2021 Fall/Winter Newsletter

SOUTH DAKOTA HALL OF FAME

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NEWSLETTER A Look Back on the 2020 Class Honors Ceremony Weekend

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Champions can come from anywhere and from any walk of life. We want to hear about anyone who has pursued excellence and contributed to the life we enjoy in South Dakota.

NOMINATION PROCESS Nominations will be accepted online only. Visit S DHALLOF FAME .O RG

We had a fantastic time at the 2020 Honors Ceremony weekend, held September 10 and 11, 2021. The event was marked by so many memorable moments we won’t soon forget.

The weekend began with a reception at the South Dakota Hall of Fame Visitor & Education Center. Attendees had the opportunity to view exhibits, see the Class of 2020’s Inductee panels in their home in the Inductee rotunda, enjoy food and drink, and meet with the Inductees from the Class of 2020.

Saturday morning commenced with the Anniversary Reunion and Governor’s Brunch. The brunch included comments from the Governor and was the setting for the Anniversary Reunion of the South Dakota Hall of Fame classes: 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015. You can view the Anniversary Reunion booklet on our website, to learn more about the many Dream Chasers that make up these classes. This banquet is a special way for past Inductees, family members, and friends to experience the way their loved one’s legacies are still being remembered and honored, even 40 years later.

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2021 CLASS HONORS CEREMONY F RIDAY SATU R DAY May 20, 2022 May 21, 2022

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2020 Anniversary Reunion

New & updated exhibits

2020 Class Honors Ceremony evening begins

Online Auction items for bid

Friday night reception

During every event held on Saturday, guests had the chance to view and bid on items at the Honors Ceremony auction.

This auction is a fundraising event we look forward to every year. The auction featured many unique items, which guests had the chance to bid on in person or online.

such a memorable weekend honoring the Class of 2020: Mike Cartney, Watertown, Glenna Fouberg (1942 to 2021), Aberdeen, Delta David Gier, Sioux Falls, Bernie Hunhoff, Yankton, Kitty Kinsman, Rapid City, Bruce Long Fox, Rapid City, Jack Marsh, Sioux Falls, Walter Panzirer, Pierre, Sen. Larry Pressler, Washington D.C., Mamie Pyle (1866 to 1949), Huron.

Saturday evening commenced with the Honors Ceremony Banquet and was a night we will cherish for years to come.

We laughed, and cried during the speeches, enjoyed a delicious meal together, and held the honor of witnessing these ten extraordinary Dream Chasers officially be inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. In the coming weeks, video recaps of the evening’s speeches and more will be available to view online, and we are excited to share them with you soon.

We can’t say thank you enough to all who joined us for

We also would like to thank our event sponsors, who we would not be able to have such an event without. Sponsor donations help to fund programming year round!

Read the Class of 2020 Inductee stories, view the donors and sponsors making and impact on the Hall of Fame and more in the 2020 Class Commemorative magazine online: https://bit.ly/2020ClassMagazine

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BLACK ELK EXHIBIT CAMPAIGN Crowdsourcing Campaign online at: https://bit.ly/BlackElkExhibit Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakota and Catholic Holy Man, was inducted into the Hall for his unique efforts to bridge cultures through his spiritual teachings. The story of Nicholas Black Elk is an important story for all generations particularly to youth for bridging cultures through seasons, nature, and relationships that make up each day of our lives.

ACTS OF EXCELLENCE SIOUX FALLS, SD

The Fundraising Campaign is for the preservation, installation, and sharing of the artifacts of Nicholas Black Elk’s Bow and Arrows at the South Dakota Hall of Fame.

Upon loan of the priceless artifacts, the Hall would also pursue a partnership with the Smithsonian Institute for a possible national/global traveling exhibit.

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GROUP REMEMBERS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN 1) Bow of Nicholas Black Elk circa 1870, 2) 6 metal tipped arrow heads of Nicholas Black Elk circa 1880, 3) 4 bison tipped arrows of Nicholas Black Elk circa 1888

Our goal is $15,000.

Will you be part of this Legacy Exhibit?

You can give online at: https://bit.ly/BlackElkExhibit

What Are Acts of Excellence?

The Acts of Excellence program, sponsored by Sanford Health, celebrates the many individuals, groups, and organizations in South Dakota that make remarkable achievements every day to enhance the diverse culture of excellence in our state.

The Hall of Fame invites everyone to submit individuals, groups, and organizations to receive an Acts of Excellence award. Recipients will receive a certificate, publicity, and access in an online directory at sdexcellence.org/Acts_of_Excellence.

Committed to the conviction that all individuals deserve the dignity of acknowledgment that they lived, IOOF Lodge No. 9 members began the task to mark each of the 250 unmarked graves in the Minnehaha County Cemetery.

RAPID CITY, SD

GROWING BANNER PROGRAM HONORS WAR VETERANS

AN IN D IV ID UA L OR ORGAN IZ AT IO N T H AT IS

Well over 200 veterans from across the country are being recognized in 2021 through Rapid City’s Honor Banner Project. Bill Casper, Chairman of the project, started the program five years ago.

THROU GH EV E RY DAY AC TS O F E XC E L L E N C E !

program sponsored by

BUILDING COMMUNITY

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JOIN US, IN CONTRIBUTING TO EXCELLENCE ACROSS THE STATE Join the South Dakota Hall of Fame Endowment Campaign. Our 2021 Endowment Campaign goal is $4 million. Thanks to the generosity of the 2020 Vision Endowment Campaign we are at $3.9 million, 97% of the way towards our goal!

Casting Our Future 2021 ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN ENDOWMENT DONORS Richard & Alice Adee

Al & Irene Kurtenbach

Stanford Adelstein & Lynda Clark Adelstein

Michelle & Paul Lavellee Linda & John Lillibridge

Avera Health

Craig & Pat Lloyd

BankWest

“Your donation is making all the difference for young people to chase their dreams from the stories and access to South Dakota role models!”

—Miles Beacom, Endowment Chair

Norm & Eunabel McKie

Miles & Lisa Beacom

Milt Mutch

Tony & Lorraine Bour

Dick & Darlene Muth

Rod & Nancy Bowar

Joy Nelson

Marci & John Burdick

Mary Olinger

Mike Cartney

Dave & Kay Olson

Greta & Harry Chapman

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Dale & Barbara Clement

John Porter

Gary & Kathy Conradi Dacotah Bank Dana & LaDawn Dykhouse

Bob & Carolyn Riter Dave & Tammy Rozenboom Sanford Health

Frank Farrar

T. Denny Sanford

First PREMIER Bank & PREMIER Bankcard

Jeff Scherschligt Lyle Schroeder

Karl & Eileen Fischer

MAKING A GIFT TO THE ENDOWMENT FUND Give a one-time gift or gifts pledged over a number of years Ask that contributions be directed to the Fund in the name of a deceased loved one in lieu of flowers

Rod & Glenna Fouberg Dave Geisler Richard & Nancy Gowen Christine & Eddie Hamilton Pete & Marilyn Hegg Marilyn Hohm Hoyt Jan & Dave Johnson Dan & Arlene Kirby Kari Shanard-Koenders

Jim Scull Lynn & Joan Seppala SD Community Foundation Marian Sullivan Jerry Thomsen & Family Loren & Jean Tschetter Steve & Julie Vanderboom (in Honor of Ilo Vanderboom) Myrna Williamson Jim & Penny Woster

Designate that a memorial gift in honor of others be placed in the Fund Include a bequest to the Fund in your will Designate the Fund as a beneficiary in a life insurance policy

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BE A PART OF THE ENDOWMENT TEAM!

Give South Dakota Youth the Tools to Make Their Dreams Happen!

INDUCTEE UPDATES

JAMES W. ABBOTT

T. DENNY SANFORD

BERNIE HUNHOFF

2017 Inductee James W. Abbott to Serve as Dakota Days Parade Grand Marshall

T. Denny Sanford donates $1.5 million for interactive ag experience plaza at Falls Park

Hunhoff Finally Set To Enter South Dakota Hall Of Fame

James retired from USD in 2018 but remains a visible fixture as he continues to advocate, offer counsel, volunteer and visit with students, families and friends of the university. Abbott led the state’s flagship university for 21 years – the second-longest tenure in university history.

The project aims to connect consumers with agriculture producers through education and recreation. The outdoor plaza will, in turn, be named “Woster Plaza” after Jim Woster, South Dakota agriculture icon and longtime Sioux Falls Stockyards employee.

Founder of South Dakota Magazine, was chosen for induction into the South Dakota Hall of Fame for his contributions to the area of Arts and Entertainment. But the Yankton native has had to wait to receive the honor due to the COVID-19 pandemic. September 2021 that changed.

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Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan

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BILL GROETHE EXHIBIT UPDATES The Bill Groethe exhibit had some new additions recently when family members stopped by with cameras and equipment used by Groethe during his photography career.

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ABOUT THE LEGENDS & LEARNING PROGRAM

New Updates to the Program at SOUTHDAKOTALEGENDS.ORG The South Dakota Hall of Fame’s educational program, Legends & Learning (L&L) tells the inspiring stories of South Dakota’s Champions for Excellence through an interactive web-based curriculum featuring biographies, videos, photos, and activities.

The Legends & Learning program is a year-long curriculum that meets state standards in several areas across the curriculum. Students learn about history, vocabulary, and other subjects through the lives of outstanding South Dakotans. This curriculum is 100% free for school districts, teachers, and students to access. The Legends & Learning program was designed by teachers. It is geared towards the 4th grade and is adaptable for students at any level. After a number of years the content and platform have been updated for use by all classrooms across South Dakota. We hope that students are inspired to become Champions for Excellence with their own gifts, by studying the diverse lives of South Dakota Hall of Fame honorees.

WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM UNIQUE?

The Legends & Learning program is a unique curriculum that will not be found in any current textbooks. The Teacher Section of the L&L site is designed to be used as a digital resource for teachers and students. Each of the Discussion Questions and Classroom Activities can be used with any or all of the inductees to enhance student learning.

100% FREE

The year-long curriculum meets state standards in several areas. Students learn about history, vocabulary, and other subjects through the lives of outstanding South Dakotans.

NOT IN ANY TEXTBOOK

DESIGNED BY TEACHERS

It’s multimedia, web-based, and not in any textbook. Students like interactive biographies, photos, videos, and exercises.

We believe that this program provides students with meaningful role models and help youth to chase their dreams.

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MEETS STATE STANDARDS

This program is 100% free for school districts, teachers, and students thanks to our generous supporters.

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Designed by teachers, the curriculum is geared to 4th grade but is adaptable for students at any level. Includes a teachers’ section with discussion questions and activities useful for all modules.

CAROLE HILLARD

DEDICATED CAREER IN SOUTH DAKOTA POLITICS

Philanthropic, compassionate, and adventurous are just a few words that describe South Dakota’s first and only female lieutenant-governor. Carole was born in Deadwood, South Dakota, on August 14, 1936. Carole led a life dedicated to public service. She began her political career on the Rapid City Common Council. She then moved on to serve in the South Dakota House of Representatives for two terms. Carole, a Republican, then served as lieutenantgovernor under Governor Bill Janklow from 1995-2003. During the last years of her life, she went on to work as an international consultant for the U.S. State Department and other organizations around the world. She traveled to 63 countries working on 72 democracybuilding projects in developing-nations.

Carole Hillard is an example of what one adventurous person can accomplish in a lifetime, with devotion and compassion for helping others and a determination to make a difference in the world.

SOME OF CAROLE’S ACTIVITIES ALL ABOUT WORLD GEOGRAPHY An interactive map to learn about selected regions CAROLE HILLARD VOCABULARY Flashcards, matching, concentration & word search

OF A KIND SOUTH DAKOTA HISTORY A FREE YEAR LONG CURRICULUM MEET FOUR OF THE LEGENDS IN THE PROGRAM!

OSCAR HOWE

RICHARD ADEE

AWARD-WINNING NATIVE AMERICAN ARTIST

CO-FOUNDER OF THE LARGEST BEEKEEPING OPERATION

Revolutionary, passionate, and talented are words that describe this South Dakota artist. Oscar Howe was born into poverty on the Crow Creek Reservation on May 13, 1915. He was a Yanktonai Nakota Sioux, and his Native American name was Mazuha Hokshina, which means “Trader Boy.” As a child, he was very interested in lines. He would draw with charcoal from a wood stove. His grandmother, Shell Face, taught him the art of painting on buffalo hides. Just out of college, he was becoming famous for his paintings and was selected to paint the dome in the Carnegie Library in Mitchell and several large murals in an auditorium in Mobridge. Oscar was a professor and artist-in-residence at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion for 25 years. During his career, he received many honors and awards, including Artist Laureate of South Dakota and the South Dakota’s Governor’s Award for Creative Achievement.

In 1957 Richard Adee and his brother, Stanley purchased their first commercial honey bee operation in Bruce, South Dakota. They operated 1,600 bee colonies for honey production. As the company grew, they expanded from honey production to paid pollination as well. Adee’s beekeeping still follows a migratory pattern. Each summer the bees are in South Dakota and the Midwest for honey production. After the honey is harvested in the fall, the bees are moved to California for the almond pollination season. When that is completed, some of the honeybees are sent north to Washington State to pollinate apples, and the rest go to Texas and Mississippi to rebuild and re-queen over the spring months. Then they are returned home to the Midwest to begin the cycle again.

Today Adee Honey Farms is the largest commercial beekeeping operation in the country, with more than 80,000 bee colonies and nearly one-hundred employees.

SOME OF OSCAR’S ACTIVITIES

EAGLE DANCE JIGSAW PUZZLE Online puzzle of Oscar’s Eagle Dance art THE ART ZONE Explore the National Gallery of Art online

SOME OF RICHARD’S ACTIVITIES

ADEE SLIDESHOW ON POWERPOINT Explore the farm with this downloadable slideshow VOCABULARY MATCHING QUIZ Online quiz of beekeeping vocabulary

VIRGINIA DRIVING HAWK SNEVE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR & EDUCATOR

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve is a wellrespected teacher and the author of several children’s history books and adult non-fiction about Native Americans.

Born February 21, 1933, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, Sneve has worked to dispel the common stereotypes of Native Americans and to document their proud histories through her writings, often drawing from her ancestors’ own experiences on the reservations.

Sneve is a graduate of South Dakota State University, where she earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in 1954 and 1969, respectively. She has taught in the South Dakota public school system as well as on the Flandreau Indian Reservation and at Oglala Lakota College. Among her many honors, Driving Hawk Sneve was awarded Distinguished Alumnus, South Dakota State University, National Woman of Achievement, and an Honorary Doctorate of Letters, from Dakota Wesleyan University.

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve is the first South Dakotan to receive the National Humanities Medal.

SOME OF VIRGINIA’S ACTIVITIES VIRGINIA’S VOCABULARY Flashcards, matching, concentration & word search

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SATU R DAY May 21, 2022

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