Summer 2008

M.J. Adams – Queen of Cuisine

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Funny how you can put two people together–two virtual strangers who spent some or all of their formative years on South Dakota soil–and they feel like instant friends. This was how it felt when I met executive chef and restaurateur M.J. Adams face to face for the first time.

I knew her by reputation, of course, having enjoyed three or four memorable...

Donnie Williams: Musician with a Mission

Confront your fears; that’s what everyone says. As a guitarist, what scares me most is being on stage with Donny Williams, so I figured maybe the best way to deal with it would be to write an article about him. Why do my knees get shaky when Donny grabs a guitar? Well, there’s his blinding speed; he can play so fast that only dogs can hear it. He once told me he learned to play fast because some club owners “paid by the note.” Then there’s his singing; one minute he’s...

Mick Harrison: Cowboys on Canvas

William Faulkner said that the past isn’t dead, it isn’t even past. South Dakota painter Mick Harrison would agree with that observation. Mick was there when they buried Sitting Bull. Maybe not the first time, but certainly when the bones of the great Hunkpapa Lakota medicine man and chief were reinterred near Mobridge in 1953. Mick remembers the event vividly. The local dignitaries, the old cowboys and especially the Lakota, there in full regalia. Some of those present...

Learning Curve: Kayaking with Kaija (& Kelly)

Though my name has often been associated with the word, ‘kayak,’ it has nothing to do with my ability to kayak. Using it to help people understand the pronunciation of my name (minus the final k), kayak was even a nickname of mine through middle school. So, it wasn’t too much of a surprise when the FACES staff thought it would be fun to have me write a Learning Curve about kayaking. With the close connection of the word to my name, plus my spirit of jumping right into...

The Many Faces of Lisa White Face

It’s midnight on any day of the week. Do you know where your kids are? Not where they said they were going, but where they truly are?

Keeping your kids safe is one of Rapid City Police officer Lisa White Face’s most important missions. It is her job, certainly, but it’s also a passion that drives her life—and its roots go way back three decades ago to the Pine Ridge Reservation where she grew up.

“It’s sad to say this but many of the kids I grew up with...

Summer 2008

M.J. Adams – Queen of Cuisine

Donnie Williams: Musician with a Mission

Mick Harrison: Cowboys on Canvas

Learning Curve: Kayaking with Kaija (& Kelly)

The Many Faces of Lisa White Face

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