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Shae Knox, 2013 Junior Snow Queen, crowns her predecessor at the Miller Snow Queen Festival last Saturday night. Looking on are the Junior court, from far left, Sarah Martchinske, Shaly Werdel, and Maralyn Carder as well as 2013 Snow Queen Jonni Blake, seated at right.
AT LEFT: Junior Snow Queen Paige Kilker and Senior Snow Queen Amanda Lewellen will represent Miller at the State Snow Queen Festival in Aberdeen this January.
More photos from the event appear on page 2 of this issue.
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HOLIDAY JAM promises to bring bright holiday entertainment with its vocalists, multi-piece band and unique arrangements. The popular group will start off the Capital Campaign for the community center.
A “Holiday Jam”
Hand County native, Cliff Vitters of Milbank, has been named the recipient of the 2013 Andrus Award for Outstanding Community Service by AARP South Dakota.
The award is AARP’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award for community
The Liverpool Legends played to an enthusiastic crowd Wednesday night, November 13 at the Miller High School Gym. The band started with the original Beatles look and sound with the black suit coats and the earlier hits
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2014 SENIOR Snow Queen Amanda Lewellen, center, and her court Kayla Boomsma, left, Miss Congeniality and 2nd Runner Up, and Jenna Heilman, right, 1st Runner Up.
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Staff Sgt. Sam Schaefers, of Watertown, formerly of Polo and Miller, was named the South Dakota Army National Guard’s Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) of the Year for 2013.
Spc. Dalton DeBoer,
Business notes
Jerry Burns has joined the Wheat Growers’ MZB Marketing Team as a key account specialist. Burns will be working in the southern South Dakota area for MZB and
‘Tis the season (well, almost), and plans are underway to open the McWhorter House Museum for several pre-Christmas events.
Connie Schroeder is a member of the Hand County Historical Society board.
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MHS Football cheerleaders display the baskets from the silent auction that culminated at Friday night’s game.
The Miller High School FFA and FCCLA Chapters along with the Service Learning class worked cooperatively on
Seatbelt violations
Cody Naber, St. Lawrence, SD, $25.00.
Justin Schopen, Miller, SD, $25.00.
Mason Chapin, Miller, SD, $25.00.
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It was a dark and stormy night. Representatives withstood the rain Friday night to accept a $10,000 donation to the school from Monsanto Fund. Pictured are, from left, Steve Schumacher, MHS Principal; Monty Heilman, Monsanto; Rhett Wagner, Miller FFA Chapter
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The Lady Rustler volleyball team huddles before taking the court for a berth to the State Tournament. Miller lost 3-1 against the Winner Warriors in Ft. Pierre on November 12.
Fourteen of Hand County’s best 4-H shooters competed against 144 other 4-H members from around the state at the 2013 State 4-H Shooting Sports competition held Sunday, Sept. 15 in Mitchell.
Fulton wins calf-roping at Showcase Extravaganza
Wyatt Fulton of Miller was invited to participate in the SDRA High School Fall Showcase Extravaganza, held October 19 in Rapid City.
Lady Rustlers head to Region Championship
The Rustlers head off to the Region 6A Championships with a win over Mobridge Nov. 7, 2013 (25-18, 25-7, 25-18). This win
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Fifth graders Destry Morris (46), Mollie Simons (10), and Alvena Batin (41) swarm the Wolsey/Wessington
Deer hunting will soon be focused in western South Dakota with the opening of the West River Deer season on Saturday, Nov. 16.
The hunting season will remain open through December 1. The season will reopen on
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THE TOP 25 PLACERS includes Miller runners, back row, third and second from the right, Cole Sargent and Mason Breitling.
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Wolsey-Wessington took on Dakota Christian Lady Cadets Monday, October 21, 2013 at the Wolsey-Wessington new gym. The Lady Warbirds proved to over power the Lady Cadets in match scores of 25-19, 25-22, 19-25, 25-19.
Lifeguards aren’t the only ones who’ll be saving lives this summer. People like you and your neighbor will be, too…by donating blood.
The Miller community’s next blood drive with United Blood Services is from 12-7 p.m. on
Owners of nine businesses from three Dakota Rising Sites have been selected as the 2013 Dakota Rising Entrepreneur Fellows. Administered by Dakota Resources, Dakota Rising cultivates rural entrepreneurs dedicated to growing themselves, their businesses and the greater community, by connecting them to a system
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PASTOR JOSEPH RALEIGH and wife Vanessa are settling in to their new home in Miller, after spending five years serving a congregation in Montana.
Pastor Joseph Raleigh and
Friday, June 28, marked the end of an era, when Miller’s large, well-known “Cowboy” was removed, and hauled to a new location on a flatbed trailer. Although the dismantling wasn’t
What started somewhat as a hobby grew into a business that has flourished for three and a half decades.
Now, after 35
For many people, the 50th anniversary of an event is a happy affair.
But
