Big Sioux Media Sports Network
Your first stop for southeast South Dakota sports!
The Dell Rapids School Board will meet in regular session on Monday, June 10th, starting at 7:00 p.m. in the MS/HS DDN room. Some of the items on the agenda include the approval of the financial report, approval of the preliminary 2013-2014 Budget and Five-Year Capital Outlay Plan, and the administrative report. After the administrative report, the school board will then move into an executive session.
The full agenda can be found here.
As Quarry Days quickly approaches, locals and out-of-the-area campers have the opportunity to camp in the main campground this year at the park unlike last year. If you recall a year ago, overnight camping was restricted in an attempt to gain better control of crowds from previous years. Plus a live concert in the park following the ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’ was held with a portion of the camping area being utilized for that. The Dell Rapids city crews have made thousands of dollars in improvements to the popular camping sites (15 total) allowing for overnighters to once again enjoy festivities throughout Dell Rapids. The music will be held across the road in the city park amphitheater, and a permit was granted to have that area roped off with the music stopping at 1:00 a.m. For more information on other activities throughout June, check out the Big Sioux Media website.
Former Dell Rapids St. Mary’s graduate, Tom Murphy, is retiring after 41 years as the Aberdeen Roncalli athletic director and former coach. Congratulations Tom from your friends in Dell Rapids!
Dell Rapids played host to a Little League baseball tournament on June 1st and 2nd. 15 teams from Fargo, Brookings and Dell Rapids participated in the annual weekend tournament. After a cold, cloudy and windy day on Saturday, the weather changed dramatically on the final day. Sunday provided the ball players and spectators alike with sunshine and great temperatures for the final day.
Walker Chiropractic from Fargo defeated First Bank from Brookings in the championship game. CF Promo from Brookings finished 3rd, while Superior Homes from Brookings finished 4th. Dell Rapids Jody’s Collision finished the tournament with a 1-3 record. Dell Rapids T&C also finished with a 1-3 record, and Dell Rapids Troy’s finished 0-3 on for the tournament.
2013-14 SDFDA Officers L-R: Jim Jaeger CFSP, Wagner, SD ~ Policy Board Representative; Andrea Snoozy-Bahr, Groton, SD ~ Dist 4 President; Chad Osthus CFSP, Watertown, SD ~ Secretary/Treasurer; Pat Patton CFSP, Sauk Centre, MN ~ NFDA At-large Representative; Doug Nohava CFSP, Garretson, SD ~ Vice President; Mandy Luikens CFSP, Gettysburg, SD ~ Past President; Eric Weerts, Clark, SD ~ Dist 3 President; Ken Kirk, Rapid City, SD ~ President; Andy McCann, Canton, SD ~ Dist 1 President; and George Bittner, Mitchell, SD ~ Dist 2 President
Douglas Nohava, CFSP, of Minnehaha Funeral Home in Baltic, Colton, Dell Rapids, and Garretson, SD, was elected as Vice President of the South Dakota Funeral Directors Association (SDFDA) at their annual state convention held on May 8-10 at the Ramkota Hotel & Watertown Event Center in Watertown, SD. This year’s convention marked the state association’s 114th anniversary.
Nohava, a funeral director for eight years, will serve on the Executive Board of the SDFDA for the 2013-2014 association year. He graduated from the University of Minnesota’s Program of Mortuary Science in 2004. He has been employed with Minnehaha Funeral Home since 2005 and is licensed in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. Doug is also a Licensed Insurance Producer in South Dakota and Minnesota. He is currently representing United Heritage Life Insurance, a funeral insurance provider. In 2010, Doug received the Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP) designation from the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. To attain the CFSP designation, Doug completed 180 hours of academic, professional, and public education activities.
Doug is a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Garretson, and the Garretson Commercial Club. He is also a certified firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician with the Garretson Volunteer Fire Department and the Garretson Community Ambulance. He and his wife, Karly, have two daughters, Kalyce and Amity.
The South Dakota Funeral Directors Association is a professional association that represents the funeral home establishments and the funeral directors in the state. The Association provides education, legislative representation and public relations statewide.
***Press Release from SD Funeral Directors Association
PIERRE, S.D. – For the third time in the last four Memorial Day holidays, South Dakota has ended the official reporting period without a highway fatality.
Late reports from the past weekend could change this year’s outcome, but as of mid-afternoon on Tuesday, May 28, the Office of Highway Safety had received no reports of fatal crashes on state roads during the holiday reporting period.
“That’s a great way to start the busy summer travel season,’’ said Col. Craig Price, superintendent of the South Dakota Highway Patrol. “The Highway Patrol had all available troopers out for a high-visibility saturation patrol on Memorial Day, and we used the holiday weekend to kick off a summer-long safety campaign we call ‘Obey the Sign and Avoid the Fine.’’’
The campaign is an initiative to reduce highway crashes and increase safety on South Dakota’s roadways. Statistics show that speeding, impaired driving and other hazardous moving violations are major contributors in crashes, injuries and deaths on the highways. The summer-long campaign will target speed and alcohol in particular for enforcement efforts.
In addition to enforcement, the summer safety campaign will use social media for public education and will partner with the State Department of Transportation for permanent and portable message boards with safe-driving messages on the interstates and other high-traffic areas in South Dakota.
The Memorial Day travel period was fatality-free in 2010 and 2011, Office of Highway Safety records show. A traffic crash killed one person during the 2012 Memorial Day reporting period.
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session on Monday, May 20th, at 7:30 p.m. Some of the items on the agenda include the request of four outdoor permits, an economic development report, and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found here.
The Dell Rapids School Board will meet in regular session on Monday, May 13th, at 7:00 p.m. in the MS/HS DDN Room. Some of the items on the agenda include approval of the financial report, approval of preliminary 2013-2014 budget and five-year capital outlay plan, and the administrative report. The full agenda can be found here.
Earlier this year the Minnehaha Funeral Homes, of Baltic, Colton, Dell Rapids, and Garretson, South Dakota, established five $500 scholarships to be awarded each year to one graduating high school senior from each of the high schools in our area (Baltic High School, Dell Rapids High School, Dell Rapids St. Mary High School, Garretson High School, and Tri-Valley High School). Minnehaha Funeral Home has always prided itself in its community involvement, and these scholarships will continue that focus. In addition to academic information, applicants were asked to submit an essay on how ethics and morals impacted their daily life. Recipients were chosen by a five person committee made up from the funeral home’s board of directors. We are proud to announce that the 2013 recipients of the Minnehaha Funeral Home Scholarship are:
***Minnehaha Funeral Home Press Release
Jenna Brende – Baltic
Corynn Hoff – Dell Rapids
Theresa Duffy – Dell Rapids St Mary
Erika Larios – Garretson
Summer Bossman – Tri Valley
We would like to congratulate the 2013 graduating class from Dell Rapids High School and wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors!
| Cheyenne Schumaker | Trevor Peter | Hyejin Lee |
| Jacob Morris | Amanda Peterson | Dylan Lesselyoung |
| Miranda Broin | McKenzie Rinehart | Zane Lodmell |
| Karen Eddy | Mackenzie Schildhauer | Kyle Michel |
| Margo Hegge | Cassidy Wright | Mitchell Mohror |
| Austen Hof | Andrew Andersen | Peter Nebben |
| Corynn Hoff | Jonathan Anderson | Jese Nelson |
| Morgan Hoglund | Andrew Bach | Zachary Perry |
| Jessica Houser | Jeramy Dahl | Austin Posey |
| Spencer Kerzman | Rachel Devlin | Wyatt Redetzke |
| Aleza Kirschenmann | Ceejay Douglas | Julia Rice |
| Bryce Koch | Kaitlyn Drew | Nicole Rice |
| Nathan Koens | Travis Dusing | Kelsi Ritter |
| Matthew Kolbeck | Jackson Entringer | Phillip Schwebach |
| Cole Langer | Darrian Grassi | Brodie Sharp |
| Dylan Lautt | Alexis Griffin | Jessica Stykel |
| Colin LeBrun | Nicole Hanzlik | Aaron VanBallegooyen |
| Lane LeBrun | Cierra Hauf | Connor Van Duyn |
| Samantha Mathis | Chelsey Huffman | Whitney VanDyke |
| Michael McGee | Alexander Kannenberg | Mathew Voy |
| Riley Miller | Theodore LaCoursiere | James Webster |
| Ryan Nichols | Paige Lampe | Becky Weinacht |
| Miranda Wickert |