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BY JORDYNNE [email protected]
The “David Letterman Show” will be bringing fa-mous “celebrities” such as Elvis Presley, Katy Perryand Meghan Trainer to Yankton for the Lewis andClark Theatre Company’s (LCTC) Theatrical Gala.
That is, Yankton’s version of the “David Letter-man Show” and well known stars.
The annual Theatrical gala fundraiser is slatedMarch 28 at Minerva’s starting at 5:30 p.m.
All proceeds from the Gala will benefit the Lewisand Clark Theatre Company (LCTC).
LCTC and First Dakota National Bank are spon-soring the event.
According to the gala committee membersBecky Tasa and Lelia Elder, this will be the last time“Letterman” will be hosting the event.
“We are following the Letterman show and retir-ing (the format),” Elder said. “So we are all going toretire and do something different next year.”
With the purchase of the ticket, audience mem-bers get a meal, a ticket to watch a LCTC perform-ance, a chance to win prizes at the live and silentauction, and a good seat to one of the best showsin Yankton, Tasa said.
Chris Hilson will be performing as Letterman forthe fifth straight year.
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Is It Branding Time?BY ROB [email protected]
VERMILLION — Community leaders from Yanktonand Vermillion gathered for the second time in twomonths Wednesday to discuss ways to close the 23-mile gap between the two cities and work as one en-tity in developing everything from workforce totourism.
The town hall meeting, held at the VermillionTechnology Center, brought together a panel that in-cluded Vermillion City Council vice-president KelseyCollier-Wise; Nate Welch, executive director of theVermillion Chamber and Development Company(VCDC); Carmen Schramm, executive director of theYankton Area Chamber of Commerce; and Jesse
BY REGINA GARCIA CANOAssociated Press
SIOUX FALLS — More than 400homeowners whose property liesalong the Missouri River in south-east South Dakota could end uppaying a $50 surcharge on theirflood insurance if officials inUnion County do not meet a fed-eral deadline to submit flood in-surance-related records.
The Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency plans to putUnion County on probationarystatus with the National Flood In-surance Program starting in mid-May unless it addresses what itcalls “program deficiencies” and“floodplain management viola-tions.” FEMA is accusing thecounty of not having adequaterecord keeping and failing tomanage development in thefloodplain.
Barb Fitzpatrick, a flood plainspecialist with FEMA, said theagency is waiting to receiverecords from the county regard-ing issues such as construction ofbasements in the mappedfloodplain area, as well as the
Vermillion, Yankton Leaders Discuss Working Together
BY BOB MERCERState Capitol Bureau
PIERRE — State lawmakers pur-posely decided against delaying in-creases in license plate fees whenthey approved the highway andbridge funding legislation on the finalday of the main run of the 2015 ses-sion last week.
The House of Representatives en-gaged in a sharp debate Friday,largely between Rep. Thomas Brun-ner and Rep. Dick Werner, aboutwhether county treasurers wereready to charge the 20 percent fee in-creases on vehicle registrations.
The increases take effect April 1.Many county treasurers told their
county boards of commissionersTuesday that they must scramble.
Vehicle registra-tions aren’t renewedin April and treasur-ers said they weretold by state officialsthey wouldn’t be al-lowed to give dis-counts for Mayrenewals that aremade before April 1.However, the Dau-gaard administration
changed its position late Wednesdayafternoon.
“April 1 is the date when the feeswitches according to the new High-way Funding Bill,” Peggy Laurenz, di-rector of the South Dakota Division ofMotor Vehicles said in a news release.“For example, if a customer with aMay renewal date were to visit aCounty Treasurer’s Office or a DMVself-service electronic terminal on orbefore March 31, they would pay thecurrent fee.”
Noncommercial vehicle registra-tions and renewals that occur in aCounty Treasurer’s Office or a DMVelectronic terminal on or after April 1,will pay the new fee set forth in theHighway Funding Bill, the news re-lease said.
Brunner, R-Nisland, urged theHouse on Friday evening to send thelegislation back to the conferencecommittee for further negotiationsbetween House and Senate members.
Brunner said county governmentswouldn’t have much time to be ready,because the legislation as presentedwould take effect in its entirety, in-cluding the license plate increases,April 1.
Brunner wanted counties to re-ceive more time so they could “makeit fair for everybody who has torenew their licenses.”
He said “the real fair thing” wouldbe to delay the license plate in-creases until Jan. 1, 2016, so that allrenewals would pay the new amountsfor the same year.
“With the emergency clause onthere, I think we’ve created kind of awreck for county treasurers,” Brun-ner said.
LegislatorsDecide AgainstDelaying Plate-Fee Increases
Laurenz LCTC Setting The Stage For Gala
BY RANDY [email protected]
CROFTON, Neb. — Dave Kinna-mon found the ultimate fire sale.
Kinnamon, park superintendentat Lewis and Clark Lake State Recre-ation Area (SRA), recently acquireda fire truck for $1.
A buck for a truck, so to speak.The Crofton Fire and Rescue unit
recently transferred its 1983 Fordgrass rig to the Nebraska Game andParks Commission (GPC) for $1. Inturn, Kinnamon and others can usethe 300-gallon rig to extinguish smallfires or to contain larger blazes untilmore help arrives on the scene.
Why the $1 price tag? To meetregulations, Kinnamon explained.
“We had to buy the truck (ratherthan receive it for free), so we paid$1,” he said. “It’ll be put to good useand still stay in the area.”
The Crofton fire department may
have re-ceived only adollar for thetruck, butvolunteerfirefighter
Paul Schoenberner — who works atthe state park as a maintenance man— considers it a good deal for allparties.
“I feel a lot better with the extraequipment (at the state park),” hesaid. “The rig doesn’t haul a lot ofwater, and 300 gallons doesn’t gofar. But it’s the time factor. It cutsthe response time for getting outthere (to fires).”
Kinnamon carries a pager and re-mains aware of fires, Schoenbernersaid. “If Game and Parks starts fight-ing a fire, it buys us 5 to 10 minutesof time, which really helps,” the fire-fighter added.
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Donation Sends Fire Truck To State Recreation Area
Laughing For The LCTC
“IF WE STARTED BRANDING THESETWO CITIES TOGETHER, WE’D HAVE A
POPULATION BASE OF MORE THAN25,000, WE’D HAVE A COUPLE OF COL-LEGES INVOLVED, WE’D HAVE POWER-
HOUSES IN MEDICAL, MANUFACTURINGAND RECREATION AND BANKING.”
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In Wednesdayʼs Press & Dakotan storyabout the District 18 legislative meet-ing, the event was actually part of anAmerican Legion Auxiliary meeting, nota public forum.
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ROB NIELSEN/P&DNate Welch, executive director of theVermillion Chamber and Develop-ment Company (VCDC), speaks to atown hall meeting Wednesday. BRAND | PAGE 13
KELLY HERTZ/P&DThis year’s LCTC Theatrical Gala will include a dinner and a show with a live, silent and desert auction. The showwill feature Yankton’s version of the “David Letterman Show” with Chris Hilson, and the Mike Hilson Band underthe direction of Terry Winter. Lelia Elder and Becky Tasa are part of the fundraiser’s committee.
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PHOTO: JENNY NGUYEN/NEBRASKALAND MAGAZINECrofton volunteer firefighters Michael Guenther, Paul Schoenberner,Dave Hansen and Lewis and Clark Lake State Recreation Area park su-perintendent Dave Kinnamon pose in front of the 1983 Ford grass rig firetruck transferred from Crofton Fire and Rescue to the Nebraska Gameand Parks Commission for $1.
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