Iowa handgun laws tighten with three day waiting period
Linn County officials explain new state handgun provisions that add a three day grace before possession to allow background checks. The updated rules require training for permit eligibility with four hours of classroom work and shooting proficiency demonstrated at Izaak Walton League facilities.
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Iowa
Linn County
Orlie Workman
Izaak Walton League
42Nd Street
Twin Pines
National Rifle Association
Sheriff's Office
Workman
Iowa Handgun Permit Code Sets Fees and Training Rules
The new code requires an initial five dollar permit fee and a two dollar annual renewal. Training four hours long will weed out unqualified applicants and applies only to concealed carry. Provisions stress lawful use and handling while permitting several unloaded or non readily accessible scenarios. The writer urges handgun owners to become fully acquainted with the law. A reader seeks help to recover a brown and white pointer reported missing or stolen near Vinton and provides contact details.
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Workman
Linn County
Iowa
Vinton
Missouri
Winter survival kit for the wilds in Vermont
Donald Jennings, Norwich University instructor and former Army sergeant, endorses a compact winter survival kit. He urges hikers to stay put if lost, leave notes with entry time and destination, and carry items like a balloon, candle stub, matches, pencil and paper, magnifying glass, whistle, safety pins, needle and thread, bandages, aspirin, razor blade, and wire.
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Northfield
Donald Jennings
Norwich University
Jennings
Jen
Army
Civil Defense
Weather winds chill body faster in 20 mph gusts
NOAA warns a wind of 20 mph makes 25 degrees feel like three below zero increasing frostbite risk. Heat loss drives cold harm as wind strength grows. The thermometer shows the number but not all effects.
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Washington
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA
Exiled Syrian premier returns to Damascus
Salah Bitar, the self exiled former premier and Baathist veteran, has returned to Damascus from Baghdad where he served as an aide to Baath founder Michael Aflaq now secretary general of the Iraqi wing of the Pan Arab Command.
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Damascus
Syria
Salah Bitar
Bitar
Baghdad
Iraq
Baath Party
Michael Aflak
Handicapped student trains horses at Ohio program
Randy Hinerman, student of the year in Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute's horse technology program, nears an associate degree in horse management. Despite cerebral palsy and limited use of his left side, he pilots bridle, harness, boot, exercise, jump and show training horses and aims to become a trainer after graduation. He previously aided by others to mount due to his limited leg reach.
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Wooster, Ohio
Randy Hinerman
Ohio State University
Hinerman
Randy
Carrollton
Ohio
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