Webster Elementary Schoolrecognized its Friends of Educa-tion at an assembly recently. Pic-tured from left are WD Metheny,Larry and Dianne Ness, and AaronNess.

Metheny, through Thrivent Fi-nancial for Lutherans, donated a

T-shirt for each student at Web-ster to kick off an anti-bullyingprogram next week.

Larry and Dianne Ness sup-ported 5th grade after-school ac-tivities last year after funding wascut.

Aaron Ness represented theYSD Foundation, which providesgrants to classroom teachers topurchase extras for the class-rooms and computer lab.

Webster’s mascot Hootie Hooand everyone else at Webster Ele-mentary give a hoot about thesegreat supporters of our school.

KEYSTONE CHAPTER #33, OESKeystone Chapter #33, OES, met

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at the Ma-sonic Temple, Yankton. Sue Koepp,Worthy Matron, presided. Honoredguests were introduced. One petitionfor membership was read. Annual re-ports were given.

Volunteers are being sought to helpstart a Job’s Daughters Bethel in Yank-ton.

Due to resignations of some officerselected in November, new officerselected included Sue Koepp, WorthyMatron; Don Koepp, Worthy Patron;Charles Bryan, Associate Patron; andChristine Bryan, Conductress. Officersfor the ensuing year were installed bythe following: Installing Matron and Pa-tron — Ellen and Bob Helming, SiouxFalls, Installing Marshal — Chris Bryan,Installing Chaplain — Linda Kneebone,Vermillion, and Installing Organist —John Ryger, Beresford.

The next meeting will be Thursday,Dec. 20, beginning with a pot luck sup-per at 6:30 p.m. Members will bringgifts to exchange.

Sue and Don Koepp hosted the fel-lowship hour following the meeting.

OUTLAW TRAIL SCENIC BYWAYThe Outlaw Trail Scenic Byway

held their October meeting on Thurs-day, Oct. 18, 2012, at 6 p.m. at theOhiya Casino east of Niobrara. Mem-bers present were: Chris Kreycik, Nio-brara, Mary Rose Pinkelman, St.James, Twyla Witt, Nebraska TourismCommission, Al and Helen Brock,Valentine, Larry Halstead, Lynch, andMarita Placek, Lynch.

Manager Derek LaPointe and hisassistant gave an interesting presenta-tion with large project prints describingthe plans and progress of the newOhiya Casino and Resort being built bythe Santee Sioux Nation. They are al-ready interviewing for additional em-ployees for the planned opening inDecember 2012.

President Mary Rose called themeeting to order at 7 p.m. with intro-ductions. Minutes of the Septembermeeting were passed out for review. Almade a motion to accept the minutes,seconded by Larry. Motion carried.

Mary Rose presented a brief trea-surer’s report prepared by Minetteshowing money deposited in the newbank account and the bills she hadpaid. Bills presented were: MaritaPlacek $14 for phone calls andpostage. Al made a motion to pay thebills, seconded by Larry. Motion car-ried.

Chris made a motion to reimburseAl the $40 he paid for the booth at WildWest Days at Valentine on Friday, Oct.5, seconded by Larry. Motion carried.

Al made a motion to have the sheriffdeliver a summons, in order to get themembership list, checks, and whateverelse is left and that Mary Rose haveMinette write a check to reimburse herfor the summons. Seconded by Larry.Motion carried. Treasurer’s report filedfor audit.

———Committee Reports: • Membership — Twyla volunteered

to develop and print membership letteron tri-fold and mail out.

• Tourism — Chris and Mary Rosehave received scholarships to attendthe 2012 Nebraska Travel Conferencein Gering Oct. 23-25. Marita will also at-tend the conference. Al made a motionthat they should share the $800 avail-able to cover conference expenses.Seconded by Larry. Motion carried.

• Brochures — Mary Rose had fourboxes of brochures with her. Larry willpick up the rest of the boxes ofbrochures from Marathon Press andstore them and the rollups and bannersin his building at Lynch.

Al reported not enough riders wereavailable for the trail ride scheduled forthe Niobrara River Ranch and the ridewas cancelled. The next ride will be atLynch to Horse Thief Canyon in April,the Niobrara River Ranch in May, ButtePancake Days June 28-30, and a rideat Big Canyon Bed and Breakfast Sept.21-22, 2013. He contacted and pur-chased wine from the Nissen

Brothers and there was a discus-sion of a possible ride and wine tastingevent in the future.

———Old business: Marita reported she

and her husband had the books, Leg-ends and Lore of the Outlaw Trail, at St.James on September 30th for their FallFestival and at Valentine on October5th for Old West Days.

Al made a motion to send compli-mentary copies of the book to the StateHistorical Society State Museum andthe Nebraska Library Commission perTwyla’s recommendation, seconded byLarry. Motion carried.

Quiltway -- Mary Rose will be work-ing on plans for the 2013 Quiltway inthe near future.

New business: The base for theNissen Winery building is alreadyformed and they are looking at anopening date in the spring of 2013.

Stacy Miller and her sister-in-lawplan on having a Christmas Tour at Kr-eycik Buffalo Ranch on Saturday, Dec.1.

Twyla Witt reported Dr. Lisa Pennisiis applying for a World Future Grant ofWorld Development and would like touse the Outlaw Trail as their projectarea. Larry made a motion to give Dr.Pennisi permission to do so, secondedby Al. Motion carried.

The next meeting will be a telecon-

ference call on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 7p.m.

Al made motion to adjourn, sec-onded by Larry. Motion carried.

YANKTON REGIONAL AVIATIONASSOCIATION

Thirty-seven members of the Yank-ton Regional Aviation Association(YRAA) met on Nov 18 at 6 p.m. for apotluck supper in the terminal at ChanGurney Airport. Participants were fromAvon, Menno, Mission Hill, Tyndall,Vermillion, Yankton, Allen, Crofton,Hartington, Norfolk, Randolph, andBillings, Mont.

The meeting was led by PresidentJohn Lillevold. The YRAA Christmas /New Year’s Party will be on Dec. 16 atJoDean’s Restaurant, and will includeelection of officers and a slide show ofthe 2012 AirVenture at Oshkosh, Wis.The YRAA received a “thank you” letter,special card, and commemorative coinfor providing breakfast supplies for theSpringfield Veterans Memorial Project.The supplies were used in a fundraiseron Nov. 11 in Springfield. The framedletter/card/commemorative coin wereplaced in the YRAA display case atChan Gurney Airport. A “get well card”was signed by everyone for Ed Lam-mers. A request was made for aerialphotos of sedimentation problems inLewis & Clark Lake. Airport projectswere discussed: bids have been re-ceived for the new maintenance hangarat Yankton, the taxiway project at Ver-million is nearly finished, Vermillion willbe getting a new large hangar for theUSD King Air aircraft, and Vermillionwill be getting a jet A fuel pump andstorage tank.

For more information about theYRAA, call 665-8448.

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Outlaw Trail Officers Attend Travel ConferenceOutlaw Trail Scenic Byway President Mary Rose Pinkelman, St.

James, and Marita Placek, secretary, attended the 2012 NebraskaTravel Conference held at the Gering Civic Center Oct. 23-25.

The conference featured speakers, Kelly McDonald, McDonaldMarketing, Karen Purves, Dave Snitily from Snitily Carr, Lincoln,Kevin Anderson, Nebraska DED, Michael Geist, Lincoln SouthwestHigh School, Brent Skiles, Philadelphia Insurance Companies,Melissa Trueblood, Nebraska DED, Cheryl Burkhart-Knesel and Con-nie France, UNL Extension, Marshall Murdaugh, Marshall MurdaughMarketing, and Kathy McKilip, Nebraska Tourism Commission.

It started raining in Gering on Wednesday afternoon and byevening started snowing. Thursday morning there was about 4inches of snow on the ground.

Wednesday evening they were treated to a step back in history ata business whose hobby is restoring old Fords and collecting Fordand Coca Cola memorabilia.

Thursday evening, they attended the Nebraska Wine and BeerTasting reception and Tourism Awards Banquet.

Historical Society Selects New BoardAt the Nov. 15 meeting of the Board of Directors of the Yankton

County Historical Society, the final two members of that Board wereunanimously approved to undertake three-year renewable terms.

Bill Nelson was born and raised in Yankton, graduating from YHSin 1967 and then attending USD. He served in the U. S. Army from1969-1972, was honorably discharged and in 1974 he and Deanna Saf-fel were married. Bill and Deanna have 2 grown children and aremembers of St. Benedict Catholic Church. Having been employed bythe City of Yankton for 35 years in the Utilities Department and asUtilities Superintendent, Bill was involved in the community by serv-ing on the board of the Dakota (Lewis & Clark) Theatre during theoriginal renovations, the board of Yankton Area Foundation at its be-ginning, as Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge, on the Services CenterFederal Credit Union Board and in various capacities at St. BenedictChurch. Some of Bill’s hobbies include collecting baseball auto-graphs, vegetable gardening, home remodeling projects, and work-ing on the never-ending “honey-do” list.

The second new member of the Board is Nathan Johnson, whosename is well-known in the city, region, state and beyond. Nathangraduated from Mount Marty College in 2001 and began working atthe Yankton Press & Dakotan in 2003. At the present time he is theCity Editor of the newspaper. Nathan was honored as Mt. Marty Col-lege’s Young Alumnus of the Year in 2006 and in 2008 he was namedS.D. Newspaper Association’s Outstanding Young Journalist. Addingto his busy professional schedule, Nathan has been on the YanktonHomeless Shelter Board for 8 years, 4 of which were as chairman.Nathan has written extensively about the history of Yankton andsurrounding area and the challenges of preserving it. Recently hehas used that knowledge to write a guide to Yankton’s history in col-laboration with the Yankton Convention and Visitors’ Bureau andYankton County Historical Society. This guide will be available in thespring of 2013.

Nelson and Johnson will join new Directors Carol Hamvas, Dr. JimNyberg and Dr. David Olson in an Orientation Session on Dec. 8 andwill be seated at the Board table on Jan. 17, 2013.

The YCHS Board is grateful to the retiring members CharlesGauker, Wallace Spencer and Dr. Mal Jameson for their dedication tothe mission of the Historical Society.

Open House Planned For Dec. 15-17Cramer-Kenyon Historic Home will once again offer its Holiday

Open House Dec. 15-17. The home is located at 509 Pine St. in Yank-ton.

This year Event and Decorations Chair Ruby Goeden announcesthat Frosty the Snowman will be in residence in the parlors and din-ing room to lend a festive welcoming presence. All “Frosties” whichwill be seen are vintage and some are one-of-a-kind.

The Board of Directors announced that “as our gift to the com-munity there will be no admission fee to the Eastlake Stick Style his-toric home this year, although a free will offering will be gratefullyaccepted”.

The home is now handicap accessible with the addition of a lift atthe rear entrance.

Heartland Humane Society’s Wine &Whiskers was a huge success, raising morethan $43,000 for the organization. The event,held Nov. 10 at Minerva’s in Yankton, featuredwine and beer tasting, hors d’oeuvres, livemusic and a live and silent auction. All of thefunds raised go toward caring for the shelteranimals, including veterinary expenses, spayand neuter expenses, food and shelter.

“I want to thank every individual andbusiness for helping us make this our largestfundraiser to date,” Executive Director KerrySchmidt said.

The night held many surprises, awardingLinda Fehlberg of Yankton as the first Heart-land Humane Society Volunteer of the Yearand Arlin and Carol Houtkooper announcinga matching gift of $20,000 to go towardsbuilding a new shelter for the organization.

“We are in the beginning stages of plan-

ning for a new shelter and the $20,000 giftwould be a huge start at moving forward inthe right direction,” Schmidt said. “I am ex-cited to get out into the community and raisethe additional $20,000 to match Arlin andCarol’s gracious gift and help us prepare tokick off a brick a mortar campaign in the fu-ture that will allow HHS big growth in theamount of animals we help annually.”

Event sponsors included Mike & RebeccaPeshong, Plains All American, Coffee Cup,Mary Mitchell, JMMWH law offices, FeimerConstruction, Anderson Realty, AnimalHealth Clinic, Kaiser Heating and Cooling,Cedar County Vet Clinic, David Hosmer, Mike& Denise Erickson, First Dakota Bank, Jason& Heidi Balasch, Jon Baumann, Kevin CardaInsurance Agency, Kozy’s Bar, Leader Larsonand Associates, Marv & Karin Ehlers, SchmidtFarms, South Dakota Magazine, Sportsman’s

Liquor, Steckler Eye Care, Williams & Co, Ma-sonry Components, Doug & Sue Tuve, Yank-ton Hy-Vee and Slowey Construction.

In addition, 67 business and 3 individualsdonated more than 110 items for the auction.

Matt Michels was the host for the evening.Greg Ryken donated his time as the auction-eer. Musical entertainment was provided byBill Chase and Monte Gulick.

The organization will continue raisingfunds during the holiday season with its an-nual Holiday Pet Photos on Dec. 1-2 and itssecond annual mitten sales. For more infor-mation call 605.664.4244 or stop by the shel-ter.

If you are interested in making a contribu-tion to the matching gift, send support toHHS PO BOX 585, Yankton SD 57078 or callSchmidt at the shelter to discuss making apledge.

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Yankton Education Association Honors NewbornDuring American Education Week, Nov. 11-17, the Yankton Educa-

tion Association honored the first baby born at Avera Sacred HeartHospital. Little Drayson Miller arrived Sunday, on a chilly Veteran’sDay, Nov. 11. He is pictured here with his father. Drayson will join hisparents, Byson and Elsie Miller, at home in Lake Andes.

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Webster School Recognizes Friends Of Education

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