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group and it has to do with cats and the SWO fall. Now,
the TNR thing is like all over the country, but we're gonna chat with
what they're doing locally and kind of get some more information. I've seen it
online. I've been going what in the world is this? So I'm excited
to learn a little bit more. We have Matt and Michelle coming your way
here in just a bit to chat with us about that. Also, want
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how we're excited to have a couple of guests in the studio and you're
with TNR so I have first of all, let you guys introduce yourselves and
then explain what TNR is. Sure, my name is Matt Tugus. I
am the founder of Sue Empire TNR. My name is Michelle Garrigan. I'm
a board member with Sue empiretn R, and I know both of them,
but I know them from completely different things. I've known Matt since he was
a kid. We both grew up in the same hometown. You were a
kid too. I was a kid at one point. Sometimes I still act
like one. But the TNR, I've been seeing this on Facebook. I've
been seeing quite a bit of talking about They've been recently even talking about this
in peer So for people who've never heard TNR, Matt, tell me what
does that even mean? What is TNR and how are you guys involved here?
T and R stands for trap neuter return. Basically that's used for feline
population control. It's a worldwide thing. This isn't like a Swue Fall specific
deal. So the whole behind it is is trapped neuter reduce. It's all
about the reduction of numbers and reducing the population. So it's a situation where
we go into an area that has a cat issue. We trap the cats,
we take them, we newter spay them, vaccinate them. Once they're
recuperated, usually after about twenty four hours, we release them back into their
environment in the same place where they came from. Yes, and it's I
mean, it's for this whole thing to work, they need to go back
into that same environment. And it's not a cat specific thing. This is
mother nature. So if you take an animal out of its habitat, another
animal that species is typically going to come in and fill that habitat. So
we have a territory where you have a tomcat. If you take that tomcat
and kill it or move it to a barn somewhere, you're just freeing up
all that space for other tomcats to come in and compete for it. So
that's why, you know, the whole thing of taking that cat and getting
it out of there isn't always the best solution, and that's why populations do
double because people like to shoot cats and things like that, and you know
that doesn't help. So T and R is the only way that's really been
proven to reduce cat population. And this has been going on all across the
country. So we're seeing what we're seeing in Sioux Falls right now. This
is something that's kind of following the pattern that's been used elsewhere, right Yeah,
I mean it's basically ten R has been around, I want to say,
a couple decades. It's in the US most major cities, it's international,
there's and actually, if you go to our website, there's tons and
tons of research. We have links to all of it where they've studied the
effects on population control. But it's not some brand new idea. This has
been around a long time and it's been shown to work. And we had
a really nice chat before we went on the air, and I could talk
to you as about this for twenty or thirty minutes because there's a lot of
information, sure, so we don't have that much time on our idea.
So that's why I wanted to make sure we chatted ahead of time, so
I kind of understood this a little more, and I would encourage people if
they want to know more. First of all, you've got a Facebook page,
you've got a website, You've got a lot of resources there. But
if somebody listening is going, hey, my heart is in this, and
I would really like to help, either, I have time to give or
I have money to give. Those are both things you guys could use right
now too, aren't they. Man volunteers and monetary donations. Absolutely. Our
vetting list is growing every week and we're happy to do it, but you
know that comes at a cost. So we're one hundred percent donation based.
And if there's somebody listening this going, hey, I'd like to write a
really big check. There's even like some naming opportunities available, aren't there.
Yes, yes, we've in inferiantly turned into a cat rescue as well,
so we're looking at branding opportunities with a cat rescue. We've been functioning as
a cat rescue for some time now. It was never the intent, but
there is such a need. And these are two different things that are kind
of in tandem. But I think the thing that's really cool if somebody listening
is going, hey, I really love this and I'd really like to help.
And boy, I'd named that after my grandmother. I'd name it after
my mom or somebody. I think that would be really cool if you had
an etcentric aunt that was a cat lady. Absolutely, or I mean whatever,
Well, I just think it'd be really cool. And again, I'm
not in that situation. I could give you everything in my checkbook and you
might not be able to buy a bag of cat food. So if somebody
listening would like to get more information of Michelle, since you're the web person,
what is the website and how do I find you? On Facebook?
It is Sue Empire TNR dot org. And I believe the Facebook is also
Sue Empire t and R. But you can get to the Facebook page from
the website. We also have an Instagram and I think a LinkedIn page too
nice. And the Facebook page, we definitely would love to increase people following
it because that's where we post about upcoming events like our fundraisers. We told
you about we do kitten yoga, about adoptable cats that we have, and
also about legislation that's happening in the state and updates on that. If you
would like to get some more information, again, Sue EMPIRETNR dot org.
H very good, Michelle, oh Matt, thank you guys for coming in,
Thanks for having us, Thank you, and again, like I said,
we had a great chat ahead of time. I wish we had time
to put all of that on the radio, but reach out to them through
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on this day, February eighth, eighteen ninety two, another of the famous
divorce cases that came to the early Sioux Falls divorce colony started on this day.
Margaret Day Stewurs was an heiress of the Astor family, the niece of
John Jacob Aster. Incidentally, it was her uncle who directed her this way,
after his wife had given generously to the All Saints School and he had
financed the construction of the Cavalry Episcopal Cathedral. He did that after his wife's
passing. Margaret had married a Dutch diplomat, Alphonse Lambert Eugene Ridder Distours and
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cruel when not around company. On the advice of her uncle, she moved
to Sioux Falls, where state law only required a person to have a residence
in the state for six months before being eligible to file for divorce, a
much shorter time than most places in the nation. Margaret and an unknown for
traveling companion took up residence at the Grand cad Ract Hotel on Phillips Avedae.
She had her suite, actually four hotel rooms, entirely remodeled and refurnished to
her taste, including the additions of a large bathtub and a grand piano.
She also reserved private parlors in a hotel lobby and dining room, and an
additional two rooms for her travel companion. After eight months of living in Sioux
Falls, the case opened up. Her husband's lawyers argued valiantly, but in
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being granted her legal divorce, Maggie introduced her mysterious travel companion as her fiancee,
William Elliott Zaborski, also a wealthy New Yorker and a famous automobile racer.
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at the cad Ract Hotel. Now, before any judgment is passed on Maggie,
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oh three for a car accident. They had one son, Lewis, who
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