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Room at the Technical Education Center, 1200 West 21st Street, Yankton, South Dakota, where any person or persons interested in the approval or rejection of the above application may appear and be heard.

Dated at Yankton, South Dakotathis 9th day of July, 2012.

Ann CloughDEPUTY FINANCE OFFICER

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FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been re-ceived by the Board of City Com-missioners of the City of Yankton, South Dakota, for the transfer of location of a Retail (on-sale) Liq-uor License for January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2012, from Drotzmann & Portillo Enterprises, LLC, (Steve Drotzmann, partner) d/b/a Rounding 3rd Bar & Casino, 304 West 3rd Street, Yankton, S.D.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a Public Hearing upon the ap-plication will be held on Monday, July 23, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in the City of Yankton Community Meeting Room at the Technical Education Center, 1200 West 21st Street, Yankton, South Dakota, where any person or persons inter-ested in the approval or rejection of the above application may ap-pear and be heard.

Dated at Yankton, South Dakotathis 9th day of July, 2012.

Ann CloughDEPUTY FINANCE OFFICER

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GERING, Neb. (AP) — Support-ers of a grand jury investigationinto the 2008 death of a 2-year-oldNebraska girl say they have gath-ered enough petition signaturesto force the probe.

A petition containing morethan 1,700 signatures was submit-ted Wednesday to Scotts BluffCounty authorities calling for thegrand jury probe into the death ofJuliette Geurts, the Scottsbluff Star-Herald reported (http://bit.ly/Li-ilmK ). Nebraska is one of sixstates that allow grand juries toconvene by petition.

The signatures must be veri-fied by the county clerk beforethe petition is submitted to Dis-trict Court Judge Randy Lipp-streu, who will review itslanguage. By law, 974 valid signa-tures are needed to force a grandjury to convene and to have a spe-cial prosecutor assigned to thecase.

The petition effort was startedearlier this year by relatives andothers who are dissatisfied withofficials’ efforts to find outwhether the Gering toddler was ahomicide victim and who mighthave killed her. An autopsyshowed Juliette died of blunt-force trauma to her head and ab-domen on July 11, 2008.

“This has been a long day com-ing,” Juliette’s aunt, Monica Hall,said of turning in the petition sig-natures. “This is a small step inthe mountain we have to climb.Maybe Juliette will finally getsome justice.”

No arrests have been made inthe girl’s death, and Scotts BluffCounty Attorney Doug Warnertold The Associated Press onThursday that the case is stillunder investigation.

Warner said he has sought thehelp of the FBI, asking the agencyto review the case.

In 2008, Warner said the girl’smother was among three suspectsin the girl’s death.

The mother and two men werein the home when Juliette suf-fered the fatal injuries. The child’sfather, who had separated fromher mother in 2007, was servingwith the U.S. Army at the time ofthe death.

Relatives of the father havesaid she moved out of Nebraska.She lost custody of Juliette’s twinafter the death.

Warner said he is not put off bythe petition effort and that agrand jury would not hinder theinvestigation that’s already underway. But he added: “I can’t predictwhether it will help.”

“I will cooperate fully with thegrand jury if one is convened,”Warner said. “This case needs tobe solved, and I will do what I canto accomplish that goal.”

BY CHET BROKAWAssociated Press

PIERRE — Extra law enforcement offi-cers will be brought in to help patrol thenorthern Black Hills when the Hells AngelsMotorcycle Club holds a major event inSpearfish later this month, a police depart-ment official said Thursday.

Up to 1,200 people, including 400-600club members, are expected to attend theclub’s annual USA Run in Spearfish July 25-29, Spearfish Police Lt. Curt Jacobs said.The event has been described as the club’sannual convention.

The South Dakota Highway Patrol will

have extra troopers in the area, and otherlaw agencies will help patrol the area, Ja-cobs said.

“We expect them to follow the rulesthat the citizens do in this area for 365days out of the year. As long as they followthose rules, there shouldn’t be any issues,”he said.

Jacobs said he and Spearfish PoliceChief Pat Rotert met earlier with represen-tatives of the Hells Angels, but they haveno valid phone numbers for the club. Theclub did not immediately respond to anemail requesting comment.

“The Hells Angels are used to this. Any-time they have their USA Run they know

that law enforcement is going to beef uptheir numbers in that area,” Jacobs said.

“They have their meetings, their barbe-ques, their picnics and then they headback home,” he added.

Jacobs said the crowd at the Hells An-gels event will be small compared with thehundreds of thousands of bikers who at-tend the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rallyheld in the area each year. This year’s Stur-gis rally is set for Aug. 6-12.

Christina Steele, a Sturgis city officialwho also represents the rally, said some ofthe people who attend the Hells AngelsUSA Run will likely stay in the area for theSturgis rally.

“It’s an economic boost anytime you geta group like that,” Steele said.

Steele said officials are not expectingany major problems from the Hells Angelsevent. The club also held its USA Run inthe area a few years ago, she said.

“I don’t recall there being any problemsthat last time they were all here. They’ll betreated just like anybody else,” Steele said.

Members of the Hells Angels have hadrun-ins with the law during Sturgis ralliesin past years. Two club members involvedin a stabbing that left two people with in-juries during last year’s rally were con-victed of assault charges.

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S.D. Officer Accused Of Mistreating WomanWAGNER (AP) — An officer with the Custer County Sheriff’s Of-

fice is accused of mistreating a woman after misidentifying her as asuspect.

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is lookinginto the accusations against David Keale. An agency spokeswomandeclined to provide details to the Rapid City Journal(http://bit.ly/PSH8Rg). Sheriff Rick Wheeler also declined to talkabout the case.

Susan Brown, of Custer, says she was shopping when Keale mis-takenly tried to arrest her for an outstanding warrant. She says theofficer treated her roughly. She says Keale later apologized but sherefused to accept the apology.

Keale was put on paid leave June 22. A telephone listing for himcould not immediately be found.

Man Pleads In Fed Court In S.D. Bank RobberySIOUX FALLS (AP) — A Michigan man has pleaded not guilty in

federal court to robbing a Sioux Falls bank.Twenty-one-year-old Alvione Jones earlier had pleaded not

guilty in state court to robbery and kidnapping charges. The ArgusLeader newspaper reports (http://argusne.ws/MmEvBV ) that thecase has been moved to federal court because the Great WesternBank is federally insured.

Authorities say the Grand Rapids, Mich., man ambushed twobank employees in the parking lot on June 25, forcing them to handover more than $60,000 in cash from the bank’s vault.

If Jones is convicted on the federal robbery charge he wouldface at least 10 years in prison and possibly a life term. He is beingheld without bond.

S.D. Guard Unit Wins Weapons AwardRAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota Army National Guard

unit has won an award for having the nation’s highest weaponsqualification rate.

The 740th Transportation Company, headquartered in Milbank,won the National Guard Association Pershing Award for the secondtime in six years.

The unit earned the highest figure of merit score during annualqualification firing with assigned individual weapons.

The unit’s overall qualifications rate was 99.4 percent. It quali-fied 64 experts, 75 sharpshooters and 30 marksmen.

Capt. Jeremy Schafer, the company commander, says the awardis reassurance that the unit’s training is effective and sufficient.

Search On For Women In Neb. Jewelry TheftsOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Douglas County authorities are looking

for two women who are targeting homes and stealing jewelry.KETV-TV in Omaha says the sheriff’s office says two women

have hit at least three homes in the past three weeks in the west-ern part of the county. In one home, over $100,000 worth of jewelrywas taken.

In surveillance video on June 29, the women can be seen ringingthe doorbell at a house and trying to see if anyone is inside. Thetwo leave, but then they walk out the front door about 15 minuteslater.

The women are suspects in similar crimes two days earlier andagain on July 7.

USDA Loan To Help SE Electric Improve Line SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department says it is

guaranteeing a loan of nearly $37 million to Southeastern ElectricCooperative to help it build and improve 467 miles of distributionline and make other system improvements for more than 1,600customers.

It’s part of $287 million in loan guarantees announced Thursdayby USDA Rural Development’s Rural Utilities Service.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the guarantees will helpensure that rural areas can retain existing businesses, support newones and have reliable, up-to-date infrastructure.

The loan to Marion-based Southeastern includes $2.8 million insmart grid projects.

Vilsack says the smart grid funding helps utilities make effi-ciency improvements to the electric grid and helps consumerslower their electric bills by reducing energy use in homes andbusinesses.

Officials: Man Aimed Laser Pointer At PlanesOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have questioned an Omaha

man who is suspected of flashing a laser pointer at planes andhelicopters.

KETV-TV in Omaha says the most recent incident occurredTuesday night when a police helicopter was targeted. Authoritiessay he also may have aimed the pointer at passenger planes flyingin and out of Omaha’s Eppley Airfield.

The man has not been arrested, so authorities aren’t releasinghis name. The laser pointer has been confiscated.

Experts say a laser beam could harm a pilot’s night vision orcause blindness.

The Federal Aviation Administration has announced that it willpursue civil penalties on those who point lasers into the cockpitsof aircraft.

Hells Angels To Hold Annual Event In Spearfish

Petition Submitted For ProbeOf 2008 Nebraska Toddler Death

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A stressed and fallen leaf looses its green coloring in the brown grass of a home in Olathe, Kansas, on Thursday,July 12, 2012. Temperatures in the area topped 90 degrees Thursday with forecasts calling for rising numbersinto the weekend.

LOSING GREEN

BY JOSH FUNKAP Business Writer

OMAHA, Neb. — Billionaire in-vestor Warren Buffett said Thurs-day that U.S. economic growthhas slowed in the last two monthsas fears about Europe’s debt woesmounted.

Buffett’s comments during aninterview Thursday on the cableTV network CNBC contrast withwhat he has been saying for acouple years. Buffett has said theeconomy was gradually improvingsince the fall of 2009 in every areaexcept businesses related tohousing.

Buffett said the U.S. economyhas not turned negative, but busi-ness in Europe has dropped offquickly in the past two months.Berkshire Hathaway’s chairmanand CEO draws insight into theeconomy from the reports he getsfrom the Omaha-based company’ssubsidiaries and investmentswhich range from railroads and

power companiesto insurance, car-pet and softdrinks.

“The generaleconomy has beenpretty much flat,”said Buffett, whowas in Sun Valley,Idaho, attendingthe annual confer-

ence hosted by investmentbanker Allen & Co. that attractsWall Street and media moguls.

He said one bright spot is thatbusinesses tied to residentialhousing are improving a bit.

“The little pickup in housinghas not been enough to offsetwhat has been going on in the restof the world,” Buffett said.

Buffett said he’s not sure whythe overall economy has beenslowing.

Buffett was also asked aboutJPMorgan Chase CEO JamieDimon, a day before the bank isset to report its latest earnings re-

sults and shed more light on itsloss on a bad trade.

Buffett reiterated his confi-dence in Dimon even though JP-Morgan has said it may lose $2billion or more on a bad trade.Dimon has apologized to share-holders, and days after the losswas disclosed, Chief InvestmentOfficer Ina Drew, who oversaw thetrading group responsible for thetrade, left the company.

“I think Jamie Dimon is one ofthe best bankers in the world. Heunderstands banking and risk,”said Buffett, who invested in thebank in his personal portfolio andoften suggests investors readDimon’s letters to shareholders.

JPMorgan’s loss has height-ened concerns that the biggestbanks still pose risks to the U.S. fi-nancial system, less than fouryears after the financial crisis inthe fall of 2008.

Buffett was also asked aboutrecent troubles at the British bank

Barclays, which has been fined$453 million by U.S. and Britishauthorities for supplying falsedata which went into calculationsof the London interbank offeredrate, LIBOR, a key global interestrate.

Buffett said he understoodwhy Bob Diamond subsequentlyresigned as CEO of Barclay’s.

“I don’t think he had anychoice but to go,” Buffett said.

Diamond agreed to terms for afinal settlement, which includesforfeiting up to $31 million inbonuses and incentives, onTuesday.

Berkshire owns roughly 80subsidiaries, including railroad,clothing, furniture and jewelryfirms, but its insurance and utilitybusinesses typically account formore than half of the company’snet income. It also has major in-vestments in such companies asCoca-Cola Co. and Wells Fargo &Co.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A Ne-braska jury on Thursday convicteda former worker of abusing resi-dents at a state-run center for devel-opmentally disabled people.

Matthew Pangborn, 31, wasfound guilty on four counts of abuseof a vulnerable adult, one count ofattempted abuse, three counts ofstrangulation and one count of at-tempted strangulation.

Pangborn was acquitted on onecount of abuse of a vulnerable adult.

The jury deliberated for aboutfour hours on Wednesday and re-sumed Thursday morning.

Pangborn was accused of beat-ing and choking residents when heworked at the Beatrice State Devel-opmental Center last summer.

Sixteen employees were sus-pended after an investigation foundthat at least seven of the center’sdevelopmentally disabled residents

were routinely slapped, shoved, vio-lently pinched, punched, ridiculedand choked. Five workers were ini-tially charged with abuse.

Pangborn was the only one toface trial, after the four otherspleaded to reduced charges.

Prosecutors said in their openingstatement that the case was aboutthe “fundamental rights” of theresidents.

On Monday and Tuesday, formerco-workers testified about the abusethey say they saw Pangborn deliver.

Connie Baird, who was fired forfailing to report abuse and neglect,said she saw Pangborn threaten oneperson and choke another.

Carmen Yates, who pleadedguilty to misdemeanor attemptedabuse of a vulnerable adult, said shesaw Pangborn choke a resident intounconsciousness.

In Pangborn’s defense, his attor-ney put on the stand another co-worker, Martha McCarthy, who saidthe center residents liked Pangborn.

“They were happy to see Matt,”said McCarthy, describing some res-idents as getting “smiley” when theysaw Pangborn.

The Beatrice center has suffereda string of problems. A U.S. JusticeDepartment investigation reportedabout 200 cases of alleged neglectand abuse at the center from late2006 to late 2007. In September2009, the state lost its appeal to re-gain Medicaid certification thatwould bring $29 million in annualfederal funding.

The state later decided to dividethe center into five smaller, inde-pendently licensed care facilities onthe Beatrice campus and regainedfunding.

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Resi-dents of South Dakota’s largestcity can once again freelycarry guns on city property,after officials decided a banimposed 15 years ago wasnever enforceable.

Sioux Falls Mayor GaryHanson in 1995 issued an exec-utive order prohibiting cityemployees from bringing gunson city property. He expandedit two years later to include allpeople. After a review of exec-utive orders on the books inSioux Falls, City Attorney DavePfeifle recommended liftingthe gun ban because state lawdid not allow for it.

“This executive order —though it was not a law and itwas very well-intended — ithad absolutely no teeth,” cur-rent Mayor Mike Huether saidWednesday.

Huether signed a revisedexecutive order that appliesonly to city employees, turningit into a personnel regulation.

Hanson told the ArgusLeader newspaper that he cre-ated the executive order in1995 because a number of cityworkers were bringing rifles,shotguns and pistols to work,cleaning them in the cafeteriaand keeping them in their lock-ers. A number of workplaceshootings also had occurredthroughout the country, andHanson said he wanted to takepreventive action.

Hanson said when heamended his order in 1997, heand other administrators wereunaware that the state prohib-ited cities from banningfirearms.

“I appreciate the fact thatMayor Huether took the actionthat he did; I think it’s quiteappropriate,” Hanson said.

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Man Convicted Of Abusing Disabled People

Guns DeemedOK On CityProperty InSioux Falls