FFriday,riday, FebruaryFebruary 114,4, 22020020 Storm Lake’s Trusted News Pilot Source Since 1870 Tribune SSecondecond sseasoneason EEventsvents sstarts!tarts! ‘‘America’sAmerica’s GotGot Talent’Talent’ PPanthersanthers hhostost GGaelsaels yyoungestoungest winnerwinner atat SSteptep AAfrika!frika! iinn RRegionalegional openeropener CClaylay CountyCounty 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 redred 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. See Iowa Schools ➤ page 6

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CMY 6 continued Pilot-Tribune | Friday, February 14, 2020 CAMPAIGN GOES BELLY UP - The “Yang Gang” had already Huseman named to fi rst principal position vacated the campaign’s Storm Lake native Matt Huseman headquarters in Storm Lake by has been named as the next Pre-K-12 the time Democratic candidate principal at the Anselmo-Merna Public Andrew Yang formally Schools in Nebraska, starting with the announced his departure 2020-21 school year. 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. curity tax. For the next fi ve years it needs to Trump and a multitude of others do not need a Congress should also cut out having to pay The boost in income to the Social Security be increased to a million a year. The argument Social Security pension. tax on Social Security income received by fund would strengthen the program and save against this is that those who pay more will The poor people of the country struggle as people over 75. Give the elderly a break. This Americans down the road from fi nancial cuts have to be compensated more in their monthly they look at their paychecks, decreased by tax only amounts to less than 3% of Social Security that will only spiral them further into economic earnings because they have paid so much more dollars they need for the basic necessities of life. receipts and elderly Americans could convert woes.

Kirkwood ➤ continued from 1 dents, it’s also a great development for the continued growth of our state.” industry Iowa knows better than perhaps The sentiment was echoed by BVU any other place in the world. It is both Board of Trustees Chair Dr. Norman humbling and inspiring to play a role in Nielsen, who, for 20 years, served as Kirk- bringing young people together in agricul- wood Community College president. ture as they grow and shape our state as a “As a BVU alumnus, I’m so pleased we global leader.” could form a partnership with Kirkwood, BVU will begin enrolling students at where I served as president,” Nielsen says. the present time, as many online courses “The agreement matches a pair of winners are already available. Kirkwood faculty and innovators in Kirkwood, which fea- members have expressed excitement at the tures Iowa’s leading two-year ag program, prospect of offering 300- and 400-level ad- and BVU, which launched its Institute for vanced agriculture courses via this partner- Agriculture, Food, and Resource Manage- ship. ment in 2018.” “We hear from our students here as they The partnership will also see BVU’s stay and earn jobs that this partnership with agriculture majors visiting Kirkwood for BVU will now allow them to remain in hands-on experiences. “BVU ag students Kirkwood Community College students combine soybeans on the college’s test plot in eastern Iowa and continue their education- will visit Kirkwood on occasion to partici- the fall of 2019. Kirkwood’s agriculture students now have the opportunity to seamlessly al journey as an agriculturalist while earn- pate in hands-on instruction at Kirkwood,” transition into a four-year degree program offered at Kirkwood through Buena Vista ing a four-year degree,” says Scott Ermer, Lenzmeier says. “Kirkwood has a working University, which recently established the BVU Institute for Agriculture, Food, and dean of agricultural sciences at Kirkwood. farm, animal, and animal-husbandry facili- Resource Management to meet the needs of a growing agriculture program and related “This fact isn’t only important to our stu- ties on a scale we’re excited to tap into.” majors.

BVU ➤ continued from 1 While her event was aimed at the black ex- community,” she said. Political affi liation, re- Does my haughtiness offend you? perience, she spoke to a larger society in need ligion, job titles, socioeconomic status aside, Don’t you take it awful hard Gresham said. They were often referred to of understanding. “We have more in common than we think.” ’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines as “boy” or “girl” by others even when they “Community is not an ideal; it is peo- Gresham concluded, “Every day, I chal- Diggin’ in my own backyard. were adults with grown children. ple. It is you and I. In community we are lenge you as I challenge myself. How do you Many black Americans of the elder genera- called to love people just as they are with break through?” You may shoot me with your words, tion wish to be referred to as “Mister,” “Mrs.” their wounds and their gifts, not as we want The BVU event concluded with a dramatic You may cut me with your eyes, or “Miss,” for example, rather than by their them to be,” she quoted. reading by Maya Angelou on video, from her You may kill me with your hatefulness, fi rst name, demanding the respect and dignity Gresham felt that in many ways, society poem that lended the local event its name, “I But still, like air, I’ll rise. that the people were denied in the past, she needs to scale back its requirements and ex- Shall Rise:” said - likening it to many campus professors pectations on people to fi t politically-correct Does my sexiness upset you? with advanced degrees wanting to be referred molds. “It’s okay to be who you are,” she said. You may write me down in history Does it come as a surprise to as “doctor” because they have worked hard Perseverance was her recurring theme. In With your bitter, twisted lies, That I dance like I’ve got diamonds to achieve that respect. one video clip, a speaker told an audience You may trod me in the very dirt At the meeting of my thighs? As with society in general, she feels, black that a struggle is something of a necessity. But still, like dust, I’ll rise. celebrities tend to set the trends and expec- “You don’t pray right until something is after Out of the huts of history’s shame tations. In the 1950s, those celebrities were you. You don’t achieve greatness until some- Does my sassiness upset you? I rise very conservative in their speaking and for- thing is behind you.” Why are you beset with gloom? Up from a past that’s rooted in pain mal dress, but by the 1990s were much more It was not until black Americans had ’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells I rise individual and expressive. reached their breaking point that a civil rights Pumping in my living room. I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, The black experience has also traditionally movement was possible. People have to have Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. been based in the church, she said. “The pres- their “back against the wall” before they will Just like moons and like suns, ent could be described as an exodus from the stand up and say they deserve some rights, With the certainty of tides, Leaving behind nights of terror and fear church,” and those who do root their lives in Gresham said. “It was not just as Martin Lu- Just like hopes springing high, I rise religion may identify not just with their tradi- ther King, but as a people.” Still I’ll rise. Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear tional churches, but beliefs from Catholicism No matter what people’s political beliefs I rise to Muslim to Wicken, or a variety of sects out are, they should be able to agree today that Did you want to see me broken? Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, of Africa. no one reaches their potential until they have Bowed head and lowered eyes? I am the dream and the hope of the slave. A more complex mix of cultures and tra- had to persevere against whatever obstacles Shoulders falling down like teardrops, I rise ditions have emerged, “all a part of what we they face, she said. Weakened by my soulful cries? I rise acknowledge as black” Gresham said. “We must look past complexion and see I rise.

Iowa Schools ➤ continued from 1 of them come from low-income families and But when those extra funds go away in 2024, in lieu of state aid. The year after, Culver an- that rate has nearly doubled in Iowa since he expects to make staff cuts, like school nounced a 10% across-the-board cut in 2010 classrooms, he said. 2000-01. Last school year, 207,835 public counselors. amid a recession. And for the next year, legis- While it’s not the end-all solution, Cody students qualifi ed for free or reduced lunch He would like to see the Legislature pro- lators didn’t come to an agreement for supple- said there is no doubt more money would help in Iowa, a nearly 44% percent jump from 20 vide a 3.75% increase. mental funding and left it at 0%. school districts better staff classrooms and years ago. “There’s just a lot of supporting people “Promises only matter if they’re kept,” Sin- provide programming for students who may “All of those kids in poverty are coming to we’ll probably lose if we don’t get more than clair said. “Those were actual cuts to educa- be struggling emotionally — a rising issue he school less well prepared than others,” Will- 2%,” Willhite said. tion.” witnessed at schools. hite said. “There’s mental health issues going A disagreement in numbers When it comes to education staffi ng, Sin- He is advocating for more money from the on that we can’t do anything about.” Republicans in the Iowa House have pro- clair said she isn’t hearing about struggles Iowa Legislature so other teachers and stu- The Des Moines school district announced posed increasing supplemental state aid for from teachers who are leaving because of in- dents don’t have to endure similar challeng- last year it was undergoing major cuts to bet- K-12 schools by 2.5%, while Senate Republi- adequate pay. ing times he went through. ter balance its unspent spending authority — cans are proposing a 2.1% increase. Instead, she said schools are having a hard “We’re bare-bones right now,” Cody said. the dollars that remain after districts spend Legislators this week debated the fund- time fi nding new staff because of the state’s “Stress is through the roof. Most of the people their money allowed by Iowa law. ing amount for the 2020-21 school year. low unemployment rates. Teachers are leav- who I know are teachers are actively trying That’s because of recent underfunding by Democrats in both chambers proposed a 3% ing because of behavioral issues in class- to get out of teaching or are talking about it.” the Iowa Legislature, school offi cials say. increase that goes beyond Iowa Gov. Kim rooms, which she said she’s addressing with It’s a narrative that isn’t unique to Des Between fi scal years 2000-2010, an average Reynolds’ 2.5% recommendation at the start her proposed $2 million plan for therapeutic Moines schools — the most populated and annual increase of 3.6% was appropriated of session. classrooms this session. diverse school district in the state. to schools. Between 2011-2020, that aid de- Democrats echoed the concerns of some Sinclair also said the Legislature passed Education advocates in Iowa argue that creased to an average of 1.76% annually, ac- educators who said they’re struggling to an extension to the penny-sales tax last year, at least a decade of underfunding combined cording to data from the Legislative Services maintain classrooms and retain enough staff. which will provide billions to Iowa schools in with a shift in student demographics is cre- Agency. “Students are getting injured. Teachers are the next 30 years for infrastructure needs. ating unprecedented challenges for schools Des Moines schools offered teachers pay getting injured,” said Rep. Molly Donahue, “Our priority shows in what we spend, Sin- across the state. increases higher than the annual average sup- D-Cedar Rapids. “We lack the programs that clair said. “I’ve got three years of promises Duane Willhite, superintendent at North plemental state aid, resulting in the need for catch these issues before they get to the vio- I’ve met as chair of the education committee.” Fayette Valley Community School District cuts now, said Shashank Aurora, chief fi nan- lence.” For now, school districts said they are wait- in northeast Iowa and longtime educator, said cial offi cer of Des Moines schools. But Republicans pointed out that under- ing to see how funding will shake out in the he’s seen more poverty in area schools now This fi scal year, $24 million in cuts were funding occurred when Democrats were in Legislature. Iowa lawmakers face a deadline than when he started nearly 20 years ago. made. One of the biggest cost savings was control of the Legislature and said they didn’t this week for approving supplemental state School children in poverty are faced with reducing health insurance benefi ts for em- fully fund the state aid they promised to aid for schools, which by law is supposed to more challenges that can become barriers for ployees, Aurora said. Co-pay amounts were school districts. be set in the fi rst 30 days of the legislative ses- them in the classroom, such as food insecu- increased, which reduced premium costs, he Senate education chair Amy Sinclair, R- sion. rity, lack of early education and more medi- said. Allerton, pointed out three years where Dem- But some of those working in Iowa’s cal problems. Unlike their wealthier counter- Using the 2.5% supplemental state aid pro- ocrats were in control of the Legislature and classrooms say they’re pessimistic about the parts, they may not have access to additional jection, Aurora said Des Moines schools will promised supplemental state aid that ended up chances for an increase greater than 2% to lessons like music or sports, according to the cut under $20 million for this next fi scal year. getting reduced, she said. meet their needs. New York Times. Willhite’s school district, which recently In 2008, former Iowa Gov. Chet Culver “If we talk again at this time in a year, you Though not all students who qualify for merged with others, has some extra money to ordered a 1.5% across-the-board cut in state would not be telling a better story,” Cody free and reduced lunch are in poverty, many keep the district from making cuts right now. spending and a federal block grant was used said. Storm Lake’s Trusted News Pilot Source Since 1870 Tribune UUnderway!nderway! Tunes BBVUVU iinn hhoopsoops Lots of live aaction,ction, ppreprep ggirlsirls music coming ggetet ggoingoing to area SSportsports ➤ SSeeee 1100 IInsidenside ➤ SSeeee 3 www.stormlakepilottribune.comwww.sto Volume 151 Edition 140 $1.00 Adopt-A-Family for Christmas campaign begins The annual Adopt-A-Family for the program among all the different * 3. Go Shopping! Needed are non- Christmas program begins today. cultures,” according to Maggie Martinez perishable foods to make a holiday meal The Pilot-Tribune and Upper Des of Upper Des Moines. special, or a gift certifi cate for groceries. Moines Opportunity co-sponsor the The Pilot will update the list until all Many donors also choose to include program each year, matching generous have been adopted. All the families are gifts for children, clothing, a card of well individuals, families, businesses, from Buena Vista County and live at wishes, or some other personal touch. clubs, classrooms and church groups less than 150% of the poverty level. Last * 5. Wrap and Deliver. Your gifts can with needy local families to provide year, 200 families were adopted. be placed in a box or bag labeled on each the Christmas experience they might side with the code number of the family. otherwise not have. How Adopt A Family works: Drop off at UDMO in Storm Lake “This project really lets the Christmas * 1. Choose a Family. Note the code December 16 or 17 noon to 6 p.m. - or spirit shine in our area,” says co-director number. earlier by arrangement. Our volunteers Dana Larsen. “There are so many * 2. Call Our Hotline at 732-1757, will make sure the family gets it by generous people who make a tradition of 9 a.m.-noon or 1-4 p.m. weekdays to Christmas. sharing with those in need.” report the number of the family chosen. Generosity got an early start this year, UDMO will provide more specifi c This year’s Adopt A Family List: with several of the families adopted information on the family’s needs and #5. Single mother with 3 children before the list was even assembled. sizes. You may also email mreyes@ Adopt “Word has really gotten around about udmo.com See ➤ page 6 New magic awaits throughout Storm Lake’s holiday showplace Santa’s Castle By DANA LARSEN Pilot-Tribune Editor

The fi nal Christmasy touches are being applied to Santa’s Castle, Storm Lake’s holiday showplace, to prepare for the Thanksgiving Day opening. “The theme for this year is ‘Writing a Letter to Santa,” says curator and head elf Ron Stevenson. “We’ve taken letters that children have sent to Santa here and hung them up all over the Castle for our visitors to read and enjoy. It really adds a new touch to the place.” Months of preparation go into the exhibit each year before opening, and other new touches grace the former Carnegie Library, a 1905 landmark that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Children now have a sign-in book all their own on a child size pedestal. They can also pick up a “grab a cloud” ornament to write their special dream or wish on, to add to a tree for that special purpose. There is also a station to write a letter to Santa - last year over 850 children wrote letters and received a reply. New window displays include lots of special collections including antique Barbie Doll scenes dating as far back as the 1930s. An original Barbie playhouse donated with the closing of a downtown antique shop is part of the display. The Castle’s collection of extreme ugly sweaters can now be seen dangling from clotheslines. The pathway that visitors stroll this year will be split into a “naughty” or “nice” choice - don’t worry though, everyone will get a chance to see both routes. Children visiting Santa will receive a free book they can have autographed by the holiday hero, thanks to a donation from Better World Books. A fan also created a wooden “Santa’s Castle” sign for Santa’s areas, so that families Santa’s Castle opens for the season on Thanksgiving Day, fi lled with adorable foxes, and new delights including improvements to See Santa’s Castle ➤ page 8 the model railroad. / Pilot photos by Dana Larsen Survivors Forum BVU students share stories and hope in the face of abuse and trauma By DANA LARSEN Pilot-Tribune Editor “So many on campus are Overcome with battling their own emotion, one student hardships. We’re couldn’t go on reading. Another took the paper not in a bubble, from her hands and it happens here picked up where the fi rst too.” had stopped. One after another, the event, after giving stories of violence, sexual the BVU community a abuse, bullying and chance to submit their mental illness were read own stories anonymously. by student volunteers in a Local leaders from the unique Survivor’s Forum CAASA and Family at Buena Vista University Crisis Centers programs Tuesday night. were on hand, as well as Members of the SAVE group at BVU recruited student volunteers to read stories submitted by the BVU community on trau- The Students Against a university counselor, to mas they have faced, in hopes of helping others. Jenny Ahlers of the local CAASA organization spoke about help that is a Violent Environment available in the community.. / Pilot photos by Dana Larsen organization put together See BVU ➤ page 6

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CMY 6 area Pilot-Tribune | Monday, November 25, 2019 Emmetsburg ethanol plant pauses production By JOSEPH HOPPER “We are grateful to President (Donald) with Iowans being hard hit. mental rule falls short of a Sept. 12 Oval Special to The Pilot Trump for his support of biofuels policies, “Agriculture is the lifeblood of our region, Offi ce meeting with the president which including year-round E15 and recent efforts and unfortunately, a combination of factors resulted “in a restorative framework for POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels an- to maintain the integrity of the RFS,” said has caused the industry to take a hit over the EPA to incorporate in a supplemental rule,” nounced a major change on Tuesday, stat- Kyle Gilley, senior vice president of exter- last few years,” Whiting said. “In this case, including “ensuring that at least 15 billion ing in a release that they would be pausing nal affairs and communications for POET. local producers have had to carefully priori- gallons of conventional biofuel are blended, production of cellulosic biofuels at its Em- “But while the White House is pursuing tize their operations. I have heard from rep- accounting for waivers by using a three-year metsburg facility, known as Project Liberty. policy proposals to help biofuels, tremen- resentatives for POET and am glad to hear rolling average of actual volumes waived by Company offi cials stated “30 team members dous harm has been done. Over the last three of their efforts to minimize the disruption to SREs.” were impacted” as the plant and its staff shift years, EPA management of the RFS has held their Emmetsburg workforce. “This supplemental rule-making is an focus to research and development. back cellulosic ethanol advancement, hin- He continued, “While many of these is- opportunity to defi nitively restore integrity “As part of this effort, the joint venture dered future agricultural markets for U.S. sues fall under federal jurisdiction, I remain to the RFS, provide certainty for American will use biomass stored on site or already farmers, and undermined what the president committed to working with my colleagues in agriculture, and further bolster our energy under contract and will not purchase ad- has promised.” the Iowa Senate to support our great farmers independence,” Ernst and others wrote in ditional biomass at this time,” the release “Because of these policy changes, the and the biofuels industry. I appreciate the ef- the letter. “We are confi dent that reverting stated. “The team needed to sustain R&D economic landscape for cellulosic ethanol forts of Gov. (Kim) Reynolds, Sens. (Chuck) to the agreed upon framework to account for efforts has been evaluated and the joint ven- in the U.S. makes private and global invest- Grassley and (Joni) Ernst, and Congressman actual waived gallons will deliver on your ture will move forward with a reduced head- ments in this technology more challenging,” (Steve) King to work towards a solution that agenda to support thousands of agriculture count in February. From the very beginning, said Hugh Welsh, president of DSM North will allow force EPA to follow the law and jobs throughout the Midwest and nation.” the team at Liberty have been pioneers, and America. “As a result, our joint venture is allow our farmers and producers to operate State Rep. Megan Jones, R-Sioux Rapids, both companies are grateful for their contri- responding by temporarily pivoting and to their maximum potential.” said Ernst and Grassley are “honed in and bution to the effort. Without these individu- focusing on R&D efforts to improve tech- The Emmetsburg facility’s pause in pro- focused” and were “working hard to get the als, signifi cant progress in commercializing nological effi ciencies and explore addi- duction comes amid RFS discussions in EPA, president and standards all on the same a new, lower carbon fuel would not have tional international licensing opportunities Washington, D.C., with Ernst, Grassley and page.” been achieved.” in countries that are not choosing oil over other colleagues issuing a letter to Trump “Farmers are in a tough spot right now The company stated the change was due agriculture.” last week encouraging the president to take which is why it’s so important that Congress in part to United States Environmental Pro- State Sen. Zach Whiting, R-Spirit Lake, corrective action regarding RFS rule-mak- do its job and pass the USMCA,” Jones said. tection Agency actions, among them the is- reacted to the change, saying the EPA’s ing to account for Small Refi nery Exemp- “Iowans are tired of seeing Congress fo- suance of 31 new small refi nery Renewable “bungling” of the Renewable Fuel Standard tions. cused on things that don’t improve the daily Fuel Standard waivers. has caused waves in the biofuel industry, The letter states an EPA proposed supple- lives of its citizens. ... Let’s get this done.” MidAmerican Energy announces fi rst electric vehicle fast-charging sites MidAmerican Energy Company has an- depending on certain factors. ing stations while the site hosts will operate ·Carroll: site under negotiation nounced plans to begin constructing public- In late July, MidAmerican Energy an- them. Customers pay the usage fee, set by 160 kW DC ultra-fast charging stations ly accessible electric vehicle fast-charging nounced a fi rst-of-its kind effort in Iowa to the site host and consistent with state laws to be built in 2020: stations in fi ve Iowa cities by the end of build a fast-charger network throughout the and regulations, through a payment card or ·Avoca: Casey’s General Store, 1019 N. this year, and 13 more next year, including state. The company chose locations within Greenlots app. Chestnut St. nearly a dozen “ultra-fast” chargers. roughly 50 miles of each other to address Charging network locations ·Davenport: site under negotiation By the end of next month, MidAmerican electric vehicle range anxiety and promote The 18 charging stations will be within ·Early: Casey’s General Store, 2245 Karr Energy will begin to install 50 kilowatt di- electric vehicle adoption statewide. MidAmerican Energy’s service territory, Ave. rect-current fast chargers in Clarinda, Em- “MidAmerican Energy is now breaking with a focus on the Interstate 80, Interstate ·Fort Dodge: site under negotiation metsburg, Fort Dodge, Sheldon and Water- ground on a fi rst-of-its-kind electric vehicle 29 and Highway 20 corridors. The chargers ·Waterloo: Hy-Vee, 1422 Flammang Dr. loo. Next year, the company will install 50 charging network in Iowa,” Andrew Lewis, will be compatible with nearly all electric ·Six additional sites under negotiation kW chargers in Altoona and Carroll. MidAmerican Energy lead engineer, said. vehicles. Electric vehicle and charger rebates Also next year, MidAmerican Energy “We expect to complete our fi rst DC fast- 50 kW DC fast-charging stations to begin To further promote electric vehicle adop- plans to install 160 kW DC ultra-fast char- charging site next month. Throughout next construction by Dec. 31: tion in Iowa, MidAmerican Energy began gers in more heavily traveled corridors in year we’ll add more fast-charging sites as ·Clarinda: Casey’s General Store, 1107 S. offering electric vehicle and charging sta- Avoca, Davenport, Early, Fort Dodge and well as ultra-fast chargers, which we’re 16th St. tion rebates to its customers earlier this year. Waterloo. MidAmerican Energy is work- really excited about,” Lewis added. “This ·Emmetsburg: Casey’s General Store, The company provides $500 rebates to ing with other communities for six addi- network will benefi t our customers, host 2406 Main St. residential customers who buy or lease a tional sites, including two near Des Moines, communities, travelers and the environ- ·Fort Dodge: Hy-Vee, 115 S. 29th St. new electric vehicle. which the company will announce when it ment.” ·Sheldon: Fareway, 2603 Park St. The company also offers $1,500 rebates fi nalizes agreements. Site hosts to operate charging stations ·Waterloo: Waterloo Center for the Arts, to businesses that purchase “level 2” charg- DC fast-chargers, with two charging MidAmerican Energy has contracted 225 Commercial St. ing stations, which generally charge electric plugs per station, can generally provide an with Los Angeles-based Greenlots to install 50 kW DC fast-charging station to be vehicles in 4-8 hours. electric vehicle with an 80% charge in less charging stations and provide payment sys- built in 2020: Rebate information is available on the than 40 minutes. DC ultra-fast chargers can tems at host locations. MidAmerican En- ·Altoona: Hy-Vee Fast and Fresh, 3590 company’s website at MidAmericanEnergy. provide the same charge in half the time, ergy will establish and maintain the charg- Prairie Fire Drive NW com. 11-year-old charged with harassment Storm Lake Police have arrested an 11-year-old for evening, where school staff alleged that an 11-year- charged the girl with Harassment 1st Degree. She was alleged death threats. old Storm Lake girl had threatened to kill three other processed and released to her mother pending a court Offi cers were called to St. Mary’s School Thursday students. After an investigation and interviews, police date.

BVU ➤ continued from 1 One story related an experience when abuse her repeatedly, leaving scars on her him just to avoid those who were taunting a student was 19. While she and a male body. The abuse was so terrifying that in him. He would ask his mother, “Why can’t help anyone in the packed room who might student she considered a friend were in a seventh grade, the victim said, she felt she people just be nice?” Finally he hung need help. dorm room, he began to kiss her and try would be better off dead. School authorities himself from a ceiling fan in his bedroom, Such fi rst-hand stories may trigger to touch her inappropriately, saying, “You did nothing except tell her to avoid her and by the time he was discovered, had unexpected emotional responses in people, know you want it.” She said the man tore her tormentor. The abuser got no punishment. suffered brain death. His organs were especially if they or a loved one have been clothes. When she tried to escape, he held The victim said she wants the abuser to donated - “his last and most profound gift.” impacted by such distress, the organizers her down and covered her mouth while he “have a little understanding of what I felt Another person related being clinically said. raped her. When he was done he spit in her like,” before she can be able to forgive. diagnosed with depression at age 16 and The fi rst presenter told of a girl who face and left her in the fetal position on the One person who submitted a story spoke going on to attempt suicide three times. in her early teens had been send a penis fl oor. She was afraid to report the incident of mental illness. The person has seen 13 With medication and therapy, the person picture from a senior in her school. At 14, for fear the man would come after her. She different psychologists growing up, battling indicated their life is much better now. “i’ve she didn’t know what to do. But two years fi nally told a pastor, who began to ask her against feelings of hopelessness. “I have a put a lot of work into myself. I’m not going later the same person was caught sending humiliating sexual questions, and asked mental illness, but it is not all of who I am. to let that go to waste.” the same kind of photos to much younger what she had been wearing - an experience I am a daughter, an aunt, a granddaughter The representatives of the local helping people, and detectives showed up at the so disturbing that she left the church. “I felt and a friend,” she wrote. agencies noted that their services are free original victim’s door. She was overcome as if what happened to me didn’t matter. I A male submitted a story of post traumatic and confi dential, with 24 hour emergency with regret for not reporting what had never went to campus security,” she wrote. stress disorder and drug abuse after serving hotline aid available. Abuse is not limited to happened to her, thinking it might have Others shared that they had been in the military in Iraq, where nightmares any particular age group or gender, but can saved the other victims pain. She testifi ed sexually assaulted while in high school or began to surface of his early childhood happen to anyone, they stressed. against the man, thought she suffered college, one participant indicating she later sexual abuse at the hands of a relative. “It The SAVE organization at the university hatred from others who felt she was ruining discovered evidence of her own abuse had turns out men do cry,” he wrote, relating was inspired by the #MeToo movement the life of the popular former homecoming been posted on Instagram. that he was now willing to embrace what and its encouragement for victims to come king and athlete. A writer spoke of having a boyfriend he had been through in hopes of helping forward with their experiences, and wanted Another story was submitted by a junior who seemed perfect - and for a while he others. to provide an avenue for those they could student who was sexually assaulted last was. But eventually he pushed her into Living with schizophrenia was the topic reach to come out with their stories in a safe year, abused after she had passed out. “I “modeling” - which turned out to be human of another message. “Most days is it hard environment. chose to drink, but I didn’t choose to be traffi cking in another part of the country. At for me even to get out of bed,” the person One of the students told those in the sexually abused,” she had written. “I felt age 21, she escaped after six “haze-fi lled” related, saying they felt guilty for feeling audience that trauma can happen to anyone like I had brought it on myself, I didn’t months of sexual abuse. so exhausted and depressed. The writer - the person seated next to them in the want people to know.” She struggled over An alumnus wrote of her experience perseveres - “I’m proof that people with classroom could be going through it. The whether to report the incident, knowing the being secretly recorded in her dorm room. brain disorders can lead a healthy and organizers of the event were grateful that so man could be abusing others in the same “It kills you, it eats you up,” she related. happy life.” many people were willing to reach out and way. “I wasn’t brave enough. I’m still not,” She hoped by coming forward, it would One person told a heart-rending story express their vulnerabilities, and that the she wrote. The student had participated in help others come out and begin to heal. of the suicide of her son who had been gathered crowd was larger than they had the Survivor’s Forum because she wants Not all the abuses related were relentlessly bullied. Left with glasses and expected. others to realize that abuse is never okay, committed by males. One female told of discolored teeth by an early illness, the child “So many on campus are battling their regardless of circumstances. “This is a toxic relationship with a female friend grew up constantly teased, called a loser own hardships,” a participant said. “We’re something I live with every day,” she wrote. who began to possessively physically and a geek. School offi cials would only tell not in a bubble, it happens here too.”

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The Storm Lake High School Advanced Ecology class brought an excellent plan to the Storm Lake City Council and other groups, to turn the high school courtyard into useful social and educational space. The courtyard had been allowed to fall into sad shape, but even more important than reclaiming it, is the experience those students are getting experience in leading an important project themselves. Imagine convincing a city council for its support, at age 16 or 17. The opportunity will serve them well for life. One question - $11,000 for an engineering plan, a one-page sketch? I realize there is more to the plan- ning process than we probably know, but that sure seems like a big chunk to take out of the money for a public project that is being raised by teenagers. We woul love to see it donated, or at least reduced. Besides, guess where the next generation of outstand- ing engineers (not to mention environmentlists and community leaders) are going to come from? Classes like this one. Time to invest in them.

readersrespond Calling all pipeline opponents American dream, and a food line By DANA LARSEN / [email protected] still afford food to get From ED FALLON / Bold Iowa through the month. ere’s a thought. In some parts of the We need as many pipeline opponents as possible to Every candidate for governor, Congress, or country, people can’t write to the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) and ask the - board to stand strong against the aggressive tactics of H president should be invited to - no, make that find jobs. We are fortu be mandated to - work a day at a food distri- nate that Iowa has a low Dakota Access. The pipeline company has been push- bution line, soup kitchen, or food pantry. rate of unemployment ing officials in Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota, and North No, not show up in a fancy suit shepherded by your - but underemployment? Dakota to double the amount of oil flowing through entourage for one of your photo opportunities... work! the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). We can and must That’s a different mat- stop them. Before you tell people how fantastic the economy is ter. Locally our median You’ll notice that sending a letter is called “submit a under your watch in the White House or Congress or family income rates are even below the state’s. filing” on the IUB website. You can submit a filing as governor or mayor’s office, you should have to tell a a registered user (right side of the screen) or as a guest hungry family to their faces that the last bag of potatoes danalarsen Three out of four of our (left side of the screen, under the red letters). just ran out. public school kids are There are many reasons why this is a dangerous and Because that’s what volunteers - God bless them - at from families with income so low they qualify for free unjust proposal. Here are a handful. Pick one or two the food distribution in Storm Lake had to do last week. and reduced lunch aid - that’s insane. Working people are points to focus on, and send a copy of your letter to me Almost 250 families stood in line just to get a few basic closer and closer to the edge, while being told how splen- at [email protected]. food items to get them through the month. This American didly Wall Street is doing. • Dakota Access claims that doubling the flow of oil dream we’re told about in every speech - where’s theirs? Is cutting food stamps going to put people to work? “will not prejudice the substantial legal rights of any As our country-club president congratulates himself on Instead of starving solks, we need to be training them so person (paragraph 8 of Request for Waiver).” The cutting food stamp benefits to the most desperate people they can qualify for the skilled jobs that we desperately company argues that, because no additional land will among us in order to fund more handouts to rich cronies, need to fill. be taken forcibly through eminent domain, no one will wouldn’t you like to see him and his family experience We don’t need taxpayers subsidizing Amazon, we need be negatively affected. This completely ignores both living on what a minimum wage American family with to preserve Social Security at a level that allows dignity the impact of an oil spill and the terrible impact on our no benefits does, for one month? for our seniors who have worked all of their lives. A lot climate. What a fine Christmas gift, taking food out of people’s of them were standing in that local food line, too. • Oil Change International estimated that the current mouths, while they are struggling to pay heat bills. Instead of cutting benefits to people with medical, flow of 570,000 barrels of oil per day through DAPL is equal to greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from The Trump administration proposal, announced mental or other forms of disability, we could attend to Wednesday, could eliminate benefits for about 750,000 providing the services to make them whole enough to do 30 coal-fired power plants (click here to learn more). people. It will stop states from seeking waivers from the Doubling the oil means another huge increase in GHG meaningful work and in turn, help others. Maybe the administration could spend as much atten- emissions — at a time when scientists warn of the now-requirement that SNAP recipients be employed or urgency to reduce emissions immediately. in vocational training programs. States have been able to tion to the needs of public education as it does to cutting In approving the original permit for DAPL, the IUB grant a waiver if their unemployment rate is 20 percent benefits to the poor, so the next generation could break only marginally considered the pipeline’s impact on or more above national average. the cycle and not have to rely on public aid. climate change. With news out this past week that Iowa isn’t, and can’t. So this round of cuts won’t affect For goodness sake, 80 percent of a place like Iowa is nine key climate tipping points have become active far us further. Or will it? Iowa is as intense a farming state farm and livestock land! Instead of cutting benefits, let’s earlier than scientists originally predicted, it’s impera- as this country has to offer. Less food going into relief help young farmers get started, foster alternative crops tive that the IUB weigh climate change as part of its program isn’t great news on the production front, either. and find ways to get the massive amount of food we are deliberation. (Click here for the Guardian story.) Oh, we get it. Nobody wants to think about able-bodied capable of producing to the tables where it is desperately • In paragraph 7 of its Request for Waiver, Dakota people sitting around on the sofa, watching TV and tak- needed. Now that would be leadership. Access argues that the expansion of DAPL is “be- ing advantage of taxpayers’ generosity. Sad to say, food pantries and programs like the Iowa ing made in response to demand for domestically- No one is naive enough to think there aren’t lazy people Food Bank and Upper Des Moines Opportunity are the produced crude oil… in order to satisfy that demand out there, but talk to anyone who works at our food only things standing between many families and hunger. and deliver the benefits to all Americans.” Perhaps banks and the truth is evident. People facing food inse- Every politician I hear says they want to serve, want to Dakota Access is hoping that the IUB (and the rest of curity here do work - sometimes more than one job - and represent all of America. Skip the country club and come us) won’t notice that the US just became a net exporter just can’t pay for their rent, medicine, child care etc. and see the part that’s standing in line for food. of oil. This expansion isn’t for domestic consump- tion. It’s for export, and to allow wealthy oil and gas tycoons to get even richer. usual observation of “oh, • In its Request for Waiver (paragraph 4), Dakota Access asks the IUB to exempt it from the requirement there’s Russell Wilson, to hold a public hearing. It is a bit comical that Dakota The NFL report possible MVP, carrying Access claims that holding a hearing “causes undue the load.” What a concept ne of the nice things about writing an opinion - a complete team effort, hardship.” column is that you can have a subject lined up to who would have thought? • In its September 6, 2019 order, the IUB requires Dakota Access to “provide expert testimony of… the O yap about, but then do an audible at the line, and On the other hand, one change the play, at the last moment. And if you division might be leading effect adding the additive [DRA, or drag reducing the way to collectively agent] to the oil will have on the longevity of the pipe- haven’t guessed, given the football talk, I’ve decided to yap - have their worst won/ line components and whether the additive will increase about my favorite sports league, the NFL, and why it’s ut terly poopy, yet totally amazing. Let’s get this out of the way loss percentage record in the risk of a spill or other incident on the pipeline.” In now: my team, the Eagles, stink. As a firm believerin HOF history – the NFC Least, Dakota Access’ November 27 response, it essentially coach Bill Parcells axiom “you are what your record says claims that DRA is safe and presents no problem. But mickpolich er, East. Cowboys, Eagles, the IUB didn’t ask Dakota Access for its opinion. It you are,” the Iggles have multiple problems, on multiple Redskins, Giants – all of fronts. But enough of that, let’s move on to other reasons ordered Dakota Access to “provide expert testimony,” them sit at under .500. It’s - why the NFL continues to be an intriguing soap opera. a realistic possibility that one team from that division could i.e., analysis of the safety of DRA by an expert unasso My nephew reinforced to me last night at a family get- ciated with Dakota Access. Dakota Access is conve- win it without a winning record, and I do believe that last niently overlooking this blatant conflict of interest. together, the notion that the Los Angeles sports market area time that that happened was 2014, when the Panthers won • Similarly, in its September 6, 2019 order, the IUB barely can hold one pro football team, let alone two. Why? with a 7-8-1 record. Sick, but entirely feasible. also required Dakota Access to “provide expert testi- Because there’s so much more to do in L.A., besides go to a I think I had the 49ers as a sleeper team last year, or so, with the Browns as a contender for either the giant killer to mony of whether the increased flow will increase the football game. Swimmin’ pools, movie stars, Baby Yoda. So that’s why I feel for the Chargers, and the high school sta- win the division, or a dumpster fire. Well, only off a year amount of oil that will be released if a spill occurs.” dium that they are allotted to play in. Throw in the Rams as Again, Dakota Access responds without providing any for the 49ers - what a powerhouse. So good to see former expert testimony beyond its own biased opinion. direct competition, and you might be thinking of signing up Hawkeye George Kittle ripping up it at tight end, with GQ Jimmy Garoppolo targeting him for huge gains. And the • You can also point out to members of the IUB that to be the first NFL London franchise (that will happen.) Can 10 presidential candidates have weighed in with state- you say over-saturation, boys and girls? Yet, we keep buying Browns? Keep pouring the gasoline on, and torching the ments opposing DAPL’s expansion. in, like eating a bag of Cheetos. But the Chargers should container, because someone will get voted off the island at have stayed in San Diego, where their fan base is stewing season’s end, in Brownsville. And I just love it when old like a pot of tailgate chili. But hey, what do I know? I’m just school coaches keep figuring out ways to win. Mike Tom- an old white dude in northwest Iowa. lin, and John Harbaugh, get my votes for Coach Of The Today’s Zinger So many teams really are stinking up the joint at this point, Year – no two coaches have figured out how to do more By Argus Hamilton as others rise from the ashes, like the proverbial phoenix. The with less, or have smart draft picks that actually turn magi- Chicago Bears look like they have gotten the deer-in-the- cal (we are looking at you, Lamar Jackson), in finding ways Joe Biden calls an 83 year- • headlights look out of their team, and might be putting a run to win. Talking a page from high school coaches, it’s like old Iowa questioner a big fat together. Coach Matt Nagy appears to have gotten everyone here’s what you’ve got, now put them in position to make liar. It was tense. They came to drink the Kool-Aid in the locker room, wow. But given it a win-win for everyone. Gotta love it, I mean, that’s true this close to being on each that’s a tough division with the Pack, and the Vikes, it might coaching. The Patriots still know how to win, usually death other’s lawns. still be a tough row to hoe. The Seahawks, after edging the by a thousand paper cuts. 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With the fi rst of the cold north Lake, 50588 Storm Lake United Marketing and winds swirling in, an old friend • Or you may drop off donations Activities Director, Lee Dutfi eld, says with a warm heart arrives home at the Pilot offi ce, 527 Cayuga the idea for the event came from a right on schedule. St., Storm Lake committee meeting he attended called Mr. Goodfellow launches his • Questions? Call 712-732-3130 Retail in Action, he said someone within the committee mentioned how it would be nice to tie something in with an event that already takes place. CALENDAR “We were coming up with ideas,” said Dutfi eld. “We do this Sip, Sample & Shop every year on a Sunday and GULL we wanted to do something to kick A sure sign of the changing that off.” season are the fl ocks of gulls Holidays on Awaysis Beach, prepping See ➤ page 6A for migration. While they are referred to as “seagulls,” there is no such thing - there SL offi cials defend are many types of gulls, none of which are named water supply in “sea.” In northwest Iowa, you are most likely to see the arsenic claim Franklin’s gull, with its white body and darker head (these Recently, information provided by birds sometimes follow farm the Environmental Working Group tractors to feast on exposed (EWG) and publicly reported by food) or the ring-bill gull with media outlets noted that the City of its black band around its yel- low bill, gray body and dark Storm Lake’s treated water supply wing undersides, which feed may not be safe. on fi sh, insects, rodents and “The information reported is based discarded human food. Occa- on the viewpoint of the EWG,” city sionally, a bonaparte’s or her- offi cials said in a statement Friday. “As ring gull may be seen here. / reported, the story indicated that Pilot photo by Dana Larsen arsenic in the city’s water supply is 800 times the legal limit. Factually, arsenic may exceed what EWG BVU President refl ects on considers safe. However, the city’s water supply is legally compliant with college scams, entitlement all federal and state standards related to the provision of drinking water. By DANA LARSEN college where he was “It is the commitment of the City Pilot-Tribune Editor working in fundraising, of Storm Lake to provide drinking he said that parents had water to our customers and visitors to As a college admission offered to make a multi- our community that meets all federal scandal penetrates the million-dollar gift to the headlines, one interested and state standards in effect. Further, institution in exchange observer is Buena Vista the City will assuredly meet federal for having their child, University President Josh and state standards as regulations and who did not qualify Merchant. academically, admitted. testing requirements are updated in the “It’s sad that this Merchant refused the future.” actually exists,” he told money. “That’s not okay,” the Pilot-Tribune, as he said. charges pile up against While BVU is Arson case parents who have following the scandal, unethically sought to Merchant stressed that get their children into there are many checks EMBARC and Tyson expand may not go prestigious universities, and balances in place including some high- for the local school to resources for refugees profi le celebrities. “I prevent such situations. to trial would like to believe “These are thing EMBARC, or Ethnic Minorities culture, location, costs, and lack By RIMA AUSTIN this this doesn’t continue we have been paying of Burma Advocacy and Resource of support,” said Henny Ohr, Pilot-Tribune Staff to happen, but I am not attention to, and have Center, have announced a $100,000 EMBARC’s executive director so naive to think that it been for years - we would grant from Tyson Foods to fund and one of the organization’s Brent Alan won’t.” not let it happen here. It EMBARC’s Legal Navigator founders. “This grant from Tyson Project. Foods is critical to providing much Mack, 25, of Merchant is no stranger does not become an issue The investment from Tyson Foods needed support for legal services to Newell, has been to such situations. Earlier BVU ➤ will allow EMBARC to increase increase the economic mobility of charged with in his career at another See page 6A awareness and support for civil and refugee newcomers, and our larger several crimes he immigrant legal services, as well community.” is alleged to have “We’re talking about the wealthiest of the wealthy. Notice that this didn’t as improve the self-suffi ciency and Many of those who will benefi t committed in economic stability for refugees in from this investment languished Sac County. On happen with kids from Storm Lake High Iowa communities where Tyson in refugee camps for decades and October 28, Sac School, or Fort Dodge or Pocahontas. Foods operates plants. It is often have no familiarity with modern County Attorney, These are highly affl uent people. It’s a challenge to connect the diverse conveniences. Refugees resettled Ben Smith, is Brent Mack refugee tribes and ethnic groups directly to Iowa are provided only scheduled to engage in a pre-trial not just an issue of college admission representing over 20 unique 90 days of basic services, while conference with Mack’s attorney, - these people use their resources to languages and cultures with the refugees who move to Iowa from Charles Schulte. their advantage in many ways that may support and assistance to access to other states receive no resettlement “A pretrial conference is an not be right. The bigger issue is the role available resources. services at all. “Services and resources are See Arson ➤ page 6A of power and infl uence in our country.” often inaccessible due to language, See Refugees ➤ page 6A

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CMY 6A continued Pilot-Tribune | Monday, October 28, 2019 SL child care Storm Lake United’s Annual Banquet online survey Storm Lake United is pleased to an- plus written the Frank Caliendo NFL nounce our Annual Member’s Banquet to Comedy sketches for 13 seasons. Scott’s extended to Nov. 15 be held at Buena Vista University on Tues- Comedy Special...Fly Over Comedy...ap- The Building Community Child Care Solu- day, November 19, beginning at 6 p.m. peared on Amazon Prime and VidAngel tions Committee is conducing a survey on child The Member’s Banquet is a time for in the Summer of 2018. Scott was also care in Storm Lake. The survey should take Storm Lake United to thank our members voted BEST Comedian of 2014 and 2015 afi ve-10 minutes to complete, and your respons- for their great success in 2019, to inspire and 2016 and 2017 by Gigmasters.com, for 2020, and to reward those businesses the largest entertainment booking agency es are completely anonymous. The goal of the Scott survey is to gather information to fi nd out the and individuals that are leading examples in the US! Long needs for child care in Storm Lake. Following in our community. Businesses and busi- Please RSVP with your meal choice by the survey the Building Community Child Care ness professionals will be recognized for November 5th by calling (712) 732.3780 Solutions Committee will create and present a 10 their leadership and accomplishments in or emailing [email protected]. to 15 minute presentation of the results to various 2019. There will be a cash bar at 6 p.m. with entities, and seek to fi nd solutions if a child care Please join us as we celebrate with a dinner to follow at 6:30 p.m.. Your meal shortage/need is identifi ed in Storm Lake. The wonderful meal and a laugh out loud com- choices are Pork Roulades or Chicken survey time has been extended to November 15. edy show by award winning comedian Cappelini. Tickets are $30 per person, and To complete the survey, see www.surveymon- Scott Long. Scott has been seen on NBC, all Storm Lake United Members and their key.com/r/StormLake Community. FOX-TV, and the Bob and Tom Show, employees are welcome to attend.

Goodfellow ➤ continued from 4A Honorary director for the Goodfellow chairperson of the campaign. “Every present for the children.” fund is Gale Randall, an Early Access bit of the money goes directly to help Some who were helped as children, Each year, the community generously regional liaison with the local area the children. Our team of teachers in today are donors. Others who received a donates as the Pilot-Tribune Mr. education agency. She has seen fi rst-hand the local elementary schools and the coat during a rough stretch one year, pay Goodfellow Fund helps to warm the lives how Goodfellow donations help families preschool and Head Start programs it ahead with a donation when they are on of nearly 100 preschool and elementary- with special needs. identify children who do not have the better footing the next. age local children. All schools in Buena “I’m super excited to be part of a warm winter clothing they need, and if Businesses like Bomgaars, Rust’s Vista County are invited to participate. program that helps our greatest resource... families can’t provide for the clothing, Western Shed and Brown’s Shoe Fit have Twyla Kleen, Storm Lake Elementary the children in Buena Vista County. We they get the parents’ permission to help. helped the program out over the years. School nurse, reported: “We have kids live in a place where cold and ice is a From there, our team of Goodfellow Others have hosted mitten trees and other who really need the help. You should see fact of life, but during the winter months volunteers take the child into the local efforts to help. Julius Cleaners has been how excited they are to get a new coat. children need to get outdoors. Research stores to pick out a coat or other winter an important Goodfellow partner for They are smiling ear to ear, and can’t wait tells us that playing outdoors builds items.” years, accepting gently used coats and to show all their teachers. Something as physically healthier children, contributes “I love working with Mr. Goodfellow,” seeing that they are cleaned and repaired simple as a new hat or a pair of boots, to a child’s cognitive and social/emotional one of our many volunteers says. “Just as needed, to go to a new child. Several and they are a king or queen. development, increases their immunity seeing the kids’ faces light up makes it local churches, businesses, the United “I can’t tell you how important it is for as well as a host of other benefi ts,” she worthwhile. I know that if I can do this, it Board of Realtors, civic clubs, and scores a child in need to be able to go outside says. “Mr Goodfellow is an awesome will save the parents money on groceries of individuals - some of them anonymous and play, but we have children who have resource to make sure all children in the or other bills.” - help to grow our campaign each year. nothing but a sweatshirt in the coldest county have the outerwear they need to For some of the children, it may be Teachers holding “jeans day” have part of winter,” Kleen said. enjoy their time outdoors.” the fi rst time in their lives they have had donated, as have area high school “At some point in the season, discussion Mr. Goodfellow works as simply something new all of their own. student councils. Clubs and churches and always turns to what the kids hope Santa as it did when it was founded by Pilot One former recipient from Newell, a classrooms. Donations have been made is going to bring them. These kids don’t publisher W.C. Jarnagin during the Great single mother of four, sees it this way: in memory of loved ones. Even proceeds ask for toys, they want a pair of jeans or Depression years. “Mr. Goodfellow is a wonderful project. from garage sales have been given. boots. Mr. Goodfellow has been a lifeline “Our readers donate - from civic It has really helped us out and I’ve really “It’s not the amount that matters, it’s for us and those families in need. We are groups sharing signifi cant portions of appreciated all that Mr. Goodfellow has the fact that so many care and do what fortunate to have so many generous folks their treasuries to children dropping off done,” she said. “With their help my they can,” said Pilot Editor Dana Larsen. in the community who donate to this the change from their piggy banks,” children could be warm, and I could “We need ideas, fundraisers, challenges program.” says Dana Larsen, editor of the Pilot and pay that extra bill or afford a Christmas - talk to us!”

BVU ➤ continued from 4A to be two different discussions that have with kids from Storm Lake High School, call ‘exclusive,’” Judge Indira Talwani nothing to do with each other.” or Fort Dodge or Pocahontas. These are said last month. “Are they doing this for at BVU,” he said. In some cases during the current highly affl uent people. It’s not just an issue their children, or their own status?” “For one thing, we are sized right,” scandal, families have tried to have their of college admission - these people use At BVU, wealth doesn’t come into play. he says. “You’ll notice that where this students falsely admitted as athletes. BVU their resources to their advantage in many “A third of our students are the fi rst in the is happening is at very big schools. We has guarded against such problems by ways that may not be right. The bigger families to attend a college, and the vast have an accessible, experienced team having its coaching staff utilize the same issue is the role of power and infl uence in majority receive fi nancial aid or grants - of admission people, and we look very data base as admissions. “We coordinate our country.” they are not from privileged backgrounds,” carefully at ACT, SAT and high school very closely, and every student has to meet While some of the parents caught Merchant said. academics, which lessens the opportunity academic standards. If you are a student in admission scandals have pleaded “There are schools who operate on a for an error.” athlete, you are a student fi rst. If you are desperation in helping their sons or ‘need aware’ basis which means they wait Merchant is alarmed at the schemes to a student in marching band, you are a daughters, Merchant isn’t swallowing sob to determine if the family has the ability to falsify test scores and records. He said student fi rst.” stories. “They knew exactly what they pay before an admissions decision is made. BVU works directly with the testing He notes that private schools at BVU’s were doing, without a doubt in my mind. We are technically ‘need blind’ which agencies rather than accepting scores from level are under somewhat less pressure, as Whether they knew it was illegal or not, means we make admission decisions based applicants or their families. “We would they don’t hand out athletic scholarships that I don’t know. They back-doored it. solely on students’ merits, courses taken in not get into that situation,” he said. or receive vast amounts of sports revenue. Whether the behavior is technically illegal high school, GPA, test scores, etc.,” the However, he does worry about grade Integrity, for an academic institution is or not, in some cases it has been incredibly BVU president told the Pilot-Tribune. infl ation from prospective students’ everything, he feels. unethical.” Although the abuses hitting the news high schools. It is harder for colleges “We have an obligation to create a He cited instances where someone else are a small number of cases, there is to discover whether a student has had community, and an obligation not just has taken a college entrance test for a concern that it will color the perception special treatment in the past. “This has to graduate students, but to accept the student, or families that lie on mailed-in of higher education. The scandals are happened a lot since the No Child Left students who can be successful in this applications. “In some cases they have had just one challenge facing the fi eld. “I do Behind system,” Merchant said, referring environment. Our faculty has academic to go after them for fraudulent use of the worry about perception. I worry about to the former national system that judged standards and rigor in place. It is a culture, mail,” Merchant noted. a lot of things,” Merchant said. “I worry and in some case punished schools if their and we can’t underestimate the value of A judge in one of the scandal cases agreed about students who would be the fi rst in students did not score high enough. that culture.” recently in dismissing the “desperation” of the families to go to college thinking it BVU uses predictive modeling, he said, As a high-profi le actress complete an a parent who tried paying $250,000 to the is not possible for them. I worry about as one means to try to offset such issues 11-day jail sentence for her role in an mastermind of a scheme to get his son into people thinking BVU is a university for and make sure admitted students are admission scandal, the BVU president USC posing as a water polo recruit. “It’s the privileged when it is not. I worry about academically qualifi ed. sees wealth and power as an underlying not basic caretaking for your child. It’s not some politicians saying that there is fat in It is also important for universities to issue. getting your child food or clothing. It’s not education budgets - some schools have separate potential donations from the “We’re talking about the wealthiest of even getting your child an education. It’s multi-million-dollar endowments, we do admissions process, he feels. “That has the wealthy. Notice that this didn’t happen getting your child into a college that you not.”

Refugees ➤ continued from 4A without a home, Muang, his wife and be a United States citizen and am proud EMBARC is Iowa’s fi rst refugee- two young children, arrived in the U.S. in to work at Tyson,” said Muang. “I could led nonprofi t service provider, founded Results from community conversations March 2013. Muang and his wife didn’t not have reached this happy life without by and for refugees with a mission to conducted by EMBARC revealed over speak English and didn’t know how to the support of Tyson, EMBARC and my empower refugees in expanding their 95% of participants had no access to drive. They persevered and signed up family.” success through advocacy, education, education in the U.S. in their native for English classes and driving classes. “We’re proud to support EMBARC and and community development. EMBARC language except through EMBARC. In 2015, Muang got a job at Tyson and share its belief in equipping people with believes that true and lasting change Many families do not ask for support has been there ever since. He’s seen skills for success and in building stronger originates from within a community because they have no understanding of his wages increase, and in 2017, his communities,” said Garrett Dolan, senior empowered to help themselves. laws or what resources are available to family was able to buy a home. These manager, corporate social responsibility, EMBARC’s signature peer-to-peer, them. milestones culminated in Muang and his Tyson Foods. “This investment will train-the-trainer “Navigator” framework For example, Tyson worker Bawi wife obtaining citizenship with the help provide legal immigration services invest in refugee leaders who learn vital Za Muang, fl ed Burma in 2007 due to of EMBARC’s Legal Navigator program such as green cards and citizenship information and skills to then share with severe and increasingly threatening in 2019. applications. We recognize these factors peers, while helping remove barriers and mistreatment by the military. After “I feel safe and feel the United States are critical for refugees and immigrants build connections with the mainstream struggling to survive for six years is my country now. I am very happy to to thrive in America.” community.

Arson ➤ continued from 4A with suspicion of crimes in Sac County fi re. He said it was a total loss following the “He has had an initial appearance (for for incidents that took place on or around fi re and response by emergency personnel. suspicion) of arson, criminal mischief, and opportunity for the defense council and the August 19 of this year, according to court Lyman went on to allege that Mack had burglary,” said Allen. ‘The next court date prosecutor to discuss potential plea offers,” documents. On October 15 of this year, accessed the building prior to the fi re and won’t be determined until my offi ce has stated Smith. “We always look for the Mack was arrested on suspicion of fi rst- stole property, that he was in the area of the fi led formal charges.” possibility of settling. It will be explored in degree felony arson, third-degree felony fi re before the fi re response, and that Mack Mack has been charged in Sac County this case but I can’t know whether or not it burglary and fi rst-degree felony criminal claimed to have specifi c knowledge about for suspicion of felony arson, burglary in will happen.” mischief, for incidents that happened on or the spread of the fi re. the second degree, fi rst-degree criminal Smith said he expects the additional around September 13, 2017. According to Buena Vista County mischief and trespass causing damage. The charges on Mack in Buena Vista County Newell Chief of Police, Justin Lyman, Attorney, Paul Allen, Mack has two matters trial date has been set for November 5 in might have an impact on whether or not reported that on September 13 Newell Police pending in BV. A probation revocation the Sac County Courthouse. However, this the state decides to make the case go to and Fire Department were dispatched to hearing is set for November 25, for is subject to change pending the conference trial before a jury. Mack has been charged 111 South Fulton where a structure was on impersonating an offi cer. between the attorneys.

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group of performers will highlight this gala Three judges’ votes are tallied, along with By DANA LARSEN Pilot-Tribune Editor concern for evening. Tickets are available now at $40. comical and constructive criticism provided This is the 3rd bi-annual Dancing with after each performance. The other half of the veteran BV the Storm Lake Stars fundraising event. The scoring combination comes from the crowd Struggling to fi nd enough Parents and Teachers of Panthers (PTP) group voting with monetary donations, in voting election workers, Buena Vista of St. Mary’s put on the fi rst show in 2016 with boxes placed on the dance fl oor after the County Supervisors this week supervisor Nancy Jensen and Jeff DeHaan paired up to win performances. considered whether they should the inaugural mirror ball trophy, with a dance “It’s all about the kids,” past winner Andy increase the wage, even though By DANA LARSEN number set to country music. In 2018 the line Goettsch stated into the mic upon receiving the the commissioner of elections Pilot-Tribune Editor up was stacked with Tim and Erin Smith, Dr. had not requested it. See Dance ➤ page 6 With a new requirement for bilingual precinct services, One consequence of the 2020 fi nding Spanish-speaking Census could be an impact on current workers is especially diffi cult. voter precincts and the districts where Most already have jobs that pay county supervisors are elected. as much or more than the $10.50 While the supervisors in Buena per hour the county offers, and Vista are elected county-wide, they may not want to take a vacation come from geographic districts, day to work the polls. seeking to ensure wide representation. Supervisor Tom Huseman However, as Storm Lake dominates noted that he had experienced the population, and the districts are working a 16-hour day for $160. to have similar numbers, all of the The county last raised the districts now include part of, or touch, wage, by $1 an hour, two years the city. Grant & Mandi Mollring Garrett Feddersen, Rachele Randall St. Mary’s staff ‘girl group’ ago. The board could end up after the County offi cials anticipate no next census having three of its fi ve special elections in 2020, but members elected from within Storm the November presidential-year Lake, supervisors said. vote will require more workers For veteran member Paul Merten, than normal, they expect, the issue could force a diffi cult when the county is “getting by, decision. barely,” Huseman said. The farm resident was once in the Supervisors chose to center of his largely rural district, but approve the commissioner’s with the demographic changes and recommendation without redrawing, is now within a mile of the changing the pay, but are district’s border. open to considering a mid- year adjustment if it proves Census ➤ See page 6 Josh and Kelli Berg Tyler and April Weber Lee Dutfi eld & Kim Kelly necessary.

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BICYCLE ACCIDENT

A man was injured Friday in a collision between a bicycle and a vehicle on North Lake Avenue in Storm Lake. Witnesses reported the victim lying in the roadway. First responders provided aid until an ambulance arrived. Authorities are hoping to review security camera footage from the nearby convenience store to learn the circumstances of the accident. / Pilot photo by Dana Larsen

Dance ➤ continued from 1 upcoming basketball game as the offi cial public announcement. The donation was trophy. used to purchase classroom TVs and After the winners are named, the DJ for additional Chromebook computers for all the night continues with music for party- grade levels to use. goes to take the dance fl oor themselves to All proceeds from the group go end the evening. to St. Mary’s students, teachers and The event committee this year is made facilities. PTP funds are also used to up of fi ve active PTP members: Trisha reduce costs or fully fund fi eld trips, Schmitt, Lindsay Armstrong, Deanna STEM initiatives, teacher appreciation Harrer, Ann Marie Fiorendino and Ralna meals, and family picnics. “We host three McVinua. or four different events each year for our “This is a fundraiser at the end of the students and parents. We really encourage night. Yes, it is phenomenal entertainment a family atmosphere at St. Mary’s and and the dancing will blow you away. It we are happy that we can facilitate such is really entertaining to watch couples From last year’s “Dancing with the Storm Lake Stars”. fellowship due to funds raised through who have no dance or show performance events like these,” McVinua says. experience brave themselves in front of a practice. This year the committee is even with the performers, all bring a different “Our future goal is to provide up to crowd,” McVinua said. “The contestants relying on past dance team alumni to help demographic to the table, but we feel really date technology and enhancements to our end up being really, really good.” out over their college holiday breaks. good about our judges and emcee as well. classrooms. St. Mary’s relies heavily on This year’s cast of pairs: “It is such a fun event, these alumni To capture judges who can combine to be public and private donations to keep our • Dr. Garrett Feddersen and Rachele have seen the fi nished product from being off the cuff, give actual dance critique kids up to date with technology, STEM, Randall. Grant is Director of Medical involved in years past and know how fun and one who is the voice of (entertaining) music and other curriculum extras.” Emergency at BVRMC and Rachel is a it is to be a part of this fundraiser. We reason, so to speak, is a fun task when Standardized test scores are testament physician assistant with Northwest Iowa want to thank those pulling from the to the quality of education the school Bone, Joint and Sports Surgeons. girls publicly for community. Every offers, she said. “What the PTP group is • Grant and Mandi Mollring. Grant donating their time year the judges have trying to do with funds raised is to give is BVU’s football coach and Mandi is and talents.” really enhanced the these kids a fantastic experience while employed at BVU While voting is event with humor,” getting a top-notch education. The PTP • Josh and Kelli Berg who are active being tallied the McVinua said. group is motivated to not only provide in the farming community and have two crowd enjoys a The funds raised the funds for the fun small items, but we daughters who attend St. Mary’s performance from from the evening are very motivated to be a big donor to • Tyler and April Weber. Tyler teaches the St. Mary’s allow the PTP major school projects. We have motivated and coaches basketball at St. Mary’s and High School State group to provide the volunteers, big ideas and really, sky is the April is a hair stylist at Sunjara. Champion Dance “extras” for the local limit with our dreams for our school right • Lee Dutfi eld and Kim Kelly. Lee is Team. This year the faith-based school. now.” the marketing director for Storm Lake school group won This fundraising The Parents and Teachers of Panthers United, and he is paired with his sister- fi rst place in Hoopla idea was brought donated $5,000 last year to the Booster in-law. and second place in forth in a PTP Club in memory of Kyle Drey’s basketball • Gayle Strom, Barb Maldonado, small school pom. meeting back in hoop project. With that donation and Jacqueline Zapata and Connie Smith. All Those in 2015 by member along with booster funds, the St. Mary’s are employed at St. Mary’s, and form the attendance will also Trisha Schmitt. gym now has two adjustable basketball fi rst ever girl group to perform. be treated to Buena Schmitt and Grace hoops for students to use. It can be challenging to get people to Vista University’s Ivey led the way commit to doing something so outside of Dance Team which also attended state that year coordinating the entire event. • TICKET INFORMATION: Anyone their comfort zones, McVinua says. competition, earning impressive honors It was such a success that people in the interesting in purchasing tickets can call “We are very grateful to those who say in college division pom, jazz and hip hop community really look forward to it and or text any of the committee members yes. Our contestants spend several nights competition. cannot wait to hear the dancing line up. listed above or ticket sales chairperson away from their families to practice - we Along with getting commitments from The St. Mary’s PTP group has given Ann Marie Fiorendino at 712-299-1252. give them all the credit to making this dancers the committee is tasked with back to the school in many different ways, Full table buys are also for sale and tax event a success.” fi nding three judges and an emcee for the most recently with a $5,000 donation deductible. A social hour starts at 5:30 The dancers are paired with St. Mary’s night. towards technology. The PTP group p.m., a catered meal is served at 6:30 and Dance Team members for choreography “We feel we hit the nail on the head will be presenting a check at a home the dance competition starts at 8 p.m.

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Census ➤ continued from 1 “I will raise some issues with someone if areas have slipped. Even in Storm Lake population numbers in other areas. it forces me to move into town to stay in my where growth has been seen, the balance Some counties, like Calhoun, have residents district’s border. district,” he said. of the population has shifted over a decade. only voting for supervisor from within the Merten worries that after this year’s census, “It’s going to hit someone,” fellow Tyson Foods and Buena Vista University have district they live in, they noted. “People will his district may be redrawn not including him, supervisor Don Altena said. taken out some residential housing to facilitate ask, ‘Are you my supervisor?’ Here, we’re or forcing him to run against another current The board fi gured that Alta has probably growth, while apartment and townhouse everybody’s supervisor, not just the people in member. retained its population, while some other developments have added concentrated the district where you live,” Merten said. FFriday,riday, MarchMarch 27,27, 20202020 Storm Lake’s Trusted News Pilot Source Since 1870 Tribune AAlwayslways learninglearning MMoviesovies & BBVU’sVU’s GGerkeerke MMusicusic AA-A-A tteacherseachers paradeparade llearnsearns oonn aandnd QQuarantineuarantine toto ooffff thethe courtcourt tthesehese hhitsits Alta NNewsewws See 9 SSportsports ➤ SSeeee 1122 EEntertainmentntertainment ➤5 www.stormlakepilottribune.com Volume 152 Edition 37 $1.00 DDonorsonors hhelpingelping UUDMODMO ffeedeed a ggrowingrowing nneedeed By DANA LARSEN A Pilot-Tribune series on COVID-19 “It’s just totally sad, a hard situation. We have Ground zero for the COVID-19 people at home, with kids quarantine in Storm Lake is Upper Des Moines Opportunity, which oper- in the house, and not ates the local food pantry. enough to feed them. They “It’s been very tiring, very busy. want to work but they We have lots of families coming who can’t. The fear is really have never been here before, because starting to show in this Body of missing they’ve had to stop working,” says site director Maggie Reyes. situation.” - Maggie Reyes SL woman found Because UDMO can’t have face- much as we can,” Reyes says. With to-face contacts under quarantine clients unable to enter the building, in Nebraska park rules, the staff has moved its opera- the staff is pre-preparing parcels of tions into the building’s long hallway basic foods - such as oatmeal, pasta, A lengthy search for a missing where they can watch for cars to pull Storm Lake native is over. canned goods, milk and eggs. up - taking donations at the back door, The food supply is “day to day,” The family announced that the and carrying food out the front door body of Justine Miller, 36, was found Reyes admits. to recipients. “Thank God the Food Bank of last Sunday in Wilderness Park, Lin- Site director Maggie Reyes with Kaylee Peters, who Everything has been pushed aside coln, Neb. A preliminary autopsy in- recently joined BV UDMO as an Outreach Specialist. With Iowa brought a load last week,” but the basics of helping. “Anybody she says. “We are receiving nice dicated that the cause of death was help from donations, UDMO has been able to continue who comes here, we will help as hypothermia. providing food to people in need. / Photo submitted See UDMO ➤ page 6 Police said that the body may have been at the location near a trail in the heavily-wooded, 1,400-acre park for weeks, and showed signs of decom- position. A couple walking their dog had spotted the body and called 911. Although the case remains under in- vestigation, there were no immediate indications of foul play. Police were able to identify the body Wednesday. Miller had last been seen in Lincoln on the night of November 19, one day after the family reported her missing. She had been staying at the People’s Mission in Lincoln, but after a stay in the hospital, never returned there, ac- cording to a media report. See Missing Woman ➤ page 6 King’s Pointe keeping the FAST, FAST FOOD - The Kiwanis food distribution for the needy took place Wednesday, moving to a curbside system to address COVID-19 concerns. With high school and college students bolstering the volunteer ranks, the program served 240 families in record doors open time, running out of food supply within an hour. Refl ecting high local need, the distribution events are now held monthly. / Pilot photos by By DANA LARSEN A Pilot-Tribune series on COVID-19 ‘Dreamer’ helps homeless on Pilot-Tribune temporarily King’s Pointe Resort is remaining open, though the parking lot is main- trimming publishing day ly barren. her way out of Washington “We’re open for business, our When her academic dream died for the second time in recent Due to the economic impact of the coronavirus, the Storm guests are enjoying a great stay, and Lake Pilot-Tribune will be temporarily suspending one print day they appreciate the safeguards we months, Iran Carlos packed up her food, her bedding, her household items, and walked beneath two bridges in Washington, D.C., to give while continuing to bulk up online content for subscribers. The have put in place,” said manager Pilot-Tribune will be printed and distributed on Tuesdays and Mark Clossey. “We’re holding our everything she had to the homeless. “Our dorm in Washington was closing due to the coronavirus and Fridays beginning next week. own.” “As we all know, the effects of the COVID-19 virus are hav- The waterpark, and now the we had all this food,” says Carlos, a Buena Vista University senior ing a huge impact on our community, just like communities all restaurant, have been shut down who began serving The Ecological Society of America through The around the country and the world,” said Paula Buenger, Publish- See King’s Pointe ➤ page 6 Washington Center for Internships & Academic Seminars in Janu- ary. A would-be semester- er. “As businesses struggle with the new normal, we are seeing a long experience ended on steep decline in advertising revenue.” Wednesday when interns “Our news staff will be producing new content on a regular Golf, camping were directed to return to basis, and posting these stories online for subscribers,” Buenger their home states, a result of continued. “We will also continue to post vital COVID-19 news in question the pandemic. in front of the paywall for all residents.” Carlos, a native of Mexi- “Anyone who reads the newspaper only in print won’t miss By DANA LARSEN co, was brought to Iowa by See Pilot-Tribune ➤ page 6 Pilot-Tribune Editor her parents when she was nine months old. A DACA SL library cautious, Storm Lake Sunrise Pointe course (Deferred Action for Child- is tentatively scheduled to open April hood Arrivals) recipient, she 1, but COVID-19 - or weather - may dreamed of studying abroad remains open for pick up throw a double-bogey into that plan. when she came to BVU as By DANA LARSEN When it is opened, it could be a freshman in 2016. During Pilot-Tribune Editor walking only - no carts - with peo- her four-year college experi- ple asked to leave fl ags in the holes. ence, however, “Dreamers” “We’re learning new things every day,” says Storm Lake Li- An off-site check in is a possibility like Carlos were advised to brary Director Elizabeth Huff. if quarantine continues to apply, and remain within the U.S. The facility has had to change its policies almost daily, keep- food and drink could be limited to With one dream dashed, Buena Vista University seniors Kristen ing in step with government COVID-19 policies while fi nding outdoor areas, according to King’s Carlos didn’t despair; rather, Charette, left, of Tipton, and Iran ways to remain relevant as a source of information and entertain- Pointe management. she earned the opportunity Carlos, of Belmond, emptied their dorm ment. Currently, the clubhouse is being to spend the fi nal semester of room in Washington, D.C., on Friday The library is currently open to the public for pickup only, and gave all the items to homeless cleaned and maintained in anticipa- her undergraduate experience with a system that meets both social distancing recommenda- living, working, and studying persons residing under a pair of tions and a hard limit against more than 10 people gathering in tion of opening if an announcement bridges in the nation’s capital. The in the nation’s capital, aiding a public place. from the governor allows. two were among fi ve BVU students It works like this - people can call in orders for what they “People are going to want to get offi cials with The Ecological who returned to Iowa as a result of the would like to check out (giving at least 24 hours notice). To pick See Golf ➤ page 6 pandemic, which suspended their daily See Dreamer ➤ page 6 work in Washington. / Photo submitted See Library ➤ page 6

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CMY 6 continued Pilot-Tribune | Friday, March 27, 2020 Storm Lake High School receives $50,000 grant for courtyard project The Iowa Department of Agriculture fect student mental health, improve school Storm Lake alumni to help support the much more than improve water quality in and Land Stewardship has awarded Storm pride and, of course, boost the curricu- project by purchasing gear. The class the Poor Farm Creek and North Raccoon Lake High School a $50,000 Water Quality lum,” said Angela Mesenbrink, the science worked together on a campaign slogan, River watersheds through practice installa- Initiative grant for the school’s courtyard teacher who has led the project. “It is so #NeedGreen, along with a logo design tion,” said Melissa Miller, associate direc- conservation project. much more than an improvement to con- printed on shirts. They chose the Bonfi re tor of the Iowa Water Center. “ The school may use grant funds to install servation and sustainability of the space.” platform to make the gear available. Rewarding the students’ initiative con- a pair of rain gardens, one around each of Even during social distancing due to the The project has benefi ted from the tributes to developing emerging genera- the two storm water intakes in the court- COVID-19 pandemic, students have been contributions of numerous key partners, tions of civic leaders with commitment and yard. Funds will also cover incorporating raising awareness for the project. In addi- including the Iowa Water Center, Storm interest in environmental sustainability.” native plants and permeable pavers for tion to the two outdoor classrooms, plans Lake Mayor Mike Porsch, City Manager Work is scheduled to start May 1, a date walkways and two outdoor classrooms. call for a gathering area for students to Keri Navratil, the Storm Lake City Coun- that could be delayed if Iowa schools re- Students in the project-based Advanced spend time during study halls or open cam- cil, EOR Group, Buena Vista County main closed at that time. Ecology course created the designs for the pus periods. Students have also planned Pheasants Forever, Buena Vista County SLHS’s Advanced Ecology course start- project, updating the plan throughout the senior legacy walls—on the exterior of the ISU Extension, Buena Vista County Mas- ed in the 2018-19 school year, stemming year to accommodate new opportunities building and within the courtyard space— ter Gardeners, Buena Vista County Soil & from the Watershed Project of Iowa State they have discovered. as a way to make the courtyard welcoming Water Conservation District, Jacquie Drey University’s Leopold Center. To learn “Realistically, the space will have the for all. and the SLHS teachers and administration. more about the Watershed Project, visit ability to improve culture, positively af- In addition, students reached out to “Funding this project would do so https://www.thewatershedprojectiowa.org.

UDMO ➤ continued from 1 days from 8-4, with food distribution start- ing at 9 a.m. donations from the Storm Lake people who The times are troubling, the staff notes. support us, and the stores - HyVee, Fare- “It’s just totally sad, a hard situation. way and Walmart are all helping us a lot.” We have people at home, with kids in The food supply has been bolstered by the house, and not enough to feed them,” donations from Tyson, and St. Mary’s sent Reyes says. “They want to work but they its supply of milk over when the school can’t. The fear is really starting to show in shut down. this situation.” Among the most pressing needs now For Maggie, the world has taken a most - toilet paper, laundry soap, diapers and uncomfortable turn. “I have a very close baby wipes, peanut butter and jelly, cere- relationship with the people who depend als, canned fruits and vegetables, pasta and upon us,” she explains. “I’m a natural sauces. “Anything helps,” Reyes said. hugger, I hug people all the time. It just To drop off donations, knock at the back seems wrong to only be able to wave and door of the UDMO building, 620 Michi- say goodbye, and hope those people will gan. be okay. Elderly people especially are not Clients should park in front of the build- used to this distance, and we feel really bad ing, which is being staffed Mondays-Fri- about it.”

Library ➤ continued from 1 audio books and electronic books.” Current hours for library service is are materials up, they enter the front door, ring Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and the for service at the inner entry door, step out- last Saturday of the month from 11-1. side while an employee places the materi- All of the library’s online services re- als on a chair in the entry area, and then main active, and some new resources have collect their materials. been added since the COVID-19 outbreak. Items can be returned to the drop box, These include Tumble Math (lesson where they are disinfected and quarantined plans and quizzes to keep skills sharp), until deemed safe to pass along to the pub- Teen Cloud Books (e-books), Audio Book lic again. Cloud (unlimited streaming with a wide “A scenario like this was the farthest variety of titles), Romance Book Cloud thing from my mind. We had never an- (popular novels) and Tumble Books (an ticipated a situation like this,” Huff said. online collection of animated online pic- “Every day things have been changing. We ture books for young children.) feel we are capable of continuing service, All of those services can be found at unless we get a strong directive that we www.stormlake.lib.ia.us., clicking the must totally shut down.” “Catalog” tab at the top of the page. The phones have been ringing steadily, For dvd patrons, under “search options” as homebound people are looking for read- tab, people can now browse the library’s ing and other materials. “We’re getting a entire dvd collection (though some may be good number of reference questions, ma- out of circulation for a short time for dis- terials they are looking for, how to access infecting.)

Pilot Tribune ➤ continued from 1 drop-off in newspaper pre-prints and ad- we print. That’s why we so appreciate a temporary one,” Buenger said. “It is our vertising, caused by store closures due to and thank our loyal readers for staying hope that, once this crisis has passed, our any local stories, though,” Buenger add- the coronavirus pandemic. with us. The only way we can continue local business community will bounce ed. “Local stories will also be in print the “As readers know, you can usually as a business - keeping our reporters pro- back, with a resilience we know it pos- next edition. That includes obituaries, fi nd inserts in the newspaper,” Buenger viding this valuable content - is if people sesses, and our large pre-print customers police reports, sports, the business page, said. “But with some stores closing tem- maintain their subscriptions and new will once again invite customers back and almost everything else local.” porarily, along with other local business- readers sign up. with their circulars and promotions.” The move is necessitated by the steep es, we basically lose money every time “It is our hope the publishing change is

Missing Woman ➤ continued from 1 ken and will forever miss our sweet, kind, maintaining a “Bring Justine Home” Face- home and contact somebody after a couple Justine,” mother Laurie Miller posted this book page, putting up posters and offering days, this is just not her nature,” Justine’s “We sincerely thank everyone for their week. a reward for information. A prayer mass father, Larry Miller said. love, support and prayers through this dif- The family had continued to hold out was held in Storm Lake in December. Due to social distancing, a funeral will fi cult time in our lives. We are heartbro- hope that the woman would be found safe, “With Justine she would always call be planned for a later date.

King’s Point ➤ continued from 1 hard to cancel the family events that were stepped up measures with daily “ultra- much appreciated.” being planned around the waterpark.” violet light” level sanitizing. King’s Pointe is “continuing to forge completely at the unique municipally- Casual travel has all but disappeared in Those who are staying at Storm Lake ahead” with spring improvement proj- owned resort, because it was impossible the wake of the COVID-19 quarantine. hotels are grateful that the facilities are ects, Clossey said. to maintain a 10-person limit or six-feet “We’re seeing the service-type folks, remaining open. Few express frustra- The cabins are continuing to rent out distancing. the people who are here on business, tions. steadily. With two bedrooms on two dif- Guests are given a list of Storm Lake with a few of them staying over the “People are adapting to what is a way ferent fl oors, some businesses are choos- restaurants that are doing deliveries. weekends,” Clossey said. of life right now,” Clossey said. “I can ing them to place a team of two people The decisions were made with “sad- While King’s Pointe has always prac- say that our folks in the community who traveling. “It offers isolation to some de- ness,” the manager said. “It’s especially ticed strong cleaning practices, it has are continuing to provide meals are very gree,” Clossey said.

Golf ➤ continued from 1 riod are being allowed to remain at the fi ces in a locked city hall, doing most under discussion. grounds, with social distancing restric- business online or by phone. This week, the city has taken advan- outside,” City Manager Keri Navratil tions. With the spring projects season ap- tage of relatively quiet conditions to re- said. “The concern is what it would look proaching, the city and the contractors it move some dying trees from high-traffi c Also, no reservations are being taken like at busier times. It would be very is working with are concerned whether areas like Frank Starr Park, without for the Storm Lake municipal camp- hard to maintain a distance,” Navratil work can go forward while meeting lim- closing any park areas. ground, until more is known about the said. itations of 10 people in an area and six “We appreciate everyone stepping up extent of quarantine. The senior dinner date program based feet of separation. to the plate staff-wise to continue essen- Few existing reservations had to be at the golf course clubhouse is continu- The fi rst project on the slate is the lake tial work with all the precautions possi- canceled, as the city had few for so ing, but currently meals are by carry out bank restoration near Scout Park April ble,” Navratil said. “Water, wastewater, early in the season. A few construction or delivery only. 6, which may involve a small enough public safety and other things can’t be contractors staying for an extended pe- City offi cials continue to operate of- crew to proceed. Street projects are still suspended.”

Dreamer ➤ continued from 1 Carlos and Charette, whose dorm stands and seeing it make their day is something Belmond, raised by immigrant parents who near the Metro station in Washington, had I’ll remember,” Carlos says. “Homeless- worked hard to send her to college, hoping Society of America as they conducted mar- seen homeless persons near their residence. ness isn’t something I’ve seen much of in she’d gain experiences that would shape keting and educational efforts on social me- They gathered all they could, asked a friend Iowa. In Washington, D.C., it kind of slaps her future. dia and the Internet. to join them, and headed for a pair of near- you in the face.” It happened. In four years of classes. When she learned of the opportunity by bridges to give it all away. “Iran Carlos is among the most empa- Through a number of leadership positions ending due to the spread of COVID-19, “We began making sandwiches. I sepa- thetic people I have ever met,” says Dr. on the BVU campus. And, beneath a pair Carlos’ heart sank. She returned to a dorm rated snacks and fruit items,” Carlos recalls. Andrea Frantz, BVU professor of digital of bridges as the sun warmed the nation’s room she shared with Kristen Charette, a “We were afraid people might take things at media. “As long as I’ve known her, her fo- capital one frenzied Friday in March. fellow BVU senior who served as an intern fi rst. But then we met people who waited cus has been on making the world a better Iran Carlos, who will earn a degree in po- for a defense attorney in Washington. The for us to approach. One woman told me she place for others. Whether through her lead- litical science in May, seeks a career with a pair took stock of how much they had in suffered from AIDS and having fresh pro- ership in campus organizations like KBVU nonprofi t entity, working to directly serve the way of food and supplies. They had in- duce would help her keep up her health as or RAICES, or her mentorship with Buena people in need. Like the people she met tended to stay until May 2, after all. she’s vulnerable to the virus. She was grate- Vista University’s international students, on Friday, whose faces remain fresh in her “We were about the last ones remaining ful to get apples, oranges and celery.” she aims to make people feel better, aim memory. here and several of our friends had dropped Carlos and Charette also left rolls of toi- higher, and be better.” “These are some of the most vulnerable off food and other items with us before they let paper, blankets, sheets, and pillows with As she readied on Saturday for her re- people in our society, vulnerable to sick- left,” Carlos says. “We didn’t want any- those in need. turn to Iowa, Carlos refl ected on having ness, and they’re not on the top of peoples’ thing to go to waste.” “Handing someone a fresh ham sandwich everything she needed while growing up in minds,” she says. 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Please shop Monday evening. parade of mobile home residents and help us keep our homes.” The council members cast infor- their advocates from around Iowa mal ballots for their priority capi- met with several state senators and say their dilemma is becoming tal expense projects for the com- representatives Saturday afternoon common as out of state investment ing fi ve years, touching on many in Des Moines. corporations are buying up the needs, but a rec center was a major They shared stories of having state’s residential parks, attracted topic of discussion. their mobile home park lot rentals by the state’s lax laws that give little Buena Vista University had raised 50 percent or more, and protection for residents. proposed building such a center being intimidated of threatened with The scheme at work, they told jointly with the city, but public re- eviction if they tried to do anything the bipartisan gathering, is to raise luctance to use Scout Park land for about it. the project sidelined that plan. State consumer advocates See Dilemma ➤ page 6 A proposed feasibility study for a project raised concerns for coun- cil member Jose Ibarra. “Don’t we know for sure that we need this? Why do we need to pay someone else to tell us?” Other city offi cials felt such a study is needed to deter- mine what cost would be and what fees would be needed to sustain a center. Mayor Mike Porsch noted that the city has quite a few recreation facilities already, and suggested that the city should look closer at what could be done with them be- fore taking on a new building. The Fitness & Health Center and gymnastics building, located together near the west edge of the city, might be a logical place to ex- plore a partnership or expansion, some of the council members felt. Porsch will approach the medi- cal center for possible discussion. “How can we utilize what we al- ready have? - we don’t have to start from scratch,” Porsch said. “If we can do nothing with what we have, then we could look at a big center.” Council member Tyson Rice said the city could ask such enti- ties, “What could you do if the city With a blast of the air horn, a Storm Lake fi re engine donated $100,000 a year to you?” RROLLINGOLLING FFOROR ADOPT-A-FAMILYADOPT-A-FAMILY arrived at Upper Des Moines Opportunity Tuesday, with Santa himself riding shotgun. The engine was packed with many boxes of ddonationsonations forfor needy families, from Storm Lake Police and fi refi ghters. Just in time this week, ggenerousenerous donorsdonors camecame through to complete the Pilot-Tribune/UDMO ‘Adopt a Family’ program, eensuringnsuring See Rec center ➤ page 2 tthathat 199199 llowow iincomencome families will have a merrier Christmas. / Pilot photo by Dana Larsen King: Crack down on Chinese Agencies seek surveillance city funding Western Iowa Congressman Steve King was pleased after Park playground, lighthouse art installation, the House of Representatives HS courtyard among requests recently passed the National De- fense Authorization Act, which By DANA LARSEN Pilot-Tribune Editor contains a King amendment that cracks down on China’s “per- Seven “outside agencies” came before the Storm vasive, oppressive, and ever- Lake City Council Monday evening, in an annual op- growing surveillance state.” The portunity to plead their cases for a city funding con- NDAA conference report passed tribution. the House of Representatives on Decisions on the city’s funding will be made over a vote of 377-48, with Congress- the next couple of months as the budget is crafted for man King voting in favor of the the coming fi scal year. legislation. Asking funds were three new projects - a plan for “This means that the King a community art installation guided by two local art teachers, a Kiwanis clubs plan to establish a park amendment cracking down on playground on the former Joyce’s Greenery site on the threat that China’s growing East 5th Street, and a plan for renovating the high surveillance state poses to Ameri- school courtyard by student members of an advanced can national security interests ecology class. is one step closer to becoming Other requests came from familiar sources - the his- law,” King said in a statement fol- torical society, Witter Art Gallery, Trepson Montes- Art eductators Elizabeth Whyte and Jessica Huss showed the Storm Lake City lowing the vote. “The Senate is sori Preschool, and Upper Des Moines Opportunity Council a full-size outline for lighthouses to be painted by artists for public places around town, and a map of 20 sites they propose. They are asking for $25,000 in See King ➤ page 6 See Funding ➤ page 6 funding. / Pilot photo by Dana Larsen

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Dilemma ➤ from page 1 what he owns,” says Kevin Walsh, Alta city his home paid off decades ago. After one on.” There is a good chance that the single council member and next mayor for the town. complaint about a dog barking, the park parents, veterans, disabled and senior citizens rents and rates and apply extreme rules to Storm Lake Attorney Nick Brown, who owner evicted the man. “There was nothing will be pushed out by nearly $600 cost, so a push their residents to the breaking point. worked with some of the Alta park’s tenants, we could do for that gentleman. He was company from Utah can maximize profi ts for Most mobile homes today aren’t mobile, said that progress was made for the park only turned out of his home.” shareholders and executives, he said. Many and if they could be moved, it costs thousands when the community banded together. “It’s He also proposed a rent cap. of the residents are faced with paying over 75 of dollars. The only alternative for those who something that probably could have been A “terrible situation has now grown percent of their income for a small lot. They own their homes is to walk away from them. dealt with in a couple of weeks if we were intolerable,” he said, accusing the out of are “trapped in their homes,” worth half what The law allows the trailer park owners to working with a local state owners of taking they were a year ago, because no one will buy claim them as abandoned, take ownership, landlord - people in “The mobile home park advantage of vulnerable them to live under the costs, fees and fi nes of and rent them out for more profi t. northwest Iowa tend to is like running a waffl e Iowans. While local the park. The “gouge” may be legal, “but it Some of the testimony became very be pretty congenial.” house where everyone is landlords don’t have sure ain’t moral,” he said. emotional, and a few said that when their park Mayor Mike Porsch, chained to the booth… incentive to drop “a The man urged lawmakers to visit the owners learn that they attended the forum, in Storm Lake, said giant fi nancial bomb” in mobile home parks in their own areas. “There they expect to be targeted for retribution. mobile home parks here the customers are stuck their own communities, are 600 parks in Iowa. We need your help.” “I know my home is not as nice as most have seen few recent there. They don’t have any some out of state owners A Columbus Junction single mother lives in a people have, but that is all I can afford. It issues. “The information options… the only way “could care less because park with responsible management, but when is still my home, with my memories,” one is good to know in case they don’t live in those the city council started a fi ght with the owner, man said, through a surrogate. “There are no we do have sites that they can object to the raise communities.” residents’ homes were put in jeopardy, she laws to protect us… please help us keep our change hands - we don’t is to walk off any leave Not all the abuses said. The people she knows in other parks are homes.” want to get into the same the trailer, in that case involve absentee owners. unable to organize or stand up for themselves, The number of people attending the unusual kinds of things that Alta Lawmakers were told of because they will be evicted by out of state event, on a Saturday in the midst of a busy has,” he said. “It can it becomes abandoned one park manager who ownership. It is a myth that manufactured holiday season, “speaks to the gravity and of be challenging to work property, and you recycle required all the women houses are mobile, most can’t be moved more the moment,” one of the lawmakers said. with owners who live it and you put another in the park to take turns than once - they would fall apart, and the “The issue demands the attention of not out of state, whether person in there, so you sitting with her for owner would have to start over somewhere just the legislature, but the manufactured it’s a mobile home lot coffee. When a single, else with nothing, she said. housing industry,” Senator Tony Bisignano or one of our buildings really hold all the cards.” working mother resident A Dubuque resident said her lot rent was of Des Moines told the group. The longtime downtown.” was unable to attend the raised from $288 including utilities to $410 legislator said that it has been disappointing Local State Representative Gary Worthan mandatory social function, she was given without utilities in two years after an out of that the state has had opportunities to bring notes that state control could be a “sticky” notice of eviction. “I remember the judge state owner bought her park. She claimed bills forward to protect mobile home residents matter. “We talked about this a little last apologizing to her when she got kicked off the the owner is using illegal water meters with over the years and failed to do so. In the 2019 year - people are facing some hefty rent lot, there was nothing we could do,” the Iowa falsifi ed rates, and giving eviction notices one session, when it appeared that the votes were increases and not many options. But there Attorney General representative said, making day after the bills are received. “It’s not right in hand to address inequities, a bill was killed has to be some rhyme or reason to anything a case for legally requiring good cause to evict when you’re being bullied by a corporation… in the last hours, he said. we might do. I would hate to see government a park tenant. you’re being strong-armed into giving up.” The issue is one that legislators from both try to dictate rent prices in a free marketplace. “They have to give you a reason before A Grinnell woman in a park bought by parties should be able to come together on in We’re going to have to look closely at it.” they totally disrupt your lives, that’s one of the the same corporation spoke of saving all her 2020, he felt. At Saturday’s forum, representative of the things we want out there,” he said, referring life for a nest egg to take care of an autistic Senator Joe Bolkcom, representing Iowa Legislative Services Bureau said that large to parks owned by out of state companies as son after she is gone, now consumed by City, agreed, saying it is long overdue to out-of-state corporations have been forming simply “a money making machine.” increased costs. Her brother with mental provide some protections for the residents. LLCs in Iowa as they buy parks, apparently Offi cials noted that rent can be raised health issues is being forced to move, as park “Affordable housing is a key to happiness and so they will appear to be in-state owners repeatedly, at any time by any amount. rent takes 55 percent of his income. She said a successful life,” added Rep. Kenan Judge. One of the out of state corporate owners she once accidentally transposed a six and a “I’ve had numerous constituents call with RESIDENTS LACK RIGHTS even gives seminars to others on how to three in the 63 cents that was part of her rent, impossible choice they are facing,” Rep. maximize profi t on parks in “heartless” ways. and was given a three-day eviction notice Quincy James of Dubuque said. A representative of the Iowa Attorney The “Mobile Home University”, taught by and forced to pay an late fi ne to correct the “We all know that housing is a human General’s offi ce said that it has been serving a man who owns 250 parks including property check. “They said they were being generous right,” Senator Pam Yokum said. “We are as a sole voice for tenants with few rights for in Iowa, was quoted: “The mobile home park giving me three days,” she said. here today to try to fi nd a balance between the years. “It’s been getting kind of lonely for us,” is like running a waffl e house where everyone “I know I will get an eviction notice if they rights of landlords and tenants, because the he told lawmakers with a note of sarcasm, is chained to the booth… the customers are fi nd out I’m here,” she told the legislators. current law is very unbalanced.” urging them to “keep the faith.” stuck there. They don’t have any options… One replied, “We’re not going to let that The speakers repeatedly called for laws to Manufactured home owners have far less the only way they can object to the raise is happen.” give residents of manufactured housing the rights than those who rent apartments in Iowa, to walk off any leave the trailer, in that case Another women reported being asked same kind of protections against eviction and though they tend to be longer term residents, it becomes abandoned property, and you to sign a new lease with many restrictions loss of deposits and property as apartment- advocates say. recycle it and you put another person in there, after an out of state owner bought the park. dwellers enjoy. In a case of retaliation eviction, apartment so you really hold all the cards.” “Eviction is an opportunity for them, they A city councilman from Dubuque told residents have a year of protection. They can In another instance, the man referred to can take possession of your home. They lawmakers that “exploitable” laws are also sue a landlord for failing to take care holding park tenants “hostage.” say it’s legal - I hope you take that as a affecting thousands of vulnerable people in of the property, protections not given under Since 2018, 38 parks in Iowa are known to challenge.” the state. “The situation is ripe for predators,” the Iowa Mobile Home Park Act. A mobile have been bought from out of state investment A speaker reported a 63 percent lot price he said. home park owner can kick a resident out groups. Those parks previously were most increase. One said mobile home residents A county supervisor used even stronger without notice, at any time of month, or turn often owned by someone who lived there or can’t keep up their property because of terms on out of state investors in Iowa parks off water to a home to force the occupant to as a neighbor, legislators heard. the rising park costs, and reluctance from - “or whatever the hell corporation they hide leave. Unlike other forms of rental housing, contractors to do work there. With no rental behind at any given time.” the mobile home park owner keeps interest HEARTRENDING STORIES costs, “the sky is the limit” for the increases, He added, “If the state can’t fi nd the will, from the tenant’s deposit money forever, the she predicted. the wherewithal, then damn it, put it on home legislators were told. Several Iowa mobile home residents shared A veteran residing in a park said he was rule and let us do something about it,” he said, Since 2012, the Iowa Legal Aid Commission their experiences at the forum. trained to look out for his fellow soldiers. He among others calling for the state to give cities that represents low-income residents has A North Liberty woman who recently lost asked where the veterans in his community and counties the power to apply regulation to fi elded more than 1,500 cases on behalf of her husband to cancer noted that her retirement are going to live when they can’t stay in mobile home park owners. mobile home residents, from 87 of the state’s savings is disappearing after a new corporate their park homes any longer. “They have us 99 counties. A representative of the offi ce owner increased her lot rent by 63 percent. cornered,” he said, noting that no one would LOCAL ISSUES noted that the situations are discriminatory, She pleaded for the state to provide some buy their homes with the high park rates. impacting low-income Iowans who have few rent protection, coverage from being evicted The next speaker said it is impossible to The issue has been a contentious one for living options disproportionately. without cause, and protection from having get a straight answer from from an out of one area city government. Alta city offi cials People are losing mobile homes they own, “our homes stolen out from underneath us.” state owner. Residents live in constant fear have wrestled for two years with a Canada- with landlords seizing the titles, over and This, she said, “is what we need to keep from wondering when the next increase will hit based owner of Westview trailer park that had over, said Alex Kornya of Iowa Legal Aid. being kicked out in the cold.” them. fallen into what the city believes was unsafe Once evicted, often they are never able to She added, “This community is not just Another said that when they attempted to living conditions. Only recently under heavy recover, he said. “It leads to extremely tragic lot numbers, they are people, real people, my talk with their neighbors about what owners city pressure have some of the concerns been circumstances. There is so much on the line neighbors and my friends.” were doing, the management tracked them addressed. for people.” A Waukee man, walking with a cane, said he down and threatened them, saying, “This is “We will continue to look out for the He suggests that Iowa needs laws giving had dreamed of owning his own home for 40 a big corporation, there is nothing you can tenants. The big thing is to make sure people the mobile home owners a reasonable “fair years before using life savings from restaurant do.” The resident said he is sure lawmakers are living in a safe environment, and that fi ghting chance” to preserve ownership of the jobs to buy his manufactured home. In April, are hearing from the corporate owners’ can be tricky to do when you are trying to home after eviction. the 300 households in his community all got lobbyists. “At the end of the day, they are not work with an owner who, to the best of my Kornya told of one elderly Iowa veteran notice that their lot rent was going up. “That Iowans. The money isn’t staying in Iowa. knowledge, has never set foot in Iowa to see who had lived in the same park for 36 years, will double the rent for the dirt our homes sit We are literally numbers to them.”

Funding ➤ from page 1 two local Kiwanis clubs are hoping to take room at the museum that hosts a permanent the Child event will expand with plans for a on a proposed playground for the new city railroad exhibit and is used for many func- carnival-style tent. A literacy program part- charity agency. park city on the location where a greenhouse tions. nering with The Bridge is also in the plan- • Lighthouse art project: requests $25,000 burned down a few years ago. Spokesperson • Witter Gallery: request $18,000 - Board ning stages. - The teachers explained that the project Carl Turner told the council that the Kiwan- president Patricia Hampton said the art gal- • Upper Des Moines: request $7,000 - is designed to promote diversity and cul- ians are raising $11,000 and seeking grants, lery in the past year has added many pro- T.J. Thayer from the charity asked the city ture, promoting tourism and building town hoping for the project in summer 2020. grams, seen an increase in visitors, and more to provide the funding toward its Back to pride. They showed a full-size design of the However, the site has a depression at its than doubled class offerings. It has also at- School program that provides backpacks lighthouses that would be located in prime center where the playground is planned that tracted exhibits with artists from around the fi lled with school supplies, and clothes and spots around the city, painted by various of will probably need to be fi lled and leveled, country, expanding its reach. The gallery shoes if necessary, for needy children. The applying artists. They showed a map of 20 he said, requiring some city expertise and also requested $18,000 last year, and re- need is increasing, and the agency believes potential public locations - parks, schools, equipment. ceived $13,000. all children should be able to start school on the university, art gallery, city hall. A future • High school courtyard: request $2,000 • Trepson preschool: request $12,000 - an even footing and “not behind the eight phase could allow businesses to add their - Members of the high school class recently Trevina Jefferson, founder of the program, ball,” Thayer said. All funds would be used own lighthouses. reviewed the project for the council. They said efforts are being made toward obtain- in the county. A mold has already been created by a are reclaiming a dilapidated and unused ing an existing building to house a new Thayer also praised Storm Lake for its ef- manufacturer for the three-dimensional, courtyard with environmentally-friendly child care/preschool center. State funding forts on behalf of the needy, which he said 70-pound fi berglass lighthouses. They touches like outdoor classrooms, rain gar- would require some city contribution also have been “overwhelming.” would be sprayed with auto-body type paint dens and permeable pavers. Estimated cost be made. This past year, the program served Mayor Mike Porsch said it felt that it was sealant so the art would last for an estimated for the entire project is $9,600. 2,000 people, she said. A new website will impressive that seven different agencies and 25 years. The teachers hope to start with • BV Historical Society: request $8,400 - provide training toward child care creden- projects approached the city, testament to about fi ve being located next summer. The money would be used to replace fl oor tialing for local people and those elsewhere the amount of activity going on in Storm • Kiwanis Park plan: requests $4,000 - The coverings in the gathering/presentation in the country. A Trepson-spurred Day of Lake.

King ➤ from page 1 Congressman King’s China surveil- “Other notable provisions included in In July, the House of Representatives lance amendment requires the Depart- the NDAA conference report include: 1) passed the King China-surveillance expected to pass the conference report, ment of Defense to conduct an annual a 3.1% military pay raise for our troops; amendment. and the President is expected to sign the assessment of what he termed China’s 2) the removal of House passed lan- Congressman King has also intro- bill when it is presented to him. Once growing surveillance state, and the guage which sought to prohibit President duced legislation that is designed to pro- those two remaining steps happen, the threat it poses to United States national Trump’s ability to allocate funds for the vide redress to the holders of U.S. intel- King Amendment will be the Law of the security interests. The King amendment construction of a needed Border Wall on lectual property who have been victim- Land, and we will be one step closer to will also require the assessment to de- the Southern Border with Mexico; and ized by Chinese theft. King’s legislation safeguarding our national security from termine the extent to which China’s 3) the inclusion of $72.4 million as re- directs the President to impose duties on the threat of Chinese espionage while surveillance efforts are being used by quested in President Trump’s budget for merchandise from China in an amount simultaneously acting to protect the hu- the Communist Chinese government to the establishment of the United States equivalent to the estimated annual loss man rights of China’s persecuted ethnic target China’s religious and ethnic mi- Space Force as a Armed Force within the of revenue to holders of U.S. intellectual and religious minorities.” norities. Department of the Air Force,” King said. property rights. 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Storm Lake City Manager Keri Local offi cials know this, because Navratil. only 70 percent of the forms the U.S. Tyson feed The city has been gearing up for Census Bureau assigned to the com- the 2020 Census for two years, and munity’s addresses were returned, mill deal now that the process is just weeks with Census Bureau workers unable away, the urgency becomes palpa- to make contact with those missing By DANA LARSEN ble. residents. The actual undercount Pilot-Tribune Editor A Complete Count Committee has could be higher. been formed, with council member The Census count was 10,600 in The preparations for construc- Maria Ramos as chairperson and 2010, and the most recent Census tion of the new Early Elementary Mayra Lopez of SALUD as co- estimate in July, 2019 was 10,458 - School in Storm Lake took a step chair. A presentation was held Fri- while city offi cials believe the actual forward Monday night, as the city day at Our Place multicultural cen- population is north of 13,000. council quickly agreed in a fi rst ter to begin encouraging residents to reading to rezone the property at participate. See Census ➤ page 6 90th Avenue for educational pur- poses. School district leaders were in the audience to hear the unani- mous vote. After three expected FFoodood ssecurityecurity iinn readings, the zoning change will be fi nal, paving the way for con- struction to start in the spring. The SSLL toto transitiontransition Planning and Zoning Commission had also recommended approval of the rezoning. Current school district plans are for the design specifi cations to be completed later this month, with bids to be opened in April. The $19.4 million project, including 14 kindergarten classrooms, is pro- jected for completion in 2021. Also Monday, the council held a public hearing on a development agreement with Tyson Foods for its new feed mill project. The agreement includes a fi ve year 15% tax rebate to not exceed $250,000 and the City will provide public infrastructure improve- ments including concrete overlay of Expansion Blvd, sanitary sewer lining and water main improve- ments. Tyson must retain at least 27 full-time employees to contin- The most recent Storm Lake Kiwanis ue to receive the tax rebate. food distribution. The events that have served around 200 families each will now be held monthly. / Pilot photo by See City Council ➤ page 6 Dana Larsen

By DANA LARSEN has headed up the project since it began. the agency is unable to fi nancially sustain ISU poll: Pilot-Tribune Editor “It hasn’t just been about helping the both the school-based distribution and the families, but also building relationships in Kiwanis distributions that also takes place After four years, a Storm Lake food the community over these four years. We’re in Storm Lake. As the school distribution is Stability at the distribution event will end this month due to out there and the community sees we’re out shut down, the Kiwanis event that in held fi nancial limitations for the provider. there.” currently in the vacant former Sears store top, growing The volunteer-run distributions have The locals were informed last week that will be changed from every other month to taken place on Lake Avenue in front of the next Thursday’s distribution will be the fi nal once monthly. opposition to school administration building monthly, one. A note will be placed inside the boxes “I know how much the community targeting families of middle school-age of food informing families of the program’s values the School Mobile but I hope that all Bloomberg, children. Often, need has been so high that it end. still fi nd great resources with the standard has run out of food. Food Bank of Iowa Regional Coordinator mobile being monthly,” McCombs said. The Steyer “We’re very sad to learn that it won’t Taylor McCombs said that as the sole be continuing,” said Diana Cardenas, who provider for mobile pantry distributions, See Food ➤ page 6 The top tier of Democratic presidential candidates remains relatively unchanged in the lat- est Iowa State University/Civiqs poll. 2 injuries as car hits vehicles, building Mayor Pete Buttigieg continues A Storm Lake woman to lead the pack at 24%, followed was hospitalized after a by Sen. Bernie Sanders at 21% suspected medical emer- who jumped ahead of Sen. Eliza- gency while driving led to beth Warren at 18%. Joe Biden a three-car accident with remains in fourth with 15% of a vehicle crashing into likely Iowa caucus-goers select- the Mutt Cuts building in ing the former vice president as the 500 block of Cayuga their top choice. Dave Peterson, Street. a professor and Whitaker Lind- Storm Lake Police re- gren faculty fellow in political sponded to the accident science who organizes the poll, Tuesday shortly after 11 says Iowa Democrats appear to be a.m. Offi cers found Trisha narrowing the fi eld of candidates Boger, age 50, unrespon- they’re considering. sive in one of the vehicles. “We asked Iowans to list their They extricated Boger and fi rst choice, second choice, and initiated CPR. Paramed- who they are considering. Less ics transported Boger to than 40% of Iowa Democrats the hospital by ambulance, even listed a single candidate who her current was not avail- they were considering after their able at press time. See ISU ➤ page 6 See Crash ➤ page 6 /Photo by Katrina Chanthavisouk

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ISU ➤ from page 1 ever since he announced his candi- dacy, but the negative opinions of Family presents painting of original second choice,” Peterson said. “In Steyer have increased. Many of the contrast, the number of Democrats respondents seem to think of them who listed at least one candidate as a pair, indicating opposition to BV Courthouse to the county they did not want increased to just the billionaires in the race.” shy of 70%.” The online survey was sent to The family of prolifi c artist The online poll of 632 likely selected members of the Civiqs re- Marjorie Wadsley presented a Democratic caucus-goers was con- search panel. Likely caucus attend- canvas of the original Buena Vista County Courthouse to the ducted Dec. 12-16. A majority of ees were identifi ed as those who re- board of supervisors during last survey respondents have been inter- sponded they would “defi nitely” or week’smeeting. The courthouse was viewed each month to understand “probably” attend the Iowa Demo- built in 1888, and was demolished how voter preferences are changing cratic Caucuses and identifi ed as in 1969 to allow for construction of leading up to the Iowa caucuses on Democrats or independents. An the current courthouse. Wadsley Feb. 3. Peterson says while Warren oversample of Democrats and inde- painted the image in 1986. Marj was and Sanders fl ipped spots from the pendents were selected to produce a self-taught artist from Nemaha previous month’s poll, none of the a larger number of likely caucus at- who produced a large collection of candidates in the top tier moved tendees. works in multiple genres and a wide more than 3%. Demographic data were col- range of subject matter. Her work lected in previous Civiqs surveys. has been featured in an exhibit at The second tier candidates show The results for registered voters Witter Gallery. She passed away no signs of a breakthrough, Peter- are weighted by age, race, gender, in 2018. The large painting of the son said. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who education, party and congressional courthouse had been purchased by is in fi fth, is down slightly from last district to be representative of regis- Northwest Bank in Storm Lake, and month with 4%. And Peterson says tered voters in Iowa. The survey has hung it the bank lobby for several there is growing opposition to can- a margin of error of plus or minus years. It was returned to the family didates at the bottom of the second 4.9%. Results of the next poll are by former bank employees as tier. expected in late January. the facility was closed. Marj and “For seven of the bottom eight The Iowa State University/Civiqs Chuck Wadsley’s family decided candidates, more Iowans say they poll is funded by Iowa State’s De- to present it to the county so that do not want them as the nominee partment of Political Science, Catt it can be displayed for the public to enjoy again. Supervisors gratefully than Iowans who say they are even Center for Women and Politics, accepted the donation, with plans to considering them. It is particularly College of Liberal Arts and Sci- hang the painting in the courthouse bad for Bloomberg and Steyer,” Pe- ences, Offi ce of the Vice President lobby, near the plaque installed at terson said. “Iowa Democrats have for Research and the Whitaker- the time it was built. / Pilot photo by been unwelcoming to Bloomberg Lindgren Faculty Fellowship. Dana Larsen

in the community questioning “why does it The city also knows where issues have that community - they probably know more Census ➤ from page 1 matter?” when the goal is a population count. held back the count in the past - including se- about us than we know about ourselves.” Some people simply have a distrust of gov- nior facilities, group homes, and college resi- With the city is the grips of a housing Census fi gures also indicate Latino popu- ernment, she notes. dence halls where residents may have been crunch, the city also fi nds frustration dealing lation in Storm Lake at under 38 percent, The city and the Complete Count Com- missed. “We need to make sure our dorm with potential developers. despite the fact that as of 2019, Hispanic mittee are working to assure residents that students know to put down Storm Lake as “They’ll say, ‘Why should we build hous- students made up more than 50 percent of the information they give in the Census will their location,” Navratil said. ing in Storm Lake? - people are leaving schools enrollment. be confi dential. A full count is more than a matter of popu- northwest Iowa.’ When we tell them our Counting children age 5 and under was “Any Census worker takes what is basical- lation pride. population is growing and we can easily fi ll particularly problematic during the 2010 ly an oath of offi ce that any information peo- The 2020 Census will help determine how those units, they don’t believe us.” count, Census offi cials admit - and young ple give to them stays many congressional Finally, the Census numbers are important children has been a particular area of popu- confi dential, and vio- seats each state gets to the city and the schools in planning for the lation growth in the city, as evidenced by lating that involves a “Economic development as well as the distri- future - where will housing be needed most, preschool and elementary school enrollment penalty of up to fi ve is a big reason… A lot of bution of $1.5 trillion how many kindergarteners can be expected increases over the decade. years in prison or up in federal funds. to enroll in the coming fi ve years? Here’s what residents can expect: to a $250,000 fi ne,” companies won’t look at The most obvious Navratil believes that the community has They should receive a postcard, staring Navratil said. northwest Iowa - they are impact is the per- done all it can to set itself up for a complete in March, with a code they can use to log to City offi cials feel under the assumption that capita funding Storm count. complete their Census form online - the fi rst the Census Bureau Lake gets each year “We are ahead of other communities time that technology has been available. If is geared up for a we are losing population. in road use tax funds. in getting a Complete Count Commit- they prefer, they can choose to call a number more accurate count While that may be true for “We tell people - tee formed. Our city council has been well on the card instead, and give their informa- in 2020, particularly don’t like a pothole, aware of the importance of this count for two tion over the phone to a Census worker (with when it comes to the region, it certainly is fi ll out your Census,” years. The mayor has been talking to service several languages available.) technology. not in Storm Lake.” Navratil says. clubs about this, and I bring it up every time I If they don’t respond to the postcard, they The community The city often get a chance to meet with a group,” Navratil will be sent a survey in the mail later in the will match those ef- makes use of federal said. season. If they don’t return to the survey, a forts, with plans to offer access to computers grants for various projects as well, and popu- The city also has an advantage by tak- Census worker will come knocking at their at city hall, the library and other locations for lation numbers can play a role in qualifying. ing part in the Census Bureau’s Boundary door. people who do not have their own. It has been suggested that over $1,200 in Annexation Survey well ahead of the 2020 The Census short form will ask nine ques- The Complete Count Committee is in the funding could be lost for each Storm Lake count. That ensures that recently added tions in 2020. process of setting up various subcommittee resident who does not fi ll out the Census. homes, businesses and annexed areas can Ethnicity is one of them. “So we get a on education, recruiting, local government. “Economic development is a big reason, be counted. “Some other communities snapshot of who the community, state and They will be working with schools and too. A lot of companies won’t look at north- didn’t get it done on time, and won’t be nation is,” Navratil said. The Supreme Court churches as well to help encourage every west Iowa - they are under the assumption able to count those kind of areas.” struck down an effort by the Trump Adminis- family to participate. that we are losing population. While that One concern - the Census Bureau is hav- tration to ask a question on citizenship status. “This will be a multi-month process, from may be true for the region, it certainly is not ing diffi culties fi nding workers in the area. Opponents of the citizenship question had March probably into the summer,” Navratil in Storm Lake,” Navratil said. Their pay offer has been increased from argued it could scare off immigrants from said. “The goal is 100 percent participation.” Companies are skeptical when told about $15 an hour to $17.50, along with pref- participating in the once-a-decade head Leaders are optimistic that a complete Storm Lake’s vitality and workforce avail- erence for other federal job applications. count - an important consideration in a com- count is possible. “We feel like a lot of the ability, without the Census numbers to back “That’s not a bad deal for a short-term job. munity like Storm Lake with a high popula- community members are already under- up the growth claims. It would be a good job for a college stu- tion of immigrants. standing the importance. We have been able “People will ask, why don’t we have a dent to look at,” Navratil suggested. “It defi nitely can’t hurt” the prospects for to determine where our hard-to-count areas Texas Road House, or a Target. Those com- City offi cials say that anyone with ques- a full count to avoid a citizenship question, are, so we can concentrate efforts in those panies look at Census fi gures. They research tions or concerns about the Census process said Navratil. She said she has heard people areas.” a community before they ever set foot in may contact City Hall for assistance.

Food ➤ from page 1 people knew they could trust school community,” Cardenas me. If they needed someone to said. Kiwanis distribution will take talk to, they knew they could She and others involved place on the 4th Wednesday of contact me. I heard about in the school distribution are every month, the next being the good things that were considering the possibility of January 22. happening in their lives, and the creating a food pantry to fill the “Thank you all for coming sad things. We have had a few need. together to serve those in need great volunteers who have been Cardenas said she would like in your community. I feel at nearly every distribution to see a program that is open at incredibly blessed to be able to we’ve ever had, and a lot of least once a week, and could work with all you,” McCombs community members who have also respond to emergencies told the local volunteers in a come out at different times to for families with children in letter. “Thank you for all the help us distribute. We’ve tried the schools. “We’re working hard work you have done thus to make it a positive experience on it. I hope something can far and I know will continue to for the people in need, and be done within the next year do moving forward.” we’ve had a lot of fun doing it.” or two,” she said. “Volunteers Cardenas said she understands While the volunteers worry for have never been an issue, we the decision. “They could the struggling families that will have plenty of people willing to afford either the Kiwanis event be losing a source of food, they help those in need. But we have or the school’s, and the Kiwanis say they will try to encourage to have a place to put it - we people serve more of the whole them to take part in the Kiwanis want to have a meeting pretty community,” she said. distributions. “That’s all we can soon to let the community know That doesn’t ease the pain do. If we know of a family in what ideas we have on how to Diana Cardenas has headed up the school distribution throughout its of seeing a positive program immediate need, we’ll contact run it, the best way to serve the four-years. The program will end this month, but Cardenas and others disappear. “Being out there, what sources we can within the people.” hope for another solution. / Photo courtesy Iowa Select

City Council ➤ from page 1 Mayor Mike Porsch if necessary. Former along Lighthouse Drive near Scout Park was ings to restore/stabilize the lake bank. mayor pro-term Bruce Engelmann left the pushed up, likely by ice. This project will • The council terminated a professional Demolition of the existing feed mill locat- council at the end of the year. restore approximately 300 feet of lake bank services agreement for a storm water im- ed at 501 Seneca Street will occur within 12 • Mayra Martinez was reappointed as City along Lighthouse Drive between Barton and provement project in the Memorial Park months of the opening of the new feed mill. Clerk, and Phil Havens as City Attorney. Terrence Streets near Scout Park. To satisfy area, after determining that the project is not City council member Kevin McKinney • Grant Administration was approved for FEMA requirements and eliminate the need feasible, and replaced it with a project for expressed concern that the demolition could an anticipated project to improve the High- for environmental analysis/reporting, the the Tulip Lane area, where standing fl ood begin within the schedule but drag out for way 7 and Abner Bell intersection, adding project incorporates bioengineering such as water after heavy rains has continued to be years, but city offi cials felt the potential cost safety for the school to open nearby. City fabric-encapsulated soil and live stake plant- a problem. of paying taxes on both mill sites would en- offi cials expressed a desire to expedite that sure rapid removal by Tyson. McKinney felt project as a top priority, hoping to get a turn- St. Mary’s breakfast at Parish Hall it is important to move the project forward ing lane and traffi c control devices in place to end the heavy truck traffi c on the down- by the time the school opens. On Sunday, January 12, there will be is $7 per person. Kids 6 and under eat town area streets. • A public hearing for a lake bank restora- an omelet and french toast breakfast at free. This breakfast is sponsored by the In other council business: tion project was set for February 17. FEMA the St. Mary’s Parish Hall, located at Knights of Columbus, who regularly • Council member Jose Ibarra was ap- is expected to cover 85 percent of the esti- 300 East Third Street. Doors open at 8 support various charitable purposes in pointed mayor pre-tem, and would fi ll in for mated $157,000 cost. In 2019, the lake bank a.m. until noon. All you can eat. Cost the community.

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A small army of Iowa National Guard personnel turned out to volunteer in the latest Kiwanis food distribution event held in Storm Lake on Wednesday, as recipients’ cars stretched from the site at the former Sears store back to the AEA parking lot. The events serve up to 300 needy families, and are held on the last Wednesday of each month. / Pilot photo by Dana Larsen

Railroad replacement work begins Covid Update A CN Railroad replacement and traffic will be detoured The local COVID-19 case count continues to climb. Monday, 32 in intensive care. The Test Iowa site in Storm project will begin June 15 on a route utilizing Hyland As of Monday afternoon, 1,203 Buena Vista County Lake is scheduled to be open through June 12. in Storm Lake, removing Drive and Northwestern cases to date had been reported, including 77 new case Case counts to date are rising in some of the surrounding and replacing the railroad Drive in the city limits. In the confi rmations since Sunday - and up almost 400 cases in counties as well. On Monday O’Brien County had 52 crossing on Highway 110 at past, this route has worked the past week. BV County continues to lead the state in cases, Cherokee 45, Clay 36, Sac 31, Ida 15, Calhoun 14 the intersection of Highway well for a short-term closure. per capita cases, topping the 60 cases per 1,000 residents and Palo Alto 8. 7. The project will take about mark yesterday. Two people have died, 231 are recovered, Statewide, nearly 22,000 cases had been confi rmed to During the project, closure five days, depending on and more than 5,400 have been tested in the county. date, including 169 new cases Monday, and 610 people will occur at the intersection weather. In the northwest Iowa region, 80 were hospitalized had passed away.

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Congratulations to each of Leiva, Bailey Clipperton, the Storm Lake Large Group Bea Walker, Alayna Rice, Speech students who com- Alex Stansberry, Carol Grace peted recently and good luck Riner, Raul Arevalo, Nyalib to those that earned a District Chambang I rating and are heading to Improv: Carter Imming & state competition in Le Mars Yeeshai Valdivia on February 8. Make plans One Act Play - Anna Alone: to watch each of the state Beauna Thammathai, Aus- performances on Monday, tin Knapp, Alex Stansberry, February 3 at the Speakers Elizabeth Tapia, Beatriz Showcase at 7 p.m. in the au- Leiva ditorium. $5 admission. Ensemble Acting - The District I: Fourth Locker: Megan Musical Theatre - Mean Martin, Carol Grace Riner, Girls: Megan Martin, Tiahna Burton Beauna Thammathai, Tiahna Short Film Home Alone: Burton, Davion McDaniels, Tyler Dvergsten, Dylan Elizabeth Tapia & Riley Youngstedt, David Soto, Em- Youngstedt ily Cruz MIlls Musical Theatre - Some- thing Rotten: Austin District II: Knapp, Raul Arevalo, Reed Improv: Maliyah Jensen, Ri- Wunschel, Carter Imming, ley Youngstedt, Joey Chanta- Yeeshai Valdivia visouk, Davion McDaniels Front: Jesus Soto, Emily Cruz-Mills, Dylan Youngstedt, Beatriz Leiva, Beauna Thammathai; middle: Megan Martin, Readers Theatre: Short Film: Reed Wunschel Elizabeth Tapia, Riley Youngstedt, Tiahna Burton, Nyalib Chambang, Carol Grace Riner; back: Austin Knapp, Carter Imming, Joey Chantavisouk, Maliyah Jensen, Alayna Rice, Bailey Clipperton; not pictured: Reed Wunschel, Yeeshai The Brothers Grimm & Jack Huss Valdivia, Tyler Dvergsten, Bea Walker, Davion McDaniels, Raul Arevalo. / Photo submitted Spectaculathon:Beatriz Solo Mime: Bea Walker

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They’re also eyeing Tulsi other campaigns, but downplayed reports caucus system works like this: Voters Sterzenbach said the campaign was more Gabbard, Steyer and Yang, who have been that Biden was actively trying to cut any gather at dozens of caucus locations across focused on trying to win over supporters mired in the single digits for months. deals. the state and start the night by pledging of other campaigns. Yang acknowledged this week that The aide, who spoke on the condition support for their preferred candidate. “Caucusgoers are going to go to their multiple campaigns have reached out to of anonymity to share internal strategy, After the initial vote count is taken, voters second choice because that’s who they his team about potential alliances. expressed confi dence in Biden’s ability backing candidates who earn less than like, not because of anything we tell them Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, to pull from other candidates and pointed 15% are free to shift to other candidates to do,” he said. “I just think it’s a waste of he said he’s not planning to urge his to polls suggesting some overlap with or go home. energy for us to focus our time on trying supporters to head to a specifi c second Klobuchar and Buttigieg. While a dozen Democrats are still to make deals.” choice if he doesn’t make it past the fi rst While Biden would not confi rm his own running for president, just four — To say the situation is fl uid would be an round of voting. campaign had conferred with the Yang or Biden, Warren, Bernie Sanders and Pete understatement. “Right now we have no guidance for Klobuchar teams, he acknowledged that Buttigieg — have consistently polled Just four days before the Iowa contest, our caucusgoers who don’t fi nd us to be horse-trading is routine in the caucus above the 15% threshold in Iowa. Still, polling suggests that more than half of the viable,” he said, downplaying his ability process. any of the four could see their support state’s likely Democratic voters are open to direct his voters toward any specifi c “Everybody’s looking and says, OK, fall short, depending on who shows up to to changing their minds. candidate, even if he wanted to. if your guy doesn’t win or your person caucus. Forty-fi ve percent of all likely “The people that support my campaign doesn’t win, who are you gonna go with?” As is the case with Biden and others, Democratic caucusgoers named a fi rst are very diverse in their leanings,” he Biden said in Iowa on Thursday. Warren sees an opportunity to draw choice but said they could be persuaded added. “I frankly think I’d have a hard Sanders’ state director Misty Rebik signifi cant support from Klobuchar, who to support another candidate, and 13% time getting them to do anything that they also de-emphasized efforts to woo rival has not reached the 15% threshold in polls did not indicate a fi rst choice, according weren’t naturally inclined to do.” campaigns. to date, even as the Minnesota senator’s to the CNN/Des Moines Register poll Yang conceded that Sanders, if anyone, “We are a movement of vote your standing appears to have improved in conducted earlier this month. might be best-positioned to inherit conscience. We don’t have a strategy of recent weeks. At the same time, history holds few his support. And there was anecdotal telling people to ‘Go here. Go there,’” “It’s certainly no secret that Sen. examples of fi nal-days deals between rival evidence suggesting Yang was right. Rebik said. “And, in the off chance that Warren ... has the highest favorables of campaigns that had a signifi cant effect. Victor Cornejo, a 45-year-old engineer that doesn’t work out for us, we expect anybody in the fi eld within Democratic One may be in 2004, when North who attended a Sanders campaign event our voters to do what they do, trust their primary voters,” Wahls said. “I can tell Carolina Sen. John Edwards and Ohio in Iowa City, said he was still deciding gut and go for their second choice.”

King ➤ continued from 1 fl oor of the House today is the equivalent of South Vietnamese military cut and ran. They “handcuffs” attempting to tie up the what happened to Vietnam when Congress did because they didn’t have ammunition commander in chief. “We’ve seen him make Another amendment nullifi es, or revokes, shut off all funding to implement and support anymore, they didn’t have supplies anymore. wise moves and careful moves and moves authorizations for use of military force, “and military operations on the land of North and We pulled the rug out from underneath them that keep America back out of involvement so, in doing, would pull down our operations,” South Vietnam, on the seas adjacent to it, and Communism swept all the way through in foreign wars, keeping his word. But this King said. the skies above it, or the countries adjacent Vietnam.” would tie the President’s hands, and this “What they are attempting to do on the to Vietnam. And when that happened, the King said the amendments are unnecessary would put Americans in danger.”

Terril ➤ continued from 1 felony, for the suspected acts. 2013 and 2014. Prosecutors and District Court Judge Charles Borth Taylor faces his third and fourth Class investigators believe threats of violence reviewed information from case second-degree sexual abuse charge was B felony sexual abuse charges because were used to silence the second girl workers, law enforcement and family fi led because “threats of violence” were investigators think he also committed as well. The acts began when the girl members. He determined that enough used to keep the girl silent. The girl lewd acts with a second girl. One charge was 7 years old. Assistant Clay County evidence exists for the court process to was approximately 6 years old when stems from suspected abuse between Attorney Travis S. Johnson also asked continue. Taylor’s written “not guilty” the suspected abuse began. Taylor is 2012 and 2016. An additional second- the court to consider three counts of pleas cancel the need for an arraignment, additionally charged with two counts of degree sexual abuse charge was fi led indecent contact with a child involving where he would have the right to hear the lascivious acts with a child, a Class C for illegal contact with the girl between the second girl. allegations and charges in open court. FFriday,riday, NovemberNovember 115,5, 22019019 Storm Lake’s Trusted News Pilot Source Since 1870 Tribune SStartingtarting strong!strong! EEventsvents BVU men’s basketballll MMusic,usic, moviesmovies ooffff ttoo 22-0-0 startstart underunder aandnd hholidayoliday GGlowlow on!on! CCoachoach JJohnsonohnson ffunun SSportsports ➤ SSeeee 1 EEntertainmentntertainment SSeeee 5 LifestylesLiL fefes ➤ SSeeee 1144 ➤ www.stormlakepilottribune.com Volume 151 Edition 136 $1.00 Area lakes remain on ‘impaired’ list, Of rice & raisins turbidity and E. Massive meal all in a day’s work for SL’s Thanksgiving chef coli concerns for By DANA LARSEN The show can’t go on without one Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune Editor particular dish - rice and raisins. Cin- dy creates the signature dish from a Storm Lake remains on the Iowa Cindy Bosley of BozWellz and her family recipe each year in honor of Impaired Waters listing. A new draft team of volunteers has been whipping her grandmother. “Whenever I serve of the list was released this week by up a community meal on Thanksgiv- that, Grandma is with me,” she says. the Iowa Department of Natural Re- ing for those in need of food or com- “In fact, whenever I’m feeling bad, sources. pany for the past eight years. I make it… it’s my ultimate comfort The 3,147-ace local water body has “We had 900-plus last year, it was food.” been on the list since 2002 for tur- our biggest year yet,” she says. Imagine - if you can - the self- bidity, and since 2010 also for mod- The free dinner, available for any- imposed task of baking more than 30 erate bacteria and E. coli pollutant one in need of companionship or who turkeys, 225 pounds of ham, and 112 impairment measured at swimming may not be able to afford a holiday pies for a single meal. beaches. At times, measurements at meal, is held Thanksgiving day, from “The numbers are pretty crazy. It Awaysis Beach have exceeded stan- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lake Avenue takes at least 24 hours non-stop, but dards, while those at Bel Air, Chau- Lounge, 617 Lake Avenue in Storm it fi lls me with joy,” Cindy refl ected, tauqua, Edson Park, Casino, Frank Lake. while serving samples during the Starr Park and Old Water Plant Beach The ambitious menu includes tur- Holiday Open House downtown have remained within water quality key and ham, mashed potatoes, green Sunday. standards. bean casserole, cranberries, broccoli Assessments indicate the lake is salad, rolls, pecan and pumpkin pie. See Chef ➤ page 6 “fully supporting” for human health standards, and samples from walleye and catfi sh from the lake proved to be low in contaminants with no need for a consumption advisory. High turbidity - or resuspended sediment that make the water appear muddy, is an aesthetic drawback and could have a partial adverse impact on plant and animal communities, ac-

cording to the state’s fi shery biologi- The Holiday Spirit cal monitoring. “The level of inor- ganic suspended solids was very high Participants in the at Storm Lake, and does suggest that spirited Ugly Sweater non-algal turbidity contributes to the Contest packed impairment at this lake. The median Brewsters during the level of inorganic suspended solids in after party for the ‘A Storm Lake (16.8 mg/L) was ranked Little Before Christmas 130th among the 138 lakes by the Crawl’ event Tuesday ISU lake survey,” the DNR assess- night. The annual tradition helps to raise ment reads. funds for Santa’s Gustafson Lake at Sioux Rapids Castle, which opens also remains listed as impaired for on Thanksgiving Day. bacteria and E. coli pollutant, as it has For video of the Ugly been since 2014, but the DNR notes a Sweater Contest, potential for de-listing. see the Pilot-Tribune Facebook page. / Pilot See Lakes ➤ page 6 photo by Dana Larsen USDA pays BVU gathering explores environmental racism issues Tyson $1m By DANA LARSEN over SL pork Pilot-Tribune Editor Whoa, mercy mercy me inspection lies Oh things ain’t what they used to be, no no Where did all the blue skies go? The U.S. Department of Agricul- Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and ture has agreed to pay $1 million to east… Tyson Foods after the food processor The lyrics to Marvin Gaye’s song of ecological woes seep from accused the federal agency of failing tinny speakers as Buena Vista University students and faculty ar- to properly inspect thousands of hogs rive for a discussion on environmental racism as part of Diversity at the Storm Lake plant in a 2018 in- & Inclusion Week on campus. cident. Library Director Elizabeth Huff is bound for Guadalajara, where she Professor of Philosophy and Religion Swasti Bhattacharyya Tyson negotiated the settlement will obtain books to add to the 6,000-title Spanish language collection made the case that the poor and minorities carry an unfair propor- with the USDA in the midst of a fed- for the SL facililty. / Pilot photo by Dana Larsen tion of the burden from man’s damage to the earth. eral lawsuit over the incident, claim- “Power industries, poor people - how do you balance those out?” SL library to gift Mexican ’sister’ ing $2.4 million in losses due to im- she asked, painting environmental damage as a form of violence. proper inspector actions. She cited the Israel-Arab standoff as an example. “In the Gaza with top children’s books According to the meat processing confl ict, all the water fl ows through Israel - if they really want to giant, a federal meat inspector, Dr. By DANA LARSEN punish them, they turn all the water off.” Yolanda Thompson DMV, falsely Pilot-Tribune Editor certifi ed 4,622 hogs in the Storm See BVU ➤ page 6 Storm Lake Library Director Elizabeth Huff will be headed to Lake plant, forcing the company to Guadalajara, Mexico this month to attend a major book fair in hopes destroy 8,000 carcasses. The compa- of boosting the Spanish language collection at the library, but will ny’s suit claimed that it had video ev- also be working to renew the sister library agreement with a school idence that Thompson never entered library in Mexico. the plant, and signed the certifi cation For the second year, she will carry along a cache of American cards without leaving her car. award-winning children’s books as a gift to the sister library. The At the time of the incident, Ty- Friends of the Library group funded the purchase of the books, son management was reportedly which will be especially important as the school and its library in unaware of inspection negligence Mexico are beginning an English-language curriculum for the fi rst and did not learn of the situation un- time, and American titles are hard to come by in the country. til the following day. However, the An American Library Association international relations leader lawsuit claimed, “Prior to the time will accompany Huff for the renewal of the agreement, in hopes that Dr. Thompson conducted the that the arrangement can be duplicated around the world with sister See Tyson ➤ page 6 Professor of Philosophy and Religion Swasti Bhattacharyya. See Library ➤ page 6

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CMY 6 continued Pilot-Tribune | Friday, November 15, 2019 BVU bass savors his concert choir chapel fi nale A Buena Vista University choir career prano, performs from Jule Styne’s “Some abled him to experience the USS Arizona that has taken senior Corgan Petersen to People.” Memorial at Pearl Harbor and the 9-11 New York City, Boston, Memphis, New Other selections from the choir include Memorial in Manhattan. Orleans, and more, ends on Sunday, where works by Rene Clausen, Cristian Grases, “I’m big into history. Those trips for it began, in venerable Schaller Chapel on Kinley Lange, Randall Thompson, Aaron BVU music were fun, but also extremely campus. Copland, Alice Parker, and more. Amanda impactful,” says Petersen, who presents The BVU Concert Choir, under the di- Gunderson will serve as a student conduc- his senior recital on Nov. 24. rection of Dr. Harmony Murphy, assistant tor in “Let the River Run,” by Carly Si- Petersen, who plans to teach either in- professor of vocal music and director of mon. strumental or vocal music in a school next choral activities, presents “Celebrating The concert helps place a campus ex- fall, says he couldn’t help but fi nd his way Our Neighbors” at 3 p.m. Admission is clamation point of sorts on a BVU music into a musical career. His parents, after all, free. career for Petersen, who steps away from named him after Billy Corgan, who fronts “Schaller Chapel is a great place to campus next semester while he serves their favorite band, The Smashing Pump- sing,” says Petersen, a music education Spencer High School and Sioux Central kins. major from Atlantic. “There are so many Middle School as a student-teacher. Im- “My mom was in band in high school, things you can do while singing there. mediately following his BVU graduation and my dad taught himself to play guitar,” We’ve sung while using risers, while not in May, Petersen will accompany the choir Petersen says. “I guess it’s only fi tting that using risers; we’ve sung behind audience, to Costa Rica. I got into music, too.” surrounding the audience, and more.” “Music at BVU has taken me all over The choir concert begins a busy per- Petersen, the choir president and a stu- the country, from Hawaii (with the band, formance week for musicians at BVU. At dent conductor on Sunday, is also one of which Petersen serves as a percussionist) 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, BVU Jazz and two senior soloists featured in the pro- to Boston to New York City, where the Blues presents a concert in Anderson Au- gram. He’ll take center stage during Ralph Carnegie Hall performance was a huge ditorium. At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, Vaughan Williams’ “The Vagabond,” highlight,” he says. “My wife (Alyssa Pe- her trip there with the BVU choir.” The Underground serves as the venue for a while classmate Tara Smith, a mezzo so- tersen) sang a solo at Carnegie Hall during His musical talent and drive have en- concert by the BVU Rock Ensemble.

Chef ➤ continued from 1A 50 volunteers to do this.” tinue on until I can’t continue any more,” grant, which she plans to use to help fund The meal is open to everyone, she the chef laughs. the Thanksgiving meals. Planning begins a month out, with prep- stresses. “I get asked a lot if families are Her efforts to give back to her commu- “It’s been a very good year,” she says aration beginning two weeks ahead of the welcome - of course they are. The idea is nity have not gone unnoticed. modestly. meal. “By now, we have it down to a sci- that this is a community dinner, not that In July, she was named to the “40 Wom- • Reservations are not necessary to at- ence,” Cindy says. “We pick up the hams you can’t or won’t cook on your own. We en to Watch” by the Iowa Restaurant Asso- tend the meal. For those who need a meal this week, the turkeys the next.” eat family style, and the beauty of that is ciation, and was featured in the quarterly delivered, call or text Bosley at 299-1875 Volunteers are critical to the process, that you never know who you will be eat- magazine of the Iowa Food and Beverage or call BozWellz at 732-3616 any time and she says she has already had new peo- ing with, and you’re going to meet new industry. from now to the day of the event. She is ple calling and wanting to get involved in people,” Cindy explains. Tyson Foods named Cindy one of its also working with some employers to pro- this year’s meal. “I get a warm, fuzzy feeling out of it, and Homegrown Hunger Heroes. In recogni- vide the Thanksgiving meal to people who “Some of the same volunteers have been I feel like it’s a real need in the commu- tion of her efforts, she was given a $2,500 have to work that day. working since the very fi rst time we did nity,” she says. “It’s just nice, it’s Thanks- this. They are so good that I can say, ‘I’m giving, getting together and not worrying Storm Lake Post Offi ce reopens going to sit down now and have a cup of about Black Friday sales and who isn’t coffee,’ and they’ll keep it running. None coming home for the holiday this year.” Storm Lake Post Offi ce suspended its facility had reopened on Thursday, teh of it would be possible without the won- Leftovers are not an issue. Anything retail services and post offi ce box access postmaster reported. derful volunteers.” left goes to charitables like Faith, Hope & this week, after a vehicle struck and caved During the closing, customers were di- Even her employees at the restaurant Charity, The Bridge, Upper Des Moines. in the entryway to the lobby. rected to the Truesdale Post Offi ce for re- choose to volunteer their time on the holi- How long will this holiday tradition After an assessment of a structural en- tail services, or encouraged to use online day. “In all, it probably takes upwards of continue? “I don’t know. I hope to con- gineer on the safety of the building, the retail resources at usps.com.

ing to Bhattacharyya, asking what Rev. Mar- air is particulate polluted, and the rate is even A member of the audience noted that the BVU ➤ continued from 1A tin Luther King Jr. was doing when he was higher for blacks. workers in the food industry who are clos- Many of the environmental groups such killed (he was in Memphis as part of a gar- Ninety-fi ve percent of complaints over est to the production have the least access to as Greenpeace and Sierra Club have been bage strike). conditions made by people of color are food security. around since the 1960s, and the movements There is a big pushback against the con- denied by the EPA, she said. If there were Bhattacharyya was asked about the impact were aimed for the benefi t of middle to upper cept of environmental racism, she adds. Flindt, Michigan-type problems with safe of outspoken Swedish teenager Greta Sund- class white people, Bhattacharyya suggested. “Why are they making such a big deal of water infrastructure in the local community, berg on the environmental discussion. “We see the same with the suffrage move- saying it isn’t racial? People don’t like to be would the improvements come fi rst to the “I’m not saying we shouldn’t put her put ment. The right to vote, the feminist move- considered racist,” she said. nicest houses at Bel Air Beach, or to the low- there - it gets people to think,” she said. “The ment, was about white women. They are quick to say that they don’t mean er-income neighborhoods? she poses. question is how to get the other voices that “Our dumps, our trash, our toxic waste harm to others, but it is not intent, but conse- Poorer people in general tend to face more aren’t being heard out there.” For the down- - where does it go? In Beverly Hills?” she quences that matter, she feels. diffi cult environmental situations, “but if trodden, their voices “are so easy to erase.” asked the small crowd in the Center for Di- The concept of environmental justice, you are poor and African American, it re- It was suggested that people learn to versity and Inclusion. “The poorest, the most which is just beginning to be discussed, ally sucks…the ‘slow violence’ of systemic “check their privilege at the door” as they marginalized, women and children, are af- holds that the health of one depends on the racism is a huge issue that seeps into every look at such issues. fected disproportionally.” health of the other, Bhattacharyya said. aspect of life.” The BVU professor encouraged those She said that society has often unfairly lik- She said her research fi nds that 56 per- She showed a photo of a park setting in gathered to work to reduce their own envi- ened people of color with dirtiness, she said. cent of people of color live near toxic waste an urban black neighborhood - a basketball ronmental impact footprint. Though she has The placement of waste has been a major sites. “Is that accidental?” she asks. People hoop on a concrete pad with smokestacks in taken steps in her lifestyle, she admitted that issues for many years, with inner city people of color are 1.35 times more likely than the the distance, then a wealthy neighborhood as a frequent fl yer, “I can’t criticize any- sometimes denied basic sanitation, accord- general population to live in areas where the park, lush green and manicured. body.”

Library ➤ continued from 1A wonderful experience and exchange.” population with a large number of Spanish- words in tandem seem to be particularly ef- Storm Lake had briefl y had a Sister Li- speakers, including some who originate from fective for those purposes, Huff said. library relationships. brary relationship with a facility in Brazil, the Jalisco region. Currently, over 10 percent of the library’s Last year, the Storm Lake Librarian took but it ended with a change in staffi ng there “There is really no way to buy them pro- collection, and nearly 20 percent of its total part in some robotics coding programming in 2014. fessionally in this country - you have to go circulation is in Spanish-language materials, for the Mexican students - a fi eld the Storm The Mexico sister library location is much where the books are,” Huff says. The Ameri- and that could increase, she feels. Lake library has begun to explore in its own larger than Storm Lake, in the one million- can Library Association facilitates the trips The library trustees are interested in begin- events. This year she hopes to be able to plus population city of Zapopan, but the li- and helped to pave the way for the Sister Li- ning to obtain some books from other regions spend more time working directly with the brary - actually a series of three libraries in brary agreement. around the world, Huff said. India will be children. schools - and tiny and quite limited in fund- Huff brings back a selection of child, teen featured as a guest county at this year’s book The roots of the sister city arrangement ing. It seems unlikely that staff there will be and adult titles, including enough copies of a fair, and she may begin that process by buy- date to 2009, the fi rst time Huff traveled able to visit Storm Lake. popular title for the local Spanish Language ing a few books from that nation, she says. to Guadalajara for the book fair. She met a During the Guadalajara book fair, which Book Club, and children’s educational works The Guadalajara International Book Fair young student who was working a temporary begins in late November and where Huff is that will fi t in with literacy program in the is the most important publishing gathering in job at the fair, who went to to graduate and able to interact with some of the world’s top schools. Spanish language readers here seem Ibero-America. Created 32 years ago by the assume a position teaching English at the authors and publishers, she selects as many particularly to enjoy humorous self-help University of Guadalajara, the fair is aimed school library. Continued communication led Spanish language books as her budget will books, a popular genre in Mexico and South at professionals and the general public alike, to a formal agreement. allow. About 2,000 new pieces were obtained America for learning new skills and coping a characteristic that sets it apart from other “We are honored and privileged to have after her last visit. abilities. book fairs around the globe. It also serves as received your invitation,” was the response The current collection at the Storm Lake Spanish-speaking parents are also inter- a cultural festival in which literature plays a from Mexico. library includes around 6,000 Spanish-lan- ested in their children being able to maintain major role including a program where au- “The thinking is that we can give each guage titles, virtually all purchased in her fi ve biliteracy, for a generation that may have thors from all continents and languages par- other knowledge and understanding,” said trips since 2009. been born and is being educated in the U.S. ticipate, and a forum for the academic discus- Huff. “We’re hoping that it will go on to be a The trips are vital to help serve a local in English. Youth books that use pictures and sion of the major issues of our time.

Lakes ➤ continued from 1A Hawk Lake and Lost Island Lake for turbid- and were impaired. lyzed before determining whether a water ity. “An increase or decrease in impaired wa- segment does or does not meet the require- The local portion of the North Raccoon The DNR is seeking public comment on ters does not necessarily mean that the water ments like the Iowa DNR’s Fish Kill Da- River remains listed as impaired for bacteria the draft list. Data released by the Iowa DNR quality in the state is worsening or improv- tabase, along with federal (Army Corps of and E. coli, as it has been since 2010, while showed 27 impairments are recommended ing. It often is a refl ection of the additional Engineers and US Geological Survey) and areas of the river to the south have been to be removed from the 2018 impaired list, monitoring we are conducting, changes in municipal (drinking water supplies) data and listed since 1998. Much of the Little Sioux once approved by the EPA. water quality standards, and changes in as- surrounding states’ data. River in the region remains listed since 2004 This report identifi es surface waters that sessment methodologies,” said Roger Brun- All Iowa waters are designated for both due to bacteria and E. coli, and parts of the do not fully meet all applicable state water er, supervisor of the DNR’s Water Quality aquatic life protection and water contact rec- river in the area for impact on fi sh and inver- quality standards for their intended use and Monitoring and Assessment section. “Im- reation. Others also may include one or both tebrates. that need a water quality improvement plan. paired segments are often used for recreation designations for drinking water and human Poor Farm Creek at Storm Lake is listed Of the 1,421 water segments studied, which and fi shing, among other uses, so impairment health protection. due to biological impairment due to a fuel- include portions of rivers, streams, lakes, doesn’t mean that the segments are unusable “The DNR has a long history of working spill caused fi sh kill. reservoirs, and wetlands, 363 segments ful- or that they necessarily will cause illnesses.” with Iowans across the state to help address Also in the area, Pickerel Lake, Lizard ly met the Iowa water quality standards for The DNR uses fi xed station river monitor- our water quality challenges,” said Adam Lake and Little spirit Lake are listed for al- their intended use, while 523 segments were ing, lake monitoring and beach monitoring, Schnieders, acting DNR Water Quality Bu- gae growth, West Okoboji Lake and Little identifi ed as waters in need of further inves- wadeable stream biological monitoring, fi sh reau Chief. “The importance of this collec- Clear Lake for invasive species, Big Spirit tigation and 767 segments did not fully meet tissue monitoring and wetland/shallow lakes tive, persistent work is clear and will con- Lake and Silver Lake for fi sh kill, Black the standards needed for their intended use monitoring. Several other data are also ana- tinue to be a priority for the DNR.”

Tyson ➤ continued from 1A an area of holding pens. Tyson claimed the learned of the alleged actions, the negligently or destroy the pork. government should have recognized Thomp- inspected hogs had been intermingled into a “This was an unfortunate situation and we negligent inspection, other USDA and/or son’s “unfi tness” to perform the inspections. larger group of some 8,000 hog carcasses. As appreciate the USDA for working with us FSIS employees and inspectors were aware The inspections are intended to verify that a result, the entire group had to be destroyed, to address our losses. We take our commit- of defi ciencies in the quality, scope and in- animals are safe from illness or chemical or with only a portion of the carcasses salvage- ment to food safety very seriously and look tegrity of Dr. Thompson’s inspection prac- drug residue that would make them unac- able for non-food purposes at a much lower forward to a continued partnership with the tices.” ceptable as a food product, according to Ty- than normal revenue. Among the claimed USDA,” Tyson Foods spokesman Worth The complaint claimed that Thompson son. expense due to the incident was $213,513.04 Sparkman said in an email statement to the had diffi culty walking, and normally was as- Later in 2018, the USDA denied Tyson due to reduction in normal processing activi- media outlet. signed to the Storm Lake turkey plant with Foods’ request for damages, promoting the ties while diverting resources to respond to As a result of the negotiations with the a smaller inspection site. The nature of the company to fi le suit last May. the emergency, and over $51,000 in overtime USDA, Tyson has fi led notice of dismissal pork plant requires an inspector to navigate Tyson Foods said that by the time it pay for emergency work to segregate, render, of its lawsuit. Storm Lake’s Trusted News Pilot Source Since 1870 Tribune

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Storm Lake Schools leaders are disap- stabbing pointed, but not surprised, by new test score results that they say do not refl ect the kind A Storm Lake man was arrested of challenges their community faces. and charged with attempted mur- The district saw a higher percentage of der, following a stabbing in Sac City non-profi cient students, and a lower per- Monday night. centage of advanced students than the state- D a l t o n wide average, at every grade level where a Goodman, comparison is shown. 24, was Of 11th graders in the Storm Lake district held in Sac tested last spring (current seniors), 53% County on scored non-profi cient in math, 51% in sci- a $25,000 ence and 36% in reading. cash bond. Accord- / Image by Gerd Altmann “We know where we scored, we ing to Sac “Essentially, the results looked exactly poverty - we have our fair share of those,” City Po- know it’s not where we want Dalton Goodman like what we thought they would,” Super- Cole said. “The demographics matter.” lice, the to be. We also know our kids intendent Stacey Cole said. “We had hoped After receiving the district’s scores, the stabbing took place in the 500 block bring levels of drama to the for a pleasant surprise, but as predicted, our board of education began discussing the dis- of South 13th Street shortly before environment that are way more collective scores were low. We knew this trict’s standing in comparison to the overall midnight. A 35-year-old male victim would be a much more rigorous testing. state numbers. “We have to make some de- was found on the ground with a knife than at the schools around us. Our teachers see more of these “As with any standardized test, the as- cisions moving forward,” Cole said. wound to his upper back. The victim sessment does not take into consideration The district and others are pleading for was transported to Loring Hospital in issues in half a day than other levels of kids of color, English Language something more from the testing process. “I Sac City and later airlifted to a Des schools do in a week.” Learners and the number of people living in Tests Moines medical center with a punc- See ➤ page 6 tured lung, in what authorities de- scribed as life-threatening condition. Goodman reportedly admitted to Fundraiser, bike the stabbing and told police that the two had been involved in an argu- ment over the phone. Goodman told raffl e helps infant’s the other victim to meet him, and when the man arrived, the altercation heart trouble became physical. See Stabbing ➤ page 6 A fundraiser raffl e is rently awaiting a second planned to assist with heart surgery next week medical bills for Storm that will hopefully repair Lake infant Aleczander, one of his arteries to help Arsons suspect son of Claudia Villegas make him a candidate for and Francisco Suarez. a transplant. jailed again Aleczander was born To raise funds, a Sch- September 23 with a con- winn Voyager bicycle genital heart defect called with accessories is being on child sexual hypaplastic left heart auctioned off. The bike syndrome. The condition was donated by Lake- abuse charges requires open heart sur- shore Cyclery in Storm geries, and eventually a Lake. A Newell man who was already heart transplant. To purchase a raffl e facing charges in two arson incidents Aleczander has not ticket, or contribute to was recently jailed again in a child been able to come home the fund, stop at the front sexual abuse case. from the hospital since desk at King’s Pointe re- Brent birth, and his mother, sort in Storm Lake. Raf- Mack, 25, a local nurse, has been fl e tickets are $20, or six was charged staying in Omaha with for $100. The raffl e will by the New- him. The family is cur- run until February 3. ell Police Department with Sexual Abuse 2nd Degree Steyer counting on Iowa surge, climate awareness involv- By DANA LARSEN “Nobody can ever call me a ing a child Brent Mack Pilot-Tribune Editor socialist. I have the experience y o u n g e r and expertise… I want people than age 12, as well as Lascivious The top seven Democratic in Iowa to understand I can Acts With a Child - Fondling, Las- candidates running to replace beat him at his own game.” civious Acts With a Child - Infl ict- President Donald Trump took Even after impeachment, ing Pain, and two counts of Inde- the stage in Los Angeles 24 that won’t be easy, Steyer al- cent Contact with a Child. Mack hours after the House of Rep- lows. remained in the county jail this week resentatives voted to impeach “He is a talented dema- on $25,000 bond. the president. In an interview gogue,” he said of Trump. Newell Police Chief Justin Lyman with the Pilot-Tribune shortly “He took on the most pre- said that the case involves abuse of after the debate, candidate pared candidate in history and more than one victim under age 12, Tom Steyer noted that he has someone I admired a lot in and that the abuse had allegedly been been pushing for Trump’s re- Hillary Clinton, and won. We going on for a period of about two moval for two years through won’t defeat Mr. Trump using years. The investigation is continu- the “Need to Impeach” group conventional means.” ing. he formed in 2017. Since entering the crowded Mack, who was a volunteer fi re- “We are not a failed coun- Democrat fi eld in July, Steyer fi ghter, faces charges for allegedly try, we have a failed govern- has found himself suited to the setting a fi re on a Nemaha area farm ment,” Steyer said. frenetic pace of the campaign in August. He has pled not guilty in “Mr. Trump is a fake and trail. that incident. After securing a pretrial failed businessman, and a fake “The funny thing about this release in that case, he was arrested and failed steward of Ameri- thing, everyone assumes it is on arson and burglary charges related can prosperity,” Steyer said. grueling and exhausting, but to a downtown Newell blaze in 2017. The billionaire hedge fund I actually fi nd it invigorating That case is scheduled for trail March manager said he built his own 10. business from the ground up. See Steyer ➤ page 6

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CMY 6 continued Pilot-Tribune | Friday, December 27, 2019 Rembrandt man arrested after death threat A Rembrandt man has been jailed Rembrandt. on Harassment charges after allegedly Cortez Bermudez was wanted by the threatening to kill the owner of a Storm SLPD on warrants charging him with Ha- Lake night club. rassment 1st Degree Assault and Disor- Shortly after midnight December 24, a derly Conduct, stemming from a Dec. 16 Storm Lake offi cer stopped a vehicle for incident where Cortez Bermudez alleged- a traffi c violation. The driver reportedly ly attempted to start a fi ght and threatened tried to give the offi cer false information to kill the owner at the Oasis Night Club. on his identity, but was soon identifi ed as Cortez Bermudez was also driving with Ovidio Saul Cortez Bermudez, age 21 of a suspended driver’s license.

Stabbing ➤ continued from 1 ing 911. In 2018, Storm Lake Police arrested Goodman for Violation of Probation for Un- If convicted on the felony, Goodman could lawful Possession of Prescription Drugs. face up to 25 years in prison. Also in 2018, Goodman reportedly was SPANGLED STAR SPECTACULAR COMMODORES The suspect has a lengthy history of crimi- identifi ed on security video stealing a wallet nal charges in the area. at Better Day Cafe in Storm Lake. Another The Storm Lake Area Arts In 2015, Goodman reportedly led Spencer security camera caught him disposing of the Concil presented Michelle Police on a foot pursuit during a drug bust, wallet later at Super 8 Motel. and Rob Smith with a plaque and crystal trophy for their and was cited with multiple charges as well In 2019, Goodman was sentenced after re- outstanding commitment portedly stealing a vehicle in Storm Lake and as faced multiple outstanding arrest warrants to the 4th of July Star later abandoning it in Sac City. After a plea from previous incidents. Spangled Spectacular In 2017, warrants were issued for Good- deal for a reduced charge, he was sentenced event this past year. Their man for Criminal Mischief and Obstruction to serve two years in prison, and probation hard work and dedication after reportedly damaging property belonging was revoked on a previous marijuana posses- was greatly appreciated. / to a relative and preventing a victim from call- sion charge. Photo submitted Hatchet attack lands SL man in jail A Storm Lake man was arrested with a weapon threatening to kill her feet, Montes allegedly grabbed the victim’s family members going December 23 after allegedly as- a woman. a tomahawk and threatened the back to March. saulting his girlfriend and mother Luis Montes, age 23 of Storm victim with it. She was able to get Montes was charged with Do- of his children and making threats Lake, was taken into custody at away and call 911. mestic Assault While Displaying with a hatchet-type weapon. that location. According to an SLPD inves- a Dangerous Weapon and four Storm Lake Police were called Police met with the victim who tigation, Montes had previously counts of Harassment 1st Degree. to an address in the 700 block of said that Montes had shoved her texted threats to the victim, and He was booked into the Buena Michigan Street shortly after 9 to the ground and started kicking several threats of harm and death Vista County Jail and held without Luis Montes a.m. for a report of a man armed her. When the victim got back to had been made verbally or sent to bond.

Steyer ➤ continued from 1 corporations. The point about term limits This is time I want to use productively.” But the three most recently polls in Iowa is, we need structural change, and it’s not As it became harder and harder to qualify show him running 7th to 9th, with just 2 or and pleasant - maybe I’m crazy,” he says. going to change as long as it’s business as to be included in debates, voices have been 3 percent of the potential vote. He claims Steyer is the lone candidate who has usual. We need new people in charge with left out. “It feels like a game of musical that the number of undecided voters gives pledged to make climate change his top pri- new ideas. Grassley is an example of some- chairs,” Steyer quipped. him a chance, and that while voters in Iowa ority, and he thinks that message is resonat- one who has been in offi ce for an incredibly For much of the country, the debates may have been “shopping” for a year, many will ing as he travels the state. long time” (elected to Congress in 1975 and be the only frame of reference voters have not actually make a choice until shortly be- “People in Iowa all know that the cli- in the Senate since 1981). on the candidates. “In Iowa, it’s not so im- fore the caucus. mate is changing, they’ve seen the fl ood Steyer admits that he wonders if term portant, because Iowans have an unprec- His strategy for the state? “I want to get levels changing at absolutely unusual rates limits will ever be achieved. edented access for personal contact with to every part of Iowa, touch as many people - they’re not wondering if I’m telling the “Someone said to me while I was travel- the people who are running. In fact, people as I can. One of my kids has left his job to truth,” said Steyer, an environmental activ- ing in Iowa, ‘I’ve never known a turkey to from other states are coming to Iowa as po- work for the campaign full time, my daugh- ist who founded the NextGen Climate orga- vote for Thanksgiving’.” litical tourists, to hear candidates talk.” ter is also taking time from her career for nization in 2013. On the heels of L.A., where salty candi- Unlike some of his Democratic oppo- the campaign trail.” “I’ve tried to talk about it a lot. I hope dates jousted in nents, Steyer The candidate isn’t concerned about people understand, it’s going to be a crisis the sixth and fi - People in Iowa all know that the isn’t boldly pro- whether the Trump impeachment process that is also going to be an opportunity for nal debate of the climate is changing, they’ve seen the claiming 2020 helps or harms the Democrat hopes. us. Some of the solution is going to come year, Steyer has fl ood levels changing at absolutely victory. “It has never been about politics to me from rural Iowa, and from farmers, and we mixed feelings “I don’t know - it was always about what was right and are going to need to be paying farmers for about the role of unusual rates - they’re not how this is go- wrong. Long before I was a candidate I doing it,” he told the Pilot. “This process is the sessions in wondering if I’m telling the truth.” ing to go, I don’t always felt that we had to expose his cor- going to create good-paying jobs. We will the race for the think anybody ruption and obstruction. When I hear Re- need to clean up the water, the air too, but Democratic nomination. knows. There is more uncertainty now than publicans talk about winning the impeach- I know that water quality is already a huge “I obviously don’t run the Democratic three months ago” among voters, he says. ment process and how great it is, I wonder issue in Iowa.” National Committee. They set up the de- “This is a generational change election.” how great it could be to be associated with Addressing climate change, he said, will bates to allow the candidates to make their The vast fi eld that once numbered more someone who is being branded publicly as amount to nothing short of “redesigning” case to the people. But after Kamala [Har- than 20 candidates has been a unique chal- a constant and repeated criminal.” the nation. ris] dropped out, I called on the DNC and lenge for the party. “It’s been shocking at Trump will be running entirely on the Steyer has gambled in the fi rst caucus asked them to change its criteria to make times, even, but I feel like Democrats have economy, and repeating that Democrats are state by attacking iconic Iowa Republican it possible for more people to be on stage, a lot of momentum.” socialists who would destroy the economy Chuck Grassley directly in his advertising. especially the people of color. That was not To participate in last week’s debate, can- in 15 minutes, Steyer predicts. “Why we need Congressional term limits in for my benefi t… but they did not change,” didates had to show strength in fundrais- If he is the nominee, he would counter, he two words: Chuck Grassley,” his ads say, he said. ing - 200,000 or more unique donors - as says, with a two-pronged platform - “take with a scowling image of the 86 year old “I can’t tell if the debates are working” to well as polling success, hitting 4 percent in back the government, break the corporate senator. narrow the fi eld to the best candidates, he at least four national polls or 6 percent in stranglehold. And address the environment. Questioned about the tactic, Steyer said. “We need to be talking about how we two polls in the early states of Iowa, New If we can accomplish those two things, the steered away from criticizing Grassley’s can do this so much better than the Trump Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. other issues like health care and the econo- performance. Administration - not wine cave squabbles Steyer claims he is on the rise, placing my, fall into place, and we can be in the best “The basic thesis is, we have a broken (referring to a Warren-Buttegieg exchange between second and fi fth in the early state shape we’ve ever been in, in the history of government that has been purchased by over a highbrow fundraiser for the latter). polls, despite not being a “famous” name. this country.”

Tests ➤ continued from 1 Iowa Department of Education spokes- “We have a number of schools calling In reading: person Staci Hupp agrees, saying the test us, saying they don’t know what to do - • 3rd grade - 57% of students were non- wish we could see how we fall compared results are not satisfying, but also not un- they are beginning to see the changes profi cient, 39% profi cient, 4% advanced. to districts of similar demographics,” the expected, as the new tests are more diffi - we’ve seen some years ago. I fi nd it inter- Statewide, 35% were non-profi cient. superintendent refl ects. cult than the ones they replaced. esting that some of the people who wanted • 4th grade - 52% non-profi cient, 48% Storm Lake’s situation isn’t very com- All Iowa schools are required to ad- to turn their nose up at Storm Lake 10 profi cient, 0% advanced. Statewide - 30 parable to the districts around it, and in minister state-approved standardized tests years ago are now wanting our help. We do percent non-profi cient. terms of language, ethnicity and socio- to students to fulfi ll state and federal ac- appreciate the recognition for the progress • 5th grade - 49% non-profi cient, 51% economics, looks more like the state’s countability requirements. we have been part of.” profi cient, 0% advanced. Statewide - 33% most urban areas, the local leaders believe. Since 2013, state offi cials have said the non-profi cient. Raw test scores alone, without taking test is no longer an adequate measure of IOWA STATEWIDE • 6th grade - 40% non-profi cient, 56% into consideration the conditions students students and have tried to replace the Iowa ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT profi cient, 3% advanced. Statewide - 33% come from, can be “dangerously irrel- Assessments with a new state exam fol- PROGRESS STORM LAKE non-profi cient. evant,” Cole noted. Several years ago, a lowing “common core” standards. SCHOOLS 2019 TEST RESULTS * • 7th grade - 35% non-profi cient, 59% study graphed all the schools in Iowa by The state opted to use a test developed profi cient, 6% advanced. Statewide - 30% local income rates. “You could see that by Pearson Education Inc. which has of- In math: non-profi cient. the higher the rate of poverty, the lower fi ces in Iowa, despite a key drawback - • 3rd grade - 50% of students were non- • 8th grade - 46% non-profi cient, 52% your scores are. Storm Lake is unique in the test is not used nationwide, so Iowa profi cient, 44% profi cient, 5% advanced. profi cient, 3% advanced. Statewide - 31% northwest Iowa with these challenges, but schools can’t compare their results direct- Statewide, 28% were non-profi cient. non-profi cient. it’s not unique in the larger scope of what ly to those of other states. • 4th grade - 53% non-profi cient, 45% • 9th grade - 44% non-profi cient, 53% some schools are facing,” Cole said. The new test has fallen short in some ar- profi cient, 2% advanced. Statewide - 28 profi cient, 3% advanced. No statewide “We know where we scored, we know eas of information that districts need, the percent non-profi cient. comparison available. it’s not where we want to be. We also Storm Lake superintendent feels. “This is • 5th grade - 45% non-profi cient, 46% • 10th grade - 36% non-profi cient, 59% know our kids bring levels of drama to the so meaningful to our district. It’s not ideal, profi cient, 8% advanced. Statewide - 30% profi cient, 5 percent advanced. No state- environment that are way more than at the but the information is the best we have non-profi cient. wide comparison available. schools around us. Our teachers see more right now.” • 6th grade - 39% non-profi cient, 56% • 11th grade - 7th grade - 56% non-pro- of these issues in half a day than other In Storm Lake and statewide, the lowest profi cient, 5% advanced. Statewide - 31% fi cient, 43% profi cient, 0% advanced. No schools do in a week.” scores clearly come in the area of science, non-profi cient. statewide comparison available. The local leaders feel the Storm Lake which the district will set out to improve. • 7th grade - 31% non-profi cient, 64% teachers are doing the best they can do, In some internal comparisons, the dis- profi cient, 5% advanced. Statewide - 30% In science: and that the test results are not necessarily trict is fi nding reason for optimism in non-profi cient. • 5th grade - 59 percent non-profi cient, fair to them - or to students. writing performance. “It’s not just a lan- • 8th grade - 42% non-profi cient, 55% 40 percent profi cient, 1 percent advanced. “We’re talking about kids’ lives here,” guage arts score - we are seeing instances profi cient, 3% advanced. Statewide - 28% Statewide 49 percent non-profi cient. Cole said. “They are trying to prepare for of some strong writing teachers resulting non-profi cient. • 8th grade - 61 percent non-profi cient, college, looking for fi nancial aid, and this in super strong pockets of writing skills. • 9th grade - 44% non-profi cient, 53% 37 percent profi cient, 2 percent advanced. can have a direct impact on them. The re- We are already looking for ways to utilize profi cient, 3% advanced. No statewide Statewide, 42 percent non-profi cient. ality is that we have some challenges other those teachers’ methods so that all of our comparison available. • 11th grade - 5 percent non-profi cient, places don’t have, but all kids deserve to kids have access to that,” Cole said. • 10th grade - 42% non-profi cient, 54% 49 profi cient, 4 percent advanced. No have the same opportunities.” While she worries about Storm Lake profi cient, 4 percent advanced. No state- statewide comparison available Test results statewide are disappointing, teachers being “bashed” over test results, wide comparison available. though there are some “pockets of excel- Cole said the district is emerging as a • 11th grade - 7th grade - 53% non-pro- * Districts have been notifi ed that some lence,” adds Cole, who sits on the state’s leader for dealing with today’s societal fi cient, 44% profi cient, 4% advanced. No minor corrections may be made in report- assessment team. changes. statewide comparison available. ed results. FFriday,riday, NovemberNovember 222,2, 20192019 Storm Lake’s Trusted News Pilot Source Since 1870 Tribune BBeaverseavers rroll!oll! EEventsvents BBVUVU mmenen rrackack MMusic,usic, uupp fi fthfth win,win, mmoviesovies wwomenomen ggetet fi rstrst aandnd mmoreore SSportsports ➤ See 13 EEntertainmentntertainment ➤SSeeee 5

www.stormlakepilottribune.com Volume 151 Edition 139 $1.00 MetaBank Local health offi cials face anti-vaxx movement By DANA LARSEN In Storm Lake schools locations sell to Pilot-Tribune Editor for 2016-2017, the most recent data available, 90.4 Central Bank “It’s sad,” Buena Vista percent of high school County Public Health Director students were fully im- MetaBank community bank divi- Pam Bogue says of a ceaseless sion including all of the bank branch- munized, 89.6 percent of anti-vaxx movement. “I’m sure elementary school students, es in Iowa and South Dakota will be there are in some cases reasons sold to Storm Lake-based Central and 82.3 percent of middle why people feel like they do. I schoolers. Bank. The facilities will be rebranded fi nd that when people are con- as Central Bank locations after the vinced not to vaccinate, it is re- against diseases such as mea- deal has closed. ally hard to change their minds sles, mumps, hepatitis B and An agreement between the two - but as medical professionals, polio by the time they reach companies was announced Wednes- we are responsible to keep try- kindergarten, as anti-vaccina- day. Assets and deposits of approxi- ing and keep trying to share the tion theories have spread. mately $270 million will change accurate information.” A just-released study by the hands, along with approximately More than half the U.S. Health Testing Centers found $265 million of loans. states have seen a decline over that between 2009 and 2018, MetaBank will retain approximate- the past decade in the rates 27 states saw vaccination rates ly $935 million of loans that will run- of children being vaccinated Anti-vaxx off over time and will be serviced by See ➤ page 6 Central following the closing. “We are pleased to reach this agree- ment with Central Bank, which will allow both companies to focus on Tyson Food Project partners with The Bridge their core businesses and provide the highest level of service and value to to help address Storm Lake hunger needs the customers, employees and share- holders,” said Brad Hanson, President The Tyson Food and CEO of Meta Financial Group. Project was offi cially “This transaction aligns with Meta’s launched this week. strategy to focus on improving yields A grant from the com- from our national lending platforms, pany installed a new growing deposits in our payments di- 3,500 square-feet walk- vision and improving effi ciencies by in freezer at The Bridge streamlining operations; while serv- outreach center in Storm ing key markets often overlooked by Lake. The fi rst shipment traditional banks.” will be 30,000 pounds “Central Bank’s focus of dedicat- of chicken product, with ing our time and resources to the additional shipments communities we serve encompasses expected each month the true meaning of community bank- of Tyson meat products ing,” said Tim Brown, Chairman of that for various reasons the Board and CEO of Central. “We is undeliverable to its look forward to accomplishing great original destination. “It things for our customers and employ- was the perfect fi t, the ees while embracing our core values perfect time - it seems of providing exceptional service and like a godsend,” Tyson helping our customers achieve fi nan- Chaplain Howard Avery cial success.” said. See Metabank ➤ page 6 “This will benefi t building community in Storm Lake,” said Gathering to kick off the new program were leaders of Tyson and The Bridge, and others involved with the BVU cuts ties The Bridge operations project: Howard Avery, Matt McClellan, Sanjuanita Rodriguez, Jeaneth Ibarra, Shelly Rock, Walter DeBock, Alan Cummins, Russ Dierenfi eld, Rick Retzlaff, Enrique Sanchez, Ron Netten, Matt McClellan and Jay Dahlhauser. with therapist See Tyson ➤ page 6 / Pilot photo by Dana Larsen accused of By DANA LARSEN ‘emotional affair’ AEA asks: How to Pilot-Tribune Editor Expressing concern for the with predator support well-being emotional health of teachers has been on the minds of Prairie Buena Vista University immedi- Lakes AEA leaders, and at Mon- ately cut ties Tuesday with a psy- of our teachers? day’s board meeting for the local chologist who has taught for the uni- education agency, a call went out versity, after learning of her alleged to share a TED Talk addressing misconduct. the issue. Shannon Smith Sanders, who has treated some of Iowa’s most dan- “Our emotional piggy banks gerous offenders, violated policies are being constantly drawn by developing an improperly close upon. After a while it can relationship with a violent predator, become so depleted that according to state documents cited in we just can’t bear it any an Associated Press report this week. Sanders had been teaching an on- more. They call it secondary line course for BVU this semester trauma, compassion and was named adjunct graduate fac- fatigue… we absorb the ulty member of the year in 2018. traumas our students share Sanders, who directed the treat- with us each day, and after ment program at the Civil Com- a while our souls become mitment Unit for Sex Offenders in weighed down by the Cherokee, did special favors for the heaviness of it all.” patient - sharing secrets with him, bending the rules for him and lying Prairie Lakes leaders said that to protect him, according to a Sept. educator well-being is a key de- 16 termination letter obtained under velopment issue for the area: “We Iowa’s open records law. must start with us! ‘Get your own Sanders also failed to report that oxygen fi rst!’” they said of the is- the patient was having personal sue. feelings for her. The letter said Sand- Teachers emotionally support ers’ actions constituted “boundary our kids - but who’s supporting violations,” meaning they crossed our teachers? In the cited talk, the line into unethical behavior that Predator See ➤ page 6 See Teacher ➤ page 6

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Anti-vaxx ➤ continued from 1A income families is also important causes I think we do pretty well. Where we might of months to produce evidence of the re- of children going unvaccinated. lag is the requirements for older children quired vaccinations, or they have to start go down - in Georgia and Arkansas, the Opponents of vaccines frequently use that have been added in recent years.” them all over again,” Bogue said. “We can decline was more than 6 percent. social media, or vehicles like the “Vaxxed” In some cases, vaccination rates are im- get them caught up, but they may have Three states – Colorado, Kansas and documentaries, to push their agenda, in- pacted not necessarily by those who refuse missed out on that milestone of getting Idaho - have rates that have fallen below cluding debunked claims that vaccinations to vaccinate, but by those who do not do so what they need by age 2.” the 90% that scientists say renders popula- cause autism. until they have to. For example, students Vaping, fl u, rhinovirus worries tions particularly vulnerable to a measles Iowa health professionals counter the are required to have meningococcal and Vaccination is not the only health con- outbreak. Half the states are now below impact. tetanus vaccines by grade 7 and grade 12 cern for BV Public Health. the 90 percent level for measles, mumps “When we look at all of the research, - they can receive both doses in seventh “Vaping is still a big deal,” Bogue said. and rubella vaccine (MMR), a target for what it comes back to is a parent will al- grade, but some families opt to put the sec- “We are still seeing hospitalization and the anti-vaxxer campaigns. ways trust their health care provider,” said ond dose off until senior year. severe illnesses. We have been very for- The trend worries veteran local health Bethany Kintigh, of the Iowa Department “Most colleges now require it anyway,” tunate to not yet have any deaths reported leader Bogue. “I just hope we can keep our of Public Health. “It really is a community Bogue says. “And as children are going in Iowa.” The agency continues to urge rates high enough to provide herd immuni- effort.” off to attend a college, meningitis can be people away from smoking vapor devices, ty for those not vaccinating so the diseases Iowa is one of the brightest spots in the a scary thing - if it is your child, it is a for which have been tied to a number of lung we have eliminated will not start com- new study. Along with South Carolina, sure scary thing.” and respiratory cases. ing back,” she says. The theory is that if Iowa has seen vaccination rates across the Measles/mumps/rubella is another con- Bogue noted that the fl u seasons is also enough children around the unvaccinated board increase 8.5 percent since 2018, the cern for health professionals. Children in full swing. An elderly woman in north- are protected, the odds of the unvaccinated highest rate of improvement in the nation. don’t get their vaccine until they are a year west Iowa, and a second individual in cen- kids picking up a disease is lessened. Still, rates of MMR and polio child vac- old, so babies don’t have built-up immu- tral Iowa, have passed away from the fl u For example, she said, she has just cinations are falling below CDC targets. nity. If vaccination rates go down, Bogue and other health issues. The county health alerted local doctors of a situation where The BV Health Department is in the fears, more infants will be exposed to ill- department will be scheduling a nurse in FFA students from around Iowa were ex- midst of a countywide vaccination audit. nesses that can be very dangerous to them. the offi ce through December to provide posed to mumps while attending an event While fi nal statistics are not yet available, “There’s an ad out that shows a grand- walk-in vaccination shots. “It’s not too in Indianapolis. “If we had not had a high Bogue says that so far, she sees less claims ma holding a baby, but she is made to look late,” Bogue said. enough immunization rate, we could have for medical or religious waivers to avoid like a wolf. The message is that an adult She told the Board of Health Tuesday had our kids develop the illness and we child vaccination than has been the case in can have pertussis and it can present as that sickness is beginning to be seen in could have that issue going on right now the county in the past. only a chronic cough, while if it is passed groups of people locally, indicating that in our county,” Bogue said. “Sometimes we do see groups of fami- to young children, it can be deadly.” illness is spreading quickly. H1N1 is the With the common childhood diseases lies that don’t believe in vaccination,” With a diverse and fl uid population, the most common form of the fl u virus being of the past, out of sight can mean out of she said, noting the risk. In central Iowa, Storm Lake area also has a documentation seen, but around 25 percent of testing is mind. “It’s been a little time since we older a group of Amish people suffered an out- issue. proving to be non-fl u respiratory viruses, people were growing up, getting measles, break of measles recently. After experienc- “We have children coming into our such as rhinovirus. chickenpox and mumps, and once in a ing the illness, health offi cials were able schools who come from other countries The best ways to control the fl u, Bogue while hearing about a child that died with to share the importance of vaccination, or even other states that do not have the reminds, are staying home when sick, cov- them,” she explained. “The kids today and and working with the locals, were able to same vaccination requirements that Iowa ering the mouth when coughing or sneez- even the younger parents, have never seen improve teaching and bridge the cultural does. Sometimes they come in with no re- ing, washing hands frequently - and get- those illnesses, and may not feel like it can divide, she said. cords at all - they then are given a couple ting a fl u shot. happen to them.” The BV health director encounters few The study is based on data compiled by anti-vaxxers personally. “Most of the peo- the federal Centers for Disease Control ple who come to us are interested in hav- More child arrests in obscenity case ing their children vaccinated,” she said. and Prevention. “For diseases with deadly Two days after a Storm Lake Middle charged with dissemination and exhibition “Occasionally we do see things on Face- potential, such as measles and polio, vac- School student was charged with sending of obscene materials, a serious misdemean- cination rates have fallen or remained be- book where people are putting inaccura- obscene photos of himself to other students or. Both were released to parents pending a low ideal thresholds,” the study concludes. cies out” - a frustrating situation for those through social media site Snapchat, two court appearance. While anti-vaxxers have had an impact, in the community’s health fi eld. more juveniles were arrested Wednesday. The cases have been forwarded to juve- the CDC also points out that lack of access “We could always do better,” Bogue to healthcare or to health insurance in low- says. “Most of the routine things for babies The girls, age 13 and 11, were also nile court. “That’s the hard part about teaching. It’s I felt his pain, and I needed someone to lis- Her Nebraska school has responded Teachers ➤ continued from 1A not the grading, the lesson planning or the ten. Somebody to provide support for me, with healthy partnerships with community Nebraska educator Sydney Jensen ex- meetings, thought those do occupy a great so I could provide support for him, in this agencies, and many counselors and sup- plained that teachers are at risk of “sec- deal of teacher time and energy. The tough thing I could not even comprehend.” port staff to help students. It has now also ondary trauma” - the idea that they absorb part about teaching is all the things you The teacher said that society has rec- added mental health counseling as part of the emotional weight of their students’ can’t control for your kids, all the things ognized the need for support for police the teachers’ employment plan. experiences - and called for schools to get you can’t change for them when they walk offi cers who have witnessed a gruesome However, many school districts can’t af- creative in supporting everyone’s mental out your door.” crime, or nurses who have lost patients - ford to follow suit without aid. health and wellness. Schools today are not teaching people but when it comes to teachers, that urgency Not only does every school need social At Lincoln High School, Jensen said who will stand on a factory assembly line is lacking. and emotional support staff who can navi- with voice breaking, she has experienced as adults, she noted. “They need to be able In the video that the AEA board was gate the needs of the building, needed are the death by suicide of two of her students, to communicate, collaborate and problem asked to watch, Jensen pushed for urgent trained professionals who can seek out and one fellow teacher who loved the kids solve. It is stronger than just being the giv- access to mental wellness support for all those closest to the trauma and check in he taught. er of content and receiver of knowledge teachers and school personnel. with them. Attitudes are slowly changing, Diverse like Storm Lake, that school’s - lectures and sitting in silent rows just “We are constantly serving others, of- Jensen said. “Schools are acknowledging mascot is unique - the Links - as in a chain. doesn’t cut it any more. We have to be able ten between 25 and 125 students each day. that the work we do is downright hard.” Jensen starts each school year handing to build relationships to help them feel Our emotional piggy banks are being con- Many schools are doing what they can out slips of paper, asking her students to connected in a world that depends on it.” stantly drawn upon. After a while it can to fi ll in the gaps and foster conversation, write something on them about them- She remembers her second year of become so depleted that we just can’t bear she said. One holds Wellness Wednesdays, selves, anything about their identity. She teaching, feeling good about herself and it any more,” she said with obvious emo- inviting in yoga teachers, holding walks then staples them together into a chain that confi dent she had done a good job teach- tion. “They call it secondary trauma, and around the neighborhood, and sponsoring hangs from the classroom ceiling. ing that year. As she was saying goodbye compassion fatigue. A concept we absorb social events where people can share. “It’s a reminder - we are all connected, to students on the last day, she told a child the traumas our students share with us Another holds Midweek Meet-Ups, we are all linked,” she says. “So what hap- named David to have a great summer, and each day, and after a while our souls be- where teachers talk about both what is go- pens with one of those links feels weak - watched him walk away down the hall. “I come weighed down by the heaviness of ing well and the things weighing heavy on and what happens when that weakness is thought to myself that I didn’t even know it all.” their hearts. in the person holding the stapler… the one what his voice sounds like. That’s when I A University of Nebraska study found “The chain that hangs in my classroom who is supposed to make those connec- realized I wasn’t doing it right. I changed that 86 percent of early childhood educa- is more than just a decoration,” she said. tions?” she asks. almost everything about my teaching. I tors experienced depressive symptoms, They remain in place for the full four years Teachers and school staff are charged to built in plenty of opportunity for students one in 10 suffering from what could be di- that her students are in the school. Often support students socially, emotionally and to talk to me and to each other, to share agnosed as clinical depression, she cited. seniors come back to her classroom and academically. But for every student who their writing and verbalize their learning. After speaking with other teachers, she can still point out where their link hangs, goes home to a loving household with a And through those conversations I began believes the struggle is universal across and they remember what they wrote on it. nutritious meal and a discussion with par- not only to know their voice, but to know all grade levels. “So what are we missing? “They feel connected and supported, ents of their homework, others, she said, their pain.” What are we allowing to break the chain, and they have hope,” Jensen said. “Isn’t go to a group home, or the car their family She had David in a class again the next and how do we repair it?” that what we all need - somebody to reach is sleeping in. year, and learned that his father, an undoc- Teachers’ work is complicated by pov- out and make sure that we are okay, some- “When they come to school they come umented immigrant, had been deported. erty and homelessness, suicidal behavior one to check in with us and remind us that with trauma and when I go home every As his family was broken apart, the stu- and students in and out of the justice sys- we are a link? Every now and then we all day that goes home with me,” Jensen said. dent acted out in school. “In so many ways tem, she said. just need a little help holding the stapler.”

Predator ➤ continued from 1A written in code. government agencies in Iowa are exempt Sanders had been the program’s treat- “She had Jeff so wound up that he was from licensing requirements, which means ment director for four years after previous- potentially exploited the patient. willing to kill himself or someone else if she cannot face investigation or public dis- ly working at a state hospital in Kansas, They also created potential security he dishonored her or someone else dishon- cipline from the Iowa Board of Psychol- earning nearly $98,000 last year, records concerns for the institution, which houses ored her,” Dunn said in an interview. “He ogy. show. about 120 sexually violent predators who was really going crazy.” Dunn said he fears that Sanders will not The investigation revealed “boundary/ have been ordered by the courts to be The Iowa Department of Human Servic- be held accountable and that she could get security issues” that she failed to report, locked up for treatment following comple- es, which operates the program, allowed another job at a similar facility. violating numerous program and depart- tion of their prison terms. Sanders to resign in lieu of termination Goodwin fi led his complaint against ment policies, according to the termination The letter did not identify the patient. after a three-month investigation into the Sanders in June after coming to believe letter signed by DHS administrator Rick But attorney Jason Dunn told the AP that complaint, documents show. that he was being manipulated by the psy- Schults. Sanders refused to sign the letter it was his client, Jeffrey Goodwin, who Sanders, 38, declined to comment about chologist, who told him she would deny and resigned immediately. has been locked up since committing a the investigation’s fi ndings or Dunn’s al- everything to protect herself if they were Her husband also worked for DHS at the 1988 sexual assault in Keokuk. In custody, legations. caught, Dunn said. Cherokee Mental Health Institute, which Goodwin has a record of expressing sexu- Dunn recently asked the FBI to investi- Their relationship developed this year houses the treatment program. Trevor ally violent fantasies and threats toward gate, saying the relationship may have vio- after Goodwin returned to the program fol- Sanders was in charge of overseeing sur- female guards and assaulting other pa- lated an Iowa law barring therapists from lowing completion of a prison sentence at veillance cameras and other electronic tients and staff. sexually exploiting their patients. He said the Anamosa State Penitentiary. security systems. It’s unclear whether any Dunn alleged that Sanders encouraged Goodwin intends to pursue a lawsuit. He has been in and out of the treatment video of his wife’s alleged misconduct ex- Goodwin, 55, to masturbate in front of The Cherokee Police Department is in- program for most of its 20-year existence. ists. her and that they watched pornography vestigating “claims that have been brought The Iowa Supreme Court in 2004 upheld Trevor Sanders also recently left his together at least once. He said Goodwin to our attention,” according to police Chief a jury’s ruling that Goodwin is a sexually state job, and the couple’s Cherokee home grabbed her buttocks a couple times and Nate James, who declined to elaborate. violent predator who needs to be com- is listed for sale. Shannon Sanders would that they developed an “emotional affair” Aside from losing her teaching position, mitted for treatment for sexual sadism, not say whether they have moved. that included sexual discussions. He said Sanders may avoid other professional con- exhibitionism and anti-social personality “I don’t want anyone to know my where- his client frequently sent Sanders notes sequences. Psychologists who work for disorder. abouts, for obvious reasons,” she said.

Metabank ➤ continued from 1A our vision of community banking. We look to be sent to affected customers in the up- corporate purposes. forward to working together to make a stron- coming weeks. The closing of the transaction is subject to Central has agreed to offer employment ger community bank, bringing new oppor- The transaction is expected to result in a the satisfaction or waiver of certain condi- to all current MetaBank community bank tunities to our communities, customers and pre-tax net gain to Meta of approximately tions, the receipt of third party and regulatory employees. John Brown, President and CFO employees. We are pleased to say customers $18.5 million. The company intends to de- approval and satisfaction of customary clos- of Central added, “MetaBank employs ex- can carry out banking transactions as usual.” ploy capital generated from the sale into ing conditions. The transaction is expected perienced and valued bankers who represent Additional details and updates are expected share repurchases, as appropriate, and other to close late in the fi rst quarter of 2020.

Tyson ➤ continued from 1A ing to develop nine more outlets around munity capable of storing such large meals, with the remainder available to the country. Local Tyson chaplains who amounts of food. local food pantries. director Jay Dahlhauser. were instrumental in the project noted The donated product will be available The $60,000 Tyson grant also provid- The program is the fi rst of its kind in that The Bridge made an ideal partner, fi rst to Tyson team members in need, ed for a disability-accessible entry and an anti-hunger effort, with Tyson hop- with one of the few locations in the com- then to groups providing community forklift for The Bridge’s site. Share Your Thoughts - Send your Letters to the Editor to: Pilot-Tribune, P.O. Box 1187, Storm Lake, 50588, or e-mail to: dlarsen@ Comment&Letters stormlakepilottribune.com.

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readersrespond Backing the Dreamers

From TOM STEYER / presidential candidate

I stand in solidarity with the nearly 800,000 DACA recipients who are our coworkers, students, and mili- tary personnel living and contributing to our country. As usual, the racist actions of Donald Trump, along with the inhumane, and cruel immigration policies of his Administration have neglected to consider the long term impacts of Trump’s irrational decision. Since the Trump administration decided to cancel the program, DACA recipients have faced significant uncertainty, subjecting members of our communities across the country to the potential threat of deportation. To target Dreamers is ignoring their social and fiscal contributions. As contributing members of society, they are actively engaged in scholarly pursuits and gainful employment as qualifiers for their protected status. Dreamers are a part of the fabric of our country, and as such, it’s our obligation to stand by them. It is my hope that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on behalf of the DACA program and put an end to the uncertainty faced on a daily basis by those youths Why Mr. Goodfellow needs you living in limbo or unable to reapply for the program. By DANA LARSEN / [email protected] Immigrants make our nation great - their home is here. The future of our country depends on them. person can’t change everything that’s wrong with the world. But everyone can do something, A can reach out in some little way when the op- Paradise, a year later portunity is in front of them. Consider this opportunity. From ED FALLON / via email When I came to Storm Lake, the Mr. Goodfellow program, which raised money to buy warm winter cloth- Kendra Walters is a friend from western Iowa who ing for local children who had none, was on the ropes. has spent many summers in Paradise with her family. No one wanted to run it, so I got involved. (Later, we A year ago, the worst wildfire in California history brainstormed an Adopt A Family effort as well.) Maybe devastated Paradise. Kendra has shared with me her it rung a bell for me. I didn’t come from a rich family, I letter fromthe editor family’s perspective on that trauma, and regularly can relate to hand-me-downs. to donate? Go for it. Mr. Goodfellow is here at the Pilot updates me. Here’s a bit of what she’s shared: The thing is, I hate asking you for money. I know, office, 527 Cayuga, Storm Lake. “The day it happened, mom texted me that Paradise everybody’s looking for a donation, especially at holiday If you can’t help, we understand. God bless you, I hope was on fire and my sister and everyone was evacuat- time. I know how hard you work for your money, and I you have better times ahead. ing. I couldnt believe it. I cried and my heart raced know you may not have a lot to spare. I wish it wasn’t Hey, does anyone remember that Bill Murray speech for my family and their safety. I checked social media necessary to come to you. from “Scrooged?” and found videos and photos of how the day turned to But the reason I got involved in Mr. Goodfellow is the “I’m not crazy. It’s Christmas Eve. It’s the one night of night. I remember thinking, ‘How could this happen same reason it continues today. the year when we all act a little nicer; we smile a little to my family?’ The worst part was the waiting to see if No child should be cold. No child should have to stay easier, we cheer a little more. anyone I knew died and if my family was okay. indoors at recess because they don’t have a coat, or “For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the “My niece, Sarah, wrote to me recently: ‘A year ago boots, or mittens. Not in our town, right? Not on our people that we always hoped we would be. It’s a miracle. today, I woke up at 9:00 a.m., and when I walked out- watch. It’s really a sort of a miracle because it happens every side my stomach dropped. It was pitch black. By 9:15, Rest assured, Mr. Goodfellow spends every penny on Christmas Eve. And if you waste that miracle, you’re I had gathered a duffle bag of clothes and a small box children, and nothing else. You know those charities going to burn for it. I know what I’m talking about. You of random keepsakes. I got into my car and noticed it where you give money, and turns out it goes to fatcat have to to do something. You have to take a chance... was low on gas. As I pulled out, I could see that the CEOs and fancy offices and little ever gets to those who “There are people that are having trouble making their fire was way bigger than they were letting on. are supposed to he helped? Not here, brother. This is miracle happen. There are people that don’t have enough “Traffic was bumper to bumper. I called my mom Storm Lake and BV County’s own, original charity. to eat. There are people that are cold. You can go out and and told her to leave the house. I soon realized there We’re not looking for huge donations or corporate say hello to these people. You can take an old blanket was zero chance of getting gas and I prayed I wouldn’t sponsors. Don’t need them. We can do a lot with a little. out of the closet and say, ‘Here.’ You can make them a run out before I got to safety. Fifteen minutes later my I’ve had children come in with a cup of pennies, and we sandwich and say, ‘Oh by the way, here.’ I get it now. mom called and told me our yard was on fire. I felt value that as much as some rich dude’s big check - more And if you give, then it can happen. Then the miracle can like the world was ending. I parked, sobbing in traffic, actually, because there’s heart in it. And heart is what this happen to you. got out, and threw up. is about. “It’s not just the poor and the hungry; it’s everybody “Then I realized the sides of the road were catching If you have a few dollars to spare, we would appreciate who has got to have this miracle. And it can happen to- fire. Everything was on fire. Explosions from buildings your help. If you can do a little collection among your night for all of you. If you believe in this spirit thing, the were throwing large chunks of debris at my car and it club members or church group, if you can collect coins miracle will happen, and then you’ll want it to happen was so hot it felt like an oven. as a classroom or have a jeans day at work, we appreci- again tomorrow.” “Then traffic stopped. The fire was so bad that both ate your help. Got a creative idea to raise a little money That speech gets me every time. We can do this. sides of the road were fully ablaze and covering the road with flames. I touched my window and the glass was so hot it burned my fingers. I called my boyfriend in case it was the last time I heard him talk. He tried to keep a job, I guess. I to keep me calm, but I could hear he was scared, too. Give them the keys can’t even begin to think what kind of power couple I screamed for traffic to move and honked and begged the drivers to start moving. I sobbed as I sat in the o, I’m watching previews for the new movie, money that her, and boy- friend Aaron Rodgers, are flames and realized I might not make it out. “Ford v.s. Ferrari,”,with Matt Damon and Chris- tian Bale, and it looks pretty fun. I know Damon pulling in, but hey, out of “After what seemed like a lifetime we finally started S my league anyway. But will portray Carroll Shelby, the maverick genius moving. I finally reached safety, and as I pulled over Patrick would not have the my car ran out of gas and died. It had taken me four car dude behind the iconic Shelby Cobra race car, and the career that she is having, hours to evacuate and I had done it on a near-empty classic Shelby Mustang, and someone I followed in my hot rod fan club days. Then, after the preview, there’s a feature if it weren’t for a pioneer tank of gas. that pops up on Janet Guthrie… wait… Janet Guthrie, Janet like Janet Guthrie. The “As much as I know I’m blessed that my family great Richard Petty was survived, I miss my home, my friends, my commu- Guthrie, hmmmm. Okay, yes - Janet was the first female race car driver to compete in not just the Indy 500, but the mickpolich once quoted, as saying nity. I feel a huge hole where my old life used to be. Daytona 500, as well. Wow, there’s a name I haven’t heard about Guthrie,”She’s no But slowly I’m building a new one and becoming a in ages - pretty cool. The reason that Janet came up was lady. If she’s a lady, she’d be home,” which only made stonger, better person. I will rise from the ashes be- because two years ago, it was the 40th anniversary of her Guthrie feel even better when she qualified in front of him, cause I am #paradisestrong.’ earning a starting spot in both the Indy and Daytona races. in 1977 at Talladega Raceway. How would that comment “That’s what my niece wrote to me just recently. Plus, get this - she’s an Iowa gal, born in Iowa City in 1938. go over today? Oh, definitely not well, as it should be. I feel such a strong urge to do more about climate That makes three female race car drivers that I know of, now There had been female drivers before Guthrie, but given change and to help my family and Paradise. Over time, that were Iowa born. The first one I knew of was myfellow that the women’s movement was just getting started back in I’ve seen personally how climate change is more than Saydel High alumni, Shawna Robinson, who gained fame the 1970’s, it seemed she was in the right place, at the right just about physical impacts. It’s about psychological on the NASCAR circuit for years. Shawna also cited Janet time (which she acknowledged). impacts, too. Guthrie as an influence on her wanting to get behind the Guthrie, who is now 81, has been honored with an ESPN “My grandma Jean died last month. She was my last wheel, and beat all those sexist guys into submission on the 30 For 30 documentary called “Qualified,” which shows living grandma and survived the Paradise fire. They tracks. The last icon of racing, and probably the first I be- her early life, and rise, in the sport of auto racing. Muld- think her Alzheimer’s was accelerated because of the came aware of, was NHRA Top Fuel drag racer Shirley “Cha owney teamed with fellow drag racer Connie Kalitta for fire. Her obituary says, ‘The trauma Jean experienced Cha” Muldowney, who won the NHRA World Champion- NHRA match races, and had gotten the respect of such drag racing legends like Don Garlits, and Tommy Ivo. I knew because of the fire led to a rapid decline of her health.’ ship three times, the IHRA Championship once, and has 18 that the Robinson family was well into racing, even after I So for me, climate change is not just about floods and career NHRA victories. - What gives here is again, women can compete with men in graduated from Saydel High in 1977 (Shawna had gradu- droughts and fire. It’s about human health and well be ated in 1983). Shawna did pretty well for herself, winning ing, and I feel it very deeply and personally.” the sport such as race car driving, no problem at all. Each one of them has faced criticism, and several hurdles in the road, a lot of races during her NASCAR reign, raising two sons, to say the least. Muldowney has seen her life story made into and fighting off cancer. The common thread between the excellent movie “Heart Like A Wheel,” yet folks like Robinson, Muldowney, and Guthrie is that they just wanted Today’s Zinger Guthrie and Robinson flew under the national acclaim radar, to race - any statement regarding feminism, or equal rights By Argus Hamilton before retiring from their sport. All were extremely intelli- was there, but somewhat secondary, because these women gent women (Guthrie was an aerospace engineer, before her were competitors, and wanted to be treated equally, as such. • Trump announced he’ll racing career took off), who had to face the tenor of the times But through their efforts, they kicked down the door, and pardon a turkey next week. in a very macho, and sexist, male-dominated sport. drove right on through to the track, thus opening up even Adam Schiff is charging quid Some, such as Danica Patrick, know how to play the more opportunities for others. Pedal to the metal for these game to get the publicity, to keep their careers going. You pioneers? Yep, that, and then some - back then, and even pro quo. can argue her methods, but sometimes it’s just that kind of more now. Give them the keys, and keep them coming, I atmosphere where you need to decide what you need to do, say.