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nity leaders to discuss the area's needs.
• More information can be obtained at 605-773-3661.
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Bosworth can compete in GOP US Senate primary
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota Secretary of State Jason Gant says Republican Senate candidate Dr. Annette Bosworth submitted enough valid signatures to be on the ballot for the GOP U.S. Senate primary.
• Political activist and commentator Cory Heidelberger recently filed an affidavit with Gant's office questioning some of Bosworth's signatures. But Gant on Saturday ruled the challenge unsuccessful.
• Bosworth's campaign submitted 2,750 signatures to Gant's office. Gant says 2,305 of those were valid, exceeding the 1,955 the Sioux Falls physician needed to get on the ballot.
• Gant, however, has forwarded the affidavit to the state's attorney general to determine whether one of the claims raised is true.
• Heidelberger is questioning some signatures presumably gathered by Bosworth and her husband. Heidelberger says the couple was in the Philippines when the signatures were collected.
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Penny postcards bring SD courthouses back to life
NORA HERTEL, Associated Press
• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- Supreme Court Chief Justice David Gilbertson is a man who loves antiques. A spinning wheel brought over by his Norwegian ancestors stands next to his office fireplace, ornate side tables flank his desk and a collection of old clocks hums and chimes.
• So when the state judicial system was given a collection of postcards featuring courthouses from nearly every county in the state, Gilbertson was eager to do something special. He went right to work sharing copies and framing the originals for preservation and display.
• "I knew it was a treasure that's virtually impossible to replace," Gilbertson said, who already had a framed display of courthouse postcards from his home county, Roberts.
• The cards originate from about 1900 to the mid-1950s and were called "penny postcards," because they required a one-cent stamp to mail. Postcards of the era were a primary source of communication, according to Ken Stewart, an archivist for the South Dakota State Historical Society. They depicted important buildings -- (Continued on page 20)
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