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Sanborn County Sheriff Tom Fridley reported that the Sheriff’s Office is investigating two more cases where elderly residents of Sanborn County fell victim to telephone scams recently, losing significant amounts of money. Sheriff Fridley wants to inform everyone how they can protect themselves from these scams with the following information from the South Dakota Sheriff’s Association.

“We may have entered the digital age, but the telephone remains a key weapon in scammers’ arsenals. Once they get you on the line, phone scammers use false promises, aggressive sales pitches and phony threats to pry loose information they can use to steal your money or identity (or both).

Estimates show that some fifty-nine million Americans lost money to a phone scam in the previous 12 months. According to FTC data, the median loss in scams starting with a call is $1,200, higher than any other contact method.

Technology has made this illicit work easy. With auto-dialers, shady operators can blast out robocalls by the millions for just a few dollars daily. Readily available spoofing tools can trick your caller ID into displaying a genuine government or corporate number or one that appears to be local to increase your chances of answering.

Whether live or automated, scam callers often pose as representatives of government agencies or familiar tech, travel, retail or financial companies, supposedly calling with valuable information. It might be good news, such as a cash prize or discount. Or it might be bad news such as owing back taxes or a problem with your credit card. The topics used by scammers are endless.

…Read on in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

FFA students from Sanborn Central and Woonsocket traveled to Brookings over the weekend to participate in the South Dakota State FFA Convention. Two SCW students were highlighted for their accomplishments. Emilie Lindgren, a senior at Woonsocket High School, earned her State FFA Degree, and Bryce Larson, a senior at Sanborn Central, received the Minnehaha Co. Farm Bureau Scholarship through the South Dakota FFA Foundation.

Besides the honors received by Lindgren and Larson, 30 SCW FFA students competed in the State FFA CDE competition where Ian Octavo was recognized for placing in the top 20 of the Meat Evaluation and Technology category. 

The SCW teams and student state CDE results are as follows: Agronomy team, 26th – Carter Edwards (53rd), Parker Ettswold (99th), Will Simonds (121st), and Eli White (146th); Horse Evaluation team, 16th – Aubrey Moody (29th), Westen White (67th), Layton Zoss (94th), and Ledoux Bracha (138th); Milk Quality team, 17th – Greta Bott (44th), Raily Munoz-Martinez (50th), and Yuli Garcia (63rd); Nursery/Landscape team, 11th – Cami Edwards (21st), Tori Hoffman (47th), Kaylee Viktora (76th), and Lucy Applegarth (84th); Floriculture team, 10th – Kenzie Baruth (30th), Emilie Lindgren (32nd), Kenzie Uecker (53rd), and Addy Baruth (88th); Meat Evaluation team, seventh – Ian Octavo (20th), Sam Baruth (21st), Cole Wilson (74th), and Michael Foos (110th); Natural Resources team, 12th – Bryce Larson (37th), Payton Uecker (46th), Grant Edwards (68th), and Caleb Kneen (74th). 

The results of SCW students who competed individually are as follows: Hudson Fouberg in Veterinary Science, 90th; Alex Anderson in Ag Mechanics, 31st; and Danielle Brooks in Poultry, 46th. 

…See pictures in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

Fire Department makes purchase for youth safety

By Brandon Goergen, Fire Chief, Woonsocket

This project started from a conversation with my daughter, Skylar Kluth, about a friend who was in a car accident. Her friend had become trapped in a vehicle upside down due to a roll over and was not able to release the seat belt. This was caused by the pressure from being suspended upside down. I thought this could have been a terrible situation had the vehicle been on fire or in water. 

With the dangers of that accident in mind, I remembered seeing devices to help in these situations at a fire training class once and thought that they would be a great thing to give to every high school kid in our district, which includes Woonsocket and Sanborn Central. This adds up to a total of 133 students. The tool is called the ResqMe. It is a combination seat belt cutter and windshield breaker and is roughly the size of a standard key chain but has all the tools required to escape a vehicle. 

…Read on and see a picture in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!

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