$1.00 KADOKA PRESS includes tax Volume 108 Number 33 The official newspaper of Jackson County, South Dakota February 26, 2015 Tentative plans for road projects at February 18 meeting Preschool explores the postal system Sarah DeVries high enough to necessitate adver - board worked on updating the The Jackson County Board of tising for bids. SDDOT road classification map for Commissioners held a special In road project matters, the the county. The roads the county meeting on Wednesday, February board tried to determine which intends to update to primary in - 18, at 1:00 p.m. All board members roads will need to take priority for clude Long Valley Road, Castle - chairman Glen Bennett, Larry 2015. For a start, Hamer Road and Butte Road, Fairview Road, and Denke, Larry Johnston, Ron Wanamaker Road are ready to South Creek Road. Roads in - Twiss, and Paul Briggs - were gravel, and River View Road and tended to update to secondary in - present. Vicki Wilson and Aaron portions of Belvidere Road are un - clude Guptil Ranch Road (which is Richardson were also present. finished. Red Stone Road, Brave believed to be a township road), The board discussed tire price Bull Road, Eagle Nest Road, and Christensen Road, and parts of quotes for the John Deere pay - Snake Butte Road were also men - Craven Road and Hisle Road. loader. After looking at a quote on tioned as possible high priorities. The board went into executive some brands from WW Tire Serv - Another concern for the county session to discuss personnel. ice, the board moved to purchase was finding available gravel. Jim In open session, the board Boto tires at $1,921 each and con - Berry’s pit is currently contracted moved to approve a request from tact Aaron Dolittle to install them. with the county; Denke said he SDDOT to approve bridge inspec - The board discussed culvert would also talk to Scott Olson and tions and classifications. bids and decided to get quotes Mitch Olney to see if the county The nest regular county meet - from Herbers, Sauntee Coller, and could make offers on their avail - ing is scheduled for Monday, Jon Jones, for the Cactus Flat able gravel. March 9, at 9:00 a.m. projects, to see if the cost would be In further road matters the Representative May fields questions at cracker barrel Courtesy photo On Thursday, February 12, the preschool class visited the post office and mailed their valentines to their families. Sarah DeVries tax.” May stated she was against the governor’s pro - They learned what happens to their letters after they are mailed, looked at stamps, helped put up the flag, and Kadoka senior government class hosted a legisla - posed gas tax bill, primarily because there is no time stood in the mail cages. It was a fun day and the students really enjoyed tournig the post office. Front row (L-R): tive cracker barrel on Monday, February 16, at 6:00 limit on the increase. She added “I didn’t hear about Tel Gropper, Owen Grimes, Adalynn Varner, Noah Johnson, and Carsyn Conroy. Middle row: Dalton Grimes, p.m. Representative Elizabeth May spoke and about any of this [gas tax plans] last year... I don’t like Austin Schofield, Bradi Bachand, Dominick Hamar, Madalyn Rock, Teagan Gropper, and Cohen Thomsen. Back 15 were in attendance to present questions. agency bills and I don’t like bills that come from the row: Wendy Horst and Nancy Totton. The meeting opened with questions on education. executive branch.” Asked about her position on Common Core, May Other topics of discussion were HB 1096 and HB stated, “I’m not willing to do a 10 year experiment on 1183, both of which relax concealed weapons laws. the children. I trust the teachers...I don’t want our May conceded that she voted yes on 1096 but added students to think they’re a failure because of one “I can talk to Jim [Bradford] about it; he’s a little Public notices to remain in newspapers: test.” more reserved on the gun issues.” The crowd also Revenue was another major issue discussed. May briefly discussed zoning bills, the Juvenile Reform Internet option defeated attested that the federal government has passed Bill, texting and seatbelt laws, and SB 77 aka the Elizabeth “Sam” Grosz, SDNA all public notices mailed or ments are free to do everything 90,000 regulations in the past 20 years - the 911 lay - “breastfeeding bill” (which May stated she did not Another attempt to change the emailed to them, Westra said. contained in this bill except the out being one that affects South Dakota - and “the plan to vote for because she believes it shouldn’t be a way cities, counties and schools Westra said the bill represented words “or in lieu of the publica - money doesn’t come with regulation.” Asked what mandate). May encouraged the crowd to e-mail her handle their public notices was de - an opportunity “to use resources in tion.” other revenues could offset property tax she replied with any questions or concerns at feated recently at the S.D. Legis - a new fashion.” Bordewyk said this could be - “I don’t really know. No matter what you’d propose [email protected]. lature. He added that it was not an come a “heavy hammer” over the it’s not going to be popular becaue it’s bound to be a Rep. Steve Westra, R-Sioux anti-newspaper bill, but a reflec - newspapers: unless you come in Falls, testified before the House tion of the changing culture. Wes - line on reporting and editorializ - Local Government Committee tra also cited the amount of money ing, the option in this bill would be Feb. 12 that the current method spent on printing the legal notices: exercised. Senate passes to House compromise bill to fix roads and bridges amounted to a "$2 million tax - $60,000 by the Sioux Falls school The rates newspapers may Elizabeth “Sam” Grosz, SDNA Prime sponsor Sen. Mike Vehle, with that board vote automatically payer subsidy" of newspapers. district and $45,000 by the City of charge for these publications has The two bills designed to raise R-Mitchell, however, said he referred to a vote of the people. Westra's bill sought to give gov - Sioux Falls. not been changed since 2007 by money for repair of roads and wanted to talk about where the Vehle endured the picking apart ernment entities the ability to Rep. Dan Dryden, R-Rapid City, the state, he said, and what is bridges in the state have been two proposals agreed. That would of the bill, but implored fellow choose either the Internet or the said it was an opportunity to save spent is less than one-half of 1 per - combined into one and passed out be the annual 2-cent tax increases Senators to pass the bill and deal official newspaper for public no - money and still would be done cent of a local government's an - of the Senate with yet another per gallon for gasoline and alcohol with it when it returned for agree - tices. He said HB 1167 was about with local control. nual budget. He cited the Sioux add-on. fuels. The Senate version caps ment to future changes. how people are getting their infor - Diana Miller, lobbyist for the Falls School District, spending The bill retains the SB 1 title, that tax after eight years, while The bill needed two-thirds ma - mation today, as well as ease of 18-member Large School Group, $42,380 in 2013 from a $293 mil - but no longer will be raising $100 the House version let it run for 15 jority to pass because of the taxing use. said nobody would be forced to lion budget. The City of Sioux million for the job ahead. Gone years. measures included. Westra outlined for the commit - switch to online posting, but noted Falls spent $54,912 on legal no - are: a new tax on agriculture dyed Several attempts were made to The bill passed 26-8 in the Sen - tee several provisions in the bill that each will be able to decide tices out of a $366 million budget, fuel, a wholesale fuel tax, and a amend the bill, and one introduced ate and then was handed to the that would be implemented if a what is best for their community, Bordewyk said. new registration fee for hybrid- by Sen. Dan Lederman, R-Dakota House State Affairs Committee. local government entity decided to while providing government effi - Bordewyk said the unfunded fuel and electric vehicles. It is ex - Dunes, was successfully added. That hearing could be held this put all of its legal notices online in - ciency. mandates found in the bill could pected this version would raise That amendment would give coun - week. stead of publishing them in the of - Municipal League lobbyist amount to as much or more than about $50 million for state, county ties and townships the ability to ficial newspaper. Yvonne Taylor said that small what is being spent now on pub - and township roads and bridges. impose an increased tax levy, but Among those provisions would towns would probably keep pub - lishing. He cited the cost of mail - be an option for residents to have lishing in their local newspapers. ing copies to all residents who However she pointed out that request them as an example. He some newspapers have dropped questioned: what if 5,000 people below the circulation limit of being ask for this service? And how often a legal publication, so that some would those mailings be made? Kadoka hosts AAU wrestling tournament entities have had to find a new He noted that all South Dakota publication in another area in newspapers archive their legal no - which to publish.