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Ambulance no longer
With too few EMTs, Frederick changes to comply with law
By Heidi Marttila-Losure F.Y.I. Editor About 42 years ago, concerned residents formed the Frederick Ambulance Service after a local teenager, Mark Crawford, died of injuries from a tractor accident after waiting too long for medical help to arrive. As of mid-February, because there are not enough emergency medical technicians to support it, Frederick will no longer have the level of service that those residents saw as vital for their community. During a public meeting

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Whats coming up
MONDAY, JAN. 20
Junior high boys basketball, v. Britton-Hecla in Britton, 4 p.m. Frederick Forward regular meeting, 6:30 p.m. at the Community Center. This is also the annual meeting, so officers will be MAKE elected. O PLANS T ! ATTEND Community foundation formation meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the Community Center. A deciding vote may be taken at this meeting.

Photo by Heidi Marttila-Losure

Cole Adema explains the challenges facing the Frederick Ambulance Service at a public meeting on Jan. 13. EMTs Scott Campbell and David Losure listen in.

Jan. 13, Frederick EMTs, community members and representatives from South Dakota Emergency Medical Services recognized that

Frederick could not meet the legal requirements for a licensed ambulance service.
See EMT on page 4

TUESDAY, JAN. 21
Double-header basketball, v. Oakes in Frederick. Junior varsity girls basketball starts at 4 p.m.

A new queen, and a legacy of congeniality

By Krysti Mikkonen Frederick Forward Frederick Area sent two girls to the South Dakota Snow Queen Festival, and they returned with three titles. On Jan. 4, Demi Truebenbach was first honored by the other contestants as Miss Congeniality, and she was then crowned the South Dakota Junior Snow Queen. A week later, Hattie Zinter was awarded Miss Congeniality at the South Dakota Senior Snow Queen competition. These two represented Frederick area well and made the communities they represent very proud. Truebenbach and Zinter arent the only winners to represent Frederick Area well in recent years. Since 2006 there have been two overall winners, one first runner-up and five Miss Congeniality winners. Aly Perry reigned as the South Dakota Senior Snow Queen in 2012.
See SNOW on page 2

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22
One-act play presentation, 1 p.m. in the Frederick gym.

THURSDAY, JAN. 23
Boys basketball, C team, v. Ellendale in Ellendale, 5:15 p.m.

FRIDAY, JAN. 24
Double-header basketball, v. Northwestern in Frederick. Junior varsity girls basketball starts at 4 p.m. The Junior Class Chili Cookoff Feed will be served.

MONDAY, JAN. 27
Junior high boys basketball, v. Ipswich, in Leola, 4 p.m. Frederick Area Historical Society meeting, 7 p.m. at the Community Center.
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Photo by Krysti Mikkonen

Hattie Zinter holds her Miss Congeniality award as she and Demi Truebenbach show their winning smiles. Truebenbach is the 2014 Junior South Dakota Snow Queen, and both girls were honored by the other contestants as Miss Congeniality.

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Snowy sentries

Photo by Bev Myer

A long line of snowpeople greets traffic going by the Jensen residence on First Avenue in Frederick.

SNOW: Queens, cotton candy connected

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Gabriella Premus, the 2013 S.D. Junior Snow Queen, places the 2014 crown on the head of Demi Truebenbach as Frederick resident Georgia Smith, one of the organizers of the event, looks on.

And three years in a row Frederick Area girls in the Senior Snow Queen contest won the Miss Congeniality honor: Tracy Elsen in 2006, Blair Truebenbach (Demis older sister) in 2007 and Shari Elsen (Tracys younger sister) in 2008. In addition, Shari Elsen also took home the first runner-up title. The title of Miss Congeniality is quite an honor as it is voted on by all the Snow Queen contestants as the person they feel is most congenial and friendly. Since they spend a great deal of time together over the three-day state competition, they really get to know one another. The headline of the Aberdeen American News article about Truebenbachs win was A sweet secret: Fredericks cotton candy team produces snow queens. In the article, reporter Jeff Bahr said both Truebenbach and Perry were members of Fredericks

Cotton Candy Team. The headline was more correct than Bahr realized: Not only were Demi and Aly on the Cotton Candy Team, but every one of the other Miss Congeniality winners since 2006 was also a Cotton Candy Team member. The only other winner from Frederick that area residents could recall was Jeanne Styer (Ronning), the South Dakota Junior Miss Congeniality winner in 1980, which was before the Cotton Candy team existed. The Cotton Candy Team was started by Frederick Area music instructor Liz Labesky in 2004. Labesky had rented a cotton candy machine to serve the treat at a circus-themed concert. The joy the treat brought to people spawned the idea to purchase a machine and use the funds for the music program. Team members must be band or chorus members and apply to be on the team. Those selected volunteer their time to help make the cotton candy as well as sell it a few times each school year.

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Whats coming up
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MONDAY, FEB. 3
Junior high boys basketball, v. Britton-Hecla in Frederick, 4 p.m.

Frederick Area School board meeting, 5 p.m. in the school library.

TUESDAY, FEB. 18
Doubleheader in Britton. Junior varsity girls basketball starts at 4 p.m.

TUESDAY, JAN. 28
Freshman/C-team basketball, v. Roncalli in Aberdeen. Girls at 5 p.m., boys at 6 p.m.

TUESDAY, FEB. 11
Junior high boys basketball, in Groton, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, FEB. 6

THURSDAY, FEB. 20
Doubleheader v. EurekaBowdle in Leola. Junior varsity girls basketball starts at 4 p.m.

THURSDAY, JAN. 30
Junior high boys basketball, in Warner, 5:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, JAN. 31
Enhancement, 10 a.m. to noon, at Frederick Area School. Junior high boys basketball, seventh-grade only, in Edgeley, 4:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEB. 1
Doubleheader, v. South Border, in Leola, 1 p.m. Junior high boys basketball, seventh-grade only, 9 a.m. in Edgeley.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 21
Boys basketball v. HerreidSelby in Leola, 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEB. 22
Junior high boys basketball, Northwestern Jamboree, in Mellette.

SATURDAY, FEB. 8

MONDAY, FEB. 24
Girls basketball districts. Frederick Area Historical Society meeting, 7 p.m. at the Community Center.

Doubleheader in Webster. Junior varsity girls basketball starts at 1 p.m.

MONDAY, FEB. 17
Junior high boys basketball, v. Eureka-Bowdle in Leola, 4 p.m. Frederick Forward regular meeting, 7 p.m. at the Community Center.

MONDAY, FEB. 10
Boys basketball, v. Summit in Frederick, 6:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEB. 28
Boys basketball in Ipswich. Junior high starts at 4 p.m.

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EMT: Service could be provided through paid staff

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Frederick Ambulance Service Director Cole Adema will send a letter to the state office saying that the ambulance service will close in 30 days. Instead, the Frederick area first responders will respond to medical emergencies as a rescue squad. This means they go to calls and provide medical care, but they cannot transport patients to the hospital. Ambulances from Aberdeen or Ellendale would respond to all calls in the area that Frederick covers to transport patients. This is how the Frederick Ambulance Service has been working in most cases for the past several years anyway, and that is often by choice, EMT Scott Campbell explained. The Aberdeen ambulance has a fairly fast response time if a unit is available from the fire station on the north side of town. Since Frederick is only licensed to provide EMT-level care, they often chose to wait for paramedics from Aberdeen before moving a patient. Paramedics can provide a higher level of care (including pain medicine, often an important consideration) that EMTs cannot. If its a serious situation, I feel more than happy to have Aberdeen come up, Campbell said. The challenge for Frederick is that, as EMTs have retired in recent years and few have volunteered to replace them, the ambulance service cannot guarantee that EMTs will be available to respond to emergencies at all times. The Frederick Ambulance Service has only three licensed people who respond to most incidents: Adema, a paramedic; and Campbell and David Losure, EMTs. Legally, at least two EMTs are supposed to be available at all times. Adema works in Aberdeen, which means that if one of the two EMTs is unavailable during the day, they are not meeting the licensing requirements. A rescue squad is not legally required to respond to an emergencyEMTs respond if they can, but ambulances are dispatched from elsewhere anyway. (Responding as a rescue squad) is not ideal, Adema said. But in our case, its the only honest thing to do. Its the only legal thing to do. Frederick had first sought to apply for a hardship waiver from the state, which would allow the service to operate if they could

Photo by Heidi Marttila-Losure

About 20 people attended the meeting about the status of the ambulance service on Jan. 13.

Local emergency medical service certifications

EVOC (Emergency Vehicle Operations Course)* EVOC drivers are trained in response and operation of emergency vehicles. This class has a classroom and a driving portion and can be completed in one to two days. EMR (Emergency Medical Responder)* EMRs are trained in the recognition and treatment of immediate life threats. The EMR has the skills to stabilize patients and transport them to the appropriate level of care. Requires 60 hours of classroom instruction. EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)* EMTs receive extensive training in anatomy, physiology, breathing, circulation, shock and resuscitation, medical emergencies, traumatic emergencies, and many other important topics. They are able to provide in-depth assessments and successful treatments for numerous chronic and acute emergencies. Requires 180 hours of classroom instruction and completion of several clinical requirements. AEMT (Advanced Emergency Medical Technician) An AEMT knows all the information an EMT does plus can provide minimally invasive intravenous and airway treatments and maneuvers and have a basic knowledge of cardiac symptoms and treatments. AEMTs must be certified as EMTs and must complete 280 additional hours of classroom instruction plus clinical requirements. AEMT certification is not offered locally, but could be at some point. Paramedic Paramedics function as the out-ofhospital extension of a physicians medical license. They are trained in numerous assessment and treatment strategies. Paramedic programs must be accredited and are approximately two years in length. EMT or AEMT certification is a prerequisite. The closest paramedic program is at Lake Area Technical Institute in Watertown. RN (Registered Nurse) Nurses can provide many of the same skills for which a paramedic is trained. With the proper protocols and orientation, nurses can work on the ambulance as a valuable team member. RN degree programs can take anywhere from two to six years at an accredited college or university. * These certifications would particularly help restore a legal and professional ambulance service in Frederick. Provided by Cole Adema

guarantee that one EMT and a driver who has been through an Emergency Vehicle Operator Course (EVOC) would be available 24/7. Even that is not possible with the current number of trained individuals in the community. The problem, Adema explained, is having enough EMTs to respond to emergencies during the day. Covering nights and weekends is not as difficult, since more people are available to respond then. Many people in Frederick work in Aberdeen, which means they arent available during work hours. Five people are taking an EMT course that Adema is teaching in Frederick, which will help significantly with overall numbers of first responders in the community. All of the students, however, have jobs in Aberdeen that would prevent them from responding to calls during regular working hours.

Community paramedicine option After the state representatives left, the group discussed ways Frederick EMTs could best serve the community. In the short-term, working as a rescue squad is the only legal option, but Adema said that doesnt mean the Frederick service needs to remain a rescue squad forever. They could work toward providing a higher level of care. One way to guarantee coverage is to pay at least one, perhaps two, people to serve the community during regular working hours when volunteer help is hard to find. Since Fredericks 911 call volume would not warrant a paid position by itself, that person could provide other forms of health care that would prevent future emergency needs helping people who have just come home from the hospital, for example, or checking that the elderly are doing OK in their homes.

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Want to help?
Consider whether you could be an EMT, EMR or EVOC driver. Think youre too busy? Were all busy, Adema said, but if we want this service to be there when the community needs it, more people are needed. Hes willing to work with interested people to schedule training to work with peoples lives. Call Adema at (605) 252-0317 or e-mail him at editorsnotebook@nvc.net.

Is there enough to do in Frederick? If not, what would it take to solve that problem? Generation (WH)Y
Questions Conversations Better Community.

This community paramedicine model has been shown to work in other countries and other states, Adema said. It requires, however, a lot of time (perhaps two years), paperwork and organization to implement, he said. The first step would be forming a fire and ambulance taxing district, which would provide a greater and more dependable source of funding for those services. Currently, Frederick fire and ambulance are funded through donations from the city of Frederick and townships, with a small amount of money coming from county tax dollars. A taxing district would eliminate the city and township donations and instead fund fire and ambulance services through a mill levy paid by property owners. Other grant funding is possible to start or expand a community paramedicine program, Adema said. Most of the attendees seemed to be in favor of working toward improving ambulance service for the community, including the possibility of forming a new taxing district, which would have to be put on the ballot. Its a tax that people see where its going and what its for, which could help make it easier to pass, David Losure said. The changes in fire and ambulance service will be discussed at the Frederick Fire and Ambulance Service Association meeting with the townships in February. Township officials are asked to make plans to attend. Notices will go out soon with the time, date and place. In the meantime, the goal is getting the public talking about the situation. If not enough people get together to care, its just going to stay the way it is, Adema said. Theyll wait for a tragedy to care then, said Frederick resident Randy Wolter. Like it did 40-some years ago, added Frederick resident Margaret Sumption.

No. I think they could work on expanding the town so Frederick would have enough people to support new business. Paige Podoll

No. To change this, the town of Frederick could get funding for an activity center. Jayden Mikkonen

This regular feature in Frederick F.Y.I. uses questions from young people to start conversations about how our community works and how we can make it better. For this issue, the newsletter staff decided to ask this question to their peers: Is there enough

to do in Frederick? If not, what would it take to solve that problem?

They said that often, they and their friends feel like they need to go to another town to hang out. Here are some teens suggestions. Responses gathered by FASD Journalism students

Get more stuff to do like a mall in Frederick. Logan Weisser

No. I would add a bowling alley. Austin Hoerner

Sporting events are fine, but maybe add a bowling alley. Savanna Hinz

Add a gaming center. Devin Flinn

f you ask teenagers what the community could do to improve, they are likely to say something like, Theres nothing to do. According to Gary Aguiar, South Dakota State University associate professor of political science, this is really a kind of code. What young people want at that age is a town squarea place where they can hang out and watch each other, he said. He suspects the nothing to do argument really doesnt have much to do with the activities a place offers-he said he saw a study about 16-year-olds in San Francisco who said their No. 1 complaint about San Francisco was Theres nothing to do. My guess is they havent found that place where they want to hang out, he said. Another way to describe these settings is third places: The first place people spend most of their time is home, and the second place is work or school. Its in the third places, like coffee shops or libraries, that people can interact and mingle with others in the community. This is

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Questions Conversations Better Community.
where important (and also, not-so-important) conversations happen. Colleges have figured this out with student unions that offer a variety of nooks in which to study, eat or talk. Replicating this kind of place in a rural setting may not be easy; Aguair suggests getting young people involved in the process, because if adults create it, it wont be cool. This kind of project is more important than it might appear at face value, because how a person feels about a community when he or she is growing up there has a big influence on if he or she wants to come back there later in life, according to Aguair. Heidi Marttila-Losure, Frederick F.Y.I. Editor Note: This segment was adapted from my article in the Spring 2012 issue of Dakotafire magazine.

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New method makes use of technology to provide more one-on-one help

FLIPPING CLASSROOM

By Nathan Block and Evan Emery FASD Journalism

his is what class time looks like in Brock Pashens seventh grade math class: No teacher is at the front of the room. Each student is looking at an iPad, learning the lesson from a video at his or her own pace. It is called flipping the classroom, Mr. Pashen said. Essentially what is happening is I am recording my math lessons weeks ahead of time. At the beginning of the week, I e-mail (the students) the lessons. Pashen said the students have to reach a certain point such as a quiz or a test, but they can work at their own pace to get there. Mr. Pashen and Principal Justin Downes give an overview of why they are trying this new method of instruction. Mr. Brock Pashen Why did you decide to do this? It had been mentioned at a couple of meetings and it sounded like an interesting idea. After going to McCook County Central High School and seeing the class in action, it looked really cool, and I just decided to jump in head first. What has been going well or not well? Overall, the students have mentioned they like (it). With me emailing them the lessons

There are several schools throughout the state joining in the movement of Mass Customized Learning. Flipping classrooms is one of the most common types of MCL. Could this be permanent for the entire school or just certain classes? Depending on the success of this program, it could be a learning style that is implemented here in Frederick. Mr. Pashen is doing a wonderful job of trying to create a new style of learning environment to best benefit the Photos by Brock Pashen students in his class. He could be Seventh-grader Brooklyn Podoll works on a math problem with the help just the tip of the iceberg here in of a video in Brock Pashens class. At top of page, Jessica Hertel, Madellyne Frederick. Nordine, Hailey Johnson and Brooklyn Podoll work on their lessons. What is your opinion on it and why? at the beginning of the week, s I believe that if flipping a opinion t n e if they are sick or there is a d r. u M r t fo S t classroom is done correctly, a w form snow day, we dont really lose e the ne k li u the sky could be the limit o y ss? Do anything because they have math cla d n for students. Having a ta rs Pashens unde e. the instruction along with their we dont o over it at hom If . a student be able to go at their d in assignment. Of course, if they K mething, we can g own pace, of course with so umption have questions they know they you can d n Trevor S a minimum requirements t n icie iting can always talk to me as well. more eff hout wa still held by the school, Yes, its ur own pace wit doll Po yo work at ates. Brooklyn would allow them to me m Principal Justin Downes ut the sa e for class o b a achieve more credits is g but th What are the benefits of w system The ne er way of teachin screen. while here at school. na th what Mr. Pashen is doing in his as any o that its o is e This would allow them c n re seventh-grade math class? only diffe rtel to potentially achieve e H Jessica Perhaps one of the most more credits and to be able Another important benefits is that it to expand the curriculum that is major benefit to the allows more individual attention currently offered at the school. to students from their teacher. recorded lesson is that a student It gives great opportunities to all Because students can now work can now pause, work a problem learners from the most advanced at their own pace and out of at their own pace, and begin to the ones that struggle in class, the teacher becomes more playing it when they feel they school. I look forward to the available during the students have mastered the subject. Are any schools in the area opportunities that could be worktime and available for created. questions throughout the hour. doing this?

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The second-grade class was the big winner in the pop tab pandemonium contest in December with 27.2 pounds of pop tabs collected, and so got to enjoy the grand prize: having lunch with the senior football players. Students brought in as many pop tabs as they could during a two-week period. The contest, sponsored by the student council, benefited the Ronald McDonald House. Pictured are, from left, front row: Shanda Cox, Daniel Dallman, Jocelynn Ellwein, Sofia Losure, Laura Sumption, Brayden Sumption, Chloe Arneson, Brendan Tschappat, Maddie Sumption, Audrey Heidzig; middle row: Matthew Weisser, Justin Helland, Nathan Sumption, Evan Emery, Dane Campbell, Derrick Podoll, Derek Simmons; and back row: Jacob Enge, Austin Hoerner, Olivia Morlock, Marissah Nordine, Morgan Sumption, Madison Bretsch, Memphys Storm, Tristan Sumption, and Carston Hertel.