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New At The LibraryHere’s what’s new at the Yankton Community Library this week:
ADULT BOOKS• A Barricade in Hell by Jamie Lee Moyer; Fiction• China Dolls by Lisa See; Fiction• Clara by Kurt Palka; Fiction• The Kill Switch by James Rollins & Grant Blackwood;
Fiction• The Last Kind Words Saloon by Larry McMurtry; Fic-
tion• The Last Time I Saw You by Eleanor Moran; Fiction• Magnificent Vibration by Rick Springfield; Fiction• My Wish List by Gregoire Delacourt; Fiction• The One & Only by Emily Giffin; Fiction• Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett; Fiction• Ruin Falls by Jenny Milchman; Fiction• Sniper’s Honor by Stephen Hunter; Fiction • Suspicion by Joseph Finder; Fiction• A Traitor’s Tears by Fiona Buckley; Fiction• Trans Human by Ben Bova, Fiction• Two Sisters by Mary Hogan; Fiction• I See You Made an Effort by Annabelle Gurwitch;
Nonfiction• Landscaping Ideas That Work by Julie Moir
Messervy; Nonfiction• One-Hour Cheese by Claudia Lucero; Nonfiction
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS• Big Time by Tom Ryan; Fiction• City of Heavenly Fire: The Mortal Instruments by
Cassandra Clare; FictionJUNIOR BOOKS
• Heidi Heckelbeck Is a Flower Girl by Wanda Coven;Fiction
• Heroes In Training series by Holub & Williams; Fic-tion
• Stubby the War Dog by Ann Bausum; Nonfiction
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“The Promise” by Ann Weisgarber; ©2013, 2014, Skyhorse Publishing; 310pages
———BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER
It was a vow you took very seriously.Friends forever, you said in school.
Til death do you part, you uttered infront of an altar. Semper fi, on my honor,read my lips, it’ll get done, I’ll be there.
It’s easy to make a pledge to some-one. It’s not always easy to keep it — es-pecially, as in “The Promise” by AnnWeisgarber, the covenant is a big one.
Catherine Wainwright was well awarethat she’d caused quite a scandal.
It was bad enough that she’d keptcompany with another woman’s hus-band. It was brazen to touch Edward’sarm in public and they were seen alonetogether at night, which made tongueswag. But what really caused Dayton’s so-ciety women to shun Catherine, to makeher a pariah, was that the man was herhandicapped cousin’s husband — andsuch audacity in the year 1900 was sim-ply unforgivable.
Her piano concerts were canceled.Friendships ended. With her money al-most gone and her mother unwilling tohelp, Catherine turned to a stack of let-ters from a suitor she’d spurned eightyears before.
Catherine and Oscar Williams hadknown one another in school, their rela-tionship stiffly cordial. Once he moved
to Texas, they spent years correspon-ding through the mail but she’d wantednothing to do with his working-class ex-istence. Now, panicking, she wrote tohim, and learned that he was a recentwidower.
“My Son is in need of a Mother.” hewrote three months later. “I am in needof a Wife.” And so, in desperation,Catherine packed the belongings shehadn’t already sold, and boarded thetrain to Galveston...
Nan Ogden took pride in her roots
and her stubbornness. She also knewthat the word of a Texas woman wassteel, so when she promised Oscar’sdying wife that she’d help Oscar raisehis son, Nan was determined to keep hervow.
But it wasn’t going to be easy withthe new Mrs. Williams in the house.Oscar and every man in Galveston sawCatherine’s loveliness, but not her lazi-ness. So why couldn’t Oscar also seethat Nan was really the better woman forhim?
One good book. That’s all you needthis summer — just one book that youcan put down if you need to, but thatyou won’t want to.
And that describes “The Promise.”With a real historical event as her
background, author Ann Weisgarberspins a story of two women who aremore alike than they’d ever admit, andthe reasons they eventually learn of thattruth. That’s cause enough to becometotally captivated by this novel, but whatstruck me most was the way in whichthis story is told: Weisgarber deftly turnsthe clock back 115 years, immersingreaders in social mores, turn-of-the-last-century life, and tiny details of day-to-day survival. That, plus wonderfulcharacters, makes this book a winner.
Just be prepared with a tissue, that’sall I’m going to say. Bring a box of ‘em, infact, because this book proves that “ThePromise” isn’t all that can be broken.
The Bookworm
‘Promise’ Is Compelling Novel
Teen Swim Night In Yankton TonightThe Yankton Parks and Recreation Department is sponsor-
ing its first “Late Night for Teens” of the summer, tonight (Fri-day) at Memorial Pool from 8-10 p.m.
The event’s theme is “Dive into SUMMER!” Come dancethe night away with this popular teen event Teen nights arefor middle and high school students only.
For further information, call 668-5234 or stop by the Sum-mit Activities Center at 1801 Summit Street, Yankton.
Sack Pack, CASA Poker Run SaturdayUpper Deck Bar & Grill, Yankton, is hosting the third annual
Charity Poker Run to benefit the Yankton Sack Pack and South-east CASA Program on June 14.
Register at Upper Deck Bar & Grill between 11 a.m. and noon.All vehicles are welcome. A free T-shirt to the first 100 entrants(entry fee required). You must be at least 21 years old to register.
The Best Hand wins a .22 Caliber Lever Action Rifle and theWorst Hand gets $25. There also will be an auction, 50/50 and agun raffle which is open to the public. The auction starts at 7p.m. raffle tickets are available at Upper Deck Bar & Grill. Food isprovided before and after the run at Upper Deck Bar & Grill.
There will be five stops totalling 275 miles: Bunyan’s,Waddy’s Bar & Grill, Mayfield Store, Menno Beer Garden andUpper Deck Bar & Grill.
For questions, contact Kenneth at 605-665-3137 or 605-661-4952; Jeff at 605-660-8582; or Toby at 605-661-8629.
‘Riverboats, Roads And Rails’ Event SetThe fourth annual Riverboats, Roads and Rails will be held
at the Dakota Territorial Museum from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sat-urday, June 14.
The free family-fun event gives kids, and their parents orgrandparents, a more hands-on approach to history. Therewill be crafts for kids to do, and the opportunity to make but-ter to take home. Kids can have the chance to sit in theschool desks at the one-room schoolhouse.
Members of the Yankton Antique Auto Association and Tri-State Old Iron Association will have vintage cars and tractorsto look at. In the depot, visitors can take a look at a modelrailroad thanks to the Missouri Valley Model Railroad Club.
A concession stand will be available. Representatives fromthe Heartland Humane Society will also be here.
The event will be held rain or shine. The Dakota TerritorialMuseum is located at 610 Summit Street, Yankton; across thestreet from Avera Sacred Heart Hospital.
Homestead Day At L&C Rec. Area Park naturalists and other staff members from Lewis &
Clark Recreation Area have been busy gearing up for anothersuccessful year at their Homestead Day event set for Saturdayat Pierson Ranch Picnic Shelter #1.
“This event was started four summers ago to bring somehistoric elements to our interpretive programming and to wel-come the Yankton community out to our parks," states natu-ralist, Kayla Loecker. “The first year was fairly small with onlya few activities to partake in, and it has grown into somethingreally engaging for all ages.”
Participants who come to the event, held from 1-4 p.m.,will have the opportunity to use all of their senses; fromwatching demonstrations, to listening to live music, tosmelling and tasting Dutch Oven dishes, to touching and cre-ating many of their own projects.
Activities include: wool spinning, candle dipping, buttermaking, quilt making, Dutch oven cooking, bread making,wash board cleaning, homemade ice cream, pioneer clothingdress-up, pioneers games, homemade pie contest, John &Susan McNeill live performance and more.
McNeills Perform In Vermillion June 19VERMILLION — John and Susan McNeill will perform for
the Clay County Historical Society, Austin-Whittmore Housegrounds, downtown Vermillion, at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June19. This will be a family music program.
Polka Dance-Off Contest Set For TaborTABOR — The Polka Dance-off Contest will be held at the
65th Czech Days celebration this year.The contest will take place on Friday, June 21, from 6:15-
6:30 p.m. in Sokol Park, with the Nase Mala Kapela providingthe music.
Entry forms may be down loaded from the www.tabor-czechdays.com web site or contestants will register that nightat Sokol Park.
There will be five age groups: (1) 6 and under; (2) 7-13; (3)14-20; (4) 21-30; (5) 31-49; and (6) 50 and up. Groups 4, 5, and 6will also be competing with a waltz. Group contestants will bedetermined by the age of the oldest member of each couple.
Czech dress is not required to enter the contest. Prizeswill be given to the top couple in each age group.
Christian Concert In Yankton July 11The Blast.FM and The Blast Blender present This City
Awaits, with special guests 3 Hours, on Friday, July 11, at theYHS. Summit Activities Center theatre, 1801 Summit St., Yank-ton. Doors open at 6 p.m., with the show beginning at 7 p.m.
Come and experience This City Awaits, a simple, straight-forward two-piece rock band, and 3 Hours, a hard rock Chris-tian band.
Tickets are on sale at Rexall Drug and will be available atthe door. All ages are welcome. Children under 10 are free.
Sponsors are: Best Western, Coco-Cola, 5-Star Communica-tions, Adams Construction, The Blast.FM/The Blast Blender,The Collision Center, C-Schroeder Construction, Ferdigs Trans-mission & Exhaust, JB Auto Body, JJ Benji, JoDeans Steak-house & Lounge, JW Roofing, Kaiser Heating & Cooling, Kline’sJewelry LLC, Printsource, Radio Simon 106.3/ESPN, Syd’s East-side Auto Parts & Rebuilders, and Thrivent Financial.
Call 760-6268 for more information.
‘Living Storm’Christopher Powell, Denver
———EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a series of articles spotlight-
ing this year’s sculptures in the downtown Yankton RiverWalk.———
Christopher Powell, a registered member of the PeepeekisisTribe of Saskatchewan, was encouraged to be a sculptor by his twouncles. They, too, were sculptors. Following high school, Chris ap-prenticed at a bronze sculpture studio in Denver. He advanced tobecome foundry manager and has been working on sculptures for15 years.
Powell says “Living Storm,” displayed at the corner of Third andCedar, depicts a storm “with the bottom gray area representingwind and the blue representing storm clouds.” Sponsored by FirstDakota National Bank, his piece is made of bronze and is 30 inchestall. It is valued at $4,500.
The RiverWalk sculptures, all of which are for sale, comprise aproject sponsored by donations from Yankton citizens and areabusinesses. To be a sponsor, Michelle Kolda at 665-3636 or visitwww.YanktonRiverWalk.com
PHOTO: DAVID JENSEN
BY JACKIE QUINNYankton Area Arts
With a successful Kids ArtFest under its belt and theSummer Band Concert serieslaunched, Yankton Area Arts(YAA) continues full steamahead with a variety of sum-mer community activities forall ages.
On Friday, June 13, YAAwill host a reception from 5-7p.m. at the G.A.R. Gallery tointroduce a new exhibit ti-tled Pigment and Stone bypainter Janet Jensen andsculptor Scott Luken. Thisexhibit will showcase thebeauty in the natural envi-ronment through acrylic andstone mediums. The commu-nity is invited to hear fromthe artists during the GalleryTalk which will begin at 5:30p.m. The reception is freeand open to the public, andlight refreshments will beserved. The exhibit will beon display through July 22.
On Thursday, June 19,Yankton Area Arts will joinYankton Community Library,Yankton College, Dakota Ter-ritorial Museum, andCramer-Kenyon HeritageHome to celebrate SouthDakota’s 125th anniversaryby inviting the community toparticipate in a Night at theYankton Museums. This is afamily event that will runfrom 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.and includes a hunt for inter-esting historical clues ateach location with the BIGREVEAL to be disclosed atG.A.R. Hall. Tickets may bepurchased at Yankton Com-munity Library: Adults — $5;Children 12 and under — $2.All proceeds will go to theSouth Dakota 125th WagonTrain.
Yankton Area Arts ispleased to host an Entrepol-ogy event at the G.A.R. Hallon Tuesday, June 24. Entre-pology is the study of entre-preneurship and innovationsincorporated in a series of
events connecting people inSoutheast South Dakota. Thisis a social-based event thatincludes light refreshmentsand a short presentation bya featured start-up along theI-29 corridor. This particularevent features Coy Yancefrom Mantis Digital Arts.
The third of six YanktonArea Summer Band concertswill start at 8:00 p.m. onTuesday, June 17 at theRiverside Park Amphitheatreunder the direction of guestconductor Harvey Beck. Thiswill be a very special con-cert, in that Harvey, an origi-nal member of the YanktonArea Summer Band, will beconducting in his final Sum-mer Band appearance. Hissincere request is to be theconductor for a band com-posed of more than 100 mu-sicians for this last event.Directors across the statehave been contacted, Sum-mer Band members have ad-vised their musical friendsand colleagues, and YanktonArea Arts would like to askthe community’s help to ac-complish this task on Har-vey’s behalf, honoring hisdedication to the SummerBand since its inception 32years ago.
Subsequent Yankton AreaSummer Band concerts willfollow each Tuesday at River-side Amphitheatre throughJuly 8 and then transition tofive Pops Concerts featuring:Austin Buescher Band onJuly 4; Bridge City Brass onJuly 15; Jim McKinney Quar-tet on July 22; Rockerville onJuly 29; and Mogen’s Heroeson Aug. 5.
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GAYVILLE — The Public Do-main Tune Band and talentedguests, including Los Angelessaxophonist Roger Neumann,Sioux City piano player TerryBrooks, and Sioux Falls vocalistBecca Gehm, take the stage inGayville on Saturday, June 14,at 8 p.m.for “Gayville Hall’s BigTime, Two-Hour Jazz Jam IV.”
The show will feature“tunes that our parents andgrandparents loved,” accordingto producer Doug Sharples, in-cluding songs by such greatAmerican songwriters as FatsWaller, Duke Ellington, andGeorge and Ira Gershwin.
The Tune Band wasfounded as a duo in 1979 by vo-calist and guitarist Nick Schwe-bach and fiddler Owen DeJong,both of rural Wakonda, in orderto perform early 20th-centurytunes they learned from 78rpm. records and older musi-cians.’
Larry Rohrer, who is part ofSchwebach-and-DeJong’s five-piece band Poker Alice, playsbass with the Tune Band, andUSD jazz professor C.J. Kocher,who has performed behind popstars, in big bands, and jazzcombos, plays saxophones.
Guest star Roger Neumannbrings the “Big-Time” to theshow for the third year in arow. He plays the tenor, so-prano and baritone saxo-phones, flute, and clarinet andhas performed with Woody
Herman, the Lee Castle/JimmyDorsey band, Ray Anthony, LesBrown, Bob Crosby, the BeachBoys, and many others..
His music has been featuredin the Showtime movies “At-lantis,” “Three Men and a LittleLady,” and “Mumford.”’ He ap-peared on-screen in the theatri-cal movies “La Bamba,” “MyFavorite Year,” and “For theBoys.” He has written music forBuddy Rich, Count Basie, RayCharles, and Jerry Garcia.’ Hehas also written arrangementsand compositions for the T.V.series “The Young and theRestless,” “Moonlighting,” “Hol-lywood Housewives,” and “MyFavorite Martian.”’
Born in North Dakota,raised in northwest Iowa, andeducated at Morningside Col-lege in Sioux City and theBerkley School of Music inBoston, Neumann was honoredat the 20th Annual Jazz Awardsin Los Angeles in 2002, receiv-ing “the jazz composer andarranger of the year” award.
Pianist Brooks, a Sioux Citynative, has performed in Eu-rope and earned many Los An-geles and Las Vegas credits inthe shows of Bill Cosby,Whoopi Goldberg, Don Rickles,and others.
Gayville Hall is at 502 Wash-ington Street in Gayville. Call605-267-2859 for ticket informa-tion.
L.A. Saxophonist, ClassicTunes At Gayville June 14
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