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As a primary care physician, I walk with my patients as they face many of life’s challenges. Facing the diagnosis of dementia may be one of the hardest. Any chronic illness involves loss, but dementia threatens the loss of not only ability and independence, but of the very self.
Read moreThis article is submitted by Dr. James Schirtzinger,D.D. Pastor/ Founder of Grace Baptist Church, Lake Andes,S.D. since 1988
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Temps are rising and the sun isn’t setting at 4:30 in the afternoon — that can only mean one thing — Daylight Saving Time (DST) is here.
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This week, the 20211egislative session came to a close. In South Dakota, we keep things short; the session lasts a maximum of 40 legislative days. Every bill gets a hearing, its opportunity to be weighed and vetted by the 105 legislators that you elect to serve you in Pierre.
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Because I’ve been fortunate enough in the last twenty years to pursue tiger fish and plains game in Africa, Caribou in the Artic, moose in British Columbia, red stags in New Zealand, elk in New Mexico and Wyoming, and waterfowl and wild boar in Argentina, people are asking me, “Wiltz, what’s next?”
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Whenever someone is admitted to the hospital, they are asked to stipulate their “code status.” Levels of code status include full code, meaning resuscitate and intubate if required; as well as various combinations of do not resuscitate (DNR) and do not intubate (DNI). In simple terms, a code status clarifies what you want the medical team to do in the event your heart stops or if your heart goes into a rhythm that is not compatible with life.
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At the time of this writing, it appears that House bill 1140 will become law. It will “handcuff game wardens” according to my friend John Cooper, former GF&P Secretary from 1995 to January 2007. I believe John, and I believe the former GF&P people who have been critical of the bill. Interim GF&P secretary Kevin Robling brought the bill forward at the request of Gov. Kristi Noem, and current conservation officers have been “silenced” from commenting on the bill by Sec. Robling and Gov. Noem.
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