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The Dell Rapids School Board will meeting in regular session on Monday, May 12th, at 7:00 p.m. in the MS/HS DDN room. Some of the items on the agenda include the consent agenda, discussion concerning the Lunch Time Solutions contract, discussion and voting on SDHSAA ballot, preliminary budget and 5-year Capital Outlay Plan approval, other committee reports. The school board will then enter into an executive session.
The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
The new city council officers were selected during the regular city council meeting on Monday, May 5th.
David Sommerfeld was appointed as the council President. Craig Lauritzen was selected as Vice President. LeAnn Kerzman will continue to serve as Finance Officer. Dean Hammer and Max Merry of Vogt, Brown, Merry and Hammer were name City Attorney and Deputy City Attorney respectively.
Sommerfield, Mark Crisp, and Lauritzen will serve on the Finance and Utilities Committee. Chad Andrews, Gary Haak, and Lee Burggraff will serve on the Policy and Procedures committee. Mike Geraets will represent Dell Rapids with Minnehaha County Economic Development Association and Dell Rapids Economic Development Corporation. Paul Miles will serve as the Library Board Liaison.
The Storehouse Community Food Pantry wants to thank everyone – every boy scout and girl scout troop – every church group and every individual – both St Mary and Dell Rapids Public schools for their generosity over the past several months. The Food Pantry could not survive without all the volunteers and without the wonderful community donations. Hats off to each and everyone. Thank you for always answering our requests for items. Anyone who wants to donate – we can always use eggs, milk, or milk products, cheese, meats etc., we do have refrigeration available – thanks again to donations. Any questions, please call Carolyn at 429-5983 for delivery information
The newest downtown business held its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Saturday, May 3rd. Antiques & Artisans, located at 428 E 4th St, in downtown Dell Rapids held their grand opening from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, and the ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at 11:00 a.m. Antiques & Artisans offers a wide variety of home-made art from many different vendors from around the area.
Store owners Ken and Jane Carlisle will have their store open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and closed on Sundays. Antiques & Artisans also offers weekly art classes. For more information, visit their website http://antiques-artisans.com/.
Dell Rapids Elementary students raised $15,205 for the American Heart Association during their Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser. With the amount of donations raised, the students can say that they will have saved over 300 lives. The American Heart Association says that a $50 donation saves a life through CPR training.
The Physical Education department received $1,800 in new equipment from Flaghouse with the amount of money raised. The school received $100 for every $1,500 donated, plus they received a $300 bonus for quadrupling the amount raised the last time Dell Rapids Elementary School participated in Jump Rope for Heart.
Two hundred and forty-five students participated in the fundraiser. The Pre-K students raised $6545. The Kindergarten classes raised $2,918.50. First graders raised $2,833.41. The second graders brought in $2,621.60, the third grade classes raised $1,733, and the fourth grade students raised $3,513. The top earner from the elementary school was Makenzi G. with $340.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, May 5th, at 7:30 p.m. at the City Chambers. Some of the items on the agenda include public hearing for Casey’s General Store, hearing on outdoor permits, election of new council, citizen amendment request to golf course ordinance, administrative report, and other items. The full agenda can be found by clicking here.
The meeting will be webcast live on Big Sioux Media starting at 7:30 p.m. on Channel 1.
The Dell Rapids Elementary School will soon be getting a school garden. School, community members, and friends from Ground Works have been meeting to plan a special place where children can be guided to build, plant, grow, care for, gather, and eat heathy foods.
There will be seven 10’x4’x2′ garden boxes built and placed in an area between the kindergarten and lower elementary wing on the school’s south side. The garden boxes will be in place by the time school is let out for the summer. Long term plans include adding landscaping to the area surrounding the garden beds, benches, picnic tables, and shrubs and perennials.
For those plans to become a reality, donations are needed from the community. All funds and contributions gathered will be designated to aid in the completion of the garden plan. Checks can be made out to Garden Works.
For more information, contact the school at 605-428-3192.
The 2nd Annual American Cancer Society Relay For Life® Mile Walk, 5k & 10K Run, and Kids’ Relay Race was held on Saturday, April 26th, at Dell Rapids City Park. The event raised just over $2,000 to support the Society’s mission of saving lives from cancer, leaving volunteers and runners very pleased.
“By coming out to run or walk on this beautiful spring morning, the participants certainly did their part to help the American Cancer Society create a world with less cancer and more birthdays,” said LuAnn Heidebrink, volunteer for the 2014 Relay For Life. “We hope they had some fun and plan to come back to the Park to the Relay For Life event we’re planning for July.”
75 runners and walkers participated in the 5k, 10k, and 1 mile races, which began and ended in the City Park. The Kids’ Relay Race saw 90 area children registered on 22 teams racing around the park.
“More than 4,400 people in our state will face a cancer diagnosis this year,” said Heidebrink. “It’s critical that we come together during events like this run and at Relay to help the American Cancer Society achieve its mission of saving lives by helping people stay well, by helping people get well, by finding cures and by fighting back.”
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Dell Rapids is planned for July 25-26, 2014, at the Dell Rapids City Park. To learn more about Relay For Life, visit www.RelayForLife.org, call LuAnn Heidebrink at 261-8832 or call 361-8277.
Dell Rapids Nursing and Rehab Center held it’s Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, April 19th. The event started at 10:30 a.m. The hunt was held for children ages eight and younger. About 100 people showed up for the Easter Egg hunt, and the Easter Bunny made a visit as well.
The Dell Rapids School Board will meet in regular session on Monday, April 28th, at 7:00 p.m. in the MS/HS DDN Room. Some of the items on the agenda include consideration on insurance renewals, approval of Lunch Time Solution contract, administrative reports, and other committee reports. The school board will then enter into an executive session.
The school board meeting will be webcast on Big Sioux Meeting until they enter into executive session.
The full agenda can be found by clicking here.