Opinion

Our local council #2676 had our September meeting on Tuesday the 3rd and 23 members were present. The main subjects at the meeting were final plans for the first annual trap shoot and sales of raffle tickets for the gun raffle.

While much of the United States celebrates Columbus Day on the second Monday in October, South Dakotans instead proudly recognize Native American Day, honoring the rich heritage and tribal people of our state. A tradition that began in 1989 when Gov.

I haven’t hunted pronghorn antelope for years. Through the ‘90’s and up until 10 years ago, I hunted antelope in Harding County. I didn’t realize it at the time, but I went up there more to see Larry, my host rancher, than to hunt.

President Bill Frei welcomed club members to the October 3rd meeting with the ringing of a new Rotary Bell that was a gift to the club. It is a beautiful bell, but so far does not have the ear-splitting ring of the old one so President Bill practiced his swing on the old bell for a time.

It’s not surprising that with today’s technology, there’s a new development in the field of hunting. Up until recently, I pictured air rifles as target pieces or gopher guns. That image has now changed.

The Wagner Rotary Club was called to order on Wednesday, September 25th by President Bill Frei. President Frei said a short mealtime prayer in the absence of our two Pastors. There were no guests present. Ken Cotton gave the membership minute, which was about the history of the Rotary Foundation.

You would think that making the prices charged by hospitals and doctors available to their patients would be a no-brainer. After all, we’ve become accustomed to knowing the price we pay for cars, carrots, comic books, and almost everything else we buy. Why not knee surgery or appendectomies?

The opening line of Jack Broome’s 9/11/19 “From the West End” column in the Burke Gazette reads and I’ll quote, “One of the greatest adjustments we oldies have is dealing with rapidly changing technology.” Truer words were never spoken.

Assistant Vice President Bryan Slaba kept ringing the bell at the Wagner Rotary Club, Wednesday, September 18th until he managed to get some eyebrows raised! VP Slaba was standing in for President Bill Frei who was unable to make it to the meeting.

For years I cared for a young gentleman with recurrent leg swelling associated with redness, fever, pain and open sores between his toes and lower legs and the rash of athlete’sfoot.