THOUGHT FOR TODAY "At last came the golden month of the wild folk---honey-sweet May when the birds come back and the flowers come out and the air is full of sunrise scents and songs of the dawning summer." --- Samuel Scoville Jr. in "Wild Folk" PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY "May we think of freedom not as the right to do as we please but as the opportunity to do what is right." --- Peter Marshall ADVANCE VOTING BEGINS FRIDAY Registered voters can cast their ballots for the June 7 primary elections starting this Friday,...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY The very first Easter taught us this---that life never ends and love never dies. --- Kate McGahan PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP Boys wrestling: The Governors had a post-season awards event recently. Among the recipients of the major awards: Most...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY On Palm Sunday Jesus had the bigger picture in mind. He looked beyond the present and thought about the world's future. --- Unknown PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: --- FRIDAY Track/field: at Huron invitational, 2 p.m. Baseball:...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY April 1, the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other 364. --- Mark Twain PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: --- FRIDAY Baseball: at Sturgis, 5 and 7 p.m. --- SATURDAY Track/field: at Brookings indoor...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future. --- Irish blessing STATE GIRLS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES AA: Sioux Falls O'Gorman 49, Rapid City Stevens 42 A: Rapid City St. Thomas More 52, Hamlin 30 B: Viborg-Hurley 58, De Smet 53...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY Be not afraid of discomfort. If you can't put yourself in a situation where you are uncomfortable, then you will never grow. You will never change. You'll never learn. --- Jason Reynolds TOURNAMENTS ROUNDUP BOYS HOCKEY The state tournament will be...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY March is such a feeble month. It is the seam between winter and spring though seam suggests an even hem and March is more like a rough line of stitches sewn by an unsteady hand, swinging wildly between January gusts and June greens. You don't know...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY "In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer." --- Albert Camus TOURNAMENTS ROUNDUP GIRLS VARSITY HOCKEY The state varsity tournament runs Friday through Sunday at Aberdeen. Friday's quarterfinal pairings: Upper...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY "Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming." --- Nicholas Sparks in "Three Weeks with My...