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Some health problems are much larger than the health care system and cannot be fixed by doctors, nurses, hospitals, and the rest of the traditional health care team.
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Back in 1960 when I first came to South Dakota, road hunting for pheasants was a very popular activity. It amounted to driving country roads, spotting a rooster in the ditch or the first few corn rows, getting out of the car and flushing the bird, and then taking the shot. The driver watched his side, the passenger his respectively. At first it was very frustrating for me as I was looking for whole roosters. When one of the guys spotted a bird, I would look and look and see nothing. Eventually I learned how to spot a ringnecked head, a tail feather, or even an eye.
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South Dakota’s values and beliefs are rooted in our agricultural heritage and our boundless natural resources. Together they drive our economy, feed our families, and provide world class outdoor recreational opportunities. We all have a vested interest in protecting and preserving South Dakota’s agriculture and natural resources for our kids and grandkids.
Read moreJOHN 8:3-11 "And the Scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery: and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting, him, that they might have accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him lifted up himself, and said unto them, he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and he wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one,beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her. Woman, where are those thine accusers? Hast no man condemned thee? She said, no man, Lord, and Jesus said unto her, neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more."(KJV)
Read moreECCLESIASTES 1:9,10 "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there anything whereof it might be said, see, this is new? It hath been already of old time, which was before us."(KJV)
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When I teach medical students, I always remind them that we will see people on the very best days of their lives and the very worst days of their lives. As a result, we will see every range of emotion in our patients and feel every range of emotion ourselves. This is especially true when giving someone a diagnosis of cancer.
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2020 has been a year to remember, seemingly for all the wrong reasons. COVID-19 devastated families across our country. In other states, violent riots and looting tore communities apart. And it seems like political divisions are only increasing. But as I look back on 2020, I want to focus on South Dakota’s opportunities. I want to highlight some of the tremendous things that we accomplished together this year.
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