School superintendent succumbs to H1N1

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       SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) _ South Dakota's 14th reported death from
the H1N1 flu was 49-year-old Terry Mathis, the superintendent of schools in Ethan.
       He died Monday at a Sioux Falls hospital.
       Mathis was diagnosed with cancer about two months ago. He stayed
on the job until mid-October and took treatment in Sioux Falls and
at the Mayo Clinic. But he recently came down with pneumonia and
the flu virus, and his older brother, Bob Mathis, said the
combination became unbearable.
       Officials chose to continue classes at Ethan through the week,
although Friday is a day off because Emery-Ethan plays Howard that
afternoon in the state Class 9AA football championship.

       (Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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