shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com New At The Library Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: Adult Books • Death of a Nurse by M. C. Beaton; Fiction • A Doubter’s Almanac by Ethan Canin; Fiction • The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer; Fiction • A Girl’s Guide to Moving On by Debbie Macomber; Fiction • If I Run by Terri Blackstock; Fiction • Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo; Fiction • No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd; Fiction • The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson; Fiction • She’s Not There by Joy Fielding; Fiction • Unbecoming by Jenny Downham; Fiction • Violent Crimes by Phillip Margolin; Fiction • X by Sue Grafton; Fiction • The Bee-Friendly Garden by Frey & LeBuhn; Nonfiction • The Water-Saving Garden by Pam Penick; Nonfiction Adult Audio Books • Cometh the Hour by Jeffrey Archer; Fiction • No Shred of Evidence by Charles Todd; Fiction • Violent Crimes by Phillip Margolin; Fiction Adult DVDs • Black Mass • Criminal Activities • The Good Dinosaur • Spotlight • Steve Jobs • Trumbo Young Adult Books • All Fall Down by Ally Carter; Fiction • Bluescreen by Dan Wells; Fiction • Kill the Boy Band by Goldy Moldavsky; Fiction • Marked by Laura Williams McCaffrey; Fiction • The Memory of Light by Francisco S. Stork; Fiction • Of Better Blood by Susan Moger; Fiction • See How They Run by Ally Carter; Fiction • Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli; Fiction Junior Books • Josh Baxter Levels Up by Gavin Brown; Fiction • The Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby; Fiction • Friend or Foe by David Anderson; Nonfiction Easy Books • Before I Leave by Jessixa Bagley; Fiction • Ida, Always by Levis & Santoso; Fiction Family DVDs • The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar ——— Did you know that you can reserve an item from home? Staff will then notify you as soon as the item is available. March 8, 2016• Page 11 The Bookworm ‘Before I Forget’ A Moving Look At Alzheimer’s “Before I Forget” by B. Smith & Dan Gasby with Michael Shnayerson, foreword by Rudolph Tanzi, PhD; © 2016, Harmony Books; 322 pages ——— BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER You can’t remember what you came into the room for. That happens with disturbing frequency. Forgetting your glasses, losing your keys, it really bothers you because you’re not sure if it’s a normal part of aging or something else. And in the new book “Before I Forget” by B. Smith & Dan Gasby with Michael Shnayerson, the worry isn’t yours alone. For most of her life, B. Smith was a whirlwind of activity. She was a model, and had her own line of household goods, TV shows, and restaurants she co-owned with her husband, Dan Gasby. She was known for her sense of style and her elegance. And then, a few years ago, something uncharacteristic began to happen: the woman who was put together, inside and out, began to display emotional outbursts, use inappropriate language, and her fashion sense faltered. Her memory faded until it frightened the couple and they sought help. Smith, as it turned out, had mildstage Alzheimer’s. A take-charge kind of guy, Gasby did his research. “Some 5.2 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s,” he says; half a million people die of it every year. Perhaps MMC Miller’s Works Set For Bede Gallery Through March 18, artist Lyle W. Miller Sr. will be displaying his work at the Bede Art Gallery on the Mount Marty College campus. “Chante Waste Anpetu — Hambleciya Dakota” (Heart of a Good Day — Dakota Vision) is a collection of drawings, paintings and sculptures. Miller is a Mitchell resident VERMILLION --- The opening reception for the “First Folio!” who spent the month of Shakespearean exhibit at the University of South Dakota will June 2015 at the Crazy Horse be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, at the National Music Memorial in the Black Hills (Custer County) after being Museum in Vermillion. Come join the festivities celebrating the opening of the exhibi- selected as one of the six tion in South Dakota. There will be an opening ceremony, ribbon artists-in-residence at Crazy Horse for 2015. cutting and welcoming words from Lee Ann Roripaugh, South Miller is a Native American Dakota Poet Laureate. Yankton Sioux (Ihanktonwan Nakota) artist. In an article This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.usd.edu/shakespeare. from The Daily Republic, Miller described his residency experience: “According to the Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation, the goal is to provide artists with an international audience, resulting in greater recognition of their work and new opportunities to sell their art in the future. According to Miller, ‘There were 10,000 peoEvery ple from all over the world, Day Special such as Scotland, Russia, Mongolia, and South Africa USD: ‘First Folio!’ Opening March 9 Yankton Discount Grocery EGGS MILK 1 $ 00 GROUND BEEF 2 $ 00 lb. doz. 10 Lb. Roll 80/20 2 $ 99 gal. 103 W 3rd, Yankton Open Daily 8am-7pm due to higher rates of diabetes and heart disease, it hits the black community the hardest: by age 85, “half of all African Americans have it.” Knowing the facts can be empowering, but they don’t make dealing with the disease any easier. Smith lost things constantly; “hoarded” clothing, to Gasby’s irritation; and, though she was previously fastidious, ignored sloppiness. She shut family out physically and friends, emotionally. Long-ago recollections were sharp, but her short-term memory was all but lost. When things got worse and Smith was inadvertently put in a dangerous situation, the family found expert advice, only to learn that there was little they could do. Alzheimer’s has no cure. It can barely be “managed.” They would just have to deal with the day-to-day challenges and learn to cope… Of his wife, and their plans one day, author Dan Gasby says, “She sits … at the breakfast table, the love of my life, waiting quietly for me to tell her what to do.” Is there a sentence more heartbreaking than that? I don’t think so, and you’d be likewise hard-pressed to find a book that will affect you more than “Before I Forget.” Would you blame anyone if you saw a pity-party in this book? Probably not, but there’s no whining in Gasby’s words, nor will you find “poor me” in what B. Smith contributes (with Michael Shnayerson). Instead, there’s resignation here; a we’ll-get-through-this wrapped in a love story that gets more and more poignant as the story progresses. Gasby, who is fierce about Alzheimer’s education, also offers up-to-date information and advice on what worked for him and Smith, and what doesn’t. Without being a spoiler, there is no happy ending to this book, save but the sheer love that makes it soar. If you’re an Alzheimer’s caretaker, or are facing the disease yourself, you absolutely will want this memoir. “Before I Forget” is a book you never will … and while you don’t get to meet all of them, you meet so many,’ Miller said, calling the experience ‘beautiful.’ As part of his residency, he also gave talks and presentations at the art gallery, furthering his opportunity to chat with visitors while creating new pieces.” Miller graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University in 1993 with a Fine Arts degree. Since then, he has taught art at Crow Creek tribal schools for 19 years. David Kahle, Bede Art Gallery director and Fine Arts professor at Mount Marty College, had Miller as a student 23 years ago when he taught at Dakota Wesleyan University. “Lyle was the most attentive and productive student I had in art class while teaching there. Lyle has wonderful attention skills and, in my mind, activates the seven indigenous virtues: prayer, respect, compassion, honesty, generosity, humility and wisdom,” Kahle said of the artist. A reception and gallery talk is scheduled for Friday, March 18, from 2-4 p.m. in the Bede Art Gallery. Everyone Utica Township will meet as a Board of Equalization Tuesday, March 15th, 2016 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Utica School Complaints on your assessment need to be made no later than Thursday, March 10th, 2016 in writing to Daniel Cwach Utica Township Clerk, • 605-660-0545 30627 439th, Yankton, SD 57078 Courtesy Image is welcome to attend as the Bede Art Gallery is open to the public. Miller will also be speaking at the Thursday, March 31, Noon Forum in the Roncalli South Dining Room on the Mount Marty campus. His presentation is entitled, “Warriors for Education: A Documentation of Crow Creek Spiritual Growth.” Meeting of Local Review Board Mission Hill Township (N) As per South Dakota Codified Law, 10-11-13 Notice is hereby given that the governing body, sitting as a Review Board of Mission Hill Township (N) in the County of Yankton, South Dakota will meet at Vangen Lutheran Church, Mission Hill on Monday, March 21st, 2016 at 7:00PM (being the 3rd Monday in March) for the purpose of reviewing and correcting the assessment of said taxing district. All persons considering themselves aggrieved by said assessment are required to notify Township Clerk of the local board in writing no later than Thursday, March 17th, 2016. George Wathier, Clerk 30480 NE Jim River Rd Mission Hill, South Dakota 57046 “WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR A JOB, I PUT THE CLASSIFIEDS TO WORK!” Our Help Wanted Listings Have Hundreds Of Opportunities For You... • Full-Time • Part-Time • Permanent • Temporary Don 't Blow It! 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