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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Monday, September 30, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9Q BRITTANY HINKLE NAMED KINDERGARTEN VIP Every week in the Hyde County School in Highmore a VIP is selected in the kindergarten class for the week. This week it's Brittany Hinkle's turn. The VIP gets to have special guests on Friday. It was decided by Her to have her grandparents Harrold and Mary Hinkle to be her special guests to talk about their trip to Austrailia and show pictures and other things from their trip. The first day she was to be the kindergarten VIP, she got sick. It is also picture day. All of Brit's family and friends feel so bad about it, but it can't be helped. All of us at the Holabird Advocate hope she gets well quick. CORRECTION AND APOLOGIES by Jerry Hinkle, the Publisher Firstly let me say that the Libertarian candidate for South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat is Terry Begay, not Larry Anything. We were close but that only counts in horseshoes and buffalo chip flips. On behalf of the Newsblog I apoligize for infering that Mr. Begay's views were ignorant. I'm also apologizing to the Native American community of which Mr. Begay is a member, and whose issues he is championing in this campaign. Mr. Begay, I hope you and your issues are covered as much as possible. That said, I don't think you've done a great job so far after the election I will do as much as you'll allow me to help get your message across. To the Readers, I say I hope you don't think any less of me, or the Newsblog. Our intention was to demonstrate the futility of Mr. Begay's campaign, and his lack of a following. We went too far and that is my fault and mine alone. I still believe that Stephanie Herseth is the best man for the job, (just kidding, Ms. Herseth) and will support her campaign all the way to Nov. 5th. Lastly I thank you, the Reader for you patience with the Blogger publishing delays. They may be irksome but then better late than never, right. Let me assure you that Blogger is working on it. Soon it will be on track. PLANS FOR ISSUE 10 by the Publisher It's hard for me to believe that our little Newsblog is going to be 10 months old tomorrow. Next months poll question,effective at noon tomorrow, will be "If you were able to vote in the South Dakota U.S House race, Who would you vote for ?". It is our hope that you will vote in the poll even if you are not a resident of South Dakota. We would like to see if we are communicating Ms. Herseth's message properly and to see if we made the right chioce. Don't feel that you have to vote for her as we'll give you the option not to vote at all. I have also decided to do away with Buster Brock's "Let's go to the videotape due to expenses. I may find something for Buster to do. I will also add "All the news we see fit to print" in our banner. Those are the only changes I have in mind right now. You can always count on the Holabird Advocate to bring you the same kind of information and sagatious opinions that we've always provided. Even when things go bad we will all get through them together. Saturday, September 28, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9P "A GOOD LAND" TO BE DELAYED-AGAIN Production of Barbara Nemec's "A Good Land" has been postponed until sometime next August. Ms. Nemec explains that the Auditorium will be performing maintaince on the wood floor during the hiatus between the football/volleyball and basketball seasons. It is hoped that the cast and crew will be a year wiser along with being a year older and can get it together then. The play, when it is performed, will be a fundraiser for the Hyde County Historical and Genalogical Soceity. JANKLOW TOPS HERSETH IN LATEST POLL The latest scientific poll concerning the race for south Dakota's lone U.S. House seat shows outgoing Govenor Bill Janklow With a slight lead over challenger Stephanie Herseth. Janklow recieved 47% of the vote to Herseth's 40%. The Libertarian Party's candidate, whose name we think is Larry-Something, has 1% of the vote. Both the Janklow and Herseth factions are guardedly optomistic about the chances of their campaign, saying that the only poll that maters is the vote on Nov. 5th. If that Larry guy had a comment nobody got it from him. If you are reading this Larry (hope we got your name right) and would like to make a comment get in touch through out FAQ module at the bottom of the page. The Holabird Advocate and it's Publisher have formally endorsed Stephanie Herseth in this race, but we will welcome other points of view no matter how ignorant. MISTER ROGERS: OUR FAVORITE NEIGHBOR by Jerry Hinkle, Special to the Holabird Advocate In a Whie House ceromony, W awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom To Fred McFeely "Mister" Rogers. Mr. Rogers had entertained and educated many children of all ages with his television show, "Mister Rogers Neighborhood" from 1968-2001. Shortly after retiring he came out of retirement to appear on TV after Sept. 11th in order to help children and adults alike cope with the crisis that gripped out country. His life has been a wonderful example. Indeed, he is the personification of a good neighbor. Whether it was something silly like assuring children through song that they can never go down the drain in the bathtub or more importantly telling these same young people that " I like you just the way you are", he was there. Have you, the Reader, been a good neighbor lately? I hope so. More importantly I hope that I have been a good neighbor to you, and I further hope that the Holabird Advocate has been a good neighborhood newsblog. Friday, September 27, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9O JOHNSON SIDES WITH W ON IRAQ Early this morning it was announced that Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota, a Democrat, is Supporting the President in his decision to "Go it alone, if neccessary" If the U.N. doesn't come through with a resolution condemning Iraq and Saddam Hussain. Johnson, who faces a tough re-election campaign, has stated that he views Iraq as a credible threat to the U.S. KINDERGARTEN TEACHES LIFE LESSONS Education is taking a back seat in the kindergarten class in Highmore. The next generation is learning how to spell simple word, as well as words that start with a certain letter each week. According to observers Brittany Hinkle, kindergarten is teaching much more than this. She is learning that friends and friendship are important in life. That writing a letter to a friend that is far away can really make their day. The class is also learning that it's important to be considerate of others and that wrong behavior has consequences. Brit's class usually has ice cream on Friday Afternoon, but this week they were too noisy. No ice cream this week. The nations and the worlds leaders could learn a lot from kindergarten, but then so could we all. DR. PHIL: OUR LATEST COMRADE IN THE FIGHT by Jerry Hinkle, Special to the Holabird Advocate When I first heard of Dr. Phil McGraw and how he became aquainted with Oprah Winfrey, I was skeptical. After all, he was helping her spead all of her ignorant garbage about the cattle industry and Mad Cow Disease. Something that I have not yet forgiven Oprah for doing. He helped her snow the Texas jury into the belief that she was innocent as the new fallen snow somehow. You know thew old saying, " A little ignorance is a dangerous thing". Well that was then. Dr. Phil has proven to me that he is not an enemy to the beef eating population through yesterday's (Sept 26th) show. He exposed the monumental ignorance of the people behind the fast food lawsuits. They certainly didn't help their cause by that appearance. They likened this to the tobacco lawsuits. Dr. Phil quickly set them straight. It is truly amazing how a little common sense can get under the skin of morons such as they. I've found that in this country a lot of times if you substituted the word "moron" for the word "victum" it would fit better. especially when the one lawyer said "They (fast food resturants) have made my client a victum of their greed". See what I mean. Why is it that some people are so anxious, even willing, to be "victums", while most of those who really are victums declare, "I will not be a victum."? Dr. Phil invited the four fast food chains(consisting of McD's, KFC, Wendy's, and BK) to the show. They instead decided to make a statement. All four resturants claimed to offer heathy food on their menu . They also advocate personal responsibility. KFC recommends exercise as well as sensible eating. McD's claims it has nutritional information on their resturaunt premises.BK claims the Lawsuit is giving frivolous lawsuits a bad name and an abuse of our judicial system. I, your courageous, dynamic Publisher, ask you the Reader, to welcome Dr. Phil McGraw into the Holabird Advocate's fight against ignorance. If you can, check out Dr. Phil at a TV near you. To find such a station go to drphil.com. It's worth a look. Tuesday, September 24, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9N MARY HINKLE HITS THE GROUND RUNNING Fresh from her vacation in St. Paul, MN, Mary Hinkle was put to work almost straight away. The Monday morning temp of 34 drove home the fact that a frost was going to be on the way soon. Most of Monday was devoted to getting the corn chopped before that frost arrived. JOYCE FERRIS LEAVES WITHOUT INCEDENT Once Mary was safely home, Joyce knew that all was ok, and so she left on Monday morning to do business for her husband, Ken. The subject of Tom Dashcle was brought up on occasion at the Ponderosa but not in a way that came to shouting. We were all really glad to hear that. E.E. HINKLE GETS HIS JUST DESSERTS With Mary at Darrel's place with the silage harvest, Jerry has been in charge of getting E.E. Hinkle fed. E.E. had a choice of ice cream, cake, or pudding. He opted to wait until 3 o'clock to decide. One option that Jerry didn't give him was ice cream/cake pudding, a recipe he found through Home Economist Lurleen Cheatwood. He may make her the official Home economist of the Holabird Advocate in order to give the recipe out . SIERRA CLUB NEEDS TO WAKE UP by Jerry Hinkle of the Holabird Advocate The Sierra Club has spent a lot of time and money getting Tim Johnson re-elected to the Senate. In their ad spot they accuse his opponent, Representative John Thune of voting for unclean water. While he did vote against the bill cited in the spot, it should be noted that both Senators Johnson and Dashcle voted against it as well. As if that isn't enough, the DuPont Chemical Company has given Johnson all kinds of money and free trips all over the world. Could it be that the Sierra Club's membership is not exactly the brain trust of this country? CORRECTION In and earlier edition of the Holabird Advocate, Buster Brock claimed that "Scary Movie" and its sequel could be used in a drinking game. None of us at the Holabird Advocate are in favor of and do not endorse recrational drinking. Our legal council Morley Krupt esq. has advised us to tell you, the Reader that if you use these or any other movie in an alcoholic capacity you are on your own. W TAKES NATION BACK TO YELLOW The President has brought the national color coded alert status of the country down from orange alert to yellow alert as it had been since before the sept. 11th anniversary. This was done on recommendation of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge because of disruptions in the al-Qaida terrorist network. Monday, September 23, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9M BRITTANY HINKLE PERFORMS IN CHURCH Being in kindergarten has made Brittany Hinkle a bit more outgoing than you're average child. At the Methodist Church service yesterday Brit delighted dozens of people by showing off a card that she made for Pastor Phil with "The ABCs" on it. She then proceeded to sing the all too familiar "ABC song" accidentally leaving out the letter "N", but this crowd didn't care. They ate it up. The Methodists are lucky to have such wonderful people as Brit and Pasor Phil to entertain them so much. JOYCE FERRIS BECOMES "WOMAN OF THE HOUSE" Joyce Ferris did as best she could toi fill the void left my Mary Hinkle's absence at the Ponderosa. She didn't make pudding for her father, E.E. Hinkle but she baked a cake and cooked several meals for the old boy. He didn't have much of an appetite for some reason. Joyce also brought out a few kuchens that her grandson A.J. Soulek made for E.E.'s birthday. His effort was applauded but the results were not so well recieved. It seems that the crude cowboys at the Ponderosa expect custard in their kuchen. Still they had to admit that the kuchen were edible even if they were served 2 months late LET'S GO TO THE VIDEOTAPE by Buster Brock "What's your favorite scary movie?" This was the first line spoken in the movie "Scary Movie". Indeed if your favorite was not spoofed, perhaps it wasn't a scary movie at all. There were plenty of jokes in the the first installment, but few of them were funny. Yet there is something about this genre that worked for me. The spoof part I mean. You can look at this movie and say "Oh that came from,well, whatever movie you recognize and that made it ok. I really enjoyed the second movie titled "Scary Movie 2" what's not to enjoy about seeing Tori Spelling get killed? OOPS said too much. But hey, I liked that flick. Don't wait for Scary Movie 3: Secret of the Broom" get out and rent both of these movies at your local videopstore or stop-n-rob next time you need a good drinking game. Saturday, September 21, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9L E.E. HINKLE TAKES A BREAK FROM "BOOST" Holabird centanarian E.E. Hinkle has given up "Boost" for a while in favor of a lunch at "Boost time" (3pm). Most agree that this is a good decision. A "wait and see" attitude is prevailing. He is eating well, and that is a good sign. FIREFIGHTERS ENDORSE STEPHANIE HERSETH FOR CONGRESS It was announced by International Association of Fire Fighters general president Harold Schaitberger that the Professional Fire Fighters of South Dakota (PFFSD) have, at their convention in Watertown S.D, unanimously endorsed Stephanie Herseth in her Race for the state's at large U.S. House seat. Steve Dirksen President of PFFSD said "Stephanie Herseth is a bright new star in South dakota politic, and I'm delighted to formally endorse her candidicy on behalf of fire fighters in this state. Stephanie will bea hard working and conscientious representitive for the issues that matter to fire fighters and and all South Dakotans in Congress. She represents the future of this state and the firefighters are behind her 100% ON THE ROAD AGAIN Hiram Gonagan Mary Hinkle left the Ponderosa at the very early hour of 5 o'clock this morning to get to the wedding of Jaime Daken to Kevin Hansen. Along the way she picked up Larry and Bonnie Nickleson as well as Andy and Tracy Lennick.The ceremony will commence at 4 o'clock this afternoon. According to Holabird Advocate Publisher Jerry Hinkle, She will start for home Sunday when she's sober enough to drive. SCORE ONE FOR THE GOOD GUYS by Jerry Hinkle, Special to the Holabird Advocate You know, My cousin Kevin is a really swell guy. He's athletic without being labeled a "dumb jock". He's smart (after all he reads the Holabird Advocate) but not so smart that he has to make all those around him feel dumb. He's the life of any party and he's single, BUT NOT FOR LONG Kevin will be married later on today to a young lady that I don't know all that well. I understand she is some sort of arobic fitness trainer, so she must be athletic. She's marrying Kevin so,yes, she is smart as well. I am not going to their wedding. Not because of them, but because I'd rather not deal with seeing all of my other relatives at this festive occasion. Sooner or later one or more of those well meaning relatives will ask that most dreaded of all questions "Why aren't you Married yet?". Ordinarily it wouldn't bother me, but at this function I was almost certainly going to run into "Her", and I don't believe I can stand all that right now. Someday maybe, not now. It's wonderful that some people bother to get married in this day and age. My brother Doug sure hasn't seen the need to do that. He's got a few good reasons to get married, yet he doesn't. The Leap of faith that Kevin and Jaime are taking should be an inspiration to us all. In this world, we aren't given much hope for the future. We're told "Nice guys finish last". If anyone can prove that statement false, those two can, and they will. You will find very few people as nice as they are, so don't even try. Friday, September 20, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9K ANOTHER DELAY FOR "A GOOD LAND" Now that the Auditorium is open to the public once again the public seems very closed to rehersing the Barbara Nemec play "A Good Land". At least two roles are being recast and rehersals have been delayed until sometime in November. It seems that children and adults alike are busy with work, school and other activities. It is hoped that this delay will be the last. The thinking behind it is that there will be about a month and a half between football and boys' basketball seasons as well as volleyball and girls' basketball seasons. All this was decided at a meeting of the cast and crew last night at the Auditorium in Highmore. A meeting that was to be a rehersal but several people could not make it to the rehersal for reasons stated previously in this article. The core group of this production are hopeful that there will be a performance someday. CLAIRE VOYANT PROVED WRONG Despite objections from Claire Voyant to the contrary, our Publisher Jerry Hinkle has decided that her prediction concerning her predition that "Survivor" would seperate the male and females players was wrong. He is basing this from hearsay evidence from Harold and Mary Hinkle since he didn't see the show. Anyone who disagrees with this decision is advised to appeal to the Holabird Advocate. Maybe you saw something that Harold and Mary did not. HERSETH JANGLES JANKLOW'S SOUTH DAKOTA HOUSE RACE According to Mary Care Jalonick of the CQ MONITOR NEWS that in an era of widespread voter apathy acrosss the country in South Dakota polictical candidates can take on a celebraty status. A status that Stephanie Herseth knows well. Her own hometown of Houghton, South Dakota had "Stephanie Herseth Day", a celebration of her underdog bid against term limited-Govenor William J Janklow. Most of the towns 50 residents showed for this occasion. At a Labor Day event earlier this month Ms. Herseth was one of many candidates that found themselves the center of attention. Despite all this she has a tough campaign ahead of her. Her family name is Familiar in South Dakota, having a grandfather, Ralph E. Herseth, who was Govenor from 1959-61 (a full term back then) Janklow is a 64 year-oldfour term Govenor serving from 1979-1987 and again from 1995 to this day. He is tested and popular. He has also been dealing with several disasters this past year such as tornadoes and forest fires. Janklow is also a believer in the promacy of national and homeland security. Janklow also has the benefit of a Republican electorate. The same people that voted 60% for George W. Bush in 2000. Republicans have held the Govenor's office for the last 24 years with Janklow being in it for 16 of those years. Still, South Dakota has two U.S. Senators, Tim Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Tom Dashcle. Herseth's strong campaign is boosting a stage of contention. A televison poll has her leading Janklow 44% to 41%. She has used her youthful energy tostate her main ussue of how to improve the states economy and keep young people in South Dakota. Her message resonates with older voters as well as the younger ones Herseth has been spending the summer scouring for votes while Janklow has been more low key. So much so that some have wondered if his heart is in his campaign. Janklow's camp replies that Herseth can campaign more because she doesn't have a job to do, whereas Janklow has been dealing with tornadoes, forest fires, and mudslides. CQ MONIOR has changed this campaign rating from "Republican Favored" to "Leaning Republican" The Holabird Advocate and it's Publisher have Endorsed Ms. Herseth's campaign and still do. Tuesday, September 17, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9J BLOGGER TROUBLES DELAY PUBLICATION Because of some template problems on Blogger.com's part there will be a delay in seeing all the latest in news from the Holabird Advocate. How long this will be nobody knows, but they are working on the problem. So when you look at the date of these editions and see that they weren't posted before and yet here they are, at least you'll know why. We're just glad these exellent works were saved by blogger for when they could be published WIND FARM COMES TO HYDE COUNTY Construction plans are underway for 40-60 windmills 11 miles south of Highmore, along Highway 47. This wind farm project, the first in South Dakota, is expected to help the local economy. There is also a wind farm project in the Edgeley North Dakota area not too far from Beautifull Downtown Minot, where Holabird Advocate Publisher Jerry Hinkle went to School. Monday, September 16, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9I TIM ZILVERBERG HAS HAY FIRE Sunday Afternoon saw about 20 bales of last years hay belonging to Tim Zilverberg burning in a small conflagration on his place just a few miles north of the Ponderosa. Darrel Hinkle came upon the scene with the Valley Township fire fighting wagon. Also present was Lawrence Weidenbach with the (disorganized) Illinois Township fire fighting wagon. It was a long battle but the fire was put out. the cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion, which is not uncommon with hay bales that are at least a year old. E.E. HINKLE GOES OFF FEED SATURDAY THEN GETS BACK ON IT ON SUNDAY Just as Harold and Mary Hinkle left for Iowa on Saturday morning for an Austrailian group reunion. E.E. Hinkle was throwing up and refusing to eat anything. His grandson Jerry was worried about another possible dehydration. As it turned out E.E. rallied and just about made up for it the next day. He ate 2 pieces of saugage, an egg, toast, oatmeal and a glass of grape juice. he kept it all down too. For dinner he had 3 pieces of stuffed crust pizza. Folling that at 3pm he had the usual "Boost" and donut. He then had a leftover piece of the dinner pizza (which was reheated) in the evening. It was steady as she goes all day, but it did go okay. DR. PHIL COMES TO HOLABIRD by Jerry Hinkle Dr. Phil McGraw of "Oprah" fame is making his TV debut in Holabird this afternoon. Many wonder if he will be able to go it alone without Oprah repeating everything he says and pretty much building him up. I say he'll be just fine. In interviews I've seen with him he does better without the ignorant Oprah Windbag-uh- Winfrey constanly kissing his posterior. Dr. Phil's competition in Holabird is a fruit flavored fellow by the name of Rob Nelson. He's got it made. Dr. Phil is Oprah's lead in. One wonders if anyone will stay to listen to her when Dr. Phil's daily dose of realism is over. REHERSALS TO RESUME FOR "A GOOD LAND" After delaying production for two months, rehersals for "A Good Land" will resume at 7pm Thursday, September 19 at the Hyde County Memorial Auditorium. One issue to be discussed at the rehersal is when to schedule the performance. It is expected to be performed sometime in October. Thursday's rehersal and other Thursday rehersals could mean that Holabird Advocate Publisher Jerry Hinkle will miss the premiere episode of "Survivor" on CBS. This does not bother him however as Psychic freind Claire Voyant has already told him what the special surprise in the fist five minutes will be. It is simply that the males and females will be seperated at the start of the 5th saga. It could be she's wrong, but she has been wrong once. That was in 1998 predicting that Bernie Hunhoff would be elected Govenor of South Dakota in that year. Saturday, September 14, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9H BIRTHDAY "JUST ANOTHER DAY" FOR DOUG HINKLE DARREL PARTYS HARDY AT CATTLEMANS CLUB On September 13th Doug and Darrel Hinkle both turned 33. When asked how he was going to celebrate Doug said, "Nothing.". It appears that He and noel were too busy getting ready for a rummage sale. Noel is good at rummage sales. she made $700 (gross) on the last time. Darrel on the other hand decided to go with his wife Kristi and in- laws Jim and Ruby Hoffman to Pierre's famous Cattlemans Club for dinner and one might guess drinking, but that was not confirmed. Harold and Mary was stuck with their kids as Agnes Hahn found out when she called and was cussed at for no apparent reason except that everyone else in the house was being cussed at so why not include her in the fun. All of that kind of talk going on by right the lemon juice bottle at the Ponderosa should be empty and then another should be bought and halfway gone. Oh well, at least Brit will have a story for her Kindergarten teacher next Monday. Later on things quieted down. When Darrel and Kristi Arrived at 9:30 to pick up the kids, Justin and Shelby were asleep. Harold and Mary want to take Darrel and to Pierre for the boys' birthday too. Do you suppose Jim and Ruby will babysit for them? BERNIE DAVIS TAKES A FATAL DRINK OF BEER Bernard Glenn "Bernie" Davis was visiting and drinking beer with a nephew of his when he succumbed to a heart attack at his home in rural Holabird. Bernie was born June 13, 1938, to Darrel and Dorothy Davis in Highmore. He was baptised in the Methodist faith and educated in Hyde County schools, graduating from Highmore High School in 1956. He worked at the Highmore Expermint farm and the family farm since 1966. Survivors include two brothers, Jerry of Rapid City and Dennis of Holabird; Three nephews, one niece and a host of other relatives. Preceding him in death were his parents an infant brother and an infant sister Visitation will be from 2-8pm Sunday at Luze's Funeral Home in Highmore. Funeral services will be on Monday at 2pm at the funeral home with the Reverend Phil Lint presiding. Burial will be at the Highmore City Cemetery. POETRY CORNER SUSHI-YUCKY by Pat Donahue I am from Minnesota I went to Tokyo to Visit the Land of Enchantment and quaint pagoda. I almost died the night they tried To make me eat that yucky sushi They think it sounds so yummy But, hey I ain't no dummy I knew no way it would stay down in my tummy. I took one bite, and I was right No likey icky yucky sushi. It took some wine, but I finally agreed To eat that dish of dead fish and seaweed. What happened then I don't know I loosened my kimono I make a noise like the voice of Yoko Ono. Then just like that right on the mat Me sicky icky yucky sushi Don't eat raw squid, like i did, 'cause it's true It make you do like when you got the flu So if you're in Nagoya Here's a suggestion for ya Take my advice, stick with rice, and think twice before ya Bow in disgrace, lose lunch and face No picky icky yucky sushi No likey icky yucky sushi Thursday, September 12, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9G AUDITORIUM OPENNED TO PUBLIC After two long months of work officials from the city of Highmore opened the Hyde County Memorial Auditorium for use by the public. The first function was a home volleyball match this evening. It will be the first home match in Highmore this season. BURNING BAN LIFTED The ban for Open Burning in Hyde County has been temporarily lifted. County Residents must still notify the Highmore Fire Department or the Hyde County Sheriff's Department before they start a controlled burn. REACTION MIXED TO SEPT 11 COVERAGE According to poll data, the Holabird Advocate's Sept 11 coverage didn't move a lot of people. Of those that answered the poll 60% had no opinion while the categories "too much" and "just right" recieved 20% each. We will now go back to our regular poll of this month and send the other poll to the archives. Wednesday, September 11, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9F AMERICA REMEMBERS SEPT. 11TH WHETHER THEY WANT TO OR NOT It has been a year now since that morning when the unspeakable happenned. A lot of things have taken place in that year. Television coverage on the broadcast networks are running from 7am-midnight. some will watch it all, or try to. Others will want to watch nothing. Here at the Holabird Advocate, the TV is on but nobody is really watching. we are putting this edition of the newsblog together. After that who knows what we'll do. SEPT. 11, 2001-WHERE I WAS by Jerry Hinkle, Special to the Holabird Advocate September 11, 2001 started out as just another day for me, the same as it did for you, the Reader, and for a lot of other folks, I suppose. I got up at around 8am like i always did, and still do. I saw on TV the image of the 1st WTC after a plane crashed into it. Bryant "B.G." Gumbel was interviewing a witness to the crash. I thought, "Oh my, isn't that amusing. Some drunk pilot tried to fly through the WTC. Must've been flying pretty low." I went about my task of securing a bowl of Cherios for my usual morning ritual. My family and I were discussing the order of the day. There was the Funeral for Richard Raske that my parents were going and taking Grandad to. I elected to stay home and catch up on some Market America paperwork. Just seconds later my mother said "The other tower's been hit!". B.G.'s witness said the same thing at the same time. The witness said that the second hit was deliberate. B.G. asked the stupidest question you could think of "How do you know?" . It was at that moment I knew B.G. lost all of journalistic credibility he ever had or ever will have. Minutes later the Pentagon was hit. I thought "NO!!! not the Pentagon. THE PENTAGON!!!!! It's the end of the world as we know it". Watching the Pentagon smoking just as the WTC was, I said "Lord, have mercy on us!". I say the phrase "Have mercy" a lot. I never really meant it until that day. I felt a rush of peace,as if my prayers were being answered right there. I knew, I just knew that God was in control and that everything would be all right in his time I was visited by a couple of Jehovah's Witnesses. We all agreed that this mess would be straightened out by God. It was they who told me that we should pray for the terrorists. that they may be turned around right. It was a tall order but I did it and do still. I hope that you all do the same. I later saw that the American spirit was shown by the brave passengers in United flight #93 as they fought back to stop another attack on what was later revealed on the Capitol Building. These passengers called their families to say that they loved them. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES by Jerry Hinkle, Special to the Holabird Advocate As I said earlier, a lot has taken place in this year since the attacks on this country. The Red Cross called for blood and minutes later they were turning people away all over America. Several Americans were diverted to Canada for three days. The love showed them by the Canadian people was so great, that some of those stranded there came back with their families for another visit. A lot of songs and poems have been written about the events of one year ago. None of them move me as much as "America the Beautiful" which when I hear about the "Heroes proved in liberating strife" I always think of Flight #93 as they sacrificed their own lives for their country. Of all the patriotic songs we have Broadway closed their shows with "God Bless America". Even songs like "How Firm a Foundation" and "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" have given me a measure of comfort. A few of people proposed marriage because of the events of this day. Others decided to have children. I can do neither since the only woman that I'll ever love is married to someone else. In fact it was 2 months ago today that I found that out. Perhaps I was an indirect victum of the terrorism. It matters little now.I and the rest of the country must move forward, and we shall. You know on Sept 11 last year, My Grandad was as strong as an ox. Since then he's had broken ribs, pneumonia, he's been dehydrated and had pneumonia again. Grandad came back as strong as on ox. This country that he loves did the same, and so will I. POETRY CORNER AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL by Katherine Lee Bates O beautiful for spacious skies for amber waves of grain for purple mountain majesties above the fruited plain America! America! God shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brother hood from sea to shining sea! O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine till all success be nobleness and every gain devine! O beautiful for patriot dream thgat sees beyond the years thine alabaster cities gleam undimmed by human tears! America! America! God Mend thine every flaw confirm thy soul in self control thy liberty in law! HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION by" K" How firm a foundation ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he hath said to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? "Fear not I am with thee, O be not dismayed for I am thy God and will still give thee aid I'll strenghten and help thee, and cause thee to stand upheld by my rightous, omnipotent hand. "The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose I will not, I will not desert to it's foes that soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake." A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR GOD by Martin Luther A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing our helper he amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing. for still our ancient foe doth seek to work us us woe his craft and power are great, and armed with cruel hate on earth is not his equal And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us we will not fear, for God hath willed his truth to triumph though us The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him his rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure one little word shall fell him. That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth the Spirit and the gifts are ours, thru him who with us sideth. Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also the body they may kill God's truth abideth still his kingdom is forever. FINAL THOUGHTS by the Publisher That is just about all I have to say about Sept. 11. I hope that you the Reader come away from the Newsblog thinking it was time well spent. we have a great country. The American flag at the Ponderosa flew at half staff until noon. They've been pretty lax about flying the flag lately, but a special effort was made today, even if Harold Hinkle didn't know why. As for you, dear Readers, observe this day as you want. It's the American way! I'll close with this: I don't think of Sept 11 as the end of the world as we know it. I think of it as the end of the would as we knew it. The world we know now isn't so bad. Tuesday, September 10, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9E AMERICA GOES ON "ORANGE ALERT" The White House has declared "orange alert" for the nation. This means "High Risk of Terrorist Attacks". This is the first time since the inception of the color coded risk alert scale that it was moved from yellow alert. The color coded risk scale was developed to let the citizens know the risk of terrorist activity . Those wishing to recieve a chart of the color coded system through e-mail can get in contact with the Holabird Advocate and we'll get one to you through the curtesy of Yahoo!. SEPT. 11: A PUBLISHER REMEMBERS by Jerry Hinkle, Special to the Holabird Advocate Tomorrow the Holabird Advocate will be running a special edition to observe the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks. I didn't know if I should or if I should just ignore it. I will have a poll to gauge how that particular edition covered the situation. That way, you the Reader can judge for yourself. A lot of things happened in that year and perhaps we can all get a little perspective. Saturday, September 07, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9D E.E. HINKLE TRADES BOOST FOR BANANA SPLIT 3pm is usually "Boost time" for Holabird Centurian E.E. Hinkle, but Friday afternoon his son Harold gave him a choice of either his usual can of "Boost" or a banana split. Willing to take chances he opted for the banana split. Later he asked if it had all the vitamins and minerals that his "Boost" has his grandson, Jerry Hinkle, laughed out loud and said no. Harold is worried about the expense of "Boost" and is trying to get E.E. out of the "Boost" habit. It should be noted that the "Boost" that E.E. drinks is really generic Ensure sold by K-Mart. HOT TIME IN HOLABIRD Temps in Holabird and the Holabird area, while close to 100 and not actually crosses that border yet. The Weathermen have all said the mercury will get down around Tuesday. It has been in the 90s for 3 days in as row. E.E. Hinkle's propane tank is still filled with heating oil for the wintertime but has curiously stopped singing like before. It appears that Harold and Darrel were right and Jerry was wrong as the white paint seemed to stop it. Jerry Hinkle being wrong is not neccessarily front page news but the fact that he admitted it is definately front page news. MCDONALD'S TRIMMING THE FAT by Jerry Hinkle, Special to the Holabird Advocate Well, the Food Police have succeeded getting McDonald's Resturaunts to cut the fat in their french fries. I heard the news just this past week. It may interest you the Reader to know that The price of the stock in McD's has gone down every day since this announcement was made. The reason why, of course, is that America loves greesy fries. Wall Steet knows that almost as much as you and I do. Still, the Food Police, as I call them, persist that this is not enough. It seems that the fries are still to fat for this ilk. They could boycott McD's, but they have been doing that. It hasn't worked, so they found a 298 lbs. man to sue them. This idiot claims that he is addicted to fat food. That has the fast food companies scared. Remember the "Hot Coffee" suits? McDonalds has tried it's dead level best to appease the so called "Consumer Watchdog" groups. Anybody remember the McLean Hamburger? Do you know why they are not on the menu anymore? Nobody wanted them, that's why. They had Salad Shakers or some such thing to. I can't rember if they still do or not. Here's your chance to get your name in the Holabird Advocate. Go to Mcdonald's and look at the menu. Report your findings to me and I'll put your name in the Newsblog. No purchase Neccessary, void where prohibited, prohibited where void. As for me, I'm still boycotting Mcd's over this Aussie meat purchase deal. Hey! I gotta draw the line somewhere. Friday, September 06, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9C SUMMERTIME IS NOT OVER YET TEMP COULD REACH 100 TODAY Nature has provided the Holabird area with a reminder that Summer does not end on Labor Day. All this week in the area the mercury has risen from 85-96 in the past few days. it could be 100 degrees today, tomorrow, and Sunday. Schools throughout the state have dismissed students early. Hyde School District policy is to close at 2pm if the temp is 95. So far, they haven't missed a day. ROSHAU AND SINGLETON ENGAGED Brandi Lee Roshau and Sean Asher Singleton annouce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. Parents of the couple are Davis and Susan Rohau of Holabird and Russell and Jane Singleton of Tampa Bay, Florida. The Bride to be is employed at Bankwest in Pierre and the Groom elect is owner of Singleton Construction. The couple is planning a September 21, 2002 wedding in Harrold, South Dakota, where they will be making their home with their son, Gerami David HINKLES GET HUNGRY Whoever said Never go to the grocery store when your hungry " knew what they were taling about. Mary Hinkle went to Highmore, along with husband Harold and father in law E.E. primarily to buy food. They also had dinner at the Hyde County Senior Center to catch up with all of their freinds. E.E. bought 3 Freshetta Pizzas and a couple of lbs of bananas. Mary bought so much that Vlceks packed it all in boxes. On the way home they picked up Shelby and Justin Hinkle and brought them along. Wednesday, September 04, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9B WEED BOARD SAYS "SHOW ME THE MONEY" COMMISSIONERS SHOW THEM THE DOOR Tuesday morning's meeting of the Hyde County Board of Commission-ers was well attended and lively. The main reason: a disagreement beween the Commissioners and the Hyde County Weed Board. The point of contention is the Weed Boards request for a $50,000 budget. $10,000 for equiptment and $40,000 to pay someone to use it. The Weed Board has been paying part time wages of $12/hr and finding nobody willing to work for such a low figure. It is hoped that by offering $40,000/yr the position could get filled. It was pointed out that full time at $12/hr would be $24,000 and the weed population in Hyde County does not require a full time weed killer and the Commision gave the Weed Board a budget of $0. The meeting on Tuesday morning was to protest the Weed Board's budget, or lack of one.Harold Hinkle was one of the number who attended along with several Hyde County other farmers and ranchers too lazy to get rid of their own weeds. This faction has forced the Commissioners to seek a compromise with the Weed Board, which it will at a later date. BRITTANY HINKLE GETS FAT LIP While at school on Tuesday morning Brittany Hinkle was horsing around and fell face first on a school desk resulting in a swelling of the top of her lip. After cleaning her up as best they could, the school authorities sent her home to avoid a lawsuit. She was let back into class later that afternoon when it was evident that she was up to the challenges of Kindergarten, fat lip and all. She is and has been doing fine at that. She has been asked to be more careful. S.D. HOUSE RACE GETS NATIONAL ATTENTION USA TODAY, The newspaper founded by Al Neuharth, a distant cousin of Holabird Advocate Publisher Jerry Hinkle, has called the House race between Stephanie Herseth and Bill Janklow "one to watch". Many have watched as Ms. Herseth has really given outgoing Govenor Janklow a real run for his money. The current incumbant is Republican John Thune who is running for U.S. Senate. A Herseth victory would mean a pickup for Democrats in the house as well as a loss to the Republican majority. Ms. Herseth has been endorsed by the Holabird Advocate and it's Publisher. DELAYED FAQ PAGE UP AND RUNNING by Jerry Hinkle It was not easy, but with a little help from my mother I finally got this figured out. The FAQ module is at the bottom of the page.In honor of this great occasion I am taking the day off tomorrow. So go ahead and ask a question. Just don't be surpised if you don't get an answer right away. Monday, September 02, 2002 VOL. I Issue 9A PUBLISHER BITES OF MORE THAN HE CAN CHEW Jerry Hinkle may be courageous and dynamic, but he's still technologically impaired. He did manage to complete most of the changes he promised but the FAQ module is still not installed. This not withstanding we at the Holabird Advocate hope you'll be able to enjoy the new changes that were successful. Had it not been for Darrel Hinkle's assistance the poll sysem would not be running. A good part of the MDA telethon was missed by our Publisher. Not because of the newsblog, but because he went to Highmore to help clean the inside of Kristi's Greenhouse. it was too windy to take the greenhouse down yet, however. 
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