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• South Dakota Health Care Association (SDHCA), in conjunction with KELOLAND Television, is honored to announce that Dagmar "Dolly" Keehn has been named the "2014 Centenarian of the Year!"
• According to Century Club records, Dolly Keehn, a current resident at Riverview Rehabilitation & Health Care Center, born in March of 1905, is the current oldest living South Dakotan!
• When told of her place in South Dakota history, Dolly laughed and said, "Oh my land, I think I'll have to move to North Dakota!" With good humor, she lightheartedly credits this milestone achievement to "running barefoot and drinking lots of water … I have to say I'm proud. It's something a little bit exciting."
• She became "Dolly" when her younger brother couldn't say "Dagmar," and the nickname held. The oldest of nine children, Dolly left school in the ninth grade to help (Continued on page 5)
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