Election Results for April 9
Results for the election of Ward 2 City Council for the City Council of Garretson as of close of polls and count of election workers at 7:15 p.m.
Leslie Black: 1 vote
Dave Bonte: 20 votes
1 provisional ballot that must be confirmed
Total number of voters: 22
Winner: Dave Bonte
The Folks Behind the Camera at SDPB!
On Tuesday, May 9th, the folks from Sout Dakota Public Broadcasting came to Garretson South Dakota to do interviews and gather information about Garretson for an episode of Dakota Life. SDPB personnel pictured here are, front row, Nathan Hofer and Cara Hetland. Back row are Jonathan Rouse, Kate Lundahl, Nate Wek, Greg Beesley and Tim Davison. Not pictured is friend of this newspaper, Lori Walsh.
Keep watching this newspaper and SDPB for more details on Garretson’s SDPB Dakota Life episode!
Importance of Early Childhood Development
From birth to age 5, a child’s brain develops more than at any other time in life. Early brain development has a lasting impact on a child’s ability to learn and succeed in school and life. The quality of a child’s experiences in the first few years of life – positive or negative – helps shape how their brain develops.
At birth, the average baby’s brain is about a quarter of the size of the average adult brain. Incredibly, it doubles in size in the first year. It keeps growing to about 80% of adult size by age 3 and 90% – nearly full grown – by age 5.
Parents and other caregivers can support healthy brain growth by speaking to, playing with, and caring for their child. Children learn best when parents take turns when talking and playing, and build on their child’s skills and interests. Nurturing a child by understanding their needs and responding sensitively helps to protect children’s brains from stress. Speaking with children and exposing them to books, stories, and songs helps strengthen children’s language and communication, which puts them on a path towards learning and succeeding in school.
Exposure to stress and trauma can have long-term negative consequences for the child’s brain, whereas talking, reading, and playing can stimulate brain growth. Ensuring that parents, caregivers, and early childhood care providers have the resources and skills to provide safe, stable, nurturing, and stimulating care is an important public health goal.
When children are at risk, tracking children’s development and making sure they reach developmental milestones can help ensure that any problems are detected early and children can receive the intervention they may need.
When children attend Blue Dragon Academy, we build these relationships with them in a positive way. Our teachers watch for children to reach developmental milestones, set goals for children, and provide them activities that build on cognitive skills as well as fine motor and gross motor development. Kids enjoy the structure of our program while being able to learn through active exploration in a positive way. BDA provides a strong foundation for later academic, social, and emotional growth.
Blue Dragon Academy offers vision and hearing screenings once a year to children. Mrs. Erika comes to our center twice a month to provide our children with music and Mrs. Stacy comes once a week with the Tumblebus. BDA works with Sanford CHILD services for staff trainings, parent programs, and any technical assistance the center may need with behavioral issues or developmental issues.
Blue Dragon Academy is proud to provide a safe, healthy, positive, and secure learning environment for all children enrolled at our center.
Splitrock Bowling:
The Splitrock Ladies bowled on April 9th, 2024, with the following results:
High Team Game & Series - Rock River Ag., LLC - 881 & 2521.
High Individual Game & Series - Jill Reindl - An errorless 221 which was 71 pins over her average & 493.
Barb Caffrey picked up the 3-10 split.
Joann Gundvaldson picked up the 5-7 split.
Marcia Ryken picked up the 5-10 split.
Kathie Franz picked up the 3-10 split.
Brenda Jones picked up the 5-6 split.
The Splitrock Ladies bowled on April 2nd, 2024, with the following results:
High Team Game & Series - JSA Engineers/Land Surveyors - 912 & 2570.
High Individual Game - Was shared by Cheryl Scholl & Jill Reindl - 199 which was also 59 pins over Cheryl's average.
High Individual Series - Jill Reindl – 494.
Kathie Franz picked up the 2-7 split which was bowled on 27th and missed last week’s news.
