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Jj i iTTmH ii mmm' r.f mi irfnp imnfi, if, 11m. A i minim The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon DesMoinesRegiSter.com Price 50 Cents Monday, June 25, 2007 A final INDY 'STORMS' IOWA World-class drivers, ethanol-fueled cars and nearly 36,000 fans converge on Newton for crash-filled, Danica-centered day Venues approach 'Destiny' plan as lifeblood The sales tax money could help the Science Center of Iowa and other groups keep their offerings fresh. By DONNELLEELLER REGISTER BUSINESS WRITER Talk with Penny Furgerson if you want a sense of how some of the money from a proposed $75 miliion-a-year, 1-cent local-option sales tax might be spent. Her 35-year-old Gateway Dance Theatre a melting pot of students and dances taught re cm ceived a $7,500 grant from Bravo Greater Des Moines. The nonprofit group has used competitive grants for the past two ONE-CENT SALES TAX JOHN GAPS lllTHE REGISTER Sean Mandeville of Imperial, holds up a hat thrown to him by Dario Franchitti, the race winner, in the victory lane of the Iowa Corn Indy 250 Sunday at the Iowa Speedway in Newton.

The city enjoyed worldwide media attention during the weekend's IndyCar racing. By JOHN CARLSON REGISTER STAFF WRITER years to divvy up $2. 1 million in hotel-motel sales tax money for arts and cultural activities. "It's helped keep us going," Furgerson said. "It's scholarships for kids who can't afford to pay." The "Yes to Destiny" sales tax initiative that will be voted on July 10 in Polk, Dallas and Warren counties would build and expand on the work that Bravo has started, organizers say.

If the tax is approved, a new, 15-member regional "super board" would require groups such as Des Moines' Gateway Dance Theatre to compete for a share of the $25.5 million designated each year for arts and cultural activities, recreational trails and regional facilities. "We have to build a place where people want to live. We need a broad cross section of arts, culture and recreation offerings that touches everybody," said Steven Zumbach, See DESTINY, Page 4A 'ewton, la. If you Ni stand on the roof atop the grandstand at the Iowa JohnCARLSOiVS IOWA like the perfect storm for us," said Bob Bowman of DeWitt, president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association. Nearly 36,000 race fans came to Newton on Sunday to watch the world's top IndyCar drivers race in the biggest motor sports event ever held in Iowa.

It featured 25-year-old, 5-foot-2-inch, 105-pound Danica Patrick and some other drivers. Like Dario Franchitti, who won this year's Indianapolis 500; Sam Hornish, who won it last year; Buddy Rice, who won the big race in 2004; and Helio Castroneves, a two-See CARLSON, Page 5A Speedway and look past the track's second turn, you'll see a nice stand of corn. Appropriate, given the fact the IndyCars racing here this weekend are powered by ethanol. Which is a very big deal to race promoters, the drivers, the crews, politicians and Iowa's corn growers. They even named the race the Iowa Corn Indy 250 after the crop.

With Iowa's new track and cars fueled by 100 percent ethanol, "this whole thing is JUSTIN HAYW0RTH THE REGISTER Fans seek autographs from Danica Patrick after she leaves the drivers' meeting before the start of the race Sunday. Patrick's hopes for a No. 1 finish were demolished in a six-car crash in the 99th lap. Learn more about 'Destiny online Go to DesMoinesRegister to find an interactive map allowing you to look up how each participating community plans to spend its portion of the sales tax proceeds. Also, find the ballot language and a forum for sharing your views.

"5- Complete coverage from Newton Dario Franchitti, right, battled bad luck and bad wrecks to win the inaugural Iowa Corn Indy 250 in Newton on Sunday. "It's great to win anywhere, but to be the first person to win at a track feels good," he said. Sports, Pages 1C-2C, 9C Find photo galleries from throughout the week at Iowa Speedway in Newton; watch video with Indy drivers and use an interactive map to find details from every crash during the race at DesMoinesRegister.comracing. Federal salaries outpace those in private sector 'Multiples' multiply risk for mom, babies J' -3 Labor Statistics. And, when salaries for apparently similar jobs are compared, federal jobs pay better in most cases.

The gap may be driven by increased competition in the private sector, where globalization and technological advances have held salaries down. Meanwhile, the federal See SALARIES, Page5A By JASON METHOD ASBURY PARK iN.J.) PRESS Federal workers, on average, are paid almost 50 percent more than employees in the private sector, an Asbury Park (N.J.) Press analysis of salary data shows. The average federal worker made $59,864 in 2005, compared with the average salary of $40,505 in the private sector, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of By MAURA LERNER and JOSEPHINE MARC0TTY MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Minneapolis, Minn. About three or four times a month.

Dr. Judy Ney has to break some bad news to a couple desperate to have a child. Not because they can't have a baby. Because they're having too many. As a specialist in high-risk pregnancies at Abbott North western Hospital in Minneapolis, Ney is the one who has to explain the hurdles they face and the grim choices they may have to make along the way.

For infertile couples, the idea of having three or more babies at once may seem like winning the lottery. But to medical specialists, the surge See MULTIPLES, Page 4A CATHERINE JUN ASSOCIATED tfltSS Doctors show Jenny Masche one of her sextuplets born June 1 1 in Phoenix, Ariz. Masche, 32, suffered heart failure after delivering her babies, but is recovering. WEATHER FORECAST Copyright Des Monies Register and Tribune Company FOR DELIVERY (515) 284-8311 or (800)365-4692 DesMoinesRegister.comSubscribe INDEX Comics 5E Obituaries 5B Sudoku 3E Crossword 4E Letters 6A TV listings 4E l4090lM500bl DIM High: 91 Low: 72 Sunny to partly cloudy and hot. Page 6B.