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SD National Guard helps with blizzard recovery
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota National Guard says nearly 50 of its soldiers and airmen were called to active duty in the past week to help the western part of the state recover from the blizzard that dumped more than four feet of snow in some areas.
• The soldiers and airmen cleared roads, removed snow and helped electrical cooperatives get to areas where power lines needed to be repaired.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard declared a state of emergency and activated National Guard forces to assist in storm recovery.
• Officials say the National Guard expects to continue helping electric cooperatives for the next week or so.
• Maj. Gen. Time Reisch (RYSCH), adjutant general of the National Guard, says such service on state active duty is a foundation of what the guard is all about.
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Montana groups urge ranchers to donate livestock
• GALLATIN GATEWAY, Mont. (AP) -- A couple of Montana groups are asking ranchers in the region to help South Dakotans hit hard by last weekend's snowstorm by donating production cattle and sheep.
• Citizens for Balanced Use and the Bar Quarter Circle Ranch say they're working with the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association on the effort.
• They're asking Montana, Wyoming and Idaho livestock producers to donate one or more head of cattle or sheep, so South Dakota ranchers can rebuild their herds.
• Citizens for Balanced Use says it's a nonprofit organization, so livestock or monetary donations will be tax-deductible.
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Ariz., some other states reopening nat'l parks
MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press
• SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Arizona officials say tourists should be able to return to Grand Canyon National Park Saturday after the state along with several counterparts agreed to a federal government plan.
• But the Obama administration's OK to reopen parks closed by the government shutdown came with a big caveat: States must foot the bill with money they likely (Continued on page 27)
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