04 Broadcaster Press April 2, 2013 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: Congratulations to the 2013 Vermillion Area Chamber and Community Award Recipients. Family Business of the Year: Davis Pharmacy – Tom and Sandy Lavin and Family Mayors Community Service Award: Maxine Johnson United Way Volunteer of the Year: Sue Jopling VCDC Community Leader Award: Pastor Steve Miller Open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony at Meridian Title of Clay County, 100 E. Main St., is Tuesday, April 23. The Open House will be from 5-7 p.m. with the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Please join us to welcome Meridian Title to Vermillion, make new contacts, and find out what they have to offer. Refreshments will be served, plus a take-home gift for everyone. David Owen, President of the SD Chamber of Commerce, will give a legislative session update at the Rotary Club meeting at the Neuharth Media Center on Tuesday, April 30 at noon. Everyone welcome, lunch is $6.50. Non-Rotary members please call the VCDC to register (605) 624-5571. Sponsored by the VCDC Legislative Affairs Committee. Save the date: The 2013 VCDC Annual Golf Social is Monday, June 24, at The Bluffs Golf Course. More information available in the near future. 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: “April Showers Bring May Flowers”: The Main Street Center Nutrition Board has asked the kitchen staff to compile a “wish list” – another attempt to make the Main Street Center noon meal, “Meals on Wheels” and Town Square program survive. We’re asking for your help. It’s an “April Shower” of kitchen/office supplies you may donate to help keep expenses down. Thank you for any donation. Folgers Classic Coffee Regular, laundry detergent and Dawn dish soap, white paper towels, reams of printing paper (8 ½ by 11), 40-50 gallon garbage bags, first-class stamps, black pepper and HP office jet 4500 ink are among the items being accepted. Vermillion High School needs your help: The mission of the Vermillion School District is “To empower all students to maximize their success in our global community.” With this in mind, the state is mandating additional offerings for graduation starting in the fall of 2013 to include some sort of Senior Experience. This might take the form of becoming a mentor or providing job shadowing and internship opportunities. . In order to assist the district with the implementation and sustainability of such a program, we are requesting adults and businesses in the INTERIOR • EXTERIOR COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL PRECISION PAINTING A17407 community to please take a moment to fill out this quick survey. This will help us know of opportunities to give every student “the right opportunity and responsibility to learn academics and essential life skills to prepare them to live successfully in an ever changing world.” Thank you in advance for your participation. The survey is available at http://vermillion.k12.sd.u s//cms/module/selectsurv ey/TakeSurvey.aspx?Surve yID=114 or visit www.vermillion.k12.sd.us and under Headlines click on Parents/Community, VHS Needs Your Help. Second annual clothing and blanket drive through March 29 for South Dakota’s Rosebud Reservation. Donations may be dropped off at Pressing Matters Printing, 102 E. Main St., M-F, 8:30-5 p.m. Donations must be clean and in good working condition – no purses, high heel shoes or “dry-clean only” clothing. Sanford Vermillion Arts Program has been Quality Workmanship, Reasonable Rates Since 1983 CLINT TUCKER • 624-4621 selected as a candidate for the LIVESTRONG Foundation Community Impact Project. Voting runs through March 28. Sanford Arts Vermillion (SAV) Program in partnership with Dakota Hospital Foundation, has been selected as a candidate for the LIVESTRONG Foundation Community Impact Project, which offers $1.2 million in funding to bring proven cancer support programs to communities across the U.S. Finalists will be determined through an online voting campaign at Vote.LIVESTRONG.org and runs until 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 28. If we receive the most votes within our region, we will be awarded funds, materials and training to implement Art-Lifting: Creative Support for Cancer Survivors to our community. Please share the link above with your family and friends (e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). (One vote per e-mail address accepted.) Meals on Wheels needs your help. Vermillion Meals on Wheels, like other towns participating in the nutrition project of Dakota Senior Meals, is struggling to survive. The state and federal government provide approximately 40 percent of the actual cost to prepare each meal. The rest of the cost comes from local sources. You can help make a difference. Make a donation or enjoy a nutritional, “home cooked” meal by the Vermillion Dakota Senior Meals at the Main Street Center. Meals can also be delivered to individuals and couples that are unable to leave their home. To make a donation or for more information, call the Nutrition Kitchen at 624-7868. Buy Local! Shop the Classifieds! WANTED Buying all types of SCRAP IRON Farm Machinery • Cars & Trucks References Available • Top Market Prices Paid Home: 402-945-1512 • Cell: 402-533-3640 K&K Iron & Metal Auction Private Real Estate Bids To Be Submitted by Friday, April 12, 2013 by 3:00 p.m. 59.45 Acres +/-, Pleasant Valley Township, Clay County, South Dakota We will sell at private auction at the offices of Peterson, Stuart, Rumpca & Rasmussen Law Firm the property legally described as Tract 1 Strom’s Addition in the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 & SW 1/4 SE 1/4 Sec 1-94-52, Clay County, South Dakota. This is excellent hunting or investment property located along the Vermillion River. Interested parties are to submit a written bid addressed to Phil Peterson, Attorney, 103 N. Third St., Beresford, SD 57004. The top three bidders will be invited to a private auction. The successful bidder will deposit 10% irrevocable, non-refundable earnest money on private auction day with balance due at the date of closing, estimated to be May 15, 2013. Marketable title will be transferred by warranty deed subject to any easements or restrictions of record. Property is sold by legal description only, no survey provided. Neither Sellers nor their representative are making any guarantees or warranties actual or implied. Seller retains the right to reject any or all bids. The property is sold “as is”. Title insurance will be provided by Clay County Title Company with the cost thereof to be split 50-50. Closing costs shall be split 50-50. 2012 taxes due in 2013 will be paid by Sellers; all subsequent taxes to be responsibility of Buyer. Buyer may have possession for the year of 2013 after closing. According to FSA there are 53.0 acres of CRP with annual payments of $104.00 per acre. This is the 7th year of the 15 year CRP contract which expires on 9-30-2021. The new owner shall be obligated to comply with all terms and conditions of the existing CRP contract or buy out the preceding payments. Please contact Sellers or Phil Peterson (605) 763-5024 for further information. The property is located from Beresford, SD: 5 miles south on I-29, 5 1/2 miles west on 302nd St., 2 miles south on University Road (465th Ave) and 1 1/2 miles west on 304th St. Layton and Amy Strom Owners (605) 763-5937 Cell: (605) 957-5288 M ead L u m ber recentl hel a ri y d bbon cu tti to cel ng ebrate the expansi of thei show room and store renovati on r on. 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