Broadcaster Press 03 April 9, 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.c om www.vermillionchamber.c om Chamber Business: Everyone is invited to the grand opening celebration and ribboncutting ceremony at Classic Hits 106.3/ESPN Radio 1570 – 5 Star Communications, 18 E. Main St., on Tuesday, April 16, to celebrate their new studio in Vermillion. The open house will be from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 12:15 p.m. Grilled hot dogs and refreshments will be served. Please join us to welcome 5 Star Communications to Vermillion. 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 ribboncutting 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 South Dakota 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. 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: “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 Broadcaster Classifieds… ROCK-SOLID RESULTS! 201 W. Cherry, Vermillion, SD • 605-624-4429 sustainability of such a program, we are requesting adults and businesses in the 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.us //cms/module/selectsurvey /TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID =114 or visit www.vermillion.k12.sd.us and under Headlines click on Parents/Community, VHS Needs Your Help. 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 6247868. The sixth annual Community-Wide Preschool Screening sponsored by the Vermillion School District and Head Start along with community support for children who are currently ages 3 and 4, but not eligible for kindergarten in the 20132014 school year. To schedule a screening, call Kazy at Austin Elementary School, (605) 677-7010 for a time slot on Friday, April 5 between 9 a.m.-1pm. Areas to be screened include developmental, language, social, hearing and vision. Make plans to attend – we look forward to meeting your child. 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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. 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