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Funeral services for Stanford “Stan” Wayne Knudsen, 71, of Lake Andes were held Friday, October 13 at the White Swan Community Center in Lake Andes. Burial was in St. Phillips Episcopal Cemetery in Lake Andes. Peters Funeral Home of Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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Thurman Cournoyer Sr., 79, of Marty, died Friday, October 6, 2023 at his home in Marty. Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 11 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Marty. Burial was in St Paul’s Catholic Cemetery with military honors. Peters Funeral Home of Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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Timothy Eric Ishmael, 60, of Gallup, NM died unexpectedly Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital in Gallup, New Mexico. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, October 21 at the Wagner Christian Church in Wagner. Inurnment will be in the Wagner Cemetery.
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President Becky Brunsing gave a warm welcome to a club room full of Rotary members and visitors on Wednesday, October 11th at the Clubhouse on Main Street Wagner. Pastor/Rotarian Bill Heermann gave a prayer of thankfulness for the food, the beautiful day, and our Senior Class members. We did a pretty good job of singing “Smile” as our Song Leaders were not present for the meeting.
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Wagner Oral Interp has kicked off their season, continuing a tradition of excellence rooted in experienced speakers and performers. Libby Renbarger is in her second year coaching, joined this year by assistant coach Megan Fischer. The program has grown this year to fourteen students from 8th grade to seniors. The first meet was held on October 14th in Brandon Valley, where nine students competed and Reader’s Theatre brought home first place and junior Jackson Rolston made it to the finals round, placing 5th overall for his non-original piece, “The Prison of Your Mind” by Sean Stephenson. Reader’s Theatre consists of senior Trenton Rolston, juniors Presley Slaba, Macee Stimpson, and Jackson Rolston, and 8th grader Taya Stone, as they performed comedy “Bobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face” by Don Zolidis. Senior Jennifer Barnett was also able to perform her serious piece “Casualties” by Sandrea Dempsy, and poetry pieces by Joe Brainard, Walt Whitman, Emelia Ruth, and Edmund Vance Cooke. Jessica Barnett, a freshman, competed with “The Elephant Man” by Christine Sparks in the serious category and “The Outsider” by HP Lovecraft in storytelling. Presley Slaba also performed in storytelling with her piece “Verity” by Colleen Hoover. Samuel Kafka and Aubrey Kazena also did their Duet “Crisis: My Brothers Ugly Shirt” by Bradley Walton.
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Having heard some of the rumors concerning the Wagner Helping Hands backpack program, I would like to inform you that we are still serving the kindergarten and first grade children of the Wagner Community School. This is entirely separate and not like the food boxes that come once a month. We give food to needy children and families every week for the week-end. Contrary to the Feeding South Dakota Food Box program, we have to buy all the food. It comes mostly from Feeding South Dakota because it is more economical and has to be shelf stable. We try to give two sources of protein, a vegetable, two small cereal boxes, two milks, and a snack or two. Sometimes it works out to feed a family, such as a box of mac and cheese, or a large can of spaghetti and meatballs. We do not know what is available until we see the list for the month.
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