Broadcaster Press 03 February 28, 2012 www.broadcasteronline.com One in a VerMillion Meet Paul Pederson By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net As a parent, Clay County Deputy Paul Pederson knows the joy involved in watching a youngster grow and mature. It’s an experience that’s compounded in his daily work as the school resource officer for the Vermillion School District. He began his role with the district in 2009. His office is located in the high school building, but he often can be found in the district’s other buildings carrying out a variety of tasks, from teaching DARE classes at Jolley Elementary to giving a presentation to students at the middle school. Paul has been with the Clay County Sheriff 's Office since September 1999. Prior to that, he was the chief of police in Irene for one and one half years. He is a certified DARE instructor and is a department firearms instructor. In addition to his duties as school resource officer, Paul assists with all other duties of the sheriff 's office. He received his bachelor of science degree from the University of South Dakota in criminal justice. He has also been a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve since January, 1999 and was deployed in 2005 to Kuwait to support Operation Iraqi Freedom. “I teach DARE classes at Jolley School for nine weeks, and I’m in the process of doing that right now,” Paul said. “I’m considered as kind of an administrator in any of the buildings, but I try not to take an administrator role. 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Also, if a kid could potentially be arrested for a criminal offense here at school, I can help deal with it and perhaps be involved in issuing a school suspension rather than calling law enforcement – it’s so we can deal with the problem at the lowest level and yet still perhaps wake the kid up to the problem.” He also plays an important role in the school district during times of emergency. “If we have an active shooter type of situation, – if it happens to occur in the building that I’m in, I’m the first line of defense, so to speak, to protect that building,” Paul said. “I implement, along with the school staff, the lock down procedures for all of the buildings and review them with the staff and the administration to make sure they are all up to date on what we’re going to do if something should occur.” His occasional visits to Austin Elementary are more to serve as positive reinforcement of student behaviors. “I go over and do programs just for them – topics such as DEPUTY PAUL PEDERSON shopping safety.” It was a lesson that particularly hit home when his family was shopping at the Mall of America recently and became they became separated from their young daughter. “We couldn’t find her for about two minutes, and it scared the bajeebers out of me,” Paul said. “So I came up with a presentation for the kindergarteners and first graders over at Austin Elementary on what do when they get separated from their moms and dads while shopping. “I also go over to the CORRECTION PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP Annual Township Meeting The Citizens of PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP in Clay County, South Dakota, and who are qualified to vote at said Township, are hereby notified that the Annual Township Meeting for said Township will be held at the Clay Rural Water System main office, 30376 SD Hwy 19, in said Township on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. for the following purposes: To elect one Supervisor for the term of three (3) years; one Township Clerk and one Treasurer, each for the term of one (1) year; and to do any other business proper to be done at said meeting when convened. 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