Evelyn ChristensenCENTERVILLE — Evelyn Chris-

tensen, 95, died July 13, 2012. Services areat 1:30 p.m. Mon-

day at Bethany Lutheran Church,Viborg.

Visitation is 4-7 p.m. Sunday,with family present from 6-7 p.m.,at the Viborg Funeral Home.

Register online at www.viborg-funeralhome.com.

Sylvia FejfarSylvia G. Fejfar, age 99 of Yank-

ton passed away Tuesday, July 17,2012 at Avera Sister James CareCenter, Yankton, SD. Mass ofChristian Burial will be 11 a.m.,Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at SacredHeart Catholic Church, Yanktonwith Rev. Mark Lichter officiating.Entombment will be in the Gardenof Memories. Visitations willbegin at 5 p.m., Monday, July 23,2012 at the Opsahl-Kostel FuneralHome and Crematory, Yankton,SD. Visitations will resume onehour prior to the service at thechurch.

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10:30 AM, Friday Trinity Lutheran Church

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Daniel P. Cook 2:00 PM, Saturday

Pilgrim Congregational UCC Coleridge

Lloyd SchweinforthLloyd L. Schweinforth, age

86, formerly of Tyndall andmore recently of Scotland, SDpassed away Tuesday, July 17,2012 at the Scotland GoodSamaritan Center, Scotland, SD.

Funeral services will be 10a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2012 atPeace Christian ReformedChurch, Menno, SD with Rev.Dan Flyger and Rev. Joe Brinksofficiating. Burial will be in theOur Saviors (West) Cemetery,rural Menno, SD at approxi-mately 12:30 p.m..

Friend & family visitationswill be held beginning at 5 p.m.Friday evening, July 20, 2012 atthe Aisenbrey-Opsahl-KostelMemorial Chapel, Menno, SDand then one hour prior to theservice at the church on Satur-day, July 21.

Pallbearers are Joshua Scha-effer, Joseph Schaeffer, JeremiahSchaeffer, Matthew Bosworth,Benjamin Bosworth, Chris Buch-mann, Clint Starwalt and Gre-gory Krech.

Lloyd wasborn January 2,1926 on the fam-ily farm near Tyn-dall, SD to Albertand Johanna(Bauder) Schwe-inforth. He wasbaptized on Feb-ruary 28, 1926 atNewberg Congre-

gational Church, Scotland, SDand confirmed in the samechurch by Rev. Boumann. Hemarried Esther Lillian Hagge onFebruary 26, 1954. Lloyd couldbe heard saying that “Estherwas the best thing that everhappened to me”. Esther passedaway on December 24, 2003.

Lloyd farmed all his life onthe same farm on which he wasborn. He was known for his abil-ity to fix farm equipment, farmbuildings, and making or repair-ing bikes and toys for his chil-dren and grandchildren. He wasalso a recycler of old things,making them into somethingnew. In his later years he madetoys for his great-grandchildren,

bird houses, and made wagonsfor his great-grandchildren.

Lloyd is survived by one son,David Allen Schweinforth ofTyndall, SD; three daughters,Linda Marie (Doug) Schaeffer ofLesterville, SD, Marlene Kay(Mike) Bosworth of Sabeth, KS,and Julie Ann Hartmann ofWoodbury, MN; eight grandchil-dren, seven great-grandchildren;and sisters, Elnora (Willard)Zander of Scotland, SD, andDorothy (Lonn) Sweet of SunCity, AZ.

He was preceded in death byhis wife, Esther and parents, Al-bert and Johanna.

Memorials can be directed toGideons International, P.O. Box334, Yankton, SD 57078.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

July 20, 2012

BobbieChristopherson

Bobbie M. Christopherson,age 87, of Rosamond, CA and for-merly of Yankton, SD, passedaway early Monday morning,July 16, 2012 at her daughter’sresidence in Rosamond, CA.

Graveside services will be 10a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2012 atthe Gayville Cemetery, Gayville,SD, with Rev. Paul M. Opsahlofficiating.

Visitations will be 4 to 6 p.m.Friday evening at the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crema-tory, Yankton, SD.

Bobbie was born June 30,1925 in Inglewood, CA to Robertand Gladys (Branston) Peterson.Bobbie was one of four children(Alex, Robert, Bobbie and Patti).Bobbie was very tiny at birthand had some serious health is-sues, but she turned out to bequite a fighter, even at an earlyage. She attended the schoolsystem in Burbank, CA, evengraduated one full semesterahead of her class. Bobbie metRalph Christopherson (her Ma-rine) and they were marriedApril 25, 1943 on Easter Sundayin North Hollywood, CA. Bobbiewas born and raised only in alarge city, so she had quite anadjustment when she and herhusband moved to the country.Bobbie had a gift of somehow al-ways making things work out, soshe took on the challenges withher usual positive attitude. In1951, Ralph and Bobbie boughttheir farm in Volin and livedthere until they sold their homeplace in 2004 and moved toYankton. Bobbie’s husband,Ralph passed away July 4, 2010.Bobbie then moved to Californiawith her daughter, Michelle.

Bobbie worked at Sears formany years. She became ServiceManager and held this position

until she retired.Her position wasvery demanding,but somehowshe always had acheerful outlookand a friendlysmile for every-one she met. Sheworked at Searsfor more than 30

years, receiving many awardsfor service, dedication and ex-cellence. She was a member ofthe VFW Ladies Auxiliary, andwomen’s auxiliary at church.Bobbie was always very active.Besides her family and career,she had many hobbies such as:Cross stitching, crocheting,macramé, knitting, loved makingceramics, a beautiful seam-stress, great cook, and her fa-vorite pastime was definitelyshopping. She always had timefor her children and was readyto help in any way possible. Shehad a gift of making you feel youwere always very special.

She is survived by the follow-ing family members: Michelle ofCalifornia; Chad (Deanna) ofIdaho; Jason (Sandra) of NorthDakota; Amber (Dustin) ofIdaho; and five great-grandchil-dren: James, Paige, Kyle, Dylan,and Gavin.

She was preceded in deathby her husband, Ralph, son,Bob, her parents, brothers and asister.

Mom, you have left an emptyplace in our hearts which willnever be filled. We will love andmiss you forever.

Yankton Press & Dakotan

July 20, 2012

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Obama: Seniors ‘Out Of Luck’ Under RomneyJACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Campaigning in coveted Florida,

President Barack Obama warned Thursday that Republican chal-lenger Mitt Romney would be “squeezing more money out of sen-iors” by turning Medicare into a voucher program. Romney, firingaway near his Boston home base, accused Obama of putting hisneeds above those of the nation.

The daily war of words came as polling shows the presidentialcontest continues to be close nationally, with both men pouringmost money and attention in into the collection of less than 10states expected to decide the election. First lady Michelle Obamalaunched a new effort to rally supporters behind her husband, try-ing to light a fire by saying the whole race could “come down tojust a few votes per precinct in key states.”

The president opened two days of campaigning in Florida insearch of military veterans, seniors and unaligned voters in thestate’s crucial midsection. Florida is the largest and most covetedof the nation’s Election Day toss-up states, a place where Romneycould severely damage Obama’s chances of winning re-election.

In Jacksonville, the president broadened his attack on Romney’ssupport for a House Republican plan that would change Medicarefrom a fee-for-service program into one where future retirees buyinsurance using government subsidies. Republicans argue it wouldintroduce competition and give seniors more choices.

“He plans to turn Medicare into a voucher program,” Obamasaid. “So if that voucher isn’t worth enough to buy the health insur-ance that’s on the market, you’re out of luck. You’re on your own.... We shouldn’t be squeezing more money out of seniors who arejust barely getting by right now.”

A Week Before Olympics, U.K. On DefensiveLONDON (AP) — There’s nearly a week to go before the Olympics

kick off in London and British officials are stuck playing defense.On Thursday, the country’s Olympics secretary said 1,200 extra

troops were put on standby in case embarrassing manpower short-ages get any worse, while U.K. border agents announced a strike forthe day before the games begin.

The one-two punch of bad news comes with only eight days to go,unbalancing a government which might have hoped to bask in glowof pre-Olympic buildup. By far, the most embarrassing episode hasbeen the inability of security contractor G4S PLC to deliver on itspromise to supply about 10,400 guards to help keep the games safe— a last-minute admission which has forced the government to callin 3,500 soldiers to help meet the shortfall.

Speaking Thursday, Olympics Secretary Jeremy Hunt acknowl-edged that even that may not be enough, telling the BBC that thegovernment put the extra 1,200 troops on standby “in the unlikelysituation that G4S’s performance deteriorates from where it istoday.”

“We want to ensure the public against every eventuality,” he toldSky News earlier. “We don’t expect to use them, but they will bethere.”

Microsoft Reports First Quarterly LossLOS ANGELES (AP) — Microsoft said Thursday that an account-

ing adjustment to reflect a weak online ad business led to its firstquarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company.

The software company had warned that it was taking a $6.2 bil-lion charge because its 2007 purchase of online ad service aQuan-tive hasn’t yielded the returns envisioned by management. Thenon-cash adjustment is something companies do when the value oftheir assets decline. Microsoft Corp. paid $6.3 billion for aQuantive,only to see rival Google Inc. expand its share of the online admarket.

The charge led to a $492 million loss in the April-June quarter,or 6 cents a share. That compares with earnings of $5.9 billion, or69 cents, a year ago.

Revenue rose 4 percent to $18.06 billion.Excluding the adjustment and the deferral of some revenue into

the current quarter related to its launch of Windows 8, earningscame to 73 cents per share, beating the 62 cents per share ex-pected by analysts polled by FactSet.

BY NICK DUMITRACHEAND VESELIN TOSHKOVAssociated Press

BURGAS, Bulgaria — He lookedlike any other impatient touristchecking the big board at airportarrivals: a lanky, long-haired manin a baseball cap with his hands inthe pockets of his plaid Bermudashorts, a bulky backpack hangingfrom his shoulders.

Minutes later, authorities say,the man, filmed by security cam-eras at the Burgas airport, wouldboard a bus filled with young Is-raeli tourists and blow himself up,killing six others as well. Authori-ties looked Thursday for clues asto who he was, using his finger-prints, his DNA and his fake Michi-gan driver’s license.

Despite the uncertainty, Israelwas quick to blame Iran and itsLebanese ally Hezbollah for theattack Wednesday. The victims in-cluded the Bulgarian bus driverand five Israelis, including a preg-nant woman.

Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu said the bombing “wascarried out by Hezbollah, the longarm of Iran.” Iranian Foreign Min-istry spokesman Ramin Mehman-parast called the accusation

“baseless,” saying it was aimed atdiverting world attention from Is-rael’s role in the assassination ofIranian nuclear scientists.

Israel has attributed a series ofattacks on its citizens around theworld in recent months to Iranand its Shiite proxies, threateningto escalate a shadow war betweenthe two arch-enemies that has es-calated over Israeli allegationsthat the Iranians are trying tobuild nuclear weapons.

The attack occurred shortlyafter the Israelis boarded a busoutside the airport in the BlackSea resort town of Burgas, a popu-lar destination for Israeli tourists

— particularly for high schoolgraduates before they are draftedinto military service. Burgas isabout 400 kilometers (250 miles)east of the capital, Sofia.

On Thursday, Bulgarian televi-sion aired security camerafootage showing the suspectedbomber wandering in and out ofthe terminal shortly before theblast. He was dressed as a touristhimself, wearing a baseball cap, T-shirt, plaid shorts and sneakerswith short white socks. He carrieda large backpack with wheels.

Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsve-tanov said the backpack con-tained the bomb, whichdetonated in the luggage compart-ment of the bus. The bomber wasbelieved to have been about 36years old and had been in thecountry between four and sevendays, Tsvetanov said withoutelaborating.

“We cannot exclude the possi-bility that he had logistical sup-port on Bulgarian territory,” theminister said.

Officials were using DNA sam-ples to try to establish his iden-tity. Bulgarian Prime MinisterBoiko Borisov told reporters thata Michigan driver’s license was re-trieved, but U.S. officials said

there was “no such person intheir database.” Michigan is hometo one of the largest Arab commu-nities in the U.S.

Bulgarian television airedfootage of the license showing thename of Jacque Felipe Martin withan address in Baton Rouge, La.Michigan officials said they toldthe FBI that no one by that namehad a valid Michigan license andthat out-of-state residents cannotbe issued one anyway.

The Israelis had just arrived ona charter flight from Tel Aviv car-rying 154 people, including eightchildren. Some of them told Israelitelevision that they were justboarding the white bus in the air-port parking lot for a ride to theirhotel when the blast occurred.

Officials reported overnightthat an eighth person had died,but later said that was incorrect.

On Thursday, Bulgarian au-thorities rushed 200 police to ho-tels where about 1,000 Israeliswere staying just north of Burgas.A representative of the Ortannatour company, which books toursfrom Israel, said about 10,000 Is-raelis had scheduled vacations inBulgaria through the firm thissummer and about half had can-celed after the attack.

BY ELIZABETH A. KENNEDYAssociated Press

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assadmade his first appearance Thursday since abomb killed some of his top lieutenants, look-ing calm and composed on state TV even ashis forces turned parts of Damascus intocombat zones and rebels seized two of thecountry’s border crossings.

The unprecedented attack on Assad’sinner circle Wednesday, along with the gov-ernment’s inability to crush the rebels afterfive days of intense clashes in the Syrian capi-tal, point to an unraveling of his grip onpower after 16 months of violence.

“It is a war going on here, literally a war,”said a 25-year-old woman in the Muhajereenneighborhood. The sounds of battle had kepther up all night and she stayed home fromwork because she feared random gunfire, sheadded.

“It reminded me of that night when theAmericans shelled Baghdad nine years ago,”said the woman, who spoke on condition ofanonymity because she feared for her safety.“I was watching it on TV, but today I’m livinga very similar situation.”

Even though Assad’s powerful military re-mains mostly loyal — suggesting a total col-lapse may not be imminent — the rebels

appeared to be making startling gains as thecivil war intensified.

Besides the fighting in Damascus, about ahalf-dozen rebels took over a Syrian bordercrossing near the Iraqi town of Qaim, saidIraqi army Brig. General Qassim al-Dulaimi.There are four major border posts with Iraq.

Rebels overtook a Syrian army outpostnear the Syrian-Iraq border after clashes thatkilled 21 Syrian soldiers, he added.

In addition, amateur video posted onlineshowed rebels taking over the Bab al-Hawaborder crossing with Turkey, where theystomped on portraits of Assad. The Associ-ated Press could not independently verify thevideo because the government bars mostmedia from working independently in thecountry.

A diplomatic solution to ending the blood-shed seemed even more remote after Russiaand China again vetoed a Western-backedU.N. resolution aimed at pressuring Assad’sgovernment to end the escalating conflict.

Analysts said the regime was clearlyshaken by the violence in the heart of itspower base of Damascus, but the next stepwas not clear yet.

“We should not get carried away withspeculating about the impending fall of theregime,” said Salman Shaikh, director of theBrookings Doha Center and an analyst on re-

gional politics. He said the regime’s forces“are still showing a certain amount of cohe-siveness in battle.”

Citing a network of sources on the ground,the Britain-based Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights reported intense clashes in astring of neighborhoods along the southernedge of Damascus, the northeastern neigh-borhood of Qaboun, and in number of west-ern suburbs.

Gunfire and booms from shelling could beheard throughout the capital, and streets inthe hard-hit areas were largely empty, savefor government troops or rebels.

On Thursday, many Syrians said they werenot waiting around to see if the violencewould end any time soon. Thousandsstreamed across the Syrian border intoLebanon at the Masnaa crossing point —about 25 miles (40 kilometers) fromDamascus.

Hundreds of private cars as well as taxisand buses ferried people across.

Even if Assad did leave power, the opposi-tion is widely perceived to be far too disor-ganized to take over. There is no clearcandidate to lead the country in Assad’s ab-sence, and the grim sectarian tint to much ofthe violence suggests any power vacuum willusher in a bloodbath.

Syria’s Assad Appears On TV After Bombing

Police Seek Bomber Identity, Israel Blames Iran