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Things to do

SATURDAY

• Mitchell’s Wrap It Up Weekend, businesses throughout town, Mitchell.

• Third annual Santa’s Last Stop, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Masonic Temple, Mitchell.

• Jimmy Weber and “A CASA Kids Christmas,” 5:30 p.m., $25 each, $40 per couple, $150 for table of eight, Alexandria auditorium.

• Santa’s Last Stop, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Masonic Temple, Mitchell.

• “Home for the Holidays,” 7:30 p.m., $7, Pepsi-Cola Theatre for the Performing Arts, Mitchell.

• Annual Sugar and Spice Day, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., United Methodist Church, Alexandria.

• Turkey bingo, doors open at 6:30 for lunch, bingo at 8 p.m., Community Center, Letcher.

• Santa Claus available, 10 a.m. to noon, Community Center, Letcher.

SUNDAY

• Concert of sacred Christmas music, 6 p.m., First Reformed Church, Mitchell.

• Mitchell’s Wrap It Up Weekend, businesses throughout town, Mitchell.

• Sunday School Christmas program, 6 p.m., Salem Lutheran Church ELCA, Parkston.

• Old-fashioned Christmas Singspiration, 2 p.m., Heritage Hall, Main Street, Kaylor.

• Craft and vendor fair and bake sale, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pony Creek Steakhouse, Parkston.

• Santa visiting, 2 to 4 p.m., Moose Lodge, Mitchell.

To submit items for “Things to do,” email dailynews@mitchellrepublic.com or mail to The Daily Republic, 120 S. Lawler St., P.O. Box 1288, Mitchell, S.D., 57301.

Things to remember

OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED: Lutheran Social Services will host a holiday open house from 4 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 17, at their offices on the second floor of Wells Fargo Bank, Mitchell.

SANTA ON THE ROOF FUNDRAISER: United Blood Services will once again sponsor the “Santa on the Roof” blood drive from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, at the draw center, Mitchell.

Santa will be on the roof at the collection center until 56 pints of blood are collected. Donors will be eligible for door prizes. Walk-in donors are welcome. For more information, call 996-3688.

Lucky numbers

Mega Millions: Winning numbers drawn Friday: 11-28-33-41-43; Megaball: 41; Megaplier: 4; estimated jackpot: $35 million.

Correction

Due to incorrect information provided to The Daily Republic, a story on page A3 of Thursday’s edition incorrectly stated the age of Sara Ann Claggett. Claggett is 22.

Gas prices

Mitchell: $3.372 Yankton: $3.157 Rapid City: $3.150 Sioux Falls: $3.177 State: $3.273 National: $3.286

Today in local history

On the front page of The Daily Republic on this date in 2007 was the fire which consumed Janitors Express, located at 200 N. Main. The fire was contained to the Gale Building at 10 p.m. the previous night, according to Chief of Public Safety Lyndon Overweg.

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