Courier, The (Newspaper) - May 12, 2006, Waterloo, Iowa JOHNNY ORR HONORED AT CEDAR VALLEY JAGUARS GAME SPORTS PAGE D1 FRIDAY MAY AIDS JEWELRY DESIGN NEW HAUNT NCC HAUNTED HOUSE SPIRITED AWAY TO EVANSDALE CEDAR VALLEY PAGE A3 54 TOMORROW'S 38 NEWSSTAND PRICE 500 WATERLOO CEDAR FALLS WEATHER FORECAST PAGE C4 Courier series looks at suicide stress By DENNIS MAGEE Courier Regional Editor GRUNDY CENTER Randy and Ellen will go public this afternoon with their grief They would rather not Truth be told we'd rather go Ellen said But then many things in their life are not as they would wish The couple's son Joshua killed himself in December about a year after his return to was 22 of the war on terror Randy and Ellen blame matic stress disorder for their son's death The psychological condition is triggered by horrific events that overwhelm a person's ability to cope In a series beginning Saturday the Courier will examine issues related to stress and what the disorder means to Iowa soldiers and their families The will appear at p.m at the State Capitol with Rep Leonard Boswell to talk about proposed legislation Boswell a Democrat representing Iowa's 3rd District will appear with Gea Wesley Clark a one- time and possibly future Democratic date for president Boswell served for 22 years in the US Army and completed two tours in Vietnam He is expected to talk about House Resolution 1588 a introduced by Rep Lane Evans in April 2005 but still stuck in the first stages of the legislative process The measure calls on the federal ment to improve programs for the tion and treatment of tal health conditions including ic stress disorder in veterans and members of the armed forces and for other according to a Web site maintained by the Library of Congress The also suggests a requirement to study factors that decrease the likelihood of developing chronic matic stress disorder related to combat The is backed by more than 100 con- gressmen almost exclusively from the Democratic side of the aisle but including Rep Jim Leach a Republican from Iowa During a recent interview the talked about their reluctance lic figures and their commitment to do so Burying their heads and hearts would be easier and safer than speaking out But it's wouldn't have been just to Randy said Or to Ellen added The couple view their participation trepidation Exciting is not the word we think of ening is the word we speak of to each Ellen said Thursday Not of anyone or anything in particular Or of the probable media horde and crowd We feel ill-suited not qualified to speak on the behalf of Ellen said 1 do not have the right words to explain how we feel She has a powerful message nonetheless Contact Dennis Magee at 319 or Joshua committal suicide in December More vets with combat stress may need help PAGE B1 Informational meeting on coal-fired electric plant draws full house at Five Sullivan Brothers Center Mark Milburn project manager with Elk Run Energy and LS Power answers questions from the crowd after giving a presentation by MATTHEW PUTNEY Courier Staff Photographer Edward Jessen of Waterloo who lives a mile from the proposed coal-fired power plant voices his concerns to LS Power officials at a public hearing Some feel session ended too soon Courier Staff Writer WATERLOO Reactions were mixed following the public meeting Thursday regarding a proposed coal-fired power plant Elk Run Energy Associates an affiliate of IS Power is ing a coal-fired power plant to be built east of Waterloo As part of the tion process the company was required to hold a public ing about the project The meeting consisted of a presentation by the about the permitting process a by Elk Run Energy regarding the project and a question and answer period An open house about LS Power Elk Run Energy and the project lowed the meeting Mark Milbum project er for LS Power was pleased by the turnout which was at Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center The most important thing is we got our messages burn said Some attendees felt not enough information came Rhonda Rottinghaus a Black Hawk County resident wanted a more information on where power from the plant would be used Milbum said the intent is to keep the power in Iowa but couldn't say for tain where the power would go until contracts were signed See page A7 Courier Staff Writer WATERLOO When Gary Stump started the public meeting regarding a proposed coal-fired east of Second meeting he tried lo discussed route of high-voltage meeting was for transmission line PAGE A3 purposes As the Iowa Utilities Board said in the media advisory it issued this is not a deci- sion meeting and not a meeting to debate the merits of LS Power's said Stump deputy eral counsel for the The crowd didn't listen Many people in the crowd at Five Sullivan Brothers Center made their positions known Some wore buttons stating I port LS Power's proposal Others carried homemade signs against the project with others carrying signs that simply said No Elk Run Energy Associates an affiliate of IS Power held the meeting Thursday to talk about its project called the Elk Run Energy Station The station is a plant proposed EXISTING TRANSMISSION I s A closer look A 750 megawatt coal-fired plant is proposed on a site Northeast of Waterloo H PROPOSED SWITCHING STATION PROPOSED TRANSMISSION ROUTE DONALD SI on about 400 acres along Newell Street between North Elk Run Road and North mond Road The projected cost is more than SI billion The meeting started with a presentation by the on the application process Mark bum project manager with Elk Run Energy and LS Power then gave a presentation regarding the project before a question and answer session See POWER page A7 CANADIAN COURIER NELSON SEE it Go to the Courier's Web site at to view photos from last night's hearing Also watch excerpts from Thursday night's LS Power Plant meeting on the Courier's Web site Third co-owner of restaurant arrested on immigration charges Courier Staff Writer CEDAR FALLS A rental ment and a car crash spiraled into an immigration investigation that led to a raid at a Cedar Falls restaurant last month This according to court records unsealed Thursday as federal charges were filed against Julio the third owner of Julio's Mexican rant and Cantina Zapala who owns 50 percent of the business and is its dent and chairman was charged with harboring and employing illegal aliens in VS District Court in Cedar Rapids He lives in the country legally He was arrested Wednesday night and appeared in a federal court in Kansas City Mo day said Assistant US Attorney Peter Deegan in Cedar Rapids Agents with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement searched Julio's in Cedar Falls April 27 and ers Martha and Juan Manuel were arrested a week later Then on Wednesday ICE cers raided another restaurant owned by Zapala this one in St Joseph Mo and found nine undocumented aliens See JULIOS page A10 school bans peanuts in response to boy's By EMILY Courier Staff Writer CEDAR FALLS Orchard Hili tary students parents and staff can expect some serious changes in their lunch and snack options next year when the school plans to go Four-year-old Myles Eick Other schools enters kindergarten this have also dealt fall and the district is with allergies ning ways to the PAGE A3 school safe for the ster Eick has ing peanut allergies that can be triggered by something as simple as coming in con- tact with the residue of a peanut Parents teachers and district tors gathered at the school Thursday night to learn about the changes and air con- cerns Principal Steve Harding said the school will eliminate all products ing peanuts or peanut oils from the menu He said parents would be expected to do the same when they pack cold lunches for their children or bring treats to the school for celebrations School visitors and teers must also comply Through planning we can eliminate as much contact as we Harding said Some parents questioned the need for such severe restrictions and asked to instead consider zones Cindy Gaffney's niece has a threatening allergy to anything containing gluten which can be found in wheat rye and barley products The girl's parents have done all they can to keep her safe at school but they stopped short of ing all gluten be removed from the school See PEANUTS page A10 Courier file photo Myles Eick 4 of Cedar Falls has ening peanut allergies SATURDAY IN THE COURIER G IS FOR GORILLA NEWSPAPER READING ADVENTURES FOR LITTLE READERS SATURDAY IN THE COURIER Ask Call the
