Waterloo Courier (Newspaper) - October 8, 1998, Waterloo, Iowa -4 Corn flow 200 bushel yields for NE Iowa farms not uncommon Page Cl Numbers down Deaths caused by AIDS are down in 1997 Extra Innings homer puts Padres up over Braves in the 10th Page Dl Indians tie Yanks in AL series after 12th inning missed call Page Dl Low 40 High Mid 60s WATERLOO FALLS FRIDAY'S FORECAST Sunny wanner Complete weather on C8 Holy Eddie is back to shock the THURSDAY OCTOBER 8 1998 50 cents 38 pages 5 sections Courier Online Auditors paint bleak picture of Waterloo school buildings By STACY NICK Courier Staff Writer Auditor Fenwick English called several Waterloo school facilities some of the worst he's ever seen In some of these schools the tenance crews are about one step ahead of asbestos leaking into the said English an education professor formerly of Purdue and now of Iowa State University West Middle School was by far the worst with fire hazards and structural problems An auditing team led by English was brought in by the district to analyze its lum facility management policies and budget It West Middle has a gorgeous said Poston also of ISU And when you go in you realize it really is a facade It's just like a Hollywood movie set By forgoing Physical Plant and Equipment Levy funds for more than 20 years the district lost million of preventive maintenance Poston said To fix building problems ing fire hazards minuscule rooms and handicap inaccessibility would require massive amounts of work The audit team of college professors former school superintendents and consultants com- posed of four members from Iowa and others from Kansas California and other states conducted the management audit under the auspices of Phi Delta Inter- national Curriculum Management Audit Center in Bloomington Ind The audit program began in bus Ohio in 1979 and has been used in 30 states and three foreign tries to assess school district mance and conditions Jack Fitzgerald the Waterloo schools director of operational vices said he's not surprised by the auditor's comments What they found was nothing new to those who work in the district They came up with the same con- as the other architects who looked over the district last Fitzgerald said And this is a group with no vested interest pro or con In preparation of a proposed bond referendum the district brought in architects and structure experts to evaluate the facilities Other schools in the district that are See SCHOOLS page A4 Police say took cocaine to Lowell By SUZANNE BEHNKE Courier Staff Writer An was en into custody Wednesday for session of crack cocaine Officials said he is the youngest son they can remember being involved in a drug charge I think this is probably a first in my recent said Lt John man The boy who was not identified was later released to a parent On Tuesday the boy allegedly brought what police suspect to be rocks of crack cocaine to his school Lowell Elementary Police were fied Wednesday morning The boy allegedly took the drug onto a school bus Tuesday morning as they were riding to school He showed it and handed it out to other students When they arrived at school he and the other kids threw it on the ground or in other places before they went inside the building located at 1 628 Washington St The school and police learned about it when one of the other students told a parent The incident involved about a dozens students police said Beckman said the boy knew he was carrying drugs He said police arc still looking into the incident and they have not been able to exactly determine how the boy got the substance or from whom The other students will nol be charged but authorities are looking into the source of the drug Waterloo Schools Superintendent Arlis said the school is also looking into the matter There is a policy for weapons and controlled substances on school property he said The boy has been suspended from school but officials are looking into whether he will be expelled said He said it is the youngest person found with drugs in the school district It makes you wonder if they even knew what they were dealing he said The boy's name is not being released according to Iowa state law The names of juveniles aged 10 and older are public record no matter what the charge An apple a day lowans miss the boat when it comes to nutrition Last in a series By STACI SCHMIT Courier Staff Writer French fries are NOT a vegetable But apparently lowans think so because we rank almost dead last in the country in nutrition That's according to Centers for Dis- ease Control 1995 statistics the most recent available which are ble nationwide What's worse from 1990 to 1997 the rate of obesity among adult lowans increased from one in four to one in three according to the Iowa Department of Public Health The CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System measures tion based on the amount of fruits and vegetables people say they eat each day and for good reason The American Institute for Cancer Flu shots one way to fight winter blahs Page AS Research reports diets containing substantial and varied amounts of vegetables and fruits will prevent 20 percent or more of all cases of cer Cancers thought to be affected most by diet are breast prostate and cancer of the colon or rectum The National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health launched a campaign in 1991 to increase the number of fruits and vegetables Americans eat each day to five or more servings by the year 2000 But in 1995 only 15 percent of lowans met this goal with women beating the men by a full 8 percent Most states had a rate of over 20 cent and only Ohio beat Iowa that year at 13.9 percent By contrast Arkansas got the high at more than 34 percent And the younger you are the less likely you are to eat the good stuff the Photo Illustration by DAN Courier Photo Editor Statistics show lowans need to forgo the fries and Invest In some fruits and vegetables if they want to meet health goals for the year 2000 statistics show It does appear shocking that Iowa was so said Mary Steffensmeier registered dietitian at Covenant cal Center She doesn't think the num- bers are quite that low Perhaps people underestimated what a serving is a half a cup of vegetables or a fruit a banana is considered two servings for example And since the survey was done by telephone maybe the only people that weren't busy eating and cooking healthy meals picked up the she added wishfully But I think there's been consistent evidence that all of America is she said adding the biggest obstacle to eating right is probably time both time to cook and time to shop And cooking skills are being lost on our youth You could give people free squash and they would have no idea how to use Steffensmeier said And ning is something people don't know how to do anymore It's getting harder to find fruits and vegetables at the places people quent restaurants bars sporting events and some would just say it costs too much to maintain an quate supply Steffensmeier adds The cost factor is not an she stressed adding it's a matter of priority What we would spend on pop in a week would be the same as a supply of fruits and vegetables See HEALTH page A8 U.S ground troops won't enter Kosovo fray BRUSSELS Belgium AP The Clinton administration says U.S ground troops will not be used it NATO decides to attack the Serbs over Kosovo The attack would he carried out solely with air power U.S officials said as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright Hew here from the Middle Last to try to rally a united front against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic in the week Albright raised the possibility that U.S troops would be sent to Yugoslavia's Kosovo province as part of an international force to help keep any peace ment resulting from NATO attack or negotiations We think there has to be some kind of international Albright said Currently there are U.S troops serving in a peacekeeping force of in neighboring Bosnia Sending U.S troops to vo as well could be a controversial move Clarifying the U.S position the officials said Wednesday night that if Milosevic agrees to negotiations with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo and they reach a settlement the Clinton would consult Congress and the allies on whether U.S troops should be part of an international peacekeeping force If Milosevic refuses Security Council demands to to withdraw his troops from the province and to permit humanitarian assistance to reach refugees we will use only air a senior official said speaking on condition of anonymity Milosevic claims to he complying with most demands by drawing his security forces Albright was meeting here today with Richard Holbrooke the U.S diplomat who was sent to Belgrade to seek vic's compliance and with NATO Javier Solana House members debate authorizing impeachment probe WASHINGTON A somber House today moved to launch an impeachment inquiry that would make President Clinton the third chief executive in history to face the prospect of removal from office All of us are pulled in many directions but mostly we're moved by our said Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde opening two hours of historic debate Democratic leaders were vous knowing that conservatives in their party and those with tough election races only a month away were defecting to support the open-ended inquiry demanded by Republicans The resolution directs the ciary Committee to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its constitutional power to impeach William Jefferson Clinton president of the United States of America After lobbying Democrats for days the White House could only stand by and watch the inevitable vote offering a plea to set aside politics Democrats protested that debate over such a grave issue was ed to two hours Their anger forced the partisan bitterness that has pervaded the process since Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr referred possibly able conduct to Congress on Sept 11 In contrast to united cans the debate also exposed deep division among Democrats The president betrayed his wife he did not betray the said Rep Robert Wexler a freshman Democrat from Florida God help this nation if we fail to recognize the difference But Rep Paul McHale of sylvania the first congressional Democrat to call for Clinton's ignation said the president was guilty of repeated deceit under President Clinton oath in the Paula Jones lawsuit and deceived the American ple about his conduct Democrats proposed a Dec 31 deadline for the committee to ish its work but Hyde said an artificial deadline would be sponsible It would only invite delay and discourage tion Hyde who will oversee the inquiry pledged to avoid a ing expedition and asked his Democratic colleagues to work with the Republican majority Too much hangs in the balance for us not to rise above partisan politics he said Democrats had argued for weeks to limit the inquiry to the Monica Lewinsky affair but Republicans offered a resolution that would place no limits on the tion The Democratic proposal would limit the scope set a deadline and ask that the Judiciary Committee first consider the historical dards for impeachment before deciding Clinton's fate It was to be voted on before the GOP proposal In eleventh-hour maneuvering the White House refused the requests of some moderate Democrats to slop opposing a broad inquiry not limited by time or subject matter But the president advised lawmakers to cast a vote of principle and conscience Clinton vetoes f arm aid WASHINGTON AP dent Clinton vetoed an agriculture spending containing a lion emergency farm aid plan on grounds it was quate the White House said today Clinton wants House and Senate negotiators to go back to work to try to fashion a new package even though Congress plans to adjourn this weekend presidential spokesman Joe Lockhart said The emergency aid provision was part of a billion overall agriculture spending hill that ton vetoed late Wednesday He and Democrats have been pushing a more expensive billion plan that relies mostly on giving ers an extra billion through a program that subsidizes growers when commodity prices fall below set levels GOP leaders made a last-minute attempt to sway Clinton day and even accused him of ing the entire agriculture spending hostage We shouldn't play political games with the fortunes of farmers and ranchers House Republican Conference Chairman John Boehner said While he Clinton moves the goal posts farmers and ranchers across ica wait The president is playing politics and holding this hill hostage said Rep Tom Latham He's not to sisin it and do it now INDEX Bridge D4 B6 Cipher H D7 Classified Comics C6 Crossword i Daily Record C2 Horoscopes m D5 Iowa A3 Markets B7 Metro NASCAR B5 I A2 1 Obituaries C2 Opinion A6 Sports
