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in Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D. Wednesday, January 15, 1986 3B County resigns itself to insurance jump By KEVIN LOLLAR Argus Leader Staff Minnehaha County will pay times more for insurance coverage this year than last, the county commission said Tuesday. Illinois Exchange, a cooperative insurance pool, will provide $1,000,000 in liability insurance for a total cost of $145,908. Last year, the county paid $15,385 in premiums to Home In Indemnity of New York for the same coverage. County administrator Dale Froehlich said there is no easy answer as to why insurance costs have soared recently.

"That's the $64 million he said. "You hear every thing from increased litigation to increased settlements to inefficient insurance After the meeting, Commissioner M.E. Schirmer said: "When we made the budget, we had no idea we would run into this difficulty. We solicited 12 companies, and this was the best deal we could get. Insurance runs in cycles of 10 or 11 years.

I think in the next one or two years, the same companies will be bidding for The policy covers the county and the sheriff department. The county's premium will be $122,682, while the sheriff department is $22,226. The sheriff department will pay $15,400 from its budget, and the county will pay the rest. There will be no deductible on claims from the county and a $5,000 deductible for claims from the sheriff department. To pay the county's share, the commission transferred $130,408 from a contingency fund to an insurance fund.

Commissioner Rentschler said 1 more than $100,000 remains in the contingency fund. "I'm not as excited about it at this point," he said. "If we see the need to spend that money, we should spend it, and we should recognize that we're on a shorter leash than we have been for some time. Sometimes you spend less when you're on a tighter bud get." The commission also voted 3-2 to continue its township liaison program, despite opposition from Schirmer. The program, begun last January, divides the county into five districts; each commissioner addresses the special interests of the townships in his district.

Schirmer said he opposes the pro- State briefing From wire reports mittee since 1975. He was appointed to the South Dakota Republican Coalition Committee in 1985 and has Program to examine living will served as director of the South Dakota Teen-age RePIERRE The living will is the subject of the publican Camp for the past six years. 13th annual Hour of Reflection, which begins at 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday at Riggs High School Theatre. Health council gets new members The program, co-sponsored by the Pierre Area PIERRE Gov.

William Janklow appointed new Right to Life and South Dakota Right to Life Com- members to the state health coordinating council. mittee, will be dedicated to the late Rep. Joseph H. The council advises the South Dakota Health DepartBarnett and Sen. John D.

"Jack" Manke of Hot ment on the state health plan and identifies health Springs. needs for the state. Appointed were Steven Sershen Dr. Joseph Stanton, associate clinical professor of and Dr. Mike Bess of Sioux Falls, Marge Hegge of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, will Brookings, T.W.

Meier of Rapid City, Dr. Grant S. speak. Stanton is visiting physician at Bethany Infir- Titze of Watertown, Gerald Gackle of Leade, and mary, Framingham, and St. Elizabeth's Hos- John Mengenhausen of Howard.

pital, Brighton, Mass. A pro-life activist, Stanton has marched in several cities and picketed and testified Janklow names board members before the American Medical Association. PIERRE Gov. William Janklow made several board appointments: Wilbur Saukerson of ChamberBusinessman to run for treasurer lain to the Veterans Commission; Brent E. Dykstra EUREKA Businessman Michael J.

Mehlhaff of Pierre and Ken Hirsch of Sioux Falls to the South will run for the Republican nomination for state Dakota Aeronautics Commission; and Lucille Olson, treasurer at the party's June convention. Dr. Winston Oldand of Aberdeen and Dennis Ginger Mehlhaff, 34, has been an active Republican since of Rapid City to the South Dakota Board of Hearing 1968 and has served on the Republican Central Com- Aid Dispensers. Records Births SIOUX VALLEY HOSPITAL A girl to Mark Dahlquist and Lori Hubble-Dahlquist, 5201 Drexell Drive, Tuesday. A boy to Lee and Terry Schelling, Brandon, Monday.

A boy to Keith and Kimberly Kindt, He is survived by a son, Kevin, Elk Point; and a sister, Mrs. Robert Sandmoen, Taconite, Minn. Services will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday in Miller Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Area Ralph Hunter EDGERTON, Minn. Ralph Hunter, 88, rural Edgerton, died Monday evening in Pipestone County Medical Center. Mr. Hunter was born Oct. 24, 1897, in Elmer Township, Pipestone County, and grew up on the family farm.

He married Mabel Gamber Nov. 3, 1920, and continued to farm in Elmer Township. He farmed and raised livestock until the past year. His wife died Oct. 19, 1968.

He was a lifelong member of. Trosky Methodist Church and a member of Peace United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Pipestone Odd Fellows Hope Lodge No. 89. Survivors include three sons: Bernard, Savage, Orland, Jasper, and Roland, West St.

Paul, eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Peace United Methodist Church, Pipestone, Minn. Burial will be in Trosky Cemetery. Visiting will be all day Thursday in Lindquist-Hartquist Funeral Home, Pipestone.

Henry Plucker He was a member of Chancellor Plumbing Co. in Sioux Falls until 1940 2010 Roy Scheider John Lithgow The stunning sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 1968 science fiction classic. SAT. Red Hot Winter 7 PM (CC) Channel 2 Call Today Sioux To Order CABLE TELEVISION 339-3339 LENNOX Henry E. "Hank" Plucker, 73, Lennox, died Monday in Sioux Valley Hospital, Sioux Falls.

Mr. Plucker was born Jan. 20, near Chancellor. He married Paula Siekman March 10, 1936, in Chancellor. They farmed north of Chancellor, and in 1967, retired from farming.

They moved into Chancellor where they operated a grocery story. In 1980, they retired and moved to Lennox. Mr. Plucker had been an agent for De Smet Farm Mutual Insurance Co. for several years.

gram now for the same reason he did last year. "I don't think we should be monkeying around in townships' business," he said. "They're autonomous groups. If they want help from the county commission, they know where to find the county commission." Commissioner Candy Hanson said: "It hasn't caused anyone any grief this year. I don't see what the problem is.

It's a reassurance that they have someone to go to on the board. It's a way to communicate with these As the vote was being tallied, Schirmer said, "It's a good political gimmick. In other business, the commission accepted a bid from Ben Hur Ford of $9,575 on a 1986 four-door sedan for the sheriff department. Indian panel content with education aid By LISA GUTIERREZ 2416 S. Holt Monday.

METHODIST HOSPITAL A boy to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wurtz, Artesian, Sunday. A girl to Mr. and Mrs.

Harley Wubben, Salem, Friday. A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Truman, Kimball, Friday. Reformed Church and president of the Germantown Cemetery Associa- tion.

Survivors include his wife; two sons: Fred, Chancellor; and Eldon, Dell Rapids; seven grandchildren; three and two brothers: Arthur, Parker; and Alvin, Chancellor. Services will begin at 11 a.m. Friday in Chancellor Reformed Church. Burial will be in Germantown Cemetery, rural Chancellor, Visiting will begin at.7:30 tonight and will be all day Thursday in Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home, Lennox. Marie Carmody Hospital.

Marie Huls was born Feb. 9, 1920, in Salem. She married Raymond Carmody June 2, 1952, in Howard. She worked in a beauty shop near Ramona for many years. Survivors include her husband, four sons: Jack, Mitchell; and Bill, Valley Springs; Gene, Green River, and Jim, Ramona; 12 grandchildren; six brothers: Art, California; Vincent, Boyden, Iowa; Ron, Minneapolis; Lowell, Humboldt; Lyle, Hartford; and Jerry, Sioux Falls; and five sisters: Mrs.

Marty (Margaret) McAreavey, Dorothy Puthoff and Mrs. Leo (Betty) Gaspar, all of Humboldt; and Mrs. C.R. (Rose) McCoy and Mrs. Darrell (Barb) Tverberg, both of Sioux Falls.

Services were Tuesday in St. Catherine's Church, Oldham. Burial was in the church cemetery. RAMONA Marie Carmody, 65, Ramona, died Saturday in McKennan Elsewhere Raymond Wagner LOS ANGELES Raymond L. Wagner, 82, Los Angeles, formerly of Sioux Falls, died Tuesday in Los Angeles.

Mr. Wagner was born in October 1903, in Miner County, and he married Helen Truman in Howard. He was employed by the Charles Larson A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rabenhorst, Spencer, Jan.

6. A girl to Mr. and Mrs. David Truesdell, Stickney, Jan. 4.

A girl to Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Voeltz, Mitchell, Jan. 4. A girl to Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Titze, Plankinton, Dec. 31. when he moved to Los Angeles where he worked for Fletcher Aircraft Co. His wife died in 1971.

Survivors include a son, Donald, Bell Gardens a daughter, Mrs. Fred (Nadine) Kenny, Whittier, two grandchildren; a brother, Irvel, Spencer; and three sisters: Mrs. 0.G. (Alice) Henden, Ridgecrest, Mrs. James (Pearl) Wagner, Ricardo, Texas, and Mrs.

G.E. (Yvonne) Thune, Madison. Services will be in Los Angeles. Edwin Fredrickson MORONGO VALLEY, Calif. Edwin F.

Fredrickson, 75, Morongo Valley, a native of Sioux Falls, died Saturday in California. Mr. Fredrickson was born Dec. 19, 1910, in Sioux Falls. He grew up in Sioux Falls where he worked for several years in the construction business with his father.

He later moved to California. He is survived by his wife, Myrtis; a son, Jerry, Riverside, three daughters: Carole Wachendorf, Sioux Falls; Jane Sheppard, Watertown; and Janice Barker, Everett, a brother, Robert, Sioux Falls; and a sister, Sally Torsey, Sioux Falls. Services will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery in California. Ralph Martin ROCK ISLAND, Ill. Ralph Hooker Martin, 56, Rock Island, formerly of Dell Rapids, died Friday in Rock Island.

Mr. Martin was born June 28, 1929, in Hudson. He attended school in Dell Rapids and was graduated from Hawarden, Iowa, High School in 1947. He was graduated from Iowa State Teachers College taught school in Harland, Eldora and Rolfe, Iowa. In 1952 and 1953, he served in the Army.

For the last few years, he had worked in the construction business in the Davenport, Iowa, area. He is survived by a brother, Dale, Sioux City, Iowa; and a sister, Mrs. Tim (Carol) Park, Dell Rapids. Memorial services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Kahler Funeral Home, Dell Rapids.

Burial will be in Dell Rapids Cemetery. Argus Leader Staff The Indian Education Department of the Sioux Falls School District will seek no increase in federal Title IV aid next year. The department plans to apply for $50,000 for fiscal year 1987. Tuesday night the Indian Education Committee met with about 20 people at the Kateri Indian Center to discuss the federal program and the services it provides. The Indian Edudepartment serves about 500 elementary, and secondary Sioux schoolchildren.

Title IV is one of three sources of financial aid for the department, which also gets money from the school district and the federal Johnson O'Malley Program. The department receives the federal money through the school district. Roger Philbrick, department supervisor, said the committee decided that $50,000 should adequately cover the department's needs for the coming year. Title IV money is used for a variety of services, including counseling, tutors, bicultural programs and a parent education program. In a survey of 150 Indian students last year, 75 percent said they would like some kind of Indian cultural activity, like a powwow, in the schools.

Thirty percent also said they would like to attend summer school. In an informal survey of parents of children served by the department, parents also said they would like to see more Indian dancing and other activities provided the schools, Philbrick said. Parents also called for more special services like tutoring and a more aggressive pursuit of programs for Indian children. Argus Leader photo by JOCELYN WILLIAMS I don't do windows That's what Craig Hanisch once thought. But Tuesday found the delivery worker at Mahlanders, 130 N.

Minnesota with squeegee in hand and a pane of a task before him. Sioux Falls Vernon Moeller Vernon H. "Bill" Moeller, 76, of 1412 E. 16th died Tuesday in McKennan Hospital. Mr.

Moeller was born March 5, 1909, in Doon, Iowa, and he grew up and attended school there. In 1924, he moved with his family to Sioux Falls. He worked at Sioux Distributing Co. and John Morrell Co. in the A.F.M.

department, until Vernon his retirement in Moeller 1971. Vernon Moeller He married Vida Johnson March 16, 1935, in Sioux Falls. She died in 1971. He served with the National Guard and attained the rank of staff sergeant. Survivors include two sons: William, Keenesburg; and James, Sioux Falls; three daughters: Mrs.

Donald (Ethel) Christensen, Mrs. Donald (Bunny) Randall and Laura Lien, all of Sioux Falls; 16 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; three brothers: Elmer, Colman; Carroll, Sioux Falls; and Wayne, Garretson; and three sisters: Selma Fiekama, Grand Rapids, Mrs. Ole (Esther) Forseth, Harbor City, and Mrs. Fred (Marian) Gerdes, Valley Springs. Services will begin at 2 p.m.

Thursday in St. John American Lutheran Church. Burial will be in Hills of Rest Memorial Park. Visiting will begin at 1 p.m. today in George Boom Funeral Home.

Alice Sweeney Alice Sweeney Alice C. Sweeney, 88, of 216 N. Summit died Tuesday morning in McKennan Hospital. Alice Chapin was born March 26, 1897, in rural Luverne, and married Hugh Sweeney in 1917, in Norfolk, Neb. She was a school teacher in rural Jasper, Minn.

In 1920, she moved to Sioux Falls where she worked at John Morrell Co. until her retirement in 1963. Her Alice Sweeney husband died in 1936. She was a member of St. Joseph'sCathedral Club and was active in the Home-School Association.

Survivors include a son, Hugh, Apple Valley, three daughters: Mrs. Lloyd (Patricia) Taplett and Mrs. Wilford (Margaret) McTague, both of Sioux Falls; and Mrs. Ernest (Norene) Chapman, Wichita, 22 grandchildren; and 36 greatgrandchildren. reass will begin at 10 a.m.

Saturday in St. Joseph's Cathedral. Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery. Visiting will begin at 1 p.m.

Friday in Barnett-Lewis Funeral Home, with a scripture service at 7 p.m. Opal Munce Opal L. Munce, 81, Sioux Falls, died Saturday in McKennan Hospital. Opal Hall was born Sept. 28, 1904, in Winterset, Iowa, and grew up there.

After she was graduated from the University of Iowa, she taught in a country school for a year. She then moved to Sioux Falls where she was employed at John Morrell Co. in the billing department until her reOpal Munce tirement. Services will begin at 1 p.m. today in George Boom Funeral Home.

Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Clayton Kelley Clayton Kelley, 71, of 1832 S. Western died in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis. Mr. Kelley was born Aug.

24, 1914, in Monticello, Wis. In the 1920s, he lived near Egan. In the 1930s, he lived in Itasca County, Minn. He married Georgia Reed Nov. 18, 1942, in Barkley, Texas.

He served in the Army in World War II from 1942 to 1946. Clayton Kelley In 1946, he moved to Sioux Falls, and he served in the Army Reserves from 1946 to 1970. His wife died in 1975. He was a member of the Knights of Pythais, the American Legion and the VFW. Chapel Mill Sioux 4201 Falls, East So.

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