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Jen Lloyd Recognized for “Global Power 150 Women in Staffing”

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Jen Lloyd, Vice President of Operations at Wapiti Medical Staffing in Milbank, has been named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) annual list of Global Power 150 – Women in Staffing. This list recognizes women for their excellence as leaders and influencers in the global talent marketplace. In addition to being featured as one of the 150 most influential women leaders in staffing globally, Lloyd is also featured on SIA’s Americas 100 list.

In its profile of Lloyd, SIA notes, “A 20-year veteran in the healthcare industry, Jen Lloyd is VP of Operations at Wapiti Medical Staffing. Lloyd joined Wapiti in 2018 as Region Operations Director and acquired her current role in June 2020, in part due to her commitment to rural hospitals and providers. Her performance speaks for itself: Facilities where Wapiti provides full-time emergency medicine coverage have achieved 98% patient satisfaction scores. This has helped solidify Wapiti’s Best of Staffing for Client and Talent awards for the sixth year in a row. Lloyd’s knowledge of provider staffing has positively altered perspectives at Wapiti while leading to expansion.”

Founded in 1989, SIA is the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions. Our proprietary research covers all categories of employed and non-employed work including temporary staffing, independent contracting and other types of contingent labor. SIA’s independent and objective analysis provides insights into the services and suppliers operating in the workforce solutions ecosystem including staffing firms, managed service providers, recruitment process outsourcers, payrolling/compliance firms and talent acquisition technology specialists such as vendor management systems, online staffing platforms, crowdsourcing and online work services. They also provide training and accreditation with our unique Certified Contingent Workforce Professional (CCWP) program.

Known for  award-winning content, data, support tools, publications, executive conferences and events, they help both suppliers and buyers of workforce solutions make better-informed decisions that improve business results and minimize risk. As a division of the international business media company, Crain Communications Inc., SIA is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, England.

Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals – 9B Runner-Up

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Dell Rapids St Mary 2020 Seniors – Photo taken by Lee Palmer

The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals made a trip to the Dakota Dome in Vermillion for the third time in school history on Thursday, November 12th to play for the South Dakota Class 9B Championship.  The other two trips to the championship game were in 2002 and 2009 for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals went into the game with a 7-2 record to play the 9-1 Wolsey-Wessington Warbirds.  A big first half by the Warbirds proved to be the difference as Wolsey-Wessington earned a 32-14 win over St Mary.

Wolsey-Wessington received the ball to start the game and put a score on the board in just over a minute and a half.  The Warbirds drove the ball 62 yards on six plays and scored with 10:17 to play in the first quarter for a 6-0 lead.  St Mary put together an 11-play drive that last six minutes in their opening drive of the game, but they were stopped and turned the ball over on downs to the Warbirds.  Wolsey-Wessington took over possession and score in six plays again going 63 yards.  The Warbirds led 12-0 with 2:13 to play in the opening quarter.

The Cardinals looked like they were going to find the endzone on their next drive.  But once again the Warbirds forced a turnover on downs on their own 16 yard line to keep St Mary off the scoreboard.  Wolsey-Wessington got one more score late in the second quarter.  The final touchdown came with :47 to play in the half, and Wolsey-Wessington led 18-0 at halftime.

St Mary received the ball to start the third quarter and found a spark in the opening drive of the second half.  The Cardinals marched down the field in six plays.  Connor Libis threw a touchdown pass to Nic Gaspar of 45 yards.  Ashaun Roach-Valandra threw a pass to Sam Palmer for the two-point conversion, and the Cardinals cut the lead to 18-8 with 9:00 to play in the third quarter.   The St Mary defense held Wolsey-Wessington out of the endzone in their lone possession of the third quarter.  The Warbirds got the ball do the Cardinal 10-yard line, but St Mary stopped them on fourth down to force a turnover on downs. 

Working with some momentum, the Cardinals unfortunately had their next possession stopped on their own 38 yard line one play into the fourth quarter.  The Warbirds turned that stop into a score as they went 38 yards on seven plays to extend the lead to 26-8 with 7:59 to play.  St Mary scored again just over a minute later.  Libis connected with Palmer on a 45-yard touchdown pass with 6:49 to go in the game.  The two-point conversion was no good, and the Cardinals trailed 26-14.  The Warbirds were able to put the game out of reach after a nine-play, 58-yard drive that resulted in another score with 2:53 to go in the game for a 32-14 lead.

St Mary finished the game with 309 yards of total offense, 181 rushing yards and 128 passing yards.  The Warbirds had 357 yards of total offense, 185 rushing yards and 173 passing yards.  The Cardinals were 3-10 on third down and 2-7 on fourth down conversions.  Wolsey-Wessington finished 7-10 on third down and 1-2 on fourth down conversions.  Neither team committed a turnover in the game.

Libis finished the game with 26 carries for 133 yards and was also 9-13 passing for 123 yards and two touchdowns.  Noah Olund had eight carries for 38 yards, and Roach-Valandra had three carries for nine yards.  Palmer had a touchdown catch of 45 yards.  Gaspar had a touchdown catch of 45 yards.  Roach-Valandra had seven catches for 24 yards, and Noah Dennis had a catch for 11 yards. 

Roach-Valandra and Libis both finished with 10 tackles each in the game.   Max Herber and Samuel Lack both had six tackles, and Nick Wolles had five tackles.

The Cardinals finish their wild 2020 season with a 7-3 record.

Dell Rapids Public Alters Winter Break Schedule

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The Dell Rapids Public School District recently announced changes to the winter break schedule.  During the regular Dell Rapids School Board meeting on Monday, November 9th, the board approved changes to start the winter break after school ends for the day on Friday, December 18th.  Students would then come back to school on Monday, January 4th.

Dell Rapids Superintendent Dr. Summer Schultz said, “Although student contact time is always a priority, this change provides staff and students an additional four days out of school to isolate or self-monitor symptoms before the Christmas holiday.   The additional time will also help our custodial crew as they continue to work tirelessly to clean and disinfect the facilities.”

The original break was scheduled to start with a 1:00 p.m. early release on Tuesday, December 22nd and last until Monday, January 4th.

Several Dell Rapids Organizations Taking Part in South Dakota Day of Giving

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South Dakota Day of Giving is being held on Tuesday, December 1st this year, and this will be the third year of the event.  South Dakota Gives is an organization that coordinates the day of giving and provides non-profit organizations across South Dakota tools and resources to help them receive donations.

South Dakota Gives is asking residents of South Dakota to celebrate generosity on the South Dakota Day of Giving to help raise as much money as possible for the different organizations.  People can log on to www.southdakotagives.org to find a list of non-profits that have registered with South Dakota Gives to be a part of the day of giving.

Several Dell Rapids organizations have registered to be a part of the day:

  • Brookings Area Transit Authority (Dells XPress bus)
  • Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce
  • Dell Rapids Lions Club
  • Dell Rapids Senior Citizen Center
  • Dell Rapids Society for Historic Preservation
  • Dell’s Elves
  • Fabulous Moments
  • Post 65
  • Sioux River Red Rock Trail

West Central Dome Run Stopped by Canton

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For the second time in as many games against Canton, the West Central Trojans were stopped at the goalline by the C-Hawks defense.  This time the stop came in the semifinals of the 11A playoffs in Canton on Friday, November 6th, preserving a 14-6 win for the C-Hawks.

Canton had stopped West Central on the goalline in the last game of the regular season on Thursday, October 22nd.  That stop then led to a 99-yard game-winning drive by Canton for a 12-7 victory.

On Friday night the Trojans trailed 14-6 late in the game and had a first and goal from the Canton one-yard line needing a score and two-point conversion to tie the game.  The first two attempts by West Central were on successful.  On third down, however, the Justin Zirpel and the Trojans thought Zirpel crossed the goalline prior to Zach Richardson of Canton forcing a fumble.  After the officials deliberated, the call was a fumble recovered by the C-Hawks in the endzone with just over a minute to play in the game.

West Central did force Canton to punt, but the Trojans were unable to to get a last second score to tie the game, and the Canton C-Hawks advanced to the championship game.

The game was another strong defensive battle between the two teams.  Canton scored late in the first quarter, but West Central held them the remainder of the first half.  The Trojans’ lone touchdown came on a Zirpel run in the third quarter.  Canton responded with a scoring drive of their own immediately after the Trojan touchdown.

Zirpel finished the game 2-6 passing for 34 yards along with 75 rushing yards and a touchdown.  Ryan Healy added 78 rushing yards.

West Central has their season come to an end with an overall record of 6-5.

Delores Nebben

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Delores Ilene Nebben, age 95, of Dell Rapids, passed away on November 7, 2020, with her children by her side. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 AM Saturday, November 14, 2020, at the Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids. The service will be livestreamed at the Minnehaha Funeral Home & Cremation Services Facebook Page. Interment will be in the Dell Rapids Cemetery with a luncheon to follow at the Dell Rapids American Legion. Visitation will begin at 1:00 PM Friday, with the family present from 5-7:00 PM, at the Minnehaha Funeral Home, Dell Rapids. As per the family’s wishes, masks will be required, and social distancing will be practiced at the visitation, funeral, and luncheon.

Delores Ilene (Maseman) Nebben, was born July 29, 1925 to Joe and Pearl (Derdall) Maseman in Dell Rapids, SD, the first of 2 children. She came into this world at a whopping 13 lbs plus, one of the largest babies to be born at the Dell Rapids Hospital.   She attended school in Dell Rapids, graduating in 1944. “Dee” met Art Nebben at the Arkota Ballroom, and they enjoyed going to many barn dances, area dance halls, and the Dells Pavilion. They were married June 19, 1950 in Luverne. MN. They made their home north of Dell Rapids on the Maseman family farm where they raised three children. They were married for 64 years. Art passed away in 2014, and Dee continued to reside on the farm, in the same house for 95 years.

Dee worked as a telephone operator and many times spoke of how much she enjoyed that job. She worked as a waitress at the Dells Cafe, and then at Ben Franklin dime store, Coast to Coast Hardware and the Dells Bakery. She was a member of the Dell Rapids Lutheran Church, and the American Legion Auxiliary. The highlight of her life was her grandchildren and great grandchildren, following their adventures and watching them grow. She enjoyed spending time outdoors, mowing the acreage, bird watching, her flower gardens, and going for car rides in the afternoon with daughter Jan. She did word puzzles, played checkers, and attended Thursday night legion bingo. Her favorite treat was chocolate ice cream before bed. She enjoyed watching “The Price is Right “, and for her 94th birthday, her daughter Jan and grandson Peter with wife Sydney took her to the “Price is Right” show at the Washington Pavilion. Her name was called to “come on down” as a contestant, which was great fun for her.   She traveled with her daughter Jan to Hawaii, Branson, New Orleans, fall foliage trip to New England, and a rail tour across the Canadian Rockies. Yellowstone, Mississippi River cruise and northern Minnesota fishing trips were especially enjoyed with daughter Melanie and grandchildren Cody, Colt and Paige. She valued the friendship of her senior care giver Theresa. Dee was a generous, kind and giving person, and was always thinking of others.

Dee passed away Nov 7, 2020 with her children by her side. Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Jay Nebben; and daughters: Jan Dybvig and Melanie Burggraff all of Dell Rapids. Five grandchildren: Cody, Colt (Tarah) of Dell Rapids, and Paige Burggraff of Miller, SD. Peter (Sydney) Nebben and Jenny Nebben of Dell Rapids. Six great grandchildren Kain, Kasch, Teagyn and Paislee Dee Burggraff, Jason and Jayda Lobdell. Nephew, Kevin Park; brothers-in-law: Palmer Nebben and Don Knutson; sisters-in-law: Hilda Johnson and Rosie Croon; along with many other nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents Joe and Pearl Maseman; husband, Art Nebben; infant son, Lynn; sister, Darlene Park; and a daughter-in-law, Sally Nebben.

www.minnehahafuneralhome.com

James Peters

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James “Jim” Peters,  83, of Dell Rapids, passed away at his home on Saturday, November 7, 2020. His Memorial Service will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Kahler-Brende Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to the start of the service. www.kahlerfh.com

James “Jim” Peters was born on July 13, 1937 at White Lake, SD, the son of Matt and Ella (Davis) Peters. He grew up on a farm near White Lake and attended country school. When he was finished with school, he enlisted in the US Army. He married Judy Morris on April 25, 1962 in Vermillion. Jim was discharged from the Army in 1963 and the couple moved to Platte where Jim did carpentry work. In 1969, the family moved to Dell Rapids where Jim started working road construction until his retirement in 2005.

Jim loved the outdoors, hunting and fishing. In his retirement he enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his four brothers, Arlo, Keith, Don and Phil.

He is survived by his wife, Judy of Dell Rapids; his daughter, Shelli Ybarra of Dell Rapids; his sons, Jamie (Liz) Peters of KS and Joey (Cari) Peters of Dell Rapids; his 8 grandchildren, Robbie, Nichole, Thomas, Kelsi, Sara, Zac, Madison and McKenzie; his five great-grandchildren, McKenna, Olivia, Ayden, Sam and Chase; his two sisters, Karen Miller of IL and Mary (Dudley) Haarsager of Yankton and his many nieces and nephews.

Lawrence Christensen

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Lawrence “Lew”  Christensen, 76, of Brookings, passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at the Brookings Health System. Public visitation with family present will be on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Kahler-Brende Funeral Home from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Masks are recommended. The funeral service will be a private family service. www.kahlerfh.com

Lawrence “Lew” Elmer Christensen was born on, Nov.21, 1943 to Florence (Olson) and Elmer Christensen. Grew up on a farm South of Flandreau where he attended Blinsmon Country School. Growing up, Lew was a member of the Sioux Valley Baptist Church rural Trent and the Trent Baptist Church, Trent. He graduated from Egan High School in 1961. He attended University of Sioux Falls and graduated in 1968. He then farmed for many years before attending the North American Baptist Seminary in Sioux Falls graduating in May, 1991. Lew was ordained into the American Baptist Churches Denomination in April, 1992, while serving at the Viborg Baptist Church in Viborg, SD. Lew served there until 2000, when he accepted the call to Huron Baptist Church, Huron, SD. Lew retired to live at his beloved Lake Campbell in 2006. In retirement Lew returned to serve at the church he had loved as a student pastor, Wentworth Presbyterian Church. Lew was still serving there at the time of his death.

Lew is survived by his wife, Peggy (Greer) Christensen. Daughters, Amy (Marc) Miller ,Garretson, SD; Tiffany Lewis, Flandreau; Whitney (Scott) Keizer, Sioux Falls. Five grandchildren, Chelsey (Mitch) Anderson, Caleb (Emily)Tollefson, Kyle Lewis, Kelly Lewis, Jacoby Keizer. Three great-grandchildren, Aiden and Wyatt Anderson & Colton Lawrence Tollefson. Special nieces and nephews, and countless friends.

Lew served on the Blinsmon township board. Spent many years as a director and camp Pastor at Baptist Camp Judson in the Black Hills.

Lew was a talker and loved visiting with anyone about anything. He loved living at the lake and seeing the seasons change there. His family meant everything to him and his greatest joy was to see his children and grands and great grands enjoying the lake too. No one had more fun than Lew watching the boys tube behind the boat or the little ones catching their first fish.

Lew was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Doris Larson, & Ruth Eikmeier.

Memorials may be directed to Camp Judson.

Carole Jacobson

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Carole Jacobson, 76, of Dell Rapids, passed away on Wednesday, November 4, 2020 at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls. Her funeral service was at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Kahler-Brende Funeral Home. Visitation with the family present was two hours prior to the start of the service. Interment was in the Stordahl Cemetery. www.kahlerfh.com

Carole (Langdon) Jacobson was born at Renner, SD on February 27, 1944 to parents, Jenner and Jessie (Beare) Langdon. She married Roger Nelsen on September 19, 1964. To this union, four children were born, Lisa, Shelly, Keith and Stacy. She married Steve Jacobson on September 30, 2006.

Carole had many horses in her lifetime and enjoyed riding. She was an avid reader and bowler. She worked at John Morrell until she retired in 2006. She then started working for Old English Maintenance Company until ill health caused her retirement in 2013.

She is preceded in death by her parents and her brothers, Roland and Gary.

She is survived by her husband, Steve Jacobson of Dell Rapids; her children, Lisa Brown of Dell Rapids, Shelly (Tony) Baumberger of Colman, Keith Nelsen of Dell Rapids and Stacy (Robert) Hoffman of Dell Rapids; her grandchildren, Cody Brown, Morgan Brown, Tyler Baumberger, Jake Baumberger, Lyndsey Ljunggren, Abigail Nelsen, Nicholas Hoffman, Arial Hoffman, Ravyn Hoffman, step-children, Nick (Christina) Jacobson of Coon Rapids, MN and Michele Jacobson of St. Paul, MN; two step-grandchildren, Faith and Hope and her great-grandchildren, Colter and Kylie Brown, Bryson Holt, Hannah Baumberger, Leyla and Ava Baumberger.

St Mary Cardinals – Dome Bound!

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The Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal football team is headed to the Dakota Dome.  The Cardinals beat a Region 4 opponent for the third time in the playoffs on Friday, November 6th.

Six days after making the 357 mile trip to Faith, the Cardinals had to travel 264 miles to Kadoka for a semifinal match-up with the Kadoka Area Kougars.  The only thing similar between the quarterfinals and the semifinals was being on the same side of the state.

Instead of the Cardinals getting out to a quick start, the Kougars set the tone in the first half.  With a little help from a penalty early in their opening drive, Kodoka scored with 1:15 in the first quarter on a 35-yard touchdown run by Gaven Sudbeck.  After an interception early in the second quarter, the Kougars struck again with 9:23 to play in the first half when TJ Hamar threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Sudbeck.   The Kougars scored for a third time on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Hamar to Dawson Reckling with 3:48 to play in the first half.

Kadoka Area led 20-0 at halftime after dominating the game in every area.  The Kougars had a total of 192 yards of offense and held the Cardinals to 127 yards and forced two turnovers.  St Mary took full advantage of halftime to stop the momentum Kadoka had built and make the necessary adjustments.

The Cardinals began their comeback at the very start of the third quarter.  The defense held Kadoka to just three yards on three plays and forced a punt.  St Mary scored on their opening drive of the third quarter.  CJ Smith connected with Ashaun Roach-Valandra for a 19-yard touchdown on fourth down with 8:09 to play in the third quarter to cut the lead to 20-6.

St Mary forced the Kougars to punt on their next two drives, and the Cardinals scored again on the very first play of the fourth quarter.  Smith and Roach-Valandra connected again, this time from 10 yards away.  They also made the two-point conversion, and with 11:51 to go in the game, St Mary trailed 20-14.  The Cardinal defense did not budge again and forced another punt.  The momentum had certainly shifted to St Mary, and the offense put another score on the board.  Connor Libis scored on a seven-yard run with 8:54 on the clock.  Roach-Valandra ran the ball into the endzone for the two-point conversion to give St Mary a 22-20 lead.

The Kougars didn’t go away quietly.  Again aided by a penalty on fourth down, Kadoka took advantage as Sudbeck scored on a five-yard run with 4:43 to play.  The two point conversion was good, and the Kougars went back in front 28-22.

St Mary magic was still in the air.  On the next Cardinal drive, Smith found Roach-Valandra again on fourth down for a 26-yard gain to keep the drive alive.  Libis followed with a 21-yard run a few plays later to give St Mary a first and goal.  Libis ended the drive with another seven-yard touchdown run to tie the game 28-28 with 1:15 to go.  Smith wisely tucked the ball and ran through a huge hole on the two-point conversion to give the Cardinals the lead again at 30-28.  The final drive by Kadoka ended with an interception by Libis at the Cardinal 34 yard line with :45 on the clock.  St Mary was able to run out the clock to win the game.

It was a tale of two halves for St Mary.  After allowing 192 yards in the first half, the Cardinal defense allowed just 38 yards in the second half.  The offense for St Mary had 232 yards in the second half for a total of 359 yards and scored 24 of their 30 second half points in the fourth quarter.  The Cardinals also finished the game 4-for-7 on fourth down attempts.

Libis finished the game with 35 carries for 252 yards and two touchdowns.  He also had two catches for 19 yards.  Noah Olund had five carries for 20 yards, and Nic Gaspar had two carries for 10 yards.  Smith finished 5-8 passing for 74 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception.  Roach-Valandra had three catches for 55 yards and two touchdowns.

The defense was led by Max Herber with 11 tackles, one of those being a sack. John Pica had 10 tackles.  Samuel Lack finished with eight tackles, and Roach-Valandra had six tackles.

The Cardinals (7-2) will play Wolsey-Wessington for the 9B championship on Thursday, November 12th at 3:00 p.m. at the Dakota Dome in Vermillion.

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