• LEAD, S.D. (AP) -- SDSU Extension and the South Dakota Sheep Growers Association will host a sheep symposium in Lead (LEED) later this month.
• The Northern Plains Sheep Symposium will be part of the 75th annual SDSGA Convention at the Days Inn on Sept. 28-29.
• Extension specialists, industry experts and government agencies from the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Minnesota and Colorado will cover such topics as sheep reproduction, nutrition, health, wool and marketing.
• The two-day event will culminate with a fresh American lamb banquet and wrap up with the state finals for the Make it Yourself with Wool program.
• Registration for Sept. 28 is $25 per operation. For Sept. 29, attendees will only need to pay for a meal ticket if they plan to attend the luncheon and banquet.
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• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- A foreign correspondent who has reported on the Arab Spring uprising is giving a speech about his experience at South Dakota State University next week.
• Freelance journalist Reese Erlich will talk about covering the uprising in Syria, Egypt and Gaza during the Sept. 11 speech at SDSU's Volstorff Ballroom. Erlich has more than 40 years of journalism experience.
• The speech is scheduled for 7 p.m. and is open to the public.
• The event is sponsored by SDSU's Department of Journalism and Mass Communication and Academic Affairs, the South Dakota World Affairs Council and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting's Campus Consortium.
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