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Douglas Nohava to Serve on National Funeral Directors Association Disaster Preparedness Work Group

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Brookfield, Wis.—Douglas Nohava, CFSP, of Minnehaha Funeral Home in Baltic, Colton, Dell Rapids, and Garretson, S.D., has committed to serve as a member of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Disaster Preparedness Group for 20122013.  NFDA committee members have a significant impact on the association, its members, and the funeral service profession at-large.

“Doug was appointed to serve on the Disaster Preparedness Work Group because of his demonstrated commitment to advancing the goals of NFDA,” said NFDA Chief Executive Officer Christine Pepper, CAE. “The committee’s work in the coming year will help NFDA fulfill its mission of supporting funeral directors as they provide families with meaningful end-of-life services at the highest levels of excellence and integrity.”

Members of the NFDA Disaster Preparedness Work Group are charged with developing a disaster preparedness and response action plan that will guide and assist the association in mobilizing funeral service volunteers, suppliers, and other crucial resources in the event of a catastrophic incident. This task force may be called upon to provide expert input on federal actions, proposals, and policies dealing with mass-fatality management, disaster preparedness, and related issues affecting funeral service.

Nohava has been a funeral director with Minnehaha Funeral Home since 2005, and is a licensed funeral director/embalmer in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Iowa. He is also a certified firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician with the Garretson Fire Department, and Garretson Community Ambulance. He is a past Fire Chief of Garretson, and has been a South Dakota Certified Fire Instructor since 2007. In 2012, he became a member of the Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (D-MORT). Doug is married to Karly Hegge. They have two daughters, Kalyce and Amity.

NFDA is the world’s leading and largest funeral service association, serving 19,700 individual members who represent more than 10,000 funeral homes in the United States and 39 countries around the world. NFDA is the trusted leader, beacon for ethics, and the strongest advocate for the profession. NFDA is the association of choice because it offers funeral professionals comprehensive education resources, tools to manage successful businesses, guidance to become pillars in their communities, and the expertise to foster future generations of funeral professionals. NFDA is headquartered in Brookfield, Wis., and has an office in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit www.nfda.org.
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2013 State One-Act Play Festival

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Pierre, S.D. – Many of South Dakota’s finest high school actors will gather in Brandon for the 57th Annual State High School One-Act Play Festival. The 2013 State One-Act Play Festival will be held January 31 through February 2 at the Brandon Valley Performing Arts Center at Brandon Valley High School.

The Annual State One-Act Play Festival, sponsored by the South Dakota High School Activities Association, is the state tournament for high school drama competition. This year, the SDHSAA State One-Act Play Festival will bring together 43 of the best South Dakota high school theatre productions in a festival setting. During the State Festival, each qualifying school will perform their play for the public and a panel of three judges.  Awards presented at the Festival will include overall “Superior Plays”, “Outstanding Performers” and “Outstanding Ensembles”. The statewide One-Act Play competition began at the sub-state level with 103 schools and 1854 students participating. The Class “A” and Class “B” schools competed at the District and Region levels in order to qualify for the state festival.

The 2013 State One-Act Play Festival will showcase performances by 14 Class “A” schools presenting plays which are humorous in nature; 14 Class “B” plays which are serious in nature; while the plays presented by 15 Class “AA” schools may be either serious or humorous.

The first performance of the State Festival begins at 11:00 Thursday morning, January 31.  All performances are free to the public. New performances will begin approximately every forty-five minutes throughout each day of the Festival. The State Festival awards will be presented at approximately 5:00 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. A complete listing of all performance times, play titles and names of the nine judges can be found on the SDHSAA website (www.sdhsaa.com). The awards will be posted on the SDHSAA website as soon as possible following the announcement of results on Saturday, February 2nd.

Dell Rapids will perform on Saturday, February 2nd, at 2:45.  The full schedule can be found here.

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*Press release from SDHSAA

2013 Dell Rapids School Board Election

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Two school board positions will be up for election on April 9.  The two three-year positions, with duties to be assumed on July 8, will be vacant due to the expiration of the present terms of Cindy Schuch and Matthew Weiland.  Nominating petitions, along with information on how to circulate a petition, are available in the school district business office.  Petitions may be picked up and circulated between January 25 and February 22, and must be filed with the business manager no later than February 22,  at 5:00 p.m.  To vote in this election, residents of the school district must be registered by March 25.

To be eligible to serve on a South Dakota school board, one must be at least 18 years old, a resident of the school district, and an eligible voter of the school district.

City Council Meeting – 1/22/13

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The Dell Rapids City Council will meet on Tuesday, January 22nd, at 7:30 p.m. in regular session.  The meeting will be held on Tuesday instead of Monday due to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Items on the agenda include fire department service agreement, Sioux Falls Humane Society 2013 agreement, and the administrative report.  The full agenda can be found here.

Let’s Move South Dakota Exhibit at Dell Rapids Carnegie Public Library

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Let’s Move South Dakota is a traveling hands-on exhibit that will inspire children and families to get active, eat healthy and feel good. Six interactive stations highlight the habits that can result in a healthy weight. The exhibit will be at the Carnegie Public Library from January 10, 2013 to January 31, 2013. The Carnegie Public Library Board of Trustees together with the city of Dell Rapids brought the exhibit to Dell Rapids.

Exhibit coordinator Anne Lewis says that the exhibit was developed in response to the increased rates of obesity in the state. Lewis says that almost 14% of children in South Dakota are obese, more than double the rate 30 years ago, and almost two thirds of adults are obese or overweight.

“Our goal is for families to leave the exhibit with a renewed excitement about getting active and eating healthy foods ” said Lewis. “We want kids and families to have fun and learn at the same time.”

The exhibit stations are based on the action steps of the Let’s Move initiative started by First Lady Michelle Obama. “Don’t let the term action steps scare you,” says Lewis. “These steps are pretty simple and things our grandparents knew: move every day, eat fruits and veggies, prepare and eat meals together, drink smart by drinking beverages low in sugar, play more on your feet and less in front of a screen, and play outside.”

Lewis says that one way to keep motivated to move every day is for families to work on earning the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award PLUS. To earn the award, participants keep track of exercise for six weeks. They also add a new healthy eating habit each week such as adding more whole grains and eating lower sodium foods. Lewis says this award is for everyone. “We’ve had people from six to sixty six, literally, earn the award.”

Lewis invites everyone who signs up for the PALA Plus award online at www.presidentschallenge.org to join the Let’s Move South Dakota Discovery Center group. When group members earn their award they receive a certificate and a patch. If online access is a problem then participants can track their progress on paper using a form downloaded from the exhibit website.

Let’s Move South Dakota, made possible by a generous grant from the Wal-mart State Giving foundation, is available for a one month rental to schools, out of school time programs, libraries and other groups involved in promoting good health and good habits for children and families. For more information about the exhibit or rental, see the website at www.letsmovesouthdakota.org.

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