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Monthly Archives: June 2008

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Sesquicentennial Highlights

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Community
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Sesquicentennial Highlights By: Cleo Erickson Excerpts from the Plain Talk 1907 There was a good representation of farmers at the canning factory meeting at the Court House last Saturday afternoon. A number of residents of Prairie Centre Township were before the County Commissioners with a plan to straighten and shorten … Read Article →

Troopers will check sobriety

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Community
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Troopers will check sobriety The South Dakota Highway Patrol has scheduled sobriety checkpoints for the month of July in the following counties: Beadle, Brown, Davison, Edmunds, Faulk, Hamlin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Pennington, Potter, Roberts and Yankton. In addition to detecting alcohol or drug impaired drivers, the Highway Patrol uses sobriety … Read Article →

Blood drive planned in Gayville

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Community
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Blood drive planned in Gayville The Siouxland Comm-unity Blook Bank will host a blood drive at the Gayville Community Cen-ter on Thursday, July 10, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. For more information about the Siouxland Community Blood Bank or blood drives in your area, call 712-252-4208 or 800-798-4208 or visit … Read Article →

Singing convention scheduled Sunday

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Community
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Singing convention scheduled Sunday The Southeastern South Dakota Singing Convention will hold their quarterly songfest at the United Methodist Church in Beresford this coming Sunday, June 29 at 2 p.m. The church is located at 47106 298th St. The Singing Convention is a nondenominational effort to preserve our heritage of … Read Article →

Teenager’s quiet holding pattern strikes writer

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Opinion
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Teenager's quiet holding pattern strikes writer MyStoryYourStory By: Paula Damon The woman closed in on the weekly newspaper at the local library, creeping up on it as though she had been staking it out all week. Accompanied only by her intentional movement toward the paper, she was showing significant signs … Read Article →

Maybe MacArthur should have faded away sooner

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Opinion
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Maybe MacArthur should have faded away sooner By: Bob Karolevitz Writer at Large I just finished reading The Coldest Winter, a book about the Korean War by the late David Halberstam â�?�? and Iâ�?�?m glad my father wasnâ�?�?t around to read it. Mostly it was about generals â�?�? and other … Read Article →

Guest scientists to discuss Homestake at USD

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Schools
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Guest scientists to discuss Homestake at USD Three distinguished scientists will visit The University of South Dakota where they will discuss everything from physics to dark matter experiments during separate lectures on July 1. Dr. Richard Gaitskell, a professor of physics at Brown University and project spokesperson for the Large … Read Article →

Local students attend USD’s Summer Accounting Institute

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Schools
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Local students attend USD's Summer Accounting Institute Sixteen high school sophomores and juniors from South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota attended the 2008 Summer Accounting Institute at The University of South Dakota earlier this month. Under the direction of Angela Olson, MPA, CPA, an instructor of accounting and finance at USD, … Read Article →

USD hosts K-12 teachers at DUSEL physics workshop

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Schools
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USD hosts K-12 teachers at DUSEL physics workshop As the former Homestake gold mine in Lead continues its transition into a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DU- SEL), teachers spent a week at The University of South Dakota learning about the exciting science and research opportunities during a DUSEL … Read Article →

USD students receive academic honors

  June 26, 2008 - 12:00 am | Schools
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USD students receive academic honors The University of South Dakota and The University of South Dakota School of Law announced academic honors for the 2008 spring semester. The university recognized 1,443 students who were named to the deanâ�?�?s list and 309 part-time students who received academic recognition honors. Students earn … Read Article →

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    Neuharth’s ‘free spirit’ celebrated at USD Friday

      May 17, 2013 - 8:59 pm | Local News, Featured
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    People who gathered Friday morning in Aalfs Auditorium on the USD campus to celebrate the life of newspaper legend and 1950 USD alumnus Al Neuharth were greeted, at the program’s opening, by a video message from Neuharth himself. He posthumously addressed audience members with a video segment taped before his death. Neuharth, the founder of SoDak Sports, USA TODAY, Freedom Forum and the Newseum, and died at his Cocoa Beach, FL, home on April 19. He was 89.  (Photo by David Lias)

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    Dignitaries set to pay tribute to Al Neuharth on May 17 at USD

      May 15, 2013 - 10:23 am | Local News, Featured
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    Al Neuharth and Don Hewitt share a light moment during a press conference held in the Al Neuharth Media Center on the USD campus on the afternoon of Sept. 30, 2004. That evening, Neuharth presented Hewitt with the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism. (Photo by David Lias)

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    School board hires new football, gymnastic coaches

      May 13, 2013 - 8:12 pm | Local News, Sports, Schools
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    By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net The Vermillion School Board approved the contracts of two individuals who will replace two long-time coaches … Read Article →

    A hunk-a-hunk of Elvis memorabilia brings visitors to NMM

      May 13, 2013 - 4:38 pm | Local News, Community
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    By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net Although “motorcycle” isn’t the thing that comes to mind when most people think of the National … Read Article →

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    Burbank girl reinstated as duck stamp contest winner

      May 13, 2013 - 4:28 pm | Local News
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    By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net One week after her title was revoked, an area 6-year-old was again named winner of the … Read Article →

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    AG Jackley shares encouraging words with law school grads

      May 13, 2013 - 4:26 pm | Local News, Schools
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    By Travis Gulbrandson travis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net South Dakota’s attorney general has some advice for the recent graduates of the University of South … Read Article →

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