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They collected more than 25,000 signatures,
but nearly 16,000 of those turned out to be invalid.
Our top story tonight, a petition to butt out
the smoking ban burns out.
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South Dakota Secretary of State Chris Nelson
rejects petitions calling for a statewide vote
on the smoking ban, saying not enough valid signatures
were submitted.
He says the effort to challenge the law
fell 221 signatures short out of more than 25,000 submitted.
Nearly 10,000 were invalid.
Since numerous studies show smoking bans
lead to less smoking, supporters say
it's a victory for public health.
Five years on the line, because we restrict smoking
in public places, it's just another avenue
to get more people to quit.
Whether it's bad for you or not,
bar owners say the ban restricts much more than smoking.
I don't really know that they have the right to regulate.
You know, it's free country.
Sure people have the right not to be around it,
but they don't come in.
The next step, figuring out when the ban will go into effect.
Either side can appeal the decision to a judge
and eventually the state's Supreme Court.
Well, as smoking becomes illegal in more and more places,
some smokers have switched to those smokeless e-cigarettes
that we've told you about, so they can take a drag anywhere
and ostensibly stay cancer free.
But the electronic habit might be as unhealthy
as the smoking counterpart.
We tell you how after Mike Modrick
brings us the forecast first.
And today was a toasty day as promised.
Tomorrow we'll just be back to a little more
average kind of heat for us.
We'll start things off in the 60s early on in the day,
skies partly cloudy into the afternoon.
Northerly breeze ought to cool things off
just a few degrees as we head back to 85
in downtown Rapid City.
But there's even cooler air coming our way next week,
the last week of July.
We'll look at that, Chad, coming up.
Now there's that old saying that if something
sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Turns out electronic cigarettes may not be as safe
as their salesmen say.
The FDA has now found several toxic
and carcinogenic cancer-causing ingredients
in two leading brands.
Manufacturers of the e-cigarettes claim their products
are safer than traditional cigarettes
because they don't contain tobacco,
but e-cigarettes still have addiction causing nicotine
and several other chemicals,
including a key ingredient in antifreeze.
Instead of burning tobacco, electronic cigarettes
produce a nicotine mist from disposable cartridges.
We're 11 days from the official start
of the Sturgis motorcycle rally,
but Bikertown is already taking shape.
Vendors are setting up shop in downtown Sturgis,
selling rally shirts and accessories for the 2009 season.
The cost for a city license,
if you're selling any kind of merchandise, $600.
Vendor space ranges between five and $25 per square foot.
Despite the recession,
some vendors are hoping for a successful season.
Our hope is to sell everything.
So we're expecting a lot of people,
even though economy is not that too good.
So they'll be here.
Bikers are good.
Last year, rally revenue was down,
more than $92,000 from 2007.
In all, just over $761,000 in tax revenues was collected.
Attendance was also down about 12% from 2007.
Rally goers can expect big changes
at a well-known Sturgis campground starting this year.
Since 1983, Glencoe Campground has provided camping
and entertainment to visitors from all over the country.
It's now under new management
and construction to prepare for the rally.
There are some changes that campers can expect this year,
ranging from new outdoor stages to a bar made out of wood
from the 3,800 foot level at the Homestead Gold Mine in Leed.
What we're looking to do is give a good experience
to our campers that have been coming year after year,
have them go out and promote this property
with the new changes we're implementing.
And that's why we're taking kind of a rollback,
the recessionary pricing, bring the prices down,
add to the experience.
The change in management signals a change
in managing philosophy as well.
The Glencoe staff hoping to have events year round,
not just during the rally.
Weeks before the rally,
Sturgis always seems to be surrounded by orange cones,
but soon the roads will be cone free,
at least for rally week.
Two main construction areas on Interstate 90
will be back to normal starting this weekend.
There will be two lanes open both ways.
The construction work at Blackhawk and Sturgis
will be suspended until after the rally.
The Blackhawk project will be 80% complete
once the westbound lanes open tomorrow.
Eastbound construction begins in August.
Well, before you hit the road for the rally
or just to go anywhere else,
check to see if your tabs are still stuck
to your license plates.
An estimated 30,000 license plate vehicle tabs
that confirm your car registration.
Turns out they're not sticky enough to stay put.
The distribution of the faulty decals
is widespread in South Dakota.
The California based company that manufactures the product
is working to fix the problem and redistribute new tabs
with improved adhesive at no additional cost.
Officials say vehicles with flawed decals
shouldn't worry about a police citation.
Using the computers that are in the cars,
we can run a check through the state system
and the state system will show that the good tag
should be on place in that, or on that license plate.
If you notice that your tags have fallen off,
you should have them replaced as soon as possible.
In news across the state, a Worthing man is sentenced
to 12 years in prison for taking a minor across state lines
to have sex with her.
40 year old E.J. Gould had pleaded guilty earlier
in federal court to traveling with intent
to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor.
According to court documents, Gould left South Dakota
on a driving trip with a 14 year old girl
and admitted having sex with her while in Louisiana.
In news out of Wyoming, a Mississippi fugitive
accused of child molestation in the 1990s
has been arrested by the FBI
in the southern Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming.
62 year old Edward Eugene Harper was a fugitive
for nearly 15 years after failing to appear
at a court hearing in DeSoto County, Mississippi
in October 1994.
He was charged with conspiracy to commit sexual battery,
child fondling, and sexual battery.
While other states begin to spend their stimulus dollars,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture stiffs Wyoming again,
not providing any money for forests in that state.
National forests in Wyoming won't receive stimulus dollars
for a second time.
The first round of stimulus money
left Wyoming out of the picture as well.
Now, $275 million in federal funds to improve forests
go to 32 states, but again, Wyoming is not included.
A Forest Service spokeswoman says that the agency
is directing money toward the neediest areas.
Coming up, a day after President Barack Obama
announces his healthcare plan,
a South Dakota congresswoman has her own ideas.
And he witnessed and covered some of America's
most exciting and tumultuous times.
Friends, colleagues, and viewers,
remember the legendary Walter Cronkite
and the times he lived.
That's next in Cover It You Count On.
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As debate in Washington over healthcare reform
drags on, South Dakota lawmakers speak up.
Representative Stephanie Herzest Sandlin
says that reform is necessary to fix the current,
as she calls, broken and unsustainable system,
but she's concerned that current proposals in Congress
won't go far enough to save money.
Herzest Sandlin says that healthcare reform
must be both comprehensive and, as the president promised,
deficit neutral.
What we're looking at is possibly a cooperative
or level playing field option that would be run
to hold the private insurance companies honest
so that we can keep premiums at an affordable rate
for families and that we can contain costs over time.
Herzest Sandlin expects legislation to be signed
by the end of the year.
Covering the world tonight,
many lawmakers consider President Obama's plan
to fix healthcare as they consider it skeptical,
and there may be a quick setback in his efforts
to get a quick healthcare bill from Congress.
The Senate majority leader told Mr. Obama
that a bill would not be ready
before Congress's summer recess as he'd wanted.
Still, the president remained upbeat
as he urged crowds in the heartland to get behind his plan.
While taking questions at a town hall meeting
outside of Cleveland, the president extended the deadline
for healthcare reform past his original August deadline,
but with conditions.
He says he has no problem waiting
if people are working through the tough issues,
but doesn't want to delay due to politics.
The Caucasian police sergeant
who arrested renowned African American scholar
Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's disappointed
President Barack Obama spoke last night
without knowing all the facts of their case.
Sergeant James Crowley, who is Caucasian,
has been criticized for arresting Gates last week.
Police say Gates flew into a verbal rage
when officers asked him for identification
while investigating reports of a break-in.
In a news conference last night,
Obama, who is a friend of Gates,
said that police, quote,
acted stupidly in arresting Gates.
In an interview this morning, Crowley says
it was disappointing that the president waited in
to what should be a local issue.
And funeral services were held
for former anchorman Walter Cronkite this afternoon
at a church in Midtown Manhattan.
Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening News from 1962 until 1981
and was known as the most trusted man in America.
But here, family, friends, and colleagues
remember Cronkite as simply a good person.
I was his friend for a long time.
Like everyone that knew Walter,
I was always asked, what's he really like?
And I would answer, he's just the way you hope he is.
I just feel so terrible about Walter's death
that I can hardly say anything.
He's been such a good friend over the years.
Please excuse me, thank you.
Cronkite died last Friday at his Manhattan home at age 92.
Still to come tonight, are you sick
of sitting on the couch every weekend?
We have some ideas on where to go
so you can get up and get out of the house.
Hopefully the weather will be nice enough to do that.
In the first alert forecast,
Chief Meteorologist Mike Modrick tells us
spending time outdoors this weekend
if it's a good idea or not.
Whether you consider it good company, Golden West.
Now, the first alert forecast.
Weather coverage you can count on
from Chief Meteorologist Mike Modrick.
This is our Golden West weather camera
right here in Rapid City.
The view from the Rapid City Journal Building.
And it was a view of blue sky and sunshine,
few fair weather cumulus over the Black Hills.
It was hot, but it was dry, low humidity.
Had 90s in Sheridan and Buffalo and Wyoming.
We had 90s around the Black Hills too.
98 in Hot Springs, 93 in Martin, 91 downtown Rapid City.
Hill City, a holdout at 87 degrees today.
We're still at 76, Spearfish is still at 78,
but of course it's cooler in the higher elevations.
Tomorrow we'll start things off
with temperatures in the 60s early on.
Skies become partly cloudy into the afternoon.
85 for a high tomorrow.
Just a slight cool down over what we had today.
Anne Lyon from Martin sent this in,
looking to the south here.
And you can see this thunderstorm that was in Nebraska.
That's where some of the few thunderstorms were
during the day today.
It was a beautiful picture there at sunset.
Heat, lots of heat.
We've been talking about the heat
in the southwestern state for weeks now.
But all the way up to Billings at 100 degrees
and the heat really all the way up into southern Canada,
including our neck of the woods.
Very cool off to the east here.
Boston, only 72 degrees.
Buffalo, New York, 78.
You think we're worried about maybe having a cool fall.
Buffalo, New York with their lake effect snows.
I'm sure they're shaking in their boots.
Severe thunderstorms still in Minnesota.
Was one earlier in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado
with a few strong thunderstorms that developed there.
We have pretty much clear skies across the Black Hills.
A few clouds are starting to push back into Wyoming here.
These are some of the clouds we'll be seeing around tomorrow.
Now these are the record highs that are on the books
that are still on the books.
106 in Rapid City, we weren't even close.
115 in Peer, not close.
104 in Sheridan, not really all that close.
107 in Billings, that one was a little close.
It was 100 at Billings this afternoon.
97 in Sheridan, so you missed it by seven degrees.
We were 12 degrees away in Rapid City
and 20 degrees away from the record in Peer today.
Just 95, just 95 degrees.
71 right now in Rapid City, 78 in Phillip,
still at the moment, some 60s in Wyoming.
But the hot air is gonna be going away.
The core of the hot air, I guess I should say.
Slightly cooler conditions with the northerly breeze.
This front has no moisture to speak of associated with it.
Quiet night tomorrow night as well,
but there is another low pressure area
approaching from the west Saturday.
Well, this will be on our neck of the woods Sunday,
so we'll have a chance for some afternoon
and evening thunderstorms on Sunday with this low coming in.
And then we actually will have some cooler air,
even cooler, that comes back our way for next week.
And here is the way that looks in your forecast.
Skies are clear overnight and it is a very warm night for us.
Only down to 64 in Rapid City, 58 in Hot Springs,
55 in Custer.
Partly cloudy skies tomorrow, not quite as hot,
but still pushing around 90 in Hot Springs
to Phillip and Pine Ridge, 85 in Rapid City,
81 up in Deadwood tomorrow.
Winds out of the north at 10 to 20 miles an hour.
On Saturday, mostly sunny and 82 for a high.
Little better chance of some thunderstorms
very late Sunday and on into Sunday night.
87 are high Sunday afternoon.
Then on Monday we cooled down just a little,
partly cloudy with a 78 chance of thunderstorms
looking on the lower side at this point
for Monday and Tuesday.
But Wednesday night and possibly lingering to Thursday,
we may have a better chance again.
Back to 76 by Thursday.
So I hope you enjoyed the heat.
Better than 106.
Yeah.
And that 106, by the way, was two years ago.
I remember that.
We had, what, two dozen, 100 degree days,
something like that back then?
We had a rash of hundreds.
We call that a heat rash.
That was a hot summer.
This is much better.
I think we'll be talking about, back in 06,
I think we'll be talking about that
maybe 50 years from now too.
That's right.
When the glaciers come back.
Thank you, Mike.
Well, with a weather forecast like this,
you might want to venture outdoors
and into the hills this weekend.
There's no shortage of places to go
and things to do in Coda territory.
In Deadwood, the days of 76 rodeo is in full stampede.
The annual Deadwood Historic Parade is tomorrow at 1.30
and at 10 a.m. on Saturday on Main Street in Deadwood.
In Custer, Gold Discovery Days kicks off tomorrow
and runs through Sunday.
The annual festival includes a parade,
craft fair, kids' activities,
and a street dance on both Friday and Saturday nights.
For more information on these events,
click on this story on our website at Codatv.com.
Still, the come to night,
growing up in an abusive environment
can scar people for life.
Now, research suggests it might give them cancer as well.
And it's that time of year to heed the saying,
bleeds of three leave them be.
Because if you're not careful out in the woods,
you'll be itching for days.
Those stories are next when we cover health.
When people say, hey Mike, why Ford, why now?
Jimmy puts Grey's Anatomy's Catherine Heigl on the spot.
You are coming back to the show next season
for absolutely sure then.
Plus, David and Sean Cassidy.
All-new Jimmy Kimmel Live, late night tonight on ABC.
Covering health tonight, a California company
is voluntarily recalling one lot of romaine lettuce
that could be contaminated with salmonella.
A random test from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
tested positive for the harmful bacteria.
The recall affects customers in 29 states,
including Wyoming and Nebraska.
Customers got the recalled lettuce in cartons
marked with the lot code 531-380,
harvested from June 25th to July 2nd.
The recall only includes bulk or wrapped romaine lettuce,
not the pre-washed variety.
Abused children already face an increased risk
of emotional problems as adults.
Now, as Helene reports, new in our Family Healthcast tonight,
research shows that they may also have an increased risk for cancer.
The University of Toronto study shows childhood physical abuse
is linked with a 49% higher risk of cancer in adulthood.
This is a very interesting study because it talks about the fact
that what happens in childhood can affect how someone is in adulthood
in terms of their health care, and in particular, their cancer risk.
Researchers don't know exactly why there's an increased risk
for cancer in these abused kids,
but they say the risk may be due to a protein called cortisol.
Cortisol is that hormone that prepares the body for fight or flight
and is frequently referred to as a stress hormone.
And researchers say cortisol may suppress the immune system's ability
to detect and destroy cancer cells.
This study shows the effects from child abuse can be long-lasting.
Even if a child, let's say, seems to cope well,
they get through it, it's discovered, it's stopped,
and they're coping well and they go on with their lives
and they have relationships and everything seems fine,
maybe they're not necessarily out of the woods.
Complete findings of this study in the July 15th issue of the Journal Cancer.
This is the time of year when poison ivy and poison oak are popping,
and health experts want to remind you to be aware of these plants.
If you think you've been exposed, don't scratch, it makes it worse.
You may actually notice that that rash spreads along the lines
of where you're scratching or where you've been touching.
Nearly everyone is allergic to urushiol, oil, that's found in the leaves,
the roots and woody parts of the poison ivy and poison oak plants.
It is the oil that is actually causing the itchy rash
when you come into contact with one of these plants.
If you are exposed, rinse that area with cold water as soon as possible.
Hot water causes the pores to open and may spread the oil even more.
You can also try a gentle cleanser like soap or even rubbing alcohol,
but once the itching starts, you can expect it to last
for at least a week, sometimes longer.
There are many lotions you can buy to relieve the itching, calamine, benadryl.
Poison ivy, poison oak can grow anywhere,
especially near trees, shrubs and fence lines.
You can identify them with their three leaf clusters.
Best advice, leaves of three, leave them be.
Go to Codatv.com to watch this healthcast again
or send a self-addressed envelop.
I'm Helene Duhamel.
Spearfish can end a five-year state drought tonight.
Jay Merrigan is here with highlights from the Region 3A baseball tournament that's coming up.
And Rapid City Post 22 looks to end its regular season on a high note.
The Hard Hats take on Colorado Springs next in Codasports.
The 87th annual Dates of 76...
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Spearfish can end a five-year state drought.
Good evening, everyone.
Well, the Spearfish baseball team has not been to the State A Legion tournament since 2003.
But after beating Sturgis 10-5 last night in its home park,
Spearfish finds itself in a Region 3A semifinal this evening against Peer.
The winner automatically qualifies for state.
Spearfish gets a strong pitching effort from Alan Heemeyer tonight.
He gases it up for a strikeout to end the top half of the fifth and keep it tied at one.
Bottom half now, Chase Bridges gets Spearfish going.
His hot shot to third burns a hole in Tanner Wolf's glove for the base hit.
Then Peer gets lazy, throwing the ball away, allowing Bridges to take second.
Spearfish continues station to station baseball.
Jordan Lukes with a seen-eye single through the left side to plate Bridges and gives Spearfish the lead.
Spearfish not done in the fifth, though.
Bryce Lewis giving it a ride this time to left field.
Spearfish's Chris Hewlett gives Chase a good effort, but it's in and out of the glove, allowing Heemeyer to score.
It's a big fifth inning for Spearfish and they're state bound for the first time in five years, winning 5-1 over Peer.
So with the loss, Peer turns right back around tonight and plays Rapid City Post 3-20 in an elimination game,
where the Stars punch their ticket to state with some big-time revenge over Peer, winning 15-0 in five innings.
So tomorrow night at 5 o'clock in Spearfish, it's post-3-20 and Spearfish for the Region 3A Championship.
Now with Rapid City Post 22 hosting this year's state tournament beginning next Wednesday at Fitzgerald Stadium,
there's no need for the Hard Hats to play in regions, but you know Dave Plouffe's troops aren't taking time off before state.
22 wraps up its regular season tonight at the Fitz with a doubleheader against Colorado Springs.
The
state's
state
championship
before tonight's game two.
Top one, Dana Hill off to a good start on the bump for 22.
He's going to throw some straight chet here right down the pipe for a backward K.
And then to quote the movie major league, forget the curveball, Dana throwing the heater.
Hill goes upstairs for the strikeout to end the inning.
Dana with nine Ks tonight.
And then a doubleheader for the home runs.
Well, Jared Jensen reads that sign right.
He's going to hit one on the nose, sending it deep the other way into left field and plenty deep enough it is for the sack fly.
Parker Sullivan takes up and scores Hard Hats on the board first.
It's a good seesaw battle in this one, but it's post 22 squeaking out a 3-2 win.
After the Hard Hats got the game one victory over Colorado Springs big time 15 to 0 in three innings.
The game is set to be a regular season on a 13 game win streak as part of an overall 38 and 18 record.
And finally PRC rodeo action gets bucking tonight at the days of 76 in Deadwood.
Let's get you started with bareback riding.
This is Scott Montague aboard happy ending and it's somewhat of a happy ending for the Rapid City Cowboys.
Seventy eight points for him.
Bucky now is Jared Smith, the Williston Cowboy, just dances on Lady Gaga to 79 points.
Don't ask me why I know that song.
The
Royal Champ Cimarron Gherki, the Colorado man, wins his eight second battle with Royal River for 82 points.
But the bareback ride of the night comes from Steven Peebles.
The Oregon Cowboy makes jam out of a horse named Strawberry for 83 points.
And finally to the Big Man's event, Tyler Hoggin with a lightning quick run of 3.7 seconds.
The Sturgis Cowboy takes the steer wrestling lead in the average at 7.5 seconds on two.
The second performance in the days of 76 rodeo rides tomorrow night at seven o'clock in Deadwood.
And again, congratulations to Spearfish and Post 320 on making the state Legion Baseball Tournament guys.
They will now be joined at state so far by the host team, Post 22 Brookings and Sioux Falls West.
All right. Thank you, Jane.
We'll be right back.
Now is the time.
For many families, money is tight this year and that's leaving little left over for back to school shopping.
But that dreaded trip to the store doesn't have to break the bank.
Mom of two, Karen Malone, hit the stores with a $25 budget for school supplies.
In her case, a little preparation went a long way.
She checked out the ads, made a list of items she already had and left her kids at home.
As a result, she stayed within her budget spending just $23.
I just kind of shop around and never buy the first thing I see.
Malone did it the smart way and you can as well.
Shop around, read all of the ads and go where the deals are.
Take an inventory of all the supplies left over from last year.
When it comes to clothes, check out consignment stores or garage sales.
And if you can, leave the kids at home or else don't give in to their begging.
Malone says it's best to start shopping this month.
The sales are usually better and the supplies are stocked.
For these tips and a lot more back to school information, you'll find a link at CodedTV.com.
It's right on the home page.
Kids bank for school supplies?
Is this something that happens?
Those pencils, please.
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Our first team salute comes from old friends at a reunion in Rapid City.
Thanks for watching. Have a great night.