shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com May 28, 2019 • Page 3 Department Of Revenue Hosting Tax Seminars In Yankton PIERRE, S.D.,—The South Dakota Department of Revenue will offer a pair of popular tax seminars in Yankton on June 6. The seminars are free of charge and will provide attendees with basic sales tax and contractor’s excise tax training. Both seminars will take place at the Yankton Chamber of Commerce, located at 803 E. 4th St. The sales tax seminar runs from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and the contractor’s excise tax course takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. The Department of Revenue will also offer the contractor’s excise tax seminar June 14. The seminar will be held at the Yankton Chamber of Commerce and will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. The basic sales tax and contractor’s excise tax seminars will cover a variety of topics including how to apply for a license and how to file returns electronically or by paper. The Department of Revenue’s tax agents recommend sending specific questions and topics for discussion before the seminar dates for in-depth coverage and education. Attendees are asked to bring a calculator or a phone to either seminar. To register for either of these seminars or get more information on our educational calendar, please visit http://dor.sd.gov then click on the education tab. the Missouri Valley Shopper In print and online! www.missourivalleyshopper.com You have to hand it to Windy. When Alphonse “Windy” Wilson chooses to speak, it is a bombastic sampling of creativity. Windy has yet to find a word he can’t make better through his own unique methods. Well, what got him fired up the other day was a meeting of the ladies of the garden club down at the nursery. Windy’s been helping Dewey with his manure business on the one day a week he spends helping others. Today wasn’t a helper day, but he couldn’t pass up the audience. They hadn’t gotten through old business when Windy stood, smiled, and spoke. “Dear ladies,” he said, “what an opera-tune moment this is, finding you all coagulated here in an effort to beatify the yards of our fair town. And what, you may ask, brings me to this conflagration? It’s the latest thing in gardening. Our chairman of the board refers to it as ‘cow pasture tea’ and it nutritionalizes plants right down to bedrock. As Dewey says, the only way to improve on cow manure is to liquidize it. Well, he hasn’t said it yet, but he will. “Now what exactly is cow pasture tea you’re undoubtedly asking yourselves at this moment. It’s a varietal combination of composted cow manure, water, and some acid we put in there to matriculate it properly into the life-giving succulence we require. Then we put it in a drum and pull the drum behind a tractor-like conveyance that looks an awful lot like an old riding lawn mower. We spray this on your lawn, and in ninja-seconds, this liquor of life perambulates deep into the rootiness of the grass and makes it want to grow.” He smiled at the group and noticed a lot of them were giggling in appreciation of his talk. He puffed up and continued. “And what does the Dewey Decker Manure Combine charge for this incompartible service? A mere $10 for an average-sized lawn. Think about that, ladies. Ten dollars. Twenty fifty-cent pieces. Why you’d spend more than that on a wedding dress or a trip to the Bermudas!” A number of the ladies clapped at that, thinking that might satisfy him, and it did. He smiled and sat. He could get used to this corporate life. Maybe it wasn’t too late to climb the ladder to success. Noem Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration For Winter Weather, Flooding Damage PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem today requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration to help South Dakotans and local governmental entities recover from property damage sustained during the statewide winter weather and flooding this spring. The request is for FEMA assistance to help with repairs for damage done to both public property as well as to individual homes and businesses. A preliminary damage assessment indicates about $43 million in damage to public infrastructure in 58 counties and on three reservations. The preliminary damage assessment for individual assistance is about $3 million covering 16 counties and three reservations. In a letter to President Trump, Noem wrote that “a historic severe winter storm of rare intensity” began in South Dakota March 13. She said the snow was followed by a rapid snowmelt and flooding. The severe weather continued through April 26. “The winter weather PIERRE, S.D. – Humboldt State University, an institution of the California State University system, announced today that Black Hills State University President Tom Jackson Jr. will become its next president in July. An interim president will be chosen soon to lead BHSU, while the Board of Regents commences a national search for the next permanent president at the Spearfish campus. “We congratulate Dr. Jackson and wish him well at Humboldt State University,” said Paul B. Beran, the regents’ executive director and CEO. “The regents thank him for his service to South Dakota over the past five years.” “We came to BHSU and Spearfish five years ago to build a stronger BLitz@FarmersNational.com www.FarmersNational.com/RobertLitz www.FarmersNational.com/ONeill December 2nd & 3rd, 9th & 10th, 16th & 17th • 1-3:00PM Real Estate Sales • Auctions • Farm and Ranch Management Bring Your Cameras! 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He holds a doctorate degree in education160± Acres • Holt County, Nebraska al management from the University of La Verne in California. As the state’s For additional information, please contact: Home • Auto • Business Lake needed. “South Dakotans pride themselves on being a hardy group of citizens, and we pull together to help one another, especially in times of disaster,” Noem wrote. “However, with the availability of federal assistance, combined with state, local, and voluntary assistance provided, it will help individuals, businesses, and government inch closer to recovering from this disaster.” The governor’s request does not guarantee federal funding will be made available to South Dakota and its citizens. South Dakota last received an Individual Assistance declaration in 2011 for widespread damage from Missouri River flooding. The last Public Assistance declaration was granted in 2016 following a Christmas ice storm. South Dakota currently has six open Presidential disaster declarations for other events and is working with FEMA on the recovery process for each of those disasters. • Excellent dry cropland. • Good native pasture. • Year-round creek. • Excellent deer and turkey hunting. • Electricity nearby. Glass Repair & Replacement F ir s Individual damage assistance is being requested for the counties of: Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Charles Mix, Dewey, Hamlin, Hutchinson, Kingsbury, Jackson, Mellette, Minnehaha, Oglala Lakota, Todd, Turner, Yankton, and Ziebach counties as well as the Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge, and Rosebud Indian Reservations. Noem noted the severe weather impacted all parts of the state. The governor wrote that people had to be rescued from their flooded homes; city wastewater treatment plans and sewage lagoons were overwhelmed from high water; highways, ranging from the interstates to the county roads, were closed and damaged by both snow and water; power outages occurred in different parts of the state; and, the state’s agricultural industry was impacted by damage to fields and livestock. In her letter to the President, the governor stressed that the impacts of this storm will be felt for a long time. She added that federal assistance is BHSU President To Depart Spearfish Campus Ron’sBroadway, Yankton Auto Glass 1915 & HOMESTEAD DAY and flooding caused many issues with public and private infrastructure throughout the state as well as the extreme emotional toll on impacted citizens,” wrote Noem. “Citizens continue to experience ongoing issues with their homes and businesses because of the flooding.” Public property damage assistance is being requested for the counties of: Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Clay, Codington, Davison, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas, Edmunds, Fall River, Faulk, Grant, Gregory, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Hughes, Hutchinson, Hyde, Jackson, Jerauld, Jones, Kingsbury, Lake, Lincoln, Lyman, Marshall, McCook, McPherson, Mellette, Miner, Minnehaha, Moody, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Perkins, Potter, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Sully, Todd, Tripp, Turner, Union, Walworth, Yankton, and Ziebach, as well as the Cheyenne River, Lake Traverse, and Rosebud Indian Reservations. 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