Opinion

Back in my July 12, 2017 column, I wrote that Kelsey Doom, director of Wagner Area Growth, penned a weekly newspaper feature called “Community Spotlight.” She asked the featured personality what they would do if they were given $100,000 to start a new business in Wagner.

Dear Editor: Both Betsy, my wife, and I were once registered Democrats. I voted for Kennedy, and I admired his handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis and well as his opposition to involvement in Viet Nam. We felt we were the party of the people as opposed to big business.

The welcome was given by President Pro Tempore Bryan Slaba on Wednesday, November 13th. Pastor Bill Heermann was asked to offer up a prayer. Pastor gave thanks for the beautiful day and was grateful that we were gathered as Rotarians and asked for guidance going about our workday.

Ronald Reagan once said this: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

In the November/December 2019 issue of Sports Afield magazine, we find the story “North America’s Toughest Trophies” by Craig Boddington. While Boddington has extensively hunted the world over, no one living has had more experience on the African continent.

President Pro Tempore Bryan Slaba called the Wagner Rotary Club to order on Wednesday, November 6th in the absence of President Bill Frei.

11 CORINTHIANS 12: 7-9 "And lest I should be exalted above measure, through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me, a thorn, in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

The elderly patient came back to our rural hospital from a hospital in a nearby larger city after having had major surgery and feeding-tube placement. The care from the bigger hospital was superb except that the patient was getting too much nutrient and fluids and was a bit “overloaded.

America’s most popular insecticide, Imidacloprid, is sold under a number of different brand names that are readily available in a number of outlets . Recent research released by South Dakota State University indicates that exposure of this insecticide has a negative effect on white-tailed deer.

This past week I received two surprising phone calls on the same subject and it took me by surprise. Two different producers called me to talk about their pretax meetings. The pre-tax meeting did not take me by surprise but what they asked me about certainly did!