PIERRE — South Dakota Sec-retary of State Jason Gant wantsto notify voters that due to theinclement weather on Tuesday,April 9, several municipal andschool elections have been post-poned to Tuesday, April 16.These elections will take place atthe regular polling locations andhours that had been originallyscheduled. The polls will be openfrom 7 a.m.-7 p.m. standard time.

Gant stated, “The electionstaking place on Tuesday, April 16,will be the same as those thatwould have taken place on April9. All procedures remain thesame.”

Voters can verify their regis-tration by accessing the Secre-tary of State’s website atwww.sdsos.gov. Go to “Where DoI Vote?” and enter your first and

last name and your date of birth.Click “Search.”

Voters are reminded to takethe proper identification to thepolling place.

Acceptable forms of ID in-clude:

• South Dakota driver’s li-cense or nondriver ID card

• U.S. government photo ID • Current student photo ID

from a South Dakota high schoolor South Dakota accredited insti-tution of higher education

• Tribal photo IDIf you do not have a photo ID,

you can sign a personal identifi-cation affidavit.

The Secretary of State’s officehas been notified that the follow-ing list of municipal and schoolelections have been postponedfor one week and will take place

on April 16: Arlington Municipal,Baltic School, Blunt Municipal,Box Elder Municipal, CastlewoodSchool, Chamberlain School, Col-man-Egan School, Delmont Mu-nicipal, Egan Municipal, ElktonSchool, Ethan School, Faith Mu-nicipal, Flandreau School, Frank-fort Municipal, Freeman School,Geddes Municipal, GregorySchool, Henry School and Munic-ipal, Huron School and Munici-pal, Kadoka Area School,Lead-Deadwood School and Mu-nicipal, Marion School, MillerSchool, New Underwood Munici-pal and School, Newell Municipal,Parkston Municipal, RedfieldSchool, Spearfish Municipal andSchool, Wessington SpringsSchool and White LakeMunicipal.

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Emil FischerEmil Fischer, 91, of Menno

passed away on Sunday, April 7,2013 at the Freeman Hospital,Freeman, SD.

Funeral services will be at10:30 a.m., Monday, April 15,2013 at Grace Lutheran Church,Menno with Rev. Theresa Jacob-son officiating. Burial will be inthe Menno Cemetery with mili-tary graveside rites by Rames-Bender American Legion Post#152, Menno.

Visitations will be from 5-7p.m., Sunday, April 14, 2013 atthe Aisenbrey-Opsahl-Kostel Me-morial Chapel, Menno with thefamily present. Visitations willresume one hour prior to theservice at the church.

Pallbearers will be Dustin Fis-cher, Derek Fischer, DouglasSchaeffer, Fred Schultz, TimTiede, and Ron Schaeffer. Hon-orary pallbearers: His great-grandchildren, nephews, nieces,and friends at Menno Lumber.

Emil Edward Fischer wasborn to Robert and Karoline(Preszler) Fischer on October 4,1921 at their home near Menno,SD.

He was bap-tized at PeaceLutheran Churchin Menno, SD. Hewas confirmed inTroy, SD by Rev.Okdale.

During hisyouth, the familymoved andfarmed in Rock-

ham, SD; Troy, SD; and Water-town, SD. Emil completed theeight grades required in thoseschools. Then, Emil worked forvarious farmers.

Emil was drafted and servedin WWII. He began his service in1942 and was honorable dis-charged in 1945. He served inthe 143rd Field Artillery Battal-ion. While in the service, he re-ceived the Philippine LiberationRibbon with 1 Bronze Star, RifleSharpshooter, and Good Con-duct Medal. After the warended, Emil returned to Mennowhere he farmed.

On March 16, 1952, he mar-ried Selma (Sally) Schaeffer atthe Salem Reformed Church inMenno. They farmed southeastof Menno until 1979 when theymoved into Menno.

Emil started working at theMenno Lumber Company. Heworked there for 20 years. Dur-ing that time, he continued tohelp on the farm. Farming washis joy.

Emil and Sally had two chil-dren: Thomas Robert Fischerand Carol Ann (Cj) Fischer. Emilenjoyed spending time with hischildren and especially with hisgrandchildren and great-grand-children.

He was a faithful member ofGrace Lutheran Church inMenno. Emil was involved in theGrace Lutheran Brotherhoodwhere he served as Treasurerand attended the meetings regu-larly. He served as SundaySchool Superintendent as wellas Church Treasurer. Through-out the years, he served hischurch on various committees.

Emil is survived by his wife,Selma Fischer of Menno, SD;son, Thomas and Cindy Fischerof Menno, SD; daughter, Carol(Cj) Fischer and Jan EricChristopherson of CitrusHeights, CA; Grandchildren andGreat Grandchildren: Dustin Fis-cher of Sioux Falls, SD; DerekFischer of Menno, SD; Aubrianna

Hurley-Fischer of Sioux Falls, SD;Graydon Hurley-Fischer of SiouxFalls, SD; sister, Edna Schoppertof Menno, SD; sister, Ella Thayerof Oroville, WA; brother, Al Fis-cher of Oroville, WA; sister-in-law, Maxine Fischer; and sixnephews and five nieces.

Emil is preceded in death byhis parents, Robert and KarolineFischer; infant brother, Paul Fis-cher; brother, Wilhelm “Bill” Fis-cher; brother, Herbert Fischer;sister, Frieda Fischer; sister, An-nette Reich; sister, CarolineStroud; brother, Art Fischer; sis-ter-in-law, Ann Fischer; sister-in-law, Susie Fischer;brother-in-law, Ervin Reich;brother-in-law, Clair Baumgard-ner; brother-in-law, GeneThayer; brother-in-law, GeneStroud; brother-in-law, AndrewFlattum; and brother-in-law,Benny Schoppert.

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Clarice MorrisonClarice Mae Morrison, 98, of

Coleridge, Neb., died Saturday,April 6, 2013, at the Park ViewHaven Nursing Home, Coleridge.

Funeral services are at 2 p.m.Friday, April 12, at the PilgrimCongregational United Church ofChrist, Coleridge, with the Rev.Gary Kimm officiating. Burial willbe in the Coleridge Cemetery.

Visitation is 5-8 p.m. today(Thursday) at the Wintz FuneralHome, Coleridge, and will con-tinue one hour prior to serviceson Friday at the church.

To view the video tribute or tosend online condolences, visitwww.wintzrayfuneralhome.com.

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The following Yankton SeniorHigh A.P. History and GovernmentStudents competed in the regionalSouth Dakota National History DayCompetition held at the Old CourtHouse Museum in Sioux Falls onMarch 26.

The students who receivedFirst Place Awards and Superiorratings will represent Yankton HighSchool at the State competitionwhich will be held at South DakotaState University on April 17. Stu-dents that place either first or sec-ond at the state competition andearn two superior ratings will beeligible to represent Yankton andSouth Dakota at the National His-tory Day Contest at the Universityof Maryland in June.

Yankton has a sound reputationin this area and has earned severalnational awards. Congratulationsto the students and good luck atstate!

Representing Yankton HighSchool at the South Dakota HistoryDay/National History DayCompetition:

• Theresa Barnes — Senior His-torical Paper: First Place Award,“Nineteenth Century TurningPoints of the Lakota and CrazyHorse's Leadership Against UnitedStates Policy;”

• Abbey VanMeeteren — SeniorHistorical Paper: First Place Award,“The Watergate Scandal: turningPoint in American Political History;

• Amber Livingston, TierneyScoblic and Antonia Montoya —Senior Group Exhibit: The PullmanStrike 1894: Turning Point in his-tory Opening Eyes to Labor,” FirstPlace Award;

• Derek Brenner, Lane Sawatzkeand William Steward — SeniorGroup Exhibit: “The Manhattan

Project: Engineering the AtomicAge,” First Place Award;

• Alexander Crandall andTristin Baker — Senior Group Ex-hibit: “Cuban Missile Crisis,” FirstPlace Award;

• Alex Dangler — Senior Indi-vidual Exhibit: “The IncendiaryBombing of Japan During WorldWar II,” First Place Award;

• Carson Smith — Senior Indi-vidual Exhibit: “Turning Points inHistory: Broken Treaties with thePlains Indians,” First Place Award.

Congratulations to the follow-ing Yankton A.P. History Studentswho competed and receivedawards for their scholarship:

• Devin Clark and Justin Grode— Group Exhibit: “Achieving theRight to Counsel,” First PlaceAward;

• Gretta Hans, Brianna Kellyand Alliyah Greaver — “Overthrowof Mohammed Mossadegh,” FirstPlace Award

• Jordan Hejna, Ryan Olson andLandon Withrow — “Turning Pointon the Eastern Front: The Battle ofStalingrad,” First Place

• Susanna Kinsley, Abigail Slat-tery and Conrad, Haley —“Auschwitz Birkenau: A TurningPoint in History,” First Place Award

• Gabrielle Swenson and AlyssaSchild — Group Exhibit: “PhyllisSchafly Takes Down the EqualRights Amendment,” Second PlaceAward

• Levi Schaeffer, Shayna Gussoand Evan Schade — Group Exhibit:“Remember the Maine,” SecondPlace Award

• Tara Richardson and TessaHacecky — “The OSS: TurningPoint in History,” Second PlaceAward.

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Yankton student Alex Dangler’s Senior Individual Exhibit entry, “The In-cendiary Bombing of Japan During World War II,” won a first place awardat the regional South Dakota National History Day Competition held at theOld Court House Museum in Sioux Falls on March 26.

Reminder: Clear Sidewalks Within 24 HoursThe City of Yankton reminds property owners that public side-

walks are to be kept clear of snow and ice. Property owners whohave snow covered sidewalks adjacent to their property need tomake arrangements for snow and ice removal within 24 hours after asnowfall.

Snow removed from driveways, sidewalks or parking lots cannotbe placed in the streets.

Contact the City of Yankton at 605-668-5251 for more information.

BY RANDY DOCKENDORFrandy.dockendorf@yankton.net

NIOBRARA, Neb. — Thanks toMother Nature, the outcome forthe Niobrara, Neb., school bondmeasure remains unknown twodays after the election.

Niobrara voters went to thepolls Tuesday, deciding the fateof a bond measure not to exceed$9.995 million over a 25-year pe-riod. The bond would amount toa levy of one cent per $100 ofvaluation.

The money would be used forconstructing a new high schoolbuilding and for renovating theexisting elementary school build-ing, gym building and bus barnand shop. The elementary schooland gym would be connected to anew middle school, high schooland pre-school.

A spring storm hit the regionTuesday, as the bond election wasunder way. The polls remainedopen and the district completedthe election as scheduled.

However, the storm wreakedhavoc — and continues to do so— on the vote-counting process,according to Superintendent Mar-garet Sandoz.

The Knox County (Neb.) clerkacts as election commissioner,and the Niobrara ballots weretransported Tuesday night to theKnox County Courthouse in Cen-ter, Neb., Sandoz said.

“The (Knox County) sheriff’soffice came and picked the ballotboxes up from the voting precinct(Tuesday) night,” the superintend-ent said. “The courthouse hadclosed early (because of thestorm), so they locked up thevotes at the sheriff’s office.”

The clerk’s office didn’t countthe votes Tuesday night, and thecourthouse remained closedWednesday because of the in-clement weather.

The Niobrara schools werealso closed Wednesday because ofthe storm conditions.

Knox County Clerk Joann Fis-cher could not be reachedWednesday for comment.

Sandoz believes the ballots willbe counted as soon as possible,hopefully today (Thursday).

“They will do it when they canget into the courthouse,” shesaid. “The election board will dothe counting, and they will let usknow the results. Joann (Fischer)will be calling me as soon as sheknows.”

Regardless of the outcome,Sandoz said the election drewstrong interest among Niobrara’snearly 400 residents.

“There were over 200 votescast. I think the turnout was over50 percent,” she said. “I was verypleased (with turnout), especiallywith weather being a factor.”

Niobrara school officialsworked to keep the public in-formed on the bond issue and theschool district’s needs, Sandozsaid. The information meetingsdrew between 30 and 60 resi-dents, she said.

“We have got a real strong Nio-brara school supporter group,”she said. “We have been trying toget the message out and encour-aging people to come to themeetings.”

Other sources were also usedto reach voters. “I believe the peo-ple had numerous opportunitiesto be informed,” she said.

The school board won’t takeany action until its next regularmeeting in May, Sandoz said.

In the meantime, she andother Niobrara residents areawaiting the results of Tuesday’selection.

The superintendent admittedwaiting for the election outcomehas become a bit nerve-racking.

“The kids and the staff are anx-ious to know,” she said. “I’mpretty optimistic.”

You can follow Randy Dockendorf onTwitter at twitter.com/RDockendorf

Mother Nature DelaysNiobrara School Bond

Election Results

School, Municipal Elections Postponed Construction On BillBaggs Road To Begin

Construction on Bill BaggsRoad from Highway 50 toAlumax Road is tentativelyscheduled to begin the weekof April 15. Bill Baggs Roadwill be closed to thru traffic.Traffic control signage will beposted to designate alternateroutes for the traveling public.

The scope of work involvesreplacement of the roadwaypavement. The contractor willbegin work on the south endand progress to the north, inthree phases.

The completion time forthe contractor is 90 days, fromstart of work.