FFriday,riday, FFebruaryebruary 114,4, 22020020 Storm Lake’s Trusted News Pilot Source Since 1870 Tribune SSecondecond sseasoneason EEventsvents sstarts!tarts! ‘‘America’sAmerica’s GotGot TTalent’alent’ PPanthersanthers hhostost GGaelsaels yyoungestoungest wwinnerinner atat SSteptep AAfrika!frika! iinn RRegionalegional openeropener CClaylay CCountyounty ffairair LLifestylesifestyles ➤ SSeeee 1144 SSportsports ➤ SSeeee 1111 EEntertainmentntertainment ➤SSeeee 8 www.stormlakepilottribune.com Volume 152 Edition 19 $1.00 BVU, Kirkwood BBVUVU eeventvent ddelveselves bblacklack eexperience:xperience: enter partnership for ag instruction Students in eastern Iowa seeking a four-year collegiate degree in agricul- ture may now earn one locally through ’’StillStill I RRise’ise’ Buena Vista University thanks to a partnership with Kirkwood Commu- nity College in Cedar Rapids. A student who has earned an Asso- ciate of Arts (A.A.), Associate of Sci- ence (A.S.), or Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) in the agriculture program at Kirkwood will be accept- ed as a transfer student at BVU with junior class standing. “A student with an A.A. degree from Kirkwood Community College will be considered to have met the general education requirements for a Portia Gresham speaks Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) or Bachelor on community, the of Science (B.S.) degree and can tran- black experience and sition right into BVU’s Agricultural perseverance during Business program. Students who have a Black History Month completed an A.S. or A.A.S. can tran- event at BVU Thursday. sition right into BVU’s Agricultural By DANA LARSEN Studies Bachelor of Applied Science she told an overfl ow crowd of mostly curi- every black person is thus “bilingual.” Pilot-Tribune Editor (B.A.Sc.) program,” says Dr. Brian ous white faces. “That yields connections.” The BVU speaker delved into controver- Lenzmeier, BVU provost and vice Rather than dwelling on the struggles of sies over use of the “N word.” The “black experience” is really every- president for academic affairs. “Our blacks through American history, Gresham While it is considered offensive and rep- one’s experience. While it it may be unique, partnership with Kirkwood makes theorized that their perseverance - and ev- resentative of the oppression of the ethnic- it is not unrelatable - as perseverance is the perfect sense, as there is a need for eryone’s perseverance - yields character. ity when used with a “hard R,” when used hallmark of the American story, says Por- a four-year degree completion pro- She stressed that black culture is different among members of the black population tia Gresham, Director of Residence Life at gram in agriculture in eastern Iowa. than African culture, delving into language and pronounced “using the A,” it is affec- Buena Vista University. We will provide opportunities for stu- issues, noting that people often refer to tionate, people connecting with those who As part of BVU’s Black History Month dents who wish to remain living and “speaking black” or “speaking white.” In a understand a mutual struggle, she said. activities, Gresham spoke on the black ex- working in eastern Iowa to complete clip she played of comedian Dave Chappelle, Still today, remnants of the civil rights perience and community during a session their four-year degree.” the performer noted that he speaks to audi- struggle can be seen in the attitudes of the Thursday at the Center for Diversity and Many of these students have used ences in comfortable “street vernacular” as people, who prior to that time were seen Inclusion. their Kirkwood associate’s degree to opposed to the more formal “job interview” more as animals than the people they were, “When I think about community, I think gain or continue employment in the language he employs while dealing with about fi nding someone we can relate to,” See BVU ➤ page 6 ag sector. By taking online and hy- television executives. He concluded that brid classes through BVU and using the state-of-the-art agriculture sci- ence facilities at Kirkwood for hands- on learning opportunities in some of Heart disease is the No. those classes, students will be able to 1 killer of women, killing WWearear rreded forfor womenwomen earn a four-year degree while retain- more women than all forms of cancer combined. ing their job. The new degree through BVRMC staff is all about BVU will allow those students to raising awareness on advance in their career fi eld, in any cardiovascular disease number of agricultural endeavors, or, to help save lives. On perhaps, start their own business. National Wear Red Day, “This is a wonderful opportunity, Friday, February 7, during not only for BVU and Kirkwood American Heart Month, Community College, but for students a Wear Red/Jeans Day all across Iowa and the Midwest,” was held at BVRMC. Staff were able to make says BVU President Joshua Mer- a free will donation and chant. “Our ever-changing world re- wear jeans and red in lies on students who are passionate support. Money raised about doing everything from feeding will go towards a new our growing population to building treadmill for the Cardiac communities, and so many of those Rehabilitation department, solutions are based in agriculture, the which sees over 3,600 industry Iowa knows better than per- See Kirkwood ➤ page 6 SL man ‘We are bare bones’: Iowa school districts plan cuts as lawmakers debate funding arrested on By LINH TA Iowa Capital Dispatch 3rd offense When fi ghts broke out in Kalyn Cody’s middle school math class, he would pick up the phone and call the school offi ce for help. for abuse Cody, a former Des Moines school teach- Storm Lake Police were alerted er, tried to quell disruptive behavior in his Monday night on a belated report of classroom at Goodrell Middle School, but domestic assault that had happened he said he didn’t have enough staff to help in the 400 block of Michigan Street. maintain the status quo. The victim reported that she had been Problem was, no one else did either. assaulted on two occasions in the past “The bell would ring before anyone week by James Chester, age 45 of would show up because they’re swamped as Storm Lake. Offi cers located Chester well,” Cody said. Tuesday afternoon at a residence in He quit his teaching job in 2018 af- the 400 block of Michigan. He was ter working in the district for nearly a de- charged with two felony counts of cade — in part because of the lack of sup- Domestic Assault 3rd Offense, and port in managing his increasingly growing booked into county jail where he was held without bond. 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Huseman has from the campaign this week, taught and coached in Blair and Sar- just days after his January gent districts in Nebraska, serving as 26 campaign appearance chair of the School Improvement Team here. Down the stretch run for the latter district. He graduated from of the campaign season, the Northwestern College in Orange City site had been lit up and full of with a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary activity late into the nights. A Education with endorsements in Read- Yang campaign banner was ing, Coaching, 6-8 Language Arts, and pulled down, again revealing 6-8 Science. While at Northwestern, he one seeking to rent out the building, across from King’s competed in basketball and track and Pointe. Entrepreneur Yang fi eld, and was the 2012 national indoor and Senator Michael Bennet high jump champion and three-time Ac- ended their campaigns at nearly the same moment, shortly after polls closed in New Hampshire. ademic All American. Huseman expects Wednesday morning, Deval Patrick joined the casualties. Yang had just over 1 percent of the caucus to complete his master of arts degree vote in Iowa, and 2.8 percent in New Hampshire, while Bennett and Patrick received almost no in Educational Administration from the support in either state. / Photo by Dana Larsen University of Nebraska- Kearney in May. Letters ➤ continued from 4 into the fund. Do people who collect a million Congress doesn’t worry about the impact that the small increase into groceries. If someone is dollars a year or even a half million need to re- taxing the poor and the middle class has. Why paying social security tax on a million dollars a It’s time for Congress and our President to ceive Social security compensation? They do is Congress so worried about taxing someone year, they are simply doing what 99% of all the raise the cap on income subject to Social Se- not. Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and President who makes a million dollars a year or more? other Americans are doing.