Miranda Malo
Livestock eval team reclaims title
When it comes to evaluating cattle, sheep and pigs – alive or in the cooler – SDSU students are champions. SDSU’s 11-member livestock evaluation team placed first in the National Meat Animal Evaluation Contest in Brookings March 24-26. Last year’s team also placed on top, making this the first consecutive win by a Jackrabbit team since the competition began in the 1960s.
Flex-fuel vehicles run clean, save money
Driving certain cars, pickups and sports utility vehicles could save you 15 to 25 cents a gallon each time you fuel up. Flex-fuel vehicles can burn gasoline, up to 85 percent ethanol or any combination of the two. The savings add up because E-85 (fuel that’s 85 percent made from corn) is historically less pricey than traditional gasoline.
Hy-Vee to add Starbucks, pharmacy
Hy-Vee in Brookings is expanding to make room for a host of new offerings, like Starbucks coffee, Chinese Express restaurant and Thrifty White Drug. Construction of the 10,000 square-foot addition began Feb. 20 and is expected to take only 6 or 7 months to complete.
Mad Jack’s to open new restaurant
Mad Jack’s Deli and Grill, currently situated in the Brickwood Plaza, will open a second location in March. The new restaurant, at 1300 South Main St., is patterned after the original, said Leah Brink, Mad Jack’s co-owner and general manager. “It will be the same sort of feel,” said Brink, commenting that the decor will contain a similar “collected mix of interesting artifacts.
Dairy Bar ice cream hits state
The dairy plant on campus nearly doubled its production of ice cream last year by selling around 15,000 gallons to South Dakota Made Stores, Inc. The stores, formerly located in Bristol, Hill City and Miller, have sold vanilla, chocolate, cookies and cream and strawberry revel since April 2004.
Local retailers offer treat, too
Sometimes ice cream cravings don’t fall between the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, when the SDSU dairy bar is open. Area businesses can satisfy that attack. Country Kitchen, the Barrel Drive-in and the Lodge Espresso and Coffee Shop serve varying flavors of SDSU ice cream.
Little I events set to kick off
Students who are interested in showing and fitting livestock, or learning how to, should attend the Little International livestock drawing on Wednesday, Feb. 16 in Rotunda D. By participating in the 8 p.m. drawing, students register themselves for competition in the Little International agriculture exposition, held March 18 to 19.
Women, men have lost traditional values
Okay ladies, here’s a pop quiz: If a man opens the door for you, you: (A) don’t think anything of it, after all that’s what men are supposed to do: (B) are flattered by such a gentlemanly acts or (C) are taken back, appalled -how degrading that he doesn’t think you can open the door for yourself! Unfortunately, this situation doesn’t happen too often anymore because too many women answer C.
Cheese sales hit $27,000
Imagine collecting $27,000 in less than a month. The SDSU Dairy Club does. From late November through the end of finals week, they run their annual cheese fundraiser, when they sell $27,000 worth of cheese and earn around $10,000 for their organization. “This was the first year we’ve offered them before Thanks- giving,” said Annie Milbrandt, dairy club president and cheese box chairperson.
E-85 cleaner and helps out economy
What if I told you there is a fuel available that is cheaper, burns cleaner, and helps our economy more than traditional gasoline? Well, there is. In recent weeks, while working on an article for the magazine writing course that I’m taking, I’ve come to a realization: very few people know anything about E-85.
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