During his keynote address, South Dakota Farmers Union President, Doug Sombke, challenged family farmers and ranchers to take a moment to reflect and ask themselves: “What am I doing to help mankind?”

RF Buche, fourth-generation grocer and president of South Dakota-based GF Buche Co., testified about efforts to tackle food insecurity before the House Rules Committee chaired by Representative James P. McGovern of Massachusetts.

For nearly six years, Mike’s Bikes: Rides That Matter has provided bicycles to people who lack transportation, and the nonprofit ministry continually has a waiting list. Currently, about 50 people are waiting for bikes to help them become selfsufficient.

We are about to move into 2022, and between you and me, it can’t come soon enough! The hope of better days, more compassionate interaction, collegiality in congress, greater equality among all people, and less death and sickness from COVID drives our hope as we enter into the new year. But before we jump into 2022,

I had a couple of free hours last Saturday and decided to run some errands and try to find a few lastminute Christmas gifts for my family. Walking into a local small business, I immediately spotted a tiny baby outfit that said, “Best Gift Ever!” written across the front. I was so sad to see that they did not have a six-month-old size, as that would have been perfect for my brand-new little granddaughter Adeline West Peters, who I call “Miss Addie.”

Thomas Charles O’Donnell, 49, Winner, SD, speeding on state highway, fine $39.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50; refusal to surrender license, dismissed - motion by prosecutor; driving with suspended (not revoked) license, dismissed - motion by prosecutor; conditions: pay to the clerk of courts all ordered fines, costs, and court-appointed attorney fees by June 1, 2022.