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SD tribes get historic preservation grants
• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The National Park Service has announced more than $3.7 million in historic preservation grants to Native American tribes, including tribes in South Dakota.
• National Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis says the grants will help tribes preserve their important cultural sites so that all Americans can gain a better appreciation of their traditions and cultures. The money can be used for education, planning, reports and repair work.
• The state's nine tribes are each receiving between $25,000 and $35,000
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SD Trail of Governors project adding 3 statues
• CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard and all living former South Dakota governors gathered Friday in the state Capitol to unveil life-size bronze statues of three former governors.
• The current governor was joined by former Govs. Frank Farrar, Harvey Wollman, Walter Dale Miller and Mike Rounds to celebrate the three latest additions to the Trail of Governors project that is placing statues of former governors on a route being created throughout downtown Pierre and the Capitol grounds.
• The statues being added this year feature Farrar, Wollman and Bill Janklow, who died last year.
• The statue of Janklow, who served four terms as governor, drew the biggest reaction from the crowd. It shows Janklow, who liked to take charge in emergency situations, pointing with his left hand while holding a bullhorn in his right hand as he dealt with the 1998 tornado that leveled the town of Spencer.
• "In wind storms, tornadoes, floods, Bill was on the spot," Daugaard told the crowd. "Someone was out there needing his help."
• Daugaard said Farrar, Wollman and Janklow will be known for their accomplishments because they put the state's welfare ahead of politics.
• "These governors were all direct, honest and candid," Daugaard said. "They knew they were governor of all South Dakota, though, and it was the quality of the idea that mattered most, not who proposed it or the politics of the person who had the idea."
• The Trail of Governors Foundation plans to erect three statues each year. The (Continued on page 19)
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