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I have a birthday coming up soon; I’m 76 this year. I don't think I'm old, but I definitely "feel" it, especially since my stroke in April. I appreciate things more, which I didn't think was …
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By Jim Thompson
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9/14/23
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Last weekend, my husband Josh and I decided to go to one of our old favorite restaurants in Sioux Falls and enjoy a good meal. It didn’t go quite as planned. We had a bad experience the last time …
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By Amy Halverson
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9/14/23
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On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig said these famous words at Yankee Stadium, “For the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break that I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man …
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By Jill Kruse, D.O.
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9/14/23
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About a month ago, I promised that from time to time I would bring you more words from our Department (State) Commander Courtney Steffen about The American Legion. The following is Commander …
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By David Gutzmer, American Legion Post 63, Adjutant
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9/14/23
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De Smet should be proud. The list of reasons why could fill many volumes and would likely vary a little bit from person to person. Yet, one item that would be on the majority of lists would be the De …
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By Jamie Lancaster
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9/14/23
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August has been a busy month! Every year, Congress has an extended “district work period.” It’s a time where members of Congress stop traveling back and forth to Washington and spend August in …
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By Rep. Dusty Johnson
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9/6/23
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Gary Wolkow, De Smet Mayor, was honored as a distinguished United States veteran at the South Dakota State Fair grandstand during the popular Tuff Hedeman Bull Bash in Huron last Thursday evening. …
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9/6/23
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It all began one day long ago when I headed to the medicine cabinet for some aspirin. I searched the top shelf only to find a brand-new box. On the front was printed something about “new and …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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9/6/23
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I think it’s fair to say that almost all of us have scars. We all have some sort of mark somewhere that serves as a reminder to us and to others of a traumatic incident that happened at some point …
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By Pastor Jim Millman, De Smet Community Church
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9/6/23
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I’m not sure about everyone else, but I’m ready for the cool down they say is coming and some much-needed rain. I have a new rain barrel that has been sitting dry, and I’m getting tired of …
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By Amy Halverson
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9/6/23
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Newly elected American Legion National Commander Daniel J. Seehafer touted a “transformational year” for the American Legion Family, a continued legislative advocacy program and a focus on …
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By David Gutzmer, American Legion Post 63, Adjutant
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9/6/23
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Considering the vast divide we have in this country and the problems we face in the world, this story seems critical to our education. I'm not sure where I got it, but it's been in my files for a …
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By Jim Thompson
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9/6/23
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I knew my mother’s grandparents. They met at a dance, eloped and arrived on the high, dry plains of eastern Colorado in 1911 by covered wagon. When they retired, they moved into town. He sat in his …
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By James Jesser
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9/6/23
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My son is a Boy Scout. Hopefully, he will become an Eagle Scout like his dad, his grandpa, his uncle, not to mention 11 of the 12 men who walked on the moon. Whether he does or not, it has been an …
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By Andrew Ellsworth, MD
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9/6/23
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The girl’s gaze swept up the hill before them, the hardest part of their one-and-a-half-mile trek to country school. It felt good to wear shoes after running barefoot all summer. Though the leather …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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8/30/23
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The Great Seal of the United States contains a phrase — “E Pluribus Unum,” meaning “out of many, one.” Out of a nation filled with many different people of many different backgrounds comes …
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By Kristi Noem
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8/30/23
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My wife is a quilter. She can't have enough cloth - of all colors. She calls it a "stash." So, this poem from Yvonne Hollenbeck is meaningful to me, and it may be to you as well. Oh! It also promotes …
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By Jim Thompson
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8/30/23
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I have always had a soft spot for animals, and I’m blaming my lack of getting much done lately on a pair of brown eyes belonging to our last little black lab who hasn’t found a new home yet. The …
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By Amy Halverson
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8/30/23
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In the first half of Acts chapter 17, we see that the Apostle Paul preached the gospel in two different places and got two different results. Have you ever been part of a conversation where two …
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By Pastor Jim Millman, De Smet Community Church
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8/30/23
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