Coming events
PARKSTON
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at the Avera St. Benedict Health Center Meeting Room. For more information, call 928-3182.

Monday, March 10
The Parkston School Board will meet in the Elementary Conference Room at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 11
The City of Parkston will meet in City Hall at 7 p.m

TRIPP
Monday, March 10
The Tripp-Delmont School Board will meet in the Tripp Attendance Center at 6:30 p.m.

AREA
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Ethan Methodist Church basement. For more information, contact Jean at 928-7266 or Joe at 227-4303.

Parkston School Board to meet March 10
The Parkston School Board will meet Monday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Elementary Conference room.
Preliminary agenda items include:
Call to order; establish a quorum; Pledge of Allegiance; approve agenda; approve consent agenda-approve minutes, accept financial reports, approve claims, declare items surplus (5 helmets and 48 shoulder pads), accept resignation, authorize post tax contribution to SDRS 457; visitors and correspondence; Superintendent’s report; Principal’s and Athletic Director’s reports; old business-food service update, gymnastics discussion, sportsmanship policy, agriculture and industrial tech discussion; new business-online course requirement, policy review–500 series–student, number 538 and 539; executive session-negotiations, student matter; and adjournment.
The Parkston School Board wants to foster community feedback and input. Anyone who wishes to talk to the board about any topic is encouraged to do so. A place on the agenda is reserved for such conversations under “visitor and correspondence.” The Board asks that you contact the superintendent in advance so that necessary arrangements, if required, can be made.

Blood drive March 11 in Tripp
The winter months often can impact the local blood supply, but this winter has been especially harsh. The brutal temperatures, along with winter storms, have created many challenges for blood donors to get out and give a donation.
Now, blood donors are needed to help boost the blood supply so that hospital patients in need of life-saving blood products receive them the moment they need them.
It is important for donors to donate year-round, but blood donors are especially needed during the winter months so that blood products are already on the shelf the moment they are needed. Blood donation matters for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatment, for trauma and accident patients, newborn babies, patients with inherited bleeding disorders and patients undergoing various surgeries.
Please plan to give your life-saving gift at the Tripp Community Blood Drive, Tuesday, March 11, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Emergency Services Building, Main Street.
Sign up to save a life today. Schedule a blood donation appointment online at lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 800-287-4903.
Eligible blood donors must be at least 16 years old, should weigh at least 120 pounds and should be in general good health.
At the blood drive held Jan. 14, 14 donors registered and 20 life-saving units were donated. There also was a couple of milestone donors: Glenn Ziegler, one gallon, and Wilma Herr, five gallons. All the units donated at the Tripp blood drive can save up to 60 lives.

Team, Reiff win titles for second straight year
The Parkston Trojan wrestling team keeps setting records.
At the 2013 State B Wrestling Tournment, the Trojans set the tournament scoring record with 164 points. This year, they came close with 158 points and another team championship.

School asks for input on future of CTE classes
With the retirement of Rob Van Laecken, the future of the Career and Technical Educations classes is being examined by the Parkston School Board.

Ready for regions
Parkston Trojan senior center Spencer Lucas (middle) drives for two points during the Feb. 24 57-48 loss to the visiting Corsica/Stickney team. Parkston will begin Region 5A tournament action Friday, March 7, as they take on the winner of the Mt. Vernon/Plankinton winner in Parkston. The winner will advance to the championship finals Tuesday, March 11, for a shot at the State A Tournament in Sioux Falls, March 20 to 22.

Community service
Young Riders 4-H Club have completed community service projects. The club held their monthly meeting Feb. 23. The members decided to fill birthday bags with cake mix, frosting, candles, plates and several other items to make someone’s birthday a little more special. These bags will be donated to the Food Pantry in Parkston. This past December, the members collected tags from the Angel Tree to sponsor a child in Hutchinson County. (Left to right) Members with the birthday bags are: Hunter Haberman, Ellie Goehring, Tucker Murtha, Taya Heisinger, Lexi Leischner, Justin Edelman, Kaci Goehring, Ethan Murtha, Austin Haberman, Cheyenne Roth, Lindsey Vaith and Kail Vaith.

Eagle season
A bald eagle built a nest near the old Meridian Bridge in Yankton two years ago, and then perched on a nearby cottonwood branch and posed for pedestrians, who were at eye level to the big bird when they were on the bridge’s upper deck.

Townships push again for authority to impose added tax to maintain roads, bridges
Townships are in the process of a second attempt to receive permission to levy a capital improvement property tax for roads, bridges and culverts.

‘Fish’ing for some new dinner ideas?
I come from a long line of fisherman. I think I was born to love all types of fish recipes.

Prevent frozen pipes and costly damage to your home
Frozen pipes are the second most common cause of home insurance claims in the United States, according to the Insurance Information Institute.

Tripp Star-Ledger

Maag follows in father’s footsteps as Postmaster
On the telephone, or in person, Jeff Maag is unfailingly friendly and courteous.

CASA seeks volunteers to advocate for children
Chaos, instability, fear.
These are all things we would hope no child would have to feel, but sadly, for abused and neglected children it can be a way of life.

Communities to decide whether to grant open container permits for party vehicles
It already is legal to pay the state $100 to receive a permit to have alcohol on special party buses or limousines, but a bill now awaits the governor’s approval that gives the local community the decision whether to allow it on city streets or certain areas.