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(S.D.)-Rapid City Committee Planning Commemoration Of 1972 Flood

By: Roxie Graham-Marski Posted at: 04/19/2012 03:32 PM

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - A Rapid City committee is continuing its

planning for a 40-year commemoration of one of the deadliest floods

in U.S. history.

Former Rapid City Mayor Don Barnett says the June 8-10 weekend

will be packed with history and will honor the families and relatives

of the 238 who died in the 1972 disaster.

But he says it will also be very hopeful, talking about the 40

years of recovery.

Members of the flood committee continued the planning process

Wednesday during a public meeting at the Rushmore Plaza Civic

Center.

Saturday evening will feature a convocation, which organizers

anticipate will draw up to 1,700 people. Some 190 representatives

of those who were killed during the flood have been invited and

will be given reserved seating.