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a ui a di wi Metro Region CONTACT OUR REGIONAL STAFF Conine Obon: Regional reporter, 331-2320 Allca P. Thlete: Correspondents coordinator, 331-2376 2B ARGUS LEADER, SIOUX FALLS, S.D. SUNDAY SEPT. 3, 2006 LOTTERIES READER PHOTO vella Richards, Clarence Behan, Travis Elk Boy, Dawnee Frogg, Jay Dee Spotted Elk, Howard Blue Bird, Thomas Spotted Bear, Flint Thomas Red Feather, Justin Hawk Wing, Sage Richards, Wenona Richards, Joe Garcia and Rusty Richards. The Associated Press POWERBALL- 3-8-24-28-49; Powerball 25; Power Play 4 DAKOTA CASH: 2-13-18-19-23 $100,000 CASH: 10-18-23-25-32 WILD CARD: 7-11-17-18-28; Ace of Clubs HOT LOTTO: 24-25-37-38-39; Hot Ball 16 NORTH STAR CASH: 6-17-18-22-23 IOWA PICK 3: 7-40 IOWA PICK 4: 1-9-1-0 Linda McCoy's dog Scotter enjoys an outing on the boat.

UNDA MCCOY SUBMITTED PHOTO RAPID CITY Georgian who took animals home is fined A Georgia man has been fined for illegally taking animals out of South Dakota. According to authorities, Richard Reese of Ball Ground, will pay more than $2,500 for each animal in fines and restitution. He had pleaded guilty to three counts of illegally taking a mule deer, a white-tailed deer and an antelope from South Dakota to Georgia in 2004 in violation of South Dakota state hunting regulations. -The Associated Press ORANGE CITY, Iowa Hull city adninistrator now county treasurer The Sioux County, Iowa, Board of Supervisors named the Hull city administrator as the new county treasurer on Tuesday. Randy Feenstra will replace Robert Hagey, whose resignation takes effect To submit a photo, e-mail it to Send it in a jpeg format.

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Minnesota Box 5034, Sioux Falls, SD 57117-5034. Photos will not be returned. Call 605-331-2300 for more information. SIOUX FALLS Poker run helps family of woman injured at Sturgis A benefit poker run will be held Sept 16 at the Sidewinder Bar, 3613 N. Cliff for April Rinken of Loveland, Colo.

Rinken was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Sturgis Aug. 5 and is recovering in a Sturgis hospital. Sign-up for the poker run will be held from 1 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $10 to participate.

There will be a raffle drawing of donated items at the Sidewinder Bar after the run. A fund for the Rinken family has been set up at Wells Fargo Bank. Donations can be sent to any branch made out to the April Rinken Benefit Fund, in care of Michael Rinken. -From staff reports HURON Fair show rained out, but insurance will pay The grandstand show at the South Dakota State Fair was rained out Friday night, but the fair had rain insurance to cover the expenses. Phil Vassar, SHeDAISY and Kyle Wyley were to have performed.

People with tickets for the grandstand show can get refunds, fair officials said. The planned grandstand entertainment Saturday night was Diamond Rio and Collin Raye. The insurance is good from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., and it must rain a quarter of an inch for the insurance to be valid, said Susan Hayward, State Fair manager. It's possible weather could cancel a show but the insurance could not be used, said Larry Gabriel, state Agricul- fniiir.4i..iir 1 1 Tf I Orang i CHy on Friday.

Feenstra received nearly 2,000 write-in votes' for county treasurer in the June primary and is the only candidate on the November bal hire secretary. Lightning might cancel a show, but with no rain, the insurance would not kick in, he said. Elsewhere on the grounds, the roof at the Family Living Center was leaking, said State Fair Commissioner Doug Fosheim of Huron. And commission member Pam Gep-pert of Kimball said the livestock barns were running short of hay on Friday. The Associated Press trafficking on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

Norton Richards of Rapid City pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He and 15 other people were indicted on charges that include conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana, and possession of firearms in relation to drug trafficking. They were arrested after a Dec. 21 drug bust at a Rapid City motel after someone smelled marijuana smoke coming from a room. A search yielded 1 pounds of cocaine, guns, ammunition, $16,519 in cash and drug paraphernalia.

The others indicted include: Geral-dine Blue Bird, Colin Spotted Elk, Mar- SOUTH DAKOTA Highway Patrol looking for impaired drivers The South Dakota Highway Patrol will be holding several sobriety checkpoints in September. Lyman, like, Charles Mix, Minnehaha, Turner and McCook counties will be the focus of the Highway Patrol's efforts to curb drunken driving, Capt Kevin Jof-fer said in a news release. In addition to detecting alcohol- or drug-impaired drivers, the Highway Patrol will make use of the checkpoints to remind motorists about the dangers of drinking and driving. -From staff reports lot. Feenstra said Monday he is resigning as city administrator after serving for seven years.

During his tenure, two manufacturing companies, a dentist, optometrist, physical therapist and medical center were added to the business community. Three large housing additions were created as the city has grown from 1,960 in the 2000 census to 2,039 in July 2005. From staff reports RAPID CITY Drug trafficker gets 10 years in prison One of 16 people charged with drug CANDIDATES DEBATE AT FAIR NO QUESTIONS: While the forum allows each candidate to ask each other three questions, Gov. Mike Rounds declined to ask any of Democratic candidate Jack ABORTION BAN: Billion questioned the state's abortion ban, saying it was too restrictive. Rounds replied that HB1215 does include exceptions for emergency contraceptives, in cases of rape and incest.

OPEN GOVERNMENT: After Billion questioned Rounds' use of state aircraft and the annual pheasant hunt, Rounds argued that the hunt allows the state to draw in outside business. out. The governor said state law and planned execution procedure weren't in agreement, something he said the next Legislature should settle. Billion told the State Fair audience the handling of the situation showed lack of leadership. The Rounds administration wasn't prepared for the situation, he said.

"We had laws, we just weren't aware of what they were," he said. "It's bad leadership, and it's bad decision-making." Rounds said he made the right decision in delaying the execution. "If we're going to execute some Governor refuses to ask challenger any questions BY TERRY WOSTER twostermidco.net HURON Gov. Mike Rounds refused to question Democrat Jack Billion during a State Fair debate that allowed that feature Saturday, but he responded to the challenger's questions on open government and the state's abortion ban. The Republican governor and the former Democratic legislator being brought up by Doctor Billion is whether or not when we work with individuals who would like to move their businesses to our state, whether or not we should advertise who those ind" viduals are, even when we're in competition with other states." He said he believes citizens want the state to work with developers across the nation without letting other state's development specialists know that "We don't want a reporter going down to Iowa and standing in front of a plant that may be going to close and have him standing out in front asking people down there what they think about a possible move to South Dakota, because that would make it tougher for them to come in here," Rounds said.

The governor also said he put out a list of his use of the aircraft "We've done it legally, and in many cases where we done multiple trips at one time, one of the trips being a business trip for the state and also then a recreational opportunity for myself or a family activity, I paid for those trips and paid for them or we paid directly back into the agency of government so there's no question as to unfair use of one of those aircrafts for personal use," Rounds said. "I will not apologize for doing everything I can to take as much time working for the state and also taking care of family obligations as well." of abortion as best as they can. This is a direct challenge to the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. They've changed their minds in the past as to what they think the Constitution says. This gives them an opportunity to do that in the future." Rounds also said the state's ban includes protection for the life of the mother and allows use of emergency contraception before a pregnancy can be detected.

Billion's final question to Rounds involved open government. Billion said South Dakota is consistently ranked as a state with the most closed government. "Will you be willing to inform the citizens about the use of the state airplane, the money collected, the money paid back?" Billion asked. "Would you be willing to discuss the money collected and distributed by the governor's hunt, where it's taken in and where it goes? And would you be willing to make a list of contributors to the governor's mansion, where they came from and how that money is spent? And will you agree to make immediately available to everyone in South Dakota the information regarding these activities, the money raised, its sources and its destination?" Rounds said all of the money that comes in for any type of economic development activities are identified and accounted for. "In addition to that, the question from Sioux Falls also talked about South Dakota's delayed execution during an hour-long forum on the Freedom Stage.

It's the first time in this campaign that the one in South Dakota, we're going to do it by the book and by the law," he said. "We are a nation of laws. That's the way the people of the state expect it to be done." The Mitchell ll.llMiif 1. Ill "I didn't agree to the rules," Rounds said. "With all due respect, I will not be asking questions so there will be more time for questions from the audience." Billion didn't share the governor's view.

He said when candidates sign up for debates, they agree to a set of rules. For the State Fair forum, that meant asking each other three questions. He said the governor was trying to change the rules. "If you were going to play ball, Governor Rounds, and you decided you would come from third base to home, and I had to go from home plate all the way around, would that really be fair?" Billion asked. "Would you like to reply?" Kor-rie Wenzel, editor of the Daily Republic and moderator of the debate, asked Rounds.

"No," Rounds said. Then he said, "You have two left to ask yet, Jack." The second question the Demo crat asked involved the abortion ban, HB1215, passed by the 2006 Legislature, signed into law by Rounds and referred to a vote of the people. That will come in November. "We're both fathers. We both have kids," he said.

"And you're telling me that if my daughter is a victim of rape and becomes pregnant and the like as a victim of crime, you will state that she must carry that pregnancy to term despite her trauma and victimization. My question is, to you still support this rigid, no exception law that takes away the rights of the women of South Dakota?" Rounds said, "I support 1215. It is a direct challenge to Roe Wade. It is not in effect. It will not be in effect until such time as Roe versus Wade is challenged at the national level.

During that time our laws in South Dakota, which are the toughest in the nation, will protect us from performance Jack Billion Mike Rounds Daily Republic sponsored the debate. The Daily Republic's format included opening statements by the candidates, questions from the audience, questions each candidate could ask the other and closing statements. Rounds said he didn't want to ask Billion questions. Instead, he said, any additional time should go to questions from the two major-party candidates have gone head-to-head in a formal setting. The death penalty question came early and was expected, given the public attention to the issue during the past week.

Convicted killer Elijah Page was to have been executed Tuesday evening. Rounds issued a reprieve about five hours before the sentence was to have been carried PIYUSH PATEL, MD INTERNAL MEDICINE HOSPITALIST CTA r- I Early Influences: As a child, dreamed of becoming a doctor, like his father, a practicing physician for 33 years. Accomplishments: Medical degree, Pramukh Swami Medical College, India; Master of Science in Molecular and Cell Biology, Long Island University; Residency, University of South Dakota Internal Medicine Program, Sioux Falls, SD. Philosophy: "I have always believed that nothing is more precious than a human life. The best part of being a physician is helping patients get better when they are going through difficult times in their health and lives.

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