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Chamber Business:The Vermillion Area Chamber

of Commerce & DevelopmentCompany will be closed for theThanksgiving holiday Nov. 22-23.

Ribbon-cutting ceremony,Business After Hours and OpenHouse Celebration at CedarCounty Veterinary Services, 906E. Cherry St., Thursday, Nov. 29.The ribbon-cutting ceremonywill be at 2 p.m. and the BusinessAfter Hours and Open HouseCelebration will be from 1-8p.m. Please join us to make newcontacts and meet the Doctorsand staff! Cookies andrefreshments will be served,along with a Scavenger HuntQuiz, a “Reindeer” visit, Santapet pictures, Heartland HumaneSociety Gift Tree, decoratestockings and ornaments foryour pet, demonstrations anddoor prizes.

Business After Hours hostedby USD Alumni Association at

Carey’s, 18 W. Main St.,Thursday, Dec. 6, from 5:30-7p.m. Please join us to make newcontacts, socialize, find out whatthe USD Alumni Association isall about, and view “Pride,Persistence and Progress” the150-year history of theUniversity of South Dakota byAnn Grauvogl. Coldrefreshments and a slice of R-Pizza will be served. Please RSVPat www.usdalumni.com or call677-6734 by Nov. 30.

The Special Events

Committee for the VermillionArea Chamber and DevelopmentCompany (VCDC) is sponsoringthe fourth annual “Parade ofLights” in downtown Vermillionon Friday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m.Vermillion area merchants,businesses, schools andorganizations are encouraged toput together a float for theparade. The theme is “The Spiritof Christmas,” so get yourcreativity flowing and enter!Entry forms can be found on theVCDC Web site,www.vermillionchamber.com, orat the Chamber office at 116Market St. A trophy and $25 inVermillion Bucks will beawarded to the winner. Deadlineto enter is Dec. 3. Inverters toplug lights into your vehicles areavailable at Dakota PCWarehouse.

At the end of the parade,Santa and Mrs. Claus will lightthe community Christmas Treeat Ratingen Platz on Market andMain streets. After the treelighting, children and parents areinvited to the Clay County CourtHouse basement for “Stockingsfor Soldiers,” an opportunity tomake a free ornament to takehome, and to decorate a stockingfor a soldier serving overseas,sponsored by the Vermillion

Public Library. (Due to theLibrary renovation, the craft willbe held in the Court Housebasement.)

Children up to the age of 12are encouraged to enter acoloring contest for a chance tohave “Lunch with Santa” onSaturday, Dec. 8 at 11:30 a.m. atHyVee and meet him beforeChristmas. Coloring pages willbe available at the publicschools, HyVee and the VCDCoffice at 116 Market St. Thecoloring entries must be receivedby Nov. 20.

Also on Saturday, December8, from 12:30-2:30 p.m., freepictures with Santa will beavailable at HyVee.

Business After Hours: Are youlooking for an opportunity toshowcase your business andnetwork with your peers? Signup to host a Business AfterHours event! These eventsgenerally run from 5-7 p.m. on aweeknight and the hostingbusiness provides hors d’oeuvresand refreshments. If interested,contact Ann at:annb@vermillionchamber.comor at 624-5571.

Announcements:Volunteers are needed to help

deliver meals for Dakota Senior

Meals on an ongoing basis. Ifyou are interested involunteering or if you are with acommunity organization thatmight be interested in supplyingvolunteers, call Verna at DakotaSenior Meals at 624-7868.

Dakota Hospital Foundation(DHF) Wreath DecoratingContest. Participants maysubmit a live or artificial wreathup to 26-inch in diameterdecorated to your personal styleor theme of choice. VermillionBucks prizes for Individual,Business and Best of Show.Decorated wreaths withcompleted Wreath Contestregistration form must besubmitted on Wednesday, Dec. 5,from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (If earlierdrop-off is needed, please callahead for arrangements). Allwreaths entered will beauctioned at the DHF Tree ofLights Open House and WreathAuction on Thursday, Dec. 6.Social hour at 5 p.m.; auction at6 p.m. at the Al Neuharth MediaCenter on USD campus.Registration form and otherdetails can be found atsanfordvermillion.org. Allproceeds will assist in fundingthe new Sanford Arts program atSanford Vermillion.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27• Vermillion Rotary Club Meeting from noon-1 p.m. in

the Freedom Forum Conference Room of the AlNeuharth Media Center.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28• The Department of Labor and Regulation will be

holding a Job Search Assistance Program (JSAP) at 1024W. Cherry St. from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. The JSAP is designed toassist and train job-seekers on how to find and secureemployment. Some of the topics included are job searchand retention skills, networking, the hidden job market,resumes, applications and proper interview techniques. Itis provided at no charge and open to the public. Partiesinterested in attending should register by calling (605)677-6900, by Monday, Nov. 26, before 5 p.m. For moreinformation, visit www.sdjobs.org.

• The AWOL student organization will be holding aSoup Feed Fundraiser event at the Vermillion Armoryfrom 5-7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 pre-sale and $7 at thedoor. For more information about his event contactawol@coyotes.usd.edu or call (605) 677-6338. For moreinformation about AWOL visit http://orgs.usd.edu/awol.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29• USD Theatre presents “Brigadoon” at 7:30 p.m. at the

Wayne S. Knutson Theatre, Warren M. Lee Center for theFine Arts on USD campus. For ticket information, call677-5400 or visit www.usd.edu/theatre.

PLANNING AHEAD:• NOV. 30-DEC. 1 — USD Theatre presents

“Brigadoon” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30 and Dec.1 and 2 p.m.Dec. 2 at the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre, Warren M. LeeCenter for the Fine Arts on USD campus. For ticketinformation, call 677-5400 or visit www.usd.edu/theatre.

COMMUNITY CALENDARHealth and Human

Services (HHS) todayannounced the launch ofBeTobaccoFree.gov, acomprehensive websiteproviding one-stop accessto the best and most up-to-date tobacco-relatedinformation from acrossits agencies.

This consolidatedresource includes generalinformation on tobacco,federal and state laws andpolicies, health statistics,and evidence-basedmethods on how to quit.

“Tobacco usecontinues to be theleading cause ofpremature andpreventable death in theUnited States,” said HHSSecretary KathleenSebelius.“BeTobaccoFree.govbuilds upon the Obamaadministration’scommitment to helptobacco users quit andprevent children fromstarting to use tobaccoproducts.”

BeTobaccoFree.gov

uses responsive design,making informationaccessible anywhere,anytime on any platform,from smart phone totablet to desktop. TheWeb site’s unique socialmedia dashboard, “Say it– Share it,” constantlyprovides real timeupdates from HHStobacco-related socialmedia accounts,including Facebook,Twitter, YouTube,Infographics, Podcastsand Tumblr.

“HHS is committed tousing technology to helpAmericans lead longerhealthier lives,” saidAssistant Secretary forHealth Howard K. Koh,M.D., M.P.H. “Today, aswe commemorate theAmerican CancerSociety’s Great AmericanSmokeout, the launch ofBeTobaccoFree.govdemonstrates ourdedication to reducingthe harms from tobaccouse. Regardless of age,those who stop smoking

and using tobacco cansubstantially reduce theirrisk for disease.”

During the last threeyears, HHS increasedefforts to reduce tobaccouse by coordinatingacross its agencies, toprovide Americans withaccess to availablecessation and educationtools. A few keyaccomplishments include:

•As a result of theAffordable Care Act, mostprivate health insuranceplans must now cover

without cost-sharingtobacco use screeningand cessationinterventions for tobaccousers.

•The Centers forDisease Control andPrevention (CDC)launched “Tips FromFormer Smokers,” anational educationcampaign that featuredformer smokers livingwith smoking-relateddiseases and disabilities.

HHS launches BeTobaccoFree.gov

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‘Counterinsurgency’ program planned

The W.O. Farber Centerfor Civic Leadership at theUniversity of South Dakotawill present the program,“Counterinsurgency inAfghanistan: A RifleCompany in Imam Sahib,” byCapt. Christopher L.Mercado, a 2004distinguished militarygraduate of USD, at 4 p.m.on Wednesday, Nov. 28 atFarber Hall inside Old Main.

Mercado has served threeyears in combat, recentlyreturning from northAfghanistan where he servedas a rifle companycommander. He ledcounterinsurgencyoperations in Imam Sahiband Dast-e Archi Districts ofKunduz Province.