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Hot Springs Star – February 15, 1994
Football trio hopeful to play ‘down under’
Three Hot Springs athletes had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play football in New Zealand and Australia that upcoming summer, but only if funds could be raised to support the trip. Geody VanDewater, Brad Grill, and Jim Rogers (pictured from left), all senior members of the previous fall’s Bison football team, were selected to spots on the 46-member team that would play in the ninth annual Down Under Bowl, June 14-28. It was the first year that South Dakotans were selected to play in the bowl, and the trio was scheduled to play with teammates from Wyoming, Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, and Montana. The game would be played on rugby fields in front of 15,000 fans. Total cost of the trip was $2,300 per team member. Bison football coach Tim Colgate said that “one of the athletes is even trying to sell his car to raise the necessary funds.”
Meth in the mail
A 29-year-old Buffalo Gap woman was arrested and charged with trafficking drugs through the mail. According to the Southern Hills Drug Task Force, the woman was arrested following a traffic stop on Feb. 9 in Hot Springs by the State Highway Patrol on a warrant for her arrest, for an offense that occurred on Nov. 15, 1993, in Buffalo Gap. The woman was charged with obtaining a controlled substance, methamphetamine, via the United States Postal Service, and with the possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.
Hot Springs Star – February 13, 1964
Cloud seeding discussed at Chamber of Commerce lunch
At a recent Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce lunch, Denny Dale, operator of the Hot Springs airport, was the featured speaker and discussed a number of topics, including “rainmaking.” Dale said that seeding the proper type of clouds resulted in rain within a few minutes. He explained that the cloud seeding elements “are released under the cloud and the rising air currents which are forming the cloud take them up and start the rain. Once the rain has begun to fall it continues until all moisture is gone.” In other news, Dale informed the audience that his seven-passenger twin Beechcraft was stolen in Denver about 40 minutes after he landed there on Feb. 5. He did not say how he managed to get back to Hot Springs.
The Edgemont Tribune – February 14, 1934
Edgemont J.C. Penney store closes
The previous Monday at noon, Edgemont’s J.C. Penney store closed its doors to the public and “word was given out that they had ceased operations in the community. The order was in accordance with the policy, arrived at some time ago by the parent organization to close the stores in smaller communities, where they felt they were handicapped by a lack of business enough to carry on under the new order of things. We are informed that the stock will be shipped to Rapid City where it will be placed on sale.”