Broadcaster Press 9 May 17, 2016 www.broadcasteronline.com The American Bison Memorialized as National Icon Lottery Officials Hope EZ Match Is A Winner BY BOB MERCER By Senator Mike Rounds State Capitol Bureau PIERRE – The South Dakota Lottery is preparing to offer a new product that is a hybrid between jackpot lotto games and instant-win scratch tickets. The game, known as EZ Match, would be an added option for the Dakota Cash lotto game that’s been offered since 1993. Players who purchase Dakota Cash lotto tickets could choose EZ Match for another dollar. The EZ Match winners and losers would be determined instantly, apart from the Dakota Cash drawings, and EZ Match prizes could be immediately claimed. Executive director Norm Lingle briefed South Dakota Lottery Commission members at their April meeting. “It’s time to do some kind of refresh for that game,” he said about Dakota Cash A public hearing on the rules changes needed to add EZ Match is scheduled for the commission’s next meeting June 2. The hearing is set for 10:15 a.m. CT at the Capitol, room 412. Written comments will be accepted if received by June 1. The address is South Dakota Department of Revenue, Legal Division, 445 E. Capitol Ave., Pierre, SD, 57501-3185. Lingle said the lottery has been working with IGT on the addition of EZ Match. The standard Dakota Cash ticket would remain $1. The EZ Match option would cost an additional $1. Essentially it would be two games in one transaction for a total of $2. Board member Roger Novotny of Fort Pierre asked about IGT’s test marketing. Lingle said “a number of states” had already added the EZ Match feature “and had done it with pretty good success.” Lingle said sales increased by as much as 20 percent for the games to which EZ Match was added. Dakota Cash is a South Dakota-only game. Drawings are Wednesdays and Saturdays. Players choose five numbers from a field of 1 through 35 for each draw. The odds of getting all five correct in Dakota Cash are one in 324,632, according to the lottery. The most recent winning ticket was sold in Watertown for the May 4 drawing. The winner hasn’t been identified publicly yet. The jackpot was $35,658. The largest recent jackpot was $223,707, won by Kathy King of Lesterville in the April 6 drawing. Few things symbolize South Dakota and the West better than the American bison. The tough, stoic mammal has played an integral part in the history of North America. While their numbers have dwindled from an estimated 60 million when Columbus landed in America to less than 500,000 today, they remain an important symbol of the American West, including South Dakota. That’s why, in the middle of Senate votes, committee meetings and meetings with constituents, I was pleased to learn the president signed legislation recognizing the bison as the national mammal. In South Dakota, we learn from a very young age about the role the American bison has played in our state’s history, especially for our Native American citizens. Bison—or Tatanka in the Lakota language – are sacred animals for many Native American tribes. Tribes used nearly every part of the bison for food, shelter, clothing and tools, and expressed their gratitude for the animal through songs, artwork and in their oral storytelling tradition. Additionally, the bison represents the spirit, and the way in which Native Americans lived their lives. So central to Native Americans’ lives were the Tatanka, tribes followed them as they roamed the Great Plains during their migration. Dear Dave, I’ve always heard that you shouldn’t ask a family member to be the executor of your will. What are your feelings about this? Joyce Dear Joyce, 624-4429 YOUR RADIATOR HEADQUARTERS! • Great Parts • Great Warranty On-Hand & In-Stock! NO WAITING! Cox Auto 1007 Broadway Ave. Yankton • 665-4494 ' 3 HDGOLQHV Classified Ads: Friday at Noon Display Ads: Friday at 11AM Competency and Integrity Courtesy of EveryDollar.com Advertise your Garage Sale to thousands of readers! U.S. Census of Agriculture estimated more than 33,000 roaming throughout our state. Additionally, Custer State Park is home to one of the largest publicly-owned herds in the world at approximately 1,300 heads. This is the herd that is vaccinated, branded and checked on each year at the famous Buffalo Roundup that takes place annually. People from all over the world flock to our state to get a glimpse of these majestic mammals. The bison is an inspiring symbol of America’s strength and resilience, and is revered as sacred by many Native American tribes, whose rich culture and history plays such an important role in South Dakota. It is fitting and appropriate that the bison be adopted as the national mammal of the United States. I’m pleased to see the bison join the American Bald Eagle—which can often be seen nesting in South Dakota— as one of our national symbols. Dave Says BY DAVE RAMSEY Turn Yo ur Clutter i nto Cash! As we all know, the tens of millions of bison roamed freely before settlers came to the West, overhunting them to the brink of extinction in the 1800s. James “Scotty” Philip, a South Dakota settler and rancher, purchased five bison calves from Pete Dupree after one of the last big bison hunts, and is credited with saving them from extinction. He received unclaimed land from the U.S. government along the Missouri River north of Fort Pierre to be used as a buffalo pasture. There Philip was able to grow the herd and help strengthen the diminishing bison population in the United States. Bison from his herd were distributed to State and National Park systems and other wildlife refuges all over the country. The Bronx Zoo and Yellowstone National Park also cultivated bison herds in dedicated bison preserves in the early 1900s, and released them to the western plains area. They donated 14 bison to Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota, and those bison helped populate more herds across the country. Today, conservation efforts continue. The InterTribal Buffalo Council, founded in 1991 in the Black Hills, led an effort to repopulate the bison herds. Made up of 58 tribes in 19 states, the InterTribal Buffalo Council continues to work toward reestablishing buffalo herds on Indian lands. Today, there are more bison in South Dakota than any other state. The 2012 I don’t necessarily agree with this line of thinking. In my mind, a family member who is competent and has integrity can definitely be the executor. “Executor” just means they execute, thus the name. They’re going to execute the wishes of the will. If the family member has the business acumen and trustworthiness to execute the wishes and directives in a will, then that’s perfectly fine. Just remember to use some common sense, too, when choosing an executor. If you have an extremely complicated estate, say 80 pieces of real estate with investments and everything, you probably don’t want your 22-year-old niece, nephew or grandchild who just graduated college in charge of things. I would advise choosing someone with a little more life experience, and maybe some success in the real world. The people who say family shouldn’t do this are the same ones who say you shouldn’t have family in your business. You can have family in both. You just have to have good boundaries, clear roles, and honest, mature people. Make sure you give clear instructions and explanations for your decisions, too. Sit down with your family, explain who the executor’s going to be, and why, along Dave with what the will says. It’s also not a bad idea to have an initial reading of the will while you’re still alive. This communicates your wishes personally and takes some of the pressure off of the executor. RAMSEY —Dave Mixing the Money Dear Dave, I’m getting married this summer, and I’m on Baby Step 4 of your plan while starting to invest for the first time. My fiancé is getting onboard with your advice, and he’s currently in the process of paying down his student loan. Should I put my emergency fund money, minus $1,000, toward his student loan debt? Elizabeth Dear Elizabeth, Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! I’m really proud of you guys, too, for your mature behavior where money is concerned. First, don’t pay anything of his until after the wedding and you two are home from your honeymoon. At that point, “mine” and “his” becomes “ours,” and you can realign your money situation to reflect your total money makeover as a couple. Make sure that “we” have an emergency fund of at least $1,000 in the bank at that point. Then, if you like, you can throw the rest of what you previously had in your emergency fund at the debt. You can both also pile up cash between now and the big day, so that after you two are official you’ll have even more cash on hand. Who knows, you might be able to knock out that student loan completely and begin your life together debt-free. That would be awesome! —Dave EveryDollar is a simple, online budgeting tool that helps users set a monthly budget and seamlessly track expenses. For more information, go to www.everydollar.com. Don’t get left out in the rain! 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