Monthly Archives: October 2006

Initiatives, referendums make full ballot South Dakota voters will have to decide 11 ballot issues Nov. 7 dealing with everything from taxes to gay marriage and whether abortion should be legal. The last time that many issues filled the state's ballot was 1970 when voters dealt with residency requirements, retired … Read Article →

The Elder Law Forum Reflections on Life's Opportunities, Choices Prairie Home Companion's Garrison Keillor tells the story about an out-of-bottle genie offering a professor the choice of extremely good looks, a million dollars, or wisdom. The professor chooses wisdom and is instantly imbued with brilliant insight into the purpose and … Read Article →

Reimnitz named PRIDE employee of the month Maynard Reimnitz, Care Center Nursing, was selected as the Sioux Valley Vermillion Medical Center (SVVMC) October 2006 PRIDE Employee of the Month. Reimnitz has been employed at Sioux Valley Vermillion Care Center since October 2005. "Maynard has a great attitude and never complains. … Read Article →

USD, Augustana efforts help Freidel family The athletic departments of The University of South Dakota and Augustana College combined for a joint fund-raising effort in the week leading up to the Coyote-Vikings football game on Saturday, Oct. 21, with all monies raised by this effort being donated to the "Benefit … Read Article →

Navigation season ends on Missouri Releases from Gavins Point Dam will cut beginning Oct. 8, bringing the end of the Missouri River commercial navigation season. The last day of navigation at the mouth near St. Louis, will be Oct. 17. Daily reduction increments of 3,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) … Read Article →

Rounds will call special session Gov. Mike Rounds issued the following statement Oct. 24 on the request he received to call a special session of the SD State Senate. "I have received a letter from Sen. Garry Moore, Minority Leader, Democrat; Sen. Gary Hanson, Asst. Minority Leader, Democrat; Sen. Lee … Read Article →

Hoadley hits the state campaign trail Vermillion native Jon Hoadley has been busy for months now, hitting the campaign trail as the November general election in South Dakota approaches. Hoadley, however, isn't out to win a political office. His goal is to see that South Dakotans are well-educated about one … Read Article →

SDPB presents All-State Chorus and Orchestra More than 150 high schools across South Dakota will be represented on television when South Dakota Public Broadcasting presents the All-State Chorus & Orchestra. More than a thousand young instrumentalists and singers from across South Dakota will be part of the concert broadcast at … Read Article →

Plows and Pitchforks The fall harvest conjures many romantic ideals about the American family farm: the orchestra of machines gliding across the landscape without any visible conductor, the smell of fresh grease on a sandwich after its owner forgot to wipe their hands, the site of pheasants and deer exiting … Read Article →

USD Theatre to present one-act plays The University of South Dakota Department of Theatre will present six, student-directed one-act plays in a workshop production, Nov. 3 – 5 at 7 p.m. in the Arena Theatre of the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. Works by leading contemporary playwrights … Read Article →