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DAILY REPORT Holding
the Democrats accountable today, tomorrow...forever. Tuesday,
June 10, 2003 Among
the offerings in this morning’s
update:
… “Washington
Whispers” writes about Gilligan, Thurston
Howell III, and Kerry
…Des Moines
Register columnist Yepsen engages in horserace
journalism, handicaps the Dem field – says all
but Gephardt, Kerry and Dean in danger of
being “winnowed out”
…Iowa GOP
Chair (and State Sen.) Larson says he’d be
“shocked” if Guv Vilsack doesn’t sign
economic stimulus package. Ex-Gov. Branstad
also checks in
…Graham
takes another hit from home state media –
Orlando Sentinel says Graham’s the one
who’s not hot, ridicules Graham’s “corny
song.”
…GOPUSA
writer says the smartest woman in the world –
Hillary – is now trying to reinvent herself as
the warmest, most forgiving woman in the world
…News &
Observer examines Edwards’ “dual roles”
during Raleigh return… Iowa media – and
politicians – consumed with U. S. Supreme
Court casino tax ruling. Dubuque track
spokesman says this morning their facility may
have to close if higher tax reinstated
…Washington
Times: “Democrats split on national
security”
… Gephardt
picks up another – his fourth – union
endorsement
… New tale:
North Korea says it wants nuclear weapons to
reduce military costs, not to threaten others
…Storms
rumble across IA overnight – two semi swept
off I-29 in Sioux City, more than 57,000 were
still without power in Cedar Rapids area this
morning
…Iowaism:
Southern IA community Kent to decide today
whether to fold municipal tent All
these stories below and more.
…
What do John Kerry and a Gilligan’s
Island character have in common? In his
“Washington Whispers” column in this week’s U.
S. News & World Report, Paul Bedard writes: “Have
you even found yourself wondering if
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John
Kerry is really Thurston Howell III, the
Gilligan’s Island millionaire? No?
Well, you will soon if Republican
strategists follow through with their
prankster plans for the 2004 presidential
race. ‘We’ll gig ‘em whenever and wherever we
can,’ says one source. The idea is simple.
Send an ‘attack mascot’ to primary and caucus
appearances of leading Democratic White House
hopefuls to heckle and unnerve the candidates.
Initial plans by GOP strategists focus on
Kerry, Rep. Dick Gephardt, Sen.
John Edwards, and Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Just this weekend, Edwards will be met
in his home state with a Welcome Wagon,
a dig at how much time he has been away
campaigning. The most original is the Kerry
gag mascot: somebody dressed as Howell,
the lock-jawed dim bulb who inherited his
wealth. In his straw hat; a $150 price
tag to represent his barber’s fee.
Suggests Kerry spokesman David Wade,
the GOP ‘should lay off the Gilligan’s
Island imagery before we cast George W.
Bush as gilligan in the remake.’”
… Headline on
David Yepsen column in this morning’s Des
Moines Register: “Reality time for
back-of-the-pack Democrats” Some excerpts:
“Dean is within three points of
catching Kerry to win second place in
Iowa. His numbers illustrate that he’s more
than just some anti-war candidate and that his
constant campaigning in Iowa is connecting
with Democrats here. (Dean has even
slowed his speaking pace so we Midwesterners
can more easily understand him.)…Gephardt
is doing what he has to do: win Iowa…Lieberman
and Edwards are falling. Lieberman
dropped six points, Edwards fell four.
Edwards was at 8 percent in the March
poll, so this survey suggests he’s lost half
his support…Ohio Congressman Dennis
Kucinich remains back of the pack at 1
percent. For all the time and effort
Kucinich is devoting to Iowa, he’s not
harvesting much…Florida Senator Bob Graham
is also back in the pack at 1 percent.
Graham is a respected U. S. senator who is
putting together an experienced campaign team
in Iowa. But he got in late and has little
charisma. Graham’s folksy, hesitant
speaking style may not be clicking either.
(At Gov. Tom Vilsack’s family picnic in
Mount Pleasant over the weekend, both Graham
and Kucinich sang short songs. Sorry, singing
is entertaining, not presidential.)…Almost
a third – 29 percent – of the likely
caucus-goers say they are undecided….But
the campaign has gone on long enough that
there is little reason to think the third of
likely Democratic caucus-goers who are
uncommitted will behave that much differently
from the two-thirds who are expressing a
preference…Lieberman, Edwards, Kucinich,
Graham, Sharpton and Moseley Braun are in
danger of being winnowed out. Throughout
the history of the caucuses, only the top
three finishers in Iowa remain viable
candidates. No one finishing worse than third
in Iowa has even gone on to win a major party
presidential nomination.” (Iowa Pres Watch
Note: The poll numbers referred to in Yepsen’s
column are from a Research 2000 poll conducted
by Iowa TV stations KCCI and KIMT –
which were noted in a Pres Watch Daily Report
last week.)
…
Gephardt
yesterday picked up the endorsement of the
150,000-member Office and Professional
Employees International Union –
the fourth to
back his White House bid and the largest to
date.
Despite requests by the AFL-CIO that unions
not endorse candidates until later this year
to determine if they can unite behind one Dem
candidate, the Office and Professional
Employees joined the Iron Workers (135,000
members), International Union of Bricklayers
and Allied Craftworkers (100,000 members), and
the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employees (50,000 members) in supporting
Gephardt’s candidacy.
The Office and Professional Employees Union
represents clerical workers, administrative
employees, security guards and private sector
workers.
… Anytime
there’s a desire to find a story about
Graham’s bumbling candidacy, just check out
the Florida media. Another example – Mark
Silva reported in yesterday’s Orlando Sentinel
about Graham vs. Dean at the weekend
Vilsack picnic in Mount Pleasant.
Headline: “Democrats battle to make Iowa’s
A-list” Excerpt – “When the governor of
Iowa throws a hometown family picnic on a
cloudy Sunday afternoon, he draws hundreds of
hungry Iowans and two former governors
from faraway states scouring this
candidacy-launching state for validation of
their campaigns for president. But one is
hot, and the other is not. ‘This country
is facing a serious crisis. I’m talking about
the credibility of the president of the United
States,’ said Howard Dean, former
governor of Vermont, his shirt sleeves rolled
up, his rising voice stirring fervent applause
among picnickers filling a steel-barn farm
museum. The long-running candidate for the
Democratic Party’s nomination, who has all
but moved into this heartland state,
has a good chance for a strong showing in the
nation’s first candidate-screening, Iowa’s
vaunted party caucuses, this winter.
Dean has seized on the hottest issue of
the day here [Mount Pleasant], a
question of what evidence President Bush had
about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
before invading the country. He framed the
question in classic terms Sunday. ‘The
question now is going to become: What did the
president know, and when did he know it?”
With one polished line, Dean also cornered the
media market on a question that Bob Graham,
Florida’s senior senator and former governor,
has asked for weeks. Graham, former Senate
Intelligence Committee chairman, remains one
of several candidates for president in search
of a spark that might ignite his candidacy.
‘There has been a pattern of deception,’
Graham said Sunday of the Bush
administration. His audience was polite but
unstirred until Graham closed with a corny
song he has started singing on Iowa’s trail:
‘You’ve got a friend in Bob Graham. That’s
what everybody’s saying, all across the good
old USA.’”
… Sidebar
from Mount Pleasant wannabe roundup.
Thomas Beaumont, in a sidebar in yesterday’s
Register, wrote: “Of the four Democratic
presidential candidates who attended
Vilsack’s picnic Sunday, only former
Vermont Gov. Howard Dean was among those
Vilsack placed in the top tier during an
interview he gave last month.” Gephardt
and Kerry were the others on the
guv’s top-tier list. Here, according to
Beaumont, is what the other three at the
Vilsack picnic said about the governor’s
observations: Graham: “We’re not
striving to reach the top tier. We’re striving
to reach No. 1.” Kucinich: “My emerging
campaign is going to be a comfort to the
governor.” Lieberman: “In Iowa, it’s
all about exceeding expectations. I told
Governor Vilsack, ‘Thank you for being so
generous.’”
… More from
Edwards’ weekend birthday romp through the
Carolinas. In the Sunday News & Observer
of Raleigh, Edwards-watcher (and the paper’s
Washington correspondent) John Wagner wrote
about the North Carolina senator’s return to
Raleigh: Headline – “Passing the test in
dual roles” Excerpt – “With polls showing
lukewarm support for his presidential bid back
home, U. S. Sen. John Edwards arrived
at a town-hall meeting Saturday braced for
some questions about the wisdom of his
candidacy. What he got instead could
have been tossed at any Tar Heel senator.
Pointed queries about the war with Iraq,
the safety of a local nuclear plant and what
more can be done to help struggling farmers.
The hour-long meeting highlighted the two
worlds Edwards is straddling these days: He is
running full-bore for his party’s presidential
nomination but has not yet completely
abandoned the idea of seeking re-election to
his Senate seat – which is also on the ballot
in 2004. Die-hard North Carolina Democrats
have rallied to Edwards’ side. That was
evident later Saturday at a fund-raiser
outside his presidential campaign
headquarters…But some of the home-state
ambivalence surrounding Edwards’
presidential bid was also evident during the
day.”
… In
yesterday’s Washington Times – under the
headline, “Democrats split on national
security” – veteran political writer
Donald Lambro, in a new analysis, examined the
splits in the Democratic Party after last
week’s conference of liberal activists in DC.
Excerpts: “The ideological war between leftist
Democrats and centrist New Democrats got a lot
hotter last week, threatening to further
split the party and undermine its chances in
the 2004 presidential elections. At the
core of the conflict is the party’s posture on
national security issues, including the war
that ended Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq and
homeland defense. The centrist Democratic
Leadership Council, which helped catapult Bill
Clinton to the presidency in 1992, says the
Democrats cannot win next year if the party
does not stake out an unequivocal, hard-line
position on U. S. security. But antiwar
activists want their party’s presidential
nominee to run all-out as a critic of the way,
U. S. occupation of Iraq and President Bush’s
pre-emptive military strategy against rogue
nations that harbor terrorists…This was an
audience of rank-and-file labor union members,
feminists, environmentalists, and antiwar
protestors who were ready for some liberal red
meat. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, who
is seeking his party’s nomination for
president, did not disappoint them. ‘The best
way to beat the Republicans is not to be like
them. Stand up and fight,’ he told the crowd,
which cheered his call for the party to stick
to liberal beliefs. As for the DLC’s
strategy to move the party to the middle, Mr.
Dean said he wants no part of it.
‘We’re going to put our flag in the middle of
where people ought to be and bring people to
us,’ he said. In an attempt to transcend
the Democrats’ divisions, Sen. John Kerry of
Massachusetts, another presidential contender,
had a message carefully crafted to please both
wings of his party. ‘We need to speak out
for a strong America. We need to convince
Americans that we will keep them safe, that we
will make this country stronger and more
secure,’ Mr. Kerry said in remarks on
national defense that did not elicit much
response from the audience. But in a
bid to please the liberal activists who packed
the hall, Mr. Kerry also said, ‘We need to
move from destructive weapons to helping the
impoverished. We should not be opening
firehouses in Baghdad and closing them in New
York City.’”
… “The
Clintons: Weapons of Mass Destruction”
That’s the headline on a GOPUSA online
commentary yesterday by Doug Patton
about Hillary’s latest “Living
History” literary effort. An excerpt: “This
book is being touted as ‘a memoir,’ and is
designed to gently get us all past the
scandals of Bill Clinton’s presidency and
clear the way for the couple to return to
the White House in 2009. By any measure,
the book should be called ‘Living Fantasy.’
In fact, most pundits outside the
national broadcast networks and the
now-discredited spin factory at The New York
Times, scoff at the notion that this is a
‘tell-all’ book of personal pain written by
the former First Lady. It is not, of course.
Rather, it is a cynical attempt to
reinvent the smartest woman in the world
into the warmest, most forgiving woman in
the world. Speculation ran wild
concerning what the book might reveal about
the Clintons’ marriage and the strange
political partnership that has dominated our
national psyche for far too long. What
would Barbara Walters ask Hillary in
her prime time interview on Sunday night?
America was told to be on pins and needles.
We were all agog. Of course, the
nauseatingly sweet interview consisted of
nerf balls tossed at Sen. Clinton in what
became a shameless attempt to soften her
image to a skeptical public. Gerald
Ford once described Watergate as ‘our long
national nightmare.’ The Clintons have
become a self-imposed nightmare that simply
won’t go away.”
IOWA/NATIONAL
POLITICS:
… On Mickelson
radio talk show (WHO, Des Moines/ WMT,
Cedar Rapids) yesterday, Iowa
Republican State Chairman – and State Sen. –
Chuck Larson said he would be “shocked” if the
governor vetoes the economic stimulus package
approved by lawmakers in special session last
week. Larson, one of the most outspoken
opponents of an earlier version of the
proposal, said the approved legislation
includes two of Vilsack’s key goals –
the Iowa Values Fund economic development
initiative and “his second goal of
ending property taxes as we know them.” He
noted that in the final legislation “the
governor has gotten what he wanted.” In
addition, Larson highlighted elements
providing for income tax relief and regulatory
reform. The Cedar Rapids state senator said
he opposed an earlier version that would have
forced the state to assume significant debt,
and that the income tax reduction and
regulatory reforms “brought many of us around”
to supporting it.
… A
Branstad postscript. Also calling
Mickelson’s program yesterday – former GOP
Gov. Branstad, who checked in to set the
record straight. During the interview with
Larson, Mickelson mistakenly
attributed comments critical of the
economic package to Branstad. The former
governor said he is “very supportive” of the
legislation, especially the income-tax
reductions. Branstad: “I hope the governor
signs it.” As it turned out, the comments
– which Mickelson had attributed to Branstad
by mistake – were made by another GOP
ex-elected official: Former Lt. Gov. Arthur
Neu. This
morning’s headlines:
Des Moines
Register, top front-page headlines: “Iowa
wins legal fight on casino tax rates…State
court still may say difference is unlawful.” &
“West Bank settlers furious at Israel…Hundreds
move to thwart troops razing outposts”
Quad-City
Times, top stories online: “Casino-tax
rulings favors state of Iowa” & “Births
occur 9 months after troops from Afghanistan”
Report from Fort Campbell, Ky., says “there
are about to be a lot more bleary-eyed moms”
nine months after the soldiers came back from
conflict.
Daily Iowan
(University of Iowa), national online
headlines: “Bush pushes House to OK tax
credit for kids” & “Study: Film smoking
affects kids”
Sioux City
Journal online, top stories: “Heavy rain,
hail pour down on Siouxland” & “Israel
tearing down some settlement outposts; Abbas
defends his peace moves”
Chicago
Tribune, main online headlines: “Health
officials labor to contain monkeypox” & “Schools
to raise taxes, cut 450 jobs” Chicago
schools outline a $4.8 billion budget that
increases school spending and property taxes.
Omaha
World-Herald, nation/world heads: ”American
troops find more resistance” Report says
attacks on U. S. troops increasing in areas
where “many Iraqis remain opposed to the U. S.
occupation of their country.” & “Debate is
about Medicare’s future” Congress begins
debate this week on prescription drug benefits
for the elderly.
New York
Times, top online headlines: “Bush Will
Accept Identical Benefits on Medicare Drugs”
Report says the Bush administration told
Congress that it would accept equal
prescription drug benefits for people in
Medicare and those who join private plans. & “Widespread
Looting Leaves Iraq’s Oil Industry in Ruins”
… Big
storms sweep across Iowa overnight.
Reports this morning say 70-mile-an-hour
winds reported in eastern Iowa while tornado
warnings were issued in western sections of
the state. Sioux City Journal reports today
that “two semi-trucks, trailers and
tractors, were toppled onto their sides on
the U. S. Highway 20 overpass of Interstate
29, on the Iowa side of the Missouri River,
closing the westbound lanes into South Sioux
City.” The Journal reported that “a
ferocious summer storm” produced several
funnel clouds and put some streets under two
feet of water. Morning newscasts report
several areas remain without electricity
this morning.
… Radio Iowa reports that law officers in
rural Iowa towns need to be on the lookout
for another new narcotic being used as a
so-called “date rape” drug. The report
quotes Jasper County (Newton) Sheriff
Mike Balmer as saying the drug “Foxy” has
been found in central Iowa – and he says
it’s potentially lethal. Balmer said
Foxy in its liquid form was seized days ago
in Grinnell. The clear liquid, Balmer
said, can look like something innocent, but
it also can be found in tablet and powder
form. The Radio Iowa report noted that
Balmer said his drug task force was made
aware of the drug a few days after a young
person in Grinnell overdosed on Foxy
and was hospitalized.
Iowa
Briefs:
… WHO-TV (Des
Moines) last night had video of a weekend
ceremony honoring Davenport Marine Sgt.
Bradley Korthaus – the first Iowan who died in
the Iraqi conflict. A memorial monument, which
included a flagpole, was placed outside his
parents’ home that read: “In honor of Sgt.
Bradley S. Korthaus, who gave his life
preserving freedom in the world.” Korthaus,
28, and another Marine drowned crossing the
Saddam Canal to set up cover fire for a water
purification unit on 3/24
…KCCI-TV
reports that Des Moines police continue
to investigate the death of an east-side woman
– 28-year-old Stacy Cox. She was found dead in
her bed Sunday night at his house and police
said several things made the case suspicious,
including the fact police had been called to
the residence about 18 hours earlier regarding
a fight between Cox and her boyfriend. Morning
newscasts say an autopsy failed to reveal a
cause of the death, but that DSM police are
treating it as a homicide.
… Iowans
headed to Iraq. Under the headline “3
Q-C civilians headed to Iraq,” the
Quad-City Times’ Ann McGlynn reported: “Mark
Hoague, Ray Tatro and Rick Stebens do not wear
camouflage. They do not march in step of
salute their superiors. But the three
Quad-City area men – an engineer, an architect
and a contracting specialist – will be leaving
later this month to assist the military with
its rebuilding effort in Iraq. They are three
of several U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
employees going overseas. The trip is expected
to last until December.”
… From the
North Korean Front: VOANews (Voice of
America) reported “South Korea’s president
has told Japanese lawmakers he is committed to
diplomacy to resolve the crisis over North
Korea’s nuclear weapons programs. South
Korean President Roh Moo-hyun says his country
will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea,
but stressed his commitment to achieve this
goal through dialogue. Mr. Roh is wrapping up
a four-day state visit to Japan, which did
not resolve differences over what to do should
North Korea ignore international pressure on
the issue.” Meanwhile, another VOANews
report said “Communist North Korea says it
wants nuclear weapons to save money on
convention forces, not to threaten other
nations. Pyongyang also repeated that it
needs a strong deterrence in the face of what
it calls a hostile U. S. policy toward it.
North Korea for the first time Monday linked
its quest for nuclear arms to the idea it
could save money and help revive its
struggling economy. An editorial from North
Korea’s official news agency says having
nuclear weapons would enable Pyongyang to
reduce its standing army of about one million
troops, the third largest in the world.”
… From
yesterday’s New York Times, a report that’s
too good to pass up – even though it involves
a Republican: Headline – “Senator Blocks
850 Air Force Promotions” Excerpt –
“Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho is blocking
the promotion of more than 850 Air Force
officers, including young pilots who fought in
Iraq and the general nominated to bail out the
scandal-plagued United States Air Force
Academy, in a rare clash between the
Pentagon and a senior Republican lawmaker.
Mr. Craig’s price to free the frozen
promotions now awaiting final Senate approval?
Four C-130 cargo planes for the Idaho Air
National Guard. Pentagon officials express
outrage that for more than a month Mr. Craig
has single-handed delayed the careers of
hundreds of officers and stymied important Air
Force business for a handful of parochial
planes. They are vowing not to give in to his
pressure…But Mr. Craig contends that the Air
Force has reneged on a promise made seven
years ago to station a squadron of eight
C-130s at Gowen Field, an Air National Guard
base in Boise, his spokesman said. There are
now four C-130s and another training aircraft
based there. ‘This is a problem created by the
Air Force that can be easily solved by the Air
Force,’ Will Hart, the spokesman, said.”
… The
Quad-City Times reported this morning –
headline: “Casino-tax ruling favors state
of Iowa” – that: “The U. S. Supreme Court
handed the State of Iowa a sweeping legal
victory Monday, ruling unanimously that a
state law taxing racetrack casinos at a higher
rate than riverboat casinos does not violate
constitutional protections. The ruling
reverses an Iowa Supreme Court decision made a
year ago that struck down the law and
threatened to yank tens of millions of dollars
from state programs. And it deals a
potentially costly blow to racetracks and
their allies, who now face a return to higher
tax rates and the prospect of forking over
back taxes. ‘We’re elated. What a
decision,’ said Iowa Attorney General Tom
Miller, who argued a case before the nation’s
highest court for the first time. He called
the victory the ‘highlight’ of his legal
career, adding, ‘We couldn’t have asked for
more.’ But Monday’s ruling does not fully
close the door on the gaming-tax battle. The
decision sends the case back to the Iowa
Supreme Court, where racetrack officials say
they still can prevail. Iowa justices
could revisit the case this summer. ‘We still
think it’s a live issue that could be resolved
in our favor,’ said Tom Flynn, a Des Moines
attorney for Prairie Meadows Racetrack and
Casino. Although the U. S. Supreme Court
ruling settles issues related to the U. S.
Constitution, he said, ‘We think the Iowa
Supreme Court still has the right to review
the issues as they pertain to the Iowa
Constitution.’” Today’s
editorials:
… Today’s
editorial, Des Moines Register: “Unequal
tax is still wrong…The Iowa Supreme
Court should stick by its ruling against
unequal casino taxation…Iowa has its own
equal-protection clause, and the Iowa Supreme
Court has the final say on interpreting it.”
… Another
citizen commentary from the Sioux City
Journal: “Politicians are always looking for
more ways to spend our money: the Iowa Values
Fund, Vision Iowa Fund, tax increment
financing, federal and state grants. One
principle we as taxpayers need to always
remember – no one gets something for nothing
unless someone, somewhere gets nothing for
something.” – Thomas Widner, Sioux City
… Only 141
more wins than losses in the NBA and former
Iowa State basketball coach Tim Floyd will
have a .500 record in the pro league.
Morning sportscasts – and top DSM Register
sports page headline – report that Floyd has
signed a $4.8 million contract to coach the
New Orleans Hornets. Floyd, who had an 81-47
record with ISU, compiled a 49-190 record
during his first NBA stint with the Chicago
Bulls.
… Aspiring
Iowa basketball stars will have a few nervous
hours ahead to see if they get drafted to
participate in Iowa City-area two
summer leagues. The Daily Iowan reported that
more than 500 applicants – “the line of
potential Prime Times players stretched across
three courts at the [University of Iowa] Field
House” – participated in workouts over the
weekend, vying for 88 player spots. The draft
will be held tonight for the Game Time League
– a three-year-old competition for female
basketball players. Tomorrow night, the
17-year-old Prime Time League for high school
and college-age males will conduct its draft.
Both leagues open their summer seasons next
week at the North Liberty Community
Center.
… Quad-City
Times report says a series of focus group
sessions were held at St. Ambrose University
in Davenport yesterday to seek
community input about what fans want in the
new baseball stadium scheduled to open next
year. The Quad-City River Bandits organization
was seeking citizen commentary on several
topics – including suggestions for renaming
the team, new colors and logos, and even the
concession stand menus. The Times’ Steve
Batterson wrote that a local group,
DavenportOne, is lobbying for consideration of
a “River Blues” nickname to “tie in with the
group’s plans to market the area as a historic
center of music.”
… DSM 7 a.m. 65, overcast. Temperatures across
Iowa bunched in the low 60s across IA at 7
a.m. – from 61 in Sioux City, Creston
and Decorah to 65 in Des Moines
and 66 in Waterloo. Today’s high 82,
chance T-storms. Tonight’s low 62, partly
cloudy. Wednesday’s high 82, mostly sunny.
Wednesday night’s low 62, chance T-storms.
From WHO-TV’s Brandon Thomas: “Becoming partly
sunny Tuesday afternoon, with highs in the
mid/upper seventies. Mostly sunny on
Wednesday, with highs in the mid/upper
seventies. A slight chance of isolated
t’storms, mainly in southern Iowa, Thursday
afternoon. Highs will be in the low/mid
eighties. Showers and t-storms are likely
Friday evening into early Saturday morning.
Highs will be in the low eighties.”
… Kent’s
last stand? Morning newscasts and the Des
Moines Register reported this morning that
residents of Kent – a community of
“only about” 52 in southern Iowa – will vote
today whether to dissolve the old railroad
town. The election was scheduled to be
from noon to 8 p.m. at the Super 8 Motel in
nearby Creston. The city began to talk
about discontinuing last year after the mayor
and city council resigned.
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