Broadcaster Press 3 January 29, 2019 www.broadcasteronline.com An Embarrassing Event By Daris Howard One of my scouts asked me about my most embarrassing moment. I could think of many, but because I had just been to a wrestling match, I thought of one that had to do with that sport. The year before the particular embarrassing event, I had ended up having to run for my life from a pack of coyotes while trying to save a newborn calf and its mother. It was winter, with temperatures at about thirty degrees below zero. The cold and stress on my lungs helped bring on pneumonia to such an extent that I was in fairly critical condition for about two weeks. After that, any time I stressed my lungs a lot, I would have trouble breathing. I struggled mildly through track that spring and football in the fall. But when it came to wrestling, I was really having trouble. Finally, my parents and my coach insisted that I see a doctor. After many tests, the doctor told me I had some severe lung damage. He said the main problem was that the lung tissues were damaged to the point that they were having a hard time staying moist like they needed. Whether the damage was caused by the overexertion while exposed to the freezing cold air or from the pneumonia, he wasn’t sure. But he said the key was to be able to moisten them up before a physically demanding event. He prescribed the use of an inhaler. He taught me how to put the nozzle in my mouth and pump a few shots of it while breathing the moisture into my lungs. The doctor told me it would not be against any kind of athletic rules because it had no steroids in it. He also told me to use it just before wrestling practice each day and before each match. At the next practice, I explained to my coach what the doctor had said. My coach was concerned enough that every afternoon before practice, he would ask me if I had used the inhaler. But at the first match, neither he nor I thought about what taking some breaths from the inhaler might look like. Just before I stepped onto the mat, I took a couple of deep breaths from it as prescribed. The other coach saw what I did and immediately told the ref that I was taking drugs. The ref said he was going to disqualify me from the match. My coach then told the ref that what I took was doctor prescribed, and if the ref disqualified me for it, he could lose his job. “You know very well that the rules allow an athlete to take doctor-prescribed medicine.” For about fifteen minutes, the whole gym was in an uproar with the opposing team wanting me disqualified and acting like they would lynch me. Fortunately, it was a home meet, and they and their fans were far outnumbered by ours. Finally, the ref decided that the best thing to do was to call the doctor who prescribed the medicine. It took about ten more minutes to get hold of him, and when the doctor explained that the medicine was nothing more than something to put moisture into my lungs, the ref told the opposing team what he had learned. The opposing coach still demanded I be disqualified. So the ref showed him the rules about doctorprescribed medication and told him if he made one more remark about it, he would be removed from the gym. By the time the match finally resumed, I was so embarrassed I just wanted to get it over with and be out of there. I pinned my opponent in under a minute, and that didn’t help the other team feel any less that I had strength enhancing drugs. But I had done the same thing every previous time we had met and had never had the medicine before. When the wrestling meet was over, and we had won handily, the other team stormed away, still saying we cheated, even though we would have won even if they had won my match. Our team met in the locker room afterward and Coach sighed. “I’m glad that’s over. But next time, Howard, bring your inhaler to the weigh-in to show the ref and the opposing team.” “I don’t know, Coach,” Lenny said. “The way Howard pinned that kid, maybe the rest of us should get inhalers.” Coach was in no mood to be teased and growled back his answer. “We’ll just get all of you a spray bottle full of water, and you can just suck on that.” She somehow understood what too often many of us forget, that home is not so much a place, but it is about being with those we love. Dana Dykhouse Elected Chair Of State Chamber Board Pierre – The South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry announces the recent election of officers to the State Chamber Board of Directors. Serving as Chairman of the Board is Dana Dykhouse, CEO of First PREMIER Bank, Sioux Falls. Dykhouse has served in the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer of First PREMIER Bank since March 1995. Under Dana’s leadership, First PREMIER Bank’s total assets and assets managed have grown from $250 million to more than $1.5 billion. Together with its sister organization, PREMIER Bankcard, the organization has grown from 175 employees to over 2,300. First PREMIER has been ranked as one of the top 10 performing financial institutions of its size in the nation since 1997 by the American Bankers Association’s ABA Banking Journal. With over 30 years of banking experience, Dana has served in a variety of positions with other financial institutions. In response to his election as chairman of the board, Dykhouse stated, "It is an honor to be selected to provide Leadership to an organization that has the foundational mission to advocate for South Dakota businesses, large and small. Workforce development, business-friendly tax and regulatory environment, as well as economic growth are all priorities I will be focusing on during my Leadership tenure. Thank You!" In addition to Dykhouse’s election as Chairman of the Board, Brian Sandvig, CFO, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc., Milbank, joins the Executive Committee at Chairmanelect. State Chamber President David Owen stated, “The South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry is proud to have a Board of Directors that is made up of proven leaders in communities across South Dakota; people who are accomplished and successful in their industries. Dana Dykhouse is a proven leader whose insights about South Dakota’s economy and dedication to both higher education and the technical institutes will help the Chamber in its role as a leading advocate in the public arena.” Dana Dykhouse currently serves as: • South Dakota Board of Technical Education - Chairman • Build Dakota Scholarship Fund – Board Chairman • Co-Chair Forward Sioux Falls 5 2006-2010 • Co-Chair “It Starts at State” – SDSU’s $200 million dollar campaign 2007-2013 • Board Member of NorthWestern Energy Corporation 2008- current • Board Member of SURF – Sanford Lab, Lead, SD 2008- current • Founding Board Member of Sioux Falls Sports Authority • Board Member of Junior Achievement of South Dakota • Board of Trustees SDSU Foundation • Board Member South Dakota Chamber of Commerce • Member of Sioux Falls Downtown Rotary • Past Chair – South Dakota Bankers Association • Past Chair – Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce • Past Chair – Sioux Falls Development Foundation Dana is a 1979 graduate of South Dakota State University and he and his wife LaDawn have two adult children. Governor's Column: Expanding Broadband By Gov. Kristi Noem I’ve heard it said that 65 percent of children in elementary school today will work in jobs that don’t yet exist. These jobs of the future – the jobs our children will depend on to support families of their own – will almost certainly require access to technology, particularly the internet. We must make those investments now. Raising the next generation with tools such as broadband is our responsibility. South Dakota’s lack of broadband is a big problem to tackle. Half our counties have rural areas where one in four people don't have adequate internet access. Some counties have rural areas where half the residents don’t have reliable access. We must close the broadband gap to ensure South Dakotans have the opportunity to work and hire locally while selling globally. That’s easier said than done. Fiber optic line can cost $15,000 per mile to lay, and the low number of customers in some rural areas makes it too expensive for companies to justify their investment. Some have discouraged me from even trying to expand access across the state because it’s too hard and too expensive. But I refuse to quit. Geographic location cannot be an excuse for the government to do nothing when the future vitality of our economy is at stake. Geographic location no longer has to be a barrier to participating in the global economy. Earlier this month, I announced my plan to close the broadband gap. Partnering with others, I want to connect as many more South Dakotans as possible to high speed internet over the next four years. To accomplish this goal, we’ll bring together industry leaders. Our state’s rural telecom companies, in particular, have considerable experience in bringing broadband service to our rural areas. Our state’s other wireline service providers have an important role to play in areas they serve as well, and I look forward to working with them on increasing their level of service. What’s more, I want to bring in companies with emerging technologies in the fixed wireless arena, such as Microsoft’s Airband initiative, that may offer more cost-efficient ways to provide fast, reliable service to our most difficult to serve locations. And I see a role for companies ready to invest in new 5G technology, which promises faster, more reliable service over cellular data networks. Additionally, we’re going to commit state resources to closing the broadband gap. But we can’t, and shouldn’t, exclusively rely on those to get us across the finish line, so we’re developing a series of public-private partnerships to help overcome the challenges of service in rural areas and achieve the ambitious goals we’ve set for South Dakota. I’m confident we can find a way to bridge our own challenges and secure broadband for South Dakota’s next generation and beyond. If you don’t get the word out about your business, no one else will!!! Read and Recycle ST. AGNES REGISTRATION 3x ...the Value REGISTER NOW! We serve 3-5 year old preschool children. Your child must be three by September 1, 2019. Morning Sessions (8:30-11:00 a.m.) and Afternoon Sessions (12:45-3:15 p.m.) are available. Students may attend 2 (T/Th) days, 3 days (M/W/F), or 5 days (M-F) a week. Before and After-school care is available for students in Preschool through 5th grade. Preschool Childcare is available from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. 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