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All of the local high school autumn sports team have either started or will be soon be starting their post-season competitions and one state meet is already scheduled for this weekend — the cross country meet near Rapid City on Saturday. That wind was something else during the regional meet in Gettysburg, but Ipswich braved the wind and then some, qualifying its entire girls and boys teams for that state meet. And the North Central Thunder had two girls in the varsity regional meet competing for experience for next year and one boy (Alec M...
The two sophomore quarterbacks in Friday’s game both had EC/Roscoe ties. Trey Hettick of HSA is the grandson of Donald and Sandy Hettick of Roscoe and the son of Alexis and Chris Hettick of Selby. Tiger QB Ian Beyers is the son of Allen and Margy Beyers of Roscoe and the grandson of John and Patty Beyers of Roscoe. Hettick’s team came away victorious. Details are also in this week’s paper. On Sunday we attended an outdoor live concert at the Red Rooster in Aberdeen, with proper social distancing. Former Ipswich UCC Pastor Enno Limvere plays the...
I read somewhere that the National Weather Service doesn't issue any more frost advisories or warnings during this growing season after a major frost or two is in the books. And I wouldn't be too surprised if that would now be true. But you can still read the daily and nightly forecasts and determine for yourself if the f-word (frost) is mentioned. And if you don't really care one way or the other, that's OK too. I've been checking one late blooming cucumber plant that has one cucumber which could possibly continue to grow into a slicing size...
What a difference a year makes, what with the ongoing pandemic and resulting postponements. It has also been awhile since Ipswich and Edmunds Central have had their homecoming the very same week. So all I have to say about that is just be careful when you are trying to drive back and forth between the two places. Just don't get a speeding ticket! But that said, congratulations to the royalty and their royal courts at both schools. Homecoming is one of the highlights at every type of educational institution, right up through college. NSU had can...
Fall Conservation Topics by Eric Rasmussen, District Conservationist Ipswich NRCS Field Office Fall is just around the corner and there is a laundry list of things everyone will be trying to accomplish before the white stuff begins to fly. I want to take this moment to share some timely conservation topics to consider as you prepare for winter. NOW is the time to inventory your shelterbelts and windbreaks! Soon, leaves will be falling, and it will be hard to decipher whether you have a live tree or not. Early orders submitted to your local...
Yesterday, Tuesday was officially the first day of autumn, but lately it's been feeling more like summer. However, it is already very hard not to notice that the hours of daylight are gradually being shortened with later sunrises and earlier sunsets both becoming very noticeable. I didn't try to stand a fresh egg upright during an equinox day as you are supposed to be able to do. I think I would have gotten too hungry, just looking at that egg. But no big deal if it falls into pieces with a big cracking noise if your experiment does in fact...
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We lost a sports fan, sportsman and high school classmate when Dave Williams recently passed away. And speaking of high school sports, the IHS girls' volleyball team was 8-0 going into this week. But their schedule certainly didn't get any easier. A highlight of this week's schedule besides a pair of talented LRC rivals, Warner last night in Ipswich and Northwestern on Thursday evening in Mellette will be Ipswich's own invitational tourney on Saturday in the Tiger Den. The North Central Thunder is also starting to experience some success as of...
The school year is heating up already (unlike the recent weather), especially when it comes to sports schedules. For starters it will be a very, maybe even extremely hectic weekend in Ipswich. The Tigers from Ipswich/EC will be hosting Langford Area on Friday evening for a huge LRC football confrontation to say the least. Then on Saturday — what can I say. Ipswich will be hosting Cross Country action in the a.m. and there will be a Saturday volleyball get-together, including North Central athletes in both sports. They say time flies when y...
September is a busy month for area high school girls' volleyball fans. For starters, there are seven home appearances for the Tiger team during the month and a lengthy home stand at the end of September actually extends into October for two more home clashes. That will indeed culminate a six-match home stand, starting with an Ipswich tournament scheduled for September 19. The North Central Thunder are not involved in that particular invitational, but will attend a September 12 tourney that has been moved to Ipswich instead of its earlier...
Everything is so seasonally related, especially when we are transitioning to autumn leaves instead of cotton balls from that very same tree. But with climate change apparently in progress, it's beginning to seem like we haven't been experiencing those traditional lengthy spring and fall seasons that we used to enjoy. The weather certainly seems more unpredictable, though, so things could always change, especially on a short-term basis. So merchants are attempting to do their seasonal end of the summer sales campaigns as usual, especially with t...
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...
Those large hail reports scattered around the state have been almost unbelievable. And I wouldn't want to be anywhere around a softball-sized hail stone, unless I was wearing a sturdy construction helmet and that might not even be strong enough. Indeed 2020 could be one of those Biblical plague years. We've had chunks of hail, various forms of insect invasions (crickets and grasshoppers just to name a couple), toads, and widespread drought in the areas where people haven't been cursed with those massive chucks of hail. And if not hail, at...
We had a preview of autumn overnight Sunday night, Monday and even into Tuesday a.m. Now if it could just stay that way. But it probably won’t! The forecasters are indeed predicting a return to summertime heat by this weekend. Anyway this is our first August edition during “Back to School” month. And some of the election races might be heating up, as well as the thermometer, as we inch closer to the November elections....
So far our summer moisture patterns have been on the spotty side but maybe that's good. We don't really need or want those monsoons that have been plaguing North Dakota and northern South Dakota as of late. They can instantly create water over the roadways and also in your basement with swollen creeks, lake and rivers. That's just to name a few of their possibly harmful side effects. And think about how much snow there would have been if the precip. would have occurred in that form. Don't even want to speculate about that scenario! And dry...
Where is the summer going? And obviously spring disappeared just before that. But at least July and August are both 31-day months which is good. Many people are no doubt so busy with summer work that they could use that 31st day of the month and then some to begin catching up (If that's possible!). And July is also one of those months with five Wednesday newspaper editions, making it even more challenging. It has certainly felt like summer with extraordinary heat and humidity and an occasional down-pour of rain. It was certainly a rainy Monday...
ora et labora… A Daily Routine Who can honestly say that the daily rhythm of their life has not been upset to some degree by the introduction of the COVID-19 virus into American society? While millions around the world have become infected, we are fortunate at least that the mortality rate of the current virus is significantly lower than the previous pandemic. In fact, to quote numbers, in 1918 the influenza epidemic was notable for its virulence where over 20 million people died worldwide: approximately half a million (500,000) in the U...
The long holiday weekend proved to be a stormy one and the individual storms seemed to run together on into Sunday night. (And those July 5 storms were apparently even more intense both to the south and north of us in Faulk County and McPherson County.) But Monday's, July 6 weather wasn't as inclement as the advance forecasts had predicted and Tuesday morning also dawned mostly sunny with a light northwest wind for a change. Meanwhile, some residences in Ipswich (including us) were without power Saturday night for over two hours during the July...
Important Dates July 15 — Deadline to submit 2020 Crop Acreage Report July 15 — Deadline to submit ARC-Individual Farm Yields July 15 — Deadline to submit 2019 NAP production August 1 — Deadline to submit COC nominations August 21 — Deadline to sign-up for CRP SHIPP August 28 — Deadline to apply for CFAP August 31 — CRP Managed Haying/Grazing ends September 7 — Office closed for Labor Day September 30 — Deadline to update ARC PLC Yields Report Notice of Loss within 15 days of occurrence for all crops and grasses Coronavirus Food Assistance P...
Do people use the term Happy Fourth of July? Well, if they don't, I will. Happy Fourth of July! And you can say Happy Birthday to our country at the very least. That's especially true this year in spite of the pandemic Several things are still going on as scheduled or possibly modified. I understand that Faulkton will still have a few individual activities over the long weekend, if not the Parade or Rodeo. And Mina Lake will more than make up for that. Those guys are scheduling more events than ever and turning it into a true...
Yes, it's now officially summer and before long, we will be talking about fall. The weather has already been going from one extreme to the other and I guess that's how you get your averages and climate change. People are starting to sort of resume their normal routines, in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. In South Dakota only 29 brand new cases were announced on Monday and 27 new ones on Tuesday, so that was really pretty encouraging. But those numbers could increase overnight, now that they are testing more young adults and their families,...
People are starting to be out and about much more so than earlier this spring. And that's a good sign. But it still doesn't hurt to wear a mask and/or position yourself at least six feet from any people in lines. Believe it or not, the longest day of the year is right around the corner and from then on our daylight hours will gradually grow shorter, as we head towards fall. It will not be all that noticeable at first. So enjoy the outdoors while you can. There are plenty of outdoor projects that you may have been postponing, including possibly...
Our weather certainly suggests that there could be climate change at work, because the daily weather conditions seem to be going from one extreme to the other lately. Take this past weekend and even into Tuesday for example. One day we're experiencing blowing dust because it had been getting quite hot and dry. Especially for this early into June. But then we get copious amounts of blowing rain (and in some area’s hail). That all started on Sunday evening and continued overnight into Monday a.m. And then overnight Monday into Tuesday a.m. we g...
We’ve often been amused by made-up days that recognize or celebrate various causes. This time it’s 605 Day, on you guessed it — June 5 (6-05-2020) It took a while to figure out why. Well - 605 is indeed our Area Code. For whatever that’s worth! In a press release from the state, the South Dakota Department of Tourism invites folks to celebrate the fifth annual 605 Day. “2020 has been a difficult year. Now more than ever, we need to rally together and celebrate what makes South Dakota a great place to visit and live,” said Governor Kristi Noem....
What happened to Memorial Day? This has got to be the earliest Memorial Day that I can ever remember. (May 31 is not until Sunday!) We might have had a few people ask if there would still be enough time for a Memorial Day related item for the paper. Or one of the usual Tuesday’s “Is it too late for this week’s paper” questions. And the answer is that ideally Tuesdays should indeed be too late for items for the paper. But it’s not too late if you already haven’t made up your mind in next Tuesday’s primaries. There are certainly some interest...