shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com February 14, 2017 • Page 9 State 9-1-1 Board Votes To Withhold Payment To Vendor In the week before Valentine’s Day, Marvin Pincus had two new customers for his (free of charge, of course) love advice and fly-tying consultation services. He tied up a midge for one client, a salmon streamer wrapped in lead for another, and wished them well. This was his busy time, of course. He knew another would come in mid-May, in desperate anticipation of June weddings. “Marge,” he said, sipping coffee and looking out at the snow, “I think we need a vacation.” Marjorie Pincus smiled. They’d both been retired and on permanent “vacation” for years now. “I’ll go if it means I don’t have to make the beds or do the dishes,” she said. “The only thing is, what if someone needs the fly tying love advice service while we’re gone?” This bothered Marvin. A man who spent more than 40 years being dependable every day can’t be expected to just turn it off like a faucet. “Honey,” Marge said, “maybe you could designate someone to be on call? Like a doctor does? You know?” Marvin thought about that and buttered some toast. “Only one I can think of who could tie flies well enough would be Delbert McLean, our chamber of commerce. Knowing him, instead of giving love advice, he’d talk them into starting a business here.” “You have a point,” Marjorie said, laughing. “But what would be wrong with just going away for a week and letting people figure out their own love lives for a while?” Marvin sat quietly and Marjorie looked at him and thought how maybe she should be his customer. She was under no illusion about her looks. She was old. Old and wrinkled. She was hoping Marvin wasn’t just married to her because he was used to it. She studied his face, and strangely, didn’t really notice his wrinkles. 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This is a man who flew 400 combat missions during World War II and earned numerous metals. He returned to the U.S. where he eventually became wing commander of what was then called the Rapid City Air Force Base. While co-piloting a bomber during a simulated combat mission in 1953, his plane encountered bad weather. With limited visibility, the plane struck a hill, killing everyone on board. Later that year, Rapid City Air Force Base would be named in General Ellsworth’s honor. These legacies continue to earn our country’s respect. This is a lesson in patriotism that Sturgis and other nearby communities have never forgotten. On a brisk day this past December, for instance, Pennington County 4-H, the Sturgis Boy Scouts, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, and members of the surrounding community came together to place 1,000 wreaths on the graves of those laid to rest in the Black Hills National Cemetery – a community coming together around those who sacrificed much to protect it. 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The phase one work of installing a new phone system has been done at 19 PSAPs so far and this phase is scheduled to be completed this year. But in a letter to Comtech sent today (Feb. 9), the 9-1-1 Coordination Board stated that Comtech has been slow to fix several recurring problems found within the system. “While the state understands there will be trouble tickets submitted over time by each PSAP, the recurring frequency of these issues is unacceptable,” the letter reads. “Comtech must resolve these specific items and provide the state with an explanation of how it was resolved and provide assurance the system as deployed will work as designed.” The letter says monthly payment will be withheld until such time as the listed items are resolved to the satisfaction of the state. While there have been problems in 1999 Chevy www.missourivalleyshopper.com service you can count on! 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