PIERRE— The Split Rock Bathhouse in Garretson recently was awarded a matching grant from the South Dakota State Historical Society, as announced by Jenna Carlson Dietmeier, interim State Historic Preservation Officer.
Split Rock Park Bathhouse (file photo from 2019). //Carrie Moritz, Gazette
The grants are awarded through the State Historical Society’s Deadwood Fund grant program. Funding for the program is from Deadwood gaming revenue earmarked by state law for historic preservation projects throughout the state. The program is administered by the society’s State Historic Preservation Office in Pierre.
The Split Rock Bathhouse, located at 608 5th Street, Garretson, was awarded $9,000 for rehabilitation work including caulking and tuckpointing cracked mortar joints.
The Split Rock Bathhouse was built in 1936 and is listed as contributing to the Split Rock Creek Park Historic District. This is the only building included in the district. The building is located on the eastern bank of the Split Rock Creek just south of the dam. This building was designed as a Works Progress Administration project and was constructed of concrete and quartzite. The style of the building is an example of the ‘WPA Rustic’ because it was built to have a utilitarian design. The building is significant in the areas of recreation, entertainment, and architecture.
“This historic preservation grants program is designed to encourage restoration or rehabilitation of historic properties and is one more way we can promote and protect our history and culture”, said Jenna Carlson Dietmeier, interim State Historic Preservation Officer.
Deadwood Fund grants are awarded twice a year, with grant application deadlines of Feb. 1 and Oct. 1. They are reviewed at the spring and winter meetings of the State Historical Society’s board of trustees. For more information on the Deadwood Fund grant program, contact the State Historic Preservation Office in Pierre; telephone (605) 773-3458; or website history.sd.gov/Preservation.
About the South Dakota State Historical Society
The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Education. The State Historical Society, an Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is headquartered in Pierre. The center houses the society’s museum, archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/development departments. Call (605) 773-3458 or visit history.sd.gov for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call (605) 394-1936 for more information.
Brookings, SD- The 96th South Dakota State FFA Convention was held on April 18th-20th, 2024 in Brookings, SD. Twenty-eight members of the Garretson FFA Chapter were in attendance for workshops, educational tours, competing in a Career Development Event, and attending sessions where some received well-deserved awards.
At the first general session, Jakob Gnadt and Colin Shellum were recognized as finalist with their Agriscience Project, “What Popcorn Pops the Best?”, in the Food Products and Processing category in division six. The SD FFA Association recognizes students who gain real-world, hands-on experiences in agricultural enterprises.
Garretson’s FFA chapter headed to Brookings for the State Convention last week. L to R: Brooklyn Trudeau, Whisper Apple, Adair Hanisch, Elijah Winterton, Jacoby Costello, Dylan Waltman, Tanner Baatz, Reece Connelly, Colin Shellum, Levi Top, Marty Welch, Jakob Gnadt, Austin Graff, Alyssa Garcia, Ella Frerk. //photo submitted
Agriscience students use scientific principles and emerging technologies to solve complex problems related to agriculture, food and natural resources in six different categories (Animal Systems; Environmental and Natural Resource Systems; Food Products & Processing Systems; Plant Systems; Power, Structural & Technology Systems; Social Systems). Projects involve extensive research as well as writing a written report including information on previous studies related to the topic, their research and findings.
Congratulations to the recipients of the Honorary State FFA Degree! Their commitment to advancing agricultural education and the FFA through their exceptional service, dedication, and support is truly commendable. Front: Caroline Hansen, Lindsey Kaufman, Karen Roudabush, Zana DeJong, Cindy Heidelberger, Beth Mayrose-Kenkel. Back: Alysha Kientopf, Shane Gross, Bailey Coats, Dr. Barry Dunn, Dean Dunkelberger, Ashley Wiesen. Not pictured: Reed Johnson //photo submitted by South Dakota FFA
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At the Second General Session on Friday, April 19th, two of our members received their State FFA Degree. The State Degree is the highest honor the South Dakota FFA Association can bestow upon its members. In order to achieve the award, members must meet the following requirements: have received their Chapter FFA Degree, been an FFA member and agricultural education student for at least two years, earned at least $2,000, or worked 600 hours in their Supervised Agricultural Experience program, given a six-minute speech about agriculture or FFA, participated in eight different leadership activities, received a “C” average or better in high school and shown a record of outstanding leadership and community involvement.
Seniors Cash Pullman and Hannah Frewaldt earned their State FFA Degree. //photo submitted
The South Dakota FFA Honorary State Degrees were presented at the Third General Session on April 19th, in Brookings, SD. These awards recognize outstanding contributions in support of the South Dakota FFA, acknowledging that ag leaders and industry are key in developing our future agriculture and community leaders. The Honorary State FFA Degree recognizes individuals who are helping to advance agricultural education and the FFA and who have rendered outstanding service to the organization with their time, talents and treasures. Garretson FFA Advisor, Ms. Alysha Kientopf was one of 25 recipients of this honor.
Among the 319 FFA members from across the state that were awarded the state degree charm, Hannah Frewaldt and Cash Pullman represented Garretson meeting the necessary qualifications.
Jakob Gnadt (center) and Collin Shellum (3rd from left) took second place in Food Products and Processing Systems, Division 6. //photo submitted by South Dakota FFA
We had members qualify and compete in Agronomy, Floriculture, Horse Evaluation, Livestock Evaluation, Meats Evaluation and Veterinary Science Career Development Events (CDEs). Some highlights from CDEs were Alexis Christensen placing 12th in Horse Evaluation, Elijah Winterton placing 23rd in Livestock Evaluation and the Horse team, made up of Alexis Christensen, Lane Ellefson, Chloe Hermanson, and Madison Waltman, placed 8th as a Team.
Four members, Tanner Baatz, Jacoby Costello, Reece Connelly, Brooklyn Trudeau participated in the South Dakota Farmers Union Farm Safety Quiz Bowl competing against the Canton FFA Chapter. They took a lead in this round with a score of 90 points, but they came up short to be one of the final four teams to advance onto the South Dakota State Fair Farm Safety Quiz Bowl showdown.
On Thursday, Garretson FFA students joined their fellow members from across the state to measure, pour, seal, and box 48,300 pasta and tomato sauce meals to donate to Feeding South Dakota. //photo submitted
Amongst the excitement at the 96th State FFA Convention members were able to hear from Keynote speaker, A’ric Jackson on “Don’t be Scared” and Carter Howell, National FFA Southern Region Vice President “Everything Happens for a Reason”. Many inspiring lessons were able to be brought home with those in attendance. Members also toured the Davis Dairy Plant where they had the opportunity to see how ice-cream and cheese are made on South Dakota State University’s Campus, toured the Raven Precision Ag Department, visited the South Dakota Ag Museum and enjoyed team bonding through bowling and chapter meals. This year was a ‘Break Through’ of trying new things and we cannot wait to continue to grow through premier leadership, personal growth and career success in the year to come.
SIOUX FALLS – Three new county commission candidates were all on-hand Tuesday, April 23, to see how commission meetings work.
While Commissioners Jean Bender and Dean Karsky both have their current terms ending at the end of this year, Bender has decided not to run again.
And three others are vying for her open seat.
Technically, they are running for two spots, but unlike Bender, Karsky is running for re-election.
He began serving in January 2017 and is now in his second commission term.
Karsky currently fills the role as the chairperson of the Minnehaha County Commission.
The other candidates in attendance were area business consultant Dan Kippley, local realtor Roger Russell, and insurance agent Cole Hiesey.
Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson reported that no Democrats had filed to run as of the February deadline, and while people have until the end of April to file nominating petitions, no one has done so yet.
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If that stands, then the county commission race will be decided with the Republican primary election on June 2.
But this week the new candidates and current commissioners heard about a variety of county business at the April 23 meeting.
First up, Mike Gramlick of Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue and Metro Communications briefed commissioners on a statewide 9-1-1 outage on Wednesday, April 17.
He reported that when the system went down, like with an Amber Alert, all cell phone received notice of the problem, and the message showed an alternate 10-digit phone number people could call in case of an emergeny. It also informed people that they were still able to send a text message to 9-1-1.
People calling into the 10-digit number would be handled just like any emergency, and the only variation was that calls were rerouted differently.
According to news reports, the problem was apparently caused in four states, Texas, Nevada, Nebraska and South Dakota, and had something to do with a light pole being installed incorrectly.
Gramlick said he was going to learn more about what happened later in the afternoon last Tuesday.
Commissioner Joe Kippley, who is the commission liaison to the county fire chiefs’ board, said they were in a meeting discussing what could be done for possible training scenarios when he noticed people starting to “scramble” in the back of the room.
So instead of a training exercise, Kippley said, the emergency responders had a “real world” situation to deal with.
With this event, Commissioner Gerald Beninga said, “The bottom line is that the back-up systems worked.”
And Gramlick agreed.
New JDC contract
Photo courtesy Minnehaha County
Commissioners voted unanimously to authorize a new contract slightly increasing the daily rates for people from other counties staying at the Minnehaha County Juvenile Detention Center.
Minnehaha partners with 16 other eastern South Dakota counties, as well as Pipestone County in Minnesota, to house juvenile offenders.
The new per diem cost for offenders was raised to $458.48 for incarceration at the JDC.
Jamie Gravett, JDC Director, pointed out that the daily cost is quite a bit higher than the county jail because there are more regulations involved with the number of staff members needed.
He said there is a required ratio of one staff member for every eight offenders at the facility, and no such ratio exists for adult offenders at the county jail.
But still, these charges only help the county “break even” on the price of incarceration.
The next meeting of the commission will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, in the third-floor meeting room of the Minnehaha County Administration Building at 6th and Minnesota in Sioux Falls.
Because absentee voting for the primaries is also going on at that location, people are reminded not to bring or wear any campaign-related items into the building.
As regular readers might recall, back in our Feb. 22nd issue we had a story about our FFA Chapter doing a new podcast. Our FFA students learned, through trial and error, that creating, editing and uploading a podcast takes time. However, it’s now live, and we at the Gazette wanted to bring you a brief rundown of the show. Hannah Frewaldt and Vivian Johnson interviewed Oran Sorenson about his experiences in FFA and about the history of the chapter. If you’d like to listen to the program in its entirety, you can follow this web link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ghs-agritalk0
Hannah Frewaldt, Oran Sorenson and Vivian Johnson in the first GHS FFA Agri-Talk Podcast that went live last week.
First, Frewaldt and Johnson asked Sorenson about the foundation of the chapter.
“The Chapter started long before I became involved myself,” Sorenson said. “I first became involved during my freshman year in the fall of 1967. Now I can’t tell you what year exactly, but I can tell you that it was started by a wonderful man, my neighbor, who we lost a few short years ago, Jerome Johnson. Jerome Johnson was the very first president of the Garretson FFA. So, the chapter goes back to the 1950’s, and I also can tell you that when the FFA first started it was very much encouraged by the land grant colleges which were developed for agricultural purposes. Every state had at least one land grant college. SDSU is our land grant college and many state activities for FFA were purposely hosted on the campus of SDSU.”
They asked Sorenson when he first learned about or was exposed to the GHS FFA program?
“Well we all knew about the Garretson FFA program,” Sorenson said. “Ever since we were little kids as we watched the homecoming parades and many of the other events happening around us. That’s the beauty of a small community, is that everyone is involved from childhood. As a freshman at Garretson High School, I couldn’t wait to join this awesome organization. Back in the day, we had many good civic minded organizations within the school. National Honor Society, the Forensics Society, Boys Glee Club, Girls Glee Club, all the sporting activities, just so many great activities. But FFA stood out, all the guys wanted to join. And now, today, you’re lucky because girls can join FFA! There used to be FHA, Future Homemakers of America, but that’s changed now and FFA members can be girls and that’s an awesome thing.”
Sorenson said was not sure of the date of the changeover, when girls were allowed to be FFA members, but he said it was a good thing they did.
“We have many female farmers today who do an excellent job, and if they’re not in the field itself doing the actual farming then they’re involved in the business aspects of the operation and so it’s high time we respected women and their role in agriculture,” he said.
Sorenson told his interviewers that the GHS FFA was likely the first Chapter in SD to sell fruit. They also did things like deliver phone books, host fox hunting events, and sponsored and organized hay rides and sledding days.
“We sponsored hay rides, we’d sponsor fox hunts. Great social events 12-15 coyotes on a beautiful March day. $8 a piece good fundraising. First chapter in SD to sell fruits in SD. They also delivered phone books.”
“I loved the pageantry of it,” he said. “Every meeting we wore our jackets and we wore neckties to every meeting. Back in those days, $40 for our jackets was a lot of money. It still is, but we took it very seriously even so. At every meeting, we knew we were part of something great, with Chapters from Alaska to the Virgin Islands and from Maine to Hawaii. And our meetings taught us parliamentary procedure. Our Ag kids were naturals at city councils, school boards and township meetings, as we learned how to run meetings and be effective. I was lucky enough to be elected to the state legislature and so when I served, I already knew parliamentary procedure thanks to the good old Garretson FFA.”
Sorenson told his interviewers that Dairy Judging was his top event, and he placed in the top ten in the state.
“Garretson has always placed high in any FFA competition and we can take pride in that.”
He also said that you don’t have to be a farmer to appreciate the courses and what you learn.
“I’ve lost count of the number of FFA members who’ve gone on to do ag business, but they include my own children,” he said. “If you work at a service station you’re hauling fuel oil to farms. If you go to work at one of our local banks, you’ll be focusing on farm loans and family farm operations.”
Sorenson said that it’s fun, joy and service to the community that makes FFA worthwhile.
“FFA is fun,” he said. “Firstly, yes we want you to work hard, and be all you can be, but it should also be fun. Secondly the sense of achievement is also great, the FFA is a great stepping stone for life, with contests and activities. Thirdly the kids you meet from other towns, and you make friends forever.”
Frewaldt and Johnson asked Sorenson how things have changed over the years with the GHS FFA.
“That’s tough for me, because I don’t know all the things you guys can do today,” he said. “One of the newest things, we’re doing right now. We didn’t have the ability to sit down and do podcasts, so that’s new. We simply didn’t have the ability to use computers at all and to do all the things with them that you guys know how to do. I’m guessing that a lot of what we did has stayed the same, but the way you guys can learn it and that you can do it a lot speedier than we could, but the primary goals haven’t changed. Young boys and girls can reach out into the farm world and beyond to create good and positive impacts in our community. We were good at that, but I think you might be even better at it nowadays.”
Frewaldt and Johnson asked Sorenson what the community aspect is like, and what challenges and obstacles the community has faced.
“The Community supports our program,” he said. “Garretson supports its FFA as well, if not better, than any other community in South Dakota. We don’t know what the economics going forward are going to look like. Finding and keeping a good FFA and Ag teacher is a real challenge. Funding is always key. Finding FFA teachers is difficult, as is filling any teaching position that is difficult right now. A few years back we were raising sales tax in the state to pay for teacher salary increases, but then instead of going where it was supposed to, that money was co-opted and used for balancing the budget. We’ve also passed an opt out locally. I know that we’ve struggled to keep an active FFA teacher and program over the years, losing some talent to the private sector. That’s an ongoing struggle, as it is at any school district in the State.”
For more, check out the podcast and continue checking for more episodes as they upload.
The Garretson Lions Club had their official start as officers were sworn in on Monday, May 20th.
The Garretson Lions are a branch club of the Brandon area Lions club, so will be associated with that group in many joint ventures in the future. Front row are Garretson Lion Chris McGregor, Treasurer; Lion Jackie Cerkowniak, Zone 7 Chair; Garretson Lion Guy Johnson, Secretary; Lion Lisa Johnson, Lion Alice Peiper, President of the Brandon Lions Club; Lion LeeAnn Haisch, 5SE District Governor. Back row are: Lion George Martin, Brandon Lions Club member; Lion Dennis Olson, Secretary of the Brandon Lions Club; and Lion Reid Christopherson, Garretson resident and a member of the SF Downtown Club.
Not pictured are Garretson Lion’s Club president Jessie Koob and Marketing Coordinator Zeb Johnson.
Watch for more as this group starts from its infancy and continues to grow and engage in service projects in the community.
Splitrock Bowling:
The Splitrock Ladies bowled on April 16th, 2024, with the following results:
High Team Game & Series - JSA Engineers/Land Surveyors - 843 & 2460.
High Individual Game - Bonnie Kramer – 175.
High Individual Series - Cheryl Scholl – 469.
Rhonda Baker picked up the 5-7 split.
Pat Paulsen picked up the 6-7-10 split.
Holly Mulder picked up the 5-6-10 split.
Bonnie Kramer picked up the 3-10 split.
This was their last season game. Jesse James won the second half. There will be a roll-off between JSA & Jesse James next week. The banquet will be on April 30th at Eastway Bowl at noon. See you there.
The Garretson School board held a special meeting last Wednesday, on April 17. This meeting was almost entirely about the scoreboard system.
As requested, Superintendent Guy Johnson had gone back to Daktronics with the school board’s directive to see what other options might be available for the complex and the gym, the board having determined that a single outdoor video scoreboard for the last listed price was too steep.
Supt. Johnson presented the board with several options they liked much better this time around. First, they like the idea of a modular scoreboard in the Athletic Complex outside. Part of the high price of an exterior video board is that it needs to be weatherproof and stand up to outdoor conditions in South Dakota, and to be functional in all weather. All these items together mean a more robust and complicated build. However, if they purchase a board that is modular, they can add more upgrades over time and allow local organizations or business sponsors to contribute to adding a video system to the new board. They could get a new, functional board for much less this way, and give it add-ons over time.
This would free them to use the money saved to simply buy a new video board for the gymnasium. Interior video boards are much less expensive as they don’t require protection from the elements.
“I like this option, as we’re getting as much as we can for every dollar we’re spending,” said Tana Clark. “We have made a budget for this project, but with this option we’re getting a lot more for our district and our patrons and we’re still spending under that budget.”
The whole board agreed that getting as much as possible for their Capital Outlay fund dollars was their priority. The motion they passed was to approve quote number #789630-1-3 for a modular scoreboard at the athletic complex that has the capability of adding a video board in the future and a new video board in the new gym, and to allow Mr. Johnson and Mr. Schrank the latitude to choose options valued at $6,500, using funds already allocated in the Capital Outlay Fund.
Originally, they were also going to talk about bleacher bids as well, but they tabled that as Supt. Johnson had no fresh numbers to report there, but that he would hopefully have something to report to the board at their next regular meeting.
They did enter an executive session to talk contract negotiations at 6:45 p.m. and were in executive until 7:34 p.m., but passed no resolutions except a motion to adjourn.
It’s been two years since the Howe’s lost their son and brother but the impact Benton still has on the community is immeasurable.
You may be young, but you can still have a huge impact on anyone and anything, so be kind, try your best, and put yourself out there.
Monday, April 15 marked two years since Betsy and Nathan Howe lost a son, Bryce and Miles Howe lost a brother, and the whole community of Garretson lost a friend.
Benton Howe was an 11-year-old boy who lived in Sherman and attended the 5th grade at Garretson Elementary School; he tragically lost his life in a UTV rollover accident.
“He was the kindest kid you would probably ever meet; he had a heart for everything. He always had an animal is his hand. He always had a baby in his arms. Or he always had a ball in his hand, no matter what. He was on the go all the time,” said his mom, Betsy.
Benton was caring, loving, compassionate, funny, and crazy. Friends of his shared all the fun stories they have had with him, the main stories being about riding dirt bikes.
“My favorite memory with Benton is probably riding four-wheelers and dirt bikes in his gravel pit,” said Kaden Hoogland.
Although Benton loved riding dirt bikes that is not all he did; like his mom said, he was always on the go.
“My favorite memory with Benton is playing football with him.” stated Zach Hermanson.
Colton Buchholz said, “My favorite memory with Benton was any car ride with him. He always made them so much more fun.”
Benton was altogether a really fun person to be around; he always lit up a room with his smile or personality.
“My favorite memory with Benton was just hanging out with him and being with him,” Thor Zell said.
Many big memories have been made with Benton but the impacts he had made in just 11 short years were even bigger.
On April 15, 2022 Benton and his four-legged best friend, Kimber, were called home in that tragic accident; however, we have many reminders of who Benton was and how he is still with us. The community of Garretson has gone above and beyond to keep Benton with us: Pack the Park night is an annual event where the 12U baseball and softball teams each play a game while other fun activities including silent auctions to help raise money for the Benton Howe
Memorial Scholarship. Pack the Park is meant to bring the community together and to keep Benton’s love for ball alive.
Also at the ball fields, Benton has a tree and a bench in his honor: there is a BH spelled out in stone around the tree and the bench has his full name on it. The State 12U Class B Baseball Sportsmanship Award has recently been renamed in Benton’s honor just this last year. River Ridge Golf Course in Garretson holds an annual golf tournament in Benton’s name with proceeds going to the Benton Howe Memorial Scholarship. Last year it filled within hours, and this year was nearly the same. They are also hosting a youth golf tournament the day before the regular one this year.
On a bigger scale the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks gives out one trapping set in Benton’s name every week to a kid who turned in their predator tails. The Game Fish and Parks did this for Benton because he loved and enjoyed hunting, fishing, and trapping. Even though he isn’t physically with us, Benton’s impact and memory can be seen everywhere; from shirts and bracelets to memorials and scholarships. On the anniversary of his passing, students, staff members, and anyone in the community were encouraged to wear their Benton shirts, Pack the Park shirts, or anything orange since it was his favorite color.
To this day Benton is still missed, forever loved, but never forgotten.
“Just live like Benton, keep his memory alive,” said Betsy. “That’s all I ask for, for his brothers’ sake. Just live like Benton.”
Garretson golf is underway, and while the team had to battle snow last year, unseasonable cold and strong winds have dominated this season.
The Blue Dragons were able to get their Early Bird meet in which was a nice change compared to recent years. All of the golfers participated in the 9-hole contest as well as 10 other schools.
Cash Pullman at the Garretson Early Bird. //Garrick A Moritz, Gazette
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On April 12, three Garretson girls competed in the Diamond H Acres (Edgerton, MN) Barrel Racing/Pole Bending Winter Series Championship. Friday night was the last race in the 5 race series, and the last chance for the girls to get point for the series championship. Competing in the series on Friday was Garretson's Lacy Lumpkin, Madison Waltman, and Harper Hanisch.
(L to R) Lacy Lumpkin, Madison Waltman, and Harper Hanisch competed in the Diamond H Acres Barrel Racing/Pole Bending Winter Series Championship on April 12. //photo submitted
Lumpkin and her horse Bert grabbed a 2nd place in the 3D on their first run and improving to a 1st place in the 2D on their second run.
Waltman and her horse Jake nabbed a 1st place in the 3D on their first run and repeated a 1st place in the 3D on their second run.
Hanisch and her horse Chica, in their rookie year of competing in both the barrel races and pole bending, had a less than ideal night getting no times (NT) in her events. However, at just 13 years old, Hanisch shows lots of promise and potential; she will be someone to keep an eye on during this summer's Summer Series Races at Diamond H Acres.
Also competing in Diamond H Acres Winter Series barrel races and pole bending, but not at Friday's competition, are Garretson's Serie Risty, Blair Ellefson, and Drew Ellefson.
The Diamond H Acres Summer Series kicks off May 17 in Edgerton, MN.
Garretson Blue Dragon Baseball had a disappointing loss on Monday as they took on Sioux Falls Christian. Despite working hard, the team just could not get past the SFC players and get on the board. Sioux Falls Christian took home the win with 20 points to Garretson's 0.
The Blue Dragons’ Cole Jessen made it safely to second base before the Chargers can tag him out. Unfortunately, the team had trouble crossing home plate against Sioux Falls Christian on Monday. //Carrie Moritz, Gazette
The Chargers got on the board early, putting two over home plate within the first three plays when the Chargers' Drew Wier and Tim DeSautel scored. The Chargers went on to score two more times that first inning and did not let up over the 4-inning game.
Pitcher Caiden Maack opened the game for the Blue Dragons, playing two innings. He struck out two but allowed five hits and three walks. He was followed by Treyton Decker, who struck out one but walked four and committed four errors. Cole Jessen finished out the game's final innings, striking out two. He allowed two hits and two walks.
The Dragons head to Baltic this Friday, April 26 and take on the Bulldogs at 5:30 p.m. They are back on home turf as they host Tri-Valley on Sunday, April 28 at 2:00 p.m.
Treyton Decker looking to pass the ball from 3rd base. //Carrie Moritz, GazetteCaiden Maack working to stop a base steal. //Carrie Moritz, Gazette
