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when they were young and how he continued to do so, even as they got older and had children of their own.
• "What do we do now?" asked Brett Newton, who played for Meyer at Northern State for four years. "We live our lives as an example of what he was."
• Craig Nelson, who played for Meyer from 2003-2008 at Northern State, said the thousands who came to honor Meyer were there because of more than just his coaching record.
• "I would argue a Division II basketball coach would not garner this type of celebration just for being a basketball coach," he said.
• The public memorial service was held on the gym floor of the Barnett Center, where Northern State hosts its basketball games.
• A second service will be held June 1 at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, where Meyer also coached.
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SD Highway Patrol ready for busy travel season
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Highway Patrol is out in force as Memorial Day marks the kick-off of the summer travel season.
• Superintendent of the Highway Patrol Col. Craig Price says their presence reminds motorists to use common sense. He says seeing law enforcement helps encourage good habits while driving.
• The Highway Patrol is participating in the "Drive to Save Lives" all year. The program is an effort with 40 other states to reduce traffic fatalities.
• Patrols also participated in "Operation Safe Summer Kickoff" Friday to encourage safe driving. Most of the state's uniformed officers saturated the roads, educating people and enforcing traffic laws.
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3 die in head-on collision west of Bowdle
• BOWDLE, S.D. (AP) -- Three people, including an infant, were killed Friday evening in a two-car crash west of Bowdle, South Dakota.
• South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Rick Olauson says three passengers in one car died in what appears to be a head-on collision.
• Michael Muonio, of Battle Ground, Washington state, was driving one of the cars and died on the scene. A six-month-old infant and 19-year-old Lorissa Bellikka both survived the crash, but later died at hospitals. Both were from Washington as well.
• The American News in Aberdeen reports (http://bit.ly/1k4P5eD ) 66-year-old Kaster Unser, of Ipswich, was driving the other vehicle involved in the crash. Olau (Continued on page 18)
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