Monthly Archives: February 2012

I received an e-mail from the governor on Monday. Not from his place of employment – you know, that office in the Capitol building in Pierre. This came from him via his campaign office, "Daugaard for South Dakota." The letter begins like this: "As you may know, I proposed an … Read Article →

While waiting in Room 8309 on the hospital's eighth floor, I start to fidget. This is not your typical hospital room in which patients stay an extended time. It's a starker, stripped down to the bare essentials prep room for outpatient tests, like the colonoscopy my husband, Brian, is having … Read Article →

Education and collective bargaining rights caused much debate this week's legislative session. It seems that each year brings new ideas and ways to "fix" South Dakota's educational system. In our House Education Committee (of which I am a member) meeting on Wednesday, we started with testimony, both pro and con, … Read Article →

Editor's Note: This column originally ran in the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan. On his 17th birthday, Darrel Christopherson joined the U.S. Navy. The Vermillion teenager was so young that his father had to sign for him to enlist. It was Feb. 12, 1941, and Christopherson was later assigned to … Read Article →

Perhaps you have heard the phrase: "marriage" it's not a word but a sentence, a life sentence. Or "marriage is love. Love is blind.  Therefore, marriage is an institution for the blind." Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock. Funny, but for too many that … Read Article →

Dear Governor Daugaard and members of the South Dakota Legislature, We are writing you today on behalf of the South Dakota Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (SD-ACDA) to express our trepidation with the current education reform plan that has been proposed.  While we agree with you that the … Read Article →