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has used those restrooms real- izes they are grossly inade- quate.” As for the field itself, Eisen- braun and Associates were brought in to do a typography and analysis of the turf “We have estimated that bringing that back to a safely crowned football field could cost as much as $180,000,” Turner said. “We currently spend $25,000 per year in field maintenance.” Most of this money comes out of general funds. Maintenance on a turf field would cost approximately $5,000 annually. “It is $25,000 a year right now to maintain the grass field that we have,” Kindle said. “In over a 12-to-15-year period (which is approxi- mately the life of turf), we will spend anywhere between $300,000 and $375,000 of dis- trict money to maintain a grass field. And so one way or another, we are going to invest at least half of the $800,000 in some form of playing field.” Kindle said that he would like to take on the project of working with a committee to see if it can raise the money for the turf. He said that he has been approached by some individuals interested within the community to help pro- vide dollars as part of a fundraising effort. “We now have soccer to think about,” Turner said. “You can’t play soccer on a se- verely crowned field. The ball would just roll off. If we had a flat field, it would be usable to the soccer program. A flat, synthetic field would be able to be used for football as well.” Turner’s proposed im- provements at Crane-Young- worth Field would cost a total of $1.9 million. “These are really rough numbers — but it’s a starting point,” Turner said. “Bells and whistles will add or subtract off of that.” Turner said he was asked by Kindle what would need to be done if the field was relo- cated to Williams Field adja- cent to the high school. “Obviously any of the im- provements that we do at Crane -Youngworth Field would also have to be done over at the high school,” he said. “We would have to have a new grandstand, and we would have to have more rest- rooms. The synthetic turf is going to be a nice requirement if we are going to incorporate soccer over there as well.” Turner also pointed out the scoreboard, lighting and sound system at Williams Field are specifically built for track. “There is no lighting on the football field itself so that all needs to be redone,” he said. “The sound system is totally different for a football game than it is for a track event. Ticket sales and crowd control would need some changes, so we would have to redo fenc- ing.” Turner estimated $2.4 mil- lion would be needed to move to Williams Field. But for school board mem- ber Sarah Carda, it was hard to even think about spending that much money on the proj- ect after listening to Todd Dvoracek, YMS principal, and Dr. Jennifer Johnke, YHS prin- cipal, who presented a pro- posal earlier Monday night asking the school board to consider bringing back an art teacher at YMS. “For me to understand a little bit more and for the pub- lic to understand a little bit more, we will have to explain a lot more about the general budget versus the general fund,” she said. “I am just going to be honest: When we are sitting here in this school board meeting and we are talk- ing about the need for art teachers and music (teachers) and English (teachers) and li- brarians — it’s a hard sell that we are going to spend this much money on something like that. Do I think it’s neces- sary and important for the community? Maybe. I want to see something happen. It’s my opinion that we have to ex- plain it more to the general public.” Kindle agreed that this would be the first of more meetings about the topic. “This timeline that we are looking at right here would fit in our capital outlay budget, and we would have this ac- complished in the next five years,” Kindle said. “You can’t start this on year three or four when they are only going to give you five years. You have to start the process and make a plan. Tonight it was about giving the board more infor- mation.” Other businesses at Mon- day’s meeting included: • approving an English po- sition at YHS; • a presentation on the PDC Program through the Uni- versity of Minnesota; • an update on the Art Ad- venture Program in the Yank- ton School District; • a proposal to bring back an art teacher at YMS; and • an update on Title I eligi- bility and funding. Follow Jordynne Hart on Twitter at yankton.net/hartjor- dynne. Discuss this story at yankton.net. Emil Tejral Mass of Christian Burial for Emil J. Tejral, age 92, of Spencer, Nebraska, will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Spencer. Rev- erend Doug Scheinost will be Cele- brandt, with burial in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Spencer. Visitation will be Monday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the church, with a 7:00 p.m. Wake Service. Brockhaus Funeral Home in Spencer is in charge of arrangements. Emil died Thursday, March 5, 2015, at Butte Healthcare Center in Butte, Nebraska. Emil Joseph Tejral, son of Albert and Tonie (Maly) Tejral, was born October 25, 1922, at Spencer, Nebraska. Emil attended Spencer Schools until the ninth grade. On May 26, 1952, Emil was united in marriage to the love of his life, Camilla McAllister. Nine children were born to them. Emil lived in Spencer his whole life. He worked at the Sieler Motors/Ford Garage until 1967. He then was a custodian at Spencer Public Schools for three years. Emil worked for Chuck Luedke at the gas and service station, which he later purchased from Luedke. He operated Emil’s 66 until he retired. Emil was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and he was also a member of the Spencer Fire Department for over 35 years. Emil enjoyed spending time with his family. He loved to fish, watch baseball games, play cards, garden, and spend time playing with his grandchildren and great- grandchildren. Emil is survived by his children, Dorothy (Rob) Winchell, Yankton, South Dakota, Don (Debora) Tejral of O’Neill, Nebraska, Mary (Randy) Lihs of O’Neill, Roberta (Frank) Kleinschmit of St. Helena, Nebraska, Ron- nie Tejral (partner Johnny Pitts) of Greenville, South Carolina, Larry (Debbie) Tejral of Sargent Bluff, Iowa, Deb Tejral of Spencer, Ne- braska, Bill (Amy) Tejral, of Crofton, Nebraska, and Bob Tejral (friend Rhonda Wesslen) of Crofton; 38 grandchildren; 33 great- grandchildren; sisters, Emma Gehlsen of Lynch, Ne- braska and Helen Birger of Yankton. He was preceded in death by his parents; beloved wife, Camilla; granddaughter, Bonita Kleinschmit; and grandson, Joseph Klein- schmit. Yankton Press & Dakotan March 10, 2015 Gladys Fleener Gladys I. Fleener, 97 of Coleridge, Nebraska, died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Park View Haven Nursing Home in Coleridge. Funeral Services will be on Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Co- leridge with the Rev. Debra Valentine officiating. Burial will be at the Coleridge City Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to services on Thursday at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Wintz Fu- neral Home of Coleridge. Kathy Hoebelheinrich Kathy Ann Hoebelhein- rich passed peacefully from her earthly life at the family home in rural Menominee, Nebraska, at age 49 on March 7, 2015. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday, March 16, at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Menomi- nee, with the Rev. Jim Keiter officiating. Burial will be im- mediately afterwards at St. Boniface Cemetery. Visitation with family will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday, March 15, at the Opsahl-Kostel Fu- neral Home and Crematory, Yankton, with a prayer serv- ice and rosary at 7 p.m. Visi- tation will resume at one hour prior to the service at the church. All those attending serv- ices are encouraged to wear Husker red. Milo Sheldon Milo Sheldon, 74, of Yank- ton passed away Monday, March 9, 2015, at Avera Sa- cred Heart Hospital, Yank- ton. Funeral services are pending with the Opsahl- Kostel Funeral Home & Cre- matory, Yankton. Violet Waters Violet E. Waters, 92, of Yankton died Sunday, March 8, 2015, at Avera Sister James Care Center in Yankton. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 13, at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ron Johnson officiating. Burial will be in the Tyndall Ceme- tery in Tyndall. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home in Yankton. Visitation will re- sume one hour prior to the funeral on Friday at the church. To send an online mes- sage to the family, visit www.wintzrayfuneralhome.c om. Virginia Peterson Virginia L. Peterson, 69, of Wakonda passed away Sun- day, March 8, 2015 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. Funeral arrangements are pending with Kober Funeral Home of Vermillion. 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(Janda) John- son, age 56, of Menominee, Nebraska, died on Friday, March 6, 2015 at Avera Sa- cred Heart Hospital in Yank- ton, South Dakota putting up a good fight against can- cer but her body couldn’t take anymore. Memorial services are 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at Wintz & Ray Funeral Home in Yank- ton with Reverend Dani Jo Ninke officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10 at the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home in Yankton. There will be a time of sharing and video tribute at 7:00 p.m. The family will also re- ceive friends one hour prior to the memorial service on Wednesday. Amber was born January 22, 1959 in Yankton, South Dakota to Emil and Leona (Diede) Janda. She gradu- ated from Yankton High School in 1978, like many teenagers, she had a part- time job at Gurney Seed and Nursery in Yankton. After a brief stay in California, Amber moved back to Yank- ton and worked at Star Tree Service in Hartington, Ne- braska. It was there she met Mark Johnson and they were united in marriage on October 24, 1980. After their marriage, they lived in Hart- ington until 1992 when they moved to an acreage by Menominee, Nebraska area. Amber worked at various retail and manufacturing companies, often two or three at a time. Her main love was the Black Cat Cos- tume Rental business which she started, first running it out of the upstairs of their home. The business grew rapidly and in 1995 Amber and Mark had to build a garage to include her amaz- ing collection of costumes. She was constantly acquir- ing costumes and acces- sories at every rummage sale she could get to and was known by many as The Costume Lady. Her free time was spent camping and en- joying time with friends and family. One of the most im- portant things in her life was her many cats. Amber is survived by her husband, Mark Johnson of Menominee; three sisters: Delight Paulson of Yankton, Crys (Charlie) Archer of San Diego, CA, and Bonnie (Jeff) Knoll of Yankton; one brother, Aaron Janda of Yankton; and six nieces and nephews: Sean Archer, Tim Paulson, Carly Knoll, Megan Archer, Olivia Janda, and Chance Janda. Amber was preceded in death by her parents and niece, Brianna Knoll. Memorials may be di- rected to the Yankton Women’s and Children’s Center and the Heartland Humane Society. To send an online mes- sage to the family, please visit www.wintzrayfuneral- home.com. Yankton Press & Dakotan March 10, 2015 Johnson Online condolences at: www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com Tejral School From Page 1 and they don’t even have that.” She gave the commission an example of just how much the program means to seniors in the community. “Just the other day, we had a couple come in to sign up for our commodities program and these two seniors are living on $800 per month,” she said. “When we gave them that box of food, they were just elated. It was like they won the lot- tery.” Hauer said The Center provides 47,000 total meals per year with 17,000 going to seniors that are home-bound. She added that The Center intends to make it more than a Community Champi- ons Week, though. “It’s Community Champions Week and we’re making it a Community Champion’s Month — the whole month of March we’re creating awareness,” she said. One way The Center is looking at cre- ating this awareness is a Rock-a-Thon which has taken place throughout the month of March and is set to culminate in a “Battle of Rockers” on March 17. Each “rocker” — a number of community fig- ures including Mayor Carda — competes to raise the most money for March for Meals. Commissioner Charlie Gross was ab- sent from Monday’s meeting. In other business Monday, the com- mission: • approved the purchase of a new pickup truck for the fire department. • had a first reading for ordinances pertaining to water meters and down- town parking for hotels. You can follow Rob Nielsen on Twitter at twitter.com/RobNielsenPandD/. Dis- cuss this story at www.yankton.net/. City From Page 1 determinant of a student's sexual identity is the sexual identity noted on the student's certificate of birth. “If no sexual identity is noted on the student's certificate of birth, the sole determinant is the sexual identity noted on the South Dakota High School Activities Association Physical Exam Form that is completed by a health care professional at the student's physical examination.” The House of Representatives approved the legislation 51-16 on Feb. 10. The prime sponsor is Rep. Jim Bolin, R-Canton. His only co-sponsor is Sen. Ernie Otten, R-Tea. The policy adopted by the association came from the national association of which SDHSAA is a member. The policy is on pages 30-31 in the board’s June 2014 meeting minutes at http://www.sdhsaa.com/Portals/0/PDFs/Board- ofDirectors/2013-14/JuneMinutes.pdf. Basically a person who believes she or he is transgender must apply for participation ap- proval through the local high school. In turn the application goes to a SDHSAA review board. The policy doesn’t provide for annual ap- provals of transgender status, meaning that once an athlete chooses to participate as a member of the opposite gender, that status will remain through the end of the high school years. “This is a very important issue to a lot of peo- ple across the state,” Greenfield said. Sen. Deb Soholt, the committee’s chairman, said approximately three and one-half hours were spent over two days hearing two bills aimed at blocking the SDHSAA policy. Senate Democratic leader Billie Sutton of Burke said the transgender bills received “a full and a fair hearing.” But Sen. Bill Van Gerpen, R-Tyndall, spoke in support of Greenfield. Van Gerpen said the Senate rules specifically provide for the smoke-out ma- neuver that Greenfield was attempting. “This issue is huge,” Van Gerpen said, calling for “a full-scale Senate debate.” Athletes From Page 1
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has used those restrooms real-izes they are grossly inade-quate.”
As for the field itself, Eisen-braun and Associates werebrought in to do a typographyand analysis of the turf
“We have estimated thatbringing that back to a safelycrowned football field couldcost as much as $180,000,”Turner said. “We currentlyspend $25,000 per year in fieldmaintenance.”
Most of this money comesout of general funds.
Maintenance on a turf fieldwould cost approximately$5,000 annually.
“It is $25,000 a year rightnow to maintain the grassfield that we have,” Kindlesaid. “In over a 12-to-15-yearperiod (which is approxi-mately the life of turf), we willspend anywhere between$300,000 and $375,000 of dis-trict money to maintain agrass field. And so one way oranother, we are going to investat least half of the $800,000 insome form of playing field.”
Kindle said that he wouldlike to take on the project ofworking with a committee tosee if it can raise the moneyfor the turf. He said that hehas been approached by someindividuals interested within
the community to help pro-vide dollars as part of afundraising effort.
“We now have soccer tothink about,” Turner said.“You can’t play soccer on a se-verely crowned field. The ballwould just roll off. If we had aflat field, it would be usable tothe soccer program. A flat,synthetic field would be ableto be used for football aswell.”
Turner’s proposed im-provements at Crane-Young-worth Field would cost a totalof $1.9 million.
“These are really roughnumbers — but it’s a startingpoint,” Turner said. “Bells andwhistles will add or subtractoff of that.”
Turner said he was askedby Kindle what would need tobe done if the field was relo-cated to Williams Field adja-cent to the high school.
“Obviously any of the im-provements that we do atCrane -Youngworth Fieldwould also have to be doneover at the high school,” hesaid. “We would have to havea new grandstand, and wewould have to have more rest-rooms. The synthetic turf isgoing to be a nice requirementif we are going to incorporatesoccer over there as well.”
Turner also pointed outthe scoreboard, lighting andsound system at WilliamsField are specifically built fortrack.
“There is no lighting on thefootball field itself so that all
needs to be redone,” he said.“The sound system is totallydifferent for a football gamethan it is for a track event.Ticket sales and crowd controlwould need some changes, sowe would have to redo fenc-ing.”
Turner estimated $2.4 mil-lion would be needed to moveto Williams Field.
But for school board mem-ber Sarah Carda, it was hardto even think about spendingthat much money on the proj-ect after listening to ToddDvoracek, YMS principal, andDr. Jennifer Johnke, YHS prin-cipal, who presented a pro-posal earlier Monday nightasking the school board toconsider bringing back an artteacher at YMS.
“For me to understand alittle bit more and for the pub-lic to understand a little bitmore, we will have to explain alot more about the general
budget versus the generalfund,” she said. “I am justgoing to be honest: When weare sitting here in this schoolboard meeting and we are talk-ing about the need for artteachers and music (teachers)and English (teachers) and li-brarians — it’s a hard sell thatwe are going to spend thismuch money on somethinglike that. Do I think it’s neces-sary and important for thecommunity? Maybe. I want tosee something happen. It’s myopinion that we have to ex-plain it more to the generalpublic.”
Kindle agreed that thiswould be the first of moremeetings about the topic.
“This timeline that we arelooking at right here would fitin our capital outlay budget,and we would have this ac-complished in the next fiveyears,” Kindle said. “You can’tstart this on year three or four
when they are only going togive you five years. You haveto start the process and makea plan. Tonight it was aboutgiving the board more infor-mation.”
Other businesses at Mon-day’s meeting included:
• approving an English po-sition at YHS;
• a presentation on thePDC Program through the Uni-versity of Minnesota;
• an update on the Art Ad-venture Program in the Yank-ton School District;
• a proposal to bring backan art teacher at YMS; and
• an update on Title I eligi-bility and funding.
Follow Jordynne Hart onTwitter at yankton.net/hartjor-dynne. Discuss this story atyankton.net.
Emil TejralMass of Christian Burial
for Emil J. Tejral, age 92, ofSpencer, Nebraska, will be10:30 a.m.Tuesday,March 10,2015, at St.Mary’sCatholicChurch inSpencer. Rev-erend DougScheinost willbe Cele-brandt, with burial in St.Mary’s Catholic Cemetery inSpencer.
Visitation will be Mondayfrom 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at thechurch, with a 7:00 p.m.Wake Service.
Brockhaus Funeral Homein Spencer is in charge ofarrangements.
Emil died Thursday,March 5, 2015, at ButteHealthcare Center in Butte,Nebraska.
Emil Joseph Tejral, son ofAlbert and Tonie (Maly)Tejral, was born October 25,1922, at Spencer, Nebraska.Emil attended SpencerSchools until the ninthgrade.
On May 26, 1952, Emilwas united in marriage tothe love of his life, CamillaMcAllister. Nine childrenwere born to them.
Emil lived in Spencer hiswhole life. He worked at theSieler Motors/Ford Garageuntil 1967. He then was acustodian at Spencer PublicSchools for three years. Emilworked for Chuck Luedke atthe gas and service station,which he later purchasedfrom Luedke. He operatedEmil’s 66 until he retired.Emil was a member of St.Mary’s Catholic Church and
he was also a member of theSpencer Fire Department forover 35 years.
Emil enjoyed spendingtime with his family. Heloved to fish, watch baseballgames, play cards, garden,and spend time playing withhis grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Emil is survived by hischildren, Dorothy (Rob)Winchell, Yankton, SouthDakota, Don (Debora) Tejralof O’Neill, Nebraska, Mary(Randy) Lihs of O’Neill,Roberta (Frank) Kleinschmitof St. Helena, Nebraska, Ron-nie Tejral (partner JohnnyPitts) of Greenville, SouthCarolina, Larry (Debbie)Tejral of Sargent Bluff, Iowa,Deb Tejral of Spencer, Ne-braska, Bill (Amy) Tejral, ofCrofton, Nebraska, and BobTejral (friend RhondaWesslen) of Crofton; 38grandchildren; 33 great-
grandchildren; sisters,Emma Gehlsen of Lynch, Ne-braska and Helen Birger ofYankton.
He was preceded in deathby his parents; beloved wife,Camilla; granddaughter,Bonita Kleinschmit; andgrandson, Joseph Klein-schmit.
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March 10, 2015
Gladys FleenerGladys I. Fleener, 97 of
Coleridge, Nebraska, diedSunday, March 8, 2015, atPark View Haven NursingHome in Coleridge.
Funeral Services will beon Thursday, March 12, at 2p.m. at the ImmanuelLutheran Church in Co-leridge with the Rev. DebraValentine officiating. Burialwill be at the Coleridge CityCemetery.
Visitation will be onehour prior to services onThursday at the church.
Arrangements are underthe direction of the Wintz Fu-neral Home of Coleridge.
KathyHoebelheinrich
Kathy Ann Hoebelhein-rich passed peacefully fromher earthly life at the familyhome in rural Menominee,Nebraska, at age 49 onMarch 7, 2015.
Mass of Christian Burialwill be at 10 a.m. Monday,March 16, at St. BonifaceCatholic Church, Menomi-nee, with the Rev. Jim Keiterofficiating. Burial will be im-mediately afterwards at St.Boniface Cemetery.
Visitation with family willbe 5-7 p.m. Sunday, March15, at the Opsahl-Kostel Fu-
neral Home and Crematory,Yankton, with a prayer serv-ice and rosary at 7 p.m. Visi-tation will resume at onehour prior to the service atthe church.
All those attending serv-ices are encouraged to wearHusker red.
Milo SheldonMilo Sheldon, 74, of Yank-
ton passed away Monday,March 9, 2015, at Avera Sa-cred Heart Hospital, Yank-ton.
Funeral services arepending with the Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Cre-matory, Yankton.
Violet WatersViolet E. Waters, 92, of
Yankton died Sunday, March8, 2015, at Avera Sister JamesCare Center in Yankton.
Funeral services will be10:30 a.m. on Friday, March13, at First United MethodistChurch with the Rev. RonJohnson officiating. Burialwill be in the Tyndall Ceme-tery in Tyndall.
Visitation is from 5-8 p.m.Thursday, March 12, at theWintz & Ray Funeral Home inYankton. Visitation will re-sume one hour prior to thefuneral on Friday at thechurch.
To send an online mes-sage to the family, visitwww.wintzrayfuneralhome.com.
Virginia PetersonVirginia L. Peterson, 69, of
Wakonda passed away Sun-day, March 8, 2015 at AveraSacred Heart Hospital inYankton.
Funeral arrangements arepending with Kober FuneralHome of Vermillion.
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son, age 56, of Menominee,Nebraska, died on Friday,March 6, 2015 at Avera Sa-cred Heart Hospital in Yank-ton, South Dakota puttingup a good fight against can-cer but her body couldn’ttake anymore.
Memorial services are11:00 a.m. on Wednesday,March 11, 2015 at Wintz &Ray Funeral Home in Yank-ton with Reverend Dani JoNinke officiating.
The family will receivefriends from 5:00 to 8:00p.m. on Tuesday, March 10at the Wintz & Ray FuneralHome in Yankton. There willbe a time of sharing andvideo tribute at 7:00 p.m.
The familywill also re-ceive friendsone hourprior to thememorialservice onWednesday.
Amberwas bornJanuary 22,
1959 in Yankton, SouthDakota to Emil and Leona(Diede) Janda. She gradu-ated from Yankton HighSchool in 1978, like manyteenagers, she had a part-time job at Gurney Seed andNursery in Yankton. After abrief stay in California,Amber moved back to Yank-ton and worked at Star TreeService in Hartington, Ne-braska. It was there she met
Mark Johnson and theywere united in marriage onOctober 24, 1980. After theirmarriage, they lived in Hart-ington until 1992 when theymoved to an acreage byMenominee, Nebraska area.Amber worked at variousretail and manufacturingcompanies, often two orthree at a time. Her mainlove was the Black Cat Cos-tume Rental business whichshe started, first running itout of the upstairs of theirhome. The business grewrapidly and in 1995 Amberand Mark had to build agarage to include her amaz-ing collection of costumes.She was constantly acquir-ing costumes and acces-sories at every rummagesale she could get to and
was known by many as TheCostume Lady. Her free timewas spent camping and en-joying time with friends andfamily. One of the most im-portant things in her lifewas her many cats.
Amber is survived byher husband, Mark Johnsonof Menominee; three sisters:Delight Paulson of Yankton,Crys (Charlie) Archer of SanDiego, CA, and Bonnie (Jeff)Knoll of Yankton; onebrother, Aaron Janda ofYankton; and six nieces andnephews: Sean Archer, TimPaulson, Carly Knoll, MeganArcher, Olivia Janda, andChance Janda.
Amber was preceded indeath by her parents andniece, Brianna Knoll.
Memorials may be di-
rected to the YanktonWomen’s and Children’sCenter and the HeartlandHumane Society.
To send an online mes-sage to the family, pleasevisit www.wintzrayfuneral-home.com.
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and they don’t even have that.”She gave the commission an example
of just how much the program means toseniors in the community.
“Just the other day, we had a couplecome in to sign up for our commoditiesprogram and these two seniors are livingon $800 per month,” she said. “When wegave them that box of food, they werejust elated. It was like they won the lot-tery.”
Hauer said The Center provides47,000 total meals per year with 17,000going to seniors that are home-bound.
She added that The Center intends tomake it more than a Community Champi-ons Week, though.
“It’s Community Champions Week andwe’re making it a Community Champion’s
Month — the whole month of Marchwe’re creating awareness,” she said.
One way The Center is looking at cre-ating this awareness is a Rock-a-Thonwhich has taken place throughout themonth of March and is set to culminate ina “Battle of Rockers” on March 17. Each“rocker” — a number of community fig-ures including Mayor Carda — competesto raise the most money for March forMeals.
Commissioner Charlie Gross was ab-sent from Monday’s meeting.
In other business Monday, the com-mission:
• approved the purchase of a newpickup truck for the fire department.
• had a first reading for ordinancespertaining to water meters and down-town parking for hotels.
You can follow Rob Nielsen on Twitterat twitter.com/RobNielsenPandD/. Dis-cuss this story at www.yankton.net/.
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determinant of a student's sexual identity is thesexual identity noted on the student's certificateof birth.
“If no sexual identity is noted on the student'scertificate of birth, the sole determinant is thesexual identity noted on the South Dakota HighSchool Activities Association Physical Exam Formthat is completed by a health care professional atthe student's physical examination.”
The House of Representatives approved thelegislation 51-16 on Feb. 10. The prime sponsor isRep. Jim Bolin, R-Canton. His only co-sponsor isSen. Ernie Otten, R-Tea.
The policy adopted by the association camefrom the national association of which SDHSAA isa member. The policy is on pages 30-31 in theboard’s June 2014 meeting minutes athttp://www.sdhsaa.com/Portals/0/PDFs/Board-ofDirectors/2013-14/JuneMinutes.pdf.
Basically a person who believes she or he istransgender must apply for participation ap-proval through the local high school. In turn theapplication goes to a SDHSAA review board.
The policy doesn’t provide for annual ap-provals of transgender status, meaning that oncean athlete chooses to participate as a member ofthe opposite gender, that status will remainthrough the end of the high school years.
“This is a very important issue to a lot of peo-ple across the state,” Greenfield said.
Sen. Deb Soholt, the committee’s chairman,said approximately three and one-half hours werespent over two days hearing two bills aimed atblocking the SDHSAA policy.
Senate Democratic leader Billie Sutton ofBurke said the transgender bills received “a fulland a fair hearing.”
But Sen. Bill Van Gerpen, R-Tyndall, spoke insupport of Greenfield. Van Gerpen said the Senaterules specifically provide for the smoke-out ma-neuver that Greenfield was attempting.
“This issue is huge,” Van Gerpen said, callingfor “a full-scale Senate debate.”
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