Broadcaster Press 5 November 17, 2015 www.broadcasteronline.com Gayville Hall celebrates Waylon, Willie Saturday, Nov. 21 Moving Martilee Mae Carnival Fundraiser Those who knew Phil and Vanessa Covington and their family while they lived in Vermillion saw how communityoriented they were. Now when these givers are in need, the community has chosen to give back to them. A community fundraiser will be held next Saturday, November 21, from 12-4 p.m. at the Clay County 4-H/Extension Building (515 High St. Vermillion). Free will donations and other money raised through the Carnival-style event will go towards helping the Covingtons purchase a wheelchair-accessible van to accommodate their 13 year old daughter, Martilee Mae, who is becoming increasingly difficult to move. Gayville Hall presents "Waylon, Willie and the Boys," “Martilee has Rett starring John and Susan McNeill, Nick Schwebach, and Owen Syndrome, a debilitating DeJong, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21, in Gayville. neurological (movement) John McNeill, Gayville Hall’s country music host and the disorder that predominantly creator of its tributes to Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, will affects females,” the Facelead a two-hour celebration of the "outlaw" country music book event says. “Although that rose up in Texas during the late 1960s and '70s and forshe is nonverbal, her smile ever changed America’s country music landscape. and the sparkle in her eyes Susan McNeill will play bass and sing several tunes in the speak volumes. She has very show. Schwebach will play lead and steel guitars, and Delittle purposeful hand use, Jong, who owns a master’s degree in violin performance, will suffers from seizures, and has play fiddle. The duo from rural Wakonda are leaders of the scoliosis.” band Poker Alice and regulars on the Gayville Hall stage. According to the page, so Gayville Hall is at 502 Washington Street in Gayville. Call far Martilee’s parents have (605)-267-2859 for ticket information. been lifting her in and out of their car even as she has grown, almost as tall as her mother who has recently sustained a shoulder injury. “She is a sweet, sweet girl,” said Pastor Steve Ford of Grace Baptist Church. “She’s entering teenage years A visiting political science professor from India will speak and has a father who’s six foot eight I think. She’s getnext week in Sioux Falls and Vermillion about that country’s ting really tall and it’s difficult foreign policy. Josukutty Abraham teaches at the University for her mother to get her in of Kerala, India, and is a visiting assistant professor of politiand out of the car so they cal science at the University of South Dakota. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the Univer- decided they need a wheelsity of Kerala. His specialization is international relations. The chair-accessible van.” According to Ford, the title of his talk is, “New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy.” USD’s Department of Political Science and the Political Sci- family had set up a fund for those who wished to contribence League are sponsoring his speech at 4 p.m. Monday at ute to the purchase which Farber Hall in Old Main on the USD campus, during Internainspired Ford and others to tional Education Week. The Sioux Falls event, sponsored by USD’s College of Arts intervene. “I talked to some people & Sciences and International Studies Program and part of the at church and everybody Global Issues Series, starts at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday with a cash agreed that it was something bar at Callaway’s, 500 E. 69th St. The speech begins at 5:45 we wanted to do,” he said. p.m. “Our goal is to raise about Both events are free and open to the public. Visiting Political Science Professor Speaks on India’s Foreign Policy at USD and in Sioux Falls YOUR RADIATOR HEADQUARTERS! • Great Parts • Great Warranty On-Hand & In-Stock! NO WAITING! Cox Auto 1007 Broadway Ave. Yankton • 665-4494 TODD’S ELECTRIC SERVICE Community members are invited to attend a Carnival-type fundraiser to assist a previously local family purchase a wheelchair-accessible van to more easily move their daughter, Martilee Mae. half of what they need. They’re about halfway there now and we’d like to finish off what they need. The total they need is about $30,000. We’re hoping to raise between $10-15,000 for them.” The Covingtons are hoping to attend the carnival if their schedule allows. “Phil worked for USD,” Ford said. “That’s what brought them to Vermillion. They were here about five years. Then he took a job with the University of Nebraska in Omaha. They moved just this past summer. They’re just a wonderful family, really involved with the community.” Ford and others planning the event have seen a great response from the community already. “All across town businesses have been donating goods for food and items for a silent auction,” he said. “We decided to do a carnival, just a good time for people in the community and then just have opportunities to for them to give while they’re there.” The event will also have COMPETITIVELY PRICED COVERAGE FOR: •Homeowners •Renters •Farmowners Pat Girard Ph. 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It's a deal.’ Talk about a lesson in a tender, loving heart!” Anyone wishing to volunteer for the event in any way or to donate silent auction items, contact Grace Baptist Church at (605) 624-4949 or visit the Facebook event page, ‘Moving Martilee Mae Carnival Fundraiser.’ “I’m sure we can find places for people to serve,” Ford said. “There’s a lot to do.” •Rental Property “The Line To Power” Serving the Beresford and Vermillion Areas hot dogs, chips, bounce houses, cotton candy, snow cones, popcorn, face painting, Twist Ty the Ballon Guy, carnival games, the Vermillion Juggling Club and a bake sale with donation buckets at various stations for free will donations. Jessica McKenzie, director of the Vermillion Food Pantry has been organizing the event. “Jessica’s just done a wonderful job,” Ford said. “She’s really motivated, being inspired by the family. When I first mentioned the idea that I wanted to do this she asked if she could head it up and she’s just done a wonderful job.” McKenzie’s whole family has apparently been inspired by the Covingtons as shown by her five-year-old son. “My sweetheart of a fiveyear-old came up to Forest and me earlier to tell us something,” McKenzie said SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY MINGLE AT WITH FINE WINE AND FINE FOOD Join us Wednesday, November 18, 2015 ALL PROCEEDS BENEFITING Limited tickets available! They’re selling FAST! Get yours tod ay! VERMILLION PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION RED STEAKHOUSE INVITES YOU TO MINGLE AT THE PHILANTHROPIC EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR! SAMPLE HUNDREDS OF WINES, CRAFT BEER, & COCKTAILS WHILE INDULGING IN GASTRONOMIC CREATIONS FROM THE RED STEAKHOUSE CULINARY TEAM. ENJOY LIVE MUSIC BY AUSTIN HAHN, SILENT AUCTION & MUCH MORE! CALL RED @ 624.0079 FOR TICKETS TODAY! 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