Using tick repellent and regu-larly checking for ticks are thekeys to preventing tularemia,Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses, says a statehealth official.

“Spring means more time out-doors and more risk for tick-borne diseases,” said Dr. LonKightlinger, State Epidemiologistfor the Department of Health.“Every year in South Dakota wesee cases of Rocky Mountainspotted fever, tularemia, ehrli-chiosis and Lyme disease - alltick-borne illnesses.”

in 2012 the department inves-tigated four cases of Lyme dis-ease, five of tularemia and oneehrlichiosis. All four cases ofLyme disease had out-of statetick exposure. The loxdes deertick that carries Lyme diseaseprefers heavily forested areas inWisconsin and Minnesota, somost areas of South Dakota arenot suitable habitat for thespecies.

A 2011 tick survey conductedby Dr. Michael Hildreth, a profes-sor in the departments of Biologyand Microbiology and Veterinaryand Biomedical Science at SDSUdid not find deer ticks in the lo-cations tested. However, a deertick was sent to Dr. Buyung Hadi,SDSU Extension Urban Entomolo-gist last fall from Roberts Countyin northeastern South Dakota. Todetermine whether deer ticks arebecoming established in thestate, individuals finding ticksare encouraged to send speci-mens for identification to Dr.Hadi at: Dr. Buyung Hadi, Pesti-cide Education and Urban Ento-

mology Coordinator, SAG 224 Box2207A, South Dakota State Uni-versity, Brookings, SD 57007;Phone: (605) 688-6784; Cell: (605)690-4289.

Tick samples should be sentwithin a small bottle sealed withtape. DO NOT crush the sampleor put the tick on tape. Makesure that your name, phone num-ber and date of submission areattached to the bottle. If sendingthe sample via post, pack the vialin a padded envelope or card-board containers. Ticks will beidentified but not tested forLyme disease.

The 2011 tick survey did findplentiful numbers of Dermacen-tor dog ticks. While the dog tickdoesn’t carry Lyme disease, itdoes transmit Rocky MountainSpotted Fever, tularemia andehrlichiosis, so people shouldprotect themselves from this tickspecies.

Tick bites are usually painlessand appear as a small red bumpwith a bright red halo. To removean attached tick, use tweezers or

a tissue and pull slowly andsteadily, being careful not tocrush it. Then apply antiseptic tothe site to prevent infection. Ifyou use bare hands to remove atick, wash your hands thoroughlywith warm water and soap. Avoidtouching your eyes before wash-ing.

Tick-borne illness symptomsinclude onset of a moderate-to-high fever, stiff neck, deep mus-cle pain, arthritis, fatigue, severeheadache, chills, a rash on thearms and legs or around the siteof the bite, and swollen lymphnodes, particularly in the neck. Ifyou develop any of these symp-toms after a tick bite, see yourdoctor. With Rocky Mountainspotted fever the illness does notstart immediately after the tickbite, but typically 5 to 10 daysafter the tick attachment.

When outdoors, repel ticks bytucking your pants into yoursocks and spraying clothes andany exposed skin with a tick re-pellent. Other precautions in-clude:

• Check frequently for tickswhen outside, especially thescalp and folds of skin. Ticksneed to be attached for severalhours to spread infection so youcan significantly cut your risk bychecking for and removing ticksright away.

• Check small children thor-oughly and often for ticks whenthey’ve been outside or have hadcontact with pets or livestockthat may have ticks.

• Ask your veterinarian aboutappropriate insecticides and col-lars to protect pets from ticksand limit the number they carryinto the home. For added protec-tion, apply insecticides and tickrepellents to your pet’s bedding.

• Check your animals fre-quently for ticks. To remove ticksfrom animals, apply constanttraction with forceps or tweez-ers. If you must use your fingers,wear disposable gloves thenwash hands thoroughly withsoap and water.

Fact sheets on specific tick-borne diseases can be found onthe Department of Health website at http://doh.sd.gov/Disease-Facts/.

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BY TOM AND RAY MAGLIOZZI King Features Syndicate

Dear Tom and Ray: I recently needed to replace my brakes,

and the shop sold me on ceramic brake pads.The pads have a lifetime warranty, which isvery appealing. I also was told that ceramicpads will generally prevent rotors from warp-ing, eliminating the pulsating affect that onefeels when braking with warped rotors. Aftermaking the purchase, I’ve been told by sev-eral people that ceramic pads wear the ro-tors more evenly, preventing warping, butthey also wear the rotors far more quickly. Inyour experience, did I save money by goingwith ceramic pads? Or am I actually spendingmore money, both up front (on the pads) anddown the road (on additional rotors)?

—Jared RAY: Here’s the brief, sordid history of

brake pads, Jared. The first pads were madeout of shoe bottoms. My brother rememberssticking his foot out the door and dragginghis shoe on the road until the car eitherstopped or hit something.

TOM: Yeah. That was last week, in my ‘78Fiat!

RAY: Brake pads in recent years havebeen made out of asbestos, other organic ma-terials, semi-metallic materials like steel wooland iron and, most recently, ceramic com-pounds mixed with copper strands.

TOM: Each of these materials had its ad-vantages and disadvantages. For example, as-bestos brake pads were nice and quiet, butthey caused lung cancer. Non-asbestos, or-

ganic pads were safe for humans but didn’talways stop the car very well. Semi-metallicpads performed well but made obnoxiousbrake noises and left black brake dust allover people’s wheels.

RAY: So the current state of the art is theceramic pad, which seems to balance all ofthe criteria of brake pads pretty well. It lastsa good long time, stops the car well, dissi-pates heat quickly, absorbs noise better thanmetallic pads and leaves a nice, light-coloredbrake dust that’s a lot less visible and bother-some than the black stuff.

TOM: So, you got the right pads, Jared.That’s what we use on our customers’ carsthese days, mostly to eliminate complaintsabout noise and dust.

RAY: When ceramic brakes first came out,I remember that the suppliers warned us

against using them with cheap rotors, be-cause they are harder than the older, metallicpads — that’s what makes them longer-last-ing. But rotor makers have caught up, and wehaven’t had any problems in recent years. Soas long as you’re not buying your rotors froma guy in a trench coat who says, “Psssst!” Idon’t think you’ll have to worry about exces-sive rotor wear.

TOM: As far as we know, however, ceramicpads do not prevent warping. If you misuseor overheat your brakes, rotors will stillwarp. It’s possible that the improved heat-dissipation qualities of the ceramic pads mayhelp prevent warping to some degree, butyou’re not going to be immune from warpedrotors.

RAY: You will be immune from black brakedust and ear-splitting brake squeal, though.So congratulations on a wise purchase, Jared.

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BY TED KOOSERU.S. Poet Laureate

If you had to divide your favorite things between yourself andsomebody else, what would you keep? Patricia Clark, a Michigan poet,has it figured out.

FIFTY-FIFTY

You can have the grackle whistling blackly from the feeder as it tosses seed,

if I can have the red-tailed hawk perched imperious as an eagle on the high branch.

You can have the brown shed, the field micehiding under the mower, the wasp’s nest on the door,

if I can have the house of the dead oak,its hollowed center and feather-lined cave.

You can have the deck at midnight, the possum vacuuming the yard in its white prowl,

if I can have the yard of wild dreaming, pesky raccoons, and the roaming, occasional bear.

You can have the whole house, window to window, roof to soffits to hardwood floors,

if I can have the screened porch at dawn, the Milky Way, any comets in our yard.

American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation(www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is alsosupported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2004 by Patricia Clark, whose forthcomingbook of poetry is Sunday Rising, Michigan State University Press, 2013.Poem reprinted from She Walks into the Sea, Michigan State UniversityPress, 2009, by permission of Patricia Clark and the publisher. Intro-duction copyright © 2013 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduc-tion’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet LaureateConsultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We donot accept unsolicited manuscripts.

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Mr. and Mrs. Carrol “Bud” and Pearl Jerke, Yankton, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their family. The open house will be held on Sunday, May 5, 2013, from 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. at Springwater Village RV Park Clubhouse, 3002 West 8th Street (1.5 miles west of Yankton on Hwy 52). Pearl Kriz and Carrol “Bud” Jerke were married January 26, 1963 at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Yankton, SD. The couple has one child: Dave (Jackie) Jerke, Yankton. They have three grandchildren: Chris , Austin, and Trenton Jerke.

Service Award Presented To USD Professor VERMILLION — Matt Fairholm, Ph.D., associate

professor of political science at the University ofSouth Dakota, is the 2013 recipient of the Blair andLinda Tremere Faculty Service Award, which is pre-sented annually to a member of the College of Arts &Sciences faculty who has demonstrated outstandingpublic service to the local community or to the stateof South Dakota.

Fairholm is an educator long affiliated with civicleadership. With teaching interests rooted in publicadministration, leadership theory and practice andconstitutional governance, Fairholm’s teaching and training experi-ence spans the public, private, non-profit, and university settings.He has been a member of the USD faculty and W.O. Farber Center forCivic Leadership since 2002, and his commitment to the communityincludes working on the Vermillion City Planning Commission andthe Community Safety and Protection Committee, where he did asurvey for the Vermillion Police Department. Fairholm was the driv-ing force behind a campus conference on the historic Missouri RiverFlood of 2011. Fairholm received a Ph.D. in Public Administrationfrom The George Washington University, both a B.A. and M.A. inPublic Policy from Brigham Young University.

The Blair and Linda (Schuller) Tremere Faculty Service Awardwas established in 2011 by Blair and Linda Tremere of Golden Valley,Minn.to encourage and recognize the valuable role that Arts & Sci-ences faculty play in the lives of their communities and state. Alltenure-track and tenured faculty in the College of Arts & Sciencesare eligible to receive the award. Linda (Schuller) Tremere is a 1970alumna from the USD School of Business (B.S., Accounting) and a na-tive of Amhers. Blair Tremere, a Sioux Falls native, is a 1968 alumnusfrom the USD College of Arts & Sciences (B.A., Government/Journal-ism) and also received his M.A. in Public Administration from USD in1971.

Tyndall Garden Club Set To Host Sale May 11TYNDALL — The Tyndall Garden Club will hold a Plant, Bake,

Craft & Gift Sale on Saturday, May 11, running from 8 a.m.-noon atthe VFW/Legion building on Main Street.

Items for sale will include seeds, starts, bulbs, potted plants,house plants, outside plants, homemade cookies, bars, bread, quickbread, lemon curd, pies, etc..

There will also be various crafts items available.

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LEE DUTCHERLee Dutcher

will be celebratingher 90th birthdayon May 1, 2013.Her family is re-questing a cardshower in herhonor. Please sendcards to 914 W.10th St., Yankton,SD 57078.

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ServSafe Renewal ClassSlated For YanktonA ServSafe Renewal Class will

be held on Saturday, May 11, atthe Yankton County Extension Of-fice, 115 Case St. The class beginsat 8 a.m.

To register, contact SandiKramer at 660-5430. Deadline toregister is May 8.

Spring Carries The Risk Of Tick-Borne Illness“Spring means more time outdoors and more riskfor tick-borne diseases. Every year in SouthDakota we see cases of Rocky Mountain spottedfever, tularemia, ehrlichiosis and Lyme disease -all tick-borne illnesses.”

DR. LON KIGHTLINGER