BY CHET BROKAWAssociated Press

SIOUX FALLS — Republicanshave added to their already sub-stantial majorities in both cham-bers of the South DakotaLegislature by winning key legisla-tive battles.

The GOP takes a 29-6 edge overDemocrats in the Senate after gain-ing eight seats in that chamber.And Republicans will have 50seats to the Democrats’ 19 afterpicking up four seats in the House.One newly elected House memberis an independent.

With their two-thirds majoritiesin both chambers, Republicanscan pass some special spendingmeasures, make some proceduralmoves or override vetoes withoutany Democratic votes.

Democratic senators who weredefeated Tuesday include NancyTurbak Berry of Watertown, PamMerchant of Brookings, SandyJerstad of Sioux Falls and DanAhlers of Dell Rapids.

Two Democratic House mem-bers, Rep. Gerald Lange ofMadison and Rep. Quinten Burg ofWessington Springs, came in thirdin House races where only the top

two vote-getters in each districtare elected. But both those raceswere close enough that recountswere possible, depending on theofficial vote count to be done later,according to the secretary ofstate’s office.

Each legislative district electsone senator and two representa-tives, with the exception of twoSenate districts that are split into

two separate House districts thateach elect their ownrepresentative.

In a key Senate race, Ahlerswas beaten by House Speaker TimRave of Baltic, who successfullyswitched chambers. Merchant wasdefeated by Rep. Larry Tidemannof Brookings, who also made themove between chambers. Jerstadlost to Mark Johnston, a former

press secretary to Gov. MikeRounds.

Turbak Berry, considered a ris-ing star in the Democratic Party,lost to Ried Holien of Watertown, ateacher. She said Republican gainsin the Legislature were due partlyto the anti-Washington sentimentthat played a role not only in con-gressional races, but also in localcontests.

Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indianreservations, were among the lastprecincts to report votes Tuesdaynight. While they went heavily infavor of Herseth Sandlin, turnoutwas so low that they failed tomake up for Noem’s strong show-ing out west.

This year’s battle for SouthDakota’s lone House seat, a keyrace in the Republican effort togain control of the House, focusedon the nation’s economic woesand the growing federal debt.

Noem said her top priority inCongress will be to cut federalspending, and she urged Housemembers to be responsible duringthe lame duck session. She saidthe economy continues to struggleand is failing to create jobs, andlawmakers need to help business-es by not raising taxes and ensur-ing that the Bush tax cuts

stay in place.“The number one thing busi-

nesses need right now is certain-ty,” Noem said. “They need toknow that the government is notgoing to come in and do anythingthat would jeopardize their abilityto keep their doors open.”

Herseth Sandlin, 39, worked asa law clerk for two federal judgesafter getting a law degree atGeorgetown University. She losther first run for Congress in 2002but won a special election in June2004. She was re-elected inNovember 2004, 2006 and 2008.

The Democrat said she’s proudof what she accomplished in a lit-tle more than six years inCongress.

“I asked myself just one ques-tion. I asked myself what’s best forSouth Dakota,” she said lateTuesday night.

Noem, 38, returned to her fami-ly farm near Castlewood in 1994after the death of her father, andshe also helped run a huntinglodge and a restaurant. She waselected to the South Dakota Housein 2006 and has been assistant

leader of the Republican majorityin that chamber for the pasttwo years.

Noem said her family will con-tinue to live on their South Dakotaranch.

“I’ll travel back and forth,” shesaid. “Our family’s not movinganywhere.”

Herseth Sandlin said it’s tooearly to know what she will doafter leaving Congress.

“Now, I’ve got an opportunityto spend some quality time withmy family, friends and my youngson,” she said.

James ParkerSNOHOMISH, Wash — James

R.L. Parker, 34, of Snohomish,Wash., died Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010,at his residence.

Funeral services are at 10:30a.m. Saturday (Nov. 6, 2010) at St.Boniface Catholic Church,Menominee, Neb., with the Rev.David Fulton officiating. Burialwill be in the parish cemetery.

Visitations begin at 4 p.m.Friday at Opsahl-Kostel FuneralHome & Crematory, Yankton,with a wake service at 7 p.m.Visitations will resume one hourprior to the service at the church.

Armand HopkinsLAKE ANDES — Armand

Hopkins, 72, of Lake Andes diedSunday (Oct. 31, 2010) at theCommunity Memorial Hospital,Wagner.

Services are at 11 a.m.Thursday at White SwanCommunity Center, Lake Andes.Burial is in St. Phillip’s EpiscopalCemetery, Lake Andes.

Wake services began Mondayat the center.

Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home,Wagner, is in charge of arrange-ments.

Helen V. CihakWAGNER — Helen V. Cihak, 95

of Wagner and formerly of Dante,died Wednesday (Nov. 3, 2010) atthe Good Samaritan Society,Wagner.

Funeral services are at 10:30a.m. Saturday at Assumption ofthe Blessed Virgin Mary CatholicChurch, Dante, with burial in St.Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, ruralDante.

Visitation is 10 a.m.-5 pm.Friday at Crosby-Jaeger FuneralHome, Wagner, followed by a 7p.m. rosary/wake at the church.

MIDWEST DIGESTTim Jonson Welcomes New Colleagues

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson says the results ofTuesday’s election show that Americans want leadership inWashington that will focus on the economy and keeping the nationmoving forward.

The South Dakota Democrat says he welcomes the many newcolleagues he’ll have in Congress next session, and he looks for-ward to working with “folks from both sides of the aisle.”

Some of the Democratic Party’s heaviest hitters went down inthe House on Tuesday. The shocking upsets included three power-ful committee chairmen and a host of others who were ousted attheir peak of influence.

Among the Democratic casualties was South Dakota incumbentRep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. Johnson says he wishes her well,and he congratulates the Republican winner of the race, KristiNoem.

Johnson says it’s time to put politics “on the back burner” andfocus on good policy.

Collapsed Retaining Wall In Lead Not FixedLEAD (AP) — Three weeks after heavy rains caused a retaining

wall in a parking area to collapse in Lead, the cement wall remainsdown with the two cars it damaged still trapped beneath.

Golden Hills Resort and Convention Center spokesman BobbyRock declined comment to the Black Hills Pioneer.

City Administrator Mike Stahl says the retaining wall is on pri-vate property, though city crews have visited the site to make surethere is no public safety risk.

Stahl says the matter is between Golden Hills Resort and itsinsurance company.

No one was hurt when the wall collapsed on Oct. 11 followingmore than 4 1/2 inches of rain.

Judge Denies Request From Murder SuspectRAPID CITY (AP) — A judge is refusing to enforce an early plea

agreement reached by prosecutors and a Rapid City man who nowis headed to trial on a murder charge.

Twenty-seven-year-old Aaron Jones was scheduled to testifyduring the trial last summer of another man who was convicted ofsecond-degree murder in the November 2007 death of 44-year-oldTamara Magic.

Prosecutors revoked their promise of immunity when theydecided Jones was holding back information. Jones was to pleadguilty to not reporting a crime but was instead later indicted onthe murder charge.

Jones sought to have the earlier plea agreement enforced butJudge Mary Thorstenson refused. KEVN-TV says Jones’ trial is tobegin Jan. 31.

Worker Injured In Fall In Critical ConditionHARROLD (AP) — A construction worker injured at the grain ter-

minal in the central South Dakota town of Harrold is listed in criticalcondition.

Authorities say Rudy Begay of Arizona fell about 35 feet onto aplatform about 150 feet above the ground Tuesday.

Emergency crews used a crane and a rescue basket to bring himto the ground, in an operation that took more than half an hour.

Begay was taken to a Pierre hospital and later transferred to ahospital in Sioux Falls. Hughes County Sheriff Mike Leidholt tellsKGFX radio that Begay suffered a broken right arm and also hit hishead in the fall.

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74 of Tabor passed away onMonday, November 1, 2010 atAvera Sacred Heart Hospital,Yankton, SD.

Funeral services will be 11:00a.m. Saturday, November 6, 2010at the First United MethodistChurch in Yankton with Rev. RonJohnson officiating. Burial will beapproximately at 1:45 p.m. at theRosehill Cemetery in Scotland.Visitations will be 4-7:30 p.m.Friday, November 5, 2010 at theFirst United Methodist Church inYankton with a 7 PM, Eastern Starand Masonic Services. Visitationswill resume one hour prior to theservice at the church.

Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Homeand Crematory, Yankton is incharge of the arrangements.

Pallbearers will be MatthewIreland, Jonathon Ireland, RichardIreland, Lyle Ireland, Bruce Baker,David Baker, Dennis Kronaizl,Dennis Groen, and Colin Kapitan.Honorary pallbearers will theEastern Star and the MasonicLodge.

Timothy “Archie” Ireland wasborn January 11, 1936 to TimothyT. and Marian (Hebbert) Ireland atScotland, SD. Archie attendedScotland grade school and highschool, graduating in 1954.

On March 4, 1957, he married

Darlene Gross ofFreeman, SD. Theywere blessed withtwo children,Michael andPatrick. He attend-ed YanktonCollege, SouthernState TeachersCollege atSpringfield, SD andreceived his

Bachelor of Science Degree in1958. In the fall of 1958, he startedteaching math and physics atMarion, SD. In the summer of 1961,he received his Masters ofEducation in school administra-tion from South Dakota StateUniversity. He also did some addi-tional graduated work at NorthernCollege and the University ofSouth Dakota. After receiving hisMasters Degree, he served as aprincipal or superintendent atMarion, Lyons, Black Hills ArmyDepot at Igloo, SD, Hurley, Geddesand Menno. In 1991, after serving33 years in education, the last fif-teen years in Menno he retired.

He farmed for a few years andserved as a Bon Homme CountyCommissioner. Archie also didcrop insurance adjusting andappraising for several years.

He belonged to the First UnitedMethodist Church, Gideons, Elks,and School Administrators ofSouth Dakota. In 1989, Archie was

inducted into the South DakotaAmateur Baseball Umpires Hall ofFame. He was a 33 degree ScottishRite Mason, member of the El RaidShrine and was a Past WorthyGrand Patron of the South DakotaOrder of Eastern Star.

Archie was preceded in deathby his parents.

Survivors include his wife,Darlene of Tabor; two sons, Mikeof Boulder City, NV and Patrickand his wife, Tonya of Fort Drum,NY; two granddaughters, Natalieand Elizabeth Ireland; his brother,Russel and his wife, Barbara ofScotland, SD; mother-in-law,Elizabeth Gross, Freeman, SD; twobrothers-in-law, Ralph Gross ofFreeman, SD and Gene and hiswife, Labelle Gross of Winner, SD;his nephews, Matt and his wife,Amanda of Bemidji, MN and JonIreland of South Sioux City, NE;and a niece Kandy (Gross) and herhusband, Darrin Fuller of Tea, SD.

The family requests thatmemorials be directed to yourcharity of choice.

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any means. I think that there areways to make the meetings runmore smoothly and efficiently.Once I get settled in, I’ll bringsome of those ideas to the tableand see if we can incorporatethem into the way we handlecounty meetings.”

He said the commission needsto work on a five-year capital planfor road and bridge projects —and perhaps even look 20 yearsahead.

“Particularly on primary roads,we need a five-year capital plan,”Moore said. “As we all know, farmsand farm equipment is getting big-ger. Many of these roads andbridges are inadequate. For safetyreasons, we’re going to have toaddress these issues.”

Jensen said he expects Mooreto add new ideas and contributeto the progressive nature of thecommission.

“A new personality will give usa different outlook on differentthings,” he said.

Looking at long-term infrastruc-ture plans are also on top ofJensen’s list.

“We’ve got to plan more longterm for roads, and we’ve donethat by forming a capital outlayfund,” he said. “I want to maintainwhat we have.

“We’ve always been frugal withtax dollars, and we want to contin-ue with that,” Jensen continued.“On the other hand, we don’t wantto cut services or freeze salaries.”

Sinclair also said he would beputting his focus on the budget.

“It’s an ongoing issue in goodtimes and bad times,” he said.“The decisions you make on yourbudget dictate what you can do asfar as maintaining programs andadding new programs as opportu-

nities come along. There is a lot ofteamwork involved. You have tosit down as a group and talkthings out to determine whereyour priorities are. There is noquestion the budgets will continueto be fairly tight for the nearfuture.”

With both incumbents being re-elected, Sinclair said Tuesday’selection results appeared to be anaffirmation of the commission’swork in recent years.

“I think the vote says the folksin the county are generally satis-fied with what the CountyCommission has been doing,” hesaid. “You just have a really goodfeeling when the vote comes inlike that. I’m really proud of ourcommission and what’s happenedwith it in the last few years.”

Republican Jim Vlahakis, whowon a four-year term Tuesday asYankton County’s sheriff, couldnot be reached for comment.

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BY MARGERY A. BECKAssociated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. — Gov. Dave Heinemanswept to an easy re-election with a cool $1.3million and some change left in his campaignwar chest. With speculation rampant that theRepublican governor will challenge Sen. BenNelson in 2012, some wonder if he can use thatmoney to finance a Senate run.

The short answer is no, because state andfederal campaign finance laws don’t allow forthe money to simply be signed over to a feder-al campaign effort. But political experts agreethe money still can be advantageous if hedecides to take on the lone Democrat inNebraska’s congressional delegation.

If nothing else, Heineman can use themoney to buy influence and scare off otherpotential Republican challengers eyeingNelson’s seat, said Robert Watson, director ofAmerican studies at Lynn University in Florida.

State campaign finance laws allow for myri-ad uses of leftover campaign money, includingconference fees, meals, lodging and travel bythe governor, his government staff and immedi-ate family. It also can be used for newspapersubscriptions, newsletters to constituents,greeting cards and gifts of acknowledgment to

individuals — such as footballtickets.

Also buried among theallowances is permission to usethe money for public opinionpolls, which offers a hugeadvantage to someone decidingwhether to jump in to anotherrace.

“Nelson is going to beabsolutely vulnerable in thenext election,” Watson said.

“There’s going to be a lot of politicians who willbe licking their chops to jump into that. Thismoney Heineman’s got left over not onlydemonstrates his prowess at being a fundrais-er, but it’s money he could use to sink a lot ofother ships and blow people out of the water.”

Nelson was a popular former governor andearned praise as a moderate who could workon both sides of the aisle. But he rankledNebraska’s conservative base last year whenhe provided the 60th vote needed to advanceDemocrats’ federal health care overhaul meas-ure. Nebraska Republicans immediately kickedoff a “Give Ben the Boot” campaign, andHeineman emerged as the most likely con-tender to go after the senior senator’s seat —although he has so far said he’s not interested.

The popular Republican governor faced lit-tle in the way of competition for re-election thisyear. He took three of every four votes castTuesday to defeat Democrat Mike Meister, whoentered the race with no money and only 100days to campaign before the general election.

Heineman already had amassed $1.5 millionby the time Meister entered the race, and spentthat money sparingly.

While Heineman’s war chest can be used tobuy tickets to other candidates’ fundraisingevents, it only can be given directly to anothercandidate or political campaign committee ifhe dissolves his campaign committee.

If the committee is dissolved, the leftoverfunds also can be given to a political party, atax-exempt charity, the state’s public campaignmoney fund and even to the state’s generalcoffers.

Campaign finance director Dean Dennhardtindicated Wednesday that Heineman is in nohurry to dissolve his campaign committee. Hesays there are plenty of uses for the moneyover the governor’s term, such as paying forthe 25,000 Christmas cards Heineman expectsto send this year, holiday parties, tailgatingparties at the Governor’s residence duringhome Nebraska football games and travel forthe governor and first lady.

Leftover Campaign Funds Could Help Later

Heineman

Republilcans Add To Majority In S.D. Legislature