Winter 2012

Cover Story – Jami Lynn: South Dakota's Rising Star

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Gabbing over a hot cup of tea surrounded by the smell of drying herbs and the sight of vintage décor, you might guess that one of Jami Lynn Buttke’s favorite places is the kitchen, and indeed, one of her favorite things to do is cook.

However, the old fashioned upright radio in the living room hints at another of her passions: her ultimate dream of...

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Eric Sutton's Enchanted World

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Walking into Eric Sutton’s workshop, a faint melody began to play in my head.  What was it?  I looked around.  Besides the size of the workshop – it must have been one of the nicest and biggest workshops I had ever seen – nothing seemed unusual.  Then I began to notice the writing on the walls. These scribbled truths must have suddenly manifested in Eric's mind with great clarity in the middle of one of his projects.  That's also when I identified the song playing in my...

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Lia Malcom's Dance of Life

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The Black Hills of South Dakota are far from England’s Royal Ballet, London’s West End, and the bright lights of Las Vegas, but for veteran dancer and performer Lia Malcolm, they are home now, and she flourishes wherever she’s planted.

After 25 years in the spotlight, Lia thought moving to South Dakota would mean retirement.  “I planned to teach if the opportunity arose, but I never planned to open a dance school,” she states.  However, the young dancers of Rapid...

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Marcia Hento Keeps Her Guard Up

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At 3 o’clock in the morning, Sgt. 1st Class Marcia Hento takes her time getting ready for her 10-hour workday as a South Dakota National Guard 82nd Civil Support Team (CST) member, and that’s the way she likes it.

“I spend all day running around at work. I don’t like to be rushed when I get up. I have my cup of coffee, read my emails, go over the previous day’s mail and check the forecast.” She gives herself ample time to drive her...

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Don Perdue: Born in the USA

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To know Don Perdue is to bring to mind phrases like “self-made man” and the “American Dream.” His accomplishments, the result of hard work, tenacity, vision, unwavering ambition and (let’s face it) a lot of bullheadedness, are admirable-- although he’d be the first to say that he doesn’t have a lot of admirers.

By his own admission, Don is not a warm and fuzzy guy. He can be blunt, earthy and occasionally caustic—in the way some men need to be to cut through...

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Faces Firsts: A Man's Comb is His Hassle

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It wasn’t much of a dream, as dreams go. All I wanted was to get a haircut at a real barbershop. It was partly because there was some connection in my young mind between barber poles and candy canes, but mainly it was for that most important of all a child’s reasons: because it was what my friends did.

My two best friends both sported a haircut that in those days was called a “butch.” A very simple job from a barber’s point of view, with all the subtlety of a...

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