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When the red, red robin comes poop, poop, poopin’ along
BY CRAIG WENZEL
FROM THE TRUE DAKOTAN – MAY 15, 2012
We enjoy our patio this time of year… even put up feeders to attract wildlife out of nearby South Gulch. Each spring the patio area includes foliage and flowers that might be a source of food and shelter for rummaging gulch critters — birds and butterflies, wild turkeys, deer families, squirrels , bunnies and such..
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With only 10 graduates, Class of 2012 is among smallest ever at WSHS
The 101st annual graduation ceremonies will be held for the Wessington Springs High School class of 2012 on Sunday, May 20 , at 2:00 p.m. at the elementary school gymnasium. Connor Powell, 2011 FFA State Sentinel, will be the speaker. Supt. of Schools Lance Witte and Mr. Tate Von Eye, President of the Board of Education. will present the diplomas. Pilots will be Shannon Duxbury and Traci Orth.
South Dakota’s First Lady was in Wessington Springs on Wednesday, May 2, to read to the third, fourth and fifth grade classes.
Linda Daugaard, wife of Gov. Dennis Daugaard, has announced two of the initiatives she will work toward during her time as First Lady of South Dakota. Both are aimed at improving literacy among South Dakota’s youth.
The First Lady will be promoting the Reach Out and Read program, administered by the Department of Social Services. The program provides age-appropriate books to infants through 5-year-old children during child well-checks.
THE WESSINGTON SPRINGS Chamber of Commerce’s Easter Egg Hunt was another big success in the city park last Saturday, April 7. Well over 100 kids and their adult friends are pictured above just before going out. TRUE DAKOTAN/DUKE WENZEL
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.
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)
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)
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WILD TURKEYS ARE MAKING A BIG comeback in Jerauld County if this flock of 35-40 is any indication. The photograph was taken on Thursday, February 16, 2012, in South Gulch below Prospect Hill Cemetery in Wessington Springs. About a decade ago the South Dakota Deparment of Game, Fish & Parks eradicated the original flock of western variety to a wilder eastern wild turkey several years ago, hoping the new breed would stay away from farms and towns. The process of rebuilding the wild flock has been slow but over the past few years they have showed a steady gain in population. It is not known when the turkey hunting season will be restored in the county, but it probably isn’t far away.
BY DUKE WENZEL
A Canadian with family ties to Wessington Springs stopped in Wessington Springs for a few days last week during a trip the United States to buy a vintage aircraft.
Jim Wenzel, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada visited with cousins Jason and Murt Wenzel, Joy (Wenzel) Klein, Joy Belle (Wenzel) Bult and Linda Cosby.