Newspaper for Lane, Alpena, and Wessington Springs SD
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Wessington Springs Early Bird Track Meet
April 4, 2012
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Mt. Vernon, Plankinton, Sanborn Central/Woonsocket, Wessington Springs
Boy’s Shot Put
1 CS Adam Borman 44’ 4.75″
2 Plank Matt Frey 41’ 6″
3 CS Michael Odens 41’ 5.5″
4 KWL Philip Schroeder 35’ 5.5″
5 SCW Riley Zoss 35’ 3″
6 CS Cameron Kostal 35’ 1/2″
Obituary
Gene W. Peterson
Gene W. Peterson, 85, died February 13, 2012. Funeral services were held Friday, February 17 at Upsala, MN with Pastor Craig Johnson and Pastor Anna Payne officiating. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery, Grey Eagle, MN.
The spring edition of Children’s Care Hospital School’s “Reflections” came out last week, celebrating the school’s 60th anniversary. The lead story announced “the end of the polio era”. This photograph on the back page shows the school’s wheelchair basketball team with Springs native Marion Kludt on the left. Marion, who died a few years ago, was an inspiration to most people around Wessington Springs as he worked as a bookkeeper and went about his life with grace and enthusiasm. He was a sports fan all of his life and followed Springs teams regularly He also competed in wheelchair basketball as an adult, as well as playing golf in the local league and bowling at Pla-Mor Lanes. Others in the photo include, from left, Kludt, Terry Feay, Gayle Moen, Ron Anderson. Walter DeMarrias, front. The Children’s School is inviting the public to its 60th birthday party on Friday, March 30, 2012 at Sioux Falls. For information go to www.cchs.org. The Village People will perform and two raffle drawings will be held.
Drug dealers and people in South Dakota who are using illegal drugs are paying for an addition to the Jerauld County Sheriff’s Department, it was announced last week. (True Dakotan/Duke Wenzel - March 20, 2012)
TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL -- COUNT THEM IF YOU CAN --- This photo shows a small part of a half section of snow geese entering the area last week. The numbers were well into the hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, in this flock alone. They were along Whiskey Road near US Highway 281 in Jerauld County. (True Dakotan/Duke Wenzel - March 13, 2012)
Long Lake School 1951. Pictured: Vernon Schimke, Nyla Christensen, Virginia Schimke. Mary Cooper was teacher. This was the whole school. Note the picture on the wall above the chalkboard was of Christ in the temple. Long Lake school was northwest of Wessington Springs.
Wessington Springs elementary school principal Jason Kolousek is shown with some of his student freiends on March 10, 2012. He was named SD Innovative Leader One of his best displays of leadership has been demonstrated through the implementation of Personalized Learning Plans (PLP) for all students, grades K-12. (Duke Wenzel)
A windmill and and REA pole are all that remain standing on an old farmstead between Springs and Alpena.
TRUE DAKOTAN PHOTO/DUKE WENZEL
SHE LOOKS PRETTY in pink. Samantha Mentzer, a WSHS student, takes a moment to rest as she awaits her turn for the official prom pictures last Saturday evening. A junior at WSHS, Samantha is the daughter of Shane and Angie Mentzer. She was wearing one of the many stunning gowns that the prom goers wore that night. The boys in their tuxedos completed the scene as they escorted the girls.
JERAULD COUNTY’S OWN little red school house sits along the gravel road south of Alpena. The school has been empty for many decades. Its red color comes from the red tile brick used to build it. The school has been pictured in the True Dakotan in the past, but never in color.