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Omdahl said.
• South Dakota law allows instruction permits to be issued at age 14, the youngest age in the nation for driving while accompanied by an adult. Those young drivers can graduate to restricted permits that allow them to drive alone in the daytime after six months, or just 90 days if they have completed a drivers' education course.
• The committee approved a bill that would require beginning drivers to keep those instruction permits for a year before moving to restricted permits that allow them to drive alone. Those who complete drivers' education courses could move to restricted permits after nine months.
• The measures recommended by the task force would still allow young drivers to get unrestricted licenses at 16 if they pass a written test and a driving test.
• Committee members said they particularly like the measure requiring state officials to set up a coordinated drivers' education system that would make those courses consistent statewide. Such courses now are organized differently from community to community, they said.
• Another measure approved by the committee would limit the number of unrelated minors who could be passengers in a car driven by a teen with a restricted permit. Those limits would be eased for trips to school or school events.
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State Fair releases this year's theme, logo
• HURON, S.D. (AP) -- State Fair organizers have announced the theme and logo for this year's event.
• The theme for the fair will be "Starry Nights and Midway Lights."
• State Fair Manager Jerome Hertel says organizers chose the theme to play off of the carnival and entertainment lineup in the marketing.
• The 2013 State Fair will run from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2.
• Concert announcements will be released starting the week of Feb. 11.
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2 Wild Card 2 tickets sold in SD each worth 6K
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- A Wild Card 2 ticket sold in Pierre is worth $6,001 in Saturday's drawing and another sold in Canton is worth $6,000.
• South Dakota lottery officials say each of the two tickets matched all five white ball numbers but missed the Wild Card to win the game's $6,000 second prize. The ticket sold in Pierre also won another $1 on another play line.
• The odds of winning the prize are one in about 127,000. The winners have about (Continued on page 26)
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