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Hot Springs Star – February 8, 1994
‘Jailbird’ ordered to make a wacky face…
As part of the American Heart Association’s Cardiac Arrest event the previous Wednesday in Hot Springs, local celebrities were arrested, charged with trumped up crimes and freed after raising at least $100 bond money for the cause. Hot Springs city council member Ken Wergin (pictured) was sentenced to stick his thumbs in his ears and stick out his tongue while the president of Northwest Bank Mike Rieck was sentenced to play patty cake with Hot Springs Mayor ‘Judge Heartless’ Cleland Battista. Approximately $2,500 was raised at the event.
Runner presented with all-state award
Hot Springs High School senior Paula Holmes, 17, was awarded the South Dakota Cross Country Coaches Association Academic All-State award. She was one of the very few students in the state to receive this sports honor for exhibiting excellence in grades in her classes. “She has represented Hot Springs at the state cross country meet for three out of the last four years while maintaining a 3.65 grade point average,” said Dave Scott, Hot Springs teacher and girls’ cross-country coach.
“Drivers beware of moms…”
A group of seven mothers volunteered to make the area around the Hot Springs school safer for its students, as they created a volunteer crossing guard, which was a joint effort of the Hot Springs Elementary and the Hot Springs Police Department. Police Chief Alvin Merchen reminded drivers that the crossing guard’s stop sign is the same as a mounted stop sign at an intersection, and that drivers will be ticketed for not obeying the signs ($56.50 fine plus court costs).
Hot Springs Star – February 6, 1964
Hot Springs Senator introduces butter substitute legislation A joint resolution designed to ease the grocery bill for “South Dakota housewives” was introduced in Pierre by Sen. John Mueller, R-Hot Springs. The resolution “calls for a constitutional amendment to deny the legislature authority to impose any special tax on butter substitutes.”
The Edgemont Tribune – February 7, 1934
New Deal funds used to construct retaining wall Under the Civil Works Administration (CWA), with funds of $1,300, a retaining wall was being constructed along Fall River from the Minnekahta Avenue bridge to the cliffs south of the bridge. The wall was to be about 20 feet high and protect the Kidney Spring area from damage by high water.
Edgemont basketball loses to Hot Springs
The previous evening in Edgemont, the “fast playing” basketball team from Hot Springs won a close victory over the Edgemont Moguls, the final score being 16 to 15. The newspaper said they knew why their team lost: “While we do not like to offer an alibi for the loss of the game, yet it might not be amiss to mention the fact that the local captain, and one of the best players in the section, Barron McIntosh, was unable to play but a few minutes at a time owing to his having been confined to his home the last few days with the flu.”