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Congratulations to Paisley and Lydia who competed in South Dakota's State 4-H Horse Show last week in Huron! Both girls did extremely well representing Charles Mix County. Here are their results:
Read moreThe Department of Veterans Affairs screened more than 4 million U.S. military veterans in the first year of the new PACT Act to find out if they thought they'd been exposed to toxins during their military service. The vast majority of those screened were already enrolled in VA health care. Of those millions of veterans, 1.7 million had 'screened positive' for possible exposure.
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Read moreThe Annual Open Class Show will be held during the Bon Homme County 4-H Achievement Days. If you enjoy making projects or have a hobby and would like to show off your work, here is your chance! You can enter a variety of items to show. Anything from painting, quilting, baking, canning, collections, photography, gardening and so much more! All exhibits should be entered Thursday, August 1st, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the 4-H Center and must go by guidelines in the South Dakota State Fair Book.
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Bon Homme had 15 members go to Huron and participate in 4-H State Horse show from July 8th through July 10th.
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Colonel Robert Monfore better known as “The Colonel’s” militaryservicespanned throughthreewarsWWII,Korea and Vietnam. The Colonel enlisted in the Army 12 days before his 18th birthday on September 26, 1946. The Korean War began on June 25,1950 and ended on July 27, 1953. It isbecauseoftheupcomingday of July 27th also known as Korean WarArmisticeDaywhich celebrates the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in1953,endingtheKoreanWar that observe this day through the account of what one local family like many others sacrificed and experienced during the Korean War. The Colonel and his daughter, Mary Hurd, were able to visit Korea as part of a special invitation for a Korean War Veteran’s Tour by the Republic of Korea’s government.Samsungandthe RepublicofKoreapartneredto make the Korean War Veteran’s Tours reasonably priced for a Veteran and one person toaccompanythemonthetrip. HereisTheColonelandMary’s story and experience as told throughMary’sdailyemailsto home and memories from this once in a lifetime experience.
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LOCAL RIDERS HAVE GREAT PERFORMANCE AT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL RODEO FINALS
Read moreDwight Wood Post #132 of Springfield is holding their third annual golf tournament on Saturday, August 10 at the Springfield Golf Course. This fun event is one of the ways that the Post uses to raise funds so that they can support various local projects like Boys State, Americanism programs in the local schools, flag disposals and other ways that emphasize their support of Americanism.
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