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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 2009
Page
9
Iowans testify before the Iowa Board of Pharmacy on medical marijuana use and its scientific basis. Des Moines residents describe relief from nausea and pain, while physicians urge recognition of marijuana as a treatment amid state and legislative hurdles.
Upcoming hearings are scheduled for September 2 at Music Man Square in Mason City, October 8 at the Bowen Science Building at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and November 4 at Harrah’s Council Bluffs Ballroom 1. The Iowa Pharmacy Board lists details on its official site.
About 200 residents crowded Independence Public Library to hear Rep. Bruce Braley summarize House Resolution 3200 health care reform. Attendees raised concerns over federal management and physician compensation for end of life care while callers shared personal stories of veterans’ care and rationing. Earlier, 100 attended a health care forum at Upper Iowa University in Fayette.
Johnny Ketelsen founded Ketelsen RV and led The Johnny Ketelsen Band. He died at age 87 leaving a legacy of happiness on dance floors and campgrounds. His band aired on WMT radio for over 20 years with 6500 live shows and appeared on WMT TV and KCRG TV9. He was active in the Masonic community and led El Kahir Shrine Cedar Rapids as potentate in 1987.
Edna Helmuth and her husband preserved custody of a daughter born in 2004. The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling nullifying Dieter Erdelt’s visitation rights as the biological father. Erdelt, not Amish, argued for shared decisions despite the couple’s stance.
The Iowa Civil Rights Commission plans endorsement of the state Supreme Court ruling legalizing same sex marriage while noting other civil rights issues remain. Executive director Ralph Rosenberg says the six member panel will update its policy to support marriage equality and oppose any constitutional amendment to overturn the decision, urging focus on ADA compliance and anti discrimination in housing and employment.
An Iowa appeals court sustained a Black Hawk County jury verdict finding Robert Louis Hanes guilty of willful injury causing serious injury for stabbing Nathaniel Taylor in Waterloo during a dispute over gizzards. Hanes received a 10 year prison sentence after testifying he paid $2.25 for gizzards that were not bought.
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