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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Thursday, January 13, 2005 VOL. IV Issue 1H Holabird Advocate Asks Readers, "Where Are You?" A brand new Bravenet service called Guestmap allows all Holabird Advocate Readers to show us where they are on a world map. This is a fun way to show all of us here at the Holabird Advocate how far our circle of influence reaches. As with all Bravenet services, you will find the link to Guestmap page at the bottom of the front page of the Holabird Advocate. E.E. Hinkle Gets Lift Chair Offer The Ponderosa got a call from Mary Jo Nemec offering to let E.E. Hinkle use the lift chair that belonged to her late mother, Katherine Zilverberg. She said it would;d take some fixing. It will take more effort to get E.E. to use it, however, as he won't give up the chair he sits in now. The Hinkle family wishes to thank Mary Jo and her family for thinking of him. Right now they are just weighing all of their options. South Dakota Legislature in Session All of us here at the Holabird Advocate always blamed the "January thaw" on the Legislature. Well, with a current temperature of -6, we can kiss that theory good-bye, as the 80th session of the South Dakota Legislature opened on Tuesday. Governor Rounds started things off with the "State of the State Address", which touched on some of the highlights of what the current administration accomplished last year. He also mentioned how his 2010 initiative is coming along. Rounds asked the lawmakers to support all the items he's laid out in his budget despite what he calls a "Structural Deficit". You know, the ususal stuff. One issue that caught the interest of our editorial staff was his anti-meth lab legislation. District 23, which includes Holabird, is reported to have at least one meth lab that we know about. If this legislation can close it down, we'll support it 100% Another of Governor Rounds issues is a plan to develop a certified beef program. It hit a snag in a legislative committee on Wednesday. Rancher Marshall Edleman of Willow Lake, South Dakota, complained to members of the Joint Appropriations Committee that the program wrongly competes with private business. The Governor has proposed the program as a way for farmers to earn more money by raising cattle that meet safety and quality standards. To make this plan work, the state Agriculture Department has set up an electronic data storage system that would be used to track the animals enrolled in the voluntary program. Edleman said that the State's data collection system duplicates work his company does. All of us here at the Holabird Advocate applaud the Governor for this plan. We can't seem to get Country of Origin Labeling. Maybe South Dakota's State of Origin will be the next best thing.
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