| December
22, 2005 |
|
November
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
Representative
Herseth and Sioux Falls Public Works Director Kevin Smith pose in
front of a cross section of the 52" pipe that will carry Missouri
River water from the Lewis and Clark Rural Water System well field
south of
Vermillion to municipal and rural water customers in three states.
The Congresswoman met with LCRWS and local officials
on December 22 for an update on the pipeline's construction, and
to discuss future funding needs.
|
|
Rep. Herseth at the Aberdeen
Airport to dedicate a new statue honoring veterans on Veterans Day,
2005. |
| |
|
|
| August
20, 2005 |
|
August
20, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Gary Gisi, Bo Arender, Loretta Gisi Forrest, and
Sheila Mulder meet with Rep. Herseth at
the Gisi Pheasant Farm in Ipswich. |
|
Visiting the started, penned birds at the Gisi
Pheasant Farm in Ipswich. |
| |
|
|
| August
20, 2005 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Representative Herseth in Mobridge, discussing
Missouri River issues |
|
|
| |
|
|
| August
19, 2005 |
|
August
19, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Jean Bennet and Rep. Herseth meet at
Wylie Park in Aberdeen to discuss Experience Works. |
|
Tom Merkel and Gabriel Young, Experience Works
participants with Rep. Herseth at Wylie
Park in Aberdeen. |
| |
|
|
| August
19, 2005 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth visits
with constituents at the Brown County Fair in Aberdeen. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| August
19, 2005 |
|
August
19, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth talks with Michael Bockorny
and Rachel Hansen of NSU Foundation. |
|
Rep. Herseth talks with
Dr. Schloss, President of NSU and Mayor Levsen of Aberdeen at a
Chamber luncheon. |
| |
|
|
| August
17, 2005 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Rep. Herseth with the
South Dakota Division of the Midwest Dairy Association Dairy Princess
at Dakota Fest in Mitchell.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| August
15, 2005 |
|
August
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Representative
Stephanie Herseth hosted a Methamphetamine Policy Form in Watertown,
in the Council Chambers at the City Hall. |
|
Detective Brian DeJong from the Watertown
Police Department delivers statistics proving the severity of Methamphetamine
use to Congresswomen Herseth as well as the other six panelists
during her Methamphetamine form in Watertown. |
| |
|
|
| August
15, 2005 |
|
August
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth discusses the Watertown Fire Departments role in the community
and the boundaries they are required to respond to. |
|
Rep.
Herseth talks with Tyler McElhany of the Watertown Fire Department
about the FY07 SAFER and FIRE Acts. |
| |
|
|
| August
15, 2005 |
|
August
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth speaks at
the 3M Plant's Awards Ceremony in Brookings. |
|
Rep. Herseth with Brookings Mayor
Scott Munsterman and 3M Plant Manager Mike Magneson. |
| |
|
|
| August
15, 2005 |
|
August
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
Rep. Herseth presenting
a flag to the Arlington Mayor in recognition
of their 125th Birthday celebration this
year.
|
|
Rep. Herseth presenting
a flag to the Arlington Mayor in recognition
of their 125th Birthday celebration this
year. |
| |
|
|
| August
15, 2005 |
|
August
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth talks
to the Brookings County Farmers Union at Pioneer Park in
Brookings. |
|
Rep. Herseth talks to the Brookings
County Farmers Union at Pioneer Park in Brookings. |
| |
|
|
| August
15, 2005 |
|
August
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth meets with
the Brookings Boys and Girls Club. |
|
Rep. Herseth meets with the
Brookings Boys and Girls Club. |
| |
|
|
| August
15, 2005 |
|
August
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth speaks with the Brookings
Chamber of Commerce. |
|
U.S. Representative Stephanie Herseth meets with
three representatives of the Four Winds Native American Center that
just opened in Watertown. |
| |
|
|
| August
3, 2005 |
|
August
3, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth, Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Sen.
John Thune at an Commodity round table discussion in Sioux Falls.
|
|
Rep.
Herseth holds a Commodity round table discussion with Agriculture
Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte in Sioux Falls. |
| |
|
|
| August
3, 2005 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth and Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte tour
EROS Data Center. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| August
3, 2005 |
|
August
3, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth with Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Don
Endres, CEO of VeraSun Energy. |
|
Rep. Herseth
and Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte talk
with East River Electric Assistant General Manager Scott Parsley
during an Ag round table discussion in Brookings. |
| |
|
|
| August
3, 2005 |
|
August
3, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth and Agriculture Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte,
as they toured an ethanol plant in Wentworth, SD on August 3,
2005. |
|
Rep. Herseth, Agriculture Committee
Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Broin Management staff, members of LACP
and members of the Dakota Ethanol
Board at the Dakota Ethanol plant in
Wentworth, SD. |
| |
|
|
| August
3, 2005 |
|
August
3, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth,
Broin Management COO Jeff Lautt and Dakota Ethanol General
Manager Dean Frederickson at the Dakota Ethanol
plant in Wentworth, SD. |
|
Herseth talks with
Broin Management COO Jeff Lautt at the
Dakota Ethanol plant in Wentworth, SD. |
| |
|
|
July
2005 |
| |
|
|
| July
23, 2005 |
|
July
23, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth meets with Mayor Shannon Waldman in Onaka to talk about
the June 7th storm damage and the recent FEMA Disaster Declaration. |
|
Rep.
Herseth and John Hoffert, with the Onaka elevator, talk about how
the crops are looking in Faulk County. |
| |
|
|
| July
23, 2005 |
|
July
23, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth greets attendees at the
Granary Rural Cultural Center 10th Anniversary in Groton, SD. |
|
Rep. Herseth speaks with Connie Grote
at the Granary Rural Cultural Center 10th Anniversary in Groton,
SD. |
| |
|
|
| July
21, 2005 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth joined
with other members of the "30-Something"
caucus to talk about the potential negative effects of privatization
Social Security on younger workers. |
|
|
| |
|
|
July
16, 2005 |
|
July
16, 2005 |
| |
|
|
Rep.
Herseth participates in the Grand Entry at the 43rd Annual Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe Wacipi. |
|
Rep. Herseth greets Tribal President
Mark Allen at the 43rd Annual Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Wacipi. |
| |
|
|
July
16, 2005 |
|
July
16, 2005 |
| |
|
|
Rep. Herseth greets
dancers at the 43rd Annual Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Wacipi. |
|
Rep. Herseth greets
dancers at the 43rd Annual Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe Wacipi. |
| |
|
|
July
7, 2005 |
|
July
6, 2005 |
|
|
|
| Rep. Herseth meets with members
of the South Dakota Nurses Association of Brookings. |
|
Rep. Herseth, Rep. Hoyer, Sioux Falls Mayor Dave
Munson, and members of the Lewis and Clark Board of Directors view
dig sites between Sioux Falls and Tea on July 6, 2005. |
| |
|
|
July
6, 2005 |
|
July
6, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth and Rep. Steny Hoyer view dig sites between Sioux Falls
and Tea for the Lewis and Clark Water Project on July 6, 2005. |
|
Rep. Herseth
and Rep. Steny Hoyer view dig sites between Sioux Falls and Tea
for the Lewis and Clark Water Project on July 6, 2005. |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
July
6, 2005 |
|
July
6, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth is joined by Rep. Steny Hoyer, who represents Maryland's
fifth district and is the second ranking democrat in the U.S. House.
Reps. Herseth and Hoyer visited Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls on
July 6, 2005. |
|
Rep.
Herseth is joined by Rep. Steny Hoyer, who represents Maryland's
fifth district and is the second ranking democrat in the U.S. House.
Reps. Herseth and Hoyer visited Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls on
July 6, 2005. |
| |
|
|
July
5, 2005 |
|
July
5, 2005 |
|
|
|
| Rep. Herseth receives a tour of St.
Joseph's Indian School in Chamberlain. |
|
Rep. Herseth and students of St. Joseph's Indian
School in Chamberlain. |
| |
|
|
July
5, 2005 |
|
July
5, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth answers questions at an
Economic Development Luncheon in Presho. |
|
Rep. Herseth talks with Presho City Council Member
Dustin Smith following a roundtable discussion. |
| |
|
|
July
4, 2005 |
|
July
4, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth celebrates
Independence Day by participating in the Lead/ Deadwood parade. |
|
Bill Walsh of Deadwood drives Rep.
Herseth in the July 4th parade. |
| |
|
|
July
4, 2005 |
|
July
4, 2005 |
|
|
|
| Rep. Herseth greets the
crowd in the Spearfish Independence Day Parade. |
|
Rep. Herseth riding in the Spearfish
Independence Day parade. |
| |
|
|
July
4, 2005 |
|
July
4, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth
prepares to ride in the Belle Fourche Independence Day Parade. |
|
Rep. Herseth greets the crowd on horseback
in the Belle Fourche Independence Day Parade. |
| |
|
|
July
3, 2005 |
|
July
3, 2005 |
|
|
|
| The spectacular
fireworks display at Mount Rushmore, celebrating Independence Day. |
|
Rep. Herseth tours the dispatch center
with Mike Pflaum of the National Park Service at Mount Rushmore
National Memorial. |
| |
|
|
July
3, 2005 |
|
July
3, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Gerard
Baker, Mount Rushmore National Memorial Superintendent, and Rep.
Herseth enjoy the entertainment at the Independence Day celebration
at Mount Rushmore. |
|
Rep.
Herseth and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Bradford. Mr. Bradford worked with
Gutzon Borglum in carving Mount Rushmore. |
| |
|
|
July
3, 2005 |
|
July
3, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth speaks to a crowd of thousands
of spectators at the Mount Rushmore Independence Day Celebration.
|
|
Rep. Herseth speaks to a crowd of thousands of
spectators at the Mount Rushmore Independence Day Celebration. |
| |
|
|
July
2, 2005 |
|
July
2, 2005 |
|
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth receives a tour of the South Dakota Wildland Fire Suppression
Division Dispatch Center from Director Joe Lowe. |
|
Rep. Herseth looks over maps of the
Lady C Ranch with members of the Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation. |
| |
|
|
July
2, 2005 |
|
July
2, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| A
member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation points out elk habitat
within the Lady C Ranch. |
|
Rep. Herseth enjoys the beautiful Black
Hills vistas during the Lady C Ranch tour with members of the Rocky
Mountain Elk Foundation and officials of the U.S. Forest Service
and South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks. |
| |
|
|
July
2, 2005 |
|
July
2, 2005 |
|
|
|
| Rep. Herseth toured the Lady C Ranch
in Custer County with members of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
and officials from the U.S. Forest Service and South Dakota Department
of Game, Fish, and Parks. |
|
Rep. Herseth met with City of Custer
officials, including Mayor Harold Stickney. |
| |
|
|
July
2, 2005 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Joe Lowe, South Dakota
Wildland Fire Suppression Division Director, and Rep. Herseth review
information pertaining to fire danger in the Black Hills region. |
|
|
| |
|
|
June
2005 |
| |
|
|
June
28, 2005 |
|
June
23, 2005 |
|
|
|
| Rep. Herseth joins with
colleagues in support of an 8 billion gallon Renewable Fuels Standard,
on June 28, 2005 in the Longworth House Office Building. From left
to right Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-MN), Rep. Herseth, Agriculture Committee
Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Rep. Tom Osborne (R-NE) and Rep.
Jerry Moran (R-KS). |
|
Rep.
Herseth met with the Veterans Affairs Committee where they discussed
the budget modeling and methodologies used by the Department of
Veterans Affairs to develop and forecast veterans’ health care cost
and utilization projections for future years. |
| |
|
|
June
21, 2005 |
|
June
21, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth testifies at the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission
field hearing in Rapid City on June 21, 2005, arguing the military
value of Ellsworth AFB as leaders of the Ellsworth Task Force look
on. |
|
Rep.
Herseth, along with Gov. Mike Rounds, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Tim
Johnson, Rapid City Mayor Jim Shaw, and Lt. Gen. Thad Wolfe listen
to questions from the BRAC Commissioners at the June 21 field hearing
in Rapid City. |
| |
|
|
| June
19, 2005 |
|
June
19, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth tours the Olson Farm in rural Britton. The farm was hit
by a tornado on June 7, damaging grain bins, buildings, and their
home. |
|
Rep.
Herseth tours the Olson Farm in rural Britton. The farm was hit
by a tornado on June 7, damaging grain bins, buildings, and their
home. |
| |
|
|
| June
18, 2005 |
|
June
18, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth (3rd from
right) breaks ground for the Brookings Habitat for Humanity's Herseth
House. The Herseth House is being built as part of the “Congress
Building America” program which represents a cooperative effort
between Habitat for Humanity International, the U.S. Congress, the
Department of Housing and Urban Development and national corporate
and nonprofit sponsors. |
|
Rep.
Herseth is pictured with Nyla Smith and her daughters who will be
moving into the Habitat for Humanity's Herseth House once it is
completed. |
| |
|
|
| June
18, 2005 |
|
June
18, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth golf’s in the Habitat for Humanity's Home-on-the-Range Golf
Tournament at Brookings Country Club. |
|
Rep. Herseth with 'Team
Herseth' at the Habitat for Humanity Home-on-the-Range Golf Tournament.
|
| |
|
|
| June
15, 2005 |
|
June
15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth with baseball legend Tommy Lasorda at an event to highlight
the importance of Prostate Cancer screening and awareness. |
|
U.S.
Rep. Stephanie Herseth joins with leaders from rural states to discuss
the disproportionate affect of privatizing Social Security on Rural
America |
| |
|
|
| June
6, 2005 |
|
June
6, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth hosts a Veterans' Town Hall at the Watertown VFW Club. |
|
Rep.
Herseth hosts a Veterans' Town Hall at the Watertown VFW Club. |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| June
6, 2005 |
|
June
3, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth hosts a Veterans' Town Hall at the Watertown VFW Club. |
|
Rep.
Herseth speaks at the Inauguration of the new Girl's State Governor
in Vermillion, SD. |
| |
|
|
| June
3, 2005 |
|
June
2, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth hosts a Veterans' Town Hall at the Yankton VFW Club. |
|
Rep.
Herseth tours the the Pathology Lab in Sioux Falls. |
| |
|
|
| June
2, 2005 |
|
June
2, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth hosts a Veterans' Town Hall at the Sioux Falls VFW Club. |
|
Rep.
Herseth hosts a Veterans' Town Hall at the Sioux Falls VFW Club. |
| |
|
|
| June
2, 2005 |
|
June
1, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth speaks to a SDSU Focus Group focusing on "Improving
the Value and Utilization of Distillers Grains" in Brookings,
SD. |
|
Rep.
Herseth visits with staff of the Sisseton Boys and Girls Club after
touring the center. The building sustained fire, water, and smoke
damage from a May 7 fire. Pictured with Rep. Herseth are: Rev. Bob
Beasley, Director; Sherri Skjonsberg, Unit Director; and Julia Wollman,
Assistant Programmer. Rep. Herseth donated excess office equipment
to the center. |
| |
|
|
| June
1, 2005 |
|
June
1, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep. Herseth toured NESODAK
Campgrounds and learned about Camp Gilbert, a one week camp for
campers who have diabetes. Here she is shown accepting a picture
of last year’s campers and a Camp Gilbert t-shirt from camper Daniel
Hartung and his mother, Nancy. |
|
Rep. Herseth met with Valley
Queen Cheese executives Dave Gonzenbach and Mark Leddy following
a tour of the plant. She viewed a video that provided the history
of the plant. Dave and Mark represent the third generation of the
plant, founded by Alfred Gonzenbach and Alfred Nef in 1928. |
| |
|
|
| June
1, 2005 |
|
|
| |
|
|
Rep. Herseth is pictured with John Rasmussen,
CEO and Bill Torness, President; of Roberts County National Bank
in Sisseton.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
May
2005 |
| |
|
|
| May
31, 2005 |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth speaks to the South Dakota Boys State Assembly in Aberdeen,
SD. |
|
|
| |
|
|
| May
31, 2005 |
|
May
31, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Congresswoman
Herseth talks with sculptor Benjamin Victor about the third in a
series of statues for the War Memorial at the Aberdeen airport.
The female soldier depicts “Reflections and Emotions of the Aftermath”.
The soldier has a heavy pack on her back, symbolizing the burden
of war. She will be placing a rose on a soldier’s grave. Victor
is Artist in Residence at Northern State University. He is the youngest
artist to have a sculpture in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol
Building. |
| |
|
|
| May
30, 2005 |
|
May
30, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Placing
a wreath to commemorate veterans at the Cresbard Cemetary. |
|
Wayne
“Red” Vetter family met with Congresswoman Herseth at the Cresbard
Memorial Day service |
| |
|
|
| May
30, 2005 |
|
May
30, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Greeting
veterans and their families at the Aberdeen Memorial Day Service. |
|
Girl
Scout Troop #168 met with the Congresswoman at the Aberdeen Memorial
Day service. |
| |
|
|
| May
26, 2005 |
|
May
26, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth speaks in Washington D.C. on May 26, 2005 about her legislation
to pospone the implementation of BRAC recommendations. |
|
The
South Dakota congressional delegation and Maj. Gen. Francis D.
Vavala, adjutant general of Delaware, representing the Adjutants
General Association of the United States, fight to delay the BRAC
round and help save Ellsworth Air Force Base. |
| |
|
|
| May
15, 2005 |
|
May
14, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth participated in a walking tour of Mount Rushmore with
the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society. |
|
Rep.
Herseth on a horseback tour near Hot Springs. |
| |
|
|
| May
14, 2005 |
|
April
29, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth addresses the Disabled American Veterans Annual Convention
in Deadwood on May 14, 2005, relaying her concerns over the inadequately
funded Dept. of Veterans Affairs and issues related to the return
of disabled soldiers from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
|
Rep.
Herseth met with a group of SD School of Mines and Technology
students whose team recently won a national engineering competition
with their aircraft known as “The Stinger.” |
| |
|
|
| March
30, 2005 |
|
March
28, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth addresses a Social Security Forum in Spearfish in March,
2005 regarding the risks and high price of privatizing the Social
Security. |
|
Rep.
Herseth meets with tribal, community, and business leaders at
the SuAnne Big Crow Boys and Girls Club in Pine Ridge. |
| |
|
|
| March
28, 2005 |
|
March
12, 2005 |
| |
|
|
| Rep.
Herseth and members of the Porcupine Clinic Health Board in Porcupine. |
|
Rep.
Herseth leads a discussion on Social Security in Aberdeen. |
