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The Buckhorn Rodeo is celebrating 51 years with this weekend’s event. The rodeo takes place Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. nightly. There are plenty of rodeo favorites on the schedule.

LeRon Knebel says he can only watch so many episodes of “Gunsmoke” before he gets bored. At age 79, you’d expect Knebel to have mostly taken up the rocking chair and to be quietly enjoying his golden years. But not so for this well-known Marshall County resident. In fact, Knebel is in the midst of 24 summers working for the South Dakota State Parks and is still enjoying every minute of it.

Mary Dunn says she is proud of the booming little town of Eden, population 91. Dunn, who answered to “mayor” for almost three decades, is finally stepping down from the Eden Town Board. After 28 years on the board, she looks back on mostly positive experiences and is happy how she leaves her position.

Relay For Life Earns Over $60,000 For Cancer

The 24th Annual American Cancer Association Relay for Life is ready, set, go for this weekend, Saturday, June 10. It will be held at Britton-Hecla School Arena. The event starts at 2:30 p.m. with survivor registration beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Last week, the area was abuzz thanks to the arrival of a very unexpected visitor. A black bear was spotted near Britton last Thursday, June 1.

In Tuesday’s Langford Area School Board election, the incumbent and one challenger were chosen to fill the two vacating seats. Challenger Fallon Deutsch was the top vote-getter followed by incumbent Morgan Holler. The other candidate on the ballot was Scott Smith. Deutsch received 200 votes, Holler 192 and Smith 67. Voter turnout averaged about 40% across the four precincts with the Langford precinct seeing 57% of registered voters coming to the polls. All Election Results are unofficial until the Canvass conducted by the School Board at their July Meeting.

Every spring our area high school graduates are celebrated as they finish a chapter of their lives and move on. Another group that gets less attention is the retiring educators who so importantly impact the lives of those students. This year only one teacher retired from the Britton-Hecla and Langford Area schools. With the end of this school year, B-H teacher Vonda (Luze) Storley is bidding her students goodbye after 35 years of educating.