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On Veterans Day, I spoke at the dedication of Patriot’s Plaza on the campus of the University of South Dakota.
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The threat of Chronic Waste Disease (CWD), a fatal deer and elk disease caused by an abnormal protein called a prion, appears to be further endangering our South Dakota deer population. We know almost nothing about CWD.
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From Belle Fourche, Buffalo, and Bison to Aberdeen, Groton, Webster, and Parkston I recently had the chance to sit down with so many South Dakotans.
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Some years ago, I can’t exactly remember when, it was suggested by some “foreign” radical thinkers that the Great Plains be fenced off from the rest of the country and turned into a buffalo preserve. They had western North and South Dakota in mind, as well as parts of Montana and Wyoming. As bizarre as this thinking was, there are still people who harbor such thoughts.
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One of the things I appreciate most about those who served is that they didn’t rely on someone else to protect freedom. Veterans didn’t assume someone else would make the sacrifices so our kids could sleep safely in their beds every night. They raised their hand. They said yes to the call.
Read morePROVERBS 15:13 "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good."(KJV)
With this scripture we can say that the Lord is omnipresent, meaning everywhere all the time.
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The hops have been cut and baled, the aronia berries shaken from their bushes and frozen and the flax swathed. No, agriculture isn’t all corn and beans in South Dakota.
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It has been a tough year for the rule of law and law enforcement in certain parts of our country. Violent crime has surged in big cities nationwide, and some politicians have gutted offcers’ ability to respond to tough situations.
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