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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Wednesday, December 17, 2003 VOL. II Issue 12M FREEZING RAIN HITS HOLABIRD A gentle, but persistant freezing rain has turned the sidewalks and highways of Hyde County into an ice skating rink this morning. While going about doing his daily tasks, our Publisher, Jerry Hinkle himself was using caution so as not to do the famous Triple Klutz move. He managed to avoid getting hurt, but did do a Double Klutz. Temps in the Holabird area have been forcasted by meteorologist, Storm Chaser, to reach into the 40s later on this afternoon. THUNE ESCHEWS HOUSE SEAT Former Representative John Thune has written to the State Republican party that he wishes not to be a candidate for the lone seat in the House of Representatives in either the special election or the primary election. Both elections are scheduled to take place June 1, barring the unforseen. Senators Daschle and Johnson are among those who would like to see the special election take place in February. Such a move would cost the state $400,000. There is a growing movement, not endosed by the Holabird Advocate, that the state make the move. It is almost a foregone conclusion that Stephanie Herseth will be the Democratic candidate in the special election. Several Republicans, including former Senator, Larry "press release" Pressler, have expressed interest in South Dakota's seat in Congress. The Republican party can only choose one candidate for the special election, but the primary is wide open. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A CENTURY MAKES by Jerry Hinkle of the Holabird Advocate It was 100 years ago today, on December 17, 1903, that former Holabird residents Orville and Wilbur Wright made their 12 second 100 feet flight. a planned reanactment of that flight At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina was put off because of weather. Last night, I watched the Public Television program "Nova" to see how the plane was put together. Let me just say that it justified (to me at least) my fear of flying. That not withstanding, it does make you wonder where we will be flying by 2103. Maybe Mars, maybe farther away than that. I know that they'll never get me in the flying machine when they go there. At 136, I'd be a little too old to go anywhere. Of course, you never know until you try. The history of the Wright brothers has a gap of about 10 years. From 1893-1903. For a while in that decade, they lived in the Holabird Area. We know this from eyewitness testimony, yet it is never mentioned in anything about the pair. Quite a lot happened in that span of 10 years. I wonder if we'll ever know what it was.
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