Simpson Says Environmentalism Goes Beyond Planting Trees
1st District candidate Bob Simpson argues Rep. Jim Leach’s plan to plant 10 000 blue spruce seedlings is laudable but insufficient for environmental protection. Leach promotes seedlings as eco friendly campaign yard signs, while Simpson presses wetlands Loess Hills blufflands and water quality concerns amid Corps of Engineers Mississippi River locks expansion. He calls for 12 debates to clarify Leach’s stance on major environmental issues.
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Rachel Lamb Schrepferman
Jim
Leach
Sierra Club
Simpson
Iowa
Loess
Mississippi River Valley
Army) Corps of Engineers
Mississippi
Sunday crash victim's condition improves
Cedar Rapids reports Andrea Ochs, 39, improved to fair condition at St Luke's Hospital two days after a crash that killed her friend Nicole Taylor, 19, and Taylor's unborn child. SUV driver Ryan Meyers, 26, faced a disobeying a traffic signal charge. breath test showed no alcohol.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Andrea Ochs
Ochs
St. Luke’s Hospital
Nicole Taylor
Collins Road
Northland Avenue
Ryan Meyers
E Ave
Tom Erceg
Erceg
Meyers
Collins
Northland
Taylor
St. Luke's
Carl Ochs
Andrea
Galveston
Texas
UI enrollment drops at Iowa City campus
University of Iowa fall enrollment fell by 535 students to 28 311 this year from 28 846 last year. Four year degree completion rose to 37 percent as graduates climb. Undergraduate enrollment declined 253 to 19 284 while Iowa State and Northern Iowa set fall records.
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Mary Sue Coleman
The
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa DHS seeks 18 percent budget hike for 2002
The Iowa Council on Human Services approved an 18.2 percent increase to the DHS budget, aiming for about 140 million more dollars to boost child protection, expand medical coverage, fund child care, and raise family investment program grants. The plan would raise total DHS spending to 905.6 million starting July 1, 2001, and add 272 full time positions including 94 social workers.
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Todd Ruger
Des Moines
Iowa Council On Human Services
Tom Vilsack
DHS
Rasmussen
Iowa City Woman Wins Hardee’s Instant Prize
Debbie Lewis of Iowa City won Hardee’s Fantasy of a Lifetime Instant Win Game with a supersized drink at a Coralville Hardee’s. She receives a 2000 Roush Ford Mustang convertible worth about 38000 and a fantasy racing trip to the Daytona 500 next winter.
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Shelley
Coralville
Debbie Lewis
Iowa City
Hardee
Lewis
Sharon Hamilton
Spe
Gazette
Miranda Meyer
Eastern Iowa private colleges report record fall enrollments
Coe College Cedar Rapids and Luther College Decorah report record enrollments for 2000 2001. Coe rises to 1138 students a 23 gain and Luther reaches 2562 full time students with 662 new freshmen and 56 transfers. Mount Mercy Cedar Rapids grows toward 1300 students while Cornell Mount Vernon counts on a small rise.
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Janet Borholm
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Coe College
Luther College
Decorah
Mount Mercy College
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Luther
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