Bertha EisenbraunFuneral services for Bertha

Eisenbraun, 97, of Yankton andformerly of Scotland will be heldat 10:30 a.m. on Monday,October 25 at St. Paul's LutheranChurch in Scotland with Rev.David W. Ellis officiating.Organist will be HarrietSchaeffer. Interment will followin Rosehill Cemetery.

Pallbearers for her funeralare Mike Eisenbraun, KimNeidecker, Chris Gross, RyanRaabe, Kristin Hausmann, andDanielle Raabe. Honorary pall-bearers are Pam Eisenbraun, JonEisenbraun, Deb Glass, EricaBobby, Jeff Eisenbraun andBrandon Eisenbraun.

Expressions of sympathymay be sent atwww.goglinfh.com. In lieu offlowers the family requests thatmemorials be directed to theAvera Sacred Heart Foundationin Yankton, South Dakota.

Bertha Pauline Eisenbraunwas born to August and Susanna(Going) Goldhammer on August27th, 1913 in Delmont, SouthDakota. She attended rural pub-lic school south of Delmontthrough the 8th grade. In herteens she attended parochialschool. Bertha was married toAlvin Eisenbraun on September3, 1933. To this union was bornsix children. Bertha showedgreat strength of character rais-ing her young family duringsome difficult years in thedepression of the 1930s andwhen her husband was away inthe Navy during World War II. Inaddition to being a homemaker,she provided child care and

housekeeping services to othersfor a number of years. From 1971to 1982, she was employed as acook at the Good SamaritanCenter in Scotland, a positionshe enjoyed a great deal. Shewas a faithful member of St.Paul’s Lutheran Church inScotland where she taughtSunday school, attended Bibleclasses, and was very active inthe choir. She was a long-timePresident of the LutheranWomen’s Missionary League.

Bertha’s favorite pastimeswere singing, baking, cooking,and crossword puzzles andScrabble. She baked pies andkuchen in large quantities forher family, neighbors andfriends. In her retirement years,Bertha and Alvin volunteered ina variety of ways throughout theScotland community, includingserving Meals on Wheels to oth-ers. Bertha and Alvin moved toMajestic Bluffs in Yankton, SD, inDecember of 2002. Berthaenjoyed making new friends andtaking part in all the activitiesthroughout the last eight years

at Majestic Bluffs where she wasalways grateful for the lovingcare that she received. She saidgoodbye to her husband of over70 years in April of 2004. Berthadied peacefully with her familyaround her on Friday, October22nd, 2010 at Avera Sister JamesCare Center at the young age of97 years. She was still singingher favorite hymns up until thelast day of her life on earth andtold us that she was looking for-ward to joining the alto sectionof the celestial choir of angels.

Grateful to have shared thelove that Bertha provided themare her five surviving children:Dal (Carol) Eisenbraun ofTucson, Arizona; Darrell(Doreen) Eisenbraun ofChandler, Arizona; Diane (Allen)Gross of Mayetta, Kansas:Deborah (Jerry) Raabe of Volga,South Dakota; Dan (Patti)Eisenbraun of Yankton; alongwith 14 grandchildren and 11great-grandchildren.

Bertha was preceded indeath by her husband Alvin, herson Donald, and by her two sis-ters and two brothers.

Yankton Press & DakotanOctober 25, 2010

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Donald ‘Don’Pechous

TYNDALL — Donald G. “Don”Pechous, age 85 of Tyndall passedaway Thursday, October 21, 2010at the Tyndall Good SamaritanCenter in Tyndall, SD.

Funeral services will be 11:00a.m. Wednesday, October 27, 2010at the United Methodist Church,Tyndall, with Rev. R. Duane Coatesofficiating.

Visitations will begin at 5:00p.m. Tuesday, October 26, 2010 atthe Opsahl-Kostel MemorialChapel, Tyndall, with a Scriptureservice at 7:00 p.m. Visitations willresume one hour prior to the serv-ice at the church.

Burial of the cremated remainswill be 10:00 a.m. Thursday,October 28, 2010 at the CzechNational Cemetery, Tyndall, SD.

Donald George Pechous wasborn on the family farm west ofTabor, South Dakota to James andKatherine (Hlavac) Pechous onNovember 23, 1924. He attendedrural Vlasek School. Donald mar-ried Gladys Novak on September24, 1951 in Tyndall at the UnitedMethodist Church. This union wasblessed with three daughters;Linda, Kathleen and Laurie.Donald and Gladys farmed for 40

years northwest ofTabor, raising hogsand dairy milking.During his yearson the farmDonald also didcarpentry, electri-cal work, plumb-ing, custom com-bining, andworked for theASCS office.

Donald served on the schoolboard of Vlasak School, and was aboard member of the Farmer’sunion. Don was a long time mem-ber of the ZCBJ and BY electric.

Once Donald retired from farm-ing he worked as a bus driver forthe Bon Homme school districtand as a hired farm hand.

Donald was of Czech heritageand loved to attend the annualTabor Czech Days. Many eveningwere spent with friends over loud-ly contested games of cards ormarbles.

Donald and Gladys moved offthe farm into Yankton, SouthDakota in 1996. Donald becameinvolved in Yankton by volunteer-ing at Avera Sacred Heart Hospitaland working with Habitat forHumanity, helping construct 5houses. Donald became the caregiver for Gladys following herback surgery and stoke. He pro-

vided many years of loving care. Survivors include his wife

Gladys, daughters Linda Philippiof Sioux Falls, Kathy (Brian)Mathis of Spokane, Washington,and Laurie (Jim) Clark of Spokane,Washington, 4 grandchildren,Rachael (Nathan) Schwab of SiouxFalls, Rhonda (Greg)Hammerquist of Tea, Amanda(Jeremy) Mavis of Hayward,Wisconsin, and Mason (Haley)Mathis of Spokane, Washington, 2step-grandchildren Heather(Jasper) Kouhotek, and Melinda(John) Turner both of SpokaneWashington. 4 Great-grandchil-dren; Reese and ReidHammerquist and Sari and MacieMavis. 1 sister Evelyn (George)Nohava of Tyndall, 4 brothersEmil of Tyndall, Sanford ofYankton, Raymond of Rapid City,and Laddie of Tabor. Donald waspreceded in death by his parents,2 sisters (Rose and Violet) and 3bother (Joe, Leo, Lawrence).

Yankton Press & DakotanOctober 25, 2010

LeRoy HeerMENNO — LeRoy A. Heer, 80, of

Menno died unexpectedly at hisresidence early Saturday (Oct. 23,2010).

Funeral services are at 10:30a.m. Wednesday at Grace LutheranChurch, Menno, with the Rev. BradDanielson officiating. Burial will bein the Menno Cemetery with mili-

tary graveside rites by Rames-Bender American Legion Post No.152.

Visitations is 5-8 p.m. Tuesdayat Grace Lutheran Church, Menno,and also one hour prior to the serv-ice at the church.

A i s e n b re y - O p s a h l - K o s t e lMemorial Chapel, Menno, is incharge of arrangements.

Leona (Diede) JandaLeona M. (Diede) Janda, 86, of

Yankton died Sunday (Oct. 24,2010) at her residence.

Arrangements are pendingwith Wintz & Ray Funeral Homeand Cremation Service, Yankton.

Pechous

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MIDWEST DIGESTWork Starts On 108-Turbine S.D. Wind Farm

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Basin Electric Power Cooperative said con-struction is under way on a wind farm that will have 108 turbinesnorth of White Lake in southeast South Dakota.

Basin Electric will own and operate 101 turbines. The publicinvestor group Wind Partners will own seven others.

Mitchell Technical Institute will use one of the wind towers in itswind technician degree program.

Planners said the Crow Lake Wind Project will cost $363 millionand should be completed in early 2011.

The electricity will be fed into the Western Area PowerAdministration system.

Grant Takes Farm/Ranch Program StatewideMITCHELL (AP) — Mitchell Technical Institute will be taking its

Farm-Ranch Business Management Program statewide thanks to a$147,000 federal grant.

The Mitchell Daily Republic reports that the USDA money will helpthe newly renamed South Dakota Center for Farm-Ranch Managementhire an instructor in Mitchell to replace someone who will be retiringand employ a new one in northeast South Dakota.

The program helps farmers to develop the business and manage-ment skills needed to operate their farms more efficiently and cost-effectively.

It serves more than 90 area farms and ranches a year.MTI President Greg Von Wald says the average age of farmers

nationwide is 57, with an even higher average for the state. The pro-gram is designed to get a new generation of farmers into the field.

Earthquake Hits Wyo.; Landslide ReportedJACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has hit north-

west Wyoming, apparently triggering a landslide on a hiking trail, butno injuries have been reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake hit at about 11:45 a.m.Sunday.

Bridger-Teton National Forest spokeswoman Mary Cernicek saysrangers are investigating reports that a landslide covered about aquarter-mile of a trail in the national forest about 20 miles northeastof Jackson.

Cernicek says some hikers may have been further up the trail,beyond the landslide, but she didn’t know how many. She says no oneis believed to have been in the slide.

Cernicek says the slide wouldn’t prevent any hikers from gettingout. She says a forest ranger is checking to see if anyone is on thetrail.

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BY MARGERY A. BECKAssociated Press Writer

OMAHA, Neb. — With a little more than aweek before the Nov. 2 election, the campaignfor Nebraska’s 2nd House District seat hasturned decidedly ugly.

There were hints from the beginning thatthe race pitting six-term incumbent GOP Rep.Lee Terry against Democratic challenger, stateSen. Tom White of Omaha, would get nasty.White had no sooner announced his candidacylast September than he had blamed Terry’sinattention in Washington for the failure ofOffutt Air Force Base south of Omaha to land amilitary command — a move that would havebrought 900 new military and civilian jobs toNebraska’ 2nd District.

Terry soon countered that White was a tax-and-spend Democrat who would have voted forDemocrats’ health care overhaul — a measurevilified by Republicans and one that touched anerve in heavily conservative Nebraska, whoselone congressional Democrat provided the vote

needed to advance thehealth care bill.

More than a year later,White’s campaign hasbeen running televisionads referencing a July NewYork Post article thatreported Terry was over-heard at a Washingtonclub asking a female lobby-ist, “Why did you get meso drunk?”

Terry has vehementlydenied the account and

has accused White of launching a personalattack on him and his family.

“I think the ad that Tom’s running right nowis deceitful. It’s dishonest. That incident didn’thappen,” Terry said following a recent debatewith White. “He should be talking about theissues. This is the most despicable campaignI’ve seen in Nebraska — the worst one I’ve everbeen involved in.”

White’s campaign defends the ad, saying it’s

intended to show that Terry is beholden to lob-byists.

“Listen, it’s a competitive race; it’s tightrace,” said Ian Russell, White’s campaign man-ager. “But we’re focused on giving Lee Terry arendezvous with his record.

“This is a guy who voted to double thenational debt, add trillions to the deficit andbail out Wall Street,” Russell said. “He talks agood game, but his record is very, very differ-ent. And we’re going to keep making those con-trasts up until the election.”

The television ad wars reflect the seat’simportance to both national GOP andDemocratic parties, which are battling for con-trol of Congress in the Nov. 2 election.

Both political parties and a number of polit-ical publications had considered the seat vul-nerable to a Democratic takeover this election,based on closer-than-expected vote margins forTerry’s seat in the last two elections and thefact that the electoral vote affiliated withNebraska’s 2nd District went to PresidentBarack Obama in 2008.

BY DAVE KOLPACKAssociated Press Writer

LISBON, N.D. — Butch and DebDick’s lifelong dream was to opena big game hunting preserve andafter years of preparation, theyexpected to welcome the first cus-tomers to their southeasternNorth Dakota ranch this month.

Voters will decide next monthwhether to shut them down.

Measure No. 2 on the Nov. 2general election ballot seeks toabolish fenced preserves wherepeople pay to shoot big gamesuch as deer and elk. Supportersof the measure say the practice is

unethical because the animalscan’t escape. Opponents say it’sfree enterprise.

There are thousands of biggame breeding operations in theUnited States. Although it’s notclear how many offer hunting,there’s no federal law banningfenced hunting and a majority ofstates allow it.

“I think it comes down to proper-ty rights,” Butch Dick, 34, said quiet-ly, gazing from a ridge that over-looks his wooded and hilly DragonCreek Ranch in the surprisinglyrugged Sheyenne River Valley 8miles west of Lisbon. Most of east-ern North Dakota is flat farmland.

About a dozen of the state’smore than 100 game preservesoffer hunting for a fee. The cost ofa hunt depends on the size of theanimal, but some packages canrun more than $10,000.

The Dicks advertise their busi-ness as a place where “myth andfantasy becomes reality.” Theyhave plans to build a lodge forclients who for now will stay in anearby bed and breakfast. Theywould like to specialize in eventsfor disabled hunters and hold aturn-of-the-century hunt for muz-zleloaders.

If the measure passes, “I guessit will be one large breeding farm,”

Deb Dick, 35, said with a sigh.The ballot measure’s promoter,

Roger Kaseman of Linton, said it’snot sporting to hunt animals inareas he claims can be as small as400 acres.

The average size of the huntingpreserves is difficult to gauge. Thestate Board of Animal Health, thekey regulator, does not separatehunting and non-hunting farms inits reporting. But owners claim thepreserves are big enough to pro-vide an authentic hunting experi-ence, and one in the North DakotaBadlands said his property covers2,000 acres.

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