Articles from the August 19, 2020 edition


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  • I/EC Gridders open their season Friday at home

    Aug 19, 2020

    The Ipswich/Edmunds Central football team finished 4-6 last year, including a 9A first-round playoff opportunity which they lost to Britton-Hecla. They will have a nine-game regular-season slate again this year, leading up to the first-round playoffs scheduled for October 22. Despite having some key senior graduates, the Tigers hope to build on last year's foundation. "Yes, our goal this year is to make it back to the play-offs and compete as a conference championship," says head coach Brian...

  • Donate blood Monday, Aug. 24

    Aug 19, 2020

    The next opportunity to donate blood in your community will be Monday, Aug. 24 at Father Bormann Hall in Ipswich from 12 to 4:30 p.m. Contact Jerry Brooks at 605-380-1925 to make an appointment. Or call Vitalant at 1-877-25-VITAL for more information. Blood donation transforms lives of those who give and those who receive. There is no substitute for blood. It is essential for life. It carries oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, fights infections and helps heal wounds. Blood donors are amazing. When you roll up your sleeve to donate, you...

  • Main Street Open House Saturday

    Aug 19, 2020

    The Ipswich Development Corporation and Ipswich’s Main Street businesses are planning an open house on Saturday, August 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participating businesses will have gifts to sign up for. Stop in and visit Real Dakota Photography, Grandma’s Ceramics Shop, Ipswich Fitness Center, Red Bobbin Sewing Salon and Escape Salon. There will be a fundraiser lunch with proceeds going to the Ipswich Athletic Boosters and Tiger Post....

  • Effects of pandemic safety measures being felt as sports seasons begin

    Dana Hess|Aug 19, 2020

    By Dana Hess For the S.D. Newspaper Association As high school sports practices start up across South Dakota, coaches, athletes and administrators are realizing that it’s not business as usual during a pandemic. The South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors heard reports about the start of fall sports Thursday, Aug. 13 at their August meeting in Pierre. The meeting was live streamed on the internet. One safety measure in football has been particularly vexing. The problem is “how the heck to keep each kid with their own...

  • Fiddlin' Around

    -deg|Aug 19, 2020

    Hopefully our area high school fall sports teams have all been experiencing some productive pre-season practice sessions and good luck during your respective seasons. That should all be quite interesting with schools (including their sports teams) attempting to resume their normal routines as much as possible with the coronavirus still around for now at least. The first actual varsity competition would appear to be a football game with the Ipswich/Edmunds Central team hosting Potter County in Ipswich on Friday. The Tigers had handled Potter...

  • The Library Remembers When...

    Aug 19, 2020

    From the Ipswich Tribune July 27, 1927 edition Café Being Remodeled The C & C Café is being entirely remodeled this week. It is expected that it will be completed by August first. The floor is to be entirely covered with battleship linoleum. The counter which was formerly in the shape of a horseshoe will be extended full length of the south side of the building and a partition installed in the center. The north section is to have booths along the wall and tables along the partition. The fixtures are all very up-to-date. The little dining r...

  • Fine arts feeling effects of pandemic

    Dana Hess|Aug 19, 2020

    By Dana Hess For the S.D. Newspaper Association Just like high school sports, fine arts are feeling the effects of the pandemic as oral interp contests and the high school journalism convention have been moved online and All-State Chorus and Orchestra has been postponed to next year. Those actions were taken Thursday, Aug. 13 as the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors met in Pierre. According to a proposal from SDHSAA Assistant Executive Director Brooks Bowman, 85 percent of journalism advisers preferred holding...

  • Activities board, staff share concerns, priorities amidst pandemic

    Dana Hess|Aug 19, 2020

    By Dana Hess For the S.D. Newspaper Association Putting on high school athletics and activities during a pandemic is going to take patience, flexibility and constant communication. That was the consensus during a strategic planning session of the South Dakota High School Activities Association board of directors and executive staff. During last Wednesday’s session in Pierre, which was live-streamed on the internet, board members shared their concerns based on the school groups they represent. The board is made up of superintendents, s...

  • Volleyball season begins August 25

    Aug 19, 2020

    Sustaining a 2019 Class B girls' high school volleyball SoDak 16 loss one game away from the State B, the Tiger netters might very well feel like they have some incentive to do well this year. That's because their varsity roster features 10 returning seniors, a luxury that not a whole lot of teams can experience. Alphabetically the seniors include Hailey Bierman, Halie Feldman, Kate Geditz, Lindsey Grabowska, Halle Heinz, Taryn Kleffman, Ashton Loken, Paige Mehlberg, Chesney Olivier and Bailey...

  • IHS cross country runners open season Aug. 28

    Aug 19, 2020

    The Ipswich cross country program under head coach Todd Thorson will be quite youthful this year with no seniors on either the girls or boys rosters. But Thorson says that it's very possible that there is a combined girls/boys record turnout of 24 runners this season. (That equates to 16 girls and eight boys.) The Tiger girls indeed graduated a 2019 State B Top 10 finisher, Tessa Kilber, eighth at last year's meet, who will certainly be missed. But the team finished sixth in last year's girls...

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