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Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Thursday, May 23, 1996 SIOUX HOW TO REACH US Local news inquiries and tips: Maricarrol Kueter, city editor, 331-2327 or Rosemary McCoy and Cindy Uken, assistant city editors, 331-2328 or 1-800-530 NEWS STATE NEWS OBITUARIES 3-4 BIRTHS JUST CURIOUS ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS he said. The staff reduction means about a 10 percent downsizing of the station. Mark Millage, acting general manager, said the station South Dakotans have been watching since 1953 won't change. "All the familiar faces will be on the air," he said. "We've been in a very unusual situation.

We haven't had turnover, so we're dealing with a whole new experience. This provides us with the opportunity to work with a wonderful company that cares about our industry." A native South Dakotan, McDermott said Young Broadcasting is not interested in making huge changes at the station she grew up watching. Young Broadcasting takes over from Midcontinent Media on May 31. The majority of existing on-air talent were hired by the new owners. Reporter Dave Haan and news photographers Darwin Sie-benahler and Dave Hauck were not The other individuals given notice this week include clerical employees and workers whose duties will be performed at the corporate level, McDermott said.

General manager Mike Braker will not stay at the station. He did not apply to work for the new owners. McDermott said a permanent replacement for Braker will be chosen sometime this summer. Siebenahler, a nine-year KELO veteran, said he was surprised by the news but knew that new owners would mean changes. "Everyone's been under a lot of stress knowing this was coming," casting a New York-based company, were in Sioux Falls on Tuesday and Wednesday to tell the staff of 100 who would stay at the state's oldest television station and who would leave.

Deb McDermott of Young Broadcasting said the changes are a matter of economics. "If you compare the size of KELO to similar stations, KELO has a considerably larger staff," she said. "We were very, very careful that the changes are minor. The viewers won't notice." Haan to go, but most on-air talent remains at station By CORRINE OLSON Argus Leader Staff Thirteen KELO-TV employees will be out of work at the end of the month as new owners prepare to take over the Sioux Falls station that has been locally owned since the day it went on the air. Representatives of Young Broad it i 'Wilt Spray 'rT wash YJ--- 1 12th Street work set for summer '97 QUESTION: What happened to the West 12th Street widening near Kmart? It was supposed to have been programmed for widening three years ago.

ANSWER: It's scheduled for summer 1997, said state Area Engineer John Reiff. The street will be widened to six lanes from Kiwanis Avenue to Interstate 29. It will also have a center median for most of the way, Reiff said. Have a general news question? Call the Argus Leader anytime at 331-2285 and leave a message. Or send your questions to Just Curious, Box 5034, Sioux Falls, S.D.

57117-5034. BRIEFLY Condition critical for man hurt in crash A Harrisburg man injured in a fiery crash Tuesday remained in critical condition Wednesday night. Steve J. Olson, 22, is being treated for his burns at Mc-Kennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. Authorities said Olson failed to stop at a stop sign and his dump truck collided with a tanker carrying 6,000 gallons of gasoline at an intersection four miles south of Tea.

The tanker driver, Roy J. Deckert, 53, of Freeman was treated Tuesday at Sioux Valley Hospital and released. Officials seek dog that bit teen-age boy Sioux Falls health officials are asking for help in finding a dog that bit a 13-year-old boy. A medium to large brown dog with a black tail bit the boy about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of Holiday Avenue.

Anyone with information on the dog has been asked to call animal control at 367-7053. Farmer is in court in false-claim case A Forestburg farmer appeared Monday in Sioux Falls federal court after he was indicted on charges of making a false claim and making a false statement to the Farmers Home Administration. Francis Rhoads, 66, is accused of trying-to satisfy his debt to the Farmers Home Administration with a counterfeit check' for $210,000, U.S. Attorney Karen Schreier said. U.S.

District Senior Judge John B. Jones released Rhoads on his own recognizance. Parking to be limited on graduation day People attending the Southeast Technical Institute graduation Friday are being encouraged to car pool. Because of parking lot construction and the state track meet Friday at Howard Wood Field, parking near the Arena will be limited, institute officials predict. Tickets available to hear Frank friend The woman who recovered Anne Frank's diary and kept it safe until the end of World War II is scheduled to speak June 10 and 11 in Sioux Falls.

Miep Gies, 87, is best known for rescuing the Otto Frank family by helping them hide in an annex connected to an office building. She and her husband, Jan, were part of the Dutch underground that protected and fed the Frank family for 25 months. Gies will share her story and memories of Anne Frank at 7 p.m. June 10 in the Augustana College Elmen Center. Admission is $20 and tickets are available through the Minn-Ia-Kota Girl Scout office.

Gies will speak to Girl Scouts on June 11. Todd Novak (right), an English teacher at Irving Alternative, School, takes part Wednesday in a friendly water fight with junior Josh Quigley. Novak and other Irving teachers were washing students' cars despite the overcast skies. It was a salute to those who had earned credits toward graduation during April and May. Hillard to Thune: Clean up campaign Two GOP House candidates quibble over who should sign which pledge Mike Roemer Argus Leader junkets or the Congressional pension.

But on Wednesday Hillard agreed to sign Thune's pledge if he would agree to sign hers and then to withdraw a television advertisement on the issue he began running this week. The advertisement charges that Hillard has failed to make a commitment to stopping junkets, controlling congressional pensions or preventing an increase in the income tax rate. Hillard said that's misleading. "Until yesterday, Thune and I had run a very positive campaign. Now, because he is behind in the polls, he came out with a very negative ad," Hillard said.

"It's an House race See 2C Parent says cuts could cause more 'home alone' children By DAVID KRANZ Argus Leader Staff Some families will be unable to afford child care if the state cuts back its assistance program, a Sioux Falls woman who receives the aid said Wednesday. Kay Billam, 34, a single parent with two children, says a state plan to provide less aid for some needy families will lead to more "home alone" situations. The child-care assistance program is funded by the federal government and the state is receiving the same amount for the program this year as last year. Cathy Brechtelsbauer, of the Children's Agenda for South Dakota, says the funding level will not meet a growing need. As a result, she said, the state is stretching dollars available, by eliminating aid for families at some income levels and reducing it at others.

Bobbi Brown, administrator of child-care services for the state, said assistance will be eliminated for families with incomes that are 135-150 percent of the federal poverty level. Currently families in those income brackets are eligible to receive assistance equaling 20-40 percent of their child-care costs. The state also plans to reduce assistance for families with incomes 100-135 percent of the poverty level. Families with incomes at the poverty level still will be eligible to receive funding assistance equal to 90 percent of their child-care costs. Brown said the state has received the grants in lump-sum amounts since 1991.

"Since that time more families have come into our program, and we are at a point where we cannot continue to grow," Brown said. "So the department has proposed new rules that will prioritize these funds that we give to the poorest families in the state." Brown said 2,100 families receive some assistance for child-care costs. "This way we can serve the maximum number of families with the minimum amount of pain. Our Child care See 2C programs Mike Roemer Argus Leader development at Kilian. He said the ability of the school to react to change in the community will be important in years to come.

But Scott said it's also important that the mission stay the same. "One thing that attracted to me to the school it takes a chance on people who otherwise wouldn't get a chance," he said. Stensland unhappy From staff reports Democrat Linda Stensland criticized media coverage of the U.S. House race Wednesday. Stensland, of Sioux Falls, one of four candidates for her party's nomination for the state's only House seat, blasted the Argus Leader in particular.

She said the Argus was "AWOL on the campaign trail." She also criticized the newspaper and said Thune could sign her own 10-point pledge, called "Carole's Contract With South Dakota Taxpayers." It includes a promise to serve no more than four two-year Kilian survey could expand college By KEVIN WOSTER Argus Leader Staff Lt. Gov. Carole Hillard on Wednesday accused fellow Republican John Thune of negative campaigning in the U.S. House race and challenged him to clean things up. Thune said he was merely pointing out a weakness in Hillard's stated goals.

The dispute began last week when Thune challenged Hillard to sign his "Clean Up Congress Pledge." In it, Thune promises to reject- any congressional pay raises, serve no more than three continuous terms in Congress, oppose any efforts to raise income tax rates, refuse foreign junkets at taxpayer expense and reject the congressional pension system. Hillard initially declined the offer Pork council to discuss regulations for industry By TOM LAWRENCE Argus Leader Staff MADISON Pork producer Mike Olson said creating a state law to deal with hog farms and the environment doesn't make any sense, but setting up local regulations and safeguards does. "Every area should have something," said Olson, 45, who's been raising hogs on his White farm since 1978. Water issues and building permits are best handled at the local level. "We're too diversified here," said Olson, a former president of the South Dakota Pork Producers Council.

The pork council is sponsoring a meeting today in Madison to discuss growth in the pork industry. Executive director Tom Pork council See 4C with media coverage for running an editorial cartoon indicating that the race between Democratic primary candidates was not inspiring. She praised the other candidates for "choosing the high road." Stensland challenged the news media to provide more coverage of the race leading up to the primary June 4. terms in the House, to vote against congressional salary increases and to reform tax law. It does not specifically pledge a vote against income tax increases, Kilian College What: Private, nonprofit community college Enrollment: 200 Mission: Provide equal access to affordable higher education programs for learners in the Sioux Falls area equal access to affordable higher education programs for learners in the greater Sioux Falls area," she said.

"We focus on community, rather than statewide or regional." The school has 200 students ranging in age from 17 to 65. Nine percent are minorities. Students can earn associate degrees in business, office technology, human services and general education. The school also offers a professional certificate for legal and medical secretaries and word-processing specialists. The college employs three full-time and 70 part-time faculty members, giving it a 10-tc-l student-teacher ratio.

Bromert said Kilian wants to reach a goal of 450 students, but the intent is to remain a small school. if 5 fr By DAVID KRANZ Argus Leader Staff Kilian College in Sioux Falls is taking steps to become more responsive to the community's growth and changing demands. The state's only community college also will make it easier for students to transfer credits to other schools. President Jane Bromert said Kilian is surveying employers in the community to find out what skills are needed in the workplace. "It is conceivable the assessments will lead to us adding new programs," Bromert said.

To ensure that students are meeting standards required to transfer credits, the college has added a member of the South Dakota Board of Regents to its board. It also revised the curriculum and upgraded qualifications for its teachers. The 19-year-old school in downtown Sioux Falls originated as part of Augustana College, the University of Sioux Falls and North American Baptist Seminary to meet the needs of nontraditional students. Bromert said the mission of the private, nonprofit college remains the same, though. "Very simply, we are providing Sue Kiner, chairwoman of office technology at Kilian Community College, works with student Sylvia Kamikaze on Wednesday in one of the school's two computer labs.

That's one of the reasons Sylvia Kamikaze enrolled at Kilian. The 25-year-old native of Zaire is studying medical transcription. "You get individual teaching here and that makes it easy to learn," she said. Kip Scott runs a consulting business in Sioux Falls and teaches courses in counseling and human LOTTERIES DAKOTA CASH: 9-12-13-34-35 POWERBALL: 15-26-33-35-39 Powerball 27 TRI-WEST: 4-6-7-16-24-26 MINNESOTA DAILY 3: 5-3-6 IOWA $100,000 CASH GAME: 1-3-19-27-30 SUPER CASH LOTTO: 12-15-18-25-28-37.