another problem with letting things slide is that the weeds will produce seeds making problems down the road so get at it! We around here are obviously NOT weed free, and the problem only gets worse when we open the stand and more time needs to be spent helping our customers, but we know that we have to keep at it or we will loose production power for our plants and add to the weed seed bank beneath our feet. Th at weeding will provide your exercise and perhaps even help you take out some frustra-tions of the day on your weeds.

If you mulched, be watch-ing for too much mulch under

your plants too close to the stem. Mold may be growing there so hopefully you used the tip I gave you and didn’t get the mulch too close to the stem. With all the rain, mold will grow almost any-where in the lush plant growth,

so be watching that department. I have been know to rip out a hand full of leaves in my tomato plants just to get air movement inside the plants to stop mold. Also be watching grape vines, this is another spot in high humidity years that can be a problem for

mold. You may need fungicides on some of your plants, again read labels on any product you choose to use.

Back to the weeds, I seemed to have provided some entertain-ment last week when I chose to take a lawn chair into the garden to sit down as I weeded a very weedy row of dill. Th is is a fi rst for me, weeding while sitting in a chair, but I fi gured, I’m the boss here so if I need to weed sitting down, so be it. Hey, why don’t you try it? It is working for me with the very fi ne work I was doing. So what if people think you have lost all your marbles—again—and are looking for them. My unorthodox method is work-ing for me, my back was happier and my job is almost done in that row.

It has stopped raining. Maybe I can fi nd some kind of job outside so I can avoid the housework inside. For me being outside is much more fulfi lling this time of year. Sharpen that hoe, check your plants and keep at it!

Daily check of garden important

BY KELLI BULTENA

Whether you

pack the cool-

er for a day

picnic or load up the tent or

camper for the weekend—

South Dakota State Parks

should be your destination.

So far this summer I can

check off Palisades State Park

near Garretson, Newton

Hills near Canton, Lake Ver-

million Recreation Area, just

27 miles west of Sioux Falls,

and down by the river in

Platte. Out of all of those trips only

one weekend did it not rain. Even

so, camping is one of my summer

loves—dutch oven cooking, hiking,

fi shing, building fairy houses and

just sitting in the sun.

Palisades (pictured above)

is a favorite destination for my

children, who love to climb the

Sioux quartzite formations and

hike the trails there. The sites

are private and the campground

seems smaller than some of the

other places we go. Split Rock

Creek fl ows through this beautiful

area allowing you a chance to fi sh

or just enjoy the sound of the water

as you hike along the edge.

Newton Hills State Park is a fun

weekend trip, the weekend we

were there though, the rain really

damped our spirits. We left a day

early because it just never stopped!

Newton Hills is fun if you can hike,

ride bikes and sit around the fi re. It

loses the fun aft er 24 hours huddled

around a table playing cards look-

ing through the screens. Newton

Hills is a beautiful park but it is so

busy. It seems so much bigger than

it used to.

Th at’s one of the reasons I love

Lake Vermillion, although it is busy,

it still seems small, and I like that.

We stayed on the East side during

our weekend there, at a site where

we could drop a line in

and fi sh all day right next

to the camper. It was a

perfect way to spend the

time. Lake Vermillion

on the West side off ers a

great swimming beach

and more hiking options

though, so either way you

can’t go wrong.

We have made our res-

ervations usually at the 90

day mark just to ensure

that we can get to our fa-

vorite South Dakota State

Parks. I find the easiest

way to make reservations is to call

(1.800.710.CAMP), they recently

redesigned their website, campsd.

com and I haven’t been a fan of the

changes.

If you are looking for a quick

trip, these three South Dakota

State Parks are my top choices, all

under a 45 minute drive. Another

great option nearby is the Big Sioux

Recreation Area near Brandon—

great biking paths, frisbie golf and

playground.

Cost for a South Dakota State

Park entrance license is $30, or you

can spend $6 per vehicle for a day

pass. Camping fees vary $14-18

depending on the park.

SD State Parks a must see this summer

BY KATIE HUNHOFF

Wind is an omnipres-ent force in South Dakota. We notice

the rare absence of wind almost as much as strong gusts that ruin a summer picnic or dangerously carry snow during blizzards. Our state is consistently ranked as the fi ft h windiest by the National Weather Service.

Th roughout South Dakota's his-tory writers have written about our wind, trying to capture the sound, the bite and relentlessness of prai-rie gales. Th ere are rumors, which may be exaggerated, of pioneers going insane from the constant wind. More likely it was a mix of loneliness, poverty, harsh weather and extreme hardships that most settlers faced.

Kathleen Norris wrote a passage in her book Dakota: A Spiritual Geography that gives a glimpse into how wind can aff ect the psyche:

"In open country, far from any trees, the wind beats against you, as insistent as an ocean current. You tire from walking against it just as you would from swimming against an undertow. Working outdoors on such a day leaves you dizzy, and your ears will still be ringing at night, long aft er you have drawn

the shelter of four walls around you. The wind can be a welcome

companion on a hot day, but even die-hard Dakotans grow tired when the sky howls and roars at forty miles an hour for a day or more. Th e wind is so loud you have to shout at the person next to you, and you can't hear yourself think at all. You begin to wonder if you have a self."

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hamlin Garland was not a stranger to midwest winds. He was born in Wisconsin but the winds he experienced on the prairie stood out. "It was like all the roarings of all the lions of Africa, the hissing of a wilderness of serpents, the lashing of great trees. It benumbed his thinking, it appalled his heart, beyond every other force he had ever known."

Sheepherder Archer Gilfillan touched on wind in a more light-hearted manner in his nationally acclaimed 1929 book Sheep (which was more about his Harding Coun-ty neighbors than about sheep). Gilfi llan wrote that the "force, not to say violence of the wind may be judged by the fact that when it is due east or west the transcontinen-tal trains frequently blow through our towns as much as a day and a half ahead of schedule."

South Dakota Magazine con-tributing editor Paul Higbee re-

flected on prairie wind for the May/June 2008 edition. In Lakota culture, he wrote, wind is a benevo-lent spirit Tate (tah-tae). "Tate is the father of the four directions and the epitome of what a good husband and father should be: strong and gentle, masculine yet unafraid of being nurturing and mother-like."

And Black Elk, Oglala Lakota holy man, wrote that wind is part of the great circle. "Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. Th e sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. Th e wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. Th e life of a man is a circle from child-hood to childhood, and so it is in everything where power moves."

Wind is as natural as our prairie grass, hills and fl owing rivers. It is a part of the circle of life of which Black Elk speaks. Although we can't see it, its force aff ects everything around us, our actions and even our thoughts.

Katie Hunhoff is the editor of South Dako-ta Magazine, a bi-monthly print publication that explores the people and places of South Dakota. For more information or to subscribe, visit www.SouthDakotaMagazine.com.

Writers on Wind

THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/JULY 2013 NEWS AND INFORMATION 3

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, July 22, 2013*

*Date could change, check with City Halland Monday, August 5, 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, August 12, 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,cityadministrator@cityofworthing.com

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

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

Marie Albertson, Administrative Assistant/Utility Assistant, 372-4113, adminassistant@cityofworthing.com

Jason Schroder, Zoning Administrator: 941-2751zoningadministrator@cityofworthing.com

PARK&REC

WO

RTHIN

G

Submitted by Crystal Jacobson

I would like to say thank you to all of the volunteers that helped to make this years baseball and softball season a huge success!

Coaches (head and assistant), you will never know how much of a difference you make in these kids lives! I watched several games this year. I watched the kids grow in their abilities in ball! I saw how excited they were when they hit the ball or caught a fl y ball. You are making memories that will last a lifetime!

Umpires, these games would not be possible without you. You are amazing people!

Concession stand volunteers, without you, there would be no candy bars, hot dogs, pixie sticks, or freez-ies! I think you are the most liked people of all!

Parents, thank you for making sure your child was at practice and games. Thank you for being their cheerleaders! Most of all, thank you for being proud of your child no matter if they hit a home run or struck out. Thank you for always saying “great job” no matter what the outcome of the game was.

Lastly, thank you to all of the ball players! I know that all of your coaches, parents, grandparents, and other fans are very proud of how hard you played this season! You all have made Worthing very proud. I personally am very proud of your attitudes and sportsmanship. I never saw anyone complaining. All I saw was very proud players, whether you won or lost!

I would also like to thank Otis Bar and Grill for mak-ing the June special a benefi t for the Park and Rec. Your gracious donation is very much appreciated!

Thank you to all that participated in the bean bag tournament and those that donated prizes! We had 23 teams compete during Worthing Days. All of the proceeds will benefi t the Park and Rec. The fi rst place winners won 2 Wild Water West tickets and a $75 gift card to Scheel’s. Second place took home 2 Olde Towne Dinner Theatre tickets and an hour massage at Royal Table Massage. Third place won $20.

Lastly, thank you to all of our sponsors again! KJ Au-tomotive, Knology, The Lennox Independent, Tri-State Utilities, Blue Sky Junction, and Great Plains RV. You will never know how grateful I am for your generosity.

During last month’s Lennox School District 41-4 Board Meeting on May 13 a representative from the instruc-tional planning committee was pres-ent. Last fall the board created this instructional planning committee to deal with the upcoming crowding issue that will likely be in the Middle School in 2015. Superintendent Robert Mayer said at that May meeting, “The task of the group was to fi nd a solution so they could make a recommendation to you this spring or next fall.”

The recommendation was pre-sen t ed by Mar lyn Jacobson , who said, “We studied very many options; over-crowding is a nice problem to have, it means you have a nice campus.”

He continued, “After several meet-ing and much discussions we are sug-gesting building on for the seventh and eighth grades at the high school. It would mean keeping the middle school here. There are no frills—just class-rooms, bathrooms and a music room.”

This idea brought forth in May received further attention from the board Monday night, June 10, during the June monthly meeting of the school board. It was determined that the board take action to determine the cost and feasibility of this recommendation.

What this will entail is creating a planning committee comprised of three board members, appointed by board president Alan Rops as Sandy Poppenga, Mary Peters and Renee Buehner, also on the committee will be the principals involved and the busi-ness manager. The group will look to fi nd an architectural fi rm that will put together a drawing and budget.

In other business, during the meet-ing Mayer offered his appreciation to Rich Luther for his work during the State Track meet that was recently held at the Sinning Sports Complex in Lennox.

A short discussion was held regard-ing the Chancellor School property that was recently let for bids. The bid on the property is currently for the lot only and was tabled at last month’s meeting.

Mayer said, “I have contacted and visited with the Chancellor mayor to see if they would be interested to send a representative from their council to meet with a representative from our board. They meet tonight and will let me know after the meeting.”

Rops said, “I would like to have the decision makers meet face to face.”

Board members were in agreement that they wait until the July meeting to

deal with the property.New hires and resignations that

were approved in May included: Con-tract offers to Chad Allison, Middle School Principal; Cody Lutes, 5th grade LES; Eric Anderson, 4th Grade LES and Assistant football Coach; Matthew Luze, Strength Training Coach and Assistant Wrestling; Sara Baaken, Assistant Marching Band; Steve Kruse, Middle School Track and Field; Resignation of Mary Slunecka Special Education and Sunshinse Preschool Teacher in Worthing was approved.

Resignations that were approved in June include Jordon bra as Technology integrationist and Jessica Nordman in food service; the new hires approved included: Andrea Irish, fifth grade teacher at Lennox Elementary; Allison Highum, Special Education Parapro-fessional Lennox Elementary; Steve Kruse, Technology Integrationist; Dustin McLouth, 8th grade Volleyball Coach; Jessica Nordman, Sunshine Preschool Worthing Elementary; Kris Leek Becker, Business Manager’s As-sistant; also approved was a transfer for Leah Howes to seventh and eight grade science.

The next meeting for the School Board was to be held July 15.

Lennox school board to study cost of building addition for 7th and 8th grades at high school

The Lennox Area Com-munity Fund (LACF) is currently accepting ap-plications for their annual grant awards. Application deadline is August 1, 2013. Grant application forms are available at City offi ces and banks in Chancellor, Lennox and Worthing. Forms are also available at The Lennox Independent.

The LACF was estab-lished in 2004 in order to provide an endowment fund

that will benefi t the commu-nities of Lennox, Chancel-lor and Worthing for years to come. The Community Fund is available for grants for charities and activities that will specifically and directly benefi t the people of these three communities.

If you have any questions about the grant application process, you can contact Kelly Wulf at kjwulf@ho-tmail.com.

LACF accepting applications

Lennox School District 41-4Dates to Remember:

Open House at Worthing Elementary:Tuesday, August 13th from 5:30-6:30 pm

School begins Tuesday, August 20th

Washington, D.C. — Representative Kristi Noem is accepting applications for fall internships in her Washington, D.C. office, as well as in her offi ces in Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Watertown.

Student interns in Rep-resentative Noem’s office will assist staff with vari-ous constituent service and communications projects, as well as assist with legisla-tive research. Both South Dakota and Washington, D.C. internships provide

students with first-hand knowledge of the legislative process and the countless other functions of a congres-sional offi ce.

College students who are interested in interning in any of Representative Noem’s offices should submit a resume, cover letter and references to Christiana.Frazee@mail.house.gov by August 12th.

For more information, contact Christiana Frazee at 202-225-2801.

Rep. Noem’s office accepting applications for fall interns

W A S H I N G T O N , D.C.—Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) is currently seek-ing intelligent, hard-work-ing college students to serve as fall interns in his offi ce in Washington, D.C., as well as in his offices in Aberdeen, Rapid City, and Sioux Falls.

In t e rns i n Sena to r Thune’s state offi ces will participate in constituent service and state outreach activities, while students in the Washington, D.C., offi ce will have the oppor-tunity to witness the legis-lative process, give Capitol tours, and attend Senate votes and hearings. Both in-state and Washington, D.C., internships will allow students to work closely with constituents, hone their research and writing skills, and learn a multitude of valuable offi ce skills.

College students who are interested in interning in Senator Thune’s Wash-ington, D.C., offi ce should submit a resume and cover letter, by July 31, 2013, to:

Senator John Thune, Attn: Allie Ryan, 511 Dirk-sen Senate Offi ce Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; Or by E-mail to: Allie_Ryan@thune.senate.gov

College students who are interested in interning in Senator Thune’s Sioux Falls, Rapid City, or Aber-deen offi ces should submit a resume and cover letter, by July 31, 2013, to:

Senator John Thune, Attn: Robin Long, 320 North Main Avenue, Suite B, Sioux Falls, SD 57104; Or by E-mail to: robin_long@thune.senate.gov

For more information call 202-224-2321.

Thune’s office accepting applications for fall interns

4 PEOPLE THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/JUNE 2013

Brende Electric, LLCDoug Brende Owner

TELEPHONE: 605.366.3641 OR 605.372.8436EMAIL: brendeelectric@gmail.com

Licensed, Insured, and Bonded26 years experience with Ag, Commercial,

Industrial & Residential

Williams PLUMBING & HEATINGPLUMBING & HEATING

Bob Williams, Owner

112 east Rummel, Lennox, SD

Service Calls, Drain Cleaning, Remodels

605-310-5524

46872 283rd St., Lennox, SD 57039

Phone 372-5077 • 1-866-706-4675 faxafl ac.com

Andrea SweeterAn Independent Associate Representing Afl ac

Name:_________________

Address:_______________

City:__________________

State:_____ Zip:_______

Birth announcementAustin James Bockelman

was born June 26, 2013 to proud parents Derek and Elizabeth Bockelman, of Worthing. He was 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20 inches long.

Welcoming Austin home was Emma, age 4 and Jer-emy, age 2. Grandparents are Marlin and Heather Day, of Alcester, SD and Jim and Pam Bockelman, of Hawar-den, IA.

This past Tuesday, an an-gel of the Lord received her wings. Christy Jo Hofer-Orth of Sioux Falls, SD, a loving and devoted Chris-tian, went to be with her savior after a long battle with leukemia.

Funeral services were held Friday, May 31, 2013 at Salem Reformed Church, Menno, SD with Rev. Mi-chael Hecht officiating. There will be a private fam-ily burial of Christy’s cre-mated remains. Aisenbrey-Opsahl-Kostel Memorial Chapel, Menno is in care of the arrangements.

She was born to Gloria Hofer-Schneiderman on Nov. 22, 1960, she attended country school in Lennox, SD, where she enjoyed home economics and sew-ing classes. After graduat-ing from Lennox public school in 1979, she contin-ued her education at Nettle-ton College for a degree in fashion merchandising. In 1981, Christy married Don Orth and moved to Menno, SD, to help work on the family farm raising hogs and beef cattle. Christy and Don were blessed with two children, and Christy guided their growth by serving on the school board and teach-ing Sunday school at the Salem Reformed church, where she was a faithful and active member. Christy went on to continue her education, receiving a BA in Business Management from Mount Marty college, all while working as a Mental

Health Aid at the Human Services center in Yankton, SD. Christy led an active and full life, enjoying such hobbies as sewing (includ-ing her daughter’s wedding dress), riding her bike, bak-ing, gardening, studying the Bible, and spending time with her family, whom she loved dearly.

Christy is survived by her parents, Merrill and Gloria Schneiderman; her chil-dren, Robert Orth of Rapid City, SD, and Amanda and Ben Digmann of Rochester, MN; and her siblings: Jeff Schneiderman of Lennox, SD, Scott Schneiderman of Marshaltown, IA, Joel and Glenda Schneiderman of Lennox, SD, Julie Olson of Rapid City, SD, and Joy and Mark Hyronemus of Worth-ing, SD.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate donations to the American Cancer Society, P. O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718.

Daughter of local couple loses fight with leukemia

Inez Ione (Broughton) DeWitt, Mission TX for-merly, Worthing, SD, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the age of 87. She was born on March 23, 1926 in Can-ton, SD.

Inez married Earl H. De-Witt on September 18, 1943 in Sioux Falls, SD. Earl died in 2009.

Survivors include her children: Diana (deceased) L.(Russell) Henning, Mabel M. (Rollin) Olson, Jeffry E. DeWitt; grandchildren: Anthony Henning, Andrew (Tara) Henning, Glenn Henning (deceased), Kristi (Chris) Neyman, Todd Ol-son; great-grandchildren: Jacob Olson, Joshua Olson, Aniston Henning, Ashley Gonzales and Alex Gonza-

les; Sisters: Joy VanHull, Joyce Geiken, Ruth Li-ichow, Irene Davis; sister-in-law: Phyllis Broughton; and many nieces and neph-ews. Services and burial of her cremated remains in the Worthing Cemetery will be held at a later date.

DeWitt dies at age 87

Kay Heiberger and Luke Pucket were united in mar-riage on June 8, 2013 at First Evangelical Free Church in Sioux Falls. Offi ciating during the ceremony was Grant Sather.

Matron of Honor was Betsy Larson. Best Man was Seth Pucket. Attendants were Brittney Heiberger, Bekah Wager, Lara Hei-berger, Ben Pucket, Daniel Crossman, and Wes John-son.

The bride has a bach-

elor’s degree in Business Administration/Fiancne and is the Finance Offi ce at the City of Worthing.

The groom is pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering at South Da-kota School of Mines & Technology.

Parents of the couple are Keith and Cindy Heiberger of Hartford and Daniel and Amy Pucket of Hot Springs.

The couple will make their home in Rapid City, SD.

Heiberger, Pucket unite in marriage

Dakota State Honors List released

MADISON, SD —The following local students were named to the Presi-dent’s Academic Honors list for the spring semester at Dakota State University (DSU) in Madison: Bryce Haviland, from Worthing, SD with a 4.0 GPA

A total of 370 students qualified for the honors list. Highest honors were earned by 145 students who achieved a 4.0 grade point average; the remaining stu-dents earned a 3.5 to 3.99 average to qualify for the honors list.

VERMILLION, S.D. – University of South Dakota students receiving academic honors for the 2013 Spring Semester have been an-nounced.

S t u d e n t s a c h i e v i n g Dean’s List honors total 1,641 full-time students while 459 part-time students have been cited with Aca-demic Recognition honors.

Students earn Dean’s List distinction by achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 while maintaining a course load of 12 or more credit hours with no incomplete or failing grades. Part-time students are eligible for Academic Recognition by completing at least 12 hours prior to the current semester earning a minimum of three and up to 11 credit hours during the term and achieving a GPA of at least 3.5 with no failing or incomplete grades.

Additionally, 21 students enrolled at the University of South Dakota School of Law attained Dean’s List recognition this spring. To be named to the School of Law Dean’s List, law students must achieve either a GPA of 85.00 or greater for that semester or rate in the top 10 percent of their class for that semester, whichever group is smaller. The list is not based on cumulative grade point average, and fi rst semester, fi rst-year law students are not eligible for the law school’s Dean’s List.

Students receiving aca-demic honors for the 2013 spring semester are listed below by hometown and honor received:Worthing - Rachael Ruba, Haley E Voges, Tabatha M. Lemke (Academic Recognition), Ar-thur W Wallace (Academic Recognition), Andy Mager (Academic Recognition).

USD announces academic honors

STI announces Spring President’s List

Southeast Technical In-stitute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota has announced its Spring 2013 President’s List. These students have demonstrated outstanding academic performance in the classroom and labora-tory settings.

In order to become eli-gible for the President’s List, students must be full-time and have achieved a minimum grade point aver-age of 3.5 for the semester. These students should be commended for their efforts and performance.

The students achieving this recognition at Southeast Technical Institute from our community includes the following:

Debra Jean Huff-Beres, Worthing; Accounting

DWU students named to dean’s list 

The spring semester dean’s list at Dakota Wes-leyan University includes 188 students. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale. They also have to complete at least 12 hours of academic work during the semester. The following area students have been named to the dean’s list: Worthing – Jared Stearns.

Country Clovers hold meetingThe Country Clovers 4-H Club met on June 26 at

the Turner County Fairgrounds. Marlys Davis gave instructions for working in the 4-H lunchstand during the fair. Gretchen Rops called the business meeting to order and Addyson Brandsrud led the pledges. Mem-bers answered roll call by telling things they are doing this summer. Harley Blue read the secretary’s report. Alyssa Brandsrud volunteered to make a card for our club to display at the lunchstand. Turner County Fairbooks and registration forms were passed out and discussed. Entries are due by July 26.

Lunch was served by the Rops family.

Your local news, sports and columns delivered to your mailbox each week!

❐ 1 Yr. in SD $30❐ 1 Yr. out of state $40

Return to:Lennox Independent

PO Box 76, Lennox, SD 57039

THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/JULY 2013 PEOPLE 5

Th ree hundred and nine-ty seven participants ran the annual Firecracker Road Race held July 4 in Lennox. The event, sponsored by the Lennox Lions and the Lennox Community Fund, featured a one mile run with 84 competitors, a two mile run with 83 competitors, a 5K run with 146 competi-tors and a 10K run with 86 competitors. Below are the results of the top competi-tors in each race and age group:

1 Mile RunTop ten fi nishers: 1. Joshua

Arlt; 2. Taylor Anderson (F); 3. Jackson Arlt; 4. Tyler Leisinger; 5. Taryn Raabe (F); 6. Zach Leisinger; 7. Braeden Wulf; 8. Chelsea Pullman (F); 9. Selah Tabbert (F); 10. Sawyer Bowers

Male Finishers (1 Mile)Ages 10 & under: 1. Jackson

Arlt, 2. Braeden Wulf, 3. Saw-yer Bowers, 4. Lance Spieler, 5. Jack Begeman, 6. Carter Benning

Ages 11-14: 1. Joshua Arlt, 2. Zach Leisinger

Ages 15-18: 1. Tyler Leis-inger, 2. Dylan Abraham, 3. Cameron Abbas

Ages 19-29: 1. Chris KruseAges 30-39: 1. Curtis

White, 2. Jeff Spieler, 3. Tyler Jorgenson

Ages 40-49: 1. Joe Abbas, 2. Joel Begeman, 3. Mike Sanchez

Ages 60+: 1. Richard Pop-pinga, 2. Allen Rippentrop

Female Finishers (1 Mile)Ages 10 & under: 1. Selah

Tabbert, 2. Rianna Fillipi, 3. Mara Hinker;

Ages 11-14: 1. Taryn Raabe, 2. Riley Peters, 3. Annaliese Tabbert;

Ages 15-18: 1. Taylor An-derson, 2. Jordan Kruse, 3. Abby Abraham;

Ages 19-29: 1. Chelsea Pull-man, 2. Jordan Weeldreyer, 3. Katie Oltmanns;

Ages 30-39: 1. Jordan An-derson, 2. Christine Friedrich, 3. Katie Sherwood

Ages 60+: 1. Beth Freder-ickson, 2. Vickie Munce

2 Mile RunTop ten finishers: 1. Mi-

chael Olson; 2. Mark Olson; 3. Sierra Harder (F); 4. Mike Mazourek; 5. Ben Olson; 6. Camden Wulf; 7. Alex Fiegen; 8. Dylan Hanisch; 9. Colby Zupancich; 10. Tanner Miller

Male Finishers (2 Mile)Ages 10 & under: 1. Tan-

ner Miller, 2. Kain Sanders, 3. Layne Kuper, 4. Wyatt Stun-tebeck

Ages 11-14: 1. Camden Wulf, 2. Alex Fiegen, 3. Dylan

Hanisch, 4. Colby ZupancichAges 15-28: 1. Michael

Olson, 2. Alex Lane, 3. Josh Beukelman

Ages 19-29: 1. Mark Olson, 2. Mike Mazourek, 3. Ben Ol-son, 4. Th omas Hagena

Ages 30-39: 1. Kris Kuper, 2. Nathan Wolf, 3. Mike Lee

Ages 40-49: 1. Robert Zu-pancich, 2. Mark Westerman

Ages 50-59: 1. Drrell Ol-son, 2. Bruce DeNieu, 3. Greg Payne, 4. Gordon Hagena

Ages 60+: 1. John Kolb, 2. Arlo Larson, 3. Jim Ferrier, 4. Darrel Westerman

Female Finishers (2 Mile)Ages 10 & under: 1. Sydney

Bezemk, 2. Gracie Bowers, 3. Cruz Pakovic

Ages 11-14: 1. Kendra Stien, 2. Madysen Vlastuin, 3. Han-nah Denning, 4. Janeka DeCou;

Ages 15-18: 1. Sierra Hard-er, 2. Kayla Plimpton, 3. Kate Smit;

Ages 30-39: 1. Steph Brandt, 2. Janet Stuntebeck, 3. Amber Wolf

Ages 40-49: 1. Darla Olson, 2. Lori Payne

Ages 50-59: 1. Kristie Fie-gen, 2. Rise Jongeling, 3. Mindy Murphy

Ages 60+: 1. Kathy Rip-pentrop, 2. Vonnie Larson, 3. Karen Westerman

5K Top ten fi nishers: 1. Casey

Shade, Hartford, SD, 16:26; 2. Duane Jongeling, Parker, SD, 16:38; 3. Tyler Boltjes, Beres-ford, SD, 16:45; 4. Free Bump, Sioux Falls, SD, 17:33; 5. Aus-tin Handley, Madison, 18:24; 6. Bryan Rowenhorst, Har-risburg, SD, 18:32; 7. Dustin Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD, 18:55; 8. Chris Anderson, Harrisburg, SD, 19:26; 9. Rodrigo Bal-maceda, Sioux Falls, SD, 19:44; 10. Dreuz Selzler, Sioux Falls, SD, 20:10;

Male Finishers (5K)Ages 14 & under: Henry

Klitzke, Sioux Falls, SD, 20:25; Tadan Wilson, Worthing, SD, 21:39; Jacob Harms, Harris-burg, SD, 22:33; Jaetin Decou, Lennox, SD, 25:51; Cooper Benning, Davis, SD, 25:52; Mitchell Rust, Lennox, SD, 28:21; Kaleb Lunstra, Lennox, SD, 28:44; Ty Spieler, Chancel-lor, SD, 29:47; Cole Benning, Davis, SD, 29:51; Griffi n Smith, Hartford, SD, 29:53; Layne Lunstra, Lennox, SD, 29:54; Zachary Lary, Plymouth, MN, 31:00; Bridge Helleson, Sioux Falls, SD, 32:05

Ages 15-18: Duane Jonge-ling, Parker, SD, 16:38; Free Bump, Sioux Falls, SD, 17:33; Austin Handley, Madison, SD, 18:24; Rodrigo Balmaceda,

Sioux Falls, SD, 19:44; Dreuz Selzler, Sioux Falls, SD, 20:10; Jett Ptacek, Sioux Falls, SD, 20:24; Sam Maxwell, Sioux Falls, SD, 20:58; Devon Jonge-ling, Parker, SD, 21:01; Kinard Sproles, Sioux Falls, SD, 21:33; Mitchell Peters, Lennox, SD, 22:29

Ages 19-29: Casey Shade, Hartford, SD, 16:26; Jeremy Barnes, Sioux Falls, SD, 22:37; Robert Beringer, Lennox, SD, 23:17; Matthew Ray, North Lib-erty, IA, 32:11; Trenton Haan, Chancellor, SD, 38:55

Ages 30-39: Tyler Boltjes, Beresford, SD, 16:45; Dustin Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD, 18:55; Chris Anderson, Harris-burg, SD, 19:26; Scott Wilson, Worthing, SD, 20:47; Derek Sanders, Truman, MN, 20:59; Jamie Baldwin, Sioux Falls, SD, 22:58; Matthew Alley, Hart-ford, 23:03; Chris Hanssen, Tea, SD, 23:58; Paul McVey, Lennox, SD, 24:00; Aaron Canfield, Sioux Falls, SD, 24:43; Nate Duncan, Worthing, SD, 25:28; Nathan Strasser, Lennox, SD, 25:32; Ryan Arlt, Lennox, SD, 26:06; Rob Hoover, Lennox, 27:26 ; Michael Van Roekel, Parker, SD, 27:29; Jason Rowe, Harrisburg, SD, 28:17; Dave Doherty, Sioux Falls, SD, 28:53; Jeremy Eitreim, Sioux Falls, 28:57; Jamie Benning, Da-vis, SD, 29:54; James Krueger, Sioux Falls, SD, 30:07; Aaron Krueger, Omaha, NE, 31:23; Wade Helleson, Sioux Falls, SD, 32:06; John Curtis, Tea, SD, 32:10; John Luedtke, Dubuque, IA, 32:43; Kelly Thurman, Kelly, Sioux Falls, SD, 34:21; Nathan Nielson, Lennox, SD, 36:14; Chris Munce, Sioux Falls, SD, 37:48; Mark Braun-schmidt, Sioux Falls, SD, 50:03; Matt Braunschmidt, Lennox, SD, 50:08

Ages 40-49: Bryan Rowen-horst, Harrisburg, SD, 18:32; James Murphy, Tea, SD, 23:21; Merris Miller, Lennox, SD, 23:56; Troy Coatsworth, Sioux Falls, SD, 24:23; Doug Van-Beek, Harrisburg, SD, 28:10; Karl Hernes, Canton, SD, 29:44; Chad Breck, Lennox, SD, 30:28; Dave Klock, Chancellor, SD, 34:45

Age s 5 0 - 5 9 : M i c h a e l Moeller, Freeman, SD, 21:48; Bryon Thomas, Marion, SD, 23:49; Bahne Bahnson, Hart-ford, SD, 26:32; John Mor-ris, Aft on, MN, 27:19; Kevin Hanson, Sioux Falls, SD, 27:33; John Ray, Humboldt, SD, 30:38

Ages 60+: Pat Bohl, Hum-boldt, SD, 28:35; Leroy Larson, Leroy, Sioux Falls, SD, 34:53; Ed Breck, Sioux Falls, SD, 34:58; Jeri Braunschmidt, Len-

nox, SD; 50:09Female Finishers (5K)

Ages 14 & under: Maisey Bainbridge, Lennox, SD, 21:01; Karissa West, Lennox, SD, 28:22; Danielle Stoff ers, Hart-ford, SD, 32:15; Sophie Seivert, Beresford, SD, 32:19; Han-nah Goehring, Humboldt, SD, 32:56; Maggie Noonan, Chancellor, SD, 36:33; Marga-ret Kniff en, Edina, MN, 37:50; Kirsten Perry, Tea, SD, 43:47

Ages 15-18: Rachel Alex-ander, Rachel, Sheldon, IA, 22:36; Harley Breck, Lennox, SD, 28:14

Ages 19-29: Whitney Lucas Molitor, Sioux Falls, SD, 22:43; Heidi Oakland, Sioux Falls, SD, 23:04; Chelsea Sweeter, Len-nox, SD, 26:28; Laura Kneip, Sioux Falls, SD, 27:00; Jade Ptacek, Sioux Falls, SD, 27:53; Kayla Lyngstad, Sioux Falls, SD, 28:50; Julie Vander Pol, Sioux Falls, SD, 29:47; Melissa Preheim, Marion, SD, 30:05; Laura Krueger, Omaha, NE, 31:20; Sherri Bostwick, Sioux Falls, SD, 31:51; Danielle McE-neaney, Sioux Falls, SD, 32:14; Kelsey Oltmanns, Wayne, NE, 32:26; Jamie Winklepleck, Bal-tic, SD, 41:07

Ages 30-39: Amy Sanders, Truman, MN, 23:13; Heidi Groen, Sioux Falls, SD, 24:36; Jada Kahl, Juneau, AK, 24:36; Tami Bittner, Lennox, SD, 24:53; Kristin Canfi eld, Sioux Falls, SD, 25:02; Lonna Th elen, Lonna, Dubuque, IA, 25:54; Leslie Larson, Dubuque, IA, 25:54; Amy Miller, Lennox, SD, 26:53; Sarah Hutton, Har-risburg, SD, 27:03; Heather Herlyn, Lennox, SD, 27:20; Amber Brown, Sioux Falls, SD, 27:28; Anna Flogstad, Lennox, SD, 27:57; Lindsay Dummer, Hartford, SD, 29:31; Angela Krueger, Sioux Falls, SD, 30:00; Kim Hanssen, Tea, SD, 30:06; Angela Arlt, Angela, Lennox, SD, 30:54; Meggan Schafer, Springfi eld, MN, 31:06; Patti Timmermans, Chancellor, SD, 31:51; Melanie Johnson, Lennox, SD, 32:17; Katie Sei-vert, Brandon, SD, 32:19; Laura Byl, Tea, SD, 32:41; Shannon Behrend, Sioux Falls, SD, 33:45; Shannon Coleman, Sioux Falls, SD, 33:59; Sheila Dumdei, Sioux Falls, SD, 34:55; Jennifer Nielson, Lennox, SD, 36:14; Jill Sunde, Harrisburg, SD, 37:03; Elizabeth Kniff en, Edina, MN, 37:50; Erin Daggett, Tea, SD, 41:07; Anna Braunschmidt, Sioux Falls, SD, 50:04

Ages 40-49: Tami Blasius, Denver, CO, 22:45; Laurie Kruse, Lennox, SD, 26:50; Lisa Murphy, Tea, SD, 27:27; Joanne Bohl, Joanne, Humboldt, SD,

28:08; Michelle Smith, Hart-ford, SD, 30:09; Jackie Lackas, Davis, SD, 31:39; Heidi Coat-sworth, Sioux Falls, SD, 32:10; Krystil Smit, Centerville, SD, 32:20; Tammy Loos, Harris-burg, SD, 32:22; Bobbie Gam-boa, Plymouth, MN, 32:37; El-len Deneui, Ellen, Chancellor, SD, 36:32; Brenda Reeves, Little Canada, MN, 36:44; Kimberly Klock, Kimberly, Chancellor, SD, 40:49

Ages 50-59: Leann Kuper, Milbank, SD, 29:22; Jan Ray, Humboldt, SD, 31:35; Laura Atkins, Tea, SD, 31:59; Renae Hostetler, Tea, SD, 32:04; Amy Konda, Sioux City, IA, 35:34; Rosie Moeller, Freeman, SD, 37:19

10K Top ten fi nishers: 1. Ethan

Tabbert, Lennox, SD, 34:59; 2. Travis Buse, Lennox, SD, 35:33; 3. Adam Kost, Sioux Falls, SD, 36:28; 4. Brian Clark, Sioux Falls, SD, 37:24; 5. Adam Shafer, Sioux Falls, SD, 37:42; 6. Joe Berg, Littleton, CO, 37:51; 7. Kevin Berg, Littleton, CO, 38:04; 8. Bill Sevold, Sioux Falls, SD, 38:55; 9. Becca Stead-man, Centerville, SD, 40:29; 10. Gabe Smith, Hartford, SD, 41:11

Male Finishers (10K)Ages 15-18: Adam Kost,

Sioux Falls, SD, 36:28; Joel Berg, Littleton, CO, 37:51; Gabe Smith, Hartford, SD, 41:11; Nathan Timmerman, Lennox, SD, 44:06; Joe Hen-drickson, Lennox, SD, 44:06; Creighton Raabe, Lennox, SD, 44:06; Josh Friese, Chancel-lor, SD, 46:30; Austin Green, Loretto, MN, 49:00

Ages 19-29: Ethan Tab-bert, Lennox, SD, 34:59; Travis Buse, Lennox, SD, 35:33; Matt Powell, Harrisburg, SD, 48:11; Adam Holubar, Omaha, NE, 56:48; Ryan Smith, Alcester, SD, 1:14:00;

Ages 30-39: Adam Shafer, Sioux Falls, SD, 37:42; Perry Dehaan, Sioux Falls, SD, 41:43; Seamus Walsh, Worthing, SD, 45:07; Jesse Javers, Lennox, SD, 45:16; Travis Stuntebeck, Tea, SD, 46:17; Tom Kniff en, Edina, MN, 47:37; Danny Weiss, Sioux Falls, SD, 48:14; Manuel Tort, Sioux Falls, SD, 49:13; Matt Sei-vert, Matt, Brandon, SD, 49:27; Adam Schafer, Sprinfi eld, MN, 49:32; Philip Klemond, Sioux Falls, 51:07; Troy McKenney, Harrisburg, SD, 53:47; Trigg Even, Midlothian, TX, 53:53; Daniel Burzlaff, Sioux Falls, SD, 1:00:44

Age 40-49: Bill Sevold, Sioux Falls, SD, 38:55; Jim Eichshen, Sioux Falls, SD, 41:37; Jeff Smith, Hartford,

SD, 43:14; Mike Rutten, Sioux Falls, SD, 43:53; Robert Gam-boa, Plymouth, MN, 44:20; Tarek Mahrous, Sioux Falls, SD, 44:27; Rod Friedrich, Sioux Falls, SD, 49:30; Kevin Schnei-der, Sioux Falls, SD, 49:56; Joel Ruud, Sioux Falls, SD, 50:43; Todd Roth, Renner, SD, 50:47; Dan Gill, Yankton, SD, 1:27:38

Ages 50-59: Brian Clark, Sioux Falls, SD, 37:24; Kevin Berg, Littleton, CO, 38:04; Owen Hotvet, Sioux Falls, SD, 43:47; Arne Anderson, Canton, SD, 44:52; Kenneth Renner, Beresford, SD, 46:37; Kermit Th ompson, Devils Lake, ND, 46:53; Jim Lemonds, Sioux Falls, SD, 48:50; Jody Kuper, Milbank, SD, 48:58; Terry Reeves, Little Canada, MN, 49:27; John Lang, Lennox, SD, 50:19; Michael Oltmanns, Len-nox, SD, 50:56; Bill Carpenter, Sioux Falls, SD, 54:43

Ages 60+: Al Schmuck, Sioux Falls, SD, 1:02:32

Female Finishers (10K)Ages 15-18: Summer Smith,

Hartford, SD, 41:19; Katelyn Hinker, Lennox, SD, 48:23; Olivia Schneider, Sioux Falls, SD, 49:58; Stacey McDonald, Crooks, SD, 51:00; Halie Mech-els, Lennox, SD, 52:24

Ages 19-29: Becca Stead-man, Centerville, SD, 40:29; Emily Renner, Beresford, SD, 42:31; Kaia Jans, Sioux Falls, SD, 43:42; Brittney Mikkelsen, Lennox, SD, 50:44; Allison Sinning, Lennox, SD, 51:21; Melissa Eich, Sioux Falls, SD 53:37; Ashley Maturan, Mesa, AZ, 56:05; Erika Jacobson, Lennox, SD, 57:12

Ages 30-39: Charissa Covey, Sioux Falls, SD, 43:37; Heidi Mahrous, Sioux Falls, SD, 44:04; Sara Bruner, Sioux Falls, SD, 45:16; Shannon Newman, Freeman, SD, 45:43; Sarah Weiss, Sioux Falls, SD, 48:17; Jean Weber, Sioux Falls, SD, 49:28; Carla Wilson, Worthing, SD, 50:03; Andrea Jacobson, Denver, CO, 51:14; Angie Roth, Sioux Falls, SD, 53:11; Annie Hendrickson, Sioux Falls, SD, 53:51; Jennifer Even, Midlo-thian, TX, 54:16; Karen Sum-ner, Mesa, AZ, 55:03; Tanya Oswald, Eau Claire, WI, 55:07; Eve Fokken, Omaha, NE, 56:48; Jill Carlson, Lennox, SD, 57:18; Renee James, Beresford, SD, 58:04; Jennifer Javers, Len-nox, SD, 1:02:41; Stacy Davey, Chancellor, SD, 1:03:14

Ages 40-49: Melissa Zwart, Kansas City, KS, 41:47; Patty Klinghagen, Lennox, SD, 50:04; Terri McDonald, Crooks, SD, 54:38; Paula Anderson, Can-ton, SD, 1:01:32.

Nearly 400 runners compete in road race in Lennox during Fourth of July

6 PEOPLE NEWS THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/JULY 2013

17 years of experience, CPR & First Aide Certifi ed

Monday - Thursday

September 3, 2013 - May 16, 2014AM Preschool 9:00-11:30 (3-5 yr. olds)

DAYCARE FOLLOWING MORNING PRESCHOOL. Drop off before preschool available.

Healthy snacks provided; transportation provided within the Lennox & Worthing area.

Call today to reserve your child’s space!

Peggy Jimmerson, owner/operator

209 Park Street, Worthing, SD

(605) 214-5570

Preschool is an important foundation for earlylearning. Children learn best through play and

hands-on activities. These types of activities foster exploration, imagination and creativity. Each child is

unique and should be treated as an individual. Preschool also fosters social and emotional development. Learning to positively interact

with others is a life-long skill.

PRESCHOOL Centers: Lennox and Worthing; Hours: Lennox —AM class is for 3 and 4 year olds who will be attending two years of preschool (30 students max) PM class is for older 4 year olds and 5 year olds who will be transitioning to kindergarten the following school year (30 students max); TIME CHANGE: Worthing — 3, 4 and 5 year olds in the AM only (20 students max); Days: Monday – Thursday Part-time is available either on Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday in both centers; Price: $145.00 a month for full-time or $85.00 per month for part-time. Preschool is a great way to get your child ready for kindergarten. Writing names, ABC and number recognition, shapes, colors, letter sounds. Learning how to sit during circle time, walk in hallways, and play with other students. Christmas and graduation programs are highlights along with an end of the year fi eld trip. If interested contact Sheryl Ledeboer at Sheryl.ledeboer@k12.sd.us or 605-647-2203 or 605-212-6261. TOTALLY KIDS: SCHOOL YEAR CENTERS: LENNOX AND WORTHING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL *PM snack included in tuition *hours: 6:00am-8:10am and 3:15pm-6:00pm * Only pay for the hours you need daycare * homework help, art projects, outside time, computers, gym time *Staff certifi ed in CPR/First Aid *Open during teacher in-service days and comp days Registration Fee $15.00; before/after Weekly rate $40.00; before/after 4 day rate $35.00; before/after 3 day rate $30.00; After school weekly rate $32.00; 4 day after school rate $28.00; 3 day after school rate $24.00; before school weekly rate $26.00; 4 day before school rate $23.00; 3 day before school rate $20.00; before school drop-in rate $7.00; after school drop-in rate $8.50; noon dismissals extra $5.00; Comp days extra $10.00

SERVICES

The buzz about bees

Local beekeeper Weston Parsons (at right) prepares to work with his bees on a farm near Worthing, SD. One way Parsons keeps his hives healthy is by keeping a

limited number of colonies at each location. Photos by Eric Gaspar

Are they facing extinction?

BY ERICA GASPAR

Beekeepers across the country started noticing a troubling trend in their hives a few years ago. More bees than normal were dying off, without explanation.

It’s considered normal to lose up to a third of the bee population each winter. Keepers do several things to combat losses. Some ship their bees to warmer climates for the winter. Others leave a supply of honey, sugar water or corn syrup for the bees to feed on and seal the hive until spring. A typical colony is home to 50,000-60,000 bees. It’s important to leave enough food for the colony to feed on throughout the winter so the hive can remain sealed until spring. Open-ing the box where the bees are kept causes them to lose valuable heat and can cause a rash of premature deaths.

If all goes well during the winter, the beekeeper should be greeted in the spring with plenty of adult bees and unhatched young and the queen should be busy laying more eggs. But when bee guardians looked in on their winged charges in the spring of 2007, they were stunned. The adult bees had van-ished. The ones that were left in the hives were dead.

Losses for that year, and every year since, have ranged between 60 and 90 percent, well over the accepted rate of 30% or less that keepers accept as normal. The hunt for answers began soon after the initial wave of losses and continues today.

There are many theo-ries circulating about what could be happening to the bees, specifi cally honey bees, which support a third of our food supply and contribute $15 billion to the national economy annually.

Soon after the bees began disappearing, a gen-eral term to describe the phenomenon was coined: Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). After several years of research, a handful of possible reasons for CCD have emerged. Some keep-ers and scientists point to

increased pesticide use, which would explain the disappearance of the adult bees.

Consequences of a bee’s encounter with a pesticide can vary. Depending on the level of toxicity the bee is exposed to, death can occur quickly or the insect can fi rst be-come disoriented and die trying to return to the hive. Perhaps an even worse outcome is if the affected insect does make it back to the hive; that bee can infect the rest of the hive and trigger mass casualties within the colony.

In addition to pes-ticides, other possible causes of CCD could be viral or parasitic. A new breed of bee, the Min-nesota Hygienic variety, is a good start in the fi ght against both. As their name suggests, Minnesota Hygienic Bees (MHB) are very clean. They comb each other in search of parasites, tearing off the intruder’s legs before tossing it out of the hive to ensure it won’t be back. When they aren’t searching for parasites, MHB monitor their larvae carefully for signs of viral infections, removing and disposing of affected young before the virus can spread.

Hygienic bees and continued research and collaboration between the scientifi c community and beekeepers are all strides in the right direction to solving the problem of the disappearing bees, local beekeeper Weston Parsons said, but there’s still a lot of work to be done. Parsons has been in the bee business for about fi ve years and switched to the MHB once he be-gan experiencing heavy losses with other kinds of bees. “They’re good for experienced beekeepers, but probably too aggres-sive for a beginner,” he cautioned.

Another measure of protection Parsons affords his stock of bees is to keep them in different locations, so if one group of hives has problems, the others may continue to thrive.

Parsons has reached out to farmers, researchers and beekeepers all over the country and hopes com-

munication will help slow the devastation. One apparent key to the mystery is that U.S. bees seem to be at the heart of the storm. “Other countries don’t seem to be losing bees nearly as quick as we are,” Parsons said. To some, the obvious answer would be to import healthy bees. But complex problems generally require more than a quick fi x.

Part of the problem, Par-sons said, is the lack of genetic diversity among today’s bees. “There are seven species of honey bees left. There used to be thousands.”

Lack of diversity leaves the bees in a vulnerable position. “If they are all susceptible to one virus or pesticide, that’s it,” Parsons said.

“More than a third of our food supply depends on the bees,” Parsons said. “Without bees, a lot of the crops couldn’t be pollinated. One crop that would die out completely is almonds. Almonds can only be pollinated by honey bees.” Alfalfa, blueberries, apples, grapes and many other fruits and fl owers are pollinated largely, or solely in some cases,

by the bees. Bringing in foreign bees

isn’t the answer, because the root of the problem has not been identifi ed. Importing bees could just cause the problem to spread and become an interna-tional issue. Foreign bees could further compound the problem if they carry viruses or bacteria not previously encountered by U.S. bees.

No one knows for sure what would happen if the bees be-came extinct, but Parsons hopes we don’t have to fi nd out. Losing the bees “is a big deal and should concern everybody, but not many people seem to be aware of the seriousness of this problem,” Parsons said. “Albert Einstein was a very bright man and is believed to have said ‘If the bee disappears from the surface of the Earth, man would have no more than four years to live.’ I hope we fi gure out a solution be-fore it comes to that.”

THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE / JULY 2013 PEOPLE 7

24 Hour CD Rateline 1-877-420-2226

Lennox— 605-647-2261 or 1-888-736-2407

Tea — 605-368-2051 or 1-877-368-2051MEMBER

FDIC

• Business Loans • Ag Loans • Construction Loans • Auto Loans

Competitive quotes with no obligation.For more information about how we can help, call us today.

Our loan of cers are always present and no appointments are needed.

Now is good time to review your loans.Now is good time to review your loans.VAL

LEY EXCHANGE BANK 130th

ANNIVERSARY18831883 20132013

Rick Moon, TeaMortgage LenderNMLS #481789

Chuck Olinger,Lennox

Rich Andresen, Lennox

Debra Dixon,Tea

BROOKINGS, S .D. - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a statement concerning use of pesticides and their unin-tended negative impacts on pollinator health. This was triggered by a massive kill of bumblebees following applications of pesticides to linden trees to control aphids in Oregon. While this event has received much publicity, pesticides applied to crops kill scores of bum-blebees and other pollinators every summer.

This is an important is-sue for agriculture because there is a large diversity of pollinating insects that pro-vide an invaluable service to crop production, said Ada Szczepaniec, Assistant Professor and Extension Entomologist.

“These include the obvi-ous pollinators that most people are familiar with such as honeybees and bum-blebees, as well as many species of native pollinators that are perhaps a little less known,” she said.

Szczepaniec explained that insecticides are toxic to all of these insects, and said it is crucial to minimize ex-posure of pollinating insects to insecticides.

“Pollinators are attract-ed to fl owering crops, and many insecticides registered for use in alfalfa and soy-beans, for example, have warning statements about applying them when these crops are in bloom,” Szcz-epaniec said. “If the crop you are about to apply insecticides to is in bloom, it is a good time to consider the impact of these appli-cations to pollinators and do all that is recommended to minimize their exposure to these toxins.”

Applying insecticides only when insect thresh-olds are reached, reading labels carefully, adhering to recommended doses and choosing the least toxic insecticides are steps Szczepaniec said land-owners should take to minimize harmful effects of insecticides on pol-linators.

Read the labelPesticide labels typi-

cally contain environmental as well as personal haz-ard information. Buyung Hadi, Pesticide Educator and Urban Entomology Coordinatorpoints to one such environmental haz-ard label from a pesticide product commonly used on soybeans.

“The emphatic language in the label ‘do not apply to blooming crops or weeds if bees are visiting,’ signifi es enforceable restriction. Us-age of the product neglect-ing this restriction is deemed illegal,’” Hadi said.

The case of large bumble bee kill in the state of Or-egon underscores the impor-tance of following the label direction closely. Always read the entire label to get the full information of the usage and potential restric-tions of the product at hand.

Hadi said it is important to recognize the different languages in pesticide labels pertaining to bee toxicity. The examples in fi gures 1 and 2 serve as illustrations.

“In both pesticide prod-ucts, the labels stated ‘high toxicity’ on bees. In fi gure 1, the label proceeds with the direction not to apply the product if bees are visiting the treatment area. In fi gure 2, the product is not to be applied while bees are ac-tively visiting the treatment area. The subtle difference between ‘visiting’ and ‘ac-tively visiting’ has quite a large signifi cance,” he said.

In this case both pes-ticides are toxic to bees but, Hadi explained, the pesticide in fi gure 1 has an extended residual toxicity compared to the pesticide in fi gure 2. Consequently, the product in fi gure 1 has a longer toxic period against bees compared to the one in fi gure 2.

“The phrase “do not ap-ply if bees are visiting,” in fi gure 1 signifi es the prod-uct’s potential to kill bees by residual effect. In this case, bees visiting treated areas later during the day can still be fatally affected by the product,’” Hadi said. “In the case of the product in fi gure 2, the phrase ‘do not apply while bees are actively visiting’ signifi es the product’s potential to kill bees in the case of direct exposure.”

Practically speaking, Hadi said the product in fi gure 2 should not be used when the bees are visibly foraging in the fi eld.

“During crops’ blooming period it is recommended to use pesticides with label language illustrated in fi gure 2,” he said.

Keeping in mind, Hadi said, that application of the product in fi gure 2 should be conducted after the ac-tive foraging time for bee is completed - for example in the late afternoon or in the evening.

To learn more, visit iGrow.org.

Minimizing toxic effects of pesticides on pollinators

Figure 2. An example of environmental hazard information in a pesticide label warning against treatment on blooming crops or weeds if bees are actively visiting the treatment area

Fig. 1: An example of environmental hazard information in a pesticide label warning against treatment on blooming crops or weeds if bees are visiting the treatment area

Your local news, sports and columns delivered to your mailbox each week! The Lennox Independent is the offi cial newspaper

of Worthing, SD & the Lennox School District 41-4.

Price includes FREE e-Edition when you provide your email address.

Subscribe today!Name:________________________________

Address:______________________________

City:__________________________________

State:_____________ Zip:_______________

Thousands descended on Lennox, SD for the Old Fashioned Fourth of July Parade. One of the high-lights of the parade was provided by the Worthing Fire Department. Pictured above is the tribute offered by the Worthing fi remen to honor the 19 fi remen who lost their lives fighting a wild fi re in Arizona.

At right antique tractors of all kinds and ages were featured in the parade.

Worthing Firemen offer tribute during 4th of July

Return to:Lennox IndependentPO Box 76,Lennox, SD 57039

❐ 1 Yr. in SD $30❐ 1 Yr. out of state $40❐ 2 Yr. in SD $55❐ 2 Yr. out of state $75

8 PEOPLE THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/JULY 2013

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORYBUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

S.E.A.M. Designs, Inc.Sewing • Embroidering

Advertising Specialties • Misc.

1001 S. Main • Lennox 647-5365

Pat Fossum & Dodi Petrich

Lennox, SD605-647-2818 or 1-800-244-2149

www.homefederal.comMember FDIC • Equal Housing Lender

THORNTON FLOORING

Sioux Falls, SD

368-2568

EASTERN FARMERS COOP

Worthing, SD 57077

372-3700Agronomy & Petroleum

216 S. Main, Lennox605-647-2256

PHARMACY HOURS:Mon.-Fri. 9:30-6; Sat. 9:30-1:30

404 East Sixth Ave.,Lennox, SD

Telephone: 605-647-2251 www.oldetownetheatre.org

121 S Main StWorthing, SD

(605) 372-4653

Don SweeterWorthing, SD • (605) 372-4540

R.E. Auctioneer License #64Jon Sweeter

Sioux Falls, SD • (605) 360-6978R.E. Auctioneer License #4071

SWEETERAUCTION SERVICEAUCTIONEERS & CLERKING

SB SANITATION For Dependable

Six-Day Garbage Service

Call 605-647-5371 EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS

200 S. Juniper St., Lennox647-7460

Telephone • Digital Cable High-Defi nition • High-Speed Internet

Worthing InsuranceAll lines of insurance

Tara Stubbe, Jerry Stubbe and Gail Fenske, Agents

Call 372-2410Worthing, SD

Advertise in this directory, only $12 a month! Call Kelli at The Worthing Enterprise, 647-2284 or email: kelli@lennoxnews.com

Gary Oldenkamp, President1001 S. Main, Lennox, SD

605-359-6198• Designs • Repairs • Upgrades • Built-ins

• Furniture • Installations • and More!

TOM’SINSULATION

Call 360-3679 FREE ESTIMATES

FULLY LICENSED & INSURED

5900 S. Western Ave., Suite 200,

Sioux Falls, SD

Worthing’s Offi cial Newspaper!

Call 647-2284 to subscribe.

Bolte’s Sunrise— Roll Offs Only —

• Construction • Commercial• Residential • Clean-up

605-372-793647026 Boondocks Ct., Worthing

Mention Code WE1 for $10 off Any Size!

WORTHING, SDWORTHING, SD372-OTIS372-OTIS

Daily Lunch SpecialsCarry Out Orders • Off-Sale LiquorLOTTERY - POOL - DARTSCheck us out on Facebook!

Cindy Oyen, ABR,CRS,GRI,SRES,SRS

Call 605.359.5436www.Sioux FallsHomeSource.com

Advertise here, only $12 a month! Call Kelli at The

Worthing Enterprise, 605-647-2284

or email: kelli@lennoxnews.com

Dindot Klusmann Funeral Home605-647-5163

Lennox, SD

Advertise here, only $12 a month! Call Kelli at The

Worthing Enterprise, 605-647-2284

or email: kelli@lennoxnews.com

St. Magdalen Catholic ChurchPastor - Fr. Paul Pathiyamoola

Rectory: 764-2002 Cell: 201-1244

Email: paulmoola@yahoo.com

Mass at St. Magdalen

in LennoxWednesday: Mass, 9 a.m.

Friday: Mass, 9 a.m.

Sunday: Mass, 8:45 a.m.

St. Dominic Catholic Church, Canton

Sunday: Mass at 10:45 a.m.

Th e Church of God201 E. 2nd St., Worthing, SD

Daniel Scheideler, Pastor Phone: 521-8434

Sundays:

Worship Service, 11 a.m.

Children’s Church, 11:15 a.m.

Sunday School, 10 a.m.

West Prairie Lutheran46788 282nd St.,

LennoxPastor Erika Lehmann , (605) 359-4902

Church: 647-5923 www.westprairielutheran.org

Sundays:

Worship, 9:30 a.m. with

coff ee and fellowship following.

Sunday School for preschool through Middle School.

AREA CHURCH DIRECTORYWorthing DaysWorthing Days

The Worthing Class of 1963 had a fl oat in the 2013 Worthing Days parade.

Above:

Dennis Gundvaldson mans the pancake station

Bergun Moeller and Adria Besmer enjoying Worthing Days.

Pictured above and moving clockwise: Natalie Van Houten helps a customer at her Usborne Books booth; the CHIPS program was well attended; Kaitlin Gundvaldson paints a butterfl y on a little girl during Worthing Days; Dennis Gundvaldson fl ips pancakes at the Mason pancake breakfast held on June 29.