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winter coat as she patrolled the grounds of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where temperatures hovered around zero.
• "It's very cold. There are no other words to describe it. It involves a lot of pouting about how cold it is. It's been very difficult for me especially," the 28-year-old said Thursday, laughing.
• Kinkade said she and other staff tried to stay indoors as much as possible, but their jobs required them to be outside much of the time to make sure visitors were safe at the mountain carving of four U.S. presidents high in South Dakota's Black Hills.
• "We did see a gentleman walking around in shorts. That was a little weird, a little strange," she said.
• Maureen McGee-Ballinger, director of interpretation and education, said Mount Rushmore attracts 2.5 million or more visitors a year, but only 100-300 a day during the winter. She saw four visitors about 9:15 a.m. Thursday, far below the 50 that would normally have visited the park by then.
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Knowles takes lead in steer wrestling standings
KEITH FREEMAN, Associated Press
• LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Trevor Knowles had a near-record run of 3.1 seconds Thursday night to take the lead in the steer wrestling season standings after the first round of the National Finals Rodeo.
• Knowles, from Mount Vernon, Ore., was a tenth of a second off the Thomas & Mack Center record of 3.0 set by Steve Duhon in 1986 and matched by Bryan Fields in 2001. Knowles had the fastest first-round time in NFR history, breaking the mark of 3.3 set by Gary Green and Roy Duvall in 1985.
• Knowles pushed his season money total to $120,158. Casey Martin of Sulphur, La., finished fourth in 4.2 to drop into second place at $116,750.
• "Doing good in any round is good, especially the first one," Knowles said. "I had a good steer. There were probably four or five of us who had good steers. I didn't think I was going to 3.1 for crying out loud. I had a feeling I had a chance to win first, second or third on the steer I had.
• "I had a great start and I just kind of went through the motions. It didn't feel like I really did anything special. It just happened fast."
• In bull riding, three-time world champion J.W. Harris of Mullin, Texas, remained in the season lead by placing fourth with an 85.5-point ride on Snake. Shane Proctor of Grand Coulee, Wash., won with an 89 on News Flash.
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