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COMING EVENTS
PARKSTON
Food Bank Distribution: First and third Tuesday of every month, 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; NEW LOCATION: 106 East Main Street, back room of Meraki Boutique. Use the entrance in the alley.
Feeding South Dakota: Third Thursday of every month, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Salem Lutheran Church parking lot.

Tuesday, September 10
The City of Parkston will meet in City Hall at 7 p.m.

The Parkston School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Elementary Conference Room.

TRIPP
Monday, September 9
The Tripp-Delmont School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Tripp Attendance Center.
AREA
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting will meet Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Ethan Methodist Church basement. For more information, call 605-770-5410.

Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon will meet Friday at 8 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Please use the north entrance. For more information, call 605-505-0310.

Tuesday, September 10
The Hutchinson County Commissioners will meet in the Courthouse in Olivet at 9 a.m.

Parkston School Board to meet September 10
The Parkston School Board will meet Tuesday, September 10, in the Elementary Conference Room at 7:30 p.m.
Preliminary agenda items include: call to order; establish a quorum; Pledge of Allegiance; open forum/public input; approve agenda/changes to agenda; conflict of interest; approve Consent Agenda-approve Approve August minutes, approve claims; information/staff reports-high school, elementary principal/athletic director, superintendent; discussion items-Policy Review First Reading ECB, EDBA, EEA, EEAA, EEAB, JFCL, Policy Review Second Reading EBCD, ECA, ECAA, ECAB, ECAC, Policy Review Third Reading EBBB, BC, EBCA, EBCB, EBCC, HVAC/building project update, athletic complex master plan update, fitness center acceptable use agreement for students and public, girls wrestling inquiry, approve 2022 to 2023 audit, request to allow personal training services in district facilities; action items-approve financial report, approve 2024 to 2025 budget; executive session-personnel SDCL 1-25-2-1; and adjournment.
The Parkston School Board wants to foster community feedback and input. Anyone who wishes to talk to the board about any topic is encouraged to do so. A place on the agenda is reserved for such conversations under ‘visitor and correspondence.' The Board asks that you contact the superintendent in advance so that necessary arrangements, if required, can be made.

DPS releases September sobriety checkpoint list
The South Dakota Highway Patrol has announced sobriety checkpoints will be conducted in 17 different counties during the month of September. These checkpoints will take place in the counties of Beadle, Brookings, Brule, Clay, Codington, Custer, Day, Edmunds, Fall River, Hutchinson, Jackson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Mellette, Minnehaha, Spink and Stanley.
The monthly checkpoints are designed to encourage people to not drink and drive. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by the South Dakota Highway Patrol with the help of local law enforcement.
Officials remind drivers not to drink and drive regardless of whether there is a checkpoint planned in their county. People who have been drinking are urged to designate a sober driver or take an alternate form of commercial or public transportation.

Armour shop owner jailed over nuisance property ruling
Businessman Dudley Schroeder was convicted of a crime and spent two days in jail.

Band directors offer plan to keep live auditions for All-State Band
The state's high school band directors have offered a plan they hope will allow for live auditions for students trying out for All-State Band.

Sports seasons underway
With the start of school, the fall sports season also begins.

Football
Parkston Trojan Kolter Kramer scores one of his three receiving touchdowns during the first quarter of the 54-16 win over visiting Stanley County.

Volleyball
Parkston Trojan Carlie Hobbick sets the ball.

Farmers feed 1,000 State Fair fairgoers with .48 cent lunch
Fair food has a reputation for being fried and expensive.

Extension Garden Hotline open year-round
As the growing season comes to an end, South Dakota State University Extension would like to remind garden enthusiasts there is a year-round Garden Hotline for South Dakota residents with garden, lawn or yard questions.

Motorcycle Rally generates $1.4 million in tax revenue
The South Dakota Department of Revenue estimates tax collections from the 2024 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally were $1,399,501.

Social Security Administration announces new efforts to simplify SSI applications
The Social Security Administration has announced a large step in a multi-year effort to simplify processes for people who are applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) by starting to offer an online, streamlined application for some applicants starting in December.

PRAIRIE DOC
Is it real or fake?
It is miraculous to consider how much access and exposure we have to information through our computers, phones, televisions, radios and newspapers.

Homecoming fun
Led by King Brayden Ziegler and Queen Kattee Milian, the 2024 Homecoming celebration was a fun and successful week.

American Idol contestant performs at Parkston's AmphiThursday
Mitchell native Logan Culhane doesn't remember when her musical journey began.

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