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COMING EVENTS
PARKSTON
Food Bank Distribution: First and third Tuesday of every month, 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; NEW LOCATION: 106 East Main Street, back room of Meraki Boutique. Use the entrance in the alley.
Feeding South Dakota: Third Thursday of every month, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Salem Lutheran Church parking lot.

Monday, October 12
The Parkston School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Elementary Conference Room.

Tuesday, October 13
The City of Parkston will meet in City Hall at 7 p.m.

TRIPP
Tuesday, October 13
The Tripp-Delmont School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Tripp Attendance Center.

DIMOCK
Tuesday, October 13
The Town of Dimock will meet at 7 p.m.

AREA
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Ethan Methodist Church basement. For more information, call 605-770-5410.

Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Please use the north entrance. For more information, call 605-505-0310.

Tuesday, October 13
The Hutchinson County Commissioners will meet in the Courthouse in Olivet at 9 a.m.

Parkston School Board to meet for special and regular meeting
The Parkston School Board will meet Thursday, October 8, for a special meeting in the Elementary Conference Room at 7 p.m.
Preliminary agenda items include: Call to order; establish a quorum; Pledge of Allegiance; open forum/public input; approve agenda/changes to agenda; conflict of interest; executive session-personnel 1-25-1-2 school board member interviews; and adjournment.
The Parkston School Board will meet Monday, October 12, for their regular meeting in the Elementary Conference Room at 6:30 p.m.
Preliminary agenda items include: Call to order; establish a quorum; Pledge of Allegiance; open forum/public input; approve agenda/changes to agenda; Conflict of Interest; approve Consent Agenda-approve September minutes, approve claims, declare items surplus; information/staff reports-high school principal, elementary principal, athletic director; agenda items-Policy Review first reading IIBGA, IIBGB, IIC, IICC, IICD, policy review second reading IHC, IIA, IIAA, IIBA, IIBD, IIBFA, approve Policy Review third reading IGDG, IGDI, IGDJ, IGDK, IGE, IHB, approve September financial report, discuss snow day/virtual learning expectations, appoint ASBSD delegate assembly member, approve ASBSD delegate assembly resolutions, approve school attorney's request for support to attend School Law Conference, approve gymnastics cooperative application, consider resignation of Tyler Hockett six to 12 business teacher and head boys and girls golf coach, appoint new school board member; executive session-personnel 1-25-2-1, board candidate interviews and employee contract discussion; 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 thatnecessary arrangements, if required, can be made.

Helping out
Friends and family of Brian Stirling gathered at Boog's Bar Sunday, September 27, for a fundraiser to help defray costs of his cancer treatments.

MDS celebrates 50 year family business legacy
MDS Manufacturing celebrated 50 years of family-owned business with an open house Tuesday, September 22.

Scoreboard
Parkston Trojan defender Mason Jervik takes down a Bon Homme ball carrier during the Friday, October 2, home game.

Country Wranglers 4-H Club cleans up Dimock Lake
The Country Wranglers 4-H Club met Sunday, September 20, at Dimock Lake, with President Claire Anderson calling the meeting to order.

Upcoming blood drives for Parkston, Tripp
LifeServe and Vitalant have announced upcoming blood drives.

Ground breaking
Ground was officially broken for the new Parkston Apartments being built by Jensen Design Build.

Prairie Doc
When heartburn keeps coming back up
Most of us have experienced heartburn or acid reflux at some point.

Tripp-Delmont Homecoming 2026
Tripp-Delmont School District will start off the Homecoming festivities for the week of Monday, October 12, to Monday, October 19, with various activities planned.

Senior night
Tripp-Delmont/Armour volleyball held senior night Monday, September 21.

Drought and tourists reshape Custer area landscape
While the Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup has grown to draw tens of thousands of visitors and become an emblem of western South Dakota's cowboy heritage, it also serves a much more practical purpose-- particularly important this year, thanks to adverse environmental conditions that have affected the entire region.

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