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Argut Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Saturday, May 17, 1997 71 SIOUX HOW TO REACH US Local news inquiries and tips: Maricarrol Kueter, city editor, 331-2327 or Rosemary McCoy and Mike Trautmann, assistant city editors, 331-2316 or 1-800-530-NEWS Section State news 2,4 Obituaries 3 Business news 6 fflwifirur me fiw fi)D lbairdl JUST CURIOUS ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS Center. She is a community volunteer and is not employed. She and her husband, Richard, have two children. She graduated from Washington Hich If you want to vote: Sioux Falls residents have until June 2 to register to vote in the June 17 school board election. Any person who will be 18 by election day and lives in the Sioux Falls School District can register.

People can register at the Minnehaha County auditor's office in the County Administration Building, 415 N. Dakota or the Instructional Planning Center, 201 E. 38th St. Two seats at stake in June 17 election By CORR1NE OLSON Argus Leader Staff Sioux Falls voters will choose two school board members from five candidates in a June 17 election. Two incumbents and three challengers filed petitions by the Friday deadline.

Board members serve a three-year term and are paid $55 a meeting. The candidates are: Sue Aguilar, 44, of 2400 1 kill Enchanted farm endures in heart of city From front porch, family has watched development grow closer each year Dick Guenter Waggoner Neumann Stanton Drive, who chaired a committee supporting a $41.5 million capital improvement plan to improve the city's public schools. "I 's nJ: Council members don't sub for mayor QUESTION: Why did Mayor Gary Hanson's chief of staff take over during his absence instead of a City Council member? ANSWER: The city's home-rule charter makes a clear separation between legislative and administrative functions, City Attorney Janet Brekke said. It states that the council shall not involve itself in the administrative functions of the city. Hanson had to delegate his responsibilities to someone on his staff, Brekke said.

Have a general news question? Call the Argus Leader at 331-2285 and leave a message. Or send your questions to Just Curious, Box 5034, Sioux Falls 57117-5034. BRIEFLY Head-on crash injures 7 near Crooks Seven people were injured Friday night in a two-car crash near Crooks. One person was trapped in the accident at 11:15 p.m. on 468th Avenue just north of 256th Street.

Two helicopters transported some of the victims to Sioux Falls hospitals. The cars collided nearly head-on on the peak of a hill. Authorities said the injuries ranged from minor to severe, but they weren't able to provide details early today. Armed Forces Day event this morning An Armed Forces Day Program begins at 10:30 a.m. today at the Royal C.

Johnson Veterans Memorial Hospital. The hospital is at 22nd Street and Western Avenue. If it rains, the program will be moved to the Air Guard base. Achievement awards will be presented to Sgt. 1st Class George Arends of the Army National Guard, Master Sgt.

Lee Bendinger of the Air National Guard, Torpedoes Mate Second Class Troy Dolan of the Naval Reserve and Sgt. Mary Tysdal of the Army Reserve. Political memorabilia show 9 a.m. to noon The Dakota Territory Chapter of Political Memorabilia Collectors will have a show today in Sioux Falls. The event will be from 9 a.m.

to noon at Peace Lutheran Church, 5509 W. 41st St. Street crews finish 41st-Kiwanis work Sioux Falls street crews have finished creating double left-turn lanes from 41st Street onto Kiwanis Avenue. That work was part of a project that will create double left-turn lanes on all approaches to 41st and Louise Avenue, said Kevin Smith, assistant public works director. Nathan Hopper The Sioux Falls native has worked as a substitute teacher and as the executive director of the Volunteer and Information Linda SmithArgus Leader Sioux Falls schoolchildren out to her place to see what life was like on the farm.

The children got firsthand looks at the milk cow and the horses. They checked out the chicken coop, inspecting the nests for eggs. They picked apples from her orchards and danced around the mulberry bush. "I think she got as much of a charge out of it as they did," Lois Brown said. Lee Johnson I Anns fl.

Sullivan Madison St. School H1 3rd St. I Kenny ff Anderson 6th St. Park Farm -f in the I A 1 city II NC i II CD I I i Children walk south on Bahnson Avenue, past a farm located just in Sioux Falls. The school can be seen at the left.

The farm's barn There is a place in Sioux Falls where the countryside claims the city, where horses loll in barnyards and a windmill quietly towers over the urban sprawl. It's a place of gravel driveways lined with ample white peonies, of kids chasing along trails through apple orchards and swinging like Tarzan from the trees. "Heaven on earth," Lois Brown said as she sits in her front yard STEVE YOUNG STAFF COLUMNIST near Sixth Street and Bahnson Avenue and soaks in the afternoon sun. "The mother of one of my daughter's friends tells me they call this their enchanted place." Enchanted? If there is magic in a tree house creaking in the breeze above a horse corral, then this place is enchanted. If there is wonder in a forest setting where fallen branches become swords, spears and other implements of the imagination, then yes, it is enchanted.

"You know, the only thing missing is a creek with tadpoles and snakes and baby ducks, all those fun things," Brown, 50, said, her eyes darting about as she searches her mind for the possibilities. "Yes, it's all we're missing." Ninety-three years ago, this place was little more than open ground. Brown's grandfather, Gregg Lacey, a young potato farmer, owned the land. Recently married, he and his bride, Christina, decided to haul a house from near Mount Pleasant Cemetery to their property east of town. So early in 1905, the nine-room building was set on rollers and pulled by horses across the frozen Sue School and Aguilar earned a bache lor's degree in political science and sociology from the University School board See 4D Greg Latza Argus Leader south of Anne Sullivan School is at the right.

The Laceys have since died, and the open countryside has been swallowed up by neighborhoods called Holiday Estates and Richmond II and III. But the farm remains, grandfathered into the city limits with its barn, its horses and its incredible pastoral charm. An elm Christina Lacey planted in 1932 to celebrate the bicentennial of George Washington's birthday now towers 20 feet above the windmill and measures 100 feet in its north-south spread. The chicken coop has been turned into an office out of which Brown's husband, Kelly, operates a cleaning business. And the cars are parked in a garage built with boulders collected and cobbled together by Lois Brown's father, Ed Lacey, and her uncle, Charlie Lacey, when they were 14 and 19 years old.

"The garage still has the holes in the concrete floor where they put Young See 4D After putting together a business plan, he sought investors. Bob and Jim Elmen, whose family is involved in the rental business, agreed to invest in the venture. The Elmen brothers own 80 percent of the company. Twenty-one other stockholders, including Poppen, own the rest. In an article published last month in the Argus Leader, Bob Elmen said the brothers put $5 million to $10 million in KTTW during the licensing process and the early years of its on-air operation.

He estimated that KTTW would be worth at least $15 million within five years. The Sioux Falls Christian High held hands Friday evening to graduation ceremony. 1 'v' School district might move to IBM-compatible desktop units From staff reports Computer teachers used to know what to expect from students and school boards apples and Apples. But that might be changing in Sioux Falls. School district officials are talking about switching to all IBM-compatible computers using Windows software because of Apple Computer's poor financial performance the past several quarters.

They're worried about the future of Apple products. Superintendent Jack Keegan said he'll recommend at the May 27 school board meeting that a committee study the district's computer needs and report by October. The report will recommend whether the district should go on maintaining two platforms Apple and IBM-compatible machines or stop buying Apple products. Meanwhile, Keegan said, the district next school year will purchase only 160 of the 418 Apple Macintosh computers it had budgeted, enough for a new eighth-grade program that requires the machines. Each computer costs about $1,500.

The district will delay purchasing the other Apple computers until it gets the committee's report. Keegan said the district is alarmed because Apple reported losses of $1.6 billion over six quarters. Administrators met with Apple representatives Thursday to talk about their concerns, he said. Apple executives are downplaying the financial performance, saying that their education division has remained profitable. That division accounts for 20 percent to 25 percent of revenue, the company said.

"Apple is very financially stable right now," said Barry Sevett, market development executive for Apple's central education region. "We do have over $1 billion in cash on hand. We expect and are hoping to actually post a profit for the quarter that will end at the end of June." Sevett said the company is aware of school districts' concerns. "It's certainly something that we are attending to. We're communicating with schools so that they know that Apple is still strong and viable." Sevett said Macintosh accounts for 41 percent of the computers in K-12 classrooms, up 5 percent from 1994-95, and that Macintosh is identified as the computer of choice by 56 percent of all school districts planning purchases for 1996-97.

Apple computers See 40 Frank Robertson Argus Leader School class of 1997 gathered and pray and offer thanks prior to their i KTTW founder, general manager steps down landscape. In time, the Lacey name became renowned throughout the region. Gregg Lacey was the potato king, selling his spuds to businesses and families throughout the Sioux Falls area. The first McDonald's restaurant in Sioux Falls used Lacey potatoes for its french fries. Christina Lacey, a teacher by vocation, was an industrious woman of the land whose work with extension clubs and with her church brought her state and national acclaim.

In 1938, she was named South Dakota's Eminent Homemaker of the Year by state extension officials. And eight years later, she was recognized as South Dakota's Mother of the Year by the Golden Rule Foundation in New York. The Lacey brothers farmed land from what is now Sycamore Avenue to Cliff Avenue, and from Sixth Street north. As she grew older, Christina Lacey enjoyed inviting classes of was to respectfully bow out," Poppen said. Bob Elmen, the main shareholder in KTTW's owner, Independent Communications said he was sorry that Poppen had resigned.

He had not yet spoken with Poppen. "He's a fine worker, but a business has to be run like a business," Elmen said. "You've always got the opportunity to spend millions of dollars to make something the best, and we want to be the best, but we don't want to spend millions of dollars." Elmen said KTTW's consultants will assist during the transition. Change is part of life, Poppen "I'd like to thank God, my parents, teachers and friends," was the message repeated, in various forms, by the students. One student quoted William Shakespeare: "Parting can be such sweet sorrow." He received a round of applause.

Virg Christoffels of Sioux Falls, whose son Nathan was a member of the graduating class, gave the address. Christoffels shared snippets of his life with the graduates, telling them how he had strayed from his Christian life and mission. "I would like to ask you, "What is your he said. "Is what you're doing today connecting you to your vision?" Christoffels told the students how easy it is to get off track from He cites differences with station direction By JILL CALLISON Argus Leader Staff Chuck Poppen, general manager of KTTW-TV in Sioux Falls, resigned Friday, citing differences with other owners of the Fox Broadcasting affiliate. The resignation was effective immediately.

"The differences between where I felt the station to be moving and the wishes of the majority shareholder became too great, so I concluded that the best resolution 30 students mark S.F. Christian graduation said. "The whole world of television and the entire media is changing very quickly, so there's bound to be other changes." Poppen said he has no immediate plans. Chuck Poppen He would like to stay in the area, calling himself a South Dakotan first and a broadcaster second. Poppen, 44, started the station 10 years ago after reading that a new network was being created to compete with ABC, CBS and NBC.

reaching goals. He said they should keep them and God in focus. "I challenge you to go home and write down your mission statement and to look at it often," he said. Senior Class President Nick Sjaarda got a laugh from his classmates when he told them, "If I had realized last year that being class president meant giving a graduation speech, I wouldn't have run. Valedictorian Teissa Kuiper said: "We can look back at the fruits of our labor.

We must now take these treasured memories and move on." The video presentation provided one last look at those treasured memories. 1 Syttende Mai parade honoring Norwegian culture begins 1 5th St at 2 p.m. today -in downtown Sioux Falls i 'i eth st. 9 I 8 7th st 5 A 5 8th St. Unda Argus Leader Syttende Mai parade is 2 p.m.

today The third annual Syttende Mai celebration begins with a parade at 2 p.m. today in downtown Sioux Falls. Syttende Mai, which translates to the 17th of May, is Norway's Independence Day. LOTTERIES DAILY MILLIONS: Red: 3-19, White: 5-14, Blue: 10-17 DAILY THREE: 6-7-2 GOPHER FIVE: 6-12-13-21-38 $100,000 CASH: 2-12-16-24-32 In South Dakota: If you need help with a gambling problem, call 1-888-781-HELP. By DENISED.

TUCKER Argus Leader Staff The sound of laughter ricocheted off the walls of the Sioux Falls Christian High School auditorium Friday night as graduating seniors and their families watched images of the students flash across a large video screen. The school put together a class video that included baby pictures and shots from the students' final school year. Photographs of sporting events, formats and students mugging for the camera were tied together with music from Boyz II Men, Alabama and other bands. The 30 members of the graduating class each recorded a message to accompany their photographs..