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It is definitely that time of the year. We noticed a maple tree with hints of red last week. Stores are trying to sell school supplies. We've already experienced some cooler overnight low temperatures than normal, preceded by more rain over the weekend. So let's hope that this won't be a permanent trend, as nobody would really like to see one of those rare early frosts. But on the other hand it might not be too humid during Achievement Days this week at the 4-H grounds in Ipswich. And that would be nice! So good luck to the 4-Hers with your...
Our area just emerged from a wet period that in some instances included too much hail. Yes, last week everyone seemed to receive ample moisture in varying amounts. Right here in Ipswich we recorded around an inch and a half in my two gauges. One is in millimeters and another inches and millimeters so I averaged them out and they indeed seemed real close to the actual official measurements. But with climate change, everything seems to go from one extreme to the other, so I wouldn't be surprised if this week would be quite dry. After all we are...
We had planted a small tree a few years ago and for some inexplicable reason it was one of the few relatively new trees in our entire yard that survived the horrible winter. The thing that's even more amazing was that I didn't realize that it was a cherry tree until we noticed some yellow fruit that suspiciously look like Rainier Cherries, the sweet yellow-red kind. But by then the grackles and Tena had already discovered them. So the bottom line was that I finally got my own hands on only a couple of them that were left. And they were not...
We got another shot of overnight rain earlier this week and that was timely. Quite a few of the crops that were able to be planted are catching up with that rain, heat and humidity all factoring in. So this is definitely encouraging, barring an early frost. And the way the weather has been, that wouldn't be a major surprise. But the crop prices have still been creeping up due to bad weather and flooded acres in other states. So that would certainly be a plus if it all works out! Speaking of work, that July 4 weekend was certainly relaxing for...
Last Saturday was a great day to stay in Ipswich and stay close to an air conditioner. Like Saturday, I'm seeing things weatherwise from time to time that kinda makes you wonder. The climate does seem to be gyrating out of control, giving us wild temperature and precipitation swings, especially for those who live along waterways from a tiny creek to an ocean. Too much of this and not enough of that, bringing either widespread flooding in areas that had never seen that extent or tinder-dry drought conditions. We'll see what the weatherman has...
The end of June is rapidly approaching and it finally might be gradually turning hot again, according to the advance weather forecasts. So that could turn out to be really decent Ipswich Rummage Sale weather on Saturday, June 29. As long as it isn't overly humid and we'll have to wait and see about that! But hopefully it'll be dry during the sale hours before any late afternoon thunder boomers pop up. We had some isolated thunderstorms in the area already on Monday afternoon and evening and it seemed like everybody got at least one of these...
As is usually the case, June is flying past quite rapidly. And various areas of the state are still seeing some spotty heavy rain showers, but nothing to the widespread extent that we measured earlier in the spring. And I guess that a trend towards warmer maybe even hot weather wouldn't be too surprising, especially as we approach July, starting with that big Fourth of July celebration! In the meantime you could probably find a weekend event or two somewhere this upcoming weekend. Or if you are an Ipswich resident, you might just decide to...
Intermittent light rain showers started right after the Trail Days parade in Ipswich last Saturday and continued on and off all day, depending greatly on your location. But they definitely converged onto the Trail Days Arena grounds for a late afternoon sudden thunder-boomer with brief heavy rain. It delayed rodeo for a little bit, but things finally got going after the passage of the cold front. That produced an instant autumn-like temperature drop, thanks to strong northwest wind gusts more appropriate for football than rodeo competition and...
The high school sports seasons for the 2018-19 school year are now officially over as of this publication date with the completion of the State B girls and boys high school golf tournaments played in Yankton on Monday, June 3 and Tuesday, June 4. (The results were unavailable as of this week's newspaper deadline for the Ipswich and Edmunds Central golfers who attended the state meet.) And in the not too distant future we will talking about pre-season practices for the 2019-20 fall sports participants. They would of course be the Ipswich High Sc...
From the Ipswich Tribune Thursday, May 30, 1935 edition LIFE IN SHANTY ON CLAIM STORY OF PIONEER LADY Part 1 Mrs. L. L. Caborn tells of Prairie Fires, Bad Blizzards and Frugal Early Life. I was certainly a very young and inexperienced woman when I left my home in southeastern Iowa the latter part of March 1883, to come to Dakota Territory. My husband had come on ahead with our household goods, three horses, two cows and a few other things that we thought might be convenient in a new country, enough to fill one emigrant car. Aberdeen was our...
Dear editor: I am a professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, where I research rural population change on the Great Plains. It is my understanding that Edmunds County and surrounding areas experienced considerable outmigration in the 1970s and 1980s. I will be visiting South Dakota the week of June 10, and I am hoping to meet people who remember those decades well, and are willing to share their views on the causes of rural population loss. If any of your readers are willing to share with me their experience of that period, either by...
Congratulations to the Ipswich track and field team for winning the Combined Girls and Boys State Championship in Class B at Sioux Falls last weekend and also good luck to the Edmunds Central and Ipswich golfers who will be attending their state meet in Yankton on June 3-4. Some people say that if it rains on Memorial Day, that will guarantee a wet summer, but we got only very light rain in the morning and after that, none at all, so I guess the jury is still out on that one. But it sort of falls into the category of weather-related folk lore...
May was and is and still will be an extremely busy month. This seems to be the case every year and this year is no exception. Even if the weather does feel more like April! Of course, this time of year that can change almost overnight and we could go from too cool to too hot that fast. Congratulations to all the Edmunds Central and IHS golfers and track and field thinclads that have qualified for their respective State B tournaments after their recent regionals. And good luck in your state meets, beginning with the State B track and field meet...
Good luck to the area high school track and field and golf athletes, who will soon be involved in your post-season action. It's indeed time for outdoor sports enthusiasts, beginning with the 2018-19 end of school-year activities! And if you listen closely enough you can already possibly hear the thunking sound of a baseball or softball bat, as that's just around the corner. And fishermen are pitching their lures, but that sound might just be a little too soft for most ears to hear. Boat motors are another story, you have to be deaf not to hear...
This is an important milestone in the life of a high school graduate and it is indeed pretty much beginning and maybe even a brand new beginning in some cases. Yes, it's a milestone, but hopefully only one of many yet-to-come achievements in the life of a 2019 high school graduate. For starter, you're in the midst of an information revolution that totally blows away any previous advancements of the human race and who knows you might even be one of the pioneers that colonize Mars. But there are far easier goals than that within your reach. As...
Our April weather for the most part has often seemed more like March from time to time and the May Day weather forecast more like April Fools’ Day. That has been a trend for the last two or three years -- winter and spring are pushed back because of a large reservoir of warmer, dryer air in October, November and even into early December. Call it climate change, if you will and we will see if that happens again later this year. Speaking of May, it is alway a busy month and this year is no exception. We will be publishing our graduation e...
Having to put in a new sump pump over the weekend was a highlight of our Easter vacation. And let's just say that our basement floor is now quite a bit shinier than it was before its unexpected bath. But we were at least able to find a brand new pump with many of the stores being closed for Easter. And we got to hear some live bluegrass music in Aberdeen Saturday night that we otherwise might not have. A temperature sign on one particular bank in Aberdeen that early evening said 91 degrees, though in our local area it probably didn't reach...
There are two historical events to mention in this week's short column. The first one is that record-breaking snowfall last week in our local area and the second achievement is pro golfer Tiger Woods winning the Masters for the umpteenth time after finally having rehabilitated himself from all sorts of medical problems. And even if you're not a fan of that particular sport, it's certainly an unbelievable accomplishment. If somebody made a feel-good sports movie about a fictional golfer or player who had achieved all that, you would say that it...
Dear editor, Twenty years ago a group of community leaders met to discuss the possibility of developing a program to meet the needs of a growing number of elementary students who were home alone after school each day. This was a big undertaking for a community our size but with dedicated volunteers, the Ipswich Tiger Post was born in January of 1999. Over the past 20 years it has served over 500 children with the number attending each day steadily increasing. Now we have embarked on a new venture - a new facility close to the school and parks...
Weather is fickle in the early spring. But we had a taste of spring over the weekend, an encouraging sign, to say the least. But now hopefully spring hasn't sprung a leak and decided to retreat backwards towards March for a day or two (Or three!) Whatever form of moisture and how much are the big questions? This time of year the hilly areas in our county quite often might be a degree or two cooler and thus experience snow a little faster and longer. And the basketball games have come to a conclusion, with the exception of the NBA. But you can...
OK, As far as I know I got through April Fools’ Day and didn't try to fool anybody else with the oldest April Fools’ joke "Your shoes are untied." And everybody knows that wouldn't be the case trying to fool me, because my shoes quite often become untied. It’s the new slippery fluorescent laces, you can tie a double knot or even a triple knot if your laces are long enough and they'll still work their way loose. But on second thought maybe I and everybody else on the planet got fooled by the NCAA Final Four in major college men's baske...
Congratulations to Ipswich's Class B first-team all-state selection Kamryn Heinz. That's a well-deserved honor — that highest level of all-state recognition for a high school hoops player! While on the subject of recognition for something that doesn't happen all that often, congratulations go to the South Dakota State University women for winning their first two NCAA tournament games and being in the Sweet 16 for the first time ever in the Division 1 program. And good luck in their next go-around on Friday against Oregon in Portland. M...
It's now officially spring according to the calendar and that's also evidenced by our longer days of sunlight, which we hadn't seen much of lately, due to that devastating blizzard last week. Somebody said that the groundhog should hide out until next year, because he was so wrong (or right?) forecasting when spring would arrive. Hopefully we won't get all that much more white stuff until next fall or winter. Or even all that much rain for the time being for obvious reasons as well! That blizzard cut into my personal attendance at the boys'...
Congratulations to the Ipswich girls for qualifying for the State B girls' high school basketball tourney in Huron and going out with a seventh-place win will be memorable. Especially in the seventh-place game against a team, Waverly-South Shore, that did have a six-foot plus player and that the Lady Tigers had edged W-SS during the regular season, so the Coyotes had extra incentive to win. The IHS Lady Tigers were quite possibly the underdogs going into the tourney, with a lack of overall team height being a major reason. One six-footer and...
A sign of spring is that only a few elite high school basketball programs are still in contention and this year one of those teams is the Ipswich Lady Tigers! They will indeed be making the trip to Huron for the State B on March 7,8,9 in the Huron Arena. The last time the IHS girls had attended a state basketball tourney was during the 1988-89 school year, when they were in the Class A ranks. That's some 30 years ago! So good luck to the Lady Tiger girls and their coaching staff. Your hard work and dedication has been rewarded! Another sign of...