Friday, 1.3.14 river city ON THE WEB: www.yankton.net RESS AKOTAN NEWSROOM: PAGE 2B P D [email protected] New At The Library The Bookworm Here’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week: Book Celebrates Winter’s Peace ADULT BOOKS “The Quiet Season: Remembering white stuff piled up, his teacher in the • The Circle by Dave Eggers; Fiction Country Winters” by Jerry Apps; © one-room schoolhouse tapped one of the • Death of a Nightingale by Kaaberbol & Friis; Fiction 2013, Wisconsin Historical Society bigger children to shovel a path to the • The First of July by Elizabeth Speller; Fiction Press; 150 pages outhouses. • Good Kings Bad Kings by Susan Nussbaum; Fiction ——— Apps recalls playing in the snow, and • The Housemaid’s Daughter by Barbara Mutch; Fic- BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER wading through waist-high drifts. He re- tion members hunting in it, travelling by car • In Falling Snow by Mary-Rose MacColl; Fiction It snowed overnight. and on foot through it, and hoping that • The Last Winter of Dani Lancing by P. D. Viner; Fiction Santa could handle it. He recalls when • Lighthouse Bay by Kimberley Freeman; Fiction You saw it first thing this morning, and you grumbled. You know how much extra neighbors took care of neighbors and • Marching to Zion by Mary Glickman; Fiction dances were held in someone’s dining • The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch; Fiction work that stuff is: shoveling, brushing, scraping. Everything needs more time to room. And he remembers the perfection • The Sky Manifest by Brian Panhuyzen; Fiction of winter some 70 years ago, its loveliness • Teatime for the Firefly by Shona Patel; Fiction warm up and get going — including you. Sure, snow is pretty... for about ten and its magic. • Tempest’s Course by Lynette Sowell; Fiction I’m not sure where it came from, but • The Tulip Eaters by Antoinette van Heugten; Fiction minutes. Or, as you’ll see in “The Quiet Season” by Jerry Apps, it’s beautiful for a reading “The Quiet Season” gave me a def- • CeeLo; Nonfiction inite sense of pulse-slowing calmness. • Creative Photography by Steve Sonheim; Nonfiction lifetime. Born to a pair of farmers in the “midst Maybe that’s because author Jerry • Granny Is My Wingman by Kayli Stollak; Nonfiction Apps — who often mentions his love of a • The Investigator by Terry Lenzner; Fiction of the Great Depression,” Jerry Apps says that, save but for his time spent in the good story — is himself the teller of tales • A Man’s Guide to Healthy Aging by Thompson & that circle around community in a TV- Kaye; Nonfiction Army, he’s never missed a Wisconsin win- ter. For folks in snowy climes, winter re- less, packed-calendar-free, horse-drawn • Newton by Matthew Lysiak; Nonfiction but hard-working world that fewer and • One Bowl Baking by Yvonne Ruperti; Nonfiction minds us that “we are not in charge,” he says. fewer folks remember. They’re told with • Survival Lessons by Alice Hoffman; Nonfiction dead oak trees and hauling it closer to the awe, gratitude, grace, more than a little • Writing in the Wall by Tom Standage; Nonfiction The winters of 1939-1947 were particu- house. The family butchered a hog every larly memorable for Apps. Electricity had- knee-slapping — and lots of love for the fall because they “needed the meat if we way things were, the rotation of the sea- ADULT AUDIO BOOKS n’t yet come to his parents’ farm — it were going to survive the long winter.” didn’t arrive until the spring of ‘47 — sons, the bounty of the land, and the per- • Cross My Heart by James Patterson; Fiction Produce from garden and field was laid in severance of its people. • Lucia in Love by Heather Graham; Fiction which meant that milking cows and fetch- for the season. ing water was all done by hand. Dinner This is the kind of book that elders • Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz; Fiction Even when there was a snowstorm, will read and read again. It’s a book you’ll was made on a wood-burning stove that the three Apps boys had to walk to ADULT DVDS served both to prepare food and to heat want to give to a whiner. It’s one you’ll be school and they tried not to miss a day. glad to curl up with because, though it’s • The Conjuring the kitchen. Homework for the three Apps The season’s first snow was especially ex- boys was done by kerosene lamp. mostly about winter, “The Quiet Season” • Elysium citing; says Apps, he and his classmates will leave you warm. • The Intouchables Apps remembers how his father pre- were “running around like we were pos- • Pacific Rim pared for winter by “making wood” from sessed by first snowfall demons.” As • Robot & Frank • The Shunning Year In Review • Smashed YOUNG ADULT BOOKS • Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets by Evan Roskos; Fic- A Look At 2013’s Top Video Games tion • Full-Ride by Margaret Peterson Haddix; Fiction BY LOU KESTEN AND DERRIK J. LANG the creepy story all the more effective. aging historical stealth series still has • The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd; Fiction AP Entertainment Writers 8. “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Be- new tricks up its sleeves, besides just a • More Than This by Patrick Ness; Fiction tween Worlds” (Nintendo, for the Nin- pair of hidden blades. • Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis; Fiction The top 10 video games of 2013, ac- tendo 3DS): Nintendo opens up the 5. “Tomb Raider” (Crystal Dynam- • The Shadowhunter’s Codex by Clare & Lewis; Fiction cording to Lou Kesten: magical land of Hyrule — and its darker ics, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, • Teardrop by Lauren Kate; Fiction 1. “BioShock Infinite” (Irrational twin, Lorule — with a looser storyline PC): Lara Croft, shipwrecked and JUNIOR BOOKS Games, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox that invites more exploration. It’s the stripped of everything, transcends her • Counting By 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan; Fiction 360, PC): The latest adventure from most challenging “Zelda” in years, and the status as merely a busty video-game vixen • The Doggone Dog by Diana G. Gallagher; Fiction provocateur Ken Levine asks tough ques- most rewarding. in this intense origin story. Her harrowing • Elvis and the Underdogs by Jenny Lee; Fiction tions about the bloody path of American 9. “Peggle 2” (PopCap Games, for expedition across the lethal Yamatai is- • Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman; Fiction history. And it doesn’t provide easy an- Xbox One): The killer app for Microsoft’s land is grueling, desperate and exactly • The Great Kitten Challenge by Diana G. Gallagher; swers — indeed, the more you learn new Xbox One turns out to be ... a juiced- what the character — and gamers — Fiction about its setting, the flying city of Colum- up pachinko game. But fans of the original needed. • Ivy + Bean Take the Case by Annie Barrows; Fiction bia, the loopier it gets. No other game this will get exactly what they were hoping 6. “The Legend of Zelda: A Link Be- • Mice Capades by Diana G. Gallagher; Fiction year bent my brain as much. for: a game so addictive that, even after tween Worlds” (Nintendo, for the Nin- • Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool; Fiction 2. “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” bouncing through 120 new levels, you tendo 3DS): A few daring innovations on • A No-Sneeze Pet by Diana G. Gallagher; Fiction (Ubisoft Montreal, for the PlayStation want more. the long-running “Legend of Zelda” for- • The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett by Tom 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, 10. “Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Re- mula resulted in one of the most captivat- Angleberger; Fiction Xbox One, PC): Stealth and swordplay born” (Square Enix, for PlayStation 3, ing adventures starring everyone’s • “When Did You See Her Last?” by Lemony Snicket; have always been at the core of this se- PC): This massively multiplayer online favorite elfy hero, Link. His ability to pop Fiction ries, but “Black Flag” adds a stirring new game was so poorly received in 2010 that on and off walls added a new depth to the • Dinosaurology: The Search for a Lost World by element: engrossing sea battles, as you its publisher pulled the plug and rebuilt it puzzles, and made a serious case for play- Raleigh Rimes; Nonfiction and the crew of your pirate ship romp from the ground up. The result is nearly a ing in 3D. • Walking on Earth & Touching the Sky; Nonfiction across the Caribbean of the 1730s. miracle: a lush online world so compelling 7. “Gone Home” (The Fullbright 3. “Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White that even anti-social gamers can enjoy it. Company, for PC): There just aren’t EASY BOOKS Witch” (Studio Ghibli and Level-5, for ——— enough games as emotionally gripping — • Crankee Doodle by Tom Angleberger; Fiction the PlayStation 3): The Japanese studios The top 10 video games of 2013, ac- or as beautifully ordinary — as this • Gabby, Drama Queen by Joyce Grant; Fiction behind movies like “Spirited Away” and cording to AP Entertainment Writer Der- voyeuristic coming-of-age story that casts • Hedgie Blasts Off! by Jan Brett; Fiction games like “Dragon Quest” collaborated rik J. Lang: players as a college student who’s re- • Do You Really Want a Cat? by Bridget Heos; Nonfic- on this sprawling epic about a kid trans- 1. “BioShock Infinite” (Irrational turned to her family’s empty house after tion ported to an alternate universe. It pro- Games, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox traveling abroad. “Gone Home” is more • Do You Really Want a Dog? by Bridget Heos; Nonfic- vides all the pleasures of a deep 360, PC): A breathtaking journey to a than just a mystery set in the 1990s. It’s tion role-playing game with the charm and kingdom in the clouds, “Infinite” is interactive poetry. • A Little Book About Friendship by Kurtzman- humor of great anime. equally as wondrous as it is thought-pro- 8. “Animal Crossing: New Leaf” Counter & Schiller; Nonfiction 4. “Tomb Raider” (Crystal Dynam- voking. A first-person shooter that philos- (Nintendo, for the Nintendo 3DS): Real- ics, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, ophizes about such topics as racism, istic. Thoughtful. Edgy. Stressful. Those PC): Video-game icon Lara Croft gets an nationalism, religion and fate shouldn’t words do not at all describe “New Leaf,” origin story, as the shipwrecked heroine work, but this imaginative piece of fiction an unabashedly silly town simulator that Ballard’s Work Set For MMC Gallery fights for survival on an island full of does on every level. turned out to be a relaxing, fantastical goons. As teenage Lara evolves from help- 2. “Grand Theft Auto V” (Rockstar treat — and a digital reminder of how sim- Mount Marty College Bede Art Gallery will be hosting less to deadly, you can’t help but think Games, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox ple acts like catching up with neighbors artist Jeff Ballard and his acrylic paintings entitled, “Defining this kid’s got a bright future. 360): Los Santos, the cheeky rendition of and plucking apples from trees can be oh- Purpose,” that will be on display Jan. 8-31. 5. “The Last of Us” (Naughty Dog, Los Angeles, depicted in “GTA V” is a so-rewarding. A free reception and gallery talk is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. for the PlayStation 3): This journey crowning achievement in virtual world 9. “Papers, Please” (3909 LLC, for Jan. 31 and is open to the public. across a post-apocalyptic United States construction — an explosive, fully real- PC): It sounds like the worst idea for a Ballard says of his inspiration for his exhibit, “Working for presents one nerve-racking confrontation ized, sin-filled, self-loathing playground game ever: play as a paper-pushing immi- my family’s small asphalt paving and maintenance company after another — but it will be best remem- for the game’s trio of despicable anti-he- gration inspector tasked with approving has required a lot of time spent repairing broken-down equip- bered for the smartly written, subtly roes to do their bidding. The heists are re- or denying folks entry into an oppressive ment. In my many attempts at accurately assembling parts in acted relationship between its protago- ally, really fun, too. country. Yet indie designer Lucas Pope front of me, I’ve learned a lot about the necessary process of nists, a bitter survivor and the lively 3. “The Last of Us” (Naughty Dog, crafted a provocative, pixelated tour de trial and error when seeking the correct solution; in this case young girl he’s sworn to protect. for the PlayStation 3): Who knew the force with his “dystopian document a fully functioning piece of machinery. I see this process as a 6. “Gone Home” (The Fullbright end of the world could look so good? This thriller” where morality and gameplay col- good metaphor for the quest in discovering my life’s purpose. Company, for PC): Remember that feel- sweeping survival epic’s visually stunning lide. In this body of work, I combine parts diagrams with people ing of returning to your childhood home rendition of post-apocalyptic America and 10. “Disney Infinity” (Avalanche from my life in an effort to represent their dealings with ques- only to realize you don’t really know any- its completely unique take on zombies is Software, for the PlayStation 3, Xbox tions about the metaphysical realm.” one who lives there? That’s the mood enhanced even further by intricate per- 360, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS): Taking The hours for the Bede Gallery Art Gallery are 8 a.m. to captured by this sweet, sad yet hopeful formances from Troy Baker and Ashley a cue from “Skylanders” and “Minecraft,” 4:30 p.m. weekdays and is located in the lobby of the Marian mystery, told entirely through the things Johnson as unlikely travel companions. Mickey Mouse and his cartoon militia dar- Auditorium. a family has left behind. 4. “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag” ingly marched onto the toys-meets-games 7. “Device 6” (Simogo, for iOS): This (Ubisoft Montreal, for the PlayStation battlefield and triumphed by inspiring the Artist Featured At Vermillion Event witty mystery reminded me of the classic 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, imaginations of young and old with a deft text adventures of the 1980s — except Xbox One, PC): After last year’s sleepy combination of physical and virtual play- VERMILLION — The Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Li- now, you have to rotate your iPad to fol- Colonial America-set installment, “Assas- things. brary will host Vermillion artist Rick Johns for the first low along. The elegant design, with just a sin’s Creed” refreshingly plunged into pi- “Artists and Authors” series of the Winter/Spring season at 7 smattering of pictures and music, makes rate politics with this entry, proving the p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8. Johns will give a visual presentation of his work and dis- cuss the links between his construction work and his painting, because the Huskers will win son will be brutal, bloody and 97. Weary of hearing about showing how the visual experiences on the job site find their 2014 five games and be relegated to terribly divisive, virtually put- the “elephant in the room” way into the abstract paintings. more “will Bo Pelini keep his ting Americans at each other’s during budget negotiations, The Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library is located at From Page 1B job” chatter. throats. And that’s just the Re- congressional leaders will req- 18 Church Street in Vermillion. For more information, call the 82. Dennis Daugaard will be publican primaries. uisition a bigger room. library at 605-677-7060. reelected governor of South 93. USD football coach Joe 98. We will finally learn and the opening and closing Dakota. Glenn will earn Coach of the what the fox says. How the fox ceremonies will contain con- 83. Someone you know will Year honors in the Missouri feels is still up for debate. YCTC Holds ‘Treasure Island’ Auditions troversial demonstrations by post a photo of his/her meal Valley Football Conference 99. Taking a page from the The Yankton Children’s Theatre Co. will be holding audi- delegations. on Facebook. after leading the Coyotes to a game Oregon Trail, Septem- tions for its upcoming production of “Treasure Island” on Jan. 75. Thanks to new sublimi- 84. South Dakota Democ- 7-5 record, but USD will fall ber’s Yankton-Pierre wagon 10-11 at Stepping Stones Child Care Center, 1101 Broadway. nal flash technology, TV net- rats: The few, the proud ... the just short of the FCS playoffs. train will be struck by disaster Audition times are 6:30-8:30 p.m. Jan. 10 and 1-3 p.m. Jan. 11. works will now be able to fewer. 94. And just for fun, let’s when two wagons are lost try- “Treasure Island” will be presented March 27-30 and April show viewers all the credits at 85. Washington Redskins’ say the SDSU football team ing to ford the James River, 4-6. The production is directed by Hollie Pearson and spon- the end of a movie in less than quarterback Robert Griffin III wins eight games and qualifies the party runs out of food sored by Stepping Stones. 4 seconds. will be the subject of trade ru- for the playoffs again. after passing Mitchell under 76. One debate in the mors during the off-season. 95. South Dakotans will the assumption they’ll be “just health issue will finally be set- 86. A new face will join the pass a ballot measure to in- fine” and one participant is Winter Chill Cheer And Dance Jan. 12 tled: Is it “health care” or District 18 legislative delega- crease the minimum wage. fallen by dysentery. River City Cheer and Gymnastics of Yankton will host its “healthcare”? tion to Pierre. 96. With Colorado legaliz- 100. Chicago Cubs fans will Winter Chill Cheer and Dance Challenge on Sunday, Jan. 12, at 77. A lawmaker will criti- 87. The Chicago Black- ing recreational marijuana, have to wait until next year ... the YHS/Summit Activities Center gym. cize police sobriety check- hawks will bring home the that state’s tourism revenue Events begin at 9 a.m. Teams will be attending from South points as “anti-business.” Stanley Cup. will reach an all-time high, so Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska. Participants will range from 78. Also on the political 88. For America, an old ally to speak. age 5 to adult, and they will demonstrate cheer, stunting and front, a lawmaker will deride will reveal itself to be a new dance skills in team and individual events. the provisions of the Afford- adversary. It’s the first of the month... Also, vendors will be on hand selling jewelry, T-shirts, able Care Act as “humbug” — 89. Justin Bieber will have scarves and purses. thus giving political cartoons a better year this year than The public is invited to attend. Enter through front doors of around the country a mar- last year — which is a low-bar JANUARY for a more efficient YHS and proceed to main gym. Concessions will be available. velous early Christmas pres- prediction. SM T W T F S furnace or AC 90. Mount Marty College ent. 12 3 4 change your filter 79. It will likely take a lot of will announce new academic YHS Orchestra Pancakes, Concert Set doing, but Kanye West will majors and degrees with the 56 7 89 10 11 once a month. The Yankton High School Orchestra is hosting a Pancakes find a way to somehow get continued work on its science 1213 14 15 16 17 18 and Pops fundraiser on Tuesday, Jan. 21, from 5-7 p.m. in the into the news in 2014. and health care complex. 1920 21 22 23 24 25 YHS Commons. 80. At year’s end, a college 91. The Yankton Bucks 2627 28 29 30 31 Chris Cakes of Iowa will be providing an all-you-can-eat football program will feel boys’ basketball team will not pancakes & sausage dinner in their unique and entertaining screwed over by the new play- only make the state tourna- serving style. off format. ment in March, but will ad- The YHS Orchestra will also be performing a variety of 81. Speaking of playoffs, vance to the semifinals. light classical and popular music during the meal. the new four-team postseason Yankton hasn’t won a first Tickets are available from orchestra members or at the format for the BCS will be met round game at state since door. Contact Mrs. Evander at YHS for more information, 665- with surprising agreement 1981. HEATING & COOLING 2073. from Nebraska fans — partly 92. The 2014 campaign sea- 920 Broadway • 665-9461