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Dennis Clarke to be Memorial Day speaker

Posted May 21, 2013 at 4:58 pm

Wessington native and Wessington High School graduate Dennis Clarke, Pierre, will be the speaker at the Wessington Community Center on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 at 10:30 am.

Following high school graduation, Clarke continued his education at Northern State University, where he received his bachelor of science degree in education, with a major in biology. He earned a master’s degree in botany from the University of Wyoming, and completed his PhD at South Dakota State University in the field of agronomy.

He served in the US Army from 1968 to 1970, and is now a paid-up for life member of Pierre Legion Post 8.

He taught junior and senior high science courses at Kadoka, and

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    Hand County Relay
    For Life kicks off May 28

    Hand County Relay
    For Life kicks off May 28

    The American Cancer Society Relay For Life for Hand County will officially get underway on Tuesday, May 28. Volunteers and teams will gather at 5:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Miller for a kick-off rally to launch their fundraising efforts for the year. This will be the time to get a team registered, pick up team packets, luminaria forms and information about this year’s relay. Persons interested in forming a team

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    5-22-13

    5 Years Ago (2008)

    Warbirds’ medley relay team members, headed for state after getting first place in Region 5B competition, are Andy Herdman, Tyler Rittel, Josh Rittel and Ryan Bell.

    The Miller/Wessington Shocker Amateur Baseball team started their 2008 season with a double header in Bryan Bucs May 18. The Shockers won the first game of the twin-bill in six innings by the score

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    Add another candle to the cake… RAMifications 5-22-13

    I recently had a birthday. What we so looked forward to as children, or when we reached 18…25…30, simply isn’t as exciting anymore.

    There is a very simple reason (or two). First, each advancing birthday candle reminds one of our mortality. Second, and most important to me is, in my mind I don’t feel much older than I did when I was 20 or 40. Except for some more life lessons along the way, I don’t think I’ve changed my thought processes all that much.

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    Henry Van Asperen 1925-2013

    Henry Van Asperen 1925-2013

    Henry “Hank” Van Asperen, age 87, of Wessington, S.D., died May 16, 2013, at home.

    Funeral services were held Monday, May 20, at First Presbyterian Church of Wessington with the Rev. Beth Kelsey officiating. Burial was be at the Wessington Cemetery. Friends and family may sign Hank’s online register at www.remboldfuneralhome.

    Henry George Carl Van Asperen was born December 28,

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    Governor’s conference sparks in Waugh a vision for community growth

    Meeting South Dakota Governor Daugaard at the Governor’s Awards Banquet was the highlight of Kaye Waugh’s experience at this year’s Governor’s Economic Development conference in Sioux Falls. “It was my first time meeting the governor,” said Waugh, who is Vice President of the Wessington Economic Development Corporation. “The governor spoke to us about his recent Trade Mission to China before handing out achievement awards to extra ordinary individuals and communities who made significant contributions to economic development.”

    Waugh

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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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