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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Vilsack wants to devote $800 million in the next five years to promote growth and create jobs. He also wants to reinstate the Grow Iowa Values Fund. PRESCHOOL ACCESS The governor wants to make early education programs more accessible to lowans. He has already asked the Legislature for $39 million for his plan. HEALTH CARE SHORTFALLS The state would spend $160 million this year to cover cuts in funding.

The governor has said the funding could come from raising the tobacco tax. I to (Mai WMd pan 'Romeo and Juliet' ballet The St. Petersburg State Ballet Theatre will present "Romeo and Juliet" at 7:30 p.m. at Gallagher Bludorn Performing Arts Center at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. For tickets, call (877) 549-7469.

Monologues by women "Talking With," monologues by women, will be at 2 p.m. today at the Iowa State Center's Maintenance Shop in "Ames. Admission ranges from $7 to $13. Call (515) 294-8179 for tickets. By TIM HIGGINS REGISTER STAFF WRITER Gov.

Tom Vilsack on Monday will release his budget plan, which is expected to seek large spending increases for economic development and new initiatives in education. But the Democrat will face some of the same old problems with the Iowa Legislature: His budget probably will depend on lawmakers' agreement to raise cigarette taxes, borrow money MONDAY PRESENTATION Gov. Tom Vilsack, left, is to present his budget to lawmakers at 1 p.m. Monday. ONLINE: It will be available to the public on his Web site, www.govemor.state.ia.us by 4 p.m., according to the governor's aides.

IN PERSON: He and Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson will hold a town hall meeting on the budget at 4 p.m. Monday in the cafeteria at Waukee High School, 555 S.E. University Waukee.

11 I fV mm 4 I I VxJ i i iiin for economic development and spend money this year to jump-start his program for early childhood education. If lawmakers don't like the governor's proposed spending plan, they will have to come up with their own, which could mean hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to various programs or another way to increase revenue. The governor has provided few details of his spending plan so far. "He has been playing it really tm 31 i REGISTER FILE PHOTOS ANDREA REGISTER it. close to the chest," said Sen.

Jeff Angelo, Republican co-chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. "I think it's a sign that there will be controversy with it." Vilsack's spokesman Matt Paul, however, promised: "It's a balanced budget built on results for lowans with strong fiscal discipline." The governor laid out his agenda nearly three weeks ago, See BUDGET, Page 3B A' it a moving military service and organ and tissue donation, Snider wondered, why not a plate for cystic fibrosis awareness? This is her issue. Robin and her husband, Howard, have helped their Nathan deal with cystic fibrosis the past five years. Watch Nathan walk down the street, and you wouldn't have a clue something was wrong. Sit with the 11-year-old fifth-grader at the breakfast table, and you'd know otherwise.

That's when he starts taking his medication the first of 25 pills he swallows each day. Cystic fibrosis is a terrible disease, something that strikes the young and can ravage the pancreas photographs. Juanita Barbecue as the busiest "I've tried enough for Jack Lufkin, also when he was from the Energy to spare: Valerie Williams of Ames shares a dance with Lindy Hop legend Frankie Manning on Saturday at the seventh annual I'll Make Me a World in Iowa celebration at the State Historical Building 600 E. Locust St. in Des Moines.

Black gala enjoys swingin' start ISU event teaches girls about scientific job fields More than 100 Girl Scouts participate in such activities as making ice cream and paper airplanes. By LUKE JENNETT REGISTER CORRESPONDENT Ames, la. A tornado-simulating machine moved over a plywood stage Saturday, sucking foam packing peanuts into a whirlwind and drawing gasps from an audience of Girl Scouts. As technician Bill Rickard explained the purpose and power of the 18-foot-wide device, the girls reached out and felt the wind through their fingers. And when it was over, it was easy to see that Rickard and the machine had made an impression.

The girls were among 116 scouts who met at Iowa State University's Howe Hall on Saturday to participate in "Scout it Out." The event was designed to introduce girls to the basic concepts behind scientific and engineering studies. The event, in its second year, is organized by ISLTs technical-studies sorority, Alpha Sigma Kappa, and the university's Engineering Recruitment and Outreach Department. The purpose is to create awareness of engineering jobs available to women, said Monica Bruning, program coordinator of the department. "Young women are very underrepresented, both in the engineering work force and in college," said Bruning. "It's important to have fun, age-appropriate science and engineering activities for girls at different points in their development.

It's important for creating awareness and interest in these career opportunities." Females make up only 19 percent of engineering students in universities nationwide, Bruning said, and the figure is dropping. Very few of the students stay in the field after graduating, she added. Women represent only 9 percent of engineers in See SCOUTS, Page 4B INSIDER Meet one of gospel music's first composers in FAMOUS I0WANS. TO READERS Send the Register your memories The Register is compiling reader memories of turning points or highlights in black history. Please send us your BLACK HISTORY MONTH story.

Include a name and telephone number tor verification and a mailing address to return any submitted photos. E-MAIL: aburgsdmreg.com MAIL: The Des Moines Register, 715 Locust Des Moines, IA 50309 (co Audrey 0. Burgs. MetroIowa, Fourth Floor) CORRECTION Ponies seized from a Poweshiek County resident who allegedly neglected the animals will be sold on Feb. 7.

The date of the sale was incorrect in Friday's newspaper. QUOTE Our biggest concern right now is the inconvenience to our customers. Ruth Comer, Hy-Vee Food Stores spokeswoman about a new Polk County ordinance requiring cold and allergy medicines that can be used to make methamphetamine to be locked up. Article on Page 4A FEBRUARY Dance legend Frankie Manning and an exhibit on a D.M. restaurateur steal the spotlight at 111 Make Me a World in Iowa events Saturday.

By KRISTIN H0ELSCHER REGISTER STAFF WRITER The opening ceremony of an annual celebration of African-American history and culture drew more than 200 people Saturday morning, creating a traffic jam near the Iowa State Historical Building. I'll Make Me a World in Iowa's opening ceremony included the unveiling of the Ike "Big Daddy" Seymour exhibit. Seymour, a Des Moines restaurateur who died last year, was known for his fiery hot sauce concoctions and his generosity. Instead of cutting a red ribbon, the Seymour family pulled down yellow caution tape to signal the opening of the exhibit that included pots and pans, bottles of hot sauce and Slaughter, 73, lives near Big Daddy's and remembers the restaurant business on the east side. the mild sauce, and that was good me," Slaughter said.

curator of the Big Daddy Exhibit, got a taste of Seymour's recipe cleaning out some old cookware restaurant for the exhibit. He said See WORLD, Page 4B Sufferer's message and lungs. "Nathan seemed OK when he was born, but he cried all the time and didn't seem to gain weight like he should have," said Robin. "We kept going to the doctor, but nobody suggested what really was happening." Until he turned 6 and doctors, ordering tests to try to rule out cystic fibrosis, discovered that's exactly what Nathan had. In most houses, a kid catches a cold and it's over with in a couple of days.

Here, it's a very big deal. A cough hangs on, then gets worse. "The cough has been getting See CARLSON, Page 3B mom has JqhnCirimVs IOWA Story County treasurer's office in Nevada, was inspired. If so-called specialty license plates are out there promoting America, education, III evada, la. Nathan Snider 111 was 8 years old when his I mom heard about an interesting project in Humboldt County.

It was just after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and the county treasurer there wanted to do something for her country. She designed and promoted an Iowa license plate that would feature an American flag and proclaim, "God Bless America" The challenge was to persuade 500 lowans to order the new plate. That's how many it would take for the state to go into production. And it happened.

Robin Snider, who works in the 1.