INTERCHANGE INC. Interchange Inc. met on Monday,

Jan. 23 at Minervas Grill and Bar. Pres-ident Kathy Jacobs presided at themeeting.

The Hostess for the program wasJoyce Stevens. Her guest speaker wasCarmen Hutchison, Pharmacist andPharmacy Manager for the YanktonMedical Clinic. She addressed thegroup on ‘Women’s Questions onHerbal and Over the Counter Medica-tions.”

The next meeting of Interchangewill be on Monday, Jan. 30. KathyGreeneway will be the Hostess andshe will have a speaker from the Yank-ton School District who will address“School Funding Issues”.

Interchange, Inc. meets every Mon-day at noon at Minervas Gill and Bar.

INTERCHANGEInterchange met at noon on Mon-

day, Jan. 30, 2012 at Minerva’s. Themeeting was called to order by Presi-dent, Kathy Jacobs, and the Pledge ofAllegiance was recited. Special guestappearance from long-time memberMarian Gunderson, Sioux Falls, whowas escorted by her daughter-in-lawAnn Schieffer. Vicki Bergmann of Art’sGarbage Service introduced guest Jen-nifer Pellatz and Pam Kettering of theUnited Way introduced Carol Borchard.Announcements were made by:

• Crystal Nelson of the Dakota Ter-ritorial Museum invites you to the nextBrown Bag lunch on Friday, Feb. 3.She will show the 15-minute, supernat-ural historical fantasy, movie calledBighorn, based on the fact that GeneralCuster’s bandmaster, Felix Vinatieriwas the great-great-grandfather ofSuper Bowl-winning kicker AdamVinatieri. The next new exhibit for themuseum opens on Feb. 20.

• Vicki Bergmann of Art’s Garbage

Service invites everyone to ConnectingYankton on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at theEaston Archery Center.

• Frani Kieffer of Avera SacredHeart announced the Heart and Soulevent on Feb. 7 at 5:30 pm. At theAvera Professional Office Pavilion.

• Kathy Greeneway of FirstDakota Brokerage Services inviteseveryone to the Women of Distinctionevent on Monday, Feb. 20.

• Rita Wentworth of the YanktonArea Arts invites you to GAR hall thisFriday for the opening of the student artexhibit.

• Marcy Moser of First Dakota Na-tional Bank announced that Monday,Feb. 6 is the Yankton Day at the Legis-lature. There is still room, contact theChamber if you want to go. Also thenext cracker barrel session is at RTECon Saturday, Feb. 18.

• Kathy Jacobs of the YanktonCommunity Library invites you to Gour-met Guys on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Kathy Greeneway, First DakotaBrokerage Services, invited JasonBietz, Office Manager of the YanktonPublic Schools. Jason talked about theupcoming opt-out vote on Feb. 28. In-formation regarding the opt out can befound on the school website atwww.ysd.k12.sd.us.

Next meeting will be at noon onFeb. 6 at Minervas. Michelle Tycz isour hostess.

ROY ANDERSON POST #12Roy Anderson Post #12 would like

to thank there members and guests forattending this years membership din-ner. We would like to especially thankour MC Mr. Barry Schloss, S.D. StateCommander Mark Weinman, Dist 8Commander Jay Youngbluth, YanktonCity Commissioner Craig Sommer,Linda Youngbluth District 8 AuxillaryPresident and Nicole Westerman Girls

State for taking there turn in speakingto us.

We would also like to thank ErnestBoyer Post #791 for the use of theV.F.W. Hall, Beadle school for theplacemats and Hy-Vee for the cateredmeal.

NORTHEAST NEBRASKARC&D COUNCIL

The Northeast Nebraska RC&DCouncil met on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012at Outdoor Productions, LLC in Hart-ington, NE. Council member GaryHowey is the owner of this excitingbusiness in the area.

Guest speaker, Cindy Howey gavean interesting presentation on Geo-caching explaining it as an attraction toget tourists to stop in your area andpromoting Northeast Nebraska. Hart-ington has 11 geocaches in their areawhich are containers with information,postcards, trinkets and mementos.People can add and remove itemsleaving notes of interest. A websitewww.geocaching.com is establishedas an educational tool on geocaching.

Invited presenters for the meetingwere Jackie Steffen, UNL ExtensionEducator, Hartington on Making

Money; Rebekah Jessen, CoordinatingWildlife Biologist, Bloomfield on Grass-land Habitat and Nebraska NaturalLegacy; and Martin Kleinschmit, Hart-ington, Organic Farming Technician.The Making Money Camp will be heldin Pender, June 13-14, 2012. Checkout the website at www.nenercd.org formore information. There will be an Or-ganic Workshop held in Bloomfield theend of Feb., please watch for more in-formation.

The E-Waste Recycling Event willbe held from 3:00 to 5:00 every Thurs-day in Feb. and from 10:00 to noonevery Saturday in Feb. at the office lo-cated at 702 East Park Ave., (East endof Hwy. 20., south side) Find more in-formation on the website. This is madepossible with a KENO Grant throughthe City of Plainview.

There is a new message sign infront of the RC&D Office. Please watchfor upcoming events to be posted onthe new sign. There is es and thenshare their experiences online.

The next Council Meeting will beheld in Wayne, NE at the Wayne Vol-unteer Fire Building located at 510Tomar on Feb. 27, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.Discussion and planning will ensue on

the upcoming Annual RC&D StateConference to be held in Wayne thisSeptember. Everyone is welcome to at-tend.

ASHH TOASTMASTERSToastmaster Melissa Bader intro-

duced guests Bart Halberg and SusanFiebelkorn to Avera Sacred Heart Hos-pital Toastmasters Club 6217 at theirnoon meeting Jan. 26th in the Benedic-tine Center.

Kary Beltz led the invocation; fol-lowed by the pledge to the flag.

In MJ Rogers’ speech, “6th Sense”,he emphasized the value of using allyour senses for better understanding.The 6th sense will help you to knowand feel what others are trying to com-municate, according to Rogers. Hewas awarded the Best Speaker trophy.

Jane Miller was the General Evalu-ator. She asked Greg Stach to namethe members, who used the word ofthe day “exasperate”, when speaking.Stach gave credit to Eileen O’Connor,

Rogers, Bader, and Taylor O’Bryan.Best Evaluator Jennifer Wubben

gave Rogers some helpful hints for im-proving his speech. She also compli-mented Rogers on his novel choice ofwords, like “acuity”, when defining the6th sense.

Other duties were performed byO’Bryan as timer and Stan Sudbeck,who counted the unneeded stammersand pauses.

Bader’s Table Topics theme was“Pay It Forward”. She asked O’Conner,David Fiebelkorn, Sudbeck, O’Bryan,Stach and Wubben for responses.Sudbeck accepted the Best Respon-dent award.

Club President Sheryl Schwartz re-minded the members of the “pins andguests” contest. She gave credit to 3members with pins and 2 membersbringing guests. Schwartz remindedthe officers of their meeting on Thurs-day, Feb. 2 prior to the regular meeting.

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Students from Stewart Elementary received awards for their entries in the 2011-2012 PTA Reflections contest.This year’s theme was “Diversity means ...” Honorable mention medals were awarded to Katelyn Lyman,Nicholas Doby, Elsie Marquardt, Chloe Denney, Baylee Kenney, Brynn Kenney, Abby Newman & Andrew Newman.Third place trophies were awarded to Kinzie Decker, Burke Marquardt, Cora Johnson, Brody Burgeson andGage Becker. Second place trophies were awarded to Sara Carr, Macy Schramm, Morgan Rodig, Tye Briggs,Katelyn Lyman, Lilly Ryken & Madison Ryken. First place trophies were awarded to Kasey Erickson, Kylie Gen-gler, Audrey Cihak, Brody Burgeson, Annika Gordon, Aidan Feser, Molly Savey & Kaleb Kisch. Students whoearned first- and second-place honors advanced to the state Reflections contest.

STEWARTSCHOOLREFLECTIONSWINNERS

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Students from Lincoln Elementary School who placed in the Local Reflections Contest were honored during aschool assembly in January. First and second place winners will now advance to the State Reflections Contest. Local contest results include: Visual Arts Winners (primary) — 1st :Krystabelle Kosters; 2nd: Joshua Sheldon;Honorable Mention: Alexander Nockels. Photography Winners (primary) — 1st: Keyara Miller; 2nd: Marcus Adam;Honorable Mention: Alexander Nockels. Photography Winners (intermediate) — 1st: Larkyn Miller; 2nd: SarahStoddard; Honorable Mention: Brynlyn Hamberger. Visual Arts Winners (intermediate) — 1st: Trinity Fitch; 2nd:Lauren Bruening; Honorable Mention: Alysandra Fedde. Literature (intermediate) — 1st: Larkyn Miller. Literature(primary) — 1st: Alexander Nockels.

LINCOLN SCHOOLREFLECTIONSWINNERS

YMS Science Olympiad Teams Preparing For ChallengeBY REBECCA MOSERScience Olympiad Photo Journalist, 7th

Grade, Yankton Middle School

Yankton Middle School stu-dents are gearing up for the annualScience Olympiad Tournament.The local competition will be splitinto two parts — written tests andbuilding projects. Written tests willbe taken the evening of Monday,Feb. 6. Building projects will betested Thursday, Feb. 9, beginningat 7 p.m. This event is open to thepublic. Building tests will include:Bottle Rockets, Keep the Heat, Mis-sion Possible, Mousetrap Vehicle,Optics, Storm the Castle, AwesomeAquifers, and Towers. Dependingon weather conditions, BottleRockets may test at an earlier date.

The competition is open to 6th,7th, 8th, and 9th grade students at-tending Yankton Public School.Students will demonstrate theirknowledge and skills in science,math and engineering through

challenging events ranging fromearth science to physics. Eventsrange from hands-on labs to stu-dent built machines to writtentests. Most students will competein three events over the course ofthe tournament.

Tournament events are de-signed, set up, and supervised bythe Yankton Middle School Sci-ence Staff, other faculty membersand members of the communitybased on National ScienceOlympiad rules. Based on resultsfrom the local tournament, a 15-member team will be selected torepresent Yankton Middle Schoolat the South Dakota ScienceOlympiad Tournament which willbe held Saturday, March 31 on theUniversity South Dakota campusin Vermillion.

For more information, contactCoaches Cheryl Schaeffer, BrooksSchild or Tom Merrill at the Yank-ton Middle School (665-2419).

PHOTO: REBECCA MOSER

With help from Michael Haas and Andrew Adam, eighth grader Sam Gussotests the strength of his tower for the competition Towers.

PHOTO: REBECCA MOSER

Eighth grader Sam Gusso works on his invention for the Mousetrap Vehi-cle event.

PHOTO: REBECCA MOSER

Coach Brooks Schild demonstrates how to make an Awesome Aquifer toManny Valdez and Broc Mauch.

PHOTO: REBECCA MOSER

Seventh graders Lauryn Perk and Sophie McKee prepare for competitionin the Disease Detective event.

PHOTO: REBECCA MOSER

Eighth grader Natalie Ferris preparing for competition in AwesomeAquifers.

VERMILLION — Employees atSanford Vermillion opted to smilefor a Christmas portrait in ex-change for a free-will offering to theVermillion Food Pantry. The proj-ect resulted in a generous gift anda large selection of food items do-nated.

Virginia “Virg” Von Haden, clinicreceptionist, loves to take picturesand is known for capturing fun andcreative shots of employee eventsand gatherings at Sanford Vermil-lion. Knowing the annual EmployeeChristmas celebration was comingup, Virg had the idea of being avail-able at the party to take holidayportraits of attendees for a free willdonation to the Food Pantry. TheSanford Vermillion employee PRIDECommittee loved the idea and de-cided to sweeten the pot. The deci-sion was made to match everydollar raised through Von Haden’sefforts.

Couples, friends and familieswere excited to have their picturetaken and were especially generous

when told how the photo feeswould be used. For those not ableto attend the party, Virg continuedto snap the festive photos the fol-lowing week at the medical centerand was successful in raising $500.This combined with the PRIDECommittee match resulted in a$1,000 donation to the VermillionFood Pantry.

“Sanford Vermillion employeesrecognize how important the FoodPantry is for the community andare committed to supporting theirongoing needs,” commented JillChristopherson, PRIDE Committeemember, Sanford Vermillion.

“We are thrilled to start off thenew year with this kind of sup-port,” said Mary Berglin, FoodPantry Coordinator.

The Vermillion CommunityFood Pantry offers food supplies tolow or moderate-income ClayCounty families. They helped tofeed 4,000 persons in 2011; morepeople than they have ever servedbefore.

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Smile For The Vermillion Food Pantry

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First Discovery Preschool students had a first hand experience with gro-cery shopping at HyVee. The students learned where to find differentfoods, how bread is made and how cakes are decorated. They walked intoa freezer and refrigerator, and saw where the stock was stored. They thenpracticed being wise shoppers in their own classroom grocery store.

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