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Moellers head 'down South' as far as you can go

Posted April 2, 2013 at 6:22 pm

 

Lester and Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence, just returned from a three-week expedition to Antarctica. They sailed on the MV Fram of Norway from February 20 until March 11, with many days completely at sea and eight landings on the South Shetland Islands, the Antarctica Peninsula, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands. They experienced uncommonly smooth sailing weather for most of the trip, clear skies frequently and mild temperatures for the Antarctica Summer (28-38 degrees F).

In spite of a total absence of towns, B&B’s or any accommodations other than science stations, they intensely enjoyed the flocks, pods and colonies of penguins, whales, seals, albatross and numerous other wildlife groups.

Rosemary was particularly interested in the fossil records of millions of years of exposed sedimentary rocks, and the birds. It is against international treaty to interfere by touching any native species, but when she stood still and didn’t speak for a minute(!), penguins

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    Alco donates to Miller School

    Ruth A. Moller|The Miller Press

    The Miller ALCO store donated $23,919.00 of hardware merchandise to the Miller FFA Chapter. According to Kerrie Letsche, ALCO manager, ALCO is changing its hardware supplier, and corporate-wide present hardware stock is being donated to worthy recipients. Letsche said the store was “giving away the hardware department,” which included five pallets worth of merchandise. Pictured are, back l to r, Sheldon Waldrop, Cody Breland, Nathan Bertsch, Trent Steptoe,

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    Housing crunch

    Study generates suggestions about housing crunch in Miller and St. Lawrence

    A sizeable group of community residents gathered Sunday afternoon, March 10, at the MHS Theatre to hear a presentation about the housing study initiated by On Hand Development Corporation.

    Many people agree rentals as well as houses to buy are at a premium in the area. Purpose of the study was to determine the status of available housing in Miller and St. Lawrence, and what steps might

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    Boys Basketball at Districts

    Dawn Joy|The Miller Press

    AT THE BUZZER during the District Championship game February 28, Lee Sivertsen goes up and over Chamberlain Cub’s defenders for the game winning shot.
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    For the Love of Dance Recital

    Jaimi M. Lammers | The Miller Press

    Crowds filled the Miller High School Theater for four sold out recital performances by the For the Love of Dance Studio over the weekend. Above, the Level 7 high school girls’ group invited special guests to join them for one number. From left, Tate Ketelhut, Claudia Rombough, Drew Beilke, Shelby Lingscheit,

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    Ufen’s choice as parade marshal was one in 70,000

    What was already a great family vacation to sunny Florida became a “once in a lifetime” event for Miller’s Bob Ufen and his fellow travelers.

    The trip was made by Bob Ufen and Jeanette Hastings, both of Miller, who accompanied Bob’s daughter and Jeanette’s son-Renae and Harold Hastings of Hartford-as well as the twins, Hayden and Hillary, who will turn eight in April.

    Leaving winter behind, the group arrived in Florida Saturday, Feb. 2.

    Ufen says

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    The Night the Lights Went Out in…Hand County

    The evening of Thursday, Feb. 7, electricity went out in all rural areas of Hand County, as well as Hyde County and the northwest portion of Beadle County.

    According to Mike Moncur, manager of the Dakota Energy Miller office, East River Electric lost power to its transmission line out of the Broadland substation. This caused Dakota Energy to lose power to the Bonilla, Miller, Polo, Highmore and Ames substations at 6:50 p.m.

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    One Act Play

    Laura Kittelson-Caviness | The Miller Press

    Setting the record straight. Ms. Franklin (Kirstyn Fiala) defends her stance on diet soft drinks to Ms. Thomas (Jonni Blake) during the public performance of Caution: Librarians Ahead last Friday night in the Miller High School Theater. The group, advised by Tyler Sieh, received fourth place at Regional competition in Pierre last

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    Open house set for new school

    Jaimi M. Lammers | The Miller Press

    A hard hat rests on the window sill looking into Miller’s new elementary library. The School District will hold an open house Wednesday, Feb. 6, so everyone interested can take a tour of the new elementary school now under construction. The open house will be held in conjunction with On-Hand Development Corporations “Business After Hours” event. Superintendent Mike Ruth said the public is invited

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    Fanning to premiere at Carnegie Hall

    Fanning to premiere at Carnegie Hall

    It’s the dream of a lifetime and it’s coming true for Danica Fanning, a senior at Miller High School.

    She will be performing Sunday, Feb. 10 as a first soprano with the Honors Choir at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

    Carnegie Hall represents excellence in musical performance, making it the perfect venue for the

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