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INTERCHANGE Interchange met April 14, 2014, at Minerva’s. The pre- siding officer was Vice Presi- dent Ann Clough. The meeting was called to order and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. To allow more time for the program, an- nouncements were distrib- uted via email to the membership following the meeting. The hostess was Rita Wentworth of Yankton Area Arts Association. The speaker was Assistant United States Attorney and Appellate Chief Kevin Koliner. He spoke of the fight against human trafficking in South Dakota, the federal statutes criminal- izing sex trafficking, gave a synopses of recent federal cases charged under the statutes and victim demo- graphics. The next meeting in Mon- day, April 21, and will be open forum. V.F.W. POST LADIES AUXILIARY For its April meeting, the Ladies Auxiliary to Ernest Bowyer V.F.W. Post 791 opened by President Joyce Stahlecker. Roll call was taken, followed by opening prayer by Slowey and patri- otic instructions by Stoddard, the Pledge to the Flag was said, Star Spangled Banner was sung. Application for member- ships was Amanda Pinkelman and Bonita Hendrix. Gerri Dahlin was a welcomed visi- tor. Minutes were read by Schramm and Stoddard gave the Treasurer report. Reading of the bill, Correspondence and General was reported by Schramm. Committee reports: Church: Christensen, Funeral: Schramm, they had one — Fern Diede, Hospital: Slowey, CA&R and Ways and Means, and Membership: Stoddard, Membership: Life — 166; 11 — New; 7 — Reinstates; 219 — Continuous; 403 — Total. Poppies: Blaha, Yankton Care Center: Gwinn, and Publicity: Potts. Old Business: Stoddard re- ported the old Yankton Tran- sit Check was cancelled and a new one issued. She also ad- vised or C.D.’s can be rolled over later on. A suggested that List should be reim- bursed for mailing labels. New Business: Elections of Officers was held: President — Joyce Stahlecker, Sr. Vice President Holli Novak, Jr. Vice President — Carli Mangold, Treasurer — Shelly Stoddard, Chaplain — Jane Slowey, Guard — Ione Fisher, Conduc- tress — Marlene Schramm, Trustees — 3 yr.: Dorothy Stanage, 1 yr.: Judy Potts, Sec- retary — Jackie Simonsen, The Election was declared final. President Stahlecker ad- vised May 1 in Loyalty Day. There will be a potluck sup- per and Law Enforcement Of- ficers will be invited. District #1 Meeting was attended by Stahlecker, Slowey and Si- monsen. A gift certificate was raffled off in Edwin Olson’s name and the proceeds will be given to Cancer Fund in Edwin’s name. A motion was made to present Gene Ebneter a gift certificate for his help on St. Patrick’s Day. The proceed from our Special Olympics Leprechaun pro- gram raised on St. Patrick’s Day will be giving $2,000 to our local Special Olympic or- ganization. List brought up that 2 Sen- iors will be graduating at the National Home and would like to send a card and gift to each and also make a dona- tion to the Activity Fund for the National Home Children. Motion made and seconded. A suggestion to only having cookies and bars after the monthly meeting and there will be furnished by volun- teers at each meeting. Slowey, VanDyke and Schramm volunteered. Stoddard advised the membership books are ex- pensive; to cut cost, they will printed on paper front and back and will be mailed to each member. Stoddard would like to have the Auxil- iary records and information to be put and computer and stay at the post. More discus- sion will be needed. President Stahlecker men- tioned Mike Bjerkaas has a birthday in May and would like to give him a gift. Motion was made and seconded. The Audit Report was read by Christensen and accepted. List had 5 Poppy Puppies for a drawing; winners were Dahlin, Olson, Slowey, Schramm and Christensen. Next meeting will be May 13, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. TOASTMASTER CLUB 1294 The meeting on April 12, 2014, was opened by Vice President Doug Fickbohm. Janice Stone led the group in a prayer and a Pledge of Alle- giance. The Toastmaster of the day was John Swensen. Speeches were given by Ver- non Arens and Jack Dahlseid. Table topics were led by Kathy Hejna. Master Evaluator Doug Fickbohm, introduced his evaluation team, evaluators Matt Stone and Teresa Rentsch. Ah counter Kevin Buhl, Grammarian Harry Voelzke, Timer Jana Lane, and vote counter Janice Stone. Joke was told by Roy Wilcox. The winners of the tro- phies were Jack Dahlseid speech, Matt Stone evaluator and Emily Vanderhule for best table topics. Meeting are held every Saturday morning 7:30 a.m. at the Fryn’ Pan Restaurant. Everyone is welcome. Friday, 4.18.14 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net NEWSROOM: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTAN PAGE 7B hometown APPLIANCE 920 Broadway • 665-9461 $ 399 99 Lightest, full powered upright vacuum cleaner in America. Two speed, moves smoothly across all floor types, lies virtually flat for ease under furniture. Oreck® Magnesium® SP Class is free. Children ages 3-8. Call 605-668-8221 to register. Children will learn what new babies do, how to help mom and dad, their role as a big brother or sister and will become familiar with the Women/Birthing Center. Children will also learn how to safely hold babies and adjust to being a sibling. Silly Sibling Class Saturday, April 26 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Birthing Center MEETINGS Maurices Breaks Ground At ‘Shoppes’ Maurices recently broke ground on a new location in the new strip mall north of town, “The Shoppes of Yankton.” Maurices began in 1931 in Duluth, Minn., and has grown to 921 stores in the U.S. and three provinces in Canada. Maurices strives to give great customer service and be the best hometown specialty store. The store offers sizes 1 to 24 with options in store as well as online so there is the right fit for each budget and occasion. Maurices is very excited for this brand new location that will give customers the convenient one-stop shopping in a growing part of town. For more information on the new loca- tion, go to yanktonsbestsite.com/. FNBSD’s Burgi, Wittmeier Recognized First National Bank South Dakota is pleased to announce that Deb Burgi and Peg Wittmeier, both of Yankton, have been named the recipients of the bank’s Star Performer Award for the third and fourth quarters, respectively. The Star Performer Program is the bank’s employee recog- nition program. Bank employees are nominated each quarter by their fellow team members for demonstrating outstanding performance and going above and beyond their standard job requirements to ensure a superior customer experience is de- livered. The award is given to individuals whose performance consistently promotes team work, help others and provide the best in customer service, and quality work. Burgi, a Loan Operations Servicing Specialist, has been with First National since September 2001 and was nominated for her willingness to provide assistance to the staff regardless of the complexity of the problem. Burgi’s knowledge of the bank’s processes and products make her a valuable resource for the bank staff. Wittmeier, an Executive Administrative Assistant, has been with the bank since March 1997 and was nominated for her willingness to pitch in and help other departments with spe- cial projects or day to day tasks. Wittmeier's commitment to the bank makes her a valuable asset to the team. Please stop by First National Bank South Dakota at 332 Broadway to congratulate Burgi and Wittmeier and on their well-deserved awards. Trinity Lutheran Holds Organ Recital Piano and organ students of Dr. James and Marilyn Nyberg were heard in recital Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Trinity Lutheran Church. Organ student Laura Nelson performed on Trinity’s pipe organ in Heritage Hall (the former sanctuary). The remainder of the recital was held in the new sanctuary. Pianists participating were Dakota Barnes, Brenna Becker, Gage Becker, Wesley Brandt, Anne Knoff, Isabella Koerner, John Nelson, Laura Nelson, Chloe Reardon, Willa Reimler, Kin- caid Ryken, Leah Waid and Taylor Wesseln. Piano duets were performed by Gage Becker, Willa Reimler, Wesley Brandt and Kincaid Ryken. A piano trio was performed by Brenna and Gage Becker, Willa Reimler. Laura Nelson and Taylor Wesseln were recognized for their accomplishment in placing in the top three in their divisions in the Truran Piano Competition held at USD in February. SweetPro Looking To Go Green WALHALA, N.D. — SweetPro, a leading manufacturer and distributor of premium feed supplement blocks for livestock, announced it is taking steps to go green with one of its core products. The company is looking to raise the renewable con- tent of the plastic holding pans it sources for its 250-pound feed blocks with Laurel BioComposite’s Bio-Res PE, a USDA- certified biomaterial. As part of a pilot program, the Laurel, Neb.,-based com- pany supplied BioRes PE to Terhorst Manufacturing, Minot, N.D. for small-run production of test pans. Submitted to Sweet- Pro for evaluation, the test pans successfully demonstrated the ability to replace up to 33 percent of the container’s petro- leum-based plastic with Bio-Res while maintaining durability. Laurel BioComposite is currently scaling up in order to pro- vide production quantities of BioRes PE for commercial fabri- cation. Laurel BioComposite combines a proprietary process with distillers grains, a renewable feedstock from Husker Ag LLC, Plainview, to produce Bio-Res pellets and powder. The bio-ma- terial’s capability to economically raise the renewable content of plastic products 20 to 40 percent helps sustain a positive environmental impact by reducing manufacturers’ and mold- ers’ reliance on crude oil. Bio-Res also improves performance properties for a variety of plastics that use traditional petro- leum-based resins. The advanced materials company will work with Sweet- Pro’s suppliers to mold the first commercial batch of pans. SweetPro’s distributors will introduce the Bio-Res pans to cus- tomers for field testing and customer feedback. The project has the potential to lead to more ambitious applications for the green material, says Chris Vaisvil, independent consultant for Laurel BioComposite. SweetPro products are distributed in North America through a broad network of distributors. SweetPro supple- ment blocks have been developed to boost the immune re- sponse and performance of livestock including calves, cattle, sheep and horses. The company has plants in Wallhalla, N.D., and Horton, Kan., with a third distribution warehouse in Min- nesota. For more information visit www.sweetpro.com Laurel BioComposite Bio-Res products are available in pel- let formulations which blend easily with polyethylene, polypropylene, polylactic acid and polyhydroxyalkanoates matrices. The product has been tested to replace 20 to 40 per- cent of the neat resin in a variety of manufacturing processes. Master batch pellets provide easy drop in to thermoplastics formulations. Bio-Res PE is especially suited for single-use products as well as applications for a variety of industries in- cluding shipping, lawn and garden, agriculture and automo- tive. United Way Big Red Bookshelf Location Added BY LAUREN HANSON United Way Yankton United Way & Volunteer Services of Greater Yankton has partnered with the Yank- ton Area Literacy Council to create an initiative focusing on childhood literacy called The Big Red Bookshelf. The Big Red Bookshelf program recirculates do- nated children’s books back into the community where they are made available free for families to own. Books are donated through book drives organized by individu- als, service groups, congre- gations and campus organizations. These books are sorted, cleaned and af- fixed with a label, then set out on bright red book- shelves at sites where fami- lies will have easy access to them. Children are encour- aged to take a book home with them to keep and share! Book ownership is impor- tant in fostering an interest in reading and a love for books. Children feel pride in owning their own books and develop confidence in read- ing when books are easily within reach and can be read again and again. You can find a bookshelf at the Yankton Medical Clinic — 804 Summit Street, the Modern Woodmen Office — 700 W. 23rd Street, The Ban- quet located at the United Church of Christ — 210 W. 5th Street, and at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital, Pediatric Unit — 501 Summit Street. Thanks to the Yankton Morning Optimists and their President Lisa Berry, a new bookshelf location was re- cently added last week at the Fryn’ Pan Restaurant, located at 502 West 21st Street. The new host of the bookshelf will have the children’s books available to families daily near the front entrance of the restaurant. After only one week of hosting the bookshelf at the Fryn’ Pan Restaurant, more than 45 books have been re- circulated within the commu- nity. Amongst all five Big Red Bookshelf locations, a total of 1,220 children’s books have been distributed since the program started in November 2012. Donations of gently used or new books appropriate for children from birth to grade 5 can be dropped off at United Way & Volunteer Services of Greater Yankton, 610 W 23rd Street, Suite 11 and will be used to restock the book- shelves. Are you a member of a service group or organization who would like to do a book drive, be a drop off location, or host a Big Red Bookshelf? Call the United Way & Volun- teer Services at 605-665-6766 or visit us at www.yankto- nunitedway.org to learn more how you can contribute to this community program. SUBMITTED PHOTO Danette Brandner (left) of Fryn’ Pan and Lisa Berry, Yankton Morn- ing Optimists, stand with the Big Red Bookshelf. Sacred Heart Middle School Presents ‘Willy Wonka Jr.’ On March 27, 2014, Sa- cred Heart Middle School students and Mrs. Emily Nel- son presented a school musi- cal: “Willy Wonka, Jr.” It was held in Link Auditorium. Every music student was in- volved: 91 fifth through eighth graders. The fifth graders played the Ticket Winners, the Oompa-Loompas, and the Squirrels. The sixth graders also played the Ticket Win- ners, but played the Candy Kids and the Chorus of Cooks. The seventh and eighth graders played the Bucket family, the News Team, the parents of the Ticket Winners, and were very helpful stage managers. More than 360 family, friends and community mem- bers attended. Many of the comments received were that the musical exceeded the audience’s expectations and many hope that SHMS will do another musical in the future. Emily Nelson and the stu- dents had a fantastic time producing the play. Yankton Mead Lumber and the stu- dents’ parents donated many of the props and materials needed, but the SHMS stu- dents did almost all of the work! Taylor Wesseln drew the beautiful backdrop, Cate Perakslis choreographed a couple numbers, Storrm Yag- gie stepped up as Mrs. Nel- son’s reliable assistant, and countless students helped build and paint the scenery, props, and did backstage work. Not to mention the in- school and after-school re- hearsals!!! The students thought it was a lot of work, but the school cannot wait to do an- other production sometime in the future. Thank you to everyone who made this pro- duction possible! SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO LESTERVILLE — Golden West Telecommunications, a member-owned coopera- tive serving rural South Dakota, announced this week its plans to invest in a new fiber-to-the-home proj- ect in the Lesterville ex- change. Construction is sched- uled to begin no later than the first week in May with a planned completion date of Sept. 30, depending on per- mit approvals and weather. Golden West will hold a community meeting at 7 p.m. on April 22, at the Lesterville Community Center, 201 Main St. to inform customers of what they can expect to see during construction. Golden West Fiber-To-The-Home Project Announced
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INTERCHANGEInterchange met April 14,
2014, at Minerva’s. The pre-siding officer was Vice Presi-dent Ann Clough. Themeeting was called to orderand the Pledge of Allegiancewas recited. To allow moretime for the program, an-nouncements were distrib-uted via email to themembership following themeeting.
The hostess was RitaWentworth of Yankton AreaArts Association. Thespeaker was Assistant UnitedStates Attorney and AppellateChief Kevin Koliner. He spokeof the fight against humantrafficking in South Dakota,the federal statutes criminal-izing sex trafficking, gave asynopses of recent federalcases charged under thestatutes and victim demo-graphics.
The next meeting in Mon-day, April 21, and will beopen forum.
V.F.W. POST LADIESAUXILIARY
For its April meeting, theLadies Auxiliary to ErnestBowyer V.F.W. Post 791opened by President JoyceStahlecker. Roll call wastaken, followed by openingprayer by Slowey and patri-otic instructions by Stoddard,the Pledge to the Flag was
said, Star Spangled Bannerwas sung.
Application for member-ships was Amanda Pinkelmanand Bonita Hendrix. GerriDahlin was a welcomed visi-tor. Minutes were read bySchramm and Stoddard gavethe Treasurer report. Readingof the bill, Correspondenceand General was reported bySchramm.
Committee reports:Church: Christensen, Funeral:Schramm, they had one —Fern Diede, Hospital: Slowey,CA&R and Ways and Means,and Membership: Stoddard,Membership: Life — 166; 11— New; 7 — Reinstates; 219— Continuous; 403 — Total.Poppies: Blaha, Yankton CareCenter: Gwinn, and Publicity:Potts.
Old Business: Stoddard re-ported the old Yankton Tran-sit Check was cancelled and anew one issued. She also ad-vised or C.D.’s can be rolledover later on. A suggestedthat List should be reim-bursed for mailing labels.
New Business: Elections ofOfficers was held: President— Joyce Stahlecker, Sr. VicePresident Holli Novak, Jr. VicePresident — Carli Mangold,Treasurer — Shelly Stoddard,Chaplain — Jane Slowey,Guard — Ione Fisher, Conduc-tress — Marlene Schramm,Trustees — 3 yr.: DorothyStanage, 1 yr.: Judy Potts, Sec-
retary — Jackie Simonsen,The Election was declaredfinal.
President Stahlecker ad-vised May 1 in Loyalty Day.There will be a potluck sup-per and Law Enforcement Of-ficers will be invited. District#1 Meeting was attended byStahlecker, Slowey and Si-monsen. A gift certificate wasraffled off in Edwin Olson’sname and the proceeds willbe given to Cancer Fund inEdwin’s name. A motion wasmade to present GeneEbneter a gift certificate forhis help on St. Patrick’s Day.The proceed from our SpecialOlympics Leprechaun pro-gram raised on St. Patrick’sDay will be giving $2,000 toour local Special Olympic or-ganization.
List brought up that 2 Sen-iors will be graduating at theNational Home and would liketo send a card and gift toeach and also make a dona-tion to the Activity Fund forthe National Home Children.Motion made and seconded.A suggestion to only havingcookies and bars after themonthly meeting and therewill be furnished by volun-teers at each meeting.Slowey, VanDyke andSchramm volunteered.
Stoddard advised themembership books are ex-pensive; to cut cost, they willprinted on paper front and
back and will be mailed toeach member. Stoddardwould like to have the Auxil-iary records and informationto be put and computer andstay at the post. More discus-sion will be needed.
President Stahlecker men-tioned Mike Bjerkaas has abirthday in May and wouldlike to give him a gift. Motionwas made and seconded. TheAudit Report was read byChristensen and accepted.List had 5 Poppy Puppies fora drawing; winners wereDahlin, Olson, Slowey,Schramm and Christensen.
Next meeting will be May13, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.
TOASTMASTER CLUB 1294The meeting on April 12,
2014, was opened by VicePresident Doug Fickbohm.Janice Stone led the group ina prayer and a Pledge of Alle-giance. The Toastmaster ofthe day was John Swensen.Speeches were given by Ver-non Arens and Jack Dahlseid.Table topics were led byKathy Hejna.
Master Evaluator DougFickbohm, introduced hisevaluation team, evaluatorsMatt Stone and TeresaRentsch. Ah counter KevinBuhl, Grammarian HarryVoelzke, Timer Jana Lane,
and vote counter JaniceStone. Joke was told by RoyWilcox.
The winners of the tro-phies were Jack Dahlseidspeech, Matt Stone evaluatorand Emily Vanderhule forbest table topics.
Meeting are held everySaturday morning 7:30 a.m. atthe Fryn’ Pan Restaurant.Everyone is welcome.
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Class is free. Children ages 3-8.Call 605-668-8221 to register.
Children will learn what new babies do, how to help mom and dad, their role as a big brother or sister and will become familiar with the Women/Birthing Center. Children will also
learn how to safely hold babies and adjust to being a sibling.
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M E E T I N G S
Maurices Breaks Ground At ‘Shoppes’Maurices recently broke ground on a new location in the
new strip mall north of town, “The Shoppes of Yankton.”Maurices began in 1931 in Duluth, Minn., and has grown to
921 stores in the U.S. and three provinces in Canada.Maurices strives to give great customer service and be the
best hometown specialty store. The store offers sizes 1 to 24with options in store as well as online so there is the right fitfor each budget and occasion.
Maurices is very excited for this brand new location thatwill give customers the convenient one-stop shopping in agrowing part of town. For more information on the new loca-tion, go to yanktonsbestsite.com/.
FNBSD’s Burgi, Wittmeier RecognizedFirst National Bank South Dakota is pleased to announce
that Deb Burgi and Peg Wittmeier, both of Yankton, have beennamed the recipients of the bank’s Star Performer Award forthe third and fourth quarters, respectively.
The Star Performer Program is the bank’s employee recog-nition program. Bank employees are nominated each quarterby their fellow team members for demonstrating outstandingperformance and going above and beyond their standard jobrequirements to ensure a superior customer experience is de-livered. The award is given to individuals whose performanceconsistently promotes team work, help others and provide thebest in customer service, and quality work.
Burgi, a Loan Operations Servicing Specialist, has beenwith First National since September 2001 and was nominatedfor her willingness to provide assistance to the staff regardlessof the complexity of the problem. Burgi’s knowledge of thebank’s processes and products make her a valuable resourcefor the bank staff.
Wittmeier, an Executive Administrative Assistant, has beenwith the bank since March 1997 and was nominated for herwillingness to pitch in and help other departments with spe-cial projects or day to day tasks. Wittmeier's commitment tothe bank makes her a valuable asset to the team.
Please stop by First National Bank South Dakota at 332Broadway to congratulate Burgi and Wittmeier and on theirwell-deserved awards.
Trinity Lutheran Holds Organ RecitalPiano and organ students of Dr. James and Marilyn Nyberg
were heard in recital Sunday, April 13, 2014, at TrinityLutheran Church.
Organ student Laura Nelson performed on Trinity’s pipeorgan in Heritage Hall (the former sanctuary). The remainderof the recital was held in the new sanctuary.
Pianists participating were Dakota Barnes, Brenna Becker,Gage Becker, Wesley Brandt, Anne Knoff, Isabella Koerner,John Nelson, Laura Nelson, Chloe Reardon, Willa Reimler, Kin-caid Ryken, Leah Waid and Taylor Wesseln. Piano duets wereperformed by Gage Becker, Willa Reimler, Wesley Brandt andKincaid Ryken. A piano trio was performed by Brenna andGage Becker, Willa Reimler.
Laura Nelson and Taylor Wesseln were recognized for theiraccomplishment in placing in the top three in their divisionsin the Truran Piano Competition held at USD in February.
SweetPro Looking To Go GreenWALHALA, N.D. — SweetPro, a leading manufacturer and
distributor of premium feed supplement blocks for livestock,announced it is taking steps to go green with one of its coreproducts. The company is looking to raise the renewable con-tent of the plastic holding pans it sources for its 250-poundfeed blocks with Laurel BioComposite’s Bio-Res PE, a USDA-certified biomaterial.
As part of a pilot program, the Laurel, Neb.,-based com-pany supplied BioRes PE to Terhorst Manufacturing, Minot,N.D. for small-run production of test pans. Submitted to Sweet-Pro for evaluation, the test pans successfully demonstratedthe ability to replace up to 33 percent of the container’s petro-leum-based plastic with Bio-Res while maintaining durability.Laurel BioComposite is currently scaling up in order to pro-vide production quantities of BioRes PE for commercial fabri-cation.
Laurel BioComposite combines a proprietary process withdistillers grains, a renewable feedstock from Husker Ag LLC,Plainview, to produce Bio-Res pellets and powder. The bio-ma-terial’s capability to economically raise the renewable contentof plastic products 20 to 40 percent helps sustain a positiveenvironmental impact by reducing manufacturers’ and mold-ers’ reliance on crude oil. Bio-Res also improves performanceproperties for a variety of plastics that use traditional petro-leum-based resins.
The advanced materials company will work with Sweet-Pro’s suppliers to mold the first commercial batch of pans.SweetPro’s distributors will introduce the Bio-Res pans to cus-tomers for field testing and customer feedback. The projecthas the potential to lead to more ambitious applications forthe green material, says Chris Vaisvil, independent consultantfor Laurel BioComposite.
SweetPro products are distributed in North Americathrough a broad network of distributors. SweetPro supple-ment blocks have been developed to boost the immune re-sponse and performance of livestock including calves, cattle,sheep and horses. The company has plants in Wallhalla, N.D.,and Horton, Kan., with a third distribution warehouse in Min-nesota. For more information visit www.sweetpro.com
Laurel BioComposite Bio-Res products are available in pel-let formulations which blend easily with polyethylene,polypropylene, polylactic acid and polyhydroxyalkanoatesmatrices. The product has been tested to replace 20 to 40 per-cent of the neat resin in a variety of manufacturing processes.Master batch pellets provide easy drop in to thermoplasticsformulations. Bio-Res PE is especially suited for single-useproducts as well as applications for a variety of industries in-cluding shipping, lawn and garden, agriculture and automo-tive.
United Way
Big Red Bookshelf Location AddedBY LAUREN HANSONUnited Way Yankton
United Way & VolunteerServices of Greater Yanktonhas partnered with the Yank-ton Area Literacy Council tocreate an initiative focusingon childhood literacy calledThe Big Red Bookshelf.
The Big Red Bookshelfprogram recirculates do-nated children’s books backinto the community wherethey are made available freefor families to own. Booksare donated through bookdrives organized by individu-als, service groups, congre-gations and campusorganizations. These booksare sorted, cleaned and af-fixed with a label, then setout on bright red book-shelves at sites where fami-lies will have easy access tothem. Children are encour-aged to take a book homewith them to keep and share!
Book ownership is impor-tant in fostering an interestin reading and a love forbooks. Children feel pride inowning their own books anddevelop confidence in read-ing when books are easilywithin reach and can be readagain and again.
You can find a bookshelfat the Yankton Medical Clinic— 804 Summit Street, the
Modern Woodmen Office —700 W. 23rd Street, The Ban-quet located at the UnitedChurch of Christ — 210 W. 5thStreet, and at Avera Sacred
Heart Hospital, Pediatric Unit— 501 Summit Street.
Thanks to the YanktonMorning Optimists and theirPresident Lisa Berry, a new
bookshelf location was re-cently added last week at theFryn’ Pan Restaurant, locatedat 502 West 21st Street. Thenew host of the bookshelf willhave the children’s booksavailable to families dailynear the front entrance of therestaurant.
After only one week ofhosting the bookshelf at theFryn’ Pan Restaurant, morethan 45 books have been re-circulated within the commu-nity. Amongst all five Big RedBookshelf locations, a total of1,220 children’s books havebeen distributed since theprogram started in November2012.
Donations of gently usedor new books appropriate forchildren from birth to grade 5can be dropped off at UnitedWay & Volunteer Services ofGreater Yankton, 610 W 23rdStreet, Suite 11 and will beused to restock the book-shelves.
Are you a member of aservice group or organizationwho would like to do a bookdrive, be a drop off location,or host a Big Red Bookshelf?Call the United Way & Volun-teer Services at 605-665-6766or visit us at www.yankto-nunitedway.org to learn morehow you can contribute tothis community program.
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Danette Brandner (left) of Fryn’ Pan and Lisa Berry, Yankton Morn-ing Optimists, stand with the Big Red Bookshelf.
Sacred Heart Middle School Presents ‘Willy Wonka Jr.’On March 27, 2014, Sa-
cred Heart Middle Schoolstudents and Mrs. Emily Nel-son presented a school musi-cal: “Willy Wonka, Jr.” It washeld in Link Auditorium.Every music student was in-volved: 91 fifth througheighth graders.
The fifth graders playedthe Ticket Winners, theOompa-Loompas, and theSquirrels. The sixth gradersalso played the Ticket Win-ners, but played the CandyKids and the Chorus ofCooks. The seventh andeighth graders played theBucket family, the NewsTeam, the parents of theTicket Winners, and werevery helpful stage managers.
More than 360 family,friends and community mem-bers attended. Many of thecomments received werethat the musical exceededthe audience’s expectationsand many hope that SHMS
will do another musical inthe future.
Emily Nelson and the stu-dents had a fantastic timeproducing the play. YanktonMead Lumber and the stu-dents’ parents donated manyof the props and materialsneeded, but the SHMS stu-dents did almost all of thework! Taylor Wesseln drewthe beautiful backdrop, CatePerakslis choreographed acouple numbers, Storrm Yag-gie stepped up as Mrs. Nel-son’s reliable assistant, andcountless students helpedbuild and paint the scenery,props, and did backstagework. Not to mention the in-school and after-school re-hearsals!!!
The students thought itwas a lot of work, but theschool cannot wait to do an-other production sometimein the future. Thank you toeveryone who made this pro-duction possible!
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LESTERVILLE — GoldenWest Telecommunications,a member-owned coopera-tive serving rural SouthDakota, announced thisweek its plans to invest in anew fiber-to-the-home proj-ect in the Lesterville ex-change.
Construction is sched-uled to begin no later than
the first week in May with aplanned completion date ofSept. 30, depending on per-mit approvals and weather.
Golden West will hold acommunity meeting at 7 p.m.on April 22, at the LestervilleCommunity Center, 201 MainSt. to inform customers ofwhat they can expect to seeduring construction.
Golden West Fiber-To-The-HomeProject Announced
