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Just wondering Letter to the Editor

Posted May 14, 2013 at 4:29 pm

Just wondering

Recent transactions by our County Commissioners who hired a Register of Deeds to replace the one that resigned to pursue another job. Not, it wasn’t the Deputy Register of Deeds, who had been in that position for 10 years and who the Commissioners appointed as an interim to fill the position after the resignation of the Register of Deeds.

When she asked why she wasn’t hired to fill out the term, she was told that she was not a “good fit” and not enough “detail.” Then she was asked if she would train the new appointed one and she graciously said, “NO.”

What part of this doesn’t make a lot of sense… “just wondering.”

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    This is the way we clean the house, clean the house… RAMifications 5-15-13

    Long winters are not a new experience. There is a picture taken of me when I was five or six, sitting on top of a snowbank on my birthday…which is May 6.

    I believe people who live in rural areas are more attuned to the fluctuations of the weather. We notice when the geese come (or leave), when the first crocus peeks through (and often gets snowed upon). We take note when the ice goes out and when threatening clouds come up.

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    A Mother’s Day to Remember Wells Wisdom 5-15-13

    We are always so busy in the month of May and we do a lot of driving to graduations, weddings, birthdays and anniversary celebrations. It seems we have so little time at home.

    Therefore, when we found ourselves with a chance to spend a quiet Mother’s Day, it seemed like the thing to do. We’ll see everyone next weekend, so time to ourselves was a pleasant prospect.

    Roy did make the offer to go and do something for Mother’s Day,

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    Remembering Mama RAMifications 5-8-13

    Here we are upon Mother’s Day again, and I suppose it is an old cliché that “my” mother is always the best. 
But in my case, I believe that to be true.

    There is a play that became a movie titled “I Remember Mama.” I remember, too.

    My mother grew up in a different generation. I can’t imagine talking with her about some of the things I talk about with my children. But I think I learned so much from

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    Retrospect 5-1-13

    April 24, 1913

    The new income tax doesn’t worry the man who has an income of $4,000 or less—which indicates that the great majority is indifferent of the new law and its operations.

    Wet and dry contests featured the municipal elections held in South Dakota last week. In some towns, the battles were lively. Over 50 towns in South Dakota voted in favor of saloons, among them Miller, Wolsey, Pierre, Huron, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Gettysburg, Woonsocket, Harrold,

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    Great Newspaper Association meeting 5-1-13

    This past weekend I had the great pleasure of attending the South Dakota Newspaper Association annual convention in Rapid City. This convention was an historical joint convention with the North Dakota Newspaper Association. It was a great opportunity for all of us to make so many new friends and learn the problems of South Dakota extend across the border.

    North Dakota expressed many problems due to the oil fields, some of the same problems we experience in South Dakota, just on steroids.

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    Stuck in the middle-Wells Wisdom-5-1-13

    Did everyone enjoy the latest round of snowstorms? No, neither did I. It has been especially difficult when it begins to melt, because I live on a gravel road, so the puddles, grit and mud has created even bigger problems. Just to challenge my abilities even more, my fellow commuter, Jodi, has just moved to a home with a new driveway, so we have been working at adding more and more ruts for her poor husband.

    In spite of all our careful plans, Monday caught the majority of

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    Brought to you live…Attila the barbarian-Ramifications-5-1-13

    I believe we’ve become a shell-shocked nation. From 9-11 and Oklahoma City, from Columbine to the Boston Marathon, it seems like terrible things are happening, and we never know when the other shoe will drop.

    Words are used that–before an action–meant nothing to the general public. Now, of course, all we have to say is “Columbine,” and everyone knows what we are referencing.

    Sometimes it seems like the world is spinning out of control. What makes people do what they do? Is

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    Retrospect 4-24-13

    April 17, 1913

    City election won by wets…By a vote of 148-137, this city declared for licensing saloons at Tuesday’s election, which means that after July 1, there will be two saloons in Miller, instead of three, as it is at present.

    Linden Ludlam, a young man about 26 years old, was found dead in a field on the T.P. Sutphen farm, sec. 15 York Twp. yesterday. He was seeding, with one rather unruly horse in his

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    Getting out the word on bullying Letter to the Editor

    Getting out the word on bullying

    Bullying. When most people hear that word they think of someone being teased or made fun of. When I hear that word, I think of eighth grade. I still don’t completely understand what prompted the events of those five months, but of the several girls that were manipulated into becoming part of this clique, one girl in particular took the role as the ringleader. This girl was relentless in her attempts to tear me down; she would call

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