4 Broadcaster Press February 18, 2020 www.broadcasteronline.com Make-A-Wish® South Dakota Celebrates Valentine’s Day Questions The Granting Of Its 1,500th Wish Sioux Falls, SD – Make-A-Wish® South Dakota has been granting wishes for children with critical illnesses since 1984. On Feb. 11 in Brookings, the chapter celebrated the granting of its historic 1,500th wish come true, a milestone the chapter crossed when it granted seven-year-old Ryker’s wish to meet NHL goalie, Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins. The 1,500th wish was official when wish kid Ryker returned from Boston on Jan. 5. During the 1,500th wish celebration, Ryker and his family shared stories from his wish, including highlights of the two Boston Bruins games they attended, Ryker’s celebrity meeting and skate on the ice with Tuukka Rask, and their interaction with the entire Bruins team, from the players to the highest levels of management. Tuesday’s celebration highlighted the significance of the chapter’s 1,500th wish, and its vision to grant the wish of every eligible child. “We are overjoyed to celebrate the impact Make-A-Wish has had on 1,508 kids, their families and our communities over the past 35 years in South Dakota,” Sue Salter, president and CEO of Make-A-Wish South Dakota said. “Wishes bring out the best in everyone, giving children and their families hope, strength and joy when they need it most. Today we celebrate all the wishes that have come true thanks to the volunteers, generous donors, boards and staff, and all those wishes yet to come.” By Daris Howard My roommate, John, drove the rest of us crazy. He was always burning something when he cooked, and most of the time he just cooked beans. In addition, his diet of beans made him a veritable methane volcano, continually spewing forth toxic gas. Whether it was cooking, destroying the bathroom, or just generally messing up the apartment, he had a masterful talent akin to the god of chaos. But John had one big thing going for him that I definitely didn’t have. He was really good looking. Not that I thought he was, but the girls sure did. They swooned around him so much that it made a person sick, or, in my case, maybe a bit jealous, especially with Valentines’ Day coming up. Valentines’ Day was on a Saturday, and that was the day of the girl’s preference dance. Since it wasn’t common for a girl to ask a guy out in those days, the preference dance was the one time they could show a guy that they really liked him by being the one to initiate the invite. The campus population was fifty-six percent female, so statistically, every guy had a good chance. There were a few girls I liked, and I really hoped one of them would ask me. 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