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Locals … August 30, 2012 • Kadoka Press • Page 4
Local News
Sydne Lenox • Robyn Jones
A new ‘lil cowboy has arrived!
Join us for a baby shower
honoring
Kelton Joseph Jones
who was born July 20, 2012
son of Kylie Brunson & Michael Jones
Sun., Sept. 9 • 1 to 3 p.m.
Kadoka Fire Hall
The family and friends of Lana
(Jones) Sanftner, 47, were shocked
to hear of her death at Rapid City
Regional Hospital on Sunday, August
26. She was the daughter of
the late Tom and Mary Jones of
Midland. As of Monday afternoon
services are pending at Rush Funeral
Home in Philip. Sympathy is
extended to her children and the
rest of her family.
Joyce Hicks returned home Sunday
afternoon after spending a
week in Casper, WY, visiting her
daughter, Melva Schommer, and
grandson, Aaron. On her way back
home she visited with her son,
Gary Hicks, in Rapid City, daughter
and husband, Peggy and Don
Williams in Black Hawk, and
granddaughter, Terri Billings, in
Wall.
Jeanette (McRae) Cote and a
girlfriend of Denver, CO stopped in
Kadoka on Sunday and visited
with Muree and Les Struble before
going on home to Denver. They had
been in Eastern South Dakota
where they visited with Jeanette’s
sister, Kathy, of Brookings and sister,
Janis Kelley, of Arizona, who
was visiting her family in Sioux
Falls.
Several local relatives of Bob
Borbely attended a retirement
party hosted by his family in Sturgis
on Friday. Bob, son of the late
Margie and Dick Borbely, retired
from twenty years of service in the
Air Force. Among those attending
were Orville and Shirley Josserand
and Bill and Jean Weller of
Kadoka, Joe and June Wanczyk of
Wall and Bob’s sister and family,
Jodi Lehrkamp, of Scenic. The Borbelys
are now living in Spearfish.
Wanda Swan and Sydne Lenox
drove to Rapid City on Wednesday,
August 22, where Wanda kept an
eye appointment. Before returning
home the ladies visited with
Wanda’s sister, Marjorie Jeffords, a
resident of There’s A Hart Assisted
Living facility.
Jim and Robyn Jones, Michael
Jones, Kylie Brunson and Kelton
went to North Valentine on Sunday
where a baby shower was held for
Kelton. Later they went into Valentine
and had supper with Robyn’s
parents, Ray and Florence Osburn,
before returning home.
Carmen and Tim Huffman left
Saturday for Mitchell where they
met Curtis and Casey Huffman of
Wessington Springs for a short
visit. They then went on to Madison
and had lunch with Keith Huffman
and the three of them drove to
Sioux Falls where they spent the
rest of the weekend just enjoying
the time away before everyone gets
back into the routine of going back
to school. Tim and Carmen returned
home Sunday.
Deb Moor went to Pierre Saturday
where she and her son, Mitch,
participated in the WOW (Wonderful
Oahe Walk) held there. She visited
with her parents, Hank and
Ruby Kosters, while in Pierre. Sunday
they were dinner guests at the
home of Diane and Bob Bork, who
live near Midland. The previous
weekend Marv and Deb went to
Billings, MT, where she graduated
on Saturday, Aug. 18, from Montana
State University with a Master’s
Degree in Library Information
Science.
Still busy at 90!
Happy
Birthday Dad
on Sept. 1,
2012!
Love, your family
Cards may be sent to:
Harry VanderMay
26800 Fish Creek Rd.
Long Valley, SD 57547
The Save the Pearl meeting was
held last week at the Gateway
Apartments Community Room. It
was announced that night that the
organization had been awarded a
$10,000 matching funds grant from
the Deadwood Historical Society.
With the $20,000 work will begin
on the balcony at the Pearl Hotel
soon. Final plans were also made
for the 5K walk to be held in
Kadoka on Saturday, September
29. The next regular meeting will
be the 18th of September.
Stacy (Valandry) Lind of
Wauseon, OH, is visiting at the
home of Nancy and Buster Peterson
for a few days. She arrived in
South Dakota August 10 and has
been visiting various relatives and
friends. Nancy, Stacy and Sydne
Lenox had coffee together on Monday
and Nancy says she is doing
Kadoka Nursing Home
Kenton & Angela McKeehan • 837-2270
On Sunday, Winona Carson
spent time with Ron and Renate,
Winona's grandson, Rodney Carson,
from Rapid City, and Oliver
and Gayle Carson.
Shirley Josserand visited with
friends on Sunday.
Pastor Ray Greenseth and
Colleen came in to see Mary Ellen
Herbaugh and Mel Koester.
On Sunday, Harold Schnee received
visits from Terry Klein, a
wagon train buddy, of Sioux Falls
and from Bud Weller of Kadoka.
Ted and Pat Nelson of Letcher, SD,
stopped by on Thursday to see
Harold.
Mary Bull Bear enjoyed the
company of her granddaughter,
Nevaeh Pierce, frequently this
week.
Lois Pettyjohn played for the
residents during Monday morning
devotions.
On Monday, Harriet Noteboom
welcomed her family, Naomi and
much better after her accident with
a horse earlier this month. She had
surgery on her neck and is in a
neck brace. Buster was scheduled
to have knee surgery on Tuesday.
Stacy will be returning to her Ohio
home when Buster gets home from
the hospital.
Some rodeo news includes Jamie
and Christy Willert participating
in a rodeo in Rosebud recently.
Christy took second place in barrel
racing behind first place winner,
Jill Moody, who has been to the
NFR several times. Louie Brunson
was first in the rodeo at Lynden,
WA, this week with an 82 winning
$1,507 and Chad Ferley tied for
second with 79 and a check for
$779. Chad took first place in Bremerton,
WA, also, winning a check
of $2,428.
Dakota Roghair of Washington and
Mel and Clarice Roghair of Okaton.
Alice Wilmarth received a visit
from her granddaughter, Tricia
Amiotte, and boys on Monday.
Paulette and Rick Wilmarth chatted
with Alice on Saturday. Alice's
son, Kenny Wilmarth, also came to
see her this weekend.
Emma Jarl had a good chat with
her friend, Jean Calhoon, on Monday.
Steve and Stan Knispel visited
Grandma Emma on Saturday.
Betty VanderMay's grandson,
Tel, and son, Steve, visited on Tuesday.
Polly Kujawa and her son, Jim,
took a walk on Wednesday and Saturday
and went to church together
on Sunday.
Dwight Louder's family, Dorothy
and Brad, came by on Thursday.
Pastor Weitschat spent time
with Ruth Klundt and Mary Ellen
Herbaugh on Friday.
Governor asks travelers to stay safe
Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking
motorists to be extra careful when
traveling on Labor Day weekend.
Labor Day is the unofficial end
of summer, and families often
make it a time for one final outing
together, the Governor said.
Ten people were killed and 247
others were injured in crashes on
South Dakota roads during the
past five Labor Day weekends, according
to the state Office of Accident
Records. Four of those
fatalities involved alcohol-related
crashes.
“Designating a sober driver and
always making it a firm practice to
never drink and drive greatly in-
crease the chances of having a safe
trip and an enjoyable holiday
weekend,’’ Gov. Daugaard said.
“Most accidents are entirely preventable
if drivers make safe
choices and make sure their passengers
do, too.’’
That means always using seatbelts,
heeding speed limits, not
overdriving road conditions and
never driving after drinking.
“Those are important habits
whenever you travel,’’ the Governor
said. “They are especially important
when additional traffic will be
on our highways during Labor Day
weekend.’’
Pedal tractor pull … Tagg Weller competed at the Turner
County Fair Pedal Pull in Parker, SD. Tagg won a 2nd-place trophy in the
boys’ seven- year-old division with his pull of 32’ 11”. The top three winners
in each age division (4-11) qualified for the state pedal tractor pull which
is held at the Mitchell Corn Palace on Labor Day. The man who provides
the tractors and coordinates the contests said that at the end of the three
month summer pulling circuit, he will have "pulled" 8,000 kids!
Over 70 percent of landowners
to be subjects to death tax
Senator John Thune (R-SD) said
the American Farm Bureau Federation
report released August 21
clearly shows that the Democrat
controlled Senate’s recently passed
tax legislation would jeopardize the
future of 71 percent of South
Dakota’s family farms because it intentionally
returns the death tax
exemption to $1 million next year
instead of keeping it at the current
$5 million.
Over the past few years the
prices of all South Dakota agricultural
land, especially cropland, has
increased substantially. This dramatic
price increase, along with the
Democrats’ proposal to reduce the
death tax exemption level to $1 million,
could make passing a family
farm of only a few hundred acres to
the next generation economically
impossible due to death tax liability.
According to data collected by
AFBF, when applying 2012 farm
real estate values, farms and
ranches larger than 714 acres
would likely exceed the $1 million
exemption level. Crop producers
would be particularly impacted by
the lower exemption levels, as
farms larger than 431 acres of cropland
would be likely to exceed the
$1 million exemption level.
“This report outlines just how
devastating the Senate Democrats’
death tax proposal would be to
South Dakota farmers and ranchers,”
said Thune. “The value of
cropland across South Dakota has
increased by more than 23 percent
over the last year. According to the
data collected by AFBF from the
United States Department of Agriculture’s
National Agriculture Statistics
Service, the appreciated
value of cropland throughout the
state means that nearly 71 percent
of South Dakota farms would exceed
the $1 million exemption level
under the Senate Democrats’ proposal.
Since many family farm and
ranch assets consist of land, livestock,
equipment, and small cash
reserves, this punitive tax leaves
the next generation with little
choice but to sell family holdings to
pay the death tax. In March of this
year, I introduced the Death Tax
Repeal Permanency Act which
would permanently repeal the federal
death tax and the generation
skipping transfer tax. Repeal of this
destructive tax is critical to keeping
family farms and ranches intact
across South Dakota.”
“Today’s report shows that the
outdated death tax would impact
over half of South Dakota’s farms
and ranches if it is allowed to revert
to pre-2001 levels,” said Scott VanderWal,
president of the South
Dakota Farm Bureau. “The Senate
should pass Senator Thune’s death
tax repeal bill, or at the very least,
extend current levels to protect
South Dakota’s agriculture producers
from this unfair tax.”
On July 25, Senate Democrats
passed legislation on a party line
vote of 51 to 48 that would increase
taxes on small businesses and families.
Additionally, if enacted, this
bill would return the current $5
million death tax exemption to $1
million next year, and would raise
the tax rate from the current top
rate of 35 percent to an exorbitant
55 percent.
Senator Thune’s legislation, the
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act,
has 37 cosponsors and is supported
by more than 50 groups and organizations.
Representative Kevin
Brady (R-TX) introduced identical
legislation in the House of Representatives
and the bill has more
than 200 bipartisan cosponsors.
H&H Restuarant
E. Hwy 248 • Kadoka
NEW HOURS Started Tues., August 28
We are CLOSED for
breakfast & lunch
Monday - Saturday.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Open 4:15 to 8:30 p.m.
Monday - Saturday
for supper.
We will be OPEN to serve breakfast,
Sunday buffet & supper on Sundays.
Open 6:15 to 1:30 p.m. and
4:15 to 8:30 p.m.
Thank you, Ken & Cindy
Club 27
Hwy 248 • Kadoka • 837-2241
Will be CLOSED
Saturday, September 1
OPEN Labor Day
Join us Monday nights in September for
“Steak on the Patio”
Cook your own steak
on the outside grill
& enjoy $2 beer!