TERRY WOSTER
WOSTER: Sears served state with dedication — and a twinkle in his eye
Until I read John Sears’ obituary the other day, I didn’t realize he and I were the same age. He seemed more mature back when he was serving in the South Dakota Legislature.
By Terry Woster , February 08, 2013
WOSTER: Coming to terms with Blackberry co-dependence
They seemed to be friends, and they seemed to be together, but they weren’t talking to each other. Each seemed lost in a cell-phone world.
By Terry Woster , February 06, 2013
WOSTER: Chasing guitars and dreams
Fenders fired the imaginations of 1950s teens.
By Terry Woster , February 02, 2013
WOSTER: My big break... if I could stay at the meeting
The first time I covered a legislative meeting, I was asked to leave the room just when things were getting good.
By Terry Woster , January 30, 2013
WOSTER: Parkston’s Marking had great attitude about life, basketball
Back when I wrote for the newspaper in Sioux Falls, one of the treats of a Sunday afternoon came when Nancy would answer the telephone, track me down holding the receiver in her outstretched hand and whisper, “It’s Jim Marking from Brookings.”
By Terry Woster , January 26, 2013
WOSTER: Former lawmakers honored South Dakota
Leonard E. Andera, of Chamberlain; Eddie Clay, of Hot Springs; Bert Ellingson, of Sisseton; Frank Henderson, of Hill City; Maury LaRue, of Sturgis; George Shanard, of Mitchell; and Burdette Solum, of Watertown — those were men I saw in action in the House and Senate.
By Terry Woster , January 22, 2013
WOSTER: Reorganizing the executive branch
Forty years ago this month, then-Gov. Dick Kneip introduced Executive Order 73-1, a plan to reorganize the executive branch of state government.
By Terry Woster , January 15, 2013
WOSTER: A good old tale about aging and living
“Life is worth living, if once in a while, you can look in the looking glass and smile.”
January 11, 2013
WOSTER: View from legislative press box different than in 1970
The South Dakota Legislature opened its annual session on Tuesday. That’s exactly the same as in 1970, the first year I witnessed lawmaking from the press box in the House chamber.
By Terry Woster , January 09, 2013
WOSTER: Wintertime stroll with spouse sure beats sitting on a bucket
I’ve never understood the whole ice-fishing thing, anyway. It’s a cold, boring wait in a tiny shed on a frozen body of water, peering into a little hole in the ice, hoping some fish will be gullible enough to bite at a minnow that shouldn’t be there in the first place.
By Terry Woster , January 04, 2013
WOSTER: Former justice, senator Frank Henderson was larger than life
I saw the news of his passing on a blog. It was a quiet and unremarkable way to learn of the death of a loud and memorable human being.
By Terry Woster , January 01, 2013
WOSTER: Resolving to not feel guilty over lack of resolutions
I did, more than once, make a resolution to exercise more. I suppose I should have gone the other way and resolved to eat less.
By Terry Woster , December 28, 2012
WOSTER: We've entered the ‘breather’ after the storm
We’re entering the time of the year I always refer to as the “breather.”
When I was a full-time newspaper guy, I used the phrase to mean the time between the Christmas season and the start of the annual legislative session in early January.
By Terry Woster , December 26, 2012
WOSTER: I can't make sense of school shooting
I have a terrible tendency to fear the worst in life. Even so, I never, ever worried that my kindergarten-aged daughter or sons would be shot to death in a classroom.
By Terry Woster , December 19, 2012
WOSTER: When Christmas came in the mail
My dad would climb out of the pickup, lift each package into the box and speed home. Somehow, those deliveries disappeared as soon as my mom touched them, not to be seen again until Christmas Eve.
By Terry Woster , December 15, 2012
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