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When I was in high school, I played a lot of golf at Lake Region Golf Course, a pretty nine-hole course near Lake Poinsett. It featured few water hazards and no sand traps, but there was a barber pole on the long par-5 fifth hole. Golfers had to stay to the left as they navigated the dogleg right, otherwise it was a penalty. I always thought was a quirky feature. Then a few years ago we did a story on some of South Dakota’s most unusual golf courses, and I discovered far more idiosyncrasies on the links all over the state.
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I can’t say I’ve ever given much thought to a musk ox hunt – at least not until I talked to Mitchell’s Paul Muth about his recent expedition to the far north. Paul and his brother Dan flew to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada by way of Sioux Falls, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Calgary, Edmonton, Yellow Knife in the Northwest Territory, and finally Cambridge Bay.
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The act of breathing is essential to life and can be done with or without thinking about it. You can control your breath and vary it, but eventually air must come in, and air must go out.
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When I was in high school, I played a lot of golf at Lake Region Golf Course, a pretty ninehole course near Lake Poinsett. It featured few water hazards and no sand traps, but there was a barber pole on the long par-5 fifth hole. Golfers had to stay to the left as they navigated the dogleg right, otherwise it was a penalty. I always thought was a quirky feature. Then a few years ago we did a story on some of South Dakota’s most unusual golf courses, and I discovered far more idiosyncrasies on the links all over the state.
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On Tuesday, April 5th, I phoned the Pierre office of SD Game, Fish, & Parks. My turkey tag hadn’t yet arrived, and opening day was the coming Saturday, April 9th. I was a wee bit concerned. “Don’t worry,” they said. “There’s a glitch in the system, and your tag is in the mail.” Guess what. No tag in Wednesday’s mail. I next emailed SDGF&P about my turkey tag. Their reply? Same as Tuesday’s. “Your tag is in the mail.”
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Some time ago a former Mitchell Daily Republic editor asked me if I’d like to see my column syndicated, and I told him that syndication would be ok by me. He failed in his attempt to syndicate the column, and I suspect that the failure related to my column being too local and not regional enough. It lacked relevance to readers as far south as Omaha and as far north as the twin cities. I wasn’t too disappointed as I was more interested in keeping a personal relationship with my local readers.
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Skin is the largest organ in the human body, but it’s easy to take it for granted. Unless we notice pain or itching or funny spots, most people don’t give it much thought.
Read moreMuch appreciation to those who attempted to get fair, reasonable zoning enacted in Bon Homme County the past several years. Your efforts made a huge difference. We have 3/4 mile setbacks for 1000 animal units and higher and ½ mile setbacks for 800 to 999 animal units. Also the cities have a ¾ mile setback for new CAFOS planning to build near them. There were many other zoning policy improvements made. Sadly, there was not a strong road haul agreement policy adopted. However, all road haul agreements are left up to the discretion of the Highway Superintendent. The key is to let him and the commissioners know asap once damage is starting to occur on our county roads to prevent disastrous destruction of these roads. Road damage has been a much too frequent occurrence by a few who do not seem to care. Highway Superintendent Matt Hauck’s phone is 605 589 4216. To obtain a copy of the final adopted zoning changes please contact the Bon Homme Auditor Tamara Brunke. We are encouraging property taxpayers to pay your first half taxes this spring and write in the memo of your check “under protest”. This helps point out the need for change and may give us a window to address issues in circuit court if the county refuses to address these issues. Also please write “need road haul agreements, gravel road dust control and any other concerns you have “in the memo as well. We are one of the few counties around that does not have any dust control program available for heavily traveled gravel roads. This is unacceptable. Please feel free to contact me at any time about how you feel we should proceed in the future. There were many Bon Homme residents who gave powerful verbal and written testimony about the need for good zoning and a good neighbor policy.
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