by Heather Mangan
February 16, 2010
Faces
Thanks to an online community, John Meyer became an Anaheim Ducks fan on Jan. 1.
In November, Meyer, of Sioux Falls, launched Pick My NHL Team to find a favorite a hockey team using the loyalty of existing fans. Using video segments and guest blogs to attract readers, he asked fans to vote for their team to become his team. His site gained national attention and was featured on NHL.com and AOL.com. At the end of six weeks, the beginning 2010, Meyer counted all the votes and was declared a Ducks fan. To celebrate, he attended a game on Feb. 3 in Anaheim and met many of the Duck fans who followed his site.
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by Brian Bieber
February 15, 2010
Faces
On any given Saturday night in downtown Sioux Falls, you can find a jazz combo playing a block away from an organ-driven rock band, or rap crew performing down the street from a symphony orchestra. But at 9 p.m. on a Wednesday night in December, you can sometimes still hear the hum of the streetlights between the waves of sporadic traffic down 11th Street.
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