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• The nominations of Korrie Wenzel of Mitchell, Carey Miller of Sioux Falls, Erin Hogan-Fouberg of Aberdeen, and Vicki McLain of Rapid City were approved during the foundation's board meeting last week.
• The new members will join nine other people on the board.
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Panel appointed to plan SD's 125th anniversary
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Gov. Dennis Daugaard has appointed a commission to come up with ideas for celebrating South Dakota's 125th anniversary of statehood in 2014.
• The group will seek ideas from the public until Oct. 1 on how to promote South Dakota's history, increase tourism and encourage state and local events such as all-school reunions.
• Daugaard says funding for the celebration will come from licensing the commercial use of a 125th anniversary logo.
• The commission includes State Historical Society Director Jay Vogt, State Historical Society President Brad Tennant, Black Hills State University administrator David Wolff, Oglala Sioux tribal historic preservation specialist Joyce Whiting, state Rep. Bernie Hunhoff, state Rep. Leslie Heinemann, South Dakota Municipal League Director Yvonne Taylor, Jim Larson of Sioux Falls, and 1989 Centennial Commission chair Shelley Stingley.
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FACT CHECK: Obama understates Keystone XL jobs
MATTHEW DALY,Associated Press
• WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has revived debate about the number of jobs that would be created by the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas. The 1,700-mile pipeline would carry oil from tar sands in Alberta to refineries in the Houston area, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma.
• During a jobs speech Tuesday in Tennessee, Obama downplayed the pipeline's effect on jobs, calling it a "blip" compared with the overall economy. He also made that point in an interview with The New York Times last week.
• The president correctly characterized the project's overall effect on U.S. employment but underestimated the number of jobs it would create.
• The $7 billion pipeline has become a contentious issue. Project supporters, including unions and lawmakers from both parties, tout the jobs it would create and (Continued on page 18)
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