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Things to do

TUESDAY

• Scholastic Book Fair, 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., Longfellow Elementary, Mitchell.

• Bingo, 1 p.m., $1 per card or six cards for $5, James Valley Community Center, Mitchell.

• Benefits specialists from DSS office of economic assistance available, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., itinerant office, Fort Thompson.

• Benefits specialists from DSS office of economic assistance available, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., itinerant office, Howard.

• Benefits specialists from DSS office of economic assistance available, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., itinerant office, Wagner.

• Mitchell High School one-act play public performance, 6:30 p.m., Mitchell High School auditorium.

WEDNESDAY

• Get Fit While You Sit class, 2 p.m., lobby of Cancer Center, Mitchell.

• Scholastic Book Fair, 8:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., Longfellow Elementary, Mitchell.

• Benefits specialists from DSS office of economic assistance available, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., itinerant office, Woonsocket.

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Things to remember

GOLF CLINIC SET: The Dakota Wesleyan University golf program annual winter golf clinic will run from 9 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Christen Family Recreation/Wellness Center, DWU campus, Mitchell.

The eighth annual clinic is put on by head golf coach Adam Anderson. Registration for the first session is from 8:30-9 a.m. in the Wellness Center and registration for the second session is from 12:30-1 p.m. The clinic, which is open to golfers of all ages, focuses on iron play, driving the ball, putting, chipping and putting. It also features a rules seminar with an administered exam.

Along with Anderson, camp staff includes DWU assistant coach and former Tiger golfer Tyler Evenson, former golf club professional Chas Hurd, 2012 SDGA Men’s Golfer-of-the-Year Ben Irlbeck and two-time All-GPAC golfer and DWU alumnus Chris Pritchard. Cost of the clinic is $25 per person. Golfers can also get their golf swing recorded and analyzed for $10. Space is limited.

Contact Anderson at 995-2179 or adanders@dwu.edu to register.

MCS BENEFIT AUCTION PLANNED: The 29th annual Mitchell Christian School Benefit Auction will be on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, at the school, Mitchell.

Funds raised will be used to enable students to attend who might not otherwise have the financial means.

PANCAKE SUPPER SUNDAY IN WHITE LAKE: The annual pancake supper will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10, at United Methodist Church, White Lake.

The menu includes pancakes, eggs, link, sausage, coffee and juice. A free-will offering will be accepted.

Fast

For millions of years, Split Rock Creek near Garretson cut deep gorges through Palisades State Park. Geologists say the Sioux quartzite spires are 1.2 billion years old! Glaciers deposited a thin layer of debris atop the quartzite. Beds of dark red pipestone can be found between the layers. This is one of the few areas in the nation where pipestone is found. The mineral is considered sacred by American Indians.

— Source: 50states.com

Today in local history

On this date in 2010, it was reported that a processing backlog of federal energy grants meant it likely would be spring or later before the wrecking ball was brought down on the old Methodist Hospital on Miller Avenue. Typically known as the Tower Building, the 40,000-square-foot structure — a longtime drag on county finances — was without tenants and heat and was waiting for the end. It was also without a $150,000 community development block grant that was being issued through the governor’s Office of Tourism and Development. The money was estimated to pay for about a third of the project’s estimated demolition costs.

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