Who's your charity? Legislators raise money for charity at the casino night

Barry Wilfhart of the Dakota Sioux Casino was nice enough to provide a recap of the charitable gaming night held last Thursday night at the Ramkota Inn which raised money for the favorite charity of each legislator.

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate charitable gaming night legislative event held last Thursday, February 22nd. 79 legislators attended and played blackjack for their favorite charity. $13,630 was won and will be contributed to the charities by Dakota Nation Gaming Enterprise, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribes gaming operation. (see the results sheet below distributed Tuesday to the legislature)

This was the third year for this event, one that has rapidly become one of the legislator's favorites.

We want to thank everyone who attended the event. We enjoyed visiting with you about our recent expansion project and plans for future growth pending successful gaming compact negotiations with Governor Rounds. We look forward to seeing you next year.

The results of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Charitable Gaming Night are below:

Sen.	Dan Sutton	Crystal Theatre	$650
Rep.	Bob Faehn	Prairie Lakes Hospice	$600
Rep.	Manny Steele	Christian Center Elementary	$510
Sen.	Jim Lintz	Hermosa Fire Dept	$500
Rep.	Larry R. Rhoden	Central Meade County Community Center	$415
Rep.	Phyllis M. Heineman	Operation Cares	$400
Rep.	Tim Rave	Children's Home Society Sioux Falls	$375
Rep.	Al Koistinen	Watertown Christian School	$320
Sen.	Frank J. Kloucek	Scotland Public Schools	$315
Rep.	Justin J. Davis	Ipswich Volunteer Fire Dept	$300
Sen.	Orville B. Smidt	Brooking County Youth Mentoring	$300
Rep.	David B. Gassman	Canova Park Light Fund	$290
Rep.	Don Van Etten	Bethany Christian Services RC	$250
Rep.	Steve Street	American Cancer Society	$245
Rep.	Hal Wick	Sioux Falls Catholic Schools	$245
Rep.	Dan Ahlers	Salem Women's Group	$215
Rep.	Jamie M. Boomgarden	Vermillion Food Pantry	$210
Sen.	Jean Hunhoff	Avera Sacred Heart Hospice	$210
Rep.	Joni Cutler	SD Network Against Family Violence	$205
Sen.	Alan C. Hoerth	Alice Bovggreu Music Fund NSU	$200
Sen.	Nancy J. Turbak	Prairie Lakes Hospice	$200
Rep.	Tim G. Rounds	Pierre and Sisseton B & G clubs	$200
Rep.	Charlotte Gilson	Susan G Komen for the Cure	$175
Rep.	Eldon E. Nygaard	Vermillion Food Pantry	$175
Rep.	Paul Nelson	Lake Preston Teen Center	$175
Rep.	Larry J. Lucas	RC Youth and Family Services	$160
Rep.	Tom Hills	Spearfish Boy Scouts	$150
Rep.	Charles M. Turbiville	St. Joseph School Pierre	$150
Rep.	Kim L. Vanneman	Winner City Transit	$150
Sen.	Tom Hansen	Beadle County 4-H	$140
Rep.	Quinten L. Burg	Jerald County 4-H	$130
Rep.	Keri K. Weems	Central Baptist Preschool	$125
Sen.	Sandy Jerstad	Diabetes Assoc	$120
Rep.	David Sigdestad	Bristol Centennial Fund	$110
Rep.	Kenneth McNenny	Meade County 4-H	$105
Rep.	Jim Bradford	Sioux Ann Big Crow B&G Club	$100
Rep.	Thomas J. Brunner	Northern Hill Pregnancy Care Center	$100
Rep.	Michael Buckingham	Black Hills Children Home	$100
Rep.	Lance A. Carson	Mitchell Area SAFE House	$100
Rep.	H. Paul Dennert	Westport Baseball Field Lights	$100
Rep.	Brian Dreyer	Storybook Island	$100
Sen.	Jay L. Duenwald	SD Right to Life	$100
Rep.	Burt Elliott	Aberdeen Hospice	$100
Rep.	Richard A. Engels	Children's Inn	$100
Rep.	Marc Feinstein	SD March of Dimes	$100
Sen.	Jason M. Gant	St. Michaels Church Sioux Falls	$100
Rep.	Mary Glenski	SF St Joseph Cathedral Schools Scholarship Fund	$100
Rep.	Tom Hackl	St. Anthony Church Hoven	$100
Rep.	Clayton Halverson	Sisseton Women's Circle	$100
Rep.	Alan Hanks	St. Elizabeth Seaton	$100
Sen.	Gary D. Hanson	Tekawitha Nursing Home	$100
Rep.	Jeffrey Haverly	Women Against Violence RC	$100
Sen.	Jim Hundstad	Aberdeen Hospice	$100
Rep.	Roger Hunt	Salvation Army Sioux Falls	$100
Sen.	Jim Peterson	Nesselhuf Prison Ministries	$100
Sen.	Tom Katus	American Indian College Fund	$100
Rep.	Mark Kirkeby	Minneluzahan Senior Citizens Center	$100
Rep.	Shantel Krebs	Miss South Dakota organization	$100
Rep.	Kristi Noem	Hamlin County 4-H Fund	$100
Rep.	David Lust	Wellspring RC	$100
Sen.	Ryan Maher	Sioux YMCA Eagle Butte	$100
Sen.	Royal McCracken	Black Hills Children's Home	$100
Rep.	Ed McLaughlin	Journey Museum RC	$100
Rep.	Kathleen Miles	SF St Joseph Cathedral Schools Scholarship Fund	$100
Rep.	Garry A. Moore	None Designated	$100
Sen.	Ben Nesselhuf	Prison Congregations of America	$100
Rep.	Al Novstrup	Aberdeen Boy's and Girl's Club	$100
Rep.	David Novstrup	Aberdeen Boy's and Girl's Club	$100
Sen.	Ed Olson	Mitchell CASA	$100
Rep.	Betty Olson	Reva SD Rural Fire Dept	$100
Rep.	Gordon Pederson	Wall Post 246 American Legion	$100
Rep.	Deb Peters	Glory House	$100
Rep.	Carol A Pitts	East Central CASA	$100
Rep.	Larry J. Tidemann	Brookings Diabetes Foundation	$100
Sen.	Theresa Two Bulls	Ellen Stephen Hospice	$100
Rep.	Val Rausch	Big Stone City Birthright	$100
Rep.	Thomas Van Norman	Cheyenne River BE & G Club	$100
Rep.	Mike Vehle	Mitchell Area SAFE House	$100
Rep.	Mark K Willadsen	29-90 Sportsman's Club Conservation Camp Fund	$100

As you can see, Dan Sutton was the big winner this session (as if we thought that phrase would be uttered) winning $650 for the Crystal Theater.

Congratulations to the lucky legislators, the charities, and special thanks to the Dakota Sioux Casino and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate for their generosity and the event.