Bison Courier, May 17, 2012

Bison CourierOfficial Newspaper for the City of Bison, Perkins County, and the Bison School District

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The$1.00Volume 29Number 48May 17, 2012

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HHiigghhlliigghhttss && HHaappppeenniinnggssOIL & GAS issues and possible im-pacts on our chapter area if theBakken patch expands south will bethe topic at the Western Plains ActionGroup meeting on Tuesday, May 22,2012 at Smokey’s in Meadow, SD.Come early and order supper by 6:30pm. Meeting time is 7:00 pm. Thismeeting is open to the public. Formore information call chapter chairCorinne Erickson 605-244-5462 orchapter organizer Jessica Miller 605-716-2200.

Rummage sale at Vera Kraemer’son Friday, June 1, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 201East Carr St. Some of the proceedswill be used to fill 4th of July CarePackages for deployed soldiers. Any-

corner of the screen 3.) Scroll downand "click" on any news story aboutJessica 4.) Click on the "Rising Starof the West" Box on the right side ofthe screen 5.) Click on "View Entries"at the top of the screen 6.) You will,then, be able to listen to all of the pre-sentations 7.) You can vote for Jessicaand the other contestants with onebeing the lowest score and ten beingthe highest score. Please keep voting--(every day)--as Jessica will be onagain at the end of this week and,then, for another two weeks afterthat. Thank you so much for takingthe time to vote for Jessica, as yourVOTES are very IMPORTANT!

body who wants to donate rummagesale items to the campaign should callVera, 244-5779 or Beth Hulm, 244-5231. Fabrics, children, baby andwomen’s clothing, housewares, Avonproducts and more.

Bison Cemetery clean-up is Satur-day, May 19 at 9 a.m., everyone's helpwould be appreciated!

MEMORIAL DAY WREATHS ANDVASES AVAILABLE NOW!!The Jolly Ranchers 4H Club has part-nered with the Bison Food Store tooffer for sale to the public, beautifulMemorial Day Wreaths and Vases.They are made of recycled products,hand crafted by the Jolly Ranchers

and reasonably priced. Thank you forsupporting 4H and local business.

Graduation Open House forNathan and Valarie Burkhalter onSunday afternoon, May 20 at theBurkhalter home in Prairie City.Come and go from 3:00-5:00 PM.

Preschool Open House: ChristLutheran Preschool will be having anopen house / registration for the 2012- 2013 school year on Wednesday, May23rd from 1 - 6 p.m. Registration willbe in the church basement. Childrenmust be 4 years old before September1, 2012 to register. For more informa-tion please contact Sarah Juergens at244-5636.

White goods and branches: TheTown of Bison will pick up whitegoods from curb sites on Wednesdayafternoon, May 23. All freon must beremoved and the appliance tagged be-fore items can be picked up. The townmaintenance crew will pick up treebranches, etc., beginning Thursday,May 24.

Please remember to keep votingfor Jessica Johnson who is compet-ing in the "Rising Star of the West"scholarship competition. You can voteonce each day on each computer with-out registering. The steps include: 1.)Go to www.blackhillsfox.com 2.) TypeJessica Johnson's name in the"Search" box in the upper right-hand

Budget requests heard at commisssion meetingBy Beth Hulm

County commissioners receiveda warm welcome when they movedtheir meeting to Lemmon lastweek. Garrett Schweitzer, speak-ing on behalf of Mayor Neal Pin-now, formally welcomed the boardto his town and addressed someexciting things that are happeningthere. Lemmon’s Chamber of Com-merce furnished a complimentarylunch, served by staff from R BarCafé during the noon hour. Themeeting took place at DakotaLodge. Immediately, following themeeting on Tuesday afternoon, thecounty board was given a tour ofthe new senior citizens facilities inthe old Car Quest building.

The meeting in Lemmon is anannual trip for County Commis-sioners, at the beginning of theirbudgeting process, when shortmeetings are scheduled with vari-ous entities in the Lemmon arearegarding county subsidies for thenext calendar year. Budget talkswill continue into late summerand, by September, the board andtheir finance officer Sylvia Chap-man will approve an expenditurebudget based on projected rev-enues for Perkins County.

Groups that visited the board-room last Tuesday included theLemmon Volunteer Fire Dept,Lemmon EMTs, Three RiversMental Health and Chemical De-pendency Center, Lemmon’s Se-nior Citizens and Western SD Se-nior Meal Service, Arrow PublicTransit, Lemmon Jr. LivestockShow, the Lemmon grandstandscommittee and Lemmon AreaCharitable and Economic Develop-ment.

Firefighters Chad Baumgartenand Harlan Hess asked for thesame $20,000 for training andequipment that they’ve requestedbefore. “Hopefully you can fundthat request so we can keep upwith our training,” Baumgarten

said. Likewise, EMTs Wendy Block

and Joanne Ericsson are satisfiedwith their allotment. They receive37 cents per mile to help pay fueland maintenance costs for theirambulance, plus $40 per trip,which covers their supplies. In ad-dition, they have been receiving$200/month for the utilities intheir building. They make approx-imately 200 runs per year.

Becky Newhall, the relativelynew business manager for LIVE,Inc., had high praise for the workthat LIVE, Inc. and Arrow PublicTransit do in this rural area. Sheasked for an additional $300 overand above what they received in2011. Her request was “particu-larly because the clients that weserve are aging.”

Susan Sandgren, Three Rivers,asks for the same $7,395 everyyear. So far, she has been success-ful is acquiring $6,000 annuallyfrom the county coffers, which cov-ers a portion of costs for those whohave financial difficulties but needservices. Medicaid and state con-tracts fund the majority of theirprograms.

“Our finances are in real toughshape,” according to senior citizenrepresentative Jim Lorenz. Theseniors are currently moving totheir new facility, which was do-nated to them, but they need park-ing lot and sidewalk repairs to thetune of $50,000 to $60,000. Lastyear, the county budgeted $1,250for the seniors. “I’d kind of like tosee if you couldn’t double that forus,” Lorenz said.

The seniors will be doing somefundraising themselves and haverent-paying tenants in othersparts of the building; they’ll alsosell the old building by sealed bidsbut will still have a shortfall. Onthe sunny side of things, Lorenzannounced that membership atthe senior center has tripled in the

past year.Arrow Public Transit, repre-

sented by Chris Block, isn’t askingfor more that the $4,000 that theyreceived in 2011’s budget but “ourvehicles are getting older,” shesaid. Service in Lemmon and forout-of-town trips account fornearly 50,000 trips annually. As-sisting people with their medicaltrips and delivering meals onwheels is “economical” for Arrow’sclients and “keeps people in theirhome,” according to Block.

It’s a mission of Western SeniorCitizens, Rapid City, to keep sen-iors living at home as long as pos-sible by providing a nutritiousmeal five times each week. “Manyof those people would be in nurs-ing homes if it weren’t for our pro-gram,” said Marcia Murrey, RapidCity, who was accompanied byHelen Bergenheier, site manager.While some centers across thestate have been forced to close,“Lemmon and Bison are doingwell,” Murrey said. The financialsituation is dire, however.Fundraising efforts are down andthere has been a loss of some grantmoney. The program is operating$5,000 in the red. Last year, Com-missioners actually gave WesternSenior Citizens double what theyrequested – $3,000 vs. $1,500.

Koreen Anderson, Brad Sigvald-sen and Renae Gebhart spoke onbehalf of the Lemmon Jr. Live-stock Show, which will be the 70thAnnual, in 2012. Traditionally,they’ve received a $3,500 annualsubsidy from Perkins County.

Anderson stuck around to joinher son Jack Anderson to talkabout the grandstand project atthe arena. That group has received$2,500 annually in the past fromthe county budget; in 2013, theyare asking for $5,000 in hopes ofretiring the bank loan that wasborrowed five years ago at the be

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By Beth HulmA little over a month ago, Bison

school board members voted toenter a varsity wrestling coopera-tive with the Lemmon school dis-trict. On Monday night they re-versed their decision. Instead, thejunior high program will continuefor at least one more year.

Local board members had beenled to believe that Bison wrestlerswould abide by Bison school’s eli-gibility rules while being part ofLemmon’s program. Bison’s rulesallow homeschooled students toparticipate in athletics and two ofthe four to five boys who wouldwrestle from Bison next year arein homeschooling programs.

Lemmon’s policy disallowshomeschooled participation andthey won’t sign a cooperativeagreement if Bison is to bringthose boys into their program.Coach Tracy Collins is frustratedand he won’t disappoint his team.“I don’t know where to go with it,”he told the school board on Mon-day night. He agreed to continuewith his coaching duties and torun a junior high program fromBison next year but he wants thedoor left open to pursue anothercooperative in the future.

First grade teacher Lola Hed-strom represented Bison Educa-tion Association to present a newfinalized negotiated agreement.“There are very few changes to theagreement this year,” she said.The schedule for Friday tutoringdays has been revised; the salaryschedule remains the same.

Teachers will, however, receivea four percent pay hike plus anyeligible steps on the schedule. Ex-tracurricular coaches and advisorswill realize a 10 percent pay in-

crease. Making it official, theagreement was signed by both theboard chairman, Dan Kvale, andthe president of the board’s negoti-ating committee, Dan Beckman.

Heidi Collins was the spokesper-son for support staff contracts fornext year. “I’m one individualspeaking for 13 people,” she said.She preferred to do her talking be-hind closed doors. Following an ex-ecutive session, which lastednearly an hour, classified staff re-ceived a 40 cent per hour raise andfive snow days.

Also in preparation for nextschool year, elementary teacherspresented a “guided reading se-ries” that they would like to order.When it comes to ordering text-books, teacher Michelle Stockertsaid, “Reading is the area we’d liketo address first.” Stockert’s col-leagues Heidi Kopren, ShelbyMiles and Hedstrom had input.The new books would cost approx-imately $19,000 but would be usedfor several years in kindergartenthrough sixth grades. Old bookswould not be disposed of. “Wewant more reading, not less,” Hed-strom said.

Business Manager Bonnie Crowsaid that maybe some of the ex-pense could be paid from Title Igrant money.

Music instructor Darren Jack-son had two proposals to discusswith the board. His music programhas experienced “rebirth,” he said,increasing to around 30 students,compared to a mere three whenJackson first took the music posi-tion at Bison school.

First, he talked about starting ajazz/rock band with 10 to 12 stu-dents, who would have to auditionfor their chairs. He’d meet with

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Decision reversed on school wrestling cooperative

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Birthday partyopen house andcard shower for

Esther Johnson’s97th Birthday

Friday May 25th at

2:00 p.m. at the Sugar

Shack in Lemmon.

Cards can be sentto Esther at

12785 168th Ave,Bison, SD 57620

The way we raise and educate ourchildren is important to everyone inour community, state and nation. Ifeffects the youngest child to the mostelderly person.It is obvious how it effects children,but doe it effect the rest of us? As thesaying goes, “Our children are ourfuture.” What and how our childrenlearn will have a lasting effect onthem for the rest of their lives. Theywill become our future doctors,teachers, service providers, etc. Howwell our future leaders are devel-oped will developed will determinethe quality of life we all will have.

I have no doubt most every parentand educator wants the best for ouryoung people. What is best for themmay be the real question we mustask ourselves.

About 30 years ago some well in-tended but miss guided people, camup with a plan to elevate this na-tion’s test scores to better competewith other industrial nations aroundthe globe.

Their plan was to raise everychild’s self-esteem. The theory was,if our children thought better ofthemselves, that would equate to

better work in the classroom thushaving higher standardized testscores. This may be good in theorybut it has had a negative effect onour children.

First, they did not distinguish be-tween self-concept and self-esteem.Many use these term interchange-ably but there is a difference. Sec-ondly, they falsified the children’sself-concept. No matter the qualityof work that was done, the adultstold the children they had done well.This began over 25 years ago on theWest Coast and has now spreadacross our nation.

Our children are growing up notknowing what a “good job” really is.I have witnessed these changes overthe course of my educational career.There are ways of combating this sit-uation we now find ourselves in butit will take everyone’s efforts to doso.

As adults, we owe it to our chil-dren and ourselves to raise and edu-cate our children so they can truly besuccessful in their lifetimes./s/ Gale PattersonWall, SD

Letter to the Editor

Dakota State University in Madi-son, S.D., held the spring com-mencement ceremony Saturday,May 5, at 10:30 a.m. in the DSUFieldhouse. Dakota State awarded4 doctorate, 34 masters, 169 bac-calaureate and 42 associate de-grees. The baccalaureate and asso-ciate degrees awarded includedspring and summer graduates.Bison - Emily Chapman, Bache-lor of Business Administration inManagement

Dakota State Universityholds spring commencement

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Friday, May 18Hamburger on w/w bun

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cooked apples

Monday, May 21Taco salad

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Tuesday, May 22Chicken alfredo harvest beets

2 tbsp cranberry sauceapple juice

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Wednesday, May 23Steak & tater stew

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Cattle producers are reminded to include Anthrax vaccination this spring

South Dakota cattle producersare encouraged to include anthraxvaccine in their vaccination pro-gram when they turn out cattle tosummer pastures this spring, saysDr. Russ Daly, SDSU ExtensionVeterinarian and Dr. DustinOedekoven, South Dakota StateVeterinarian.

"Anthrax is a disease of cattleand other ruminants that resultsin sudden death in affected ani-mals. It is also a potential humanpathogen," said Daly, who alsoserves as the State Public HealthVeterinarian.

Anthrax is caused by bacteriathat can develop an environmen-tally resistant spore form in thesoil. When the right conditionsexist, these spores can becomeavailable for cows to graze. Onceeaten by cattle, the spores becomeactivated and produce toxins

within the body that cause rapiddeath. Anthrax can be preventedby vaccinating cattle with the an-thrax vaccine for cattle which iswidely available, inexpensive, andvery effective.

While the anthrax risk has beenwell-documented in many parts ofSouth Dakota, and anthrax vacci-nation of cattle is routine in thoseareas, it is not always possible topredict where cases may occur. Forthis reason, Daly encouragesSouth Dakota producers to use an-thrax vaccine in their herds goingto summer pastures.

Daly says that flooding is an en-vironmental factor which may aidin making the anthrax sporesavailable to cattle. Cattle goingonto pastures that have previouslyexperienced flooding or into areaswhere anthrax has been docu-mented in the past, should espe-

cially be candidates for vaccine."Flooding disrupts the soil,

washing up anthrax spores fromlower soil levels. These sporesthen may be deposited on grass orother forage for the cows to eatafter the pasture dries up, andwarm temperatures occur," hesaid.

He says 2011 floods may in-crease the risk of cattle coming incontact with anthrax this season.

"The flooding experienced bymany South Dakota Rivers in2011, creates the possibility thatanthrax spores that have beenhidden for many years may now bemade more available to cattle nowable to graze those previouslyflooded areas," Daly said.

If Anthrax is Suspected ContactYour Local Veterinarian or the An-imal Industry BoardDuring the summer, producers

should take time to check all cattlefrequently, says Oedekoven.

"Cattle producers need topromptly investigate any unex-pected deaths on pasture, whetherin cows, bulls or calves,"Oedekoven said. "With anthraxand many other diseases, treat-ments and preventive measuresare available, and prompt actioncan help prevent excessive losses."

If a producer suspects anthrax,Oedekoven says the case should bereported immediately to local vet-erinarians or to the State Veteri-narian at 605-773-3321.

Suspect carcasses should not bemoved or disturbed until a diagno-sis has been made.

"Local veterinarians are excel-lent sources of information for cat-tle producers regarding anthrax,"Oedekoven said.

SDSU extension launches sheepSDSDSU Extension encourages

South Dakota sheep producers tosign up for an exciting new learn-ing opportunity called sheepSD.

This 3-year course is modeledafter SDSU Extension's BeginningFarmer/Rancher Program calledbeefSD. sheepSD has adopted theAmerican Sheep Industry Associ-ation Goals to grow the industry toa point of economic sustainabilityfor all levels of the sheep industry.sheepSD is designed to :

•Help potential and beginningsheep ranchers enter and expandinto the sheep industry.

•Provide mentorship for begin-ning sheep ranchers from success-ful, established sheep ranchers.

•Develop production and man-agement skills for producer effi-

ciency, profitability & sustainabil-ity.

•Establish perpetual learningcommunities of sheep producersthat will continue to seek knowl-edge and skills toward becomingprogressive and prosperous ranch-ers.

•Gain perspective of the globalsheep industry and participate inmarketing of industry products.Applications will be acceptedthrough June 15, 2012. Producerswill be selected based on their ap-plications and an interviewprocess which will begin in Juneand wrap up August 2012. South

Dakota Sheep Grower's Associa-tion members and SDSU person-nel will participate in the inter-view and selection process.

An initial orientation meetingwill occur the end of August fol-lowed by the official announce-ment of participants at the SouthDakota Sheep Grower's Conven-tion on September 29 at theGolden Hills Resort in Lead, S.D.

To request an application, con-tact or Dave Ollila, SDSU Exten-sion Sheep Field Specialist (605)394-1722, or Jeff Held, SDSUState Sheep Specialist (605) 690-7033.

The Bison Courier • Thursday, May 17, 2012 • Page 3

Lines from the bookshelf

Our Friends, Our Family, Our Future

Celebrate our lovewith us

June 2, 2012, 2 - 4 p.m.

at the Legion inBison, SD.

Everyone Welcome!Austin & Timara

Kopren

Master Gardeners plant sale huge success

Impatiens were in full bloom.

Tammy Buer browses the huge selection of bedding plants.

By Vi LeonardI feel like I am in a time warp.

Can it really be time for school tobe out? I’m sure that the schoolyear has been plenty long for thekids and teachers who are lookingforward to a change of pace. Thelast day of school is sort of a rite ofpassage. Now you have moved upin the ranks to the next level.

I do know that the Library isplanning a summer reading pro-gram for all ages, even a bookgroup for teens who might be in-terested. When the excitement ofall the summer activities begin towear off, a good book can fill somequiet hours. Watch for the detailssoon.

I am quite sure that very few, ifany young people read this col-umn, but still I am going to directsome books to that group today. Iam hoping that maybe you readerswill suggest them to those teensthat may be inclined to read some-thing that might help them moveinto the future.

“Wit and Wisdom from the

Peanut Butter Gang” by H. Jack-son Brown, Jr. is a collection ofwise words from young hearts. Itis a book of insightful one-linersfrom kids of all ages along withtheir illustrations. There is a pageon teachers which includes “Whenteachers are mad, they don’tblink”, “Teachers aren’t Einsteins”and best of all “Teachers are thebest people in the whole world”. Itis a fun book of wisdom that willgive you a chuckle.

The 2012 Graduates havereached a goal and I am sure feelthat the world is theirs. Yet the fu-ture is uncertain and as I remem-ber back to that time so manyyears ago there was a sense ofwonder. How is this all going towork out? There has to be a lotmore to learn. Well, in case thereare still a few questions in the in-quisitive mind, there is a bookcalled “How do they do That” byCaroline Sutton that answerssome of the questions you mayhave been wondering about andmight not have learned in school.How does a polygraph detect lies?How do they charm snakes? Howdo magicians saw a woman inhalf? How do they suspend sus-pension bridges? This book has theanswers to these questions andmany more things that we justtake for granted.

One of the concerns with gradu-ation is maintaining friendshipswhen life takes everybody in dif-ferent directions. “The Girls FromAmes” by Jeffrey Zaslow is a storyof women and a forty year friend-ship. It is the story of eleven child-hood friends who formed a special

bond growing up in Ames, Iowa.They all went different ways aftergraduation but the bonds they haddeveloped stayed with themthrough triumph and tragedy. Itis good reading for anyone but es-pecially a recent graduate whomight be wondering how to keepthose relationships alive and well.“The Road Ahead” by Bill Gates isabout his vision for the future intothe information highway that isahead of us. This is not a newbook, and many of the things hepredicts have happened, and con-tinue to happen. The reason I amincluding it here is because he sawa vision and had the courage to fol-low it, even though dropping out ofcollege and following his instinctswasn’t quite the expected norm atthat time. He followed his heartand we all know what happened.Our Library has been on the re-ceiving end of his great success.

The last books I want to men-tion are a couple “Chicken Soup”books. There is one for theteenage soul and another for theCollege soul. These are books ofvery short stories that deal withthings teens and college studentsgo through all the time. These sto-ries will make you laugh and cry,just like life does. There are sto-ries about dreams realized andloves lost; about overcoming shy-ness and surviving a suicide. Eachstory speaks to you, not at you.The college “soul” moves on tofocus on the critical years whenstudents are setting a path fortheir future in a new environment.Congratulations to the Gradu-ates!!

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PIERRE -- The entire stateshould celebrate the accomplish-ments of South Dakota's top-per-forming students. Gov. DennisDaugaard told a room full of high-achieving seniors during the 22ndAnnual Academic Excellence Ban-quet, held April 30 in Pierre.

The event, hosted by AssociatedSchool Boards of South Dakotaand sponsored by the SouthDakota Community Foundationand Citibank, recognizes the top 1percent of the 2012 graduatingclass. Each of the state's public,private and tribal schools areasked to identify one student forevery 100 graduating seniors.

Gov. Daugaard opened his ad-

dress by complimenting studentsfor their hard work and dedica-tion. "On behalf of all SouthDakotans, congratulations on youraccomplishments," he said. We arevery, very proud of you."

The governor invited the soon-to-be-graduates to dream big andsummon their perseverance to fol-low through on their aspirations."You have the talent and ability tomake big ideas a reality," Dau-gaard said, adding later that tal-ent, intelligence and educationmean little without persistenceand determination.

Gov. Daugaard called the cele-bration a time for thanksgiving,encouraging students to recognize

all who have helped them achieve.The governor credited America's

commitment to public education; avalue he said was reinforced dur-ing his recent trip to Afghanistan.He also said students should bethankful to taxpayers who fundthe state's public education systemand to teachers, who helped stu-dents understand the importanceof learning.

Gov. Daugaard stressed thatstudents should also take time toexpress gratitude to their parents,many of whom were in attendancewith the honorees.

"Let's thank Mom and Dad mostof all," he said. "They made it allpossible."

Since 1990, ASBSD has schoolsto identify the top 1 percent of thestate's graduating students to berecognized at the Academic Excel-lence Recognition Banquet. Thisyear, approximately 550 students,parents and educators attendedthe event.

Associated School Boards ofSouth Dakota is a private, non-profit association representingmore than 850 local school boardmembers, the 150 school districtsthey govern and the students theyserve. The mission of ASBSD ispartnering, advocating and lead-ing.

Lindsey Hendrickson honored for Academic Excellence

Lindsey Hendrickson and Gov.Dennis Daugaard


Farm safety comes to Bison Elementary

Bison Elementary students enjoyed a morning out of the classroom learning about farm safety on Monday, April 30th. Students in grades kindergarten though6th traveled through 6 different sessions on Farm Safety. The students learned about grain bins, tractors, ATVs, poisonous weeds, animal safety, and electricitysafety. They also had to the opportunity to hear from a farm accident survivor and see his prosthetic leg. The students learned about do and don’ts on the farm.

Every student in Bison Elementary received a t-shirt about Farm Safety with the help from South Dakota Farm Bureau, Southwest Grain, Bank of the West, Da-cotah Bank, Gebhart Ranch, Stateline Designs, Grand Electric Cooperative, Northwest Supply, Shane Penfield, Attorney at Law, Prof. LLC, West River Telephone,Bison Grain, Current Connection, and Dakota Farm Equipment.

PPaassttoorrss PPeerrssppeeccttiivveeChurch of Christ, Faith

Calvin Chapman, Pastor

Living LifeLife is not a race-but indeed a journey. Be honest.

Work hard. Be choosy. Say “thank you”, “I loveyou” and “great job” to someone each day. Go to

church, take time for prayer. The Lord giveth andthe Lord taketh away. Let your handshake mean

more than pen and paper. Love your life andwhat you’ve been given, it is not accidental;

search for your purpose and do it as best you can.Dreaming does matter. It allows you to become

that which you aspire to be. Laugh often. Appreciate the little things in life and enjoy them.

Some of the best things really are free. Do notworry, less wrinkles are more becoming.

Forgive, it frees the soul. Take time for yourself-plan for longevity.

Recognize the special people you’ve been blessedto know. Live for today, enjoy the moment.

-unknown

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•Tractor accidents on farms cause the highest number of fatalities with tractor overturns accountingfor 44 percent of all tractor fatalities.

•Fruit farms have the highest work injury rate among various specified agricultural operations (233 injuries per million hours of exposure). The 1989 rate for all farms is 20.0 compared

with 4.2 for all industry.

Males have a higher injury rate than females and hired workershave higher injury rates than family members.

Marilyn Mundahl, 81, ofSpearfish, passed away on May 7,2012 at Spearfish Regional Hospi-tal.

Marilyn was born on December8, 1930 to Murrel and Agnes(Olson) Lewis in Hettinger, NorthDakota. She was baptized in theEvangelical United BretheranChurch. She started grade schoolat Ellingson, South Dakota, andgraduated from Hettinger HighSchool in 1949. She attendedBlack Hills Teachers College and

earned a teaching certificate. Shethen taught at Johnson School, inSouth Dakota for one year. Shemarried Robert Mundahl on June19, 1950, which was the last wed-ding in that church, and to thisunion four children were born. Atage 25, she joined the LutheranChurch. Robert and Marilynworked the farm in PerkinsCounty until 1993 when they re-tired to Spearfish. In addition toraising her children, through theyears she was a substitute teacherand taught piano lessons. She wasa member of Our Savior’sLutheran Church in Spearfish.

Marilyn was blessed with anamazing musical talent. Musicwas an integral, essential part ofher life and she shared her giftswith the community in manyways. She taught piano lessons tomany children, and played forcountless social and churchgroups. She was a member of theHometowners Singing Group, andaccompanied the BorderlineSingers men’s group. Until thetime of her death, she played forthe Spearfish Senior’s Center andthe David M. Dorsett Healthcare

Center. Her love of music wasshared with all of her children andgrandchildren, and will be a last-ing legacy for which we will al-ways be thankful.

Survivors include her daughterMarla (Tom) Braaten, Hettinger;sons, Michael (Teri) Mundahl,Billings, Montana and Thomas(Susan) Mundahl, St. Louis Park,Minnesota; seven grandchildren;eight great-grandchildren;brother, Bob (Helen) Lewis, Het-tinger; and sister, Pat (Bill) Ohne-mus, Spearfish. She was precededin death by her husband, parents,son, Douglas Dean and one grand-son.

Memorial services will be at10:30 A.M. on Thursday, May 10,2012 at Our Savior’s LutheranChurch with Pastor Karen Ma-tuska officiating. In lieu of flow-ers, a memorial has been estab-lished to Our Saviors LutheranChurch.

Arrangements are under thecare of Fidler-Isburg FuneralChapels. Online condolences maybe written at www.fidler-isburgfu-neralchapels.com

John (Jack) Roggenkamppassed away April 23, 2012 at theage of 74. As he had wished, hedied at his home in Portland, hiswife, Janice, and daughter, Dawn,were at his side.

Jack was born in EvergreenPark, Illinois, on June 22, 1937 toJohn and Catherine (Piskac)Roggenkamp. At the age of 5 heand his sister moved with theirmother to western South Dakotawhere she married GeorgeWilliams. He grew up on his DadGeorge’s ranch near Bison attend-ing rural elementary schools. Heattended high school in Chicagofor 2 years then returned to SouthDakota graduating from LemmonHigh School in 1955. He studied atSouth Dakota State Universityand met his beloved, Janice Hill-man of Faulkton, South Dakota.They were married June 8, 1957 in

Brookings, South Dakota. In 1959they moved to Chicago and Jackstudied at the Illinois College ofOptometry, completing his Doctorof Optometry degree in 1962. Hebegan a lifetime career as an edu-cator, administrator, and directorof training clinics for optometrists.He worked at the Illinois Collegeof Optometry, Pennsylvania Col-lege of Optometry, and lastly atPacific University College of Op-tometry beginning in 1976 and re-tiring in 2000. Throughout his ca-reer, he mentored many studentsand new faculty members. He feltespecially gratified by the successthat he saw at Pacific Universityin their development of the opto-metric education program, whichtrained optometrists to enhancetheir patients' vision and qualityof life. Jack was a lifetime memberof the American Optometric Asso-ciation, Oregon Optometric Physi-cian's Association, and PortlandMetropolitan Optometric Society.Throughout his career he receivedmany awards and honors.That which he held most dear wasbeing at home with his wife andfamily. His daughter and grand-children brought him great de-light. Throughout his life he was avoracious reader. He loved to learnand continued throughout his lifeto learn about a variety of sub-jects. He was well informed andcould "fix anything." Prior to hisillness, he enjoyed traveling, espe-cially travel by train; he loved anew adventure. He approached

death as he approached life; hewas realistic, curious, and inter-ested, sometimes reporting to Jan-ice what he was experiencing. Hewas prepared, at peace, and haddone all he could to ease the painof those he leaves behind. He issurvived by his mother, CatherineWilliams of Bison; wife, Janice,daughter, Dawn, and grandchil-dren: Jay Watkins and Madison,Jackie, Tyler, and DeclanMoothart, all of Portland, Oregon;sisters: Karen (Llewellyn) Engle-hart, Corinne (John) Erickson, andHolly (Lynn) Waddell, all of Bison;brothers: Warren (Joyce) Williams,Golden, Colorado and BruceRoggenkamp, Seminole, Florida;sister-in-law Donna (Jim)McLaird, Mitchell, South Dakotaplus many nieces, nephews andcousins.

A memorial service was held inHillsboro, OR with another to fol-low at a later date in SouthDakota. Memorial gifts may begiven to The Dougy Center forGrieving Children & Families,3903 S.E. 52nd Ave., P.O. Box86852, Portland, OR, 97286.

Jack's family thanks ProvidenceHospice for excellent care givenduring the last months of his lifemaking it possible for him to re-main at home as he had wished,First Congregational UnitedChrist of Hillsboro for his memo-rial service, and many individualswho were helpful and supportiveduring his illness and after hisdeath.


Obituary

Grace Baptist Church • Pastor Phil HahnSunday School 9:30 a.m. • Worship Service - 10:30a.m.

Wednesday Prayer Mtg. - 6:30 p.m.Church of Christ

18 mi. south of Prairie City - Worship Service - 10:00 a.m.Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCA • Pastor Margie Hershey

Indian Creek - 11:00 a.m. • American - 9:30 a.m. • Rosebud - 8:00 a.m.Christ Lutheran Church WELS •

Pastor Gerhardt JuergensSunday Bible Class - 8:00 a.m., Worship Service - 8:30 a.m.

Tuesday Bible Class - 7:00 p.m.Coal Springs Community Church

Pastors Nels & Angie EasterbySouth Jct. of Highways 73 & 20

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.Seventh Day Adventist Church • Pastor Donavon Kack

Sabbath School - 10:30 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church • Fr. Tony Grossenburg

Saturday Mass: Lemmon - 4:45 p.m., Bison - 7:15 p.m.Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Morristown - 11:00 a.m.

Holland Center Christian Reformed ChurchPastor Brad Burkhalter • Lodgepole

Worship Service - 8:00 a.m.First Presbyterian Church • Pastor Florence Hoff, CLPWorship Service -10:30 a.m. • 9:30 Sunday School all ages welcome

Slim Buttes Lutheran • Pastor Henry MohagenReva • Sunday School 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11:00 a.m.

WMF 2nd Wednesday at 1:00 p.m., Confirmation every WednesdayBeckman Wesleyan Church • Pastor Brad Burkhalter

Prairie CitySunday School - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Vesper Service - 6:00 p.m., Wed. Evenings - 7:30 p.m.

John (Jack) R. Roggenkamp

Marilyn Mundahl

Martha Pauline Hahn (Polly), ofWeaverville, North Carolina,passed peacefully from her ownhome into her Heavenly HomeSunday, May 6, 2012, after livinga faith-filled eighty-seven years.Her daughter, Jennie, faithfullyand lovingly attended her during

her last years and we are all verythankful.

Born in Wallace, Michigan,March 23,1925, to Paul and LydiaOrloff, Polly was a Godly womanwho taught Bible studies, lovedmissionaries, encouraged manythru correspondence and creativewriting; loved cooking, gardening,quilting, and reading. She enjoyedbaking cookies for her grandchil-dren and passed her love of choco-late to all of us!

Polly was married for 52 yearsto Earl Hahn and lived in Milwau-kee, Wisconsin and LaGrange Illi-nois before moving to Weaverville,NC. She is survived by two broth-ers, Dan and Phil, and one sister,Laura; her six children: Wendy,Maureen, Gary, Jennie, Dave andPhil: twelve grandchildren, andtwenty-nine great-grandchildren.

She will be buried in BronswoodCemetery, in Oakbrook, Illinois,next to her husband, Earl.

Martha Pauline "Polly" Hahn


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By Beth HulmBack in 1925, the Grand River

Extension Club paved the way formany others like it in PerkinsCounty. The Happy Hour Clubjoined them in 1928 and ten yearslater there were 21 clubs scatteredacross the county, boasting a totalof 309 members.

In 2000, there were only fourclubs left in the county. The Do-mestic Leaders, Lemmon, fell first;then in 2010, the 70-year MoreauRiver Club, south Bison, dis-banded. Also, after more than 70years as an extension club, Hand-E-Hands, south Prairie City,ceased to exist at the end of 2011.

It is a sign of the times thattoday there is only one PerkinsCounty club left standing. The2012 roster of the 58-year oldTown and Country Club, Bison,lists 17 members. In addition,there are two women, who are un-attached to an individual club butcontinue to pay dues and keeptheir membership in the statewideCommunity and Family ExtensionLeaders (CFEL) organization

About half of the current mem-bership met on a recent Saturdayin April for the Area I meeting.Once, those area meetings - or dis-trict meetings, as they used to becalled - brought together morethan a hundred extension home-makers from a four-county radius.Homemakers clubs in Corson,Ziebach and Dewey Counties havecalled it quits. A few members inHarding County now join Perkinsin comprising Area I.

The nine women who gatheredlast month were no less enthusias-tic than a larger group would’vebeen as they conducted the annualbusiness meeting, under the lead-ership of Bernice Kari, chairmanand Donna Erhart,secretary/treasurer. Alice Hol-comb, Harding County, absentthat day, is the vice chair,.

concessions in August. There justisn’t enough woman-power.They’ve made the decision to hostthe Christmas Fair again on thefirst Saturday in November andthey hope to continue sponsoringthe decorated Christmas trees.

A major project of the county-wide CFEL organization has beenthe awarding of two $500 collegescholarships to graduating seniorswho plan to enter the fields of agri-culture or home economics. Thefunds for those scholarships comefrom the very successful Christ-mas Fair, which extension home-makers started more than 30years ago. Scholarships are ex-pected to continue as long as thereare funds to support them.

One annual event that will fallto the wayside due to decliningnumbers is the homemaker ban-quet. That banquet began in 1963to honor veteran membership andto install new officers. It’s been afun dress-up night, often includingfamily members. Last October themembership agreed that the 2011banquet would be the final one,ending a 48-year tradition.

“Club” used to be a place wherewomen went to take a few hoursoff each month from child-rearing,laundry and kitchens duties; atime when they could socialize andshare with their friends and

The day included entertainmentby Linda Mohagen and her puppetfriends, Reva,; a presentation byHeather Brixey, Prairie City, whospoke about her mission travels toSwaziland and Honduras; judgingof hand-crafted items for a cul-tural arts exhibit at the upcomingstate convention in Aberdeen; afundraising silent auction; and amouth-watering potluck luncheon.

Traditionally, CFEL membersfrom all of the clubs in PerkinsCounty have gathered once in thespring and again in the fall to takecare of county business. There’s nolonger a need for name tags or aregistration table. Clubs used totake turns handling those duties,as well as furnishing refreshmentsfor morning and afternoon coffeebreaks.

Those county-wide meetings arewhere things like planning aluncheon during the county fair,making plans to host the annualChristmas Fair in Bison, and ar-ranging the Parade of Trees at thecounty courthouse take place.Some changes are in sight. With sofew members, local club meetings,county meetings and area meet-ings have much the same agendas.

Already, in this first year ofonly-one-club, the women have no-tified the Perkins County FairBoard that they won’t be doing

neighbors.Gone are the days when most

women can stay home to tend tothe home front. In the busy, hustleand bustle of today’s world, womenhave joined the work force andspend their “leisure time” doingthe cooking; playing an active partin their children’s lives and activi-ties; and answering the call of vol-unteerism. They don’t need the ex-tension clubs of old, which taughtthem how to be better homemak-ers. An evening at home, now, is aluxury not to be passed up.

The organization itself evolvedover the years.

South Dakota State UniversityExtension Service used to furnishlessons in varied areas of study forclub education. County projectleaders would attend workshops inareas such as safely, health, fam-ily life, citizenship, cultural arts,etc. to acquire the information foreach and then, in turn, take theirnewfound knowledge back to theirrespective clubs.

SDSU no longer offers pro-grams. Town and Country CFEL,however, continues to offer someform of education at each of theirmonthly meetings. The hostessplans a program. For example,Bob Drown, Natural ResourceSpecialist, recently spoke abouttree planting and other tree facts,

a lesson that was timely given thatit took place during Arbor Dayweek.

The lessons themselves haveevolved. Where members oncelearned to cut and can meat, tomake cheeses and rugs, took RedCross courses and learned abouthome nursing are now more apt tolearn about identity theft, con-sumer protection, health issuesand physical fitness. Homemakersused to contribute to the RedCross, March of Dimes and theCuster’s Children’s Home andthey saved Betty Crocker couponsfor the acquisition of a statewidelung machine. Today, money israised for college scholarships andto help 4-H clubs and post promparties.

Statewide, the beginning of“Home Demonstration” clubs wasin 1921. They were touted for “so-cial gatherings and neighborlyaid.” Recordkeeping in PerkinsCounty began in 1938. A county-wide organization emerged in1939 and the first executive meet-ing was held in 1940. The county’sfirst constitution and bylaws werewritten in 1950-51. The firstcounty fair was in 1961 where ex-tension clubs had a visible pres-ence.

Homemaker clubs were underthe leadership of county agents

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A sign of the timesTown and Country is last hanger-on in long line of Extension Clubs

Perkins County once boasted more than 300 Extension Homemakers. Today, that number is a mere 19. Left to right, back row:Beth Hulm, Teddi Carlson, Diana Landis, Bernice Kari, Donna Erhart, Joyce Waddell. Seated, left to right: Aletha Adcock, EdithMeland, Vera Kraemer. Not pictured: Ruby VanDenBerg, Mary Lee Drake, Mary Ellen Fried, Rebecca Graf, Carolyn Hendricks,Margie Hershey, Linda Howey, Vi Leonard, Betty Tufty, Sara Weishaar.


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A sign of the timescontinued from page 6

(including Elbert Bentley for 35years) until 1972 when Ida MarieNorton Snorteland became thefirst Home Economist in PerkinsCounty.

Back in 1957-58, a ChristmasFair began that featured a teawith exhibits from each individualclub to showcase craft ideas andfavorite recipes. In 1980, it grew tobecome a place where vendorscould hawk their homemadewares. More than 40 vendors havedescended on Bison every fallsince 1980 and a full lunch standhas replaced the “tasting tea” ofbygone years.

In 1974-75, two homemakers be-came the first in the county to at-tain 50 years of membership.Velma Foster Bates, SagebrushRustlers Club, and Mary Mattix,Lone Tree Club, were the recipi-ents. The 1995 banquet programlists 8 members with over 50 yearsof membership: Blenda Christ-man, Helen Drieske, Anna God-dard, Mary Randall, Carol Kolb,Alice Hall, Cleone Miles andChristine Veal. Since that timeothers have attained the same dis-tinction, including Donna Fried,Pearl Gerbracht, Betty Tufty,Joyce Preszler, Dallas Preszlerand Nora Anderson. Currentmember Donna Erhart, Lemmon,will be recognized at the next statemeeting for her 50-year member-ship.

Ruby VanDenBerg will have 65years of membership this year.

In 2009, Mary Randall andEdith Meland achieved 70 years ofmembership in the CFEL organi-zation! Alice Hall also attainedthat milestone before her club dis-banded.

Who could ever forget the skit,“Mrs. Always in a Hurry,” thatMoreau River Club presented onthe occasion of that club’s 60th an-niversary?

Helen Drieske once said that thereason she joined the women’s clubwas that it was “just a natural

thing….and a community thing.”Alice Hall, who was 18 when shejoined, said, “I was at the agewhere I wanted to learn to cook.”

One of the county’s most ambi-tious projects was the “blue cook-book,” as it’s now affectionatelycalled. In 1983, Perkins Countyhomemakers published 1,455copies of “What’s Cookin’ in Exten-sion.” When they sold out therewas a second printing. There won’tbe another.

This county hosted the stateconvention in Lemmon in 1959.More than 500 guests attended.The Chamber of Commerce foundbeds for all the visitors, meetingswere held in the armory andchurch ladies provided the meals.

Throughout its long history,Perkins County has had severalmembers serve on the state exec-utive board. Joyce Preszler,Meadow, was the first when shewas elected state treasurer in1969. Carol Kolb, Bison, was boththe secretary and the chairman,during different terms. She oncereminisced about her experiences.“All of the ladies I’ve had the priv-ilege to meet are friends anddown-to-earth gals,” she said.Dorothy Haugen, south Bison,served on the state board as histo-rian at the same time as Kolb.Betty Ann Tufty, Bison, had 12consecutive years on the stateboard, first as the Vice Presidentof Public Policy and, later, as AreaI Director.

More recently, two Bisonwomen, Aletha Adcock and Ber-nice Kari, have served as state sec-retary and historian, respectively.Adcock, current Area I Director,has also been a state project leaderas has Donna Erhart, Lemmon.Jan Gossman, Bison, is a formerArea I director, too.

Perkins County has also hadtwo recipients of the prestigiousstatewide “Spirit of CFEL” award.Eldora Ogdahl was the first andBetty Ann Tufty followed in 2007.Both were members of Town andCountry CFEL club.

Through the years, Town andCountry has weathered manychanges and grown because ofthem. More than 100 membershave come and gone as familieshave moved in and out of the com-munity. The club meets monthlyon the 4th Thursday of the monthat 7:00 p.m. and would welcomenew members.

Current members include:Aletha Adcock (chairperson), TeddiCarlson, Mary Lee Drake, MaryEllen Fried, Rebecca Graf, CarolynHendricks, Margie Hershey, LindaHowey, Beth Hulm, Bernice Kari,Vera Kraemer (sec/treas.), DianaLandis, (vice chair), Vi Leonard,Edith Meland, Betty Tufty, JoyceWaddell and Sara Weishaar.

Perkins County members-at-large include Donna Erhart, Lem-mon and Ruby VanDenBerg,Zeona.

Town and Country look forwardto carrying on the strong traditionof family and community exten-sion leadership in Perkins County.

This article was written to com-memorate CFEL Week in SouthDakota, May 6-12, 2012. It is notintended to be a complete history ofthe organization in PerkinsCounty. Any omissions are unin-tended.

Heather Brixey did a presentation about her mission trips toSwaziland and Honduras.

Linda Mohagen looks on as "Grandpa" tries to wrangle a datewith 72-year member Edith Meland.

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Water quality report

The Perkins County Rural Water public water system purchases water from North Dakota

2011 Table of Detected Contaminants for Perkins County Rural Water (EPA ID 2228)

Terms and abbreviations used in this table:*Maximum Contaminate Level Goal (MCLG): the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which thereis no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.*Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL): the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water.MCLs are set as close to the MCLGs as feasible using the best available treatment technology.*Action Level (AL): the concentration of a contaminant which, when exceeded, triggers treatment or other re-quirements which a water system must follow. For Lead and Copper, 90% of the samples must be below theAL.*Treatment Technique (TT): A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinkingwater. For turbidity, 95% of samples must be less than 0.3 NTUUNITS:*MFL: million fibers per liter*mrem/year: millirems per year (a measure of radiation absorbed by the body)*NTU: Nephelometric Turbidity Units*pCi/l: picocuries per liter (a measure of radioactivity)*ppm: parts per million, or milligrams per liter (MG/L)*ppb: parts per billion, or micrograms per liter (ug/l)*ppt: parts per trillion, or nanograms per liter*ppq: parts per quadrillion, or picograms per liter*pspm: positive samples per month

Last year, the Perkins countyRural Water monitored yourdrinking water for possible con-taminants. This is a snapshot ofthe quality of the water that weprovided last year. Included aredetails about where your watercomes from, what it contains, andhow it compares to EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA) and statestandards. We are committed toproviding you with information be-cause informed customers are ourbest allies.

Water Source: We serve morethan 602 customers an average of323,000 gallons of water per day.

Our water is surface water that wepurchase from another water sys-tem. The state has performed anassessment of our source waterand they have determined that therelative susceptibility rating forthe Perkins County Rural Waterpublic water supply system is low.

For more information aboutyour water and information on op-portunities to participate in publicmeetings, call (605) 244-5608 andask for Doyle Udager.

Detected Contaminants: Thefollowing table lists all the drink-ing water contaminants that wedetected during the 2011 calendar

Copper 0.1 0 07/25/07 AL=1.3 0 ppm corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits; leaching from wood preservatives.

Lead 1 0 07/25/07 AL=15 0 ppb Corrosion of household plumbing systems; erosion of natural deposits.

Substance

Substance

90% Level

90% Level

Test Sites>Action Level

Test Sites>Action Level

Date Tested

Date Tested

Highest Level Allowed(AL)

Highest Level Allowed(AL)

Ideal goal

Ideal goal

Units

Units

Major Source of Contaminant

Major Source of Contaminant

Data for the North Dakota water system needs to be added to this table.Please direct questions regarding this information to Mr. Eric Newman with the Perkins County Rural

Water public water system at (605)244-5608.

year. The presence of these con-taminants in the water does notnecessarily indicate that the waterposes a health risk. Unless other-wise noted, the data presented inthis table is from testing done Jan-uary 1 - December 31, 2011. Thestate requires us to monitor forcertain contaminants less thanonce per year because the concen-trations of these contaminants arenot expected to vary significantlyfrom year to year. Some of thedata, though representative of thewater quality, is more than oneyear old.

Do you wonder how the nurs-eries get those hanging baskets sofull of bloomers? With some prac-tice and a few clues you can solvethat mystery.

First select your basket con-tainer which could be plastic,wood, metal, or a wire basket linedwith flexible fiber liners availablefrom any garden center. You caneven fashion your own noveltyhanging “basket” by recycling anold kettle-style barbecue, an oldsatellite dish, retired bird cage, becreative. Small lightweight con-tainers are easy to handle but thelarger ones will hold more plantsand make a more pleasing or dra-matic display while providingmore room for healthy roots andholding moisture for a longer pe-riod of time. Be advised that thelarger pots could weigh up to 50pounds and will need a verysturdy support and hook.

Now comes the “putting it to-gether”. A good lightweight pot-ting mix is required, preferablyone that contains peat moss, forestproducts and/or vermiculite to pro-vide aeration and drainage. Selectyour plants, a mixture of foliageand flowers create a nice variety.Varying leaf shapes and forms addappeal. Using plants with stag-gered heights adds depth to yourcomposition as well as addingtrailing plants with upright plantsin the middle, mounding plantsnext filling the outer edges withtrailing plants.

Some plant ideas might be sali-

vas, penstemon, or zinnia in thecenter, petunias, impatiens in themid area and trailers such as ver-bena, sweet potato vine, vincavine, trailing petunias along theouter edge of the basket. Makesure the plants you put together inthe basket share the same needsfor water and light.

Smaller plants can be placedcloser together than the largerones. As a general rule a 12 inchcontainer will hold five to sevenplants. Wire baskets can haveplants down the sides in openingscut into the flexible liner and canaccommodate more plants. Plant-ing down the sides provides morecoverage for a full lush look;choose plants that will grow com-fortable hanging down the side ofthe basket.

Once you determine your plantarrangement, begin by filling thepot two-thirds full of moist pottingmix, plant the larger plants first,then the center, following withsmaller plants and those aroundthe edges. Always place the plantsthe same depth as they were intheir original container. Firm theplants in place with additionalpotting mixture and water well.Maintain your creation with con-sistent watering and fertilizerabout every three weeks.

Earth laughs in flowers. – RalphWaldo EmersonSubmitted by Karen Englehart,Master Gardener, SDSU Coopera-tive Extension Service.

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6th grade washes cars for hunger

Chris Fisher, Tylee Lundberg, Matthew Johnson, Tuff Seim and Gracee Veal wash one of the manycars for hunger.

Darrick Palmeno-Sacrison, Mrs. Stockert, Joey Aukland, Chris Fisher, Tuff Seim, Lance Wolff,Matthew Johnson, Tylee Lundberg, Jake Kahler, Gracee Veal.

The sixth grade would like tothank the Bison community fortheir support in helping us raisemoney to feed the children inAfrica. We washed twenty-onecars in three hours. The money weraised will be used to help the or-ganization, Save the Children, asthey add nutrients to the rice andcornmeal they provide to villagesin Africa that are suffering frommalnutrition. Thanks to GrandElectric and West River TelephoneCompany for their donation of thecar wash bay and use of the water.Thanks also to the parents fortheir generous donations of bakedgoods. We learned that hard workcan definitely pay!

By Richard P. Holm MDI was just turning 30 years old

when I first noticed blood in myurine. I tried the time-honoredmethod of ignoring it for a bit hop-ing it would go away, but it contin-ued, and so I saw a doctor friendwho thought it might be a form ofkidney disease innocently called“minimal-change disease.” Hesaid, “This means that it could beup to ten years before your kid-neys would fail.” I think he wastrying to be reassuring, but itturned my blood cold.

Making the story short, theblood was not from the kidney,came as a result of jogging, andthankfully here I am 33 yearslater with working kidneys. Itmade me reflect not only on the di-rection of my life, but also on thecauses of renal failure and kidneydisease.

There are many inherited rea-sons for the kidney to fail, themost common of which is calledpolycystic kidney disease wherethe kidneys become filled-in bycysts, which choke off normal kid-ney function. There is little any in-dividual can do to prevent some-thing like this since it happens bythe luck of a genetic coin toss.

Kidney disease can also be theresult of many acquired condi-tions. Several are caused by theimmune system gone awry, whichfollows infectious conditions suchas Hanta virus and certain strep-tococcus bacterial infections.These are simply the consequenceof a bad break being at the wrongplace at the wrong time.

What is most important to real-ize, however, is that there aremany causes of kidney diseasethat can be prevented. Of coursehigh blood pressure, obesity, anddiabetes all run in families but un-like the polycystic type of condi-tion, these can often be effectivelytreated with appropriate medi-cines and with a life-style changeof exercising more and eating less.

Sometimes kidney damage re-sults from certain medicines, suchas a common Chinese herbal med-icine or kidney toxicity from toomany pain relievers for too long.You should know that daily dosesof Tylenol, Advil, and Aleve formany months could actually harmyour kidneys.

It is 33 years after a big scare inmy life, and I do not take myhealth and especially my kidneysfor granted. Neither should you.

The Prairie Doc

Taking Kidneys for granted

Diabetes is an important cause of kidney failure and diabetes isfive times more common in the Asians when compared to the

white population


Post prom party success

Kiana Brockel was the grand prize winner of a Samsung Galaxysponsored by Cindy's Crop Ins., Buzz Stop, Prairie Lounge andKopren Sheep Shearing.

Dodge and Wrangler Weishaar have a sibling rivalry in a game ofBungee Run.

Thank you for Contributing toBison’s Post PromAll Star Dairy, American LutheranChurch, Bison America Legion,Bison Courier, Bison EducationAssociation, Bison Food Store,Bison Grain, Bison Implement,Bison Men’s Club, Bob’s Repair,Brixey Repair, Buzz Stop,Carmel’s Cleaning, ChapmansElectronic, Cindy’s Crop Insur-ance, Coke, Pepsi, Dacotah Bank,Dakota Plains FCU, Dakota West-ern Bank, Don & Vera Kramer,Don’s Electric, Bonnie J AndersonDDS, Evanson- Jensen FuneralHome, Farm Bureau, Farmer’sUnion Insurance/ Jim Erk, TheFlower Shop, Glenda’s Hair De-sign’s, Grand Electric Coop.,Hands on Health, HardingPerkins Farm Mutual Ins., Het-tinger Candy, Hettinger Hospital,Hibner Insurance Agency, Hurry& Hustle, Indian Creek WELCA,Jackson Dental, Jim & Joyce Or-wick, Kolhlman Bierschbach An-derson, Kopren Shearing, Lem-mon REC, Les & Cindy Lensegrav,Live, Inc., Lodgepole Propane,Mark Nelson DDS, Nate & ColetteJohnson, Olson Carpet, PalaceTheater, Patrick D Kelly, PerkinsCounty Rural Water, PerkinsCounty Title Co., Prairie Lounge,Presbyterian Church, Rose Plumb-ing and Electric, Sarah Holzer,Scheels, Schwans, The CurrentConnection, The Daily Grind, TimParmley, Town & Country CFEL,Town of Bison, Tracy & MaryWolf,West River Eye Center, WestRiver Telephone, and Wheeler’sA big thanks to a the volunteersTrish Peck, Ross Kopren, KelBrockel, Karla Larson, HeidiStevens, Randy Kopren, Thane &Faye Schalesky, Beau Chapman,Kalin Engle, Kallie Kronberg,Margo Kronberg, Sarah Holzer,Karen Holter and the junior classparents for the food donations.

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SDSU extension agronomy specialists areready to serve growers this season

South Dakota growers have his-torically depended on SDSU Ex-tension agronomy staff to providethem with unbiased, research-based recommendations. In 2012,growers can expect even morefrom SDSU Extension explainsRosie Nold, Ag & Natural Re-sources Program Director.

"What can be expected fromSDSU Extension Field Specialistshas really stepped-up to meet theneeds of today's growers," Noldsaid.

She is referring to the reorgani-zation which now allows agronomyand other field specialists to servegrowers with a specialized focusinstead of serving as generalists.The new role is a refreshingchange, says Connie Strunk,SDSU Extension Plant Patholo-gist Field Specialist.

"Because I focus on plant pathol-ogy, I can take the time to be theexpert our growers need. I can domore research, dig deeper and pro-vide them with more answerswhen it comes to plant diseases,"says Strunk, who offices in theSioux Falls Regional ExtensionCenter.

Before the reorganization,Strunk served as an Extension Ed-ucator in Turner County. In hernew role, she will continue to workone-on-one with growers, howevertoday she will only work withthem on plant disease issues. If agrower has other issues, Strunkwill refer them to SDSU ExtensionField Specialists who focus in thatarea.

"It's great to work within a net-work of specialists," says Strunk,of the Extension staff focused inthe areas of entomology, weeds,precision agriculture, soils, andproduction agronomy for cropsgrown in South Dakota. That net-work includes both Field Special-ists, like Strunk, who are locatedin Regional Extension Centersthroughout the state, as well asSouth Dakota State UniversitySpecialists.

Research and demonstrationplots will also benefit from focusedattention, says John Rickertsen,an SDSU Extension AgronomyField Specialist.

"We are able to dedicate 100 per-cent of our time to issues relatedto dryland production - in my casethat applies to the implementationof research plots," says Rickertsen,who offices in the Rapid City Re-gional Extension Center.

Across the state, SDSU Exten-sion agronomy staff works in con-junction with SDSU faculty to im-plement research and demonstra-tion plots to address local agro-nomic issues. Rickertsen is cur-rently working to implement a testplot focused on testing herbicideoptions for safflower.

"There are very limited herbi-cide options for safflower - espe-cially in no-till systems, which iswhat we are predominately," Rick-ertsen said.

Working closely with MikeMoechnig, Extension Weeds Spe-cialist and SDSU Plant ScienceAssistant Professor, and the SouthDakota Oilseed Council, the testplot will collect data on the safetyof an herbicide that growers wouldlike to be able to use in their saf-flower fields, but is not currentlylabeled for use in safflowers.

"We need information to under-stand if using this herbicide in saf-flower fields causes any injury tothe plant. If we find that it is safeto use, we'll provide the informa-tion to the herbicide company andwork with them to update thelabel," Rickertsen said.

Nold says growers throughoutthe state can expect to benefitfrom this type of focus.

"Instead of working with some-one who knows a little bit abouteverything, growers will workwith specialists, who have in-depth training and experience toprovide the level of service neededto assist them in making manage-ment decisions," Nold said.

Labor department abandons proposed child labor rules on the farm

South Dakota Farmers Union(SDFU) President Doug Sombke re-leased the following statement afterthe U.S. Department of Labor yester-day announced it was abandoning ef-forts to change rules governing youthwho work in agriculture.

“I applaud the Department of Labor

and the Obama administration for lis-tening to farmers and ranchers acrossthe country and not pursuing any fur-ther action on these proposed rules,”Sombke said. “Our youth are so impor-tant to the future success of the agri-culture industry, and putting up barri-ers that would prevent them from

working on the farm would have beendetrimental to the entire industry.”

The rules, as proposed, would haveprevented young people under the ageof 16 from working on a farm that was-n’t owned by their parents. They alsowould have prevented anyone under16 from operating power-driven equip-ment, even if their parent owned thefarm. The rules would’ve preventedchildren under 16 from tending to anylivestock over the age of six months.

“Farmers Union was a vocal oppo-nent to these proposed rule changes,arguing that our young people need tobe able to get their hands dirty andlearn the job if they could ever expectto someday work in agriculture or takeover the farm for themselves,” Sombkesaid. “I’m encouraged by the fact thatthe administration was open to listen-ing to the concerns of our agriculturalproducers and decided to leave therules the way they are.”


Bison students honor grandparents

Geraldine Peck and Jerry Wells play Bingo with grandsonDustin Wells.

Jake and Allison Kahler play Bingo with Grandma Shirley Mor-ris.

Tallie and Tylie Lundberg play bingo with Grandma Tibbs.

Mary Carmichael plays bingo with Grandma Diane Vetter.

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them for one hour, prior to thestart of the school day, on two daysper week. They’d perform a coupleof concerts and would probably at-tend some music festivals aroundthe area.

Next, Jackson proposed teach-ing a digital music productioncourse and building a recordingstudio at the south end of the cur-rent music room. While he esti-mated $7,000 for the constructionof the sound room, he’d be willingto let students use his personalrecording equipment. “I think itwould be a great addition,” hesaid. “I think it would excite thestudents.”

Athletic Director Kalin Engelsdiscussed scheduling changes fornext year when North Dakota willno longer play games againstSouth Dakota schools. Roxie Sea-man and Heidi Collins talkedabout next year’s school-wide plan.Seaman said it is designed “to im-prove the academic aspect of ourstudents.”

The board was in for a treatwhen two senior boys culminatedthis year’s work study efforts,using them (and a roomful of visi-tors) as their audience for the pro-grams required presentations.Tanner Besler and Roy Goddardhave been involved with SouthDakota’s Capstone program,which has allowed them hands-ontraining while earning graduationcredits and a class grade.

Besler, who was up first, leftschool early each day to go homeand work on the family ranch.Using a power point presentation,Besler explained his family’s his-tory on the ranch, dating back to1910, and the evolution of farmequipment. He talked about theGame Fish and Park land man-agement program employed by hisdad and grandpa.

As part of his studies, he toreapart a wooden feed rack and builta steel replacement of his own de-sign; he restored a John Deeretractor; used a rented no-till drill;and did livestock chores. He ap-preciated that the program al-lowed him to be “out in the realworld.” He isn’t interested in col-lege. He wants to stay on theranch. “It’s my passion. I want todo it ‘til they throw dirt on myface,” he said.

Roy Goddard is enrolled atNorth Dakota State College of Sci-ence for next year, in “the programof my dreams.” The Capstone pro-gram allowed him to work atBison Implement for two hoursevery school day afternoon. Heshowed a video and a poster boardas he explained the steps involvedin changing tires. He studied theinterview process and wrote apaper about it as part of his as-signment.

Both young men compiled port-folios of their projects, completewith written assignments, pic-tures and other pertinent informa-tion.

Crow introduced a preliminarybudget for 2012-13. The revenueside is still missing the as yet una-nounced amount that will come

from county taxpayers and stateaid. Not all of the expenses areplugged in either but board mem-bers have time to fine tune theirnew budget in the next couple ofmonths. A public hearing has beenscheduled for July 9 at 8:00 p.m.

The board will again dip intosurplus to fund the general fundbudget. Right now, Crow estimatesthat the bottom line could be about$50,000 more than the currentbudget.

Capital Outlay is “where we seethe biggest increase,” Crow said. Ifall of the improvements, currentlyplugged in, remain in this earlybudget, it would result in a$146,813 increase over the 2011-12. The biggest project would bethe construction of a new shopbuilding with classrooms. Theboard has voted to hire a Sturgisarchitect to draw a preliminary de-sign. Other capital outlay ex-penses could include ag equip-ment, windows for some elemen-tary classrooms and the lunch-room, a new kitchen ceiling, gut-ters, a mobile computer lab, aniPad and a riding lawn mower. It’salso where the reading textbookswould come from, which are notyet calculated into the bottom line.Most of the other funds show littlechange.

A resignation from Englishteacher Nancy Reimer was ac-cepted.


CO-ED SOFTBALLEvery Thursday night

starting May 24 at 6:30Lions Club Park

Teams will organize weekly, just show up to play!

For details: Tally 431-0682 or

Luke 685-3118

See You There! It will be fun!Concessions available.

3rd Grade students hatched eggs from Fern Besler as part ofour Animal unit. We were able to hatch eleven chicks. Whata great culminating activity for our study of animals and theirlife cycles.

Third grade students help chicks hatch

Back row: Kenley Day, Will Crabtree, Jaylie Beckman, Gavin Nelson, Roni Voller. Front row: KatieKvale, Collin Grage, Rawlin Smith.

Grand River Museum

Hwy 12 • Lemmon 374-3911

Open for the Season onMay 1

Bring your friends!

Kindergarten had their end of the year program on Tuesday, May 8th. Joyce Aukland presentedeach student with an American flag on behalf of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 255. BackRow: Morgan McKinstry, Emery Lensegrav, Joyce Aukland, Abby Thompson, Jarett Schuchard.Front Row: Talon Lundberg, Jayda Seim, Cohen Palmer, Maddie Hulm

Kindergarten students are presented with American flags

•There are at least two hundred breeds and variations of domestic chickens on record, most though are extinct or rare.

•Chickens are able to communicate with their mother whilst stillin the egg and she with them. They can hear their mother's

vocalisations and understand them after they are born.


Bison High School golfers hit the roadThe Bison boys golf team com-

peted in a JV and JH tournamentin Hettinger on April 30th. Theboys won the team title with ascore of 400. In the JV division,Conner Palmer placed third witha 91, and Clayton Prelle got fifthwith a 94. Christopher Morris shot95, Wrangler Weishaar a 120, andDodge Weishaar a 159. in the JH,Collin Palmer got third with a 105,Justin Moody a 159, and GregVoller a 188.

The first annual Perkins CountyChallenge was held on May 3rd inLemmon. The tournament was anine hole duel between Bison andLemmon. The Bison boys Varsityteam took the boys team title, andthe Lemmon girls took the girlsteam title. Conner Palmer won theboys individual contest with ascore of 40. Christopher Morrisshot 45 which placed him third.Collin Palmer got fourth with a 49,and Clayton Prelle shot 56 for fifthplace. Wrangler Weishaar shot 57,and Dodge Weishaar 78. In the JVdivision Greg Voller shot a 69 forthird place, and Justin Moody shot74.

In the girls division, Jessica

Johnson got third with a 52,Samantha Moody shot 58 for fifth,and Brittnee Aaker 81. In the girlsJV, Julianna Kari got third with a63 and Marranda Hulm fourthwith a 66.

On May 4th the Bison varsityboys and girls team traveled toNewell for the Newell invitationaland Little Moreau Conferencetournament. In the LMC tourna-ment, Conner Palmer placedfourth with an 87, and JessicaJohnson shot a 101 for fourthplace. Christopher Morris shot 95,Clayton Prelle a 100, and CollinPalmer a 110. Marranda Hulmshot a 115 and Julianna Kari a130.

Conner Palmer, ChristopherMorris, clayton Prelle and CollinPalmer travel to Bowman on May5th for a varsity tournament. Con-ner Palmer and Christopher Mor-ris both shot a 96. Clayton Prelleshot a 99 and Collin Palmer shot a104. The next tournament will beon May 7th at the Hart Ranch golfcourse, follow ed by the MarjeanHuber Invitational on May 11th.The regional tournament will beon May 14th also at Hart Ranch.

Clayton Prelle at the Newellmeet.

Coach Johnson and Christopher Morris discuss the course.

Greg Voller, Clayton Prelle, Christopher Morris, Collin Palmer, Conner Palmer. Julianna Kari, Mar-randa Hulm, Jessica Johnson, Samantha Moody.

Julianna Kari at the Newellgolf meet.

Valarie Burkhalter is just turning 16 this week yet she is graduating high school and has already been acceptedinto an undergraduate nursing program at SDSU.

She credits being able to work at her own pace in a home school environment for her early step-up in life. She’s

2012 Senior Spotlight

Valarie Nicole Burkhalter

had the freedom to study independently and to take courses that in-terest her. Her favorite subjects are science, biology and chemistry.

Brad and Jennifer Burkhalter will host a graduation reception intheir home on Sunday in honor of both of their graduates. Valarieand big brother Nathan will receive diploma's.

The transition from home schooling - where her mother has beenher only teacher since kindergarten - to university life both scaresand excites Valarie.

She isn’t old enough to live in a dormitory setting but will staywith an aunt and uncle and their large family in Brookings, just sixblocks from campus.

Having a lot of people around is second nature to Valarie. She isthe second of ten children in the Burkhalter household. In additionto the graduates are Ruth, Daniel, Rebekah, Jonathan, William,all homed-school, and pre-schoolers, Esther, Jael and Justin.

Valarie was born on May 16, 1994 in Birmingham, AL where herfather was a youth pastor. There was one more church elsewhere inAlabama before the family moved to Pierre. Valarie was five whenthey came to the Beckman Memorial Wesleyan Church in PrairieCity.

This young and petite senior runner has been involved in BHScross country and track since 7th grade and has numerous lettersin both sports. She also tried one year of girls’ basketball.

For the past three summers she has participated in a Bible Bee.To prepare, she was challenged to memorize 800 Bible verses andto study a book of the Bible. Local competitions, oral and written,were held in Pierre and Wibaux, MT.

In addition to academics, Valarie helps with chores around thehouse.

“I don’t have a lot of spare time,” she said. When she does, shelikes to read historical fiction.

Her family sometimes participates in monthly gatherings withother families of home schooled students. Activities include a camp-out at Shadehill, track and field days and, always, a potluck dinner.

•Ninety-five percent of homeschoolers had an adequate comprehension of politics and government, compared to 65% of U.S. adults.

•Seventy-one percent of homeschool graduates participate in ongoing community service activities, including politics, compared to 37% of adults in similar ages.


TREE FACTS – Juniper Tip Blights and Their Control

By Robert W. Drown, Natural Resource Specialist

Juniper Tip Blights are commonfungal diseases in shelterbelt andornamental plantings of junipers.The diseases are most serious onyoung or newly transplantedplants and as the plant matures,disease susceptibility and severitydecreases. Occasionally it can in-fect arborvitae, cedar, Europeanlarch, jack pine, and Douglas-fir.The two most common Juniper TipBlight diseases are Phomopsis TipBlight and Kabatina Tip Blight.SYMPTOMS

Phomopsis Tip Blight is mainlya leaf and shoot infection that af-fects the new, young foliage of ju-nipers. The symptoms are yellowspots on young needles and some-times older needles may also showspotting. The fungus then enters

young stem tissue causing diebackof the new shoot tips. The foliageturns dull red, brown and then ashgray. As the disease progresses,small cankers form on the stemsand entire branches may die. In-fection is spread by splashing rain,wind, insects, or mechanicalmeans, especially when tempera-tures are between 70 – 80 degrees,during periods of high humidityand when foliage is wet.Kabatina Tip Blight causes symp-toms similar to Phomopsis, butonly infects twigs a year or moreold. This fungus enters the stemsthrough wounds caused by prun-ing, insects, or severe winterweather. The foliage turns dullgreen, red, yellow and then brown.As the disease develops, spores areformed in cankers between in-fected and healthy tissue. Thebrown, dried foliage eventuallydrops from the plant in late June.Kabatina Tip Blight occurs only inthe early spring and does notcause extensive branch die back.The primary infection period forthe Kabatina fungus is autumn,symptoms are not apparent untillate winter or early spring.CONTROL

Cultural practices that help con-trol both diseases include the fol-lowing. Select juniper varieties re-sistant to both tip blights. Whenplanting, avoid heavily shadedareas and space plants to allow forgood air circulation. Avoid wound-ing plants, especially in spring andfall. Water plants in early morn-

ing so foliage will dry during theday. Prune out diseased branchtips during dry summer weatherand destroy. If the infection is se-vere, remove the plant and replacewith a resistant tree selection.Avoid excessive pruning or shear-ing.Chemical control of Phomopsisand Kabatina Tip Blights are nor-mally not needed. Occasionally,fungicide applications at 7 to 21-day intervals during rapid plantgrowth in early spring may beused to treat junipers susceptibleto Phomopsis Tip Blight. Optionsfor chemicals to use include prod-ucts containing either Bordeauxmixture, Copper sulphate, Man-cozeb or Thiophanate-methyl.Since Kabatina Tip Blight infec-tions occur in the fall there arecurrently no fungicides used tocontrol this disease.There are varieties of juniper thatare resistant to both Juniper TipBlights. Upright types include:Ames, Fairview, Hetzii, Iowa,Keteleeri, Mountbatten and Ro-bust Green. Low spreading typesinclude: Armstrongii, Pfitzeriana,Sargentii Glauca, Repanda, Arca-dia, and Skandia.My sources for this news releasewere the Morton Arboretum andK-State Research and Extension.If you would like more informationabout Juniper Tip Blights andTheir Control call Bob Drown atthe Conservation Office at 605-244-5222, Extension 4.

Children’s Theatre presents Imagine Nation

Above: Larry (Kevin Earlywine), Father (Leighland Hooks), Lit-tle Brother (Dustin Wells). To the right Gracee Veal, KatieKvale, Marleigh Hulm and Kahlea Seidel.

•The shade and wind buffering provided by trees reduces annual heating and cooling costs by 2.1 billion dollars.

•Well-maintained trees and shrubs can increase property value by up to 14%.


Children’s Theatre...Imagination Nation

Above: Red Pirates; Jim Brockel, Tylee Lundberg, Jenna Kari, Taylor Fisher and the Captain

Parrot Cohen Palmer and Pirate Taylor Fisher.Some dogs can predict when a child will have an epileptic seizure, and even protectthe child from injury. They're not trained to do this, they simply learn to respond after

observing at least one attack.

Bison Town Board

Monday, May 7, 20127:00 p.m. at City Hall

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: Fi-nance Officer Beth Hulm called theregular monthly meeting of the newyear of the Bison Town Board to orderon Monday, May 7, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.at City Hall. Trustees Juell Chapman,Luke Clements, Mike Lockert, DavidKopren and Matt Butsavage werepresent. Others present: employeeHeath McKinstry, Todd Fink, KelliNelson, Allan Page, Clyde Hafner andGladys Jackson, press.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEWAS RECITED BY ALL.

ALL ACTION IN THE FOLLOWINGMINUTES CARRIED BY UNANI-MOUS VOTE UNLESS OTHERWISESTATED.

APPRECIATION AWARD: TerryHaggart, Trustee, was recognized for25 years of loyal and dedicated serviceto the Town Board of Bison, from May1987 through April 2012.

OATHS OF OFFICE: Hulm presidedover the swearing into office of twotrustees – Matthew Butsavage for athree year term, ending April 30, 2015;and David Kopren for a one-year term,ending April 30, 2013.

ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN: Hulmasked for nominations for board chair-man. 032-2012 – Clements moved, sec-onded by Kopren to nominate JuellChapman and to cast a unanimous bal-lot for his election. Carried.

ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRMAN:Chapman took over the meeting andcalled for nominations for vice presi-dent of the board. Lockert nominatedDavid Kopren, seconded by Clements.Carried. There being no other nomina-tions, 033-2012 – Lockert moved thatnominations cease and that a unani-mous ballot be cast for Kopren. Sec-onded by Chapman. Carried.

MINUTES: 034-2012 – Clementsmoved, seconded by Kopren to approvethe April 11 minutes, as corrected. Car-ried.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT: 035-2012 – Chapman moved, seconded byKopren to approve the April FinancialStatement, as presented. Carried.

DELEGATIONS: 7:10 p.m: Contrac-tor Todd Fink presented his cost esti-mate of $18,388.56 for extendingWhite St., east from Ernest Kari’s to3th Ave. E and then south to DemCrary’s with a July 1 start date.Trustees asked that he also quote thewidening of White Street from Cole-man Ave. to Kari’s so that it matchesup with the new road. Fink will pres-ent a new estimate at the June 11meeting. 7:30 p.m: Summer Rec direc-tor Kelli Nelson visited Trustees aboutupcoming summertime activities forchildren 5 years and older. She shareda proposed schedule for three days perweek plus alternating Fridays, a list ofgames/activities and another of sup-plies that she’ll need. She was author-ized to run her program as she sees fit,with help from McKinstry, as needed.Registration and a noon picnic arescheduled for Friday, June 1.

STATUS REPORT: Trustees re-viewed Heath McKinstry’s written sta-tus report with him. The complete re-port is on file at City Hall. In addition,town clean-up days were scheduled.Beginning Wednesday afternoon, May23, maintenance employees will pick

up white goods. All Freon must be re-covered and the appliances tagged bythe owners prior to pick-up; curb sidepick-up of leaves and branches willbegin on Friday morning, May 24.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:KBM Engineering: Engineer AllanPage presented plans and specs, whichwere designed using DOT standards,for trustees’ approval. Trustees askedfor some additions and changes priorto the plans being sent to SD DOT forfinal approval. Page will confer withStacy Froelich at DENR regardingcomposting needs.

Silkman payment: McKinstry an-nounced that South Dakota RuralWater will camera the new sewer linein Cooper Addition on Wednesday ofthis week. If trustees are satisfied thatthe contractor did no damage to thenew line, Silkman may pick up hischeck that day.

Library survey/annual report – Fiscalyear 2011: Trustees reviewed the cor-rected 2011 library survey/annual re-port, which will be on kept on file atCity Hall.

City Attorney matters: Eric Bogue willspeak with Lindskov Automotive andwrite a contract for the free summer-time use of a Ford tractor, offeredthrough a government program; he’llwrite a letter to the owner of a Uke,which is on city property and needs tobe removed; he’ll research a deed thatshows Perkins County is the owner ofColeman Ave. from Carr Street northto Highway 20 and try to determinewhich entity should maintain thatstretch of road; and trustees asked himto write an ordinance, or an amend-ment to the existing nuisance ordi-nance, that would forbid property own-ers from allowing their grass clippings,leaves and snow to lie on public streets.

NEW BUSINESSLiquor License Requests: ClydeHafner, Perkins County Fair Board, re-quested a special malt beverage permitfor use at the fairgrounds during the2012 Perkins County Fair, Aug. 17-19.036-2012 – Chapman moved, secondedby Lockert to schedule and advertise apublic liquor hearing for the fair boardat 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 11 atCity Hall. Carried. The Bison Volun-teer Fire Dept. requested a specialmalt beverage permit for use at Lion’sClub Park on Saturday, June 30, 2012.037-2012 - Chapman moved, secondedby Lockert to schedule and advertise apublic liquor hearing for the firefight-ers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 11 atCity Hall. Carried.

Transfer of airport entitlement funds:038-2012 – Clements moved, secondedby Kopren to transfer $86,000 in air-port entitlement funds to the State ofSouth Dakota for a pavement seal coatand marking project this summer, ofwhich the town’s share will be 2%; andto transfer $64,000 of expiring 2009entitlement funds to the State of SouthDakota to be used for a project at PineRidge airport. Carried. Chapman andBogue signed the required paperwork.

Land Acquisition grant: Hulm reportedthat grant #3-46-0003-07-2011, forKolb land airport acquisition, is nowclosed out and the final grant pay-ments in the amounts of $24, 567.67and $1,944.31 (including the state’s 3%share) have been received. A decisionto auto supplement the final paymentsinto the 2012 budget was postponed.

2011/2012 Designations and Ap-pointments: 039-2012 - Butsavagemoved, seconded by Chapman to ap-prove the following designations and

appointements. Carried. Official sig-natories: Chairman and Vice Chair-man of the Town Board and the Fi-nance Officer; Finance and RevenueOfficer: Elizabeth Hulm; Street Super-intendent and Water and WastewaterSuperintendent: Heath McKinstry ;City Attorney: Eric Bogue; Fire chief:David Kopren; Depositories: DacotahBank, Bison and DPFCU, Bison; Offi-cial newspaper: The Bison Courier; Of-ficial Meeting time and place: FirstMonday after the first Thursdaymonthly at City Hall at 6:00 p.m. (Oct.– Mar.) and 7:00 p.m. (Apr. – Sept.);PCRW Board: David Kopren; NS-DRLA: Richard Seidel; BisonEconomic Development Board: Car-olyn Hendricks with alternate LukeClements; HUD Housing Board: PaulAdcock, Tim Gossman, Blane Chap-man, Geraldine Peck, Virginia Greenand town board representative JuellChapman; Bison Public Library: JeffVan Vactor, John Blosmo, Vi Leonard,Nina Loper, Cheri Butsavage and townboard representative Luke Clements;Nuisance Committee: Luke Clements,Mike Lockert, Darla Moody.

Advertise hay bids: 040-2012 – Lock-ert moved, seconded by Clements toadvertise airport hay bids for twotracts of land, to be opened and read at7:45 p.m. on Monday, June 11, 2012 atCity Hall. Carried.

SD Rural Water Director: Trusteeswere unfamiliar with the slate of can-didates for a board position on the SDRural Water Board of Directors andchose not to vote.

Grand Electric Delegate: LukeClements was appointed the town’svoting delegate for the June 1, 2012Grand Electric annual Meeting.

CORRESPONDENCE: None.

OPEN FORUM: There was discussionregarding the need to find a sponsor-ing group for a city-wide clean-up;spending $1.600 from the park budgetfor sand at the ballpark; and meetingwith County Commissioners and theFair Board about renting office spaceat the Bentley Building. Hulm an-nounced that auditors from EideBailly, LLP, Aberdeen, will be in town,beginning Monday, May 14 to audit thetown’s 2010 and 2011 books.

CLAIMS: The following claims werepresented and approved for payment.Fund 101- General FundDEPT 410 – Gen. Gov’t: GRANDELEC, UTIL, $60.39; BANYON DATASYSTEMS, PROF. FEES. $770;WRCTC, UTIL, $280.61; BISONCOURIER, PUBL, $123.79; PCRWS,UTIL, $1.25.DEPT 412 – Board of Trustees: DA-COTAH INS, PREMIUM, $80; K.B.JEWELERS, OTHER. $29.95.DEPT 413 – Election: ELECTIONBOARD SALARIES, $352; BISONCOURIER, PUBL, $46.55.DEPT 414 – Fin. Admin: EMP.SALARIES, $796.32; FICA, $60.91.DEPT 419 – Public Works: GRANDELEC, UTIL, $211.65; NW FARM,SUPP, $27.86; PCRWS, UTIL, $1.94.DEPT 421 – Police: SHERIFFS OFF,PROF. FEES, $3,000.DEPT 422 – Fire Dept: PCRWS,UTIL, $12.95.DEPT 431 – Streets: EMP. SALARIE,$521.56; FICA, $39.92; SDRS, RE-TIREMENT, $25.51; EMP. HEALTHINS,$86.45; GRAND ELEC, STR.$1,080.89; BISON COURIER, PUBL,$8.50; BISON GRAIN CO, SUPP,$1,194.32; BISON IMP, SUPP,$40.99; DAKOTA FEED, SUPP,$346.01; PETE LIEN, SUPP, $524.16.DEPT 435 – Airport: GRAND ELEC,UTIL, $110.06; PCRWS, UTIL, $0.13.

DEPT 452 – Parks & Rec: EMP.SALARIES, $292.44; FICA, $22.36;SDRS, RETIREMENT, $9.84; EMP.HEALTH INS, $33.33; SD AR-BORISTS ASSN, FEES, $35; GRANDELEC, UTIL, $57.69; BISONCOURIER, PUBL, $8.50; DAKOTAFEED, SUPP, $6.91; MASTER GAR-DENERS, SUPP, $42; BISON IMP,REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE$11.50.DEPT 455 – Library: EMP.SALARIES, $496.70; FICA, $37.99;GRAND ELEC, UTIL, $77.36;PCRWS, UTIL, $1.24; WRCTC, UTIL,$27.08.DEPT 465 – ECON DEVELOP-MENT: EMP.SALARY, $37.24; FICA,$2.85. FUND 601 - LiquorDEPT 499 – Liquor: EMP.SALARIES, $6,257.02; FICA, $478.65;SDRS, RETIREMENT, $237.09; EMP.HEALTH INS, $361.48; DEPT. OFREV, SALES TAX, $1,380.96; PCRWS,UTIL, $9.74; GRAND ELEC, RE-PAIRS/MAINT/ UTIL, $499.42; SER-VALL, PROF. FEES, $70.71; BISONCOURIER, PUB. $11.80; DPFCU,SUPP, $59.65; WRCTC, UTIL,$121.02; FRITO LAY, SUPP, $48.18;COCA-COLA, SUPP, $173.90; JOHN-SON BROS, ON/OFF-SALE/BEER,$1,653.71; PEPSI, SUPP, $304.40; NWBEV, BEER, $3,977; REPUB-LIC, ON/OFF-SALE LIQ, $1,280.95; S& S, SUPP, $1,825.44; HETTINGERCANDY, SUPP, 734.62; JEROME BEV,BEER, $1,793.35.FUND 602 - WaterDEPT 433 – Water: EMP.SALARIES, $586.75; FICA, $44.91;SDRS, RETIREMENT, $24.29; EMP.HEALTH INS, $82.28; BANYONDATA SYS, PROF. FEES, $256.67;PCRWS,WATER PURCHASED/PROF.FEES, $4,447.65;HD SUPPLY,SUPP, $439.86; GRAND ELEC, UTIL,$124.20.FUND 603 – Special ProjectDEPT 433 – Storm Sewer: KBM,PROF, $10,263.51.FUND 604 - SewerDEPT 432 – Sanitation Dept: EMPSALARIES, $953.23; FICA, $72.88;SDRS, RETIREMENT, $35.32; EMP.HEALTH INS.$119.83; CAM SPRAY,EQUIP, $15,001.41; GRAND ELEC,UTIL, $197.66; BANYON DATA SYS,PROF. FEES, $256.67.FUND 612 – Solid wasteDEPT 432 – Sanitation Dept: EMP.SALARIES, $2,187.72; FICA, $167.37;SDRS, RETIREMENT, $52.57; EMP.HEALTH INS, $178.11; DEPT OFREV, SALES TAX, $232.74; BISONFOOD, SUPP, $10.08; NWSDRLA,PROF, FEES, $2661.27.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: 041-2012 -Clements moved, seconded by Koprento enter executive session at 10:40 p.m.to discuss personnel, pursuant toSDCL 1-25 - 2(1). Carried. Chapmandeclared the meeting back in open ses-sion at 11:25 p.m.

ADJOURNMENT: Chapman ad-journed the meeting at 11:30 p.m.

NEXT MEETING: Monday, June 11at 7:00 p.m.

ATTEST:Elizabeth Hulm, Finance Officer

APPROVED: Juell Chapman Chairman, Town of Bison

[Published May 17, 2012 at a total ap-proximate cost of $143.32.]

TOWN OF BISONSPECIAL MEETING

5:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL Chair-man Juell Chapman called a specialmeeting of the Bison Town Board toorder on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at5:45 p.m. at City Hall. Trustees DavidKopren, Luke Clements and Matt But-savage were present. Mike Lockertwas absent. Others present were BethHulm, finance officer; and StacyFroelich, DENR, Pierre.

STORM SEWER QUESTIONS:Stacy Froelich, in town for anothermeeting, visited briefly to answer ques-tions about composting in regards tothe upcoming storm sewer project.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEWAS RECITED BY ALL.

DELEGATE TO PCRWS BOARD OFDIRECTORS: Kopren announced thathe preferred to not accept the appoint-ment to the rural water board. 042-2012 – Clements moved, seconded byButsavage to re-appoint Terry Haggartto the PCRWS board. Carried.

ADJOURNMENTChairman Chapman adjourned themeeting at 6:00 p.m.

ATTEST: Elizabeth Hulm, Finance Officer

APPROVED: Juell Chapman Chairman, Town of Bison

[Published May 17, 2012 at a total ap-proximate cost of $17.69.]

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Southwestern ChickenSalad

6 cups sliced romaine lettuce

1 cup shredded rotisseriechicken

1 sliced red bell pepper1/2 cup canned black

beans, rinsed1/3 cup sour cream

3 tablespoons lime juice1/4 teaspoon chili powder

kosher salttortilla chips, for serving

DirectionsDivide the lettuce,

chicken, bell pepper, andbeans between two lunch

containers.In a small bowl, whisk

together the sour cream,lime juice, chili powder,

and ? teaspoon salt; divide between 2 small

containers.Serve the salad with the

dressing and tortilla chips.

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ginning of the project. They called the grandstands “a very good in-vestment for the community tohave.”

Also wearing two hats, Jack An-derson stuck around for LACED’spresentation. He was joined byKaren Knutson and Jo Hetzel.One of the group’s major projectshas been to turn abandoned andderelict property around to get itback on the tax rolls. They alsomanage the Beeler CommunityCenter and recruit new businessto Lemmon. The money that theyreceive from the county ($35,000last year) is mostly used for theadministrative duties of office per-sonnel. Commissioner Rusty Fos-ter commented that Lemmon isone of only a few who have paidpersonnel on their economic devel-opment boards.

Patti Benson and Joanne Seimcame in to give the 1st quarter re-port from Lemmon and Bison’scommunity health nurse offices.They’ll be back later with theirbudget request.

Also on the agenda last Tuesdaywas the sale of three Lemmonproperties, taken by the countyafter taxes went unpaid. The bid-ding began with the opening ofsealed bids, none of which were forthe required 90% of appraisedvalue. Two, the old Kokomo build-

ing on Main Ave. and a house at105 3rd Ave. W. will be re-adver-tised.

The third property, located at106 8th St. W. had been appraisedat $7,500. The highest sealed bidcame from Jack Anderson at$2,000 less than that. A biddingwar ensued with Martin Paul,Lemmon, coming out on top withhis bid of $7,650.

Bids were also opened for thepurchase of a truck for the high-way department to replace the1990 Peterbilt that recentlycaught fire and burned in its Bisonlot. Two Sioux Falls dealers bid atotal of nine trucks, ranging from$44,700 to $81,250. Some did notmeet Highway SuperintendentTracy Buer’s bid specs.

Buer was authorized to make atrip to Sioux Falls to look at anddrive some of the trucks. Therewill likely be a special meeting ora conference call to award the bid.The county will recoup $10,000from insurance and bids will beadvertised for the burned truck.

Buer’s other business with thecommission included the proposalfor a new bridge, five miles northof Bison on the White Butte Road,which is estimated to cost morethan $1.5 million. Of that amount,the state would pay 80%, leavingabout $303,000 for county taxpay-ers. “It’s a real good deal,” Buersaid. The bridge would be south ofwhere the overlay project beginsthis coming summer and could bepaid for from 2013 budgeted dol-lars.

Buer announced a change orderon the White Butte overlay projectequaling a $66,000 reduction fromthe contractor’s bid because mate-rial was found closer to the projectsite.

Two full-time permanent em-ployees have been hired for thehighway crew. Daroll Aukland,Bison, moves from temporary sta-tus and John Eastburn is a newworker who hails from Indiana.Both will start their positions at$12.35/hr. without having to takea 5% reduction for the first threemonths. Commissioners took ac-tion to delete that reduction fromtheir policy. “I just don’t see whereit gains anything,” Foster said.

The June meeting of the PerkinsCounty Commission has beenmoved to Wednesday, June 6 toavoid being held on Primary Elec-tion day. It will be in the board-room at Bison.

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AUCTIONS

ABSOLUTE AUCTION: (7) Modular2005 buildings, each 64’x24’ with 2bathrooms, furnace, water heater, 2classrooms, handicapped accessible,Faith, SD, June 13, www.PiroutekAuc-tion.com or 605-544-3316.

HOSPITAL, COMMERCIALKITCHEN, Office and Nursing HomeEquipment Auction, 9:00 am June2nd, Hoven, SD. www.hovensd.comhas pictures. M & R Auctions ph.’s605.769.1181, 605.281.1067 or605.948.2201.

EDUCATION

MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEESneeded! Train to become a Medical Of-fice Assistant! No experience needed!Local job training. Placement avail-able. HS diploma or GED and PCneeded! 1-888-926-7884.

EMPLOYMENT

EXPERIENCED CONCRETE CON-STRUCTION Field Supervisor needed.Based out of Dell Rapids, SD. Excel-lent pay and benefits. Call BuskerudConstruction at 605-428-5483. EqualOpportunity Employer.

GREAT PAYING JOBS! Statewide con-struction jobs, $12.00 - $15.00 ORMORE hourly + benefits. Summer orpermanent. No experience necessary.

Hit Pay Dirt! Apply Online www.sd-work.org.

CUSTER REGIONAL SENIOR CAREis searching for dedicated, caringnurses to join our team. We have fulland part time LPN and RN positionsavailable. We offer excellent benefitsand competitive wages. For more infor-mation please contact TerryAnn Scottat (605) 673-2237 ext. 29 or log ontowww.regionalhealth.com to apply.EEOC/AA.

ASSISTANT CUSTODIAN: FT, bene-fits. Maintain heating system,clean/maintain schoolbuildings/grounds, minor repairs, snowremoval. Contact Faulkton School,Supt. Joel Price, 605-598-6266 ext.206.

BRIDGEWATER CITY accepting writ-ten Notice of Interest for ManagerLessees for City Bar. Call BridgewaterFinance Office 605/729-2690 or seebridgewatersd.com for more informa-tion.

GREAT PAYING JOBS! Statewide con-struction jobs, $12.00 - $15.00 ORMORE hourly + benefits. Summer orpermanent. No experience necessary.Hit Pay Dirt! Apply Online www.sd-work.org.

DIRECTOR OF ADDICTION SER-VICES: Rapid City. Qualified candi-date will provide treatment, clinicaloversight and administrative supervi-sion. Requires Level II or III chemicaldependency certification. Master’s De-gree preferred. See full job descriptionand apply online www.BehaviorMan-agement.org.

BUILDING TRADES INSTRUCTORopening for 9th-12th grade program inNorthwest South Dakota. Competivewage, excellent benefits, car provided.For more information contact CrisOwens, Northwest Area Schools, 605-466-2206 [email protected].

CITY OF NEW TOWN seeking WaterPlant Operator. MandatoryWater/Sewer Operator License. Re-sume: City of New Town, PO Box 309,New Town, ND 58763.

COUNTY HIGHWAY SUPERINTEN-DENT - Huron, SD. Job descriptionavailable atwww.beadle.sdcounties.org. Deadlineto apply is 6-15-12 . Submit resumewith salary expectations [email protected].

THE SISSETON SCHOOL DISTRICT54-2 has an opening for Food ServiceDirector. Application and job descrip-tion available at the business office at516 8th Ave.W Sisseton, SD 57262.Position open until filled. EOE.

WANTED: SERVICE TECHNICIANSat a stable dealership with three loca-tions in South Dakota and four loca-tions in Nebraska. Excellent benefitpackage. A/C service departments.Wages DOE. For locations and phonenumbers check our website:

www.grossenburg.com.

GREAT PAYING JOBS! Statewide con-struction jobs, $12.00 - $15.00 ORMORE hourly + benefits. Summer orpermanent. No experience necessary.Hit Pay Dirt! Apply Online www.sd-work.org.

FOR SALE

SMOOTHIE MACHINE, used 18months, excellent condition. WOODLATHE, excellent condition, used onceor twice. Call after 6 p.m. 605-598-6592.

FOR SALE: HUNTINGLODGE/HOME fully furnished 2 bed-room and cottage on 2 lots located inFaith, SD. $57,000 negotiable, mustsell. Call cell 605-680-3635 or 605-239-4611.

LOG HOMES

DAKOTA LOG HOME Builders repre-senting Golden Eagle Log Homes,building in eastern, central, northwest-ern South & North Dakota. Scott Con-nell, 605-530-2672, Craig Connell, 605-2 6 4 - 5 6 5 0 ,www.goldeneagleloghomes.com.

NOTICES

ADVERTISE IN NEWSPAPERSstatewide for only $150.00. Put theSouth Dakota Statewide ClassifiedsNetwork to work for you today! (25words for $150. Each additional word$5.)Call this newspaper or 800-658-3697for details.

RECREATIONAL

ATTENTION CAMPERS! Full hook-up campsite provided free in exchangefor general maintenance24hrs/week/person. June 1-Oct. 1, ne-gotiable. 605-264-5324. www.okobo-joresort.com Bar and restaurant. Lotsfor sale.

REAL ESTATE

WANT TO BUY: 1980s or 1990s mobilehomes, Watertown, SD. Call (605)881-1296.

For Sale

For sale: 2003 Mazda Tribute 244-7534.

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Second Chance! Three bed, twobath ranch style home with base-ment for sale. Includes extra lot, aone-room school house and 4 cargarage. 613 1st Ave. West. If inter-ested call Kvale's at 244-7536.

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For RentFor rent: Homestead Heights lo-cated in Bison, S.D., has a one andtwo bedroom apartment available.Homestead Heights is a low-incomeelderly and disabled Section 8 HUD(Housing and Urban Development)housing facility. We are smoke free.Energy Assistance is available forthose who qualify. Utilities are in-cluded in the rent. HomesteadHeights is an equal housing oppor-tunity. For more information, pleasecall (605) 244-5473.

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ServicesCleaning Services, various hoursavailable. References upon request.Please call Karin @ 244-7799 or 406-581-1108.

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EmploymentThe Perkins County FSA Office,located in Bison, South Dakota, cur-rently has a vacancy for a temporary

Program Technician position. Com-puter knowledge is a plus as appli-cants will be required to operate acomputer. To be considered for thisposition, applications must be sub-mitted to the Perkins County FSAOffice by 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, May23, 2012. Applications, vacancy an-nouncements and additional infor-mation may be obtained at thePerkins County FSA Office, 604Coleman Ave, PO Box 98, Bison, SD57620. Contact Alan Voller at 605-244-5222 for further information.FSA is an Equal Employment Op-portunity Employer.

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Center-Based Teacher/Home Vis-itor: TREC/Badlands Head StartPrenatal to Five is seeking a highenergy, self-motivated and profes-sional individual to work as aTeacher/Home Visitor in Bison,South Dakota. This individual willbe working with young children(ages 3-5) and their families. Strongcommunication skills, experienceworking with families, and a validdriver’s license are required. HeadStart experience is preferred. Dueto Head Start mandates and TRECpolicy a minimum of an AA in EarlyChildhood is required. This is a 40hour per week, 38 weeks per year po-sition. We provide a competitivesalary and benefit package. SalaryDOE. For more information and anapplication, please call 605-723-8837. Position open until 5/21/12.

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The Bison Courier has a part timeopening for more information call244-7199.

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Thank You

Thank you so much to everyone whosent their love and goodwill throughcards, phone calls, visiting, gifts andflowers for my 95th birthday. Thankyou to the relatives and friends whocame to my birthday parties, theywere fun! God bless you all.

Gert Kooiman

It is impossible to sneezewith your eyes open.

In 2002, women earned742,000 bachelor's

degrees. Men earnedonly 550,000 during the

same year. The difference is growing solarge that many colleges

now practice (quietly) affirmative action for

male applicants.


West River Vet Clinicwill be holding a

Rabies & Vaccination Clinic Thursday, May 17

at the Bentley Building in Bison from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Watch for your vaccinationreminder in your mailbox or

call ahead for your vaccination history.

We will NOT be bringingthose records with us!

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