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BY TOM AND RAY MAGLIOZZI King Features Syndicate, Inc. Dear Tom and Ray: Remember those Datsun mini-trucks that used to be around? Where did that class of trucks go? It seems like all you can get now is a full-size F-150 or simi- lar. Is there anything like those old Japanese mini-trucks still on the mar- ket, or should I start shopping for a classic El Camino? What happened to the small trucks? — Bryant RAY: People stopped buying them. TOM: There still is a class of pickup truck smaller than the full-size F-150s, Silverados and Ram 1500s. But they’re not much smaller. RAY: Toyota still makes the Tacoma. Nissan still makes the Frontier. And Chevy is coming out with a redesigned Colorado for 2015. TOM: But these are not mini-trucks. The trucks you remember were, essen- tially, compact Japanese cars with pickup-truck beds. They were cheap, lightweight and utilitarian. RAY: Not enough people want that anymore. Pickup trucks have become large, luxury cars. The smallest two- door Toyota Tacoma these days, for ex- ample, is only about a foot and a half shorter than the smallest full-size Toy- ota Tundra. And that Tacoma is still 208 inches long — only a little shorter than the old Lincoln Town Car land yachts that used to ply the airport terminals. TOM: And even though you can order it with a four-cylinder engine and get a little better mileage than the full- size Tundra, it’s a cheaper and less-ca- pable vehicle. So unless maneuverabil- ity or parking is an issue, most buyers choose the larger, more comfortable, more up-to-date Tundra. RAY: The problem for manufactur- ers is that, once you design and build a smaller pickup truck and equip it with everything a modern vehicle needs to have, it doesn’t cost much less than a full-size pickup. And the mileage isn’t that much better. So most people go for the bigger truck. TOM: You should have a look at the Chevy Colorado when it comes out. That’ll be the most modern and up-to- date of the less-than-full-size pickup trucks out there. RAY: You can look at the Honda Ridgeline (which is more carlike than other pickups, but not much smaller). TOM: You can look for a used Sub- aru Baja, which was the most recent El Camino-ish vehicle that failed to sell and was killed off. It was last made in 2006. RAY: You can look for a used Ford Explorer Sport Trac, which was last made in 2010. That’s a Ford Explorer with a pickup-truck bed. Again, not small, but smaller than a full-size pickup. TOM: You can look for a classic El Camino, or even a really old Toyota or Datsun truck, if you’re willing to give up safety and reliability. RAY: But what you’re really lusting after just isn’t for sale anymore, Bryant. At least not in the United States. TOM: If you’re willing to relocate, then we can help you out. Go to any third- or even second-world country, and you can have your pick of cheap, small pickup trucks. Just don’t look too closely at the body panels, because you may see the words “Hungry Man Din- ner” stamped into them. ——— Tom and Ray share secrets on how you can save tens of thousands of dol- lars on your cars over the next 20 years in their pamphlet “Should I Buy, Lease, or Steal My Next Car?” Send $4.75 (check or money order) to Next Car, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853- 6475. ——— Get more Click and Clack in their new book, “Ask Click and Clack: An- swers from Car Talk.” Got a question about cars? Write to Click and Clack in care of this newspaper, or email them by visiting the Car Talk website at www.cartalk.com. © 2014 by Tom and Ray Magliozzi and Doug Berman Tuesday, 9.9.14 ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net NEWSROOM: [email protected] PRESS DAKOTAN PAGE 5 life CAR TALK Tom and Ray Magliozzi HEATING & COOLING $2,900 H H E A T T T E T I N TIN A A HEA HEA AT AT AT AT N G NG & & C O COO O L I N G LING & chas with Purchas UV Lig UV Lig ( & High er w system s hm ew . se a ne a humidifier alue) ght fi i ncy ilter lue) ght ($349 v alue) 9 ($229 v h Efficiency F $2 0 $ $2,900 n a Y Ya f o el k ke t k n - Ri ri rm ft Ul i r r a m a M d n a e l a D e r e a e l p u o c e h t f o s t n e r a P D S , n o t k n a Y Ya f o , t s i L n w wn a aw D d n a d r a h c i R i n U e t a t S a t o k a D h t u o S e h t f o e t a at u d a r ra g f o e t a u d a r g 8 0 0 2 a s i t c e l e - e d i r b e h T a d e y o l p m e y l l t n e r r u c s i e h S . y y. c a m r a h P Ph . 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One of my neighbors, a gravel hauler in rural Nebraska, told me that his test sounded as if he were on the inside of a corn sheller. Jackie Fox, also a Nebraskan, has a different take on the experience. Would you rather find yourself con- fined in a corn sheller or a dryer? It’s no wonder we call ourselves patients. MRI It thuds and clanks like tennis shoes in a dryer, only I am the shoe, sour, damp and wedged into the narrow metal tube, heart clanging. American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Po- etry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copy- right ©2013 by Jackie Fox. Poem reprinted from Bellevue Literary Review, Volume 13, no. 2, Fall 2013, by permission of Jackie Fox and the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2014 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consult- ant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts. American Life In Poetry MRI Sounds Can Be Unnerving Where Have All The Smaller Pickups Gone? PIERRE — Gov. Dennis Daugaard has proclaimed Sept. 7-13 as “Suicide Pre- vention Week” in South Dakota. Suicide occurs across all age, economic, social and ethnic groups, and is now the tenth lead- ing cause of all deaths in the United States and the ninth leading cause of all deaths in the state of South Dakota. This year’s theme, Sui- cide Prevention: One World Connected, “emphasizes the need to raise awareness that suicide is a major pre- ventable cause of prema- ture death on a global level,” said Gib Sudbeck, program manager, of the state Department of Social Services’ Prevention Pro- gram. In 2011 there were 39,518 suicide deaths in the United States with 125 of these suicide deaths in South Dakota. To help pre- vent suicides, it is critical that everyone learn the signs and risk factors for suicide and learn what pre- vention, early intervention and treatment resources are available in their local community. Suicides may be pre- vented when suicidal behav- iors are detected early and individuals are referred to services and supports. Help can be obtained in South Dakota communities for the assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviors and their underlying causes. If you be- lieve there is a suicide risk, contact a professional imme- diately. Call the suicide crisis hotline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), a family physician, a psychiatrist, a medical emer- gency room or a community mental health center in your area. For more information about suicide prevention in South Dakota or the South Dakota Strategy for Suicide Prevention log on to www.sd- suicideprevention.org/. For more information about behavioral health serv- ices in your area, contact the Department of Social Serv- ices’ Division of Behavioral Health at 605-773-3123 or log on to www.dss.sd.gov/behav- ioralhealthservices/. Sept. 7-13 Declared Suicide Prevention Week Janklow Archives Project Expanded As the result of support by the Great Plains Educa- tion Foundation, the Univer- sity of South Dakota Libraries will be among the few institutions in the U.S. to provide online public ac- cess to an extensive body of 20th century gubernatorial records. The gift, made through the University of South Dakota Foundation, will re- sult in an online searchable collection of the late Gov. William Janklow’s four terms in office. “As early as 2006, Gov. Janklow envisioned all of his gubernatorial records being available online,” said Daniel Daily, dean of li- braries. “The support of the Great Plains Education Foundation and the legal and techni- cal expert- ise at USD are key to carrying out Mr. Jan- klow’s vi- sion.” The gift also sup- ports work in progress that includes gathering oral history inter- views with Janklow’s former staff members and others. Those, along with the records and speeches, are being prepared for access through the Digital Library of South Dakota. The interviews are su- perb, and will complement the archival records,” Daily said. Daily Beadle Elementary students were encouraged to participate in summer reading activities along with using tech- nology sites that the Beadle PTA pur- chased for the school. To meet the goal, students had to spend at least 12 hours reading and/or using the technol- ogy programs that were purchased for them. Students in the upper grades could use IXL.com which helps stu- dents practice math standards, and stu- dents in K-2 could use educationcity.com which helps stu- dents practice language and math skills. One other site students used was Think Central which is an online program from our current textbook se- ries in Math, Reading and Science. The following students all spent at least 12 hours this summer and were recog- nized at school on September 3, 2014. Congratulations to Hannah Cihak, Olivia Hunhoff, Adelia Parker-Brooks, Tori Hansen, Christian Weier, Oliver Dooley, Haley Luke, Mitchel Zimmerman, Curtis Hansen, Christopher Opbroek, Avery Reifenrath, Mya Gilbertson, Keaton Roth, Ava Gilbertson, Isabella Opbroek, Elliott Dooley, Mason Kotalik, Davis Walsh, Cale Haselhorst, Maggie Schaefer, Sophie Mon- tagne, Haley Lande, Paige Mitzel, Collin Patrick, Ryan Schulte, Gavin Haselhorst, Keaton List, and Conner Brunick. Summer Readers SUBMITTED PHOTO Beadle Students Reach New Reading And Technology Program Goals
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BY TOM AND RAY MAGLIOZZIKing Features Syndicate, Inc.
Dear Tom and Ray:Remember those Datsun mini-trucks
that used to be around? Where did thatclass of trucks go? It seems like all youcan get now is a full-size F-150 or simi-lar. Is there anything like those oldJapanese mini-trucks still on the mar-ket, or should I start shopping for aclassic El Camino? What happened tothe small trucks? — Bryant
RAY: People stopped buying them.TOM: There still is a class of pickup
truck smaller than the full-size F-150s,Silverados and Ram 1500s. But they’renot much smaller.
RAY: Toyota still makes the Tacoma.Nissan still makes the Frontier. AndChevy is coming out with a redesignedColorado for 2015.
TOM: But these are not mini-trucks.The trucks you remember were, essen-tially, compact Japanese cars withpickup-truck beds. They were cheap,lightweight and utilitarian.
RAY: Not enough people want thatanymore. Pickup trucks have becomelarge, luxury cars. The smallest two-door Toyota Tacoma these days, for ex-ample, is only about a foot and a halfshorter than the smallest full-size Toy-ota Tundra. And that Tacoma is still 208inches long — only a little shorter thanthe old Lincoln Town Car land yachtsthat used to ply the airport terminals.
TOM: And even though you canorder it with a four-cylinder engine andget a little better mileage than the full-size Tundra, it’s a cheaper and less-ca-
pable vehicle. So unless maneuverabil-ity or parking is an issue, most buyerschoose the larger, more comfortable,more up-to-date Tundra.
RAY: The problem for manufactur-ers is that, once you design and build asmaller pickup truck and equip it witheverything a modern vehicle needs tohave, it doesn’t cost much less than afull-size pickup. And the mileage isn’tthat much better. So most people go forthe bigger truck.
TOM: You should have a look at theChevy Colorado when it comes out.That’ll be the most modern and up-to-date of the less-than-full-size pickuptrucks out there.
RAY: You can look at the HondaRidgeline (which is more carlike thanother pickups, but not much smaller).
TOM: You can look for a used Sub-aru Baja, which was the most recent ElCamino-ish vehicle that failed to selland was killed off. It was last made in2006.
RAY: You can look for a used FordExplorer Sport Trac, which was lastmade in 2010. That’s a Ford Explorerwith a pickup-truck bed. Again, notsmall, but smaller than a full-sizepickup.
TOM: You can look for a classic ElCamino, or even a really old Toyota orDatsun truck, if you’re willing to give upsafety and reliability.
RAY: But what you’re really lustingafter just isn’t for sale anymore, Bryant.At least not in the United States.
TOM: If you’re willing to relocate,then we can help you out. Go to anythird- or even second-world country,and you can have your pick of cheap,small pickup trucks. Just don’t look tooclosely at the body panels, because youmay see the words “Hungry Man Din-ner” stamped into them.
———Tom and Ray share secrets on how
you can save tens of thousands of dol-lars on your cars over the next 20 yearsin their pamphlet “Should I Buy, Lease,or Steal My Next Car?” Send $4.75(check or money order) to Next Car,P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475.
———Get more Click and Clack in their
new book, “Ask Click and Clack: An-swers from Car Talk.” Got a questionabout cars? Write to Click and Clack incare of this newspaper, or email themby visiting the Car Talk website atwww.cartalk.com.
© 2014 by Tom and Ray Magliozzi
and Doug Berman
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BY TED KOOSERU.S. Poet Laureate
I’d guess that a number of our readers have had MRIs.One of my neighbors, a gravel hauler in rural Nebraska,told me that his test sounded as if he were on the inside ofa corn sheller. Jackie Fox, also a Nebraskan, has a differenttake on the experience. Would you rather find yourself con-fined in a corn sheller or a dryer? It’s no wonder we callourselves patients.
MRI It thuds and clanks like tennis shoes in a dryer, only I am the shoe, sour, damp and wedged intothe narrow metal tube, heart clanging.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The PoetryFoundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Po-etry magazine. It is also supported by the Department ofEnglish at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copy-right ©2013 by Jackie Fox. Poem reprinted from BellevueLiterary Review, Volume 13, no. 2, Fall 2013, by permissionof Jackie Fox and the publisher. Introduction copyright ©2014 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author,Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consult-ant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006.We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
American Life In Poetry
MRI Sounds CanBe Unnerving
Where Have All TheSmaller Pickups Gone?
PIERRE — Gov. DennisDaugaard has proclaimedSept. 7-13 as “Suicide Pre-vention Week” in SouthDakota. Suicide occursacross all age, economic,social and ethnic groups,and is now the tenth lead-ing cause of all deaths inthe United States and theninth leading cause of alldeaths in the state of SouthDakota.
This year’s theme, Sui-cide Prevention: One WorldConnected, “emphasizesthe need to raise awarenessthat suicide is a major pre-ventable cause of prema-ture death on a globallevel,” said Gib Sudbeck,program manager, of thestate Department of SocialServices’ Prevention Pro-gram. In 2011 there were39,518 suicide deaths in theUnited States with 125 ofthese suicide deaths inSouth Dakota. To help pre-vent suicides, it is criticalthat everyone learn thesigns and risk factors forsuicide and learn what pre-vention, early intervention
and treatment resourcesare available in their localcommunity.
Suicides may be pre-vented when suicidal behav-iors are detected early andindividuals are referred toservices and supports. Helpcan be obtained in SouthDakota communities for theassessment and treatment ofsuicidal behaviors and theirunderlying causes. If you be-lieve there is a suicide risk,contact a professional imme-diately. Call the suicide crisishotline at 1-800-273-TALK(8255), a family physician, apsychiatrist, a medical emer-gency room or a communitymental health center in yourarea.
For more informationabout suicide prevention inSouth Dakota or the SouthDakota Strategy for SuicidePrevention log on to www.sd-suicideprevention.org/.
For more informationabout behavioral health serv-ices in your area, contact theDepartment of Social Serv-ices’ Division of BehavioralHealth at 605-773-3123 or logon to www.dss.sd.gov/behav-ioralhealthservices/.
Sept. 7-13Declared SuicidePrevention Week
Janklow ArchivesProject Expanded As the result of support
by the Great Plains Educa-tion Foundation, the Univer-sity of South DakotaLibraries will be among thefew institutions in the U.S.to provide online public ac-cess to an extensive body of20th century gubernatorialrecords.
The gift, made throughthe University of SouthDakota Foundation, will re-sult in an online searchablecollection of the late Gov.William Janklow’s fourterms in office.
“As early as 2006, Gov.Janklow envisioned all ofhis gubernatorial recordsbeing available online,” saidDaniel Daily, dean of li-braries. “The support of theGreat Plains EducationFoundation and the legal
and techni-cal expert-ise at USDare key tocarryingout Mr. Jan-klow’s vi-sion.”
The giftalso sup-ports work
in progress that includesgathering oral history inter-views with Janklow’s formerstaff members and others.Those, along with therecords and speeches, arebeing prepared for accessthrough the Digital Libraryof South Dakota.
The interviews are su-perb, and will complementthe archival records,” Dailysaid.
Daily
Beadle Elementary students wereencouraged to participate in summerreading activities along with using tech-nology sites that the Beadle PTA pur-chased for the school. To meet thegoal, students had to spend at least 12hours reading and/or using the technol-ogy programs that were purchased forthem. Students in the upper gradescould use IXL.com which helps stu-dents practice math standards, and stu-
dents in K-2 could useeducationcity.com which helps stu-dents practice language and mathskills. One other site students usedwas Think Central which is an onlineprogram from our current textbook se-ries in Math, Reading and Science. Thefollowing students all spent at least 12hours this summer and were recog-nized at school on September 3, 2014.Congratulations to Hannah Cihak, Olivia
Hunhoff, Adelia Parker-Brooks, ToriHansen, Christian Weier, Oliver Dooley,Haley Luke, Mitchel Zimmerman, CurtisHansen, Christopher Opbroek, AveryReifenrath, Mya Gilbertson, Keaton Roth,Ava Gilbertson, Isabella Opbroek, ElliottDooley, Mason Kotalik, Davis Walsh, CaleHaselhorst, Maggie Schaefer, Sophie Mon-tagne, Haley Lande, Paige Mitzel, CollinPatrick, Ryan Schulte, Gavin Haselhorst,Keaton List, and Conner Brunick.
Summer Readers
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Beadle Students Reach New ReadingAnd Technology Program Goals
