Category Archives: Opinion

Between the Lines By David Lias A quarter of a million dollars. That's what South Dakota's Secretary of Agriculture Darrell Cruea estimates his office will need in extra funds just this year to properly process all of the reports his office is receiving from meatpackers now that a new state … Read Article →

Stay-at-home pooch takes mysterious vacation By Bob Karolevitz Shawn, our once well-coated golden retreiver, has a new crew cut. I think she looks awful, but my reaction must be a lot like Phyllis's was years ago when I came home from my assignment at the Seattle Port of Embarkation with … Read Article →

Between the Lines By David Lias Stored in my mother's cedar chest are her fine linens, some beloved keepsakes, and copies of Life and Look magazines from that dreadful November of 1963. Occasionally, when I think about it during a visit to the farm, I'll pry open the lid of … Read Article →

Letters Fireman respond with great care To the editor: I would like to express my thanks and appreciation to the young men from the Vermillion Volunteer Fire Department, who came to my rescue Saturday night when my first alert carbon monoxide detector was set off in my home. They were … Read Article →

Americans underestimate northern neighbor By Bob Karolevitz If you're ever going to travel in Quebec, you'd better brush up on your French. Waitresses, motel clerks, gas stations attendants and the man on the street don't speak English � or at least they don't admit that they do. I know that … Read Article →

Letters Godspell was outstanding production To the editor: The performance of Godspell by a cast of 12 young people, mainly of high school age from Vermillion, Elk Point-Jefferson and Centerville public schools, was one of the most outstanding productions of its type that we have witnessed in our 46 years … Read Article →

Between the Lines by David Lias Thanks for nothing, Frank. Frank Kloucek, that is. Kloucek, a Democrat from Scotland and one of the most vocal members of the South Dakota Senate, was one of the leading sponsors of SB 95. Perhaps it is unfair to single out Kloucek. It was, … Read Article →

Bob and Phyllis avoid Purgatory on their trip by Bob Karolevitz Halifax, Nova Scotia: By the time you read this, the 1999 conference of the International Society of Newspaper Editors (of which I am an associate member) will be history and we'll be home. We drove more than 5,400 miles … Read Article →

Guest Commentary By from the Freeman Courier Creativity � what does it mean? Where do you get it? How do you learn it? And if it is, indeed, the currency of the 21st century … are we broke? I believe we're about to find ourselves on the corner asking that … Read Article →

'Tin Lizzies' boast numerous human qualities By Bob Karolevitz A dwindling number of us remember the old Ford Model T before it was succeeded in 1927 by the Model A. The "Tin Lizzie," as it was called, was the subject of endless jokes � while Henry Ford laughed all the … Read Article →