Rapid City area lawmakers will gather on their home turf four times this January and February at a series of Saturday crackerbarrels to discuss happenings at the Capitol and field questions from local constituents.

The sessions, sponsored by the Rapid City Area Chamber of Commerce, will be Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 16 and Feb. 23. The chamber's Governmental Affairs Committee will host the crackerbarrels in cooperation with the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology.

The sessions will be in the Classroom Building at the School of Mines from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Respective legislators have been invited to speak on the following Saturdays:

Jan. 12 - Sen. Mac McCracken and Reps. Jeff Haverly, Don Van Etten and Gordon Howie

Jan. 26 - Sens. Jim Lintz and Bill Napoli, and Reps. Gordon Pederson and Mike Buckingham

Feb. 16 - Sen. Tom Katus and Reps. Ed McLaughlin, Mark Kirkeby and Brian Dreyer

Feb. 23 - Sen. Dennis Schmidt and Reps. David Lust and Brian Gosch

After opening comments and presentations, an extended question-and-answer session will follow. All sessions are open to the public, courtesy of the chamber and the School of Mines.