So, there went March.
It was pretty insane.
I've been posting quite a few blog posts from certain assignments that I've deemed interesting enough to get their own blog post. (Truth be told, I've probably covered more assignments that I would deem important enough, but I wont bore you all with EVERYTHING I think is interesting.)
That was a big sentence in parenthesis, huh? Probably unnecessary.
Anyway, this post contains photos ranging from assignments like the St. Patrick's Day Parade here in Sioux Falls, S.D., to the 2014 Dan Lennon Invitational track meet at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D.
There's also a trip to the Children's Museum of South Dakota in Brookings, S.D., represented in here.
Enough chit chat, though, enjoy some photos.
Thanks for looking.
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| Zachary Wimberly, 5, climbs on the clouds Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at the Children's Museum of South Dakota in Brookings, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Phelan Newhouse, 4, of Colfax, Wis., waits for his grandma to pick out items while playing in the Market Fresh Grocery with his grandma, Mary Malo, of Brookings, S.D., Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at the Children's Museum of South Dakota in Brookings, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Kjerstin Miller, 2, climbs down from a stool while playing in the Auto Shop on Kid Street Wednesday, March 5, 2014, at the Children's Museum of South Dakota in Brookings, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Carl Wynja, who has been a Lutheran Social Services school-based mentor for 21 years, plays basketball with Hawthorne Elementary school 4th-grader, Aroda Mehretab, during a school-based mentoring time on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at Hawthorne Elementary School in Sioux Falls. Lutheran Social Services is looking to recruit 500 more school-based mentors in the next three years. School-based mentors spend an hour a week one-on-one with middle school and elementary school students, where they have lunch, chat, play games, read or work on school work. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Carl Wynja, who has been a Lutheran Social Services school-based mentor for 21 years, reads to Hawthorne Elementary school 4th-grader, Aroda Mehretab, during a school-based mentoring time on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at Hawthorne Elementary School in Sioux Falls. Lutheran Social Services is looking to recruit 500 more school-based mentors in the next three years. School-based mentors spend an hour a week one-on-one with middle school and elementary school students, where they have lunch, chat, play games, read or work on school work. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Aroda Mehretab, a Hawthorne Elementary School 4th-grader, runs the bases while playing a game of kickball as Carl Wynja, who has been a Lutheran Social Services school-based mentor for 21 years, looks on during a school-based mentoring time on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at Hawthorne Elementary School in Sioux Falls. Lutheran Social Services is looking to recruit 500 more school-based mentors in the next three years. School-based mentors spend an hour a week one-on-one with middle school and elementary school students, where they have lunch, chat, play games, read or work on school work. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Carl Wynja, who has been a Lutheran Social Services school-based mentor for 21 years, reads to Hawthorne Elementary school 4th-grader, Aroda Mehretab, during a school-based mentoring time on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at Hawthorne Elementary School in Sioux Falls. Lutheran Social Services is looking to recruit 500 more school-based mentors in the next three years. School-based mentors spend an hour a week one-on-one with middle school and elementary school students, where they have lunch, chat, play games, read or work on school work. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Gloria Houle, who is in her third year as a Lutheran Social Services school-based mentor, laughs while talking with Patrick Henry 6th-grader, Aria Friederich, during a school-based mentoring time on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at Patrick Henry Middle School in Sioux Falls. Lutheran Social Services is looking to recruit 500 more school-based mentors in the next three years. School-based mentors spend an hour a week one-on-one with middle school and elementary school students, where they have lunch, chat, play games, read or work on school work. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Carey Miller, a Lawyer at Woods, Fuller, Shultz and Smith, poses for a portrait on Thursday, March 13, 2014, in Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Rebecca Vande Braak, a junior at Washington High School, works on homework with Alex Hixon, also a junior, in the library on Friday, March 14, 2014, after school at Washington High School in Sioux Falls. The Sioux Falls School District wants to have the high school libraries open for certain periods of time to encourage students to read over the Summer. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Alex Hixon, a junior at Washington High School, works on homework after school in the library on Friday, March 14, 2014, at Washington High School in Sioux Falls. The Sioux Falls School District wants to have the high school libraries open for certain periods of time to encourage students to read over the Summer. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Construction crews with Limoges Construction use power trowels to smooth out concrete while working on one of the largest concrete pours in Sioux Falls on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at a construction site of a new apartment building near Costco in Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Jaime Mendoza, with Limoges Construction, smooths out concrete while working on one of the largest concrete pours in Sioux Falls on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, at a construction site of a new apartment building near Costco in Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Lian Zea, of Sioux Falls, who walks almost every day despite the weather, avoids a puddle while walking along the Big Sioux River on the bike path on Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Sioux Falls. "I've only missed one day this Winter," Zea said. "I'm kind of proud of that." (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Drew Gaspar, 9, gets his head shaved by Elizabeth Hofer for charity during a head-shaving event for St. Baldrick's Foundation, a charity organization that funds childhood cancer research, on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at the Pizza Ranch on 41st Street in Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Daniel Schneider gets his head shaved by Kristen Benz for charity during a head-shaving event for St. Baldrick's Foundation, a charity organization that funds childhood cancer research, on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at the Pizza Ranch on 41st Street in Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Costco stocker, Travis Johnston stocks tomatoes in the produce section before the store opens on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Carla Roehrich, a registered nurse and teacher at the Careers and Technical Education Academy, demonstrates areas where injections can be given during a pharmacology lesson on Friday, March 7, 2014, during a Health Careers class at CTE Academy in Sioux Falls. Roehrich is leaving the school district at the end of this year to go back to working as a registered nurse because of the low teacher pay, she said. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Carla Roehrich, a registered nurse and teacher at the Careers and Technical Education Academy, helps Jurgen Bolanos (left), 17, give an injection to an orange as Walker Schmidt, also 17, looks on during a pharmacology lesson on Friday, March 7, 2014, during a Health Careers class at CTE Academy in Sioux Falls. Roehrich is leaving the school district at the end of this year to go back to working as a registered nurse because of the low teacher pay, she said. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Larisa DeBoer (upper right corner), 19, a Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation employee, looks on as kids play Apples to Apples on Friday, March 7, 2014, at the Morningside Community center in Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Bryon Middleton, with MediaOne, works on decorating a hay bale as a toilet paper roll on Friday, March 14, 2014, near the Parks and Recreation building at the Corner of Phillips Avenue and Sixth Street in downtown Sioux Falls. The bale is part of the Stop the #2 Killer campaign for the Department of Health and colorectal cancer awareness month--which is March--by MediaOne urging people to get screened for colorectal cancer, the number two killing cancer in South Dakota, Sharon Knoll, with MediaOne, said. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| A South Dakota Air National Guard F-16 flies over downtown Sioux Falls on Friday, March 14, 2014. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| St. Patrick's Day Parade grand marshal Patrick Gustaf paints a green shamrock Phillips Avenue before the parade on Friday, March 14, 2014, in downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| The Khartum Pipes and Drums group from Winnipeg perform during the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday, March 14, 2014, in downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Brian Flynn carries an Irish Flag for the Mrs. Murphy's Irish Gifts Store float during the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday, March 14, 2014, in downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| A "Kiss me I'm Irish" logo on the Scarborough Auto Sales and Motor Sports float during the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday, March 14, 2014, in downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Parade-goers look on from windows above the Cookie Jar during the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday, March 14, 2014, in downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Hundreds of people turned out for the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday, March 14, 2014, in downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Jay Blau, 5, sits in Nick Blau's lap in the Loyd Companies truck during the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday, March 14, 2014, in downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| A shamrock decoration on the ground before the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Friday, March 14, 2014, in downtown Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether speaks during the 2014 Municipal Election Candidate Forum on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Carnegie Town Hall in downtown Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Sioux Falls Mayoral candidate Greg Jamison holds up a pledge for Mayor Mike Huether to sign during the 2014 Municipal Election Candidate Forum on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Carnegie Town Hall in downtown Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Sioux Falls Mayoral candidate Greg Jamison speaks during the 2014 Municipal Election Candidate Forum on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at Carnegie Town Hall in downtown Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Firefighters with Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue battle a structure fire on the 1900 Block of North Tom Bill Place on Monday, March 17, 2014, in Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Firefighters with Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue battle a structure fire on the 1900 Block of North Tom Bill Place on Monday, March 17, 2014, in Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Firefighters with Sioux Falls Fire and Rescue battle a structure fire on the 1900 Block of North Tom Bill Place on Monday, March 17, 2014, in Sioux Falls Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Aaron Jenkins, 10, works on a matryoshka doll-themed card during Worldly Wednesday, a part of the Passport Program, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the Prairie West branch of the Siouxland Libraries in Sioux Falls. The Passport Program is an after school program where children make a paper passport and stamp it with different locations that they learn about. The program aims to teach kids about cultures around the world in an attempt to make children more respectful of diversity within their own communities, said Alesha Krumwiede, a library assistant at the Prairie West branch. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Tristin Dam, 8, works on a matryoshka doll-themed card during Worldly Wednesday, a part of the Passport Program, on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, at the Prairie West branch of the Siouxland Libraries in Sioux Falls. The Passport Program is an after school program where children make a paper passport and stamp it with different locations that they learn about. The program aims to teach kids about cultures around the world in an attempt to make children more respectful of diversity within their own communities, said Alesha Krumwiede, a library assistant at the Prairie West branch. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Sisseton's Matthew Nieland goes up for a shot over Sioux Valley defenders during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Sisseton defeated Sioux Valley 50 to 37. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Sisseton's Matthew Nieland (34) works to keep the ball from Sioux Valley's Cole Hauge (10) during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Sisseton defeated Sioux Valley 50 to 37. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Sioux Valley's Spencer Hanson (34) goes up for a shot over Sisseton defenders during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Sisseton defeated Sioux Valley 50 to 37. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Mary Wright, left, and Justin Grass Rope, both of Lower Brule, S.D., take in the sights and sounds of the Big Sioux River on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Falls Park in Sioux Falls. The city of Sioux Falls has announced it is intensifying its efforts to improve water quality of the Big Sioux River. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Jordan Holt picks up a six pack on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at Sid's Crown Liquor, which will be closing sometime in the near future, in downtown Sioux Falls. A closing date hasn't been set, but owner Paul Damyan said it would be closed in less than a month. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Tea Area's Jordan Fechner (11) passes the ball around Pine Ridge's Jesse Brown (11) during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Tea Area defeated Pine Ridge 70 to 69 in overtime. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Tea Area's Cooper Hansen (33) drives past Pine Ridge's Jesse Brown (11) during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Tea Area defeated Pine Ridge 70 to 69 in overtime. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Pine Ridge's Jeff LeBeau takes a shot over Tea Area's Tarin Smallfield (53) and Gunnar Ensz (24) during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Tea Area defeated Pine Ridge 70 to 69 in overtime. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Tea Area fans, including, from left, Shannyn Tate, 18, Rashaan Sykes, 18, and Jennifer Kersh, 17, cheer for their team during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game against Pine Ridge on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Tea Area defeated Pine Ridge 70 to 69 in overtime. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Tea Area's Brett Herr, second from right, looks up at the scoreboard during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game against Pine Ridge on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Tea Area defeated Pine Ridge 70 to 69 in overtime. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Tea Area's Taylor Roemen (55) reacts after Gunnar Ensz (24) scored during a State "A" Boys Basketball Tournament game against Pine Ridge on Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Sioux Falls Arena in Sioux Falls. Tea Area defeated Pine Ridge 70 to 69 in overtime. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| University of South Dakota president, Jim Abbott, speaks during a press conference announcing former Nebraska assistant basketball coach, Craig Smith, as the new USD head Men's Basketball coach on Monday, March 24, 2014, in the Muenster University Center on the USD campus in Vermillion, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Craig Smith, the new USD head Men's Basketball coach, speaks with reporters after a press conference announcing the former Nebraska assistant coach as the new USD head coach on Monday, March 24, 2014, in the Muenster University Center on the USD campus in Vermillion, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Runners, including Harrisburg's Alex Johnson, left, participate in the girls 60-meter dash during the 2014 Dan Lennon Invitational Track Meet on Monday, March 24, 2014, at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Roosevelt's Amber Hopkins participates in the girls 60-meter hurdles during the 2014 Dan Lennon Invitational Track Meet on Monday, March 24, 2014, at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Sioux Valley's Landon Stevens runs in the boys 60-meter dash during the 2014 Dan Lennon Invitational Track Meet on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Hinton's Josh Conley competes in the boys high jump during the 2014 Dan Lennon Invitational Track Meet on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Mike DeWeerd, right, cheers for his daughter, Sioux Falls Christian's Megan DeWeerd, left, as she competes in the girls 1600 sprint medley during the 2014 Dan Lennon Invitational Track Meet on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Canton's Thomas Woods runs in the boys 3200-meter run during the 2014 Dan Lennon Invitational Track Meet on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the DakotaDome in Vermillion, S.D. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
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| Governor Dennis Daugaard mingles with supporters before announcing his candidacy for a second term as the Governor of South Dakota on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at the Holiday Inn City Centre in downtown Sioux Falls. (Joe Ahlquist / Argus Leader) |
