Opinion

The Montevideo American News office will return to regular office hours on August 1st. The office located in downtown Montevideo will be open Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for visitors to drop off news content, advertising info, pick up a newspaper or subscribe. Photo by Jessica Stölen-Jacobson

So how’s your garden going these days? Better still, how’s your water bill looking? Seems the only rain we’ve had has been just a teaser, taunting us and the veggies many of us are trying to grow. Unfortunately, tho’ many backyard gardeners mean well, some don’t know what “well” means - at least when it comes to proper and sufficient water-ing of their ‘crops’.

Dressed to Grill In hip hop culture, a grill is dental jewelry for inside your mouth so your teeth can sparkle with gold or diamonds. In a car, a grille covers an opening in the body of a vehicle to allow air flow.

Around this time 20 years ago (August 30th, 2002) I was a new reporter at the Tri-County News in Cottonwood, covering a murder that shook Montevideo to its core. I remember distinctly receiving the call that a body had been found in the rural Hanley Falls gravel pit the local teens used to swim in.

When I was first hired in 2015 to be a Memory Care Coordinator, some community members reached out to my supervisor, Gretchen Reeves to see if my position could include beginning a Parkinson’s Support Group.

One of my previous careers before becoming a pastor was working for the South Dakota State Historical Society. My favorite thing I ever did in that job was going about a mile underground into the old Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills.

Now that we are at the height of summer and kids are being introduced to the outdoors through day hikes, fishing outings, and overnight camping, here are a few tips on protecting your child, “lost-proofing” them, and a few tips to ensure their safety.

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It always strikes me as odd how you can raise three children in one house and end up with such entirely different personalities. My oldest is a “look before you leap” kind of guy, and while he has a lot of goals, they usually start out with a decision to do something, followed immediately by doing everything he can to just get it done, and get it done quickly. He’s always plowing headlong into the next thing and the next, and I always wonder at how he seems to never take the time to appreciate where he’s at along the way.