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Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. Thursday, Oct. 16, 1986 3C New TV station is in the works By JULIE BOLDING Argus Leader Staff A Fairfield, Iowa, man plans to begin broadcasting in about a month on a new ultrahigh frequency television station in the Sioux Falls area. Jerry D. Montgomery, president of Family Broadcasting said the station's signal would be broadcast from a tower one to two miles south of Sioux Falls.

But he said he was not sure whether the tower had been erected and wasn't sure of the name of the tower's owner. He said the new station has official address in the city and no phone number. Charles Poppen, who had been working 1 locally for Montgomery, said the station has no definite programming yet, although a tentative agreement had been made to carry programming from the Fox Television Network. Montgomery said the station will air family-oriented, older syndicated programming not already available in the market. The channel may carry the Joan Rivers talk show and other programming from the Fox Television Network, and the station is negotiating for Disney programming, he said.

A construction permit was granted to Family Broadcasting by the Federal Communications Commission in November 1984, and the station has been assigned call letters KTTW. It will be carried on Channel 17 and reach homes roughly within a 30-mile radius of Sioux Falls, Montgomery said. Poppen, who repairs microwave and satellite systems in the area, said he is not entirely sure whether KTTW will ever begin broadcasting. "Everything has to start somewhere, and it may materialize. He has a background in radio." Montgomery said he had planned to begin broadcasting Nov.

1. But that is unlikely, and it may be about a month before KTTW gets on the air, he said. South Dakota Digest- Law log Sioux Falls Police An auto accessory was stolen Tuesday at Truck and Auto Sales, 3317 N. Cliff Ave. Vandalism was reported at Chiyo's Beauty Salon, 207 W.

37th St. An auto accessory was stolen in the 2000 block of Tracy Lane. was reported at Kruse Fine Jewelry, 2609 S. Minnesota Ave. The misuse of an Advantage card was reported at the Morrell Credit Union, 1300 Morrell Ave.

Police filed a case report in connection with the call. An auto accessory was stolen. at Classic Motor Cars, 2524 S. Minnesota Ave. Fraud was reported at Noble's Family Golf Center, 2815 St.

A larceny was reported in the 100 block of South Dakota Avenue. An assault was reported in the 300 block of North Main Avenue. A bicycle was stolen at Piccadilly Circus, 519 S. Minnesota Ave. A bicycle was stolen in the 1400 block of South Euclid Avenue.

Vandalism was reported at the Arena, 1201 N. West Ave. A larceny was reported from the First United Methodist Church, 401 S. Spring Ave. An attempted burglary was reported in the 5900 block of West 56th Street.

Police arrested a man early Wednesday morning for disorderly conduct after responding to a dispute at the Frontier Club, 318 N. Main Ave. A man was arrested for simple assault following a fight disturbance in the 300 block of North Dakota Avenue. A larceny from a vehicle was reported in the 300 block of South West Avenue. Police arrested a woman for warrants at Sixth Street and Phillips Avenue.

Police filed an information report in connection with a prowler in the 900 block of Annway Drive. Minnehaha County Sheriff Vandalism was reported Tuesday Deaths- Sioux Falls Gordon Halvorson Gordon Halvorson, 63, Sioux Falls, formerly of Pine Lake Hills, died Monday in Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Halvorson was born July 28, 1923, in Sioux Falls. He attended Washington High School and served in the Marine Corps as a quartermaster from 1942 until 1946, serving in the Pacific Theater.

He married Lois Nelson July 23, 1946, in Sioux Gordon Falls. He worked Halvorson for Henkel Construction Co. for 17 years, most of that time as construction superintendent. He was also construction superintendent for five years with Sioux Falls Construction, and a field observer for Fritzel, Kroeger, Griffin Berg Architects for 14 years. Mr.

Halvorson retired from Fiegen Construction Co. in August 1986, after three years. He had lived in Hot Springs, for one week. Survivors include his wife; his stepmother, Gladys Halvorson, Pueblo, three sons: Rodney, Sioux Falls; and Randy and Kevin, both of Vermillion; four grandchildren; a sister, Elaine Dickman, Orcutt, a half-sister, Cyrissa Grimes, Pueblo, and a stepsister, Delores Hauck, Omaha, Neb. Services will begin at 11 a.m.

Friday in the Springdale Lutheran Church, rural Sioux Falls. The church is south on Highway 11 to the radio towers, east to the first oil road, then south to the church. Burial will be in the Hills of Rest Memorial Park. Visitation will begin at 8 a.m. today in the Miller Funeral Home, with a 2 An extension of the station's construction permit expires Nov.

29, Federal Communications Commission officials said. Montgomery said he owns no operating radio or television stations but has received a construction permit for another UHF station in Grand Island, and is pursuing a construction permit for an FM radio station in Carlsbad, N.M. He said he works as a communications operator in the Iowa Department of Public Safety's Communication Division. Montgomery said the new station will solicit local advertising. That makes potential competition with the advertising revenues of the three established network affiliates and the other independent station in Sioux Falls.

Lee Axdahl, general manager of Minnesota Public Radio stations KRSD-FM and KRSW-FM, said with a clear signal, good management and quality programming, the possibili- Databank ties for a UHF television station in the Sioux Falls market are endless. But a new UHF station would face an uphill battle in this area, where network affiliates and cable television have a strong penetration. The station also faces the problem of altering viewer habits, Axdahl said. Many viewers don't know that Sioux Falls already has one independent television station, Metro 34, on the UHF dial, Axdahl said. "They've got to educate people that there's another television band and that's UHF." Montgomery cited the success of an independent television station in Des Moines and said he felt an independent UHF station could also do well in Sioux Falls.

The area has an industrial background, and its farmers are doing better than those in other parts of the country, he said. Rod Carlson, general manager of Sioux Falls Cable, said it would be hard for a new UHF station to find a niche in Sioux Falls. Accidental deaths The U.S. accidental death rate was at an all-time low in 1985, falling to 92,500. Statewide, the total stood at 317, an 11.5 percent drop from 1982.

1982 1983 1984 1985 Total deaths 358 351 330 317 Motor vehicle 161 185 149 140 Other transportation 17 14 10 11 Poison 22 12 7 10 52 55 58 54 11 10 18 17 20 5 15 13 7 7 6 15 68 63 67 57 Statistics Argus Leader graphic by JOEL BROWN Merrik S. Carlson and Cheryl L. Carlson to Scott B. Magnuson and Lois A. Magnuson; 1810 S.

Norton Harvey A. Akerson and Patricia A. Akerson to David O. Neal and Linda J. Neal; 4205 Chestnut Robert M.

Merkley and Betty J. Merkley to David K. Erickson and Mary P. Erickson; 312 E. Ninth Dell Viola M.

Schumacher to Sharla S. Hofer; 2908 E. 17th Thomas H. Wass to Leo T. Reynolds and Diana F.

Reynolds; 2609 S. Sherman W. Kevin Maher to Janice M. Clauson; 1605 W. 18th Dolores M.

Costello to Nora J. Van Hove; 12 Valley Oaks Todd G. Bethke and Brenda M. merce, Kiwanis Club, St. John's Lutheran Church, Isaak Walton Webster School Board, and N.E.

South Dakota Lake Region Association. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge and was on the Board of Regents of Augustana College for 19 years. Mr. Chilson was the 1982 recipient of an honorary doctoral degree from the University of South Dakota and was serving on the board of directors of the Minnesota Historical Society and the Day County Museum of Wildlife, Science, and Industry. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs.

Jim (Joan) Iverson, Sioux Falls; a son, Charles, Webster; three sisters: Borghild Fiksdal, Webster; Esther Chilson, Minneapolis; and Mrs. J. Earl (Clara) Lee, Sioux Falls; and four grandchildren. Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St.

John's Lutheran Church, Webster, with burial at Webster City Cemetery. Selma Lowe COLTON Selma Lowe, 80, Col- ton, died Wednesday at Terrace Manor Nursing Home, in Dell Rapids. Arrangements are pending at Min- nehaha Funeral Home, Colton. Thelma Strom ASTORIA Thelma V. Strom, 76, Astoria, died Tuesday at Canby Community Hospital.

Miss Strom was born Feb. 14, 1910, in Duel County. She lived in Duel County until moving in with her brother. In 1976, she moved to Astoria where she lived until moving in 1986 to the Canby Senior Haven Home in Canby, Minn. She was a member of the Swedish Mission Church.

Survivors include several nieces and nephews. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Bethel Lutheran Church in Astoria with burial at Swedish Mission Cemetery in Astoria. Man, son plead guilty to equipment fraud MINNEAPOLIS (AP) A father and son each face up to five years in prison and a maximum $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal government by manufacturing substandard equipment for the Pentagon. John and Randall Rausch each pleaded guilty to one count of fraud, saying Rausch Manufacturing Co.

of St. Paul welded parts in violation of contract specifications. The pleas were entered before U.S. District Judge Diana Murphy on the third day of what was expected to be a monthlong trial. The first of 50 expected government witnesses was still on the witness stand.

In return for their pleas, the government agreed to dismiss six other accusations against each of the Rausches and their company, The government had been expected to put former Rausch employees on the witness stand to testify that they observed fraudulent practices in the manufacture of parts for the Phoenix missile, F-16 fighter plane, and a mobile radio transmitter. As part of the deal, the defendants didn't admit they manufactured defective parts only that they welded aluminum casings in violation of the contract for the radio antenna and then falsely certified to the government that contract specifications had been met. John Rausch, 58, is the former owner and was president of the company. His son Randall Patrick Rausch, 34, was vice president. at the West Central School in Humboldt.

A larceny from a vehicle was reported on a county road north of Interstate 90. Fire calls Sioux Falls Two stations helped put out a mattress fire at S. First Ave. An internal alarm sounded at Quail Ridge Apartments, 700 W. Rice St.

One station checked a gas spill leaking from a moving tanker transport in the 4500 block of West 12th Street. A car fire was extinguished in the 2300 block of West Ninth Street. A car fire was extinguished at 7-11, 717 W. 11th St. Births McKennan A girl to Erick and Rhonda Anderson, Valley Springs, Tuesday.

A girl to Mark and Evelyn Orcutt, 1609 S. 10th Tuesday. A girl to Terry and I Linda McMahon, Hartford, Tuesday. Sioux Valley A boy to David and Susan Koehler, 4500 Drexel Drive, Friday. A girl to Bruce and Patrice Knudtson, 2001 Orwin Drive, Wednesday.

A boy to Robert and Robin Brust, 1021 N. Summit Monday. A boy to Jim and Sherlyn Koehn, 1905 E. 52nd Monday. A girl to Ron and Becky Kanengieter, 5108 Danberry Drive, Tuesday.

A boy to Gary and Wendy Ketcham, Canistota, Tuesday. St. Joseph, Mitchell A boy to Gary and Cindy Roth, Wessington Springs, Oct. 8. A girl to Bill and Rebecca Weier, Mitchell, Oct.

9. A boy to David and Vicky Conrad, Mitchell, Sunday. A girl to Curt and Danette Bauer, Mitchell, Sunday. Out of town A boy to Marvin and Gail O'Hara, Aberdeen, Tuesday. A boy to Bill and Barb (Oien) Mast, Bowling Green, Ohio, Sept.

20. prayer service at 7:30 p.m. The family may be contacted at the Rod Halvorson residence in Sioux Falls. Ann Mahanke Ann M. Mahanke, 80, 3900 Terry died Wednesday at Mom and Dad's Nursing Home.

Ann Ollerich was born Oct. 6, 1906, in Humboldt. She grew up in the Humboldt and Tea areas. She married Clarence Mahanke Nov. 26, 1936, in Lennox.

They lived in the Sioux Falls area until 1950 when they moved to San Diego, Calif. Her husband died Feb. 24, 1968. Ann Mahanke Ann Mahanke In 1982 she returned to Sioux Falls. Mrs.

Mahanke was a member of Saint Michael's Catholic Church and the Eagles Lodge in California. Survivors include three sisters-inlaw; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Saint Michael's Catholic Church. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Lennox.

Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. today at Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home in Lennox and before the services Friday at the church. A rosary and scripture services will be said at 7:30 p.m. today at the Grace Jensen Grace Jensen, 94, died Wednesday in the Bethany Home. Arrangements are pending with Bethke to Debra A.

Steinhoff; 211 W. 22nd Leo T. Reynolds and Diana Reynolds to R. Lee Tigner and Vicki J. Tigner; 1209 S.

Main Regina Evans, Lois A. Brown and Raymond Brown, Harry L. Evans Jr. and Dolores Evans, Evelyn M. Evans, Robert J.

Evans and Joan Evans, Gerald D. Evans and Monica Evans, Joyce M. Edwards and Patrick Edwards, Catherine E. Kautz and Russell Kautz to Mark W. Torgusen and Cheryl M.

Torgusen; Logan Township, section Barbara K. Carlson to Paula Warns; 2013 W. 16th J. Vincent Jones and Marilyn J. Jones to William G.

Nichols and Mary E. Nichols; 1716 S. Phillips Richard L. Kallemeyn and Pilar D. Kallemeyn to Kevin M.

Lucas and Donna M. Lucas; 3004 S. Jefferson Skyline Corp. to Terry L. Houlihan and Karen A.

Houlihan; 4701 Pasque Ronning Enterprises, Inc. to Thurman Construction; 1508 Severn Circuit Court Michael J. Gillen, 34, address unknown; pleaded not guilty to drunken driving and drunken driving, third offense, a felony, pleaded guilty to amended charge of drunken driving, first offense; six months in county jail with all but 10 days suspended and sentence to run concurrent to 30- day sentence for failure to appear. Magistrate Court Minnehaha County Donald L. McDougal, 3219 S.

West pleaded guilty to drunken driving; $250, 30 days and license revoked for 30 days; $100 and jail time suspended. Craig Raaen, Renner; pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor; $100 and 30 days; jail time suspended. Chrisse F. Staples, 4600 E. 26th pleaded not guilty to drunken driving, pleaded guilty to amended charge of reckless driving; $200 and Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m.

today at Johnson Funeral Home, Hendricks, Minn. Elsewhere Warren Stephens GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. Warren Charles Stephens, 43, Grand Junction, died Sept. 25 in Grand Junction. Mr.

Stephens was born Feb. 5, 1943, in Rapid City. He was graduated from South Dakota State University in 1969 with a degree in civil engineering. He lived in Sioux Falls for 12 years and was in partnership with Consulting Engineers before moving to Grand Junction in August 1981. Mr.

Stephens was a registered professional engineer, a registered land surveyor, and served on the Grand Junction Planning Commission. Survivors include his wife, Sue; three sons: Shawn, Scott and Derek, all of Grand Junction; his parents: Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stephens, Rapid City; a sister, the Rev. Janet Rhind, Kansas City, three nieces and three nephews.

Services were in Grand Junction. BERNARD A. PLYMATE 310 West McClellan Parish scripture service 7:00 p.m. Thursday followed by Catholic Daughters of America Rosary at Barnett-Lewis Funeral Home. Funeral Mass 10:30 a.m.

Friday at St. Joseph Cathedral. Burial at St. Michaels Cemetery with military rites. (Barnett-Lewis) Lewis Funeral Home 17th Minnesota Ave.

336-0707 30 days; $100 and jail time suspended. James D. Marrs 5409 W. 24th pleaded not guilty to drunken driving, second offense, pleaded guilty to amended charge of first offense; $600, 90 days, license revoked for one year and must successfully complete alcohol treatment program; fine and 85 days suspended. Brian W.

Heidbrink, Brandon; pleaded not guilty to drunken driving, later pleaded guilty to same charge; $250, 30 days and license revoked for 30 days; $200 and jail time suspended. Kristi M. Bartscher, 226 S. Summit pleaded guilty to reckless driving, amended from drunken driving; $200 and 30 days; $100 and jail time suspended. Daniel E.

Clark, Council Bluffs, Iowa; pleaded guilty to drunken driving; $250, 30 days and license revoked for 30 days; $100 and jail time suspended. James D. Helgerson, 4600 E. 26th pleaded guilty to reckless driving, amended from drunken driving; $250 and 30 days; $100 and jail time suspended. Donald D.

Graf, 415 N. Walts pleaded not guilty to drunken driving, later pleaded guilty to same charge; $250, 30 days license revoked for 30 days; $175 and jail time suspended. Kevin G. Vanderwerf, Lennox; found guilty of drunken driving; $500, one year, license revoked for one year, 200 hours of community service, 18 months probation and must write letter of apology to the victims; $100 and nine months suspended. John L.

Legrand Huron; pleaded guilty to reckless driving, amended from drunken driving; $200 and 30 days; jail time suspended. Falls Fire Drownings Firearms Others Source: Center for Health Policy and Real estate transfers Minnehaha County The following deeds on property were transferred and filed with the Minnehaha County register of deeds. The address of the property and transfer fee are listed. When no address exists for the property, the legal description is included. The transfer fee, shown at a $1 to $1,000 ratio to the property's approximate value, represents the money that changed hands in the transaction.

Exempt means that the participants stated that no money was involved in the transaction. Carol McLimans to Thomas P. Costello and Daniel J. Costello, Sioux Falls Township, section E. Claude Griswold E.

Claude Griswold, 82, of 1604 W. 18th died Monday in Sioux Valley Hospital. He was born Feb. 4, 1904, in Sioux Falls. He attended Sioux Falls public schools.

He married Loretta Mumm Sept. 4, 1935, in Dakota City, Neb. He was employed in the circulation department of the Argus Leader for 28 years, retiring in 1969. Survivors E. Claude clude his wife; Griswold son, Robert, Lake Isabelle, one daughter, Mrs.

John (Marilyn) Headrick, Sioux Falls; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and three stepgrandchildren. Services will begin 11 a.m. today in First Christian Church. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the of donations to First Christian Church.

Area Herman Chilson WEBSTER Herman P. Chilson, 81, Webster, died Saturday at his home on Lake Pickeral of cancer. Mr. Chilson was born Sept. 27, 1905, in Webster.

He married Agnes Hanson March 31, 1930, in Moorhead, Minn. He was a lifetime resident of Webster and was a president of the Elevator Store Co. from 1928 to 1970. He was also past president of Herman the following: Chilson Chamber of Com- Pet adoption The Sioux Falls Humane Society Adoption Center, 2001 N. Third is open six days a week.

Animals can be brought to the center from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; they can be adopted from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, call the center at 338-4441. Lyle McLeod Miller Funeral Home In Our Care MR.

E. CLAUDE GRISWOLD 1704 West 18th Services will be 11:00 a.m. Thursday at First Christian Church. Memorials may be directed to First Christian Church. (Miller) MR.

CLARENCE RUPP 221 North West The funeral is 10:30 Friday in Miller's Chapel. (Miller) MR. GORDON HALVORSON (formerly Pine Lake Hills, Sioux Falls) The funeral is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday at Springdale Lutheran Church, rural Sioux Falls. Prayer service is 7:30 p.m.

Thursday in Miller's Chapel. (Miller) GRACE JENSEN 1901 S. Holly Arrangements pending. (Miller) MRS. ROY (JEANNE) BROOKS Rural Sioux Falls Funeral service 2:00 p.m.

today at First Reformed Church. (Boom).