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Groton Daily Independent
Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 102 ~ 31 of 63
and an original steam locomotive on display.
And for a real challenge, the ambitious can always turn around, and take the path back up.
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If You Go...
VIRGINIA CREEPER TRAIL: A 34-mile (55 km) route from Whitetop to Abingdon, Virginia, https://www.
fs.usda.gov/detail/gwj/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5312878 .
Inmate missing from minimum-security unit in Rapid City
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A state prison inmate has been placed on escape status after failing to return to a minimum-security unit in Rapid City.
State corrections of cials say 20-year-old Daniel Eisenbraun was allowed to leave the Rapid City Com- munity Work Center on Tuesday to search for a work-release job. He didn’t return at the designated time. Eisenbraun is serving a two-year sentence for a grand theft conviction in Meade County and a two-year
sentence for a drug conviction in Pennington County.
Another inmate who failed to return to the center from his work release job Oct. 6 is back in custody.
Authorities say Zachery Yellow Boy was arrested in Rapid City overnight.
Contractor to study panels on Sioux Falls’ $117M stadium
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls has begun taking bids for an independent contractor to determine if paneling on the city’s new $117 million events center is protecting the building’s interior.
The awed paneling on the Denny Sanford Premier Center was the subject of a city settlement with ve construction companies in 2015. An earlier forensic report concluded the awed paneling wasn’t worth replacing. But the report was never made public or disclosed to the City Council.
The Argus Leader reports that council members two weeks ago called for a third-party review of the paneling, and City Hall signed off on the move Tuesday. The consultant also will be asked to review the air and moisture barrier system behind the metal wall panel system.
The cost of the study isn’t known.
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Information from: Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com
South Carolina agency wants nuclear cost customer refunds
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state agency wants regulators to outline plans to give customers most of the money South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. expects in compensation for its failed nuclear reactor project.
The State newspaper reported the Of ce of Regulatory Staff led a request Tuesday with the Public Service Commission asking the panel to decide the best way for ratepayers to be paid.
The money could be returned by reducing monthly bills or giving direct rebates.
SCE&G’s parent company, SCANA, expects nearly $1 billion from Toshiba, parent company of Westing- house, whose bankruptcy this year resulted in abandonment of work on two Fair eld County reactors.
SCE&G customers have paid nearly $2 billion for the reactors.
SCANA spokesman Eric Boomhower has said money from Toshiba would be used to offset the project’s costs.
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Information from: The State, http://www.thestate.com
Driver who killed 3 cited for careless driving
ALCESTER, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Highway Patrol has cited the driver who crashed into a nurs- ing home in Alcester killing three people and injuring ve others in July.
Eighty-one-year-old Patricia Berg is charged with careless driving. Berg pulled into the Alcester Care and