Opinion

I love sports. I have enjoyed playing and watching sports for as long as I can remember.

(WAGNER) – RF Buche, President of G.F. Buche Co., has been selected as a featured panelist for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health, September 28 th in Washington, D.C. The event marks the first conference of its kind in over 50 years.

After a visit about aches, pains and various medical issues, a patient was commenting on getting older. Similar to other patients, I expected him to say something like, “It’s no fun getting older.” To my surprise, the patient said, “I’m 85. That means I have a lot to be thankful for.

Some years ago Jerry Hnetynka and I hired guide, Dave Williamson for a days musky fishing on Minnesota’s West Battle Lake. Dave supplied the lures, rods and reels, and I became acquainted with the Shimano Calcutta big casting reel- the finest fishing reel I have ever used.

I’ve never been the type to settle for “good enough.” No matter what I’m doing, I try to strive for excellence. That’s all the more true when it comes to policies that impact our kids.

Here in South Dakota, we are repeatedly getting asked to turn over our land to private companies in the name of public use. Landowners, including those who feed their families (and this country) with the production of agricultural products, are being asked to open the gate and hand over the keys.

MATTHEW 23: 27,28 27) ' Woe unto you, scribes, and Pharisees, Hypocrites! For ye are like whited sepulcures, which indeed appear beautiful outwards, but are within full of dead man's bones, and all uncleanness.

For students with allergies and asthma, back to school means more than getting their backpacks filled with paper, pencils, and any needed odds and ends. Keeping your child safe and healthy involves creating a proactive plan to be implemented both at home and at school.

Hunting & Fishing Enthusiast By Roger Wiltz At 3 AM Wednesday morning August 3rd, Francis Doom and I began our thousand mile trip to Pickle Lake, Ontario. We arrived in Pickle Lake around 7 PM. Francis owns the only cabin on remote Kwinogans Lake, a walleye-northern pike paradise.

Rail to trail update: At the last meeting in Pierre, the supporters said they would be very transparent with information about the rail project. That has not taken place. After two failed proposals, the third was to do a feasibility study.