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Who Are We, and Who Do We Want to Be? ADRIENNE MCKEOWN, PRESIDENT, HARRISBURG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Do you ever have those times in life when a particular topic just keeps coming up? Wherever you go, whatever you’re doing, whomever you’re talking to – the same basic theme continually emerges. I’ve found myself in this situation lately. Like many of you, my world exists in several different and seemingly unrelated circles, so when I find all of my different circles overlapping—or my worlds colliding—I believe it’s something I need to pay attention to. If I could boil down the conversations I’ve been a part of lately, here’s how I’d summarize it: who are we, who do others think we are, and how do we want others to think of us? These questions can lead to deep and philosophical conversations, to be sure, especially if we’re looking at our own inner selves. But in this case, let’s look at it through the lens of having a shared interest in the future of Harrisburg. For the past few months, a team of people who share a connection to Harrisburg has been meeting to talk about the future of our community over the next several decades. As these conversations have progressed, we’ve found ourselves asking the very questions I mentioned earlier—“Who are we as a city,” “Who do we aspire to
be,” and “Who do other people think we are?” Tough questions to answer, but here’s what I’ve heard in listening to my fellow community members about who we are and who we want to be. Harrisburg is a small town…for now. However, even though most people embrace the rapid growth we’re experiencing, we don’t want to lose that small town charm and the sense of community that comes with it. I’ve heard people talk about feeling safe in our neighborhoods, helping neighbors in times of need, building communities of worship, having pride in our school system, and being #HarrisburgStrong. And people love our parades. As trivial as that seems, parades matter to this community. I think it’s part of that small town charm. But who do others think we are? Depending on how long you’ve lived in Harrisburg, you’ve probably been through a variety of “labels” that others put on our community. In the nearly 12 years that I’ve lived here, I remember being labeled as the town with expensive water, the town with no water, and—when the Liberty Elementary gym flooded two years in a row—the town with too much water. (By the way, do you know that we are now the South Dakota town with the best tasting water? It’s a real thing. Stop by City Hall to see the award.)
Aside from our water, though, what do other people think about Harrisburg? Due to our recent rush of new businesses, people know we’re growing. And thanks to our progressive school system, we are gaining notoriety—even from the governor of North Dakota— for the quality of education we provide. I’ve also heard anecdotal stories about how welcoming the community of Harrisburg is. We can’t rest on our laurels, though. Ultimately, I believe that it takes all of us working together to decide who we want to be and how we want others to view us. And now is the time to be purposeful in making these decisions. This month, the Harrisburg Economic Development Corporation (HEDC) will be setting development goals and determining strategies to achieve those goals over the next year and into the near and long-term future, and we want to hear from you about your desires for the future of Harrisburg. Please contact any of our board members (a listing can be found at harrisburgchambersd. com/board-of-directors) or use the “Contact Us” link on the Chamber website to send us your thoughts. We look forward to hearing from you about who we want to be and how we can make Harrisburg an even better place to call home.
Harrisburg Compost Site Remains Closed
Harrisburg’s Compost Site (grass clippings and yard/garden waste and branch drop off) is closed pending the issuance of our State permit. Once issued the permit will be active for several years. We apologize for any inconvenience that our delayed opening has caused. Please check our city’s Facebook page and city’s website for more information and our expected hours of operation.
Join Us for 3rd Annual National Night Out The Harrisburg Park Board invites the residents of Harrisburg to attend the third annual National Night Out event from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 on Main Street at Hugh Robinson Park. This event will include a community cook out, a bike rodeo, first responder displays, prizes, giveaways, and other family friendly activities. Please join us! More event details will be posted on the City’s website as they become available.
Presorted Standard ECRWSS US Postage Paid Permit #1 Harrisburg, SD 57032 To Current Resident
July at Good Earth State Park at Blood Run JEN NUNCIO
Happy 4th of July from Good Earth State Park! Summer is in full swing and the heat is sure on. We hope you have had time to spend in the park, and if not we have heaps of great programs for you to try. Good Earth State Park will host a 4th of July celebration on Sunday July 1st from 1:00 p.m. till 3:00 p.m. Bring the family out to make some apply pie irons, play water games, do a Patriotic scavenger hunt, and more! This come and go event is great for all ages. Summer camps are still going on through July. Mondays is our Little Acorns for ages 3-5, Tuesdays will be Mighty Muskrats for ages 6-10 and Wednesday’s are ages 11-15. This month the topics are Insects, traditional games, trees and plants, Oneota culture and reptiles and amphibians. Each class offers a lesson, activities, hike and games. There is no registration required at this time. The F.I.S.H. (Friendly Interactive Senior Hour) this month is Dutch Oven Cooking. We had such a big request to do this program again we decided to go for it in the summer. On Wednesday July 4th at 1:00 pm we will cook a few dishes in the Dutch Ovens. All supplies, ingredients and recipes will be provided for the program, and afterwards we will sample our dishes. Other great programs this month include the Amazing Family Race on Thursday July 13th from 5:00 – 7:00 pm, Ice Cream Social on Sunday July 15th at 2:00 p.m., Mystery Scavenger Hunt on Thursday July 26th from 5:00 p.m. till 7:00 p.m. and a Full Moon hike on Friday July 27th at 9:00 p.m.
Two Harrisburg School District Tigers of Character led this year’s Harrisburg Days parade and helped kick off 125 years of excellence in the Harrisburg School District! Thanks for representing us so well Elliana Lindner and Gannon Cauwels!
The City and Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce work hard year-round to bring businesses and the community together.
A complete listing of all park programs can be found at https:// gfp.sd.gov/userdocs/docs/ calendar.pdf or stop in the visitor center during normal business hours to pick up a copy. For more information please call 605-2131036 or goodearth@state.sd.us
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City Contact
Information Mayor:
Julie Burke-Van Luvanee 605-767-5012
Public Safety
The City of Harrisburg contracts with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department. In case of an emergency, dial 911. For non-emergency calls, dial 605-764-2664 for dispatch. Keep your garage doors closed at night and when not at home. If you keep your vehicle outside, keep it locked. Speed limits in residential areas are 20 mph, please remember to SLOW DOWN.
MayorJulie@Harrisburgsd.gov Ward I Alderpersons:
Reminder: Any chance of two inches of snow or blowing snow may trigger a snow alert, all vehicles should be removed from city streets to avoid ticketing and towing!! HELP!Line Center is available 24 hrs. a day/7 days a week for any personal or family crisis. Dial 211
Ryan Berg 605-767-5006
ryan.berg@Harrisburgsd.gov Ryan Wolbrink 605-767-5089
Upcoming Events
ryan.wolbrink@Harrisburgsd.gov Ward II Alderperson: Joe Stonesifer 605-767-5007 joe.stonesifer@Harrisburgsd.gov Ryan Olson 605-767-5034
CodeRED is a FREE emergency notification service provided to all residents within City of Harrisburg that will notify you of emergency information through phone calls, text messages, emails, social media and the CodeRED Mobile Alert app. The system will be used to keep you informed of local events that may immediately impact your safety. As a local resident, the City of Harrisburg encourages you to take action and register your cell phone for this service and verify your home location during the enrollment process so we may target notifications that directly impact your home or business.
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ryan.olson@Harrisburgsd.gov MON JUL 2, 2018 Harrisburg Community Library Closed 6pm City Council Meeting, Liberty Community Room TUE JUL 3, 2018 Harrisburg Community Library Closed WED JUL 4, 2018 Harrisburg Community Library Closed All City Offices Closed TUE JUL 10, 2018 6pm Harrisburg Planning and Zoning Board Meeting WED JUL 11, 2018
Council Meetings: City Council meetings are held the first and third Monday of each month at 6:00 pm in the Liberty School Board Room unless announced otherwise. If a meeting falls on a City holiday, typically the meeting will be rescheduled for another date. City Website: harrisburgsd.gov @HarrisburgSoDak City/Finance Office: 301 E Willow Street 605-743-5872
6 pm Harrisburg Park Board Meeting
Monday – Thursday – 7am – 5pm Fridays – 8am – 12pm
MON JUL 16, 2018
City Maintenance:
6pm City Council Meeting, Liberty Community Room
801 S Prairie Street Monday – Friday – 8am – 5pm Police - Lincoln County Sheriff Dispatch (Non Emergency): 7642664 Emergency – 911 HELP!Line – 211 SD One Call – 811
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Church Directory
Harrisburg Food Pantry NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS 203 Prairie St in Harrisburg
Services Held in North Middle School 95th & Western Sioux Falls Sunday, 10am
6101 S Charger Circle Sioux Falls
204 Grand Avenue Harrisburg
Sunday Services: 8:30AM, 10:00AM and 11:30AM
Sundays: 9AM Traditional, 10:20AM Contemporary
Hours of operation: Tuesday from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM 1st and 3rd Thursday from 10:00 AM – noon Contact: Lanette Schmidt (605) 929-0599 harrisburgareafoodpantry@yahoo.com.
Chapel/Office: 220 S. Cliff Avenue, Suite #126 Harrisburg Sunday Mass: Harrisburg High School, 1300 W Willow Street Harrisburg
Visit our website for times and location: www.thetableofgrace.org
Weekday Mass: Tuesdays 5:30pm Wed - Fri 7:15am @ Chapel Sunday 9:30am @ HHS PAC
Harrisburg Food Pantry in Need of Food Items
Many thanks to the area churches and Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce for hosting the pancake feed during Harrisburg Days and to all those who attended! It is great to be part of such a caring community!
City of Harrisburg Open House
The Harrisburg City Council would like to invite the City of Harrisburg residents to an informal open house to discuss the water and sewer bill structure and rate changes that are being implemented. The Open House will be held on August 9, 2018 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the Liberty School lunch room commons area. Feel free to come, discuss and leave at your convenience.
With your help, we can make a difference. Our immediate needs are: ketchup, salad dressings, miracle whip, toilet paper, pork n beans, hamburger helper, canned mushrooms, and microwave popcorn. Food donations can be dropped at the pantry during normal hours of operation, left in the donation box in front of the building or dropped at Meraki Salon on Willow Street in Harrisburg. Monetary donations are a wonderful resource for the Pantry. It enables us to stock items that are in short supply. When planning your estate, please, consider including the Harrisburg Area Food Pantry. Donations can be mailed to the Harrisburg Area Food Pantry, PO Box 456, Harrisburg, SD 57032. Special arrangements can be made by calling (605) 929-0599. Thank you for supporting the Harrisburg Area Food Pantry!
Street Light Outages
To report a street light outage in any area other than the Greyhawk Estates Addition, please call Xcel Energy at 1-800-960-6235 or visit their website at www.xcelenergy. com. To report a street light outage in the Greyhawk Estates Addition please call Southeastern Electric at 1-800-333-2859.
1000 E Maple Street Harrisburg Sunday 9AM Sunday School 10:10AM
Thanks for a great season! The following sponsors wish to congratulate our student competitors for a job well done!
HHS Band
Girls Basketball Jeniah Ugofsky 1st Team All-State Sydney Halling Miss Basketball Finalist
Hannah Markman HHS HOSA Outstanding HOSA Chapter
Kyler Bechtold 3rd Place Medical Innovation
Kelsi Snyder Outstanding HOSA State Leader
Belle Ross Rachel Nelson Lauren Schnetter 3rd Place Public Service Annoucement
Grace Boddicker Hannah Abbott Hannah Markman 1st Place Community Awareness
National Merit Finalists Matthew Harris Benjamin Menke Rilyn Fox
Trevor Axtell Maddie Souter Kelsi Snyder 3rd Place Creative Problem Solving Kaitlin Gross Megan Holden 2nd Place Health Education Tiffany Knecht Emily Sze 3rd Place Health Education
Boys Tennis Alex Lupu ESD Flight 3 Champion Isaac Donelan & Alex Lupu 6th Place State Tennis Tournament Flight 3 Doubles
Concert Band Superior Ranking at Region II Large Group
HOSA
LilyAna Petersen 3rd Place Healthy Lifestyle Sophia VanBuskirk 1st Place Health Career Photography Kelsi Snyder 2nd Place Researched Persuasive Speaking Matthew VerMulm 3rd Place Medical Spelling Grace Schultz 3rd Place Medical Terminology Landon Zavesky 1st Place Medical Math
Hunter Chear Maycie Schultz 2nd Place Medical Innovation
Grace Anderson 3rd Place Medical Math
Sam Abbott Andrew Snyder
Tiffany Knecht 3rd Place Clinical Specialty
Baseball
Reese Jansa 14th Place at State
Academic All-Region Anthony Lanier Dillan Janak Collin Kehrwald Haven Larson Nathaniel Papka
HHS Team 8th place at State Tournament
Class A All-Region Anthony Lanier
Girls Golf
Dillan Janak Payton Metzger Jack Rabern 1st Team All-State Anthony Lanier 2nd Team All-State Dillan Janak
Symphonic Band Superior Ranking at Region II Large Group Rilyn Fox All-State Band
Trey Pederson Louis Armstrong Jazz Award Braden Culp Woody Herman Jazz Award Noah Deist Quincy Jones Musicianship Award Maycie Schultz Directors Award for Band
Trey Pederson All-State Jazz Band
Michael Schepp Directors Award for Band
Megan Yee John P. Sousa Award Rilyn Fox Patrick Gilmore Award
FCCLA
Shandon Boe 1st Place/Gold Rating Chapter Review Display
Addison Steinberg Gold Rating/Top Superior Illustrated Talk Jr. Division
Olivia Christensen 1st Place/Gold Rating Chapter Review Display
Hailey Senst Gold Rating - Illustrated Talk Jr. Division
Jaime Hall 1st Place/Gold Rating Chapter Review Display
Max Welker Gold Rating - Illustrated Talk Jr. Division
Brooklynn Gross 1st Place/Gold Rating Focus on Children
Alexis Burley Gold Rating - Illustrated Talk Jr. Division
Kiana Sauer 1st Place/Gold Rating Nutrition & Wellness
Macie Coleman Silver Rating - Illustrated Talk Jr. Division
Rachel Johnson Silver Rating Nutrition & Wellness
Jordan Klima Gold Rating/Top Superior - Illustrated Talk Sr. Division
Libby Miller Gold Ratin National Programs in Action
Emma Malcom Silver Rating Career Investigation
Mariah Stensgaard Gold Rating - National Programs in Action
Isabel Roth Silver Rating Career Investigation
Kourtney Gronseth Silver Rating - Illustrated Talk Sr. Division
Harrisburg Chapter Merit Chapter Gold Status Award Top Honors from Region VI Award
MaKoy Ivarson Dekalb Outstanding Senior Award
FFA
State FFA Degree Allyson Beninga Koby Bruns
Abigail Bushar Jessica Cain Mia Cherry Hailey Harkin Noah Hovorka MaKoy Ivarson Slader Niewenhuis Ben Olson Lauren Volk MaKenzie Voss
Izzy Ellingsen, Rylee Yoshino, Janae Deiterman, Jadyn Maas 5th Place State Horse Evaluation CDE MaKenzie Voss 2nd Place State Ag. Sales Proficiency Award Slader Niewenhuis 1st Place State Forest Management Proficiency Award MaKoy Ivarson 1st Place State Fruit Production Proficiency Award
Dylan Klenk, Tyler Johnson, Teagen Niemeyer, Luke Hohwieler 3rd Place State Milk Quality CDE
Ben Olson 2nd Place State Fruit Production Proficiency Award
Dylan Klenk 2nd Place State Milk Quality Individual
Ben Olson 1st Place State Nursery Operations Proficiency Award
Mitchell Healy, Makoy Ivarson, Ben Loos, Kyler Slama 4th Place State Meat Science CDE Mitchell Healy 4th Place State Meat Science CDE
Autumn Spyksma 1st Place State Small Animal Proficiency Award
MaKoy Ivarson 10th Place State Meat Science CDE
Kacey Lias 2nd Place State Small Animal Proficiency Award Avery Alvarado 2nd Place State Specialty Animal Proficiency Award
Erin Kinney School Record: 100m, 200m Nolan Hoback School Record: Pole Vault Isabelle Trainor School Record: Pole Vault Ali Lindner School Record: Shot Put Makaylee Fischer, Sydney Halling, Jordan Wurth, Erin Kinney School Record: 4x100 Relay Erin Kinney ESD Conference Champ: 100m Makaylee Fischer, Sydney Halling, Jordan Wurth, Erin Kinney ESD Conference Champs: 4x100 Relay
Track & Field Erin Kinney ESD Conference Champ: 200m Nolan Hoback ESD Conference Champ: Pole Vault Erin Kinney State Meet: 100 1st, 200, 2nd Nolan Hoback State Meet: Pole Vault 1st
Chase Altenburg State Meet: High Jump 7th Nick Wipf, Parker Fitzgerald, Josh Krull, Pierce Okken State Meet: 4x800 Relay 6th Kylie Larsen State Meet: 100m Hurdles 4th, 200m 7th Makaylee Fischer, Sydney Halling, Kylie Larson, Kiah Pieters State Meet: 4x200 Relay 3rd
Ali Lindner State Meet: Discus 2nd, Shot Put 5th Brecli Honner State Meet: High Jump 8th
Makaylee Fischer, Sydney Halling, Jordan Wurth, Erin Kinney State Meet: 4x100 Relay 3rd
Ryan Hill State Meet: Triple Jump 7th
Breken Hamilton, Jhei Roewart, Hunter Chear, Jack Anderson, Evan Henerson State meet 4x100 Relay 7th
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HHS Science Teacher Recognized as SD Outstanding Biology Teacher of the Year
Julie Olson (SD OBTA Chair), Eli Louwagie (Sanford Research), Tricia Larsen (Sanford Research), Angela Wachal (2018 SD OBTA), and Dr. Peter Vitiello (Sanford Research).
On Thursday, May 24th Angela Wachal was awarded the South Dakota Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for 2018. Mrs. Wachal has been a dedicated educator in the Harrisburg School District for 10 years. During her tenure at HHS, Angela has taught a multitude of life science courses. She was one of the founding advisors of the HHS student organization HOSA (Health Occupation Students of American Future Health Professionals). Her hard work, dedication to students, and professionalism with countless health care professionals has provided HHS students with opportunities to explore various avenues during their high school career.
Body Systems and Medical Interventions. Angela has been a key stakeholder in implementing PLTW at HHS. She received her CPR instructor certification to help serve the desires of HHS students.
The past three years, Mrs. Wachal has trained to become a PLTW (Project Lead the Way) instructor in the courses Principles of Biomedical Science, Human
Congratulations to Angela Wachal and thank you for your continued dedication to Harrisburg students!
During holiday and summer breaks, Mrs. Wachal works at the Baack Lab at Sanford Research, which affords her lab skills and real-world science experience to bring back to her classroom and students. She has served as a mentor teacher to fellow HHS science teachers; sharing her curriculum, lesson planning and designing labs. Angela is continually striving to keep her curriculum current and applicable for her students.
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SPORTS PHYSICALS IN HARRISBURG A sports physical may be required for your athlete who participates in middle or high school athletics.
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See you next year!
Bringing Out the Best in Youth, Our Community and Ourselves!
The Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the residents, volunteers, Harrisburg Community Fire Department, vendors, bands, weather, and our sponsors for making Harrisburg Days 2018 such a huge success!
For Membership Inquiries and Volunteer Opportunities contact:
HarrisburgSDOptimist@gmail.com FB: HarrisburgSDOptimist C: 605-520-4158