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Hijacking theory gives hope to relatives
Stein said this tour is the second installment of a project she completed in the summer of 2012,
(MCT) — The theory that Malaysia Air Flight 370 was hijacked has encouraged relatives of passengers who are holding out hope that the missing plane landed somewhere. “My gut feeling is that it landed. I still feel his spirit. I don’t feel he is dead,” said Sarah Bajc, a 48-year-old American teacher living in Beijing whose partner, Philip Wood, a 50-year-old IBM executive, was a passenger on the flight. A former technology executive, Bajc has been one of the most proactive of the family members, setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts encouraging people to keep looking for the plane. The Malaysian ■ The Malaysian government said government said on Sunday that it was searching over on Sunday that it a wide area in Asia was searching over for the Boeing 777 a wide area in Asia and the 239 people it carried. Satelfor the Boeing 777 lite intelligence has and the 239 people suggested two posit carried. sible routes — one to the northwest with possible destinations of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, China, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam or Thailand, and another to the south over the Indian Ocean between Indonesia and Australia. “We are looking at large tracts of land. We are crossing 11 countries and as well as deep and remote oceans,” said Malaysia’s acting transportation minister, Hishamuddin Hussein, said Sunday at a news conference in Kuala Lumpur. The flight departed Kuala Lumpur for Beijing at 12:20 a.m. March 8 and disappeared from civilian radar within 50 minutes. However, Inmarsat satellites picked up tracking information suggesting it remained in flight until at least 8:11 a.m. Aviation geeks using airport data from X-Plane, a flight simulator website, have identified more than 600 runways within range of the nearly 3,000 miles that the plane could have traveled from Kuala Lumpur. The flight carried 227 passengers, 159 of them Chinese citizens. On Chinese websites, many people voiced hope
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Poetry Tour to promote literacy and creativity comes to Creston July 15 ■
By SARAH BROWN
CNA staff reporter sbrown@crestonnews.com
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little bit of creative inspiration is making its way to Creston on July 15. On July 1, Maya Stein and Amy Tingle, of Nutley, N.J., will begin a 30 day journey — riding a tandem bicycle from Boulder, Colo., to Beloit, Wis., — through America’s heartland writing free poems and building Little Free Libraries. The endeavor, which the pair call “Type Rider II: The Tandem Poetry Tour” is described as a pair of poets riding a tandem bicycle 1,400 miles to promote poetry, community, a love of reading and the spirit of collaboration. “Part of the meaning and message of this trip is collaboration and how cooperation can create amazing things you can’t do by yourself,” Stein said. Through Kickstarter, the pair have raised almost $4,000 beyond their original goal of $26,000 for this year’s tour. Along the route, Stein and Tingle will build more than 27 Little Free Libraries. The duo have partnered with Little Free Library, an organization with a similar mission to promote literacy, community and creativity through building
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Maya Stein, a self-proclaimed ninja poet, writing guide and creative adventuress writes poetry on her typewriter while her business partner Amy Tingle, an award-winning wordsmith peers out of their converted 1965 Covered Wagon vintage caravan named MAUDE. MAUDE stands for mobile art unit designed for everyone and serves as roving art gallery, storehouse of art supplies and symbolize the mobility of the classes and workshops they offer.
free book exchanges worldwide. Creston’s Little Free Library will be decorated by Creston:Arts volunteers. The location of the small structure has not yet been determined, but will serve as a gathering place where anyone is welcome to “take a book, return a book.”
Celebration Creston:Arts will welcome Stein and Tingle by hosting an open mic night and poetry slam, where members of the community are encouraged to read, recite, sing, rap or scream poetry or songs. At the event, Stein and Tingle will be creating personalized poetry on their typewriters for the
people they meet. Attendees will be asked to submit one word from which Stein and Tingle will base two separate and original poems. Stein said they will be giving the poems away. Also, copies, photographs from the road and interviews with local poets and writers and profiles of some community members will be included in a final book about the project.
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Iowans support marijuana for medicinal purposes (MCT) — Iowans overwhelmingly support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana for medical use, according to poll results released this morning. By an 87 to 17 percent majority — with the support of 68 percent or more of every party, gender and age groups, Iowans support legalizing marijuana for medicinal purposes, Quinnipiac University Poll found. That level of support is comparable to other states, according to Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll. “Iowans overwhelmingly think marijuana should be legal for medical purposes, but most voters oppose legalizing personal recre-
ational use,” Brown said. On the other hand, “Opposition to personal marijuana is higher in Iowa than in any state we’ve surveyed so far on this subject.” Despite that level of support, efforts in the Iowa Legislature to legalize medicinal marijuana have failed to gain broad support this year. Both Republican and Democratic legislative leaders say there is more interest and discussion about medicinal marijuana, but more education and research is needed before the issue can be considered further. Among those leery of medicinal marijuana is Gov. Terry Branstad,
a Republican seeking a sixth term. Although he sympathizes with families who say medicinal marijuana would offer them relief from a variety of conditions, Branstad said officials must keep in mind the “unintended consequences” that could lead to abusing the system. “I think we have to be careful about drafting our laws just for a few people that have a particular problem or ailment,” Branstad said. By a 55 to 41 percent margin, Quinnipiac found Iowans oppose allowing marijuana for personal use. Democrats support personal marijuana use 54 to 44 percent and
voters 18 to 29 years old support it 62 to 35 percent. Quinnipiac found all other groups are opposed to legalizing recreational use, with men opposed 51 to 45 percent and women opposed 59 to 37 percent. That may be because 49 percent of Iowans say marijuana is equally as dangerous as alcohol, while 16 percent say it is more dangerous and 31 percent say it is less dangerous, Quinnipiac found. Voters are evenly divided 46 to 46 percent on whether marijuana use leads to other drugs. Men say no 50 to 42 percent while women believe 51 to 42 percent it does lead to other drugs. Only 36 percent of Iowa voters,
including 42 percent of voters 18 to 29 years old, say they ever have tried marijuana. The poll also found: • 83 percent of voters would be somewhat uncomfortable or very uncomfortable riding in a car driven by someone who has smoked marijuana • If personal marijuana use were legal in Iowa, 57 percent of voters say it would not bother them if a neighbor grew marijuana in their home • Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana has been bad Please see SURVEY, Page 2
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