Services Held for Crash Victims



     SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The lives of four people killed in a
plane crash near the Sioux Falls airport last Friday are being
celebrated.
     Funerals were held Wednesday for Brian Blake and Kevin
Anderson. A memorial service for Joshua Lambrecht was being held
Thursday. A funeral for Dan Swets was set Friday.
     Swets, Anderson and Lambrecht were heading to Rapid City to work
as volunteer officials at a robotics competition, and Blake was
their pilot. Their twin-engine Cessna crashed moments after takeoff
Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
     Lambrecht was from Brandon. The other three men were from Sioux
Falls.
          
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 AP-NY-12-15-11 0658EST
 


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