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GET UP & GOThe Get Up & Go 4-H club met Oct.

2nd at the Irene Legion Hall. PresidentBailey Hinseth called the meeting toorder. The American Flag Pledge wasled by Kevin Hinseth and the 4-HPledge by Heather Hauger. This yearour club has 3 new members: Danieland Emily Dangel (beginners) and Gar-rett Dangel (clover bud). RecognitionEvent is Nov. 6 at the Pine Acres 4-HGrounds at 2 p.m. in Yankton. Our clubis to work at the soup kitchen on Nov8, also at the 4-H Grounds. Our clubvoted on new officers. President: HaleyHinseth. Vice President: KatrinaHauger. Secretary: Stephanie Hauger.Treasure: Daniel Dangel. Flags: EmilyDangel. Bailey Hinseth's demonstra-tion was on how to make a friendshipbracelet. Caitlin Hinseth's demonstra-tion was on how to make a bracelet outof duct tape. Hunter Hinseth's demon-stration was on how to set a trap. Afterthe meeting we made a photo collagethat our club hung up in the school dur-ing nation 4-H week. Lunch was servedby Bailey, Caitlin, and Hunter Hinseth.our next meeting will be Nov. 13, 2011,at the Irene Legion Hall.

GFWC YANKTON WOMAN'S CLUBThe Yankton Chapter of GFWC

Yankton Woman's Club met Oct. 1,2011, at Hillcrest Golf &Country Club.President Julie Clifton called the meet-ing to order. The Pledge of Allegiance,South Dakota Pledge and Collect forWomen were given.

Introduction of Program: MargeGross introduced Carol Hale who hasbeen with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife for33 years. Carol works as a liaison be-tween the National Park Service andthe Corp of Engineers. She is stationedin Yankton, 60 percent of her work iswith the Missouri River Recovery Im-plementation Committee. They work onrestoration of the Missouri River mak-ing recommendations to the Secretaryof the Army, The Missouri River basinis the nations longest river at 2,321miles with 6 dams. She also works topreserve the threatened and endan-gered species.

Minutes of the September meetingwere approved as written. The Trea-surer's report will be filed pendingaudit.

Fran Fox introduced her guestMarlyce Micklas. Correspondence wasread by Secretary Ellen Rodenberg,thanks for our monetary gift fromGFWC International President CarleneGarner. Also a thank you for our clubsdonation from Tara Sutera of the Yank-ton Women & Childrens Center.

Leadership: President Julie re-ported that the Dean of Chapel atSioux Falls University presents each

graduating senior with a towel, hand-shake, and diploma to portray the LastSupper in doing service for others asJesus did.

Bingo Majestic Bluffs Oct. 22: Vol-unteers are Relda Trout, Marilyn Hunt-ley, Connie Rucker, Judy Ray andMyrtle Andersen. Fundraiser: We aretaking orders for Uncle Al's at the Oct.& Nov. meetings with delivery in De-cember.

President Julie stated our ClubsSalad Luncheon will be March 31,which is open to the public. Volunteerson the committee are Pauline Akland,Donna DeJean, Ellen Rodenberg, FranFox, Karen Schultz, along with Presi-dent Julie.

The Yankton Food Pantry is in needof donations. Sheets were passed outwith items needed. Oct. 22 is NationalMake a Difference Day and we are en-couraged to observe the day doingkind deeds for others. Hillcrest CountryClub is hosting a Ladies Day Out onDec. 4.

Dot Blaha displayed several cro-cheted necklaces in a variety of colors.The Pierre club are making and sellingthe necklaces for $10 each. Themoney raised goes toward purchasinggoats for the Heifer International Proj-ect. Our State GFWC has adopted thisprogram as a major fundraiser. Thanksto Pauline Akland and Connie Ruckerfor servings as hosts today, their doorprize was won by Donna DeJean.

No further business the meetingwas adjourned.

NORTHEAST NEBRASKA RC&DNortheast Nebraska RC&D was the

recipient of two outstanding awards atthe Nebraska RC&D Conference heldlast week in McCook, Neb. and spon-sored by the Southwest RC&D.

Dennis Wacker, Plainview, was pre-sented the Outstanding Performanceby a Council Member.

Dennis is a passionate volunteerand currently serving in his 4th year asthe representative from Pierce Countyon the Board of Directors and hasserved as President since January of2009. He willingly volunteers for manyprojects and also does small “fix-it” jobsin the office, assists artists who are put-ting up their artwork for display, attendsmany staff meetings and participates inthe State Association monthly telecon-ference. He has developed a personalrelationship with an individual who hasgiven talks about his Native Americanculture at Dennis’ request, to not onlythe RC&D but other organizations andevents as well. Dennis is also one ofthe “new to organic” producers and leda tour of his strip cropped fields of oats,corn and soybeans. Dennis is thedriver behind “Boomerang Central” and

his motto is: “All good things comeback to you.”

Carol Peters, Pierce, was pre-sented the Outstanding Performanceby a Program Support Assistant.

Carol often comes up with new andbetter ways to do things that benefit theCouncil and the communities. Herknowledge of accounting and recordkeeping has been a real asset to theCouncil as the funds coming into theiraccount has increased due to fivemulti-year grants. She works with thetax preparer to gather all financialrecords and has shared this helpful in-formation with all Nebraska RC&D’s.Carol is also an active member on theArea Plan committee and guideseveryone down the high road in orderto keep things positive. She hasworked with other committees and hassought out numerous grants fromcounty boards. Carol knows how im-portant it is for the RC&D informationto be “Out There.”

Northeast Nebraska RC&D alsowon the Best Display Booth Award atthe Conference. The prize consisted ofa $50 check from the Nebraska RC&DAssociation.

INTERCHANGEInterchange met at noon on Oct. 10

at Minerva’s. The meeting was calledto order by Vice-President, Tammy Ma-tuska, and the Pledge of Allegiancewas recited. Susan Schavee, YanktonMedical Clinic, announced that theWomen of Distinction nominations arenow available. You have an opportunityto nominate for Outstanding WomanProfessional and Outstanding Womanin Community Service. Penny Scholl,Avera Sacred Heart, announced the

Women’s Health Forum will be held onMonday, Oct. 17. Tammy Matuska fromThe Center, did a presentation on thehistory of Yankton and the History of In-terchange. She showed a promotionalfilm which was produced in 1954. Thefilm highlighted several businessesthroughout Yankton. The film was pre-served as a S.D. Centennial project byInterchange in 1989.

Next meeting will be at noon onOct. 24 at Minervas. Nancy Willert willhave Chris Tudor of Mount Marty Col-lege speak on the Mount Marty Collegescholarship program.

ASHH TOASTMASTERSAvera Sacred Heart Hospital Toast-

masters met Sept. 29 with Toastmaster

Tim Bohn calling the noon meeting inthe Benedictine Center to order. Bohnasked Sheryl Schwartz to lead the in-vocation. Bohn also announced ties forthe Best Speaker, Best Table TopicsResponse and Best Evaluator trophies.

Table Topics Master Jeff Maysought comments on “hard to believe”ideas about politics, science and inven-tions. Jane Miller and Greg Stach tiedfor the Best Response Award.

MaryAnn Wortmann and EileenO’Connor tied for Best Speaker. Wort-mann’s “Want to Be Happier?” topicsuggested hand and mind activities tobring joy and balance to life. O’Con-nor’s “Stop Talking” speech encour-aged members to use their listeningskills to gain perspective.

The Best Evaluator award went toboth Jennifer Wubben and MurielStach. Wubben liked the story tellingtone used by O’Connor and Stach en-joyed Wortmann’s use of hand ges-tures.

Kary Beltz was General Evaluatorand named her team: Miller, whocounted the unneeded pauses; GregStach, who timed each speaker; andGale Vogt, who presented the word ofthe day “stentorian” and also trackedthe interesting phraseology of thespeakers.

Bohn introduced the Club PresidentSchwartz, who conducted the businessportion of the meeting.

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PICNIC IN THE PARK

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Disability Education and Awareness Committee members held a pic-nic in the park on Sept. 21, 2011. Rootbeer floats and games were pro-vided for attendees. Pictured are, from left to right, Beth Ashley, PaulineAckland, Dave Mingo, Krista Roth, Pat Grant, Twila Stribal and Al Viereck.

VFW NAMES NEW OFFICERS

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Yankton VFW Post 791 named new officers for the 2011-2012 year.Rich Wright is the new Post Commander. He moves up from his previouspost as Senior Vice Commander. Rich served in the U.S. Navy from 1974-1980. He was awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal for operations in thePersian Gulf in 1979. Joyce Stahlecker is the new Lady’s Auxiliary Presi-dent. Joyce served as Auxiliary President from 1998-2006.

MCCLOUD TAKES SECOND

SUBMITTED PHOTODakota McCloud just received word that his safety poster won secondplace at the United Commercial Travelers Supreme (International) con-vention in Jacksonville, Fla. He took first place in local and state meet-ings. The poster was award presented by John Swensen.

CONTACT CENTER GIFT

SUBMITTED PHOTOPastor Dani Jo Ninke, on behalf of the people of Christ the King LutheranChurch, presented the Contact Center with a check for $500 for the foodpantry.

LEARNING ABOUT WIND

SUBMITTED PHOTOThirteen Yankton area students participated in a Wind Turbine Workshop,held Oct. 8 by the Boys and Girls Club and Yankton County 4-H.

Thirteen middle school students participated in a free Wired forWind workshop hosted by Yankton County 4-H and the Yankton Boysand Girls Club on Oct. 8.

Participants of the event designed, built and tested model wind tur-bines during the two-hour workshop held at the Boys and Girls Club.Students first identified both horizontal and vertical wind turbines,then built the handheld turbines using PVC pipe and small generators.Students also constructed and designed their own blades using Styro-foam. Each group did 3 separate tests with a multimeter measuringthe voltage output of their turbine based on three different bladeangles.

“Finding alternative energy resources is an ever-growing concern,and it's a conversation that students need to be included in on. Thisworkshop was designed to educate and encourage the next generationof engineers and inspire them to seek out alternatives for our chang-ing world,” says Lauren Fosheim, Yankton County 4-H/Youth Develop-ment Program Assistant.

This wind turbine workshop was provided in cooperation with Na-tional 4-H’s 2011 4-H National Youth Science Day. To address the in-creased demand for science and technology professionals, 4-H isworking to reach a bold goal of engaging one million new young peo-ple in science programs by 2013. Currently, 4-H Science programsreach more than 5 million youth with hands-on learning experiencesto ensure global competitiveness and prepare the next generation ofscience, engineering, and technology leaders. For more information,contact Fosheim at the Yankton County Extension Office, 665-3387, oronline at yankton4h.com.

Wired For Wind Workshop Held

HEAVENLY HATS

SUBMITTED PHOTOKellie Casey is shown cutting 12 inches off of Webster School CounselorLaVonne Lorenzen’s hair as a fundraiser for the Heavenly Hats program.A donation goal of $180 was surpassed with a total of $315 raised for thisprogram. The hair and money will be donated to the Heavenly Hats pro-gram and used for people who have lost their hair due to cancer. Thankyou to LaVonne, Kellie, Webster School staff, students and parents whohelped make this possible.

MENTAL ILLNESS AWARENESS

SUBMITTED PHOTOPictured left to right are Mary Schweitzer, a coordinator for the YanktonNational Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Candlelight Vigil for Mental Ill-ness Awareness Week, providing a candle to Phyllis Arends of Sioux Falls,who is the Executive Director of the South Dakota NAMI.

The Yankton Chapter of the Na-tional Alliance on Mental Illness(NAMI) held a Candlelight Vigil dur-ing Mental Illness Awareness Week,Oct. 2-8.

The vigil, held on Monday, Oct.3, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Yank-ton, sheds light on mental illness toincrease awareness.

Sen. Jean Hunhoff served asemcee. Executive Director of SouthDakota NAMI Phyllis Arends, ofSioux Falls, spoke at the vigil.

In addition, Pastor Dani Jo Ninkeprovided spiritual inspiration,

Yankton-NAMI President SteveSchweitzer acknowledged the im-portance of family support, and pro-fessionals and consumers sharedtheir experiences.

The first Yankton NAMI MentalIllness Awareness Week CandlelightVigil was held in 1989. Twenty-twoyears later, the 2011 vigil was heldwith over 60 consumers of mentalhealth services, their family sup-porters, mental health profession-als, students and others who wantto increase awareness for mentalhealth.

NAMI Candlelight Vigil Held

A WASHINGTON VISIT

SUBMITTED PHOTOU. S. Sen. Tim Johnson and U. S. Rep. Kristi Noem took time to visit withState Rep. Tom Jones and his wife, Linda, in Washington D.C. this week.Rep. Jones had two issues that were particularly of interest to all SouthDakotans as well as the entire nation. One issue concerns South Dakota’sunemployment insurance benefits and the other issue is the exorbitantcosts of items that Americans are charged for items they receive, but arepaid for by the U.S. government. During their trip to Washington, the Jone-ses were able to tour the Capitol Building, White House, Arlington Ceme-tery, Holocaust Museum, Pentagon Memorial and the SmithsonianInstitute.