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EDITOR’S NOTE: When the Press & Dakotan ran its annual ‘Thankful” letters last Wednesday, the letters from Mrs. Van Winkle’s first graders at Yankton’s Lincoln Elementary School were inadvertently omitted. We apologize for the oversight and present them here:

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SIOUX FALLS — During this unprecedented time, it is expected that more holiday gifts and greetings will be sent through the mail than ever before, as families and friends will hold virtual celebrations instead of opening gifts in person. The Postal Service always encourages customers to send…

BROOKINGS — Applications are now open to members of the public who would like to assist in the South Dakota Humanities Council’s outreach efforts by joining the roster of SDHC scholars who provide educational, unique, humanities-rich programs to South Dakotans.

As the coronavirus spreads throughout the globe, we are faced with uncertainty. It feels like the situation changes daily. We have work interruptions, family disruptions, school adjustments, and health concerns, and we all are experiencing an increase in stress and anxiety as we go through t…

In this year of COVID-related cancellations, Trinity Lutheran Church’s traditional annual Bach’s Lunch holiday music program continues, but with some modifications.

MENNO — Before the rush of the Christmas Season begins, join us as we ‘Celebrate the Birth of Jesus’ in a simpler, old fashioned way.

LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will be issuing emergency supplemental allotments to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who receive benefits for the month of November on Dec. 8.

VERMILLION — Join the Vermillion Public Library and presenter Eric Model on Friday, Dec. 4, at noon for a virtual “Journeys into” program that explores the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked, and forgotten. Learn about places, people, events and stories of authentic Americana “beyond t…

Author Lowell Streiker once asked his 4-year-old grandson how he liked his Thanksgiving dinner. “I didn’t like the turkey much, but I sure loved the bread it ate,” he replied.

Dakota Prairie Quilt Guild

ELLA WITTMUSS

A three-pound baby entered the world in recent days. This precious child was born after his Mom spent seven weeks in the hospital on bedrest. At home, Dad and two siblings were working, going to school, and worrying. Surrounding the family were two sets of grandparents who ensured that the p…

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Dick Fuhrer

New at the Yankton Community Library this week.

On Thanksgiving Day, families all over America sit down to dinner at the same time — halftime.

The Horizon Health Care, Inc. (Horizon) clinic in Yankton has benefitted from a pair of low-interest loans through Bon Homme Yankton Electric Association, Inc. and the Rural Electric Economic Development (REED) Fund. Bon Homme Yankton Electric Association, a local Touchstone Energy® Cooperat…

This year’s Mount Marty University Choir Christmas Vesper Service will be held at St. Benedict Parish (1500 St Benedict Dr., Yankton) on Sunday, Nov. 22, with performances at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY  

Dear Dave,

I was very young when my grandfather suffered his first stroke and began his battle with vascular dementia. I grew up understanding that he was not like the other adults in my life. He would take me on long walks around the neighborhood, but it was never entirely clear who was supervising wh…

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DES MOINES, Iowa — LifeServe Blood Center, the sole provider of blood to more than 120 hospitals across Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, is seeking community members who have tested positive for COVID-19 or have COVID-19 antibodies to donate convalescent plasma to meet the dramatically risi…

PIERRE — The deadline to enroll in South Dakota’s K-12 Connect program is Nov. 20. This program provides free internet service to eligible K-12 students in their homes for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year.

By Sherri Rodgers-Conti

SOUTH DAKOTA WELL DRILLERS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIPS

Mary Jane Buschelman

Isaac Arens

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Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week:

Jan Schiferl grew up riding horses and always longed to own a miniature pony. She and her husband Greg operate the WJ Ranch in northeast Nebraska where they train horses, raise cattle and hold community events. In the whirlwind of raising four children and keeping up with all the ranch activ…

Yankton General Federated Women’s Club

Proverbs 10:14 says, “Wise people store up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.” What does this mean?

In order to provide Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services, and still respect their efforts to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Trinity Lutheran Church must continue to limit the amount of people attending a service to 100.

You can spread “Joy to the World” by packing a gift-filled shoebox for Operation Christmas Child, a project of the international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse, which is headed by Franklin Graham.

Interchange

Dear Dave,

Every Nov. 15, we celebrate America Recycles Day, a nationally recognized initiative set forth by our mother affiliate, Keep America Beautiful, to promote and celebrate recycling in the United States. Last year, the wonderful citizens of the Yankton area donated THOUSANDS of pounds of denim.…

When I met her, she was younger than I am now. I was responsible for admissions to our hospital that day, and the ER doctor called me about a woman with intractable bleeding. It had been going on for several months, but she was embarrassed and unsure. She hid the severity of her bleeding fro…

HOWARD — Amidst the stress of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Horizon Health Care employees have once again come together to support their patients and each other through the Horizon Health Foundation’s annual giving campaign.

Crofton Community School

New at the Yankton Community Library this week Nov. 6, 2020

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