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Darrel Lane Darrel Duane Lane, 66, of Hanover, VA, died Thursday, January 23, 2014. He is survived by his daughter V. DeAnne Walsh and husband Dennis; mother Marie Lane Radel; siblings Marilyn Cahoy, Vera Bares and husband Ray and Gary Lane and wife Sharon and his many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father Glen Lane and brother-in-law Ray Cahoy. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp. The family will receive friends Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Rd, Me- chanicsville, VA . Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at The Father’s House 5701 S. Labur- num Ave. Richmond, VA. Inter- ment will follow in Upper King and Queen Baptist Church Cemetery. Yankton Press & Dakotan January 28, 2014 Theresa O’Shea Theresa O’Shea, 57, of Lit- tlefield passed away Saturday, January 25, 2014 in Littlefield. She was born November 18, 1956 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Evert and Lucille Smith. Theresa attended and grad- uated from EMNU -Roswell, where she earned her doctor- ate degree in Psychology. She married Michael O’Shea in 1983 in Roswell. Theresa en- joyed playing Bingo, and loved watching CSI and other crime dramas on TV. She is survived by her hus- band, Michael O’Shea of Little- field; two sons, Richard Kirkendall and wife Stacy of Whiteface, and Travis Lindsey and wife Katrina of Yankton, South Dakota; two daughters, Merlesha Lindsey, and Brenda Waterman and husband Har- lod of North Fork, Nebraska; fourteen grandchildren; a brother, Fred Smith and wife Lisa of Portales, NM; and a sis- ter, Mary Dishman of Okla- homa. She was preceded in death by a son, James Kirkendall; a daughter in law, Marie Kirk- endall; her parents; and a sis- ter, Mary Dishman. Cremation arrangements are under the personal care of Hillcrest Funeral Home in Lit- tlefield. Yankton Press & Dakotan January 28, 2014 Nettie Herman Nettie Herman of Menno died peacefully on Jan. 25, 2014, at the age of 97 1/2 years. Funeral services are at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at Grace Lutheran Church, Menno, with the Rev. Theresa Jacobson officiating. Burial will be in the Menno Ceme- tery. Visitations are from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Aisenbrey-Opsahl-Kostel Memorial Chapel, Menno, with the family present. Visitations will resume one hour prior to the service at the church. Greg Koepsell Greg Koepsell, 60, of Mis- sion Hill died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton. Memorial services are at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home in Yankton. A gathering of friends and family will be from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home. To post an online sympa- thy message visit wintzrayfu- neralhome.com. Tuesday, 1.28.14 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net NEWSROOM: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTAN PAGE 3 the world OBITUARIES W e w illbe featuring ourannual “BeautifulBaby Contest” in printand online on W ednesday,February 26,2014 . Ifyou orsom eone you know has a child w e w ould love to include them in ourfeature! To enter,sim ply subm ityourphoto and entry form w ith a $10 subm ission fee by M onday,February 17. PRESS& DAKOTAN Firstplace w inners in the follow ing categories w illreceive a fram ed w inners printand prize. Category #___________ Age:_____________ Date ofBirth____________________ Child’s N am e_________________________________________________________________ Parents Nam e ________________________________________________________________ Address________________________________________ Phone______________________ Beautiful Baby Contest Subm it Entry To: Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan 319 W alnut Street,Yankton,SD 57078 Entry Deadline: M on.,Feb.17,2014 W inners w illbe selected by the staffofYankton M edia Inc.Em ployees and fam ily m em bers ofYankton M edia Inc.are ineligible to w in. *Subm ission ofthis form authorizes the publication ofchild’s photo in this contestin printand on line atw w w .yankton.net. Subm ission fee ($10) m ustaccom pany entry form to be valid. 1) Newborn-6 M o n th s 2) 7-12 M o n th s 3) 13-24 M o n th s 4) 25 M onths-4 Years 5) M u ltiple B irth s Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home & Crematory is there for you. Our compassion knows no boundaries. We serve all churches, all faiths, all cemeteries. No matter where your final resting place may be... Funeral Home & Crematory, Yankton Memorial Resource Center, Tyndall • Memorial Chapels, Tabor, Menno & Tyndall 665-9679 • 1-800-495-9679 • www.opsahl-kostelfuneralhome.com Guiding and serving families with compassion and trust. Kevin P. Opsahl Funeral Director Tami Keller Funeral Director Penny Gregorio Office Manager IN REMEMBRANCE W INTZ & R AY FUNERAL HOME and Cremation Service, Inc. 605-665-3644 W INTZ FUNERAL HOME INC. Hartington, Coleridge, Crofton 402-254-6547 www.wintzrayfuneralhome.com Elisabeth “Elly” Sudbeck 10:30 AM, Tuesday Holy Family (Sts. Peter and Paul) Catholic Church Fordyce Royce “Mike” Michael Gathering, 5:00 to 8:00 PM, Tuesday Wintz Funeral Home Crofton Greg Koepsell 11:00 AM, Friday Wintz & Ray Funeral Home Yankton Royce ‘Mike’ Michael Royce “Mike” Michael age 66 of Crofton, Nebraska died on Friday, January 24, 2014 at his residence. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Wintz Funeral Home in Crofton. There will be a Prayer Service at 7:00 p.m. officiated by Rev. Amanda Jertson. Burial will occur at a later date. To view the video tribute, or to send online condo- lences, please visit www.wi- intzrayfuneralhome.com/. Mike was born on July 20, 1947 in Petersburg, West Vir- ginia to James Vernon and Freeda Pauline (Borror) Michael. He graduated from Tecumseh High School in New Carlisle, Ohio in 1966. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1967 and served until 1971. In 1968 Mike met his wife, Cheryl Skrette- berg while sta- tioned at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, SD. They were married on August 21, 1970 in Lemmon, SD and after his discharge from the Air Force they moved to Lemmon where he worked for a num- ber of years at the Lemmon Equity Exchange. For a time, he owned and operated Mike’s Auto Electric. In June of 1989 they moved to an acreage northeast of Crofton. He attended Northeast Voca- tional School and worked at Kolberg’s in Yankton, SD. For the last several years he worked for BJ School Buses as the Crofton Public School Bus Manager. He truly en- joyed this job especially the bus trips, the interaction with the kids and watching them participate in their activities. He always said the highlight was the bus trip he drove when the Crofton Basketball girls captured the State title. He enjoyed several summers working as a Park Ranger at Weigand. Mike and Cheryl had 3 children, Justin, Greg and Mandy and he loved being involved in their activi- ties and was proud of each of them. Mike was a member of the Crofton American Legion Post 128. Mike was baptized in September of 1983 in Lem- mon after his profession of his belief of a saving Jesus at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Lemmon. Mike is survived by his wife, Cheryl Michael of Crofton; 3 children, Justin and Melinda Michael of Crofton, Greg Michael of Crofton; Mandy Michael of Cedar Hills, Texas; 3 grand- children, Caden and Camry Michael of Crofton; Cody LaCroix of Omaha; a great granddaughter, Ella Rainn LaCroix, a sister, Denise and Mark Wymore of Clovis, New Mexico; his mother-in-law, Faye Gaugler of Lemmon; brother and sister-in-law, Terry and Nancy Skretteberg of Shadehill, SD; 2 nieces, Jes- sica Dawson of Clovis, NM and Kelsey Blanco of Bloom- ington, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his parents, father-in-law, Alvin C. Skretteberg and his step father-in-law, Ray Gau- gler. Yankton Press & Dakotan January 28, 2014 Michael US Seeking A Defense Against Spying WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is looking into encryption techniques that could prevent eavesdroppers from spying on its own surveillance of Americans’ phone records. As the Obama administration considers shifting the collec- tion of those records from the National Security Agency to re- quiring that they be stored at phone companies or elsewhere, it’s quietly funding research to prevent phone company em- ployees or eavesdroppers from seeing whom the U.S. is spying on, The Associated Press has learned. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has paid at least five research teams across the country to develop a system for high-volume, encrypted searches of electronic records kept outside the government’s possession. The proj- ect is among several ideas that would allow the government to discontinue storing Americans’ phone records, but still search them as needed. Under the research, U.S. data mining would be shielded by secret coding that could conceal identifying details from out- siders and even the owners of the targeted databases, accord- ing to public documents obtained by The Associated Press and AP interviews with researchers, corporate executives and government officials. The administration has provided only vague descriptions about changes it is considering to the NSA’s daily collection and storage of Americans’ phone records, which are presently kept in NSA databanks. To resolve legal, privacy and civil lib- erties concerns, President Barack Obama this month ordered the attorney general and senior intelligence officials to recom- mend changes by March 28 that would allow the U.S. to iden- tify suspected terrorists’ phone calls without the government holding the phone records itself. Ukraine Chief Says He Will Scrap Law KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s beleaguered president on Monday agreed to scrap harsh anti-protest laws that set off a wave of clashes between protesters and police over the past week, a potentially substantial concession to the opposition that stopped short of meeting all of its demands. In a possibly major sticking point, a proposed amnesty for arrested protesters would not be offered unless demonstra- tors stopped occupying buildings and ended their round-the- clock protests and tent camp on Kiev’s central Independence Square, according to a statement by Justice Minister Elena Lukash on the presidential website. President Viktor Yanukovych has been under increasing pressure since he pushed the tough laws through parliament, setting of clashes and protests in other parts of the country in a sharp escalation of tensions after weeks of mostly peaceful protests over his rejection of a deal to deepen ties with the 28- nation European Union. At a meeting between top opposition figures and Yanukovych late Monday “a political decision was made on scrapping the laws of Jan. 16, which aroused much discus- sion,” Lukash said. She made no mention of a key opposition demand — that Yanukovych resign. Assad’s Future Hindering Peace Talks GENEVA (AP) — The key issue of a transitional government to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Mon- day in Syrian peace talks, described by one delegate as “a dia- logue of the deaf.” The chief U.N. mediator expressed frustration over inflam- matory public remarks by the two sides as he sought to iden- tify some less-contentious issues in hopes of achieving any progress at all at the bargaining table. But even the most modest attempts at confidence-building measures faltered — including humanitarian aid convoys to besieged parts of the central city of Homs and the release of detainees. Veteran mediator Lakhdar Brahimi somberly de- clared at the end of the day that he had little to report. “There are no miracles here,” Brahimi said, adding that both sides nevertheless appeared to have the will to continue the discussions. Asked how he planned to bridge the enor- mous gap between the two sides, the veteran diplomat quipped: “Ideas, I’ll take them with great pleasure.” The gulf between the two sides was on full display at a tur- bulent morning session in which the delegations from the op- position and the Syrian government faced off on the question of Assad’s future. BY DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO — Parents brought kids to work or just stayed home because schools were closed, again. Office workers hailed cabs to ride a block — or less. And compa- nies offering delivery services were inundated with business as Arctic air blasted the cen- tral U.S. on Monday for the second time in weeks, disrupt- ing the lives of even the hardi- est Midwesterners. As temperatures and wind chills plummeted throughout the day, even simple routines were upended by the need to bundle up, with anyone ven- turing outdoors being well ad- vised to layer up with clothing, coats, hats, scarves and gloves. And there’s no quick relief in sight as subzero highs were expected to dominate across the region into Tuesday. “This is similar to what we had three weeks ago” in terms of life-threatening conditions, said Sarah Marquardt, a Na- tional Weather Service meteor- ologist. “With wind chills in the minus 30 to minus 40 range, you can get frostbite within 10 minutes on exposed skin.” In Chicago, temperatures had fallen below zero by Mon- day afternoon with wind chills in the negative double-digits. “We had two (employees) call in because they couldn’t come to work because of the school closings, and another called in sick,” said Kristelle Brister, the manager of a Chicago Starbucks, who was forced to bring her 9-year-old son to work after the city shut down its 400,000-student school system for the day. Residents of Minnesota and Wisconsin faced similar if even somewhat more severe weather. Wind chills in the minus 40s were expected in Min- neapolis, while in Milwaukee the chill hit minus 23 by mid- afternoon. Elsewhere, wind chills of minus 18 were ex- pected in Dayton, Ohio, minus 14 in Kansas City, Mo., and minus 3 in Louisville, Ky. The chill Monday was enough to keep even the hardi- est people off the streets, in- cluding the customers of the Hollywood Tan salon in the southwestern Illinois’ commu- nity of Belleville. “It’s definitely a lot slower,” said salon manager Kelly Ben- ton, who wasn’t expecting any- thing near the 100 tanners the salon sees on a typical day. But the chill didn’t keep crowds from Tiny Tots and Lit- tle Tykes Preschool and Child Care Center in West St. Paul, Minn., where the cold weather means a lot more jumping rope and riding around on scooters — anything to escape cabin fever and let kids burn off some energy. “We’re just trying to keep them busy, but it’s definitely more of a challenge when you can’t get outside,” said Man- aRae Schaan, the executive di- rector. The brutally cold weather has brought a spike in busi- ness for GrubHub Seamless, a company that lets users order food online from restaurants and have the food delivered. “Across the board, restau- rant and delivery drivers are dealing with an influx of or- ders,” Allie Mack, a spokes- woman for the company said in an email. Not only that, but people seem to appreciate the drivers more, with Mack saying that during the Polar Vortex earlier this month, tipping was up by double digits in Detroit, Cleve- land, Minneapolis and Chicago. And, for some reason, deliveries of buffalo chicken sandwiches jumped 37 per- cent. “You figure people are probably being more generous to their drivers because their drivers are the ones braving the conditions while you’re on your couch in your pajamas,” Mack said. Chicago cabdriver Kumar Patel said the cold translates into bigger tips for him too. But the chill also seems to trigger some bad behavior as well, he said. “They get in and they say they have to smoke because it’s so cold,” Patel said. Still, he said, he can pick up a lot of fares in a short time. “They are going a block, some- times only a half block,” Patel said. Deep Freeze Bears Down
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Darrel LaneDarrel Duane Lane, 66, of
Hanover, VA, died Thursday,January 23, 2014.
He is survived by hisdaughter V. DeAnne Walsh andhusband Dennis; motherMarie Lane Radel; siblingsMarilyn Cahoy, Vera Bares andhusband Ray and Gary Laneand wife Sharon and his manynieces and nephews.
He was preceded in deathby his father Glen Lane andbrother-in-law Ray Cahoy.
He was a veteran of theUnited States Marine Corp.
The family will receivefriends Monday from 6 to 8p.m. at the Bennett FuneralHome, 8014 Lee-Davis Rd, Me-chanicsville, VA .
Funeral services will beheld Tuesday at 11 a.m. at TheFather’s House 5701 S. Labur-num Ave. Richmond, VA. Inter-ment will follow in Upper Kingand Queen Baptist ChurchCemetery.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
January 28, 2014
Theresa O’SheaTheresa O’Shea, 57, of Lit-
tlefield passed away Saturday,January 25, 2014 in Littlefield.She was born November 18,1956 in Chickasha, Oklahomato Evert and Lucille Smith.
Theresa attended and grad-uated from EMNU -Roswell,where she earned her doctor-ate degree in Psychology. Shemarried Michael O’Shea in1983 in Roswell. Theresa en-joyed playing Bingo, and lovedwatching CSI and other crimedramas on TV.
She is survived by her hus-band, Michael O’Shea of Little-field; two sons, RichardKirkendall and wife Stacy ofWhiteface, and Travis Lindseyand wife Katrina of Yankton,South Dakota; two daughters,Merlesha Lindsey, and BrendaWaterman and husband Har-lod of North Fork, Nebraska;fourteen grandchildren; abrother, Fred Smith and wifeLisa of Portales, NM; and a sis-ter, Mary Dishman of Okla-homa.
She was preceded in death
by a son, James Kirkendall; adaughter in law, Marie Kirk-endall; her parents; and a sis-ter, Mary Dishman.
Cremation arrangementsare under the personal care ofHillcrest Funeral Home in Lit-tlefield.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
January 28, 2014
Nettie HermanNettie Herman of Menno
died peacefully on Jan. 25,2014, at the age of 97 1/2years.
Funeral services are at10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30,at Grace Lutheran Church,Menno, with the Rev. TheresaJacobson officiating. Burialwill be in the Menno Ceme-tery.
Visitations are from 6-8p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, atthe Aisenbrey-Opsahl-KostelMemorial Chapel, Menno, withthe family present. Visitationswill resume one hour prior tothe service at the church.
Greg KoepsellGreg Koepsell, 60, of Mis-
sion Hill died Sunday, Jan. 26,2014, at Avera Sacred HeartHospital in Yankton.
Memorial services are at 11a.m. Friday, Jan. 31, at theWintz & Ray Funeral Home inYankton.
A gathering of friends andfamily will be from 5-7 p.m. onThursday, Jan. 30, at the Wintz& Ray Funeral Home.
To post an online sympa-thy message visit wintzrayfu-neralhome.com.
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Royce “Mike” Michael age66 of Crofton, Nebraska diedon Friday, January 24, 2014 athis residence.
The family will receivefriends on Tuesday, January28, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to8:00 p.m. at the Wintz FuneralHome in Crofton. There willbe a Prayer Service at 7:00p.m. officiated by Rev.Amanda Jertson. Burial willoccur at a later date.
To view the video tribute,or to send online condo-lences, please visit www.wi-intzrayfuneralhome.com/.
Mike was born on July 20,1947 in Petersburg, West Vir-ginia to James Vernon andFreeda Pauline (Borror)Michael. He graduated fromTecumseh High School inNew Carlisle, Ohio in 1966. Heenlisted in the U.S. Air Forcein 1967 and served until 1971.
In 1968 Mikemet his wife,Cheryl Skrette-berg while sta-tioned atEllsworth AirForce Base inRapid City, SD.They weremarried onAugust 21,
1970 in Lemmon, SD and afterhis discharge from the AirForce they moved to Lemmonwhere he worked for a num-ber of years at the LemmonEquity Exchange. For a time,he owned and operatedMike’s Auto Electric. In Juneof 1989 they moved to anacreage northeast of Crofton.He attended Northeast Voca-tional School and worked atKolberg’s in Yankton, SD. Forthe last several years heworked for BJ School Busesas the Crofton Public SchoolBus Manager. He truly en-joyed this job especially thebus trips, the interaction with
the kids and watching themparticipate in their activities.He always said the highlightwas the bus trip he drovewhen the Crofton Basketballgirls captured the State title.He enjoyed several summersworking as a Park Ranger atWeigand. Mike and Cherylhad 3 children, Justin, Gregand Mandy and he lovedbeing involved in their activi-ties and was proud of each ofthem. Mike was a member ofthe Crofton American LegionPost 128. Mike was baptizedin September of 1983 in Lem-mon after his profession ofhis belief of a saving Jesus atthe Reformed PresbyterianChurch in Lemmon.
Mike is survived by hiswife, Cheryl Michael ofCrofton; 3 children, Justinand Melinda Michael ofCrofton, Greg Michael ofCrofton; Mandy Michael ofCedar Hills, Texas; 3 grand-children, Caden and CamryMichael of Crofton; Cody
LaCroix of Omaha; a greatgranddaughter, Ella RainnLaCroix, a sister, Denise andMark Wymore of Clovis, NewMexico; his mother-in-law,Faye Gaugler of Lemmon;brother and sister-in-law,Terry and Nancy Skrettebergof Shadehill, SD; 2 nieces, Jes-sica Dawson of Clovis, NMand Kelsey Blanco of Bloom-ington, Indiana.
He was preceded in deathby his parents, father-in-law,Alvin C. Skretteberg and hisstep father-in-law, Ray Gau-gler.
Yankton Press & Dakotan
January 28, 2014
Michael
US Seeking A Defense Against SpyingWASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is looking into
encryption techniques that could prevent eavesdroppers fromspying on its own surveillance of Americans’ phone records.
As the Obama administration considers shifting the collec-tion of those records from the National Security Agency to re-quiring that they be stored at phone companies or elsewhere,it’s quietly funding research to prevent phone company em-ployees or eavesdroppers from seeing whom the U.S. is spyingon, The Associated Press has learned.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has paidat least five research teams across the country to develop asystem for high-volume, encrypted searches of electronicrecords kept outside the government’s possession. The proj-ect is among several ideas that would allow the government todiscontinue storing Americans’ phone records, but still searchthem as needed.
Under the research, U.S. data mining would be shielded bysecret coding that could conceal identifying details from out-siders and even the owners of the targeted databases, accord-ing to public documents obtained by The Associated Pressand AP interviews with researchers, corporate executives andgovernment officials.
The administration has provided only vague descriptionsabout changes it is considering to the NSA’s daily collectionand storage of Americans’ phone records, which are presentlykept in NSA databanks. To resolve legal, privacy and civil lib-erties concerns, President Barack Obama this month orderedthe attorney general and senior intelligence officials to recom-mend changes by March 28 that would allow the U.S. to iden-tify suspected terrorists’ phone calls without the governmentholding the phone records itself.
Ukraine Chief Says He Will Scrap Law KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s beleaguered president on
Monday agreed to scrap harsh anti-protest laws that set off awave of clashes between protesters and police over the pastweek, a potentially substantial concession to the oppositionthat stopped short of meeting all of its demands.
In a possibly major sticking point, a proposed amnesty forarrested protesters would not be offered unless demonstra-tors stopped occupying buildings and ended their round-the-clock protests and tent camp on Kiev’s central IndependenceSquare, according to a statement by Justice Minister ElenaLukash on the presidential website.
President Viktor Yanukovych has been under increasingpressure since he pushed the tough laws through parliament,setting of clashes and protests in other parts of the country ina sharp escalation of tensions after weeks of mostly peacefulprotests over his rejection of a deal to deepen ties with the 28-nation European Union.
At a meeting between top opposition figures andYanukovych late Monday “a political decision was made onscrapping the laws of Jan. 16, which aroused much discus-sion,” Lukash said.
She made no mention of a key opposition demand — thatYanukovych resign.
Assad’s Future Hindering Peace TalksGENEVA (AP) — The key issue of a transitional government
to replace President Bashar Assad blocked any progress Mon-day in Syrian peace talks, described by one delegate as “a dia-logue of the deaf.”
The chief U.N. mediator expressed frustration over inflam-matory public remarks by the two sides as he sought to iden-tify some less-contentious issues in hopes of achieving anyprogress at all at the bargaining table.
But even the most modest attempts at confidence-buildingmeasures faltered — including humanitarian aid convoys tobesieged parts of the central city of Homs and the release ofdetainees. Veteran mediator Lakhdar Brahimi somberly de-clared at the end of the day that he had little to report.
“There are no miracles here,” Brahimi said, adding thatboth sides nevertheless appeared to have the will to continuethe discussions. Asked how he planned to bridge the enor-mous gap between the two sides, the veteran diplomatquipped: “Ideas, I’ll take them with great pleasure.”
The gulf between the two sides was on full display at a tur-bulent morning session in which the delegations from the op-position and the Syrian government faced off on the questionof Assad’s future.
BY DON BABWINAssociated Press
CHICAGO — Parentsbrought kids to work or juststayed home because schoolswere closed, again. Officeworkers hailed cabs to ride ablock — or less. And compa-nies offering delivery serviceswere inundated with businessas Arctic air blasted the cen-tral U.S. on Monday for thesecond time in weeks, disrupt-ing the lives of even the hardi-est Midwesterners.
As temperatures and windchills plummeted throughoutthe day, even simple routineswere upended by the need tobundle up, with anyone ven-turing outdoors being well ad-vised to layer up with clothing,coats, hats, scarves andgloves.
And there’s no quick reliefin sight as subzero highs wereexpected to dominate acrossthe region into Tuesday.
“This is similar to what wehad three weeks ago” in termsof life-threatening conditions,said Sarah Marquardt, a Na-tional Weather Service meteor-ologist. “With wind chills in theminus 30 to minus 40 range,you can get frostbite within 10minutes on exposed skin.”
In Chicago, temperatureshad fallen below zero by Mon-day afternoon with wind chillsin the negative double-digits.
“We had two (employees)call in because they couldn’tcome to work because of theschool closings, and anothercalled in sick,” said Kristelle
Brister, the manager of aChicago Starbucks, who wasforced to bring her 9-year-oldson to work after the city shutdown its 400,000-studentschool system for the day.
Residents of Minnesota andWisconsin faced similar if evensomewhat more severeweather.
Wind chills in the minus40s were expected in Min-neapolis, while in Milwaukeethe chill hit minus 23 by mid-afternoon. Elsewhere, windchills of minus 18 were ex-pected in Dayton, Ohio, minus14 in Kansas City, Mo., andminus 3 in Louisville, Ky.
The chill Monday wasenough to keep even the hardi-est people off the streets, in-
cluding the customers of theHollywood Tan salon in thesouthwestern Illinois’ commu-nity of Belleville.
“It’s definitely a lot slower,”said salon manager Kelly Ben-ton, who wasn’t expecting any-thing near the 100 tanners thesalon sees on a typical day.
But the chill didn’t keepcrowds from Tiny Tots and Lit-tle Tykes Preschool and ChildCare Center in West St. Paul,Minn., where the cold weathermeans a lot more jumping ropeand riding around on scooters— anything to escape cabinfever and let kids burn offsome energy.
“We’re just trying to keepthem busy, but it’s definitelymore of a challenge when you
can’t get outside,” said Man-aRae Schaan, the executive di-rector.
The brutally cold weatherhas brought a spike in busi-ness for GrubHub Seamless, acompany that lets users orderfood online from restaurantsand have the food delivered.
“Across the board, restau-rant and delivery drivers aredealing with an influx of or-ders,” Allie Mack, a spokes-woman for the company saidin an email.
Not only that, but peopleseem to appreciate the driversmore, with Mack saying thatduring the Polar Vortex earlierthis month, tipping was up bydouble digits in Detroit, Cleve-land, Minneapolis andChicago. And, for some reason,deliveries of buffalo chickensandwiches jumped 37 per-cent.
“You figure people areprobably being more generousto their drivers because theirdrivers are the ones bravingthe conditions while you’re onyour couch in your pajamas,”Mack said.
Chicago cabdriver KumarPatel said the cold translatesinto bigger tips for him too.
But the chill also seems totrigger some bad behavior aswell, he said.
“They get in and they saythey have to smoke becauseit’s so cold,” Patel said.
Still, he said, he can pick upa lot of fares in a short time.“They are going a block, some-times only a half block,” Patelsaid.
Deep Freeze Bears Down
