Tuesday,  September 25, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 070 • 24 of 39 •  Other Editions

Tribal veteran's cemetery to be built in S. Dakota

• PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe has announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs has approved the creation of a new tribal veteran's cemetery on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
• The tribe in a news release says the Department of Veterans Affairs is awarding a $6.5 million grant for the cemetery, which will be located on 63 acres of land about 8 miles east of Kyle.
• The grant money will go toward establishing a cemetery entrance, roads, administration building, memorial walkway and burial areas. The construction will include 260 pre-placed crypts and 40 gravesites.
• Veterans, their spouses and children will be allowed to be buried at the cemetery.
• The tribe will bless the land during a ceremony on Wednesday. A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for Oct. 4.
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SD Aeronautics Commission to meet in Pierre

• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Aeronautics Commission is meeting in Pierre on Tuesday.
• The board is scheduled to discuss aeronautical hazard applications, financial assistance agreements and an SDSU safety initiative using a flight simulator.
• Commissioners are also slated to review state aviation laws and discuss an Aberdeen fuel tax request.
• The meeting begins at 1 p.m. in the Department of Transportation commission room.

Monday's Scores
The Associated Press

• VOLLEYBALL
• Campbell-Tintah-Fairmount, N.D. def. Rosholt, 25-14, 20-25, 25-18, 27-25
• Chester def. Colman-Egan, 25-19, 25-5, 25-8
• Corsica/Stickney def. Wessington Springs, 14-25, 28-26, 25-11, 25-12
• Deubrook def. Great Plains Lutheran, 25-17, 25-15, 23-25, 25-18
• Ethan def. Menno, 25-14, 25-10, 25-13
• Lake Preston def. Grant-Deuel, 25-21, 25-20, 21-25, 25-15

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