14 Broadcaster Press November 15, 2011 www.broadcasteronline.com Honoring & Remembering: Corporal Andrew Howe By Donna Schafer VFW Auxiliary President Clay County Post 3061 Corporal Andrew Howe was born to Stan and Judy Howe, October 11, 1962 in Chandler, AZ. Andy wanted to be a Marine. They wouldn't let him join until he was 17, so after his birthday, he went to Sioux Falls and enlisted in November of 1979. After he graduated from Vermillion High School in 1980, he left for Boot Camp that July. Boot Camp was in San Diego, the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. This lasted from July 22 through Oct. 10, one day before his birthday. Andy went home on leave for a couple of weeks. He went to Huntsville, AL to Redstone Arsenal Missile and Munitions Center and School to be trained as an ammunition technician. After two months Andy was able to go home in time for Christmas. His assignment was to Bravo Battery 1st Battalion 10th Marine Regiment 2nd Marine Division at Camp Le Jeune, NC, near Jacksonville. While with Bravo Battery, an Artillery Battery, Andy went to Europe twice in 1982 to train with NATO. Norway was the place for his cold weather training. Then he was in Germany and Denmark. Andy was scheduled to get out in 1983 but Charlie Battery 1st Battalion 10th Marines was in need of an Ammo Tech. Beirut was their destination so he decided to extend his enlistment and go with them. “We left by ship in April and arrived in Beirut in late May right after the embassy bombing,” he said. Since he had quite a bit of time on his hands he decided to get training as a truck driver and as a radio operator and pretty much trained for everything. His primary job was to make sure they were supplied with the right ratio of fuses, powders and projectiles. For the first few months he was Squad Leader and led foot patrols through the city. “We were always subjected to incoming small arms and artillery. We were always getting hit. It didn't get intense until in August when the Israelis left. All the attention that was given to the Israelis was focused on us. We ended up giving artillery support to the Lebanese and our own Marines,” said Andy. “Our main job was to protect the airport and bring stability to Beirut. We were not the only country there,” he said. “The other groups included the Italians, British, and French. “October 23, the Hezbollah Army blew up the Battalion Landing Team Headquarters by a suicide truck bomb. It killed 241 Marines! When that went off I'd just got off of radio watch at 6 a.m.. I was in a tent. The blast was so loud I thought I had an artillery round hit, even though it was about one-quarter of a mile away,” Howe LOCATION • LOCATION • LOCATION 35.43 Acres of Outstanding Potentially Commercial & Residential Development Real Estate AT AUCTION Tuesday, Nov. 22nd • 10:00am Located: Across the road from Wal-Mart on the north edge of Vermillion, SD on Highway 50 An opportunity of a lifetime! 35.43 acres with 1,200 feet of SD Highway 50 Frontage across from Wal-Mart at auction! With real estate, the first rule is always location— well it doesn’t get much better than this! What makes this the piece of real estate the opportunity of a lifetime—1,200 feet of frontage on Highway 50 (one of SD’s busiest highways), across from Wal-Mart, near the University of South Dakota & the Dakota Dome, adjacent new residential development on the north side, and with the forward progress of the Hyperion Project (the Nation’s Largest Planned oil refinery just 10-minutes east)—it just doesn’t get much better than this! This tract is now zoned agricultural and is now under row crop cultivation. For maps and more information, contact Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc.. Be prepared to make the investment of a lifetime! Legal: The E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 except Seiler’s 2nd Addition and except Lot H-1, S 1/2 SW 1/4 in Sec 12-92-52, Clay County, South Dakota. 35.43 taxable acres. Taxes are $618.24. Terms: 10% nonrefundable down payment due day of auction with balance due on closing on or before Dec. 22, 2011. Title insurance and closing costs will be split 50/50 between buyer and seller. Clay County Abstract & Title Co is the closing agent. Possession on closing. Seller will pay the 2011 taxes due in 2012. Auctioneers are acting as agents for the sellers. HPG Developers, LLC--Owners ANDREW HOWE said. “It was the largest non-nuclear blast that had ever been detonated. You could feel the shock wave. I looked up and saw this huge cloud forming over us, spewing debris which was falling on top of us and all over. There was just a huge pile of rubble where the four story building about the size of our courthouse had stood. A friend was going over there to do some work and I decided to go along. I helped restore the communications systems between the units. “My unit rotated out in November. I went out by plane to Spain and then home. I was discharged Dec. 7, 1983. All units left Beirut in 1984,” he said. USD student journalists shine at national competition Serving as the students’ voice at the University of South Dakota since 1887, The Volante is a 2011 recipient of the Pacemaker Award for being one of the nation’s best weekly college newspapers. This is the sixth time since 1993 that The Volante has received this honor from the Associated College Press (ACP) and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation. Pacemaker recipients are awarded in three separate categories: fouryear dailies, four-year non-dailies and two-year newspapers, and they are judged for their coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of indepth reporting, design, photography and arts and graphics. The Volante was honored in the fouryear non-dailies category by the ACP at the National College Media Convention in Orlando, FL on Saturday, Oct. 29. The Volante, which is located in the Al Neuharth Media Center on the USD campus, is available at newsstands on Wednesdays during the school year and updated daily online. An endowment established by the Freedom Forum more than two decades ago provides scholarships, training and a professional adviser for journalism students on The Volante staff. HAY & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT AUCTION FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2011 Location: 3 miles east of Newcastle Nebraska. or 7 miles west of Ponca Nebraska on Hwy 12 (Newcastle, Ne. Is Right Across the River from Vermillion, SD) AUCTION STARTS @ 10:30 A.M. • D & K LUNCH AUCTIONEERS NOTE: DUE TO HEALTH REASONS KNEIFL FARMS HAS DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE THE LIVSTOCK & HAY PORTION OF THEIR OPERATION. ALL ITEMS HAVE HAD EXCELLENT CARE & MAINTANCE PROGRAM & WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY LIVESTOCK OR HAYING OPERATION. VERY FEW SMALL ITEMS WILL BE SOLD – THIS AUCTION WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG. PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY. VISIT OUR WEB SITE http://www.MCHJAUCTIONEERS.COM TRACTORS Case IH 7240 MFWD SN. 79930 4950 hrs. 18Front Weights 2 sets rear weights 1000 rpm 3 hyds.; 380/85R30 Fronts New and 480/80R42 Radials , Axel Mount Duals New; Farmall 460 Gas /w F-10 Farmhand Loader Sn.8175 15.5x38 tires Bucket, Grapple fork, Hay basket, Boom TRUCK & LIVESTOCK TRAILER 1987 IH S1900 Single Axel Truck, DT 466 diesel engine 5&2 trans. 220,000 miles 11Rx22.5 tires new rears 18ft. x60”sides Smeal silage box (Second owner); Featherlite 2001 7ft.x30ft. Alum. Trailer. 2 Divied Gates/ w Slider Gates LT235x85R16 tires Seven 1-Acre Residential Lots on the Edge of Vermillion, SD AT AUCTION Tuesday, Nov. 22nd • 10:00am LOCATED: 1/4 mile North of Wal-Mart in Vermillion, SD in Seiler’s 2nd Addition or from the corner of Princeton & Hwy 50, 1/4-mile North . Auction Site: Corner of Princeton & Highway 50 Description: An exceptional opportunity for builders, future home builders & investors! All lots are approximately 1-acre in size. Lots #2 through 7 are located on Purdue Street and lot #1 is located at the north end of DePaul Avenue. This is a new development with 24 new homes already built. Lots will be sold “high bidder’s choice” with the buyer having the right to take one or combination of the lots at their top bid price. This is a great location just 1/4 mile from Wal-Mart and 1/2mile from USD in a very well established development. For plat maps and more information contact Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc LEGAL: Lots 2 through 7, Blk 5, and Lot 1, Blk 4, all in Seiler’s 2nd Addition in the SW 1/4 of 12-92-52, Clay County, South Dakota. Taxes on each lot is $279. Terms: $2,500 per lot non-refundable down payment due day of auction with balance due on or before Dec 22, 2011. Title insurance and closing costs will be split 50/ 50 between buyer & seller. Clay County Abstract & Title Co is the closing agent. Possession on closing. Seller will pay the 2011 taxes due in 2012. Auctioneers are acting as agents for the sellers. Real Estate is sold subject to all covenants of HPG Developers, LLC and the City of Vermillion. HPG Developers, LLC--Owners Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. Girard Auction & Land Brokers, Inc. (605) 267-242 • Toll Free: 1-866-531-6186 www.GirardAuction.com www.GirardBid.com (605) 267-242 • Toll Free: 1-866-531-6186 www.GirardAuction.com www.GirardBid.com Marv Girard, BA #12399; Ken Girard, CAI, AARE Broker #10183; Mike Girard BA #13549 Marv Girard, BA #12399; Ken Girard, CAI, AARE Broker #10183; Mike Girard BA #13549 HAY EQUIPMENT Mac Don 9350 Windrower/16ft. 922 Double sickle header Cummis Tubro Diesel 516 engine hrs. 440 Header Hrs. Sn.138733 One Owner - Nice Machine; JD 348 Small Sq. Baler- Sn.996410 Wire Tie Hyd.Touge Hyd. Pickup Multi lube side drop bale shoot – Like New; JD 336 Small sq. Baler Wire tie side drop bale shoot- One Owner; New Holland 1033 Bale Wagon - 105 Bale Capacity; Haybuster H1100 Hay Grinder, New Screen, Hammers, & Pins Rebuild Roter & New tires; Hesston 14 Wheel Model 9686 High Capacity Rake; 2 Hesston 30A Stackers; Hesston 7160 silage cutter 3 row Narrow & 2 row wide corn heads & 5ft. hay head elect. Controls; Hesston 15ft. Drapper head for Hesston 6450, 6550, 6650 Windrowers; Richardton 700 silage dump box; Craven 13ft.x 34ft.Hay Mover w/Brakes on Front Axel; 3 Pt. bale carrier; Two wheel - Windrow Turner LIVESTOCK & FEEDING EQUIPMENT Kuhn Knight 3142 Reel Auggie Feed wagon Elect, scale A-1; Oswalt 3340 Feed Wagon near new augers; Wilson Wheel Corral WC 14 EX Custom Appr. 100 head cap; Pearson Squeeze chute /w. transport wheels; 19 sections concrete H bunks 8ft.x40” x12”deep; Portable loading chute; New Holland 195 Spreader /w. slop gate, dandum axels; 8 20ft,steel bunks 38”x12”; 4 wood 16ft. feed bunks; 6 turned feed tires; 5 steel stock tanks; 2 Pride of Farm single sided creep feeders /w panels; Sioux Salt Feeders; Sioux Calving Pen w/Head Gate EQUIPMENT Case IH 5400 Mulch Till Drill 7.5” Spacing 2 Bar Harrow grass seed att. 3 pt. markers & trak erasers; Wil-Rich 2500 Field Cult./w 4 bar harrow 22ft. hyd, fold; 3pt. Elston Goffer machine; Big John 300 gal. sprayer /w booms; Cub Cadet 127 hydro. 42” deck & tiller engine needs work; Cub Cadet 1450 hydro 48” deck /w. dozer blade engine needs work; Peck 10”x66ft. auger /w. hyd. Swing hopper; Mayrath 8” x 62 ft. auger; Two wheel seeder cart; IH 950 grinder mixer needs work; IH 50 Fail Schreader; IH 174 – 4 R. F.M. Cultivator; IHC 178 -6 RN – F.M. Cultivator; Hyd. Wood spilter 3 ft. stroke 3 pt. calf carrier; Westondrof Loader Bucket for wl 40 or 42 loaders; Koenders Calf Warmer; Koehn Calf Sled; Big John 200 gal. saddle tanks; IH 18.4x38 Radial axel dauls /w. 9 bolt 3-1/4 axel hubs; IH 12 ft. dump rake; IH wide front; 11 ft. shop build front blade Westendrof mounts; 3 pt. Hartington Concrete 2000lb. weight; Grapple Fork for Westendorf Loader; Set 380/85 R 30 front tires; Rotary screen for IH tractor; Cattle crossing gate; Truck flat bed 8 ft. x 26 ft. steel floor; 2- cattle hay feeders on gears; 10 ft. dump rake; Richie 2 whole hog water; Pig feeders; 12” culvert; Dump scale; Westendorf wagon tongue; 2 – well pump jacks; Over head wire; 6- 38”x 2ft. tiles; Claw foot bath tub; Two wheel pickup trailer /w. 500 gal. water tank; Hesston 30 A Stacker for Parts; Sudenga Sweep Auger for 36”Bin w/ Motor; IHC 810 Dummy Head w/Windrow Pickup; (4) 250 Gallon Oblong Fuel Barrels HAY 200 Small sq. bales Wild Hay (Wire Tied); 500 Small sq. bales Alfalfa (Wire Tied) Kneifl Farms Alan and Lee Kneifl Owners Phone: 402 355 2279 or 402 355 2665 SEE http://www.MCHJAUCTIONEERS.COM FOR COMPLETE LISTING & PHOTOS TERMS: CASH OR BANKABLE CHECK. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS OR THEFT. AUCTION CONDUCTED BY: MILLER CREAMER HEIMES JANSSEN AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS L.L.C. ALTON HEIMES 402-254-3315 RYAN CREAMER 402-254-9753 ROGER JANSSEN: 402-388-4409 GERRY MILLER: 402-254-6518