Opinion

The South Dakota Senate on Tuesday, April 26, approved the rules for an impeachment trial of the state’s attorney general for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash, laying out a two-day proceeding in June that gives just hours to either side to argue their case.

Dear Editor: I respect the office of the president and I love the United States. If I didn’t, I would not have volunteered for the Marines.

There has never been a better time to talk about tourism in South Dakota. May 1-7 is National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) across the country. In South Dakota, we celebrate the Great Faces, Great Places that make our state the greatest vacation destination in America.

In the last half of the 19th and earliest part of the 20th centuries, medicine was often carried out far from the doctor’s office. If the settlement or outpost was lucky enough to have a doctor living within a day’s journey, settlers often expected the doctor to come to them.

Memorial services to be held for John Brisk Memorial services for John Brisk will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the First United Methodist Church in York, NE, with Reverend Monica Magoola and Father John Sullivan officiating.

Short Form Contract; Cynthia Guthmiller, a single person, aka Cynthia Ann Guthmiller, to Kevin & Shelley Janousek, husband & wife, JT WROS NTIC, NESE of 31- 95-67 aka Lot 3, Lot 3 & 4, & SWNW of 32-95-67.

Gregory Richard Everett, 40, Smith Center, KS, unauthorized ingestion of controlled drugs/ substance in schedules I or II, fine $2,000.00, court costs $100.00, surcharges $66.50, 360 days in jail, suspended 355 days in jail, credit for 5 days in jail; possession controlled substances in schedules I or II, dismissed - motion by prosecutor; use or possession of drug paraphernalia, dismissed - motion by prosecutor; conditions: pay to the Clerk of Courts all ordered fines, costs, and court-appointed attorney fees pursuant to the payment plan; obey all federal, state, and local laws and municipal ordinances for 360 days; no possession or consumption of alcohol or illegal drugs, including marijuana, or controlled substances without a current prescription from a physician from whom you are receiving medical treatment, or any other substances that are used with the intent to become intoxicated, for 360 days; voluntarily submit to a PBT or UA at the request of any law enforcement officer or court services officer for a period of 360 days, and pay for any costs associated with that testing; submit to a warrantless search by law enforcement of your person, home, or vehicle for the presence of alcohol, illegal drugs, including marijuana, and controlled substances, for a period of 360 days; not enter any bars for 360 days, that being any business establishment that sells alcoholic beverages as its primary business; not possess any firearms; continue to attend and comply with the Halfway House, which you are currently enrolled; defendant not to be employed by anyone to bring defendant back into South Dakota.

Thaddeus Andrew Malsam, 19, Brandon, SD, big game methods prohibited, fine $100.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $22.50. Michael John Supik, 19, Colome, Michael John Supik, 19, Colome, SD, speeding on a state highway, fine $39.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50.

An optimistic mindset can change more than just how we see the world – it can change everything about our lives. Winston Churchill summed up how when he said, “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Two years ago, when the pandemic made its way to America, states across this country shut their doors out of fear. All but one. South Dakota built opportunity out of that difficulty, and the result is a booming economy - the strongest in the nation.

This letter responds to Eric P. Putnam’s Feb. 16 and April 6 “Letters to the Editor” in tThe Gregory Times Advocate, the last letter being a response to Jim Liggett’s March 23 Canadian Perspective comments.