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A 30 percent chance of Wed showers and thunder- 65|80 storms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. A 30 percent chance of Thu showers and thunder- 70|86 storms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 86. This day in 1971: Several significant tornadoes swept across north- fact! ern and northeastern Iowa. has been arrested, according Celebrity News to LAPD Officer Sarah Faden. Notes and events. It’s not unusual for photogra- phers to stake out positions around Berry’s Los Angeles Police search for Halle home to get shots of the Berry’s fence jumper Oscar-winning actress, but An unidentified man twice investigators don’t know what jumped over a fence and into this intruder was trying to do, actress Halle Berry’s yard this Faden said. past weekend, a Los Angeles Police are looking at security police spokeswoman said camera video for clues to iden- WEATHER: Illuminating the storm Monday. tify the intruder, she said. Lightning strikes across the Ames night sky as a severe storm rages on Monday. The city was put under a tornado warning for several Berry or her employees called CNN wire staff hours. Photo: Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily police each time, but no one Ames, ISU Police The information in the log comes from the ISU and City of Ames police departments’ records. All those accused of violating the law are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Don’t Let Back or Neck Pain Police Blotter: Departments June 17 Parkway and University Dominique Lind, 23, of 4370 with contempt of the court Get You Down Boulevard. He was transported Maricopa Ave. #205, was ar- (reported at 6:50 p.m.). Becky Perkovich, 30, of 2584 X to the Story County Justice rested and charged with posses- Our experienced staff can help with: Ave., was arrested and charged Kirell Lazebnik, of 5235 Center (reported at 1:43 a.m.). sion of a controlled substance Frederiksen Court, reported with driving under revocation (reported at 6:10 a.m.). • Headaches (refusal) (reported at 11:32 p.m.). Samuel Schmidt, 21, of Delmar, the theft of a bike in Lot 112 was arrested and charged with An abandoned bicycle was (reported at 9:18 p.m.). • Neck pain June 18 • Tight muscles criminal trespass and criminal placed into secure storage at June 19 Justin Papiboune, 21, of 4830 mischief. East Campus Parking Deck • Lower back pain Devondrick Nealy Mortensen Road #310, was Gary Gregg, 20, of (reported at 9:40 a.m.). , 19, of 5121 Frederiksen Court, was cited for • Numbness in arrested and charged with Fredericktown, Ohio, was arrest- Lawrence Crowther, of 7214 harassment of a public official at hands or feet operating while intoxicated at ed and charged with criminal Frederiksen Court, reported Pammel Drive and Stange Road the intersection of Hayward trespass, criminal mischief, and the theft of a bike at Lot 112 (reported at 2:23 a.m.). Avenue and Storm Street. He unlawful use of a driver license. (reported at 3:53 p.m.). “Your Local Family Chiropractor” was transported to the Story Two people reported being ap- Both were transported to the Thomas Boston, 49, of 3903 County Justice Center (reported proached by a group of men on NEWNEW PATIENTS PATIENTS WELCOME!WELCOME! Story County Justice Center. Arkansas Dr., was arrested and at 1:30 a.m.). Central Campus, one of whom Casey Rankin, 20, of Indianola, charged with harassment (third Call Us Today For an Appointment allegedly frisked them and Otis Foulks III, 23, of 610 7th St., was cited for underage posses- degree) (reported at 6:05 p.m.). 233-1709 was arrested and charged with displayed a BB gun. Nothing was sion of alcohol at the Marston Calvin Bryant, 20, of 214 E. 16th operating while intoxicated at taken and there were no injuries Water Tower (reported at 4:38 St., was arrested and charged 809 Wheeler St. Suite 2 • Northern Lights Center the intersection of Mortensen a.m.). (reported at 2:26 a.m.). 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As they’ve As the Republican candidates have begun in on the current state of the been for decades, most people battling for the nomination, they’ve launched American economy, its sluggish are paid for the time they spend attacks on President Obama. performance, or the way it’s doing a task, instead of for the imperiled by the national debt. manufacture of a product. But there is other information available. Our economic reality is Workers, from lawyers to The trouble is, people don’t seem interested completely different from waitresses to teachers, are paid in it; they prefer Jerry Springer-esque ac- the one that obtained when largely for their time. President Reagan’s tax cuts Americans are no longer cusations. The media will continue to focus passed congressional muster. paid to make things. Instead, on these until the voters start asking other It’s even more different from they are paid to sell the cheap questions. the one that existed when Ayn wares designed by Americans Rand penned her magnum opus and fabricated in poor coun- If your vote isn’t already locked in for “Atlas Shrugged.” (It may inter- tries. Executives of U. S. firms Obama, if you’re looking for a better alter- est you to know, dear reader, are more interested in profits native, or even if you firmly want Obama that I have read that legendary than creating a product that tome three times in the past five will not need replacing in a year. out of office, then you need to arm yourself years.) Some are plainly indifferent to The American economy is growing at a snail’s pace. Columnist with information more comprehensive Our economy would be the plight of their workers. Belding argues that Reaganomics and Randian Objectivism can’t be than whatever you glean from attacks on his totally unrecognizable to the The general sense one gets successfully applied to it. Photo courtesy of Thinkstock Founding Fathers and the fram- from Rand’s writing is that character. ers of the Constitution. They profits follow from dedication integration (a single company ferences between then and now The clips on TV or the attention-grabbing would probably be shocked by to quality and respectability, taking on all tasks required to are so apparent. I write here, of titles of news articles should not be the only the extent to which this coun- not from profit-seeking. To make a product) as his steel- course, of U.S.