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Tyson Workers Approve New Contract Rule Changes DAKOTA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Workers at the Tyson Fresh Bill To Recognize Tribal Rulings Meats plant in Dakota City, Neb., will be getting raises BY GRANT SCHULTE mother’s home in Oklahoma, showed that he had legal cus- Impacting Small under a new contract they approved. Associated Press where he had lived for the tody of his son and that the Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers last year. John Keen said he two were living together. Market Airports union approved the deal Saturday. The new five-year con- LINCOLN, Neb. — Ne- presented school athletics of- Velder said the association tract covers more than 3,500 workers. braska lawmakers would en- ficials with a tribal court has recognized tribal-court NORTH PLATTE, Neb. Production workers will receive raises of $1.60 per hour sure the state recognizes civil order to show that he had rulings for decades, but offi- (AP) — The airlines serving over the life of the deal. rulings made by American In- legal custody of his son, Tay- cials weren’t able to confirm small markets in Nebraska Starting pay will increase to between $13.92 and $14.10 dian tribal courts under a bill lor. right away that Taylor Keen and Iowa have had a hard per hour. “They said, ‘This isn’t a met the eligibility require- time finding enough pilots prompted by a dispute about since new rules took effect Top maintenance workers will be paid up to $19.95 an whether an athlete could par- court,”’ Keen said. “I said, ments. She declined to elabo- ‘Well sure it is.’ That’s where I rate, citing confidentiality last year, so numerous hour. ticipate in a high school flights have been canceled. Tyson’s Bruce Pautsch says the contract will benefit wrestling program. was born and raised. It’s rules. where my son was born, and “In Nebraska, we would ac- The canceled flights cre- workers and help the company succeed. The wrestling disagree- ate hassles for passengers, Marvin Harrington, president of the union’s Local 222, ment was resolved, but sup- it’s where his mother and I di- cept the tribal court as a court vorced. Everything we did had of competent jurisdiction,” and could make it harder says the contract improves what workers had before with- porters of the legislation said she said. “I’ve been here for 33 for small airports to qualify out significant concessions. it pointed out the need to to stay with that court.” Keen and his attorney said years, and that’s always how for federal subsidies. Air- make clear that tribal rulings it’s been.” ports must serve at least should be enforced as other his son was rejected because 10,000 passengers a year to Mountain Lion Season Off To Slow Start of NSAA rules that generally John Keen’s attorney, Ben rulings would in Nebraska. Thompson, said the associa- qualify for the subsidies. “It’s about the tribal laws require student athletes to live Flight cancellations RAPID CITY (AP) — Hunters in the ’s Black with a custodial parent. The tion initially refused to recog- Hills are reporting a slow start to the season. and state laws, and how they nize the order but did so “after were common last year in coordinate so that there’s not rules are designed to keep stu- North Platte and Scotts- The Rapid City Journal reports that as of Friday, 10 dents from “school-shopping” a lot of convincing” in a meet- mountain lions had been killed, which is about half as a difficulty that would trip a ing with the group’s attorneys. bluff, Neb., as well as for a particular athletic pro- Mason City, Iowa. many compared to a typical season. family up and ruin a season gram. Thompson said the Ne- or a competition,” said state braska bill includes several The new rules, which Hunters say lack of fresh snow in the region makes it The matter eventually was took effect in August, re- more difficult to track the big cats. Sen. Rick Kolowski, of Omaha, resolved, but Keens said it procedural safeguards to en- who proposed the bill. sure that litigants in tribal quire co-pilots to log 1,500 Hunting seasons began in 2005 to control South cost him more than $10,000 in flight hours before they can Dakota’s western lion population, reduce the impact on The matter began in 2007 legal fees. court are given due process, when John Keen tried to en- and that the court was the work for commercial air- deer and elk, and address public safety concerns. Keen said a friend from the lines. The rules also re- The season will run until March 31, or until 76 lions or roll his son, Taylor, in a Ne- Omaha Tribe of Nebraska proper authority to hear a braska high school wrestling case. quires co-pilots, which are 50 females are killed. called him recently and asked also called first officers, to program. for money to help address a “Here in Nebraska, I think Keen, 43, was given legal we’re a bit behind the curve have a rating for the type of similar problem. Frustrated, aircraft they fly, involving Corn And Soy Stocks Up In S. Dakota custody of his son Taylor Keen said he reached out to on these issues,” Thompson said. “I’m hoping we can catch additional specific training after he and his wife divorced his attorney and Kolowski, and testing. SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Stocks of corn and soybeans are in 1992. All of the proceedings up and join the 21st century.” up in South Dakota. who represents him in the Leg- Previously, co-pilots took place in a Cherokee Na- islature. Judi M. gaiashkibos, execu- were only required to have The U.S. Department of Agriculture says corn stocks on tion tribal court in their na- Kolowski said he proposed tive director of the Nebraska Dec. 1 totaled 644 million bushels, up 66 percent from the 250 hours experience. Air- tive Oklahoma. But Keen, who the legislation is modeled after Commission on Indian Affairs, line captains were already same date in 2012. Of that total, 410 million bushels are is part-Cherokee and part- a state law in Iowa that recog- said the proposal represents stored on farms, a 71 percent jump, and 234 million bushels required to have at least Omaha, said he encountered nizes civil judgments in tribal an important step in ensuring 1,500 hours flight are stored off-farm, a 59 percent rise. problems after his son re- courts and allows the state to tribal courts are acknowl- The bushels of soybeans stored on Dec. 1 totaled 104 mil- experience. turned to live with him in the enforce them. edged by the state. By the time pilots accu- lion, up 30 percent from last year. On-farm stocks are 48 mil- Omaha area for his senior Debra Velder, associate di- The courts have gained mulate 1,500 flight hours of lion bushels, up 33 percent from a year ago. Off-farm stocks, year. rector for the Nebraska School recognition in recent year, experience, they are often at 56 million bushels, are up 26 percent from 2012. He enrolled Taylor at Activities Association, said “but it’s a really slow battle,” hired away by major air- All wheat stored totaled 50.9 million bushels, down 16 Elkhorn High School in 2007 Taylor Keen was allowed to gaiashkibos said. “The status lines. That makes it harder percent from a year ago. Oats in storage totaled 5.64 million after he moved from his wrestle once his father quo wants to remain the sta- for regional airlines to hire bushels, more than double of last year’s stocks. tus quo.” enough pilots. Spearfish Native Takes His Design Talents To The Winter Olympics BY KAYLEE TSCHETTER Olympics. It’s mostly an art occupa- Olympic games. He takes off on Jan. looking forward to seeing months of Upon returning to the states, busi- Black Hills Pioneer tion, but somewhat technical. My 20 for the lengthy journey to Russia. tedious pre-work come together in a ness for Say will slow — for a short main responsibilities are Sunday “We’re there for a month working final visual form. while. SPEARFISH (AP) — For one Night Football and the Olympic on site,” he said, drawing from his ex- “We’ve been working on the “All the other sports seasons Spearfish native, a spur-of-the-mo- games.” periences at the 2012 summer games graphics package for about a year start up — the NHL, the NFL. Then ment decision has blossomed into a Some might say that at the ripe in London. “It’s hard to look back at now,” he said. “The team has put in a we have the Super Bowl next year,” successful career in graphic design, old age of 26, Say’s professional ca- the intensity of the work, but in hind- ton of work. I’m excited about how he said. “It’s a couple slow months an Emmy Award, and an upcoming reer — albeit a little unexpected — is sight, it’s one the best experiences the graphics are looking, and I’m and then right back at it.” trip to the 2014 Winter Olympics in also quite commendable. I’ve had. It’s a long grind. You work looking forward to revealing it to the When things slow down, so to Sochi, Russia. As a member of the NBC Sports every day, sometimes 12-hour plus world.” speak, Say relishes life in the city Eric Say, a motion graphic de- graphic design team, he was nomi- shifts. It’s intense, but also one of the Say is also anticipating visiting that never sleeps. signer for NBC located in New York nated for two team Sports Emmy most rewarding experiences I’ve Sochi, which is located in Krasnodar “I enjoy New York City. It’s a City, grew up in Spearfish. But he Awards in 2013, one for Sunday Night had.” Krai, Russia, along the Black Sea pretty interesting place to live — the hadn’t thought much about graphic Football and one for the 2012 Sum- Say said that although a smaller coast. The city has undergone an ex- food, the people, the culture — all design until college became a fast-ap- mer Olympics in London. design team works on graphics tensive construction project in the that good stuff,” he said. “I enjoy the proaching reality. “Finding out we got nominated, ahead of the Olympics, numerous last several years to accommodate events because there’s always some- “A week before I had to go to col- that alone was pretty exciting,” he others will assist with the projects the 2014 Olympics. thing going on. It’s still so new to me, lege my parents sat me down and said. “When the first one came up before the games have concluded. “I’m excited to see Sochi itself. but I’m pretty hooked on the city. “ said, ‘You have to pick a major.’ So I and we lost, that’s when I realized “There’s a ton of people who I’ve heard that Sochi’s kind of like the Say, whose parents Gary and was thumbing through the catalogue, how excited I was to win.” work the Olympics, and I’m involved ‘Aspen’ of Russia. It’s a resort town, Diane, and brother Ben, all hail from saw graphic design, and thought that The graphic design team ended in every aspect of it. Our sports but they don’t have a lot of infra- Spearfish, hasn’t forgotten his roots. was interesting,” he told the Black up bagging a 2013 Sports Emmy group is probably 1,000 people with structure so it’s been a large con- He said his parents were the first Hills Pioneer. “I liked it, but definitely Award in the category ‘Outstanding staff, crew, and cameramen. The struction project,” he said. “It’s also a people he called after his Emmy fell in love with it.” Technical Team Studio’ for their on- graphics department is a little more coastal city with palm trees and the win, and his career accomplish- Say received his degree in graphic site graphics work at the 2012 Sum- isolated, but a lot of things get weather’s nice. Then you drive up ments still seem a bit surreal, even design from South Dakota State Uni- mer Olympics in London. shared depending on strengths and into the mountains. So it’s like a to him. versity in Brookings. Now at NBC “I was pretty thrilled,” he said of traits,” he said. “People move around brand new city on the coast.” “There were definitely some cir- Sports, he is a member of a team that the win. “It’s one of those things — projects all the time. The Olympic de- Say and his team will stay in a cumstances I did not expect coming, designs and animates motion graph- the work is very intense — so it’s sign team is quite small, but every- media housing facility built into the but I’m thrilled that they did. I feel ics for various sports programs. cool to see some rewards from there. one helps out. It’s hard to know how Olympic Village. like I got lucky,” he said. “It’s a little “I make the sports graphics they To have some validation.” many there are, but they are the best “You’re right in the middle of the cliche — I prepared myself and was play during the broadcast,” Say said. Since the win, Say has been busy in the business. I couldn’t ask for a Olympic Village,” he said “It’s a posi- ready, but the opportunity pre- “I just work with sports and the with football season and preparing a better team.” tive vibe so that’s one of the very sented itself.” preliminary graphics package for the As the Olympics draw near, Say is cool things.”

At A Glance Power Company Wants Rate Increase For Storm Costs Growth RAPID CITY (AP) — Black based company, told the news- the plants rather than comply From Page 1 Hills Power wants its cus- paper it was unusual but not with more stringent federal APPOINTED LEGISLATORS tomers to help pay costs the unprecedented for the com- regulations. Six legislators submitted resigna- company spent to restore and pany to seek a rate increase as Estimated expenses for de- tions since the 2013 session ended. maintain electrical service a result of storm damages. commissioning the three speech held up two of the Rounds-era projects — North- Under state law the governor ap- during an October blizzard. “This particular case, these plants total nearly $11 million. ern Beef Processors of Aberdeen and Dakota Provisions points their successors for the re- The Rapid City Journal re- are some unique expenses The company’s request for of Huron — as examples of success in value-added agri- mainders of their two-year terms. The ports that the state’s Public that we incurred. It’s not un- another round of rate hikes culture development. departures caused some interesting shuffles. Utilities Commission agreed common, but it’s not some- comes just three months after In recent months South Dakotans learned both com- • Sen. Chuck Jones, R-Flan- last week to hear the utility’s thing that we regularly do,” he regulators granted the utility a panies were major recipients of loans from Korean and dreau, replaces Sen. Russ Olson, R- request to have its ratepayers said. “Those would be more of 5.7 percent rate hike that was Chinese investors under the EB5 program. Northern Beef Wentworth. cover the more than $5 million a one-time thing until costs are implemented on Oct. 1. The closed last year after two rounds of foreign financings. • Sen. , R-Sioux Falls, cost. recouped.” rate hike is estimated to gen- replaces Mark Johnston, R-Sioux Dakota Provisions received two rounds as well. Falls. Black Hills Power crews The Rapid City-based com- erate an additional $8.8 million Federal authorities however stopped a third round of • Rep. David Anderson, R-Hud- worked for days to restore pany also wants to raise its in annual revenue for the EB5 loans for Dakota Provisions, and the Daugaard ad- son, replaces Patty Miller, R-McCook power to as many 28,000 cus- rates to cover the costs of company. ministration refused to allow an attempt at another Lake. tomers after the October closing a coal-fired power In 2010, the PUC approved round for Northern Beef shortly before the closure. • Rep. , R-Dell blizzard. plant in South Dakota and two a 12.7 percent rate hike for the Rapids, replaces , R-Dell Mike Theis, director of op- in Wyoming. The company utility that primarily serves Nonetheless Daugaard has other achievements to Rapids. show in expansions of existing businesses and recruit- erations for the Rapid City- says it has decided to close the Black Hills. ment of a major dairy processor, Bel Brands, which plans OPEN VACANCY to open a cheese-making planta Brookings. There is one vacancy still to fill: During his time as governor the past three years, Senator needed to replace Stan Adelstein, R-Rapid City. of Yankton, said all lawmakers are interested South Dakota has seen forward momentum in much of in hearing ideas to improve Common Core. the economy. NEW GOP LEADERSHIP Core He’s worried that the standards involve so This wasn’t the case as he began his campaign for • of Baltic moves up to From Page 1 much paperwork and regulation that teach- governor in 2009. South Dakota’s economy had con- leader, replacing Russ Olson. ers hardly have time to teach. tracted, and as the national recession deepened, South • Dan Lederman of Dakota “I don’t think we can necessarily just start Dakota’s labor force fell from 446,920 in January to a low Dunes moves up to assistant leader, replacing Rave. states in an initiative started by the gover- over and trash it. I think we’re too deep in of 439,965 by November. • of Watertown re- now to go back, but we need to make it work Unemployment worsened to 5.0 percent that Febru- nors and chief education officers of the 45 places Lederman in the whip group. states involved. the best we can,” Hunhoff said. ary and began a streak where the jobless rate continued Returning as whips are Schopp said Gov. has at 5 percent or worse for 23 of the next 26 months. of Union Center and of Individual student information only goes Isabel. to parents, school administrators and that read the new standards, supports them and In November 2010, as Daugaard won election, a re- wants to deal with criticisms so officials can bound from the recession was getting started in South A SENATE COMMITTEE GETS A student’s teachers, not the federal govern- ment, she said. Each school district chooses turn their attention to other education is- Dakota. The labor force had grown back to 444,040 — NEW CHAIRMAN: sues. but still below the pre-recession level — and employ- its own curriculum and other materials and • , R-Sioux Falls, re- decides how to teach those skills, Schopp The state’s prior standards were not rig- ment came back up to 421,585. places Mark Johnston in running Ed- orous enough, and the Common Core stan- But things could still have gone either way. The unem- ucation. said. “That’s all local control. Those are deci- dards will help make sure South Dakota’s ployment rate was 5.1 percent and the number of unem- MOVING UP? high school graduates are ready for jobs or ployed was 22,455. sions that happen locally, so none of that has • Sen. Larry Rhoden of Union changed or will change as a result of Com- further education, she said. The labor force didn’t grow much in 2011, but employ- Center and Rep. Stace Nelson of Testing also will show how students com- ment did, reaching 424,875 by November 2011. The un- Fulton are candidates for the Repub- mon Core,” the education secretary said. Legislative leaders said they doubt law- pare with those in other states, Schopp said. employment rate that November meanwhile was down to lican U.S. Senate nomination. The first online tests under Common Core 4.5 percent. The turnaround looked like it was under way. • Sen. Shantel Krebs of Renner makers will do away with Common Core be- seeks the Republican nomination for cause the state has too much time and will be given this spring but will be used By November 2012, the labor force had expanded secretary of state. mainly to determine how the test works and slightly to 446,580 — still not quite above the pre-reces- money invested. TERMED OUT The governor would likely veto such an whether districts have sufficient Internet ca- sion mark — and employment was 427,325, the unem- pacity and equipment, she said. ployment rate was down to 4.3 percent and the number Eight legislators are prohibited effort, said House Republican Leader David from seeking re-election this year to Lust, of Rapid City. Many of the criticisms don’t involve the of unemployed was 19,255. another term in their current seats, be- actual standards but instead focus on a local A post-recession pattern took hold: People wanted Senate Republican Leader Tim Rave, of cause theyʼve reached the constitu- Baltic, said he supports preventing the fed- district’s curriculum or teaching methods, work and businesses wanted workers. tional limit of four consecutive terms in Schopp said. If South Dakota got rid of Com- In November 2013, the labor force reached 450,250, the same chamber: eral government from collecting data on indi- Sen. Ryan Maher, R-Isabel. vidual students and requiring legislative mon Core, any replacement would still re- which was several thousands of people larger than be- Sen. , R-Yankton. quire students to learn the same math and fore the recession. Employment reached a record approval before Common Core could be ex- Rep. Lance Carson, R-Mitchell. panded to subjects beyond math and Eng- language skills in the same grades, she said. 433,890. The unemployment rate was down to 3.6 per- Rep. , R-Sioux Worries about Common Core are growing cent. Falls. lish. Rep. , R-Rapid City. “I think the logical thing to do, since many nationwide, Bolin said. He said he’s been South Dakota’s economy seemed back on full track. No- Rep. David Novstrup, R-Ab- fighting Common Core for several years, but vember of last year was the sixth consecutive month that schools have it in place, would be to address erdeen. some of the concerns and just get a handle other South Dakota lawmakers are joining the jobless rate was back below 4 percent. The number of Rep. , R-Prairie City. him. unemployed was 16,405, the fewest since the recession. Rep. , R-Sioux Falls. on it going forward,” Rave said. House Democratic Leader Bernie Hunhoff, “I just have a few more allies now,” Bolin said.