LETTERBOX

To the editor: It’s hard to fully express how much we enjoyed this year’s Spartan basketball team. Coach Huether and his staff, the players and cheerleaders all represented themselves and their community with perfection throughout the entire season.

Remembering Spartans of Yesteryear

Congratulations to the Spartans boys basketball team in the state tournament. I see via the SDHSAA record book that Wessington Springs has had a boys team at a state tournament a couple times in the past.

PUBLIC’S RIGHT TO KNOW LOSING GROUND

BY DAVE BORDEWYK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SOUTH DAKOTA NEWSMEDIA ORGANIZATION  Last week we observed Sunshine Week by discussing ominous clouds of secrecy forming on the horizon. Truthfully, the overcast conditions are already here.

“Cuppys Corner”

Darleen Cuppy wrote her Cuppy’s Corner News Monday morning. Delia came to get it later in the forenoon. It was a nice day – Delia didn’t need to wear a coat! Darleen enjoyed the roast beef dinner from the Manor kitchen.

“Cuppys Corner”

Darleen Cuppy wrote her Cuppy’s Corner News Monday morning. Delia got it later in the forenoon. Darleen’s daughter Candi Sails and Baleigh came in the evening and fixed her TV remote while they were there. Tuesday Darleen enjoyed the ham dinner from the Manor kitchen.

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Best Farm, Home & Health Show We Have Been To

Letter to the Editor, On Monday, February 19 my husband and I attended the Farm, Home & Health Show. We were very impressed as it was the best one we have been to. There were lots of vendors, very well organized and the 4-H kids did an exceptional job serving lunch.

WRAPPING UP IN PIERRE: DISTRICT 20 COLUMNS

This past week was not only the last week of the 99th legislative session but it also marked my final one in the South Dakota Legislature.

WRAPPING UP IN PIERRE: DISTRICT 20 COLUMNS

We finished the final week of this year’s Le g i s l a t ive Session. As always, the final week of session is a flurry of activity, especially in the Joint Committee on Appropriations.

WRAPPING UP IN PIERRE: DISTRICT 20 COLUMNS

Week 9, the final week in the state legislature was a lot of hurry up and wait. The final week consists of conference committees where the House and Senate passed different versions of the same bill and they have to iron out the differences.