TOASTMASTERS CLUB 1294Yankton Toastmasters Club 1294

met at the Fryn' Pan Restaurant onSaturday Jan. 7, 2012. Club PresidentJohn Swensen called the meeting toorder and asked Kathy Hejna to givethe invocation and lead the Pledge ofAllegiance. Kevin Buhl served asToastmaster of the Day and askedgrammarian Janice Stone to presentthe word of the day “Zeal.” Manualspeeches were given by Harry Voelzkeentitled “Show It, Don't Just Tell It” andDoug Fickbohm entitled “Pick-A-Date,Pick-A-Date.” After the speeches, tabletopics were lead by Tara Arens whocalled on members at large to answerquestions on variety of topics. Theevaluation portion of the meeting waslead by master evaluator JohnSwensen who asked Joy Winther toevaluate Harry Voelzke and JeremySkrenes to evaluate Doug Fickbohmand then presented his evaluation ofthe meeting in general. Other func-tionaries at the meeting were SteveHamilton as timer, Vernon Arens as ahcounter, Carol Hale as vote counterand Janice Stone as joke master. Tro-phies were awarded to Steve Hamiltonfor best table topics' response, DougFickbohm for best speech, and JoyWinther for best speech evaluator.

Yankton Toastmasters Club 1294meets each Saturday from 7:30-8:40AM at the Fryn' Pan Restaurant andguests are always welcome to attend ameeting. For information about Toast-masters, call 665-1523 or 660-3904.

GFWC YANKTON WOMAN'S CLUB The Yankton Chapter of GFWC

Woman's Club met at 11:00am Jan. 7,2012 at Hillcrest Golf and CountryClub. The meeting was called to orderby President Julie Clifton. The Pledgeof Allegiance, South Dakota Pledge,and Collect for Women were given.

President Julie stated that our clubmember Donelda VanDerhule passedaway.

Club member Jo Anne Weber gave

a very touching program on "DealingWith Crisis". It is not what we say buthow we listen to someone who is deal-ing with a death, job loss or any othercrisis in our lives. Listening is caring,don't offer advice to the person, butshow that you care.

Fran Fox introduced her guestDiane Butzloff. Karen Schulz intro-duced Jeanie Gustad.

President Julie welcomed newmember Marlyce Micklas and pre-sented a rose to her. Vi Ranney saidBetts Pulkrabek joined today. She willbe presented as a new member at theFebruary meeting.

Minutes of the December meetingwere approved as written. The Trea-surer's report will be filed pendingaudit.

President Julie presented an inter-esting report on "Wall of the GarbageTruck". When someone is angry orhaving a bad day don't allow theirgarbage to dump on you and ruin yourday. She also told how her son, a prin-cipal at a school, uses a bucket list forthe kids and how successful it hasbeen.

Agnes Eide reported the Weston APrice Foundation Yankton Chapter ishaving a movie night Tuesday, Jan. 17,2012 at 7pm at the Benedictine Confer-ence Center. The movie states theclear and present danger of high fruc-tose corn syrup.

Thank you's were read from LeahBrandt of HSC Clothing Closet and thestaff and board members of the Con-tact Center for our clubs recent dona-tions.

Pat Schulze has sent cards to oursick members and will send a sympa-thy card to the VanDerhule family. Mar-ilyn Huntley reported we profited$165.15 on our Uncle Al's sales.

Bingo will be held Saturday, Jan. 28at 1:45pm at Majestic Bluffs. JulieClifton, Joan Neubauer, Jill Huetig,Maysel Goltz, and Fran Fox will be as-sisting residents.

Pres Julie passed out forms tonominate one of our own members forthe GFWC of SD Empowered Club

Woman Honor. They need to be re-turned to our February meeting. PresJulie is checking into Hugs for Heros toour soldiers on Valentines Day. DoresAllan made a motion our club donate a$50 memorial to the library in memoryof Donelda VanDerhule, 2nd by PresJulie, motion passed. Dores will be incharge of the memorial.

Pres Julie thanked our hostessesJudy Ray and Donna DeJean. Theirdoor prize was won by Lorraine Mc-Neely No further business the meetingwas adjourned.

TOASTMASTER CLUB 6217 Toastmaster Jane Miller called the

Jan. 5th meeting of Avera Sacred HeartHospital Toastmasters Club 6217 toorder at noon in the Benedictine Cen-ter. She then introduced guests, TracyTaylor and Katie Wagner, both of Yank-ton. Miller started the meeting by ask-ing Jennifer Wubben to lead theinvocation, which concerned NewYear's reflections.

Jeff May led the Table Topics ses-sion using randomly selected currentevents topics. His respondents were:Eileen O'Connor, MJ Rogers, GregStach, Gale Vogt, Tim Bohn, and Wag-ner. Wagner received the Best Respon-dent trophy.

General Evaluator Sheryl Schwartznamed her team: Bohn as timer; EricTaylor as counter of the unneededfillers; and Vogt as tracker for the wordof the day, “dynamic”.

The Best Speaker and Best Evalu-ator were Stan Sudbeck and MurielStach, respectively. Sudbeck's visualpresentation, “Genetic Evolution ofCorn”, was an informational manualspeech using terms like “goose neck-ing” and “genetically modified”. Stachenjoyed Sudbeck's charts, steadyvoice and humor.

Club President Schwartz remindedmembers of both the “pins and guests”contest and the upcoming officers'training date, i.e., Tuesday, Jan. 17thfrom 6:30 to 8:30 at RTEC.

INTERCHANGE INC. Interchange Inc. met on Monday,

Jan. 9h at Minervas Grill & Bar. Presi-dent Kathy Jacobs presided at themeeting. Mary Walkes, Certified GAPSPractitioner was introduced as a guestof Gwen Steckler.

The Hostess for the program wasPenny Scholl from Avera Sacred HeartHospital and her guest speaker wasTim Schwasinger, Director of PatientAccounts at ASHH who presentedabout the Charity Care that Avera Sa-cred Heart Hospital provides to thecommunity and region.

Interchange meets every Mondayfrom Noon-1pm at Minervas Grill & Bar.

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Matt and Tracie Dvorak of Yankton werehonored as Volunteers of the Month byUnited Way and Volunteer Services of GreaterYankton. It is especially fitting that these ded-icated community servants were honoredduring the month of November and a time ofthankfulness. However, the Dvoraks are theones expressing gratitude — appreciation forthe opportunity to serve others.

“It feels good to volunteer,” said Matt. “Itsets an example for our kids. I hope to pay itforward, and have their community servicecontinue with their future kids.”

“I volunteer because I feel it is a way togive back to the community. I like to do a lit-tle something to make Yankton a betterplace,” added Tracie.

Tracie’s reference to a “little something”in describing the Dvorak’s volunteerism, re-sults in an exhaustive list of hours, projectsand successes in service over the years.Modest about their contributions, volun-teerism has created many memories as theDvorak family fulfills their goal of meeting theneeds of others.

Sacred Heart Parish (SHP) and SacredHeart School (SHS) are the recipients of theDvoraks’ generous sharing of time. Over theyears, they have been leaders and membersof a multitude of committees including theSHP Bazaar, church decorating and SHS GalaDecorating Committees, Soup Luncheons,and more. Matt has been an officer with theKnights of Columbus. Tracie is a Past Presi-dent for Friends of Sacred Heart and thissummer Matt finished his six-year term onSHS Board. They coordinated Faith / Family /Fitness, a project to promote enjoyable,healthy, and family friendly recreation. Oneyear ago the Dvorak Family was inducted intothe SHS Hall of Fame, publicly acknowledgingtheir significant contributions to Catholic ed-ucation.

The Dvoraks have three children. Derek isa freshman at Augustana College in SiouxFalls. Dustin is a junior at Yankton HighSchool. Dani, an eighth grader, is completingher last year at SHS.

Many organizations have benefited fromservice by the Dvorak family. They haveserved Meals on Wheels. They volunteered

with Boy Scouts, and both boys, Derek andDustin, earned their Eagle Scout badge.

To give back, the Dvoraks go the extramile — and sometimes even the extra 75miles in two days of fun and fundraising!

”We have participated in LiveStrong, theAmerican Cancer Society Campaign withwalks, rides and weekend festivities,” Tracienoted.

“We have participated in the Multiple Scle-rosis (MS) Walk and MS Bike Ride for at least23 years,” said Matt, whose late mother facedMS.

Tracie, is employed as a Registered Nurse/ BSN, and works nights at Avera YanktonCare Center. Matt works as the Director ofPhysical Therapy at Lewis & Clark Orthope-dics and Sports Therapy. This dedicated pro-

fessional has shared his expertise from hometo Haiti, serving the Albert Schweitzer Hospi-tal there. Matt hopes his sons may one dayaccompany him on a return trip to Haiti.

The Dvoraks brought awareness for theneeds of Haitians a bit closer to home. Theyspearheaded a fundraiser among the SHS stu-dents that supported the development ofmini Haitian rehab centers for amputees.

The hardworking Dvoraks serve locally —and globally. As the community of Yanktonexpresses thankfulness in honoring Matt andTracie Dvorak for serving others, their great-est gift may be the values they have instilledin their children. The Dvoraks are servingtoday and paying it forward with a future gen-eration that looks forward to continued com-munity service.

Dvorak Honored As U.W. Volunteer Of Month

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United Way board member Brad Dykes presented Matt and Tracie Dvorak of Yankton with theUnited Way Volunteers of the Month for November.

KIDSAGAINSTHUNGER

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Kids Against Hunger recently donated food to the local Contact Center.Pictured above is Merle and Gena Brandt representing Kids AgainstHunger and Kelly Stanage and Liz Lynch of the Contact Center. To learnmore about Kids Against Hunger http://www.kahyankton.org.

MAPPING SUCCESS

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Yankton Middle School held the local completion of the National Geo-graphic Bee in December. The top three place winners were (left to right)Ian Russaw (6th grader: 2nd place), Sam Slowey (6th grader: 1st place),and Lilyanna Fedde (7th grader: 3rd place). Sam Slowey will take a writtentest to determine if he qualifies for the state level Bee, which will be heldin Brookings in April.

S C H O L A S T I C S

MERIT ROLL(ALL GRADES OF A+ AND A)Seniors: Sara Burbach, Emily

Roberson, Jessica VlcekJunior: Tanner Hajek

‘A’ HONOR ROLLSeniors: Kayli Adams, Brittany

Cihak, Ashley Holec, WhitneyHovorka, Jacob Jaeger, ShelbyJelsma, Shaden Jones, DanaKubal, Sarah Mann, Travis McDon-ald, Anna Robertson, Eric Rup-pelt, Jennifer Sip, BreeannaSouhrada, Nathan Sutera, RaquelSutera, Denise Turner, ScottUlmer

Juniors: Christina Everett, LesJelsma, Karlee Kozak, LincolnStoebner, Alec Weber

Sophomores: Hannah Buch-holz, Sarah Heusinkveld, AustinKaul, Kayla Kloucek, Tyra Patzlaff,Autumn Ramsdell, Tajia Schamp,Kelsey Sutera, Danielle Tycz,David Tycz

Freshmen: Cole Cahoy, LucasCrownover, Chelsey Hisek, KelseyHovorka, Nicholas Jelsma, Eliza-beth Mitzel, Jaclyn Rothschadl,Madison Schwartz, Wyatt Stepka,Carly Sternhagen, Duncan Stoeb-ner, Brooke Van Gerpen, HunterYoung

‘B’ HONOR ROLLSeniors: Nathan Bares, Caylor

Benson, Garret Bentzen, JeffreyHonner, Marlee Karge, Justin Lip-

pert, Kelsey Mesman, PhillipRaysby, Brittney Rezac, TaraRonke, Brady Rothschadl, KaylaRothschadl, Shandra Stillion

Juniors: Dustin Cuka, GraceEben, Stacey Giedd, DanielJelsma, Elizabeth Karge, Ross Kor-tan, Jody Kriz, Joseph Kubal, KodiLarson, Alex Martin, MitchellMerkwan, Thomas Mitzel, StevenSmith, Blase Vanecek

Sophomores: Taylor Ahrens,Dakota Bodden, Megan Burbach,Joseph Jaeger, Courtney Jaqua,Mariah Kostal, Lexie Ludens, AlexiMalatare, Caitlin McLouth,Michael Mesman, William Minow,Vanessa Navratil, Emily Pechous,Christine Pinkelman, ShawnaRezac, Scott Van Winkle, Alexan-dra Vlcek

Freshmen: Brendan Bares,Kendra Brewer, Chase Kelley, KyleKlinnert, Katlyn Kniffen, ElizabethKubal, Ami Navratil, AndrewRoland, Logan Rothschadl, MeganSchmidt, Zachary Sutera, TannerVan Winkle

MERIT ROLL(ALL GRADES OF A+ AND A)Seniors: Sara Burbach, Shelby

Jelsma, Emily RobersonJunior: Tanner Hajek8th Grade: Alie Adams, Wesley

Genant, Maddison Hajek, TylerKaul, Morgan Rothschadl, Shan-non Sedlacek, Michelle Sestak

7th Grade: Haley Frank, Kade

Hellmann, Deann Jelsma, ChaseKortan, Sierra Mesman, JenniferSchmidt, Zachary Sykora, ColeUecker

6th Grade: Rachel Sestak‘A’ HONOR ROLL

Seniors: Kayli Adams, BrittanyCihak, Ashley Holec, WhitneyHovorka, Dana Kubal, Eric Rup-pelt, Breeanna Souhrada, NathanSutera, Raquel Sutera, DeniseTurner, Scott Ulmer, Jessica Vlcek

Juniors: Grace Eben, LesJelsma, Karlee Kozak, LincolnStoebner, Alec Weber

Sophomores: Hannah Buch-holz, Sarah Heusinkveld, AustinKaul, Autumn Ramsdell, KelseySutera, David Tycz, AlexandraVlcek

Freshmen: Cole Cahoy, LucasCrownover, Chelsey Hisek, KelseyHovorka, Nicholas Jelsma, EricaMendoza, Elizabeth Mitzel, JaclynRothschadl, Madison Schwartz,Carly Sternhagen, Duncan Stoeb-ner, Brooke Van Gerpen, HunterYoung

8th Grade: Allison Carda7th Grade: Samuel Caba, Bre-

anna Dockendorf, Cole Heide-mann

6th Grade: Kaleb Crownover‘B’ HONOR ROLL

Seniors: Nathan Bares, CaylorBenson, Garret Bentzen, JeffreyHonner, Jacob Jaeger, ShadenJones, Marlee Karge, Justin Lip-pert, Sarah Mann, Travis McDon-ald, Kelsey Mesman, LorenPinkelman, Phillip Raysby, Brit-

tney Rezac, Anna Robertson, TaraRonke, Brady Rothschadl, KaylaRothschadl, Travis Schlenz, Jen-nifer Sip, Shandra Stillion

Juniors: Dustin Cuka, ArturoDavis, Selena Davis, ChristinaEverett, Stacey Giedd, ElizabethKarge, Ross Kortan, Jody Kriz,Joseph Kubal, Kodi Larson, AlexMartin, Mitchell Merkwan, ThomasMitzel, Tucker Peschl, BlaséVanecek

Sophomores: Taylor Ahrens,Dakota Bodden, Megan Burbach,Dillon Frasch, Joseph Jaeger,Courtney Jaqua, Kayla Kloucek,Mariah Kostal, Lexie Ludens,Caitlin McLouth, Michael Mesman,William Minow, Vanessa Navratil,Tyra Patzlaff, Emily Pechous,Shawna Rezac, Tajia Schamp,Danielle Tycz, Scott Van Winkle

Freshmen: Brendan Bares,Kendra Brewer, Chase Kelley, Eliz-abeth Kubal, Ami Navratil, An-drew Roland, Logan Rothschadl,Allison Slykhuis, Wyatt Stepka,Zachary Sutera

8th Grade: Allison Everett, AlanHaataja, Annie Hoerth, DanielleJohnson, Morgan McAllister, JenaRezac, Veronica Sanders, PaigeSchuurmans, Joshua Vaith

7th Grade: McKeely Merkwan,Nathan Schenkel, Clay Wittmeier,Andrew Mitzel

6th Grade: Colin Adams, Abi-gail Crews, Chloe Garry, ColeGoehring, Timothy Hajek, AntonHejna, Jordan Jaqua, NathanielKlinnert, Bailey Kortan, MaceMerkwan, Noah Schenkel, BryceScieszinski, Emily Tycz

Bon Homme FirstSemester Honor Roll

Bon Homme SecondQuarter Honor Roll

VERMILLION — Lana R. SvienP.T., Ph.D., M.A., chair of the De-partment of Physical Therapy atthe University of South Dakota, hasbeen appointed to the PhysicalTherapy Advisory Committee ofthe South Dakota Board of Medicaland Osteopathic Examiners. In thiscapacity, Svien will advise theboard on matters pertaining tophysical therapy practice, attendregular board meetings and workwith the board’s executive directoron matters as they arise.

“Dr. Svien is respected interna-tionally for her work and we arefortunate to have her expertisehere at the School of Health Sci-ences,” said Michael J. Lawler,dean of USD’s School of Health Sci-ences.

Svien has taught in USD’s De-partment of Physical Therapy forthe past 22 years, where she hasbeen widely recognized for profes-sional excellence, particularly for

her promotion ofminority and ruralhealth. In 2011, shewas awarded USD’sDiversity Awardand the Dr. RonnieLeavitt Award forLeadership in thePromotion on So-cial Responsibilityin Physical Ther-apy from the Amer-

ican Physical Therapy Association.Additionally, in 2008, she wasnamed “Physical Therapist of theYear” by the South Dakota PhysicalTherapy Association. Svien earnedher doctorate in pediatric medicalscience from the University of Ne-braska in 2002, her master’s degreein anatomy from the University ofSouth Dakota in 1983 and com-pleted her undergraduate work atthe University of Wisconsin in1975.

Svien

Svien Appointed To PTAC Board