A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,  Honoring and supporting the South Dakota Humanities Council, on the occasion of their thirtieth anniversary.

     WHEREAS,  the South Dakota Humanities Council is a non-profit corporation that has generated over $15,000,000 that has been matched with additional money from public and private partnerships in order to sponsor thousands of educational programs throughout South Dakota; and

     WHEREAS,  The South Dakota Humanities Council has received national recognition for such community-initiated programs as the Oscar Micheaux Festival in Gregory, SD, Statewide Reading Series, Great Plains Chautuaqua, Museum on Main Street, private fund-raising, and rural outreach; and

     WHEREAS,  The South Dakota Humanities Council co-sponsors programs with libraries, museums, public and private schools, colleges, universities, professional organizations, ethnic organizations, senior citizen centers, literacy groups, and local arts and humanities groups in order to enrich our understanding and appreciation of the history and culture of our state, region, and nation:

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,  by the Seventy-seventh Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that the Legislature congratulates the South Dakota Humanities Council on their thirtieth anniversary.