shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com stack from the former Western Portland Cement Company plant west of Yankton. Landowner Tim Binder told the Press & Dakotan that the stack was deteriorating and potentially dangerous. The plant itself closed in 1910 and was largely demolished in 1917. It had been built in 1890 and offered such promise that, for a time, Yankton was referred to as “Cement City.” According to Bob Karolevitz’s “Yankton: The Way It Was!” there were plans to build a “cement palace” in a park that would be used for an annual cement festival, but this never came to fruition. Some of the cement was even used in the building of the Panama Canal. The Yankton Business Improvement District (BID) No. 1 has committed to lending a hand to a proposed fieldhouse at Mount Marty College. The BID board approved a plan to contribute $1.8 million to the project over the next 15 years. MMC athletic director Chris Kassin was on hand to discuss the project with the board members. May 15 The Yankton City Commission is moving ahead in 2018 with a fresh face and a new mayor. Incumbent commissioners Dave Carda and Nathan Johnson were sworn in, along with first-time commissioner Bridget Benson. Following the swearing-in ceremony, Johnson entering his second three-year term on the board was unanimously elected mayor by the commission. At Monday night’s monthly school board meeting, the YSD board approved the creation of an elementary integrationist/curriculum director position that will begin at the start of the 2018-2019 school year. The new hire would be expected to provide assistance/training to building instructional staff with the integration of technology, lead curriculum development studies and coordinate assessment efforts in gathering/analyzing data. May 17 A crash Sunday night that killed one person on Highway 81 north of Yankton. Both Yankton County Sheriff Jim Vlahakis and Yankton police chief Brian Paulsen confirmed that a vehicle involved January 29, 2019 • Page 11 in a fatal crash Sunday evening had been stolen from a residence in Yankton earlier in the day. The accident itself occurred on Highway 81 at 7:06 p.m. Sunday north of Yankton when the SUV crossed the centerline, swerved out of control and rolled in a ditch. A 21-year-old female passenger in the SUV was flown to a Sioux Falls hospital, where she was pronounced dead. A 23-year-old driver was taken to Avera Sacred Heart Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Charges are also pending against the SUV’s driver. Javier Lopez is on the move again, and he’s ready to take his academics dream on a new quest. The 2018 graduating senior at Yankton High School will be leaving South Dakota to attend California’s Stanford University, where he has been accepted with a full scholarship. Lopez, who plans to study human biology with a pre-med track, applied for the Stanford scholarship through an organization called QuestBridge, dedicated to helping high-achieving, low-income students attend any of the 39 highly ranked colleges with which the organization partners. May 21 Stewart Elementary School nutritionist Deb Hausman has been named South Dakota School Nutritional Employee of the Year. She will travel to Las Vegas in July to attend the national School Nutrition Association conference. May 22 Sarah Rose Summers from Nebraska beat out 50 other women Monday to win this year’s Miss USA competition. Summers, a 23-year-old contestant from Omaha, graduated from Texas Christian University with two degrees and is working on becoming a certified child life specialist. May 23 Donna and Cliff Madson are this year’s 2018 Riverboat Days Captain and Belle. They will promote the annual August festival around the region throughout the summer. Cliff was among those involved in first starting the annual festival 35 years ago. He served on its board of direc- 37 YEARS IN BUSINESS tors for 25 years, with Donna currently going on her 15th year on the board. May 24 Road signage throughout Yankton County is in the midst of getting a facelift at no cost to its residents. A Federal aid grant worth $372,210.15, the vast majority of the county’s road signage is being replaced and even expanded. May 29 The Lewis & Clark Theatre Company (LCTC) is looking to freshen up a fixture of Downtown Yankton. Since November, LCTC has been fund-raising as part of a five-year capital campaign for renovations that need to be done to the Dakota Theatre. Those renovations include repairing the roof, the theatre stage and the lobby area. According to LCTC executive director Katie Fargo, the campaign has raised approximately $5,000 with a $100,000 goal. June 2 A pelleting plant will be built at the Dakota Plains site near Napa Junction northwest of Yankton. The $12 million project is expected to create 10-12 fulltime jobs. June 4 The Yankton Hunger Collaborative a division of United Way of Greater Yankton is using the month of June to collect kitchen wares for those in need of cooking and food storage supplies. “They’re a group of food-related agencies that are looking for ways to address the needs that aren’t already being met in Yankton. The group’s collective projects subcommittee began meeting in January with the goal of identifying gaps in services and to work together to raise awareness and address needs in relation to food insecurity. Organizations that are part of the Yankton Food Collaborative include Feeding Yankton, the Banquet, and Parents as Teachers, The Center, the Contact Center, Systems of Care, Mount Marty College, SDSU Extension, and Yankton. June 11 Approximately 30 youth ages 8-17 participated in the annual The Yankton Special Olympics group is changing things up with its annual fundraiser this year by modeling it after the popular TV show “The Amazing Race.” The Yankton Special Olympics’ Amazing Race Challenge will be held at the Lewis & Clark Recreation Area June 24. June 12 Work continues to progress on the expansion of the 1972 water treatment facility. This month, crews will be working on the second level of the addition as well as adding brick to the structure. The project is scheduled to be substantially completed by August, 2019 with full completion in 2020. June 13 A local business is giving back to those who have served in the nation’s military. Midwest Striping, which does parking-lot and pavement striping for businesses and other entities, has begun making parking signs for area businesses that read “Reserved For Veterans,” to allow veterans to park a little bit closer to the entrance, at no cost to the business owners. Currently, the signs have been deployed at HyVee and Charlie’s Pizza House in Yankton. June 14 Yankton is getting its first shot at hosting a major regional softball tournament next month, and the Yankton Girls’ Softball Association (YGSA) is looking for local volunteers to make sure the tournament is a success. The city is hosting the 2018 USA Northern National for the U-10A and U-12B divisions and the 2018 USA Northern Regional for the U-10C, U-12C and U-14C divisions. The tournament is set for July 25-29. 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McMaster, who was South Dakota’s 10th governor. The event was spearheaded by the Yankton County Preservation Commission. June 29 Jason Ravnsborg is bringing a military-style focus to his campaign to be South Dakota’s next attorney general. He will be facing Democrat Randy Seiler in November’s election. Starting this fall, the Yankton School District will kick off its pilot bussing program, which will provide transportation to YSD students to school in the mornings. Available to children in Jr. Kindergarten through grade 12, the program will provide bussing to all students in the school district, whether they live in or outside of Yankton. The program will be in effect throughout the 2018-2019 school year. Beadle Elementary School Principal Carey Mitzel explained the idea for the program came from the desire to provide assistance to the school district’s families and to decrease the number of tardies and absences. July 5 Five people were killed in a twovehicle accident east of Yankton early yesterday that was part of a police chase. According to a press release from the South Dakota Department of Public Safety, a Yankton city police officer was attempting to stop a 1996 Acura Integra that was traveling east on South Dakota Highway 50. The Integra shut off its headlights and crossed onto the westbound lanes where it collided with a westbound 2010 Nissan Sentra at approximately 1:20 a.m. three miles east of Yankton near mile marker 389. Both occupants of the Acura Integra were pronounced dead at the scene, the press release said. Neither person was wearing seatbelts. Three of the four occupants of the Nissan Sentra also died in the crash. The fourth occupant, a 12-year-old girl, was airlifted to a Sioux Falls hospital with life-threatening injuries. The driver was wearing a seatbelt. The victims have not been identified pending the notification of families, the press release said. The South Dakota Highway Patrol is investigating the crash. June 19 Yankton Police Chief Brian Paulsen has announced he will be retiring at the end of June. He has served as Yankton’s chief of police since 2010. June 20 Yankton Area Progressive Growth (YAPG) has committed $250,000 to Dive In Yankton’s effort to raise funds for a new aquatic center. June 21 The Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce has selected the Ordell/Shirley and Jason/Sherri Oswald families as the “Farm Family of the Year. Ordell and Shirley Oswald and their son, Jason, have education backgrounds. They teach and learn from each other on the farm. The process of handing down information and experience to each succeeding generation has occurred since the Oswald farm was homesteaded in 1875 — while the land was still Dakota Territory. The Oswalds’ passion and success has earned them another reward. The Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce has selected the Ordell/Shirley and Jason/Sherri Oswald families as the “Farm Family of the Year” A historic Mission Hill church is reaching a milestone. On July 1, the Vangen Lutheran Church will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of its current building with a 10 a.m. worship service with music provided by the Tangled Blue husband-wife duo and a catered meal afterwards at 11:30 a.m. Proceeds from the meal will go towards the South Dakota Synod Seminary Scholarship Fund. Despite it having reached its centennial year, the church is referred to as “New Vangen” by its congregants. The original church, built in 1869, sits about three quarters of a mile east of the newer church. June 23 The Yankton City Commission will have an interim police chief to discuss at its regular meeting Monday. City Manager Amy Nelson announced the city’s intent to name 41- year law enforcement John W. Harris the city’s interim chief of police. Harris served a number of roles with the Tucson, Arizona, Police Department over 20 years before leaving as assistant chief. He’s also served as chief of police in Springfield, Illinois; Evanston, Wyoming; and Sahuarita, Arizona, where he retired in 2014. Harris currently serves as a parttime deputy sheriff in Wyoming transporting prisoners. June 27 The Rev. Jon Cooke, Discovery Church pastor passed away Sunday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. There are several things for which Jon could be remembered his love of golf, music and ice cream, to name a few. But the aspect of his personality that stands out the most was his love of people. Cooke used this passion to serve on the Pathways Shelter for the Homeless board and was also instrumental in allowing 1 Million Cups to host meetings at Discovery. The only thing that seemed to rival Cooke’s passion for people was his passion for preaching about God. June 28 Irene is getting ready to celebrate their 125th centennial. They will also be hosting their 26th annual rodeo. What began as a one-time event quickly became one of the state’s top rodeo attractions. This year’s event has drawn about 370 entrants from as far away as Kansas. The rodeo is sanctioned in four circuits covering several states. That’s a big achievement for the small community of about 420 residents. The Yankton Community Library will have a new director. Dana Schmidt, now the senior library assistant for circulation, will replace Tonya Olson Ferrell as library director. Schmidt will assume her new duties July 7. July 11 Twelve boys and their soccer coach are safe after being rescued from a flooded cave in Thailand after a grueling eighteen day rescue mission. The dangerous rescue mission caught the attention of people worldwide. One of Thailand’s Navy Seals died during the rescue operation. July 12 A Yankton Police Officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the police chase that resulted in a fatal crash that claimed the lives of three members of a Yankton family. The highway patrol is continuing their investigation of the crash. July 14 The U.S. trade war has hit home for Kolberg-Pioneer president Jeff May, with some steel prices rising 50 percent for his Yankton manufacturing plant. The impact started with the Trump administration’s announcement earlier this year of the tariffs on Chinese steel, May said. Kolberg-Pioneer manufactures equipment for making crushed stone, sand and gravel. “The tariffs have just gone into effect, but it’s something we’ve been dealing with just knowing (about it) for some time,” he said. “Since the Trump administration proposed (the tariffs), there has been a lot of discussion. You have seen prices inching up in the marketplace. “However, tariffs aren’t the only reason, May told the Press & Dakotan. “Today, we have prices about 50 percent higher on your plate steel than maybe last year around this time. You figure, if the tariffs account for a 25 percent increase, then prices should just go up. July 19 The Meridian Corner restaurant, which will be featured at next month’s “Flavored Nation” food expo in Columbus, Ohio. The two-day expo uses an invitationonly format for participants, featuring the best regional food from each state. The Meridian Corner restaurant is located in the countryside, at the Highway 18-81 intersection north of Yankton. The chislic attracts not only regular customers but also travelers from across the nation. “We go through a lot of chislic, especially on a weekend,”Streyle said. “This summer, from June through July, we served 600 dozen sticks of lamb chislic.”The Columbus food expo is spearheaded by Richard Gore, executive producer of “Flavored Nation” and the former president of live events at Food Network. Gore has been developing live culinary entertainment since the mid-1990s, before the current popularity of food events. He led the development of “Food Network Live “and “Food University at Caesar’s Palace. “Flavored Nation” will bring together one chef and specialty from each state at one location. The expo will be held Aug. 11-12 at the Columbus convention center. July 20 The USA Northern National Fastpitch Tournament will be held July 25-29 at Sertoma Park in Yankton. Co-tournament chair Dave Kokesh estimates that 30 teams will compete in the tournament. 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