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VOLUME 139 NUMBER 3 75¢ Warmer Than Normal 9 a.m.: 52 | 3 p.m.: 73 | DETAILS: PAGE 2 P RESS & D AKOTAN Y ANKTON D AILY Monday n April 29, 2013 The Dakotas’ Oldest Newspaper | 10 PAGES | www.yankton.net REGION 2 | OBITUARIES 3 | MIDWEST 3 | WORLD 3 | VIEWS 4 | LIFE 5 | SPORTS 7 | CLASSIFIEDS 9 TOMORROW: River Festival Ready To Roll Printed on Recycled Newsprint Printed with SOY INK INSIDE TODAY KELLY HERTZ/P&D Logan Wiesler and Zoltan Spak brought a sweet contrast of color to the Yankton High School prom’s annual Grand March Saturday at the Summit Activities Center. The march drew a packed house to the Summit Center gymnasium as 176 couples paraded through a maze of candy and lights fitting with the prom’s theme, “Wonka’s Golden Ticket from Mr. Willy Wonka.” To see or purchase images from this event, visit spotted.yankton.net. USD Softball Completes Sweep Of UMKC n 7 * * * F ACING T HE M USIC A flutist with the Mount Marty Col- lege concert band looks up to di- rector Dean Rettedal during the band’s annual spring performance Sunday night at Marian Audito- rium. The band — comprised of MMC students and faculty, and community members — performed a wide variety of numbers, ranging from the 17th century piece “Can- zona Bergamasca” to selections from the film “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” To see or purchase images from this event, visit spotted.yankton.net. (Kelly Hertz/P&D) BY CHET BROKAW Associated Press PIERRE — After hearing repeated requests from schools for more money, South Dakota lawmakers have decided to take another look at the state system for funding public school districts. The Legislature’s Executive Board voted unanimously last week to appoint a study com- mittee that will investigate the funding formula and revenue sources used to finance the schools. The study panel will meet during the summer and fall to come up with recommenda- tions to be submitted to the 2014 Legislature in January. “I think a lot of it is we keep hearing year after year after year that education funding isn’t enough in this state. So now let’s come up with some ideas,” said Sen. Ryan Maher, R-Is- abel, chairman of the Executive Board, which handles management issues for the Legislature in the nine months each year the lawmakers are not in session. Wade Pogany, executive director of the As- sociated School Boards of South Dakota, said he hopes the study will look at new funding sources, not just changes in the way existing money is divvied up among the school dis- tricts. “At least the conversation will begin. That what’s important to think about — long-term funding solutions for education,” Pogany said. Pogany said school districts still have not recovered from the cuts that Gov. Dennis Dau- gaard and the Legislature made two years ago BY DEREK BARTOS [email protected] The Yankton Federal Prison Camp is one of two South Dakota employers being recognized for provid- ing extraordinary support to workers who are in the military. The prison was recently named a semifinalist for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the highest honor for employers who aid their Guard and Reserve employees. This year, 138 semifinalists stood out among 2,899 employers nominated by a Guard or Reserve employee. The other semifinalist from South Dakota is Black Hills Corporation of Rapid City. “We’re pleased a local employee felt that they were being supported enough that they were willing to nominate the Yankton Federal Prison Camp for this award,” said Todd Cowman, public information offi- cer for the camp. “We were pleasantly surprised to be listed as a semifinalist, and we just hope that it shows the local community how willing we are to support our troops through their deployments.” Employers selected as semifinalists assist Guard and Reserve employees through formal and informal initiatives, including setting veteran hiring goals, es- tablishing military employee liaisons, providing child- care for deployed employees, arranging care package drives and granting additional leave for military em- ployees and family members before and after deployments. “Freedom Award semifinalists stand out for their extraordinary support and steadfast commitment to our nation’s Citizen Warriors,” said Ronald G. Young, executive director of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), in a news release. “Na- tional Guard and Reserve members show tremen- dous resolve overseas and during times of domestic BY DEREK BARTOS [email protected] While Ginger Moeller isn’t very fa- miliar with Yankton, her recent ar- rival to the city feels like a homecoming. The new vice president of finance at Mount Marty College actually has an accounting degree from the school, but took her classes at the MMC campus in Watertown. Still, that fact doesn’t keep Moeller from feeling she is now where she belongs. “Some things are still familiar, and the whole mission is the same as when I went to school in Water- town,” she said. “So in a way, I feel like I’m returning home.” Moeller most recently served as the associate controller at South Dakota State University in Brookings, but was primarily the accounting opera- tions manager there since 2010. Prior to that, she was a budget analyst since 2007. When her youngest child Mark began college last fall at Dakota State Uni- versity, Moeller (who also has a daughter, Madeline, attending SDSU) believed it was a good time to look for a new opportunity. “It was the first chance I’ve had to move away and branch out on my own,” she said. Moeller said that while her goal was to find a vice president position, her primary focus was on joining a faith-based institution. She found both at MMC, she said. “It’s wonderful because they care about you as a whole person, includ- ing spiritually,” she said. “You don’t normally get that in a public institu- tion.” In her new role at MMC, Moeller reports directly to the school presi- dent and serves as the chief financial officer for the college. Areas of re- sponsibility include human re- sources/payroll, purchasing and travel, insurance, student financial aid, business office, accounting and budgeting. “I have my work cut out for me, as there hasn’t been anyone in this posi- tion since last fall, so there is a lot of work to be done,” she said. “But there’s a great team here on campus, and I’m excited about working with them. I know I’m going to love it here.” You can follow Derek Bartos on Twitter at twitter.com/d_bartos S.D. Lawmakers OK Study Of School Funding Committee To Focus On Funding Formula And Revenue Sources Federal Prison Camp Named Semifinalist For Military Award PHOTO: YANKTON FIRE DEPARTMENT Yankton firefighters were called out at about 4 p.m. Sunday to a controlled burn that got out of control on Willowdale Drive on East Highway 50. The blaze appeared to be contained, but officials said they were concerned about a weak but gusty cold front about to move through the area. When the front passed, the winds whipped up from the northwest, stoking new flare-ups. Firefighters then began back-burning (shown here) to contain the blaze. Increasing winds could create more fire issues at times today (Monday) and Tuesday before a new system brings a chance of rain and possibly light snow on Wednesday. For weather details, see page 2. Moeller MMC Names New VP Of Finance Norfolk Plane Crash Victims Identified NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are trying to deter- mine why a small plane crashed in northeast Nebraska this weekend, killing both people aboard. Madison County Sheriff Vern Hjorth said 26-year-old Dale Butler of Omaha and 24-year-old Amy Brobst of Fort Collins, Colo., both died when the plane crashed Satur- day evening. Butler, the pilot, was a college student at the University of Ne- braska at Omaha’s Aviation Insti- tute and licensed to fly, according to university officials. Hjorth said the plane crashed into a soybean field shortly after taking off from the Norfolk airport. The Norfolk Daily News re- ported that FAA officials said the plane struck a power line before crashing into some trees. WASHINGTON (AP) — The chair- man of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that the FBI is investigating in the United States and overseas to determine whether the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing received training that helped them carry out the attack. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is charged with joining with his older brother, Tamerlan, who’s now dead, in setting off the shrapnel-packed pressure- cooker bombs. The bombs were trig- gered by a remote detonator of the kind used in remote-control toys, U.S. officials have said. U.S. officials investigating the bombings have told The Associated Press that so far there is no evidence to date of a wider plot, including train- ing, direction or funding for the at- tacks. A criminal complaint outlining fed- eral charges against Dzhokhar Tsar- naev described him as holding a cellphone in his hand minutes before the first explosion. The brothers are ethnic Chechens from Russia who came to the United States about a decade ago with their parents. “I think given the level of sophisti- cation of this device, the fact that the pressure cooker is a signature device that goes back to Pakistan, Afghanistan, leads me to believe — and the way they handled these de- vices and the tradecraft — ... that there was a trainer and the question is where is that trainer or trainers,” said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on “Fox News Sunday.” “Are they overseas in the Chechen region or are they in the United States?” McCaul said. “In my conversa- tions with the FBI, that’s the big ques- tion. 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Logan Wiesler and Zoltan Spak brought a sweet contrast of color to the Yankton High School prom’s annual Grand MarchSaturday at the Summit Activities Center. The march drew a packed house to the Summit Center gymnasium as 176couples paraded through a maze of candy and lights fitting with the prom’s theme, “Wonka’s Golden Ticket from Mr.Willy Wonka.” To see or purchase images from this event, visit spotted.yankton.net.
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A flutist with the Mount Marty Col-lege concert band looks up to di-rector Dean Rettedal during theband’s annual spring performanceSunday night at Marian Audito-rium. The band — comprised ofMMC students and faculty, andcommunity members — performeda wide variety of numbers, rangingfrom the 17th century piece “Can-zona Bergamasca” to selectionsfrom the film “Pirates of theCaribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” Tosee or purchase images from thisevent, visit spotted.yankton.net. (Kelly Hertz/P&D)
BY CHET BROKAWAssociated Press
PIERRE — After hearing repeated requestsfrom schools for more money, South Dakotalawmakers have decided to take another lookat the state system for funding public schooldistricts.
The Legislature’s Executive Board votedunanimously last week to appoint a study com-mittee that will investigate the funding formulaand revenue sources used to finance theschools. The study panel will meet during thesummer and fall to come up with recommenda-tions to be submitted to the 2014 Legislature inJanuary.
“I think a lot of it is we keep hearing yearafter year after year that education fundingisn’t enough in this state. So now let’s come up
with some ideas,” said Sen. Ryan Maher, R-Is-abel, chairman of the Executive Board, whichhandles management issues for the Legislaturein the nine months each year the lawmakersare not in session.
Wade Pogany, executive director of the As-sociated School Boards of South Dakota, saidhe hopes the study will look at new fundingsources, not just changes in the way existingmoney is divvied up among the school dis-tricts.
“At least the conversation will begin. Thatwhat’s important to think about — long-termfunding solutions for education,” Pogany said.
Pogany said school districts still have notrecovered from the cuts that Gov. Dennis Dau-gaard and the Legislature made two years ago
BY DEREK [email protected]
The Yankton Federal Prison Camp is one of twoSouth Dakota employers being recognized for provid-ing extraordinary support to workers who are in themilitary.
The prison was recently named a semifinalist forthe 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer SupportFreedom Award, the highest honor for employerswho aid their Guard and Reserve employees.
This year, 138 semifinalists stood out among 2,899employers nominated by a Guard or Reserveemployee.
The other semifinalist from South Dakota is BlackHills Corporation of Rapid City.
“We’re pleased a local employee felt that theywere being supported enough that they were willingto nominate the Yankton Federal Prison Camp for thisaward,” said Todd Cowman, public information offi-cer for the camp. “We were pleasantly surprised to belisted as a semifinalist, and we just hope that itshows the local community how willing we are tosupport our troops through their deployments.”
Employers selected as semifinalists assist Guardand Reserve employees through formal and informalinitiatives, including setting veteran hiring goals, es-tablishing military employee liaisons, providing child-care for deployed employees, arranging care packagedrives and granting additional leave for military em-ployees and family members before and afterdeployments.
“Freedom Award semifinalists stand out for theirextraordinary support and steadfast commitment toour nation’s Citizen Warriors,” said Ronald G. Young,executive director of the Employer Support of theGuard and Reserve (ESGR), in a news release. “Na-tional Guard and Reserve members show tremen-dous resolve overseas and during times of domestic
BY DEREK [email protected]
While Ginger Moeller isn’t very fa-miliar with Yankton, her recent ar-rival to the city feels like ahomecoming.
The new vice president of financeat Mount Marty College actually hasan accounting degree from theschool, but took her classes at theMMC campus in Watertown. Still,that fact doesn’t keep Moeller fromfeeling she is now where shebelongs.
“Some things are still familiar, andthe whole mission is the same aswhen I went to school in Water-town,” she said. “So in a way, I feellike I’m returning home.”
Moeller most recently served asthe associate controller at SouthDakota State University in Brookings,
but was primarily theaccounting opera-tions manager theresince 2010. Prior tothat, she was abudget analyst since2007.
When heryoungest child Markbegan college last fallat Dakota State Uni-
versity, Moeller (who also has adaughter, Madeline, attending SDSU)believed it was a good time to lookfor a new opportunity.
“It was the first chance I’ve had tomove away and branch out on myown,” she said.
Moeller said that while her goalwas to find a vice president position,her primary focus was on joining afaith-based institution. She foundboth at MMC, she said.
“It’s wonderful because they care
about you as a whole person, includ-ing spiritually,” she said. “You don’tnormally get that in a public institu-tion.”
In her new role at MMC, Moellerreports directly to the school presi-dent and serves as the chief financialofficer for the college. Areas of re-sponsibility include human re-sources/payroll, purchasing andtravel, insurance, student financialaid, business office, accounting andbudgeting.
“I have my work cut out for me, asthere hasn’t been anyone in this posi-tion since last fall, so there is a lot ofwork to be done,” she said. “Butthere’s a great team here on campus,and I’m excited about working withthem. I know I’m going to love ithere.”
You can follow Derek Bartos on Twitter attwitter.com/d_bartos
S.D. LawmakersOK Study Of
School FundingCommittee To Focus On FundingFormula And Revenue Sources
Federal PrisonCamp NamedSemifinalist ForMilitary Award
PHOTO: YANKTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
Yankton firefighters were called out at about 4 p.m. Sunday to a controlled burn that got out of control on Willowdale Driveon East Highway 50. The blaze appeared to be contained, but officials said they were concerned about a weak but gustycold front about to move through the area. When the front passed, the winds whipped up from the northwest, stoking newflare-ups. Firefighters then began back-burning (shown here) to contain the blaze. Increasing winds could create more fireissues at times today (Monday) and Tuesday before a new system brings a chance of rain and possibly light snow onWednesday. For weather details, see page 2.
Moeller
MMC Names New VP Of FinanceNorfolk Plane CrashVictims IdentifiedNORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Federal
investigators are trying to deter-mine why a small plane crashed innortheast Nebraska this weekend,killing both people aboard.
Madison County Sheriff VernHjorth said 26-year-old Dale Butlerof Omaha and 24-year-old AmyBrobst of Fort Collins, Colo., bothdied when the plane crashed Satur-day evening.
Butler, the pilot, was a collegestudent at the University of Ne-braska at Omaha’s Aviation Insti-tute and licensed to fly, accordingto university officials.
Hjorth said the plane crashedinto a soybean field shortly aftertaking off from the Norfolk airport.
The Norfolk Daily News re-ported that FAA officials said theplane struck a power line beforecrashing into some trees.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chair-man of the House Homeland SecurityCommittee said Sunday that the FBI isinvestigating in the United States andoverseas to determine whether thesuspects in the Boston Marathonbombing received training that helpedthem carry out the attack.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, is chargedwith joining with his older brother,Tamerlan, who’s now dead, in settingoff the shrapnel-packed pressure-cooker bombs. The bombs were trig-gered by a remote detonator of thekind used in remote-control toys, U.S.officials have said.
U.S. officials investigating the
bombings have told The AssociatedPress that so far there is no evidenceto date of a wider plot, including train-ing, direction or funding for the at-tacks.
A criminal complaint outlining fed-eral charges against Dzhokhar Tsar-naev described him as holding acellphone in his hand minutes beforethe first explosion.
The brothers are ethnic Chechensfrom Russia who came to the UnitedStates about a decade ago with theirparents.
“I think given the level of sophisti-cation of this device, the fact that thepressure cooker is a signature device
that goes back to Pakistan,Afghanistan, leads me to believe —and the way they handled these de-vices and the tradecraft — ... thatthere was a trainer and the question iswhere is that trainer or trainers,” saidRep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, on “FoxNews Sunday.”
“Are they overseas in the Chechenregion or are they in the UnitedStates?” McCaul said. “In my conversa-tions with the FBI, that’s the big ques-tion. They’ve casted a wide net bothoverseas and in the United States to
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