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Issue of Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Volume 137 Number 2

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By David TritleSchool board member Jared

Tolzin, president Shane Roth and superintendent Abi Van Regnemorter attended a meeting with the city regarding fees for use of the new event center.

Roth said the school has been paying on a per-event basis, but the city would like to change to a flat rate. Tolzin said the figure discussed had been somewhere in the vicinity of 10 percent of the center’s yearly upkeep cost which hovers around $125,000 according to city finance officer Tracey Larsen.

As part of the agreement, the school would be granted unlimited access to the center for scheduled events such as math contests, football games, theater, track meets and blood drives. Anything pre-scheduled would have precedence.

Roth said he has some concerns. He said he views the center as a taxpayer-funded entity and some members of the public that he has spoken with seem to agree. One question he has heard is “Why spend any taxpayer money to do stuff that’s already paid for?”

“I think it’s nice to utilize the event center,” said board member Barb Asleson. “But they built the center next to us as well and we bring something to the table. I’m just wondering if this is a fair rate?”

Roth said the board should consider the matter before a final decision is made at a future meeting.

• The board briefly discussed whether it should continue to support the Reading Recovery Program.

The board faces a Feb. 15 deadline to decide whether to rejoin a cooperative membership in the program consisting of schools

spread across the state. As is usual for discussions of this particular program, concern had been raised that not enough schools had renewed this year, leaving each remaining school with a much larger share to pay to remain in the program.

The program has been a point of consideration for the council at around this time of year for at least the last three years. Reading Recovery is a non-profit organization administrated at a national level whose mission is to facilitate intensive individual interventions for first grade students who are having trouble in reading but who do not qualify for special education.

“It’s one of those things — it’s a luxury for us to have it,” said Roth.

The crux of the issue is that a significant outlay is required for professional development and training for Reading Recovery teacher Marlys Larsen. The amounts spent are high in comparison with other disciplines.

Last year, the board approved up to a $7,300 outlay, which turned out to be more than they needed to spend. But the final number fluctuates with the number of schools willing to participate in the slush fund and is hard to predict. Three years ago, the value went as high as $8-9,000 and Larsen was forced to appeal directly to the board to keep the funding intact.

She said at that meeting that her goal has been to take as many of the least proficient readers as possible every year and boost them to an average reading skill. She usually works with around four students who she is concerned that without the Reading Recovery program might fall through the cracks.

Board discusses possible flat rate usage fee for event center

By Jenny ToddEighth-graders at De Smet

Middle School are busy learning how to use the new laptops that were handed out last week. Students in grades six, seven and eight received a ByteSpeed 2-in-1 computer.

According to Dan Langbehn, technical coordinator at the school, a 2-in-1 can be used like any other laptop (screen and keyboard) and it can also be folded over to use as a tablet which allows students to use either fingers or a stylus to open, write or navigate to the correct app.

Students in Shelly Osthus’ eighth-grade math class have addressed some details that have come up since they received the laptops. Osthus reminded students to keep their batteries charged and to complete all digital assignments on time.

Not all students have Wi-Fi at their homes, and the class discussed using their time wisely during the school day to finish assignments. Osthus also mentioned Wi-Fi enabled places other than the school where students can complete homework during evenings and weekends.

Many technical words were floating around during Osthus’ math class this week, such as Symbaloo, Waggle assignments, snipping tools, PDF and SNG.

Abby Frazier, an eighth-grade student in Osthus’ math class said that she really likes the new laptops because they make things a lot easier. Classmate Aria Gruenhagen added that the laptops will make writing essays a lot easier because all of the notes are kept in the same spot.

Some of the students felt slightly confused learning all of the new functions, and Andy Close mentioned that at this point, he still prefers paper and pen rather than the technical side of things. Carly Wiese shared that the laptops are “easier once you get the hang of it,” and added that “they are awesome.”

Osthus said that she hopes students will enjoy learning to use their computers for educational purposes.

Students will turn in their laptops this spring so that Langbehn can make any necessary repairs and updates and add or remove apps. In the fall, students will be given the same laptop for the next year.

Protective bags for the laptops were furnished by the De Smet Education Foundation.

Abi Van Regenmorter, school superintendent, said that the school will continue to purchase laptops until each student through the 12th grade has one.

Eighth-grade student Aaron Poppen, right, is learning how to navigate his new Bytespeed 2-in-1 laptop computer. (News photo by Jenny Todd)

Middle school students settle in with new laptops

By Bruce HopeT h e K i n g s b u r y C o u n t y

Commission is proceeding with efforts to maintain the Big Ditch #4 and has taken bids for a major chunk of the maintenance and/or reconstruction project.

The board voted Jan. 10 to accept a bid from Basin Construction and Drain Tile of Hayti for $5,700 plus applicable taxes to remove overgrowth and debris from three main areas where beaver dams have created major obstructions to drainage in the water district.

Working off the map supplied by Jason Petersen of CDI Engineering, bidders had traversed the area

on snowmobiles in the process of formulating their bids.

Other much higher bids involved getting special equipment to access the ditch and remove the obstructions. This will show what a difference the right equipment can make, according to Petersen, and will also show landowners what will be possible after all these years of planning and waiting.

Petersen told the commission that he has contacted the state trapper who agreed to trap and remove the three beavers who have built dams before work begins on the ditch.

Basin Construction will work on nine total piles or dams, and they

will be required to relocate the debris outside the ditch in areas without crops and far enough away to keep them from ever falling back into the ditch. Preliminary permission from title holders for places to stockpile the debris has been given but some documentation may be required.

Petersen, who has been the engineer for the Big Ditch #4 project, began the presentation to the commissioners and was joined by St. Cloud, Minn., attorney Gary Leistico, who has worked closely with CDI to make sure the county takes all legal considerations into account in their maintenance work on the Big Ditch.

County will use formula for tillable acres for Big Ditch assessment

“If we don’t get them in first grade to prevent bad habits from forming, then we might be too late,” Larsen said.

Van Regenmorter explained at Monday’s meeting that nobody doubts the value of the program, only its limited scope and cost. The board approved the same outlay as last year, up to $7,300.

Poppen gets the tipShannon Poppen gets a jump Jan. 5 on Colman-Egan’s Jessica Wittrock at the start of the game in the Dog Pound. The Lady Dogs won 58-25 with 43 of those points coming from Shannon Poppen, Kristen Poppen and Raegan Burke. (News photo by Bruce Hope)

Leistico searched county records after the last meeting and found 13 prior assessments to study. The first assessment involved 3,200 acres, and engineering reports are gone for those projects, but they were based on what are called “wet acres,” or wetland area, and used a simple formula of proximity to the ditch to create six levels of assessment to landowners.

His office and CDI Engineering have independently come up with very similar estimates of the number of acres benefitting from the ditch.

Leistico cited relevant case law involving special assessments in Custer and Pierre, comparing the legal issues involved.

In court, the opposition would be saying, according to Leistico, “We are getting benefit, but we’re using old-world cases to avoid paying our share.”

“And there’s no way to un-engineer that benefit,” he added.

Of the 20,800 acres in the watershed according to their estimates, Leistico said, about 75-90 percent of that may be tillable land.

Leistico emphasized the point several times that modern farming and technology have evolved significantly. Perforated tile allows

you to plant more crops. Pumps and tiling have changed agriculture.

“Land can be drained with lateral tile now and the ‘theory of just compensation’ needs to be updated to reflect these changes.”

The commission liked the idea of assessing based on “tillable” acres. Whether they are actually tilling the soil or not, the legal question is whether they could till it if they wanted to.

Director of Equalization Tammy Anderson noted that she has a program that sorts landowners by tillable acres — “croppable and uncroppable” — that she will provide to the project.

Also speaking out at the meeting were James Girard, Wayne Soren, Gary Miller, Paul Johnson and Scotty Hojer.

Hojer noted that being close to the ditch was an added expense and harm in his case, and he said this part of what argues for an equal assessment across the landowners, that would be the fairest.

Hojer also noted that a small group of people had spent over $100,000 working on trying to get something done with the drainage district for the past six years.

County rules on load limits for spring 2017

The special public meeting of the Kingsbury County Commission was held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. to discuss load limits. Greg Vavra of the South Dakota Local Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP) delivered a presentation to the approximately 50 farmers and truckers who packed the courthouse. After lengthy discussion the commission voted to go to six-ton-per-axle limit in the spring when roadways are most easily damaged. There may be an extension into May if there has been a long winter or deep freeze. The next regular meeting of the Kingsbury County Commission will be Jan. 24 at 8:30 a.m.

Community invited to plan De Smet’s future

What would you like De Smet to look like in 2027? What ideas do you have to grow De Smet? A gathering is planned at 6:00 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at the De Smet Event Center to update De Smet’s 10-Year and 20-Year Plans. The entire community is encouraged to attend.

“This 20 Year Plan is what is used to name priorities for projects as funding becomes available and as a plan of action for the community. This is how the Event Center and Athletic Complex came to be as they were projects named in the 20 year Plan.” according to Rita Anderson, Director for the De Smet Development Corporation.

“We need all ages and facets of the community at this meeting to make certain we are aware of needs and issues in every aspect of the entire community. This includes our younger residents, farmers and rural population plus all others. It is so important to each and every one of us.”

This is a follow-up from a recent meeting when the 20 year plan was presented. It is sponsored by the Development Corporation.

De Smet sports The Kingsbury County

Knights will wrestle at the Sioux Valley Quad Jan. 20 and in the Kingsbury County tourney in Arlington Jan. 21.

The girls basketball team faces Elkton-Lake Benton away Jan. 12. They play Warner (currently 7-1) at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Hanson Classic in Mitchell.

They face Castlewood at home Jan. 19.

A Jan. 31 away game with Sioux Valley has been added to the girls basketball schedule in place of the Dec. 17 Entringer Classic that was cancelled due to 35 below zero temperatures in Colman. The game will be at 6:15 p.m. at Sioux Valley.

The De Smet boys basketball team meets Elkton-Lake Benton away on Jan. 13 and Sioux Valley at home Jan. 24. They host Olham-Ramona/Rutland at home Jan. 26.

Fishing derby Jan. 14A Future Fishermen Ice Derby

is scheduled for Jan. 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for ages 14 and under. Fishermen are asked to meet at the Lake Thompson boat ramp. Prizes are sponsored by the 4 Lakes Association.

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De Smet School ScheduleJan. 12: GBB, Elkton-Lake Benton, JH @ 5 p.m., Varsity @ 6:15 p.m.

Jan. 13: All-State Band Auditions @ Watertown. De Smet Youth Wrestling, 6 p.m., New Armory. BBB, Elkton-Lake Benton, JH @ 4 p.m., Varsity @ 6:15 p.m. JH GBB, Clark-Willow Lake, Here, 4:30 p.m., HS Gym.

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Kathleen Frey, a daughter of Amanda Frazier of De Smet, has attended De Smet schools since the fifth grade. She will graduate in May with the De Smet High School class of 2017. Frey has a younger sister, Abigail, and a younger brother, Domanic. She has participated in band, chorus and Family, Career and Community Leaders of America. Frey’s favorite class is math, and her favorite activity is FCCLA. Frey said that her mom has made an important impact on her life because “she always pushes me to be true to myself and do the best I can do.” Following graduation, Frey plans to attend college to become a psychologist. In 10 years, she sees herself with a nice house and car, a fantastic career and, maybe, a big family.

Students of the monthDe Smet Middle School students Matthew Rusche, sixth grade, left, Riley Myers, seventh grade and Koden Elkins, eighth grade took student of the month honors for December. (Submitted photo by April Rusche)

Following medical appointments on Wednesday, Cork and Illdena Poppen joined Gordon Poppen and Janice Stoebner of Sioux Falls for lunch.

This past week, severe cold temperatures and wind chills were felt by many — and Sunday brought another day of strong winds. Farmers found doing chores difficult. Side roads are icy in some areas and caution is advised. The main roads are mostly clear.

A family member recently traveled to Nashville, Tenn., where they had received 2 inches of snow. He reported that schools were called off and there were vehicles in the ditch. He chuckled as he drove. He was glad he had the knowledge of driving in those conditions and he was thankful for the aid of our road equipment. Still, there is beauty in all the snow as we look about us — despite the frustrations it brings.

Virgil and Joyce Jensen on Friday visited Bruce Jensen at the KELO television station where he is employed.

On Saturday, Joyce Vincent accompanied Andy and Betty Vincent of Lake Preston to the Bud Vincent home in Sioux Falls and helped Ava Vincent celebrate her 12th birthday. They later went to Garretson to watch Tate Vincent play basketball with the Sioux Valley team against Flandreau. On Sunday, they attended the baptism for Lydia Vincent, a daughter of Bud and Jaime Vincent.

The annual Carlson family Christmas gathering was held over the weekend at a Brookings motel. Attending were Richard and Ruth Camp of Rapid City, John and Carol Carlson of Marshall, Minn., Krislyn Carlson of Beresford, Dave and Joyce Carlson, Joe and Suzanne Carlson and family of Sioux Falls, Jim and Lona Carlson of Winfred and Heather Thoreson and family of Tea. On Saturday, other family members attended a supper.

Phil and Betty Marken on Sunday visited Ellen Gilbertson.

ErwinLois Penn

Spirit Lake Illdena Poppen

Lyle and Cheryl’s daughter, Kristie Prince, Layla and Jordon, of Jacksonville, Fla., were visitors this past week before returning home on Sunday. Their other daughter, Julie Forbes of Brandon, also visited while they were here.(Last week’s news)

Cork and Illdena Poppen attended funeral services for Merle Brower of Watertown Jan. 6 at Cornerstone Methodist Church in Watertown.

Kathy Murray and Cork and Illdena Poppen were Saturday dinner

guests of Dorothy Haug of rural Willow Lake and helped her celebrate a belated birthday. Venus of Sioux Falls was also a dinner guest.

Jim Hulbert of Iroquois filled the pulpit Sunday at Spirit Lake Presbyterian Churcy.

Tyler Poppen of Watertown recently stopped for a brief visit at the Cork Poppens.

New Year’s Day brought more snow to the area. Looks like we are in for more blustery winter weather this week.

Jan. 16-20Monday: no school.Tuesday: hamburgers, baked

beans, applesauce cups, birthday cake.

Wednesday: cheese omelets, French toast sticks, breakfast potatoes, juice.

Thursday: hamburger-noodle hotdish, corn, bread, peach slices.

Friday: chicken sandwich, smile potatoes.

De Smet school menu

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Leo ZappFuneral services for Leo

Zapp, 88, of Carthage were held Monday in New Hope, Minn.

Burial was at Pleasantview C e m e t e r y n e a r C a r t h a g e

Zapp died Jan. 4, 2017.He was born Aug. 31, 1928, in

White Rock to Martin and Katherina (Kieffer) Zapp. He attended school in Sisseton and, later, Woonsocket. The family moved to the Carthage area and he helped farm.

Zapp married Arlene Aaland on March 15, 1949, in Huron. The couple lived and farmed northwest of Carthage. He also worked for Land of Lakes until his retirement.

He served as a volunteer fireman and ambulance driver for many years in the Carthage community.

Zapp was an avid sportsman and enjoyed fishing with his buddies, pheasant hunting, baseball games, gardening and playing cards.

Survivors include three sons, Leon of Artesian, Randy (Cherene) of Salem and Mark (Ruth) of Clarksville, Ind.; three daughters, Janine (Johnny) Mason of Kenosha, Wis., Karen (Kevin) Cich of Surprise, Ariz.; and Donna Kneebone of Ramsey, Minn.; four sisters, Betty (Bruce) Redl of Sioux Falls, Tillie Endres of Chamberlain, Lottie (Clyde) Wilson of Reno, Nev., and Joyce (Edward) Johnson of Kenosha, Wis.; eight grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Zapp was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Arlene, in 2014; two daughters, Connie in 1950, and Kim in 1979; five brothers, Martin, John, Clarence, Eugene and Tom; and two sisters, Katherine and Arlene.

Willoughby Funeral Home in Howard was in charge of services.

Carolyn AadlandLongtime Centralia, Wash.,

resident Carolyn Lavonne Aadland, 87, died Dec. 9, 2016, in Centralia.

She was born Sept. 29, 1929, in De Smet to Earl and Carrie (Larson) McGarvie. She grew up on the family farm near De Smet and graduated from De Smet High School. She graduated from Yankton College in 1951 with a degree in Spanish and a teaching certificate. She taught for a year in Ainsworth, Neb., before moving to Madison and teaching high school. She married fellow teacher Gordon Aadland in 1954. The couple moved to Rainer, Ore., in 1955 and, two years later, moved to Centralia. She taught English and Spanish for 25 years at Centralia High School. Following her retirement, she volunteered at Providence Hospital in Centralia.

Aadland was a longtime active member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Centralia. She also was involved with community charitable projects. She enjoyed reading, gardening, playing bridge and hosting holiday meals.

Survivors include a daughter, Carrie Aadland of Centralia; one sister, Lois Van Slyke of Shelton, Wash; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Aadland was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Gordon, in 2013; a brother, Donald McGarvie of Pennsylvania; and a sister, Lorraine Mayer of Marysville, Wash.

Newell-Hoerling’s Mortuary in Centralia was in charge of arrangements.

Court News

Students of the quarterDe Smet Middle School students Cael Schoenfelder, sixth grade, left, Kalen Garry, seventh grade, and  Aria Gruenhagen, eighth grade were recently named students of the quarter. (Submitted photo by April Rusche)

A l l f ines inc lude $40 law enforcement o f f i cer training fund costs, $11.50 automation surcharge and $2.50 victim’s compensation.

Shilo Anderson, Brandon, operat ing a boat w i thout license numbers, fined $120.

Daniel Ellsworth, Spencer, Iowa, 40 in a 35 mile per hour zone, fined $85.

Cal Anderson, St. Michael, Minn., 40 in a 30 mile per h o u r z o n e , f i n e d $ 1 0 5 .

Jakob Hansen, Arlington, seatbelt violation, fined $25.

Jeffrey Peterson, Watertown, 36 in a 30 mile per hour zone, fined $105.

Jacob Edleman, Willow Lake, seatbelt violation, fined $25.

Rodney Palmlund, De Smet, seatbelt violation, fined $25.

Troy Hinrichs, Sioux Falls, seatbelt violation, fined $25.

Frankie Muhonen, Arlington, seatbelt violation, fined $25.

T roy Casper, Ar l ing ton , seatbelt violation, fined $25.

Colin Wunder, Howard, 75 in a 65 mile per hour zone, fined $105.

Second quarter perfect attendanceEarning a free t-shirt sponsored by CMI Architectural were Andrew Holland, rear left, Heidi Petersen, Alexa Amundson, Kennedy Ruml, Daniel Hauk, Lucas Consolino, Jordynn Gehm, Autumn Wilkinson, Josh Roth, Michael Schipper and Reyna Beck; Samantha Hammer, front left, Daniel DeDeyne, Hunter Halverson, Makayla DeDeyne, Katelynn Gehm, Michelle Wiese, Jordan Rusche, Lydia Klein and Baylor Beck. (News photo by David Tritle)

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F u l l r e t i r e m e n t a g e is the age at which a person first becomes entitled to full (unreduced) retirement benefits.

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2017 brings changes to retirement age

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Only eight percent of those who make January resolutions keep them, according to a study by the University of Scranton. Apparently, most people make their resolutions too complicated or difficult, ending in failure. We’ve prepared the following bucket list of our favorite menu items from across the state and propose you adopt visiting them as your new resolution for 2017.

Our magazine’s writers put on thousands of miles exploring South Dakota, and we’ve found some favorite treats. We could have listed hundreds instead of the 18 below, but finding your own may be part of the fun — and part of your resolution.

1. Potatoes brulé, a favorite of regulars at Vermillion’s Cafe Brulé, features diced and broiled potatoes in a creamy cheese sauce.

2. A tastee with fries and a black raspberry malt at Tastee Treet, a fast-food dinosaur still going strong in downtown Yankton. What’s a Tastee? A tavern, of course — or a loose meat sandwich, a sloppy joe or a Maid-Rite.

3. Roast duck at Czeckers in Yankton, with all the Eastern European trimmings — dumplings, sauerkraut, mashed potatoes and a kolache for dessert. Duck is featured Friday nights and roast beef on Saturdays.

4. Bean soup at Fanny Horner’s in Mitchell. Jon and Janice Airhart were given the recipe by a customer called Slim in the 1980s. Fanny’s is also famous for sour cream pie.

5. Chili fries (or enjoy cook Dorothy Berg’s famous chili a la carte) at Joe’s Cafe in Alexandria. It’s one of the few places you can enjoy chili year-round. Dorothy has been at the grill for 24 years.

6. Chislic at Meridian Corner, at the junction of Highways 18 and 81 south of Freeman. It’s where the cubed and seasoned meat-on-a-stick tradition first arrived from Russia.

7. Tabouli at Sanaa’s 8th Street Gourmet in Sioux Falls. Tabouli is a Mediterranean salad made of parsley and bulgur wheat — healthy, tasty and fresh.

8. Sambusa at Lalibela, an

This past week, the state budget office issued South Dakota’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, or what those of us within state government sometimes refer to as “the CAFR.” The Bureau of Finance and Management made the report public on the Friday before New Year’s Day.

Just like a business, each year South Dakota prepares audited financial statements. These statements are required by law, and are used to qualify us to receive federal funds. The report is also reviewed by agencies that evaluate our state’s credit worthiness.

The annual report includes our state government’s complete

Ranchers are a unique category of individuals who share a personality type all their own. Not always, but this personality can include tendencies toward micromanagement, obsessive-compulsiveness and a desire to

control what is uncontrollable.The ability to recognize and

acknowledge these behavior quirks might be helpful in guiding ranchers through the following 11-step program.

• Admit that you are powerless

January is always the month that encourages us to look back on the past and, in turn, look hopefully towards the future. The media recently gave us a glimpse of Hollywood stars and important people of interest that passed away during 2016, along with the top news stories of the year.

All of this looking back has prompted me to think back to all of the interesting guests that

we’ve hosted at the B&B since we purchased it almost nine years ago.

Even though we didn’t know many people when we moved to De Smet in 2008, we have never felt lonely. There has never been a lack of good conversation at our house because there have always been new people to meet, new things to learn and places to learn about. This is all because of the many guests that have come through our door in the

New year is time for reflection

past nine years.We have a small sign over our

front door that reads, “Welcome. Enter as guests, leave as friends.” Many of the people that we have welcomed in have become just that — friends. Some have stayed in touch through emails, phone calls, Christmas cards and return stays. We have received gifts in the mail, tickets to musicals, dinner invitations and $25 in quarters, each one wrapped individually in silver paper and tied with a ribbon for our 25th anniversary.

Visitors have come from many countries, many different walks of life and with many different ways of thinking. There have been authors, college professors, garbage collectors, musicians, surgeons, teachers, geologists, artists, dairy farmers and stars from Hollywood and Broadway. We have even hosted our own Governor Dennis Daugaard and his wife, Linda.

So many new faces are welcomed each season that they begin to blend together and it is impossible to remember each one. And yet there are those that touched me so deeply

that I will never forget them. There was the little boy from Washington state that offered our family his bedroom so that we would come and visit, the elderly widow that shared with me how comfortable and safe she felt in our home and, at the top of my list, the farmer from Nebraska who had such peace about his future, even though he was dying from cancer.

Each guest has shared a small part of themselves, whether they realized it or not, and I find that being on the receiving end of all of those pieces has made me a better person. To be honest, not every guest was the model visitor, but there was definitely something to learn from every one of them.

Things are a bit quieter at our house these days, and although the quiet still seems strange, it is a welcome guest that we have invited to stay as we recuperate from a busy year.

At the back of my mind I can still picture one of our guests as he came through the front door saying, “Hi, my name’s Bob with one o,” and it makes me smile.

financial statements. Also contained in the report is information about the state’s economic conditions and outlook, the profile of the government, its major initiatives and a financial analysis of the state’s funds. The report is then submitted to the Department of Legislative Audit for review.

The report for fiscal year 2016 shows that the state is in a strong financial position. For the 30th consecutive year, legislative audit issued an unqualified “clean” audit opinion, meaning the CAFR is materially accurate.

This marks the earliest CAFR release in 20 years. When I first came into office, we were finishing this report in June, almost a full year after the close of a fiscal year. The hardworking staff at Finance and Management made it their goal to do better, and each year since then, they’ve been issuing the CAFR more quickly. They’ve now cut the timing in half. By moving the date up six months, this marks the earliest CAFR release in 20 years.

It’s important to complete this report promptly. The report helps inform budgetary decisions and is one way our state is meeting rating agencies’ expectations. It is also a tool for the citizens who must hold state government accountable for management of taxpayer dollars.

Improving our state’s financial practices is one of my highest priorities, and I am proud of the progress we have made in the last six years. South Dakota has obtained AAA ratings from all three major rating agencies. We have built and maintained a rainy-day fund that is ten percent of our general fund budget. We have been conservative in estimating revenues and expenses. When we have one-time money to spend, we have used it to repay debt early, secure an existing asset, endow an ongoing expense or create a new asset.

South Dakotans must responsibly manage their money in order to stay in business and take care of their families. They expect their government to do the same. Our just-issued CAFR validates that South Dakota’s state finances are in solid condition.

Audit shows yearly state finances once again in good condition

Expand your palate with these favorite dishes from across South Dakota

Ethiopian restaurant in Sioux Falls. The triangular pastry is stuffed with beef, chicken or lentils along with sautéed onions, peppers and spices. (Also try the vegetarian sampler!)

9 . A burger f rom Nick ’s Hamburger Shop in Brookings. They’ve been deep fried and sold by the bag since 1929.

10. Irish boxty (a potato pancake with steak or chicken) at Dempsey’s brewpub in Watertown. Wiener schnitzel and spaetzle are also popular.

11. Broasted chicken at the Palm Garden Cafe in Aberdeen. The recipe dates back to 1932 when the cafe was founded. Though closed for decades, the popular eatery on Highway 12 reopened a few years ago.

1 2 . R e u b e n s a n d w i c h (sauerkraut & corned beef on rye) at the Dakota Cafe in Hosmer. On Thursdays, enjoy it with knoephla soup — a specialty of the cook, JoAnne Gisi, who grew up with German cuisine.

13. German fry sausage and cheese buttons, served Thursdays at Dakota Jo’s in Tolstoy. The sausage comes from Kauk’s Meat Market in Eureka. Try the rhubarb desserts in season.

14. Roast beef with real mashed potatoes at D&D Delights in Java — or enjoy the German sausage with sauerkraut and real mashed potatoes.

15. Prairie dog mound, a concoction of fried potatoes, onions, bacon and cheese topped with eggs at the Prairie Dog Cafe in McLaughlin.

16. Steak tips at Sparky’s in Isabel, where the chef serves more than seven tons of beef a year in a town of 300. Ryan Maher and his crew cut their own meat, marinate the marshmallow-size tips overnight and serve them with a salad bar, potato and Texas toast.

17. Moussaka at the Bay Leaf Cafe in Spearfish. Bay Leaf, a resurrected 19th century wood hotel, is one of the state’s most interesting eateries. Moussaka is a lasagna-like dish of lamb with eggplant rather than noodles. The lamb is grass fed in nearby Wyoming.

18. Buf falo ravioli at the Deadwood Social Club. Pasta stuffed with buffalo sausage and topped with three cheeses and a homemade red sauce. The Deadwood Social Club occupies the second floor of the historic Saloon No. 10, where locals re-enact the killing of Wild Bill Hickok every afternoon.

Share your personal menu favorites online with fellow readers at www.SouthDakotaMagazine.com/bucketlist.

An 11-step program for ranchers seeking spiritual enlightenment

over the cattle market, the weather and your obsessiveness with the needs your cows.

• Come to believe that the power of a good cow dog and a calm ranch wife can restore you to sanity.

• Make a decision to turn your will and your life over to the inconvenient unpredictability of the weather and other circumstances that are beyond your control.

• Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of why you are the cattle owner that you are.

• Admit to God, yourself and your ranch wife the exact nature of your wrongs during calving season or when sorting, moving, or loading cattle together.

• Be entirely ready to explain your hand signal dialect to your spouse when things go awry and tensions are high.

• Humbly ask your spouse and children to accept, overlook, and forgive your shortcomings when around cows and your need to have control over things that are beyond any human’s control.

• Make a list of all cows affected by your offenses and equipment you had harmed when frustrated or mad, and be willing to make behavioral changes or appropriate

and proper repairs as necessary. • Make direct amends to property

wherever possible, except when to do so would injure it or others standing nearby.

• Take personal responsibility for those mistakes you tend to keep to yourself and admit to your spouse only when they make the same mistake and you are reprimanding them. When you are wrong, promptly admit it to those closest to working with you.

• Seek through time spent alone fencing, to improve your attitude when things don’t go as planned and pray only for knowledge of the good lord’s will for you and your cows, instead of expecting perfection or insisting things be done a specific way.

Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, try to share this message with others and practice these principles in the cowboy way in all your daily chores, ranch work and cattle-handling affairs.

May these 11 steps be helpful to ranching families in the coming year!

The first day I met Amiel Redfish, a physician assistant, we discussed the overuse and over-reliance on medicine in modern society, how great changes in longevity, through the years, came instead with proper sanitation, clean water and the discovery of antibiotics. Although

there have been great strides in health care throughout the years, none of its innovations have resulted in such significant drops in the overall death rate as those three changes.

Redfish also stressed the value of the vigorous lifestyle of traditional

It is my great joy to know Amiel Redfish

American Indians with a diet closer to what was found in a hunter/gatherer’s world with roots, vegetables, berries and fruit, eggs, and wild game.

My colleague is a true Sioux Indian medicine man, a class act, and a dear friend. But despite the sagacity, insight, and traditional perspective he represents, I dare say there are those who, not knowing him, would look at his original American Indian features and prejudge him.

Prejudice is a word that means judging or making an opinion about an individual using preconceived notions, coming to an opinion before one has the facts. Typical prejudices arise out of attitudes, mostly parentally taught, about perceived differences in race, gender identity, nationality, social status, sexual orientation, religious affiliation, age, disability, height, and weight.

Anthropologists speculate that, at one time, stereotyping and acting on prejudice provided a survival advantage. In unpoliced societies, people are safer trusting their family and their community while being

wary of outsiders.This is hardwired into our middle

brain. Those looking different than “our tribe” had a higher chance of causing us harm 10,000 years ago. But distrust and hating others who are different also come from self-doubt and jealousy. These feelings are destructive to the hated and even more to the hater. As they say, “If you want to destroy your enemy, make him hate.”

Other research suggests that treating people with respect, not prejudging them on appearance, allows an openness which churns the wheels of communication, commerce, and community. Martin Luther King Jr. said: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”

It is accurate to say that those who can break free of prejudicial stereotyping are better able to make new friends and find success. It is a great joy and to my great advantage to have friends like Amiel Redfish.

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Pep bandKathleen Frey, left, Max Poppinga and Andrew Holland lay down some tunes Jan. 3 at the boys basketball game with Miller. (News photo by Bruce Hope)

By Bruce HopeThe De Smet Bulldogs boys

basketball team met the challenge of the Colman-Egan Hawks (5-2) Dec. 6 in the Dog Pound. Like their football team did last fall, C-E had a snappy offense and super-glue defense.

The Dogs started a little slow, down 17-11 after the first quarter, but then outscored the Hawks in the second. The lead changed hands four times in the early going, but the rest was all catch-up.

“We did a good job of improving our team rebounding,” said coach Tom Hoek, “which was something we had been working on.

“But there were times when we weren’t getting any shots to fall and the offense came up a little short.”

Hoek said he was proud of the guys for never giving up on the game.

De Smet (2-4) was down 19 points with five minutes left when they outscored the Hawks 20-11 in the fourth quarter and came within nine by game’s end, 53-44.

“These players come out of a tradition of competition and striving for excellence,” said Hoek. “They also have an emotional toughness and if things aren’t going well they can button down and get after it.”

Jordan Neises came in late to score nine points in his seven minutes of play, adding to Gruenhagen’s 17 and almost making up the difference.

Zach Wolkow led defensive stats with 10 rebounds and two steals. Jon Todd had six and Gruenhagen had five.

“We’re going to work on being tougher on each other in practice,” Hoek said.

The Hawks defense created eight steals to the Dogs’ four.

The Dogs face Howard Jan. 10, who are a young team, according to Hoek, and still looking for their first win.

Hawks outscore Dogs, apply sticky defense

Gage Gruenhagen goes up for the short jumper with 6’ 5” Malik Poppenga in his face. The Colman-Egan defense stuck to their men like super glue Jan. 6 with many steals and fast breaks to show for it. (News photo by Bruce Hope)

The beginning of a new year is typically when people assess their health and vow to improve their well-being.

Resolving to take better care of your skin is a great place to start: after all, it is the body’s largest organ. Even though skin cancer is the world’s most common cancer - one in five Americans will develop the disease - it is also highly preventable.

“Skin cancer is mainly a behavioral disease and it is strongly linked to sun exposure - about 90 percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers are associated with ultraviolet rays from the sun,” said Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD, president of The Skin Cancer Foundation. “Proper sun protection should be a priority year-round because UV rays are present every day, even when it’s cold or overcast.”

The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends three critical steps to take in 2017 to help lower skin cancer risk.

3 ways to lower skin cancer risk•Coverup.Clothingisthebest

defense against skin cancer, and the more skin you can cover, the better. Wear a broad-brimmed hat to protect your face, head and neck. To protect your eyes and the sensitive skin around them, wear UV-blocking sunglasses.

•Usesunscreeneveryday.Studies show that daily use of

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NOTICE OF AUDIT OF THE FISCAL AFFAIRS

OF THE DE SMET SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 38-2

Notice is hereby given that De Smet School District No. 38-2, Kingsbury County, South Dakota, has been audited by Schoenfish & Co., Inc., Parkston, South Dakota, for the year ended June 30, 2016. A detailed report thereon is available for public inspection, during normal business hours, at the business office of the School District, and also available at the Department of Legislative Audit in Pierre, South Dakota, or on the Department of Legislative Audit website at http://www.state.sd.us/legislativeaudit/Reports/reports_all.htm.

The following finding and recommendation provide a brief description of material weaknesses in internal control, legal noncompliance and other matters that are described in more detail in the audit report. Finding:

A material weakness in internal controls was noted due to a lack of proper segregation of duties for revenues. This is a continuing audit comment since fiscal year 1992. Recommendation:

We recommend that the De Smet School District officials be cognizant of this lack of segregation of duties for revenues and attempt to provide compensating internal controls whenever, and wherever, possible and practical.

The report also contains the auditor’s findings and recommendations concerning less significant deficiencies in internal control at the School District. 1-11-2wc-1-18

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) COUNTY OF KINGSBURY) SS

IN CIRCUIT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Estate of La Joy J. Thompsen,

Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is given that on the 7th day of December 2016, Lynette Steiner, co-personal representative whose address is 20875 W. Assumption Rd., Holstein, NE, 68950, Barbara Topete, co-personal representative of 613 4th Ave., South Sioux City, NE, 68776, and Gregory Thompson, co-personal representative of 7906 S. Lake Dr., West Palm Beach, FL, 33406, were appointed as co-personal representatives of the estate of LA JOY J. THOMPSEN, deceased.

Creditors of decedent must file their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or their claims may be barred.

Claims may be filed with the co-personal representatives or may be filed with the clerk, and a copy of the claim mailed to the co-personal representatives.

Dated this 12th day of December 2016.

Lynette Steiner Barbara Topete

Gregory Thompsen Wendy Sand Kingsbury County Clerk of Court P.O. Box 176 De Smet, SD 57231 (605) 854-3811 Gregg A. Gass, Esq. Gass Law, P.C. P.O. Box 35 De Smet, SD 57231 (605) 854-3224 12-28-3wc-1-11

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) COUNTY OF KINGSBURY) SS

IN CIRCUIT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Estate of Erland W. Juntunen

Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS

& NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Notice is given that on December 13, 2016, Judy Bartholow, whose address is 1860 Valley View Ct., Huron, SD 57350, was appointed as personal representative of the estate of Erland W. Juntunen.

Creditors of decedent must file their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or their claims may be barred.

Claims may be filed with the personal representative or may be filed with the clerk, and a copy of the claim mailed to the personal representative.

Dated this 21st day of December 2016.

Gass Law, P.C. Jared I. Gass

Attorney at Law P.O. Box 486

Brookings, SD 57006 (605) 692-4277

jared@gasslaw.com Wendy Sand Kingsbury County Clerk of Court P.O. Box 176 De Smet, SD 57231 (605) 854-3811 12-28-3wc-1-11

MATTHEWS TOWNSHIPPUBLIC NOTICE NOMINATING

PETITIONSPursuant to SDCL 8-3-1.2 and 8-3-

1.3: The office of the township clerk (one-year term), treasurer (one-year term) and the SW district supervisor (three-year term) will be open for election at the annual township meeting. All registered residents of Matthews Township wishing to seek office may begin circulating nominating petitions on Jan. 22, 2017. Petitions must be signed by a minimum of 10 registered residents of Matthews Township and must include the address of the signor and the date signed. Petitions must be submitted to the office of the clerk by no later than 5 p.m. Feb. 10, 2017. Petition forms must be obtained from the Kingsbury County Auditor.Mary L. Johnson-LutherTownship Clerk21368 435th Avenue(605) 203-11681-4-2wc-1-11

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) COUNTY OF KINGSBURY) SS

IN CIRCUIT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Estate of La Joy J. Thompsen,

Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is given that on the 7th day of December 2016, Lynette Steiner, co-personal representative whose address is 20875 W. Assumption Rd., Holstein, NE, 68950, Barbara Topete, co-personal representative of 613 4th Ave., South Sioux City, NE, 68776, and Gregory Thompson, co-personal representative of 7906 S. Lake Dr., West Palm Beach, FL, 33406, were appointed as co-personal representatives of the estate of LA JOY J. THOMPSEN, deceased.

Creditors of decedent must file their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this notice or their claims may be barred.

Claims may be filed with the co-personal representatives or may be filed with the clerk, and a copy of the claim mailed to the co-personal representatives.

Dated this 12th day of December 2016.

Lynette Steiner Barbara Topete

Gregory Thompsen Wendy Sand Kingsbury County Clerk of Court P.O. Box 176 De Smet, SD 57231 (605) 854-3811 Gregg A. Gass, Esq. Gass Law, P.C. P.O. Box 35 De Smet, SD 57231 (605) 854-3224 12-28-3wc-1-11

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) COUNTY OF KINGSBURY) SS

IN CIRCUIT COURT THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

Estate of Erland W. Juntunen

Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS

& NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Notice is given that on December 13, 2016, Judy Bartholow, whose address is 1860 Valley View Ct., Huron, SD 57350, was appointed as personal representative of the estate of Erland W. Juntunen.

Creditors of decedent must file their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or their claims may be barred.

Claims may be filed with the personal representative or may be filed with the clerk, and a copy of the claim mailed to the personal representative.

Dated this 21st day of December 2016.

Gass Law, P.C. Jared I. Gass

Attorney at Law P.O. Box 486

Brookings, SD 57006 (605) 692-4277

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Wiese on the baritoneCarly Wiese plays the baritone sax Jan. 3 for the De Smet pep band during the boys basketball game against Miller. (Photo by Bruce Hope)

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Lady Dogs dominate Hawks

By Bruce HopeDe Smet Lady Bulldogs improved

to 8-1 with their Jan. 5 trouncing of the 5-4 Colman-Egan Lady Hawks, 58-25, in the Dog Pound.

It didn’t start out as a trouncing, according to coach Doug Osthus, as the scoring was pretty even in the second quarter. Going into half, the Lady Bulldogs were up 26-17, but after some mental adjustments, they outscored the Hawks 22-1 in the third quarter.

“We started off slow,” said Osthus, “and we needed a little motivation at halftime to come back out and do what we needed to do to take care of business.

“We weren’t hustling very well and not doing what we had to do defensively, but we turned things around and ended up with a pretty convincing win.”

Kristen Poppen was the leader in rebounds with 13, followed by Gianna Janssen with six, Shannon Poppen with five, Raegan Burke with four and Kenzie Blue and Autumn Wilkinson with three each.

O s t h u s h o p e s K r i s t e n Poppen w i l l con t inue her strong showing on the boards.

“ T h i s c r e a t e s a l o t o f opportunity for us,” he said.

Kristen Poppen and Burke each scored 15 points, followed by Shannon Poppen with 13. Janssen added six, Autumn Wilkinson four and Blue three.

According to Osthus, the team aims for a balanced scoring attack so that defenders aren’t able to stop them by keying on one or two players.

“We like to have several girls in double digits,” he added.

Rynn Osthus and Shannon Poppen both had two steals. Reyna Beck and Burke each had one.

The Lady Dogs face Elkton-Lake Benton (4-4) Thursday in an away game and Warner at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hanson Classic in Mitchell.

Kristen Poppen launches a free throw Jan. 6 during the Lady Bulldogs’ victory over Colman-Egan. Poppen tied with Raegan Burke as the leading scorers with 15 points on the evening. Poppen also led in rebounds with 13. (News photo by Bruce Hope)

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Gov. Dennis Daugaard has requested FEMA join state and local officials in a review of damage done to public property in 24 counties and on four tribal reservations during the recent Christmas Day storm.

The process is called a Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA). The state Office of Emergency Management made the request to FEMA.

Blizzard conditions, high winds and freezing rain were all part of the Dec. 25 storm that impacted most of South Dakota for several days. The storm resulted in electrical power outages, stranded motorists and closed roads.

“We believe most of the public property damage was done to electrical power poles and lines,” says Gov. Daugaard. “But this assessment will give us a better idea of what other damage may also have been done.”

Counties in the assessment are: Butte, Clark, Codington, Corson, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Haakon, Hamlin, Harding, Jackson, Jones,

Governor seeks FEMA assessmentMarshall, McPherson, Meade, Perkins, Roberts, Stanley, Sully and Ziebach. Tribes involved are: Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.

Information gathered during the PDA process will help determine whether federal assistance should be requested and will form the basis for any disaster declaration.

Sioux Falls ranks4th in jobs survey

Sioux Falls is ranked fourth among the top 10 best cities for jobs in a survey conducted by the personal finance website WalletHub.

WalletHub ranked 150 of the most populated cities across 23 key metrics to arrive at the ranking.

Scottsdale, Ariz., was at the top of the best cities for jobs list, followed by Plano, Texas, Orlando, Fla., and then Sioux Falls.

Detroit led the list as the worst city for finding a job, followed by Fresno, Calif, Bakersfield, Calif., and Newark, N.J.

Tacoma, Wash., had the highest monthly median starting salary of $3,428, which is 2.5 times higher than Honolulu, the city with the lowest starting salary at $1,360.

Gilbert, Ariz., had the highest median annual income at $85,948 compared with Hialeah, Fla, the city with the lowest at $25,817.

Salaries were adjusted for cost of living.

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THANK YOU: Avera De Smet Memorial Foundation wishes to thank the following for their donations: in memory of Andrew Dannenbring from Carmen Dannenbring; in memory of Dr. Robert Bell from Jeffrey and Sharla Mundhenke; in memory of Boyd and Delores Pratt from Kris and Denise Larson; in memory of LaVonne Ness from Melvin Ness; and in memory of Stanley and Louise Anderson from Gary Anderson.

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By Frank CrislerThe Arlington Sun

Gavin Holland placed seventh at 145 pounds and Monte Albrecht was eighth at 152 in the Mid-Dakota Monster wrestling tournament in Lyman.

Arlington senior Haydn Gilbertson went 4-1 to place third at 113. Third-ranked in the state in his weight class, he never seems to have an easy path this season, taking a loss to fourth-ranked Wyatt Turnquist of Winner in the semifinals before bouncing back to take third.

Gilbertson opened with a bye, then pinned Belle Fourche freshman Jeff Blakeman in 2:56 to advance. He had little trouble with his next opponent, pinning Mobridge-Pollock eighth-grader Kamron Pearman in 1:00.

That put him in the semifinals against Turnquist, a sophomore from Winner. But the match didn’t go well for the third-ranked Knight, who lost an 11-2 decision.

Knights place 3 wrestlers at Mid-Dakota MonsterGilbertson won 13-3 against

Spearfish eighth-grader Max Sailor, who went on to place fifth wrestling against seventh-ranked Chance Grill.

In the third-place match, Gilbertson faced Wyatt Talbot, a freshman from Kimball-White Lake-Platte-Geddes. He oinned Talbott in 2:31.

Gilbertson is now 15-2 on the season.

Arlington freshman Gavin Holland went 3-2 for the tourney at 145, placing seventh.

He opened with a bye, then faced Spearfish junior Zach Thoresen, pinning him in 1:04. But he couldn’t make it past Kimball-White Lake-Platte-Geddes sophomore Ty Nammany, who pinned him in 1:45 and went on to place second.

In the consolation bracket, Holland pinned Mobridge-Pollock junior Dakota Weleba in 1:19, but was pinned by Custer sophomore Levi Mines in 3:18.

In the seventh-place match, Holland 8-2 over Potter County sophomore Chayce Rausch.

Holland is now 8-7 on the season.De Smet sophomore Monte

Albrecht opened with a pair of byes at 152, but was pinned in 1:01 in the quarterfinals by Winner senior Avery Gilchrist, who went on to place fourth.

Albrecht had another bye in the consolation bracket, then advanced with a 10-3 decision against Red Cloud Indian School sophomore Lante Swallow and a 4-3 decision against Spearfish sophomore John Trimble.

In the eighth-place match, Albrecht lost 4-2 against Mobridge-Pollock sophomore Mason Schoenard.

Albrecht is now 5-9.De Smet eighth-grader Alec

Dobson went 1-2 in Lyman at 120 pounds.

He won his opener, pinning Winner seventh-grader Joey Cole in 54 seconds. But Spearfish eighth-

grader Cael Citrowske beat him in an 11-6 decision, sending Dobson to the consolation bracket.

After a bye, Dobson was pinned by Pine Ridge junior David White Bull in 2:49.

Dobson is now 8-8.De Smet eighth-grader Kain

Gilligan went 0-2 at 170 pounds. He opened with a bye, then was

pinned by Potter County senior Alex Martinez in 39 seconds, and by Bennett County freshman Gabe Fanning in 1:00.

Gilligan is now 1-6.De Smet seventh-grader Caleb

Clarke went 1-2 in an exhibition weight at 95 pounds.

He opened with a bye, then was pinned in 55 seconds by Potter County freshman Caleb Kenny.

He opened the consolation bracket with a bye, then pinned Newell freshman Patrick Hamling in 1:58 to advance.

But Lyman freshman Bryson Muirhead ended Clarke’s tourney, pinning him in 1:25.

Clarke is now 1-4.

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Jordan Neises, a son of Michele and Dann Neises, will graduate in May with the De Smet High School class of 2017.

Neises, who has attended school in De Smet since preschool, has an older sister, Ashley, and an older brother, Thomas.

Activities he has participated in at DHS include cross country, basketball, golf, band, choir, show choir and National Honor Society.

Neises’ favorite activity is basketball.

He said that his parents have made an important impact on his life “because they push me to the best of my abilities.”

Following graduation, Neises plans to attend Lake Area Technical Institute and study to be a physical therapist assistant.

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Gruenhagen battles for the layupColman-Egan’s Cole Kriech unsuccessfully contests Gage Gruenhagen’s layup attempt Jan. 6 in the Dog Pound. Trevin Holland moves for position on the outside. The Hawks won by nine. (News photo by Bruce Hope)

Soren related a call he’d received about a collapsed culvert near the project area. Petersen agreed that they will need some guidelines to be set as to the borders of the project as well as how landowners will be assessed.

Hojer said that a formula based on proximity to the ditch mostly adds to his problems but he agreed that the bottom line is the assessment cost when it gets hammered out.

Paul Johnson offered the case of a person who had put in his own ditch. Soren added that in the distant past people might have cut their own ditch without going to the ditch board.

People were maintaining the Big Ditch on their own until around 1954, according to Leistico, when things kind of fell apart. Maybe it dried up, there were other factors.

The point is that after all this expense and effort, according to

Tillable acres for Big Ditch assessmentLeistico, the solution will not be perfect for everyone, but should be better overall.

He drew up a likely scenario in which the assessment would be $6.33 per acre per year for 10 years.

They could probably live with that, said Soren.

The Seth Wallen variance was discussed at length but will be continued to the next meeting because of concerns raised by State’s Attorney Greg Gass relating to state laws. One of these requires that a structure have four feet of soil between itself and “the seasonal high ground water table.” The commission will attempt to determine that level by using a backhoe to analyze the soil colors.

Counties are locked into state regulations where septic systems are concerned, according to Gass.

Wallen has talked to Scott Hipple at DENR and they will consult with him again before the next meeting.

Two new mobile dental trucks will help kids across South Dakota get healthier smiles.

Delta Dental of South Dakota ordered the new trucks for its mobile program that provides dental care to kids who can’t afford or access a dentist.

“We found there’s more need and greater demand than we anticipated when we started with our first truck 12 years ago,” said Scott Jones, president and CEO. “Our current trucks have served well, but they’re

aging. It was time to replace them so we’re prepared to care for kids for the next decade.”

Each truck is 40 feet long with two dental operatories to treat patients.

Both trucks will then spend approximately 40 weeks of the year traveling across the state.

The mobile program trucks have been in 81 South Dakota communities, treated more than 32,000 children, and provided more than $16 million in dental care since the program began in 2004.

Secretary of State Shantel Krebs says that concealed carry weapon permits issued reached an all-time high.

“South Dakota has set an all-time high for new and renewed concealed carry weapon permits issued for the year at 30,029,” Krebs said. The previous high for permits issued in one year was 2013 with 26,863.

“As South Dakotan’s we value our Second Amendment rights and can see a direct influence in the number of concealed carry permits issued based on national events or when candidates and elected officials at the national level talk about limiting the

Second Amendment. Prior to November 2015 we were averaging approximately 1,500 permits a month until the shooting in San Bernardino, California. In the next three months combined we issued over 10,000 permits. Once restricting gun rights became a topic in the Presidential campaign the level of permit applications did not recede for the year,” Krebs said.

According to the 2010 census there are slightly more than 600,000 people over 18 living in South Dakota. Approximately 1 in 6 adults across the state have been issued a concealed carry weapon permit.

Concealed carry permits set new record

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