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TYNDALL — Youth fromthe area are invited to enterthe 15th Annual YoungArtists Show to be held Oct1-31 at the Art & AntiqueGallery in Tyndall.

The theme this year is“View of the Prairie.” Thereare three age categories andalso a People’s Choiceaward. All mediums are ac-cepted such as paint, pencil,

ink, sculpture, pastel, pho-tography (original computerdrawings or altered originalphotos will be accepted, butno clip art can be used). Artentries must be ready fordisplay.

Entry forms are availableat the Art & Antique Galleryduring regular businesshours or by emailing: dako-taprairie@hotmail.com. We

can also be messaged onFacebook: Tyndall’s Art &Antique Gallery.

This is free to all whoenter and each young artistreceives a participation cer-tificate. Entry information isalso being sent to area artteachers and school princi-pals.

If questions, call thegallery 589-4050.

BY TOM AND RAY MAGLIOZZI King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Dear Tom and Ray: We have a 2005 Toyota Sienna with

52,500 miles on it (I don't get out much,I know). I drive like an old lady, and it'sbeen a pretty low-maintenance vehicleuntil recently. During its last checkup,we were told that it needs a new frontdifferential seal, new rack-and-pinionassembly, new timing belt/water pump,new transmission pan gasket and newrear shocks, all to the tune of $4,800.We still have two kids living at home,and a third who frequently accompa-nies us on vacation trips. My husbanddrives a Prius, and we both like it. It hasalways been our intention to replacethe Sienna with the larger Prius V“when the time comes.” Now we are try-ing to decide if the time has come. Wetalked to a local dealership about a caron the lot, one of the station-wagon-style Prius V's. They offered us $7,000on our car as is, in trade for the Prius V.Of course, we have no payments rightnow on the Sienna, and pretty low in-surance rates. All of that would changewith a new car. Then again, we'd have anew, presumably very reliable car thatgets great gas mileage. What to do,what to do? Thanks! — Donna

RAY: If ever a second opinion werecalled for, this would be the situation,Donna.

TOM: That's why she wrote to us,you dope!

RAY: I mean an informed secondopinion.

TOM: There are two things you wantto find out, Donna. No. 1 is: How muchof this work is actually necessary? I'm

not saying it's not needed, but with only52,000 miles on the car, and you drivinglike an old lady, it would surprise me ifthe rack and pinion were gone.

RAY: The timing belt and waterpump should be done, just based ontheir age. And it's possible you need theother stuff, too, but a second opinionwould tell you for sure.

TOM: The second question iswhether you're being overcharged forwhatever work you do need. Off the topof my head, being generous, I'd say thedifferential seals should cost you about$400, even if you do both of them.

RAY: The timing belt and waterpump — again, being generous —should be no more than $1,000. Therack and pinion, if you need it, is an-other $1,000 or so. The transmissionpan gasket is $150. And let's say therear shocks are $400. That's $3,000, not$4,800.

TOM: That's if you actually need allthat stuff. So take it to another me-chanic and ask him to go over thewhole vehicle from top to bottom, and

see how his diagnosis and price matchup with the dealer's.

RAY: If you don't have another me-chanic you trust, go tomechanicsfiles.com, and search usingyour ZIP code. That's a database ofgreat mechanics who have been per-sonally recommended by our readersand listeners over the years. No onegets to “buy” a good review on that site.

TOM: And if you really want thePrius V (which we can tell you're dyingto get your hands on, Donna!), you canstill go ahead and get it. But you mightbe better off doing the necessary workon the Sienna, for maybe half theamount these guys quoted you, andthen selling the van yourself for $11,000or $12,000.

RAY: But whatever your plans arefor the Sienna, we'd recommend a sec-ond opinion before either trading it inor dropping five G's on a 10-year-oldcar.

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American Life In Poetry

The Sounds OfRunning WaterBY TED KOOSERU.S. Poet Laureate

Here’s a poem by an Indiana poet, Shari Wagner, thathas a delightful time describing the many sounds of run-ning water.

CREEK-SONG It begins in a cow lane with bees and white clover, courses along corn, rushes accelerando against rocks. It rises to a teetering pitch as I cross a shaky tree-bridge, syncopates a riff over the dissonance of trash—derelict icebox with a missing door, mohair loveseat sinking into thistle. It winds through green adder’s mouth, faint as the bells of Holsteins heading home. Blue shadows lengthen, but the undertow of a harmony pulls me on through raspy Joe-pye-weed and staccato-barbed fence. It hums in a culvert beneath cars, then empties into a river that flows oboe-deep past Indian dance ground, waterwheel and town, past the bleached stones in the churchyard, the darkening hill..

American Life in Poetry is made possible by The PoetryFoundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Po-etry magazine. It is also supported by the Department ofEnglish at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copy-right ©2010 by The Christian Century. Shari Wagner’s mostrecent book of poetry is The Harmonist at Nightfall, Bot-tom Dog Press, 2013. Poem reprinted by permission of TheChristian Century and the poet. Introduction copyright ©2014 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author,Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Con-sultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.

Is It Time To Pull The TriggerOn Getting A New Car?

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The GFWC recently donated $400 to help in restoration of the Mead Building. Shown is PresidentPauline Akland presenting the check to Museum Director Crystal Nelson. GFWC Yankton is very in-terested in the history of Yankton and preserving it. The club was organized in 1895 and was Feder-ated in 1912. The group is very active and has more than 70 members.

Mead Donation Red CrossSwimmingLessons ToBe Offered

The Summit ActivitiesCenter will be offering Ameri-can Red Cross Swimming Les-sons this fall. The classes willbe held Tuesday and Thurs-day evenings and will runfrom Tuesday, Sept. 23,through Thursday, Oct. 23.

Swim lessons will includeAqua Tots, Preschool andRed Cross Level 1 throughLevel 5. Registration for cur-rent Summit Activities Centermembers will begin Monday,Aug. 25, during normal busi-ness hours. Registration forthe general public and onlineregistration will begin Tues-day, Aug. 26 at 11 a.m. Onlineregistration is availablethrough the City of Yanktonwebsite at www.cityofyank-ton.org.

The class schedule is:• 5:30-6:05 p.m. — Pre-

school, Level II, Level III,Level IV;

• 6:15-6:50 p.m. — Pre-school, Aqua Tots, Level I,Level II;

• 7-7:35 p.m. — Preschool,Level I, Level III, Level V.

For further information,call 668-5234 or visit the Sum-mit Activities Center at 1801Summit Street, Yankton.

PIERRE — A state health of-ficial recommends parentscheck the immunizations oftheir pre-teens and collegefreshmen before the schoolyear gets under way.

“College freshmen living indorms and unvaccinated kidsentering high school are athigh risk for meningococcaldisease and need to be vacci-nated,” said Dr. LonKightlinger, state epidemiolo-gist for the Department ofHealth. “Pertussis cases arealso on the rise so it’s impor-tant that pre-teens get thatbooster shot.”

Meningococcal disease is abacterial infection that causesinflammation of the tissuescovering the brain and spinalcord. Symptoms include fever,severe headache, stiff neck,vomiting and a rash. Ten to 14percent of people with the dis-ease die and up to 19 percentmay suffer permanent disabili-ties such as hearing loss, am-putation or brain disease.South Dakota has reportedtwo cases in 2014.

Pertussis, also calledwhooping cough, is highlycontagious and spreadsthrough the air by cough.Early symptoms resemble a

common cold, including sneez-ing, runny nose, low-gradefever and a mild cough. Thecough becomes more severeand is characterized byepisodes of numerous rapidcoughs followed by a high-pitched whoop. South Dakotahas reported 65 cases year-to-date.

Meningococcal vaccine isavailable from family healthcare providers and campusstudent health centers. Thedepartment provides it forthose 11-18 years of age whoare eligible for the federal Vac-cines for Children Program(Medicaid eligible, NativeAmerican or Alaskan Native,uninsured or underinsured).

Pertussis vaccine is givenin a series of doses at two,four, six and 15 months of ageand between four and sixyears of age. Because immu-nity wanes over time, abooster dose is recommendedfor kids 11-12 years of age andfor adults. The departmentprovides the childhood seriesof the vaccine and the boosterdose free for 11-12 year olds.

Find a vaccine provider orlearn more about meningitis orwhooping cough atdoh.sd.gov/.

Check Kids’ImmunizationsBefore School

Young Artists Show Set For Tyndall

Y O U R N E W S ! T H E P R E S S & D A K O T A N

The South Dakota CEOWomen’s Business Conferencewill be held at the Kelly Inn onE. Highway 50, Yankton, on Fri-day, Sept. 12, beginning at 8a.m.

This is a unique businessevent offering educational andskill-building sessions to in-crease professional develop-

ment, enhance business com-munication technique andstrengthen business relation-ships.

For more information, con-tact Brittni Skipper at (605)642-6435 orbrittni.skipper@bhsu.edu/, orvisit www.BHSU.edu/SDCEO/.

Business Conference Slated