Are low expectations haunting the halls of rural Dakota high schools? I’d say yes, in some ways. But I think there’s also a decidedly mixed message coming out of our rural schools, and it may well be because we in rural places have convinced ourselves that success can’t happen here.
See if you can see what bothered me in the first two graphs of the press release that the S.D. Department of Labor released on Tuesday.
The real Christmas trees that added special magic to this year’s holiday season can now find a second purpose by recycling, says SDSU Extension Forestry Specialist John Ball during a recent iGrow Radio Network Interview.
Winter officially starts Dec. 21, and we’d like to note that with a new photo to serve as the background image on Dakotafire.net.
Cities may be fertile ground for new ideas, but rural places provide changes for interaction with the land itself—sparking ideas that are rooted in the harsh and beautiful reality of the world we inhabit.
Dakota Roots is a good program that could be better for the rural areas of the state if it looked beyond job openings to considering marketplace opportunities.
If we bypass community concerns in the search for self-fulfillment, we aren’t likely to get there at all.
From muzzle-loading, to weaving, to old-time fiddle, to traditional cooking, the sights, smells and sounds of yesteryear can be experienced this Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Granary Rural Cultural Center in rural Groton, S.D.
Antibiotics are considered the crown jewels of modern medicine. But many scientists say that their effectiveness is being eroded by indiscriminate use, both to treat infections in people and to encourage growth in chickens, turkeys, cows and pigs.
An advertisement in my mailbox prompts some thinking about payday lending. “It’s like borrowing from family, but without the guilt.” Or maybe, without the accountability.