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Relay for Life: DeHaai says live life without worry Shandra Thomas/ SUN
for all of his work survivor for the 2012 with the American event. She said she chose Cancer Society. DeHaai because she is very He was courageous and accepting. especially active “She quietly accepted her in the American cancer,” Hanzlik said. “A lot Cancer Societies of people didn’t even realize annual daffodil she had cancer.” Selland DeHaai sales. Hanzlik said DeHaai said she was Selland would go very surprised and honored around to businesses each community service award on when Deb Ford approached year to collect money for his behalf. her in June to tell her that the daffodil sales. Selland’s Hanzlik nominated See R elay, page 8 family will accept the DeHaai as the honorary
Lorna DeHaai and the late Knute Selland will be honored during the 12th Annual Tri-County Relay for Life event on Friday, July 27. Activities start at 6 pm at St. Joseph’s Indian School. Tri-County Relay for Life committee member Peggy Hanzlik said Selland will be honored posthumously
Architect shares revised center plans School board to decide event center project’s fate Aug 13 Shandra Thomas/ SUN The Chamberlain School Board heard from Jeff Hazard with Koch Hazard Architects on the proposed building project during their meeting on Monday, July 23. Prior to meeting with the school board, Hazard met with the activities staff members, athletic staff and the fine arts staff. Hazard said the new plans are a result of the input given by the school board, staff and the city of Chamberlain. He said they have met the city’s parking requirements. There will be 462 total paved parking places, an additional 346 gravel parking spaces plus grass parking if needed. Hazard feels that all basic requirements have been met with the project. “It’s a very cost effective facility that meets the needs but doesn’t go dramatically beyond,” Hazard said. A new main entrance will be on the west side with a separate entrance on the south side of the building. The new entrance will enter into a main
concourse that is currently 20 feet wide. Hazard said the basic goal of the concourse is to have a space that is big enough to accommodate 2,500 people when they enter the building. The concourse will serve as part of the walking track as well. Both the men’s and women’s restrooms have increased in stalls. The women’s restroom is currently set at 952 square feet and has increased from 16 stalls to 26 stalls. The men’s restroom is 713 square feet with 24 fixtures, up from the 13 previously planned. The theater will be 100 feet by 32 feet, which, according to Hazard, is a professional grade theater. There will be two dressing rooms with restroom facilities in each dressing room. Another issue Koch Hazard addressed was traffic flow to stage right. Under the new plans, there are four entrances into the audience chambers. Superintendent Debbie Johnson said that the staff See School, page 15
Tri-County Relay for Life, Friday, July 27 • • • • •
6 pm – Welcome 6:30 pm – Walking begins 7 pm – Entertainment begins 8 pm – Caregiver recognition 8:30 pm – Remember those who have passed away since last relay event • 9:30 pm – Luminary lighting • 10 pm – Read luminary list • 12 am – First Closing • 6 am – Second Closing For a full list of events, see page 8.
Work the farm, meet new people Organic farm work experience teaches both the farmer and workers Jessica Giard/Sun
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Olle Danielsson and Brandon Eaton prepare mizuna for market on harvest day at Muddy Pumpkin Farms. The two are volunteer workers with the WWOOF network.
It’s Thursday at Muddy Pumpkin Farms which means it’s harvest day on the farm south of Oacoma. On this particular Thursday – July 12, to be exact – a quartet of volunteer laborers are picking, sorting and washing salad greens in preparation for Saturday’s farmers markets. Alyssa Bolze, who grew up in the Southeast, has been working the gardens at Muddy Pumpkin for the past two and a half weeks and was leaving soon for a farm near Bozeman, MT. She and the other three volunteer workers on the farm are collectively known as WWOOFers. The 41-year old organization WWOOF - World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms – provides a network of volunteer workers to support farms like Muddy Pumpkin. For the second summer now, the farm has hosted a series of volunteer workers through WWOOF with stays as short as a week to up to three months. “It’s a lot more fun than I expected,” said Bolze. She recently graduated from Western Kentucky University and is gathering experience for an upcoming Peace Corps assignment. “It is a lot of work, but you can make it fun.” Muddy Pumpkin Farms is one of seven host farms in South Dakota listed with the WWOOF USA website. Happy Hydros greenhouse of Pukwana is also a WWOOF host. The workers are volunteers. They give a half-day’s work in exchange for food and accommodations. Workers get more than food to eat and a place to stay, they also gain experience, knowledge and meet new people. “I feel like my diet here has been so much See Organic, page 15
New history book features local images • Oacoma’s Olsons share vintage postcard collection
CHAMBERLAIN - A new book which features Chamberlain’s history through a collection of vintage images will be released on Monday, Aug. 6. Local authors Gene and Alice Olson, formers owners of the Old West Museum in Oacoma, worked with Jan Cerney and Arcadia Publishing to write and publish Around Chamberlain as part of the
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Postcard History Series. The history features more than 200 images and postcards detailing history of Chamberlain and the surrounding area. Old West Trading Post in Oacoma will host a book signing open house on Sunday, Aug. 12 with the Olsons. The book will for available for sale there, as well. When Gene Olson began collecting postcards, his interest was centered on the western and ranching culture and the places in which he grew up and spent his life. He was born at Bijou Hills but grew up around
new western lands. The railroad reached the town in 1880 and by 1890 the settlement offered 200 businesses. The Chamberlain area evolved from the rough and wooly days of cowboy cattle drives across the pontoon bridge to the leisurely ferry excursions to American Island for picnics and ball games. Even today, as travelers from the east come over the rise and descend toward the Missouri River on Interstate 90, they must be thinking the same as travelers of long ago—this is where the West begins.
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Pukwana and attended high school there. Following their marriage, the Olsons ranched south of Chamberlain and eventually established Old West Museum at Oacoma. . Tucked among the hills on the banks of the Missouri River, Chamberlain has long been a stopping-off point for travelers. The Sioux found rich hunting and Lewis and Clark discovered a comfortable place to rest on American Island. Chamberlain became a landing for steamboats which carried cargo and provided transportation to the
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Organic, from page 1 better,” said Brandon Eaton, who was on the farm for over a week. “We all throw in together and cook meals. You get to meet a lot of interesting people.” Eaton of Bowling Green, KY, grew up on a tobacco farm and cattle ranch which used chemical fertilizers. He feels the high use of chemicals isn’t good on the land in the long term. His job that morning was de-stemming and washing mizuna, a dark, peppery salad green. Muddy Pumpkin is his first WWOOF experience. “I’ve never really traveled out this way. I like it. South Dakota is a beautiful place,” he said. “I’m working for a really good family. They couldn’t be any more hospitable.” Eaton was attracted to WWOOFing so he could learn more about sustainable living. “I feel like I’ve been a consumer for too long. It’s time to give back a bit,” he said. Working with Eaton on the mizuna, Olle Danielsson from Norrköping, Sweden,
uses the WWOOF volunteer experience to travel through the United States. “Instead of going to see the big cities, I can actually meet people and see a different side of America that’s more interesting than going to New York,” he said. Danielsson also does WWOOFing in Sweden. Mark Werner, one of the brothers running the farm, has been on both sides of the experience. Over the winter, he was a WWOOFer in British Columbia where he worked beside people from Belgium and Germany. That farm had hosted over 700 WWOOFers, a large margin over the 12 who Muddy Pumpkin has hosted this year. “WWOOFers bring excitement and joy to their work and help remind me that being a vegetable farmer is the best job in the world,” said Werner. He appreciates the extra hands they bring to a labor intensive operation and sees immense value in the exhange of labor for knowledge. The volunteers
School, from page 1 meetings earlier in the day were positive. The staff was willing to ask questions and offer suggestions knowing that the building will not be made bigger or larger but to positively use the space provided, she said. The board will vote on the building project at their August 13 meeting at 7 pm in the Chamberlain High School Library. New Courses for 2012-13 The board heard proposals for new courses at Chamberlain High School for the 2012-2013 school year. According to Johnson, the school will be eliminating Algebra IIA and Algebra IIB from the course curriculum because the state has made it a law that all students must take a Geometry course to graduate. “By doing that, we will be placing those kids in some more difficult courses then they had before,” Johnson said. “We’re going to ask kids to take on that more
challenging coursework.” This year, approximately 10 seniors have signed up to take an AP Biology class through the South Dakota Virtual High School program.
Social Services awards $840,000 in food grants PIERRE - The state Department of Social Services has released $840,000 in grants to four agencies to provide emergency food assistance to low-income people in 39 counties. Funds were appropriated by the 2012 Legislature Grants were awarded to the following area agencies: • FeedingSouth Dakota, $491,813 to purchase a truck, purchase food and deliver it to the least
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WWOOF volunteer Emma Burghardt sorts through greens on harvest day. understand the value of the exchange, as well. “It’s a good solution for somebody who does have an organic farm. You can’t do everything with machines like you do on a regular farm,” said Eaton. “Both parties really
gain something,” said Danielsson. “You do something good for the environment and your local or non-local farmers. You don’t have to feel used because you get food and a place to stay.”
“This is a really great opportunity,” said Allan Bertram, 7-12 principal. “It’s the first time we’ve ever had students take an AP Biology course, or an AP course virtually.” By taking this class, students will receive college credit. The only cost to the
students taking the course is that they have to pay for their textbook. By taking the course, the state will pay for the students to take the AP test, which is a $87. The course will be done completely on the students own time, with the exception of the labs, which need to be supervised. Teachers in the science department will set up labs for students before and after school as well as during staff prep periods. The school has also added a Pre AP Biology class for sophomores. Those students who sign up for the Pre AP Biology class will not be in the regular biology classrooms, instead they will be taking an upper level class which will put them on track to take the AP Biology class.
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Flags at half-staff on Wed. for Colorado shooting victims PIERRE – Gov. Dennis Daugaard has asked that all flags in South Dakota be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. until sunset through Wednesday, July 25, 2012, in respect for victims of the mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado. “This was a senseless and tragic act,” the Governor said. “Our
board: • Issued the oath of office to newly elected school board Hutmacher member Casey Hutmacher. • Heard the financial Quarter Budget Reports from Business Manager Holly Nagel. • Heard scores from Longitudinal Data – Dakota Step Scores/Report Card Information from Superintendent Debbie Johnson. Will be working to test students in 9th and 10th grades because of scores dropping at 11th grade. • Read through the new Accountability Model. The school will no longer be under the No Child Left Behind
thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.” President Obama has ordered flags at half-staff through Wednesday at all public buildings and grounds, and military facilities, out of respect for those who were killed and injured in the attack.
program. • Reviewed School Board Policies, 3rd reading. • Reviewed Board Policies – Internet Safety/Acceptable Use, 2nd reading. •Accepted the resignation of Cindi Scott. •Offered a contract to Sarah Moody for the 2nd grade teaching position. •Offered a work agreement to Tabatha Wagner for the CMS/CHS Special Education/ Para Professional position. • Approved the contract amendment to move newly hired Marchelle Brodrecht to move to the open Kindergarten position. • Five school board members will attend the ASBSD conference in Sioux Falls. Members will tour O’Gorman High School in Sioux Falls to look at facilities similar to the design brought by Koch Hazard.