Spring 2008

Cover Story – Dick Termes Juggles Art and Mathetmatics

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Walking into his studio is a bit like entering a planetarium, learning about different worlds and how the universe fits together. The domed structure is filled with pictures, drawings, books of assorted subjects, science magazines, and spherical wonders in varying degrees of completion—a cornucopia of visual delights almost hiding the soft-spoken man with a youthful...

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With a Song in Their Hearts: Clayton and Anella Southwick

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There are a lot of reasons why Clayton and Anella Southwick are planning a quiet, understated retirement at the end of the 2008 school year—and interestingly, these “reasons” will be walking out of Stevens and Central high schools themselves.

“We don’t want to take anything away from our seniors’ last year experiences,” Anella says.

“Our teaching is and always has been about what is best for the kids,” adds Clayton, almost in unison.

Their...

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Jane Hewett: The Face of History – by John Lind

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Abraham Lincoln once said “It’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years.” Had the president been delivering these famous words a century later, he might have been referring to Ms. Jane Hewett of Rapid City. For those who are counting, Ms. Hewett has recorded 100 fabulous years, living almost half of them here in the Black Hills.

To be truthful, this interview was a “dream come true” for me. To have the opportunity to speak to someone who...

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Swiss Bliss: Charly Juchler

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It took him 20 years, but Charly Juchler finally made his way home to the Black Hills.

This may seem like an odd statement to make about a native Swiss, but Charly has a long and compelling story to back it up.

Born in Winterthur, Switzerland (roughly the size of Rapid City) in 1963, the third of his Swiss father and Italian mother’s three sons, Charly, describes himself as a quiet and introverted young lad who loved to run and play with his toy guns in the...

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Learning Curve: Guitar Hero 101

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Every year, along about October or November, those of us with young children receive notification of the current year’s mandatory Christmas items, which all middle class parents are required by law to purchase. These objects are referred to as “toys” but I can never help thinking of them as “landfill’ because even if they survive the manufacturer’s carefully engineered disintegration schedule, they are quickly superseded by the next year’s must-have gadget...

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