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The
GROTONIndependent
Vol. 135 No. 41 ◊ Groton, Brown County, South Dakota ◊ Wednesday, June 13, 2018 ◊ Established in 1889
Paul Kosel made the journey to the catwalk up on the water tower on Friday in an effort to get the “Show” lights back in operation. The bulbs were changed out, but that did not solve the problem. It was later discovered that a wire had been burned off and that new wire will have to be fished through the conduit to get the lights operational again. Looking down from where Paul is at is Dan Sunne doing some test on the power source on the tower.
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James Valley Telecommunications held its annual meeting on Thursday at the Groton Area Gym and Arena. The credit winners are pictured above, left to right with CEO James Groft, Rose Hoellein - $100 credit, Marilyn Clocksene - $100 credit, Maralyn & Ron Hoops - $250 credit, Randy Zimmerman - $250 credit, Da- kota Press/Kathy Sundermeyer - $500 credit. (Courtesy photo)
The board of directors of James Valley Telecommunications is pictured above. Left to right, they are Attorney Jim Cremer, Garrett Rahm, Bob Wegner, Duane Jark, Mark Wattier, Roger Zastrow, Wendell Rye, Bill Ewalt and CEO James Groft. (Courtesy photo)
2019 prom date changed
The original date for the prom in 2019 was April 13, which happened to correspond on the same date as the ACT testing in Groton. The Groton Area administration has been grappling with trying to separate the two. The first thing that got changed on the 2018-19 school cal- endar was spring break. The State A girls and boys basketball tournaments are now on the same weekend so spring break to changed to correspond with the state tournament on March 21 and 22. Prom got changed to April 27, 2019. The FCCLA Style show has been tentatively set for March 28. The FFA Banquet date is yet to be determined.
The 2018-19 MS/HS handbook was reviewed with a few changes presented by middle/high school principal, Kiersten Sombke. Some of the proposed changes given first reading includes eliminating the 1 percent reduction in grades due to absences. Vaping will be added to the smoking policy. There were changes to the personal technology consequences of misuse whichnowincludesfourviolationsinsteadoftwo.Itemsthatneedtobekeptinthelockers are coats, jackets, hats, caps, lunch bags and backpacks.
The upcoming meeting for high school student athletes for fall athletics will be held July 30.
Lindsey Tietz gave a curriculum review for the FACs program. One thing she mentioned is that she will be requesting four new sewing
machines at a cost of $449 each so she will
have 14 machines available in her classes.
James Valley Telecommunications Bob Peterson Memorial Scholarship - $2,000 each(LtoR):FaithCrissman,AlexisGus- tafson and Jenifer Fjelstad. (Courtesy photo)
The resignation of Mary Johnson as MS/ SS Language Arts Teacher was accepted and Kristi Anderson was re-assigned to fill that position. Lindsey DeHoet was hired as a kin- dergarten teacher, Emily Fischer was hired as a second grade teacher, and Mellissa Smith was hired as a third grade teacher. An ESY agree- ment for about $500 was approved for Todd Peterson. Melissa Ulmer was hired to man the elementary library.
Lane changes for the following were ap- proved: Brooke Lingbeck from BS+15 to BS+30, Jan Seibel from BS+30 to BS+45, and Shaun Wanner from BS to BS+15.
Jeremy Weber and Drake Patterson were ap- proved as volunteer boys' basketball coaches for the 2018-19 school year.
Here is the view of the Full Circle Ag/Cooperative Agronomy Services campus from the water tower on the south edge of Groton.