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RELIVING THE COMEBACK KIDS. PREGAME. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 DAILYIOWAN.COM 50¢ GUBERNATORIAL RACE County eyes solar GUBERNATORIAL arrays The Johnson County Board of Supervisors heard proposals for installation of large solar arrays for the ROUND TWO Secondary Roads Facility. Iowa’s two leading gubernatorial candidates will meet By BEN MARKS [email protected] for their second debate on Saturday in Burlington. The construction of the Johnson Debate BY QUENTIN MISIAG County Secondary Roads Facility may [email protected] include the installation of rooftop solar Sen. Jack Hatch, D-Des Moines, panels. and Gov. Terry Branstad will GOP kingmaker looking to continue on Branstad Hatch The Johnson County Board of Su- face off in their second debate Iowa’s gubernatorial ladder and a state incumb candidate pervisors discussed the Saturday in Burlington. senator who trails him in several state project at their meeting • Location: Edward Stone and national polls will come face-to-face Thursday with hopes to Middle School, Burlington in their second debate on Saturday. ‘We still have seven work toward better sus- • Where to Watch: CSPAN from The setting inside a southeastern tainability in Johnson 7-8 p.m., thehawkeye.com Iowa middle school is a far cry from County. • Topics to be discussed: their previous political discussions, which occurred in weeks until Election In March 2013, a fire Economic prosperity and job AugustA at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. destroyed the previous creation Still, political analysts say it could be a critical tip- Day, but barring what the facility — a county Busard Source: Greater Burlington Partnership ping point heading into the November election. building that houses assistant planner In 2014, 36 gubernatorial races are taking place would be one of the county trucks, snow- across the United States. If elected in November, plows, and road pavers, among other five-term Gov. Terry Branstad would become the lon- largest turnarounds things. gest-serving governor in American history. Now, the county is in the process of On the other side of the aisle, Sen. Jack Hatch, in American political building a new, $3.6 million facility and D-Des Moines, is just one of a large handful of national looking for ways to make it more energy Democrats looking to change leadership. history … Branstad efficient. In Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan, Wisconsin, and “If this solar project was accepted, I Ohio, Democrats have placed targets on the backs of is on the road to the think that this would just be a feath- Republican leaders. Although campaign spending and poll numbers in history books.Sen. SEE ROADS, 5 those states have been varied, in Iowa, the outlook has been clearer. Jack Hatch obviously On Wednesday, a Quinnipiac University poll of 1,167 likely voters suggests Branstad leads Hatch with a has a long, long way 60 percent of likely voters and a margin 23 points. In comparison, Hatch garnered just 37 percent of those to go.’ sampled. - Peter Brown, Quinnipiac University Officials SEE DEBATE, 5 poll assistant director remember KID CAPTAIN Bender A UI official who led the push for alcohol safety ‘Broadway, watch out’; Captain coming throughout the community has died Thursday. By MEGAN SANCHEZ troducing them on the field [email protected] during home football games, By MITCH MCANDREW along with inviting them to [email protected] Margaret Schafer is a per- Kids Day at Kinnick Stadium former. in August for a behind-the- Kelly Bender, a former University of In her life she takes on scenes tour. Iowa official who spear- many roles, whether it’s an And no matter what role headed several alco- actress on stage, a pianist in Margaret is in, Polly Fergu- hol-safety programs a recital, a sister and daugh- son, a UI associate professor for the university and ter, or even, a patient at the of rheumatology, said she’s Iowa City community, University of Iowa Children’s always got a smile. died at the age of 43 Hospital. “I would have to say that Thursday morning at And this week she gets to Margaret is fun to work with Mercy Hospice with her take on the role of Kid Cap- because she’s just very opti- family in attendance. Bender tain for the Iowa-Pittsburgh mistic,” Ferguson said. Bender was instru- ex-UI official football game. When Margaret was 11, mental in leading the The Kid Captain pro- she began having pain in her Partnership for Alcohol Safety, an ini- Margaret Schafer, the Kid Captain for the Iowa-Pittsburgh game, performs gram highlights the stories bones. Her family took her to tiative involving representatives from as the fairy godmother in a UNI summer-stock production. (Contributed of pediatric patients at the Photo) Children’s Hospital while in- SEE CAPTAIN, 5 SEE BENDER, 5 WEATHER DAILY IOWAN TV ON THE WEB INDEX HIGH LOW 75 64 • SCAN THIS CODE CHECK DAILYIOWAN.COM FOR HOURLY CLASSIFIED 9 • GO TO DAILYIOWAN.COM UPDATES AND ONLINE EXCLUSIVES. FOLLOW DAILY BREAK 6 Mostly sunny, windy. • WATCH UITV AT 9 P.M. @THEDAILYIOWAN ON TWITTER AND LIKE US OPINIONS 4 SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE CONTENT. SPORTS 10 2 NEWS THE DAILY IOWAN DAILYIOWAN.COM FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 SCOTLAND VOTES ON INDEPENDENCE The Daily Iowan Volume 147 Issue 51 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher 335-5788 Email: [email protected] William Casey Fax: 335-6297 Editor-in-Chief 335-6030 Jordyn Reiland CORRECTIONS Managing Editor 335-6030 Call: 335-6030 Stacey Murray Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for accuracy Metro Editors 335-6063 and fairness in the reporting of news. If a Rebecca Morin report is wrong or misleading, a request Lily Abromeit for a correction or a clarification may be Opinions Editor 335-5863 made. 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According to the online This year, the John Paul the embryotic stem cells, “I believe that in this annual report of the ALS II Medical Research Insti- but instead of extracting day and age, people need to Association, 28 percent tute received the most do- them from an embryo, keep in mind the moral di- of funds have gone to re- nations it has ever seen. cells are taken from pa- rectives of their church re- search, while the remain- “We received funds tients and are genetically garding life,” Spiegel said. ing 72 percent has been through the Ice Buck- reprogrammed into a very Although the institute divided among adminis- et Challenge,” institute primitive embryotic life follows pro-life values be- tration, fundraising, pub- President Jay Kamath stem cell. cause of religious reasons, lic and professional edu- said. “There wasn’t a Alan Moy, the founder it contends that it has cation, and patient and whole lot that we did on of the institute, said his seen research that shows community services. the marketing base to Catholicism influencedthere may be disadvan- Erin Springer, a nurse gather funds. It was the his choice to not use em- tages to using embryonic clinical specialist for the efforts of the people who bryotic stem cells. stem cells. ALS clinic at the Univer- conducted the videos.” “You can produce the Of the $400,000 the sity of Iowa Hospitals and Thus far, the institute, same characteristics with- institute has raised, Ka- Clinics, said she doesn’t which has taken a stance out the controversy, and you math said “close to half or think there is one study against using embryon- can do it at a significantly a little bit more than half that should be supported ic stem cells in research, lower cost,” Moy said.