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• The mascots will make their appearance during the fourth hour of Monday's show in honor of President's Day.
• South Dakota Department of Tourism officials say the show's hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb will try to put the mascots in the correct order as seen on Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
• State officials say the hosts will also try to answer trivia questions about the Mount Rushmore and South Dakota.
• The mascots are scheduled to be in the studio and on Rockefeller Plaza.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Members of the state's Air National Guard have recently completed two weeks of mandatory readiness training in Arizona that would be nearly impossible to accomplish under South Dakota's harsh weather conditions.
• Officials say about 150 Guard members traveled to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, located in Tucson. They say most of those traveling are not full-time members of the Guard. Instead, they have primary civilian jobs as doctors, lawyers and bankers among others.
• Officials say the Guard allows members in northern states to travel to Arizona to complete drills that snow or other weather conditions do not allow to train for.
• Pilots who attended this training were also able to fly at night for longer periods than usual.
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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- The University of South Dakota School of Law has announced it will be hosting a symposium on how to facilitate access to attorneys to people living in rural areas.
• South Dakota Chief Justice David Gilbertson is scheduled to be the keynote speaker.
• Panel discussions are expected to address the challenges faced by attorneys and legal consultants practicing in rural communities, as well as the state's rural lawyer recruitment legislation.
• The school says estimates show 51 million Americans live in rural areas.
• The symposium is scheduled for next month in Vermillion.
• Information about the event can be found online at: www.usd.edu/law
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