On Wednesday, Jan. 31, Penny Farris left the Sanborn County courthouse for her last day of employment after working in the building for over 33 years. She started in Oct. 1990 as the secretary for the County Nurse, working in that office for nine years. Following that position, she worked as the secretary for the Director of Equalization for 15 years, and then she moved into the role of Director of Equalization for the past 10 years. Farris was celebrated all day and then enjoyed supper that evening with some co-workers and some past co-workers to help her move on to this new stage in her life. Congratulations, Penny, and thank you for your service to Sanborn County.

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At a recent Sanborn County Commissioners’ meeting, it was determined that the county would no longer be under contract with the state for providing the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program to eligible people in the area. However, the services will still be fully available to citizens of Sanborn County; they will likely just be receiving them from someone new or in a different format. This program is normally part of the services provided by the County Health Nurse whose office is in the courthouse. The WIC program helps provide healthy food to income-qualifying expectant mothers and their children from ages 0-5. According to the USDA.gov website, WIC serves about half of all infants born in the United States. 

The Sanborn County Commissioners made the decision to sever the WIC contract with the state because of the restructuring through the Department of Health. Ending the contract will not keep eligible citizens of Sanborn County from receiving WIC benefits if they apply for them, but their case worker for the benefits will probably be located in Huron or Mitchell to cover this area.

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