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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.

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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.

GFP urges extreme caution to ice fisherman
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Park Department urges ice anglers across the state to use extreme caution before they venture out on any lakes.
Unseasonably warm temperatures have caused ice conditions to deteriorate quickly in many areas across the state.
“Recently, a husband and wife riding on an ATV went thru the ice on Goose Lake. The place they broke through the ice was in about 15 foot of water, and fortunately, they were eventually rescued by another angler who heard their cries for help,” GFP Conservation Officer Supervisor Mike Klosowski said.
Standard fish shacks should be checked daily or removed from lakes entirely and if anglers insist on fishing, caution and common sense should prevail.
“With poor ice conditions, anglers should fish in groups and be prepared for the worst,” GFP Assistant Director Emmett Keyser said. “Always tell someone where you are fishing, don’t drive on the ice with even an ATV at this time, have a pair of ice picks in your pocket or around your neck, and wear a lifejacket. Carrying a 50 or even 100 foot rope with your ice fishing gear would be a good idea as well.”
Recent cold weather has improved ice conditions, but anglers are reminded to check ice conditions before they begin fishing.

HEADLINES IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSPAPER

Jumper Plunge into $30,000 for Special Olympics
Sometimes, the largest goals come from the smallest fundraisers.

CASA comes to Hutchinson County, seeks volunteers
Often, once an abused or neglected child enters the court system, he or she is shuffled between several adults who are there to help him or her along the process.

Handel pays fine, skips meeting
A Menno man who has been bickering with Hutchinson County Commissioners over a $500 inspection fee for illegal drainage work since mid- December apparently has given up the fight.

Mann elected to South Dakota Innkeepers Association board of directors
Teresa Mann, owner of the Dakota HorizInn in Parkton, has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the South Dakota Innkeepers Association.

Semmler hosts Trojan wrestling breakfast
On Jan. 21, after the weigh-ins for the Parkston Little B tourney, breakfast was served to the PHS wrestlers, cheerleaders and coaches at the Bernice Semmler home in Parkston.

Catholic Daughters hold meeting
The Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Sacred Heart No. 280 held its regular meeting Jan. 5, with Regent Tina Roth presiding.

Character Counts awards
These Parkston elementary students were selected as Character Counts Students of the Month for December.

Bormann wins local geography bee
Sydney Bormann won the school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on Jan. 17 and now has a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship.

Legislators meet with hospital officials
Avera St. Benedict Health Center’s board members, medical staff and administration recently met with District 19 Legislators Jim Putnam and Frank Kloucek.

Trojans wrap up second at Little B
For the second consecutive year, the Parkston Trojan wrestling team finished in second place at the annual Little B Tournament, held Saturday in Parktson.

Parkston escapes in fourth quarter against the Cavaliers
Parkston got 27 points from Marie Malloy and a strong fourth quarter finish to defeat the visiting Bon Homme Cavaliers, 58-49, Jan. 12.

Black Hills deer, firearms antelope harvest reported
Hunter surveys of the Black Hills deer and firearms antelope hunting seasons indicate a decline in the number of hunters and harvest for both seasons in 2011.

Professional excellence award winner named at DWU
Aletha Erpenbach, Ethan, was the winner of the Professional Excellence Awards for the second quarter at Dakota Wesleyan University.

2012 farm program underway
Producers must apply for this program on an annual basis.

Drainage tile workshops address key issues
Drainage tiling is on the minds of many agriculture producers this year, with more than 7,000 landowners contacting the Natural Resources Conservation Service for wetland determination requests in 2011 than in 2010.

South Dakota’s Broadband Initiative wants to hear from ag producers
The state’s Broadband Initiative, led by the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, recently partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture Field Office in South Dakota to survey ag producers across the state, continuing the goal of increasing high-speed broadband Internet in rural areas.

Proper sanitation key for effective vaccinations
Healthy calves are the result of good planning.