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should include detailed bios and contact information. Samples of music, photos, newspaper articles, posters and other information are encouraged.
• The induction ceremony is planned for mid-April.

Mitchell man gets 24 yrs. for sexual abuse of girl

• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- A Mitchell man is going to federal prison for more than 24 years for sexually abusing a girl.
• Thirty-year-old Terace Castaway was sentenced in Sioux Falls on Monday after earlier pleading guilty to sexual abuse.
• Prosecutors say it happened between August 2008 and May 2009 and involved a young girl who was under his care. The U.S. Attorney's Office says that while the victim and her cousins were playing a game of hide and seek, Castaway came into the bathroom where she was hiding and sexually assaulted her.
• As part of the plea agreement, Castaway also acknowledged sexually abusing three other young girls on several occasions while they were at their grandmother's home in Lower Brule.

Crackdown on exploding targets in 5 states

• DENVER (AP) -- Federal authorities are cracking down on the use of exploding targets on U.S. Forest Service land in five states to prevent them from sparking wildfires.
• The order Monday covers forest and grasslands in Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Violators could face a fine of up to $5,000 and be sent prison for up to six months.
• Exploding targets can be purchased legally. They're used for shooting practice and explode when hit by a bullet.
• According to the Forest Service, they've caused at least 16 wildfires nationally in the last year. In the five-state region, they're blamed for starting seven since the beginning of 2012. The largest was Springer Gulch near Colorado's Lake George. It cost $2.7 million to fight.
• The Bureau of Land Management is considering a similar ban.
• The Forest Service order issued Monday is temporary, but the agency is working to enact a permanent rule that would ban exploding targets on national forests and grasslands, said Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Denver.

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