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Things to do

TUESDAY

• “A Second Helping — The Church Basement Ladies Sequel,” Mitchell Area Concert Series, 7:30 p.m., by season ticket or single performance at the door, Corn Palace, Mitchell.

• Sixth annual Shrove “Fat” Tuesday pancake supper, 4:30 to 7 p.m., free will donation, Salem Lutheran Church, Parkston.

• Auditions for ACT production “Once Upon a Mattress,” 7 p.m., Pepsi-Cola Theatre for the Performing Arts, Mitchell.

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

• Job Search Assistance Program, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 1321 N. Main, Mitchell.

• Pancake and sausage dinner, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m., ages 6 through adult, $6, 5 and under, free, First United Methodist Church, MItchell.

WEDNESDAY

• LifeServe blood drive, 2 to 5 p.m., County Fair Food Store, Mitchell.

• Hanson McCook Regional Library Bookmobile: Little Learners, 8:30 to 8:55 a.m.; Emery, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

• Auditions for ACT production “Once Upon a Mattress,” 7 p.m., Pepsi-Cola Theatre for the Performing Arts, 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

PLANKINTON TO HOST CRACKER BARREL: A cracker barrel session will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16, at the Plank Inn Café, Plankinton.

NO NARFE MEETINGS HELD: The National Association of Retired Federal Employees will not meet in February or March. The next regular meeting will be on April 11.

Fast facts

According to the 2012 S.D. Kids Count Factbook, 48 percent of those taking the survey had tried cigarette smoking and 28 percent had used chewing tobacco or snuff during their lives.

Today in local history

On this date in 1964, the Mitchell Jaycees announced that an official franchise for the Soap Box Derby had been issued to Mitchell by the All-American Soap Box Derby headquarters in Detroit.

The second running of the race in Mitchell was on July 4. The winner received a $500 U.S. savings bond, a trophy and a free trip to Akron, Ohio, for the national event.

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