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Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-8pm, Sunday 10am-4pm The Spice & Tea Exchange 328 S. Phillips Avenue (605) 310-8182 siouxfalls@spiceandtea.com www.spiceandtea.com/sioux-falls.html @SpiceAndTeaSiouxFalls

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THE SPICE & TEA EXCHANGE

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here are so many ways to open a story about the newest store on Phillips Avenue…

A place to spice up your cooking.

Sugar and spice and everything nice.

It’s tea time!

There’s something brewing downtown.

What kind of dinosaur likes Earl Grey? A TEA-Rex! Okay, you get the picture. The bottom line is that your senses are in for a thrill when you step inside The Spice & Tea Exchange, which opened last month

in downtown Sioux Falls. The store is a dream a few years in the making for owners Tami and Vernon Brown.

The journey started once upon a time when the Browns were vacationing in Tennessee. They happened to walk into a store filled with spices and teas, and Tami looked around with a smile and said, “This is what I want to do!”

However, when they returned home, she went back to her English classroom at Washington High School, her work home for the past 20 years (she has taught a total of 25 years). As he watched Tami spending hours, nights, weekends and holidays grading essays and research papers, Vernon could see that faraway dream tugging at his wife. So, he would give her little nudges. “When are you going to open

your spice and tea store?” he would ask.

It wasn’t until a year ago that the big nudge came. Vernon was back in his hometown of Arlington and stumbled across an eye-catching antique box. It was a tea box. That alone seemed to be a sign.

However, this box featured the image of a large pheasant and the words, “Sioux Falls Coffee & Spice Co.” He later learned this business once operated on Phillips Avenue in the 1930s.

He called Tami when he found the box, and her response was that she didn’t want him to buy a box for a store she didn’t even have. Vernon didn’t listen. He came home with the box, put it in front of her and said, “Here is the first decoration for your spice and tea store.”

From that point on, the duo began

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looking into The Spice & Tea Exchange franchise, developing a business plan and scouting potential store locations. What they loved immediately about the Spice & Tea Exchange was the company’s commitment to high quality products, their desire to create a hands-on, sensory experience for customers and their desire to become a part of every community where stores are opened.

The Browns were immersed in education about the products, how they are sourced and how best to package and display them. They have done plenty of home-testing over the past year, trying new recipes and out-of-the-box ideas for using infused salts and flavored sugars.

Stepping into the store, which takes you into the colorful world of an 18th Century trading post, your eyes scan the walls lined

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with glass jars filled with incredible colors and textures. Your nose wakes up not to one smell in particular, but to a pleasing array of scents that lead you to investigate what they are.

The first stop inside the door is the salts. Move over, table salt, and make way for something more interesting like the cheery Himalayan Pink Sea Salt.

Or, perhaps, you like something with a little more body like Bacon-, Hickory- or Applewood-smoked Sea Salt. Your eye will likely be drawn to the “grapey” colored Merlot Sea Salt. You can kick it up a notch with Scorpion Pepper or sweeten your favorite dish with Chocolate or the Lime Frost Sea Salt (imagine the rim of a margarita glass).

Similarly, you can peruse the pepper wall and learn about the varieties that take

you from a mild pop of flavor – like the white or black ground pepper – right up the heat ladder with crushed red pepper flakes, Ancho and Aleppo peppers or Cayenne and Habanero.

A large section of the store is devoted to a wide array of herbs and spices to enhance foods and drinks. You can find all of your favorites here like Basil, Cilantro Cinnamon, Cocoa, Garlic, Nutmeg, Oregano and Rosemary, just as a short list. The exciting thing is that you can also learn how to use some that might be new to you like Beet Root Powder, Bleu Cheese Powder, Juniper Berry, Lemongrass, Granulated Maple Syrup, Rose Petals or Spanish Saffron.

You can purchase resealable packages of individual spices and herbs, or you might want to try their proprietary custom

blends. They certainly have a blend to fit your culinary mood – Italian, Tex-Mex, Curry, Barbeque or Seafood. If you’re a garlic fan, be sure to open the jar of Vik’s Garlic Fix and take a nice big whiff.

That’s one thing the Browns encourage… free smells!

“The jars are accessible just for that purpose,” says Tami. “We want guests to enjoy the colors and textures with their eyes but also really take in the scents as well. It’s a fun experience.”

Some of The Spice & Tea Exchange blends are packaged in grinders because, the Browns explain, the ingredients inside are meant to be left whole, such as peppercorns, and then just ground fresh as you need it. One of the best sellers in the grinders is called Florida Sunshine, bursting with citrus and herbs.

Whether you’re a novice cook or seasoned chef, other products can help make meal prep a little easier. The Chef to Table packets can be used for entrees, dips, desserts and drinks. They contain all of the needed herbs and spices, and then on the back is the shopping list for the remaining ingredients you need.

Their grain blends can round out the perfect meal – like the spicy Cajun Dirty Rice or, if you need something with a little less kick, you can try the Coconut Green Curry, Saffron Yellow Rice, Purple Sticky Rice or the hearty wild rice blend.

That takes care of the savory. Now, on to the sweet. Not to be left out of the tasting fun, the store also has a sugar section. Mary Poppins said a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

The great thing about The Spice & Tea

Exchange is that they have little spoons so you can sample these gourmet sugars.

Close your eyes and think about vanilla, salted caramel, pineapple, dark cocoa, key lime, peach bellini...placing a little spoonful of these tasty crystals on your tongue is like having a sophisticated pixie stick experience. You can use these sugars as substitutes for regular sugar in baking, sprinkle over ice cream, give grilled foods a carmelized finish or use them to rim the glass of your favorite beverage.

But wait, there’s more.

You’ve probably heard of white tea, green tea, black tea and maybe even oolong tea.

However, did you know they all come from the same plant? Each of these originates from the Camellia sinensis. The difference is what happens after the plant has been harvested. Generally, the next

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steps are to set the leaves out to dry, then roll and ferment them. The fermentation step is important because it produces the essential oils that give teas their distinctive aromas and flavors.

One of the opportunities the Browns had was to go to “tea school” at the company’s home base in St. Augustine, Florida. There, they learned to describe the tea variations as stages of personal development.

“The white teas are the babies,” explains Tami, “because they are made from the earliest buds and leaves. Green teas are the young children, going through a shorter drying process. Then you get to oolong tea.

This is the angsty teenager because it can be fine one minute and turn on you the next.”

This, she says, can be impacted by factors like oversteeping the tea which can result in a less pleasant, or even bitter, taste.

“Finally,” she continues, “you get to the black teas, the adults, and the pu-ehr teas,

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the grandmas that are slow and sure.”

They carry a wide variety of these teas, along with herbal teas, which are slightly different because they are made from seeds, berries, flowers or roots. They can also incorporate other types of plants like peppermint, dandelion, hibiscus and chamomile. Once again, your nose can be your guide as you explore the jars lined up in the tea section.

“You’ll notice that these teas look different than if you’d open a standard tea bag from the grocery store,” says Tami.

“There are longer pieces of the leaves, and there may be other elements like fruits, flowers, or spices like cinnamon.

They are meant to float loose in the water, expanding and unfurling in a process called the ‘agony of the leaf.’ But, what you end up with is an aromatic, flavorful tea.”

There are three key things to know about preparing your cup of tea, she adds.

“First, you have to know the right amount of tea to use. All of our packages give you the ideal amount. Next is your water temperature. Some teas steep better at temperatures just below boiling while others need the heat that comes from boiling.

Finally, steeping the tea for the proper time can be the difference between enjoyable taste or a bitter cup you end up tossing out.”

You can learn all of those fun facts right there at the store as team members offer samplings. With more than three dozen varieties, you can stop in often to try different flavors and purchase a cup of hot or iced tea to go. Perhaps start with some traditional teas like Earl Grey, International Breakfast or Chamomile.

Then, work your way through Ginseng Herbal and Marrakesh Mint to Blood Orange Smoothie and Cinnamon Plum.

For fun, go with the Aurora Blue, which looks just as its name sounds. Or, make

any day a holiday with Spiced Ruby Cider, which tastes like Christmas in a glass (“With fewer calories than fudge!” exclaims one of the employees).

If you want to increase your chances of having your tea at home taste as good as it does at the store, the team can recommend one of the many accessories they sell, from tea infusers to electric tea kettles where you can set the perfect water temperature for the type of tea you are preparing.

One thing you are guaranteed at The Spice & Tea Exchange is fresh, high quality products.

“The herbs you see displayed are herbs we use to make our custom blends,” Tami says. “You’ll often see our team right here in the store hand-mixing spice blends.

With a sixty to ninety day turnover, you are getting herbs and spices that are fresh and potent. You really don’t need to use as much when you are cooking, but you will

notice how much better your food tastes.”

After so many years in the classroom, this new adventure is a change for Tami, but she says it’s just a new take on teaching. “I’ll miss my students, but now we have this amazing opportunity to teach the community about all the ways teas, herbs and spices can add flavor to their daily meals and can provide great health benefits.”

Her team, which includes some former educators, also seems to be enjoying this new path on which they have all embarked. They worked together getting the store ready to open, with many long days, but they kept their sense of humor with their own Sioux Falls version of the Spice Girls name game. For example (and they assure people this is meant as a term of endearment), Tami is “Bossy Spice.”

The Brown’s daughter Emma, who the couple says has been a tremendous help getting the store off the ground, also

earned a name - “Disney Spice” (Tami and Vernon also say she can be classified as their teenage oolong tea). While the team is predominantly female, they didn’t forget about Vernon. They gave him a moniker that revives his former television news identity, evolving from those days as “Downtown Vernon Brown” – to his identity now as “Downtown Spice.”

Tami says she is grateful for all those “nudges” Vernon kept giving her and for Emma who was okay with her mom “graduating” from Washington High School before she did. While she treasures her experiences as a teacher and the opportunity to be part of so many students’ lives, she is excited about this chance to do something different – to do this with her family – and to be part of the vibrant downtown retail community. In other words, you can say this new venture suits her to a TEA.

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July Augustana Heritage Park Tours June 1 - August 31 Wed-Sat 10-3, Sunday 2-4 1111 W. 33rd St., Sioux Falls Admission is free.

Rain: A Tribute to the Beatles Tuesday, July 2 • 7:30pm (Rescheduled Date) Washington Pavilion 301 S. Main Ave. Come together and celebrate the greatest concert

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experience you’ll ever see! In celebration of the anniversary of Abbey Road, RAIN will bring the greatest hits of this epic recording to life, in addition to all your early Beatles favorites. This mind-blowing performance takes you back in time with the legendary foursome delivering a note-for-note theatrical event that is “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles” (Associated Press).

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Downtown Block Party on the Eastbank Friday, July 5 5:30pm - 11pm 8th & Railroad Center 401 E. 8th Street DTSF treats you to the ultimate block party experience located on the Eastbank of downtown Sioux Falls. Enjoy live music, food vendors, beer, wine, and shopping at some of the most unique stores along the boardwalk of the

8th & Railroad Center.

Block party events provide a casual atmosphere that is family-friendly and fun for all ages. Picnic tables will be provided, but feel free to bring your own lawn chair.

Admission is FREE! INFO (605) 338-4009.

Amy Ellsworth at the Old Courthouse Museum Summer Concert Series Friday, July 5 12pm - 1pm

Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Amy Ellsworth will perform in the plaza behind the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch or purchase one from Roll’n Pin Café & Grille.

Concert will be held inside in the case of bad weather.

(605) 367-4210 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com Municipal Band Concert Sundays through August 5 8pm - 9pm Terrace Park Bandshell 1100 W. 4th St. Celebrate 100 years of the Municipal Band. Join us at the Terrace Park Bandshell.

Special Performers scheduled for July 14 & 28.

For full concert schedule, visit www.siouxfalls.org/ municipal-band

Sundays in the Vineyard Wilde Prairie Winery July 7 • 2pm - 5pm 48052 259th Street Brandon, SD Live music by Elisabeth Hunstad. Bring your lounge/ lawn chair and lunch. We will have snacks available for purchase and South Dakota beer. This is a rain or shine event. Please no outside alcohol. INFO (605) 582-6471. www.wildeprairiewinery.com Norwegian Music Concert by Tidløs Tuesday, July 9 • 7pm 909 W. 33rd Street Tidløs, a band from Norway, will be performing at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, just across the street from Heritage Park. A free-will offering will be taken at

the performance, which is sponsored by the Nordland Heritage Foundation. INFO (605) 274-5053.

Airbnb Curiosity!

Thursday, July 11 6pm - 7:30pm Caribou Coffee 1924 S. Minnesota Ave. Whether opening your home to travelers or booking a stay, does Airbnb have you curious? Gain practical information from an experienced host and guest of Airbnb accommodations and hospitality! Discuss the basics of staying and hosting, walk through the online interface, and receive assistance with the first steps of setting up the app. Hosted

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57th Annual Hot Dog Nite July 11 Luverne, MN 15,000 FREE hot doys & beverages courtesy of Luverne, MN local businesses. Thursday, July 11. Wienerman Triathlon, Wiener Dog Beauty Contest, Wiener Dog Races, children’s activities, live music, beer garden and more! www. luvernechamber.com or (507) 283-4061.

Starlab Inflatable Planetarium at the Old Courthouse Museum Thursday, July 11 1pm, 2pm, 3pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Discover the night sky, explore the constellations!

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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 Stained Glass Series!

Beginners Thursday, July 11 6:30pm - 9:30pm Stained Glass Craftsman 201 E. 38th St. Fire the flames of your new passion for stained glass!

This artform entails use of a soldering iron, glass cutter, and glass grinder. Join Stained Glass Craftsman Steve Spencer to learn stained glass techniques, from choosing your pattern and glass selection to cutting glass, grinding to shape, and fitting and foiling. Create a customized 12”x18” window to display! Go on to create beautiful windows, lamp shades, and more with your newfound skills! Materials included. Retail Manager Pepper (of the feline type) will be at the studio.

Organized by Community Education. INFO (605) 367-7999.

Historic Walking Tour of Forth Dakota Siouxland Heritage Museums Thursday, July 11 6:30 p.m.

Enjoy beautiful summer weather while learning about Sioux Falls sites you pass by every day! $3 per person over 12 years old, call (605) 367-4210 to register. www. siouxlandmuseums.com

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Let’s Ride: Vintage Motorcycles Exhibit Opening Reception Thursday, July 11 5pm - 7pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Get the first look at the new motorcycle exhibit at the Old Courthouse Museum!

Take a look at the history of motorcycles in the new exhibit. Refreshments will be served, sponsored by the Siouxland Heritage Museums Alliance.

Free admission. INFO (605) 367-4210 or www. siouxlandmuseums.com You & Me Basic Braiding!

Thursday, July 11 6pm - 7:15pm Instructional Planning Center 201 E. 38th St. Stymied on how to create trendy french and dutch braids for your budding fashionista? Look no further for a fun, educational, bonding opportunity for you and your child! Basic braids and styles including: French, Dutch, and waterfall braids!

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Curtis & Loretta at the Old Courthouse Museum Summer Concert Series Friday, July 12 noon - 1pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Curtis & Loretta will perform in the plaza behind the Old Courthouse Museum.Bring your lunch or purchase one from The Cookie Jar. Concert will be held inside

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(605) 367-4210 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com Yoga & Wine at Wilde Prairie Winery July 12 • 6pm Yoga will be taught by Certified Instructors from Sanford Wellness Center.

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Wellness Center members 10.00 + tax, non members 18.00 + tax. The cost includes yoga class, glass of wine, and a wine glass to keep. Wilde Prairie Winery.

48052 259th Street Brandon, SD. INFO 605-582-6471. www.wildeprairiewinery.com Tour de Donut July 13 • Luverne, MN 7am Start time for 55 mile 8m Start time for all other races The Tour de Donut Minnesota is a unique bicycle event, where your ability to eat donuts is just as important as your ability to ride your bicycle fast. The 33 and 55 mile routes in will include three Donut Stops.

Donut consumption is not mandatory, however a time bonus will be awarded for each donut consumed and recorded. Awards will be presented for Best Elapsed Time, Adjusted Time, and Most Donuts Eaten. INFO www.luvernechamber.com or (507) 283-4061.

American Norwegian Language, David Natvig Professor of Norwegian at St. Olaf July 13 10:30 am Beaver Creek Church 1111 W. 33rd St., Sioux Falls Admission is free.

Sundays in the Vineyard Wilde Prairie Winery July 14 • 2pm - 5pm 48052 259th Street Brandon, SD Live music by Billy Lurken.

Bring your lounge/lawn chair and lunch. We will have snacks available for purchase and South Dakota beer.

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Please no outside alcohol.

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Spanish for Children July 15 - 19 1pm - 4pm Register at www.Augie.edu.camp.

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Rosemaling Demonstration at the Old Courthouse Museum Tuesday, July 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 of the Old Courthouse Museum from 1-4 p.m. Stop in any time for a demonstration or to ask questions. INFO (605) 367-4210 or www. siouxlandmuseums.com Into the Pit Quarry Tour Tuesday, July 16 9:30 a.m.

Departs the Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Take a trip into an active quarry owned by Concrete Materials and view modern quarry techniques while discussing techniques of the past. Free admission,

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space is limited; call (605) 367-4210 to register. www.siouxlandmuseums.com Kid’s Activity Day at the Old Courthouse Museum Thursday, July 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 Historic Walking Tour of Woodlawn Cemetery: Crown Hill Siouxland Heritage Museums Thursday, July 18

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Enjoy beautiful summer weather while learning about Sioux Falls sites you pass by every day! $3 per person over 12 years old, call (605) 367-4210 to register. www. siouxlandmuseums.com St. Lambert’s Annual Top Quality Rummage July 19, 20, 21 1000 S. Bahnson Avenue Book and Bake Sale, including ‘man cave’.

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in the plaza behind the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch or purchase one from The Pickle Barrel. The concert will be held inside in the case of bad weather.

(605) 367-4210 or www. siouxlandmuseums.com 5th Annual Paralyzed Veterans of America Poker Run Saturday, July 20 10am - 5:30pm 945 S. Marion Rd. Sioux Falls, SD 57106 Start: Thirsty Duck Stops: J&L Harley Davidson-Sioux Falls; Big Urns-Crooks, SD; Shipwreck Bar & GrillChester, SD; Steve’s Bar & Grill-Trent, SD; Norby’s-Dell Rapids, SD; Safari Bar & Grill-Renner, SD. EndThirsty Duck. Admission:

$20 single/ $30 couple.

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Hy-Vee Day at the Zoo Saturday, July 20 11am - 2pm Great Plains Zoo 805 S. Kiwanis Ave. Hy-Vee Day at the Zoo caps off an entire month of celebrating the Great Plains Zoo’s partnership with HyVee. This event includes a catered lunch by Hy-Vee, up-close animal encounters, a stilt walker, face painting, and visits from the Zoo’s mascots. INFO (605) 367-7003.

Sundays in the Vineyard Wilde Prairie Winery July 21 2pm - 5pm 48052 259th Street Brandon, SD.

Tickets: $99.50 (GA Pit), $79.50, $59.50, $49.50, $39.50, $29.50 available at the KELOLAND Box Office or www.ticketmaster.com.

Live music by Amy Ellsworth. Bring your lounge/ lawn chair and lunch. We will have snacks available for purchase and South Dakota beer. This is a rain or shine event. Please no outside alcohol. INFO (605) 582-6471. www.wildeprairiewinery.com

R.F. Pettigrew Birthday Open House Tuesday, July 23 5pm - 8pm Pettigrew Home & Museum 131 N. Duluth Avenue Take a tour of the Pettigrew open house, enjoy refreshments in the museum, and events in the yard. Horse-drawn carriage rides will tour the Cathedral District throughout the evening. Free Admission.

INFO (605)367-7097 or www.siouxlandmuseums.com

Genealogy Camp for Teens July 22 - 26 9am - noon Register at www.Augie.edu.camp 1111 W. 33rd, Sioux Falls Five-day camp cost is $85.

Twins of Evil: Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson July 23 • 7pm Denny Sanford PREMIER Center.

Siouxland Heritage Museums Alliance Historic Homes Tour

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

Tuesday, July 23 5pm - 8pm Cathedral Historic District Tour three homes in the Sioux Falls Cathedral Historic District. Tickets are available for $10 at the Pettigrew Home & Museum. Proceeds go to support the Siouxland Heritage Museums. INFO (605) 367-7097 or www. siouxlandmuseums.com Starlab Inflatable Planetarium at the Old Courthouse Museum Thursday, July 25 1pm, 2pm, 3pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Discover the night sky, explore the constellations!

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Historic Walking Tour of North McKennan Park Siouxland Heritage Museums Thursday, July 25 6:30 p.m.

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Prairie Green Golf Course 600 E. 69th St. Join us for the fifth annual fundraising golf tournament to benefit Trail Ridge Senior Living Community. Funds raised from the event will help to enhance the wellness programs by continuing to develop walking paths for residents and their family members, to further enrich resident engagement through technology and to improve access to transportation for residents. INFO (605) 231-8111.

2 Cool Archery! Youth Introduction Friday, July 26 7pm - 8:30pm Archery Outfitters 1811 N. Lowell Ave. Banish the TV junkies and videogame zombies in your basement by exposing your kids to the fun, outdoor, fresh air sport of archery! Learn the basics of archery form, techniques, marksmanship, and safety - plus plenty of practice time. Experts will start your youth out right! Learn a new sport - all it takes is a little time and effort in the wild!

All equipment provided both traditional recurve and compound bows. Ages 8 to 14 years. $25 admission.

Organized by Community Education. INFO (605) 367-7999.

Into the Pit Quarry Tour Friday, July 26 9:30 a.m.

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Free Admission, space is limited; call (605) 367-4210 to register. www.siouxlandmuseums.com Evening in the Vineyard Wilde Prairie Winery 48052 259th Street Brandon, SD July 26 6pm - 9pm Live Music featuring Bill Britton & Friends and Food Truck by Dakota Seafood.

Bring your lounge/lawn chair, blanket and friends. We serve South Dakota beer.

Please no outside alcohol or pets. INFO (605)582-6471. www.wildeprairiewinery.com Latin Quarter at the Old Courthouse Museum Summer Plaza Concert Series Friday, July 26 noon - 1pm Old Courthouse Museum 200 West Sixth Street Latin Quarter will perform in the plaza behind the Old Courthouse Museum from noon to 1 p.m. Bring your lunch or purchase one from The Pickle Barrel. Concert will be held inside in the case of bad weather. INFO (605) 367-4210 or www. siouxlandmuseums.com Legally Blonde The Musical at Augustana University Fri., July 26 • 7pm Sat., July 27 • 2pm & 7pm Augustana University 2001 S. Summit Ave. The Dakota Academy of Performing Arts (DAPA) at the Washington Pavilion and the Augustana University Theatre Department present

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How the Model-T and Ma Perkins Changed the Lives of South Dakotans

BY RON ROBINSON

MODEL T FORD. The car was produced in a number of variations. It achieved its reputation for the most inexpensive automobile by using the assembly-line, with fully interchangeable parts.

MA PERKINS. Virginia Paynne was just 23 yers old when she started playing Ma in 1933.

By the time the show ended, in 1960, Payne was almost Ma’s age.

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Changes in transportation and communication were clearly major factors in decreasing the isolation of farm families.

When horses, buggies, and wagons were relied on, two weekly events, Saturday markets and Sunday worship, broke up the tedium. The automobile, which made transportation a matter of flipping a switch and turning a crank, made the midweek trip to town more viable. Wednesday was added to Saturday as a regular market day in all seasons save the depths of winter.

One needn’t go into debt to get a car, either. A Ford Model T was not dirt cheap, but not a squeaky-clean impossibility, either, for most families. And the workload seemed lighter when farm folk came to realize they might visit a neighbor or even run into town

he early decades of the 20th Century brought amazing technology and invention—airplanes, telephones, even television—but nothing changed the lives of people in South Dakota as directly as the coming of automobiles and radio.

It is easily forgotten today, when agriculture has become so mechanized and streamlined, that farmers and ranchers dominated the population of the state in 1910. The total population of South Dakota was 584,000 in that year. Cities leading in population included Lead (at 8,392), Aberdeen (at 10,753), and Sioux Falls (at 14,094). Only ten other towns in the state had more that 2,500 population.

That left 222 towns with fewer than 2,500, often considerably fewer.

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Most people in the state, obviously, lived on farms and ranches. And families, especially farm families, were much larger in those days. The average family size was 4.5 (that half person on the wrong side of the decimal point was cozy, no doubt, under Mama’s maternity dress), but many farm families numbered eight or more.

Life was tough on those farms and ranches, with tedious chores and repetitive tasks occupying the waking hours of both males and females. It was undoubtedly worse for women, who had fewer excuses to get away and were frequently saddled with pregnancy and child care as well as the regular chores of keeping the house in order and making meals. There was some truth in the chant, “Woman’s work is never done.”

of need be. In the western part of the state, especially, those long distances between ranches and villages no longer seemed such daunting barriers to sociability.

Accessibility was a key factor in the changing communication scene as well.

Cites and towns were using the telephone before the turn of the century. Lines had to be strung, of course, but stringing lines in town paid off quickly, whereas the long distances needed for rural phone lines decreased profitability. It took decades for farms to get phones, well into the 1940s, in many cases, whereas town families were hearing “Number, please?” by 1920.

For radio, what was needed was a station within range and a receiver to pick it up.

And South Dakota was early to have both.

The lack of electrical lines was no problem. either, since a dry-cell battery could provide all the power needed. And a copper antenna, strung from the house to the barn, brought in a surprising number of stations.

Not just one, but two receivers were standard on most farms, one for the house, another for the barn, for those tedious and repetitious chores, broken up by the broadcast of current market prices and a little fiddle music, slid by faster. And the endless workload borne by women was made lighter by serial stories and by such radio personalities as “the neighbor lady.”

Amateurs in South Dakota had been sending out signals without the benefit of a license for a decade before commercial broadcasting began. Some stations sent messages in Morse Code and other used voice and recorded music. Colleges and universities in the state were also experimenting with the medium early on. All broadcasting was stopped during the first world war, but it began again following the war.

The first truly commercial station in the state was WFAT, under a license issued to the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, but it failed as a paying proposition, apparently because businesses were leery of possible

benefits. Sold to Columbus College, a Catholic institution, the station became the first in South Dakota to broadcast a political speech live. The event was hindered by the inexperience of the speaker, Charles G. Dawes, who wanted to wander about the stage without regard for the fixes microphone.

Comes now an infant destined to become a broadcasting giant—WNAX in Yankton. Broadcasting intermittently at first, sometimes with recorded talent and sometimes live, the very existence of the station was in jeopardy in the early years.

Gradually, however, the broadcasts became more regular. John Chandler (“Chan”) Gurney has served as an announcer on the station, and the Gurney Seed and Nursery Company purchases the station’s license for $2,000 and started making improvements.

A 250-watt transmitter and a 125-foot high antenna, live music (furnished by, among many others, a young accordionist named Lawrence Welk), frequent market and weather reports, all contributed to the success of the station. With a potential range of almost 500 miles, the station dominated the airwaves, made the Gurney seed company a national competitor, and lofted Chan Gurney to such prominence that he eventually became a United States Senator. Among other staff who became well known were George B. German, Happy Jack O’Malley, and the Neighbor Lady” herself, Wynn Speece. No one was to question the commercial efficacy of radio after the phenomenal success of WNAX. Meanwhile, other radio stations in the state began to make money and were heard widely. KSOO, purchased by Joseph Henken and managed by his son Mortonl, was the oldest station in Sioux Falls to run on a continuous basis. KELO, an offshoot, often sharing talent, became a television pioneer later on, and launched the career of Dave Dedrick.

Stations in neighboring state were listened to in South Dakota, as well.

Cedric Adams was so popular that many rural listeners did not feel the day completed without his ten p.m. newscast.

“Chan” Gurney started as a staff announcer for WNAX, but advanced to commentator after the Gurney company bought the station and introduced a number of improvements that made it a regional giant. Gurney’s radio popularity eventually made him a South Dakota senator.

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Mason Dixon, a radio personality on KICD, Spencer, Iowa, was typical of area broadcasters. The “board” shown here, with microphone, and turntables was also typical.

Reagan broadcast play-by-play baseball on Des Moines station WHO. The broadcasts used sound-effects to give the impression that Reagan was actually at the game, while in fact he was sitting at a broadcast booth reading from a teletyped transcript of the game.

DAVE DEDRICK started broadcasting on radio when he was still in high school. Although he achieved fame on television, he maintained his status as a radio broadcaster on KELO, with a morning show. He was also known as a weatherman on TV, as well as being Captain 11.

WCCO in Minneapolis was the home of Cedric Adams, whose folksy style in delivering the news engaged listeners particularly, so much so that many did not consider the day ended until Adams’ ten p.m. newscast signed off. WHO in Des Moines was another popular station, blasting away with a 50,000 watt, non directional antenna, and such talent as Ronald Reagan, who recreated baseball games as they came in over the wire in printed form, so realistically that listeners would swear he was in the stadium.

Such engagement of the imagination marked the big difference between radio and other media. Fibber Magee’s closet, Jack Benny’s money vault, Captain Midnight’s nosediving airplane, Mason Dixon’s “Oldtimer,” (on KICD, Spencer, Iowa) all were entertaining figments of

imagination created by sound effects or vocal trickery. Orson Welles added his enormous talent to that of H. G. Wells to make “War of the Worlds” so real to thousands of listeners in 1938 that it caused panic among those who were already jittery because of the war news from Europe.

But changes came quickly. Performers moved from vaudeville to radio to television so fast it kept heads spinning.

By the late 1950s, radio drama and comedy was on the way out, to be replaced by canned music and deadly serious “call in” shows that seemed bent on shaking the foundations of politics.

This writer, then a lowly weekend scribbler for WCCO, recalls fervent discussions in the newsroom about whether recordings of the sputnik signal might be used in newscasts with the

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implIcation that they were being received at that very moment. At the same time, William Conrad’s unforgettable gruff voice as Marshall Dillon was still being heard on the radio version of “Gunsmoke.” And Stan Freburg had his own short-lived show with such classics as “Interview with the Abominable Snowman.” In the next decade, Gunsmoke was to be only on television, with the rotund Conrad replaced by the lanky James Arness, and Freburg was heard on radio only in short takes. Imaginations that had been stirred into life by radio drama and comedy were stunted by insistence on some version of “the truth.” The golden age of radio was in the past. Bob and Ray’s immortal sign-off will serve as an appropriate end-note for the era: “Write if you get work.” “And hang by your thumbs.”

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xciting things continue to happen in downtown Sioux Falls… new businesses, new entertainment opportunities and new places to live.

There’s no question that the appeal of living downtown has grown in recent years, with a number of new properties joining the downtown landscape. One of those properties is The Cascade at Falls Park, which opened this month. It joins Phillips Avenue Lofts, Larson Square and the Uptown Exchange Lofts as downtown residential units managed by Lloyd Companies.

This mixed-use complex on North Phillips Avenue, referred to as “uptown,” is home to 128 residential units on five floors,

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along with ground floor commercial space and an underground garage. Options include studio, one bedroom and two bedroom spaces with some variety in the floor plan style.

As soon as Cascade announced, it was ready to accept lease agreements, the east side facing Falls Park filled quickly. Those on the west side aren’t without a view, however, as they will look out over the Cascade’s courtyard that features a pool, hot tub, fire pit, and even a little dog park since the property is pet-friendly.

The units are bright and airy, with plenty of windows, high ceilings and a number of stylish finishes like hardwood floors, granite countertops and tile backsplashes in the kitchen and fireplace mantels made from

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The flexible floor plans allow residents to bring in their own style through furniture and accessories. There are many spacesaving features built in, with plenty of kitchen and bathroom cabinets, stacked laundry in each unit, pockets doors and more. If you head out for the day and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember if you turned the air conditioning off or locked the door, you can take care of that from your phone with the smart system that controls the thermostat and door lock.

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Even the bathroom mirrors are “smart” with a little dot you touch to raise and lower the light level.

In addition to providing attractive, functional space for everyday living, the Cascade at Falls Park creates a social environment where neighbors can get to know one another and connect through a variety of spaces and events.

There are community rooms on the main floor and the second floor with tables, chairs, and kitchen areas. The main floor room has access to the courtyard and, up a short ramp, also features a game room with pool table and bar rail. The second floor space is large enough for resident socials, wine tastings or cooking classes, and that room connects to a large patio.

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You can boost your health year-round in the 24-hour gym that has a garage door to provide an indoor-outdoor experience, and it also features space for spinning and yoga workouts.

The ultimate social gathering spot for Cascade residents, though is on the fifth floor. The Metli Lounge, named for former Sioux Falls planner and cheerleader Steve Metli, has indoor and outdoor space with a food and beverage area, outdoor fireplace and seating and a fantastic view of Falls Park and the new Levitt Shell.

As an added bonus, the building provides more than 200 underground parking spots, along with a car wash and pet wash.

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Somewhere between the appetizers and dessert I offered to write a column for etc for her. Was it the wine talking or a moment of weakness? I don’t recall exactly how it happened, but ten years later, I’m still writing the column. At the time they had just stopped publishing a men’s magazine called Prime. I’d written a little for that pub and I was enjoying it, so what did I have

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started ack in the 1920s, T.S. Elliot with his epic poem The Waste Land the cruelest the bleak words “April is of dead land, month, breeding lilacs out I’ve loved the mixing memory and desire.” felt like that poem for years, but always With the was a harsh sentiment for spring. ice storm exception of 2013, when an April April is an devastated our fair city, I think enough into awesome month. We’re far adjusted to Daylight Savings Time to have warm, the change. The weather is getting have the but still not hot. The evenings neighbors perfect chill, and friends and homes. are emerging from their winter we hose While the flowers begin to bloom, up the grills off the lawn furniture and fire extends from for the year. The spring clean al Memori the house to the patio. While of summer, Day may be the official start season.

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At any rate, the anniversary caused me to spend time recently going through some of the 120 previous articles, and I must say, some were pretty good. And some were real stinkers, like the far too frequent references to asparagus making your pee smell funny.

I’ve dragged that one out way too many times.

I’ve shared my favorite kitchen and grilling tools, some recipes, and several tips and tricks I’ve picked up through the years. I’ve written

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entire articles about salt and droned on about grilling over charcoal versus gas.

As I’ve heard from friends and acquaintances about these columns, it seems the ones that get the best reactions are based on personal stories; the ones about family, friends and the meals we’ve shared. The Father’s Day tribute to my dear old dad sparked a whole bunch of comments and conversations, and my recipe for pheasant with olives has been requested dozens of times since it was first published nearly ten years ago.

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y nearly every measure, this was a brutal winter. Too much snow, too much cold, melting too fast, flooding too much.

According to the calendar and the television weathermen with freakishly perfect hair, the first day of spring (or the vernal equinox, as they pompously refer to it) happened on March 21. But as far as I’m concerned, the first signs of spring have little to do with dates on the calendar or seeing the first robin; to me the season begins when the first tender stalks of asparagus push through the newly- thawed ground. I will be there when they show up at The Food Co-op even before the farmer’s markets open. Then, and only then, will it truly feel like spring. (For those of you checking your calendars for signs of spring, the Falls Park Farmer’s Market opens May 4 this year.)

I know people who travel the back-roads and byways to carefully protected and undisclosed locations each spring to pick stalks that grow in ditches and around abandone d farm houses. Armed with a pair of garden shears, a plastic bag and good sense of direction (or a maybe a GPS) they return each year to clip their prize. Although I really like asparagus, I have never been lucky enough to stumble upon one of these hidden patches of green goodness. And those who know the location of the growths aren’t sharing.

Once you’ve located fresh, tender asparagus it is versatile, easy to prepare and the humble stems can brighten up anything from salads to pastas to risottos. The most common preparation is steaming gently; the kitchen supply stores will even sell you a special tall, skinny pot made just to steam the spears while keeping the tops out

of the water. But since spring also brings the beginning of grilling season, that’s were much of mine will be cooked.

Asparagus, when steamed or lightly stir-fried has a sweet and grassy taste. But roast or grill those same spears and the flavor becomes much richer and nuttier.

Just be careful not to let them get too charred or they get a little bitter. My all time favorite is to wrap bundles of asparagus in thinly-sliced prosciutto. If they are pencil-thin, I’ll put 5 or 6 in a bundle, if thicker I’ll wrap 3 stalks at a time. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle on some freshcracked pepper (the prosciutto brings the salt) then grill for 3 to 4 minutes on each side. If you do it right, the bundles will stand up like proud little soldiers on the edge of the plate. And that, in my humble opinion, is just about as good as a vegetable ever gets.

A flowering perennial, asparagus is a cousin of onions and garlic. And while the onions make you cry and the garlic will give you foul breath, asparagus has its own downfall; it makes your pee smell funny. Some claim it doesn’t affect them, but scientific studies have shown it happens to all of us — but some just can’t smell it. My parents thought I was nuts when I mentioned it, but my sister backed me up. So much for the scent and sensitivity being genetic. At first I thought it was just me. Then the so-called Naked Chef Jamie Oliver mentione d it on TV. Aha! I thought; I am not alone. Not alone indeed.

A little research uncovered an abundance of references in science and literature. French novelist Marcel Proust once wrote that the vegetable “transform s my chamber-pot into a flask of perfume.”

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The fringe benefits of writing a food column were a little unexpected.

Since starting this column I’ve been asked to judge a handful of food competitions, taught a cooking class and was hired to cater a dinner for four couples in one of their homes.

I’ve participated in a few cooking competitions and brought home a handful of awards. And I’ve helped a couple of friends as they’ve competed and watched them bring home some hardware too.

While Angela has given me pretty free rein to write about what I want, I’ve stayed away from writing restaurant reviews.

I’ve mentioned some of the great restaurants where my beloved and I like to eat, but I’d rather not get into the weeds on places that don’t stand up. Our fair city has a really deep roster of eating establishments—more per capita than New York or Chicago! And I’ve watched as the places that aren’t very good fade away. They just don’t seem to last in Sioux Falls. We’ve got so many good choices, the bad ones weed themselves out without me writing a scathing review.

As I’m looking back over ten years of this column, I’m a little bit amazed I kept writing it so long. I think my original idea was to write it for a few months, maybe even a couple of years, but I never would have guessed I’d still be at it ten years later. So, what would you like to read about in future? Or is it time for this old man to hang up the laptop? Let me know what you think, and in the meantime, do yourself a favor, eat something good today.

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S’MORE WINE PLEASE

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fter a couple of glasses of good wine, a friend of my mine smiled and said, “S’more wine please.” My first thought was, “Man, this wine is going right to his head.” My second thought was, “Did he say S’more wine??” Then, of course, the cogs in my wine brain began turning rapidly until a thought appeared — what wine would I have with S’mores? This is the time of year when I look around my neighborhood and see fire pits igniting at dusk and the sweet scent of roasted marshmallows fills the air. My neighbor Jim polishes his custom-built (it’s an old golf club) marshmallow skewer and invites the family over for S’mores on an open fire.

Maybe I’ll bring over a bottle of Viognier.

Viognier (pronounced VEE-OH-NYAY) is a white wine grape variety. It is the only permitted grape for the French wine Condrieu

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in the Rhône Valley. Outside of the Rhône, Viognier can be found in regions of North and South America as well as Australia and New Zealand.

Viognier has the potential to produce full-bodied wines with a lush, soft character. The Viognier varietal has natural aromatics that include notes of peach, pears, violets, and minerality.

However, these aromatic notes can be easily destroyed by too much exposure to oxygen which makes barrel fermentation a winemaking technique that requires a high level of skill on the part of any winemaker working with this variety.

K Vintners, by Charles Smith, makes a wonderful Viognier and sources from the Yakima Valley in Washington State. Couple the charismatic wine labels with good juice, and you have a winning

Summertime is the perfect time for fire pits and S’mores, and a perfectly chilled bottle of Viognier is the perfect pairing.

combination. Because I’m a visual person, I tend to gravitate towards wines with labels that are appealing and thoughtful.

Check out Charles Smith’s wines like Boom Boom Syrah or Kung Fu Girl Riesling and you will quickly see how simple becomes complex and thought-provoking in a whole new way. His K Vintners brand is much tamer than his flagship wines, but it is clear that this Viognier fits the minimalistic branding.

I love the description of this Viognier, “Delicious, singlevineyard Viognier - layers of Meyer lemon curd, Asian pear, clove, honeydew melon, and bee’s wax. Balanced in the mouth with a minerally finish that’s so long you’ll need binoculars...” Brilliant

and masterful, just like the wine found in this bottle.

Summertime is the perfect time for fire pits and S’mores, and a perfectly chilled bottle of Viognier is the perfect pairing.

Carpe Vino!

Riccardo and Marybeth Tarabelsi are the owners of R Wine Bar on the East Bank of Downtown Sioux Falls. Along with their children Dante, Berent, and Jaxon, they enjoy taking care of guests at the restaurant. Follow them on Facebook and Instagram or at www.rwinebar.com. Riccardo is a Level I Sommelier and loves to receive questions. Contact him at riccardo@rwinebar.com.

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One Happy Camper

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itting by a campfire with my morning coffee, listening to the rush of Ten Sleep Creek as it cascades over boulders, no cell phone or WIFI reception, and all we see are canyon walls, the lodgepole pines surrounding our site and the sky – I am one happy camper!

Since we found our 1958 canned ham a couple years ago, camping has been the focus of our summer vacations. I’d been on the lookout for a vintage camper for years. It all began with a magazine article I read in high school about Sisters on the

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Fly, an organization of women who gather to camp and enjoy the outdoors. Most pull vintage campers they renovate and decorate. I was hooked on the idea.

A decade later, my husband, Shon and I were driving through the mountains of Montana and we passed a campground along the Yellowstone River filled with vintage campers. We stopped in for a visit.

Turns out it was a Sisters’ gathering!

Most of the ladies were out fly fishing, but one member gave us a tour of her camper. Shon now shared my dream.

We found our camper in Rapid City.

Now, she’s not perfect, but we knew she would keep us dry. I couldn’t wait to renovate and decorate! While Shon drove, I spent the five-hour journey eastward on I-90 scouring Pinterest for ideas. With input from Shon and our daughter, Parker, I decided the style would be vintage “campy.”

Then, I spent about $150 over the next few months buying vintage stadium blankets on eBay and rummage sales.

Plaid is my favorite color! My favorite blanket? It’s the South Dakota State

University, blue and gold plaid my friend, Melissa, gave me.

After getting her gas line checked out and updated, I took a week off work to do the rest. At first it was slow going. I found some peel and stick laminate “wood” plank flooring, and although I followed directions, I couldn’t seem to apply them correctly. Then, I figured out, there are no straight lines in this camper. So, I went with the flow, and within an afternoon she had new flooring.

What I enjoy about fixing up this camper,

is although she’s old, she’s not precious.

Anything I do is an improvement. And, I don’t need construction experience. All it took was a screwdriver and I was able to replace an ugly plastic overhead light with an Edison bulb. For its shade, I used a vintage cage I bought at an estate sale for $5.

I put my 4-H sewing experience to work, cut up some of the stadium blankets and recovered cushions and sewed throw pillows. Now, if it’s raining outside, we have a comfortable space to hang out indoors.

Even when we’re not camping, most summer days, when I’m done with work, Parker and I will escape to the camper, lounge on the couch/bed and read together.

Maybe it’s the fact that cell service and WIFI is nearly non-existent in most campgrounds. Or, the fact that we’re on vacation and surrounded by nature, but when we’re camping life is just simpler.

Somehow, we each fit all the clothes we need for 10 days in the wild in a small wooden bin. A beverage fridge and coolers hold a week’s worth of perishables and the

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Food tastes incredible when it’s prepared over a camp stove.

We even simplify our coffee routine, leaving the French press at home, and making cowboy coffee in an old enamelware pot. Not familiar with cowboy coffee? It’s simple…if not a bit gritty. Boil water. Throw in grounds. Boil for about 3 minutes more.

Even doing dishes outdoors is fun. In fact, on one camping trip to Nebraska’s Ponca State Park, Parker and some campground friends she made, argued about who got to help me wash and dry dishes!

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Make Time for History Make Time for History at the Old Courthouse Museum in Sioux Falls, and do some shopping in the Old Courthouse Museum Store for Unique Books, Gifts, Native American and South Dakota made products! The Old Courthouse Museum Store also features three new WPA-inspired posters this summer! Find something unique at the Old Courthouse Museum, Open daily in downtown Sioux Falls. 200 W. 6th Street. siouxlandmuseums.com

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Get Lost in the

WHITE MOUNTAINS

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here are so many reasons to visit the White Mountains of New Hampshire, from miles of hiking trails, unparalleled views, and year-round adventures such as scenic drives and local attractions offering fun for the whole family. Home to stunning waterfalls, beautiful swimming holes, and a plethora of wildlife, 800,000 acres of White Mountain National Forest and the Appalachian Trail are found here, with incredible views along the Presidential Range.

With endless recreational opportunities to enjoy, visitors can take part in a variety of things, from hiking to swimming, fishing, boating, and mountain biking. 48 peaks exceeding 4,000 feet provide challenging treks for hikers to navigate.

The New Hampshire State Parks are plentiful, including Mount Washington State Park, which is the highest State Park in northeastern North America at 6,288 feet. From its summit, on a clear day, it’s often possible to see into five states - New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York even into Canada. Also on the summit is the Mount Washington Museum highlighting human and natural history. Another historical element within the White Mountains and the largest Shaker dwelling house ever built, the Great Stone Dwelling can

be found at Enfield Shaker Museum. Featuring nine buildings in various stages of restoration, miles of hiking trails, gardens, and Feast Ground on Mount Assurance. The White Mountains region also boasts a large array of theater and arts options to enjoy. In Lincoln, visit Jean’s Playhouse, which produces summer professional theatrical productions, musical events, community shows, and a touring children’s theater. In Tamworth, catch a summer show at the longest running summer stock theater in the country, The Barnstormers Theater. In North Conway, enjoy a theatrical performance in the historic Eastern Slope Playhouse of the Mt. Washington Valley Theatre Company. In Whitefield, see a classic Broadway-worthy show at the Weathervane Theatre.

Just four miles north of North Conway Village on Route 15 is Believe in Books Literacy Foundation, offering a 10K trail system including Storybook Trail, the Theater in the Wood, and many educational and fundraising events and productions.

The dining options are plentiful in the White Mountains. In North Woodstock, you’ll find the Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train, open from 4-9pm during peak season Thursday through Sunday.

A train ticket includes a five course dinner using local ingredients

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and a two hour train ride, with mixed drinks prepared by an on-board mixologist and seating upgrades at an additional cost.

Riverwalk Resort at Loon Mountain is home to Seven Birches Winery, offering wine tastings and tours and rated top “Things To Do” in Lincoln, New Hampshire on TripAdvisor.com. Some of the best Italian cuisine in the White Mountains can be found here at La Vista. Wood-fired pizza, fresh salads and pasta, and entrees featuring salmon and steak can be found on the menu at La Vista, as well as exceptional beer, wine, and specialty whiskey flights. Cranmore Mountain Resort offers Summit’s Meister Hut Restaurant, featuring the Tuckerman Brewing Tasting Room.

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Downtown Woodstock is home to The Woodstock Station and the Woodstock Inn and Brewery. Groups of all ages and food preferences will love this choice, with basic menu items such as nachos, burgers, and fries, as well as fine dining options such as mahi mahi and Asian inspired duck wings. The Woodstock Brewery offers many local favorites such as the White Mountain Weasel Wheat Ale and Weasel Wheat. Also check out the Woodstock Brewery’s beer yoga classes! There are also over a dozen Common Man restaurants located throughout New Hampshire, with New England favorites such as mussels, crab cake, and clam chowder.

Housed in a restored 18th century mill on the Ammonoosuc

River in Downtown Littleton, Schilling Beer Co. is a Europeaninspired microbrewery, wood-fired pizza kitchen, and store. One of America’s top 500 wineries, Hermit Woods Winery is home to “New Hampshire’s Best Craft Beverage”, according to Food & Wine Magazine, and Woodstock Inn, Station & Brewery offers daily tours and an award-winning restaurant featuring a seasonal outdoor patio, live entertainment, and a stunning new 170-seat function suite.

Adventure is around every corner in the White Mountains, for every age and ability. Choose your own adventure from ziplines, helicopter rides, trains, wineries, breweries, parks, museums,

and more. There are many family-friendly activities in the White Mountain region that will make your vacation even more memorable. Established in 1952, Funspot is the largest arcade in the world, with over 600 games for all ages. Explore the American Classic Arcade museum, play bingo in the 400-seat Bingo Hall, swing high at Monkey Trunks High Ropes & Zipline Course, and taste your favorite flavor from Jordan’s Homemade Ice Creamery.

Celebrate Christmas in July at Santa’s Village, an amusement park that is focused on all things winter and Christmas! Located in Jefferson, New Hampshire, you can find rides like “Rudy’s Rapid Transit Coaster” and “The Great Humbug Adventure” here, with

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all rides designed for families with children under the age of 13.

The kids will be sure to fall in love with Story Land, a children’s theme park with over 30 creatively-themed rides and attractions.

Take a ride on the one-of-a-kind wooden Roar-O-Saurus roller coaster, and check out the newest attractions, Daniel Tiger’s Grrific musical state show and meet and greet, and Living Shores Aquarium, where you can find a captivating indoor walk-through adventure with over 32,000 square feet of interactive tide pools, exhibits, and activities. Clark’s Trading Post has unique specialty shops and much, much more. Enjoy Wolfie’s Segway Park, the Climbing Tower, Water Blaster Boats, Kilburn’s Photo Parlor, River City Mining, and the Anaconda Escape. Ride the White Mountain Central Railroad through Wolfman’s Territory, watch the Trained Bear Show, and be amazed by the Circus Act. Located just 40 minutes north of Franconia Notch, the Great Vermont Corn Maze is the largest maze in New England.

Among of the top 10 mazes in America, there are two mazes and 26 acres of fun to be had here, with tunnels, bridges, surprises, and more. Experience North America’s longest alpine Slide or enjoy the Nor’Easter Mountain Coaster at Attitash Mountain Resort. Soar above the trees from the summit of Bear Peak to the base of Attitash Mountain on the ZipTour, including one of

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the longest single zip spans in the East. Cross-country and liftserviced downhill mountain biking is available at Attitash, as well as a free-fall Airbag Jump, Slacklines, and the only outdoor water park in the Mount Washington Valley. Voted TripAdvisor’s Top 25 Waterparks in the United States, Whale’s Tale Water Park is sure to impress. The world-class waterpark houses Akua Beach, a simulated wave, and you can find the World’s Largest Swimming Lesson in June, and a surf competition in July. Every weekend, enjoy family games at Waveside Stage during the Beachside Bash.

The 135-acre estate, Castle in the Clouds, provides loads of enriching activities for all ages lasting anywhere from one hour to an entire day long. Home to Lucknow, a 16-room mansion built in the Ossipee Mountains in 1914, as well as the on-site Carriage House offering highly-acclaimed dining amidst stunning lakeside views on the terrace. Hike along 28 miles of trail and take in the beauty of the New Hampshire ecosystem. Riding in the Clouds provides horseback, carriage, and pony rides along the epic trails.

Live music, programs, tours, and so much more can be enjoyed at Castle in the Clouds. Ride the Wildcat Express to the summit of Wildcat Mountain, with views of Mount Washington, Tuckerman Ravine, and the Presidential Range. Climb the observation tower, play around on the new Loon Peak Disk Golf Course, and face the

POWERED BY LIGHT five courses in the Aerial Forest Adventure Park. Get lost in the LogJam Maze, scale the outdoor climbing wall, and Zipline across the Pemigewasset River.

Polar Caves Park has several family-friendly attractions, guided rock-climbing routes, an Animal Park with unique species to admire, and more. Discover Via Ferrata, which is an iron climbing Polar Ascent feature that spans over 170 feet. Mine for gems at the Baker River Mining Sluice, conquer various climbing routes, and find your way through nine granite caves. The 200-acre Markus Wildlife Sanctuary has free admission and is located on the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, with two miles of walking trails that overlook a nesting pair of loons. The Loon Center features loon displays and interactive exhibits, with a non-profit gift shop, Loon’s Feather, which offers “all things loon and more!” Quality seasonal activities are available at Gunstock Mountain Resort, all while taking in beautiful views of Lake Winnipesaukee and the surrounding Belknap, Ossipee, and White Mountain ranges.

Some of the longest ziplines in the continental United States can be found at Gunstock, as well as the largest aerial obstacle course in New England and off-road Segway tours. The Mountain Coaster, Paddleboats, Water Wars, and the Stunt Jump are all family-friendly adventures to enjoy here, as well. Visit Alpine

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Adventures and soar 200 feet above the forest floor at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. This most award-winning and largest adventure destination in New England is home to three Zipline courses, off-road tours on 300 private acres of trails, and the ever expanding Thrillsville Aerial Park and Big Air Bag Launchzone. It is sure to be an unforgettable experience. Cranmore Mountain Resort provides many things to enjoy and explore, and is located just one mile from downtown North Conway Village. Fly on the Soaring Eagle Zipline ride, swing into the sky on the Giant Swing, zoom down the Mountain Coaster, and take to the trees in the Aerial Adventure ropes course.

As a family, you can also indulge in several scenic drives and tours, including the breathtaking Kancamagus Highway and the state’s historic Cog Railway. Built in 1869, Cog Railway takes visitors on a guided 3-hour round trip to the top of Mount Washington, and they can enjoy the Cog Railway Museum, gift shop, and restaurant at the base. The 80-passenger aerial tramway of Cannon Mountain travels above timberline to the 4,100-foot

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summit for incredible views into multiple states and of the White Mountains. Enjoy the walking paths, cafeterias, swimming spots, an observation deck, the New England Ski Museum, and the Old Man of the Mountain Museum. Take a self-guided, 2-mile nature walk through the spectacular Flume Gorge, and discover scenic pools, waterfalls, and covered bridges. Explore caves and stop at the Visitor’s Center along the way. America’s original manmade attraction, the legendary Mount Washington Auto Road is a 2-hour guided tour to the summit of Mount Washington. The 7.6-mile Auto Road features four different ecological zones to explore, with panoramic views of spanning distant mountains and valleys. Conway Scenic Railroad is an old-fashioned railroading adventure with various routes of excitement to take you back in time. Enjoy lunch on one of the beautiful dining cars of the Valley Train or the Notch Train, offering coach, first class, or dome seating. Lost River Gorge and Boulder Caves is one of New Hampshire’s greatest natural wonders. A self-guided adventure will take you along a one-mile wooden boardwalk trail

surrounded by rock walls, glacial boulder caves, and majestic waterfalls. Pan for gemstones and observe Lost River and Kinsman Notch from the Giant Bird’s Nest viewing platform and the upper gorge Suspension Bridge. Squam Lake is surrounded by quiet coves and sandy beaches, with the infamous Jumping Rock, historic Church Island, and scenes from where the movie “On Golden Pond” was filmed. Relax aboard a 23-foot Sea Ray Bow-Rider with Squam Boating Excursions, cruising at sunset or gazing at the stars under a full moon. Squam Lake Natural Sciences Center is the only institution in northern New England accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. It brings you nearer to nature, with live animal exhibits featuring mountain lions, red and gray fox, black bear, river otter, and other various creatures, and Kirkwood Gardens displays the flowering plants and shrubs that naturally attract birds and butterflies. You can also take your family on a 3-hour moose tour and guided wildlife adventure with a variety of companies, including Pemi Valley Moose Tours, Gorham Moose Tours, and North Conway Moose Safari Moose Tour.

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Dry Needling:

Targeted Relief for Pain

BY DONNA FARRIS | AVERA HEALTH

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alking and hiking had always been a simple joy for Cindy Heiberger.

That is, until she began to experience pain in her feet.

“I had such extreme pain in my heels and the bottom of my feet, I didn’t even want to get out of bed. I tried stretches, exercises and steroid injections. I spent hundreds of dollars on new shoes, arch supports and heel pads. Nothing seemed to help,” Heiberger said. “I dealt with it for three years. I didn’t know what was wrong or what to do about it. It just hurt.”

Upon the suggestion to try physical therapy, Heiberger began seeing Jason Tjeerdsma, Physical Therapist with Avera Therapy.

“We analyzed her body to figure out the biomechanical issue she was dealing with, and how to treat it appropriately,” Tjeerdsma said. Heiberger’s pain was due to plantar fasciitis – a medical term for inflammation of tissue that connects the heel bone to the toes.

Yet the source of her problem wasn’t actually her feet – it was her calves.

Tjeerdsma first recommended a set of stretches and exercises – different than what Heiberger had found on the Internet.

And, he had another new tool in his toolbox that he wanted to try: dry needling.

In March of 2018, legislation passed in South Dakota allowing physical therapists to practice functional dry needling, a therapy to manage musculoskeletal problems. Tjeerdsma had been trained in the technique and was among physical therapists to advocate for this legislation.

When the law became effective in August, Heiberger was one of the first patients in the state to receive this treatment.

Dry needling uses thin, dry filament needles to target treatment to muscle, tendon and ligaments. “With this treatment, we are targeting a specific structure to restore overall function. It’s an evidence-based technique, proven to improve pain, function and range of motion,” Tjeerdsma said.

Whether in the neck, back or extremities, therapists use dry needling to target trigger points, hyper-irritable spots, taut bands of skeletal muscle and fascia, or painful spots that produce pain, tenderness or motor dysfunction.

After three sessions, Heiberger knew she was getting better. “It sped up the whole process. It put me over the top,” she said of dry needling.

Tjeerdsma said the needles are similar to acupuncture, but the process and the philosophy are quite different.

“Acupuncture is traditional Chinese medicine in which needles are placed at points along meridian flow to rebalance the flow of energy,” he explained. “With dry needling, we focus on the specific tissue with our placement of the needles.”

When Tjeerdsma is placing the needles, he is trained to find those “knots” or tight spots within tissues. Placement of the needle then releases the tension right at that point.

Heiberger said that dry needling is not painful, but there is an intense sensation.

“I don’t know how to describe it and I’m sure it’s totally different for everyone, but it’s not painful.”

A session might be as short as two minutes or as long as 20 minutes. As an emerging treatment, it is not yet covered by all insurance companies.

However, Heiberger said the cost was surprisingly affordable.

In light of today’s opioid crisis, dry needling can provide another alternative to pain pills. “More and more, health care providers continue to find methods to treat pain that can omit pills and surgery,” said Tjeerdsma. “Dry needling offers a drug-free approach to pain relief.”

“It’s a tool for the tool box. It’s one of the tactics we use, along with things such as manual therapy, joint mobilization, heat or ice, prescribed stretching and exercises, and more,” Tjeerdsma said.

“I had such extreme pain in my heels and the bottom of my feet, I didn’t even want to get out of bed.”

Learn more at Avera.org/therapy

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Color Scavenger Hunt

Materials: Poster board, markers, and the outdoors.

Create an easy and educational scavenger hunt for your little ones by drawing a shape in each color of marker you have. Explain to the youngest children what the goal is, to search high and low for items in the backyard that are the same color as the shape on the poster board. You’ll be surprised by some of the items they are able to find!

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Marshmallow Sculpture

Materials: Mini marshmallows and toothpicks.

Keep the kids entertained by connecting marshmallows and toothpicks to create an artsy sculpture. Just be sure they don’t eat too many marshmallows.

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Sponge Sailboats

Materials: Duct tape, popsicle sticks, scissors, and sponges.

Using one of the ends of the scissors, cut a slit in the middle of a sponge where the popsicle stick will go through. Stick the popsicle stick through the hole, then wrap some duct tape around the end of the stick in order to keep it in place on the bottom of the sponge. Cut a piece of duct tape and wrap it around the popsicle stick, folding it in half. Design the “sail” however you wish, then place the boat in some water and let the kids use their imaginations.

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Cut long, thin pieces from the washi tape, and begin marking each rock with an “X” or one line, making five of each. Cut some tape for the Tic Tac Toe game, creating a hashtag symbol, aka pound sign, with spaces big enough to fit the rocks you chose for the game. Have fun teaching your kids how to play and see who wins the most.

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ost parents have a few questions about their kids. When should my daughter be walking? At what point should I talk to my middle schooler about puberty? How do I make sure my teen is making good decisions?

Pediatricians can help with these and any other issues that come up in the course of parenting. Many people think it’s just for well-baby visits or immunizations, but at Sanford Health, our pediatricians are part of your parenting team.

Here are just a few ways a pediatrician can help.

1. Pediatricians are specially trained in children up to age 18.

They complete a threeyear residency that works with children and pediatric specialists, differentiating them from other providers. This specialty allows them to provide care for well children to children with genetic disorders such as Down syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome, cerebral palsy and other metabolic problems.

2. They identify growth and development issues.

Pediatricians monitor a child’s growth and watch for children who are or are not meeting their appropriate height and weight. This is crucial to help identify other issues that might not show signs or symptoms besides growth, such as celiac disease, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease.

4. They also address common misconceptions about children and their development.

Whether it’s a fever, a teething issue, trouble sleeping or other developmental issues, pediatricians are able to address your concerns and any misconceptions you may have in reference to these topics.

3. Pediatricians discuss relevant topics with parents according to their child’s age.

When it comes to newborns, pediatricians focus on sudden infant death syndrome, fever and addressing common questions and concerns. For the 6-month well-child check, you can expect pediatricians to discuss topics like crib settings as the child will likely be crawling and pulling to stand.

5. The relationship you have with your child’s pediatrician is as important to them as it is to you.

Pediatricians want you to feel comfortable enough to share your questions and concerns. If you want to learn more about your child’s pediatrician, or pediatricians in general, consider doing a meet-and-greet, which will allow you to voice any questions you have and put your mind at ease, especially if you’re a first-time parent.

Finding a pediatrician to care for your child during infancy, early childhood and adolescence can be seen as overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Keeping in mind these facts about pediatricians will allow you and your child to find the right fit.

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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.

Dinosaur Farm!

by Penny Dale They’ve built, they’ve zoomed, they’ve rescued, they’ve flown into space, and they’ve even fought off pirates, and now our dynamic team of dinosaurs is working hard on the farm! Join them as they plow the stony soil, feed the sheep, harvest the wheat, and much more! But what are they preparing all their animals and crops for?

And where are they traveling to in their tractor?

Why, it’s a farm show! But will they win the grand prize?

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How to Be on the Moon

by Viviane Schwarz It’s almost impossible to get to the moon. It’s out in space, which is dark and empty, and it’s very far away. If Anna and Crocodile are going to make it to the moon, they’ll need some special skills, like being able to do math and having a lot of patience. They’ll also need to build a rocket.

Not to mention the sandwiches for the journey.

Luckily, when Anna and Crocodile put their minds together, nothing can stand in their way.

Full of the same cheerful charm that made How to Find Gold so endearing, Viviane Schwarz’s pitch-perfect text and wonderfully colorful illustrations launch this story off the page in a true celebration of curiosity and the magic of imaginative play.

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You Are Light

by Aaron Becker This is the light that brings the day.

Open this beautiful book to find a graphic yellow sun surrounded by a halo of bright die-cut circles. Now hold the page up to the light and enjoy the transformation as the colors in those circles glow. In an elegant, sparely narrated ode to the phenomenon of light, Aaron Becker follows as light reflects off the earth to warm our faces, draws up the sea to make the rain, feeds all the things that grow, and helps to create all the brilliant wonders of the world, including ourselves.

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The Great Grammar Book

by Kate Petty Want to turn grammar into a game? Name the pictures to get a handle on nouns. Spin a wheel to see verbs in action. Flip some flaps and put a few adjectives to work, creating some silly characters in the process. And what do pronouns have to do with looking in a mirror — or prepositions with walking a dog through a pop-up park? There’s nothing fusty about learning the basics of grammar with this jam-packed fun house of a lesson book, republished with a colorful new cover.

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Firefly Home

by Jane Clarke There’s no place like home. But poor Florence Firefly is lost, and there are so many bright lights shining in the night sky that she doesn’t know which way to go. She’ll need some help to find her way back home. In this clever interactive picture book, readers can participate in Florence’s journey by encouraging her to fly faster, suggesting which direction to take, and making a wish.

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Queen of the Sea

by Dylan Meconis When her sister seizes the throne, Queen Eleanor of Albion is banished to a tiny island off the coast of her kingdom, where the nuns of the convent spend their days peacefully praying, sewing, and gardening. But the island is also home to Margaret, a mysterious young orphan girl whose life is upturned when the cold, regal stranger arrives. As Margaret grows closer to Eleanor, she grapples with the revelation of the island’s sinister true purpose as well as the truth of her own past.

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Lois Looks for Bob at the Museum The next title in this quirky lift-the-flap book series from illustrator Gerry Turley appeal with their offbeat humor. Little readers will love helping Lois search for her friend Bob behind museum artifacts and encountering their friends along the way.

Little readers will love helping Lois search for her friend Bob behind museum artifacts and encountering their friends along the way in this quirky lift-the-flap book with a retro feel.

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First Words: Early Learning at the Museum Early Learning at the Museum Using amazing objects from the British Museum, this series of captivating board books encourages children to engage with early learning concepts.

Inquisitive toddlers will enjoy learning first words and animals with gorgeous photographic images on every page. As beautiful as the objects inside them, these board books make wonderful gifts.

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Swim with Little Fish!: Bath Book

by Lucy Cousins Hello, I am Little Fish, happy as can be.

I love to splash and splish.

Come and swim with me!

Join Little Fish and friends as they dip and dive beneath the sea. Red Fish flips and flaps. Yellow Fish swirls and twirls. Can you imagine what Mommy Fish does? Soft, squishy, and sturdy, this waterproof, wipe-clean book is perfect for babies and toddlers at bath time, high-chair time, or anytime.

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Good Dog, McTavish

by Meg Rosoff When Ma Peachey takes up yoga, the rest of the family finds themselves abandoned to chaos: no one cooks dinner, no one picks up the dirty laundry, the children are always late for school, and there is a good deal of squabbling and squalor. Ma may be off finding inner peace, but irritable Pa Peachey, glum Ava, and wannabe girl-charmer Ollie are falling apart. Only Betty, the sensible youngest child, is wise enough to see that this family is in need of rescue.

Enter McTavish, a rescue dog who, true to his mission, is ready to teach this family some new tricks. Getting the Peacheys to behave will take work, but if anyone can do it, McTavish can.

After all, he’s a very good dog — maybe even a psychological mastermind!

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LEPTOSPIROSIS CAN AFFECT DOGS OF ALL SIZES AND BACKGROUNDS Leptospirosis can be an unrecognized problem in suburban and urban areas where dogs can come into contact with wildlife. Common risk factors for leptospirosis in dogs include exposure to or drinking from puddles, rivers, lakes, or streams: roaming on rural properties, exposure to wild animal or farm animal species, even if in the backyard; and contact with rodents or other dogs.

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, which means it can be spread from animals to people.

Signs include: • Dark urine • Marked dehydration • Lethargy • Acute renal failure • High fever (which can then drop afterwards) • Gastroenteritis with vomiting and diarrhoea which may include blood • J aundice (orange-yellow discolouration) which is typical of leptospirosis.

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