2025 WIBJ Conference
Friday, February 21 & Saturday February 22
Highland Conference Center, Mitchell, SD
Join Women in Blue Jeans at the 2025 annual conference to explore your “hat-titude!! How many hats do you wear in a day, a month, a year? As you adapt to meet the needs in your personal and professional life, you will determine the "hats" that set your attitude and define your role.
Friday Evening will include vendor shopping from 5-9pm in the lobby. Each attendee will receive a $5 bonus at check-in to be spent at the vendor booths. A light meal will be provided. Enjoy a puzzle contest and BINGO with Dar Engelmeyer. If you have items that could be prizes, please donate to the prize table and we will play until they are gone!!
Sourdough Starter: McKayla Doerr will provide tips and instruction on making the sourdough starter and the rewards of sharing with friends and family.
House Plants: Care for winter and ready for spring: Join Suzette Black for discussion on how to care for plants for successful spring results. Plants will also be available at her vendor booth.
9:00pm Fun continues in the Comfort Inn lobby for talk, treats and sipping your favorite beverage!
Saturday
8:00 – 8:45 Coffee and Conversation
9:00am - 3:30pm attend informative sessions to prepare you to find your hat-titude for all aspects of your life - work, family, finances, and health. Tentative topics include, use of supplements to maintain health, staying active as we age, Internet safety, managing trauma with horse therapy, operation/business types and advantages and more! Check our Facebook page or this website for schedule updates and additional information.
Luncheon Presentation - Heather Beaner, Farmer and Air Force Officer
The seemingly endless prairie and scarlet sunsets of northeastern South Dakota seemingly have little in common with the cosmopolitan cities, quaint villages, and military bases in Europe. Yet, Heather Beaner has made her mark in both worlds.
Beaner now farms near Mellette, South Dakota, having taken over from her father, Wayne Larson, in 2011.
Before that, though, she was a globe-trotting attorney in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. She did multiple tours at European and South Korean military bases before returning to USAF bases in San Antonio and Rapid City, South Dakota.
15 Minutes With Heather Beaner, Farmer and Air Force Officer
Closing Speaker - Courtney J. Deinert
Courtney and her husband, Jarod, farm near Mt. Vernon as the fourth generation on the homestead and are raising the fifth. She also works as Communications Director for the Mitchell Catholic Parishes and recently started an AirBnb business. Courtney will give her witness to God’s work in her life and send off conference attendees with an inspiring message!
Conference registration fee is $45. Any registration after February 14, 2025, will be $55.
Take advantage of the online payment option on the registration form located on this website. This option may be used for payment by attendees, vendors and any organizational donations. You may also mail registration to: Women in Blue Jeans, PO Box 53, Mitchell, SD 57301
A block of rooms is being held at both the Hampton Inn and Comfort Inn & Suites. Please ask for the Women in Blue Jeans' block when you make your reservation. Check with both for the best price and DO IT EARLY!!
CONFERENCE TSHIRTS AVAILABLE!!
