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YANKTON DAILY The Oldest Daily Newspaper Of The Dakotas • www.yankton.net VOLUME 136, NUMBER 74 75 CENTS BY RANDY DOCKENDORF [email protected] OLIVET — State officials are racing against the clock, working on a Hutchinson County resolution determining the coun- ty’s future with the James River Water Development District (JRWDD). The 2010 South Dakota Legislature passed SB 184, under which county com- missioners can allow county residents to decide whether to stay or withdraw from a water district. Hutchinson County put the question of JRWDD membership on the November bal- lot, shortly after the law went into effect July 1, said County Auditor Jeanie Simonsen. “The commissioners passed this (reso- lution) at their July 6 meeting,” she said. “It now goes to the Board of Water and Resources (for certification).” A simple majority will decide the issue, Simonsen said. If voters decide to leave the JRWDD, Hutchinson County would become one of the state’s first counties to withdraw from a water district under the new law. The resolution has reached state offi- cials in Pierre, who face next month’s elec- tion deadlines. The attorney general’s office is working on the wording of the Hutchinson County ballot measure. In addition, the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) must file a resolution with the secretary of state. Ballots need to be finalized within the next three weeks, said Kea Warne, the state’s elections supervisor. “The ballot language needs to be HUTCHINSON COUNTY Water Dispute Headed For Nov. Ballot BY NATHAN JOHNSON [email protected] The Yankton County Commission bid farewell Tuesday to extension educator Sharon Guthmiller. After approximately 13 years with the Yankton County Extension Office, Guthmiller is taking on a job in Pennington County, where she will be closer to her family. A short going-away party occurred during Tuesday’s com- mission meeting. “She’s been quite a leader in the community and has taken on a lot of things that weren’t done in the past,” Commission Chairman Bruce Jensen said. “Her shoes are going to be hard to fill.” Guthmiller specializes in fam- ily and consumer sciences. While some counties have discontinued their support of the South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service, Jensen said Yankton County will keep fund- ing its presence. “We think it is important,” he said. It could be a long process to find a new extension educator, according to Jensen. He said the county will focus on finding the right person for the position and will not rush it. The service is an outreach arm of South Dakota State University and brings educa- tional programs and research- based information to the citi- zens of the state. Its five pro- gram areas are agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, community development, 4-H and youth development, and Native American programs. In other business Tuesday, the commission: • discussed the Yankton County Highway Shop con- struction project that commis- sioners hope to get under way this year. Commissioner Bill Tamisiea said he is working on a budget outlay based on the BY NATHAN JOHNSON [email protected] The landing was successful. During this past weekend, employees of Central Trenching, Inc. (CTI) of Minot, N.D., managed to “land” a directional bore in a small pad of concrete just east of the Discovery Bridge on the South Dakota side. The hole was commissioned by the City of Yankton for a pipeline that will transport water from a pair of wells in Nebraska to the municipal water treatment system. From his perch in the directional drilling rig along the Nebraska shoreline late last week, Curt Curtis was hoping everything would go smoothly. CTI employees began drilling the approximately 1,500-foot-long bore July 12. It goes down about 110 feet — which is approximately 80 feet below the river bottom. “The hard part of this drill is the exit point,” Curtis said. “We’ve got such a small window on the other side, and we’re so close to the shore of the river.” The CTI crew had to backtrack from an initial pilot hole when it became apparent that the drill didn’t have the right angle. An orange dot on a slab of pavement along the Missouri River below Water Treatment Plant No. 1 indicated the spot where the drill would eventually emerge. Once the pilot bore is complete, incre- mentally larger reamers are sent through it. Ultimately, a 30-inch pipe will be pulled through the hole from the South Dakota side. That process will cause a slight disrup- tion for the community’s residents, accord- ing to Yankton Environmental Services Director Kyle Goodmanson. If everything goes according to plan, Cedar Street between Riverside Drive and Second Street will be closed the week of Aug. 2 as the pipe is laid out and prepared for the pull. Welfl Construction Corporation is the general contractor for the $2,380,000 proj- ect that will result in the construction of two vertical gravel pack wells, two well houses, a transmission main below the Missouri River to the water plant in Yankton and west water intake improvements. It will also include demolition of Yankton’s east water intake once the wells are operational. Watching Curtis operate the directional drilling rig, the job can look deceptively easy, he admits. Sitting in an air-conditioned trailer, he uses joysticks and data displays to control the operation. A large window allows him to keep his eyes on the drilling device and the employees working on it. KELLY HERTZ/P&D LEFT: Late last week, employees of Central Trenching, Inc. (CTI) of Minot, N.D., were working to “land” an approximately 1,500-foot directional bore under the Missouri River in this small pad of concrete just east of the Discovery Bridge on the South Dakota shore. They did so successfully during the weekend. ABOVE: Curt Curtis, a 30-year veteran of the industry, operates the directional drilling rig located just south of the Missouri River below Highway 81. Hitting The Spot BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — The unem- ployment rate fell in most states in June, mainly because more people gave up searching for work and were no longer count- ed. Fewer states saw job increas- es, the latest evidence that the economic recovery is slowing. The jobless rate declined in 39 states and Washington, D.C. last month, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That’s a slight improvement from May, when 37 states saw their rates decline. But only 21 states saw net job gains in June, the government said. That compared to 41 the previous month and is the fewest this year. The decline in job creation reflects the layoff of thousands of temporary census workers. Those jobs inflated total payrolls in May and then reduced them in June. Still, the report also indicated that businesses aren’t hiring many new workers. Nationwide, private employers added a net gain of only 83,000 jobs last month. The national unemploy- ment rate dropped to 9.5 percent in June from 9.7 percent the pre- vious month, as about 650,000 people stopped looking for work. New York’s unemployment rate fell to 8.2 percent from 8.3 percent the previous month. But the state lost 8,500 private-sec- tor jobs, the second-straight decline in private employment. California’s unemployment rate also declined, but the state gained just 1,300 private-sector jobs. Wisconsin, meanwhile, saw its jobless rate fall to 7.9 percent from 8.2 percent the previous month. But the state’s work force fell by 13,600, suggesting Drillers Dig Under River To Find Water For Yankton Unemployment Rate Falls In 39 States Residents’ Vote Will Determine Result Yankton Co. Bids Farewell To Extension Agent ALSO ■ Jobless Benefits Bill Clears Key Test; Passage Assumed PAGE 7 72° 9 a . m . 80° 3 p . m . Strong to severe thun- derstorms ■ WATER, Page 2 please ■ COUNTY, Page 3 please ■ RATE, Page 12 please ■ RIVER, Page 2 please ■ LAW: Neb. Officials Agree Flag Mutilation Law Unlawful. PAGE 13 MIDWEST
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■ Bring Home KnowledgeFrom Fun And EducationalVacation Destinations.AMERICAN PROFILE
Travel Trivia
A story in Tuesday’s edi-tion of the Press & Dakotanabout water being releasedthrough the Gavins Point Damspillway should have madeclear that it was the first timein more than a decade thegates have been opened for asustained release to allowaccumulated flood waters todrain from the upper reservoirsystem.
Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Viewpoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Nation/World . . . . . . . . . .7, 12Kids Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-10Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .11-12Midwest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
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The Oldest Daily Newspaper Of The Dakotas • www.yankton.net VOLUME 136, NUMBER 7475 CENTS
BY RANDY [email protected]
OLIVET — State officials are racingagainst the clock, working on a HutchinsonCounty resolution determining the coun-ty’s future with the James River WaterDevelopment District (JRWDD).
The 2010 South Dakota Legislature
passed SB 184, under which county com-missioners can allow county residents todecide whether to stay or withdraw from awater district.
Hutchinson County put the question ofJRWDD membership on the November bal-lot, shortly after the law went into effectJuly 1, said County Auditor JeanieSimonsen.
“The commissioners passed this (reso-lution) at their July 6 meeting,” she said.“It now goes to the Board of Water andResources (for certification).”
A simple majority will decide the issue,Simonsen said. If voters decide to leavethe JRWDD, Hutchinson County wouldbecome one of the state’s first counties towithdraw from a water district under thenew law.
The resolution has reached state offi-cials in Pierre, who face next month’s elec-
tion deadlines.The attorney general’s office is working
on the wording of the Hutchinson Countyballot measure. In addition, the stateDepartment of Environment and NaturalResources (DENR) must file a resolutionwith the secretary of state.
Ballots need to be finalized within thenext three weeks, said Kea Warne, thestate’s elections supervisor.
“The ballot language needs to be
HUTCHINSON COUNTY
Water Dispute Headed For Nov. Ballot
BY NATHAN [email protected]
The Yankton CountyCommission bid farewellTuesday to extension educatorSharon Guthmiller.
After approximately 13 yearswith the Yankton CountyExtension Office, Guthmiller istaking on a job in PenningtonCounty, where she will be closerto her family.
A short going-away partyoccurred during Tuesday’s com-mission meeting.
“She’s been quite a leader inthe community and has takenon a lot of things that weren’tdone in the past,” CommissionChairman Bruce Jensen said.“Her shoes are going to be hardto fill.”
Guthmiller specializes in fam-ily and consumer sciences.
While some counties havediscontinued their support ofthe South Dakota CooperativeExtension Service, Jensen saidYankton County will keep fund-ing its presence.
“We think it is important,” hesaid.
It could be a long process tofind a new extension educator,according to Jensen. He said thecounty will focus on finding theright person for the positionand will not rush it.
The service is an outreacharm of South Dakota StateUniversity and brings educa-tional programs and research-based information to the citi-zens of the state. Its five pro-gram areas are agriculture andnatural resources, family andconsumer sciences, communitydevelopment, 4-H and youthdevelopment, and NativeAmerican programs.
In other business Tuesday,the commission:
• discussed the YanktonCounty Highway Shop con-struction project that commis-sioners hope to get under waythis year. Commissioner BillTamisiea said he is working ona budget outlay based on the
BY NATHAN [email protected]
The landing was successful.During this past weekend, employees of
Central Trenching, Inc. (CTI) of Minot, N.D.,managed to “land” a directional bore in asmall pad of concrete just east of theDiscovery Bridge on the South Dakota side.The hole was commissioned by the City ofYankton for a pipeline that will transportwater from a pair of wells in Nebraska tothe municipal water treatment system.
From his perch in the directional drillingrig along the Nebraska shoreline late lastweek, Curt Curtis was hoping everythingwould go smoothly. CTI employees begandrilling the approximately 1,500-foot-longbore July 12. It goes down about 110 feet —which is approximately 80 feet below theriver bottom.
“The hard part of this drill is the exitpoint,” Curtis said. “We’ve got such a smallwindow on the other side, and we’re soclose to the shore of the river.”
The CTI crew had to backtrack from aninitial pilot hole when it became apparentthat the drill didn’t have the right angle.
An orange dot on a slab of pavementalong the Missouri River below WaterTreatment Plant No. 1 indicated the spotwhere the drill would eventually emerge.
Once the pilot bore is complete, incre-mentally larger reamers are sent through it.Ultimately, a 30-inch pipe will be pulledthrough the hole from the South Dakotaside.
That process will cause a slight disrup-tion for the community’s residents, accord-ing to Yankton Environmental ServicesDirector Kyle Goodmanson.
If everything goes according to plan,
Cedar Street between Riverside Drive andSecond Street will be closed the week ofAug. 2 as the pipe is laid out and preparedfor the pull.
Welfl Construction Corporation is thegeneral contractor for the $2,380,000 proj-ect that will result in the construction oftwo vertical gravel pack wells, two wellhouses, a transmission main below theMissouri River to the water plant in Yanktonand west water intake improvements. It willalso include demolition of Yankton’s eastwater intake once the wells are operational.
Watching Curtis operate the directionaldrilling rig, the job can look deceptivelyeasy, he admits. Sitting in an air-conditionedtrailer, he uses joysticks and data displaysto control the operation. A large windowallows him to keep his eyes on the drillingdevice and the employees working on it.
KELLY HERTZ/P&DLEFT: Late last week, employees of CentralTrenching, Inc. (CTI) of Minot, N.D., were working to“land” an approximately 1,500-foot directional boreunder the Missouri River in this small pad of concretejust east of the Discovery Bridge on the SouthDakota shore. They did so successfully during theweekend. ABOVE: Curt Curtis, a 30-year veteran ofthe industry, operates the directional drilling riglocated just south of the Missouri River belowHighway 81.
HittingThe Spot
BY CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON — The unem-ployment rate fell in most statesin June, mainly because morepeople gave up searching forwork and were no longer count-ed.
Fewer states saw job increas-es, the latest evidence that theeconomic recovery is slowing.
The jobless rate declined in39 states and Washington, D.C.last month, the LaborDepartment said Tuesday. That’sa slight improvement from May,when 37 states saw their ratesdecline.
But only 21 states saw net jobgains in June, the government
said. Thatcomparedto 41 thepreviousmonth andis thefewest thisyear.
Thedecline in
job creation reflects the layoff ofthousands of temporary censusworkers. Those jobs inflatedtotal payrolls in May and thenreduced them in June.
Still, the report also indicatedthat businesses aren’t hiringmany new workers. Nationwide,private employers added a netgain of only 83,000 jobs lastmonth. The national unemploy-
ment rate dropped to 9.5 percentin June from 9.7 percent the pre-vious month, as about 650,000people stopped looking for work.
New York’s unemploymentrate fell to 8.2 percent from 8.3percent the previous month. Butthe state lost 8,500 private-sec-tor jobs, the second-straightdecline in private employment.California’s unemployment ratealso declined, but the stategained just 1,300 private-sectorjobs.
Wisconsin, meanwhile, sawits jobless rate fall to 7.9 percentfrom 8.2 percent the previousmonth. But the state’s workforce fell by 13,600, suggesting
Drillers Dig Under River To Find Water For Yankton
Unemployment Rate Falls In 39 States
Residents’ Vote Will Determine Result
YanktonCo. Bids
Farewell ToExtension
Agent
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■■ LLAAWW:: Neb. Officials AgreeFlag Mutilation Law Unlawful.PAGE 13
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