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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard will once again preside over an Easter egg hunt in Pierre on Sunday.
• The event is held annually at the Pierre Elks Lodge.
• KGFX reports that this this is the 60th year for the event.
• The governor and First Lady Linda Daugaard will tell the children when they can start. The hunt begins at 1 p.m.
• Daugaard says he's amazed by how many children come out to take part in the hunt.
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• KRISTI EATON,Associated Press
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Kiss frontman Gene Simmons made a surprise appearance at a Sioux Falls benefit concert Saturday, where he spoke of music's power to positively shape children's lives.
• Simmons's appearance came on the final day of a week of concerts to benefit the music academy for Sioux Falls Boys & Girls Clubs members.
• "This is about kids. We've had our chance. We've got to give them a chance. Anything that gets them off the street is a good thing," Simmons said.
• Music, Simmons said, is self-empowering.
• "It doesn't matter if you become a star. If you don't believe in yourself and get up on stage, everybody is watching. You can feel the power ... and it helps you get through life, especially when you're impressionable."
• He said getting involved in music -- whether it's learning to play an instrument or sing karaoke -- improves social skills, too.
• Motley Crue singer Vince Neil was also at Saturday's show, and he, too, expounded on the positive benefits of music.
• "Say you finish your first song, it could be 'Mary Had a Little Lamb,' it doesn't matter, but at least it's something you've played," Neil said. "And I think for kids, they could go into a whole other direction because they accomplished something."
• Neil said he was 10 when he first started taking guitar lessons.
• "I was terrible," he said laughing. "That's why I'm not a guitarist. I went into the other direction."
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