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smaller-scale ones closer to home, in order to help provide a safe place for his young daughters to go on the Pine Ridge Reservation when they get older -- something his older stepsister didn't have. In 1998, she committed suicide, and Wilson, who was 11 at the time, discovered her body.
• He started running soon after to try to escape the horrible image in his mind. When people on the reservation ask him why he's running -- sometimes as many as 19 miles -- along the dirt roads of the reservation, he has one response.
• "I say I'm running for you guys," he said.
• The five Lakota running partners had all competed in road races before they began training for the New York marathon several months ago.
• Carlow, 31, is a counselor at a school on the reservation and said she wants to show her students and other youth that leading a healthy lifestyle -- sans alcohol and drugs -- can allow them to see the world.
• Turning Heart Jr. said he hopes to become a role model like Lakota runner and 1964 Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills was to him. Mills, who grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation, is revered by many Lakota tribal members.
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SD Democrats hope to gain state legislative seats
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Democrats took a beating in South Dakota's legislative races two years ago, but the minority party hopes to make substantial gains in the state House and Senate in Tuesday's election.
• South Dakota Democratic Party Chairman Ben Nesselhuff said he believes his party's candidates will win a lot of seats because of voter dissatisfaction with actions taken in the past two years by Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard and GOP lawmakers to cut education spending, impose merit pay for teachers and give incentive grants to large industrial projects.
• "I definitely think we're going to gain seats," Nesselhuf said.
• Tony Post, executive director for the state Republican Party, said he believes GOP candidates will benefit from what Daugaard and the Legislature have accomplished. Republicans will likely keep about two-thirds majorities in both chambers, he said.
• "I'm bullish that we'll keep our majorities right around where they're at," Post said.
• For the past two years, Republicans have outnumbered Democrats 30-5 in the Senate and 50-19 in the House. One House member was an independent affiliated with the Republican Party.
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