Pioneer review $ 1 00 Includes Tax A Publication of Ravellette Publications, Inc., Philip, South Dakota 57567. The Official Newspaper of Haakon County, South Dakota. Copyright 1981. Number 39 Volume 106 May 17, 2012 Philip High golfers to state 9 Math students at SDSM&T contest 9 Philip High School Graduation Exercises Sunday, May 20th 2:00 p.m. at the Armory Market Report Winter Wheat, 12 Pro ...........................$5.54 Winter Wheat, Any Pro ..........................$4.74 Spring Wheat, 14 Pro ...........................$6.61 Corn .....................................................$5.221 Millet ...................................................$12.35 Sunflowers ..........................................$24.00 by Del Bartels Starting out with a somewhat local representative of exotic ani- mals, Kevin Vogel set a live skunk on a table, which squirted the au- dience. Yes, the table squirted the audi- ence; through a trick pressurized tank of water hidden underneath. Vogel continued to keep the atten- tion of the Philip elementary stu- dents through humor, living exhibits and a running lecture on the importance of these animals to the earth and to humans. The student assembly Wednes- day, May 9, in the high school gym- nasium was provided by Dakota Assemblies. Vogel, from Min- nesota, is part of Safari Adven- tures. His main lesson to students is how one type of animal helps other animals, and thus helps hu- mans. His show included a kikachu, a Central and South American mam- mal also known as a honeybear. Its prehensal tail and never stopping inquisitiveness makes it resemble a monkey. Its diet of nector from rain forest canopies actually helps plant pollination, similar to the ac- tions of honey bees. The next mammal was a rac- coon-like coatimundi, a land dweller that sleeps in trees and uses its long tail for balance while climbing. It can eat almost any- thing and can adapt to most warmer environments, but is itself a main diet for predators. The California king snake has a high tolerance to the poisons of venomous snakes, and will eat other snakes. One of the students asked if it could be used in South Dakota to help get rid of rat- tlesnakes. The king snake can not survive in the cool temperatures of this area. Instructor Jessica Wheeler got to cuddle a joey, a young kangaroo. When not being displayed, it was “stored” in a bag hung from the table top. This is much like when it is in the safe environment of its mother’s pouch. In the wild, kanga- roos congregate in mobs of up to 150 individuals. The Eurasian eagle owl rotated its head almost 360 degrees, using its 14 vertabrae in its neck as op- posed to a human’s seven neck vertabrae. Everything about an owl is made for hunting. As he was packing up to return home, Vogel held a mini show for some of the high school students who were between classes. Exotic animals visit Philip Elementary Mark Stangle being investigated by a kikachu under the supervision of Keven Vogel. Photos by Del Bartels Above, an Eurasian Eagle Owl. Right, a coatimundi. Haakon County Public Library’s annual summer reading program will be held Wednesday mornings from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. be- ginning June 13 and ending on July 25. Due to the Fourth of July holiday falling on a Wednesday this year, there will be no summer reading program that week. The theme for the children’s pro- gram this year is “Dream Big, Read!” There will be stories, crafts and snacks. Children will keep track of the number of pages they read over the course of the program and every child will win a prize. There will again be an adult summer reading program this year. The theme for that program is “Between the Covers,” and prizes will be awarded to all participants. Registration for both summer read- ing programs will begin May 22. Summer reading program by Del Bartels During the Monday, May 14, Haakon School District Board of Education meeting, the board ap- proved contracts and tentative budgets for next year. Contracts for the 2012-2013 school year for the certified posi- tions include a $1,000 increase to the base pay. The traditional step and lane pay increases will be re- implemented after a two-year freeze. Step increases are based on years of experience and lane in- creases are based on an individ- ual’s continued education. Rural instructors will also receive a $300 increase per month for nine months as additional compensa- tion. Contracts for next year for the classified positions will include an additional $600 to individual fringe benefits. Contracts for next year for the administrative positions of super- intendent, secondary principal, fi- nance officer and administrative secretary have been approved in- creases between four and four and one-half percent. Michael Baer, as the next year’s secondary principal, will have the responsibility of ath- letic director as part of his contract. He will also be the head boys’ bas- ketball coach at a wage of $3,190 and the assistant football coach at a wage of $2,030. The board approved a five-year capital outlay plan. Estimates that may vary over time include cur- riculum books being held off an- other year until a core curriculum can be set statewide. To simplify matters, Finance Officer Britni Ross held the estimated revenues from taxes flat for the five years. Larger expenditures will be updat- ing computers. The Fine Arts Building will be paid off by the end of next year. A large variable will be any re- pair or even abandonment of the hot water well system that heats the Philip school buildings. This geothermal system also heats some businesses downtown, with the re- cent addition of the Philip Health Services, Inc. Currently the school system spends approximately $22,000 per year on barium chlo- ride to treat the heated well water. In a worst case scenario, if the well completely gave out, estimates range upward to $300,000 for re- pairs. Replacing the geothermal heating system with boilers would cost approximately $189,000. Plug- ging the well, if it ever is deemed not unusable, would cost approxi- mately $77,000. Then the cooling and settling ponds would have to be dealt with. Ross gave a preliminary budget for the 2012-2013 school year. “There’s nothing amazing on the revenue side, really,” said Ross. “On the expenditure side, wages is all I’ve really adjusted.” She said that the overall difference between the current budget and next year’s proposed one is about $48,000. Board member Doug Thorson guessed that the increase would be about one-half of one percent, which the board thought was ad- mirable. The proposed budget will be looked at again next meeting. Ross said that the food service budget was a guess with the pend- ing breakfast program. Much of the funding will come from a federal program, by way of the state. Breakfasts would fall under the free or reduced lunch program, but would be full value for students not on the program. Superintendent Keven Morehart said the count of student enrollment in kinder- garten through 12th grade is 301. That puts the students on the free and reduced lunch program at roughly 43 percent. He said the magic percentage for many federal and state subsidy programs is 50 percent. Morehart said that some stu- dents already arrive on school grounds at 6:45 a.m. He anticipates the breakfast program breaking even, especially since a large num- ber of students taking advantage of it will probably be on the free and reduced lunch program. He stressed that the ala carte program would still be available. The board is looking at an esti- mate of $84,000 for a new, 65-pas- senger, diesel, school bus. Bids received by the Lennox School Dis- trict can be used, especially since those specifications match the re- quirements called for by the Haakon School District. The board voted to be part of the protective trust workers’s compen- sation agreement offered by the As- sociation of School Boards of South Dakota. Also, a contract has been signed with Children’s Care Hospi- tal for occupational and physi- caltherapy sercices at $25 per 15-minute units. The Three Rivers Cooperative has been contracted to supply speech therapy services at $50 per hour plus mileage. The dis- trict is also contracted with the South Dakota Department of Health for their services. The month’s substitute teacher pay, for an equivalent of 45 days, came to $3,112.50. The month’s wages for the district, with a total of 2,265.5 hours worked, came to a total of $25,806.44. Region golf was May 14, with the state tournament May 21-22. The region track meet will be May 17, and state will be May 25-26. The high school has two national quali- fying teams: Tristen Rush, Blake Martinez and Nelson Holman will go to Florida for Family Career Community Leaders of America competition, and Wyatt Johnson, Avery Johnson, Nick Hamill and Jade Berry will compete in Indi- anapolis for FFA. Upkeep and improvement work has already begun on the Milesville facility. Preparation work is also being done so the Deep Creek School will be ready to re-open next year. Air conditioning will be in- stalled in the Philip school build- ings before next school year. The next school board meeting will be at 7:00 p.m., Monday, June 18, in room A-1 of the Philip High School. School board offers/ approves contracts by Nancy Haigh Mike Koffler, Haakon County’s new deputy sheriff, started May 7 and is looking forward to becoming part of Haakon County. Koffler has experience in law en- forcement, first as a deputy in Het- tinger County, North Dakota, then as a police officer for the town of Box Elder and as a deputy sheriff in Custer County. Koffler, who was previously liv- ing in Buffalo Gap, likes the size of Philip and Haakon County. An added bonus is that the location is close to his wife, Heidi’s, family in the Union Center area. His wife is in the nursing field. The couple has two daughters and one son. Both will attend grade school in Philip next fall. Koffler said he knows a few peo- ple in the area, some from attend- ing the cattle sales at Philip Livestock Auction with his father- in-law and through softball games. Though born in Eugene, Ore., Koffler spent most of his growing up years around Gillette and Sheri- dan, Wyo. Koffler said he looks forward to being involved in the county and with its residents. Koffler begins duties as deputy sheriff Mike Koffler is the new Haakon County deputy sheriff. He began his duties May 7 and looks forward to meeting the county’s residents. Photo by Nancy Haigh South Dakota eighth grade stu- dents are ahead of their peers when it comes to the latest science scores – which are good, but virtu- ally unchanged – as measured by the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress. “There are some very good things happening,” said South Dakota Secretary of Education Melody Schopp. “Our students continue to perform well, but we can’t get com- placent and allow ourselves to rest on our laurels.” The assessment results, released earlier today, show that just one state, North Dakota, scored signif- icantly higher than South Dakota’s average scale score of 162. Eight states, including Minnesota, Mon- tana, Massachusetts and Colorado, scored statistically the same as South Dakota. Scores are based on a 300-point scale, and this is only the second time the current science frame- work has been assessed. When the NAEP science test was last administered in 2009, North Dakota was again at the top, but South Dakota was matched in scor- ing by only five states. The national average is 151, a slight improvement from 149 in 2009. South Dakota’s average score is up one point, although the differ- ential is defined as not being statis- tically significant. The scores of South Dakota’s Hispanic students improved signif- icantly, making a 16-point jump in just two years. And 65 percent of South Dakota’s students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches scored at or above basic, compared to just 48 percent nationally. South Dakota’s gender gap in science remains. A significant gap also exists at the national level, with boys continuing to outperform their female counterparts in the area of science. For more information, visit the NAEP Report Card website. State’s eighth grade science scores near top
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by Del Bartels Starting out with a somewhatlocal representative of exotic ani-mals, Kevin Vogel set a live skunkon a table, which squirted the au-dience. Yes, the table squirted the audi-ence; through a trick pressurizedtank of water hidden underneath.Vogel continued to keep the atten-tion of the Philip elementary stu-dents through humor, livingexhibits and a running lecture onthe importance of these animals tothe earth and to humans. The student assembly Wednes-day, May 9, in the high school gym-nasium was provided by DakotaAssemblies. Vogel, from Min-nesota, is part of Safari Adven-tures. His main lesson to studentsis how one type of animal helpsother animals, and thus helps hu-mans. His show included a kikachu, aCentral and South American mam-mal also known as a honeybear. Itsprehensal tail and never stoppinginquisitiveness makes it resemblea monkey. Its diet of nector fromrain forest canopies actually helpsplant pollination, similar to the ac-tions of honey bees. The next mammal was a rac-coon-like coatimundi, a landdweller that sleeps in trees anduses its long tail for balance whileclimbing. It can eat almost any-thing and can adapt to mostwarmer environments, but is itselfa main diet for predators. The California king snake has ahigh tolerance to the poisons ofvenomous snakes, and will eatother snakes. One of the studentsasked if it could be used in SouthDakota to help get rid of rat-tlesnakes. The king snake can notsurvive in the cool temperatures ofthis area. Instructor Jessica Wheeler got tocuddle a joey, a young kangaroo.When not being displayed, it was“stored” in a bag hung from thetable top. This is much like when itis in the safe environment of itsmother’s pouch. In the wild, kanga-roos congregate in mobs of up to150 individuals. The Eurasian eagle owl rotatedits head almost 360 degrees, usingits 14 vertabrae in its neck as op-posed to a human’s seven neckvertabrae. Everything about an owlis made for hunting. As he was packing up to returnhome, Vogel held a mini show forsome of the high school studentswho were between classes.
Exotic animals visit Philip Elementary
Mark Stangle being investigated by a kikachu under the supervision of KevenVogel. Photos by Del Bartels
Above, an Eurasian Eagle Owl. Right, a coatimundi.
Haakon County Public Library’sannual summer reading programwill be held Wednesday morningsfrom 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. be-ginning June 13 and ending onJuly 25. Due to the Fourth of July holidayfalling on a Wednesday this year,there will be no summer readingprogram that week. The theme for the children’s pro-gram this year is “Dream Big,
Read!” There will be stories, craftsand snacks. Children will keeptrack of the number of pages theyread over the course of the programand every child will win a prize. There will again be an adultsummer reading program thisyear. The theme for that programis “Between the Covers,” and prizeswill be awarded to all participants.Registration for both summer read-ing programs will begin May 22.
Summer reading program
by Del Bartels During the Monday, May 14,Haakon School District Board ofEducation meeting, the board ap-proved contracts and tentativebudgets for next year. Contracts for the 2012-2013school year for the certified posi-tions include a $1,000 increase tothe base pay. The traditional stepand lane pay increases will be re-implemented after a two-yearfreeze. Step increases are based onyears of experience and lane in-creases are based on an individ-ual’s continued education. Ruralinstructors will also receive a $300increase per month for ninemonths as additional compensa-tion. Contracts for next year for theclassified positions will include anadditional $600 to individual fringebenefits. Contracts for next year for theadministrative positions of super-intendent, secondary principal, fi-nance officer and administrativesecretary have been approved in-creases between four and four andone-half percent. Michael Baer, asthe next year’s secondary principal,will have the responsibility of ath-letic director as part of his contract.He will also be the head boys’ bas-ketball coach at a wage of $3,190and the assistant football coach ata wage of $2,030. The board approved a five-yearcapital outlay plan. Estimates thatmay vary over time include cur-riculum books being held off an-other year until a core curriculumcan be set statewide. To simplifymatters, Finance Officer BritniRoss held the estimated revenuesfrom taxes flat for the five years.Larger expenditures will be updat-ing computers. The Fine ArtsBuilding will be paid off by the endof next year. A large variable will be any re-pair or even abandonment of thehot water well system that heatsthe Philip school buildings. Thisgeothermal system also heats somebusinesses downtown, with the re-cent addition of the Philip HealthServices, Inc. Currently the schoolsystem spends approximately$22,000 per year on barium chlo-ride to treat the heated well water.In a worst case scenario, if the wellcompletely gave out, estimatesrange upward to $300,000 for re-pairs. Replacing the geothermalheating system with boilers wouldcost approximately $189,000. Plug-ging the well, if it ever is deemednot unusable, would cost approxi-mately $77,000. Then the coolingand settling ponds would have tobe dealt with.
Ross gave a preliminary budgetfor the 2012-2013 school year.“There’s nothing amazing on therevenue side, really,” said Ross.“On the expenditure side, wages isall I’ve really adjusted.” She saidthat the overall difference betweenthe current budget and next year’sproposed one is about $48,000.Board member Doug Thorsonguessed that the increase would beabout one-half of one percent,which the board thought was ad-mirable. The proposed budget willbe looked at again next meeting. Ross said that the food servicebudget was a guess with the pend-ing breakfast program. Much of thefunding will come from a federalprogram, by way of the state.Breakfasts would fall under thefree or reduced lunch program, butwould be full value for students noton the program. SuperintendentKeven Morehart said the count ofstudent enrollment in kinder-garten through 12th grade is 301.That puts the students on the freeand reduced lunch program atroughly 43 percent. He said themagic percentage for many federaland state subsidy programs is 50percent. Morehart said that some stu-dents already arrive on schoolgrounds at 6:45 a.m. He anticipatesthe breakfast program breakingeven, especially since a large num-ber of students taking advantage ofit will probably be on the free andreduced lunch program. Hestressed that the ala carte programwould still be available. The board is looking at an esti-mate of $84,000 for a new, 65-pas-senger, diesel, school bus. Bidsreceived by the Lennox School Dis-trict can be used, especially sincethose specifications match the re-quirements called for by theHaakon School District. The board voted to be part of theprotective trust workers’s compen-sation agreement offered by the As-sociation of School Boards of SouthDakota. Also, a contract has beensigned with Children’s Care Hospi-tal for occupational and physi-caltherapy sercices at $25 per15-minute units. The Three RiversCooperative has been contracted tosupply speech therapy services at$50 per hour plus mileage. The dis-trict is also contracted with theSouth Dakota Department ofHealth for their services. The month’s substitute teacherpay, for an equivalent of 45 days,came to $3,112.50. The month’swages for the district, with a totalof 2,265.5 hours worked, came to atotal of $25,806.44. Region golf was May 14, with the
state tournament May 21-22. Theregion track meet will be May 17,and state will be May 25-26. Thehigh school has two national quali-fying teams: Tristen Rush, BlakeMartinez and Nelson Holman willgo to Florida for Family CareerCommunity Leaders of Americacompetition, and Wyatt Johnson,Avery Johnson, Nick Hamill andJade Berry will compete in Indi-anapolis for FFA. Upkeep and improvement workhas already begun on the Milesvillefacility. Preparation work is alsobeing done so the Deep CreekSchool will be ready to re-open nextyear. Air conditioning will be in-stalled in the Philip school build-ings before next school year. The next school board meetingwill be at 7:00 p.m., Monday, June18, in room A-1 of the Philip HighSchool.
School board offers/approves contracts
by Nancy HaighMike Koffler, Haakon County’s
new deputy sheriff, started May 7and is looking forward to becomingpart of Haakon County.
Koffler has experience in law en-forcement, first as a deputy in Het-tinger County, North Dakota, thenas a police officer for the town ofBox Elder and as a deputy sheriffin Custer County.
Koffler, who was previously liv-ing in Buffalo Gap, likes the size ofPhilip and Haakon County. Anadded bonus is that the location isclose to his wife, Heidi’s, family inthe Union Center area. His wife isin the nursing field. The couple hastwo daughters and one son. Bothwill attend grade school in Philipnext fall.
Koffler said he knows a few peo-ple in the area, some from attend-ing the cattle sales at PhilipLivestock Auction with his father-in-law and through softball games.
Though born in Eugene, Ore.,Koffler spent most of his growingup years around Gillette and Sheri-dan, Wyo.
Koffler said he looks forward tobeing involved in the county andwith its residents.
Koffler begins duties as deputy sheriff
Mike Koffler is the new Haakon County deputy sheriff. He began his duties May
7 and looks forward to meeting the county’s residents. Photo by Nancy Haigh
South Dakota eighth grade stu-dents are ahead of their peerswhen it comes to the latest sciencescores – which are good, but virtu-ally unchanged – as measured bythe 2011 National Assessment ofEducational Progress. “There are some very good thingshappening,” said South DakotaSecretary of Education MelodySchopp. “Our students continue toperform well, but we can’t get com-placent and allow ourselves to reston our laurels.” The assessment results, releasedearlier today, show that just onestate, North Dakota, scored signif-icantly higher than South Dakota’saverage scale score of 162. Eightstates, including Minnesota, Mon-tana, Massachusetts and Colorado,scored statistically the same asSouth Dakota. Scores are based on a 300-pointscale, and this is only the secondtime the current science frame-work has been assessed. When the NAEP science test waslast administered in 2009, NorthDakota was again at the top, but
South Dakota was matched in scor-ing by only five states. The national average is 151, aslight improvement from 149 in2009. South Dakota’s average scoreis up one point, although the differ-ential is defined as not being statis-tically significant. The scores of South Dakota’sHispanic students improved signif-icantly, making a 16-point jump injust two years. And 65 percent of
South Dakota’s students eligiblefor free and reduced-price lunchesscored at or above basic, comparedto just 48 percent nationally. South Dakota’s gender gap inscience remains. A significant gapalso exists at the national level,with boys continuing to outperformtheir female counterparts in thearea of science. For more information, visit theNAEP Report Card website.
State’s eighth grade science scores near top
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Guest Editorial– Addressing City Bond Issue –
On June 5, the citizens of Philip will participate in a bond election.
As a result, some questions have arisen. I would like to take this op-
portunity to explain what your vote will decide.
The City of Philip has identified many infrastructure deficiencies we
would like to address. Two are the reason behind this election. The
Wood/Walden project and the Pine/Wray project. Both projects will en-
compass improvements to storm sewer, sanitary sewer, and street sur-
face rehabilitation.
As a matter of law, the City of Philip is allowed to borrow up to 5
percent of our assessed property value. This amount is our Constitu-
tional Debt limit, which we cannot exceed without the public's permis-
sion. Currently, we are approximately $907,000 below our debt limit.
While $907,000 is a large sum of money, unfortunately it is not enough
to cover the price tag for either project. It is for this reason the City
Council has decided to pursue a General Obligation (GO) Bond in the
amount of $3,100,000.
If passed, a GO bond will allow the city to increase its constitutional
debt limit by an additional 10 percent of the city's assessed valuation
or $2,556,344 – for a total debt limit of $3,834,516 should it choose to
do so. This does not mean taxes are going to increase. It means our
debt ceiling will increase.
A GO bond allows the city to service this debt with any revenue
source available. Historic data suggests we can use our second penny
sales tax to fund this obligation. The City of Philip is fortunate to have
a strong sales tax revenue stream thanks to our local businesses, and
for all of you who buy locally.
Greater detail of the proposed projects can be found in the City Fi-
nance office. The City Council and I will be hosting a town hall meeting
on Tuesday, May 22, at the Bad River Senior Citizens Center at 7:00
p.m. for those interested in getting more information and we encourage
you all to attend.
Respectfully,
Michael Vetter
Mayor of Philip
Thursday: Mostly cloudy in the morning, then clear.
High of 86F. Winds from the South at 5 to
15 mph.Thursday Night: Partly cloudy in the
evening, then clear. Low of 59F.
Winds from the SE at 5 to 15 mph.
Friday: Clear in the morning, then partly
cloudy. High of 93F. Breezy. Winds from the
SE at 10 to 20 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy with a chance of
rain. Low of 59F. Breezy. Winds from the
SW at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 20%.
Saturday: Clear. High of 75F.
Windy. Winds from the WNW
at 25 to 30 mph.Saturday Night: Partly cloudy.
Low of 45F. Breezy. Winds
from the NW at 5 to 25 mph.
Sunday: cloudy. High of 70F. Winds
from the North at 5 to 10 mph shifting
to the ENE in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Low of 43F.
Winds from the ESE at 5 to 10 mph.
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Passing tests ... by Del Bartels
The chubby fist swerves and wobbles the spoon, full of orange baby
food, as it haphazardly nears the child’s mouth. A gaping maw whumps
around the goo. A test has been passed. Hard to believe that those
hands might someday be the hands of a top surgeon or the hands of a
military munitions expert.
Arms reaching forward, a giggle and a stare aimed straight ahead
to a waiting parent. A foot lurches forward. Balance is somehow kept.
The waiting arms back away a few inches. The other foot grazes the
carpet, but clears the surface enough to advance. Balance now depends
on forward momentum. These are the first tests to becoming a balle-
rina, a tightrope walker or an Olympic runner.
The “c” on the page actually means a “k” sound. The “a” is soft. Oh,
at least the “t” is easy. But how do the squiggles on the page mean any-
thing? Pictures were so much easier. It is a test. First comes the word
“cat,” then someday will come reading entire books that don’t have pic-
tures. Then, maybe someday, the grown person will be one of the best
multi-language linguists at the United Nations, or the best animated
reader of fairy tales to their grandchildren.
The white board is covered, that is except for one more line of num-
bers and symbols yet to written at the bottom. Numbers are greater,
or less, than other numbers. One side of the equation has to equal the
other. This is advanced math, but why has it been so tough lately? The
wall of not understanding cracks, the solution gives glints, then ... why
didn’t I see that earlier? Of course, that’s it, I got it! The problem and
solution were practice before the big test, but the exhilaration of figur-
ing it out made it almost fun (don’t let on to the teacher). Who knows,
maybe the engineering or NASA career is possible.
The students climb the steps to the stage. A handshake, an exchange
of a heavily encased paper diploma, and the tassel will be moved to the
other side of the mortarboard cap. Not even for a second does the grad-
uate think that tests are over. He grins at the many camera flashes
and understands that the tests will never be done. In a few moments,
will he hug his father or shake his hand? It will be a test of relationship
and character; no failing or passing, but will there will be a change?
By truly understanding that everything is a test, he has passed yet an-
other test.
She looks up at her son. He is a graduate. Soon, he will be leaving
for college or a job or a family of his own. She wants him to go. She
wants him to stay. She is happy, and sadly lost. She is being tested.
Her husband hugs their graduate son. He finally lets go so the boy can
greet other relatives and friends. The man wants his son to go. He
wants him to stay. The house will have one fewer people in it. He looks
at his wife, the mother of their leaving graduate. He reaches for her
hand and she looks expectingly back at him. He is being tested.
thinking. Wow! Having had just typed allthat, I must confess I have not al-ways kept my commitments. Thereare times when new informationcomes in, and old habits or bad at-titudes tempt me to be less thancommitted. But there are manytimes, too, when I can look back andsee that the commitments I havemade have kept me hanging on,persevering no matter what. It is inbeing committed, that I am able tosucceed. Being committed to greater suc-cess in your daily living is a majorstep to a healthier, happier life anda more profitable business. You willalso find that when you maintainyour commitments your credibilityis greatly enhanced. I encourage you to review yourcommitments today, keeping yourpriorities, goals, dreams, and re-sponsibilities in mind, and askingyourself a couple of questions: Am Ias committed as I should be? Isthere an area of my life where Ineed to make a re-commitment?Then, make a decision to re-commitand stay committed. Remind your-self, daily that you have the capa-bilities to succeed in whatever youset out to do, as long as you aredaily committed to achieving suc-cess.
Success a daily commmitment
According to Webster's New Col-legiate Dictionary, the word com-mitment means, “an agreement orpledge to do something in the fu-ture, the state of being obligated oremotionally impelled to a specificresponsibility.” Sometimes there is confusionabout the term “commitment.”Sometimes it labels an intention asopposed to a contract. Here is whatI believe about the word. •Commitment is what separatesthe wheat from the chaff. •Commitment is picking yourselfup one more time than you havebeen knocked down. •Commitment prevails over frus-tration in any process. •Commitment is what trans-forms a promise into reality. •Commitment is the words thatspeak boldly of your intentions andthe actions, which speak louderthan the words. •Commitment is making thetime when there is none, comingthrough for others time after timeand year after year. •Commitment is being on time,starting on time, and ending ontime. •Commitment is the stuff charac-ter is made of, the incredible powerto change the face of situations. •Commitment is the daily tri-umph over skepticism and negative
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Philip Postmaster Jodi Kammerer shows the collection of donated food that localmail carriers picked up Saturday, May 12, while doing their routes. Residentswere encouraged to leave a bag containing non-perishable foods next to theirmailbox prior to the time of regular mail delivery. The local collection weighed inat 90 pounds. Wall mail carriers also collected food from their area. Both collec-tions were delivered to the Country Cupboard food pantry. Photo by Del Bartels
Postal service food drive
Letter to the Editor, The way we raise and educate ourchildren is important to everyone inour community, state and nation. Iteffects the youngest child to themost elderly person. It is obvious how it effects chil-dren, but does it effect the rest ofus? As the saying goes, “Our chil-dren are our future.” What and howour children learn will have a last-ing effect on them for the rest oftheir lives. They will become our fu-ture doctors, teachers, serviceproviders, etc. How well our futureleaders are developed will deter-mine the quality of life we all willhave. 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 agosome well intended but misguidedpeople, came up with a plan to ele-vate this nation’s test scores to bet-ter compete with other industrialnations around the globe. Their plan was to raise everychild’s self-esteem. The theory was,if our children thought better ofthemselves, that would equate tobetter work in the classroom thushaving higher standardized testscores. This may be good in theory,but 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 thissituation we now find ourselves inbut it will take everyone’s efforts todo so. As adults, we owe it to ourchildren and ourselves to raise andeducate our children so they cantruly be successful in their lifetimes.
/s/ Gale PattersonWall
Letter to
the Editor
Three brick-walled flower beds north of the Senechal Apartments have been built, filled with fertilizer and topsoil, andalready planted for spring. The original suggestion was for beds to be built at a level where the residents could more easilywork on the flower and vegetable plants. The Community Betterment Committee effort was spearheaded by Marion andDarlene Matt. M. Matt headed the actual construction. Bill and Karyl Sandal provided the topsoil, Steve and Pam Clementsprovided the fertilizer, and Nick Konst did the delivery. Finding funding was lead by Kim Deuter and Jan Hewitt. Shown,clockwise from front left: Dolly Blucher, Mildred Radway, Shirley Parsons and Elfrieda Noteboom. Standing: TheresaClements and M. Matt. Photos by Del Bartels
Block flower beds for Senechal
Annie Brunskill attended theAmerican Library Association’s an-nual National Library LegislationDay meetings April 22-24 in Wash-ington, D.C. Brunskill, the directorof the Haakon County Public Li-brary, is also the president of theSouth Dakota Library Association. Brunskill said, “StephanieVance, the “advocacy guru” spoketo the group about how to approachcongressional legislators, state leg-islators and our own local govern-ment members about the needs oflibraries. Attendees were updated byspeakers on where Congress is onmany of the issues involving li-braries. Some of these issues in-
cluded the Elementary and Second-ary Education Act, which is basi-cally on hold. Also, the Departmentof Education is working out guide-lines for a competitive grant forunder served school libraries. Thetwo South Dakota representativesdecided to focus on the two issuesthat impact South Dakota most di-rectly: continued funding of Li-brary Services and Technology Actgrants at $187.4 million and sup-port for school libraries. “We met with staffers from Sen-ator John Thune’s, RepresentativeKristi Noem’s, and Senator TimJohnson’s offices,” said Brunskill.“Four very young people listened tous talk about the issues that are soimportant to libraries. The stafferswith whom we met will be passingon our requests for support forfunding to their respective bosses.Senator Johnson’s staff has sinceforwarded the two letters he haswritten in support of both LSTAfunding, and support to childhoodliteracy programs.” While in Washington, Brunskillattended Mass at the Basilica ofthe National Shrine of the Immac-ulate Conception on the campus ofNational Catholic University. Shevisited with Danielle Piroutek,Milesville, who attends NationalCatholic University. “Naturally we wandered throughthe Library of Congress and sawthe main reading room andThomas Jefferson’s library as wellas spending time on Capitol Hill.The trip was truly a great experi-ence for both of us,” said Brunskill.The trip was sponsored by theSDLA.
Brunskill attends legislative day in D.C.
Annie Brunskill, right, as current president of SDLA, attended the American Li-brary Association meetings in Washington, D.C. Brunskill is shown with Jan BrueEnright, vice president/president elect of SDLA. Courtesy photo
Robert Duffett, president ofDakota Wesleyan University,Mitchell, conferred degrees on 161graduates during the 2012 com-mencement, Saturday, May 5, atthe Corn Palace. There were de-grees given to 13 master of arts, 94bachelor of arts, one bachelor offine arts, and another 53 studentsreceived associate of arts degrees. Grace Schnabel, a Philip HighSchool graduate and the daughterof Nancy and Doug Thorson,earned summa cum laude honorsin completing her bachelor of artsdegree in accounting.
Dakota State University, Madi-son, held its spring commencementceremony Saturday, May 5, in theDSU Fieldhouse. Dakota Stateawarded 4 doctorate, 34 masters,169 baccalaureate and 42 associatedegrees. The baccalaureate and as-sociate degrees awarded includedspring and summer graduates. Rachel Ehlers, a Philip HighSchool graduate and the daughterof Donnie and Bonnie Ehlers,earned a bachelor of business ad-ministration in accounting and abachelor of science in computer in-formation systems.
"I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it" (Rev. 3:8).This prophecy concerning the church at Philadelphia doubtless looks forward
to a future day, but who can deny that it contains a lesson for our day?When, in our walk through life, God sets before us open doors of opportunity, He clearly intends us to enter them.
The only way to avoid entering an open door set before us would be to deliberately sidestep the opportunity. Alas, howprone we are to do this! Indeed, we often pray God for open doors when He has already set them before us and allabout us.
Examine the record of Paul's ministry and see how he thanked God for open doors (Acts 14:27; I Cor. 16:9), grasping such opportunities as God set before him on every hand. He did not pull strings or ask his
friends to use their influence to gain more comfortable or better-paying positions. He faithfully entered whatever doorsGod set before him. His best known requests for prayer for open doors came from Rome, where a prison door hadclosed behind him. Should not this put us to shame!
May God convict us of the inconsistency of praying for open doors while failing to enter the many open doors He hasset before us! May He forgive us for ever being selective about working for Him! May He give us the grace to take ad-vantage of whatever opportunities present themselves to us, "buying up the time because the days are evil."
To the Reader:Some of our Two Minutes articles were written many years ago by Pastor C. R. Stam for publication in newspapers. When many of
these articles were later compiled in book form, Pastor Stam wrote this word of explanation in the Preface:"It should be borne in mind that the newspaper column, Two Minutes With the Bible, has now been published for many years, so
that local, national and international events are discussed as if they occurred only recently. Rather than rewrite or date such articles,we have left them just as they were when first published. This, we felt, would add to the interest, especially since our readers under-stand that they first appeared as newspaper articles."
We hope that you'll agree that while some of the references in these articles are dated, the spiritual truths taught therein are time-less.
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Ora Kieffer____________________________________
Ora Kieffer, age 95, of Midland,S.D., died Sunday, May 13, 2012,at the Philip Nursing Home. Ora Elaine Sheely was born No-vember 9, 1916, near Midland, thedaughter of Joseph Spencer andMayme (Schilling) Sheely. Hermother died from influenza in1918, and Ora and her brotherslived with her uncle and aunt, An-thony and Myrtle (Sheely) Alcock.She attended school at the Little
Prairie Dog School. In 1931, she at-tended Midland High School,boarding with her mother’s par-ents, Harry and ElizabethSchilling, in Midland for threeyears. Her senior year she livedwith her father and attended RapidCity High School, graduating in1935. Ora was united in marriage toOrland Kieffer on June 12, 1935.They made their home in the Rock-erville, Rapid City, and later Mid-land. While in Midland, theyowned and operated the MidlandClub. They later bought a smallgrocery store in Rockerville fromOrland’s mother, and moved backto Rockerville. They added severaladditions, installing a filling sta-tion, a large addition to the store,and living quarters. In 1966, theState Highway purchased theirbusiness so they could constructHighway 16. They moved to RapidCity until June 1973, when theymoved back to Midland. Her husband, Orland, precededher in death on March 11, 1988.She continued to make her home inMidland, until moving into thePhilip Nursing Home, where she
has since resided. Survivors include a daughter,Sharon Ervin of Denver, Colo.; onegrandson, Michael Stark of Spring-field, Miss.; and a daughter-in-law,Judy Kieffer of Bossier City, La.;and a host of other relatives andfriends. In addition to her husband, Or-land, Ora was preceded in death bya son, Floyd Kieffer; her parents;and three brothers, Harry, Charlesand Frank Sheely. Closed casket visitation will beheld one hour prior to the servicesat the church. Funeral services will be held at10:00 a.m. Thursday, May 17, atthe Open Bible Church in Midland,with Pastor Andy Blye officiating. Ushers are George Stroppel andTyler Nemec. Pallbearers are GeneJones, Randy Nemec, ReubenVollmer, Jr., Dean Block, DickNemec and Roy Hunt. Interment will be at the MidlandCemetery. Arrangements are with theRush Funeral Home of Philip. Her online guestbook is avail-able at www.rushfuneralhome.com
Services forDoris Sher-burne, Gillette,Wyo., formerlyof Kadoka, S.D.,were held May16, 2012, at theFirst Presbyte-rian Church inGillette withPastor JoelWright officiat-ing.
Interment fol-lowed at Black Hills NationalCemetery near Sturgis. Mrs. Sherburne, age 92, passedaway at the Pioneer Manor on Sun-day, May 13, 2012. Doris Marian Elliott was bornMay 22, 1919 at Frederick toGeorge and Mary Elliott. She grad-uated from Barnard ConsolidatedHigh School at Barnard in 1937.Doris received her bachelor of sci-ence degree in education fromNorthern State University at Ab-erdeen in 1941. She taught in theHigh School in Howard for twoyears and then spent a year in Cal-ifornia doing office work at a man-ufacturing plant in Sunnyvale. On July 12, 1944, she marriedJohn H. Sherburne at SheppardField, Wichita Falls, Texas. Shethen worked in offices or had teach-ing positions as they moved to var-ious military posts during John's
Doris Sherburne_________________________________time in the Army Air Corps duringWorld War 11. In 1946, afterJohn’s honorary discharge, theymoved to Belvidere where Doristaught in the Belvidere HighSchool. After a couple years there,they made the decision to move tothe family farm where they liveduntil 1982 when she and John re-tired to Kadoka. She taught severalyears at the Wanblee Public Schooland Wanblee Day Schools. She andJohn had a very special, lovingmarriage for 50 years. Doris was a member of the Wan-blee Ladies Aid, served on thecounty library board for manyyears and was a 4-H leader. Shewas a member of the PresbyterianChurch and the Order of the East-ern Star where she served as aPast Worthy Matron. She also be-longed to the Tri County SeniorCitizens organization. She organ-ized community fundraising cardparties for the American Heart As-sociation for many years. Doris loved to garden and al-ways had the best vegetables andbeautiful flowers. She enjoyedplaying cards, reading, sewing,quilting, baking and crocheting.Each of her children and grandchil-dren received one of her beautifulcrocheted afghans. Doris alwayshad many wonderful Scottish-Irishsayings which delighted her grand-
children. She was a marvelous cookand enjoyed collecting and readingcookbooks. There was always roomfor one more around her table andalways cookies in the cookie jar. Doris is survived by four sons,Richard John (Bonnita) Sherburneof Omaha, Neb., Andrew George(Lana) Sherburne of Ft. Collins,Colo., Bruce Lee (Sally) Sherburneof Sioux Falls, and James Elliott(Marla) Sherburne of Kirksville,Mo.; two daughters, Sandra Kay(Dave) Olsen of Gillette, Wyo., andSusan Mary (Earland) Thompsonof Riverton, Wyo.; 13 grandchil-dren, nine great-grandchildren;one sister, Jean Rahja of Aberdeen;two sisters-in-law, Mabel Clark ofArmour and Isabelle Jacobson ofPierre; and many nieces andnephews, as well as other relativesand friends. Doris was preceded in death byher parents, her loving husband,John; a brother and sister-in-law,William and Betty Elliott; a sister,Evelyn Elliott; a brother-in-law,Gilbert Rahja; and two nephews,William Elliott Jr., and Todd Van-DerWerff. Memorial and condolences canbe sent in her name in care ofGillette Memorial Chapel, 210 W.5th St. Gillette, Wyoming 82716 orcondolences via the Internet atwww.gillettememorialchapel.com.
Loren and Rose Kiel went on atrip to visit their children andgrandchildren in Indiana and Ohio.They left home on April 24 and ar-rived home again on May 10. Asthey left home, they stoppedshortly at Huron, to visit theirgranddaughter, Kara Gutormson,who works for the Huron Plains-man daily newspaper. They werethen overnight guests at the Markand Phyllis Pates farm home in therural Brookings area. Other supperguests that evening were the Pates'son, Kevin, and Mark's brother,Merritt. (Mark and Merritt areRose's nephews.) The Kiels tooktwo days to arrive at the home oftheir son and his wife, Dan andMarsha Kiel, in Indianapolis, Ind. The main purpose for this tripwas to attend the marriage of theirgrandson, Jeremiah Kiel, to KaseyIreland in a Vineyard Church therein Indianapolis April 28. Loren re-ported that it was a beautiful wed-ding with a reception and dinner/dance following the wedding.
Tuesday, May 1, they drove on toFairborn, Ohio, to visit theirdaughter and husband, Rosanneand Jeff Brown, and granddaugh-ter, Deanna Brown. They alsospent time at the Brown residencewith Rosanne's other daughter,Erin Ferdelman, and husbandMatthew, who live nearby in River-side, Ohio. Their final destination took themto Norwalk, in northern Ohio, tothe home of their son, Bryan andhis fiancée, Shawna Kirk, for ashort two-day visit. As they begantheir homeward trek, they spenttwo more days with the Brownsgoing to church with them Sunday,May 6. They stayed one more nightwith Dan and Marsha in Indy onMay 7 before continuing the longtrek homeward. May 9, they were overnightguests at the home of Loren'scousins, Esther and Eldon Saylerin Sioux Falls. That evening, otherguests at the Sayler home, wereEsther's sister, Joy, and her hus-
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band, Don Yunker, Inwood, Iowa,and also a cousin, Shirley Bailey,Sioux Falls. Loren reported that they had agreat time and are grateful for asafe trip. They traveled nearly3,000 miles without any mishap.Loren says that it was a good feel-ing to be back in Haakon Countyand to arrive in Philip. There is ab-solutely no place quite like home.He says that he is still just a coun-try boy at heart! Sunday, Mother’s Day, the Kielsattended worship services at FirstLutheran Church, stayed in for abuffet dinner, and then conducted
the afternoon worship services atthe nursing home. They played spe-cial music at the worship servicesat both First Lutheran and at thenursing home. The musical numberthey played was "M-O-T-H-E-R"with Rose playing the piano andLoren the violin. Loren remarkedthat "M-O-T-H-E-R" is an 'oldie'which he found in a piano book thathad belonged to his mother. It wasfirst copyrighted in 1915 with a re-newal in 1943. It has been sungmany times by grade-school chil-dren. Does that ring a bell for you? May 8, Don and Donna Olivier,Cliff and Rita Ramsey, Cheryl
Fitch, Tanya Peterson and chil-dren, Vicki Eide, Steve and PamClements, Bud and Dorothy Stick-ler and Mary Eide enjoyed the pre-school program under the directionof their teacher, April Schofield,held at Our Redeemer LutheranChurch. Snacks were enjoyed whenthe program was over. The kids dida great job and what good singers
they were. There were only aboutseven of them, but they could beheard and the words to the songswere very well pronounced. Therewere other parents and grandpar-ents attending. Jensen, my great-grandchild, has attended thisprogram for two years, but will
Maternal Great-Grandparents:The late Jerome & Rena Nemec
The late Walt & Olga Meyers
Paternal Great-Grandparents:Heinz & Ruth Behet, GermanyKaethe van Ooschot, Germany& the late Peter van Oorschot
Laura May
With no Midland News for threeweeks some folks were beginning towonder what was going on. Tothose of you who actually look for-ward to reading the Midland Newsand to the staff of the Pioneer Re-view I do want to apologize forthree weeks in a row of ‘no news.’But in all honesty, I have to admitit was nice to take some time toenjoy that new little grandbaby. As most of you already know,Jerry and I are grandparents onceagain. Our son, Christopher, andhis wife, Stephanie, Mitchell, had ababy girl on April 24. They namedher Laura May and she weighed 6lbs. 4 oz. and was 20 inches long.What a sweetie. Before Laura, ouryoungest grandchild was DaleJohn, son of Jim and CarmenNemec, Belle Fourche. Dale will begraduating from eighth grade thisspring. So, as you can imagineGrandpa Jerry and Christopher’ssiblings and families are anxious tomeet little Laura. The day I left tocome home, Stephanie’s mother,Barbara van Oorschot, Germany,was to land at the Sioux Falls air-port. Laura is Barbara and Josef’sfirst grandchild and with them liv-ing in Germany and the grandbabyin South Dakota you don’t just de-cide to come for a weekend, so Bar-bara was spending three weeks.With Christopher having twoweeks of Navy Reserves at Wash-ington state while Barbara is hereit couldn’t have worked out betterif a person had made it to order. Itwas a comfort to Christopher hav-ing her there and Barbara andStephanie could have somemother-daughter-granddaughtertime together. Josef and Barbaraare planning on coming to Mitchellin November giving him a chanceto meet his first grandchild.
While in Mitchell, I gave DianeSelchert, Letcher, a call. Diane isthe granddaughter of the lateHenry and Anna (Fosheim)Walker. As it turned out, Dianewas visiting a friend in Mitchellthat day so she came for a visit andenjoyed having a chance to holdLaura. I always find it interestinghow life’s journey takes you on aride of connections. Christopherand Stephanie are in the process ofbuying a house on Norway Ave. inMitchell. Come to find out, Diane’sbrother, Bill Mulder, and familyhave a house on Norway Ave. inMitchell. Now being half Norwe-gian I couldn’t help but think itwas destiny. And come to find out,Diane and her husband, Dave,were going to be in Yankton thenext day as were Christopher andI. Their daughter and son-in-lawwere running the 5K and Christo-pher was running the marathon.Life’s journey is never dull. Dianeand Dave are buying a house atYankton where their daughter,son-in-law, and grandkids live andDiane’s dad, Pete Mulder, and hiswife, Joan, live. So they are allhappy about that. Diane’s mom,Margaret Mulder, died from com-plications with rheumatoid arthri-tis medication a number of yearsago. Having no news for two weeks, Ifully intended on doing the Mid-land News the following week, butwound up pretty blame sick andJerry had to take me to the doctor.I am doing better but don’t havemy energy back as yet. But it istime to get at the news for thisweek. Notice: Midland Cemeterycleanup will be May 25 beginningat 3:00 p.m. Kim Bierle and hercrew would much appreciate the
help to get the cemetery all sprucedup for Memorial Day weekend. Sofolks, bring your mowers and weedeaters. Deb Snook received her masterof science in mathematics educa-tion degree Saturday, May 5, the hoodingceremony and graduation tookplace at Southwest MinnesotaState University in Marshall,Minn. Deb, Gary, Gavin, and Gar-rett Snook, Pat Snook and DiannaDinsmore attended the events.Congratulations on your accom-plishments, Deb. What an under-taking, as Deb is a full-timeteacher at the Philip school. Pat Snook was in Sturgis Mon-day evening to watch grandson,Brett Konst, and his fourth gradeclass present their spring concertwhich was titled the Rainbow Con-nection. Brett volunteered to makethe large rainbow and to be twocharacters in the play – he keepshis family busy. This was done bythe chorus that is an elective; theyalso have the regular music class.Tuesday evening, Pat attendedGavin's high school spring concert;then was back in Philip Thursdayafternoon for the awards program,followed by the Honor Society can-dle lighting ceremony, ending withcake and punch. In the evening,the FFA and FCCLA held theirawards presentations. Sounds likeyou’ve been busy, Pat. It is alwaysgood to see those grandkids inschool activities. Congratulationsto everyone. Joey Duane Rankin, son of Tylerand Chelsee (Nemec) Rankin,turned a year old on May 4. Hisparents and big sister, Addison,hosted a birthday party at theirhome on Sunday to celebrate.Joey’s grandparents, Randy andHolly Nemec, and great-grandpar-ents, Ernie and Laurel Nemec,joined them in Murdo as well asrelatives from the Rankin side ofthe family. Thursday evening, supper guestsat the Laurel and Ernie Nemechome were Randy and HollyNemec, Tom and Mary Parquetand Tyler, Angel, Tuuker, andEmry Nemec. The occasion was tocelebrate Randy Nemec’s recentbirthday. Happy birthday, Randy. Sophie Foley attended hergranddaughter, Ashley Sheffield’s,initiation ceremony at Black HillsState University for Phi KappaPhi. This is an honor society organ-ization which recognizes the top 7.5percent of the juniors and the top10 percent of the seniors. Ashleyalso got word that she received theOlga Meyers Scholarship at BlackHills State University. This is thesecond time Ashley has receivedthis scholarship which is desig-nated for those students studyingto become teachers. Mom would be
pleased. Ashley is such a neatyoung lady and has a smile thatwarms your heart. She is getting ataste for teaching as she is finish-ing out the school year for a teacherat the Kadoka school who is on ma-turity leave. Ashley is following inher mother’s footsteps as Renee isa teacher at the Midland school.Congratulations, Ashley. We arehappy for you. The 22nd Annual Academic Ex-cellence banquet was held inPierre, April 30, with GovernorDaugaard as the guest speaker.The top one percent of the 2012senior graduating class from acrossthe state of South Dakota were rec-ognized for their accomplishments.Parents of the students and highschool principals were invited to ac-company each student. Our grand-daughter, Kayla Nemec, is a seniorat Belle Fourche High School andwas one of the seniors recognizedat this event. Her parents, Jim andCarmen Nemec, were there for thespecial occasion. The Belle Fourchechoir sang songs at the event whichmade it more personal. Othersbeing recognized and having tieswith the Midland community,whether through their parents orgrandparents, were Thomas Toltona senior at Stanley County HighSchool, the son of Neil and TammyTolton and grandson of Kathy(Merkle) Tolton and her late hus-band, Robert. Nicole VanderMay isa senior at Kadoka Area HighSchool, the daughter of Dan andAnnette VanderMay and grand-daughter of Betty (Nemec) Vander-May and the late Loyd VanderMay.Our congratulations to each ofthese students on their accomplish-ments. Happy birthday wishes to Edith(Fosheim) Schofield of Casper,Wyo., who recently celebrated her80th birthday. A number of Edith’ssiblings, other relatives and friendswere there to help her celebrate herbirthday. Her nephew, WesSchofield, Truman, Minn., had puttogether a video with pictures ofthe Schofield ranch and music byWes’ mom, Pauline Schofield. Inthe video was music of Paulineplaying the piano and singingsongs. She sounded good. Paulineis in the Philip Nursing Home andwas unable to go to the birthdayparty, but she was there in spirit tobe sure. What a thoughtful tributefor Edith’s special day. ThanksWes for sending me a copy of thevideo. Congratulations to Patrick Fos-heim and his bride, Melissa Mary,who were married Saturday, April12, in Midland. Patrick is the sonof Judy and the late John Fosheimand Melissa is the granddaughterof Fern Konst. Tina (Fosheim) Haug and GeorgeAnderson are grandparents once
again, as are Brad and ScottiBlock. And Dick and Betty Blockare great-grandparents. Ryan andKayla (Block) Anderson, Murdo,are proud parents of a son WestynCooper who was born on April 30,2012, and weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz. andwas 19 inches long. Congratula-tions to everyone. Also want to wish formerMoenville resident, Aldene Towne,a happy ‘90th’ birthday. Aldenewas married to my cousin, AllenTowne, who passed away a numberof years ago. His mom, AlmaTowne, and my dad, Walt Meyers,were brother and sister. It was oneof the few relatives on my dad’sside of the family we had the privi-lege to know. Also congratulations to formerMidland residents, Bob and DorisSheeley, who recently celebratedtheir 50th wedding anniversary. Ithonestly doesn’t seem that long agowe had kids in school together.Time flies by so fast and waits fornow one. That is a fact. Following church services at St.Peter’s Lutheran Church onMother’s Day, three young bache-lors were questioned about takingtheir mothers out for lunch. Whoare they you ask? I think you’ll beable to figure it out. Seven folks en-joyed a bounteous buffet at a localrestaurant in Philip. They wereJim Peters and his mom, Delores,Matt Bork and his parents, Dianeand Bob Bork, and Mark Reimanand his mother, Karel. From thesounds of things, it was a most en-joyable day. Thanks, guys. What anice thing to do for your mom. Karel Reiman, her brother, EdEisenbraun, and their sister, PaulaEisenbraun, treated their mother,Goldie Eisenbraun, out for an earlyMother’s Day at a restaurant inWall last weekend. Ed, Paula andGoldie all live in Rapid City. Fol-lowing lunch, everyone went toCreighton where they decoratedfamily graves. They grew up atCreighton and have many fondmemories of those growing upyears. Notice: Memorial Day programwill be held at the Midland LegionHall Monday, May 28, beginningat 10:00 a.m. There will be apotluck dinner following the serv-ices. Reminder: Kindergarten andeighth grade graduation will beheld at the Midland school Thurs-day, May 17, at 10:00 a.m. ReneeSchofield is the kindergartenteacher and Mary Parquet teacheseighth grade. Those graduatingfrom kindergarten are KaitlynSchofield, daughter of Ted andMichelle, Cadence Jackson, daugh-ter of Amber and Pete, and DaneDaly, son of Steve and Julie. Bri-aunna Williams, daughter ofTammy is the eighth grade gradu-ate. First Communion was held at St.William Catholic Church in Mid-land during Mass on Sunday, April13. Moms were also recognizedsince it was Mothers Day. Those re-ceiving First Communion wereKash Block, son of Ross and AimeeBlock, Carson Daly, son of Steveand Julie Daly, and Ashley Hand,daughter of Duane and AnnetteHand. Potluck dinner was held inthe church basement followingMass with a special cake made byAimee. Congratulations. It is al-ways an exciting time for thoseyoung folks. The Midland American LegionAuxiliary essay contest “How toShow My Patriotism in My Com-munity.” Local winners were firstclass – Hunter Tanner, secondclass – Brandon Huber, and thirdclass – Mariah Dale. They were
sent on to districts where Mariahgot second place. Poppy poster winners – class 1,first, Kash Block, second, AshleyHand, third, Abby Finn. Class 2 – first, Kaelan Block,second, Brandon Huber, third,Kelsey Hand. Class 3 – first, Miranda Dale,second, Mariah Dale. Class 4 – first BriaunnaWilliams. First place winners were sent onfor further judging. A spelling bee was held at JonesCounty for Kadoka Area, Philip,White River, and Jones County.Midland students who were in thespelling bee were: second grade –Kash Block, Abby Finn and AshleyHand; fourth grade – Kaelan Block;seventh grade – Miranda Dale andeighth grade – Briaunna Williams.Kaelan Block got fifth place andBriaunna Williams got third place.Congratulations, kids, good job. The Midland Senior Citizens metfor their monthly meeting on May7, 2012, at the senior center with10 members present. PresidentKandus Woitte called the meetingto order and led in the flag salute.The minutes of the last meetingwere read and approved. The trea-surer’s report was given. GeorgeStroppel moved to accept the reportand Jessie Root seconded. Motionpassed. The May bulletin board wasdone. There were no cards sent andno maintenance done. Mickey Woitte, Secretary Time to close my column for thisweek. I have to admit it’s kind ofnice to be back at writing the localnews column. And to those of youwho were faithful about sendingme your news, thank you. It doesmean a lot. Jerry and I had to make a busi-ness trip to Pierre Monday andhappened to see Don Sandal. Donis one of those people who know nostranger. He has been going toRapid City to see his brother, Mor-ris, ‘Speed’ to most people. Morrisis not doing well as he continueshis battle with cancer. I ask thatyou keep Morris and his family inyour prayers. Earlier in my column, I men-tioned how interesting life can beas it takes you on a journey of con-nections. That’s just what hap-pened on a day at a localrestaurant in Kadoka. A group ofpeople met at that restaurant andwere having such a great time.They were on their way to Draperfor a 60th wedding anniversary.We got to visiting with them andfound we knew many of the samepeople. Got to visiting about theDraper Hotel and how it is now at1880 Town. As one of the older fel-lows shared stories about the oldhotel, how he had stayed in thathotel at one time … well … onestory lead to another and I sharedwith them about the book of thetown that Jan Cerney and I hadput together. Long story short,some of them bought a book andalso pooled their money to buy abook for the couple with the 60thanniversary and all signed theirnames to the book. They werehappy they happened to meet upwith us, we were happy we hap-pened to meet up with them, andwe all left feeling happy. I alwaysfind it interesting how God puts usin a certain place at a certain timeand our lives are blessed. Wishingyou a God blessed week and askthat you continue to pray for rainas our earth is truly in need of agood drink.
Bad River Club May 4, 2012 … Birds, our feath-ered friends, was the theme chosenby our hostess, Isabelle Sampson,when she entertained JaniceBierle, Verona Evans, and MaxineStirling at her home. Betty Sinkeyarrived in time to have lunch withus. We were sorry Emily Sammons,Kathy Tolton and Wilma Saucer-man could not be with us. Whetherit be the melodic song of themeadow lark awakening you to anew day, or the tiny humming birdas it “flits” from plant to plant torid your garden from those peskybugs, they are all a part of God’screation. Creed and flag salute was in uni-son. A suggestion was made to dis-continue the door prize, butcontinue drawing for secret pal andhostess at our Christmas party thisyear. And also continue the price isright game. If these changes areapproved by everyone at our nextmeeting in September, thesechanges would take effect in 2013.Isabelle read an informantive arti-cle concerning our National An-them. Interesting facts wererevealed about the more “exotic”birds when we played the game,name that bird. In keeping withthe theme, Betty Block made a tis-sue holder in the shape of a birdhouse with matching magneticblue birds. These were placed ateach table setting and given as amemorable gift from the hostess.Thanks, Betty. That birdhouse cen-ter piece was just what I needed tofurther enhance my chosen theme. This will be the last meetinguntil September at which timeWilma will be hostess. An after-noon of visiting and the joy of beingwith friends brought to a close an-other memory to cherish. See youin September.
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Day two Pole bending: 1st A. Fulton, Miller21.518; 2nd R. Livermont, Martin 22.472;3rd Steffes, Sturgis 22.595; 4th Pauley,Wall 22.898 Bareback: 1st T. Cowan, Ft. Pierre66; 2nd Chance Englebert, Burdock 63 Steer wrestling: 1st J. Williams,Faith 4.14; 2nd Ty Batie, Black Hawk4.54; 3rd T. Cowan, Ft. Pierre 5.01; 4th D.Cowan, Highmore 5.33 Breakaway: 1st A. Fulton, Miller6.21; 2nd Tibbs, Ft. Pierre 13.37; 3rd ElsieFortune, Scenic 13.52; 4th Jordan Tierney,Oral 15.01 Goat tying: 1st Lensegrav, Interior10.02; 2nd H. Fulton, Miller 10.65; 3rdAllie Simons, Aberdeen 10.96; 4th TawnyBarry, Carter 11.14 Saddle bronc: 1st Cody Pekron, HotSprings 65; 2nd T. Clark, Meadow 63; 3rdTanner Simons, Miller 49 Team roping: 1st D. Cowan, Millerand J. Williams, Faith 8.2; 3rd ReeceWientjes, Mobridge and Pierce Wientjes,
Triple Crown High School Rodeo results
Austin O’Dea, tie down roping. Photos by Robyn Jones Hanna Hostutler, barrel racing.
Katie Hostutler, breakaway roping.Thomas Doolittle, tie down roping.
The AARP South Dakota Grandparent of the Year essay contest winner for thePhilip fifth grade is Jasmine Ferguson. Marcia West, left, who presented themedal from the local AARP, stated that statewide for 2012, over 1,360 students,representing 49 schools, entered the contest. Ferguson’s formal essay concernedher grandmother, Ruby Pearson, shown right. The essay was judged 60 percenton the qualifying characteristics of the nominee, 20 percent on creativity and ex-pression, and 20 percent on grammar, form and neatness. Courtesy photo
Grandparent essay winner
The annual golf tournamentsponsored by the Philip Chamberof Commerce was Saturday, May 5. The par three tournament at theLake Waggoner Golf Course in-cluded 27 holes of play. The coursehas two holes that are naturallypar three, while the others holesare usually par four or five. Forthis tournament, those more diffi-cult holes were layed out to besomewhat backwards and overcreeks to make them par threeholes. The first nine holes determinedwhich of the 20 contestants would
be in which of the two flights. Thenext tournament nine holes werefollowed by a break, then the last18 tournament holes were playedstraight through. The championship flight endedwith a three way tie for first place,Tristen Rush, Philip, Luke Weber,Black Hawk, and Dean Schultz,Wall. The first flight was won by DeanFitzgerald, Philip, with KennyKarp, Wall, taking second placeand David Fitzgerald, Philip,claiming third place.
Philip Chamber of CommerceGolf Tourney – three way win
These elementary students areSuper Scotties for April 2012.
They have earned the distinctionthrough different individual displays
of good character. Each teacherselects at least one of their students
at the end of each month.
Super Scotties
Wakely BurnsKindergarten
Gage Ravellette1st Grade
Riley Schofield3rd Grade
Jaisa Snyder6th Grade
Victor Dennis4th Grade
Morgan Cantrell5th Grade
Elementary Students of theMonth for April
Keelee Griffin2nd Grade
Spencer Ross3rd Grade
Carson HamillMilesville
These elementary students areSuper Scotties for March 2012.
They have earned the distinctionthrough different individual displays
of good character. Each teacherselects at least one of their students
at the end of each month.
Super Scotties
Kamri ParsonsMilesville
Rainee SnyderKindergarten
Mallory Vetter3rd Grade
Jada Jones6th Grade
Josie Rush4th Grade
Pedro Dennis5th Grade
Elementary Students of theMonth for March
Layton Terkildsen1st Grade
Reghan Bloomquist2nd Grade
Autumn ParsonsMilesville
Mobridge 9.58; 3rd K. O’Daniel, Kadokaand Samuel Bolden, Oglala 11.48; 4thLane Blasius, Wall and Rollie Fortune,Scenic 12.45 Tie down roping: 1st D. Cowan,Miller 11.28; 2nd Pekron, Hot Springs13.82; 3rd Lee Sivertson, Ree Heights15.39; 4th Dallas Bergeson, Sioux Falls15.59 Barrel racing: 1st A. Fulton, Miller16.797; 2nd H. Fulton, Miller 17.439; 3rdTierney, Oral 17.57; 4th Steffes, Sturgis17.961 Bull riding: 1st Miles Englebert,Edgemont 65; 2nd J. Etzkorn, Pierre 61;3rd Treavor Easton, Wessington Springs60 Boys cutting: 1st D. Cowan, High-more 73; 2nd Cort Baker, Hermosa 69; 3rdK. O’Daniel, Kadoka 69; 4th H. O’Daniel,Kadoka 68 Girls cutting: 1st Kenzy, Iona 73; 2ndSteffes, Sturgis 71.5; 3rd Marti Herber,Kadoka 70; 4th Edoff, Hermosa 70
Day three Pole bending: 1st Clemetons, Key-stone 22.456; 2nd Steffes, Sturgis 22.616;3rd H. Hostutler, Midland 22.779; 4thLensegrav, Interior 22.867 Bareback: 1st C. Englebert, Burdock71; 2nd T. Cowan, Ft. Pierre 62 Steer wrestling: 1st J. Fulton, Valen-tine, Neb., 5.02; 2nd Boysen, Sioux Falls7.1; 3rd Carmichael, Meadow 7.74; 4thChristensen, Colton 7.82 Breakaway: 1st CY Christensen,Kennebec 2.66; 2nd Jandreau, Kennebec2.98; 3rd Brooke Nelson, Philip 4.07; 4thSchae Hanson, Burke 5.04 Goat tying: 1st Maggie Heiberger,Colton 9.09; 2nd Chasney Nagel, Avon9.42; 3rd A. Fulton, Miller 10.05; 4th Si-mons, Aberdeen 10.67 Saddle bronc: 1st Tucker Whitney,Iona 56 Team roping: 1st B. Williams, Faithand L. Livermont, Martin 6.26; 2nd K. O’-Daniel, Kadoka and S. Bolden, Oglala6.27; 3rd Heninger, Ft. Pierre and Hap-ney, Harrold 9.51; 4th A. Fulton, Millerand Wyatt Fulton, Miller 11.00 Tie down roping: 1st J. Hapney, Har-rold 12.79; 2nd J. Fulton, Valentine, NE15.35; 3rd D. Bergeson, Sioux Falls 18.77;4th Brice Carmichael, Meadow 21.70 Barrel racing: 1st H. Fulton, Miller16.479; 2nd Steffes, Sturgis 16.504; 3rd A.Fulton, Miller 16.565; 4th Tibbs, Ft. Pierre16.829 Bull riding: 1st Casey Reder, Philip66 Boys cutting: 1st D. Cowan, High-more 72; 2nd K. O’Daniel, Kadoka 69; 3rdtie Baker, Hermosa 65, T. Cowan, Ft.Pierre 65, Buchholz, Kadoka 65 Girls cutting: 1st Kenzy, Iona 70; 2ndH. Fulton, Miller 69; 3rd Tyann Steckel-berg, Wolsey 65; 4th J. Olson, Winner 64
Three day average Pole bending: Steffes, Sturgis Bareback: T. Cowan, Ft. Pierre Steer wrestling: Boysen, Sioux Falls Breakaway: A. Fulton, Miller Goat tying: Simons, Aberdeen Saddle bronc: Whitney, Iona Team roping: K. O’Daniel, Kadoka, andBolden, Oglala Tie down roping: J. Fulton, Valentine,NE Barrel racing: A. Fulton, Miller Bull riding: Etzkorn, Pierre Boys cutting: D. Cowan, Highmore Girls cutting: Kenzy, Iona.
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The annual high school West River Math Contest, sponsored by the South DakotaSchool of Mines and Technology in Rapid City, was held Monday, May 7. Fourareas of mathematics – algebra I, geometry, algebra II and advanced math –were again divided into “A” and “B” sized schools. Masters math included allschools. Back row (angled), from left: Garrett Snook – 9th place, algebra I, NelsonHolman – 7th, geometry, and Sam Stangle – 6th, algebra II. Third row: GavinBrucklacher – 7th, algebra II, Holly Iwan – 8th, algebra II, Katlin Knutson – 7th,algebra I, and Seth Haigh – 5th, algebra II. Second row: Allison Stahl – 13th, mas-ters, Rachel Wheeler – 8th, masters, Rachel Parsons – 8th, algebra I, and BradHuffman – 9th, algebra II. Front row: Jane Poss – 3rd, algebra I, Carl Poss – 2nd,advanced, and Colter Cvach – 3rd, advanced. Courtesy photo
Four PHS math winners
The high school Region VI GolfTourmament was held Monday,May 14, at the Hart Ranch GolfCourse. The Philip High School boys’team consisted of Tristen Rush,Tate DeJong, Avery Johnson andTrey DeJong. “The team placed third Mondayon a tough Hart Ranch course,”said coach Doug Hauk. “The scores
were six to seven strokes higherthan at pre-regions last week. Thepin placements were set as toughas I have seen at regions. “The boys placed three golfers forstate and will compete with threemembers in the team competitionat state. Tristen Rush placed sixthwith a 90 and Avery Johnson andTate DeJong shot 99 to make thecut for state,” stated Hauk.
“ M a d i s o nHand shot agreat round towin the girls re-gional, she shota 93 to win Re-gion VI,” statedHauk. “The kidsdid a good jobon a toughcourse yester-day.” Next Mondayand Tuesday,May 21-22, isthe State GolfTournament .The girls willplay on theElks Country
Club in Rapid City and the boyswill play on the Hart Ranch GolfCourse.
Philip golfers on to state tourney
From left: Peyton DeJong, Trey DeJong, Avery Johnson, Tate DeJong, Tristen Rush and Madison Hand.Hand was the Region VI girls medalist. For the boys, Rush, Johnson and Tate DeJong qualified for stateaction. Courtesy photo
The Regional Spelling Bee washeld in Murdo, Monday, May 7. Competing against studentsfrom other schools were the top fivefinishers in each grade from the an-nual Haakon School District Ele-mentary Spelling Bee, April 19. Those local students placing inthe top five at regionals includedeighth grader Tyshia Ferguson,who took second place. Sixth grader Tristen Schofieldearned top honors, while classmateAbby Martin brought home fifthplace. Fifth grader Morgan Cantrellearned first place, while AitannaNadala came in second. Third grader Sarah Parsonsclaimed first place, while KeltonQuinn took third and Reece Heltzelbrought home fourth place. Second grader McCoy Petersonspelled his way to the top, with Al-lison Williams taking third placehonors. The first grade had McKennaMcIlravy taking first place, withKamri Parsons taking second andGracie Fitzgerald claiming fourth.
Regionalspelling beeresults
The Philip High School studentcouncil has been recognized as anOutstanding student council by theSouth Dakota High School Activi-ties Association. The PHS councilis advised by Pamela DeJong. The SDHSAA announced that 25high school student councils wererecognized for the 2011-2012 schoolyear. The program requires eachparticipating student council tocomplete a self-evaluation of theirorganizational structure and theirsuccessful completion of projects ina variety of areas. The evaluationalso considers the involvement ofthe student council in their schooland community. The student coun-cils that were recognized are wellorganized, highly motivated andhave met the rigorous standardsnecessary to be declared outstand-ing. Each council was involved inprojects in their areas. These proj-ects were under the headings of“Community and Social Service,”“Health, Safety or ChemicalAwareness,” “Education” or “Lead-ership.” Each council demonstrateda desire for self-improvement andindividual growth by participatingin leadership workshops and con-ventions, as well as other educ-tional programs.
PHS studentcounciloutstanding
The Ferguson family will have a senior, Kelvin, graduating from Philip High School,Sunday, May 20. The next day, Monday, May 21, Luke will be a member of thekindergarten class being honored at their own graduation. Then Tyshia will gothrough the eighth grade recognition ceremony, Monday, May 21, which will in-clude the fifth grade through eighth grade concert and awards. Kelvin said thatthe thought of graduation is, “kind of exciting.” He will be joining the Marines onAugust 20. Tyshia said, “I feel I’ve accomplished a lot over the years, and I’m ex-cited to go on to high school.” Luke has been corrected, but according to hismother he had said, “I’m going to miss you guys. I don’t know where I’ll live.”
Photo by Del Bartels
One family, three graduates
The Philip Scotties track andfield team competed in the WesternGreat Plains Conference TrackMeet sponsored by Kadoka AreaHigh School, Friday, May 11. “We had a great day on Friday atthe conference track meet,” statedPhilip head coach Tom Parquet.“We set four conference records andone school record at the meet. Con-ference records were boys’ 300 hur-dles and discus, girls’ records weregirls’ 300 hurdles and pole vault,also a school record. We had manypersonal bests and it was a greatday for Scottie track and field. Icouldn’t have been prouder of ourkids. Our hard work during prac-tice is starting to pay off and hope-fully it will show at the regiontrack meet on Thursday.” Parquetadded, “We had two new statequalifiers; Marcus in the 300 hur-dles and Ellie in the 3200 meterrun” The Scotties girls’ team earned132 points to claim second placeout of nine teams. Kadoka Areatook first place with 170 points.The Scotties boys’ team earned 88points for fourth place, beaten outby half a point for third place byBennett County. The first placeteam was Wall with 170 points,and Kadoka Area with 131.
1600 Sprint RelayPhillip (Carley, Arampatzis, M. Johnson,Kuchenbecker) – 2nd, 4:44.9
WGP Conference meet at Kadoka
Relay with Nelson Holman receiving the baton from Kyle Schulz.
Right, relay with Holly Iwan handing off the baton to Misty Johnson.Photos by Robyn Jones, Kadoka Press
The Philip High School golf teamtraveled to Sturgis to compete inthe Black Hills Invitational GolfTournament, Friday, May 11. For the girls, Philip’s MadisonHand shot an 18-hole 48+49=97total for the day. This earned heran individual second place. Team-mate Peyton DeJong shot a68+79=147 for 24th place. The varsity boys’ team was leadby Tristen Rush, who shot a44+42=86 to earn the medalist titlefor the tournament. Tate DeJongearned 13th place with a score of44+51=95. Avery Johnson shot a52+51=103 for 21st place. Theteam totaled a three-player total of284 for a fourth place for the Scot-ties. Philip’s fourth team member,Wyatt Johnson, shot a 56+59=115for 30th place.