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June 13, 2007

• 4/14-6/30 -- Sioux Falls Humane Society's Annual Calendar Contest
  
  enter at www.sfhumanesociety.com
  
  Sioux Falls, SD * 605-338-4441 * www.sfhumanesociety.com
  Contact: Heidi Hunter 338-4441 ext. 3 or heidi@sfhumanesociety.com
  Annual Calendar Contest: enter at www.sfhumanesociety.com
   
• 6/13-6/15 -- Day Out with Thomas 2008: The Great Discovery Tour
  1880 Train
  222 Railroad Avenue
  Hill City, SD 57745
  8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

  Classic storybook engine, Thomas the Tank Engine, is set to roll into 1880 TRAIN for the Day Out With Thomas 2008: The Great Discovery Tour, presented by HIT Entertainment, a worldwide leader in children’s entertainment and sponsored by The LEGO Group.  This fun-filled event offers preschoolers and their families the opportunity to take a ride with a 15-ton replica of Thomas the Tank Engine, star of the popular Thomas & Friends™ series. The tour, now in its 13^th year, will make stops in more than 45 US cities and is expected to welcome more than one million passengers in 2008.    

  Fans will rally to nominate Thomas to the “National Toy Hall of Fame” when he steams into Hill City, SD  on June 6-8 and 13-15, he will enlist the help of his friends on a brand-new adventure - his journey to the National Toy Hall of Fame®.   All attendees can add their name to the petition.  The National Toy Hall of Fame, at the Strong National Museum of Play®, in Rochester, NY, recognizes toys that have achieved Icon Status, having enjoyed popularity over multiple generations.  By signing a petition at any of the 2008 Day Out with Thomas Events, fans can help Thomas make tracks to The National Toy Hall of Fame.

  • A 25-minute (approximate) ride with Thomas the Tank Engine
  • An opportunity to meet Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of The Railway
  • Activities for the whole family, including arts & crafts, storytelling, video viewing, live music
  
  Tickets will be $18 for ages 2 and up and are available at www.ticketweb.com/thomas or by calling, toll-free, 866-468-7630.
   

• 6/13 -- Art Museum reception celebrates diverse artists and exhibitions
  South Dakota Art Museum
  Brookings, SD
  4:30 PM - 7:00 PM

  South Dakota Art Museum will celebrate excellence and diversity in a reception for current exhibiting artists and the Governor’s Third Biennial Art traveling exhibition, “Endless Imagination.”
  
  The Governor’s juried show features works from 142 South Dakota artists from almost 500 submitted entries for the biennial exhibition. The Governor began the show in 2004 “to recognize South Dakota artists and to celebrate our cultural and artistic diversity.
  
  "We tried to balance media, styles and diversity of artistic vision,” said John Rychtarik, South Dakota Art Museum Curator of Exhibits and one of three jurors for the traveling exhibition.

  The exhibition will travel to the Dakotah Prairie Museum in Aberdeen and the University of South Dakota Galleries in Vermillion before it concludes at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.

  Joy Crane and Fatih Benzer, who have work included in the Governor’s Biennial Exhibition, also have their own exhibitions at the SDAM and will give presentations about their work at 5:30 p.m.

  A reception for Benzer, Crane and Andrew Kosten had been postponed because of a spring blizzard.

  Crane’s work uses larger glass beads to showcase her unique art pieces that reshape the notion that delicate jewelry is the only form beadworking can take.

  SDSU Assistant Professor Fatih Benzer’s recent works manifest his multi-cultural approach to his painting. Benzer’s pieces are part of his collection called “Meeting Point: Part Three” that combines symbols and architectural forms in iconographic work.

  For more information, contact the South Dakota Art Museum at 605.688.5423 or toll free at 866.805.7590.
   

• 6/13-6/15 -- 125th Centennial Celebration

  Ethan, South Dakota 125th Centennial Celebration
  Come celebrate 125 years of the Wild West!
  
  For detailed information please visit www.ethanvoice.com.
   

• 6/13-6/15 -- Colome, SD Centennial
  Colome, SD
  
  Events scheduled include a wagon train, pageant, coin auction, and beard contest on Fri. Sat. events include a parade, craft fair, antique tractor pull, hot air balloon rides, 3-on-3 basketball tourney, kids' activities, centennial stage with local entertainment, and a dance Sat. evening. Sun. there will be an old-timers' baseball game. Welcome Home to Colome!