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The second to last week of session has now come and gone and we are in the home stretch of the 2020 Legislative Session. I only have one update this week as it relates to bills that I am carrying this session. HB 1257 did pass the Senate last week and is now on the Governor’s Desk awaiting a signature. This week I want to take a bit of time to highlight a few bills that I think are important but maybe have not gotten a lot of attention.
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The Hot Springs VA and the entire community have been providing care to America’s veterans for more than 110 years, earning it the nickname “The Veterans Town.” This facility was the first - and only - original National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers that was built for short-term medical needs and not a long-term veterans’ home. It is renowned for its successful post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse treatment facility nestled in the tranquility of our Black Hills. There is no community so dedicated to making certain The Veterans Town delivers the services our heroes have earned.
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Xavier Hare goes up to attempt the shot in the fourth quarter.
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Mamie Shields Pyle was walking by a polling place on Election Day in Huron — a place where women were not welcome in the early 1900s — when she overheard a conversation that changed not only her life, but the course of South Dakota history. A man was holding up a ballot and showing a group of workers (some of whom were illiterate) how to vote. “He was threatening their jobs if they didn’t vote the right way,” says Rachel Farrell, executive director of Huron’s Dakotaland Museum. “Mamie got upset and that’s really what got her started in the suffrage movement.”
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Because we are an aging population, I’ll assume that many column readers are getting on in years. If this assumption is correct, today’s column should be relevant to a fair number of readers.
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KJ St. Pierre brought home the state title for the second year in a row. With this being KJ’s last year of wrestling as a senior, he came in ready and determined and worked hard for an undefeated season.
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The Wagner Hospital Auxiliary held their monthly meeting February 26, 2020 at 1:30 p.m., with ten members present.
President Pearl W. called the meeting to order and members read the Auxiliary Prayer.
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