Salem Special - Thursday, September 10, 2020 - Page 5MCM cross
countryInvitational results. . .
Last week Tuesday, September 1, McCook Central/Montrose hosted
the McCook Central/Montrose Invitational cross country meet in
Salem.
Results of the MCM runners and their times are as follows:
Boys Varsity5000 meters
25. Jordan Schock, 19:5750. Jace Heumiller, 22:4352. Paul
Kaffar, 22:49
Girls JV4000 meters
22. Lucy Karel, 21:5528. Alexa Pulse, 22:1562. Alaina Pawlowski,
29:47
Boys JV4000 meters
40. Memphis VandenBerg, 20:4758. Cody Heinz, 23:3164. Antone
Krempges, 24:14
A quarter-century ago, a group of South Dakota State University
journalism students took on the challenge to document one day in
the life of Freeman.
That was April 20, 1994. Twenty-five years later another batch
of SDSU students headed down U.S. 81 to that small, southeast South
Dakota town to document the community again. Among them was Miranda
O’Bryan, who went with the intention of creating a television
documentary that looked at the original project, which produced a
newspaper.
O’Bryan’s effort was so successful that her school project was
aired by South Dakota Public Broadcasting recently and repeats at
6:00 p.m. on Sunday, September 13.
Lyle Olson, director of SDSU’s School of Communication and
Journalism and a faculty member when the original project was
undertaken, said, “To my knowledge, this would be the first time a
student’s (independent) work has ever aired” on South Dakota Public
Broadcasting.
Fritz Miller, director of marketing, said he couldn’t recall
such an occurrence in his 15 years at South Dakota Public
Broadcasting. “It’s refreshing to have a quality production come to
us that is entertaining, well produced and will have a lot of
interest beyond the Freeman area. We’re all fascinated by our
shared experience and shared interest.”
As for the director, O’Bryan said, “I’m thankful Dr. Dailey saw
my interest in journalism and gave me the opportunity. I might not
have ever done this otherwise.”Students become faculty members
Dr. Dailey is Rocky Dailey, an associate professor in the School
of Communication and Journalism. In 1994, he was one of those
students who traveled to Freeman as was Frank Robertson, now a
photography instructor at State. When the 25th anniversary was
approaching, Robertson contacted Freeman Courier Publisher Jeremy
Waltner about revisiting the project.
Dailey liked the idea of making a documentary about the original
project and pitched it to O’Bryan, who had taken his TV production
class.
O’Bryan was in need of an independent project in SDSU’s Van D.
and Barbara B. Fishback Honors College. “Other independent honors
projects had involved surveys or researching numbers—that didn’t
connect with my passion for journalism. Rocky suggested the project
and I’m a small-town girl (Martin in south central South Dakota),
so I said yes.”
From the time of conception to
when she turned it in for a grade—December 2019—was a full year,
the May 2020 journalism and history graduate said.
Project turns heads at SDPBThis spring she did a few more
interviews and did some polish editing. Other interviews were
planned, but the COVID-19 pandemic squashed those plans.
Nonetheless, Dailey presented the documentary to South Dakota
Public Broadcasting, which liked the documentary as it was.
“To be able to have a record of what a day in the life of
Freeman was like 25 years ago and to look at where it is today, to
look back at its successes and its frustrations, provides an
interesting perspective of who we are; not just the folks in
Freeman, but the folks across the state,” Miller said.
The original project came as a result of a pitch Waltner’s dad,
Tim L. Waltner, then publisher of the Courier, made to Frank Klock,
a newspaper photographer and part-time SDSU instructor.
Jeremy Waltner, then a high school student, said, “In many ways,
Freeman is the perfect town for a project like this. There’s a
closeness you might not see in some places, yet it is large enough
to document. We have health care, multiple schools, parks,
businesses, industry … It’s not like there is nothing to document.
There is something always going on.”
Small town appreciationIn the half day O’Bryan was in
Freeman, a town of 1,300, she was impressed by the town’s growth
as well as its continuity.
“It was cool to hear all of the people talk about the things
that have improved over time,” such as the grocery store owner who
was a bag boy in 1994. The business now is in a new building and
his son works for him. Then there is the clock tower, a landmark
that served as a backdrop for the 1994 photo of the now-deceased
man and 2019 interview of his daughter.
Jeremy Waltner, who has seen the documentary and announced it on
the front page of last week’s Courier, was struck by the change in
his community.
One small example he cited was a 1994 photo of a man riding a
bike around a corner. “The house behind him was used as a day care
for many years. Many children and their parents went there. That
house has since been torn down. It’s a small thing, but evidence
that things do change. We lose people, we lose buildings. That’s
part of life. We deal with loss and we move on,” Waltner said.
Being able to drive a stake into
the ever-moving line of time through the production of a
newspaper or documentary makes them invaluable, he said.
O’Bryan—Work atprofessional level
Dailey said, “I can’t say enough good things about Miranda. It’s
easy when you have a student who is passionate about storytelling.
Her work is at a professional level. South Dakota Public
Broadcasting wouldn’t be airing it if it wasn’t at a high level. It
just goes to show you what a student can do when they’re motivated
and have the resources.”
The resources were Dailey’s time, as he is listed as
co-producer, and the professional video and editing equipment
within the School of Communication and Journalism.
“A Day in the Life of Freeman” was O’Bryan’s first attempt at a
video. In addition to her schooling, she also had an internship at
KOTA-TV in Rapid City, where she now is a reporter. “I had a lot of
experience packing a story into a minute and half. Then I had 30
minutes to fill. That works my journalistic brain in another way,”
she said.
O’Bryan would like to do another documentary, perhaps on the
subject of adoption as it was her platform in the Miss South Dakota
competition.
Excited to watchBut this Monday she plans to enjoy
the fruit of her labor. “I don’t have cable at my house so I
will go to a friend’s house in the Hills and watch it like a movie
I have been longing to see. I’m definitely excited. It’s a really
cool opportunity. It’s nothing I ever thought I would do during my
time in college,” O’Bryan said.
Her work also was accepted at the Iowa Independent Film
Festival, a virtual event Sept. 10
(https://www.iifilmfestival.org/).
Freeman documentary by SDSU student to air on SDPB
FREEMAN DOCUMENTARY: Cheryl Wollmann, who was featured in the
1994 Day in the Life of Freeman, is interviewed by Miranda O’Bryan
in 2019 for her
documentary that looked back on the original effort. The
30-minute documentary aired Monday and will again on Sept. 13 on
South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTASS:
COUNTY OF McCOOKIN CIRCUIT COURT
FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
CIV: 20-67NOTICE OF HEARING
FOR ADULT NAME CHANGE
**********************************In the Matter of the Petition
of
Judith Eileen Bailey
For a Change of Name to
Judy Eileen Bailey
**********************************NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN a
Verified Petition for Adult Name Change has been filed by Judith
Eileen Bailey the object and prayer of which is to change
Petitioner’s name from Judith Eileen Bailey to Judy Eileen Bailey.
On the 28th day of September, 2020, at the hour of 11:30 a.m. said
verified petition will be heard by this Court before the Honorable
Chris S. Giles Presiding, at the Court Room in the McCook County
Courthouse, City of Salem, McCook County, South Dakota, or as soon
thereafter as is convenient for the court. Anyone may come and
appear at that time and place and show reasons, if any, why said
name should not be changed as requested.
Dated this 11th day of August, 2020 at Salem, SD.
Diane Shelton Clerk of CourtATTEST:Clerk of CourtBy:
8-20,27,9-3,10
Public Notice
Blindert Insurance Agency
620 S. Highway 81, Salem425-3140 or 1-800-584-9233CROP, FARM,
HOME, AUTO, COMMERCIAL
Feds Continue to Miss the Markon Livestock PolicySeptember 3,
2020
I read a quote from my local sale barn operator Bryan Hanson,
the other day: “You used to be able to survive on a 100 head
operation; now you have to have a full-time job and run 100
cows.”
Anyone that knows Bryan or has read his market report knows that
he doesn’t pull punches. I’ve known his dad, Dennis, for many
years, and I’ve enjoyed that same no-nonsense style from him as
well. But I’d take Bryan’s statement one step further - I’d
actually contend that without another full time job, you couldn’t
afford to run 100 cows. That’s a pretty sad situation if you stop
and consider South Dakota’s rich ranching heritage.
We have been working with other members of the Senate on a
number of different livestock reform proposals. We need to build
coalitions to move these proposals forward. That means gaining
support from Members of Congress, as well as administration
officials and outside groups. For example, on March 19 I sent a
letter to the Department of Justice calling for an investigation
into price fixing in the cattle market. At the time, I was joined
by three other senators. Less than two months later, we had the
support of 18 senators as well as President Trump and 11 attorneys
general.
We’ve worked hand-in-hand with Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who have led the charge to push
commonsense cattle market legislation forward. I’m thankful for
their leadership. However, despite the bipartisan support for
meaningful reforms, even stalwarts like them have been completely
jammed up by the bureaucracy and the national lobby associations
that continue to protect the status quo.
In the last several weeks, we demanded (and were denied) a vote
on the New Markets for State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Act,
bipartisan legislation that I authored with Senator Angus King
(I-Maine) – and that has 11 other Senate cosponsors. Basically,
this proposal would allow smaller meat processors to inject
competition into the marketplace by allowing facilities with a
state-inspected certification the ability to sell products across
state
lines. A locker in Hudson can sell to a resident of Lemmon,
hundreds of miles away, but they can’t sell across the Iowa border,
just 25 miles away. Additionally, the state inspection
certification is equal or stronger than federal certification. The
current system doesn’t make any sense.
Today, we are actually giving an unfair and unnecessary
advantage to the large, sometimes foreign-owned meat processing
facilities. Large facilities typically pursue licensing through the
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) federal meat
inspection process, which gives them a certification allowing them
to sell across state lines.
Recently, we saw firsthand how strong our opposition is.
Apparently, their stranglehold on certain members of Congress is so
tight that they wouldn’t even allow a vote. Frankly, the deck is
stacked in their favor and we need to find the force to tip it
over.
The dysfunction in Washington, D.C., is maddening. Even
commonsense proposals like this don’t get a fair shake. However,
the dysfunction isn’t confined to Congress. The bureaucracy is
entrenched and hard to move. These bureaucrats, who have never been
to a sale barn or stepped foot on a ranch, have the audacity to
claim to know better than our producers and processors.
It’s going to take a groundswell of support and a commitment to
the cause to make progress. That’s the honest truth. It’s also
going to take a unified effort.
I’ve been left to wonder: if the swamp will fight so hard about
something so commonsense as state inspected locker plants - imagine
how hard they’ll fight greater market transparency, Product of the
U.S.A. labeling and Mandatory Country Of Origin Labeling
(MCOOL).
As an industry we need to reach out to consumers and leaders
from other states. Consumers are being misled under the current
system and there is an entire army of opponents desperately trying
to keep it that way. If the COVID-19 pandemic didn’t teach us
anything else, it should have taught Americans that the source of
their food matters and dependence on foreign countries is
dangerous.
We need to expand the tent, stay the course and push together.
We’re in this fight together.
FRIDAY NIGHT IS MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT: This Friday,
September 11, 2020 is Military Appreciation Night at the McCook
Central/Montrose vs. Mt. Vernon/Plankinton football game in Salem.
During the National Anthem fans will be able to observe a “Fly
Over” as seen in the photo above taken earlier this summer in
Salem.
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