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A're going to be in the studio
here talking about the t n R

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group and it has to do with
cats and the SWO fall. Now,

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the TNR thing is like all over
the country, but we're gonna chat with

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what they're doing locally and kind of
get some more information. I've seen it

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online. I've been going what in
the world is this? So I'm excited

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to learn a little bit more.
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how we're excited to have a couple
of guests in the studio and you're

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with TNR so I have first of
all, let you guys introduce yourselves and

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then explain what TNR is. Sure, my name is Matt Tugus. I

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am the founder of Sue Empire TNR. My name is Michelle Garrigan. I'm

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a board member with Sue empiretn R, and I know both of them,

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but I know them from completely different
things. I've known Matt since he was

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a kid. We both grew up
in the same hometown. You were a

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kid too. I was a kid
at one point. Sometimes I still act

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like one. But the TNR,
I've been seeing this on Facebook. I've

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been seeing quite a bit of talking
about They've been recently even talking about this

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in peer So for people who've never
heard TNR, Matt, tell me what

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does that even mean? What is
TNR and how are you guys involved here?

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T and R stands for trap neuter
return. Basically that's used for feline

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population control. It's a worldwide thing. This isn't like a Swue Fall specific

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deal. So the whole behind it
is is trapped neuter reduce. It's all

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about the reduction of numbers and reducing
the population. So it's a situation where

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we go into an area that has
a cat issue. We trap the cats,

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we take them, we newter spay
them, vaccinate them. Once they're

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recuperated, usually after about twenty four
hours, we release them back into their

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environment in the same place where they
came from. Yes, and it's I

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mean, it's for this whole thing
to work, they need to go back

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into that same environment. And it's
not a cat specific thing. This is

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mother nature. So if you take
an animal out of its habitat, another

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animal that species is typically going to
come in and fill that habitat. So

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we have a territory where you have
a tomcat. If you take that tomcat

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and kill it or move it to
a barn somewhere, you're just freeing up

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all that space for other tomcats to
come in and compete for it. So

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that's why, you know, the
whole thing of taking that cat and getting

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it out of there isn't always the
best solution, and that's why populations do

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double because people like to shoot cats
and things like that, and you know

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that doesn't help. So T and
R is the only way that's really been

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proven to reduce cat population. And
this has been going on all across the

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country. So we're seeing what we're
seeing in Sioux Falls right now. This

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is something that's kind of following the
pattern that's been used elsewhere, right Yeah,

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I mean it's basically ten R has
been around, I want to say,

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a couple decades. It's in the
US most major cities, it's international,

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there's and actually, if you go
to our website, there's tons and

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tons of research. We have links
to all of it where they've studied the

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effects on population control. But it's
not some brand new idea. This has

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been around a long time and it's
been shown to work. And we had

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a really nice chat before we went
on the air, and I could talk

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to you as about this for twenty
or thirty minutes because there's a lot of

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information, sure, so we don't
have that much time on our idea.

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So that's why I wanted to make
sure we chatted ahead of time, so

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I kind of understood this a little
more, and I would encourage people if

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they want to know more. First
of all, you've got a Facebook page,

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you've got a website, You've got
a lot of resources there. But

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if somebody listening is going, hey, my heart is in this, and

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I would really like to help,
either, I have time to give or

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I have money to give. Those
are both things you guys could use right

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now too, aren't they. Man
volunteers and monetary donations. Absolutely. Our

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vetting list is growing every week and
we're happy to do it, but you

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know that comes at a cost.
So we're one hundred percent donation based.

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And if there's somebody listening this going, hey, I'd like to write a

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really big check. There's even like
some naming opportunities available, aren't there.

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Yes, yes, we've in inferiantly
turned into a cat rescue as well,

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so we're looking at branding opportunities with
a cat rescue. We've been functioning as

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a cat rescue for some time now. It was never the intent, but

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there is such a need. And
these are two different things that are kind

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of in tandem. But I think
the thing that's really cool if somebody listening

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is going, hey, I really
love this and I'd really like to help.

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And boy, I'd named that after
my grandmother. I'd name it after

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my mom or somebody. I think
that would be really cool if you had

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an etcentric aunt that was a cat
lady. Absolutely, or I mean whatever,

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Well, I just think it'd be
really cool. And again, I'm

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not in that situation. I could
give you everything in my checkbook and you

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might not be able to buy a
bag of cat food. So if somebody

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listening would like to get more information
of Michelle, since you're the web person,

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what is the website and how do
I find you? On Facebook?

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It is Sue Empire TNR dot org. And I believe the Facebook is also

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Sue Empire t and R. But
you can get to the Facebook page from

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the website. We also have an
Instagram and I think a LinkedIn page too

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nice. And the Facebook page,
we definitely would love to increase people following

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it because that's where we post about
upcoming events like our fundraisers. We told

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you about we do kitten yoga,
about adoptable cats that we have, and

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also about legislation that's happening in the
state and updates on that. If you

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would like to get some more information, again, Sue EMPIRETNR dot org.

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H very good, Michelle, oh
Matt, thank you guys for coming in,

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Thanks for having us, Thank you, and again, like I said,

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we had a great chat ahead of
time. I wish we had time

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to put all of that on the
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day in Sue Falls history, brought
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the oldest jewelry store in South Dakota, using time tested techniques to restore

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and repair jewelry and using the latest
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and Bechtold Jewelry three five South Phillips
Avenue, Downtown Sioux Falls. It was

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on this day, February eighth,
eighteen ninety two, another of the famous

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divorce cases that came to the early
Sioux Falls divorce colony started on this day.

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Margaret Day Stewurs was an heiress of
the Astor family, the niece of

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John Jacob Aster. Incidentally, it
was her uncle who directed her this way,

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after his wife had given generously to
the All Saints School and he had

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financed the construction of the Cavalry Episcopal
Cathedral. He did that after his wife's

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passing. Margaret had married a Dutch
diplomat, Alphonse Lambert Eugene Ridder Distours and

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that is a mouthful. Shortly after
her wedding, she was whisked off to

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Europe, splitting time between London and
Paris and other major cities. Maggie quickly

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became disillusioned with his lifestyle and also
claimed that her husband was absent and extremely

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cruel when not around company. On
the advice of her uncle, she moved

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to Sioux Falls, where state law
only required a person to have a residence

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in the state for six months before
being eligible to file for divorce, a

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much shorter time than most places in
the nation. Margaret and an unknown for

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traveling companion took up residence at the
Grand cad Ract Hotel on Phillips Avedae.

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She had her suite, actually four
hotel rooms, entirely remodeled and refurnished to

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her taste, including the additions of
a large bathtub and a grand piano.

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She also reserved private parlors in a
hotel lobby and dining room, and an

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additional two rooms for her travel companion. After eight months of living in Sioux

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Falls, the case opened up.
Her husband's lawyers argued valiantly, but in

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the end, the judge granted the
divorce. But wait, there's more.

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Reports differ, but either within just
a few hours or a few days after

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being granted her legal divorce, Maggie
introduced her mysterious travel companion as her fiancee,

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William Elliott Zaborski, also a wealthy
New Yorker and a famous automobile racer.

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They were married right here in Sioux
Falls in one of Maggie's private parlors

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at the cad Ract Hotel. Now, before any judgment is passed on Maggie,

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let it be known that she remained
with William until his death in nineteen

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oh three for a car accident.
They had one son, Lewis, who

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would also become a famous race car
driver and die in a crash in nineteen

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twenty four. Margaret passed away at
the age of fifty eight in nineteen eleven.

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