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The Center for Rural Affairs, Dakota Rural Action, Plains Justice and Intertribal COUP are teaming up to host meetings on renewable energy development in Sioux Falls, Yankton, Mission, Rapid City, Aberdeen and Brookings.

The meetings will feature experts on renewable energy and include a question and answer session.

Yankton Area Arts: G.A.R. Hall
508 Douglas
Yankton, SD
Speakers: Paul Blackburn and Robert Byrnes

Robert Byrnes is the owner of Nebraska Renewable Energy Systems, a privately owned company dedicated to bringing renewable energies to individuals and communities. He has been on the front lines of small wind turbine deployment and policy development within Nebraska.

In addition to raising beef, poultry and pork, Byrnes is an organic chemist by education and an industrial chemist by trade. He has now decided to focus on renewable opportunities across the state and has developed several small businesses in a rural community focused on bringing this opportunity to his home town. Robert’s work resulted in the first and largest commercial biodiesel plant in eastern Nebraska.

Paul Blackburn is a staff attorney for Plains Justice, a Great Plains public-interest law center defending the right to environmental justice and a sustainable economy through community partnerships. He is the former Executive Director of the Community-Based Energy Development Initiative in Minnesota and has worked as a policy analyst for Windustry. Originally from Iowa, Paul has helped found and participated in a number of alternative energy, transportation and conservation organizations and campaigns across the U.S. Paul is based in Vermillion, South Dakota.

Poetry Reading and Acoustic Show

Various readers and band “The Individuals”

The Art House Gallery
110 W. 3rd St.
Yankton SD, 57078

CONTACT: Jake Kidney, Coordinator
The Art House Gallery, (605) 660-4633

This event is open to the public. There will be a short poetry contest where the audience votes to see who wins. Winners receive prizes such as a free night at the Best Western Kelly Inn and movie passes.

The Art House Gallery is devoted to the inspiration of others. Its soul purpose is to help promote artists, artisans, and art awareness.

Yankton artist, Janet Jensen, will display her artwork at the W. H. Over Museum in Vermillion, S.D., from February 1 through March 31, 2010. The exhibition, titled “Spearfish Canyon: First Impressions” will feature 24 pastel paintings of the beautiful Spearfish Canyon in fall color. Her paintings depict the colorful aspens, hiking paths, waterfalls and streams with lichen-covered rocks all under a canopy of autumn hues. The opening reception for the show will be Saturday, February 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. and Jensen will give a talk about her work. The event is free and open to the public.

The W. H. Over Museum is located at 1110 Ratingen Street, on the campus of the University of South Dakota, next to the Dakota Dome. Hours of the Museum are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information, call 605/677-5228.

Call 665-3636 For Ticket Information

Doors Open at 11:00am
Luncheon at Mount Marty Roncalli Center