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Section ANumber 10

Volume 107

March 8, 2012

By Elizabeth Sam GroszCommunity News Serv-

iceHeading into the final week of

the 2012 South Dakota Legisla-ture, leaders of both parties stillare at odds over the bill that seeksto reward the states best teachersand attract more in certain areasof study.

The plan, which started as Gov.Dennis Daugaards plan, but hassuffered at last count 23 amend-ments to make it more palatable toeducators and the public, is em-bodied in HB1234.

Republican House and Senateleaders said Friday at their weeklynews conference that the educa-tion plan has gained the mostmedia attention of any of the bills.But now, said Sen. Russ Olson, R-Madison, I think we have the peo-ples plan.

With the current version, Olsonsaid, we are allowing local schooldistricts to have continuing con-tracts, and have expanded thelocal control option for schoolboards that want to give moremoney for such things as a teacher

First Interstate Bank is honoredto be one of only 10 banks recog-nized by the American Bankers

Association (ABA) with a 2012Community Bank Award. First In-terstate was specifically honoredfor its outstanding leadership per-taining to encouraging volun-teerism within its company andits communities.

First Interstate BancSystem,Inc. Vice Chairman Jim Scott ac-cepted the award on behalf of theBank at the ABAs National Con-

ference for Community Bankers inPalm Desert, California, on Febru-ary 21. First Interstate was chosenby an ABA selection committeefrom a field of nearly 200 nomina-tions. Winners were based on theinnovation, creativity, and effec-tiveness of the bank's approach tomaking a difference in its commu-nity.

First Interstate Bank takes amethodical, thorough, and uniqueapproach to encouraging volun-teerism and helping local nonprof-its continue to serve the commu-nity, said Laura Fisher, ExecutiveDirector of the ABA EducationFoundation. Their programmatches charities in need with vol-unteers based on their professionalskills, experience, and leadershipcapabilities to address specificneeds of the community. This ap-proach helps nonprofits build and

sustain their capacity to bring realsolutions to the most pressing so-cial problems.

First Interstate employees con-tributed more than 11,000 hours ofvolunteer service in their commu-nities last year. Our founder,Homer Scott, Sr., always said, Ifyoure part of a place, take care ofit, noted Lyle R. Knight, Presi-

First Interstate Bank receivesNational Community Bank award

First Interstate Bank ... Pictured from left to right: KenBurgess, Jr., Vice Chairman of the ABA Community BankersCouncil, presenting the award to Jim Scott, First Interstate Banc-System, Inc. Vice Chairman. ~Courtesy Photo

SPC Mark McMillan (left) & SGT Jeremy Hertel (right)took a few minutes out of their busy day atCamp Leatherneck, Aghanistan to take this picture. From Aghanistan to Wall Drug its only 7,142miles. Thank you to Jeremy and Mark for protecting us back here in the U.S., and Gods speed inbringing you both home. ~Courtesy Photo

dent and CEO of First InterstateBank. Thats why we consider thisaward such a great honor. Its a

testament to the dedication of ourentire organization and the wayswe come together to take care ofour communities.

First Interstate Bank is a com-munity banking organization, op-erating 71 offices throughout Mon-tana, Wyoming, and SouthDakota. A family business whoseculture is driven by strong corpo-rate values, First Interstate is

committed to exemplary customerservice, exceeding customer expec-tations through its products and

services, and supporting the com-munities it serves.

The ABA Community BankAwards program was establishedin 2005 to commend communitybanks' exceptional charitableachievements. The ABA repre-sents banks of all sizes and char-ters and is the voice for the na-tion's $13 trillion banking industryand its two million employees.

Legislative leaders predictablystill at odds over education bill

who acts as a mentor. Olson saidas long as it is advancing studentachievement, we want to rewardteachers.

The bill was approved in theSenate Education committee lastweek and was adopted by the fullSenate late Monday afternoon ona vote of 22-12, reflecting more op-position than just the five Democ-rats in that body.

However, Democratic Senateleader Jason Frerichs, D-Wilmot,said what happened in the Educa-tion Committee was something towitness first hand, which he did.He said the bureaucrats were tes-tifying for the bill, continuing topush that top-down approach,while the foot soldiers, administra-tors, school board members, teach-ers and parents were saying holdon, lets do it right.Frerichs said it looks like the Gov-ernor means well, but he is reallypushing this forward at any cost.House Democratic Leader BernieHunhoff, Yankton, said the plans$15 million cost has inaccuratelybeen called the biggest invest-ment in history for education.

However, he said, that amount isjust one-fifth of what was cut lastyear from school funding.

Numerous Republican legisla-tors also have voiced their dis-pleasure with the bill, even withits amendments and are askingthat money be put back into thestates school funding formula tobenefit local school districts andthe taxpayers who support them.

As legislators head into theirfinal full week of action, the bill isexpected to wind up in a confer-ence committee where both theHouse and Senate can hammer outa compromise bill that would bepresented to each of the two cham-bers for their consideration.

At weeks end it is also expectedthat the general appropriationsbill will be finalized for fiscal year2013.

Legislators then give Gov. Den-nis Daugaard two weeks to con-sider bills for his signature or dis-approval, and come back for itsfinal legislative day on Monday,March 19. The Legislature also candeal with any vetoes the Governormay have issued.

A new National Park Service(NPS) report shows that 42,348 vis-itors in 2010 spent $2.8 million inyour national park and in commu-nities near the park. That spendingsupported 46 jobs in the local area.

The people and the businessowners in communities near na-tional parks have always knowntheir economic value, park super-intendent Ruben Andrade said.

Minuteman Missile NationalHistoric Site is clean, green fuel forthe engine that drives our localeconomy.

Most of the spending/jobs are re-lated to lodging, food, and beverageservice (52 percent) followed byother retail (29 percent), entertain-ment/amusements (10 percent), gas

Minuteman Missile NHP = visitors,money and jobs for local economy

and local transportation (7percent)and groceries (2 percent).

The figures are based on $12 bil-lion of direct spending by 281 mil-lion visitors in 394 national parksand nearby communities and areincluded in an annual, peer-re-viewed, visitor spending analysisconducted by Dr. Daniel Stynes ofMichigan State University for theNational Park Service.

Across the U.S, local visitorspending added a total of $31 bil-lion to the national economy andsupported more than 258,000 jobs,an increase of $689 million and11,500 jobs over 2009.

To download the report visithttp://www.nature.nps.gov/so-

cialscience/products.cfm#MGMand click on Economic Benefits toLocal Communities from NationalPark Visitation and Payroll, 2010.

The report includes informationfor visitor spending at individualparks and by state.

For more on how the NPS isworking within South Dakota, goto www.nps.gov/southdakota.

About the National Park Serv-ice. More than 20,000 NationalPark Service employees care for

Americas 395 national parks andwork with communities across thenation to help preserve local his-tory and create close-to-homerecreational opportunities. Learnmore at www.nps.gov.

By Elizabeth Sam GroszCommunity News Service

The House and Senate of theSouth Dakota Legislature joinedtogether recently in asking the fed-eral government to consider keep-ing the Veterans Administrationfacility in Hot Springs open.

The resolution finalized Feb. 28was in response to the proposal bythe United States Department of

Veterans Affairs to close the VAHospital, and revamp the VA BlackHills Health Care System.

The proposed changes would re-

Legislature encourages fedsto keep Hot Springs VA open

sult in the closure of the HotSprings VA Domiciliary and inpa-tient hospital and nursing homeservices, said the resolution, withservices to be moved to Rapid Cityand Fort Meade in Sturgis orserved on a contractual basis byother private facilities in the area,leaving Hot Springs with only a

VA outpatient clinic.The closure is expected to have

an adverse impact on the commu-nity of Hot Springs and the sur-rounding area.

It is estimated, according to theresolution, that the current 1,062employees will be reduced to 325over the next eight years, nega-tively impacting the citys employ-ment and housing market, as wellas its overall economy.

Sen. Jim Bradford, D-PineRidge, noted during the Senateconsideration Feb. 28 that themedical care from the VA at HotSprings is especially important toNative American veterans, as wellas to the economy of Hot Springs.

Hertel and McMillan over7,000 miles from Wall Drug

The American Advertising Fed-eration (AAF) of the Black Hillsawarded Jason Alley, Principal/Creative Director at Messagewith a Gold ADDYAward for bestof Local TV Campaign. The com-mercial was created for GoldenWest Telecommunications.

Produced in 2012, the GoldenWest commercial features fourlovely ladies from Armour;Dorothy Hoxeng, ArdelleClements, Betty Knodel and Lu-verne Van Der Werff and one shychild, Josie Brouwer. The spot alsoshows Greg McCanna, a pilot fromSpringfield; Tashina Banks, at theRed Cloud Indian School near PineRidge; Marie Riechardt, at the

Badland National Park entrance;and Jim Bolt, mowing hay nearCorsica.

The ADDYAwards are pre-sented for advertising creative ex-cellence. Entries were judgedbased on creativity, originality,and creative strategy. Jason

Alley/Message also captured theJudges Choice award, the Tommy

Award/Best of Show for Cine-

Golden West commercial wins ADDYAward

matography and seven otherADDYAwards.

The ADDYAwards competitionis a three-tiered national competi-tion conducted annually by the

American Advertising Federationand includes some of the worldslargest and arguably toughest ad-vertising competition with over50,000 entries annually. The

ADDYAwards recognize all

forms of advertising from media ofall types, creative by all sizes, andentrants of all levels from any-where in the world.

To view the award winningGolden West commercial go tohttp://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=547696635769 or visitthe Golden West Facebook page,click on videos and view the mid-dle one, in the top row.

Badlands National ParkA new National Park Service (NPS)report shows the 977,778 visitorswho visited and enjoyed BadlandsNational Park in 2010 spent $23million in the park and surround-ing communities. This spendingsupported more than 375 area jobs.

The people and the businessowners in communities near na-tional parks have always knowntheir economic value, said park su-perintendent Eric Brunnemann.Badlands National Park is clean,green fuel for the engine thatdrives our local economy.

Special events such as the parksyearly Heritage Celebration in July

and its first annual Night Sky Fes-tival in August are anticipated tostrengthen these numbers for2012.

Most of the spending/jobs are re-lated to lodging, food, and bever-age service (52 percent) followedby other retail (29 percent), enter-tainment/amusements (10 per-cent), gas and local transportation(7 percent) and groceries (2 per-cent).

The figures are based on $12 bil-lion of direct spending by 281 mil-lion visitors in 394 national parksand nearby communities and areincluded in an annual, peer-re-

viewed, visitor spending analysisconducted by Dr. Daniel Stynes ofMichigan State University for theNational Park Service.

Across the U.S, local visitorspending added a total of $31 bil-lion to the national economy andsupported more than 258,000 jobs,an increase of $689 million and11,500 jobs over 2009.

To download the report visithttp://www.nature.nps.gov/so-cialscience/products.cfm#MGMand click on Economic Benefits

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School & Area New s Section A Pennington County Courant March 8, 2012 Page 3

March 9-10-11-12:

Big Miracle(PG)

Fri: 8:00 p.m. Sat: 8:00 p.m.Sun: 1:30 p.m. Mon: 7:00 p.m.

March 16-17-18-19:This Means War (PG-13)

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however are the two tough fibrousribbon ligaments, which cross eachother, front to back, on the inside

of the knee forming an "X. Thisexplains why they are called thecruciate or cross-like ligaments.

The anterior cruciate ligamentor ACL starts at the back of thethighbone or femur above, crossesto connect at the front of the shin-bone or tibia below, and keeps thelower leg from sliding forward.

The posterior cruciate ligamentor PCL starts at the front of thethighbone, crosses to the back ofthe shinbone, and keeps the lowerleg from sliding backward.

What is so ingenious is howthese crossing ribbons provide forsuch stability, and yet at the sametime, allow for the bending of theknee. So it is as Gerard ManleyHopkins the Priest poet said: Theworld is charged with thegrandeur of God.

Dr. Rick Holm wrote this edito-rial for On Call, a weekly pro-gram where medical professionals

discuss health concerns for thegeneral public. On Call is pro-duced by the Healing Words Foun-dation in association with theSouth Dakota State UniversityJournalism Department. OnCall airs Thursdays on SouthDakota Public Broadcasting-Tele-vision at 7 p.m. Central, 6 p.m.Mountain.

By Richard P. Holm MDIn 1974 in Ethiopias Awash

Valley, a 3.2 million year-old

skeleton of an ape was di scoveredthat was different than other apeskeletons. The knee boneshape, along with pelvic architec-ture, indicated that this apewalked upright. As the Beatlesmusic Lucy in the Sky with Dia-monds was playing in the back-ground, archeologists speculatedthat this could be the long soughtlink between apes and humans,and the upright walking individ-ual was famously nicknamedLucy. Her brain was small andape-like but she walked upright.

This was evidence that the up-right position might have comefirst. They speculated that stand-ing tall allowed for the evolution-ary advantage of having a betterview of approaching enemy ormate and all the rest followed.

Could it be that the special de-sign of an upright knee allowed forthe first big step toward the evolu-

tion of humanity? And what is sospecial about this design?

The knee is a hinge joint mostlyheld together with four ligaments.The two collateral ligaments runalong the inner and outer sides ofthe knee keeping our legs frombending inward (knock-kneed) oroutward (bowlegged).

The more noteworthy structures

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Catholic Youth Ministry. Kyle Harris volunteered atBlessed Sacrament Parish in Rapid City for his senior project.Harris gave a 10 minute testimony to juniors and seniors inRapid City. Harris said this was great for public speaking. Heplans to attend St. Mary's University in IHM seminary. Harris saidhe possibly may become a priest. ~Photo Laurie Hindman

Learning the Guitar.Alexis Billings someday wanted tolearn another instrument and thought her senior project was agood place to start. Jonathan Arnio was her instructor and shelearned to play Free Falling by Tom Petty. Billings plans on be-

coming a nutritionist and will attend SDSU after she completesher generals at Black Hills State. ~Photo Laurie Hindman

Volunteen at RCRH. Krysta Kjerstad volunteered at Rapid CityRegional Hospital thru their Volunteen program. Kjerstad madebeds, stocked, transferred patients and helped the CNAs withpatients. She was glad that she chose something to help decideher future. Kjerstad plans to become a doctor specializing in Pe-diatrics. She will be attending UNL in Lincoln, Neb.

~Photo Laurie Hindman

Carnival for Cancer. Cheyenne Deering sponsored a carnivalwhich brought in $896.75 for Hope Lodge and $976.75 for TerriHarris. Deering plans to attend either Chadron or SDSU for col-lege to major in Business Marketing or English.

~Photo Laurie Hindman

I think I wanna marry you.Heidi Huether thought it wouldbe fun to plan weddings. She enlisted the help of Randi Mooreand Moores boyfriend to become models for her project.Huether plans to attend USD and isnt quite sure what she willmajor in. ~Photo Laurie Hindman

Bringn back the Legend.Gui Bauer spent 45 hours re-building one of the first actual heavy duty go-carts. He rebuilt

the motor, which was belt driven and now is chain driven. Healso repainted the Legend. Bauer hasnt made any plans for col-lege yet. ~Photo Laurie Hindman

BHFCU studentof the month

Black Hills Financial Serviceslocated at Black Hills Federal

Credit Union is pleased to an-nounce that Libbi Sykora has beenselected as Februarys student ofthe month.

Libbi is a Junior at Wall HighSchool that keeps busy in drama,band, choir and helps keep volley-ball stats.

Last summer she enjoyed goingto Europe on a music tour and waspart of the All State Chorus inSioux Falls this year.

Libbi keeps active in band andknows how to play the drums,piano, violin and likes to sing andplay the National Anthem atgames.

In drama Libbi is part of the oneact play and spring play. Libbi iscurrently the Secretary forFCCLA.

She has volunteered in manyprograms such as the Convoy of

Hope, to help people in need; sheenjoys being a counselor for church

camp and being the church schoolteacher for the fifth grade.

In her spare time she likes toread, play violin, hang out withfamily and paint her fingernails.

This summer Libbi will be work-ing at the Sunshine Inn and as theCity Librarian.

After she graduates from HighSchool, she looks forward to at-tending college to major in second-ary education or music education.

Libbi is the Daughter of Chuckand Jeanine Sykora, Wall, SD

Congratulations Libbi fromBlack Hills Financial Services!

February student of the month. Robyn Miller presents LibbiSykora with a certificate for student of the month.

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By Coach DelgerThe Eagles did not consider it an

upset as they won their DistrictChampionship in Oelrichs, Satur-day, March 3. It was rather, a gamewhere they played up to their po-tential for the majority of the game.

Oelrichs, although short-handedfor the tournament, showed a lot oftalent, quickness, and size and whythey had such a successful season.

Wall, on the other hand, hasplayed a lot of close, tough gamesthis season and this seemed tohave given them an advantage.

The Eagles played tenacious de-fense the entire game and its ef-fects really wore on the Tigers.

The Tigers style of play workedfor them in the first half, wherethey led by 11 at halftime, how-ever, they could not maintain inthe second half. The Eagles neverquit and slowly regained positionas the game progressed.

Senior Chavis Shull, of the Ea-gles, had an uncharacteristic off-night, but made some huge free-throws for Wall going six-six fromthe line, and grabbed five offensive

Eagles are district champsrebounds.

Showing great poise under pres-sure for the Eagles were seniorKale Lytle and junior Lane Hus-tead.

Lytle had his biggest night of theyear going eight-16 with 20 pointsand six rebounds.

Hustead was five for 11 (threefor three from the three-point line)with 13 points, six rebounds, nine

steals, and four assists. Husteadsthird three was essentially thegame winner putting the Eaglesup by two on their final possessionwith the Tigers unable to answerwith their final shot.

Tyler Trask was two-three fromthe three-point line for the Eagles.

Oelrichs had three players indouble figures: Sage Brings Plentyled with 16, followed by Zach Coxand Erig Swiftwater with 13points each. Brings Plenty also ledwith 11 rebounds, while Swiftwa-ter had 10, and Cox grabbed eight(seven offensive).

The Eagles beat the Tigers inOelrichs for the second year in a

row to bring home the DistrictChampionship, with a final scoreof 56-54.StatsWall: 12 9 14 21 = 56 Oelrichs: 13 19 12 10 = 54

Scoring: Tyler Trask 2-10 1-2 7,Kale Lytle 8-16 4-5 20, LaketonMcLaughlin 0-3 0-0 0, Lane Hus-tead 5-11 0-0 13, Clancy Lytle 1-70-0 2, Chavis Shull 1-17 6-6 8,

Tucker ORourke 1-3 0-2 2, TylerPeterson 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 20-7011-15 56.

Field Goal percentage: Eagles.286.

3-point Field Goal percent-age: Eagles 5-14 (Trask 2-3, Hus-tead 3-3, C. Lytle 0-4, Shull 0-4.)

Rebounds: Eagles 32 (K. Lytle6, Hustead 6.)

Fouls: Eagles 19.Fouled out: C. Lytle.Assists: Eagles 12 (Hustead 4.)Steals: Eagles 19 (Hustead 9.)Shots: Eagles 1 (ORourke 1.)Turnovers: Eagles 19.

By Coach DelgerAfter obtaining a bye in the first

round of District play with a secondseed, the Eagles hosted the NewUnderwood Tigers in second roundaction on Thursday, March 1.

It was a low-scoring defensivebattle, and with a little over a

minute left in the first half and an11-10 lead for the Eagles, Wallstalled for the last shot. It paid offhugely when Lane Hustead hit adeep three before the buzzer to givethe Eagles a four-point lead andsome welcome momentum and con-fidence going into the second half.

The Tigers still battled hard inthe third quarter, but Walloutscored New Underwood by 10 inthe fourth to seal the victory andadvanced to play Oelrichs in theDistrict Championship.

Eagles top New Underwoodin second round of districts

Wall brings home a win over BisonBy Coach Delger

The Wall Eagle boys ended theirregular season at the S. Dak.School of Mines and Technologyversus the Bison Cardinals last

Saturday night, where double-header action also featured Class

As top-ranked St. Thomas Moreand Class Bs top-ranked WhiteRiver facing off.

The Eagles gained control earlyon this one in front of a capacitycrowd, and ran away with a 23point win over Bison.

Leading scorer for the Eagleswas Chavis Shull with 28 points,which included making three offive three-pointers on the night.

Also having a good night wasKale Lytle who scored 13 pointsand had five assists, and Tyler Pe-

Hustead led the Eagles going fivefor six with 12 points, was two-twoon three-pointers, and secured fourrebounds.

Chavis Shull finished the gamewith 10 points and four rebounds,and Kale Lytle scored five points,had five rebounds and three steals.

Tyler Trask was two-four fromthree-point range.

For New Underwood, TannerBrindley had an 11-point nightwith seven rebounds.

The Eagles won 37-21, and re-main alive in the tournament toface the Oelrichs Tigers for theirfirst meeting of the season.StatsWall: 5 9 8 15 = 37 NU: 2 8 6 5 = 21

Scoring: Tyler Trask 2-4 0-0 6,

Kale Lytle 2-5 1-2 5, LaketonMcLaughlin 1-1 0-0 2, Lane Hus-tead 5-6 0-0 12, Clancy Lytle 0-1 0-0 0, Chavis Shull 4-12 2-3 10, TylerPeterson 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 15-31 3-5 37.



Rebounds: Eagles 20 (K. Lytle5.)

Fouls: Eagles 11.Assists: Eagles 10 (Trask 3, K.

Lytle 3.)Steals: Eagles 6 (K. Lytle 3.)Turnovers: Eagles 18.

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terson added 10 points and six re-bounds.

Wil Kolb had an impressiveevening for the Cardinals, scoring18 points and with 14 rebounds,

while Daniel Chapman led with 23points.

The Eagles won 75-52, endingtheir regular season with a 9-11record, and obtained the secondseed in the District.

Additionally, St. Thomas Morewon handily over White RiverTigers.Stats:Wall: 20 22 23 10 = 75 Bison: 16 8 16 12 = 52

Scoring: Les Williams 0-1 0-0 0,Tyler Trask 2-5 0-0 5, Kale Lytle 6-9 1-1 13, Laketon McLaughlin 2-51-2 5, Lane Hustead 3-6 0-0 6,

Clancy Lytle 1-3 0-0 2, ChavisShull 11-19 3-5 28, TuckerORourke 2-4 0-0 4, Ben Linn 1-10-0 2, Austin Huether 0-1 0-0 0,Kaden Eisenbraun 0-1 0-0 0, Tyler

Peterson 4-7 2-2 10. Totals 32-627-10 75.



Rebounds: Eagles 34 (ORourke6, Peterson 6.)

Fouls: Eagles 9.Assists: Eagles 20 (K. Lytle 5, C.

Lytle 5.)Steals: Eagles 8 (Trask 2, C.

Lytle 2.)Turnovers: Eagles 15.

Dakota State University re-leased the names of students re-ceiving scholarships for the 2011-2012 academic year. Nearly 500

DSU Foundation scholarships werereceived for the 2011-2012 schoolyear.

Ashley Burtz received the

Burtz receives 2011-2012 DSU scholarshipDakota State University First

Year Champion Scholarship. Burtzis a Freshman Digital Arts and De-sign major at DSU. The award isfunded by the DSU FoundationMemorial Endowment through theDakota State University Founda-

Murder, mayhem, mystery,mirth, and music will all be in thehouse for the Mighty Wall Players'spring playMurder at Crooked

House to be presented March 23and 24.

The comedy mystery musicalwritten by Tim Kelly with musicand lyrics by Bill Francoeur isfilled with lots of laughs, livelysongs, memorable characters, and,of course, a great "whodunnit"mystery.

The play will be performed atthe Powerhouse Playhouse at 7:05p.m. on Friday, March 23 and at2:05 p.m. on Saturday, March 24.

Heading up the cast are seniorCheyenne Deering as RebeccaFitzwilliam, the landlady of

Wall Players to presentMusical Murder Mystery"Crooked House, a "boardinghotel"; and junior Ryder Wilson asHercules Porridge, the famousHoboken Detective--well, almost.

Also included in the cast areAustin Huether and Jessica Schulzas Jeeves and Shirley, the butlerand maid; Nicole Eisenbraun asFay Strange, a strange young ac-tress; Libbi Sykora as AnguishCrispie, a mystery writer; CodyHarris as Mark Palegrave, AnaliseGarland as Penny Russell, a youngwife; and David Sykora as her hus-band, the late Leon Russell.Rounding out the cast are HeidiHuether as the Speedy Delivery

Person; Emily Linn as Bridget Mo-riarty; Alyssa Ermish as police De-tective Dougherty; Cat Brunne-

mann as Policewoman Mulligan;Kaden Eisenbraun as ColonelChutney, Anna Kitterman asNurse Payne; and Michaela Schae-fer, Emily Ferris and Krysta Kjer-stad as Nancy (Drew), Velma andDaphne, three young student re-porters/detectives.

The technical crew includes WillHousman, Shanda Rae Enriquez,and Andrew Ferris. The play isdirected by Ron Burtz and KathySwan.

Murder at Crooked House isproduced by special arrangementwith Contemporary Drama Serv-ice, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

tion.The DSU Champion Scholarship

is renewable which means the stu-dent can receive the scholarship inconsecutive academic years if acertain criteria is maintained.

Email us with your news item or photo to courant @ gwtc.net

Wall Childrens Theater presented Imagine Nation

The cast and crew of the WallChildrens Theater under the di-rection of Dakota Players Leigh-land Hooks and Kevin Earlywinepresented two performances of

Imagine Nation on Friday,March 2.

The cast consisted of LeighlandHooks as father and Kevin Early-wine as Larry. Aidan Brunne-

mann - Little Brother; SageGabriel - Izzy; Lilly Wagner - Lu;Sierra Wilson - Sister; AndrewLaw - Brother; Cooper McLaughlin- Mother; Jaicee Williams, EmmaMichael, Trista Reinert, MadiGrenstiner, Ash Grenstiner, TaciaOsterberg and Mercede Hess asCousins; Searra Deutscher, Char-lie Heathershaw, Kohl Sandal,

Cale Baus, Luke Harris, Saman-tha Deutscher, Abby Moon, Victo-ria Poor Bear, Paisley Godfrey,Brianna Schreiber and KorraWestby as Loopitarians; Cameron

Ausmann, Cedar Gabriel, GavinSandal, Jayton McKay andMeghan Patterson as Red Pirates;Quinn Moon, Sawyer Sandal,Ember Gabriel, Ava Dinger, SkylieWagner and Sheridan Deering asGreen Pirates; Piper Cordes, BeccaGriebel, Alexis Stephan andEmma Eisenbraun as Parrots;

Alexia Dunker, Karlie Dartt,

Matthew Heathershaw, NoahEisenbraun, Malcolm Heather-shaw, Shelby Ruland and ReganSimons as Romp Animals.

Assistant Directors were RuthBryan and Raiden Crawford. whoalso were Sound and Light Opera-tors. Script/Lyrics - Sandra KernMollman, Orchestration - Chris-tian Erickson; Costume Design -Sandy Van Gerpen and Set Design- Scott Mollman.

Wall Childrens Theater are al-ready preparing for next years the-atrical production, which is prom-ising to be as good as this yearsoutstanding performance.


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