Wilfred SchmidtVERMILLION — Wilfred J.

Schmidt, 86, of Vermillion diedTuesday, July 10, 2012, at hisresidence.

Wilfred was born April 17,1926 in Menominee, NE to Albertand Josephine (Leader) Schmidt,and spent his life farming in Ne-braska and South Dakota. He was

a member of the St. AgnesCatholic Church in Vermillion.

He was preceded in death byhis parents, three sisters; Helen,Marcella and Lucille and abrother Harold.

Willie is survived by threebrothers; Roman, Ernest and Car-roll and two sisters; MarinaPayne and Berniece Pearson.

A Memorial Service will be 7

p.m. Monday, July 16 at the St.Agnes Catholic Church in Vermil-lion with burial of ashes at a laterdate. Visithansenfuneralhome.com.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

July 12, 2012

Roger BosseELK POINT — Roger R. Bosse,

93, of Elk Point died at Veterans’shome in Elk Point.

Funeral arrangements arepending with Kober FuneralHome, Elk Point.

Thursday, 7.12.12ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net

NEWS DEPARTMENT: news@yankton.net 3PRESS DAKOTANthe regionHabitat For Humanity Seeks Homeowners

Habitat for Humanity of Yankton County is seeking homeownersfor our 2012 build. Applicants must live or work in Yankton County,demonstrate a need for housing, be willing to partner with Habitatfor Humanity and they must have the ability to repay a zero per-cent interest mortgage loan.

Applications are available at at 610 W. 23rd Street, Ste. 11, inYankton.

Habitat for Humanity is a Christian housing ministry that buildshomes in partnership with our community and families in need of adecent affordable housing.

To request an application or for more information, call Julie at605-260-4224.

Johnson Announces ‘Angels in Adoption’ AwardSen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) announced that he is accepting nomi-

nations for the Angels in Adoption program. Each year, Johnsonrecognizes South Dakotans who have made a difference in the livesof children in need of a family.

“As the grandfather of two adopted children, I understand thetremendous impact that adoption has on both children and thefamilies that welcome them into their homes,” Johnson said.“Throughout our state, hundreds of families have opened theirhomes to children in need and I encourage people to nominate de-serving individuals or families.”

To nominate a South Dakota family, visithttp://tinyurl.com/SDAdopts.

Angels in Adoption was established in 1999 by the Congres-sional Coalition of Adoption Institute to raise awareness about theimportance of adoption.

The deadline for nominations is July 20. To nominate a SouthDakota family, visit http://tinyurl.com/SDAdopts.

Yankton Co. Offering Property Info OnlineTechnology approved by the Yankton County Commission dur-

ing the last few years has significantly improved the reliability, se-curity, efficiency and now accessibility of property records.

The improvements made will continue to benefit YanktonCounty taxpayers for years to come. Most recently, the CountyCommission approved Beacon, provided by The Schneider Corpo-ration, an interactive public access tool that allows users to inter-act and view county information, public records and GeographicInformation Systems (GIS) via an online portal.

Yankton County’s Beacon portal features a public site(http://beacon.schneidercorp.com/) that includes important prop-erty taxation and assessment information. Additional informationis available by subscription, including in-depth search capabilitiesand the ability to view an interactive map of the county’s GIS dataand aerial photography, as well as convenient tools to collect spe-cific parcel information.

Look for the Beacon website link on the Director of Equalizationpage of the Yankton County website athttp://www.co.yankton.sd.us/.

For information on obtaining a subscription, contact the Yank-ton County Director of Equalization Office, 321 West Third St., Suite203, Yankton. Call the department at (605) 260-4400 opt. 3.

Free Demonstrations To Be Held At S.A.C.The Summit Activities Center will be offering free demonstra-

tions on all weight and fitness equipment for both adult and youthages 12-14 years. The demonstrations will be conducted by SummitActivities Center weight and fitness staff and are open to all SACmembers.

Youth weight and fitness demonstrations will be held on Satur-day, July 14 at 11:00 a.m. and Thursday, July 26 at 7:00 p.m. Youthparticipants, ages 12-14 years, that complete the class will be al-lowed to use the weight and fitness area at the SAC.

Adult weight and fitness demonstrations will be held on Thurs-day, July 19 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 28 at 11:00 a.m. Uponcompletion of the adult demonstrations, members will receive afree personal training session.

To sign up for the class or request further information, call 668-5234 or stop by the Summit Activities Center at 1801 Summit Street.Don’t forget to follow the Yankton Parks and Recreation Depart-ment on Facebook.

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Ervin PtakMENNO — Ervin Ptak, age 73

of Menno, SD died Sunday, June8, 2012, at Avera Daugherty Hos-pice Cottage in Sioux Falls, SD.

Mass of Christian Burial willbe 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 12,2012 at St. Wenceslaus CatholicChurch, Tabor, SD, with Msgr.Carlton Hermann and Fr. DanMorris officiating. A rosary willbe prayed at 10:00 a.m. onThursday morning prior to theservice. Burial will be in St.Wenceslaus Cemetery, Tabor.

Visitations began at 5 p.m. onWednesday, July 11, 2012, at theAisenbrey-Opsahl-Kostel Memo-rial Chapel, Menno, SD. Visita-tions will resume one hour priorto the service at the church.

Pallbearersare DylanO’Borsky, JeffPtak, Kevin Ptak,Jeff Koupal, JimKoupal, JohnPtak, Jim Zavadiland Corey Lange-rock. HonoraryPallbearers arehis grandchil-

dren and his former students. Ervin Ptak was born January

2, 1939, to Charles and Lillian(Manas) Ptak in Yankton, SD. Heattended Breezy Hill, St. Wences-laus, and Tabor Elementaryschools before graduating fromTabor High School in 1956. Hereceived his undergraduate de-gree from the University ofSouth Dakota in Springfield and

his graduate degree at USD inVermillion. Erv was a talentedathlete in several sports at boththe high school and collegelevel. His interest in athleticscontinued after his playing daysas he enjoyed watching his chil-dren and grandchildren partici-pating in their various athleticactivities. His career as ateacher, coach, and administra-tor spanned 36 years; 35 of themin Menno. On June 13, 1960, hewas united in marriage to JeanKoupal at St. WenceslausChurch in Tabor. Five childrenblessed this union.

Erv is survived by his wife,Jean; his children: Dan (Rhonda)of Allen, TX; Sally (Mike)O’Borsky of Buffalo, MN; Gary(Amy) of Sioux Falls, SD; and

Kevin (Kristen) of Prior Lake,MN; his 13 grandchildren: Jeff,Kevin, Dylan, Erica, Ava, Ryan,Zack, Justin, Kayla, Gavin, Keira,Carter and Nora; brother, Melvin(Nancy) of Marion, SD; sister,Rene (Jim) Schroeder of Yank-ton, SD.

He was preceded in death byhis parents and infant daughter,Judy Anne.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

July 12, 2012

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Yankton Senior High SchoolClass of 1992 will hold a 20-yearreunion on Riverboat Days week-end, Aug. 17-19, at the sheltereast of the beer garden in River-side Park. The shelter is reservedfor the entire weekend so familieswill have a place to eat andgather throughout the weekend.

The tentative schedule in-cludes gathering at the shelter at6 p.m. Friday. On Saturday, therewill be a class photo at 4 p.m.,followed by a meal and socializ-ing. There will be an after-hoursparty following the closure of thepark Saturday night. Sundayplans include a 1 p.m. lunch atthe shelter.

There are several studentsmissing from the class that re-union organizers are trying to lo-cate. If you know where thesepeople are, have them contactMargo Buchholz-Logue at 605-661-9717 or via email atmiss.margo@ymail.com. On Face-book, search Margo Logue.

Missing graduates include:Kristin Bruening, William Col-lignon, Gail Crow, Charisse Dohn,Daniel Flittie, Travis Gause, Re-becca Gergen, Andrew Goates,Travis Goeden, Elizabeth Haas,Jesse Hacecky, Brad Hague,Heather Hamilton, Sonja Hansen,Tabitha Harris, Kelly Healy, Ger-ald Hill, Laura Hillesland, ShadHochstein, Paul Hoebelheinrich,Micheal Hoefs, Janet Hoss, BrianIdt, Damon Isburg, Eric Jensen,Amy Juffer, Rob Kostroun, LianeLapp, Amy Lippert, JenniferMeyer, Kerri Olson, Tracey Os-borne, Anthony Paulsen, SolonPayne, Chad Pickner, JeremyPinkelman, Keith Plavec, HolliPrice, Joe Robertson, RobertRoss, Dana Salonen, JenniferSchmidt, Trent Schmidt, GregSchram, Amy Schumacher, JanetSchwartz, Justin Shuff, JulieTriebwasser, Rich Vellek, StevenWarner, Casey Weisser, PatrinaWhite, Dave Wiepen, Misty Win-ter and Erica Wright.

YHS Class Of 1992 To HoldReunion, Seeks Classmates

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

BROOKINGS — High schoolstudents practiced, prepared andpresented arguments during the26th annual Speech Communica-tion of South Dakota and SouthDakota State University DebateWorkshop June 25–30.

Thirty-four students attendedthe workshop at SDSU andlearned from debate and argu-mentation lectures to improvelistening skills and understandboth sides of an issue.

“Lectures were the most help-ful part of camp,” said AlexanderZell, a debate student fromHuron. “We learned about differ-ent parts of arguments and theleaders explained debate strate-gies. All of our camp leadersmade it a great experience.”

Douglas Tschetter, a highschool teacher from Milbank, ledthe six-day workshop. “It was ex-citing to watch the students dowell at competition after weworked with them at camp. Moreimportantly, the relationships thekids established at camp are

ones that last a lifetime.”Students researched and

wrote argument cases for a tour-

nament held at the end of theweek. Debaters were separatedinto two groups, one focused on

the Lincoln Douglas Debate, andpolicy debaters focused on trans-portation issues.

Lincoln Douglas debaters reit-erated the 1858 Abraham Lincolnand Stephen A. Douglas debatethat concentrated on slavery,morals and values.

Policy debaters exploredwhether or not to increase thefederal government’s investmentinto its transportation infrastruc-ture in the United States.

“I had a lot of fun hanging outwith my debate friends,” saidRob McFall, a debate studentfrom Vermillion. “My debatecoach encouraged me to come tothe camp, and I am definitelyglad I got this experience.”

Area participants included:• Vermillion – Chelsea Gilbert-

son, Anna Hackemer, Rob McFall,Joe Miller, Erica Moen and OwenSwallow.

• Yankton – Joshua Arens,Patrick Binder, Dylan Chang, Al-liyah Greaver, Ashley Husseinand Hunter Koch.

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Students discussed policy issues as a group during the 2012 DebateWorkshop at South Dakota State University. From left, Emily Meier, Ab-erdeen; Jackie Meyer, Brookings; Joe Miller, Vermillion; Jackson Shriver,Watertown; Joshua Arens, Yankton; Ashley Hussein, Yankton; and TristanKenny, Aberdeen.

Area Students Practice Debate Skills At SDSU

Yankton College alumni are reunitingfor the 2012 All-Class Reunion in Yankton,July 19-21 and the Yankton CollegeAlumni Advisory Board and local YC vol-unteers are preparing to host the three-day event. Over 200 alumni fromnationwide are expected, according toRon Bertsch, a Yankton College graduateand former YC faculty member and ad-ministrator, now Chair of the sixteen-member Alumni Advisory Board. “This isour party for the alumni. They travel agreat distance to visit Yankton. It’s the re-sponsibility of the AAB to make sure thealumni feel welcome at the reunion. TheAAB assists with preparations and at-tends the events. The alumni will knowwho we are by the badges that we’llwear.”

The reunion schedule includes: tour-ing the old campus, (now a U.S. FederalPrison Camp), visiting displays of Collegememorabilia and historical records at theYC office, enjoying the YC Talent Show inYC Alumni Hall and hanging out with oldfriends. Alumni who pre-registered forthe reunion will have a chance to ring theCollege Bell in Old Middle at the FPC.

Events also include recognizing theachievements of Greyhound athletes andhonoring career achievements of distin-guished alumni.

The AAB met to determine the eight2012 distinguished alumni and friendswho will be recognized at the All-ClassReunion Banquet for their careerachievements and service. AAB Vice-Chair, Cindy Filips said, “It’s our privilegeto honor these alumni who have madeoutstanding contributions in their cho-sen field or to Yankton College after re-ceiving their liberal arts education. Welook forward to welcoming all thealumni.”

Jan Garrity, Executive Director forYankton College, agrees that the reunionsconnect the alumni and helps keep Yank-ton College alive. “Yankton College hascontinued to exist because of the forti-tude of its alumni. The AAB and otherswill do all it can to keep its existence andvibrancy strong by hosting these re-unions for as long as possible.”

To register for the 2012 All-Class Re-union, contact Yankton College at (605)665-3661 or visit www.yanktoncollege.org.

Yankton College Alumni AdvisoryBoard To Host 200 Alumni At Reunion

BROOKINGS — South Dakota State UniversityEminent Farmer/Ranchers and Homemaker Commit-tee is seeking nominations for SDSU’s EminentFarmer/Rancher and Homemaker Award Program.

This year marks the 85th anniversary of the pro-gram which was founded in 1927.

The intent of this program is to recognize citizensfor a lifetime of leadership and service. The nomi-nees should have made significant contributions totheir community, state and nation; and should beknown for giving unselfishly of their talent, time andleadership. There is no age requirement, but thenominees must be living. Husband and wife combi-nations may be nominated, but a separate nomina-tion form is needed for each individual. Up to fiveletters of reference are also invited.

All nominations must be received by July 23.Send nominations to: EFRH Nominations; ATTN:Martha Aragon, Dean’s Office, ABS College SDSU,Box 2207, Brookings, SD 57007. The awards will bepresented at SDSU Sept. 21 by the College of Agricul-ture and Biological Sciences and the College of Edu-cation and Human Sciences.

If you have questions or need an applicationform, contact Emery Tschetter at 605-688-4643.

Nominations For SDSU’sFarmer/Rancher/Homemaker

Award Program Sought