Conde, SD

The Conde Civic Development will meet Thursday, April 30 at the Conde Community Center beginning at 6pm with a potluck supper. Many important projects and activities will be planned and discussed. It is also time to start thinking of and planning for our 125th birthday celebration to be held in the year 2011. All new members are encouraged to join this group to keep the community spirit alive.

In reference to category 8, question: what structural changes have been made in how the community does it’s work/makes decisions? I don’t know if this would be considered structural but I believe we have started to include people in some projects that would normally not get involved. This is important in creating substantial changes as the same few people cannot do it all. We have obtained the help of a local young man to set up a web site for Conde, by involving him in this we may stir up his community interest and involvement. The same goes for city wide cleanup committees. The more “new ” people we get involved the more new ideas we may acquire. If we involve them in planning and decision making they will be more interested in helping.

The following are the questions to be answered for March so chime in Conde!!! Under #4: Sustaining action and creating structural change around poverty: What structures have been changed that will enable your community to address poverty in the long-term? Will you monitor and evaluate your community progress in reducing poverty? What community resources will be needed to sustain the community plan to reduce proverty? What additional resources would make a difference in your community’s work to reduce poverty? Under #11: Taking action on community: In what ways is your community operating or working differently? In what new or expanded ways are people contributing to your community? How are low income involved? what structures have been created or changed that will help your community? What new partnerships have been created, and what difference have they made for your community: Have you learned anything about how nearby communities like yours are taking action to reduce poverty? Do you see any opportunities to exchange information of combine efforts in this work?

There is so much common misconception over why anyone will want to go to a small school.

Even as a senior, Conde School is near and dear to my heart. When we heard about House Bill 1158, there was a spark of hope that we would not have to close the school. The teachers here at Conde have inspired me to become a teacher and it’s a little disappointing to think that all these people who have affected my life so much may possibly be out of work……….

On Valentines Day, the girls basketball team will have a game in Conde. There will be a fundraiser, selling Valentines cookies, for the semi-formal. It would be a good way to support the team and also get some good cookies!

“If you ever think you’re too small to be effective, you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito!”

- Wendy Lesko

As members of the Conde communty traveled to Pierre today in support of HB 1158 (read below), the house state of affairs deferred it until the 36th day ( the session is only 35) . We beleive this was their “nice” way to kill 1158. 

So Now, we need your help bloggers!!  Let’s email those that sit on this committee to let them know the importance of HB 1158.  Go to the link below and email the 13 committee members a short little email just letting them know they should have sent HB1158 to the floor.  The more communication with have to them the better the outcome will be!  So…Please get emailing.

http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx once at this site go to contact information located at the bottom of the left hand column and click.  Once on the next screen again on the left hand column click email a legislator.  It will pull up your email screen.  Type your email address on the top line and HB1158 on the subject line.  Once that is done type away.  You will only have to type your message once.  Be sure before you send, that the right legislators are in the box above the subject box ( titled “TO”).  These are the people to send it to for right now. 

If this bill would have made it to the floor ( which we wanted )  We would have than emailed all the others!!!

“My wife thought we ought to come” MH Jensen

He collects phonographs, and likes to look for them on Ebay.