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Come ride the taco truck New McConnell health bill contains plan sought by Sen. Cruz
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Something to Taco ‘Bout business owner Tracy Kelley hands a freshly made taco to customer Chris Lewis Monday afternoon in a lot on North Douglas Street in Afton.
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By KALEB CARTER
CNA sports editor kacarter@crestonnews.com
AFTON — Perched alongside North Douglas street in the lot in front of Solace (nail salon) in Afton, there’s a thing that’s worth talking about. Something to Taco ‘Bout. While there just once a week on Mondays, having started its weekly routine in Afton this past Monday, “Something to Taco ‘Bout,” tacos is a relatively new endeavor undertaken by Tracy Kelley and Tommy Hagen. Hagen’s wife, Beth, owns Solace, where the truck will continue to
operate from on Mondays. The nearly entirely orange taco truck has gotten around the area since its late-April opening, serving tacos at the Union County Saddle Club’s horse shows, its summer barrell racing series, outside of Wellman Dynamics and catering events, while looking to broaden its reach to local fairs, Osceola, Creston and other towns. The idea to serve tacos was simple enough in origin. “We have a group of friends and our thing is tacos. We really love tacos. We’re always looking for tacos,” Kelley said. “We were eating tacos one day and it came about that ‘Oh hey, they’re selling the taco truck in Osceola,’ and Tommy Hagen and I looked at
CNA photo by KALEB CARTER
Pictured is an order of street tacos from Something to Taco ‘Bout in Afton.
each other and were like ‘Taco truck!’” Kelley lived 14 years of her life in Texas, and while she enjoys some of the area’s local Mexican food, she
missed the unique type of Mexican food served where she lived in the Lonestar State. TACOS | 14A
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a high-stakes bid for conservative support, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has agreed to demands from Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas to allow insurers to sell lowcost, skimpier plans as part of a new but still-reeling health care bill being released Thursday, two GOP aides said. However, including that provision seems likely to alienate moderates and perhaps other conservatives. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, who’d partnered with Cruz, tweeted that the version they crafted wasn’t in the bill, adding, “Something based on it has, but I have not seen it or agreed to it.” The maneuvering by McConnell, R-Ky., came as party leaders labored to prevent losing a showdown vote next week on their plan for re- McConnell pealing much of President Barack Obama’s health care law, a vote in which they have no margin for error. Since Democrats uniformly oppose the effort, McConnell needs the votes of 50 of the 52 GOP senators to prevail, and two already seem certain to vote “no” — conservative Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and moderate Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
McConnell also faced pressure from President Donald Trump, who has warned he will be “very angry” if the majority leader doesn’t deliver. Details on the Cruz amendment were not clear, but its inclusion was confirmed by two Senate GOP Cruz aides who weren’t authorized to be quoted speaking about the legislation before its release and spoke on condition of anonymity. His original proposal would let insurers sell plans with minimal coverage, as long as they also sell policies that meet strict coverage requirements set by Obama’s 2010 statute. Moderate Republicans have objected to the idea, arguing it would make policies excessively costly for people with serious illnesses because healthy people would flock to the cheaper coverage. One aide said McConnell’s revised bill would also allow people who use tax-favored health savings accounts to pay health insurance premiums, another favorite proposal of conservatives. President Donald Trump heaped additional pressure HEALTH | 14A
Iowa universities see drop in international enrollment IOWA CITY (AP) — Officials from Iowa’s three public universities say international student enrollment has fallen this year, which some believe is due to immigration concerns raised during the presidential election. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa are expecting a dip of a few hundred students spread among them. Officials say a prolonged decline would negatively affect the uni-
versities culturally and financially. Lee Seedorff is a senior associate director of UI International Student and Scholar Services. She says immigration concerns happened around the same time as when many students were filling out college applications. University of Northern Iowa spokesman Scott Ketelsen says the school’s overall acceptance numbers are down because of increased competition from other universities and “global uncertainty.”
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Blood drive: Myah Lanteri of Creston donates blood this morning in the Creston Community High School Auditorium. The blood drive is being held until 3 p.m.
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