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but has turned into an awareness campaign about the issue.
• The Lakota Voice Project is collaboration between the Black Hills' chapter of the American Advertising Federation and Oglala Lakota College business students.
• The exhibit will be on display for several months.
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Laid-off beef plant workers gather outside plant
• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Laid-off workers at the Northern Beef Packers are seeking answers on when they will get their delinquent paychecks.
• But at a meeting in the northern South Dakota city of Aberdeen on Friday, state Labor officials said bankruptcy proceedings have halted a process that would have allowed the workers to get at least partial compensation.
• The Aberdeen American News reports (http://bit.ly/13iZziu ) that several dozen people showed up at a Labor Department meeting held to discuss job options for the laid-off workers. Department officials say that because Northern Beef Packers has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy to reorganize, a court will decide what debt is paid.
• More than 250 workers were laid off Wednesday.
• Some of the laid-off workers gathered for a while Friday outside the county courthouse and the plant.
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SD raw milk supporters oppose state rules on sale
CHET BROKAW,Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Raw milk producers and their customers asked South Dakota officials once again on Friday to scrap rules they argue would impose too many restrictions on the production and sale of unpasteurized milk.
• At the South Dakota Agriculture Department's second hearing in two months, farmers who produce raw milk said the proposed rules on the production, testing and labeling of raw milk offered for sale are unnecessary, too stringent and too expensive for producers.
• Lila Streff, owner of Black Hills Goat Dairy near Custer, said raw milk has been unfairly criticized as a health risk. The proposed label, which would warn consumers of potential health risks, is unnecessary, she said.
• "Raw milk is incredibly safe," Streff said.
• But Courtney De La Rosa, the Agriculture Department's lawyer and director of agriculture policy, said the proposed rules provide a reasonable framework for making sure raw milk sold in the state is safe. Raw milk for sale should comply with ba (Continued on page 29)
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