Published April 11, 2011, 10:25 AM

Hooded sweatshirt the unofficial state uniform

I couldn’t survive South Dakota, winter, fall, our shortlived springs, Black Hills summer nights and calving season without hooded sweatshirts. I wear them 320 days a year.
I want to clarify that I don’t wear “hoodies.” A hooded sweatshirt is an amped-up garment that is too gritty to be called by a sissy name. We’re talking the brute of work wear here!

By: Amy Kirk, Republic columnist

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