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The Worthing City Commission swore in a part-time police offi cer at its Jan. 21 meeting.
Mayor Eric Saugstad read the oath of of-fi ce for Scott Gaalswyk to serve as a part-time police offi cer for the city.
City administrator Jeff Tanner updated the commission on the police chief search. The city conducted a number of phone interviews last week and has narrowed down the fi eld of candidates. They are in the process of setting up in-person interviews.
The commission approved minutes from the Jan. 7 meeting, as well as the December fi -nancial report. Tanner reviewed the December statement of revenue, expenditures and recaps.
“Overall revenues did exceed expenditures, which hasn’t always been the case,” Tanner said.
Public works commissioner Todd Gannon moved to approve a two-year agreement for professional services from Stockwell Engi-neers. The commissioners approved it on a roll call vote.
Commissioners talked about the Safe Routes to School project.
The commission moved to approve an agreement with the Southeastern Council of Governments regarding grant funding for phase II of the project. Gannon explained this
phase includes curb and gutter on the north side of Third Street west of Louise Avenue. He said a sidewalk cannot be placed and appropriate drainage cannot occur without it.
Gannon also said that two rounds of the project will go in this summer. That includes new sidewalks along the highway from Sun Street to Steven Street, plus sidewalks around the school.
Public utilities commissioner Darren Van-Houten said they replaced seven fl oats in the City’s sanitary sewer system. They need to be replaced every fi ve years. The other three fl oats were replaced one year ago.
Saugstad reminds citizens to remove ve-hicles from the street. A snow alert was issued Jan. 20 without ticketing and towing. He said ticketing and towing will be enforced with future snow alerts.
“When we issue snow alerts you are required to remove your vehicles from the street,” Saugstad said.
The commission went into executive ses-sion at 7:26 p.m.
At right: Mayor Eric Saugstad (right) welcomes Scott Gaalswyk, who will serve as a part-time police offi cer for the City of Worthing.
Worthing hires new part-time police officer
Lennox High School stu-dents and staff were asked to gather in the LHS gym-nasium on Friday morning to hear a special announce-ment. Superintendent Robert Mayer announced that Tim Raabe was named the 2013 Outstanding Principal of the Year.
None were more sur-
prised by the announcement than LHS Principal Raabe.
“You don’t win an award like this unless you have excellent people to work with and an excellent stu-dent body,” Raabe said as he thanked the students and staff.
“I know it’s cliché(ish), but it really is an honor
just to be nominated,” said Raabe. “There are so many great principals in our state, I was shocked, but really excited to be chosen.”
His wi fe , Mar lene , daughters, sons-in-laws, and grandchildren were on hand to offer their congratu-lations.
SD Secondary Principal of the Year Tim Raabe was congratulated by all of his family Jan. 11 at a special assembly. Pictured (from left to right) are: The Heryln family—Hayden, Cameron, Heather, Peyton, Taryn, Creighton, and Gavyn; Tim and his wife Marlene; and the Gerdes family—Tate, Cary, Trey, Aaron, and Tori.
Raabe named 2013 Outstanding Secondary Principal of the Year
■ RAABE, page 3
■ Teachers learn to work with new technology
Last March the Tech-n o l o g y C o m -
mittee of the Lennox School District pro-posed a 1 to 1 Initia-tive that would put a laptop into the hands of each of the district’s high school students. The school board ap-proved the Initiative and this past fall each high school student was presented with a 13-inch MacBook Air.
“Bringing technol-ogy into the classroom in the form of a com-puter for each student was just a matter of time,” said Lennox High School Principal Tim Raabe. “There is
Technology allows Lennox High School instructor Kory Wil-liamson to go into further depth in his subjects. He teaches government, geography and history.
Apple laptops enhancing education
so much information out there that we have to have the tools to access it.”
“There will be a transi-tion period for our teachers as well as our students,” acknowledged Raabe. “Our teachers will need the time to venture out and discover what’s available to them, and then develop lessons that incorporate new mate-rials, new strategies, and a new delivery system.”
LHS Technology In-tegrationist Jordan Braa agrees.
“I’m here as a resource, I do one-on-one work fairly often with the staff if they have an idea,” said Braa. “We did some pre-school in-services and a couple of morning sessions. Nowhere near what I would have liked to have done.”
■ TECHNOLOGY, page 3
John’s Journey
▼John Pribnow
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The United States Presi-dential Inau-guration is a
celebration of these United States of America, and how we deal with changes of leadership. Our little democratic experiment has been going well enough for long enough that many people take for granted what a spectacu-lar novelty it is that one leader willingly gives his “most-powerful-elected-person-in-the-world” status to the next guy. In 2012, nearly 100 million eligible U.S. voters decided the democratic process did not warrant their time or attention, and they did not vote. From Latin America
to the Far East, citizens of oppressing regimes fi ght and die for the right that so many in the U.S. lazily ignore.
Th e fi rst presidential inauguration was that of
George Wash-ington in New York City, 1789. Th e only constitu-tionally mandated event of an inau-guration is that the
president-elect makes an oath or affi rmation before offi cially entering the of-fi ce. Th is oath is adminis-tered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Over the years, many inaugural traditions and ceremonies have become common-place.
Th e inaugural address,
for example, was given before the oath of offi ce until William McKinley’s second inauguration, in 1897. Since then, the address has come aft er-ward. George Washing-ton’s second inaugural address is the shortest on record (135 words) and the 8,495-word expatiation of William Henry Harrison is the longest. Along with the address, other Inau-guration Day activities include the presidential procession, a grand parade, performances by multiple celebrities (James Taylor and Beyoncé highlighted this year’s crop), and the legendary Inaugural Ball.
Garnering the world’s attention for a few hours is an exciting thought, and D.C. defi nitely has an extra energy for inaugura-tion. Adding an additional million people to a city, as was the case this year, also heightens the anticipa-
tion. Your correspondent was not going to miss out on the rare opportunity of being in D.C. for inau-guration. Some 50,000 free tickets are given out through the offi ces of state senators, and I had one. Th e tickets grant access to a standing-room-only area on the National Mall (be-tween the Capitol Build-ing and the Washington Monument) closer than where the other million or so visitors are situated. My observation was that to get a ticket closer than mine, one must either be “some-body”, politically speaking, or know an aforemen-tioned “somebody”.
As the big day ap-proached, the extra energy turned electric. Charter buses streamed in from across the nation. Tour groups created a veritable crush of people at every landmark and around each corner in the heart
of the city. Bleachers were erected along the parade route, new fences sprung up like springtime shoots out of the ground, security was everywhere, and CNN broadcasted from a booth situated in the middle of it all. As I milled around the sites with my sister, who was in town spe-cifi cally for inauguration, a street-crossing near the White House was closed by security. As we waited, a whirl of motorcycles, black SUVs, police cars, and an ambulance came roaring by us. Lo and behold, the President himself was in one of the SUVs smiling and waving to the crowd. No matter your opinion of our current Commander-in-Chief, being that close to such an iconic fi gure is exciting, to say the least.
Finally, the day arrives. Aft er a fi tful sleep, I am ready to hit the subway by six in the morning. Physi-
cally, I feel not quite up to snuff , but I make a go of it anyhow. Before long, I know it is not my day. I tell my group to go on ahead without me, and I retire for the day. A stomach bug decommissioned me for one entire day, and that one day just so happened to be Inauguration Day. I may as well have been in China (not that such heretical proceedings as “democracy” would be shown on television there), because I could do nothing but watching the chilly happenings on the televi-sion from the warm couch.
Alas, the day was disap-pointing personally- such excitement leading to such anticlimax. Nevertheless, this celebration of democ-racy was nearly as fulfi lling to watch on a screen as it would have been to see with my own two eyes.
The Inauguration—a celebration of democracy
Speaking of Sports
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▼Anne Homan
What a su-per Super Bowl. I wanted
the Ravens to win, they did and I wanted it to be close, it was—thank you, power outage.
Prior to the power outage it looked as if the Ravens were going to roll away with this one. Maybe it was the 34 minute delay or maybe the 49ers would have launched a comeback regardless but it made the FINAL game of football this season an exciting one for me.
Did you just tear up a little? Be honest; it’s okay, I understand. We are now faced with the horrible realization that we have to wait until August before we will be able to watch another football game. Insert sighs, weeping, etc.
But back to the game, might as well relish the last
Another NFL season wraps up…missing it already
bit of football. Joe Flacco played well
and let’s face it, earned himself a large paycheck. With his contract up, you can bet the Ravens will pay their Championship quar-
terback well. He completed 22 of his 33 passes for 287 yards and passed for three touch-downs—take note Tony Romo—we could use some of this.
Flacco had help. Ed Reed made a key
interception (predicated by one of the Super Bowl viewers at our house) and Jacoby Jones started off the second half with a record 108 yard kickoff return.
Th e 49ers had their fair share of highlights (in the second half), launching a huge comeback once the lights came back on. But the comeback came just short and this Cowboy fan was none too sad about it.
Th e Niners out-scored Baltimore 23-3 in the
span of 12 minutes and 23 seconds—wow. But three incomplete passes by Colin Kaepernick (including a controversial one), ended their eff orts for the win. Was there holding on that play? Th ere certainly was contact between Michael Crabtree and Jimmy Smith, but it wasn’t my call to make (thank godness). A better question for 49er fans may be why they threw all three passes to Crabtree and never once tried to run. I mean, you have Frank Gore and Kaepernick—but it is what it is. And what it was, was a great end to another fantastic NFL season. Note, this season would have been far more fantastic had my Cowboys actually WON when it mattered, but I digress. Th ere’s always next season.
Ugh…with no more football just what is this Cowboy fan going to do?
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BY JOHN CHICOINE
I apologize right off for sounding like a grouchy old boomer, but that’s
what I’m going to sound like. It’s the New Year, you might expect life to be gen-tler, kinder, perhaps more forgiving.
However, I turned on the TV to see one chan-nel completely blank and a message from the cable company on two other channels saying, “We are sorry to inform you this channel has been removed from our lineup. We are sorry for any inconve-nience.” No they aren’t, there is no way they are sorry for any inconve-nience. Th ey could care less about our inconve-nience. It’s inconvenient when the cable company continues to raise rates but that doesn’t seem to bother them. Oh wait, maybe the president of the cable com-pany is sobbing right now because rates have gone up and fewer channels are available...nah, probably
not. I could go to one of
those satellite dishes on the side of the house but it appears you’re commu-nicating with aliens. Plus, there’s more fi ne print in their advertising than in the new health care bill.
So I pick up the newspaper. Our bril-liant Congress continues to attempt to destroy the economy of this country by refusing to cowboy up and do what it takes correct the economic woes by cut-ting spending and revising revenues. Th ree hundred and fi ft y million people in this country and this is the best representation we can muster? Balderdash!
Th en in the paper there was an article that U.S. air-lines collected 924 million dollars in revenue (a re-cord) from baggage check fees in three months. Oh, I’m sorry; the airlines are barely surviving because of high fuel prices. Really? Every time I see a cattle truck going down the road, I think of the U.S. airlines. Why would I think that?
Every time a person fl ies, they are herded through a shoot, poked, prodded, put on a plane (cattle truck) with no leg room, small seating area and fed noth-ing. Actually, livestock may have it better.
Again, I apologize for appearing grouchy. I’m re-ally a pretty happy person. I believe laughter is the best medicine. So let’s quit watching television, quit fl ying and send Congress home.
Maybe the number 13 scares me. Don’t break any mirrors, walk under any ladders, or step on any cracks. Carry a rabbit’s foot and a salt shaker this year. Happy New Year!
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THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/FEBRUARY 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, February 25, 2013
and Monday, March 11, 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, Feb. 18, 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, [email protected]
Todd Gannon, Public Works: 254-3229, [email protected]
Troy Larson, Finance & Revenue: 201-6644, fi [email protected]
Carrie McDannel, Public Safety: (605) 941-0665, [email protected]
Jeff Tanner, City Administrator: 372-4113, [email protected]
Kay Heiberger, Finance Offi cer: 372-4113,fi nanceofffi [email protected]
Jake Sees, Maintenance Lead, 251-4555, [email protected]
Marie Albertson, Administrative Assistant/Utility Assistant, [email protected]
Jason Schroder, Zoning Administrator: 941-2751
“Student accountability is up… Communication
between staff and students is better.”
— Tim Raabe, Lennox High School Principal
“But setting up all the laptops, ipads
and ipods throughout the district has left Braa little time for professional development. Braa said that setting up the laptops went smoothly; problems have been minor and have affected a very small number of students.
Students and teachers are begin-ning their second semester using the new technology. For some teachers, it’s already making a big difference in their classrooms.
Kory Williamson, who teaches high school government, geography and history, has found that it equalizes the classroom and gives him a chance to go into more depth in his subjects.
“Now I can do a lot more research projects—smaller research projects, not just one larger one,” said William-son. “They have technology right at their fi ngertips, so now they can look up things without having to go to the com-puter lab and log in and log back out.”
Once the information is on the stu-dent’s computer, they can access that information whether or not they have internet service at home.
“Having every kid be equal has really made a difference,” said Wil-liamson.
Williamson said that they still use textbooks as a resource.
“Most are online, so kids don’t have to carry around big, bulky textbooks,” he said. “Textbooks are one resource; now we have a variety of resources at our disposal at all times.”
Senior Ethan Zimmerman fi nds the computers to be helpful.
“Even though we don’t use them constantly,” said Zimmerman, “they do make working on projects more convenient.”
“Student accountability is up,” said Raabe. “Many of the textbooks and assignments are online. In many cases students can send assignments to drop boxes rather than bring a hardcopy to class. Communication between staff and students is better.”
One teacher who has especially found that to be true is Debate Coach and American Literature, Jr. Composi-tion, and Oral Communications instruc-tor Mike Larson.
“I use it every day,” he said. “I post the day’s goals and what we are going to do for the day and all of my notes.”
He utilizes the computer testing, research, for blogging entries so that students can work on writing.
“The biggest thing,” Larson added, “is I’m beginning to work toward ‘fl ip-ping the classroom’.”
He explained that traditionally, classroom time is spent taking notes and gathering information and then assignments are done at home. In “fl ipping the classroom” the opposite occurs. The student goes over the notes and gathers information at home and does the actual work with it in class. There, if they get stumped, they have the teacher to help them.
“When they can look at the rules and notes at home, we can save time in the classroom for writing and other projects,” said Larson. “That’s the big-gest change I’ve noticed.”
Students are also able to submit as-signments electronically, so there are no more “lost assignments.”
Larson said that the computers have helped students with organizational skills.
“I would defi nitely say it’s been a huge positive,” Larson said emphati-cally.
The coach has also found that hav-ing the laptops has made a “huge” improvement for debate.
“Everything we have now is on the computer,” said Larson. “We used to have to go to tournaments with seven or eight huge tubs.”
The tubs were fi lled with all of the printed information that the students had to fi nd and print out. That same in-formation can now be organized in their computers and pulled up quickly when they need it during the tournament.
“The kids are so adept at it,” said Larson. “They know how to use it better than I do and they don’t have to worry about things being misplaced.”
The laptops are on a three-year lease from Apple. Braa said that the students will use the computers during the school year and they will be turned in during the summer for maintenance. Each student will get their own laptop back at the beginning of the school year. Braa is hoping that they will be
able to get four years out of each laptop, so the computer can stay with the stu-dent throughout his high school career.
“These just don’t die,” said Braa of the AirBooks. “We may easily be able to get four years out of these; beyond that, we may have problems.”
Once the laptops have been used for three or four years, the school will keep them as extras and/or use them in the middle or elementary schools.
Each student pays for insurance at the beginning of the year; and if the computer does need repair, the students are responsible for the $250 deductible. If a computer needs to be sent in for repair, a student is given a loaner com-puter until their computer is returned.
“For the most part, students have done a good job of taking care of their computers,” said Braa.
The students are asked to have the laptops charged and ready to go each day. They can only download applica-tions that are on an approved list.
Teachers have classroom manage-ment software that gives them con-siderable control over the student’s laptop; they can restrict applications and even shut down parts of the stu-dent’s computer.
“Purchasing a computer for each student was/is expensive, at least ini-tially,” said Raabe. “Technology is to learning what fuel is to an automobile or electricity is to the home. It may cost us more than we like, but we can’t do without it.
“As we become more knowledge-able about what is available to us, and we have the opportunity for training and sharing,
“I see a future with significant growth in the comfort level for all our teachers in using this technology, thus making our instruction even more ef-fective.”
■ TECHNOLOGY, from page 1
Teachers learn to work with new technology
“Education has been his life,” said Marlene. “It’s always been for the kids.”
Indeed, Raabe has spent a majority of his life in educa-tion. This is his 41st year in education—all in the Lennox District.
“I actually student taught in the high school in the spring of 1972,” said Raabe. “I was then in Worthing from 1972-1986. I taught high school social studies and was assistant girls basketball coach from 1986-1995. I was activities director from 1995-2000. While serving as AD, I became the LE/LWC MS principal from 1996-2004. I moved to high
school principal in 2004.”
“His greatest joy is to see his kids succeed after high school,” said his wife.
Raabe confirmed that. “Seeing students walk across the stage at graduation. I’ve been around long enough to have seen the students grow up from their elementary years to become successful young adults.
“There’s also great sat-isfaction having someone who didn’t complete their high school education with the rest of the class, but had the determination to work at it, earn their diploma.
“Just seeing students be-ing successful at any en-
deavor is rewarding.”Raabe admits that work-
ing with students has cer-tainly had its challenges.
“You just have to un-derstand that all kids are different and are still grow-ing physically and emotion-ally,” he said. “That can make for an interesting day.”
He also has the chal-lenges of keeping up with the changes in the state edu-cational system, “fi nding the time to become knowledge-able in the changes and the time to work with teachers who have to implement the changes.”
“Tim Raabe does an ex-cellent job as principal at LHS,” said Mayer. “I have
enjoyed working with him, and fi nd him to be an ex-cellent leader. He is most deserving of the award.”
“One doesn’t receive this award without great support from the staff, students, and parents,” said Raabe. “I feel that the Lennox School District is a great place to educate students. It starts with a supportive Board of Education that has always considered what is in the best interests of the students; continues right through a professional staff that has a tremendous work ethic and is not afraid to try new strategies if it could improve student learning; to parents that support the school and
staff in what we are trying to accomplish; to the stu-dents that understand the importance of a high school education.”
Raabe will offi cially be given his award by the South Dakota Secondary Princi-pal’s Association at a future
date.Above: Lennox High
School Principal Tim Raabe was surprised on Friday
morning to be announced the 2013 South Dakota
Secondary Principal of the Year. At left, he speaks to
the student body.
■ RAABE, page 3
Raabe named 2013 Outstanding Secondary Principal of the Year
Municipalities announce vacanciesMunicipalities and the local school board announced
their notice of vacancies this week.In Worthing, one Com-missioner spot will be open to election. That position is for a three-year term and is currently held by Carrie McDannel. Two seats are opening up on the Lennox School Board. Those seats are currently held by Merris Miller and Nancy Nelson. Both are for three year terms. Circulation of nomi-nating petitions for all of the above positions began Friday, Jan. 25 and fi led in the respective business offi ces by Feb. 22.
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Worthing Kindergarten Round-up to be held
Kindergarten Round-up will be held in Worthing on Thursday, Mar. 21 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Friday, Mar. 22 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Parents are urged to come into the Worthing school to sign up their child for 2013-2014 Kindergarten and receive immunization forms and other documents. Students must be fi ve years of age on or before Sept. 1, 2013 to be age eligible. Kindergarten students do not need to attend the round up with their parents.
A Kindergarten Screen-ing will be held Apr. 4 and 5. More information will follow.
Worthing Students honored for exhibiting fairnessThe Worthing Elementary students pictured above were selected by their classmates
for exhibiting fairness. Students include: Kindergarten Jenna Duncan; fi rst grader Landon Atkins; second grader Gabrielle Olson; third grader Eve Bunkers; fourth grader Madison Palmer; and fi fth grader Will Daugherty.
Family Reading Night set for Feb. 25
Worthing Elementary will hold Family Reading Night on Monday, Feb. 25. The evening will be broken into sessions in the class-rooms. Kids and parents who attend sessions will receive a free book at the end of the evening.
Worthing Park and Rec seeking volunteers
The Worthing Park and Rec Department is looking for volunteers this sum-mer to coach summer base-ball/softball/t-ball (all age groups. Volunteers are need by Mar. 15. Call or text Crystal Jacobson at 605-940-4653.
Worthing fourth and fifth graders enjoy Star Lab
It was a happy crowd at the Lennox Band Booster’s An-nual Steak N Shake last Saturday night. The food was great. The music was great. And the crowd loved it!
Sunshine Foods catered the event this year, offering a choice between steak and bacon-wrapped chicken breast. A salad, baked potato and home-made dessert rounded out the meal.
Todd Shuman, manager/owner of Sunshine Foods, said it was one of the best events he’s ever catered.
“The music was so great to listen to while we worked,” he said.
Despite the Saturday snowfall, over 450 people attended the event.
Joe Hendrickson (standing) and Jacob Gundvaldson.
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The fourth and fi fth graders at Worthing Elementary took a close up look at the night sky inside this Star Lab rented from the Old Courthouse Museum.
While studying about how our night sky appears to look different due to the rotation of the Earth, the students were able to locate the main constellations in the sky. A leader from the museum told about the history and myths that were believed by
early astronomers. They were able to look at the winter season sky to understand that at differ-ent seasons we see different sets of constellations.
“It was a unique and learn-ing experience,” said Worthing Elementary Principal Kym Johnston. “A big thank you goes to the Worthing PTT for funding this innovative way to study about our Solar System!”
THE WORTHING ENTERPRISE/FEBRUARY 2013 SCHOOL NEWS 5
6th Grade Mr. McLouthA—Brock Anderson,
Isabel Coady, Quincy Ih-nen, Taylor Kuper, Zachery Leisinger, Chevy Levene, Elizabeth Rezac, Britain Smith, Shawna Th erkildsen
B—Robert Boysen, Bai-ley Cramer, Jaetin DeCou, Braden Dose, James Halver-son, Michaela Jaspring, Gar-rett Knock, Brooklynn Paul-son, Mitchell Rust, Blayne Wallenstein, Raymond Wil-liams, Joseph Zacher
6th Grade Mr. SattlerA—Zachary Baumert,
Jenna Bruns, Emily Buse, Jayden Gayle, Jared Gra-ber, JD Kirchner, Kaleb Lunstra, Jack Nordmann, Hunter Peters, Riley Peters, Nathan Renz, Kendra Stien, Bree VanMeeteren, Logan VanRuler, Madison Wentz, Camden Wulf, Isabel Young
B — Gr ant E dw ards , Nicholas Ihnen, Sydney Marquardt, Dawsyn Moroz, Cheyanne Paweltzki, Brock
Schroeder, Morgan Wipf6th Grade Mr. BahnsonA—Cooper Benning,
Leslie Fillipi, Bailey Fodness, Zachary Foss, Tyson Stoe-bner, Whitney Weischedel, Delaney Wrange
B—Maxwell Arkema, Aricka Niezwaag, Sama-ra Nordmann, Miranda Rabine, Kami Spring, Hunt-er Stroud, Noah Talatzko, Titan VanderWaerdt, Clay Vinson, Zachary Wipf
7th Grade Mrs. DiedeA—Zachary Bultena, Ra-
chel Jensen, Tatum Musser, Samuel Osborn
B—Ethan Gilbert, Benja-min Goeman, Joseph Mey-er, Elizabeth Reiss, Emma Roths, Jessica Schneider-man, Jessica Symens, Joshua VanHouten, Rachel Van-Ningen, Tadan Wilson
7th Grade Mr. McVeyA—Megan Hinker, Sarah
Kroeger, Callie LukeB—Holdyn Breck, Mia
Cramer, Ahna Groen, Janne Johnson, Sean Kelley, Hunt-
er Nordman, Drew Plucker, Alex Ruud, Elizabeth Steev-er, Addison Stubbe
7th Grade Mrs. RaabeB—Maxwell Bultena,
Shawn Florey, Jordyn Hov-aldt, Grace Kidd, Parker King, Kip Kuper, Emma Mechels, Tiff any Plimpton, Dawson Smit, Lucas Steever, Taylor Stroschein, Karissa West, Charles Wittrock
8th Grade Mr. KruseA— Abby Abr a ham ,
Tessa Friese, Hannah Ha-gena, Jennifer Kruid, CarLee Mechels, Mason Meyer, Ra-chel Odland, Abbie Strasser, Corissa Sweeter
B—Whitley Barr, Jessica Birgholtz, Megan Cramer, Kaitlin Gundvaldson, Cole Halouska, Daniel Jaspring, Brendan Langbehn, Maddie Lauters, Sarah Logan, Ethan Olson, Toni Serr, Amanda Timmerman, Olivia Young, Kyle Zimmer
8th Grade Mr. BryanA—Maisey Bainbridge,
Samantha Haan, Dylan
Hanisch, Jordanna Kruse, Sydney Mechels, Haley Mendel, Andrew Paulson, Braedon Wallenstein
B—Baylee Abraham, Amber Decker, Zachary Dobson, Shelby Geiken, Devon Jongeling, Matthew Klingbile, Leonard Mey-er, Juliee Scott, Timi Serr, Brock Stien, Katie Top, Sa-mantha VanGelder, Laurie Waldner, Violet Williamson
8th Grade Mr. Fodness/Miss Wollman
A—Ethan Cinco, Brooke Ehlers, Miranda Hall, Aus-tin Odland, Brandon Rupp, Taylor Smidt, Courtney Weeldreyer, Matthew Wolf, Alison Ziegler, Alyssa Zirpel
B—Logan Barr, Cath-erine Daugherty, Jymira Devlin, Julia Gesling, Riley Gillihan, Erika Hofer, Kaleb Klock, Marshall McLaren, Bailey Nelson, Haley Rein-holt, MiKayla Smit, Wesley Weischedel, Jacob Ziegler
Middle School Second Quarter Honor RollLENNOX HIGH SCHOOLFIRST SEMESTER HONOR ROLL
HIGHEST ACADEMIC HONORS, 4.000Freshmen
Brady Klock, Molly Kroeger, Catlynn Lee, August Meyer, Mahli Strasser
SophomoresAlyssa Becker, Karisa Hagena, Samantha Hyro-
nimus, Nathan TimmermanJuniors
Katelyn Hinker, Halie Mechels, Audra MeyerSeniors
Carl Lang, Gretchen Rops
HIGH ACADEMIC HONORS, 3.500 - 3.999
FreshmenKeely Anderson, Abigail Beach, Samantha Dlu-
gosh, Taylor Dubbelde, Zachary Ford, Hailey Hage-dorn, Jacob Hinker, Brady Jandl, Kayla Johnston, Nicholas Kayl, Tyler Leisinger, Madison Marquardt, Collin McEntee, John Steever, Holly Voges, Kyle Waldner, McKenzie Weeldreyer, Taylor Weeldreyer, Traesha West
SophomoresMacKenzie Braak, Harlie Breck, Kaylee Cartner,
Jacob Cinco, Adam Decker, Brady Fischer, Olivia Grave, Autumn Haan, Samantha Hagedorn, Brianna Homelvig, Delane Hood, Justin Hoogestraat, Lynd-sey Kleinschmit, Emma Lang, Katherine Lembke, Caelan Mangan, Stormie Nice, Walker Reedy, Ma-rissa Waldner, Austin Weischedel, Jordan Wittrock
JuniorsTaylor Anderson, Shannon Clay, Travis Cownie,
Mikala Fjerstad, Joshua Friese, Trey Furgeson, Mariana Guerra Gonzales, Cody Haugse, Trevor Hovaldt, Brianna Johnson, Abby Jorgensen, McK-enzie Kjose, Elizabeth Klock, Tara Kuper, Miranda Letze, Matthew Mazourek, Brittnie Nordmann, Ge-neva Petrich, Logan Pytleski, Ellen Renz, Courtney Rippentrop, Brady Rupp, Katelynd Whitehead, Kali Wipf, Blake Zingler
SeniorsJoshua Beukelman, Chad Buse, Taylor Clay,
Shayla Hartz, Joseph Hendrickson, Hannah Kidd, Patrick Konda, Amber Kost, April Lackas, Saman-tha Lopez, Katie Odland, Christian Petrich, Colby Reynolds, Krista Smit, James Symens, Taylor Wentz, Katelin Wipf, Tyler Youngquist, Ethan Zimmerman
ACADEMIC HONORS, 3.000 - 3.499
FreshmenAngel Bird, Crystal Cordell, Dylan Hyronimus,
Naylah Johnson, Hunter Kjose, Breanna Kruid, Ja-cob Lackas, Jacob Landon, Taber Lee, Allison Lefers, Lawton Luke, Maranda McLaren, Samuel Metivier, John Oldenkamp, Masen Oltmanns, Mitchell Peters, Shelby Vinson
SophomoresCameron Abbas, Connor Abbas, Dylan Abra-
ham, Isaac Burma, Tabbitha Conner, Monica Eli, Kenzi Hartman, Jacob Heisinger, Bennett Hurley, Zachary Kaderabek, Jared Kroeger, Christopher Oltmanns, Jayden Peery, Corissa Petrich, Cassidy Phen, Creighton Raabe, Alanna Ragle, Kolby Re-inke, Christopher Stokke, Grant Sweeter, Adam Wentz, Mikaela Wipf
JuniorsKale Bossman, Amanda Covert, Dereck DeVries,
Paige Edwards, Mariah Halverson, Jessica Her-rboldt, Kenadi Javers, Jessica Jellema, Kaitlyn John-son, Danielle Kost, John Morgan, Jacob Schneider-man, Shelby Schoff elman, Samantha Smidt, Shan-non Swenson, Carly VanDenBosch, Rachel West
SeniorsMelisa Anderson, Josephine Eli, Brandon Er-
ickson, Marissa Ford, Joshua Goeman, Jason Haan, Tyler Harms, Samantha Hladky, Lindsey Ihnen, Max Jacobson, Jena Jorgensen, Zachary Koosman, Kayla Kruse, Alexander Lane, Taylor Lawrence, Tira Serr, Megan Stewart, Haley Tate, Logan Wentz, Carissa Wunder
The Lennox School District Board of Education met Monday, Jan. 14th Board members were honored for School Board Recognition week with goodies, cards and a heartfelt thank from Super-intendent Dr. Robert Mayer on behalf of the staff. He said, “There’s no glory… no money, and always someone to tell you how to do it; but we appreciate what you do and the attitude you bring to the job.”
Financial reports were approved as presented.
Under the superintendent’s report Mayer updated the board on district security. Citing the recent school shoot-ing in Newtown, CT Mayer said it was a good time to review. He said they are working with local law enforcement offi cials.
Under the legislative update Mayer said that there is a bill being introduced to say teachers can carry guns. Mayer said the bill didn’t make any sense, referred to it as “insanity.”
“Soldiers and police officers are trained in that,” Mayer said, “It would be a huge risk... it doesn’t make any sense the way it appears.”
Board member Sandy Poppenga agreed, saying “I can’t believe the public would support anything like that.”
In other legislative news, Mayer said, “We are not going to see what we saw last year. We are not going to see that reform from the governor. He says he is listening to the voters. We expect a 3% increase per student in state aid. We don’t know about the federal changes because of the fi scal cliff deal. Things will be in a state of fl ux for awhile.”
Mayer mentioned the school cal-
endar, asking if Board members have received any parent input. Hearing none, Mayer said he would present the calen-dar to the Board in February.
The scoreboard project is ready to be presented. Mayer asked the Board to call a special meeting next Monday, Jan. 21 for the purpose of presenting the scoreboard proposal.
Worthing Elementary Principal Kym Johnston gave an update to the board on the AdvancEd Accreditation proce-dure. Accreditation is a set of rigorous protocols and research-based processes for evaluating the entire school district. Johnston said the fi nal step coming up in March will be the external review visit. Prior to this visit though, Johnston has been gathering all of the data that the visiting review team will sift through in the six weeks prior.
Johnston said, “We are trying to embrace the process and glean from it, what we are doing well and what we can improve on.”
Participation in the PDC (Profes-sional Development Center) Program was approved by board members after Mayer presented the guidelines that will be used for selection. Mayer said he introduced the concept to teachers on Jan. 2 and had positive feedback. This is the program that allows teachers in the district to attend the University of South Dakota for a continuing degree while mentoring a PDC teacher that has taken their spot in the district. The teachers who participate get full salary and benefi ts, but pay their own tuition which is at a 2/3 discount.
One of the most important features of
the PDC is the focus on graduate degrees as an impetus for professional growth. All PDC teachers and mentors are en-rolled in advanced degree programs at USD during their PDC year.
Mayer said, “This is a positive move for our staff. Thank you.”
Also discussed was the teacher induc-tion/mentoring program. The biggest question in the program is compensa-tion.
Poppenga said, “It’s a great concept, but we need to see what kind of money we are talking before approval.”
The board determined it would be given attention when details on com-pensation was negotiated.
The resignation of Scott Meyer - High School Social Studies Teacher was approved with an assessment of a $1000 early resignation fee.
The audit report was accepted.The School Board election was set
for April 9, 2013. Locations would be the middle school in Lennox, Worthing Civic Center in Worthing and the Chan-cellor elementary building in Chancel-lor. Mayer said, “It is our thought that it will be the last time we hold voting in Chancellor. Board members whose terms are up include Merris Miller and Nancy Nelson.
Worthing’s safe route to schools grant was approved.
The board recognized the baseball team as a club sport. Two open enroll-ments approved.
The Board then went into executive session for the purpose to discuss advice from legal council and discussion of personnel.
Worthing’s safe route grant approved at school board meeting
During the special meeting of the Lennox School District board of education on Jan. 24, members approved the proposal presented for a new scoreboard and message board system as presented by Marcia Hendrickson, from the LHS Booster Club and Rich Luther, LHS Activities Director.
In discussion it was said that two of the main anchors, or top sponsors would be
Security State Bank, of Chan-cellor and Wilson Trailer Sales of Lennox. Jerry’s Auto Sales was also mentioned as a part-ner. Other businesses named were possibilities.
Another decision to be made was choosing Sanford or Orthopedic Institute for athletic training.
In the proposal for support-ing the scoreboard Sanford was proposing a sponsor-
ship contract that included $75,000, while Orthopedic Institute’s proposal was $100,000.
Citing that Orthopedic Institute is the current athletic trainer used by the District and having no problems, the Board saw no reason not to continue with Orthopedic Institute.
It was a unanimous deci-sion to go ahead with the scoreboard project as pre-
sented. It was also decided to sign with Orthopedic Institute for an athletic training agree-ment for ten years.
The final action was to approve a $200,000 line of credit with Security State Bank. Business Manager An-gela Arlt said that it was with the intention it will be turned into a loan when more is known on the fi nancing of the scoreboard.
Scoreboard project approved by school board
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Braeden M. Ellingson, 18, of Worthing, SD passed away unex-pectedly Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013. Funeral services were held Thurs-day, Feb. 7, 2013 at the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids. Burial will be in the Dell Rapids Cemetery. Visitation was held Wednesday at Minnehaha Funeral Home in Dell Rapids.
Braeden Michael Ellingson was born April 12, 1994 in Sioux Falls to parents Mike and Lori (Dougherty) Ellingson. He was raised and attended school in Dell Rapids, graduating from Dell Rapids High School in 2012. While in school he participated in wrestling and football. He helped Dell Rapids High School win two State A Football Championships.
Braeden enjoyed spending time with family and friends, especially if it included hunting, fishing, racing quads, snow-boarding or skateboarding. He was always very dedicated to his projects and passions. He was employed at Wilson Trailers and had planned to become a journey-man electrician.
Grateful for having shared his life are is parents, Lori (Charles) Atkins, Worthing and Mike (Julie) Ellingson, Dell Rapids; siblings, Tim, Lindsey, Steve, John, Mea-gan (Brandon), Ashley (Bryan), Breean, Sarah, Payton, Austin and Logan; grandparents, Marcie El-lingson, Francis and Betty Marso, Sharon Stordahl and Dwayne and Jerene Atkins; numerous aunts; uncles; nieces; cousins; other relatives and friends and his Black Lab, Oops.
Braeden was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Howard Ellingson, Arlen Stordahl and Roger Dougherty and uncle, Dan Ellingson.
Braeden Ellingson dies at age 18
Frislie honored for 44 years of service on Lincoln Conservation District Board
John Frislie, Lincoln Conservation District Supervisor, has retired De-cember 31, 2012, after serving 44 years on the district board. The Lincoln Conservation District wishes to thank John for his many contributions to the resource conservation efforts in Lincoln County over the past 44 years.
Pictured above with John Frislie is Merlyn Rennich, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
Students named to SDSU’s Dean’s List
BROOKINGS, SD - The following students from the area have been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence during the Fall 2012 semester at South Da-kota State University. To earn dean’s list distinc-tions in SDSU’s eight colleges,students must have completed a mini-mum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Students with an asterisk received a perfect 4.0 grade point average. College of Arts & Science— Rachel Gibbons*, Worthing SD; College of Engi-neering— Eric Stearns, Worthing SD
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The 4th week of the legislative session was highlighted
in the house by the over-whelming passage of the Criminal Justice Initiative, clearly one of the highest priorities in the session for Gov. Daugaard. This measure has been extensively covered in the daily media so I will not go over that again in this brief column. For me the key fact was that it was passed with such strong bipartisan support. In the entire legis-lature, only nine members voted “No” to this proposal that emphasizes treatment and probation over jail time for non-violent off enses. I was supportive of this leg-islation.
In the Appropriation committee, we heard from the Board of Regents and the new Dept of Veteran’s Af-fairs. Th e Regent’s, citizens appointed by the governor from all regions of the state, want to begin a new doctoral program in physics. Th is is
primarily because of the sci-entifi c experiments that are currently going on at the old Homestake Mine. Physicists from all over the world come to the Lead- Deadwood site
to involve t h e m -selves in h i g h l y s o p h i s -t i c a t e d work on small sub-a t o m i c particles know as neutrinos. This pro-posed ed-ucational
expansion will allow South Dakota students the op-portunity to work on these projects at the highest level. We will have to see if this expansion of educational opportunities will survive and be funded for this next year.
One key advance for vet-erans was the approval in the house of authorization for a new veteran’s facility in Hot Springs. Over one hundred years ago South Dakota established a home for vet-
erans. At that time, most veterans were from the Civil War. That institution has survived, but many of its fa-cilities are now outdated and inadequate. South Dakota, along with the Veteran’s Administration, is moving ahead with plans to build a new facility for veterans in Hot Springs. Th is needed advance is moving forward and if approved in the Senate will be a key accomplish-ment of this session.
Th is coming week in ap-propriations, we will hear from social services and discuss possible expansion of Medicaid, one matter of some controversy before the legislature. Please note that two public meetings will be held this week on February 9th... the fi rst at 10 am in Elk Point at the city hall and then at 1:00 pm in Beresford at the Bridges. I hope to see many citizens in attendance.
Please do not hesitate to contact me: Mail: Rep. Jim Bolin, State Capitol, Pierre, SD 57501, e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
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Criminal Justice Initiative one of the highest priorities for Gov. Daugaard
BY ELIZABETH “SAM” GROSZCOMMUNITY NEWS SERVICE
State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle report a more bipartisan approach to their work this year during the S.D. Legislature.
“Three weeks into the legislative session,” said Democratic House Leader Bernie Hunhoff, Yankton, said, and “this is the best bipartisan discussion in years.”
Hunhoff said everyone has seen the “dysfunctional” situation in Washington and “all 105 have come back and said ‘that won’t be us.’”
Republican Senator Co-rey Brown, Gettysburg, agreed with the assessment, noting that everyone had watched the inability of Congress to get anything done and “folks got fed up with that… and they don’t want South Dakota to oper-ate like that.”
Rep. Julie Bartl ing, Democratic leader from Platte, agreed, noting that she had “seen so much more openness and willingness to talk” than the last time she had served in the Leg-islature.
Legislative leaders from both parties, respectively, spoke with members of the South Dakota Newspaper Association on a number of topics when they met in Pierre Jan. 24.
Brown, however, did not hold out hope that there would be any major changes or new initiatives coming out of the session.
He cautioned that look-
ing at the proposed budget, giving 3 percent raises to state employees, Medicare providers and schools would take care of 75 percent of the budget.
Leaving less than $1 million to be expended, Brown said, “probably does not allow room for major changes.”
Hunhoff said three big areas are education, eco-nomic development and healthcare. A fourth, cor-rections, is being addressed with a comprehensive over-haul of how minor offenders are rehabilitated. Following the news conference, the Senate passed that bill, the South Dakota Public Safety Improvement Act, sending it on to the House for its consideration.
Senate Democratic Lead-er Jason Frerichs, Wilmot, said there are at least four different bills this session that deal with various eco-nomic development pro-grams.
The key, however, he said, is to “fi nd that funding source outside of the general fund (for those bills).” He called it a “guiding prin-ciple, along with transpar-ency.”
Brown said there is a misconception that eco-nomic development is a big company relocating in South Dakota, while “80-90 percent of economic devel-opment doesn’t occur like that.” This year’s session has several pieces of legisla-tion to consider that would be helpful to smaller busi-nesses locating or expand-
ing, including addressing infrastructure and housing.
Sen. Russell Olson, R-Wentworth, noted that hav-ing good infrastructure is “a big component” in attracting or expanding business in an area.
Preventing an exist-ing business from closing, Brown added, “is almost as big a win” as creating something new.
Rep. Tim Rave, R-Baltic, mentioned a “highly emo-tional” topic for the session is allowing school boards to hire a school sentinel to protect students and person-nel from attack.
“No guns hasn’t worked so well either,” Rave said, so this bill opens the door for discussion. The next day that bill, HB1087, narrowly passed the House Education Committee and was sent to the House fl oor for the fol-lowing week.
Republican House Lead-er David Lust, Rapid City, said his top priority is to “not enact bad legislation” and protect what is already in place.
Lust also said it should be noted that this year’s Legis-lature is “tinkering around” with several so-called Open Government issues. He said it was credible that with all of the big changes in recent years, what is left now is fi ne tuning things.
The issues, he said, were “not trivial, but not para-mount.” Several of the bills were killed in committee the previous day, despite having been the product of a sum-mer study group.
Bipartisan approach seen this year during S.D. Legislature
We are nearing the midpoint of session and
there is a lot to report. Here are some of the high-lights:
Public Safety Reform
G o v e r n o r Daugaard pro-posed some ma-jor changes to public safety at the beginning of session. The re-forms he spoke of were embod-ied in SB 70 and delivered some of the most significant changes to our criminal justice systems we have ever seen.
SB 70 was a culmina-tion of work over the last year by the Criminal Justice Task Force. The committee had representatives from all three branches of state government. The commit-tee worked with Governor Daugaard and Chief Justice Gilbertson to form the Pub-
lic Safety Improvement Act. This initiative focuses on rehabilitation and helping
folks get off drugs.
A s w e implement t h e p l a n we will see more super-vision and less incar-c e r a t i o n . One of the k e y e l e -ments of the legislation p r o v i d e s non-violent o f f e n d e r s
alternatives to lengthy jail stays by committing to strict conditions of release.
Boxing Commission Formed
This week Senate Bill 84 passed the senate which would allow the creation of a South Dakota Athletic Commission to provide su-pervision of kickboxing, boxing, mixed martial arts competitions, and sparring exhibitions in the state.
South Dakota has seen a marked increase in these types of competitions. If passed, this bill will regulate the sport and require insur-ance for sponsors, medical aid on site, and the proper training of officials and organizers.
School Sentinel BillAfter passing the house
with bi-partisan support, the school sentinel bill makes its way to the senate.
If passed, this bill would give school boards the option to allow security guards or trained school staff and teachers to be armed on school grounds. Many school districts - es-pecially in rural areas - are far from sheriff departments or police stations. and do not have the resources to pay for security guards.
This bill provides an option for schools to de-velop their own protection. The measure allows school boards to decide if they want to implement a program or not and provides ultimate local control.
SENATOR DAN LEDERMAN
Legislative session nearing midpoint; Senate Bill 84 would form boxing commission
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nal Shredded Wheat Cereal,
crushed 1 can (8 ounces)
stewed tomatoes, undrained 1 medium onion,
chopped 1/4 cup chopped green
pepper 2 teaspoons Worces-
tershire sauce 2 teaspoons salt 1/4 teaspoon ground
black pepper
Preheat oven to 375∞F. Beat eggs and milk in
large bowl with wire whisk until well blended. Add remaining ingredients; mix well.
Shape meat mixture into oval loaf in shallow baking pan.
Bake 1 hour or until cooked through (160∞F).
Variation: Prepare as directed, using fat-free milk and substituting 1/2 cup cholesterol-free egg product for the eggs and 2 pounds thawed frozen ground tur-key for the ground beef.
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