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I'm making a hefeweizen.
5 lbs German wheat
4 lbs 2-row German pilsner
1 lb flaked wheat
Had a great mash, hit temp dead on...double batch sparged and collected perfect amount of wort. Shaping up to be a great brew day...but just before the boil started I open up the bag from the fridge to get my hops and find a 1lb bag of flaked wheat. I FORGOT TO PUT IT IN THE MASH #%@$!&!
I always put my yeast and hops in the same bag in the fridge, but for some reason when I got home last night and put them in the fridge I left the flaked wheat in the same bag and forgot about them.
Brewtarget software tells me my OG should still be 1.046 at 70% eff, even without the flaked wheat, so I think it will still be OK, just a little lower on the ABV than I wanted. My hydrometer broke, and I haven't gotten a new one yet, so unfortunately I have no way to know what my OG really is.
Other than ABV, anybody expect any other issues with the finished beer. Thinner body or head retention maybe?
I've gotten over the urge to hang myself and I still expect the beer to be good, but just wanted other folks' input/reassurance.
For my hefe I always use 50% wheat malt and 50% Pils. The Flaked wheat would possibly add head retention, but depending on the yeast you are using, that recipe is close to the classic ratio already.
Don't see the loss of 1 lb. of flaked wheat making much of an impact...lost count of the number of times I forgot one thing or another...and still ended up with great beer. Now I print out my brew sheet and tape right in front of my stand and assemble all ingredients before beginning the brew day..
Just brewed a Wit yesterday with 7 lbs Pils and 7 lbs flaked wheat....
Flaked wheat adds a bit more body than malted wheat but you'll be fine w/out it. You'll not have a problem with head retention due to the malted wheat. Only issue you may have is the hop/malt ratio but not by much.
oh, and for the record, I usually do a 50/50 wheat pilsner hefe like the others. you'll enjoy it.
OK...thanks for all the replies. They are reassuring.
This is a lesson learned for me. I tend to be a perfectionist so I kick myself over stuff like this. I like the idea of taping up the brewsheet. I think I'll start doing that and checking each ingredient off as I throw it in. While I try to have the RDWHAHB mentality, I'm still a strict advocate for good process. I can see a process improvement so I guess there's some good that came out of my mistake.
OMG, you forgot to put that in? Crucial mistake. I hope you live on a farm because this is destined to be pig swill!!!
jk, You'll be just fine.
Time to have some fun


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- Salt and pepper
- Self-rising flour, to coat chicken
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Wash chicken pieces and sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste. Marinate pieces for 1 hour in buttermilk. Remove chicken pieces 1 at a time from buttermilk, coat with flour, and deep-fry until golden brown.
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The Enlisted "TIME TO MIX IN 2006" Sioux Falls, South Dakota April 27–29 2 Spring 2006 THE ENLISTED ECHO South Dakota National Guard ENLISTED ASSOCIATION Executive Council 2005-2006 President Committee Members-At-Large Representatives 2 BN 147th Ben Lamp Area 1 HQSTARC Tim Ries 801 W. National Guard Drive Dale Greenfield Scott Wilson 1317 2nd Street NE Sioux Falls, SD 57104-0117 276 Sitting Bull Court 105 N. Platt Street Watertown, SD 57718 H: 605-361-4193 Ellsworth AFB, SD 57706 Rapid City, SD 57702 H: 605-882-9834 W: 605-977-2960 H: 605-923-2630 H: 605-718-9778 W: 605-882-9324 Email: email@example.com W: 605-737-6315/DSN: 747-8315 W: 605-737-6643 Email: email@example.com Email: email@example.com Email: firstname.lastname@example.com First Vice President 1 BN 196th Wayne Fokken Area 2 88 Trp Cmd Warren Nelson 1905 W. Ashley Circle Josh Wermers Tashie Moore 6304 W. Elm Street Sioux Falls, SD 57104 PO Box 7 612 S. Main Street Black Hawk, SD 57718 H: 605-339-1065 Dimock, SD 57331 Lennox, SD 57039 H: 605-787-5045 W: 605-988-5811/DSN: 798-7811 H: 605-928-7266 H: 605-647-0051 W: 605-737-6639 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com W: 605-928-3420 W: 605-696-5400 Email: email@example.com Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Email: email@example.com Second Vice President State CSM Randy Decker Area 3 881 Trp Cmd Michael Birnbaum 23009 Candlelight Drive Michael Schwans Jeff Nord 2823 W. Main Street Rapid City, SD 57703 241 N Cherry St. Box 212 PO Box 938 Rapid City, SD 57702 H: 605-393-1423 Bridgewater, SD 57319 3440 East Hwy 34 H: 605-721-4604 W: 605-737-6391 W: 605-977-2962 Pierre, SD 57501 W: 605-737-6607 Email: email@example.com Email: H: 605-773-3449 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Email: firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com Past President Craig Towns Area 4 109 Eng BN State CCM 2713 S. Avondale Court Scott Schmitt Roger Niederwerder Randy Handel Sioux Falls, SD 57110 505 E. 12th Street 3220 Lazelle Street Lot 231 2736 Avondale Court H: 605-371-9679 Dell Rapids, SD 57022 Sturgis, SD 57785 Sioux Falls, SD 57110 W: 605-988-5719/DSN: 798-7719 H: 605-428-5079 H: 605-347-4313 H: 605-371-1464 Email: email@example.com W: 605-988-5878/DSN: 798-7878 W: 605-737-6283/347-2972 W: 605-988-5710/DSN: 798-7710 Email: email@example.com Email: Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Treasurer firstname.lastname@example.com Nancy Ausland Squadron Representatives Retired Army 5208 S Baneberry Ave Bruce Lee 109 Eng Gp John Ball Sioux Falls, SD 57106 48448 265th Street Jim Wranek PO Box 32 H: 605-351-9481 Valley Springs, SD 57068 7270 Manchester Street Woonsocket, SD 57385 W: 605-988-5946/DSN: 798-7946 H: 605-582-2695 Blackhawk, SD 57718 H: 605-796-4619 Email: email@example.com W: 605-988-5866/DSN: 798-7866 H: 605-342-4979 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Email: firstname.lastname@example.com W: 605-737-6320 Secretary Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Retired Air Jenny Butler Debra Phelps Don Stewart 905 W. 17th St. PO Box 562 153 BN 5241 S. Shore Drive Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Tea, SD 57064 James Hein Chester, SD 57016 H: 605-336-3365 H: 605-498-5526 1945 Riverview Drive H: 605-489-2521 W: 605-977-2917 W: 988-5450/DSN: 798-7450 Huron, SD 57350 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Email: firstname.lastname@example.com H: 605-352-9953 W: Aux President Executive Director Bob Funk Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Barb Kocer Bruce Anderson 805 Lakota Avenue 1906 Arizona Street 25790 Country Lane Brandon, SD 57005 147 BDE Sturgis, SD 57785 Renner, SD 57055 H: 605-582-3705 John Mimmack H: 605-347-4308 H: 605-543-5970 W: 605-988-5879/DSN: 798-7879 6005 W. 43rd Street Email: email@example.com W: 605-988-5414/DSN: 798-741 Email: email@example.com Sioux Falls, SD 57106 Email: email@example.com H: 605-361-2223 Parliamentarian Legislative Officer W: 605-977-2904 Tom Eichacker Membership Officer Donavon List Email: email@example.com Gerald Arntz 705 James Place 2006 Conference Chair 1712 S West Avenue Yankton, SD 57078-1889 1 BN 147th John Mimmack Sioux Falls, SD 57105 H: 605-665-5924 Jody Larson H: 605-334-3636 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com 905 W. 17th Historian W: 605-977-2944 Sioux Falls, SD 57104 James Blackwell Email: email@example.com Webmaster H: 605-336-3365 Lori Hoop W: 602-231-1500 Area V Director 3204 East 17th Street Email: email@example.com Tim Wolf Sioux Falls SD 57103 W - (605) 988-5704 E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com THE ENLISTED ECHO Spring 2006 3 National Guard Enlisted Association Legislative Report O ur South Dakota State Legislature has been in Index Session at Pierre during January and February Legislative Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 and several Bills were introduced regarding Athletic Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Military and Veterans Affairs. Included in Executive Council Meeting Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 these Bills were issues classifying persons as residents for President's Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 purposes of higher education tuition; to authorize certain SDNGEA Auxiliary News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 nonresident members of the South Dakota National Guard to qualify for resident tuition rates; revising certain State Conference Agenda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9 provisions relating to educational benefits for spouses of State Conference Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 members of the South Dakota National Guard; appropri- State Conference Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ating money for the Vietnam War Memorial; appropriat- Airmen/Soldiers of the Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 ing money for design and construction of National Guard State Conference Sponsor Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 armories; and to prohibit the picketing of funerals under CSM Virgil R. Williams Scholarship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 certain circumstances, to provide penalties for the viola- Bowling Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 tion thereof, and to declare an emergency. S.D. National Guard Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 So far one CALL has been received in 2006 and it Jr. Enlisted Council Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 relates to the Department of Defense submitting a FY Area V Caucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2007 budget request to Congress proposing to cut be- S.D. National Guard Youth Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 tween 25,000 and 30,000 Guard troops. In the 2006 election we will elect 35 Senators, the entire House of Representatives, 37 State Governors and many state and local officials, it is important for folks The ECHO is published three times a year by the overseas to start the process to get their absentee ballots South Dakota National Guard Enlisted Association, 5208 to vote. We should also be looking at the candidates as S. Baneberry Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57106 the election begins to unfold and see which ones will Letters to the Editor, articles, and state association work for the betterment of all of us. news items should be forwarded to: ECHO Magazine, When a CALL comes it is necessary to immediately ATTN: Nancy Ausland, 5208 S. Baneberry Avenue, write, fax or call our Congressional members asking for Sioux Falls, SD 57106 or firstname.lastname@example.com their support on the issues that involve all us. We should "The Enlisted ECHO" is published by and for the also thank them for the benefits we are receiving. members of the SDNGEA. Opinions expressed herein We must continue praying for our Army and Air do not necessarily reflect those of the United States National Guard members who are deployed; give a prayer Army or Air Force or the South Dakota National Guard, of thanks for the safe return of our troops from overseas Army or Air. and also pray for the safety of those who are still deployed. Send address changes to: SDNGEA, 5208 S. Donavon J List Baneberry Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57106. Legislative Officer, SDNGEA Publication Deadlines are as follows: ISSUE Deadline Release Date Spring 15 February 15 March ATHLETIC EVENTS The SDNGEA provides many athletic events for its members to par- Summer 15 May 15 June ticipate in each year, but we need your help to make these events Fall 15 October 15 November happen. The Association will provide you with $200 in start-up money for units to use to help fund an event. This money should be returned to the association if event finances allow. The Association currently funds the events listed below. If you have new ideas or would like to sponsor an event in the upcoming year, please contact FUTURE STATE Josh Wermers for more information. • Golf Tournament • Softball Tournament CONFERENCES • Motorcycle Rally • Snowmobile Rally • Pool Tournament • Bowling Tournament 2007 Huron, SD – 19-21 April 2007 • ATV Rally • Dart Tournament POC: Dale Greenfield, 153rd Engr BN 2008 Spearfish, SD Joshua Wermers (W) 605-928-3420 • (H) 605-928-7266 2009 Mitchell, SD (Tentative) email@example.com 4 Spring 2006 THE ENLISTED ECHO THE ENLISTED ECHO Spring 2006 5 MINUTES of the South Dakota Enlisted Association Executive Council Meeting Officer Convention in Sioux Falls President Ben Lamp called the meeting to order at 1336 hours on 16 Feb- 2007 Convention – Huron ruary 2006 at the Ramkota Inn in Pierre, SD. 2008 Convention – Black Hills unit will be sponsoring Pledge of Allegiance was conducted. 2009 Convention – Mitchell is possibly looking at sponsoring Roll Call was taken and a quorum was present. Ways & Means Committee: Nothing to report New guest present was the new State CSM Michael Bekaert. Insurance Committee: Ed Revell reported that we did receive $5500 again A motion was made by John Ball and 2nd by Bob Funk to accept the min- this year, but need to encourage our members to sign up for the insurance. The utes of the minutes from the fall meeting as printed in the ECHO. Motion car- easiest way to do this is have Jim McEwen come to the next SRP your unit has. ried. This will give him a chance to talk to the soldiers and airmen and get them A motion was made by Ed Revell to deviate from the printed agenda and signed up. Craig Towns 2nd that motion. Motion carried to deviate from the agenda if Scholarship Committee: All applications are due to Randy Decker by 1 necessary. March 06. All applications are on the Website. There are also auxiliary scholar- Ed Revell gave the Treasurers Report in Nancy Ausland's absence. The ships. If you are an auxiliary member and are interested in those scholarships, Army and Air Guard are split out into separate line items for general member- please contact Barb Kocer. ship. We had about $100 left over from the Veterans Honor March. There will Membership Committee: Ben Lamp reported that we had 2677 members be an itemized report at the State Conference. Ed Revell made motion mad a as of 16 February. There was 2667 on 31 January. We did pick up a few more motion to accept the report as read and John Ball 2nd that motion. Motion car- life members, but we need to make sure we keep the retirees as a part of our ried. Association. We will bring changing our membership cutoff date from 31 Committee Member At Large January to 31 December so we have current years representation at the National Conference. Area 1 Representative, Dale Greenfield, had nothing to report for member- ship. He did mention that he is moving to another area, so Area 1 will be open Nominations Committee: We will have quite a few positions coming open for nominations at the State Convention. at the State Conference this year. We should have 2 or 3 people from each branch nominated for each position, so start talking to your members and get Area 4 Representative, Scott Schmitt, reported the Air Guard is at 65 – 70% them to run for a position. but he needed more information from the Area 4 representative for a better number. Legislative Report: Don List gave the report on current Legislative Bills. All the Bills are available for review on our Website. Area 3 Representative, Michael Schwans, had nothing to report. State Conference Sponsorship: Bruce Anderson needs the names of soldiers Committees if you would like the Association to sponsor them for the Conference. They Publications Committee: Ed Revell gave the report for Nancy Ausland. need to be a 1st time Conference attendee. The ECHO is changing and we are doing the layout all ourselves. We are still Constitution & By-laws: John Mimmack discussed voting on Article 3 sec- selling advertising space in the ECHO if someone wants to advertise, the cost tion 2 at the conference which deals with voting as a block and splitting votes. is $75 for a whole year. They just need to get a business card or the advertise- There will be discussion at the State Conference. ment to Nancy Ausland or Julie McRenolds. All of the proceeds from the advertisements will go toward the Association. The cost of producing the Young Hero's Committee: Craig Towns will give this report at the ECHO is going from $3000 to about $1000. A lot of people did a lot of work to Conference. find a new publisher and we now have a new editor for the ECHO, so thanks All Committee Reports were accepted as given. for everyone's hard work. Old Business Resolutions Committee: Bruce Anderson is the POC for resolutions. There was discussion about the process of bringing a resolution to the Association. The Black Hills Veterans Honor March was discussed. This year we had a Ben Lamp deviated to New Business. Last year at National Convention there lot of 1 time expenses, so next year we should make a lot more. Next year's was a lot of discussion and resolutions presented in regards to moral issues such march will be 23 September 2006. We expect to have a lot more marchers next as abortion, death penalty, etc. This year Texas is proposing a resolution to year, so we will also need a lot more volunteers if anyone would like to help. allow gays in the military and the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy be stricken. At John Mimmack gave an overview of the schedule of events for the 2006 the National Conference it will be brought up again in regards to standards. We State Conference at the Sheraton Hotel & Convention Center in Sioux Falls on need to discuss this at the State Conference so the representatives at the 27-29 April 2006. National Convention will know what position South Dakota will take. Everyone is encouraged to sponsor 1 person or bring someone with you to Awards Committee: Wayne Fokken was not present, but there will be the conference. Also challenge each unit to sponsor a 1st time attendee at the awards given at the State Conference. Awards that are given out are listed on conference this year. the Website. If you want to give an award, get the information to the President before the start of the Conference. Airman of the Year are: Senior NCO – If anyone has a Red Book, please keep it up to date or give it to Bruce Jennifer Reecy, NCO – Zona Hornstra, & Airman – Jeremy Van Cleave. Soldier Anderson and he will update it for you. of the Year are: NCO – Clay Reese & Soldier – Randi Frank. If you have anything to go on the Website make sure you get the informa- Athletic Committee: Josh Wermers had nothing to report but asked every- tion to the Webmaster. one planning an athletic activity to get him the information ahead of time. He New Business will be making a presentation at the conference so get in touch with him prior to the Conference. The Officers Association would like to start up a Website and are asking if we would share our space with them. This will be presented to us at the State Position Evaluation will be conducted at the Conference. Conference. Credentials Committee: If a unit will not be at the State Conference, we Make sure everyone is talking with our congressmen. Congressmen have a need to make sure we get a proxy. The credentials committee will meet at 1600 military representative that works for them. If you need their contact informa- hrs on Thursday, April 27th. tion, please contact Ben Lamp. Budget Committee: in line with the Treasurer's report. Looks like we will General Gorman wanted to thank everyone in the Enlisted Association for be coming in under budget this year. helping put on the Legislative Dining Out. Time & Place Committee: 2006 Convention will be co-located with the ("Council Minutes" – Continued on page 7) 6 Spring 2006 THE ENLISTED ECHO We also have had many losses this year, Soldiers who Greetings, were not only National Guard members but also SDNGEA members. It is with great pride and determi- B y the time you read this we will be 5 weeks from nation that I continue my role with the National Guard another state conference. I would like to person- and this Association. We must withstand the ally invite you to come and be a part of heartache from their loss and the hurt we your association's state conference. We have a lot of great activities planned with a little Letter feel when their patriotism is questioned by protesters. We must endure and win business too. We will have the distinct honor of CSM John Gipe addressing our from the for the sake of those very same protest- ers. Do not fall prey to the ignorant for conference. He is the Command Sergeant Major of the Army National Guard. Look for President it is they whom we fight for and die to protect. the registration form in this edition of the ECHO. This will be the last letter I will write to The members on your Executive Council have you as your president. My journey as your president will worked very hard this year. Without their help I would soon be over; but whoever succeeds me, be assured, I have failed miserably as your president. I would like to will be right there with him. Our journey as an associa- thank each one personally but there isn't enough space in tion is far from over; your association is strong and will this letter, I'm sure you'll hear about it at a later time. continue to be. Your continued support of our agenda and I 'm so proud to write about the victories we have strength of our membership will keep us very instrumen- had this year. Legislation was passed to allow all National tal at both the state and national level. However, for us to Guard members the right to TRICARE. More will be succeed, you must get involved. You must voice your coming out on this in the near future but it is safe to say opinion and draw others to our association. Through by October 2006 everyone in the National Guard will more members is the only way we can stress and have access to health insurance. We had a successful required better benefits for us all. Black Hills Veteran's Honor March in September and are Where do we go from here, you ask? The answer is planning the Third Annual March on 23 September 2006. up. Our membership has been stagnating over the last 4 I hope to see you all there. Check our website, years. Although we continue to be one of the largest state sdngea.com, for more information. There are too many associations in the Enlisted Association of the National more to mention here, so come to the conference and Guard of the United States, EANGUS, we still are no- find out. (Continued on next page) THE ENLISTED ECHO Spring 2006 7 SDNGEA 2006 SDNGEA AUXILIARY CONFERENCE AGENDA Auxiliary I t is "Time to Mix in 2006". That is the theme for "TIME TO MIX IN 2006" this year's Annual State Conference, and we are ready! The State Conference will be held in Sioux April 27-30, 2006 Falls on April 27-30. All meetings will be held at the Sioux Falls Convention Center next to the Sheraton Sioux Falls Convention Center Hotel. This is the time to reconnect with our guard fam- Sioux Falls, SD ilies from across the state, conduct Auxiliary business, and have some fun! It is also a time to support our Thursday, April 27 Enlisted Association! 1200 Registration The Executive Council will meet Thursday, April 27, 1430 Executive Council Meeting at 2:30, at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. An 1900 Social Auxiliary Brunch is planned for Saturday and tickets will be available for purchase at the registration desk on Friday, April 28 Thursday. Please bring a small gift ($5) if you would 0800 Conference Call to Order like to participate in the gift exchange during the brunch. w/Association Elections for state offices will be held during the 1000 Auxiliary Adjourns/coffee break conference. My two year commitment as President will be coming to an end, along with a few other offices. 1015 Auxiliary Meeting, Session I Please consider running for one of these positions. To 1200 Recess until Saturday, April 29 keep our organization going we need to keep changing, 1300 Sporting Events bringing in new ideas and new faces. Most of the offices 1900 Dance take very little of your time, and supporting the Auxiliary can be a rewarding experience. Saturday, April 29 Membership dues for 2007 are now being accepted. 0800 Auxiliary Meeting, Session II Remember, dues are paid 1 year ahead. So, dues paid 1000 Brunch/Adjournment between January and December 31, 2006, will be applied 1130 Executive Council Meeting to 2007 memberships. Dues are $11 for regular member- ship and $3 for Associate membership. 1300 Sporting Events I look forward to seeing everyone again, and wel- 1800 Social come any spouses of an Association member to join us 1900 Banquet during the meetings and brunch and see what we are all about! Drive safe and see you in Sioux Falls! Letter from the President Barb Kocer (Continued) **Please stop by the Auxiliary registration desk on where near our capacity. We will finish at about 70%, Thursday for any updates on the agenda, meeting room nearly 1000 members short of 100% memberships for our numbers, and brunch information or to purchase tickets. state. I know, with your help, we can do better. I challenge you to contact your local and state legisla- Council Minutes (Continued from page 5) tors' over the next year. Let them know your desires and The museum is currently full and there has been talk of looking for a new needs for a better Guard and a better South Dakota. location for the museum. It has been my honor and privilege to serve you, the Area V Caucus – will be in Fargo, ND on 19-20 May, 2006. Registration members of the South Dakota National Guard Enlisted forms are available if you would like to attend. Association. I will still be very much involved with the There was discussion on shortening the length of the State Conference in order to get higher attendance. It was presented to do a Friday – Saturday con- Association and you can always call me for help or with ference instead of Thursday – Saturday. questions or ideas. Don List reported that the Legislative Workshop will be March 5-9 in Lastly, I want to thank all those who came before us Washington D.C. If interested in attending, please contact Ben Lamp. and made this the great association it is today. Our future Ben Lamp also brought up a letter that was sent out by Governor Rounds is determined by our past and I can tell you, our future to get Vietnam Era Veterans to register for the Vietnam War Memorial on 15-16 September. If you know of a vet encourage them to register. looks very bright. Next meeting will be on April 27th, 2006 at 1430 hrs in Sioux Falls at the Sincerely, Sheraton Inn. Your South Dakota National Guard Enlisted A motion was made by Bruce Anderson to adjourn the meeting and Craig Association President Ben Lamp Towns 2nd the motion. Meeting was adjourned at 1615 hours. 8 Spring 2006 THE ENLISTED ECHO AGE South Dakota National G 47th Annual St Sioux Falls, April 27– THURSDAY, APRIL 27 1300-1900 Registration 1400 Executive Council Meeting (Room TBD) 1600 Budget Committee/Audit Committee Positions Evaluation Meeting Credentials Committee Meeting All other Committee Meetings as needed 1900-2300 Fiesta Night Social with Karaoke FRIDAY, APRIL 28 0700-1300 Registration 0800 Opening Ceremonies Posting of Colors National Anthem Pledge of Allegiance Invocation – Chaplain Memorial Service Welcome by President Welcome by Mayor, Host Hotel, and Chamber of Commerce Insurance Trust Update – CW4 (Ret) Jim McGwen Museum Update – Robert Kusser Guest Speakers – Order TBD Black Hill's Veteran's Honor March Update 1000 Coffee Break/Auxiliary Adjourns 1015 Conference Call to Order Remarks by the Adjutant General 20 Year Awards Audit Committee Report Treasurer's Report Membership Report State Conference Sponsorship Report Area V Report EANGUS Report Junior Enlisted Council Report Presentations by Cities bidding for future Conferences Administrative Announcements 1200 Recess for day THE ENLISTED ECHO Spring 2006 9 NDA uard Enlisted Association ate Conference South Dakota 29, 2006 FRIDAY, APRIL 28 (continued) 1230 Retired Luncheon Committee Meetings 1300 Afternoon Activities – Golf, Texas Hold Em' Tourney, Trap Shoot Hospitality Room Open 1900-2300 Barn Dance Social at Armory with Sergeant Rock 147th Army Band SATURDAY, APRIL 29 0730-1015 Final Registration 0730 Past President's Breakfast 0830 Business Session Reconvenes Credentials Committee Report Time and Place Committee Report Position Evaluation Committee Report Ways and Means Committee Report Constitution and By-Laws Committee Report Budget Committee Report Resolutions Committee Report Young Heroes Committee Report Insurance Committee Report Legislative Committee Report Athletics Committee Report Publications Committee Report President's Report Nominations Committee Report 1000 Coffee Break 1015 Old Business New Business Nomination and Election of Officers Installation of Officers Benediction Retire the Colors 1200 Adjournment of 47th Annual Conference 1300 Afternoon Activities – Billiards, Darts, Bowling, Health & Beauty Spa Hospitality Room Open 1800-1900 Social Hour 1900 Banquet 10 Spring 2006 THE ENLISTED ECHO Fiesta Night! PAMPER YOURSELF… Thursday, April 27th YOU DESERVE IT! Sioux Falls Convention Center 2006 South Dakota National Guard T his year's state conference will host two special Officer/Enlisted Conference nights of joint activities for the Enlisted and Saturday April 29th, 2006, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Officers Associations of South Dakota. Your reg- istration for the conference will include a Fiesta Night A ll spouses are invited to "Pamper Yourself" at with Karaoke on Thursday, April 27th. Bring your som- the Etch Hair Salon and Day Spa in Sioux breros and plan to enjoy Mexican munchies as well as a Falls. Wine & cheese will be available, com- fun night of music and Karaoke by Port-A-Party Karaoke. pliments of WILDE PRAIRIE WINERY. Wine will Registration will be open until 1900 on Thursday, so be be available for purchase after your relaxing day. sure to register before coming to the Fiesta. Please call anytime starting after April 10th to reserve your preferred time. The phone number is (605) 275-6340. The following services are available at ETCH: PEDICURE: MANICURE: $48.00 + tax $28.80 + tax Barn Dance HAIRSTYLE: $20.00 + tax Friday, April 28th 1/2 HOUR Massage $24.00 + tax Fairgrounds Armory 1 HOUR Massage $48.00 + tax T Any other service, you can receive a 20% discount. he second joint social event at this year's confer- ence will be the Barn Dance held on Friday night Directions to Etch Hair Salon: After leaving the Shera- at the Fairgrounds Armory. Buses will be trans- ton, take Russell Street to Minnesota Ave, Go South on porting members from the Sheraton starting at approxi- Minnesota Ave until you get to 69th Street, take a right mately 1830 hours with activities beginning at and it is located in the Waterfall Plaza. (Approximately 15 1900 hours. South Dakota's own 147th Sergeant minutes) Rock Army Band will be providing the boot- ETCH Hair Salon & Day Spa scootin' music for the night's festivities. Uncle 405 W. 69th St Ed's will be offering up good ol' barbeque and Sioux Falls, SD 57108 beer and set-up tickets will be available. (605)275-6340 BYOB for alcohol. Please inquire at registra- tion for further information on this activity. Thank You! All Registered members will be issued a The Enlisted Association would like to thank name badge that will be used for entrance to Renner Corner for supporting last year's both of these FREE events. Please be sure National Conference in Orlando Florida by donating meat for our All States Night. It was to register and receive your name badge a big hit and we owe it all to you. Thank you prior to entering these events. for your support! RENNER CORNER Corner of Highway 115 & 258th Street • Renner, SD 57055 Renner Corner is a Convenience Store & Butcher Shop with hours Monday –Thursday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday & Saturday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sun- day 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. They process wild game as well as sell beef and pork. Homemade & Award-Winning Meats! Visit them and show our appreciation for their support. THE ENLISTED ECHO Spring 2006 11 12 Spring 2006 THE ENLISTED ECHO The SDNGEA Wishes Congratulations! T he executive council of the South Dakota National Guard Enlisted Association would like to congratulate the 2005 recipients of the Soldier and Airman of the Year Awards. The recipients are: Airman of the Year Program Senior NCO of the Year: MSgt Jennifer M. Reecy NCO of the Year: TSgt Zone L Hornstra Airman of the Year: SrA Jeremy J. Van Cleave Soldier of the Year Program Soldier of the Year: SPC Randi Frank NCO of the Year: SSG Clay Rees Congratulations to you all for your outstanding achievement and we look forward to seeing you at this year's conference in Sioux Falls in April. State Conference Sponsor Program Background: This program is made possible by dona- tions from the SDNGEA and is established to encourage E1 to E5 attendance at the State Conference each year. This program will pay for the fees associated with atten- dance of State Conference to include: room accommoda- tions, registration with banquet tickets, and a pre- CSM Virgil R. Williams arranged amount of spending money. Qualifications: To be considered for this program, an applicant must be: in the ranks of E1 to E5, a paid mem- SCHOLARSHIP ber of the SDNGEA, have never attended any other T his memorial scholarship program was state conference of the SDNGEA, be able to write a fol- established by the EANGUS and the fol- low-up report of their experience to be included in this lowing members are eligible to apply: publication. 1. member of EANGUS Anyone wishing to nominate a member for sponsor- ship should e-mail the association's Executive Director, 2. dependent unmarried sons and daughters of SMSgt Bruce Anderson at firstname.lastname@example.com EANGUS members 3. spouses of EANGUS members, and 4. unmarried children or spouses of deceased EANGUS members who were in good standing at their time of death. More specific qualifications for this scholar- ship can be found at the SDNGEA Website. There will be two or more scholarships in the amount of $2,000.00 awarded each year. Applications must be received NLT 1 June 2006. Go to www.sdngea.com, "Programs," then "Scholarships" to get an application. All other 2006 scholarships had a deadline of 1 March 2006. THE ENLISTED ECHO Spring 2006 13 OFFICIAL ENTRY BLANK ANNUAL SOUTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD ENLISTED ASSOCIATION BOWLING TOURNAMENT "9 PIN NO TAP" SPLITS ARE NOT SPARES TO: All Army and Air National Guard Units and Retirees. Please see that all members of your unit receive this information. WHEN: The Annual SDNGEA BOWLING TOURNAMENT will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 19-21 May 2006 at Huron, SD SHIFT TIMES: 19 May 2006 Friday Team 7:00 PM – Doubles & Singles 9:15 PM 20 May 2006 Saturday Team 9:00 AM – Doubles & Singles 11:15 AM Doubles & Singles 2:00 PM Team 4:30 PM – Doubles & Singles 7:00 PM 21 May 2006 Sunday Doubles & Singles 9:00 AM Team 11:15AM – Doubles & Singles 2:00 PM Doubles & Singles 4:15 PM WHERE: Fair City Lanes, 143rd St SW, Huron, SD 352-8637. HANDICAP: "NONE" This will be a "9 PIN NO TAP" Tournament. No Handicap involved. Will not be a sanctioned Tournament. COST: Cost per event will be $15.00. All Events additional $2.00. Bowling $8.00, Expense 1.00, Prize Fee $6.00. Prize money returned 100%. Prize money for team, doubles and singles will be paid back at a ratio of 1 to 4 entries. All Events will be paid back at a 1 to 10 ratio. PARTICIPATION: Bowlers may enter each event once. RESERVATIONS: We are now taking reservations. 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What we have here is... failure- to communicate.
There is still an outstanding warrant for me "making water" from a hotel third floor window in Glasgow Scotland [1970]. Went for the hearing with all those barristers in their wigs and shit. They set the trial for one month after my discharge.
I just couldn't make it back across the Atlantic for the wig powering.
I've peeded in Canada, Mexico, BVI, US VI, Bahamas, England, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and the North Atlantic above the arctic circle. (It froze!) Oh yea, Scotland.
And 49 of the States, not been to Alaska yet.
And several times while in DC!
Spitty has watered 45 of the lower 48 states.
If the pain is lacking so is the discipline...
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I was drunk once (hard to believe, I know) and this chick leaned up against a sign and got fiberglass in her arm. She kept nagging about it, so me, being the smartass that I am, told her that urine would get the fiberglass out of her arm. She fell for it, and I did it. Turns out all of the fiberglass came out and she thanked me. Who knew?
I don't mind living in a man's world as long as I can be a woman in it.
MGH has gone on:
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Pentagon and White House
Hawaii, and 4 east coast states
7 Mexico states
Sao Paulo, Brasil
Recife, Brasil
Jao Pessoa, Brasil
I believe I have gone on 26 states. Bahamas. France. Italy. Switzerland. Monaco (tough to do). Canada. DC.
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To the editor:
This letter is in response to the article in the paper on May 16 regarding "Angry Beasmores demands answers."
First and foremost, I am confused as to why the Beasmores are demanding answers to questions when they already have been informed of the answers. Ms. Beasmore attended the court proceeding regarding the Marrs property. Everyone at the proceeding learned that this property is in litigation to dissolve a business partnership, and that it is up to the court to make a decision regarding what happens to it.
Ms. Beasmore, like everyone there, heard me ask for the property to be sold and litigation be settled as soon as possible. Unfortunately, Ms. Beasmore must have missed that part.
Believe me, there is no one that wants to see this property demolished and cleaned up as quickly as I do. But, as the city stated, we are in the process and at the court's mercy at this point.
I will be the first to apologize to the city and all surrounding properties for the delay. By no means is it the city's fault or is there any one person to blame. Court proceedings take time.
I would also like to inform Mr. and Mrs. Beasmore that we have been in close contact with the city and keep them well informed of all progress. I even went a step further regarding the concerns of health hazards and I contacted Mr. Tim Wright at the Anderson County Health Department. I asked him to observe the property to see if there were any concerns. He suggested that I remove the remaining shrubs around the house and since there is no structure inside the home everything is in compliance at this point.
I do have one question to this entire matter. Being that the Beasmores live in my subdivision and I pass them on a regular occasion, it seems to me that if they had such a concern, they could have walked down and personally asked what the progress was with their concerns, as most people would do. I would have been glad to explain the situation to them as I would anyone with concerns. But instead of this simple solution to finding the answers, this matter unfortunately has been made into another way for Ms. Beasmore to again make headlines for herself.
Chris Hanks
Return elderly woman's stolen items, or else
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This is to the thieves who stole items from Louise Warford while she was in the hospital and taking therapy.
It is pretty sad when an elderly woman cannot get sick and go to the hospital without someone stealing from her.
We know who you are and what you stole, and so does God.
We are asking that you return the items to her residence with no questions asked. Otherwise, we will file criminal charges.
Davy Warford
Thankful God brought dying man into life
To the editor:
Charles Marcum was a truck driver. He discovered he was ill and had to retire.
He lost his home and was living under a bridge in Lexington. By the time anyone got to him with help, his leg was diseased from diabetes and had to be removed. Bradford Square nursing home in Frankfort Kentucky took him in last October, and a group from Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Waddy started an outreach program. In that outreach, they perform a full church service every Sunday at 2:30 p.m.
Charles visited almost every one of them.
Two weeks ago, Charles was informed that he had cancer and roughly one month to live. The associate minister of evangelism, Josh Rucker, tried several times to visit with Mr. Marcum. Almost every time, Charles was asleep or too incoherent to know what was going on.
Brother Josh finally caught Mr. Marcum on a day when he was himself. Though he was in an incredible amount of pain, he still agreed to let Brother Josh pray with him.
Mr. Marcum passed away a few days later.
Mr. Marcum had no family to speak of (that anyone knows about.) When this happens, the body is given to the state where a judge rules that the body should be cremated and the remains "disposed of." In some cases, they are simply just thrown away.
Brother Josh took it upon himself to see to it that this did not happen. He put aside his busy schedule as a father to three, a husband, a preacher, a mechanic and so many more things that he is to so many more people just to see to this task.
He got Gash Memorial Chapel; Ritchie and Peach; and Harrod Brothers funeral homes to all donate. Jeanie Smith of Lawrenceburg donated a memorial cross. Brother Josh and his father, Jerry Rucker, dug the grave, performed the graveside service, and filled the grave. Mount Vernon Baptist Church donated the burial plot.
There were six in attendance at Charles' graveside service. Brother Josh read scripture and prayed, and Charles' worship leader sang "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)," by Chris Tomlin.
Slowly other folks showed up, including Brother Josh's stepmother Nancy Rucker and his brother, Eric Rucker with three other men.
The men and women who stood up for Charles Marcum that day did not do so because they thought it would get them in to heaven. They didn't do it hoping for someone to write something like this. They didn't do it for money or for any other accolade. They did it, because even though they deserve hell, it was the right thing to do. Charles Marcum was not another person stuck in a nursing home, he was a brother in Christ. He was a true believer in God the father and his son Jesus Christ.
Those men and women knew that about Charles, and they had hope because of it.
Now who am I that I get to write this? I keep asking myself that same question. The simple answer is: I was Charles' friend, his worship leader and, most importantly, his brother in Christ.
It was my honor to stand before him and sing. I thank God for bringing a man like this in to my life.
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LONDON (AP) - Liverpool players met their new owner Saturday as attention turned from the long and bitter boardroom fight to the fortunes of the relegation-threatened team.
American John Henry, who heads New England Sports Ventures which bought Liverpool, spoke to the players as they prepared for Sunday's match against city rival Everton. The team is looking for only its second league win of the season.
Liverpool winger Ryan Babel said on his Twitter feed that it "was a short but good meeting. He is humble and proud to be part of LFC."
The $476 million deal with New England Sports Ventures ends the turbulent three-year ownership by Americans Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr.
The new owners arrive without the promises of their predecessors, but they have been largely welcomed by the club's fans, who are relieved to be rid of the massive debts the club acquired under Hicks and Gillett.
Henry has already cautioned: "One thing I'm going to try not to do is to create a lot of expectations."
In the months after Hicks and Gillett arrived in 2007, the Reds reached the Champions League final, losing to AC Milan. In 2009, the 18-time champions missed out on their first English top flight title since 1990 by four points.
But last season Liverpool slipped to seventh in the standings, missing out on qualification for the lucrative Champions League and the team is now languishing in the relegation zone.
"It's been a tough three years and there were a lot of expectations created," Henry said.
Henry made no promises about a spending spree on players in the January transfer window, or a replacement for the iconic but relatively small Anfield ground.
"There's a lot of work to be done to get this club to where it needs to be," Henry said. "There is a great nucleus here off the field and on the field and we think we can build from that, but it's not going to be easy.
"We've got real challenges but we've got a very strong organization, financially and otherwise, we have some terrific strategic thinkers and we're going to be attacking this head on."
Henry did state that the $476 million transaction will wipe out the club's crippling debts and was not funded through the type of leveraged takeover that ultimately suffocated Liverpool's ability to invest in the squad.
"All that huge amount of money that our fans spend supporting our team, coming to games and all the other activities, is now available for what it should be available for, to invest," Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow said.
The cost of servicing the club's debt has been cut to around $4 million.
Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson expects to have some money to spend in the January transfer.
"In future, we can invest in players in a different way to what has happened in the last transfer window," Hodgson said. "Then money was in short supply and we weren't even certain there would be any money to spend or even if the club would be there."
Liverpool went to the High Court in London twice this week to win approval for the sale over the objections of Hicks and Gillett, who claimed NESV's winning bid undervalued the 18-time English champions.
The sale finally went through after Hicks and Gillett withdrew the temporary restraining order blocking the sale they had obtained in a Texas court.
But Hicks and Gillett aren't going without a fight, threatening to drag the club through further court battles despite dropping a $1.6 billion damages claim in Dallas.
The duo, who feuded for much of their time at Anfield, claimed the takeover was "illegal" and an "extraordinary swindle," adding that part-nationalized Royal Bank of Scotland refused to allow them to repay Liverpool's debts to prevent the sale.
RBS forced Hicks and Gillett to put the club up for sale in April as they failed to repay their debts.
"The process was continually frustrated by chatter about financial distress coming out of RBS," Hicks said. "We know there are better owners out there for the Liverpool Football Club than the Boston Red Sox group.
"We knew who they were. We were just frustrated that every time we had conversations with them we had people in our own organization who somehow had those things not work out. They conspired against us."
RBS said that any further claims against the bank will be "vigorously opposed."
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Minnesota 4
Columbus 5
Chicago 2
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Edmonton 4
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Washington -
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Good to see some defensive mettle
In the face of adversity, the Winnipeg Jets did something different than last season.
Friday night at the MTS Centre, rocked by a pair of first-period goals by Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby, the Jets did not start looking ahead to their next game.
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Instead they came out for the second period and returned fire against a quality opponent. The rally carried to a 4-2 victory, continuing a very good week that began on the road.
Certainly, you can call Friday night's win a measuring-stick game. But never, ever make too much of one game.
Still, it's safe to say that you don't build foundations from the top. And so the signs are there that the Jets are at least interested in turning the corner on last season's dismal defensive record.
Friday, there was plenty of eye-candy action. Goals by stars and big saves at both ends.
But what the Jets did so differently, and behaviour that will translate into progress if it continues, is that they defended better, supported the various situations that always come up in a game.
There weren't a boat-load of odd-man rushes against. The puck was managed better -- not perfectly, but better -- creating a higher percentage of success.
This, rather than offensive stats, will mark the advances the Jets may or may not make this season.
And so, there was no reason to think that old habits had returned with a wave. It's not like the Jets just paved the way for Crosby in the game's first period. Crosby can often turn little or nothing into ink on a scoresheet, or even gold. Hello Ryan Miller.
His first goal didn't appear to be that dangerous a chance coming off the left-wing boards, but a well-placed shot found an opening.
Late in the period, it was a two-on-two, which isn't that precarious in most circumstances. But this is Crosby, and he found the opening again, leaving the Jets and their fans a little on the stunned side.
But just temporarily.
Winnipeg seemed to just play on. There was certainly no wilt or tentativeness for the second and helped by a couple of large saves by Ondrej Pavelec, the team responded by not playing afraid, but with a some confidence.
The Penguins generated chances again, but the Jets had some quick answers and were as or more dangerous in the middle frame.
And with that came some confidence, so much that really, the only trouble the Jets faced was the desperation of the final few minutes.
And survived it. Not because they barely hung on, but because very little was all they really gave a very good team in the game's critical period.
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a VERY bad year for me
It started out in April of this year with the sudden loss of my pet Moluccan cockatoo, Corky. When I awoke, I found him at the bottom of his cage. I rushed in and picked him up to find out what was wrong only to have him pass away in my arms. He was only 19 years old. At least twelve of those years were with me.
Then on July 3rd, my cousin who has been fighting cancer since being diagnosed in 2004, was told that there was no more the doctors could do for him and that he had only 6 to 8 months left. On October 3 his sister-in-law called to let us know that he had just passed away.
Thinking that things couldnÂt get any worse, my grandmother on Nov. 6th just five days before her 90th birthday, suffered what doctors call a silent stroke. They said there was little hope of her making it through that night.
She proved them wrong. By Thanksgiving she back walking short distances and her speech was almost back to normal. She had to, Thanksgiving everyone planed to be there this year. When we took pictures, someone realized that there were five generations in the picture.
Then on the evening of Nov. 25th, my cousin called and said that the paramedics were there working on grandma. He said that they had already used the paddles on her three times but were having a hard time getting her to respond and that he would call back when they were taking her to the hospital. A half hour latter he called back and said that she didnÂt make it. Her funeral is this Saturday, December 1. But what makes it harder for me is that my grandmother and I both share the same birthday.
Thanks for letting me post this. I didnÂt think it would help, but it has.
I am very sorry for your losses! What a tough year you've have had. They say time is the answer. I also lost my pet of 13 years. Ryley. He was my min poodle. Four months later I lost my Dad. Like I said they say time is the answer.
Please know that you are not alone.


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