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AC/DC 31 41 55 65 Burke 10 19 29 37 Andes Central/Dakota Christian Lady Thunder defeated Burke in the first round of regions 65-37.
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We passed three more election bills off the Senate floor this week. HB 1112 is an act to modify provisions for a statewide runoff election. This will require a runoff election to occur 8 weeks from the date of the first primary election. HB 1124 is an act to modify provisions pertaining to the testing of automatic tabulating equipment. HB 1165 is an act to modify certain provisions pertaining to absentee voting. This bill bans prefilled absentee voting forms and prevents ballot drop boxes which are an avenue for election fraud.
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Week 7 Rocky Blare Legislative Report The biggest item this year was passing HB1137 which will reduce the state sales tax rates in South Dakota from 4.5% to 4.2%. This will reduce the tax burden for citizens by $100 million, the largest tax decrease in SD history. We can do this because of the increased revenue received and projections of the ability to sustain growth without adversely effecting other programs. This would honor a promise made to SD citizens when the ½% sales tax was approved in prior years. At that time a promise was made that we would reduce that tax once sufficient tax revenue from internet sales was achieved, at that point we would reduce the rate increase. This was known as the Partridge amendment. This will now go to the Senate for their approval.
Read morePROVERBS 3:7-12 7) 'Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Read moreNew selections at the library: “The Heartsong of Charging Elk” a novel, by James Welch. Richly imagined from historical fact, this is a novel of cultural crossing, as Charging Elk, an Oglala Sioux, joins Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show, journeying from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the back streets of nineteenth-century France.
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Funeral services for Leonard Hare were Monday, February 27 at the White Swan Community Center in Lake Andes. Burial was in the Hill Church Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Wagner, with military honors. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral services for John Cournoyer were Saturday, February 25 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Marty. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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