They say South Dakota is a small state where everybody knows everybody else. It’s true that you won’t go far before finding someone who knows Jim Woster.
Jim Woster poses at the Stockyards Ag Experience Barn. He worked with a board of directors to make the history project come to life at the old horse barn at Falls Park.
Jim Woster as a South Dakota State student in 1960.
A young Jim Woster talks at the Blue Key Smoker banquet at SDSU in the 1960s. It’s caption reads, “Jim Woster tells a joke as he introduces the shapely cigarette girls at the Smoker. Fortunately, this picture is in black and white, so it’s impossible to tell if the young ladies are blushing.”
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Beef Bucks board members Bob and Nancy Montross of De Smet, SDSU Coach John Stieglemeier and Jim Woster, a Beef Bucks board member and Tri-State Neighbor associate editor pose at the team's new stadium after serving beef sandwiches July 30.
Jim Woster pauses at the cattle pens at the Sioux Falls Stockyards. Woster worked at the stockyards from 1962 to 2004.
Jim Woster in 1984, the year the Tri-State Neighbor was founded.
Tri-State Neighbor Associate Editor Jim Woster performs with Mogen’s Heroes at the Sioux Empire Fair Ag Appreciation lunch Aug. 8.
Jim Woster, left, shakes the hand of Randy Ahrendt, recently retired general manager of the Tri-State Neighbor. Ahrendt received an award for Excellence in Public Outreach from the South Dakota Corn Growers Association on Jan. 21 in Sioux Falls.
Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor.
Janelle Atyeo
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