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• Rapid City Central def. Mitchell, 25-20, 29-27, 18-25, 25-13
• Rapid City Stevens def. Huron, 25-20, 25-23, 13-25, 25-23
• Takini def. Tiospaye Topa, 21-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-19
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Judge orders reprinting of SD voter pamphlets
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A circuit court judge ordered Secretary of State Jason Gant to place an opposing statement on a proposed constitutional amendment in an election guide.
• Judge Mark Barnett says Gant broke the law by not including opposition statements on a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Sen. Stan Adelstein had sued Gant and asked that the pamphlets be recalled and new ones printed, with Adelstein's opposing view on a proposed balanced budget amendment. Gant had said he sought people to present opposing views but had no takers.
• Gant says in a news release issued shortly after Friday's ruling that he has already started publishing new pamphlets.
• The informational pamphlets are available online and were sent to news outlets and county auditors in late August to help them inform voters.
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House candidates debate taxes, work ethic in SD
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Republican Rep. Kristi Noem tried to paint Democratic challenger Matt Varilek as a dedicated follower of President Barack Obama, while Varilek accused her of being ineffective and missing meetings during a brisk Friday debate in which they often ignored the moderator.
• Noam tried to tie Varilek to Obama's policies on taxes, health care and other issues, a strategy likely motivated by the fact that registered Republican voters far outnumber Democrats in South Dakota. Varilek repeatedly said Noem has been ineffective in getting a farm bill and other measures crucial to South Dakota passed even though her party controls the House.
• While the two candidates for South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat were polite and didn't interrupt each other or the moderator, they sometimes ignored the rules for timed statements and rebuttals as they traded barbs in a 90-minute debate sponsored by the Rapid City Journal and streamed live on the newspaper's website.
• "I know you want it to be true, but it's not true," Varilek said after Noem accused (Continued on page 38)
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