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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, July 13
The Parkston School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Elementary Conference Room.

Tuesday, July 14
The City of Parkston will meet in City Hall at 7 p.m.

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

DIMOCK
Monday, July 13
The Town of Dimock will meet at 7 p.m. in the Community Center.

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, July 14
The Hutchinson County Commissioners will meet in the Courthouse in Olivet at 9 a.m.

Parkston School Board to meet July 13
The Parkston School Board will meet Monday, July 13, 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 June minutes, approve claims, approve June financial report, approve work agreements for paraprofessionals; and adjournment.
Call to order New
Organizational Meeting
Oath of office to new members; establish a quorum; elect board president and vice president; conflict of interest disclosures and waiver requests (new board); budget hearing 2026 to 2027 school year (7 p.m.); approve consent agenda-designate legal depository and official newspaper, establish board meeting dates/time, pay, per diem and mileage rate, appoint manager of local funds, appoint manager of federal funds, designate legal counsel for the Parkston School District, set bond for business manager, designate business manager authority to invest funds, authorize certain fund allowance and expenditures, set school board election date, list all employees and salaries to comply with SDCL 6-1-10, authorize use of signature stamps, approve Avera Pace membership, authorize superintendent to approve open enrollment applications, establish meeting dates and times, designate truancy officer, age discrimination compliance officer, Americans with Disabilities Act compliance officer, Section 504 compliance officer, and Title IX compliance officer, approve Title III (ELL) Consortium membership, approve audit quote, designate bus route pickup points, designate Performance Foodservice as prime vendor for 2026 to 2027 school lunch program; information/staff reports-high school principal, elementary principal/athletic director, superintendent; discussion items-Policy Review Section I First Reading IGCF, IGD, IGDA, IGDB, IGDD, IGDF, Policy Review Section I Second Reading IGBC, IGBG, IGBH, IGCA, IGCB, Policy Review Section I Final Reading IGAC, IGAD, IGAG, IGAH, IGBA, PK to 12 handbook changes Second Reading, renew joint facility membership agreement with Avera, open meetings law review for board members, Ethan-Parkston athletic cooperative financial report, discuss district reimbursement rates; action items-designate board committee appointments, set activity prices, set school lunch prices, set pre-school fees, set drivers education fee, approve Our Home tuition; executive session; 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.

Tiny visitors
The Sioux Falls Zoo and Aquarium's ZooMobile program made a stop last week to bring a piece of the zoo to Parkston at the East Park.

‘How do I keep going?'
Farmer mental health solutions
About 20 miles from Mitchell sits a 100-year-old barn. Merely driving by, it looks like nothing out of the ordinary: just one of many such farming landmarks off of I-90 surrounded by fields of crops and tall grass.

Kaylor 4-H Club continues to prepare for county fair
The Kaylor 4-H Club met Sunday, June 7, at Tripp Fire Hall with the Rempfer family as the host.

Deadline approaching to apply for Century Recognition
The deadline to apply for the Century Farm and Ranch Recognition program is Satuday, August 1.

Prairie Doc
Finding balance in a world that never stops
Stress surrounds us every day.

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Welcome alumni
The Tripp/Tripp-Delmont School reunion came to Tripp over the Fourth of July weekend.

‘How do I keep going?'
Farmer mental health solutions
About 20 miles from Mitchell sits a 100-year-old barn. Merely driving by, it looks like nothing out of the ordinary: just one of many such farming landmarks off of I-90 surrounded by fields of crops and tall grass.

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