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man said.
• These veterans might not know their cancer or heart conditions could be covered with federal Veterans Affairs benefits, he said.
• Phil Clements, commander for American Legion No. 8 in Pierre, was greeted by federal and state employees when he returned from Iraq in 2004, where he served with the 200th Engineering Corps. While he's pretty healthy, he receives some services.
• His experience was very different from that of his father and late father-in-law, he said.
• "It's too late for my father-in-law," Clements said, a serviceman who died of an aggressive cancer. "I think it could have prolonged his life, some sort of treatment back in the 60s."
• Clements said he thinks the state is doing a good job for veterans now.
• Zimmerman said the program adds work to Veterans Affairs offices, but it's not costing extra money. Signing more veterans up for services might actually bring more federal funds into the state, but he wouldn't speculate how much. Last year the state received about $480 million in aid for veterans.
• Zimmerman said the program is worth the effort of the phone calls and follow-up services. He said he would make all 75,000 calls himself just to help one veteran get services.
• "It's important to our department to call and to see eye to eye with each one of these veterans, just to make sure that they are given all that they are due and have earned," he said.
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• CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL, S.D. (AP) -- The Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation has added a museum curator and cultural coordinator to its staff.
• Mary Bordeaux of Pine Ridge will be responsible for programs of the Native American Educational and Culture Center and a growing collection at the Indian Museum of North America. Her education includes master of fine arts in museum exhibition planning and design as well as a bachelor of arts in museum studies.
• Acting Crazy Horse chief executive Monique Ziolkowski (jew-uhl-KUFF'-skee) says Bordeaux has special ties to the museum through her memories of working at Crazy Horse as a young girl. Ziolkowski says her return to Crazy Horse with the wealth of museum knowledge and experience she has gained is full circle.
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