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Bernus Lee

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Lee, Bernus obit photoBernus (Wold) Lee, 82, of Dell Rapids passed away Monday, February 26, 2018. Funeral services will begin at 11:00 AM Saturday, March 3, 2018 at East Nidaros Lutheran Church, rural Baltic, SD. Burial will be in the church cemetery.  Visitation will be one hour prior to services.

Bernus was born in Adrian, MN to Minnie (Madison) and Henry Norman. She grew up and attended school in the Adrian/Luverne area.

She moved to the rural Baltic and married Oscar Wold on May 27th 1955. She was a member of East Nidaros Luthern Church, was active in Ladies Aid, Circle and taught Sunday School.

Bernus was best known for her home cooking and baking. She served many lunches and dinners on the farm to harvesting crews and made and sold wedding cakes from their home. She also enjoyed swimming with her children, camping and fishing. Many of her knitted and crochet works are proudly displayed through out the family.

After Oscar passed away in 1989, she sold the farm and moved to Sioux Falls, SD.

She married Warren Lee, September 21, 1996, they traveled for several years, and settled in rural Arlington, SD. In October 2017 she moved to Dell Rapids, SD., where she passed away.

Survivors include her husband, Warren Lee; children, James (Dawne) Wold, Mitchell, SD, Sharon Brooks, Pipestone, MN, Larry Wold, Minneapolis, MN and Linda Brekke, Sioux Falls, SD; brother, Vernon Norman, Bloomington, MN; numerous nieces and nephews; 19 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.

She is preceeded in death by her parents; husband, Oscar; daughter, Ellen(David) Brobjorg; son, Lyle Wold; brothers, Hank and Bill and sister, Opal.

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Cardinals Season Ends at Corn Palace

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DRSM LogoThe Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal boys basketball team saw their season come to an end at the Mitchell Corn Palace in the quarterfinals of the Region 4B tournament on Tuesday, February 27th.  The Cardinals fell to the Ethan Rustlers 68-60 in the second game of the day.

The two teams went back and forth in the first quarter with neither team getting a lead bigger than four points.  St Mary tied the game at 13-13 with just a few seconds remaining, but the Rustlers were able to get the ball up the court and made a last second shot to take a 15-13 lead after the first quarter.  The Rustlers grew their lead to 27-18 with about 3:25 to go in the first half.  St Mary got the lead down to two points at 31-29 with about 2:00 left in the quarter.  Ethan scored the final basket of the half and led 33-29 at halftime.

The Cardinals got the lead down to one point at 38-37 with about 4:40 remaining in the third quarter.   Ethan responded with an 11-4 run over the remainder of the quarter to push their lead to eight points at 49-41 heading into the fourth quarter.  After the Ruslters had a 55-43 lead early in the fourth quarter, St Mary went on a 7-0 run to cut the lead to five points at 55-50 with just under 3:00 to go in the game.  Still at a five-point lead at 57-52 with 1:23 to go, Ethan kept making free throws down the stretch.  The Cardinals got within three points at 61-58 after a layup by Connor Libis with :40 to go, the Rustlers responded with seven more made free throws for the win.

St Mary finished the game shooting 46% from the field and 75% from the free-throw line.  The Cardinals had 20 team rebounds.  Libis led the team in scoring with 27 points.  Weston Geraets had 16 points.  Max Herber finished with 11 points and six rebounds.

The Cardinals season ends with an overall record of 11-10

Dell Rapids Bath House Renovations Discussed in Pierre

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DellRapidsBathhouseDell Rapids Mayor Tom Earley, City Administrator Justin Weiland, Dell Rapids Finance Officer Claire Baartman, Dell Rapids City Council Member James Borchert, and retired architect and Dell Rapids native Mark Aspaas met with South Dakota State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) officials along with Governor Dennis Daugaard and his wife Linda in Pierre recently to discuss possible renovations to the Dell Rapids bath house.  A report of the meeting was given to the Dell Rapids City Council during their regular meeting on Tuesday, February 20th.

Aspaas has put together some renderings of what a renovation could be as well as put together a potential cost estimate of about $275,000.  Those renderings along with potential uses for the building were discussed during the meeting in Pierre.

“The main purpose of the meeting was to get them (SHPO) to look at these renderings and tell us they had a comfort level of approving them because it’s on the historical registry.  We have to get their approval,” Weiland said to the council during the city council meeting.  “It was a positive meeting.  The governor and his wife responded very positively to the use that is being proposed at this time.” BathHouseRendering

There were a couple of proposed ideas for uses of a renovated bath house.  One idea is to develop a museum within the walls of the interior of the bath house that would provide information through narratives and photographs of the history of quartzite rock in Dell Rapids.  Printed wall panels could be used to portray the history of the quarries as well as the buildings in Dell Rapids that have been built with quartzite.

The other proposed use of the building would be as a public gathering space for family reunions, group gatherings, and other like events.  There could be tables and chairs inside of the building with power for crock pots.  The bath house could then be made available for reservation similar to the building in the northwest corner of the park that is used today.

“I think it’s an important thing to do.  Our community has more younger families moving into the community.  I suspect there is a significant part of the community that know there are quarries here, but haven’t got a clue as to what the role those quarries have played in the history of this community,” Mayor Earley mentioned during the council meeting.

Mayor Earley also noted Governor Daugaard has sent his fundraising process document to city administration.  He also said that fundraising efforts for this project could run similar to the library renovation and expansion project.

“We will be continuing to work on this and hopefully, at some point, we’ll get there.  I think the state historical people appreciate the fact of what we are trying to do in terms of preserving the old bath house,” said Mayor Earley.

Dell Rapids Middle School Holds Annual Dodgeball Tournament for Heart Association

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2018DRMSDodgeball_2The Dell Rapids Middle School students once again competed in a dodgeball tournament to help raise money for the American Heart Association Awareness months of February and March.  The tournament was held on Wednesday, February 14th at the middle school gym for 5th through 8th graders.  The students were able to raise money by purchasing socks or a shirt which they could wear during the dodgeball tournament.

Last year the DRMS students raised a record amount of $1,627.00.  The students didn’t quite reach the record amount set last year, but they were able to raise $1,331.00 for the American Heart Association. 2018DRMSDodgeball_1

Dell Rapids Middle School Physical Education teacher Julie Barber said, “Thank you to these DRMS students and their families for supporting this worthy cause and raising such a large amount of money. This was a great exercise in community service and working with each other in an effort to address an important issue facing our society.  Together, we can make a difference!”

Quarrier Wrestlers Do Battle at State Tournament

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Six Dell Rapids Quarrier wrestlers took part in the opening day of the 2018 South Dakota State A Wrestling Tournament at the Premier Center in Sioux Falls on Friday, February 23rd and Saturday, February 24th.  Jacob Vogel, Canyon Lowman, Max Lamer, Gage Carr, Ben Cavigielli, and Nick Palmer all qualified for the event for Dell Rapids.  Carr advanced to the second day.

DR_Vogel_2018StateVogel opened up the day in the 106 pound bracket with a loss to Gabe Skustad from Chamberlain by fall at 5:51.  Vogel then pinned (0:44) Jagger Gribble of Harrisburg in the first round of the consolation round.  Vogel’s tournament came to an end after a 10-5 loss to Nolan Archer of Brookings in the second consolation round.

Lowman competed in the 113 pound bracket and opened the tournament with a tough 7-5 loss t0 Riley Williams of DR_Lowman_2018StateLennox.  Lowman then pinned (2:31) Jovey Christensen of Beresford/Alcester-Hudson in the first consolation round match.  Lowman was then pinned (2:55) by Sam Olson of Madison in the second consolation round.

DR_Lamer_2018StateLamer, 132 pound bracket, lost his opening match by technical fall (16-0) to William Truman of Pierre.  Lamer then lost a major decision 11-2 to Daynon Huber of Huron in his second match of the day to see his tournament come to an end.

Carr (152 pound bracket), the only Quarrier wrestler to advance to the second day of the tournament, opened up his tournament with a 10-4 decision over Tanner Swab of Sioux Falls Roosevelt.  Carr was then DR_Carr_2018Statepinned by Bailey Brengle of Sturgis in the quarterfinals.  Carr was trailing 9-1 after two periods in his third match before coming back with a pin (3:46) of Wyatt Knudson of Beresford/Alcester-Hudson to advance to Saturday.  In his opening match of Saturday, Carr was pinned (4:37) by Damion Schunke of Brandon Valley to put him in the 7th/8th place match.  Carr then lost a 9-2 decision to Barry Browning of Pierre to take home 8th place from the State A tournament.

DR_Cavigielli_2018StateCavigielli also won his opening match of the 220 pound bracket.  Cavigielli earned a 6-2 overtime decision over Marc Williams of Spearfish.  Cavigielli was then pinned (3:17) by Joel Carpenter of Sturgis in the quarterfinals.  Hunter McMath of Rapid City Stevens then pinned (4:02) Cavigielli in his third match.

Palmer drew a tough opening-round match of the 285 pound bracket.  Palmer was pinned (1:09) by Nick Casperson of Beresford/Alcester-Hudson.  Palmer then came back in his second match with a 5-2 decision over DR_Palmer_2018StateTucker Christie of Brookings.  Palmer’s day came to an end in a hard-fought, tough 6-5 loss to Zechariah Patterson of Rapid City Stevens.

**All pictures courtesy of Lee Palmer**

Quarrier Girls Back to Round of 16

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DRvsSFC_GBB_2-22-18The Dell Rapids Quarrier girls basketball team earned their second straight trip to the Class A “Round of 16” after 52-40 win over the Sioux Falls Christian Chargers in the Region 3A tournament on Thursday, February 22nd at Tea Area High School.

The Quarriers used a spurt in each of the four quarters to claim the victory.  Dell Rapids went on an 8-0 after the Chargers scored the first point of the game and took an 8-1 lead with 5:28 to play.  Sioux Falls Christian responded with an 11-4 run to tie the game at 12-12 after the first quarter of play.  The Quarriers then used a 12-0 run in the second quarter to build a double digit lead of 26-14 with 1:15 to play in the half.  The Chargers scored the final four points of the quarter, and Dell Rapids 26-18 at halftime.

Sioux Falls Christian continued their run into the third quarter and got within a point at 30-29 with 3:30 to play in the third quarter.  Dell Rapids closed out the third quarter on a 6-1 spurt to push their lead to 36-30 heading into the final quarter.  The Chargers scored the first four points of the fourth quarter to make the score 36-34 with 5:45 left in the game.  The Quarriers answered with another run, this time 6-0, to push the lead back to eight at 42-34 with 2:50 remaining.  After a Charger score, Arial Hoffman made a big three-point shot with 1:40 to go in the game to give Dell Rapids a 45-36 lead.  The Quarriers were able to make their free throws down the stretch to secure the victory.

Emma Paul finished the game with a double-double for Dell Rapids.  Paul had 20 points, 10 rebounds as well as four steals and three assists.  Sydney Stofferahn added 13 points.  A. Hoffman had eight points, five assists, and three rebounds.  Jayda Knuppe finished with six points and four rebounds.  Ravyn Hoffman had three points, and Aspen Hansen finished with two points.  Dell Rapids had a total of 22 team rebounds, 16 team steals, and 12 team assists.

The Quarriers will advance to the “Round of 16” which will be played on a neutral court on Thursday, March 1st.  The opponent and location are yet to be determined.

First National Bank Donates to Dell Rapids Schools

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FirstNationaltoDellRapids_2018First National Bank in Dell Rapids has one again made a donation to both Dell Rapids and Dell Rapids St Mary schools in 2017 as part of their innovative Community Card program, which was created to help the bank and their customers give back to the community.

First National Bank presented a check to Dell Rapids school for $3,736.  Since the program started in 2012, First National Bank has donated a total of $12,760 to Dell Rapids school. FirstNationalDRSM_2018

Dell Rapids St Mary school also received a 2017 donation from First National Bank.  St Mary received a check for $1,392.  First National Bank has been able to donate $6,070 to the St Mary school since the program started.

 

Season Ends for Cardinal Girls in Region 4B Quarterfinals

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DRSM LogoThe 2017-2018 season came to an end for the Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinals on Tuesday, February 20th in Huron.  The Cardinals fell to the Ethan Rustlers 65-26 in the quarterfinals of the Region 4B tournament at the Huron Arena.

St Mary trailed by only seven points, 16-9, after the first quarter, but had trouble on the offensive side of the ball the remainder of the game.  The Rustlers put some distance between themselves and the Cardinals in the second quarter by outscoring St Mary 21-6.  Ethan led 37-12 at halftime.  The Rustlers continued to grow the lead in the second half outscoring the Cardinals 28-12.

The Cardinals finished the game shooting 29% from the field, 22% from three-point area, and 75% from the free-throw line.  Ethan finished the game shooting 66% from the field.  St Mary had a total of 12 team rebounds and were forced into 21 turnovers.

Ella Heinitz had a team-high 14 points and two steals.  Clare Klein had four points and two steals.  Cassy Geraets, Maddie Schwebach, Sydney Cook, and Cassie Mullaney all finished with two points each.

St Mary finished the season with a record of 10-12.

Cardinal Girls Advance to Region 4B Second Round

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DRSM LogoThe Dell Rapids St Mary Cardinal girls cruised to an opening round win in the Region 4B tournament on Monday, February 19th.  The Cardinals defeated the Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Raiders 63-30 in front of their home crowd at St Mary High School.  Every varsity player for the Cardinals got into the stat book in some way on the night.

St Mary scored on their first three shot attempts and never failed to lead in the game.  The Cardinals led 15-8 after the first quarter.  They were able to grow the lead to 14 points by halftime at 32-18.  St Mary kept rolling in the second half as they increased the lead to 23 points by the end of third quarter at 49-26.  The Raiders were held to just four points in the final quarter by the Cardinal defense as the St Mary offense scored 14 more points.

Three players finished in double figures in points for the Cardinals.  Ella Heinitz had 16 points, nine rebounds, five steals, and five assists.  Sydney Cook added 15 points, six rebounds and two assists.  Maddie Schwebach ended with 12 points, four rebounds, four assists, and two steals.  Cassie Mullaney recorded nine points in the game.  Courtney Brown had four points, and Cassy Geraets, Carly Maxwell, and Clare Klein all had two points.  Karlie Klein had one point and three rebounds.  Adyn Heinricy had one rebound and one assist.  Tana Harrington had two rebounds, and Addy Gilbert had a rebound.

St Mary (10-11) will advance to play the Ethan Rustlers at 6:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals of the Region 4B tournament.  The game will be held at the Huron Arena.

Lealand Randel Signs with DSU

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Photo courtesy of Lealand Randel

Another Dell Rapids senior has signed a letter of intent to play collegiate sports next year.   Dell Rapids senior Lealand Randel signed a letter of intent to play baseball with the Dakota State University Trojans.  The right-handed pitcher has played for the Dell Rapids High School club baseball team and the Dell Rapids legion team.

Lealand will join his brother Trey at Dakota State who is currently a pitcher for the Trojans.

 

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