Sanborn Central, SD

SPECIAL INVITATION

JOIN US ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2008, AT 4:00 PM FOR THE DEDICATION OF SOLDIER’S MEMORIAL AT MT. PLEASANT CEMETERY, ARTESIAN, SOUTH DAKOTA  

HOSTED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST 47

HISTORY OF SOLDIER’S MEMORIAL – STATUES OF NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES AND ARMY-OPERATION IRAQ FREEDOM 

UNVEILING/BLESSING OF MEMORIALS AND LAYING OF MEMORIAL WREATHS

FEATURED SPEAKER: 

MR. LARRY PRICE, AMERICAN LEGION ALT. NAT’L EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEMAN/PAST STATE LEGION CMDR 

VETERAN’S DAY DINNER AT THE ARTESIAN COMMUNITY CENTER AT 5:00 PM

FOR DINNER RESERVATIONS, CONTACT DOROTHY WEINBERGER AT 527-2283 OR POST 47 CMDR KAREN LAMBERT AT 527-2265 BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5th

The Artesian Coffee Stop is opening August 8th in the Artesian Community Center. Coffee, rolls and donuts will be served each Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Free will donations will be accepted and profits will be used for community projects.

The Sanborn Central Horizons II Graduation Celebration was held on Saturday, July 26th at the 4-H Building in Forestburg. Pizza was served and the Extension staff brought cake to celebrate the accomplishments made through the Horizons II project.

The laptop computer and printer were presented and will be housed at the Letcher Library, along with the digital camera. Anyone wanting to use the equipment should contact Mary Ackman at 248-2242.

A check for the remaining $8,500 was received from the Northwest Area Foundation. Also, each of our three communities received two Horizons signs to put up in our community.

THANK YOU to the Northwest Area Foundation and South Dakota Cooperative Extension Service!!

Click here to see a slide show of the graduation ceremony.

Celebrating 21 Horizons II successes is a new publication from the SDSU Cooperative Extension Service. This 8-page tabloid highlights the many successes documented by the 21 communities across South Dakota that recently completed the Horizons II project.

To read more about the great things happening in South Dakota communities click here.

Artesian resident Sue Richard applied for and received a $10,000 grant for municipal pool and bath house renovations. The grant will be used for upgrades to the pool and bath house to provide residents of the area with a healthy and safe place to gather.

The grant for the swimming pool was received from the Avera Health Board of Directors. Sister Mildred Busch said the board is pleased to be able to impact the health and vitality of rural communities.

Arlene Dorris’ house in Artesian was painted on June 28th.

A writing contest was held for Artesian’s 125th celebration.  Students in the 6th through 12th grades from the Artesian area wrote essays entitled, “What Artesian Means to Me.” The winning entries can be read in the following article from the Sanborn Weekly Journal.

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