Tag: Ben Winchester

Finding people to serve requires innovative thinking

Dec 3, 2014

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Wendy Royston

in Communities, Culture

Want to turn over your position on a board or committee to someone else? Good luck. Finding people willing to serve in leadership positions in the rural Dakotas may be more difficult than it’s ever been. We tend to blame this on a declining population, but there’s also another factor at play: At the same…
Visiting alumni are potential returnees, researcher suggests

Aug 19, 2014

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Heidi Marttila-Losure

in Communities

By Heidi Marttila-Losure, Dakotafire Media Reporting by Doug Card, Britton Journal Scott Amundson left Langford when he went to college at Black Hills State, and stayed in the Black Hills for his first working years. But when he wanted to relax and recharge, he headed east. “Every time I had a vacation I came…