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Greer Unit #11, American Legion Auxiliary met on October 15, 2020 at the post home with 6 members present.
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Wednesday, October 14th, found the Wagner Rotary Club assembled for another weekly meeting under the guidance of former President Bill Frei. Rotarian Bill led the members in reciting the Rotary 4-Way Test followed by a prayer given by Rotarian Bill Heermann. Thanks, was given for our time of fellowship and food.
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Local Chamber of Commerce and their directors in Winner, Gregory, Platte and Wagner hosted meetings this past week to share information regarding the SD Coronavirus relief fund. We appreciate those who attended and shared discussions with us about the four grant programs.
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Construction work is completed and brothers Gerrit and Jeff Juffer and their staff at Juffer Inc., have moved into their new location at 810 West Highway 46 in Wagner.
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To say that this Oral Interp season is a "normal" season is an understatement. The 2020 Oral Interp Season has been anything but normal. The Oral interp students have been put to the ultimate test this season in performing virtually for all of their meets. This is a challenge when a typical season would involve the speakers performing live and in front of a real audience. But, with the arrival of COVID, the season had to change. That is, it had to change, but still carry on.
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Flu shots are an important part of preventative health every year, with extra emphasis this year, surrounding the current pandemic with COVID-19 and the upcoming influenza season. One target population is school aged children.
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As much as I like to brag about our South Dakota hunting opportunities, I’ll have to admit that our pronghorn antelope hunting is nowhere near #1 Wyoming, and also trails Montana, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico. Still, the opportunity to archery hunt antelope is there every year, and SD rifle hunters could hunt every year if they were willing to doe hunt when they didn’t draw a buck tag. For Harding County, arguably SD’s best pronghorn county, partner Mike Hall and I recently drew second choice doe tags when we failed on our first choice buck tags.
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The original headquarters for Charles Mix Electric was built in 1953 and has been added onto several times. The new facilities, at a cost of $4.8 million, will include an 18,000 sq. ft precast concrete warehouse with a wash bay, truck and equipment storage and a 1,600 sq. ft. mezzanine. The new 9,600 sq. ft. office area will provide office space, conference rooms, ADA-compliant restrooms and a "Community Room" which will be available for rent to the general public. A dedicated space for the linemen and their equipment, something that does not exist in the current building, is also a very important part of the new space.
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