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FarkTHE GOOD: The women’s Olympic softball exhibition planned for this summer in Rapid City is sold out, with almost 3,000 tickets sold. With a waiting list of more than 200 people, organizers are hustling to find more seats.
THE UGLY: Michael Schumacher, former Rapid City alderman turned blogging imposter, admitted he was using Mayor Alan Hanks’ identity to post on Pat Powers’ political blog South Dakota War College. Hanks is mad, Powers is chagrined and Schumacher is just weird.
THE GOOD: The late Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble is the first member of any of the Sioux tribes to ever earn the Medal of Honor, the highest tribute our nation can bestow on a member of the military. It will be awarded to his family members on March 3 at the White House. After serving in World War II, where he was wounded in some of the most intense combat of the war at Guadalcanal, Keeble returned to service in the Korean War at age 34.
On Oct. 20, 1951, he was near Kumsong battling the Chinese. With his fellow soldiers pinned down by heavy enemy gunfire Keeble — already wounded — made his way up a hill and single-handedly took out four machine- gun bunkers, killing nine enemy soldiers. During the assault, Keeble was hit multiple times, but he continued to fight, taking out two trenches of enemy troops, killing seven more riflemen and finally forcing the enemy to retreat.
THE BAD: The award was given posthumously, more than 20 years after Keeble’s death in 1982 at the age of 65. The Waubay native, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oytate Sioux, is buried in Sisseton.
THE UGLY: Although his fellow soldiers twice nominated him for a Medal of Honor afterward, the U.S. military lost the paperwork.
THE GOOD: The new Jackrabbit mascot design for South Dakota State University in Brookings was created by two Spearfish natives, Craig and Cory Whitlock, who operate Mongoose Graphics in Denver. The brothers’ design was chosen from 250 national and international submissions for a “Design the Jackrabbit” contest.
THE BAD: We know the sleek, intense jackrabbit, with its fierce face, makes a better Division 1 bunny, but some alums miss the old Bugs Bunny look from their college days.
THE GOOD: Not to be outdone in college mascot news, Black Hills State University announced the naming of its Yellow Jackets mascot this week. According to university folklore, BHSU first adopted the Yellow Jacket mascot in the late 1920s, after a fan yelled “go you yellow jackets” at the football team, which was wearing yellow jackets to stay warm during an exceptionally cold game.
On Friday, the bee mascot finally got a name: Sting. We’re not sure how the rock star will feel about that.
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