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When Chad O’Brien attended a conference in Colorado in 2016 about hemp, the wheels started turning in his head. O’Brien is a massage therapist and holistic health practitioner. He spends most of his time in Colorado these days where he and his wife run the business Be Free Massage, but O’Brien is a native of the Britton area, having graduated from BHS in 1997.

Anyone who attends church in South Dakota is probably already aware of a troubling trend afflicting religious organizations and churches across the state and nation: the slow but steady decline in church membership and attendance.

At their regular meeting last week, the Langford Area School Board went through their annual organizational activities. Newly elected and returning board members Brandon Alberts, Krissa Sampson and Bill Jensen took oaths of office. It was also announced that sitting board member Jen Wegleitner will be resigning her position as she accepted a new job and feels like she won’t have the same amount of time to ded-icate to the board. To replace her, the board appointed Cory Cole, who recently ran for a board seat. Cole was the next highest vote getter in the election. Alberts, Sampson and Jensen will serve three year term, while Cole will serve a two year term.