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Clay Creek Deaf Cowboy Band 8:30-12:30 Regular Menu 5:30-8:00 5-7pm – Domestic Beers $1.50 5-7pm – Hamburger/ Pizza Burger & Fries $5.00 Meatloaf or Salmon Loaf Serving 5:30-8:00 Bingo Wed. at 7:00pm Sunday at 6:30pm Happy Hour M-F 4:30-7:30 Chislic Served Last Wednesday of Month VFW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Wednesday & Sunday 5-7pm Cooks Choice Thursday Friday Saturday Entertainment 209 Cedar Post 791 Out On The Town Out On The Town Out On The Town • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Joe’s Substation Rural Lesterville • 605-364-7414 Serving 5-9pm Every Friday Now thru April 18 Featuring All You Can Eat Alaskan Pollock, Catfish, Popcorn Shrimp, Popcorn Chicken, Potatoes & Salad Bar (No Chicken Buffet on Wednesday Nights During Lent) Friday Lenten FISH FRY 304 W. 3rd, Yankton NEW MENU • Pizza • Burgers • Sandwiches • Baskets • Wings & More! CALL FOR TO GO ORDERS March 29th Bar Triathalon •Pool •Darts •Foosball April 5th Wild Card April 12th Big Red Rocket Riot 665-6234 Idle Hour Theatre MARCH 28, 29,30 Tripp, SD DIVERGENT Fri. 7:30 PM • Sat. 7:30 PM • Sun. 4 PM Students $ 2.00 Adults $ 5.00 Large Salad Bar, 5 Kinds of Seafood, Potatoes, Soup, Debbie’s Delicious Deviled Eggs, Vegetables & Dessert Bar Every Friday During Lent from 5:00-9:00 p.m. So get off your BASS and load up all the little SHRIMPS and head on over to... WIEBELHAUS RECREATION in Crofton, NE 402-388-4640 Try Out Our Seafood Buffet Even If It’s... “Just For The Halibut” “Bigger & Better” ALL YOU CAN EAT Per person dbl occ from OMAHA, LINCOLN, NORFOLK & FREMONT, WALNUT & DES MOINES, IOWA TOUR INCLUDES: • 10 Meals • 5 Nights • Deluxe Motor Coach • Professionally Escorted • Floral Clock • Botanical Gardens • Maid of the Mist • Skylon Tower • Naval & Military Park • Tour of Buffalo, NY & the US side of Niagara • Niagara Gorge • Niagara Falls Scenic Trolley • Goat Island • Terrapin Pint • Cave of the Winds ONLY $ 849 Dbl Occ 6 DAYS – 2 DATES TO CHOOSE FROM JUNE 9-14, 2014 OR JUNE 16-21, 2014 For more info. write to: MOOSTASH JOE TOURS, PO Box 969, Fremont, NE 68026-0969 or call 402-721-7944 1-800-806-7944 OR www.mjtours.com AWESOME NIAGARA FALLS Single Occupancy $1,049 MOOSTASH JOE TOURS $ 50 Single Occ only $999 NIAGARA FALLS COUPON ALL AGE DISCOUNT COUPON OFF tour price of $849 with $ 799 $50 discount you pay only One $100 coupon can be used for up to 4 people. June 9-14 or June 16-21, 2014 Coupon must be redeemed by May 15, 2014 6 Oz. Ea. $ 6 99 with 2 side dishes Hy-Vee Kitchen Salmon Dinner $ 6 99 18 Ct. Hy-Vee Bakery Slider Buns $ 2 99 Salmon Pinwheel 2100 Broadway, Yankton 665-3412 2/ $ 8 Friday, March 29 th ~ 4PM-7PM Friday, March 29 th ~ All Day! Friday, March 29 th ~ 11AM-1PM Florentine or Trinity Lutheran Church 403 Broadway, Yankton Spring Sandwich and Spring Sandwich and Spring Sandwich and Soup Kitchen Fundraiser Soup Kitchen Fundraiser Soup Kitchen Fundraiser Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M. Serving Pulled Pork, Egg Salad, Chili, Vegetable Beef Soup, Potato Spaetzle, Pies & Desserts Supplemental funds provided by Lewis & Clark Chapter, Thrivent Financial Saturday, March 29th Dinner And A Show Minerva’s, 1607 E. Hwy. 50 Yankton Yankton’s Version of the David Letterman Show Featuring Chris Hilson with Mike Hilson Band All Under the Direction of Terry Winter “Getting To Doors Open at 5:30pm Dinner Served at 6:00pm Tickets $50 available at the Lewis & Clark Theatre Box Office 605-665-4711 or 605-661-8900 Premier Sponsor Lewis & Clark Theatrical Gala Know You” CJ’s At The Lake CJatthelake.com check it out! • 402-388-4267 Weigan Rd., NE side of the lake • 10 miles north of Crofton • 11 miles southwest of Yankton OPEN ALL YEAR! TUESDAY: Taco 99¢ – $1.00 Beer or Free Pop WEDNESDAY: Pizza Nite $7.00, $1.00 Drinks or Free Pop (limit 2) THURSDAY: Burger Nite, $1.00 Beer or Free Pop FRIDAY: Walleye Only $12.95 Good thru Lent Season SATURDAY: BBQ Ribs or Chicken $12.95 SUNDAY: 3 pc. Chicken with Salad Bar $9.95 SUNDAY MORNING BUFFET TILL 12PM: It’s delicious!! C.J.’s Eggs, Sausage, Waffles, French Toast, Bacon, Biscuits & Gravy etc. Swai Dinner with 2 side dishes Belle Mar Tuesday, 3.25.14 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net NEWSROOM: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTAN PAGE 10 the region Gavins Pt. Ramp To Close For Dredging The Gavins Point boat ramp dredging project will re- sume April 1 at Lewis & Clark Recreation Area. The area to be dredged is from the boat ramp to the end of Gavins Point. The boat ramp will be closed until May 15. The Midway and marina ramps at Lewis & Clark Recreation Area will be open for use during the project. Church Offers Garden Plots To Public Riverview Reformed Church is offering garden spots to the public. The fee is $25 to help cover expenses and water. The raised beds will contain 50 percent compost and 50 percent topsoil and will be ready to plant by the third week of April. Sign up before April 15 by calling the church office at 605-665-9204. The church is located at 1700 Burleigh Street in Yankton. After signing up, someone will contact you with details. Forum To Discuss Crime Against Kids As a kick-off for National Child Abuse Prevention Month, the public is invited to attend a FREE community forum, Fighting Crimes Against Children. Updates will be presented that evening regarding crimes committed in South Dakota against children and teens via the internet and by sex trafficking, and what is being done to stop them. The forum will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in the Yankton Middle School Theater, 2000 Mulberry Street in Yankton. The guest presenters that evening will be: • Brett Spencer, Special Agent with the SD Dept. of Criminal Investigation, and a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in South Dakota. • Kevin Koliner, Deputy U.S. Attorney, who serves as Appellate Chief for the District of South Dakota, and as the designated civil rights prosecutor for the district. The Fighting Crimes Against Children community forum is sponsored by the Southeast CASA Program, with co- sponsorship from the Yankton School District, Yankton Area Mental Wellness, Inc., Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health Services, the Yankton Morning Optimists Club and Healthy Yankton. CEU’s will be available upon request. For more information, contact Sherri Rodgers-Conti at the Southeast CASA Program, by email at [email protected]/, or by phone at 760-4825. Noem’s Office Seeking Summer Interns WASHINGTON — Rep. Kristi Noem is now accepting ap- plications for summer internships in her Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Watertown and Washington offices. Interns will have the opportunity to work on a number of legislative, constituent service and communications projects that give them a window into the legislative process and the countless functions of a congressional of- fice. Candidates applying for either full-time or part-time internship positions should be motivated, detail oriented and possess strong oral and written communication skills. To apply, submit a resume, cover letter and references to [email protected] by April 11. VERMILLION — With the correct spelling of “reprehensible,” eighth grade student Antonio Lansang of Brookings won the oral competition of the University of South Dakota Scripps Spelling Bee on Sat- urday, March 22. Lansang, who qualified after participat- ing in the Sioux Falls Regional Scripps Spelling Bee earlier this winter, outlasted eighth grader Adele Benoit of Yankton and his sister, Angela Lansang, a sixth grader from George S. Mickelson Middle School, after 30 rounds of the oral competition. His parents are Zoilo and Agnes Lansang of Brookings. Benoit, from Sacred Heart Middle School, was the runner-up and Angela Lansang finished in third place. Antonio Lansang, also a George S. Mick- elson Middle Schooler, advances to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washing- ton, D.C., May 25-30. In addition to trans- portation and accommo- dations for himself and one parent to participate in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., he received a Merriam- Webster’s Collegiate Dic- tionary, 11th Edition, donated by Merriam-Web- ster. Fifteen students from five South Dakota regions (Rapid City, Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Vermillion and Castlewood) partici- pated in the state spelling bee. Antonio Lansang also finished first in the written test of the South Dakota State Spelling Bee, which was at Farber Hall in- side Old Main on the USD campus. Kevin Baltzer, an eighth grade student at Huron Middle School, was second in the written competition while Benoit was third. Addi- tional participants included Nana Addo of Dakota Dunes (Dakota Valley Middle School), Carolyn Blaha of Dante (Wagner Community School), Gabe Fendrich of Sioux Falls (Edison Middle School), Jordan Holthe of Sioux Falls (Sioux Falls Christian), Kadarkara Harshavardhan of Vermillion (Jolley Elementary School), Veronica Knip- pling of Gann Valley (Highmore-Harrold Ele- mentary), Noah Krull of Sturgis (Sturgis Elementary), Marilyn Larsen of Rosholt (Rosholt School), Ryan Light of Sturgis (Sturgis Elementary), Jace Oesterling of Custer (South Dakota Christian Home Edu- cation of Rapid City) and Lana Tintor of Sioux Falls (Whittier Middle School). The Scripps National Spelling Bee is ad- ministered on a not-for-profit basis by the E.W. Scripps Company and local spelling bee sponsors in the United States, Ameri- can Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Vir- gin Islands and Department of Defense Schools in Europe; also, the Bahamas, Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. The competition is open for students in first grade through the eighth grade. Brook i n g s Boy Wi ns SD Spell i n g Bee Lansang Yankton’s Benoit Comes In Second American agriculture provides the necessities of everyday life: food, fiber, clothing and now fuel. That’s the mes- sage that farmers will share with Yank- ton students to celebrate National Ag Week, which is March 24-28. Dairy farmer Vicki Schultz, Free- man, will join pork producer Jim Petrik, Gayville, in visits with fourth graders at Webster Elementary. The dairy and hog farmer hope to educate students on how they care for their livestock and help them understand how South Dakota’s number one indus- try affects nutrition and food supply, as well as agriculture’s economic, so- cial and environmental significance to all Americans. The schedule for the classroom vis- its is as follows: Webster Elementary; Thursday, March 27, 2 p.m. “The impact on South Dakota’s economy alone from agriculture is over $20 billion,” Steve Rommereim, Ag United President and Alcester farmer, said. “And on a national scale, agriculture is America’s number one export. But it’s still easy to take agri- culture for granted. We want to instill an appreciation for agriculture in our local youth, advance an awareness of South Dakota’s contribution and pro- mote agricultural literacy.” Ag United will do more than talk; they’re providing a pizza party too. During the visit, producers will help the students understand that the ingre- dients in the pizza are produced by farms, and also explain how those products are then processed and made into the pizzas that the students are enjoying. In addition to the visit in Yankton, Ag United, along with its coalition members, Associated Milk Producers, Valley Queen Cheese and Land O’Lakes will sponsor Ag Day pizza party events for fourth and fifth graders at schools in Milbank, Sioux Falls, Watertown, Brandon, Mitchell and Harrisburg. “Ag Day provides a great opportu- nity for South Dakota agricultural pro- ducers to share the story of where food comes from,” added Rommereim. “And for many of these students, this is their first opportunity to learn about agriculture from actual producers.” Yankton Fourth Grade Classes to Celebrate Nat i onal Ag Week HFH Bike Team Seeks Donations For Rummage Sale The Habitat for Humanity Bike Team is seeking donations for its annual rum- mage sale. Items will be accepted at First United Methodist Church, 207 W. 11th Street in Yankton beginning March 24; use the Cedar Street entrance. Habi- tat will also pick up donations if needed; call Tom and Jane Gilmore at (605) 665-8303 to schedule a time. The Habitat Rummage is a popular two-day sales event with all proceeds benefitting Habitat for Humanity of Yankton County. The bike team hosts this rummage to help fulfill their re- quirement of raising at least $900 per rider to be donated to the affiliate of their choice. The current bike team members are Glen and Barb Mechtenberg, Tom and Jane Gilmore, Barb and Heidi Olson, Liza Larson and Julie Dykstra. Last year, the bike team raised $20,955 for Habitat of Yankton County. The sale will be Friday, April 4, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, April 5, from 8 a.m.-noon.
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Clay Creek Deaf Cowboy Band 8:30-12:30
Regular Menu 5:30-8:00
5-7pm – Domestic Beers $1.50
5-7pm – Hamburger/ Pizza Burger & Fries
$5.00
Meatloaf or Salmon Loaf Serving 5:30-8:00
Bing o Wed. at 7:00pm Sunday at 6:30pm
Happy Hou r M-F 4:30-7:30
Chislic Served Last Wednesday of Month
VFW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Wednesday & Sunday
5-7pm Cooks Choice
Thursday
Friday
Saturday Entertainment
209 Cedar Post 791
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Joe’s Substation Rural Lesterville • 605-364-7414
Serving 5-9pm Every Friday Now thru April 18
Featuring All You Can Eat Alaskan Pollock, Catfish, Popcorn Shrimp, Popcorn
Chicken, Potatoes & Salad Bar (No Chicken Buffet on
Wednesday Nights During Lent)
Friday Lenten FISH FRY
304 W. 3rd, Yankton
NEW MENU • Pizza • Burgers • Sandwiches
• Baskets • Wings & More! CALL FOR TO GO ORDERS
March 29th Bar Triathalon
•Pool •Darts •Foosball April 5th Wild Card April 12th
Big Red Rocket Riot
665-6234
Idle Hour Theatre
MARCH 28, 29,30
Tripp, SD
DIVERGENT Fri. 7:30 PM • Sat. 7:30 PM • Sun. 4 PM Students $ 2.00 Adults $ 5.00
Large Salad Bar, 5 Kinds of Seafood, Potatoes, Soup,
Debbie’s Delicious Deviled Eggs, Vegetables & Dessert Bar
Every Friday During Lent from 5:00-9:00 p.m.
So get off your BASS and load up all the little SHRIMPS and head
on over to...
WIEBELHAUS RECREATION in Crofton, NE 402-388-4640
Try Out Our Seafood Buffet Even If It’s...
“Just For The Halibut”
“Bigger & Better” ALL YOU CAN EAT
Per person dbl occ from OMAHA, LINCOLN, NORFOLK & FREMONT, WALNUT & DES MOINES, IOWA
TOUR INCLUDES: • 10 Meals • 5 Nights • Deluxe Motor Coach • Professionally Escorted • Floral Clock • Botanical Gardens • Maid of the Mist • Skylon Tower
• Naval & Military Park • Tour of Buffalo, NY & the US side of Niagara • Niagara Gorge • Niagara Falls Scenic Trolley • Goat Island • Terrapin Pint • Cave of the Winds
ONLY $ 849 Dbl Occ
6 DAYS – 2 DATES TO CHOOSE FROM JUNE 9-14, 2014 OR JUNE 16-21, 2014
For more info. write to: MOOSTASH JOE TOURS, PO Box 969, Fremont, NE 68026-0969 or call 402-721-7944
1-800-806-7944 OR www.mjtours.com
AWESOME NIAGARA FALLS
Single Occupancy $1,049
MOOSTASH JOE TOURS
$ 50 Single Occ only $999
NIAGARA FALLS COUPON ALL AGE DISCOUNT COUPON
OFF tour price of $849 with $ 799 $50 discount you pay only One $100 coupon can be used for up to 4 people.
June 9-14 or June 16-21, 2014 Coupon must be redeemed by May 15, 2014
6 Oz. Ea.
$ 6 99
with 2 side dishes
Hy-Vee Kitchen
Salmon Dinner $ 6 99
18 Ct.
Hy-Vee Bakery
Slider Buns $ 2 99
Salmon Pinwheel
2100 Broadway, Yankton
665-3412
2/ $ 8 Friday, March 29 th ~ 4PM-7PM
Friday, March 29 th ~ All Day!
Friday, March 29 th ~ 11AM-1PM
Florentine or
Trinity Lutheran Churc h 403 Broadway, Yankton
Spring Sandwich and Spring Sandwich and Spring Sandwich and
Soup Kitchen Fundraiser Soup Kitchen Fundraiser Soup Kitchen Fundraiser Thursday, March 27, 2014
11:00 A.M.-7:00 P.M . Serving Pulled Pork, Egg Salad,
Chili, Vegetable Beef Soup, Potato Spaetzle, Pies & Desserts
Supplemental funds provided by Lewis & Clark Chapter, Thrivent Financial
Saturday, March 29th Dinner And A Show
Minerva’s, 1607 E. Hwy. 50 Yankton
Yankton’s Version of the David Letterman Show Featuring Chris Hilson with Mike Hilson Band
All Under the Direction of Terry Winter
“Getting To
Doors Open at 5:30pm Dinner Served at 6:00pm
Tickets $50 available at the Lewis & Clark Theatre Box Office 605-665-4711 or 605-661-8900
Premier Sponsor
Lewis & Clark Theatrical Gala
Know You”
CJ’s At The Lak e CJatthelake.com check it out! • 402-388-4267
Weigan Rd., NE side of the lake • 10 miles north of Crofton • 11 miles southwest of Yankton
OPEN ALL YEAR!
TUESDAY: Taco 99¢ – $1.00 Beer or Free Pop WEDNESDAY: Pizza Nite $7.00, $1.00 Drinks or Free Pop (limit 2) THURSDAY: Burger Nite, $1.00 Beer or Free Pop FRIDAY: Walleye Only $12.95 Good thru Lent Season SATURDAY: BBQ Ribs or Chicken $12.95 SUNDAY: 3 pc. Chicken with Salad Bar $9.95 SUNDAY MORNING BUFFET TILL 12PM : It’s delicious!! C.J.’s Eggs, Sausage, Waffles, French Toast, Bacon, Biscuits & Gravy etc.
Swai Dinner
with 2 side dishes
Belle Mar
Tuesday, 3.25.14ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net
NEWSROOM: [email protected] DAKOTANP A G E 1 0
the region
Gavins Pt. Ramp To Close For DredgingThe Gavins Point boat ramp dredging project will re-
sume April 1 at Lewis & Clark Recreation Area. The area tobe dredged is from the boat ramp to the end of GavinsPoint.
The boat ramp will be closed until May 15. The Midwayand marina ramps at Lewis & Clark Recreation Area will beopen for use during the project.
Church Offers Garden Plots To PublicRiverview Reformed Church is offering garden spots to
the public. The fee is $25 to help cover expenses andwater.
The raised beds will contain 50 percent compost and 50percent topsoil and will be ready to plant by the thirdweek of April.
Sign up before April 15 by calling the church office at605-665-9204. The church is located at 1700 Burleigh Streetin Yankton. After signing up, someone will contact youwith details.
Forum To Discuss Crime Against KidsAs a kick-off for National Child Abuse Prevention
Month, the public is invited to attend a FREE communityforum, Fighting Crimes Against Children. Updates will bepresented that evening regarding crimes committed inSouth Dakota against children and teens via the internetand by sex trafficking, and what is being done to stopthem.
The forum will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in theYankton Middle School Theater, 2000 Mulberry Street inYankton. The guest presenters that evening will be:
• Brett Spencer, Special Agent with the SD Dept. ofCriminal Investigation, and a member of the InternetCrimes Against Children Task Force in South Dakota.
• Kevin Koliner, Deputy U.S. Attorney, who serves asAppellate Chief for the District of South Dakota, and as thedesignated civil rights prosecutor for the district.
The Fighting Crimes Against Children community forumis sponsored by the Southeast CASA Program, with co-sponsorship from the Yankton School District, YanktonArea Mental Wellness, Inc., Lewis & Clark BehavioralHealth Services, the Yankton Morning Optimists Club andHealthy Yankton. CEU’s will be available upon request.
For more information, contact Sherri Rodgers-Conti atthe Southeast CASA Program, by email [email protected]/, or by phone at 760-4825.
Noem’s Office Seeking Summer InternsWASHINGTON — Rep. Kristi Noem is now accepting ap-
plications for summer internships in her Sioux Falls, RapidCity, Watertown and Washington offices.
Interns will have the opportunity to work on a numberof legislative, constituent service and communicationsprojects that give them a window into the legislativeprocess and the countless functions of a congressional of-fice. Candidates applying for either full-time or part-timeinternship positions should be motivated, detail orientedand possess strong oral and written communication skills.
To apply, submit a resume, cover letter and referencesto [email protected] by April 11.
VERMILLION — With the correctspelling of “reprehensible,” eighth gradestudent Antonio Lansang of Brookings wonthe oral competition of the University ofSouth Dakota Scripps Spelling Bee on Sat-urday, March 22.
Lansang, who qualified after participat-ing in the Sioux Falls Regional ScrippsSpelling Bee earlier this winter, outlastedeighth grader Adele Benoit of Yankton andhis sister, Angela Lansang, a sixth graderfrom George S. Mickelson Middle School,after 30 rounds of the oral competition. Hisparents are Zoilo and Agnes Lansang ofBrookings.
Benoit, from Sacred Heart MiddleSchool, was the runner-up and AngelaLansang finished in third place.
Antonio Lansang, also a George S. Mick-elson Middle Schooler, advances to theScripps National Spelling Bee in Washing-ton, D.C., May 25-30. In addition to trans-
portation and accommo-dations for himself andone parent to participatein the National SpellingBee in Washington, D.C.,he received a Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dic-tionary, 11th Edition,donated by Merriam-Web-ster. Fifteen students from five SouthDakota regions (Rapid City, Mitchell, SiouxFalls, Vermillion and Castlewood) partici-pated in the state spelling bee.
Antonio Lansang also finished first inthe written test of the South Dakota StateSpelling Bee, which was at Farber Hall in-side Old Main on the USD campus. KevinBaltzer, an eighth grade student at HuronMiddle School, was second in the writtencompetition while Benoit was third. Addi-tional participants included Nana Addo ofDakota Dunes (Dakota Valley Middle
School), Carolyn Blaha of Dante (WagnerCommunity School), Gabe Fendrich ofSioux Falls (Edison Middle School), JordanHolthe of Sioux Falls (Sioux Falls Christian),Kadarkara Harshavardhan of Vermillion(Jolley Elementary School), Veronica Knip-pling of Gann Valley (Highmore-Harrold Ele-mentary), Noah Krull of Sturgis (SturgisElementary), Marilyn Larsen of Rosholt(Rosholt School), Ryan Light of Sturgis(Sturgis Elementary), Jace Oesterling ofCuster (South Dakota Christian Home Edu-cation of Rapid City) and Lana Tintor ofSioux Falls (Whittier Middle School).
The Scripps National Spelling Bee is ad-ministered on a not-for-profit basis by theE.W. Scripps Company and local spellingbee sponsors in the United States, Ameri-can Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Vir-gin Islands and Department of DefenseSchools in Europe; also, the Bahamas,Canada, China, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan, NewZealand and South Korea. The competitionis open for students in first grade throughthe eighth grade.
Brookings Boy Wins SD Spelling Bee
Lansang
Yankton’s Benoit Comes In Second
American agriculture provides thenecessities of everyday life: food, fiber,clothing and now fuel. That’s the mes-sage that farmers will share with Yank-ton students to celebrate National AgWeek, which is March 24-28.
Dairy farmer Vicki Schultz, Free-man, will join pork producer JimPetrik, Gayville, in visits with fourthgraders at Webster Elementary. Thedairy and hog farmer hope to educatestudents on how they care for theirlivestock and help them understandhow South Dakota’s number one indus-try affects nutrition and food supply,as well as agriculture’s economic, so-cial and environmental significance toall Americans.
The schedule for the classroom vis-its is as follows: Webster Elementary;Thursday, March 27, 2 p.m.
“The impact on South Dakota’seconomy alone from agriculture isover $20 billion,” Steve Rommereim,Ag United President and Alcesterfarmer, said. “And on a national scale,agriculture is America’s number oneexport. But it’s still easy to take agri-culture for granted. We want to instillan appreciation for agriculture in our
local youth, advance an awareness ofSouth Dakota’s contribution and pro-mote agricultural literacy.”
Ag United will do more than talk;they’re providing a pizza party too.During the visit, producers will helpthe students understand that the ingre-dients in the pizza are produced byfarms, and also explain how thoseproducts are then processed and madeinto the pizzas that the students areenjoying.
In addition to the visit in Yankton,Ag United, along with its coalitionmembers, Associated Milk Producers,Valley Queen Cheese and Land O’Lakeswill sponsor Ag Day pizza party eventsfor fourth and fifth graders at schoolsin Milbank, Sioux Falls, Watertown,Brandon, Mitchell and Harrisburg.
“Ag Day provides a great opportu-nity for South Dakota agricultural pro-ducers to share the story of wherefood comes from,” added Rommereim.“And for many of these students, thisis their first opportunity to learn aboutagriculture from actual producers.”
Yankton Fourth Grade Classesto Celebrate National Ag Week
HFH BikeTeam Seeks
Donations ForRummage Sale
The Habitat for Humanity Bike Teamis seeking donations for its annual rum-mage sale. Items will be accepted atFirst United Methodist Church, 207 W.11th Street in Yankton beginning March24; use the Cedar Street entrance. Habi-tat will also pick up donations ifneeded; call Tom and Jane Gilmore at(605) 665-8303 to schedule a time.
The Habitat Rummage is a populartwo-day sales event with all proceedsbenefitting Habitat for Humanity ofYankton County. The bike team hoststhis rummage to help fulfill their re-quirement of raising at least $900 perrider to be donated to the affiliate oftheir choice.
The current bike team members areGlen and Barb Mechtenberg, Tom andJane Gilmore, Barb and Heidi Olson,Liza Larson and Julie Dykstra. Last year,the bike team raised $20,955 for Habitatof Yankton County.
The sale will be Friday, April 4,from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday, April5, from 8 a.m.-noon.
