Dona Jean Compton, age 77, of Vancouver, WA, died September 4, 2008, at Salmon Creek Legacy Hospitalin Vancouver, WA.

Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 19, 2008 at the Presbyterian Church in Kadoka with Pastor Gary McCubbin officiating. Interment will be in the Kadoka Cemetery.

Music will be provided by Syd Iwan with congregational hymns. Ushers will be Ted Vobr and Joe Stratton.

Graveside services for Myrtle Renning Marskell, age 96, of Long Beach, CA, and formerly of the South Creek Community near Kadoka, SD, will be held 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, at the South Creek Cemetery, north of Kadoka.

Myrtle Renning Marskell died August 28, 2007.

Myrtle Renning was born July 17, 1911, in South Creek, SD, the daughter of Andrew and Katie (Nelson) Renning, Norwegian immigrants who homesteaded there in the early 1900s.

A return of more than $2 million in patronage capital credit checks, a free noon meal, a chance to win a $500 grand prize, the election of board members and voting on the expansion of the cooperative await members attending the Golden West Telecommunications 56th Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, September 27.

"Being able to hand one of our members a check and say thank you is one of the most satisfying aspects of our jobs as directors and employees," said General Manager/CEO George Strandell referring to the $2,037,510 in capital credit checks being returned to cooperative member

Since August 25, Don Abby's responsibilities at the CHS-Midwest Cooperatives in Philip have moved over to feed sales. The new grain operations manager is Lucas Mayfield.

Mayfield moves up being an operational employee for Midwest Co-op in Kadoka for the last two years. He graduated from Kadoka High School in 2003, and in 2005 from Mitchell Technical School with a cooling and heating degree. After working on a ranch for about a year, Mayfield joined Midwest.

"The transition for both Abby and Mayfield should be pretty much done by spring," said Location Manager Jay Baxter.

The Haakon School District 27-1 Board of Education held its first monthly meeting on Monday, September 15, with its new Business Manager, Britni Ross.

The board officially approved Ross's contract, as well as pay-lane changes for three instructors. Both Jerry Rhodes and Jayne Gottsleben rose from a Bachelor of Science plus 12 to a BA+24 category, and Melanie Morehart rose from a Masters to a MA+15. Each will receive about $500 in pay raise. Board member Anita Peterson commented, "That doesn't even pay for the university credits."

Pay for substitute teachers was discussed.

Britni Ross officially started the position of Haakon School District 27-1 business manager on Wednesday, August 27.

The last day for outgoing business manager, Jackie Longbrake, was Friday, September 12, and the Board of Education approved the 2008-2009 budget during their monthly meeting on Monday, September 15.

Ross did have almost three weeks of tutoring from Longbrake. Within her first full week, Ross spent three days in Sioux Falls in Accounting System Training learning the specific computer software that the Haakon district uses.

Budget work continued for the Haakon County Commissioners on Thursday, September 11, and Tuesday, September 16, as they pared down the difference between revenue and expenses.

When the commissioners had left Tuesday, September 9, the deficient sat at approximately $240,000, down by $40,000 from when they started earlier in the day. Overall revenue for the general fund and the road and bridge fund is $1,721,405.

Area rodeo athletes faired well at South Dakota Rodeo Association rodeos held over Labor Day weekend.

Results for the final rodeo of the season, the Oelrichs Last Round Up, were not available at press time. The SDRA Finals are slated for September 19 - 21 in Sioux Falls.

Wagner Labor Day Rodeo

August 30 - 31

Ladies Breakaway Roping - 6th - 3.7, Renee Gropper, Long Valley.

Calf Roping - 3rd - 8.7, Matt Jones, Midland.

Goat Tying - 2nd - 7.8, Gropper, Long Valley.

Team Roping - 2nd(tie) - 5.2, Jeff Jones, Midland, M.

The Philip Scotties hosted a triangular volleyball tournament on Thursday, September 11. The Stanley County Buffs and the Lyman Raiders both fell to the Scotties. Stanley County defeated Lyman.

Philip required only three games in each match to earn the best three of five games. In a closer match, the Buffs needed to play five games to defeat the Raiders; 25-19, 15-25, 25-22, 16-25 and 15-12. The fifth game goes to the first team to reach 15, rather than 25.

The Scotties now stand with a season record of 4-1.

Philip vs.

The Lady Scotties traveled to Murdo on Tuesday, September 9, to challenge the Jones County Coyotes. The Coyotes improved as the evening progressed, but Philip swept the first three games to take the best three of five. The volleyball match ended 3-0 with game scores of 25-13, 25-18 and 25-23. Philip's win makes for a current season record of 2-1.

Serving: Philip - 60 of 70 (7 aces). Leaders: Kenzy Pinney - 9 of 10 (2 aces), Josie Guptill - 12 of 14 (3 aces), Taylor Holman - 13 of 13.

Serving: Jones Co. - 49 of 55 (5 aces).

Receiving: Philip - 44 of 51.