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BUSH: LATIN AMERICA MUST EMBRACE DEMOCRACY -3A WWW.ARGUSLEADER.COM Monday Nov. 7,2005 SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA 50 Cents Xl(O)u1fQgl01S MW SffiDllffiffiDs DD(B TODAYS BRIEFING 2 elementaries, secondary academy in plan INSIDE i 3 1 A I List of district recommendations. 4A Baltic school races winter. IB ONLINE Find district Web sites and a forum at argusleader.com. members last week, also includes a high school academy, which would help reduce the size of each traditional high school.

In addition, the district will adjust boundaries for its westside elementary schools in fall 2006 and look at new middle school boundaries to equalize attendance numbers. Homan's proposal is part of a $23 million construction plan that would elim BY BRENDA WADE SCHMIDT bschmidtargusleader.com Sioux Falls needs to build two new elementary schools in the next four years to keep up with city growth, Superintendent Pam Homan says. One school would open on the east side by 2007, the other in the northwest by 2009, if the school board approves Homan's plan. Her proposal, presented to board inate some school expansions discussed previously. Money for the improvements would come from capital outlay certificates small enough that they wouldn't require a community vote.

The district would not have to raise its overall tax levy for capital improvement projects to pay off those certificates, said See SCHOOLS, page 4A LIFE Books help ease birds, bees Sorry, parents. There's no good way out of this one. At some point, you're going to have to talk to your kids about sex, puberty and other blush-enducing topics. The good news? There are plenty of excellent books out there to help. ID Superintendent Pam Homan says Sioux Falls needs to build two schools to keep up with growth.

Business manager Todd VI says taxes would not need to go up. Meet me at the ONE YEAR LATER No answers given about death of NSU professor Circumstances 'suspicious' ft. A. Kj 11 BY MELANIE BRANDERT mbranderargusleader.com ABERDEEN A year after a Northern State University professor was shot to death outside the building where he worked, the unsolved case leaves friends, coworkers and students frustrated and bewildered. While Aberdeen police won't classify the suspicious death as a homicide or suicide, investigators do promise a resolution in the death of Morgan N.

Lewis. They are waiting for results of fingerprint hair, fiber and ballistics analysis from the South Dakota crime lab, police Detective Sgt Eric Duven said. "We are approaching the final step of the investigation," he said. Still, that could take another six months, leaving many in the meantime to guess what happened early on Nov. 1,2004.

Lewis, 46, in his first semester See PROFESSOR, page 5A LOCAL REGION Room full of treasure awaits explorers Benson's Flea Market is good for more than partial sets of collectible glasses from fast-food restaurants or slightly frayed baseball cards: Buyers say the trip through the Expo's aisles brings back memories. And the prize at the end can be better than any Easter egg. IB SPORTS No postseason play for Coyote football Close, but not quite. The news came down from an NCAA Division II panel: the University of South Dakota football team will not be in this year's playoffs, even though it beat two of the teams that made the cut. The alleged problem? Strength of season schedule.

The coach begs to differ. 1C BUSINESS Morgan Lewis was found dead on the NSU campus one year ago. MORE ONLINE For previous coverage of the death at Northern State University, log on to argusleader Tvnnvf moire Community Theatre 1 lit if- 1 i I 1913 theater sees boom in bookings BY JAY KIRSCHENMANN jkirschargusleader.com 1 1 usic theater, comedy and jazz arefindingthe ii Orpheum Theater's stage so much to their liking that the 1913 structure is poised to break booking records in the coming year. The lively schedule, which this year hit 124 bookings, is a far cry from the dim financial struggles that closed the former Sioux Falls Community Playhouse in 2002. The city bought the theater at 315 N.

Phillips Ave. and has invested in updating the historic build- ing. In 2006, the city plans to spend nearly $1.1 million in what is the next stage of the theater's rebirth. That investment will: Add a new sound system and upgrade house lights. Remodel the first floor of the Actor's Studio, the city building two doors south of the Orpheum, for rehearsal and rental space.

Remodel the second floor of the Actor's Studio for the city's Channel 16 TV offices and studio. Finish the Link, the structure between the Orpheum and the Actor's Studio, including a facade, entry area, courtyard and storage space. Restore the storefront If any of the $1,086,000 is left, the city could add new seats, said Russ DeCurtins, executive director for SMG, the company managing the Arena and Orpheum. "Every six months, it looks like a new building," said DeCurtins, who has seen bookings climb steadi-, ly under the city's watch. "For next year, we are already talking to two potential users looking who want to book 10 to 20 days over the next year," DeCurtins said.

"There is so much to talk about the See ORPHEUM, page 4A mJ LARA NEEL ARGUS LEADER Patrons walk Into the Orpheum Theater for a Sioux Empire Community Theatre production of Walt Until Dark. The theater might break booking records In the next year. I-. Tornado strikes without warning, taking 22 lives BY PETER SLEVIN The Washington Post EVANSVILLE, Ind. Firefighter Dan McDonald raised his ax and plunged it into the carcass of a mobile home, looking for life but half-expecting to find more death.

It was a dozen hours after a rare November tornado hopscotched across southwestern Indiana, snapping trees, obliterating trailers and killing at least 22 people. "It's terrible, man. I'm heartbroken," said McDonald, who arrived with a crew from Zion, Ky. "Everything people worked for is gone. Lives are gone.

Children. This ain't even my community, and I felt like crying all the way back to the street" Turning back to his task, he said, "You've just got to keep digging." The twister struck without warning in Sunday morning's wee hours, while its victims slept. It was not only the worst tornado in the state in 31 years, it was easily the most unexpected. Survivors in sturdier houses said they were startled awake when See TORNADO, page 5A This ain't your girlfriend's salon Who said he can't be pampered, too? In a very manly way, of course. That's what guys will find at the Chop Shoppe, a new grooming salon that keeps men in mind.

With its plasma TVs on the walls and tool chest vanities, the danger might be in him spending too much on manicures. Read more in today's Business Beat. 6C SHOWS BOOKED Number of shows booked at the Orpheum Theater since Sioux Falls bought the building: 2002: 8 2003: 57 2004: 86 2005: 124 2006: 107 so far INSIDE You've seen others: Sioux City and Minneapolis are only two. So what is an Also, see a list of the shows booked in 2005. Pace 4A ONLINE For links to several Orpheum theaters, including our own, log on towww.argusleader.com.

TODAY'S WEATHER HIGH Hold the bratwurst: Sauerkraut might help birds fight off flu bug 64" LOW Sunnv and mild Full report, 2A 40 El INDEX 32 pages Annie's Mail 50 Lotteries 2B Business 6C Movies 2D Classified Nation 3A Comics 50 Obituaries 4B Crossword 6E Opinion 5B Horoscope 7E Television 6D Jumble 7E World SAUER POWER Incase you need more than the taste to persuade you to eat fermented cabbage, a recent study at the University of New Mexico indicates that eating sauerkraut and cabbage four times a week may reduce breast cancer risk by up to 74 percent. research obviously is needed, but he's more than happy to tout kraut as a healthy dish. "People are starting to realize kraut is a pretty doggone good food," Downs said last week, when contacted about the South Korean study After a Minneapolis CBS affiliate did its own story on sauerkraut's potential in the battle against avian flu, Frank's Sauerkraut based in Fremont Ohio, checked 54 Twin City area stores it supplies and found an 850 percent spike in overall sauerkraut sales, Lundin said. Frank's refused to release actual sales figures. "I quite honestly think the percentage spike is very relevant and it's based on the same week of sales last year," said Chris Smith, vice president of marketing for Frank's.

Pressed a bit more, Smith said some supermarkets may have sold seven cans of sauerkraut in the same week last year, compared with 30 cans this year. BY KAREN HERZOO Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE While President Bush scrambles to ward off a flu pandemic, the world's largest sauerkraut producer is sitting atop a bumper crop of one possible preventative. That's right Sauerkraut An international buzz is surrounding the unassuming, fermented cruciferous vegetable that costs 89 cents per 14.5-ounce can. Scientists at Seoul National University in South Korea fed an extract of kimchi, a spicy Korean variant of sauerkraut to 13 chickens infected with avian flu, and a week later, 11 of the birds started to recover, according to the BBC Network. "Unlike the government, we've got the preventative, and 115,000 tons of it in Wisconsin alone," said Ryan Downs, owner and general manager of Great Lakes Kraut Co.

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