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My good friend, Paul Muth of Mitchell, went on a Custer State Park trophy bull bison hunt last December. I wanted his story, and I much enjoyed his relating his experience. Paul’s hunt was scheduled for December 11-13. CSP dictates the day(s) of the individualized hunt that is personally guided by Chad, CSP’s chief bison man. Paul thoroughly enjoyed his experience with Chad.
Read moreMARK 10:45 "For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister: and give his life a ransom for many."(KJV)
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Like hunting? It’s time to take our September 1st dove opener seriously. If nothing else, it sharpens the eye for ducks and pheasants. Carry a small cooler with you, and pop out the breasts as you shoot them.
Read moreSouth Dakota State Parks are reminding campers that firewood originating from anywhere in the newly-expanded Emerald Ash Borer quarantine area is prohibited in all South Dakota state parks.
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Last week, when I was in Sioux Falls to discuss reopening schools with parents and superintendents, I saw a great bulletin board in a 4th grade classroom. It said, “Put your positive pants on.” That message reminded me of a lesson that is often easy to forget: an optimistic outlook can be tremendously helpful when responding to life’s challenges. That’s especially true in the fight against COVID-19.
Read more1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-14 "Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren,I would not have you ignorant. Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away with dumb idols, even as you were led. Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit, and there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord, and there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge, by the same Spirit,to another faith by the same Spirit to another the gift of healing,by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits; to another diverse kinds of tongues; (languages)to another the interpretation of tongues:: but all these worketh that one and the selfsame spirit,dividing to every man severally as He will. For the body is one, and hath many members of that one body, being many, are one body: So also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles; whether we be bond or free; and have been made to drink into one spirit. For the body is not one member, but many."(KJV)
Read morePHILIPPIANS 4:11 "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."(KJV)
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As the calendar turns to August, we are getting closer to that time of year when kids go back to school. In South Dakota, our kids will be in classrooms this fall. I met with both parents and superintendents earlier this week to discuss what that will look like, and everyone was on the same page that our children should attend school in-person.
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