BY KRISTI EATONAssociated Press

SIOUX FALLS — Former U.S.Sen. Tom Daschle said Wednes-day that at a time in his careerwhen it seemed even his Demo-cratic colleagues were turningtheir backs, it was a Republican— Bill Janklow — who stood byhim.

South Dakota’s former four-term governor always thoughtfriendships mattered more thanpolitics, Daschle said in deliver-ing Janklow’s eulogy to a crowdof more than 1,000 people.

“Bill Janklow walked into mylife when I saw many walk out.He defined the word loyalty,” theformer Senate majority leaderfrom South Dakota told thecrowd at Our Savior’s LutheranChurch in Sioux Falls.

Daschle said Janklow accu-rately summed up his life and ca-reer during his last pressconference in November. “I gavea damn about what I did,” he saidin announcing he had been diag-

nosed with braincancer.

Janklow, whofollowing his fourterms as governorresigned as thestate’s lone con-gressman in 2003after causing afatal traffic acci-dent, died Thurs-day after a

months-long battle with cancer.He was 72.

His funeral drew politicians,friends, family and everyday citi-zens from across the state asthey remembered a man with theblustery personality who tookrisks.

Russ Janklow said his fatherwas both generous and argumen-tative. He said he was happiestwhen he was water skiing, flyingan airplane, watching hisbeloved Chicago Bears or spend-ing time with his grandchildren.

Janklow’s family announced

BY MATTHEW DALY AND BEN FELLERAssociated Press

WASHINGTON — In a politically explosive de-cision, President Barack Obama on Wednesdayrejected plans for a massive oil pipeline throughthe heart of the United States, ruling there wasnot enough time for a fair review before a loom-ing deadline forced on him by Republicans. Hismove did not kill the project but could againdelay a tough choice for him until after the No-vember elections.

Right away, the implications rippled acrossthe political spectrum, stirred up the presidential

campaign and even hardened feelings withCanada, a trusted U.S. ally and neighbor. For aU.S. electorate eager for work, the pipeline hasbecome the very symbol of job creation for Re-publicans, but Obama says the environment andpublic safety must still be weighed too.

The plan by Calgary-based TransCanadaCorp. would carry tar sands oil from westernCanada across a 1,700-mile pipeline across sixU.S. states to Texas refineries.

Obama was already on record as saying no,for now, until his government could review an al-ternative route that avoided environmentallysensitive areas of Nebraska — a route that still

has not been proposed, as the White House em-phasizes. But Obama had to take a stand againby Feb. 21 at the latest as part of an unrelated taxdeal he cut with Republicans.

This time, the project would go forward un-less Obama himself declared it was not in the na-tional interest. The president did just that,reviving intense reaction.

“This announcement is not a judgment on themerits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of adeadline that prevented the State Departmentfrom gathering the information necessary to ap-prove the project and protect the American peo-ple,” Obama said in a written statement. “I’mdisappointed that Republicans in Congress forcedthis decision.”

Republicans responded unsparingly.

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BY TRAVIS GULBRANDSONtravis.gulbrandson@plaintalk.net

VERMILLION — The same afternoon it was announcedthat the Obama administration rejected a bid to expand theKeystone pipeline, several university officials appearing at aUniversity of South Dakota forum in Farber Hall Wednesdaywere debating the consequences of this and similar projects.

Some of their statements were met with opposition fromsome in the audience, including some representatives of theSierra Club.

The interaction took place during a forum entitled “StopCanadian Oil?” and was the latest in a series of InternationalForums held at USD.

Retired economics professor Dr. Benno Wymar said thereare approximately 150,000 miles of pipelines currently in theUnited States that see little or no trouble in terms of environ-mental problems, and that they offer one of the safest waysto transport oil.

“There are some oil spills that did take place, of whichone is in the Yellowstone River. There was one also in Michi-gan that took between two and 12 hours to take care of,”Wymar said.

Audience member Peter Carrels — a member of Ab-erdeen’s Sierra Club — said the Michigan oil spill was notminor, that it entailed 800,000 barrels of oil entering the Kala-mazoo River. He said this could cause a number of seriousenvironmental problems to the ecosystems in and along thatriver.

“That spill is still being disputed,” he said.Audience member Doug Maurstad of Alcester said that

despite being only two years old, the Keystone pipeline al-ready has seen leaks due in part to shoddy workmanshipand low-grade Chinese steel.

One of these occurred in North Dakota and resulted inmore than 500 barrels of tar sand leaking out, he said.

“It’s not a case of if it’s going to leak, but when it’s goingto leak, and we don’t want it to leak here,” Maurstad said.

Economics professor Dr. Dennis Johnson described tarsand as being a dirtier form of crude that contains morecarbon.

BY NATHAN JOHNSONnathan.johnson@yankton.net

Whenever Yankton CountySheriff Jim Vlahakis makes anappearance at a public forum,there is one question he can al-ways count on being asked: Is ittrue that there is only onedeputy working during theovernight hours?

“It was brought up at everyforum and public event duringthe campaign and since I’vebeen elected,” he said. “The an-swer is, ‘At times.’ One of my

goals as sheriff was to remedythat for purposes of officersafety.”

Earlier this month, theCounty Commission approved arequest from the sheriff for anadditional $77,386 so that twomore deputies can be added tohis nine-deputy roster. Theextra staff will mean that twodeputies are working 24 hours aday.

“Right now, during times wethink might be busy, we’ll try to

BY NATHAN JOHNSONnathan.johnson@yankton.net

The valuation of Yankton County buildingpermits issued in 2011 was up more than 41percent compared to the previous year.

The valuation of 209 building permits is-sued in the county during 2011 was$14,163,830 compared to $10,021,325 in 2010.

“Yankton County had a banner year,” Yank-ton County Zoning Administrator Patrick Gar-rity told the County Commission Wednesday.

It is the third-best showing the county hashad since officials began tracking the num-bers in 2002. That year, building permits werevalued at $18.6 million. The best year was2007, when a $19.1 million valuation was at-tached to the permits issued.

“It’s one of the best yearswe’ve had in commercial de-velopment,” Garrity said. “Alot of that is due to BaldwinFilters.”

The local manufacturingcompany announced last Sep-tember that it will add morethan 100,000 square feet to itsexisting 170,000-square-footbuilding to create room for a

heavy-duty spin-on filter line. The expansionwill be a $28 million investment in Yanktonduring the next three years, company offi-cials said.

In 2010, commercial developments in thecounty amounted to a valuation of $882,000.That number climbed 442 percent in 2011 to

$4.7 million. It far exceeds the previousrecord of $1.6 million set in 2008.

A report presented by Garrity noted thatthe number of residential additions in 2011was up 24.5 percent. Meanwhile, the numberof single-family dwelling starts was at 25units, with an average value of $198,636.

That number could go up in 2012, Garritysaid.

“I think we’re going to see good strengthin the single-family homes in the residentialdistricts,” he stated.

The number of ag structures built in 2011was up 23.3 percent compared to 2010, Gar-rity said.

“There are a lot of grain storage facilities

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Dr. Dennis Johnson discusses the level of urgency surround-ing environmental problems with oil or tar sands in regard tooil pipelines as Dr. Howard Coker (left) and Dr. Benno Wymar(right) listen. The conversation took part as an InternationalForum at the University of South Dakota.

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These flags at the Yankton County Safety Center were among many across thestate that have been flying at half-mast this week to honor former Gov. BillJanklow, who died last week at age 72 after a short battle with brain cancer.Funeral services for Janklow were held Wednesday in Sioux Falls following amemorial service held Tuesday in the Capitol rotunda in Pierre.

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