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Extension 104 [email protected] The Unlikely Ghosts Of CLASSIFIED ADS No-Shows Extension 116 THUMBS DOWN to the sparse crowd that turned [email protected] out Wednesday for the National Park Service’s open NEWS DEPT. house in Yankton concerning proposed changes to Football Playoffs Past Extension 114 the management plans of three of its properties along [email protected] the Missouri National Recreation River (MNRR). The BY KELLY HERTZ Vermillion, Bon Homme and Wakonda/Gay- SPORTS DEPT. proposed changes to Green Island (the sand bar-ish [email protected] ville-Volin. That was a great storyline then — Extension 106 slip of land located just west of the southern foot of again, more memorable to me than the actual [email protected] Discover Bridge), the Bow Creek Recreation Area and Mulberry Bend I had a lot of time to think Tuesday night as contests.) ADVERTISING DEPT. near Vermillion won’t be earthshaking, but they would be some nice I traveled from Alcester back to Yankton dur- What I remembered more are the people Extension 122 upgrades in how those areas are managed and what they offer. How- ing a football assignment for which I’d been and the places associated with those assign- [email protected] ever, there were literally as many media people (three) in attendance recruited. As I zipped through the darkness, ments. BUSINESS OFFICE as there were public members at the Yankton event, and NPS officials an anniversary suddenly occurred to me. Nothing personal, Yankton, but I always Extension 119 said they saw the same kind of turnout in Wynot for the Bow Creek Twenty years ago this fall, I was loved going to sporting events in [email protected] meeting. (There was no word at press time about the turnout for coping with the last round of football other area towns. Being from a small NEW MEDIA: Thursday’s meeting in Vermillion.) There is still time to weigh in on playoffs I ever faced as this newspa- town myself, I felt at home in the at- Extension 136 these projects before the Nov. 18 deadline. To comment online, go to per’s sports editor. Three months mosphere and energy of such venues. [email protected] http://parkplanning.nps.gov/mnrrpropertyplan/; or stop by the NPS later, I shifted over to the news side Yankton certainly has atmosphere COMPOSING DEPT. office at 508 East Second Street, Yankton. and, shortly thereafter, was promot- and energy for its games, but in small Extension 129 ed to editor. But I didn’t go directly towns, these events seem to consume [email protected] from sports editor to managing edi- the whole community. tor, which I will discuss later. When I was sports editor, I always * * * Holiday Fare THUMBS UP to this weekend’s second annual Although I made that move two seemed to know someone at these MANAGERS Harvest Halloween Festival in Yankton. Last year’s decades ago, Tuesday’s road trip places — they were familiar to me, Gary L. Wood inaugural two-day event has been pared down indicates I never left it completely. Kelly and/or I was familiar to them. I had Publisher to one day, and it will feature a variety of events, The high school football playoffs are some deja vu on this Tuesday in a special kind of chaos for the sports Alcester when I discovered one of the Michele Schievelbein including a battle of the bands, featuring The HERTZ department and every warm body is guys on the chain gang was a relative. Advertising Director Lugnuts and The Rude Band, at the Old Brewery on lower Walnut. Festivities unofficially begin late on call when the postseason arrives. That was some nice nostalgia, and Jim Gevens Most every autumn since my move to news, maybe it’s what got my memory going during Circulation Director tonight (Friday) with a midnight showing of the cult classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Dakota Theatre. There will also be a I’ve been recruited to shoot photos of at least the trip home. Tonya Schild free screening of “Night of the Living Dead” late Saturday afternoon one playoff game, sometimes more than that. Some of those old venues were great. For Business Manager ahead of the new Zombie Pub Crawl. Here’s hoping everyone has a Tuesday’s assignment took me to Alcester- instance, I always loved football games in happy and safe Halloween. Hudson’s Class 9B opening round game Coleridge, with its intimate 80-yard field and Tera Schmidt against Wall. This was a nice setting. The field embracing trees (or so it always seemed on Classified Manager was tucked into a rolling plain situated next to game night). I also liked Bon Homme’s old field Kelly Hertz It’s That Time a golf course. The trees that surrounded much north of the high school. These places, and Editor of this place were splashed with the orange several others, had a cozy character about THUMBS DOWN to the annual time change, which and yellow hues of the season, creating a them. James D. Cimburek occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday when people across most of perfect autumnal snapshot. So, to recap, I don’t have much memory of Sports Editor the country will be turning their blocks BACK one I’ll probably remember that more than the most of the football playoff games (or other Beth Rye hour to Standard Time. Yes, it’s always a pain — al- game itself. That’s not a knock on . sporting events) that I covered, but I do fondly Digital Media Director though we have to admit we like the springtime leap Rather, I often come away from such assign- recall the people and places. forward, which ushers in more sunlight later in the ments with more vivid memories of things Maybe that says something about why Kathy Larson day. The “Fall Back,” as it’s called, gives you an extra like that than the action I was sent there to I moved from sports to news in the winter Composing Manager hour of sleep but it comes at a steep price: It reminds us winter is witness. of 1996. I didn’t make the switch in order to coming as a chilly darkness encroaches on the late afternoon. Also, In fact, as I headed home Tuesday and become managing editor. Instead, I made Thumbs Down to those who forget to inspect their smoke alarms dwelled on how I once dealt with football the move because I just couldn’t do sports and other warning devices to make sure the batteries are in good playoffs, I discovered I had very little recol- anymore. Make no mistake, it’s a great field * * * shape. This is a great time to do it, and it could perhaps save a life. lection of those games. A few do still stand of journalism and awfully fun to cover, but at DAILY STAFF out, like Yankton’s 1991 game against Brandon that moment, I really needed something else. Reilly Biel Valley during a Halloween blizzard, a playoff Twenty autumns later, I can’t say my deci- Cassandra Brockmoller game Bon Homme played up in Fort Pierre, sion was a mistake. But every once in a while, Brandi Bue Rob Buckingham Max Hawk’s last game playing for a state title I do miss the old days, and the faces and Caryn Chappelear in the DakotaDome and a six-man playoff game places that were part of chasing the games. Randy Dockendorf OUR LETTER POLICY current sports editor James D. Cimburek and I Tuesday reminded me of that. It was like Jeannine Economy The PRESS & DAKOTAN invites its readers to write letters to the editor. We ask that covered in Santee. But the rest is a blur. old ghosts visiting me for Halloween, but it Rachel Frederick a few simple guidelines be followed: (Later Tuesday night, I looked up the 1995 was an enjoyable haunting. Jeremy Hoeck l Please limit letters to 300 words or less. Letters should deal with a single subject, football playoffs to jog my memory. That was Nicole Myers be of general interest and state a specific point of view. Letters are edited with brevity, Robert Nielsen clarity and newspaper style in mind. the year when four of the five state champions Follow @kelly_hertz on Twitter. Diana Smallwood l In the sense of fairness and professionalism, the PRESS & DAKOTAN will ac- came from the Highway 50 corridor: Yankton, David Stephenson cept no letters attacking private individuals or businesses. Cathy Sudbeck l Specific individuals or entities addressed in letters may be given the opportunity to JoAnn Wiebelhaus read the letter prior to publication and be allowed to answer the letter in the same issue. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Brenda Willcuts l Only signed letters with writer’s full name, address and daytime phone number Alissa Woockman for verification will be accepted. Please mail to: Letters, 319 Walnut, Yankton, SD 57078, ‘Scary Stuff’ drop off at 319 Walnut in Yankton, fax to 665-1721 or email us at kelly.hertz@yankton. Poll Results net/. York Dahlstrom, Yankton * * * The results of the most recent Internet poll on the Press I was never scared of all the witches, zom- & Dakotan’s Web site are as follows: Published Daily bies, and assorted goblins wandering around Monday-Saturday IN HISTORY on Halloween night. LATEST RESULTS: Periodicals postage What really used to scare me was the meat Do you think ousting Saddam Hussein as the Iraqi paid at Yankton, South By The Associated Press In 2000, comedian, television host, industry. leader in 2003 was a mistake? Today is Friday, Oct. 30, the 303rd day author and composer Steve Allen died in This is the industry that mutilates, cages Ye s ...... 58% Dakota, under the act of of 2015. There are 62 days left in the year. Encino, , at age 78. No...... 35% March 3, 1979. Today’s Highlight in History: On Ten years ago: The body of Rosa and butchers billions of cows, pigs and other Not sure...... 7% Weekly Dakotian Oct. 30, 1965, the miniskirt had its “com- Parks arrived at the U.S. Capitol, where feeling animals, that exposes thousands of un- TOTAL VOTES CAST ...... 268 ing out,” of sorts. British model Jean the civil rights icon became the first wom- established June 6, 1861. Shrimpton scandalized onlookers by an to lie in honor in the Rotunda; Presi- documented workers to crippling workplace The Press & Dakotan Internet poll is not a scientific sur- Yankton Daily Press and showing up for Victoria Derby Day at dent George W. Bush and congressional injuries at slave wages, that exploits farmers vey and reflects the opinions only of those who choose to Dakotian established April Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, leaders paused to lay wreaths by her cas- and ranchers by dictating wholesale prices, participate. The results should not be construed as an ac- 26, 1875. Australia, in a white, sleeveless shift dress ket. Baseball Hall of Fame catcher and then jails those who document its abuses curate representation or scientific measurement of public Postmaster: Send that had a hem four inches above her manager Al Lopez died in Tampa, Florida, opinion. knees. (Shrimpton was also criticized for at age 97. through unconstitutional “ag-gag” laws. ——— address changes to Yankton not wearing a hat, gloves or stockings to Five years ago: President Barack It’s the industry that generates more water Daily Press & Dakotan, such a formal occasion.) Obama implored voters to resist a Re- pollution than any other human activity and CURRENT QUESTION: 319 Walnut, Yankton, SD On this date: In 1735, the second publican tide, warning that if the GOP 57078. president of the United States, John Ad- prevailed in midterm elections, all the pro- more greenhouse gases than transportation, Do you support the development of a rail park at ams, was born in Braintree, Massachu- gress of his first two years in office could then promotes world hunger by feeding nutri- Napa Junction? * * * setts. be “rolled back.” Comedians Stephen Col- tious corn and soybeans to animals. To cast your vote in the PRESS & DAKOTAN’S Internet In 1864, Helena, Montana, was bert and Jon Stewart headlined a “Rally poll, log on to our website at www.yankton.net. MEMBERSHIPS founded. to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” in Wash- It’s the industry that threatens our public health with increased risk of killer diseases, The Yankton Daily In 1921, the silent film classic “The ington attended by tens of thousands. The Press & Dakotan is a Sheik,” starring Rudolph Valentino, pre- Texas Rangers beat San Francisco 4-2, that creates antibiotic-resistant pathogens miered in . cutting the Giants’ World Series edge to by feeding antibiotics to animals, then bullies member of the Associ- In 1938, the radio play “The War of 2-1. But, instead of being scared, I decided to ated Press, the Inland the Worlds,” starring Orson Welles, aired One year ago: Israel closed all ac- health authorities to remove anti-meat warn- fight back by dropping animal products from Daily Press Association on CBS. cess to Jerusalem’s most sensitive reli- ings from their public messages. my menu. I am no longer scared of the meat and the South Dakota In 1945, the U.S. government an- gious site, revered by Jews as the Temple Now, that’s really scary stuff. Newspaper Association. nounced the end of shoe rationing, effec- Mount and Muslims as the Noble Sanctu- industry, and I invite everyone to join me. The Associated Press tive at midnight. ary, in a rare move that ratcheted up ten- is entitled exclusively In 1953, Gen. George C. Marshall was sions after the attempted assassination of to use of all the local awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. Albert a Jewish religious activist and the killing YOUR D.C. 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