02 Broadcaster Press March 13, 2012 www.broadcasteronline.com CHAMBER CHAT Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce & Development Company 116 Market Street, Suite 103 Vermillion, SD 57069 605-624-5571 vcdc@vermillionchamber.com www.vermillionchamber.com Chamber Business: The Annual Vermillion Area Chamber & Community Awards Banquet is Tuesday, March 20, at Pro’s Bar & Grill at 912 North Dakota St. The social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. followed by dinner and the program. It is a time to thank all of the members, individuals and volunteers who support and contribute to the success of the chamber and business community. The banquet also gives us an opportunity to recognize the outstanding achievements of the community leaders and organizations by presenting the Family Business of the Year Award, the Mayor’s Community Service Award, the United Way Volunteer of the Year Award, the VCDC Community Leader Award, along with other awards. The guest speaker is Joe Glenn, the University of South Dakota’s head football coach. The banquet is open to the public and tickets are on sale now for $30 each at the Chamber office at 116 Market St., or you can call us at (605) 624-5571. The Vermillion Area Community Foundation is accepting proposals for projects to improve our community. Forms for submitting proposals by groups or organizations are available at the Chamber of Commerce office. While funds available are limited we can fully fund small one time requests or partially fund larger projects. Your annual donations to our Foundation will provide us with increasing funds each year for worthwhile projects. Business After Hours: Are you looking for an opportunity to showcase your business and network with your peers? Sign up to host a Business After Hours event! These events generally run from 5-7 p.m. on a weeknight and the hosting business provides hors d’oeuvres and refreshments. If interested, please contact Ann at: annb@vermillionchamber.com or at 624-5571. Announcements: • Feb. 6-May 4: USD Libraries are displaying a series of artistic exhibitions exploring skateboard designs, graphic novels and tapestries. Corroborations 2012, which pairs visual arts students with poetry majors, is in the I.D. Weeks Library second floor exhibition cases. Tapestry weavings by award-winning South Dakota tapestry artist Grete Bodogaard are in the USD Libraries Gallery in the Academic Commons. Getting Graphic by USD Education Librarian Abby Moore is an exhibit of graphic novels on the west side of the second floor of the University Libraries Gallery. SkateCreate is an exhibition of skateboard designs created by students in the first-year seminar class. It’s featured in the student gallery on the west side of the second floor. • Fundraiser for Vermillion Public Schools and USD Athletic Department: WANTED Junk cars, trucks, semi trucks, & trailers, plows, construction equipment, dozers, scrapers, trackhoes, backhoes, etc., misc. ...and other misc. irons and metals. Also wanted: Batteries. Call 712-898-8244 ANN BREITAG During 2012, The Roadhouse will be offering a Coyote Burger and a Tanager Burger with 50 cents of each burger sold going to either the USD Athletic Department or the Vermillion Public Schools. • Clothing Drive for Rosebud Reservation, March 1-30. Donation guidelines: gently used clothing must be clean and in good working condition; no purses, high heels or dry-clean only clothing. Clothing needs to be bagged or boxed. Donations may be dropped off at Pressing Matters Printing, 102 E. Main St. during regular business hours. Monetary donations may be sent to: One Nation Walking Together, 45 – A Commerce St., Colorado Springs, CO 80907. Community Calendar: Tuesday, March 13 • Vermillion Rotary Club Meeting, noon-1 p.m. in the Freedom Forum Conference Room of the Al Neuharth Media Center. • Painting Classes: Michele Mechling and Hana Russell will offer painting classes on Tuesdays, March 13, 20 and 27 and April 3, at Washington St. Arts Center, 202 Washington Street. “Let’s Paint,” (3:45-5 p.m.) the class for kids (grades 2-5) explores basic painting techniques in watercolor and tempera. The fee is $28 for Vermillion Area Arts Council members, $32 non-members. “Just Paint,” (5:30-7 p.m.) the class for youth 12 and older and adults, is for painting enthusiasts who just need some basic instruction on how to get started on a painting. The instructors will demonstrate watercolor and acrylic techniques and how to prepare a variety of painting surfaces to create a work of art. The fee is $32 VAAC members, $40 nonmembers. Call 670-2945 for further information. • American Legion Wallace Post and Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. at the Main Street Center located at 320 W. Main St. • Continuing Lecture Series: “Cultivating Questions: Science and Faith,” at 7 p.m. in Farber Hall located in Old Main on USD campus. Dr. Warren Brown of the Fuller Seminary will talk about brain/faith/soul. He is the director of the Lee Edward Travis Research Institute, professor of psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of “Neuroscience, Psychology and Religion: Illusions, Delusions and Realities about Human Nature.” For additional information refer to the website: www.cultivatingquestions.co m. • Molly Jansen presents her junior trombone recital at 7:30 p.m. in Colton Recital Hall, Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts on USD campus. Open to the public at no charge. Thursday, March 15 • All-You-Can-Eat Pasta Feed hosted by Pi Beta, from 5-7 p.m. at the Vermillion Armory. Café Brule will be providing the pasta and bread. Event includes introducing a “Pi a Pi Phi.” You can pay money to throw a pie in the NOTICE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS AND DECLARED PESTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN this 13h day of March, 2012, pursuant to SDCL 38-22 as amended to all owners, occupants, agents and public officials in charge of lands in Clay County, South Dakota, that they are responsible of the suppression, control, and eradication of noxious weeds and declared pest infestations that may exist on such lands. Chemical, biological, and/or cultural control methods used for the suppression, control and eradication of noxious weed and declared pest infestations shall be those approved for such purposes by the Clay County Weed and Pest Supervisor, County Agricultural Extension Agent or the South Dakota State University Experiment Station. Upon failure to observe this notice, the county weed and pest board is required to proceed pursuant to the law and have the noxious weeds or declared pests destroyed by such methods as they may find necessary, the expense of which shall constitute a lien and be entered as a tax against the land, and be collected as other real estate taxes are collected, or by other means as provided by law. Plant and animals designated as being noxious weeds and declared pests in the state of South Dakota are Leafy Spurge, Salt Cedar, Perennial Sow Thistle, Russian Knapweed, Hoary Cress, Canada Thistle, Purple Loosestrife, Prairie Dogs, and Gypsy Moth. In addition, Musk Thistle and Plumless Thistles have been approved by the State Weed and Pest Control Commission as locally noxious weeds and are subject to the same suppression, control and eradication requirements as the before mentioned plants and animals. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that upon establishing probable cause to believe a noxious weed or declared pest infestation exists upon any property in Clay County, a representative of the Clay County Weed and Pest Control Board will enter upon said property for the purpose of inspecting and confirming that such infestation actually exists. face of a Pi Phi of your choice: $1 to pie a freshmen, $2 for sophomores, $3 for juniors, $4 for seniors and $5 to pie the president. Tickets will be available for $5 at USD student center on March 1213 between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., March 15 from 9 a.m. to noon, or from any Pi Phi. Tickets will also be sold at the door during the event. All proceeds will benefit the First Book organization, a nonprofit organization that promotes literacy for young children. Please help us to make this philanthropy successful! • Vermillion Garden Club: Please join us for Gardening Month by Month in 2012. March meeting at 6 p.m. at 324 S. Crawford Road.: Starting seeds in March, tubers to start now, garden shows coming up in Sioux Falls and Sioux City, pruning demo. Open to all, potluck this month. No dues. Call 6243520 for more info. • March Movies Film Festival, “The Memory Keeper’s Daughter,” at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Vermillion Public Library. Hot drinks and popcorn will be provided. Free and open to the public. • March 16 – National Music Museum (NMM) Brown Bag Lunch Program, at 12:05 p.m. featuring “France & Germany: Baroque Rivalry Heats Up.” Arne B. Larson Concert Hall at the NMM located on USD campus, corner of Clark and Yale streets. March sponsor: Ted and Karen Muenster, in honor of their wedding anniversary. Free and open to the public. • March 17 – Overeaters Anonymous, 9 a,m. Location: 20 S Plum Street Administration entrance board room. Description: Overeaters Anonymous is a 12 step program for people with eating disorders and struggles. • March 17 – Spring Salad Luncheon & Style Show sponsored by the Catholic Daughters at 11:30 a.m. at St. Agnes School Auditorium. For ticket information, contact Kaye at 624-6394. • March 17 – Vermillion Area Arts Council’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, from 6-9 p.m. at Washington St. Arts Center, 202 Washington St. The evening will feature music by “The Good People” (Bruce Gray, Cindy Gehm, Rebecca Gehm) and balladeer of Irish songs, Chris Hoover. Grace Freeman and her Irish Dancers will perform. The evening will also feature “Ole Ni’s Taku he?” (What Do You See?) an exhibit of photographs by Mary Black Bonnet Artichoker. The Irish dinner includes Potato Soup, Irish Beef Stew, soda bread, desserts and a variety of beverages, including Irish brews, wine and soda. Tickets available at the door (children 10 and under free). There will be door prize drawings for new and current members. Sponsors are Carey’s Bar, Jones Foods, Hy-Vee, Wal-Mart and the VAAC. •March 17 – Beer and wine-tasting fundraiser featuring local brewers and vintners, at 7 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Wakonda, in the McMahon Center, 206 Iowa St. Heavy appetizers provided. RSVP to Cathy Ganschow at 267-2843 or Ganschow@iw.net. •March 18 – Dance lessons at Washington Street Arts Center. Elaine and Paul Peacock will teach the basics of square dancing, the Virginia Reel, circle dancing, etc. The six-week course scheduled for Sunday evenings (except for Easter) runs through April 29, from 6:30-8 p.m. The fee for the entire course is $12/dancer or $20 couple VAAC members; $15/dancer or $25 couple for non-members. Children can join in and learn with their parents free. 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