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Call, write us or contact Comments? us via e-mail and let us Story Ideas? know how we are doing. 201 W. Cherry •Vermillion, SD 57069 605-624-4429 • classifieds@plaintalk.net Stories you missed this week because you’re not a Plain Talk subscriber Coverage of the Saturday, Feb. 2 legislative Cracker Barrel meeting held in Vermillion City Hall. The meeting before a standing room only audience featured District 17 Sen. Art Rusch and District 17 Reps. Nancy Rasmussen and Ray Ring. A story about the message University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring shared at a recent meeting of the Yankton Interchange women’s group luncheon. The latest in Tanagers sports coverage, including stories and photos from the girls’ and boys’ basketball games against Dakota Valley Feb. 5, coverage of the Vermillion wrestlers’ performance at the Yankton Invitational Feb. 2, and a story about the Tanagers gymnasts competing in the regions at Wagner Feb. 1. 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