Iowa pari mutuel racing moves toward policy shape
The Iowa State Racing Commission, created to implement pari mutuel betting, weighs how many tracks and which types to permit. Official Sovern warns the industry must be clean and fiscally cautious, with rules drafted before licenses, while governors and lawmakers eye tax revenue and economic spin offs for Iowa.
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Ken Sullivan
Iowa
Severn
Terry Branstad
Waterloo
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Commission
Sovern
Illinois
Kentucky
Branstad
Ohio
Ak-Sar-Ben
Omaha
Maquoketa Fire Department Goes High Tech
Maquoketa volunteers use a microcomputer to aid firefighting with stored building plans owner details and hazard data. The system speeds route planning calls up maintenance schedules budgets and training records and may aid police dispatch in fire calls.
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Jonathan Reed
Resitte Jones
Cedar Bureau
Maquoketa
Bettendorf
Dubuque
Franks
Wtte
Jonathan Netu
Jim Franks
Hearing on moving Iowa 149 in Iowa County Amana area
Public hearing at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Amana Holiday Inn on relocating Iowa 149 from Exit 225 of Interstate 80 eastward along the county road to U S 6 west of Homestead about 5 5 miles. Traffic detours during construction. Copies of maps in Williamsburg South Amana and Homestead offices.
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Amana
Iowa 149
Iowa County
Amana Holiday Inn
Iowa Department of Transportation
U.S. 6
Homestead
Fourth Annual Galena Country Fair in Grant City Park
Galena Illinois hosts the Fourth Annual Galena Country Fair October 8 and 9 in Grant City Park. About 105 artists in period costumes sell crafts with demonstrations in spinning weaving caning smithing and cider pressing. Civil War generals on display and a gazebo garden with flowers. Music, a critters corner, and tours of historic sites including the U.S. Grant Home State Memorial. A two hour Off Broadway program at Turner Hall Saturday and Sunday at 8 p m. Advance reservations advised.
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Galena
Ill
Grant City Park
Turner Hall
Bonnie Cox
Third St
Chamber of Commerce
Bouthillier St
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Young Racing Commission
State Division of Criminal Investigation
Jackson County
John Jones
Codfish Road
Council
Paulson Electric Company
5Th Avenue
IDOT
Robert Henely
16Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Idot Office of Project Planning
Lincoln Way
Ames
Robert Blake
Smulekoff’s
DuPont Teflor
Smulekoff
Waterbed
Gainby
Ssic
Galena Fair
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