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VOL. 128 NO. 104 2010 The Gazette

Animal attractionWhy do animal stories get moretraction than human suffering?

By Adam BelzThe Gazette

So theres this dog namedPuddles. Maybe youveheard of her.

Her owners are floodvictims from Rompot,

and in March the dog was hit bya car.

Puddles had surgery at a vet-

erinary specialist in Des Moines:a steel plate and seven screws inher leg, 75 staples near her neck,vet bills of more than $3,000 and aseries of appointments coming up.

Flood Them with Love, a localcharity whose primary goal is tohelp flood victims, asked for dona-tions for the dogs medical care.Animal lovers from coast to coastresponded with get-well cards,gifts and donations that morethan covered the expenses.

It was very encouraging onone hand, but it wasa little dishearteningon the other hand,that it was easier toraise money for aninjured animal thanit was to raise money

for 18,000 flood vic-tims, said KarlaGoettel, founder ofFlood Them withLove.

Animals and theirsuffering get a lotof attention in America today. InEastern Iowa, it often seems likehuman problems the grind-ing, complicated aftermath of theflood, distant humanitarian crises

Efforts are under way to preserve the smokestack at the old Sinclair

meatpacking plant site because of its historical significance. But howdoes it stack up with the rest of the downtown Cedar Rapids skyline?

Standing how tall?

Sinclairsmokestack:160 feet

Alliant Tower; 285 feet

Cedar RiverTower: 236 feet

Quaker plant: 190 feet

VeteransMemorialBuilding:174 feet

The Roosevelt:131 feet

Sources: Emporis.

com, The Gazette

Mount Trashmore: 200 feet

Gazette photos

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DRAKEDRAKERELAYSRELAYS

McClatchy NewspapersFORT LAUDERDALE,

Fla. Some people viewH1N1 as a hyped healthscare created by the gov-ernment and the medicalindustry. Aubrey Opdykeisnt one of them.

One year after H1N1,

commonly called swineflu, touched off a worldepidemic, the formerwaitress from West PalmBeach, Fla., still is heal-ing from a bout with theflu that claimed the life ofher unborn baby, almostkilled her and kept herin the hospital for threemonths.

It just seemed like oneof those things, it wonthappen to me. I figured ifI get it . .. Ill handle it,said Opdyke, 27. Now Iknow better.

Health officials andscientists learned somethings, too.

The lessons: Thenations vaccine system is

H1N1 lessons:Were stillnot prepared

PRODUCTIVE DAYPRODUCTIVE DAYFOR AREA ATHLETESFOR AREA ATHLETESIN DES MOINES, 1BIN DES MOINES, 1B

ANIMALS, PAGE 11A;

H1N1, PAGE 11A;

By Rick SmithThe Gazette

CEDAR RAPIDS Much-hoped-for federalfunds are on the way toCedar Rapids that will re-shape the downtown area.

The Department ofCommerces EconomicDevelopment Administra-tion has awarded the citya $35 million grant, whichwill provide a hefty pieceof a $67 million project toupgrade the 31-year-oldU.S. Cellular Center andbuild a new Event Centerconvention facility nextto it.

This funding is a

game-changer for CedarRapids, said Rep. DaveLoebsack, D-Iowa, whoannounced the awardFriday.

Loebsack also on Fri-day announced that theEDA will award the Ce-dar Rapids Area Chamberof Commerce a $3 milliongrant to help it buildits $6 million EconomicCommerce Center with abusiness accelerator com-ponent on the chambersexisting downtown FirstAvenue NE site.

By building a

Funds giveC.R. projectsa big boost

FUNDING, PAGE 11A;

KarlaGoettel

Flood Them

with Love

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