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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant says he will work with some national organizations to help people learn how to become registered voters.
• Gant says six million people nationally reported in the 2008 presidential election that they didn't know how to register to vote or missed registration deadlines. He says he is working with the National Association of Secretaries of State and other organizations to promote awareness of voter registration.
• The deadline for voter registration in South Dakota is Oct. 22 for people seeking to vote in the Nov. 6 general election.

• People can register to vote at county auditor's offices, city finance offices, drivers' license stations, public assistance offices, military recruitment offices and Human Services Department offices that provide help to people with disabilities.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Avera McKennan Hospital says it has performed its 1,000th bone marrow, kidney or pancreas transplant at the Sioux Falls center.
• The hospital's kidney transplant program was established in 1993. The bone marrow transplant program was started in 1996, and pancreas transplant was added to the solid organ transplant program in 2003.
• Avera Transplant Institute's new expanded home for organ disease includes nephrology, liver disease, transplant and liver surgery and endocrinology services. Bone marrow transplant is housed in the Prairie Center.
• Institute administrative director Beth Plahn says reaching 1,000 is a significant milestone.
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• CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) -- The Crazy Horse memorial is holding a night blast on Thursday to honor its sculptor and namesake.
• The annual Sept. 6 night blast is a tribute to Korczak Ziolkowski (KOHR'-chuk jew-uhl-KUFF'-skee) and Lakota war leader Crazy Horse. Ziolkowski was born on this date 104 years ago, while Crazy Horse was stabbed by a soldier on Sept. 5,

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