Rick Knobe

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Angels Found On a Winter Road Trip

By Rick Knobe February 6, 2013

Last week I was on a winter road trip from Des Moines, Iowa to Bend, Oregon. The purpose was to assist a friend driving a new 24’ RV from the dealership to her home.

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Category: Articles, Rick Knobe, View Point University Tags: Angels, Bend Oregon, Des Moines, Gale Winds, Idaho, Iowa, Laramie Wyoming, Meat Hook Steak House, Nebraska, Oregon, RV, Utah

Sweeping Changes in S.D. Criminal Code Signed Into Law

By Rick Knobe February 6, 2013

Today Governor Dennis Daugaard signed SB 70 into law. "The South Dakota Public Safety Improvement Act(Criminal Justice Reform legislation)" changes the way many non violent criminals will be punished/treated by state courts and corrections systems.

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Category: Articles, Local News, Rick Knobe, South Dakota News, View Point University Tags: Attorney General Marty Jackley, Chief Justice David Gilbertson, Criminal Justice Laws, SB 70, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard, South Dakota Legislature

Bill to Balance Child Custody Good for Children of Divorce, Society

By Rick Knobe February 5, 2013

PIERRE - Monday, the Senate State Affairs Committee agreed to send to the Senate floor, SB 125. This bill deals with the delicate, tricky, and usually very stressful issue of parenting the kids after a divorce.

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Category: Articles, Local News, Rick Knobe, South Dakota News, View Point University

South Dakota House Taxation Committee Considers Removing State Sales Tax on Grocery Food

By Rick Knobe February 5, 2013

In Pierre, on 7:45 Thursday Morning, the House Taxation Committee will hear testimony on HB 1154. If passed by the legislature and signed by the Governor, the state will remove the 4% state share of tax on food items

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Category: Local News, Rick Knobe, South Dakota News, View Point University Tags: Governor Dennis Daugaard, Grocery food, HB 1154, Healthy Food, House Taxation Committee, junk food, Obese, State Sales tax

The President Should Host Pick-up Games and Sleep Overs

By Rick Knobe January 22, 2013

The President can't lead us from outside the arena. He has to stay in the game, get sweaty and even muddy.

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Category: Articles, News, Rick Knobe, US/World, View Point University Tags: Air Force One, Fiscal Cliff, Gun Violence, President Obama, Sen. John Thune, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sleep Overs, Speaker John Boehner, Vice President Joe Biden

Cinema Falls is Back with Independent Movies in 2013

By Rick Knobe January 22, 2013

Cinema Falls, the group showing independent movies in Sioux Falls, is opening the curtain on a new season. Sunday Jan. 27th, at the Icon Lounge, the feature is "Shorts in Winter."

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Category: Articles, Community, Local News, Rick Knobe Tags: "Shorts in Winter", Augustana College Sioux Falls, Cinema Falls, David Wolter, DreamWorks, Icon Lounge, Independent Film Series, Julie Anderson Friesen

South Dakota Legislature Considers Handing Down an Unfunded Mandate

By Rick Knobe January 21, 2013

A Legislative mandate may be coming at the South Dakota High School Activities Association. It is HB 1088. It is six lines long with seven sponsors.

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Category: Articles, Local News, Rick Knobe, View Point University Tags: Event site selection, HB 1088, South Dakota High School Activities Association, South Dakota Legislature, unfunded mandate

Guns in South Dakota Schools Proposal to be heard Wednesday in Pierre

By Rick Knobe January 21, 2013

The South Dakota House Education Committee will discuss HB 1087 at 7:15 Wednesday morning in room 413 of the State Capitol. If passed as currently written, local school boards would have the authority to designate an employee to possess, or carry, a firearm on school property.

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Category: Articles, Local News, News, Rick Knobe, View Point University Tags: Firearm, HB 1087, S.D. House Education Committee, School Sentinel Bill, South Dakota Legislature, South Dakota Local School Boards

Too Many Elk at Wind Cave National Park: A Solution

By Rick Knobe January 14, 2013

Rather than pushing the excess elk problem to somebody else here is an idea: bring back the wolf. Wolves like elk meat. They are good at culling herds. Wolves take out the weak, old, and slow. Strong elk survive.

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Category: Local News, Rick Knobe, View Point University Tags: Elk, State Parks, Wind Cave National Park, Wolves

Small Solutions for a Big Budget Problem

By Rick Knobe January 14, 2013

I do not know the sources of revenue for the following programs, but here are three which could be eliminated with no damage to the country.

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Category: Articles, Local News, Rick Knobe, US/World, View Point University Tags: Budget, Debt ceiling, Senator John Thune

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