2 Broadcaster Press Ambition A’plenty From Daugaard In Aggressive Start To 2016 Session January 19, 2016 www.broadcasteronline.com Annual Jolley Reading Goal Halfway Reached By Sarah Wetzel For the Plain talk Beginning at the end of October, the kids at Jolley Elementary began another By Bob Mercer monumental effort to read State Capitol Bureau one million minutes colPIERRE – Medicaid expansion and Indian Health Service improvements took up much of the time Tuesday that Gov. Dennis Daugaard didn’t spend on teacher pay and school financial lectively. Over the holiday break the students reached reforms in his State of the State speech Tuesday to the Legislature. But he covered a variety the halfway mark, now havof other significant topics including the possibility for a new state park in Spearfish Canyon, a giant statue planned for a Missouri River bluff at Chamberlain in September and an internal ing read 577, 659 minutes total, equivalent to 401 days. review into state government corruption. Daugaard said Lt. Gov. Matt Michels would look for According to Jolley Principal potential changes to help deter improprieties in the future involving state and federal funds Sue Galvin, 244 students passed through state departments to third-party agencies and contractors. The governor turned in minutes for over said he was disappointed and disheartened by the need to revoke a state contract from Mid the break.. “The kids alone Central Education Cooperative at Platte and the business manager’s subsequent killings of his wife, their four children and himself later that night. A federal agency also wants to revoke read 156,000 minutes over break,” she said. “That’s awestate government’s participation in the EB-5 immigrant visa program that was managed from some. That’s a huge feather fall 2009 through fall 2013 by a contractor. Financial controls normally function well within in the hat for parents. The state government but safeguards that extend outside are needed, according to Daugaard. parents are seeing that this He said Michels would review situations and work on controls that can be added for every is important, kids are seeing state department regarding contracts. Daugaard said he hopes they have specific recomthat it’s important and then mendations for legislators’ consideration during the 2016 session. “We can do a better job of the teachers had 27,000 providing oversight and transparency in these instances and we will,” he said. The governor minutes over break. This is spoke about progress under way at Good Earth State Park south of Sioux Falls and major the only time the teachers improvements coming at Custer State Park. He said there could be a new state park coming for Spearfish Canyon through a land donation and a federal swap. “Spearfish Canyon is truly a are allowed to participate.” Paddy Rosdail, second grade special place,” he said. Sturgis sculptor Dale Lamphere is working on a 50-foot stainless steel teacher, read the most minstatue titled “Dignity” to be placed along Interstate 90 at the east bank of the Missouri River utes of the teachers over the in September, according to Daugaard. He said Norm and Eunabel McKie of Rapid City combreak. “I got beat last year so missioned the art, which will be lit at night near the Lewis and Clark rest stop. The governor I had to redeem myself,” she asked legislators to take some time and consider his proposal to expand Medicaid eligibilsaid. “I had set my own goal ity to nearly 50,000 South Dakotans whose incomes are just above the current poverty line. so I wanted to read a lot this Daugaard said he would insist on circuit breakers so that the expansion would be revoked, time.” Though the teachers’ if Congress and a future U.S. president agreed to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act or substantially change it. He plans to pay state government’s estimated $57 million cost for the minutes over break do count toward the total, Rosdail said expansion by savings on Indian Health Service billings. State government paid $69 million as its share of non-IHS services to American Indian people last year. The plan calls for the federal their contribution is minimal government to pay the full share of American Indian healthcare. Daugaard, a Republican, said compared to the kids’ efforts. “They do it all, they do the he would vote to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act if he was in Congress, just as South Dakota’s three Republicans – Sen. John Thune, Sen. Mike Rounds and Rep. Kristi Noem – have. whole million minutes we help out only a small part of But Daugaard said he sees the potential for enormous benefits in South Dakota and is “optimistic” the IHS reforms would stay in place no matter what. “This deal makes sense for South it,” she said. “I think it’s even Dakota. Most of South Dakota’s tribes have strongly endorsed this plan, and I believe they all better this year because they know. Our third, fourth and will,” he said. The federal secretary of health and human services sent a letter to Daugaard fifth graders already know this week endorsing the concept. He expects the final guidance in the weeks ahead. “Wait to what’s going on with it. We’ve pass judgment on this proposal until we receive final word from the federal government,” added a writing component Daugaard asked legislators. “It just makes sense for our state.” to it this year which has been great for those who like to write. It fills both components and now that they’ve done it once it kind of fires them up and the older siblings tell the younger siblings The University of South Daversity Center Ballroom at 9 or find more information, kota will mark Martin Luther a.m., then serve from 10 a.m. visit the Center for Academic what’s going on so they get fired up for it too. We kind of King Jr. Day on Monday with to around 1 p.m. Projects and Global Engagement know too so that has helped.” various community outreach include serving meals to the website. According to Rosdail it is just projects and a concert featur- community, organizing food as important for adults to ening "Songs of Black America" donations, deep cleaning at courage themselves to read later in the week. For more an animal shelter and day more as it is for kids. “Life than a decade, USD has been care facility, and interacting goes on and you’re busy so contributing to the MLK Jr. with residents at the Avera this pushes,” she said. “Over Day of Service, and the tradi- Yankton Care Center. The Christmas I could say, ‘I have tion continues on Jan. 18. All event continues at 7 p.m., to read. It’s for school.’ So, it community and university Thursday, Jan. 21, in the Aalfs wasn’t not that I don’t read members are invited to join Auditorium. Crystal Sellersbut I have to read. I could say the nationwide effort to emBattle, an associate professor You Read This... to my family that I’m working body the visions of societal of music at Ohio’s Bluffton on a goal.” A reading goal equality inspired by King. University, adds to the week’s You Know like Jolley’s could be used for “It is a great way to connect theme of equality with a Advertising Pays! anyone who wants to read students and community recital and lecture entitled more. “Make a goal at home members in answering the “Songs of Black America.” and work towards it as a call to serve the greater Sellers-Battle received her Call the family and once you hit that good,” said Emily Dykstra, as- vocal performance doctorate Broadcaster at goal, maybe go shopping at sistant director for Academic degree from The Ohio State 605-624-4429 Barnes and Noble and each Engagement. “There are no University and serves as a reget a new book as a family or skill requirements necessary citalist, judge, vocal clinician or stop by to place something, do something fun – just a willingness to make a and honors choir conductor your ad today! to encourage that,” Rosdail difference." Participants will throughout Ohio. 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It’s really fun because they go to every classroom every week. That’s a huge part of our program.” Different this year is the addition to a writing component where the student can count writing hours along with reading. “One thing that we did add too, if you remember last year we had a Miss Read-A,” Galvin said. “This year we have a Mr. Write. We have four people that tried out so four people are Miss Read-A’s and we have one Mr. Write. Miss Read-A and Mr. Write will go around to the classrooms with the athletes. They’re the voice. Some kids tried out and they’re going to be yell leaders and they’re going to teach our student body some yells just to get them fired up.” Hannah shared her excitement for the youngest readers. “The second graders that didn’t get to do it last year get to join in,” she said. “I like getting more people doing it and getting people to love reading.” Though reading a million minutes is a fun shortterm goal, Galvin said the faculty at Jolley are focused on the big picture as well. “Our goal is every student at the elementary level falls in love with reading,” she said. “That’s an opportunity for every kid to be successful in a school setting.” Sarah Wetzel/For the Plain Talk Jolley students reached the half-way mark of their efforts to read one million minutes over the Christmas Break. The top readers for the holiday break were Jack,10, and Hannah, 11, pictured with Mrs. Paddy Rosdail (second grade teacher). Waterproof & Comfortable FREE ESTIMATES WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3RD • 8:30 AM CST make games with it with our parents for the kids so they leave my room hopefully better readers but they love reading, they love books. You have to set that example.” In her personal reading Rosdail said she enjoys a good murder mystery. “When I go home I want to read for pure enjoyment,” she said. “I don’t want to think about anything, I don’t want to learn anything, I just want to be lost in a book and I like a good murder mystery with a touch of romance.” Hannah, 11 and Jack, 10 were two of the top readers over break on the student side reading 4,136 and 4,090 minutes, respectively. That’s equivalent to almost three straight days. Jack enjoys reading the same series he read last year. “I’m mostly reading the same series since it’s got like 22 books I think,” he said. “It’s called ‘Red Wall.’ It’s animals that are like humans but they have the features of the animals and they fight each other.” Hannah has enjoyed reading harder books such as the Seeker series and the Hunger Games. So what is it about reading that so attracts these youngsters? “I really didn’t have anything to do for a while except read because my parents are against the whole video game thing and stuff,” Jack shared. “I just really like the features and how books pull you in especially at the end of a chapter,” Hannah shared. Both kids feel books pull you in better than movies. “They have more stuff to offer than the movies because in the movies they take stuff out and add different stuff in,” Hannah said. “I hate movies that are based off books,” Jack said. “They ruin the book. It makes me mad.” Both Hannah and Jack wouldn’t hesitate to give suggestions to someone who hasn’t discovered the joy of reading yet. “I would give them some of my favorite books that I love to read so they could try it,” Hannah said. “I would probably start them off with shorter, good books because there’s no way they’re going to jump to a 400 page book,” Jack said. These kids also stated that being better readers has helped them better understand their schoolwork. According to Galvin, the school celebrates at certain points along the way to reaching their goal to keep the kids motivated. “We have four benchmarks,” she said. “When we hit 250,000 we have a school celebration. One of our parents came in and did native hoop dancing. It was really awesome. We also had a little popcorn. At 500,000, because we’re one team, one dream, the kids will pack the bus and get to go somewhere in the community and read. 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