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My last conversation with Grandpa was over the phone. He was sick and dying. I was 1,200 miles away in residency, learning how to be a family physician. I was not going to make it home in time to see him one last time.
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I am occasionally asked, “Roger, what’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever caught?” The question got me to thinking. In August 1999, Tom, my son-in-law, and I were fishing for catfish beneath the first island below the Ft. Randall Dam at Pickstown. Around midnight my line snagged on something and I thought I’d have to break it off. When it finally popped loose, I reeled in a buffalo vertebrae. I could tell it was buffalo by the fin on the vertebrae that was from the hump area.
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We all know the feeling. You ate too much, and now your stomach is letting you know about it. Or maybe you ate some junk food, and now you don’t feel well. How is it that another slice of pizza one moment seems like exactly what we want, but later we realize it was not what we needed?
Read moreThe following qualified for the state track and field meet to be held in Spearfish on May 28 and 29:
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My past 5/12/21 column climaxed in a great marlin angling adventure in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Cabo lies on the southern tip of the Baha Peninsula. While I’d like to recommend a Cabo deep sea fishing adventure with Captain Nicholas aboard his 30’ twin-engine “Mahi Mahi,” it is only right to look at the alternatives. To make a fair comparison, I’ll limit myself to southern climes.
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Back pain can be disabling, not only in terms of employment but also in terms of social connections. This point was never more clear to me than when I saw Maria, a 56-year-old experiencing severe low back pain for nearly five years. The pain prevented her from standing or walking for more than five minutes at a time and had cost her the job she loved. Maria shared with me her one heart-wrenching goal; she wanted to hold her first grandchild, a six-month-old baby boy. Doing so had caused pain so intense it put her in bed for a full day afterwards.
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It was 5:20 A.M. the morning of April 21st, and Ed and Michelle, good friends of Mark and LuAnn, were going to pick me up. They had offered a year ago to take me marlin fishing, and it was finally going to happen. We would go out for the day with their personal friend and master angler, Captain Nicolas Villa. He was ably assisted on his 30’ twin engine boat, the “Mahi Mahi,” by first mates Nicholas, his son, and an equally talented Jose.
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It was 5:20 A.M. the morning of April 21st, and Ed and Michelle, good friends of Mark and LuAnn, were going to pick me up. They had offered a year ago to take me marlin fishing, and it was finally going to happen. We would go out for the day with their personal friend and master angler, Captain Nicolas Villa. He was ably assisted on his 30’ twin engine boat, the “Mahi Mahi,” by first mates Nicholas, his son, and an equally talented Jose.
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