Region Reporter

South Dakota DA Recalled to Active Duty

August 3, 2020 by Region Reporter

After forty years of military service, and twenty-five years of teaching and coaching, Colonel Gary Miller retired and found pickleball, or maybe it found him! Whichever it was, Miller and pickleball soon fell in love with each other! Gary played his first game in November 2012. He says he loves the soft game and practices… Continue Reading …

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