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CONTACT US OPINION Other Views Phone: (605) 665-7811 (800) 743-2968 News Fax: The Iran Letter: (605) 665-1721 Advertising Fax: (605) 665-0288 A Shameful Act Website: www.yankton.net Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (March 11): The letter sent Mon- ––––– day by 47 Republican senators to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Subscriptions/ Khamenei, warning him not to sign an agreement with major nations Circulation limiting his country’s nuclear program, was damaging to America’s role Extension 104 in the world. [email protected] This was the second venture in six days into foreign affairs by Classified Ads Republicans in Congress, which is distinguishing itself as the most dysfunctional branch of the U.S. government. The previous ploy was All Things Archery Extension 108 the March 3 address to Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin [email protected] Netanyahu, whose Likud party will be a contestant in Israeli elections News DEPT. on March 17. Mr. Netanyahu’s appearance was set up by an invitation Extension 114 from House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. [email protected] The letter to the ayatollah, which cautioned that the next president Yankton Prepares Sports DEPT. could revoke the agreement and that Congress could modify it, was Extension 106 crafted by Tom Cotton, a freshman senator from Arkansas. It was signed [email protected] by all but seven of the Republicans’ Senate majority and no Democrats. Advertising DEPT. Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey was one of the signers. Extension 122 It is hard to understand the senators’ motivation as anything but To Host The World [email protected] a partisan attempt to embarrass President Barack Obama. They, and Business Office perhaps some Israelis, may have been seeking to draw on the furor sur- By Nancy Wenande rounding the Netanyahu speech. World Archery Youth Championships Extension 119 The impact on America’s standing as a negotiator in determining the [email protected] Iran accord has to be negative. The Iranians say they see the letter as This is the first in a series of columns that New Media: just propaganda. If there is an agreement, Mr. Obama can move forward will educate you on archery activities at NEYAC Extension 136 on it and remove U.S. economic sanctions on Iran, at least temporarily, (National Field Archery Association (NFAA) [email protected] without Senate approval. Easton Yankton Archery Center) located on East COMPOSING DEPT. America’s partners in the talks are among the world’s most impor- Highway 50. I should forewarn you that archery Extension 129 tant nations — China, France, Germany, Russia and the United King- does have an abundance of acronyms! Helping Hands [email protected] dom. They can only be appalled at seeing Secretary of State John Kerry You may have heard the buzz around Yankton Events of this magnitude cannot happen and the president, who are charged with making the nation’s foreign * * * regarding the upcoming World Archery Youth without the support of the entire community. policy, hit from behind by one house of the federal legislature. Championships (WAYC) that are being held at Community-minded partners must come to- MANAGERS The senators who signed the letter should be ashamed. NEYAC June 6-14, 2015. To give you a bit of back- gether for a common cause to make this happen. Gary L. Wood ground information, the NFAA Foundation under Mount Marty College, Yankton School District, Publisher the direction of Bruce Cull, was awarded the bid City of Yankton, Yankton County, Yankton Area for the 2015 tournament. You may be wondering Progressive Growth, Yankton Chamber of Com- Michele Schievelbein About This PagE why this is such a big deal for Yankton, since merce, Yankton Convention and Visitors Bureau Advertising Director they host several tournaments each year. For and the State of South Dakota have been working The View page provides a forum for open discussion of issues and Tonya Schild starters, this international tournament only together to plan this world-class event. interests affecting our readers. Initialed editorials represent the opinion Business Manager comes to North America once every 6 years. Yes, Now is the time for individuals and busi- of the writer, but not necessarily that of the Press & Dakotan. Yankton was awarded a tournament to represent nesses to get involved. There are over 40 differ- Michael Hrycko Bylined columns represent the view of the author. We welcome letters on all of North America! Another reason is that it is ent jobs that need to be filled during the week, Circulation Director current topics. Questions regarding the Views page should be directed to comprised of all youth athletes ranging in age which equates to almost 1,000 shifts. The im- Tera Schmidt Kelly Hertz at [email protected]/. from 15-20. portant thing to remember is that 90% of these Classified Manager The archers will compete with either a jobs involve no archery knowledge. There is a compound or recurve bow. How do you tell the job for everyone! You could volunteer to greet Kelly Hertz P&D Letter Policy difference in the bows? A compound bow has the archers at a local hotel, change linens on tables Editor wheels that rotate when you pull the string back. after the meals, serve food in the concession The Press & Dakotan invites its readers to write letters to A recurve bow is a more traditional style that stand or check credentials at one of the secured James D. Cimburek you may have seen in Hunger Games. Sports Editor the editor. We ask that a few simple guidelines be followed: locations. l Please limit letters to 300 words or less. Letters should deal The competition will take place on the The easiest way to check out the volunteer Beth Rye with a single subject, be of general interest and state a specific Center’s outdoor fields, Easton Field and First opportunities is at www.yankton2014wayc.org. Dakota Field, located directly behind the main New Media Director point of view. Letters are edited with brevity, clarity and newspa- Under the Registration tab is Volunteer Registra- building. Easton Field has been completed for tion where you will find the link that will show Kathy Larson per style in mind. several years and construction on First Dakota the shifts available. If you have a group that Composing Manager l In the sense of fairness and professionalism, the Press & Field is in progress. would like to volunteer together, please contact Kristina Tunink Dakotan will accept no letters attacking private individuals or Another reason this tournament is unique is us and we can set aside some shifts for your District Manager businesses. that the LOC (Local Organizing Committee) is in group. l Specific individuals or entities addressed in letters may be charge of all transportation (to/from airport and We are excited about sharing more details in * * * given the opportunity to read the letter prior to publication and be daily travel around town), housing, all meals, the weeks to come. A great way to get regular DAILY STAFF allowed to answer the letter in the same issue. and local activities the entire time the archers updates is to follow #WAYC2015 or YanktonAr- Melissa Bader l Only signed letters with writer’s full name, address and day- and officials (coaches and support staff) are in chery on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. As Cassandra Brockmoller time phone number for verification will be accepted. Please mail to: Yankton. Essentially, once the archers get off of always, please contact me with any questions Brandi Bue Letters, 319 Walnut, Yankton, SD 57078, drop off at 319 Walnut in the airplane, they are ours to take care of until at [email protected] or 605-660-0438. Thank Rob Buckingham Yankton, fax to 665-1721 or email us at [email protected]/. they depart. This is a great opportunity for you for your interest in this innovative commu- Caryn Chappelear Yankton and all of South Dakota to showcase our nity event. Randy Dockendorf Midwestern hospitality. We will roll out the red Jeannine Economy carpet and give them a world-class experience Wenande is tournament manager of the 2015 Jordynne Hart IN HISTORY with a touch of South Dakota flair. World Archery Youth Championships in Yankton. Jeremy Hoeck Sarah Lynde By The Associated Press Atlanta after holding Ashley Smith hos- Today is Thursday, March 12, the 71st tage in her apartment. (Nichols was later Michelle Malkin Shauna Marlette day of 2015. There are 294 days left in the sentenced to life in prison.) A gunman Robert Nielsen year. opened fire at a church meeting being Diana Smallwood Today’s Highlight in History: On held at a suburban Milwaukee hotel, kill- Cathy Sudbeck March 12, 1933, President Franklin D. ing seven people before taking his own Obamacare’s 1095-A Nightmare Sally Whiting Roosevelt delivered the first of his 30 life. Bode Miller became the first American radio addresses that came to be known in 22 years to win skiing’s overall World JoAnn Wiebelhaus as “fireside chats,” telling Americans what Cup title, in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. BY MICHELLE MALKIN the state government health exchange to various Brenda Willcuts was being done to deal with the nation’s Five years ago: Two suicide bomb- Creators.com voicemail dead ends and back, with hours of * * * economic crisis. ers killed 55 people in near simultaneous migraine-inducing, on-hold music in between, On this date: In 1664, England’s King blasts in Lahore, Pakistan, the fourth at- Published Daily Tax season is stressful enough. But if you are we were told there’s absolutely nothing wrong Charles II granted an area of land on the tack in a week. Lindsey Vonn capped with the 1095-A form -- which shows payment of Monday-Saturday East Coast of present-day North America a historic season with her third straight like countless miserable Americans trapped in known as New Netherland to his brother overall World Cup title in Garmisch- the Obamacare 1095-A abyss, it’s hell on stilts premiums we didn’t pay to an Obamacare plan Periodicals postage James, the Duke of York. Partenkirchen, Germany. on a Segway teetering over the South Rim of the we never enrolled in and didn’t want in the first paid at Yankton, South In 1857, the original version of “Simon One year ago: With Ukraine’s interim Grand Canyon. place! Dakota, under the act of Boccanegra,” an opera by Giuseppe Ver- prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, at his di, was poorly received at its premiere in side, President Barack Obama said the The screw-ups, incompetence and bureau- This is just one little horror story. In Min- March 3, 1979. Venice, Italy. (Verdi offered a revised ver- United States would “completely reject” a cratic blame avoidance over the health insur- nesota, thousands are still waiting for 1095-A Weekly Dakotian sion in 1881.) referendum in Crimea opening the door ance exchange tax forms make the healthcare. forms that were supposed to arrive on Jan. 31. established June 6, 1861. In 1912, the Girl Scouts of the USA for the Ukrainian peninsula to join Rus- gov website fiasco look like a flawless product In California, at least 800,000 taxpayers received Yankton Daily Press and had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low sia. In New York City, a gas explosion de- of Savannah, Georgia, founded the first stroyed two five-story East Harlem apart- launch. How do I know? My family inexplicably screwed-up 1095-As. As a result, some 50,000 Dakotian established April American troop of the Girl Guides. ment buildings, killing eight people and got ensnared in the 1095-A paperwork pit. It’s a people filed the wrong form. Another 750,000 are 26, 1875. In 1925, Chinese revolutionary leader injuring more than 60. government roach motel: Taxpayers check in, but being told they’ll get corrected forms this month. Postmaster: Send Sun Yat-sen died. Today’s Birthdays: Playwright Ed- they can never check out. Hah. Good luck with that. address changes to Yankton In 1938, the Anschluss merging Aus- ward Albee is 87. Politician, diplomat and The costs in time, money and anxiety to tria with Nazi Germany took place as Ger- civil rights activist Andrew Young is 83. In 2013, our private high-deductible PPO Daily Press & Dakotan, from Anthem Blue Cross got canceled because of hardworking families dealing with this paperwork 319 Walnut, Yankton, SD man forces crossed the border between Actress Barbara Feldon is 82. Broadcast the two countries. journalist Lloyd Dobyns is 79. Singer Al “changes from health care reform (also called the perdition are enormous. Unknown numbers of 57078. In 1940, Finland and the Soviet Union Jarreau is 75. Actress-singer Liza Minnelli Affordable Care Act or ACA).” Millions of others people are still waiting for their forms as the concluded an armistice during World War is 69. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt April 15 tax-filing deadline looms. More face the * * * II. (Fighting between the two countries Romney is 68. Singer-songwriter James like us in the individual market for health insur- ance — including self-employed people, small- added expense and aggravation of filing amended Memberships flared again the following year.) Taylor is 67. Former Sen. Kent Conrad, In 1955, legendary jazz musician D-N.D., is 67. Rock singer-musician Bill business owners, writers, artists and home-based returns through no fault of their own. The Yankton Daily Charlie “Bird” Parker died in New York at Payne (Little Feat) is 66. Actor Jon Prov- entrepreneurs — suffered the same fate. Where’s the rest of the media — most of Press & Dakotan is a age 34. ost (TV: “Lassie”) is 65. Author Carl Hi- My husband reluctantly contacted Colorado’s whom have been insulated from these problems member of the Associ- In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson aasen is 62. Rock musician Steve Harris state health insurance exchange, “Connect for because they get their health insurance through ated Press, the Inland won the New Hampshire Democratic pri- (Iron Maiden) is 59. Actor Jerry Levine is Daily Press Association mary, but Sen. Eugene McCarthy of Min- 58. Singer Marlon Jackson (The Jackson Health Colorado,” just to see what our options their employers? and the South Dakota nesota placed a strong second. Five) is 58. Actor Jason Beghe is 55. Ac- were. Months later, we settled on purchasing a At least one other journalist smacked head Newspaper Association. In 1971, Hafez Assad was confirmed tor Courtney B. Vance is 55. Actor Titus new non-Obamacare plan directly from a differ- first into reality. Laura Krantz, a former NPR The Associated Press as president of Syria in a referendum. Welliver is 54. Former MLB All-Star Darryl staffer, is now a Scripps Fellow in environmental In 1985, conductor Eugene Ormandy, Strawberry is 53. Actress Julia Campbell ent private insurer, Rocky Mountain Health. The is entitled exclusively director of the Philadelphia Orchestra for is 52. Actor Aaron Eckhart is 47. CNN re- provider network is much narrower than the journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder. to use of all the local more than four decades, died at age 85. porter Jake Tapper is 46. Rock musician Anthem plan we had before the feds intervened. Earlier this month, she found out that Connect news printed in this In 1994, the Church of England or- Graham Coxon is 46. Country musician Our two kids’ dental care is no longer covered, for Health Colorado had mysteriously canceled newspaper. dained its first women priests. Tommy Bales (Flynnville Train) is 42. Ac- her health and dental insurance. After four days In 2003, Elizabeth Smart, the tor Rhys Coiro is 36. Country singer Holly and we’ve had our insurance turned down at an * * * 15-year-old girl who’d vanished from her Williams is 34. Actor Samm Levine is 33. urgent care clinic -- something that had never and eight hours in Obamacare Phone Hell (OPH), bedroom nine months earlier, was found Actor Jaimie Alexander is 31. Actor Tyler happened before. she learned she had lost her insurance coverage SUBSCRIPTION alive in a Salt Lake City suburb with two Patrick Jones is 21. Actress Kendall Ap- Better off? Bullcrap. But wait, it gets worse. and her tax credit — and had to redo all of her RATES* drifters, Brian David Mitchell and Wanda plegate is 16. Somewhere along the way, the worker bees at paperwork. (Payable in advance) Barzee, who are serving prison terms for Thought for Today: “If power cor- kidnapping her. rupts, being out of power corrupts abso- Connect for Health Colorado dragooned us into Poor Krantz still believes the ultimate solution Carrier Delivery Ten years ago: Brian Nichols, who lutely.” — Douglass Cater, American au- an Obamacare exchange plan offered by Rocky is “single payer.” But another liberal who encoun- 1-month...... $12.09 had slain a judge and three other people, thor and educator (1923-1995). Mountain Health without our knowledge or tered 1095-A hell has seen the light. San Francisco 3 months...... $36.27 surrendered to authorities in suburban consent. (How else has the White House inflated resident and former Obama supporter Melissa 6 months...... $72.53 Obamacare enrollment figures? Things that make Klein exposed her ordeal with Covered Califor- 1-year...... $133.09 From The Bible you go “hmm.”) Last month, we received an nia last week. The state exchange botched her Motor Route IRS 1095-A form, which, much to our shock and 1095-A and then insisted she had never enrolled (where available) chagrin, indicated that we had paid Obamacare despite invoices she showed them documenting 1 month...... $14.51 With His wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5. Portals of Prayer, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis. premiums every month during 2014. her premium payments. After hours in OPH, her 3 months...... $43.53 It took hours of time on the phone and Inter- case remains unresolved, and she can’t file her 6 months...... $87.05 net to receive an explanation from Connect for taxes. How is it, she wondered, that “Amazon can 1 year...... $139.14 Letters To The Editor ship something to NYC in an hour,” but the White Mail in Retail Health Colorado on how exactly this happened. Here was the government’s response, word for House and Covered California “can’t create a Trade Zone Banquet Business day and the first and third Tues- health care system that functions”? 1-month...... $16.93 incomprehensible word: day of each month at 6 p.m. at “We apologize for the delay in responding to Klein concluded, better late than never: “I no 3 months...... $50.79 Laverta Mauch, Crofton, Neb. the basement of UCC 218 W. 5th 6 months...... $101.57 Our new Banquet board your email. After checking your account we are longer believe that the government should man- St., Yankton. It is a great time for date health care. ... A great idea is just an idea 1-year...... $148.82 members are Steve Huff and showing you might have had coverage from Oc- food and fellowship. Everyone tober 2014 to June 2014. Please call the number if you can’t execute. And the government has Mail Outside Dave Hansen and we welcome is welcome. The Banquet will Retail Trade Zone below to speak with a Customer Service Repre- proved time and time again, it can’t execute. them. Our officers for 2015 are be canceled if Yankton schools sentative if this information is incorrect.” Feelin’ your pain, sister. Is D.C. listening? 1 month...... $19.35 President Kara Payer, Vice Presi- 3 months...... $58.05 dismiss because of bad weather. “Might” have had coverage? From “October dent Laverta Mauch, Treasurer We also thank volunteers 2014 to June 2014”? Michelle Malkin is the author of “Culture of 6 months...... $116.09 Arlene Stoebner and Secretary 1-year...... $186.33 who give of their time, talent The saga continues. We were finally able to Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, * Plus applicable sales tax S. Marietta Kerkvliet. and treasure to make this all un-enroll after being auto-enrolled in the Obamac- Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail for all rates Meals are served each Thurs- possible. are plan. Then, after being bounced around by address is [email protected].