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Alfred LaVern Bettcher, 66

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Alfred LaVern Bettcher, 66, of Winner, South Dakota passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at his home in Winner. A memorial service was held on Friday, May 20, 2016 at 10 a.m. at the Mason Funeral Home in Winner. A private family burial will be held at a later date.

On May 2, 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bettcher were blessed with a handsome baby boy “LaVern”. LaVern was born in Valentine Nebraska. He grew up in the Winner and Carter area. LaVern lived on the family farm where he helped his parents.

On August 17, 1978 he married Sharon Paulson where they lived in the Carter area for three years. After that LaVern and Sharon moved to Winner until his time of passing. LaVern and Sharon had no children together but had several step children: Randy, Ray, Marti and Precious.

LaVern was very kind hearted. He cared for and loved his children and grandchildren.

Taxes to Go Up June 1

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The South Dakota state sales and use tax will increase from 4 percent to 4.5 percent on June 1.

All transactions that are currently subject to the 4 percent sales and use tax rate will be subject to the 4.5 percent sales and use tax rate effective June 1.

The municipal taxes are not affected by this rate increase.

The half cent sales tax increase was part of the legislative package to increase teacher pay.

Constitutional Amendment

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Secretary of State Shantel Krebs announced that the challenge submitted for the initiated amendment to the South Dakota Constitution Limiting the Ability to Set Statutory Interest Rates for Loans (18%) was unsuccessful.

An Initiated Amendment to the Constitution Limiting Ability to Set Statutory Interest Rates for Loans (18% rate cap) was originally validated January 4th and certified to be on the November 2016 general election ballot as a ballot measure the citizens will vote on. The sponsor turned in 63,772 signatures to the Secretary of state’s office. A Constitutional Amendment requires 27,741 signatures from South Dakota registered voters. Once the signed petitions were delivered to the Secretary of State’s office, a 5% random sampling was conducted in accordance with 2-1-16. It was determined that 66.17% or 42,195 of 63,772 signatures were in good standing.

The petition challenge was submitted by Cory Heidelberger of Aberdeen. The challenger submitted specific deficiencies on 1,219 signature lines to the Secretary of State’s office. The review concluded that 885 of the challenged signatures were invalid.

This will be Constitutional Amendment U.

An individual wishing to challenge the validity of the petitions can proceed to circuit court.

Government Class Learns Importance of Voting

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By Dan Bechtold, Editor

South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs spoke to the Winner High School government class on May 12.

She told the class when she was 18 years old she served as a page in the legislature. “That spurred my interest in politics. Since that time I have been actively involved behind the scene in many campaigns,” she said.

Krebs served in the legislature for 10 years prior to running for secretary of state. “I ran for secretary of state because I did not agree what was going on in office. I wanted to make a change,” she explained.

Krebs told the students it is important for them to vote and that every vote does matter. She encouraged the seniors to download the mobile app Vote 605. Here persons can view a sample ballot, find a polling place, view legislative districts, access county auditors and gather absentee ballot information.

CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE EARNS RECOGNITION AS TOP PERFORMING IN NATIONAL PATIENT-CENTERED CARE PROGRAM

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Fogel Chiropractic Clinic, led by Dr. David Fogel and Dr. Jerry Fogel of Gregory, South Dakota, becomes one of the first chiropractic organizations to achieve NCQA Patient-Centered Connected Care Recognition.

Best Practices Academy™ is proud to announce that Fogel Chiropractic Clinic of Gregory, has achieved the Patient-Centered Connected Care™ Recognition, a program launched by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). David Fogel, DC and Jerry Fogel, DC achieved recognition for their practice located in Gregory.

Field Day Winner Named

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Named the best female athlete at the Colome Field Day on May 11 was Breanna Thieman. The second grader placed first in all events.

There was a tie for first place for best male athlete between Seth Heath and Joseph Laprath.

The placed first in the 50, 100, 200, 400, softball throw, chin-ups and long jump.

Preslie Petersek was the girls chinup champ. She did 11 chinups.

The boys chinup champ was Riley Shippy with 19 chinups.

Kuil Sets Conference Record

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Winner High School boys track team won the SESD conference meet held in Winner on May 10.  The Warriors scored 111 points for first place.
The Winner girls team took 7th with 41 points. Mt. Vernon/Plankinton won the girls division with 180 points.

Two conference records were broken. Winner’s Cameron Kuil broke the boys 100 meter dash record as he crossed the finish line in :10.68.  The Winner junior had a sweep of the sprint races as he also won the 200 and the 400.