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Trent Walters accepts his writing award at a ceremony in Hollywood, Calif. - Courtesy Photo/Author Services
An up-and-coming writer who grew up in Glenwood has been honored with a prestigious award.
Trent Walters was recognized earlier this fall at the L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Event as a winner in the Writers of the Future Contest. As a contest winner, Walters will have a story he authored, “...
Vietnam War veteran Jim Thrane of Glenwood with his Purple Heart and other military awards.
Jim Thrane didn’t want to join the U.S. Army.
It was 1968 and Thrane, a student at the University of South Dakota at the time, intended to join the Air Force following graduation. He wanted to fly jets.
The Army had other plans.
“I had taken all these tests for flight school and passed all those,”...