Evelyn ZimmermanEvelyn H. Zimmerman, 96, of

Yankton died early Thursdaymorning, June 7, 2012, at Avera

Yankton Care Center, Yankton. Arrangements are pending

under the care of Opsahl-KostelFuneral Home and Crematory,Yankton.

Friday, 6.8.12ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net

NEWS DEPARTMENT: news@yankton.net 3APRESS DAKOTANthe midwestTribal Council Member Guilty Of Assault

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — A federal grand jury in South Dakota con-victed a Standing Rock Sioux tribal council member of habitual do-mestic assault, U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson said.

Kerby St. John was convicted this week for an incident that tookplace in July 2011 in Kenel, a community on the Standing Rockreservation, Johnson said in a news release. The reservation spansthe North Dakota-South Dakota border.

The case is believed to be one of the first in the nation involvinga new federal statute that punishes acts of domestic violence inwhich an accused person has two prior convictions of domestic vi-olence in federal, state or tribal courts. St. John was previouslyconvicted twice in tribal court for domestic assault.

“Our approach to addressing domestic violence in tribal com-munities is firm and uncompromising. We will use every tool at ourdisposal to stop it,” Johnson said in a news release.

Neither St. John nor his defense attorney immediately returnedmessages seeking comment Thursday. St. John could face 10 yearsin prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled forSeptember.

Gant: 21 Percent Voter Turnout Too LowSIOUX FALLS (AP) — Secretary of State Jason Gant says he’s dis-

appointed with Tuesday’s voter turnout of just above 21 percent.Gant tells KOTA television that democracy is decided by the

people who show up and participate, and a 21 percent participa-tion level is not a positive trend.

He says his office is active in civic education for young peoplethrough partnerships with Rock the Vote and Kids Voting, and offi-cials will explore extending voter participation efforts for all agegroups.

Gant also says that there have been significant improvements tothe election reporting system. During previous elections, he saidthe system would crash if there were over 200 simultaneous users.

This year, he says the servers maintained stability.

Search For Body Of Teen Kayaker To ContinueRAPID CITY (AP) — Authorities used sonar and divers to search

a southwest South Dakota lake Thursday but did not find the bodyof a teenage boy who went missing while kayaking.

Crews used sonar-equipped boats from the state Game, Fish andParks Department and divers with the Rapid City/PenningtonCounty Water Rescue Team. Deerfield Lake southwest of Rapid Cityremained closed to other boats.

The search for 15-year-old Justin Lewis of Hill City will resumeFriday morning if water conditions allow.

Lewis was last seen on May 28 and he is presumed drowned.

Election Recount Under Way In Davison CountyMITCHELL (AP) — Davison County election officials tallied two

new vote counts on Thursday but the totals didn’t match.The Daily Republic reports that officials did the first new count

after a technician fixed the county’s voting machine. Followingthat, the ballots were run through the machine a second time.

The precinct vote totals from the two counts matched, but theoverall totals did not and officials Thursday afternoon were tryingto figure out what happened.

County auditor Susan Kiepke says it appears the winners ofTuesday’s elections will not change, but some numbers in the votetotals will.

Officials decided on the recount after discovering that hundredsof votes may have been counted more than once and test data mayhave gotten into the machine during the original counting.

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Thank you to Father Matthew for his visits and prayers. We are grateful for the excellent care provided by Avera Sacred Heart Hospital and Dr. Fournier .

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Joan PavelTYNDALL — Joan I. Pavel,

age 81 of Tyndall and formerlyof Tabor passed away Wednes-day, June 6, 2012 at the TyndallGood Samaritan Center inTyndall.

Funeral service will be 10:00a.m. Saturday, June 9, 2012 atthe Opsahl-Kostel MemorialChapel, Tabor with Bill Van Ger-pen officiating. Burial will be inthe Tabor Czech/Tyndall Pres-byterian Cemetery, rural Tyn-dall, SD.

Visitations will begin at 4p.m. Friday, June 8, 2012 at theOpsahl-Kostel MemorialChapel, Tabor with a 7 p.m.prayer service. Visitations willresume one hour prior to theservice at the funeral chapel.

Joan was born July 21, 1930in Utica, SD to George C. andMary (Schramm) Wagner. In1948, she graduated fromMount Marty High School andcontinued her education atMount Marty College. After col-lege, she taught country schoolin Yankton County for twoyears. On October 3, 1950, shemarried Raymond Pavel at St.Agnes (Sigel) Catholic Churchin rural Utica. She was em-ployed as a nurse’s aide in sev-eral nursing homes, includingthe Tyndall Good SamaritanCenter where she resided forthe last 3 years . Joan and Raywere inseparable; he evendrove her to and from work so

they couldspend more timetogether. Theyspent numeroushours togethergoing to rum-mage sales andauctions. Joanhad a love for allanimals, espe-cially cats. She

also enjoyed doing search-a-word books.

Joan is survived by her 3sons: Daniel (Marlys) Pavel ofPrior Lake, MN, Douglas (Carol)Pavel of Whitewood, SD, andDarrell Pavel of Tabor, SD; 2daughters, Debra (Rickie)Winckler of Lawn, TX, andDonna (David) Horkey of Tabor,SD; 5 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; a sister, RoseWibben; and many nieces andnephews.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, Raymond, herparents, a grandson, BrianPavel, brother, Romain Wagner,step-sister, Loretta Evers, step-brothers, Hank Wagner,Sylvester Wagner, and JeromeWagner.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

June 8, 2012

Paul SchwaderMISSION HILL — Paul F.

Schwader, age 83, of MissionHill, South Dakota, died onTuesday, June 5, 2012, at AveraYankton Care Center in Yank-ton, South Dakota.

Memorial services are 10:30a.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2012at Vangen Lutheran Church inMission Hill with ReverendLance Lindgren officiating. In-urnment will be in the VangenLutheran Cemetery in MissionHill with military honors pro-vided by the Ernest-BowyerVFW Post No. 791.

Visitation with the familywill be one hour prior to thememorial service at the church.

Arrangements are under thedirection of the Wintz & Ray Fu-neral Home and CremationService in Yankton.

Paul was born on October 8,1928 on his grandfather’s farmin rural Howard, South Dakotato Frank and Esther (Callies)Schwader. He graduated fromHoward High School in 1946and then worked as a truckdriver in the custom combiningbusiness in several states. In1948, Paul joined the NationalGuard. He worked for the Pro-duction and Marketing Associa-tion and was later called toactive duty on September 1,1950. Paul was trained at FortCarson, CO and then served inAlaska. While working at PMA,he met the love of his life,LaVonne (Schwartz) Bailey andthey were married on January11, 1951 in Colorado Springs,CO. To this union, three chil-dren were born: Paul Jr.,Thomas and John. LaVonnebrought into the marriage herdaughter, Barbara, who Paulloved as his own. After his dis-charge from the services in1952, Paul worked as a grain el-evator manager for theFarmer’s Union Coop Associa-

tion in Howard,SD. In 1958, hemoved to Mis-sion Hill, SD andbecame the man-ager of the eleva-tor at MissionHill, SD. Then in1972, he workedfor Yaggie Mills,first as feed

store manager and then as ele-vator manager in Volin, SD untilhis retirement. Paul was a faith-ful member of Vangen LutheranChurch where he served as aDeacon, Treasurer, Trustee andSunday School Teacher. He wasalso Chairmen of the TownBoard and served as Fire Chief.Paul enjoyed hunting, fishing,gardening, bowling and travel-ing with LaVonne. He also en-joyed his time with his childrenand grandchildren.

Paul is survived by four chil-dren: Barbara Bailey and herfriend, Lois Weber ofWoonsocket, SD, Paul Jr.(Kathy) Schwader of LeMars,IA, Tom (Kathy) Schwader ofMission Hill and John (Jean)Schwader of Crofton, NE; 10grandchildren; six great grand-children; and a sister-in-law,Jetta Schwader of Freeman, SD.

Paul was preceded in deathby his parents, wife, LaVonneon October 15, 2005; grand-daughter, Tracy Schwader; andtwo brothers, Lyle and Frank Jr.

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Nathaniel GilpinNathaniel Leroy Gilpin, Sr. —

aka — “Papa Nate” — was bornon March 20, 1938 to Francis, Sr.and Josephine (Leroy) Gilpin.“Nate” journeyed to the spiritworld on June 6, 2012 at McKen-nan Hospital in Sioux Falls, SDwith all his family members byhis bedside.

Funeral services will be 2:00p.m. Sunday, June 10, 2012 at theSantee Public School Gymna-sium, Santee, NE. Burial will bein the Ponca Native Cemetery,rural Niobrara, NE.

Visitations will begin at 2:00p.m. Friday, June 8, 2012 at theSantee Public School Gymna-sium and will continue until thetime of service.

The Opsahl-Kostel FuneralHome & Crematory, Yankton, SDis in charge of services.

Nate is an enrolled memberof the Omaha Nation and a de-scendant of the Ponca Tribe ofNebraska. Nate is a grandsonand descendant of Chief Stand-ing Bear, which he was veryproud of.

Nate served in the U.S. Armyfrom 1955-1958 with an Honor-able Discharge. He was a marks-man (carbine) / marksman(rifle).

After Nate’s military stint,Nate returned to the Verdel andNiobrara area for a while beforemoving to Chicago, Illinois. In1974, Nate moved to Santee, Ne-braska and lived there until hispassing. While residing in San-tee, he married Joanne LorraineRedowl on August 17, 1990. Natehas worked at various jobs onthe Santee Sioux reservationsuch as the Santee Sioux tribalhousing authority, and Santee

health clinic.Nate retired fromthe Santee healthclinic in 2010.

Nate hadsome medicalproblems but henever let thatslow him down.He was very ac-tive and loved

his gardening, lawn mowing, fish-ing, and spending time with hisgrandchildren; and most re-cently he cherished his great-grandson.

He leaves to mourn hisbeloved wife Joanne, his twodaughters- Tiffany (Phillip,Jr.) ofSantee and Josephine of Wiscon-sin; four sons –Travis and Tylerof Santee, Nate, Jr. (Teresa) ofWisconsin, and Adam (Amanda)of Sioux City, Iowa; three step-children — Nadine (Virgil) La-Pointe of Columbus, Nebraska,Michelle (Eugene) Saul of Santee,Nebraska and Thomas (Trooper)James of Santee, Nebraska; manygrandchildren and two greatgrandsons, brothers, Gene(Marge) Gilpin, Sr. of Winnebago,Kenny Gilpin, Sr. of Walthill,Larry (Flo) Gilpin of Ohio andsister, Lois Ann Moran of Ohioand many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death byhis parents; his sister — Chris-tine, his brother — Francis, andhis step-daughter — Deanna.

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DEADWOOD (AP) — Deadwoodcasinos are asking South Dakota’sgambling commission to change theway it reports revenue figures togive a better picture of the indus-try’s health, but a lawsuit mightstand in the way.

Revenue figures releasedmonthly by the state Commissionon Gaming combine the amount oftheir own money that gamblerswager in slot machines and at cardtables with the money the industryspends on free promotional play.The free play draws in customersbut casinos say it also hurts theirbottom line because it is taxed asincome.

“It has no cash value, yet it goesto gross revenue,” Deadwood Gam-ing Association President Tom Nel-son said.

The tax dispute is the subject ofa lawsuit that four casinos filed lastyear against South Dakota’s Depart-ment of Revenue, and that is makingthe gambling commission hesitantto change the reporting rules, theRapid City Journal reported.

Another roadblock to changingthe reporting rules is that while slotmachines track promotional play asit is being played, those numbersare not reported to the gaming com-mission, said Craig Sparrow, thecommission’s director ofoperations.

Separating the reporting of freeplay and actual play would helpclarify casino revenue, Nelson said.He estimated that casinos are givingout $1 million a year of free play.Gambling revenue is taxed at 9 per-cent, money that goes to variousstate and Lawrence Countyagencies.

“I honestly don’t believe (freeplay) was ever meant to be taxed,”Nelson said. “It’s an input. It’s aseed.”

Some casino managers have saidrecently that figures showing a sig-nificant growth in casino revenuedespite a smoking ban approved byvoters in 2010 are misleading be-cause of the inclusion of free play inthe revenue reporting.

BY GRANT SCHULTEAssociated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. — Farmers inNebraska and Iowa should pre-pare for drought conditions thissummer that could devastatetheir crops, climatologists saidThursday.

The warnings echoed whatranchers and farmers reportedfrom their fields this week — dryconditions unlike anythingthey’ve seen.

Nebraska State ClimatologistHarry Al Dutcher said the stateaverages an inch of rain per weekin June, but the soil is so dry thatcrops will need nearly double thetypical rainfall throughout themonth just to grow as normal.And that, Dutcher said, is unlikely.

Farmers who irrigate will alsohave to use more water, raisingtheir costs and cutting into theirprofits. Dry-land farmers are atthe mercy of Mother Nature andcrop insurance.

“Unless we go through an ex-ceptional three-week wet spell,we’re going to be playing thisgame on and off all growing sea-son,” Dutcher said. “At this point,it’s just a matter of what is the de-gree of crop damage going to be? Ihate to be so negative, but howcan you not be at this point?”

Western Nebraska is experi-encing the most extreme dry con-ditions and is already in amoderate drought. Though athunderstorm rumbled throughwestern Nebraska’s Panhandle onWednesday night and added an-other inch, Dutcher and localranchers said the total rainfall isstill short for the year.

Jeff Metz, who tends 2,500acres of wheat fields and ranchland in rural Morrill County, saidranches in his area are still in “se-rious, serious condition” evenwith the rainfall.

The 47-year-old lifelongrancher said planting conditionsfor his wheat are the worst he canremember. Rainfall since Januaryhas totaled about 3 inches — 4inches shy of the average. Metzsaid his ranch typically sees 15inches of rain annually.

“It’s not all peaches and cream

out here in the countryside,” Metzsaid. “There are people struggling.I don’t think a lot of people realizehow tough things have been thisyear. We’re not used to getting alot of rain, but we’d at least like tostay close to the average.”

It’s less dire in Iowa, but thenext few weeks will prove criticalfor harvesting season.

As crop roots grow, they reachdeeper into the ground formoister sub-soil. But they firsthave to grow through roughly 1foot of topsoil that’s now drierthan normal, said Iowa State Cli-matologist Harry Hillaker.

He said conditions in May andearly June often signal how theweather will act the rest of theyear, and the dry, warm weathersuggests that the drought willworsen. Long dry spells are likelyto stay in place, which increasesthe amount of evaporation and re-quires more rain to maintaincrops.

Hillaker said crop conditions inIowa are still good, but “that couldchange really quickly” unless theweather turns cooler and wetter.

“I’d give pretty good odds rightnow that the month of June willaverage out warmer than normal,”Hillaker said.

In north-central Iowa’s HardinCounty, veteran farmer LarrySailer said he expects the heat willtake a large bite out of his cornand soybean yield this year.

“I’ve been farming in the samespot for 40 years, and I’ve neverseen it this dry this early,” he said.“That may change. It can startagain and stop. But right now, it’sdry.”

Bobbie Kriz-Wickham, assis-tant director of the Nebraska De-partment of Agriculture, saidfarmers will likely have to rely oncrop insurance this year unlessweather patterns change. She saidranchers should also store extrahay for cattle in the likelihoodthat grass growth is also stunted.

“Most of our producers arepretty savvy about having crop in-surance,” Kriz-Wickham said.“They consider all of the thingsthat might happen, and are prettygood about making sure theyhave some level of protection.”

Farmers Fret OverHigh Temps, Low Rain

Deadwood Casinos Ask StateTo Change Revenue Reporting