PIERRE – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) announced recently that the Town of Letcher public water system and the system’s operation specialists have been awarded a Drinking Water Certificate of Achievement Award.

“Access to safe and reliable water sources is essential to keeping our families safe and our economy growing,” said DANR Secretary Hunter Roberts. “The award is a testament to the hard work and dedication of South Dakota’s drinking water system operators and their efforts to ensure their customers have access to clean drinking water.”

The system’s operation specialist is Eddie Hoffman.

To qualify for the Drinking Water Certification of Achievement Award, public water systems and their system operations specialists had to meet all of the compliance monitoring and reporting requirements, drinking water standards, and certification requirements for 2021.

Letcher Legion Auxiliary hosted their annual Talent Night and Pie social Tuesday, July 12, at the community center. A nice crowd attended to hear some great local talent. Karen Hoffman was the MC for the night. Performing were Morgan Hoffman, Scott Morgan, Dayton Easton and Hadley Moody. Dayton Easton and Hadley Moody sang individually and performed the duet “Jackson” the Johnny Cash and June Carter hit song. Scott Morgan sang and then played for Kathy Northrup and Pat Nelson, who were also accompanied by Dvonne Hansen on her harmonica. Pie and ice cream were served for a free will donation after the program. It was really great to have Hadley home from Nashville and to have such amazing talent in our little town. 

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