•  PIERRE, S.D. - President Barack Obama has proclaimed Tuesday, May 15, 2012, as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the period of May 13 through May 19, 2012, as Police Week.
• The President calls on Governors of the United States to request flags at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day from 8 a.m. until sunset Tuesday in honor of peace officers' contributions and sacrifices.
• Gov. Dennis Daugaard encourages all South Dakotans to display flags at half-staff from their homes, offices and businesses Tuesday.

• The funeral for Sheila Garness, 76, of Sun City West, Arizona and Enemy Swim Lake will be 2 p.m., Friday, May 18 at the Presbyterian Church, Groton.  Monsignor Marvin McPhee will officiate.  Burial will follow in Union Cemetery.
• Sheila and her husband, Leonard, ran Paetznick-Garness Funeral Chapel and Paetznick-Garness Furniture Store for many years in Groton. Monsignor McPhee served St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church for many years.
• Visitation will be held at Paetznick-Garness Funeral  Chapel on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. with a prayer service at 7: p.m.
• Sheila died May 11, 2012 at Del Webb Memorial Hospital in Sun City.