By Molly K. Young, AIJI
Tabor, S.D.- For more than 60 years, a tiny South Dakota town has hosted a big summer celebration. The two-day event celebrates the community’s common bond: its ancestry.
“This is a Czech community,” Judy Lundy, from Tabor, said. “Czech Days, to a lot of them, represents home.”
Lundy said she and [...]

Write about what you heard and learned today. Give us the quote of the day or the lesson of the day and explain why.

Charliss (Charly) Edsitty, Navajo, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.

Has been news editor at the Baylor Lariat and is a senior at Baylor University, majoring in journalism, with a minor in film and digital media. She plans to graduate in December 2009. She attended UNITY ‘08 in Chicago.
Melanie Gilkerson, Blackfeet heritage, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, Md. [...]

CHESTER, S.D.— Using crutches and a prosthetic left leg, 46-year-old Tom Carpenter was standing in line inside the Chester Fire Department to get a barbecue sandwich and a bottle of water.

Write about something you saw or heard during the opening program. For example, comments from Al Neuharth, other students or faculty.

Though he is no stranger to animals or hard work, Yahya was disappointed that he couldn’t use his education and professional expertise as a doctor of veterinary medicine. He needs to be a U.S. citizen to work as a veterinarian. But citizenship is still three years away.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Black Sheep Coffee looks and smells like any other cafe, but many of its customers have known violence, civil wars and suffering in their homelands that normal caffeine addicts could not fathom.

By Amelia Quiroga
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Imagine if the economy put the nation in an upheaval: Fuel is a luxury, money is hardly attainable, and food is scarce. Anarchy spreads through the nation in militia war over commodities, and you have no choice but to flee with your children to a country abroad. You enroll [...]

Driving around Sioux Falls, Kranz and I wasted time chatting before heading to the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama headquarters. Apparently, we were expected earlier at Clinton headquarters, according to the Jim Cheeseman, multimedia editor of the Argus Leader.

By Krista Leman
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The economy is changing and people are struggling to keep up.  With prices getting high, people are leaning toward thrift stores and finding ways to save money.
Making ends meet has become a challenge for most. With utility, grocery and gas prices constantly rising, daily routines have been adjusted.
Business has [...]