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<strong>DIS</strong>COVER! MAGAZINE<br />
MARCH 9, 2024<br />
Queen<br />
DANCING<br />
Memorial Auditorium offers<br />
ABBA tribute on March 16<br />
— SEE PAGE 5<br />
Emmetsburg welcomes everyone to join<br />
the festivities — SEE PAGE 4<br />
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Contents<br />
ON THE COVER4<br />
Emmetsburg will host their annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration March 14-17, with a parade on deck for Saturday, March 16.<br />
4<br />
Community:<br />
5<br />
Sounds:<br />
10<br />
Emmetsburg welcomes<br />
all to join the festivities.<br />
Memorial Auditorium<br />
offers ABBA tribute on March 16<br />
7<br />
Screen:<br />
8<br />
Other<br />
New releases for the<br />
big screen and good new rentals.<br />
Happenings: Other<br />
must-see area events to check out.<br />
9<br />
10<br />
5<br />
Event: Lyon County Conservation<br />
hosts fundraising activity.<br />
Nature: Nature Tots to take on<br />
the subject of bears.<br />
Side Trip:<br />
Whether you’re a fan of the game or<br />
not, there’s a frenzy around basketball<br />
when we get to the month<br />
of March.<br />
There’s talk of tournaments, seeds, rankings<br />
and records. It’s<br />
in the sports section,<br />
on the television commercials,<br />
even on major<br />
network morning.<br />
For me, I was simply<br />
looking into Iowa<br />
high school basketball.<br />
My youngest<br />
nephew is part of the<br />
boys basketball team<br />
in Treynor, and they<br />
earned a trip to Des<br />
Moines this week.<br />
Their first-round game<br />
MYRNA<br />
WAGNER<br />
was played Monday evening, but my husband<br />
and I were not able to attend.<br />
I found myself searching the internet for a<br />
score after the game, but none of the major<br />
news sites were updated. The pairings and<br />
game times for the entire tournament were<br />
there but no scores.<br />
Eventually, I stumbled across something<br />
on X from a Treynor parent saying, “Returning<br />
to Des Moines on Thursday.” At the<br />
same time, I found a short news article on<br />
an Iowa sports website that declared victory<br />
for West Burlington, even listing a winning<br />
score with a 14-point spread.<br />
I was confused.<br />
Then I started reading the story and realized<br />
it had to have been written by artificial<br />
intelligence. There were no names in the<br />
story, no scoring leaders, no quotes from<br />
coaches — just fluffy verbiage like “knocking<br />
down three-pointers,” “fought hard<br />
throughout the game” and “shot a lower<br />
percentage than their opponents from the<br />
field.”<br />
It took several hours for me to get the<br />
actual score — Treynor 73, West Burlington<br />
63 — from a credible news source.<br />
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or not, make sure your information is from<br />
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Community<br />
This Weekend!<br />
DON’T<br />
MISS<br />
OUT!<br />
Celebrating<br />
St. Patrick’s<br />
Day<br />
Emmetsburg welcomes everyone to join the festivities<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
As spring nears, the town of Emmetsburg<br />
readies for a major celebration.<br />
St. Patrick’s Day signals five days of<br />
activities in the Palo Alto County community<br />
with plenty of in store fun for residents and<br />
visitors of all ages.<br />
This year the fun starts with the Jr. Miss and<br />
Miss Shamrock Pageants on Sunday, March 10,<br />
followed by a few more days to prepare for the<br />
festivities to get into full swing.<br />
Activities are slated for March 14-17 with the<br />
bulk of the schedule held Saturday, March 16,<br />
starting bright and early at 8:30 a.m. with the<br />
O’Round the Loch Scholarship Run.<br />
David Van Oosbree, a board member of the<br />
St. Patrick’s Association of Emmetsburg and<br />
the parade chairman, said his daughter comes<br />
back to town from Des Moines every year to<br />
participate in the run.<br />
He notes that many former residents tend<br />
to mark the dates on the calendar for their annual<br />
return visit to Emmetsburg and a special<br />
event has grown around that.<br />
“For probably 15 years we’ve had the Social<br />
Gathering of the Clans,” Van Oosbree said.<br />
“Basically it’s where a lot of the locals that<br />
have moved away come to the fire station — if<br />
you want to see someone you haven’t seen in<br />
awhile that’s the place to go.”<br />
The Social Gathering occurs immediately<br />
after the Famous St. Patrick’s Day Parade.<br />
It’s not a town celebration without a parade<br />
and Emmetsburg is certainly no exception.<br />
“You now, it’s kind of a tough time of year<br />
since you don’t really know what the weather’s<br />
gong to be — six out of 10 times it’s fairly decent,”<br />
Van Oosbree said. “When it started in<br />
1960 it was a bunch of Irish families who decided<br />
to march down the street on St. Patrick’s<br />
Day and it just ballooned after that. In 1962 we<br />
became the sister city of Dublin and the celebrations<br />
just got bigger and better. Dolly Parton<br />
when she was just starting her career, I think she<br />
was 23 when she came here and performed.”<br />
Celebrities are harder to book these days,<br />
but they continue to sister city bond through<br />
hosting an Irish dignitary each year.<br />
This time around it will be Irish parliament<br />
member Cormac Devlin.<br />
“They’ll usually spend from Wednesday<br />
through Sunday with us and go to the schools<br />
to talk about Ireland, things like that,” Van<br />
Oosbree said.<br />
In the meantime there will be plenty to do<br />
throughout the weekend.<br />
A bean bag toss tournament and live music<br />
on Friday from Kayla Daniels and Saturday<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: St. Patrick’s Day Celebration<br />
WHERE: Emmetsburg, IA<br />
WHEN: March 10 (Miss Shamrock<br />
Pageant), March 14-17<br />
COST: Varies by event<br />
CONTACT: 712-852-4326<br />
ONLINE: www.emmetsburgirishgifts.com<br />
night from Rown McCactney and Friends<br />
followed by New Trick Band. There is the St.<br />
Pat’s Kids Zone with a variety of kid-friendly<br />
activities under the heated tent. Craft beer tasting<br />
and a chain saw artist.<br />
A Rotary Pancake Breakfast rounds things<br />
out on Sunday morning.<br />
If you’re returning to town after some time<br />
away, a longtime resident, or visiting for the<br />
first time, there is something fun for all to enjoy.<br />
“It’s just really nice. It’s spring and people<br />
want to get out and it’s always been marked<br />
on a lot of people’s calendars to come back<br />
and see their friends and family,” Van Oosbree<br />
said. “There’s a lot of camaraderie and<br />
the town is just alive. Like I said, six times out<br />
of 10 we have decent weather and when that<br />
happens it just balloons and we have people<br />
everywhere. It’s a really fun time.” F<br />
Emmetsburg | Iowa
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Sounds | 5<br />
Memorial Auditorium offers ABBA tribute on March 16<br />
At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: ABBAsolutely Fab: Tribute<br />
to the Music of ABBA<br />
WHERE: Memorial Auditorium<br />
Performing Arts Center, 714 13th<br />
St., Worthington, MN<br />
WHEN: 7 p.m. Saturday, March<br />
16<br />
COST: Adults: $30 advance/$35<br />
at the door; Child/College: $15<br />
advance/$20 at the door<br />
CONTACT: 507-376-9101<br />
ONLINE: www.friendsoftheauditorium.com<br />
Queen<br />
D A N C I N G<br />
KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER<br />
When I saw this<br />
group, I knew that<br />
they would be perfect<br />
and really fun.<br />
I’m excited to be<br />
bringing something<br />
new that we’ve never<br />
done before.<br />
Tammy Makram<br />
You can dance. You can jive —<br />
having the time of your life.<br />
The Memorial Auditorium<br />
Performing Arts Center is ready to<br />
help you have the time of your life<br />
with an upcoming performance of<br />
the ABBAsolutely Fab: Tribute to the<br />
Music of ABBA show at 7 p.m. Saturday,<br />
March 16.<br />
The group features musicians who<br />
hail from the Twin Cities and Britain.<br />
“Led by powerhouse vocalists<br />
Jenny Russ and Katy Vernon, ABBAsolutely<br />
Fab will have you dancing<br />
and singing along to hits like ‘Dancing<br />
Queen,’ ‘SOS,’ ‘Mamma Mia,’<br />
‘Take A Chance On Me,’ ‘Waterloo’<br />
and many more,” according to the<br />
band’s bio.<br />
This group hasn’t performed yet<br />
in Worthington, but the executive<br />
director of the Memorial Auditorium<br />
Performing Arts Center Tammy<br />
Makram can’t wait for them to bring<br />
down the house.<br />
“Everybody loves a little ABBA. I<br />
was looking for a fun show to do<br />
on St. Patrick’s Day weekend and<br />
I heard about this group that was<br />
selling out show after show at one of<br />
the smaller theaters at the Chanhassen<br />
Dinner Theater,” Makram said.<br />
“When I saw this group, I knew that<br />
they would be perfect and really fun.<br />
I’m excited to be bringing something<br />
new that we’ve never done before.”<br />
This group doesn’t necessarily pretend<br />
that they are ABBA themselves,<br />
but Makram insists that you will<br />
feel like you’ve been to see ABBA in<br />
concert.<br />
“They do ABBA’s music note for<br />
note and they are very good at performing<br />
the music and their show<br />
will closely resemble being at an<br />
actual ABBA concert,” Makram said.<br />
“There are a lot of ABBA tribute bands<br />
out there, but this one is a highly<br />
ranked group that does their music<br />
really well.”<br />
This is a show for everyone, as<br />
Makram says, the love for ABBA is<br />
universal.<br />
“It really doesn’t matter what age<br />
your are — high schoolers to seniors<br />
— everyone loves ABBA. High schoolers<br />
have developed this love for the<br />
music of ABBA that’s been passed<br />
down from their parents or their<br />
grandparents,” Makram said.<br />
A love of ABBA is sure to bring<br />
people to the event, but it’s also a<br />
love of ABBA that will bring concertgoers<br />
to their feet.<br />
“I am looking forward to everyone<br />
standing up and dancing around<br />
while we are singing along. You can’t<br />
not get up on your feet and dance<br />
when listening to ‘Dancing Queen,’”<br />
Makram said.<br />
So grab your tickets because it’s<br />
time to watch that scene and dig the<br />
dancing queen. F<br />
Worthington | Minnesota
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Luncheon with Instruction<br />
Raise your glass and then get<br />
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It’s time to explore how alcohol<br />
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For the next edition of Luncheon<br />
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gov/conservation<br />
The Lyon County Conservation Proceeds from the event fund<br />
Board is inviting people to share numerous activities and supplies at<br />
in that joy for an afternoon at the the nature center and helps enable<br />
RYLAN HOWE | STAFF WRITER<br />
Lyon County Nature Center at Lake them to offer programs to the public<br />
free of charge.<br />
Pahoja in rural Inwood.<br />
Bingo for Conservation is scheduled<br />
for 2-4 p.m. Saturday, March dation and provides that extra<br />
Lyon<br />
“This raises money for our foun-<br />
16, with tickets priced at $20 per oomph helping us with buying<br />
person.<br />
new educational materials, funding<br />
County<br />
Snacks and drinks will be available<br />
for purchase.<br />
supplies,” Ostrander said.<br />
some of our programs and other<br />
“Everybody loves bingo,” said And it’s something that benefits<br />
hosts<br />
Emily Ostrander, naturalist for the visitors that come from all over<br />
Lyon County Conservation Board. N’West Iowa and beyond.<br />
fundraising<br />
“I didn’t realize this before but there “It’s interesting, we’re based out<br />
are some very serious bingo people of Lyon County but we even get<br />
activity<br />
out there. We have a lot of fun.” Sioux Falls students on field trips,<br />
The event is capped at 180 people students coming from Sheldon and<br />
folks from retirement homes,<br />
Sioux Center, from all<br />
over, so it’s not<br />
s o m e t h i n g<br />
just for<br />
those of us in Lyon County,” Os-<br />
trander said.<br />
It’s something reflected in the<br />
donations for Bingo prizes as well.<br />
Ostrander said they gave away<br />
100 prizes last year and will be close<br />
the items up for grabs.<br />
There’s a wide variety of items,<br />
and something for all ages to enjoy<br />
among the prize pool.<br />
All one has to do is fill up the<br />
appropriate spaces on their board<br />
to the same number this year, with<br />
— regular Bingo games, letters, four<br />
items like passes to the Washington<br />
Pavilion in Sioux Falls, tickets<br />
for Sioux Falls Skyforce<br />
and Sioux Fall Ca-<br />
corners, blackout and more games<br />
will be played.<br />
“Bingo really brings people out.<br />
Last year I saw people I’ve never<br />
naries games<br />
a m o n g<br />
seen at the nature center before that<br />
came just for the bingo,” Ostrander<br />
said.<br />
Raise your hand high, call out<br />
“BINGO,” win a prize and lend<br />
your support to Lyon<br />
County Conservation.<br />
F<br />
Bingo really<br />
brings people<br />
out. Last year I<br />
saw people I’ve<br />
never seen at<br />
the nature center<br />
before that<br />
came just for the<br />
bingo.<br />
Emily Ostrander<br />
Inwood | Iowa
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At a Glance:<br />
WHAT: Nature Tots: Teddy Bear,<br />
Teddy Bear<br />
WHERE: Dickinson County Nature<br />
Center, 22785 Nature Center<br />
Road, Okoboji, IA<br />
WHEN: 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, March 13, registration<br />
closes at 5 p.m. Monday,<br />
March 11<br />
COST: Free<br />
CONTACT: 712-336-6352<br />
ONLINE: www.dickinsoncountyconservationboard.com<br />
KATE HARLOW | STAFF WRITER<br />
Nature Tots<br />
to take on<br />
the subject<br />
of bears<br />
BEAR in mind<br />
The Dickinson County Nature Center is<br />
planning a bear-y good time.<br />
The focus of their next Nature Tots<br />
program will be Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear.<br />
The Nature Tots program is aimed at children<br />
ages 2-5 with an adult chaperone and<br />
takes place the second Wednesday each<br />
month at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.<br />
The event is free. Registration is encouraged<br />
and can be done online at www.dickinsoncountyconservationboard.com.<br />
The next class will take place on Wednesday,<br />
March 13 and they are excited to bring<br />
the fun.<br />
“It will be a bear-y good program! We<br />
are exploring the various species of bears<br />
found around the world,” said naturalist<br />
Brittney Snell. “The program will highlight<br />
what makes bears special and include<br />
hands-on activities.”<br />
In addition to learning some cool things<br />
about bears, the kids will also get to learn<br />
what real bears feel like.<br />
“The kids will get to touch a real bear<br />
pelt,” Snell said. “We will also use our own<br />
bodies to try to walk like bears do while<br />
It will be a bear-y good program! We are exploring the<br />
various species of bears found around the world. The program<br />
will highlight what makes bears special and include<br />
hands-on activities.<br />
learning about different aspects of a bear’s<br />
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Using their bodies to imitate bears isn’t<br />
just a fun activity, it’s also something that<br />
helps the toddlers in their physical development.<br />
“The stage of life for a 2-5 year-old<br />
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development. Nature Tots aims to support<br />
learning through large motor, small motor,<br />
speech, and social development,” Snell<br />
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program to engage in nature and hopefully<br />
grow excitement toward the outdoor<br />
world.”<br />
The staff at the Nature Center are committed<br />
to getting kids in nature, exploring<br />
Brittney Snell<br />
it and loving it from a young age.<br />
“Nature Tots provides a foundational opportunity<br />
for kids to develop a love for the<br />
natural world. By creating programs that<br />
engage participants and build relationships,<br />
we can encourage the next generation to be<br />
curious about our world and to be kind to<br />
animals,” Snell said.<br />
In addition to helping kids develop a<br />
lifelong love and appreciation for the natural<br />
world, Nature Tots also helps kids and<br />
adults spend some quality time together.<br />
“Our Nature Tots program includes an<br />
adult and child combination. The duo will<br />
gain opportunities for future conversations,<br />
build amazing memories, and try new<br />
skills together,” Snell said. F<br />
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