02 Broadcaster Press June 17, 2014 www.broadcasteronline.com 1020 A day in the countryside. MIDSOMMAR AT DALESBURG, Friday, June 20. 1-10pm Food Stand with homemade pie. 2pm Afternoon Program with Swedish musicians Trio Con Brio. 3-7pm Viking Invasion. 4:30-6:30 Smorgasbord. 7pm Evening Program with Turkey Creek Revival Band, Trio Con Brio and dancing for all around the Midsommar Pole. Dalesburg Lutheran Church, 12 miles north of Vermillion on University Road; or 5.5 miles west of I-29 exit 38 (Volin); or 3 miles east of Hwy 19 on 306th St. (Volin Road). Best of luck to Krissy Zalud! By David Lias will take place through downtown Hot Springs on Saturday the 21st at 10:00 a.m. The Miss South Dakota’s Outstanding Teen Pageant will take place Friday the 20th at 7:00 p.m. at the Mueller Center. Tickets are available by calling (605) 745-5224. Visit www.misssd.org for box office hours and prices. The new Miss South Dakota will go on to compete at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City, NJ, in September 2014. The Miss America Pageant will air on ABC on Sunday, September 14. More information about contestants, the pageant, and pageant tickets is available at misssd.org. In an interview last fall, Krissy said the first time she picked up a baton, she became hooked. While growing up in Vermillion, she was fascinated when seeing young women in parades or at football games performing their twirling routines. “What I loved about it is it just looked so interesting; I was fascinated from the first moment I saw a baton twirler,” Krissy said, “and I went to the fall Park and Rec signup, and they let kids try the baton, and I picked up one up and did a trick and I was hooked. From that moment, I wanted to learn more and develop my skills.” Krissy is a 2012 graduate of Vermillion david.lias@plaintalk.net Krissy Zalud of Vermillion is one of 14 young women from across the state who arrived in Hot Springs June 14 to begin rehearsals for the 68th annual Miss South Dakota Pageant. After four days of rehearsals, the preliminary competitions will be June 18 and 19, and the finals will be held June 21. Krissy, 19, is Miss Missouri River. Her talent is baton twirling, and her platform is: Cancer Research: Let's Find a Cure! The pageant theme this year is “Bold and Beautiful – We Own the Night.” The pageant entertainers will all be women, all of whom are former Miss South Dakotas or former Miss South Dakota contestants. The pageant will feature Tessa Dee of Mitchell, Miss South Dakota 2013. Tessa represented South Dakota in the Miss America Pageant in September in Atlantic City and has spent the year advocating for her personal platform, “Project Bookworm,” which promotes children’s literacy. The contestants will be judged on a private interview with the judges (25 percent), talent (35 percent), evening gown (20 percent), on-stage question (5 percent), and swimsuit (15 percent). Showtime is 7:00 p.m. on June 18, 19, and 21 at the Mueller Center in Hot Springs. A pageant parade YOUR RADIATOR HEADQUARTERS! Introducing the NEW NAPA Radiator Program • Great Parts • Great Warranty Cox Auto On-Hand & In-Stock! NO WAITING! 1007 Broadway Ave. • Yankton • 665-4494 High School and a medical biology major at the University of South Dakota. She is also the feature twirler for the SOUND OF USD Marching Band. “I started twirling baton when I was 6 years old. There was another baton twirler who lived here, Heather Reeves, who had a little group going, and she twirled at the high school and at the university, and I knew that’s exactly what I wanted to do,” Krissy said. She discovered, while a member of Heather Reeves’ group, “Heather’s Highsteppers,” that baton twirling, a very public activity, had a positive side benefit. It helped her overcome the shyness she often battled during her childhood. “I was very bashful as a child, but my determination helped me overcome how shy I was, just because I loved it so much and I loved furthering my abilities,” Krissy said. “The moment I got to a contest and I got my first trophy, I thought, ‘this is how I want to spend my free time right now.’“ Twirling also provided life lessons in discipline, and in striving to meet a goal. “My parents taught me how important it is to be dedicated to your passions, and I really learned the value of hard work,” she said. “I’ve really valued all of the wonderful opportunities that have come through baton twirling – all of the friends that I’ve made, all of the places that I’ve been to, and I’ve just enjoyed bettering myself as an athlete and becoming a national champion. “It’s been an amazing journey,” Krissy said. Today, she shares the positive benefits of twirling with a younger Food - Beverage Swedish musicians, Viking Invasion, homemade pie, smorgasbord! MIDSOMMAR AT DALESBURG, Friday, June 20, 2pm program in the church, 4:30-6:30pm Scandinavian Smorgasbord, 7pm program on the north lawn. Dalesburg Lutheran Church, 3 miles east of Hwy 19 on 306th St. (Volin Road). 1101 Announcements Events BERGEN LUTHERAN Church: “The little white church on Timber Road.” Worship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, 995 N. Sioux Point Road, Dakota Dunes, SD. Weekend Masses: Saturday, 4:30 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. generation of girls in the Vermillion community. “I run my own business, Dakota Diamonds Twirling Group, and I teach group lessons every week in addition to private lessons,” Krissy said. “I have some girls going to a contest this weekend. I’m trying to get twirling going in the community again, and it’s just so much fun to be part of their (students) lives, and help them develop the skills and to have the experiences that I got to have. “It’s such a confidence builder, and it’s just so much fun. It’s the best sport out there, I think, but I’m a little bit biased,” she said, laughing. Much of her approach to life – from her studies at USD and her performances with the SOUND, to her instruction of a younger generation of twirlers in the Vermillion community – is based on a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” “I guess I’ve always kept my dreams inside. I’ve never lost that vision. It’s just important to keep it close to your heart and think about it every day,” Krissy said. “That’s how I live my life when it comes to school, becoming a doctor, or when it comes to being involved in different organizations on campus and in my sorority. “You just have to have your priorities, and do what you love, because then it’s easy to stay involved in it,” she said. Krissy contributed her twirling talents to performances of the VHS Marching Band while attending high school here, and successfully made the transition to collegiate twirling after enrolling at USD. “I absolutely love twirling for the SOUND OF USD,” she said. “It’s an excellent band, and I think that we bring a lot of energy to the field. I think it’s so wonderful to be part of a college band. It’s a really talented group of musicians, and it really is an honor to be in their numbers. I just have so much fun, and it’s definitely one of the highlights of my life,” Krissy said. “I’m glad that this – collegiate twirling – has been an option for me … and this is really an exciting time of my life.” Read BRULE Creek Lutheran Church, Elk Point, SD: Worship Service 11:00am, Sunday School 9:45am to 10:45am. CHRIST OUR SAVIOR Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod: Worship Sunday 6:00 p.m., Bible Study Tuesday, 9:00 p.m., Neuharth Center, 624-5398 or 1-800-998-1234 CHURCH OF CHRIST, 102 Prosp: Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.; Bible Study 9:00 a.m.; Bible Study 12:00 noon; Wednesday Night Classes, 7:00 p.m. Concordia Lutheran Church (LC-MS) 7 South University Street, Vermillion. Divine Service – Sunday, 10:30 a.m.; Sunday School – Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Pastor Samuel Needham. Contact us at (605) 624-3459 or at lcmsvermillion.org CORNERSTONE CHURCH: A Place To Grow: Located at the corner of Crawford & Cherry St. Celebration Service: Sunday during the School year 9:00am and 10:30am (subject to change during holidays) in the summer Sunday 10 AM. Check us out at cornerstonesd.org or call (624-8809) for further information. DALESBURG BAPTIST Church 30503 466th Ave., Beresford, Pastor Darren Regehr. 9:45am, Sunday School; 11:00am, Morning Worship; Mid-week Services Wednesdays, 7:00pm. (605)253-2622. Dalesburg Lutheran Church: 12 miles North of Vermillion on University Road. Worship Services 9:15 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Website: www.dalesburglutheran.org Elk Point Baptist Church. Sunday worship at 11:00am, Tuesday evening Bible study at 7:00pm. 101 North Green St., Elk Point, SD 57069. (605)222-1981 FAITH FELLOWSHIP of the Open Bible on Bypass 50 and Highway 19: Sunday Celebration 10:30 a.m. Pastor Tony Armbrust, 624-2921. 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