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• The annual event started in 2007 as a one-hour screening and has grown to four days over the past five years. • This year's event also includes musical performances and three guest speakers. • Many of the events are free and open to the public. Film showings cost $5. Admissions fees are waived for SDSU students, faculty and staff. •
Grant to assist youth camps at School of Mines
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Community Foundation has awarded a $5,000 grant to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology to help offset camp fees for its summer programs. • Hundreds of elementary, middle and high school age students attend a variety of camps hosted on the School of Mines campus each summer. • Camps traditionally have focused on exposing children to science and engineering or immersing high school age students in focused experiences in areas such as mining, forensics, chemical engineering and explosives. • For next summer, the youth program will shift its focus toward more in-depth camps for high school students. • The camps will emphasize personalized learning and exploration of career possibilities in science, technology, engineering and math disciplines. •
Search continues for missing Missouri River boater
• LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- Investigators are searching for a missing boater who fell into the Missouri River near Ponca State Park in northeast Nebraska. • The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the unidentified man was trying to anchor a boat around 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, when the anchor's rope pulled him and a passenger overboard. • Authorities say the passenger climbed back into the boat and called the Dixon County sheriff's office. The passenger was treated for mild hypothermia. • Local responders from Nebraska and South Dakota looked for the a man until 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and resumed the search at 8 a.m. Sunday. •
Man pleads guilty for assault on federal officer
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A South Dakota man has pleaded guilty for punching a police officer. • Matthew Dupris (doo-PREE'), of Eagle Butte, is charged with assaulting a federal (Continued on page 14)
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