Whether we like it or not, the decision is going to be based on economics. I have a very good feeling that we have a good chance at this, We are in a good position.

We are at an exciting time here in the Mobridge area. Even if we are not successful in this endeavor, we have learned how to join forces and how to present ourselves.

We are very much a favorable site for them. We are still very much in the running.

I was real impressed with the committee. They understand the economics of that tournament and that all our communities need to share in these things.

There's absolutely a consensus around the idea that they needed to cut costs at the magazine and that the decision they made today to invest in the magazine was the wrong one. They're investing a lot of money in a product that's at the end of its life cycle.

The only decision that's going to be made is the chair of the search committee. That doesn't preclude anything else in the whole world from happening.