Linda Whitney, 73, of Mitchell, passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, at Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls. The Celebration of Life will be held on her first heavenly birthday in Mitchell at the Moose Lodge, Thursday, Nov. 14, from 5-7 p.m. with a prayer service at 6:30 p.m., officiated by her niece, Tammy Buseman. Arrangements entrusted with Bittner Funeral Chapel.
Letcher American Legion Auxiliary hosted a potluck supper Sunday at the community center. A nice crowd was there to enjoy all the good food. After supper, Auxiliary President Sandi Ruml read a story from this month’s South Dakota Magazine about three South Dakota soldiers that met in Vietnam. One was the medivac helicopter pilot John O’Connel, who lived in Letcher for many years and started a crop dusting business. If you have that magazine, it’s a great story. Then, Westen White read an essay he wrote for Voice of Democracy. Kathy Northrup read a poem. A nice time visiting was had after. May God bless all those veterans who served, but let’s not forget the South Dakota Air Guard who deployed to the middle east and are in the hot spots of wars now. Keep them and their families in your prayers.
…See a picture in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!
Woonsocket’s and Sanborn Central’s Oral Interp teams did a fantastic job at district oral interpretation on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Every single entry in Woonsocket either advanced to the Region meet or was chosen as an alternate, and most of Sanborn Central’s entries advanced as well.
Overall, the Woonsocket team scored second place out of seven schools.
Woonsocket’s results were as follows:
Andie Aughenbaugh – first place in Serious, advancing to Regions;
McKenzie Baruth/Oscar Anderson – first place in Duet and advancing to Regions;
Emilie Lindgren – second place in Humorous and advancing to Regions;
Alternates for regions – Jalyn Grassel in Poetry, Skylar Kluth in Non-Original Oratory, Kaitlyn Aldrich in Storytelling, and Kaitlyn Aldrich, Val Button, Skylar Kluth, Sara Overson, and Ivy Knudson in Reader’s Theater.
Sanborn Central’s results were as follows:
Lucy Applegarth – fifth in Non-Original Oratory;
Temperance Salathe – third in Storytelling and advancing to Regions;
Temperance Salathe – second in poetry and advancing to Regions;
Miley Adams and Hudson Fouberg – fifth in Duet;
Miley Adams, Hudson Fouberg, Riley Kneen, Ian Octavo – fourth in Reader’s Theatre, Region alternate;
Sean Bitterman – third in Serious and advancing to Regions.
The Regional oral interpretation meet for Woonsocket will take place in DeSmet on Monday, Nov. 18, while the Regional meet for Sanborn Central will take place in Mitchell on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Good luck to both teams!
…See pictures of those who qualified for Regions, as well as results from this season that haven’t been reported on yet, in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!
