Executive Recruiting Consultants was recently featured on the national Dave Ramsey radio show. The clip highlighting ERC is below.
City Council Meeting 9-17-12
The Dell Rapids City Council will meet in regular session tonight at 7:30 p.m. The agenda includes public hearing on variance requests, final plat readings, ordinance second readings, and new business discussion of campground electrical upgrade.
The agenda can be found here at this link.
Computer Scam Targets South Dakota Consumers
PIERRE, S.D. – Attorney General Marty Jackley is warning consumers of a computer scam that has surfaced in South Dakota. The Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division has received complaints from legitimate South Dakota computer repair businesses who have received personal computers with numerous security problems. When asked how these problems occurred, each individual indicated that they had received a telephone call from someone posing as a well-known computer company. These fake security experts claim that the computers are at risk for security threats and offer to help solve the problem. These so-called experts then ask you to perform a variety of tasks to help prevent bogus threats and allow them to have remote access to the computer. They work to download malware or ask for personal identifying information.
“This is another clear example of why consumers need to be extremely cautious about providing sensitive financial information,” said Jackley.
If you receive a call from someone claiming to want to help you fix your computer, follow this advice:
• Be cautious of unsolicited calls questioning the security on your home computer, even if the caller claims to be from a well-known computer company.
• Do not provide personal identifying information to any unsolicited caller.
• Do not go to a website, type anything into a computer, install software or follow any other instruction from any unsolicited caller.
• Make sure you have the latest security updates installed on your computer and always use a strong, unique password and change it regularly.
If you feel you have been a victim of this scam, contact the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division at 1-800-300-1986 or consumerhelp@state.sd.us.
Warwick Workouts Coming to Dell Rapids
A Warwick Workout basketball camp is coming to Dell Rapids on September 23rd and 24th. This 2-day camp will be held for boys and girls in grades 4-7 and will offer six hours of fun and competitive skills development for the campers. Price of the campe is $106 and is limited to the first 40 campers. The price includes a T-shirt, shorts, and a take-home workout booklet. The camp will be held at the Dell Rapids High School gym on Sunday, September 23rd from 2:00 – 5:00 pm, and then second day will be held at the Dell Rapids New Elementary gym on Monday, September 24th from 5:30 – 8:30 pm.
View the camp brochure here.
Storms Roll Through Area
Last night severe storms rolled through the Dell Rapids area. The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the area around 9:00 pm for a storm that had a history of producing winds that were in access of 60 mph. Other than the noticeable small twigs/branches that were down, no major damage was reported in Dell Rapids. The storm dropped about .6″ of rain in the Dell Rapids area.
Labor Day Reminders – City Council Meeting Moved
With the Labor Day weekend upon us, motorists are reminded of the common sense and legalities of drinking and driving. State Highway Patrols will be out again this holiday weekend due to the Friday football games, the Saturday games from around our region, and of course the Sunday and Monday picnics and family get togethers. Monday’s Labor Day holiday has also changed the regular Monday meeting of the Dell Rapids City Council. The meeting will now be held on Tuesday, Sept. 4th. One item will be an outdoor event permit for the two schools Homecoming Parade in latter September. Big Sioux Media will be streaming the parade live on the internet on our website before the football broadcast (check under webscasts to see the broadcast lineup of football and volleyball).
Big Sioux Media Webcast Tonight
The 2012-2013 webcast schedule gets underway tonight for Big Sioux Media as we webcast DeSmet/Iroquois vs Dell Rapids St Mary football. Big Sioux Media has plans to webcast more school events this year. We have added a few volleyball games to the schedule this fall along with the football games. We also be webcasting the Homecoming Parade on September 28th. As the school year heads into the winter months, we’ll be adding more events other than just athletic events. Here is the current webcast schedule as of now. The schedule can also be found on our Webcasts page:
- 8/31 – DeSmet/Iroquois @ Dell Rapids St. Mary – Football – 7:00 p.m.
- 9/7 – Dell Rapds High School @ West Central – Football – 7:00 p.m.
- 9/13 – Tri-Valley @ Dell Rapids High School – Volleyball – 7:00 p.m
- 9/14 – Oldham-Ramona/Rutland @ Dell Rapids St. Mary – Football – 7:00 p.m.
- 9/21 – Dell Rapids High School @ Tri-Valley – Football – 7:00 p.m.
- 9/25 – McCook Central @ Dell Rapids High School – Volleyball – 7:00 p.m.
- 9/28 – Homecoming Parade – 1:00 p.m.
- 9/28 – Tea Area @ Dell Rapids High School – Football – 7:00 p.m.
- 10/5 – Dell Rapids High School @ Dakota Valley – Football – 7:00 p.m.
- 10/11 – Sioux Falls Christian @ Dell Rapids High School – Volleyball – 7:00 p.m.
- 10/12 – Dell Rapids St Mary @ Arlington – Football – 7:00 p.m.
- 10/18 – Dell Rapids High School @ Milbank – Football – 7:00 p.m.
- 10/19 – Chester @ Dell Rapids High School – Volleyball – 7:00 p.m.
We will update the schedule throughout the year as we add more events. One change to the webcast policy this year for Big Sioux Media is that we will not be able to archive the school events. It was asked of Big Sioux Media to not make archives available, and we have decided to honor that request so that we can continue to cover all the live events in the future.
DRPS School Board Meeting 8-27-12
The Dell Rapids Board of Education will have a meeting on Monday night (Aug. 27th) at 7:00 pm. Current school policies will be reviewed. Other agenda items include awarding bids for sale of surplus property and of land and approve the Memorandum of Understanding of the Teachers negotiated agreements. There will also be administrative reports presented. The public is encouraged to attend BOE meetings.
Congratulations to Angela Heibult of Dell Rapids
The Sanford Health Employee of the Year List honors model employees from the Sanford organization.
First awarded in 1987, Employee of the Year recognitions are handed out annually. These awards were established to recognize Sanford employees who consistently demonstrate exceptional performance and show a relentless pursuit of perfection.
Congratulations to the 2012 Birkeland Administrative Innovation Employee of the Year: Angela Heibult, MS (Dell Rapids, SD) 10 Years Instructional Design Coordinator at the Center for Learning.
City Council Meeting 8-20-12
The Dell Rapids City Council meets in regular session tonight with a few items on the agenda that could peak some interest. There will be a public hearing at the start of the 7:30pm meeting regarding the rezoning request for lot #1 block #1 of the Blue Ridge Addition from business district to residential district and the replatting of that lot to the city. A couple of other items regarding the 2nd reading of the sewer rate increase and adoption of those rates is expected and a petition to consider annexing three tracts of Lodmells subdivision of the Kennefick addition will be discussed.
View the complete agenda here.