Rick Huntimer, President
sdjcprez65@dtgnet.com
Mary Krizan, MemVP
363-3309
mkrizan@siouxvalley.net
Beth Delzer, IDVP
256-6246
sdelzer@dtgnet.com
Louis Hentges, CDVP
594-6335
hentges@splitrocktel.net
Angie Weber,, COB
528-3480
64sdjcpres@metacrawler.com
Steve & Rhonda Weidner, P. A.’s
356-2027
weidner@dtgnet.com
Ross Determan, Treasurer
995-0394
rossdcpa@yahoo.com
Julie Anderson, Chaplain
734-6256
jjanderson@easnet.com
Kim Williams, Secretary
847-4635
kwilliams@dtgnet.com
Tom Mortland, Legal Council
988-0715
thmort@aol.com

Chapter Services Center
909 N. Main St.
PO Box 863
Mitchell, SD 57301
Phone # 605-996-6308
Fax 605-996-6322
sdjaycees@excite.com
www.sdjaycees.org
Office hours
Monday - Friday
9am - 3pm
Executive Secretary
Pam Stransky

Presidential Points
25 points for presenting 3 new member adds during Membership portion of general membership meeting.

May
11-12 1^st Trimester Convention
25 – State Mailing Articles due
31 – Close out & Early Retention

June
20-23 National Convetion – Dayton OHIO
25 – State Mailing Articles due
28 – Close out & Early Retention

Make checks payable to J&B Screen Printing. 
Please mail the order form & check to:

Jaycee Camp for the Exceptional is seeking to hire additional counselors for the summer months. We are primarily seeking college students wishing to spend a rewarding summer working with fellow college students and people with disabilities.

These 8-week positions are paid, with free room and board, and the potential to earn college credits through Augustana college.  The position descriptions are available at
http://www.sdjaycees.org/
jccamp/summer_jobs.htm

Western Whispers from West DD-Janet Naasz

Sturgis has guests attend monthly meeting.  During the regular monthly meeting of the Sturgis Jaycees, they had the pleasure of having special guests in attendance. Not only were both DD's there, RD, but the Presidential Candidate for 2002, John Nygren with his traveling buddy, Keene Winters. During the meeting John was asked to address the members. During his presentation he shared his ideas for the Jaycees. One of them was making the Jaycees more diversified through the membership aspect. It was a honor to have him at the meeting & getting a first hand view of his future plans. John, if you read this, thanks for coming & sharing your time & ideas with us. Good Luck!!

Chapters and Executive Team, Please submit any and all pictures you may have for the May Boards slide show to:

Rhonda Weidner
47378 SD Hwy 50
Elk Point, SD 57025.

Thanks!
Rhonda

Greetings South Dakota Jaycees,

Go out and make some "Thunder",
Todd J. Weber
NERD

I saw this little quote the other day and it made me think about the program that I am running. The quote is from a gentleman named Joe Sabah, "You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great". What better way to get your new members started in their Jaycee carrer than to bring them to convention in Aberdeen and ask them to participate in the newtimers program. It is a simple and fun way for them to get a start in Jaycees. Local presidents, vice presidents, and anyone else who reads this, please let your new members know about this.

See ya in Aberdeen,
Hammertime

Jo Wahle
Recruitment & Orientation Program Manager

Hello, I would like to thank Chamberlain, Mitchell, and Winner for their membership efforts. In April Chamberlain had 100% retention. Winner finished at plus 3. Mitchell at plus 4. These accomplishments gave the South Central region at plus 7 for the month and year. Thank you and keep up the good work! Mitchell will be having local Diamond skills May 5th at 8:00(Cadwell park). Winner’s to be determined. Chamberlains will be May 9th at 4:00.

Chamberlain good job on the Easter Egg hunt,

800 eggs gone in 10 minutes, WOW! See you around JC's

SCRD Bryan Titze

May 19^th @ 6pm
(rain date May 26^th)

The Best fun you will ever have!!!!
If you like to Golf, you’ll love this!

Cost is 20.00 per person.
This covers green fees, glow ball,  and all you can eat cookout.  You can buy drinks at the course.

Bring your better half, bring a friend, bring a prospective new member.

Jeff Rabbitt @ 232-3063

Way to go South Dakota Jaycees!!!!! Doesn’t it feel great to grow for the first four months of the year??? Pat yourselves on the back for a job well done. I am proud of each one who went out to make the South Dakota Jaycees the best state chapter we can be.

Now that we have taken the time to recruit new members, there needs to be a focus on keeping those members interested. What are the new members expecting to get out of joining the Jaycees?? Did they join to meet people? Did they join to take advantage of the leadership skills? Or did they join to just have fun? It is the chapter’s responsibility to give them as many opportunities to take advantage of this great organization.

One of the ways is through the Individual Development Programming Area. Through Speak-Up, Write-Up, S/B/A, Jeopardy, and Family Life programs, individual members are given the nuggets they need to improve themselves, however, as important as these programs are there also needs to be other ways of educating individuals on an unlimited array of topics. Members might be interested in financial, stress, or time management. They could be interested in how to landscape their yard, minor home improvements, or how to get a home improvement loan. Members may also be interested in scuba diving, parachute jumping, or water skiing. All of these are ways to give your members self-improvement nuggets, but you won’t know what nuggets will benefit which members unless you ask them. So here is a challenge set forth to all those chapters who are benefiting from adding new individuals to their chapter. Find out what they want, what they like to do, and how they could bring something to those other members in the chapter. Maybe you just recruited a professional landscaper and you don’t even know it!!

I look forward to seeing all of you at convention in a couple of days. Thanks to all the chapters who are giving the members nuggets in the state programming areas at convention. I appreciate your willingness to get competitors registered early.

Please contact Program Managers if you need anything. They are all willing to help with their particular program. By the way, would anyone be interested in helping with the S/B/A programming area?? Contact me via e-mail at sdelzer@dtgnet.com.

Best Regards,
Beth Delzer—2001 IDVP

CPG JUDGING at Boards will be Friday night @ 8:00pm. CPG's will need to be dropped off @ the registration table no later than 8:00pm Friday. Any chapters having CPG's judged will need at least one person from their chapter or a proxy judging in order for their CPG's to get judged. Any question contact Deb Webb @ 605-363-3683 or deb.w@design-tanks.com

Patricia Kontz
Program Manager

Hot Shot Bid is due at the Executive Board Meeting on Friday Night May 11^th at Convention.

Hi everyone. I hope you are all drying out and enjoying the good weather.  Boards are coming up soon and we need to keep the momentum in our state going. In Colton, our busiest time is coming up soon so I am sure yours is also. Keep strong and if something bothers you enough to get real upset talk to the person that made you mad. It may be a small disagreement or just miscommunication. When we are busy we sometimes overlook potential problems in personal relationships, have faith in your relationship and
resolve problems don't ignore them and let them get bigger.
Enough of the preaching. 

As the one living in the house of the President, I will be assembling a scrapbook so Rick's whirlwind year can be documented.  If you have pictures you would like added bring them to boards or I can tell you how big the pages are and you can make a page for him. I will also bring it to boards to have you sign it. You may want to do it in May or wait until February. But take the opportunity to look through the few pages I have done. Rick will be able to look upon his success and our success as a team and be proud of the state of South Dakota.

See you soon.

Tammy Huntimer
First Lady of the South Dakota Jaycees

Dear SD Jaycees:

This time of the year keeps me busy and waiting for the school year to end. Why? The kids are starting to become restless as are some of the teachers:) I thought I would send some helpful writing tips to each and every one of you and hope that you will in turn, pass this on to your members who may not receive this mailing.

Here are the "Top 10" Reason to Write:
10. To become a wealthy author (or not)
9. To impress a certain guy or girl (okay that is for some of us single folks)
8. To compose CREATIVE excuses why we can't do something
7. To fill up a notebook (like we have all this extra time)
6. TO BE DIFFERENT (and you know who you are)
5. To become a better thinker and learner
4. To share your experiences and ideas (we learn best from those around us)
3. To improve performance
2. To get ready for the next step in life, whatever that may be
...and the number 1 reason : To help you shape a meaningful life.

To help your writing become more alive, try to use the following traits:
1. Focus - Keep it simple, if you need one word to describe something, use one word
2. Concreteness - Be precise and colorful. Make your reader see, hear and feel things. Use specific terms over generic ones.
3. Vitality - Writing is lively, it crackles with energy. There are signs of emotion and intensity, speak honestly and share personal experiences.
4. Originality - Writing is fresh and original and involves risk taking even if it is negative in definition ( what soemthing is not instead of what it is).
5. Grace - Writint contains no unnecessary bumbs or rough spots. It links important ideas from sentence to sentence and from paragraph to paragraph. It reads smoothly.
6. Commitment - Writing that begins and ends with commitment. If you feel strongly about a writing idea, give it the proper attention.
7. Structure - Make sure that you have a clear beginning, middle and ending. The opening should gain your reader's attention and should identify the focus that you will develop in the main part of the paper. The middle is the heart of the essay and the closing should tie all of the important points together and draw a conclusion for the reader.
Leave the reader with a clear understanding as to what was said.
I hope this offers a little help to those who struggle at writing. I am not the expert on this topic, but I do teach students how to write creatively while still maintaining the rules. If you are ever in need of
help, look withing to find the best writing source. If that fails, call a friend. They can always pick you back up.

"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere." - Tim McGraw

Shanon Brinkman
Write-Up

Included in this year’s Summerfest are:

• Car Show (19 classes): Registration is 10:00 am to noon.  Show time will be Noon to 4:00 pm.
• Carnival: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
• Craft Show: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Dunk Tank: 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
• Mud Volleyball: Registration is 11:00 am to noon. Tournament begins at noon.
• Pork Roast Dinner: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
• Street Dance: 8:00 pm to 1:00 pm (don’t forget Beer Bobbin’ !!)
• Fireworks Display: 10:00 pm

Additional event will be Bungee Bull Riding; don’t miss the rodeo during the dance.

For more information on this event, or to register for the Car Show, Mud Volleyball, or the Craft Show

South Dakota Jaycees,

This is getting to be like old hat… CONGRATULATIONS ON ANOTHER GREAT MEMBERSHIP MONTH!!! I must admit that I was nervous after the first 2 months, wondering if we could keep up the momentum and continue to grow. YOU have proven that we CAN, and together we have 4 straight months of growth!!! Everyone at NCI praised us for being the TOP GROWTH STATE last month. It was then that I realized that we have what it takes… a great team, working together to spread the word about Jaycees to everyone we know!! Of course, we now have lots of other states watching us very closely. That’s okay, because we have shown for 4 months that we are on a mission to grow each and every month, and bring the South Dakota Jaycees to more people than ever!!

Our time to celebrate these successes is coming up quickly. Bring as many people as possible to May Convention—I know you have lots of new members to bring for Newtimers and John Hammer is ready for them!! It will be a great weekend; full of competitions, training, and recognition for the hard work you have done in this most exciting first trimester!!! Reminder, turn in 3 new members at the general membership meeting to receive 25 presidential incentive points. We will also be unveiling the 2^nd Trimester recruiting incentives!

Proud to serve!
Mary Krizan, Membership Vice President

District Director Dave

Hello Jaycees

How are you? I had a great time with the NCI (North Central Insatiate) in Deadwood. Well the Southeast has been growing in great numbers. Thanks for all of your support.

• Alcester chapter’s meeting in May well be on the 27th Monday at 7:00 PM in the Alcester Steak House.
• Brandon chapter is busy raising funds for their new City Library. Their Brick sale is May 5th. They also have their Sandbox Fill on the 12th of May.
• Elk Point Jefferson chapter is having a Circus on June 16th in Elk Point.
• Marion Area Chapter is having a Chislic Feed on June 15th and a walk-a-Thon on the 16th.
• Vermillion Chapter has selected their executive team in April. Watch for there success in coming months.
• Lennox Chapter’s first meeting was back on the 30th of May. You are going to half to wait until next month for the latest on the brand new chapter.

Well Good Luck to ya. Well see you in Aberdeen at the State Convention.
Dave Pond, South East District Director

The On-To registration is $60.00 and the membership includes: 2 T-Shirts, 2 Trading Pins, and all the food and beverages you can consume at the SD Jaycees Hospitality Room in Dayton! J

ON TO DAYTON!

Proud to Be…

PLEASE GET YOUR ONTO REGISTRATION FORMS AND MONEY TO  LAURA SNOW ASAP!!!! THANKS!!!!

South Dakota has been know to have THE BEST hospitality room at National Convention! Help us to continue that tradition by taking part in the ONTO fundraising efforts at State Convention in Aberdeen and by submitting your ONTO registration form and money as soon as possible! We can’t make plans without your help and information! THANKS!!!!!!

South Dakota Jaycee State co-ed Volleyball Tournament

Hosted by the
SiouxFalls Jaycees
Saturday, July 28th
10:00 A.M.
Riverdale Park ,SiouxFalls

$50.00 Registration [Post marked byJune 30th] No entries after this date

Tournament rules

*Teams made up of at least three women
*Double elimination

Winner will receive trophy

Check out www.angelfire.com/sd/siouxfallsjaycees for more details

Entry form

Chapter Name________________________________________________________

Team Captain________________________________________________________

Address_____________________________________________________________

Phone______________________________________________________________

Team Members

__________________________ _____________________________

__________________________ _____________________________

__________________________ _____________________________

__________________________ _____________________________

Ramada Inn Aberdeen, SD May 11-13