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 Holabird AdvocateProviding all the news we see fit to print since 2002!Wednesday, February 16, 2005 VOL. IV Issue 2J Publisher's Blood Pressure Drops It's official, a slow news day in Holabird as our top story is somebody's blood pressure. Usually it's the weather, but that's been uneventful here lately. Our courageous dynamic Publisher, Jerry Hinkle, however, has experienced a noticeable drop in this blood pressure. Normally it is higher than a San Francisco hippy, say 158/105. The last time he had his blood pressure taken it was 140/85. He credits a combination of prayer and garlic for this turn of events. He was advised to get on drugs (medication that is) to correct this situation, but they have dangerous side effects. Prayer has side effects, all of them good so far. The only side effect from garlic is bad breath, which he can live with. Quite literally as it happens. Holabird Loses Another Resident It has been reported that Dean Shepard has forsaken the calm and peaceful life in Holabird for the hustle and bustle of big city life. They say that Dean bought Katherine Zilverberg house in Highmore. Make that houses, as she had two of them side by side. One he will live in and they say the other will be demolished and a workshop built on that location. No report on how much he paid for the layout, but as long as he doesn't come to any of us for a loan, it isn't any of our business now then is it. Good luck Dean! Don't let those city slickers push you around over there. South Dakota Beef Gets a Brand The South Dakota Senate gladly embraced an innovative plan that would stamp a state-government seal of approval on beef products from cattle raised exclusively in South Dakota. A bill sent to the House would create the South Dakota Certified Beef Program. Only meat from cattle that are raised from birth to slaughter in the state would qualify for an official state trademark or seal. The object of the branded-beef program is to improve cattle prices in South Dakota by fetching premium prices at home and abroad for steaks, roasts and hamburger with a state trademark. Farmers and ranchers would benefit, along with state meat packers who would process the meat. The proposal is the brainchild of Governor Rounds, who first started talking about branded beef during his 2002 campaign. The exact impact that all of this will really have on South Dakota ranchers will remain to be seen. It couldn't hurt.
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