THURSDAY October 31, 2013
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GOOD MORNING Women offered self-defense class AUBURN — The Auburn Police Department will offer Rape Aggression Defense class. The class will meet in four sessions, Nov. 18 and 25 and Dec. 2 and 9 from 6-9 p.m. at the police station in downtown Auburn. Participants must attend all four classes. The course is open to women ages 13 and older. A hands-on, self-defense class, it will teach women techniques to defend themselves in different situations. The class fee is $5 for first-time students. Returning students may attend free of charge. Information is available on the Auburn Police Department Facebook/Twitter site by calling the police department at 920-3200, ext. 1970, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Brochures are available in the police department lobby.
Zoeller defends law on abortion clinic INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Attorney General Greg Zoeller is arguing a federal judge should uphold a new law that would shut down Lafayette’s only abortion clinic. Zoeller said Wednesday the law reflects the will of Indiana citizens. Indiana lawmakers approved a series of new building requirements for clinics that dispense the RU-486 abortion pill. The law would force Planned Parenthood to shut down its clinic in Lafayette unless major upgrades were completed. Supporters of the new law say it’s needed to protect women’s health. Opponents call it an attempt to limit abortions. The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana sued over the summer seeking to block the new law before it takes effect Jan. 1.
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Spooky strike at Healthy Halloween Fair Jeffrey Griggs, 3, throws a bean bag through a ghost frame Tuesday during the Healthy Halloween Fair at the DeKalb County 4-H Fairgrounds. His mother, Jessica Griggs of Avilla, is behind him at center. Hundreds of parents and children turned out Tuesday to enjoy games, a bounce house,
cider and popcorn. Local organizations such as the Waterloo Public Library and the Judy A. Morrill Recreation Center hosted booths with games. The event has been hosted by DeKalb Health hospital since the mid-1980s.
Stutzman backs food stamp change WASHINGTON — The Farm Bill Conference Committee met for the first time Wednesday, and U.S. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-3rd, led a group of 27 House members urging the committee to keep farm policy and food stamp policy separate. Stutzman, of Howe, and his colleagues asked the committee to maintain separate reauthorization dates for food stamp and farm policy programs to ensure that each program receives separate consideration on its own merits in the future. “Washington is $17 trillion in debt, and taxpayers deserve an honest conversation about how Congress spends their money,”
Stutzman said in a news release. “Instead of passing trilliondollar spending packages that are Farm Bills in name only, we should consider food stamps and farm policy separately. That’s exactly what the House did earlier this year, and the Conference Committee shouldn’t reverse Stutzman this historic victory for transparency.” In the letter, Stutzman and other members wrote in part, “Our constituents deserve a Congress that thoughtfully and
separately considers the legislation that it passes. It’s just common sense. And in a historic move this summer, the House of Representatives did just that. For the first time in nearly 40 years, the House voted on and passed separate and substantive reform bills governing farm and food stamp policy. “Now that substantial reforms have been made, we request the Conference Committee adopt the separate reauthorization timelines, three years for food stamps and five years for farm policy, in order to ensure that these policies are debated and voted on apart from each other in the future. It’s time to do this right.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s embattled top health official declared herself accountable Wednesday for failures of the much-maligned health insurance website as a newly surfaced government memo pointed to security concerns that were laid out just days before its launch. Despite the problems, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defended the health care overhaul, the signature legislative accomplishment of Obama’s first term. She said the website problems will be fixed by Nov. 30 and gaining health insurance will make a positive difference in the lives of millions of Americans. The website HealthCare.gov was still experiencing outages, even as Sebelius was testifying to the House Energy and Commerce Committee that “I’m responsible.” And she faced a new range of questions about an internal memo from her department that revealed the troubled website was granted a temporary security certificate on Sept. 27, just four days before it went live on Oct. 1. The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, said incomplete testing created uncertainties that posed a potentially high security risk for the website. It called for a six-month “mitigation” program, including ongoing monitoring and testing. Republicans opposed to Obama’s health care law are calling for Sebelius to resign. She apologized to people having trouble signing up but told the SEE ISSUES, PAGE A7
DeKalb show features less talk, more songs BY DAVE KURTZ dkurtz@kpcmedia.com
WATERLOO — Co-director Kent Johnson said DeKalb High School’s theater department always faces a good problem — too much talent. The dilemma becomes finding a play or musical with “enough parts to give our extremely talented students opportunities to shine,” he said. This fall, Johnson and his wife and co-director, Shelley, hit upon a new solution — a musical revue. “Beguiled Again” will take the DeKalb auditorium stage Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., featuring 50 songs by legendary composers Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Kent Johnson said last spring when DeKalb presented “Oklahoma!” by Rodgers and his second partner, Oscar Hammerstein II, he released that today’s high school students don’t know the music of great composers from the first half of the 20th century. That makes “Beguiled Again” an educational tool as well as a good show. “Rodgers and Hart were just fun,” Johnson said. “Hart’s lyrics have this great, turn-of-phrase wit about them. … The only one who compares is Cole Porter.” “Beguiled Again” moves
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With a photo of the composers hanging behind them, DeKalb High School seniors Emily Lieb, Jeffrey Slaven, Megan Buss and Julianne Boyd sing “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.” The
through its 50 songs at a fast pace, including “My Funny Valentine,“ “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Blue Moon” and “Bewitched, Bothered
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song is one of 50 in the musical revue “Beguiled Again,” featuring the hits of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. DeKalb students will present the show Friday night and Sunday afternoon.
and Bewildered,” which supplies the show’s title in its lyrics. “They just give you enough of the song that you enjoy it,”
Johnson said. The show features 35 singers and a small backup band.
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