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As a columnist, I am responsible to a small degree for public sentiment with regard to hunting. To quote Abe Lincoln, “Public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed.” My job is to help non-hunters understand why hunting matters, and how it benefits wildlife, the economy, and non-hunters themselves. Why you ask.
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Our Founders recognized that it wasn’t just kings who could be tyrants. They knew majorities could be tyrants too, and that the majority party – if unchecked – could trample the rights of the minority party. And so the Founders combined majority rule with both representation and constitutional protections for the minority. They established safeguards – checks and balances – throughout our government to keep the government in check and ensure that the rights of the minority party were protected. One of those safeguards was the Senate.
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The Wagner Pink Ladies are holding a "Queen of the Hearts" fundraiser at Dogger's every Thursday night. Tickets are on sale from 5-7 p.m., with the drawing held at 7:15 p.m. and players must be present to win!
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The Wagner girls traveled to Tyndall to take on the Bon Homme Cavaliers in girls basketball action. Wagner started out fast and never looked back taking a 14-5 lead after the first on this memorable night. Wagner would then out score Bon Homme 20-3 in the second enroute to a 59-24 victory. Wagner shot 24-54 for 44% while holding the Cavs to just 22% shooting 10-45. The Raiders controled the glass out rebounding Bon Homme 37- 24. Wagner turned over the ball 11 times compared to 17 from the Cavs. Emma Yost lead all scorers with 23 points as she would score her 1,000th career point to go along with her 10 boards, 5 assists and 2 steals. Lydia Yost added 15 points and 5 boards off the bench. Shalayne Nagel would chip in 6 points, grab 6 boards, dish out 4 assists and come away with 2 steals. Macy Koupal also chipped in 6 points, grabbed 4 boards and dished out 5 assists and came away with 2 steals. Sydney Cournoyer added 4 points and 3 boards. Ashlyn Koupal had 3 points, grabbed 5 boards, dished out 3 assists and had 2 blocks. Avari Bruguier rounded out the scoring with 2 points and grabbed 3 boards, dished out 2 assists and came away with 2 steals. “A great team effort on the scoring as we ended with 21 assists. We are setting up teammates for shots and knocking them down. Defensively we did a great job as they were patient and ran down the shot clock. We limited them to one shot and then got out into transition. Congratulations Emma on you huge accomplishment of scoring your 1,000th point.”
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On Wednesday, January 5th, Rachel Woods rang the bell to bring the meeting to order. Guests were introduced, included Kristina Ymker, guest of Amanda Bechen, and Karen Schneider, guest of Kathy Henke. Pastor Bill led the group in prayer.
Read moreSouth Dakota Mines has named 616 students to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List.
Read moreA new year means another year of sobriety checkpoints held in South Dakota as a way to discourage people from drinking and then driving.
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