Delores FrahmDelores Frahm, 84, of Vermil-

lion, SD passed away Wednesday,November 28 at the AveraMcKennan Hospital after a shortbattle with cancer.

Delores Young was born Au-gust 23, 1928 in Wakonda, SD toFrancis and Sena (Stalheim)Young. She graduated fromWakonda High School and re-ceived her Teaching Certificatefrom Eastern State Normal inMadison, SD. On January 3, 1951she was united in marriage toLeon Frahm in Wakonda.

Grateful for having shared herlife are her husband Leon of Ver-million, three daughters: Pam(Rick) Chaussee of Viborg, SD,Sandy (Danny) Brown and Deb(Layne) Schulz all of Vermillion,three sisters: Audrey (Burnell)Peterson of Yankton, SD, LynetteNelson and Ilene (Kenneth) Pe-terson all of Wakonda. She is alsosurvived by seven grandchildren:Kristina, Douglas, Matthew, Der-rick, Tyler, Ashley and Amberand also five great grandchildren:

Emma, Colby, Noah, Paityn andPreston.

Funeral Mass will be 10 a.m.Saturday, December 1 at the St.Agnes Catholic Church in Vermil-lion with burial to follow in theCalvary Cemetery in Vermillion.Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Fri-day, November 30, with a rosaryat 7 p.m. and a prayer service at7:30 p.m. all at the church.

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November 29, 2012

Junell (Buss) JohnstonMONTROSE — Junell (Buss)

Johnston, 44, of Montrose andformerly Irene, died Tuesday,Nov. 27, 2012, in a car accidentnear Humboldt.

Services are at 2 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 1, at Opsahl-Kostel Fu-neral Chapel, Yankton, with theRev. Dave Wildermuth officiating.Burial of her cremated remainswill be held at a later date.

Visitations will be one hourprior to the service at the funeralhome.

Richard AndersonRichard C. Anderson, 72, of

Yankton died Wednesday, Nov.28, 2012, at the Dougherty Hos-pice House, Sioux Falls, with hisfamily by his side.

Memorial services are at 1p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at ChristEpiscopal Church, Yankton, withthe Revs. Jim Pearson and PaulOpsahl officiating. There will be atime of food and fellowship im-mediately following the serviceto greet the family.

Visitations are 5-8 p.m. Fridaywith the family present at Op-sahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Cre-matory, Yankton.

Burial of Richard’s crematedremains will be held at a laterdate.

Wayne BuckmanWayne T. Buckman, 81, of

Gayville died Wednesday, Nov.28, 2012, at the Avera SisterJames Care Center, Yankton.

Funeral services are at 10:30a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at GayvilleLutheran Church, Gayville, withthe Rev. Ralph Egbert officiating.Burial will be in the GayvilleCemetery with military honorsprovided by the Rudolph-Chris-tensen American Legion Post No.237.

Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Friday atWintz & Ray Funeral Home, Yank-ton. Visitation will resume onehour prior to the funeral at thechurch.

To send an online sympathymessage, visit www.wintzrayfu-neralhome.com.

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NEWS DEPARTMENT: news@yankton.net 3PRESS DAKOTANthe midwestRounds To Make U.S. Senate Announcement

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Former South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds sayshe is going to announce his intentions about running for the U.S. Sen-ate during a series of events across South Dakota on Thursday.

Rounds earlier formed a committee to explore a run for the U.S.Senate seat held by Democrat Tim Johnson. The seat is up for electionin November 2014.

Rounds will make his announcement at three stops on Thursday inPierre, Rapid City and Sioux Falls.

Rounds served as governor of South Dakota from 2003 to 2011. Hewas a state senator from 1991 to 2001.

BPI Wants ‘Pink Slime’ Lawsuit In State Court SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Lawyers for a South Dakota beef processing

company suing ABC News for defamation have asked a federal judge toremand the lawsuit back to state court.

Beef Products Inc. sued ABC News Inc. for defamation over its cov-erage of a meat product that critics dub “pink slime.” The company isseeking $1.2 billion in damages.

ABC argues that two of the companies listed in the lawsuit, BPITechnology Inc. and Freezing Machines Inc., are not true parties andthe case should be thrown out.

But in a motion filed Wednesday, BPI lawyers outline how all threecompanies have a stake in making the product called lean, finely tex-tured beef.

Criminal Justice System Reforms UrgedPIERRE (AP) — A panel appointed by state leaders from all three

branches of government has recommended changes in South Dakota’scriminal justice system that could save up to $212 million in prisoncosts in the next decade.

The group’s recommendations include keeping more drug and alco-hol offenders out of prison by placing them in intensive treatment pro-grams, focusing probation and parole on offenders most at risk ofgetting into trouble, and changing sentencing laws.

The panel’s report says the recommended changes would improvepublic safety, hold offenders accountable and focus prison spendingon violent and chronic criminals.

The panel was appointed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard, Supreme CourtChief Justice David Gilbertson and legislative leaders. Those officialswill use the report to propose changes in law during the next legisla-tive session.

More Prairie Dog Disease Confirmed In S.D.FORT PIERRE (AP) — A disease that can devastate prairie dog

colonies has been confirmed on the Fort Pierre National Grasslandin South Dakota.

District Ranger Ruben Leal says the bacteria that causes syl-vatic plague was found in fleas collected from prairie dog colonies.

Sylvatic plague was first detected in South Dakota in 2004. Thedisease has been migrating north and west. It also has been de-tected on the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, in Badlands Na-tional Park and on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation.

There have not been any confirmed cases of the plague in peo-ple in South Dakota.

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Agnes GildersleeveAgnes M. Gildersleeve, age

95 of Hartington, Nebraskabegan her final journey with theLord on Tuesday, November 27,2012 at the Golden Living Cen-ter in Hartington.

Funeral Services will be onSaturday, December 1, 2012 at10:30 a.m. at the First Congrega-tional United Church of Christin Hartington, NE with the Rev.Gary Kimm officiating. Burialwill be at the Hartington CityCemetery.

Visitation will be on Fridayfrom 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. with aprayer service at 7:30 p.m. atthe Wintz Funeral Home in Hart-ington. Visitation will continueon Saturday at the church onehour prior to services. To sendan online sympathy messagevisit wintzrayfuneralhome.com.

Pallbearers will be hergrandchildren, Todd, Mark,Chris, Russ, and Paul Hegert,Amy Ferretti, Renee Axtman,Pamela Francisco, Debra Good-man, Troy Gildersleeve, AngelaPeitz, Jody and Trevor McFar-land, Mike and John Brummer.

Honorary pallbearers will beAgnes’ great grandchildren andgreat great grandchildren.

Agnes Marie Gildersleevewas born on May 24, 1917 inMagnolia, Iowa to Josiah Harrisand Mary Jane (Murphy) Gid-dings. She attended the ModaleConsolidated School and thenmarried Ted. R. Gildersleeve onMay 19, 1934 in Papillion, NE.Agnes worked as a census takerin 1969-1970. She was a salesclerk for JM McDonald for sixyears prior to working as thebookkeeper for the Kansas Ne-

braska Gas Com-pany for 18years. Agnes wasa member of theFirst Congrega-tional UnitedChurch of Christ,was a Sundayschool superin-tendant, a Dea-coness, and

belonged to the LadiesFellowship.

Agnes is survived by her fivechildren and their spouses,Marilyn and Ray Hegert ofHartington, Jim and MarjorieGildersleeve of Bemidji, MN,Dan and Sharon Gildersleeve ofHartington, Denise and Loyal(Butch) McFarland of Bloom-field, NE, Vicki and Dave Goldaof Gretna, NE; 10 grandsons;five granddaughters; four step-grandchildren; 36 great grand-children; seven great greatgrandchildren; sister-in-lawTeddy Giddings of Cosmopolis,WA and Larry Pool, who waslike a son to her.

She was preceded in deathby her parents; husband Ted onDecember 7, 1977 at the age of73 years; two brothers Jeff andOllie Giddings; two sisters HelenStebbins, and BessieRichardson.

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RAPID CITY (AP) — A late-night fire at ahome where several families lived in RapidCity killed a woman and her three grandchil-dren, authorities said Wednesday.

The Rapid City Fire Department said thefire that broke out shortly before 11 p.m.Tuesday killed 51-year-old Marcia Rock, 9-year-old Thomas Rosado, 5-year-old DustinRosado and 3-year-old Marquez Hawkwing.

Rock was pronounced dead at the scene,and the three children were pronounceddead at a local hospital.

In a written statement, the departmentsaid early indications have revealed thathuman actions, not the gas or electrical sys-tems of the house, may have contributed tothe cause of the fire. The investigation will be

a slow-moving process to make sure thecause is confirmed, the department said.

The American Red Cross helped 17 dis-placed people find emergency shelter at alocal motel. Red Cross officials said as manyas 21 people may have been living in apart-ments in the house.

Steve Matthias said he was watching tele-vision in his apartment in the rear of thehouse’s basement, when he heard what mighthave been an alarm from a smoke detector.

“Then I heard people yelling ‘Go, go, go!’ “Matthias told the Rapid City Journal.

Matthias said he grabbed a few personalitems and ran out of the building. By the timehe got to the front of the house, the buildingwas fully aflame, he said.

Cyndi Red Star told the newspaper shefled from her upstairs apartment and out thebuilding’s rear door with her four children,two dogs and a parakeet after a neighborknocked on her door to alert her to the fire.Once outside, she conducted a head count ofresidents and realized Rock and her threegrandchildren were missing.

Neighbor Larry Wright, who lives acrossthe street, said he joined neighbors and res-cue workers in trying to help residents of thehouse, but flames were coming out of thefront door with such ferocity that no onecould get in or out of the home.

“They could not have gotten out of thatplace,” Wright said of Rock and her threegrandchildren.

Rapid City Fire Kills Four, Displaces 17

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A womanaccused of critically injuring aSouth Dakota Highway Patroltrooper by hitting him with hercar during a chase in Sioux Fallshas pleaded not guilty to at-tempted murder and othercharges.

Rachel Coleman, 28, of SiouxFalls, is to stand trial in March,the Argus Leader reported. Shefaces up to 160 years in prison ifconvicted on all charges, whichalso include aggravated assaulton a law enforcement officer, ag-gravated eluding and hit-and-runcausing death or injury.

Prosecutors say Colemanstruck Trooper Andrew Steenwith her car while he was tryingto pull her over for erratic driv-ing early Oct. 17. She was appre-hended after being shot at leastthree times by Steen and two Lin-coln County deputies. The stateAttorney General’s Office earlierthis month concluded that the of-

ficers were justified in firing theirweapons nearly two dozen times.

Coleman has since recoveredbut Steen — an eight-year vet-eran of the patrol — remains incritical condition in a Sioux Fallshospital. He underwent success-ful surgery last month to relievepressure on his brain.

Coleman appeared in court onTuesday. Defense lawyer CynthiaBerreau initially asked JudgeJospeh Neiles to restrict prosecu-tors from discussing the casewith the media, saying media re-ports do not match official policeaccounts of the incident. She didnot elaborate.

Berreau withdrew her motionafter Lincoln County State’s At-torney Tom Wollman denied mak-ing inappropriate comments ordisclosures to the media and saidhe already had instructed law of-ficers not to discuss details of thecase.

Woman Pleads No GuiltyTo Injuring S.D. TrooperCEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) —

Cedar Falls plans to reducedozens of part-time public em-ployees’ hours in order to avoidhaving to offer them insuranceunder a requirement of the fed-eral health care overhaul set totake effect in 2014.

Cedar Falls AdministrativeServices Director Richard McAlis-ter said the reduction in hoursfor 59 workers is necessary be-cause if all of them opted for in-surance that must be offeredunder the federal law, the citycould face an additional $855,000annual cost, the Waterloo-CedarFalls Courier reported Wednes-day. McAlister said that would re-quire employee layoffs.

The part-time employeesaren’t currently eligible for healthinsurance, but the new federallaw will require employers tooffer insurance to part-timerswho work 30 or more hours perweek. The city can avoid the re-quirement by cutting part-timers’hours from 32 to 29 hours aweek.

The city of 40,000 residentsprobably will hire more part-timeemployees to make up for the de-cline in hours by other workers,McAlister said. Before the law,Cedar Falls had been relyingmore on part-timers in an effortto avoid increases in employeebenefits, such as health insur-ance and pensions.

McAlister said the movehasn’t been welcomed byworkers.

“I think the employees wereobviously disappointed,” he said.“It’s something we can’t contain,and we felt the best decision wasto spread the impact out amongthe employees rather than laypeople off.”

McAlister said the require-ment is especially hard on publicemployers because insurancepremiums are usually lower forpublic employees and they’d bemore likely to take the insurance.

McAlister said action is re-quired now because the law has alook-back period that determineswho is eligible.

Cedar Falls Plans To Cut Worker HoursTo Avoid Paying Health Insurance