THOUGHT FOR TODAY "What we need are critical lovers of America---patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it." --- Sen. Hubert Humphrey PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: --- THURSDAY Girls wrestling: home vs. Brandon...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire. It is the time for home. --- Edith Sitwell PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: --- THURSDAY Girls wrestling:...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June. --- Jean Paul PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP Girls basketball (6-1): The Governor girls extended their perfect record to 6-0 with a 59-41 win over Sioux Falls Lincoln. Ryann Barry...

THE 2022 PARKIE AWARDS This is the issue that brings you our Parkie Awards for the year 2022. You will find them at the bottom of this Midweek Update. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. --- Oprah Winfrey PIERRE GOVERNORS...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY "Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. --- Dr. Seuss ENTERTAINMENT AT THE CAPITOL --- THURSDAY Noon to 1: Pierre Music...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY Christmas is in our grasp as long as we have hands to clasp. Christmas Day will always be just as long as we have we! Welcome Christmas while we stand heart to heart and hand in hand. --- Dr. Seuss ENTERTAINMENT AT THE CAPITOL CHRISTMAS TREES ---...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas. --- Peg Bracken ENTERTAINMENT AT THE CAPITOL CHRISTMAS TREES THURSDAY, Dec. 8: --- Noon to 1: Stanley County piano class, Fort Pierre. FRIDAY, Dec. 9: --- Noon to 1:...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold. --- Aristotle ENTERTAINMENT AT THE CAPITOL THURSDAY, DEC. 1 --- Noon to 1 p.m.: Bison grades 7-12 choir. SATURDAY, DEC. 3 --- 11:30 a.m. to noon: Kantorei choral...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY As we express our gratitude we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them. --- President John F. Kennedy FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SCORES 9B: Hitchcock-Tulare 50, Herreid-Selby Area 28. 9A: Gregory 36,...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY "There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above itself in acts of bravery and heroism." --- Alexander Hamilton ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS Constitutional Amendment D expanding Medicaid eligibility: This measure was strongly...