Argus-Leader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota • Page 1

tsztzusstaamswktsutavu' I 7 I 1 1 rr-? 1 Riders roll Listen to country rfff 1 Retiring Roosevelt beats A 'Austin City Limits' features Irwin Aasen departs O'Gorman 1 Alison Krauss 4A after 50 years 6B 1 lgM'itiIi1f fjurf I III II ill II.1..I.LUJ lL(Biidl(Brr Saturday Jan. 13, 1996 Sioux Falls, S.D. -fr 50 cents (40 cents in Sioux Falls stores) areots refect year-roon school plan 'Yfn Yrh vcTrW7 rnn I 1 Cross, a proponent of the idea, said the new schedule would have helped pupils who struggle in school and have to relearn what they forget over the summer. The schedule also would have allowed time for enrichment classes, which could have been offered for a fee. But parents found trouble with the schedule, especially because it wouldn't apply to all schools.

Families with children at different grade levels would have had conflicting schedules. Cross said some parents also didn't want "their youngsters in school while playmates from other schools were on vacation. "A few parents said if it would be a citywide thing, they would support it," he said. Karen Jeppson, who has a child at Hawthorne, also has a child in middle school and she wondered about meshing those two schedules. Jeppson, who experienced year-round school in Utah, said scheduling can become a problem for families.

Bee and Cross said they knew year-round school would be a hard sell because it's so foreign to South Dakotans. The school board's desire was to move slowly on the issue and let parents have a say before any change was made, President Roger Risty said. Cross said that was the right approach because districts that have forced the idea on parents usually have switched back to the traditional schedule. Pilot project at 2 elementary schools on hold By CORRINE OLSON Argus Leader Staff By a 3-to-l margin, parents at two Sioux Falls elementary schools said Friday that they aren't interested in year-round school. "Change is difficult for anyone and this would be a big change," said Colleen Bee, principal at Hawthorne Elementary, one of the schools targeted to pilot the alternate schedule.

Of the 257 Hawthorne families who voted, 193, or 75 percent, opposed the idea. At Robert Frost Elementary, the margin was even larger. Of the 185 families who voted, 145, or 78 percent, rejected the proposal. At Hawthorne, 90 percent of the families participated in the vote. At Robert Frost, turnout was 77 percent.

Superintendent Jack Keegan Jr. said the public's view is clear and the issue won't be revisited soon. Parents had to decide whether the two schools should switch from the traditional school year with a three-month summer break to one with 45-day terms and 15-day vacations in the fall, winter and spring. Youngsters would have had a seven-week summer break. Robert Frost Principal Ken Mike Roemer Argus Leader Angela Kennecke and Doug Lund (right) anchor the KELO-TV 5 p.m.

newscast Friday. New owner says viewers won't see any changes Group ownership becomes trend in television industry clear to us the name of the game is going to be group broadcasting," said Joe H. Floyd, Midcontinent president. "The old days of dominance by one station in a market is secondary." Television groups compete most successfully for network affiliations, programming and advertising dollars, Floyd said. Viewers should not see any changes, said Vincent Young, chairman of Young Broadcasting, a publicly traded com-KELO See 2A By ANN GRAUVOGL Argus Leader Staff 1 KELO-TV, Sioux Falls' first television station, has a new owner for the first time since its 1953 start.

Midcontinent Media Inc. on Friday announced plans to sell KELO-Land TV stations for $50 million to Young Broadcasting Inc. of New York. The sale, which must be approved by the Federal Communications Commission, includes KELO in Sioux Falls, KDLO in Florence, KPLO in Reliance and KCLO in Rapid Joe L. Floyd (pictured) put KELO on the air.

His son, Joe H. Floyd, is president of Mid-continent Media Inc. City. "It's becoming increasingly iu in iiiilhiiimi, i I Vote V2k I Here rtK 44 years of KELO history Jan. 17, 1955: KELO builds studios in the Hollywood rfj Aug.

28, 1952: -fS Aug. 6, 1967: KELO broadcasts for the first time from its new 1 tower, the only maximum-height TV tower in the country. The tower is a joint project with KSOO-TV. Theater building making live programs possible. March 7, 1955: Captain 11 goes on the air.

At its peak, the show attracts as many as 90 percent of the after-school television viewers. Sept. 21, 1955: A tornado levels the 576-foot KELO tower. Sept. 27, 1955: KDLO signs on to provide television signals to Aberdeen, Huron and Watertown.

The addition of the satellite station brings the KELO group into the top 1 00 markets. Joe L. Floyd ana his associates purchase KELO Radio and its attached license for a television station. Nov. 19, 1952: Construction begins on the 576-foot television tower.

-fl Sept. 26, 1981: KELO-TV displaces Denver station KMGH in Rapid City with KCLO-TV. Greg Latza Argus Leader Monica Heuer drops her ballot in the box Friday at Robert Frost Elementary School as her daughter, Jill, looks on. ii ifi 1 14,: i feifi i i i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i Clinton: Let's keep talking June 24, 1968: The tower topples after a North Central Airlines plane hits a cable. BUDGET CATTLE Jan.

12, 1996: Young Broadcasting Inc. of New York buys KELO-Land from Midcontinent Media Inc. July 1977: "Good Morning KELO-Land," the city's first morning news program goes on the air. El Early 1960s: KELO stations are the first in South Dakota to transmit network and local color. HJuly 4,1957: KPLO signs on to reach central South Dakota and northeastern Nebraska.

The group name KELO-Land is born. H1969: Steve Hemmingsen is hired as a KELO reporter. He's named anchor in 1974. May. 19,1953: KELO-TV signs on, Sioux Falls' first television station.

The offices are at Eighth Street and Phillips Avenue. The weekly schedule includes 15 hours of programming. Dave Dedrick, who continues as a weather forecaster, joins the staff. President Clinton asked Republicans Friday to continue budget negotiations and to accept his version of a balanced budget deal. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, challenged the president's facts.

What Clinton calls a "cut" in Medicare is really an increase in spending but not as much of an increase as he wants, Gingrich said. He added that Clinton's partisan talk makes it harder to reach a budget deal. See story: Page 3A. Lynn SchlefelbeinArgus Leader Bill would protect section-line hunting INSIDE 36 pages High 53 Low 27 1S95 South Dakota LEGISLATURE r4 Mostly sunny and mild. Southwest winds of 5 to 15 mph, switching to the northwest.

For a full report, see Page 2A. Yankton's 58 sets a record From staff reports Sioux Falls reached a high of 51 degrees Friday, balmy by January standards but short of the record. National Weather Service officials said the record high for the date is 58 degrees, set in 1987. Rapid City reached a high of 66 degrees Friday, but it wasn't the top mark either. Yankton broke its 56-degree record with a high of 58.

The sunshine and mild weather is expected to continue today, with a high of 53 in Sioux Falls. The record for today is 60. Cooler weather in the 40s arrives Sunday. October that narrowed the definition of section lines open to hunting and angered many hunters. Although he is a landowner, Cutler said hunting game birds on roads and section lines should be preserved as an important part of South Dakota's hunting tradition.

"I grew up in a family that owned land but that also loved wildlife and the hunting heritage in this state," Cutler said. "Even though we were landowners, we road hunted. And I think it's something we ought not lose." Cutler expects strong opposition from some legislators and emotional arguments from some Hunting See 2A By KEVIN WOSTER Argus Leader Staff The assistant Republican House leader wants to protect section-line hunting in South Dakota. Rep. Steve Cutler of Claremont, a farmer and former speaker of the House of Representatives, said he will enter a bill next week that would declare all section lines open to hunting.

The 66-foot-wide public right of ways are popular hunting corridors for pheasants and other small game and, particularly in the Pierre area, Canada geese. Current law prohibits hunting deer and other big game and mourning doves from roads and section lines. Cutler's proposal Bridge column 9C Business 6B Classified ads Section Comics 5A Crossword puzzle 8C Life Section 4-6A Lottery results IB Markets 5B Movies 4-5D National news 2-3A Obituaries 3B Opinion 8A Sioux Empire Section Sports Section Television 6A Weather 2A Rep. Linda Barker, D-Sioux Falls, says she can't support her party's proposed $100,000 cap on property-tax relief. Page 1B.

Federal cuts will mean less money for South Dakota, Sen. Tom Daschle, says. Page 2A. would not change that restriction. The bill would say that only those section lines officially vacated by local governments would be closed to hunting.

If passed, the bill would reverse a state Supreme Court decision last 8 Printed on recycled paper with soybean-based ink. For a S.D. recycling center nearest you call 1-800-438-3367. 1996 Gannett Co. Inc..