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Mamie Shields Pyle was walking by a polling place on Election Day in Huron — a place where women were not welcome in the early 1900s — when she overheard a conversation that changed not only her life, but the course of South Dakota history. A man was holding up a ballot and showing a group of workers (some of whom were illiterate) how to vote. “He was threatening their jobs if they didn’t vote the right way,” says Rachel Farrell, executive director of Huron’s Dakotaland Museum. “Mamie got upset and that’s really what got her started in the suffrage movement.”
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Perhaps you are aware of the Peters case in Aurora County, and the town of White Lake in particular. It involves our SD Game, Fish, & Parks Department vs. Dr. Jeff Peters, allegedly of White Lake.
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Thursday, March 12th was the final day of the 95th Legislative Session. On Monday March 30th we will again return to the Capitol for Veto day. As of March 11th, Governor Noem had signed 78 House Bills and 27 Senate Bills leaving 30 bills on her desk. At this point she has two Gubernatorial vetoes. If there are any bills you would like to review you can go to www. SDLRC.com Each bill has its title, who sponsored it, how it was voted on and where it is in the process now.
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Congratulations to these firemen from Dante, Wagner and Ravinia for becoming certified structural firefighters by passing FF 1&2.We appreciate your dedication to protect your respective com mu nities.Firemen becoming certified were, from left: Matt Hill (Dante), Tanner Kotab (Dante), Austin Weber (Ravinia), Ryan Frederick (Ravinia), Ron Lensing (Ravinia), Terrance Krcil (Wagner), Tim Leibel (Wagner), Cody Scarrott (Ravinia). Courtesy Photo
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Funeral Services for Jessica Ann Costello, (Grace Atana Hart) 37, of Lake Andes were Friday, March 13 at the White Swan Community Center. Burial was in St. Phillips Episcopal Cemetery, Lake Andes. Peters Funeral Home in Wagner was in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral Service for Arlene Svanda were held Tuesday, March 10 at Go glin Funeral Home in Tyndall. Burial will be in Country Presbyterian Cemetery, rural Tabor, South Dakota at a later date.
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Gary was born to Wesley J. Kaberna and DeElda A. (Newman) Kaberna on June 26, 1940, in Wagner. He attended country schools and graduated from Wagner High School. He attended a semester at South Dakota State in Brookings, before returning to the family farm. At age 25, Gary moved to Nemo, to work at the Nemo Guest Ranch for Uncle Frank Troxell, where he began his cowboy ways.
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