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• Donnerite was started in 1996 and now has grown to six businesses that employ nearly 100 people throughout Minnesota.
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Campaign to help people with hearing, vision loss
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- This new federal program promises to help South Dakotans with combined loss of hearing and vision better connect with family, friends and community.
• The National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program provides support for the local distribution of a wide array of accessible communications technology. It was mandated by the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act and established by the Federal Communications Commission.
• In South Dakota, the Department of Human Services wil lead the iCanConnect Campaign. It seeks to educate people about the availability of communications technology -- from screen enlargement software and video phones to off-the-shelf products that are accessible or adaptable.
• iCanConnect will be conducted jointly by Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., and Helen Keller National Center in New York City, N.Y.
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Bareback rider Peebles wins again at NFR
KEITH FREEMAN, Associated Press
• LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Bareback rider Steven Peebles won for the second straight round in the National Finals Rodeo, scoring 85.5 points on Cool Water on Saturday night.
• In the first three rounds of the finals, Peebles, from Redmond, Ore., has moved from eighth to fourth in the season standings with $119,060.
• "Last night did help my confidence," Peebles said. "I hadn't been on in two weeks, so I felt like I came in a little rusty. I just want them to keep bucking for me.
• "My new strategy this year is to not get too wound up. I try to stay calm, treat every ride the same, just like I do all year long. It (the NFR) was always too much on my mind in years past and I'd over-think it.
• Defending season champion Kaycee Feild of Spanish Fork, Utah, who took over first place Friday night, remained in the lead despite finishing outside the six money positions with a 78.5 on Special Delivery.
• Feild, seeking his third consecutive title, has earned $140,307. Bobby Mote of Culver, Ore., remained second with $137,305 by placing third with an 81.5 on Make Up Face. Mote is seeking his fifth gold buckle.
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