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The Pes Moines Register DM 2001 Models TllWrV Over HQ Available Now! Newton track A new auto racing track is proposed southeast of Newton. Emission concession proposed by U.S. too weak, EU says j' Newton 1 -'M Factory Rebates Special Interest Rates AARP BENSON BUICK SPECIAL DEALS 2001 BUICK LESABRE CUSTOM Mingo ,14, 224) Llsl Price Benson Discount 1629 Fart nit Hihst 7CA Newton Track proposal discussed NEWTON, from Page 1A While NASCAR or other sanctioning bodies are not involved in the project, the track could land a NASCAR race most likely a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Other possible races include the Indy Racing Northern Light Series, which sanctions the Indianapolis 500. "We would have a facility that would be applicable to NASCAR, but it would be up to NASCAR whether or not to come," Carroll said.

"We don't want to step on any toes." The possibility of a race for NASCAR 's top series Winston Cup at the Newton track is highly unlikely. International Speedway a NASCAR subsidiary, will open speedways next summer in Joliet, 111., and Kansas City, Kan. 017 a nninr imu mm m. a ai-LLlAL rKILL By RAY M0SELEY CHICAGO TRIBUNE The Hague, Netherlands The European Union rejected on Tuesday a US. proposal for dealing with one of the most contentious global warming issues being debated at the United Nations World Climate Change Conference.

U.S., environmental groups also poured scorn on the US. plan, adding to an atmosphere of pessimism among some delegates about the outcome of the conference, which ends Friday. Several important issues still have not been taken up at the political level here, and a group of kMi I Monroe City If you are an A.A.R.P Modern Maturity Member get in eilri 'SIM). JASPER COUNTY 2001 BUICK CENTURY CUSTOM List Price "21375 THE REGISTER Benson Discount 1463 I Ti Factory Rehire 750 ii was Vision Iowa," Carroll said. SPECIAL PRICE conservative US.

members of Congress said they saw no chance He said the project would be a multi-purpose entertainment and education facility that could fea of the Senate ratifying a treaty to reduce global warming. 4253 ture concerts, theaters, driving We are now entering the diffi If you are in A.A.R.P., Modern Maturity Member get an eitra '500. schools for law-enforcement of cult, sometimes bewildering, ficers and classes for the Newton branch of Des Moines Area Com phase of negotiations," said Frank Loy, U.S. undersecretary of state for global affairs. munity College.

Iowa 's Buick Dealer We Deal! "It would streamline itself to The U.S. proposal that the Eu ropean Union rejected was pre SERGE LIGTENBERGASSOCIATED PRESS Protester: Using an American flag to cover part of her face, Greenpeace activist Emily Quesada from Maine hands out pamphlets at the sixth session of the United Nations global warming conference in The Hague, Netherlands. critics said the limit did not go far enough, and still left the United States, Canada and some other nations with the possibility of achieving all of their targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions through forests alone. sented by the Americans on Monday as a concession. It was based on a complex formula under which Nobody Beats Benson 's the United States offered to limit the use of forests, which absorb 9631 Hickman Road Des Moines 276-6600 1-800-758-2561 www.BensonBuick.com i yy i yy dquglas fe BENSON BUICK 3 ft 9631 HICKMAN If HICKMAN TOAD carbon dioxide, as a means of counting reductions in carbon pollution.

BUICK "Witfi your good credit approval. The European Union and other ward the entertainment business," said Carroll, who also owns Turf-way Park, a horse track in Florence, Ky. "We like to deal in tourism and community projects and things that really add value to the community. WeVe done that in almost everything I've owned." Project plan The project, in the works for more than a year, began when Clement and his brothers, Stan and Conrad, approached track developers about building a track in central Iowa. Because the project is in its preliminary stages, developers do not have specifics regarding the track's layout or the economic No clash "Because of the proximity (to the Kansas City and Chicago tracks), this would not be a track that would go out and pursue anything that's being done by NASCAR at those two tracks," Carroll said.

Larry Clement, a Fort Dodge businessman who is involved in the project, told the county supervisors that Carroll would guarantee the bonds with a letter of credit. 'We don't want to put the county at risk," Clement said. "For a deal to get done, it has to be good for all parties. It has to be win-win." If the bonds are approved, Carroll will seek as much as $35 million from the state's Vision Iowa fund, he said. "If there are the tools within the structure of the state's economic development programs to give the developer what he needs and entice him to do the project, it will work," Clement said.

"The Vision Iowa program is what could make the project happen." mmm am ifcffi mmw impact to the area. However, supporters at Tues day meeting said the facility could mean as many as 1,500 jobs 1a.Vt. and $3U million in annual revenue. The meeting also answered rumors that had been swirling around Newton since last spring. "I'm grateful that we finally had this meeting," supervisor Leo VanElswyk said.

"IVe heard so many rumors everywhere I go." The supervisors also voted to begin the process of designating the track site as an urban-renewal area to enhance the chances of bonds being issued. The date and time for the meeting next week has to be determined. State money Vision Iowa, a newly created state economic development program, leverages state money to attract funds for projects that "expand the recreational, cultural and educational opportunities in the state," according to the program's mission statement. Vision Iowa will begin accepting applications Dec. 20.

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