Opinion

No lack of issues to vote on this year

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:37pm

If there were ever an election to vote in, this November’s General Election is of the utmost importance, particularly in South Dakota, as we have a plethora of constitutional amendments, an initiated measure and a referred law to vote on. Our advice for you would be to do some homework on which way you are leaning on these issues before you head out to the polls, otherwise you might be in there all day reading and deciding.

Harvesting our own food supply

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 12:31pm

Growing up on our family farm and ranch, there were two time periods that were busiest: calving season in the spring and harvest in the fall. The time has come for farmers to harvest most of their crops. It’s the fruit of their labor after a long growing season.

Thank you, Mr. McMacken

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 9:02am
Hello everyone! Let me begin my first column with an apology for the delay in getting this column started.  I have been dealing with a few medical issues and have gotten a slow start to my new position as your mayor.

Getting unstuck

Published by admin on Wed, 10/02/2024 - 9:01am
Sometimes I wish journalists had the luxury of writer’s block. 
That feels a little weird to say honestly. In the fiction world, writer’s block is an evil nemesis for many. It’s something writers dread. 
According to Wikipedia, “Writer’s block is a non-medical condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author is either unable to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown.

Welcome to the Buffalo Roundup

Published by admin on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 11:45am

Welcome to the 59th Governor’s Annual Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival! If you are here from near or far, let us be the first to tell you that we are so glad you are here!

Bingo brings back fun memories

Published by admin on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 11:43am

If you weren’t at the Custer VFW the evening of Sept. 11, you didn’t hear my debut as a Bingo caller. As of the four Custer Rotary club members who volunteered at our new Bingo game, I was selected to be the one to call the numbers.
I have always enjoyed playing Bingo, and the game brings back a lot of fun memories for me, because it was something that for years I did with my sister, my mother and my grandparents.

All fired up

Published by admin on Wed, 09/25/2024 - 9:14am
I'm all fired up about a few things this week. One of them is our governor’s use of the Future Fund to make sure the much needed gun range north of Rapid City gets built.
I remember when this plan was first introduced. I was one of a handful of reporters that toured the site. It was a large field on a dirt road and the vision that was sold is that of a large shooting complex for locals, visitors and law enforcement to use. I remember the cost and the idea at the time was that half was going to come from private donations. 

Sept. 11 still stirs emotions

Published by admin on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 12:24pm

Last week our paper came out on Sept. 11, and as it does every year, that date stirs strong emotions in most everyone who was alive and old enough to remember the horrible scenes that unfolded Sept. 11, 2001.

The slow way

Published by admin on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 12:22pm

My kitchen disappeared weeks ago. The countertops are there, somewhere, underneath the mounds of scallop squash and zucchini and baskets of eggs. I’m the unfortunate breed of gardener who assumes that if one plant is good, 15 is better and, oh, I reap the rewards. If I have doubts about how something will produce, I figure I’ll cover my bases and plant a dozen, or a few dozen of them, just to see what happens, just in case.

Down to the details

Published by admin on Wed, 09/18/2024 - 9:04am
“Can you help me with the vacuum?” my brother asked. “I want to clean out my car before fall.” 
That sounded like a great idea to me. So we got out the supplies and pulled our cars close together to make it easier to pass things between us. It wasn’t the greatest timing because it was 85 degrees out and I have a black car, but it was long overdue.