8 Broadcaster Press February 5, 2019 www.broadcasteronline.com SD State Fair Adds Brothers Osborne To Grandstand HURON, S.D. – The South Dakota State Fair and C&B Operations are proud to welcome Brothers Osborne to the SD State Fair grandstand on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. Brothers Osborne have been climbing the country music charts since their debut in 2013 with hits like “Stay a Little Longer,” “It Ain’t My Fault,” and “Shoot Me Straight.” Their debut album, “Pawn Shop,” was released in 2016 and has been certified US Gold, climbing to the number three spot on the country charts. Last spring, they released their follow up album, “Port Saint Joe” which has climbed to a number two status on the country charts, and they have no intention of stopping any time soon. The duo has claimed the Country Music Association Vocal Duo of the Year Award the last three years in a row, in addition to the Academy of Country Music Vocal Duo of the Year Award, and several Grammy nominations. “Having won Vocal Duo of the Year, Brothers Osborne completes this year’s strong trio of grandstand musical headliners,” said Peggy Besch, SD State Fairgrounds manager. “Their style of music pairs well with the fair! It’ll be a great night in the grandstand.” A pre-sale on VIP tickets will begin May 21, followed by backrest holders on June 3 and June 6 for Friends of the Fair. General public ticket sales will begin June 10. The 2019 South Dakota State Fair will run from Thursday, Aug. 29, through Monday, Sept. 2. Channel Seeds Preview night will be Wednesday, Aug. 28. This year’s theme is “There’s No Time Like Fair Time.” For more information on State Fair events, contact the Fair office at 800-529-0900, visit www.sdstatefair.com or find them on Facebook or Twitter. Agriculture is a major contributor to South Dakota’s economy, generating $25.6 billion in annual economic activity and employing over 115,000 South Dakotans. The South Dakota Department of Agriculture's mission is to promote, protect and preserve South Dakota agriculture for today and tomorrow. Visit them online at sdda.sd.gov or find them on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. New Members Join South Dakota Historical Society Foundation Board PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota House of Representatives. He currently a weekly column, the “Grand River Historical Society Foundation board sits on the NEDSCAP board of GROW Roundup,” that is published in several of directors has named new officers SD and the Eureka Pioneer Museum newspapers in North Dakota and and welcomed new board members board of directors. South Dakota. for 2019. Jennings is a great-grandson of Peterson graduated from the UniThe foundation is the nonprofit fun- South Dakota governor and U.S. versity of South Dakota in Vermillion draising partner of the South Dakota Senator Peter Norbeck. He owns and with a bachelor’s degree in history State Historical Society, with offices in operates a beef cattle ranch, living and political science. He has worked Pierre and Sioux Falls. in the house in which he grew up. as an intern for U.S. Sen. John Thune New officers, elected by the Because the ranch includes land in the and professionally on two statewide board of directors, are Greg Risse, Black Hills National Forest and land political campaigns. He recently joined Sioux Falls, chairman; Randy Seiler, along Spearfish Creek, Jennings has Fredrikson & Byron’s Government ReFort Pierre, vice chairman; Chuck been active in protecting the private lations Group. His work includes state Riter, Rapid City, secretary; and Curt property and public grazing rights, and local lobbying. Mortenson, Fort Pierre, treasurer. and educating the public on how reThe Sattgast family came to South Other board members are Cindy sponsible management of these lands Dakota during the 1930s when Rich’s Eilers, Wessington Springs; Jacqualyn can contribute to the ecological health grandfather accepted the position of Fuller, Lead; Brian Gatzke, Brookings; of the land. He serves on the board of president of what is now called Sioux Gary Heintz, Pierre; Charlie Hoffman, directors of several organizations, inFalls University. Rich Sattgast joined Eureka; Eric Jennings, Spearfish; Roger cluding South Dakota Agriculture and the U.S. Army after high school and Meyer, Yankton; Patricia Miller, Fort Rural Leadership, South Dakota Cattle- served 18 years in the military. He is a Pierre; Betty Olson, Prairie City; Robmen’s Association, Black Hills Regional member of Veterans of Foreign Wars, ert Peterson, Sioux Falls; Rich Sattgast, Multiple Use Coalition and the Society the American Legion and Disabled Pierre; Chuck Schroyer, Pierre; and of Black Hills Pioneers. American Veterans. Sattgast brings a John Teupel, Spearfish. Miller served as South Dakota’s history of serving the people of South New board members are Eilers, First Lady when her late husband, Dakota to his role as board member. Hoffman, Jennings, Miller, Olson, Peter- Walter D. Miller, was governor from He was elected State Auditor in 2002 son, Sattgast and Seiler. 1993-1995. She has a close connection and re-elected to that position in 2006. “These new members have diverse to the South Dakota Historical Society He was then elected State Treasurer backgrounds, but all share an interest Foundation, as she served as its presiin 2010 and 2014. Sattgast was again in South Dakota’s history and helping dent from 2008-2012. A few of the many elected State Auditor in 2018. preserve it,” said Catherine Forsch, leadership and volunteer positions in A graduate of the University of foundation president. which she has served are Community South Dakota School of Law, Seiler Below is biographical information Food Bank of South Dakota, Children’s had a law practice in Mobridge before about each of the new board members: Care Hospital and School, Habitat beginning a career with the U.S. DeEilers ranches with her children for Humanity, South Dakota Tourism partment of Justice. He received the and grandchildren. She preserves Board of Directors, and delegate to the U.S. Department of Justice Attorney South Dakota’s prairies and wildlife White House Conference on Aging. General’s Award for Fraud Prevention through her involvement with Master Olson is a fourth-generation in 2001 and became the first recipient Gardeners South Dakota Soil Health rancher in Harding and Perkins counof the U.S. Attorney Director’s Award and Grasslands Coalition. She helps ties. She and her husband, Reuben, for Superior Performance in Indian preserve state history by promoting live on the ranch that was founded by Country in 2009. Seiler has worked as the Jerauld County Pioneer Museum. Reuben’s grandfather in 1898. Their the U.S. Attorney in South Dakota, the east place was founded by Olson’s Hughes County State’s Attorney and Imagine being involved in rice harvesting in Thailand, She graduated from the South Dakota State University School of Nursing and great grandparents. Olson represented is currently working with the Lower experiencing advances in dairy farming in Switzerland, worked at hospitals in Wessington District 28 in the South Dakota LegisBrule and Crow Creek Sioux tribes to cattle ranching in Argentina, or opportunities in more Springs, Huron, Pierre and Sioux Falls. lature for 10 years. She is president of provide legal services. than 15 other countries. An experience with IFYE can Hoffman lives on the cattle ranch the Harding County Historical Society, Please contact Foundation Presibring you this and more. The IFYE Association of the USA, near Eureka that his great-grandfather president of the Great Western Cattle dent Catherine Forsch at 605-773-6003 Inc. is now accepting applications for its 2019 internahomesteaded in 1885. He has served Trail Association and former president or by email at catherince.forsch@state. tional exchange programs. on the Eureka Public School Board and of the High Plains Western Heritsd.us for more information about the The initial application is available on the IFYE Asspent six years in the South Dakota age Center in Spearfish. She writes foundation. sociation website at www.ifyeusa.org. It takes less than 30 minutes to complete and submit. The IFYE National Program Director will then follow up with you to begin your international experience. Look under the Foreign Exchange tab for USA Outbound Participation Application to get started. Those who complete the written applications will be interviewed for the limited number of 2019 The School Administrators of South Dakota (SASD) Along with the Outstanding Administrators Awards, international exchange opportunities. held a luncheon at the Ramkota Convention Center to Kevin Nelson, Elementary Principal of the Beresford Founded in 1948, the IFYE Association of the USA, Inc. recognize the eight Outstanding Administrators of South School District was Awarded the Swier Law Office Legislaprovides cultural exchange programming that places Dakota. Among the eight were: , Kelly Glodt, Pierre, tive Advocacy Award. This award is given to an individuparticipants with multiple host families during a three- or School Superintendent; Cotton Koch, Madison, Midal who has worked to advance the positions of education six-month period in countries around the world. IFYE rep- dle School Principal; Cathy Telin, Britton Hecla, School at the local and national level. resentatives experience a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Business Official; Chris Noid, Howard, Elementary School Following the luncheon, the Outstanding Administrato gain an understanding of the culture and lifestyle from Principal; Julie Marshall, Timber Lake, Secondary School tors were presented on the floors of the House and Senthose they live with while in the program. IFYE exchanges Principal; Brad McDonald, Tri Valley, Assistant Secondary ate and recognized with a legislative commemoration. are conducted in collaboration with country coordinators School Principal; Sue McAdaragh, Sioux Falls, Curriculum The Outstanding Administrators Luncheon is an anand programs are facilitated and supported by the IFYE nual event sponsored by the School Administrators of Leader; and Jerry Aberle, Northeast Education Coop, DiAssociation of the USA, Inc. The IFYE vision of “Peace South Dakota, a statewide professional organization for rector of Special Education for being named outstanding through Understanding” continues to touch the lives school Administrators in South Dakota. administrators by their respective administrator parent of people around the world. To learn more visit www. groups. ifyeusa.org. International Exchange Program Now Open For 2019 Applications Outstanding School Administrators Recognized Revitalizing Rural South Dakota By Gov. Kristi Noem Hometowns are the heartbeat of South Dakota. I’m proud to be from a rural hometown. It’s where I learned the values of hard work and self-reliance, where Bryon and I chose to raise our kids, where we started an insurance business and hunting lodge, and where my family has farmed and ranched for a century. But many small towns like ours are struggling today. In South Dakota, according to our most recent statistics, we have 15,363 job openings and 13,500 people actively looking for work. Unfortunately, what we have is a skills gap – those unemployed workers don’t have the skills necessarily to fill the open jobs. I strongly believe that the best way to prepare our young people for their careers is through work experience. Over the coming year, I’m asking school leaders to work with me to dramatically increase work experience in our high schools. We need more CTE and skills training in high school. We need more apprenticeship programs. And we need more opportunities for young people to get out of the classroom and experience a real job. I would like our high schools to join together each year to hold a “Week of Work.” This will be a special week when every high school student will get out of the classroom to experience a day on the job. I hope this can lead to schools coordinating more internships and experiencebased classes. Another state-imposed barrier to workforce can be professional licensure. I am directing the Department of Labor and NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR VACATION OF A PORTION OF 465 AVENUE LYING BETWEEN 314TH STREET AND 316TH STREET, CLAY COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT a joint meeting of the Fairview Township, Prairie Center Township, and Vermillion Township, on the 19th day of February 2019, at the hour of 7:00 p.m., in the Vermillion Chamber of Commerce 1st floor boardroom located at 2 East Main Street, will meet to consider the request to vacate the highway contained in Clay County and described as: 0.70 miles of the section line highway known as 465 Avenue starting at 0.85 miles north of 316th Street. This section line highway is bordered by: The West line of Section 5, Township 92 North, Range 51 in Fairview Township; the East line of Section 6, Township 92 North, Range 51 in Vermillion Township; the West line of Section 32, Township 93 North, Range 51 in Prairie Center Township; and the East line of Section 31, Township 93 North, Range 51 in Prairie Center Township, all West of the 5th. P.M., Clay County, South Dakota. Regulation, over the next year, to work with our professional organizations and licensure boards to conduct a full review of licensing requirements. We need to consider the elimination of unnecessary licenses, opportunities to streamline the licensure process, and options to fasttrack licenses for apprentices, in-state graduates, veterans, and military personnel and their families. We can’t let unneeded red tape get in the way of growth. Furthermore, I want to break down barriers to help fill workforce shortages. In our smaller communities and more rural areas, affordable housing creates difficulties for employers. Earlier this year, I announced a pilot project by the South Dakota Housing Development Authority to help fix this problem. We will be building new modular multi-housing units, called DakotaPlex, at the state prison facility in Springfield. It will be similar to the Governor’s Houses, but built as duplex, triplex, or quadriplex units. South Dakota communities of less than 5,000 people will be eligible to purchase these units and offer them for rent at affordable levels. I’m confident this new project will help our smaller communities expand housing options for workers. I believe the most sustainable way to strengthen rural communities is to expand economic opportunity, and that can only come from a healthy workforce. I am fully committed to revitalizing South Dakota’s rural culture so small-town schools and businesses can thrive for generations to come. RAISE YOUR Expectations NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN THAT any person, or their representative, may appear and be heard at said scheduled public hearing that is interested in the approval or rejection of such petition to vacate. Dated Vermillion, South Dakota this 4th day of February, 2019. Publish in Broadcaster: February 5th & 12th, 2019 Publish in Plain Talk: February 8th & 15th, 2019 Matt Olson, Praire Center Township Clerk Angela Jackson, Fairview Township Clerk Jackie Williams, Vermillion Township Clerk ® 101 W Main St | Vermillion 605.624.4461 CorTrustBank.com ID 405612