shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com December 25, 2018 • Page 3 Marvin Pincus understands that times change. He sure has. He’s a lot older now, of course, and it gives him more time to consider things, like snowboarding. There he was, the other day up on Parker’s Ridge, our local ski slope, resting his arms on the antique wooden ski poles he’s used since the Hoover Administration. And down the hill came young people, swooping and swooshing on snowboards and it got ol’ Marvin shaking his head. “Back when I was young,” he said, “we had to work at this. You had to have skiing lessons, of course. Then you had to buy the right equipment and the right wax. Oh yes, the wax. You had to know just what kind of wax to use for the current temperature and what kind of snow you had. Then you practiced learning to stop and turn. For some strange reason, we thought it was important to be able to turn on skis, and to stop. “But now we have these snowboards. Near as I can tell, all you need to get started in that sport is an idiot and a six pack.” For Families Impacted By Addiction This Holiday Season, Face It TOGETHER’s Peer Coaching Now Available Statewide SIOUX FALLS, SD – The holiday can get the help they need no matter season can be an incredibly stressful where they are in the state,” said time for families impacted by adTerri Brown, lead coach for Face diction. Through its new video app, It TOGETHER in Sioux Falls. “Our Face It TOGETHER is now offering coaching is affordable, confidential its peer coaching to these families and it works. We have the results to anywhere in the state. show that we help people get well Face It TOGETHER, a nonprofit and improve their lives.” based in Sioux Falls, has been In response to the opioid crisis, providing peer coaching for addicFace It TOGETHER is expanding its tion in that area since 2009, helping coaching statewide in partnership hundreds of people find their paths with the South Dakota Department of to wellness. The nonprofit also oper- Social Services, Division of Behavates coaching centers in ND, MN and ioral Health, supported by funding Denver, CO. from SAMHSA. Face It TOGETHER’s coaching is Face It TOGETHER’s coaches science-based and offers a dramatiwork with people on behavior cally different experience for those change strategies, including practiimpacted by opioid, alcohol and cal skills to manage their disease, other drug addiction. Coaching is address barriers to wellness and reconvenient and flexible to easily fit establish connections to family and into someone’s life. Sessions are community. offered remotely by secure video or Face It TOGETHER’s data show phone through the Face It TOGETHtheir coaching works. Here are a few ER mobile phone app, or in person recent data points about their memif someone lives near one of the bers with the disease of addiction: centers. • 85 percent haven’t used since PIERRE, S.D. – Gov. Dennis Daugaard today anFace It TOGETHER’s coaches have their last coaching session nounced new improvements to the state Boards and personal experience with addiction • 73 percent remain stable or Commissions Portal. The relaunched site creates a and provide specialized support to improve their employment after 30 more intuitive and user-friendly experience. people with the disease as well as days of coaching “Government must continually strive to be more their loved ones. Their approach • 74 percent more likely to be open and accessible. The Boards and Commissions is highly data-driven, with coaches satisfied with their emotions and portal creates a single site for the public to find infor- tracking and measuring progress feelings after 30 days of coaching mation about board meetings, minutes, and members,” through a digital app. Coaching is Face It TOGETHER also provides said Governor Daugaard. “As I prepare to leave office, focused on helping people improve coaching for loved ones of those I’m pleased that we are still making progress in this every aspect of their lives, not just struggling with addiction. Their area.” the part that involves drinking or unique approach rejects “tough South Dakota has more than 100 boards and using. love” in favor of supportive and “With our video coaching, people more effective strategies. Their commissions whose members are appointed by the Governor. The Governor’s Office launched the Boards and Commissions portal (boardsandcommissions. sd.gov) in 2015 for gubernatorial-appointed bodies. In March 2017, Gov. Daugaard signed Senate Bill 116 to institutionalize the state Boards and Commissions Save $30 on a Summer AC Tune-Up! Each year the Basin Electric Power degree. Twenty will go to children of Portal, where the public can access public meeting inCooperative Scholarship Program member cooperative employees and formation. SB 116 added provisions to South Dakota’s awards more than 180 scholarships 141 to member-cooperative consumers. open meeting statutes. The bill requires state boards, in the amount of $1000 each. Five Clay-Union Electric will award Just give commissions and departments to post public meeting 25 scholarships are for children of us a call and we’ll one $1000 scholarship to a child of a materials on the Boards and Commissions Portal. send will 2 BEPC or subsidiary employeesout a nd & 3rd, 9th & 10th,scholarship must be used member. December bequalified The 16th & 17th • 1-3:00PM designated for qualified applicants who for educational costs and the student Service Technician like Bring Your or must plan to attend a certified VocationalCameras! enter college in the fall of the Technical school, and five of 25to make sure your and will be distributed in school year Tyler, will be designated for qualified applicants who August for the full amount. Applications AC unit plan to achieve an engineering is ready for those Governor Daugaard Announces Improvements To State Boards And Commissions Portal coaches help friends and family strengthen their own wellbeing, model and encourage change, improve communication and establish healthy boundaries with the person struggling. “We help loved ones better support the person they care about who is suffering from addiction,” said Dave Jansa, a Face It TOGETHER loved one coach. “We help them feel less stressed and alone and give them skills to more effectively deal with the challenges they’re facing.” The first two coaching visits with Face It TOGETHER are free. After that, coaching memberships cost $595/month with unlimited coaching sessions. The SAMHSA grant funding includes peer recovery support financial assistance to cover the cost of coaching for those who are eligible, primarily those with an opioid addiction. To learn more about how Face It TOGETHER can help, please visit www.wefaceitogether.org. Meet with a coach by calling or texting (855) 539-9375 or by emailing care@wefaceittogether.org. About Face It TOGETHER Face It TOGETHER is a nonprofit organization that provides effective, science-based peer coaching for people living with addiction, including loved ones of those with the disease. Established in 2009, Face It TOGETHER has coaching centers in SD, CO, ND and MN, and serves members in more than 15 states. Basin Electric Scholarship Applications Are Now Being Accepted are available on our website at www. clayunionelectric.coop, in our office or call to request one. Completed applications must be received by February 15th, 2019 and can be emailed to jwilliams@clayunionelectric.coop, mailed to PO Box 317 Vermillion, SD 57069 or dropped off at the office at 1410 E. Cherry St. Vermillion. 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