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The conservative group “Americans for Prosperity” is urging members of the U.S. House to vote against the Farm Bill when it comes up for a vote, perhaps later today (Tuesday). Christine Harbin is federal policy analyst for Americans for Prosperity. “This so-called Farm Bill is filled with food stamps and corporate hand-outs,” Harbin says. Her group objects to the subsidies farmers receive to buy crop insurance, calling that “corporate welfare.” “It doesn’t overwhelmingly go towards small, struggling farmers like my grandmother and grandfather,” Harbin says. “They go to large, well-connected farm companies.”
Last week the top Republican in the U.S. House — Ohio Congressman John Boehner — announced he would vote for the Farm Bill. Americans for Prosperity is urging Iowa’s entire congressional delegation to vote against it. “We’re targeting and trying to hold accountable people on both sides of the aisle because people on both sides of the aisle get the Farm Bill wrong,” Harbin says.
Americans for Prosperity favors an end to farm subsidies. The group’s Iowa director says farmers are “doing quite well for themselves” and federal farm policy should be “based on free market principles” rather than “handouts.” The group also argues consumers pay too much at grocery store because of Farm Bill policies. Last year lawmakers passed a one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill when an updated Farm Bill stalled in the House.
(Radio Iowa)
EVA LUCILLE PELZER, 96, of West Lafayette, IN (& formerly of Atlantic), died Fri., June 14th, at the home of her daughter in West Lafayette. Funeral services for LUCILLE PELZER will be held 2:30-p.m. Fri., June 21st, in the chapel at the Hockenberry Family Care Funeral Home in Atlantic.
There is no scheduled visitation.
Burial will be in the Brighton Township Cemetery at Marne.
LUCILLE PELZER is survived by:
Her daughter – Rosalie (Thomas) Bambrey, of West Lafayette, IN.
Her sons – Robert (Karen) Pelzer, of Thornton, CO, & Jerry (Ute) Pelzer, of Vista, CA.
5 grandchildren & 3 great-grandchildren.
GERDA DIERSEN, 63, of Manning, died Tue., June 18th, at her home. Funeral services for GERDA DIERSEN will be held 10:30-a.m. Fri., June 21st, at Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Ohde Funeral Home in Manning has the arrangements.
Friends may call from 5-to 8-pm on Thu., June 20th, at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Manning Cemetery.
GERDA DIERSEN is survived by:
Her husband – Zane Dierson, of Manning.
Her children – Veronia Moyle, of Ely, IA; Zachary Diersen, of Solon; Yolanda Christensen, of Johnston; (Daughter) Jacinta, of McKinney, TX; Nicholas Diersen, of Manning; and Zane Diersen, of Grimes.
18 grandchildren, here in-laws and other relatives.
BERNARD M. WOLF, 88, of Harlan, died Sat., June 15th, in Harlan. Funeral services for BERNARD WOLF will be held 10-a.m. Thu., June 20th, at the 1st United Methodist Church, in Harlan. Burmeister-Johannsen Funeral Home in Harlan has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Wed., June 19th, from 1-until 9-p.m., with the family present to greet friends from 6-to 8-pm.
Burial will be in the Linden Cemetery at Rock Port, MO.
BERNARD WOLF is survived by:
His wife – Shirley Wolf, of Harlan.
His son – Michael (Erin) Wolf, of Gildden.
His daughter – Deborah (Stephen) Jurshak, of Murray, IA.
His sisters – Myrtle (Kenneth) Mapes, of Omaha; Clara VanCleave, of Millard, NE; & Dorothy Shearer, of Syracuse, NE.
5 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren, other relatives & friends.
Sheriff’s officials in Montgomery County report the arrest early this (Tuesday) morning of an Arizona man on alcohol and drug charges. 37-year old Charles L. Harding III, of Yuma, AZ, was arrested at around 2-a.m. on a charge of OWI/1st offense, and Possession of Controlled Substance/Marijuana. Harding was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $1,000 cash bond.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Governor Terry Branstad says the rules governing school start dates in Iowa are “too lax.” Branstad told reporters yesterday that the existing policy hurts summer tourism in the state.
ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Police in central Iowa say a 13-year-old boy led officers on a weekend car chase through a residential area. Ankeny police say the boy drove the car with a flat tire early Sunday morning over curbs and around 50 miles per hour in a residential area. The chase ended after the boy crashed the car into a tree. He was taken to a hospital for a minor injury to his face.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A long-closed dog racing track in Waterloo would become the headquarters for a trucking company under plans released by the business. Waterloo-based Warren Transport president Dick Donnelly says the company hopes to close on the purchase of the former Waterloo Greyhound Park by August. The company then would build its headquarters at the 64-acre site near the intersections of U.S. highways 20 and 63.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A 50-year-old Dubuque man has pleaded guilty to selling heroin to someone who died from the drug. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said yesterday that Alvin Briggs, Junior was convicted after admitting Thursday that he sold $100 worth of heroin in July 2012 to an individual identified in court filings only as S.R., who died as a result of the drug.
314 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013
EARLY THIS MORNING…MOSTLY CLEAR. NORTH WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
TODAY…PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 60. SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 5 MPH.
WEDNESDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.
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