Broadcaster Press 11 January 26, 2016 www.broadcasteronline.com have all our policies and procedures in place. It means we are doing things correctly.” Catastrophic Server Failure Impacts VSD Three words caught the attention of the Vermillion School Board Monday night when superintendent Dr. Mark Froke was giving his report to the board: Catastrophic Server Failure. Dr. Froke explained to the board that on July 17, MSServer3, which stores the data for the all of the district’s school libraries and the teacher documents for the Middle School staff, suffered server failure. The reason for the failure is unknown; however there were severe storms in the area that night. Froke reported that as a result of the failure all library data bases will have to be recreated as the backup location was also impacted by the failure. Board member Shannon Fairholm questioned what the impact of the failure will be on teachers. Hanson To Compete In National Pageant Saturday For Marley Hanson of Vermillion, being named Miss South Dakota Teen USA was a dream come true. Hanson, who graduated from Vermillion High School in May and will be attending The University of South Dakota this fall, said she has been proud to represent the state, but most particularly Vermillion. “It has been a dream come true,” she said. “I have wanted this for years now. It has helped me grow. I have been speaking to different people, helping out with different charities, going to different events. It has been an amazing experience.” Market Street Water Tower Comes Down The 100,000 gallon Market Street water tower, constructed in 1908 is in the process of being removed from the Vermillion skyline. Demolition, which began on Tuesday, is scheduled to be completed on Thursday. Bloomingdale Street will be closed from Market Street to Court Street while the work takes place. The north-south alley between Market Street and Court Street will also be closed while the work takes place. USD Greets New Students For nearly 1,600 families, Vermillion was the epicenter of big changes in their lives this weekend, as the University of South Dakota freshman class of 2015 moved into the residence halls located in Vermillion. With the move parents and new students alike stepped out of their comfort zones, as parents had to leave their babies behind and students faced the reality that it is their time to reach for their futures. The process began early with a finely choreographed move-in plan. Scott Pohlson, vice president of 80 YEARS SERVING ITS MEMBERS 80 81 The Clay County Fair was held in early August to much fanfare and success. Pictured: Mya DeJong (center) of Vermillion was crowned Princess at the Miss Clay County Fair Pageant. Tatem Passic of Vermillion (right of center) was awarded first runner-up, Kate DeVelder (left of center) was second runner-up, Katrina Heles (left) was third VHS principal Curt Cameron talks about a few of the new features in runner-up, and Skylyn Fitzgerald (right) was fourth the Biology Lab during the grand opening held at the Vermillion High runner-up. School in November. The tour was held so the community could see enrollment and marketing in Uni- saved. The only structures that the changes made in the school during its nearly $6 million remodel versity relations, said the week- are undamaged are the office end’s events began with registra- building, which wasn’t connected that was completed during the summer of 2015. tion at the DakotaDome Friday. “We have a one-stop shop for moving in. They come to the dome and we get them all set to move in. As you look at how it is here, they roll through the line here where they will get their keys. Then they will roll around to their residence halls.” After getting their keys and other information without ever having to leave their cars, the next stop was the residence halls. “When they get to the residence halls, we will have the athletes, students involved in Greek life and other organizations on campus waiting to help them move all of their belongings into their rooms,” Pohlson said. “They literally don’t have to touch anything. It is close to 1,600 moving in over the course of the weekend.” September Sturgis Fire Impacts Local Business As news of Monday night’s fire at the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis spread, people across the state, nation and the world reacted, however its impact hit very close to home. The wine bar at the Full Throttle Saloon is owned by Eldon and Sherry Nygaard of Vermillion. In a phone interview Tuesday with the Ver¬million Plain Talk, Eldon Nygaard said the wine bar, like much of the rest of the compound, is a total loss. “All that is left standing are the six poles that look like burnt matchsticks,” Nygaard said. “It is believed the fire started in the main bar. Because the main bar housed such a large amount of distilled spirits – the Full Throttle has a distill¬ery license – and a huge amount of alcohol, as well as the natural gas tanks used for heating and cooking, the fire was very intense and had a huge amount of heat.” The saloon was often billed as the “world’s largest biker bar.” Nygaard said compounding the fire was the shear amount of fuel available to burn. “The boardwalk was all dry, old wood,” he said. “All com¬bined, the fire was so hot that the fire melted the steal I-beams and they all curved down. The bridges, which Mike (Ballard, owner of Full Throttle Saloon) had salvaged, didn’t have any chance of being and was a metal building, and a few of the cabins that had been built to be rented out.” While the fire was first reported near mid¬night, Nygaard said that it could have been smoldering for a while until it hit the fuel it needed to grow. CDC Associate Director Cagle Visits USD His only option was to haul his athletes across town to practice at the Vermillion High School track. And that remained Gottsleben’s – and his team’s – only option for the next 31 years. “We’ve had a good collaboration all these years,” Gottsleben said. While it was far from an ideal situation, there was nothing USD could do. The Coyotes didn’t have an outdoor track complex of their own. No place to call their own. No home meets in the spring. That is all about to change. Work has quickly progressed on USD’s new $5.5 million outdoor track facility, which will boast a nine-lane, 400-meter, NCAA-certified track and field events inside the complex which will be ready for action after the new year. The unofficial christening of the complex will come in May 2016 when USD hosts the Summit League outdoor track meet. 106 YEARS IN BUSINESS 131 YEARS IN BUSINESS October 605-624-2673 1410 E. Cherry St., Vermillion www.clayunionelectric.coop November Area Veterans Honored At Program Broadcaster Press 201 W. Cherry • Vermillion • Phone: 605-624-4429 www.broadcasteronline.com 605-624-2655 113 W Main • Vermillion Award-Winning News Coverage Since 1884! 201 W. Cherry • Vermillion Phone: 605-624-2694 www.plaintalk.net 133 135 YEARS IN BUSINESS YEARS IN BUSINESS For Ganschow WAKONDA – “Kindness, just kindness – I know if you reversed the roles, Doug would do the same thing for me.” Stated by friend and neighbor The first Farber Forum of the Donnie Pe¬terson, this comment 2015-2016 school year was held summed up the feelings of more at USD’s Farber Hall and featured than 30 friends, neighbors and Chris Cagle, associate director of family members who turned up Policy Planning and CommunicaTuesday to harvest more than 400 tions for the Center for Disease acres of corn and beans for Doug Control (CDC). Ganschow and his wife, Pam. Cagle who was on campus all Ganschow was diagnosed with of Wednesday visiting different incurable Stage 4 Sarcomatoid classes chose to speak on HIV Renal Cell Carcinoma (cancer of prevention in a changing landthe kidney) in July. The cancer has scape and what students and now spread to other parts of his the average citizen can do to help body. While he is resting comfortprevent the spread of the disease. ably at home, it left the issue of “When HIV/AIDS was first aphow to get his crops out of the pearing it was considered to be field. a ‘gay mans’ disease,” Cagle said. Abbott Gives The answer: call on your neigh“There was a stigma associated bors – it is what people in the State Of with it, a homophobia.” She said community of Wakonda and the that as time has gone on people University region do for each other. have become more aware of what “I don’t think I can even think Address the disease is and how it is transabout what it means for all of mitted but that the fight is far University of South Dakota these people to just drop evfrom over. “Currently the budget (USD) President James W. Aberything and come and help, let for the CDC is $1.1 billion,” she bott during his 19th State of the alone put it into words,” said friend said. “$786 million of that is di- University Address Thursday in Joan Huot. “Pam and Doug’s son rected to the division of HIV/AIDS Vermillion. and my husband got together last prevention. There are more than Beginning his address by sayweek and talking about what they 1.2 million people living with ing that liberal arts education is should do about the crops. They HIV/AIDS in the United States. under siege he said, while every had planned on having the comAnnually, 50,000 people are di- form of education is needed, bining done (Wednesday), but agnosed with HIV and 20,000 lib¬eral arts colleges like USD they heard it was going to rain so people die of the disease annu- are preparing the people who will they changed it to today.” ally.” change the world. It was a full day in the fields She said that by gender the “As we listen to TV and read difgiven freely to honor and help a number of females contracting ferent things – particularly politifriend, said many. “To give up a the disease has decreased, while cians – all we hear these days are day where it is not raining and you the number of men infected has three words: skills, skills, skills,” could be in your own fields – I feel increased. Abbott said. “… I support all kinds like it is amazing, but dad would Cagle also said that infection of education, but I believe we are have done the same,” said Gannumbers by race are dispropor- being done a disser¬vice when we schow’s daughter Staci Larson. “It tionate to the general population. don’t stand up for liberal arts. Is is very humbling. You realize how than USD Track and there a more important skillreally important your neighbors are. I critical thinking? That is that even this morning, Field Complex what the liberal arts are all about. know turning down combinesthey were be… We need technical schools, we cause Robert (Ganschow’s son) Nearing need community col¬leges, we said they don’t need anymore.” need every form of education we Peterson said, in his mind, this Completion At the University of South Dakota, can get. But, long term, the world day was for Doug and Pam. there was the DakotaDome for is changed by people who have “It is something that small town indoor track. But no on-campus the ability to think, to problem communi¬ties have done for solve, are or¬ganized and can ex- years,” he said. “There is always options for outdoor track. That was the scenario facing Dave press themselves through writing another day to get in the field. Gottsleben when he was hired as and orally.” Doug’s days are numbered, Abbott said he believe that the mine are still to come, I feel. We men’s track coach at USD in the University of South Dakota is pro- will get him done first.” fall of 1984. Pam said that the family knew this wasn’t going to be an easy road, but the number of people who have stepped up to help have overwhelmed her. Years in Business YEARS IN BUSINESS viding those future leaders the School band played the U.S. Milieducational facilities, professors, tary Themes medley. staff and resources to succeed. The University of South Dakota ROTC presented the National ColCommunities ors. Every school in Vermil¬lion represented Comes Together wasprogram. and took part in the 5 W. Cherry St. • Vermillion • 605-624-4444 Vermillion’s annual Veteran’s Day program was held Wednesday at the High School honoring all those who serve, have served and will serve in the United States Military. It began Wednesday morning with a small sacrifice by the High School Students themselves who parked without complaint at the far end of the parking lot so those attending the program would have closer parking on the cold day. “This is the second year at the high school,” Principal Curt Cameron said. “Prior to this they were doing it at the W.H. Over Museum. We opened up this because we can accommo¬date so many more people and we get our kids involved in the whole district. It’s nice because in the morn¬ing we made sure that the kids are at the far east side of the parking lot. I direct traffic and they come up to me and always say, ‘This is no problem. We don’t mind doing this for our veterans.’ It’s always been positive with the kids and rewarding for everybody involved.” Local Veterans paraded into the High gymnasium while the High December Snow Impacts Vermillion, Region As this week’s storm system moves out of the region, the past month will go down as one of the area’s warmest and wettest Novembers. Vermillion recorded 8 inches of snowfall as of Tuesday morning, with additional light snow falling throughout the day. That figure comes on top of the Nov. 20 snowfall, which measured close to 10 inches in Vermillion. The two storms in the final 10 days of November weren’t that unusual, according to South Dakota state climatologist Dennis Todey. “Big snows in the late fall aren’t that abnormal,” he said. “This was just a little later than we often have them here.” The NWS snowfall estimates as of Tuesday morning showed a wraparound effect. At the high end of the scale, an estimated 8-12 inches fell on northern Charles Mix County, Douglas County, and portions of Hutchinson, Turner, Clay and Union counties. As of Tuesday morning, Bridgewater record 10 inches of snowfall, Beresford 9 inches, Vermillion and White Lake each 8 inches, Salem 7.5 inches, and Yankton, Tyndall and Pickstown each 6 inches Remembering The Legacy Of Wayne S. Knutson The Vermillion community is mourning the passing of Wayne S. Knutson, a man who made his mark on the city and university as well as the state. It is fitting to pay tribute as today bears his name in South Dakota. “...Whereas Wayne has inspired, mentored, and stood as an example to South Dakotans for half a century through his sterling gifts as teacher, artist, consultant, wise counselor and friend: Now, therefore, I, William J. Janklow, Governor of the State of South Dakota do hereby proclaim December 11, 1999, as Wayne S. Knutson Day in South Dakota and I join his many friends across the state in celebrating the naming of the main stage theater in the Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts at the University of South Dakota as the Wayne s. Knutson Theater,” reads the executive proclamation from the office of the governor. According to a press release Distinguished Professor Emeritus Wayne S. Knutson entered hospice care in early November due to away late Monday at age 89. “Dr. Wayne Knutson was an amazing man, with many areas of interest and many talents,” said Larry Schou, Dean of USD’s College of Fine Arts. “He spent his career at USD helping build up the programs in theater, in English, at the Black Hills Playhouse (where USD students perform) and in the College of Fine Arts. Get your ad in the.. Classifieds Today! CALL: 624-4429 or FAX: 624-2696 EMAIL: classifieds@plaintalk.net ONLINE: BroadcasterOnline.com DROP BY: 201 W. Cherry, Vermillion