PIERRE, (KCCR) — Of the 35-hundred who attended the Commissioning ceremony for the U-S-S Pierre last week at least a dozen or came from the City of Pierre. Two of those were District 24 State Senator Jim Mehlhaff and his wife Annie. The Mehlhaff’s attended the Commander’s Reception, held on the ship,which Annie was impressed with…
Mehlhaff says the Pierre’s crew was impressed people traveled the 21-hundred miles to Panama City to share in the celebration…
South Dakota’s Senate Majority Leader needed some arm-twisting to make the trip…
Mehlhaff enjoyed the experience and hopes to hear from some of the crew during the next crew visit to Pierre…
Over 38-hundred people requested tickets to watch the Commissioning held in Panama City, Florida on November 15th.
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