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The voice of central South Dakota since 1881 Tuesday, March 5, 2013 www.capjournal.com Volume 132, Issue No. 45 75¢ C BRING IT HOME Fort Pierre depot project moves ahead; building to arrive this week from Mud Butte A3 B1 Big-Ten Boilermaker Sam Ostarello earns all-Big Ten honors Area News A2-A3 Region A4 Comics A5 Area News A6 Sports B1-B2 Nation B3 Classifieds B3-B4 To reach us, call 224-7301 or e-mail us at [email protected] Twitter.com/capitaljournal Facebook.com/capitaljournal House gives a final OK to school sentinels plan BY BOB MERCER STATE CAPITOL BUREAU PIERRE – The state House of Representatives voted 40-19 Monday afternoon to give final passage to creating a school sentinels program in South Dakota. The legislation next goes to Gov. Dennis Daugaard. It would allow school boards to place armed sentinels in their build- ings as a safety measure if they chose. The sentinels would have to receive training through the state’s law enforcement officers program before they could be armed in a school. “This remains entirely up to the locals,” Rep. Brock Greenfield, R-Clark, said. The House had previously approved the plan, but the Senate added requirements that school boards act in public session and that decisions to adopt sentinels programs can be referred to public vote. Rep. Scott Craig, R-Rapid City, said the Senate amend- ments made the plan more appealing and strengthened it. Notable votes The state House of Representatives gave final approval Monday to the school- sentinels legislation, HB 1087. The bill now goes to the governor. The vote Monday was 40-19 to accept the Senate version. The House had initially passed the bill 42-27 on Jan. 29. Four legislators switched sides Monday. Changing from no to yes were Republicans Melissa Magstadt of Watertown, Tim Rounds of Pierre and Tona Rozum of Mitchell. Changing from yes to no was Democrat Marc Feinstein of Sioux Falls. Eleven legislators were excused Monday: five who voted yes and six who voted no in the Jan. 29 vote. One legislator, Lee Qualm, R-Platte, who wasn’t present for the Jan 29. vote, voted yes Monday. See SENTINELS, A6 BY BOB MERCER STATE CAPITOL BUREAU PIERRE – Legislators quarreled Monday about whether new taxes, tax increases and tax exten- sions should all require a two-thirds majority, whether enacted by the Legislature or through a ballot measure. The state House of Representatives will make the final determi- nation, possibly as early as this afternoon, about whether that question should be put on the 2014 statewide ballot for South Dakota voters to decide. The resolution seeking a constitutional amend- ment to that effect is sponsored by Sen. Corey Brown, R-Gettysburg. It has cleared the Senate on a 25-10 vote Feb. 12. A two-thirds major- ity is already required in the Legislature for a tax increase or a new tax. But the Brown resolu- tion comes in the wake of a ballot measure last year that attempted impose an additional 1 percent of sales and use tax. The tax increase needed only a simple majority to pass but was rejected by 56.7 percent of South Dakota voters in the November general election. The additional 1 per- cent initiative was put on the ballot through a peti- tion drive by the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations and by the South Dakota Education Association. The pro- ceeds were to be split 50-50 between expanded funding for Medicaid and additional funding for public schools. With that fresh in mind, the House Judiciary Committee voted 8-4 Monday to advance the proposed constitutional amendment to the full House. The House debate will be led by its main sponsor in the chamber, Rep. Charlie Hoffman, R-Eureka. Sen. Chuck Welke was one of several legislators with professional educa- tion backgrounds who testified against the pro- posal at the House com- mittee hearing. Welke, D-Warner, said the two-thirds would restrict the citizens in their ability to raise taxes. Brown responded that local bond-issue votes already come with a higher threshold of 60 SD voters may be able to weigh in on voting majority for taxes See MAJORITY, A6 Kristin Inman has been nominated for a national award honoring her excellence in school and her community despite her loss of hearing. (Allison Jarrell/Capital Journal) BY ALLISON JARRELL ALLISON.JARRELL@CAPJOURNAL.COM High School senior Kristin Inman is a budding musician. You can find her conducting the Riggs pep band or playing the cymbals in the drum line, and you’d probably never know that she has hearing loss. The 17-year-old was born with degenerative hearing loss in both ears, which wasn’t dis- covered until a kindergarten screening. “My right ear has always been severe, and my left ear started out pretty much nor- mal, but over time it will wors- en,” Inman said. “Once I started high school, it really worsened. Now I have severe hearing loss on both sides; I can’t go without my hearing aids at all.” Throwing trepidation to the wind When she was younger and first diagnosed with hearing loss, Inman said she never wanted to wear her hearing aids – as far as she knew, she could hear just fine. When she did, the kids at school noticed her “ear plugs,” so she decided from then on to wear sparkly, colorful aids. Inman’s hearing worsened a great deal upon entering high school, and she was forced to wear her aids at all times. Classroom accommoda- tions, including a front row seat and a microphone for teachers who are especially hard to hear, help her tremendously – so much so that she’s ranked first in her senior class and carries a 4.0 GPA. “If I can’t hear someone, I make sure to ask. They always help me,” Inman said. “Usually people around me will repeat stuff for me. They can tell if can’t hear something, because sometimes I give a really weird answer. I answer ‘yes’ to a lot of ques- tions when they’re not really yes or no questions.” But even with the sup- port of fam- ily and friends, regular teenage outings can sometimes take a frustrating turn. “I’d go to basketball games, but I wouldn’t be able to hear my friends,” Inman said. “They’d Local teenager with hearing loss is honored for accomplishments To vote for Kristin Inman, visit www.oticonusa.com/ Oticon/Consumers/FocusOn- People.html. Voting ends March 31, and winners will be announced in April. See TEEN, A6 “A negative attitude just drains you. If you just put a smile on your face, it doesn’t seem so bad,” Kristin Inman, senior, T.F. Riggs High School “... I can’t imagine attacking the right of the initiative and making it two- thirds when it’s been 50 percent and it isn’t more than 50 percent in any other state,” Rep. Peggy Gibson, D-Huron Central Robert Henry Fort Pierre Coteau Chapelle Pawnee Missouri Avenue Euclid Highland S Nicollet Pleasant Capitol Avenue Island View Drive Sioux Avenue Central Broadway Pierre Grand Huron Ree Dakota Avenue Sioux Avenue City plans major business-friendly street overhaul BY DAVID ROOKHUYZEN DAVID.ROOKHUYZEN@CAPJOURNAL.COM The city of Pierre has out- lined plans for one of the city’s larger street reconstruction projects this summer, saying it will try to minimize the impact on local businesses. City Administrator Leon Schochenmaier, accompanied by Utilities Director Brad Palmer, Construction and Operations Manager Lynn Patton, City Engineer John Childs and Mayor Laurie Gill, met with a handful of busi- nesses Monday to talk about the proposed upgrade of Dakota Avenue. The four-phase project will replace the street and 60 per- cent of sidewalks on Dakota Avenue between Fort Street and Highland Avenue. It is scheduled to begin on or before May 15 and should end before Aug. 1. Schochenmaier said the street will have concrete pav- ing, which will hold up bet- ter to traffic and weather than regular asphalt. “We’re making an invest- ment in a surface that will have a life of 50 years,” he said. Phase one will reline the sewer system between Fort and Coteau streets with resin injected into the pipes. The work will be done in sections, so any interruptions in sewer services for businesses will be temporary and last no more than a day. Phase two would be to recon- struct the sidewalk and street from the middle of Pierre Street to the alley between Pierre and Coteau streets. Phase three would do the same between Fort and Pierre streets. Phase four would finish the See STREETS, A6 Construction (Capital Journal illustration)
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House gives a final OK to school sentinels planBy BoB MercerState Capitol Bureau
PIERRE – The state House of Representatives voted 40-19 Monday afternoon to give final passage to creating a school sentinels program in South Dakota.
The legislation next goes to Gov. Dennis Daugaard. It would allow school boards to place
armed sentinels in their build-ings as a safety measure if they chose.
The sentinels would have to receive training through the state’s law enforcement officers program before they could be armed in a school.
“This remains entirely up to the locals,” Rep. Brock Greenfield, R-Clark, said.
The House had previously
approved the plan, but the Senate added requirements that school boards act in public session and that decisions to adopt sentinels programs can be referred to public vote.
Rep. Scott Craig, R-Rapid City, said the Senate amend-ments made the plan more appealing and strengthened it.
Notable votesThe state House of Representatives gave final approval Monday to the school-sentinels legislation, HB 1087. The bill now goes to the governor. The vote Monday was 40-19 to accept the Senate version. The House had initially passed the bill 42-27 on Jan. 29. Four legislators switched sides Monday. Changing from no to yes were Republicans Melissa Magstadt of Watertown, Tim Rounds of Pierre and Tona Rozum of Mitchell. Changing from yes to no was Democrat Marc Feinstein of Sioux Falls. Eleven legislators were excused Monday: five who voted yes and six who voted no in the Jan. 29 vote. One legislator, Lee Qualm, R-Platte, who wasn’t present for the Jan 29. vote, voted yes Monday.
See SENTINELS, A6
By BoB MercerState Capitol Bureau
PIERRE – Legislators quarreled Monday about whether new taxes, tax increases and tax exten-sions should all require a two-thirds majority, whether enacted by the Legislature or through a ballot measure.
The state House of Representatives will make the final determi-nation, possibly as early as this afternoon, about whether that question should be put on the 2014 statewide ballot for South Dakota voters to decide.
The resolution seeking a constitutional amend-ment to that effect is sponsored by Sen. Corey Brown, R-Gettysburg. It has cleared the Senate on a 25-10 vote Feb. 12.
A two-thirds major-ity is already required in the Legislature for a tax increase or a new tax.
But the Brown resolu-tion comes in the wake of a ballot measure last year that attempted impose an additional 1 percent of sales and use tax. The tax increase needed only a simple majority to pass but was rejected by 56.7 percent of South Dakota voters in the November general election.
The additional 1 per-cent initiative was put on the ballot through a peti-tion drive by the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations and by the South Dakota Education Association. The pro-ceeds were to be split 50-50 between expanded funding for Medicaid and
additional funding for public schools.
With that fresh in mind, the House Judiciary Committee voted 8-4 Monday to advance the proposed constitutional amendment to the full House. The House debate will be led by its main sponsor in the chamber, Rep. Charlie Hoffman, R-Eureka.
Sen. Chuck Welke was one of several legislators with professional educa-tion backgrounds who testified against the pro-posal at the House com-mittee hearing.
Welke, D-Warner, said the two-thirds would restrict the citizens in their ability to raise taxes.
Brown responded that local bond-issue votes already come with a higher threshold of 60
SD voters may be able to weigh in on voting majority for taxes
See MAJORITY, A6
Kristin Inman has been nominated for a national award honoring her excellence in school and her community despite her loss of hearing. (Allison Jarrell/Capital Journal)
By Allison JArrell [email protected]
High School senior Kristin Inman is a budding musician.
You can find her conducting the Riggs pep band or playing the cymbals in the drum line, and you’d probably never know that she has hearing loss.
The 17-year-old was born with degenerative hearing loss in both ears, which wasn’t dis-covered until a kindergarten screening.
“My right ear has always been severe, and my left ear started out pretty much nor-mal, but over time it will wors-en,” Inman said. “Once I started high school, it really worsened. Now I have severe hearing loss on both sides; I can’t go without my hearing aids at all.”
Throwing trepidation to the wind
When she was younger and first diagnosed with hearing loss, Inman said she never wanted to wear her hearing aids – as far as she knew, she could hear just fine. When she did, the kids at school noticed her “ear plugs,” so she decided from then on to wear sparkly, colorful aids.
Inman’s hearing worsened a great deal upon entering high school, and she was forced to wear her aids at all times. Classroom accommoda-tions, including a front row seat and a microphone for teachers who are especially hard to hear, help her tremendously – so much so that she’s ranked first in her senior class and carries
a 4.0 GPA.“If I can’t hear someone, I
make sure to ask. They always help me,” Inman said. “Usually people around me will repeat stuff for me. They can tell if can’t hear something, because sometimes I give a really weird
answer. I answer ‘yes’ to a lot of ques-tions when they’re not really yes or no questions.”
But even with the sup-port of fam-
ily and friends, regular teenage outings can sometimes take a frustrating turn.
“I’d go to basketball games, but I wouldn’t be able to hear my friends,” Inman said. “They’d
Local teenager with hearing loss is honored for accomplishments
To vote for Kristin Inman, visit www.oticonusa.com/Oticon/Consumers/FocusOn-People.html. Voting ends March 31, and winners will be announced in April.
See TEEN, A6
“A negative attitude just drains you. If you just put a smile on your face, it doesn’t seem so bad,”
Kristin Inman, senior, T.F. Riggs High School
“... I can’t imagine attacking the right of the initiative and making it two-thirds when it’s been 50 percent and it isn’t more than 50 percent in any other state,”
Rep. Peggy Gibson, D-Huron
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City plans major business-friendly street overhaulBy DAviD [email protected]
The city of Pierre has out-lined plans for one of the city’s larger street reconstruction projects this summer, saying it will try to minimize the impact on local businesses.
City Administrator Leon Schochenmaier, accompanied by Utilities Director Brad Palmer, Construction and Operations Manager Lynn Patton, City Engineer John Childs and Mayor Laurie Gill, met with a handful of busi-nesses Monday to talk about the proposed upgrade of
Dakota Avenue.The four-phase project will
replace the street and 60 per-cent of sidewalks on Dakota Avenue between Fort Street and Highland Avenue. It is scheduled to begin on or before May 15 and should end before Aug. 1.
Schochenmaier said the street will have concrete pav-ing, which will hold up bet-ter to traffic and weather than regular asphalt.
“We’re making an invest-ment in a surface that will have a life of 50 years,” he said.
Phase one will reline the sewer system between Fort
and Coteau streets with resin injected into the pipes. The work will be done in sections, so any interruptions in sewer services for businesses will be temporary and last no more than a day.
Phase two would be to recon-struct the sidewalk and street from the middle of Pierre Street to the alley between Pierre and Coteau streets. Phase three would do the same between Fort and Pierre streets.
Phase four would finish the
See STREETS, A6 Construction (Capital Journal illustration)
