January 2013

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Sanborn County Planning Commission at 9:15 a.m. on January 7th, 2013, in the Commissioners room, second floor of the Sanborn County Courthouse at Woonsocket, SD.
The public hearing is to discuss a conditional use for Scott Supply, Mitchell, SD, to erect a 100-foot GPS tower for RTK GPS correction signals, at Fredrichs Tract A, being that portion of the NE/4 lying north of SD Highway 34, and the remaining portion of Lot 3 of Lot R16 in the NE/4 Section 34, 107N, R61W, of the 5th P.M., Sanborn County, South Dakota. Sharon Fredrichs, owner.
All interested parties are encouraged to attend this hearing.
Should you have any questions please call our office at 605-796-4514.
MARK MEYER
Zoning Administrator
Sanborn County

Sanborn Central School Board proceedings

Unapproved Minutes - December 10, 2012

The School Board of Sanborn Central School District 55-5 met in regular session on Monday, December 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanborn Central Conference Room with the following present: Miller, Olson, Schmit and VanLaecken. Others present were: Superintedent Whitney, Principal Vermeulen and Business Manager Bechen. Austerman arrived at 7:03 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance.
Motion by VanLaecken, seconded by Olson, all aye, to approve the agenda as printed.
Motion by Olson, seconded by VanLaecken, all aye, to approve the minutes of the regular board meeting November 12, 2012 as printed.
Visitors to Board Meeting: John Bechen asked the school board to request having football practices in Woonsocket so that it would be more centrally located for all.
Motion by Austerman, seconded by Schmit, all aye, to approve the financial statement and bills.
General Fund balance November 1, 2012: 129,620.59. Receipts: taxes 310,097.52, penalties/interest 449.51, interest 11.61, pupil activity 119.82, other activity 27.00, state fines 1,593.58, state aid 39,620.00, one time state allocation 5,913.00, mileage reimbursement district volleyball 168.00. Expenditures: 148,759.20. Balance November 30, 2012: 338,861.43. Invested 25,000.00. CorTrust Savings balance November 1, 2012: 407,656.63. Receipts: interest 0.00. Balance November 30, 2012: 407,656.63.
Capital Outlay Fund balance November 1, 2012: 565,545.98. Receipts: taxes 185,032.29, penalties/interest 288.61, interest 24.96, surplus drums 50.00, equipment rebate 250.00, void check 1,025.84. Expenditures 18,375.01. Balance November 30, 2012: 733,842.67.
Special Education Fund balance November 1, 2012: 518,185.60. Receipts: taxes 4,337.57, penalties/interest 19.91, interest 17.42. Expenditures 23,422.14. Balance November 30, 2012: 499,138.36.  CorTrust Savings balance November 1, 2012: 1,867.96. Receipts: interest 0.00. Balance November 30, 2012: 1,867.96.
Pension Fund balance November 1, 2012: 78,340.02. Receipts: taxes 8,488.98, penalties/interest 15.72, interest 2.90. Expenditures: 0.00. Balance November 30, 2012: 86,847.62.
Food Service Fund balance November 1, 2012: 40,368.33. Receipts: interest 1.16, federal reimbursement 5,324.01, student meals 3,882.95, adult meals 465.35, ala carte 660.30. Expenditures 15,618.89. Balance November 30, 2012: 35,083.21.
Scholarship Fund balance November 1, 2012: 20,371.81. Receipts: interest 0.72, Expenditures: 0.00. Balance November 30, 2012: 20,372.53.
Peters Scholarship balance: 20,372.53; Nelson Scholarship balance: 0.00.
Trust and Agency Funds balance November 1, 2012: 35,080.49. Receipts 16,397.10. Expenditures 3,308.66. Balance November 30, 2012: 48,168.93.
Salaries and benefits for the month of December, 2012 were as follows:
General Fund: 126,020.42;
Special Education: 18,791.90;
Food Service: 6,117.72.
Claims approved:
GENERAL FUND – A & B Business, copier maintenance 309.45; A-Ox Welding, ag supply 11.78; Artic Refrigeration, vending machine repair 176.15; Associated School Boards of South Dakota, workshop fee 100.00; Avera Medical Group, bus driver physical 158.00; Rob Baruth, coaches clinic fee 325.00; Shawna Baysinger, reimbursement fingerprint 43.25; Carlon & Millar, interm audit 2,550.00; Coborns, pop/Accelerated Reader supply 42.32; Cougar BB, mcm junior varsity boys basketball tourney 25.00; Demco, colony supply 90.80; Department of Revenue, water testing 78.00; Farmers Elevator, bus supply 67.84; FC Organizational Products, high school principal/superintendent supply 42.36; Harlow’s Bus Sales, bus supply 122.21; I-State Truck Center, bus supply 64.76;
[IMPREST: Darins Market, janitor supply 1.69; Hanson School, girls basketball tourney fee 50.00, boys basketball tourney fee 50.00; Mitchell School, color copier paper 68.40; Plankinton School, oral interp expenses 29.16, fee 5.00; Region 5 Music, fee 15.00; Wolsey/Wessington, volleyblall district expense 4.16];
J.W. Pepper & Sons, vocal music 100.43; Jaymar Business Forms, business office forms 45.20; Josten’s, yearbook deposit 2,160.00, honorary diploma 12.39; MacMillian/McGraw-Hill, colony workbooks 26.59; Menards, janitor supply 124.42, elementary supply 5.58, bus supply 2.29; Petty Cash, postage 56.10; Quill, elementary supply 3.90, high school supply 12.37, middle school ink 174.87, business office ink 113.51, high school principal supply 15.98, elementary/middle school principal supply 3.51; Renaissance Learning, colony supply 61.06; Robotics Technologies, bus supply 75.61; Sam’s Club, membership 35.00; Sanborn Weekly Journal, board proceedings 78.83;
SDAESP, conference fee 175.00; South Dakota Department of Health, nurse services 20.00; South Dakota High School Activities Association, journalism dues 25.00, nat’l fed news 6.00; Software Unlimited, upgrade workshop fee 100.00; Sun Gold Sports, declam ribbons 15.00; United States Postal Service, stamped envelopes 1,357.75; VISA, air cards 193.23, high school supply 72.57; Walmart, Accelerated Reader/pop supply 21.44, Book It supply 9.42;  Williams Musical Repair, reeds 71.50.
CAPITAL OUTLAY Fund —AVI Systems, smartboards 6,800.00; Brooks Oil Co, #1 diesel 3,802.73; Central Electric, electricity 2,194.67; Dakota Two-Way, bus radios 8,374.50; Farmers Alliance, propane 1,668.16; First National Bank Sioux Falls, C.O. Certificate principle 125,000.00, C.O. Certificate interest 10,142.50, agent fee 500.00; Quill Corp, laser printer 484.99; Santel Communications, rural development loan payment 4,166.67.
SPECIAL EDUCATION Fund – Children’s Care, workshop fee 300.00; Children’s Home Society, tuition for November 632.64; Educational Testing Service, para assessment 45.00.
FOOD SERVICE Fund – Bernards, food 248.06; Child/Adult Nutrition Services, breakfast commodities 82.50; Coborns Inc., supply 13.73, food 229.31; Darrington Water Conditioning, water softener 24.00; Dean Foods, milk 844.73; Joyce Everhart, food 83.80; Hillyard, supply 196.36; Reinhart, food 4,258.72, supply 149.99; Sara Lee, bread 96.12; Walmart, food 23.98.
Mrs. Whitney presented a written report included the following:
• Information on the end of the second quarter/first semester on December 21st;
• Semester test schedule;
• Christmas vacation schedule with staff returning on January 2nd for in-service and regular classes resuming on January 3rd;
• Update on student at Children’s Home Society;
• Information about the marching band equipment;
• Received a message from Ken Schlimgen of Central Electric that there is a rebate of $150.00 per unit for their mini-split air conditioning quote;
• and Terry Campbell from Tessier’s is going to provide a quote for air conditioning options by the January board meeting.
Mrs. Vermeulen’s written report included the following:
• Upcoming Extra Help Day;
• The future state testing information including having seventh and eighth math selected as part of a scientific pilot for the new Smarter Balance Assessment to be done this year; and
• that the 2014 Dakota STEP testing will be online.
Other discussion items: Discussion was held on whether or not our coaches had a rule in their pre-season information packets that are signed by players and parents that a parent cannot contact a coach within 24 hours after a game. It was noted that some area schools have this rule to allow a cooling off period, but we do not.
Motion by VanLaecken, seconded by Olson, all aye, to approve with regrets the resignations of Masey Pechholt and Dayna Tschakert as co-head volleyball coaches effective immediately.
Motion by Olson, seconded by Austerman, all aye, to approve a vote for Neil Putnam as the Southeastern Region representative for school districts 1,400-9,999 on the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Executive Board.
Motion by Schmit, seconded by Austerman, all aye, to approve paying for the remainder of our half of the marching band equipment from Capital Outlay after contributions from fund raisers, etc. so we don’t have to enter into a lease agreement.
The next regular Board meeting will be held on Thursday, January 10, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. in the Sanborn Central School Conference Room at Forestburg.
Motion by VanLaecken, seconded by Olson, all aye, to adjourn the meeting at 7:38 p.m.
Gayle Bechen
Business Manager
Rick Miller
Board Chair

From the pen of Pastor Mindy …

Making sense of the senseless

As Christmas approached the nation tried to make sense of the senseless. Another killing rampage happened in our own backyard. But the youth of so many of the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary was difficult to accept. It seemed like nothing so horrific had ever happened before, but it has.
Ecclesiastes tells us: “There is nothing new under the sun.” (1:9). There is nothing new with the killing of children. Exodus 1 tells us that Pharaoh commanded the midwives of Israel to kill any boy babies who were born. When that didn’t happen Pharaoh commanded the boy babies to be thrown into the Nile. They were senseless orders, a reaction to fear that the Israelites were too numerous, and would rise up against the Egyptians in a time of war.
The second chapter of Matthew tells that Herod, so jealous for his own power, commanded the slaughter of the innocents:  “When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the wise men.”  Then was fulfilled what had been spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: “A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.” (Matt 2:16-18)
Pain and suffering are all around us. I am not sure that there has been a day without violence in my lifetime. But it doesn’t mean I live without hope. The message of the Angels was this: “I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: To you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of cloth and lying in a manger.”  Luke 2:11-12
This is good news because God saw our need and came to bring us hope and joy. God didn’t wait until we had earned it or deserved it. God came because we needed Christ his Son right then and there. Christ came with a purpose, to give up his life so that God might conquer death.  Paul wrote in Romans 5: “For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a righteous person — though perhaps for a good person someone might actually dare to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:6-8)
As a new year dawns, many of us will make resolutions to be new and improved versions of ourselves.  We process the events of the previous year, and make plans to change things for the better. But unless we choose carefully, and set up a coach or a mentor or some other person who will hold us accountable, most of our resolutions will fall by the wayside. “The spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak.”  (Math 26:41)
But the likelihood of failure should not discourage us from trying. We may not keep our closets clear of clutter, but we may at least get them cleaned out.  Diets may not bring dramatic results but they might reverse the temporary gains of Christmas past. We may not send a handwritten note to everyone in our address book, but we may reach out to a few old friends and be the note of hope one of them needed. The New Year is a time for us to practice being the people we want to become.
In the face of violence we can resolve to be people who speak and act as peacemakers. We may fail, we will fail. But then we are called to try once more. We will never be able to make sense of the senseless. But in the face of violence, we can practice peace. May the New Year bring you blessings.
Your Sister in Christ
Pastor Mindy

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