JoAnn Schaefers

The St. Liborius Bazaar, this coming weekend, reach-es another milestone as we

recognize the forefathers’ efforts in building Polo’s fi rst church in 1904. From the tradition-al church style structure to the Spanish Mission Complex, the memories are endless for those who have roots going back 110 years.

The vision of the wide open spaces with only a church and rectory, a farm home, barn and grainery sitting on the prairie are a bit of a challenge to envision as one drives by Polo today. Polo became an independent parish in 1918 and in October 1920 began building the rectory and parish hall with Father Pothmann OMI as fi rst resident priest.

The church was enlarged, re-modeled and convent and board-ing school built in 1923 followed by moving in an old country school for the high school in 1928. This feature is being writ-ten on September 22, making it ironic that exactly ninety years ago to the day, Bishop Mahoney dedicated St. Liborius Church and administered the Sacrament of Confi rmation in Polo on Sep-tember 22, 1924.

It was the mid 50’s when Polo had their ‘building boom in town’ with several new homes built. The new school was built and used from 1973 to 2008. To-day the schools and business-es are inactive, the homes in-clude young families, lunches are served after all masses in Mary’s Room in the complex and the Bazaar tradition continues that makes Polo the busiest lit-tle ‘country dinner host’ in South Dakota on the last Sunday in September.

The welcome mat awaits all

travelers who use Hwy 26 and turn right at Polo to take in the 110 year old tradition.

A tradition we have to say has many welcome changes from yesteryear when the hundreds were served with a lot less con-veniences. Memories of frying up all the chicken for two meals at home Bazaar Day morning, ev-eryone peeling some potatoes, making a couple quarts of gra-vy and dressing, sending two or three cans of vegetables, and of course the home made pies made from scratch, also made early in the morning.

Actually, I should likely go back to the days before freezers,

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City Council addresses

abandoned vehicles, again

Jan KittelsonAbandoned/junk vehicles

was the fi rst topic on the Miller City Council new business agen-da Monday, Sept. 15, 2014. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Ron Blachford. Present at the meeting were Aldermen Rangel, Odegaard, Winsell and Auch, and Alderwoman Johnson.

Discussion at meeting resulted in the following information. The Council is gearing up to present letters in the spring to the resi-dents of Miller that are in viola-tion of this ordinance. The coun-cil will be addressing the issue of vehicles in the spring. Letters will be sent out at that time, to residents that are in violation of the ordinance. Alderman Ran-gel stated, if the car has been sit-ting for years, the tire are fl at, or if they do not run they are con-sidered abandoned/junk vehi-cles, even if they have a current license on them, they are up for removal.

The council is in hopes that many residents will take the ini-tiative to remove the cars with-out the city taking action, but in the spring the next round of let-ters will be mailed to residence in violation of both the vehicle and dilapidated house ordinance.

Pictures of those in violation have been taken and if they are still in violation in the spring, ac-tion will be taken. If the city has to remove the car from your lot, a wrecker will be called to re-move it, at the owner’s expense. The fee the city has been quot-ed for a simple removal would be $100 plus storage of the ve-hicle at the impound lot. All of these charges would be assessed to residents of the home or busi- Jan Kittelson | The Miller Press

MHS HOMECOMING week kicked off Monday night with the coronation of Queen Jamie Mentzer and King Mason Breitling. See the Rustler Events on page 3 for a full listing of this week’s Homecoming events.

Polo Bazaar: 110 years later

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THE ST. LIBORIUS COMPLEX, which was built in 1923-24 between the then rectory on north end and big school building onsouth end. Prior to 1923 the school had three rooms; one across the east end and one each along the north and south sides. Behind the two arches were the boys and girls dormitories and the convent was across the back west side until 1959.

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Jan KittelsonThe Emergency Manage-

ment Director Nehamia Vol-quartsen held the annu-al mock disaster drill with the�Hand County Commission-ers Wednesday, September 17, 2014. This year’s exercise was fi re. The Hand County Court house was, in the drill, de-stroyed by fi re. To add to the mix, Hand County was in the mist of a two week long bliz-zard. The blizzard was cutting off all help into Hand Coun-

ty and also had many depart-ments working overtime. The commissioners began to set in motion the things that would be needed to keep Hand County running.

Establishing a new loca-tion for the offi ce to be locat-ed would be the fi rst item on the agenda. Many possibilities were discussed, with the com-missioners deciding the initial meeting should be held at the

Emergency Management completes annual mock disaster

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Youth

The South Dakota Board of Education held the first of four public hearings on proposed K-12 science standards earlier today.

A work group of South Dakota science educators, higher education representa-tives and members of the business com-munity drafted the proposed science stan-dards, incorporating the latest research on student learning. Their recommendations were brought before the board for first consideration. The second public hearing will be held at the state board meeting Nov. 17 in Pierre. The third and fourth public hearings will be held at state board meetings in 2015. The board has not yet determined its 2015 meeting schedule.

The proposed South Dakota science standards provide a foundation for stu-dents in grades K-12 to attain knowledge of scientific concepts and engage in the practices of science and engineering. De-cisions regarding how those standards are applied to curriculum and instruction are made by local school districts.

“These proposed standards infuse sci-ence and engineering practices into phys-ical science, life science, and earth and space science. The goal is for students to not only learn science concepts, but to also apply those concepts through the use of the specific practices,” said Sam Shaw with the South Dakota Department of Ed-ucation’s Division of Learning and In-struction. “The standards emphasize a continuous progression of knowledge and skills, so that throughout their K-12 ed-ucation, students keep building on their previous learning.”

The last review of South Dakota’s sci-ence standards was conducted in 2005. According to state law, the Board of Ed-ucation must review academic content standards on a cyclical basis.

For more information contact Mary Stadick Smith, South Dakota Department of Education, (605) 773-7228, mary.sta-dicksmith@state.sd.us

The South Dakota Board of Education heard a re-port today regarding en-rollment in the state’s new, reduced-cost dual credit program. To date, almost 780 high school juniors and seniors have enrolled in the reduced-cost cours-es and are on track to earn more than 4,000 dual cred-its at South Dakota public universities and technical institutes.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard proposed and the 2014 Legislature approved fund-ing to make select dual credit courses available at the reduced cost of $40 per credit hour. South Dako-ta high school juniors and seniors qualify for the cost savings.

Dual credit is an oppor-tunity for high school stu-dents who meet admis-sions standards to enroll in public postsecondary in-

stitutions in South Dako-ta and simultaneously earn credits towards both their high school diploma and postsecondary degree or certificate.

“These enrollment num-bers are very exciting,” said Secretary of Educa-tion Dr. Melody Schopp. “Reduced-cost dual cred-it courses are a great way for students to get a jump start on their postsecond-ary education, and con-necting young people to our in-state institutions may help in the long run to keep them in the state. I’m grateful to schools for their hard work spreading the word to their students about this opportunity.”

The board also heard an update on efforts related to college readiness course-work. Free or low-cost online college readiness coursework is available to

students whose ACT scores in math and English do not meet certain bench-marks set for students en-tering the state’s public universities. Students who successfully complete the college readiness course-work can avoid taking re-medial, non-credit bearing courses at the postsecond-ary level and enter directly into credit-bearing courses. Several schools across the state are now offering stu-dents face-to-face support alongside this online op-tion. The face-to-face set-ting allows the school to provide students with ad-ditional support and may facilitate successful com-pletion of the coursework.

More information on these resources is avail-able at http://www.sdmy-life.com.

Miller area schools and Tucker’s SuperValu, are working together to earn donations from the Gold’n Plump® brand of deli ro-tisserie chicken. Gold’n Plump rotisserie chicken has joined other consumer brands to help schools pay for enrichment activities like arts, technology, ath-letics and other extras.

School label redemption programs give back more than $90 million to 70,000 cash-strapped schools ev-ery year. Until now, all of these require someone to trim, sort and count the physical box tops, soup la-bels and milk caps and ship them back to the manufacturer to be tallied. This time-consuming chore invariably falls to parent volunteers.

Minnesota-based Gold’n Plump is the first poul-try provider to join a pro-gram, and it is the first to work with the Labels 2 Learn website to redeem its donations online. “We are very sympathetic to the busy mom, especially dur-ing the school year,” said Rory Bidinger, brand advo-cacy and marketing man-ager for Gold’n Plump. “We think this is an ex-cellent way to express our brand’s commitment to healthy families, thank our current customers for their loyalty, and attract new customers.”

“The rotisserie chick-en is an excellent solution to what we call the ‘dinner crunch’ ... that frenzy be-tween after-school activi-ties and after-supper activ-ities when mom - or dad - has to get supper on the table,” he said. Bidinger says he and his wife, who

have young children them-selves, know first-hand about the challenges fac-ing the family schedule. “We want a supper solu-tion that’s convenient, hot, healthy and a great val-ue. A deli rotisserie chick-en is perfect - and now our customers can help us send money to their kids’ schools, too.”

The Cash Code print-ed on specially marked sleeves can be redeemed online for twenty cents. “Anyone can do it for any school,” Bidinger said. “No registration is required, and it just takes a few sec-onds to make a difference. Those 20-cents add up quickly.”

More than $800,000 in donations to schools is available, and the promo-tion runs throughout the school year.

“Most schools must plead for extra cash,” says Brad Thompson, president of Minneapolis-based La-bels 2 Learn, “because vir-tually all of their budget is earmarked for mandated programs, personnel and facility maintenance. Twen-ty percent of all schools hold six or more fundrais-ing events per year, and most of the rest are hold-ing three or four - that’s exhausting for everyone.”

Thompson foresees a fu-ture where most brands use an online platform to reward and build loyalty for proof-of-purchase be-cause “it is an excellent use of the marketing bud-get. This breaks through the noisy media clutter and engages mom through a cause she cares passionate-ly about.”

Kids, staff and directors of Rustler Roost have been gearing up for the open-ing of the pumpkin patch. Scheduled to be open 4:00 p.m. until dusk, Septem-ber 24, 25, 26, the patch will feature numerous new activities sure to make for an interesting and fun ex-perience in this, its fourth year.

The pumpkin patch is an important fundraiser for Rustler Roost, which helps to supplement fund-ing for the operation of its K-6 afterschool pro-gram. Substantial contri-butions are made by com-munity people/businesses to help make the project possible. Rich and Becky Nelson provide the land, water, and help with keep-ing the patch “trimmed”. Lynn and Harry Harrell plant and harvest the corn while Wilbur-Ellis pro-vides chemical. FFA kids under the guidance of ad-visor/instructor Mark Ketelhut designed and cut

the paths. When the patch is open numerous people help with sales, games, decorations, etc.

This year’s event be-gan in the spring when the Roost kids planted many, many pumpkin, gourd and colored corn seeds. Their participation in the proj-ect provides numerous op-portunities for learning. Periodically throughout the summer they traveled to the patch to tend to its needs. With adequate rain the seeds flourished. Now it is time to reap the har-vest.

The Roost has incor-porated several novel ac-tivities to enhance the visitors’ experience, in-cluding some new games, a “mad scientist” activi-ty, and even some treats. Of course, as always, there will be supplies for deco-rating pumpkins and the challenge of the maze. What a great kick off to fall season.

Thursday, Sept. 25Volleyball at Onida, 5:15 p.m.Friday, Sept. 26Football at Wolsey-Wessington, 7 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 27Cross Country at Platte, 10 a.m.Volleyball at Kimball, TBAMonday, Sept. 29Claire Culwell speaks, 1 p.m.Cross Country at Miller, 4 p.m.Tuesday, Sept. 30Volleyball vs. Hitchcock/Tulare at SBA, 5:15 p.m.Wednesday, Oct. 1FFA Land & Range Judging at Wessington Springs

Sunshine Bible Acade-my will host abortion survi-vor Claire Culwell on Mon-day, September 29, 2014. A few years ago Culwell learned that her life is tru-ly a miracle because her mother, who became preg-nant at the age of 13, had an abortion. Unbeknownst to the workers at the abor-tion clinic, Culwell’s moth-er was pregnant with twins; Culwell’s twin brother was aborted, but she was not.

Armed with this knowl-edge of the miracle of her own life, Culwell now speaks out about the al-ternatives to abortion and about the grace and for-giveness that is available through Christ. Culwell says she seeks to encourage pregnant women to “seek alternatives to abortion be-cause I would never want any woman/man to go through the grief and the pain that my birth moth-er went through simply be-cause she didn’t know she had any other option. I also want to be a vessel to of-fer God’s forgiveness to the men and women who have previously had abortions. I know healing is possible and I have been given the gift of surviving an abortion so that I can tell these men and women that they are forgiven. Coming from an aborted child, I hope they know the power of forgive-ness and healing through meeting me.”

SBA Superintendent Ja-son Watson says, “An un-wanted pregnancy is no doubt overwhelming and traumatizing, but we be-lieve that there are op-tions to abortion. Scripture teaches that life begins at conception and we cele-brate the sanctity of all life. It is our hope that those who hear Ms. Culwell tell her story will be positively impacted to join us in tak-ing that stand.”

Culwell will speak in SBA’s Event Center at 1:00 p.m. and her address is open to the public. Due to the nature of the topic of her address, Culwell’s pre-sentation is not recom-mended for children young-er than seventh grade.

More information on this event is available at www.sunshinebible.org.

Student NewsKelsey Johnson of Mill-

er was awarded the Lu-etta and Merle Ferwerda Memorial Scholarship in Dietetics and the K. Lor-ette Lackey Scholarship for the 2014-15 academic year at South Dakota State Uni-versity. She was recognized at the College of Educa-tion and Human Sciences’ scholarship banquet Sept. 6 in the Volstorff Ballroom at SDSU’s University Stu-dent Union.

Johnson is a sopho-more majoring in dietet-ics and health education at SDSU. She is the daughter of Lynn and Jerry Johnson and is a 2013 graduate of Miller High School.

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Sunshine Bible Academy

State Education Board discusses proposed science standards, adopts new physical education standards

New program rewards shoppers and schools when rotisserie

chickens are purchased

South Dakota high school students on track to earn more than 4,000 reduced-cost dual credits

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Sunshine Bible Academy to host abortion survivorRustler Roost to celebrate 4th

annual pumpkin patch event

The Hand-E-Hands 4-H club met at the Methodist Church at 7 p.m. on Sep-tember 19. Marshall John-son gave a demonstra-tion on “Avalanche Safety”. Noah Johnson gave a dem-onstration on “Football Gear”.

We discussed our 4-H record books and received ideas on what to write in them. The 4-H books are due September 29 to An-drea, Julie, or Marsha.

The next meeting will be October 4 at 1 p.m. at the Methodist Church. The No-vember 8 meeting will be

at 4:30 p.m. at the School Commons.

The 4-H Recognition Banquet will be on Novem-ber 8 at the School Com-mons. Set up is at 5:30 p.m., potluck meal at 6:30, with program/awards to follow.

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HUNTER SPORRER going for the play around the Battler in Junior High match on Sept. 15.

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when the chickens actual-ly had to be transformed from their chicken house roosts to the cleaning pro-cess, all before the frying pan! Any wonder I say we are grateful happy house-wives enjoying today’s modern conveniences!!)

Women especially re-member the challenges of

balancing working your duty shifts between tak-ing care of the kids and chores, and/or keeping the older children watching the times they too had a job to do. Makes one sorta scratch your head wonder-ing how you did it. Guess what it all worked out and we are here to tell about it and still doing it—just in

a much easier style and in much more convenient fa-cilities.

Whatever memories surface as Bazaar Day rolls around, are cher-ished memories. The key thing was, and still is, it is all about reaching out to welcome the guests from many miles around Polo, who once a year make the drive. Or it just may be taking a drive to the coun-try where you can enjoy a Sunday to meet and greet and eat.

A special feature on Orient’s St. Joseph Catho-lic Church will be in next week’s issue, as well as some regular Polo column.

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ness. Many recyclers in the area will pay for junk ve-hicles. This would be a way for the homeowner to make a few dollars as well.

The council is consid-ering an additional free dump day, having one in the spring and one in the fall, to aid the residents in complying with the ordi-nance.

Police Chief Shannon Speck spoke at length, on the school speed zone area. There are approxi-mately students using the crossing area at the school. The council also ques-tioned Speck in regards to the speed enforcement in the area. The cars coming into the area from the east, traveling west are obeying the speed zone more than those traveling from the west to east.

Electric supervisor Bill Lewellen has ordered lon-ger “arms” for the caution lights on the west end of the school zone. Street su-pervisor Ron Hotiezer has also trimmed some trees to aid in the drivers ability to see the lights in advance of the speed zone.

The school crossing guard wages were also dis-cussed. It has been the practice over the last sever-al years for the city to pay 75 percent of the cross-ing guards wages, while 25 percent is paid by the school. Speck stated it was that way when he became chief and never questioned the policy. The council and

Finance Offi cer Coss could not locate an agreement, contract or ordinance de-tailing the practice. Speck said he would research the issue and get back to the council.

The street department has been working on the sewers, oiling of streets, the roof of the gazebo at the park, airport roadwork, and spraying for mosqui-toes.

The water department helped Infra-Track, com-pleted SuAnne Meyers sewer hookup, and Bone-bright will be attending the SD/ND Airport Convention on September 22-23.

Bonebright and Coss will be researching fees for water and sewer in-stallation and be working on setting up an inspec-tion ordinance for the fu-ture. They will also fi nd out how other cities in South Dakota handle new connections to their sew-er lines and bring recom-mendations to the council. With the amount of prob-lems that have been un-covered with the camer-aing project, Bonebright would like to have a proce-dure set up for future work being done on the sewer lines.

The electric depart-ment is continuing to re-tire the old electric sys-tem, installed cable for the community center, and re-moved the fountain from Crystal Park pond.

The fi nance offi ce re-ported the sales tax com-pared to 2013 is fi nally in

the positive, 1.67 percent increase. Coss is fi nalizing the budget changes due to airport capital improve-ment changes and un-claimed property fi les to be sent to the state.

Dave Wentjes, Quoin Insurance, spoke to Coss in regards to the increase in insurance for the city. The original estimate was 7 percent, so the budget committee budgeted 10 percent, now it appears that the increase will be closer to 20 percent.

Building permits were approved for Kendra and Brandon Gortmaker, house; Harriet Kopplin, steps; and Lyle Rowen Jr., remove/re-place garage.

A motion was made to ac-cept the fi nance committee recommendation of a 2 per-cent cost of living increase for all full-time employees effective January 1, 2015.

The next meeting will be October 6, 2014.

Hand County Library. It is a county owned building, separate from the court-house, has its own phone and internet connection and could be secured for safety reasons.

After the initial meeting, the commission thought the�many offi ces at the courthouse could be re-located to the Weed and Pest Building or possibil-ity the community center. Volquardsen�informed the council that it is the Sher-iff’s Department contingen-cy plan to relocated their offi ces, radios, etc. to the Weed and Pest building.�

Reconstructing the fi les�from all the offi c-es would also be a priori-ty to the commission. They were�interested to know what back up fi les would be available�if the fi les were�lost. “The Register of Deeds fi les could be�re-constructed by using the

Hand County Title compa-ny’s fi les,” stated commis-sioner Jim�Jones. He also added, “The legislative au-dit would be a great start-ing�point for the�auditor to rebuild the�fi les for that of-fi ce. All the license plate information would be kept at the state offi ces as well.”

The commissioners de-cided the only offi ces that would need to be relocated would be Auditor, Register of Deeds and Treasure. The courtroom and Clerk of Court are state offi ces and would be relocated by the state. The VSO and exten-sion offi ce would be han-dled after the emergencies issues were resolved.

The commissioners also discussed an information offi cer position, security for the damaged building, fi ling of the claim with the insurance company, legal ramifi cations to the board, need for declaration of emergency, and the delega-

tion of authority.The commissioners ex-

pressed concern: “If the building were gone, would citizens lose their confi -dence in the government to continue the process of running Hand County?” and made that one of the priorities to convey to the people. Even though the courthouse was gone, yes it would be business as usual.

The commission-ers would like to set up a meeting with the depart-ment heads to ensure all the counties departments are on the same page.

The commissioners agreed to continue the planning at the regular monthly meeting to see what departments may need in event there ever was such an emergency, and the courthouse could not be used for some rea-son.

Miller Police Department LogsSeptember 152:56 a.m. – Ambulance

Call, First Avenue8:09 a.m. – Traffi c Stop,

Third Street8:28 a.m. – Traffi c Stop,

Third Street3:18 p.m. –Animal Com-

plaint, Third Avenue3:41 p.m. – Traffi c Stop,

Third Street4:23 p.m. – Nuisance

Complaint, First AvenueSeptember 166:51 a.m. – Traffi c Acci-

dent, US 147:16 a.m. – Traffi c Stop,

North Broadway7:31 a.m. – Traffi c Stop,

North Broadway8:16 a.m. – Traffi c Stop,

North Broadway8:35 a.m. – Animal

Complaint, US 149:04 a.m. – Animal

Complaint, Fourth Street8:32 p.m. – Traffi c Com-

plaint, Fourth Street

September 1710:35 a.m. – Traffi c

Stop, SD 459:10 p.m. – Noise Com-

plaint, Sixth StreetSeptember 1812:16 a.m. – Traffi c

Control, North Broadway8:06 a.m. – Motorist As-

sist, Second Avenue8:47 a.m. – Welfare

Check, Seventh Street9:06 a.m. – Motorist As-

sist, North BroadwaySeptember 193:15 p.m. – Welfare

Check, Sixth Street6:59 p.m. – Animal

Complaint, Fifth StreetSeptember 202:30 p.m. – Property

Check, Second Street3:15 p.m. – Welfare

Check, Fourth StreetSeptember 212:00 p.m. – Animal

Complaint, North Broad-way

Kim SporrerJunior High went up

against the Potter County Battlers on September 15, 2014. The boys were ready to go and had a great game; winning 32-12.

They did have a fum-ble in the beginning but quickly got it back and took over the game.

Blade Forman had two touchdowns, Karst Hunt-er had one and Dusty Ra-leigh had one. With those touchdowns they made two-point conversions; those were made by For-

man, Hunter and Hunter Sporrer.

The junior varsity trav-eled to Faulkton for a jam-boree on September 15, 2014.

They played against Faulkton, Warner and Leola/Fredrick. The ju-nior varsity won all three games.

No stats were available from these games.

Junior High and JV football fever

Tractor Pull Miller Sept. 13, 2014OTTO (Farm Stock) 3700lb Class Holley Huisman Smith - 1 4500lb Class Kelvin Grey JD - 1 5500lb Class Rudy Jacobs Oliver - 1 Joel Christiansen - 2 Kelvin Grey - 3 6500lb Class Joel Christiansen - 1 Rudy Jacobs Oliver - 2 7500lb Class Bobbie Potts - 1 10,000lb Class Leonard Schatz - 1 OTTO (Antique) Miller Pull 3000lb Class Roxy Jacobs - 1 Leonard Schatz -EX 3700lb Class Gerry Lacher - 1 Joel Christiansen - 2 Roxy Jacobs - 3 4500lb Class Gary Knock - 1 Mike Clements - 2 Omar Swartzendr-uber - 3 Joel Christiansen - 4 Gerry Lacher - 5 *Tied at 300 each; pulloff put Gary in 1st; Mike in 2nd; and Omar in 3rd 5500lb Class Gary Knock - 1 Ron Dahliquist - 2 Rudy Jacobs - 3 Mike Clements - 4

Omar Swartzendr-uber - 5 Gerry Lacher - 6 Holley Huisman Smith - 7 Gerald Mullaney - DQ* *Weight fell off the front of the tractor. 6500lb Class Gary Knock - 1 Gary Swartzendru-ber - 2 Rudy Jacobs - 3 Ron Dahliquist - 4 Gerry Lacher - 5 Mike Clements - 6Steve Waldner - 7 Holley Huisman Smith - 8 Gerald Mullaney - 9 7500lb Class Gary Swartzendru-ber - 1 Bobbie Potts - 2 Bernie Huisman - 3 Steve Waldner - 4 8500lb Class Bobbie Potts - 1 Ron Dahlquist - 2 Omar Swartzendr-uber - 3 Rudy Jacobs - 4 Bernie Huisman - 5 Gary Swartzendru-ber - 6 Harlan Smith - EX 10,000lb Class Harlan Smith - 1 Ron Dahlquist - 2 Leonard Schatz - 3 Omar Swartzendr-uber - 4 Rudy Jacobs - 5 Mike Clements - 6

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Recently grandson Ty-ler’s mother commented on his “weird changes” that seemed to come al-most overnight. She said he’s more fl ighty, “goofy,” and has discovered girls.

That sort of surprised me—after all he’s only just turned 11. Accord-ing to the Internet, ado-lescence ranges from 10 to 19, while some sources put the age of beginning ado-lescence a little later, and lasting later. There is also a term: adolescent angst, de-fi ned as a feeling of anx-iety and frustration that isn’t specifi c. People often feel�angst about the state of the world, or about the state of their homework.

And, accordingly, I sup-pose it marks the begin-ning of noticing the op-posite sex as something interesting…hence Ty’s be-ing “goofy.”

“The girls seem to fi nd him fascinating, too,” his mom said.

Oh, goodness. My little huggy baby was supposed to stay just that for many more years. He’s always been so sweet and loveable and I’m really not prepared for all that “angst.”

Ty’s sister is only 11 months younger than he is, so he’s always had “a girl” around, and Nancy used to babysit. He got along well with both boys and girls. As he’s grown older, of course he’s gravitated to buddies, but he’s always at least been nice to girls.

So this shift in attitude has caught his parents off-guard. “I should have re-membered that phase,” his mom complained.

I’ve always said (some-what tongue-in-cheek) that boys should be “locked in a cave” from the age of seven or eight until they are at least 16. Even my oldest son, who was real-ly pretty good, had his mo-ments during those years.

Of course you expect all this when boys are a bit older. Grandson Wyatt, almost 17, spent a great amount of time texting sev-

eral girls back in Las Ve-gas when he was visiting this summer. But his mom says, at this point, they all seem to be just great friends.

But Ty? He has a wide variety of interests, includ-ing bowling, football, base-ball, 4-H and camping. He’s always liked to bake and cook, and he’s good at it. So I guess I wasn’t thinking about the “goofy” stage.

When my kids were growing up, I don’t recall huge changes occurring all at once, but I’m sure each one had those moments of “angst.” My daughter was probably the moodiest as an adolescent, or maybe the boys just hid it better. �

I think most parents (and grandparents) have special memories they hark back to, and I know most of my favorites are when kids were little, younger, still taking tentative steps to the whole growing-up process.

I’d better get used to the idea that all those grand-kids are on a more grown-up path. Even my lone granddaughter is mak-ing strides. This summer she tended a big garden, made jams for the fair, and sewed a skirt, blouse and scarf to enter. Where did that funny little baby girl go?

Yet, Ty still wants to know when I’ll be out to visit next. He wants me to witness his bowling exper-tise. All the grandkids re-main loving, courteous and like to include me in what is going on in their lives.

For that I am grateful. And I can no doubt put up with a little bit of “goofy.” It’s a normal phase…and it’s the adults who aren’t quite ready for it.�

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RETROSPECTFrom the fi les of The Miller Press

September 24, 1914With all previous re-

cords for attendance bro-ken at the 25th annual ex-position of South Dakota was staged last week in Huron. The total atten-dance for the week was 150,000. More people were attracted by the panorama of fi reworks staged each night in front of the grand-stand, than by any other feature of the fair, this be-ing one of the new attrac-tions.

Wessington Times—Charles Clifford Levens died at the age of 27 years, 4 months and 5 days. He was in charge of the me-chanical end of the Times Enterprise. His death came so quickly that not even his parents could reach his bedside. (Miller Press com-ment): It is with keenest sorrow the Press and its force learned of the very sudden end of this bright young life…The ways of Providence are truly be-yond the ken of man, this young man called sudden-ly by the grim reaper with-out warning.

Aberdeen: To an au-dience which numbered nearly 1,000, half of them men, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Na-tional Association of Wom-en Suffrage, brought a message of cheer for the cause of women’s free-dom. This time, the fi fth campaign waged in this state, she believes that votes for women must win.

September 24, 1964Mrs. Winifred Lorentson

was honored at a recogni-tion luncheon during the annual meeting of the S.D. Tuberculosis and Health Association held here. Mrs. Lorentson became chair-man of the Christmas Seal campaign for Hand County in 1935, and the 1964 cam-paign will be the 30th she has conducted.

Two days of homecom-

ing activities start this Thursday, with the coro-nation of the MHS Home-coming Queen. Candidates are Patti Biddle, Carol Campbell, Sharon Gerdes,� Rosemary Murphy and Betty Jo Sisk.

Mrs. Clare Fawcett was honored over the Jack Bruce program and on the Neighbor Lady program heard over WNAX when her neighbor, Mrs. Bill Rodman, entered a contest to recognize outstanding neighbors. The letter was read on the air, and re-ceived honorable mention.

September 19,1974Funeral services were

held Monday for J.E. (El-don) Jones, 91. A resident of the county since the age of three months, Mr. Jones was born in Holy Well, Wales, January 15, 1883, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones. They set-tled on a homestead in Gil-bert Township. He become quite well known in the state, as he attended many pioneer events with his trained oxen, Bessie and Duke, which he drove on a rubber-tired cart.

Homecoming Queen candidates are Susie Man-ning, Susie Alley, Rae Ann Sommer, Nancy Corr and Julie DeGeest. King can-didates are Brad Bjerke, Tom Peterka, Bill Nicholas, Joe Ravenscroft and Mary Strasburg.

What this area of the country needs is not a good fi ve-cent candy bar, but a good general rain, al-though a rain of almost any proportions would be welcome.

September 19,1984Congratulations go to

Dr. Norman Meriweath-er who was named “Vet-erinarian of the Year” at the South Dakota Veteri-nary Medical Association meetings held last week in Sioux Falls. Meriweath-er Vet was established in 1943 by his brother, Dr. H.

Meriweather. Mrs. Patricia Shaaf, lo-

cal artist, was given “Best of Show” award at the South Dakota State Fair. the painting, entitled “Bet-sy”, was done in acrylic and modeled from the ac-tual vehicle parked in Mill-er.

The Ponderosa, under new management, will be open for business in Polo October 1. According to the new owners, Robert Taylor and Leo Beranek, both of Miller, the res-taurant will feature large steaks, seafood and chick-en.

September 19,1994The Mid-Dakota Rural

Water System last Monday came one step closer to re-ality with the beginning of construction of a water in-take and pump station on Lake Oahe.

Longtime Harvest States Cooperatives board mem-ber Phil Testerman and the late rural electric pioneer Max Farrar are the latest additions to the nine-year old South Dakota Coop Hall of Fame.

St. Lawrence News:

Zona Verdugt attended the bridal shower for Tami Is-tas September 11 at a lo-cal cafe. The bride-to-be received many lovely gifts from her guests.

September 22, 2004The 2004 Homecom-

ing candidates in boys are Ryan Wagner, Lance Well-ner, Jesse Vrooman, Marc Hamiel and Casey Schlech-ter. The girls are Amber Marsden, April VanDerW-erff, Kelly Fawcett, Jessica Yearous and Nicole Prince.

Miller Courthouse has a mural done by six lo-cal women. Shar Gard, Deb Barta, Shelley Wiesel-er, Tammy Caffee, Leona Schilling and Alpha Thor-son. The mural was called “Heart of Hand County”.

George Voelker’s 90th Birthday open house was hold on Oct. 3.

The 2004 ladies golf champs are Gladys Dietri-ch and Joan Bertsch.

Adolescent angst

The Affordable Care Act strengthens Medicare and helps benefi ciaries take charge of their health. The law provides important benefi ts such as free pre-ventive services, free annu-al wellness visits, and dis-counts and better coverage for prescription drugs for Medicare recipients in the coverage gap known as the “donut hole.”

Between 2010 when the Affordable Care Act was enacted and 2015, the number of people who are enrolled in Medicare Ad-vantage plans is expected to increase by 42 percent to an all-time high.

Medicare remains strong and benefi ciaries

will continue to be cov-ered through the program. Whether through Origi-nal Medicare or a Medicare Advantage plan, they’ll still have the same bene-fi ts and security they have now: they do not need to enroll in the Health Insur-ance Marketplace. Medi-care is not part of the Mar-ketplace.

In South Dakota in 2015: • 95% of people with

Medicare have access to a Medicare Advantage plan

• 6 Medicare Advantage plans available

• 30 Medicare Prescription Drug Plans available

• 100% of people with Part D have access to a

plan with lower premi-um than what they paid in 2014

• 23% of people with Medicare Part D get Ex-tra Help (also called the low-income subsidy, or LIS)

• $15.70 is the lowest monthly premium for a prescription drug planPlan costs and coverage

change each year, so every-one with Medicare should check to make sure their plan still meets their health needs and budget. There may be a Medicare health or drug plan available with better coverage or a lower premium in 2015.

Thanks to the Afford-able Care Act, more people

with Medicare are seeing reduced costs – through both discounts on brand-name drugs in the Medi-care Part D “donut hole” and a provision in the law that makes preventive ser-vices like mammograms and other cancer screen-ings available for free. In 2014, 54,524 people in South Dakota with Original Medicare took advantage of at least one preventive service without cost-shar-ing through July 2014. People with Medicare in South Dakota have saved an overall $29,708,297 on prescription drugs in the Medicare Part D donut hole since 2010 as a result of the Affordable Care Act.

As a parent, we want memo-ries of our kids. Memories that most of us put out a lot

of money for. Miller is a community prided on the fact that shopping lo-cally is very benefi cial for the com-munity.

In the past week, there has been a uproar about Leonard’s Studio from Mobridge, SD coming here to take our kid’s pictures. According to the parents that I came across if we are going to fork over a lot of money, they would rather give it to someone locally. I did try to fi nd someone that agreed with Leonard’s Studio com-ing to Miller, I could not fi nd one.

When you want those memo-ries, the parents have to buy a pack-age fi rst. You can not get just a sin-gle pictures. For example, this year you just want 3 - 8 x 10s. You can’t get that, you get a package that has more pictures in it than you real

need or want. So you end up paying more money.

Lana Eichstadt says, “Keep the money locally for our local economy for the local photographers.”

LaDonna Wharton claims “Every-one preaches to “shop locally”. We have many excellent photographers here in town!”

Dan Trefz, superintendent of Mill-

er High School, says it is about the proposal. Leonard’s Studio came to MHS last spring and brought along a proposal that proved benefi cial to the school. The school took the pro-posal.

Mr. Trefz says “If any local pho-tographers want to do the portraits or sports pictures, come in March with a proposal for the following year.”

According to Trefz, we would like to have a local photographer but they need to have certain require-ments for the pictures. For example, a disc will be needed for the year-book and a senior composite for the hallway.

If one photographer can’t do all of it, split it up. We have some new, awesome, professionally trained photographers in Miller. The com-munity is behind you and would be glad to see you suceed.

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Kim Sporrer, The Miller Press

Medicare in South Dakota, 2015

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Society

Dave and Judy Booms-ma were married in Wess-ington on September 21, 1974 and are celebrating their 40th wedding anni-versary. Their children – Derrik Boomsma of Wol-sey, Jay & Heidi Boomsma

of Watertown, and Ryan and Kim Bergh of Flor-ence– along with their eight grandchildren, are re-questing cards and greet-ings be sent to honor the couple at 39079 200th Street, Wolsey, SD 57384.

Dan and Harriet Lawl-er celebrated 60 years of marriage on September 18. Remember them on their momentous occasion by

sending a card or note to 225 West 4th Street, Apt. 22, Miller, SD 57362.

An open house baby shower honoring Logan Daniel Onkka, who was born August 17 to Aar-on and Amy (Schilling) Onkka, will be held Satur-day, Sept. 27, starting at 10 a.m. in the Wessington Le-gion Hall. All are welcome to come meet the new lit-tle one!

Alyssa Wuestewald, daughter of Courtney Wuestewald, will be hon-ored at a baby shower Sun-day, Oct. 5, at the Legion Hall in Wessington from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Come con-gratulate the new mom and meet Alyssa. Everyone is welcome.

A 40th Wedding An-niversary celebration for Melvin and Debbie Brueggeman will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4 at the farm shop of John & Reno Brueggeman. An open house supper and social time will begin at 6 pm.

Melvin Brueggeman and Debbie Moncur were married at a 7 pm cere-mony at the United Meth-odist Church in Miller on October 5, 1974. �Pas-tor Donald Greenough of-fi ciated at the ceremo-ny. �Their attendants were

Jean Johnson, matron of honor, Terry Bruegge-man, best man and Mike and Penny Hardes , at-tendants. �Daline Gelhaus was fl ower girl and Jeff Moncur was ringbearer.

The anniversary cel-ebration is being hosted by the Brueggeman’s four sons and their families: John Brueggeman, Reno & Laura Brueggeman, Der-ek & Bailey, Eric & Les-lie Brueggeman, Cayden, Nevaeh & Jace, and Matt-Brueggeman.

Submitted

To celebrate Dr. Port McWhorter’s September birthday, the McWhorter House Museum board planted an old- fashioned yellow rose bush at the northwest corner of the house. The bush was donated by Betty Jo Welch (pictured), who helped plant it, and came from stock from her Grandma Anna Kelly’s Hand County farm. Dr. McWhorter was born September 25, 1878 in Iowa, arrived in Miller with his family at age four in 1882, and died in California in 1957. He and his wife, Helen, are buried in the G.A.R. Cemetery here in Miller. The couple had no children.

Miller Booster ClubTailgate Party!Friday, September 26 Serving Pork loin sandwiches,

chips, cookies, drink$7/ meal & $3/ extra sandwichMeal sponsored by Wilbur Ellis

Proceeds help support Miller Booster ClubThe Miller Rustlers will play the

Kimball/White Lake WildKats at 7 p.m.

All football fans welcome!

Thank you to all of the area sponsors that donated in Jace’s

(son of Eric and Leslie Bruggeman) honor to the Hearing Health Foundation.

We raised over $4,400 dollars to help researchers fi nd a cure for hearing loss and tinitus.

Sincere Thanks! Our thanks to everyone for the monetary donations, chair donations, and/or your attendance at the benefit for Cindy Volek on Sept. 14. We served over 300 people for the soup and sandwich lunch and sold 136 chairs at auction. The proceeds from the benefit will go to help defray Cindy’s expenses as she continues her treatment for Stage III Endome- trial Uterine Cancer. Thanks again, it was deeply appreciated and overwhelming as to the support we received. Cindy’s Warriors

Since an 80th birthday

is a special event, let’s

fill his mailbox with

cards we have sent!

If you would like to join in the fun, send a

birthday card (or more than one)!

Dr. Vince DeRoucheyViewPoint Resort8700 E University Drive #1048Mesa, AZ 85207-6800

To all of our friends and relatives for the prayers, calls, To all of our friends and relatives for the prayers, calls,

flowers, visits, foos and memorials during the illness and flowers, visits, foos and memorials during the illness and

loss of Maurice. loss of Maurice.

Your thoughtfulness is a great consolation. Your thoughtfulness is a great consolation.

May God bless you all. May God bless you all.

The Maurice Schlechter family.The Maurice Schlechter family.

Community SingspirationSunday, September 28th

6:30 pmMiller Nazarene Church

215 West Ninth StreetJoin us for an evening of gospel music

Talent from local churches will be featured.

Refreshments to follow. (No preaching)For information contact Pastor Jesse Hammer, 853.2495

Thank YouThe unexpected passing of Diana McCann has

been a tremendous shock to everyone who knew her. While nothing can bring her back,

her memory lives with each of us that she touched. A thank you for all the prayers, food,

condolences, and concern, seems very inadequate. Diana’s husband, children, sisters,

and brother would like to convey their most sincere and heartfelt appreciation to you

all and you are in our prayers.

Greg, Grant, & Holly McCannAnnette Snodgrass & Family

Duane Yager & FamilyDena Gabriel & Family

The Family of Lenny Roth would like to thank Wayne Ames of the Miller Police Department and Steve Resel, Sarah Resel, Liz Confer, and James Waldrop with the Hand County Ambulance Crew for the quick response to our call for help. Thank you to Chad Rembold and the Rembold Funeral Home, Father Chester Murtha, Connie Schroeder, and the St. Ann’s Choir. We also want to thank all of you who brought food, paper items, cards, flowers or plants; visited us; or said prayers for us. Each and every one of you has helped us through this sad time. Thank you,

Donna, Dave & Deb, Heidi, Kim, Kristen & Dustin, DeAnn & Todd, Dani & Paul, Lacey & Bronc, Cassie and Karly

The Family of Lenny Roth would like to thank Wayne Ames of the Miller Police Department and Steve Resel, Sarah Resel, Liz Confer, and James Waldrop with the Hand County Ambulance Crew for the quick response to our call for help. Thank you to Chad Rembold and the Rembold FuneralHome, Father Chester Murtha, Connie Schroeder, and the St. Ann’s Choir. We also want to thank all of you who brought food, paper items, cards, flowers or plants; visited us; or said prayers for us. Each and every one of you has helped us through this sad time.

Thank you,Donna, Dave & Deb, Heidi, Kim, Kristen & Dustin, DeAnn

& Todd, Dani & Paul, Lacey & Bronc, Cassie and Karly

Thank YouCommunity Center Tours

Friday, September 26th 3pm-5pm

Open to the Public

The Winchester A model 94AE rifle tickets will be available at the tours.

Brueggeman celebrate 40 years Election Signs Not Allowed in Right of Way

Boomsma to celebrate 40th anniversary

Lawlers celebrating 60 years

Wuestewald baby shower

Baby shower planned for

Onkka

The SD Women’s State 600 Tournament will be held October 11 and 12, 2014 at the Bowling Dome in Chamberlain. �The tournament is open to all women bowlers who have bowled a 600 series and are members of the

SD State 600 Club. �En-try forms are at your lo-cal bowling centers or can be found on the SD State website at www.bowlsd.com �For more informa-tion, contact Jo Sherman, tournament manager at 605-770-0475

PIERRE, S.D –The South Dakota Department of Transportation reminds the public that political cam-paign and ballot-issue signs cannot be placed on state highway rights of way.

�“With the general elec-tion coming up, election signs are showing up along the state’s roadways,” says Bill Nevin of the DOT Of-fi ce of Legal Counsel. “We’re asking everyone to pay attention to where they put the signs and make sure they are outside of the rights of way and in loca-tions that will not create safety hazards or distract motorists.”

�The use of right of way is reserved for offi cial high-way signage. All signs in the right of way that are not required for traffi c con-trol, as authorized by law (SDCL 31-28-14), are pro-hibited and will be re-moved. That includes both candidate and ballot-issue signs.

��Municipal ordinances regulating placement and removal of campaign signs within towns and cities do not have precedence over state jurisdiction and su-pervision of state highway rights of way within mu-nicipalities.

Bowling Tournament in Chamberlain

Fred Dixson was born May 29, 1929 and passed away on September 13, 2014. Fred is the son of Rob-ert Howard and Emma Eliza-beth (Holz-warth) Dix-son, born in Miller, South Dakota. Af-ter graduat-ing from Mill-er High School in 1948, he en-listed in the U.S. Navy. There he learned his lifelong trade of aircraft mechanic. While stationed in Maryland at Patux-ent Naval Air Station, he met his bride, Naomi Ruth Jones. They were married November 8, 1952, just af-ter Fred left the Navy to work for Capital Airlines (which became United Air-lines). They traveled all 50 states in their 50+ years of marriage. Naomi passed

on in 2003 and Fred has missed her greatly.Fred

was a sports enthu-siast. He enjoyed

bluegrass music and camping. He passed his love of fi sh-ing onto his grandchil-dren.Fred de-lighted in people. He

was a break-fast club regu-

lar and had bud-dies to build and

operate RC airplanes and sailboats with. He told stories and shared laughter with everyone he met and like his heart, his home was always open. He cared about other people’s strug-gles and he felt God’s in-credible blessing through-out his life.He is survived by his three sons, Mike, Lyle and Dan; 5 grandchil-dren and 9 great grandchil-dren.

John W. Campbell, age 84, of Huron died, Mon-day, Sept. 15, 2014 at quietly and peacefully at his home with his loving family by his side.

A private graveside service was held at Rest-lawn Memory Gardens Cem-etery.

John, the son of John F. and Alma (Karnapp) Campbell was born on May 29, 1930 in Clark. He married Betty Jensen on May 31, 1952 in Pipestone, MN. They lived in Huron where he worked for Law-son Plumbing and Heating for almost 50 years.

John enjoyed hunting, fi shing, and gardening. Af-ter his retirement, he es-pecially enjoyed his own slice of Heaven….the farm, where he raised calves, horses, and planted his garden. He loved riding horses and working cattle. John got tremendous plea-sure from spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. John was a very kind and gentle soul: he had a loving and

generous heart, and was always helping others.

Grateful for hav-ing shared in his

life are his lov-ing wife of 62 years, Betty; his daugh-ters, Debbie Thompson of Huron, Dixie (Mike) Ball of Huron, and

Tammy (Ran-dy) Oligmueller

of Miller; grand-children, Hope

(Kenny) Gordon of Hitchcock, Mikki Moeller of Huron, BJ Ball of Huron, Ryan Ball of Brookings, John Coughlin of Minne-apolis, MN, and Betsey (Joe) Hopewell of Honolu-lu, HI; his fi ve great-grand-children, all of Hitchcock; two brothers, Del (Edna) Campbell of Marana, AZ and Wayne (Jan) Camp-bell of Detroit Lakes, MN; two sisters, Lillian (Wes) Williams of Little Rock, AR and Pat (George) Stafford Scottsdale, AZ; and many treasured nieces and neph-ews.

John was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, nine sisters, and his great-granddaughter Ol-ivia.

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Obituaries

Richard Byrum 1938-2014

Esther Butzman 1915-2014 Darlene White 1935-2014

Richard “Dick” Allen Byrum, 76, Redfi eld, lost his battle with cancer on Wednes-day, Sept. 17, 2014. Funer-al Ser-vices were Satur-day, Sept. 20, 2014 at Redfi eld Wesleyan Church. Dick and Mary request memorials be sent to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or the Wounded Warrior Project.

Richard was born on September 6, 1938 to Stu-art and Louise (Flansburg) Byrum in Onida. In 1956, he graduated from Mill-er High School. He joined the Air Force in 1957 and was medically discharged in 1959.

He married Martha “Marty” Williams on July 9, 1960. To this union fi ve children were born. He wore many hats through-out his life: husband, fa-ther, brother, uncle, car-penter, electrician, and welder. He helped in the construction of the Oahe Dam in Pierre. He attend-ed Central Technical Insti-tute in Kansas City, MO. He worked for Nebraska Educational Television out of Merriman, NE until his retirement in 2000. While in Merriman, he was a vol-

unteer fi reman and EMT. Dick and Marty moved to Cottonwood Lake by Red-

fi eld, where he en-joyed epic Fourth

of July parties, many hours of fi shing and hunting with his family and friends. He was a member of Redfi eld Wes-leyan Church.

Richard is survived by his

wife of 54 years, Marty; daughter,

Dawn (Joe) McCall Ainsworth, NE, son,

Brian (Tammy) Byrum Co-zad, NE, son, Chris (Rose) Byrum Aberdeen, daugh-ter, Valerie (Fred) Hrus-ka Fremont, NE, daughter, Holly (Donald) Landreth of Gordon, NE. Grandchil-dren: Amber, Cole, Tif-fani, Kurtis, Adam, Taylor, Roy, Lindsay, Shaleen and one great grandchild Shey-enne. Brothers: Charles “Chuck” Byrum of High-more, and Kenny (Fran) Byrum of Bend, OR. Neph-ews: Lonnie (Cathy) Bales and Mike (Donna) Byrum of Redfi eld, and too many other nephews, nieces and well LOVED family mem-bers to list.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother James “Jim” and sister Gloria.

Death leaves a heart-ache no one can heal; love leaves a memory no one can steal.

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Esther Butzman, 99, of Highmore, formerly of Har-rold, passed away at Highmore Health-care on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014. Funeral ser-vices were held Thurs-day, Sept. 18, 2014 at the Onida Meth-odist Church with inter-ment following at the Onida City Cemetery.

Esther Edna Car-oline was born April 15, 1915 in Sully County on the family homestead, to Julius and Minnie (Schro-eder) Klingbeil. She at-tended Lake Township ru-ral school then worked on the family farm. On August 17, 1940 Esther married Otto Butzman in Pierre. In 1940 they moved to their own farm eleven miles north of Harrold. Their son Roger was born in 1943. In 1976 they sold their farm to the Oahe Irrigation Proj-ect and moved to Harrold.

Esther was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great

grandmother and great-great grand-

mother. She loved cooking for those she loved, fl ow-er gardening and collect-ing stuffed animals. In her later years

her greatest joys were visits

from her friends and family mem-

bers. Grateful for hav-

ing shared in her life are her son Roger Butzman, granddaughters Nichola Butzman and Karla Jacob-son, all of Harrold; great grandchildren Sammy Jo, Morgan and Ethan; great-great grandchildren Rylee and Kaydence, and a host of extended family mem-bers and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, ten sib-lings, and grandson Chad Leon Butzman.

John Campbell 1930-2014

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The Miller area churches welcome you . . .ASSEMBLY OF GOD New Beginnings Worship Center, 1123 East 3rd St., Miller, 853-2558,

Rev. Daryn Pederson, Sunday Worship 10:30 am, Sunday School 9:00 am

BAPTIST First Baptist Church, 902 N. Broadway, Miller, 853-3989, Rev. Joseph Raleigh,

Sunday School 9:00 am, Sunday Worship 10:00 am, Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm

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CATHOLIC St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 709 East 4th Street, Miller, 853-2207, Father Chester

R. Murtha, Sunday Mass 9:00 am

St. Joseph Catholic Church, Wessington, 853-2207, Father Chester R. Murtha,

Saturday Mass 5:00 ap

St. Mary Catholic Church, Highmore, 852-2733, Father Chester R. Murtha,

Sunday Mass, 11:00 am

COMMUNITY Pleasant Valley Community Church, 21530 SD Hwy. 45, Miller, 853-3925, Rev.

Glenn Stewart, Sunday Worship 10:30 am, Sunday School 9:30 (Fellowship Hall)

Ree Heights Community Church, 114 West 4th St., Ree Heights, 943-5678,

Rev. Sheena Thomson, Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

St. Lawrence Community Church, 815 3rd Street NW, St. Lawrence, 853-3753,

Rev. Scot Tutt, Sunday Worship 9:30 am, Sunday School 10:45 am

LUTHERAN Trinity Lutheran Church, 707 East 1st Avenue, Miller, 853-2446, Rev. Max Miller,

Sunday Worship 9:30 am, Wednesday SONday School 3:45 pm, Wednesday Youth

Night 6:00 pm, Wednesday Trinity Folk Communion 7:30 pm

METHODIST First United Methodist Church, 610 East 4th Avenue, Miller, 853-3656, Pastor

Mark Johnsen, Sunday School 9:30 am, Sunday Worship 10:30 am

MORMON/LATTER-DAY SAINTS Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1025 East 3rd Avenue, Miller,

853-2826, Wayne Ames - Branch President, Sunday Worship 10:00 am, Sunday

School 10:45 am

NAZARENE Nazarene Church, 215 West 9th St., Miller, 853-2495, Jesse Hammer,

Interim Pastor Sunday School 9:30 am, Sunday Worship 10:45 am

PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church, 321 West 1st Avenue, Miller, 853-3386 or 853-2322,

Rev. Brian Jones, Sunday Worship 10:00 am, Sunday School 10:50 am

First Presbyterian Church, 135 Clare Street West, Wessington, 458-2304,

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Darlene White, 79, of Highmore, died Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 at the Avera St. Mary’s Hospital, Pierre.

Celebration of Darlene’s Life was Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 at the Church of Christ, Highmore with Pas-tor Max Kelley presiding.

Darlene was born to Ward and Bessie (Johnson) Smith on July 29, 1935 in Jamestown, ND. She was number seven in a family of nine children.

On September 25, 1952, Darlene married Fred White in Hot Springs. They made their home in Fair-burn, where they raised their three children. Dar-lene spent the last 17 years of her life living in the Highmore area.

She is survived by a daughter, Jan (Greg) Clem-ent of Highmore; son, Fred White of Tacoma, WA;

daughter-in-law, Ronda White of Watertown; two daughters, Heidi McBride of Edgemont, and Jamie Martin of Rapid City; sev-en grandsons; fi ve grand-daughters; 20 great-grand-children; sister, Sherry (Ken) Faulkner of James-town, ND; brother, Patrick (Dolly) Smith of James-town, ND; and many niec-es and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; hus-band; son, Richard; two granddaughters, Tomi Cuny and Rebecca Waf-ferburger; grandson, Tony Wafferburger; four broth-ers; and two sisters.

In lieu of fl owers, the family requests memorials to Steps for Hope, PO Box 541, Highmore, SD 57345.

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Janet Kusser, 56, of Highmore, died Tues-day, Sept. 16, 2014 at her home. Funeral servic-es were Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 at the Hyde Coun-ty Auditorium. Burial fol-lowed at St. Mary’s Cem-etery, High-more.

Janet Lynn Bonnichsen was born Au-gust 28, 1958 to Martin and Pa-tricia (Zoellner) Bonnichsen in Hu-ron, SD. She attended ru-ral school at VanOrder in Hyde County and High-more High School where she graduated in 1976. Following graduation she worked in Pierre for the DCI. In 1981 she moved back to Highmore and be-gan working at the Top Drawer clothing store.

In 1987 she was unit-ed in marriage to Rod Kusser and they moved to the ranch where Janet was raised. It was there they made their home and raised their children Dusty, Weston and Bailey.

For 25 years she worked on the Quirk Ranch where they raised their family doing what she loved–raising live-stock, working cattle on horseback, building fence, and all the things ranch life afforded her while tending to the household duties that come with rais-ing a family and being a wife, while fi nding time to volunteer for church func-tions, youth activities in-cluding 4-H, various ro-deos and horse events, sewing and homemaking classes.

Janet was an active and giving member of the Methodist church; the American Legion Auxilia-ry; a long time 4-H leader; Highmore Roundup Club; state 4-H rodeo fi nals vol-unteer; Chapter T PEO;

and Quilt Club. She was currently serving as presi-dent of the American Le-gion Auxiliary and sec-

retary of PEO. She had an integral

role in the or-ganizations she belonged to and en-joyed all the friendships she nurtured along the way.

In 2013 she and her hus-

band were hon-ored to be award-

ed the Heartland Saddle in recognition of their efforts in supporting and promoting youth/4-H activities with empha-sis on rodeo and western events.

Honored to have had the opportunity to have shared her life are her husband Rod of High-more; their son Dusty and wife Tomi Jean Kuss-er and grandson Brantley of Mitchell; son Weston Kusser and fi ancé Kristin Fawcett of Highmore; and daughter Bailey Kusser of Spearfi sh; her mother Pa-tricia Bonnichsen of High-more; her mother-in-law Karen Kusser of Pierre; two brothers Steve and Cathy Bonnichsen of High-more; James Bonnich-sen of Blunt; two sisters Sue Yackley of Highmore and Cindy Cermak of Nor-walk, IA; many nieces, nephews and great niec-es and nephews; and spe-cial friends: Dylan, Pey-ton, Addison, and Tenley McDonnell.

She was preceded in death by her father, Martin Bonnichsen; father-in-law, Richard Kusser; and sis-ters-in-law, Susie Bonnich-sen and Val Bonnichsen.

In lieu of fl owers, the family request memorials directed to Steps for Hope, PO Box 541, Highmore, SD 57345. Visit www.family-funeralhome.net

Fred Dixson 1929-2014

Janet Kusser 1958-2014

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Producers who have suf-fered eligible disaster-relat-ed losses must secure as-sistance by Sept. 30, 2014. After that date, anyone seeking assistance will suf-fer a 7.3 percent reduction in the amount of disaster relief payments they can receive. The Budget Con-trol Act passed by Congress in 2011 requires USDA to implement reductions of 7.3 percent to the Live-stock Forage Disaster Pro-gram (LFP) in the new fi s-cal year, which begins Oct. 1, 2014.

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ter Oct.1, will not see re-ductions in the amount of disaster relief they receive. USDA is encouraging pro-ducers to register or re-quest an appointment or begin a Livestock Forage Disaster Program applica-tion with their county FSA offi ce before Oct. 1, 2014, to lock in the current zero percent sequestration rate.

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Producers of perenni-al forage (for grazing and hay) and any fall-seed-ed small grains must sub-

mit their 2015 acreage re-port (crop certifi cation) for those crops to the Farm Service Agency and to their crop insurance agent by November 15th, 2014. This deadline is part of an ini-tiative at the national level to align acreage reporting dates between FSA and the Risk Management Agency (RMA), and to reduce the crop reporting burden on producers.

Crop acreage reports are essential to maintaining el-igibility for multiple FSA program benefi ts and es-tablishing a record of his-torical cropping. Timely acreage reporting main-tains a producer’s eligibil-ity for traditional conser-vation, price support and

production program bene-fi ts. Crop reports are also a requirement for critical di-saster program assistance.

FSA offi ces short staffed this week

Implementation of the new FSA commodity pro-grams, Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) is beginning the preparato-ry stages. County FSA staff will be attending training on the new programs this week, Tues. through Thurs.

If there are questions on any FSA programs, please contact your local adminis-trative Farm Service Agen-cy offi ce: Hand County FSA (605) 853-2410; Hyde County FSA (605) 852-2222.

Ruth BeckAgronomy Crops Field Specialist

The long term forecast is predicting some pleasant fall days. Welcome news to those in the area get-ting ready to harvest corn, soybeans, milo and sun-fl owers. A gentle remind-er regarding safety might benefi t people or someone during the upcoming busy season. Saving time is im-portant but cutting corners at the expense of safety measures is never a good plan.

During harvest pro-ducers and employees should be sure to get plen-ty of rest, take breaks, eat healthy and well and drink plenty of water.

When harvesting during marginal conditions crops can frequently plug up a machine. Anticipating this can reduce stress and frus-tration when it occurs. Al-ways disengage the pow-er and turn off the engine before trying to manually clear a plugged machine.

Reports also suggest that accidents resulting

from falls have become more frequent during har-vest in recent years. The top of a combine is 12-14 feet off the ground. Main-tenance and operation can require mounting and dis-mounting a combine some-times dozens of times a day. Wearing shoes with non-slip soles and keep-ing steps and other areas where workers stand clean and dry, can help to pre-vent falls.

In addition to these above mentioned concerns, harvest is also a time when farmers are mov-ing equipment or hauling large truckloads of grain. Be sure that all slow mov-ing vehicles are properly marked.

The non-farm public also needs to pay atten-tion when driving on ru-

ral roads and highways at harvest. The autumn sun is often in a bad position during times of heavy traf-fi c, like the morning or late afternoon. Slow down, pay attention and stay off your cell phone!

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FSAUPDATEUPDATE Mary Johnson, CED

It was in London, Eng-land, 1854, when a severe diarrhea illness caused the deaths of 500 adults and children over ten days. Physician-scientist John Snow, mapping out the lo-cations of those sick, real-ized that the cause of ill-ness might be coming from well water coming from a hand pump on Broad Street, and he convinced authorities to shut down the source. After removing the pump handle from the Broad Street pump, deaths abruptly slowed down, and this helped bring the city and then the developed world, to realize the dan-ger of contaminated water.

Over the next years sci-entists identifi ed cholera or Vibrio cholerae bacteria as the cause of that illness in London and elsewhere. The original pump is still there on what is now Broadwick Street, London, commemorating what is thought to be the founding event in the history of ep-idemiology, the science of understanding epidemics, infections, and patterns of illnesses in populations.

The word cholera comes from the Greek word khole or chole, which means lit-erally “bile,” from an an-cient and, of course wrong idea that all illness is from an imbalance of bile, phlegm, or blood. It is in-teresting to note that years ago many ill-directed phy-sicians thus treated various illnesses by bleeding their patients or inducing diar-rhea.

Of course there are many causes for infectious diarrhea including viral, bacterial, and parasitic. We came to realize after the

mid 1800s with the new-ly discovered microscope how to categorize bacte-ria, and that cholera was likely responsible for many of the pandemics through-out history. Sadly, despite all our present accumulat-ed knowledge, cholera per-sists today in developing countries, mostly the result of polluted water.

Cholera is an acute di-arrheal illness that can kill within hours if left untreat-ed, by causing nausea and vomiting along with three to fi ve gallons of “rice-wa-ter” diarrhea per day re-sulting in severe dehy-dration of an individual. Unfortunately, highly in-fectious fecal material can too easily get into the wa-ter supply or food, spread-ing the infection, especial-ly to the very young, old, and immunocompromised. More challenging is that 75 percent of people infect-ed with cholera may not have symptoms but carry the bacteria for two weeks after exposure, increasing the spread.

Sanitation methods could prevent (cholera) it, rehydration therapy and antibiotics could treat it, but too often these inter-ventions are not available in developing countries. The World Health Organi-zation, an arm of the Unit-ed Nations, estimates that three to fi ve million cas-es and more than 130,000 deaths each year are still due to cholera.

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A Cemetery Meeting will be held Sunday, Octo-ber 5, starting at 1:00 p.m. at the St. Placidus Church. Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. followed by a potluck dinner.

Jerry and Karen Hoff-man visited Juanita Sinkie at her home in Wessington Springs on September 13 on their way back to their home in Powell, Wyoming.

The State 125-Year An-niversary Wagon Train ar-rived in Gann Valley on Sunday afternoon, Septem-ber 14 with 41 wagons and 65 outriders. They camped in a fi eld on the north side of town. Wilbur-Ellis host-ed a meal for them that evening. The Gann Valley folks hosted a meal Mon-day evening at the Fire Hall sponsored by Hefty Seeds and a breakfast at the campsite Tuesday morning before they continued on their trail ride from Yank-ton to Pierre. Tuesday eve-ning they camped near the Allan Knippling Ranch in north Buffalo County.

Evelyn Wulff helped with the supper for the trail ride Monday evening.

Gene and Carol Grabin attended the Becker Fam-ily Reunion at Madison on Sunday.

Tuesday evening Barb Schleder and Evelyn Wul-ff had supper with Fousek relatives at Chamberlain.

Mary Ann Atteberry, of Columbia, Missouri, was a Thursday overnight guest in the Ken and Elaine Wul-ff home.

Evelyn Wulff attended the prayer service for Tom Thompson, father to Doro-thy Abernathy, at Wessing-ton Springs Thursday eve-ning. Our sympathies to the family.

A potluck dinner was held at the Gann Val-ley Community Center for Keith Bridge. Keith will be leaving for Arizona to spend the winter months. Among those attending were Evelyn Wulff, David and Judy Gaulke, Linda Ness, Ken and Elaine Wulff and Grace Koch.

Saturday evening Linda Ness, Gen Wooledge and Evelyn Wulff had supper at Fort Thompson.

Elaine Wulff visited withJoAnne Pickner and Kody Saturday afternoon.

Evelyn Wulff visited with Darlene Fousek at her home Sunday afternoon.

The weather has been ideal. The grass is still sur-prisingly green. A few trees are starting to show a bit of yellow. Silage cutting has started.

If you make friends with yourself, you will never be alone.

September, 1914A baby girl was born to

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Etbauer, Sunday, Sept. 13.

A committee from the Board of County Commis-sioners, inspected and ac-cepted, the fi ne new con-crete bridge, on the Black and Yellow trail in Ree Heights, last Thursday. As soon as the township can secure help to do a little grading, the bridge will be ready to use.

J. E. Ramey had a new addition to his menagerie, in the shape of a fi ve foot rattle snake recently cap-tured on the Crow Creek reservation.

Gladys Falkenhainer, of Campbell Township en-tered the First Grade of the Ree Heights School Mon-day. She is staying with her grandma, Mrs. Suhn.

We understand that Glenn Willett and family, will move to town this fall, and take charge of the Cen-tral Telephone Exchange, which will be moved into the room south of the meat market. Glenn will also op-erate the meat market.

Douglas Scott had the best, Belgian mare in the state and then some. Any-how the judges at the State Fair thought so when they gave him the blue ribbon. J.E. Bevington, also cap-tured some of the prizes with his Polled Hereford cattle, of which he exhibit-ed four fi ne individuals.

September 19,1924Funeral services for Mrs.

B.S. Bell, who passed away at her home early Friday evening were held from the Congregational Church September 16, conduct-ed by the Rev. George J. Matthews. Interment was in Morningside Cemetery, Ree Heights. She is sur-vived by her husband, Bur-ton S. Bell and son, Har-old, a brother, Mrs. A.A. Devine and a sister Addive Devine, both of Wisconsin who were both present for the service.

The Misses Dorothy Rhodes and Gladys Nicho-las left for Huron Monday morning, where they have entered Huron College for the coming year. Miss Alice Mead left the same day for Brookings where she has entered Brookings State College.

MR. and Mrs. W.B. Boyless and two sons of Hampton, IA are spend-ing a few days at the H.H. Gardner home. They are old friends of the Gard-ner’s.

Miss Irma Watkins left last Monday for Madison to take a year’s instruction at the Madison State Nor-mal.

Lynn Wiren has entered Huron College again this

year. September 21, 1934

As we go to Press we re-ceived word of the death of Mrs. G.W. Courts at her home east of town at about 6:20 Wednesday evening. Mrs. Courts has been in ill health for a month.

Earl Allgaire, accompa-nied by Herbert Specker, Marlin Biever and Kenneth Gardner left Tuesday for Ames, IA where they will attend school.

Mrs. Albert Rath and her daughter left for her home at Tyndall after spending two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morrow.

Recently we heard one radio entertainer ask a sec-ond entertainer if it was true that he had beat his wife up that morning. Sure he said. I beat her up every morning and had coffee and cakes all ready when she got up. Exactly 20 years ago this week, A.E. Waterman published the same joke in these words: “We happen to arise earlier than our better half.” Who says there is anything new under the sun.

September 22, 1944A car accident occurred

at the post offi ce intersec-tion Thursday night last week when the car driv-en by Curtis Lackey collid-ed with the L.C. Cook car, driven by Perry Struse. For-tunately no one was in-jured. Both cars are dam-aged, Lackey’s sustained the most.

Last Friday Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brisben received the Purple Heart from their son, Lt. Wesley Brisben who was wounded on a mission over Europe in July. It is reported he is out of the hospital again.

With the local school completing the third week this week, Mr. o’Neill in-forms us that there are 35 students in high school and 50 in the grades. Of the fi fty, eight are fi rst graders.

Wednesday evening, Lois Paine was hostess to a group of young people at her home honoring Lillian and Loretta Jurgenson who are leaving Friday for their new home at Winifred. games were played and a mock wedding was held.

Mrs. Pearl Voelker re-ceived a package from her son, Sgt. Raymond Voelker in Italy, containing a Ger-man gun and knife, which he found on the battle fi eld. They are very awk-ward looking implements of war.

September 24, 1954Miss Harriet Virgin-

ia Barrett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Bar-rett, became the bride of Daniel Lawler, son of Mr.

and Mrs. John Lawler, Ree Heights, in a wedding cer-emony at the home of the bride’s grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Bohen, Saturday af-ternoon, September 18, 1954.

A family reunion pic-nic honoring Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Arbogast and Edwin Mckinney was held Sep-tember 5 at Pioneer Park, Wenatchee, WA. They are visiting at the home of Mrs. Mary Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Duane Wilson, is a sister of Mrs. Arbogast and McKinney. They also visit Mr. Arbogast’s sister, Mrs. George Chard.

Carol Steptoe, who was chosen to attend Girl’s State last June gave her re-port at the regular meet-ing of auxiarly at the home of Mrs. Ambrose Lawl-er Tuesday evening. She was assisted by Mrs. Ralph Schneidewind. The meet-ing was opened by Mrs. Wayne White, the presi-dent.

September 18, 1964Ted Schock passed away

at Memorial Hospital in Miller Wednesday morn-ing, following a month’s illness after suffering a stroke. Funeral servic-es will be held in the Ree Heights Church Sunday af-ternoon and burial in Ree Heights Cemetery. Schock was 62 years old.

The fi rst session of the Gun Safety Course will be held September 21 in the evening. All boys and girls who are 12 and interested in this course are to con-tact Buster Deuter.

A group of friends held a birthday supper at the Frank Hammill home Sun-day evening in honor Ha-zel’s birthday which was September 7 and Frank’s, September 3.

Dennis McGee returned home Tuesday of last week from North Bend, WA where he has been em-ployed for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Mc-Gee drove Dennis and Don Fawcett to Brookings Sun-day where they are attend-ing South Dakota State University.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Speirs spent a few days at their cabin near Rockford before going on to Denver to meet they son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Speirs, who live in the state of Wash-ington. Their granddaugh-ter will be entering college at Denver.

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McGee left Wednesday for Pittsburg, PA to visit their son Marlin and fam-ily. They plan to tour some of the New England States and parts of Canada before returning home.

September 20, 1974Mrs. Alice Bouren is

here from Glendale, CA visiting her son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bouren and grandchildren and families. She attended the funeral of her brother, Hen-ry Rezac of Highmore who passed away August 29 the day before her arrival.

Mr. and Mrs. Everett Gulliford of Davenport, IA left last Thursday morning for their home, after vis-iting her sisters, Mrs. Ava Haefs and Mrs. Walt Gib-son and other relatives and friends.

The Town and Coun-try Extension club met September 9 for their fi rst meeting of the year. Don-na Foust called the meeting to order with 18 members present. Members were asked to bring rest home gifts for the next meeting.

Christmas Fair week is October 26 and our club was asked to do a afghan for their booth. Each mem-ber was asked to bring a white elephant gift on their birthday month for their auction. Leona Engelman showed slides from Austra-lia where they had visited Heather Sweeting, the AFS student who lived with them.

September 20, 1984Mark Fulton, Miller fi n-

ished the South Dakota Ro-deo Association season with runner-up honors in steer wrestling and men’s all-around.

The grand fi nale of the 1984 season, the South Da-kota Rodeo Association Fi-nals was held in Faith Sep-tember 8-9.

The family of James and Ruby Lobban, formerly of Ree Heights, are hosting a reunion at the Senior Cen-ter in Miller, September 23.

All seven family mem-bers, as well as many of their children and grand-children, plan to be pres-ent.

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Help WantedPhlebotomist, lab tech or medical professional needed in Miller and surrounding area to perform insurance physicals and lab draws. Excellent blood drawing skills with vaccutainers required. Indepen-

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15 rifles & Shotguns • 6 Handguns1998 Dodge RAM 1500 X-cab SLT 4x4 222k miles

Honda Foreman 4 wheeler, 4x4 TRX450 ESWShells & Reloading • Lawn & Garden

Fishing: Over 30 Tackle boxes full of tackle, 100 plus rods & reels, Storage tubs full of vintage reels and tackleTrapping • Antiques • Tools • Household

Owner – Clyde Fanning Estate – Joe Fanning Pers. RepMeyer Auction Service 605-350-0316 • Huron, SD 57350

Ben Meyer Real Estate Auctioneer #13234www.benmeyerauctions.com for pics & complete listing

ESTATE AUCTIONGuns, Hunting, Fishing, Reloading and Antiques

Saturday September 27th @ 11:00 AM453 Section Line Rd. SW • Wolsey, SD

Location: 453 Section Line Rd SW, Wolsey, SD. As you enter Wolsey, SD on Hwy 281.Turn West on Cardinal Ave. Cross the RR Tracks and continue to the sale site.

Watch for Meyer Auction Signs.

Ree HeightsCarole Beck

605-943-5532

The weather, though a bit cool, was nice for the fi rst part of the week with the temperatures into the 70’s and into the 80’s for the latter part of the week. We had foggy weather for a couple of mornings but it lifted in the mornings to produce pleasant days. We did have a couple of sprin-kles on a couple of days but nothing measureable. If we go by the old saying that 90 days following a fog we will get some form of precipitation, we should get some about the mid-dle of December. We will wait and see if the saying comes true.

Delton and Carole Beck visited at the Jeff and Mar-gie Parmely home in Miller on Sunday morning.

Jared, Noah and Jo-nah Beck, Huron visited at the Delton and Carole Beck home on Sunday af-ternoon and were supper guests there.

Gann Valley folks welcome wagon train with meal

Gann ValleyElaine Wulff

PO Box 128,

Gann Valley SD 57341-0128

605-293-3217

:kcaB gnikooLfrom the fi les of the Ree Heights Review

compiled byJeanie Hartman

Submitted

THE 125th Statehood Anniversary Wagon Train stopped in Gann Valley on it’s way to Pierre last Sunday afternoon. Rem McGeorge of rural Ree Heights, who got to ride the wagon train for a day, snapped this photo looking back on the horses and wagons as they made their way north to Ree Heights. Wagon train organizer Gerald Kessler of Fort Pierre, who has participated in over ninety wagon trains, said, “Traveling in a wagon train for 15-17 miles a day is hard work, but it’s also a lot of fun making new friends on the ride and along the route.” The route includes stops in 13 towns and several pastures as the wagon train makes its way on roads and cross country.  

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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA ) )

ss.COUNTY OF HAND )

ESTATE OF DONALD D.SOPER, )

)DECEASED. )

IN CIRCUIT COURTTHIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

PRO #14-14NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is given that on Sep-tember 8, 2014, Gerrie M. Soper, whose address is 102 East Fourth Street, Gregory, SouthDakota 57533, and Shirley R. Cook whose address is 308 South Dakota Avenue, PO Box42, Ree Heights, SD 57371, were appointed as co-personal repre-sentatives of the Estate of Donald D. Soper.

Creditors of decedent must fi le their claims within four months after the date of the fi rst publication of this notice or their claims may be barred.

Claims may be fi led with thepersonal representative or maybe fi led with the clerk, and a copyof the claim mailed to the per-sonal representative.

Gerrie M. Soper102 East Fourth StreetGregory, SD 57533(605) 835-9201Shirley R. Cook308 South Dakota Avenue,

PO Box 42Ree Heights, SD 57371605-943-5543

Marci StevensHand County Clerk of CourtsBox 122415 West First AvenueMiller, SD 57362

Gregory G. RedigerAttorney at LawP.O. Box 12117 East Third StreetMiller, South Dakota 57362Ph: 605-853-2125

Published 09-17, 09-24, and 10-01-2014 at the approximate cost of $49.99.

Kristal Volquardsen Agency, Inc.113 E 3rd StMiller, SD 57362(605) 853-3324kvolquar@amfam.com

September is Life Insurance Awareness Month

SALE OF HAND COUNTY LANDSEALED BIDS will be received at the offi ce of

Gregory G. Rediger, Attorney at Law, at 117 East Third Street, Miller, South Dakota 57362, for the

following described real estate owned by the daughters of Louis E. Donlin, deceased, with Parcel 1 located 2 miles east, 7 miles south, and 1 mile east of Miller in Pearl Township and Parcel 2 located 3 miles south and 1 1/2 miles east of Miller in Miller Township, Hand County, South Dakota:

PARCEL ONEThe West Half (W 1/2) Section Sixteen (16) in Township One Hundred Eleven (111) North, Range Sixty-seven

(67); (consisting of 307 acres of cropland and 12 acres of grassland).

PARCEL TWOThe Southeast Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Thirty-six (36) in Township One Hundred Twelve (112) North, Range Sixty-eight (68); (consisting of 100 acres of

cropland and 60 acres of grassland.Some of this acreage could be developed into very nice hunting property.

Bids will be received on each parcel or any combination thereof. Bids will be accepted until

4:00 o'clock p.m., October 1, 2014, at Greg Rediger's offi ce. After the bids are opened, the top 5 bidders for

each parcel will be contacted and they will have the right to raise their bid orally at auction in Greg Rediger's offi ce at a later date. Sellers retain the right to accept or reject all bids. Upon acceptance of any bid, 10% of the purchase price shall be paid as a down payment and the

balance shall be paid on delivery of a warranty deed which will be on or about November 1, 2014. Sellers

will furnish title insurance showing merchantable title and will pay the 2014 real estate taxes. Possession will be given

on full payment of the purchase price. For further information, bid form and a Sale Memorandum contact

Greg Rediger at (605) 853-2125.

UNAPPROVEDCITY OF MILLER

CITY COUNCIL MEETINGSEPTEMBER 15, 2014The City Council met in reg-

ular session at City Hall at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, September 15, 2014.

MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Ronald Blachford, Aldermen Gale Auch, Jim Odegaard, Tony Ran-gel, and Tom Winsell, Alder-woman Mary Johnson. Absent: Alderman Joe Zeller.

CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Blachford called the meeting to order. Pledge of Allegiance was said by all present.

AGENDA: Motion by Alder-man Odegaard seconded by Alderman Rangel to approve the agenda. All members voted aye. Motion carried.

MINUTES: Motion by Alder-woman Johnson, seconded by Alderman Winsell to approve the minutes for the regular meeting held on September 2, 2014. All members voted aye. Motion car-ried.

APPROVAL OF BILLS: Motion by Alderwoman Johnson, seconded by Alderman Ode-gaard to approve the bills. All members voted aye. Motion car-ried.

3D Communications, Radio, $345.00; A & B Business Solu-tions, Paper, Calc, $493.39; A+ Tire & Auto Service, Tire Repairs, $333.41; A-Ox Welding Sup-ply Co Inc, Co2, Cylinder Rental, $35.53; Alco Stores Inc, Paper Supplies, $66.96; Avera Queen of Peace, Drug Tests, $152.80; Bob’s Disposal Service, Garbage,

$180.00; Border States Elec-tric Supply, Paint, $88.56; City of Miller, Oil Streets For Wat Dept, $6,161.24; City Utilities, Utilities, $14,397.80; Sheila Coss, Mile-age, $77.70; Cowboy Country Stores Inc, Diesel Fuel, $37.30; EFTPS, Fed/Fica Tax, $6,041.68; Elan, Supplies, $882.08; Far-nam’s Genuine Parts Inc, Fil-ter, $93.21; Fastenal Company, Supplies, $12.07; Galls/Quarter-master, Gloves, Clipboard, Vest, $133.84; Heartland Consumers Power Dist, Power, $8,393.56; Ron Hoftiezer, Meal, $9.00; Jim’s Auto Repair, Alt. Testing ‘03 Gmc, $42.00; Diane McKown, Util Reimb, $272.50; McWhorter House Museum, Donation, $133.33; Mid-Dakota Rural Water System, Water, $17,237.40; Mid-continent Communications, Tele-phones, $421.44; Milbank Win-water Company, Supplies, $615.94; Miller Ace, Supplies, $195.56; Miller Concrete Prod-ucts Inc, Red Rock, $558.00; Modern Marketing, 200 Tattoo, $71.84; NCFE - Miller Branch, Fuel, $2,695.90; Northwest Pipe Fittings, Piping, $1,432.57; Oak-ley Farm & Ranch Supply, Sup-plies, $34.32; On Hand Develop-ment Corp., Industry, $11,000.00; Petty Cash, Reimb, $34.74; Post-master, Postage, $120.00; Post-master Trust Account, Post-age, $320.00; Pump ‘N Pak, Fuel, $427.27; Quoin Financial Bank, Debt Service, $1,375.94; R & R Blading, 2.5 Hrs Blad-ing, $255.10; Resco, Sup-plies, $46.25; Riter Rogers Law Offi ce, Prof Fees, $1,277.50; SD Attorney General, 24/7 Pro-gram, $30.00; SD Dept of Trans-

portation, Signs, $64.00; South Dakota Municipal League, Annual Conf, $365.00; Spencer Quar-ries/Comm Asphalt, Patch Mix, $1,013.76; Super Clean Car Wash, Car Washes, $16.00; The Lumber Company, Sup-plies, $190.00; Tony’s Repair, Brake Pads/Oil Change, $244.39; WAPA, Power, $52,617.07; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bond Pymt, $32,324.18; Wesco, Supplies, $419.54; Wheels And Meals Cor-poration, Donation, $2,000.00; Payroll Checks, $18,801.80

Paid Total: $184,588.47 DEPARTMENT HEAD

REPORTSPolice Department: Shan-

non Speck, police chief, will be hosting a fi rearms training on September 17, 2014. The Police Department participated in the Labor Day Mobilization-Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Cam-paign from August 15 – Sep-tember 1. He is working with the DOT to move the traffi c moni-tor from North Broadway to the new school zone on Third Street. There are between 300-600 cars in the school zone from 8-9:00 a.m. and 200-400 cars in the afternoon. Superintendent Dan Trefz is looking into getting a traffi c light at the school cross-ing. Alderwoman Johnson asked Chief Speck if he knew why we are paying for a portion of the school crossing guard wages. He said that was being done before he became chief. We will research and fi nd out when we began and why we are paying the school for this service.

Street Department: Ron Hoftiezer, street superintendent, stated that they have been busy oiling streets around town as well as helping the county. They con-tinue to spray for mosquitoes and dandelions. They shingled the Crystal Park gazebo. They trimmed trees to attempt better visibility of the fl ashing lights in the school zone.

Electric Department: Bill Lewellen, electric supervisor, has ordered longer arms for the fl ash-ing lights in the school zone. They continue retiring the old electric system. They have installed the power for the Community Cen-ter and are waiting for the okay from DeGeest Electric to set up the new transformer. The fountain

in Crystal Park was purchased in 2003 and needs work on the cords. They are also planning on moving the controls for the foun-tain to the building next spring.

Water/Sewer Departments: James Bonebright, superinten-dent, was pleased to announce that SuAnne Meyer’s sewer has been connected. However, they did fi nd a long stretch of poor pipe that had to be replaced. Infra-Track has completed the sewer camera project and has found a lot of bad sewer lines. They will be giving us a presen-tation in the near future. We have been digging up a few curb stops that they were unable to locate with the GIS project. Jim will be attending SD Warn in Watertown on September 18 and the SD/ND Airport Conference in Bismarck on September 22-23.

Finance Offi ce: Sheila Coss, fi nance offi cer, showed that the sales tax is fi nally up from last year by 1.67%. The park dona-tions and pool fees were also up for the year compared to pre-vious years. We will be open-ing bids for the farm land at the lagoon and the hay land at the airport on Monday, Sept. 29 at noon.

OLD BUSINESSSecond Reading of Ordi-

nance #653 – 2015 Appropria-tions: Motion by Alderman Ran-gel, seconded by Alderman Odegaard to approve the sec-ond reading of Ordinance #653 – 2015 Appropriations with a change recommended by Legis-lative Audit regarding the Capi-tal Improvement Fund for the air-port. Roll call vote: Rangel – aye, Odegaard – aye, Zeller – absent, Johnson – aye, Winsell – aye, Auch– aye. Motion carried.

NEW BUSINESSAbandoned/Junk Vehicles:

Alderman Rangel wants the pub-lic to be aware that we will begin enforcing Ordinance #644, pub-lished 10/30/13 and Ordinance #651, published 4/30/14, per-taining to unused vehicles and the condition of yards beginning in the spring. Copies of these ordinances are available at the Finance Offi ce. There are options for selling vehicles instead of paying for the city to have them removed. We would appreciate the assistance of our residents and business owners in getting property cleaned up prior to the city sending out formal notices in March or April 2015.

Helms & Associates Con-tract: Motion by Alderwoman Johnson, seconded by Alder-man Auch to have Mayor Blach-ford sign the contract for Helms & Associates for the Airport proj-ect contingent on an independent fee review required by the FAA. All members voted aye. Motion carried.

Mayoral Committee Changes: Motion by Alderman Rangel, seconded by Alderman Odegaard to approve replacing Alderwoman Kolda with Alder-man Auch on all committee assignments and adding Wells Fargo Bank to our offi cial depos-itors. All members voted aye. Motion carried.

Sewer Permit, Building & Variance Permits & Fees: The International Plumbing Code is supposed to be followed and only certifi ed plumbers are sup-posed to connect to the city water and sewer systems. Other towns require sewer permits whenever someone is connecting to the city service. We should be present whenever there is a con-nection made, and we also need to verify that they are licensed. We need to prevent future dam-age to our sewer system. We will also be reviewing our building permit and variance process as the rates are from several years ago and do not cover the costs of the city in processing permits and variances.

Legislative Audit Letter:Council members reviewed the letter from Legislative Audit stat-ing that they accept the audit presented for the City of Miller for the two years ending 2012 and 2013.

Building Permits: Motion by Alderman Winsell, seconded by Alderman Auch to approve build-ing permits for Kendra & Brandon Gortmaker – house; Harriet Kop-plin – steps; and Lyle Rowen Jr. – remove/replace garage. All mem-bers voted aye. Motion carried.

Finance Offi ce Wages: Motion by Alderman Rangel, sec-onded by Alderwoman John-son to accept the Finance Com-mittee recommendation of a 2% cost of living increase for all full-time employees eff ective Janu-ary 1, 2015, and pay increases for Cindy Deuter – $.50/hour and Sheila Coss – $4.93/hour eff ec-tive January 1, 2015. Roll call vote: Rangel – aye, Odegaard – aye, Zeller – absent, John-son – aye, Winsell – nay, Auch– nay. Motion carried. Motion by Alderman Rangel, seconded by Alderman Odegaard to give a pay increase to Rachel Heezen - $.50/hour eff ective January 1, 2015. Roll call vote: Rangel – aye, Odegaard – aye, Zeller – absent, Johnson – nay, Winsell – aye, Auch– aye. Motion carried.

Motion by Alderwoman John-son, seconded by Alderman Win-sell to adjourn the meeting. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:46 p.m. All members voted aye. Motion carried.

Sheila Coss, Finance Offi cerRonald Blachford, MayorPublished 09-24-14 at a total

approximate cost of $87.28.

City to enforce vehicle, yard ordinances starting next spring

Potluck day was Sept. 18. It was a good one and we all enjoyed the food and the visiting afterwards.

We cancelled the dance which was planned for Fri-day, after learning of the death of one of the long-time dancing friends from Wessington Springs. The funeral was to be that af-ternoon. We will try to re-schedule to a later date.

Pool, Snooker and card games and exercises took place each day as sched-uled. Come join us!

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Miller Church of the Nazarene held our Sep-tember 14 Sunday worship service. Jesse Hammer led singing, accompanied by his wife, Darlene, on pia-no and accordion. The two also sang a special num-ber: “At the Cross”. Jes-se read Scripture (Psalm 119:48-57) and gave a message titled “David’s Delightful Discovery.”

Robin Sporrer made some delicious apple cake for coffee time, which was served after the worship service.

Reading time was Mon-day afternoon. Stories from the Good Old Days magazine, (2014, Sept./Oct.) were read. Two sto-ries read were “Cow Com-pass” by Georgia Scott and “A 10 Percent Lie” by Don Lister.

Hymn sing was held Monday evening. Bobbi Larson from Miller United Methodist Church led the singing. Carol Schulz from St. Ann’s Catholic Church accompanied on piano.

Father Chester Murtha, St. Ann’s Catholic Church, celebrated Mass Tuesday morning. Congratulations to Nancy Major whom the residents chose as Octo-ber’s “Shining Star of the Month” during Tuesday morning’s resident council meeting. We appreciate all you do, Nancy.

Bingo games were played Tuesday after-noon. Helpers were Myr-na Bertsch, Darlene Cox, Dorothy Engelmann, Kay Fawcett, Carolyn Johnsen, Karen Kleinsasser, Violet Moncur, Maylou Oakley, Charlotte Taylor and Jan-ice Wilbur.

Carol Schulz enter-tained with lively old time piano music Wednesday morning. Rosary was led by Marlene Brueggeman.

In the afternoon, Pas-tor Mark Johnsen of Miller United Methodist Church, led a Bible Study on Psalm 6.

Thursday morning small group residents played a reminisce game of “Shake Loose a Mem-ory.”

Cleo Kleinsasser’s fi fth and sixth grade band showed us their playing and marching skills Thurs-day afternoon. We thought they did a great job and appreciate them coming. We also appreciate May-lou Oakley who helped get residents out to the activ-ity and Frosty the Snow-man who passed out can-dy treats to us.

Ladies coffee was served Friday morning.

Grace Circle from Mill-er Trinity Lutheran Church hosted our September

monthly birthday party. Those helping with the party were Joy Baker, Car-olyn Hargens, Lois Har-gens, Marilyn Pollock and Del Wentjes.

Entertainment was pro-vided by Ron Blachford, who played piano, Dave Blachford, who played gui-tar and sang, and Annie Fulton who sang. Rootbeer fl oats were served and each birthday honoree re-ceived a gift bag and card. The men were given a bag of cookies and deodorant. The ladies were given a bag of cookies and lotion. What a great party, ladies. Thank you for hosting it.

We wish all MHS stu-dents a safe and happy homecoming week, and look forward to seeing the parade on Friday. Good luck to the MHS football team and marching band at the homecoming game on Friday.

Nancy Major chosen as “Shining Star of the Month”

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land to lease for fall pheasant hunting.

Call 605-881-5524 2-p-3

FOR SALEPERFORMANCE PHEASANTS- adult

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HIRING A HIRING A full t ime individual

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mechanical skills a plus. Wages DOE.

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Experience and references needed.

Please apply @ DCI Farms Inc. at

605-871-3906

CENEX FARMERS UNION Oil Co.,

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HAND COUNTY HAND COUNTY Sheriff ’s Offi ce (an

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until fi lled. Contact the Sheriff ’s Offi ce

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NEEDED: PART-TIME cook at the

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HELP WANTED: Metal Fabricator.

Vern’s Manufacturing, Wessington SD

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FOR RENT: 2 Bedroom House, fenced

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ONE BEDROOM apt for rent at

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FOR RENT: Apartments at the Miller

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Call Dave Blachford, 605-853-3824.

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REAL ESTATEs

FOR SALE by owner: 3 bedroom,

1 1/2 bath, one-level home, 2 stall

attached garage. Very nice irrigated

yard, large additional lot, updated

fl ooring, central air, new windows.

323 E. 9th Street, Miller. Call 605-380-

2062. 2-b-3

MANY PROPERTIES for sale. We

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properties. Auction service and open

market sales available. Coss Agency,

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OVERNIGHT RENTALSBLUEGRASS RIDGE: 225 West 3rd

Street (one block west of bowling

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605-204-0421, Susan 605-204-0069.

COZY COTTAGE INN: “The quaint

little cottage just like home.” 124

East 3rd Avenue, just three blocks

off main. Call Rhonda 605-853-3671

or 605-853-2584, leave message and

call will be returned

RUBY’S R&R: Your home away from

home. Lodging by day, week, month.

Call 605-853-3352. 39-tfc

GRANDMA’S NITE HOUSE: Located

at 303 West 5th Street, across from

the hospital, combination of new and

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basement facilities, accommodations

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GUEST HOUSE: Enjoy the comforts

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MAINTENANCE WORKER: THE

CITY OF SELBY, SD, is now accepting

a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r a f u l l - t i m e

Maintenance Worker. Work areas

include, but are not limited to water,

sewer, streets, and snow removal.

The following certifi cations/licenses

must be possessed or be able to

obtain: Commercial Applicator’s

License, Class I Water Distribution,

Class I Wastewater Treatment and

Distribution, and a valid SD driver’s

license. Mechanical ability and

knowledge and experience with

all types of equipment are desired.

Individual must also be dependable,

rel iable, fr iendly, and able to

work with others. Salary/wage is

depending upon qualifications

and experience. Applications and/

or additional information may be

obtained from the City Hall Offi ce, PO

Box 346, Selby, SD 57472. Telephone:

Supt. Maxey at 605 845-8852, City

Office at 605-649-7301, or email

selbypwd@venturecomm.net or

cityofselby@venturecomm.net. The

City Offi ce is located at 3409 Main

St, Selby, SD. Applications are due by

October 3rd, 2014.

M E N N O, S D, population 608,

seeking full-time certified police

chief. Job description/application

available at menocity@gwtc.net or

605-387-2427. Application deadline

October 31, 2014.

INSURANCE SUPPORT SPECIALIST-

-Associated School Boards of South

Dakota (ASBSD) seeks a person to

assist in operational support for

Protective Trust Services (health,

workers’ comp & property insurance).

Provide support to members and

school districts participants. Assist

with marketing strategy, in-person

contact to membership, engage in

program overview, oversee health

billing & enrollment. Qualifi cations:

1.Bachelor’s degree in Business

related field preferred but not

required. 2. SD Producers License

in Life/Health & Property/Casulty

Insurance preferred but not required.

Salary and benefits competitive.

An equal opportunity employer.

Application deadline 12 pm, October

10, 2014. Contact Katie at: Katie@

asbsd.org, 605-773-2502, or ASBSD,

PO Box 1059, Pierre, SD 57501 for

complete application materials.

FARM HELP WANTED for feedlot

and crops. Experience preferred.

Call 605-547-2257 or 712-551-7828

for details.

FARM/RANCH WORKER in Java, SD,

housing available. Experience and

references required. Wage DOE. Call

Mark at 605-649-6335 605-280-2606.

C I T Y O F H O W A R D , S D .

Superintendent Water, Uti l ity,

Streets and Parks. $50K to $60K DOQ.

Resumes accepted thru September

27. www.ciytofhoward.com. Call for

job description 605-772-4391.

FOR SALE/LEASETWO-STORY BUILDING in uptown

Watertown, SD for Sale or Lease. The

main fl oor encompasses 3,360 square

feet and second fl oor and basement

2,160 sq. ft. each. Interested parties

contact Josh at (605)886-6000.

RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT Outlet;

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see www.Chillmasters.biz for more

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Jim’s Auto Repair605-853-2504

• Windshield repair and replace• Computer diagnostics• Auto and truck repair• Air conditioning service

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Septic systems, water lines, well pits, city sewer and water lines, footings,

electrical lines, etc.Need any digging done?

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Call 853-2825or leave message, Miller, SD

Septic Service - WE LOCATE SEWER LINES AND SEPTIC TANKS

• Hydro Jet/Septic Pumping(Porta Potties no longer available)

CR BuildersCarpentry

• New Construction

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We do it ALL!Call Chris

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Miller FeedService, Inc.

Contact us for all your supplement, mineral and tub

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NEW VIEW AUTO GLASS

AND BODY SHOP(605) 893-0148 • (605)204-0719

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Triple STruckingAlan Schlechter, ow/op

• Local and longdistance hauling

• Livestock and grainBus. 605-392-2477Cell 605-530-0044

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• Livestock and grain

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• Residential • Commercial• Farm Wiring

Serving the Miller/Highmore area since 1988

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Miller, SD 57368

Val’s Paw Spa Rogers Crushers

If its days are done and it don’t run, call me!Roger Arbogast

605-350-1209605-352-4885

Offices in Miller & Highmore

Tember Beckett, Broker Associate Lic. #12392605-853-3232, cell 204-0393

www.temberbeckettagency. com temberbeckettagency@mncomm.com

Real Estate

For more info visit my website: www.temberbeckettagency.com

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522 E. 2nd St., Miller 123 E. 2nd Ave., Miller

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SALE PENDING

New Listing

Flu ClinicHand County

Community Healthat Miller Elementary School

training room, located next to the

new elementary gym.

Monday, Oct. 2, 2014 9-12 pm & 1-4:30 pm

No appoinment neededPlease bring your Medicaid or Medicare Cards

NOTICER and B Pellet Stoves

will no longer behandling wood pellets.

However,Oakley Farm and Ranch Supply will now be carrying them.

m

Cain Well DrillingWell Drilling & Repairs

Reasonable Rates(605) 853-3455

Hughes Electric

Ree Heights, SD • Residential, Commercial

and Farmstead Wiring • 14 Years Experience • Licensed and Insured

Billy Hughes, Electrical Contractor

(605) 943-5536 • (605) 350-0819

MillerMonument

Branch of Luken MemorialsWest River Monument

Pre-need Monument/Markers, BenchesMarla Bertsch605-204-0640

36140 191st Street, Miller, SD

Tony’s RepairSt. Lawrence, SD

605-853-2781 • 605-870-1262

Brad Manning Digging

All types of backhoe& trenching

Septic systems, water lines, well pits, city sewer and water lines, footings,

electrical lines, etc.Need any digging done?

Give us a call.“We guarantee our work”

Call 853-2825or leave message, Miller, SD

Septic Service - WE LOCATE SEWER LINES AND SEPTIC TANKS

• Hydro Jet/Septic Pumping(Porta Potties no longer available)

SimonsOutdoor

Sports

853-3430208 N. Maple St., St. Lawrence

• Firearms • Ammo • Reloading Supplies •

Hunting and Shooting Accessories

Need help getting things done?

Boney’s Parts Plus

Authorized Sales and Service Dealer

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ColorCopies

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Dietary Cook IIFull time

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Sign-on Bonus paid throughout first year of employment.

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Certified Nursing Assistant

FOR RENT:

New Senior Duplex

available call for details

Call Charles Peterman 605-472-0858

TUCKER’S SUPERVALU is now hiringfor full-time and Part-time positions inthe office, checkout, carryout, grocerydeli, bakery and dairy departments. Weoffer competitve wages and a full benefitpackage for qualified associates. Flexiblescheduling is available we may be ableto tailor a position to suit your needsApply in person or contact Bruce Tuckeat 605-853-2426 all inquires wil be keptconfidential.

HELP WANTED

Field Representatives: Don Stange 402-316-6125

Lanning Edwards 605-999-1250 Preston Burma 605-680-0448 Doug VanGorp 605-770-2155

Dean Price 605-661-2735 Tim Moody 605-770-6544 Keith Wells 605-940-1009 Val Luckett 605-770-2991

Shelly Schuh 605-680-2041

MitchellLivestockAuction.com

Thanks For Your Business!

Younger Feeding Cows & Heiferettes ..........................$124.00-$145.00Cows ........................................................................................$113.00-$123.25Low Yielding Cows ............................................................... $95.00-$112.00Fed Cows ...............................................................................$123.00-$137.50Cornfed Fat Heiferettes ....................................................$135.00-$142.50Cutting Bulls .........................................................................$156.00-$175.00Bulls .........................................................................................$135.00-$149.00Low Yielding Bulls ..............................................................$124.00-$134.00Baby Calves ...........................................................................$350.00-$625.00

FAT CATTLE

15 BLK 523# ........................ $302.0022 BLK 579 .............................282.0080 BLK 613 .............................276.7579 MIX 656 .............................257.0031 MIX 681 .............................251.0011 MIX 685 .............................250.0070 BLK 721 .............................247.25209 BLK 735 ...........................248.2570 BLK 738 .............................247.2572 MIX 741 .............................231.5028 MIX 748 .............................242.50121 BLK 752 ...........................241.2527 BLK 760 .............................237.5090 MIX 793 .............................229.0068 MIX 803 .............................232.5067 BLK 806 .............................228.5053 MIX 808 .............................227.5068 BLK 818 .............................228.5069 CHAR 827 .........................227.75144 BLK 851 ...........................226.1083 MIX 853 .............................219.0074 MIX 856 .............................223.0029 MIX 883 .............................228.7553 BLK 894 .............................216.8552 MIX 900 .............................223.2549 CHAR 907 .........................218.5060 BLK 911 .............................229.5068 BLK 916 .............................224.7558 BLK 941 .............................222.00101 MIX 941 ...........................221.0062 MIX 962 .............................207.5060 BLK 974 .............................213.1053 BLK 977 .............................214.50120 BLK 979 ...........................212.1041 MIX 984 .............................204.00116 BLK 985 ...........................203.50120 BLK 987 ...........................213.0042 MIX 991 .............................203.2553 BLK 1001 ...........................214.3053 BLK 1004 ...........................214.4053 BLK 1007 ...........................214.00

65 BLK 1012 ...........................202.2559 MIX 1014 ...........................201.25106 BLK 1014 ........................212.25159 BLK 1019 ........................213.9075 CHAR 1023 .......................200.5065 BLK 1033 ...........................200.7550 BLK 1037 ...........................213.8052 BLK 1048 ...........................212.0050 BLK 1049 ...........................210.90100 BLK 1062 ........................209.2050 BLK 1092 ...........................206.00100 BLK 1094 ........................207.0097 MIX 1126 ...........................186.7544 BLK 1134 ...........................182.5044 HOL 722 ............................192.00101 HOL 832 ..........................186.0039 HOL 948 ............................170.25

Heifers12 BLK 408# ........................ $272.5029 BLK 550 .............................245.0098 BLK 586 .............................247.7521 BLK 610 .............................240.0012 BLK 611 .............................244.0042 MIX 733 .............................226.7588 BLK 762 .............................221.5066 MIX 802 .............................216.2580 BLK 811 .............................218.5078 BLK 826 .............................214.5074 MIX 835 .............................213.7563 MIX 852 .............................212.5057 BLK 854 .............................218.5036 CHAR 880 .........................210.50170 BLK 893 ...........................217.5057 BLK 899 .............................218.5069 BLK 899 .............................212.5050 MIX 938 .............................212.5060 BLK 976 .............................193.0029 BLK 1015 ...........................203.5017 MIX 1024 ...........................205.5016 MIX 1033 ...........................202.00

Sale Report for September 17, 2014 Sale Receipts: 2754 hd.

Mitchell Livestock Marketing

We will be more than happy to visit with you about your cattle marketing needs, whether buying or selling.

UPCOMING SALES

FEEDER CATTLE

Sale Receipts: 6250 hd.

STEERS9 DF BLK 1512# ................ $161.0039 NI BLK 1367 .....................157.8035 NI BLK 1368 .....................157.6022 NI MIX 1322 ....................157.2510 MIX 1512 ..........................156.3510 MIX 1342 ..........................156.2539 BLK 1594 ..........................155.9014 BLK 1401 ..........................155.2517 MIX 1344 ..........................155.1034 MIX 1415 ..........................154.8014 MIX 1453 ..........................154.7515 RED 1384 .........................154.2560 MIX 1437 ..........................154.2521 BLK 1474 ..........................153.7515 MIX 1463 ..........................152.25

HEIFERS41 NI BLK 1220# ............... $157.5012 BLK 1328 ..........................156.9013 BLK 1313 ..........................156.2511 BLK 1208 ..........................155.3586 MIX 1367 ..........................155.0012 BLK 1266 ..........................154.7570 MIX 1505 ..........................154.5021 BLK 1298 ..........................154.0014 MIX 1275 ..........................154.0015 RED 1230 .........................153.5024 MIX 1250 .........................153.25

Tuesday, September 23, 2014Hay Auction 1:00 pm

Wednesday, September 24, 20148:00 am Weighup cows & bulls

1:30 pm Fat cattle2:30 Pairs & Breeding Bulls

Followed by baby & started calves

Spring Calves

5 MIX 401# ......................$1380.005 BLK 294 ............................1325.006 BLK 463 ............................1300.004 MIX 408 ............................1280.005 BLK 325 ............................1235.006 BLK 232 ............................1090.00

4 BLK 416#.......................$1210.003 BLK 357 ............................1125.003 BLK 392 ............................1125.004 BLK 263 ..............................950.004 MIX 274 ..............................900.004 BLK 193 ..............................880.00

Steers & Bulls Heifers

45 XB .......................................................................................950-1150#100 BLK HFR ..................................................................................1000#65 XB ......................................................................................... 800-850#80 BLK ....................................................................................... 700-800#40 XB ....................................................................................400-550# FS20 BLK .........................................................................500-600# W & FS

Thursday September 25, 2014SPECIAL FEEDER CATTLE SALE

Expecting 1500 hd

Steers

Sale Report for: September 16, 2014 HAY AUCTION

Load of GRASS HAY $82.50/Ton

Load of GRASS HAY $92.50/Ton

Cows: ...................................................$101.00-$115.00Fat Cows: ............................................$117.00-$128.00Feeding Cows: .................................$115.00-$125.00Thin & Low Yielding Cows: ..............$101.00 & lowerYoung Cows & Hfrtts: ....................$125.00-$142.00High Yielding Bulls: ........................$135.50-$142.00Low Yielding Bulls: .........................$120.00-$135.00Cutting Bulls: up to ......................................... $158.00Open Hfrs: 975# .............................................. $196.00 934# $ ....................................................201.002 loads prairie hay - .........................................$85/ton1 load straw, small squares - ...................$4.00/bale

East Hwy. 14 105 Custer Ave. SE

Huron, SD 57350

Give us a call at 352-8759 or 1-800-310-8760 If you have stock to move.

Cobbie & Vi MagnessBrad & Lori Magness

Matt Magness Brad Magness Jr. Mckenna Ward

Maggie Magness

352-5377352-9545695-6288354-2620 350-0743 352-8759

We appreciate your business

Friday, September 19, 2014Cattle Sale

Cattle SaleFriday, September 26

2 loads prairie hay

Special Feeder Cattle SaleFriday, October 3

Huron 15 red strs & hfrs 600-900# fall calves & yearlingsHuron 11 blk strs & hfrs 750-900#

Huron 27 blk strs & hfrs 350-650# weanedWolsey 28 mix strs & hfrs 375-550#

Willow Lake 15 blk, red strs & hfrs 700-900#

Cattle SaleFriday, October 10

Cattle SaleFriday, October 17

Anniversary Special Feeder Cattle SaleFriday, October 24

Miller 350 mix strs & hfrs 750-950# off grassWessington 80 blk strs & hfrs 750-900# off grass

Willow Lake 15 blk, red strs & hfrs 700-900#

Cattle SaleCattle SaleFriday, October 10

INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE - AUCTIONS

Nice 2+ bedroom 1 bath home with at-tached 2 car garage and shop located near the Miller pool. This home comes with a partially finished basement and has many updates.

Representing Missouri Valley Mutual Ins. Real Estate Lic. #9982

View additional listings at: www.cossagency.com

OSS AGENCY, INC.C

Nice 2+ bedroom 1&3/4 bath home with at-tached 2 car garage located near the Miller School. This home comes with a partially finished basement and has many updates.

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Sports

St. Liborius Parish

Sunday,September 28

Meal 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.Roast Beef and Turkey & Dressing

Bazaar 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.Bingo • Baked Goods • Games • Raffles • Prizes • Specialty Baskets

PoloBazaar

Rust

ler

Roost Pick your Pumpkins!

(Decorate your choice)

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Fun photos

available!

Proceeds benefit

After School program

Fun Activities

Wed., Thurs. & Fri., Sept. 24-264:00 p.m.-dusk

Look for the signs along Hwy. 14 just east of Miller

Walk through Corn Maze!

Turtle Creek ConstructionTrackhoe Dozer Payloader Side and Belly Dump

801 West 1st St. Redfield, SDOffice and Dispatch 605-302-4000

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Submitted

CANCER symbol with the volleyball girls in their dig pink shirts. Right lower corner and up:Kristen Peterka, Denae Schlechter, Maycee Mohr,Paige Kilker, Nicole Swartz, Shae Knox (middle), Annie Keeter, Kylie Oligm-ueller, Karly Beckett, Taica Blasdell, Teanna Pawlowski, Shaly Werdel, Megan Fiala (top middle), Kassie Schae-fers (top left), Kelby Tracy, Tia PawlowskiBrooke Lettau, Allison Grogan, Claudia Rombough, Rilea Mielke, Jamie Mentzer, Macee Fanning, Kristi Steptoe (bottom right)

The Miller Rustler Volleyball team along with the Miller Area Health Board will be hosting the Dig Pink Event Thurs. September 25 during the Volleyball match between the Miller Rustlers and the Hitchcock Tulare Patriots. Dig Pink events take place throughout our country raising awareness of breast cancer. On Thursday all fans are encouraged to wear pink articles of clothing, make donations

and have fun. This event isn’t about competition; it is about everyone coming together for a great cause. 100% of the money raised will stay in our community and will be donated to “Hands of Hope”. Come and cheer on our athletics as we honor breast cancer survivors during our Rose Ceremony before the Varsity game.

2 TEAMS ONE CAUSE! We will be dig-ging for a cure.

Dig pink event fi ghts against cancer

Jerod FisherIn the wake of their loss

at the hands of the Pot-ter County Battlers, the Miller Rustlers volley-ball team (3-3) hoped to turn their luck and score a big win at home dur-ing what has been a tough schedule. Standing in the way on Tuesday, Septem-ber 16 was the Northwest-ern Wildcats (9-3). It was a unanimous decision on both fronts. The junior var-sity Rustlers were defeat-ed in two straight sets (11-25, 20-25) and the varsity team fell on the fi nal tie-breaker set (25-18, 28-26, 12-25, 18-25, 11-15).

Despite the loss, the ju-nior varsity players racked up 13 total points and fi ve aces from the serving line. Shaly Werdel and Claudia Rombough split the honors for most points with three. Werdel also led the team with two aces and had 11 of 12 total assists. Shae Knox had four kills which was the most of any JV Rustler on Tuesday night. Claudia Rombough led the team in the defensive col-umn with eight digs. Shae Knox and Kylie Oligmuel-ler both had seven digs and Shaly Werdel had six. The JV Rustlers are now 3-3 on the season.

The varsity Rustlers started out strong and took the fi rst two sets. The Wildcats defense struggled to counter their offense

and they gained a big lead early. Jamie Mentzer and Kristen Peterka quickly got to work on offense drilling 44 kills between the two of them. Mentzer had 26 kills and Peterka had 18. Both girls also had two blocks each. Denae Schlecher tal-lied 48 assists setting up for offensive strikes. The Wildcats seemed to catch a second breath in the third set and cruised to a 25-12 victory. With the momen-tum swinging, Rustler ef-fi ciency dropped in both passing and serving. The team passing and serving percentages both sat below ninety percent on Tuesday with serving at 87 percent and passing at 84 percent.

Rilea Meilke and Denae Schlechter led the team with two aces each. Meil-ke also had the most serv-ing points with nine. After Northwestern took their second straight set 25-18, all the Rustlers could do was try and hold off the charging Wildcats and squeak though with a win. Jamie Mentzer, Kristen Pe-terka, and Macee Fanning all had double digit digs with 19, 16, and 14 re-spectively. Kristi Steptoe also had eight digs. Luck wasn’t with them. North-western took the tie break-er 15-11 and stole an al-most sure victory from Miller’s clutches.

Jerod FisherThe Miller Rustler volleyball team (3-2) faced off

against the Potter County Battlers (6-0) in Gettysburg on Saturday, Sept. 13. The Rustler girls, coming off a road victory in Ipswich, were looking to snap Potter County’s six game winning streak but the night ended with mixed emotions. The junior varsity team was victorious win-ning the fi rst set 25-23, losing the second set 23-25, and then winning the tie breaker set 15-13. Unfortunately, the varsity team fell short as the Battlers edged the Rus-tlers in a fi fth and fi nal tie breaker set: 25-27, 26-24, 21-25, 25-20, 12-15.

Junior Varsity Rustlers totaled 28 points from the serving line and 20 aces on Saturday night. Shaly Werdel led the team with ten points and seven aces. Shae Knox also had seven points and three aces. Shaly Werdel had 19 total assists along with three kills. Of the team’s 38 digs, Kylie Oligmueller and Claudia Rombough tied for the team lead with eight each. Shae Knox and Megan Fiala also had six and fi ve digs respectively. Saturday night’s victory progressed the junior varsity season re-cord to 3-2.

Miller’s low serving percentage against the Battlers plagued their ability to maintain point streaks. Macee Fanning led the team in points with 12. Fanning also had three aces. Jamie Mentzer and Kristen Peterka maintained their dominant presences at the net. Men-tzer fi nished the night with 26 kills and three blocks. Pe-terka also had 16 kills and three blocks against Potter County. Their offensive efforts where supported by se-nior Denae Schlechter who boasted all 48 of the team’s assists. The Rustler defense held for 82 total digs but couldn’t quite get the edge against their opponents. Ja-mie Mentzer and Macee Fanning led the team with 24 and 17 digs respectively. Close behind Fanning was Kris-ten Peterka who recorded 16 digs and Kylie Oligmueller also had eight digs on the night.

MHS volleyball loses in fi ve sets

Northwestern robs Rustler volleyball with three set comeback

Jerod Fisher | The Miller Press

THE RUSTLER DEFENSIVE line combined for 66 digs during Northwestern volleyball action. L to R is Kristen Peterka, Jamie Mentzer, Rilea Mielke and Kristi Steptoe.

Jerod FisherThe Miller Cross Coun-

try team ran in the Ipswich Invitational Cross Country Meet on Saturday, Sept. 13. With 15 runners under the Miller banner, the Rustlers walked away with an over-all team win for the boys’ varsity squad and a hand-ful of impressive individual performances.

The combined efforts of six runners for the boys varsity squad led by Cole Sargent who won the 5000 Meters with a time of 16:13 secured the top spot on the team podium as they also fi nished fi rst in over-all team points. Mason Bre-itling and Trey Waldrop grabbed back to back spots in the top fi ve. Breitling fi nished in fourth with a time of 17:05 with Waldrop nipping at his heels just once second behind in fi fth with a time of 17:06. Hunt-er Russell, Connor Bertsch,

and Hayden Peterman all ran in the 5000 Meters and fi nished in the top 20 plac-ing 12, 18, and 19 respec-tively.

Cody Bevers was the quickest junior varsity Rustler in the 4000 Me-ters. Bevers fi nished sixth with a time of 15:52. Gar-rett Knox and Camden Bre-itling also had top ten fi n-ished in the 4000 Meters. Knox fi nished ninth with a time of 16:01 and Bre-itling fi nished 10 in 16:04. Joey Simpson, Steven Fern-holz, and Kaden Sivertsen rounded out the junior var-sity squad fi nishing 12, 13, and 16 respectively.

Three junior high Rus-tlers ran in the 2000 Me-ters. Talan Knox and Pay-ton Campbell ran for the boys and fi nished in 8 and 27 with Sydney Jessen also placing 20 in the girls bracket.

Jerod FisherTwo cross country

meets took place simulta-neously in Chamberlain on Thursday, September 18. While the Rustler trail-blazers only ran one race each, their times placed in both the Big Dakota Con-ference and Chamberlain Invitational Cross Coun-try Meets. The boys var-sity runners continued their streak of consecu-tive team podium fi nishes. They placed fi rst in the Big Dakota and second in the Chamberlain Invitational team standings.

Of the 86 varsity run-ners in the Chamberlain Invitational and 38 runners in the Big Dakota Confer-ence, Cole Sargent’s 5000 Meter time of 16:54 was fast enough to lead the pack on both fronts. Ma-son Breitling fi nished in 17:19 and placed second in the Big Dakota Conference and third in the Chamber-lain Invitational. Trey Wal-

drop was the third quickest varsity Rustler. He fi nished fourth in the Big Dako-ta Conference and eighth in the Chamberlain Invita-tional with a time of 18:04. Connor Bertsch, Hunter Russell, and Hayden Peter-man all fi nished in the top 25 in the Big Dakota Con-ference and top 50 in the Chamberlain Invitational.

The boys junior varsi-ty Rustlers placed fi fth out of ten teams in the Cham-berlain Invitational and third out of fi ve teams in the Big Dakota Conference. Jason Manning had a top ten fi nish in both meets with sixth in the Big Da-kota Conference and ninth in the Chamberlain Invi-tational. Also running in the 4000 Meters were Gar-ret Knox, Camden Bre-itling, Cody Bevers, Joey Simpson, Steven Fernholz, Nathan Watts, Kaden Si-vertsen, Talan Knox, and Payton Campbell.

Fifty girls ran the 4000 Meters for the Chamber-lain Invitational and 23 girls ran in the Big Dakota Conference. Sydney Jessen and Katie Manning both ran in the girls junior var-sity 4000 Meters for Miller. They placed 11th and 21st in the Big Dakota Conference and 29th and 44th in the Chamberlain Invitational respectively.

Cross country fi nds fi erce competition in HuronJerod Fisher

Saturday, Sept. 20 marked the Huron Invita-tional Cross Country Meet at the Broadland Creek Golf Course. It was there that the Miller cross coun-try team faced competition from South Dakota’s Class AA powerhouses. Going toe to toe with the top run-ners from Sioux Falls, Rap-id City, Pierre, Brookings, Watertown, Harrisburg, Spearfi sh, and Aberdeen might seem like a David versus Goliath matchup on paper, but the fact that a cross country team from a town of 1,500 people can hang with the big dogs proves that Rustlers are tough as nails and a force to be reckoned with.

While RC Stevens earned the team title for the boys 5000 Meters, the varsity Rustlers battled

their way to a ninth place overall fi nish. Cole Sar-gent was the top fi nisher on Saturday. He placed 11th with a time of 17:03.70. Mason Breitling and Trey Waldrop also placed in the top 50. Breitling fi n-ished 30th in 17:59.00 and Waldrop fi nished 32nd in 18:05.10. Hunter Russell, Connor Bertsch, Jason Manning, and Hayden Pe-terman fi nish between 76th and 92nd place in the 5000 Meters.

JC Forman was quickest for boys junior varsity. His time for the 4000 Meters was 15:16.09 and earned an 11th place fi nish. Togeth-er with Forman, Garrett Knox, Camden Breitling, Joey Simpson, and Cody Bevers combined for sixth place in the team stand-ings.

Six Rustlers ran in the 2500 Meter event. Kaden Sivertsen, Nathan Watts, Talon Knox, and Payton Campbell competed for the boys while Sydney Jessen

and Katie Manning com-peted for the girls.

“I have been very pleased with our team’s competitive spirit. Our run-ners ran against the stron-gest competition we will face this year and went up against some of the best runners in Class AA. I was impressed with our perfor-mance, especially coming off the Big Dakota Confer-ence/Chamberlain Invita-tional Meet on Thursday,” commented head coach McGough in light of his team’s efforts on Saturday.

The Rustler cross coun-try team has two more away meets before quickly approaching Miller Invita-tional on September 29.

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