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Town and Country ExtensionClub met July 26 at MomsRestaurant with Mary Lee Drakehosting. The meeting was openedwith the flag pledges, creed andmission statement.

The hostess gift was won by

Linda Howey.The next event for extensionclub members is the state conven-tion in Aberdeen, September 14and 15. The information wevereceived shows that there will besome excellent speakers and top-ics. We were all reminded to takeour cultural arts items that wereawarded ribbons during the judg-ing at the spring meeting and alsoto take the two items for the silentauction. The used book ex-change/sale will again be held.Last years attendees came awaywith many new books.

Vera Kraemer gave a short his-tory of napkin folding and had sev-eral napkins on display. She alsodemonstrated three different nap-

kin folds with members in atten-dance participating.

The next meeting will be heldAugust 23 with Beth Hulm host-ing.

Vera Kraemer, Sec/treas

Town and CountryExtension clubNutrition Site

Menu

Thursday, August 9Roast turkey

mashed potatoes w/gravybroccoli, pears

cranberry sauce

Friday, August 10Hamburger on w/w bun

hash browns, baked beanstomato slices on lettuce

pears

Monday, August 13Creamed turkeyover w/w biscuit

oriental vegetablestomato slices on lettuce

fruit cocktail

Tuesday, August 14French dip

carolina beansitalian blend vegetables

apricots, cake

Wednesday, August 15Hawaiian chicken saladw/w cornbread muffin

sliced tomatoesapple

Garden Gatemorning so the bees must be outthere early to get their pollinatingwork done in time, if blossoms arenot pollinated within a few hoursthe blossom will fall off the plant.We have noticed our peppers havenot set fruit very well and the leafarea is small and sparse. Bell pep-pers prefer 72 degrees however hotpeppers can handle a littledrought and higher temps, some-times the hotter the weather, thehotter the peppers. SDSU saystemps above 80 degrees can de-crease peppers by 50%.

Drought and heat can cause po-tatoes to crack and become mis-shapen, cucumbers to be bitter orhave hollow centers, or both!Beans do not set well in tempsover 85 degrees, you should try tokeep the soil moist for better fruitset in these conditions. Corn is themost heat-tolerant in the gardenbut likes good moisture duringsilking to ensure tip-fill of theears. Heat, over 80 degrees, willdisrupt head development of broc-coli and cauliflower, florets will be

loose and scattereops at all. Drohave the same ef

What can yousome growers inputting up shadtomatoes which challenge with ouBurrows, SDSUbased in Rapidspraying a mist teven though wespraying tomatplant diseases, overhead waterincial to cool plahottest hours of tsis on short perleaves are wet thnity for disease tmake sure the leadry completely beDon't knock thetenths of the peoa conversation ifonce in a while. Submitted by Kmaster Gardenertive Extension Se

Heat Can Cheat!The extreme heat this is affect-

ing quite a few vegetable gardensin western South Dakota. Therehave been several calls to variousregional Extension Offices aboutvegetables not producing. Yep, itis the heat that is cheating us outof a bountiful harvest.

Ideal temps for tomatoes is be-tween 70 and 80 degrees, well noquestion, we have been well abovethose temps most of July. Tempsover 100 and 90 degrees duringthe day and over 70 degrees atnight with high humidity can pre-vent fruit set. If you are lucky and

have fruit set on exposure tostrong sun can cause the fruit tosunburn, temps over 85 degreesdecrease the development of redcolor, increases blossom end rot be-cause the plant cannot take upenough calcium for the expandingfruit, uneven or inconsistent wa-tering is also a cause of blossomend rot.

Temps over 86 degrees causesquash blossoms to close mid-

and ages. Fall offerings include"Duck Detectives," "Archery Ba-sics," "Family Fishing" and more.Individuals and families can signup for these classes starting Au-

gust 15th via The Outdoor Cam-pus-West's website.Groups such as 4-H clubs,

church groups, etc. can contactKeith Wintersteen on August 15thto set up the date and topic of theirdesired program. There is an ex-tensive list of possible programtopics to choose from, thoughgroups may also request a cus-tomized program.

Schools in the area can alsochoose from a shopping list of pro-grams or work with Nico Red

Horse to set up a Due to the high dfield trips last spwishing to bringyear must apply f

and be entered ining. Applicationsare due by Septefall season.

The Outdoor Ccated at 4130 Adopen to the pubweek and has no

For more informOutdoor Campuwww.outdoorcamon 'Rapid City.' Odoor Campus-We

Game, Fish and Parks' The Out-door Campus-West just releasedthe slate of program offerings forthe fall season.

Program opportunities are of-

fered for people of all ages and aregrouped into three main audi-ences: Community, Group andSchool.

"We have an amazing set ofclass and program topics availablethis fall. All provide hands-on ex-periences for learners of all ages.One of the best things is that al-most all of our programs are free,"Chad Tussing, director of The Out-door Campus-West, said .

Community programs are thosescheduled for specific dates, times

The Outdoor Campus-West relfall program offerings


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stages of basic training and in for-mation, the Platoon Sergeant asksfor volunteers for Graves Registra-tion.those who will care for thefallen in combat. Vernon, to saythe least, having some experiencein this type of work, raised hishand. The Sergeant then chosethe man on the left and right ofhim and Evie became a foot Sol-dier. Three shocked men looked ateach other and remembered thereis the right way and then there isthe Army way as they parted.

During these years a toll wastaken on the life of the under-taker and family in Lemmon, asit did so many others across thisland. Dick and Sadie had twodaughters in college, their daugh-ter in law, Ollie and an infantgranddaughter, Darlene withthem in Lemmon. And their onlyson was tromping the battle fieldsin France. Im sure with the fa-talities reported and some from

West River Country broughthome, the Evansons like manyother families, waited with greatconcern. It seems each generationhas gone through this anguishover the years. The opposite canhappen to our military personnelas well. As Robert Sampson wasserving on the USS Enterprise, hismother passed away. The RedCross was notified but failed intheir attempt. The Lemmon news-paper arrived early for some rea-son that week and on the frontpage was his mothers obituary.

In Jan. of 1943 a gruesome stab-bing took place 5 miles east ofLemmon, leaving 20 children (yes,twenty) motherless and a fatherheading to the State Penitentiary.

That had to be a terribly troublingtime for everyone in the area, letalone a country undertaker.

Also during this time of ra-tioning, the furniture businesswas a having a hard time keepinginventory on hand. Dick told ofhaving to recycle those old bedsprings as new ones were notbeing manufactured. You know,those steel springs that had cablerunning back and forth betweensmaller springs attached to thesteel framework? Anyway hecould send them into Minneapolison the railroad and they would bereconditioned for resale. I neverheard what they did with the oldcotton mattresses that laid on topof the springs.

Everything came in and left bythe C.M.St.P.&P. railroad. Whatfurniture could be found and cas-kets from Fergus Falls, MN (Fer-gus Casket Co.), NorthwesternCasket in Minneaplis and theF.H.Hill Co. from Chicago. Manyarea soldiers left the Lemmon sta-tion and returned home via FortSnelling, Minn. Also in thosedays, many seeking further Med-ical treatment travelled by therailroad to Aberdeen, SD or on toMinneapolisand returned thesame way. Evansons were goodcustomers of the railroad for many

years.After the War when the boys

came home, things rapidly beganto change. In 1945 Evie was dis-charged and the firm became R. S.Evanson and Son. The picture ofDick and Evie standing by the oldfurniture store can testify to therelief felt by them.

Both went back to work happilyas Partners and active members inthe community. Instead of singleitem shipments, boxcar loads offurniture and burial vaults startedrolling in on the C.M.St.P.&P.This continued into the 1960swhen both the furniture whole-salers and casket manufacturersbegan delivering with their owntrucks.Dick evidently operated the furni-

The second 25 years of what wasbecome Evanson Jensen seems

ore difficult to extract and com-se. Perhaps the reason is, one isld more about the earliest start days by ones forefathers, thane mid history when fully in op-ation. One has to reflect back toe first 25 years to get the fullcture of the life of R.S. Dickd Sadie Evanson. They wereising a family, operating a furni-re store and funeral parlour, ande 25th year (1937) was monu-ental for them. They moved theneral home from the back andcond story of the 401 Main St. lo-tion to 303 4th Ave. W., next toeir residence and their oldest,ernon Evie graduated frommmon High School. Hisunger sisters; Delores andorothy would soon follow himrough the hallowed halls of

HS.It seemed in our visits with Dick

d Sadie, that theirs was a nor-al child raising, business opera-n, send them off to school ex-rience. In spite of the bank fail-es in Lemmon of the late twen-s, and the dirty thirties there

ere few negatives expounded.hey lived in that time, satisfiedd busy, because there was nooice but to stay the course.It is told the original horseawn hearse went the way ofing mounted on the back of aodel T truck, and later was soldMr. Anderson a local plumber

ho put it to use for several years.he first custom funeral coachrived in 1929. It was a Ford andrved as the local ambulance asell, with a single cotton mattress

d in back for the comfort of thetient. One local resident said itd to be a 1926, as that was whens Grandfather died and was theonored first passenger. Forars thereafter, when a new fu-ral coach was purchased, it hadbe a combination model, with ading seat inside the right rearssenger door and a compart-ent for oxygen in reach. Other-se, it definitely looked like anyher funeral coach. The ambu-nce service was provided untilne of 1973 and a note in theck of the Ambulance Recordowed the prices of Bismarck,0.00, Local $5.00 Rapid City,iles City or Aberdeen $50.00inneapolis $150.00, Rochester

80.00 and Hettinger $9.00.here was much relief to the firmhen this service was taken over

the present Lemmon and BisonMTs.So the second 25 years begins asorld War II approaches, a sonho is off in college and daughterson to do the same. Evie beganlping his father at a young aged attended St. Olaf College fore year and then transferred toe University of Minn. He re-rned to the business, marries,d in 1942 is inducted into the

S Army. While in the final

Evanson Jensen Funeral Homes achieves its Centepart two

ture business loosely. A lady hadlinoleum installed by Dick and shesoon went to the store to settle herbill. He proceeded to look throughhis account books and couldntcome up with the bill. He told herto come back later and settle upanother day. Never receiving abill, she returned after a month orso and Dick reminded her that shehad already paid it. She insistedthat she had never settled the bill,and Dick insisted that she had al-ready paid! She remained upsetwith him for 40 years and he withher for questioning his integrityand knowledge of his accounts. Ifound out about this from the ladywhen we ended up in the hospitalat the same time. I had to havehernia repair from unloading

those box cars anup there in years.visiting hours weme of the episodetioned this in hcourse, but hope tagreement that tsettled.

In 1959 Dick resuch is the case ina longtime furnithis goat by reportain style of chairtinued. Dick hadthis particular stfor years and wasgot up from the fuing discussion, tunounced his retirout the door. Buthere when needupon my arrivalwould stop by towhile I was doinwas a great visitways make a stor

while, many timeing, now to mashort and thentinue.

The semi-retihim more time fofor trout and wtrees and yard.

So wrapping years of history,picture from JuneCrow, myself, Dthe buggy, Olliedaughter, Darlenthe 50th Anniver

Evie and Dick

Harold Crow, myself, Dick and Sadie in the buggy, Ollie, Evie and their daughter,serving the 50th Anniversary of the firm.


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The Bison Courier Thursday, August 9, 201

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

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

18 mi. south of Prairie City - Worship Service - 10

Prairie Fellowship Parish ELCA Pastor MarIndian Creek - 8:00 a.m. American - 9:30 a.m. Rosebu

Christ Lutheran Church WELS Pastor Gerhardt Juergens

Sunday Bible Class - 8:00 a.m., Worship Service -

Tuesday Bible Class - 7:00 p.m.

Coal Springs Community ChurchPastors Nels & Angie Easterby

South Jct. of Highways 73 & 20

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Worship Service - 11

Seventh Day Adventist Church Pastor DoSabbath School - 10:30 a.m., Worship Service - 11

Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Fr. Tony G

Saturday Mass: Lemmon - 4:45 p.m., Bison - 7:Sunday Mass: Lemmon - 8:15 a.m., Morristown - 1

Holland Center Christian Reformed CPastor Brad Burkhalter Lodgepo

Worship Service - 8:00 a.m.

First Presbyterian Church Pastor FlorenceWorship Service -9:30 a.m.

Slim Buttes Lutheran Pastor Henry MReva Worship Service - 9:00 a.m., WMF 2nd Wednes

Beckman Wesleyan Church Pastor Brad Prairie City

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m., Morning Worship - 1

Vesper Service - 6:00 p.m., Wed. Evenings - 7:3

Pastors PerspectiveSlim Buttes Free Lutheran Reva

Pastor Henry Mohagen

Wake up call!When we lived in Alaska, one morning we received a phone

call, did you feel the earthquake?---- No apparently we slept

right through it.--- Well it woke me up! Therehad been various earthquakes but this one was stronger thanmost but still didnt wake us up even if it did rattle the dishes in

the cupboard. Well do you know what? The earthquake didntcare if I was awake or asleep; it just went ahead and did its

thing. Many things can happen when we are sleeping.In the gospel of Mark there is a parable recorded that Jesus

had spoken. This parable tells of the growing seed. Mark 4:26-27;He said, This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scattersseed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up,the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. Backat the beginning of chapter 4 there is the parable of the sower andthe sowing of seed on the various types of soil. The soil symbolizes

the condition of the heart of various people. The seedsymbolizes the Word of God. The hard soil is the person with a

hard heart and the seed doesnt grow. The rocky soil is the personthat is interested in Gods Word for a time but doesnt let it take

root in their life. The thorny soil lets the seed grow but the weedschoke it out and there is no harvest. This is like many people whohear the Word of God and are interested but other things in their

lives have priority and pretty soon church attendance, SundaySchool and Bible study are not important and their life gets morecrowded with other things than Gods Word. Soon God is forgottenall together. The fourth soil is the fertile soil and the seed growsand produces a good harvest. This indicated a person who has a

heart that accepts Gods Word with open arms and the Wordgrows in that persons life. That seed of Gods Word changes that

person and the priority of life is focused on God. That person is de-lighted in attending Worship Services, Sunday School and Bible

Study, both at home and at church.How that seed of the Word grows in a persons heart I dont

know but it isnt by my might it is a work of God. The mystery ofthe seed growing in the earth and the mystery of the Word of Godgrowing in mans life will continue to be a mystery but what we do

with that Word in our lives is all important.A lot can happen when you are asleep!

Gloria L. Veal, passed away at

her home in Bison on Thursday,August 2, 2012.

The Memorial Service for Gloriawill be held at 10:00 a.m. on Satur-

day, August 11, 2012 at Grace Bap-tist Church in Bison with a time of

fellowship and luncheon followingat the Grand Electric Social Room.

A Gathering of Family andFriends will be held at 6:00 p.m.

on Friday evening at Grace Bap-tist Church in Bison.

A memorial mass for Lenorandy Marie Harris, age 90, ofott, North Dakota will be held at:00 a.m. on Friday, August 10,

12 at the Blessed Sacramentatholic Church in Bison, Southakota. Father Tony Grossenburgll officiate with burial in theettinger Cemetery in Hettinger,orth Dakota.Lenora Andy Marie Harrisas born October 6, 1921 on herandfathers farm in Lastrup,innesota. Her family moved touth Dakota in 1926. Lenora at-nded grade school at White Hillst a mile from home. She grew on the farm enjoying riding herrse, Daisy, herding sheep andlping with chores in the housed outside. She loved playing

anasta, Rummikub, gardening,nning, sewing, crocheting, knit-

ng, scrapbooking, taking pictures

d watching the stars and study-g the moon.Lenora worked many placesroughout her life including theairie City Caf, City Caf inson, Wagon Wheel Caf in Het-

nger, West River Nursing HomeHettinger, and cleaned for manyople including Mrs. Vern Erick-n, Lauretta Miller and Trumanuall. She worked at the Dakotauttes Museum in Hettinger untile was well into her 80s. She

as a very hard worker and wasways ready to help her familyhenever she could. She loved hereces and nephews and was a bigrt of their lives as they grew up.

heir visits always brought amile to her face and she loved

king for them. Every time any-e visited her, the camera camet and there was many picturesken. Lenora frequently talkedout playing cards with theighbors until wee hours of theorning.She was strong in her Catholicth and attended Our Lady of theairie in Reva ,South Dakotaoly Trinity Catholic Church inettinger, ND and the Blessedacrament in Bison SD. Attend-g Mass was a very importantrt in her life.She passed from this life on Au-

gust 5, 2011 at the Good Samari-tan Society, Mott, ND.

Grateful for sharing her life isher family, Linda (Kevin) Hanson,Bison SD, Ron (Jill) Harris,Prairie City South Dakota, DaleHarris, Prairie City, SD, Trace(Melissa) Neurohr, Cassidy andCayden, Bismarck North Dakota,Brandee Neurohr, Halliday, NorthDakota, Kyla ( Dustin) Guth-miller and Brogan, Bismarck, ND,Shawn Harris, Prairie City SD,Darcy (Khoury) Phillips, Mont-gomery TX, and Clayton Neurohr,Halliday ND.

Lenora was preceded in deathby her parents, brother and sister-in-law Ed and Janette Harris, aninfant brother, and a niece DianaNeurohr.

A memorial has been estab-lished to Good Samaritan Societyof Mott, ND

Condolences may be sentthrough our website at www.fu-neralhomesofcaring.com.

enora Marie Harris Gloria Veal

Obituaries

by Rachael Duane

In the pasta aisle, amidst anarray of brand options, are boxesof spaghetti labeled "gluten-free."Gluten-free cereal, gluten-freecookies, and even gluten free-saladdressing fill the shelves at EarthFare, a health foods store inAsheville, N.C.

Customers grab gluten-freeproducts the store's shelves as fastas stockers can put them out. Andthe gluten-free frenzy isn't limitedto health food stores. Many restau-rants now boast of gluten-free

menu options. even offer gluten-wafers.

A decade ago, vthe U.S. seemed teating gluten in foods. Now, millio

A study releashows that glutenin fact, increasedprevalence of health problems only reason whymarket is boomin

Gluten-free frenzy more thaResearchers say gluten intoleran

is on the rise, although many peop

avoid wheat products don't really

Only four athletes have ever won medalsWinter and Summer Olympic Games: Ed

(United States), Jacob Tullin Thams (NChrista Luding-Rothenburger (East Germ

Clara Hughes (Canada).


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outh Dakota Farmers Union campers Wild About Cooperation

avin nelson and Jaren Beckman attended South Dakotaarmers Union camp in Bison.The kids leaned the history ofe Farmers Union and how cooperatives got their start. Theyso made decorative garden stones, painted drawstring back-acks, made pinecone bird feeders and received free t-shirts.

Children from across Perkinsounty are Wild About Coopera-on after attending the annualrkins County Farmers Uniond 4-H camp held August 2, 2012the Albert Bentley Building ate Perkins County FairgroundsBison.

The United Nations declared2012 as the International Year ofCooperatives, and this years campcelebrated the positive impact co-operatives have had on the econ-omy of rural South Dakota andcommunities across the world. Thekids participated in activities and

games that taught them about co-operative business, rural commu-nities, and agriculture in a fun and

safe setting. They participated inhands-on team building activities,played cooperative tic-tac-toe totest their knowledge of coopera-tives, and watched a puppet showtelling the history of FarmersUnion.

The positive impact coopera-tives have had in rural SouthDakota is dramatic, said StateEducation Director Bonnie Geyer.Young people need to know whatcooperation can do in business andin their own personal lives. Thekids who attended camp have agreater understanding of team-work and will take the skills theylearned and apply them to theirlives.

Along with activities, games and

singing, each child also createdtheir own garden stones, painteddrawstring backpack, and pinecone bird feeders as crafts. Eachchild also received a free T-shirt.

Participants at this yearsPerkins County Farmers Unioncamp were: Gavin Nelson of Bisonand Jaren Beckman from PrairieCity. Assisting at camp were IdaSchmidt, Perkins County 4-HYouth Development Program Ad-visor and Farmers Union SummerStaff Interns Brittany Gassmanand Hannah Lily.

Bison Area Mens Club hosts Lawn Mower Poker R

options during Rusche said.

For more infocontact either Ruthe Watertown gional Center at email at Wastate.edu or Trstate.edu

Even before the drought, live-stock producers daily faced the dif-ficult decision of figuring outwhich feed source was the best buywhen it comes to providing proteinand energy sources to their live-stock.

This dilemma is even greater asfeedstuff prices continue to in-crease due to the current drought,says Warren Rusche, SDSU Ex-tension Beef Cow/Calf Field Spe-

cialist.To aid livestock producers inthis chore, Rusche and TraceyRenelt, SDSU Extension DairyField Specialist together devel-oped a Feedstuff Cost ComparisonSpreadsheet.

The Excel spreadsheet is avail-able for online use on iGrow.orgunder the Drought Community orany of the Livestock Communities.

"This tool lets producers com-pare two feedstuffs on an equalbasis," Renelt said. "In essence itallows producers to compare ap-ples to apples via protein and en-ergy, while taking trucking andpurchase price into consideration."

In order to utilize the spread-sheet, producers will need basic

input information for each feedsource such as percent dry matter,crude protein and energy contenton a dry matter basis, feed cost perpound or ton, and trucking cost. Inreturn, livestock producers will beable to compare feedstuff Ato feed-stuff B on a dry matter basis andbe able to determine which feed-stuff is a better buy, if they arelooking for a protein or energysource.

"The feed market is exception-ally volatile this year. We hopethat this tool will be useful to pro-ducers as they evaluate their feed

Feedstuffs cost comparison spreavailable to producers

Jim Wishard of the Mens Club helps with check

arin Vinkemulder, Trent Fink, Dava Payne, Earl Seifken and Deanna Akers patiently waiting fore Poker Run to start.


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Welcome to the Perkins Cou

drought conditions across the con-tinental United States," he said.

Emergency haying and grazingof CRP has been authorized for allSouth Dakota counties. Producersmust file an application with theirlocal FSAoffice prior to conductingany haying or grazing activity.

Under CRPemergency haying andgrazing provisions, haying andgrazing may begin on August 2nd;however, haying may not exceedAugust 31, 2012, and grazing maynot exceed September 30, 2012.Currently there are approximatelyone million acres of CRP availablefor emergency haying and grazingin South Dakota.

On July 11, 2012, Secretary Vil-sack announced that the 25 per-cent CRP payment reduction willbe reduced to 10 percent for all2012 emergency haying and graz-ing authorizations in order to pro-

vide greater flexibility to farmersand ranchers in response to thedrought conditions.

Under emergency haying andgrazing provisions, producers arereminded that the same CRPacreage cannot be both hayedand/or grazed at the same time.

For example, if 50 percent of afield or contiguous field is hayed,the remaining unhayed 50 percentcannot be grazed; it must remainunhayed and ungrazed for wildlifehabitat purposes.

In an effort to proactively serveSouth Dakota farmers and ranch-ers, the South Dakota Farm Ser-vice Agency and the South DakotaDepartment of Agriculture are en-couraging producers to utilize theon-line hay finder services avail-able via www.hayexchange.comand www.haybarn.com.

USDA Farm Service AgencySA) State Executive Directoraig Schaunaman, today an-unced that USDA has author-

ed the release of additional Con-rvation Reserve Program (CRP)res that are considered to be en-ronmentally sensitive for emer-

ncy haying and grazing pur-ses."The inclusion of these acres

nder the CRP emergency hayingd grazing provisions allows live-

ock producers access to forage onproximately 460,000 CRP acresSouth Dakota that are devotedwetland and farmable wetlandactices," said Schaunaman.SDA, along with Federal, State,d local partners collaborated topport the release of these addi-nal acres in response to live-

ock feed needs that are preva-nt as a result of the wide spread

USDA authorizes release of environmentally sensitiveCRP acres for emergency haying and grazing

By Doug Ortman

Like many of you I have been watch-ing the television shows AmericanIdol, So You Think You Can Dance,The Voice, X-Factor, Americas GotTalent and The Three Stooges.These are great shows with real people

just like you and me. Well, maybe likeyou but not me. There are amazingsingers, dancers, magicians, acrobats,

jugglers, ventriloquists and dog acts. Ilove watching these shows. I have beenthinking lately about what talent Icould show in order to get on one ofthese shows.

Ive been rather depressed lately. Ilisten to the singers and I realize thatI cant sing. I do sing but it is catego-rized more as caterwauling. I was alead caterwauler/singer once in achurch musical and they didnt let mesing. Two weeks before the show thedirector told me not to sing but to talkGeorge Burns style through the songs.

At practice when I would sing, the di-rector would turn pale as a sheet andget a little faint and nauseous. Ive vol-unteered for musicals after that andshe has had that same pale, faint reac-

tion. I think she needs to have thatchecked. I tried out for our high schoolchoir. The music instructor had mesing God Bless America. He was also alittle pale and nauseous. He never said

a word to me, yes orspeechless, so I trieattend practices buthe practice to somtion. I love to sing hI had to quit becalaughter disturbed gregation.

I watch the danccant dance. Althouplace once in a twiswas by cheating. Hdoing the twist? Itscently, at my sons wWaltz with my daunow on partial disa

juries.I had a violin an

but I didnt get fartwin brother broke head playing El Kaurday morning cart

I did take pianteacher thought I wuntil the second lesonly recital she wafaint, it was a ratheof chopsticks if I do

I can play a meaon the harmonica

thats just not enouguess Im down tothree stooges. My whead YES!

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Livestock producers need to testeir water for sulfates, says Adelearty, SDSU Extension Cow/Calfeld Specialist."There have been some ranchersho have lost cattle in the western

rt of the state due to water qual-y issues," Harty said. "Thiseans it is even more critical tost the water before turning cat- into a pasture."As the drought continues, Hartyys water quality issues continueworsen as low precipitation andcreased evaporation from windd high temperatures increasee risk of high sulfate water."With no rainfall to recharge thems, the concentration of sulfatesntinues to increase. Ranchersed to test wells, as well as stockms," Harty said.Harty explains that excess sul-te leads to problems in livestocknging from reduced water in-ke to poisoning and death.

"If poor water quality is a prob-m, it can result in reduced watertake which in turn will cause an-als to reduce feed intake, lead-g to reduced performance,"arty said.Based on data from several re-arch projects, Harty said levelssulfates that will reduce live-

ock performance are 2000 - 3000m. If cattle are consuming

ater with a sulfate level of 1500-00 ppm it could cause tempo-ry diarrhea. At higher concen-ations of sulfate, i.e. levelseater than 3000 ppm, sulfatese acutely toxic, contributing tolioencephalomalacia (PEM).

his basically means it causesftening and deterioration of

ain tissue.High sulfate water & blueeen algaeHarty explains that water thathigh in sulfate salts can be

und throughout the western por-ns of the Northern Plains, in-

uding the Dakotas, Nebraska,yoming, and Montana."Water high in sulfates will havebitter taste. Animals will avoidif better quality sources of water

are available, but will be forced toconsume it if that is their onlychoice, especially in hot weather,"she said.

She adds that non-native cattleare at greater risk than those

raised on sulfate water."There is a higher incidence ofmorbidity and mortality in naveanimals, brought in from otherstates, than in animals that havebeen drinking high sulfate watertheir entire life. Preliminary re-search suggests there is geneticvariation among individual ani-mals in a herd for susceptibility tohigh sulfate levels," Harty said."Susceptible animals have likelybeen eliminated - died or wereculled for poor performance - innative herds that have been ex-posed for generations to high-sul-fate water, but nave herds will belikely to have susceptible individu-als."

Along with sulfates, the hot dry

weather provides a perfect envi-ronment for production of bluegreen algae. Harty says if a bodyof water is infected with this algaeand it is consumed by livestock,death is certain.

She says the algae is difficult todetect because it does not clumptogether like more conventionalalgae. Livestock owners shouldlook for it on the edges of a dugoutor body of water. If they find bluegreen algae, Harty says the bestmethod to protect their cattle is tofence it off.

"It is challenging to get rid ofand unpredictable," she said.

If a livestock producer thinkstheir livestock died from consum-ing blue green algae, she encour-ages them to contact their vet for

verification.Signs to watch forDr. Russ Daly, Extension Veteri-

narian says if cattle have con-sumed water high in sulfates andmay have PEM, symptoms rangefrom reduced water and feed in-take, lethargy, star-gazing, head-pressing to blindness, staggering,going down and possibly end indeath. He says cattle can progressthrough this range of symptomsrapidly without treatment and rec-ommends working with your localveterinarian in the treatment ofPEM.

Options availableUnfortunately, Harty says

ranchers with high-sulfate waterhave limited options. She says if

rural water is available; the returnon investment in pipelines wouldbe well worth the cost.

"If you are in an area that is notserved by a rural water district,drilling a new well is another op-tion, but it is expensive and hasthe risk that the water may alsohave high sulfate levels," Hartysaid.

Another option, though ex-tremely expensive, is to haul low-sulfate water to the pastures. Un-fortunately, this may be the onlyviable option, at least temporarily.

Sulfate testing available at

SDSU Regional Extension CentersTo ensure that your water sourceis safe for livestock, Harty recom-mends testing water periodicallythroughout the summer.

"Some water that is muddy and

murky may be OK, while otherwater that is clear may be quitedangerous. Many are surprised tohear this, but clear water oftenmeans there's little to no life be-cause of high sulfates," she said.

SDSU Extension Regional Cen-ters have electroconductivity (EC)meters, which measure total saltcontent in water. This is an indica-tor of sulfate levels. If the ECmeter reads greater than 3,000ppm total dissolved solids, SDSUExtension recommends additionaltesting at an accredited laboratoryto determine the actual sulfatelevel.

Livestock producers need to test water to reduceisk of sulfates and blue green algae


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Grand River Roundup..........................By Betty OlsonWe had a couple little showersis week totaling almost a thirdan inch of moisture, but most ofe week was hot and dry. We gotmuch appreciated break frome hot weather on Saturday, justtime for the Glendo Reunion.

These guys vaccinated calvesand poured the cows in pretty hotweather here Monday. I was inBuffalo that afternoon for a Hard-ing County history book meetingand certainly enjoyed the air con-ditioning! They worked cattleagain Wednesday and Thursday,and it didnt take long to work up

a sweat either day!Several days this week thunder

rumbled across the prairie andthey just finished working cowsWednesday when a lightening-caused fire broke out west of us onTurtle Creek. Fires are scary, butthey sure get the neighbors to-gether! Fire trucks came fromLudlow, Ralph and Reva, andevery available ranch unit showedup to fight fire. It burned around ahundred acres before they got itout and the crew was able to makeit home in time for the YouthRodeo finals in Buffalo thatevening.

Sandy Erdman called to tell usthat our former neighbor Winifred(Stolzenburg) Knutson died Mon-

day in Fair Oaks, Texas.Winifreds daughter Rosemarycalled Sandy to let her know thatWinifred will be buried next to herhusband, Ransom Knutson, in theRalph Cemetery at a later date.

Pastor Loyd Veals wife, Gloria,passed away at home in Bison onThursday. The memorial servicefor Gloria will be at 10:00 Satur-day morning at Grace BaptistChurch in Bison with a time of fel-lowship and luncheon following atthe Grand Electric Social Room.Their son Warren Veal and hisfamily are flying home fromMozambique, where they serve as

missionaries. Warren was severelywounded when several men brokeinto his house and slashed himwith machetes. Hes able to travel,but will require extensive surgeryto repair the damage.

Lorin Bud Cathpole, age 90, ofLemmon, passed away on Sundayand his funeral will be Wednesday

in Lemmon with burial Thursdayafternoon at the Black Hills Na-tional Cemetery near Sturgis. Budtaught school in Buffalo before heand Cleo moved to Lemmon wherehe taught until he retired in 1987.

We got word that our old neigh-bor, Lenora Harris, age 90, alsodied on Sunday at the GoodSamaritan nursing home in Mott,but havent heard when her fu-neral will be.

Addie Tenold is out of the hospi-tal and doing much better and mycousin Tammy Eberhard is out ofintensive care, although she is stillhospitalized in Rapid City.

Vacation Bible was this week atSlim Buttes Lutheran at Reva anda good sized bunch of very young

kids had a really fun time. Theprogram Friday afternoon was en-tertaining and the kids made someneat crafts. After the program,Doug Jerde was wondering wherethe records of the old SkogerLutheran Church at Sorum were.

At one time, Slim Buttes andSkoger were members of a six-point parish including Bison,Chance, Reva, Sorum, Zeona, andPrairie City. Sorum was closedseveral years ago, with the parish-ioners transferring to Slim Buttes

and Immanuel at Zeona. Afterchurch on Sunday Linda Mohagensent a box of church records fromHomme Lutheran Church inPrairie City home with me, but Ihavent been able to find muchabout Skoger in them. Does any-one know where we can find morerecords for Skoger?

We had a wonderful time at theGlendo reunion here on Saturday.The weather was nice and cool,lots of people came to visit, and wehad enough food to feed the Sev-enth Cavalry before the Little BigHorn! Brad and Linda Abelsethbrought a keyboard and micro-phone for the program in the after-noon. Several people brought pic-tures of families from the Glendoarea and from the last Glendo re-union held at the Lodgepole Hallin 1977. Arlo and Phyllis Nashbrought at quilt to display thatwas made by the Glendo ladies in1924 to auction off to raise moneyfor the Red Cross. Back in 1969,Esther Mary (Bingaman) Wilkin-son interviewed my grandmother,

Lydia (Smith) Wilkinson andwrote a history of the Glendo com-munity. We had a couple of thosefor people to look through.

Coming from the farthest dis-tance was my Aunt Bessie Camp-bell and her daughter CarolynHadley, who flew up from Arizonafor the reunion. Fred Abelsethdrove down from Minot, so hewould have taken second place fordistance covered if we were award-ing prizes. Irene (Eggebo) Abelsethbrought a painting done by Nor-

man Abelseth of tand we did giveprize. Lois and Jthe drawing for twas fitting since bDorothy (WilkinsoJims father, Jotended the Glend

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Gardeners may be noticing thefects of our recent high tempera-res, according to Dr. Rhoda Bur-ws, Extension Horticulturist."Hot dry winds can also exacer-te the combined effect of heatress and water stress, as it can

difficult to deliver sufficientater to the plant under thosenditions," Dr. Burrows said.The following are some of the ef-cts Burrows said gardeners mayserve on vegetables:Tomatoes: Ideal temperaturesr growing tomatoes are 75 to 80grees. Temperatures over 100grees F can prevent fruit set,d temperatures in the 90's can

so prevent fruit set if nights arearm (over 70 degrees) or the hu-idity is high. On ripening fruitposed to strong sun, sunburnn occur, and temperatures overdegrees decrease development

red color in the fruit. Heat alsonds to increase blossom end rotcause the fruit expands too rap-ly for the plant to take up cal-

cium quickly enough to distributeit to the expanding fruit. Unevenwatering will also result in thesame problem, as the plant needsmoisture in order to take up andmove calcium to the fruit.

Squash: High temperatures(over 86 degrees) accelerate flowerclosing (mid to late morning), sopollination must be accomplishedby bees early in the morning.Squash and pumpkin flowersmust be pollinated within a fewhours of opening, or will fall off theplant.

Peppers: Drought stress early inthe season decreases leaf area andfruit yield, especially during blos-soming. The optimal temperaturefor growing bell peppers is 72 de-grees; hot peppers can withstandsomewhat higher temperatures.Temperatures above 90 can stopfruit set altogether on bell pep-pers, especially under dry condi-tions, and even temperatures inthe 80s can decrease yield by 50%.

Potatoes: Drought can cause tu-

bers to crack, resulting in mis-shapen tubers at harvest.

Cucumbers: Heat and droughtincrease bitterness.

Green beans: Fruit set of beanswill be reduced or stopped alto-gether at temperatures over 85 de-grees, with some variation in culti-vars. Bush-type (as opposed topole) beans have fairly shallowroot systems, so gardeners need tobe careful to keep their soil moist.Smaller-seeded cultivars germi-nate better in warm (over 80 de-grees) soils; larger-seeded culti-vars in cooler (54 degree) soils.

Sweet corn: Corn is one of themost heat-tolerant vegetables, butis still sensitive during silking.The primary concern with hottemperatures is to maintain watersupply to the roots to ensure good"tip-fill" of the ears.

Lettuce: Many types of lettucewill not germinate when soil tem-peratures are over 80 to 85 de-grees, so late summer plantingsfor a fall crop must be grown from

transplants germinated in a coolerplace.

Broccoli & Cauliflower: Temper-atures over 80 degrees disrupthead development, leading tosmall scattered bunches of florets.Water stress can cause the headsto develop too quickly, with simi-lar results.

What can a gardener do to ame-liorate the effects of high tempera-tures?

"Some tomato growers in otherareas of the country are resortingto shadecloth or even mist systemsto cool the plants" Burrows said."Although we generally encouragedrip systems to avoid plant dis-eases and to conserve water, shortperiods of overhead watering maybe beneficial to cool the plants dur-ing the hottest hours of the day, es-pecially when humidity levels arelow. However, avoid having wateron the foliage for more than a fewhours at a time, as longer periodsof leaf wetness allow diseases toinvade."

High temperatures can decrease garden yields

The winter Olympic Games were first held in 1924, beginning a tradition of holdinghem a few months earlier and in a different city than the summer Olympic Games.Beginning in 1994, the winter Olympic Games were held in completely different

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Dakota Western Bank awards schola

Beginning with the current year, Dakota Western Bank plans to award $2,500 in s

area high school graduates each year. A graduating senior from five area high sceive a $500 DWB scholarship. Jessica Johnson, a 2012 graduate of Bison Hiawarded one of the DWB scholarships this year. She plans to attend Black Hills Sto further her education. Shown in the photo is Ronda Miller (left) of the DWB-Hepresenting a check to Jessica Johnson. Dakota Western Bank is based in Bowmanbranches in Hettinger, Scranton, and Rhame, N.D.


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Grandstand progress in 24 hours

olunteers worked on the grandstand and have been making great progress. The grandstand will dedicated before the Saturday evening rodeo performance.

A record 202 countriesparticipated in the 2004

Olympic Summer Gamesin Athens.

The United States has won more medaat the Summer Games than any other


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What is it?? Call or email your guess to 244-7199 or [email protected] week Brian Wells and Heather Wenner had the lucky guess. They guessed a yeder.


Jim Christman of Peru arrivediday to spend time with Art andarilyn Christman.Jay Preszler visited with Bernieose Monday.Betty Walikainen visited withernie Rose one day this pasteek.Vonnie Foster spent time with

ernie Rose Sunday.Last weekend, Fred and Bevhopp visited with the Houriganmily at their cabin at the lake.Friday evening, Fred and Bevhopp attended the Relay for LifeLemmon.Fred and Bev Schopp had din-r Sunday with Laurie, Dan and

Danci Hoff.Andrew Sackman, Katie, Kelly,

Krista and Justin Schopp camedown Sunday to wish theirgrandma Bev a Happy birthday.

Carolyn and Jerry Petik werebrief callers at Thelma Lemke'sand Irene Young's on Wednesdayafternoon.

Jerry and Carolyn Petik at-tended the Adams County Fair inHettinger on Friday.

Carolyn Petik was among fam-ily members who gathered on Sat-urday afternoon to observeThelma Lemke's 85th birthday.

Jerry and Carolyn attended theIsabel rodeo on Saturday evening.

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LaVonne Foss Johnson Sunday mher to church.

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Jed Seim was guest of Tim and Jim and Pats

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Jim Miller vmother, Violet Ming home in Hett

Patsy Miller trCity Thursday tofrom the airport.

Matt and ChrSaturday with Miller.

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returned home Montana.

Friday, GaylEvridge stoppedvisit.

Sunday, Lil Albwith Maggie Archand Albert coulhouse projects. WHarris spent thethe Kellers andthen returned toevening.

gren, James Sandgren and familyand their guest Kirk Cameroncame out to the Sandgren ranch tojust look around and Matthewhandled the ride quite well.

Kirk Cameron flew back to hishome in CA Saturday.

Mark and Linda Sandgren were

Friday overnight guests of ThelmaSandgren. Lennice Parker cameout and visited Saturday. Markand Linda went back to Bison Sat-urday afternoon to spend timewith Matthew.

Mark and Linda Sandgren wereSaturday overnight guests of JimParker in Spearfish. Sundaymorning, they were coffee guestsof Georgia Sandgren in Sturgisand then traveled to Rapid City tovisit with Dan and Allison Hansonand family before returning totheir home in Golden, CO.

Thelma Sandgren visited withShirley and Gary Johnson andTiss Treib at the Johnson ranchSunday afternoon.

Dorena, Ezra, Miles, Rosemary

and Hannah Wiechmann spentMonday afternoon helping TissTreib.

Tiss Treib made a trip to Lem-mon Wednesday afternoon.

Tiss Treib made a trip to Lem-mon Friday afternoon and LouiseCain met her, helped with a smallproject and they went out for icecream.

Al and Tiss Treib attended theBull-a-Rama in Hettinger Fridayevening and went out to supper.

Al and Tiss Treib attended theRodeo in Hettinger Saturday night

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Monday, Thelma Sandgren tookher news up to Shirley Johnsonsand had cake and met up withTiss.

Tuesday, Steve Sandgren and AlTreib had dinner with ThelmaSandgren. Steve and Thelma thentraveled to Bison and took care of

some business then spent the af-ternoon at James Sandgrens andvisited with Matthew and the fam-ily.

Wednesday, Brady Ham had cof-fee with Thelma Sandgren after hetook care of a cow. Thelma went toBison later in the day and met upwith Alton and Mariette Cornella,Allison Hanson and kids. Theyhad brought up pizza to the JamesSandgren home and visited withthe family. Paulette and Carly El-lison also joined them. Matthewenjoyed it.

Thursday afternoon, Jim Millerpicked Thelma Sandgren up andthey went to Hettinger and visitedat the Nursing home and then hada lunch at Scruffys before playing

cards at the Senior Center in theevening.

Friday, Thelma Sandgren madeher usual trip to Hettinger andhad lunch with Gladys Merwin.Thelma then walked through theAdams County Fair exhibits at theArmory and on her way homestopped for coffee and a visit withJim and Angie Spenny.

Kirk Cameron of Los Angles,CA, who flew in to Rapid CityThursday, where James Sandgrenpicked him up.

Friday, Mark and Linda Sand-

SDSU Extension offers a seriesinformative Webinars for those

orking with educational teachingrdens.School teachers, after school andmmer garden program leaderse all welcome to participate ine Youth in the Garden Webinars.The Webinars run on the lastednesdays of each month from45-4:45 p.m. The program in-

udes two presentation topicsnning 15 to 20 minutes eachth about 20 minutes for a dis-ssion session within the learn-g community.To join each Webinar visit

http://igrow.org/events/. Partici-pants are encouraged to log inwithin 30 minutes of the specifiedtime.

Schedule:Aug 29: Presentation 1: "Extend-ing your growing season into theschool year," Chris Zdorovtsov,SDSU Extension Community De-velopment Field Specialist. Pre-sentation 2: "Tips and tools for

food preparation with groups ofkids," Karlys Wells, SDSU Exten-sion Associate, FamilyNutritionProgram/Team Nutrition.Discus-sion Time: Share your success sto-ries.

nline training for children's gardening programs

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louder! louder! louder! Villains! I shrieked, I admitthe deed! tear up the planks!here, here! It is the beating of hishideous heart!

I have a real story of a telltaleheart. His wife almost had to forcehim to come to the E.R. She said

he was unusually irritable. Al-though he typically kidded with

me, this evening the smile wasgone. He complained of a throb-bing abdominal discomfort thatspread into a tearing pain into hisback. On exam he had a pulsatingabdominal mass and upon listen-ing with the stethoscope I couldhear a repeating and prominent

whoosh. My patient had the tell-tale indications of a dissecting ab-

dominal aortic aneurysm.The aorta is the largest blood

vessel that extends from the top ofthe heart and it provides oxy-genated blood to virtually everycell in the body. It is a multi-lay-ered, high-pressure hose thatarches upward and around send-

ing tributaries to neck and brain,arms and then down through the

chest past the diareaches the abdsends branches toand finally splfemoral arteries for the legs.

We measure pressure exerted

in millimeters of pressures on ave120 down to 80, bsive person thihigher. After mapressure, and years of smokingmighty vessel cblood can split iners of the vessel, finally rupture orsel, causing imme

Some 14,000 from this conditiothat would be screening occurrdid not die, but hand within hourshis aorta was something like 10

still alive and jokI saw him las

tened to the beaous, not hideous,

By Richard P. Holm MD

Do you remember the shortory The Tell-Tale Heart bydgar Allan Poe? It ends withese words:

no, no! They heard! theyspected! they KNEW! they

ere making a mockery of my hor-r! and now again! hark!

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NOTICE OF AUDIT

OF THE FISCAL

AFFAIRS OF THE

TOWN OF BISON

Notice is hereby given that the recordsand books of account of the Town ofBison, South Dakota have been au-dited by Eide Bailly, LLP, CertifiedPublic Accountants of Aberdeen, SouthDakota for the two years ended Decem-

ber 31, 2011. A detailed report thereonis filed with the Town of Bison and theDepartment of Legislative Audit inPierre, South Dakota for public inspec-tion.

The following findings and recommen-dations referred to in the report arehereby listed in accordance with theprovisions of SDCL 4-11-12.

CURRENT AUDIT FINDINGS ANDRECOMMENDATIONSFinding:The Town of Bison does not have an in-ternal control system designed to pro-vide for the preparation of the finan-cial statements being audited. As apart of the financial statement prepa-ration process, at times we proposematerial audit adjustments that arenot identified as a result of the Towns

internal control and; therefore, couldresult in a misstatement of the Townsfinancial statements.

Recommendation:This circumstance is not unusual in anorganization of this size. It is the re-sponsibility of management and thosecharged with governance to make thedecision whether to accept the degreeof risk associated with this conditionbecause of cost or other considerations.

Also, a thorough review of the transac-tions in each fund should take placeprior to the beginning of the audit, toensure that generally accepted ac-counting principles have been followedfor each fund type, especially for trans-action types infrequent in occurrence.

Managements RespManagement and will review for pronancial statementsule of expendituresand audit adjustinby the auditor. Duewe will accept the rthis condition basedconsiderations.

Finding:The Town of Bison

ber of office personndoes not have an adof duties within thtion to ensure adeqtrols in revenue, payroll functions.

Recommendation:This circumstance iorganization of thisponsibility of mancharged with goverdecision whether toof risk associated wbecause of cost or otWe also recommenCouncil adequatelcounting transactiopared by the Finaregular basis.

Managements Resp

Management accepated with the lack oties within the accothe Town. As parTown Council will coversight and reviewactions to mitigate with this conditionble.

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TOWN OF BISON

SPECIAL MEETING

Wednesday, July 25 20127:00 p.m. at Grand Electric SocialRoom

CALLTO ORDER/ROLL CALLChair-man Juell Chapman called a specialmeeting of the Bison Town Board toorder on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at7:00 p.m. in the Social Room at GrandElectric. Trustees David Kopren, LukeClements, Mike Lockert and Matt But-savage were present. Others presentwere Jeff Van Vactor, Stacy Kvale,Cheri Butsavage and Finance OfficerBeth Hulm.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCEWAS RECITED BY ALL.

Storm Sewer: Chairman Chapmanannounced that pictures were taken ofthe buildings on Main Street city prop-erty, which is the designated locationfor a holding pond for the new stormsewer. Those photos were sent to AllanPage, KBM Engineer, on July 19. Healso informed the board that the statewill not fund any compost area orstorm sewer lines through privateproperty. There are a couple of placesin the current engineered plans whereprivate property is crossed. Lockert ex-pressed displeasure that his peers didnot approve the application for a Com-munity Access Grant at their July 10meeting. That grant would have paidfor 60% of the costs to fix the north sideof Main St. when the Storm Sewer isput under the south side. The applica-tion deadline is now past.

Ditches near Pole Yard: Ditcheshave not been cut out on the south sideof Grand Electrics pole yard (per mo-tion #053-2012) because there is cablein those ditches.

Library Board: Members Van Vactorand C. Butsavage introduced StacyKvale as Bisons new fulltime librar-ian, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Current li-brarian Jan Gossman will be a substi-tute, as needed. The board also dis-cussed the steady growth in libraryusage, the new implemented E-Readerprogram and presented a quote to putan exit door in the northeast corner ofthe museum. They submitted their re-quest for the 2013 budget, which wouldallow for one extra five-hour day of li-brary time per week.

2013 Budget: Trustees reviewed anearly draft of 2013 expenditures andrevenues. The first reading of the newbudget will take place during the Au-gust 8 meeting.

Next Meeting: Wednesday, August 8,2012 at 7:00 p.m.

ADJOURNMENTChairman Chapman adjourned themeeting at 10:15 p.m.

ATTEST:APPROVED:

Elizabeth Hulm, Finance Officer

Juell Chapman, ChairmanTown of Bison

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BISON SCHOOL

BOARD AGENDAREGULAR MEETING

August 13, 2012 - 7:00 p.m.1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Call to Order 3. Consent Agenda

a. Approve Agendab. Minutesc. Financial Reports

4. Approval of Claims 5. Delegations 6. Senior Class Request 7. Mr. Darren Jackson -- Proposal fora high school Digital Music course8. Approve updated handbooks 9. Discuss coaching position 10. Discuss Insurance Request 11. Approve Contract Assistant Foot-ball Coach12. Open Bids milk, coal, propane13. Discuss Proposed Shop/Classroombuilding 14. Northwest Area Schools SpecialEducation Cooperative report DanBeckman15. Superintendent Report DonKraemer16. Executive Session, for personnel orstudent matters (if needed) 17. Adjournment Next meeting: September 10, 2012 at7:00 p.m.

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or in providing comment relative to po-tential effects on historic propertiesshould contact GSS, Inc., 3311 109thStreet, Urbandale, IA 50322 (515) 331-2103 (V11478).

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The 11th day of the eighthmonth is a good time to rememberthe importance of calling 811 be-fore beginning any digging project,suggests the South Dakota Public

Utilities Commission and theSouth Dakota One Call Board.August 11, 8/11, is National 811Day, a designation intended tohelp spread the message to call811 before you dig.

When planning outdoor projects,residents should always considerthe possibility that undergroundutilities could be directly below

them. When an excavator calls 811before they begin their project,they significantly reduce the riskof serious injury to themself andthose around them as well as dis-

ruption of utility service. Excava-tors that hit an underground util-ity can be held financially respon-sible for any damages caused.

Projects as modest as planting ashrub or installing a mailbox allrequire calls to 811 at least 48hours prior to digging. The possi-bility of striking a line still existseven when digging a short depth.

South Dakota Commission Chason further stresspect of the 811 p811 is critical to

the complex netground utilities, bto remember thsaved when 811digging, he saidprojectwhetherquires a call to 8

Call, wait and ple, said KurtDakota One Call An excavator mato 811, gives thesentative the lotheir project and ity operators to beany undergrounproject site, heeasy and can givmind when diggin

Even after utimarked by utilityvators are encoudig with care.

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