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Dell Rapids FFA Annual Fruit Sale

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FFA Fruit SaleThe Dell Rapids FFA is having their annual fruit sale. They have eight different mixed boxes of fruit with four containing Pink Lady Apples. Along with full and half boxes of navel oranges, grapefruit and apples, they also are selling packages of meat and cheese, mixed and chocolate covered nuts, pastry puffins, and puff crust pizza.

All of the funds raised will be used for various FFA activities throughout the year. The sale runs until November 6th, and the items come in the week of December 7th – 11th.

You can order online (www.myfruitsale.com/portal/customer/setstudent?code=W9FAGU) or in person from a member of the FFA. If you would like to purchase an item and haven’t been contacted, you can call Mr. Wolff before or after school at 428-5473 ext. 419.

Dell Rapids Chamber Holds Trick-or-Treat Drive Thru

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The Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce held a drive-thru “Trick-or-Treat” event on Friday, October 30th.  The chamber decided to do a drive-thru in an attempt to provide a safe event as the number of Covid cases have risen over the last month.  The thought was this was a safer way to hold the event rather than having all of the people in close proximity to one another downtown.

The chamber decorated areas of the park, and volunteers in costumes from Dell Rapids businesses and community lined the park pathway for children to see as they were driven through the park.  Each child was then given a bag of candy from the Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce.  Around 700 bags of candy were handed out at the event.

2020 Dell Rapids American Legion Veteran’s Day Observance

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American Legion George A. Fitzgerald Post 65 will be honoring all veterans and their loved ones with a Veterans Day memorial service on Wednesday afternoon November 11, 2020 @ 3:00 pm at the Veterans Memorial Park in Dell Rapids. Guest Speaker for the occasion will be Father Shane Stevens, Pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church in Dell Rapids. Patriotic music will be played before the service begins and the Legion Post 65 Firing Squad will be on hand to post our nation’s colors.

Parking for the service will be available at the following locations:

  1. At the Dells Auto Lot west of the Dairy Queen;
  2. On the west side of Old Hwy 77 near the Subway strip mall;
  3. On the north side of SD Hwy 115 across from the fire station.

Parking will not be allowed at the fire station parking lot due to the possibility of a fire, rescue, or ambulance call. However, attendees to the Veterans Day Observance will be allowed to stand in the parking lot at the fire station for the service. In case of inclement weather, the service will be held at St. Mary Catholic Church. Due to a recent spike in CO-VID 19 cases in South Dakota, all attendees are asked to wear masks and observe social distancing protocols.

Legion Post 65 cordially invites all citizens in the local area to attend the service and appreciates everyone’s cooperation in this event.

“Battle for Dells” T-shirt Fundraiser

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Quarrier and Cardinals fans….we are putting together a fundraiser for both schools!  Due to the the covid pandemic and the schools having to limit admittance into events, we’d like to give back to the schools to help them offset the lost ticket sales.

Since both the girls and the boys basketball teams are going to be playing one another in the Entringer Classic this year, we’ve put together a shirt design for the games. There are three color options. You can choose Red (Cardinals), Orange (Quarriers), or Grey (Nuetrual). If you choose a red shirt, all proceeds from that color go to St Mary. Likewise, if you choose orange, all the proceeds go to Dell Rapids Public. If you choose grey, we’ll split the proceeds in half between the two schools.

The online store is open now. Get your orders in now because the store will close on Dec 5th to make sure shirts are done before the girls game on Dec 19th.

https://https-sungoldsports-com.printavo.com/merch/battle-for-dells-2020

Dell Rapids Crowns Homecoming King and Queen at Coronation

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Even with all the changes to the homecoming celebration this year due to Covid, Dell Rapids High School was able to hold their Coronation on Monday, October 12th.  It was a shortened event this year, but a new homecoming king and queen were crowned.

This year’s Dell Rapids Royalty Candidates were Colin Rentz, Becky Dorn, Coby Maeschen, Sami Schmidt, Logan Anderson, Kat Fletcher, Connor Rentz, and Sam Price.

Prior to the crowning of the King and Queen, Superintendent Dr. Summer Schultz said in her remarks, “This is quite a crew right here in front of you.  If I had to go through a year like we are going through, I couldn’t pick a better senior class.  And when you’re chosen to be in the homecoming royalty court, that shows that your peers respect you, and in a year like this, they are looking for any sort of normalcy and any sort of leadership that they can lean on.  Congratulations to all of you for being those people that your peers and the entire high school has picked.”

Last year’s King and Queen, Karsen Welbig and Mallory Haak crowned the 2020 Homecoming King and Queen, Logan Anderson and Kat Fletcher.

Dell Rapids School District Accepted into Free Meal Program

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The Dell Rapids School District has been accepted into a program by the United States Department of Agriculture that allows all enrolled K-12 students to receive meals at no cost to them.  The USDA Summer Seamless Program was extended as a result of the CARES Act, which supports families during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Both breakfast and lunch meals will be provided free, with no income guidelines, to all K-12 Dell Rapids Public School students.  This program is retroactively in effect from October 1st, 2020, and will be in effect through the end of the 2020-2021 school year.

Charges for meals purchased since the beginning of October will be credited back to student accounts for future use.  Note that only breakfast and lunch meals are free.  Any second milk, a second meal, extra entrées, a la carte items, and elementary milk for breaks will not be free.

Parents or guardians are encouraged to review their elections in MySchoolBucks and adjust or stop automatic deposits into student accounts as needed

Dell Rapids Chamber Adding Two Contests to Trick-or-Treat Event

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In an attempt to provide a safe event amidst the Covid pandemic, the Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce is making changes to the annual Downtown Trick-or-Treat event.

The Trick-or-Treat event will be held on Friday, October 30th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.  Instead of the trick-or-treaters walking around downtown, the event will be a drive-thru at one of the parks in Dell Rapids, which is similar to the drive-thru Easter event held earlier this year.  A map will be provided of the path closer to the event date depending on construction updates.

As part of the change to a park, the Dell Rapids Chamber is promoting a Jack-O-Lantern contest.  Contestants can carve their pumpkins and fill out an entry form (click here for entry).  The pumpkin can be left at the park drop-off point on Thursday, October 29th and picked up again after the drive-thru event on Friday, October 30th.  The Dell Rapids Chamber board members will vote on the pumpkins during the drive thru event, and one winner will be chosen for each age group of 0-6, 7-13, and 14+. Each winner may choose a $25 Chamber Gift Card to a Dell Rapids Chamber member of their choice. Winners will be announced the following week on the chamber Facebook page.

Another contest the chamber is hosting during the Halloween time is a “Haunt Your House Contest”.  Contestants can fill out an entry form (click here for entry) by October 28th.  The chamber will put together a map for the community to vote for their favorite “haunted house” between October 29th and November 1st.  Votes may be cast by commenting on the Haunt Your House photo album on the chamber Facebook page or by emailing office@dellrapidschamber.com . The first place winner will receive a $50 Chamber gift card, and the second place winner will receive a $25 Chamber gift card to a Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce Business Member. Winners will be announced the week of November 2nd on the chamber Facebook page.

More information about the drive-thru trick-or-treat event and the two contests can be found on the chamber’s website.

Dell Rapids Band and Choir Hold Outdoor Concert

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The Dell Rapids band and choir held a unique concert on Thursday, October 8th.  The musicians held an outdoor concert at the band shell at Dell Rapids City Park at 11:00 a.m.  Audience members were encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to enjoy the outdoor concert.

Dell Rapids High School band director Karla Pulscher said, “Not having marching band this year due to all our contests being cancelled, I wanted to have a performance sometime this fall.  And being outdoors, everyone can be socially distant, and we can also play some of the songs that we started on last year but was unable to due to the shutdown.”

Putting together an outdoor concert was not without challenges.  Pulscher said that there was always a worry about weather.   The weather cooperated very well for the event.  The students had to battle a little bit of wind, which required the use of clothes pins to keep the music from flying away.  Pulscher also said the guitar players had to find battery-operated amps.

With the quick plan of having the outdoor concert and holding it in the middle of the day, Pulscher was happy with the turnout.  “I think there was about 50 people there.  I think it was a good turnout for a daytime event that we just put together in a few weeks of school,” she said.

Tattered Runway Welcomed with Chamber Ribbon Cutting

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Tattered Runway, along with the Dell Rapids Chamber of Commerce, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, October 3rd, in front of the new Tattered Runway store.

Tattered Runway is a boutique store in Dell Rapids that gives the community women’s fashion and fun ideas.  They have many items in their store that include women’s clothing from small to 3XL, accessories, jewelry, CBD products, and gift item.s  Store hours are Thursdays from 10 am to 5 pm, Fridays from 10 am to 6 pm, and Saturdays from 9 am to 2 pm.  The store is located at 411 E 4th St in downtown Dell Rapids.

They also offer shipping and local pickup at the store.  Their website is https://tatteredrunway.com.. They can also be found on Facebook.

2020 Homecoming to Look Different in Dell Rapids

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Homecoming for both Dell Rapids St Mary and Dell Rapids High Schools is scheduled for the week of October 12th – 16th.  However, this year things will look vastly different than years past due to the Covid pandemic.

The biggest change this year is that there will not be a community-wide homecoming parade this year.  Traditionally the two schools and the community come together for a parade that runs through downtown Dell Rapids, but because of limited social distancing options and increased interpersonal interactions from a community-wide parade, the schools have decided not to have one this year.

Dell Rapids St Mary will be having their own “mini” parade around the school.  Their parade will start in front of the school on State Ave and move south to 8th St.  The parade will then go east on 8th St to Garfield Ave before turning north and ending on the corner of Garfield Ave and 9th St.  Other changes to the St Mary homecoming celebration include a change to the coronation.  This year’s coronation will be held on Sunday, October 11th at 3:00 p.m. and will be open only to senior parents and the student body, but the event will be streamed on the St Mary YouTube channel.  A pep rally will be held on Friday, October 16th at 9:30 a.m., but that too will be limited to students only.  An “Olympics” event will be held on Friday at 9:45 and will be open only to the senior parents.

Dell Rapids public school is still finalizing some of the standard homecoming activities such as the royalty court.  The school announced in an email to parents that there will not be a homecoming dance  held this year.   Some other activities being planned are a “reverse parade” for the elementary and middle school students, as well as a pep rally.  Both of those activities will be held during the school day and not open to the public.  More building-specific details on activities will be shared with students in the coming days.

At this time, both of the homecoming football games are planned to played as scheduled on Friday, October 16th.  Both games are scheduled to start at 7:00 p.m.

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