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December 2014 Volume 14 • Issue 1

Christmas Crafts for Kids An Old Fashioned Holiday

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Parenting & Pregnancy Her Miracle Boys 90

Holiday Opportunities

celebrations

Holiday Season Volunteer Opportunities 26

An Old Fashioned Holiday 94

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Holiday Giving Opportunities 32

the a list 80

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Christmas Crafts for Kids 98

Best books 100

Cute Kids Submit Your Child’s Photo 102

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Christmas from Your Best Friend’s Point of View 106

best friendS Submit Your Pet’s Photo 108 historical marker Rocky Ridge 110

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Home for the Holidays with Andrew and Naomi Crotty 38

recipes Treat Your Family & Friends 52 Man in the Kitchen

A Lobster in Every Pot 60

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mind–body–spirit health & well-being Ouch! What to Do About Neck and Back Pain 70

Travel Santa Claus, Indiana Santa’s Favorite Place Year-Round 74

Hangover for the Holidays 64

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In South Dakota, farming is more than an occupation — it’s a valued lifestyle.

For Alexis Blindauer, the hard work and discipline she learned on the family farm prepared her for admission to the prestigious and demanding United States Military Academy at West Point. Alexis says her goal is to fly. And her farming background has truly prepared her to spread her wings.

Alexis Blindauer • West Point Cadet • Mitchell, SD Learn more at thisisfarming.org

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In South Dakota, farming shapes our most fundamental values. Dan Rykhus grew up working on his grandpa’s farm near Madison, S.D. Today he leads Raven Industries, an international leader in agricultural technology. And he attributes his success to the lessons he learned on the farm. “It takes hard work, faith and perseverance to grow a great crop or, in our case, at Raven, to grow a strong business.”

Dan Rykhus • President & CEO, Raven Industries • Sioux Falls, SD Learn more at thisisfarming.org

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idtopia, as defined by business owner Sheryl Nelson, is a state of mind; the sound of a child’s laugh while playing and the spark in a child’s eyes at the discovery of something new.

Nelson recently opened Kidtopia at Dawley Farm on the east side of Sioux Falls, the first locally-owned business to join the bigger chains in that development. She opened her first location seven years ago at The Bridges at 57th.

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“We are committed to imagination and fun, and so are our toys,” says Nelson. “Most of our toys are hands-on toys that promote imaginative learning. Very few are electronic toys. We focus on timeless, generational toys and games that will help children learn and develop new skills as they play.”

As a mother herself, Nelson knew from the start that she wanted to offer high-quality toys with a focus on the family.

In South Dakota, farming affects everyone. Kristi Masterson sees the impact of agriculture at Hy-Vee, where “it’s in everything we do; it’s in every square inch of our store.” She says, “We are the direct link from the farmer to the customer.” Kristi is proud to support South Dakota farmers — and to help families come together around the dinner table with fresh, safe and affordable food.

Kristi Masterson • Store Director, Minnesota Avenue Hy-Vee • Sioux Falls, SD Learn more at thisisfarming.org

We don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.

“Both children and parents gain so much from setting aside time to play together,” says Nelson. “It strengthens relationships, it encourages creativity and learning and, most important, it’s fun!”

Nelson’s expert Toyologists at both locations are well-trained and can answer questions and offer ideas as you look for that perfect gift. And, with the incredible number of games, puzzles,

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books and toys that fill the store, having those Toyologists on hand is welcome help.

Although the sheer quantity of items in the store may seem overwhelming at first, you quickly find that everything is perfectly organized into categories – infants and toddlers, transportation, science, music, games, arts and crafts, building, education and learning and seasonal favorites.

In South Dakota, farming is diverse. Bryan Jorgensen manages 10,000 acres of cropland on his family’s operation, which includes more than 3,000 Angus bulls and the Lazy J Grand Hunting Lodge. He’s passionate about creating healthy soil with high levels of organic matter, which he does through no-till, rotation and cover crops — so it’s more productive today and more valuable tomorrow.

Bryan Jorgensen • Jorgensen Land & Cattle • Ideal, SD Learn more at thisisfarming.org

One of Kidtopia’s fun special items is a glass container with two little, swimming frogs. The frogs only need to be fed a few small pellets twice a week and the water changed every couple of months, so they are a low-maintenance pet…and fun to watch, too.

Some of the winter favorites are snow ball and snow block makers, as well as kids’ snow shoes that leave an animal print as they walk.

With a toy from Kidtopia, kids can learn everything from tying shoes to programming circuit boards and from playing drums to building a lava volcano.

To help parents or grandparents who are shopping with young children, the Dawley Farm location built an elevated playhouse in the back of the store. Kids can go up a few steps to the playhouse,

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painted in bright colors and nature scenes, and enjoy some of the wall-mounted activity boards inside. And, when they’re done, they take a quick trip down the curved tube slide.

Kidtopia has several specials happening for the holidays, including: • Gift Card Wednesdays: Every Wednesday through Christmas, purchase a $25 gift card for only $20.

• Stocking Stuffer Sundays: Bring in your Christmas stocking on any Sunday through Christmas and anything that you can fit inside is 20% off! Some exclusions apply.

• 12 Days of Christmas Deals: Kidtopia’s 12 Days of Christmas Deals starts on Tuesday, December 13. Sign up at info@

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kidtopiakids.com to have special deals emailed to you. Use the subject heading Sign Me Up for your Email Deals. You can also visit their Facebook for the specials.

• Visit with Santa: Thursday evenings at The Bridges from 5-7pm and Friday evenings at Dawley Farm from 5-7pm. Saturdays you can find him at Dawley Farm from 10am-1pm and The Bridges from 2-5pm. He will have reindeer food and candy canes for the kids, along with hot chocolate and Christmas Cookies!

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Photo: Martin Girard / shootstudio.ca Costumes: Eiko Ishioka © 2014 Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil to Visit Sioux Falls December 11 - 14 Photo: Martin Girard / shootstudio.ca Costumes: Eiko Ishioka © 2014 Cirque du Soleil

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irque du Soleil will be making its first visit to Sioux Falls with Varekai. The Denny Sanford Premier Center will host six shows scheduled December 11-14. Schedules and ticketing information is available at dennysanfordpremiercenter.com Cirque du Soleil at a Glance From a group of 20 street performers at its beginnings in 1984, Cirque du Soleil is a major Québec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. The company

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has 5,000 employees, including 1,300 artists from close to 50 different countries.

Cirque du Soleil has brought wonder and delight to more than 100 million spectators in more than 300 cities in over forty countries on six continents. Cirque du Soleil International Headquarters are in Montreal, Canada.

For more information about Cirque du Soleil, visit www. cirquedusoleil.com

Varekai in Numbers…

Fun Facts!

Technical • The show has just over 100 motor points that hang the equipment from the ceiling in each arena we perform in. Varekai has 12 two ton motors and 90 one ton motors on the show.

• Hanging weight is 40 metric tonnes, which is made up of acrobatic apparatus’, speakers, lights, truss and parts of the stage.

• There are approximately 660 road cases and carts that carry all the equipment for the show.

• 3,500 casters for all the road cases and deck carts (that’s a lot of wheels!)

• There are 107 moving lights in Varekai • 142 speakers, 20 of those are sub woofers (that’s a lot of bass!!)

• There are 330 poles that make up the enchanted forest of Varekai and another 8 ‘acrobatic poles’ that are made out of 100% carbon fibre.

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Photo: Martin Girard / shootstudio.ca Costumes: Eiko Ishioka © 2014 Cirque du Soleil

• Varekai uses 100 pounds per week of dry ice

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• Varekai loads in in approximately 13 hours and loads-out in 3.5. We hire approximately 60 people on load-in day and 100 on load-out to assist the 24 Cirque du Soleil technicians that travel with the tour.

• The stage has 500 wheels it stands on to roll it onto the arena floor • The props department changes approximately 360 batteries per week to run all the props! Majority of them are all rechargeable.

• Varekai uses approximately 720 pins that hold pieces of the catwalk and truss parts together.

• The acrobatic winches can travel up to 10 ft/sec with an acrobat attached to it!

• Varekai has 10 servo motors and 8 linear actuators which control all the moving parts of the show.

• It takes approximately 1400 amps of power to run the show – the equivalent of 14 houses!

• Varekai has 4 night vision cameras that help monitor activity on stage and on the catwalk.

• The artists climb 92 steps to get up to the catwalk

• The white ‘bavette’ (French for ‘bib’) winch used in the Russian Swing Act can pull up to 1,300 lbs of tension.

• There are 268 panels (think of them as puzzle pieces) that make up the stage.

• There are 83 pieces of 8ft x 20ft truss.

• We use up to 17,750 ft2 of black fabric for side and general masking

Travel • 29, 260 hotel rooms booked in 2014

• We do approximately 60 loads of laundry per week • We travel with approximately 2,000 costume pieces. Out of the 18 semitrucks, 1.5 is dedicated solely to wardrobe!

• 22 meters of fabric is sewn onto each Algae costume from the Slippery Surface Act to look like Algae.

• Approximately 3500 Swarovski crystals are applied onto each Promise costume • 104 ‘tentacles’ are sewn onto each Flagella costume from the Slippery Surface Act • Each of the ‘Na’ costumes in Slippery Surface has 80 leaves. Our wardrobe team has to steam approximately 1,200 leaves before every show! They are all steamed one by one and all by hand!

• A genuine albino ostrich feather is given to The Promise by Icarus as a symbol of his love.

Catering • 50 Pineapples consumed per week • 50 quarts of strawberries consumed per week • 80 – 100 lbs of chicken consumed per week

• 44 cities visited in 1 year

• 100 – 150 lbs of potatoes consumed per week

• Varekai uses 20 twenty pound tanks of Co2 per week for the show

• 18 semi-trucks transport the show from city to city

• We go through 75 baguettes per week (bread)

• Varekai uses three 50 pounds tanks of Helium per week for the giant balloon.

• 450,000 miles driven to transport the entire show in 2014

• Approximately 1010 meals are prepared per week

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december 2014 On-Going Events Christmas at the Western Mall December 1 - January 1 • 5:30pm - 9:30pm Western Mall • 2101 W. 41st St. Enjoy the all-new beautiful digital light display set to music in the warmth of the Western Mall. Free-will donations support the Make-A-Wish of South Dakota. For more information, visit www. westernmallchristmas.com This listing posted for you by Make-A-Wish South Dakota. INFO (605) 335-8000.

Winter Wonderland December 1 - January 11

Falls Park • 900 North Phillips Avenue Winter Wonderland at Falls Park is a dazzling display of holiday lights for all ages. Falls Park will light up nightly through January 11, 2015. Falls Park Visitor Information Center is open 5-9pm MondaysThursdays, 5-10pm Fridays, 10am-10pm Saturdays & 10am-9pm Sundays during Winter Wonderland. INFO 605-275-6060.

Country Line Dance Lessons.

Sponsored by Dakota Country Dance Club Tuesday Nights, warm up at 6:45pm, Lessons 7-8:30pm additional free dancing afterwards Sioux Falls VFW 3601 S Minnesota Ave. Cost: $6.00 per person per class. INFO dakotacountrydanceclub.org

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Regular Events Romeo and Juliet December 3 - 7 • USD Campus • Vermillion, SD This class tale of star-crossed lovers is one of Shakespeare’s most beloved tragedies. Romeo falls in love with Juliet but due to their feuding families, the Montagues and Capulets, the lovers must marry in secret. Matters worsen when Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin in a duel the day before their wedding and must flee the city of Verona. This story has been transformed into musicals, movies, and ballets, and remains one of the most powerful love stories of all times. INFO (605) 677-5418.

Sioux Falls Shakespeare Society Thursday, December 4 • 7pm-9pm Caribou Coffee • 924 S. Minnesota Do you love Shakespeare? We do! We love Shakespeare so much that we get together once a month to read his plays out loud. Come join us as we finish reading MacBeth, arguably one of the best plays ever written. Bring a copy of the play, and prepare to be drawn into a world of ambition, scheming, and murder. To RSVP and for further information contact Phil Kappen. INFO (605) 201-1017.

Art Moms (and friends) Holiday Boutique December 4 -6 and December 10 - 21

3101 West 41st Street Shop unique and handmade gifts from local artists. INFO (605) 3514784.

USF Madrigal Dinners December 4 - 6 University of Sioux Falls, McDonald Center • 1101 W. 22nd St. The University of Sioux Falls Madrigal Dinners are an annual series of Renaissance-themed Christmas dinner theater performances.

Established in 1964 by Lois Harchanko, Music Professor Emeritus, the Madrigal Dinners represent one of the longest-standing and strongest traditions associated with USF. The performances combine vocal and instrumental music, dancing, drama and fine dining. INFO (605) 331-6631.

A Holiday Evening at the Pettigrew Home & Museum Thursday, December 4 • 5pm - 8pm Pettigrew Home & Museum • 131 N. Duluth Avenue Experience A Holiday Evening at the Pettigrew Home. Enjoy a special evening tour of the historic Pettigrew Home, take a neighborhood horse drawn wagon ride, and enjoy holiday music and refreshments in the Pettigrew Museum. Admission is Free.

Augustana Christmas Vespers December 5 - 7 • 7pm

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Our Savior’s Lutheran Church • 909 W. 33rd St. As part of Christmas at Augustana, the Augustana Performing and Visual Arts presents Christmas Vespers 2014, “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus,” a celebration of the birth of Christ featuring Augustana’s four choirs and the orchestra, Dec. 5-7, at Our Saviors Lutheran Church. Tickets are $17 for adults, $12 for seniors (65+), and $10 for students K-12 and Augie students with an ID. INFO (605) 274-5320.

The Old Courthouse Museum Winter Concert Series Friday, December 5 • Noon - 1pm Old Courthouse Museum • 200 West Sixth Street Listen to live music in the courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch or purchase one from The Pickle Barrel. (605) 367-4210 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com

Luverne Winterfest December 5 & 6 • Luverne, Minnesota Plan to spend the day in Luverne. Festival of trees, wine and beer tasting, Holiday Jam, arts & crafts show, steak fry, kids in the kitchen contest, Santa’s workshop, puppet show story hour and so much more. Please visit luvernechamber.com or cityofluverne.org for schedule. INFO 888-283-4061.

Benson’s Flea Market December 6 & 7 W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds Benson’s Flea Market is a nostalgic experience sure to bring back memories from childhood, stimulate excitement and provide hours of shopping entertainment. 65% of this show consists of antiques and collectibles, 15% is new items and the rest is rummage sale type items. INFO (605) 367-7178.

Breakfast with Santa Saturday, December 6 • 8am - 1pm Great Plains Zoo • 805 S. Kiwanis Ave. Visit the Great Room winter wonderland with more than 20 decorated and themed trees. This event has become an annual holiday tradition for many families. Meet Santa and Mrs. Claus, enjoy assorted muffins, a make-your-own-snow activity, live carolers, up-close animal encounters, Zoo viewing and more!

INFO (605) 367-7003.

Kidgits Milk & Cookies with Santa Saturday, December 6 • 9am 4001 W. 41st Street Enjoy a sweet treat with the big man himself during this holiday celebration! Not a Kidgits member? No problem! You may register at the event or by visiting Simon Guest Services to learn more! A one year membership is $5 per child. No additional fee for current members. INFO (605) 361-3301.

The Outsiders World Tour Featuring Eric Church Saturday, December 6 • 7pm The Denny Sanford PREMIER Center

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The Outsiders World Tour featuring Eric Church makes a stop at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center with special guests Dwight Yoakam and Halestorm. INFO (605) 367-7288.

Ceili Dance Program Sunday, December 7 • 2pm Old Courthouse Museum • 200 West Sixth Street Ceili (pronounced KAY-lee) is an Irish social dance. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced dancer, Ceili dancing is a fun and energetic way to spend an evening. Get ready to dance at the Old Courthouse Museum! Free Admission. INFO (605) 3674210 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com

1st Annual Winter Pancake Feed December 7 • 9am - 2pm Multi-Cultural Center of Sioux Falls 515 N. Main Avenue Just $7 gets you all you can eat pancakes, sausage, orange juice, and coffee. Kids 2 and under eat free. All proceeds go to the after school programs. INFO 367-7401.

An Advent Festival of Lessons & Music Monday, December 8 • 7:30pm Calvary Episcopal Cathedral • 500 South Main Avenue Free performance by the South Dakota String Quartet, the Calvary Cathedral Choir (directed by Dr. Monty Barnard and featuring soprano Paula Hahn) and organist Diane Van Den Oever. Music of the season is interspersed with Bible readings that tell the story of the fall of humanity and the promise of the Messiah. Based on the service held in England since 1880 and made famous by King’s College, Cambridge, which has broadcast the service worldwide on Christmas Eve since 1928.

INFO (605) 336-3486.

Band Christmas Extravaganza Thursday, December 11 • 7:30 Washington Pavilion • 301 S. Main Ave. As part of Christmas at Augustana, the Augustana Performing and Visual Arts presents the Augustana Bands Christmas Extravaganza, a holiday concert featuring nearly 200 instrumentalists, including the Augustana Brass Choir, the Augustana Band, and the Augustana College/Community Band.

Tickets $15-$20 and are free for students K-12 and those with a valid Augie ID. INFO (605) 367-6000.

St. Lucia Festival December 11 - 13 St. Mark’s Lutheran Church • 2001 South Elmwood The St. Lucia Festival celebrates the best things of Christmas: community, light, family, children, and good food. We share an invitation to our community to consider making a St. Lucia performance part of their 2014 Christmas experience. All proceeds will be given to the Berakhah House for Homeless Veterans. Times and INFO 605-332-4092 or www.SMLuth.org

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Cirque Du Soleil: Varekai December 11 - 14 The Denny Sanford PREMIER Center From a group of 20 street performers at its beginnings in 1984, Cirque du Soleil is a major Québec-based organization providing high-quality artistic entertainment. The company has close to 4,000 employees, including 1,300 artists from close to 50 different countries. INFO (605) 367-7288.

Sanford PROMISE Community Lecture Series Thursday, December 11 • 5:30pm 2301 E. 60th Street North Sanford Research hosts monthly lecture series aimed at educating the community on research initiatives in our own backyard. The lecture series is part of The Sanford PROMISE, an outreach program designed to connect communities, students and educators with new frontiers in science and research. This month’s lecture will be given by Jessica Hanson, PhD, Associate Scientist with the Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research at Sanford Research.

INFO (605) 312-6417.

Flower and Flame at the Old Courthouse Museum Winter Concert Series Friday, December 12 • noon - 1pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street

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String ensemble Flower and Flame will perform A Christmas Carol in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch or purchase one from Bagel Boy. (605) 3674210 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com

Big Band Ballroom Dance Friday, December 12 • 6:45pm El Riad Shrine • 501 S. Phillips Ave. Attend the only Big Band Ballroom Dance in the area! Each month, a big band gets the crowd moving and shaking with music from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. All ages and abilities are welcome. Swing is the most popular dance among the crowd but several others are danced as well. INFO (605) 670-9375.

Sioux Falls Skyforce Friday, December 12 • 7pm • Sanford Pentagon Come out and watch high-quality basketball here in Sioux Falls! INFO (605) 332-0605.

Tom Roberts - Storytelling/Book Signing at 1948 Trading Co. Saturday, December 13 • 10am - noon 1948 Trading Company • 721 N. Splitrock Blvd.

South Dakota author and storyteller, Tom Roberts will share stories and sign copies of his new book, RETURN TO THE FARM - A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY. INFO (605) 965-3138.

Christmas is Here benefit concert with Jill Miller

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Saturday, December 13 • 7pm - 9pm Orpheum Theater • 315 N. Phillips Ave. Nashville recording artist Jill Miller returns to Sioux Falls for the fourth annual Christmas benefit concert for Family Visitation Center.

Jill’s energetic performance expertly blends traditional and original music for an unforgettable Christmas experience you won’t want to miss. INFO (605) 275-2071.

Tuesday, December 16 • 7pm Sanford Pentagon Come out and watch high-quality basketball right here in Sioux Falls!

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Annual German Christmas Service Sunday, December 14 • 4pm First Lutheran Church • 327 S. Dakota Ave. Please join us for our annual German Christmas service at First Lutheran Church. Coffee and German Christmas cookies, cake and goodies are served afterwards. INFO (605) 336-3734.

Voices of Angels Sunday, December 14 • 3pm - 4pm Calvary Episcopal Cathedral • 500 S. Main Ave. Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104 Sacred, secular and seasonal selections will be presented by the Preparatory Choir, Concert Choir and Encore. Special guest, Paula Hahn, soprano, will also appear with the boys. Freewill offering.

INFO 789-1524.

Rosemaling Demonstration at the Old Courthouse Museum Tuesday, December 16 • 1pm - 4pm Old Courthouse Museum • 200 West Sixth Street Eileen Halverson will be demonstrating the Norwegian folk art of Rosemaling (decorative painting) in the second floor hallway. Stop in any time for a demonstration or to ask questions! INFO (605) 3674210 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com

Kid’s Activity Day at the Old Courthouse Museum Thursday, December 18 • 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m.

Old Courthouse Museum • 200 West Sixth Street Learn about history and make your own crafts to take home. 15 minute sessions run throughout morning and afternoon times. Call to reserve times. Free admission. INFO (605) 367-4210 or www. siouxlandmuseums.com

Plains Folk at the Old Courthouse Museum Winter Concert Series Friday, December 19 • noon - 1pm

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Old Courthouse Museum • 200 West Sixth Street Plains Folk will perform in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch or purchase one from The Pickle Barrel. (605) 367-4210 or www. siouxlandmuseums.com

Sea & Sky Saturday, December 20 • 10am - 2pm Sertoma Butterfly House & Marine Cove 4320 S. Oxbow Ave. Every third Saturday, we take the opportunity to highlight a special insect or animal. Come learn fun facts and make a craft inspired by the featured creature! INFO (605) 334-9466.

Holiday Jam with the Hegg Brothers to benefit LifeScape Sunday, December 21 • 4pm - 6pm Orpheum Theatre • 315 North Phillips Ave. This is a holiday favorite, with the Hegg Brothers and company serving up Christmastime favorites in both traditional and jazzy new arrangements. This performance benefits children and adults served by LifeScape, formerly Children’s Care Hospital & School and South Dakota Achieve. INFO (605) 444-9600.

Sioux Falls Skyforce Thursday, December 25 • 7pm Sanford Pentagon Come enjoy high-quality basketball right here in Sioux Falls!

INFO (605) 332-0605.

Anjelic at the Old Courthouse Museum Winter Concert Series Friday, December 26 • noon - 1pm Old Courthouse Museum • 200 West Sixth Street Anjelic will perform holiday favorites in the historic courtroom of the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch or purchase one from The Cookie Jar. (605) 367-4210 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com

Sioux Falls Skyforce Saturday, December 27 Sanford Pentagon Come enjoy high-quality basketball right here in Sioux Falls!

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Starlab Inflatable Planetarium at the Old Courthouse Museum Tuesday, December 30 • 1pm, 2pm, 3pm Old Courthouse Museum • 200 West Sixth Street Discover the night sky, explore the constellations! Starlab is a program for adults and children over the age of 5. Not recommended for those not comfortable in the dark. Tickets only $2, program begins promptly on the hour with no late entry.

Groups of 8 or more, please call ahead. INFO (605) 367-4210 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com

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Holiday Season Volunteer Opportunities

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any charities are desperate for people to lend a helping hand over the festive season. But they do need to plan ahead, so if you are thinking of volunteering this Christmas, now’s the time to find out what opportunities are available in your area.

Take a look at some of the ideas below and get in touch directly with the organizations featured if you want to get involved.

You could also think about getting your company volunteering. Gather your co-workers and choose a volunteering opportunity that suits you and your team - however big or small. You’ll know that you’ve made a real difference – made a child’s eyes light up as they unwrap a present or given hope to a homeless person.

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Everyone knows that volunteering is meant to improve and support our community by giving our time and energy to nonprofit agencies that provide much needed services.

However, that’s not where the benefits stop!

Volunteering is also very beneficial to the volunteer: • Gain Experience • Resume Building • Gain New Skills • Meet People • Feel Great About Making A Difference!

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(Formerly Holiday Clearing House) Volunteer a couple hours of your time to help ministry staff collect and enter donor and recipient applications into our database. We will be hosting data entry nights for volunteers to come and have some fun while serving. Also consider volunteer to help collect and distribution gifts during our Distribution Days in early December.

Please contact Dane Block at 605-331-3935 or Randi Helder at 605334-9789.

The Angel Tree is located in the Empire Mall, starting November 28, 2014, through Christmas Eve. Purchase a gift for a child, ages infant - 12 years old, and return the unwrapped gift to the angel tree site before December 24, 2014. Volunteers are needed during Mall hours.

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28 through Dec. 24 during mall hours. Must volunteer for a minimum of a 2 hour shift. Please contact Jen Anderson at jen.anderson@ chssd.org or 605-338-0116.

Salvation Army • Bell Ringing During the holiday season, please plan to help the Salvation Army raise money for the people they serve. Volunteer as a bell ringer at shopping locations in Sioux Falls during the holiday season. Contact Cherel at 605-338-6649.

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Goodwill of The Great Plains • Shoe and Mitten Party Held for kids 5-11 on Dec. 13, 2014, invite only. Volunteers (16 and older) are needed to help make Christmas a special time to the children in our community. We will be fitting over 1300 children with a new pair of shoes from 10am until 2pm. Volunteers are needed from 9:30am to 3pm. Please call Elthea or Pat at (605) 731-1932.

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Active Generations • North Pole Carnival Saturday, December 6th (snow/blizzard date 12/13) Volunteer as a Christmas Elf. Volunteers are needed to help run carnival games, help in the North Pole Computer lab. Help with crafts and in Mrs. Clause Kitchen or the ELF School. Would like volunteers 14 years or older. Two shifts available: 9am - 11am or 11am - 1:30pm.

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Family Visitation Center Jill Miller Christmas Is Here Benefit Concert Volunteers are needed on Dec. 13 for the 7pm concert at The Orpheum as ticket takers, ushers, coat checkers, etc. Please contact Sheri Gunderson at 605-275.2071 or Sheri.gunderson@fvcenter.org

Toys for Tots • Toys for Tots Distribution Help distribute gifts to area children and their families. Volunteers are needed 8am-8pm, Dec 13 &14 and Dec. 20 & 21. Please contact Melissa Jungemann at siouxfallstoysfortots@yahoo.com

Lifescape • Holiday Visitor Spend time with youth living at Lifescape, giving individual attention to a youth whose family may not be able to visit for the holidays.

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Active Generations • Christmas Meal Help serve a holiday meal Dec 5th from 11 am to 2 pm. Volunteers are needed to help people through the line, with beverages, clean up and set up of tables. Please contact Melissa Townsend at (605) 333-3304.

Community Outreach • Christmas for a Cause December 12, at the Orpheum Theater, volunteers are needed to help with usher and seat people at the Brown’s concert; volunteer as stage hands to assist the musicians in loading and unloading their instruments; helping welcome people as receptions and collecting distributions, and assisting with set up and tear down in the event and event hall. Please contact Dane Bloch at 605-331-3935 or dane@ thecommunityoutreach.org

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Sharing Christmas • Center of Hope, Community Outreach Sharing Christmas (formerly Holiday Clearing House) s coordinated by The Community Outreach and Center of Hope, which provides Christmas gifts to families in need through the support of community churches, businesses, community organizations, and individuals. To sponsor a family, complete an online application or call The Community Outreach, (605) 331-3935 or Center of Hope, (605) 334-9789. www. thecommunityoutreach.org

Operation Christmas Child • Abiding Savior Free Lutheran Church 4100 S. Bahnson Ave. in Sioux Falls Benefits underprivileged children in foreign countries. Fill a shoebox with toys, candy, school supplies and necessities, plus $7 for shipping costs. Call church for suggested gift items. 605-371-3800.

Sioux Falls Cares Sioux Falls Cares is a non-profit, community based project providing food, new clothes and toys for needy families every Christmas since 1991. Their goal is to share with those less fortunate with children from pre-school age through high school. They provide toys, food, clothing (caps, gloves, and socks) to families in need with children during Christmas. Volunteers needed December 10 and 11. To donate – call Joan Millage, 332-9146 or siouxfallscares@hotmail.com. To apply – talk to your child’s school counselor.

Angel Tree • Salvation Army Donate a new, unwrapped gift item to a child in need at the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree in the Macy’s Wing at the Empire Mall through December 24. Contact Major Belinda Riggs at (605) 338-6649.

Coats for Kids • KDLT Donate gently used coats for children. Drop off at any local Lewis store. Coats are distributed through Salvation Army. 605-361-5555 or 605-338-6649.

Children’s Connection Christmas Party Christmas for children with an incarcerated loved one can be a lonely time of year. Donate tied fleece blankets or board games. This is the only gift that many of our children receive. www.sdfamilyconnection. org. Please contact Lou Vogt at 605-357-0777 or vogtlou@ sdfamilyconnection.org

Tree of Hope • McCrossan Boy’s Ranch The McCrossan Boys Ranch Tree of Hope will be located at Scheels All Sports on 41st & Western, Dakota Sports/Dakota Lettering on Kiwanis, Hy-Vee on Minnesota Avenue, and Wal-Mart on 60th St. N. The trees will be on display through December 26th. Gifts for boys ages 9-20 are needed. Just pick a card off the tree and return unwrapped to the store you picked it up at or bring to McCrossan Boys Ranch by December 26th. Cards with the boys’ wish lists are also available by calling McCrossan Boys Ranch and make a great project for organizations, businesses, and church groups to sponsor gifts for the boys. Please call for information on hosting a tree or getting cards mailed to you.

Christy at 339-1203 or Christy.menning@mccrossan.org

Turkey and Ham Drive Feeding South Dakota does a turkey and ham drive in November and December. They collect turkeys to give to families for Thanksgiving and then hams for Christmas. Donation can be dropped off at the Food Pantry. John Geyer is the contact: john@feedingsouthdakota. org or 335-6921.

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LSS Center for New Americans We are accepting new or good, clean, used coats, scarves, hats, gloves, snow pants, mittens and boots for men, women, and children. At the present time we are unable to accept general clothing donations. Donations may be brought to the Center for New Americans in Sioux Falls. Linda Jensen, LSS Development Officer at 1-800-568-2401 ext. 7536, 605-444-7536 or Linda.Jensen@LssSD.org

Crafting Hearts • LifeScape Children’s Care Hospital & South Dakota Achieve LifeScape supports children with disabilities to explore their world through various hands-on leisure activities. LifeScape would welcome various crafting supplies such paint, finger paint, brushes, paper, glue, craft accessories, ceramics, yarn, ribbon, wire, beads, buttons, tissue paper, scrapbooking supplies, Styrofoam shapes, etc.

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Refugee Christmas LSS Center for New Americans Want to share a smile this Christmas? Give a gift to a newly-arrived refugee family. Something as simple as a teddy bear, warm mittens, or a book can make a big difference for a family who has fled from war and persecution and arrived in the U.S. in the last year. Please contact Kristyne Walth for more information: Kristyne.walth@lsssd. org or (605) 731-2009.

Howliday Tree For Shelter Pets Sioux Falls Area Humane Society Take an ornament off our holiday tree for shelter pets. Each ornament has a wish list item on the back. Donate the item by placing it under the tree. This will take place Dec. 1 to 31. INFO (605) 338-4441.

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Holiday Assistance • Glory House The Glory House would welcome the following holiday-related donations: Gifts for clients to give to their children at Christmas; turkeys or hams both for residential clients and clients that live in the community; Gift baskets for clients’ families; Christmas party presents for clients that could be a gift from “Santa.” Please contact Robin Erz at rerz@glory-house.org

Holiday Utility Assistance Giving • Community Outreach Help support a family by contributing to our fund specifically designed to assist with utilities. Help keep families in warm housing during the holiday season. Gifts can be made in any amount. To make a contribution, make checks payable to The Community Outreach, or visit www.thecommunityoutreach.org. Please contact Dane Bloch at 605-331-3915 or dane@thecommunityoutreach.org

Teen Town • Augustana College Donate a $25 gift for a teen boy or teen girl. The gifts are given out at Teen Town in cooperation with Toy Town, a program of the Salvation Army. Gifts should be delivered to the Volunteer Services office at Augustana College before Dec. 15. Fill out the donor intake form at www.augie.edu/teentown or contact volunteer@augie.edu or 605274-5011.

Guardian Tree • Foster Parents Association Benefits foster children & the families they are working with. Located at Department of Social Services. Gift ideas will be given to individuals and groups that want to participate. Return gifts unwrapped as early as possible, but no later than December 19. Contact Tracy Kunzelman at 367-5444 ext 206.

Project Warm Up • Rosa Parks Elementary Good Samaritan Society-Adopt-A-Neighborhood Christmas gifts for residents.

Help Good Samaritan Society provide a very special Christmas to residents by adopting a neighborhood and providing gifts from their wish list. Businesses, corporate groups and individuals are asked to host a Christmas gift collection and adopt five residents or many more! There are over 400 residents to adopt. Donors can shop or donate money to have gifts purchased. Groups have the option to come help hand out gifts, drop them off, or arrange for us to pick them up by December 8th. Please contact Tiffany Eichstadt at 9291242 or teichsta@good-sam.com

Hoodies & Footies • The Banquet The Banquet is collecting brand new sweatshirts and socks to give to the guests for Christmas. Please purchase a hooded sweatshirt in your size and a pair of warm socks for a guest. Donations can be dropped off at The Banquet, Monday-Friday, 9am - 5pm, or on

Saturday, Dec 13 • 11am - 3pm Last year, nearly 1000 students were identified as homeless in the Sioux Falls School District and even more have extreme needs due to health, employment, and family issues. Project Warm-Up provides students in need with a warm fleece blanket to have as their very own. Donations of money and fleece are accepted at any time at the Instructional Planning Center, 201 E. 38th Street and Rosa Parks Elementary School, 5701 E Red Oak Dr. Contact Tracy Vik at 605-3604858 or tracy.vik@k12.sd.us

Be A Santa To A Senior • Home Instead Senior Care Christmas trees, which will go up in all Lewis Drug stores in Sioux Falls in early November, will feature ornaments with the age & gender only of the seniors and their respective gift requests. If you would like to help, please stop into one of the six Lewis Drug stores and purchase a gift for a senior in need, and return it by December 15. Contact is Home Instead Senior Care at 605-274-2273 or homeinstead.com/siouxfalls.

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left in place, such as the curved, frosted glass block divider wall just inside the entryway.

On the other side of the divider is a dining space with a bay window. Chairs in different styles surround the glass table with its unique twisted glass base. For the Christmas season, Crotty added a tablescape of flowers, a lantern and pillar candle and a trumpeting herald.

The dining area opens into the living room, which also has

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a large bay window to bring in plenty of natural light. Sheer white fabric frames the bay window, and it gives the illusion of a blanket of snow under the pine garland that is draped across it for the holiday season.

The family Christmas tree takes center stage next to the fireplace. The stockings are hung on the white marble mantel, and a wall of mirrored panels behind the fireplace reflect the light of the candlesticks, all in varying heights, that are spaced

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Another retro accent is the silver, rotary dial wall phone with its oversized receiver.

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Just off the dining area is a den with a wood-paneled wall that is original to the house. The Crottys left the wall because if the unique geometric design of the angled wood panels. They used that wall as the inspiration to create a “woodsy” feel in the room, which is enhanced by the view of the tall evergreens out the front window. The den also has a fireplace with a traditional brick frame and wooden mantel.

A collection of wood-carved statues in holiday dress and skates can be found on the side table and on the built in shelves on either side of the fireplace. The artist who created them took great care to add life-like details, including fur trim on the girls’ long coats.

Going upstairs from the den, the family can spread out and find their own space in their bedrooms. The master suite has a wall inset with a large square of the glass blocks, and another wall of windows overlooking the backyard, or “the woods” as the Crotty kids call it. The tall, mature trees offer enough

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Moving from the main level to the lower level, another curved wall of glass blocks provides the divider between the dining room and the steps leading downstairs. The curve of the wall also provides enough space for the four kid to climb behind it and use it as a hideout.

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“My brother and I played with them (their claws carefully banded) on the kitchen floor before they met their fate.

Mom prepared them just as she had been instructed by Julia Child on her eponymous TV show. I savored the sweet flesh that was my plaything just an hour before. I was hooked.”

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n the vast prairies of South Dakota, lobster is considered a meal only for special occasions. Even then, many frugal and culinarily-conservative people here in our landlocked region would never consider such an indulgence. But I’m not one of those people. I love lobster. I’ve been known to send myself Lobstergrams® and relish the opportunity to choose a lively crustacean from the tank at a restaurant or mega-mart. I think it started when I was a kid and my dad brought back a couple of feisty crustaceans from a business trip to Cape Cod. My brother

and I played with them (their claws carefully banded) on the kitchen floor before they met their fate. Mom prepared them just as she had been instructed by Julia Child on her eponymous TV show. I savored the sweet flesh that was my plaything just an hour before. I was hooked.

But lobster hasn’t always been a delicacy. It’s said that when the first European settlers reached these shores, lobsters were so plentiful they would wash up on the beach, sometimes in piles two-feet high. In the 17th century, they were used as

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livestock feed, sacrificed to the beef, pork and lamb that were more prized in the day. They were so cheap and abundant that they were fed to prisoners and slaves. Oh, how times have changed. In the 1880s, travelers discovered the lobster, and fancy restaurants specializing in them began to open along the Eastern seaboard. As the popularity increased, the supply went down and the price went up.

While numbers of lobsters in the Northeastern United States have dwindled since those days, there are still plenty of them to go around. Due to near record harvests over the last three years, the price of lobster on the east coast has fallen dramatically, with the soft-shelled variety selling for as little as five dollars a pound in coastal towns this summer. But that didn’t mean we saw the price drop here. With the challenges of transporting live lobsters and the implied luxury, the prices here in flyovercountry have remained high.

The lobster most of us know is Homarus Americanus—the bright red American lobster with massive claws. These are the ones you see in the tank at the mega-mart or Red Lobster. Prized for their large size and sweet meat, they are only found in the Atlantic, from the shores of New Jersey to Newfoundland. Lesser known are the spiny lobsters found in the Caribbean or off the shores of Latin American and Southeast Asia. They are smaller and lack the claws, but the tail meat is still outstanding.

One of the most memorable meals my beloved and I have shared was in the town of Red Hook, on the eastern tip of the island of St. Thomas. We were seated at a table just feet away from the dock and overlooking the harbor. We had arrived before the dinner crowd and the server told us that she would need to check on the availability of lobsters for the evening. As

we watched the sun set, a small boat pulled up to the dock and a man got out with two five-gallon buckets of freshly caught spiny lobsters. He carried them straight into the kitchen; thirty minutes later, two of them were on our plates, grilled and served with drawn butter. That’s the Caribbean equivalent of fresh tomatoes right out of the garden.

But as I said before, back here on the prairie, lobster’s cost and scarcity have kept them relegated to only the most special of occasions, like Christmas. Every year at Christmas, my family comes together for a seafood feast – crab legs, shrimp, clams and oysters. But lobsters are often left out of the party. Not this year. I’ve already scored a frozen box of spiny lobster tails from the warehouse club, so I’m just trying to decide how to prepare them. The obvious option would be to steam, broil or grill them. My dad would love the meat piled onto lobster rolls, but there are so many more options than those old tried and true favorites. I’m thinking a lobster risotto would make a nice side dish, as would a rich and decadent lobster mac and cheese.

Or we could take a Latin twist and try lobster tacos, with a little heat and some fresh avocado. Or maybe we’ll try a more simple and elegant approach by poaching them in butter to bring out the sweetness. How about homemade lobster ravioli or lobster corn chowder? So many options; I’m going to need to try a bunch of these before Christmas. I better get cooking.

My holiday wish is, to paraphrase Harry Truman, a “Lobster in Every Pot.” Do yourself a favor and eat something good today.

When he’s not in the kitchen, Jim runs ADwërks, an advertising agency in downtown Sioux Falls and dreams about pulling lobsters from the Big Sioux.

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o your eyelids creak when they open? Has your tongue been scrubbed with sandpaper? Is the Little Drummer Boy playing on your cerebral cortex? This time of year, the punch bowl is spiked, the eggnog is made, the wines are uncorked, and beer is released flowing like a river… and sometimes we pay the next day.

Thousands of years ago, man discovered alcohol; the next day he discovered the hangover. Since then, we’ve learned a lot about what causes hangovers but not what cures them. Their effects are explained by Newton’s law: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Of course, the only way to avoid a hangover is to not drink too much in the first place. When you mock moderation, alcohol passes from the stomach into the small intestine. Some of it is

absorbed there, but most of it heads on to the liver. But the liver can only metabolize one drink an hour—allowing the rest of the alcohol to speed through your system, hitting other organs, like your brain. Remember those commercials? “This is your brain.

This is your brain on drugs. Any questions?”

Sometimes what we think of as a hangover may in fact be an allergic reaction to wine. Wine contains some 800 components, including substances such as sulfites that protect it against unwanted bacteria and oxidation. Sulfur dioxide is a natural byproduct of fermentation and is present even in wines to which no sulfites have been added, including organic wines.

Sulfites have gotten an unfair rap since the government requires warnings on wine labels about them and not the other 799 compounds. Yet they cause reactions in only about 1% of

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the general population and 5% of asthmatics—the percentage of severe reactions is even smaller. Most people consume some 160 milligrams of them daily, in foods like beer, shrimp, dried fruits, and salad bars. By contrast, a bottle of wine contains less than one milligram.

Physically fit people cope better with hangovers because their circulation is better. For the same reason, dancing while you drink helps to metabolize alcohol, but exercise the next day doesn’t do much good. Some scientists believe that happy drinkers experience a less severe hangover than grim ones.

Regular drinkers metabolize alcohol more quickly up to a point: heavy drinkers with damaged livers take longer.

Sparkling wine carries alcohol into the blood stream more quickly, but it doesn’t really matter what the source of alcohol is—it’s the net alcohol by volume that counts. And there’s a significant difference between a wine with 8% alcohol, such as cool-climate Riesling, and 15% alcohol, such as hot-climate Zinfandel.

Other common advice includes eating before and during drinking to slow the absorption of alcohol into your bloodstream.

And drinking a glass of water between each alcoholic drink helps too. It won’t dilute your buzz—in fact, it will prolong it, as well as diminishing the effects of dehydration the next day.

(Avoid carbonated water, though. Like champagne, it carries the alcohol into the blood more quickly.)

The “hair of the dog” remedy, drinking a bit more alcohol the next morning to lessen the effects of withdrawal, is popular all over the world. One of the most popular is the Bloody Mary, made of vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, salt, celery salt, black pepper, sugar, lemon or lime. Its benefit is probably that tomato juice contains vitamin C and restorative flavonols and trace elements.

Whatever your “trick” to beat the after-effects of imbibing a little too much at a holiday party this year, I suggest using what works for you. Just because your friend is able to down 6 raw eggs in some lemon juice the next morning and feel fine, doesn’t mean it will work for you. As Lord Byron said, “Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter. Sermons and sodawater the day after.” Carpe Vino and Happy Holidays!

When Riccardo isn’t writing about the effects of wine, he is the VP of Sales and Marketing for Fernson Brewing Company in Sioux Falls. Follow him and the brewery on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Riccardo will celebrate Christmas with his beautiful wife Marybeth and their three sons, Dante, Berent, and Jaxon.

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What to Do About Neck and Back Pain

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ne wrong move and you’ve thrown your back out. Or, you wake up with your neck so stiff you can barely turn your head. What’s actually causing all that pain and what can you do about it?

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– second only to upper-respiratory infections. Yet it’s also not uncommon for people to go from specialist to specialist, trying to get their pain resolved.

“Virtually every human being will have back problems at some point in life, yet the vast majority get better on their own,” said Henk Klopper, MD, with Avera Medical Group Neurosurgery.

There are three main reasons for neck and back pain: muscle strains and sprains, disk problems, and arthritis of the spinal joints, said Thomas Ripperda, MD, with Avera Medical Group Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Injuries to your neck or back are most likely when you make a sudden move you’re not prepared for. For example, you bend down to pull a weed, and exert more force than you intended.

You hear cries from the backseat of the car, and wrench your neck suddenly, looking back to see what happened. Or, you’ve just lifted something and you suddenly slip and try to catch yourself. “Your brain has not prepared your body for this motion by sending the message to the muscles to contract,” Dr. Ripperda said.

A prolonged, awkward position, like holding the phone

between your shoulder and ear, also can cause a painful muscle strain.

“The reason for back pain can be confusing. Even though the most common injury is muscle strain, an MRI often will show some degenerative changes that may or may not be correlated to pain,” Dr. Klopper said.

Everyone experiences disk degeneration with aging. “You can be as young as a teenager, but most people begin to develop some changes in their 30s. Like a car, the longer you have the car, the more you will accumulate scratches and dents,” Dr. Klopper said.

“Most experts believe that frequent muscle spasms are secondary to joint or disk issues,” Dr. Ripperda said. “In other words, a muscle strain might be triggered by an underlying cause.”

When pain strikes, most people try to resolve it at home first. You might want to try ibuprofen to reduce pain and inflammation. Cold, heat or alternating cold and heat might be helpful as well.

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itself to heal. Symptom control improves function and eases pain during that healing phase, Dr. Ripperda said. “In the vast majority of cases we see improved symptoms and patients are able to function while the body is doing most of the work of healing.”

When more treatment is needed, the Avera Spine Center’s approach is to try conservative, non-surgical methods first. This may include medication, physical therapy and altered activities.

“In fact, only 10 to 15 percent of neck and back pain patients require surgery,” Dr. Klopper said.

Spine specialists can provide helpful education on how to prevent pain through strengthening exercises, and prescribe medications to control flare-ups when they occur.

When surgery is required, there are a variety of approaches based on the complexity of disease.

Minimally invasive spinal surgeries can correct narrowing caused by arthritis or disk herniation. “This is the most success we have in spine surgery. We go in through a small tube inserted in a small incision, and remove the material that is pressing on the nerve. The incision is much smaller than in the past and recovery is faster,” Dr. Klopper said.

While surgery does not stop the progression of arthritis or degenerative disk disease, it can give patients years of pain-free living, allowing them to remain active at work or play.

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town remained just a small locale, tucked into the rolling hills of southern Indiana until 1914, when Santa Claus’ postmaster, James Martin, started answering children’s letters.

In the years since, so many people came to get Santa Claus’ special postmark that the U.S. Post Office suggested they change the name of the town.

“We’re very glad that didn’t happen,” Melissa Brockman, director of the Spencer County Visitors Bureau, said. “The town’s name is huge during the holidays. We get holiday mail to postmark, letters to Santa and have big Christmas events,” because of the name, she said.

Postmaster Martin continued to answer children’s letters for many years with the help of a friend. Today, the mail load is so heavy, the town formed a non-profit organization, Santa’s Elves,

Inc., and along with the assistance of the Santa Claus Museum, they answer all the letters to Santa that find their way during the holidays.

The post office in Santa Claus processes 400,000 pieces of mail, Brockman said. “The museum handles the letters to Santa and they handle about 12,000 of those a year.”

In the summer, visitors pour into Santa Claus to go to Santa’s Candy Castle, built around 1935. In the historic building, they find a great assortment of gourmet treats including peanut butter fudge, toffee, caramels and a variety of hot chocolate choices.

Guests also love to log in to the North Pole Network, where they are directly connected with Santa’s workshop and can chat with one of the elves. There are also a lot of “selfies” taken with their historic 22 foot-tall, 40 ton sculpture of Santa outside.

Summer guests to Santa Claus also come for Holiday World and Splashin Safari Water Park, an exciting fun-filled center of recreation. Started by a father of nine in 1945, the park opened decorated for the holidays. Alpine architecture greeted visitors who could visit Santa’s Headquarters, Toyland, a restaurant, gift shop, toy museum and a chat on Santa’s lap.

Today, the park has the same feel as it did in 1935 and is run by one of the founder’s sons. There are new rides, live shows, musicals and displays that make it a place to feel the joy of the holidays year-round.

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TIME magazine called Holiday World’s The Voyage, the top wooden roller coaster in the nation. Riders get a feeling of weightlessness for 24.3 seconds on the ride, and experience one of the steepest drops on any wooden roller coaster in the world.

Their water rides are even more spectacular. Their “water coaster,” Mammoth, is seven stories high and covers three acres.

There are breathtaking drops, and a unique technology that propels six-passenger boats up hills and through 12-foot-wide channels and dark tunnels.

The newest ride to open at Holiday World is the Thunderbird. It will be the nation’s first launched wing coaster. At 165 feet tall, it will launch “winged trains full of riders” into a 140-foot-tall loop, accelerating people from zero to 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds.

If water and thrill rides aren’t in the plans, visitors can drive just five miles west of town to see President Abraham Lincoln’s boyhood home. Lincoln lived there from the time he was nine until he was 21 years old. They have a replica of the homestead where he lived and a living history farm on the site.

History buffs can also stop by two places that influenced Lincoln’s future careers, including Lincoln Landing where he launched his first flatboat trip to New Orleans, inspiring his antislavery views. At Lincoln Ferry Park he was accused of running an illegal ferry service across the Ohio River. When he was acquitted in the case, he decided to learn more about the law, and later became an attorney.

Summer visitors can expect perfect touring or water park weather, and winter visitors to all the holiday celebrations can expect “a nice Christmas cold,” Brockman said, laughing.

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1948 Trading Co. now carries Vi Bella jewelry. This company spreads love and fellowship across cultures by providing a sense of purpose that rejuvenates once-tattered lives. You’re not just collecting a piece of Vi Bella, you’re helping create a beautiful life.

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Add a new dimension to your holiday decor with metallic speckled lighted glass table top globes. Available in both silver mercury and silver mercury gold in two different sizes. $22.95 and $42.95 at Oak Ridge Nursery.

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The Delicious Gift of Bread

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Gift boxes are complimentary with purchase. 609 W. 33rd St., (605) 338-1338 and 1813 S. Marion Rd., (605) 275-2338.

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Casual Fine Dining

Sterling’s Cafe & Grille will have a warm, casual fine-dining atmosphere and feature an outstanding seasonal menu, accompanied by a full bar menu. Sterling’s will be open MonSunday for breakfast, lunch & dinner.

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Stand out this Holiday Season with one of our over 40 original holiday stationery designs or work with our designers on a custom Christmas Letter or Photo Card.

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One-of-a-kind handmade decorative wooden gift boxes are the perfect way to keep anyone from taking a little peek inside those wrapped gifts. Display under your tree or throughout your home and you are sure to keep your gifts secret until December 25! From $8 at ReBorn Home Furnishings. 113 E. Main St. Luverne, MN. (507) 220-0100.

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Dueling Piano Show

Ring in the first weekend of the new year with a show at the Palace Theatre! Dave & Ted defy all expectations of a dueling piano show and lead the way to an unforgettable experience.

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Custom Made Home Décor

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Stuff her stocking with the gifts she needs — and wants! Choose from the area’s largest selection of products, including the limited edition Marilyn Monroe Big Sexy sprays, Kenra, Tressa, Nioxin, Biolage, Lanza, American Crew, Macadamia, Malibu, OPI, Hempz, Helen of Try, TiGi Make-up and so much more. Salon 75.

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Quick Gifts

Take one of our Quick Gifts classes and take a little time to enjoy creating a handmade gift for someone you love. You will enjoy the two hours spent relaxing, visiting and sewing and leave with a beautiful Christmas gift. Visit The Sewing Basket’s website for class information and schedules. www.luvsewingbasket.com. 204 E. Main St., Luverne, MN. (507) 283-9769.

Just the Right Gift

Are you looking for just the right gift? Brandenburg Gallery features over 100 award-winning framed & unframed photographs, cards, notecards and video gift ideas.

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We are just in love with polka dots — aren’t you? Get yours at Tyana’s Boutique. 118 W. Main St. Luverne, MN. (507) 920-9115.

Play a Little Tune

Luverne Street Music offers private music lessons for students aged 3 - 103!

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Shop for your favorite brands and the best seasonal looks at Sassy Seconds. Pay just a fraction of the retail price. Sassy Seconds. 121 E. Main St. Luverne, MN. (507) 220-2345.

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Recycled sweater mittens are warm and fashionable. Each pair is carefully coordinated with pieced together, upcycled sweaters in a wide range of color and pattern combinations. Just $12 per pair at The Warehouse - new location on Main St. in Luverne, MN and 1001 N. Splitrock in Brandon.

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Christmas Brunch Carnaval Style

Celebrate the spirit of Christmas Carnaval style. December 24, 11am2pm. Call for details and to make your reservation. Carnaval Brazilian Grill.

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Molly the Trolley

Call to have Molly the Trolley make your occasion safe and special. Holiday lights tours, holiday parties, custom historical tours, weddings, business and group travel and more! Our 14-passenger enclosed vehicle is available any time of the day. The trolley features interior and exterior sound systems, microphone, temperature controlled ride with food & beverage storage.

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A Grand Gift

Gift cards are available for purchase at the gift shop, Ceté Boutique, spa and at the hotel front desk. Gift certificates also available at the gift shop. Grand Falls Casino and Golf Resort. 6 miles east of Sioux Falls.

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With holiday parties and new party dresses, styles from Prada, Swarovski, Ovvo, Isson and more are the perfect accent of fashionable, functional eyewear.

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Comes in four beautiful colors including Lapis, Scarlet, Turquoise, Sunflower, and Lemongrass. Just $55.07 at Maxwell Food Equipment. Carrying the largest assortment and lowest prices of Fiesta in the area. 1212 S. Cliff Ave. (605) 336-2675.

No More Juice Box Messes

My Drinky is an innovative, adjustable juice box holder that easily secures any size juice/milk box or pouch making it easy for kids to drink without causing a mess from squeezing it. Easily adjusts to fit the smallest 4 oz boxes and pouches up to the larger 8 oz versions. Unique 2-piece system locks into place, keeping the juice box/pouch from falling out. $9.99 each at Eddy Joy Baby Boutique.

57th & Western. (605) 275-0014.

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Don’t miss any tax planning opportunities before year end, contact us today to assure you’re ready for your next tax filing.

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GreatLIFE Malaska Golf and Fitness

Whether your goal is weight loss, strength gains, or switching things up, this 30 minute training session is tailored to match your fitness goals. Nutritious snacks are key and a shaker bottle is a simple way to get a healthy snack on the go. www.joingreatlife.com

Gift for Them, Gift for You

Purchase $100 in gift cards and receive a $20 card for yourself.

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Customize Your Home Address

With Ronning’s Selection Gallery. From address stones to door styles, brick samples, shingles, even gutters. Make an appointment today to see all of your options. (605) 336-6000. www.ronningcompanies.com.

Pamper Them

Someone on your gift list already have everything?

Pamper that hard-to-buy-for person with a massage, facial or body treatment. Spa 2000 gift certificates are the gift everyone loves. 224 N. Phillips Ave. (605) 361-2600.

Kissing Krystal

These beautiful ornaments come in many styles. Mix and match with stands sold separately. Priced starting at only $10.95. Country ‘N More. 6201 S. Old Village Place. 605-361-9797.

Holiday Styles and Accessories

Whether you need a new dress for that holiday party or great accessories to match, stop in at Relic Revivals. Upstairs at The Bridges on 57th, 5015 S. Western Avenue. 605-274-3354.

Tiny Treasures

These dancer themed trinket boxes are a wonderfully secret spot for your little ballerina to store her most special trinkets and treasures.

Available in three styles. 15% off in December at The Dance Line. 2115 S. Minnesota Ave. (605) 335-8242.

Limited Edition Sessions Christmas Traditions

Let us bake all of your favorite traditional Christmas cookies — just sit back and enjoy this holiday season.

The Cookie Jar. 230 S. Phillips Ave. (605) 978-0991.

Don’t miss our Fireside Chat (Dec 6.) and Winter Wonderland (Dec. 12 & 13th) Limited Edition Sessions at Julie Prairie Photography.

No Session Fee (Toys for Tots donation requested). Special Holiday Collections and Guaranteed Christmas Delivery. Collections start at $50. Call 605-359-6640 or e-mail jp@ julieprairie.com.

A Perfect Pair for Holiday Fare

Cranberry wine is a semi-sweet South Dakota wine. Serve chilled, mulled or as a sparkling wine cocktail. Available at Prairie Berry East Bank. 322 E 8th St., Downtown Sioux Falls. PrairieBerry. com/EastBank

Love the snow? Love winter sports?

Try the Zipfy Mini Luge! It’s the easiest, safest, most exhilarating way to go sledding... ever! It makes a great Christmas gift: Take the kids out with their new Zipfy Mini Luges to the park and you’ll be amazed how easily you’ll carve down the hills. It makes for great winter fun! Available at both Kidtopia locations. 57th & Western and Dawley Farm Village. 334-4825.

Take a Chill Pill

Chill Pill aromatherapy bath fizzies

by Hydra are the most incredible, moisturizing, water-softening, scentmaking, fun fizz for your bath! Each Chill Pill Bath Fizzie is split in two so you can enjoy two luxurious baths.

Great stocking stuffers! Just $7 at Radiance Day Spa. 6209 S. Pinnacle Pl. (605) 275-9535.

Oh Nuts!

Handmade German Nutcracker collectibles from Erzgebirgische Volkskunst Seiffen, Original Steinbach Volkskunst, Muller and Holzkunst Christian Ulbricht. Some even artist signed! The Blessed Door.

Furniture Consignment with a Cause. 41st and Holly Avenue.

605-553-1010.

May the Holidays be Bright

Brighten up the holidays with a perfect lamp from our lamp collection from Furniture Mart starting at $19.99. 2101 West 41st Street (in the Western Mall) 605-336-1600. www. thefurnituremart.com

Parade™ –Diamond Semi Mount

Believing that jewelry should be made with the same thoughtfulness, precision, energy and devotion that you apply to the most important aspects of your life, Parade™ crafts every piece with purely essential elements, resulting in one seemingly effortless, but intelligent, design. See the collection at Riddle’s Jewelry, corner of 41st and Louise. 605-361-0911.

Crates for Christmas

These restored wooden crates are perfect for mixing, matching and decorating. Find many creative options and fill them up at The Robin’s Nest. 108 W. Willow Street, Harrisburg, SD. (605) 767-0191. www. therobinsnestsd.com

Hardwood. A Flooring Natural.

Hardwood has a character that really shines through ... and there’s a hardwood for every look — from smooth, glossy traditional strips to wide, weathered planks. On sale now at Carpet One. 2101 West 41st Street (in the Western Mall) 605-336-1600.

Candy Cane Soap

Our luxuriously moisturizing almond milk soap with a holiday twist.

Candy cane striped and scented, this is the perfect bar of soap for the season. Makes a wonderful gift!

(605) 670-1134 or www.fathousesoapcompany.com

Double Sided Boot Cuffs Messless Indoor Sandbox

This is the indoor sandbox that uses a natural “sand” compound that adheres to itself without adhering to tabletops, floors, or hands. Made from all-natural ingredients, it packs like sand with the feel of cookie dough, allowing children to create structures or objects without the mess. Ages 3 and up. $29.99 at Kids Stuff Super Store. 3109 S. Carolyn Ave. (605) 361-8636.

Get two different colors for the price of one.

Cable knit and so cute. Get the look of leg warmers without the bulk. Just $19 each at L Couture Boutique. 2524 S. Louise Ave. (605) 275-3009.

Wine Hugger Vase

Skip the expensive and disposable wine gift bags — adorn your bottle with the wine hugger vase instead. Vase $12, shown with arrangement $20. Josephine’s Floral Design. 401 E. 8th St. 338-9290.

Christmas Open House at Fibber’s

Saturday, December 6th. Discover our unique shopping experience featuring our Full Service Coffee Bar. Bring your friends and enjoy some quiet time in a busy season.

Fibber McGee’s, south of 69th & Cliff in the Schoeneman Center, Harrisburg. (605)213-3200

Same Day Crowns

With E4D technology from First Class Dental Care, crowns can now be produced with remarkable accuracy and speed in one visit. Learn more at First Class Dental Care.

6703 S. Louise Avenue. 605-271-9330. www.firstclassdentalcare.com

SHY by Sydney Evan

Fine jewelry that offers the perfect mix of luxury and wear-ability, these pieces adorn women of all styles in daily glamour. Choose from an impressive array of rings, earrings & necklaces. Necklaces include .125 ct. diamond. Necklaces and earrings $125, rings. $110 at Dirt Road Diamond Boutique. 69th & Western.

(605) 274-3478.

Fresh Bath Look

Inspired by the delicate scallops of a seashell, Delta’s Addison brings a fresh new look to the bath. Getting ready in the morning is far from routine surrounded by a bath that reflects your personal style. $226 – Stainless / $242 – Venetian® Bronze/ Frisbees Kitchen & Bath Showroom. 4009 S. Minnesota Ave. 605338-6321. FrisbeesInc.com.

Celebrate with Bubbly

Celebrate this holiday season with a bit of bubbly. Choose from a large selection of champagne, wine, beer and all your holiday refreshments at Good Spirits Fine Wine & Liquor. 41st Street & Minnesota Ave. 339-1500.

Future Fans

Future fans will score a slam dunk, homerun, touchdown or goal in these comfy sportsinspired bodysuits. With a lap neck and bottom snaps, it makes for record setting diaper changes! $22.99 each at Stride Rite. 2425 S. Shirley Ave. (605) 362-7728.

Infinity Necklaces

Come see us for those hard-tobuy-for people on your Christmas list! Our infinity necklaces are $44 as shown. Say Anything Jewelry.

524 N Main. Sioux Falls. (605) 695-3997.

Holiday Metal Wall Art

These metal wall art pieces can be lit with Christmas lights for extra sparkle and glow. Starting at $20.00 at Forget Me Not Gift Boutique. 57th & Western.

(605) 335-9878.

The Gift of Time

Looking for perfect gift this Holiday Season? Come browse our large selection of watches including: Michael Kors, Michele, Movado, Seiko, Swiss Army, Citizen and Raymond Weil. The Diamond Room. 3501 W. 57th St. (605) 362-0008.

No Coal for These Stockings!

Create a stocking in no time at all that Santa would never leave coal! Available at Athena Fibers, 3915 S. Hawthorne, 271-0741, www.athenafibers.com.

Unwrap More Happy

The only thing they’ll be returning is a smile. Give a gift card and let them unwrap more happy for their home, more laughs at a workshop or a season full of warm n’ fuzzy feelings from delightful jewelry, home décor, stationery and more. Zing, 301 S. Minnesota Ave. (605) 271-2720. www.zingideafactory.com

Find Your Glow

Milk and Cookies with Santa

Enjoy treats with the big man himself. Saturday, December 6th at The Empire Mall. www.simon.com

Frame a Gift!

If you plan on gifting photos of loved ones or special mementos, don’t forget to frame them first. A great presentation for memorabilia will make them even more meaningful! Rehfeld’s Art and Framing. 210 S. Phillips Ave. (605) 336-9737.

Sioux Falls Beef Crawl

Enjoy a delicious meal in downtown Sioux Falls, featuring appetizer at Crawford’s and entree and dessert at Parker’s Bistro. Mark your calendar now. Monday, March 30, 6pm.

To purchase tickets go to www. agunited.org or call 605.336-3622.

Glow-Ology lotions and body washes bring out luxurious skin through organic formulas. Find them at Missy’s Men’s and Women’s Fashions, 301 10th Street, Suite B, Sheldon, Iowa. Find us on Facebook or 712-324-0181.

Gift Certificates Special!

Buy $50 in gift certificates and get $10 as our gift back to you. Offer valid Dec. 1-20, 2014. Make your New Year’s Eve weekend dining reservations soon, with a Special Festive Menu Dec. 31st, Jan. 2nd & 3rd. Wild Sage Grille, 300 North Cherapa Place. (605) 274-1667. www.wildsagegrille.com

Tea Towel (Set of 3)

Preserve your favorite recipe card on tea towels. These 16x27 linen towels come as a sets of three and perfect to feature an old heirloom recipe card. Perfect as gifts or keepsakes. $34.99. Harold’s Photo. www.haroldsphoto.com

Contemporary Kitchens

StarMark Cabinetry has a new door that is perfect for contemporary kitchens. The new Tabor door is shown, in maple in a color called Caramel. It’s also available in cherry.

Today’s StarMark Custom Cabinetry. 600 E. 48th Street North. (605) 977-3660.

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celebrations 94 An Old Fashioned Holiday

for kids 98 Christmas Crafts for Kids

best books 100 cute kids 102 Submit Your Child’s Photo

pets 106 Christmas from Your Best Friend’s Point of View

best friends 108 Submit Your Pet’s Photo

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he Tellinghuisen boys are three very special brothers. All under the age of 6, they keep their parents busy just like any group of siblings. But Aidan, Tyler and Cole have a very unique bond and story.

“When I was pregnant with Aidan, we did notice that his head size was a little smaller on the ultrasounds,” remembers Stephanie Tellinghuisen. “But I’m fairly small, so we just chalked it up to that.”

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The Tellinghuisen boys are three very special brothers. All under the age of 6, they keep their parents busy just like any group of siblings. But Aidan, Tyler and Cole have a very unique bond and story.

As soon as Aidan was born, it was evident something wasn’t quite right. His head wasn’t the normal size for a newborn, and he began to have seizures. Aidan had microcephaly with simplified gyral pattern.

“Their condition impairs brain growth and causes abnormalities in how the brain functions,” says Carl Galloway, MD, pediatric hospitalist at Sanford Children’s. “It causes

seizures, as well as significant developmental delays.”

Stephanie and her husband Jason watched as their son fought for his life in the Sanford Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for two weeks. The decision was made to take Aidan home on hospice care and spend what time he had left in the care of his parents in the comfort of his home.

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“Although the boys were each given just weeks to live, the brothers defied the odds and are now 6 and 5. While legally blind with very limited vocal communication skills, they are still very active boys.”

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Keeping Them Comfortable

Stephanie and Jason were told Aidan was one in a million and to continue building their family.

“We got pregnant right away,” says Stephanie. “However long Aidan had left, we wanted him to have that sibling experience.

But we were very cautious and had many ultrasounds looking for a smaller head.”

After 20 weeks, Stephanie saw what she had been fearing: the baby’s head growth had stalled. The Tellinghuisens’ second son, Tyler, had microcephaly.

Although the boys were each given just weeks to live, the brothers defied the odds and are now 6 and 5. While legally blind with very limited vocal communication skills, they are still very active boys.

“A teacher comes in and they have school,” says Stephanie.

“They have physical, speech, music and aquatic therapy. They can hear really well, so when you talk to them, they just light up.”

The Tellinghuisens want to keep the boys out of the hospital as much as possible. But occasional trips to Sanford Children’s Castle of Care are necessary to monitor them and adjust any of their care. When they come in, they receive care from a pediatric hospitalist.

“We are the only hospital in the region with a specific pediatric hospitalist team,” says Dr. Galloway. “A pediatric hospitalist is a physician who specializes in the inpatient care of children. We are highly integrated into the hospital system and are generally more available. This allows us to have an impact on the quality of care, to give timely, efficient, and effective care.”

“We are always extremely happy with the care we’ve received at Sanford,” says Stephanie. “They really listen to us and respect our wishes with how we want to care for our sons for however long they have left. It is really a good place to be.”

A Complete Family The third brother in this trio is Cole, who was a little bit of a surprise to his parents.

“We decided to stop having kids,” says Stephanie. “But when I found out I was pregnant a third time, I was so scared.

Everything kept coming back normal, but I was so nervous and paranoid.”

But Cole was born without complications and now is a happy, healthy 3-year-old who loves his two big brothers. “He is so sweet and caring with them,” says Stephanie.

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n 1930, Christmas looked very different to my grandmother who was five. For her, being the youngest of 3 girls with a single mother was extra hard during this era; especially during the holidays. She would be greeted with an apple at the toe of her stocking and penny candy on Christmas morning. It was not about what was under the Christmas tree, rather the time spent

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She gleefully recalls the years with little, as they gave her so much appreciation for the 10 cent movie and the second hand bike she was surprised with years later. It was a different time where baked homemade cakes and knitted blankets were gifts that families shared with each other. There wasn’t extra to go

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around and going shopping at stores was reserved for a select few. For my husband’s grandfather, during this time, he was a teenager and would have a Christmas without a tree because they simply could not afford one. So, in lieu of a tree, his mother decorated a wicker basket and hung it from the ceiling of their small four room home.

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As years passed, my grandmother, Virginia, promised herself if she ever could she would make Christmas extra special for her own family. Soon Decembers were meticulously decorated so that the spirit of the season encircled you in every corner of the house. Glenn Miller, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby would echo throughout the rooms. It was Christmastime. Of course, picking

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out a tree and a visit to greet that jolly ol’ elf was a tradition in the making over the years. My own mother recalls the wonderful stockings filled with prizes and one unwrapped gift under the tree from old St. Nick.

I have always enjoyed the stories of Christmas from years past, and I always wanted to bring home the spirit of the season I’ve seen live over time and through my grandparents’ eyes. They were models of the Christmas spirit, ever so giving, especially through the holidays. I recall my grandfather with baskets of gorgeous fruits, nuts and a stunning ham wrapped up to give to his employes.

For me, I always felt very loved and cared for. That is the Christmas spirit I want to share with others. That is why when I was blessed with my very own children, we wanted to reach out and make others’ holidays merry. In the past years, we’ve donated toys, clothing and food. We’ve made cupcakes and delivered handmade treats to homeless shelters. We’ve boxed up goodies and gifts to ship overseas for our service men and women and last year we participated in the Amazing Grace in Sioux Falls, where we visited retirement homes, gave out ornaments to veterans, and sang with bell ringers.

This year we plan on spending our time with our golden generation. We will be gifting them with handmade angel ornaments, non-slip slipper socks and a solo flute performance.

The most amazing thing is how every year how full our hearts feel. It makes us want to reach out to each other and have an old fashioned holiday.

This year we will draw names out of a bowl and then make gifts for each other. I plan on making a cook book of our favorite recipes. The kids want to make rag dolls, stuffed animals and scarves. Together we will work on a quilt made up of old tee shirts from vacations, camps and favorite themes.

We will serve homemade goodies to friends, family and favorite teachers. This year we are going to take a step back and count our blessings before we gather under the tree. Our time will be filled with appreciating the little things and listening to one another. My hope, is quiet times of Yuletide stories shared around the fire while the snow flutters to the ground.

I can’t imagine a better holiday than being surrounded by family and sharing the blessings of the holidays with others.

May you and yours have a beautiful holiday season encircled with the gifts of love, friendship, health and joy. Happy Holy days and Holly days to all. Cheers

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Cotton Ball Snowman Materials Needed: • One piece of construction paper for the background, any color • Orange construction paper (for the nose); black construction paper (for the eyes, mouth, and hat) • Cotton balls • Elmer’s glue • Googly eyes • Pom-Poms • Pipe cleaners • Glitter or buttons (optional) Directions: Use the glue to draw the shape of a snowman on your construction paper; fill in the circles with glue. You can freehand this step or, if you’re less confident, draw the snowman on your paper with a pencil or crayon. The glue and cotton balls will cover up your lines. Add the cotton balls to the glue to make the snowman’s body. Time to add the details! For this step, you will need to cut out the nose from the orange construction paper, and the hat and mouth from the black. Also, cut the pipe cleaner in half. Gather these things, along with 2 googly eyes and 3 pom-poms. Use the glue to attach each part wherever your creative mind decides.

Handprint Snowman Ornament Materials Needed: • Christmas balls • White craft paint • Sharpie markers in a few colors Directions: Put craft paint on a paper plate and have your child press their hand into it. Carefully put the ornament in the palm of your child’s hand leaving their fingers flat. Have your child slowly close fingers around the ornament. Hold the top of the ornament and have the child open fingers and lift the ornament from hand. Place the ornament on a cup or in an egg carton to dry. Once dry, use sharpie markers to draw accents including arms, eyes, hat, etc. Don’t press too hard or the paint will come off. You can also write your child’s name and date on the bottom and a personal message if you are using for a Christmas gift.

Playdough Christmas Ornaments Materials Needed: • Playdough • Christmas cookie cutters • Glitter • Ribbon Directions: Roll out each color flat with a rolling pin. Cut out the shapes using Christmas cookie cutters. Poke a hole in the top of each using a skewer and sprinkle them with glitter. Pop them onto wax paper and then into the oven for an hour at a low temperature of 250 F. Let them cool and tie a little ribbon to hang them with.

Throw Back Christmas Tree Materials Needed: • 16 x 20 canvas • Acrylic craft paint • Tacky glue • Yarn • Sequins, beads, buttons • Brown felt Directions: Paint a canvas all one color with acrylic craft paint. Trace a tree shape (cut from paper) or draw on your painted canvas when it is dry. Glue the yarn to the outline of the tree. Pour tacky glue into the tree shape. Use a lot of glue to be sure your treasures will stick. Spread glue with a paint brush. Dump the sequins, buttons and beads onto the glue and spread until every bit of the glue is covered. Add a star using the same method. Then finish with cutting and gluing down the brown felt trunk.

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Best

Books

These are just some of the wonderful books for children we have come across this month. We hope to share with you some you have not seen before and also introduce others being released in the near future. Enjoy.

Maisy’s Castle A Maisy Pop-up-and-Play Book

by Lucy Cousins Lower the drawbridge and get ready for a whole new experience with Maisy! Follow the favorite mouse and her friends as they joust and play archery. Then pull out the play pieces featuring all the characters dressed in palace finery. The crowning touch? An exciting pop-up castle for creating extended adventures. A handy pocket stores all the play pieces when the fun is done.

Join Maisy and her friends for some medieval merriment with this delightful pop-up-and-play book boasting a 3D castle.

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And Then Comes Christmas

by Tom Brenner From icicles clinging to roofs and houses strung with colorful lights to visiting Santa and hunting for the perfect tree, this classic-in-the-making celebrates all of the holiday’s excitement. Evoking both winter’s changes to the world outside and well-loved traditions taking place within, here is a story to encourage readers to curl up with their loved ones and bask in the magic of the Christmas season.

Ages 4 yrs - 8 yrs Candlewick Press

Pop-up New York Gigantosaurus

by Jonny Duddle Four young dinosaurs are warned about the scary Gigantosaurus, so one of them volunteers to keep watch for the others while they play. But Bonehead, the lookout, quickly gets bored, and he can’t resist shouting, “GIGANTOSAURUS!” just to see what the others do. When his friends finally wise up, Bonehead is in for a rather snappy (and crunchy) surprise!

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by Jennie Maizels Welcome to New York City! Open this engrossing, large-format book and set off on a tour that wends its way from the Statue of Liberty to Yankee Stadium, with many must-see stops along the way.

Visit the new World Trade Center and the Empire State Building, feel the urban bustle of Times Square and Grand Central Station, and check out the greenery of the High Line and the Botanical Garden. Filled with fun facts, flaps, and amazing pop-ups, this interactive tour offers plenty of reasons to love New York.

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children’s books

The Princess and the Presents

by Caryl Hart Princess Ruby is the most spoiled princess you could ever meet. And when it’s her birthday, there are so many presents that the palace literally bulges at the seams. But when the palace and gifts finally collapse on the poor king, the tiny tyrant realizes that she has overlooked the most precious thing of all.

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Hello, I’m Johnny Cash

by G. Neri There’s never been anyone like music legend Johnny Cash. His deep voice is instantly recognizable, and his heartfelt songs resonate with listeners of all ages and backgrounds. G. Neri captures Johnny’s story in beautiful free verse, portraying an ordinary boy with an extraordinary talent who grew up in extreme poverty, faced incredible challenges, and ultimately found his calling by always being true to the gift of his voice.

A. G. Ford’s luscious paintings of the dramatic southern landscape of Johnny Cash’s childhood illuminate this portrait of a legend, taking us from his humble beginnings to his enormous success on the world stage.

A stirring look at the early life of Johnny Cash, from his harsh but music-filled childhood to the first flush of stardom.

Ages 9 yrs - 12 yrs Candlewick Press

Olive and the Embarrassing Gift

by Tor Freeman Olive’s best friend, Joe, has bought her a special hat. The only problem is that it’s hideously, cringeinducingly embarrassing! Their whole gang of friends is giggling about it. She tries all kinds of excuses to avoid wearing the hat, then all kinds of ways to get rid of it, until Joe catches her stuffing it into the trash. He’s totally heartbroken. How can Olive make it up to him? Shoving the hat back on her head, she’s off to create something even more embarrassing — a huge best-friends sign to wear proudly.

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Peppa Pig and the Day at Snowy Mountain

Guess How Much I Love You 20th Anniversary Edition

by Sam McBratney Sometimes, when you love someone very, very much, you want to find a way of describing how much you treasure them. But, as Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare discover, love is not an easy thing to measure! For two decades, Sam McBratney’s timelessly endearing story, beautifully rendered in Anita Jeram’s exquisite watercolors, has captured the deep and tender bond between parent and child. Guess How Much I Love You is one of the world’s best-loved picture books.

Celebrate twenty years of sharing love to the moon and back with this anniversary edition dressed in an elegant new cover.

Ages 0 mos and up Candlewick Press

When Peppa Pig and her little brother, George, wake up one day and see that it’s snowing, they can’t wait to go to Snowy Mountain. There’s so much to do there — sledding (using Daddy’s belly), ice-skating (George is a natural; who knew?), and of course skiing. Mummy Pig remembers how to ski. But does she remember how to stop? It’s a celebration of winter sports as Peppa and her charming family have a day of snowy fun.

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Maisy’s Christmas Tree

by Lucy Cousins Today Maisy and her pals are decorating the Christmas tree! There are lights to string, ornaments to hang, candy canes to put up, and an angel to place at the very top. After wrapping presents, it’s time to sing Christmas carols around the tree. Merry Christmas to Maisy and all her friends!

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Christmas from Your Best Friend’s Point of View

by Dick Rogen, DVM Horizon Pet Care, 1100 East Holly Boulevard, Brandon, SD 57005 • (605) 582-8445

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f celebrating Christmas was up to our Golden, Piper it would definitely be an exciting holiday. When you look at the holiday from her perspective, how could it not be a fantastic experience.

Here is what I think she would do.

She is very compulsive, so I suspect that she would shop a lot!

I do not think there would be a lot of thought, but definitely there would be a lot of presents. Evidently, if buying toys, Piper has a preference for fuzzy soft items. It could range from 6 pairs of socks, towels or the more sophisticated stuffed animals.

The problem with the stuffed animals, involves cleaning up later at the house. For you see, it is her job to shake, chew and eviscerate the stuffing from any soft toy. The joy she gets from white fluffy stuff flying is incredible. After destroying the stuffed animals, she would move to balls.

Balls to a Golden must have several important criteria to be played with. First of all, if it is a ball of any kind, it automatically qualifies. That’s about it. Now, if it is fuzzy on the outside and squeaks on the inside, it is a definite yes as a present. She will insist on chewing off the soft cover, but it brings her great joy to start with the fuzz removal process.

Piper is not into jewelry or clothes. I think she would take a rhinestone collar, but not want the cat to see her wear it. To be

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ridiculed by the house feline is not pleasant for dogs or humans.

You just have to know that a cat would remind her that the humans control you if you wear a collar.

No party is complete with shopping for the food. In that light, Piper is not particular. She will consume meat, pasta, cookies, seafood or pretty much anything. She does not care about her waistline and leftovers can be up to three weeks old. Rummaging through the trash cans would be a fitting dessert. There is paper to tear up, cans to redistribute around the house and maybe a tasty morsel that was left behind.

Dogs do not worry how they may feel tomorrow. They are much better at “seizing the day” or “living in the moment” than I am. Oh the joy of smelling all of the cooking, and then being able to steal a little taste of real food.

I do not think any dog worth their salt would be satisfied with just presents and some treats on such a special holiday. There would have to be games, like “pet me again”, “are you going to finish that sandwich?” and “how many times can I get you off the couch to let me outside?”

I know Piper will finish her holiday with a long nap. I hope she lets me share in that moment too. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Izzy, best friend of Rick & Donna Kiley

Edgar Allen Paw, best friend of Sandra & Lee

Izzy, Huey & Lucy, best friends of Dennis and Ellen Thum Hohm

Munchkin, best friend of Scott

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Nala, best friend of Luke and Gretchen Jordan

Patti, best friend of Kim Morstad

Tonic, best friend of Jim & Kara

Trouble, best friend of Scott

Turbo, best friend of Kyle and Kim Johnson

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Willow & Oakley, best friends of Jim & Monica Honkamp

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Rocky Ridge

By Bruce Blake

T Rocky Ridge Rural Hartford

he geological history of Minnehaha County includes at least five distinct glacial episodes: three Pre-Illinoian in age, one of probable Illinoian age, and the most recent occurring during the late Wisconsin stage. Some 14,000 years ago, the James Lobe of the Late Wisconsin flowed into the county from the northwest along the west side of Coteau des Prairies.

The leading edge of the Late Wisconsin ice advanced east to the area now occupied by Skunk Creek. A massive block of ice broke off the active ice and became stagnant. The active ice continued to act as a conveyor dumping sediment, including many boulders, onto the stagnant ice.

As the climate warmed, the volume of stagnant ice decreased and a long crevasse developed with sediment and boulders being washed into it. When the ice eventually melted, the crevasse fill was left behind as a northwest to southeast trending ridge. This unusual boulder-strewn Ice Age remnant is 4 miles long, 30 feet high, and 65 feet wide. Rocky Ridge is unlike any other landform in Minnehaha County.

DEDICATED IN 2006 BY THE MINNEHAHA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

Location of Rocky Ridge The northern end of Rocky Ridge is located five miles south and five miles west of the town of Hartford. Rocky Ridge extends approximately four miles to the southeast.

It is a narrow, boulder-strewn glacial moraine unlike any other in Minnehaha County. Image owner: Dennis Tomhave.

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Map of Eastern South Dakota The right side of this shaded relief map displays the two most outstanding geological features in eastern South Dakota: the flatiron shaped Coteau des Prairies (Hills of the Prairies) and the broad swath plowed by the James Lobe of the Late Wisconsin glacier. Image owner: U.S. Geological Survey.

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