Aiming for fun Spartan will Decatur Gun Club shoots, Michigan St. stops Stanford socializes in New Year/A3 for Rose Bowl win/B1 WWW.HERALD-REVIEW.COM THURSDAY JANUARY 2, 2014 Cost vs. benefits Carnival atmosphere greets legal pot Colorado opens country’s who bought the drug emerged from the kind of revenue that state officials stores, receipt held high and carrying hope and save the government costs in first marijuana shops sealed shopping bags, to cheers. locking up drug offenders. “I’m going to frame the receipt when Just on the first day, prices had DENVER (AP) — Crowds were ser- I go home, to remind myself of what already risen to more than $500 an enaded by live music as they waited might be possible: Legal everywhere,” ounce, but it’s too soon to say whether for the nation’s first legal recreational musician James Aaron Ramsey, 28, who that will hold. pot shops to open. They ate doughnuts did some time in jail for pot possession Washington state will open its pot and funnel cakes as a glassblower in Missouri and played folk tunes with industry later this year. Both states made smoking pipes. Some tourists his guitar for those in line. programs will be watched closely not even rode around in a limo, eager to try Activists hope he’s right, and that just by officials in other states, but by weed but not so eager to be seen buy- the experiment in Colorado will prove activists and governments in other Associated Press Making little changes in ing it. to be a better alternative to the costly Employees help customers at the Medicine daily routine can have a big And when the sales began, those American-led drug war, produce the POT/A2 Man marijuana store in Denver. impact on health. Life D1 Old is new WORK SKILLS 1,058 take one Republicans and Democrats look for fresh ways to pitch old arguments as they step closer head into midterm elections. Nation A6 to Mars Changes coming Company reviewing potential settlers McClatchy-Tribune News Service LOS ANGELES — Last sum- mer, more than 200,000 people applied for a one-way ticket to Mars. This week, 1,058 of them were selected to move on to the next round. The applications — all in video form — were not sent to NASA, or another national space agency, but to a nonprofit organization called Mars One. Based in the Netherlands, Mars Bears’ roster riddled with One has the unusual goal of free agents following another turning the colonization of year without playoffs. Mars into a reality show with a Sports B1 global audience. The call for applicants to move to Mars went out in April. Gaining houses Anyone over the age of 18 was invited to send in a video in Decatur continues efforts which they explained why they to annex property, build tax wanted to go to Mars, and how base. Local A3 Herald & Review photos, Jim Bowling they felt about never returning MacArthur High School student Asijha Luter, left, sorts while student Amy Hayden dates donations in the stockroom at to Earth. They were also asked the Good Samaritan Inn. to describe their sense of humor. In this first narrowing down of future Mars colonizers, the Hop on it and start Mars One team focused on saving now with choosing people who were Today’s Deal at: physically and mentally capable www.herald- More than soup of becoming human ambas- review.com/deal sadors to Mars, Bas Landsorp, co-founder of Mars One, said in a statement. Lake Decatur level watch Students gain Those who were taking Normal winter pool level . .612.50 useful training at the mission less seriously Normal summer pool level . .614.40 were excluded. Yesterday’s level . .610.48 Good Samaritan Inn The pool of selected appli- cants includes 472 women and THERESA CHURCHILL H&R Senior Writer 586 men. More than half of YOUR them are under the age of 35, but DECATUR — Asked to remove 26 are over the age of 56. The WEATHER the dead parts of plants at oldest applicant to move on to Crestview Worship Center, Amy the next round is 81. Hayden of Buffalo kept trim- The contenders hail from 107 ming until there wasn’t much countries. The United States is green, either. the most heavily represented, Since then, however, the with 297 applicants moving on 18-year-old senior at MacArthur to round two. Canada had the HIGH LOW High School is among the students second biggest showing with 75 who have found a niche keeping applicants. the stock room organized at the Over the next two years, the 20 0 Good Samaritan Inn. Another hopefuls will continue to be is Asijha Luter, 17, of Decatur, a whittled down as they are put Today: Morning snow, cold MacArthur junior. through a series of physical and Tonight: Decreasing clouds, cold Storeroom clerk Julie Lakshmanan gives instructions to Luter and Hayden while emotional tests, as well as “rig- Details/B6 SKILLS/A2 they volunteer in the stockroom at the Good Samaritan Inn. orous simulations,” said Norbert INDEX MARS/A2 Classifieds. C1-6 Comics . D5 Dear Abby . D2 Horoscopes . D5 Life . D1-6 Israel, Palestinians face hard choices for peace Lottery . D2 Obituaries . D3,4 Emotionally charged history recognize Israel’s pre-1967 war frontier However, the official suggested that decades of intermittent negotiations. Opinion . A5 as the starting point for border talks the leaders will eventually have to The U.S. says a Palestinian state with the Palestinians, an ideological decide whether they are on board and should be established alongside Israel, Puzzles . C2,3,5 hinders leaders’ moves reversal that would put him on a colli- that qualified acceptance watered down with the border between them based, Sports . B1-5 RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — As sion course with his hardline base. by reservations is not sufficient. with some modifications, on Israel’s Television. D6 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Palestinian President Mahmoud Israeli-Palestinian negotiations 1967 frontier, before it captured the returns to the region today, the Ameri- Abbas fears he’ll be pressured to rec- resumed last summer, and just four West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jeru- can message to the Israeli and Palestin- ognize Israel as the homeland of the months remain until a U.S.-set target salem. The Palestinians seek all three ian leaders is clear: It’s time to start Jewish people, a step he believes would date for a final agreement. areas for their state, but agree to minor making hard decisions. abrogate the rights of Palestinian refu- Underlying the ongoing impasse is land swaps. Kerry is bringing his own ideas gees and their descendants. the lack of agreement on ground rules. “I think that if you’re going to be for the outlines of a peace deal, and A senior State Department official Kerry hopes that progress will be pos- realistic about what the solution is, $1.00 Issue 2 early indications are that the plan will said Kerry would not impose ideas or sible once the two sides agree on the it’s hard to see how you can end up Our 141st year Four sections include hard-to-swallow choices for seek final answers on this trip. Instead, outlines of a deal. anywhere else than there,” the State both sides. he is allowing time for debate during Kerry has kept his ideas for a frame- Department official said Tuesday. 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Alfreda Lanoix, who officiated the move despite opposition by some. A heavy police presence ringed this ceremony aboard the AIDS Healthcare “You can’t put a timetable on another year’s revelry in the aftermath of the Foundation float.