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REVENUE 2019-2020GENERAL FUND (10)Ad Valorem Taxes $1,126,934 Other Revenue Equalization - Gross Receipts Taxes 152,000 County Apportionment 56,000 Bank Franchise 65,000 Penalties/Interest on Taxes 6,000 Earnings on Investments 5,700 Admission Tickets 24,000 Pupil Activity-Yearbooks 500 Wind Farm Revenue 159,000 Tax Opt-Out 211,000 Misc Revenue 9,000 State Aid 2,219,941 State Aid - One Time Money - State Apportionment 51,000 Title II Part A 50,051 Title VII Indian Ed 48,000 Title I (School-Wide) 210,699 Title IV A 24,349 Johnson O'Malley(Jan-Dec) 7,400 Perkins 12,000 Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program 16,000 Medicaid Admin Reimbursement 9,200 Capital Outlay Flexibility 225,138 Impact Aid Transfer Into Gen Fund 83,000 Reserves 253,413 FUND TOTAL .......................... $5,025,325 CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND (21)Ad Valorem Taxes $865,583 Interest 0 Reserves 0 FUND TOTAL ............................. $865,583 SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND (22)Ad Valorem Taxes $471,905 Exceptional Child-St Aid 251,296 Idea-Pt. B 159,942 Idea-Pt. B Preschool 7,063 Reserves 162,435 FUND TOTAL .......................... $1,052,641PENSION FUND (24)Ad Valorem Taxes 0 Reserves 43,275 Transfer In 0 FUND TOTAL ............................... $43,275 IMPACT AID FUND (27)Impact Aid(874 Tax Repl) $83,000 Reserves 0 FUND TOTAL ............................... $83,000 FOOD SERVICES FUND (51)Meals To Pupils $150,000 Meals To Adults 10,500 A La Carte 12,000 Federal Reimbursement 210,000 Non Operating-Misc 5,000 Transfer From General Fund Reserves

42,733 FUND TOTAL ............................. $430,233 TOTAL REVENUE 2019-2020 $7,500,057

NOTICE OF HEARING FOR FISCAL FY2020 BUDGETNotice is hereby given that the School Board of the Mobridge-Pollock School District

#62-6 will conduct a public hearing at the High School Conference Room in Mobridge, South Dakota on Monday the 8th day of July, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of con-sidering the foregoing Proposed Budget for the fiscal year of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, and its supporting data.

Kim Schneider, Business ManagerMobridge-Pollock School District #62-6

Mobridge, SD

EXPENDITURES 2019-2020GENERAL FUND (10)Elementary FD $508,082 Upper Elementary MUE 542,983 Middle School MS 690,411 High School HS 1,031,495 Title VII Indian Education 50,803 Johnson O'Malley 7,400 Guidance 112,320 Nurse 3,500 Curriculum Development 17,000 Library 74,897 Technology 97,877 Election Services 2,400 Legal Services 5,000 Audit 14,500 Board of Education 19,667 Superintendent 156,107 Principals 411,610 Other Administration 2,000 Business Manager 150,523 Care & Upkeep Of Buildings 631,469 Care of Grounds 25,000 Care of Equipment 25,000 Vehicle Service 9,000 Facility Rentals 12,000 Mileage Paid To Parents 1,000 Student Transportation 39,639 Food Services FFV Grant 20,813 Football 27,805 Boys Basketball 17,352 Wrestling 20,938 Boys Golf 6,085 Girls Basketball 19,035 Volleyball 18,542 Girls Golf 6,444 Vehicle Services 40,611 Publications 10,000 Oral Interpretation 4,025 One Act Play 4,525 Music 17,104 Cheerleaders 4,402 Track 18,221 Cross Country 4,909 Misc Extra-Curricular 85,098 Contingencies 15,000 Transfers Out 42,733

FUND TOTAL ....................... $5,025,325 CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND (21)Curriculum $20,000 Technology 202,445 Care & Upkeep of Bldgs and Grounds83,000 Vehicles 30,000 Equipment 4,000 QZAB 87,000 Library 4,000 Music 5,000 Co-Curricular 20,000 Fund Designations 185,000 Transfer Out to Flexibility Option to GF Salaries 100,000Transfer Out Flexibility to Gen Fund .

125,138FUND TOTAL .......................... $865,583 SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND (22)Mild Disabilities $493,681 Speech 135,818 Severe Disabilities 31,553 Institutional Costs 136,000Early Childhood 68,268 Psychological Services 78,601 Physical Therapy 6,000 Occupational 20,000 Director 80,219 Birth To 3 1,500 Transportation 1,000

FUND TOTAL ....................... $1,052,641 PENSION FUND (24)School Retirees $43,275

FUND TOTAL ............................ $43,275 IMPACT AID FUND (27)Tranfer to General Fund 83,000

FUND TOTAL ............................ $83,000 FOOD SERVICE FUND (51)Food Service 430,233

FUND TOTAL .......................... $430,233 TOTAL EXPENDITURES 2019-2020 .......

............................................. $7,500,057

Published once at the totalapproximate cost of $155.21

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The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in South Dakota

Historical markers across South Dakota indicate the location of Civilian Conser-vation Corps camps, telling the stories of the CCC and the work done at the camps. But one need only look at our state’s landscapes to know this would be a much different place without the work of the men of the CCC.

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a major part of President Franklin D. Roos-evelt’s New Deal. Begun in 1933, the CCC was originally designed to preserve natural resources, provide jobs for single men ages 18-25 and to help their families financially during the Great Depression. Most of the men who worked for the CCC received pay of $30 a month in addition to room and board, with $25 a month sent home to sup-port their families. Later, the allotment going home was reduced and camps were established for World War I veterans.

More than 30,000 men served in the South Da-kota corps between 1933 and 1942, according to the website of the CCC Museum of South Dakota, located in Hill City.

The majority of the 50 CCC camps and smaller side camps in South Dakota were in the Black Hills.

Enrollees in the Black Hills thinned forests; planted trees; developed trails; removed flammable debris; built bridg-es, dams, roads and fire tow-ers; put up telephone lines; landscaped and fought forest fires. According to the CCC museum’s website, fighting fires consumed much of the men’s time because summers were so dry. A fire detail of at least 25 men remained in each camp, prepared to im-mediately respond when a fire was reported.

The largest and most diffi-cult project undertaken in the Black Hills National Forest by CCC crews was building the stone fire lookout tower at Black Elk Peak.

All the building materials had to be transported up the mountain.

Approximately 7,500 rocks were hand-picked from French Creek and the surrounding countryside and transported by truck to the foot of the nearly 4-mile trail leading to the 7,242-foot peak. Small two-wheeled carts consisting of half of an oil drum mounted on a short axle were pulled by one horse to transport rocks and other items to the top. These carts,

called “Ben Hur Chariots,” could haul only 15 to 20 stones per trip. Pack trains of 10 horses each were used to transport sand and sacks of cement to the summit. On the way up the trail each man carried a board or other light item. CCC workers dammed a spring at the top of the peak to use for water to make cement and mortar.

Some of the lakes in the Black Hills are the result of CCC projects. Sheridan Lake was created after CCC and Works Progress Administra-tion crews built an earthen dam over Spring Creek. Dams built by CCC crews created Horsethief, Stockade, Center and Bismarck lakes. Orman Dam and the surrounding irrigation ditches were reha-bilitated by CCC workers.

In Custer State Park, CCC crews built the Pigtail Bridges on Iron Mountain Road, the Norbeck building that served as the park’s visitor center and is now an education center, a lookout station and rangers’ quarters on Mount Coolidge, cabins at Blue Bell and Sylvan lakes, and Grizzly Bear Campground. They also developed five springs with water tanks for bison.

Enrollees developed Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument and Badlands National Park. Some of the projects at Wind Cave involved renovating tour trails, installing an eleva-tor shaft and concrete steps and constructing the park’s water and sewer system. At Jewel Cave, enrollees con-structed a headquarters build-ing, parking lot and foot trail. At Badlands National Park, enrollees built the park’s headquarters, a check-in station at Pinnacles, a water system at Cedar Pass Lodge and the custodian’s residence at Cedar Pass.

Although the majority of the CCC camps were in the Black Hills, camps were also located in eastern South

Dakota. CCC workers turned Farm

Island near Pierre and Ameri-can Island near Chamber-lain into recreational play-grounds. Among the projects at Farm Island were build-ing a causeway connecting the mainland to the island; picnic areas equipped with shelter cabins; cabins for Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Izaak Walton League; and a monument to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. At Ameri-can Island, enrollees built tourist cabins, a bath house, racetrack, roads and parking areas, and planted shrubs, trees and shelterbelts.

At the CCC camp at Alcester, men demonstrated soil and water conservation. The men planted trees in Union County State Park and established a tree nursery at Vermillion. Tours showing results aided in the organiza-tion of conservation districts in Clay, Union, Bon Homme and Lincoln counties.

Camp LaCreek near Mar-tin was part of a national CCC program to develop waterfowl refuges. The CCC and WPA built levees, roads, boundary fence and an ob-servation tower and planted thousands of trees and shrubs to develop the 9,302-acre Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the Roosevelt administration directed federal programs to emphasize the war effort. The 77th United States Congress ceased funding the CCC, and operations were concluded on June 30, 1942.

This moment in South Dakota history is provided by the South Dakota His-torical Society Foundation, the nonprofit fundraising partner of the South Dakota State Historical Society at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. Find us on the web at www.sdhsf.org. Contact us at info@sdhsf.org to submit

South Dakota Historical Society Foundation

A horse-drawn cart used during construction of Black Elk Peak lookout. Further details are “a horse hitched to a small cart with metal wheels, a man is seated in the cart.” Photo courtesy of South Dakota State Historical Society – State Archives.

Effective July 1, South Dakota’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) program will be renamed Reemployment Assistance (RA). This is a result of HB 1035 which passed during the 2019 leg-islative session.

The bill makes no changes to the administration of this long-standing program, such as collection of taxes or pay-ment of benefits.

“The intent of the name change is to focus efforts on

assisting individuals while they find new employment, more accurately reflecting the program’s goal,” said state Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman.

The UI program provides temporary weekly benefits to people who have lost their job through no fault of their own. Benefits are not meant to replace total wages lost, but to assist with basic necessities.

“This support is to assist individuals while they are

seeking a new job,” said Sec-retary Hultman. “This subtle name change reinforces our philosophy of helping people reenter the workforce as quickly as possible.”

South Dakota’s UI pro-gram is financed by employ-ers through payroll taxes. Workers do not contribute to this plan.

The main URL changed to dlr.sd.gov/ra on Friday, June 28.

South Dakota unemployment insurance undergoes name change

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