The Holabird Advocate's courageous, dynamic Publisher coined the word Newsblog, in much the same way that Little Richard invented Rock and Roll. By that we mean that someone else may have thought it up, but he came up with it on his own.

That said, we were quite surprised that on South Dakota 123 developed a category called "News" and we aren't in it. Mount Blogmore seems to be in that class all by itself. Now Mount Blogmore does have some sort of connection with the Rapid City Journal, but that's all there is to it. Come on, is reporting that there is someone in the world who is counting the number of times the F word is used in the TV show "Deadwood" real news.

Of course our Publisher is happy being placed in the same class as Bernie Hunhoff, even though he is hard of earning that distinction. We are glad to showcase Holabird and it's people, even if they don't bother to make tally marks when somebody cusses on TV. What they think and do may not matter to Rapid City and the rest of the world, but it matters to us.

Mary Hinkle and Agnes Hahn planned on going to Faulkton to see Dianne Macek. Agnes changed her mind because she wasn't feeling well. She felt good enough to go to the Highmore Clinic. Jean Fieldsend took her from there to the Hiway 83 Junction to meet Bonnie Nickleson who took her to St Mary's in Pierre. There is a rather unfunny joke that goes, "The Pierre Hospital is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to die there!". Predicably, nobody knows what they are dealing with concerning Agnes. Speculation goes from bleeding ulcer to internal bleeding. If it were real serious, she'd have been taken to Sioux Falls. Whatever it is that is bringing her down, we hope she gets to feeling better real soon.

Don Hinkle wrote to his older brother, E.E. Hinkle, that he and wife, LaRayne Hinkle, may be coming out in June. Earlier they thought May. Don will turn 89 on May 26. LaRayne's age is not even up for discussion. Their Grandson, Stryder Impyn, may be interested to know that the fish will still be biting.