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American Legion Greer Post #11 held its monthly meeting on June 16th, 2022 at the Post Home with 28 members in attendance. Ken and Mary Cotton were also in attendance as were Camden Roth and Paige Anderson who introduced by our Americanism Officer, Don Kotab. Camden and Paige both gave a brief thank you for the scholarships the Post had awarded them. Commander Rados thanked the cooks for the outstanding meal. Sharon Haar also thanked the Post and will make a sizeable donation from the memorials she received from Harris Haar’s passing. She is also donating the commemorative gun Harris had won a few years ago back to the Post for a raffle with the proceeds to be given to the Honor Flight Program. Commander Clayton Rados then called the members to attention. Chaplain Donald Kotab gave the invocation, which was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion was recited by all members. Commander Rados then called the meeting to order.
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Shelby Arthur Hampton was born June 11, 2022, in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Kymm and Stephen Hampton. She weighed 5 lbs. 9 oz. and was 19 and 3/4 inches long. Proud grandparents are Gail Gresset formerly of Lake Andes and the late Luan Miller and Ken Hampton of Oklahoma. Great Aunt and Uncles include Norrine Arpan, Todd Breen and Kurt Breen of Lake Andes. Great Grandparents are the late Nita and Arthur Breen of Lake Andes.
Read moreGreer Unit#11 American Legion Auxiliary met on June 16, 2022 at the Post Home with 12 members present.
Read moreThe 2022 South Dakota Republican Party Convention was held on June 23-25, 2022 at Watertown, SD with 687 delegates attending from across the state. Thirteen delegates from Charles Mix represented the people of Charles Mix County. Ivan and Lois Van Dusseldorp attended as the county chairman and vice county chairwoman. Also from Platte, Junior and Cherry Van Dusseldorp attended as state committeeman and state committeewoman. Jeff and Jolene Stewart from Wagner represented Precinct 1. Mark Sip from Geddes represented Precinct 2. Also from Platte David Spier represented Precinct 9, Tom Travis and Trudy Qualm represented Precinct 10, John Steckly represented precinct 11, and Cole Anderson and Lee Qualm were delegates at large.
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Stedronsky is a Veteran of the Korean War, having been drafted in March of 1951. He felt that he was very lucky to have been drafted with three others from the Wagner area, Don Barta, Bob Mcquire, and Norm Woods. He attended basic training at Camp Gordon in Georgia and Camp Cooke in California. Stedronsky then received his specialty training as a cryptographer or code worker at Fort Myers in Virginia. He became a member of the Signal Core, which was a non-combat unit.
Read moreIt has been roughly 21 months since a vehicle driven by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg struck and killed pedestrian Joe Boever of Highmore. What follows is an overview of the events that followed, taken from various news sources.
Read moreOnce again the first Friday evening of the month is coming and that means the Menno Pioneer Opry will again have their monthly program of old time country and gospel music.
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