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Boston Marathon bombing kills 3, injures over 140 BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs

exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.

A White House official speak-ing on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.

President Barack Obama vowed that those responsible will “feel the full weight of jus-tice.”

As many as two unexploded bombs were also found near the end of the 26.2-mile course

as part of what appeared to be a well-coordinated attack, but they were safely disarmed,

according to a senior U.S. intelligence official, who also spoke on condition of anonym-

ity because of the continuing investigation.

The fiery twin blasts took place about 10 seconds and about 100 yards apart, knock-ing spectators and at least one runner off their feet, shatter-ing windows and sending dense plumes of smoke rising over the street and through the flut-tering national flags lining the route. Blood stained the pave-ment, and huge shards were missing from window panes as high as three stories.

“They just started bring-ing people in with no limbs,” said runner Tim Davey of Richmond, Va. He said he and his wife, Lisa, tried to shield their children’s eyes from the gruesome scene inside a medi-cal tent that had been set up to

care for fatigued runners, but “they saw a lot.”

“They just kept filling up with more and more casual-ties,” Lisa Davey said. “Most everybody was conscious. They were very dazed.”

As the FBI took charge of the investigation, authorities shed no light on a motive or who may have carried out the bombings, and police said they had no suspects in custody. Officials in Washington said there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Police said three people were killed. An 8-year-old boy was among the dead, according to a person who talked to a friend of the family and spoke on

In this image from video provided by WBZ TV, spectators and runners run from what was described as twin explosions that shook the � nish line of the Boston Marathon Monday in Boston. (AP Photo/WBZTV)

Townhomes, apartments under construction, more apartments laterBY JUSTIN JOINERJUSTIN.JOINER@CAPJOURNAL.COM

There is good news for housing seekers. Construction continues on a set of townhomes while one set of apart-ments nears com-pletion and another is in the planning stages.

Kevin Reinhart, manager of Heartland Homes, is hard at work on a second set of townhomes located off of Fourth Street near Eagle Creek Software Services and the Pierre Mall.

The first set of units was completed last year and a second set should be fin-ished later this spring.

“The overall plan is we are going to have eight of these buildings up here with 43 units total,” Reinhart said.

The connected town-homes are built in Madison by Custom Touch Homes and moved to Pierre where workers set the foundation and put on the finishing touches.

The homes are for sale or lease and come with at least two bedrooms. Two other bedrooms can be added if needed.

The benefit of the homes being connected is a sav-ings in construction cost and land space.

Reinhart said the homes are well built from quality parts. For more information on the townhomes, contact Reinhart at 494-0356.

Fort Pierre businessman Leroy Foster is planning to expand. He will start con-struction this year to add 24 apartments in the Marion’s Garden Apartments. The complex already has 36

apartments that were finished in January 1995.

Another rent-al complex, the Highlands Ridge Apartments, are currently under construction and are expected to open June 1.

“The construc-tion is moving along very well,” said Glennis Zarecky of

Midwest Construction. “We are in the interior finish-ing stages. We are currently still on track.”

There are still units avail-able in the complex. For more information about the project, call 224-6345 or visit www.zmidwest.com.

Jim Protexter, direc-tor of Pierre Economic Development Corporation, said construction of those areas would put Pierre on track to meet the recom-mendations of a housing study completed late last year.

The Pierre and Fort Pierre area needs housing in a variety of price ranges.

The study says there is market potential for 80-110 conventional mar-ket-rate rental units over the next five years. There is also potential for 30-40

McKenzie Vosberg measures out some wood during construction of a set of townhomes. (Justin Joiner/Capital Journal)

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BY DAVID ROOKHUYZENDAVID.ROOKHUYZEN@CAPJOURNAL.COM

It’s been nearly two years since anyone has been able to play a round at the Hillsview Golf Course, a stretch still unbroken as late spring snows have pushed the expected open-ing back at least a couple weeks.

The course’s driving range opened on April 3, with tenta-tive plans for the course to open a week later. A winter storm that rolled through the area starting April 9, dumping up to 10 inches of snow, delayed

those plans. With more snow expected again this week, the opening will be pushed further back.

Carin Hayn, manager of the Hillsview Golf Course, said the weather may be an annoyance in the short run, but the addi-tional moisture will be good for

the course. It’s hard to predict now

when the course will finally open. Hayn said preparing the course for play first requires the frost and freeze to be out of the ground. That allows for

Heavy snows delay golf course opening again“Obviously we can’t rush melting, we have to wait for Mother Nature to take her course,”

Carin Hayn, Hillsview Golf Course manager

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The homes are for sale or lease and come with at least two bedrooms. Two other bedrooms can be added if needed.

BRINGING AN EDGEFans of Christian rock band Kutless and other artists turned out in force Monday at the T.F. Riggs High School Theatre. Kutless along with Luminate, Ashes Remain and rapper Nate Feuerstein heated up the stage. The KSLT radio station sponsored the concert and program manager Dave Masters said

previously the concert likely would not have come to the area without the sponsorship.

From top: Jon Micah Sum-rall, lead vocals for Kutless, was constantly on the move during the band’s performance. • Josh Smith, right, frontman

for Ashes Remain, and Rob Tahan, guitarist, play in Pierre Monday. • Samuel Hancock, lead singer for Luminate, tries to get the crowd moving, during a performance Monday.

Photos by Justin Joiner

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