TERRY WOSTER
WOSTER: As schoolboys, smoking was a way to show off maturity
If you’re thinking we schoolboys were demonstrating a pretty low level of maturity, sure, you’re right.
By Terry Woster , February 01, 2012
WOSTER: Reporters in action, or inaction, at the Capitol
Having been away from reporting on the South Dakota Legislature for a couple of sessions now, I know two things for sure.
By Terry Woster , January 28, 2012
WOSTER: Facebook becoming necessary reading 
Social media site knows things about family that the user doesn’t.
January 25, 2012
WOSTER: Movies OK, but radio fired the imagination
We hosted our Brookings granddaughter for the holiday weekend — driving through a localized little snowstorm between Highmore and Wessington to pick her up — and one of the things we did for fun was watch a movie called “The Green Hornet.”
By Terry Woster , January 21, 2012
WOSTER: If it’s worth doing …
Old advice isn’t reasonable in every situation.
By Terry Woster , January 18, 2012
WOSTER: Janklow: Man of his (last) word
If you were a news reporter, you fought with Gov. Bill Janklow. It came with the territory.
January 13, 2012
WOSTER: Luminaries bring joy to long, cold winter nights
Years and years ago — so many that we can’t tell when it happened — we invested in a set of 20 luminaries for the curved railing of our front porch.
By Terry Woster , January 11, 2012
WOSTER: The Standbys weren’t The Beatles, but we sure had fun
We weren’t the Beatles. Oh, heavens, no. We were just four guys who somehow fell together and found out we all knew some of the same songs and we liked to play many different kinds of music.
By Terry Woster , January 07, 2012
WOSTER: Old hoops system served its players well
When I was in high school, the Christmas break was one, long period away from the basketball season. It’s no longer that way.
By Terry Woster , January 04, 2012
WOSTER: Chocolates far more predictable than life
Forrest Gump’s momma might have been wrong. She’s the one who said, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.”
By Terry Woster , December 31, 2011
WOSTER: Don’t let the light of good memories be extinguished
As both the old year and the long war in Iraq come to an end, I find myself thinking of several South Dakota soldiers whose lives touched me even though I never knew them before being given the assignment as a newspaper reporter to learn more about then as casualties of the distant fighting.
By Terry Woster , December 28, 2011
WOSTER: Christmas was best when it was simple
We spent our first Christmas in Pierre in a tiny, rented two-bedroom house just a block from the home we currently own.
December 24, 2011
WOSTER: Avoiding holiday treats is difficult for young, old
Whether you’re a kid for real or just an old man trying to think like a child and act like a child and eat like a child, this is a trying time in the Christmas season.
By Terry Woster , December 21, 2011
WOSTER: Study-ology: Finals elicit an array of responses in students
I haven’t been a college student since LBJ was president, but the approach of Christmas still makes me think back to a time when the holiday season meant final exams for fall semester were near.
By Terry Woster , December 17, 2011
WOSTER: Christmas shopping ideas made easy — for him, at least
When I go Christmas shopping for all my friends (who am I kidding? I only have two friends), I nearly always leave the house thinking it would be appropriate to spend the entire weekend looking at dozens and dozens of possible gifts, because my friends are worth that much time and thought.
By Terry Woster , December 14, 2011
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