• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Mountain goats from Utah have been released in South Dakota's Black Hills.
• The 22 mountain goats captured from Utah's Tushar Mountains were released as part of a study to increase the genetic diversity of South Dakota's population.
• South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Regional Game Manager John Kanta says the goats were vaccinated, measured and tested for diseases. All yearling and adult mountain goats received ear tags.
• Kanta says the mountain goats will be monitored for survival and transplant success. He says the information also will be used to enhance an aerial survey to develop estimates of the goat population.
• Kanta says the Midwest Wild Sheep Foundation and the Greater Dacotah Chapter of Safari Club International provided money to help capture the mountain goats and fit then with radio collars.
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• CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) -- The Crazy Horse Memorial plans to observe Native American Day on Oct. 14 with a weather-permitting mountain blast, a buffalo stew lunch and the season's final lighting of a special effects laser-and-light show on the mountain carving.
• Thomas Shortbull, president of Oglala Lakota College, will be the keynote speaker at a program preceding the planned blast.
• The program also will showcase the talents of Art Red Horse, a member of the Navajo Nation in Arizona and a painter and illustrator. Red Horse also makes and plays flutes and is a grass dancer at powwows and other events.
• Admission will be free with the donation of three cans of food per person or cash to benefit people served by the Feeding South Dakota food bank.
• The state holiday was established in 1989.
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