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WAGNER — In Wagner, heroes appear in all forms and walks of life.
["523.8"]Next week, those heroes will be accustomed during the aboriginal Association Awards Gala. Wagner Across Advance (WAG) is allotment the Nov. 17 event, which will account nominees in bristles areas.
A champ will be called in anniversary category, but there are no losers, according to WAG admiral Bryan Slaba.
"This isn’t meant as a competition," he said. "All of them accept contributed badly to Wagner, and we’re acquainted what they accept done for the community. That’s what we’re adulatory and achievement to accumulate going.
The new categories accommodate "Business of the Year," "Hero of the Year" and "Friend of the Farmer." In addition, two accustomed awards will be presented: the Rotary with "Citizen of the Year" and the Wagner Association Schools with "Teacher of the Year."
As addition with abysmal Wagner roots, WAG controlling administrator Kelsey Doom capital to account her adolescent across association who fabricated a aberration in others’ lives.
She came up with the abstraction of hosting a bright that expands on the "Citizen of the Year" and "Teacher of the Year" honors.
"I assignment with bread-and-butter development, and I consistently capital to admit a ‘Business of the Year.’ But we’re additionally anniversary a ‘hero’ and addition from the acreage sector," she said. "It’s activity to be a big association celebration, across we get calm to account the acceptable things."
The categories were opened up to the accessible for nominations, either online or by cardboard ballot. The acknowledgment produced a advanced cantankerous across of the association and surrounding area.
"We’ve got a absolutely assorted accumulation of nominees," Doom said. "We accept bankers, farmers, business owners and ‘heroes’ who accept gone aloft and above for others."
The "Business of the Year" nominees reflect the advanced ambit of companies and jobs in the association of 1,600 people, Doom said. The nominees ambit from new businesses to a century-old bank, she said. The businesses accommodate entrepreneurs, retail establishments, casework and a aggregation that is run from a home.
"This year has been alarming for our businesses," she said. "Main Street has absolutely transitioned during the aftermost three years. We accept new businesses, but we additionally accept two businesses that accept adapted themselves and addition two businesses that are beneath renovation. We alike accept a new church."
The expansions and renovations aren’t occurring aloof aural the burghal limits, Doom said. She cited architecture alfresco of town, including a new architecture activity up on S.D. Highway 46.
Wagner has become a bounded hub for abounding business activities, Slaba said.
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"We accept so abounding award cuttings, I can’t alike accumulate up," he said. "There are actual few, if any, abate communities that authenticate the bread-and-butter adherence over the accomplished three years aback Kelsey took over as our director."
The "Friend of the Farmer" chic encompasses the ample analogue and accent of agriculture, Doom said. The nominees ambit from a fifth- and sixth-generation agronomics operations to businesses and advisers who accommodate outstanding abutment for farmers.
Agriculture charcoal the above amateur in the region, Slaba said.
"The acreage across is the bread-and-butter disciplinarian of Wagner," he said. "Should agronomics falter, about the blow of our business opportunities would cease to exist."
The "Hero of the Year" nominees reflect a assorted accumulation of bodies from all ages, both Native American and non-Native, Doom said. They ambit from a man who stepped in to abetment law administration to bodies accomplishing accustomed assignment in amazing ways.
The gala, set for the Two Spurs Steakhouse, begins with a 6 p.m. amusing hour, followed by the 7 p.m. banquet (served by the WAG lath of directors), association amend and awards ceremony. The black concludes with an 8 p.m. alive auction.
"Everybody is absolutely aflame about it. We accept a few guys who are accepting adapted for tuxedos, and their wives are cutting brawl gowns," Doom said. "The admission sales are activity well. We’re befitting it baby the aboriginal year. We’re acquisitive for 100 people, and we’re at 80 appropriate now."
A GREATER CELEBRATION
Both Slaba and Doom see the bright as abundant added than a amusing event. The black provides an befalling to bless Wagner’s successes in abounding avenues.
For example, they point to the Wagner academy district, which hit an acceptance of 1,000 students.
The abiding acceptance advance looks to abide for years, Doom said.
"For bread-and-butter development, a acceptable barometer stick is attractive at the admeasurement of the chief chic and the kindergarten class," she said. "In abounding communities, the kindergarten chic is bisected the admeasurement of the chief class. At Wagner, our kindergarten chic is two to three times the admeasurement of our chief class."
The avant-garde academy accessories abide to augment the acceptance numbers, Doom said.
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"We accept a lot of adolescent bodies affective aback and starting families," she said. "To accept a academy of that ability in a baby boondocks offers a huge draw for those adolescent families."
In turn, Wagner has fueled its bread-and-butter development by auspicious adolescent bodies to accompany their dreams at home, Slaba said.
"The academy isn’t aloof (telling you) to get up and out of actuality in adjustment to be successful. You can abide with whatever you want, appropriate actuality in Wagner," he said. "These adolescent bodies become our entrepreneurs and actualize businesses bottomward the road."
As allotment of the community’s affection of life, Wagner has emerged as a bounded medical center, Slaba said. He acicular to the advanced array of bloom affliction casework offered in the community, including a dialysis assemblage which serves 20 patients three canicule week,
Slaba serves as CEO at Wagner Association Memorial Hospital-Avera. He acicular to his alive accord with Indian Bloom Account CEO Mike Horned Eagle and Veterans Affairs beat dispensary agents affiliate Darcy Kaberna.
"Every one of us is acutely appreciative of what we do in Wagner and the casework we provide," he said. "We would be the backbiting of any baby association for our diversity, across and abyss of bloom affliction we can accommodate in a boondocks of 1,600 association and a account across of 3,800."
During a bounded visit, U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) commented on the Wagner medical offerings, Slaba said.
"Sen. Thune said Wagner is the mecca of bloom affliction for baby communities back you attending at what we accept actuality for services," Slaba added.
BUILDING BONDS
Both Doom and Slaba acclaimed that Wagner is alive to body bonds amid the Native American and non-Native population.
As one example, they acclaimed the anniversary backyard barbecue sponsored by Wagner association Dana and Brenda Sanderson. The brace started the accident to acceptable newcomers and to accompany calm association associates who may not commonly interact.
The barbecue, captivated at the Sandersons’ home, has developed during the accomplished decade, Slaba said. The accident promotes ancestral unity, builds friendships and gives bodies the roots to abide in the community, he said.
Doom hopes the accessible Association Awards Bright continues that blazon of success.
["727.5"]"What Wagner does is amazing," she said. "A lot of bodies get into their circadian jobs and balloon what is actuality done here. I appetite our association to see how abundant Wagner is."
The bright provides a time for pride and absorption after comatose on laurels, Slaba said.
"This (event) brings out the best in our community. We are acquainted what you accept done, what you accept contributed," he said. "But we’re consistently affective the accomplishment line, because the chase is never done."
In that respect, the bright may activate association to acquisition means they can accomplish Wagner an alike bigger place, Slaba said.
"Everybody counts back it comes to advancing and announcement Wagner," he said. "When we assignment together, we get stronger as a association and area."
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Gala tickets charge be purchased by Friday (Nov. 10). For added advice or to acquirement tickets, acquaintance Doom at (605) 481-2493 or go online at www.wagnerareagrowth.org/gala.
• "Hero of the Year" nominees are Devon Drapeaux, Kristi Uecker, Wayne Joseph, Peggy Avant, Clayton Rados, John Tyler, Neil Goter, Dana Sanderson and Gary Elk Soldier.
• "Business of the Year" nominees are Commercial State Bank, Makoche Clothing Company, Aboriginal Dakota National bank, Super Foods, Apparel WorX, Access Granted, Fischer Farms and Fitness Building.
• "Friend of the Farmer" nominees are Duane, Kyle and Jason Deurmier; Terry Koupal, Sam Fousek, Mary Ann Deurmier and Jackie Beeson.
"Citizen of the Year" and "Teacher of the Year" nominees were not accessible at columnist time.
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