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The 100th legislative session came to a close on Veto Day which was held Monday, March 31. The only bill which was vetoed after the regular session was HB 1169 which modifies the requirement to initiate a constitutional amendment. Changes to the constitution must be proposed by a majority vote of legislators, or by gathering signatures of at least 10 percent of the votes cast in the last gubernatorial election. A change to the constitution is then voted on in the election. HB 1169 would have required a measure proposed by initiative to have signatures from five percent of the votes cast for governor in every single legislative district. The total number of signatures would have still had to equal 10 percent of the votes cast for governor statewide.
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The Bausch & Lomb Honorary Science Award is an annual award given by Bausch & Lomb and the University of Rochester. This award was established in 1933 and has been given out annually since and is awarded at the international level. In order to be considered for this award, a student must be a high school junior, display academic excellence in science, take a rigor of courses in science, earn excellent scores in either the PSAT Math, SAT Math and or ACT Math/Science, and be nominated by a teacher.
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When I first moved to Brookings, the primary care physicians took care of their own patients in the hospital. We would round on patients in the morning before clinic or try to sneak over during lunch or after clinic. While I loved taking care of patients in the hospital, it was hard to juggle the responsibilities of both giving my attention to the patients in the hospital while seeing people in the clinic. Any time the hospital nurse had a question; my clinic nurse would have to interrupt a clinic visit or wait for me to between patients. This could lead to some less-than-ideal times where I was being pulled in multiple directions at once.
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Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer- related deaths in men and women. The lifetime riskofdevelopingcoloncanceris1in24formenand 1 in 26 for women. Early detection and treatment are instrumental at improving survival rates, and regularscreeningdecreasestheriskofcoloncancer in the first place.
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Cody Patrick Sassaman, the son of Casey Sassaman, was born on January 1st 2007. Cody enjoys many hobbies, including hunting waterfowl, deer hunting, and fishing. His favorite subject in school is English because it isn’t too difficult. One quote Cody lives by is, “consequences are temporary, but memories are forever.” Cody’s biggest role model is Jarod Myer because he taught himeverythingheknowsabouthunting.Hisbiggest accomplishment during his time at AHS is going to state duals three years in a row. After high school Cody plans to attend Mitchell Technical College, where he will study Wind Turbine Technology.Cody’sfavoritememoriesfromhis time at AHS are all the things that happen during welding and shop. When Cody leaves AHS, he will miss a lot of things, but he will miss all the people the most.
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