Whale Adoption Project prompts skeptical letter to readers
A reader describes a fund raising appeal for the Whale Adoption Project in Falmouth Massachusetts. He raises questions about photo eligibility and identity of whales like Onyx Orbit and Regulus, notes the brochure uses mini biographies, and jokes about potential misidentifications while urging caution before sending fifteen dollars.
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Whale Adoption Project
Regulus
Spoon
Batik
Reggie
Great South Channel
Onyx
Orbit
Pepper
Tam
Iowa
Scotty
Jacques Cousteau Society
Mother Jones
Utne Reader
Gregory Peck
Gifford St
Falmouth
Mayor's son defers sentence on weapon charge
Tim Canney, 24, son of Ledar Kapias Mayo, pled guilty in Linn District Court to carrying a concealed weapon without a permit while on duty as a Midland Security guard at Aldi Foods in Cedar Rapids. Associate Judge Michael Newmeister placed him on a one-year probation under a deferred sentence after a Nov. 13 arrest.
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Ledar Kapias Mayo
Don Canney
Linn
Tim Canney
Fleetwood Rd
Michael Newmeister
Canney
Cedar Rapids
IBP Sued Over Overtime Pay Violations At 10 Plants
The government accuses IBP Inc. of willfully denying overtime wages to tens of thousands of workers at 10 packinghouses across Iowa Kansas Nebraska Minnesota Idaho. The suit seeks back pay and interest dating to 1985, potentially totaling tens of millions, with union estimates between 20 and 43 million.
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Neve Press
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Idaho
Kansas City
Kan
Labor Department
IBP Inc
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
IEP
Gary Mickelson
IBP
Ming
Dakota City
Neb
Denison
Storm Lake
Council Bluffs
Columbus Junction
Emporia
Holcomb
Cat burglar surprised near Coe College in daylight
Police report a 21 year old man, Ketelsen of 1263 First Ave SE, climbed between third floor windows at an apartment complex across First Avenue from Coe College. Ketelsen confronted by neighbor Mark Keele after claiming he was on the roof to adjust a TV antenna. Ketelsen arrested and charged with second degree burglary and later released to the Department of Correctional Services.
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First Avenue
Coe College
Brian Ketelsen
First Ave. SE
Mark Keele
Ketelsen
Keele
Department of Correctional Services
Robert Joffrey Dies at 57 After Asthma Drug Link Confusion
The Associated Press reports choreographer Robert Joffrey died at 57 from liver, kidney and respiratory failure at NYU Hospital on March 25. A NYU spokeswoman said asthma medication did not cause his death, and the Gazette pledges corrections for any errors.
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Marca Co
Ime Uacette
Associated Press
Robert Joffrey
Joffrey
New York University Hospital
Terrie LoCicero
NYU Hospital
The
Gazette
Blind attorney forced off Midway flight over seating dispute
Peggy Pinder a 34 year old blind attorney from Grinnell Iowa and vice president of the National Federation of the Blind was carried off a Midway DC-9 at Washington National Airport after refusing to move from a rear window seat to a front exit row. Airport and airline officials cited a 45 minute delay while police escorted her from the plane and she was charged with trespassing ahead of a May 19 hearing.
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Whon
Washington
Midway
Grinnell
Peggy Pinder
Washington National Airport
Pinder
National Federation of the Blind
Chicago
Loange
Arment
Republican Party
Congress
GOP
Capital
Transportation
Jim Burnley
Federation
Blairstown man sentenced over mini bomb case
Craig A. Ondracek, a Blairstown man and student, was sentenced in Benton County District Court to a 180 day suspended term and two years probation for reckless use of explosives. He must perform 240 hours of community service, pay restitution to Mike Berry, continue counseling, and undergo a substance abuse evaluation. He pled guilty January 28 after injuries from a homemade device exploded at Benton Community High School parking lot amid alleged prank making more than a dozen devices from ammunition taken from Blairstown American Legion Hall.
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Vinton
Blairstown
Benton County
Craig A. Ondracek
van Zimmer
Ondracek
Undracek
Mike Berry
Newhall
Perry
Benton Community High School
Jews State University
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