increase of $1,663,151 for theprogram in the 2016 budget.

That amount includescovering a projected 16 per-cent growth in recipients ofthe scholarship for the nextbudget year.

Nearly all of that growthresults from changes theLegislature made during the2010 session that now takeeffect.

The broader eligibility af-

fects two groups of students:Those who pursued ca-

reer and technical educationcourses rather than twoyears of world or foreign lan-guage. This is expected toadd 120 students to the Op-portunity program; and

Those who score 28 orhigher on ACT exams, re-gardless of coursework. Thisis expected to add 51 stu-dents.

With those changes,along with 2 percent of gen-eral growth otherwise, an ad-ditional total of 194 studentsis forecast to participate inthe Opportunity program infall 2015.

The regents are planningfor 3,997 students in the pro-gram for the 2015-2016 aca-demic year.

They include 805 studentsin the fourth year receiving$2,000 apiece and 3,192 stu-dents receiving $1,000 each inyears one through three.

The 2010 goal was to dou-ble the number of new Op-portunity students from the2006 level of 849.

In fall 2013, there were1,224 new recipients and2,553 continuing recipients inyears two through four.

Accompanying the 2010growth goal were two relatedgoals:

• Doubling the fundinglevel for the program so thatstudents received amountsequivalent to what studentsget in other states; and

• Building in an index fac-tor so the scholarship re-tained its value over time.

The regents also are ask-ing for $400,000 in fundingon a one-time basis to sup-plement funding for two nar-rowly crafted scholarshipprograms.

They help needy studentsand students who go intocritical areas of teachingneeds in South Dakota K-12schools.

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75 YEARS AGOFriday, August 18, 1939

• Nominations for YanktonʼsHarvest Queen for 1939 begancoming in almost as soon as thenominating blank appeared, MissEtta Kiley, secretary of the Cham-ber of Commerce, reported today.The nominations were opened lastWednesday, and these can bemade until 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

• Tyndall, Congressman KarlMundt was the speaker at a gather-ing here today of the pioneers ofBon Homme County, one of the old-est in Dakota Territory. The eventwas the annual picnic of the BonHomme County Old Settlers Asso-ciation, which opened at noon witha picnic dinner.

50 YEARS AGOTuesday, August 18, 1964• Yankton Countyʼs Achieve-

ment Days were in progress todaywith the judging of all exhibits inhome economics, crops, gardensand handicraft scheduled for today.Livestock and poultry entries will bejudged Wednesday along with theDress Revue competitors.

• In Vermillion, Plans to sta-belize the Missouri River fromYankton to Sioux City were pre-sented to the Vermillion Chamber of

Commerce board of directors Tues-day this last week. WilliamBergman, representing the ClayCounty Park Association, pre-sented the findings of an associa-tion committee.

25 YEARS AGOFriday, August 18, 1989

• For more than two years, thechairman of the Yankton centennialCelebration has been busy prepar-ing for the past week, but it is notover yet. Jim Abbot said while mostof the centennial events took placethis week, there are still things thatwill take place this fall.

• The Yankton Police Departmentis investigating a gunshot wound re-ported early this morning. Chief LeonCantin said Jeremy Roubideaux, 19,of Yankton, was being treated at Sa-cred Heart Hospital.

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Wild Card: KDPowerball: 07-08-17-48-59,

Powerball: 9, Power Play: 22 By 2: Red Balls: 2-11, White

Balls: 5-21

MyDaY: Month: 8, Day: 31,Year: 5

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It’s L&C Week At Territorial CapitolThis week, Tuesday Aug. 19, through Friday Aug. 22,

commemorating the 210th anniversary of the Lewis & ClarkExpedition, Missouri National Recreational River will pres-ent a special Lewis & Clark exhibit at the Dakota TerritorialCapitol replica in Yankton’s Riverside Park.

National Park Rangers will display replicas of equip-ment used by the expedition and explain their use and howthey contributed to the success of the mission. Kids candiscover what was necessary for the expedition by helpingwith Capt. Lewis’ shopping lists.

This will be the last National Park Service program ofthe season at the territorial capitol.

Sealing Projects Commence This WeekThe City of Yankton Street Department will begin the

street seal coat program the week of Aug. 19 and should becompleted in approximately one week, weather permitting.

Streets scheduled for sealing include the following:• Peninah Street — East 8th Street to Whiting Drive• Birch Road — East 8th Street to Peninah Street• East 18th Street — Peninah Street to Burleigh Street• Valley Drive — Cul-de-sac• Golf Lane — Mulberry Street to Western Avenue• Western Avenue — Golf Lane to East 23rd Street• Lakeview Drive — East 29th Street to Mary Street• Mary Street — Lakeview Drive to East 31st Street• Francis Street — Lakeview Drive to East 31st Street• West Street — West 8th Street to Water Tower• West Street — West 12th Street to North End• West 12th Street — West Street to Redmond Street• Dakota Street — West 11th Street to West 12th Street• West 10th Street — Jackson Street to Summit Street• Augusta Circle — Fox Run Parkway• Anchor Drive — Cul-de-sac• Adkins Drive — Highway 50 to Mulligan Drive• Pasque Court — Cul-de-sac• Pasque Circle — Adkins Drive to Adkins Drive• Mulligan Drive — Adkins Drive to Abbott Drive• Alley — Riverside Drive to West 4th Street/Green

Street to Locust StreetThe process will be to oil the road and cover it with 3/8-

inch rock chips. The streets will be closed to traffic duringthe seal coat process and opened to traffic immediatelyafter the application. After one week, the street sweeperwill pick up the excess chips that are still loose.

“No Parking” signs will be placed on the streets the daybefore they are sealed. Please observe these signs and donot park on the streets until the work is done. Do not blowgrass onto the street before the streets are sealed or per-mit underground irrigation systems to run water onto thestreets while the No Parking signs are up. In the event ofrain, the process may be postponed.

Women’s Business Conference SetThe South Dakota Center for Enter-

prise Opportunity at Black Hills StateUniversity, in partnership with severalYankton-area businesses, will host thefirst annual “Women’s Business Confer-ence” in Yankton Friday, Sept. 12. Theconference will be held at the Best West-ern Kelly Inn from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.BHSU’s main campus is located inSpearfish, but the University also offersclasses in Yankton at RTEC, at the Uni-versity Center-Rapid City, and online.

Women from across the state, includ-ing Yankton and BHSU, will be speakingat this event. Registrations are acceptedonline at www.BHSU.edu/SDCEO or byphone at (605) 668-5700 or (605) 642-6435.

Early registration ends Sept. 2 and is$75, which includes lunch, a resourceprogram, and gift bags. Late registrationis $90.

“We are so honored and excited to behosting this women’s business confer-

ence in Yankton for the first time. Ourpartnership with several Yankton-areabusinesses has been instrumental in of-fering this unique opportunity,” saysHelen Merriman, director, SD CEO. Top-ics will include educational and skillbuilding sessions to increase profes-sional development, enhance businesscommunication technique andstrengthen business relationships.

Sponsors include: Applied Engineer-ing; Avera Sacred Heart; CorTrust Bank;First National Bank of South Dakota; Kol-berg-Pioneer, Inc.; KVHT; Truxedo, Inc.;WNAX; Yankton Chamber of Commerce;Yankton County Observer; and YanktonPress and Dakotan.

SD CEO, the only Women’s BusinessCenter in the state of South Dakota, pro-vides comprehensive training, educationand business assistance, support andcounseling for aspiring and establishedentrepreneurs to foster economic devel-opment in South Dakota. The SD CEO is

funded in part through a cooperativeagreement with the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration (SBA), and is part of anetwork of more than 100 centers na-tionwide established through the SBA’soffice of Women’s Business Ownership.

The SD CEO is partially funded by theU.S. Small Business Administration. Thesupport given by the U.S. Small BusinessAdministration through such fundingdoes not constitute an expressed or im-plied endorsement of any of the compo-nents or participants’ opinions, productsor services. SD CEO operates under Co-operative Agreement SBAHQ-13-W-0034.Reasonable accommodations for per-sons with disabilities will be made if re-quested at least two weeks in advance.All SBA programs and services are pro-vided to the public on a nondiscrimina-tory basis. Accommodation will beprovided to clients with Limited EnglishProficiency when requested in advance.